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I'KKl'ARKD  I'NUKK  THK  EDlTnKIAI.   SI  I'KKVISION    OI- 

WILLIAM  RICHARD  CUTTER,  A.  M. 

Historian    of   the   New   Kngland   Historic-Genealogical    Society;    Librarian    Kmeritus    of    Woburn    Public 
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lolin  (iilbert.  immigrant  ances- 
GILBER'l"  tor,  was  a  resident  of  Dorches- 
ter, Alassachusetts,  as  early  as 
i(.3f).  lie  is  spoken  of  as  a  "grave,  honest 
gentleman,"  and  brought  to  this  country  with 
him  two  "well  grown  youths,"  his  sons  Thomas 
and  John.  He  and  his  two  sons  were  among 
the  first  purchasers  of  Taunton,  aiul  removed 
there.  '  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  December 
4.  1638,  and  was  chosen  constable  in  1640.  He 
was  over  sixty  years  of  age  in  1643,  as  he  was 
excused  from  military  duty  then.  In  1641  he 
received  a  grant  of  forty  acres  from  the  town. 


ith  others 


"for  their  great  charges  in  attend- 


ing courts,  laying  out  lands  and  other  occasions 
for  the  town."  He  was  deputy  to  the  general 
ct)urt.  His  house  was  in  the  meadow  on  the 
westward  side  of  Taunton  great  river.  In  his 
will,  dated  .May  10,  i'>54,  directs  his  "body  to 
be  buried  near  my  house  at  Pondsbrook  upon 
the  hill  near  the  pine  tree."  He  bequeathes  to 
son  Gyles,  his  farm  of  one  hundred  acres  at 
Pondsbrook,  together  with  buildings  and  cer- 
tain live-stock ;  to  sons  Joseph  and  Thomas, 
daughter  Mary  Norcross  and  granddaughter 
Mary  Xorcross  ;  to  Xicholas  Street  and  Rich- 
ard Williams,  over.seers ;  wife  Winifred;  he 
gives  "10  bushels  of  Indian  corn  unto  such  as 
have  most  need  of  corn  in  the  town  to  be  dis- 
posed of  at  the  discretion  of  the  deacons  of  the 
church  at  Taunton."  His  wife  Winifred  was 
executrix,  and  the  inventory  was  filed  June  3. 
1657.  Giihlren  :  i.  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 
2.  [ohn,  returned  to  England  ;  was  a  first  pur- 
chaser of  Taunton.     3.  Joseph.     4.  (iyles.     5. 

Mary,  married  Xorcross. 

( II )  Thomas,  son  of  John  Gilbert,  was  born 
in  England,  in  county  Devon,  and  came  to  this 
country  with  his  father.  He  settled  in  Taun- 
ton, where  he  was  one  of  the  first  purchasers, 
and  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1643.  He 
served  as  constable  in  1648  and  1649;  ^s  select- 
man 1648  and  165 1  :  was  ileputy  to  the  general 
court  in  i'i5i.  In  1653  he  returned  to  Eng- 
land, and  died  there  in  1676.  He  married 
March  23,  163Q,  Jane,  daughter  of  Hugh  Ros- 
siter,  being  the  second  marriage  celebrated  in 
Taunton.  She  and  her  children  remained  in 
Taunton,  where  she  was  a  jjroprietor  of  the 
North  Purchase,  and  she  died  there  June  9, 
1691,  aged  seventy-seven.  Children:  i.  En- 
sign Thomas,  prominent  man  in  Taunton  ;  con- 


stable in  K177 ;  surveyor,  1679-90-94;  select- 
man, 1(199,  1707-13-15-18;  died  .April  20,  1725, 
aged  eighty-two.  2.  Mary,  married  Samuel 
\Viniams.  3.  Elizabeth.  4.  Jean.  5.  Eliezer, 
mentionetl  below. 

(HI)  Eliezer,  son  of  Thomas  Gilbert,  was 
born  at  Taunton  about  1655.  His  wife's  chris- 
tian name  was  Elizabeth  :  among  their  children 
was  Eliezer,  mentioned  below. 

(  1\  )  Eliezer  (2),  son  of  Eliezer  (ij  Gil- 
bert, was  born  in  Taunton  about  1680,  died  at 
Sharon  about  1760.  He  bought  the  land  of 
Samuel  Smith,  Jr.,  and  lived  in  that  part  of 
Taunton  called  the  Xorth  Purchase,  later  Nor- 
ton, on  w'hat  has  since  been  called  the  Gilbert 
place.  It  is  situated  a  little  to  the  west  of  the 
lla\-  road,  a  few  rods  northwest  of  thfe  pond 
hole,  and  up  the  hill.  He  also  owned  eighty- 
three  acres  of  land  in  Dorchester  (now  Shar- 
on), "a  gore  of  land  which  Dorchester  line 
cuts  oft  from  the  lot  of  land  which  Jeremiah 
Willes  house  stands  upon."  He  married  Mercy 
Wilmarth,  Xovember  13,  1712;  she  was  born 
Mav  2,  1689.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  Sep- 
tember 22.  1713:  baptized  August  31,  1718.  2. 
Eliezer.  born  January  20,  1715;  died  young. 
3.  Lemuel,  born  171 5-16;  resided  in  Xorton; 
served  in  Nova  Sci>tia  in  1735,  as  sergeant  in 
Captain  Xathaniel  Perry's  company,  aged  thir- 
ty-eight. 4.  Timothy,  born  March  2.  1717,  bap- 
tized .August  31,  1718;  mentioned  below.  5. 
Eliezer,  baptized  .\ugust  31,  1717-18;  died  Au- 
gust 20.  1726.  6.  John,  born  October  5,  1719; 
resided  at  Xorton;  died  at  Pomfret,  Connecti- 
cut, 1790.  7.  Ruth,  born  1721.  8.  Seth,  born 
about  1725.  9.  James,  married,  December  28, 
1749,  Rebecca  Wethrell ;  (second),  June  24, 
1 76 1,  Elizabeth  Williams,  who  died  a  widow, 
Xovember  12,  T789,  in  her  fifty-ninth  year.  10. 
Xathaniel. 

(  \' )  Timothy,  son  of  Eliezer  (2)  (iilbert, 
was  i)orn  in  Taunton,  or  Norton,  March  2, 
1717:  baptized  .\ugust  31,  1718,  in  Norton; 
died  at  Enfield,  May  2,  1798.  He  settled  in 
Easton,  and  served  in  the  Erench  and  Indian 
war  in  1758;  re-enlisting  April  2,  1759:  on 
duty  eighty-five  weeks  and  six  days,  and  was 
also  in  the  train  band  in  1757.  He  married, 
I'ebruary  14,  1744,  Mary  Kieth.  born  at  Eas- 
ton, Massachusetts,  February  13,  1726,  died 
181 1  ;  she  was  the  granddaughter  of  Rev.  James 
Kieth.   first   minister  of  ancient    P.ridgewater. 


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From  tlie  prubate  records  of  the  estates  of  his 
sons.  Lemuel  and  Timothy,  we  get  most  of  our 
knowledge  of  the  family  of  Timothy  Gilbert. 
He  refers  to  his  share  of  the  estate  of  his 
brother  Lemuel.  .\  letter  is  on  file  with  the 
papers  relating  to  the  estate  of  Lemuel  that 
will  be  of  interest  to  all  of  the  family,  viz :  "As 
Tiod  in  his  providence  hath  called  us  to  mourn 
together  I  hope  we  shall  be  so  happy  as  to  be 
united  in  our  measures  in  settling  the  estate  of 
our  deceased  brother  (  Lemuel).  It  is  my  wish 
that  you  should  take  the  administration  upon 
yourself,  if  you  are  willing  and  it  be  agreeable 
to  the  widow,  or  if  it  should  be  more  agreeable 
to  you  and  her  to  take  the  administration  with 
her  I  will  be  perfectly  satisfied,  and  if  you  can- 
not take  it,  I  wish  you  would  be  so  good  as  to 
name  some  proper  person  and  inform  me  by  a 
letter  and  I  will  ac<|uiesce  in  anything  which 
can  be  consistent  that  you  shall  point  out.  As 
you  known  my  infirmities  and  the  distance 
from  the  place,  I  hope  you  will  e.xcuse  me  and 
take  the  business  upon  yourself.  Let  us  live  as 
brethren,  and  let  no  little  thing  break  our 
friendship,  that  we  may  die  in  peace  and  reign 
with  Christ  in  that  world  where  sin,  sorrow 
and  Death  shall  disturb  no  more.  H  the  widow 
agree  to  take  a  certain  sum  and  give  a  quit- 
tance, I  should  be  glad,  but  you  will  consult  her 
and  adopt  the  best  plan."  Dated  Enfield,  March 
22,  1817.  and  signed  Lewis  Gilbert.  The  widow 
Sarah  declined  to  administer,  April  17,  1817. 
Her  dower  was  set  ofT  April  4,  1817,  and  the 
document  had  the  signed  approval  of  Timothy 
(iiliiert:  Jonathan  Webb  was  administrator. 
The  judge  of  probate  signed  a  decree  October 
26,  181Q,  ordering  the  residue  of  Lemuel's 
property  divided  among  his  six  brothers  and 
sisters.  Unfortunately  the  names  are  not  given. 
But  Lewis  sold  to  Increase  Gilbert  his  share  in 
the  estate.  May  12,  1819.  Increase  lived  at 
Leveratt,  Massachusetts.  Some  of  the  children, 
therefore,  were:  i.  Timothy,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Lemuel,  born  1749  :  lived  in  Hardwick  ;  mar- 
ried, February  15,  1768,  Bethia  Grover,  at  Nor- 
ton ;  served  in  the  revolution,  as  sergeant  in 
Captain  Macy  William's  company,  1775;  died 
March  9,  1817.  3.  Lewis,  born  April  4,  1754. 
4.  Increase.  The  others  were  daughters : 
Eunice,  born  May  27,  1765:  died  February, 
1847,  the  \\ife  of  Daniel  Shaw;  and  Mehit- 
able. 

(\'I)  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Timothy  (i) 
Gilbert,  was  born  in  Easton,  January  25,  1747! 
died  at  Hardwick,  December  11,  1825.  He 
was  a    soldier    in   the    revolution,    in   Captain 


Macy  William's  company,  1775,  and  in  Captain 
James  Perry's  company,  Sixteenth  Regiment, 

1776.  He  deeded  land  in  Hardwick  to  Will- 
iam Orkes.  This  land  had  been  conveyed  to 
him  by  deed  of   Seth   Gilbert,   November   21, 

1777.  Seth  also  deeded  land  in  the  west  part 
of  Hardwick  to  Timothy,  June  7,  1785.  Timo- 
thy gave  some  of  the  Hardwick  land  to  his  son 
Joseph  by  deed  dated  August  14,  1808.  Timo- 
thy's will  was  dated  April  22,  1817,  and  filed 
January  3,  1826.  He  Ijequeathed  to  children, 
Timothy.  Charles,  Lemuel,  William,  Joseph 
(deceased);  grandchildren  Fanny,  Jonathan 
and  William  Collins,  children  of  his  daughter 
Patty  ;  the  heirs  of  Seth  I'ebbles  by  his  wife 
Rhoda  ;  children  of  daughter  Polly  by  Ebenezer 
Collins ;  all  his  Greenwich  property  to  his  son 
John  and  some  in  Hardwick.  He  disposed  of 
what  he  was  to  receive  from  the  estate  of  his 
brother  Lemuel,  mentioned  above.  He  married, 
.\pril.  1771.  Martha  Rogers,  born  at  Willing- 
ton,  Connecticut,  March  7,  1747,  died  at  Hard- 
wick, January  30,  1824.  He  died  February  i, 
1825.  Children,  born  in  Hardwick:  i.  Timo- 
thy, March  13,  1772;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Charles,  .\pril  6,  1773;  married  (intentions 
dated  I-'ebruary  25,  1790)  Lydia  Warner.  3. 
J(i.sei)h,  May  i,  1774.  4-  Patty,  February  20, 
1771);  married,  June  21,  1798,  Gamaliel  Collins. 
5.  Rhoda,  .\prii  12,  1778;  married,  September 
2^.  1803,  Seth  Pebbles,  of  (Greenwich.  6.  Polly, 
February  13,  1780;  married  (intentions  dated 
September  28,  1800)  Ebenezer  Collins.  7.  Me- 
hitable,  .\ugust  7,  1781.  8.  Lemuel,  August  I, 
1783.  9.  .\bner,  March  20,  1785.  10.  William, 
January  14,  1787.  11.  Jason,  January  19,  1789. 
12.  John,  .\pril  11,  1792;  selectman  of  Hard- 
wick; removed  to  Prescott,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  there  April  4,  1862;  married.  May  26, 
i8i6,  Fanny  Cummings. 

(VII)  Timothy  (3),  son  of  Timothy  (2) 
Gilbert,  was  born  in  Hardwick,  March  13, 
1772  ;  died  May  24,  1838.  He  removed  to  En- 
field, Massachusetts.  He  married,  September 
22.  1794.  I'ear  Shaw,  born  July  3,  1768,  died 
January  14,  1852,  a  descendant  of  John  Al- 
den.  Children:!.  Mary,  born  May  22,  1795: 
died  June  12,  1870;  married,  December  13, 
1 8 19,  Increase  Gilbert.  2.  Timothy,  born 
January  5,  1797 ;  died  July  19,  1865 ;  married 
(first),  December  i.  1825,  Mary  Weatherby ; 
(.second)  .Mice  Davis,  of  Buxton,  Maine,  3. 
.\sahel,  born  November  27,  1798;  died  De- 
cember 2,  1870;  married,  December  2,  1827, 
Charlotte  Thorndyke.  4.  Eunice,  born  Janu- 
ary 29.  1801  :  died  March   17,   1892;  married. 


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Henr_v  Safford.  5.  Lemuel,  born  February 
10,  1804,  died  February  27,  1864;  married, 
September  23,  1829,  Louisa  Levenseller.  6. 
Adelia,  born  November  23,  1810,  died  April 
30,  1890:  married,  January,  1850,  Ransom 
Dickinson.  7.  William  Shaw,  mentioned  be- 
low. Timothy  and  Lemuel  Gilbert  were  cele- 
brated piano  manufacturers. 

(Vni)  William  Shaw,  son  of  Timothy  (3) 
Gilbert,  was  born  in  Enfield,  Massachusetts, 
May  24,  1813,  died  May  10,  1884.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  later  en- 
gaged in  business.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church,  and  in  politics  a  Re- 
publican. He  married  (first)  May  26,  1839, 
Emily,  daughter  of  Cyrus  Cowles,  of  Had- 
ley,  Massachusetts;  she  died  October  i,  1840, 
aged  twenty-two  years.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) December  23,  1841,  Martha  Cummings, 
born  October  5,  1807,  died  April  25,  1894, 
daughter  of  John  G.  Cummings ;  she  was  a 
resident  of  Warren.  Child  by  first  wife :  Tim- 
othy Warren,  mentioned  below.  Children 
of  second  wife:  i.  Emily  Maria,  born  De- 
cember 9.  1842  ;  married,  April  19,  1865,  Giles 
Blodgett,  of  Warren :  he  died  July  6,  1895, 
leaving  three  children :  i.  Emma  Marie,  born 
January  26,  1866:  ii.  Edith  Frances,  born 
Julv  8,  1875  :  iii.  Ralph  Gilbert,  born  March 
23,  1882.  2.  Mary  Louisa,  born  November 
17,  1846,  died  June  5,  1908. 

(IX)  Timothy  Warren,  son  of  William 
Shaw  Gilbert,  was  born  at  Enfield,  March  20, 
1840.  W'hen  he  was  twelve  years  old  his 
father  moved  to  the  adjacent  town  of  War- 
ren, Massachusetts,  and  he  attended  school 
there  as  well  as  in  his  native  town.  As  a  boy 
he  was  attracted  to  a  sailor's  life,  and  ran 
awav  in  order  to  gratify  his  desire  to  go  to 
sea.  He  was  seventeen  years  old  when  he 
came  home.  He  attended  school  at  Sunderland 
the  following  winter,  and  then  learned  the 
painter's  trade  at  Warren.  He  came  to 
Springfield  as  a  journeyman  painter,  and 
worked  about  seven  years  for  the  firm  of  T. 
M.  Walker  &  Company.  Li  1870  he  engaged 
in  business  as  a  painter  and  decorator  on  his 
own  account  under  the  name  of  T.  W.  Gil- 
bert, and  has  continued  with  uninterrupted 
success  to  the  present  time.  He  is  the  oldest 
man  in  this  line  of  business  in  Springfield. 
He  stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  his  towns- 
men. He  is  a  member  of  Hampden  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons :  the  Springfield  Board  of 
Trade :  Winthrop  Club,  and  the  Springfield 
Auto  Club.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Baptist  church.     In  the  civil  war  he  en- 


listed in  the  Thirteenth  Heav\  Artillery  for 
three  years  in  1863,  and  served  until  the  end 
of  the  war.  He  is  a  member  of  Wilcox  Post, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He  married, 
January  10,  1868,  Jennie  F.  Cobleigh,  daugh- 
ter of  Rufus  N.  and  Mary  E.  (^Gleason)  Cob- 
leigh, of  Chicopee  Falls,  Massachusetts. 
They  had  one  child,  Alice,  died  in  infancy. 


Oliver  Hall,  immigrant  ancestor, 
HALL     came   from   England  and  settled 

in  Brookline,  New  Hampshire. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  He  had 
sons:  I.  Uriah,  lived  in  Patroons  Manor,  Al- 
bany, New  York,  and  was  engaged  in  the  ice 
business.     2.  Oliver,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Oliver  (2),  son  of  Oliver  (i)  Hall,  was 
born  April  7,  1776.     He  married,  November 

11,  1800,  Rebecca  Spaulding,  born  May  31, 
1779,  daughter  of  Daniel  Spaulding.  (See 
Spaulding,  \T).  She  died  September  18, 
1828.  He  married  (second)  July  7,  1831, 
Louise  Edmands,  born  July  15,  1798,  died 
August  4,  1850.  He  died  July  17,  1850.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  Oliver,  born  February 
2,  1802,  mentioned  below.  2.  Benjamin, 
September  4.  1803.  3.  Ozias,  January  6, 
1805.  4-  Amaziah.  June  15,-  1807.  5.  Son, 
born  and  died  January  18,  1809.  6.  Almenia, 
born  May  16,  1810.  7.  Adaline,  June  15, 
1814.  8.  Livona,  May  31,  1817,  died  May  4, 
1818.  9.  Rosilla,  September  14,  1821.  10. 
Marinda,  October  31,  1823.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:    II.  Elizabeth,    February  3,    1833. 

12.  Rosella,  May  5,  1834.  13.  Louis,  No- 
vember 8,  1835.  14-  John,  August  4,  1837. 
15.  Child,  February  5,  1839.  16.  Child,  Au- 
gust 16,  1840. 

(III)  Oliver  (3),  son  of  Oliver  (2)  Hall, 
was  born  in  Brookline,  February  2,  1802. 
His  parents  removed  to  Bradford.  New 
Hampshire,  when  he  was  an  infant.  He  was 
educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  A  few 
years  after  his  marriage  he  came  to  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed by  Eliphalet  Davis,  the  well-known 
soap  manufacturer,  for  many  years.  He  mar- 
ried Jane  S.  Brown,  who  was  descended  from 
President  John  Ouincy  Adams  through  his 
mother,  Sally  (.\dams)  Brown.  Children : 
I.  Angeline,  born  October  16,  1827;  mar- 
ried Daniel  Lewis  ;  had  no  children.  2.  Sam- 
uel M.,  December  20,  1830;  married  (first) 
Anna  Ross,  of  Portland :  (second)  Eliza  Gib- 
bons, of  Connecticut:  children  of  first  wife: 
Henry ;  Walter ;  Edwin  Franklin  (died  Sep- 
tember  7,    1908,   had   two   children) :   Jennie 


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M. ;  George  W.  3.  Adaline,  October  12, 
1831  ;  married  William  A.  Johnson,  of  Lunen- 
burg, Massachusetts,  a  cousin  of  President 
James  A.  Garfield ;  had  no  children.  4.  Jack- 
son E.,  October  8,  1833;  married  Lizzie  T. 
Tilden,  of  Portland;  children:  Henry,  Fan- 
nie, Winnie  and  Etta ;  married  (second)  Ag- 
nes Davis ;  four  children ;  married  (third) 
Charlotte  Loomis,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  had 
no  children;  (fourth)  Mrs.  Buck.  5.  William 
Van  Buren,  November  29,  1835 ;  married 
Sarah  Sleeper,  of  Portland,  and  had  thirteen 
children.  6.  George,  1838,  died  young.  7. 
Abbie  Bryant,  January  19,  1841,  died  Sep- 
tember 26,  1909;  she  was  a  well  known  resi- 
dent of  Cambridge,  and  a  member  of  Old 
South  Chapter,  Daughters  American  Revo- 
lution ;  married  Melvin  B.  Ricker,  of  Somer- 
ville ;  no  children.  8.  Edwin  Adams,  March 
12,  1846;  unmarried;  was  janitor  of  Horti- 
cultural Hall,  Boston,  fourteen  years ;  he  is 
now  engaged  in  farming  at  Lunenburg,  Mas- 
sachusetts ;  he  is  a  life  member  of  Cambridge 
Chapter,  Sons  of  American  Revolution,  also 
member  of  Boston  Janitors'  Mutual  Benefit 
Association. 

(The   Spaulding  Line;    .see   Edward    Spaulding    1). 

(I\')  Jacob  Spaulding,  son  of  Andrew 
Spaulding,  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  Massa- 
chusetts. September  6,  1703,  died  March  4, 
1776.  He  lived  in  Chelmsford,  and  all  his 
children  were  born  there.  He  married,  in 
1726,  Susanna  Pierce,  born  November  15, 
1705,  died  August  10,  1787.  Children:  i.  Ja- 
cob, May  3.  1727.  2.  Eleazer,  November  12, 
1728,  mentioned  below.  3.  Susanna,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1730.  4.  Rachel,  June  22,  1732.  5. 
Abigail,  August  31,  1735.  6.  Joseph,  May  i, 
1737.  7.  Joanna,  March  29,  1739.  8.  Benja- 
min, January  6,  1741.  9.  Sybil,  January  19, 
1743.  10.  Olive,  August  14,  1745.  H-  Jesse, 
September  14,  1747. 

(V)  Eleazer,  son  of  Jacob  Spaulding,  was 
born  in  Chelmsford,  November  12,  1728,  died 
in  Townsend,  November  i,  1812.  He  was  in 
the  revolution  and  marched  to  Cambridge  on 
the  Lexington  alarm,  in  1775,  and  also  entered 
the  service  June  23,  1775,  and  served  as  first 
lieutenant  in  Captain  Joshua  Parker's  com- 
pany. He  afterwards  put  in  a  petition  asking 
for  compen.sation  for  a  gun  lost  at  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill.  He  married,  October  30, 
1753,  Elizabeth  Proctor,  who  died  October  12, 
1804.  daughter  of  Daniel  Proctor,  of  Chelms- 
ford. .\  private  record  says  her  name  was 
Sybil.     He  settled  in  Townsend  about   1753, 


and  lived  there  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Chil- 
dren born  in  Townsend:  i.  Daniel,  August  13, 
1754,  mentioned  below.  2.  Elizabeth,  June  18, 
1756.  3.  Thaddeus,  June  i,  1758.  4.  Beza- 
leel,  August  3,  1760.  5.  Esther,  November  12, 
1762.  6.  Eleazer,  August  23,  1764.  7.  Sybil, 
March  3,  1767.  8.  Jesse,  September  5,  1769. 
9.  Gains,  October  14.  1771.  10.  Luther,  Oc- 
tober 16.  1774. 

(W  )  Daniel,  son  of  Eleazer  Spaulding,  was 
born  in  Townsend,  Massachusetts,  August  13, 
1754,  and  resided  in  Erookline,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  married,  March  16,  1778.  Rebecca 
Osgood,  of  Brookline.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution  in  the  company  of  Captain  Far- 
well,  of  Milford,  New  Hampshire.  Children  : 
I.  Rebecca,  born  May  31,  1779,  married  Oli- 
ver Hall.  (See  Hall,  H).  2.  Sally,  married 
Sewell  Wetherbee.  3.  Betsey,  married  Dan- 
iel Gassett.  4.  Daniel.  5.  Benjamin,  born 
March  22.  1803,  in  Farmington,  Maine,  died 
December  3,  1839,  in  Madison,  Maine;  mar- 
ried r^lary  McLaughlin,  of  Stark,  Maine,  Oc- 
tober 23,  1826:  she  was  born  September  3, 
1805;  children:  i.  Mahlon  Day,  born  August 
18,  1827,  at  Anson,  Maine  ;  ii.  Franklin,  born 
June  13,  1829,  died  March  2,  1832;  iii.  John 
Perrin,  born  July  10,  1832,  at  Stark;  iv.  Jus- 
tin, born  February  27,  1838,  in  Madison,  now 
resides  in  Chicopee,  Massachusetts ;  married 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Cooley,  of  Springfield. 


This  line  is  said  to  come  froniRicli- 
H.\LL     ard.  and  later  from  Obadiah,  Oba- 

diah    (2),   Obadiah    (3),   and   Jo- 
seph. 

(I)  Joseph,  eldest  son  of  Obadiah  and  Han- 
nah Hall,  was  born  in  Northfield,  New  Hamp- 
shire, June  15,  1813,  died  June  30.  1872.  He 
was  a  gun-maker  in  Laconia  and  Manchester 
during  the  civil  war.  He  married  Maria  Brad- 
bury Parker,  born  April  3,  1813.  Children: 
Marshall  Parker,  Joseph  Newton  and  Arthur 
Norman. 

(H)  Marshall  Parker,  eldest  son  of  Joseph 
and  Maria  Bradbury  (Parker)  Hall,  was  born 
August  II,  1838,  in  Guilford,  now  Laconia, 
New  Hampshire,  died  in  Manchester,  Febru- 
ary 12,  1896.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  Guilford 
Academy.  On  leaving  school  he  served  an  ap- 
prenticeship of  three  years  in  the  office  of  the 
Bclknaf  Gazette  at  Laconia.  subsequently 
working  in  the  offices  of  the  Manchester  Dem- 
ocrat, bailv  American.  Nezv  Haiiif'slnre  Jour- 
nal of  Medicine  and  various  job  printing  offi- 
ces  in    Manchester   from    1856  to    1858.     He 


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taught  school  in  Scioto  county,  Ohio,  from 
1858  to  1861,  and  printed  the  Nezv  Hampshire 
Journal  of  Agriculture  from  1861  to  1862, 
when  his  connection  with  the  printing  business 
ceased.  At  a  meeting  and  banquet  of  the  Press 
Association,  held  at  Concord,  January  19, 
1885,  Mr.  Hall,  in  a  speech  incidentally  men- 
tioned that  he  employed  the  first  women  com- 
positors in  the  city  of  Manchester  in  1861. 
From  1863  to  1865  he  was  city  librarian,  hold- 
ing the  office  three  years.  In  the  latter  year 
he  entered  the  counting  room  of  the  Amoskeag 
Manufacturing  Company,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed until  his  death.  He  was  the  chief  clerk 
and  the  oldest  employed  there  in  point  of  ser- 
vice with  one  exception.  He  bore  the  distinc- 
tion of  having  served  the  longest  period  upon 
the  school  committee  of  any  member  in  that 
branch  of  the  city  government,  his  connection 
with  the  board  extending  over  a  period  of 
twenty-five  years,  during  a  portion  of  which 
time  he  honorably  filled  the  position  of  clerk 
and  from  1890  that  of  chairman  of  the  board. 
He  was  elected  to  his  first  term  in  the  school 
committee  in  1868  and  served  continuously  on 
the  board  until  his  death  with  the  exception  of 
three  years. 

At  the  time  of  Mr.  Hall's  death  Superin- 
tendent Buck  of  the  city  schools  said  of  him : 
"He  has  ever  been  foremost  in  very  progres- 
sive movement  for  the  good  of  our  schools, 
notably  in  organizing  and  establishing  the  city 
training  school  for  teachers,  the  evening  me- 
chanical and  architectural  drawing  school,  and 
the  manual  training  school ;  in  securing  the  ap- 
pointment of  a  truant  officer,  in  making  revi- 
sions of  the  course  of  study  and  the  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  board,  and  in  a  plan  for  util- 
izing the  city  library  by  the  public  schools.  To 
the  accomplishment  of  these  things,  he  has  de- 
voted his  best  thoughts  and  utilized  many 
I  hours  of  his  time.  Mr.  Hall  was  twice  a  mem- 
ber of  our  state  constitutional  conventions,  and 
author  of  that  amendment  to  the  constitution 
(of  1876)  which  forever  provides  that  no  pub- 
lic funds  shall  be  used  for  the  support  of  de- 
nominational or  sectarian  schools.  He  had 
been  a  public  school  teacher.  He  well  under- 
stood and  highly  appreciated  the  teacher's 
work ;  and  he  was  ever  kind,  considerate  and 
liberal  in  his  treatment  of  the  fraternity.  He 
was  unusually  well-informed  by  extensive 
reading  upon  all  subjects.  He  might  prop- 
erly be  regarded  as  an  expert  account- 
ant, because  of  his  practical  experience 
as  well  as  an  accountant  and  his  broad 
and     extended     studv     of     the     whole     sub- 


ject. He  has  left  in  manuscript  a  work  in 
three  parts,  entitled,  "Money,  Accounts  and 
Bookkeeping,"  designed  especially  for  use  in 
public  schools,  and  it  can  safely  be  predicted 
that  this  work  will  be  found  exceptionally 
good,  simple,  direct,  practical — like  his  way  of 
doing  all  things.  This  book  was  subsequently 
issued  by  the  publishing  house  of  Silver  Bur- 
dett  &  Company.  In  the  death  of  Mr.  Hall,  the 
schools  of  this  city  have  lost  the  services  of  a 
deeply  interested,  warm  and  very  helpful 
friend  ;  and  the  community,  the  presence  and 
example  of  a  high  type  of  the  Christian  gen- 
tleman ;  but  his  influence  for  all  that  is  good 
and  noble  will  long  abide.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Franklin  Street  Congre- 
gational   Church,    which    he    joined    in    May, 

1864,  a  devotee  of  art,  and  president  of  the 
Manchester  Art  Association,  and  in  politics  he 
was  a  Republican.  March  6,  1896,  the  school 
board  by  a  rising  vote  unanimously  adopted 
the  following  resolutions :  "Resolved,  That  in 
the  death  of  Marshall  P.  Hall,  the  school  com- 
mittee of  Manchester,  loses  the  valuable  ser- 
vices of  a  man  of  marked  ability,  of  exalted 
character,  and  of  cheerful  and  constant  devo- 
tion to  the  performance  of  all  the  duties  that 
devolved  upon  him  as  a  member  of  this  board ; 
that  the  public  schools  of  the  city  lose  an  active 
and  faithful  friend  who  was  always  interested 
in  every  movement  which  looked  to  their  great- 
est efficiency  and  a  higher  standard  of  excel- 
lence ;  and  that  the  city  itself  suffers  the  irre- 
parable loss  of  a  respected  and  honorable  citi- 
zen. Resolved,  that  a  copy  of  these  resolu- 
tions be  spread  upon  the  records  of  the  Man- 
chester School  Board,  that  they  be  published 
in  the  city  papers,  and  that  a  copy  be  sent  to 
the  family  of  our  dear  brother." 

Marshall  P.  Hall  married  in  JManchester, 
New  Hampshire,  December  29,  1862,  Susan 
Maria,  born  in  Tamworth,  New  Hampshire, 
October  16,  1833.  daughter  of  Moses  and  Ja- 
cintha  (Mason)  James,  of  Tamworth.  Chil- 
dren: Newton  Marshall,  January  10,  1865; 
Herbert  James,  born  in  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire.  March  12,  1870,  a  resident  of 
Marblehead,  Massachusetts ;  Irving  Mason, 
May  10,  1876,  died  in  infancy. 

(Ill)  Rev.  Dr.  Newton  Marshall,  eldest 
child  of  Marshall  P.  and  Susan  M.  (James) 
Hall,  was  born  in   Manchester,  January   10. 

1865.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Manchester  and  graduated  from  the  high 
school  in  1883.  Entering  Dartmouth  College, 
he  completed  the  course  there  and  took  the 
degree  of  A.  B.  in  1888,  and  A.  :\I.  in  1891. 


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He  graduated  from  Andover  Theological 
Seminary  with  the  degree  of  B.  D.  in  1891, 
and  in  iyo8  received  the  degree  of  D.  D. 
from  Dartmouth  College.  From  1891  to 
1893  he  taught  English  literature  in  Iowa 
College,  Grinnell,  Iowa.  In  1894  he  became 
pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Oneonta,  New  York,  where  he  continued  un- 
til 1899.  In  that  year  he  accepted  the  pas- 
torate of  the  North  Congregational  Church 
of  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  which  he  has 
now  filled  for  more  than  ten  years.  He  is  a 
man  of  very  active  mind  and  a  prolific  writer. 
He  is  the  author  of  the  following  named 
books:  "Critical  Study  of  the  Bible",  pub- 
lished by  the  Quaker  Hill  Conference,  1891  ; 
"The  Bible  Story",  published  in  five  volumes 
by  King,  Richardson  and  Company,  1896; 
"Adult  Classes  and  How  to  Conduct  Them" ; 
"Biblical  Dramas";  "The  Early  Days  of  Is- 
rael" :-  "The  Days  of  the  Kings  of  Israel", 
ptiblished  by  the  Pilgrim  Press.  Dr.  Hall 
has  been  president  of  the  Connecticut  Valley 
Congregational  Club ;  is  now  president  of 
the  Springfield  Ministers'  .Association  and  of 
the  Reality  Club ;  member  of  the  Country 
Club,  the  Theta  Delta  Chi  Society;  chaplain 
of  George  Washington  Chapter  of  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution,  of  which  he  was 
president  for  two  terms.  Newton  M.  Hall 
married  in  North  Berwick,  Maine,  August 
20,  1891,  Louise  Buffum,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Phebe  (Buffum)  Barney,  of  North  Ber- 
wick, Maine.  They  have  one  child,  Louise 
IMarshall,  born  June  19,  1898. 


John  Deane,  immigrant  ances- 
DEANE  tor,  was  born  in  1600,  in  Eng- 
land and  died  April  25,  1660. 
His  will  was  proved  June  7.  1660.  He  set- 
tled in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  of  Plymouth  colony  Decem- 
ber 4,  1638.  His  wife  Alice  survived  him  and 
was  living  in  1668.  Children:  I.  John,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Thomas,  married,  January 
5,  1669,  Katherine  Stephens.  3.  Israel,  lieu- 
tenant in  King  Philip's  war ;  died  1677.  4. 
Issac,  of  Taunton;  married.  January  24,  1677. 
Hannah  Leonard.  5.  Nathaniel,  died  s.  p.. 
1666-67.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  about  1650;  died 
1734;  married  Josiah  Edson. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Deane, 
was  born  about  1637,  and  died  at  Taunton, 
February  18,  1677.  He  resided  at  Taunton, 
and  tradition  says  that  he  was  the  first  white 
child  born  in  Taunton.  He  is  buried  on  Sum- 
mer street,  Taunton.     He  married,  November 


7,  1663,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Deacon  Samuel 
Edson,  of  Bridgewater,  who  probably  sur- 
vived him.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Sarah,  born  November  9,  1668; 
married  Major  Jonathan  Howard.  3.  John, 
born  July  26,  1670;  died  August  6,  1670.  4. 
Alehitable,  born  October  9,  1671  ;  married  Jo- 
seph Wilbore.  5.  John,  born  September  18, 
1674:  died  July  31.  1724.  6.  Elizabeth,  born 
]\Iarch  15,  1676;  died  unmarried,  March  15, 
1749.  7.  ]Mary,  born  July  15,  1680;  married 
Seth  \\'illiams.  8.  Susanna,  born  August  13, 
1683;  died  unmarried,  1716.  9.  Israel,  born 
August  4,    1685;  married   Katherine   Bird. 

( III)  Samuel,  son  of  John  (2)  Deane,  was 
born  January  24,  1666-67,  and  died  October 
I,  1731.  He  settled  in  Taunton,  and  was  dea- 
con of  the  church  there.     He  married  Sarah 

.  who  survived  him  and  died  "before 

midnight"  October  15,  1741,  in  her  seventy- 
fourth  vear.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  Oc- 
tober 15.  1694;  died  young.  2.  Bethiah,  born 
January  7,  1697;  died  October  12.  1778;  mar- 
ried Sanniel  Clapp.  3.  Samuel,  born  October 
17.  1700:  married  Mary  Avery,  Rachel 
Dwight,  and  ]\Iargaret  King.  4.  William, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Nathan,  died  July  11, 
1741  ;  married  Elizabeth  Nicholson.  6.  Isaac, 
died  .April-27,  1734;  unmarried,  in  his  twenty- 
eighth  year. 

CIV)  William,  son  of  Samuel  Deane,  was 
born  August  19.  1702.  and  died  October  26, 
1773.  He  married  Esther  Avery,  born  .A^u- 
gust  7,  1704,  died  May  9.  1773.  daughter  of 
William  Avery.  He  built  a  house  in  Mans- 
field (then  Norton  and  originally  Taunton) 
and  at  last  accounts  it  was  still  standing  and 
occupied.  He  was  at  Alansfield  some  time  be- 
fore he  removed  his  wife  and  family  thither, 
and  one  of  his  letters  written  while  he  was  pre- 
paring the  homestead  is  extant.  He  moved 
his  wife  and  goods  to  his  new  home  on  a 
hand-sled.  A  pair  of  spectatcles  made  for 
him  in  1749  is  preserved  by  descendants.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  useful  citizen.  Children: 
I.  Isaac,  born  May  8.  1734.  2.  William,  De- 
cember 7,  1736.  3.  Esther,  September  19, 
1738.  4.  John,  March  21.  1739-40;  mentioned 
beiow.  3.  May,  born  October  31.  1741.  6. 
May,  Mav  11,  1743.     7.  Margaret,  March  16, 

1745-46.  ' 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  William  Deane, 
(sometimes  spelled  Dean),  was  born  in  Nor- 
ton, March  21.  1739-40.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  from  Mansfield.  Massachu- 
setts, ensign  in  Captain  Abel  Clapp's 
company.      Colonel      John      Daggett's      regi- 


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ment.  in  April,  1775;  also  first  lieu- 
tenant in  Captain  Abel  Clapp's  com- 
pany (third),  Colonel  John  Daggett's  regi- 
ment (Fourth  Bristol  county),  1776,  serving 
in  the  Rhode  Island  campaign;  also  in  Cap- 
tain Josiah  Keith's  company,  Colonel  Dag- 
gett's regiment,  in  Rhode  Island,  1778,  and  in 
Captain  Isaac  Hodge's  company.  Colonel 
John  Hathaway's  regiment,  at  Little  Comp- 
ton,  Rhode  Island,  1779.  He  was  captain  of 
the  Third  company,  (Colonel  Dean's  (  Fourth 
Bristol  county)  regiment,  and  in  Colonel  Isaac 
Dean's  regiment  in  the  Rhode  Island  cam- 
paigns in  1780.  He  was  a  farmer  in  ]\Ians- 
field  and  a  prominent  citizen.  He  married  at 
Norton,  September  19,  1769.  Children,  born 
at  Alansfield:  i.  Rev.  Samuel,  of  .Scituate, 
Massachusetts ;  graduate  of  Brown  Univer- 
sity, 1805;  died  August  9,  1834,  aged  fifty: 
pastor  of  Second  Church  of  Scituate  twenty- 
four  years ;  married  Stella  Washburn,  daugh- 
ter of  Hon.  Seth,  of  Raynham ;  an  authority 
on  colonial  history,  author  of  "History  of 
Scituate".  2.  Jacob,  lived  in  house  built  by  his 
father ;  married  ]\Iehitable  Reed.  3.  John, 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  John  (4).  Deane,  son  of  John  (3) 
Deane,  was  born  in  Mansfield,  June  4,  1774, 
and  died  at  Norton  January  7,  1841.  He  was 
of  Mansfield  when  he  married,  April  4,  181 1, 
Elizabeth  Carpenter,  born  ]\Iarch  9,  1785,  died 
March  18,  1832.  He  settled  at  Norton.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Norton:  i.  John  Jr.,  February 
28,  181 1 :  of  Dedham,  master  of  transportation 
of  Taunton  branch  railroad.  2.  Maria,  born 
October  25,  1813.  3.  Isaac,  March  28,  1815. 
4.  Elizabeth.  December  23,  1816,  5.  Oliver, 
June  II,  1818:  mentioned  below.  6.  Pliny, 
November  17,  1819.  7.  Calvin.  February  17, 
1821,  8.  Cornelia,  October  10,  1822.  9.  La- 
prelate,  .\pril  9.  1824. 

(\'II)  Oliver,  son  of  John  (4)  Dean  (or 
Deane),  was  born  at  Norton.  June  11.  1818. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He 
located  in  Canton,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
bought  a  coal  and  ice  business  which  he  con- 
ducted until  his  death,  and  was  numbered 
among  the  leading  and  most  ]5rogressive  and 
successful  merchants  of  the  town.  He  was 
interested  in  town  afifairs  but  never  sought  or 
accepted  public  office.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican,  in  religion  a  I'nitarian.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Norton,  January  21,  1844,  Eliza  Hunt, 
born  1821,  died  ^larch  jt,.  1907,  daughter  of 
Oliver  Hunt. 

(VIII)  Edgar  Hunt,  only  child  of  Oliver 
Deane.  was  born  October  22.  1846,  at  Canton, 


and  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools.- 
He  was  associated  from  youth  with  his  father 
in  the  coal  and  ice  business,  and  succeeded  to 
his  father's  large  property  and  business  inter- 
ests. Under  his  ownership  and  management 
the  business  has  continued  to  grow  and  flour- 
ish. Mr.  Deane  is  one  of  the  leading  business 
men  of  this  section,  upright  in  his  dealings,  of 
sound  judgment  and  large  influence  in  the 
community.  He  lends  his  aid,  influence,  time 
and  money  freely  in  the  public  interests,  but 
has  declined  public  office  and  honors.  He  is  a 
member  of  no  secret  orders  or  clubs,  and  de- 
votes his  time  almost  wholly  to  his  business 
and  domestic  afifairs.  He  married,  October  12, 
1873.  .\bbie  Mayhew  (  Mereen  )  Flynn,  born  at 
Whitneyville,  Maine,  June  17,  1849,  daughter 
of  John  and  Lucy  Ann  (Alayhew)  Mereen. 
Her  father  was  of  French  descent,  the  sur- 
name Morin,  having  been  anglicized  to  Me- 
reen, and  was  born  in  1805,  at  Kennebec, 
Maine,  died  in  181)3,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight 
years.  Her  mother,  Lucy  .\nn  Mayhew,  born 
1819,  at  East  Machias.  Maine,  died  1862,  at 
\\'hitneyville,  Maine,  was  of  an  old  New  Eng- 
land family  :  children  :  Lorenzo  Mereen  :  Hel- 
en ^lereen,  married  Jerome  Berry:  Abbie 
Mayhew  Mereen,  mentioned  above;  Augusta 
;\Iereen,  married  Edward  Getchell :  Orin 
Mereen:  .\rno  IVIereen.  Mr.  Mereen  kept  a 
small  store  and  dealt  in  lumber.  His  father, 
John  Alereen,  was  a  resident  of  Bath,  Maine, 
and  died  there ;  married  Rebecca  Chandler. 
.\bbie  Mayhew  Mereen  married  ("first)  Charles 
Flynn,  born  October  23,  1840,  at  Searsport, 
Maine,  died  in  1872,  in  Colorado.  They  had 
one  child,  Mereen  Chester  Flynn,  born  Octo- 
ber 23,  1870,  at  Sauk  Rapids,  legally  adopted 
by  her  second  husband. 

Children  of  Edgar  H.  and  Abbie  M.  Deane: 
1-2.  Eliza  Bell  and  Oliver  Lewis  (twins)  born 
January  26,  1883,  at  Dedham:  Eliza  Bell  mar- 
ried July  15,  lips,  Harold  Randolph  Webb, 
M.  E).,  of  Arlington,  Massachusetts:  child, 
Frank  W.  Webb,  born  April  26,  1909.  Oliver 
Lewis  died  at  the  age  of  six  months. 


This  surname  is  derived, 
NICKERSON  as  are  the  names  Nichol- 
son, Nickson,  Nixon,  etc., 
from  the  christian  name  Nicholas.  The  fam- 
ily is  very  numerous  on  Cape  Cod,  and  nearly 
ail,  if  not  all,  persons  of  the  name  of  Nicker- 
son  are  descended  from  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor mentioned  below. 

(I)   \\'illiam    Nickerson,    immigrant    ances- 
tor, a  weaver  by  trade,  was  born  in  England 


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in  1604,  and  came  from  Norwich,  England, 
in  April,  1637,  with  his  wife  Anne  and  four 
children,  sailing  in  the  ship  "John  and  Doro- 
thy," April  5,  and  landing  in  Boston  June  20. 
He  went  to  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  admitted  a  freeman.  May  2,  1638.  Re- 
moving to  Yarmouth  about  1646,  he  was  rep- 
resentative from  that  town  to  the  general 
court  of  Plymouth  Colony  in  1655.  He 
bought  lands  of  the  Indians  at  Manamoiet 
(Chatham)  before  December  i,  1663,  settled 
there  soon  after,  and  passed  the  remainder  of 
his  life  in  that  place,  dying  about  1690.  His 
sons-in-law,  Robert  Eldred  (Eldridge),  Tris- 
tram Hedges  and  Nathaniel  Covell,  were  in 
court  with  him  October  31,  1666,  on  account 
of  a  letter  he  had  written  alleged  to  be  de- 
faming Governor  Hinckley.  In  those  days 
freedom  of  speech  was  not  a  reality  in  the 
colonies.  As  his  lands  were  purchased  with- 
out the  persmission  of  the  authorities  of  Ply- 
mouth Colony  he  was  engaged  in  long  litiga- 
tion, but  finally  he  was  allowed  his  lands.  He 
married  Ann,  eldest  daughter  of  Nicholas  and 
Bridget  Busby,  of  Norwich,  who  came  over 
in  the  same  ship  as  the  Nickersons.  Ann  was 
born  about  1609 ;  she  received  a  legacy  from 
her  father  in  1660.  Children:  i.  Nicholas, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Robert.  3.  Elizabeth, 
married,  October,  1649,  Robert  Eldred.  4. 
Ann,  married,  October,  1657,  "Trustrum" 
Hedges.  3.  -Samuel.  6.  John.  7.  William. 
8.  Sarah,  married,  about  1662,  Nathaniel 
Covell.     9.  Joseph. 

(II)  Nicholas,  son  of  William  Nickerson, 
was  born  in  England  about  1630.  He  settled 
permanently  in  Yarmouth,  dying  there  March 
26,  1681-82.  He  married  Mary,  probably 
daughter  of  John  Derbe  (Derby)  one  of  the 
earliest  settlers  of  Cape  Cod.  Children:  i. 
Hester,  born  October,  1656  ;  married  Jonathan 
White,  son  of  Peregrine,  of  Marshfield,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1682-83.  2.  \^'illiam,  January  12, 
1658.  3.  Elizabeth,  December,  1662  (single 
in  May,  1706).  4.  John,  September  10,  1664; 
married  Elizabeth  Baker,  of  Yarmouth,  Au- 
gust 14,  1696.  5.  Mary,  July  6,  1668;  mar- 
ried Simon  Crosby,  of  Harwich,  August  27, 
1 69 1.  6.  Sarah,  May  i,  1674;  married  John 
Burgess,  of  Yarmouth,  about  1694.  7.  Pa- 
tience, April  3,   1682    (single  in  May,   1706). 

(III)  William  (2),  eldest  son  of  Nicholas 
Nickerson,  was  born  January  12,  1658.  He 
was  a  "soldier  of  Yarmouth,  Fourth  Expedi- 
tion," 1675-76.  He  lived  in  Eastham  till  about 
1696,  then  removed  to  Harwich.  His  wife, 
whom   he   married   at   Eastham,   January   22, 


1690,  was  Mary,  daughter  of  Mark  and  Jane 
(Prence)  Snow.  Her  ancestors  included  Gov- 
ernor Thomas  Prence  ( Prince )  and  Stephen 
Hopkins  of  "Mayflower"  fame.  Children:  i. 
Mercy,  born  March  17,  1691-92;  married  Jo- 
seph Johnson,  April  i,  1714.  2.  Nicholas, 
March  19,  1694-95.  3.  Ebenezer,  June  13, 
1697.  4.  Jane,  April  6,  1699;  married  Judah 
Baker,  of  Yarmouth,  June  18,  1724.  5. 
Mary,  August  13,  1701  ;  married  James  Hard- 
in, October  8,  1724.  6.  Thankful,  July  26, 
1705;  married  Benjamin  Burgess,  June  15, 
1727. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  William  (2)  Nick- 
erson, was  born  in  Harwich,  April  6,  1697. 
He  married,  October  13,  1726,  Elizabeth  Ma- 
yo, great-granddaughter  of  the  Rev.  John  Ma- 
yo, the  first  minister  of  the  Second  Church  in 
Boston,  and  a  descendant  of  Major  John  Free- 
man, Governor  Prence  and  Elder  Brewster. 
They  lived  in  that  part  of  Harwich  which  in 
1823  became  the  town  of  Brewster.  He  and  his 
wife  were  admitted  to  the  church  March  24, 
1727-28.  He  moved  to  Provincetown  where 
tradition  says  he  had  the  fourth  house  built ; 
died  there  February  15,  1768.  Children:  i. 
Mary,  born  August  3,  1727;  died  young.  2. 
Hannah,  baptized  November  17,  1728.  3. 
Mary,  baptized  July  19,  1730.  4.  Elizabeth, 
baptized  August  13,  1732.  5.  Seth,  born  Oc- 
tober 21,    1737.     6.  Nathan,  born   November 

25.  1739- 

(V)  Seth,  son  of  Ebenezer  Nickerson,  was 
born  in  Harwich,  October  21,  1737,  and  bap- 
tized two  days  later.  Most  of  his  life  was 
passed  in  Provincetown.  He  married  March 
19,  1761,  Mary  Smith,  of  Chatham,  a  descend- 
ant of  "Mayflower"  stock.  He  married  (  sec- 
ond) Isabel  (Eldridge)  Dyer.  He  had  sixteen 
children  ;  eight  by  each  wife.  The  fourth  child 
and  second  son  was  Ebenezer. 

(VI)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Seth  Nickerson, 
was  born  in  Provincetown,  August  17,  1768. 
He  married  (first)  Salome  Collins,  who  bore 
him  five  children,  one  son  and  four  daughters. 
He  married  (second)  Eudoxa  White,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  White  and  Prudence  Hayward, 
who  lived  in  Phillipston,  Massachusetts,  and 
were  of  I,exington-Concord  stock.  By  her  he 
had  thirteen  children,  six  sons  (the  youngest 
named  Thomas  White)  and  seven  daughters. 
Ebenezer  Nickerson  was  one  of  the  leading 
merchants  in  Boston  of  his  time,  and  had  ex- 
tensive shipping  interests.  Freeman's  History 
of  Cape  Cod  says  of  him :  "His  almost  fastid- 
ious candor,  truthfulness,  and  honesty  com- 
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knew  him.    Perhaps  few  private  citizens  were 
more  generally  known,  or  indeed,  more  pro 
verbially  esteemed  as  an  upright,  honest  man, 
throughout  New  England." 

(VH)  Rev.  Thomas  White,  son  of  Ebene- 
zer  (2)  Nickerson,  was  born  in  Boston,  Janu- 
ary 6,  1826.  In  early  life  he  was  a  merchant 
in  Boston;  in  later  life  a  clerg>'man  of  the 
Episcopal  church  in  Massachusetts.  He  died 
November  14,  1905.  He  married,  January  6, 
1848,  Martha  Tillinghast,  daughter  of  Stephen 
and  :\Iary  Smith  (Barker)  W'estcott,  and  de- 
scended through  Jeremiah,  Samuel,  Benjamin, 
Captain  James  and  James,  from  Stukely  W'est- 
cott, one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island.  Stephen  W'estcott  was  a 
prominent  and  highly  successful  merchant  in 
Boston.  Thomas  White  Nickerson  had  six 
children:  i.  Florence,  died  young.  2.  Ger- 
trude, married  Rev.  Charles  Mcllvaine  Nichol- 
son. 3.  Archibald  Stuart,  married  Hattie 
Bennett.  4.  Stephen  W'estcott.  5.  Thomas 
White.  6.  Philip  Tillinghast.  married  Grace 
Livermore  Tobev. 

(VIII)  Rev.  Thomas  White  (2),  son  of 
Rev.  Thomas  White  ( i )  Nickerson,  was  born 
in  Boston,  June  25,  1858.  He  graduated  from 
Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  in  1876,  and  from 
Harvard  College  in  1880.  He  then  entered 
the  General  Theological  Seminary  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  New  York 
City,  graduating  in  1884,  and  receiving  his  B. 
D.  degree  in  1886.  He  was  ordained  deacon, 
June  18,  1884,  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
by  Bishop  Paddock,  and  ordained  priest  in 
New  York  City,  May  31,  1885,  by  Bishop 
Henry  C.  Potter.  From  September,  1884,  to 
June,  1887,  Mr.  Nickerson  was  assistant  to 
the  rector  of  Calvary  Church,  New  York,  Dr. 
Henry  Y.  Satterlee,  later  bishop  of  Washing- 
ton. From  June,  1887,  to  June,  1895,  he  was 
rector  of  St.  Paul's,  Paterson,  New  Jersey, 
antl  this  initial  charge  developed  a  capacity 
for  large  service.  He  early  established  a  mis- 
sion (now  St.  Luke's),  and  after  his  congre- 
gation grew  to  unwieldy  proportions,  divided 
the  parish,  thus  founding  the  present  St. 
Mark's  Church.  During  his  ministry  a  new 
church  "^ite  was  mirchased  by  St.  Paul's  and 
the  initial  work  generally  accomplished  which 
resulted  in  the  erection  of  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  church  edifices  in  New  Jersey.  His 
next  charge  was  the  rectorship  of  the  Church 
of  the  Messiah,  Boston,  where  he  remained 
from  1895  to  1898.  In  the  spring  of  1900  he 
was  secured  as  rector  of  St.  Stephen's,  Pitts- 
field,  which  he  has  since  served  with  beneficent 


results  to  both  congregation  and  community. 
His  parish  is  in  a  most  flourishing  condition, 
and  a  recognized  valuable  factor  in  the  moral 
uplift  of  the  city.  He  has  taken  an  especially 
active  interest  in  the  local  Union  for  Home 
Work,  serving  as  chairman  of  its  executive 
committee.  He  is  president  of  the  standing 
committee  of  the  Diocese  of  W'estern  Massa- 
chusetts; a  member  of  the  Pittsfield  Monday 
Evening  and  Park  clubs,  of  the  Colonial  Wars  . 
and  Mayflower  societies  of  Massachusetts, 
and  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  New  York.  He 
married,  January  10,  1888,  Mary  Louisa  Hoff- 
man. Her  father  was  the  distinguished  dean 
of  the  General  Theological  Seminary  of  New 
York.  He  has  one  son,  Hoft'man,  born  De- 
cember 6,  1888;  a  graduate  of  St.  Mark's 
School,  Southborough.  now  a  student  at  Har- 
vard College. 


The  Johnson  family  settled 
JOHNSON  early  at  Leominster,  Worces- 
ter county,  Massachusetts. 
Those  who  have  been  traced  of  these  first  set- 
tlers were  descendants  of  John  Johnson,  who 
settled  as  early  as  1635  at  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  a  proprietor  of  that  town, 
a  shoemaker  by  trade.  He  bought  land  in 
1654  in  Ipswich,  removing  later  to  the  ad- 
jacent town  of  Rowley.  He  deposed  in  1671 
that  he  was  sixty-seven  years  old.  He  died 
January  29,   1685-86. 

( I )  Walker  Johnson,  doubtless  a  descend- 
ant, was  born  in  Leominster,  but  removed 
when  a  young  man  to  Westmoreland,  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
1812.  He  was  killed  while  at  work  in  a  saw 
mill  in  1829.  He  married  Philena  Pufifer, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sally  (White) 
Puffer.  (See  Puff'er,  VI).  Children:  Lydia, 
Martin,  Charles  F.,  Lewis,  Sarah,  Benjamin 
Walker,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Benjamin  Walker,  son  of  Walker 
Johnson,  was  born  in  Westmoreland,  New 
Hampshire,  December  6,  1828.  He  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  public  schools,  and  during 
his  boyhood  worked  on  his  father's  farm.  He 
came  to  Hopkinton,  Massachusetts,  in  1848, 
and  found  employment  in  a  boot  and  shoe 
factory.  He  followed  the  trade  of  shoemaker 
there  until  he  retired  in  1900.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics  and  for  a  number  of  years 
was  on  the  Republican  town  committee.  He 
married,  in  1851,  Eveline  D.,  daughter  of 
Aaron  Read.  'She  died  October  14,  1895. 
Children:  i.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  October 
I,  1856.     2.  .\aron'L.,  :\Iarch  19,  i860,  men- 


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tioned  below.    3.  Ellen  B.,  March  15,  1862.    4. 
Charles,  May  6,  1867. 

(III)  Aaron  L.,  son  of  Benjamin  Walker 
Johnson,  was  born  Alarch  19,  i860,  in  Hopkin- 
ton.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
His  native  town,  and  began  his  business  career 
as  clerk  in  a  drug  store.  In  1875  he  became 
clerk  in  the  office  of  a  coal  and  lumber  firm  in 
Hopkinton  and  continued  with  the  same  con- 
cern for  a  period  of  twelve  years.  Then  he 
came  to  (grange,  Massachusetts,  in  1887,  and 
bought  a  grocery  store,  which  he  has  con- 
ducted since  then  with  uniform  success.  He 
served  on  the  board  of  selectmen  in  Orange 
and  has  held  other  offices  of  trust  and  honor. 
In  politics  a  Republican.  He  married.  Febru- 
ary 23,  1888,  Sarah  L.,  born  October  28,  1866, 
daughter  of  George  W.  and  Lydia  Brown. 
Children,  born  at  Orange:  i.  Roland  W., 
April  22,  1889.  2.  Read,  October  6,  1893.  3. 
Aaron  W.,  .August  22,  1897. 

(The    Puffer   Line,    see    George    Puffer    1). 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Jabez  Pufl:'er,  was 
born  at  Sudbury,  February  25,  1720.  He  mar- 
ried, June  8,  1742,  Abigail  Treadway,  born 
October  5,  1726,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Tread- 
way,  of  Framingham.  Her  father  was  a  town 
officer  from  1749  to  1753,  and  a  farmer.  Wil- 
liam Puffer  settled  in  Framingham  and  died 
there  in  1757.  Children:  i.  Jabez,  born  at 
Sudbury,  July  16,  1743,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Benjamin,  Sudbury,  August  2,  1746,  3.  Mary, 
Framingham,  1747:  baptized  November  29, 
1747.  4.  Thankful,  Framingham,  June  16, 
1749;  married  John  [Mixer. 

(V)  Jabez  (2),  son  of  William  Puflfer,  was 
born  at  "Sudbury,  July  16,  1743.  He  resided  on 
the  Amasa  Kendall  place  in  Framingham.  He 
married  Rachel,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Treadway)  Morse.  He  removed  to 
Dublin,  New  Hampshire.  Children,  born  at 
Framingham:  i.  William,  March  4,  1764 
(non  compos),  2.  Benjamin,  April  6,  1765, 
mentioned  below,  3.  Mary,  July  22,  1766 
(non  compos).  4.  Rachel,  January  5,  1768. 
5.  John,  April  26,  1769.  6.  Nathan,  baptized 
March  3,  1772;  married  Priscilla  Hastings. 
7.  Abel,  born  February  20,  1774  (non  com- 
pos). 8.  Abigail,  January  13,  1776.  9.  Jona- 
than, April  27,  1777,  died  July  25  following. 
10.  Comfort,  1779,  died  November,  1803. 

(\T)  Benjamin,  son  of  Jabez  (2)  Pufifer, 
was  born  at  Framingham,  April  6,  1765.  He 
went  with  his  father's  family  to  Dublin,  New 
Hampshire,  about  1772.  He  settled  in  West- 
moreland,   New   Hampshire,   but   removed   to 


Richford,  \  ermont,  near  the  Canadian  line,, 
about  1813,  He  died  at  the  home  of  his  eldest 
daughter,  Mrs.  Nancy  Rogers,  in  Westfield, 
\'ermont,  in  1859,  He  was  a  farmer.  He 
married  Sally  White,  who  died  in  April,  1826. 
Children:  i.  Martin,  born  at  Westmoreland. 
2.  Erasmus,  Westmoreland,  August  11,  1793. 
died  October  22,  1886.  3.  Nancy,  married 
Rogers  and  resided  in  Westfield,  Ver- 
mont. 4.  Philena,  married  Walker  Johnson 
(see  Johnson,  I"). 


The  name  of  Gibbs  was  well 
(jIBBS  known  in  England  before  the 
emigration  of  the  Puritans  to 
America.  William  Gibbs,  of  Lenharn,  York- 
shire, England,  for  signal  service  received  a 
grant  from  the  King  of  England,  embracing 
a  tract  of  land  four  miles  square  in  the  centre 
of  the  town.  Tradition  says  he  had  three 
sons,  the  eldest  of  whom  inherited  the  pa- 
ternal estate  and  remained  thereon ;  the 
younger  sons  learned  the  ship  carpenter's 
traded  and  on  arriving  at  majority  received 
fluids  from  their  elder  brother,  with  which 
they  came  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  to  es- 
tablish themselves  in  life.  One  of  these  was 
undoubtedly  Matthew  Gibbs,  mentioned  be- 
low. One  tradition  says  that  one  settled  on 
the  Cape,  and  the  other  at  Newport,  Rhode 
Island. 

(I)  Matthew  Gibbs,  immigrant  ancestor. 
was  born  in  England.  He  settled  in  Charles- 
town,  [Massachusetts,  where  he  was  livmg  in 
1650-54.  He  removed  in  1654  to  .Sudbury 
and  settled  at  Lanham,  where  he  had  a  grant 
of  land  in  1659,  and  other  grants  in  1670.  In 
1661  he  bought  of  Thomas  Reed  Sr.  one- 
third  of  a  farm  granted  to  Rev.  Edmund 
Brown,  near  Doeskin  Hill,  and  in  1673  and 
1678  he  bought  more  of  the  same  farm.  He 
also  owned  Gookin  and  How  land  east  of 
Indian  Head.  He  died  before  1(397.  He  mar- 
ried, about  165 1,  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert 
Bradish.  She  was  admitted  to  the  Charles- 
town  church,  September  23,  1652.  Children: 
I.  Mary,  born  1652:  married  (first)  John 
Goodridge  ;  (second)  Thomas  Frost  Sr.  2. 
Hannah,  ■X654;  married  Samuel  Winch.  3. 
Mattlew,  about  1655.  4.  Thomas,  December 
17,  1656.  5-  Elizabeth,  1658;  married  John 
Russell.  6.  Thomas,  April  10,  1660 ;  died 
1688.     7.   John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Jolin,  son  of  Matthew  Gibbs,  lived  at 
Lanham,  and  died  there  .April  2,  1718.  He 
married  (first)  Anna,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Gleason.  He  married  (second)  May  31,  1694. 


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Sarah  Cutler,  of  Reading.  Children:  i. 
Thomas,  born  April  19,  1689,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Mercy  or  Alary,  August  3,  1691 ; 
married,  October  15,  1718,  at  Brooktield, 
James  Eakins.  3.  John.  4.  Nathaniel,  mar- 
ried Bathsheba  Parmenter.  5.  Isaac.  6. 
Sarah,  December  6,  1701 ;  married  Daniel 
Winch.  7.  Jacob.  8.  Israel,  July  11,  1706; 
married  Mary  Hamilton.  9.  Ephraim,  died 
young. 

(Ill)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Gibbs,  was  born 
April  19,  1689.  He  built  a  house  on  the  Dane 
or  Chase  place;  removed  later  to  Quabin. 
He  settled  in  Brookfield  and  married   (first) 

Hannah ,  who  died  December  19,  1717. 

He  married  (second)  April  13,  1719,  Sarah 
W'alcott.  Child  of  first  wife:  i.  Abigail,  born 
December  5,  1717,  died  young,  Children  of 
second  wife :  2.  Abraham,  born  January  16, 
1719-20;  married  Keziah  Atwood.  3.  Han- 
nah, September  13,  1722.  4.  Isaac,  Novem- 
ber 22,  1724.  5.  Jacob,  April  21,  1727.  6. 
John,  May  13,  1729.  7.  David,  June  9,  1731. 
8.  Solomon,  September  16,  1736.  9.  Jesse, 
January  5,  1738.  10.  Joshua,  April  18,  1742. 
II.  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

( I\')  Joseph,  son  or  nephew  of  Thomas 
Gibbs,  lived  in  Brookfield,  He  married,  at 
Southborough,  .August  23,  1754,  Sarah  Bruce. 
Joseph  of  Brookfield  married,  June  3,  1762, 
Anna  Clark,  of  Spencer.  Joseph  of  Mendon 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Captain 
William  Jennison's  company  on  the  Lexing- 
ton alarm,  .\pril  19,  1775.  Children:  i.  Dan- 
iel, mentioned  below.  2.  Willard,  had  son 
W'illard  born  before  1779,  had  guardian  ap- 
pointed 1793  ;  was  then  of  Spencer.  Probably 
others,  perhaps  in  Mendon. 

{\ )  Daniel,  son  of  Joseph  Gibbs,  was  born 
probably  at  Spencer  about  1760.  He  was  a 
mo'occo  tanner  by  trade,  and  settled  when  a 
young  man  at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts. 
Later  in  life  he  turned  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing. He  lived  to  an  advanced  age.  He  mar- 
ried and  among  his  children  was  John,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  John,  son  or  nephew  of  Daniel  Gibbs, 
was  born  about  1780  in  Charlestown.  He  re- 
moved to  Thomaston,  Knox  county,  Maine, 
and  engaged  in  farming.  Afterward  he  re- 
moved to  Canatla  and  died  there.  The  widow 
of  John  Gibbs  married  a  man  by  name  of 
Hadley,  of  Winterport,  and  had  one  child, 
John,  whose  children  still  reside  at  Winterport, 
Maine.  Children  of  John  Gibbs:  i.  Miriam, 
born  1804;  married  her  stepbrother  Aaron 
Hadley,  and  settled  at  Waldo,  Maine.  2.  John, 


mentioned  below.  3.  Amos,  born  in  Rockland, 
Alaine,   1811-12. 

(VH)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Gibbs, 
was  born  in  Thomaston  in  1807.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  there  and  chose  the  profes- 
sion of  teaching  and  followed  it  for  nineteen 
years.  Afterward  he  was  a  builder  and  contrac- 
tor and  built  several  large  mills.  He  finally 
turned  to  farming  and  located  at  Washington, 
Knox  county,  Maine,  where  he  died  in  1890, 
aged  eighty-three  years.  His  wife,  Lucy  (Jack- 
son) Gibbs,  lived  to  the  age  of  eighty-five.  She 
was  born  in  Warren,  Maine,  January  9,  1806, 
a  daughter  of  William  Jackson,  whose  wid- 
owed mother  married  a  man  by  name  of 
Standish  ;  she  was  the  daughter  of  John  Ding- 
le)-. John  Gibbs  was  a  Republican,  and  held 
various  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was  a 
useful  citizen  and  was  held  in  universal  re- 
spect. He  was  liberal  in  religion,  gentle  and 
kindly  in  manner.  Children:  i.  Prentice  M., 
born  .March  19,  1833,  in  Warren,  Maine.  2. 
Nathaniel,  born  January  9,  1835,  in  Union, 
Maine.  3.  Omar,  born  in  Washington,  Maine, 
November  2~.  1836,  died  from  wounds  re- 
ceived in  front  of  Richmond,  1862 ;  was  lieu- 
tenant colonel  in  Georgia  cavalry.  4.  Locero 
J.,  born  July  16,  1844,  mentioned  below,  5. 
Esther  H.,  born  October  14,  1848,  died  April 
23,  1909 :  was  the  wife  of  William  G.  Field,  of 
New  York  City :  he  died  in  1905. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Locero  J.,  son  of  John  (2) 
Gibbs,  was  born  in  Washington,  Maine,  July 
16,  1844.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  the  Westbrook  Seminary. 
He  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Eleventh  Maine 
Regiment,  at  the  begining  of  the  civil  war  and 
was  discharged  on  account  of  physical  disabil- 
ity at  the  end  of  his  first  year  of  service,  in 
April,  1862.  But  he  enlisted  again  in  August 
of  that  year  in  Company  B,  Eighth  Regiment, 
and  served  for  three  years.  He  took  part  in 
many  battles  and  skirmishes  and  was  severely 
wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  June  4, 
1864,  but  he  recovered  in  time  to  take  part  in 
the  last  campaign  in  front  of  Richmond  and 
was  present  at  Lee's  surrender  in  1865.  He 
was  mustered  out  with  the  rank  of  sergeant. 
After  the  war  he  entered  the  LTniversity  of 
Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor  in  1872-73,  and  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1874  at  Dartmouth  College 
as  M.  D.  He  then  studied  medicine  at  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  at  the 
New  York  Polyclinic,  New  York  City.  He 
paid  his  own  way  through  college  and  the  pro- 
fessional schools.  He  began  to  practice  in  the 
town    of    Epping,    Rockingham   county.    New 


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Hampshire.  After  seven  years  there  he  re- 
moved to  Chicopee  Falls,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  has  since  practiced.  He  ranks  among 
the  foremost  physicians  of  the  county  and  has 
■  been  eminently  successful  in  his  professional 
life.  His  office  is  located  at  31  Broadway  in 
a  house  built  by  him  for  this  purpose  and  for  a 
residence.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
United  States  examining  board  for  pensions  of 
Springfield  since  1900,  acting  as  secretary  of 
the  board.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  duties  of  citi- 
zenship. He  was  a  member  of  the  school  com- 
mittee three  years ;  selectman  of  the  town  two 
terms ;  chairman  of  the  local  board  of  health 
for  three  years :  four  years  member  of  board 
of  aldermen  and  two  years  president  of  board. 
He  is  a  member  of  Belcher  Lodge,  Free  Ma- 
sons, of  Chicopee  Falls :  past  master  of  North 
Star  Lodge,  of  Ashland,  Massachusetts ; 
member  of  Otis  Chapman  Post,  No.  103, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  In  religion  he  is 
a  Unitarian.  Dr.  Gibbs  has  devoted  himself 
exclusively  to  his  profession,  but  has  invested 
from  time  to  time  in  real  estate  in  Chicopee 
Falls  and  owned  houses  on  Southwick  street 
and  other  valuable  property. 

Dr.  Gibbs  married  (first)  in  1879,  Cora  B. 
McClench,  daughter  of  J.  U.  and  Marian  Mc- 
Clench,  of  Chicopee ;  she  died  at  the  age  of 
thirty-one  years,  leaving  one  child,  Omar  J., 
who  died  aged  seven  years.  Dr.  Gibbs  married 
(second).  Belle  B.  Chapin,  born  at  Chicopee, 
daughter  of  Caleb  Strong  Chapin,  of  Chicopee 
Falls  and  later  of  Tennessee  and  Indiana. 


The  ancestrv  of  the  Brew- 
BREWSTER     ster     family     in     America 

dates  froni  the  life  and 
time  of  Elder  William  Brewster,  the  organ- 
izer and  head  of  the  Plymouth  Pilgrims  of 
1620.  The  name  of  Brewster  appears  among 
the  old  families  in  the  reign  of  Edward  III, 
as  ranking  among  the  "English  landed  gen- 
try". John  Brewster  was  witness  to  a  deed 
in  the  "parish  of  Henstead.  in  Suffolk,  in  the 
year  1375,  and  not  long  after,  in  the  reign  of 
Richard  II,  a  John  Brewster  was  presented 
to  the  rectory  of  Godwich,  in  the  county  of 
Norfolk.  This  Norfolk  branch  became  con- 
nected bv  marriage  with  the  distinguished 
houses  of  DeNarburgh,  Spelman,  Gleane,  and 
Coke,  of  Nolkham  :  and,  in  the  county  of  Suf- 
folk, Robert  Brewster,  of  Mutford,  possessed 
also  lands  in  Henstead,  and  it  is  stated  that 
William  Brewster,  of  Henstead.  and  Robert 
Brewster,    of   Rushmore,   died   possessed   of 


these  estates  prior  to  1482.  From  this  Suf- 
folk connection  a  branch  became  established 
at  Castle  Hedingham,  in  Essex,  and  formed 
connection  with  several  knightly  families. 
Our  William  Brewster  was  probably  of  this 
connection,  but  of  his  immediate  ancestry 
and  place  of  birth  no  record  has  been  discov- 
ered. It  is  supposed  that  Scrooby,  a  Not- 
tinghamshire village,  was  his  birthplace, 
whither  he  went  after  leaving  a  responsible 
position  in  the  service  of  Mr.  William  Davi- 
son, who  was  one  of  Queen  Elizabeth's  am- 
bassadors, and  afterwards  one  of  her  princi- 
pal secretaries  of  state. 

(I)  William  Brewster  was  born  about  the 
year  1560,  and  was  well  educated  at  Cam- 
bridge, from  whence  he  entered  the  public 
service  as  above  mentioned.  He  lived  at 
Scrooby  some  fifteen  or  twenty  years,  and 
held  the  office  of  post  of  Scrooby  for  about 
fourteen  vears,  occupying  the  manor  house 
pertaiViing  to  the  Archbishop  of  York,  and 
associating  with  "the  good  gentlemen  of 
those  parts."  Here  was  gathered  the  little 
band  that  afterwards  constituted  the  Plym- 
outh Pilgrims.  Mr.  Brewster  became  a  non- 
conformist, and  in  1607  was  imprisoned  at 
Boston,  Lincolnshire.  He  was  liberated  with 
great  expense  and  difficulty  and  went  to  Ley- 
den  with  a  company  of  sympathizers,  and 
sharing  their  troubles,  after  losing  most  of 
his  possessions,  including  valuable  and  choice 
books,  through  the  treachery  of  a  ship's  cap- 
tain who  had  engaged  to  transport  the  com- 
panv  from  England,  he  supported  himself  by 
teaching  English,  and  in  1620  was  with  them 
on  their  pilgrimage  in  the  "Mayflower"  and 
continued  with  them  as  their  elder,  preach- 
ing frequently,  but  not  administering  the  sac- 
raments. He  was  loyal  to  the  home  govern- 
ment, and  reluctantly  accepted  the  fact  that 
his  conscientious  scruples  required  his  sepa- 
ration from  the  established  church.  LTntil  his 
death,  April  16,  1644,  he  was  the  acknowl- 
edged leader  of  the  Plymouth  dispensation, 
and  was  greatly  venerated.  He  had  by  his 
wife  Mary  three  sons:  Jonathan,  Love  and 
Wrestling :  and  two  daughters ;  Patience, 
married  Thomas  Prince,  in  1624,  afterwards 
governor  of  Plymouth ;  and  Fear,  married 
Isaac  Allerton,  first  assistant  to  the  governor. 

(II)  Jonathan,  eldest  son  of  Elder  William 
Brewster,  was  born  at  Scrooby  in  the  county 
of  Notts,  on  the  road  to  Doncaster,  in  York- 
shire, from  which  it  is  only  twelve  or  thirteen 
miles  distant,  in  a  manor  belonging  to  the 
Archbishop  of  York,  under  which  h''s  grand- 


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father  was  tenant  under  a  long  lease.  His 
education  was  nbtained  only  from  his  father, 
either  in  luigland  or  in  the  twelve  years' 
residence  in  Holland,  where  he  was  left  by 
his  father  to  take  care  of  two  sisters  with  his 
own  family.  He  came  to  Plymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1 62 1,  without  his  sisters.  In 
June,  1636.  he  had  command  of  the  Plym- 
outh trading  house  on  the  Connecticut  river, 
and  gave  notice  to  John  Winthrop,  governor 
of  the  fort  at  Savbrook,  of  the  evil  designs  of 
the  Pequots.  He  removed  to  Duxbury,  which 
in  1639  h^  represented  in  the  general  court, 
the  earliest  assembly  of  deputies  in  that  col- 
onv.  From  Duxbury  he  removed  to  New 
London,  Connecticut,  before  1649,  where  he 
was  selectman.  In  1656  he  formed  the  de- 
sign of  returning  with  his  family  to  England, 
but  remained  in  New  London,  where  he  died 
before  September,  1659.  By  his  wife  Lu- 
cretia  he  had  William.  Mary,  Jonathan,  Ben- 
jamin, Grace,  Ruth,  Hannah,  and  perhaps 
Elizabeth. 

(III)  Benjamin,  third  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Lucretia  fr)ldham)  Brewster,  was  born  No- 
vember 17,  1633,  in  Duxbury,  died  September 
14,  1710,  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  and  was 
buried  on  Brewster  Plains.  He  settled  upon 
the  homestead  of  his  father  at  Brewster's 
Neck,  which  he  had  acquired  by  purchase 
from  his  father  and  brother-in-law.  This 
farm  was  originally  in  the  town  of  New  Lon- 
don, but  the  various  changes  in  town  bound- 
aries placed  it  successively  in  Norwich,  Pres- 
ton, Groton  and  Ledyard.  He  was  much  in 
the  public  service,  and  served  as  deputv  to 
the  general  court  of  Connecticut  in  1668-69, 
1690,  1692-93-94-95-96-97,  and  was  a  lieuten- 
ant of  the  New  London  troop  in  1673.  and 
captain  of  the  military  company  of  Norwich 
twenty  years  later.  He  married,  February 
28.  t66o,  Anne  Darte,  who  may  have  been  the 
widow  of  Ambrose  Darte,  of  Boston.  Am- 
brose Darte's  wife  was  Anne  Adis,  daughter 
of  William  Adis.  of  Cape  Ann.  Benjamin 
Brewster's  wife  died  May  9.  1709.  Children: 
Mary,  Anne,  Jonathan,  Daniel,  William, 
Ruth,  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2),  eldest  son  of  Benja- 
min (i)  and  Anne  Brewster,  was  born  No- 
vember 30,  1664,  and  resided  at  Brewster's 
Neck,  where  he  died  November  20,  1704.  In 
1699  his  father  deed  to  him  eight  hundred  and 
ten  acres  of  land,  with  house  and  other  build- 
ings, comprising  the  homestead,  as  his  portion 
of  the  estate,  and  in  consideration  of  the  main- 
tenance of  his  parents  in  their  old  age.    Flow- 


ever,  both  of  them  survived  him.  He  mar- 
ried, December  18,  1690,  Judith  Stevens,  of 
Norwhich,  Connecticut;  "Shee  being  then  20 
ycres  of  age,  wanting  seven  dayes,"  probably 
daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  (Smith) 
Stevens,  of  Hingham,  baptized  there  Decem- 
ber 22,  1670.  Children:  Lucretia,  Jonathan, 
Joseph,  Sarah  and  Mary. 

(\')  Jonathan  (3),  elder  son  of  Jonathan 
(  2  )  and  Judith  (  Stevens  )  Brewster,  was  born 
April  21,  1694.  in  Preston,  and  lived  in  that 
town,  where  he  died  about  1754.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Ruth  jMorgan,  who  may  have  been 
the  daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Ruth 
(Shapley)  Morgan,  born  at  Groton,  Connecti- 
cut, August  29,  1697.  She  was  also  a  de- 
scendant of  Elder  William  Brewster,  through 
her  grandmother,  Ruth  Brewster,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  granddaughter  of  William.  He 
married  (second)  April  29,  1736,  Lucy  An- 
drews. The  first  wife  was  the  mother  of  four 
children:  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Joanna  and 
Simon.  The  second  wife's  children  were, 
Sarah,  Andrew,  Judith,  Joshua,  Ezekiah,  Lucy 
and  Mary. 

(VI)  Jonathan  (4),  eldest  child  of  Jona- 
than (3)  and  Ruth  (Morgan)  Brewster,  was 
born  November  5,  17 19,  in  Preston,  and  died 
at  Worthington,  Massachusetts,  April  13, 
1800.  He  removed  to  Worthington  in  1777, 
and  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  that  town 
through  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  served 
as  .selectman  in  1778-79-80,  in  1784-85-86-87- 
88-89,  i"  1790-91-92-93-94-95-96,  was  town 
clerk  in  1784-85,  and  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1778-79,  1782-84-85-86-87,  1793- 
94-95.  He  was  also  a  deacon  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  of  Worthington.  He  married 
at  Preston.  Connecticut,  August  26,  1754, 
Zipporah,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Hannah 
(Witter)  Smith,  of  Stonington,  born  July  10, 
1735,  in  Preston,  died  in  Worthington.  Janu- 
ary 19,  1795.  Children:  Elisha,  Esther,  Jona- 
than, Zipporah,  Sarah,  Jonah,  Moses,  Lydia 
and  Hannah.  The  eldest  daughter  married 
Dr.  Ezra  Starkweather,  of  Worthington.  The 
second  became  the  wife  of  Major  Joseph 
Marsh. 

(\'U)  Elisha,  eldest  child  of  Jonathan  (4) 
and  Zipporah  (Smith)  Brewster,  was  born 
February  25,  1755,  in  Preston,  died  in  Worth- 
ington, September  25,  1833.  He  held  various 
otifices  of  trust  in  the  town  of  Worthington, 
and  was  representative  to  the  general  court 
in  1806.  He  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tionary army,  enlisting  first  in  Captain  .\bijah 
Powell's    com])any    of    a    regiment    of    Light 


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Dragoons  for  and  during  the  war,  and  served 
a  period  of  seven  years  and  six  months.  His 
regiment  was  exercised  in  cavalry  tactics  by 
Count  Pulaski,  the  distinguished  Polish  dis- 
ciplinarian. At  the  time  of  Shay's  insurrec- 
tion, he  volunteered  his  services  and  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  aids  to  General  Shephard, 
at  Springfield  in  suppressing  the  uprising.  He 
was  subsequently  employed  by  the  government 
to  administer  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  late 
insurgents.  During  the  revolutionary  strug- 
gle, he  participated  in  many  fierce  engage- 
ments, and  led  his  men  with  an  impetuosity 
and  courage,  which  always  brought  victory. 
He  is  described  as  a  handsome  officer  with 
great  skill  and  daring  in  horsemanship.  "As 
a  civilian  he  retained  that  dignity  and  courtesy 
which  so  often  marked  the  officer  of  the  army 
and  always  bore  with  him  in  the  intercourse 
with  his  fellowmen,  that  aft'ability  and  gen- 
tlemanly feeling  which  so  eminently  charac- 
terized his  younger  brother,  Mr.  Jonah 
Brewster."  He  married,  April  24,  1788,  Sarah 
Huntington,  of  Windham,  Connecticut,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Jonathan  Huntington.  She  was 
born  about  1768,  died  November  22,  1841. 
Children:  Theodosia,  Minerva,  Sally,  Han- 
nah (died  youngj,  Eliza,  Zipporah,  Hannah, 
Lucy  and  Elisha  Huntington.  The  fifth 
daughter  married  Benjamin  Mills,  and  the 
eighth  became  the  wife  of  Elbridge  Hazen,  of 
Worthington. 

(Vni)  Elisha  Huntington,  only  son  of 
Elisha  and  Sarah  (Huntington)  Brewster, 
was  born  August  5,  1809,  in  Northampton, 
died  in  that  town,  November  27,  1878.  His 
education  was  supplied  by  the  common 
school  and  Hopkin's  Academy,  and  he  re- 
mained in  early  life  upon  the  paternal  farm. 
In  his  thirty-third  year,  in  1842,  he  removed 
to  the  centre  village  of  the  town,  and  located 
a  little  south  of  the  church  and  town  house, 
where  for  many  years  he  conducted  a  most 
successful  mercantile  business,  in  which  his 
son  became  associated  with  him  under  the 
firm  name  of  E.  H.  Brewster  &  Son.  Mr. 
Brewster  was  a  man  of  strong  mind  and 
much  force  of  character,  and  was  easily  a 
leader  of  the  community.  In  1848  he  was 
elected  as  a  Whig  to  represent  his  town  in 
the  state  legislature,  and  was  again  elected  in 
1853.  In  1852  he  was  chosen  county  com- 
missioner, and  for  sixteen  years  successfully 
filled  that  responsible  position,  being  most  of 
the  time  chairman  of  the  board.  He  distin- 
guished himself  in  the  performance  of  his 
duties  by  his  excellent  judgment,  and  at  the 


height  of  his  popularity  and  usefulness,  in 
1868,  he  declined  a  renomination,  although 
certain  of  election,  much  to  the  regret  of  the 
consti'tuency  he  had  so  faithfully  and  impar- 
tially served.  In  1856  the  party  machinery  in 
the  nominating  convention  was  opposed  to 
him,  and  the  nomination  fell  to  another.  His 
old  neighbors  and  friends  in  Worthington 
and  influential  people  throughout  the  county, 
almost  against  his  wishes,  insisted  upon  mak- 
ing him  an  independent  candidate,  and  he 
was  elected  by  a  handsome  majority.  At  the 
close  of  his  service  as  county  commissioner, 
he  was  tendered  a  supper  by  his  townsmen  as 
a  testimonial  of  their  appreciation  of  his 
faithful  official  service.  On  this  occasion  his 
former  official  associates,  with  whom  he  had 
served  without  sign  of  disagreement,  pre- 
sented him  with  a  gold-headed  cane.  This 
was  left  as  an  heirloom  to  his  son,  and  is  now 
in  the  possession  of  his  grandson,  E.  H. 
Brewster,  of  Springfield.  In  1871  the  senate 
district  composed  of  Berkshire  and  Hamp- 
shire elected  him  as  its  representative  in  the 
legislature,  and  in  1873  he  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  council  under  Governor 
Washburn  from  the  ei'ghth  district,  embrac- 
ing the  counties  of  Hampshire,  Hampden 
and  Berkshire.  While  in  this  office  he  was  a 
member  of  the  committee  of  the  council  to 
receive  General  Grant,  when  the  latter  made 
an  official  visit  to  the  state.  He  was  also  in 
council  under  Governor  Talbott.  Mr.  Brew- 
ster was  active  in  many  ways  in  furthering 
the  interests  of  his  native  state,  and  was  a 
leader  in  the  formation  of  the  Worthington 
Agricultural  Society,  of  which  he  was  the 
first  president.  He  was  for  many  years  a 
trustee  of  the  Northampton  Institute  for 
Savings,  and  a  director  of  the  Hampshire 
Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company.  Upon  the 
organization  of  the  Republican  party,  which 
was  the  natural  successor  of  his  former  al- 
legiance, he  was  among  its  most  active  sup- 
porters. Though  a  strong  partisan,  he  never 
permitted  loyalty  to  his  party  to  warp  his 
judgment  of  measures  and  men,  or  to  inter- 
fere with  what  he  believed  to  be  just  and 
equitable.  He  was  in  some  line  of  pubHc  ser- 
vice from  a  very  early  period  in  life.  He  was 
justice  of  the  peace  and  long  held  and  dis- 
charged the  duties  of  trial  justice  with  dig- 
nity and  impartiality.  He  was  often  chosen 
as  referee  in  matters  of  contest,  both  at  home 
and  abroad,  and  especially  in  important  road 
cases,  after  his  retirement  from  the  office  of 
county  commissioner.    Though  not  educated 


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as  a  lawyer,  he  possessed  the  legal  tempera- 
n:ent,  and  was  especially  fitted  by  nature  for 
the  adjudication  of  difficult  disputes.  His 
judgment  was  frequently  sought  and  gener- 
ously given  in  matters  of  business,  and  it  is 
probable  that  he  settled  more  estates  in  his 
day  than  any  other  man  in  Hampshire  coun- 
ty. Though  not  a  professing  Christian,  he 
was  a  regular  attendant  upon  Divine  wor- 
ship, and  a  liberal  supporter  of  church  work. 
He  had  an  abiding  faith  in  the  underlying 
principles  of  Christianity,  and  for  thirty  years 
he  sang  in  the  church  choir,  of  which  he  was 
chorister.  In  every  thing  that  he  did  he  was 
methodical  and  painstaking,  and  therefore 
accurate.  His  keen  perception  grasped  at 
once  the  vital  points  of  any  issue,  and  he 
possessed  great  capacity  for  unravelling  difii- 
<:ulties,  and  a  diplomacy  which  easily  recon- 
ciled dififerences  among  men.  One  who  knew 
him  well  said:  "He  could  not  recall  the  time 
when  he  was  otherwise  than  the  perfect  gen- 
tleman." With  a  fine  physical  presence  and 
a  kindly  benevolent  nature,  he  was  born  for 
a  leader,  and  would  be  easily  picked  out  as 
such  in  any  gathering  of  men.  When  princi- 
ple required,  he  was  a  rock  of  firmness  and 
was  ah  excellent  presiding  officer,  in  which 
capacity  his  graces  and  vi'rtues  showed  to 
best  advantage.  Despite  his  honors,  he  was 
modest  and  unassuming,  and  maintained  the 
friendships  which  he  formed  in  various  ca- 
pacities, and  when  once  one  had  been  ac- 
cepted as  his  friend,  he  was  always  a  friend. 
In  him  appeared  in  strong  degree  those  quali- 
ties which  distinguished  his  venerable  and  be- 
loved ancestor.   Elder  William   Brewster. 

He  married,  August  i,  183 1,  Sophronia 
Martha,  daughter  of  Isaiah  and  Luc}-  (Dan- 
iels) Kingman,  of  Worthington.  She  died 
March  14,  1879,  in  Worthington,  having  sur- 
vived her  husband  less  than  four  montlis.  Chil- 
dren :  Sarah  Huntington,  Elisha  Kingman, 
Lucy  Jane,  Sophronia  Kingman,  Charles  King- 
man. Helen  Eugenia  and  Isabel  Warner. 

(IX)  Charles  Kingman,  second  son  of  Eli- 
sha H.  and  Sophronia  M.  (Kingman)  Brew- 
ster, was  born  June  11,  1843,  '"  ^^'orthington. 
where  he  resided,  and  died  September  30, 
1908.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  his  na- 
tive town,  following  in  the  footsteps  of  his 
father,  and  served  as  county  commissioner  of 
Hampshire  county.  He  began  his  business 
career' as  a  clerk  in  his  father's  store,  of  which 
he  subsequently  became  manager,  and  served 
as  town  clerk.  He  was  the  author  of  a  revised 
edition  of  Rice's  History  of  Worthington.    He 


was  a  member  of  the  legislature  in  1889,  was 
trustee  of  the  Northampton  Institute  for  Sav- 
ings and  a  director  of  the  Hampshire  Mutual 
Fire  Insurance  Company.  He  married  at 
Worthington,  February  22,  1866,  Selina  So- 
phia, daughter  of  Chauncey  Baldwin,  of  that 
town.  Children:  i.  Sophronia,  died  in  her 
fourth  year.  2.  Grace,  died  in  her  fifth  year. 
3.  Elisha  Hume,  mentioned  below.  4.  Sarah 
Harriet,  born  March  6,  1874;  wife  of  Leon 
Alartin  Conwell,  of  Somerville,  Massachusetts, 
and  mother  of  two  children,  Agnes  and 
Charles  Russell.  5.  Charles  Huntington,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1877:  engaged  in  business  at  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut.  6.  Howard  Chauncey,  De- 
cember 24,  1880.  7.  Kingman.  December  24, 
1883 ;  graduated  from  Amherst  in  1906,  and  is 
a  member  of  the  class  of  191 2,  at  Dane  Law 
School. 

(X)  Elisha  Hume,  eldest  son  of  (Charles  K. 
and  Selina  S.  (Baldwin)  Brewster,  was  born 
September  10,  1871.  in  Worthington.  and  fitted 
for  college  at  Williston  Seminary  at  East- 
hampton.  He  graduated  in  law  from  the  Bos- 
ton University  in  1896.  and  was  admitted  to 
the  Massachusetts  bar  in  Northampton  in  the 
same  year.  He  immediately  began  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Springfield,  and  in  1899 
formed  a  partnership  with  Robert  Knight, 
which  relationship  now  exists.  He  was  form- 
erly chairman  of  the  city  Republican  commit- 
tee, and  was  a  member  of  the  state  legislature 
in  1902-03-04.  His  club  connections  include 
the  Winthrop,  Springfield  Country  and  Nayas- 
set.  Mr.  Brewster  is  a  careful  and  conscien- 
tious adviser  and  is  much  employed  by  those 
who  have  recourse  to  the  courts  to  redress 
their  wrongs.  No  client  ever  lost  any  rights 
through  his  neglect  of  thorough  preparation, 
skilful  handling  of  witnesses  in  court,  or  the 
able  presentation  of  the  law  and  the  facts.  He 
married  (first)  June  20,  1900,  Alice  Thomp- 
son, of  Springfield,  who  died  June  6,  1904. 
Children:  Alice,  born  May  12,  1902,  Harriet 
and  Elizabeth,  (twins),  June  5,  1904.  Mr. 
Brewster  married  (second)  Jessie  Walden 
Cook,  of  Springfield. 


(For  first  generation  see  Hugh   Calkins   1). 

(II)  John  Calkins,  son  of 
CALKINS     Hugh   Calkins,    was    born    in 

1634  and  died  in  January, 
1723.  He  lived  at  New  London  and  in  1652 
helped  to  build  the  first  mill  dam  there.  He 
married  at  New  London  Sarah  Ro3'ce,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Royce.  She  died  ^lay  i.  1711. 
He  was  later  in  Norwich  where  he  served  as 


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selectman  in  1671  and  as  a  juror  as  late  as 
1691.  Children:  I.  Hugh,  born  at  New  Lon- 
don. 2.  Sarah,  married  Thomas  Baldwin.  3. 
Mary,  married  Samuel  Gifford.  4.  Elizabeth, 
married  Samuel  Hyde.  5.  Hugh,  born  June, 
1659.  6.  John,  married  Abigail  Burchard.  7. 
Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Calkins,  was  a 
farmer  at  Lebanon,  Connecticut.  He  married 
Hannah  .  Children :  Samuel,  born  Octo- 
ber 17,  1699.     2.  Nathaniel,  August  17,  1703. 

3.  Stephen,  April  4,    1706,   mentioned  below. 

4.  Aquila.  June  4,  171 1. 

(I\')  Stephen,  son  of  Samuel  Calkins,  was 
bom  in  Lebanon,  April  4,  1706.  He  removed 
from  Lebanon  to  Sharon,  of  which  he  was  an 
original  proprietor,  having  lot  No.  31,  where 
Abraham  Weed  lately  lived.  Children :  Ste- 
phen, Joseph,  Elijah,  Timothy,  Amos,  Justis, 
Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  Stephen  Calkins,  was 
born  in  Lebanon  or  Sharon  about  1720.  He 
married  at  Sharon,  April  25.  1745,  Ellen  Way. 
Children,  born  at  Sharon:  i.  Asa,  January  8, 
1746-47,  mentioned  below.  2.  Daniel,  October 
2,  1749.  3.  Lydia,  October  12,  175 1.  4.  Eliz- 
abeth, October  6,  1753.  5.  Amos,  July  12, 
175s  (mother  given  as  Lucy).  6.  Jonathan, 
1760   (mother  as  Ellen). 

(VI)  Asa,  son  of  Daniel  Calkins,  was  born 
January  8,  1746-47.  He  and  Ezekiel  Calkins, 
a  relative,  settled  at  Wilbraham,  Massachu- 
setts. According  to  the  first  federal  census  in 
1790  Asa  had  three  sons  under  sixteen  and 
two  females  in  his  family.  Older  sons  may 
have  left  home. 

(VH)  Asa  (2),  son  of  Asa  (i)  Calkins, 
lived  at  Wilbraham.  He  married  and  among 
his  children  was  George,  mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  George,  son  of  Asa  (2)  Calkins, 
was  born  at  Massachusetts.  He  came  to 
Palmer  about  1848.  He  married  at  Palmer 
(intention  dated  August  6,  1840)  Lucy 
Ann  Brown.  According  to  the  census 
of  1790  James  and  Ezekiel  Calkins 
were  heads  of  families  in  Wilbraham.  They 
were  brothers.  Asa  Calkins  (Corkins)  was 
of  the  same  family.  He  had  three  sons  un- 
der sixteen  and  two  females  in  his  family  at 
that  time.  Most  of  the  Palmer  family  of  this 
surname  trace  their  ancestry  to  Ezekiel, 
though  some  are  descended  from  James.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Romaro,  born  at  Palmer,  January 
20,  1848.  2.  Frank.  3.  James  W.,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Herbert.  5.  Richard.  6.  Jerome. 
7.  Abel.     8.  Frederick. 

(IX)   James   W.,    son    of   George    Calkins, 


was  born  at  Palmer,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  Wilbraham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  when  a  young  man  learned  the 
trade  of  stone  mason ;  later  he  followed  con- 
tracting and  building  and  was  also  engaged  in 
the  real  estate  business.  He  was  a  Baptist 
in  religion  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
enlisted  during  the  civil  war  for  the  state  of 
Maine  and  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic.     He  married  Lucia  Burleigh,  a 

native   of    Palmer,    daughter   of   and 

Hannah  (Cook)  Burleigh.  Children:  i. 
Lucia,  died  aged  sixteen  years.  2.  James, 
died  in  infancy.  3.  Frank,  died  in  infancy. 
4.  Irving  R.,   mentioned  below. 

(X)  Irving  R.,  son  of  James  W.  Calkins, 
was  born  at  Palmer,  October  31,  1875.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  and  the  Palmer 
high  school.  He  was  a  student  in  Harvard 
College  in  the  academic  course,  but  did  not 
graduate.  He  studied  also  at  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  and  the  University  of  Ver- 
mont. He  began  the  study  of  medicine  under 
Dr.  John  Morgan,  of  Boston.  He  graduated 
in  1896  from  the  Baltimore  Medical  College 
with  the  degree  of  W.  D..  and  was  an  in- 
terne in  the  Maryland  General  Hospital  one 
year.  He  began  to  practice  in  1896  in  Spring- 
field, making  a  specialty  of  surgery,  and  has 
taken  high  rank  in  his  profession.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical  So- 
ciety, Springfield  Academy  of  Medicine, 
American  ATedical  Association  and  Eastern 
Hampden  Medical  Association.  He  is  on  the 
surgical  staff  of  Mercy  Hospital,  Springfield. 
He  is  a  member  of  Springfield  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons ;  Sons  of  the  Revolu- 
tion ;  Smith  &  Wesson  Revolver  Club ;  United 
States  Revolver  Association,  in  which  he  has 
held  championship  honors  and  was  one  of  the 
four  to  be  selected  to  represent  the  Olympic  in 
1908  for  America  and  was  high  man  in  the 
fiualification  for  America ;  Nayasset  Club ; 
Springfield  .Aero  Club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  married,  June  25,  1898,  Lena 
May  Watters,  born  June  20,  1877. 


This  is  a  name  found  early 
BIGELOW  in  the  New  England  records 
with  a  great  variety  of  spell- 
ings. In  some  places  it  is  written  Boglo.  An- 
other wide  variation  is  Beguley,  and  various 
forms  are  given  by  various  writers  of  the 
colonial  days.  The  name  has  been'  well  rep- 
resented, both  as  to  numbers  and  in  the  char- 
acter of  citizenship  throughout  the  country. 
It  is  from  the  .\nglo-Saxon  biggan  (big)  and 


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hleaw,  hlaw  (a  hill,  or  barrow) ;  the  place  of 
residence  of  the  person  who  finally  took  it 
as  a  surname. 

(I)  John  Bigelow  was  baptized  in  England, 
February  16,  1617,  and  came  to  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  very  early.  He  died  July  14, 
1703,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six  years.  He 
married,  in  Watertown,  October  30,  1642, 
Mary  Warren,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Eng- 
land. She  died  October  19,  1691.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  in  1694,  Sarah  Benis.  He  had 
six  sons  and  six  daughters,  and  was  the  an- 
cestor of  numerous  families  of  the  name 
throughout  New  England.  His  sons  were 
John,  Jonathan,  Daniel,  Samuel,  Joshua  and 
James. 

(H)  Sanuiel,  fourth  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Warren)  Bigelow,  was  born  October  28, 
1653,  in  Watertown,  and  was  an  innkeeper 
there  from  1702  to  1716.  He  was  admitted 
to  full  communion  March  4,  1688,  and  was 
made  a  freeman  April  16,  1690,  and  repre- 
sented the  town  at  the  general  court  in  1708- 
09-10.  He  married,  June  3,  1674,  Mary 
Flagg,  born  June  14,  1657,  died  September 
7,  1720,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
Flagg.  They  had  ten  children,  nine  of  whom 
are  given  as  follows :  John,  Mary,  Samuel, 
Sarah,  Thomas,  Martha,  Hannah,  Isaac  and 
Deliverance. 

(HI)  John  (2),  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
(Flagg)  Eigelow,  was  born  May  9,  1675,  in 
Watertown,  and  settled  in  Marlboro,  Mas- 
sachusetts. In  1705  he  was  at  the  garrison 
house  of  Mr.  Thomas  Sawyer,  and  with  Saw- 
yer and  his  sons  was  taken  captive  by  the 
Indians  and  conveyed  to  Canada.  Bigelow 
and  Sawyer  were  both  ingenious  mechanics 
and  they  proposed  to  the  governor  of  Mon- 
treal to  erect  a  saw  mill,  and  thereby  ransom 
themselves  from  captivity.  This  was  accept- 
ed, and  after  they  had  fulfilled  their  part  with 
some  delays,  they  were  permitted  to  return 
with  their  friends.  In  token  of  his  gratitude 
for  deliverance  from  captivity,  Mr.  Bigelow 
named  the  daughters  born  after  his  return. 
Comfort  and  Freedom.  He  died  September 
28,  1769,  more  than  ninety-four  years  old. 
He  married,  June  12,  1696,  Jerusha  Garfield, 
who  died  January  16,  1758.  Children:  Je- 
rusha, Thankful,  Joseph,  John,  Comfort, 
Freedom,  Anna  and  Gershom,  twins,  Jotham, 
Benjamin  and  Sarah. 

(TV)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Jeru- 
sha (Garfield)  Bigelow,  was  born  in  Marlbor- 
ough, October  8,  1724,  died  in  Worthington  in 
1773.     He  lived  in  Brookfield,  Massachusetts, 

iv — 23 


until  1745,  when  he  removed  to  Shrewsbury, 
Massachusetts,  remaining  up  to  1752,  when 
he  went  to  Springfield,  removing  to  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  in  175(1.  He  was  a  ferryman 
here  until  he  changed  his  residence  to  Worth- 
ington. He  married,  January  17,  1744,  Levi- 
nah,  born  in  Marlborough,  August  15,  1721, 
daughter  of  William  and  Lydia  (Eager) 
Thomas,  who  were  the  grandparents  of  old 
Robert  B.  Thomas,  of  almanac  fame.  Children 
of  Benjamin  and  Levinah  :  Benjamin,  Levi- 
nah,  William,  Edmund,  Jonas,  Lydia,  Levinia, 
Sophia,  a  daughter  and  Polly. 

(V)  Edmund,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Levin- 
ah (Thomas)  Bigelow,  was  born  in  Shrews- 
bury, died  in  Middletown,  Vermont,  1824. 
When  he  was  a  very  small  boy  his  father  re- 
moved to  Springfield,  then  to  Hartford,  and 
finally  to  Worthington.  He  was  administrator 
of  his  father's  estate.  He  served  in  the  conti- 
nental army  as  paymaster,  and  was  at  Ben- 
nington and  Ticonderoga.  After  the  war  he 
moved  to  Middletown,  Rutland  county,  Ver- 
mont, and  settled  where  John  P.  Taylof  now 
lives,  and  was  one  of  the  leading  spirits  in  the 
new  town ;  made  moderator  of  the  first  town 
meeting ;  selectman  for  many  years ;  was  the 
first  justice  of  the  peace;  and  was  on  the  com- 
mittee to  divide  the  town  into  school  districts, 
and  the  subdivision  then  made  remains  practi- 
cally unchanged  to  this  day.  In  this  town  of 
Middletown  the  Mormon  religion  is  said  to 
have  had  its  origin,  and  Joe  Smith,  the  Mor- 
mon leader,  was  born  in  the  nearby  town  of 
Sharon.  He  married  Olive  Stone.  They  had 
the  following  family :  Mary,  Lefy,  Sophy, 
William,  James  and  Harriet. 

(VI)  Hon.  William,  son  of  Edmund  and 
Olive  (Stone)  Bigelow,  was  born  in  Middle- 
town  in  1791,  died  in  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts, April  10,  1863.  He  studied  medicine 
with  Dr.  Ezra  Clark,  of  Middletown,  and  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Castleton 
Medical  College.  In  October,  181 5,  he  settled 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Fairhaven, 
X'ermont,  and  in  1838  changed  his  residence 
and  practice  to  Bennington,  same  state. 
Though  coming  into  a  place  where  eminent 
physicians  were  already  established.  Dr.  Bige- 
low took  standing  with  the  foremost  and  ever 
maintained  it.  He  served  the  county  as  state 
senator.  He  was  an  impressive  speaker  to 
which  gracefulness  of  mind  and  person  con- 
tributed their  part.  His  manner  was  dignified, 
and  his  feelings  genuine.  This  talking  faculty 
he  frequently  exercised  in  public  gatherings  of 
the  town  and  church.    He  was  not  an  ofif-hand 


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speaker,  but  his  remarks  were  prepared  with 
care,  deUberatioii  and  study,  yet  he  was  ahvays 
ready  to  talk  on  all  occasions.  He  spoke  as 
one  with  authority,  though  not  overbearing, 
and  his  words  carried  great  weight.  He  was 
that  noble  work  of  God,  a  christian  physician. 
He  early  joined  the  church,  and  was  constant 
in  liis  attendance  upon  the  regular  preaching 
services  as  well  as  the  prayer  and  social  meet- 
ings. He  would  never  allow  anyone  in  his 
presence  to  speak  with  levity  or  disrespectfully 
of  religion  unrebuked.  He  was  prized  as  a 
townsman,  a  physician,  and  the  poor  always 
had  in  him  a  willing  helper  in  their  sickness. 
The  friends  he  had  clung  to  him  with  no  com- 
mon attachment.  He  married  Dorinda,  daugh- 
ter of  Orson  and  Zeruiah  (Loomis)  Brewster, 
who  was  descended  from  Elder  William  Brew- 
ster of  the  "Mayflower."  She  was  born  April 
4,  1795,  died  April  16,  1883.  Children:  Olive 
Stone,  Emma  Lorane,  Edmund.  Ellen,  Wil- 
liam Henry,  George  Warren  and  Mary  Sophia. 

(YH)  Edmund  (2),  son  of  Hon.  William 
and  Dorinda  (  Brewster)  Bigelow,  was  born  in 
Bennington,  Vermont,  died  in  Springfield,  Au- 
gust 17.  1S75.  He  went  to  Troy.  New  York, 
early  in  life  and  learned  the  apothecary  trade. 
In  1849  h^  came  to  Springfield  and  entered  the 
business  on  his  own  account.  He  joined  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  in  Troy, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  South  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Springfield.  He  belonged  to 
the  old  fire  conii)any.  He  married  Lucy  Par- 
rot, daughter  of  Donald  Camp,  of  New  York. 

( VIII )  Edmund  (3),  only  child  of  Edmund 
(2)  and  Lucy  (Camp)  Bigelow  that  reached 
maturity,  was  born  in  Springfield,  October  4. 
1852.  He  attended  the  public  schools.  In  1875 
he  entered  the  offices  of  the  Fire  &  Marine  In- 
surance Company  and  is  at  present  manager 
of  the  statistical  department.  He  is  unmar- 
ried. 


This  name  is  supposed  to  orig- 
DAWES     inate  from  Daw,  the  diminutive 

or  nickname  of  David.  The  an- 
tecedent of  most  of  that  name  in  this  coun- 
try is  William  Dawes,  who  came  over  in  1635. 
His  father  had  come  over  before  this  time, 
but  it  is  said  he  did  not  remain  long.  Abra- 
ham Dawes,  thought  to  be  the  English  an- 
cestor, was  one  of  the  richest  commoners  in 
England,  under  Cromwell  helped  to  support 
the  royal  family  in  exile,  and  upon  the  return 
of  Charles  Second  to  the  throne  was  made 
baronet.  William  Dawes,  grandson  of  the 
emigrant,  born  in  Boston,  1745,  won  for  him- 


self undying  fame  by  being  one  of  the  two 
companions  of  Paul  Revere,  in  his  historic 
ride,  and  like  that  hero  had  much  ado  to 
dodge  the  British  sentinels. 

(I)  Samuel  Dawes,  of  Pembroke,  a  de- 
scendant from  the  above-mentioned  William, 
was  born  a  little  before  the  year  1700,  and 
died  in  1750.  About  1714  he  bought  land  in 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  and  by  1727  he 
had  married  Sarah  Howland,  of  Pembroke, 
where  he  then  lived,  and  had  two  children ; 
he  removed  to  East  Bridgewater,  where  his 
other  children  were  born.  After  his  death 
his  widow  married  Captain  Daniel  Reed,  of 
Abingdon,  in  1765,  and  died  January  2,  1775. 
Samuel  and  Sarah  Dawes  had  children  as 
follows:  I.  Robert,  born  about  1722:  mar- 
ried Lydia  Harden.  2.  Samuel,  see  forward. 
3.  Abigail,  1729;  married  Josiah  Vini'ng.  4. 
Content,  1733.  5.  Ann,  1735;  married  Dan- 
iel Reed.  6.  ]\Iary,  1738;  married  Nathaniel 
Prior.  7.  Jonathan,  1745 ;  married  Lydia 
Snell :  went  to  the  revolutionary  war  and 
never  returned. 

(II)  Samuel  (2),  second  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
and  Sarah  (Howland)  Dawes,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1724,  died  November  5,  1794.  Be- 
fore the  revolution  he  removed  from  Abing- 
don to  Hampshire  county,  and  in  1755  mar- 
ried Abigail,  daughter  of  Isaac  Kingman, 
born  May  19,  1730,  died  in  February,  1808, 
and  their  children  were:  i.  Ebenezer,  born 
^Tarch  i,  1756;  married  Elizabeth  Bailey.  2. 
and  3.  Betty  and  Sarah,  twins,  1758.  4.  Sam- 
uel, December  6,  1760;  married  Lydia  Tor- 
rev.  5.  John,  March  4,  1763  ;  married  Dolly 
Shaw.  6.  Howland,  February  25,  1766:  died 
unmarried  in  1844.  7.  Daniel,  September  9, 
1768.  8.  Abigail,  September  17,  1770;  mar- 
ried Hatch  Noyes.    9.  Mitchell,  see  forward. 

(III)  Mitchell,  sixth  and  youngest  son  of 
Samuel  (2)  and  Abigail  (Kingman)  Dawes, 
was  born  August  15,  1772,  and  lived  at  Cum- 
mington,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Mercy 
Burgess,  January  i,  1805,  and  they  had  chil- 
dren as  follows:  i.  Sally,  born  IMarcli  9, 
1808.  2.  Louisa  Warner,  March  21,  1810; 
married  Thomas  Reed  Rawson.  3.  Sophronia, 
March  8,  1812:  married  W^illiam  Rogers,  4. 
Lucretia,  March  20,  1814;  married  Isaac  W\\- 
liams.  5.  Henry  Laurens,  see  forward.  6. 
Francis  Howland,  May  11,  1819:  married 
Melissa  Everett.  7.  Thomas  Spencer,  April 
23,  1822;  married  Elizabeth  Russell. 

(IV)  Henry  Laurens,  fifth  child  and  eldest 
son  of  Mitchell  and  Mercy  (Burgees)  Dawes, 
was  born  October  30,  1816,  died  February  5, 


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2III 


1903.     He  was  graduated  from  Yale  College 
in  the  class  of  1839,  after  which  he  spent  two 
years  teaching  school;  later  he  became  editor 
of  the  Greenfield  Gazette,  and  still  later  of  the 
Adams  Transeript.    He  studied  law  in  the  of- 
fice of  Wells  &  Davis,  at  Greenfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1842, 
beginning   his   practice   at   North   Adams;   in 
1864  he  removed  to  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts. 
In    1848-49    he    was    a    member    of    the    two 
houses  of  State  legislature;  in  1850  and  1852 
of  the  state  senate;  in  1853  he  was  a  member 
of  the  constitutional  convention  of  Massachu- 
setts; in  1853  and  to  1857  was  district  attorney 
for  the  western  district  of  Massachusetts;  he 
was  nine  time  elected  to  the  house  of  repre- 
sentatives ;  in  1875  was  elected  to  the  United 
States    senate    to    succeed    Charles    Sumner, 
whose  unexpired  term  was  filled  by  William 
B.  Washburn;  he  was  re-elected  in  1881  and 
again  in  1887;  in  1893  he  was  appointed  chair- 
man of  the  commission  to  the  five  civilized 
tribes   of    Indians,    commonly    known   as    the 
Dawes  Commission,  which  place  he  held  until 
his  death  in   1903.     He  was  highly  esteemed 
and    held    a    distinguished    place    among    the 
statesmen  of  his  day.     He  was  prominent  in 
the  house  of  representatives  as  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  elections  through  the  diffi- 
cult period  of  the  war  and  reconstruction,  and 
as  chairman  of  appropriations  and  ways  and 
means,    where    he    did    distinguished    service. 
He  secured  the  passing  of  the  first  appropria- 
tions for  the  weather  bureau  and  the  fish  com- 
mission, and  the  tariff  bill  of  1872  was  passed 
by  the  house  as  he  wrote  it  without  amend- 
ment. In  the  senate  he  held  various  important 
positions,  but  was  chiefly  known  for  his  ser- 
vice as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  Indian 
affairs   for  fifteen  years.     In   1887  he   wrote 
and  secured  the  passage  of  the  act  called  the 
Indian   Severalty   Law  which  conferred   land 
in  severalty  and  citizenship  on  the  American 
Indians.     This  is  sometimes  called  the  Indian 
Emancipation  Act.  and  on  this  account  "Dawes 
Day"  is  celebrated  at  Hampton.     While  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  he  won  the  respect  of  all 
parties,  and  was  the  personal  friend  of  every 
president   from  the  time  his  first  election  to 
the  legislature  to  the  end  of  his  service.     He 
was  a  man   of  independent  thought  and  ac- 
tion, and  his  ability  as  a  speaker  was  equalled 
by  his  ability  as  a  writer.     In  1869  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Laws  was  conferred  upon  him  by 
Williams  College,  and  in  1889  by  Yale  Univer- 
sity. 

He  married  Electa  Sanderson,  of  Ashfield, 


Massachusetts  ;  children  :  i.  Thomas  Sander- 
son, born  February  24,  1848,  died  September 
7,  1849.  2.  Anna  Laurens,  May  14,  185 1;  is 
a  prominent  author,  greatly  interested  in  edu- 
cational and  sociological  matters ;  she  was  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  board  of  man- 
agers, the  World's  Columbian  Exposition,  also 
of  board  of  lady  managers  of  the  Louisiana 
Purchase  Exposition  at  St.  Louis,  and  has 
published  several  books,  her  subjects  being 
mainly  educational  and  political.  3.  Henry 
Laurens,  April  13,  1853,  died  April  16,  1854. 
4.  Chester  Mitchell,  July  14,  1855.  5.  Robert 
Crawford,  January  21,  1858,  died  September 
3,  1859.  6.  Henry  Laurens,  January  5,  1863; 
resides  in  Pittsfield,  Alassachusetts. 


(For  preceding  generations  see  Thomas  Faxon  1). 

(\T)  Nathaniel  Faxon,  son  of 
FAXON  James  Faxon,  was  born  in  Brain- 
tree,  April  29,  1749,  some  au- 
thorities say  February,  1750,  died  October  23, 
1813.  He  resided  in  Roxbury,  and  kept  an 
inn  there,  being  licensed  as  a  victualler  at  the 
time.  He  was  bondsman  for  James  Faxon, 
administrator  of  Richard  Faxon's  estate.  He 
served  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Thomas 
May  Jr.'s  company.  Colonel  Eleazer  Weld's 
regiment,  in  December,  1779,  on  duty  at  Cas- 
tle Island.  He  married,  December  31,  1770, 
Mary  Vose,  born  September  21,  1755,  died  De- 
cember II,  1818,  accordmg  to  the  town  rec- 
ords, while  the  family  gives  the  date  of  her 
death  as  December  19,  1818.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  Vose.  John  Vose,  born 
November  21,  1725,  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel 
Jr.  and  Rachel  (Bent)  Vose.  Nathaniel  Vose 
Jr.,  born  March  31,  1699,  was  the  son  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Mary  (Belcher)  Vose.  Nathaniel 
Vose  Sr.,  born  November  17,  1672,  was  the 
son  of  Edward  and  Abigail  Vose,  who  came  to 
New  England  in  1636.  Children  of  Nathaniel 
and  Mary  Faxon,  born  in  Roxbury:  i.  Mary, 
born  February  5,  1780,  died  April  28,  1789.  2. 
Nathaniel,  July  13,  1781,  died  July  24,  1782. 
3.  William,' February  10,  1784,  died  September 
'7,  1785.  4.  Charles.  January  14,  1787,  lost  at 
sea  December  g,  1816.  5.  Nathaniel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Faxon,  was  born  at  Roxbury,  September  9, 
1789,  died  February  12,  1825.  He  was  a  farm- 
er and  marketman  at  Roxbury.  He  married, 
July  21,  1814,  Sally  Williams  Craft,  born  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1794,  died  June  29,  1827,  in  Roxbury. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  Abner  Craft, 
of  Roxbury,  who  was  a  captain  in  the  revolu- 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


tion  and  saw  much  service.  He  was  descended 
through  Jonathan  (4),  Nathaniel  (3),  Samuel 
(2),  from  Lieutenant  Griffin  Craft,  the  ances- 
tor of  the  Craft  family  in  America,  who  came 
over  in  the  fleet  with  Winthrop,  and  settled  in 
Roxbury.  Children,  born  at  Roxbury:  i. 
Mary,  March  23,  1815,  died  September  11, 
1815.  2.  Charles  C,  December  14,  1817,  died 
December  24,  1817.  Born  at  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land :   3.  Ebenezer  Rhodes,  mentioned  below. 

(\Tri)  Ebenezer  Rhodes,  son  of  Nathaniel 
(2)  and  Sally  W.  (Craft)  Faxon,  was  born 
August  23,  1819,  in  Baltimore,  died  January 
18,  1907.  in  Stoughton.  He  was  a  boot  maker, 
residing  in  Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  lived  from  the  age  of  seven  years  until  his 
death.  At  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war,  in 
1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  I,  First  Massa- 
chusetts Cavalry,  and  two  years  later  re-enlist- 
ed in  the  Thirty-third  Regiment  Veteran  Re- 
serves, with  which  he  served  one  year.  His 
health  was  shattered  by  his  military  service, 
and  he  was  afterward  unable  to  engage  in  ac- 
tive business.  He  was  a  Universalist  in  reli- 
gion, and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  mar- 
ried, January  16,  1844,  Harriet  Newell  Hoit, 
born  "May  27,  1824,  died  October  29,  1905, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Jane  (Burnham) 
Hoit,  of  Moultonborough,  New  Hampshire. 
Children  :  I.  Harriet  Augusta,  born  January  10, 
1845;  married,  January  13,  1861,  James  W. 
Richardson.  2.  Ebenezer  Rhodes,  February 
15,  1849,  died  February  21,  1849.  3.  Amy, 
May  7,  1850,  died  May  11,  1850.  4.  William 
Otis,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Dr.  William  Otis,  youngest  child  of 
Ebenezer  R.  and  Harriet  N.  (Hoit)  Faxon, 
was  born  October  24,  1853,  in  Stoughton,  and 
grew  up  in  his  native  town,  attending  the 
public  schools,  and  graduated  from  the  high 
school,  February  28,  1873.  He  entered  the 
medical  school  of  Boston  University,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
AI.  D.,  March  i,  1876.  He  immediately  be- 
gan to  practice  in  Braintree,  where  he  con- 
tinued until  January  i,  1881,  when  he  re- 
moved to  his  native  town  and  has  there  con- 
tinued in  practice  to  the  present  time,  being 
one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  this  section. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Medi- 
cal Society,  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Legal 
Society,  and  has  been  medical  examiner  for 
the  county  of  Norfolk  since  1895.  Dr.  FaxOn 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  conduct  of 
local  affairs  and  has  held  many  offices  of 
trust  and  honor.  He  was  representative  to 
the  general  court  in   T905  and  1906,  and  for 


the  two  succeeding  years  was  state  senator, 
and  was  active  in  the  committees  on  gas, 
water  and  railroads  ;  house  chairman  of  water 
supply,  senate  chairman  of  railroads  two 
years.  Among  the  important  matters  upon 
which  he  took  effective  action  were  the  reg- 
ulation of  the  supply  of  illuminating  gas  i'n 
Boston,  the  bills  regulating  the  water  supply 
of  Springfield  and  Stoughton,  the  railroad 
merger  question,  Boston  &  Albany  railroad 
lease  and  Springfield  river  front  bill,  all  of 
which  so  strongly  agitated  Massachusetts  in 
the  years  1906-07-08. 

He  devoted  much  time  to  the  study  o£  the 
situation  in  Boston,  and  gave  earnest  study 
to  every  problem  that  came  before  his  com- 
mittee. Dr.  Faxon  took  a  leading  position 
in  the  house,  and  all  through  the  session 
made  manifest  his  interest  in  every  move- 
ment for  the  benefit  of  the  whole  state.  The 
Springfield  water  problem  had  been  under 
consideration  for  many  years,  and  his  influ- 
ence in  bringing  about  a  satisfactory  solu- 
tion was  appreciated  by  all  concerned.  He 
also  laid  the  foundations  for  a  bill  of  the 
future,  which  will  look  to  the  metering  of 
water  supplies,  a  system  which  will  reduce 
water  rates,  and  make  a  consumer  pay  only 
for  what  he  uses  rather  than  help  to  bear  the 
burden  of  the  extravagance  or  carelessness 
of  others.  "He  has  given  to  Stoughton  and 
his  whole  district  dignified  representation  at 
all  times,  and  yet  at  a  personal  cost  to  him- 
self.'" Dr.  Faxon  has  been  for  many  years  a 
leader  in  political  affairs,  and  was  for  many 
vears  a  member  of  the  Republican  town  com- 
mittee. He  was  a  delegate  from  the  Massa- 
chusetts Twelfth  congressional  district  to  the 
National  Republican  Convention  in  Chicago, 
June,  1908,  that  nominated  William  H.  Taft 
"for  president  of  the  United  States.  He  is  a 
working  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
affiliating  with  Rising  Star  Lodge,  of  Stough- 
ton :  Mount  Zion  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons ;  Bay  State  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar ;  and  Aleppo  Temple  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Stoughton 
Lodge.  No.  yi.  Independent  Order  Odd  Fel- 
lows :  and  was  president  of  the  Norfolk  Club 
for  seven  vears.  For  three  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  parish  committee  of  the 
Stoughton  Universalist  Church,  of  which  he 
is  a  member. 

He  married,  July  10,  1878.  Susan  Reed 
Wales,  born  August  3,  1853,  in  Stoughton, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  (6)  and  Susan  K. 
(Reed)    Wales,    of    Stoughton    (see    Wales, 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


2113 


VIII).  Children:  i.  Dr.  Nathaniel  Wales, 
born  August  12,  1880,  at  South  Braintree ; 
was  graduated  from  Harvard  College  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1902,  and  from  Har- 
vard Medical  School  in  1905.  He  is  now 
practising  medicine  in  Stoughton.  He  mar- 
ried, September  22,  1905,  Marie  (Bassett) 
Conant,  of  Boston,  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  Nathaniel  Conant  Faxon,  born  February 
12,  1908,  in  Stoughton.  2.  William  Reed, 
December  26,  1884,  died  under  two  months 
of  age. 

(The  Wales  Line,   see   Nathaniel  Wales   1). 

(V)  Nathaniel  (4)  Wales,  son  of  Deacon 
Thomas  Wales,  was  born  in  Braintree,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  26,  1729.  He  settled  in 
Soughton.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  church.  He 

married  Sarah  .     Children:     i.  Sarah, 

born  October  30,  1747.  2.  Mary,  February 
17,  1749.  3.  Nathaniel,  May  30,  1750;  served 
in  the  revolution.  4.  Joshua,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Thomas,  March  30,  1754.  6.  Eliza- 
beth, March  20,  1756.  7.  Eunice,  January  28, 
1758.  8.  John.  9.  Theodore,  December  25, 
1767.  10.  Deborah,  September  23,  1769.  11. 
Hannah,  October  16,  1771. 

(VI)  Joshua,  second  son  of  Nathaniel  (4) 
and  Sarah  Wales,  was  born  February  21, 
1752,  in  Soughton,  where  he  lived  all  his  life, 
and  was  a  very  successful  farmer  and  market 
man,  reaching  a  good  old  age.  He  was  noted 
for  his  sound  sense  and  unimpeachable  hon- 
esty ;  he  was  one  of  the  defenders  of  the  col- 
onies against  British  aggression,  and  in  secur- 
ing their  independence.  His  first  enlistment 
was  as  private  in  Captain  Simeon  Leache's 
company.  Colonel  Benjamin  Gill's  regiment, 
and  served  two  days,  marching  from  Stough- 
ton to  Braintree,  March  21,  1776,  when  the 
British  fleet  was  anchored  in  Boston  harbor.  He 
was  a  corporal  in  Captain  Theophilus  Wilder's 
company  of  Colonel  Dike's  regiment,  enlisting 
December  30,  1776,  from  Stoughton,  to  serve 
until  March  i,  1777.  He  was  also  a  private  in 
a  company  commanded  by  Captain  Robert 
Swan,  of  Stoughton,  Colonel  Benjamin  Gill's 
regiment,  which  marched  to  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  .April  18,  1777,  and  served  twenty-four 
days.    He  was  married  three  time. 

fVII)  Nathaniel  (5),  eldest  child  of  Joshua 
Wales,  was  born  September  11,  1788,  in 
Stoughton,  and  resided  in  that  town  until 
1817,  when  he  removed  to  North  Bridgewater. 
He  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  shoe  lasts, 
being  the  first  there  in  that  business,  the  work 
being  done  by  hand.     He  also  kept  a  grocery 


store  in  the  north  part  of  the  center  village, 
and  died  there  of  consumption,  February  8, 
1826,  leaving  an  excellent  business.  He  was 
an  active  member  of  the  local  militia,  and  rose 
to  the  office  of  Captain,  which  he  resigned 
April  28,  1820.  He  was  one  of  the  first  in 
the  town  to  accept  the  religious  teachings  of 
the  "New  Church"  founded  by  Swedenborg. 
He  married,  January  i,  1815,  Phoebe,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Mary  (Perkins)  French, 
of  Stoughton,  who  survived  him  nearly  thirty 
years,  and  died  December  25,  1855,  '"  Barn- 
stable, Massachusetts.  She  was  a  woman  of 
much  force  of  character,  cared  for  her  hus- 
band's estate,  and  brought  up  her  surviving 
son  to  be  an  execellent  citizen.  They  had 
three  children :  i.  Harriet  Jane,  born  August 
17,  1816;  married  Chauncey  Conant.  2.  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below.  3.  Martha,  died 
under  two  months  of  age. 

(VIII)  Nathaniel  (6),  only  son  of  Nathaniel 
(5)  and  Phoebe  (French)  Wales,  was  born 
November  25,  1819,  in  North  Bridgewater, 
died  in  Stoughton,  February  8,  1901.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools,  an  academy  and  a 
normal  school,  and  as  a  young  man  taught 
school  in  his  native  town  and  other  towns 
nearby.  He  showed  much  energy  and  enter- 
prise, and  was  of  much  assistance  to  his 
widowed  mother  in  conserving  the  family  es- 
tate. He  was  but  little  past  six  years  of  age 
when  his  father  died,  and  he  was  very  early 
accustomed  to  assist  in  his  own  maintenance. 
After  teaching  in  the  rural  schools,  he  be- 
came principal  of  the  high  school  of  Paw- 
tucket,  Rhode  Island,  which  he  resigned  in 
1848  to  become  a  merchant  at  Stoughton, 
and  for  twenty-eight  years  continued  success- 
fully in  this  occupation,  having  associated 
with  him  a  part  of  the  time  a  partner  or  part- 
ners:  and  from  i860  to  1867  was  postmaster 
at  Stoughton.  He  resigned  this  ofifice  to  be- 
come United  States  assessor  of  internal  rev- 
enues for  the  second  district  of  Massachu- 
setts, in  which  he  continued  to  serve  until  the 
ofifice  was  abolished.  In  1862  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Andrew  to  superintend 
the  drafting  of  militia,  Norfolk  county,  and  in 
1863,  President  Lincoln  appointed  him  a 
commissioner  of  the  board  of  enrollment  foi 
the  second  district  of  Massachusetts.  This 
position  he  filled  two  years.  From  1871  to 
1878  he  was  treasurer  of  the  Stoughton  Boot 
and  Shoe  Company.  'Mr.  Wales  was  a  man 
possessed  of  the  legal  instinct,  and  though 
not  a  lawyer  by  training,  his  business  experi- 
ence and  contact  with  the  world  gave  him  a 


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grasp  of  governmental  affairs  not  given  to 
all.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state  senate  in 
1879,  a"d  served  on  the  committee  on  towns, 
labor  and  prisons  ;  the  next  year  in  the  same 
body  he  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
roads  and  bridges,  and  a  number  of  those  on 
military  affairs  and  the  state  house.  In  1881 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  executive 
council,  and  in  this  position  proved  himself 
a  valuable  and  sound  official.  He  had  not 
long  been  a  voter  when  the  Republican  party 
was  organized,  and  he  was  among  its  most 
earnest  and  enthusiastic  supporters  through 
life.  In  religion  he  followed  the  precepts  of 
his  father.  He  married  (first)  June  4,  1848, 
Jane  Montgomery,  daughter  of  Newton  and 
Jane  (Montgomery)  Shaw,  who  died  May  3, 
1849,  leaving  a  son  Nathaniel  S.,  afterwards 
a  citizen  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  He  married 
(second)  August  18.  185 1.  Susan  Kingsbury 
Reed,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Susan  P. 
(Kingsbury)  Reed,  of  Barnstable,  born 
]\Iarch  7,  1827,  in  Windham,  New  Hamp- 
shire. She  died  January  31,  1882,  leaving  a 
daughter  Susan  Reed,  now  the  wife  of  Dr. 
William  Otis  Faxon,  of  Stoughton  (see 
Faxon,  IX).  Other  children  of  the  second 
wife  were :  Ti'mothv  Reed  Wales,  who  died 
unmarried  in  1871  ;  and  twin  sons,  who  died 
in  infancv. 


Lieutenant  Samuel  Smith  and 
SMITH     his  wife  Elizabeth,  with  children 

Samuel,  Elizabeth,  Mary  and 
Philip,  passengers  of  the  ship  "Elizabeth", 
of  Ipswich.  Mr.  William  Andrews,  master, 
left  England  on  April  30,  1634,  and  landed  in 
Boston.  He  was  probably  a  member  of  the 
transient  settlers  of  Dorchester  or  its  vicinity 
that  joined  the  exodus  to  the  Connecticut 
valley  in  1635  and  lived  in  Wethersficld  up  to 
1661,  when  he  went  up  the  river  to  Hadley, 
where  he  was  an  original  settler  of  that  town, 
established  out  of  the  new  plantation  near 
Northampton,  May  22,  1659.  Here  he  held 
important  offices  in  the  church  whi'ch  he  help- 
ed to  organize,  and  of  the  town  which  was 
co-existant  with  the  church.  He  probably 
gained  his  title  of  lieutenant  by  holding  that 
rank  in  the  militia  organized  for  the  defence 
of  the  settlers  against  the  Indians.  As  the 
inventory  of  his  estate  was  published  January 
17,  1681,  he  probably  died  in  1680,  and  was 
supposed  to  be  seventy-eight  years  of  age  at 
his  death,  which  would  make  him  thirty-two 
vears  of  age  when  he  left  England,  and  make 
his  birth  vear  about  1602.     His  widow,  Eliz- 


abeth Smith,  died  March  16,  1686,  at  the  age 
of  eighty-four  years.  Children  of  Lieutenant 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Smith:  i.  Samuel, 
born  in  England,  about  1625  ;  he  was  eight 
years  of  age  when  he  was  brought  to  New 
England,  and  he  is  supposed  to  have  re- 
moved from  Wethersficld  to  New  London, 
and  thence  to  Virginia,  prior  to  1664,  he  was 
accompanied  by  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Henry  Smith,  of 'Wethersficld,  Con- 
necticut. 2.  Elizabeth,  born  in  England, 
about  Tr)27;  married,  about  1646,  Nathaniel 
Foote,  of  Wethersficld,  Connecticut,  she 
being  his  second  wife ;  after  his  death  she 
married  William  Gull.  3.  Mary,  born  in 
England,  approximately  in  1630 ;  married  in 
Wethersficld,  John  Graves.  4.  Philip ;  see 
forward.  5.  Chileab,  born  in  New  England, 
probably  Wethersficld,  Connecticut,  in  1635. 
6.  John,  born  in  Wethersficld,  probably  in 
1637,  was  slain  by  the  Indians  on  the  mead- 
ows of  Hatfield,  Massachusetts,  May  30, 
1676,  while  defending  his  home  and  people. 

(II)  Philip,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Lieutenant  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Smith,  was 
born  in  England,  about  1633.  He  was  the 
youngest  of  their  four  children  who  with  the 
father  and  mother  made  up  the  family  when 
they  came  to  New  England,  and  was  in  his 
mother's  arms  at  their  coming.  He  was 
brought  up  in  Wethersficld,  Connecticut, 
where  he  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel Foote,  and  stepdaughter  of  his  sister, 
Elizabeth  (Smith)  Foote.  He  removed  with 
his  father  to  Hadley  about  1661,  and  with 
him  helped  to  found  the  town  and  church. 
He  was  a  deacon  of  the  church,  lieutenant  in 
the  town  militia,  and  a  representative  in  the 
general  court  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Col- 
ony. He  was,  according  to  the  account  left 
by  Cotton  Mather,  "murdered  with  an  hid- 
eous witchcraft,"  January  10,  1685,  and  his 
widow  married  Alajor  Aaron  Cook,  on  Oc- 
tober 2,  1688.  She  died  in  Hadley,  April  6, 
1701.  Children  of  Lieutenant  Philip  and  Re- 
becca (Foote)  Smith:  i.  Samuel,  born  in 
Wethersficld,  Connecticut,  in  January,  1659. 
2.  Child,  died  before  being  named,  January 
2,  1661.  3.  John,  (q.  V.)  born  December  18, 
t66i  ;  see  forward.  4.  Jonathan,  born  in 
Hadley,  about  1663.  5.  Philip,  about  1665. 
6.  Rebecca,  about  1667 ;  married,  1686, 
George  Stillman,  of  Wethersficld  and  Had- 
ley:  she  died  in  Hadley,  October  7,  1750.  7. 
Nathaniel,  born  about  1669.  8.  Joseph, 
about  1671-72.     9.   Ichabod,  April   11,  1675. 

(III)  Tobn.  third  child  of  Lieutenant  Phil- 


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ip  and  Rebecca  (Foote)  Smith,  was  born  in 
Hadley,  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  December 
18,  1661.  He  was  brought  up  in  that  frontier 
town,  and  was  inured  to  all  the  hardships  that 
visited  the  pioneer  settlers  of  his  time.  He 
married,  November  29,  1683,  Joanna,  daugh- 
ter of  Lieutenant  Joseph  Kellogg,  who  immi- 
grated to  Boston  in  1659,  was  among  the  first 
settlers  of  Hadley  in  1661,  and  commanded 
the  troops  from  Hadley  to  the  Great  Falls 
fight  in  the  King  Philip  war,  1675.  Children 
of  John  and  Joanna  (Kellogg)  Smith,  born  in 
Hadley,  Massachusetts:  i.  John,  December  3, 
1684:  see  forward.  2.  Joanna,  September  i, 
1686:  married,  January  10,  1705,  Ephraini 
Nash.  3.  Rebecca,  August  5,  1688 ;  married 
Samuel  Crow,  January  11,  1710.  4.  Joseph, 
July  19,  1690.  5.  Martin,  April  15,  1692 : 
married  Sarah  Wier,  in  1715,  and  lived  in 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  6.  Eleazer,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1694,  died  October  3,  1721.  7.  Sar- 
ah, November  18,  1696,  died  Decemljer  28, 
1697.  8.  Sarah,  November  9,  1698:  married, 
May  22,  1724,  Samuel  Kellogg,  and  (second) 
in  January,  1749,  William  Montague.  9.  Pru- 
dence, March  15,  1701  ;  married,  March  i, 
1722,  Timothy  Nash,  of  Longmeadow,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  (second)  Deacon  Ichabod  Hinck- 
ley: she  died  April  18,  1774.  10.  Experience, 
April  19,  1703:  married,  August  11,  1727, 
James  Kellogg;  she  died  August  23,  1762.  11. 
Elizabeth.  October.  1705;  married.  May  22, 
1728,  Stephen  Nash,  of  Wethersfield,  and  died 
in  1790.  12.  Mindwell,  May  25,  1708:  mar- 
ried Benoni  Sacket,  May  3,  1732.  John  Smith, 
the  father  of  these  chikken,  died  in  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,  April  16,  1726,  and  his  wife, 
Joanna  (Kellogg)  Smith,  survived  him. 

(I\')  John  (2),  eldest  child  of  John  (i) 
and  Joanna  (Kellogg)  Smith,  was  born  in 
Hadley,  Massachusetts,  December  3,  1684.  He 
was  brought  up  in  that  town,  and  married, 
probably  in  171 1,  Esther,  daughter  of  Ephraim 
Colton,  of  Longmeadow,  and  they  had  eight 
children.  He  died  in  Hadley,  December  25, 
1761,  and  his  widow  survived  him  and  died 
at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years.  Children, 
born  in  Hadley:  i.  Philip,  October,  1712: 
married  Alice  Jones,  in  1743,  and  died  without 
issue,  about  i8cx).  2.  Ephraim,  November  17, 
1714.  3.  John,  January  20.  1717.  4.  Phine- 
lias,  April  12,  1719.  5.  Silas,  February  2  or  3, 
1722;  see  forward.  6.  Eleazer.  January  27, 
1725.  7.  Esther,  November  2"].  1726.  8.  Jo- 
siah,  removed  to  Brookfield,  and  died  at  the 
age  of  sixty-six  years. 

(V)    Silas,  fifth  son  of  John  (2)  and  Esther 


(Colton)  Smith,  was  born  in  Hadley,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  2  or  3,  1722.  He  was 
brought  up  in  his  native  place  as  a  husband- 
man, which  had  been  the  occupation  of  his  an- 
cestors. He  was  prominent  in  the  First 
Church  of  Hadley.  He  married  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Preston,  and  (second)  Rebecca 
Allen,  born  February  19,  1731,  died  July  24, 
1804.  He  was  prominent  in  the  revolutionary 
movement  among  the  colonists  that  led  to  the 
establishment  of  the  United  States  of  Ameri- 
ca, being  a  member  of  the  committee  that  boy- 
cotted the  use  of  East  India  tea,  and  resulted 
in  tlie  destruction  of  a  ship's  cargo  of  that 
heavily  taxed  commodity  in  Boston  harbor. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  committee  of 
safety  and  correspondence,  1774-78.  His 
name  also  appears  on  the  muster  rolls  of 
South  Hadley  men  who  were  on  advance 
guard  in  the  revolutionary  movement.  Chil- 
dren by  his  two  marriages  :  I.  Philip,  married 
Achsah  Chapin,  and  who  died  in  Springfield.  2. 
Perez,  born  1753.  3.  Silas,  November  30, 
1754,  see  forward.  4.  Sarah,  married  Hugh 
McMaster,  of  Palmer,  Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Silas  (2),  third  child  of  Silas  (i) 
Smith,  by  his  wife  Sarah  (Preston)  Smith, 
was  born  in  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1754.  He  was  a  deacon  in  the  church 
at  South  Hadley.  His  intention  of  marrying 
Asenath,  born  May  30,  1750,  died  November 
30,  1835,  daughter  of  Phinehas  and  Bethiah 
Chapin,  of  Springfield,  was  published  March 
18,  1780.  She  was  born  in  Springfield,  May 
13,  1750.  Children  of  Deacon  Silas  and 
Asenath  (Chapin)  Smith,  born  in  South  Had- 
ley, Massachusetts:  i.  Horace,  February  16, 
1781.  2.  Rufus,  March  2,  1782.  3.  Allen, 
December  8,  1783.  4.  Child,  died  August  29, 
1785.  5.  Asenath,  ]\Iarch  3,  1787;  married, 
January  2,  1833,  Colonel  Samuel  Seymour.  6. 
Laura,  March  10,  1789;  married,  November 
23,  1812,  Zebina  Judd.  of  South  Hadley.  7. 
Warren,  September  25,  1790,  died  April  2, 
1820.  8.  Hiram,  September  23,  1793,  see  for- 
ward. Deacon  Silas  Smith,  father  of  these 
children,  died  in  South  Hadley,  Massachu- 
setts, March  23,  1813,  and  his  widow  died  No- 
vember 30  or  December  i,  1835. 

(VII)  Hiram,  fifth  son  and  eighth  child 
of  Deacon  Silas  (2)  and  Asenath  (Chapin) 
Smith,  was  born  in  South  Hadley,  Massachu- 
setts, September  23,  1793.  He  early  in  life 
engaged  in  the  transportation  business  on  the 
Connecticut  river,  which  at  that  time  formed 
the  onl)'  highway  for  commerce  with  the 
ocean,  and   with   its   tributaries   was   a   ready 


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route  of  travel.  The  importance  of  this  busi- 
ness and  the  readiness  and  skill  exhibited  by 
the  inland  navigator  obtained  for  him  the  title 
of  "King  Hiram".  He  also  interested  him- 
self in  town  and  state  afifairs,  and  later  in  life 
in  the  care  of  his  farm,  and  was  an  officer  of 
the  town  and  a  representative  from  the  town 
of  South  Hadley  in  the  general  court  at  Bos- 
ton. He  married,  June  2,  1817,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Eliphaz  Moody,  of  South  Had- 
ley, born  August  13,  1796.  Children  of  Hiram 
and  Mary  (Moody)  Smith,  born  in  South 
Hadley:  i.  Rebecca  Allen,  April  7.  1819; 
married,  October  6,  1842,  Moses  Gaylord ; 
had  five  children ;  she  died  December  10, 
1883.  2.  Edwin,  born  June  26,  1822;  died 
July  3,  1896;  was  a  farmer  in  South  Had- 
ley: married,  February  26,  1851.  Sarah  Jane, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Lucius  Wright,  of  West- 
field;  married  (second)  Laura  E.  Smith;  had 
two  children  by  second  marriage.  3.  Hiram, 
July  24,  1824,  see  forward.  4.  Mary  Jane, 
December  26,  1826;  married  William  Stacy, 
February  23,  1848;  she  died  July  29,  1892, 
and  her  husband  died  February  11,  1882.  5. 
Julia  Aris,  February  7,  1831 ;  married  Sep- 
tember 5,  1850,  John  Lyman ;  he  died  March 
I,  1859:  she  died  February  4,  1908.  6.  Eliza 
Augusta,  December  8,  1832:  married.  Decem- 
ber 15,  1853,  Jotham  Graves;  he  died  Sep- 
tember 7,  1869;  she  died  October  22,  1868.  7. 
Einily  W'right,  June  8,  1834.  8.  Josiah 
Moody,  March  21,  1837,  died  September  8, 
1839.  Hiram  Smith,  the  Connecticut  boat- 
man, died  in  South  Hadley,  Massachusetts. 
March  6.  1873.  His  wife,'  Mary  (Moody) 
Smith,   died  January  27,    1871. 

(Vni)  Hiram  (2).  second  son  of  Hiram 
(i)  and  Mary  (IMoody)  Smith,  was  born  in 
South  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  July  24,  1824. 
He  married,  January  19,  1848,  Harriette 
Sophia,  daughter  of  Ellis  and  Ruby  (.Mvord) 
Coney,  and  niece  of  Captain  Broughton  Al- 
vord,  and  they  lived  at  South  Hadlev  Falls, 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  and  active  in  town  affairs,  be- 
sides being  postmaster  and  the  leading  mer- 
chant. He  served  as  selectman  during  the 
years  of  the  civil  war  and  several  terms  after- 
ward, and  was  town  treasurer  at  time  of  his 
death.  Children  of  Hiram  and  Harriette 
Sophia  (Coney)  Smith,  born  in  South  Had- 
lev Falls:  I.  Elias  Dwight.  July  10,  1849. 
died  April  22.  1851.  2.  Hattie  Victoria  .^nn. 
July  II.  i8qo,  died  October  10.  1852.  3.  Jen- 
nie Belle,  November  22,  1858 ;  married.  No- 
vember   22,    1882.    Elwyn    D.    Newcomb.      4. 


Fred  Merwin,  September  19,  1862;  see  for- 
ward. Hiram  Smith,  father  of  these  chil- 
dren, died  in  South  Hadley  Falls,  Massachu- 
setts, November  28,  1890,  and  his  widow  died 
October   14,    1902. 

(IX)  Fred  Merwin,  only  surviving  son  and 
fourth  child  of  Hiram  (2)  and  Harriette 
Sophia  (Coney)  Smith,  was  born  in  South 
Hadley  Falls,  Massachusetts,  September  19. 
1862.  He  was  graduated  at  the  Williston 
Seminary,  1880.  and  at  Amherst  College,  .\. 
B.,  1884,  where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Delta 
Upsilon  fraternity.  He  began  active  business 
life  as  a  newspaper  man,  serving  on  the  staff 
of  the  Springfield  Union  for  three  years.  He 
next  served  as  assistant  treasurer  of  the  Val- 
ley Paper  Company  of  Holyoke  for  about 
five  years,  and  for  the  same  period  of  time 
served  as  treasurer  of  the  Griffith,  .\xtell  & 
Cady  Company,  of  Holyoke,  after  which  he 
retired  from  active  business.  He  served  as  a 
member  of  the  school  board  from  1886  to 
1892  ;  town  treasurer  from  1890  to  1902  ;  rep- 
resentative in  general  court  1901-02.  He 
affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fraternity,  being 
a  member  of  Mount  Holyoke  Lodge,  of 
which  he  became  past  master ;  Holyoke 
Chapter  and  Council  of  Holyoke;  Springfield 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar ;  Consistorv 
of  Boston ;  Melha  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine,  at 
Springfield :  lona  Lodge,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  organized  in  1908.  He  mar- 
ried, April  28.  1892,  Evelyn  H.,  daughter  of 
Orsamus  O.  and  Helen  L.  (Packer)  Bard- 
well,  of  Shelburne,  Massachusetts,  grandaugh- 
ter  of  Joel  and  Lydia  (Newhall)  Bardwell. 
and  of  Rev.  Daniel  and  Jemima  (Jewett) 
Packer,  of  Mount  Holly,  \^ermont,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  Gideon  Bardwell.  Evelyn 
H.  Bardwell  was  born  July  19,  1861.  Chil- 
dren of  Fred  Merwin  and  Evelyn  H.  (Bard- 
well) Smith:  i.  Winthrop  Hiram.  June  30, 
1893.  2.  Rachel  Evelyn,  September  17,  1804. 
died  January  16.  1895.  3.  Lincoln  Bardwell. 
November  15,  1895.  4.  Frederick  Merwin. 
March  6,  1899. 

(The   Alvord   Line). 

The  generations  of  the  .\lvord  line  from 
whom  Harriette  Sophia  (Coney)  Smith, 
daughter  of  Ellis  and  Ruby  (Alvord)  Coney, 
and  granddaughter  of  Calvin  and  Mary 
(Brewster)  Alvord,  is  descended,  is  as  fol- 
lows : 

(I)  .Alexander  Alvord,  born  in  Somerset- 
shire, England,  probably  about  1620.  came  to 
Windsor,  in  the  Connecticut  Valley,  with  the 


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earliest  settlers  of  that  ancient  town,  and 
about  1661  removed  to  Northampton,  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay  Colony,  where  he  died  Octo- 
ber 3,  1680.  He  married,  October  29,  1646, 
Mary  Voar,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Alexander  Alvord  and 
Mary  (Voar)  Alvord,  was  born  in  Windsor, 
Connecticut.  He  married  at  Northampton, 
Massachusetts,  March  22,  1681,  Joanna  Tay- 
lor. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Thomas  and  Joanna 
(Taylor)  Alvord,  was  born  in  Northampton, 
Massachusetts,  October  19,  1685.  He  mar- 
ried, March  12,  1733,  Dorcas  Lyman.  He 
settled  on  a  farm  at  South  Hadley,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  died  there  August  10,  1783. 

(IV)  Gad,  son  of  John  and  Dorcas  (Ly- 
man) Alvord,  was  born  on  the  homestead 
farm  of  his  father  in  South  Hadley,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1729.  He  married,  November  17. 
1750,  Lydia  Smith,  of  South  Hadley.  They 
lived  on  the  homestead  and  later  moved  to  Wil- 
mington, Vermont,  where  he  died. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Gad  and  Lydia 
(Smith)  Alvord,  was  born  on  the  old  home- 
stead of  John  Alvord,  at  South  Hadley,  Mas- 
sachusetts, November  27,  1751.  He  married 
Miriam  White.  They  lived  on  the  old  home- 
stead and  he  died  there  July  19,  1814. 

(\  I)  Calvin,  son  of  Samuel  and  IMiriam 
(White)  Alvord,  was  born  on  the  old  home- 
stead in  South  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  Au- 
gust 3,  1779.  He  married  about  1800,  Mary, 
born  December  18,  1780,  daughter  of  Jesse 
Brewster.  They  lived  on  the  old  homestead 
in  South  Hadley.  Children:  i.  Broughton, 
born  January  14,  1802,  died  July  16,  1886.  2. 
Ruby,  January  22,  1805,  see  forward.  3.  Cal- 
vin, March  14,  1810,  died  February  11,  1835. 
4.  Mary  Ann,  January  4,  1814,  died  unmar- 
ried October  2,  1890.  5.  Jesse  Brewster,  Au- 
gust 15,  1816,  died  November  22,  1863.  Cal- 
vin Alvord.  father  of  these  children,  died  in 
South  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  November  18. 
1857,  and  his  wife  died  there  June  30,  1837. 

(\TI)  Ruby,  first  daughter  and  second 
child  of  Calvin  and  Mary  (Brewster)  Alvord, 
was  born  in  South  Hadley,  Massachusetts, 
January  22,  1805,  died  November  10,  1836. 
She  married  (first)  Ellis  Coney,  of  Ware, 
born  in  that  town  November  4,  1799,  died 
September  18,  1829,  and  they  had  one  child, 
Harriette  Sophia,  who  married  Hiram  Smith 
(see  Smith.  Mil).  She  married  (second) 
Estus  Cummings  and  they  had  one  child, 
Mary  Eliza  Cummings. 

(VIII)   Harriette  Sophia,  only  child  of  El- 


lis and  Ruby  (Alvord)  Coney,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 2,  1827.  She  married,  January  19,  1848, 
Hiram  Smith,  of  South  Hadley  Falls,  and  had 
four  children  of  whom  Fred  Merwin  Smith 
was  the  youngest. 


The  surname  Gififing  and  Gififings 
GIFFIN  is  found  at  an  early  date  in  Eng- 
land. In  Ireland  a  Protestant 
family  named  Gififen  has  been  located  in  An- 
trim since  the  seventeenth  century.  There  is 
good  reason  to  believe  that  all  the  families 
spelling  the  name  GiiTen  or  GifTin  belong  to 
this  Antrim  family.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the 
ancient  Gififings  family  is :  Azure  fretty  argent 
on  a  chief  or  two  mullets  gules. 

Among  the  Scotch-Irish  that  came  to  Wor- 
cester county,  Massachusetts,  in  the  great  e.xo- 
dus  to  America  from  the  north  of  Ireland 
were  Robert  and  David  Gififin  and  their  sister 
Isabel,  who  located  in  the  Spencer  district, 
now  the  town  of  Spencer,  Massachusetts. 
David  Giffin  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Bello- 
willing,  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  in  1686,  died 
December  14,  1769;  Robert  was  born  there  in 
1697,  died  in  Spencer,  July  16,  1770;  Isabel 
was  born  there  in  1695,  died  in  Spencer,  July 
29,  1770.  They  were  frugal  and  industrious 
in  their  early  years  in  this  country  and  ac- 
quired property,  but  none  of  them  married. 
David  deeded  his  property  to  Robert  and  Isa- 
bel. Robert  bequeathed  to  his  "cousin"  David 
Gilmore,  then  living  with  him,  a  comfortable 
support  for  life  from  the  income  of  his  real 
estate,  which  he  gave,  half  to  Thomas  Kenady 
(or  Cannady),  son  of  Thomas  Kenady,  of 
Murrayfield,  Hampshire  county,  Massachu- 
setts, and  half  to  Robert  Gififin,  son  of  his 
brother  John  Gififin,  late  of  county  Antrim, 
Ireland.  To  get  his  share  Robert  must  come 
to  this  country,  however,  and  we  find  that  he 
came;  lived  in  Spencer  and  died  there  in  1795, 
having  wasted  his  inheritance.  The  personal 
estate  of  Robert  Gififin  was  divided  between 
Thomas  and  Hannah  Kenady,  children  of  the 
said  Thomas  Kenady  Sr.,  of  Murrayfield.  Isa- 
bel Gififin's  will  was  dated  May  i,  1770,  and 
John  Cunningham  was  executor.  She  be- 
queathed to  Thomas  Cannedy  Jr.  (Kenady) 
then  living  with  her,  and  to  Robert  Gififin,  son 
of  her  brother  John,  late  of  county  Antrim, 
deceased,  providing  for  the  support  of  David 
Gilmore,  and  giving  her  personal  estate  to 
Thomas  Cannedy  and  his  sister  Hannah,  also 
living  with  her.  The  estate  was  partitioned 
July  20,  1772,  when  Robert  signed  his  assent 
to  the  division  by  which  he  received  a  half. 


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There  is  a  family  of  this  name  now  in  Antrim. 
In  1890  eight  children  of  this  name  were  born 
in  that  county,  and  but  two  of  the  name  else- 
where in  Ireland. 

(I)  Simon  GifHn,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
doubtless  related  to  the  quaint  settlers  in 
Spencer,  but  whether  brother  or  nephew  we 
have  not  discovered.  Xo  others  of  this  name 
settled  early  in  New  England  and  Simon 
came  a  few  years  after  the  three  mentioned, 
settling  first  in  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts, 
then  as  early  as  1759  in  Hardwick,  Worcester 
county,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  home  of  the 
other  three.  By  deeds  dated  within  a  month 
of  each  other  in  1759,  however,  his  residence 
is  given  as  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  where  he 
lived  before  coming  to  Hardwick,  and  where 
he  went  after  leaving  Hardwick.  He  died  in 
Halifax  before  1795.  Simon  Giffin  bought 
land  in  Hardwick  of  Joseph  Green  and  Isaac 
Walker,  March  3,  1759,  and  was  called  of 
Halifax,  but  the  deed  from  Aaron  and 
Stephen  Forbush  of  land  in  Hardwick,  April 
9,  1759,  calls  him  of  Bridgewater.  Two  of 
his  sons,  Simon  and  John,  settled  in  Hard- 
wick, but  we  do  not  know  that  Simon  (i) 
ever  lived  there.  Possibly  the  Simon  Giffin, 
of  Bridgewater.  was  the  son.  John  Pratt,  of 
Sunderland,  Massachusetts,  sold  land  in 
Hardwick,  part  of  the  Colonel  Dudley  farm, 
April  3,  1759,  to  Samuel  Giffin.  Elisha  Hig- 
gins,  of  Hardwick,  sold  to  Simon  Giffin,  of 
Halifax,  land  he  had  taken  on  execution  fol- 
lowing a  judgment  in  the  inferior  court  at 
Worcester  in  1769. 

It  is  reasonable  to  place  Robert  Giffin,  of 
.\bington,  formerly  part  of  Bridgewater,  in 
this  family ;  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion, residing  also  in  Dorchester,  Milton  and 
Boston,  adjacent  towns.  He  probably  settled 
in  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire,  and  mar- 
ried Agnes  Taggat ;  from  them  are  descend- 
ed various  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont 
families.  Children  of  Simon  Giffin:  i.  Simon, 
born  1740,  probably  in  Antrim,  Ireland  ;  set- 
tled in  Hardwick  about  1759  and  married 
there,  March  24,  1761,  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Elisha  Higgins,  formerly  of  Palmer ;  he  died 
at  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  November, 
1820,  aged  eighty  :  his  wife  died  there  Decem- 
ber 20,  1813,  aged  seventy-three;  children, 
born  at  Hardwick:  i.  Edward,  born  Decem- 
ber 3,  1761  :  ii.  James,  February  22,  1764;  iii. 
David  Dodge,  September  8,  1766,  died  at 
Ogdesburg,  New  York,  Alarch  or  April,  1840. 
2.  John,  mentioned  below.  3.  Daughter, 
married  John  Morrison. 


(II)  John,  son  of  Simon  Giffin,  was  born  in 
Nova  Scotia,  or  in  county  Antrim,  Ireland, 
in  1748.  He  settled  on  his  father's  land  in 
Hardwick,  Massachusetts,  with  his  brother 
Simon  Jr.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion, a  musician  according  to  the  records. 
The  history  of  Hardwick  states  that  he  was  a 
drummer,  serving  from  the  beginning  to  the 
end  of  the  war.  He  was  in  Captain  Samuel 
Billings's  company.  Colonel  Learned's  regi- 
ment, October,  1775,  and  later;  in  Captain 
Timothy  Paige's  company,  Colonel  James 
Converse's  regiment  in  1777  at  Bennington. 
In  the  continental  army  rolls  of  1780  his  age 
is  given  as  thirty-two,  height  five  feet  four 
inches,  and  complexion  light.  He  was  in  the 
campaign  in  New  York  in  1780.  After  the 
death  of  his  father  he  bought  the  shares  of 
his  brother  Simon,  then  of  Wethersfield, 
Hartford  county,  Connecticut,  a  quarter  in- 
terest in  one  hundred  and  ninety-four  acres 
of  land  of  their  father  Simon,  late  of  Halifax, 
deceased,  bounded  by  land  of  Jesse  Snow 
and  the  west  side  of  the  town  line,  by  deed 
dated  March  4,  1795.  On  the  same  day  a 
half  right  of  this  same  property  was  deeded 
bv  John  !\Iorrison,  of  Enfield,  Connecticut, 
to  John  Giffin,  who  doubtless  himself  owned 
the  fourth  share.  Part  of  this  land  John 
deeded  to  his  son,  Calvin  Giffin,  in  1803,  with 
a  gore  adjoining ;  Calvin  deeded  it  to  his 
brother,  Abner  Giffin,  September  14,  1803. 
.\11  of  the  Giffins  were  yeomen  or  farmers. 
John  Giffin  married,  September  7,  1769,  Mary 
Weeks,  at  Hardwick:  (second)  July  22,  1783, 
Keziah  Smith,  of  Hardwick.  Children,  born 
at  Hardwick:  i.  Calvin,  March  ii,  1770;  set- 
tled in  Hampshire  county  about  1802.  2. 
Janet,  September  4,  1773.  3.  Abner,  Sep- 
teml)er,  1777,  mentioned  below.  4.  Anson, 
1787;  a  painter  and  famous  as  a  drummer; 
married  Anna,  daughter  of  Paul  Paige,  May 
30,  1809;  removed  to  Hardwick,  \'ermont, 
and  later  to  North  Brookfield,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  died  August  9,  1870.  5.  Fan- 
ny, married,  March  25,  1810.  Willard  Clark. 

(III)  Abner,  son  of  John  Giffin,  was  born 
in  Hardwick,  September,  1777.  He  married 
(intention  dated  I\Iay  3,  1801)  Polly  Strat- 
ton.  who  died  September  4,  181 1,  aged  twen- 
ty-nine. He  married  (  second)  (intention  dated 
December  20,  181 3)  Mary  or  Mercy  Walker 
(Wicker),  who  died  at  ^^'are,  January  29, 
1865,  aged  eighty  years.  He  died  at  Hard- 
wick intestate  November  4,  1836.  Ebenezer 
Burr  Jr.  administered  the  estate  on  petition 
of    the    widow    Mercy,    appointed    November 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


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24,  1836.  The  probate  records  show  that  John 
W.  was  the  only  child  then  of  age  in  the 
county.  Children,  born  at  Hardwick:  i. 
Alma,  1802,  died  November  26,  1809.  2. 
John  \\'atson,  1804,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Child,  1810,  died  November  12,  1815.  4. 
Lauriston.  5.  Samantha,  married,  November 
8.  1832,  ^^'i^iam  Woodward,  of  Ware.  6. 
James  F.,  about  1823;  married,  December  12. 
1848,  Elvira  A.  Newton;  one  son,  Elbridge ; 
daughter  Elvira  Augusta,  born  August  3, 
1856,  married,  December  8,  1875,  William  A. 
Xewton,  of  Dana,  Massachusetts. 

(IV)  John  Watson,  son  of  Abner  Giffin, 
was  born  in  Hardwick  in  1804,  died  in  Barre, 
^Massachusetts,  May  20,  1874.  He  married, 
at  Hardwick,  December  25.  1834,  Achsah 
Berry,  bom  at  Prescott,  Massachusetts.  1810, 
died  in  Barre  in  1884.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
Barre  all  his  active  life.  Children,  born  in 
Barre:  i.  Lucius  Oren,  September  24,  1836; 
resides  at  New  Salem;  married  (first) 
Rosepha  A.  Paige,  of  Winchester,  New 
Hampshire;  (second)  Mrs.  Jane  (Smith) 
Webster,  of  New  Salem,  ^Massachusetts ;  has 
son  and  daughter,  Charles  and  jMarian ;  Lucius 
Oren  is  a  fine  violinist,  and  both  wives  were 
excellent  pianists.  2.  Julia  ]\L,  1837,  died 
October,  1839,  at  Barre.  3.  Lauriston,  Oc- 
tober 2-],  1841,  died  at  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts, June  9,  1889;  married  Louise  Conkey,  of 
Hardwick,  Massachusetts ;  had  two  sons,  Fred 
and  Harry.  4.  Mary  Ellen  ( twin  ) ,  February 
22,  1845,  died  August  22.  1879:  married  John 
D.  Fisher,  of  Dana,  Massachusetts.  5.  ^lar- 
tha  Helen  (twin),  February  22,  1845,  died 
May  9.  1904:  married  Albert  H.  Flagg,  of 
Dana.  ^lassachusetts.  had  a  daughter  Delia. 
6.  William   Herbert,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  William  Herbert,  son  of  John  Watson 
Gififin,  was  born  at  Barre,  January  19,  1832.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  served  an  apprenticeship  at  the  car- 
penter's trade.  About  the  time  he  came  of 
age  he  began  business  on  his  own  account  as  a 
carpenter  and  builder.  He  was  employed  by 
large  contractors  as  superintendent  and  sub- 
contractor for  nearly  forty  years.  The  fol- 
lowing buildings  were  constructed  under  his 
supervision :  ]Memorial  Hall  and  church  at 
Rockville.  Connecticut,  and  the  Wakefield 
church.  He  had  the  contract  for  the  Leo- 
minster town  hall,  a  church  at  Hartford  and 
many  other  private  residences  and  public  build- 
ings in  the  vicinity  of  his  home.  He  has  been 
connected  with  the  building  firms  of  Flint 
Building  &  Construction  Com]5any,  Palmer  & 


Darling  Brothers;  Cutting  &  Bardwell,  Wor- 
cester, Massachusetts.  Li  recent  years  he  has 
been  occupied  chiefly  in  the  lumber  business, 
buying  standing  timber  and  wood-lots,  cutting 
the  timber  and  dealing  in  lumber,  shingles  and 
other  building  material.  He  has  made  his 
home  in  Greenwich,  Massachusetts,  since  1879. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  has  been 
a  selectman  three  terms  and  is  at  present  hold- 
ing that  office.  In  religion  he  is  a  Congrega- 
tionalist.  He  married,  at  Hardwick,  June  29, 
1875,  Eliza  J.,  born  1856,  daughter  of  Joseph 
W.  and  Elizabeth  (Richardson)  Stevens.  (See 
Stevens,  VII).  Their  only  child,  Grace  Eliz- 
abeth, was  born  at  Hardwick,  Alarch  7,  1877, 
died  May  11,  1891.  They  have  adopted  a  son 
of  Mrs.  Giffin's  sister,  Linwood  J.,  born 
March   21,    1892. 


Sergeant    John    Stephens    or 
STEVENS     Stevens,    immigrant    ancestor, 

was  a  proprietor  of  Salisbury 
in  1640;  was  a  commoner  and  taxed  in  1650- 
52-54.  He  received  land  in  the  first  division, 
and  his  name  appears  on  petitions  of  the  town. 
He  was  born  about  161 1,  died  February,  1688- 
89.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Salisbury  church 
in  1687.  His  will  was  dated  April  12,  1686, 
and  proved  November  26,    1689.     He  was  a 

farmer.     He  married  Katherine  ,  who 

died  July  31,  1682.  Children:  i.  Thomas 
(probably),  mentioned  below.  2.  John,  born 
November  2.  1639;  married.  February  17, 
1669-70,  Joanna  Thorn.  2.  Elizabeth,  Alarch 
7,  1641,  died  1641.  4.  Elizabeth,  February  4, 
1642;  married,  October  14,  1661,  Morris 
Tucker.  5.  Nathaniel,  November  11,  1645; 
married  (first)  Mary ;  (second)  Decem- 
ber 20,  1677,  Mehitable  Colcord.  6.  Mary, 
1647;  married  (first)  November  5,  1668,  John 
Osgood;  (second)  Nathaniel  Whittier.  7. 
Benjamin.  February  2,  1650;  married,  October 
28,  1673,  Hannah  Barnard. 

(II)  Deacon  Thomas,  probably  son  of  John 
Stevens,  was  born  about  1637,  died  April  14, 
1729.  John  Stephens  Senior,  of  Salisbury, 
deeded  to  him  in  January,  1667-68,  land  on  the 
west  side  of  the  Powow  river.  On  this  ac- 
count, probably,  he  was  not  mentioned  in  his 
father's  will.  He  resided  first  in  Salisbury, 
but  was  granted  a  common  right  in  Amesbury 
in  March.  1668-69,  and  in  October,  1669, 
bought  a  house  and  land  there  of  Ezekiel 
Wathen.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  in 
1677  and  was  a  member  of  the  train  band  in 
1680.  He  was  selectman  in  1686  and  was  ad- 
mitted  a    freeman    in    1690;    schoolmaster   in 


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1693.  His  will  was  dated  November  29,  1723, 
and  proved  April  28,  1729.  He  married,  April 
15,  1670,  at  Newbury,  Martha  Bartlett,  who 
died  September  8,  1718.  Children:  i.  Abi- 
gail, born  January  22,  1673-74 ;  married,  June 
19,  1694,  Abel  ]\lerrill.  2.  Roger,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Son,  died  young.  4.  Martha,  mar- 
ried, December  4,  1701,  Robert  Hoyt.  5.  Sar- 
ah, married  Thomas  Chase.  6.  Mary,  mar- 
ried, December  17,  1702,  Thomas  Sargent.  7. 
Hannah,  married,  July  28,  1709,  Nathaniel 
Merrill.  8.  John,  born  November  15,  1686, 
died  June  26,  1687.  9.  Thomas,  April  18, 
1688;  married.  May  12,  1709,  Mary  Davis. 
ID.  Ebenezer,  March  26,  1690;  married,  Janu- 
ary II,  1710-11,  John  Blaisdell,  Jr. 

(HI)  Roger,  son  of  Deacon  Thomas  Stev- 
ens, was  born  in  Amesbury  and  settled  in 
Northborough,  where  he  was  a  clothier.  He 
bought  of  John  Perry  a  house  lot  in  Brookfield 
November  i,  1729.  He  died  December  26, 
1730.  He  married,  November  24,  1698,  Sarah 
Nichols.     Children:    i.  Abigail,  born  July  17, 

1705  ;  married Rowell.    2.  Roger,  May 

22,  1708.  3.  Sarah,  January  31,  1709-10;  mar- 
ried    Hartshorn.  4.  Thomas,  Novem- 
ber 21,  171 1,  mentioned  below.  5.  Jacob,  Oc- 
tober 24,  1713.  6.  Nehemiah,  May  26,  1715. 
7.  Martha,  September  27,  1717.  8.  Christo- 
pher. 

(TV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Roger  Stevens, 
was  born  in  Marlborough,  Massachusetts, 
November  21,  171 1,  but  removed  with  his 
father  to  Brookfield  in  boyhood.  He  deeded 
to  his  brother,  Jacob  Stephens,  a  farm  of 
forty  acres  in  Brookfield,  formerly  owned  by 
John  Wolcott.  Both  Jacob  and  Thomas  lived 
soon  afterward  in  Hardwick,  an  adjacent 
town.  Thomas  sold  eighty-four  acres  of  land 
in  the  west  part  of  the  town  to  Ephraim 
Cleveland,  March  27,  1761,  and  probably  re- 
moved from  town.  He  married  at  Brookfield 
(intentions  dated  January  15,  1748-49)  Eliza- 
beth Perkins.  Children,  born  at  Hardwick : 
I.  Mary,  October  3,  1749.  2.  Nehemiah, 
March  5,  1752.  3.  Thomas,  March  27,  1754, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Elizabeth,  November 
20,  1756. 

(V)  Thomas  (3).  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Stev- 
ens, was  born  in  Hardwick,  March  27,  1754- 
He  lived  at  Hardwick  and  in  that  part  of 
Hardwick  set  off  as  Dana.  His  will  is  dated 
January  I,  181 7,  and  proved  June  2,  1 8 19. 
He  married  (intention  dated  November  18, 
1815)  Abigail  Hale,  of  Dana,  doubtless  his 
second  wife.  He  died  June  15,  1819.  His 
will   names  his   son   Jacob  as  executor ;  be- 


queaths to  the  children  named  below.  His 
widow  Abigail  had  a  son  Barnard  obligated 
to  support  her  by  a  contract  made  before  her 
marriage.  Children:  i.  Robert,  married,  Oc- 
tober 9,  1794,  Abigail  Davis.  2.  Jacob,  mar- 
ried, 1796,  Hannah  Thayer;  lived  in  Hard- 
wick where  he  died  April  16,  1833.  3.  Caleb. 
4.  Daniel,  mentioned  below.  5.  Polly,  mar- 
ried, November  28,  1793,  William  Thayer.  6. 
Abigail.  7.  Lucinda,  married  Free- 
man. 8.  Deborah,  married  (intention  dated 
March  22,  1819)  Seth  Whipple. 

(\T)   Daniel,  son  of  Thomas  (3)   Stevens, 
was  born  at  Hardwick,  about  1789-90,  died 
there    May,    1864.      He    married    (intention 
dated  April   14,   181 1)  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Moses  Whipple.     She  died  at  Dana,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1873,  aged  eighty-three.     Children:  i. 
Lewis,  born  May  11,  1813,  died  February  14, 
1850.   2.  Cyrus  Washburn,  October  15,  1815; 
married,  December  31,  1837,  Lucy  Richard- 
son, of  Dana,  and  died  there  November   i, 
1866.    3.  Joseph  Whipple,  October  18,  1817, 
mentioned  below.     4.  Almon  Gififin,  July  28, 
1824;  married,  .-X.pril,  1852,  Malvina  Roberts. 
(VH)  Joseph  Whipple,  son  of  Daniel  Stev- 
ens, was  born  at  Hardwick,  October  18,  1817. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  Hardwick  all  his  life.    He 
died  September  22,  1861.  He  married,  March 
23,  1843,  Elizabeth  C,  daughter  of  Seth  and 
Alice    (Johnson)    Richardson,   born   January 
22,   1824,  died   May   19,   1893.     Children:   i. 
Son,  born  November  12,  1843,  died  ne.xt  day. 
2.  .\lbert   Augustine,  January  31,    1850;  re- 
sides   in    Greenwich    village.      3.  Elizabeth 
Adelia,  February  23,  1853,  died  June  2-j ,  1856. 
4.   Eliza  Jane,  May  11,   1856;  married,  June 
29,  1875,  William  H.  Giffin.     (See  Giffin,  V). 
Elizabeth   C.    (Richardson)   Stevens   married 
(second)   August   21,    1862,   Philip  Johnson; 
child,  Alice  M.  Johnson,  born  September  11, 
1863,  died  June  28,   1892. 

James  Bowker,  immigrant  an- 
BOWKER     cestor,  came  from  Sweden  to 

Scituate,  Massachusetts,  about 
the  time  of  King  Philip's  war.  His  wife  Mary 
died  there  September  12,  1686.  His  farm  was 
laid  out  east  of  the  Burnt  Plain  and  west  of 
Samuel  Bryant's  land.  His  house  was  near 
the  corner  of  the  field  a  few  rods  west  of  the 
house  of  his  late  grandson,  Edmund  Bowker. 
Children:  i.  James,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Mary,  baptized  1686.  3.  Lazarus,  1686.  4. 
Mary,  May  27,  1705.  5.  Elizabeth,  May  27, 
1705.     6.  Edmund. 

(H)   James  (2),  son  of  James  ( i  )  Bowker, 


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was  born  in  Scitiiate  probably  about  1685.  He 
was  baptized  with  his  son  Lazarus,  June  28, 
1719,  in  the  Second  Church  of  Scituate.  He 
succeeded  to  his  father's  homestead  at  Scitu- 
ate. He  married,  171 7,  Hannah  Lambert, 
baptized  June  28,  1719,  with  her  husband  and 
son,  and  joined  the  church  in  full  communion, 
August  5,  1733.  His  sons,  Lazarus,  James, 
John  and  Edmund,  settled  on  the  original 
homestead ;  Joseph  moved  to  Maine.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Lazarus,  baptized  June  28,  1719, 
mentioned  below.  2.  James,  May  20,  1722.  3. 
John,  May  23,  1725.  4.  Joseph,  removed  to 
Maine.  5.  Edmund,  born  August  20,  1732, 
died  at  the  age  of  ninety- four  in  Scituate. 

(HI)  Lazarus,  son  of  James  (2)  Bowker, 
was  born  in  Scituate  and  baptized  there  June 
28,  1719.  His  wife  Abigail  joined  the  Second 
Church  of  Scituate,  May  13,  1744.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  sergeant  in  Captain 
John  Clapp's  company.  Colonel  John  Bailey's 
regiment,  on  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19, 
1775.  He  was  then  an  old  man  for  military 
duty,  and  possibly  this  service  should  be  credit- 
ed to  his  son.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Sec- 
ond Church.  Children,  born  at  Scituate  and 
baptized  in  the  Second  Church:  i.  Lazarus, 
baptized  March  11,  1743,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Abigail,  born  November  30,  1745.  3.  Ger- 
shom,  baptized  October  4,  1747.  4.  Bartel, 
baptized  in  private,  September  12,  1748.  5. 
Demmick,  born  April  i,  1750.  6.  Jonathan, 
baptized  June  7,  1752.  7.  Jonathan,  baptized 
March  30,  1754.  8.  Lemuel,  baptized  Febru- 
ary 16,  1755.  9.  Nabby,  baptized  March  26, 
1757-     (See  p.  62,  N.  E.  Reg.  1906). 

(IV)  Lazarus  (2),  son  of  Lazarus  (i) 
Bowker,  was  baptized  in  Scituate,  March  11, 
1742.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  and 
was  called  "Jr."  to  distinguish  him  from  his 
father;  was  a  private  in  Captain  Thomas 
Collomer's  company.  Colonel  John  Cush- 
ing's  regiment  (Plymouth  county),  Decem- 
ber 8,  1776,  from  Scituate.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Second  Church  of  Scitu- 
ate in  1810,  and  lived  in  Scituate  to  an  ad- 
vanced age.  His  wife  Sarah  died  at  }iIilton, 
Massachusetts,  September  11,  1775,  and  he 
then  resided  in  Scituate;  married  (second) 
January  18,  1781,  Ruth  Daniels.  His  wife, 
probably  Ruth,  died  at  Scituate,  October  18, 
1787,  aged  forty-one  years.  He  was  then 
called  "Jr.",  indicating  that  his  father  was  liv- 
ing. The  church  records  from  1757  to  1791 
have  been  lost  and  the  baptismal  records  of 
his  children  are  wanting.  Among  the  chil- 
dren was  Lazarus,  mentioned  below. 


^  (\  )  Lazarus  (3),  son  of  Lazarus  (2) 
Bowker,  was  born  in  Scituate.  He  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  common  schools  and  learned 
the  trade  of  mason.  He  became  a  prominent 
mason  and  built  and  was  the  contractor  for  the 
first  JNIinot  Ledge  lighthouse  built  bv  the  gov- 
ernment. He  constructed  the  first  tombs  built 
in  Mount  Auburn  cemetery,  near  Boston.  He 
had  many  large  and  difficult  contracts.  He 
lived  in  Boston.  He  married  Martha  Cushing. 
Children:  i.  Desire,  married  James  Vinal,  a 
hardware  merchant  having  a  store  in  Dock 
square,  Boston;  their  child,  James  \\\  Vinal, 
succeeded  to  the  business,  married  Amelia 
Webster.  2.  Perez,  married  Eunice  Jordan; 
children :  i.  William,  died  young ;  ii.  George, 
married  Anne  Stedman  and  had  two  children^ 
of  whom  one  died  in  infancy  and  the  other, 
George  E.,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years, 
unmarried;  iii.  Celementina,  married  George 
Ripley,  of  Plingham,  Alassachusetts.  3.  Al- 
mira,  married  John  Henry  Jones,  of  Scituate; 
children:   i.  Abbie;   ii.  Ella;   iii.  Sarah    Ada- 

Ime,  married Morse,  a  school  teacher ; 

iv.  Emma  Dora.  4.  Abbie,  married  Stephen 
Greenwood:  children:  Edward,  Frank,  Alin- 
nie.  5.  Martha,  married  William  Green,  of 
Boston;  children:  William  and  Maria.  6. 
Joseph,  died  young.  7.  Winslow  Lewis,  men- 
tioned below. 

(\T)  Winslow  Lewis,  son  of  Lazarus  (3) 
Bowker,  was  born  in  Boston,  October  25, 
1825,  in  the  family  home  on  Myrtle  street.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
his  native  city.  .A.t  graduation  from  the  Frank- 
lin grammar  school  he  received  one  of  the  first 
medals  ever  given  out.  At  the  age  of  seven- 
teen he  began  to  work  in  the  store  of  Henry 
Fay,  a  flour  dealer  of  Boston.  Later  the  busi- 
ness was  conducted  by  the  firm  of  Fay  & 
Farwell  and  he  continued  in  various  positions 
with  this  house  for  a  period  of  twenty  years. 
He  then  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count as  a  fire  insurance  broker,  having  his  of- 
fice with  the  firm  of  Hovey  &  Fenno,  Congress 
street,  Boston.  He  was  agent  for  the  Hart- 
ford Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Hartford, 
Connecticut.  He  had  an  extensive  and  profit- 
able business.  In  1896  he  retired  on  account 
of  failing  health,  and  died  at  his  home  in  Cam- 
bridge, December  15,  1904.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Mizpah  Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  of 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  When  a  young 
man  he  became  acquainted  with  the  chaplain 
of  the  state  prison  at  Charlestovvn  and  for  a 
time  taught  a  Sunday  school  class  in  that  in- 
stitution.    He  had  an  exemplary  character,  a 


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fine  presence  and  an  attractive  personality, 
and  made  many  friends. 

He  married  Susan  E.,  daughter  of  William 
and  Sally  (Drake)  Swain,  of  Chichester,  New 
Hampshire.  Her  mother  is  said  to  have  been 
descended  from  Sir  Francis  Drake,  the  fa- 
mous navigator  of  England.  William  Swain's 
father  was  William  Swain.  William  and  Sal- 
ly (Drake)  Swain  had  children:  i.  Elmira, 
unmarried:  ii.  George,  died  young;  iii.  Abra- 
ham, married  Elmira  Eaton,  of  Pittsfield,  New 
Hampshire :  iv.  Emeline,  married  John  C. 
Morrill ;  v.  Olive,  married  James  Brooks,  of 
Lewiston,  Maine:  vi.  Sarah;  vii.  George, 
married  Mary  Saunders,  of  Epsom,  New 
Hampshire;  viii.  David;  ix.  Mehitable,  mar- 
ried Harrison  E.  Maynard,  of  the  firm  of  H. 
Maynard  &  Son,  of  Boston,  wholesale  flour 
merchants  of  Boston ;  he  had  the  finest  private 
collection  of  paintings,  etc.,  in  the  city.  x. 
Mary  Ann,  married  Herbert  Sanborn,  of  Chi- 
chester, New  Hampshire;  xi.  William;  xii. 
Susan.  The  only  child  of  Winslow  Lewis  and 
Susan  E.  (Swain)  Bowker  was  Arthur  Liver- 
more,  mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Arthur  Livermore,  son  of  Winslow 
Lewis  Bowker,  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1 86 1,  died  there  June  4,  1908.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive city  and  became  a  professional  auditor 
and  accountant.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  stood  in  the  front  ranks  of  his  profession. 
In  politics  he  was  independent.  He  married, 
January  17,  1889,  Gertrude,  daughter  of 
George  and  Augusta  S.  (Martin)  Cooke,  of 
Newburyport,  Massachusetts.  They  had  one 
child,  Helen,  born  January  10,  1892,  now  a 
student  in  Howard  Seminary  of  West  Bridge- 
water,  Massachusetts. 


Francis  Rand,  immigrant  ances- 
Rx-\ND     tor  of  this  branch  of  the  family, 

was  one  of  a  company  of  men 
sent  to  America  in  1631  to  settle  in  the  Pis- 
cataqua  section.  He  settled  in  Portsmouth, 
New  Hampshire,  and  had  lands  granted  to 
him  in  that  part  of  the  town  which  became 

Rye.    He  married  Christina .  who  was 

killed  by  Indians  while  her  husband  was  away 
at  the  mill.  He  was  killed  by  Indians,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1691.  His  will  was  dated  in  1689, 
snd  proved  February  19,  1(591-2.  Children: 
T.  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  2.  Samuel.  3. 
John,  born  1645 ;  married  Remembrance 
Ault.       4.    Nathaniel.       5.    Sarah,     married 

Herrick.     6.  Mary,   married   

Barnes. 


(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Francis  Rand,  lived  in 
Rye,  New  Hampshire.  His  will  was  dated 
February  25,  1731-2.     He  married  Elizabeth 

.     Children:  i.  Thomas,  married.  May 

22,  1722,  Hannah  Pray.    2.  William,  married 

Betsey .    3.  Joshua,  mentioned  below. 

4.  Samuel,  married  Sarah  Dowrst.  5.  Han- 
nah.   6.  Christina,  married Shute.    7. 

Mary,  married,  November  2-j,  1729,  William 
Chamberlain.  8.  Elizabeth.  9.  Lydia,  mar- 
ried    Foss. 

(III)  Joshua,  son  of  Thomas  Rand,  was 
born  in  Rye,  and  married,  November  23, 
1738,  Mary  Aloses,  of  Portsmouth.  He  lived 
in  Rye,  and  died  about  1787.  Children:  i. 
John,  born  1742;  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary, 
born  1744;  married  (first)  Samuel  Hunt; 
(second)  Joseph  Marden.  3.  Joseph,  mar- 
ried. May  24.  1764,  Susannah  Goss.  4. 
Sarah,  born  1749;  married  August  18,  1767, 
Levi  Goss ;  died  September  17,  1808.  4. 
Hannah,  born  1752;  married,  July  26,  1772, 
Benjamin  Marden.  5.  Rebecca,  married, 
July  6,  1773,  Alexander  Morrison.  6. 
Joshua,  born  1758;  mentioned  below.  7. 
.Samuel,  born  1762;  married,  January  5,  1784. 
Hannah  Dolbear. 

(IV)  Joshua  (2),  son  of  Joshua  (i)  Rand, 
was  born  in  1758,  and  died  March  13,  1791. 
He  was  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain  Na- 
thaniel Rand's  company,  in  1776.  This  com- 
pany was  afterwards  assigned  to  the  First 
regiment,  and  then  to  various  other  regi- 
ments. Joshua  Rand's  name  appears  on  a 
petition  of  members  of  the  company  asking 
that  thev  be  allowed  to  become  again  an  in- 
dependent company,  or  to  remain  with  the 
First  regiment,  as  they  had  been  "so  many 
times  changed  that  they  were  worn  out  with 
travelling".  He  married  Ruth  Seavey,  who 
died  July  2,  1829,  daughter  of  William 
.Seavey.  Children:  i.  Joshua,  born  1780; 
married  Betsey  Houston ;  served  in  war  of 
1812.  2.  William  S.,  born  1781  ;  married, 
August  12,  1804,  Dolly  Rollins ;  died  June  22, 
1854.  3.  Samuel,  born  1783;  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Theodore,  baptized  April  15,  1787; 
unmarried ;  died  at  sea.  5.  Hitty,  baptized 
1788;  married  James  Elkins.  6.  Moses,  bap- 
tized August  30,  1789:  died  June  i,  181 1,  of 
smallpox.  7.  James,  died  November  23, 
1807,  knocked  overboard  at  sea.  8.  Mary, 
married  Nicholas  Mason.  9.  Daniel,  bap- 
tized December  25,  1777;  died  October  10, 
1851;  married,  February  24,  1801,  Dorothy 
Seavey. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Joshua  (2)  Rand,  was 


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born  in  Rye,  in  1783,  and  died  in  1822.  He 
married  (first)  in  i8c8,  Martha  Locke;  (sec- 
ond) her  sister,  Hannah  Locke.  He  was  a 
shoe-maker,  and  conducted  a  successful  busi- 
ness until  his  death.  He  and  his  family  were 
members  of  the  Universalist  church.  He 
married  (first)  in  1808,  Martha  Locke,  a  na- 
tive of  Portsmouth ;  (second)  Hannah,  sister 
of  his  first  wife.  Child  of  first  wife  :  i.  Aaron 
L.,  a  painter  by  trade  ;  children :  i.  Martha 
H.,  died  a  young  woman,  unmarried  ;  ii.  Mar- 
garet, died  unmarried,  aged  about  thirty-five 
years ;  iii.  Georgiette,  died  unmarried,  a 
young  woman  ;  iv.  .\bbie  Slater,  died  unmar- 
ried ;  V.  Eliza,  died  unmarried,  a  young 
woman  ;  vi.  Samuel  Abbot,  succeeded  to  his 
father's  business  as  painter,  and  resides  in  his 
native  city,  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire. 
Children  of  second  wife :  2.  Samuel  G.,  died 
young.  3.  Ruth  Seaver,  died  unmarried.  4. 
Joshua,  died  unmarried,  in  middle  life.  5. 
Martha  S.,  married  Edward  Anderson.  6. 
Albert,  died  unmarried.  7.  Samuel  Streeter. 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Samuel  Streeter,  son  of  Samuel  Rand. 
was  born  June  i.  1819,  at  Portsmouth.  He 
Avas  educated  there  in  the  public  schools,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  tinsmith.  He  worked 
one  year  as  journeyman  after  completing  his 
apprenticeship  at  Portsmouth,  then  removed 
to  Holderness  .  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
worked  from  1849  to  1851.  He  then  engaged 
in  business  in  Claremont,  New  Hampshire, 
on  his  own  account.  For  a  period  of  thirty- 
five  years  he  continued  in  active  business,  en- 
joying a  large  trade  and  substantial  success, 
and  attaining  a  prominent  position  among  the 
business  men  of  Claremont  and  vicinity.  He 
retired  in  1886  and  continued  to  live  at  Clare- 
mont until  1903,  since  when  he  has  resided  at 
Roslindale,  Boston,  with  his  son  Fred.  He 
enjoys  his  faculties  and  health, to  an  unusual 
degree,  notwithstanding  his  age,  and  his  kindly 
and  cheerfiu  disposition  and  sterling  character 
have  made  many  friends  for  him  in  his  present 
home.  He  married,  July  i,  1848,  Lucinda 
Brown,  a  native  of  Claremont,  born  March  6, 
1819,  died  there  April  13,  1865.  Children:  i. 
Edgar  E.,  born  Alay  17,  1849:  died  in  middle 
life,  leaving  three  sons.  2.  Oscar  B.,  born  July 
8,  185 1  :  a  successful  and  enterprising  hard- 
ware merchant  at  Claremont :  unmarried.  3. 
Hattie  L.,  born  November  18,  1855  :  died  un- 
married, at  her  father's  home,  November 
18.  1893.  4.  Fred  DeForest.  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VH)    Fred     DeForest.     son     of     Samuel 


Streeter  Rand,  was  born  in  Claremont,  April 
3,  1859.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools  and  was  in  the  stove,  tinware  and 
plumbing  business  in  his  native  town  until 
1890.  when  he  established  a  grocery  store  at 
Roslindale,  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He 
built  up  a  large  trade  by  ceaseless  industry  and 
great  energy,  and  for  some  years  has  been 
counted  among  the  most  successful  business 
men  of  the  place.  His  store  has  attracted  the 
patronage  of  the  best  families  of  that  section, 
and  in  many  respects  is  a  model  grocery.  He 
has  invested  to  some  extent  in  real  estate  in 
Roslindale.  Besides  his  own  residence  at  the 
head  of  Conway  street,  he  has  two  other 
houses  on  the  same  street.  He  has  few  inter- 
ests outside  his  business  and  home.  In  politics 
he  is  independent. 

He  married,  at  Concord,  Xew  Hampshire, 
March  5,  1899,  Alice  Bradbury  Morrill,  born 
at  Sanbornton,  January  25,  1863,  daughter  of 
Bradbury  Alorrison  and  Anne  (  Proctor  )  Mor- 
rill. Mrs.  Rand  holds  membership  in 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion through  two  ancestors  who  fought 
in  the  revolutionary  war — James  Proc- 
tor and  Nathan  Morrill ;  and  she  is 
an  active  member  of  Bunker  Hill  Chapter. 
She  is  also  a  member  of  the  Roslindale  Wo- 
man's Alliance  and  much  interested  in  its 
work.  She  is  an  active  member  of  the  Uni- 
tarian Church.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rand  have  one 
child,  Harold  Morrill,  born  February  9,  1891, 
now  a  student  in  the  Mechanic  Arts  High 
School. 


Abraham  Morrill,  immigrant 
MORRILL     ancestor,  came  to  Cambridge, 

Massachusetts,  from  Eng- 
land, before  1636,  when  he  appears  on  the  list 
of  proprietors  of  that  town.  He  was  in  Cam- 
bridge in  1632,  according  to  some  authorities, 
and  may  have  come  on  the  same  ship  or  at  the 
same  time  with  his  brother,  Isaac  Morrill.  We 
know  that  the  latter  embarked  on  the  ship 
"Lion".  June  22,  1632,  and  arrived  at  Boston, 
September  16,  1632.  Isaac  was  a  blacksmith 
by  trade ;  settled  at  Roxbury ;  was  admitted 
freeman  March  4,  1632-33 ;  was  member  of 
the  Roxbury  church,  and  of  the  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  Boston ;  was 
constable  and  one  of  the  four  richest  men  in 
the  town;  he  died  December  18,  1661.  aged 
seventy- four  years.  Abraham  was  fined  in 
1 641  for  "selling  his  time  to  a  servant"  one 
of  the  peculiar  offenses  under  the  Puritan 
code.     Possibly  the  servant  was  a  prisoner  of 


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war.  Morrill  removed  to  Salisbury,  and  was 
a  proprietor  there  in  1640.  He  owned  land  in 
Haverhill  in  1649.  He  was  also  a  blacksmith 
and  iron  founder  as  well  as  planter.  He  had 
grants  of  land  in  the  first  division  at  Salisbury 
in  1640-44-54;  was  a  commoner,  and  taxed  in 
1650.  He  signed  a  petition  of  the  inhabitants 
of  Salisbury  in  1658.  He  married,  June  10, 
1645,  Sarah  Clement.  He  fell  sick  while  on  a 
visit  to  his  brother  in  Roxbury,  and  died  there 
June  20,  1662.  His  will  was  dated  June  18, 
and  proved  October  14,  1662.  The  widow  con- 
veyed to  Thomas  Bradbury  and  her  brother 
Job  Clement  certain  property  in  trust  for  her 
daughter  Hepsibah  (born  after  her  father's 
death)  by  deed  dated  November  i,  1665.  The 
widow  married  (second)  October  8,  1665. 
Thomas  Mudgett.  Children:  i.  Isaac,  born 
July  10,  1646;  married  November  14,  1670, 
Phebe  Gill.  2.  Jacob,  born  August  24,  1648; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Sarah,  born  October  14, 
1650;  married  (first)  January  5,  1670,  Philip 
Rowell;  (second)  July  31,  1695,  Onesiphorus 
Page;  (third)  May  29,  1708,  IDaniel  Merrill. 
4.  Abraham,  born  November  14,  1652 ;  mar- 
ried Sarah  Bradbury.  5.  Moses,  born  Decem- 
ber 28,  1655;  married  (first)  Rebecca  Barnes; 
(second)  Mary  .  6.  Aaron,  born  Au- 
gust 9,  1658;  died  January  31,  1658-59.  7. 
Richard,  born  February  6,  1659-60.  8.  Lydia, 
born  March  8,  1660-61  :  married,  November 
9,  1682,  Ephraim  Severance.  9.  Hepsibah, 
born  Januarv,  1662-63;  married  (Taptain  John 
Dibbs. 

(H)  Jacob,  son  of  .Abraham  Morrill,  was 
born  August  24,  1648,  and  died  April  23,  1718. 
He  was  a  Quaker.  He  was  a  householder  of 
Salisbury,  and  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  and 
allegiance  in  1677,  was  admitted  freeman  in 
1690;  he  commanded  a  garrison  at  his  house 
in  1 69 1,  and  was  a  soldier  at  Wells  in  1696. 
His  will  was  dated  March  20  and  proved  May 
26,  1718.  He  married,  July  15,  1674,  Su- 
sanna, daughter  of  Thomas  Whittier.  She 
died  February  15,  1726-27,  and  her  son  Israel 
administered  her  estate.  Children:  i.  Ezekiel, 
born  September  29,  1675 ;  married,  January 
22,  1704-05,  Abigail  Wadleigh ;  (second") 
Sarah  Clough,  widow.  2.  Ensign  Thomas, 
married,  June  7,  1705.  Hannah  Allen;  died 
June  13,  1728.  3.  Hannah,  married  January 
14,  1701-02,  Joseph  Stockman.  4.  Ruth,  born 
October    9,    1686;    married    (first)    probably 

Henry  Young;  (second)  Edwards.     5. 

Jacob,  born  May  2,  1689 ;  mentioned  below. 
6.  Aaron,  married  (first)  January  21.  1718-10, 
Joanna     (Dow)     Heath,     widow;     (second) 


Eleanor  Jones.  7.  Susanna,  born  June  14, 
1696;  married,  November  25,  17 14,  Israel 
Webster.  8.  Israel,  born  March  i,  1698-99; 
married  Mary  Adams. 

(Ill)  Jacob  (2),  son  of  Jacob  (i)  Morrill, 
as  born  in  Salisbury,  May  2,  1689,  and  bap- 
tized, an  adult,  August  3,  1712.  He  was  a  res- 
ident of  Kingston,  New  Hampshire,  in  1740, 
and  as  late  as  175 1.  He  married  (probably 
first)  February  2,  1709-10,  Mary,  daughter  of 
John  Webster.  She  died  before  1732,  and  it 
is  said  that  he  had  another  wife  Mary.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Susanna,  born  August  5,  1714;  mar- 
ried (first)  February  10,  1731-2,  John  Collins; 
(second)  September  27,  1737,  Jacob  Gale.  2. 
Henry,  mentioned  below.  3.  Apphia,  mar- 
ried December  13,  1735,  Joseph  Swasey.  4. 
Jacob,  married  Abigail  . 

( I\' )  Deacon  Henry,  son  of  Jacob  Morrill, 
was  born  about  1715,  and  died  October  9,  1799. 
His  will  was  dated  February  10,  1792.  He 
lived  in  Kingston  and  Hawke,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  signed  the  Association  Test  in  1776. 
He  married  (first)  Susanna  P'olsom,  who  died 
November  17,  1778,  in  her  fifty-seventh  year, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Folsom ;  (second) 
March  18,  1779,  Anne  (Tuxbury)  Colby,  wid- 
ow of  Moses  Colby,  of  Hawke,  and  she  prob- 
ably survived  him.  Children:  i.  Susanna, 
married  December  22,  1763,  Timothy  Blake. 
2.  Aphia,  married,  December  6,  1770,  Nehe- 
miah  Sleeper.  3.  Miriam,  married,  December 
23,  1777,  Simeon  Hoyt.  4.  Sarah,  married 
Noah  Weeks.  5.  Nathaniel,  born  November 
I,  1762;  mentioned  below.  6.  Henry,  born 
March  13,  1768:  died  young. 

(V)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Deacon  Henry  Mor- 
rill, was  born  November  i,  1762,  and  died  in 
1844.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  from 
Hawke,  New  Hampshire,  a  recruit  in  the  Con- 
tinental army  in  1780,  mustered  at  Kingston, 
by  General  josiah  Bartlett,  and  sent  to  Wor- 
cester, Massachusetts.  He  gave  his  age  in 
1780  as  eighteen.  He  resided  at*Hawke  and 
Sanbornton,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  tax 
collector  of  Hawke  before  removing  in  1801 
to  Sanbornton,  where  he  owned  lot  40,  second 
division,  near  the  Pennigewasset.  He  was  a 
farmer,  kind,  benevolent  and  industrious.  He 
married  (first)  June,  1783,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  Eastman.  She  died  November 
15.  1 84 1,  aged  seventy-nine  years.  Her  grave- 
stone quotes  the  lines ;  "Welcome  day  that 
ends  the  cares  of  my  declining  years."  He 
married  (second)  Sally  (Johnson)  Flanders, 
widow  of  Eliphalet  Flanders.  He  died  Janu- 
ary 20,   1844,  of    paralysis,    aged    eighty-two 


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years,  and  was  buried  on  the  farm.     From  his 
epitaph  we  quote : 

"I've   come   to   rest   from  mortal   cares 
Beside  the  partner  of  my  years." 

Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Sanbornton, 
except  the  eldest :  i.  Henry,  May  5,  1784,  bap- 
tized at  Hawke.  2.  Sarah.  July  5,  1786 ;  mar- 
ried David  Shaw.  3.  Susanna,  December  14. 
1788;  married  Samuel  George.  4.  Edward, 
June  21,  I7fli.  5.  Nancy,  May  9,  1793;  mar- 
ried May  31,  1819,  John  Colby  Jr.  6.  Oba- 
diah  Eastman,  March  21,  1786.  7.  Folsom, 
December  9.  1798;  mentioned  below.  8.  Bet- 
sey, Alarch  I,  1801  ;  married  John  Simonds.  g. 
Huldah  Weeks,  October  3,  1804;  married  Dea- 
con Joseph  F'ellows.  10.  Nathaniel.  December 
13,  1807. 

(V'l)  Folsom,  son  of  Nathaniel  Morrill,  was 
born  at  Hawke,  New  Hampshire,  December 
9,  1798.  He  inherited  half  his  father's  home- 
stead at  Sanbornton,  and  bought  the  other 
half  of  his  brother  Edward  Morrill.  He  built 
a  house  north  of  his  father's  on  the  bank  of 
the  Penningewasset.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
lumberman,  and  became  one  of  the  wealthiest 
and  most  influential  men  of  his  native  town. 
He  married,  March  10,  1825,  Rosilla,  daugh- 
ter of  Bradbury  Morrison.  She  died  Febru- 
ary 16,  1874,  in  her  seventy-second  year. 
Children,  born  at  Sanbornton:  I.  Asa  Morri- 
son, April  4,  1836;  died  July  8,  1849.  -■  ^^- 
thaniel  Folsom,  April  26,  1829  (twin) ;  mar- 
ried Catherine  A.  Wilder,  of  New  Ipswich; 
born  April  20,  1834;  resided  1875-80  in  Wel- 
lesle}',  ^Massachusetts.  3.  Bradbury  Morri- 
son, (twin  with  Nathaniel),  mentioned  below. 
4.  .\mbrosia  Rosilla,  November  24,  1836; 
married.  December  31,  1873,  Rev.  Elisha  H. 
Wright,  born  October  22,  1835  ;  he  was  the 
Christian  Baptist  minister  at  Manchester  and 
Hill,  New  Hampshire,  in  Connecticut,  and 
Bristol,  Rhode  Island  ;  after  1850  officiated  at 
Hill,  New  Hampshire:  children:  i.  Robert 
Wright,  born  October  3,  1877.  5.  Obadiah, 
February  ir,  1844:  insurance  broker  at  Con- 
cord; married,  January  i,  1874,  Lilla  W.  Put- 
nam, of  Worcester,  Alassachusetts. 

(VII)  Bradbury  Morrison,  son  of  Folsom 
]\Torrill.  was  born  at  Sanbornton,  April  26, 
1829.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  He  served  two  years  and 
a  half  in  the  Twelfth  New  Hampshire  Regi- 
ment in  the  civil  war,  and  was  wounded  in 
the  wrist  at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  He  was 
first  lieutenant  of  his  company,  when  he  re- 
signed on  account  of  disability  caused  bv  his 
wound.    In  early  life  he  was  a  daguerreotype 

iv— 24 


artist,  and  lived  in  various  towns  in  New 
Hampshire.  He  became  an  insurance  agent 
at  the  bridge ;  was  associated  with  his  father 
at  farming  on  the  homestead  in  1875-77.  He 
removed  to  Claremont  in  1878.  His  last  years 
were  spent  at  the  home  of  his  daughter  at 
Roslindale,  JNIassachusetts,  where  he  was  kill- 
ed in  a  railroad  accident,  April  26,  1892.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  in  religion 
a  Universalist.  He  married  (first)  June  25, 
1851,  Ellen  S.  Sumner,  died  July  7,  1853,  in 
her  twenty-fourth  year,  daughter  of  George 
W.  Sumner,  of  Hill,  New  Hampshire.  He 
married  (second)  September  4,  1856,  Anne 
E.  Proctor,  born  May  14,  1834,  died  June  5, 
1873,  aged  thirty-nine,  sister  of  Professor 
John  Carroll  Proctor,  of  Dartmouth.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife,  born  in  Sanbornton:  i. 
Ellen  S.,  August  11,  1857;  died  November 
29,  1859,  of  scalding  from  an  accident.  2. 
Harvey  Folsom,  April  27,  1861.  3.  Alice 
Bradbury,  January  25,  1863 ;  married  Fred 
DeForest  Rand,  of  Roslindale,  Massachu- 
setts.    (See  Rand). 


The  first  settler  in  New  Eng- 
SIMPSON  land  by  the  name  of  Simpson 
was  John  of  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  although  about  the  same  time 
Henry  Simpson  came  from  England  and  set- 
tled in  York,  Maine.  He  was  there  before 
1640,  and  his  only  known  son,  Henry  Simp- 
son, was  born  about  1647  and  died  in  1695. 
From  Henry  Jr.  most  of  the  Simpsons  of 
Maine  are  descended.  The  Simpson  family  of 
Nottingham,  New  Hampshire,  traces  its  an- 
cestry to  Andrew  Simpson,  who  was  born  in 
Scotland  in  1697,  married  Elizabeth  Patten, 
who  was  killed  by  the  Indians;  married  (sec- 
ond )   Widow  Brown,  of  York,  Maine. 

According  to  the  history  of  Windham,  New 
Hampshire,  two  more  immigrants  named 
Simpson  are  the  progenitors  of  the  Windham 
families  of  this  name.  Alexander  Simpson,  a 
\veaver  by  trade,  was  the  immigrant  ancestor 
of  most  of  them ;  was  of  Scotch  descent  com- 
ing from  Ulster,  Ireland,  to  Windham,  where 
he  bought  land  of  James  Wilson,  November 
24,  1747,  with  his  brother-in-law,  Adam  Tem- 
pleton,  a  maker  of  spinning  wheels. 

(I)  William  Simpson,  the  other  immigrant, 
according  to  the  Windham  history,  came  also 
from  the  north  of  Ireland,  of  Scotch  Presby- 
terian stock,  and  settled  in  Greenland,  form- 
erly Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire.  His  rela- 
tionship with  Alexander  is  not  known,  but  it 
is  likely  that  he  was  a  nephew  or  cousin,  in- 


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ferred  both  from  the  fact  that  they  hved  in 
the  same  town  and  from  the  similarity  of 
names  and  close  affiliation  of  the  families.  Jo- 
seph Simpson,  who  settled  at  Pembroke,  was 
probably  a  brother  of  William  :  two  of  his  chil- 
dren married  Simpsons  from  Greenland.  It  is 
presumed  that  Joseph  Simpson,  of  Pembroke, 
William  Simpson,  of  Greenland,  and  perhaps 
Thomas  Simpson,  of  Haverhill,  New  Hamp- 
shire, were  sons  of  a  brother  of  Alexander,  of 
Windham,  and  related  to  .\ndrew  Simp- 
son, of  Nottingham.  There  were  sev- 
eral of  the  name  William  Simpson  in  the 
revolution  from  New  Hampshire.  William 
Simpson,  of  Newmarket,  perhaps  this  \\'il- 
liam  later  of  Greenland,  was  a  shipwright  en- 
listed in  the  army ;  William  Simpson,  of  Not- 
tingham, was  a  soldier,  and  likewise  \\'illiam. 
of  Pembroke,  of  whom  we  know  nothing  fur- 
ther. \\'illiam  Simpson,  of  Greenland,  was  an 
active  patriot,  and  in  1781  was  one  of  the 
selectmen  of  that  town.  William  Simpson 
married  Mary  Haynes,  of  Portsmouth.  Chil- 
dren :  I .  Joseph,  came  to  Windham  about 
1788  and  lived  where  the  T.  W.  Simpson 
house  now  stands  ;  built  Simpson's  mills  soon 
afterward ;  married  Jemiie  \\'ilson.  2.  George. 


born  in  Grecnlant 


767  ;  removed  to  Wine 


ham  in  1783,  and  tu  Rumney,  New  flamj)- 
shire,  in  1809;  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Lang,  of  Lee,  New  Hampshire.  3. 
Samuel,  mentioned  below.     Probably  others. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Simpson,  was 
born  July  13,  1779,  in  Greenland,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  came  in  18 12  to  Rumney.  a  few 
years  after  his  brother  George  settled  there. 
He  resided  on  the  farm  owned  later  by  Blais- 
dell  Merrill.  His  widow  Sarah  lived  to  be  a 
great-great-grandmother.  She  was  born 
April  25,  1782.  died  February  7,  1880.  Her 
maiden  name  was  also  Simpson  and  she  be- 
longed to  the  Greenland  family,  doubtless  first 
or  second  cousin  of  her  husband.  Her  sister 
Lydia  married  Nathan  Clifford  (6),  Nathaniel 
(5),  Isaac  (4),  Israel  (3),  John  (2),  George 
(  I ),  and  was  the  mother  of  seven  children,  of 
whom  Hon.  Nathan  Clifford  was  a  justice  of 
the  supreme  court  of  the  United  States.  At 
West  Rumney  Samuel  Simpson  cleared  the 
farm  now  known  as  the  B.  H.  Merrill  place 
of  one  hundred  acres,  built  first  a  log  cabin  and 
later  a  frame  dwelling  house.  Afterward  he 
also  owned  a  farm  in  Groton,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  was  the  first  farmer  in  this  section 
to  make- a  business  of  raising  mules  for  which 
he  found  a  good  market  at  Portsmouth.  Chil- 
dren:   I.  Hugh  B.,  mentioned  below.  2.  Ben- 


jamin, married  Charlotte  Smith  and  had  two 
children,  Warren,  and  Arthur,  whose  son  re- 
sides at  Lockport,  New  Hampshire.  3.  James 
M.,  settled  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts ; 
married  (first)  ;  (second)  Olive  E.  Simp- 
son, who  is  now  living  at  Charlestown:  chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  .A.lice.  Lizzie,  Nellie,  all 
school  teachers.  4.  Samuel,  resided  on  the 
farm  in  Rumney :  married  Fannie  Elliott  and 
had  five  children.  5.  Albert,  settled- at  Charles- 
town, Massachusetts  :  married  Caroline  Whit- 
tle :  children  :  I.  Carrie,  unmarried :  ii.  Albert 
of  Rutland,  \>rmont :  iii.  Alabel.  6.  John.  7. 
Uylsses.    8.  David. 

(Ill)  Hugh  B.,  son  of  Samuel  Simpson, 
was  born  in  Greenland,  New  Hampshire, 
about  1800-05.  He  came  with  his  father  to 
Rumney  in  1809.  He  attended  the  district 
schools  of  Rumne\'  and  left  home  when  a  boy 
to  enter  upon  a  mercantile  career  in  Boston. 
For  a  time  he  studied  for  the  L'niversalist  min- 
istry, but  his  health  failed.  He  returned  to 
Rumney  and  cared  for  his  parents  in  their  old 
age.  He  bought  a  hotel  at  West  Rumney  and 
conducted  it,  in  addition  to  his  farm  and  gen- 
eral store  there,  until  he  sold  out  to  his  son, 
Clinton  B.  Simpson,  in  1861.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics  and  held  various  offices  of  trust 
and  honor.  He  was  appointed  postmaster  of 
Rumne\'  by  President  Ikichanan  :  was  select- 
man of  the  town  and  represented  it  in  the 
state  legislature.  He  died  in  1879.  He  mar- 
ried in  1836,  Sarah  A.,  born  December  i,  1811. 
dieil  .\u.gust  3.  1882,  daughter  of  John  and 
Alarv  (Murray)  Edmunds,  of  Charlestown. 
Children:  I.  Clinton  B.,  born  July  10,  1840: 
succeeded  his  father  in  business  in  Rumney 
and  is  a  prominent  citizen  there :  married  Elvi- 
ra Smith :  children :  Edward  H.,  Charles  Al- 
bert, Carrie  M.,  Arthur  H. :  married  (second) 
in  1882,  Augusta  X'alentine :  children :  Edith, 
Hattie,  Clinton.  2.  Charles  E..  March  2,  1845, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Marv  C.  1849,  died  in 
1872. 

(I\")  Charles  Everett,  son  of  Hugh  B. 
Sim])son.  was  born  in  Rumney,  March  2,  1845. 
He  attended  the  jniblic  schools  in  his  native 
town.  In  T864  he  came  to  Charlestown  and 
for  ten  years  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Mid- 
dlesex Railway  Company.  He  their  engaged 
in  the  retail  grocery  business  in  Somerville, 
Massachusetts.  In  1882  he  established  him- 
self in  the  confectionery  business  at  Cam- 
bridge. Afterwards  he  became  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  H.  J.  Bushway  Ice  Company.  .At 
the  end  of  five  years  he  sold  his  interests  in  the 
ice  business  to  Mr.  Bushwav  and  retired  from 


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active  business.  He  is  a  member  of  Putnam 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Cam- 
bridge Chapter,  Royal  Arch  ]\Iasons:  of  Cam- 
bridge Commander)'.  Knights  Templar  ;  Aleppo 
Temple,  Mvstic  Shrine:  Howard  Lodge,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows:  Bunker 
Hill  Encampment  of  Charlestown;  Cambridge 
Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  He  married,  October  15,  1873,  Florence, 
born  September  18,  1852,  daughter  of  David 
and  Tabitha  (Lewis)  Simpson.  Their  only 
child,  Lewis  Everett,  born  :March  23.  1879, 
died  voung. 


Joseph  Morse,  immigrant  an- 
MORSE  cestor  of  this  branch  of  the 
family  in  New  England,  was 
born  in  England  about  1587.  He  settled  in 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a  pro- 
prietor in  1637.  He  was  a  planter.  His  son 
Joseph,  who  was  also  in  Ipswich,  later  of 
Watertown,  came  earlier.  Joseph,  the  father, 

married,  in  England,  Dorothy  .     His 

will,  dated  .\pril  24,  1646,  bequeathed  to  wife 
Dorothv  and  sons  Joseph,  John,  and  daugh- 
ter Hannah.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  mentioned 
ijelow.       2.  John,     died     1694-95 :     married 

Dinah   ;   resided   in    Ipswich,    Groton 

and  Watertown.  3.  Hannah,  married,  June 
8,  1665,  Thomas  Newman,  at  Ipswich. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  ]^Iorse, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1610,  and  came  to 
America  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth",  of  Ipswich, 
England,  sailing  April  30,  1634.  He  settled 
finally  at  Watertown.  Massachusetts.  He  was 
then  twenty-four  years  old.  In  1636  he  was 
one  of  the  proprietors  of  Watertown.  He 
died  there  March  4,  1690,  and  his  estate  was 
administered  by  his  son  John.  He  married 
Esther,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Pierce,  of  Watertown.  Children:  i.  Joseph, 
born  April  3,  1637.  2.  Deacon  John,  born 
February  28,  1639,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Jonathan,  buried  May  12,  1643,  at  Water- 
town.  4.  Jonathan,  born  November  7.  1643, 
died  Tulv  31.  1686:  town  clerk  of  Groton,  etc. 
5.  Esther,  born  March  7.  1645-46,  married, 
December  22,  1669,  Jonathan  Bullard :  lived 
at  Watertown.  6.  Sarah,  married,  June. 
1669,  Timothy  Cooper:  lived  at  Groton.  7. 
Jeremiah,  died  September  2~.  1719.  at  New- 
ton: proprietor  of  Groton.  8.  Isaac,  lived 
at  Newton  :  wife  died  in  1714. 

(III)  Deacon  John,  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
Morse,  was  born  in  Groton,  February  28. 
1639,  died  in  Watertown,  July  23,  1702.  He 
served  as  ensign  in  the  militia.    He  was  con- 


stable and  as  commissioner  in  1689  and  1694. 
In  1681  he  was  tithingman,  and  in  1694  and 
1697  sealer  of  leather,  showing  that  he  was 
probably  a  tanner  or  cordwainer  by  trade. 
In  1692  he  was  serving  in  the  army  and  the 
court  ordered  that  his  wife  should  be  allowed 
a  part  of  his  wages  while  he  was  in  the  ser- 
vice. The  name  of  his  first  wife  is  unknown. 
He  married  (second)  in  Watertown,  April 
27,  1666,  Abigail  Stearns,  who  died  October 
15,  1690,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  (Bark- 
er) Stearns.  He  married  (third)  Sarah , 

who  as  his  widow  gave  bonds  on  his  estate, 
which  was  administered  by  his  son  James. 
Children:  i.  Lydia,  born  April  6,  1660,  died 
young.  2,  John,  bom  April  7,  1664,  died 
voung.  3.  John,  born  in  Watertown,  May 
10,  1666,  died  young.  4.  James,  born  No- 
vember 25,  1668,  married,  April  27,  1699,  Abi- 
gail Morse:  died  1718.  5.  John,  born  March 
15,  1669-1670,  married  (first)  January  8,  1689, 
Elizabeth  Godding ;  (second)  Hepsebeth 
Stone.  6.  Joseph,  born  August  25,  1671, 
mentioned  below.  7.  Abigail,  born  Decem- 
ber 23,  1673,  died  March  6,  1674.  8.  Abigail, 
born  August  6,  1677,  married  John  Park- 
hurst;  died  October  18,  1726.  9.  Isaac,  born 
January  7,  1679.  died  November  25,  1694.  10. 
Samuel,  born  June  21,  1682.  11.  Nathaniel, 
baptized  January  29,  1687-88. 

(I\')  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Deacon  John 
Morse,  was  born  August  25,  1671,  died  while 
on  a  visit  to  Guilford,  Connecticut,  June  24, 
1709.  He  married,  August  25,  1691,  Eliza- 
beth Sawtelle,  who  administered  his  estate 
August  12.  1709.  She  married  (second)  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1713-14,  Benjamin  Nourse,  of 
Framingham.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born 
i6c)i,  married,  October  24,  1712,  John 
Thacher.  2.  Joseph,  born  August  19,  1693, 
married  Elizabeth  Park.  3.  Abigail,  born 
January  r.  1696.  married,  1718,  Joshua  Hem- 
ingway. 4.  Zachariah,  born  August  12,  1699, 
married,  Novemljer  16,  1724,  Huldah  \Miit- 
ney.  5.  Samuel,  born  July  7,  1702,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Jonathan,  born  February  10,  1704, 
married.  May  17,  1734,  Mary  Cloyes.  7. 
Elizabeth,  baptized  March  6,  1708,  married, 
December  10,  1730,  John  Cloyes. 

[\  \  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  (3)  Morse, 
was  born  in  Watertown,  July  7,  1702,  died 
April  25,  1782.  His  will  was  dated  January 
I,  1778.  He  settled  in  Wrentham.  where  he 
was  a  blacksmith.  He  married  (firsts  June  7, 
1732,  Sarah  Hill,  born  in  Sherborn,  November 
ir,  1705.  daughter  of  John  and  Hannah 
( Rockett)     Hill.      He    married    (second)    in 


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Wrentham,  Alay  12,  1741,  Sarah  Puffer,  who 
died  February  8,  1772.  He  married  (third) 
June  I,  1778,  Sarah  Parker.  Children:  i. 
Samuel,  born  May  4,  1733,  mentioned  below. 
2.  P.enoni,  born  April  23,  1734.  3.  Sarah, 
born  May  16,  1735,  married  Ebenezer  Allen. 
4.  Hannah,  born  August  20,  1736,  married, 
Xovember  27,  1755,  Dr.  Ebenezer  Metcalf. 

(\T)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
]\Iorse,  was  born  in  Wrentham,  May  4,  1733, 
died  in  Franklin,  June  3,  1798.  His  home 
was  in  that  part  of  Wrentham  which  was  in- 
corporated as  Franklin.  He  was  a  blacksmith 
by  trade.  Fie  married  in  Wrentham,  June  15, 
1758,  Sarah  Day,  who  died  January  23,  1 800, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Day.  In  1773, 
with  his  wife  Sarah,  he  deeded  one-half  his 
property  in  Wrentham  to  his  son  Samuel. 
Children,  born  in  Wrentham  and  Franklin:  i. 
Samuel,  born  June  10,  1759,  died  in  the  arm} 
at  Fort  George,  July  26,  1776.  2.  David,  born 
January  10,  1761,  died  September  7,  1778.  3. 
Jason,  born  October  19,  1762.  4.  Sarah,  born 
December  17,  1764.  5.  Peggy,  born  Decem- 
ber II,  1766.  6.  Levi,  born  October  30,  1768, 
married,  November  17,  1790,  Keturah  Fisher. 
7.  Joseph,  born  June  18,  1770.  8.  Susannah, 
born  January  10,  1773,  died  September  19, 
1778.  9.  Lois,  born  January  3.  1775,  died 
September  19,  1778.  10.  Samuel,  born  Janu- 
ary 3,  1779,  mentioned  below.  11.  Hannah, 
born  June  3,  1783,  married,  Xovember  6, 
1806,  Solomon  Blake;  died  November  24, 
1856. 

(VII)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
IVIorse,  was  born  in  Franklin,  Massachusetts, 
January  3,  1779.  He  settled  in  Waldobor- 
ough,  Maine.  He  married,  ATay  22,  1808, 
r)live  Pond,  born  January  17,  1786,  daughter 
of  Robert  and  Olive  ( Richardson )  Pond,  of 
Franklin.  Her  father  was  born  at  Wren- 
tham, December  29,  1755,  died  October  19, 
1839;  married,  October  12,  1780,  Olive  Rich- 
ardson ;  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Cap- 
tain Elijah  Pond's  company  in  1775  ;  in  Cap- 
tain Asa  Fairbank's  company.  Colonel  Ben- 
jamin Hawes'  regiment :  in  Captain  John 
Gale's  company.  Colonel  Eben  Francis's  regi- 
ment; in  Captain  John  Metcalf's  company, 
IMajor  Seth  Bullard's  regiment,  in  Rhode  Is- 
land, 1780.  Ezra  Pond,  father  of  Robert  Pond, 
was  born  February  2,  1720,  died  August  24. 
1758;  married,  January  14,  1714-15,  Rachel 
Adams;  lived  on  the  estate  of  his  grandfather. 
Robert  Pond,  in  what  is  now  Franklin  ;  his 
second  wife  Rebecca  died  March  8.  1805.  Ezra 
Pond,  father  of  Ezra  Pond,  was  born  in  Wren- 


tham and  lived  in  the  part  set  off  as  Franklin ; 
was  town  clerk;  married,  November  26,  1718, 
Abigail  Farrington,  who  died  April  19,  1759; 
married  (second)  April  i,  1761,  Margaret 
Metcalf.  Robert  Pond,  father  of  Ezra  Pond 
Sr.,  was  born  at  Dedham,  August  5,  1667,  and 
settled  at  Wrentham ;  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade  ;  married  (  first )  Joanna  ( Lawrence  ?  )  ; 
(second)  January  16,  1728-29,  Abigail  Fisher; 
(third)  November  17,  1747,  Sarah  Shuttle- 
worth;  he  died  July  3,  1750.  Daniel  Pond, 
father  of  Robert  Pond,  was  the  immigrant; 
he  settled  in  Dedham ;  married  Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  Shepard.  Children  of  Samuel 
and  Olive  (  Pond )  Morse,  born  at  Waldobor- 
ough:  I.  Eliza  A.,  born  May  4,  1809,  married 
James  Hovey,  of  Waldoborough.  2.  Sarah 
B.,  born  November  18,  181 1,  married  Franklin 
Brooks,  of  Coolege  Hill  or  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
3.  Susan  P.,  born  December  4,  1814,  married 
W'illiam  liarnard,  of  \\'aldoborough.  4.  Olive 
Richardson,  born  January,  1817,  married  Dea- 
con Selwyn  Bancroft,  of  Lowell,  Massachu- 
setts. 5.  Alary  Jane,  born  November  12,  1820, 
married  Warren  Ellis,  of  Newton  Center, 
Massachusetts.  6.  Harriet  Newell,  born  Jan- 
mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Samuel  Mills,  son  of  Samuel  (3) 
Morse,  was  born  in  Waldoborough,  December 
8.  1829.  He  attended  the  district  school,  and 
worked  in  his  father's  tannery  and  on  the 
homestead  during  his  boyhood.  He  was  twen- 
ty years  old  when  he  left  home  to  join  a  party 
of  Forty-niners  bound  for  the  gold  fields  of 
California.  He  sailed  from  Boston  in  Janu- 
ary, 1850,  on  the  ship  "Rob  Roy",  making  the 
voyage  around  Cape  Horn  in  one  hundred  and 
ninety-six  ■  days,  encountering  much  rough 
weather  and  many  dangers.  For  three  years 
he  remained  in  the  mining  districts  of  Cali- 
fornia, and  in  1853  sailed  from  San  FranciscO' 
to  Australia,  where  he  spent  nine  months  in 
Sidney  and  Melbourne.  Then  he  proceeded 
to  the  Australian  gold  fields.  He  went  from 
Australia  to  Callao,  Peru,  and  then  by  steamer 
to  Panama,  crossed  the  isthmus  by  mule  back, 
and  sailed  from  Aspinwall  to  New  York,, 
whence  he  returned  to  Waldoborough.  In 
1855  he  engaged  in  shipbuilding  in  his  native 
town,  and  continued  until  that  industry  suf- 
fered a  decline,  also  conducting  a  general' 
hardware  business.  In  order  to  give  his  chil- 
dren better  educational  advantages,  he  moved 
to  Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  in  1872,  and 
there  established  himself  in  the  book  and  sta- 
tionery business,  contiiuiing  there  for  the  fol- 
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Orange  City,  Florida,  and  engaged  in  growing 
and  shipping  oranges.  He  has  made  his  home 
there  to  the  present  time.  In  poHtics  Mr. 
Morse  was  first  a  Whig,  but  upon  the  forma- 
tion of  the  Republican  party  joined  its  ranks 
and  served  as  mayor  of  Orange  City,  Florida. 
He  is  a  Congregationalist  in  religion,  and 
while  in  Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  served  as 
deacon.  He  married  (first)  November  2, 
1858,  Frances  Boyd,  born  September  20,  1835, 
at  Hadley  Hill,  Gofifstown,  New  Hampshire ; 
she  died  September  22,  1879.  He  married 
(second)  Sarah  Louise  Dunkley,  born  in  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire,  August  18,  1838,  died 
July  2,  1907.  He  married  (third )  Mrs. 
Frances  E.  Alanville,  of  Orange  City,  Florida. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Charles  Hadley, 
born  at  Waldoborough,  July  18,  1862.  2. 
Mary  Olive,  Waldoborough.  August  28,  1864, 
graduate  of  the  Nashua  high  school,  student 
one  year  at  Wellesley  College ;  teacher  at  Eau 
Claire,  Wisconsin,  one  year;  returned  home 
for  a  time  and  is  now  and  has  been  since  1889 
principal  of  the  National  Normal  School  at 
Mendoza,  Argentine  Republic,  South  Amer- 
ica. 3.  Fred  Samuel,  born  July  31,  1866, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Edna  F.,  born  April  26, 
1870,  died  aged  four  months. 

(IX)  Fred  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  Mills 
Morse,  was  born  in  Waldoborough,  July  31, 
1866.  He  left  Waldoborough  with  the  family 
when  he  was  six  years  old  and  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Nashua.  At  the  end  of  his 
second  year  in  the  Nashua  high  school  he  left 
to  engage  in  the  lumber  business  at  Burling- 
ton, Vermont,  where  he  spent  the  following 
four  years.  He  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Jack- 
son ^Manufacturing  Company  of  Nashua  in  the 
winter  of  1887-88,  of  the  Export  Lumber 
Company  of  Boston  in  1888-89,  ^^d  from 
1889  to  1895  was  with  A.  C.  Button  (whole- 
sale lumber),  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts. 
During  the  following  four  years  he  was  a  trav- 
eling salesman  for  the  lumber  firm  of  Rice  & 
Lockwood  Lumber  Company,  with  headquar- 
ters at  Springfield,  Massacliusctts.  In  1899 
he  engaged  in  the  wholesale  lumber  business 
on  his  own  account  with  offices  in  Springfield. 
In  1905  his  business  was  incorporated  as  the 
Fred  S.  Morse  Lumber  Company,  of  which 
he  is  the  president,  treasurer  and  general  man- 
ager. In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist  and 
in  politics  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of 
Springfield  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  INIa- 
sons ;  ]\lorning  Star  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons ;  Springfield  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar :  Edward  A.  Raymond  Consistory,  thirtv- 


second  degree,  of  Nashua,  New  Hampshire, 
and  Melha  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  No- 
bles of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1900,  Nellie  Gloyd,  born  December 
10,  1870,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Mahlon  and 
Emily  Frances  (Booth)  Gloyd.  They  have 
one  child,  Samuel  Boyd,  born  August  28,  1907. 


This  has  been  a  leading  fam- 
RUMRILL     ily  in  the  Connecticut  Valley 

since  the  "memory  of  man 
runneth  not  to  the  contrary".  It  has  ever 
furnished  its  quota  of  soldiers  to  its  afflicted 
country  when  soldiers  were  needed,  and  in 
the  piping  times  of  peace  it  has  been  con- 
cerned in  the  railroad  development  of  west- 
ern Massachusetts  and  in  material  and  in- 
tellectual growth  of  the  splendid  city  on  the 
banks  of  the  tide-seeking  Connecticut.  With 
its  cross-currents  and  comingling  of  the 
Pierce,  Bliss  and  Chapin  stock,  it  has  an  an- 
cestral tree  to  be  proud  of.  To-day  the  fam- 
ily stands  for  what  is  best  in  the  social,  finan- 
cial  and  educational   growth  of  Springfield. 

(I)  Simon  Rumrill  was  of  Enfield,  Con- 
necticut, as  early  as  1672;  in  that  year  he  was 
a  fence-viewer.  In  1680  he  was  granted  thirty 
acres  on  Great  river,  and  in  1683  lot  No.  39, 
including  five  acres  of  meadow  and  two  of 
field :  in  1885  was  granted  a  home  lot  of  five 
acres  in  the  south  field,  also  a  lot  on  the 
Scantuck  river,  and  another  lot  in  Spring 
Meadow  in  1698.  He  was  a  constable  and 
tything  man.  In  1691  he  was  called  to  ac- 
count for  not  working  out  his  highway  tax, 
and  fined.  He  died  before  1715.  for  in  a  deed 
given  by  his  sons  that  year  he  referred  to 
him  as  deceased.  His  wife-was  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Fairman.  Children :  Sarah,  born 
February,  1693 :  Simon,  1696 ;  Ebenezer, 
1701  ;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John,  youngest  son  of  Simon  and  Sarah 
(Fairman)  Rumrill,  was  born  September  15. 
1704,  in  Enfield,  and  died  November  28,  1770, 
and  his  widow,  January  21,  1772.  He  was  a 
fence-viewer  in  1737-39  and  1760,  and  sur- 
veyor of  highway.  He  was  granted  nine 
acres  of  land  on  the  south  side  of  Great 
Brook  in  1732,  nine  acres  by  "ye  common- 
ers," and  the  same  year  eleven  acres  on  "ye 
inward  commons".  He  was  witness  to  the 
will  of  Isaac  Chandler,  May  28,  1787.  His 
registered  brand-mark  for  cattle  was  a  half 
penny  on  the  underside  of  the  near  ear.  In 
1756  he  served  in  the  French  war  in  Major- 
General  Phineas  Lyman's  regiment,  Captain 
Samuel  Chandler's  company,  and  was  in  the 


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expedition  to  Fort  William,  Fort  Henry  and 
Crown  Point,  and  in  1760  served  eight 
months  in  the  expedition  to  Canada.  He 
married,  February  14,  1728,  (by  Rev.  Peter 
Raindals),  Abigail,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
L\dia  Chandler,  of  Enfield,  who  died  in  1777. 
Children:  I.  John,  born  August  16,  1728; 
died  January  19,  1809.  2.  Abigail,  March  i, 
1730,  died  February,  1787.  3.  Martha,  Oc- 
tober 14,  ,1731.  4.  Neheniiah,  September  5, 
1733;  see  forward.  5.  Sarah.  June  6,  1735, 
died  December  11,  1805.  6.  Lydia,  February 
18,  1737.  7.  Mehitable,  April  6,  1739,  died 
November  11,  1809.  8.  Hannah,  March  19, 
1741,  died  1809.  9-10.  Simeon  and  Henry, 
born  July  3,  1743-  "•  Ebenezer,  July  16, 
1745,  died  December  17,  180T. 

(HI)  Nehemiah,  second  son  of  John  and 
Abigail  (Chandler)  Rumrill,  was  born  in  En- 
field, as  above,  and  died  January  14,  1805,  at 
Longmeadow,  Massachusetts.  He  served  in 
the  revolutionary  war  in  Captain  David 
Burke's  company.  General  Phineas  Lyman's 
regiment,  in  the  expedition  against  Fort  Ti- 
conderoga  in  1758;  also  seventeen  days  in 
Captain  Jonathan  Pettibone's  company,  in 
the  taking  of  Fort  Edward ;  also  in  the  reduc- 
tion of  Fort  Louis,  at  Oswego,  and  the  cap- 
ture of  Alontreal  in  1759.  He  married  Alice, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Alice  Parsons  of 
Enfield,  Alice  Rumrill  died  November  18, 
1804.  Children:  i.  Penelope,  born  August 
13,  1759.  2.  Alice,  November  27,  1761,  died 
Julv  28,  1767.  3.  Levi,  born  June  29,  1768. 
4.  Susannah,  January  14,  1771.  died  Febru- 
ary 27,  1786.  5.  Alexander,  born  August  18, 
1773.  6.  Lucy,  February  13,  1776.  7.  Ruth, 
December  21,  1778.  8.  Margaret,  April  11. 
1781. 

( IV  )  Alexander,  eighth  child  of  Nehemiah 
and  Alice  (Parsons)  Rumrill,  was  born  in 
Longmeadow,  August  18,  1773.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  served  in  the  war  of  181 2.  He 
married,  September  29,  1798,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Gad  and  Abiah  PjHss  of  Spring- 
field. Children :  Alexander  and  James  Bliss 
(mentioned  below). 

(V)  James  Bliss,  second  son  of  .\lexander 
and  Margaret  (Bliss)  Rumrill,  was  born  in 
Springfield.  Mav  I,  1812,  and  died  in  New 
York  city,  Ajiri'l  7,  1885.  Mr.  Rumrill  left 
Springfield  in  his  youth  to  make  his  own  way 
in  the  world,  first  at  Providence,  and  then  at 
New  York,  where  his  older  brother  Alexander 
was  alreadv  established  in  1)usiness.  Soon  af- 
ter his  settlement  in  New  York  he  became  as- 
sociated with  Alfred  G.  Peckham  in  the  manu- 


facture of  gold  chains,  and  the  firm  of  Peck- 
ham  &  Rumrill  was  widely  known  as  the  larg- 
est then  engaged  in  this  business  in  the  coun- 
trv.     When  Mr.  Peckham  retired  the  firm  be- 
came and  remained  until   Mr.   Rumrill's  own 
retirement.  Arthur  Rumrill  &  Co.,  the  senior 
partner  being  William  C.  Arthur,  a  brother  of 
T.   S.   Arthur,   the  well-known  writer.      They 
had  factories  both  in  New  York  and  Spring- 
field, the  one  in  the  latter  place  being  located 
for  many  years  on  Maple  street,  opposite  Mr, 
Rumrill's   house,   and    run   by   water    from   a 
pond  that  lay  behind  it.    About  1870  the  pond 
was  filled  up  and  a  new  factory  was  built  on 
}iIorris  street,  which  is  now  occupied  by  the 
;\Iedlicott  woolen  company.  In  1848  Mr.  Rum- 
rill moved  from  New  York  to  Springfield,  and 
bought  the  old  Dr.  Peabody  homestead  on  Ma- 
ple street,  where  he  lived  barring  an  occasional 
winter  spent  in  New  York.    He  was  a  director 
in  the  Pynchon,  Chicopee  and  John  Hancock 
national   banks.     He  travelled   extensively   in 
Europe  collecting  art  treasures  and  rare  books. 
He  was  a  great  lover  of  art,  and  in  his  fre- 
quent trips  abroad  gathered  a  considerable  col- 
lection of  art  treasures.     He  was  also  a  con- 
stant reader  and  fond  of  good  books,  and  took 
much  pride  in  his  library.    To  Shakespeare  he 
was  particularly  devoted,  and  for  years  always 
carried  a  copy  of  the  great  bard's  works  with 
him  on  his  travels.     He  was  a  man  of  broad 
mind  and  Catholic  tastes,  and  had  a  singularly 
genial  and  sunny  nature,  and  a  generous  heart 
that  could  never  cherish  animosity  or  resent- 
ment of  any  kind.     He  had  a  passionate  love 
for  little  folks,  and  of  recent  years  has  found 
unfailing    delight    in    his   grandchildren.      He 
married'  in    1834,  Rebecca   Pierce,  of  Provi- 
dence. Rhode  Island,  who  died  .\pril  2,  1890. 
^Irs.  Rumrill  was  prized  as  a  kind  hearted  and 
generous   woman,   a   leader   in  the   Unitarian 
church,  and  a  most  agreeable  member  of  socie- 
ty in  every  way.    Their  children  were  :   James 
A.,    (mentioned   below)  :   Grace,   married,   by 
Rev.    .A.    D.    Mayo,    September    17,    1874.    to 
Charles  P.  Miller,  of  the  New  York  bar.  Both 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  died  of  typhoid  pneumon- 
ia  at   Waterford.   Connecticut,   within   a    few 
hours   of  each  other,   Mr.    Miller  going  first, 
and  a  double  funeral  was  held  at  Springfield. 
He  was  fortv-one  and  she  thirty-eight. 

Mr.  :\Iiller  was  born  at  Bay  Ridge,  Long  Is- 
land. His  father,  who  died"  when  he  was  a 
voung  child,  was  an  engineer  of  reputation 
and  built  one  of  the  first  experimental  rail- 
wavs  in  this  country,  at  Charlestown,  South 
Carolina.     The   son   attended  the   Polytechnic 


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Institute  at  Brooklyn,  and  woukl  probably 
have  followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his  father  in 
the  choice  of  a  profession,  but  the  breaking 
out  of  the  war  kindled  his  patriotism  and  he 
abandoned  the  pursuit  he  had  partly  entered 
upon,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  obtained  a 
commission  as  second  lieutenant  in  the  New 
York  Volunteers.  The  life  of  a  soldier  in  ac- 
tive service  suited  his  energetic  disposition  so 
well  tiiat  he  endeavored  to  obtain  a  commis- 
sion in  the  regular  army.  He  was  met  by  the 
difficulty  that  to  obtain  it  he  must  either  aban- 
don the'.field  and  pursue  the  ^^'est  Point  course 
or  enlist  in  the  regular  army  as  a  private  and 
take  the  chances  of  promotion.  Most  men, 
brought  up  as  he  had  been,  would  have  de- 
clined to  subject  themselves  to  the  roughness 
and  hardships  of  a  common  soldier's  life.  But 
throughout  his  career  he  never  allowed  feel- 
ings of  personal  pride  or  false  shame  to  stand 
in  the  way  of  any  laudable  object  he  sought  to 
attain.  He  resigned  his  commission  and  en- 
listed as  a  private  in  the  United  States  regular 
'  army.  His  pluck  and  patriotism  were  re- 
warded in  a  few  months  by  a  commission  as 
second  lieutenant  in  the  Seventh  Infantry, 
where  he  remained  in  active  service  until  the 
close  of  the  war,  when  he  was  promoted  to 
first  lieutenant.  In  1868  he  was  placed  on  the 
retired  list.  He  subsequently  returned  to  New 
York,  and  in  1870  commenced  to  study  law  in 
the  office  of  A.  P.  Whitehead,  and  afterward 
with  Martin  &  Smith.  The  following  year  he 
entered  Columbia  College  Law  School,  at  the 
same  time  acting  as  clerk  to  John  M.  Scrib- 
ner.  He  graduated  in  1871  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar.  He  was  then  about  twenty-five 
years  old,  and  excepting  as  mentioned,  his  ca- 
reer from  the  time  he  left  school  to  enlist  had 
not  tended  to  prepare  him  for  legal  work. 

In  1875  he  was  appointed  an  assistant  to  the 
corporation  counsel  by  E.  Delafield  Smith,  and 
remained  in  that  office  under  Mr.  Smith  and 
his  successor,  \\'i!liam  C.  Whitney,  until  1880, 
when  he  resigned  and  went  into  ]irivate  prac- 
tice. From  that  time  until  his  death  his  pro- 
gress was  very  rapid.  He  was  in  private  prac- 
tice but  seven  years.  Each  year  saw  a  steady 
progress  and  an  increased  clientage.  Three 
years  before  his  death  he  found  his  practice 
greater  than  he  could  cope  with  alone,  and 
took  into  partnership  \\'allace  MacFarlane. 
Before  he  died  his  practice  was  on  as  firm  a 
basis  as  that  of  many  a  firm  of  high  standing 
built  up  by  the  faithful  efforts  of  generations 
of  capable  men.  Only  those  intimately  ac- 
quainted   with    Mr.    Miller   and    who    closely 


watched  his  career,  know  the  actual  facts,  and 
can  fully  realize  the  extent  of  the  practical 
success  attained  during  this  brief  period,  as 
measured  by  the  important  and  varied  inter- 
ests intrusted  to  his  charge.  Those  few  years 
were  those  of  greatest  mental  development. 
The  scope  of  his  mind  seemed  to  expand  in 
full  proportion  to  the  increased  responsibilities 
thrust  upon  him.  He  was  engaged  during  this 
period  in  many  weighty  private  litigations  to 
which  the  attention  of  the  public  was  not  es- 
pecially directed.  He  was  also  quite  often  be- 
fore the  public.  Tie  rendered  conspicuous  ser- 
vices as  counsel  to  the  Roosevelt  investigating 
committee  and  subsequently  as  counsel  to  the 
Gibbs  committee.  For  the  former  he  received 
due  credit.  For  the  latter  his  efforts  were 
never  appreciated.  He  first  fell  upon  the  trail 
of  the  Broadway  railroad  aklermanic  scandal. 
The  results  of  his  exhaustive  investigations 
were  never  made  ])ublic  as  connected  with  him. 
The  (Jibbs  committee  would  not  proceed  as  he 
desired,  and  he  therefore  retired  as  counsel, 
but  the  senate  committee  of  the  following  year 
and  the  district  attorney's  office  were  both  in- 
debted to  him  for  information  of  great  value 
which  did  much  to  bring  about  the  convictions 
which  followed  in  the  notorious  bribery  cases. 
The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  were: 
Philip  L.,  a  graduate  of  Harvard:  James  R., 
who  studied  in  Switzerland :  is  vice-president 
of  the  Chapin  National  Bank  of  Springfield; 
Rebecca;  :\Iary  and  Grace  Rumrill  (twins), 
the  latter  of  whom  was  drowned  at  Quogue, 
Long  Island. 

(M)  Colonel  James  A.,  only  son  of  James 
Bliss  and  Rebecca  (Pierce)  Rumrill,  was  born 
in  New  York  City.  At  twelve  years  of  age 
he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Springfield. 
:\lr.  Rumrill  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips 
Academv.  Andover,  graduated  from  Harvard 
in  1859,  and  entered  the  law  ofiice  of  Chap- 
man &  Chamberlain  in  Springfield,  being  a 
fellow-student  with  Messrs.  Gideon  Welles 
and  T.  M.  Brown.  After  spending  one  year 
in  the  office  and  one  year  at  the  Cambridge 
Law  School,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  on 
examination  early  in  1861.  Mr.  Rumrill 
made  corporation  law  a  specialty  and  was 
first  attorney  of  the  old  Western  road,  and 
then  upon  its  consolidation  with  the  Boston 
and  Worcester  in  1867,  became  solicitor  of 
the  Boston  and  Albany  road.  When  Vice 
President  Lincoln  died,  Mr.  Rumrill  was 
elected  to  fill  the  vacancy,  and  continued  in 
that  position  until  189 1,  when  on  account  of 
his  health  he  was  obliged  to  retire.     At  the 


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Vime,  one  of  the  local  papers  said:  "The  re- 
tirement of  -Mr.  Rumrill  removes  from  the 
iield  of  actual  railroad  work  a  man  who  for 
'more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  has  been 
connected  with  railroad  affairs,  and  who  has 
become  a  recognized  leader  therein.  Gifted 
with  good  common  sense,  supplemented  by  a 
fine  education  and  a  thorough  legal  training, 
he  was  well  equipped  for  the  position  he  so 
ablv  filled."  During  the  period  of  his  con- 
nection with  the  railroad,  Mr.  Rumrill  saw 
manv  changes  and  improvements,  none  of 
which  interested  him  more  deeply  than  the 
successful  completion  of  the  Main  street  arch 
and  the  new  passenger  station.  •  It  is  well 
known  that  he  had  much  to  do  with  these 
great  betterments,  and  it  has  been  to  him  an 
especial  pride  as  being  essentially  the  work 
of  his  most  intimate  friend  and  classmate,  the 
late  H.  H.  Richardson.  Colonel  Rumrill  was 
one  of  the  negotiators  in  the  effort  to  turn 
over  the  Connecticut  River  road  to  the  Con- 
solidated, but  the  Boston  &  Maine  finally  cut 
the  melon. 

Until  recently  Mr.  Rumrill  was  in  the  di- 
rectory of  the  Union  Pacific,  and  was  for- 
merly a  director  and  general  manager  of  the 
old  Ware  River  road  and  the  Pittsfield  & 
North  Adams.  He  was  a  director  in  the 
Chapin  and  Agawam  national  banks,  the 
New  Haven  Steamboat  Company  and  the 
Springfield  Gas  Light  Company.  He  was 
also  a  trustee  of  the  Church  of  the  Unity,  of 
the  City  Hospital,  and  vice-president  of  the 
City  Library.  He  has  always  taken  a  great 
interest  in  this  institution  and  has  done  much 
to  increase  its  efficiency.  In  politics  Mr. 
Rumrill  was  an  old  line  Democrat  of  the 
stam]5  of  Governor  Gaston  and  President 
Cleveland,  both  of  whom  he  greatly  admired 
and  whose  friendship  he  enjoyed.  Colonel 
Rumrill  defined  his  own  views  when  he  de- 
clined the  Democratic  nomination  for  Con- 
gress in  the  Springfield  district :  "My  family 
cares  have  increased  unexpectedly",  he  said, 
"and  mv  duty  is  plain  ;  I  cannot  think  of  en- 
tering political  life  for  several  years  yet.  It 
would  be  unjust  to  my  family,  myself  and  my 
constituents.  I  believe  an  office  should  be 
considered  as  exacting  as  any  business  trust, 
and  if  chosen,  a  man  ought  to  be  ready  to 
spend  his  time  in  Washington.  Politically," 
added  I\Tr.  Rumrill,  "I  call  myself  a  Demo- 
crat, for  I  have  voted  with  that  party.  I  am 
in  certain  senses  an  indejjcndent,  however, 
for  I  voted  for  Lincoln  when  he  was  renom- 
inated,  and   I  refused  to  vote   for  Butler — I 


should  not  vote  for  him  if  he  was  running  for 
office  again.  I  am  heartily  in  sympathy  with 
the  administration,  and  am  convinced  that 
the  Democrats  are  fighting  for  a  real  princi- 
ple. You  may  be  assured  that  my  decision 
not  to  be  a  candidate  this  year  is  positive  and 
final."  He  served  on  Governor  Gaston's  staff 
as  aide  de  camp  with  rank  of  cclonel,  and  re- 
ceived the  appointment  from  General  W.  B. 
Franklin  as  one  of  the  judges  at  the  Paris 
exposition.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
founders  of  the  Springfield  Club,  a  member 
of  the  Somerset  and  St.  Botolph  dubs  of 
Boston;  the  University,  Metropolitan  and 
Harvard  clubs  of  New  York;  a  life  member 
of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Fine  Arts. 

He  was  married,  by  Rev.  Francis  Tiffany. 
May  22,  1861,  to  Anna,  daughter  of  Chester 
W.  and  Dorcas  (Chapin)  Chapin.  Mrs.  Dor- 
cas Chapin  was  a  daughter  of  Colonel  Abel 
Chapin,  of  Chicopee,  and  was  from  Japhet 
Chapin  on  her  mother's  side,  and  from  Henry 
Chapin  on  the  father's  side — both  sons  of  the 
original  Deacon  Samuel  Chapin,  so  that  she 
is  a  Chapin  of  the  Chapins.  Her  husband  was 
from  Henry  Chapin.  Children  of  James  .\. 
and  Anna  Rumrill :  i.  Rebecca,  married  Pro- 
fessor Louis  H.  Dow,  of  the  faculty  of  Dart- 
mouth College.  2.  Anna,  married  Edward  C. 
Hammond  ;  two  children  :  Mary  I.  and  James 
Rumrill.  3.  Chester  Chapin,  born  in  Spring- 
field, February  29,  1876;  graduated  from  Har- 
vard A.  B.,  class  of  1897,  and  was  with  Lee. 
Higginson  &  Co.,  of  Boston,  until  his  return 
to  Springfield  on  account  of  his  father's 
health. 


Philip   Devens,    immigrant    an- 

DE\^ENS     cestor,   settled   in   Charlestown, 

Massachusetts,  where  he  was  in 

business  as  a  shipwright.     He  married  Abiel 

.     Children:    i.  Philip,  Jr.,  baptized  in 

Christ  Church,  Charlestown,  March  19,  1738- 
9.  2.  Richard,  mentioned  below.  Perhaps 
others. 

(II)  Richard,  son  of  Philip  Devens,  was 
born  in  1721,  probably  not  in  this  country,  and 
it  is  not  known  where  his  parents  lived  before 
coming  to  Charlestown.  He  was  a  cooper  by 
trade,  and  as  early  as  1743  was  in  business  in 
Charlestown  as  cooper,  ganger  and  packer.  To 
use  his  own  language,  "out  of  extreme  pover- 
ty" he  "progressed  through  a  mechanical  avo- 
cation to  the  opulence  of  a  highly  prosperous 
merchant."  He  was  one  of  the  most  influen- 
tial and  wealthy  merchants  of  his  day,  and 
was  interested  in  many  public  enterprises  of 


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moment.  He  was  a  prominent  stockholder  in 
the  Middlesex  Canal  Company,  the  Boston 
Bank,  the  South  Boston  Bridge,  the  Oiarles 
River  Bridge,  the  Union  Insurance  Company. 
He  died  September  20,  1807,  aged  eighty-six 
years.  His  will  was  dated  November  16,  1802; 
proved  September  29,  1807.  He  owned  a 
large  amount  of  real  estate,  and  his  inventory 
amounted  to  $119,237,  a  sum  relatively  equiva- 
lent to  a  million  at  the  present  time.  He 
■owned  half  a  pew  in  the  old  South  Church 
and  a  pew  in  the  Baptist  Chmxh.  He  made 
some  interesting  public  bequests  when  such 
legacies  were  rare  indeed.  He  gave  eight 
shares  of  the  United  States  Bank  stock  to  the 
Baptist  Church ;  ten  shares  each  of  the  insur- 
ance company  stock  to  the  Baptist  Educational 
Society,  the  Connecticut  Alission  Society,  the 
Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel,  Dr.  Em- 
mons' Missionary  Society,  and  the  Hampshire 
Missionary  Society.  He  bequeathed  his  house 
and  the  income  of  four  shares  of  the  Charles 
River  bridge  stock  and  a  hundred  shares  of 
the  Union  Bank  stock  to  his  wife;  half  of  his 
Cornhill  house  to  his  daughter  Mary  Harris, 
and  also  four  sixty-fourths  of  the  Central 
Wharf  Corporation ;  to  his  daughter  Elizabeth 
his  house  on  Newbury  street,  Boston,  also  two 
shares  of  bank  stock  and  land  in  Trainingfield 
land,  formerly  her  grandfather  Townsend's ; 
to  the  children  of  his  daughter  Rachel  Green 
two  houses  on  Middle  street,  Boston,  and  a 
house  near  the  Green  Dragoon  Tavern ;  to 
the  heirs  of  his  son  David  half  the  Cornhill 
house,  etc. ;  to  his  son  Richard,  house  he 
bought  of  Mr.  Sweetser,  and  six  shares  of 
United  States  bank  stock :  to  Deacon  Miller  a 
share  of  bridge  stock  and  ten  of  insurance 
stock :  to  grandson  D.  Devens  one-fourth  of 
Long  Wharf  in  Charlestown :  to  his  grand- 
children the  residue  of  his  estate.  His  por- 
trait by  Sargent  is  in  the  public  library  of 
Charlestown.  ;\tr.  Devens  was  an  ensign  in 
Captain  Brigden's  company  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war  in  175":  commissary-general  of 
Massachusetts  during  the  revolution,  and 
member  of  the  committee  of  safety  atid  cor- 
respondence in  Charlestown.  He  was  living  in 
Boston  during  the  war. 

He  married  (first)  Mary  Townsend,  in  Oc- 
tober, 1745  :  she  died  December  27,  1778,  aged 
fifty  years  and  her  gravestone  is  standing  in 
the  Granary  burying  ground,  Boston.  He 
married  second  ( intention  dated  March  20, 
1782)  Elizabeth  Harris  April  14,  1782.  She 
died  August  5,  1807,  aged  eighty  years.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:    i.  Mary,  born  October  3, 


1746 :  died  October  23,  1749.  2.  David,  born 
December  29,  1747;  mentioned  below.  3. 
Richard,  October  23,  1749.  4.  Samuel,  April 
(),  1751.  5.  Philip,  born  April  10,  1753;  died 
November  19,  1753.  6.  Philip,  born  Septem- 
ber 4,  1754:  died  September  23.  1755.  7.  Mary, 
born  April  18,  1756;  married,  1776,  Jonathan 
Harris.  8.  Elizabeth,  baptized  January  15, 
1758,  buried  March  6,  1759.  9.  Elizabeth, 
baptized  May  27,  1759.  10.  Abigail,  baptized 
March  8,  1761  ;  married  Jonathan  Chapman. 
II.  Rachel,  baptized  January  9,  1763;  married 
James  Green. 

(Ill)  David,  son  of  Richard  Devens,  was 
born  in  Charlestown,  December  29.  1747.  He 
was  a  successful  merchant.  He  married 
(intention  dated  January  13,  1772)  Eliza- 
beth Goodwin;  and  she  married  (second)  in 
1796,  Deacon  Thomas  ]\Iiller.  He  died  of 
fever  Februar)-  21,  1792,  aged  forty-five.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Charlestown:  i.  Elizabeth,  May 
2,  1773;  died  December  15,  1818.  2.  Polly. 
born  February  i,  1775.  3.  David,  January  10. 
1777.  4.  Samuel,  March  24.  1779.  5.  Mary. 
April  20,  1781.  6.  Richard,  September  2,  1784. 
7.  Nancy  (twin),  bom  October  15.  1786.  8. 
Mary,  twin  with  Nancy ;  died  May  29,  1858.  9. 
Timothy,  born  October  4,  1788.  10.  Charles, 
mentioned  below. 

(R')  Charles,  son  of  David  Devens,  was 
born  in  Charlestown,  March  7,  1791.  He  was 
educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  He  was 
a  prominent  citizen,  town  clerk  for  a  number 
of  years,  and  of  large  and  wholesome  influ- 
ence in  the  community.  He  was  a  prosperous 
hardware  merchant.  He  married,  April  12, 
1819,  at  Augusta,  Maine.  Mary,  daughter  of 
Arthur  and  Martha  Lithgow.  She  was  born 
at  Winslow,  Maine,  December  5,  1797,  and 
died  at  Greenfield,  Massachusetts,  October 
5,  184.8.  He  died  at  Roxbury,  November  24, 
1876.  Children  born  in  Charlestown  :  i.  Gen- 
eral Charles,  April  4,  1820;  mentioned  below. 
2.  Arthur  Lithgow,  April  26,  1821  ;  mentioned 
below.  3.  Mary,  August  23,  1823.  4.  Horace, 
May  5,  1826;  died  1826. 

(i\')  General  Charles  Devens,  son  of 
Charles  Devens,  was  born  in  Charlestown, 
April  4,  1820.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Bos- 
ton Latin  School,  and  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1838,  having  among  his  classmates 
James  Russell  Lowell  and  William  W.  Story, 
the  noted  sculptor.  He  studied  at  the  Harvard 
Law  School,  receiving  the  degree  of  LL.B. 
in  1840.  He  continued  the  study  of  law  in 
the  office  of  Hubbard  &  Watts,  Boston,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1844.     He  prac- 


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ticed  for  some  time  at  Northfield  and  later  at 
Greenfield,  and  in  1848-9  was  state  senator 
from  I'Vanklin  county.  In  1849  President 
Tavlor  appointed  him  United  States  marshal 
of  the  District  of  Massachusetts,  which  office 
he  held  for  four  years.  It  was  during  this 
time  that  the  Fugitive  Slave  Act  was  passed, 
and  it  became  the  duty  of  Devens  to  return 
to  slavery  one  Sims,  who  had  escaped  from 
Georgia.  He  believed  it  was  his  duty  to  carry 
out  the  law,  even  if  by  so  doing  he  was  acting 
against  his  private  views  and  feelings.  Gen- 
eral Devens,  however,  made  a  great  effort  to 
secure  the  freedom  of  Sims,  and  raised  money 
for  his  purchase  but  was  unable  to  carry  out 
his  plan.  Later  he  furnished  the  whole  sum 
necessary  to  free  Sims,  but  the  condition  of 
the  country  at  the  time  rendered  this  aid  un- 
necessary. General  Devens  removed  to  Wor- 
cester in  1854,  and  soon  afterwards  formed  a 
partnersliip  with  George  F.  Hoar  and  J. 
Henry  Hill,  and  did  an  extensive  law  busi- 
ness. In  1856  he  was  made  city  solicitor  of 
Worcester,  holding  the  office  three  years. 

In  April,  1861,  when  the  call  came  for 
troops  for  the  civil  war.  General  Devens  was 
trving  a  case  in  court.  He  at  once  asked  for 
another  lawyer  to  take  charge  of  it,  and  of- 
fered his  services  in  defence  of  the  govern- 
ment. The  Third  Battalion  of  Rifles,  com- 
posed mostly  of  Worcester  men,  chose  Dev- 
ens as  major,  and  in  a  few  days  went  to  Fort 
IMcHenry,  Maryland,  where  it  was  stationed 
for  a  short  time.  July  24,  1861,  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Andrew  to  the  com- 
mand of  the  Fifteenth  Regiment  Alassachu- 
setts  \'olunteers,  and  with  it  went  into  camp 
at  Poolesville,  Maryland,  as  a  part  of  the 
.\rmy  of  the  Potomac.  His  regiment  took 
part  in  the  fight  at  Ball's  Bluff,  where  he  was 
distinguished  for  his  courage  and  coolness 
under  fire,  and  although  wounded  he  con- 
ducted himself  in  such  a  manner  as  to  receive 
high  praise  from  General  McClellan.  Shortly 
after,  Devens  was  made  brigadier-general  of 
volunteers,  his  brigade  being  part  of  the 
Fourth  .^rmy  Corps  under  General  Couch. 
With  his  command  he  was  in  the  desperate 
fight  near  the  Chickahominy  Bridge,  where 
he  was  again  wounded.  General  Couch,  in 
his  report  of  the  engagement,  said  of  Dev- 
ens: "He  held  his  own  firmly  ...  se- 
verely wounded  he  remained  bravely  on  the 
field  until  the  last  gun  was  fired."  In  July, 
1862.  his  division  was  assigned  to  the  Sixth 
Corps,  under  General  Franklin,  and  later  un- 
der General  John  Xewton.     In  the  movement 


against  Fredericksburg,  in  December,  Dev- 
ens's  command  was  in  the  advance,  and  also- 
covered  the  retreat.  The  commanding  offi- 
cer, in  making  his  report,  said :  "My  obliga- 
tions are  due  especially  to  Brigadier-General 
Charles  Devens,  who  commanded  the  ad- 
vance and  rear  guard  in  crossing  and  re- 
crossing  of  the  river."  General  Devens  was 
later  appointed  to  the  command  of  a  division 
in  the  Eleventh  Corps,  under  General  Han- 
cock, and  took  part  in  the  disastrous  battle 
of  Chancellorsville,  where  he  was  severely 
wounded.  At  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  June 
3,  1864,  he  was  disabled  by  rheumatism,  but 
remained  on  duty  during  the  fight,  being  car- 
ried about  on  a  stretcher,  but  was  obliged  to 
leave  his  command  the  next  day  on  account 
of  illness.  He  was  able,  however,  to  return 
to  take  part  in  the  great  campaign  of  General 
Grant  against  Richmond.  He  was  in  com- 
mand of  the  Third  Division  of  the  Twenty- 
fourth  Corps,  and  had  the  great  honor  of 
leading  the  first  Federal  troops  into  the  capi- 
tal of  the  Confederacy,  and  was  placed  in 
command  of  the  city  after  the  surrender. 
Later  he  was  for  some  time  in  command  in 
South  Carolina.  He  was  mustered  out  of 
service  in  1866. 

Returning  to  Boston  to  resume  the  practice 
of  his  ])rofession,  he  was  soon  after  appointed 
bv  Governor  .Alexander  H.  Bullock  to  the  bench 
of  the  superior  court  of  ^Massachusetts,  serv- 
ing in  that  capacity  for  about  six  years,  when 
he  was  promoted  to  the  bench  of  the  supreme 
judicial  court  by  Governor  Washburn.  For 
four  years  he  remained  on  the  bench ;  to  the 
great  satisfaction  of  the  bar  and  of  the  com- 
munity generally.  In  1877  he  was  offered  a 
])osition  in  the  cabinet  of  President  Hayes,  as 
attorney-general,  which  he  was  at  first  dis- 
posed to  decline,  but  finally  accepted,  and  re- 
tained the  office  till  the  close  of  the  adminis- 
tration of  Hayes.  In  1877  Judge  Devens  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  LL.  D.  from  Harvard 
College,  and  at  the  same  time  honorary  de- 
grees were  confirmed  upon  President  Hayes 
and  Phillips  Brooks.  At  the  close  of  Presi- 
dent Haye's  administration.  Devens  returned 
to  Massachusetts,  and  was  soon  after  re-ap- 
pointed to  the  bench  of  the  supreme  court  of 
the  state. 

Eminent  as  General  Devens  had  been  in 
militarv  life,  he  was  still  more  so  in  civil  life, 
and  attained  a  high  rank  as  a  judge  and  a 
member  of  the  bar.  .As  an  orator,  too,  he 
achieved  distinction,  standing  in  the  front 
rank  of  the  public  speakers  of  his  day.     His 


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oration  on  General  Meade,  before  the  Society 
of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  at  New  Haven, 
in  1873,  and  that  at  the  dedication  of  the  Sol- 
diers' Monument  at  Worcester,  in  1874,  were 
most  eloquent  and  scholarly,  and  show  that  he 
was  a  man  of  genuine  patriotic  impulses.  His 
brilliant  address,  June  17,  1875,  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  centennial  anniversary  of  the  bat- 
tle of  Bunker  Hill,  will  long  be  remembered 
by  those  privileged  to  have  heard  it,  as 
marked  by  strong  and  felicitous  language, 
most  suitable  for  the  occasion.  Other  orations 
worthy  of  mention  were  those  on  General 
Grant,  at  Worcester,  in  August,  1885,  and,  as 
president  of  Harvard  College  Alumni,  on  the 
two  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the 
founding  of  the  college,  both  of  them  being 
unsurpassed  in  sentiment  and  in  their  courtly 
and  polished  delivery.  Mention  should  also  be 
made  of  the  very  graphic  and  appropriate  ad- 
dress made  to  his  comrades  on  the  battlefield 
at  Gettysburg  in  June.  1886,  on  the  occasion 
of  the  dedication  of  the  monument  to  the 
Fifteenth  Massachusetts  Regiment.  Judge 
Devens  was  always  a  gentleman,  treating  all 
with  whom  he  came  in  contact  with  courtesy 
and  in  such  a  manner  as  to  command  their  re- 
spect. He  was  especially  considerate  of  the 
men  under  his  command,  and  while  in  the  field 
was  often  sending  not  only  words  of  friend- 
ship but  material  aid  to  comrades  in  arms 
whom  he  thought  in  need.  To  his  intimate 
friends  he  was  always  most  cordial,  kind  and 
thoughtful,  and  they  felt  sure  that  the  friend- 
ship they  so  much  prized  was  steadfast  and 
sincere. 

General  Devens  died  January  7.  1891,  very 
suddenly,  after  a  brief  illness,  surrounded  by 
his  immediate  relatives.  His  funeral  was  from 
Trinity  Church,  Boston,  January  10,  1891. 
The  services  were  conducted  by  Rev.  Phillips 
Brooks,  LL.D.,  and  the  burial  was  at  Mount 
Auburn  Cemetery,  with  military  honors.  The 
bench  and  bar  were  represented  in  large  num- 
bers, and  the  Order  of  the  Loyal  legion,  of 
which  he  had  been  president  for  several  vears. 
attended  in  a  body.  Two  of  the  most  artistic 
and  impressive  statues  in  the  commonwealth 
have  been  erected  in  his  honor  and  to  his  mem- 
ory. One  of  them  is  in  the  grounds  of  the 
state  house  in  Boston,  the  other  in  his  home 
city.  Worcester.  The  movement  for  the  latter 
memorial  was  instituted  originally  by  late 
United  States  Senator  George  F.  Hoar,  a 
friend  and  associate  of  General  Devens  in  poli- 
tics and  law.  A  large  popular  subscription  was 
augmented  by  an  appropriation  of  $5,000  from 


the  county  of  Worcester,  $7,500  from  the  city 
of  Worcester,  and  nearly  $4,000  from  thirty- 
nine  different  towns  of  the  county,  ranging  in 
amount  from  $25  to  $450.  At  a  meeting  of 
the  commission  in  charge  of  the  memorial  held 
July  12,  1902,  it  was  voted  to  contract  with 
Daniel  C.  French  and  E.  C.  Potter  for  an 
equestrian  statue  of  General  Devens  for  a  sum 
not  exceeding  $30,000.  The  inscription  on  the 
pedestal  of  the  statue  indicates  its  character  as 
a  county  monument  to  the  men  as  well  as  the 
leader.  It  is :  "To  General  Devens  and  the 
men  of  ^^'orcester  County  in  the  War  for  the 
Union,  1861-1865."  On  the  west  end  is  a  brief 
summary  of  the  career  of  General  Devens  in 
civil  and  military  life.  The  statue  was  form- 
ally dedicated  July  4,  igo6.  A  body  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  of  the  militia  of  Worcester 
and  a  thousand  civil  war  veterans  took  part  in 
the  parade  and  exercises.  Governor  Curtis 
Guild  made  an  eloquent  address.  The  statue 
was  formally  presented  to  the  county  by  the 
president  of  the  commission.  General  William 
F.  Draper,  and  the  statue  unveiled  by  Charles 
Devens  Osborne,  a  grandnephew  of  General 
Devens.  General  Stewart  L.  Woodford,  of 
New  York,  was  the  orator  of  the  day.  Among 
those  present  was  President  Taft.  then  Secre- 
tary of  War.  We  quote  from  General  Wood- 
ford :  "He  was  a  citizen  in  all  that  citizenship 
means  and  implies.  He  was  jurist  in  the  large 
and  true  sense  of  the  word.  He  was  a  wise, 
broad,  great  lawyer.  He  was  an  orator  whose 
full,  rich  and  classic  eloquence  lives  on  the 
printed  page  as  it  enchained  our  enraptured 
sense  when  spoken.  But  above  all,  Charles 
Devens  was,  as  no  man  whom  I  have  known, 
the  essential  type  of  the  citizen  soldier  and 
soldier  gentleman."  General  Devens  never 
married. 

(IV)  Arthur  Lithgow,  son  of  Charles  De- 
vens, was  born  in  Charlestown,  April  26,  1821, 
and  died  July  22,  1867.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Charlestown  and  the  Boston  Lat- 
in School,  entered  Harvard  College  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1840,  studied  his  pro- 
fession in  Harvard  Law  School,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1842.  He  began  to  prac- 
tice his  profession,  but  found  business  more  to 
his  liking,  and  became  selling  agent  of  the  Otis 
^Manufacturing  Company,  of  Boston.  He  be- 
came a  partner  in  the  firm  of  J.  W.  Paige  & 
Company  of  Boston,  and  was  also  treasurer 
of  the  Appleton  &  Hamilton  Manufacturing 
Company  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Union  and  Somerset  clubs  of 
Boston.    In  the  midst  of  a  promising  and  sue- 


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cessfnl  career  he  was  cut  off  in  the  prime  of 
life.  In  pohtics  he  was  a  RepubHcan  after  the 
organization  of  that  party.  In  religion  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  He  mar- 
ried, July  20,  1852,  Agnes  Howard,  daughter 
of  Abijah  and  Ann  Maria  (Howard)  White, 
of  an  old  Watertown  family.  She  is  a  sister 
of  the  first  wife  of  James  Russell  Lowell.  (  See 
White  family).  Children,  born  at  Ware,  Mas- 
sachusetts: I.  Arthur  Lithgow,  June  3,  1853; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Bessie,  November  29, 
1855;  died  December  23,  1855.  3.  Mary,  May 
ig,  1857;  resides  with  her  mother  in  Cam- 
bridge. 4.  Agnes,  born  in  Boston,  June  17, 
1865;  died  March  26,  1896;  married,  October 
2-j,  1886,  Thomas  Mott  CJsbourne,  of  Auburn, 
New  York ;  children :  i.  David  Munson,  born 
November  20,  1887:  ii.  Charles  Devens,  No- 
vember 22,  1888;  iii.  Arthur  Lithgow,  born 
April   2,    1892:   iv.  Robert   Klipfel,   February 

3-  1897. 

(V)  Arthur  Lithgow,  son  of  Arthur  Lith- 
gow Devens,  was  born  June  3,  1853.  He  at- 
tended private  schools  of  Boston,  and  fitted 
for  college  at  the  school  of  E.  S.  Dixwell.  He 
graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  the  class 
of  1874.  He  is  a  partner  in  the  banking  firm 
of  Devens,  Lyman  &  Company,  of  Boston.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  in  religion  an 
Episcopalian.  He  married,  December  27, 
1876,  Agnes  Russell  Elwood,  of  Rochester, 
New  York,  born  October  4,  1852.  Children : 
I.  Agnes  Dorothy,  born  June  3,  1878 :  mar- 
ried Paul  Mascar'ene  Hamlen,  of  Boston,  De- 
cember 6,  1901.  2.  Arthur  Lithgow  Jr.,  born 
November  15,  1879;  married,  April  6,  1907, 
Wenonah  Wetmore,  of  New  York.  3.  Eliza- 
beth Elwood,  born  April  12,  1881  :  married, 
September  28,  1907,  Gerald  Dorr  Boardman, 
of  Boston. 

(The  "Wliite  Line). 

(I)  Andrew  White  was  born  about  1670, 
and  may  have  been  an  immigrant.  On  Febru- 
ary 27,1712-3,  Andrew  White  and  Nathaniel 
St'earms,  of  Watertown,  bought  for  four  hun- 
dred pounds  a  house  and  thirty-six  acres  of 
land  of  Elisha  Cook  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  of 
Boston.  He  also  bought  eleven  acres  in 
Cambridge.  The  farm  remained  in  the  White 
family  for  many  generations.  He  married,  in 
Woburn,  February  4,  1695-6,  Sarah  Sander- 
son, born  March  17,  1668-9,  died  December 
31,  1749,  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  San- 
derson. He  clied  May  13,  1742.  Children:  I. 
Sarah,  born  November  17,  1696.  2.  Andrew, 
December   2C),    1700:    mentioned    below.      3. 


William,  December   18,   1702;  married,  July 
7,  1726,  Sarah  Cutting.    4.  Hannah,  January 
15,  1708-9;  married,  December  2,  1730,  Jon- 
athan   Learned.      Children    of    Andrew    and 
Mary   White,    (probably   a   second   wife:     5. 
Samuel,   born   August    12,    1717.     6.  Marcy, 
February  zj,  1720.    7.  John,  March  18,  1725. 
(II)  Andrew  (2),  son  of  Andrew  (i)  White, 
was   born   December  29,    1700,  and  lived  in 
Watertown.    He  was  selectman  there  in  1751 
and  1762.     He  married,  December  12,  1722, 
Jane  Dix,  born  November  18,  1704,  died  De- 
cember   31,    1793,    daughter    of    John    and 
Martha   (Lawrence)   Dix,   granddaughter   of 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Barnard)  Dix,  and  great- 
granddaughter    of    Edward    Dix,   the   immi- 
grant, and  Jane  Wilkinson,  his  wife.     Chil- 
dren:   I.  Jonas,    born    December    18,    1724; 
mentioned  below.     2.  Samuel,  born  April  9, 
1726;    died    June    19,    1810.      3.  Ruth,    born 
:\Iarch  17,  1727-8;  married  June  2,  1748,  Jo- 
seph Peirce.     4.  Sarah,  born  Alay  27,  1730; 
married  August  i,  1754,  Nathan  Kendall.    5. 
Martha  (twin),  born  May  2-],  1730;  married 
April  II,  1 75 1,  Nathaniel  Livermore.  6.  Han- 
nah, born  January  I,  1731-2.    /.  Lydia,  born 
August     14,    1733;    married    May    8,    1753, 
Ephraim   Peirce.     8.  Jedediah,  born   Febru- 
ary 3,  1734-5;  married  Elizabeth  Wellington. 
9. 'Lucy,   born    December    5,    1736;   married 
November  17,  1757,  Paul  Wyman.     10.  Abi- 
gail, baptized  August  20,  1738;  married  Oc- 
tober 29,   1761,  Samuel  Fiske.     11.  Andrew, 
baptized  May  3,  1741  :  married  April  20,  1769, 
Marv  Cutting.     12.  Eunice,  baptized  March 
27,  1743.     13-  Elijah,  baptized  May  26,  1745. 

(III)  Jonas,  son  of  Andrew  (2)  White,  was 
born  December  18,  1724,  and  died  December 
22,  1798.  After  1764  he  was  a  trader  at 
Watertown.  He  married.  May  2,  1749,  Lois 
Stearns,  born  January  18,  1722-3,  died  No- 
vember, 1796,  daughter  of  John  and  Abigail 
(Fiske)  Stearns,  granddaughter  of  Samuel 
and  Hannah  (Manning)  Stearns,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Stearns, 
the  immigrants.  Children:  i.  Abijah,  born 
Mav  22,  1750.  2.  Jonas,  June  7,  1752;  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Joel,  July  15.  I7S4-  4- 
Lois,  October  8,  1756.  5.  Josiah,  November 
5,  1758.  6.  Abigail,  baptized  August  10. 
1760.  7.  Lois,  born  February  4,  1764:  mar- 
ried August  31,  1786,  James  Robbins. 

(IV)  Jonas  (2),  son  of  Jonas  (i)  White, 
was  born  June  7,  1752.  He  was  representa- 
tive to  the  general  court  in  1803  to  1807,  and 

180Q.     He  married  Ruth  .     Children: 

I.  Abijah,  born  June  21,  1777;  died  Septem- 


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ber,  1778.  2.  Abijah.  boni  June  2.  1779;  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Lucy,  born  February  20, 
1781.  4.  Jonas,  May  19,  1782.  5.  William, 
November  6,  1784.  6.  Josiah,  Alarch  16, 
1787.     7.   Henry,  April  22,  1789. 

(V)  Abijah,  son  of  Jonas  (,2)  White,  was 
born  at  Watertown,  June  2,  1779,  and  died  in 
1846.  He  acquired  a  large  estate.  He  mar- 
ried Ann  Alaria  Howard.  Child :  Agnes 
Howard,  married,  July  20,  1852,  Arthur  Lith- 
gow  Devens  (see  Devens  I\  ). 


About  the  middle  of  the  seven- 
DRISKC )  teenth  century  there  was  a  con- 
siderable immigration  of  Scotch 
people  along  the  southern  coast  of  Maine,  and 
it  is  probable  that  this  name  came  to  America 
at  that  time.  There  is  a  family  tradition  that 
the  name  is  of  Polish  origin,  but  this  arises 
probably  from  the  present  form  of  the  name 
rather  than  from  any  basis  of  fact.  It  may  be 
a  variation  of  the  name  Driscoll,  and  is  found 
in  the  meagre  traces  discovered  in  New  Eng- 
land, with  the  spellings,  Drisco,  Driscoe,  and 
Driscow.  In  searching  through  the  annals  of 
New  England  but  fleeting  glimpses  of  the 
name  appear,  and  none  of  the  genealogical  au- 
thorities make  reference  to  it  at  all.  The  "His- 
tory of  Wells,  Maine,"  gives  the  name  of  John 
Drisco  among  those  who  lived  in  that  town  be- 
tween 1 64 1  and  1687.  It  was  probably  very 
near  the  latter  date  that  his  name  is  found 
there,  as  it  appears  near  the  end  of  the  list,  and 
other  circumstances  would  also  indicate  the 
fact.  There  were  persons  of  the  name  living 
in  Rye,  New  Hampshire,  in  1753  and  1756. 
The  name  iirst  appears  in  Scarboro,  Maine,  in 
1729,  when  Sarah  Drisco  was  married  to  John 
Sharp.  Two  years  later  Elizabeth  Drisco  was 
married  to  Isaac  McKenncy  in  the  same  town. 
It  is  probable  that  they  were  daughters  of  the 
John  Driscoe  who  was  in  W^ells  about  1687. 
A  Jeremiah  Drisco  was  married  in  Dover  as 
early  as  1682  and  he  was  probably  the  father 
of  Sarah  Drisco,  married  in  1706,  and  of  Cor- 
nelius Drisco  who  was  married  in  the  same 
town  as  early  as  1715.  It  is  presumable  that 
Jeremiah  Drisco,  of  Dover,  was  a  brother  of 
John  Drisco,  of  W'ells.  The  first  settlers  along 
the  Maine  coast  and  in  the  vicinity  of  Ports- 
mouth and  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  were  not 
of  the  same  character  as  those  who  settled 
farther  south  upon  our  shores.  They  did  not 
come  hither  to  escape  religious  persecution, 
but  to  engage  in  the  fisheries  and  lumbering 
industry,  which  offered  promises  of  a  liveli- 
hood and  of   some  gains.     This   is  true  to   a 


considerable  extent  of  those  who  went  thither 
from  other  points  along  our  coast.  Such  rec- 
ords as  were  made  by  the  pioneers  in  this  re- 
gion were  mostly  destroyed  in  the  numerous 
Indian  outrages  which  burned  their  homes  and 
drove  them  away.  They  were  a  brave  people 
however,  and  most  of  them  again  returned  to 
build  up  their  fortunes  upon  the  original  loca- 
tions. The  records  of  the  seventeenth  century 
in  the  district  now  available  are  extremely 
meagre  and  scattered.  •■ 

(I)  John  Drisco  resided  in  Wells,  Maine, 
but  how  long  cannot  now  be  ascertained.  He 
probably  came  there  as  a  single  man,  and  there 
married,  and  for  aught  that  can  now  be  dis- 
covered there  ended  his  days. 

(II)  John   (2),  undoubtedly  a  son  of  John 

( 1 )  Drisco,  was  residing  in  Scarboro,  Maine, 
as  early  as  1734.  On  August  18  of  that  year 
his  wife,  May  Drisco,  was  admitted  to  the 
First  Church  of  Scarboro  by  baptism,  and  on 
the  same  date  her  daughters,  Judith  and  Joan- 
na, were  baptized.  It  is  presumable  that 
Moses  Drisco,  whose  parentage  is  not  given 
and  who  was  baptized  at  the  same  church. 
May  9,  1735,  was  also  their  child.  Presuma- 
bly they  had  other  children  before  coming  to 
Scarboro. 

(III)  Joseph  Drisko  was  a  resident  of  Scar- 
boro in  1743,  and  was  probably  a  son  of  John 

(2)  and  Mary  Drisco.  His  wife's  name  was 
Elizabeth,  and  there  is  evidence  that  her  maid- 
en name  was  Gatchel,  but  no  record  shows  the 
fact.  They  had  children  baptized  at  the  Scar- 
boro church:  John,  January  9,  1743;  Samuel 
Gatchel,  August  13,  1749;  Elizabeth,  March 
16,  1757.  No  doubt  there  were  others,  but 
these  are  all  that  appear  in  the  church  records. 

(IV')  Joseph  (2),  born  about  1739,  probably 
a  son  of  Joseph  (  i )  and  Elizabeth  Drisko, 
was  married  at  the  First  Church  in  Scarboro, 
November  22,  1760,  to  Olive,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Abigail  Larrabee,  baptized  June 
12,  1743.  Not  long  after  his  marriage  he  pro- 
ceeded farther  into  the  wilderness  and  es- 
tablished a  home  in  the  wilds  of  Addison, 
Washington  county,  Maine,  where  he  began 
to  clear  up  land  and  engaged  in  farming.  He 
was  surrounded  by  wild  animals,  and  much  of 
his  living  was  afforded  in  the  earlv  years  by- 
the  game  of  the  forest.  Not  many  years  after 
he  had  established  his  homestead  there,  he 
passed  away  in  the  prime  of  life,  leaving  four 
sons  and  three  daughters  :  John,  Josiah,  Joseph, 
Jeremiah,  Hannah,  Polly  and  Lucy.  This  fam- 
ily was  especially  remarkable  for  longevity.  All 
of  the  seven  lived  to  be  over  eighty  years  of 


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age.  and  most  of  them  neared  their  ninety-mile 
post.  All  were  married  except  the  last  named. 
The  family  records  say  that  their  mother  was 
a  Miss  Wilson,  a  native  of  Martha's  Vine- 
yard. If  so,  the  father  must  have  been  twice 
married.  She  lived  to  be  ninety-nine  years  of 
age. 

(V)  Jeremiah,  youngest  child  of  Joseph 
(2)  Drisko,  was  born  April  17,  1790,  in  Ad- 
dison, Maine,  and  died  there  early  in  1871. 
He  was  early  accustomed  to  the  labors  of  the 
homestead  farm,  but  soon  after  attaining  his 
majority,  engaged  in  ship  building  and  became 
in  time  one  of  the  most  successful  ship  build- 
ers on  the  Maine  coast.  At  the  same  time  he 
continued  to  till  a  large  farm  in  his  native 
town  not  far  from  the  old  home,  of  which  he 
was  the  owner,  and  here  his  death  occurred. 
In  many  respects  he  was  a  remarkable  man, 
and  he  commanded  the  respect  of  all  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact.  He  was  known 
along  the  Maine  coast  as  an  honest  and  up- 
right citizen.  He  possessed  great  strength  of 
character,  being  strong  and  energetic  with 
great  determination,  and  these  qualities  en- 
abled him  to  carry  through  large  undertak- 
ings. He  was  an  old  line  Democrat,  and  took 
an  active  interest  in  town  and  state  politics. 
His  religious  beliefs  were  firmly  fixed,  and  he 
was  a  devoted  member  of  the  Baptist  church, 
and  was  ever  ready  to  further  any  interest 
calculated  to  advance  his  home  community. 
He  married,  in  Maine,  Anne,  born  in  St.  An- 
drews, New  Brunswick,  of  English  and  Scotch 

parentage,  the  daughter  of  John  and  

( Rose  )  Frankland.  They  were  probably  mar- 
ried in  the  old  country  before  coming  to  New 
Brunswick.  John  Frankland  was  a  man  of 
exceptionally  "fine  nature,  well  educated,  some- 
thing of  a  genius,  and  possesing  many  artistic 
and  interesting  c|nalities.  He  was  a  ship- 
wright and  caulker,  well  known  to  a  large 
community  for  his  genial  nature.  Mrs. 
Drisko  was  among  the  eldest  of  their  fifteen 
children.  She  was  the  mother  of  four  sons 
and  three  daughters  :  i.  Anne  F.,  born  in  i8ig  ; 
married  John  Barton,  who  died  when  thirty 
years  old;  she  married  (second)  Greene  B. 
Stevens,  a  successful  brick  mason  of  Maine : 
-  she  had  three  children :  Dora  \V.,  Howard 
M.  and  William;  she  died  at  the  age  of  seven- 
ty years.  2.  Benjamin  F.,  born  1821,  died 
in  Maine  when  a  little  past  seventy  years 
of  age ;  he  was  a  carpenter ;  he  mar- 
ried Nancy  Plummer  and  had  children :  How- 
ard, Julia  and  Eliza  ;  both  are  now  deceased.  3. 
l\-rry  Cook,  born  in   1823-24;  was  for  twen- 


ty-one years  master  of  a  sailing  vessel,  and 
visited  nearly  every  important  port  on  the 
globe ;  he  is  yet  living,  residing  in  Province- 
town,  Massachusetts,  and  has  a  son,  Henry  B., 
born  of  his  first  wife,  who  was  formerly 
Frances  Plummer,  of  Maine.  4.  Ormander. 
was  a  ship  carpenter  early  in  life  and 
removed  to  Boston,  where  he  became 
a  house  carpenter;  he  is  now  retired, 
living  a  part  of  the  time  in  Boston  and  the  re- 
mainder in  Maine ;  he  married  ( first)  Cath- 
erine Wass,  who  left  two  sons,  Frederick  and 
Alonzo;  married  (second)  Mrs.  Celia  (Long) 
Knowles,  who  bore  him  two  sons  and  two 
daughters.  5.  Alonzo  S.,  mentioned  below. 
6.  Margaret  L.,  born  in  1831,  died  at  the  age 
of  about  seventy  years;  she  was  the  wife  of 
Captain  Charles  Union,  who  raised  a  com- 
pany of  soldiers  in  Maine,  which  he  com- 
manded through  several  years  of  active  ser- 
vice in  the  civil  war,  participating  in  many  en- 
gagements, and  is  now  deceased ;  they  left  a 
son,  Frank  L.  7.  Emma,  born  in  1835;  be- 
came the  wife  of  John  Hinckley,  a  former  sea 
captain  ;  she  survives  him  and  is  now  living 
on  a  farm  in  Idaho,  where  he  settled  some- 
time before  his  death  ;  they  had  five  children  : 
Merrill,  .\lbert,  Perny,  Mable  and  Aland. 

(\'T)  Alonzo  Shaw,  fourth  son  of  Jeremiah 
and  Anne  (Frankland)  Drisko,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 2,  182Q,  in  Addison,  where  he  grew  up 
to  the  age  of  twenty  years.  In  the  spring  of 
1849  he  went  to  Boston  to  seek  employment 
at  any  honorable  occupation  which  offered  ; 
he  learned  the  trade  of  house  carpenter,  serv- 
ing faithfully  for  three  years  as  an  apprentice, 
and  subsequently  for  some  time  as  a  journey- 
man. In  time  he  set  up  business  on  his  own 
account,  and  by  his  skillful  workmanship  and 
honest  methods  rapidly  proved  himself 
worthv  as  a  citizen  and  business  man.  He 
was  energetic  and  industrious  and  built  a 
great  many  business  places  and  residences  in 
Old  Boston.  After  the  fire  of  1872  he  con- 
structed fifty-one  stores  in  the  burned  dis- 
trict, and  from  that  time  was  a  very  success- 
ful building  contractor  up  to  the  time  of  his 
retirement  in  1903.  Mr.  Drisko  has  always 
taken  an  active  interest  in  the  development 
of  his  home  city,  and  he  has  ever  been  ready 
to  forward  any  plan  that  promised  to  pro- 
mote the  general  welfare.  Since  the  organ- 
ization of  the  Republican  party  in  1856  he 
has  been  one  of  its  most  staunch  supporters, 
and  is  proud  of  the  fact  that  his  first  presiden- 
tial vote  was  cast  for  John  C.  F"remont.  Both 
he  and  his  wife  have  been  affiliated  with  the 


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Universalist  church.  He  married.  June  23, 
1853,  in  Boston,  Alvina  Wass,  born  May  25, 
1832,  in  Addison,  died  December  i,  1906.  at 
their  beautiful  home  on  Warren  street,  Rox- 
bury.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Chapman  and 
:\[arv  (Curtis)  Wass.  both  natives  of  Maine, 
where  they  hved  active  Hves,  and  died  at  the 
ages  of  sixtv-five  and  seventy  years  respec- 
tively. IVIrs.  Drisko  was  reared  in  her  native 
town  to  maturity,  and  was  a  good  wife  and 
mother,  devoted  to  her  home  and  the  up- 
building of  the  best  interests  of  the  com- 
munitv"  She  was  the  mother  of  three  chil- 
dren:  Ella  C,  Laura,  and  Clara  M.  The  first 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty-six  years,  the  sec- 
ond at  nineteen,  and  the  third  at  twenty-two  : 
all  unmarried. 


"It  appears",  writes  the  late 
COOLIDGE     H.    G.    Somerby,    "in    the 
Rolls     of     the     Hundreds, 
time  of  Edward  the  First,  that   William  de 
Coolidge  held  lands  in  Cambridgeshire,  from 
which  one  can  reasonably  infer  that  the  fam- 
ilv  were  seated  in  that  county  at  that  time. 
The    practice    of    adopting    hereditary    sur- 
names from  manors  and  localities  originated 
in   Normandy  about  the  close  of  the   tenth 
century   or   the   beginning   of   the    eleventh. 
Possessors  of  land  took  them  from  their  own 
estates,    a    practice    in    which    the    Xormans 
were  soon  imitated  by  the   English,  particu- 
larly after   the  Conquest.      Alany   families  of 
Saxon    origin    copied   the    example   of   their 
conqueror  and  prefi.xed  to  their  names  in  a 
few  instances  the  preposition  "de,"  still  re- 
tained :  but,  generally  speaking,  it  was  drop- 
ped from  surnames  about  the  time  of  Henry 
\l.     Thus,  instead  of  William  de  Coolidge, 
the  landed  gentrv  wrote  themselves  William 
Coolidge.     The  custom  of  takirig  name  from 
towns   and   villages   in    England   is   sufficient 
proof  of  the  ancient  descents  of  those  families 
who   bear   them.     That   the   name   Coulinge 
(Coolidge)    is    derived    from    the    village    of 
Couling,  or  Cowling,  in  Suffolk,  there  is  not 
the  least   doubt,   and   it   continued   so  to  be 
spelt  with  occasional  variations  until  after  the 
familv  settled  in  Arrington.  Probably  Collins 
is  derived  from  the  same  source.     The  family 
of  Coolidge  of  Cambridgeshire   is   the   only 
one  in  England  that  adopted  their  peculiar 
wav   of   spelling  the   name :   the    corruption 
being  in  consequence  of  there  being  no  fixed 
mode  of  spelling  in  those  days,  and  persons 
wrote  names  as  thev  sounded  to  the  ear.     In 
_  Burke's    "Dictionarv   of   Arms"    are    several 


varieties  in  the  spelling  of  the  name,  evidently 
of  one  common  origin,  from  the  similarity 
of  the  arms,  the  griffin  being  always  intro- 
duced in  some  form  or  another,  either  in  the 
arms  or  crest.  The  fleur-de-lis  seems  an- 
cientlv  to  have  been  connected  with  the  fam- 
ilv arms.  In  the  year  1327  Walter  Coulin 
and  Ralph  Couling  of  Wimpole  (adjoining 
the  parish  of  Arrington),  county  Cambridge, 
were  assessed  to  the  King's  subsidies.  The 
name  has  undergone  various  orthographic 
changes  from  the  time  of  its  adoption  from 
the  village  of  Cowling  in  Suffolk  on  the  bor- 
ders of  Cambridgeshire,  the  first  of  the  name 
being  styled  de  Cowling,  or  de  Cooling,  as 
lordof  the  manor  there,  soon  after  removed 
to  Cambridgeshire,  and  spelt  the  name,  at 
different  periods.  Couling.  Cullings.  Colynge, 
Cullidge,  Coledge,  Cowledge,  Cooledge, 
Coolidge,  etc. 

(I)  Thomas  Colynge,  of  Arrington,  first  of 
the  authentic  pedigree  of  the  Coolidge  family, 
died  1498.  His  will  was  dated  February  11. 
1545  and  was  proved  in  the  Bishop's  Court  of 
Ely' the  same  year.  Children:  i.  William, 
married  ^largaret  Bell,  whose  will  was  dated 
April  18,  1538,  proved  January  31,  1538:  liis 
will  was  dated  January  12,  15 19,  and  proved 
Alay  27,  15 19.  2.  John,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Agnes,  married Hill.     4.  Alice. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Colynge,  lived  at 
Arrington:  will  dated  December  6,  1524, 
jiroved  December  10,  1524;  wife  .Alice  died  be- 
fore him.  Children:  i.  Roger,  probably  died 
unmarried,    2.  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  John,  mentioned 
in  his  father's  will, 

(I\')  John  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Colynge, 
was  a  legatee  in  the  will  of  his  grandfather 
John,  in  1524.  Children:  i.  Son.  father  of 
Thomas.  2.  Simeon,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Thomas  of  Downani. 

(\')  Simeon  Cooledge  (note  change  of 
name),  son  of  John  (2),  hved  in  Cot- 
tenham,  where  he  was  buried  Novem- 
ber 10,  1590.  His  will  was  dated  No- 
vember 6,  and  proved  November  23,  1590.  He 

married  (first)  Jane  .  who  was  buried 

at  Cottenham,  December   15,   1584;   (second) 

Agnes  ,  who  survived  him.     Children: 

I.  .Alice,  married,  October  14,  1537.  Robert 
^^■hitehead.  2.  William,  of  Cottenham,  buried 
(3ctober  25,  1618:  (see  forward).  3.  John, 
died  October,  1622:  married  Frances  Fabram, 
who  died  November.  1603.  4.  .Agnes.  5. 
Edith,  baptized  December  5,  1574.  fi.  Thomas, 
baptized  July  26,  1579:  died  .August,  1599. 


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(  VT)  William,  son  of  Simeon  Cooledge,  was 
born  about  1560,  and  was  buried  at  Cotten- 
ham,  October  25,  1618.  His  will,  dated  Octo- 
ber 21,  1618,  was  proved  the  last  day  of  same 
month.  He  married,  at  Cottenham.  June  23. 
158S,  Margaret  ]\Iayse.  who  was  buried  there 
February  11.  1620.  Children,  with  baptismal 
dates:  i.  Richard,  January  4,  1590;  married 
May  5,  1615,  Elizabeth  Ezzex ;  six  children.  2. 
William,  January  4,  1590.  3.  Jane,  December 
27,  1593;  buried  ]\Iarch  22,  1596.  4.  Thomas. 
July  22,  1595;  buried  July  i,  1597.  5.  Eliza- 
beth, May  22,  1598.  6.  Simon,  June  15,  1600. 
7.  Margaret,  September  .19,  1602.  8.  John, 
mentioned  below. 

(VH)  John  (3)  Coolidge  (note  change  of 
name),  son  of  William  Cooledge,  was  bap- 
tized at  Cottenham,  England,  September  16, 
1604.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of 
Watertown,  Massachusetts,  probably  in  1630, 
and  a  proprietor  in  1636.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  May  28,  1636.  He  was  a  prominent 
citizen,  selectman  many  times  between  1636 
and  1677;  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1658; 
was  often  called  upon  to  witness  and  draft 
wills,  make  inventories  and  settle  estates.  His 
will,  dated  November  ig,  1681,  proved  June 
16,  1691,  bequeathed  to  wife  Mary,  sons  John. 
Stephen,  Simon.  Nathaniel  and  Jonathan,  and 
granddaughters  Sarah  and  Mary  Mixer.  His 
inventory  amounted  to  237  pounds  seven  shil- 
lings. Grace,  widow  of  Roger  Porter,  in  her 
will  calls  Coolidge  her  brother.  His  homestall 
in  1642  was  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  Cam- 
bridge line,  west  by  land  of  William  Paine, 
east  by  land  of  David  Fiske,  and  south  by  the 
highway  to  the  pond.  In  1673  he  bought  the 
homestead  of  Fiske  of  his  son,  David  Fiske 
Jr.  He  died  at  Watertown,  May  7,  1691,  aged 
eighty-eight,  according  to  town  records.  His 
widow  Mary  died  August  22,  1691,  aged  eigh- 
ty-eight. Their  gravestones  are  yet  standing 
in  Watertown.  Children:  i.  John,  probably 
born  in  England.  2.  Elizabeth  (?),  married 
June,  1656,  Gilbert  Crackbone.  3.  Mary,  born 
October  14,  1637:  married,  September  ig, 
1655,  Isaac  Mixer  Jr.  4.  Stephen,  born  Oc- 
tober 28,  1639:  wife  Rebecca  died  April  15, 
1702:  he  died  1771,  without  issue.  5.  Simon, 
born  1632;  mentioned  below.  6.  Obadiah, 
horn  April  18,  1642 :  died  1663  unmarried.  7. 
Nathaniel,  died  171 1.  8.  Jonathan,  born 
March  10,  1646-7:  (see  sketch). 

(\Tn)  Simon,  son  of  John  (3)  Coolidge, 
was  born  in  Watertown,  in  1632,  and  died  in 
1693.  He  married  (first)  Hannah  Barron, 
who  died  July  14.  1680,  daughter  of  Ellis  and 


Hannah  (Hawkins)  Barron;  (second)  Janu- 
ary 19,  1681-2,  Priscilla  Rogers,  who  died 
1694.  Children:  i.  Alary,  born  December 
II,  1660;  married,  July  21,  1681,  Nathaniel 
Bright.  2.  Obadiah,  born  and  died  July,. 
1663.  3.  Obadiah,  born  1664;  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Joseph,  born  May  31,  1666;  died  De- 
cember 17,  1737.  5.  Hannah,  born  Decem- 
ber 7,  1671  ;  married,  November  3,  1693, 
Daniel  Smith ;  (second)  Deacon  Nathan 
Fiske.  6.  Stephen,  born  June  i,  1674.  7. 
Lydia,  born  and  died  1676-7.  8.  Sarah,  mar- 
ried, July  10,  1701,  Samuel  Hastings;  died 
1724.^ 

(IN)  Obadiah,  son  of  Simon  Coolidge„ 
was  born  in  Watertown,  in  1664.  He  mar- 
ried, February  28,  1686-7,  Elizabeth  Rouse,, 
of  Hartford.  He  settled  in  Sudbury,  and  re- 
turned to  Watertown  about  1694.  His  will 
was  dated  February  18  and  proved  June  19,. 
1706.  His  widow  married  (second)  February 
16,  1714,  John  Cunningham.  Children:  i. 
Elizabeth,  married,  December  5,  171 1,  John 
Sawin.  2.  Joseph,  died  August  15,  1721.  3. 
Hannah,  married,  April  29,  1714,  Daniel 
Bond.  4.  Obadiah,  born  in  Watertown,  Au- 
gust 27,  1694;  see  sketch.  5.  Sarah,  born 
April  8,  i6g6:  married,  June  4,  1730,  Samuel 
Furbush.  6.  Abigail,  born  August  17,  1698;. 
married  Joshua  Grant  (?).  7.  Mary,  married,, 
September  20,  1733,  John  Mead.  8.  Lydia, 
l.)orn  February  5,  1701-2.  9.  Simon,  born 
June  12,  1704;  mentioned  below.  10.  Ste- 
phen, born  November  2,  1705;  died  young. 

(X)  Simon  (2),  son  of  Obadiah  Coolidge,. 
was  born  in  Watertown,  June  12,  1704.  He 
was  a  bricklayer  and  mason  by  trade.  He 
married,  January  9,  1725,  Abia,  born  Febru- 
ary 4.  1706,  daughter  of  John  and  Hannah 
(Stratton)  Sanderson.  Children:  i.  Joseph,, 
born  June  18,  1730;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Lydia,  born  December  31,  1731.  3.  Lois, 
born  November  9,  1733;  married,  October 
14,  1765,  Samuel  Brown.  4.  Anne,  born  No- 
vember 20,  1736:  married,  December  18,  1756, 
Thomas  Rand.  5.  Sarah,  born  August  11, 
1738:  married,  June  12,  1759,  Simon  Has- 
tings. 6.  Eunice,  born  March  10,  1739-40. 
7.  Simon,  born  December  29,  1741 ;  married,. 
Decemlier  25,  1764,  Mary  Jennison.  8.  Me- 
hitabel,  born  February  7,  1747.  9.  Mercy, 
June  9,  1749. 

(XI)  Joseph,  son  of  Simon  (2)  Coolidge, 
was  born  June  18.  1730.  and  was  killed  in  the 
battle  of  Lexin.gton,  April  19,  1775.  He  mar- 
ried. September  II,  1753,  Eunice  Stratton, 
born   December  27,  1727,  daughter  of  John 


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and  Abigail  Stratton,  of  Watertown.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mercy,  born  August  10,  1754;  mar- 
ried, 1795,  Richard  Merrit.  2.  Elizabeth, 
born  January  15,  1757;  married,  January  16, 
1785,  Justin  Bliss.  3.  Joshua,  born  Septem- 
ber II,  1759;  mentioned  below.  4.  Joseph, 
born  February  25,  1791.  5.  Eunice,  baptized 
October  2;^,  1763;  married,  June  26,  1783, 
Newton  Ba.xter.  6.  Lucy,  baptized  August 
10,  1766.    7.  John,  baptized  April  16,  1769. 

(XII)  Joshua,  son  of  Joseph  Coolidge,  was 
born  September  11,  1759,  in  Watertown.  He 
was  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain  John  Wal- 
ton's company,  Colonel  Eleazer  Brook's  regi- 
ment, 1776,  also  January  12  to  Februarj-  3, 
1778,  guarding  troops  of  convention.  He 
married,  December  11,  1783,  Jemima  Nor- 
cross,  born  May  11,  1766,  died  August  18, 
1849,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth 
(Child)  Norcross.  Children:  i.  Betsey, 
born  June  14,  1784;  married  William  Stone. 
2.  Joshua,  born  September  i,  1785.  3.  Josiah, 
born  April  5,  1787.  4.  David,  born  March  23, 
1789;  mentioned  below.  5.  Jesse,  born  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1791.  6.  John,  married  Miss  Bond, 
and  their  descendants  are  living  in  Watertown, 
Massachusetts;  Sarah,  married  Joshua  Stone; 
Ann,  married  John  Dana,  of  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  had  a  son,  Charles,  an  artist ; 
George  Coolidge,  of  Watertown,  had  a  daugh- 
ter, Ellen,  who  married  Mr.  Pratt,  of  Walker 
&  Pratt,  stove  manufacturers  of  Watertown, 
Massachusetts. 

(XIII)  David,  son  of  Joshua  Coolidge,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  March  23,  1789,  and  died 
November  28,  1876.  He  settled  first  in  Rox- 
bury,  and  then  in  Brookline,  where  he  bought 
a  large  tract  of  land  which  he  devoted  prin- 
cipally to  gardening  purpose,  raising  early 
vegetables  and  fruits.  He  married,  May  i, 
1814,  Susan  Griggs,  born  September  2,  1793, 
died  May  30,  1886,  daughter  of  Joshua  Griggs, 
of  Brookline.  Children:  i.  Susan,  born  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1815:  married,  April  5,  1838,  Isaac 
Dearborn.  2.  David  Sullivan,  born  July  10, 
1816:  mentioned  below.  3.  Charles,  March  4, 
1818.  4.  James  Winchell,  July  23,  1826.  5. 
Francis  Henry,  August  6.  1828.  6.  Stephen 
Griggs.  1832.  7.  William  Dexter,  December 
16,  1834.     8.  George  Henry.  May  8.  1837. 

(XI"V)  David  Sullivan,  son  of  David 
Coolidge,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  July  10.  i8t6, 
and  died  October  24,  1887.  He  removed  when 
young  with  his  parents  to  Brookline,  where 
he  was  reared  and  educated.  He  bought  land 
of  his  father  and  built  a  house,  in  which  he 
lived  after  his  marriage  and  until  his  death, 

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for  forty-six  years,  and  carried  on  general 
husbandry  until  his' death.  He  was  identified 
with  the  Whigs  in  his  early  manhood,  but 
later  was  an  earnest  supporter  of  the  Republi- 
can party.  He  was  quite  influential  in  local 
affairs,  and  served  a  number  of  years  as  se- 
lectman. He  built  and  kept  a  grocery  store  at 
Brookline,  at  what  is  now  known  at  Coolidge 
Corner,  corner  of  Beacon  and  Harvard  streets. 
His  brother,  William  D.  Coolidge,  was  asso- 
ciated with  him  in  the  store  for  many  years. 
He  married,  January  6,  1841,  Caroline  Griggs, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas  and  Harriet 
(Fuller)  Griggs  of  Brookline.  Both  were 
members  of  the  Baptist  church.  Children:  i. 
Henry  Sullivan,  born  January  6,  1842;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Walter  G.,  born  February 
2;^,  1844;  married  November,  1872,  Georgette 
Robinson,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York ;  resides  in 
Chicago;  children:  i.  Winthrop,  married 
Mary  Knowlton  of  Freeport,  Illinois,  and  had 
\\'inthrop  Knowlton  and  Dexter  K. ;  ii.  Con- 
stance ;  iii.  Helen,  iv.  Louise,  v.  Hazel.  3. 
Harriet  M.,  born  February  20,  1847,  died 
April  19,  1902.  4.  Ellen  G.,  born  February  9, 
1850. 

(X\')  Henry  Sullivan,  son  of  David  Sulli- 
van Coolidge,  was  born  at  Brookline,  January 
fi.  1842.  Lie  received  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town,  graduating  at 
the  high  school.  He  engaged  in  the  produce 
business  in  Boston,  which  he  continued  suc- 
cessfully until  after  the  death  of  his  father. 
.Since  that  time  his  entire  attention  has  been 
devoted  to  the  care  of  his  real  estate  interests 
in  Brookline.  He  has  built  and  sold  a  large 
number  of  houses,  his  transactions  in  this  line 
being  quite  extensive,  and  he  is  considered  one 
of  the  most  enterprising  and  progressive  citi- 
zens of  the  town.  He  is  a  sound  Republican 
in  politics,  and  he  and  his  family  are  attend- 
ants of  the  Baptist  church.  He  married  June 
13,  1872,  Harriet  Russell,  born  July  23,  1844, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Louisa  Russell,  of 
Watertown.  Her  father  was  a  well-known  ice- 
dealer  of  that  place.  Qiildren:  i.  Linda  G., 
born  August  13,  1875;  married  March  27, 
iqoi,  Louis  Hood,  of  Seneca  Falls,  New  York, 
and  died  August  30,  1901.  2.  Russell,  born 
September  25,  1881  :  resides  at  home. 

(The  Griggs  Line). 

Thomas  Griggs,  immigrant  ancestor,  born 
in  England,  and  was  a  householder  in  Ro.x- 
bury.  ^lassachusetts,  in  1636.  His  first  wife, 
!\Iary,  was  buried  November  29,  1639,  and  he 
married    (second)     August    26,    1640,    Mary 


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Green.  She  married  (second)  Jasper  Rawl- 
ings.  He  had  an  allottment  of  land  at  jNIuddy 
River  (Brookhne).  He  died  after  a  Hngering 
sickness,  May  23,  1646,  and  the  inventory  of 
his  estate  was  taken  May  25,  1646.  Children : 
Daughter,  born  1633,  died  1645  ;  John  ;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Griggs,  was 
born  in  England,  about  1625,  and  came  to  New 
England  with  his  father.  He  settled  at  Muddy 
River,  having  sold  his  Roxbury  property   in 

1652.  He  resided  in  what  was  known  as  Rox- 
bury District,  or  Punch  Bowl  Village.  He  be- 
came a  member  of  the  Roxbury  church  June 
20,  1653 :  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  18, 
1653;  was  deputy  to  general  court  1681,  and 
selectman  of  Roxbury,  1677-80-83-87-88.  As 
a  member  of  that  board  he  was  active  in  pro- 
curing a  grant  of  land  from  the  legislature  to 
establish  the  town  of  New  Roxbury,  now 
Woodstock,  Connecticut.  He  served  on  the 
grand  jury  in  1689.  Previous  to  1739  he  was 
joint  owner  in  a  grist  mill,  and  sold  to  Joseph 
Belknap,  who' proceeded  to  use  the  water  priv- 
ilege in  such  a  manner  as  to  damage  the  citi- 
zens of  Brookline  and  Roxbury  in  neglecting 
to  do  as  much  grinding  as  was  necessary  for 
home  consumption.  Accordingly,  application 
was  made  to  the  selectmen  for  relief,  which 
was  arranged.  Mr.  Griggs  enjoyed  the  con- 
fidence and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens 
throughout  a  long  and  useful  life.  He  died 
February  10,  1714-5,  aged  ninety  years.  He 
married    (first)    Mary   Crafts,   died   June   30, 

1653,  daughter  of  Grififin  Crafts,  of  Roxbury ; 
(second)  November  8,  1654,  Hannah  Davis, 
died  January  9,  1683,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Anna  Davis.  Children,  all  by  second  wife:  i. 
Samuel,  born  1656 ;  died  1657.  2.  Mary,  born 
1657 ;  died  young.  3.  Hannah,  born  1659.  4. 
Joseph,  born  1661.  5.  Benjamin,  born  1668; 
removed  to  Connecticut.  6.  Joanna,  born 
1672.  7.  Ichabod,  born  September  27,  1675 ; 
mentioned  below.    8.  Mary,  born  1682. 

(HI)  Ichabod,  son  of  Joseph  Griggs,  was 
born  September  27,  1675,  and  was  a  farmer. 

He  married  Margaret  .     Children:   i. 

Hannah,  born  1702.  2.  Samuel,  1704.  3. 
Elizabeth,  1705.  4.  Joseph,  1708.  5.  Esther, 
1710.  6.  Sarah,  1712.  7.  Nathan,  1714.  8. 
Thomas,  17 15-6;  mentioned  below.  9.  Icha- 
bod, 1718. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Ichabod  Griggs, 
was  born  February  25,  171 5-16,  and  died  July 
7,  1782.  He  settled  in  the  lower  parish  of 
Roxbury,  now  a  part  of  Brookline.  He  was 
a  cordwainer,  and  worked  for  many  years  at 


his  trade  in  what  is  known  as  the  Downer 
House,  which  he  built.  He  afterwards  sold 
the  estate  and  bought  the  one  later  owned  by 
Deacon  David  Coolidge,  on  Harvard  street. 
He  married,  September  i,  1743,  Margaret 
Williams,  of  Roxbury.  .Children:  i.  Sarah, 
born  1744;  died  young.  2.  Elizabeth,  born 
1745.  3.  Moses,  1747;  settled  in  Brighton. 
4.  Thomas,  1750;  settled  in  Sutton.  5.  Sam- 
uel, 1753;  mentioned  below.  6.  John,  1756. 
7.  Joseph,  1760.  8.  Joshua,  1763.  9.  Sarah, 
1765.     10.  Nathaniel,  1770. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Griggs, 
was  born  December  23,  1753,  died  January 
16,  1 8 14.  He  settled  on  the  homestead,  which 
was  purchased  from  Captain  John  Winches- 
ter, and  which  is  still  owned  and  occupied  by 
a  descendant.  He  married,  December  7,  1780, 
Beulah  Hammond,  who  died  August  21, 
1847,  aged  ninety,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Lucy  (Jones)  Hammond  of  Newton.  She  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Baptist  denom- 
ination of  Brookline.  Children:  i.  Joseph, 
born  1781  ;  married  Sarah  Fuller,  of  Need- 
ham,  January  12,  1827,  and  had  a  daughter, 
Emeline,  who  married  Edward  Wilson  and 
resides  in  Brookline.  2.  Samuel,  born  July 
18,  1784;  married  (first)  Caroline  Bacon; 
(second)  Abigail  Sawin.  3.  William  Jones, 
born  March  19,  1786;  died  October  24,  1804. 
4.  Thomas,  born  April  5,  1788;  mentioned 
below.  5.  Susan,  born  January  29,  1790; 
died  November,  1874 ;  married  (first)  Deacon 
Aaron  Hayden,  of  Eastport,  Maine ;  (second) 
Ephraim  Jackson,  of  Newton.  6.  Lucy,  born 
August  10,  1792 ;  died  April  20,  1883  ;  mar- 
ried David  R.  Griggs.  7.  John,  born  Decem- 
ber 30,  1794;  married  November  23,  1820, 
Sarah  Davies  Williams.  8.  Stephen,  born 
1796;  married  Caroline  Fish,  and  was  drown- 
ed at  Rockport,  Massachusetts,  August  16, 
1850.  9.  Margaret  Williams,  born  November 
29,  1800;  married  Henry  Wood  of  Boston. 
She  died  December  24,  1887;  had  a  daughter 
Elizabeth,  who  married  James  A.  Penfield 
(see   Penfield). 

(VI)  Deacon  Thomas  (3).  son  of  Samuel 
(2)  Griggs,  was  born  April  5,  1788,  and  died 
September  20,  1886.  He  inherited  a  part  of 
the  homestead  of  his  father,  which  consisted 
of  about  forty  acres  of  land  extending  from 
Harvard  street  to  the  top  of  Corey  Hill,  and 
bought  the  interests  of  the  other  heirs.  At 
one  time  he  was  the  owner  of  over  a  hundred 
acres,  including  the  land  extending  from  his 
residence  to  Coolidge's  store.  At  the  time  of 
his  ownership  of  Corey  Hill  the  north  side 


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was  covered  with  a  large  growth  of  cedar 
trees,  which  he  removed  and  prepared  the 
land  for  cultivation.  He  also  cleared  the 
land  in  the  rear  of  his  house  on  Washington 
street  from  Park  street  to  land  of  Deacon 
John  Robinson.  In  1834  he  built  the  house 
on  Washington  street,  where  his  son,  Dea- 
con Thomas  B.  Griggs,  afterward  resided, 
where  he  lived  for  twelve  years,  and  then  re- 
moved to  present  house  on  Washington 
street,  which  he  built  and  where  he  resided 
until  his  death.  The  land  on  which  it  was 
built  consisted  of  alders,  barberry  bushes, 
and  every  other  kind  of  swamp  bushes,  and 
is  now  the  most  fertile  land  in  Brookline. 

Deacon  Griggs  was  a  prominent  man  in 
town  affairs.  He  was  selectman,  assessor, 
overseer  of  the  poor,  representative  to  the 
general  court.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig,  later 
a  Republican,  always  firm  and  unwavering  in 
his  public  duty.  He  often  served  as  modera- 
tor of  town  meetings.  In  1810  he  commenced 
attending  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Newton, 
when  Rev.  Joseph  Grafton  was  pastor,  and  was 
baptized  and  united  with  this  church  in  De- 
cember, 1817.  During  that  month  he  with 
twenty-two  others,  removed  their  church  re- 
lation to  Cambridgeport  for  the  purpose  of 
constituting  a  Baptist  church  in  that  place.  He 
remained  there  under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
Bela  Jacobs  for  four  years.  In  March,  1821, 
with  others,  he  helped  to  constitute  the  First 
Baptist  Church  in  Ro.xbury,  uniting  with  the 
Boston  Baptist  Association.  Here  he  was  ap- 
pointed deacon,  and  remained  with  them  seven 
years.  In  1828,  with  three  others,  feeling  de- 
sirous of  having  a  church  nearer  home,  he 
took  measures  to  introduce  a  Baptist  church 
in  Brookline.  He  was  one  of  the  first  deacons 
of  the  church  thus  formed,  and  continued  in 
that  office  until  his  death,  an  honest  and 
worthy  church  officer.  His  whole  course  of 
life  was  one  of  deep  religious  principle,  firmly 
implanted  within  him,  of  doing  good.  One 
proof  of  his  sincerity  was  the  sacrifice  made 
by  him  in  riding  six  or  more  miles  to  attend 
church,  and  assisting  to  organize  others  that 
they  might  also  receive  the  benefits  of  a  church 
home. 

During  the  war  of  1812,  Mr.  Griggs  acted 
as  ensign  and  commanded  a  company  at  Fort 
Independence,  Boston  Harbor,  doing  good 
service.  Deacon  Griggs  was  ever  a  valued 
friend  and  neighbor.  He  early  acquired  habits 
of  industry,  was  earnest  and  honest,  calm  and 
deliberate  in  all  matters  of  judgement,  of  a 
quiet  and  retiring  disposition,  unassuming  in 


his  deportment,  never  desiring  to  be  con- 
spicuous. His  disposition  was  always  cheer- 
ful. In  his  later  years  his  health  was  remark- 
ably good,  and  his  memory  did  not  fail  him. 
He  was  financially  successful,  promptly  meet- 
ing all  his  obligations.  Although  for  fifty  years 
he  was  troubled  more  or  less  with  rheumatism, 
he  never  failed  in  his  church  attendance,  and 
at  the  age  of  ninety-six  drove  his  own  horse 
regularly  to  church.  He  died  September  20, 
1886.  Deacon  Thomas  Griggs  married  Febru- 
ary 9,  1819,  Harriet  Fuller,  who  died  August 
13,  1867,  aged  seventy  years,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Mary  (Broad)  Fuller,  of  Need- 
ham.  She  was  the  eldest  of  six  children,  and 
died  first,  the  others  dying  in  the  order  of  their 
birth.     Children  of  Deacon  Thomas  Griggs : 

1.  Caroline,  born  January  27,  1820,  died 
September  18,  1905,  married  January  6,  1841, 
David  Sufiivan  Coolidge  {  see  Coolidge ) . 

2.  William  Jones  Griggs,  born  June  6,  1821 ; 
died  May  5,  190(3 ;  married,  January  14,  1864, 
Mary  Eaton  Gipson,  of  Boston ;  children :  i. 
Mary  Ellen,  born  May  5,  1866,  married  Dr. 
Scott  Dow ;  ii.  Sarah  Louisa,  born  March  18, 
1868,  married  Charles  H.  Dyer;  iii.  Lucy 
Anna,  born  January  13,  1870,  married  Dr. 
Everett  M.  Bowker  (see  Bowker)  ;  iv.  Walter 
Allan,  born  February  25,  1871. 

3.  Alary  Jane,  born  September  18.  1822; 
married,  August  10,  1847,  Hezekiah  Shailer, 
of  Haddam,  Connecticut,  whose  birth  occurred 
there.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Brown  Univer- 
sity. He  conducted  a  preparatory  school  for 
boys  in  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  for  five 
years,  after  which  he  went  to  New  York  and 
formed  a  partnership  with  a  Mr.  Colby,  a 
bookseller.  Later  the  firm  sold  out  and  it  be- 
came Sheldon,  Lombard  &  Company,  changing 
to  Sheldon,  Blackman  &  Company,  and  sub- 
sequently to  Sheldon  &  Company,  school  book 
publishers,  of  New  York.  Mr.  Shailer  was 
connected  with  these  firms  until  his  death.  July 
6,  1878.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shailer: 
i.  Emma  Jane,  born  August  13,  1848,  died  in 
New  York,  May  11,  1864;  ii.  William  Griggs, 
born  August  24,  1850;  married  Mary  Virginia 
Shailer,  daughter  of  General  Alexander  Shail- 
er, of  New  York,  and  they  have  two  children : 
Sumner  Shailer,  a  physician  of  Newark,  New 
Jersey,  and  Alarion  Shailer.  married  a  Mr. 
Barton,  a  lawyer  of  Brooklyn,  New  York;  iii. 
Cora  Louise,  born  August  3,  1862;  married 
Charles  H.  Dow,  of  Brookline,  and  they  have 
two  children :  Margaret  and  H.  Shailer  Dow. 

4.  Ellen  Griggs,  born  May  5,  1824;  died 
March  27,  1904;  married  February  22,  1853, 


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Charles  Jewett  Saxe,  of  Highgate,  Vermont ; 
children:  i.  Charles  Jewett  Saxe,  born  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1855,  died  July  11,  1862;  ii.  William 
Arthur  Saxe,  born  Alay  3,  1857 ;  iii.  Thomas 
Edward  Saxe,  born  July  6,  i860;  iv.  John 
Walter  Saxe  (twinj,  born  December  2,  1863 ; 
V.  James  Alfred  Saxe  (twin),  born  December 
2,  1863;  vi.  Mary  Ellen  Saxe,  born  Decem- 
ber 17,  1865;  died  May  11,  1903. 

5.  Thomas  Baldwin  Griggs,  born  May  i, 
1826;  married  (first)  December  11,  1851, 
Ann  Elizabeth  Stearns ;  children :  i.  Annie 
Beulah,  born  July  27,  1853 ;  died  October 
14,  1898;  ii.  Margaret  Wood,  born  May  15, 
1855 :  married  Harry  W.  Waite,  of  Brook- 
line ;  iii.  Sarah  Louise,  born  March  22,  1861, 
died  August  31,  1867;  iv.  Thomas,  born 
December  13,  1863;  married  ;  v.  Har- 
riet Fuller,  born  November  21,  1867.  Thomas 
Baldwin  Griggs  married  second,  October, 
1892,  Mrs.  Susan  \^ining  Eldredge. 

6.  Amanda,  born  May  26,  1828:  died  June 
10,  1881 ;  married  August  30,  1858,  Hezekiah 
Smith  Chase,  of  Boston,  died  March,  1892. 
Children:  i.  Hezekiah  G.  Chase,  born  June  11, 
1861 ;  married  Nina  Dempsey  of  Boston ;  he 
resides  in  Santa  Barbara,  California:  ii. 
Marion  Chase,  born  March  2,  1869 ;  married, 
June,  1893,  William  Paulton,  of  Sioux  Falls, 
North  Dakota. 

7.  Francis  Henry  Griggs,  born  November 
14,  1834;  married  October  8,  1861,  Candace 
Watson ;  children :  i.  Elizabeth  Hasselman, 
born  April  22,  1866,  married  Rev.  Mr.  Judy 
of  Davenport,  Iowa,  where  they  reside  ;  ii. 
Thomas  XA'atson,  born  February  14,  1875; 
resides  in  Davenport,  Iowa. 


(For  early  generations  see  Thomas  Colynge  1). 

(VIII)  Jonathan,  son  of 
COOLIDGE     John     (3)     Coolidge,     was 

horn  in  Watertown,  March 
ID,  1646-7.  He  married,  December  3,  1679, 
Martha  Rice,  born  January  14,  1662,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Mercy  (King)  Rice,  of  Sud- 
bury, granddaughter  of  Edmund,  the  immi- 
grant. She  died  December  25,  1695.  His 
will,  dated  February  12,  1723-4,  proved 
March  16,  1723-4,  bequeathed  to  sons  Jona- 
than and  John,  daughter  Martha  and  grand- 
daughter Martha  Spooner.  Children:  i. 
IMartha,  born  at  Watertown,  June  6,  1683 ; 
died  unmarried,  1753.  2.  Rebecca,  born  April 
20,  1685;  married  Peter  Spooner.  3.  Mary, 
born  April  16,  1687.  4.  Jonathan,  born  Janu- 
ary 19,  1688-9:  married,  August  15,  171 5,  Ruth 
Holland.     5.  John,  born  February  4.   1690-1 ; 


mentioned  below.  6.  Josiah,  born  August  11, 
1695 ;  died  1699.  7.  Joseph,  baptized  1698 ; 
soldier  in  French  War;  died  unmarried,  1724. 

(IX)  John  (3),  son  of  Jonathan  Coolidge, 
was  born  in  Watertown,  February  4,  i6_)0-9i. 
He  settled  in  Boston,  where  he  married,  April 
14,  1713,  Hannah  Ingram.  Children,  born  in 
Boston:  i.  John,  married  in  Boston,  October 
12,  1736,  Margaret  Storer.  2.  Benjamin.  3. 
Joseph,  mentioned  below.  4.  Hannah,  married 

Burt.       5.  Martha,    married    — — — 

Pool.  6.  Sarah,  born  March  30,  1727.  7. 
Mary,  born  March  6,  1728-29;  died  young.  8. 
William,  born  January  5,  1730-31  ;  died  young. 
9.  Jonathan,  born  February  18,  1732-33;  died 
young.  10.  Mary,  born  November  13,  1734. 
II.  Lydia,  born  November  27,  1753;  died 
young.       12.  Lydia,  born  October  3,  1737. 

(X)  Joseph,  son  of  John  (3)  Coolidge,  was 
born  February  10,  1718-19,  and  married,  No- 
vember 18,  1746,  Marguerite  Olivier,  born  in 
Annapolis,  Nova  Scotia,  November  8,  1726, 
daughter  of  Antoine  Olivier,  a  French  Hugue- 
not. Her  father  moved  from  Boston  to  Nova 
Scotia,  but  after  a  few  years  returned.  Jo- 
seph Coolidge  died  September  14,  1771,  and 
his  widow,  then  of  Lancaster,  late  of  Boston, 
married,  December  9,  1775,  Captain  Israel 
Jennison,  of  Worcester.  She  married  (third) 
Dr.  Joseph  Wheeler,  of  Worcester,  and  she 
died  December  25,  18 16,  aged  ninety  years. 
Children,  born  in  Boston:  i.  Joseph,  1747; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Margaret ;  died  young. 
3.  John,  married.  May  20,  1772,  Lydia  Dawes, 
who  died  July  22,  1815 ;  he  died  June  2,  1796; 
they  have  many  descendants.  4.  Benjamin, 
born  1752,  merchant,  of  Boston;  died  in  Wo- 
burn,  1819;  married  Mary  Carter  Brewster. 
5.  Margaret,  married  Jacob  Sweetser  of  Lan- 
caster. 6.  Mary,  married  Zechariah  Hicks,  of 
Boston.  7.  Anna.  8.  William,  born  1750; 
died  September  17,  1752. 

(XI)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
Coolidge  was  born  in  1747,  in  Boston.  He 
was  active  in  the  Sons  of  Liberty,  and  took 
part  in  the  famous  Boston  Tea  Party.  He 
signed  a  petition  that  was  acted  upon  by  the 
council  in  December,  1776,  for  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  Boston  Independent  Corps.  Later 
his  name  appears  on  the  list  of  those  subscrib- 
ing to  the  regulations  for  the  formation  of  this 
independent  company  to  be  raised  in  Boston. 
The  officers  of  the  company  were  commis- 
sioned December  7,  1776,  Major  General  John 
Hancock  being  in  command.  Colonel  Henry 
Jackson  having  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel. 
When  the  company  was  called  into  service  in 


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the  Rhode  Island  campaign,  Coolidge  was  ser- 
geant ;  the  company  was  in  the  service  from 
April  17,  to  May  5,  1777.  Joseph  Coolidge 
was  an  eminent  merchant.  He  died  October 
6,  1820,  aged  seventy- four  years.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  June,  1772,  Elizabeth  Boyer,  by 
whom  he  had  seven  children;  (second)  April 

2,  1788,  Catharine,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  and 
had  one  child.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born 
March  15,  1773;  mentioned  below.  2.  Daniel, 
died  in  London,  1801,  aged  twenty-eight  years. 

3.  Elizabeth,  died  young.  4.  John,  died 
young.  5.  Ann,  died  young.  6.  Charles,  died 
September  14,  1821 ;  married  Mehitable  Tem- 
pleman,  of  Georgetown,  D.  C.  7.  George,  died 
young.    8.  Edward,  died  young. 

(XII)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Cool- 
idge, was  born  in  Boston,  March  15,  1773; 
■died  November  15,  1840.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1796,  Elizabeth  Bulfinch,  born  June 
29,  1777,  daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  Bulfinch  Jr., 
and  granddaughter  of  Adino  Bulfinch,  of  Bos- 
ton. Her  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Charles 
Ward  and  Griselda  (Eastwick)  Apthorp.  The 
maiden  name  of  Charles  \\\  Apthorp's  mother 
was  Susan  Ward,  of  the  family  of  Lord  Ward, 
of  Bexley,  England.  The  maiden  name  of  his 
wife's  mother  was  Griselda  Lloyd.  Children, 
born  in  Boston:  I.  Elizabeth,  1797;  died  Jan- 
iiary  27,  1880;  married  Tasker  H.  Sweet,  Esq., 
of  Boston  ;  children  :  i.  Elizabeth  Little  Sweet, 
married,  March  31,  1846,  Horace  Binney  Sar- 
gent ;  children :  Horace  Binney  Sargent,  Lu- 
cius Manlius  Sargent,  Elizabeth  Hazzard  Sar- 
gent, married  B.  H.  McCalla ;  ii.  Joseph  Cool- 
idge Sweet,  altered  legally  to  Joseph  Sweet 
Coolidge:  married,  November  7,  1851,  Mary 
Louise  Coolidge ;  iii.  William  Bourne  Sweet ; 
married  Susan  Heard  Winthrop.  2.  Joseph, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Thomas  Bulfinch,  grad- 
uated at  Harvard,  1819:  died  ^lay  3,  1850: 
married  Susan  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robert 
H.  and  Eliza  Goldsborough.  of  Myrtle  Grove, 
East  Shore,  Maryland  ;  no  issue.  4.  Susan  A., 
died  young  young.  5.  Susan  Bulfinch,  born 
March  6,  1812,  died  December  23,  1896:  mar- 
ried, April  27,  1841,  Joseph  Lyman,  of  North- 
ampton ;  no  issue.  6.  Anna,  died  young.  7. 
Anna  S.,  born  August  3,  1819,  died  July  13, 
1881 :  married  Colonel  W.  E.  Prince. 

(XIII)  Joseph  (4),  son  of  Joseph  (3) 
Coolidge,  was  born  in  Boston,  October  30, 
1798,  died  December  15,  1881.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  at  Harvard 
College  where  he  was  graduated  in  1817.  He 
was  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Boston, 
and  a  prosperous  shipping  merchant,  transact- 


ing business  with  foreign  countries,  principally 
with  China.  He  accumulated  a  fortune 
through  great  industry,  shrewdness  and  enter- 
prise. He  married,  May  27,  1825,  Eleanora 
Wayles  Randolph,  born  October  30,  1796,  died 
April  30,  1896,  daughter  of  Thomas  Mann  and 
Martha  (Jefferson )  Randolph,  and  grand- 
daughter of  President  Thomas  Jeft'erson  of 
Monticello,  X'irginia.  Children:  i.  Ellen  Ran- 
dolph, born  March  30,  1826,  died  May  9,  1894; 
married,  January  24.  1855,  Edmund  Hight.  2. 
Elizabeth  Bulfinch,  horn  1827,  died  June  9,  a 
child.  3.  Joseph  Randolph,  born  December 
29,  1828;  see  forward.  4.  Algeron  Sidney 
(twin)  born  .\ugust  22,  1830;  see  forward.  5. 
Philip  Sidney  (twin),  born  August  22,  1830; 
died  September  19,  1863.  6.  Thomas  Jeffer- 
son, born  August  26,  1831  :  mentioned  below. 

(XIV)  Joseph  Randolph,  eldest  son  of  Jo- 
seph (4)  Coolidge,  was  born  in  Boston,  De- 
cember 29,  1828,  and  was  taken  abroad  in  his 
early  youth  and  educated  in  schools  in  Swit- 
zerland and  Germany,  among  others  the  Royal 
Saxon  Militar}-  Institute.  After  preparing  in 
Paris  for  admission  to  the  Ecole  Polytech- 
nique,  he  returned  to  this  country  and  entered 
the  Lawrence  Scientific  School  at  Harvard, 
where  he  studied  for  two  years,  being  one  of 
its  first  pupils.  He  began  active  work  as  a 
civil  engineer,  and  was  employed  in  the  laying 
out  of  railroads  in  the  south,  among  others  the 
Baltimore  &  Ohio  and  Richmond  &  Danville 
roads.  After  three  years  of  engineering  he  re- 
turned to  Boston  and  entered  the  Harvard 
Law  School,  graduating  therefrom  in  1854.  He 
practiced  law  in  Boston  for  a  number  of  years, 
at  first  in  partnership  with  the  late  George  O. 
Shattuck,  then  with  the  late  Judge  Scudder, 
and  afterwards  independently,  retiring  from 
active  professional  work  in  1884. 

On  the  death  of  his  father,  Mr.  Coolidge 
and  his  brothers  presented  to  the  L^nited  States 
government  the  desk  upon  which  their  great- 
grandfather wrote  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence. The  presentation  was  made  by 
Hon.  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  and  the  desk  is 
now  in  the  safekeeping  of  the  State  Depart- 
ment at  Washington.  The  desk  bears  the  fol- 
lowing inscription,  which  Jefferson  himself 
wrote :  "Thomas  Jefferson  gives  this  writing 
desk  to  Joseph  Coolidge  Jr.  as  a  memorial  of 
effection.  It  was  made  from  a  drawing  of  his 
own  by  Benjamin  Randall,  cabinetmaker  of 
Philadelphia,  with  whom  he  lodged  on  his  ar- 
rival in  that  city  in  May,  1776,  and  is  the  iden- 
tical one  on  which  he  wrote  the  Declaration  of 
Independence.     Politics  as  well  as  religion  has 


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its  superstitions.  These  gaining  strengtli  with 
time,  may  one  day  give  imaginary  value  to  this 
relic  for' its  association  with  the  birth  of  the 
Great  Charter  of  our  Independence." 

J.    Randolph    Coolidge   married,    December 
18,    1880,    Julia    Gardner,    daughter    of    John 
Lowell   Gardner,   a   leading   East    India   mer- 
chant of  Boston,  and  Catherine  Elizabeth  Pea- 
body,  daughter  of  Joseph  Peabody,  of  Salem, 
who  was  also  very  prominent  in  the  East  In- 
dia   trade.      Their    children    are:      i.  Joseph 
Randolph   Coolidge  Jr.,  born   May   17,   1862; 
graduated  from  Harvard  College,  1883  ;  he  is  a 
practicing  architect  in   Boston.     He  married, 
in  1886,  Alary  Hamilton,  of  Boston.     2.  John 
Gardner  Coolidge,  born  July  4,   1863:  gradu- 
ated from  Harvard  College,  1884.     He  served 
as  vice  consul  of  the  United   States  in  Pre- 
toria during  the  Boer  war:  first  secretary  to 
United  States  Legation  in  Pekin,   1902-1907; 
first  secretary  to  U.   S.  Embassy  in  Mexico, 
1907-1908;   L'nited   States   Minister   to   Nica- 
ragua in   1908.     3.  Archibald  Cary  Coolidge, 
born    March   6,    1886;   graduated    from   Har- 
vard   College,     1887;    received    Ph.D.     from 
Freiburg    University    in    Baden.      Appointed 
professor  of  history   in  Harvard  L'niversity, 
1906,  and  gave  the  course  of  Harvard  lectures 
at  the  Sorbonne  in  Paris  in  1907.     Published 
in    1908,    "The    United    States    as    a    World 
Power."     4.  Harold  Jefferson  Coolidge,  born 
January   22,    1870,   graduated    from    Harvard 
College,  1892,  and  from  Harvard  Law  School, 
1896.     He  is  practicing  law  in  Boston.     He 
married,    1903,   Edith  Lawrence,  daughter  of 
Amory  A.  Lawrence,  a  Boston  merchant.     5. 
Julian   Lowell   Coolidge,   born   September  28, 
1873:  graduated  from  Harvard  College,  1895; 
received  degree  of  B.  S.   from  Oxford,  1897, 
and  Ph.D.   from  Bonn,   1904.     Appointed  as- 
sistant professor  of  mathematics  at  Harvard 
University,     1907.      Married,     1901,    Theresa 
Reynolds^  daughter  of  Dr.  John  P.  Reynolds, 
of  Boston. 

(XIV)  Algernon  Sidney,  second  son  of  Jo- 
seph Coolidge,  was  born  in  Boston,  August  22. 
1830.  He  was  educated  abroad,  and  received 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Harvard  Aledical 
School  in  1853.  He  afterwards  studied  medi- 
cine in  Vienna,  and  served  as  a  surgeon  in  the 
earlier  days  of  the  civil  war.  Subsequently 
he  practiced  medicine  for  many  years  in  Bos- 
ton. He  married.  July  15,  1856,  Mary  Lowell, 
daughter  of  Francis  Cabot  Lowell,  of  Boston. 
His  children  are:  i.  Algernon  Coolidge  Jr., 
born  January  24,  i860 ;  graduated  from  Har- 
vard College,  1881  ;  Harvard  Medical  School, 


1886 ;  afterwards  studied  medicine  in  Vienna. 
He  is  a  practicing  physician  in  Boston.  He 
married,  1896,  Amy  Lothrop,  daughter  of 
Thornton  K.  Lothrop,  of  Boston.  2.  Francis 
Lowell  Coolidge,  born  November  20,  1861 ; 
graduated  from  Princeton.  1884.  Is  a  cotton 
broker  in  Boston.  Married,  1901,  Alice 
Brackett  White,  daughter  of  Charles  T. 
White,  of  Boston.  3.  Sidney  Coolidge,  born 
Alarch  6,  1864:  attended  Harvard  College.  Is 
engaged  in  manufacturing  business  in  Boston. 
.Married.  1890.  Mary  L.  Colt,  of  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri.  4.  Ellen  Wales  Coolidge,  born  Jan- 
uary 24,  1866.  5.  Mary  Lowell  Coolidge, 
born  August  14,  1868 ;  married,  June  14,  1898, 
Frederick  O.  Barton,  of  Worcester. 

(XIV)  Philip  Sidney,  twin  brother  of  Al- 
gernon S.  Coolidge  above  mentioned,  was  born 
August  22,  1830,  and  was  educated  in  Europe. 
Was  an  assistant  in  the  Harvard  Astronomical 
Observatory,  and  received  an  honorary  degree 
of  A.  M.  from  Harvard  in  1857.  Served  as 
major  in  the  Sixteenth  United  States  Infan- 
try. Killed  at  battle  of  Chickamauga,  Sep- 
tember 19,  1863. 

(XI\')  Thomas  Jeft'er.son.  son  of  Joseph 
(4)  Coolidge,  was  born  in  Boston,  August  26, 
183 1.  The  early  education  of  Mr.  Coolidge 
was  obtained  in  the  schools  of  France  and 
Germany.  Returning  to  this  country  when 
about  fifteen  years  old,  he  entered  Harvard 
College,  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1850.  Soon  afterward  he  entered  partnership 
with  Joseph  Gardner  under  the  firm  name  of 
Gardner  &  Coolidge  in  the  East  India  trade, 
and  the  business  returned  large  profits.  In 
1858  he  was  chosen  president  of  the  Booth 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts, then  in  financial  straits,  and  within 
three  years  had  rebuilt  its  cotton  mills  and 
placed  the  business  upon  a  paying  basis. 

After  spending  three  years  in  France,  he 
returned  to  this  country,  and  from  1868  to 
1880  managed  the  Lawrence  Manufacturing 
Company  as  its  treasurer.  For  many  years 
also  he  was  treasurer  of  the  Amoskeag  Com- 
pany of  Manchester.  New  Hampshire,  the 
larg'e.st  manufacturing  corporation  in  the 
countrv,  having  a  capital  of  $4,000,000.  own- 
ing a  plant  worth  $8,000,000,  operating  sixteen 
mills  manufacturing  cotton  and  flannel  goods 
and  employing  eight  thousand  men  and 
women,  controlling  the  water  power  of  the 
Alerrimac  river  at  Manchester.  In  1880  Mr. 
Coolidge  became  interested  in  railroad  invest- 
ments and  demonstrated  extraordinary  ability 
in  the  management  of  great  railroads.    He  was 


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made  president  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  & 
Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company  at  a  time  when 
that  corporation  was  in  desperate  straits.  He 
saved  the  property,  and  when  prosperity  seem- 
ed at  hand  resigned  his  task  to  other  hands 
and  took  the  presidency  of  the  Oregon  Rail- 
way &  Navigation  Company,  after  spending  a 
3'ear  abroad.  After  this  company  had  also 
been  put  into  satisfactory  condition,  Air.  Cool- 
idge  resumed  the  presidency  of  the  Amoskeag 
Manufacturing  Company.  He  acquired  large 
interests  from  time  to  time  in  other  cotton 
mills,  including  the  Emery  Company,  the 
Lawrence  Manufacturing  Company,  and  the 
Dwight  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Chico- 
pee,  Massachusetts,  being  president  of  the  lat- 
ter. He  was  president  of  the  Boston  &  Lowell 
railroad  before  it  was  absorbed  by  the  Boston 
&  Maine  railroad:  was  also  a  director  of  the 
Chicago,  Burlington  &  Ouincy  railroad  and 
the  Kansas,  Fort  Scott  &  Memphis  and  allied 
railroads.  He  invested  also  in  various  other 
railroads  and  industrial  corporations  of  New 
England.  He  was  for  many  years  a  director 
of  the  Merchants'  National  Bank  and  of  the 
Old  Colony  Trust  Company  of  Boston.  He 
belonged  to  the  University  and  Harvard  Clubs 
of  New  York  City. 

Air.  Coolidge  has  always  taken  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  civil  affairs  of  the  country.  He 
became  a  Republican  in  1882.  His  public  ser- 
vices include  service  in  the  Pan-American 
Congress,  at  which  he  brought  in  a  minority 
report  against  the  free  coinage  of  silver,  which 
was  accepted.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
Park  Commissioners  of  Boston  when  those 
officials  served  without  salary.  When  White- 
law  Reid  resigned  as  minister  of  the  United 
States  to  France,  in  i8c;2.  President  Harrison 
appointed  Mr.  Coolidge  as  his  successor.  The 
wisdom  of  the  choice  was  at  once  recognized, 
and  various  favorable  comments  appeared  in 
the  press,  not  only  of  Massachusetts,  but  of 
the  country  at  large.  The  Boston  Journal 
voiced  the  popular  sentiment  when  it  said : 
"President  Harrison  has  made  an  excellent 
selection  in  nominating  Mr.  Thomas  Jefferson 
Coolidge  to  succeed  Mr.  Whitelaw  Reid  as 
minister  to  France.  It  is  an  appointment 
which  reflects  great  honor  upon  the  state 
which  claims  Mr.  Coolidge  as  one  of  its  dis- 
tinguished citizens.  He  possesses  in  a  marked 
degree  the  intellectual  and  social  qualities 
which  are  essential  in  an  American  minister 
in  the  most  brilliant  capital  in  Europe,  and  he 
has  besides  ample  wealth  for  the  discharge  of 
those    important    social    functions    which    the 


United  States  appears  to  have  overlooked 
when  it  fixed  the  remuneration  of  its  foreign 
representatives.  There  is  a  rare  historic  fit- 
ness in  the  appointment  also,  for  it  sends  the 
great-grandson  of  Thomas  Jefferson  to  the 
post  which  he  himself  occupied  from  1784  to 
1789  with  conspicuous  credit  to  his  native 
country." 

Air.  Coolidge  filled  this  responsible  position 
acceptably  until  relieved  by  a  change  in  the  ad- 
ministration at  Washington.  As  he  had 
travelled  extensively  and  spoke  French  fluent- 
ly, he  represented  the  United  States  with  all 
the  polish  of  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school. 
In  the  spring  of  1897  his  name  was  pressed 
upon  President  AIcKinley's  attention  by  promi- 
nent members  of  the  Republican  party,  as  well 
fitted  for  a  position  in  the  cabinet.  The  exe- 
gencies  of  the  situation,  however,  demanded 
the  nomination  for  a  citizen  of  another  state. 
He  was  appointed  in  1899  on  the  Joint  High 
Commission  for  arbitration  with  Canada. 

Air.  Coolidge  was  one  of  the  overseers  of 
Harvard  College,  to  which  he  gave  the  Jeffer- 
son Physical  Laboratory  at  a  cost  of  $115,000. 
He  also  gave  a  stone  library  building  to  the 
town  of  Alanchester,  Alassachusetts.  Mways 
noted  for  his  philanthropy,  he  was  one  of  the 
largest  contributors  to  the  various  charitable 
societies  of  Boston. 

He  married,  November.  1852.  Hetty  S. 
Appleton,  daughter  of  William  .-Xppleton, 
one  of  the  greatest  merchants  of  Boston 
in  his  day.  Children:  i.  Thomas  Jeffer- 
son Jr.,  mentioned  below.  2.  Alaria  A.,  mar- 
ried Lucius  Sargent.  3.  Eleonora  R.,  married 
Fred  Sears  Jr.  4.  Sarah  L.,  married  Thomas 
Newbokl. 

(  X\  I )  Thomas  Jefferson  Coolidge,  son  of 
Thomas  Jefferson  Coolidge,  was  educated  at 
Harvard  College,  where  he  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1884.  He  is  now  chairman  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Old  Colonv  Trust 
Company  of  Boston. 


(For  early  generations  see  preceding  sketches), 

(X)  Obadiah  (2),  second 
COOLIDGE  son  of  Obadiah  (i)  and 
Elizabeth  (Rouse)  Coolidge, 
was  born  August  27,  1694,  at  Watertown, 
Alassachusetts,  and  by  occupation  was  a  cord- 
wainer ;  he  removed  in  1728  to  Framingham, 
thence  in  1732  to  Alarlboro,  and  in  1740  to 
Westborough.  He  married,  July  24,  1717, 
Rachel,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Rachel  (Davis) 
Cioddard,  niece  of  Hon.  Edward  Goddard,  born 
in  Watertown.  April  13,  1699.     Children:  Jo- 


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-siah;  Hannah,  born  June  2,  1720,  Lydia,  born 
1725,  married  Jacob  Bartlett,  of  Rutland; 
Obadiah;  Rachel,  born  June  16,  173 1,  in  1760 
married  Seth  Rice,  and  died  in  Northborough, 
January  5,  1766. 

(XI)  Josiah,  eldest  son  of  Obadiah  (2) 
and  Rachel  (Goddard)  Coolidge,  was  born 
July  17,  1718,  in  Watertown,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 25,  1780,  in  Lancaster,  Massachusetts; 
May  12,  1747,  he  was  living  in  Bolton,  with 
his  wife  Mary  and  several  children.  His  name 
is  given  in  the  list  of  revolutionary  soldiers 
from  Lancaster,  Massachusetts.  Children: 
Mary,  married,  March  25,  1762,  in  Bolton, 
Massachusetts,  Amos  Fuller ;  Josiah  Jr.,  mar- 
ried May  22,  1772,  in  Bolton,  Molly  Hough- 
ton; John,  and  Obadiah. 

(Xn)  Captain  John  (4),  from  records  and 
family  papers  appearing  to  be  second  son  of 
Josiah  and  Mary  Coolidge,  was  born  1756, 
probably  in  Bolton,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
March  23,  1822,  at  Plymouth,  Vermont.  From 
the  records  it  appears  he  served  in  the  revolu- 
tion, in  Captain  Artemus  Howe's  company,  on 
Lexington  alarm,  in  1775,  in  Captain  Robert 
Longley's  company,  in  the  siege  of  Boston, 
and  at  Bunker  Hill  in  1775;  in  Captain  An- 
drew Haskell's  company,  June  8  to  December 
I,  1776;  in  Captain  David  Nourse's  company 
in  New  Jersey,  1777;  and  in  Captain  David 
Moore's  company  in  the  Rhode  Island  expe- 
dition, 1780.  His  intentions  of  marriage  are 
entered  upon  the  Lancaster  town  records  Au- 
gust 14,  1779.  where,  September  8,  I779.  'le 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  James  and  Han- 
nah (Lawrence)  Priest  (see  Lawrence).  In 
1781  he  removed  to  Saltash,  now  Plymouth, 
Vermont,  where  he  cleared  land  and  took  up 
a  permanent  residence.  His  children  were 
Calvin,  Luther,  Oliver,  Polly,  who  became 
Mrs.  Sprague ;  Katy,  became  Mrs.  Sawyer. 

(XIII)  Calvin,  son  of  John  (4)  and  Han- 
nah (Priest)  Coolidge,  was  born  March  27, 
1780,  and  died  April  30,  1853  ;  he  married,  De- 
cember 21,  1 814,  Sarah  Thompson,  born  April 
3,  1789,  in  Plymouth.  Vermont,  died  Novem- 
ber 19,  1856,  and  they  had  a  number  of  chil- 
dren, only  two  of  whom  lived  to  maturity, 
Calvin  Galusha,  and  Sally  Maria,  born  Janu- 
ary 19.  1822,  died  June  24,  1849. 

(XIV)  Calvin  Galusha,  son  of  Calvin  and 
Sarah  (Thompson)  Coolidge,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 22,  1815,  at  Plymouth,  Vermont,  and 
died  December  15,  1878;  he  was  a  farmer  by 
occupation  ;  in  1859-60  served  in  the  \'ermont 
legislature ;  married  Sarah  A.  Brewer,  March 
3,  1845  ;  she  was  born  December  17,  1823.  in 


Ludlow,  Vermont,  and  died  January  2,  1906. 
Their  children :  Colonel  John  C. ;  and  Julius 
C,  born  January  2,  1851,  died  March  14,  1870. 
(See  Brewer). 

(XV)  Colonel  John  C,  son  of  Calvin  G. 
and  Sarah  A.  (Brewer)  Coolidge,  was  born 
March  31,  1845,  at  Plymouth,  "Vermont,  and 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Black  River  Academy.  He  has  held 
most  of  the  offices  of  the  gift  of  his  native 
town,  and  has  made  himself  a  prominent  place 
in  its  affairs.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was 
engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  Plymouth. 
In  1866  he  was  captain  of  Company  K,  Tenth 
Regiment  Vermont  Volunteers,  raised  for 
guard  duty.  In  1872  he  was  honored  by  be- 
ing elected  to  represent  his  town  in  the  Ver- 
mont legislature,  and  was  re-elected  twice. 
William  W.  Stickney,  governor  of  Vermont, 
appointed  him  on  his  staff  for  two  years  in 
1900.  He  married.  May  6,  1868,  Victoria 
Josephine  Moor,  daughter  of  Hiram  D.,  born 
March  14,  1846,  died  March  14,  1885.  They 
had  two  children:  Calvin;  and  Abbie  Grace, 
born  April  15,  1875,  died  March  6,  1890.  Col- 
onel Coolidge  married  (second)  September  9, 
1 89 1,    Carrie    A.    Brown,    born    Tanuary    22, 

1857- 

(XVI)  Calvin  (2),  son  of  Colonel  John  C. 
and  Victoria  J.  (Moor)  Coolidge,  was  born 
July  4,  1872,  at  Plymouth,  Vermont.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools, 
in  1890  was  graduated  from  Black  River 
Academy,  entered  St.  Johnsbury  Academy, 
and  then  afterward  attended  Amherst  Col- 
lege, .\mherst,  Massachusetts,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1895  with  the  degree  of  A. 
B. :  out  of  a  class  of  eighty-five  members  he 
was  one  of  three  speakers  chosen  as  orators 
for  commencement,  and  also  won  distinction 
in  historical  studies.  He  represented  Amherst 
in  the  intercollegiate  contest  open  to  Ameri- 
can colleges  for  the  best  essay  on  the  subject, 
"Principles  Fought  for  in  the  American  Rev- 
olution," and  at  Christmas  time,  1895,  he  re- 
ceived the  gold  medal,  valued  at  one  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars,  with  the  inscription,  "Octo- 
ber, 1875.  April,  1889,'  showing  that  Amherst 
had  won  over  all  other  colleges.  Mr.  Coolidge 
is  a  member  of  the  Phi  Gamma  Delta  college 
fraternity.  After  his  graduation  he  went  to 
Northampton,  and  read  law  in  the  offices  of 
Hammand  &  Field,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  July,  1897.  He  then  opened  an  office, 
and  by  his  diligence  and  strict  attention  to  the 
interests  of  his  clients  has  built  up  a  large  and 
lucrative  practice.     On  the  death,  in  1903,  of 


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William  H.  Clapp,  clerk  of  courts  of  Hamp- 
shire county,  Mr.  Coolidge  was  appointed  to 
that  position  by  the  supreme  court  of  the  state, 
but  declined  to  fill  this  office  permanently, 
preferring  to  practice  law  at  the  bar.  He  was 
elected  to  the  city  council  of  Northampton  in 
1899,  the  next  two  years  was  city  solicitor, 
and  in  1904  was  chairman  of  the  Republican 
city  committee.  He  was  elected  to  the  legis- 
lature in  1906,  and  has  been  on  the  following 
committees :  mercantile  affairs,  constitutional 
amendments,  banks  and  banking,  and  ju- 
diciary. In  1907  he  was  re-elected.  His  ex- 
perience and  training  made  him  a  valuable 
member  and  gave  Northampton  a  prominent 
place  in  the  general  court.  He  was  recognized 
in  the  house  as  a  sound  lawyer  and  an  able  de- 
bater. Mr.  Coolidge  has  a  very  retentive 
memory,  which  he  has  taken  care  to  retain, 
and  has  found  this  a  valuable  asset  in  his  pro- 
fession and  public  life.  He  owns  considerable 
real  estate  in  the  city  of  Northampton,  and 
takes  great  interest  in  everything  that  tends 
to  its  improvement ;  he  is  one  of  the  vice-presi- 
dents of  the  Nonotuck  Savings  Bank,  of  which 
he  is  also  counsel.  December  9,  1909,  he  was 
elected  mayor  of  Northampton,  to  take  office 
January  3,  1910.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
\'ermont  Association  of  Boston,  and  the  [Mid- 
dlesex Club.  }ilr.  Coolidge  married,  October 
4,  1905,  Grace  A.,  daughter  of  Andrew  I.  and 
Lemira  (Barrett)  Goodhue,  born  at  Burling- 
ton, \'ermont,  and  a  graduate  in  1902  of  the 
University  of  Vermont,  and  they  have  two 
children:  John,  born  September  7,  1906,  and 
Calvin  Jr.,  April  13,  1908. 

(The  Lawrence   Line). 

(H)  Deacon  Nathaniel,  third  son  of 
John  (q.  V.)  and  Elizabeth  Lawrence, 
was  born  October  15,  1639,  at  \Vatertown. 
Massachusetts,  in  later  years  lived  in  Groton, 
and  at  an  advanced  age  removed  to  Charles- 
town  Farms,  where  he  died  April  14,  1724. 
He  was  early  chosen  deacon,  was  representa- 
tive of  Groton,  and  was  often  found  on  the 
records  of  that  town,  where  he  became  a  prom- 
inent citizen.  He  married,  in  Sudbury,  March 
13,  1660-1,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Han- 
nah (Phillips)  Morse,  of  Dedham,  born  Sep- 
tember 16,  1643,  died  at  Groton,  in  1684,  and 

he  married  (second)  Hannah  or  Anna , 

who  died  after  1701,  as  in  that  year  she  and 
her  husband  signed  a  deed.  By  his  first  wife 
he  had  nine  children  and  by  his  second  wife 
three,  as  follows:  Nathaniel,  born  April  4. 
1661,  at  Sudbury;  Sarah,  1662-3,  <iied  soon; 
Hannah,  July  3,  1664,  died  young ;  John,  July 


29,  1667  ;  Mary,  March  3,  1669-70,  died  young ; 
Sarah,  May  16,  1672 ;  EUzabeth,  July  6,  1674, 
died  October  20,  1675 ;  Elizabeth,  married  Ab- 
ner  Harris;  Deborah,  March  24,  1683;  Han- 
nah, April  26,  1687;  Mary,  October  16,  1690; 
Jonathan,  June  14,  1696. 

(HI)  Nathaniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Na- 
thaniel (I  )and  Sarah  (Morse)  Lawrence, 
was  born  April  4,  1661,  at  Sudbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, lived  at  Woburn ;  married  Hannah 
Rutter ;  children  :  Nathaniel ;  Hannah,  born 
April  26,  1687;  Mary,  October  16,  1690;  Su- 
sanna, 1691  ;  Jonathan,  and  Sarah. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  second  son  of  Nathaniel 
(2)  and  Hannah  (Rutter)  Lawrence,  was 
born  June  14,  1696,  lived  in  Charlestown, 
where  in  1729  he  was  taxed,  afterwards  re- 
moved to  Stoneham,  and  died  about  1774.  By 
his  wife  Joanna  he  had  children:  i.  Hannah. 
2.  Jonathan,  born  December  27,  1724.  3.  Ju- 
dith, married  (first)  Jacob  Richardson,  (2) 
James  Wyman  and  (3)  Jonathan  Smith.  4. 
Ebenezer,  married  \\'idow  Sarah  Bason. 

(V)  Hannah,  eldest  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Joanna  Lawrence,  was  born  February  25, 
1721-2,  at  Charlestown,  and  died  March  29, 
1825,  at  Plymouth,  Vermont.  In  1750  she 
married  James  Priest,  their  marriage  being 
published  at  Woburn,  Massachusetts.  Among 
their  children  was  Hannah. 

(VI)  Hannah,  daughter  of  James  and  Han- 
nah (Lawrence)  Priest,  married  September  8, 
1779,  John  Coolidge.  (See  Coolidge  VI). 

(The   Brewer   Line). 

This  name  has  been  quite  common  in  Mas- 
sachusetts since  its  first  settlement,  and  those 
who  bore  it  have  done  their  share  towards 
clearing  the  wilderness  and  bearing  the  hard- 
ships of  pioneer  life ;  many  of  them  removed 
to  New  Hampshire  when  the  revolution  was 
over,  and  there  helped  to  settle  new  towns, 
thence  some  became  citizens  of  Vermont  and 
other  states.  Many  of  this  name  fought  in  the 
revolution,  where  they  bore  themselves  credit- 
ably. In  the  old  records  this  name  is  found 
spelled  Breuer,  Bruer,  and  in  several  other 
ways. 

(I)  It  is  not  known  when  John  Brewer,  of 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  emigrated,  but  he 
was  living  in  that  town  in  1642,  where  in  that 
year  his  son  John  was  born ;  he  removed  to 
Sudbury  before  1647,  where  his  last  three  chil- 
dren were  born.  His  first  wife  Ann  bore  him 
two  children :  John,  born  September  10,  1642, 
and  Hannah,  January  18.  1644-45.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  October  23,  1647,  Mary,  daugh- 


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ter  of  John  Whitmore,  of  Lynn;  children: 
Mary,  born  September  23,  1648;  William, 
October  6,  1653 ;  Sarah.  March  27.  1658. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Ann 
Brewer,  was  born  September  10,  1642,  at 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and  died  January 
I,  1690-91,  at  Sudbury.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth 
(Moore)  Rice,  of  Sudbury,  born  .August  4, 
1648;  children:  John,  born  1669,  lived  at 
Weston;  Elizabeth,  1671  :  Hannah:  James, 
1675,  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Grout,  (sec- 
ond )  Abigail  Smith,  ( third )  widow  Joanna 
Singletary;  Sarah,  January  14.  1678,  married 
November  26,  1700,  Caleb  Bridges:  Mary, 
1680,  married  March  29,  1704,  Benjamin  Ball; 
Abigail,  April  5,  1682,  married  David  Par- 
menter ;  Martha,  Alarch  5,  1685 ;  and  Jona- 
than. 

(III)  Jonathan,  third  and  youngest  son  of 
John  (2)  and  Elizabeth  CRice)  Brewer,  was 
"born  June  21,  1689,  and  died  in  1752.  In  17 17 
he  purchased  sixty-two  acres  of  common  land 
in  Framingham,  Massachusetts,  and  there  Iniilt 
a  house.  By  his  wife  .Arabella,  whom  he  mar- 
ried April  17.  1717,  he  had  children:  Samuel; 
Abner,  bom  July  10,  1718;  Peter,  April  17, 
1720,  died  1794:  married  December  22,  1748, 
Elizabeth  Pratt :  Elizabeth,  June  2,  1722,  mar- 
ried May  20,  1745,  David  Pratt  Jr.;  Abigail, 
baptized  March  29,  1724,  married  January  16, 
1755.  Edmund  Towne ;  Jonathan,  born  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1725-26,  married  Frances  Buckmin- 
ster;  Moses,  born  March  26,  1728,  married 
Elizabeth  Davis;  David,  December  24,  1731 ; 
Martha,  June   16,   1734;  and   Eliab,   May   14, 

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(R')  Samuel,  eldest  son  of  Jonathan  and 
.Arabella  Brewer,  was  born  November  4,  1716, 
and  settled  in  Framingham,  Massachusetts, 
from  which  place  he  removed  in  1744  to  Rut- 
land, where  his  children  are  recorded.  He 
was  adjutant  general  under  General  Thomas 
in  1775.  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill.  June  17,  that  year;  was  commissioned 
colonel  of  Twelfth  Massachusetts  Regiment, 
Tanuarv  i,  1777,  in  General  John  Nixon's  bri- 
gade: was  at  Stillwater  in  the  fall  of  1777:  at 
-Albany,  October  31,  of  that  year ;  and  his  name 
is  found  in  General  Patterson's  brigade  in  July, 
1778.  He  was  cashiered  September  29,  1778. 
He  married,  March  10,  1740,  Martha,  daughter 
of  John  and  Hannah  (Rice)  Bent,  born  March 
7,  1720:  children:  I.  Jason,  born  September 
24,  1 741.  2.  Martha,  .August  9,  1743,  married 
January  24,  1760,  Thomas  Temple  Jr.  3. 
Lucy,  born  1745.    4.  Nathan,  1747.     5.  John. 


6.  Abigail,  1752.  7.  Samuel,  1758.  8.  Eliab, 
1760   (Paul  in  baptism). 

(V)  Eliab,  fifth  son  of  Samuel  and  Mar- 
tha (Bent)  Brewer,  was  born  in  1760,  at  Rut- 
land, Massachusetts ;  married  Sally  Rice,  and 
among  their  children  was  Israel  Putnam 
Brewer. 

(\T)  Israel  Putnam,  son  of  Eliab  Brewer, 
married  Sarah  Brown  (see  Brown  VTI). 
They  lived  in  Ludlow  and  Plymouth,  Ver- 
mont. They  had  eleven  children,  of  whom  the 
oldest  was  Sarah  Almeda  Brewer.  About 
1855  they  moved  to  Wisconsin  with  all  their 
family  except   Sarah. 

(VTI)  Sarah  Almeda,  daughter  of  Israel 
Putnam  and  Sarah  ( Brown j  Brewer,  was 
born  at  Ludlow,  \'ermont,  December  17,  1823, 
and  married  Calvin  G.  Coolidge,  March  3, 
1845.     <See  Coolidge  XIV). 

(The  Brown  Line). 

There  were  many  of  this  name  who  came  to 
New  England  in  the  earliest  colonial  times, 
many  of  this  name  took  part  in  colonial  wars, 
also  in  the  revolution,  and  the  name  of  John 
Brown  is  found  many  times  in  the  lists  of 
passengers  to  come  from  England  prior  to 
1650.  John  Brown,  who  led  the  famous  raid 
on" Harper's  Ferry  in  the  civil  war,  was  a  de- 
scendant of  the  family  here  described. 

(I)  Tohn  Brown,  who  lived  in  Ipswich, 
Ma-^sacinisetts,  in  1641,  is  supposed  to  be  the 
John  Brown  from  Badstow,  in  Essex,  Eng- 
land, who  came  to  America  in  the  ship  "De- 
fence," from  London,  in  1635,  aged  twenty- 
seven.  That  he  died  prior  to  1679  is  shown 
by  a  deed  which  was  dated  January  6  that 
vear,  in  which  John  Brown,  deceased,  is  de- 
scribed as  having  purchased,  with  his  son 
John,  a  tract  of  land,  of  one  Richard  Hub- 
bard, which  land  is  by  this  deed  made  over  to 
Nathaniel,  son  of  John  Brown,  deceased ;  this 
deed  was  acknowledged  by  Richard  Hubbard 
and  Sarah  his  wife.  January  3,  1680.  By  his 
wife  Sarah  he  had  children  :  Nathaniel ;  Sarah  ; 
John  ;  Simon  ;  .Adam  ;  James  :  Thomas,  born 
julv  14,  1657,  at  Hampton:  Benjamin:  Jacob, 
i)orn  1653;  Stephen,  born  at  Hampton,  1659, 
killed  by  Indians,  July  29,  1677,  at  Scarbor- 
ough: Elizabeth:  and  Mary. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  probably  eldest  son  of  John 
and  Sarah  Brown,  lived  at  Ipswich,  and  in  his 
will,  dated  October  10,  1716.  proved  June  17 
the  following  year,  names  his  three  eldest  sons 
executors,  namely:  John,  Nathaniel  and 
Jacob,  to  the  first-named  giving  "my  right  in 
"our  pue  in  our  new  meeting-house  in  our  pre- 


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cinct,"  which  right  was  one-half  of  said  "pue;" 
also  names  his  daughter,  Elizabeth  Hasy,  de- 
ceased, and  her  sons  William,  Nathaniel  and 
Joseph,  and  his  daughters  Alary  Hubbard  and 
Hannah  Coggswell.  By  his  first  marriage  he 
had  a  daughter  born  April  25,  1688,  and  he 
married,  December  16,  1673,  Judith  Perkins, 
by  whom  he  had  children:  John,  Nathaniel, 
Jacob,  James,  Elizabeth,  Mary  and  Hannah. 
Both  Nathaniel  Brown  and  his  father,  John 
Brown,  are  described  as  "yeomen." 

(HI)  Jacob  Brown,  of  Ipswich,  gentleman, 
was  probably  the  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Judith  (Perkins)  Brown,  died  in  Ipswich, 
where  his  will,  dated  March  25,  1762,  proved 
April  24,  1769,  makes  his  sons  Simon  and 
Adam  sole  executors,  and  entrusts  to  his  son 
Adam  the  provision  for  his  second  wife,  EHz- 
abeth,  in  confirmation  of  the  agreement  made 
at  the  time  of  their  marriage.  The  amount  of 
his  inventory,  which  covered  three  large  folio 
pages,  is  given  as  1387  pounds  17  shillings  7 
pence,  and  includes  real  estate,  notes  and 
bonds,  and  personal  estate,  among  the  last- 
named  being  described  "i  Great  Blue  Coat,  i 
Straight  Bodyed  Cinnamon  Colored  Coat, 
Pair  Cinnamon  Colored  Breeches  Silver 
Buckles,  Books,  Pewter,  etc."  He  married 
(first)  January  10,  1708,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  Burnham,  granddaughter  of 
Deacon  John  and  Mary  Burnham,  and  ( sec- 
ond) Elizabeth -,  named  in  his  will.   His 

children  were :  Jacob,  John,  Nathaniel,  Adam, 
Simon  and  James,  and  perhaps  he  had  daugh- 
ters also,  though  none  mentioned  in  his  will. 

(I\')  Adam,  son  of  Jacob  Brown,  was  bap- 
tized at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  April  15, 
1721,  and  there  entered  his  intentions  of  mar- 
riage July  17,  1743,  in  Ipswich,  to  Esther 
Parkman,  of  Wenham.  He  made  no  inventory 
of  his  estate  but  his  son  Jacob  was  granted  ad- 
ministration September  13,  1775,  and  made  in- 
ventory November  6.  1775,  in  which  Adam 
Brown,  deceased,  is  described  as  "late  of 
Moultonborough,  in  the  county  of  Straiiford, 
of  New  Hampshire,  yeoman,"  and  part  of  his 
estate  is  described  as  lying  in  Ipswich,  Alassa- 
chusetts.    .'Kdam  Brown  had  also  a  son  Adam. 

(V)  Adam  (2),  son  of  Adam  (i)  and  Es- 
ther (Parkman)  Brown,  was  born  at  Ipswich, 
where  he  entered  his  intentions  of  marriage, 
June  12,  1772,  and  married  December  3,  1772, 
Priscilla,  daughter  of  Deacon  Tarrant  and 
Priscilla  ( Baker)  Putnam,  born  August  22, 
1751,  and  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  living 
at  Sutton.  She  died  October  6,  1837,  aged 
eighty-six  years.    They  soon  after  removed  to 


Moultonborough,  New  Hampshire,  where  his 
father  was  living,  and  he  served  in  the  revolu- 
tion. He  was  sergeant  in  Captain  Sias's  com- 
pany. Colonel  David  Oilman's  regiment.  New 
Hampshire,  enlisted  December  5,  1776,  service 
three  months  eleven  day :  served  as  corporal  in 
Captain  Nathaniel  Ambros's  company.  Colonel 
Welsh's  New  Hampshire  regiment,  said  to 
have  "marched  from  Mouhonborough  and 
towns  adjacent.  September  30,  1777,  joined 
the  Continental  army  under  General  Gates  at 
Saratoga,  and  after  the  surrender  of  General 
Burgoyne,  marched  with  the  guard  as  far  as 
Northampton,  in  the  state  of  Massachusetts 
Bay,  and  were  there  discharged,"  In  the  pay- 
roll his  length  of  service  is  described  as  twen- 
ty-nine days.  In  1780  and  1781  he  paid  taxes 
in  I'lymouth,  New  Hampshire,  and  later  re- 
moved to  Plymouth,  \'ermont,  where  in  1787 
he  was  elected  the  first  town  clerk.  Children 
of  Adam  and  Priscilla  (Putnam)  Brown:  i. 
Priscilla,  born  in  September,  1774;  married, 
1790,  Nathan  Jones  Jr.,  and  settled  at  Jay, 
New  York ;  her  grandson,  Nathan  H.  Jones, 
of  Poultney,  Vermont,  has  in  his  possession 
several  deeds  recorded  by  Adam  Brown  when 
town  clerk  of  Plymouth,  bearing  his  official 
signature.  2.  Lydia,  married  a  Mr.  Betts ; 
settled  in  New  York  state.  3.  Israel  Putnam. 
4.  Elijah,  married  Sally  Preston :  settled  in 
Keene.  New  York  ;  ten  children,  among  them 
Hiram,  whose  daughter  Mary  .\nn  married 
■W^illiam  Thompson,  one  of  John  Brown's 
Harpers  Ferry  raiders,  one  of  the  seven  whose 
remains  have  been  removed  to  North  Elbe  to 
rest  beside  those  of  that  hero. 

(\\)  Israel  Putnam,  elder  son  of  Adam 
(2)  and  Priscilla  (Putnam)  Brown,  was  born 
in  1781,  at  Plymouth,  New  Hampshire,  and 
died  November  9,  1867.  He  married  Sally 
Briggs,  and  settled  in  Plymouth,  Vermont. 
She  died  July  31,  1826,  aged  forty-two  years. 
Among  their  children  was  Sarah.  He  is  the 
ancestor  of  Senator  Arthur  Brown,  of  Utah, 
and  of  Dr.  B.  A.  Brown,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis- 
consin. His  second  wife  was  Sally  Derby, 
who  died  December  22,  1866,  aged  eighty-six 
years. 

(VII)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Israel  P.  and 
Sallv  (Briggs)  Brown,  was  born  at  Plymouth, 
\'ermont.  She  married  Israel  Brewer.  (See 
Brewer).  Among  the  children  of  Israel  and 
Sarah  (Brown)  Brewer  was  Sarah  Almeda. 
who  married  Calvin  Galusha  Coolidge  (see 
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(For  preceding  generations  see  Tliomas  Colynge  1). 

(VIII)  Nathaniel,  fifth 
COOLEDGE     son    of     John     and     Mary 

Cooledge,  was  born  about 
1635,  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
became  a  prominent  citizen,  and  in  1677  was 
selectman.  By  occupation  he  was  a  tailor,  and 
he  also  owned  mills  in  Watertown.  In  1661 
he  purchased  fishing  rights  in  the  Charles 
river,  and  two  years  later  purchased  of  John 
Stone  all  his  rights  to  the  river  and  fishing 
wears  in  Watertown,  which  was  one-half  of 
same.  October  15,  1657,  he  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Henry  and  Anne  (Gold- 
stone)  Bright,  born  April  23,  1639,  at  Water- 
town;  children:  Abigail,  born  and  died  1658; 
Nathaniel;  Samuel,  born  February  15,  1661- 
62;  Henry,  May  16,  1664;  Henry,  August  6, 
1665  ;  Mary,  June  16,  1666-67 ;  Elizabeth,  born 
and  died  in  1669;  Thomas,  born  April  24, 
1670;  Jonathan,  about  1672;  John,  about 
1674;  Joseph,  Hepzibah,  February  27,  1681  ; 
and  Anna. 

(IX)  Nathaniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Na- 
thaniel (i)  and  Mary  (Bright)  Cooledge,  was 
born  May  9,  1660,  at  Watertown,  and  settled 
in  that  part  of  the  town  now  called  Weston, 
where  he  died  January  29,  1732-33.  He  was 
one  of  the  earliest  members  of  the  church  at 
Weston.  He  married.  Jaiuiary  2,  1687-88, 
Lydia,  daughter  of  Josiali  and  Lydia  (Tread- 
well)  Jones,  born  at  Watertown,  August  25, 
1668,  died  May  21,  1718;  children:  Samuel, 
born  September  30.  1688:  Lydia,  baptized 
1690;  Josiah ;  Alary,  born  January  6,  1695; 
Abigail,  baptized  September  22,  1700;  Thank- 
ful. 

(X)  Josiah,  second  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
and  Lydia  (Jones)  Cooledge,  was  born  in 
1693,  '"  Weston,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  farming;  he  died  January  16,  1788. 
He  married  (first)  June  11,  1719,  Deliver- 
ance, daughter  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Whitney)  Warren,  born  October  10,  1699, 
died  February  25,  1764  (second),  1766,  pub- 
lished June  20.  Sarah  (Walker)  Muzzey, 
widow  of  Joseph  Muzzey,  of  Sudbury.  Chil- 
dren, all  by  first  marriage  :  Nathaniel ;  Paul, 
born  May  8,  1727,  died  July  i,  1731 ;  Lydia, 
born  September  20,  1731 ;  Anna,  August  13, 
1734;  Delight,  February  i,  1736-37,  died  Oc- 
tober 7,  1753;  Daniel,  born  October  23,  1741 ; 
and  Josiah,  July,  1744. 

(XI)  Nathaniel  (3),  eldest  son  of  Josiah 
and  Delievance  (Warren)  Cooledge,  was  born 
October  20,  1724,  at  Weston,  Massachusetts, 
where   he   resided;   he   married,    Februarv    i. 


1749-50,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Parnel 
Parker,  born  at  Sudbury,  July  14,  1726;  chil- 
dren: Susanna,  born  April  12,  1750,  married 
Lot  Jennison ;  Paul ;  Lucy,  born  August  5, 
1753;  Silas,  November  14,  1755;  Anna,  Oc- 
tober 5,  1757;  Eunice,  September  24,  1759; 
LTriah,  February  16,  1762  ;  Abigail ;  Sarah  ;  and 
Nathaniel. 

(XII)  Paul,  oldest  son  of  Nathaniel  (3) 
and  Sarah  (Parker)  Cooledge,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 20,  1 75 1,  at  Weston,  Massachusetts,  and 
married,  April  19,  1784,  Martha,  daughter  of 
Abraham  and  Mercy  (Gale)  Jones,  born  in 
1760,  removing  after  his  marriage  to  Hills- 
borough, New  Hampshire,  where  is  found  re- 
corded the  birth  of  three  sons :  Isaac,  July 
30,  1785;  Samuel,  October  15,  1786;  and 
Daniel. 

(  XIII)  Daniel,  third  son  of  Paul  and  Mar- 
tha (Jones)  Cooledge,  was  born  March  10, 
1789,  at  Hillsborough,  New  Hampshire,  and  in 
1809  removed  to  Antrim,  same  state.  He 
bought  a  farm  there  which  he  made  his  home 
and  where  he  died,  February  25,  1869,  a  re- 
spected member  of  the  community,  and  leav- 
ing a  family  well  known  for  their  piety  and 
good  works.  He  married,  September  20,  1808, 
Polly,  daughter  of  Deacon  Jacob  and  Mary 
(  Barker)  Spalding,  of  Hillsborough  ;  children: 
Mary,  born  1809,  married  William  S.  Foster; 
Abigail,  born  181 1;  Charles,  1813;  married 
Alary  P.  Covill,  and  died  August  2,  1872; 
Clarissa,  born  1816,  married  Benjamin  Spald- 
ing, of  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts  ;  Daniel ; 
Sarah,  born  1821,  died  unmarried,  1868; 
Isaac,  died  young;  Franklin  S.,  born  1826, 
married  Anna  Burrill,  and  removed  to  Lowell, 
Massachusetts;  Jacob  S.,  born  1829,  married 
Mary  ^^^  Raymond,  and  removed  to  Lowell ; 
and  Martha  J.,  born   1831,  unmarried. 

(XIV)  Daniel  (2),  second  son  of  Daniel 
(i)  and  Polly  (Spalding)  Cooledge,  was 
born  in  1818,  in  Antrim,  New  Hampshire, 
and  died  August  29,  1869.  After  being  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  birthplace, 
he  removed  to  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  where 
with  J.  M.  Bullens  he  formed  the  firm  of 
Bullens  &  Cooledge,  manufacturers  of  ma- 
chinery. In  1864  he  moved  to  Chicopee  Falls, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  invented  the  single 
thread  tight-stitch  sewing  machine.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  a  deacon  in  the 
Congregational  church.  He  married,  in  Lowell, 
Massachusetts,  Lucy  W.  Ray,  of  Lowell ;  chil- 
dren :  Charles,  born  in  August,  1847;  Henry 
M. :  and  Edward,  born  in  May,  1857. 

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and  Lucy  W.  (Ray)  Cooledge,  was  born  July 
II,  1851,  at  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  there  and  in  Chicopee 
Falls.  In  1866  he  became  employed  in  the  of- 
fice of  the  Hampden  Mills,  being  promoted  to 
the  position  of  paymaster  in  1869.  In  1878,  in 
company  with  Mr.  John  E.  Chase,  he  formed 
the  firm  of  Chase  &  Cooledge,  dealers  in  man- 
ufacturers' supplies.  They  incorporated  in 
1898  under  the  name  of  the  Chase  &  Cooledge 
Co.,  and  have  become  one  of  the  leading  com- 
panies in  Massachusetts  in  the  line  of  mill 
equipments  and  supplies.  Mr.  Cooledge  holds 
the  offices  of  president  and  treasurer  of  the 
company.  He  is  a  past  chancellor  in  the  Con- 
necticut \'alley  Lodge  Knights  of  Pythias,  a 
charter  member  of  the  Bay  State  Club,  and  a 
member  of  a  number  of  the  other  social  or- 
ganizations of  Holyoke.  Mr.  Cooledge  mar- 
ried, April  30,  1879,  Amanda  S.,  daughter  of 
Robert  M.  and  Charlotte  Wilson,  of  Holyoke, 
Massachusetts,  where  they  now  reside,  with 
their  two  children,  Lucv  and  Ruth. 


Edmund  Rice  was  born  in  Berk- 
RICE     hamstead,    England,   in    1594.      He 

probably  came  to  America  early  in 
1638.  He  settled  in  Sudbury,  and  was  a  pro- 
prietor and  selectman  there  in  1639.  The  vil- 
lage plot  of  Sudbury,  now  Wayland,  was  laid 
out  in  the  fall,  and  he  was  one  of  the  first  to 
build  his  house  there.  His  house  lot  was  on 
Old  North  street,  near  Mill  Brook.  He  re- 
ceived his  share  in  the  river  meadows  divided 
September  4,  1639,  April  20  and  November 
18,  1640.  He  shared  also  in  all  the  various 
divisions  of  uplands  and  common  lands,  re- 
ceiving altogether  two  hundred  and  forty- 
seven  acres.  He  built  a  second  house  in  the 
south  part  of  the  town  between  Timber  Neck 
and  the  Glover  farm,  near  the  spring.  He 
sold  some  land  there  to  Thomas  Axtell  and 
Philemon  Whale,  both  of  whom  built  their 
houses  there.  He  sold  his  home  September  i. 
1642,  to  John  Moore,  and  September  13,  1642, 
took  a  six  year  lease  of  the  Dunster  farm  on 
the  east  shore  of  Lake  Cochituate.  He  bought 
land  between  that  of  Mary  Axtell  and  Phile- 
mon Whale  and  his  son,  thus  locating  his 
homestead  at  Rice's  Spring.  Then  he  bought 
Whale's  house  and  nine  acres,  forming  the 
nucleus  of  the  Rice  homestead,  which  he  sold 
finally  to  his  son  Edmund,  and  which  was  oc- 
cupied by  Edmund  and  his  descendants  down 
to  a  recent  date.  He  leased  September  26, 
1647,  for  ten  years,  the  Glover  farm,  which  is 
within  the  present  limits  of  Framingham.    He 


bought  April  8,  1657,  the  Jennison  farm  of 
two  hundred  acres,  extending  from  the  Dun- 
ster farm  to  the  Weston  line,  and  June  24, 
1659,  he  and  his  son  bought  the  Dunster  farm. 
Besides  these  grants  and  purchases,  the  gen- 
eral court  gave  him  fifty  acres  at  Rice's  End, 
m  1652,  and  eighty  acres  near  the  Beaver  Dam 
in  1659.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  and  an 
educated  man,  as  legal  documents  in  his  hand 
writing  still  in  existence,  prove.  On  Septem- 
ber 4,  1639,  he  was  on  the  first  committee  to 
apportion  the  meadows ;  selectman  1639,  1644, 
and  later  at  various  times;  deacon, after  1648; 
deputy  to  the  general  court  1654-56,  and  one 
of  the  petitioners  for  Marlborough,  and  re- 
ceived a  house  lot  and  moved  there  in  1660. 
He  died  May  3,  1663,  aged  sixty-nine,  accord- 
ing to  one  record.  He  gave  his  age  as  sixty- 
two  in  1656.     He  married  (first)  in  England, 

Tamazine  ,   who   died  June    13,    1654. 

He  married  (second)  March  i,  1655,  Mercy 
(Heard)  Brigham,  widow  of  Thomas  Brig- 
ham.  Children,  all  by  first  wife:  i.  Henry, 
born  1616;  married  Elizabeth  More.  2.  Ed- 
ward, born  1618.  3.  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Matthew,  married  Martha  Lamson. 
5.  Samuel,  married  Elizabeth  King.  6.  Jo- 
seph, born  1637.  7.  Lydia,  married  Hugh 
Drury.  8.  Edmund.  9.  Benjamin,  born  May 
31,  1640.  10,  Ruth,  married  S.  Wells.  11. 
Ann.     12.  Mary. 

(II)  Thomas,    son    of   Edmund    Rice,    was 
probably  born  in  England.  He  married  Mary 

,  and  resided  in  Sudbury  until   1664, 

when  he  moved  to  the  adjacent  town  of 
Marlborough.  Six  of  his  children  were  born 
in  Sudbury,  the  rest  in  Marlborough.  He 
died  November  16,  ifiSi.  His  family  was  re- 
markable for  the  longevity  of  the  children ; 
an  interesting  but  not  entirely  reliable  article 
on  the  family,  appeared  in  the  Boston  Ga::ctte 
December  26,  1768.  His  will  was  dated 
November  11,  1681,  and  proved  April  14, 
1682.  He  bequeathed  to  Thomas,  Peter, 
Nathaniel  and  Ephraim.  His  widow  made 
her  will  May  10,  1710;  it  was  proved  April 
II,  1715,  and  mentions  sons  Thomas  Rice  of 
Marlborough ;  Peter,  Nathaniel,  Ephraim, 
Gershom,  James,  Jonas,  Elisha ;  daughters 
Mary  White,  Sarah  Adams,  Frances  Allen. 
Grace  Moore.  Children:  i.  Grace,  died  at 
Sudbury,  January  3,  1653-4.  2.  Thomas, 
born  June  30,  1654.  3.  Mary,  born  Septem- 
ber 4,  1656 ;  married  Josiah  White.  4,  Peter, 
born  October  24,  1658 :  married  Rebecca 
How,  5.  Nathaniel,  born  January  3,  1660; 
married  Sarah  .     6.  Sarah,  born  Jan- 


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uary  15,  1662.  7.  Ephraim,  born  April  15, 
1665 ;  married  Hannah  Livermore.  8.  Ger- 
shom,  born  ^lay  9,  1667;  married  Elizabeth 
Haynes.  9.  James,  born  March  6,  1669 ; 
married  Sarah  Stone.  10.  Frances,  born 
February  3,  1670-71  ;  married  Benjamin  Al- 
len. II.  Jonas,  born  March  6,  1672-3;  mar- 
ried Mary  Stone.  12.  Grace,  born  January 
I5>  1675;  married  Nathaniel  Moore.  13. 
Elisha,  born  December  11,  1679;  mentioned 
below. 

(HI)  Elisha,  son  of  Thomas  Rice,  was 
born  December  11,  1679.  He  resided  in  Sud- 
bury, and  married,  February  10,  1707-8,  Eliz- 
abeth Wheeler.  He  had  a  thirty  acre  grant 
of  land  in  Worcester  in  1718,  and  was  a  pro- 
prietor in  1719,  and  his  fifth  child  was  re- 
corded there.  He  returned  to  Sudbury, 
where  he  died  intestate  in  1761.  His  eldest 
son,  Eliakim  was  administrator  of  his  estate. 
Children:  i.  Eliakim,  born  February  27, 
1709:  married  Mehitable  Livermore.  2.  Eli- 
sha, born  March  2.  171 1  :  died  young.  3.  Eli- 
sha, born  November  3,  1713.  4.  Julia,  born 
March  30,  1716.  5.  Silas,  born  November  7, 
1719 ;  married  Copia  Broughton.  6.  Elijah, 
born  March  5,  1722;  mentioned  below.  7. 
Zebulon,  born  January  5,  1725,  died  Decem- 
ber 26,  1799;  married  December  7,  1749,  Su- 
sanna Allen. 

(IV)  Elijah,  son  of  Elisha  Rice,  was  born 
March  5,  1722,  and  died  at  Holden,  in  1818, 
in  his  ninety-seventh  year.  His  will  was  dated 
April  8,  1799,  and  proved  April  7,  1818.  He 
resided  at  Shrewsbury,  in  that  part  now 
Boylston,  and  removed  to  Holden  after  the 
birth  of  his  children.  He  married  Huldah 
Keyes,  born  1727,  died  at  Holden,  March 
1799,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Tamar 
(Wheelock)  Keyes.  Children,  born  at 
Shrewsbury:  i.  Elijah,  born  September  11, 
1749;  married  Relief  Williams.  2.  Lois,  born 
September  19,  1751  ;  married  January  17, 
1770,  Edward  Goodnow.  3.  Tryphena 
(twin)  died  young.  4.  Joseph  (twin)  died 
young.  5.  Ebenezer,  born  RIarch  12,  1756; 
married  (first)  Sarah  Taintor ;  and  (second) 
Ruth  Eveleth.  6.  Zerviah,  born  August  6, 
1760;  married  Simon  Stickney;  (second) 
Thaddeus  Colburn.  7.  Lettice,  married  July 
18,  1782,  Thomas  Davis.  8.  Huldah,  married 
Asa  Raymond. 

(V)  Elijah  (2),  born  September  11,  1749, 
son  of  Elijah  (i)  Rice,  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  James  Davis' 
company  of  minute-men.  Colonel  Doolittle's 
regiment,  on  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19, 


1775.  He  married  Relief  Williams,  of 
Princeton,  Massachusetts,  at  Lancaster, 
January  27,  1772,  and  settled  at  Holden,  Mas- 
sachusetts, whence  he  removed  to  Shrews- 
bury in  January,  1799.  He  died  at  Shrews- 
bury. January  3,  1827,  in  his  seventy-eighth 
year.  His  widow  Relief  died  at  Newton, 
Massachusetts,  at  the  home  of  her  daughter, 
Azubah  Pratt.  Children,  born  at  Holden : 
I.  Joseph,  born  January  19,  1773;  married 
Mary  E.  Eldridge.  2.  Tryphena,  born  April 
28,  1774;  married,  November  29,  1798,  Rufus 
Holman,  of  Sterling,  3.  Nahum,  born  Octo- 
ber 27,  1775  ;  married  Nancy  Young,  at  Bos- 
ton, May  21,  1803;  he  died  July  25,  1832.  4. 
Lucy,  born  July  25,  1777;  married  Stephen 
Woods.  5.  David,  born  March  8,  1779; 
mentioned  below.  6.  Martin,  born  ^larch  8, 
1781  ;  married,  December  16,  1803,  Lucy 
Wheeler,  of  Holden ;  resided  at  Leicester, 
Massachusetts,  and  Stanbridge,  Canada.  7. 
Azubah,  born  August  14,  1784;  married  Ru- 
fus Pratt,  of  Newton,  in  1818;  removed  to 
Fitchburg,  thence  to  Sudbury,  where  he  died 
March  23,  1849.  8.  Elijah,  born  December  5, 
1786:  married  Martha  Goddard.  9.  Alexan- 
der, born  December  27,  1788;  married  Sarah 
Drury.  10.  Olive,  born  October  6,  1790; 
married  Billings  Briggs.  11.  Abner,  born 
September  7,  1792;  married  Lucy  Wheeler, 
of  Kingston  ;  resided  at  Thomaston,  Maine. 
12.   Lois,  resided  in  Boston. 

(VI)  David,  son  of  Elijah  (2)  Rice,  was 
born  in  Holden,  Alarch  8,  1779,  and  died  in 
Baltimore.  Maryland,  December  13,  1830. 
He  resided  during  his  youth  in  Holden,  then 
went  to  Shrewsbury,  and  finally  to  Boston, 
where  he  lived  for  many  years  on  Hamilton 
street.  Fort  Hill.  About  1817  he  formed  a 
co-partnership  with  David  Henshaw,  after- 
wards collector  of  the  port  of  Boston,  and  a 
distinguished  and  prominent  citizen,  under 
the  name  of  Rice  &  Henshaw,  which  con- 
tinued until  1826.  David  Rice  built  the  first 
bridge  between  Boston  and  South  Boston; 
an  entire  block  of  granite  buildings  on  South 
Market  street,  Boston,  and  many  important 
buildings  and  public  works.  In  later  years 
he  resided  on  the  corner  of  Broad  and  F 
streets.  South  Boston,  and  owned  the  top  of 
Dorchester  Heights,  where  the  Battery  stood 
during  the  siege  of  Boston.  He  married, 
April  26,  1806,  Hannah  Thompson  Bangs, 
born  June  13,  1790.  Children,  born  in  Bos- 
ton:  I.  Frances  Ann,  born  March  22,  1808; 
married  William  F.  Whitney,  2.  Alvira  W., 
born  December  16,  1810,  died  July  3,  1813.  3. 


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David  \\'..  born  April  2,  1812,  died  unmar- 
ried, April,  185 1.  4.  Edward  Everett,  born 
July  10,  1814 :  mentioned  below.  5.  Henry 
A.,  born  December  13,  1816;  married  Eliza 
M.  Putnam.  6.  Jane  R.,  born  May  31.  1819 : 
married  Richard  Pitts,  of  Boston,  February 
2,  1841.  7.  Harriet  L.,  born  October  13, 
1821 ;  married,  March  26,  1839,  Charles  L. 
Thayer,  of  Boston.  8.  (jeorge  \\'.,  born  July 
14,  1828 ;  married  Adelaide  Walker. 

(VH)  Edward  Everett,  son  of  David 
nice,  was  born  on  Hamilton  street,  Fort  Hill, 
Boston,  July  10,  1814.  He  was  educated  at 
a  private  school  in  Bolton,  and  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  in  the  office  of  Hall 
J.  Howe  &  Company,  dry  goods  commission 
house,  of  Boston,  afterwards  in  the  firm  of 
Tenney  &  Rice,  ship  chandlers,  afterwards, 
the  firm  of  McFarland  &  Rice,  importers  and 
dealers  in  indigo  and  dye  stuffs.  Later  he 
established  the  firm  of  Edward  E.  Rice  & 
Company,  corner  of  Milk  and  Kilby  streets. 
Boston,  which  was  always  prosperous.  In 
the  great  fire  of  1872  the  firm  lost  its  entire 
stock,  but  immediately  resumed  business  on 
Central  Wharf,  Boston,  later  at  221  State 
street,  then  at  297  Franklin  street,  then  at 
the  corner  of  Batterymarch  and  Franklin 
streets,  where  Mr.  Rice  continued  in  business 
to  the  time  of  his  death,  and  on  the  exact 
spot  where  he  was  born  in  1814,  only  some 
sixty  feet  below  the  top  of  Fort  Hill,  which 
had  been  razed  to  its  present  level.  He  was 
a  prominent  merchant  of  Boston,  and  was 
widely  known  and  highly  respected.  His  suc- 
cess was  due  to  his  own  sagacity  and  enter- 
prise. He  was  upright  and  honorable  in  all 
his  dealings  and  of  exemplary  personal  char- 
acter. In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and 
lie  took  a  keen  interest  in  public  affairs,  hav- 
ing decided  convictions  on  the  questions  of 
the  day,  but  he  never  sought  public  honors. 
He  was  an  active  member  and  liberal  support- 
er of  the  Unitarian  church.  He  gave  freely, 
not  only  to  the  church  and  charitable  organi- 
zations, but  poor  and  unfortunate  who  came 
to  him.     He  died  April  8,  1888. 

He  married  ffirst)  November  14,  1838, 
Priscilla  Derby  Goodridge,  born  1819,  died 
August  1861,  daughter  of  Samuel  Goodridge. 
He  married  (second)  Elizabeth  Heath 
(Weld)  Bartlett.  Children  of  first  wife:  i. 
Frances  Priscilla,  born  September  18.  1839: 
married  George  Hatch  Quincy,  of  Boston ; 
children :  i.  Priscilla  Rice  Quincy,  married 
Richard  D.  Peters  (deceased),  and  lives  in 
Boston,    having  children,    G.    Quincy    Peters 


and  Richard  Dudley  Peters;  ii.  Elsie  Robin- 
son Quincy,  married  Henry  Gilman  Nichols. 
2.  Edward  David,  born  November  19,  1844; 
mentioned  below.  Child  of  second  wife:  3. 
Charles  F.  ( deceased )  married  Lillie  Wilder. 
(\TII)  Edward  David,  son  of  Edward 
Everett  Rice,  was  born  November  19,  1844. 
He  was  educated  at  Chauncey  Hall  School, 
Boston,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1862.  In 
1865  he  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Ed- 
ward E.  Rice  &  Company,  and  has  continued 
the  business  to  the  present  time.  He  is  one 
of  the  leading  merchants  in  the  dyestuffs  and 
chemical  trade  of  Boston.  He  owns  and  oc- 
cupies the  historic  property  formerly  owned 
by  Sir  Francis  Bernard,  the  colonial  gov- 
ernor of  ^lassachusetts  Bay  colony,  1760-69, 
located  near  Jamaica  Pond,  with  grounds  five 
acres  in  extent.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Coun- 
try Club,  the  Eastern  Yacht  Club  and  the 
Veteran  Cadet  Association.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Unitarian,  and  in  politics,  a  Republican. 
.  He  married,  in  Salem,  Massachusetts, 
April  30,  1872,  Eliza  Grafton  Brookhouse, 
born  at  Salem,  September  2,  185 1,  daughter 
of  Robert  Brookhouse  2d,  and  Anna  Osborne 
(Sutton)  Brookhouse.  (See  Brookhouse 
family).  She  was  educated  in  Miss  Ward's 
School,  Salem.  She  is  popular  in  social  life 
in  Jamaica  Plain.  Children:  i.  Lila  Brook- 
house, born  December  23.  1873 ;  married,  Oc- 
tober 4,  1904,  Charles  Miller  Barker,  a  prom- 
inent lumber  merchant  of  Boston.  2.  Mabel 
Sutton,  born  March  23,  1876:  resides  with 
her  parents.  3.  Edward  Everett,  born  No- 
vember 29,  1882;  graduate  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege, in  the  class  of  1907;  now  with  the  firm 
of  Catlin  Company,  cotton  goods  commis- 
sion merchants,  of  New  York,  Philadelphia, 
Chicago,  and  Boston;  member  of  Battery  A, 
Light  Artillery,  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Militia. 

(The  Brookhouse  Line). 

Brookhouse  is  an  old  English  family.  While 
not  a  numerous  family,  either  in  England  or 
America,  many  of  the  men  have  been  distin- 
guished in  business  and  public  life. 

(I)  Robert  Brookhouse,  the  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  about  1720.  He  settled  in 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  and  was  a  prominent 
mariner.  He  was  active  during  the  revolution, 
in  the  American  service.  He  served  in  1776 
in  Captain  Addison  Richardson's  company,  of 
Salem,  Colonel  John  Alansfield's  regiment.  In 
1777  he  was  commissioned  by  congress,  lieu- 
tenant of  the  privateer  schop'ner  "Lively,"  of 


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Salem,  Captain  John  Simmons,  and  April  15, 
1778,  he  was  commissioned  captain  of  this  ves- 
sel, which  had  a  notable  record  in  the  navy. 
His  son  Nathaniel  became  captain  of  the  same 

privateer  in  1783.    He  married  Sarah . 

He  was  an  Episcopalian,  and  his  children  were 
baptized  in  the  Episcopal  church  at  Salem. 
In  1790  his  widow  Sarah  had  three  sons  over 
sixteen,  and  two  daughters  living  with  her, 
according  to  the  census.  Children:  i.  Na- 
thaniel, baptized  October  9,  1757;  mariner, 
and  commanded  the  "Lively"  in  1783,  and  the 
"Junius  Brutus"  in  1781 ;  in  1790  he  was  the 
only  male  head  of  the  family  in  Massachusetts, 
and  had  in  his  family  three  males  over  sixteen, 
four  under  sixteen,  and  two  females ;  chil- 
dren:  i.  Nathaniel,  baptized  October  29,  1780; 
ii.  Mary,  baptized  October  29,  1780;  iii.  J. 
Mugford,  baptized  March,  1783;  iv.  Robert, 
baptized  February  5,  1786 ;  v.  Daniel  Webb, 
baptized  July  13,  1788;  vi.  Benjamin  Webb, 
baptized  September  5,  1790;  Benjamin  Webb, 
baptized  December  8,  1794.  2.  Mary  Mug- 
ford,  baptized  December  5,  1758.  3.  John, 
baptized  June  22,  1761  ;  in  the  navy  in  the  rev- 
olution, a  boy  on  the  "Tyrannicide,"  in  1776- 
78.  4.  James,  baptized  January  22,  1764.  5. 
Mary,  baptized  September  7,  1766.  6.  Lydia, 
baptized  September  18,  1768.  7.  Sarah,  bap- 
tized November  25,  1770.  8.  John  (  ?)  (ac- 
cording to  the  record,  probably  an  error  as 
John  was  in  the  revolution  as  mentioned  above, 
baptized  April  19,  1772.  9.  Robert  fpost- 
humous),  born  December  8,  1779. 

(H)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Brook- 
house,  was  born  in  Salem,  December  8,  1779, 
and  died  June  10,  1866.  He  was  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Salem  and  in  1822  was  one  of  the 
charter  members  and  directors  of  the  famous 
old  society  called  the  Association  for  the  De- 
tection of  Tliieves  and  Robbers,  organized  in 
that  year.  He  was  a  prominent  ship  owner, 
engaged  at  first  in  the  South  America  trade 
and  in  the  trade  with  Madagascar,  and  for  a 
long  period  embracing  most  of  his  business 
life,  in  trade  with  Africa,  dealing  in  palm  oil, 
gum  copal,  ivory,  etc.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  to  establish  the  public  charities  in  Salem, 
and  gave  to  the  town  the  house  for  the  Old 
Ladies'  Home,  an  association  for  the  relief  of 
aged  and  destitute  women.  He  also  gave  the 
first  building  of  the  Seamen's  Orphans'  and 
Children's  Friend  Society,  two  institutions 
which  are  still  doing  good  work.  He  lived  in 
a  brick  house  at  the  corner  of  Washington 
and  Lynde  streets,  which  he  bought  of  John 
Derby,  trustees  in  1835.     He  married  (first) 


Martha  Farley,  May  21,  1805.  She  died  No- 
vember 10,  1817,  and  he  married  (second) 
May  10,  1818,  Eliza  Woodbridge  Grafton, 
who  died  May  28,  1825.  He  married  (third) 
March  6,   1826,  Mary  Follansbee,  who  died 

.      Children    of   first   wife:    i.  Robert, 

died  young.  2.  Martha,  died  s.  p.  3.  John, 
died  s.  p.  Children  of  second  wife :  4.  Eliza- 
beth Grafton.  5.  Robert,  mentioned  below. 
Child  of  third  wife :  6.  Alary  Follansbee,  died 
aged  five  months. 

(HI)  Robert  (3),  son  of  Robert  (2)  Brook- 
house,  was  born  in  Salem,  March  23,  1823, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He 
was  a  ship  owner  and  African  merchant  in 
Salem.  He  married,  April  24,  1845,  Anna 
Osborne  Sutton,  born  in  Peabody,  June  15, 
1825,  daughter  of  General  William  Sutton,  of 
Danvers,  a  prominent  citizen  of  high  social 
standing  and  wealth.  Children:  i.  Robert, 
born  May  11,  1846.  2.  William  Sutton,  born 
July  31,  1848;  died  January  2,  1878.  3.  Eliza 
Grafton,  born  September  2,  185 1  ;  married 
Edward  David  Rice  (see  Rice  family).  4. 
Arthur,  born  July  I,  1855;  died  December 
19,  1890.  5.  Albert,  .  born  September  10, 
i860;  died  April  6,  1897. 


(For  early  generations  see  Bernard  Capen  1). 

(IV)  Samuel  Capen  (2),  son  of 
CAPEN  Samuel  (i)  and  Susannah  (Pay- 
son)  Capen,  was  born  in  Dor- 
chester, Alarch  I,  1686.  He  married,  March 
28,  1722,  Lydia,  born  May  13,  1700,  died  May 
30,  1726,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Sarah 
(Lewis)  Waterman,  of  Hingham.  They  re- 
sided in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  and 
were  the  parents  of  two  sons  :  i.  Josiah,  bap- 
tized November  i,  1722.  2.  Robert,  men- 
tioned below.     Perhaps  other  children. 

(V)  Robert,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Lydia 
(Waterman)  Capen,  was  born  in  Dorchester, 
Alassachusetts,  May  30,  1724.  He  lived  on 
the  Ponkapoag  plantation  lands  in  what  af- 
terward became  Stoughton  and  now  is  Can- 
ton. His  home  was  near  the  meeting  house, 
and  in  1760  he  was  one  of  the  "English  abut- 
ters whose  lands  lay  adoining  Indian  lands." 
He  was  a  private  in  Captain  Peter  Talbot's 
company.  Colonel  Lemuel  Robinson's  regi- 
ment, which  marched  on  the  alarm,  April  19, 
1775,  and  served  five  days;  also  private  in 
Captain  Simeon  Leach's  company,  Benjamin 
Gill's  regiment,  which  marched  to  fortify 
Dorchester  Heights,  March  4,  1776;  service 
five  days ;  also  private  in  Captain  Leach's 
company  of  guards.  Colonel  Gill's  regiment. 


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and  marched  from  Stoughton  to  Braintree, 
March  21,  1776,  when  British  ships  lay  in 
Boston  Harbor;  service  two  days.  Robert 
Capen  was  styled  "gentleman''  in  two  com- 
missions received  from  George  HI  in  1763- 
68,  which  commissions  are  in  possession  of 
Mr.  Edward  N.  Capen.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber I,  1744,  Jane  Lyon,  born  'Slay  2,  1721, 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Waitstill  (Wyatt)  Ly- 
on. Children,  all  born  in  Stoughton:  i. 
Samuel,  born  about  1745,  died  December, 
1809 ;  married,  about  1767,  Elizabeth  With- 
ington.  2.  Lydia,  February  27,  1747.  3.  Ro- 
bert, February  28,  1748,  died  February  9, 
1749.  4.  Robert,  August  11,  1750,  died  Au- 
gust, 1752.  5.  Sarah,  April  12,  1751,  died 
May  7,  1755.  6.  Robert,  .\ugust  2,  1752.  7. 
Waitstill,  September  25,  1733.  8.  Bethiah, 
September  19,  1756.  9.  Andrew,  November 
22,  1757,  mentioned  below.  10.  Hannah, 
1759,  died  1811. 

(VI)  Andrew,  son  of  Robert  and  Jane 
(Lyon)  Capen,  was  born  in  Stoughton,  No- 
vember 22,  1757,  died  June  i,  1846.  He 
owned  and  lived  on  the  farm  purchased  in 
1793  from  the  heirs  of  Captain  Asahel  Smith, 
and  which  half  a  century  before  had  been 
purchased  by  Deacon  Badlam  from  Roger 
Sherman,  and  the  dwelling  converted  into  a 
public  house.  During  Andrew  Capen's  oc- 
cupancy the  old  tavern  was  finally  closed,  al- 
though the  house  remained  standing  until 
within  the  memory  of  persons  now  living.  The 
property  passed  from  Mr.  Capen  into  pos- 
session of  the  town  and  now  forms  part  of 
the  town  farm.  Andrew  Capen  is  remem- 
bered as  having  been  very  fond  of  music,  and 
is  mentioned  as  one  of  the  "singers  of  tenor" 
in  the  "list  of  scholars  at  William  Billings 
Sacred  Music  Singing  School  at  Stoughton" 
in  January,  1774,  and  in  1836  he  was  present 
at  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  Stoughton 
Musical  Society.  Mr.  Capen  married,  April 
16,  1789,  Hannah  Richards,  born  January  i, 
1770,  died  November  23,  1843,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Mary  (Belcher)  Richards,  of 
Sharon,  the  marriage  ceremony  being  per- 
formed by  Rev.  I\Ir.  Curtis.  Children:  i. 
Robert,  born  October  12,  1790,  died  Novem- 
ber 6,  1853.  2.  Jane,  June  17,  1792,  died  De- 
cember II,  1794.  3.  Hannah,  July  16,  1794. 
died  June  20,  1796.  4.  .'\ndrew  Jr.,  October 
I5j  1796,  died  June  26,  1863.  5.  Benjamin. 
October  i,  1798,  died  April  10,  1799.  6.  Jane, 
March  i,  1800,  died  January  23,  1875.  7- 
Benjamin,  April  9.  1802.  died  June  15,  1823. 
8.  Nahum,  April  i.  1804,  mentioned  below.  9. 

iv— 28 


John,  May  14,  1806,  died  February  7,  1824. 
10.  Mary,  June  22,  1808,  died  ]\Iarch  24, 
1893.  II.  Hannah,  ]\larch  19,  181 1,  died 
April  24,  1842;  married  Sawyer  Stone. 

(VH)  Nahum,  son  of  Andrew  and  Han- 
nah (Richards)  Capen,  was  bom  in  Canton, 
Massachusetts,  April  i,  1804,  died  January  8, 
1886.  He  received  a  good,  practical  educa- 
tion, and  during  young  manhood  manifested 
an  inclination  of  literary  pursuits.  In  1823, 
at  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  wrote  "Plutarch's 
Lives"  with  such  brief  reflections  upon  each 
as  the  words  and  deeds  of  their  eminent  sub- 
jects suggested  to  him,  and  also  in  the  same 
year  wrote  a  series  of  articles  in  favor  of 
free  trade.  In  1825  he  became  a  partner  in 
the  book  publishing  firm  of  ]\Iarch,  Capen  & 
Lyon,  Boston,  and  there  found  ample  oppor- 
tunity for  the  indulgence  of  his  tastes  and  the 
gratification  of  his  literary  ambition.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  publishers  to  propose  the  en- 
actment by  congress  of  a  copyright  law,  and 
presented  his  memorial  to  that  body  setting 
forth  his  own  views  on  the  subject.  In  addi- 
tion to  this  he  wrote  letters  to  Daniel  Webster 
and  Henry  Clay  upon  the  subject.  He  was 
in  all  respects  a  man  of  the  times,  and  several 
important  advances  in  the  public  service  re- 
sulted from  suggestions  originally  made  by 
him.  One  of  his  letters  was  considered  by 
congress  of  sufficient  importance  to  be  pub- 
lished by  the  senate,  and  it  led  to  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  permanent  census  bureau  in 
Washington.  The  firm  of  March,  Capen  & 
Lyon  engaged  the  most  distinguished  writers 
of  that  day  to  prepare  works  for  them,  among 
whom  may  be  mentioned  Bishop  Potter,  of 
Pennsylvania ;  Professors  Silliman  and  01m- 
stead :  Washington  Irving;  Judge  Buel,  of  this 
country,  and  also  the  most  eminent  writers  of 
the  old  world.  Mr.  Capen  was  selected  by 
Hawthorne  to  read  his  first  book  which  was 
published  anonymously,  and  he  was  the  only 
man  who  kept  a  meteorological  journal  for 
publication  in  Boston,  1825-26-27,  showing 
all  the  changes  of  the  barometer  and  ther- 
mometer. He  was  also  deeply  interested  in 
the  various  systems  of  metaphysics,  theology 
and  the  history  of  religious  sects.  In  1827 
Mr.  Capen  wrote  a  description  of  the  solar 
microscope  and  its  wonders.  He  lectured  upon 
metaphysics,  phrenology  and  other  branches 
of  education. 

During  the  visit  of  Spurzheim  to  this  coun- 
try in  1832,  he  became  much  interested  in  Mr. 
Capen  and  finally  chose  him  for  his  critic,  con- 
fidential   friend    and    adviser,    although    Mr. 


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Capen  was  only  twenty-eight  years  of  age  and 
Mr.  Spurzheim  was  fifty-six.  This  relation 
continued  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Spurzheim, 
at  which  time  there  remained  in  the  hands  of 
Mr.  Capen  a  number  of  thousands  of  dollars 
which  was  later  turned  over  to  his  heirs  in 
England.  Mr.  Capen  also  prepared  an  exten- 
sive biography  of  Mr.  Spurzheim  and  edited 
his  works  on  phrenology  and  insanity.  In  1835- 
36  Mr.  Capen  visited' Europe,  where  he  be- 
came acquainted  with  the  most  prominent  and 
distinguished  men  of  the  old  world,  including 
Sir  Charles  Bell,  Sir  James  Clark,  Dr.  Arnott, 
the  Duke  of  Sussex,  Professor  Nichols,  and 
was  made  a  member  of  many  scientific  associa- 
tions. He  was  also  personally  acquainted  with 
Andrew  Jackson,  Daniel  Webster,  John  Ouin- 
cy  Adams,  John  C.  Calhoun,  Alartin  Van 
Buren,  Longfellow,  Bryant,  Dickens,  Audu- 
bon, and  a  large  number  of  other  leading  men 
of  the  day. 

LIpon  his  return  from  England  Mr.  Capen 
brought  with  him  documents  on  the  subject  of 
life  insurance,  and  was  the  first  to  prepare  a 
mutual  company  in  Boston,  and  when  the 
present  New  York  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company  was  organized  his  suggestions  were 
followed.  In  1840  he  wrote  and  published  the 
"Republic  of  the  United  States",  dedicated  to 
James  Buchanan.  He  edited  the  "Massachu- 
setts State  Record"  for  the  years  1847  to 
1851  inclusive,  and  the  "Record  of  Inventive 
Genius  of  the  Country"  from  1790  to  1849. 
In  1861  he  wrote  a  letter  to  Peter  Cooper  en- 
titled the  "Indissoluble  Nature  of  the  Ameri- 
can Union"  which  was  published  in  a  pamphlet 
of  thirty-six  pages  and  extensively  circulated. 
In  addition  to  what  has  already  been  mention- 
ed, Mr.  Capen  edited  a  translation  of  the 
works  of  Dr.  Gall,  "Annals  of  Phrenology" 
and  the  "Writings  of  Hon.  Levi  Wood- 
bury, LL.D."  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  engaged  in  the  preparation  of  what 
perhaps  was  his  best  work,  "History  of 
Democracy".  The  first  volume  of  nearly 
seven  hundred  pages  was  published  in 
1875,  following  which  extended  chapters  on 
political  economy  and  subjects  of  practical  im- 
portance, abundantly  illustrated  by  noted  men, 
were  continuously  published  until  the  time  of 
his  death.  In  the  prosecution  of  this  work, 
Mr.  Capen  read  and  indexed  the  "Ecclesiasti- 
cal, Political  and  Civil  History  of  the  World", 
as  well  as  the  "Science  of  Government  and 
Political  Economy",  and  published  an  enor- 
mous mass  of  valuable  material. 

On  June  4,  1857,  Mr.  Capen  was  appointed 


by  President  Buchanan,  postmaster  of  Boston, 
and  held  that  office  until  1861.  He  was  the 
first  postmaster  in  the  country  to  introduce 
street  letter  boxes  for  the  collection  of  letters, 
now  a  popular  system  throughout  the  country, 
and  worked  out  the  free  delivery  system  for 
the  post  office  department.  During  the  year 
1827  there  were  conferred  upon  him  all  the 
degrees  of  the  Masonic  bodies,  including  the 
chapter,  encampment  and  grand  lodge.  He 
delivered  a  number  of  Masonic  addresses  be- 
fore the  Grand  Lodge  at  different  times,  and 
was  corresponding  secretary  of  that  body 
from  1833  to  1840.  For  a  time  in  early  life 
Mr.  Capen  studied  medicine  with  his  elder 
brother,  Dr.  Robert  Capen,  but  abandoned 
that  profession  on  account  of  ill  health.  In 
1840  Mr.  Capen  purchased  the  beautiful  resi- 
dence of  Rev.  Dr.  Thaddeus  Mason  Harris  in 
the  town  of  Dorchester,  which  he  named 
Mount  Ida. 

Mr.  Capen  married,  October  14,  1830.  Eliz- 
abeth Ann.  born  December  17,  1806,  daughter 
of  William  and  Sarah  Moore  (Rand)  More. 
Mrs.  Capen  died  July  7,  1897.  They  had  four 
children:  I.  Nahum,  born  November  12,  1831, 
died  April  10,  1834.  2.  Elizabeth  Sprague, 
born  February  12,  1835,  married,  January  30, 
1865,  Shelton  Barry ;  five  children :  Caroline 
Shelton,  Elizabeth  Capen,  Shelton,  married 
Alice  Kimpton ;  Martha  Worthing,  married 
Edward  McKim  Hagar ;  Edmund  Drinan, 
married  Catharine  Clapp  Humphreys ;  they 
have  one  child,  Charles  Humphreys  Barry.  3. 
Edward  Nahum,  born  June  24,  1838,  formerly 
of  the  firm  of  Capen,  Sprague  &  Company, 
now  and  since  1885  with  the  Standard  Oil 
Company.  4.  Mary  Anna,  born  July  7,  1840; 
married.  May  23,  1861,  Alfred  Churchill 
Thacher ;  three  children :  George  Churchill, 
Maria  Howard,  Elizabeth  More. 


John  Gilmore,  progenitor  of 
GILMORE     the  Wrentham  and  Franklin, 

Massachusetts,  families,  came 
from  sturdy  Scotch  ancestors.  He  was  born 
at  Glasgow,  Scotland,  about  1660.  It  is  sup- 
posed that  his  parents  emigrated  to  the  north 
of  Ireland,  where  he  was  reared  according  to 
the  strict  Protestant  ideas.  Here  he  came  to 
manhood,  taking  up  the  toil  of  the  farmer's 
lot,  and  as  was  the  custom  of  many  of  those 
sturdy  settlers  to  learn  some  kind  of  trade. 
At  exactly  what  parish  he  came  from  we  have 
not  been  able  to  state,  but  his  children  were 
all  born  in  Ulster  county,  province  of  Ulster, 
Ireland.     About  the  year  1700,  imbued  with 


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the  spirit  of  religious  freedom  and  to  seek  a 
home  in  the  new  land,  he  emigrated  with  his 
family  to  America,  landing  at  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts.  How  long  he  remained  there 
cannot  exactly  be  determined.  His  sons,  An- 
drew and  James,  settled  at  Raynham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  it  is  supposed  their  father  and 
mother  came  there  with  them,  as  both  died 
there.  Their  son  Andrew  settled  at  Bedford, 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  had  numerous  de- 
scendants. John  Gilmore  was  a  Presbyterian 
by  faith,  and  brought  his  family  up  in  the 
same  faith,  his  son  David  being  an  itinerant 
preacher.      He    died    at    Raynham,    July    24, 

1 74 1.     He  married  Agness  ,  doubtless 

of  Scotch  birth ;  she  died  at  Raynham,  March 
8,  1752;  they  were  buried  side  by  side  in  the 
old  burial  ground  at  North  Raynham.  Chil- 
dren :  Andrew,  settled  at  Bedford,  New 
Hampshire  ;  James,  mentioned  below  ;  David  ; 
Agnes;  Thankful;  Nona. 

(H)  James,  son  of  John  Gilmore,  was  born 
in  Ulster  county,  north  of  Ireland,  about  1697, 
died  at  North  Raynham,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 19,  1773.  He  emigrated  with  his  fath- 
er's family  to  America  about  1700,  settling 
for  a  time  at  Weymouth,  Massachusetts.  He 
removed  to  Raynham  previous  to  1730  or 
possibly  later,  his  father  and  mother  evidently 
having  moved  there  also.  He  was  a  yoeman 
and  cordwainer  by  trade.  He  is  said  to  have 
had  ten  children,  some  of  them  dying  in  in- 
fancy. He  left  a  noble  posterity,  many  of 
whom  are  now  settled  in  the  nearby  towns  of 
Wrentham,  Franklin  and  Raynham.  Like  his 
father,  he  was  of  the  strict  Presbyterian  faith. 
His  wife  Thankful  and  he  are  buried  at  North 
Raynham,  and  their  gravestones  are  in  a  good 
state  of  preservation.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 20,  1725,  Thankful  Tyrel,  born  1705,  died 
February  20,  1789,  daughter  of  William  Jr. 
and  Abigail  Tyrrel,  of  Abbington,  Massachu- 
setts. (Thankful  is  mentioned  in  her  father's 
will).  Children:  i.  Andrew,  named  for  his 
uncle,  born  1727,  died  August  10,  1806.  2. 
Adam,  born  about  1734,  baptized  at  Bridge- 
water,  1742.  3.  Agnes,  born  about  1735,  bap- 
tized at  West  Bridgewater,  1742.  4.  Thank- 
ful, born  1738.  5.  William,  mentioned  be- 
low. 6.  Tyrrel,  born  March  24,  1744,  died 
May,  1775;  marched  on  Lexington  alarm, 
April  19,  177s;  married  Hannah  Book,  of 
Foxboro ;  children :  i.  Samuel,  born  Wren- 
tham, Massachusetts,  August  11,  1765,  died 
at  Holden,  Maine,  February  27,  1845 !  he  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  under  Captain 
Hunt's  company.  Colonel  Creatore,  and  later 


Colonel  Jackson's  regiment ;  married,  January 
10,  1788,  Reumah  Hathorn,  of  Taunton,  born 
in  Taunton,  September  11,  1767,  died  at 
Holden,  Maine,  January  26,  1864;  children: 
David,  born  September  8,  1789,  died  April 
12,  1868,  and  John  Smith,  born  September  30, 
1812,  died  February  6,  1905 ;  ii.  William ;  iii. 
Hannah,  married  Richard  Fisher,  of  Frank- 
lin ;  iv.  Hachel,  married  Eben  Crowning- 
shied,  of  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island. 

(Ill)  William,  son  of  James  Gilmore,  was 
born  in  1740,  died  at  Franklin,  Massachu- 
setts, April  21,  1789.  He  and  his  wife  are 
buried  in  the  old  West  Wrentham  cemetery. 
They  came  to  Wrentham  before  1766  and  set- 
tled in  the  west  part  of  the  town,  now  called 
the  "Mount,"  now  Franklin.  He  was  a  yoe- 
man and  cooper  by  trade.  May  20,  1771,  he 
owned  land,  a  dwelling  and  tanyard,  and  was 
allowed  i3  12  shillings  for  land  taken  to  con- 
struct a  road  near  his  homestead  and  those 
of  David  Gilmore  and  Joseph  Hills,  having 
been  voted  by  the  town  to  lay  out  a  road  by 
request  of  Ebenezer  Guild  and  others.  His 
widow  Mary  resided  at  Medfield  when  his 
estate  was  inventoried,  June  2,  1789,  amount- 
ing to  ^478  14  shillings  10  pence.  It  included 
sheep,  geese,  swine  and  herd,  seventy-two 
and  a-half  acres  of  home  farm,  and  seven  and 
a-half  acres  of  outland.  June  20,  1804,  $165 
of  his  estate  "now  under  improvement  of  his 
widow"  was  paid  by  his  son  William  to  Nath.- 
an,  another  son.  He  was  private  in  Captain 
Fairbank's  company,  which  marched  on  the 
alarm  of  April  19,  1775  ;  also  same  company. 
Major  Metcalf's  regiment,  entered  service 
December  8,  1777,  to  December  11,  1777; 
company  marched  from  Wrentham  to  Provi- 
dence and  Warwick,  Rhode  Island,  on  alarm 
of  December  8,  1777;  roll  endorsed  Colonel 
Wheelock's  regiment.  He  married,  at  Reho- 
both,  Massachusetts,  January  i,  1761,  by 
Rev.  Robert  Rogerson,  Mary  Peirce,  born  at 
Rehoboth,  February  23,  1743,  died  October 
18,  1824,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Wil- 
lard)  Peirce,  of  Rehoboth.  Children:  i. Tyr- 
rel, born  1762.  2.  Israel,  born  1763,  died 
May  26,  1789.    3.  Rebecca,  born  January  16, 

1766,    married    McLane.      4.  Peirce, 

born  February  8,  1769,  died  October  4,  1775. 
5.  William,  mentioned  below.  6.  Otis,  born 
January  i,  1778,  died  June  9.  1778.  7.  Na- 
than, born  March  4,  1779,  died  July  16,  1855 ; 
married,  October  5,  1797,  Nancy  Fisher.  8. 
Sanford.  born  January  10,  1782.  9.  Ruhama. 
(IV)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  Gil- 
more, was  born    at  Franklin    (then    Wren- 


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tham),  December  ii,  1772,  died  at  Franklin, 
February  12,  1841.  He  early  kept  a  general 
store,  being  a  bright,  energetic  business  man. 
He  had  a  fine  education  for  his  times.  He 
was  the  first  man  in  P>anklin  to  go  to  New 
York  to  buy  goods.  He  later  settled  on  a 
farm  on  King  street,  near  Union  street, 
Franklin,  where  he  built  his  homestead  and 
barn,  these  being  next  to  the  present  home  of 
Edward  Dean.  In  his  will  he  left  his  daugh- 
ters $500  apiece,  his  son  Samuel  receiving  the 
homestead.  He  amassed  considerable  prop- 
erty, and  had  a  large  stock  of  cattle,  sheep 
and  horses,  being  a  shrewd  trader  in  these. 
He  was  a  rank  Whig  and  loyal  to  the  cause 
of  right.  His  will  is  dated  September  26, 
1830.  Samuel  Gilmore,  his  son,  was  sole  ex- 
ecutor. His  wife,  Molly  (Hills)  Gilmore,  re- 
ceived one-third,  and  to  his  several  children 
sums  of  money.  The  remainder  of  the  estate 
was  given  to  sons.  Philander  S.  and  Samuel. 
December  31,  1841,  Philander  S.  Gilmore, 
for  the  sum  of  $1500,  quitclaims  all  his  fath- 
er's estate  to  Samuel  his  brother.  William 
Gilmore  married,  October  10,  1798,  Molly 
Hills,  born  November  20,  1776,  at  Wren- 
tham,  died  February  14,  1839,  at  Franklin, 
daughter  of  Captain  Joseph  and  Mary 
(Ware)  Hills.  Captain  Joseph  Hills  was  born 
April  20,  1720,  died  June  10,  1815;  he  was 
sergeant  in  Captain  Asa  Fairbank's  com- 
pany and  marched  to  siege  of  Boston  under 
Washington  ;  he  was  later  captain.  Children  : 
I.  William,  born  1798,  died  December  3, 
1821.  2.  Joseph  Hills,  born  1801,  died  April 
16,  1821.  3.  Mary  Ann,  married,  Ji-ine  24, 
1828,  Horace  B.  Hall.  4.  Philander  Smith, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Abigail  Charlotte,  born 
October  24,  1812;  married  (first)  August  2, 
1835,  Leonard  A.  Arnold,  of  Cumberland ; 
(second)  Henry  Richards.  6.  Samuel  Tyrrel, 
born  May  3,  1814,  at  Natick,  died  February 
22,  1886.  7.  Albert,  born  October  26.  1817, 
died  October  29,  181 7.  8.  Olive  Maria,  born 
June  5,  1819,  at  Natick,  married,  April  4, 
1840,  Elbridge  Howe.  9.  Adeline  Jane,  born 
June  30,   1820. 

(V)  Philander  Smith,  son  of  William  (2) 
Gilmore,  was  born  at  Franklin^  Massachusetts, 
died  at  Medway,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
buried  at  Franklin.  He  worked  on  his  father's 
farm,  attending  the  district  school  then  situ- 
ated on  King  street,  going  during  the  winter 
terms.  He  remained  on  the  farm  up  to  early 
manhood.  He  was  a  rugged  man  until  his 
health  became  impaired  by  typhus  fever.  He 
owned  the  farm  afterward  known  as  the  Al- 


bert Bacon  place,  later  worked  the  farms  ol 
Jason  Tower,  Alden  Mann  and  Comfort 
Whipple  on  halves,  then  settled  at  South 
Franklin,  where  he  leased  a  farm  for  a  time, 
subsequently  removing  to  Franklin  Center, 
and  conducted  the  H.  M.  Green  boarding 
house,  adjacent  to  Dean  Academy,  he  and  his 
wife  managing  the  same  for  five  years.  He 
then  removed  to  Lawrence,  Massachusetts, 
and  entered  the  employ  of  his  son,  Joseph  H. 
F.  Gilmore,  in  his  bleachery,  where  he  re- 
mained four  years,  subsequently  removing  to 
Medway,  Massachusetts,  after  retiring  from 
all  active  business,  and  there  lived  with  his 
daughter.  His  death  occurred  there.  He  was 
a  strictly  temperate  man,  never  having  tasted 
liquor.  He  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Uni- 
versalist  church  at  Franklin.  He  was  honest 
to  a  fault,  and  never  known  to  take  advantage 
in  any  of  his  dealings.  He  became  an  author- 
ity on  the  Scriptures,  and  was  a  well  informed 
Universalist,  being  a  charter  member  of  that 
church.  He  served  in  the  early  militia.  He 
married,  October  27,  1831,  Nancy  Clark,  born 
at  Franklin,  December  27,  1812,  died  at  Chel- 
sea, daughter  of  Nathan  and  Nancy  (Payson) 
Clark,  of  Franklin.  Nathan  Clark  was  a 
butcher  by  trade.  Children:  i.  Nancy  Maria, 
born  at  Franklin,  May  14,  1832,  died  there 
May  31,  1851.  2.  William  Smith,  born  at 
Franklin,  March  15,  1834,  died  at  Methuen; 
married  Lucy  Wormel.  3.  Joseph  Hills,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Martha  Louisa,  born  at 
Franklin,  April  23,  1840,  died  at  Chelsea; 
married  Abion  Leslie  Ruggles ;  children: 
Arthur,  Annie,  William,  Mabel,  Gilbert,  Lil- 
lian, Carrie,  Dimond.  5.  Theron  Gilbert,  born 
at  Franklin,  April  22,  1847,  d'^d  October  24, 
1852.  6.  .\lbert  Philander,  born  October, 
1850,  died  September  16,  1852. 

(VI)  Joseph  Hills,  son  of  Philander  Smith 
Gilmore,  was  born  at  Franklin,  Massachusetts, 
.•\pril  10,  1836,  on  what  was  then  known  as  the 
old  Colonel  Thurston  farm,  on  the  road  to 
Unionville.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
school  up  to  the  age  of  eighteen,  working 
meanwhile  on  his  father's  farm.  He  then  en- 
tered the  straw  shop  of  H.  M.  Green  &  Baker, 
where  he  became  a  hat  presser,  remaining  up 
to  .\pril  I,  1861,  when  he  removed  to  Law- 
rence, Massachusetts,  entering  the  employ  of 
James  Gilmore  in  his  hat  and  bonnet  bleach- 
ery, and  after  three  months  purchased  his  em- 
ployer's interest  and  conducted  the  business 
about  two  years,  selling  out  to  his  brother, 
William  S.  Gilmore;  the  business  was  located' 
on  Essex  street.    He  then  removed  to  Bangor,. 


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Maine,  where  for  three  years  he  conducted  a 
bleachery,  residing  at  Brewer,  Maine.  He 
later  disposed  of  this  business,  and  traveled 
through  Aroostook  county,  buying  and  selling 
horses,  swine  and  farm  products ;  most  of  his 
business,  as  far  as  selling  was  concerned,  was 
in  Bangor.  Subsequently  he  returned  to  Law- 
rence, Massachusetts,  and  purchased  a  farm 
at  Methuen,  where  he  remained  about  four 
years.  He  then  disposed  of  this  and  removed 
to  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  where  he  took 
the  agency  of  the  Aetna  sewing  machines,  in 
1876.  He  had  a  store  at  the  lower  end  of 
Main  street,  residing  at  New  Worcester.  He 
later  made  a  medicine  for  scrofula,  also  a 
German  liniment,  and  with  these  traveled 
through  the  country,  selling  them  extensively, 
meeting  with  marked  success.  At  the  end  of 
five  years  residence  at  Worcester  he  removed 
to  Natick,  where  he  was  proprietor  of  a  drug 
store  for  six  years.  He  then  removed  to  Chi- 
cago, where  he  was  engaged  in  renting  rooms, 
and  later  had  a  coal  office,  and  was  also  en- 
gaged in  the  fruit,  confectionery,  bakery,  ice 
cream  and  other  lines  of  business.  He  remain- 
ed in  Chicago  eighteen  years.  After  his  third 
marriage,  in  1897,  he  removed  to  Swartwout, 
Mississippi,  near  the  Alabama  line,  thirty 
miles  from  Mobile.  Here  he  farmed  and  raised 
poultry,  sugar  cane,  figs  and  oranges.  In  1904 
he  disposed  of  his  property  and  came  to 
Franklin,  Massachusetts,  the  home  of  his 
birth.  He  purchased  the  old  Elias  Blake  place, 
a  part  of  the  Harding  farm,  situated  in  the 
"Mount",  about  two  miles  from  the  Center. 
Mr.  Gilmore  is  a  successful  poultry  raiser, 
having  erected  the  best  improved  poultry 
houses,  carrying  a  large  stock  of  mixed  breeds 
from  the  eggs,  for  which  he  finds  a  market  in 
Boston  and  Franklin.  Since  1856  he  has  been 
affiliated  with  the  First  Universalist  Church  at 
Franklin,  having  been  a  charter  member. 
Shortly  after  his  last  marriage  he  accepted 
Christian  Science,  Mrs.  Gilmore  being  a  de- 
voted member  of  that  sect,  both  attending  the 
branch  of  the  Mother  Church  of  Boston,  now 
in  Franklin.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  is  strongly  opposed  to  liquor  selling  and 
gambling.  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  the  Golden  Cross  and  the  Royal 
Arcanum. 

He  married  (first)  at  Brewer,  Maine,  No- 
vember 12,  1863,  Emma  Gilmore,  born  at 
Hoklen,  Maine,  July  5,  1841,  died  at  Natick, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  John  Smith  and 
Martha  (Couch)  Gilmore.  John  Smith  Gil- 
more  was  the  voungest   son  of   Samuel   and 


Rheumah  (Hathorn)  Gilmore,  born  Septem- 
ber 30,  1812,  died  February  6,  1905.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Charles  Smith,  born  July  13,  1865, 
died  at  Chicago,  November  4,  1906;  married, 
July  15,  1886,  Sarah  Herrmann;  children:  i. 
Edwin  Munroe,  born  April  18,  1887,  died 
April  7,  1888;  ii.  Edwin  Frances:  iii.  Charles 
Herrmann :  iv.  Joseph  Smith,  born  July  27, 
1892;  V.  Pascal  Munroe,  born  March  28, 
1895.  2.  Edwin  Munroe,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Ada  May.  Mr.  Gilmore  married  (second) 
Barbara  Elizabeth  Ralston,  born  1843,  died 
November  25,  1895.  He  married  (third) 
April  16,  1897,  at  Chicago,  Mrs.  Alice  Mayo 
(Stevens)  Bowman,  born  September  11,  1853, 
widow  of  George  Elmer  Bowman,  daughter  of 
James  and  Harriet  Boynton  (Mayo)  Stevens, 
of  Bristol,  England.  James  Stevens  was  a 
merchant. 

(VH)  Edwin  Munroe,  son  of  Joseph  Hills 
Gilmore,  was  born  at  Mariaville,  Maine,  Au- 
gust 24,  1867.  He  removed  when  an  infant 
with  his  parents  to  Lawrence,  Massachusetts, 
where  they  remained  but  a  short  time,  remov- 
ing to  Methuen,  Massachusetts,  subsequently 
removing  to  Medfield,  Massachusetts,  thence 
to  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  where  he  be- 
gan his  educational  training  in  the  public 
schools.  At  the  age  of  nine  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Natick,  where  he  attended  public 
schools  until  seventeen  years  old.  He  later 
took  a  course  in  the  commercial  college  of 
Bryant  &  Stratton,  at  Boston,  and  shortly  af- 
terward entered  the  employ  of  the  Davis  cof- 
fee mills  on  Essex  street,  Boston,  remaining 
four  years.  From  the  experience  gained  there 
he  decided  to  enter  into  the  same  line  of  busi- 
ness, and  hired  quarters  at  12  Blackstone 
street,  dealing  in  coffee  and  tea.  He  now  oc- 
cupies an  entire  floor  in  this  block,  doing  his 
own  grinding  and  packing.  His  trade  ex- 
tends throughout  the  New  England  states. 
Mr.  Gilmore  resides  at  Natick,  and  has  recent- 
ly erected  a  residence  at  Wellesley  Hills  for 
himself  and  family,  which  they  will  occupy 
shortly.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Natick,  as  is  also  Mrs.  Gilmore. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  fond 
of  sports,  being  an  enthusiastic  fisherman  and 
gunner,  and  each  year  spends  some  time  hunt- 
ing in  Maine.  He  is  a  member  of  Meridian 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  having 
joined  in  1894;  was  exalted  in  Parker  Chap- 
ter, Royal  .Arch  Masons,  in  Natick :  was  made 
a  member  of  Natick  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  April  14,  1902 :  is  a  member  of 
Aleppo  Temple,   Order  of  Mystic   Shrine,   at 


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Boston ;  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  Au- 
rora Chapter,  No.  9,  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star,  at  Natick.  He  married,  December  24, 
1 89 1,  Ehzabeth  Rebecca  Downs,  born  Decem- 
ber 23,  1 87 1,  daughter  of  James  and  Re- 
becca Angus  (Baxter)  Downs.  James  Downs 
is  a  caterer.  Children:  i.  Mildred  Ada,  born 
August  4,  1894.  2.  Robert  Downs,  born  June 
9,  1896. 

(The  Cowell  Line). 

The  coat-of-arms  of  the  Cowell  family  is 
a  shield  with  deer  standing.  Motto:  "Pax 
et  amicitia".  The  name  according  to  Lower 
(the  authority)  possibly  came  from  the  dis- 
trict of  Cowal,  Argyleshire,  England,  when 
surnames  were  derived  from  districts  or 
county  seats. 

(I)  Captain  Edward  Cowell,  emigrant  an- 
cestor of  the  Cowells  of  \\Ventham,  Massa- 
chusetts, was  born  about  1620  in  England, 
died  September  12,  1691.  He,  with  his  wife 
Margaret,  were  of  Boston  in  1645.  He  was  a 
cordwainer  by  trade.  He  was  also  one  of  the 
Narragaiisett  grantees,  and  a  prominent  man 
in  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  He  was 
witness  to  the  will  of  Thomas  Williams,  No- 
vember 5,  1646.  He  was  a  debtor  to  Robert 
Button's  estate  November  10,  1653.  and  to 
William  Peacock's,  March  29,  1661.  He  was 
captain  of  horse  in  King  Phillip's  war,  and 
took  part  in  the  march  and  battle  with  ^lo- 
hegans  and  Pequots  under  General  Winslow 
in  the  Xarragansett  campaign  at  Quaboag 
(Brookfield).  He  was  allowed  three  pounds 
six  shillings  for  horse  meat,  the  company  hav- 
ing been  reduced  to  such  straits  as  to  eat 
horse  flesh.  He  was  in  the  Sudbury  fight,  com- 
manding eighteen  men,  four  of  whom  were 
killed  and  one  wounded.  When  returning 
from  Brookfield  via  Marlboro  his  band  was 
rescued  by  Captain  Prentice's  dragoons.  The 
account  of  the  fight  will  be  found  in  "His- 
torical and  Genealogical  Register",  vol.  xi.  pp. 
400-403,  and  vol.  xiv,  p.  117.  In  his  will  he 
is  named  )-eoman,  and  gives  to  sons  John  and 
Joseph,  and  Mary  at  Hingham,  and  to  Sarah 
his  wife,  his  housing,  out  housing,  lands  in 
Boston,  shop  goods,  etc.  Will  in  "Copy  of 
wills,  Suffolk  County  court  house  at  Boston", 
vol.  viii,  p.  74,  dateci  March  i,  1682,  probated 
March  24,  1691.  The  inventory  of  Captain 
Edward  Cowell's  property.  May  11,  1696,  in- 
cluded dwelling  house,  barns,  stables,  brew 
house  and  lands  situated  on  west  side  of 
street  leading  to  Roxbury,  and  dwelling  house 
on   east   side.      He   married    (first)    ^Targaret 


;  (second),  June,  1668,  Sarah  Hobart, 

at  Hingham;  she  died  prior  to  May  i,  1696. 
Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  about  1640,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  John,  baptized  June  26, 
1653 :  was  a  blacksmith  at  Boston ;  died  De- 
cember, 1693.  3.  Edward,  baptized  June  26, 
1653,  died  September  7,  1662.  4.  Elizabeth, 
born  August  17,  1653,  died  August  7,  1654. 
5.  William,  born  June  28,  1655.  6.  Mary, 
born  January  2^,  1657. 

(For  ancestry  see  Richard  Lyman  XI). 

(XHI)  John  (2),  third  child  of 
LYMAN  John  (i")  and  Dorcas  (Plumb) 
Lyman,  was  born  in  Northamp- 
ton, August  I,  1660.  died  there  November  8, 
1740.  He  lived  at  what  was  then  known  as 
the  South  Farms  and  had  a  public  house  near 
Smith's  Ferry.  He  married,  April  19,  1687, 
Mindwell  Pomeroy,  born  February  24,  1666, 
widow  of  John  Pomeroy,  whom  she  married 
April  30,  1684,  and  daughter  of  Mary  (Wood- 
ford) Sheldon,  of  Northampton.  She  died 
April  8,  1735.  Children:  i.  Mindwell,  born 
August  30.  1688.  2.  Dorcas,  1690.  3.  Ham, 
April  2,  1692.  4.  John,  October  12,  1693,  see 
forward.  5.  Esther,  February  15,  1698.  6. 
Gideon,  March  19,  1700.  7.  Elizabeth,  De- 
cember 8,  1702.  8.  Phineas,  May,  1706.  9. 
Eliza.  May,  1710.    9.  Gad,  May,  1713. 

(XIV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Mindwell  (Pomeroy)  Lyman,  was  born  in 
Northampton,  Massachusetts,  October  12, 
1693,  died  November  9,  1797.  He  was  of 
Hockanum,  Massachusetts,  and  lived  many 
years  on  the  plains,  so  called,  where  all  of  his 
children  were  born.  He  was  called  Captain 
John  Lyman,  but  the  character  of  his  military 
service  is  not  known,  although  it  is  probable 
that  he  took  part  in  some  of  the  Indian  wars 
which  began  soon  after  1700,  during  Queen 
.Anne's  reign  and  afterward.  On  the  night 
of  December  8-9,  1747.  his  house  was  destroy- 
ed and  with  it  two  of  his  children  were  burned 
to  death.  This  misfortune  is  said  to  have  been 
one  of  the  reasons  which  impelled  him  to  re- 
move to  Hockanum,  where  he  made  large  pur- 
chases of  land  and  where  he  spent  the  remain- 
ing years  of  his  life.  Captain  John  Lyman 
married  (fir.st)  in  1718,  .\bigail  Mosely,  of 
\\'estfield.  ^Massachusetts,  who  died  November 
9,  1750.  He  married  (second)  Theoda  Shel- 
don, widow,  whose  family  name  was  Hunt. 
Ca]itain  Lyinan  had  nine  children,  all  born  in 
Northampton  and  of  his  first  marriage:  I. 
Zadoc,  born  1719,  see  forward.  2.  Mindwell, 
1721,  died  October  9,  1797:  married  Ebenezer 


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Pomeroy.  3.  John,  October  7,  1723;  married 
Hannah  Strong.  4.  Abigail,  1725  ;  was  burn- 
ed to  death.  5.  Dorcas,  1727;  married  (first) 
Noah  Clapp ;  (second)  Josiah  Moody.  6. 
Sarah,  1730:  married  Supply  Clapp.  7.  Han- 
nah, 1733.  burned  to  death.  8.  Eleanor,  1735; 
married  (first)  Stephen  Pomeroy,  (second) 
Oliver  Morton.  9.  Caleb,  June  21,  1738;  mar- 
ried, 1763,  Mehitable  Strong  and  removed  to 
New  York  province. 

(XV)  Zadoc,  eldest  son  and  child  of  John 
(3)  and  Abigail  (Mosely)  Lyman,  was  born 
in  Northampton  in  1719,  died  in  Hockanum, 
October  14,  1754.  He  lived  in  Hockanum  and 
kept  public  house  there  for  the  entertainment 
of  travellers,  besides  carrying  on  a  farm.  He 
married  Sarah  Clark,  who  survived  him  and 
married  for  her  second  husband  John  Wright, 
of  Xorthampton.  She  had  three  children  by 
her  second  husband,  and  died  in  Williams- 
burg, Massachusetts,  in  1795.  Zadoc  and 
Sarah  (Clark)  Lyman  had  four  children,  all 
born  in  Hockanum:  i.  Israel,  February  7, 
1746,  see  forward.  2.  Azariah.  December, 
1747:  married  Jemima  Kingsley.  3.  Abigail, 
1751  :  married  Ephraim  Wright,  of  Easthamp- 
ton.     4.  Luke.   1753;  married  Susanna  Hunt. 

(X\T)  Israel,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Zadoc 
and  Sarah  (Clark)  Lyman,  was  born  in  Hock- 
anum, February  7,  1746,  died  there  June  8, 
1830.  He  married,  January  4.  1770,  Hannah 
Beals,  born  June  8.  1747.  died  December  27, 
1824;  children,  all  born  in  Hockanum:  i. 
Sarah,  September  12.  1770,  died  September 
19.  1835 ;  married  Stephen  Johnson.  2. 
Rachel,  Alarch  10,  1772,  died  September  2j, 
1803:  married  Elijah  Montague.  3.  Zadoc 
Samuel,  March  26,  1774:  married  Hannah 
Watson.  4.  Israel,  August  9,  1775,  died  Au- 
gust 10.  1775.  5.  Israel, 'October  17,  1776; 
married  Sally  Moody.  6.  Achsah,  April  27, 
1778.  died  Xovember  21,  1819:  married  Ches- 
ter Clark.  7.  Cynthia.  April  8,  1780,  died  De- 
cember 2.  1839:  married  Aaron  Graves  Ly- 
man. 8.  Amaziah.  February  13.  1782:  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Alford,  of  South  Hadley.  9. 
Hannah,  October  9,  1783:  married  Perez 
Smith,  of  South  Hadley.  10.  Elijah,  X^ovem- 
ber  13,  1785.  died  June  30,  1786.  11.  Elijah, 
May  23,  1787;  married  Hadassah  Moody,  of 
South  Hadlev.  12.  Eiios,  January  2,  1790; 
married  Lydia  \^'adswnrth.  13.  George,  see 
forward. 

(X\^II)  George,  youngest  son  and  child  of 
Israel  and  Hannah  (Beals)  Lyman,  was  born 
in  Hockanum,  Massachusetts,  December  13, 
1792.  died  in  Ellington,  Connecticut,  April  14, 


1866.  He  lived  at  Hockanum  in  IMassachu- 
setts  and  Granby  and  Ellington  in  Connecti- 
cut, and  was  a  farmer,  owning  good  lands  irr 
the  towns  in  which  he  lived.  He  married 
Laura  Wadsworth,  who  died  January  19, 
1782,  having  borne  him  seven  children:  i. 
Lorenzo  W.,  born  September  18,  1820,  see 
forward.  2.  John,  April  17,  1822,  died 
March  i,  1859;  was  a  farmer  and  lived  in 
Amluirst,  Massachusetts;  married  Julia  A. 
Smith.  3.  Laura  S.,  Xovember  19,  1823,  died 
June  25,  1825.  4.  George  J.,  September  13, 
1826;  married  Pamelia  J.  Taylor  and  lived 
in  South  Hadley.  5.  Laura  S.,  July  6,  1828, 
died  in  Xovember,  1838.  6.  Warren  Israel, 
October  19,  1830;  lived  in  South  Hadley  and 
Hadley  and  was  a  carpenter  and  wagonniaker ; 
enlisted  in  1 861  and  remained  in  service  until 
May,  1862,  when  he  was  discharged  for 
wounds ;  removed  to  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts, and  became  quite  famous  as  an  inven- 
tor:  married,  June  11,  1854,  Emeline  Eliza- 
beth Miller.  7.  David,  .August  7,  1835 ;  a 
farmer ;  married,  April  27,  1859,  Hattie  J. 
Smith. 

(X\'Iir)  Lorenzo  W..  eldest  son  and  child 
of  George  and  Laura  (Wadsworth)  Lyman, 
was  born  September  18,  1820,  probably  in 
Hockanum,  and  died  in  South  Hadley  Falls, 
Massachusetts.  During  the  early  part  of  his 
life  he  worked  on  a  farm  and  afterward  for 
several  years  was  a  clerk  in  a  store.  He  then 
returned  to  farming  and  made  that  his  chief 
occupation.  He  was  a  Republican,  but  did 
not  take  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs ; 
in  religious  preference  he  was  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
married.  October  30,  1844,  Sarah,  who  died  in 
July.  1858,  daughter  of  Morris  Williams. 
Children:  i.  Clara  Sarina.  born  September 
19,  1845.  f'ied  .August  15,  1847.  2.  Erskine 
Leroy,  July  12,  1847.  3-  George  Morris,  June 
6.  1849.  4-  Ella  Williams,  July  6,  1851.  5. 
Laura  Irena,  December  16,  1853.  6.  John, 
.April  7.  1856.  7.  Edson  Lorenzo,  see  for- 
ward. 

(XIX)  Edson  Lorenzo,  youngest  son  and 
child  of  Lorenzo  \V.  and  Sarah  (Williams) 
Lyman,  was  born  in  South  Hadley,  Massa- 
chusetts, .April  15.  1858.  He  attended  school 
and  worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was 
seventeen  years  old.  He  then  made  an  agree- 
ment to  pay  his  father  the  sum  of  one  hun- 
dred dollars  for  his  "time"  and  this  sum  he 
earned  while  working  for  his  brother,  who 
was  engaged  in  the  ice  business.  When  this 
was  accomplished  and  the  money  paid  to  his 


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father,  young  Lyman  began  business  on  his 
own  account  and  became  a  dealer  in  meats. 
In  1884  he  opened  a  market  in  the  city  of 
Holyoke  and  then  laid  the  foundation  of  his 
present  extensive  business.  He  is  known 
throughout  the  community  as  a  capable  and 
straightforward  business  man  and  richly  de- 
serves all  of  the  success  which  has  rewarded 
his  efforts.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
an  Odd  Fellow,  and  attends  service  at  the 
Congregational  church.  On  January  19,  1882, 
Mr.  Lyman  married  Margaret,  born  July  30, 
i860,  daughter  of  Adam  and  Elizabeth  (Wil- 
liamson) Ramage.  i.  Ralph  W.,  born  Oc- 
tober 22,  1882;  now  in  business  with  his  fath- 
er. 2.  Edson  R.,  September  11,  1884.  3. 
Ruth  E.,  October  29,  1888.  4.  John,  Novem- 
ber 21,    1896. 

Warren     ancestry  —  Norman. 

WARREN  (I)  Rollo  Rolf  or  Rov,  a 
Scandinavian  rover,  born  A. 
D.  860,  died  930,  made  himself  independent 
of  Harold  of  Norway,  visited  Scotland,  Eng- 
land and  Flanders  in  plundering  expeditions, 
and  about  A.  D.  912  established  himself  on 
the  river  Seine  and  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
duchy  of  Normandy,  through  grants  obtained 
through  rulers  in  France.  He  was  the  first 
Duke  of  Normandy ;  and  had  a  son 

(H)  William,  second  Duke  of  Normandy, 
surnamed  "Longsword",  ruled  from  927  to 
943 ;  and  he  had  a  son 

(HI)  Richard  the  Fearless,  third  Duke  of 
Normandy,  from  943  to  947:  and  he  had  a 
son 

(IV)  Richard  the  Good,  fourth  Duke  of 
Normandy,  997  to  1027,  had  a  son 

(V)  Robert  the  Magnificent,  fifth  Duke  of 
Normandy,  died  1035;  and  he  had  a  natural 
son 

(\T)  William  the  Conqueror,  King,  born 
Falaise,  Normandy,  1027,  died  September  9, 
1087,  whose  mother  Helena  was  daughter  of 
Fulbert,  a  tanner  of  Falaise.  October  14, 
1066,  William  declared  himself  king  of  Eng- 
land and  ruled  from  1066  to  1087.  1052  he 
married  Matilda,  of  Flanders,  daughter  of 
Baldwin  V.    One  of  William's  daughter  was 

(VII)  Gundreda.  married  William  de 
Warren  I,  a  kinsman  of  her  father  and  who 
was  in  command  at  the  battle  of  Hastings. 
As  a  reward  of  his  valor  he  was  made  earl  by 
William  and  granted  a  large  estate  in  lands. 
He  selected  a  site  for  his  castle  on  an  eminence 
near  the  village  of  Lewes,  in  Sussex.  He 
erected   a   cluniac  priory,   or   convent,   in   the 


town  of  Lewes,  and  he  and  his  wife  were 
buried  in  the  priory,  side  by  side,  and  in  1845, 
when  laborers  were  excavating  through  the 
site  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  railroad 
their  remains  were  discovered,  each  enclosed 
in  a  leaden  box,  or  coffin,  and  surrounded 
with  rock  pebbles  of  small  size.  On  one 
of  these  boxes  was  the  name  William,  and  on 
the  other  the  name  Gundreda,  both  perfestly 
legible,  although  they  had  lain  buried  more 
than  eight  centuries,  for  the  earl  died  1088, 
and  the  princess  1045.    They  had  a  son 

(VIII)  William  de  Warren,  second  Earl 
of  Surry  and  Mortimer,  in  Normandy.  He 
was  born  about  11 14,  died  11 38,  and  after 
1 1 18  was  Robert,  Earl  of  Leicester.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  (Isabel),  daughter  of  Hugh, 
Count  of  Vermandois,  son  of  Henry  I  of 
France,  a  descendant  of  Henry  the  Great.  (See 
XII  Saxon  line,  where  this  line  merges). 

Warren  ancestry — Saxon.  (I)  Ealhmund 
of  kent,  King  of  England,  had  a  son 

(II)  Egbert,  succeeded  Brithric  in  the 
kingdom  of  Uessex,  A.  D.,  800.  He  married 
Raedburk  and  died  836,   leaving  a  son 

(III)  Ethelnolf,  reigned  from  836  to  the 
time  of  his  death,  856;  married  Osburh, 
daughter  of  Osalf,  his  cup-bearer,  and  had  a 
son 

(IV)  Alfred  the  Great,  King  of  England, 
crowned  March  23,  872.  During  his  reign  he 
formed  and  promulgated  a  code  of  laws,  es- 
tablished a  system  of  trial  by  jury,  organized 
an  army  and  navy,  caused  the  kingdom  to  be 
surveyed  and  subdivided,  adopted  measures 
for  the  encouragement  of  learning,  and  thus 
brought  about  the  culminating  power  and 
glory  of  Saxon  England.  In  869  he  married 
Aleswitha  of  the  royal  house  of  Mercia,  by 
whom  he  had  three  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters. King  Alfred  the  Great  was  born  849 
and  died  October  24,  901.  His  second  son 
was 

(V)  King  Edward  the  Elder,  became  king 
of  the  West  Saxons  and  died  924.  He  mar- 
ried three  times,  and  by  his  first  wife  had  a 
daughter 

(VI)  Princess  Edguia,  married  Charles 
III.   King  of   France,   who  died   October   27, 

982,  and  had  a  son 

(VII)  Louis  D'Outremer  (Louis  IV), 
King  of  France,  married  Gerberger,  daughter 
of  Henry  I,  of  Germany,  and  died  September 
10.  954.  leaving  a  daughter 

(VIII)  Princess  Gerberger,  married  Al- 
bert I,  Count  of  Vermandois,  born  943,  died 

983,  leaving  a  son 


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(IX)  Herbert  HI,  born  968,  died  993, 
leaving  a  son 

(X)  Herbert  IV,  Count  of  Vermandois 
and  Valois,  died  1080,  leaving  a  daugliter 

(XI)  Adela  de  Vermandois,  married  Hugh 
the  Great,  son  of  Henry  I,  of  France,  and 
Count  of  Vermandois  and  Valois.  They  had 
a   daughter 

(XII)  EHzabeth  (Isabel),  married  Wil- 
liam de  Warren,  second  Earl  of  Surry,  and 
Warrenne  and  Mortimer  in  Normandy.  He 
was  born  about  1040  and  died  1130.  They 
had  a  son 

(XIII)  Reganal  de  Warrenne,  married 
Adela,  daughter  of  Ro'ger  de  Mowbray.  They 
had  a  son 

(XIV)  William  de  Warren,  married  Isa- 
bel, daughter  of  Sir  William  de  Hayden,  and 
had  a  son 

(XV)  Sir  John  de  Warren,  who  married 
Alice,  daughter  of  Roger  de  Townshend,  and 
Iiad  a  son 

(XVI)  John  de  Warrenne,  married  Joan, 
■daughter  of  Sir  Hugh  de  Post,  and  had  a  son 

(XVII)  Sir  Edward  de  Warrenne,  married 
Maud,  daughter  of  Richard  de  Skeyton,  and 
had  a  son 

(XVIII)  Sir  Edward  de  Warren,  married 
Cicely,  daughter  of  Sir  Nicholas  de  Eaton, 
and  had  a  son 

(XIX)  Sir  John  de  Warren,  married  Ag- 
nes, daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Wynnington, 
and  had  a  son 

(XX)  Sir  Laurence  de  Warren,  married 
^largery,  daughter  of  Hugh  Bulkley  Esquire, 
and  had  a  son 

(XXI)  John  de  Warren,  married  Isabel, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Stanley,  and  had  a  son 

(XXII)  Sir  Lawrence  de  Warren,  married 
Isabel,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Leigh,  in  1458, 
and  had  a  son 

(XXIII)  William  de  Warren,  by  wife  Anne 
had  a  son 

(XXIV)  John  de  Warren,  by  wife  Eliza- 
beth had  a  son 

(XXV)  John  \\'arren  of  Headbury,  Devon- 
shire, England,  who  had  a  son 

(XXVI)  Christopher  Warren,  who  had  a 
son 

(XXVII)  William  Warren,  married  Anne 
Mable,  and  had  a  son 

(XX VIII)  Christopher  Warren,  married 
Alice  Webb,  and  had 

(XXIX)  John  Warren,  married  in  Eng- 
land, Margaret,  and  came  to  New  England  in 
1630,  in  the  same  fleet  with  Sir  Richard  Sal- 
tonstall,  and  settled  at  Watertown,  Massachu- 


setts, where  he  died  in  December,  1667.  He 
was  made  freeman,  1631,  was  a  selectman  from 
1636  to  1640,  and  also  was  commissioner  for 
laying  out  roads  in  the  town.  He  owned  a 
houselot  of  twelve  acres,  and  possessed  other 
lands  to  the  e.xtent  of  one  hundred  and  seven- 
ty-six acres.  In  October,  1651,  John  Warren 
was  fined  twenty  shillings  for  not  complying 
with  the  law  relating  to  baptism,  and  in  1661 
the  houses  of  "Old  Warren"  and  "Goodman 
Hammond"  were  ordered  to  be  searched  for 
Quakers.  John  and  IMargaret  Warren  had 
four  children:  i.  John,  born  1622.  2.  Mary, 
born  in  England,  1625:  married,  October  31, 
1642,  John  Bigelow.  3.  Daniel,  born  Eng- 
land, 1628.  4.  Elizabeth,  born  England, 
1630;  married,  about  1654,  James  Knapp. 

(XXX)  John  Warren,  son  of  John  and 
Margaret  Warren,  was  born  in  England  in 
1622,  came  to  New  England  with  his  father 
in  1630,  and  married,  Jul)'  11,  1667,  Michal, 
daughter  of  Robert  Jennison  and  widow  of 
Richard  Bloise.  They  had  seven  children:  i. 
Margaret,  born  I\Iay  6,  1668.  2.  Sarah,  Janu- 
ary 25,  1671,  died  young.  3.  Eliza,  July  18, 
1673  ;  married,  October  18,  1705,  Daniel  Har- 
rington. 4.  j\Iary,  May  25,  1675  ;  married,  De- 
cember 30,  1690,  Joseph  Pierce.  5.  John, 
May  21,  1678.  6.  Grace,  March  12,  1680.  7. 
Samuel,  January  23,  1683;  was  called  captain, 
and  died  1703. 

(XXXI)  John  Warren,  son  of  John  and 
JMichal  (Jennison-Bloise)  Warren,  was  born 
May  21,  1678;  married  (first)  Abigail  Hast- 
ings, died  July  19,  1710;  married  (second) 
May  14,  171 1,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Fisk.  John  Warren  had  five  children  by  his 
first  and  four  by  his  second  wife:  i.  John, 
April  3,  1701.  2.  Sarah,  September  20,  1702. 
3.  Samuel,  March  18,  1704.  4.  Thomas,  De- 
cember II,  1706.  5.  David,  June  22,  1708. 
6.  Benjamin,  April  4,  1715.  7.  David,  Janu- 
ary 8,  1717.  8.  Abigail,  October  28,  1719.  9. 
Lucy,  October  26,  1721;  married,  June  21, 
1744,  James  Leland,  of  Grafton,  son  of 
James  and  Hannah  f Earned)  Leland,  and 
brother  of  Phineas  Leland,  who  married  for 
his  second  wife  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Warren,  half-brother  of  Lucy  Warren. 

(XXXII)  Samuel  Warren,  son  of  John 
and  Abigail  (Hastings)  ^^^arren,  was  born 
March  18,  1704,  died  January  26,  1776.  In 
1730  he  removed  from  Weston  to  Grafton, 
and  died  in  the  latter  town.  He  married,  Au- 
gust 26,  1728,  Tabitha  Stone,  born  1702,  died 
Grafton,  April  21,  1765,  and  by  her  had  ten 
children:       i.   Samuel,    April    20,     1730.       2. 


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Sarah,  December  24,  1731,  the  first  child  bap- 
tized in  Grafton.  3.  Rebecca,  April  16,  1733. 
4.  Abigail,  April  29,  1735.  5.  John,  August 
8,  1736.  6.  Tabitha,  August  6,  1739.  7.  Wil- 
liam, May  29,  1740;  settled  in  Conway.  8. 
David,  March  24,  1742.  9.  Joseph,  April  22, 
1745.     10.  IMartha.  May  31,  1749. 

The  \\'arrens  of  Ireland  are  an  important 
branch  of  the  English  family  of  that  surname 
whose  ancestry  is  traced  in  preceding  pages, 
but  on  account  of  imperfect  records  in  the 
offshoot  branch  the  connection  between  them 
cannot  be  made  with  present  available  data. 

(I)  John  Warren,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
the  particular  family  here  treated,  was  of 
Irish  birth  and  parentage  and  came  to  Amer- 
ica when  he  was  a  young  man.  He  lived  in 
Holyoke,  Massachusetts,  and  was  engaged  in 
merchantile  pursuits  in  that -city  until  the  time 
of  his  death,  in  1882.  He  married  Julia 
Healey,  and  by  her  had  nine  children  :  John, 
James,  Edward  (died  young),  ]\Iary,  Rose, 
Edward  D.,  and  three  others  who  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

(II)  Dr.  Edward  Dane  Warren,  son  of 
John  and  Julia  (  Healey  I  Warren,  was  born 
in  Holyoke,  May  13,  1881,  and  received  his 
earlier  literary  education  in  the  public,  gram- 
mer  and  high  schools  of  that  city.  His  pro- 
fessional education  was  acquired  in  the  Bal- 
timore Medical  College,  where  he  completed 
the  course  and  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D.,  in  1902.  After  that  he  took  a  thor- 
ough practical  course  of  eighteen  months  dur- 
ation in  the  ^Maryland  General  Hospital,  and 
with  a  splendid  e(|uipment  for  professional 
life  he  returned  to  Holyoke  and  began  a  geti- 
eral  practice  in  medicine  and  surgery  which 
has  been  gratifyingly  successful.  In  connec- 
tion with  his  professional  employments  Dr. 
Warren  is  a  member  of  the  staff  of  the  House 
of  Providence,  Holyoke,  and  of  the  Holyoke 
Cit)'  Hospital,  and  also  is  surgical  electro- 
therapeutist  to  the  latter  institution.  For  two 
years  he  was  city  physician  of  Holyoke.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  college  societies,  Nu  Ep- 
silon  and  Psi  Chi,  the  Springfield  Medical  So- 
ciety, Holyoke  Medical  Society,  the  Ancient 
Order  of  Hibernians,  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  and  in  politics  is  a 
Democrat. 


James  Davis,  immigrant  ancestor, 
DA^'IS     was  born  in  England  about  1583- 

88,  and  was  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  whence 
about  1640  he  removed  to  Haverhill,  where  he 
was  one   of   the   first  board   of   selectmen   in 


1646.  He  was  probably  a  brother  of  Thomas 
Davis,  lawyer,  born  about  1602,  who  came 
from  Marlborough,  England,  in  the  ship 
"James",  April,  1635,  and  settled  in  Newbury; 
was  admitted  a  freeman  June  2,  1641 ;  re- 
moved to  Haverhill  where  he  was  a  proprietor 
and  town  officer ;  his  wife  Christian  died  April 
7,  1668,  and  he  died  July  27,  1683,  having  no 
descendants  of  the  male  line,  as  far  as  we 
know.  James  Davis  was  excused  from  train- 
ing by  the  county  court  at  Hampton  (New 
Hampshire)  in  1650,  on  account  of  his  age. 
His  sons  James  Jr.  and  John  were  also  pro- 
prietors of  Haverhill.  His  wife  Cicely  died 
there  May  28,  1673,  and  he  died,  aged  about 
ninety-six  years,  we  are  informed,  Janu- 
uary  29,  1676.  His  will  was  dated  March 
17-  •'''75-  with  codicil  of  July  22,  1675, 
and  proved  1680,  naming  sons  John, 
Ephraim,  Samuel  and  James ;  davighter  Sarah 
Page;  grandchildren,  James,  son  of  John; 
Stephen  and  Ephraim  Davis,  sons  of  Eph- 
raim ;  James  Guild  or  Gile,  son  of  Samuel. 
Children:  i.  James  Jr.,  the  eldest,  married, 
December  i,  1648,  Elizabeth  Eaton.  2.  John, 
born  about  1623,  married,  December,  1646, 
Jane  Peaslee.  3.  Judith,  married.  September 
I,  1647,  Samuel  Gile  (Guild).  4.  Ephraim, 
died  September  25.  1679 ;  married,  December 
31,  1659,  Mary  Johnson,  who  married  again 
November  i.  1682,  Edward  Clarke.  5.  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below.  6.  Sarah,  married, 
June  18,  1683,  John  Page. 

( II)  .Samuel,  son  of  James  Davis,  was  born 
about  1640.  He  married,  December  17  (Hav- 
erhill record)  or  December  19  (Salisbury  rec- 
ord 1,  1663,  Deborah  Barnes.  He  was  in  Hav- 
erhill as  early  as  1672 ;  took  the  oath  of  al- 
legiance and  fidelity  at  .\mesbury,  December, 
1677.  He  died  September  10.  1696,  at  Haver- 
hill.    His  will  dated  at  Amesbury,  September 

7,  1696,  was  proved  September. 29,  following. 
His  widow  Deborah  died  January  14,  1718-19, 
at  Haverhill.  Children:  1.  Samuel,  born  Jan- 
uary 26,  1666-67,  received  land  in  Amesbury 
by  will  of  his  father.  2.  Deborah,  born  about 
1668,  died  September  25,  1669.  3.  Rachel, 
born  August  3,  1670.  4.  Joseph,  born  May  3, 
1673,  mentioned  below.  5.  William,  born 
February  20.  1674-75,  married,  December  31, 
1700,  Mary  Kelly:  inherited  land  from  father 
at  Haverhill.  6.  Rebecca,  married,  January  5, 
1696-97,  .A.biel  Kelly.  7.  Ephraim,  born  No- 
vember 8,   1679,  inherited  land  at  Haverhill. 

8.  Sarah,  born  November  8,  1679  (twin).  9. 
Amos,  born  June  15,  1683.  died  April  25,  1686. 
10.  Mary,  born  May  16,  1685. 

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born  in  Haverhill.  May  3.  1673,  married.  June 
14.  1698.  Jemima  Eastman.  He  inherited  land 
in  Amesbury  under  his  father's  will,  1696. 
He  was  a  cooper,  living  in  West  Amesbury, 
Massachusetts ;  was  a  member  of  the  "snow- 
shoe"  military  company  in  1708.  He  was  bap- 
tized and  renewed  his  convenant  with  the 
church.  July  24,  1726.  and  joined  in  full  com- 
munion,July  12,  1730.  He  or  his  son  Joseph 
sold  land"  in'  Kingston  in  1738  and  1743.  His 
wife  Jemima  died  April  15,  1748.  His  will 
was  made  March  2.  1744.  and  proved  April 
14.  1755.  Children,  born  at  Amesbury:  i. 
Xathaniel,  born  September  12,  1699.  2.  Jo- 
seph. February  2t,.  1701-02.  mentioned  below. 
3.  Jemima,  January  25.  1705-06.  married, 
April  12.  1726,  Abner  Whittier.  4.  Rebecca, 
Mav  20.  1708.  married,  January  17.  1732-33, 
Thomas  Fowler  Jr.  5.  Elizabeth,  September 
26,  171 1,  married  (first)  May  21.  1734.  Elijah 
Colby,  (second)  November  26,  1746,  Abra- 
ham Chase,  of  Plaistow.  6.  Samuel,  April  27, 
1714. 

(R')  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (  i)  Davis, 
was  born  in  Amesbury,  February  2^.  1701-02. 
He  lived  at  Amesbury  until  1749  and  then  per- 
haps at  Methuen,  ^lassachusetts.  and  Kings- 
ton. New  Hampshire.  He  married.  January 
28,  1724-25,  Sarah  Colby,  who  was  received 
in  the  Second  Amesbury  Church,  May  12. 
1728.  He  was  baptized,  an  adult.  August  20. 
1727.  He  or  his  father,  probably  both,  owned 
land  in  Kingston.  Joseph  Jr.,  of  Amesbury, 
bought  land  in  ^Methuen  in  1737.  He  gave 
land  in  Methuen,  then  of  New  Hampshire, 
in  1743.  to  his  son-in-law,  Joshua  Bagley,  and 
wife  Sarah.  He  sold  land  in  Methuen  in 
1745  to  Robert  Davis,  of  Haverhill.  His  fath- 
er was  a  proprietor  of  Rumford.  Xew  Hamp- 
shire, in  1726,  and  had  a  house  finished  there 
in  1731  ;  but  there  is  no  proof  that  he  re- 
mained there.  Rumford  was  a  large  section 
including  several  towns  besides  Hopkinton, 
Xew  Hampshire.  In  his  will  Joseph  (3)  be- 
queathed a  town  right  in  Rumford  to  his  son, 
Joseph  Davis  (4).  and  grandsons  Joseph  and 
"William,  the  sons  of  Joseph  (4).  Six  chil- 
dren, among  whom  were:  i.  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Sarah,  born  Xovember  2. 
1725.  at  Amesbury,  married.  May  3,  I743- 
Joshua  Bagley.  3.  Joseph,  born  July  23.  1737, 
settled  at  Rumford,  Xew  Hampshire,  and  was 
a  signer  of  the  association  test  at  Hopkinton 
in  1776.  4.  William,  also  signed  the  associa- 
tion test  at  Hopkinton  in  1776. 

(\)  Isaac,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Davis,  was 
born  in  \\'ales  (West  of  England),  1724.  died 


in  Bradford,  Xew  Hampshire,  1808.  He  was 
taken  into  the  British  army  during  the  reign 
of  King  George  the  second,  whose  reign  was 
from  1727  to  1760,  and  sent  with  the  King's 
forces  to  America  in  1740,  serving  in  the 
French  and  Indian  wars  and  also  in  the  war 
of  the  revolution.  He  was  the  eldest  of  six 
children,  and  was  in  the  field  at  work  with 
his  father  when  the  officer  of  the  press  gang 
came  along  to  secure  men  for  the  army;  he 
was  the  selection  of  said  officer,  who  said  in 
response  to  his  father's  objection  that  he  was 
too  young  and  unsuited  for  the  service  that  he 
was  perfectly  satisfactory  and  that  the  father 
could  better  take  care  of  the  mother  and  five 
vounger  children.  Isaac  Davis  was  the  first 
settler  of  the  town  of  Bradford  known  in 
earlv  history  as  "New  Bradford".  Hillsbor- 
ough county.  New  Hampshire,  but  later  in  the 
county  of  Merrimack.  He  served  as  one  of 
the  selectment  of  Bradford,  1786,  and  assisted 
in  taking  the  census  of  that  year,  one  hundred 
and  twenty-eight  whites  and  two  negro'es.  He 
was  also  a  tythingman  and  on  the  committee 
to  audit  selectmen's  accounts. 

"To  whom  it  may  concern,  this  is  to  certify 
that  in  the  years  A.  D.,  1759-1761  visited  the 
farm  known  as  Old  Homestead,  Massassecum 
Lake,  Bradford,  "Isaac  Davis"  who  made  set- 
tlement finally  in  1762.  As  he  had  selected 
and  occupied' said  farm  for  a  portion  of  the 
vears  mentioned,  then  said  Davis  homestead 
'will  date  from  the  first  date  and  it  will  be  safe 
to  call  it  from  1759  making  it  a  period  of 
one  hundred  and  thirty-five  (135)  years  as 
the  Davis  Homestead,  or  from  1759  to  1894. 
Located  in  the  famous  valley  of  ]\Iassassecum, 
eight  hundred  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea, 
here  is  where  the  old  soldier  found  rest  and 
peace  and  departed  this  life.  A.  D.,  t8o8,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-four.  And  as  peace  hath  its 
victories  no  less  renowned  than  war,  a  full 
record  of  the  lives  of  his  descendants  justify 
the  conclusion  that  he  made  a  good  selection 
for  his  early  home  and  his  family  in  among 
the  life  giving  hills  and  valleys  of  the  Old 
dranite  State."     The   foregoing  is  a  copy. 

He  married  Katuria  Woodward,  who  died 
in  Bradford.  New  Hampshire.  181 1.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Betsey,  born  December  29.  1760, 
married  Stephen  Ward,  of  Bradford:  chil- 
dren :      i.  Eben ;    ii.  James,    married    , 

and  was  the  father  of  James  ]\Iadison.  Ste- 
phen Russell,  Horace  J.  and  Adeline  Ward ; 
iii.  Samuel,  married  Polly  Day;  children: 
Proctor  D.  and  Joseph  W.  Ward,  now  living 
in  Bradford.     2."  Molly,  born  May  31,   1762, 


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married  Abner  Ward,  of  Bradford.  3.  James, 
born  February  24,  1764,  married  Sally  Brown, 
daughter  of  John  Brown,  of  Bradford ;  chil- 
dren:      i.  Daniel,    married    Betsey    Davis,    of 
Charleston    (borough),    New    Hampshire;    ii. 
Polly,  married   Samuel  Jackman,   of   Enfield, 
New    Hampshire ;    iii.  Katy,    married    Isaac 
Ward,  son  of  Abner  Ward ;  iv.  Betsey,  never 
married;  v.  Sally,  married  John  Ward,  son  of 
Abner    Ward;    settled    in    Claremont,    New 
Hampshire ;   John   Ward   died   in   Claremont, 
February    14,    1886,    aged    ninety-two    years; 
vi.  Dolly,  married  Heman  Burpee,  of  Enfield, 
New  Hampshire;  vii.  James  B.,  married  Lucy 
B.    Davis,    of    Charleston     (borough).    New 
Hampshire;  daughter  of  Jesse  A.  Davis;  she 
was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church, 
and  was  highly  esteemed  for  her  womanly  vir- 
tues ;  Dr.  James  A.  Davis,  of  Lebanon,  New 
Hampshire,  is  son  of  James  B.  and  Lucy  P. ; 
viii.  Sophronia,  married  Benjamin  Davis,  son 
of  Josluia  Davis,  a  farmer ;  ix.   Stephen,  went 
to    Virginia ;    was    one    of    General    Winfield 
Scott's    staff    officers    in    the    Mexican    war, 
served  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion  and  lost  his 
life ;    the    picture    of    General    Scott    and    his 
staff  in  Mexican  war  shows  Stephen  Davis ; 
X.  Jonathan,    settled   in   Virginia.     4.  Daniel, 
born  February  4,  1766,  mentioned  below.     5. 
John,   born   December  21,    1768,   died  young. 
6.  Susan,    born    January    7,     1770,    married 
Moses  Bailey,  who  fought  at  Bunker  Hill ;  re- 
moved   to    Washington,    Vermont ;    children : 
Sally,    William    and    Calvin.      7.  Sally,    born 
April  17,  1772,  never  married.    8.  John,  name 
changed   to   John   Washington,    born    August 
14,     1774,    married    Sally    Ward,    sister    of 
Stephen    and    Abner    Ward ;    children :    John 
Shepard,    Calvin,    William    Harrison,    Mason, 
Fanny,  Hannah,  Julia. 

(VI)  Daniel,  son  of  Isaac  Davis,  was  born 
at  Bradford.  New  Hampshire,  February  4, 
1766,  died  November  6,  1842.  He  married 
Mary  Brown,  daughter  of  John  Brown,  of 
Bradford,  and  sister  of  Sally  Brown.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Samuel,  born  March  19,  1790,  died 
September  i,  1866.  2.  Enoch,  born  August 
22,  1791,  died  March  22,  1792.  3.  Enoch, 
born  January  6,  1793,  died  September  17, 
1832.  4.  Dorcas,  born  January  25,  1795,  died 
February  28,  1796.  5.  Eliphalet,  born  De- 
cember 16,  1796,  mentioned  below.  6.  Lydia, 
born  January  4,  1799,  died  August  20,  1821. 
7.  Dimond,  born  April  25,  1802,  died  Decem- 
ber 5,  1861.  8.  Hiram,  born  February  24, 
1807,  died  February  i,  1872.  9.  Lyman,  born 
October    11,    1809,   died   April    i,    i860.      10. 


Isaac,  born  June  18,  181 1.     11.  Curtis,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Eliphalet,  son  of  Daniel  Davis,  was 
born  at  Bradford,  December   16,   1796,  died 
May    15,    1879.       He    attended     the    district 
schools  in  his  boyhood,  and  worked  on  his 
father's  farm.     He  came  to  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts, when  fifteen  years  old,  and  found 
employment  in  the  soap  factory  of  Artemas 
Putnam.    Afterward  he  worked  several  years 
for  Deacon  Livermore,  another  soap  manu- 
facturer.   When  he  came  of  age  he  embarked 
in  the  manufacture  of  soap  and  kindred  com- 
pounds on  his  own  account,  with  a  place  of 
business  at  the  corner  of  Cherry  and  Main 
streets,  Cambridge.     This  was  the  beginning 
and  foundation  of  the   Davis   soap  business 
which  grew  to  mammoth  proportions  in  after 
vears.     A  few  years  later  he  gave  part  of  his 
business,  the  family  soap  trade,  to  his  young- 
er brother,  Curtis,  and  continued  to  manu- 
facture  fancy   soaps.      He   had   a   large   and 
prosperous  business.     He  was   for  eighteen 
years  chorister  of  the  Universalist  Church  of 
Cambridge  and  an  active  member  of  the  so- 
ciety, but  afterward  he  joined  the  Unitarian 
Church  in  Cambridge.     He  was  married  Oc- 
tober 8,  1822,  bv  the  Rev.  Paul  Dean,  in  Bos- 
ton, to  Anne  Bemis,  born  July  19,  1801.  Chil- 
dren:   I.  Mary  Ann,  born  October  22,   1824, 
was  married  by  the  Rev.  J.  F.  W.  Ware,  in 
Cambridgeport,  Massachusetts,  September  7, 
1847,  to  Josiah   Bigelow  Hagar ;  one  child: 
Eugene   Bigelow,  born  September  23,   1850. 
2.  George  Marshall,  born  July  22,  1826,  died 
March    14,    1856.     3.  Thomas    Mason,   born 
March  22,  182S,  was  married  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Gulliver,  in  South  Sutton.  New  Hampshire, 
April  30,  1857,  to  Esther  M.  Gee ;  children :  i. 
Josephine  Harris,  born  November  27,  1857; 
ii.  Thomas    Winslow,    .A.ugust   25,    1859 ;    iii. 
(ieorge  Henry,  born  September  2,   1861  ;  iv. 
Lela    Corinth,    born    February    i,    1865,    de- 
ceased; V.  Ella  Ermina,  born  April  26,  1867; 
vi.  Walter  G. ;  vii.   Frank  Adelbert ;  viii.  Guy, 
deceased.     4.  Curtis  Warren,  liorn  June  20, 
1830,  died  November  13,  1833.     5.  Caroline 
Webster,  born  October  11,  1832,  was  married 
by  Rev.  William  Stearns,  in  Cambridgeport, 
Massachusetts,  May  5,  1853,  to  Samuel  Por- 
ter'Adams;  children:  i.  Annie  Brooks,  born 
October   5,    1854 ;   ii.  Samuel    Bigelow,   June 
24,  1857,  died  June  11,  1859;  iii.   Carrie  Eliz- 
abeth,' March  "20,    1859.     6.  William   Henry, 
born   August   26,    1834.     7.  Charles   Freder- 
ick, born  Januarv  30,   1837,  was  married  by 
the  Rev.  John  F.  W.  Ware,  at  Cambridge- 


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port,  Massachusetts,  January  29,  i860,  to 
Frances  Sawyer  George,  born  December  7, 
1838,  in  Topsham,  X'ermont ;  children :  i. 
Clara  J.  Allen,  born  at  Cambridgeport, 
March  "26,  1861,  died  March  19,  1868; 
ii.  Florence  Bartlett,  Cambridgeport,  August 
17,  1863 ;  iii.  Lewis  Warner,  Green's  Land- 
ing, Maine,  August  21,  1865,  died  there 
March  24,  1866;  iv.  Arthur  Wilson,  Clare- 
mont.  New  Hampshire,  Alarch  7,  1867 ;  v 
Ida  Carlton,  Bradford,  April  6,  1869 ;  vi,  Ma- 
rian Frances,  Bradford,  May  29,  1871.  8. 
Sarah  Wilson,  married  a  Mr.  Peters,  a  mis- 
sionary. 9.  Eliphalet  Francis,  born  Novem- 
ber 12,  1839.  10.  Adelaide  Harris,  born  No- 
vember 12,  1841. 

(VH)  Curtis,  son  of  Daniel  Davis,  was 
born  in  Bradford,  February  11,  1814.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  during  his  boyhood  worked  on  his  fath- 
er's farm.  When  he  came  of  age  he  left 
home  with  an  ambition  to  enter  business  and 
a  determination  to  succeed.  His  brothers 
were  already  prosperous  soap  manufacturers 
at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and  he  fol- 
lowed them,  working  for  a  time  for  his  broth- 
er Eliphalet.  After  a  short  time  he  returned 
to  Bradford,  where  he  worked  at  farming  a 
year,  returning  afterward  to  Cambridge  and 
continuing  in  the  soap  business.  He  learned 
the  business  thoroughly  and  in  1834  bought 
out  the  soap  business  of  his  brother  Hiram. 
He  sold  out  the  following  year,  but  embarked 
in  business  again  immediately  in  a  larger 
factory  and  in  1837  admitted  to  partnership 
Alexander  Dickinson.  This  firm  continued 
until  1851,  after  which  Mr.  Davis  continued 
the  business  alone.  Mr.  Davis  bought  and 
enlarged  the  buildings  known  for  a  genera- 
tion as  the  Curtis  Davis  Soap  Works,  the 
largest  in  New  England  and  the  best  known. 
In  1864  Air.  Davis  admitted  to  partnership 
his  son-in-law,  James  Mellen,  who  took 
charge  of  the  Boston  office  and  salesroom, 
and  who  succeeded  to  the  business  after  the 
death  of  Mr.  Davis.  He  was  one  of  the  lead- 
ing citizens  of  Cambridge.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat of  the  old  school  and  in  later  years  gave 
his  earnest  support  to  President  Grover 
Cleveland.  He  was  a  member  of  the  com- 
mon council  of  Cambridge  two  years.  He 
represented  the  district  in  which  he  lived  in 
Cambridge  for  three  terms  in  the  general 
court,  serving  on  important  committees.  The 
citv  of  Cambridge  and,  particularly  Cam- 
bridgeport, where  his  factory  was  located, 
owes  much  to  his  energy  and  enterprise.  He 


co-operated  in  every  movement  tending  to 
promote  the  growth  and  welfare  of  that  busy 
section.  He  was  a  director  in  the  Citizens 
Insurance  Company  and  in  the  Cambridge 
Bank  for  many  years,  but  he  had  very  few 
intersts  outside  his  business.  He  was  a  Uni- 
versalist  in  religion.  He  died  at  his  home  in 
Cambridge,  January  30,  1887.  He  married,  No- 
vember 29,  1835,  Martha  Kemp,  born  at 
Pomfret,  Vermont,  April  i,  1818,  died  April 
25,  1889,  sister  of  Lysander  Kemp,  a  well 
known  soap  manufacturer  of  Cambridge. 
(See  Kemp  sketch).  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis 
were  fifty-two  years  married  when  Mr.  Davis 
died.  Children:  i.  Christina  Van  Ness, 
born  April  15,  1840,  married  James  Mellen 
(see  Mellen  family).  2.  Ermina  Frances, 
born  1842,  died  December  25,  1854.  3.  Cur- 
tis Rockwell,  born  .April  30,  1845,  died  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1876.  4.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  De- 
cember 7,  1846,  died  February  3,  1898;  mar- 
ried Samuel  Noyes  Jr. ;  child,  Curtis  Davis 
Noyes,  born  October  7,  1868,  married  Carrie 
Belle  Frasier,  of  Cambridge  ;  one  child,  Cur- 
tis Davis  Noyes  Jr.,  born  March  19,  1891.  5. 
Edwin  Albert,  born  1849,  died  July  8,  185 1. 


Richard  Mellen,  immigrant  an- 
MELLEN  cestor,  was  an  early  settler  of 
Charlestown,  Alassachusetts. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  September  7, 
1639,  and  had  doubtless  been  in  the  colony  for 
several  years  before  that.  He  removed  to 
Weymouth  in  1642  or  1643  ^nd  probably  did 
not  live  long  afterward.  Savage  calls  atten- 
tion to  the  difificutly  of  tracing  the  name 
because  of  the  great  variety  of  spell- 
ing found  in  the  records.  It  is  found 
spelled  Mellins,  Mullins,  Mallins,  Melling, 
Melen  and  even  Meles.  Richard  Mellen 
had  a  land  grant  in  Weymouth  in  1642 
and  1644  on  the  back  side  of  Kingoak  Hill, 
but  removed  from  there  or  died  soon  after,  as 
his  name  does  not  appear  again  on  the  rec- 
ords. Some  of  his  children:  i.  James,  born 
in  Charlestown,  June  3,  1642.  2.  Sarah,  born 
in  \\'eymouth,  April  4,  1643.  3.  Mary,  mar- 
ried, at  Charlestown,  1662,  Daniel  Whitte- 
more.  4.  Simon,  perhaps  born  in  England, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Simon,  son  of  Richard  Mellen,  was 
born  about  1644  in  New  England  or  before 
1639  in  Old  England.  He  was  in  Charles- 
town in  1660  and  resided  in  Maiden  in  1668. 
In  1687  he  was  a  grantee  of  the  plantation  of 
Quinsigamond  in  Worcester.  He  settled  finally 
in  the  southern  part  of  Framingham.    He  had 


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religious  privileges  in  Sherborn.  and  left  de- 
scendants there.  He  died  December  19,  1694, 
and  when  his  estate  was  settled  in  1695  all  his 
children  were  mentioned.  His  widow,  Mary 
Mellen,  died  in  Framingham,  June  i,  1709, 
aged  seventy  years.  Children:  i.  Simon, 
born  September  25,  1665,  mentioned  below. 
Born  at  Maiden:  2.  Thomas,  August,  1668. 
3.  Richard,  January  2,  1671-72,  married,  De- 
cember 6,  1695,  Mary  Gleason.  4.  James, 
1681.  5.  John,  January  29,  1685-86.  All  the 
children  were  baptized  at  Watertown,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1686. 

(HI)  Simon  (2),  son  of  Simon  (i)  Mel- 
len, was  born  at  Winnisimmet,  Boston,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1665,  died  August  30,  1717.  He 
lived  on  his  father's  homestead  and  was  select- 
man. He  married,  December  27,  1688,  Eliza- 
beth Fiske,  daughter  of  John  Fiske,  of  Water- 
town.  Children:  I.  Simon,  born  May  16, 
1690,  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary,  June  4, 
1695,  died  April  30,  171 1.  3.  James,  March 
8,  1698. 

(IV)  Simon  (3),  son  of  Simon  (2)  Mel- 
len, was  born  May  16,  1690,  and  resided  on 
the  homestead.  He  served  as  selectman.  He 
married  (first!  April  23,  171 1,  Esther  Town, 
daughter  of  John  Town.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) October  11,  1744,  Susanna  Haven,  who 
survived  him.  In  1795  she  was  living  with 
Nathaniel  Pike,  of  Hopkinton,  who  gave  a 
bond  to  the  Oxford  selectmen  to  support  her 
through  life,  and  giving  her  former  residence 
as  Oxford.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born  March 
28,  1712,  married,  September  30,  1731,  Jona- 
than Mores,  of  Framingham.  2.  Dr.  John, 
May  13,  1714.  3-  Simon,  June  10,  1716,  mar- 
ried, April  27,  1742,  Abigail  Ball.  4.  Jona- 
than, November  25,  1718.  5.  David,  March 
10,  1721-22,  mentioned  below.  6.  Esther 
(twin),  born  March  22,  1724-25.  7.  Israel 
(twin),  March  22,  1724-25. 

(V)  David,  son  of  Simon  (3)  Mellen,  was 
born  March  10,  1721-22,  died  October  10, 
1801,  at  Oxford.  He  was  taxed  in  1771  at 
Oxford,  where  they  removed  after  the  birth 
of  the  first  child,  and  in  1776  was  chosen 
grave  digger  and  served  until  1782  at  least. 
He  married,  June  20,  1744,  Mary  Maverick, 
daughter  of  James  Maverick,  of  Sudbury. 
Children,  the  first  born  in  Framingham,  the 
remainder  at  Oxford:  i.  Ann,  February  8, 
1745.  2.  John,  August  10,  1750,  served  in 
the  revolution.  3.  Mary,  March  19,  1753.  4- 
Lucy,  1756.     5.  David,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  David  (2),  son  of  David  (i)  Mellen, 
was  born  in  Oxford,  May  14,  1759,  died  in 


Charlestown  about  1830.  He  is  called  labor- 
er in  the  records.  He  served  in  the  revolu- 
tion in  the  Continental  army  from  July  4  to 
December  6,  1780.  He  resided  in  Charles- 
town,  Oakham,  North  Brookfield  and  Ox- 
ford. He  married  Grace  Stoddard,  of  Hing- 
ham.  Children,  born  in  Charlestown:  i. 
Samuel,  died  at  Oakham,  1823.  2.  Abel, 
married  (first)  1826,  Charlotte  Perkins ;  (sec- 
ond) Mary  A.  Helms.  3.  Adeline,  married 
John  Chamberlain.  4.  Ira,  born  September 
17,  1799.  married,  November  16,  1825,  Mary 
A.  Gillard  :  died  September  5.  1837.  5.  David, 
born  at  ( )akham,  ]\Iarch  15,  1804,  married, 
August  20,  1827,  Sarah  Ann  Hilton;  died 
November  16,  1835.  6.  Thomas  Snell,  born 
at  North  Brookfield,  1807,  married  (first)  Au- 
gust 31,  1830,  Rebecca  Perry;  (second)  Eliza 
Turner.  7.  George  Washington,  born  at 
Oakham,  married  Sophia  Ballard.  8.  Cath- 
erine, born  July  15,  1812.  at  Oxford,  lived  in 
the  family  of  Otis  Stone ;  died  about  1829.  9. 
Mary  M.,  born  .August  6,  1814,  married  John 
Chamberlain,  of  Charlestown ;  died  there 
about  1836.     10.  James,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  James,  son  of  David  (2)  Mellen,  was 
born  November  i,  1815,  in  North  Brookfield. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He 
removed  to  Charlestown  and  later  to  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  and  had  a  large  busi- 
ness as  building-mover,  in  Boston  and  vicin- 
ity. He  married,  September  10,  1837,  Sarah 
Ann  (Hilton)  Mellen,  died  February  12,  1908, 
widow  of  his  brother.  David  Mellen  Jr.,  de- 
scendant of  an  old  colonial  family  of  Maine. 
Children:  I.  James,  born  April  9,  1838,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  David  Jr.,  November  24, 
1839,  di'^cl  September  18,  1852. 

(VIII)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Mellen, 
was  born  in  Charlestown,  now  part  of  Bos- 
ton, April  9,  1838,  died  at  Cambridge,  Janu- 
arv  5,  1896.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Charlestown  and  Cambridge.  He  began 
his  business  career  in  the  building  moving 
business  in  association  with  his  father  and 
displayed  great  energy  and  capacity.  He  en- 
tered the  employ  of  his  father-in-law,  Curtis 
Davis,  the  famous  soap  manufacturer,  after 
his  marriage,  and  in  1864  was  admitted  to 
partnership,  taking  charge  of  the  Boston  of- 
fice and  salesrooms,  and  contributing  his  full 
share  to  the  conspicuous  growth  and  profita- 
bleness of  the  concern.  At  the  time  of  the 
death  of  the  senior  partner  the  business  of 
the  Curtis  Davis  Company  had  reached  enor- 
mous proportions.  The  goods  of  the  com- 
pany found  a  market  in  all  parts  of  the  world 


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and   had  a   reputation   for  quality   second  to 
none.     Mr.  Mellen  succeeded  to  the  business 
and  carried  it  on  until  his  death,  with  ever 
increasing  trade  and  facilities.     Mr.   Mellen 
was    an    independent    Republican    in    politics 
and  interested  in  public  affairs  but  never  ac- 
tive in  partv  matters.  He  was  for  a  few  years 
member  of  the  common  council  of  the  city  of 
Cambridge.    He  was  a  member  of  the  Colon- 
ial and  Newtown  clubs  of  Cambridge.     Mr. 
Mellen  had  the  respect  and  friendship  of  his 
fellow-citizens  and    business    associates,    in- 
cluding his  employees,  to  an  unusual  degree. 
His  frank,  unassuming,  engaging  manner  in- 
vited confidence    and    friendship,    and    those 
who  knew  him  appreciated  and  cultivated  his 
friendship.     His  ability  was  recognized  and 
his    integrity     appreciated    in     the    business 
world.     His  good  nature  and  kindliness  were 
proverbial.     He  resided  on  Washington  ave- 
nue, where  he  had  a  beautiful  home,  in  which 
his  family  lived  until  190".     He  built  a  sum- 
mer home  on  the  north  shore.     He  married, 
November  i,  i860,  Christina  \'an  Ness  Dav- 
is, daughter  of  Curtis  and   Martha   (Kemp) 
Davis.     (See  Davis  family).     Children :  born 
at   Cambridge:     i.  Edwin    Davis,   born    No- 
vember 23,  1861,  graduate  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Institute  of  Technology  ;  was  associated 
with    his    father   in    the    soap    manufacturing 
business  ;  since  the  sale  of  that  business  to  an 
English   syndicate   he   has   been   engaged   in 
a  mining   and   promoting   company,    residing 
in  Cambridge,  but  making  frequent  trips  to 
the  west  where  his  mines  are  located ;  mar- 
ried Adele  Lods,  born  in  Paris,  France,  June 
26,   1862 :  children :  i.  Lucile  Christina,  born 
July  5,   1886:  ii.  James  Edwin,  born  June  7, 
1897:  iii.  Richard  .\dams,  born  June  3,  1900; 
iv.  Adele  Louise,  born  October  29,  1903.     2. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  born  August  19,  1863,  mar- 
ried, November   i,   1886,  Frederick  L.   Cun- 
ningham, of  Lunenburg.  Massachusetts,  born 
November  4,  1838:  child,  James  Mellen  Cun- 
ningham, born  January  16,  1888.     3.  Louise 
Maria,    born    September    18,    1865,    married 
Walter  Emerson  Stone  ;  child,  Edward  Rus- 
sell Stone,  born  December  16,  1892.    4.  Mar- 
tha   Davis,   born    November    13,    1868,   mar- 
ried   Aquilla    Beales    Rich,   born    Alarch    13, 
1866,   at   Brooklyn,   New  York ;  children :   i. 
Christina   Rich,   born    November    28,     1891, 
died  April   5,   1892;  ii.  Aquilla  Beales   Rich, 
born  at  Stow,  ]\rassachusetts,  August  9,  1900. 
5.  Sarah   Agnes,   born    November    13,    1869, 
resides  with  her  mother  in   Cambridge.     6. 
Nettie  Christina,  born  July  15,  1870,  died  July 
14,  1871. 


There  were  four  immigrants  to 
KEMP  Massachusetts  of  the  Kemp  fam- 
ily, probably  closely  related,  be- 
fore 1640.  Of  John  Kemp  there  is  but  a  single 
record,  when  he  was  before  the  general  court 
in  1639.  Mr.  William  Kemp  came  in  the 
ship  "James",  April  5,  1635  ;  settled  at  Dux- 
bury,  Massachusetts,  where  he  became  a  pro- 
prietor and  juryman  ;  admitted  freeman  March 

5,  1638-39:  grant  of  land  January  7,  1638-39; 
administration  granted  to  widow  Elizabeth, 
November  21,  1641.  Robert  Kemp  settled  in 
Dedham  ;  was  admitted  to  the  church  April  24, 
1639,  and  his  wife  was  admitted  October  11, 

1639-  .        . 

( I )   Edward    Kemp,    tlie   other    mimigrant, 

also  settled  in  Dedham,  and  was  probably 
brother  of  Robert.  He  was  a  proprietor  there 
August  28,  1638;  admitted  freeman  March  13, 
1638-39.  He  removed  to  Wenham,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  declined  the  office  of  deacon  in 
1651.  He  removed  to  Chelmsford  in  1655. 
His  will,  dated  January  27,  1667,  proved  April 

6,  1669,  bequeathed  to  daughter  Esther,  her 
husband  Sanniel  Foster  and  child  Samuel  Fos- 
ter; to  kinsman  Samuel  Kemp  of  Groton. 

(H)  Samuel,  doubtless  nephew  of  Edward 
Kemp,  as  mentioned  above,  was  probably  a 
son  of  Robert  Kemp,  of  Dedham,  mentioned 
above,  and  reared  in  the  family  of  Edward. 
Samuel  Kemp  received  a  grant  of  a  five  acre 
lot  or  half  a  single  share,  "seventy  acres  of 
land,  be  it  more  or  lesse,  lying  on  loes  plaine, 
loese  (Lowe's)  meadow  being  contained  with- 
in and  is  part  of  the  number,  but  it  is  reckoned 
to  him  as  three  acres  of  meadow  land ;  this 
land  is  bounded  by  ye  commons ;  wets,  by  ye 
churches  farm  on  ye  south ;  and  ye  highway 
which  parts  Jacob  Browne  and  him,  north ;" 
The  road  to  Deacon  Edmund's  place,  known 
anciently  as  Marshall's  lane,  was  near  if  not 
the  same  as  the  north  bound  of  Kemp's  lot. 
He  remained  there  until  1668  and  then  sold 
to  Thomas  Ross,  removing  to  Groton.  He 
married.  May  23,  1662,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Sergeant  Thomas  Foster,  of  Braintree.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Samuel,  born  February,  1662-63; 
resided  in  Groton.  2.  Abigail,  born  March 
27,  1664-65.  3.  Zerubbabel,  born  about  1666; 
mentioned  below.     4.  Jonathan,  born  April  6, 

1668;   married    Mary   .      5.  Mehitable, 

born  January  4,  1673.  6.  Bethia,  July  9,  1683. 
(HI)  Zerubbabel,  son  of  Samuel  Kemp,  was 
born  about  1666.  He  settled  in  Groton.  He 
and  his  wife  Mary  were  baptized  and  admitted 
to  the  covenent,  and  had  two  children  baptized 
at  Groton,  May  15,  1709.  Children,  born  at 
Groton:  i.  Ebenezer,  February  28,  1704.     2. 


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Zerubbabel,  October  12,  1705,  baptized  May 
15.  1709-  3-  John.  January  18,  1707-08,  bap- 
tized May  15,  1709;  mentioned  below.  4. 
Mary,  born  April  8,  1713.  5.  Dorothy,  bap- 
tized February  11,  171 1.  6.  Hezekiah,  born 
August  14,  1715.    7.  Sarah,  August  3,  1718. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Zerubbabel  Kemp,  was 
born  in  Groton,  January  18,  1707-08,  and  died 
there.  He  married,  at  Groton,  November  4, 
1731,  Sarah  Holden,  born  September  5,  1717, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Davis)  Holden, 
granddaughter  of  Stephen  Holden,  born  July 
19,  1642,  great-granddaughter  of  Richard  and 
Martha  ( Fosdick )  Holden.  Martha  was 
daughter  of  the  immigrant,  Stephen  Fosdick. 
Sarah  (Davis)  Holden,  born  September  22, 
1694,  died  November  22,  171 5,  was  daughter 
of  John  and  Mehitable  Davis,  granddaughter 
of  Samuel  and  Mary  Davis.  Children  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Holden)  Kemp;  born  at  Groton: 
I.  John,  June  4,  1732.  2.  Lawrence,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1733;  mentioned  below.  3.  Oliver, 
July  II,   1735.     4.  Jabez,  March   19,   1736-37. 

5.  Stephen,  September  19,  1739.  6.  Lucy, 
April  24,  1742.  7.  Amasa,  May  21,  1744.  8. 
Sarah,  May  29,  1746. 

(V)  Captain  Lawrence,  son  of  John  Kemp, 
was  born  September  24,  1733,  and  died  at 
Groton,  October  2,  1805.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  in  Captain  Cles- 
son's  company,  of  Deerfield ;  was  captain  in 
the  thirteenth  company.  Colonel  David  Field's 
(Fifth  Hampshire)  regiment,  commissioned 
May  3,  1776,  and  was  at  Ticonderoga  in  1777; 
also  captain  in  Colonel  David  Well's  regiment 
in  Burgoyne  campaign.  He  removed  from 
(jroton  to  Deerfield  and  thence  in  1767  to 
Shelburne,  Massachusetts.  He  married,  July 
12,  1756,  Dorothy  Stebbins,  died  October  5, 
1820,  aged  eighty-two  years.  Children,  born 
at  Deerfield  and  Shelburne:  i.  Oliver,  De- 
cember 15,  1757.  2.  Solomon,  May  23,  1759; 
died  August  20,  1762.  3.  John,  1766;  mar- 
ried, March  29,  1786,  Hannah  Wells.  4. 
Dorothy,  baptized  1766,  married,  1787,  .\bel 
Wilder.     5.  Hannah,  died  February  12,  1766. 

6.  Lawrence,  mentioned  below.  7.  JNIehitable, 
born  August  9,  1779. 

Dorothy  (Stebbins)  Kemp,  wife  of  Captain 
Lawrence  Kemp,  was  born  January  6,  1738, 
daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  (Allen)  Steb- 
bins, granddaughter  of  John  and  Dorothy 
(Alexander).  John  Stebbins,  born  January 
28,  1647,  died  December  19.  1724,  served  in 
King  Phillip's  war  under  Captains  Lothrop 
and  Mosely,  and  was  only  survivor  of  Bloody 
Mas.sacre.   son  of   John   Stebbins,  born   1626, 


died  J\Iarch  9,  1679,  and  grandson  of  the  im- 
migrant Riwaland  Stebbins  (see  Stebbins). 
Dorothy  (Alexander)  Stebbins  was  born 
about  1660,  daughter  of  John  and  Beatrice 
Ale.xander,  and  granddaughter  of  the  immi- 
grant, John  Ale.xander,  who  came  from  Scot- 
land before  1640.  Hannah  (Allen)  Stebbins, 
born  February  12,  1698-99,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Allen,  born  May  i,  1663,  died  Novem- 
ber 24,  1683,  married  Mary  Painter,  February 
10,  1740,  and  granddaughter  of  Edward  Allen 
Sr.,  1663,  died  November  21,  1696,  married 
November  24,  1658,  Sarah  Kimball,  daughter 
of  Richard  Kimball,  the  immigrant  (see  Kim- 
ball). 

(\T)  Lawrence  (2),  son  of  Lawrence  (i) 
Kemp,  was  born  at  Shelburne,  Alassachu- 
setts,  March  3,  1776.  He  settled  in  Shel- 
burne, and  died  there  August  3,  1821.  He 
married,  October  9,  1799,  Alehitable  Ellis, 
of  Buckland,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Lois  (Mann)  Ellis,  granddaughter 
of  Reuben  and  Mehitable  (Scott)  Ellis,  and 
also  of  Thomas  Mann  (3),  Samuel  (2),  Wil- 
liam (i).  Benjamin  Ellis,  born  May  7,  1751, 
was  son  of  Reuben  Ellis,  born  November  5, 
1728,  died  April  21,  1786,  of  Ashfield  and 
.Sunderland,  Massachusetts ;  married  Mehita- 
ble Scott,  born  May  3,  1722,  daughter  of 
Richard  Scott  and  Elizabeth  (Belding)  Scott. 
Elizabeth  (Belding)  born  December  28,  1658, 
died  October  6,  1720,  daughter  of  Stephen 
and  Mary  (Wells)  Belding,  granddaughter  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  Belding,  and  grandson  of 
Richard  Belding  (see  Belding).  Reuben  El- 
lis was  son  of  Rich'^rd  Ellis,  the  first  settler 
of  Ashfield,  Massachusetts, "^nd  his  wife  Jane, 
daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Drake)  Phillips,  granddaughter  of  Richard 
and  Elizabeth  (Packer)  Phillips,  and  great 
granddaughter  of  Richard  Phillips.  Eliza- 
beth Drake  was  daughter  of  Thomas  Drake ; 
Richard  Scott  was  son  of  William  and  Han- 
nah (Allis)  Scott,  grandson  of  William  and 
Mary  Allis,  of  Hatfield. 

Children  of  Lawrence  and  Mehitable  (El- 
lis) Kemp,  was  born  in  Deerfield:  i.  Sum- 
ner, born  February  12,  1800;  died  at  sea  on 
a  whaling  voyage.  2.  Lawrence,  born  Sep- 
tember 21,  1802,  mentioned  below.  3.  Abner, 
born  February  12,  1804;  went  west.  4.  John 
Stebbins,  burn  February  6,  1806;  died  in 
Heath.  5.  Lucinda,  born  January  25,  1808; 
married.  October  18,  1827,  Orin  Dole.  6. 
Benjamin  Ellis,  born  December  9,  1810;  mar- 
ried'Sarah  W.  Eddy,  November  28,  1834.  7. 
Joseph,' born  .\ugust  30,  1813;  lived  at  Ann 


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Arbor,  ^lichigan.  8.  Noah  C,  born  Febru- 
ary 16,  1817;  died  unmarried,  at  Coleraine. 

(\'II)  Lawrence  (3),  son  of  Lawrence  (2) 
Kemp,  was  born  in  Deerfield,  September  21, 
1802,  died  July  14,  1850,  aged  forty-seven 
years,  seven  months  and  twenty-two  days. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Enos  and  Lu- 
cretia  (Clark)  Stewart ;  she  died  in  Needham, 
December  13,  1885.  Children:  i.  Mary  Ann, 
born  January  4,  1831 ;  married,  October  6, 
1852,  Asahel  G.  Matthews,  son  of  Silas  and 
Hannah  (Gilbert)  Matthews ;  children :  i. 
Mary  Ella ;  ii.  Anna  Lizzie ;  iii.  Florence 
Maria,  married,  September  14,  1882,  Harry 
Gaylord  Collins  and  has  two  children :  Hazel 
G.  and  Frances  ^L  Collins.  2.  Sumner,  born 
February  6,  1833;  married,  December  25, 
1856,  Hannah  Button ;  children :  Eva,  Cora, 
Alary,  a  son  died  young  and  Charles  Kemp. 

3.  Horace,  born  .\ugust  17,  1835,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Lucretia,  born  March  24,  1838; 
married  Eben  Phelps ;  died  in  Xeedham,  De- 
cember 7,  1891.     5.  Charles  S.,  born  August 

4,  1840;  died  in  Coleraine,  November  12, 
1862,  unmarried.  6.  Ann  Jeannette,  born 
February  10,  1845;  died  July  31,  1845.  7. 
Elsie  Cordelia,  born  July  20,  1847;  died  in 
Springfield.  Massachusetts,  September  14, 
1865. 

(\  HI)  Horace,  son  of  Lawrence  (3)  Kemp, 
was  born  at  Shelburne,  August  17,  1835.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  has 
been  engaged  in  farming  in  Coleraine.  He 
married,  .\pril  22,  1858.  Eliza  Ann,  daughter 
of  Walter  and  Salome  (Shepardson)  Bell  (see 
Bell,  HI).  Children:  i.  Elsie,  born  at  Ley- 
den,  March  18,  1859;  married,  December  20, 
1874,  AL  Dayton  Miner,  son  of  Cyrus  and 
Freelove  (Packard)  Miner ;  he  is  a  carpenter 
and  builder  at  Leyden ;  children :  i.  Arthur 
Horace  Miner,  born  April  21,  1876,  at  North 
Adams.  ALissachusetts ;  married,  October  7, 
1900,  Bertha  Mayor  Packard,  daughter  of 
Davis  Hayward  and  Frances  La  Von  (Tyler) 
Packard ;  children :  a.  Kenneth  Packard 
Miner,  born  at  Fairhaven,  Massachusetts, 
September  i,  1901  :  b.  Arthur  Dayton  Miner, 
born  at  Atlantic,  Massachusetts,  December 
7,  1903 ;  c.  Winchester  Rutledge  Miner,  born 
at  Yonkers,  New  York,  January  28,  1907 ;  d. 
Margaret  Miner,  born  at  Yonkers,  New 
York,  October  13,  1909.  ii.  .^nnie  Vesta 
Miner,  born  at  Leyden.  August  4,  1878  ;  mar- 
ried, February  2,  1898,  George  Deane  Bol- 
ton, a  farmer  of  Leyden  ;  child :  Charles  Bell 
Bolton,  born  October  24,  1900.  iii.  Homer 
Dayton  Miner,  born  at  Leydon,  July  7.  1886. 

Iv— 27 


2.  Ida  Grace,  born  at  Coleraine,  May  31, 
1861  ;  married,  March  13,  1881,  Charles  Dew- 
ey Miner,  a  farmer  of  Coleraine,  son  of  Whit- 
man Miner:  child:  Mavie  Lucretia  Miner, 
born  at  Coleraine,  August  12,  1884;  married 
Thomas  White,  April  2/,  1901.  3.  Walter 
Horace,  born  at  Coleraine,  July  2,  1863 ;  a 
prosperous  farmer  of  his  native  town ;  he  is 
a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen  and  is 
prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  town ;  he  was 
assessor  for  many  years  and  a  member  of 
the  school  board ;  married  Alae  Sophia  Mar- 
tin, daughter  of  William  and  Ellen  (Shep- 
ardson) Martin ;  children :  i.  Bessie  Mae, 
born  June  22,  1883 ;  ii.  George  Walter,  born 
July  25,  1884;  iii.  Howard  Martin,  born  Jan- 
uary 8,  1887;  iv.  Nellie  Martiel,  born  Janu- 
ary 21,  1896.  4.  \\'illiam  Sumner,  born  No- 
vember 16,  1870,  mentioned  below.  5.  Har- 
vey Lawrence,  born  at  Coleraine,  December 
3/1883. 

(IX)  William  Sumner,  son  of  Horace 
Kemp,  was  born  in  Coleraine,  November  16, 
1870,  on  the  old  Walter  Bell  homestead.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  the  Powers  Institute  at  Bernardston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1889,  of  which  he  was  president. 
During  his  youth  he  worked  on  his  father's 
farm.  In  the  winter  of  1889-90  he  taught 
school  in  the  south  district  of  Leyden  and  re- 
turned to  farming  in  the  spring.  In  August, 
1890,  he  went  to  Grand  Island,  Nebraska,  as 
messenger  in  the  office  of  the  Grand  Island 
Banking  Company,  and  from  time  to  time  was 
promoted.  At  the  end  of  three  years  he  re- 
signed the  position  of  assistant  teller  in  this 
bank  to  accept  a  position  as  messenger  in  the 
Brookline  National  Bank  of  Brookline,  Mas- 
sachusetts, September  i,  1893,  but  immediate- 
ly afterward  was  made  bookkeeper,  and  Janu- 
ary I,  1894,  teller.  He  continued  in  this  office 
until  November  2,  1898,  when  he  became  the 
cashier.  After  si.x  years  he  resigned  as 
cashier  of  this  bank  to  accept  the  responsible 
office  of  treasurer  of  the  Holtzer-Cabot  Elec- 
tric Company  of  Brookline,  and  he  has  con- 
tinued with  this  concern,  of  which  he  is  also 
secretary  and  director  of  the  corporation,  to 
the  present  time.  The  company  manufactures 
electric  motors,  telephones  and  electrical  ap- 
paratus. The  home  office  and  factory  is  at 
Brookline,  Massachusetts,  the  Chicago  office 
at  395-97  Dearborn  street.  He  was  active  in 
organizing  the  Brookline  Co-operative  Bank 
and  has  been  secretary,  treasurer  and  vice- 
president  and  is  still  a  member  of  the  board  of 


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directors.  He  is  master  of  Betlihoren  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons.  In  religion  he  is  Unitarian 
and  in  politics  Republican.  He  has  never  mar- 
ried. 


The  Bell  family  of  this  sketch  is 
BELL  of  very  ancient  Scotch  ancestry. 
Before  the  year  1300  the  family 
was  established  in  Dumfriesshire,  Scotland, 
and  there  flourished  for  many  generations.  It 
is  reputed  to  be  of  Anglo-Norman  origin  and 
the  surname  is  thought  to  have  been  from  the 
French  Bel.  A  branch  of  this  family  settled 
in  Ireland  when  King  James  colonized  tlie 
north  of  Ireland  with  Scotch  Presbyterians 
and  English  Episcopalians  in  1610  and  later. 
The  first  of  the  name  found  on  the  Irish  rec- 
ords was  Andrew  Bell,  a  tenant  of  John 
Hamilton,  who  had  a  grant  of  five  hundred 
acres  in  1619  in  the  precinct  of  Fewes,  county 
Armagh,  Ireland.  There  may  have  been  oth- 
ers of  the  Bell  family,  coming  later,  or  he  may 
have  been  the  progenitor  of  all  the  family 
which  is  still  numerous  in  that  section  of  Ire- 
land. In  the  counties  of  Armagh,  Antrim, 
Down  and  Tyrone,  all  of  Ulster  there  were 
one  hundred  and  si.xty-nine  births  in  the  Bell 
families,  indicating  a  population  in  this  com- 
paratively small  territory  of  7,500  of  the  name 
of  Bell,  and  establishing  the  standing  of  the 
family  as  one  of  the  most  numerous  of  Scotch- 
Irish  families  in  Ireland.  Several  of  the  fam- 
ily came  to  New  England  from  the  Scotch 
counties  of  Ireland  in  1719  and  during  the 
years  following  when  the  Scotch-Irish  were 
seeking  homes  in  this  country  in  large  num- 
bers. 

John  Bell,  progenitor  of  the  ninth,  thirteenth 
and  forty-first  governors  of  New  Hampshire, 
was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Coleraine,  prob- 
ably in  the  parish  of  Ballymony,  county  .An- 
trim, Ireland,  in  1678,  and  died  in  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire,  July  8,  1743,  aged 
sixty-four  years.  He  was  not  of  the  first  com- 
pany of  Scotch-Irish  who  founded  Nuffield, 
now  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire,  in  April, 
1719,  but  he  was  there  in  1720,  and  received 
a  grant  of  sixty  acres  in  the  .A.iken  Range, 
where  he  and  his  son  John  afterward  lived. 
He  returned  to  Ireland  in  1722,  having  cleared 
his  farm  and  prepared  a  house,  and  brought 
his  wife  and  two  surviving  daughters,  two  of 
his  children  having  died  in  infancy.  He  was 
a  useful  and  respected  citizen  and  held  vari- 
ous offices.  He  drew  lands  amounting  in  all 
to  three  hundred  acres.  He  married  in  Ire- 
land, Elizabeth  Todd,  daughter  of  John  and 


Rachel  (Nelson)  Todd,  sister  of  Colonel  An- 
drew Todd.  She  died  August  30,  1771,  aged 
eighty-two  years.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  born 
September  28,  1723;  removed  to  Cambridge, 
New  York.  2.  Letitia,  married  Deacon 
George  Duncan.  3.  Naomi,  married  Captain 
William  Duncan.  4.  Elizabeth,  married  James 
Duncan.  5.  Mary,  married  George  Duncan. 
6.  John,  married  Mary  Ann  Gilmore. 

W  illiam  Bell,  of  Palmer,  Massachusetts, 
said  to  be  John's  son  by  the  history  of  Palmer, 

married    Elizabeth    and    had   a    large 

family  of  children  between  1736  and  1757.  The 
list  of  children  as  given  above  is  on  the  au- 
thority of  Parker's  history  of  Londonderry. 
If  William  were  a  son  of  John,  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below,  may  be  also.  Both  were  certain- 
ly related  to  the  Londonderry  settler  very 
closely.  Many  of  the  Londonderry  people 
came  to  Palmer  and  Colerain  to  settle. 

(I)  Thomas  Bell,  immigrant  ancestor,  son 
or  nephew  of  John  Bell,  mentioned  above,  was 
bom  in  Ireland,  doubtless  at  Ballymony,  near 
Coleraine,  county  Antrim,  in  1717.  He  died 
September  i,  1789,  aged  seventy-two,  at  Cole- 
raine, Massachusetts.  He  married  in  Boston, 
October  18,  1743,  Esther  Bell,  sister  of  James, 
who  was  cousin  of  Thomas  Bell.  She  died  at 
Coleraine,  April  17,  1782,  aged  sixty-five 
years.  The  history  of  East  Boston  by  Somers 
states  that  he  went  to  Derry  (Londonderry), 
New  Hampshire,  and  afterward  lived  at  Rox- 
bury,  Massachusetts.  There  was  another 
family  of  this  name  at  Roxbury  and  another 
Thomas  Bell  of  about  the  same  age.  The  two 
may  readily  be  confused.  But  we  know  that 
Thomas  Bell  who  went  to  Coleraine  and  was 
related  to  the  Scotch-Irish  Bells  of  New 
Hampshire  was  the  lessee  of  Noddles  Island 
in  Boston  Harbor.  This  lease  was  executed 
November  4,  1760,  by  Thomas  Bell  and  Sam- 
uel Cochran.  Bell  sold  his  moiety  to  his  son- 
in-law,  Henry  Howell  Williams,  June  i,  1763. 
Cochran  died  May  9,  1763,  and  the  island  was 
leased  to  Bell  and  Williams,  November  15, 
1764.  This  lease  came  into  the  possession  of 
John  Avery,  of  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  who 
gave  it  to  Harvard  College  library.  The  his- 
tory of  Coleraine  informs  us  that  Thomas  and 
William  Bell  came  to  Coleraine  from  Rox- 
bury. Presumably  this  William  is  the  same 
mentioned  above,  called  a  son  of  John  Bell,  of 
Londonderry,  but  possibly  a  nephew  and  very 
likely  a  brother  of  Thomas.  Thomas  Bell  had 
a  lot  of  land  in  the  second  division  of  Cole- 
raine in  1 75 1,  but  it  was  after  1765  when  he 


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came  there  with  his  family  and  settled  perma- 
nently. 

The  inventory  of  his  estate  was  filed  at 
Northampton,  October  2^,  1789.  Three  Scotch 
neighbors,  Hugh  McClellan,  Jonathan  McGee 
and  William  Caldwell,  were  appraisers.  It 
shows  only  his  personal  estate.  As  he  left  no 
will  he  doubtless  deeded  his  lands  to  his  sons. 
He  was  a  delegate  to  the  provincial  congress 
in  1775.  Much  information  about  the  chil- 
dren of  Thomas  has  been  gleaned  from  the 
will  of  his  son  James,  who  bequeathed  to  his 
wife  and  brothers  and  sisters,  having  no  issue. 
To  his  wife  James  bequeathed  land  he  pur- 
chased of  Samuel  Cochran  in  1786  and  land 
he  bought  of  Thomas  Bell  (his  father)  in 
1763,  the  latter  being  his  homestead.  He  own- 
ed the  farm  on  which  his  brother  Thomas 
lived,  and  gave  him  a  life  interest  in  it.  He 
gave  a  similar  interest  to  his  brother  Walter 
and  sisters  Elizabeth  Williams  and  Polly 
Mathews  in  other  lands.  All  his  property  was 
in  Coleraine.  .\fter  the  death  of  his  brothers 
and  sisters,  he  provided  that  the  estate  should 
be  equally  divided  among  their  children.  The 
will  was  dated  March  9,  1791,  and  proved 
December  4,  1798. 

Children  of  Thomas  Bell:  i.  Polly,  married 
John    Mathews    and    lived    at    Coleraine.      2. 

James,  married  Margaret  ;  died  1798; 

left  no  children  (see  will  mentioned  above), 
3.  Thomas,  born  1750;  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion from  Coleraine  from  1775  to  1780  almost 
continuously ;  in  1780  gave  his  age  as  thirty 
years ;  height,  five  feet,  five  inches ;  com- 
plexion, ruddy.  4.  Walter,  born  May  18, 
1759:  mentioned  below.  5.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried Henry  Howell  Williams,  son  of  Joseph 
(Joseph  3,  Stephen  2,  Robert  i  Williams  of 
Ro.xbury)  of  Noddles  Island  and  Coleraine. 

(II)  Walter,  son  of  Thomas  Bell,  was  born 
May  18,  1759,  according  to  a  family  Bible. 
He  died  December  12,  1851.  He  married  Sal- 
ly Bell,  daughter  of  James  and  Sally  (Crouch) 
Bell.  She  was  born  September  8.  1763,  ac- 
cording to  the  same  Bible.  She  may  have 
been  descended  from  the  English  family  of 
Bells,  mentioned  above,  though  she  is  said 
to  have  been  a  cousin  of  her  husband.  She 
died  August  10,  1848,  aged  eighty-five  years. 
A\"alter  Bell  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a 
private  in  Captain  Hugh  McClellan's  com- 
pany of  Coleraine,  Colonel  David  Wells's 
regiment,  from  September  22,  to  October  18, 
1777,  in  the  northern  army.  He  lived  at 
Coleraine.  In  the  census  of  1790  he  had  two 
sons   under   sixteen   and   six    females   in   his 


family.  His  brother  Thomas  had  three  sons 
under  sixteen  and  five  females  in  his,  family. 
His  brother  James  had  three  sons  over  si.x- 
teen,  one  under  that  age,  and  three  females  in 
his  family. 

Children  of  Walter  and  Sarah  Bell:  r.  Pa- 
tience, born  February  24,  1780.  2.  Elizabeth, 
April    5,    1782.      3.  Margaret,    February    27, 

1784.    4.  Sarah,  July  3,  1786;  married  — 

Prouty;  she  died  September  2,  1829.  5. 
Thomas,  March  31,  1788,  died  October  2, 
1815,  aged  twenty-seven  years,  five  months, 
twenty-eight  days.  6.  Harriet,  February  i, 
1790.  7.  Walter  Jr.,  December  15,  1792, 
mentioned  below.  8.  James,  Mav  8,  1795; 
married,  March  15,  1821,  Sarah'  Stedman, 
daughter  of  Philemon  and  Sarah  Stedman. 
9.  Henry  W..  July  2,  1798.  10.  Nancv,  June 
I,  r8o — ,  II.  John  A.,  May  17,  1807-08;  mar- 
ried, May  21,  1826,  Desire  Mixter,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Mixter :  wife  died 
September  25,  1830,  aged  twenty-four.  12. 
William,  January  27,  1810 ;  married  Mary 
Coolidge. 

(Ill)'  Walter  (2),  son  of  Walter  (i)  Bell, 
was  born  in  Coleraine,  December  15,  1792. 
This  record  and  those  given  of  his  father's 
family  are  from  a  famity  Bible  now  in  the 
possession  of  Grace  Dunnells.  He  married, 
December  16,  1821,  Salome  Shepardson, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Shepardson.  She  was 
born  August  26,  1803,  died  August  i,  1882. 
Children:  i.  Joseph  Shepardson,  born  June 
4,  1823.  2.  Sarah  Survier,  December  17, 
1824,  died  June  ir,  1825.  3.  Mary  Sophia, 
April  19,  1826-27.  4.  James  Packer,  October 
27,  1828.  5.  Augustus  Warren,  December 
12,  1832.  6.  Eliza  Ann,  June  7,  1835  ^  mar- 
ried Horace  Kemp  (see  Kemp,  VIII).  7. 
Harriet  Gertrude,  August  31,  1844. 


The  name  Newcomb  is  said 
NEWCOMB     to     be     of     Saxon     origin, 

"Combe"  signifying  a  low 
situation,  a  vale,  a  place  between  two  hills. 
Newcome  is  defined  by  Hallowell  as  "strang- 
ers newly  arrived",  but  the  family  of  this 
name,  who  trace  back  to  Hugh  Newcome,  of 
Saltfleetby,  county  Lincoln,  in  the  reign  of 
Richar  Coeur  de  Lion,  (1189-92)  are  not 
parvenues  in  this  or  any  other  sense.  The 
name  is  doubtless  the  same  as  Newcombe, 
though  the  locality  from  which  it  is  derived  is 
unknown.  In  early  records  in  this  country  the 
name  is  found  written  Newcom,  Newcome, 
Newcomb,  Newcombe,  Newcum,  Newkum, 
Newkom,  Newckum,  Nucom,  Nuccome,  Nu- 


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comb,  Nuccombe,  Nucum,  etc.,  in  some  in- 
stances in  two  or  more  ways  in  the  same  doc- 
ument. Now  it  is  usually  spelled  Newcomb. 
The  records  of  baptisms,  marriages,  etc.,  at 
Saltfleetby,  where  the  family  has  been  seated 
seven  hundred  years,  begin  in  1558,  and  are 
written  in  Lat'"-  In  these  records  the  name 
is  written  Newcomen. 

(I)  Captain  Andrew  Newcomb,  progenitor 
of  the  largest  branch  of  the  family  in  Amer- 
ica, tradition  says,  emigrated  from  the  west 
of  England,  perhaps  Devonshire  or  Wales. 
First  mention  of  him  was  made  in  1663,  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  when  he  married  his 
second  wife,  Grace,  widow  of  WiUiam  Rix 
(or  Ricks).  He  was  a  mariner  or  sea  captain, 
and  it  is  probable  that  this  had  always  been  his 
occupation.  In  1679  he  was  "Master  of  ye 
Sloope  Edmund  and  Martha",  then  in  New 
York,  bound  for  "Boston  in  New  Eng,"  prob- 
ably from  Virginia,  a  part  of  his  cargo  being 
tobacco.  Suffolk  deeds  contain  a  copy  of  an 
agreement  dated  February  14,  1672,  in  which 
Andrew  Newcomb  and  wife  Grace  are  to 
enjoy  during  life  the  old  dwelling  house,  "now 
in  the  tenure  and  occupation  of  the  said  New- 
comb", formerly  of  William  Ricks,  deceased. 
Andrew  Newcomb  signed  his  name  both  New- 
comb and  Newcombe.  His  will,  dated  Janu- 
ary 31,  1682-83,  entered  December  9,  1686.  be- 
queathed to  wife,  daughter  Grace  Buttler, 
grandson  Newcomb  Blake,  and  others.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  Andrew,  born  about 
1640;  mentioned  below.  2.  Susannah,  mar- 
ried Philip  Blake,  of  Boston;  second,  

Prichett,  or  Pritchard.  Child  of  second  wife: 
3.  Grace,  born  October  20,  1664,  in  Boston ; 
married  James  Butler;  (second)  April  15, 
1692,  Andrew  Rankin. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Andrew  (2),  son  of  Cap- 
tain Andrew  (i)  Newcomb,  was  born  prob- 
ably in  England,  about  1640.  He  was  doubt- 
less living  at  or  near  the  isle  of  Shoals  in  1666. 
The  earliest  record  of  his  purchase  of  land  in 
this  country  bears  date  April  20,  1669,  in 
which  it  appears  that  Andrew  Newcomb  of 
Kittery,  York  county,  Maine,  fisherman, 
bought  a  house  in  Kittery  and  six  acres  of 
land ;  sold  this  July  7,  1674,  to  John  Cutt,  of 
Portsmouth.  The  place  is  still  in  Kittery, 
about  half  a  mile  north  of  Portsmouth,  and 
is  owned  and  occupied  (1874)  by  Miss  Sally 
Carter.  Andrew  Newcomb  was  constable  in 
1671,  at  the  isle  of  Shoals.  He  removed  about 
1675,  and  settled  in  Edgartown,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  was  a  proprietor,  and  at  vari- 
ous times  received  shares   in  the  division  of 


lands  in  the  town.  He  served  as  juror  several 
times  ;  constable  1681 ;  selectman  1693  ;  over- 
seer 1693 ;  assessor  1695.  He  was  chosen  lieu- 
tenant April  13,  1 69 1,  and  the  same  year  was 
in  command  of  the  fortification.  He  owned 
the  land  on  which  the  court  house  now  stands, 
in  the  village  of  Edgartown.  He  died  some- 
time between  March  7,  1703-04,  and  October 
22,    1708.      He   married    (first)    about    1661, 

Sarah  ,  died  about  1674;   (second)   in 

1676,  in  Edgartown,  Anna  Bayes,  born  about 
1658,  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  and  Anna 
( Baker )  Bayes.  She  survived  her  husband 
about  twenty-five  years,  dying  in  1731,  aged 
about  seventy-three.     Children  of  first  wife: 

I.  Simeon,  born  about  1662;  sometimes  also 
written  Simon ;  resided  in  Eastham,  now 
Truro,  Massachusetts.  2.  Andrew,  born  about 
1664;  died  June,  1687.  3.  Simon,  born  1666; 
mentioned  below.  4.  Thomas,  born  about 
1668;  married  Elizabeth  Cook.  5.  Sarah, 
born  about  1670;  married,  January  9,  1690- 
91,  Joshua  Conant.  6.  Mary,  or  Mercy,  born 
about  1672;  married,  October  4,  1694,  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Lumbert,  of  Barnstable.  7. 
Peter,  born  about  1674 ;  married  Mercy  Smith. 
Children  of  second  wife:  8.  Anna,  born  1677; 
married  Lieutenant  Matthew  Mayhew,  of 
Edgartown;  died  April  16,  1723.  9.  Eliza- 
beth, born  about  1681  ;  married,  March  5, 
1 699- 1 700,  Captain  John  Atkins,  of  Eastham. 
10.  Joseph,  born  1683  ;  married  Joyce  Butler. 

II.  Emblem,  born  about  1685;  married,  April 
8,  1703,  Samuel  Atkins.  12.  Tabitha,  born 
about  1688;  married  Peter  Ray.  13.  Hannah, 
born  about  1694;  married,  October  14,  1714, 
Thomas  Dumary.  14.  Zerviah,  born  1698- 
99;  married,  November  2,  1716,  Josiah  Bearse. 
15.  Mary,  born  about  1700;  married,  June  13, 
1728,  Jonathan  Pease,  of  Edgartown. 

(Ill)  Simon,  son  of  Andrew  (2)  Newcomb, 
was  born  about  1666,  probably  at  Kittery, 
Maine.  He  went  with  his  parents  to  the  Isle 
of  .Shoals,  and  thence  to  Edgartown,  where 
he  lived  until  1713,  removing  then  to  Leba- 
non, Connecticut,  where  he  lived  until  his 
death,  January  20,  1744-5,  in  his  seventy- 
ninth  year.  He  was  a  proprietor  of  Edgar- 
town, and  owned  several  shares  in  the  island 
of  Chappaquiddick,  where  he  kept  large  num- 
bers of  catde  and  sheep.  He  owned  land  in 
Tisbury,  and  his  name  appears  frequently  in 
real  estate  transactions  there,  and  a  path 
there  is  still  known  as  "Simon  Newcomb's 
Path."  His  first  purchase  of  land  at  Leba- 
non was  of  Mary  and  Israel  Phelps,  Septem- 
ber 26,  171 T,  about  160  acres  on  the  east  side 


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of  the  town,  with  buildings,  orchards,  gar- 
dens, fences,  fencing  stuff  and  fruit  trees 
thereon,  also  fifty  acres  common  right,  and 
thirty  acres  common  at  the  village.  The  farm 
is  situated  on  the  south  side  of  Windham 
road,  near  Phelps  Hill.  He  took  the  free- 
man's oath  at  Lebanon,  and  was  elected  high- 
way surveyor  in  1714;  grand  juryman  1718; 
fence  viewer  1741  ;  appointed  guardian  to  Ca- 
leb Jones  in  172 1  ;  was  also  a  member  of  var- 
ious committees  on  town  affairs.  His  will 
was  dated  July  23,  1741,  and  recorded  March 
17,  1745.  He  died  January  20,  1744-5,  in 
his  seventy-ninth  year.  He  married  Deborah 
.  who  died  June  17,  1756,  in  her  ninety- 
second  ^•ear.  Their  graves  are  marked  by 
stones.  Children:  i.  John,  born  about  1688- 
9;  married  Alice  Lumbert.  2.  Thomas,  born 
1691-2:  married  (first)  Eunice  Manning; 
(second)  Judith  Woodworth.  3.  Hezekiah, 
born  1693-4;  mentioned  below.     4.  Obadiah, 

born    1695 ;   married    (first)    Abigail   ; 

(second)  Mrs.  i\Iary  Post.  5.  Deborah,  born 
1696-7 ;  married  Captain  Timothy  Hatch.  6. 
Sarah,  born  about  1698;  married,  January  13, 
1719-20,  Ebenezer  Nye.  7.  Benjamin,  born 
about  1700;  married  Hannah  Clark.  8. 
Elizabeth,  born  1701-2;  married,  April  20, 
1721,  Ebenezer  Wright.  9.  Simon,  born 
about  1705  ;  married  (first)  Jerusha  Lathrop  ; 
(second)  Jane  Worth. 

(I\')  Hezekiah,  son  of  Simon  Newcomb, 
was  born  in  Edgartown,  Martha's  Vineyard, 
in  1693-4,  and  removed  at  the  age  of  ten  with 
his  parents  to  Lebanon,  Connecticut.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  joiner, 
probablv  at  New  London,  where  he  joined 
the  church  and  was  baptized  December  25, 
1716.  At  the  time  of  his  marriage  he  settled 
in  Lebanon,  and  was  admitted  to  the  church 
March  22,  1719,  his  wife  on  November  20, 
1720.  He  took  the  freeman's  oath  and  held 
various  town  offices.  He  made  no  less  than 
tw^elve  purchases  of  land  in  Lebanon,  and 
also  became  a  proprietor  of  the  town  of  Fall- 
town,  now  Bernardstown,  Massachusetts, 
which  he  deeded  to  his  grandson  Hezekiah 
Newcomb,  of  Lebanon,  for  good-will  and  ef- 
fection.  He  never  lived  there,  though  his 
■sons  Silas  and  Peter  were  there  four  or  five 
years.  Later  some  of  his  grandsons  settled 
there.  He  was  a  very  pious  man,  and  said  to 
have  been  a  deacon  in  the  church.  It  is  re- 
lated that  Submit  (Downer)  Newcomb.  wife 
of  his  son  James,  said  that  "during  the  whole 
time  of  her  having  ten  children  in  his  (Heze- 
kiah's)  house,  she  never  heard  him  speak  an 


angry  word.  The  whole  day  long  he  would 
most  always  have  his  Bible  in  his  hands."  He 
died  suddenly  August  15,  1772.  His  will  was 
dated  August  30,  1770,  and  proved  Septem- 
ber I,  1772.  The  inventory  included  "a  pare 
of  Silver  Shue  Buckles,  one  pare  of  Gould 
Buttens,  one  firelock,  one  Sword,  3cwt.  of  to- 
baco.  Grate  Bible,  etc."  The  gold  buttons 
mentioned  were  doubtless  the  ones  worn  by 
him  at  his  first  marriage,  which  were  owned 
afterward  by  his  grandson  John,  son  of  Silas, 
who  transformed  them  a  hundred  years  after- 
ward into  a  Masonic  emblem  now  or  lately 
owned  by  Daniel  R.  Strong,  of  LeRoy,  New 
York.  He  married  (first)  November  14, 
1716,  Jerusha  Bradford,  baptized  in  Nor- 
wich May  28,  1693,  died  November  5,  1739, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Anne  (Smith) 
Bradford,  granddaughter  of  Major  William 
and  Alice  (Richards)  Bradford,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  Governor  William  and 
Alice  (Carpenter  Southworth)  Bradford.  All 
the  descendants  of  Hezekiah  and  Jerusha 
Newcomb  are  eligible  to  membership  in  the 
Mayfiower  Society.     He  married  (second)  in 

1741,   Hannah  .   who   after   his   death 

lived  several  years  with  her  stepson,  Peter 
Newcomb,  and  died  in  1794,  in  what  is  now 
Columbia,  Connecticut.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife:  I.  Silas,  born  September  2,  1717;  mar- 
ried Submit  Pineo.  2.  Peter,  born  Novem- 
ber  28,    1718:    mentioned    below.      3.  Anne, 

born  March  4,  1720;  married  Smith. 

4.  Hezekiah,  born  December  27,  1722;  died 
young.  5.  Thomas,  born  September  3, 
1724;  married  Ann  Hibbard.  6.  Jerusha,  born 
March  24,  1726;  married  Ezra  Cleveland.  7. 
Elizabeth,  born  December  19,  1727;  married, 
April  21,  1747,  John  Barstow ;  died  July  31, 
1801.  8.  Samuel,  born  September  2,  1729; 
died    September   9,    T748.      9.  Jemima,    born 

December    14,    1730,    married    (first)   

Lamb;  (second)  June  12.  1755,  Joseph  I-Cinne. 
10.  James,  born  February  7.  1732-3  ;  married 
Mrs.  Submit  (Downer)  Davis. 

(V)  Peter,  son  of  Hezekiah  Newcomb. 
was  born  in  Lebanon.  November  28,  1718, 
and  baptized  January  20  following.  He  set- 
tled in  F'alltown,  now  Bernardston,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  was  on  a  committee  September 
23,  1741,  for  building  a  bridge  over  Fall  riv- 
er. He  bought  land  there  in  addition  to  his 
original  lot,  but  was  compelled  to  abandon 
his  home  on  account  of  Indian  hostilities 
four  or  five  years  later.  He  returned  to  Leh 
anon  in  1744-5.  and  settled  two  miles  east  of 
the  present  village  of  Columbia,  on  the  road 


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to  Windham.  The  liouse  which  he  built  stood 
on  the  north  side  of  the  road  and  a  few  rods 
east  of  the  cross  roads  leading  to  Hartford. 
A  barn  stands  near  the  site  of  the  house. 
The  well  still  yields  an  abundance  of  water. 
Peter  Newcomb  was  a  carpenter  and  cabinet 
maker,  and  a  chest  of  drawers  which  he  made 
is  still  in  possession  of  his  descendants.  He 
owned  a  large  amount  of  real  estate.  He  was 
surveyor  of  highways  1748;  tax  collector 
1753;  assessor  1760:  assessor  and  surveyor 
1761 ;  surveyor  1766  and  1772;  hayward  1777. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Lebanon  Church. 
His  will  was  dated  September  9,  1779,  and 
proved  October  11  following.  He  died  Sep- 
tember 26,  1779.  His  gravestone  bears  the 
following  sentiment.  "He  was  Beloved  in 
Life  &  Lamented  at  Death  he  bore  his  Dying 
Pains  with  Christian  Patience  &  Left  the 
World  in  the  Comfortable  Hope  of  a  Blessed 
Lnmortality. 

"Behold  the  place 
Where  I  repose  my  head 
And  where  I  rest 
Till   Christ   shall   raise   the   dead." 

He  married,  November  2,  1740,  Hannah 
English,  born  September  19,  1722,  died  Janu- 
ary 9,  1796,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary 
English.  Rev.  Eleazer  Wheelock,  afterwards 
first  president  of  Dartmouth  College,  per- 
formed the  ceremony.  Children:  i.  Phebe, 
born  in  Falltown,  September  15,  1741 ;  mar- 
ried, November  15,  1759,  Captain  Nathaniel 
Cushman;  died  July  15,  1785.  2.  Hezekiah, 
born  May  6,  1747;  mentioned  below.  3. 
Samuel,  born  October  23,  1749;  married  Mary 
Crandall.  4.  William,  born  March  19,  1752; 
married  Elizabeth  Connable.  5.  Jemima, 
born  October  24,  1756;  married,  1788,  Cap- 
tain Gideon  Clark;  died  October  13.  1844.  6. 
Joseph,  born  ]\Iay  3,  1762;  married  Elizabeth 
Martin. 

(VI)  Hezekiah  (2),  son  of  Peter  New- 
comb,  was  born  May  6,  1747,  in  Lebanon,  at 
the  homestead,  and  died  January  25,  1821.  A 
number  of  years  before  his  marriage  he  lived 
with  his  grandfather,  Hezekiah  Newcomb.  He 
was  executor  of  his  father's  will  in  1779.  He 
removed  to  Bernardston  before  December  6, 
1773.  when  he  was  a  freeholder  of  that  place-. 
He  was  on  a  committee  to  plan  the  pews  of 
the  meeting  house  and  to  seat  the  meeting.  In 
June,  1776,  he  was  employed  by  the  town  to 
hire  three  men  for  nine  months  to  serve  in 
the  Continental  army.  He  was  justice  of  the 
peace  many  years,  selectman  and  assessor  four 
years,   town   treasurer   two   years,    deputy   to 


the  general  court  three  years.  He  married, 
September  15,  1768,  Lydia  Hunt,  born  in  Nor- 
wich, January  20,  1750,  died  in  Bernardston, 
March  19,  1834,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Smith)  Hunt.  Children:  I.  Heze- 
kiah, born  June  12,  1769;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Richard  English,  born  October  31,  1770;  mar- 
ried Phebe  Cushman;  (second)  Mrs.  Mary 
(Warren)  Lyman;  (third)  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
( \^'oodbridge)  Hunt.  3.  Lydia,  born  Septem- 
ber 24,  1772;  married,  September  24,  1801, 
Cotton  Graves;  died  October  22,  1837.  4. 
Sarah,  born  August  8,  1774;  married  Hon. 
Samuel  C.  Allen;  died  January  22,  1797.  5. 
William,  born  June  18,  1776;  married  Mary 
Purple.  6.  Mary,  born  May  5,  1778;  died  un- 
married, May  I,  1843.  7-  Jemima  Harriet, 
born  January  10,  1780;  married,  September 
19,  1802,  David  Carpenter;  died  September 
I,  1828.  8.  Peter,  born  October  3,  1781 ;  mar- 
ried (first)  Abigail  Parmenter;  (second) 
Tirzah  Smead;  (third)  Sarah  Cushman.  9. 
Dalton,  born  December  26,  1783;  married 
(first)  Harriet  Wells;  (second)  Caroline 
Wells.  10.  Horatio  Gates,  born  September 
27,  1785;  married  (first)  Maria  Pratt;  (sec- 
ond) Almira  Wells.  11.  Sophronia,  born 
January  10,  1788:  married,  February  14,  1815, 
Rufus  Graves;  died  August  23,  1838.  12. 
Charles  Jarvis,  born  April  29,  1790;  married 
Philena  Scott.  13.  Zebina  Curtis,  born  Au- 
gust 25,  1791 ;  married  (first)  Martha  Lydia 
Goodale ;  (second)  Mrs.  Sarah  (Lawrence) 
Clark. 

(VII)  Hon.  Hezekiah  (3)  Newcomb,  son 
of  Hezekiah  (2)  Newcomb,  was  born  June  12, 
1769,  in  Lebanon,  in  the  part  now  Columbia, 
on  the  homestead.  When  young  he  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Bernardston,  Massachu- 
setts. He  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  western 
part  of  the  town,  now  the  town  of  Leyden, 
where  he  died  August  19,  1844.  He  married, 
at  Bernardston,  Ruth  Burnhani,  born  Decem- 
ber 6.  1766,  died  April  9,  1846.  He  was  a 
justice  of  the  peace  over  thirty  years,  and  rep- 
resentative to  the  general  court  more  than 
twenty  years.  Children:  i.  Matilda,  born 
May  10,  1790;  married,  March  6,  1810,  Elijah 
Fuller;  died  May  11,  1862.  2.  Hezekiah, 
born  February  27,  1792;  married  Nancy  A. 
Rounds.  3.  Cooley,  born  November  13,  1793; 
married  Lectania  Bullock.  4.  Rosalinda,  born 
May  22,  1796;  married,  ]\Iay  20,  1816,  Daniel 
Perry  Rounds.  5.  Theodore,  born  March  10, 
1798;  married  Mary  Carman.  6.  Sarah,  born 
June  24,  1800;  married,  January  i,  1826, 
Origin  Hill;  died  November  4,  1856.    7.  John 


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Adams,  born  September  8,  1802;  married 
Louisa  Mima  Rounds.  8.  Maria  Ruth,  born 
January  6,  1805;  married,  Marcli  16,  1826, 
Almond  Clark;  died  October  8,  1851.  9. 
Thomas  Jefferson,  born  January  16,  1807; 
mentioned  below.  10.  James  Madison,  born 
March  7,  1809;  died  February  12,  1812.  11. 
Sophronia,  born  November  23,  181 1 ;  died  un- 
married, October  7,   1838. 

(\TII )  Thomas  Jeft'erson,  son  of  Hezekiah 
(3)  Newcomb,  was  born  in  Leyden,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  16,  1807,  and  died  in  ]\Iarch 
1886.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  settled  in  Leyden,  where  he  succeeded  to 
the  homestead  of  his  father.  In  1870  he  re- 
moved to  the  adjoining  town  of  Bernards- 
ton,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
days.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer  and  use- 
ful citizen.  In  his  later  years  he  was  a  trav- 
eling salesman.  He  and  his  wife  were  de- 
voted members  of  the  Methodist  church.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  married, 
November  zy,  1832,  Euphemia  S.  Grennell, 
born  in  Leyden,  F'ebruary  14,  1813,  died  Sep- 
tember 8,  183.4.:  (second)  March  8,  1835,  Re- 
becca S.  Hitchcock,  born  in  New  York,  Feb- 
ruarv  22,  1814.  daughter  of  David  and  Lvdia 
(Roberts)  Hitchcock.  She  died  in  1886.  Child 
of  first  wife:  i.  Ruth  Survitor,  born  Novem- 
ber 30,  1833  ;  died  December  1898 ;  resided  at 
Easthampton,  Massachusetts,  and  Lansing, 
IMichigan  ;  married  October,  1859,  Amasa  S. 
Cowles,  of  Goshen,  Massachusetts ;  child : 
Clark  Willis  Cowles.  Children  of  second 
wife :  2.  Sarah  Eliza,  born  February  23, 
1836;  married,  September  7.  1856.  George 
Harrison,  son  of  David  and  Lydia  (Barber) 
Bixby,  born  in  Haverhill.  New  Hampshire, 
]\Iarch  12,  1827,  a  mechanic:  resided  in  New 
Britain,  Connecticut,  and  in  Bernardston,  on 
the  H.  W.  Hale  farm  ;  child :  Eleanor  Lydia 
Bixby,  born  .\pril  4,  1859,  married  Hendrick 
A.  Slate.  3.  Son,  born  and  died  February  16, 
1838.  4.  Lydia  Sophronia.  born  June  8, 
1839:  married.  May  9.  1861,  Joel  Hudson 
Nash,  a  farmer,  born  at  Greenfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. July  31,  1827:  resided  at  Leyden.  5. 
Rosalinda  Maria,  born  July  27,  1841  :  died 
September  9,  1842.  fi.  Ellen  Maria,  born 
September  zj,  1843:  died  December  2^.  1845. 
7.  Daughter,  born  November  12,  1845:  died 
December  4,  following.  8.  .-Mma  Ella,  born 
November  27,  1847  :  died  unmarried,  June  23, 
1870.  9.  Thomas  Hezekiah,  liorn  June  3. 
1849 ;  resides  at  Shelton,  Connecticut :  super- 
intendent of  Derby  Silver  Company :  mar- 
ried, October  14.  1873,  Elsie  B.  Taylor.     10. 


Eugene  Adelbert,  born  November  17,  1851; 
partner  in  Sheldon  &  Newcomb,  dealers  in 
hardware:  treasurer  of  Franklin  county;, 
water  commissioner  of  the  town,  a  leading 
citizen :  married,  ]\Iay  10,  1873,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  W^illiam  Deakin,  of  Greenfield, 
born  in  Sheffield,  England,  January  23,  1853. 
Children :  i.  William  Jefferson,  born  January 

12,  1874,  resides  at  Shelton;  ii.  Edith  Ther- 
esa, born  August  i,  1875  ;  iii.  Eugene  Robert, 
born  December  4,  1882:  Rebecca.  11.  Elwyn 
Dwight,  born  March  13,  1854:  mentioned  be- 
low. 12.  Estella  Rebecca,  born  September 
19.  1857:  married  1883,  Edward  Wells:  she 
(lied  in  1885. 

(IN)  Elwyn   Dwight,  son  of  Thomas  Jef- 
ferson Newcomb,  was  born  in  Leyden,  March 

13,  1854.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  .\t  the  age  of  twelve  years  he  be- 
gan to  work  on  his  father's  farm  in  Leyden, 
and  worked  at  farming  during  his  youth. 
When  he  was  twenty  years  old  he  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business  in  Chicopee,  coming 
to  Holyoke  two  years  later  and  continuing 
in  the  grocery  business  there  ;  built  up  a  large 
and  flourishing  trade  and  became  one  of  the 
leading  merchants  of  the  city.  He  retired  in 
1898,  and  made  his  home  in  South  Hadley 
Falls,  ^Massachusetts.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
iniblican.  but  has  never  sought  public  office. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist.  He 
married  Jennie  Belle  Smith,  born  November 
22,  1858,  daughter  of  Hiram  and  Harriette 
Sophia  Coney  Smith  (see  Smith  family).  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Ruby  Harriette  Newcomb,  born 
Julv  2J.  1892.  2.  Ruth  Belle  Newcomb,  born 
January  6,  1897. 


is  compounded  of  two  Nor- 
RL'SSELL     man  and  French   words — roz, 

castle,  and  el,  a  synonym  for 
eau,  water.  The  name  was  first  given  to  a 
castle  in  1045  i"  'ower  Normandy,  and  im- 
plied a  tower  or  castle  by  the  water.  Hugh, 
son  of  \\'illiam  Bertrand,  was  invested  with 
this  strong  hold  and  took  its  name,  calling 
himself  Hugh  Rozel,  from  which  came  Rosel, 
Rousel,  and  the  present  orthography.  The 
Bertrand  ancestry  is  traceable  as  far  back  as 
the  seventh  century,  to  the  Norwegian  Zarls, 
to  Rerick.  the  first  King  of  Normandy,  down 
through  King  Harold,  who  reigned  there  in 
883.  William  Bertrand  and  his  sons  Roger, 
Hugh,  Theobold  and  Richard,  accompanied 
William  on  his  first  expedition  to  England, 
and  received  large  grants  of  the  public  domain 
confiscated     from     the     subjugated     Saxons. 


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These  were  the  founders  of  the  Enghsh  Rus- 
sels.  John  Russell,  who  lived  in  the  sixteenth 
century,  was  of  this  descent,  a  son  of  James, 
in  the  west  of  England.  He  rose  in  favor 
with  Henry  VHI,  held  many  offices,  and  ^yas 
one  of  Henry's  executors.  Upon  the  accession 
of  Edward  VI  he  continued  near  to  the  throne 
and  distinguished  himself  at  St.  Mary's  Cyst, 
and  was  created  Earl  of  Bedford.  The 
fourth  Earl  of  Bedford  was  a  Georgian 
statesman,  and  Lord  John  Russell  was 
premier  of  England  in  1846  and  again 
in  1865.  William  H.  Russell,  the  famed  war 
correspondent,  known  as  "Bull  Run"  Russell, 
is  another  of  the  name  and  lineage.  In  this 
country  we  have  had  the  Hon.  John  E.  Rus- 
sell, and  William  A.  Russell,  Massachusetts 
congressmen,  and  Governor  William  E.  Rus- 
sell. The  armorial  bearings  of  the  Russells 
was:  Crest:  a  demi  Hon,  rampant,  collared 
sable,  studded  or,  holding  a  cross  of  the  shield. 
Conspicuous  representatives  appear  in  the  pro- 
fessions, in  civil  affairs  and  in  the  annals  of 
war. 

(I)  Robert  Russell,  by  tradition  from  Scot- 
land, was  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  a  numer- 
ous and  distinguished  family  of  New  England 
and  several  western  states.  He  was  born  in 
1630,  and  is  found  of  record  at  Andover, 
Massachusetts,  as  early  as  July  6,  1659,  when 
he  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Captain  Thom- 
as, of  Lynn.  He  lived  in  the  part  of  Andover 
known  many  years  as  Scotland  District,  where 
he  died  December  3,  1710,  aged  eighty  years, 
being  the  first  to  be  interred  in  the  South  Par- 
ish burying  grounds.  His  farm  was  near  Holt 
Hill,  the  early  homestead  of  the  Holt  family 
of  Andover,  and  he  seems  to  have  been  a  large 
land  holder,  and  in  the  deeds  where  he  ap- 
pears as  grantor  or  grantee  the  land  is  de- 
scribed as  a  part  of  Scotland  farm.  He  lived 
for  a  short  time  in  Billerica  before  moving  to 
Andover.  His  name  was  on  a  petition  to  the 
general  court  from  the  last  named  town  re- 
questing the  allotment  of  additional  land.  In 
April,  1664,  he  served  on  a  coroner's  jury  and 
in  the  signature  to  the  verdict  he  made  his 
mark.  This  is  said  to  have  been  the  first 
coroner's  inquest  held  in  this  country.  He 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance  and  fidelity  Febru- 
ary II,  i6g8.  and  is  of  record  as  a  freeman 
in  i6gi.  His  wife,  who  was  baptized  in  1642, 
died  January  16,  i/ifi.  Children:  i.  Mary, 
married  Nicholas  Holt.  2.  Thomas,  lived  in 
Andover,  and  was  father  of  Robert,  of  Read- 
ing, Massachusetts,  and  Peter,  of  Litchfield, 
New    Hampshire.      3.  James,    mentioned    be- 


low. 4.  Joseph,  died  young.  5.  Sarah,  mar- 
ried John  Ingalls.  6.  Benjamin.  7.  Hannah, 
married  Oliver  Holt.  8.  John,  married  Sarah 
Chandler.  9.  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Moses  Holt. 
10.  Robert,  died  a  soldier  in  the  garrison  at 
Great  Island. 

(II)  James,  second  son  of  Robert  and  Mary 
(Alarshall)  Russell,  was  born  September  16, 
1667,  in  Andover  and  succeeded  his  father  on 
the  homestead,  where  he  died  I\Iarch  7,  1717. 
He  married,  December  18,  1707,  Priscilla  Os- 
good, born  April  i,  1681,  in  Andover,  daugh- 
ter of  Christopher  and  Hannah  (Barker)  Os- 
good. She  married  (second)  January  31, 
1722,  John  Eaton,  of  Reading,  who  died  in 
1727.  She  returned  to  Andover,  where  she 
died  a  few  years  later.  Children  of  James 
Russell:  i.  James,  born  1710;  married  Lucy 
Farrer  :  lived  in  Ash  ford  and  Willington,  Con- 
necticut, and  about  1770  moved  to  Walpole, 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  died  October  8, 
1784.  2.  Mary,  married  Samuel  Appleton,  of 
Haverhill.  3..  Priscilla,  died  young.  4. 
Thomas,  mentioned  below.  5.  Priscilla,  mar- 
ried Edward  Kirkham,  of  Reading.  6.  Aquil- 
la,  died  young. 

(HI)  Thomas,  second  son  of  James  and 
Priscilla  (Osgood)  Russell,  was  born  June  18, 
1714,  in  Andover,  and  is  called  Dr.  Russell  in 
the  old  annals  of  .\ndover.  He  was,  however, 
a  farmer,  rather  than  a  physician,  and  the  title 
was  probably  given  him  in  recognition  of  his 
knowledge  of  the  properties  and  skill  in  the 
use  of  medicinal  herbs.  He  died  in  1753.  He 
married,  April  15,  1742,  Abigail  Ballard,  born 
.August  17,  1718,  daughter  of  Uriah  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Henshaw)  Ballard  of  Andover.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Uriah,  mentioned  below.  2.  Thomas, 
born  1747.  3.  Elizabeth,  twin  of  Thomas, 
married  Gideon  Foster,  of  Andover.  4. 
James,  born  1749,  probably  died  young.  5. 
Abigail,  born  1750,  married  Henry  Williams, 
of  Salem,  Massachusetts.  6.  Priscilla,  born 
1751,  died  unmarried,  1842;  she  was  a  famous 
nurse,  whose  good  works  and  garden  of  herbs 
are  still  remembered  by  many  aged  relatives. 

(IV)  Uriah,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and 
Abigail  (Ballard)  Russell,  was  born  1743,  in 
.\ndover,  and  died  there  November  9,  1822. 
He  probably  inherited  the  original  homestead, 
as  it  was  occupied  by  his  son,  Deacon  Joel, 
further  mentioned  below.  He  married,  Au- 
gust 15,  1771,  Lydia  Abbott,  born  March  7, 
1745,  daughter  of  Barachias  and  Hannah 
(Holt)  Abbott,  of  x\ndover.  She  was  an  ex- 
cellent woman,  and  died  July  10,  1829.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  LTriah,  born  1772.    2.  Thomas,  1775, 


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died  young.  3.  Lydia,  died  young.  4.  James, 
1778,  lived  in  Maine.  5.  Thomas,  twin  of 
James ;  married  Abigail  Bell ;  lived  in  Andover 
and  later  removed  to  Albany,  Maine.  6.  Har- 
riet, 1780,  wife  of  Nathan  Abbott,  of  An- 
dover. 7.  Lydia,  1785,  married  Joseph  Faulk- 
ner. 8.  Joel,  mentioned  below.  9.  Abiel, 
1789 ;  soldier  and  pensioner  of  the  war  of 
1812;  married  Sarah  (Ballard)  Abbott,  and 
died  in  1881. 

(V)  Deacon  Joel,  fifth  son  of  Uriah  and 
Lydia  (Abbott)  Russell,  was  born  1787,  in 
Andover,  and  lived  and  died  on  the  home- 
stead first  owned  by  the  imigrant,  Robert  Rus- 
sell, which  has  been  owned  continuously  by 
the  latter's  descendants.  At  considerable  ex- 
pense for  the  time,  he  erected  a  commodious 
house  thereon.  He  was  a  good  neighbor  and 
a  useful  townsman,  noted  for  his  high  charac- 
ter, and  died  July  22,  1871.  He  married,  April 
18,  1805,  in  Middleton,  Massachusetts,  Sallie 
Curtis,  born  October  16,  1782,  daughter  of 
Israel  and  Elizabeth  Wilkins  Curtis,  of  that 
town.  She  was  noted  for  her  pious  character, 
and  died  February  6,  1857.  Children:  i. 
Uriah,  born  1805,  lived  in  Holyoke,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  died  in  1830.  2.  Sallie.  1806; 
married  Ebenezer  Jenkins.  3.  Joel,  mention- 
ed below.  4.  Ammon,  1810 ;  married  Abigail 
Spear,  and  died  in  Andover,  1894.  5.  Levi, 
1812;  married  Zorah  Bailey,  and  died  in  Bid- 
deford,  Maine.  6.  Israel  Curtis,  married  Isa- 
bel, daughter  of  Thomas  and  I^Iary  (Gray) 
Emery  of  Biddeford,  Maine.  8.  Phoebe,  1818, 
married  a  Chandler,  of  Andover.  9.  Samuel, 
1820,  lived  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts.  10. 
Amos,  1S24,  lived  in  West  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts. II.  James,  1826.  died  unmarried. 
12.  Henry  Warren,  1828. 

(VI)  Joel  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Joel  (i)  and 
Sally  Russell,  was  born  in  Andover.  He 
learned  the  machinist's  trade,  and  when  a 
young  man  removed  to  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire,  then  a  small  manufacturing  city, 
and  became  superintendent  of  the  machine 
shop.  .Afterward  he  located  in  Biddeford, 
Maine,  and  later  took  up  his  abode  in  Hol- 
voke,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a  promi- 
nent townsman.  .\  Republican  in  politics ; 
he  held  the  office  of  selectman  by  repeated 
elections,  and  served  the  town  in  that  capaci- 
ty during  the  exciting  period  of  the  civil  war. 
All  his  public  acts  were  dictated  by  a  sense 
of  loyality  to  the  nation  in  the  struggle 
through  which  it  was  passing,  and  he  was 
instrumental  in  raising  and  equipping  re- 
cruits.    He  married  IMary  Poore,  of  Exeter, 


New  Hampshire,  who  possessed  the  highest 
womanly  qualities.  Children :  Mary  Ann, 
married  John  Q.  Adams,  a  well  known  Bidde- 
ford lawyer;  Robert,  who  is  successfully  en- 
gaged in  the  hardware  business  in  Holyoke ; 
and  George  A.,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  George  A.,  youngest  son  of  Joel  (2) 
and  Mary  (Poore)  Russell,  was  born  in  Man- 
chester, New  Hampshire,  December  16,  1847. 
His  education  was  gained  in  the  public 
schools  of  Holyoke,  whither  his  people  re- 
moved when  he  was  two  years  of  age.  He 
entered  Williston  Seminary  at  Easthampton, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1866.  His 
first  employment  was  in  an  envelope  factory 
as  a  bookkeeper.  In  a  few  years  the  con- 
cern was  transferred  to  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, Mr.  Russell  going  with  them.  The 
business  vi^as  eventually  absorbed  by  the  Un- 
ion Envelope  Company,  and  was  known  as 
the  National  Papeterie  Company  and  capi- 
talized at  $100,000,  and  Mr.  Russell  was 
made  its  first  president  and  treasurer.  The 
company  did  business  in  leased  quarters  on 
Hillman  street,  but  soon  outgrew  these  ac- 
commodations and  erected  commodious  fac- 
tories at  the  juncture  of  Ouincy,  Orlean 
and  Tyler  streets,  for  the  conduct  of  its  grow- 
ing needs.  It  gives  employment  to  two  hun- 
dred persons  and  keeps  fifteen  salesmen  on 
the  road.  Its  output  is  papeterie  and  fancy 
goods.  To  Mr.  Russell  is  given  a  large  share 
of  the  credit  for  the  success  of  this  gigantic 
enterprise.  Also,  Mr.  Russell  is  president  of 
the  Blake  Manufacturing  Company,  giving 
employment  to  two  hundred  persons  ;  of  the 
Warwick  Cycle  Company,  with  a  capital  of 
$200,000,  employing  three  hundred  skilled 
workmen ;  of  the  Rush  Cutlery  Company, 
furnishing  work  for  fifty  persons.  Also  he 
was  president  of  the  Springfield  Envelope 
Company  until  its  absorption  by  the  trusts. 
Likewise  he  organized  and  was  a  director  in 
the  National  Envelope  Company  of  Milwau- 
kee, which  had  a  daily  capacity  of  three  mil- 
lion envelopes.  In  addition  he  has  been  a 
director  in  the  Platner  &  Porter  Manufactur- 
ing Company  of  Unionville,  Connecticut,  and 
of  the  Rowland  Falls  Pulp  Company  of  How- 
land,   Maine,  which  turns  out  sulphite  pulp. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  has 
served  Ward  Five  on  the  board  of  alderman 
at  two  different  elections,  the  last  of_  which  he 
was  honored  with  the  office  of  president.  In 
church  affairs  he  has  been  active,  being  a  loy- 
al member  of  the  State  Street  Baptist  Church 
in  which  he  has  served  as  deacon  and  super- 


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intendent  of  the  Sabbath  school.  Also  he 
has  been  president  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  in  which  he  has  always 
evinced  an  abiding  interest,  and  contributed 
liberally  toward  its  support.  He  is  a  public 
spirited  man,  a  whole-souled  giver,  and  takes 
a  deep  pride  in  the  splendid  growth  of  his 
adopted  citv.  He  married,  in  1867,  Abbie 
Sophia  .\llen,  of  Holyoke,  and  they  are  the 
parents  of  five  children:  Mary  Evangeline, 
married  W.  W.  Tapley ;  .Vrthur  (deceased); 
Irving  S.,  married  Florence  Ikigbee;  Marion, 
died  in  infancy  :  Gertrude,  resides  at  home. 


(For    preceding    generations    see    Benjamin    Cooley    1). 

(HI)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Dan- 
COOLEY  iel  (i)  and  EHzabeth  (Wol- 
cott)  Cooley,  was  born  March 
23,  1683.  He  first  settled  in  Enfield,  where 
the  births  of  his  first  five  children  were  re- 
corded, and  afterward  removed  to  \\'est 
Springfield.  November  7,  1710,  he  married 
Jemima  Clark,  who  died  October  29,  1732. 
Children:  i.  Daniel,  born  September  11, 
1711.  2.  Jemima,  Januarys,  1713.  3.  Eliza- 
beth, July  28,  1714;  died  July  30,  1742.  4. 
Ann,  April  20,  1716.  5.  Noah,  October  12, 
1718.  6.  i\lary,  September  20,  1720.  7. 
Thomas,  February  13,  1723.  8.  Sarah,  May 
25,  1725;  died  March  3,  1765.  9.  Azuma, 
October  7,  1728. 

(IV)  Daniel  (3),  son  of  Daniel  (2)  and 
Jemima  (Clark)  Cooley,  was  born  September 
II,  171 1  ;  married  Frances  ]\IcKintree ;  one 
son,  William ;  perhaps  other  children. 

(V)  Captain  William,  son  of  Daniel  (3) 
and  Frances  (McKintree)  Cooley,  was  born 
March  17.  1736:  died  April  14,  1825.  He 
settled  in  Granville.  Massachusetts,  where  he 
organized  a  military  company  for  service  in 
the  revolutionary  war.  His  commission  as 
captain,  issued  April  26,  1776,  signed  by  Perez 
Morton,  secretary,  assigns  him  to  the  Fifth 
Company,  Third  Regiment,  Hampshire  county 
militia,  John  Moseley,  colonel.  November  zj, 
1759,  he  married  Sarah  Mather,  born  Novem- 
ber 26.  1734.  died  December  2,  1822,  daughter 
of  Timothy  Mather,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
and  a  descendant  of  Rev.  Richard  Mather 
(see  forward).  The  children  of  this  union 
were:  \.  Sarah,  born  1762.  2.  William,  1763. 
3.  Abigail,  May  3,  1765.  4.  Triphena,  May 
8.  1767.  5.  Dorothy,  April  22,  1768.  6.  Tim- 
othy IMather,  D.  D.  7.  Alexander,  May  2, 
1775.     8.  James,  December  2,  1779. 

Timothy    IMather,    son    of    Rev.    Richard 
Mather  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  Liverpool,  Eng- 


land, in  1628;  died  in  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, January  14,  1684.  Being  the  only  son  of 
Richard  who  was  not  a  preacher,  he  is  called 
the  "Mather  farmer".  His  first  wife  was  Cath- 
erine, daughter  of  ^lajor-General  Humphrey 
Atherton ;  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Amiel  Weeks.  Children:  i.  Rev.  Sam- 
uel. 2.  Richard,  born  December  22,  1653.  3. 
Catherine,  January  6,  1655-6.  4.  Nathaniel, 
September  2,  1658.  5.  Joseph,  May  25,  1661. 
6.   Atherton,  < October  4,  1663. 

Rev.  Samuel,  son  of  Timothy  Mather,  was 
born  in  Dorchester,  July  5,  1650:  died  in 
Windsor,  Connecticut.  March  18,  1727-8.  He 
was  graduated  from  Harvard  in  167 1  ;  became 
pastor  of  churches  in  Deerfield,  Massachu- 
setts: Milford  and  Branford,  Connecticut,  and 
in  1682  was  called  to  the  church  in  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  where  he  resided  the  rest  of  his 
life.  In  1700  he  was  one  of  the  ten  principal 
ministers  of  Connecticut  chosen  by  general 
consent  of  the  clergy  to  be  the  founders  of 
Yale  College.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Governor  Robert  Treat.  Children:  i. 
Samuel,  born  1677.  2.  Hannah,  September, 
1862.  3.  Rev.  Azariah,  August  29,  1685.  4. 
Ebenezer,  September  3,  1687.  5.  Joseph, 
March  6.  1698.  6.  Elizabeth,  January  12, 
1691.  7.  Rev.  Nathaniel,  May  30,  1695.  8. 
Benjamin,  September  29,  1696.  10.  John, 
September  22,  1699. 

Dr.  Samuel  JNIather,  of  Windsor,  son  of 
Rev.  Samuel,  was  born  1677,  died  February 
6.  1746.  He  was  graduated  from  Harvard  in 
1698,  and  in  1702  was  licensed  to  practice 
medicine  by  the  general  assembly.  He  was 
noted  as  a  jihysician  and  a  scholar,  and  held 
many  civil  and  military  offices.  His  first  wife 
was  Abigail,  daughter  of  .Samuel  Grant, 
granddaughter  of  Matthew  Grant ;  he  married 
(second)  Hannah,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Buck- 
land.  Children:  i.  Eliakim,  born  February 
ID.  1705.  2.  Samuel,  M.  D.,  January  6.  1706. 
3.  Timothy.     4.  Abigail.   September    i,    1714. 

5.  Nathaniel.  August  8.  1716.  6.  Joseph,  May 
31.  1718.  7.  Charles.  February  16,  1720.  8. 
.Mjigail  (2d),  March  6.  1 72 1.  9.  Hannah, 
August  12,  1727.  10.  Lucy,  February  18, 
1729.  11.  Elizabeth,  January  22,  1731.  12. 
Eliakim,  September  26,  1732. 

Timo^thy  Mather,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel,  was 
born  in  W'indsor,  April  23,   1710,  died  April 

6,  1752.  He  was  a  lifelong  resident  of  Wind- 
sor. He  married  Sarah  Marshall:  children: 
I.  Sarah.  2.  Dorothy,  born  1740.  3.  Cotton, 
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(Marshall)  Mather,  married  Captain  William 
Cooley,  as  previously  stated. 

(VI)  Rev.  Timothy  Mather  Cooley,  D.  D., 
son  of  Captain  William  and  Sarah  (Mather) 
Cooley,  was  born  in  Granville.  Massachu- 
setts, March  13,  177.2.  A  serious  illness  in 
his  childhood  incapacitated  him  for  the  ardu- 
ous life  of  a  farmer,  and  possessing  a  natural 
desire  for  learning  he  mastered  the  Latin 
grammar  in  his  boyhood  without  the  aid  of 
an  instructor.  Having  prepared  for  college 
under  the  direction  of  a  private  tutor,  he  was 
graduated  from  Yale  in  1792.  The  succeed- 
ing two  years  he  devoted  to  teaching  schools 
in  New  Haven  and  Litchfield,  Connecticut, 
and  then  began  the  study  of  theology  with 
Rev.  Charles  Backus,  D.  D.,  of  Somers,  that 
state.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  as- 
sociation of  Xew  Heaven  county  in  1795.  Re- 
ceiving simultaneous  calls  to  Congregational 
pastorates  in  Salisbury,  Connecticut,  and 
East  Granville,  [Massachusetts,  he  chose  the 
latter,  and  was  ordained  February  7,  1798. 
The  church  in  East  Granville  was  the  only 
pastoral  charge  he  ever  held,  and  he  retained 
it  for  a  period  of  fifty-eight  years.  A  man  of 
strong  convictions  and  possessing  an  earnest 
desire  for  the  betterment  of  his  fellow-men. 
he  availed  himself  of  every  opportunity  to 
advocate  the  suppression  of  wrong-doing, 
both  in  his  own  state  and  the  country  at  large 
and  in  matters  relative  to  religion,  morality 
and  politics  he  exercised  a  far-reaching  influ- 
ence. In  connection  with  his  pastoral  labors 
he  conducted  a  preparatory  school  in  which 
he  fitted  eight  hundred  boys  for  college.  He 
was  the  first  vice-president  of  Williams  Col- 
lege. His  homestead  in  Granville  was  lo- 
cated upon  land  previously  owned  by  Cotton 
Mather,  his  uncle,  and  is  still  in  the  family's 
possession.  Rev.  Dr.  Timothy  blather  Coo- 
ley died  December  14.  1859.  May  14.  1796, 
he  married  Content  Chapman,  born  in  Gran- 
ville, April  29,  1776,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Ruth  (Roljinson)  Chapman.  She  was  a  de- 
scendant in  the  eighth  generation  of  Robert 
Chapman  of  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  the  im- 
migrant, through  John  (2),  Joseph  (3),  Levi 
(4)';  Levi  (3),  Levi  (6),  Isaac  (7).  Isaac  Chap- 
man (7),  born  May  9,  1747.  entered  the  Con- 
tinental army  in  1776,  and  died  of  camp  fev- 
er at  Ticonderoga  the  year.  He  was  in  the 
company  of  Granville  volunteers  commanded 
bv  Captain  William  Cooley.  father  of  Rev. 
Dr.  Timothy  Cooley.  Children  of  Rev.  Tim- 
othy Mather  Cooley:  i.  Timothy  Chapman, 
born  Alarch  5.  1797.    2.  Isaac  Augustus,  De- 


cember 12,  1798.  3.  William  Bates,  August 
14,  1800.  4.  Eliza  Content,  June  28,  1802. 
5.  Phineas  Robinson,  June  14,  1804.  6.  Har- 
riet, July  10,  1806.  7.  Susannah  Robinson, 
August  8,  181 1.  8.  Samuel  Mather;  see  for- 
ward. 9.  Jane  Ruth,  August  11,  1815.  10. 
Mary  Ann  Bates  July  13,  1817. 

(\TI)  Samuel  Mather  Cooley,  son  of  Rev. 
Dr.  Timothy  M.  and  Content  (Chapman) 
Coolev,  was  born  in  Granville,  September  12, 
18 1 3.  Having  prepared  himself  for  a  busi- 
ness life  he  became  a  successful  merchant  in 
western  New  York ;  later  going  to  New  Or- 
leans, Louisiana,  he  carried  on  business  in 
that  city  for  a  number  of  years.  Upon  his 
return  north  he  became  associated  with  the 
firm  of  Spellman  Brothers  at  Albany,  New 
York,  and  later  conducted  a  grocery  business 
in  Pittstield,  Massachusetts.  Politically  he 
acted  with  the  Republican  party.  In  his  re- 
ligious belief  he  was  a  Congregationalist.  He 
died  in  Pittsfield,  July  14,  1887.  He  married, 
December  2,  1850,  Elmira  Louisa  Tillotson, 
born  on  April  21,  1831,  daughter  of  Timothy 
Cooley  and  Susan  (Chester)  Tillotson,  who 
were  married  February  22,  1827.  She  is  a  de- 
scendant of  John  Tillotson  of  Yorkshire,  who 
arrived  at  Boston  from  Southampton  in  the 
ship  "James"  in  1635,  locating  first  in  Row- 
ley, Massachusetts,  later  in  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  finally  settled  in  Saybrook,  Con- 
necticut. Timothy  Cooley  Tillotson  was  son 
of  Abel  and  Sarah  (Cooley)  Tillotson ;  Sarah 
Cooley  was  daughter  of  Captain  William 
Coolev  (5)  previously  mentioned.  Mrs.  El- 
mira L.  Cooley  is  a  niece  of  Rev.  Eliphalet 
Nott,  D.  D.,  the  first  president  of  Union  Col- 
lege, Schenectady,  New  York.  Her  mother, 
Susan  (Chester)  Tillotson,  was  born  June  24, 
1799.  Samuel  M.  Cooley  had  children:  i.  Hat- 
tie  born  January  27,  1852 :  married  John  M. 
Stevenson.  2.  Phineas  Chapman,  August 
2-],  T854;  died  December  15,  1854.  3.  Clara 
Louisa,  born  April  21,  1856;  died  December 
21,  1861.     4.  Arthur  Nott. 

(VIII)  Arthur  Nott  Cooley,  son  of  Samuel 
M.  and  Elmira  L.  (Tillotson)  Cooley,  was 
born  in  Granville,  February  17,  1858.  He 
prepared  for  college  at  Pittsfield,  Massachu- 
setts, and  was  graduated  from  Yale  with  the 
class  of  1878,  of  which  President  William  H. 
Taft  was  also  a  member.  He  subsequently  en- 
gaged in  the  carriage  business  at  Pittsfield, 
Massachusetts,  which  he  carried  on  success- 
fully for  a  number  of  years,  and  having 
acquired  a  competency  he  retired.  For 
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business  he  resided  in  the  south,  and 
since  his  return  to  Pittsfield  he  has  been 
occupied  exckisively  in  the  management  of 
his  property  and  financial  interests.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  First  National  Bank.  Mr. 
Cooley  is  unmarried,  and  resides  with  his 
mother.  He  is  a  Master  Mason ;  is  connected 
with  the  Boys  Club  and  the  Crane  Museum, 
in  each  of  which  he  takes  more  than  an  ordi- 
nary interest ;  is  one  of  the  leading  members 
of  the  Country  Club  "and  holds  some  of  its 
most  important  offices.  He  attends  the  First 
Congregational  Church. 


(For  first  generation  see  Benjamin   Cooley    1). 

(H)   Eliakim,     third     son     of 
COOLEY     Benjamin    and    Sarah    Cooley, 

was  born  January  8,  1648,  in 
Long  Meadow,  and  died  there  December  i, 
171 1.  He  married,  March  12,  1679,  Hannah 
Tibbals,  died  Deceinber  16,  171 1,  fifteen  days 
after  her  spouse.  Children:  i.  Hannah,  born 
December  24,  1679;  married,  February  20, 
1701,  Hezekiah  Parkins.  2.  Eliakim,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Mercy,  born  April  26,  1689 ; 
married,  January  14,  1714,  John  Morgan. 

(HI)  Eliakim  (2),  only  son  of  Eliakim 
(i)  and  Hannah  Tibbals,  was  born  March 
19,  1681,  in  Long  Meadow,  and  died  there 
February  6,  1755.  He  resided  in  that  town, 
where  his  house  was  struck  by  lightning,  so 
injuring  his  eldest  daughter  that  she  never 
fully  recovered  from  the  effects,  and  died  un- 
married. Eliakiin  Cooley  married,  Septeinber 
14,  1706,  Griswold  Beckwith,  of  Lyme,  Con- 
necticut. Children:  i.  Eliakim,  born  Sep- 
tember 27,  1707.  2.  Griswold,  December  3, 
1709,  died  January  26,  1764.  3.  Matthew, 
born  January  27,  1712.  4.  Josiah,  May  10, 
1714,  died  young.  5.  Luke,  mentioned  below. 
6.  Hezekiah,  born  August  17,  1720,  died 
March  27,  1796.  7.  Hannah,  born  November 
26,  1722.  8.  Gideon,  November  21,  1724,  died 
young.  9.  Elizabeth,  born  March  19,  1727. 
10.  Esther,  October  15,  1729. 

(IV)  Luke,  fourth  son  of  Eliakiin  (2)  and 
Griswold  (Beckwith)  Cooley,  was  born  No- 
vember'17,  1718,  in  Long  Meadow,  and  set- 
tled in  Somers,  Connecticut,  where  he  died 
January  i,  1777.  He  married,  in  Long 
Meadow,  January  8,  1739,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  (2)  and  Johanna  Colton.  She 
was  born  December  23,  1716,  in  Long 
Meadow,  and  died  August,  1877,  in  Somers, 
surviving  her  husband  seven  and  a  half 
months.  Children,  recorded  in  Somers:  i. 
Nathan,  born  January  19,  1745.     2.  Hannah, 


August  21,  1 75 1.  3.  Luke,  November  i, 
1752.  4.  Louisa,  September  21,  1755.  5. 
Lucy,  May  11,  1759.  6.  Dina,  born  February 
18,  1762. 

(V)  Luke  (2),  second  son  of  Luke  (i) 
and  Elizabeth  (Colton)  Cooley,  was  born  No- 
vember 1.  1752,  in  Somers,  and  passed  his  life 
in  that  town,  but  no  record  of  his  death  ap- 
pears. He  married,  December  6,  1779,  Phoebe 
Wiston  (Weston)  of  Lincoln,  Massachusetts, 
who  died  in  Somers,  April  28,  1785.  At  that 
time  her  husband  was  probaly  living.  The 
Somers  records  show  the  birth  of  two  chil- 
dren; Luke,  born  October  24,  1780,  and  Wes- 
ton, mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Weston,  son  of  Luke  ^2)  and 
Phoebe  (Weston)  Cooley,  born  August  27, 
1785,  in  Somers,  and  was  a  farmer.  He  died 
July  30,  1858.  He  married  (first)  February 
27,  1810,  Mary,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Elizabeth  (Weston)  Warren.  Elizabeth  Wes- 
ton was  a  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Lydia 
Weston,  the  latter  of  whom  lived  to  the  age 
of  ninety-one  years,  dying  September  13,  1820, 
and  having  at  that  time  eleven  children,  fifty - 
one  grandchildren,  one  hundred  and  twenty-one 
great-grandchildren,  and  eleven  great-great- 
grandchildren, making  one  hundred  and  nine- 
ty-four descendants.  Her  husband,  Stephen 
Weston,  died  May  6,  1776.  Mary  (Warren) 
Cooley  was  born  July  11,  1785,  and  died  before 
1840.  Weston  Cooley  married  (second)  June  27, 
1840,  Zeriah  Hunniston.  Children  of  first 
marriage:  i.  Mary,  born  December  17,  1810, 
died  February  9,  1888.  2.  Eliza  F.,  July  31, 
1813.  3.  Jane  J.,  April  16,  1816,  died  June 
22,  1845.  "  4-  Eucla  N.,  April  28,  1819,  died 
May  25,  1893.  5.  LuceHa  W.,  May  29,  1829; 
married  Albert  Amsden,  and  died  June  21, 
1890.  6.  Zelotus  J.,  mentioned  below.  7.  Al- 
bertus  L.,  March  3.  1828 ;  married  Sarah  H. 
Briggs,  born  December  28,  1836,  died  Septem- 
ber 2,  1883;  he  died  in  1905. 

(VII)  Zelotus  J.,  elder  son  of  Weston  and 
Mary  (Warner)  Cooley,  was  born  April  15, 
1824,  in  Dana,  Massachusetts.  He  learned 
the  carpenter's  trade,  and  resided  for  some 
time  at  (irecinvich.  He  married,  April  30, 
1850,  \'erlina,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Mary 
(Floyd)  Hannum.  She  was  born  October 
21,  1824,  in  Greenwich,  and  died  there  Febru- 
ary 18,  1864.  Children:  i.  Mary  V.  2.  Carius 
Marius.  3.  Flarriett  M.  4.  Herbert  Weston. 
5.  Emma.  Mr.  Cooley  married  (second) 
Frances  .Stratton  :  one  child,  Gertrude  L. 

(VIII)  Herbert  Weston,  son  of  Zelotus  J. 
and    ^'erlina    (Hannum)    Cooley,    was    born 


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December  11,  1858,  in  Greenwich,  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  went 
to  Holyoke,  Massachusetts,  where  he  took  em- 
ployment as  clerk  in  a  grocery  store,  which  as- 
sociation continued  for  a  period  of  nine  years. 
At  the  end  of  that  time  he  engaged  in  the  same 
line  of  business  for  himself  and  continued 
thus  six  years.  Having  disposed  of  his  busi- 
ness, he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  insur- 
ance business  in  Holyoke  for  sixteen  years. 
In  1908  he  opened  an  office  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts,  and  is  still  interested  in  that 
undertaking.  He  has  been  active  and  influen- 
tial in  the  growth  of  Holyoke,  and  has  built 
several  apartment  houses,  among  which  are 
the  Hobert,  Suffolk  and  Eurania  buildings,  the 
Sonoma,  the  Elm,  and  the  Highland  Block, 
besides  forty  houses.  Mr.  Cooley  is  a  Congre- 
gationalist  in  religious  belief,  and  adheres  po- 
litically to  Republican  principles.  He  married, 
October  24,  1882,  Alary  L.,  daughter  of  Au- 
gustus and  Sarah  J.  (Smith)  Tuttle,  of  Hol- 
yoke. Children:  i.  Eurania  I.,  born  October 
21,  1885;  married  Frank  E.  Taylor;  resides 
in  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.  2.  Mae  Hor- 
tense,  born  December  26,  1887.  3.  Chauncy 
Herbert,  July  4,  1890.  4.  Josephine  Lucille, 
July  24,  1894. 

(The   Weston   Line — see   John   Weston    1). 

(IIII  Stephen,  fourth  son  of  John  and 
]\[ary  (Bryant)  Weston,  was  born  December 
I.  1692,  in  Reading,  and  died  May  6,  1776. 
He  removed  to  Concord  about  1726.  The 
name  was  generally  spelled  Wesson  m  Con- 
cord, and  this  form  is  found  more  or  less  in 
all  branches  of  the  family  in  early  records,  and 
is  still  preserved  by  some  of  the  descendants. 
Stephen  Weston  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Lincoln  church  in  1747,  his  brother  Tim- 
othy being  also  a  charter  member,  and  Stephen 
was  the  first  treasurer  of  the  church,  elected 
in  1746.  It  was  formally  organized  August 
18.  1747.  He  married  Hannah  Flagg,  born 
December  5,  1692.  Children :  Stephen,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  born  November  11,  1727, 
in  Concord  ;  Benjamin,  died  young  ;  Hepsibah, 
born  April  3,  1743.  Probably  other  children 
born  in  Lincoln. 

(IV)  Stephen  (2),  eldest  child  of  Stephen 
(i)  and  Hannah  (Flagg)  Weston,  was  born 
November  26,  1720,  in  Reading  or  vicinity, 
and  lived  in  that  part  of  Concord  set  ofif  as 
Lincoln,  where  he  joined  the  church  by  pro- 
fession of  faith  in  1750.  He  married,  No- 
vember 27,  1746,  in  Concord,  Lydia  Billings, 


and  the  births  of  their  first  three  children  are 
on  record  in  Concord,  namely:  Lydia,  1747; 
Elizabeth,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah,  June  2, 
1752.  Lydia  Weston  died  September  13, 
1820,  aged  ninety-one  years,  and  left  at  that 
time  eleven  children,  fifty-one  grandchildren, 
one  hundred  twenty-one  great-grandchildren 
and  eleven  great-great-grandchildren,  making 
one  hundred  ninety-four  descendants. 

(V)  Elizabeth,  second  daughter  of  Stephen 
(2)  and  Lydia  (Billings)  Weston,  was  born 
.\pril  8,  1750,  probably  in  Lincoln,  and  mar- 
ried, April  23,  1776,  Jonathan  Warren,  born 
December  18,  1751.  Children:  John  W.,  born 
September  20,  1781  ;  Betsey,  March  11,  1784; 
Mary,  mentioned  below ;  Charles,  died  young ; 
Charles,  September  7,  1788 ;  Jonathan,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1790. 

(\T)  Mary,  second  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Elizabeth  (Weston)  Warren,  was  born 
July  II,  1785,  and  married,  February  27, 
1810,  Weston  Cooley,  of  Somers,  Connecticut 
(see  Cooley  VI). 

(The  Hannum  Line). 

While  this  name,  spelled  Hannam,  Hanum, 
and  various  other  ways,  occurs  infrequently 
in  Colonial  Records,  there  are  few  names  as- 
sociated much  earlier  with  the  history  of 
Massachusetts.  The  American  ancestor  of 
this  family  emigrated  from  England,  and  has 
left  a  name  that  ever  stands  for  honesty  and 
integrity  of  character  and  good  citizenship. 

(T|  William  Hannum,  emigrating  from 
England  about  1630,  settled  first  at  Dorches- 
ter Massachusetts,  where  his  first  child  John 
was  born,  prior  to  1639,  and  then  removed  to 
W^indsor,  where  his  other  children  were  born. 
In  1655  he  removed  to  Northampton,  where 
he  died  in  June,  1677;  his  will,  dated  May  15, 
1677,  leaves  most  of  his  property  to  his  son, 
John.  By  his  wife  Honor  he  had  children : 
John;  Abigail,  baptized  November  22,  1640; 
Joanna,  baptized  July  24,  1642 ;  Elizabeth, 
born  April  24,  1645  •  J^Iary,  born  April  5, 
1655.    It  is  probable  that  Joanna  died  young. 

(II)  John,  only  son  of  William  and  Honor 
Hannum,  was  born  about  1636,  at  Dorches- 
ter, Massachusetts,  and  died  February  19, 
17 1 2.  He  married,  November  20,  1662,  Sar- 
ah, daughter  of  Richard  Weller,  by  whom  he 
had  six  children ;  his  wife  died  March  30, 
1673,  and  he  married  (second)  April  20,  1675, 
Esther,  daughter  of  George  Langton,  by 
whom  he  had  nine  children.  His  children 
were:  Abigail,  born  August  16,  1664:  Han- 
nah,  October   12,    1667;   Sarah,   October  4, 


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1669,  died  young:  Sarah,  December  9,  1671 ; 
Mindwell  and  Experience,  twins,  March  24, 
1673,  both  died  young;  John,  1676;  Eleazur, 
1678;  Ruth,  1680;  daughter,  1683,  died 
young;  Esther,  1685,  died  young;  Esther, 
1687,  died  young ;  Joanna,  1688 ;  WiUiam, 
1690;  Samuel,  1692. 

(III)  XA'ilHam  (2),  third  son  of  John  and 
Esther  (Langton)  Hannum,  was  born  in  1690. 
In  1732  he  removed  to  Belchertown,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  remained  until  his  death  in 
1756.  He  married  Alary  Hutchinson,  a  na- 
tive of  Northampton,  JMassachusetts,  who 
died  in  1785,  aged  ninety-three.  Children: 
Moses,  born  1718,  at  Northampton:  Aaron; 
Gideon,  born  1726.  Probably  other  children, 
whose  names  cannot  be  found. 

(IV)  Aaron,  second  son  of  William  (2)  and 
Mary  (Hutchinson)  Hannum,  was  born  in 
1722,  at  Northampton,  Massachusetts.  In 
1732  he  removed  to  Belchertown  with  his 
father,  and  died  there  in  1776. 

(V)  Caleb,  son  of  Aaron  Hannum,  was 
born  in  1749,  at  Belchertown.  and  died  in 
1833,  at  Greenwich.  He  married  (first)  Lidia 
Warner,  died  in  1789;  (second)  Abigail 
Drake,  died  January  6,  1834.  By  his  first  wife 
he  had  ten  children,  by  his  second  wife  five, 
as  follows:  i.  Achsah,  born  1770,  died  Janu- 
ary I,  i85o;.married,  January  19,  1815,  John 
D.'  Curtis.  2.  Aaron,  born  1772,  died  1790. 
3.  Josiah,  March  16,  1774,  died  December  9, 
1835  ;  married  (first)  Dolly  Bannister,  Janu- 
arv  2,  1798,  and  (second)  Nancy  Day,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1812.  4.  Esther,  born  1776,  married 
Levi  Park.  5.  Othniel,  February  18,  1778, 
died  October  23,  1863;  married,  October  13, 
1803,  Martha  Bassett.  6.  Charlotte,  born 
1780,  died  1834:  married,  November  28,  1807, 
Gains  Hannum.  7.  Lydia,  born  1782,  died 
1847  •  married  Eleazor  Stanley.  8.  Caleb, 
March  25,  1785,  died  June  14,  1849;  married 
December  i,  1808,  Hepzibah  King.  9.  Ra- 
chel, born  1787,  died  1807.  10.  Mark,  born 
1789,  died  1700.  II.  Charles.  12.  Perez.  13. 
Park.  14.  Sophia,  born  May  26,  1799,  died 
October  10,  1826;  married.  April  18,  1821, 
Hart  Newcombe.  15.  Sarah,  born  April  10, 
1801,  died  April  3,  1842;  married,  April  17, 
1842,  Hart  Newcombe. 

(VI)  Charles,  sixth  son  of  Caleb  Hannum 
by  his  wife  Abigail  Drake,  was  born  October 
23,  1793,  and  died  January  13,  1869.  He  mar- 
ried, December  i,  1814,  Mary  Floyd.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Harriet,  born  July  17,  1817,  died 
1841.  2.  Maria,  August  29,  1819,  died  June 
13,   1842.     3.  Charles,  March  26,    1822,  died 


May  8,  1858:  married,  November  6,  1843, 
Marv  A.  Johnson.  4.  \'erlina.  5.  Amanda, 
November  13,  1826:  married,  December  19, 
1850.  Henry  Robbins.  6.  Park,  April  23, 
1830:  married  Alary  C.  Pierce. 

(\'II)  Verlina,  third  and  youngest  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  and  Alary  (Floyd)  Hannum, 
was  born  October  21.  1824,  and  died  Febru- 
ary 18,  1864.  She  married,  April  30,  1850, 
Zelotus  J.  Cooley  (see  Cooley  MI). 


This  name  is  found  in  the 
HASKELL  early  records  of  Massachu- 
setts with  a  great  variety  of 
spellings,  one  of  the  most  prominent  forms  be- 
ing Hascol.  It  is  also  spelled  Haskal,  and  in 
manv  other  forms.  It  is  believed  that  the 
present  usage  is  universal  in  the  form  herein. 
The  name  is  found  in  Salem,  Alassachusetts, 
about  1637,  when  \Mlliam  Haskell,  with  his 
brothers,  Roger  and  Alark,  arrived.  They 
settled  in  that  part  of  Salem  which  is  now 
Beverly,  and  William  Haskell  removed  to 
Gloucester  in  1643.  ^o  connection  can  be 
discovered  between  this  family  and  the  Plym- 
outh county  family. 

(I)  John  Haskell,  born  about  1640,  was  a 
resident  of  Aliddleboro,  Alassachusetts,  before 
1666.  He  married,  in  January  that  year.  Pa- 
tience, daughter  of  George  Soule,  of  Middle- 
boro.  He  was  one  of  the  twelve  freemen  of 
the  town  before  1689.  and  was  a  large  land 
owner,  dying  Alay  15,  1706,  aged  sixty-six 
years.  His  widow  purchased  the  old  meeting 
house  in  Aliddleboro  in  1701,  and  died  March 
15,  1705.  Among  the  land  owners  of  Middle- 
boro  appears  mention  of  John  Haskell  Jr., 
undoubtedly  a  son  of  this  couple.  An  ex- 
tended search  has  failed  to  discover  one  or  two 
generations  intervening  between  John  (2) 
Haskell  and  Roger. 

(ID  Roger  Haskell,  mar;-ied  Judith  Nelson, 
at  Middleboro,  February  28,  1765. 

(Ill)  Simeon,  son  of  Roger  and  Judith 
Haskell,  was  born  January  10,  1767,  in  Mid- 
dleboro, and  died  in  Oakham,  Massachusetts, 
March  25,  1847,  aged  eighty  years.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  blacksmith,  and  purchased  land 
in  North  Brookfield  in  1793.  He  continued  to 
reside  there  until  1804,  when  he  sold  his  prop- 
erty and  removed  to  Oakham,  where  he  was  a 
prominent  citizen  and  served  many  years  as 
selectman.  He  married,  at  North  Brookfield, 
November  7,  1793,  Ruth  Haskell,  probably  a 
first  cousin.  She  was  born  March  22,  1770, 
in  North  Brookfield,  third  daughter  and 
fourth  child  of  Deacon  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 


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(Macomber)  Haskell,  of  North  Brookfield. 
Deacon  Samuel  Haskell  was  born  February 
17,  1734,  in  Bridgewater,  and  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth was  born  October  14,  1737,  in  North 
Brookfield.  He  died  in  the  same  town,  No- 
vember 15,  1820.  Ruth,  wife  of  Simeon 
Haskell,  died  April  i,  1814,  in  North  Brook- 
field, and  he  married  (second)  April  11,  1816, 
in  Oakham,  Alary  Hall,  born  December  18, 
1777,  in  Raynhani,  Massachusetts.  Children: 
Loring,  born  June  8,  1794;  Thomas  S.,  men- 
tioned below;  Nelson,  March  19,  1798:  Daniel. 
February  n,  1800;  Betsey.  October  15.  1803: 
Judith,  April  26.  1808:  Elijah  P.,  February 
22,  1810:  Mark,  June  13,  1813. 

(I\')  Thomas"  S.,  second  son  of  Simeon 
and  Ruth  (Haskell)  Haskell,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 2,  1796,  in  North  Brookfield,  and  lived 
there  most  of  his  life.  He  was  drafted  as  a 
soldier  in  1814  and  sent  a  substitute  for  three 
months'  service.  Later  he  was  lieutenant  in 
the  famous  company  of  grenadiers  belonging 
to  Oakham,  and  New  Braintree,  which 
marched  to  South  Boston  to  meet  an  expected 
British  incursion.  He  married  (first)  April 
2,  1821,  Maria  Pepper,  of  Oakham;  (second) 
March  17,  1861,  Alvira  Crawford.  No  record 
of  his  children  appears  except  that  the  family 
records  show  him  to  have  been  father  of 
Henry  W.,  Wilder,  and  Sandford,  and  there 
was  probably  a  daughter,  Charlotte. 

(V)  Henry  W.,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  and 
IMaria  (Pepper)  Haskell,  was  born  August  21, 
1822,  probably  in  North  Brookfield,  though  a 
record  made,  probably  by  the  family,  subse- 
quent to  his  death,  states  that  he  was  born  in 
Spencer,  Massachusetts.  He  died  in  1870,  in 
Georgetown,  Florida.  He  was  a  printer,  and 
was  employed  for  a  time  in  Greenville,  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  subsequently  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  whence  he  went  to  Florida.  He 
married,  December  25,  1848,  in  Whately,  Mas- 
sachusetts, Juliana  Beals,  born  June  8,  1824, 
in  Whately,  died  May  8,  1883,  in  Holyoke. 
Children :  Henry  Arthur,  born  August  24, 
1850;  Ida  Jennette,  November,  1854;  Charles 
Frederick,  December  9,  1856;  Homer  Frank- 
lin, mentioned  below ;  Flora  Isabella,  Septem- 
ber I,  1862;  Walter  Herbert,  November  19, 
1864;  Minnie  ]\Iay,  March  17,  1867.  The 
first  two  were  born  in  Hartford,  the  next  four 
in  W^ashington,  and  the  next  in  Blackenburg, 
Prince  George  county,  Maryland.  The  sec- 
ond son  was  drowned  May  20,  1895,  in 
Afethow  Rapids,  in  the  Columbia  River, 
Washington. 

(VI)  Homer  Franklin,  third  son  of  Henry 


W.  and  Juliana  (Beals)  Haskell,  was  born 
August  29,  1859,  in  Washington,  and  began  to 
support  himself  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years. 
He  had  many  kinds  of  employment  such  as 
farming  and  mill  work,  and  acted  as  janitor 
of  a  church.  In  1881  he  went  to  Holyoke, 
Massachusetts.  He  subsequently  became  an 
electrician  for  sixteen  years.  He  is  now  agent 
in  Holyoke  for  the  General  Electric  Company, 
and  handles  all  sorts  of  supplies  manufactured 
by  that  establishment.  Air.  Haskell  maintains 
settled  opinions  and  is  fearless  in  their  sup- 
port. He  is  an  ardent  Prohibitionist,  and  has 
long  been  a  leader  of  the  party  of  that  name 
in  the  city  of  Holyoke.    He  married.  May  16, 

1883,  at  Chester,  \"ermont,  Fanny,  daughter 
of  Orrin  S.  and  Sophronia  (Wheelock)  Saw- 
yer, born  October  31,  1856,  in  Reading,  Ver- 
mont.    Children :   Frank  E..  born  August  6, 

1884,  and  Henry  William,  January  27,  1886. 
Orrin  Spaulding  Sawyer  was  born  in  Reading 
or  Plymouth,  \'ermont,  and  died  in  April, 
T895,  in  the  former  town.  Sophronia  Whee- 
lock was  probably  a  native  of  Cavendish,  Ver- 
mont, and  died  June  5,  1889. 


The  first  of  the  name  in  Con- 

PENFIELD  necticut,  was  William  Pen- 
field,  of  Aliddletown,  as 
early  as  1663.    Very  little  is  known  about  him. 

(il)  John,  son  of  William  Penfield,  Hved  in 
Aliddletown,  Connecticut.  He  married  Ann, 
daughter  of  David  Cornwall,  who  died  in 
June,  1725.  Penfield  was  one  of  the  adminis- 
trators. (Page  492,  Vol.  I,  Probate  Records 
of  Hartford,  etc.)  His  sons  appear  to  be:  i. 
Benjamin,  living  in  Aliddletown  in  1728.  2. 
Stephen,  died  1749:  bequeathing  to  widow  Je- 
ruslia  and  children,  Jeremiah,  Benjamin,  John, 
Jerusha  and  Samuel.  3.  Peter,  mentioned  be- 
low. An  Isaac  Penfield  lived  at  New  Haven 
and  had  by  wife  Elizabeth  (Howe)  Penfield, 
daughter  Elizabeth,  January  2.   1717. 

( HI)  Peter,  son  of  John  Penfield,  was  born 
in  Aliddletown,  Connecticut,  about  1690.  He 
settled  at  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  and  with  wife 
Mary  was  admitted  to  the  church,  March  21, 
1730-31.  Children,  baptized  in  the  Fairfield 
Church:  i.  Mary,  April  25,  1731.  2.  James, 
September  24,  1732.  3.  Samuel,  December  8, 
1734.  4.  Hannah,  November  3,  1737.  5. 
Sarah,  May  25,  1740.  6.  Lydia,  February  21, 
1741-42.  7.  Peter,  September  18,  1743 :  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution.  8.  Ann,  July  21,  1745. 
9.  John,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  John  (2).  son  of  Peter  Penfield,  was 
baptized  at  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  November 


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29,  1747.  John  Penfield  was  major  of  the 
Twenty-third  Connecticut  Regiment  in  the 
revok:tion,  May,  1775;  heutenant  colonel  in 
October,  1776,  resigned  1781 ;  credited  to 
Chatham,  Connecticut.  The  Pittsford  history 
states  that  he  was  in  the  revolution.  He  came 
to  Pittsford,  Vermont,  from  Connecticut,  in 
1790,  and  bought  of  Ebenezer  Hopkins  the 
grist  mill  that  Nehemiah  Hopkins  built,  by 
deed  dated  September  7,  1795,  and  conducted 
a  public  house  there  from  December,  1795,  to 
181 1.  He  died  at  Pittsford,  December  i,  1829. 
In  181 1  he  built  the  house  occupied  later  by 
John  Stevens.  Children,  born  probably  at 
Fairfield,  Connecticut:  I.  Sarah.  2.  Eunice. 
3.  John,  married  Patience  Anthony.  4.  Eliz- 
abeth. 5.  Abigail.  6.  Sturges,  born  Septem- 
ber I,  1780:  married  Laura  Giddings.  7. 
Thomas.  8.  Allen,  mentioned  below.  9. 
Abel,  born  November  12,  1787.  10.  Char- 
lotte. 

(V)  Allen,  son  of  John  (2)  Penfield,  was 
born  at  Fairfield,  July  3,  1785,  died  at  Crown 
Point,  May  12,  1858.  He  succeeded  his  fath- 
er in  the  hotel  business  in  the  house  later 
owned  by  William  B.  Shaw,  at  Pittsford,  Ver- 
mont. He  continued  in  the  hotel  business  at 
Pittsford  until  1828  when  he  removed  to 
Crown  Point,  New  York,  selling  his  property 
to  German  Hammond.  He  was  active  in  es- 
tablishing the  Congregational  church,  of 
which  he  was  deacon  for  many  years.  He 
was  a  clever,  energetic  and  reliable  citizen 
and  accumulated  a  fortune.  He  was  a  farm- 
er, merchant,  and  lumber  and  iron  manufac- 
turer. His  last  days  were  spent  with  his 
daughter,  the  wife  of  Dr.  Nichols,  of  Burl- 
ington, A'ermont.  He  married,  December 
27,  1810,  Anne,  born  March  24,  1789,  died  at 
Crown  Point  in  1872,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Hammond.  (See  Hammond  IX).  Children, 
born  at  Pittsford:  i.  Daughter,  born  and 
died  June  17,  1812.  2.  Son,  born  April  30, 
1813,  died  May  12,  1813.  3.  Samuel  Allen, 
August  23,  1814,  died  September  i,  1814.  4. 
Daniel  Hammond,  November  6,  18 15,  died 
May  9,  1841.  5.  Stephen  D.,  November  25, 
1817,  died  August  11,  1819.  6.  Hannah  Ann, 
August  16,  1820 :  married  Allen  P.  Harwood. 
7.  Caroline  Keith,  July  23.  1823;  married, 
December  27,  1849,  Harvey  Spencer.  8. 
James  Allen,  January  31,  1826,  mentioned 
below.  9.  Lucy  Jane,  March  17,  1828,  died 
September  18,  1829.  10.  Lucy  Hammond, 
April  II,  183 1  ;  married,  November  14,  1850, 
Benjamin  S.  Nichols. 

(\T)  James   Allen,   son  of  Allen   Penfield, 


was  born  in  Pittsford,  Vermont,  January  31, 
1826.  When  he  was  about  three  years  old  his 
parents  removed  to  Crown  Point,  where  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  after- 
wards was  associated  with  his  father  in  farm- 
ing, lumbering  and  in  iron  works.  In  1861 
he  enlisted  in  Captain  John  Hammond's  com- 
pany at  Crown  Point;  in  October,  1861,  the 
company  went  to  New  York  City  and  were 
mustered  in  as  part  of  the  Fifth  New  York 
Cavalry  under  Colonel  Othniel  DeForest.  He 
was  second  lieutenant  of  his  company,  which 
was  originally  known  as  the  Ira  Harris 
Guards,  formerly  the  First  Ira  Harris  Guards. 
The  regiment  served  in  the  Fifth  Corps,  De- 
partment of  Annapolis,  also  in  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  Shenandoah  and  the  Second 
Corps,  Army  of  Virginia.  It  was  in  Stahel's 
division  in  the  defense  of  Washington  from 
September,  1862,  until  March,  1863;  after- 
ward in  the  Third  Brigade,  Third  Division, 
Twenty-second  Army  Corps.  He  was  pro- 
moted to  first  lieutenant  September  25,  1861, 
and  captain  September  26,  1862;  major  and 
brevet-lieutenant  colonel  March  29,  1864.  He 
was  wounded  in  the  head  by  the  stroke  of  a 
sabre  at  Hagerstown,  Maryland,  July  6,  1863  ; 
was  taken  prisoner  of  war  and  confined  for 
ten  months  in  Libby  Prison ;  at  Danville, 
\'irginia ;  Macon,  Georgia ;  Charleston, 
South  Carolina  ;  and  Charlotte,  North  Caro- 
lina. He  came  back  to  the  Union  lines  near 
\\'ilmington,  North  Carolina,  March  i,  1865, 
and  was  sent  to  Annapolis,  Maryland,  for 
one  month.  He  resigned  from  the  service 
May  2,  1865,  at  the  close  of  the  war.  He  re- 
turned to  Crown  Point  after  the  war  and  con- 
tinued in  business.  In  1872  he  removed  to 
Boston.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Military  Or- 
der of  the  Loyal  Legion,  and  John  A.  Andrew 
Post,  No.  15,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 
Fie  and  his  family  attend  the  Park  Street 
Congregational  Church  of  Boston.  In  pol- 
itics he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  No- 
vember 28,  1866,  Elizabeth  Richards,  born 
March  4,  1828,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Mar- 
garet Williams  (Griggs)  Wood.  They  have 
one  child,  Anna  Scott,  born  October  23,  1868. 
Margaret  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Griggs 
of  Brooklinc.  Massachusetts,  who  married 
Beulah,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Lucy  (Jones) 
Hammond,  of  Newton.  Henry  Wood  was  a 
son  of  Amos  Wood,  of  Concord,  Massachu- 
setts ;  was  a  merchant  of  Boston,  where  he 
died  in  1863,  aged  seventy  years ;  his  widow 
died  December  24,  1887. 


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John    Hammond     lived     in 

HAMMOND  Melford,  England,  and 
there  is  little  doubt  that  he 
was  John  Hammond,  the  fuller  and  cloth 
manufacturer  who  is  mentioned  in  the  Alel- 
ford  records,  and  who  was  named  as  executor 
in  the  will  of  John  Hammond  the  elder,  of 
Melford,  dated  August  4,  15 17,  proved  April 
22,  1528.  He  may  have  been  the  son  of  this 
John,  although  he  is  not  mentioned  as  a  son 
in  the  will.  John  the  elder  was  of  the  Law- 
shall  family  of  Hammonds  who  trace  their  an- 
cestry back  to  the  year  1400.  In  any  event 
he  was  undoubtedly  a  near  relative  and  with- 
out doubt  a  descendant  of  the  John  Ham- 
mond of  Lawshall  whose  will  was  proved  De- 
cember 19,  1440,  and  who  was  born  before 
1400. 

(H)  John  (2)  Hammond,  of  Lavenham, 
was  son  of  John  (i)  Hammond,  the  fuller, 
and  was  born  about  1500.  His  will  was  dated 
December    22,     1550.       He    married     Agnes 

,   who  died   at   Lavenham,   January  6, 

1576-77.  Children:  i.  William,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Thomas,  married  Rose  Tripp  and 
had  a  son  William  who  came  to  America.     3. 

Elizabeth.        4.  Margaret,      married 

Jollye.     5.  Joan. 

(HI)   William,  son  of  John  (2)  Hammond, 

resided  at  Melford  and  married  Mary . 

He  had  a  son  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  William  Hammond, 
was  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  this  branch  of 
the  family.  He  was  baptized  at  Melford, 
county  SufToIk,  England,  with  his  twin 
brother  John,  September  2,  1603.  He  was  a 
first  cousin  of  William  Hammond,  who  set- 
tled in  Watertown,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  at  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  had  land  granted  him  there  in 
1636.  He  took  the  freeman's  oath  March  9, 
1636-37.  He  was  a  member  of  the  grand 
jury  in  1637.  W'ith  several  others  he  re- 
moved to  a  site  near  the  boundary  line  be- 
tween what  are  now  the  towns  of  Newton 
and  Brookline.  He  probably  removed  to 
Cambridge  A'illage,  now  Newton,  about 
1650,  but  held  lands  in  Hingham  for 
some  years  after  that  date.  His  homestead 
in  Newton  was  near  the  Brookline  boundary 
near  a  sheet  of  water  which  has  since  been 
called  Hammond's  pond.  This  homestead  re- 
mained in  the  family  for  many  generations. 
Thomas  Hammond  was  a  large  land  owner 
and  one  of  the  wealthiest  men  of  the  town  in 
his  day.  He  died  in  1675,  leaving  an  unsigned 
will  which  was  admitted  to  probate  Novem- 


ber 5,  1675.  He  married  in  Lavenham,  Eng- 
land, November  12,  1623,  Elizabeth,  born  in 
Great  Welnetham,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Prudence  (Hammond)  Cason,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  Hammond, 
of  Great  Welnetham.  It  is  said  that  a  silver 
coin  is  still  in  the  possession  of  descendants 
which  was  stamped  by  her  when  on  a  visit  to 
the  mint  in  England  when  she  was  a  young 
girl.  Children:  i.  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Elizabeth,  born  about  1633-34.  3. 
Sarah,  baptized  September  13,  1640.  4.  Na- 
thaniel, baptized  March  12,  1643. 

{\')  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Ham- 
mond, was  born  about  1630  in  England,  died 
at  Newton,  Massachusetts,  October  20,  1678, 
of  smallpox.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  on 
the  homestead  which  was  left  him  by  his 
father.  He  married,  December  17,  1662,  Eliz- 
abeth Stedman,  who  died  in  17 1 5,  probably  a 
sister  of  Nathaniel  Stedman,  who  married 
Sarah  Hammond.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth, 
born  November  3,  1664.  2.  Thomas,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1666,  mentioned  below.  3.  Isaac 
(twin),  December  20,  1668.  4.  Sarah  (twin), 
December  20,  1668.  5.  Nathaniel,  February 
3,  1671  ;  probably  died  young.  6.  John,  April 
30,   1674.     7.  Eleazer,  November   13,   1677. 

(\T)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Hammond,  was  born  in  Newton,  December 
16,  1666,  died  in  1720,  when  administration 
was  granted  on  his  estate.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  Newton,  and  owned  considerable  land.  He 
served  as  selectman  of  the  town.  He  married 
(first)  June  15,  1693,  Mehitable  Very,  of  Bos- 
ton, who  died  in  1704.  He  married  (second) 
August  8,  1705,  Mary  Bacon,  of  Roxbury. 
Children  of  first  wife  :  i.  Mehitable,  born  Jan- 
uary 29,  1695  ;  married  James  Petty.  2.  John, 
May  16,  1696,  mentioned  below.  3.  Thomas, 
July  10,  1698.  4.  Caleb,  July  4,  1700.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  5.  j\Iary,  May  13,  1707. 
6.  Samuel,  July  9,  1709. 

l\'II)  John  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Ham- 
mond, was  born  in  Newton,  May  16,  1696, 
died  there  June  27,  1763.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  Newton.  His  will  was  dated  March  25, 
1763,  proved  June  27,  1763.  He  married,  De- 
cember II,  1718.  Margaret  Wilson,  born  Au- 
gust 28,  1699,  died  1788,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Experience  (Trowbridge)  Wilson,  of 
Newton.  His  farm  in  Newton  he  bought  of 
Rev.  Jared  Eliot  in  1746.  and  contained  three 
hundred  and  seventy  acres.  Children :  i. 
John,  born  July  25,  1719.  2.  Joshua,  March 
10.  1721.  3.  Thomas.  April  23,  1723,  died 
February  15,  1737-38.     4.  Mary  (twin),  Oc- 


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tober  7,  1725,  died  young.  5.  Margaret 
(twin),  October  7,  1725.  6.  Daniel,  October 
18,  1727,  mentioned  below.  7.  Samuel,  June 
14,  1730.  8.  Abijah,  November  5,  1732.  9. 
Enoch,  October  29,  1734.  10.  Anna,  Septem- 
ber 23,  1736.  II.  Martha,  April  10,  1738, 
died  October  12,  1757.     12.  .-Xbigail,  1741. 

(VIII)  Daniel,  son  of  John  (3)  Hammond, 
was  born  in  Newton,  October  18,  1727,  died 
there  in  1777.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French 
war  in  the  expedition  against  Cape  Breton. 
In  the  siege  of  Louisburg  in  1758  he  con- 
tracted rheumatism  from  exposure,  which 
eventually  made  him  a  cripple,  and  for  the 
last  fifteen  years  of  his  life  he  was  bedridden 
most  of  the  time.  The  following  verses  are 
part  of  an  anonymous  poem  called  The  Neiv- 
ton  Patriot: 

'"Tis  one  of  these  yeoman  whose  praises  I  sing ; 
At   Louisburg's   siege  he   had   fought   for   the  King; 
Adjoining  the  pond  honoured  still  by  his  name 
In  Newton  he  lived — although  unknown  to  fame. 

He  shouldered  his  musket — his  crutch  laid  away — 
And  marched  with  the  Newton  Alarm  Men  that  day, 
Although  for  nigh  fifteen  long  years  he  had  lain 
Prostrated  since  Louisburgh's  trying  campaign. 

Hark,  Hark,  'Tis  the  signal.  Now  up  and  away. 
■  'Tis  the  British  are  marching  to  Concord  today.' 
Then  old  Daniel  Hammond  reached  out  tor  his  gun, 
And  waving  his  cocked  hat  he  cried,  'Count  me  one.'  " 

He  was  in  Captain  Brown's  company,  Col- 
onel William  Williams'  regiment,  in  1758  in 
the  expedition  against  Canada;  in  Captain 
William  Angler's  company.  Colonel  Joseph 
Frye's  regiment,  in  1759  and  again  in  1760 
in  service  in  Nova  Scotia.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Captain  Amariah  Fuller's  company 
which  marched  to  Cambridge  on  the  Lexing- 
ton alarm,  April  19,  1775.  His  family  be- 
came almost  destitute  on  account  of  his  in- 
firmities, and  some  of  the  children  were 
bound  out.  He  married,  April  17,  1751,  Lucy, 
born  in  Worcester  about  1727,  died  in  Pitts- 
ford,  Vermont,  1799,  daughter  of  Captain 
Nathaniel  and  Mary  Jones.  She  was  a  most 
exemplary  woman,  beloved  by  all  who  knew 
her.     Children:    i.  Lucy,  born  July  25,  1752. 

2.  Thomas,  June  6,  1753,  died  Julv  31,  1763. 

3.  Phineas,  June  4,  1755.  4.  Beulah,  May  11, 
1757-  5-  Thomas,  February  20,  1762,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Ann,  June  28,  1764.  7. 
Sarah.  December  19,  1766. 

(IX)  Colonel  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Daniel 
Hammond,  was  born  in  Newton,  February 
20,  1762,  died  at  Pittsford,  Vermont,  April  4, 
1847.  At  an  early  age  he  was  apprenticed 
to  a  distant  relative,  a  well-to-do  farmer  of 
Leicester,  and  remained  with  him  from  the 
age  of  four  until  he  was  twenty-one  vears  of 
age.    He  is  said  to  have  enlisted  in  the  conti- 


nental army  in  1778,  wheu  he  was  but  sixteen 
years  of  age,  and  to  nave  served  nine  months, 
but    no    official    record    of    such    service    has 
been  found.    He  enlisted  July  5,  1780,  in  Cap- 
tain   Frothingham's    artillery   company,    and 
served  until  December  11  of  that  year.     He 
is  described  as   of   Leicester,   aged  eighteen 
years,  stature  five  feet,  ten  inches,  complex- 
ion light.     He  served  in  New  York  and  was 
present   at   the   execution   of   Major   Andre, 
October  2,  1780.     At  the  age  of  twenty-one 
he  set  out  on  foot  and  went  from  Leicester  to 
Shaftsljury,  Vermont,  and  went  to  work  for 
Colonel   Ichabod  Cross,  whose  daughter  he 
married.      Colonel    Cross   gave   him   a   tract 
of  land  in  Pittsford,  where  he  settled  in  1786. 
He  became  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the 
town  and  held  many  town  offices.     He  was 
a  delegate  to  the  constitutional  convention  in 
1791.     In    1794  he  was  elected  to  the  state 
legislature,  and  served  ten  years  between  that 
time  and  1813.     He  was  active  in  the  militia 
and  rose  to  the  rank  of  colonel.     He  was  as- 
sistant county  judge  six  years,  and  a  member 
of   the    executive   council    of   the   state   four 
years.     In  1812  he,  with  a  few  others,  organ- 
ized  the   Pittsford   Manufacturing  Company 
for    the    manufacture    of    woolen    cloth,    and 
was  president  of  the  company.    He  rose  from 
a  penniless  and  ill-educated  youth  to  a  posi- 
tion of  eminence,  affluence  and  honor  in  the 
state.      He   married   (first)    March   25,    1784, 
Hannah,    born    at     Mansfield,     Connecticut, 
April  20,  1763,  died  February  2,  1819,  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Ichabod  Cross.     He  married 
(second)    September    19,    1819,    Mrs.    Sarah 
Stewart,  who  survived  him.     Children,  all  by 
first  wife:  i.  Sally,  born  December  27,  1784, 
died  September  21,  1793.     2.  Tamesin,  Janu- 
ary 4,   1787.  3.  Anne,  March  24,   1789;  mar- 
ried, December  27,  1810,  Allen  Penfield.  (See 
Penfield,  V).  4.  Thomas  D.,  August  16,  1791. 
5.  German,  December  21,  1793.  6.  Amelia  M., 
January   17,    1796.     7.  Charles   F.,  April   24, 
1798.    8.  Augustus,  June  5,  1800.    9.  Daniel, 
October  7,  1803,  died  February  6,  1806.     10. 
John  C,  September  22,  1805. 


(For   English    ancestry   see   p.    26). 

(I)  James  Cary,  immigrant,  drap- 
CARY  er  of  Bristol,  Somersetshire,  Eng- 
land, son  of  William  Cary,  sheriff 
of  Bristol,  1599,  and  mayor  of  the  city,  161 1, 
was  born  in  that  city  about  1600,  and  died  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  November  2, 
168 1.  He  came  to  America  in  1635  and  lived 
for  a  time  in  the  Plymouth  colony,  but  was  of 
Charlestown    in    1639,    was   admitted   to   the 


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church  there  in  1647,  and  chosen  town  clerk 
in  1663.  He  married  Eleanor  (Elinor)  Haw- 
kins, who  was  admitted  to  the  church  in 
Charlestown  in  1642,  and  died  November  9, 
1697,  aged  eighty  years.  Children,  all  born  in 
Charlestown:  i.  Mehetable,  about  1640;  mar- 
ried        Welsted.      2.  John,     1642.      3. 

James,  1644.  4.  Nathaniel,  1645.  5.  Jona- 
than, 1646-7.  6.  Elizabeth,  1648.  7.  Joanna. 
(H)  Deacon  Jonathan,  son  of  James  and 
Eleanor  (Hawkins)  Cary,  was  born  in 
Charlestown,  Alassachusetts,  January  15, 
1647,  and  died  June  4,  1738.  He  was  a  mill- 
wright, and  owned  Noodle's  island,  and  also 
became  possessed  of  several  other  tracts  of 
land.    He  was  admitted  to  the  church  May  7, 

1682,  and  was  one  of  its  deacons.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  1675,  Hannah  Windsor,  who 
joined  the  church  in  1682-3,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 14,  1715,  aged  sixty-nine  years.  He  mar- 
ried  (second)  Abigail  .     His  children: 

1.  Hannah,  born  1676,  died  1679.  2.  Eleanor, 
1677,  died  soon.  3.  James,  December  7,  1679, 
died    young.      4.  Abigail,    1681.      5.  Samuel, 

1683.  6.  Ebenezer,    1684.      7.  James,    April 

2,  1686.  8.  Freelove,  February  20,  1687.  9. 
John. 

(in)  Samuel,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Han- 
nah (Windsor)  Cary,  was  born  in  Charles- 
town, Massachusetts,  in  1683,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1740.  He  was  a  ship  chandler,  and 
may  have  followed  the  sea,  for  he  was  fre- 
quently called  captain.  He  married  (first) 
December  19,  1712,  Mary  Foster,  who  owned 
the  covenant  December  9,  1712,  was  admitted 
to  the  church  June  30,  1713,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 23,  1718,  aged  twenty-six  years  eight 
months.  He  married  (second)  in  Boston, 
February  21.  1722,  Mary  Martyn,  who  died 
February  28,  1740-41,  aged  fifty-eight  years. 
He  had  three  children  by  his  first  and  eight  by 
his  second  wife,  and  all  born  in  Charlestown : 
I.  Samuel,  November  29,  1713.  2.  Richard, 
February  17,  1716-17.  3.  Jonathan,  baptized 
November  30,  1718,  died  young.  4.  Sarah, 
born  February  5.  1723;  married,  1743.  Rev. 
Edward  Barnard.  5.  IMary,  February  20, 
1725-6:  married,  1744.  Richard  Russell.  6. 
Nathaniel,  November  7,  1727.  7.  Hannah, 
January  5,  1729-30:  married,  1759,  John 
Soley.  8.  Edward,  October  2.  1731,  died 
young.  9.  Abigail,  September  21,  1735.  10. 
Elizabeth,  April  18,  1737.     11.  Edward,  July 

(IV)  Captain  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel 
(i)  and  Mary  (Foster)  Cary,  was  born  in 
Charlestown,    Massachusetts,    November    29. 


1713,  and  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in 
173 1.  He  followed  the  sea  and  was  known  as 
Captain  Cary.  It  is  not  certain  at  just  what 
time  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Chelsea, 
where  his  death  is  mentioned  in  the  church 
records  as  December  7,  1769,  although  Wy- 
man  gives  it  as  the  4th  and  his  burial  on  the 
7th,  ''from  his  brother  Richard's  house  in 
Charlestown''.  Samuel  Watts  in  his  memor- 
andum book  says :  "Capt.  Cary  Dyed  betwen 
the  3d  &  fourth  of  December,  1769".  The 
family  genealogy  gives  the  date  of  his  death 
as  December  8.  He  married,  December  24, 
1741,  Margaret  Greaves,  born  July  19,  1719, 
died  October  18,  1762.  She  is  described  as 
"small  in  person,  plain,  being  pitted  with 
smallpox,  but  very  intelligent  and  active,  and 
assisted  her  father  frequently  in  his  apothe- 
cary shop".  Her  great-grandparents  were 
Thomas  Greaves  (or  Graves)  and  Katherine, 
daughter  of  the  widow  Coitmore. 

Thomas  Greaves  was  born  in  Ratclift'e,  par- 
ish of  Stepney,  county  of  Middlesex,  England, 
June  6,  1605,  and  was  baptized  at  the  church 
of  St.  Dunsten  in  that  parish  June  16  same 
year.  He  came  early  to  America,  was  made 
freeman  in  1640,  owned  land  both  in  Woburn 
and  Charlestown,  and  with  his  wife  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  church  in  1639.  Before  coming 
to  this  country  he  had  been  a  sea  captain,  and 
after  his  settlement  here  followed  the  same 
occupation.  During  the  protectorate  of  Crom- 
well, while  on  a  mercantile  voyage,  he  sig- 
nalized himself  in  an  engagement  with  a 
Dutch  privateer,  which  he  captured.  The 
owners  of  the  vessel  presented  him  with  a  sil- 
ver punchbowl  which  is  still  preserved  in  Ash- 
ford  Hall,  England,  and  Cromwell  promoted 
him  to  the  command  of  a  ship  of  war,  with 
the  title  of  rear-admiral.  Thomas  Greaves, 
grandson  of  Thomas  and  Katherine  Greaves 
and  father  of  Margaret  Greaves,  who  married 
Samuel  Cary,  married  (first)  Sybil  Avery, 
who  was  the  mother  of  all  his  children,  and 
married  (second)  the  widow  of  Edward 
Watts,  of  Chelsea.  .'Xfter  her  death  he  mar- 
ried (third)  Phoebe,  widow  of  Edward  'Vas- 
sal!, of  Boston.  It  was  through  the  widow 
Watts  that  the  Chelsea  farm  came  into  the 
Cary  family,  a  subject  which  will  be  more 
fully  mentioned  in  a  later  paragraph. 

Captain  Samuel  and  Margaret  (Greaves) 
Cary  had  four  children:  i.  Samuel,  born  Sep- 
tember 20,  1742.  2.  Thomas,  October  7,  1745. 
3.  Jonathan,  October  21,  1749.  4.  Abigail 
Coit.  In  this  connection  it  is  well  to  mention 
that  Captain  Gary's  will  was  dated  November 


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14,  1763,  and  was  admitted  to  probate  Decem- 
ber 29,  1769.  After  a  gift  of  a  liouse  in  Bos- 
ton to  Iiis  eldest  son  Samuel,  he  left  the  re- 
mainder of  his  estate,  including  the  Cary  farm 
in  Chelsea,  to  his  three  sons — Samuel,  then 
in  business  in  St.  Kitts,  Granada ;  Thomas, 
minister  at   Newburyport ;   and  Jonathan. 

(V)  Samuel  '(3)  Cary,  Esquire,  eldest  son 
of  Captain  Samuel  (2)  and  Margaret 
(Greaves)  Cary,  was  born  September  20, 
1742,  and  died  in  Chelsea,  Massachusetts,  Au- 
gust I,  1812.  He  was  educated  at  Harvard 
College,  and  fitted  especially  for  mercantile 
pursuits.  Soon  afterward  he  went  to  St. 
Kitts,  Granada,  where  for  many  years  he  was 
engaged  in  buying  and  selling  cargoes,  but 
finally  became  a  planter.  On  one  of  his  visits 
home  he  became  acquainted  with  Sarah,  only 
daughter  of  Ellis  Gray,  of  Boston,  born  1753, 
whom  he  married  November  5,  1772.  They 
began  their  married  life  in  the  old  mansion  in 
Chelsea,  which  had  been  suitably  furnished 
for  them.  The  next  summer  Mr.  Gary  re- 
turned to  Granada,  leaving  his  wife  and  her 
mother  presumably  at  Chelsea,  for  there  she 
joined  the  church  August  i,  1773,  and  there, 
according  to  the  family  genealogy,  their  son 
Samuel  was  born  October  7,  1773.  During 
the  following  winter  she  left  her  infant  son 
with  her  mother  in  Chelsea,  joined  her  hus- 
band in  Granada,  and  lived  there  for  the  next 
eighteen  years.  Having  accumulated  what  he 
considered  a  comfortable  fortune,  Mr.  Cary 
returned  to  Chelsea  July  2,  1791,  leaving  his 
eldest  son  to  carry  on  the  business,  but  bring- 
ing with  him  his  wife  and  their  seven  chil- 
dren, born  in  Granada,  and  three  black  ser- 
vants, of  whom  only  one,  Fanny  Fairweather, 
ended  her  days  in  Chelsea.  Mr.  Cary  remod- 
eled the  old  house  in  Chelsea  at  a  cost  of  $12,- 
000,  making  it  a  splendid  specimen  of  colonial 
architecture.  At  that  time  there  were  no  trees 
about  the  place,  but  he  soon  planted  the  east 
and  west  avenues  with  elms,  bordered  the 
grounds  between  Broadway  and  Washington 
avenue  with  hawthorn  shrubs  which  grew  to 
trees,  made  a  dyke  across  Chelsea  creek, 
which  gave  him  a  fine  fishing  pond,  and  other- 
wise so  improved  his  lands  that  in  due  time 
the  estate,  known  as  "The  Retreat",  became 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  in  the  vicinity  of 
Boston. 

The  Cary  farm  in  Chelsea  has  an  interest- 
ing history.  It  is  the  largest  and  most  favor- 
ably situated  of  the  Eellingham  farms,  and 
fairly  divided  into  upland  and  meadow  it  was 
the  most  productive  of  them;  unlike  manv  of 


the  great  Chelsea  farms,  in  its  earlier  days 
and  later  days  it  was  occupied  by  its  proprie- 
tors, and  four  generations  of  Carys  were  born 
or  have  lived  on  it.  By  deed  of  sale  dated 
February  27,  1634,  "Sam  Maverick  and  Amias 
his  wife,  and  John  Blackleach  and  his  wife, 
granted  and  sold  to  Richard  Bellingham  and 
his  heirs  a  messuage  called  Winnisimmet,  with 
appurtenances ;  also  his  interest  in  the  ferry." 
Governor  Bellingham's  son  Samuel,  a  widow- 
er with  one  daughter,  married  in  London  a 
widow  named  Elizabeth  Savage.  He  inherit- 
ed from  his  father  estates  in  Chelsea,  then 
called  Winnisimmet,  and  this  property  was 
placed  in  trust  for  Mr.  Bellingham  and  his 
wife,  and  at  her  death  was  to  go  by  will  to 
whomever  she  made  her  devisee ;  or  failing  in 
any  way,  to  her  next  of  kin.  She  died  at  sea, 
and  her  will  being  decided  to  be  invalid,  the 
estate  passed  to  her  sister,  Mrs.  Watts,  who 
afterward  married  Thomas  Greaves  of 
Charlestown.  Mrs.  Watts  left  her  property 
of  three  hundred  and  sixty-five  acres  to  her 
stepdaughter  Margaret  Greaves.  (Cary  Let- 
ters.) 

Margaret  Greaves  became  the  wife  of  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Cary,  whose  heirs  sold  the  estate 
to  The  Cary  Improvement  Company  for  $150,- 
000.  On  February  2,  185 1,  Henry  Cary,  Anne 
M.  Cary,  Harriet  Cary,  Thomas  G.  Cary, 
George  B.  Cary,  Robert  H.  Cary  and  William 
T.  Cary,  seven  of  the  surviving  children  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  Cary,  each  owning  one 
tenth  of  the  estate,  and  the  four  surviving 
children  of  .Sarah  Tuckerman,  widow  of  Rev. 
Joseph  Tuckerman  and  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Sarah  Cary,  conveyed  their  interests  in 
the  farm  to  Charles  Cary,  for  $120,000.  He 
acquired  another  one-tenth  share  from  the  as- 
signees of  Margaret  Cary,  and  on  September 
5,  185 1,  he  conveyed  the  farm  to  Joseph  W. 
Clark,  for  the  consideration  of  $150,000.  On 
May  I,  1852,  Joseph  Clark,  of  Dedham,  con- 
veyed the  same  to  The  Cary  Improvement 
Company.  Charles  S.,  Ann  M.  and  Harriet 
Cary  retained  the  mansion  house  and  38,164 
square  feet  of  land.  So  far  as  the  records 
show,  the  lands  of  The  Cary  Improvement 
Company  in  1852  were  identical  with  the  farm 
set  ofif  to  Thomas  and  Ann  Greaves  in  1728, 
not  withstanding  the  fact  that  in  1765  the 
farm  was  estimated  to  contain  365  acres ;  in 
1728,  300  acres.      ("Chelsea  History"). 

In  the  course  of  time,  however,  misfortune 
befell  Samuel  Cary,  the  Granada  merchant 
and  planter.  The  negro  insurrection  of  1795  in 
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stroyed  the  value  of  his  large  property  111 
Granada,  and  in  the  hope  of  saving  it  he  went 
there,  but  on  the  voyage  was  taken  prisoner 
by  the  French  and  only  with  great  difficulty 
saved  his  own  life.  On  his  return  to  Chelsea 
he  was  obliged  to  accommodate  himself  to 
new  conditions,  and  two  of  his  sons  assisted 
him  with  the  work  of  cultivating  his  farm. 
He  died  August  I,  1812.  His  wife  died  in 
1825.  They  had  thirteen  children,  the  first 
one  and  last  four  of  whom  were  born  in  Chel- 
sea, the  other  eight  at  Granada:,  i.  Samuel, 
born  Chelsea,  October  17,  1773,  died  at  sea, 
1810.  2.  Margaret,  1775,  died  1868.  3. 
Charles  Spooner,  1778,  died  1866.  4.  Lucius, 
1782,  died  in  England,  1826.  5.  Sarah,  1783, 
died  Boston,  1838;  married  Rev.  Joseph  Tuck- 
erman.  6.  Henry,  1785,  died  Florence,  1857. 
7.  Ann  Montague,  1787,  died  1882.  8.  Ed- 
ward, 1789,  died  1808.  9.  Harriet,  1790,  died 
1873.  10.  Thomas  Greaves,  1791.  11.  George 
Blankern,  1792,  died  1880.  12.  Robert  How- 
ard, 1794,  died  1867.  13.  William  Ferdinand, 
1795,  died  1881. 

(\T)  Thomas  Greaves,  son  and  tenth  child 
of  Samuel  (3)  and  Sarah  (Gray)  Gary,  was 
born  at  Chelsea,  Massachusetts,  in  the  year 
1 79 1.  He  went  to  school  at  Billerica,  and  was 
a  graduate  of  Harvard  College.  He  began  life 
in  the  practice  of  the  law,  but  was  led  by  cir- 
cumstances to  become  a  partner  in  the  busi- 
ness firm  of  his  elder  brother,  Henry  Gary, 
in  New  York.  Later  he  became  partner  in 
the  house  of  Perkins  &  Co.  in  Boston.  After 
the  dissolution  of  this  celebrated  firm,  he  was 
appointed  treasurer  of  the  Hamilton  &  Apple- 
ton  Companies  in  Lowell,  offices  which  he 
held  until  the  time  of  his  death. 

In  the  year  182 1,  on  a  Friday  in  May, 
Thomas  Greaves  Gary  married  Mary  Anne 
Gushing,  daughter  of  Thomas  Handasyd  and 
Sarah  Elliot  Perkins.  In  spite  of  the  omi- 
nous day  chosen  for  the  wedding,  the  marriage 
was  highly  blessed  with  mutual  affection, 
prosperity  and  a  numerous  family.  Of  the 
seven  children,  Mary  Louisa  married  Cor- 
nelius Conway  Felton,  professor  of  Greek, 
and  later  president  of  Harvard  LTniversity. 
Elizabeth  Cabot  married  Louis  .Agassiz,  of 
Neuchatel,  Switzerland,  founder  of  the 
Zoological  Museum  at  Harvard,  and  author 
of  many  celebrated  works  on  Zoology  and 
Paljeontology.  Thomas  Graves  Cary.  Caro- 
line Gardiner  who  married  Charles  P.  Curtis. 
Sarah  Gray  Cary.  Emma  Forbes  Cary.  Rich- 
ard Cary  married  Helen  Eugenia,  daughter 
of    Philo    and    Georgiana    Albertina    Homer 


Shelton.  He  was  captain  in  the  Second  ]\Ias- 
sachusetts  Regiment  of  Infantry  and  died  on 
the  field  of  Cedar  Aiountain,  August  11,  1862. 

Thomas  Greaves  Cary  was  a  man  of  scholar- 
ly tastes,  wrote  with  ease  and  elegance,  and 
was  an  attractive  speaker.  Several  pamphlets 
written  by  him  to  meet  the  political  or  com- 
mercial crisis  of  his  day  were  considered  by 
the  leading  men  of  the  times  to  be  of  great 
value.  His  memoir  of  Thomas  Handasyd 
Perkins  is  an  interesting  work,  giving  a  vivid 
picture  of  one  of  the  eminent  merchants  of 
old  Boston. 

Mr.  Cary  was  president  of  the  Boston 
Athenreum  from  1844  to  1859.  He  was  con- 
nected with  the  management  of  the  "Perkins 
Institution  for  the  Blind,"  (as  it  was  then  call- 
ed) and  of  various  other  works  of  philan- 
thropy. 

This  useful  life  ended  on  the  third  of  July, 

1859. 

Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins,  father  of  Mary 
Perkins,  who  married  Thomas  Greaves  Cary, 
was  born  in  Boston,  December  15,  1764,  and 
died  in  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  January  11, 
1854.  His  father,  James  Perkins,  was  a  Bos- 
ton merchant,  a  man  of  influence  and  large 
means,  and  married  December  29,  1755,  Eliz- 
abeth, daughter  of  Thomas  Handasyd  Peck, 
importer,  and  dealer  in  furs  and  hats,  of  Bos- 
ton. Children  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Peck) 
Perkins,  all  born  in  Boston :  Elizabeth,  Janu- 
ary 18,  1756;  Ann  Maynard,  May  25,  1759; 
James,  March  30,  1761  ;  Thomas,  December 
15,  1764;  Samuel,  May  24,  1767;  Mary,  May 
24,  1769;  Esther,  March  28,  1771 ;  Margaret, 
March  27,   1773. 

Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins  was  educated 
in  Boston  public  schools  and  privately,  and 
after  passing  several  years  in  a  Boston  count- 
ing house,  visited  his  brother  Tames  in  Santo 
Domingo,  in  1785,  and  soon  became  associated 
with  him  in  business  pursuits.  However,  the 
climate  of  that  region  proved  injurious  to  his 
health,  and  he  soon  returned  to  Boston  and 
devoted  his  attention  to  the  interests  of  the 
firm  in  this  country.  In  1789  he  went  as  su- 
percargo to  Batavia  and  Canton,  and  in  the 
latter  citv  established  the  firm  of  Perkins  & 
Co.,  and  had  charge  of  its  business  there ;  he 
also  made  a  number  of  successful  ventures  in 
the  Pacific,  on  the  northwest  coast  of  Amer- 
ica. The  principal  firm  of  which  he  was  a 
member  was  that  of  J.  &  T.  H.  Perkins,  which 
for  thirty  years  was  remarkable  both  for  the 
magnitude  and  success  of  its  enterprises,  al- 
though  during  the  negro  insurrection  in  the 


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West  Indies  in   1795   the  firm   suffered  very 
heavy  losses. 

James  Perkins,  senior  partner  of  the  firm, 
died  in  1822,  and  soon  afterward  Mr.  Thomas 
H.  Perkins  retired  from  active  business  pur- 
suits. In  1805  he  was  elected  to  a  seat  in  the 
senate  of  the  general  court  of  Massachusetts, 
and  during  much  of  that  time  for  the  next 
eighteen  years  represented  Boston  in  one  or 
the  other  of  the  branches  of  that  body.  In 
1827  he  was  the  principal  founder  and  incor- 
porator of  the  Quincy  railroad,  for  which  the 
claim  is  made  that  it  was  the  first  railroad 
constructed  and  operated  in  this  country. 
About  this  time  he  was  commissioned  lieuten- 
ant-colonel of  Massachusetts  militia,  hence  the 
title  of  Colonel,  by  which  he  was  familiarly 
addressed.  In  1823  he  gave  his  house  and  lands 
in  Pearl  street,  Boston,  a  property  conserva- 
tively estimated  to  be  worth  $50,000,  for  what 
afterward  became  known  as  the  Perkins  In- 
stitution and  ^Massachusetts  Asylum  for  the 
Blind.  The  only  condition  of  this  munificent 
gift  was  that  the  sum  of  $50,000  should  be 
raised  by  popular  subscription  for  its  main- 
tenance, which  was  done,  although  he  also 
contributed  to  that  fund.  He  was  one  of  the 
largest  donors  to  the  fund  for  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital, 
the  largest  contributor  to  the  Mercantile  Li- 
brary Association,  and  with  other  members  of 
his  family  gave  more  than  $60,000  to  the  Bos- 
ton Athenjeum.  He  also  took  an  active  part 
in  the  erection  of  Bunker  Hill  monument,  and 
likewise  was  deeply  interested  in  urging  for- 
ward the  work  of  completion  of  the  Washing- 
ton monument.  While  living;  in  Europe  and 
at  other  times  he  wrote  diaries  and  autobio- 
graphical sketches  which  in  part  were  publish- 
ed in  Air.  Thomas  Greaves  Gary's  memoir  of 
him.  In  1788  Thomas  Handasyd  Perkins  mar- 
ried the  only  daughter  of  Simon  Elliot,  Es- 
quire, and  this  was  a  union  which  lasted  more 
than  sixty  years.  It  was  begun  with  the  ne- 
cessity for  rigid  economy,  but  the  connection 
doubtless  gave  an  important  turn  to  his  busi- 
ness career,  for  it  led  to  an  intimate  acquaint- 
ance with  Captain  James  Magee,  a  relative  of 
Mrs.  Perkins,  who  had  made  one  voyage  to 
China ;  and  it  was  in  the  ship  ".\strea,"  Cap- 
tain Magee,  master,  that  he  sailed  as  super- 
cargo, bound  for  Batavia  and  Canton  in  1789. 


The  surname  Guild,  Guld,  Guide 
GUILD     or  Guile,  is  of  Scotch  origin,  the 

records  showing  the  surname  as 
early  as  1449,  when  one  Alexander  Guide 
owned  property  at  Sterling.     In  the  sixteenth 


century  we  find  the  family  in  Dundee,  and  in 
the  seventeenth  in  Forfarshire  and  Perth.  The 
Scotch  family  may  have  descended  from  the 
Guille  family  of  the  Isle  of  Guernsey,  the 
original  seat  of  which  was  on  the  bay  called 
Saint,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Martin.  Accord- 
ing to  tradition  they  were  there  before  or  at 
the  time  of  the  Conquest.  At  the  dedication 
of  the  St.  Pierre  du  Bois  Church,  in  1167, 
John  Guille  is  mentioned  as  one  of  the  honor- 
able gentlemen  present.  The  name  of  Guille 
is  said  to  be  Xorman,  probably  the  Norman 
form  of  the  Latin  Acgidins,  or  Giles,  in  Eng- 
lish. The  Scotch  coat-of-arms  of  Guilds 
closely  resembles  that  of  the  Guernsey  family 
named  Guille. 

The  American  families  of  Guild  and  Guile 
are  descended  from  two  brothers,  John  Guild, 
mentioned  below,  and  Samuel  Guild,  who  with 
their  sister  Ann  arrived  in  Massachusetts 
about  1636  and  settled  in  Dedham.  They  were 
probablv  quite  young  when  they  came,  and  it 
is  conjectured  that  Ann  was  the  oldest,  being 
about  twenty,  John  about  eighteen,  and  Sam- 
uel sixteen  years  of  age.  Ann  married,  March 
16.  1638,  James  Allen,  and  in  1649  settled  in 
INIedfield.  Massachusetts,  adjoining  Dedham. 
Samuel  Guild  went  in  1640  to  Newbury,  Alas- 
sachusetts,  and  soon  afterward  joined  the  set- 
tlement at  Haverhill. 

(I)  John  Guild,  immigrant  ancestor  of  this 
branch  of  the  family,  was  born  probably  in 
England  about  161 6,  and  came  to  America  in 
1636,  with  his  brother  Samuel  and  sister  Ann. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  church  at  Dedham, 
July  17,  1640,  and  the  same  year  bought 
twelve  acres  of  upland  upon  which  he  built 
a  house,  which  was  occupied  by  himself  and 
descendants  for  more  than  two  hundred  years. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  10,  1643, 
and  as  one  of  the  original  grantees  was  as- 
signed three  roods  and  twelve  rods  of  land,  to 
which  he  added  by  further  grants  and  pur- 
chases much  real  estate  in  Dedham,  Wren- 
tham,  ]\Iedfield  and  Natick.  He  was  thor- 
oughly honest  in  all  his  dealings,  industrious 
and  frugal,  modest  in  his  deportment,  and  re- 
tiring in  his  habits.  He  never  held  any  of- 
fice, and  the  town  records  show  that  he  at- 
tended town  meetings  but  once  in  several 
years,  and  then  on  an  occasion  of  considerable 
excitement  in  relation  to  making  alterations 
and  additions  to  the  meeting  house.  He  mar- 
ried, June  24,  1645,  Elizabeth  Crooke,  of  Rox- 
bury,  who  died  August  31,  1699.  She  was  dis- 
missed from  the  Roxbury  church  July  4.  1649. 
He  died  October  4,  1682.  His  will  is  dated 
October   3,    and   proved    November    3,    1682. 


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Children:  i.  John,  bom  August  22,  1646; 
died  young.  2.  Samuel,  born  November  17, 
1647;  mentioned  below.  3.  John,  born  No- 
vember 29,  1649;  married  Sarah  Fisher.  4. 
Eliezur,  born  November  30,  1653;  died  June 
30,  1655.  5.  Ebenezer,  born  December  21, 
1657;  died  April  21,  166 1.  6.  Elizabeth,  born 
January  18,  1660.  7.  Benjamin,  born  May 
25,  1664;  died  young. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Guild,  was  born 
in  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  November  7,  1647, 
and  died  there  January  i,  1730.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  in  1675,  a  pri- 
vate in  Captain  Mosely's  company.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  at  Salem  in  T^Iay,  1678, 
and  in  1703  was  one  of  a  committee  to  invest 
and  manage  the  school  funds ;  was  selectman 
of  Dedham,  1693  to  1713;  and  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1719.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1767,  Mary  Woodcock,  born  March  9, 
1631-32,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ann  (Her- 
ring) ^\'oodcock,  of  Dedham.  Children:  i. 
Samuel,  born  October  12,  1677;  married 
Sarah  Hartshorn.  2.  Nathaniel,  born  Janu- 
ary 12,  1678;  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary, 
born  May  9,  1681  ;  died  May  27,  1768;  mar- 
ried. May,  1 7 14,  John  Euller,  of  Dedham.  4. 
John,  born  June  18,  1683;  died  October  29, 
1684.  5.  Deborah,  born  September  16,  1685. 
6.  John,  born  October  2,  1687;  married  Abi- 
gail Robinson.    7.  Israel,  born  June  11,  1690; 

married    Sarah    .      8.  Ebenezer,    born 

July  2^.  1692 ;  married  Abigail  Daggett.  9. 
Joseph,  born  September  13,  1694:  married 
Abigail  Fisher,  Hannah  Curtis  and  Beulah 
Peck.     10.  Elizabeth,  born  April  14,  1697. 

(III)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Samuel  Guild,  was 
born  in  Dedham,  January  12,  1678,  and  died 
there  January  28,  1774.  He  was  appointed  by 
Governor  Belcher.  October  10,  1736,  ensign  in 
Captain  Eben  Woodward's  Second  Foot  Com- 
pany. He  married  ?^Iehitable  Farrington,  or 
Hartshorn,  who  died  February  10.  1771.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mehitable,  born  February  18,  1707- 
08;  married,  September  23,  1726,  Jacob  Ellis. 
2.  ]\Iary,  born  October  24.  1709;  married 
John  Alorse.  3.  Nathaniel,  born  March  20, 
1712:  married  (first)  Mary  Boyden ;  (second) 
Ann  Rhodes.  4.  Susanna,  born  November 
23,  1 713;  died  September  2,  17 14.  5.  Sus- 
anna, born  Jime  6,  1717;  died  September  13, 
1742;  married  December  11,  1735,  Jacob  Hart. 
6.  Samuel,  born  July  13,  1719.  7.  Rebecca, 
born  September  6.  1721  :  died  .April  21,  1793: 
married,  January  28,  1742.  Deacon  Samuel 
Cony.  8.  Sarah,  born  April  18,  1723  ;  married, 
November   i.   1748,  Jonathan  Billings  Jr.     9. 


Moses,  born   Alay   14,    1725;   married   Rhoda 
Mann.     10.  Aaron,  mentioned  below. 

(1\')  Aaron,  son  of  Nathaniel  Guild,  was 
born  in  Dedham,  April  5,  1728,  died  at  South 
Dedham,  February  3,  1818.  He  was  known 
as  Esquire  Aaron,  and  more  commonly  as 
Major  Aaron.  He  was  in  the  Revolution,  in 
Captain  Fales'  company.  Colonel  Nichols' 
regiment,  as  ensign,  and  answered  the  Lex- 
ington alarm.  The  family  genealogy  says  that 
when  the  news  of  the  war  came,  he  with  his 
son  Aaron  was  plowing  in  a  field  in  front  of 
the  house,  and  that  he  left  his  oxen  and 
plough  standing  in  the  furrow  to  hasten  to 
the  scence  of  action,  arriving  in  time  to  fire 
upon  the  British,  who  were  fleeing  towards 
Boston.  During  the  war  he  held  various  of- 
fices. Member  of  committee  of  safety,  1774; 
muster  master,  1775  ;  in  1779  was  a  member 
of  the  committee  to  make  provisions  for  the 
families  of  non-commissioned  officers  and  sol- 
diers, and  in  1780-81  served  on  the  commit- 
tee of  correspondence  and  safety.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  June  i,  1752,  Sarah  Cony,  born 
April  18,  1733,  died  February  18,  1755, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Jr.,  and  Sarah  Cony. 
He  married  (second)  Anna  Cony,  born  Sep- 
tember 2^.  1728,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Sr. 
and  Abigail  ( Ayer )  Cony.  He  married 
(third)  December  11,  1777,  Sarah  May, 
of  Stoughton,  a  widow,  who  died  June  6, 
1812.  He  is  said  to  have  brought  her  home 
with  her  three  daughters  and  household  goods 
in  an  ox  cart.  Children  of  first  wife:  i. 
Aaron,  born  January  4,  1753;  married  Lydia 
Bacon.  2.  Oliver,  born  January  29,  1755 ; 
married  Anna  liullard.  Children  of  second 
wife:  3.  Sarah,  born  August  27,  1757,  died 
January  2;^.  1842;  married,  October  18,  1778, 
Abiathar  Fales.  4.  Jacob,  born  April  23, 
1760,  married  Chloe  May.  5.  Annah,  born 
^larch  19,  1762;  married,  March  18,  1784, 
Jonathan  Fuller.  6.  Joel,  born  January  20, 
1765;  mentioned  below.  7.  Abner,  born  May 
28,  1767;  died  May  12,  1792.  8.  Priscilla, 
born  April  2^,  1770:  married  November  24. 
1789,  David  Lewis.  9.  John,  born  August  5, 
1772;  married  Rebecca  Eaton.  10.  Nathaniel, 
born  June  23,  1775;  married  Hannah  Tyler. 

(V)  Joel,  son  of  Aaron  Guild,  was  born 
in  South  Dedham,  January  20,  1765,  and  died 
there  January  14,  1842.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  blacksmith  at  South  Dedham.  He  mar- 
ried, January  4,  1789,  Hannah  Weatherbee, 
born  May  13,  1766,  died  January  14,  1842. 
Children,  born  in  South  Dedham:  i.  Clar- 
issa, born  June  23,  1792;  died  March  3,  1854; 


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married,  September  7,  181 5,  Jesse  Morse.  2. 
Reuben,  born  September  20,  1793;  married 
Olive  Morse.  3.  Joel,  born  February  11, 
1796:  mentioned  below.  4.  Abner,  born  No- 
vember 27,  1798;  married  Mary  Fairbanks.  5. 
Benjamin,  born  June  14,  1800;  married  Electa 
A.  Keith.  6.  Horace,  born  November  24, 
1802 ;  married  Amelia  Fisher.  7.  Hannah, 
born  May  25,  1805  ;  married,  June  25,  1825, 
Rufus  Ellis.  8.  Warren,  born  :\Iay  i,  1808; 
married  Julia  A.  Woodward.  9.  Louisa,  born 
June  2,  1811;  married  (first)  February  4, 
1829,  Lewis  Ellis;  (second)  November  20, 
1843,  Samuel  Green. 

(VI)  Joel,  son  of  Joel  and  Hannah 
(\\'eatherbee)  Guild,  was  born  in  South 
Dedham,  February  11,  1796,  and  died  in  Nor- 
wood (formerly  South  Dedham),  December 
3,  1865.  He  was  a  blacksmith  and  fanner,  and 
lived  in  that  part  of  Dedham  which  became 
Norwood.  He  married,  at  Holliston,  June  i, 
1822,  Lucretia  Phipps,  born  May  15,  1801, 
died  January  14,  1890,  daughter  of  William 
and  Lucretia  (Plympton)  Phipps,  of  Ashland. 
Children:  i.  Joel  Anson,  born  April  13, 
1823 ;  mentioned  below.  2.  Lucretia  Jane, 
born  September  27,  1825 ;  married,  April  24, 
1854,  John  Newell  Smith,  of  South  Walpole, 
who  died  April  15,  1881  ;  children:  i.  Walter 
Newell,  born  May  19,  1855,  married  Sarah 
Chase,  of  Taunton,  Alassachusetts,  in  August, 
1883:  ii.  ]\Ielville  Guild,  born  1857,  died  1908, 
married,  in  1887,  Hattie  Lawrence  Bennett, 
of  Providence  Rhode  Island,  died  1891  ;  chil- 
dren:  Carl  Ellis,  1888-1891,  and  Hattie  Law- 
rence, 1891-1891  :  iii.  Lillian  Jane,  born  July 
19,  1859.  married  ]\Iay  22,  1879,  Charles  Her- 
bert Carter,  of  Franklin,  Massachusetts ;  chil- 
dren:  Blanche  Newell,  born  September  17, 
1 88 1,  married  H.  Howard  Noyes,  of  Chicago, 
April  24,  1907,  child  Newell  Carter  born  July 
15,  1908:  Florence  Putnam,  November  4, 
1883— September  6,  1884;  Herbert  Melville, 
born  January  2,  1891 ;  iv.  Ada  Estella,  born 
March  19,  1870,  married,  October,  1894, 
Charles  Heritage  Woodbury,  who  died  April 
26,  1907,  aged  27;  child,  Marion  Guild,  born 
May  5,  1903.  3.  John  Phipps,  born  March 
23.  1828,  died  young.  4.  Emily  Augusta,  born 
October  3,  1836;  married,  February  11,  1856, 
Lyman  B.  Nichols,  of  West  Amesbury ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Emma  Alcena,  born  March  26,  1857, 
married,  November  24,  i88r,  Charles  F.  Foss ; 
child.  Dr.  Ralph  Emery,  born  January  22, 
1883,  now  of  Peabody;  ii.  Horace  Lyman, 
born  February  22,  i860,  died  February  11, 
1864:    iii.  Herbert    Foster,    born    August    6, 


1862,  died  February  6,  1864;  iv.  Lizzie  Alice, 
born  December  12,  1864,  married  William 
Farmer,  of  Salem,  who  died  at  Thomas  Hos- 
pital, in  Peabody,  Massachusetts,  October  27, 
1909;  child,  Ruth  Nichols,  born  in  Salem,  Oc- 
tober 5,  1890;  V.  Louis  Lyman,  born  April 
2,  1867,  married,  June  16,  1897,  Mary  Louise 
Teague,  of  Peabody;  children:  Philip  Gard- 
ner, born  in  Peabody,  April  7,  1899,  and  John 
Teague,  born  in  Peabody,  December  15,  1905; 
vi.  Jennie  Florence,  born  C)ctober  31,  1869; 
vii.  Edmund  Sargent,  born  October  8,  1872, 
married,  October  5,  1898,  Alice  Merrill  Saw- 
yer, of  Peabody;  children:  Horace  Sawyer, 
born  in  Peabody,  July  2,  1899,  and  Emily 
Guild,  born  in  Peabody,  March  12,  1901 ;  viii. 
Marion  Rogers,  born  August  7,  1875 ;  ix. 
Harry  Guild,  born  June  15,  1883,  married, 
October  14,  1908,  Grace  Silsbee  Kezar,  of  Sa- 
lem ;  child :  Kezar  Guild,  born  1909.  5. 
Susan   Elizabeth,   born   February   11,   1842. 

(VII)  Joel  Anson,  son  of  Joel  Guild, 
was  born  at  South  Deadham,  (now  Norwood) 
Massachusetts,  April  13,  1823,  died  in  Brook- 
line,  March  15,  1890.  He  was  educated  in  pri- 
vate schools  and  lived  on  the  homestead.  On 
the  death  of  his  father  in  1865,  his  mother 
continued  to  live  on  the  place  a  short  time,  then 
moved  to  the  Phipps  homestead  in  Ashland, 
Massachusetts,  and  afterwards  lived  with  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Emily  Nichols,  in  Peabody, 
Massachusetts,  until  her  death  in  January, 
1890,  at  an  advanced  age.  When  a  young  man 
he  worked  in  the  office  of  the  registrar  of 
deeds  at  Dedham,  and  later  for  Benjamin 
Boyden,  in  South  Dedham,  as  clerk  in  his 
grocery  store.  He  purchased  a  grocery  busi- 
ness of  Jerry  Davenport  near  the  old  Punch 
Bowl  Tavern,  in  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  in 
1847,  and  for  many  years  conducted  it  with 
success.  He  erected  a  brick  business  block 
which  bears  his  name,  at  the  corner  of  Wash- 
ington and  Boylston  streets,  Brookline,  a  few 
years  later,  and  located  his  store  there,  build- 
ing up  a  very  extensive  business,  which  he 
conducted  until  his  retirement  in  1876,  when 
he  sold  his  interest  to  Francis  H.  Bacon.  Mr. 
Guild  held  many  positions  of  public  and  pri- 
vate trust,  being  on  the  board  of  assessors  of 
the  town  of  Brookline  for  a  period  of  eleven 
years,  previous  to  1876  for  a  number  of  years 
a  prominent  member  and  treasurer  of  the 
First  Parish  Church,  also  treasurer  of  the 
Bethany  Sunday  School  building  fund  for 
two  years,  a  member  of  Beth-horon  Lodge  of 
Free  Masons  until  his  death,  having  served  as 
treasurer  of  the  same  for  a  long  period.     He 


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was  also  treasurer  of  the  Brookline  Social 
Club,  vice-president  of  the  Brookline  Savings 
Bank  for  several  years,  president  of  the  First 
National  Bank  from  its  organization  until  his 
death,  and  treasurer  of  the  Brookline  Electric 
Light  Company  for  two  years  before  its  con- 
solidation with  the  Brookline  Gas  Company. 
He  was  faithful  to  every  trust  and  efficient  in 
every  office  that  he  filled.  It  was  a  lifelong 
habit  to  give  to  every  duty  and  task  that  fell 
to  his  lot  the  very  best  of  his  powers,  working 
conscientiously  and  thoroughly.  His  final  ill- 
ness was  caused  by  overwork  at  a  time  when 
the  burden  of  the  assessor's  office  fell  chiefly 
upon  him.  Those  who  were  in  his  employ  were 
among  his  most  sincere  friends,  for  he  was 
considerate  and  just  and  never  unreasonable 
in  his  demands  or  harsh  in  his  dealings  with 
employees.  He  possessed  to  the  fullest  degree 
the  love  and  respect  of  those  intimately  asso- 
ciated with  him  in  social  and  business  life.  He 
was  pleasant  and  agreeable  as  a  companion,  of 
uniform  good  temper  and  kindly  disposition. 
He  was  distinctly  popular  in  all  walks  of  life, 
and  had  many  friends  among  the  humble  as 
well  as  the  influential,  the  poor  as  well  as  the 
rich.  He  was  especially  devoted  to  his  family 
and  honored  and  beloved  in  his  home.  He 
loved  music  and  sang  for  many  years  in  the 
famous  Handel  and  Haydn  Society  of  Bos- 
ton. In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  for 
a  considerable  period  was  active  and  influen- 
tial in  the  choice  of  candidates  and  in  the  sup- 
port of  the  policies  of  his  party.  He  was  a 
lover  of  nature,  and  cultivated  flowers  in  his 
garden  as  a  form  of  recreation,  enjoying 
the  work.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Horticultural  Society.  He  loved  ani- 
mals, especially  dogs  and  horses,  and  owned 
some  fine  thoroughbreds.  He  was  fond  of 
hunting  and  fishing,  spending  many  happy 
hours  in  the  woods,  and  numbered  many 
sportsmen  of  similar  tastes  among  his  friends. 
During  the  funeral  services  the  stores  in 
Brookline  were  closed  as  a  mark  of  honor,  and 
flags  floated  at  half  mast  on  all  the  public 
buildings.  The  inscription  on  his  monument 
is  "Well  done,  good  and  faithful  servant". 

He  married  (first)  December  22,  1851,  Sus- 
anna Howard  Foster,  of  Brookline,  born  Oc- 
tober 22,  1822,  died  April  22,  1873,  daughter 
of  Lemuel  and  Sarah  (Ford)  Foster.  He 
married  (second)  September  i,  1874,  Sarah 
Ella  ]\Iaynard,  born  at  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Is- 
land, March  28,  1850,  daughter  of  William 
and  Patience  (Brownell)  Maynard,  of  Ports- 
mouth.    By  his  first  wife  he  had  one  child, 


Sarah  Foster,  born  in  Brookline,  July  12,  1855, 
married,  October  29,  1878,  George  Rogers, 
of  Brookline,  born  in  Boston,  Alay  29, 
185 1,  died  at  Bar  Harbor,  Maine,  August  13, 
1908.  Children:  i.  Madelaine  Guild,  born 
September  16,  1879,  a  student  at  Smith  Col- 
lege. 2.  Grace  Hovey,  born  January  31, 
188 1.      3.  Ethel    Dana,    born    September    23, 

1883. 

John  Rogers,  grandfather  of  George  Ro- 
gers, aforementioned,  was  born  in  Gloucester, 
December  i,  1748.  He  was  a  graduate  of 
Harvard  College,  1767,  and  died  in  Boston, 
November  24,  1827. 

Obituary  notice  of  Joliii  Rogers  Esq.,  who 
died  at  Gloucester,  November  24,  1827:  The 
death  of  the  venerable  John  Rogers  Esq.,  of 
this  town,  has  already  called  forth  expressions 
of  respect  for  his  character,  and  gratitude  for 
his  public  services  and  Christian  example, 
which  are  awarded  only  to  "the  memory  of 
the  just".  But  our  fellow-citizens  will  not 
be  satisfied  without  a  public  record  of  his  vir- 
tues, and  of  the  principal  services  which  he 
rendered  to  the  community.  We  shall  trace 
his  history  to  Rev.  John  Rogers,  of  London. 
Prebendary  of  St.  Paul's,  Vicar  of  St.  Sepul- 
chre's, and  Reader  of  Divinity.  This  eminent 
defender  of  Protestantism  was  one  of  the 
principal  authors  of  the  first  English  trans- 
lation of  the  Bible.-  His  learning  and  zeal  ren- 
dered him  a  dangerous  opponent  of  the 
Church  of  Rome ;  and  he  was  selected  as  the 
first  martyr  in  Queen  Mary's  reign.  He  was 
burnt  at  Smithfield,  February  4,  1555. 

(I)  John  Rogers,  of  London,  left  ten  chil- 
dren. It  is  not  known  from  which  of  these 
the  family  was  descended,  to  which  our  friend 
belonged ;  but  there  are  several  facts,  which 
lead  us  to  suppose  that  his  name  was  John.  It 
is  known  only  that  some  of  them  were  minis- 
ters, and  that  the  one  to  which  we  refer,  died 
at  an  early  age. 

(  III)  Rev.  John  Rogers,  of  Dedham,  in 
Essex,  was  educated  by  one  of  his  uncles.  He 
was  first  settled  at  Haverhill,  in  Suffolk,  but 
for  the  last  thirty-one  years  of  his  life  was  a 
highly   distinguished   preacher  at   Dedham. 

(IV)  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers,  second  son 
of  John  Rogers,  of  Dedham,  was  born  at  Ha- 
verhill, England,  about  the  year  1598,  and  was 
educated  at  Emanuel  College,  Cambridge.  Af- 
ter preaching  about  ten  years  he  removed  to 
America,  to  avoid  the  storm  of  persecution. 
He  arrived  in  November,  1635:  and  in  1638, 
February  20th,  was  ordained  colleague  pastor 
with  Mr.  Ward  or  Mr.  Norton,  of  the  church 


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at  Ipswich.  Massachusetts.  He  died  July  2nd, 
1655,  aged  57.  Nathaniel  Rogers  possessed 
a  slender  constitution  and  feeble  health ;  but 
he  was  eminently  distinguished  for  his  learn- 
ing and  piety.  Cotton  Mather  says  of  him: 
"He  was  one  of  the  greatest  men  that  ever 
set  foot  on  the  American  strand." 

(V)  Rev.  John  Rogers,  eldest  son  of  Na- 
thaniel, was  born  in  England,  about  the  year 
1630;  came  with  his  father  to  New  England, 
and  was  educated  at  Harvard  College.  He 
preached  occasionally  at  Ipswich,  but  devoted 
most  of  his  time  to  the  practice  of  physic  until 
1683,  when  he  was  chosen  president  of  Har- 
vard College.  He  died  on  Commencement 
day,  July  2nd,  1684. 

(VI)  Rev.  John  Rogers,  born  July  7th, 
1666,  was  eldest  son  of  the  former.  He  was 
educated  at  Harvard  College,  and  settled  as 
colleague  pastor  with  Rev.  Jabez  Fitch,  at  Ips- 
wich. He  was  an  eminent  preacher,  and  a 
pattern  of  virtue,  and  continued  in  the  min- 
istry till  his  death,  December  28th,  1745. 

(VII)  Rev.  John  Rogers,  eldest  son  of  the 
former,  was  born  January  19th,  1692;  was 
educated  at  Harvard  College,  and  settled  at 
Kittery.     He  died  October  i6th,  1773. 

(Vlin  Rev.  John  Rogers,  pastor  of  the 
church  in  the  Town  Parish,  Gloucester,  was 
the  eldest  son  of  Mr.  Rogers  of  Kittery.  He 
was  born  August  7th,  1719';  educated  at  Har- 
vard College,  and  died  October  4th,  1732. 

(IX)  John  Rogers  Esq.,  was  the  eldest  son 
of  Rev.  John  Rogers,  of  Gloucester.  He  was 
born  at  Gloucester,  December  i,  (old  style) 
1748;  was  educated  for  college  partly  by  his 
father  and  partly  by  his  grandfather  at  Kit- 
tery, and  graduated  at  Cambridge  in  1767.  He 
died  November  24th,  1827.  Immediately  after 
he  graduated  he  commenced  teaching  a  school 
in  Manchester.  He  afterwards  engaged  in  the 
same  employment  at  Gloucester,  and  continued 
in  it  for  more  than  forty  years.  In  1782  he 
was  elected  town  clerk,  and  continued  faith- 
fully to  perform  the  duties  of  that  office  till 
the  time  of  his  death,  a  period  of  almost  forty- 
six  years.  His  integrity  and  the  stability  of 
his  principles  were  so  well  known  and  highly 
appreciated,  that  his  claims  to  this  office  were 
scarcely  disputed,  even  in  times  of  the  highest 
political  excitement.  It  has  been  justly  re- 
marked, that  this  fact  is  also  highly  creditable 
to  his  fellow-citizens. 

Mr.  Rogers  held  the  office  of  notary  public 
for  many  years;  and  discharged  the  duties  of 

Note. — The  dates  mentioned  in  the  above  notice, 
which  occurred  before  the  alteration  of  the  Style,  are 
given    in    Old    Style. 


several  temporary  offices  with  uniform  pro- 
priety. As  a  man  of  business,  he  was  dis- 
tinguished for  punctuality  and  exactness. 
These,  added  to  his  integrity  and  a  mind  clear, 
prompt,  and  vigorous,  were  the  qualifications 
which  he  brought  to  every  duty.  It  was  easy 
at  all  times  to  discover  in  him  that  indepen- 
dence of  principle,  which  rendered  his  ances- 
tors so  eminent  in  times  of  persecution.  It  is 
not  common  in  these  days,  when  all  opinions 
are  tolerated  and  the  way  to  heaven  is  ren- 
dered so  broad  that  few  or  none  can  miss  it, 
for  any  one  to  find  occasion  to  manifest  the 
boldness  and  inflexibility  which  distinguished 
the  martyrs ;  but  in  ;\Ir.  Rogers  they  showed 
themselves  so  fully,  even  in  the  smallet  con- 
cerns, as  to  leave  no  doubt  that  his  virtue 
was  equal  to  any  trial. 

His  education  was  designed  to  prepare  lum 
for  the  ministry,  but  he  entertained  doubts  of 
his  spiritual  preparation,  and  these  continued 
to  embarrass  his  mind  even  to  an  advanced 
age.  About  ten  years  since,  a  striking  im- 
provement took  place  in  his  feelings  and  ha- 
bits ;  and  since  that  period  he  has  given  ample 
evidence  to  his  friends  and  the  world  that 
Christian  faith  and  charity  were  living  and 
abiding  principles  within  him.  But,  by  sev- 
eral causes,  he  was  prevented  from  making  a 
public  profession  of  religion  till  about  a  year 
before  his  death.  All  who  knew  him  in- 
timately will  bear  witness,  that  his  soul  was 
refreshed  with  the  elements  of  life,  and  that 
he  has  enjoyed  peace  in  believing.  The  ex- 
ample of  Mr.  Rogers  is  highly  valuable,  when 
we  consider  him  as  the  friend  of  civil,  social, 
and  religious  order :  as  the  zealous  and  faith- 
ful supporter  of  public  worship ;  as  the  warm 
friend  of  the  ministry ;  as  one  who  delighted 
to  tread  the  courts  of  the  Lord. 

The  children  of  ]\Ir.  Rogers  were  four  sons 
and  four  daughters  ;  two  only  of  the  latter  sur- 
vive him.  His  affection  for  his  children  and 
for  his  family  connections  was  very  remark- 
able :  but  were  we  to  attempt  a  description  of 
his  domestic  virtues  our  failure  would  but  add 
to  the  pain  which  his  death  has  inflicted.  He 
retained  his  reason  even  in  his  last  moments, 
and  employed  them  in  giving  the  most  salutary 
advice  to  his  children  and  friends.  His  mind 
was  perfectly  calm. — the  glorious  morning  of 
the  resurrection  seemed  to  be  dawning  upon 
his  soul ;  he  welcomed  it  as  the  messenger  sent 
to  prove  his  love,  and  replied  "Lord  Thou 
knowest  all  things ;  Thou  knowest  that  I  love 
Thee". 

"Though  round  his  breast  the  rolling  clouds  were  spread 
Eternal  sunshine  settled  on  his  head." 


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George  Rogers,  father  of  George  Rogers, 
aforementioned,  was  born  in  Gloucester, 
June  17,  1792,  died  July  30,  1863.  He 
was  reared  in  Gloucester,  prepared  for 
college  in  its  public  schools,  and  was 
proficient  in  Hebrew  and  Greek.  He 
studied  law  with  Judge  Abbott,  and  had  as 
associates  Rufus  Choate,  Albert  Treat  and 
other  eminent  men.  He  was  one  of  the  incor- 
porators of  the  Douglas  Axe  Manufacturing 
Company,  becoming  its  treasurer  and  later  its 
president,  in  which  latter  position  he  con- 
tinued until  his  death.  He  took  a  deep  inter- 
est in  religious  matters  and  was  deacon  of 
Xehemiah  Adams  Union  Church  and  later 
was  connected  with  the  old  Essex  Street 
Church.  He  was  a  man  of  sound  judgment 
and  good  business  qualities,  and  was  at  differ- 
ent times  appointed  administrator  and  settled 
a  number  of  estates.  He  died  July  30,  1863. 
He  married  for  his  third  wife  Mrs.  John 
Doane,  whose  maiden  name  was  Sarah  Caro- 
line Hovey,  born  in  Charlestovvn,  Massachu- 
setts, June  19,  1809,  died  in  Brookline,  Au- 
gust 25,  1898.  She  married  (first)  October 
4,  1830,  John  Doane  of  Charlestown,  Massa- 
chusetts, by  whom  she  had  five  children:  i. 
John  Francis,  born  September  21,  1831,  de- 
ceased. 2.  Arthur  Somerville,  born  October 
8,  1833,  married  Alarch.  1887,  Sara  Hatha- 
way Rowan,  of  Mississippi ;  in  engraving  bus- 
iness on  Kilby  street,  Boston.  3.  Frederick 
Henry,  born  October  30,  1835,  resides  in  Par- 
sons, Kansas ;  married  Selena  Harlan,  of  Mis- 
souri ;  children,  Frederick,  deceased,  and 
Adele.  4.  Sarah  Hovey,  born  June  22,  1839, 
married  Samuel  A.  Wheelright,  of  Boston, 
since  deceased ;  children :  i.  Isabelle,  married 
Edward  W'estcott  Peckham,  of  Rhode  Island, 
children :  Margaret  and  Ellen ;  and  ii.  Harral, 
deceased.  5.  Heman,  died  in  infancy.  Chil- 
dren of  George  and  Sarah  Caroline  (Hovey 
Doane)  Rogers:  i.  Isabel,  died  in  infancy. 
2.  Caroline  Frothingham,  born  May  23,  1847, 
died  September  7.  1866.  3.  George  Jr..  see 
forward.  4.  Grace  Adams,  born  February 
22,  1856:  married  November  5,  1879,  Joseph 
Daniefs  Leland,  of  Boston,  who  died  January 
17,  1887:  children,  Amory,  born  in  Boston, 
August  15,  1880;  Elizabeth  Carter,  born  in 
Longwood,  Massachusetts,  October  8,  1883; 
Joseph  Daniels,  born  in  Longwood,  June  16, 
1885,   a   student  at  Harvard   College. 

George  Rogers,  aforementioned  as  the  hus- 
band of  Sarah  Foster  Guild,  was  born  in  Bos- 
ton, May  29,  185 1,  and  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic   schools    there.      Although    urged    by    his 


father  to  enter  Harvard  College  and  study  for 
the  ministry,  he  preferred  a  business  career, 
and  when  a  young  man  became  engaged  in  the 
boot  and  shoe  business  as  a  traveling  sales- 
man, remaining  for  a  short  period  of  time. 
He  then  entered  the  Douglas  Axe  Manufac- 
turing Company,  of  which  his  father  was 
formerly  president  and  treasurer,  and  re- 
mained with  this  company  until  it  dissolved. 
Later  he  took  a  position  with  the  N.  Boynton 
&  Sons  Company,  now  Wellington,  Sears  & 
Company,  remaining  with  them  until  1907, 
when  because  of  failing  health  he  retired  and 
established  an  agency  at  Xo.  120  Milk  street 
for  the  sale  of  coal  for  concerns  having  offices 
in  Charlestown,  Cambridge,  Boston  and 
Brookline,  which  business  he  continued  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death.  He  took  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  public  affairs  of  Brookline  and 
filled  the  office  of  auditor  for  several  terms. 
He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Riverdale 
Casino  of  Brookline.  His  favorite  diversion 
was  fishing,  and  he  was  also  a  devotee  of 
tennis  and  of  various  indoor  games  such  as 
bowling  and  billiards.  The  house  in  Garland 
street,  Boston,  where  he  was  born,  is  the 
original  "Hale  House."  It  has  been  used  by 
that  organization  for  several  years,  and  still 
remains  in  the  possession  of  the  Rogers  fam- 
ily. Mr.  and  "Sirs.  Rogers  celebrated  the  an- 
niversary of  their  silver  wedding,  October  29, 
1903.  The  minister  who  married  them.  Rev. 
Howard  N.  Brown,  now  of  King's  Chapel, 
Boston,  and  all  the  ushers  were  present,  an 
unusual  occurrence. 

The  following  was  written  by  Mr.  Charles 
F.  Read,  of  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  on  Mr. 
Rogers'  death.  August  13,  1908,  and  was  pub- 
lished by  him  in  the  Brookline  Chronicle  of 
August  22,  1908:  "The  news  of  the  death  of 
Mr.  George  Rogers  brought  sorrow  to  a  large 
circle  of  relations  and  friends;  to  the  writer, 
who  had  been  close  to  him  for  almost  fifty 
years,  his  passing  caused  grief  exceeded  only 
by  that  of  his  immediate  family.  Although 
Mr.  Rogers'  health  had  steadily  failed  for 
several  months,  it  was  hoped  that  he  might 
yet  be  restored  to  health  and  regain  the 
particularly  fresh  and  manly  vigor  that  had 
been  his  for  so  many  years.  He  was  happiest 
in  his  home  life  when  surrounded  by  his  fam- 
ily, and  they  were  to  him  pleasant  moments 
when  his  friends  were  partaking  of  his  hos- 
pitalitv.  Although  not  a  native  of  Brookline, 
he  had  learned  by  long  residence  to  love  the 
town  and  its  institutions  and  it  was  to  him 
a  pleasant  place  to  dwell  in.    He  was  also  glad 


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to  serve  the  municipality  in  an  official  capacity 
and  he  did  the  service  skillfully  and  faith- 
fully." In  recognition  of  his  services  as  audi- 
tor, the  flag  on  the  town  hall  was  at  half- 
mast. 


The  surname  of  this  family, 
TAPPAN     originally  written  Topham,  or 

De  Topham,  was  assumed 
from  a  place  of  that  name  in  Yorkshire,  up- 
on the  introduction  of  surnames  in  England. 
The  family  of  Topham  anciently  possessed 
the  greater  part  of  the  vale  of  Coverdale,  in 
Yorkshire,  and  Richard  Topham,  from  whom 
there  has  been  a  continual  male  succession, 
held  the  lordship  and  property  of  Caldburgh, 
in  Coverdale,  during  the  time  of  Henry  V., 
1420.  The  earliest  mention  of  the  family  in 
the  registry  of  the  Archbishop  of  York  is 
found  in  the  will  of  John  Topham,  of  Pately 
Bridge,  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  dated 
May  r,  1403.  It  divides  his  property  between 
his  wife  Elizabeth  and  his  sons  and  daugh- 
ters. In  England  the  name  is  spelled  Top- 
han,  Topham,  Toppan  and  Tappan  ;  in  Amer- 
ican the  two  spellings  of  Tappan  and  Toppin 
are  in  common  use. 

(I)  Robert  Topham  resided  at  Linton,  near 
Pately  Bridge,  Yorkshire,  England.  His  will 
made  in  January,  1550,  proved  in  the  archbi- 
shop's court  at  York  in  February  same  year, 
mentions  sons  Edward,  Thomas,  John,  Wil- 
liam and  Robert ;  daughter  Agnes ;  a  legacy 
to  Ellen  Topham ;  and  appoints  his  son  Rob- 
ert executor. 

(II)  Thomas,  second  son  of  Robert  Top- 
ham, was  of  Arnecliffe  in  Craven,  and  died 
in  1589.  His  will  was  dated  April  24,  1588, 
and  in  it  he  desires  to  be  buried  in  the  church 
of  Arnecliffe ;  mentions  wife  Isabel ;  sons  Ed- 
ward, Anthony,  Eawrence,  Henry  and  Wil- 
liam ;  daughter  Isabella ;  and  legacies  to  each 
of  his  grandchildren.  Of  his  children,  Ed- 
ward will  be  mentioned  below  ;  Anthony  was 
also  of  Arnecliffe,  and  his  will,  dated  July, 
1623,  mentions  wife  Agnes,  son  Anthony, 
daughter  Isabel  and  brother  Lawrence ;  Law- 
rence, from  whom  are  descended  Sir  William 
Topham  and  the  Tophams  of  Holderness  and 
Middleham  Hall,  was  of  Calbridge  in  Cover- 
ham,  and  his  wife's  name  was  .\gnes. 

(HI)  Edward,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and 
Isabel  Topham,  was  of  Aiglethorpe,  near 
Linton.  His  pedigree  is  recorded  in  the  Col- 
lege-of-Arms  with  the  following  armorial 
bearings :  Arms  :  Ar.  chev.  gu.  between  three 
cranes'  heads,  cr.  sa.  Crest:  Two  serpents  en- 


twined about  a  Maltese  cross,  patee,  fichee. 
Motto:  Cruce  non  prudentia.  The  Tappan 
coat  of  arms  may  be  seen  in  the  public  li- 
brary in  Newburyport,  Massachusetts.     His 

wife's  name  was  Margery  .  Children : 

I.  Henry,  reader  of  Gray's  Inn,  London,  Es- 
quire, parish  of  St.  Martyne,  city  of  York.  His 
will  is  dated  April  29,  1612,  and  he  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Darley,  of  Kill- 
inghunt.  2.  Edward,  counsellor  of  Gray's 
Inn,  Esquire,  married  Anne,  daughter  of 
John  Scroope,  of  Danby;  had  six  children, 
one  of  whom,  Erancis,  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Edward  Payler,  Baronet ;  another 
Henry  was  slain  at  Marston  Moor,  1644.  3. 
Matthew,  an  alderman  of  the  city  of  York, 
died  1633.  4.  William,  see  forward.  5.  Chris- 
topher, of  York,  died  1626.  6.  Godfrey.  7. 
Thomas. 

(IV)  William,  fourth  son  of  Edward  and 
Margery  Topham,  resided  some  time  at  Cal- 
bridge. He  spelled  his  name  Toppan,  or 
Tophan.  He  had  wife  Cecelia,  and  children : 
Abraham,  see  forward ;  Cecelia  (Cicely),  bap- 
tized February  27,  1608  ;  Isaac,  died  January, 
1612. 

(\')  Abraham,  son  of  William  and  Cecelia 
Toppan,  was  baptized  April  10,  1606,  lived 
for  some  time  in  Yarmouth,  county  Nor- 
folk, and  died  November  5,  1672,  in  the  house 
on  "Toppan  Lane"  which  he  had  built  about 
1670  for  his  son  Jacob ;  this  house  was  still 
standing  in  1907,  and  until  recently  was 
owned  and  occupied  without  interruption  by 
his  descendants.  May  10,  1637.  Abraham 
Toppan,  his  wife,  two  children,  his  wife's 
mother  and  servant,  Anne  Goodin,  sailed 
from  Yarmouth  in  the  ship  "Mary  Ann" 
("Rose"?)  for  New  England.  He  was  ad- 
mitted into  the  township  of  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  16,  1637,  and  at  various 
times  in  the  following  year  grants  of  land 
were  made  him,  and  he  built  his  dwelling 
house  near  the  meeting  house,  a  few  rods 
north  of  the  house  of  Richard  Adams,  and 
between  that  house  and  another,  owned  by 
the  heirs  of  the  late  Joseph  Toppan,  a  de- 
scendant. He  made  sundry  voyages  to  the 
Barbadoes,  some  of  which  were  profitable, 
bringing  home  sugar,  cotton,  wool  and  mo- 
lasses. In  his  will,  dated  June  30,  1670,  he 
savs  he  has  done  for  his  son  Peter  more  than 
he  can  for  the  other  children.  He  married 
Susanna  Taylor,  born  in  1607,  died  March 
20,  1689,  daughter  of  Susanna  Taylor,  who 
inherited  considerable  property  from  a  sec- 
ond husband.  John   Goodale,  of  Yarmouth, 


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and  who  died  in  Newbury,  April  8,  1647.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Peter,  see  forward.  2.  Elizabeth, 
born  in  England,  October  16,  1635  >  married, 
March  21,  1657,  Samuel  Alighill,  of  Rowley. 
3.  Abraham,  born  in  Newbury,  1644 ;  mar- 
ried, November  9,  1670,  Ruth,  daughter  of 
John  Pike ;  children  all  died  young  at  Wood- 
bridge,  New  Jersey.  4.  Jacob,  mentioned 
elsewhere.  5.  Susanna,  born  in  Newbury, 
June  13,  1649.  6.  John,  born  in  Newbury, 
April  23,  165 1 ;  married  (first)  September  3, 
1688,  J\Iartha  Brown :  (second)  1717,  Ruth 
Heard.  7.  Isaac,  born  in  Newbury,  removed 
to  W'oodbridge,  Middlesex  county.  New  Jer- 
sey, with  his  brother  Abraham,  under  the  au- 
spices of  the  colony  in  charge  of  Rev.  John 
Woodbridge,  in  the  summer  of  1665 !  married 
(first)  September  29,  1669,  Hannah  Kent ; 
(second)  March  27,  1691.  Mary  [March.  Many 
of  his  descendants  are  now  in  New  Jersey,  at 
Liberty,  Indiana,  and  in  the  middle  west. 

(VI)  Dr.  Peter  Tappan,  eldest  child  of 
Abraham  and  Susanna  (Taylor)  Toppan,  was 
born  in  England,  in  1634,  and  died  November 
3,  1701,  from  the  effects  of  a  fall.  He  was  a 
physician  in  Newbury  and  a  member  of  one 
of  the  five  companies  into  which  the  sheep 
owners  of  Newbury  were  divided,  being  the 
third  largest  owner,  with  eighty  sheep.  "He 
traded  at  sea,"  and  was  the  owner  of  a  negro 
slave  valued  at  thirty  pounds.  He  subscribed 
to  the  oath  of  allegiance  in  1678.  His  sons 
Peter  and  Samuel  were  administrators  of  his 
estate,  appointed  ]\Iarch  ti.  1708.  He  mar- 
ried, April  3,  1661,  Jane,  daughter  of  Chris- 
topher and  Anne  (Bayton)  Batt  (now  Bates). 
She  was  born  in  England  about  1634.  In  the 
record  of  deaths  at  Salisbury,  Massachusetts, 
is  the  name  of  "Mrs.  Ann  Batt,  sister  to 
Abraham  Toppan  of  Newbury."  In  her  will, 
dated  March  14,  1678,  she  mentions  Ann, 
wife  of  Edmund  Angier,  of  Cambridge,  and 
Jane,  wife  of  Peter  Toppan,  "to  have  lands, 
etc.,  in  Salisbury  and  Amesbury."     Children : 

1.  Peter,  born  December  8,  1662,  died  young. 

2.  Elizabeth,  October  13,  1665  ;  married,  De- 
cember, 1685,  NathanieE  Clark,  of  Newbury. 

3.  Peter,  December  22,  1667;  married,  April 
28,  1696,  Sarah  Greenleaf.  4.  Samuel,  born 
in  Newbury,  June  5,  1670,  died  there,  Octo- 
ber 30,  1750:  married,  June  3,  1701,  Abigail, 
born  March  20.  1681,  died  January  28,  1771, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Michael  Wigglesworth,  of 
Maiden,  Massachusetts  ;  the  house  in  which 
thev  lived  was  built  in  1700  and  was  still 
standing  in  1879.  5.  Christopher,  see  for- 
ward.   6.  Jane,  born  January  4,  1674. 


(VII)  Rev.  Christopher  Toppan,  A.  M., 
D.  D.,  fourth  son  and  fifth  child  of  Dr.  Peter 
and  Jane  (Batt)  Toppan,  was  born  in  New- 
bury, December  15,  1671,  and  died  July  23, 
1747.  He  was  graduated  from  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1691,  and  ordained  fourth  pastor  of 
the  Eirst  Church  in  Newbury,  September  9, 
1696.  Coffin,  in  his  "History  of  Newbury" 
says:  "Dr.  Toppan  was  a  man  of  talents,  en- 
ergy, and  decision  of  character,  and  'would 
speak  his  mind.'  An  instance  of  this  latter 
trait  is  as  follows :  A  man  and  his  wife  pre- 
sented a  child  for  baptism.  Not  having  con- 
fidence in  the  man's  sincerity,  he  addressed 
the  congregation  in  these  words,  while  per- 
ferming  the  rite :  T  baptize  this  child  wholly 
on  the  woman's  account.'  "  On  his  monu- 
ment in  the  graveyard  opposite  the  church 
on  High  street,  in  Newbury,  is  the  following 
inscription :  "Here  lies  buried  the  body  of 
Rev.  Christopher  Toppan,  Master  of  Arts, 
fourth  Pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  New- 
bury; a  Gentleman  of  good  learning,  con- 
spicuous for  Piety  and  Virtue,  shining  both 
by  his  Doctrine  and  Life,  skilled  and  greatly 
improved  in  the  Practice  of  Physick  and  Sur- 
gery, who  deceased  July  23,  1747,  in  the  76th 
year  of  his  age  and  51st  of  his  Pastoral  Of- 
fice." Pie  married  (first)  December  13,  1698, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Edmund  Angier,  of  Cam- 
bridge. Children:  i.  Christopher,  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Edmund,  born  in  Newbury,  De- 
cember 7,  1 70 1  ;  graduated  from  Harvard 
College,  1720;  married,  July  29,  1727,  Sarah 
Wingate.  of  Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  3. 
Bezaleel.  March  7,  1705;  graduated  from 
Harvard  College,  1722;  was  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  re- 
maining there  two  years ;  it  is  said  that  he 
preached  the  first  sermon  in  Concord,  1728, 
under  an  oak  tree.  He  settled  in  Salem, 
[Massachusetts,  as  pastor  and  physician ; 
married  Sarah  Barton,  of  that  town,  and  died 
in  1762.  4.  Sarah,  in  1707,  married  October 
9,  1735,  Ezekiel  Mighill.  5.  Eunice,  born  in 
1710,  married  September  6,  1739,  Eleazer 
Pierce.  6.  Susanna,  married  April  12,  1739, 
Benjamin  Woodbridge,  a  descendant  of  Gov- 
ernor Thomas  Dudley.  Rev.  Christopher 
Tappan  married  (second),  January  28,  1739, 
Elizabeth  Dummer. 

(\'III)  Christopher  (2).  eldest  child  of  Rev. 
Christopher  (i)  and  Sarah  (Angier)  Toppan, 
wns  born  in  Newbury,  February  24,  1700, 
and  settled  in  North  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  married  Rachel  .  of  Ken- 
sington, New  I-Iampshire  (?),  and  had:  Chris- 


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topher,  concerning  whom  see  forward.  His 
widow  married  (second),  October  9,  I739' 
Benoni  Selly  (Cilley),  of  Salisbury  and  Sea- 
brook,  whose  first  wife  was  EHnor  Getchell, 
and  had:  Mary,  born  March  8,  1740,  and  Abi- 
gail, born  February  9,  1742. 

(IX)  Christopher  (3),  only  child  of  Chris- 
topher (2)  and  Rachel  Toppan,  was  born  in 
Exeter,  New  Hampshire  in  1725,  and  died  in 
Sandwich  in  1806.  He  was  one  of  the  origi- 
nal proprietors  of  Sandwich,  New  Hamp- 
shire, to  which  he  removed  from  Exeter  in 
1768,  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  cabinet 
maker.  In  the  old  Toppan  house  in  Sand- 
wich, now  owned  by  his  descendant,  Daniel 
L.  Tappan,  of  Arlington,  Massachusetts,  are 
many  pieces  of  furniture  and  a  clock  made  by 
him  or  his  son.  He  married  Sally  Eaton,  of 
Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  born  July  23,  1726, 
died  in  Sandwich  in  1807,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Hannah  (Worthen)  Eaton.  Children: 
Hulda,  christened  August  20,  1749:  married 
Menjamin  Scribner.  2.  John,  christened  No- 
vember 17,  1754,  died  young.  3.  Samuel, 
christened  May  14,  1758,  died  in  Tamworth ; 
was  a  farmer  and  a  representative  to  the  leg- 
islature. 4.  John,  christened  July  6,  1760, 
died   in   New   Haven,    Connecticut :   married 

Lydia    ,    of   that   town,    and    had    one 

child.  5.  Abraham,  see  forward.  6,  Sarah, 
born  in  Exeter;  married  (first)  Luther  Cook, 
(second)  William  Page.  7.  Rachel,  born  in 
Sandwich ;  married  Samuel  Fairfield.  8. 
Elisha,  born  in  Sandwich,  died  young. 

About  this  time  several  branches  of  this 
family  agreed  to  make  the  spelling  of  the 
family  name  uniform,  and  write  it  Tappan. 
Among  those  who  adopted  this  spelling  were 
the  brothers  Arthur,  Lewis,  Benjamin  and 
John  Tappan  ;  Weare  Tappan,  of  Bradford, 
New  Hampshire,  father  of  Mason  W.  Tap- 
pan,  attorney  general  of  the  state  of  New 
Hampshire ;  and  Abraham  Tappan,  men- 
tioned below. 

(X)  Abraham  Tappan,  fourth  son  and  fifth 
child  of  Christopher  ('3)  and  Sally  (Eaton) 
Toppan,  was  born  in  Exeter,  New  Hampshire, 
March  8,  1763,  christened  March  13,  and  died 
in  Sandwich,  May,  1839,  he  and  his  first  wife 
being  buried  in  the  Free  Baptist  graveyard  at 
Centre  Sandwich.  In  1768  he  accompanied 
his  father  to  Sandwich,  where  he  was  reared 
on  the  farm  and  received  a  common  school 
education.  Like  his  father  he  was  a  cabinet 
maker  by  trade,  and  followed  this  calling 
throughout  the  active  years  of  his  life,  in  ad- 
dition to  farming.    He  married  (first),  March 


6,  1784,  Ruth,  died  in  Sandwich,  April,  1804, 
daughter  of  James  and  Ruth  (Carr)  Hazzard, 
of  Chester,  New  Hampshire,  who  were  of 
Scotch-Irish  descent.  Children:  i.  Anne, 
born  in  Sandwich.  2.  Betsey,  born  in  Sand- 
wich. 3.  John,  born  in  Sandwich.  4.  Sally, 
born  August  20,  1794,  died  1866;  married, 
November  28,  1821,  Moses  Hoit,  born  1791, 
died  1875;  children:  Rhoda,  married  Benja- 
min Fry;  Eliza;  James  Tappan,  born  1822, 
died  January  27,  1892;  Sarah,  married  Hub- 
bard Leach,  of  Moultonborough ;  Moses, 
married  Lvdia  Smith,  of  Sandwich.  5.  Ruth, 
born  in  Sandwich,  died  young.  6.  Mary,  born 
in  Sandwich,  died  in  1830.  7.  James  Haz- 
zard, born  May  18,  1798,  died  in  Moulton- 
borough ;  married  Dolly  Smith,  of  New 
Hampton ;  children  :  Charles,  born  1826,  died 
young :  George,  married  Bethia  Bennet,  and 
David  Rowe,  of  North  Sandwich  ;  Smith,  died 
young;  Susan,  born  June  25,  1828,  married 
had  two  children ;  Mary,  married  Charles 
Hunttress,  of  Moultonborough ;  Eliza,  mar- 
ried Nathaniel  Fry,  of  Sandwich;  Harriet; 
Smith,  living  in  Moultonborough ;  Sarah, 
married  John  Fry.  8.  Jonathan,  born  March 
16,  1800,  died  March  14,  1880;  married, 
March  8,  1823,  Dorothy  Beede,  born  January 
5,  1803,  died  October  28,  1880,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Lucy  (March)  Heard,  of  Sand- 
wich ;  children :  i.  Admund  March,  born  Sep- 
tember 3,  1824,  died  in  Lawrence,  Massachu- 
setts, December  12,  i860;  he  was  graduated 
from  Dartmouth  College  in  1852,  was  prin- 
cipal for  a  time  of  Geauga  Seminary,  Chester, 
Ohio,  and  was  ordained  in  Foster,  Rhode  Is- 
land, August  18,  1832;  he  married,  August 
15,  1849,  Lucretia  Logee,  born  May  7,  1822, 
in  Burrillville,  Rhode  Island ;  children :  An 
infant  son  of  Eva  ]\Iarch ;  ii.  Ruth  Ann,  born 
April  3,  1826,  married,  March  30,  1845, 
Stephen  Vittum,  born  September  10,  1817; 
children :  Louisa  Everline,  Mary  Elizabeth, 
Clara  .\nna,  Edmund  March  and  Bertha ;  iii. 
Charles  Langdon,  born  in  Moultonborough, 
New  Hampshire,  June  26,  1828,  died  in  Con- 
cord, February  23,  1902 ;  was  graduated  from 
Amherst  College  in  1858,  in  East  Windsor 
Theological  Seminary  until  i860,  and  was 
graduated  from  Andover  Theological  Semin- 
ary in  1861  ;  ordained  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota, 
January  28,  1864;  married.  May  18,  1876,  Al- 
mira  Remington,  born  August  24,  1833,  died 
August  8,  1899,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Al- 
myra  (Sprague)  Rice,  of  Natick,  Rhode  Is- 
land, and  granddaughter  of  Governor  Sprague 
of  that  state;  iv.  Jonathan,  born  in  Moulton- 


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borough,  October  18,  1830,  died  May  14,  1832 ; 
V.  Lucy  March,  born  October  27,  1832,  died 
in  San(^\vich,  November  15,  1896;  married 
(first j,  April  11,  1858,  Samuel  Wallace  Jr., 
born  July  6,  1823,  died  June  11,  1867,  chil- 
dren :  Freeman  Leslie,  Flora,  Flora  Eda  and 
Ira  Tuttle;  married  (second),  March  12,  1875, 
Orrin  Clough,  of  Ashland,  who  died  in  De- 
cember, 1 88 1 ;  vi.  Caroline  Isabel,  born  Oc- 
tober 31,  1835,  married,  March  10,  1859, 
Asahel  .\dams  Wallace,  born  May  16,  1825, 
died  ]\Iarch  24,  1896;  children:  Charles 
Langdon,  Christopher  Tappan,  Emma  Lizzie, 
Marcellus  Copelyn,  Margery  \ictoria,  Dolly 
Heard,  Mary  Huntress,  Asahel  Horace,  Fred- 
erick William  and  Almira  Rice;  viii.  Dolly 
Annette,  born  April  8,  1840,  died  July  13, 
1865;  married,  December  16,  1858,  William 
Chase  Mudgett,  of  Sandwich,  born  February 
23,  1834;  children:  Josephine,  Leonard  and 
an  infant  son;  ix.  Ceville  Corlin,  born  Sep- 
tember 4,  1843,  d'^d  November  12,  of  the 
same  year;  x.  William  Leslie,  in  Sandwich, 
September  15,  1844,  enlisted  in  the  Union 
army,  September  12,  1864,  discharged  June 
7,  1865,  and  died  in  Sandwich,  September  14, 
1866,  from  the  effects  of  a  disease  contracted 
while  in  service.  9.  Ruth,  born  in  Sandwich 
in  1802,  died  young.  10.  A  son,  born  in 
Sandwich  in  1804,  who  lived  but  three  weeks. 
Abraham  Tappan  married  (second;,  Ann 
Blanchard.  Children:  11.  Lucy,  born  Au- 
gust 8,  1805,  died  April  8,  1887;  married  Eben 
Tilton;  children.  Albert,  born  September, 
1825,  died  August,  1895,  married  Sarah  Holt, 
of    Moultonborough ;    I^Iartha    Ann,    married 

— Woodman ;  Mary,  married   Frederick 

Williams,  of  New  York,  and  had  one  child, 
Flora;  Azubah,  born  November  3,  1835,  died 
young;  Alvin.  12.  Abraham,  born  December 
16,  1806,  died  December  23,  1878;  married, 
June  9,  1840,  Dorothy  Ann,  born  September 
I,  1820,  died  August,  1905,  daughter  of  John 
Folsom  and  Sarah  (Fogg)  Tilton;  children: 
i.  Alpheus  Crosby,  born  March  8,  1842,  died 
June  9,  1879;  married,  1863,  Caroline  Turner, 
of  Charlestown,  ^Massachusetts ;  children : 
Jennie  and  Emma;  ii.  Abraham  Edwin,  born 
December  22,  1845,  served  in  a  New  Hamp- 
shire regiment  throughout  the  civil  war;  mar- 
ried, 1865,  Abbie,  daughter  of  Russell  Graves, 
of  Sandwich  ;  children  :  Elizabeth,  Frederick, 
Amy  Tilton,  Annie  Libby,  Minnie  Katherine, 
Edwin  and  Dorothy  Evelyn ;  iii.  Elizabeth 
Frances,  born  May  21,  1849,  married  October 
10,  1866,  Edgar  Franklin  Shaw,  of  Boston; 
children:     Frank  Lester,  Frederick  King  and 


Burton  Tappan ;  iv.  Frank  Taylor,  born  April 
21,  1857,  is  president,  general  manager  and 
largest  shareholder  in  the  Tappan  Shoe  Manu- 
facturing Company :  v.  Katherine,  born  Au- 
gust 5.  i860,  is  unmarried  and  a  resident  of 
Coldwater,  Michigan.  13.  John,  born  De- 
cember, 1808 :  married  Sarah  Ann  Bennett,  of 
Moultonborough;    children:      Alfred;    Sarah, 

married  Leach ;  John ;  Alice,  married 

Charles  Huntress  ;  Selden  Knowles  ;  Frank ; 
Lucy ;  died  young.  14.  Daniel,  see  forward. 
15.  Ruth,  died  young.  16.  Susan,  died  young. 
(NI)  Daniel,  third  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Abraham  and  .A.nn  (Blanchard)  Tappan,  was 
born  in  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire,  October 
17,  1810,  and  died  .\ugust  13,  1887.  He  at- 
tended the  district  school  of  his  native  town, 
and  worked  on  the  farm  of  his  father  until 
after  he  had  attained  his  majority.  For  some 
years  he  was  then  associated  with  his  broth- 
ers, Abraham  and  John,  in  the  manufacture 
of  paper,  under  the  firm  name  of  Tappan 
Brothers.  Their  mill  was  located  on  the 
road  between  Sandwich  and  Moultonbor- 
ough, and  though  their  business  flourished, 
they  lost  their  plant  twice  by  fire,  and  not 
having  it  insured  sufficiently  to  cover  their 
losses,  the  firm  was  finally  dissolved  and  the 
business  abandoned.  Daniel  Tappan  then 
started  manufacturing  basket-bottomed 
chairs  in  his  mill  at  Sandwich  and  continued 
this  successfully  until  his  death.  He  also 
owned  the  old  Worthen  place  which  he  pur- 
chased shortly  after  his  marriage.  He  was 
retiring  in  manner,  domestic  in  his  habits 
and  tastes,  of  a  jovial  disposition  and  fond  of 
a  joke.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  and  an  earnest  advocate  of  temper- 
ance principles.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig 
and  Republican,  and  in  his  youth  a  member 
of  the  militia.  He  married  (first)  September, 
1836,  Naomi  Vittum.  Children:  i.  Emily, 
died  young.  2.  Daniel,  died  young.  3.  Em- 
ily Hutchinson,  born  June  11,  1843.  4.  Anna 
.\bby,  January  19,  1844.  5.  Daniel,  died 
young.  Daniel  Tappan  married  (second)  No- 
vember 7,  1847,  Rhoda  Straw  Hadley,  born 
April  23,  1819,  in  Sandwich,  died  May  12, 
1895,  daughter  of  Winthrop  and  Sybil 
(Worthen)  Hadley,  of  Sandwich.  Children : 
6.  Julia  Ellen,  born  October  7,  1848;  mar- 
ried Warren  L,  Pittman,  of  Alexandria,  New 
Hampshire.  7.  Samuel  .\mbrose,  January 
29,  i8=;o:  residing  at  North  \\^oodstock.  New 
Hampshire.  8.  Winthrop  Hadley,  March  3, 
1851,  of  Sandwich,  9.  Fanny,  June  16,  1852; 
unmarried ;  residing  in  Sandwich.     10.  Dan- 


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iel  Langdon,  mentioned  below,  ii.  JMary, 
November  2t,,  1856;  married  Frank  Chase. 
12.  Augusta.  April  5,  1858,  wife  of  John  S. 
Ricker,  of  Rochester,  New  Hampshire.  13. 
George  Henry,  September  9,  1859;  lumber- 
man of  Farmington,  New  Hampshire.  14. 
Clara,  May  3,  1861,  wife  of  George  White- 
house,  of  Lovell,  Maine.  15.  Walter  Scott, 
July  26,  1862  ;  lumberman  of  Sandwich. 

(XH)  Daniel  Langdon,  fifth  son  of  Daniel 
Tappan  and  fifth  child  of  his  second  wife, 
Rhoda  Rhoda  Straw  Hadley,  was  born  May 
16,  1855,  in  Sandwich,  and  was  educated  in 
the  district  schools  and  a  private  high  school 
under  Daniel  D.  Beede.  In  1875,  at  the  age 
of  twenty  years,  he  went  to  .Arlington,  Mas- 
sachusetts," and  soon  entered  the  employ  of 
Boyd,  Leeds  &  Company,  wholesale  grocers, 
of  Boston,  remaining  there  several  years  as 
clerk  and  salesman.  He  subsequently  worked 
for  the  wholesale  grocers,  ^Moulton  &  Good- 
win, and  next  became  traveling  salesman  for 
the  firm  of  Sanborn  &  Parker,  packers  of 
pickles  andTanned  goods,  with  stores  in  New 
York  and  Boston.  He  afterward  traveled 
some  years  for  the  Central  Park  Pickle  Com- 
pany of  New  York,  his  route  extending  over 
the  greater  part  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada.  In  1887  he  decided  to  give  up  trav- 
eling and  engage  in  the  market  gardening 
business  in  Arlington,  where  he  has  one  of 
the  largest  and  most  flourishing  establish- 
ments of  the  section.  Mr.  Tappan  is  also  in- 
terested in  the  building  of  houses  to  let.  He 
now  owns  the  old  Tappan  homestead  in 
Sandwich,  formerly  the  Worthen  farm,  the 
property  of  his  maternal  great-grandfather, 
Amos  Worthen.  He  attends  the  Arlington 
Baptist  Church,  and  is  a  member  of  the  so- 
ciety :  he  served  on  the  building  committee  of 
the 'church.  In  politics,  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  belongs  to  the  Arlington  Boat  Club,  the 
Boston  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  and 
the  Boston  Market  Gardeners'  Association. 
He  is  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  Arlington.  He  mar- 
ried, December  22,  1884,  at  .Arlington.  Ethel 

Eugenia  Fisher,  born  2fi.  1861,  at 

Arlington,  a  graduate  of  RadclifTe  College, 
1883.  Their  only  child  is  .\rthur  Newell  Tap- 
pan,  born  December  6,  1885.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  Arlington,  graduating 
from  the  high  school  and  subsequently  from 
Bryant  &  Strattan's  Commercial  School  of 
Boston.  He  then  entered  the  wholesale  dry 
goods  house  of  Brown-Durrell  Company  of 
Boston,  where  he  is  now  (1909)  employed  as 


salesman.  He  is  a  member  of  Bethel  Lodge, 
No.  12,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  Arlington,  and  of  Hi- 
ram Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M. 


(For  early  generations  see  preceding  sketch  1. 

(VI)  Lieutenant  Jacob  Tap- 
TAPPAN  pan,  son  of  Abraham  Tappan 
(Toppan)  was  born  in  1645. 
He  lived  in  Newbury,  in  the  house  on  "Top- 
pan's  Lane",  built  for  him  by  his  father  about 
1670.  He  owned  the  large  tract  of  land 
through  which  Toppan  street,  later  called 
Toppan  lane,  was  cut  before  1650,  and  in 
1694  he  built  the  present  house,  long  known 
as  the  old  Toppan  house.  He  left  it  to  his 
son  .Abraham,  who  in  turn  bequeathed  it  to  his 
son  Edward  and  he  to  his  son  Enoch.  In  Mr. 
Currier's  "Ould  Newbury"  there  is  a  picture 
of  this  ancient  mansion.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman  May  23,  1677 ;  was  fence  viewer 
1680-8;  tithing  man,  1687;  selectman,  1688, 
and  perhaps  other  years.  He  was  on  a  com- 
mittee "to  stint  as  to  herbage"  Cfor  cattle) 
elected  January  21,  1701-02.  He  took  the  pre- 
scribed oath  of  fidelity  to  England,  May  13, 
1669.  He  was  ensign  in  Captain  Noyes's  com- 
pany in  1683,  and  was  under  arms  in  the  war 
in  1690,  under  Captain  Daniel  Pierce.  He  or 
his  son  Jacob  was  sergeant  under  Captain 
Caleb  Moody,  in  1708.  He  had  the  rank  of 
lieutenant  late  in  life.  He  married,  .\ugust 
24,  1670,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Henry  Sewall. 
She  died  at  York,  Maine,  November  11, 
1699,  and  he  married  (second)  Hannah  (Fes- 
senden)  Sewall.  widow  of  his  brother-in-law 
John  Sewall.  Judge  Sewall,  his  brother-in- 
law,  calls  him  "cousin  and  brother"  in  his 
famous  diary.  He  often  mentions  the  arrival  in 
Boston  of  some  member  of  "Brother  Jacob 
Tappan's  family."  He  went  to  Ram's  Island, 
May  12,  1 716,  "with  Brother  Tappan  and  Cap- 
tain Greenleaf  ;  dined  at  Brother  Tappan's  ;  vis- 
ited my  relations."  He  visited  Tappan's  home 
May  10,  1707,  and  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
mee'ting  house  at  Pipe  Staff  Hill.  Children 
of  Jacob,  by  first  wife:  i.  Jacob,  born  May 
20,  1671  :  married  Sarah  Kant.  2.  Samuel, 
born  1672:  died  1691,  of  small  pox.  3.  Jane, 
born  1674.  4.  John,  1677;  married.  1704,  Ju- 
dith Moody.  5.  Hannah,  born  1679.  6.  Eliz- 
abeth, 1680;  niarricd,  1701, Cutting.   7. 

Abraham,    1684:  mentioned  below.     8.  Anne, 
1686;  married,  1710,  Nathaniel  Rolfe. 

(VII)  Abraham,  son  of  Jacob  Tappan, 
was  born  at  Newbury,  in  1684.  He  was  in 
the  famous  military  company  which  had  to  be 
provided  with  snow-shoes  for  fighting  Indians 


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in  the  winter  of  1706.  He  married,  October 
21,  1713,  Esther,  daughter  of  Michael  Wig- 
glesworth,  widow  of  John  Sewall.  Children: 
I.  Edward,  born  1715;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Ehzabeth,  1718.  3.  Patience,  .\pril  20,  1720. 
4.  Samuel,  1722.  5.  Jacob,  1725.  6.  Michael, 
1727. 

(Vni)  Edward,  son  of  Abraham  Tappan, 
was  born  in  Newbury,  in  171 5;  married,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1743,  Sarah  Bailey,  of  an  old  Essex 
county  family.  Children,  born  in  Newbury : 
I.  Abraham,  1744;  married  Sarah  Parker.  2. 
Anna,  1746:  died  1753.  3.  Sarah,  1748;  mar- 
ried Colonel  Josiah  Little.  4.  Mary,  born 
1750:  married" Nathaniel  Little.  3.  Patience, 
1752;  married  Closes  Moody.  6.  Edward, 
1754;  married  Rachel  Smith.  7.  Joshua 
(twin)  1756:  died  1780.  8.  Stephen,  twin  with 
John;  married  Edna  Little.  9.  Enoch,  1759; 
married  (first  I  February  21,  1794:  Mary  Cof- 
fin; (second)  August  19,  1797,  Mary  Merrill. 
10.  Anna,  1761 ;  married  Jonathan  Harris.  11. 
Abner,  1764;  mentioned  below.  12.  Judith, 
1768;  married,  December,  1791,  Joseph  Coffin; 
their  son  Joshua  Coffin  was  the  distinguished 
historian  of  Newbury. 

(IX)  Abner,  son  of  Edward  Tappan,  was 
born  in  1764.  He  married,  in  1791,  Elizabeth 
Stanford.  He  was  a  cabinet  maker  and  fol- 
lowed his  trade  in  Newburyport,  formerly 
Newbury,  Massachusetts.  He  was  indus- 
trious and  frugal,  enterprising  in  business, 
employing  a  number  of  apprentices  and  jour- 
neymen in  his  shop.  He  was  well  known  and 
highly  respected.  The  work  of  his  hands  is 
still  to  be  found  in  the  homes  of  the  old  fam- 
ilies of  the  citv.  Children,  born  at  Newbury- 
port: I.  Sophia,  1792;  married  Oliver 
Crocker.  2.  William.  3.  Abner,  1797;  mar- 
ried, June  2,  1828,  Ann  C.  Nestor.  4.  Rich- 
ard S.,  1800;  lost  at  sea,  1817.  5.  Elizabeth, 
1802 ;  married,  1820,  James  Ruggles.  6. 
Arianne,  1804 :  married,  1839,  Serena  Davis. 
7.  George,  mentioned  below,  born  1807.  8. 
Harriet.  i8to:  married  John  Paul  J.  Haskell, 
of  Rochester,   ^Massachusetts. 

(X)  George,  son  of  Abner  Tappan,  was 
born  at  Newburyport,  January  7,  1807.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town,  and  learned  the  trade  of  cabinet 
maker  of  his  father.  He  worked  at  his  trade 
for  a  time,  but  was  obliged  to  relinquish  it, 
owing  to  the  fact  that  his  eyesight  was  affected 
by  the  dust  from  the  cherry  wood  which  was 
used  extensively  in  his  work.  He  removed  to 
New  Bedford  about  1830  and  opened  a 
crockery  store  on  Union  street,  and  this  was 

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the  beginning  of  a  large  and  lucrative  busi- 
ness which  he  carried  on  all  his  life.  By  his 
thrift  and  energy  he  accumulated  a  compe- 
tency, and  his  store  was  considered  the  best 
of  the  kind  in  the  city.  About  a  year  before 
his  death  he  erected  the  building  called  China 
Hall,  which  was  the  best  in  New  Bedford  at 
that  time,  and  removed  his  business  there. 
During  the  last  part  of  his  life  his  health  be- 
came impaired,  and  while  en  route  for  New 
York  on  the  steamer  "Metropolis",  he  was 
stricken  with  heart  disease  during  a  collision, 
and  died  August  15,  1857.  Mr.  Tappan  was 
a  selfmade  man,  of  high  character  and  pur- 
pose. He  established  a  reputation  for  fair  and 
honorable  dealing  in  public  and  private  life, 
and  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  all  who  knew 
him.  He  always  advocated  right  principles, 
and  was  not  afraid  to  uphold  what  he  be- 
lieved was  right,  even  in  the  face  of  opposi- 
tion. In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  in 
religion  a  LTnitarian.  He  married,  at  New- 
buryport, November  10,  1829.  Serena  Da- 
vis, born  at  Newburyport,  January  17,  1808, 
died  at  Hyde  Park,  February  5,  1896,  daugh- 
ter of  Aaron  and  Sarah  Moore  (Smith)  Da- 
vis. Her  father  was  an  apothecary  and  doc- 
tor in  Newburyport.  Children:  i.  George 
Aaron,  born  November  i,  1830;  died  Novem- 
ber 17,  1830.  2.  Sarah  Ann  Davis,  born  Oc- 
tober 6,  1831 ;  died  December  13,  1893;  mar- 
ried, January  22,  1857,  William  Crapo,  of 
New  Bedford ;  had  Henry  H.  Crapo,  born  De- 
cember 31,  1862,  and  Stanford  T.  Crapo,  born 
June  13,  1865.  3.  George  Aaron,  born  Au- 
gust 29,  1832;  died  May  13,  1835.  4.  Serena 
Davis,  born  June  18,  1834:  died  May  11,  1838. 
5.  Charles  A.,  born  November  13,  1838;  died 
September  26,  1839.  6.  William  Crocker, 
mentioned  below. 

(XI)  William  Crocker,  son  of  George  Tap- 
pan,  was  born  at  New  Bedford,  Massachu- 
setts, April  17,  1842.  He  attended  the 
Friends'  .-\cademy,  a  private  school  then  kept 
by  Abner  J.  Phipps,  and  Mr.  Gleason's  pri- 
vate school,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1857. 
He  then  entered  his  father's  store  as  clerk  to 
learn  the  business.  After  the  death  of  his 
father  the  business  passed  into  the  hands  of 
Henrv  J.  Taylor,  and  William  C.  Tappan  re- 
mained in  the  store  about  five  years.  He  then 
went  to  Boston  in  the  spring  of  1861,  and 
with  Alfred  \Miitney  as  a  partner  bought  out 
the  interest  of  his  brother  Luther  Whitney  at 
15  Winter  street,  who  was  engaged  in  the  gas 
fixture  business.  The  new  firm  was  called 
Whitney  &  Tappan.  and  did  a  successful  busi- 


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ness  for  twelve  years.     At  this  time  he  sold 
his  share  in  the  business  to  his  partner  and 
became  a  partner  in  the  commission  house  of 
Rawson  &  Company,  glassware,  where  he  re- 
mained a  year.    Under  the  firm  name  of  Mel- 
len  &  Tappan  he  entered  the  fancy  crockery 
business  witht  Moses  Alellen,  for  four  years, 
and  then  became  a  partner  of  George  N.  Sea- 
man in  the  business  of  Japanese  fancy  goods 
on  Boylston  street.     Subsequently  he  was  two 
years   salesman  of  Jones,   McDuffy  &   Strat- 
ton,  and  for  ten  years  manager  of  the  crock- 
ery department   of  the   store  of  William   H. 
Zinn.     He  made  his  home  in  Dorchester.    He 
has  since  acted  as  clerk  of  the  vaults  with  the 
International  Trust  Company,  on  Milk  street. 
He   has    resided    at    20   Albion    street,    Hyde 
Park,  for  the  last  fourteen  years.     In  politics 
Mr.   Tappan   is  a   Republican,   and   he   is   a 
member    of    the    First    Unitarian    Church    at 
Hyde    Park.      He    was    a    member    of    the 
Knights   of    Honor    for   nineteen   years,    and 
is    now    a    member    of    the    Boston    Bank 
Officers'   Association.     He   married,    Septem- 
ber   16,    1868,    at    Boston,    Adelina    Isabella 
Baker,   born    August    19,    1846,    daughter    of 
Philander  and  Rosanna  (Harding)   Baker,  of 
Boston.     Children:     i.  George,  born  July  26, 
1870;    died    November    5,     1870.      2.  Sarah 
Crapo,  born  June   27,    1873;  married    (first) 
October  9,  1895,  Guy  Burton  Carter,  of  Dor- 
chester, who  died  September  11,  1896,  son  of 
Frank  H.  and  Frances  (Burton)  Carter;  mar- 
ried (second)  Richard  Coe,  of  Durham,  New 
Hampshire,  son  of  Joseph  W.  and  Harriet  S. 
(Churchill)     Coe,    of    Durham.      3.  Harold 
Harding,  born  February  19,  1883 ;  died  July 
4,  1883.    4.  Stanford  Davis,  born  August  12, 
1885;  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College.  1908; 
mill  agent  with  the  Hyde  &  Company  cotton 
commission  house. 


(For  ancestry,  see  Robert  Topham  1.') 

(VII)  Peter  Toppan,  son  of 
TOPPAN  Dr.  Peter  Toppan,  was  born 
December  22,  1667.  He  mar- 
ried, April  28,  1696,  Sarah  Greenleaf.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Newbury:  i.  Peter,  February 
2,  1698.  2.  Timothy,  February  2,  1698 
(twin)  ;  mentioned  below.  3.  Jane,  1700; 
married  Benjamin  Knight  Jr.  4.  Elizabeth, 
1702;  married  Samuel  Todd.     5.  Mary,  1704. 

6.  Richard,    1707;  married  Scott.     7. 

Hannah,  1710;  married  John  Moody  Jr. 
(VIII)  Timothy,    son    of    Peter    Toppan, 

•This   branch   of   the   family   maintains   the   Toppan 
form  of  the  family  name. 


was  born  at  Newbury,  February  2,  1698,  and 
died  there  September  2,  1796,  aged  ninety- 
eight  years  seven  months.  He  married  (first) 
Eleanor  Coffin,  died  July  25,  1749;  (second) 
Jane  Harriman.     Children,  born  at  Newbury, 

by  first  wife:  i.  Enoch,  1723;  married 

Coleman.     2.  Moses,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Moses,  son  of  Timothy  Toppan, 
lived  in  Newbury.  He  married  (first)  Mary 
Lunt,  in  1754;  (second)  1759,  Anne  Browne. 
Child  of  first  wife,  born  in  Newbury:  i. 
Francis.  Children  of  second  wife:  2.  Ben- 
jamin, born  1760;  married,  February  12, 
1784,  Mary  Hidden;  eleven  children.  3. 
Joshua,  born  1762;  mentioned  below.  4. 
Moses,  born  1767. 

(X)  Joshua,  son  of  Moses  Toppan,  was 
born  in  Newbury,  in  1762,  and  died  at  New- 
bury port,  September  4,  1811.  He  resided  on 
the  homestead,  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools,  and  assisted  his  father  in  the  farm. 
His  farm  was  situated  on  Mulberry  street, 
and  he  deeded  it  to  his  son  Joshua.  He  owned 
valuable  real  estate  on  State  street  which 
brought  him  a  handsome  income,  and  made  a 
business  of  lending  money,  and  became  gen- 
erally known  as  "ready-money  Josh".  His 
house  on  Orange  street  was  one  of  the  finest 
in  the  town.  He  sold  land  for  the  meeting 
house.  He  served  in  the  revolution,  in  Cap- 
tain Richard  Titcomb's  company.  Colonel  Na- 
thaniel Wade's  regiment,  July  4  to  October 
10,  1780.  The  company  was  raised  in  Essex 
county  to  reinforce  the  army  of  the  North. 
He  married  . 

(XI)  Henry,  son  of  Joshua  Toppan,  was 
born  at  Newburyport,  April  2,  1798,  and  died 
February  16,  i860.  He  attended  the  common 
and  high  school  of  his  native  town,  and  pre- 
pared for  Harvard  college.  Owing  to  the 
death  of  his  father  he  gave  up  his  college 
course  and  went  to  work  for  several  of  the 
grocers  in  N^ewburyport.  He  inherited  his 
father's  estate,  and  soon  afterward  started  in 
the  grocery  business  on  State  street,  later  lo- 
cating on  the  corner  of  Pleasant  street  and 
Hollis  Court.  After  being  in  business  a  num- 
ber of  years  his  health  became  impaired  and 
he  sold  his  store  and  retired  from  active  work. 
He  owned  much  real  estate  in  the  business  sec- 
tion of  the  town,  and  was  a  citizen  of  influ- 
ence. In  politics  he  was  in  early  life  a  Whig, 
and  later  a  Republican.  He  attended  the  Old 
South  Congregational  church  at  Newbury- 
port, and  was  a  great  Bible  student.  His 
memory  was  remarkable,  and  it  is  said  that  he 
never  forgot  a  face.     He  married,  March  26, 


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1 82 1,  Mary  Brooklings,  born  June  7,  1801, 
died  January  25,  1843,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Eunice  (Maclntrye)  Brookings.  Children: 
I.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  December  12,  1821 ; 
married  l\Iarch  12,  1846,  James  E.  Foster.  2. 
Henry  Philip,  born  December  30,  1822;  mar- 
ried, April  7,  1853,  Anna  Choate  Knapp;  chil- 
dren: i.  Marianna,  born  October  2,  1854; 
ii.  Carrie,  June  16,  1857,  died  October  8,  1858; 
iii.  Alice  White,  born  January  25,  1862;  iv. 
Henry  Choate,  February  12,  1864,  married, 
April  8,  1888,  Lucetta  Stevens,  and  had  Helen 
Stevens,  born  June  24,  1892.  3.  Franklin 
Lafayette,  born  May  26,  1824;  married  Eliza- 
beth Horton ;  children :  i.  Frank  W. ;  ii.  Wil- 
lard  L.,  married  Lola  Burns,  and  had  Mau- 
rice; iii.  Josephine,  married  Thomas  Lith- 
gow,  and  had  Josephine,  Anna  and  Toppan 
Lithgow ;  iv.  Florence ;  v.  Emma,  married 
William  Sayles,  and  had  Chester  Sayles.  4. 
Albert  Brookings,  born  August  29,  1827;  mar- 
ried Angeline  Persis  Jacobs ;  children :  George 
Albert,  born  November  29,  1859,  married, 
1884,  Lizzie  Stevens  Hervey,  and  had  Albert 
Brookings,  born  July  10,  1884,  William  Her- 
vey, November  19,  1886,  Edith,  March  2, 
1891,  Helen,  September  i,  1895,  and  Fred 
Lawrence,  May  21,  1906;  ii.  Fred  Lawrence, 
born  August  10,  1863 ;  iii.  Arthur  Wellington, 
married  Lena  Clough,  and  had  Evelyn  and 
\\'ellington  Clough.  5.  Charles  William,  born 
June  20,  1832.  6.  Ellen  Maria  Winship,  born 
July  10,  1833 ;  died  July  19,  1834.  7.  Ellen 
Maria,  born  July  30,  1839 ''  died  November  5, 
1908;  married  'V\'illiam  E.  Nash;  children:  i. 
\VilIiam  E.,  Henry  Nash.  8.  Francis  Brown, 
born  March  10,  1836;  mentioned  below.  9. 
Caleb  Cushing,  born  January  16,  1838;  mar- 
ried Harriet  Eliza  Russell.  10.  Lewis  W., 
born  July  18,  1842 ;  married  (first)  Sarah 
Winkley ;  (second)  Cordana  Cool  edge  ;  chil- 
dren: i.  Carrie  Lillian,  born  July  18,  1865, 
died  September  18,  1865 ;  by  second  wife :  ii. 
Lillian  :  iii.  Edward  Cooledge. 

(XH)  Francis  Browne,  son  of  Henry  Top- 
pan,  was  born  at  Newburyport,  March  10, 
1836,  and  died  at  Brookline,  Massachusetts, 
April  25,  1901.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools,  and  in  early  manhood  re- 
moved to  Chicago  and  found  employment  as 
a  clerk  in  what  was  then  the  largest  clothing 
store  in  the  city.  He  returned  east  and  went 
into  business  with  his  brother.  Lewis  W.  Top- 
pan,  in  Portland,  Maine,  as  a  clothing  dealer, 
the  firm  name  being  F.  B.  Toppan  &  Co.  Af- 
ter some  years  of  success  the  firm  was  dis- 
solved, and  Mr.  Toppan  went  to  Boston  and 


entered  the  employ  of  L.  D.  Bayee,  a  clothier 
at  154  Washington  street.  Soon  afterwards 
he  opened  a  trunk  store  on  Washington  street, 
keeping  it  but  a  short  time  and  then  becoming 
clerk  for  D.  O.  Goodrich,  a  fancy  goods  deal- 
er at  302  Washington  street,  whose  store  was 
known  as  the  Boston  Bazaar.  Mr.  Toppan 
bought  out  his  employer,  and  the  firm  was 
known  as  Toppan  &  Thomas,  and  later  as 
Townsend  &  Toppan,  in  1865,  with  a  store  at 
296  Washington  street.  In  1869  he  purchased 
his  partner's  interest  and  became  sole  pro- 
prietor, removing  to  637  Washington  street 
and  making  his  home  at  Brighton.  In  1S70  he 
removed  again  to  19  W'est  street.  In  1877  he 
enlarged  his  store  by  adding  the  one  at  No.  23, 
carrying  a  line  of  Japanese  goods.  From  1872 
to  1876  he  made  his  home  at  40  Dwight  street, 
and  then  removed  to  Newton.  From  1879  ^ 
1883  he  lived  at  12  Berwick  Park.  During 
1883,  owing  to  the  large  increase  of  business, 
he  moved  his  store  to  144  Tremont  street, 
where  he  did  a  large  and  profitable  business 
until  1898,  when  he  retired  from  active  life. 
From  1885  he  lived  for  four  years  at  119  St. 
Botolph  street,  then  at  194  Huntington  ave- 
nue, then  removed  to  836  Beacon  street,  then 
to  Brookline,  where  he  died.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican,  and  he  attended  the  Orth- 
odox Congregational  church.  He  was  a  prom- 
inent Boston  merchant  for  forty-five  years. 
His  exceeding  good  taste  and  his  faculty  for 
acquiring  unique  things  made  him  well  known 
in  all  parts  of  the  country.  After  his  retire- 
ment from  business  his  services  were  eagerly 
sought  for  by  many  of  the  leading  firms  of 
Boston  as  buyer,  but  he  declined  all  oflfers, 
preferring  to  spend  his  last  years  in  the  enjoy- 
ment of  his  home.  He  married,  at  Newbury- 
port, Mary  Caroline  Horton,  born  in  New- 
buryport, died  in  Boston,  February  14,  1902, 
daughter  of  John  and  Maria  (Boynton)  Hor- 
ton. Her  father  was  a  leading  manufacturer 
of  gold  beads.  Children:  i.  William  Jourdan, 
born  July  11.  1872;  mentioned  below.  2.  Car- 
oline Hortense.  born  October  5,  1879:  mar- 
ried, September  9,  1902,  Joseph  Dean  Evans, 
son  of  George  Edwin  and  Jane  (Priest) 
Evans ;  children :  i.  Joseph  Dean  Evans,  born 
June  12,  1903:  ii.  Caroline  Toppan  Evans, 
January   12,   1909. 

(XIII)  William  Jourdan,  son  of  Francis 
Browne  Toppan,  was  born  in  Boston,  July  ri, 
1872.  He  attended  the  Rice  school  in  his  na- 
tive city,  and  the  Prince  school,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1889.  He  then  entered 
the  English  high  school  of  Boston,  and  gradu- 


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ated  in  the  class  of  1892.  His  parents  desired 
him  to  go  to  college  but  he  preferred  a  mer- 
cantile career,  and  he  entered  his  father's  em- 
ploy as  a  salesman.  When  his  father  retired 
from  business  he  became  clerk  in  the  transfer 
department  of  the  American  Loan  &  Trust 
Company,  State  street.  After  three  years  with 
this  concern  he  entered  the  employ  of  Shreve, 
Crump  &  Low  Co.,  Tremont  street,  the  lead- 
ing jewelers  of  Boston,  as  salesman  in  the  art 
department,  and  soon  became  manager  and 
buyer  of  the  department.  He  has  been  active 
in  the  state  militia  from  youth.  He  was  first 
sergeant  of  the  military  company  of  the  Eng- 
lish high  school  when  he  enlisted  as  privat^e 
in  the  First  Corps  of  Cadets,  Company  C, 
May  16,  1892,  was  elected  corporal  March  24, 
1898,  sergeant  June  6,  1899,  and  served  later 
on  the  non-commissioned  stafif.  At  his  own 
request  he  was  returned  to  his  company  in 
January,  1903,  as  a  private.  He  was  made 
quartermaster-sergeant  of  the  company  De- 
cember 24,  1903,  and  in  the  spring  of  1908  be- 
came senior  duty  sergeant.  Lie  is  a  member 
of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution  of  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics  and  a  Congregationalist  in  re- 
ligion. 

The  name  Hulbert  is  spelled 
HLXBERT     in    different    ways,    Hulbert, 

Hulburt,  Hulbut,  LIurlbut,  be- 
ing among  those  most  commonly  used.  The 
coat-of-arms  of  the  English  family  is:  Quar- 
terly argent  and  sable  in  the  sinister  chief  and 
dexter  base,  each  a  lion  rampant,  or,  over  all  a 
bend  gules,  charged  with  the  amulets  of  the 
third. 

(I)  Thomas  Hulbert  (or  Hurlbut)  came  to 
America  early,  and  was  a  soldier  under  Lion 
Gardiner  in  the  fort  at  Saybrook,  Connecticut, 
in  1635.  It  is  supposed  that  he  came  with 
Gardiner  in  a  fishing  vessel,  July  10,  1635. 
In  an  encounter  with  the  Pequot  Indians  in 
1637,  he  was  wounded  by  an  arrow,  almost 
through  the  thigh.  An  account  of  this  skirm- 
ish was  left  in  a  manuscript  by  Lion  Gardiner, 
he  being  urged  to  write  it.  as  he  said,  by  Rob- 
ert Chapman,  Thomas  Hurlbut  and  Major 
Mason.  They  were  a  company  of  ten  men 
and  were  attacked  by  about  a  hundred  In- 
dians, whom  they  successfully  held  off  until 
they  reached  their  homes.  Thomas  Hurlbut 
was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  after  the  Pe- 
quot war  established  himself  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  where  he  was  one  of  the  early 
settlers.     He  was  clerk  of  the  train  band  in 


1640;  deputy  to  the  general  court,  grand  juror, 
and  constable  in  1644.  He  had  grants  of  land 
in  Wethersfield  for  his  services  in  the  Indian 
wars.  It  is  said  that  the  house  occupied  in 
1888  by  Miss  Harriet  Mitchell  in  Wethers- 
field was  on  the  site  of  his  house.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  .     Children :  Thomas,  John, 

mentioned  below,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Stephen, 
Cornelius. 

( II )  John,  son  of  Thomas  Hulbert,  was 
born  !\Iarch  8,  1642.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
blacksmith  of  his  father.  He  worked  at 
Wethersfield  and  at  Killingworth.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-seven  he  received  a  proposition 
from  the  town  of  Middletown  to  locate  among 
them,  and  contracted  to  work  for  the  town 
seven  years  from  October  25,  1669.  He  be- 
came a  large  landholder  and  leading  citizen  of 
the  town.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in 
1 67 1  and  was  called  sergeant.  He  died  Au- 
gust 30,  1690.  He  married,  December  15, 
1670,  Mary,  born  1655,  daughter  of  John  and 
Honor  (Treat)  Deming,  of  Whethersfield. 
Children:      i.  John,  born   December  8,   1671. 

2.  ^lary,  baptized  April  7,   1673,  died  young. 

3.  Thomas,  born  October  20,  1674.  4.  Sarah, 
November  5,  1676.  5.  Mary,  November  17, 
1678.  6.  Mercy,  February  17,  1680-81.  7. 
Ebenezer,  January  17,  1682-83.  8.  Margaret, 
February,  1684-85.  9.  David,  August  11, 
1688,  mentioned  below.  10.  Mehitable,  No- 
vember 23,  1690. 

( III )  David,  son  of  John  Hulbert,  was 
born  in  Middletown,  August  11,  1688,  died 
October  29,  1773.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade,  and  settled  first  in  Cromwell,  Connec- 
ticut, then  Middletown  LTpper  Houses.  He 
had  a  grant  of  four  acres  of  land  there,  March 
15,  1712.  In  1727,  with  Samuel  Tracy,  he 
rented  a  grist-mill  for  eight  years.  In  1734 
he  sold  his  property  and  removed  to  Chatham. 
He  married  (first)  September  22,  1709,  Mary, 
born  February  11,  1691,  daughter  of  John  Jr. 
and  Mary  Savage.  In  1744  he  removed  to 
Groton,  and  bought  land  there  in  1746,  but  re- 
turned to  Chatham  after  1760.  He  married 
(second)  in  Chatham,  Mercy  .  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  INIary,  born  December 
15,  1709.  2.  Mercy,  February  22,  171 3.  3- 
Abigail,  June  2,  1714..  4.  David  Jr.,  Novem- 
ber I,  1716.  5.  William,  November  28,  1718. 
6.  Honor,  April  25,  172 1.  7.  Gideon,  Janu- 
ary II,  1723,  died  January  16,  1724.  8. 
Stephen,  mentioned  below.  9.  Thankful, 
April  26,  1727.  TO.  Gideon,  June  9.  1729.  11. 
]\lercy,  April  i,  1731. 

I  TV)   Stephen,  son  of  David  Hulbert,  was 


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born  in  AJiddlstown  about  1725,  and  lived  to 
an  advanced  age.  He  received  from  his  fath- 
er land  in  Middle  Haddam.  and  in  1756 
bought  thirtv-five  acres  with  a  house,  and  later 
other  parcel's  of  land.  It  is  said  that  durhig 
some  five  years  he  was  engaged  in  whaling 
vovages.  During  the  revolution  he  was  a 
royalist,  and  sold  his  farm  and  with  nine  or 
more  of  his  sons  went  to  Nova  Scotia  and 
purchased  land.  After  the  war  he  returned 
to  [Middle  Haddam.  About  1793  he  removed 
with  his  family  to  \Mntonbury,  about  four 
miles  from  Hartford,  in  what  was  since  the 
town  of  Bloomfield,  where  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried  Susannah  .     Children:      i.  Anna, 

baptized  June  2,  1745.  2.  Sarah,  January  24, 
1748.  3.  Stephen,  April  8,  1750.  4.  Jonah, 
May  20,  1753,  mentioned  below.  5.  Thank- 
ful,' March  14,  1756. 

( \' )  Jonah,  son  of  Stephen  Hulbert,  was 
baptized"  in  Middle  Haddam.  Connecticut, 
May  20,  1753.  He  was  a  royalist  and  went 
with  his  father  to  Nova  Scotia  during  the 
revolution.  He  returned  to  Middle  Haddam 
and  subsequently  removed  to  Bloomfield,  and 
later  to  Great  Harrington,  Massachusetts.   He 

married  (first)  ,  who  died  in  Antigoni- 

she.  Nova  Scotia;  (second)  Jerusha  D., 
daughter  of  Thomas  Shepherd,  of  East 
Hampton.  She  married  (second)  John  Burg- 
hardt,  of  Great  Harrington,  and  died  there  in 
1822.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Stephen, 
born  April  4,  1777.  2.  Russell,  December  12, 
1779.  3.  Statira,  November  19,  1780.  4. 
Gardiner,  March  i,  1783,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Silas,  June  12,  1785.  6.  Palmer,  August  18, 
1787.  By  second  wife:  8.  John  Mason,  Feb- 
ruary 22',  1793.  9.  Sylvester,  December  30, 
1794.  ID.  Jerusha  Amelia  (twin),  February 
8,  1797.  II.  Jonah  Alden  (twin),  February 
8,   1797.     12.  Hannah,  April  9,   1799. 

(VI)  Gardiner,  son  of  Jonah  Hulbert.  was 
born  probably  in  Nova  Scotia,  i\Iarch  i,  1783. 
He  probably  came  to  Connecticut  when  his 
father  returned,  but  returned  to  Nova  Scotia 
and  lived  there.  He  married  Harriet  Irish. 
Children:  Charles,  William.  John,  George, 
mentioned  below,  Edward,  Joseph,  Harriet, 
Margaret,  Mary. 

(\TI)  George,  son  of  Gardiner  Hulbert, 
was  born  in  Antigonishe,  Nova  Scotia,  July 
II,  1825.  When  he  was  about  eighteen  years 
of  age  he  went  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and 
was  employed  by  Hugh  Currier,  an  upholster- 
er in  Cornhill,  with  whom  he  learned  the  trade. 
Later  he  worked  in  the  carpet  house  of  Park- 
er.  Fowle  &  Sons,   Washington  street,   Bos- 


ton. When  the  firm  was  changed  to  Torrey, 
Bright  &  Capen.  Mr.  Hulbert  remained  with 
them.  He  was  a  member  of  Amicable  Lodge, 
Free  ]\Iasons,  of  Cambridge.  He  died  Decem- 
ber 14,  1902.  He  married.  July  24,  1854, 
Maria  Louisa,  daughter  of  Samuel  A.  and 
Louisa  (Dow)  Ketchum.  Her  father  was  son 
of  John  Ketchum,  and  was  born  in  St.  John, 
New  Brunswick,  July  4,  1797,  died  April  6, 
1873;  was  a  stair  builder,  came  to  Boston 
when  a  young  man  and  engaged  in  carpenter- 
ing and'  building:  married,  November  29, 
1827.  Louisa  Dow,  of  Atkinson,  New  Hamp- 
shire, born  August  18.  1798.  died  July  24, 
1865,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
(  Tones )  Dow  :  children  :  i.  Child,  born  Sep- 
tember 14,  1828,  died  yotmg;  ii.  Maria  Louisa, 
born  August  20,  1829,  mentioned  above ;  iii. 
George  Frederick,  October  23,  1831,  died  Sep- 
tember 21,  1832;  iv.  George  Frederick,  July 
19.  1834,  died  November  12,  1880:  married 
Elizabeth  Anderson,  was  an  actor  in  the  Bos- 
ton [Museum  for  many  years ;  v.  Harriet  Au- 
gusta, December  29,  1836,  died  October  i, 
1890:  married  James  Whitney  and  had  daugh- 
ter Nellie  Whitney,  married  Herbert  Read,  of 
Providence.  Rhode  Island,  where  she  resides; 
vi.  Jane  Slater,  May  14,  1839,  died  April  18, 
1892:  married  James  Smith,  of  Cambridge; 
vii.  Rachel  Wright,  August  23,  1843;  "tar- 
ried Charles  Walker  (deceased),  and  had  .An- 
gle Walker,  married  William  F.  Stevens,  son 
of  Dr.  E.  H.  Stevens,  of  Cambridge,  and  had 
Edmund  Walker  Stevens,  born  June  17,  1900; 
viii.  Charles  James,  May  21,  1846,  died  Sep- 
tember 3,  1846. 

(The  Dow  Line.) 

The  surname  Dow  is  of  ancient  English 
origin,  dating  back  to  the  very  beginning  of 
the  use  of  family  names. 

(I)  John  Dow,  English  ancestor  to  whom 
the  Anierican  family  traces  its  ancestry,  died 
at  Tylner,  Norfolk  county.  England,  in  July, 
1581^  and  was  buried  July  7,  1581.  His  will 
nientions  two  brothers.  William  and  Thomas 
Dow,  and  children :  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low, John,  Edith. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Dow,  was  born 
in  Tylner.  England,  and  lived  afterward  in 
Runh'am,  Norfolk.  He  married  Margaret 
.  Children:  i.  Henry,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Christopher,  had  nine  children.  3. 
Daughter,  married  Stephen  Farrar.  4.  Daugh- 
ter, married  March. 

(III)  Henry,  son  of  Thomas  Dow,  was 
born  in  county  Norfolk,  England,  and  resided 


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at  Runham  in  that  county.  He  married  Eliz- 
abeth   .  Children:  i.  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Henry,  born  about  1608; 
settled  in  Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  3. 
Edward.     4.  Mary.     5.  Francis.     6.  William. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Henry  Dow, 
was  immigrant  ancestor  of  this  branch.  He 
was  a  nearly  settler  of  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts, and  was  admitted  a  freeman  June  22, 
1642.  He  bought  a  house  and  land  there  in 
1648.  Later  he  removed  to  Haverhill,  where 
he  died  May  31,  1654.  His  nuncupative  will 
was  dated  Alay  29,  1654,  proved  February  2, 
1656.  He  married  Phebe  ,  who  mar- 
ried (second)  John  Eaton,  of  Haverhill,  No- 
vember 20,  1661.  Children:  i.  John.  2. 
Thomas,  died  June  21,  1676.  3.  Stephen, 
born  March  22,  1642.  4.  Mary,  April  26, 
1644.    5.  Martha,  June  i,  1648. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Dow, 
was  born  about  1640;  married,  October  23, 
1665.  Mary  Page,  who  died  November  2, 
1672.  He  lived  at  Haverhill  and  was  ances- 
tor of  the  Atkinson,  New  Hampshire,  fam- 
ily of  Dow.  He  had  a  son  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Dow, 
was  born  at  Haverhill,  November  26,  1672 ; 
married,  May  23,  1696,  Sarah  Brown.  They 
had  a  son  John,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  Dow, 
was  born  August  19,  1707,  at  Haverhill.  With 
others  he  settled  at  what  is  now  Atkinson, 
New  Hampshire,  formerly  part  of  Haverhill. 
Massachusetts.  He  married  Mehitable  Haines, 
June  23,  1728.  Children:  i.  Abraham,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Job.  3.  John,  married 
Anna  Atwood.     4.  Moses.     5.  James. 

(VIII)  Abraham,  son  of  John  (4)  Dow, 
was  born  about  1730.  He  settled  in  Salem, 
New  Hampshire,  formerly  part  of  Haverhill. 
In  1774  he  was  released  from  church  taxes 
because  he  belonged  to  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land. He  was  selectman  in  1768  and  in  1797; 
justice  of  the  peace,  1789-90.  In  1781  he  was 
a  witness  before  a  trial  conducted  by  the  com- 
mittee of  safety.     He  married  Susanna  . 

Children,  born  at  Salem,  New  Hampshire:  i. 
Thomas,  August  19,  1753,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Susanna,  April  19,  1756.  3.  Mehitable, 
September  8,   1761. 

(IX)  Lieutenant  Thomas  (3),  son  of 
Abraham   Dow,   was  born  at   Salem,   August 

19,  1753.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution; 
selectman  of  Salem,  1797-98.  He  kept  a  tav- 
ern in  the  house  owned  later  by  Seth  M.  Pat- 
tee,  from  1775  to  1780  or  later.     He  married. 


December  2,  1773,  Elizabeth  Jones,  at  Salem. 
Children,  born  at  Salem:  i.  Abraham, 
March  10,  1775.  2.  Child,  October  17,  1776. 
3.  Abraham,  October  23,  1777.  4.  Rachel, 
February  24,  1780.  5.  Evan,  December  5, 
1 78 1.  6.  Child,  August  9,  1783.  7.  Betty, 
September   9,    1784.     8.  Susanna,   March    12, 

1786;  married  Hoyt.     9.  Amos,  May 

17,  1787.  10.  Moses,  March  23,  1789.  11. 
Relief,  March  25,  1791.  12.  Jones,  April  27, 
1792.  13.  Hezekiah,  July  18,  1794.  14.  Re- 
lief, June  29,  1796.  15.  Louisa,  August  18, 
1798,  died  July  24,  1865;  married,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1827,  Samuel  A.  Ketchum.  (See  Hul- 
bert  VII). 

The  Crane  family  of  Massachu- 
CRANE  setts,  numerously  represented  in 
its  various  generations,  has  been 
conspicuous  in  the  history  of  the  Common- 
wealth, along  the  most  useful  lines,  and  num- 
bers among  its  members  the  founders  and 
managers  of  some  of  the  most  important  in- 
dustries, and  those  who  have  rendered  to  the 
State  and  Nation  distinguished  official  ser- 
vice. 

(I)  Henry  Crane,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  in  162 1,  and  died  in  Mil- 
ton, Massachusetts,  March  21,  1708.  He  set- 
tled in  that  part  of  Dorchester  set  oflf  as  Mil- 
ton, his  home  being  on  the  road  from  Rox- 
bury  to  Braintree,  and  he  was  living  there  be- 
fore September  i,  1654,  was  selectman  1679- 
80-81.  and  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  first 
meeting  house.  He  was  engaged  in  the  iron 
manufacture  in  Milton  and  Dorchester,  and 
accumulated  considerable  wealth.  An  auto- 
graph letter  written  by  him  May  7,  1677,  is 
preserved  in  the  Massachusetts  archieves :  it 
is  his  reply  to  the  order  of  the  colonial  gov- 
ernment for  him  to  dispose  of  three  Indian 
servants.  He  married  (first)  Tabitha,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  Kinsley;  (second)  1683,  Eliz- 
abeth   .     Children  by  first  marriage:    i. 

Benjamin,  born  about  1656;  was  in  King 
Philip's  war,  and  wounded  in  Swamp  fight.  2. 
Stephen,  see  forward.  3.  Henry  Jr.  4.  John, 
born  January  30,  1658-59;  was  one  of  the 
brothers  who  started  the  first  iron  forge  in 
America ;  married  Hannali,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain James  Leonard.  5.  Elizabeth,  born  Au- 
gust 14,  1663;  married  Eleazer  Gilbert;  (sec- 
ond) George  Townsend.  6.  Ebenezer,  born 
August  6,  1665.  7.  Mary,  born  November 
22,  1666;  married  Samuel  Hackett.  8.  Mercy, 
born  January  i,  1668.  9.  Samuel,  born  June 
8,  1669.     10.  Anna,  removed  to  Taunton. 


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( II )  Stephen,  second  son  of  Henry  and 
Tabitha  (Kinsley)  Crane,  was  born  in  that 
part  of  the  town  of  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony,  called  Uncataquissett,  set 
off  as  the  town  of  Milton,  May  7,  1662.  The 
date  of  the  marriage  of  his  parents  and  of  the 
birth  of  their  first  three  sons — Benjamin, 
Stephen  and  Henry — are  not  recorded  in  the 
town  books.  The  date  of  the  birth  of  the 
fourth  son  John  is  fixed  as  the  11  mo.  30, 
1658,  which  would  make  the  approximate 
year  of  birth  of  Stephen  1655-56.  He  was 
brought  up  on  his  father's  estate,  and  prob- 
ably continued  in  that  occupation  during  his 
entire  hfe.  He  married  (first)  July  2,  1676, 
Mary  Denison,  born  in  1660,  died  June  17, 
1721.  Children,  all  born  during  the  life  of 
father:  r.  Mary,  July,  1680.  2.  Tabitha, 
October  7,  1682,  died  November  13,  1682.  3. 
Elizabeth,  March  14,  1684;  married  Samuel 
Fuller,  January  15,  1718.  4.  Samuel.  May 
23.  1687.  5.  Zerviah,  November  30,  1690.  6. 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below.  Stephen  Crane 
married  (second)  Comfort,  widow  of  Samuel 
Belcher,  of  Braintree,  August  13,  1723;  no 
children.  He  died  at  Alilton,  Massachusetts, 
July  20,  1738,  and  his  widow  died  in  Milton, 
December  21,  1745. 

(HI)  Benjamin,  youngest  child  of  Stephen 
and  Mary  (Denison)  Crane,  was  born  in  that 
part  of  the  Blue  Hill  lands  as  were  divided 
between  Braintree  and  IMilton,  May  30,  171 2, 
December  17,  1692.  He  married,  December 
27,  1722,  Abigail  Houghton,  He  was,  like 
his  father  and  grandfather,  a  farmer,  and 
brought  up  his  eight  children  on  the  farm. 
Children,  born  in  IMilton,  Norfolk  county, 
Massachusetts:  r.  Joseph,  February  28,  1724. 
2.  Mary,  January  23,  1727.  3.  Benjamin, 
June  4,  1728.  4.  Abigail,  August  16,  1729.  5. 
Amariah.  March  i.  1731.  6.  Seth,  July  22, 
1732.  7.  Stephen,  mentioned  below.  8. 
Abijah,  August  11.  1736.  died  July  4,  1737. 
Benjamin  Craine  died  in  Milton,  Massachu- 
setts. 

fIV)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Abigail  (Houghton)  Crane,  was  born  in  Mil- 
ton, Massachusetts,  May  19,  1734.  He  re- 
moved to  that  part  of  Stoughton  which  after 
February  23,  1797,  was  known  as  Canton, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  erected  a  house  on 
the  shore  of  Punkapoag  Brook,  near  the  junc- 
tion with  the  Neponset  river.  A  paper  mill  had 
been  erected  there  in  1730,  a  short  distance 
below  the  site  of  this  house,  by  a  company 
which  included  Daniel  Henchman,  a  well  es- 
tablished bookseller  and  publisher  in  Boston. 


This  mill  had  been  run  for  a  few  years  and 
then  discontinued,  as  it  did  not  prove  profit- 
able. In  1760  the  mill  was  again  started  up 
by  James  Boies,  of  Boston.  He  was  induced 
to  do  this  through  a  knowledge  of  the  willing- 
ness of  one  Hazelton,  a  soldier  in  an  English 
regiment,  then  stationed  in  Boston,  who  was 
by  trade  a  paper  maker,  to  operate  the  mills 
if  he  could  procure  a  furlough.  This  was  ef- 
fected, and  the  mill  was  set  at  work  and  con- 
tinued to  manufacture  paper  in  small  quan- 
tities until  the  revolution.  Stephen  Crane  fur- 
nished from  his  family  two  workmen  in  his 
sons  Stephen  (3)  and  Zenas,  and  they,  under 
the  direction  of  Hazelton,  became  adept  paper 
makers  and  pioneer  manufacturers  of  paper 
in  New  England,  Stephen  building  a  mill  of 
his  own  at  Newton  Lower  Falls,  ten  miles 
west  from  Boston. 

Stephen  Crane  married,  November  13, 
1762,  Susannah,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Susannah  (Tucker)  Badcock.  She  was  born 
in  Milton,  Massachusetts,  February  7,  1742. 
Children,  born  in  Milton:  i.  Luther,  March 
10,  1764;  married.  May,  1806,  Jane  Morton; 
he  died  October  6,  1843.  2.  Stephen,  Janu- 
ary 2,  1766;  married  Elizabeth  Gardner,  of 
Brighton,  Massachusetts ;  built  a  paper  mill 
at  Newton  Lower  Falls,  said  to  have  been  the 
second  in  Massachusetts;  he  died  1802.  3. 
Philemon,  January  7,  1769,  died  February  12, 
1769.  4.  Susannah,  June  7,  1770.  5.  Na- 
than, May  15,  1774;  married,  October  19, 
1806,  Avis  Harrington,  of  Watertown,  Mas- 
sachusetts;  she  died  !March  16,  1813,  and  he 
married  (second)  Susan  Hastings,  of  Wal- 
tham,  December  25,  1813;  she  was  born  Oc- 
tober 18.  1787,  and  died  July  25,  1862.  Na- 
than Crane  died  September  21,  1826.  6. 
Zenas,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Zenas,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  Crane, 
was  born  May  9,  1777,  and  died  in  Dalton, 
June  20,  1845.  He  began  learning  the  paper 
making  business  in  the  mill  of  his  brother 
Stephen,  at  Newton  Lower  Falls,  and  made 
further  advancement  in  General  Burbank's 
mill  at  Worcester.  In  1799  he  journeyed  west- 
ward on  horseback  in  quest  of  a  location  for 
a  mill.  At  Springfield  he  found  a  mill,  estab- 
lished before  1788,  probably  by  Eleazer 
Wright.  Going  further  west,  he  reached  the 
upper  Housatonic,  passing  his  first  night  at 
an  inn  near  the  border  line  between  Dalton 
and  Pittsfield,  Berkshire  county,  not  far  from 
where  his  sons,  Zenas  M.  and  James  B. 
Crane,  afterwards  built  fine  mansions,  and 
where  the   Crane  mills  continue  to  turn  out 


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products  that  have  a  world-wide  as  well  as  a 
national  fame. 

In  1799  Dalton  had  nearly  one  thousand  in- 
habitants, chiefly  engaged  in  agriculture. 
Among  them  were  such  men  as  William  Wil- 
liamson, the  distinguished  loyalist ;  Colonel 
and  Judge  Israel  Williams,  of  Hatfield,  and  a 
cousin  of  Ephraim  Williams,  founder  of  Wil- 
liams College,  who  entrusted  to  him  chiefly 
the  execution  of  his  plans;  Calvin  Waldo, 
graduate  of  Dartmouth,  and  a  prominent  law- 
yer; Dr.  Perez  March,  graduate  of  Harvard, 
and  a  county  judge;  and  other  men  of  like 
character.  At  that  time  the  nearest  mills  were 
at  Springfield,  Massachusetts ;  Bennington, 
\'ermont ;  Troy,  New  York ;  and  Hartford, 
Connecticut.  While  the  site  was  selected  in 
1799,  the  mill  was  not  built  until  the  spring 
of  1 80 1,  as  is  shown  by  the  following  adver- 
tisement in  the  Pittsfield  Sun  of  February  8, 
1801: 


Americans ! 

Encourage    your     own     Manufactories,    and     tiiey    wili 

impro\'e. 

Ladies,   fave  your  RAGS. 

As  tlie  Subfcribers  liave  it  in  contemplation  to  erect 

a  PAPER   MILL   in   Dalton.   the   enfusing   fpring ;    and 

the  bufiness  being  very  Ijeneflcial  to  the  community  at 

large,  they  flatter  themselves  that  they  shall  meet  with 

due  encouragement.     And     that  every  woman,  w'ho  has 

the  good  of   her  country,   and   the   intereft   of  her   own 

family    at    heart    will    patronize    them,    by    faving   their 

rags,  and  fending  them  to  their  Manufactory,  or  to  the 

neareft    Storekeeper — for    which    the    Subscribers    will 

give  a  generous  price. 

HENRY  WISWALL 
ZENAS   CRANE 
JOHN  WaLLARD 
Worcefstcr.   Feb.    S.    ISfil. 


IMartin  Chamberlain,  a  son  of  Joseph,  was 
an  early  settler  of  the  town,  was  at  first  ap- 
parently skeptical  and  would  give  only  oral 
permission  to  erect  a  building  and  make  the 
experiment,  but  finally  (December  25,  1801  ) 
executed  a  deed  to  Henry  Wiswell,  Zenas 
Crane  and  Daniel  Gilbert,  for  about  fourteen 
acres  of  land,  with  a  paper  mill  and  append- 
ages thereon  standing,  for  $194.  Gilbert  had 
taken  the  place  of  John  Willard.  The  build- 
ing was  a  one-vat  mill,  and  its  main  part  was 
of  two  stories,  the  upper  one  used  as  a  drying 
loft.  Its  capacity  was  twenty  posts,  a  post 
being  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  sheets  of 
paper.  When  the  mill  started  there  were  two 
weekly  newspapers  in  the  county,  and  one  of 
them  purchased  much  of  its  supply  from  this 
mill.  In  1779  there  were  only  five  postofiices 
in  Berkshire  county,  and  in  1801  only  seven. 
The  nearest  one  to  Dalton  was  at  Pittsfield, 
where  Mr.  Crane  received  his  mail  matter  un- 
til 18 1 2,  when  the  Dalton  Postoffice  was  es- 
tablished. 


Mr.  Crane  conducted  the  mill  since  known 
as  the  "Old  Berkshire"  until  1807,  when  he 
sold  his  undivided  third  to  his  partner,  Wis- 
well, and  went  into  the  mercantile  business  in 
the  eastern  part  of  town,  in  which  he  con- 
tinued until  1810.  In  that  year  (April  28), 
he  bought  David  Carson's  interest  in  what  was 
later  known  as  the  "Old  Red  Mills",  which 
was  run  for  a  time  by  Crane,  Wiswell,  Cham- 
berlain and  Cole  until  1822,  when  Mr.  Crane, 
who  had  from  the  date  of  his  purchase  been 
superintendent  and  chief  manager,  became 
sole  owner.  In  1842  he  transferred  his  inter- 
est in  the  Old  Red  Mill  to  his  sons,  Zenas 
Marshall  and  James  Brewer,  who  were  al- 
ready his  partners.  That  year  the  B.  &  A. 
railroad  was  opened.  In  the  fall  of  1870  the 
mill  was  burned  but  was  rebuilt.  In  1879  the 
firm  was  awarded  the  contract  for  supplying 
the  United  States  government  with  paper  for 
■bank  bills,  bonds,  etc.  To  fill  this  contract  the 
firm  bought  the  brick  mill  which  had  been 
built  a  few  years  before  by  Thomas  Colt,  in 
Pittsfield,  very  near  the  Dalton  line,  not  far 
from  the  site  of  the  inn  where  the  first  Zenas 
Crane  passed  his  first  night  in  Berkshire.  It 
is  now  known  as  the  Government  Mill.  Sev- 
eral of  its  employees  are  detailed  from  the 
Treasury  Department  at  Washington,  and  not 
the  slightest  irregularity  has  ever  come  to 
light,  such  is  the  perfection  of  the  system  em- 
ployed. 

The  introduction  of  silk  threads  into  the 
fibre  of  the  paper  was  the  discovery  of  Zenas 
Marshall  Crane  in  1846,  but  he  did  not  ap- 
ply for  a  patent  at  the  time,  although  his  idea 
was  adopted  by  several  state  banks.  Twenty 
vears  later,  when  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment adopted  the  plan,  an  Englishman  en- 
deavored to  establish  a  claim  as  the  patentee, 
but  the  fact  that  the  state  banks  could  show 
issues  made  by  them  at  an  earlier  date  saved 
the  government  much  more  in  royalties  than 
any  profits  the  Cranes  may  have  received. 

In  1850  the  firm  of  Crane  &  Wilson  leased 
a  stone  factory  which  had  been  built  in  1836 
as  a  wooden  factory,  between  the  Old  Red 
Mill  and  the  Government  Mill,  the  youngest 
son  of  the  pioneer,  Seymour  Crane,  being  then 
a  member  of  the  firm.  In  1865  the  property 
was  rented  by  Zenas  Crane  Jr.,  eldest  son  of 
Zenas  M.  Crane.  The  mill  was  burned  May 
13.  1877,  ^"fi  rebuilt  on  a  larger  scale,  and  has 
since  been  operated  by  Z.  and  W.  M.  Crane. 

Mr.  Crane  sat  in  the  legislature  several 
times  after  i8ii,  and  in  Governor  Everett's 
council    1836-37.      He   was   first   a    Federalist 


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and  then  a  Whig  in  pohtics.  Mr.  Crane  mar- 
ried, November  30,  1809,  Lucinda,  daughter 
of  Gains  and  Lucretia  (  Babcock)  Brewer,  of 
Wilbraham,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i. 
Lucinda,  born  March  19,  1813.  2.  Zenas 
Marshall;  see  forward.  3.  James  Brewer, 
born  April  30,  1817;  married  Eliza  B.  Thomp- 
son; (second)  Mary  E.  Goodrich.  4.  Lind- 
ley  Murray,  born  March  17,  1822.  5.  Sey- 
mour, born  September  16,  1826.  Of  the  sons 
of  Mr.  Crane,  Lindley  Murray,  in  1847,  es- 
tablished a  paper  mill  at  Ballston  Spa,  New 
York,  where  he  died  1879.  Robert  B.  and 
James,  sons  of  James  B.  Crane,  as  Crane 
Brothers,  established  mills  at  Westfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 

(VI)  Zenas  Marshall,  second  child  and  eld- 
est son  of  Zenas  Crane,  was  born  in  Dalton, 
Massachusetts,  January  21,  1815,  and  died 
March  12,  1887.  His  business  training  was 
under  his  father,  and  included  a  minute  prac- 
tical knowledge  of  the  details  of  paper  manu- 
facturing as  it  was  conducted  at  that  early 
time.  In  1842  he  and  his  brother  succeeded 
to  the  business  of  the  father,  and  they,  like 
bim,  were  successful  to  such  a  degree  that 
they  found  it  necessary  to  enlarge  their  plant 
from  time  to  time.  Much  of  their  success  was 
due  to  the  fact  that  they  constantly  installed 
the  most  modern  machinery,  yet  with  saying 
this,  the  great  business  ability  and  practical 
skill  of  Zenas  M.  Crane,  the  senior  partner, 
must  not  be  overlooked.  During  the  course 
of  his  business  life  many  inventions  changed 
paper  making  processes,  and  not  a  few  of 
these  were  the  results  of  his  own  ingenuity. 
He  invented  an  attachment  to  the  Fourdinier 
machine  to  regulate  the  flow  of  paper  and 
create  an  even  surface,  and  in  1846  he  de- 
signed a  method  of  introducing  into  the  fibre 
of  bank  bills,  numbers  corresponding  to  their 
value,  in  order  to  prevent  the  raising  of  their 
denomination  without  detection.  He  did  not 
apply  for  letters  patent  on  the  latter  ingenious 
contrivance,  but  some  twenty  years  later, 
when  the  national  banking  system  was  estab- 
lished, the  practical  men  at  the  head  of  finan- 
cial afifairs  adopted  a  plan  essentially  the  same 
as  Air.  Crane's,  in  order  to  prevent  the  coun- 
terfeiting of  paper.  Soon  after  the  govern- 
ment had  adopted  his  ideas  in  this  regard,  an 
Englishman  came  to  Washington  as  claimant 
of  the  invention,  but,  as  the  Mahaine  Bank  in 
Great  Barrington,  and  some  others,  had  adopt- 
ed Mr.  Crane's  invention  long  before  the  date 
of  the  Englishman's  patent,  it  saved  the  gov- 
ernment from  paying  royalty  to  the  foreigner. 


If  Mr.  Crane  had  secured  patents  on  his  vari- 
ous inventions,  they  would  undoubtedly  have 
brought  him  a  liberal  fortune  in  themselves. 
However,  this  neglect  inured  to  the  advantage 
of  various  paper  manufacturers  who  utilized 
the  fruits  of  his  genius,  and  without  expense. 
As  a  paper  manufacturer  he  had  no  peer  in 
the  country. 

Mr.  Crane  was  strong  not  alone  in  the  field 
of  manufacture  and  invention,  but  as  a  man 
and  a  citizen.  His  was  an  ideal  life.  With 
large  brain  and  large  heart,  lie  was  strong  in 
intellect,  in  sympathy,  in  all  that  goes  to  make 
up  the  best  in  man  which  we  call  character. 
In  him  was  no  sham,  nothing  that  could  be 
criticised  as  on  a  low  plane.  He  never  reached 
down,  except  to  grasp  the  hand  of  the  lowly 
who  needed  lifting  up.  He  was  ever  reaching 
for  the  good,  the  true,  and  the  beautiful.  It 
was  not  in  his  nature  to  do  a  man  a  wrong, 
and  on  everv  hand  there  is  evidence  to  show 
that  all  these  elevating  characteristics  were 
his.  The  living  men  and  women  in  Dalton 
who  were  connected  with  the  Crane  paper 
mills  during  any  part  of  the  time  he  conduct- 
ed them,  are  even  now  ever  ready  to  speak  of 
his  kindness  and  generosity,  praising  the  man 
who  had  for  so  many  years  employed  them  at 
good  wages,  had  looked  after  them  in  times 
of  their  sickness  or  misfortune,  and  who 
never  turned  one  of  them  away  unless  for 
some  great  misdeed  which  could  not  be  over- 
looked. 

But  in  a  far  broader  sense  can  Mr.  Crane 
be  spoken  of  in  such  connection.  Outside  of 
his  business,  he  was  a  man  who  held  a  high 
and  honored  place.  The  paper  trade,  from 
one  extreme  of  the  country  to  the  other,  knew 
him  for  a  man  of  the  highest  integrity  and 
strictest  honesty.  Those  who  had  dealings 
with  him  knew  that,  when  he  told  them  he 
would  manufacture  for  them  a  paper  of  a 
certain  quality,  it  would  not  fall  below  the 
grade  he  had  promised.  In  short,  he  was  a 
man  of  his  word,  not  only  in  business,  but  in 
all  things  entering  into  his  long  and  eventful 
Hfe. 

His  charities  and  benefactions  were  greater 
than  was  ever  known  during  his  life,  so  un- 
ostentatiously were  they  bestowed.  One  of 
the  most  lasting  monuments  to  his  memory  is 
the  Old  Ladies'  Home  in  Pittsfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. This  substantial  and  artistic  brick 
edifice,  one  of  the  ornaments  of  South  street, 
was  his  gift,  though  his  will  made  no  provi- 
sion for  its  erection.  In  conversation  with 
his  son,  only  a  short  time  before  his  death. 


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he  expressed  a  wish  to  donate  to  his  native 
county  such  a  Home,  making  it  so  plain  that 
he  intended  to  make  such  provision  by  will, 
that,  after  his  death,  his  family  made  the  fact 
known,  and  proceeded  to  carry  out  his  design. 
The  result  was  the  erection  of  the  Berkshire 
County  Home  for  Aged  Women.  It  may  be 
here  said  that  out  of  the  love  they  bore  him. 
and  their  sympathy  for  his  purpose,  the  widow 
and  children  of  Mr.  Crane  carried  out  his 
wish  to  the  letter,  providing  a  Home  which 
ever  keeps  his  memory  in  grateful  recollec- 
tion, and  which  is  regarded  with  pride  by  the 
people  of  the  city  and  county.  Mr.  Crane 
made  a  bequest  of  $5,000  to  the  House  of 
Mercy,  Pittsfield.  He  lived  in  a  generous 
style,  and  was  an  excellent  entertainer,  al- 
though not  upon  a  pretentious  scale.  His  resi- 
dence and  grounds  were  among  the  most  at- 
tractive in  the  beautiful  Berkshires. 

In  his  early  life  Mr.  Crane  was  an  ardent 
Whig.     At  the  formation  of  the  Republican 
party  in  1856  he  became  one  of  its  most  zeal- 
ous   supporters,    and   maintained   his   connec- 
tion with  it  throughout  the  remainder  of  his 
life.     He  became  one  of  its  leaders,  not  only 
in  his  county,  but  throughout  the  state,  and 
he  was  honored  by  election  to  the  state  sen- 
ate in  1856  and  1857.     It  cannot  be  said  that 
he  was  ambitious  politically,   for  he  assisted 
others   to  position   rather  than   himself.     He 
was    a    staunch    friend    of    the    late    Senator 
Dawes,  and  whenever  the  latter  was  a  con- 
gressional candidate,  he  was  one  of  the  most 
influential    in    promoting    his    success.      Mr. 
Crane   was   a   lifelong   personal   and   political 
friend  of  the  late  Judge  James  Robinson,  of 
North  Adams,  and  when  the  latter  came  to 
Pittsfield   to   hold   court,    Mr.    Crane    usually 
came  in   from  Dalton,   and  they  spent  hours 
together,  talking  over  political  aflfairs  and  in- 
dulging   in    reminiscence.      These    conversa- 
tions  at   times   resulted    in    furnishing   Judge 
Robinson    themes    for    his    editorials    in    his 
North    Adams    Transcript,   and   this   was   es- 
pecially   true    during    the    administration    of 
President    Cleveland,    when    Judge    Robinson 
editorially  delivered  his  memorable  philippics 
against  the  president. 

Mr.  Crane  took  an  intensely  patriotic  part 
during  the  war  of  the  rebellion.  During  the 
administration  of  Governor  Andrew  he  was 
a  member  of  the  executive  council,  in  1862- 
63,  and  in  that  position  exhibited  the  same 
qualities  of  sound  sense,  business  ability  and 
adherence  to  principle  that  so  strongly  char- 
acterized him  in  private  life,  and  which  were 


of  great  assistance  to  the  famous  "War  (mv- 
ernor"  during  the  most  critical  period  of  the 
national  history. 

Mr.  Crane  rnarried,  at  Lee,  Massachusetts, 
August  29.  1839,  Caroline  E.  Laflin,  born 
]\Iay  31,  1818,  died  January  16,  1849.  He 
married  (second)  Louise  F.  Laflin,  born  July 
I,  1830,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  His  children: 
I.  Zenas.  born  December  6,  1840.  2.  Kate  F., 
born  October  17,  1843.  3-  Caroline  L.,  born 
April  26,  185 1.  4.  Winthrop  Murray,  born 
April  2T,.  1852. 

(VII)  James  Brewer  Crane,  third  child 
and  second  son  of  Zenas  and  Lucinda  (Brew- 
er) Crane,  was  born  in  Dalton,  Massachu- 
setts, April  30,  1817,  and  died  August  4,  1891. 
He  succeeded  to  a  share  in  his  father's  busi- 
ness, and  was  identified  with  the  phenomenal 
growth  of  the  Crane  paper  manufacturing  in- 
dustry, which  engaged  his  attention  through- 
out his  life.  Mr.  Crane  was  a  man  of  broad  pub- 
lic spirit  and  bountiful  benefactions.  Among 
his  generous  gifts  to  meritorious  institutions 
in  his  lifetime,  he  left  in  his  will  $15,000  to 
the  Home  for  Aged  Women,  and  $10,000  to 
the  House  of  Mercy,  both  in  Pittsfield,  be- 
sides $22,000  for  public  purposes  not  spe- 
cifically designated.  He  married  (first)  Eliza 
Barlow  Thompson,  of  Dalton;  children:  i. 
Robert  B.  2.  James.  3.  Lizzie  L.,  married 
Dr.  William  L.  Paddock,  a  leading  physician 
of  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts.  4.  Jennie  L., 
married  Dr.  Frank  M.  Crouch,  a  prominent 
physician  in  Dalton.  Mr.  Crane  married 
(second)  Mary  E.  Goodrich,  who  died  Octo- 
ber 10,  1904.  Children:  Frederick  G..  of 
whom  further ;  and  MoUic,  married  Rev.  Her- 
bert S.  Johnson,  a  well  known  Baptist  minis- 
ter in  Boston. 

(\TII)  Frederick  Goodrich,  only  son  of 
James  Brewer  and  Mary  E.  (Goodrich) 
Crane,  was  born  in  Dalton,  ^Massachusetts, 
and  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  town.  He  was  early  intro- 
duced to  the  paper  manufacturing  business, 
with  which  he  has  been  actively  identified 
throughout  his  life,  and  is  ofificially  connected 
with  the  Crane  Company.  He  is  a  director  in 
the  Agricultural  Bank.  The  family  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Congregational  Church  of  Dalton. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Park  Club,  and  in  poli- 
tics is  a  Republican.  He  married  Rose 
Paddock,  born  in  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Frank  K.  and  Anna  (Todd) 
Paddock.  Three  children  were  born  of  this 
marriage. 

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comes  from  the  Goodrich  family,  of  English 
origin,  through  the  following  line : 

(I)  William  Goodrich,  American  ancestor, 
was  born  in  or  near  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  Suf- 
folkshire,  England,  and  came  to  America, 
presumably  with  his  brother  John,  as  early  as 
1643.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  of  Con- 
necticut in  1656,  was  an  early  settler  at 
Whethersfield,  and  deputy  to '  the  general 
court  at  Hartford,  May  15,  1662,  and  a 
grand  juror.  In  1663  he  was  appointed  en- 
sign of  the  train  band,  and  is  called  "En- 
sign" in  1676,  just  after  the  close  of  King 
Philip's  war.  On  October  4,  1648,  he  mar- 
ried Sarah  Marvin,  who  came  in  the  ship  "In- 
crease", from  London,  in  1635,  at  the  age  of 
three  years,  with  her  parents,  Mathew  and 
Elizabeth  Marvin ;  a  brother  and  three  sisters. 
Her  father  was  original  proprietor  in  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  in  1638,  one  of  the  original 
grantees  of  Norwalk,  same  colony,  in  1653, 
and  representative  the  next  year.  His  daugh- 
ter Sarah,  wife  of  William  Goodrich,  w^as 
christened  at  Great  Bentley  England,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1 63 1.  The  ]\Iarvin  family  is  elabor- 
ately written  of  in  "]\Iarvin  English  Ances- 
try," published  by  William  I.  R.  ^Marvin,  in 
1900.  William  Goodrich  died  in  1676,  having 
been  the  father  of  nine  children.  His  widow 
married  (second)  Captain  William  Curtis,  of 
Stratford,  and  died  in  1702. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Goodrich,  was 
born  May  20,  1653,  and  died  September  5, 
1730.  He  married,  ;\Iarch  28,  1678.  Rebecca 
Allen,  born  February,  1660,  and  to  them 
were  born  nine  children.  Rebecca  (Allen) 
Goodrich  was  daughter  of  Captain  John  and 
Sarah  Allen,  of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts. 
Her  father  came  from  Kent,  England,  with 
his  wife  Ann,  in  1635,  in  the  ship  "Abigail", 
each  aged  thirty  years.     His  wife  died,  and 

he  married   (second)  Ann  .  He  joined 

the  church  May  21,  1641,  was  admitted  free- 
man in  June,  1642,  was  of  the  artillery  com- 
pany 1639,  in  1657  was  the  wealthiest  man  in 
the  town,  and  captain  and  representative  in 
1668. 

(III)  Allyn,  seventh  child  of  John  Good- 
rich, was  born  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
November  13,  1690.  and  died  April  8,  1764. 
He  removed  to  that  part  of  Farmington  call- 
ed "Great  Swamp  \'illage,"  where  he  was  a 
blacksmith.  He  married,  December  29,  1691, 
Elizabeth  Goodrich,  born  November  19,  1691. 
died  at  Farmington,  Connecticut,  August  25, 
1726.  daughter  of  Colonel  David  and  Hannah 
(W'right )    Goodrich.      Her    father   was   born 


May  4,  1667,  son  of  William  Goodrich  (i), 
so  that  Allyn  Goodrich  and  his  wife  were 
cousins :  Colonel  Goodrich  was  a  lieutenant- 
colonel  in  the  old  French  war.  Allyn  Good- 
rich married  (second)  December  10,  1729, 
Hannah  Seymour,  born  March  28,  1707, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (North) 
Seymour. 

(IV)  Elisha,  son  of  Allyn  and  Elizabeth 
(Goodrich!  Goodrich,  was  born  September 
2,  1712,  and  was  on  the  town  list  of  Pitts- 
field,  November  16,  1772.  He  married,  No- 
vember 21,  1734,  Rebecca  Seymour,  born  June 
25,  171 1,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Hannah 
(North)  Seymour,  and  sister  of  his  step- 
mother. Her  father  was  son  of  Richard  and 
Hannah  (Woodruff)  Seymour,  and  grandson 
of  Richard  Seymour,  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  Hartford,  in  1639.  Elisha  Good- 
rich and  his  wife  were  admitted  to  the  church 
June  5,  1722;  they  had  two  children. 

(V)  Josiah,  son  of  Ehsha  Goodrich,  was 
born  in  Wethersfield.  Connecticut,  January 
15,  1740,  and  died  in  Pittsfield,  Massachu- 
setts, October  24,  1798.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember ID,  1767,  Ruth  Gilbert,  born  August 
14,  1743,  died  August  4,  1777.  He  married 
(second!  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1779,  widow  Abigail  (Wolcott) 
Wright,  born  in  Wethersfield,  April  21,  1752, 
died  at  South  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 24,  1 83 1,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  ('\\'yatt)  ^^'olcott,  widow  of  Levi 
Wright.  Pittsfield  church  records  show  that 
Josiah  Goodrich  was  admitted  a  member, 
"September.  1781,  by  letter  from  church  in 
Glastonbury,  Connecticut.  Josiah  Goodrich 
had  one  child  by  his  first  wife,  and  seven  chil- 
dren by  his  second  wife. 

(VI)  Levi,  son  of  Josiah  and  Abigail 
(Wolcott- Wright)  Goodrich,  was  born  in 
Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  December  9,  1785, 
and  died  August  8,  1868.  He  was  active  and 
successful  as  a  farmer,  builder  and  contractor, 
having  contracts  on  the  Harlem.  Housatonic, 
Western  and  North  Adams  railroads.  He  was 
many  times  called  to  official  position.  He  mar- 
ried, February  27,  1806.  Wealthy  Whitney, 
born  January  6,  1788,  died  July  24,  1858, 
daughter  of  Joshua  and  Anna  (Ashley) 
Whitney,  of  Pittsfield.  Levi  Goodrich  and  wife 
were  admitted  to  the  Congregational  church  in 
1832,  at  Pittsfield,  where  they  resided.  They 
had  ten  children. 

(VII)  Noah  Whitney,  son  of  Levi  Good- 
rich, was  born  in  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts, 
]\Iay  17,  181 1,  and  died  January  9,  1875.     He 


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married,  September  i6,  1832,  Abigail  Porter 
Goodrich,  and  they  resided  on  Summer  street, 
Pittsfield.  Uoth  were  admitted  to  the  Con- 
gregational church  there,  in  1832,  the  year 
of  their  marriage.  Mr.  Goodrich,  having 
passed  his  entire  life  in  Pittsfield,  was  well 
acquainted  with  the  history  of  that  town,  and 
recognized  as  an  authority  in  the  matter  of 
roads  and  boundaries.  He  was  a  most  es- 
timable man.  Children  of  Noah  Whitney  and 
Abigail  Porter  (Goodrich)  Goodrich:  i. 
Harriet,  born  June  6,  1834.  2.  Levi  \\'.,  born 
May  31',  1836;  married  Alice  Battle.  3.  Mary 
E.,  born  June  21,  1838;  married  James  Brew- 
er Crane"  (q.  v.).  4.  Lydia  L.,  born  August 
24,  1840;  married  William  H.  Cooley.  5. 
Lydia  W.,  born  September  i,  1842;  married 
John  Feeley.  6.  Frank  Hinsdale,  born  April 
"7,  1846;  married  Elda  Hoyt.  7.  Fanny,  born 
May  4,  1835;  married  Frank  A.  Robbins.  All 
were  born  in  Pittsfield. 

Abigail  Porter  Goodrich,  wife  of  Xoah 
Whitney  Goodrich,  was  born  November  28, 
1812,  and  died  September  2,  1891,  daughter 
of  Butler  and  Lydia  (White)  Goodrich.  Hus- 
band and  wife  were  fourth  cousins.  While 
Mr.  Goodrich  was  descended  from  William 
Goodrich,  the  immigrant,  through  his  son 
John,  his  wife  was  descended  from  the  same 
ancestor  through  another  son,  Ephraim,  whose 
wife  was  Sarah  Treat,  daughter  of  Richard 
Treat,  and  granddaughter  of  Richard  Treat. 
an  early  settler  in  Wethersfield.  Ephraim 
Goodrich  had  a  son  Gideon,  who  married 
Sarah ,  and  had  a  son  Caleb,  who  mar- 
ried Huldah  Butler,  and  they  were  the  par- 
ents of  Butler  Goodrich,  whose  wife  was  Ly- 
dia White.  Lydia  \Miite  was  descended  from 
Elder  John  White,  who  came  from  England 
in  the  .ship  "Lion",  in  1632,  settled  in  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  and  removed  to  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  in  1636.  Her  father. 
Ebenezer  White,  leased  the  mill  privilege  in 
Pittsfield  in  1778.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
church  in  1776,  and  his  wife  Abigail  in  1774; 
she  was  daughter  of  Abraham  Porter,  of 
Hartford,  Connecticut. 


The  surname  Atwater  ap- 
ATWATER     pears  very  early  in   English 

records,  in  the  English  langu- 
age in  various  forms,  and  in  the  Latin,  which 
was  long  the  language  of  all  scholars  in 
Britain,  as  ad  A  qua  in  and  de  Aqua,  the 
name  implying  that  its  possessor  lived  at  or  by 
a  stream  or  other  body  of  water.  The  earliest 
mention  of  the  name,  so  far  as  traced,  is  in 


the  county  of  Kent,  in  the  parish  of  Stone, 
where  the  name  Godefried  ate  Water  occurs  in 
connection  with  the  Manor  of  Eylvarton  be- 
fore the  year  1257. 

The  early  Atwaters  in  America  were  the 
offspring  of  sturdy,  upright,  God-fearing  peo- 
ple, of  whom  all  who  bear  the  name  may  well 
be  proud.  The  colonial  history  of  Connecti- 
cut would  not  be  complete  if  the  names  of 
Joshua  and  David  Atwater  were  omitted. 
"Genealogists  have  traced  the  English  ances- 
try of  the  Atwaters  of  the  United  States  in 
Royton.  in  Lenham,  in  Kent,  by  wills  to  John 
Atwater,  of  Royton,  as  follows: 

(I)  John  Atwater,  of  Royton,  made  a  will 
which  was  proved  July  14.  1501.  This  will 
mentions  his  wife  Maryan,  sons  Robert  and 
John,  daughters  Florence,  Spyce  and  Thom- 
asyn  Turner,  also  grandchildren  and  god- 
children, and  property  at  Royton  in  Lehham. 
(  H")  Robert,  "the  elder",  of  Royton,  son 
of  John  and  Maryan  Atwater,  made  a  will 
which  was  proved  December  22,  1522;  it  men- 
tions sons  John  and  Thomas,  brother  John, 
sisters  Florence  and  Thomasyn.  Alice,  wife 
of  son  John  ;  and  properties  at  Langderfield, 
Parkfields,  Little  Scotland,  land  lying  in  Len- 
ham called  Grant's  Gate. 

(HI)  Thomas,  son  of  Robert  Atwater,  was 
of  Royton:  his  will  proved  December  i,  1547. 
mentions  wife  Johan,  sons  Thomas,  Christo- 
pher. Edward  and  \\'illiam.  and  a  daughter 
.Alice.  He  enumerates  properties:  "One 
Messuage  called  Ward's  and  gardeyn" :  "an- 
other messuage  and  one  gardeyn  situate,  at 
Grants  Gate"  :  "my  house,  the  which  I  now 
dwell  in,  and  gardeyn.  and  twenty-two  pieces 
of  land,  of  which  are  named  Edythe.  West- 
broke.  Churchfilde.  Darbnlls,  Broke,  Under- 
croft. Hyfield.  Symerfield,  Agellcroft,  Pyxes, 
Dervold",  and  "other  two  pieces"  (Park- 
fields)  in  Royton,  Bromfield,  Bromecroft  and 
Randalls,  in  IBoughton  ATalherbe. 

(IV)  Christopher,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Johan  x\twater,  of  Royton.  died  before  April 
fi,  1573,  the  date  on  which  his  will  was  proven. 
The  will  mentions  wife  Maryan,  sons  David, 
Matthew,  George,  and  John,  and  daughter 
Joane,  brothers  Thomas  and  Wyllyam.  and 
"Adam  Water,  my  brother's  son";  properties, 
lands  and  tenements  in  Lenham  and  Bough- 
ton  ATalherbe,  Parkfields.  Randalls  and  Brom- 
field. 

(Y)  John  (2).  youngest  son  of  Christo- 
pher and  Maryan  Atwater.  died  intestate.  Ad- 
ministration on  his  estate  was  granted  to  his 
son.  Joshua,  at  request  of  his  widow,  Susan, 


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November  29,  1636.  He  and  his  daughter 
Ann  and  sons  Joshua  and  David  were  men- 
tioned in  the  wills  of  his  brothers  David  and 
George,  the  will  of  his  brother  David  convey- 
ing to  him  Parkfields  in  Lenham  and  Randalls 
in  Boughton  Malherbe  during  his  life,  and 
after  his  decease  "unto  David  Attwater,  his 
Sonne  and  to  his  heires   forever." 

(VI)  David,  younger  of  the  two  sons  of 
John  (2)  and  Susan  Atwater,  was  baptized 
in  Lenham,  October  8,  161 5,  died  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  October  5,  1692.  Be- 
sides his  interest  in  his  father's  estate,  in 
which,  according  to  the  custom  of  gavelkind, 
he  would  retain  the  homestead,  he  became  en- 
titled, by  the  will  of  his  uncle  and  god-father 
David,  upon  the  death  of  his  uncle,  George, 
in  1622,  when  he  was  seven  years  old,  to  the 
place  "called  the  Vyne,  with  all  the  appurten- 
ancesi',  in  Lenham,  and  by  the  same  will,  upon 
the  death  of  his  father,  John,  to  the  lands 
called  P'arkfields  in  Lenham  and  of  Randalls 
in  Boughton  Malherbe,  and  by  the  will  of  his 
uncle,  George,  upon  the  death  of  his  aunt, 
Ann,  wife  of  his  uncle,  George,  to  the  "house, 
barns  and  buildings,  with  all  lands  thereunto 
belonging,  at  a  place  called  Grant's  Gate,  in 
Royton.  In  the  month  in  which  David  at- 
tained his  majority,  October,  1636,  his  fath- 
er died,  and  his  mother  died  scarcely  more 
than  two  months  later,  in  January,  1637.  In 
less  than  six  months  from  the  latter  event, 
June  26,  1637,  the  brothers  Joshua  and  Da- 
vid, with  their  sister  Ann,  arrived  in  Boston. 
It  cannot  be  doubted  that  their  arrangements 
for  removal,  so  hastily  made  at  that  time  of 
general  discontent  and  apprehension  in  church 
and  state  affairs,  involved  large  pecuniary 
sacrifices.  They  came  in  the  company  of 
Messrs.  Eaton,  Davenport  and  others,  and 
with  them  were  among  the  founders  of  the 
New  Haven  Colony.  He  and  his  sister  Ann 
probably  sailed  from  Boston  where  they  had 
spent  the  winter  and  with  the  company 
reached  their  new  home  in  the  spring  of  1638. 
He  signed  the  plantation  covenant  June  4, 
1639,  the  day  of  the  meeting  of  the  constituent 
assembly  in  Mr.  Newman's  .barn.  In  1643  he 
was  one  of  twenty-nine  planters  whose  es- 
tates were  on  the  list  at  £500  or  more  upon 
the  union  of  the  New  Haven  and  Connecticut 
colonies,  consummated  at  a  general  court  held 
at  Hartford,  May  11,  1665.  David  Atwater 
was  the  first  of  the  New  Haven  colonv  who 
was  sworn  a  freeman  of  the  L^nited  Colonv. 
Besides  the  town  lot  assigned  to  him,  as  to 
each  of  the  original  settlers,  the  plantation  as- 


signed to  David  Atwater  in  the  original  di- 
vision of  lands  among  the  planters  was  in  the 
Neck,  between  Mill  and  Quinnipiack  rivers. 
at  the  north  side  of  what  is  now  the  city  of 
New  Haven.  There  appear  to  have  been 
three  of  these  divisions  in  his  lifetime,  the 
first  division  being  about  one  hundred  acres 
to  him,  as  appears  in  the  inventory  of  his 
estate.  The  general  name  of  Cedar  Hill  has 
been  given  to  this  region.  Descendants  of  Da- 
vid Atwater  still  reside  at  Cedar  Hill.  The 
eldest  male  representative  in  each  succeding 
generation  was  born  here,  and  for  a  time  at 
least  resided  there.  Witchcraft  made  little  im- 
pression on  the  steady  going  inhabitants  of 
New  Haven  ;  but  it  is  stated  that  in  1654  the  At- 
waters,  the  Lambertons  and  even  Mr.  Hooke, 
the  colleague  of  Davenport,  attempted  to  ef- 
fect the  death  of  a  woman  whose  sharp  tongue 
had  rendered  her  obno.xious,  and  therefore 
suspicious  to  her  acquaintances;  but  their 
combined  influence  effected  nothing,  and  she 
died  peacefully  in  her  bed  some  years  later. 
David  Atwater's  will  was  dated  April  14, 
1 69 1,  and  to  this  an  "appendix"  was  added, 
dated  December  9,  1691.  David  Atwater  mar- 
ried Damaris,  daughter  of  Thomas  Savre.  of 
Southampton,  Long  Island,  before  March  10, 
1647,  the  date  of  the  general  court,  when  the 
name  of  "David  Atwater's  wife"  was  read 
among  those  settled  in  the  meetinghouse. 
She  died  April  7,  1691.  Their  children: 
^lercy,  Damaris,  David,  Joshua,  John,  Jona- 
than, Abigail,  Mary,  Samuel  and  Ebenezer. 

(VII)  John  (3).  third  son  of  David  and 
Damaris  fSayre)  Atwater,  was  bom  in  New 
Haven.  November  i,  1654,  died  in  1748.  aged 
ninety-four.  He  was  called  "weaver",  and 
his  name  was  in  the  list  of  proprietors  in  1685. 
The  following  is  a  transcript  from  the  will 
of  his  father :  "Item,  I  doe  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  son,  John  Attwater,  ye  House  and 
accommodations  at  Wallingford,  with  ye 
Rights  and  privileges  and  appurtenances 
thereunto  belonging,  wch  I  bought  of  Sam- 
uel Potter,  with  two  acres  of  meadow  I  had 
of  John  Dod.  formerly  Ephraim  Young's 
land,  and  one  more  acre  of  silt  marsh  next 
ye  river,  lying  near  my  son  David's."  He 
settled  in  Wallingford  upon  a  farm  which  be- 
longed to  his  brother  Joshua.  He  married 
('first)  September  13,  1682,  .Abigail  ]Mans- 
field,  born  February  7,  1664,  died  September 
24.  1717.  He  married  ("second")  November 
27,  T718,  Mary  Beach.  His  children,  all  by 
first  wife,  were:     John,  Abigail.  Mercy.  Han- 


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nah,   Joshua,    Moses,    Phineas,   Caleb,    Benja- 
min and  Ebenezer. 

(VIII)  John  (4),  eldest  child  of  John  (3) 
and  Abigail  (Mansfield)  Atwater,  was  born 
August  17,  1683,  and  lived  in  Cheshire,  where 
he  died  March  11,  1765,  aged  eighty-two.  He 
married,  August  4,  1713,  Elizabeth  ;\Iix,  who 
died  February  20,  1758.  Their  children  were: 
Stephen  (died  young),  Enos,  John,  Stephen, 
Elizabeth,  Hannah,  Sarah,  Titus,  Amos  and 
Ebenezer. 

(IX)  John  (5),  third  son  of  John  (4)  and 
Elizabeth  (Mix)  Atwater,  was  born  June  27, 
1 718,  and  lived  in  Cheshire.  He  married, 
February  22,  1744,  Hannah  Thompson.  An 
item  in  the  Connecticut  Journal  states :  "Died 
suddenly  at  Cheshire,  December  14,  1804, 
Mrs.  John  Atwater,  aged  87."  Their  chil- 
dren were:  Jeremiah,  Phebe,  Hannah,  John 
and  Mary. 

(X)  Jeremiah,  eldest  son  of  John  (5)  and 
Hannah  (Thompson)  Atwater,  was  born  No- 
vember 10,  1744,  lived  at  the  corner  of  Chapel 
and  Orange  streets,  and  died  October  i,  1835, 
aged  ninety-one.  He  married  Lois  Hurd,  of 
Killingworth,  who  died  July  23,  1824.  Their 
children  were:  James  (died  young),  Jere- 
miah, John  (died  young),  John,  Lois,  James, 
Charles,  Fanny,  Nancy  and  Polly. 

(XI)  Rev.  Charles,  sixth  son  of  Jeremiah 
and  Lois  (Hurd)  Atwater,  was  born  August 
18,  1786,  lived  in  North  Branford,  died  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1825.  He  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  1805,  and  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  Congregational  church  at  North  Branford, 
March  i,  1809.  He  married,  October  4,  1809, 
Mary  Merwin,  born  February  18,  1785,  died 
October  13,  1879,  aged  ninety- four,  daughter 
of  Miles  and  Abigail  Ann  (Beach)  Merwin, 
of  Milford.  She  married  (second)  June  22, 
1827,  Abijah  Fisher,  of  New  York,  by  whom 
she  had  one  child,  Charles  A.  Fisher.  The 
childern  of  Charles  and  Mary  (Merwin)  At- 
water were:  Charles  ^lerwin,  George  Mer- 
win, David  Fisher  and  James  Chaplin.  The 
following  is  a  brief  account  of  the  Beach 
family  including  the  revolutionary  record  of 
Thomas  and  Landa  Beach,  the  grandfather 
and  great-grandfather  of  Mary  Merwin. 

(i)  Thomas  Beach  first  appeared  in  New 
Haven  in  1646,  migrated  to  Milford,  and  in 
1652  married  Sara,  daughter  of  Deacon  Rich- 
ard  Piatt,  and  a  settler.      (2).  John,   son  of 

Thomas    Beach,    married    Mary   ,    and 

settled  in  Wallingford,  Connecticut.  (3). 
Thomas  (2),  son  of  John  Beach,  born  in  1686, 
married  Hannah  Atwater,  a  daughter  of  John 


Atwater  and  Abigail  Mansfield,  and  she  was 
the  daughter  of  Major  Moses  Mansfield,  as- 
sistant governor  of  the  colony  of  Connecticut. 
Their  children  were:  Abigail  Ann,  born  1718; 
Landa,  1727;  Samuel,  1729;  Hannah  or  Ann, 
1735-  (4^-  Landa,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Beach,  born  March  5,  1727,  married,  in  1743, 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Nathan  Bald- 
win, who  had  command  of  the  fort  in  Mil- 
ford, also  of  governmental  sloops.  Their  chil- 
dren were :  Thomas,  Daniel,  Abigail  Ann, 
Thaddeus,  Samuel  and  Sara.  (5).  Abigail 
Ann,  daughter  of  Landa  Beach,  married  Miles 
Alerwin.  Their  children  were :  Abigail  Ann, 
Miles,  Samuel,  Mary,  Anson,  Nathan  and 
Benedict.  From  the  report  in  the  "Connecti- 
cut State  Records"  it  appears  that  Thomas 
Beach,  father  of  Landa,  served  in  General 
Wolcott's  brigade  in  1777.  He  was  in  the  bat- 
tle of  White  Plains  and  Fishkill  Fort.  'Con- 
necticut history  shows  that  Sergeant  Landa 
Beach  was  in  Colonel  Webb's  regiment  at  the 
battle  of  \Miite  Plains,  at  Trenton  with  Cap- 
tain Peter  Perritt  and  Lieutenant  Samuel  San- 
ford,  of  Milford ;  also  in  Captain  Hale's  com- 
pany which  acted  as  coast  guard.  Sergeant 
Beach  was  one  of  the  force  which  crossed  the 
Delaware  river  with  Washington  on  the 
memorable  25th  of  December,   1776. 

(XII)  George  Merwin,  second  son  of 
Rev.  Charles  and  Mary  (Merwin)  Atwater, 
was  born  in  Branford,  October  29,  1814,  died 
in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  January  14, 
1902.  Rev.  Dr.  J.  L.  R.  Trask  of  the 
Memorial  Church  preached  an  eloquent  dis- 
course commemmorative  of  Mr.  Atwater,  one 
of  the  principal  founders  of  the  church,  and 
gave  an  ajjpreciative  characterization  of  his 
parishioner,  emphasizing  especially  his  love 
of  nature,  his  strong  and  tender  friendships 
and  his  breadth  of  religious  views,  and  giv- 
ing with  the  portraiture  glimpses  of  the  life 
of  the  unique  man  years  ago  in  Virginia  and 
of  his  hospitality  at  Rockrimmon.  The  dis- 
course is  so  unique,  so  vivid,  and  evidenty  so 
truthful  that  a  great  part  of  it  is  transcribed 
in  the   following  account. 

For  fifty  years — a  little  more — and  more 
than  half  of  his  entire  life,  Mr.  Atwater  had 
been  identified  with  the  growth  of  Spring- 
field. A  New  Englander  by  birth  and  by  in- 
heritance, it  was  not  a  difficult  matter  for  him 
to  affliate  himself  with  our  life.  And  to  say 
that  he  loved  Springfield  is  to  say  that  he 
chose  one  of  its  most  pisturesque  rural  sites 
for  his  home,  and  built  there  the  house  and 
developed  there  the  land  to  which  he  gave  the 


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name  Rockrimmon.     The  uniqueness  of  Mr. 
Atwater's  mind  was  apparent  in  all  he  did.  It 
was   greatly   apparent   in   this   selection   of   a 
place  for  his  home — for  the  site  was  an  iso- 
lated knob  of  clay  and  sand  which  he  could 
approach    only    as    he    filled    a    large    gulch 
which  yawned  between  the  knob  and  others 
to  the  south  of  it.     He  loved  to  do  the  im- 
practicable and  the  impossible.     So  he  bridged 
the  ravine  with  a  plateau  of  earth  and  over 
this  he  made  the  road  which  led  to  his  house. 
After  this  was  done  he  attempted  nothing  fur- 
ther.    A  few  meandering  paths  wide  enough 
for  a  wagon  track  led  you  through  the  woods 
he  loved  so  well  to  his  hospitable  door.     He 
never   permitted   the  rustic   charm   to   be   in- 
vaded   by    the    fantastic    conceptions    of    the 
landscape  architect.     It  was   nature  and   At- 
water.     The  first  part  of  his  commercial  life 
was  passed  in  Mrginia,  and  it  was  Virginia 
he  was  importing  into  New  England  when  he 
built    Rockrimmon,    and    left    the    woodland 
trails   to  tell   their   own   story.      One   of   the 
happy  events  in   Mr.   Atwater's  life  was  his 
falling  in  with  Mr.  Upjohn,  the  architect  of 
New  York  and  Brooklyn.     And  when  he  dis- 
covered   this    peculiar    location    Mr.    Atwater 
said:      "The  man  to  project  me  a  house  there 
is  Mr.  Upjohn."     The  architect  had  one  piece 
of  advice   from  the  owner.     "Build  me  such 
a  house  as  my  great-grandfather  would  have 
put  up" — ordinary  men  build  in  the  form  of 
the  present  age.    This  unusual  man  went  back 
to    ancestral    dates.      And    in    the    large   hall 
which  in  the  lower  floor  of  the  house  is  near- 
ly one-half  its  area,  we  get  the  true  baronial 
dimension.       Easily    could    a    hundred    have 
dined  in  the  commodious  apartment ;  and  in 
an  earlier  age  the  game  could  have  been  found 
in  the  adjoining  woods.     The  log  house  not 
far  from  the  mansion  was  a  reminder  of  the 
same  historic  age.     North  and  west  the  house 
commands  a  romantic  view  of  the  river,  and 
the  meadows  and  the  hills.     Mount  Tom  is 
fully   in    sight   and   ]\Iount   Holyoke   not    far 
out    of    the    visual    range,    while    far    to    the 
northwest   the   village   of   Blandford   and    its 
white  church  lie  on  the  rim  of  the  horizon. 
But  no  distant  view,  or  even  one  closer  at 
hand,  was  as  fine  in  Mr.  Atwater's  eye  as  the 
primeval    trees,    in    the    midst    of    which    his 
house  was  set.     To  say  that  this  unusual  man 
loved  trees  is  but  half  the  truth.     He   wor- 
shipped them.     No  ax  could  be  laid  either  to 
the  root  or  the  trunk  of  one  until  it  menaced 
the  house  or  threatened  to  barricade  the  rus- 
tic thoroughfares.     In  the  owner's  eyes  a  tree 


was  a  divine  thought.  He  would  crook  around 
to  save  a  tree.    The  civil  engineer  might  argue 
till  doomsday  about  the  impropriety  of  irregu- 
lar lines  in  a  road.     In  vain.     The  trees  al- 
ways had  the  right  of  way.     He  told  me  that 
he  must  have  planted  in  the  thirty-five  active 
years  of  his  life  fifteen  thousand  trees.     He 
imported  them  by  the  wholesale.     If  he  built 
a  road,  the  first  thing  was  to  set  trees  gi-owing 
along  the  sides.     He  loved  an  open  fire,  but 
he  begrudged  the  wood  when  it  came   from 
his  own  trees.  He  bought  land  partly  with  the 
idea  of  selling  it  again.     But  as  the  trees  grew 
on  it  he  had  great  difticully  in  separating  him- 
self from  them.     Once  when  a  three-cornered 
piece  of  land,  heavily  timbered,  lying  between 
two   converging  roads,   was   about   to   be  de- 
nuded of  its  trees,  he  bought  the  worthless  land 
in  order  to  save  the  timber.     And  this  superb 
passion  for  trees  was  probably  a  thing  which 
he  imbibed  sixty  years  ago  in  Virginia  where 
he  rode  on  horseback,  as  his  mercantile  duties 
summoned  him,  across  those  eastern  counties 
famous    for    statesmen,    colonial    residences, 
wide  estates,  and  woods  crowned  with  grand- 
eur.   Of  Springfield  as  a  future  home  he  did 
not  know,  as  he  tarried   for  a  night  as  the 
guest   of   the    famous  John   Randolph.      And 
there    were    others    less    renowned    than    this 
sharp  debator  who  killed  men  with  his  tongue, 
whose  hospitality  the  young  traveler  enjoyed ; 
and    hospitality    was    the    golden    chain    that 
bound  these  widely  scattered  households.  And 
up  from  the  South  this  young  man  from  Con- 
necticut brought  to  Rockrimmon  the  Virginia 
atmosphere.     In  his  praise  let  us  say,  thirty 
years  ago  Mr.   Atwater  had  here  his   south- 
ern  home.     Some  black  servants — no   slaves, 
of    course — and    such    warmth    of    welcome! 
His  front  doors  were  large,  of  double  fold — 
so  that  all  his  friends  could  come  at  the  same 
time  if  it  should  please  them.    The  house  was 
never  too  full.     Horses,  some  of  the  best  in 
Springfield,  and  wagons  were  at  your  service. 
He    had    his    dogs — numerous    and    various 
fancy    breeds,    which    in    true    Virginia    style 
sported  about  the  place  or   followed  him  as 
he  rode  to  his  business  at  Hadley  Falls.  In- 
deed, it  was  on  one  of  these  mounts  that  he 
saw  in  the  distance  the  sandy  knoll  on  which 
later  his  house  was  built.     And  he  turned  to 
follow  the  cart  track  until,  to  his  suprise,  it 
ended  in  paradise.     He  never  could  get  away 
from  the  enchantment,  nor  did  he  ever,  un- 
till  the  rural  Eden  became  his  property.    Here 
the  tired  traveler  or  the  preacher,  worn  with 
his  morning's  work,  would  see  the  kindly  host 


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himself  approaching  with  a  bit  of  fruit  or  a 
glass  of  milk  to  beguile  the  fatigue  while 
dinner  waited  to  be  announced.  There  was 
no  need  of  this,  for  j\Irs.  Atwater  was  atten- 
tion itself.  But  he  loved  to  lead  you  to  your 
chamber  to  see  that  all  was  ready  for  the 
nights  repose.  And  he  never  failed  to  tell 
you  from  which  window  in  the  morning  the 
loveliest  outlook  was  commanded.  Rare  in- 
deed was  this  gentleman's  gift  of  household 
entertainment.  There  have  been  great  days 
of  refined  and  delicate  courtesty  at  Rockrim- 
mon.  Alas!  that  he,  the  prince  of  hosts,  will 
utter  there  his  word  of  welcome  no  more  for- 
ever. No  doubt  the  fire  will  burn  again  on 
the  dining-room  hearth  and  the  shadows  will 
flame  and  flicker  and  wave  on  the  walls.  But 
he  will  not  be  there  to  show  you  how  he  saw 
Andrew  Jackson  light  his  pipe  with  a  cinder 
from  the  coals  of  the  White  House,  or  to  be- 
guile you  with  happy  reminiscences  of  lordly 
spirits  who  had  sat  dreaming  above  the  hot 
ashes  until  the  smal.l  hours  of  a  new  day 
sounded  the  matin  calls  on  the  mantel.  Here 
the  preacher  enumerated  a  list  of  prominent 
clergymen  who  had  been  entertained  at  Rock- 
rimm'on.  Among  them  were  Rev.  Dr.  Rich- 
ard Salter  Stoors,  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  Rev. 
Dr.  William  Adams,  Rev.  Dr.  Andrew  L. 
Stone,  of  Boston,  and  San  Francisco,  and  his 
Boston  friends,  Edwin  B.  Webb,  and  Henry 
M.  Dexter,  President  Magoun  of  Iowa  Col- 
lege, Zachary  Eddy  and  Gordon  Hall,  of 
Northampton,  Dr.  William  M.  Taylor,  Pres- 
ident Julius  H.  Seelye  of  Amherst  College, 
Profes"sor  Roswell  D.  Hitchcock.  Lyman  H. 
Atwater,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Brodhead,  father  of 
Mrs.  Atwater,  and  many  another  illustrious 
divine. 

In  speaking  of  Mr.  Atwater's  personal 
characteristics,  the  speaker  said:  Mr.  At- 
water saw  clearly  all  around  a  subject,  and 
saw  it  so  suddenly,  that  speech  could  not  keep 
pace  with  his  vision.  It  is  not  strange  that 
men  misunderstood  him.  Sometimes  they 
finished  his  incomplete  sentences  for  him  and 
mistook  their  own  words  for  his  utterances. 
It  often  happens  that  men  who  do  not  them- 
selves use  figures  of  speech  fail  to  understand 
those  who  use  them  as  normal  modes  of  ex- 
pression. No  man  could  surpass  Mr.  At- 
water in  that  straight,  direct,  unhesitating 
and  unequivocal  form  of  speech  which  was 
his  when  aroused  to  the  exigencies  of  thought. 
The  sunlight  was  not  clearer  then.  He  rare- 
ly quoted.  He  originated.  This  gave  his  sen- 
tences piquancy,  individuality  and  force.  Men 


thought  him  visionary.  I,  too,  have  thought 
so.  And  they  have  wondered  how  he  could 
have  made  any  successes.  But  he  was  not  al- 
ways visionary.  He  had  great  keenness,  too, 
and  practical  sagacity  that  stood  him  in  good 
stead.  If  he  was  slow  in  giving  his  judgment, 
it  was  because  he  was  slow  in  forming  his 
judgment.  How  could  he  give  his  verdict  un- 
til all  the  facts  were  in?  He  was  a  better  pro- 
jector than  he  was  a  permanent  constructor. 
He  launched  things.  C>thers  brought  them  to 
port  with  a  cargo.  No  man  who  knew  him 
well  could  say  that  he  did  not  know  what  he 
wanted  or  that  he  failed  in  plans  for  secur- 
ing it.  So  far  from  being  irresolute,  his  was 
a  strong  and  persistent  will.  He  saw  a  way — 
he  believed  in  it — he  was  fond  of  having  it. 
If  he  was  defeated,  the  loss  was  unpleasant. 
Ordinarily  the  shortest  day  was  a  circuitous 
one,  but  there  were  occasions  when  he  'crost 
lots.'  He  was  not  fond  of  straight  lines,  ex- 
cept in  morals.  He  told  the  truth  or  kept 
silent.  He  was  visionary  and  he  was  prac- 
tical. His  horse  fair  was  scouted  as  imprac- 
ticable and  ungodly.  But  for  many  a  year 
and  with  increasing  regard  this  institution 
held  its  way  with  the  public.  His  horse  rail- 
road was  deemed  a  whim.  But  he  anticipated 
what  the  public  wanted.  His  successors  have 
developed  it  into  a  beneficent  and  richly  re- 
munerative enterprise.  Mr.  Atwater  had 
long  sight.  His  commercial  abilities  were  of 
a  high,  searching  and  accomplishing  order. 

George  M.  Atwater  married,  October  2, 
1850.  Harriet  Romeyn,  daughter  of  Jacob 
Brodhead,  D.  D.,  and  Eliza  Bleeker,  his 
wife,  of  Brooklyn.  New  York.  She  was  born 
August  8,  1826.  Children:  i.  Harriet  Brod- 
head, born  November  8,  1853,  at  Springfield ; 
married,  September,  1880,  George  Walton 
Green,  of  New  York.  2.  Mabel  Bleeker,  born 
November  28,  1856;  married,  December  19, 
1893,  Albert  Weaver,  of  New  York,  and  has 
one  child,  Howard  Brodhead  Atwater.  born 
November  i,   1894. 

(The  Beach  Line). 

Beach  is  an  ancient  English  surname  and 
there  have  been  many  prominent  men  of  the 
family  in  England  as  well  as  America.  \"ari- 
ous  branches  of  the  family  in  England  bear 
coats-of-arms. 

(])  Thomas  Beach,  immigrant  ancestor, 
appeared  in  New  Haven  in  1648,  and  settled 
in  Milford,  Connecticut,  as  early  as  1658, 
died  1662.  He  married,  in  1652,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Richard  Piatt,  an  immi- 


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grant  from  England.  She  married  (^  second  j 
Miles  Merwin.  Children  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  Beach:  i.  Sarah,  born  at  New  Haven, 
March  i,  1654.  2.  John,  born  October  19, 
1O55,  at  Milford;  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary, 
born  at  Milford,  1657.  4.  Samuel,  born  at 
Milford,  1660.  5.  Zopher,  born  at  Milford, 
1662. 

(Hj  John,  son  of  Thomas  Beach,  was  born 
in  Milford,  October  19,  1655,  and  died  in 
1709.  He  was  one  of  the  lirst  planters  in 
\Vallingford,  Connecticut,  and  his  descend- 
ants have  been  numerous  and  prominent  there. 

He  married  Mary  .     Children,  born  at 

Wallingford,  except  perhaps  the  eldest:  i. 
Nathaniel.  2.  Lettice,  December  24,  1679; 
married  William  Ward.  3.  Mary,  January 
II,  1681 ;  died  September  i,  1688.  4.  Han- 
nah, ^larch  17,  1684;  married,  August  5, 
1708,  Eliphalet  Parker.  5.  Thomas,  Febru- 
ary 14,  1686;  mentioned  below.  6.  John,  Oc- 
tober 5,  1690;  married,  February  22,  1717, 
Mary  Rogers.  7.  Samuel,  November  29, 
1696;  married,  April  29,   1718,  Phebe  Tyler. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  John  Beach, 
who  is  called  "Jr."  in  some  of  the  records, 
was  born  February  14,  1686,  at  Wallingford. 
(A  Thomas  Beach  was  in  General  W'olcott's 
brigade  in  1777,  and  took  part  in  the  battles 
of  White  Plains  and  Fishkill  Fort.)  He  mar- 
ried. May  9,  171 1,  Hannah  Atwater.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Wallingford:  i.  Damaris, 
April  5,  1714.  2.  Amzi,  July  14,  1716.  3. 
Abigail,  October  15,  1718.     4.  Landa,  March 

5,  1727;  mentioned  below.     5.  Samuel,   1729. 

6.  Asa,  October  3,  1732.  Hannah  (Atwater) 
Beach  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Abigail 
(Mansfield)  Atwater,  and  granddaughter  of 
Major  Moses  Mansfield,  assistant  of  the  gov- 
ernor of   Connecticut. 

(IV)  Landa,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Beach, 
was  born  in  Wallingford,  March  5,  1727;  mar- 
ried, 1743,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
Nathan  Baldwin,  who  had  command  of  the 
fort  at  ^lilford  and  of  various  government 
vessels.  Children  :  Thomas ;  Daniel ;  Abigail 
Ann,  mentioned  below ;  Thaddeus ;  Samuel ; 
Sara.  Landa  Beach  was  sergeant  in  Colonel 
Webb's  regiment  at  the  battle  of  White 
Plains,  and  at  Trenton,  with  Captain  Peter 
Perritt  and  Lieutenant  Samuel  Sanford  of 
Milford ;  also  in  Captain  Hale's  company,  and 
served  in  coast  guard  duty ;  was  one  of  the 
party  that  crossed  the  Delaware  river  with 
General  Washington  on  the  memorable  De- 
cember 25,  1776. 

(V)  Abigail    Ann,    daughter    of    Sergeant 

iv — 30 


Landa  Beach,  was  born  in  Wallingford ; 
married  Miles  JMerwin.  Children:  i.  Abi- 
gail Ann  Merwin.  2.  Samuel  Merwin.  3. 
i\Iiles  Merwin.  4.  ^lary  Alerwin,  married 
October  4,  1809,  Rev.  Charles  Atwater  (see 
Atwater).  5.  Anson  Merwin.  6.  Nathan 
Merwin.     7.  Benedict  Merwin. 


(For  preceding  generations  see  Robert  Morse  1). 

(VI)  Captain  Ezra  (2)  Morse, 
MORSE  son  of  Ezra  (i)  Alorse,  was 
born  January  28,  167 1,  died  Oc- 
tober 17,  1760.  He  was  deacon  of  the  second 
church  of  Dedham  for  twenty-four  years.  He 
was  captain  of  the  militia  company.  He  mar- 
ried  Alary  -,   who  died   September    17, 

1746.  Children:  i.  Captain  Ezra,  born  De- 
cember 12,  1694.  2.  John,  November  10, 
1703;  mentioned  below.  3.  Captain  Joseph, 
April  29,  1706.  4.  Mary,  April  8,  1710;  died 
young. 

(VII)  John,  son  of  Captain  Ezra  (2) 
Morse,  was  born  November  10,  1703,  in  Ded- 
ham, died  November  22,  1750.  He  resided 
in  Dedham  and  Stoughtonham,  Alassachu- 
setts.  He  married  Mary,  born  October  24, 
1709,  died  January  20,  1750,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Alehitable  Guild.  Children :  i. 
John,  born  September  12,  1727.  2.  Mary, 
November  29,  1729.  3.  Captain  Nathaniel, 
July  12,  1732.  4.  Mary,  February  2,  1734- 
35.  5.  Gilead,  October  3,  1737;  mentioned 
below.  6.  Ebenezer,  February  19,  1739-40.  7. 
Levi,  November  15,  1741.  8.  Major  Samuel, 
November  18,  1744.     9.  Phillius,  October  19, 

1747.  10.  Tahpnes,  May  13,   1750. 

(VIII)  Gilead,  son  of  John  Morse,  was 
born  October  3,  1737,  in  Sharon,  formerly 
Stoughtonham,  Massachusetts.  He  married 
(firs.t)  October  7,  1762,  Deliverance,  born  in 
Dedham,  August  31,  1738,  died  October  8, 
1785,  daughter  of  William  and  Abigail  El- 
lis. He  married  (second)  April  28,  1787, 
Mary  (Pettee)  Fisher,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  (Coney)  Pettee  and  widow  of 
Thomas  Fisher.  She  was  bom  February  26, 
1742,  died  April  27,  1825.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  French  and  Indian  war  under  General 
Wolfe.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  in 
Captain  Edward  Bridge  Savel's  company,  Col- 
onel Robinson's  regiment  in  1776,  and  in  Col- 
onel Mcintosh's  regiment  in  1778  at  Rox- 
bury.  Children:  i.  Chloe,  born  March  26, 
1764.  2.  Esrom,  October  24,  1765.  3. 
Gilead,  March  24,  1767.  4.  Captain  John, 
October  4,  1768;  mentioned  below.  5.  L'r- 
bane,   August    17,    1770.     6.  Luther,    Novem- 


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ber  12,  1773.  7.  Irene,  March  3,  1776.  8. 
Hannah,  February  10,  1778.  9.  Abner,  Jan- 
uary 16,   1780.     10.  Luther,  May  8,   1782. 

(IX)  Captain  John  (2),  son  of  Gilead 
Morse,  was  born  in  Sharon,  October  4,  1768. 
He  commanded  a  company  of  mihtia  and  was 
a  prominent  citizen.  He  resided  at  Dedham, 
Massachusetts.  He  married,  October  30,  1792, 
Lucy,  born  November  10,  1768,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Pettee)  Fisher.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Sharon:  i.  Lucy,  August  5, 
1793;  Hved  at  Mobile,  Alabama.  2.  John, 
February  16,  1796.  3.  Julia,  January  19, 
1799;  lived  at  Mobile.  4.  Willard,  Aprd  24, 
1802;  mentioned  below.  5.  Mary  Pettee, 
May   24,    1806. 

(X)  Willard,  son  of  Captain  John  (2) 
Morse,  was  born  April  24,  1802,  at  Sharon. 
He  married,  July  3,  1827,  Eliza  Glover.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Sharon:  i.  Esrom,  April  25, 
1828.  2.  Willard,  June  16,  1829.  3.  Eliza, 
October  11,  1830.    4.  Bushrod,  May  24,  1832. 

5.  Gilford,  January  5,  1836.     6.  Elijah,  May 

6,  1838.     7.  Warren  Thomas,  July  4,   1846. 

(XI)  Hon.  Bushrod  IMorse,  son  of  Willard 
Morse,  was  born  in  Sharon,  May  24,  1832. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  prepared  for  college  in  Providence 
Conference  Seminary  and  at  Pierce  Acad- 
emy, Middleborough,  from  1853  to  1856.  He 
entered  Amherst  College  in  the  fall  of  1856 
and  had  a  promising  career  as  a  student,  but 
before  the  end  of  the  year  was  obliged  by  ill 
health  to  relinquish  his  college  course.  He 
soon  afterward  undertook  the  study  of  law 
in  North  Easton  and  Boston  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Suffolk  bar  in  October,  1864. 
He  began  to  practice  in  the  city  of  Boston  and 
has  continued  with  marked  success  to  the 
present  time,  taking  rank  among  the  foremost 
lawyers  of  his  day.  He  retained  his  home  in 
Sharon  until  1895,  since  then  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Brookline.  He  and  his  brothers  in- 
herited the  Morse  homestead  near  Lake  Mas- 
sapoag,  purchased  by  their  great-grandfather, 
Gilead  Morse,  on  his  return  from  the  French 
and  Indian  war  in  1764,  who  in  1776  enlisted 
in  the  American  revolution,  rendered  service 
and  contributed  money  for  the  cause.  It  is 
a  picturesque  and  historic  place,  alive  with 
tender  associations  and  memories  of  past  gen- 
erations. 

In  politics  Mr.  Morse  is  a  loyal  Democrat 
of  the  old  school  and  he  has  performed  con- 
spicuous service  for  his  party  and  the  people. 
In  municipal  affairs  he  has  been  independent, 
however,  and  has  held  many  offices  of  trust 


and  honor.  He  has  been  chairman  of  the  Sharon 
school  committee;  representative  of  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1870-83-84,  serving  on  important 
committees,  being  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  probate  and  chancery  in  1884.     For  many 
years  he  was  chairman  of  the  Norfolk  county 
Democratic  committee  and  a  member  of  the 
Democratic  state  central  committee,  of  Mas- 
sachusetts ;  a  presidential  elector  on  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket  in  1884-88;  delegate  to  the  Demo- 
cratic national  convention  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
in  1880;  candidate  of  his  party  for  congress- 
man in  the  second  district  against  Governor 
John  D.  Long  in  1886,  and  carried  his  own 
county  by  two  hundred  and  thirty-three  ma- 
jority, losing  by  only  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  twenty-two  votes.     In  1890  he  was 
again  a  candidate  for  congress  when  he  re- 
ceived the  highest  vote  ever  cast  for  a  Derno- 
cratic  candidate  for  congress  in  this  district. 
He  has  been  a  justice  of  the  peace  since  1864 
when  he  was  first  commissioned  by  Governor 
John  A.  Andrew.     He  is  keenly  interested  in 
public  questions  and  especially  in  public  edu- 
cation.    When  a  young  man  he  taught  school 
for  several  terms  and  his  interest  in  the  public 
schools  has  never  abated.     He  has  been  dis- 
tinguished for  his  advocacy  of  reform  legis- 
lation   in    the    interests    of    laboring    men 
and     of     tariflf,     and     many     of     his     pub- 
lic    speeches     have     been     effectively     used 
by  his  party  in  campaigns.     He  was  in  great 
demand  as  a  campaign  speaker  in  his  younger 
days.     In  religion  he  is  Unitarian.     He  is  a 
member  of  Boston  Art  Club. 


The   surname   Beebe   is   of   very 
BEEBE     ancient    origin.      Ancient    family 

papers  said  to  be  in  the  archives 
of  Aston  Hall,  Warwickshire,  England,  show 
that  this  family  descended  from  two  Norman 
Knights,  Richard  and  William  de  Boebe,  who 
were  of  the  royal  guard  of  William  the  Con- 
queror, and  went  to  England  at  the  time  of 
the  Conquest.  They  were  granted  lands  in 
Warwickshire,  where  the  family  afterwards 
lived.  The  name  has  many  variations  of  spell- 
ing, Beebe,  Beby,  Beeby,  Beebee,  etc.  The 
coat-of-arms  borne  by  the  Dillev  Court  family 
of  England  is :  Azure  a  chevron  or,  three  bees 
of  the"  second.  Crest :  A  beehive  or.  Motto : 
Se  Defendendo. 

During  the  parliamentary  wars,  John  Beebe, 
of  county  Warwick,  with  two  sons,  having  ar- 
dently stood  by  the  popular  cause  against  the 
Stuarts,  fighting  under  Essex  and  Hampden, 
and  all   through   Cromwell's  campaign,   were 


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at  the  restoration  of  the  Monarchy  exposed 
to  persecution  by  the  court  officials.  They 
were  summoned  to  take  the'  oath  of  allegiance 
before  the  king's  governor  at  Warwick,  but 
refused  to  recognize  the  right  of  that  court. 
They,  with  others,  at  once  emigrated  to  the 
province  of  York,  and  settled  on  estates  with- 
in the  royal  demesne.  Soon  afterwards  an- 
other branch  of  the  family  settled  in  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts,  and  held  correspondence  with 
Lord  Stanley  and  Henry  Fairfax  of  Durham. 
These  letters  were  preserved  by  William 
Watt,  Esq.,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Aston,  War- 
wickshire. The  immigrant  mentioned  below 
is  undoubtedly  connected  with  this  family. 

(I)  John  IJeebe,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  Broughton,  county  Northampton,  Eng- 
land, and  sailed  for  New  England  in  April  or 
May,  1650.  He  was  accompanied  by  five  chil- 
dren. His  will  was  written  on  shipboard,  and 
indicates  that  he  died  the  same  day,  as  he 
writes,  "Being  by  Gods  good  hand  brought  on 
a  voyadge  towards  New  Engl'd  to  sea  and 
there  smitten  by  the  good  hand  of  God,  so  as 
that  my  expectation  is  for  my  chaynge".  The 
will  is  dated  May  18,  1650.  He  married  Re- 
becca   ,  who  died  in  England.   Children  : 

I.  John,  baptized  November  4,  1628;  settled 
in  New  London,  Connecticut.  2.  Rebecca, 
baptized  August  11,  1630.  3.  Thomas,  bap- 
tized June  23,  1633  (twin)  ;  settled  in  New 
London  and  was  a  shipmaster.  4.  Samuel, 
baptized  June  23,  1633 ;  mentioned  below.  5. 
Nathaniel,  baptized  January  23,  1635  ;  settled 
in  New  London  and  later  in  Stonington,  Con- 
necticut. 6.  Mary,  baptized  March  18,  1637. 
7.  Hannah,  baptized  June  23,  1640;  probably 
died  in  England.  8.  John,  baptized  about 
1641  :  settled  in  Hadley,  Massachusetts. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Beebe,  was  bap- 
tized at  Broughton,  England,  June  23,  1633. 
He  came  to  New  England  and  settled  at  New 
London,  Connecticut,  where  land  was  granted 
him,  December  2,  1651,  and  afterwards.  He 
married  (first)  Agnes  Keeney.  daughter  of 
William  Keeney.  He  married  (second)  Mary 
Keeney,  born  1642,  sister  of  his  first  wife. 
She  resided,  a  widow,  in  Colchester,  and  on 
May  8,  1716,  conveyed  to  Samuel  Fox,  of 
New  London,  land  granted  originally  to  Wil- 
liam Keeney,  her  father.  Samuel  Beebe  prob- 
ably moved  to  Plum  Island  and  died  there 
early  in  1712,  as  administration  was  granted 
on  his  estate  April  6,  1712,  to  his  widow  Mary 
and  son  Samuel,  of  Southold,  Long  Island. 
Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  about  1660.  2. 
Susannah,    about     1663.      3.  William,    about 


1665.  4.  Agnes,  about  1667.  5.  Nathaniel, 
about  1667.  6.  Ann,  about  1672.  7.  Jonathan, 
1674,  mentioned  below.  8.  Mary,  about  1678. 
9.  Thomas,  about  1682. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel  Beebe,  was 
born  in  New  London,  Connecticut,  in  1674. 
He  settled  at  Millington,  Connecticut,  near  the 
northeast  corner  of  Long  Pond,  in  East  Had- 
dam,  coming  from  New  London  as  early  as 
1704.  He  was  a  man  of  consequence  in  the 
town.  He  also  owned  land  in  Colchester.  He 
died  at  East  Haddam,  October  12,  1761,  aged 
eighty-seven.  He  married  (first)  Bridget 
Brockway,  born  at  Lyme,  January  9,  1671-72, 
died  April  5,  1756,  daughter  of  Wolstan  and 
Hannah  (Briggs)  Brockway,  He  married 
(second)  October  4,  1759,  Elizabeth  Staples, 
widow,  of  Millington,  "each  aged  about  eighty 
years"  at  the  time  of  their  marriage.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Jonathan,  born  about  1693.  2.  Wil- 
liam, about  1700,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Joshua,   about    1713.     4.  Caleb,  before    1717. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Jonathan  Beebe,  was 
born  at  New  London  about  1700,  died  in  East 
Haddam,  Connecticut,  January  29,  1788.     He 

married     (first)      Phebe     ;     (second) 

Eleanor   .      Children :    i.  Abner,    born 

1720.  2.  Silas,  1728,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Asa,  1730.  4.  William,  1732.  5.  Elihu,  1735. 
6.  Fannie,  married  Bixby  Isham.  7.  Eleanor, 
married  Captain  Amasa  Day.  8.  Phebe, 
married  Ebenezer  Dutton.  9.  Ann,  married 
Jabez  Chapman. 

(V)  Silas,  son  of  William  Beebe,  was  born 
in  East  Haddam  in  1728.  He  married  (first) 
Elizabeth  Emmons;  (second)  Esther  Cone. 
Children:  i.  Gehiel.  2.  Ansel,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Silas,  died  in  Madison  county.  New 
York.  4.  Nathaniel,  died  1850;  lived  in 
Onedia  county.  New  York. 

(VI)  Ansel,  son  of  Silas  Beebe,  married 
Charlottee  Arnold,  and  had  son  Ansel,  men- 
tioned below,  and  Jared. 

(VII)  Ansel  (2),  son  of  Ansel  (i)  Beebe, 
was  born  in  1792,  died  at  Millington,  1866.  He 
married  Mary  Elizabeth  Starr.  Children:  i. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  born  December  10,  1823,  died 
1896;  married  Emmons.  2.  Alden  Joseph, 
August  24,  1825,  mentioned  below.  3.  Henry 
G.,  February  22,  1828,  died  young.  4. 
Laura,     died     young.     5.  Lucy,     January     8, 

1834,    married    Treadway,      6.  Julia 

Ann    1836;    married    Harvey;    died 

1866. 

(VIII)  Alden  Joseph,  son  of  Ansel  (2) 
Beebe,  was  born  August  24,  1825,  died  in 
1897.    He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 


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and  learned  the  carpenter's  trade.  He  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  carpenter  and  builder 
and  took  many  contracts  in  Millington, 
Moodus  and  Colchester,  Connecticut.  He  was 
one  of  the  leading  builders  of  this  section  and 
had  a  reputation  for  skill,  economy  and 
promptness  in  his  business.  He  was  thor- 
oughly upright  and  honorable  in  his  dealings 
and  commanded  the  respect  of  the  entire  com- 
munity. He  was  a  Baptist  in  religion  and  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Odd  Fellows.  He  married  Harriet  L. 
Andrews,  of  Bashan,  born  there.  Children : 
I.  Kate,  died  aged  seventeen  years.  2.  Har- 
riet, died  aged  twelve  years.  3.  Ella,  died 
aged  eighteen  years.  4.  William,  married  a 
Miss  Wrisley  and  resides  at  Rocky  Hill.  5. 
Frank  D.,  born  November  i,  1856,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Elmer  (twin),  July  i,  1866,  men- 
tioned below.     7.   Nellie  (twin),  July  I,  1866. 

(IX)  Frank  D.,  son  of  Alden  Joseph  Bee^ 
be,  was  born  at  Colchester,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember I,  1856.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Bashan  and  Moodus,  Connecti- 
cut. He  learned  the  trade  of  molder  of  soft 
metals.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  went  to 
Cobalt,  Connecticut,  and  learned  the  trade  of 
casket  trimming.  He  worked  at  this  trade 
for  a  number  of  years  at  Meriden,  Connecti- 
cut, and  in  various  cities  in  Ohio  and  Penn- 
sylvania. He  has  resided  in  Holyoke  since 
1893  when  he  engaged  in  the  restaurant  busi- 
ness there.  Ten  years  later  he  opened  his 
present  bakery  and  has  enjoyed  an  extensive 
and  flourishing  trade.  He  married,  in  1893, 
Elizabeth  Door,  of  New  York  state. 

(IX)  Elmer,  son  of  Alden  Joseph  Beebe, 
was  born  at  Moodus,  Connecticut,  July  i, 
1866.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  town.  .\t  the  age  of  fifteen  he  started 
upon  his  career,  walking  to  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut. He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Meri- 
den Silver  Plate  Company,  looking  after  the 
stock  in  trade.  After  a  short  time  he  became 
a  clerk  for  the  firm  of  Russell  Brothers,  pro- 
duce dealers,  and  was  promoted  from  time  to 
time  until  he  was  manager  of  a  branch  store 
of  the  firm  in  ATeriden,  Connecticut.  In  1889 
he  came  to  Holyoke  to  fill  a  similar  position 
for  the  same  firm  in  a  branch  store  there. 
Since  1892  he  has  been  in  the  same  line  of 
business  on  his  own  account,  having  a  store 
in  Holyoke  and  scoring  a  marked  success.  He 
is  well  known  and  popular  in  business  circles. 
He  is  a  l^niversalist  in  religion,  a  Republican 
in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  Mt.  Tom 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons  and  of  the  Benevolent 


and   Protective  Order  of   Elks,  No.  902,   of 
Holyoke. 


(For   ancestry   see   preceding  sketch). 

(VII)  Jared,  son  of  Ansel  (i) 
BEEBE  Beebe,  was  born  in  Monson, 
Massachusetts,  in  1814.  He  was 
engaged  in  milling  nearly  all  his  life.  His 
first  undertaking  was  with  Holmes,  Reynolds 
&  Company,  in  Somerville,  Connecticut, 
where  he  remained  until  i860  and  then  re- 
moved to  Holyoke.  Here  he  started  in  busi- 
ness for  himself  and  erected  a  small  woolen 
mill.  In  1863  he  erected  a  large  mill,  four 
stories  high,  with  eight  sets  of  machinery,  the 
main  building  being  one  hundred  and  ninety 
feet  long  and  two  hundred  and  three  feet 
deep,  affording  space  for  two  hundred  and 
fifty  employes.  In  connection  with  his  son- 
in-law,  Mr.  Holbrook,  Mr.  Beebe  erected  the 
factory  of  the  Holbrook  Paper  Company.  He 
served  as  a  director  of  the  Agawam  Bank, 
and  was  a  large  owner  in  the  Farr  Alpaca 
Company,  which  he  was  very  active  in  remov- 
ing to  Springfield,  and  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent when  he  died.  He  died  July  31,  1876. 
He  married  Mary  Stacy.  She  was  a  devoted 
member  of  the  First  IJaptist  Church.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Maria  Louisa,  born  1841 ;  died 
1894;  married  Joel  S.  Webber.  2.  Henry 
Hared,  born  July  3,  1843 ;  mentioned  below. 
3.  Mary  Laura,  born  1846:  married  E.  W. 
Chapin,  of  Holyoke.  4.  Frank,  I)orn  1849. 
5.  Ellen,  born  1852;  married  George  B.  Hol- 
brook.    6.  Nettie  R.,  born   1856;  married  E. 

D.  Robbins.     7.  Carrie,  born  ;  married 

Rev.  George  £.  Merrill. 

(\TII)  Henry  Jared,  son  of  Jared  Beebe, 
was  born  in  Monson,  July  3,  1843,  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  town, 
with  a  course  at  Wilbraham  Academy,  where 
he  graduated  in  i860  at  the  age  of  seventeen. 
He  at  once  began  work  with  R.  B.  Johnson,  a 
Holyoke  clothing  dealer,  and  the  next  year 
engaged  with  Wells  &  Younglove,  in  Chico- 
pee.  He  then  began  business  in  his  father's 
mill,  where  he  continued  three  years.  In  1864 
he  went  to  New  York  City  as  a  representative 
of  O.  H.  Sampson  &  Company,  of  Holyoke. 
Four  years  later  he  took  a  position  as  treas- 
urer of  the  Springfield  Silver  Plate  Company. 
In  1870  he  and  his  father  bought  the  North 
Monson  woolen,  mill,  and  engaged  in  business 
under  the  firm  name  of  Beebe  &  Son,  until  his 
father's  death,  when  the  firm  became  Beebe, 
\\'ebbcr  &  Compan\',  and  brought  the  Mon- 
son and  Holvoke  mills  under  one  manasfement. 


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and  the  business  has  prospered  steadily  from 
that  time.  The  mills  produce  doeskin  and  cas- 
simere  in  large  quantities.  Mr.  Beebe  was 
elected  to  succeed  his  father  as  director  of  the 
Farr  Alpaca  Company,  which  position  he  held 
as  long  as  his  health  would  permit.  He  was 
also  a  director  in  the  Holbrook  Paper  Com- 
pany, the  First  National  Bank  of  Springfield, 
the  Indian  Orchard  Company  and  the  United 
Electric  Light  Company  of  Springfield ;  and 
vice-president  of  the  National  Automatic 
Weighing  Machine  Company  of  New  York. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Nayasset  and  Winthrop 
Clubs,  a  charter  member  of  the  former.  In 
1880  and  1881  he  was  a  member  of  the  alder- 
manic  financial  committee,  and  was  a  delegate 
to  the  Rej^ublican  convention.  He  attends  the 
First  Congregational  Church.  He  married 
(first)  in  1870.  Othalie  \'aughan.  died  1878, 
daughter  of  George  \'aughan,  of  Springfield ; 
(second)  Kate  Elizabeth  Glover  Olmstead, 
daughter  of  John  Olmstead  (see  Olmstead 
family).  Children,  all  by  first  wife:  Henry 
Jared,  Albert  Augustus  and  Arthur  Vaughan, 
twins. 


Olmstead  is  an  ancient  and 
OLMSTEAD     honorable  English  surname, 

derived  from  the  name  of 
a  place,  as  indicated  by  the  etymology  of  the 
word.  All  of  the  early  New  England  families 
of  the  name  are  descended  from  the  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  this  sketch.  The  name  was 
spelled  variously,  Olmsted,  Omsted,  Home- 
stead, Holmsted,  Homsted,  etc. 

(I)  James  Olmsted,  born  in  England,  came 
to  Boston  in  the  ship  "Lion",  embarking 
June    22.    1632,    and    landing    September    16, 

1632.  He  settled  at  Cambridge,  where  he 
was  admitted  a  f reman,  November  6,  1632 ; 
was  one  of   the  proprietors   of   the   town   in 

1633.  and  constable  in  1634.  His  residence 
was  near  the  site  of  the  famous  old  Wads- 
worth  house,  on  Harvard  street.  In  1636  he 
went  with  the  colony  from  Massachusetts  Bay 
and  was  one  of  the  original  settlers  and  pro- 
prietors of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he 
died ;  he  bequeathed  fifty  pounds  to  the  Hart- 
ford Church.  Children:  i.  Nicholas,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Nehemiah,  was  of  Hart- 
ford in  1649.  Perhaps  other  children  who 
did  not  come  to  this  country. 

(II)  Captain  Nicholas,  son  of  James  Olm- 
stead, was  born  in  England,  about  161 5.  He 
doubtless  came  with  his  father  or  soon  after- 
ward, for  he  was  a  proprietor  of  a  house  lot 
and  other  land  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 


as  early  as  1635.  He  sold  his  property,  Feb- 
ruar}'  20,  1636,  and  removed  with  his  father 
to  Hartford.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  Pequot 
war.  He  was  a  representative  from  Hart- 
ford in  the  general  assembly.  In  1640  he 
married  (first)  Sarah  Loomis ;  (second) 
Mary  Lord,  a  widow.  Children,  born  at 
Hartford:  i.  Sarah,  about  1641  ;  married, 
1662,  Captain  George  Gates.  2.  Mary,  No- 
vember 20,  1646.  3.  Rebecca,  March  12, 
1647-48;  died  1712.  4.  John,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1649-50;  died  young.  5.  Samuel, 
born  1653;  died  January  13,  1726,  as  East 
Haddam.  6.  Deacon  Joseph,  born  in  1654; 
mentioned  below.  7.  Thomas,  married,  June 
25,  1691,  Hannah  Mix.  8.  Mabel,  married 
Daniel  Butler  and  Michael  Taintor. 

(III)  Deacon  Joseph,  son  of  Nicholas 
Olmsted,  was  born  in  Hartford,  in  1654,  and 
died  there  October  5,  1726.  He  resided  in 
East  Hartford  and  was  prominent  in  town 
and  church.  He  married  Elizabeth  Butler. 
Children,  born  at  East  Hartford:  i.  Deacon 
Joseph,  1674;  mentioned  below.  2.  James, 
1677;  died  April  14,  1744.  3.  Nicholas,  1679; 
died  November  29,  1717.  4.  Richard,  1681 ; 
died  January  9,  1760.  5.  Elizabeth,  married, 
January  28,  1707-07,  Joseph  Skinner.  6.  Ne- 
iiemiah,  baptized  August  26,  1688;  died  No- 
vember 13,  1690.  7.  Hannah,  baptized  No- 
vember 2,  1690.  8.  Rebecca,  baptized  August 
20,  1693;  died  January  14,  1778. 

(IV)  Deacon  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Deacon 
Joseph  ( I )  Olmstead,  was  born  in  1674,  and 
died  at  East  Hartford,  February  25,  1762. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  church,  as  his  father 
had  been  before  him,  and  was  also  prominent 
and  influential  in  public  affairs.  He  married 
Hannah  Marsh,  who  died  August  22,  1760. 
Children,  born  at  East  Hartford:  i.  Joseph, 
May  25,  1705  ;  mentioned  below.  2.  Jonathan, 
November  14.  1706;  died  December  9,  1770. 
3.  William,  September  4.  1708.  4.  Hannah, 
.\ugust  6,  1710:  died  August  29,  1770.  5. 
Mabel,  July  29,  1712;  died  June  17,  1774.  6. 
Asahel,  November  19.  1714:  died  September 
15,  1750.  7.  Sarah,  November  10,  1716;  died 
September  3,  1810.  8.  Anna,  November  30, 
1718:  died  in  1808.  9.  Naomi,  March  i,  1721 ; 
died  November  7.  1775.  10,  Elihu,  May  7, 
1723;  died  June  3.  1723.  11.  Ashbel,  Febru- 
ary II,  1725-6;  died  May  17,  1791. 

(V)  (Taptain  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Deacon 
Joseph  (2)  Olmstead,  was  born  in  East  Hart- 
ford, May  25,  1705.  He  settled  in  Enfield, 
Connecticut,  and  was  prominent  in  military 
and   public    affairs.      His   epitaph    at    Enfield 


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reads :  "Who  having  served  his  generation 
according  to  the  will  of  God  in  several  im- 
portant offices  civil  and  military,  died  in  ye 
faith  of  ye  Gospel,  September  30,  1775,  at 
Enfield." 


"Forbear  to  weep  my  loving  friends 
Deatli  is  the  voice  Jeliovali  sends 
To  call  us  to  our  home 
Thro    these    dark    shades    from    pain 
Is  the  right  path  to  endless  rest." 


redrest 


He  married,  at  Enfield,  November  i,  1732, 
Martha  White,  his  "amiable  relict",  according 
to  town  records.  She  died  September  8,  1791, 
aged  eighty-five  years.  Children,  born  at  En- 
field:  I.  Joseph,  August  22,  1733;  died  No- 
vember 16,  181 5.  2.  Hannah,  baptized  May 
25,  1735;  married  Benjamin  Terry  Jr.;  she 
died  February  18,  1766,  aged  thirty-one.  3. 
Martha,  ]\Iarch  :,  1737;  married  Ephraim 
Terry.  4.  John,  baptized  March  11,  1739; 
died  May  15,  1761  (gravestone).  5.  David, 
born  1741,  baptized  March  8,  1741.  6.  Elijah, 
May  I,  1743;  married  Sarah  Terry.  7.  Asa, 
December  2"],  1745.  8.  Simeon,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Simeon,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  (3) 
Olmstead.  was  born  in  Enfield.  September  21, 
1748,  and  died  December  22,  1803,  aged  fifty- 
five  years,  at  Enfield  (gravestone).  He  mar- 
ried Roxalena  (or  Roxy)  Abbey,  who  died 
February  20,  1847,  aged  ninety-five  years.  Her 
epitaph  on  her  tombstone  at  Enfield :  "Blessed 
are  the  dead  which  died  in  the  Lord  from 
henceforth.  Yea,  saith  the  spirit  that  they 
may  rest  from  their  labours  and  their  works 
do  follow  them." 

"The  aged  know  that  thej'  must  die 
Nor  do  they  know  how  soon  'twill  come 
When  they  shall  wing  their  way  on  high 
And  leave  this  for  their  heavenly  home." 

Children,  born  at  Enfield:  i.  Roxa,  Febru- 
ary 14,  1772,  died  June  22,  1809.  2.  Simeon, 
born  April  10,  1774.  3.  Joseph,  May  14,  1776; 
married  Dorothy  Terry.  4.  Sarah,  March  i, 
1781  :  died  November  10,  1783.  5.  Silvanus, 
born  July  16,  1783.  6.  George,  December  27, 
1785 ;  mentioned  below.  7.  Ebenezer,  June 
28,  1788;  died  September  20,  1802.  8.  Sally, 
born  April  5,  1791.    9.  Timothy,  July  2,  1793. 

(VH)  George,  son  of  Simeon  Olmstead, 
was  born  in  Enfield,  December  27.  1785.  He 
married,  March  2,  i8og,  at  Enfield,  Sylvia 
Russell.  Children:  i.  George,  born  October 
5,  181 1.  2,  Albert,  March  13,  1814.  3.  John, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Dolly,  married  Daniel 
Welch,  of  Somers,  Connecticut. 

(Vni)  John,  son  of  George  Olmstead,  was 
born   in   Enfield,  June    i,    1820,   and   died   at 


Springfield,  April  8,  1905.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He 
removed  to  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and 
became  one  of  the  most  successful  business 
men  and  most  prominent  citizens  of  that  place. 
He  married  Rodelia  Langdon,  daughter  of 
Calvin  and  Sybil  (Pease)  Langdon,  of  Som- 
ers, Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Kate  Eliza- 
beth, born  at  Hazardsville,  Connecticut ;  mar- 
ried (first)  Edward  Weston  Glover,  of  New 
York,  and  had  one  daughter,  Ann  P.  Glover, 
who  married  W.  J.  Price  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.  Kate  E.  married  (second) 
May,  1880,  Henry  J.  Beebe  of  Springfield  (see 
Beebe).  2.  Amelia  Elizabeth,  died  aged  six 
years.  3.  Mary  R.,  married  F.  H.  Goldthwait, 
of  Springfield,  Massachusetts ;  children :  John 
O.,  Stuart  E.  and  Katherine. 


(For  ancestry  see  John   Porter   1). 

(VI)  Major  Jonathan  (2), 
PORTER  son  of  Jonathan  (i)  Porter, 
was  born  January  2,  1789,  died 
April  19,  1864.  He  resided  at  Hatfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  married,  December  17,  1817, 
Electa  Allis,  daughter  of  William  and  Sophia 
(Smith)  Allis,  of  Heath,  Massachusetts, 
granddaughter  of  Elisha  Allis,  great-grand- 
daughter of  Ichabod  and  Mary  (Belden)  Al- 
lis. Ichabod  was  the  son  of  John  and  grand- 
son of  William  Allis.  Children,  born  at  Hat- 
field:  I.  Moses  Chapin,  December  30,  1819, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Henry  S.,  December  24, 
1 82 1,  married  Matilda  Granger.  3.  Sophia 
A.,  April  18,  1824,  married  Quartus  Sykes.  4. 
Jonathan  D.,  July  3,  1826,  married  Phila  D. 
Morton.     5.  James. 

(VII)  Moses  Chapin,  son  of  Jonathan  (2) 
Porter,  was  born  at  Hatfield,  December  30, 
1819.  He  married,  December  17,  1846,  Emily 
Porter,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Amy  (Colt) 
Porter,  granddaughter  of  Eleazer  and  Susan- 
nah (  Edwards )  Porter.  Susannah  Edwards 
was  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Pier- 
pont )  Edwards,  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Timo- 
thy and  Esther  (Stoddard)  Edwards,  great- 
granddaughter  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth 
(Tuttle)  Edwards.  Richard  was  the  son 
of  William  and  Agnes  (Spencer)  Edwards, 
and  grandson  of  Rev.  Richard  Edwards.  Por- 
ter's wife  was  also  descended  from  William 
Pitkin  (i)  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  (Stanley)  ; 
Thomas  Olcott  (i),  Nathaniel  Foote  (i), 
John  Pierpont  (i).  Rev.  John  Davenport  (i), 
John  Haynes  (i),  Roger  Harlakenden  (i), 
John  Colt  (i),  Walter  Harris  (i),  Richard 
Ely  ( I )  Aaron  Cook,  a  very  distinguished  an- 


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cestry.  His  first  wife  died  January  19,  1856, 
and  he  married  (second)  April  14,  1857, 
Louise  Bridgman.  He  lived  at  Hatfield.  He 
had  a  common  school  education  and  followed 
farming  for  a  calling.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Hatfield  Congregational 
Church  and  largely  through  his  efiforts  a  ves- 
try was  built  and  a  pipe  organ  installed.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics.  Children,  born 
at  Hatfield,  by  the  first  wife:  i.  Augusta  A., 
born  December  13,  1847,  rnarried  Myron  C. 
Graves.  2.  Jonathan  E.,  November,  22,  1849, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Moses,  September  8, 
1854,  died  aged  ten  years. 

(Vni)  Jonathan  E.,  son  of  Moses  Chapin 
Porter,  was  born  at  Hatfield,  November  22, 
1849.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  at  Bernardston  Acad- 
emy. At  the  age  of  twenty-two  years  he  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  firearms  and  his 
firm  was  successful  in  the  venture.  Subse- 
quently the  firm  reorganized  and  Mayor 
Charles  S.  Shattuck  became  his  partner.  Af- 
ter their  factory  had  been  destroyed  by  fire 
he  sold  his  interest  in  the  business  to  his 
partner  and  bought  a  new  factory  site  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  river,  and  with  six  jour- 
neymen he  began  to  manufacture  machine 
tools  and  engine  lathes  under  the  firm  name  of 
the  Porter  ^Machine  Company.  From  time  to 
time  his  business  facilities  were  increased  and 
in  1888  he  enlarged  his  factory,  in  which  fifty 
men  are  now  regularly  employed.  In  1898  his 
son-in-law,  Hugh  ]\IcLeod.  became  a  member 
of  the  firm.  Mr.  Porter  continues  at  the  head 
of  his  extensive  business  and  is  one  of  the 
most  energetic,  enterprising  and  industrious 
manufacturers  of  the  town  of  Hatfield.  He 
is  interested  in  public  aiifairs  and  especially  in 
the  welfare  and  improvement  of  his  native 
town.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  at- 
tends the  Congregational  church.  He  mar- 
ried, December  13.  1871.  Mary  D.  Smith,  born 
in  Deerfield,  daughter  of  Silas  and  Eliza  (Wil- 
liams) Smith,  of  Deerfield.  Children,  born  at 
Hatfield:  i.  Mary  E.,  died  young.  2.  Helen 
Louise,  June  27,  1877,  married,  December  28, 
1899,  Hugh  McLeocI.  son  of  Kenneth  and  ^ane 
(McCullough)  McLeod,  and  a  descendant  of 
a  long  lineage  of  shipbuilders  in  Scotland ; 
his  parents  settled  in  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia, 
and  he  was  born  at  Wine  Harbor,  May  i, 
1867 :  came  to  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  and  entered  the  Mechanical 
Institute,  now  the  Worcester  Polytechnic  In- 
stitute;  in  1890  entered  the  employ  of  Mr. 
Porter  and  became  a   partner  in    1898;  chil- 


dren:    Doris  P.,  Helen  M.  and  Mildred  Mc- 
Leod. 


The  Rice  name  and  family  are  of 
RICE     Welsh    origin,    and    in    Wales    was 

written  Ap  Rice.  It  has  produced 
many  college  graduates  and  men  in  profes- 
sional pursuits.  Hon  W.  W.  Rice,  member 
of  congress,  and  Governor  Alexander  H.  Rice, 
may  be  mentioned  as  holding  positions  of 
prominence. 

(I)  The  ancestor  of  all  the  name  in  New 
England  was  Edmund,  who  came  from  Bark- 
hampstead,  county  of  Hertfordshire,  England, 
and  settled  in  Sudbury,  Massachusetts,  in 
1638.  His  residence  was  on  the  east  side  of 
Sudbury  river,  in  what  is  now  Wayland.  He 
was  selectman  in  1644,  deacon  of  the  church 
in  1648,  and  in  1657  was  one  of  thirteen  pe- 
titioners who  besought  the  general  court  for 
a  new  plantation.  He  was  trusted  with  vari- 
ous important  duties  by  the  general  court, 
which  he  discharged  with  conspicuous  fidelity, 
and  which  occasioned  repeated  calls  for  his 
services.  He  died  May  3,  1663,  at  Marlboro, 
Massachusetts,  a  sexagenarian,  and  was  bur- 
ied at  Sudbury.  His  estate  inventoried  743 
lbs.  eight  s.  four  p.     His  first  wife,  Tamazine 

,  died  at  Sudbury,  June  13,  1654.     His 

second  wife  was  Mercy,  widow  of  Thomas 
Brigham,  of  Cambridge,  whom  he  married 
March  i,  1665.  She  afterward  married  Wil- 
liam Hunt,  of  Marlboro,  and  she  died  Decem- 
ber 27.  1661.  Children  of  Edmund  and  Tama- 
zine: Henry,  Edward,  Thomas,  Matthew, 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Lydia,  Edmund,  Benjamin, 
Ruth  and  Ann. 

(II)  Deacon  Edmund,  second  son  of  Ed- 
mund ( I )  and  Tamazine  Rice,  was  born  prob- 
ably in  England,  about  1619,  and  died  an 
nonagenarian  in  Marlboro.  He  resided  in 
Sudbury,  removed  to  Marlboro  in  1664,  and 
was  deacon  of  the  church  there.  His  house 
in  Marlboro  stood  on  the  old  county  road  lead- 
ing from  Marlboro  to  Northboro,  and  in  the 
bend  as  it  passes  around  the  northerly  side  of 
the  pond,  a  short  distance  north  of  the  ancient 
Williams  Tavern.  In  1686  he  deeded  to  his 
son  Edmund,  a  piece  of  land  in  Sudbury.  He 
married  Agnes  Bent ;  children  :  John,  Lydia 
Mied  on  her  natal  day),  Daniel,  Caleb,  Jacob, 
Annie,  Dorcas,  Benjamin  and  Abigail. 

(III)  Daniel,  fourth  child  of  Deacon  Ed- 
mund and  Agnes  (Bent)  Rice,  was  born  in 
Sudbury,  December  9,  1653,  and  died  at  Marl- 
boro, where  he  resided,  an  octogenarian.  His 
will   was   probated   December    19,    1737.     He 


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married  Berthia,  daughter  of  William  Ward. 
She  died  in  1G58,  and  he  married  (second) 
Elizabeth,  widow  of  John  Wheeler,  of  Marl- 
boro, jMay  9,  1825,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Wells.  Children:  Berthia,  Daniel,  Judith, 
Luke,  Priscilla,  Elesia,  Deborah,  and  Hope- 
still. 

(IV')  Luke,  second  son  of  Daniel  and 
Berthia  (Ward)  Rice,  was  born  November 
30,  1689,  in  Marlboro,  and  died  there  Inde- 
pendence Day,  1754.  In  1740  he  removed  to 
Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts,  and  occupied  the 
farm  improved  by  his  brother  Daniel.  He  was 
assessor  six  years,  selectman  six  years,  and 
five  years  town  treasurer.  His  will  was  pro- 
bated in  July,  1754.  He  married  Rachel 
Stowe,  of  Marlboro,  December  14,  1715.  Chil- 
dren :  Azubah,  Hezekiah,  Dinah,  Rachel,  Abi- 
gail, Lydia,  Priscilla  and  Sarah. 

(V)  Hezekiah,  eldest  son  of  Luke  and 
Rachel  (Stowe)  Rice,  was  born  in  Shrews- 
bury, February  18,  1718,  and  died  there  in  his 
forty-second  year.  His  estate  inventoried  1306 
lbs.  18  s.  four  p.  He  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Hapgood)  Tay- 
lor of  Shrewsbury,  January,  1739.  She  sur- 
vived her  husband  thirty-seven  years.  Chil- 
dren :  Lemuel,  Asa,  Luke,  Jonah,  Lydia  and 
Mary. 

(\T)  Luke,  third  son  of  Hezekiah  and 
Mary  (Taylor)  Rice,  was  born  October  23, 
1744,  at  Shrewsbury,  and  died  at  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  having  attained  his  sixty-sec- 
ond year.  He  and  his  brother  Lemuel  had  a 
joint  funeral  and  occupied  one  grave.  They 
died  within  fifteen  minutes  of  each  other.  He 
lived  first  at  Worcester,  then  at  Petersham, 
Massachusetts,  returning  to  Worcester  again 
later  to  live.  He  married  Prudence  Gates,  of 
Worcester,  by  whom  he  had  twelve  children, 
all  dying  in  infancy  but  William,  Prudence 
and  Luke. 

(VH)  William,  first  son  of  Luke  and  Pru- 
dence (Gates)  Rice,  was  born  in  Petersham, 
in  1773,  and  died  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  a 
septugenarian.  He  resided  at  Worcester, 
Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  and  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  a  sign-painter,  and  a  sign  he 
painted  until  recently  hung  from  the  old  tav- 
ern at  West  Springfield,  also  the  one  at  the 
Elm  Tree  Inn,  Farmington,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Martha,  daughter  of  Abel  and  Josiah 
(Jolmson)  Goulding,  of  Shrewsbury.  Chil- 
dren :  Charles  Goulding.  William  R.,  George, 
Henry,  Mary,  Martha,  Hezekiah.  Frederick, 
Maria  and  James. 

(\TII)  Charles  Goulding.  eldest  son  of  Wil- 


liam and  Martha  (Gouldiifg)  Rice,  was  prob- 
aly  born  in  Worcester.  He  resided  and  died 
in  Springfield.  He  married  Maria,  daughter 
of  William  Blake, 

(IX)  Charles  Blake,  son  of  Charles  Gould- 
ing and  Maria  (Blake)  Rice,  was  born  in 
Springfield,  and  married  Mary  J.,  daughter  of 
Walter  Coombs. 

(X)  Cora  Lee,  daughter  of  Charles  Blake 
and  Mary  (Coombs)  Rice,  was  born  June  12, 
1859,  and  married  Edward  Carroll  Washburn, 
December  25,  1877.  Their  children:  i.  Wal- 
ter Rice,  born  in  Springfield,  March  12,  1879; 
educated  in  Springfield  high  school,  and  grad- 
uated in  A.  B.  at  Amherst  College,  1903.  2. 
Howard  Cheney,  March  20,  1881 :  educated  at 
Gunnery  School  in  Washington,  Connecticut, 
and  is  now  travelling. 

(The   Coombs   Line). 

Richard  Coombs,  first  of  the  family  known 
to  have  been  in  this  country,  was  living  in  En- 
field, Connecticut,  before  1735.  The  Coombs 
family  of  Marblehead  was,  according  to 
tradition,  French  Huguenots,  and  it  is 
thought  there  may  have  been  some  connection 
between  the  Marblehead  and  Enfield  families. 

He  married  Hejjsizah  .     His  land,  or 

part  of  it,  lay  near  the  Somers  line  in  Enfield. 
His  appears  from  time  to  time  on  the  town 
records.  He  appears  also  to  have  lived  in  the 
adjoining  town  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  i.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  2. 
John,  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  war, 
1758;  settled  in  Enfield.  3.  Ebenezer,  born 
May  13,  1736,  at  Enfield. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Richard  Coombs,  was 
born  at  Springfield,  January  26,  1730 ;  died 
April  25,  1796.  The  surname  was  often  spell- 
ed Coomes.  The  family  settled  in  what  is  now 
Longmeadow,  where  they  have  been  numer- 
ous down  to  the  present  day.  He  married  May 
18,  1761.  Miriam  Hale,  who  died  .\pril  25, 
1796,  daughter  of  Noah  and  Miriam  Hale. 
Children:    i.  Samuel,  born  August  30.    1761. 

2.  Silence,  January  22,  1765,  died  in  infancy. 

3.  Walter,  mentioned  below.  4.  Silence,  born 
April  27,  1768.  5.  Noah,  August  3,  1770.  6. 
Achsah,  March  10,  1773.  7.  Moses  Newell, 
July  16,  1775.    8.  Miriam,  November  6,  1782. 

(III)  W'alter,  son  of  Samuel  Coombs,  was 
born  at  Longmeadow.  April  23.  1766:  died 
December  25,  1842.  He  married,  January  6, 
1790.  Flavia  Colton,  daughter  of  Festus  and 
Eunice.  Children:  i.  Sally,  born  October  6, 
1790:  died  young.  2.  Miriam,  born  February 
'•  1793-    3-  Sally,  born  February  18,  1796.    4. 


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Walter,  mentioned  below.  The  mother  of 
these  children  died  August  i6,  1799,  and  he 
married  (second)  Abigail  Skinner,  of  East 
Windsor.  Connecticut.  December  4,  1799. 
Children:  5.  Chauncey  Bliss,  born  January  i, 
1801.  6.  Flavia  Colt'on,  April  25,  1803.  7. 
Samuel  Skinner.  January  12,  1805.  8.  Achsa, 
August  16,  1807.  9.  Lucinda,  May  12.  1809. 
10.  Aurelia  B.,  December  2,  18 15. 

(IV)  Walter  (2),  son  of  Walter  (i) 
Coombs,  or  Coomes,  was  born  at  Longmead- 
o\v.  January  2,  1798:  died  June  5,  1843:  mar- 
ried" Emily  Ashley.  He  lived  and  died  in 
Longmeadow.  Children:  i.  Emily  Naomi. 
born  September  24.  1827 :  still  living.  2.  Mary 
J.,  married  Charles  Blake  Rice  (see  Rice).  3. 
Ellen,  married  \\'illiam  D.  Chandler :  she  died 
in  Portland,  Oregon.  4.  Gilbert  H.,  died  July, 
1907,  at  Hartford.  Connecticut.  5.  Edward 
Pavson,  died  in  Bridgeport.  Connecticut. 


(For  preceding  generations  see  John  Lowthroppe  1). 

(VI)  John  (3)  Lathrop.  son 
LATHROP     of     Samuel     and     Elizabeth 

(Scudder)  Lathrop,  was  born 
in  Boston  and  baptized  there  December  7, 
1645,  died  Wallingford,  Connecticut,  August 
25,  1685 ;  married  probably  in  Norwich,  De- 
cember 15,  1669,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Robert 
Royce,  of  New  London.  They  have  seven 
children. 

(VII)  John  (4),  son  and  fourth  child  of 
John  (3)  and  Ruth  (Royce)  Lathrop,  was 
born  in  Wallingford,  May  19,  1680,  died  af- 
ter August  4,  1753.  He  married  twice;  (sec- 
ond) February  14,  1721,  in  Norwich,  Lydia 
Palmeter.  and  by  her  had  four  children. 

(VIII)  John  (5),  youngest  son  and  child 
of  John  (4)  and  Lydia  (Palmeter)  Lathrop, 
was  born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  February 
17,  1728-29;  married,  July  15.  1752,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Simon  Peck,  of  LTxbridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts. She  was  born  October  24,  1735, 
and  bore  her  husband  ten  children. 

(IX)  Daniel,  son  and  sixth  child  of  John 
(5)  and  Sarah  (Peck)  Lathrop,  was  born  in 
Bethel,  ^^ermont,  March  3,  1768,  died  in  Do- 
ver, Maine,  March  3,  1841.  He  married,  in 
Bethel,  Lucy  Smith,  born  February  2,  1773, 
probably  in  Windsor,  Vermont,  died  in  Wa- 
tertown,  Connecticut.  November  14,  1859, 
having  borne  her  husband  nine  children:  r. 
Erastus,  born  September  2,  1793.  2.  James 
Smith.  Granby,  Alassachusetts,  ^lay  20,  1796. 
3.  Lucy.  August  24,  1798.  4.  Pamelia,  Au- 
gust 25,  1800.  5.  Daniel  Jr.,  Bethel,  Vermont. 
August  16,  1802.     6.  Sabra,  May  24,  1806.  7. 


Albert,  twin,  Windsor,  \'ermnnt,  Alarch  18, 
1 8 10.  8.  Alfred,  twin,  March  18.  1810.  9. 
John,  Granby,  July  24,  1814. 

(X)  Erastus,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Daniel 
and  Lucy  (Smith)  Lathrop,  was  born  in  Gran- 
by, Massachusetts.  September  2,  1793,  died  in 
\Voodbury.  Connecticut,  November  26,  1884. 
He  was  a  substantial  farmer  and  lived  many 
years  in  Granby  on  his  own  farm,  on  which 
eight  of  his  ten  children  were  born.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  also  a 
consistent  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  married  in  Sufifield,  Massachu- 
setts. June  18.  1 81 7,  Rebeckah  \\'ard,  born 
Wilbraham.  Massachusetts.  March  22,  1793, 
died  Woodbury.  November  i,  1884.  Her  fath- 
er, Nehemiah  Ward,  was  born  in  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts,  June  20,  1761,  died  Granby, 
November  24,  1831  :  married  Hannah  Pack- 
ard. His  father.  Lemuel  Ward,  was  born 
in  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  September  7, 
1729;  married,  August  29,  1754,  ^Fary  Bates. 
His  father,  presumably  Nehemiah  Ward,  was 
born  in  Hingham,  November  26.  1708;  mar- 
ried (published)  June  2,  1728.  Deborah  Bry- 
ant. His  father,  Edward  Ward,  was  baptized 
in  Hingham,  July  24,  1672;  married,  1702-03, 
Deborah  Lane,  born  November  21.  1679, 
daughter  of  Josiah  and  Deborah  (Gill)  Lane. 
His  father.  Henry  Ward,  was  born  probably 
in  England  about  1635,  died  in  Hingham, 
Massachu.setts,  April  4,  1715:  married,  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1659-60,  Remember  Farrow,  bap- 
tized August.  1642.  died  September  11,  1715, 
daughter  of  John  and  Francis  Farrow.  His 
father.  Samuel  Ward,  married  in  England, 
was  made  freeman  in  Hingham.  Massachu- 
setts, March  9.  1636-37.  His  wife  died  No- 
vember 28.  1638.  Both  came  from  England. 
Erastus  and  Rebecka  (Ward)  Lathrop  had 
ten  children:  i.  Charles,  born  Granby,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1818;  married,  August  29,  1844. 
Susan  Hutchinson,  born  Ware,  Massachusetts. 
September  16,  1822,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Lovey  (Snow)  Hutchinson.  Charles  Lathrop 
died  in  Dresden.  Iowa.  September  22.  1888.  2. 
Nancy,  Granby,  March  11.  1820;  married, 
Apri  1  3,  1859,  John  Ashley  Atwood.  born 
April  14.  1810.  died  April  2,  1898.  3.  Eras- 
tus Jr..  Granby,  January  3,  1822,  died  West 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  October  16,  1899; 
married,  November  20.  1845,  Samantha  Clark, 
born  December  14,  1823.  died  February  3, 
1899.  4.  Oliver  Ward.  1823.  5.  Clarissa 
Adeline,  Granby.  September  29,  1825,  died  Ni- 
antic,  Connecticut,  .\ugust  17.  1899:  married, 
October    8.    1846,    John    Davis    Eager,    born 


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Northboro,  Massachusetts,  May  i,  1826.  6. 
William,  Granby,  May  4,  1827;  married  (first) 
May  15,  1849,  Lucy  Jane  Ward,  born  Dover, 
Maine,  ]\Iay  12,  1833,  died  Palmer,  Massachu- 
setts, June  26,  1853,  daughter  of  Sumner  and 
Sabra  (Lothrop)  Ward;  married  (second) 
January  2,  1854,  Rozella  Ward,  born  Dover, 
Maine,  March  9,  1835,  daughter  of  Sumner 
and  Sabra  (Lothrop)  Ward.  7.  Sarah,  Gran- 
by, October  27,  1829;  married,  September  11, 
1849,  George  Hosmer,  born  February  8,  1826. 
8.  Lucinda  Ann,  Granby,  September  5,  1831, 
died  Belchertown,  Massachusetts,  July  15, 
1833.  9.  Francis,  Belchertown,  October  26, 
1833 ;  married,  July  16,  1865,  Mary  Rosabelle 
Lathrop,  born  December  8,  1841,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Alfred  and  Deborah  Ann  (Robinson) 
Lathrop.  10.  Daniel,  Granby,  January  26, 
1836,  died  November  17,  1877;  married.  May 
10,  1856,  IMartha  Sophia  Morrison,  born  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1829. 

(XI)  Oliver  Ward,  son  of  Erastus  and  Re- 
beckah  (Ward)  Lathrop,  was  born  in  Gran- 
by, Massachusetts,  October  17,  1823,  died  in 
Springfield,  ^Massachusetts,  ]\Iarch  3,  1879. 
He  was  a  machinist  by  trade,  and  in  connec- 
tion with  his  business  life  lived  at  various 
times  in  Springfield,  Chicopee,  and  Holyoke, 
to  each  of  which  cities  he  was  called  by  the 
demands  of  his  machine  manufacturing  inter- 
ests. He  was  a  man  of  good  business  quali- 
ties, straightforward  in  his  dealings  and  en- 
joyed the  confidence  and  respect  of  all  men 
with  whom  he  was  brought  into  association. 
He  was  a  member  of  Hampden  Lodge,  F.  and 
A.  M.,  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  in  relig- 
ious preference  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  Mr.  Lathrop  married  in 
West  Springfield.  January  I,  1846,  Esther 
Huldah,  born  Suffield,  Connecticut.  February 
5,  1828,  daughter  of  Jabez  and  Eliza  (Rem- 
ington) Hendrick,  by  whom  he  had  two  chil- 
dren:  I.  Wells,  born  February  2,  1847.  2. 
Eliza  Deett,  born  Chicopee  Falls,  August  4, 
1849. 

(XH)  Wells,  son  and  elder  of  the  two  chil- 
dren of  Oliver  Ward  and  Esther  Huldah 
(Hendrick)  Lathrop,  was  born  in  West 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  February  2,  1847. 
He  acquired  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  city  of  Springfield,  and  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  years  began  his  business  ca- 
reer in  the  United  States  arsenal  at  Spring- 
field. In  the  course  of  a  few  years  he  be- 
came a  practical  man  in  the  manufacture  of 
firearms  and  afterward  was  classed  as  an  ex- 
pert :  and  it  was  in  the  latter  capacity  that  he 


went  to  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  as  an  in- 
spector for  the  Turkish  government,  for 
whom  the  Providence  Tool  Company  was  un- 
der contract  to  make  a  large  order  of  fire- 
arms. Later  on  he  became  inspector  for  the 
Smith  &  Wesson  Company  of  Springfield, 
makers  of  the  finest  grades  of  small  arms  in 
this  country,  .\fter  leaving  the  employ  of  the 
Smith  &  Wesson  Company  Mr.  Lathrop  was 
employed  by  ex-Mayor  Dickinson  and  re- 
mained with  him  until  1892,  when  he  became 
proprietor  of  an  undertaking  establishment  in 
Holyoke.  April  15,  1909,  he  retired  from 
business  and  purchased  a  residence  on  Sum- 
ner Terrace,  Springfield,  where  he  is  now  liv- 
ing. He  holds  membership  in  the  several 
subordinate  Masonic  bodies,  the  lodge,  chap- 
ter, council  and  commandery,  also  the  An- 
cient Arabic  Order  of  Nobles  of  the  'Mystic 
Shrine.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  Pythian 
Knight,  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  in  relig- 
ious preference  a  Congregationalist.  Mr.  La- 
throp married  (first)  February  22,  1875,  Nel- 
lie Nancy,  born  January  2,  1851,  died  child- 
less May  7,  1876,  daughter  of  George  and 
Jane  (Munroe)  Field.  He  married  (second) 
November  18,  1880,  Mary  Josephine,  born 
Springfield,  August  10,  1856,  daughter  of  Al- 
bert Palmer  and  Parnel  (Cleveland)  Casey. 
Of  this  marriage  two  children  have  been 
born:  i.  Nellie  De'Ette,  born  Springfield, 
June  19,  1882;  married,  September  14,  1904, 
Winfield  E.  Holmes,  of  Springfield.  2.  Mil- 
lie Christine,  Springfield,  December  12,  1883, 
died  July  I,  1891. 


Solomon  Adams  Woods,  a  dis- 
WOODS  tinguished  inventor  and  manu- 
facturer of  wood-working  ma- 
chinery, was  born  in  Farmington,  Maine,  Oc- 
tober 7,  1827.  He  was  a  son  of  Colonel  Na- 
thaniel and  Hannah  (Adams)  Woods,  and  a 
descendant  on  the  paternal  side  of  Samuel 
Woods,  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  the  region 
which  includes  the  present  towns  of  Shirley, 
Groton  and  Pepperell,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
the  ancestor  of  a  numerous  line  of  descendants 
who  in  later  generations  became  scattered 
throughout  the  New  England  states,  notably 
Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire  and  Maine. 
Samuel  Woods  was  living  in  Shirley  as  early 
as  1662,  and  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  that 
town,  having  a  grant  of  eleven  acres  of  land. 
By  his  wife  Alice,  whose  family  name  does  not 
appear,  he  had  six  children:  i.  Thomas,  born 
Alarch  9,  1663  ;  Elizabeth,  September  17,  1665  ; 
Nathaniel.  March  27,  1667-68:  ]\Iary,  August 


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2.  1670:  Abigail,  August  19,  1672;  Hannah, 
July  18,  1674.  He  was  a  descendant  on  the 
maternal  side  of  Captain  Samuel  Adams,  who 
was  a  magistrate  and  representative  of 
Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  in  its  first  half 
century,  built  the  first  mills  at  what  is  now  the 
great  milling  centre,  Lowell,  Massachusetts, 
and  elder  brother  of  Joseph  Adams,  the  an- 
cestor of  the  presidential  line.  His  maternal 
grandfather  was  Major  Solomon  Adams,  a 
revolutionary  soldier,  pioneer  surveyor  of  the 
Sandy  River  Valley,  and  afterwards  one  of 
the  earliest  of  cotton  manufacturers  in  this 
country. 

Solomon  A.  Woods  attended  the  district 
school,  part  of  the  time  taught  by  his  father, 
and  later  pursued  a  course  in  Farmington 
Academy.  But  his  talents  were  not  scholastic ; 
on  the  other  hand,  he  had  a  great  natural  love 
for  machinery  and  tools  and  devoted  many 
spare  moments  to  their  use  in  a  neighboring 
carriage  shop.  In  the  spring  of  1847,  before 
he  was  twenty  years  of  age,  he  engaged  with 
a  local  carpenter,  who  was  impressed  with  his 
ability,  to  learn  the  house  building  trade.  ]\Ias- 
tering  this  business,  in  1851  he  went  to  Boston 
with  a  view  of  purchasing  a  steam  engine  and 
boiler,  together  with  machinery  for  the  manu- 
facture of  sash,  doors  and  blinds,  and  erecting 
a  mill  in  his  native  town,  as  he  contemplated 
forming  a  copartnership  with  his  former  em- 
ployer. That  prolonged  trip,  however,  gave 
him  the  idea  of  securing  a  wider  and  more 
varied  experience  in  the  city,  and  resulted  in 
his  abandoning  the  factory  enterprise  and  en- 
gaging as  a  journeyman  with  Solomon  S. 
Gray,  who  was  engaged  in  the  same  business 
in  Boston,  and  this  relationship  continued 
from  April  to  December,  Mr.  Woods  then 
purchasing  the  business  for  the  sum  of  three 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  his  own  earnings, 
and  with  a  few  crude  machines  started  in  busi- 
ness for  himself.  At  about  this  time  Mr.  Gray 
conceived  the  idea  of  a  machine  for  planing 
wood  that  would  not  infringe  on  the  then  all- 
powerful  Woodworth  patents,  but  because  of 
the  lack  of  capital  he  was  only  partially  suc- 
cessful. Mr.  Woods,  having  purchased  this 
mechanical  device  together  with  his  business, 
by  his  ingenuity  and  skill  made  the  machine 
practicable.  The  machine  afterward  became 
world  famous  under  the  name  of  the  Gray  & 
Woods  Planer.  It  was  considered  a  decided 
improvement  on  the  Daniels  Planer,  with 
which  every  old  time  woodworker  is  familiar, 
and  was  particularly  acceptable  at  that  time 
on    account    of    overcoming   the    Woodworth 


patents.  This  machine  was  exhibited  by  Mr. 
Woods  in  1855  at  the  Smithsonian  Institution 
fair  in  Washington,  where  it  was  awarded  a 
gold  medal,  the  first  of  many  received  by  Air. 
Woods.  In  1854  the  firm  of  Gray  &  Woods 
was  formed  for  the  manufacture  of  this  planer 
and  this  copartnership  lasted  for  five  years, 
when  Mr.  \Voods  again  assumed  the  interests 
of  ]Mr.  Gray  and  conducted  business  on  his 
own  account.  In  1865  he  added  to  his  business 
the  manufacture  of  the  Woodworth  planer 
with,  the  James  A.  Woodbury  patent  improve- 
ments, of  which  he  was  the  sole  licensee.  To 
meet  the  demands  of  his  growing  business, 
which  had  by  this  time  become  extensive,  he 
erected  works  in  South  Boston  and  established 
branch  houses  in  New  York  and  Chicago,  still, 
with  additions,  in  existence.  In  1873  th^  busi- 
ness was  incorporated  under  the  style  of  the 
S.  A.  Woods  ]\Iachine  Company,  with  a  paid 
up  capital  of  $300,000.  Of  this  company  Mr. 
\Voods  became  president.  To  the  successive 
concerns  of  Gray  &  Woods,  S.  A.  Woods  and 
the  S.  A.  Woods  Machine  Company  have  been 
issued  more  than  eighty  patents  for  machines, 
devices  and  improvements  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  dressed  lumber  and  moldings.  It  was 
this  business  of  which  Air.  \\'oods  at  the  time 
of  his  death  was  the  head,  though  the  more  ac- 
tive management  of  the  business  had  for  years 
been  delegated  to  his  son,  Frank  F.  Woods. 

It  was  the  inventors  and  perfectors  of 
woodworking  machinery  who  made  possible 
the  thousands — yes,  millions — of  comfortable 
homes  and  the  business  edifices  that  are  tang- 
ible evidences  of  our  country's  prosperity  and 
wealth.  Without  them  men  would  still  have 
had  places  in  which  to  live  and  to  conduct 
business,  but  progress  would  have  been  slow- 
er and  at  much  higher  cost.  Perhaps  the 
most  notable  service  which  Mr.  Woods  ren- 
dered to  the  business  world,  and  which  en- 
deared him  to  the  entire  woodworking  fra- 
ternity, was  in  connection  with  the  success- 
ful defense  of  the  famous  patent  suit  brought 
by  the  Woodbury  Patent  Planing  Machine 
Company  against  Allen  W.  Keith  for  the  al- 
leged infringement  of  the  well  known  hinged 
pressure  bar  or  chip  breaker.  This  defense 
Mr.  Woods  organized  and  conducted  at  a 
heavv  expense  in  time,  energy  and  money.  It 
is,  perhaps,  not  generally  known  to  the  pres- 
ent generation  of  planing  machine  users  that 
the  right  to  employ  this  familiar  device,  with- 
out the  payment  of  exorbitant  royalties,  was 
the  subject  of  one  of  the  greatest  patent  suits 
in  this  country,  and  forms  one  of  the  most  in- 


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teresting  chapters  in  its  patent  history.  To 
the  men  who  spent  their  time  and  money  to 
free  the  planing  machine  owners  from  what 
threatened  to  be  an  oppressive  monopoly 
every  credit  is  due,  and  it  is  of  interest  to  re- 
view the  events  leading  up  to  this  critical 
period  in  the  history  of  the  planing  machine. 
It  seems  that  in  1848  Joseph  P.  Woodbury 
applied  for  a  patent  for  a  yielding  pressure 
bar  for  planing  machines,  to  act  on  the  stock- 
preceding  the  cutter  head.  As  yielding  pres- 
sure rolls  and  flat  springs  supported  by  bars 
had  previously  been  used  for  the  same  pur- 
pose it  was  rejected  by  the  patent  office  and 
in  1852  he  withdrew  his  application,  relin- 
quished his  claim  to  the  model  and  received 
back  a  part  of  his  fee,  as  provided  by  law. 
The  alleged  invention  was  then  abandoned  to 
the  public  and  for  over  eighteen  years  no 
claim  was  made  to  it.  During  this  time  a 
bar  similar  to  that  claimed  by  \\^oodbury  was 
adopted  and  used  by  nearly  all  planing  ma- 
chine manufacturers  and  Inmdreds  of  ma- 
chines were  sold  embodying  this  device.     In 

1869  an  act  of  congress  permitted  the  taking 
up    of   certain    rejected   applications,    and   in 

1870  Woodbury  again  applied  for  a  patent  up- 
on this  device  and  on  April  29,  1873,  it  was 
granted.  Thereupon  he  organized  the  Wood- 
burv  Patent  Planing  Machine  Company, 
which  immediately  put  forth  its  claims  to  roy- 
alties on  all  machines  embodying  a  yielding 
pressure  bar  and  threatened  suit  and  claims 
for  damages  to  all  who  failed  to  comply.  This 
was  practically  exacting  a  tribute  from  every 
planing  machine  owner  and  operator  in  the 
country.  Mr.  Woods  was  approached  by 
Mr.  Woodbury  and  a  tempting  offer  was 
made  to  him  to  enlist  his  co-operation  in  favor 
of  the  new  patent.  He,  however,  rejected  all 
advances  of  this  nature,  considering  them  dis- 
honorable and  against  the  interests  of  the 
users  of  his  machines.  To  defeat  these  claims 
several  manufacturers  of  planing  machines 
gathered  in  Mew  York  and,  at  a  meeting  over 
which  Mr.  Woods  presided  as  chairman,  pro- 
ceeded to  organize  what  was  termed  the 
Planing  &  Molding  Machine  Manufacturers' 
Association.  By  an  active  campaign  through 
the  mails  and  the  press,  notifying  the  planing 
machine  users  not  to  yield  to  any  demands 
for  shop  licenses  or  royalties,  the  association 
partially  blocked  the  efforts  of  the  Woodbury 
company,  although  many  millmen  did  take 
out  licenses,  in  order  to  avoid  possible  trou- 
ble. In  1875,  however,  the  Woodbury  com- 
panv,  seeing  that  its  demand  could  not  be  en- 


forced without  the  backing  of  a  court  deci- 
sion, began  suit  against  Allen  W.  Keith,  a 
mill  operator  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  for 
alleged  infringements  and  damages.  The 
defense  of  this  suit  was  immediately  taken  up 
bv  the  Planing  &  Molding  Machine  Manufac- 
turers' Association  and  the  case  was  bitterly 
contested  by  both  sides.  The  deposition  and 
testimony  of  over  eighty  witnesses  were  tak- 
en and  extensive  experiments  were  made  by 
Mr.  Woods  in  his  factory,  establishing  the 
fact  that  a  pressure  bar  patented  by  one  Bur- 
nett in  England  in  1839  accomplished  all  the 
results  claimed  by  Woodbury  and  was  its  me- 
chanical equivalent.  Mr.  Woods  was  also  in- 
strumental in  showing  up  a  sash  sticker  built 
in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  by  one  Alfred  An- 
son, in  1844,  embodying  all  the  features  of  the 
Woodbury  bar.  The  builder  had  attempted 
to  obtain  patents,  but  had  been  unsuccessful 
long  before  Woodbury's  original  application. 
The  machine  was  found  still  running  with  the 
original  pressure  bar  in  it  in  a  Connecticut 
mill,  and  was  purchased  and  taken  bodily 
into  the  court  room  as  one  of  the  exhibits  in 
the  case.  In  view  of  all  this  overwhelming 
testimony  the  claims  of  Woodbury  were  over- 
thrown and  the  yielding  pressurer  bar  once 
more  became  free  to  the  public.  Mill  oper- 
ators were  saved  the  payment  of  many  thou- 
sands of  dolla'rs  in  royalties  yearly,  which 
would  have  continued  through  the  life  of  the 
patent,  or  until  1890.  The  entire  expense  of 
the  litigation  on  both  sides  aggregated  near- 
ly $100,000. 

Mr.  Woods  never  sought  public  recognition, 
but  from  1869  to  1871  was  a  member  of  the 
city  council  of  Boston;  for  1870-71  he  was  a 
director  for  city  of  the  East  Boston  ferries, 
and  from  1870  until  his  death  was  a  trustee  of 
the  South  Boston  Savings  Bank  and  for  many 
years  was  chairman  of  its  board  of  inves- 
tors. From  a  technical  standpoint  his  career 
was  remarkable,  but  it  was  made  more  note- 
worthy by  his  fidelity  to  the  highest  business 
ideals,  by  the  public  spirit  which  he  carried 
into  his  business  life  and  by  his  practical  phil- 
anthropy. He  was  a  man  who,  while  de- 
voted to  business,  recognized  higher  claims 
than  those  involved  in  the  mere  making  of 
money  in  his  vocation.  He  stood  for  what  we 
sometimes  call  old  fashioned  honesty  and  in- 
dependence in  his  business  life.  His  life  his- 
tory was  the  outgrowth  of  hereditary  influ- 
ence, guided  by  his  own  high  conceptions  of 
personal  and  business  character.  He  was  at 
time  of  his  death  probably  the  largest  manu- 


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facturer  of  wood  planing  machines  in  the 
world. 

Mr.  Woods  married  (first)  August  21,  1854, 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Weathern,  of  \'ienna,  Maine, 
who  died  in  1862.  He  married  (second)  in 
1867,  Sarah  Catherine  Watts,  of  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, who  died  in  1905.  Mr.  Woods 
died  suddenly  of  apoplexy,  at  his  home  in 
Brookline,  Massachusetts,  October  i,  1907. 
He  was  survived  by  three  children :  Frank 
F.,  treasurer  and  general  manager  of  the  com- 
pany organized  by  his  father ;  Florence :  and 
Dr.  Frederick  Adams  Woods,  the  biologist 
and  author. 

( Most  of  the  facts  contained  in  this  sketch 
were  taken  from  the  "American  Lumberman", 
a  Chicago  paper,  issue  of  October  12,  1907). 


Barnabas  Davis,  immigrant  an- 
DA\'IS  cestor,  was  born  in  England  and 
came  to  New  England  from 
Tewksbury,  England,  on  the  ship  "Blessing" 
in  July,  1635.  He  gave  his  age  on  the  ship  list 
as  thirty-six  years.  He  settled  in  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  and  was  in  the  employ 
of  John  and  William  Woodcock,  making  sev- 
eral journeys  to  Connecticut.  The  records 
show  that  he  brought  suit  against  his  employ- 
er for  wages  in  1640-41.  He  mentions  his 
father  James  and  brother  Reade  in  England. 
He  deposed  April  4,  1659,  that  he  was  aged 
about  sixty  years.  He  was  a  tallow  chandler 
by  trade.  Elizabeth  Davis,  perhaps  his  first 
wife,  was  admitted  to  the  church  in  Charles- 
town,  January  8,  1635.  His  wife  Patience 
died  November  15,  1690,  aged  eighty-two 
years.  He  owned  Lovell's  Island  and  consid- 
erable other  real  estate.  He  died  at  Charles- 
town,  November  28,  1685.  Children:  i. 
Samuel,  mentioned  below.  2.  Barnabas,  aged 
twenty-eight  in  1662.  3.  Patience.  4.  Na- 
thaniel, aged  forty  in  1682. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  Barnabas  Davis,  was 
born  in  Charlestown ;  died  December  28,  1699. 
at  Groton.  He  went  to  Groton  about  1663, 
but  had  to  return  in  1675  on  account  of  King 
Philip's  war  with  wife  and  five  children.  In 
his  will  he  mentions  John,  Nathaniel  and  Sam- 
uel, and  daughters  Elizabeth  Church,  Mary 
Pratt,  Sarah  and  Patience.  Children;  i. 
'  Elizabeth,  born  at  Charlestown  in  1658.  2. 
Mary,  January  21,  1662-63.  3-  John.  March 
10,  1664.  4.  Sarah,  August  T2.  1667.  5. 
Samuel,  January  10,  1669.  6.  Barnabas,  April 
17,  1672.  7.  Patience,  April  10,  1673.  8.  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below. 

(Ill)   Nathaniel,  son  of  Samuel  Davis,  was 


born  about   1675.     He  married  Rose  

and  settled  in  Groton.  Children,  born  at  Gro- 
ton:  I.  Joanna,  January  26,  1702.  2.  Sarah, 
March  10,  1704.  3.  Eleanor,  December  2, 
1706.  4.  Martha,  June  4,  171 1.  5.  Mary, 
March  8,  1712.  6.  Nathaniel,  March  12,  1714- 
15.  7.  Zachariah,  March  11,  1716-17.  8. 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below.  9.  Ezekiel,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1723.  10.  Elizabeth,  August  28,  1724. 
II.  Isaac,  May  13,  1727.     12.  Eleazer,  August 

^'    ^729- 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  Benjamin  Davis, 
was  born  about  1720.  He  was  a  farmer  at 
Groton.  Children,  born  at  Groton:  i.  Anna, 
February  2,  1742.  2.  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Joseph,  ]\Iarch  14,  1746.  4.  Joshua, 
August  30,  1748.  5.  David,  August  6,  1751. 
6.  Sarah,  May  24,  1754.  7.  James,  June  22, 
1756.  8.  Henry,  October  11,  1758.  9.  Eliz- 
abeth, March  10,  1761.  10.  Eleazer,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1763.     II.  Joseph,  September  27,  1765. 

(A)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Davis,  was  born  April  11,  1744.  He  removed 
to  Stoddard,  New  Hampshire,  in  1772,  and  is 
said  to  have  lived  for  a  time  at  Chelmsford, 
Massachusetts,  a  town  adjacent  to  Groton.  He 
lived  most  of  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  the 
northeast  part  of  the  town  of  Stoddard.  He 
married  three  times.  His  third  wife  died  at 
Stoddard  in  1853,  aged  ninetv-four  years. 
Children :  Isaac,  Benjamin,  Susan,  Sarah, 
Nathaniel  Friend,  mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Nathaniel  Friend,  son  of  Benjamin 
(2)  Davis,  was  born  in  Stoddard.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Osborn.  Among  their  children 
was  Charles  Addison,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Charles  Addison,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Friend  Davis,  was  born  in  Stoddard,  March 
II,  1830.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
district  schools,  and  during  his  boyhood 
worked  for  his  father  on  the  homestead.  He 
left  home  at  the  age  of  nineteen  and  found 
employment  in  a  sash  and"  blind  factory,  later 
for  Dalphon  Osborn,  State  street,  Cambridge. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  piano-maker  and  for 
many  years  was  employed  in  the  piano  and 
organ  factory  of  Mason  &  Hamlin  in  the  man- 
ufacture of  pianos.  He  married  Sarah  Moul- 
ton.  of  Biddeford,  Maine,  daughter  of  Jere- 
miah and  Julia  Ann  (Strowm)  Moulton, 
granddaughter  of  Jothan  Moulton.  Children : 
I.  Charles  Edward,  born  January  27,  i860; 
president  and  treasurer  of  the  A.  M.  Roths- 
child Company,  dry  goods,  Chicago ;  married 
Sadie  Gordon ;  child,  Gordon  Charles.  2. 
Mary,  July  30, '1865;  married  Frank  Bryant 
Hawley,  foreman  of  the  Forbes  Lithographic 


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Company  of  Boston.  3.  Frank  N.,  January 
24,  1868;  sales  agent  for  the  Blake  Pump 
Works ;  resides  in  Cambridge ;  children : 
Helen  S.,  Paul  W.,  Frank  H.,  Norman  Eu- 
gene. 4.  Jennie  S.,  March  24,  1870;  married 
Lawrence  Pedrick,  of  Beverly,  Massachusetts ; 
children :  Lawrence  Davis  and  Marion  Ped- 
rick. 


(For  first  generation  see  Thomas  Hastings  1). 

(H)  Dr.  Thomas  (2),  son  of 
HASTINGS  Deacon  Thomas  (i)  and  Mar- 
garet (Cheney)  Hastings,  was 
born  in  Watertown  July  i,  1652,  died  in  Hat- 
field, Massachusetts,  April  13,  1734.  He  was 
made  a  freeman  February  8,  1678,  at  Hat- 
field, where  he  had  removed  and  was  a  phy- 
sician for  the  country  round.  There  was  not 
much  business  in  those  days  for  doctors ; 
ministers  frequently  practiced,  and  bleeding 
was  the  remedy  for  everything;  the  good 
housewife  also  gathered  herbs.  Dr.  Hastings 
treated  in  the  adoining  towns,  and  drove  as 
far  as  Springfield,  Suffield,  Westfield,  Enfield 
and  even  Brookfield.  He  found  time  to  keep 
the  neighborhood  school.  It  is  worthy  of  re- 
mark that  in  his  school  girls  pursued  the 
same  studies  as  the  boys,  said  to  be  the  first 
instance  of  co-education  in  New  England. 
Some  effects  of  this  good  seed  thus  earlv 
sown  are  discoverable  in  the  fact  that  a  Hat- 
ley  woman  founded  the  first  woman  college 
in  New  England,  Smith's  at  Northampton. 
Dr.  Hastings  had  a  still  valued  at  forty  shil- 
lings ;  a  great  many  people  even  ininisters 
had  stills  and  malt-houses  to  brew  their  own 
beer,  and  they  not  only  brewed  it  but  drank 
it,  and  gave  freely  to  the  neighbors.  Dr. 
Hastings  was  a  member  of  the  committee  of 
correspondence  and  safety.  He  married 
Anne,  daughter  of  John  Hawkes.  She  died 
October  25,  1705.  He  married  (second), 
Mary,  daughter  of  David  Burt,  of  North- 
ampton. Children  of  Anne :  Margaret,  born 
July  7,  1674:  Hannah,  January  19,  1677; 
Thomas,  (of  whom  more  anon)  ;  Hepzibah, 
April  16,  1682;  Mehitable,  January  23,  1685. 
John,  September  17,  1689.  Children  by  Mary 
(Burt)  Hastings:  Silence,  Februarv  26.  1707; 
Thankful,  May  3.  171 1  :  Sylvanus,  September 
ID,  1712. 

(HI)  Dr.  Thomas  (3),  eldest  son  of  Dr. 
Thomas  (2)  and  Anne  (Hawkes)  Hastings, 
was  born  in  Hatfield,  September  24,  1679, 
died  there  April  14,  1728.  He  succeeded  to 
his  father's  practice,  and  was  quite  celebrated, 
frequently  being  called  to  Boston  on  profes- 


sional visits.  He  died  of  slow  poison  con- 
tracted in  his  practice.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  Field,  of  Hatfield.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary,  born  Deceinber  24,  1701 ;  Thom- 
as, November  6,  1702  (died  young) ;  Mary, 
July  26,  1704;  Anna,  October  13,  1706;  Dor- 
othy, July  27,  1709;  Thomas,  December  12, 
1713  (died  young) ;  Waitstill,  January  3,  1714; 
Tabitha,  October  6,  1715  ;  Hopestill,  April  17, 
1718;  Dorothy  May  7,  1720;  Thomas,  (of 
whom  more  anon);  Lucy,  February  17,  1723. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Thomas  (4),  youngest  son 
of  Dr.  Thomas  (3)  and  Mary  (Field)  Hast- 
ings, was  born  in  Hatfield,  January  28,  1721, 
died  January  22,  1787.  He  lived  in  Amherst, 
Massachusetts,  on  the  south  road  near  the 
place  of  the  late  Frederick  Williams.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Belden,  of 
Hatfield,  and  she  died  July  31,  1801.  Chil- 
dren: Esther,  born  February  i,  1743;  Sarah, 
July  13,  1744;  Thomas,  May  20,  1746;  Anna, 
April  22,  1748;  Waitstill,  May  8,  1750;  Sam- 
uel (of  whom  more  anon) ;  Sybil,  October  14, 
1753;  Moses,  August  31,  1755:  Mary,  April 
24,  1757  (died  young) ;  Mary,  August  12, 
1759;  Elisha,  April  12,  1761  ;  Tabitha  and 
Lucy,  March  31,  1765. 

(V)  Samuel,  second  son  of  Lieutenant 
Thomas  (4)  and  Mary  (Belden)  Hastings,  was 
born  in  Amherst,  March  6,  1752.  He  inar- 
ried,  September  15,  1784,  Lucy,  daughter  of 
Simeon  Pomeroy,  of  Amherst,  who  was  of 
the  familv  from  whom  came  the  Hon.  Samuel 
C.  Pomeroy,  L^nited  States  senator  froin 
Kansas.  After  Samuel's  death,  she  married 
Martin  Kellogg,  and  herself  died  September 
23,  1739.  Children:  Waitstill,  born  June  13, 
1785  (died  young);  Waitstill,  July  24,  1786; 
Elisha  (of  whom  more  anon) ;  Samuel. 

(VI)  Elisha,  eldest  son  of  Samuel  and  Lucy 
(Pomeroy)  Hastings,  was  born  July  31,  1788, 
died  July  18,  1856.  He  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Benjatnin  Potwine,  who  was 
from  John  Potwine :  Children :  Mary,  Sam- 
uel, (of  whom  more  anon),  Abigail,  Joseph, 
Henry  Elisha,  Lucy  and  Eliza. 

(VII)  Samuel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Elisha  and 
Abigail  (Potwine)  Hastings,  was  born  March 
9,  1816,  died  November  16,  1885.  He  lived 
in  Amherst  and  was  a  toolmaker,  working 
for  over  forty  years  for  one  man.  He  was 
a  Republican.  He  married  Alvira,  daughter  of 
Isaiah  Cooley.  Children :  Elmira,  born  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1841,  died  young;  Henry  B.,  Jan- 
uary 28,  1843,  died  August  24,  1909,  married 
Marv  Ann  Lovett,  (second)  Mary  Talcott, 
Mav  17.  1883:  Willard  B.,  October  9,  1845, 


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married  Anne  Smith  ;  Lucy  E.,  April  27,  1848, 
married  Clarence  Wheaton,  both  of  whom 
are  dead ;  Herbert  A.,  born  November  3, 
1850  (of  whom  more  anon) ;  Amelia,  March 
20,  1853  (died  young). 

(VHI)  Herbert  Ashton,  third  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Alvira  (Cooley)  Hastings,  was  born 
in  Amherst,  November  3,  1850.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He 
was  a  farmer  until  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
then  he  went  to  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
in  the  employ  of  George  Reynolds,  for  whom 
he  was  foreman.  In  1892  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  H.  S.  Reynolds,  and  engaged  in 
landscape  gardening,  excavating  cellars, 
road-building  and  sewerage-construction. 
For  nine  years  he  was  superintendent  of  For- 
est Park.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  American  Order 
of  Modern  Woodmen.  He  attends  the  South 
Congregational  Church.  He  is  a  devotee  of 
the  rod  and  gun,  and  they  are  his  principal 
recreations.  He  married  Louise  Maria  Rey- 
nolds, November  16,  1876. 


(For   preceding   generations   see   Jolin   Wright    1). 

(V)  James  Wright,  son  of 
WRIGHT     Samuel   Wright   lived   on   the 

homestead,  and  died  in  1723. 
He  married,  June  18,  1664,  Abigail  Jess. 
Children,  born  at  Northampton:  i.  Abigail, 
December  7,  1665  ;  died  young.  2.  Helped, 
July  2,  1668;  died  1745.  3.  James,  Novem- 
ber 9,  1670;  died  1689.  4.  Lydia,  March, 
1674;  died  young.  5.  Samuel,  May  16,  1675; 
removed  to  Connecticut.  6.  Preserved,  1678 ; 
mentioned  below.  7.  Hester,  1684;  married 
Nathaniel  Curtis.  8.  Jonathan,  1686.  9. 
Hannah,  1688;  died  young. 

(VI)  Preserved,  son  of  James  Wright,  was 
born  in  1678.  He  married,  in  1709,  Sarah 
Hannvmi.  Children:  i.  Ephraim,  born  1712  ; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Preserved,  born  171 5, 
died  young.  3.  Moses,  born  1719.  4.  Sarah. 
5.  Preserved. 

(VII)  Ephraim,  son  of  Preserved  Wright, 
was  born  in  1712.  He  married,  about  1745, 
Miriam  Wright.  Children :  Ephraim,  men- 
tioned below ;  Esther,  Moses,  Seth,  Miriam, 
Eunice,  Tabitha. 

(VIII)  Ephraim  (2),  son  of  Ephraim  (i) 
Wright,  was  born  in  Northampton.  He 
served  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain  Jonathan 
Wall's  company.  Colonel  Dickinson's  regi- 
ment in  August,  1777,  on  an  alarm  of  August 
17,  four  days.  They  afterwards  guarded  Hes- 
sian prisoners  to  Springfield,  by  order  of  Bri- 


gadier General  Fellows.  He  settled  in  West- 
hampton  in  1773,  where  he  kept  a  tavern.  He 
married,  July  4,  1772,  Abigail  Lyman.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Levi,  born  August  19,  1773;  died 
January  9,  1825.  2.  Preserved,  born  July  2, 
1775;  died  September  8,  1839.  3.  Luther, 
born  .\pril  10,  1777;  died  May  9,  1846.  4. 
Charlotte,  born  May  22,  1779;  died  February 
to,  1814.  5.  Medad,  born  June  9,  1781  ;  died 
April  14,  1864.  6.  Abigail,  born  June  13, 
1783  ;  died  December  4,  1844.  7.  Zenas,  born 
September  10,  1785;  mentioned  below.  8. 
Zadock,  born  January  24,  1788;  died  Decem- 
ber 10,  1844.  9.  Marian,  laorn  October  31, 
1790;  died  July  10,  1864.  10.  Martin,  born 
Fel^ruary  I,  1793;  died  October  21,  1832. 

(IX)  Zenas,  son  of  Ephraim  (2)  Wright, 
was  born  September  10,  1785,  and  died  No- 
vember II,  1861,  at  Westhampton.  He  mar- 
ried, in  181 1,  Patty  Clapp,  born  at  West- 
hampton, October  24,  1791.  He  was  a  farm- 
er. Children:  i.  Ozro  C,  born  February  3, 
1812;  died  December  9,  1884.  2.  Ephraim 
Monroe,  born  July  24,  1813;  died  May  17, 
1878.  3.  j\lartin,  born  August  5,  1815;  died 
January  30,  1880.  4.  Charles  C.,  born  Oc- 
tober I,  1819;  mentioned  below.  5.  Mary 
Asenath,  born  May  5,  1828. 

(X)  Charles  C,  son  of  Zenas  Wright,  was 
born  in  Westhampton,  October  i,  1819,  and 
died  November  30,  1887.  When  a  young  man 
he  taught  school  and  studied  law.  His  occu- 
pation was  farming,  and  he  was  a  prominent 
man  in  the  community.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican,  and  he  held  many  public  offices, 
serving  as  county  commissioner,  town  clerk, 
school  committeeman,  selectman,  and  as  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  from  1862  to  1887.  He 
married,  August  13,  1846,  Jennet  L.  Taylor, 
born  in  Chesterfield,  Massachusetts,  December 
10,  1823,  daughter  of  David  and  Eliza  (Bart- 
lett)  Taylor,  granddaughter  of  Seth,  and 
great-granddaughter  of  Seth  Taylor.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Austin  T.,  born  July  7,  1847;  died 
December  9,  1853.  2.  Edwin  Matson,  born 
October  28,  1848;  died  May  22,  1849.  3- 
Henry  M.,  born  April  26,  1850.  4.  Charles 
Albert,  born  February  23,  1852 ;  died  Febru- 
ary 4,  1906.  5.  David  Taylor,  born  December 
13,  1854;  mentioned  below.  6.  Jennie  Eliza, 
born  October  3,  1857.  7.  Mary  Louise,  born 
September  11,  1859.  8.  Edward  Monroe, 
born  July  30,  1865. 

(XI)  David  Taylor,  son  of  Charles  C. 
Wright,  was  born  at  Agawam,  November  13, 
1854,  and  was  educated  there  in  the  common 
schools.     From  1882  to  1892  he  was  engaged 


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in  the  grocery  business,  and  from  1893  to 
1897  he  conducted  a  retail  milk  business.  He 
was  agent  for  the  American  Express  Com- 
pany at  Springfield  for  five  years.  Since  1897 
he  has  been  connected  with  the  Gilbert  & 
Barker  Manufacturing  Company  in  the  manu- 
facture of  gas  engines.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  was  collector  of  taxes  and 
postmaster  of  Feeding  Hills,  Massachusetts. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  first  Church  of  Christ, 
Springfield  (Congregational).  He  belongs  to 
no  secret  societies.  He  married  at  Brookfield, 
Massachusetts,  May  5,  1880,  Cynthia  B. 
Draper,  born  in  Brookfield,  March  13,  1854, 
daughter  of  Lyman  Jr.  and  Sarah  L.  (Oakes) 
Draper.  Her  father  was  a  farmer.  She  had 
two  sisters,  Mary  J.  and  Lottie  E.  Draper. 
Children:  i.  Louis  Draper,  mentioned  below. 
2.  M.  Theresa,  graduate  of  Springfield  high 
school  and  Mount  Holyoke  College,  was  a 
teacher  of  mathematics  in  the  public  schools 
at  Dalton ;  married  Arthur  Williams.  3. 
Charles  Lyman,  graduated  from  Technical 
High  School,  and  is  now  a  draftsman. 

(XH)  Louis  Draper,  son  of  David  Tay- 
lor Wright,  was  born  at  Feeding  Hills,  Mas- 
sachusetts, November  13,  1883,  and  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Springfield,  gradu- 
ating from  the  high  school  in  the  class  of  1902. 
He  was  a  clerk  in  the  purchasing  department 
of  the  Wason  Car  Manufacturing  Company 
one  year,  and  in  the  employ  of  the  Holyoke 
Valve  and  Hydrant  Company  three  years.  In 
1907  he  organized  the  Holyoke  Supply  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  owns  a  third  interest  and 
is  secretary  and  treasurer.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican,  and  in  religion  a  Congregation- 
alist.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Springfield 
Board  of  Trade.  He  married,  January  15, 
1906,  Katherine  Powers;  child:  Florence 
Mari'an,  born  January  14,  1909. 


This  family  have  dwelt  so  long 
FOSTER     on    the    earth    that    somebody 

jocularly  (not  irreverently,  it 
is  to  be  hoped)  said,  "God  made  Adam  and 
Eve,  and  then  the  Fosters".  They  trace  their 
start  to  Flanders,  in  the  year  837,  where  lived 
Anacher  Great  Forester,  whp  exercised  the 
honorable  callin.g  of  tree  warden.  In  those 
davs  this  was  an  important  office,  forestry 
protection  and  preservation  being  the  con- 
stant thought  of  the  old  Flemish  markgrafts. 
The  early  English  home  of  the  Flemings  was 
in  Northumberland,  and  Richard  Forester 
was  the  first  to  cross  the  channel  at  the  con- 
quest with  the  Con<|ueror.     William  married 


the  Flemish  beauty  Maud,  sister  to  Richard. 
Sir  John  Forester  went  on  one  of  the  cru- 
sades and  saved  the  precious  life  of  King 
Richard  at  Acre,  in  iioi,  and  his  Flemish 
heart  was  made  glad  by  royal  tokens  of  re- 
gard and  gratitude.  The  hereditary  seat  of 
the  Foresters  was  at  Bambough  Castle, 
Fame  Island,  off  the  rugged  eastern  coast  of 
Northumberland,  which  was  the  scene  of  the 
daring  exploits  of  Grace  Darling.  They 
(Foresters)  were  lords  of  Blanchland,  knights 
bannerets,  lords  warden  of  the  Middle 
Marches,  high  sheriffs  of  Northumberland, 
and  governors  of  Bambough  Castle.  They 
were  connected  by  marriage  with  the  North- 
umbrian stocks  of  Russell,  Radclyff  and  Fen- 
wicks.  There  is  a  continuous  line  of  twenty- 
three  generations  from  Anacher  Great  For- 
ester to  Reginald,  who  with  his  good  wife 
Judith  embarked  for  America  in  1638.  The 
Fosters  are  as  numerous  as  the  leaves  of  the 
forest  after  which  they  were  named,  and  are 
everywhere  found  where  the  sun  shineth. 
They  have  been  credited  with  large  families, 
and  one  Foster  in  particular  had  twenty-one 
sons  and  daughters  gather  around  his  ma- 
hogany to  listen  to  grace  and  partake  of 
meat.  Four  hundred  eight)--three  of  the 
name  were  in  our  war  for  independence  :  one 
hundred  and  fifty  were  graduated  from  New 
England  colleges  up  to  the  year  1900;  The 
arms  of  the  family:  An  arm  in  armor  em- 
bowered, holding  in  the  hand  a  broken,  tilt- 
ing spear,  proper,  blotto:  'Tf  broken,  still 
strong." 

The  roll  of  fame  includes  Stephen  C.  Fos- 
ter, who  wrote  "My  Old  Kentucky  Home"; 
Stephen  Symonds  Foster,  the  abolition  leader ; 
Bishop  Randolph  S.  Foster;  Rufus  Choate ; 
Horace  Mann;  Nathaniel  Hawthorne;  Wil- 
liam C.  Endicott,  secretary  of  war  under 
Cleveland;  George  Peabody,  the  philanthrop- 
ist ;  Hon.  George  S.  Boutwell :  and  David 
Starr  Jordan,  president  of  Leland  Stanford 
University. 

(I)  Joiin  Foster  was  born  in  England,  in 
1626.  and  was  progenitor  of  the  Salem  branch. 
His  exact  relationship  to  the  first  American 
Foster  Reginald  who  planted  the  Ipswich 
branch  is  not  known.  John  came  over  with 
Roger  Conant,  and  they  landed  at  Plymouth 
in  1628.  With  him  came  Christopher  Foster, 
who  founded  the  Long  Island  line.  John  set- 
tled at  Naumkeag,  now  Salem.  Prior  to  the 
advent  of  the  Conant  contingent,  Cape  Ann 
had  been  a  rendezvous  of  European  fishermen. 
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a  fishing  and  trading  place  there,  but  it  proved 
a  failure.  The  first  mention  found  of  John 
at  Salem  is  in  1657,  when  he  was  paid  eight 
pounds  for  work  on  a  bridge.  He  was  made 
a  freeman  May  24,  '1682.  His  name  appears 
in  the  following  real  estate  transaction :  he 
deeded  to  Nathaniel  Putnam,  April  14,  1669, 
thirty  acres  on  Ipswich  river,  which  land  was 
given  him  by  the  town ;  April  i,  1672,  he  gave 
to  son  John,  for  natural  love  and  affection,  a 
parcel  of-  land  near  the  river;  September  9, 
1670.  he  gave  his  deposition  in  a  case  of  acci- 
dental shooting  of  Aaron  Reed  by  Joseph 
Small,  and  testified  that  he  heard  Reed  say, 
just  before  he  died,  that  said  Small  was  not 
at  fault.  He  died  in  March,  1688.  His  will 
was  made  November  16,  1687,  and  proved 
March  14,  1688.  The  inventory  of  his  estate 
was  one  hundred  thirty-six  pounds.  He  mar- 
ried Martha,  daughter  of  Ralph  and  Kather- 
ine  (Aborn)  Tompkins.  She  was  born  about 
1630,  and  survived  her  husband,  marrying 
(second)  Richard  Adams.  Children  of  John  : 
Mary,  baptized,  March  29,  1649 ;  Samuel,  bap- 
tized. May  7,  165 1 ;  John,  baptized,  June  3, 
1655;  Benjamin,  born  July  3,  1658;  Jonathan 
(deceased)  ;  Jonathan  (deceased)  ;  Joseph, 
born  1664;  David,  October  16,  1665;  Eliza- 
beth, November  22,  1667 ;  Jonathan,  baptized, 
June  12,  1670;  Hannah,  baptized.  July  21, 
1672;  Martha,  baptized,  September,  1674; 
Ebenezer   (see  forward). 

(II)  Ebenezer,  youngest  child  of  John  and 
Martha  (Tompkins)  Foster,  was  born  in  Sa- 
lem, August  5,  1677,  and  died  there  in  1718. 
He  lived  in  what  is  now  South  Danvers.  His 
will  was  dated  March  23,  171 7.  He  devised 
his  property  to  his  wife  "during  her  widow- 
hood, and  if  she  came  to  marry,  then  one-third 
part  during  her  natural  life  of  all  the  estate". 
She  married  (second)  Isaac  Wilkins  and  she 
accordingly  did  release  to  her  children  the 
lands  aforesaid.  Ebenezer  married  Annie, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Priscilla  (Baxter) 
Wilkins.     Children :  Abigail,  born  September 

10,  1701 ;  Jonathan,  September  9,  1703;  Ste- 
phen, February  28,  1705;  Ebenezer  (see  for- 
ward) ;  Anna,  April  3,  1715  :  Joshua,  1718. 

(III)  Ebenezer  (2),  fourth  child  of  Eben- 
ezer (i)  and  Anna  (Wilkins)  Foster,  was 
born  in  Salem,  August  23,  1710;  died  there  in 
1769.  He  lived  in  that  part  of  Salem  now 
South  Danvers,  having  lands  also  in  the  north 
field.     His  home  was  struck  by  lightning  July 

11.  1734,  and  a  horse  and  two  oxen  killed. 
He  removed  to  Rutland,  Massachusetts,  and 
bought  land  of  Jonas  Clarke  of  Boston,  being 

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lot  No.  25  on  Pine  plain.  He  was  a  weaver 
and  farmer.  He  died  intestate  and  adminis- 
tration was  granted  to  John  Walton,  February 
6,  1793.  He  married  December  11,  1731, 
Lydia,  daughter  of  Skelton  and  Hepsibah 
(Sheldon)  Felton.  She  married  (second) 
Stephen  Lincoln,  of  Oakham,  and  she  died  in 
Salem  in  1793.  Children  of  Ebenezer:  Eben- 
ezer, born  1733  ;  Lydia,  Skelton,  Samuel,  Ben- 
jamin, Deborah,  John   (see  forward). 

(IV)  John  (2),  youngest  child  of  Ebenezer 
and  Lydia  (Felton)  Foster,  was  born  in  Rut- 
land, 1752,  and  died  in  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  13,  1829.  He  resided  in 
Paxton  and  Springfield.  He  married  (first) 
Sara  Hair;  (second)  in  1803,  in  Springfield, 
Phebe  Doan,  of  West  Springfield.  Children : 
John  (see  forward)  ;  William  Hammond, 
April  5,  1784;  Elizabeth  Buckminster;  Polly 
Hudson,  November  12,  1785;  Sally,  May  21, 
1780;  Edwin,  August  14,  1804;  Eliza;  Har- 
riet. 

(V)  Captain  John  (3),  eldest  child  of  John 
(2)  and  Sara  (Hair)  Foster,  was  born  in  Rut- 
land, October  14,  1777,  and  died  in  Peter- 
sham, Massachusetts,  Alarch  8,  1828.  He  was 
a  farmer  in  Petersham,  where  he  owned  and 
operated  a  saw  mill  and  .was  engaged  in 
trade.  His  mother  died  when  he  was  young, 
and  he  went  to  reside  with  a  relative.  He 
was  a  man  of  marked  ability,  holding  town 
offices,  and  was  captain  of  the  town  military 
company.  His  will  was  probated  at  Worces- 
ter in  1828.  He  married  November  8,  1807, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Enos  and  Sarah  (Burt) 
Lincoln,  of  Petersham,  who  was  from  Thom- 
as Lincoln,  the  miller  of  Hingham,  the  emi- 
grant of  1630.  This  Hingham  Lincoln  was  a 
brother  to  that  Thomas  who  was  the  ancestor 
of  Abraham  Lincoln.  Children :  William 
Hammond,  born  January  15,  1809;  John  B., 
June  5,  1819;  Emory  Burt  (see  forward)  ;  Al- 
fred Nelson,  April  14,  1812;  Lucy  Lincoln, 
Alarch  4,  1814. 

(VI)  Emory  Burt,  third  child  of  Captain 
John  (3)  and  Hannah  (Lincoln)  Foster,  was 
born  in  Petersham,  January  3,  181 1,  and  died 
in  Hardwick.  Massachusetts.  December  13, 
1892.  In  early  life  he  went  to  Ohio,  where  he 
was  storekeeper.  Returning  east  to  Belcher- 
town.  Massachusetts,  he  learned  the  carriage 
maker's  trade.  He  moved  to  Hardwick  and 
he  married  Adeline  Littlefield.  Children : 
George  Emory  (see  forward)  :  Fred,  born  Au- 
gust 2,  1852.  deceased,  formerly  in  the  flour 
and  grain  trade  at  Bangor,  Maine ;  William, 
born'March  i,  1858,  a  machinist  and  farmer 


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in  East  Granby,  Massachusetts,  member  of 
the  legislature  several  times ;  he  married  El- 
len Boynton,  and  has  one  child,  Nellie  Ade- 
line, married  Clyde  Clark,  of  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut. 

(V'll)  Dr.  George  Emory,  eldest  son  cf 
Emory  Burt  and  Adeline  ( Littlefield)  Foster, 
was  born  in  Hardwick,  October  27,  1850.  He 
was  educated  at  Monson  Academy  and  Wil- 
braham  Academy,  where  he  fitted  for  college. 
He  graduated  from  Amherst,  xA.  B.,  class  of 
1867.  He  taught  school  as  a  boy  to  raise 
funds  for  his  education.  He  went  to  Bowdoin 
Medical  College  one  term,  and  graduated 
from  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons 
in  New  York,  in  1871,  coming  to  Springfield 
to  practice,  where  he  has  been  very  success- 
ful. He  was  always  a  Jacksonian  Democrat, 
and  recently  he  has  voted  independently.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  city  government  under 
Mayor  Bradford.  He  attends  Christ  Episco- 
pal Church.  He  is  a  lover  of  horse  flesh,  driv- 
ing some  fast  steppers.  He  married  Flor- 
ence Ada  Smith,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
No  children. 


We  find  the  name  of  Gibbs  in  this 
GIBBS     country  as  early  as  1654.  and  dare 

say  the  ancestor  of  this  family 
was  here  much  earlier.  They  were  from  Len- 
ham,  Yorkshire,  England,  and  arrived  here 
not  far  from  1654,  as  before  stated.  We  find 
them  in  nearly  every  walk  of  life,  and  they 
have  done  much  in  settling  and  developing 
this  country  in  whatever  part  they  have  taken 
residence. 

(I)  Matthew  Gibbs,  ancestor  of  this  branch 
of  the  family,  was  a  planter  in  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  sold  his  house  at  Charles- 
town  in  1654,  in  1659  had  a  grant  east  of  his 
house  at  Lundham,  and  1661  bought  of 
Thomas  Reed,  Senior,  one  third  of  a  farm 
once  of  Rev.  Edmund  Brown,  near  Doeskin 
Hill,  and  in  1665  he  was  on  a  committee  of 
the  town  of  Sudbury.  In  1673  and  1678  he 
bought  other  parts  of  the  same  farm  at  Doe- 
skin Hill,  in  1670  had  a  grant  east  side  of  the 
brook  near  his  house,  and  in  1681  bought  of 
Samuel  Howe  ten  acres  at  Lanham  Plain.  He 
died  previous  to  1697.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Robert  Bradish,  of  Cambridge, 
who  died  about  1659.  Their  children  were : 
Matthew,  John,  Elizabeth,  Hannah,  Mary, 
Thomas  (died  young)  and  Thomas. 

(II)  John,  second  son  of  Matthew  and 
Mary  (Bradish)  Gibbs,  married  (first)  in  1688, 
Anna   Gleason,   of   Sudbury,   Massachusetts, 


who  died,  and  he  married  (second)  Sarah  Cut- 
ler, of  Reading.  Massachusetts.  He  died 
April  2,  1718,  in  Sudbury,  his  will  proven  the 
same  month,  the  estate  valued  at  six  hundred 
and  twenty-seven  pounds  three  shillings. 
Children  of  first  wife  were :  Thomas,  Mercy 
and  John,  by  second  wife :  Sarah,  Nathaniel, 
Isaac,  Jacob,  Israel  and  Ephraim. 

(HI)  Deacon  Israel,  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Cutler)  Gibbs,  was  born  July  11,  1706,  in 
Sudbury.  He  was  disowned  by  his  brothers 
and  sisters,  joined  the  "Scotch-Irish  Com- 
pany," which  was  then  on  the  eve  of  starting 
for  a  place  in  the  wilderness,  went  with  them 
and  became  a  pioneer  in  the  town  of  Glasgow, 
now  Blandford,  Massachusetts,  in  1735.  The 
settlers  selected  their  farms  by  lot,  and  he 
was  one  of  those  who  obtained  farms  on  the 
west  side  of  the  town  street.  The  team  which 
drew-  the  first  cart  that  entered  the  town  was 
driven  by  Widow  Closes  Carr,  and  it  is  said 
to  have  belonged  to  Israel  Gibbs.  The  farm 
on  which  he  settled  was  in  the  possession  of  a 
descendant  in  the  male  line  one  hundred  years 
later.  In  those  days  farm  tools  were  of  a 
verv  rude  and  primitive  type.  The  method  of 
harvesting  hay  was  curious,  and  tradition 
states  that  the  laborers  in  the  "North  Mead- 
ow"— and  especially  Israel  Gibbs — used  a 
straight  stick,  which  answered  a  three-fold 
purpose,  that  is,  as  swath,  rake  and  fork,  and 
it  was  so  awkard  that  it  was  then,  and  even 
now  anything  that  is  coarse,  is  called  a  ''Gibb- 
sey."  He  was  a  hard  working  man,  and  also 
a  man  of  progress.  In  1759  was  the  first  year 
a  school  was  taught  by  a  female,  as  appears 
by  the  records :  "Granted  six  pounds  for 
schooling  this  year.  Voted.  Chosen  Israel 
Gibbs,  James  Montgomery,  William  ^Michel, 
to  be  committee  to  Hiar  a  School  Deame, 
and  so  Dispurs  the  money  Granted  by  the 
town  to  Defra  the  charges  of  the  schooling, 
and  to  employ  a  school  master  when  they 
think  it  will  be  Best  for  the  town  for  this 
year."  From  another  entry  in  the  records  it 
appears  that  Israel  Gibbs  was  a  leader  in  the 
church  and  that  those  Scotch  settlers  were  as 
fond  of  spirits  as  their  y\nglo  Saxon  neigh- 
bors. In  1756  it  was  voted,  "That  the  town 
shall  pay  to  Dea.  Israel  Gibbs  and  Samuel 
Carnahan  the  first  cost  for  the  Rum  and  su- 
gar the  Council  shall  Need  while  they  Seat 
Hear."  He  was  married  in  1727  to  Mary 
Hambleton.  of  Hopkinton,  Massachusetts. 
Their  children  were:  Mary,  John,  Rebecca, 
Israel,  Ephraim,  Isaac,  Elizabeth  and  Sarah. 
(IV)   John   (2),  eldest  son  of  Israel  and 


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Mary  (Hambleton)  Gibbs,  accompanied  his 
parents  to  their  wilderness  home  when  an  in- 
fant, spent  his  hfe  in  Blandford,  and  hved  to 
be  over  eighty  years  of  age,  as  did  all  of  his 
father's  children  except  Elizabeth.  His  brother 
Israel  was  said  to  be  the  first  white  child  born 
in  the  town.  He  was  the  father  of  four  chil- 
dren namely :  Israel,  Samuel,  Alary  and  Ellen. 

(V)  Sarnuel,  the  second  son  of  John  (2) 
Gibbs,  was  born  in  Blandford,  and  resided 
there  all  his  life.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  good 
farm  in  the  northern  part  of  the  town,  which 
he  cultivated,  and  upon  which  he  spent  his  last 
years.  In  the  seating  of  a  church  in  1797,  in 
Blandford.  Massachusetts,  we  find  the  names 
of  Samuel,  Levi,  Ephraim  Israel,  Isaac  Silas 
and  Abner  Gibbs,  and  in  the  same  account  we 
find  that  in  1791.  Isaac  G.  Gibbs  bought  the 
first  single  wagon  in  the  town,  which  was  a 
great  curiosity  to  his  neighbors,  and  when  he 
went  to  church  it  frightened  horses.  The  name 
of  his  wife  is  not  known.  He  had  the  follow- 
ing children  :  Lyman  E.,  Olive,  Foster  E.  and 
Jane. 

(VI)  Lyman  Elam,  eldest  son  of  Samuel 
Gibbs,  was  born  in  Blandford,  was  reared  on 
a  farm,  and  died  there  aged  fifty-eight  years. 
He  chose  agriculture  as  his  life  occupation, 
and  was  a  large  dealer  in  horses.  He  married 
Polly  Boies,  daughter  of  David  Boies,  a  farm- 
er of  Blandford.  Their  children  were :  Julia, 
Jarvis  W.,  Samuel,  David,  Isabella.  Maria, 
Russell,  Edward  and  Edson. 

(VII)  Jarvis  \\'atson,  eldest  son  of  Lyman 
Elam  and  Polly  (Boies)  Gibbs,  was  born  De- 
cember 9,  1820,  in  Blandford,  died  March  18. 
1895,  and  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Rus- 
sell, Massachusetts.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty  began 
teaching  in  Blandford.  where  he  received  a 
salary  of  fifteen  dollars  a  month  and  "boarded 
around."  Subsequently  he  taught  in  Chester. 
In  each  of  these  places  only  the  winter  months 
were  occupied  in  teaching.  At  a  later  date  he 
took  charge  of  a  school  in  New  Jersey,  to 
which  he  devoted  a  full  year  of  his  time.  At 
twenty-four  years  of  age  he  returned  to  Mas- 
sachusetts and  engaged  in  mercantile  business 
at  Russell,  conducting  a  general  store  with 
success  for  several  years.  Later  he  sold  out 
and  was  idle  for  some  years,  but  tiring  of  an 
unprofitable  life  he  bought  another  store  and 
again  carried  on  business,  this  time  about  a 
year.  He  then  sold  out  and  lived  retired  till 
the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  to  which  his 
widow  also  belongs.     He  was  a  Republican  in 


politics,  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  town 
committee,  and  for  four  years,  1889-1893, 
was  postmaster  at  Russell.  Fraternally  he 
was  connected  with  Mount  Alesiah  Lodge,  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  April,  1845,  Tryphena,  daughter 
of  Ashley  and  Janet  (Cannon)  Mann,  born  in 
Chester,  died  in  1854,  leaving  one  child,  How- 
ard A.  He  married  (second)  in  1857,  Olive 
C,  daughter  of  Roland  and  Marcy  (Culver) 
Parks,  born  in  Blandford,  died  in  June,  1887, 
leaving  one  child,  Mary  T.  He  married 
(third)  June  27,  1889,  Sarah  Sophronia, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Jane  (Hazelton) 
Combs,  born  in  Middlefield,  Massachusetts, 
who  survives  him. 

(VIII)  Howard  Ashley,  only -son  of  Jar- 
vis Watson  and  Tryphena  (Mann)  Gibbs,  was 
born  in  Huntington,  December  19,  1843,  died 
July  19,  1899.  He  spent  his  early  life  in 
Russell,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  went  to 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  where  he  became 
a  clerk  in  the  employ  of  N.  G.  Gibbs,  and  later 
became  proprietor  of  the  business,  which  was 
carried  on  under  the  name  of  Howard  A. 
Gibbs.  He  dealt  in  shoes  twenty-five  years, 
and  then,  six  years  before  his  death,  bought 
out  B.  F.  Nichols,  of  Holyoke,  manufacturer 
of  belting,  and  carried  on  that  industry  under 
the  name  of  the  Holyoke  Belting  Company,  as 
long  as  he  lived.  He  was  an  active  and  suc- 
cessful business  man,  was  interested  in  good 
government  and  public  affairs  generally,  voted 
the  Republican  ticket,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Springfield  city  council  during  the  years 
1894-95.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
Order  in  which  he  had  attained  the  rank  of 
Knight  Templar.  He  married,  October  23, 
1872,  Kate  Chapin,  daughter  of  Stephen  C. 
and  Julia  Emeline  (Skeele)  Bemis.  (See 
Bemis  VH).  who  was  born  in  Springfield,  May 
30,  1846.  Their  children  are:  Ralph  Bemis 
and  Edith. 

(IX)  Ralph  Bemis,  only  son  of  Howard 
Ashley  and  Kate  Chapin  (Bemis)  Gibbs,  was 
born  December  26,  1875.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  Amherst  College,  and  is  now  in 
New  York  City.  He  married,  December  i, 
1907,  Harriet  Belle,  daughter  of  Hiram  B. 
and  Maria  (Hitchcock)   Lane. 

(IX)  Edith,  only  daughter  of  Howard 
Ashley  and  Kate  Chapin  (Bemis)  Gibbs,  was 
born  December  14,  1879,  married,  September 
18,  1902,  Walter  Cockrill,  son  of  James  A.  H. 
and  Mary  (Pierce)  Carroll,  of  Baltimore, 
Maryland.     They   now   reside   in   Pittsburgh, 


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Pennsylvania,  where  Mr.  Carroll  has  a  place 
with  the  United  States  Steel  Company.  They 
are  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Walter  Cockrill  and  Katherine,  twins,  born 
June  19,  1903,  and  Mary,  born  June  16, 
1906. 


It  is  said  by  antiquarians  and  oth- 
DEAN     ers  who  have  made  careful  study 

of  the  origin  and  signification  of 
our  English  patronymics  that  the  surname 
Dean  or  Deane  is  derived  originally  from  the 
Latin  word  decanus,  which  was  the  title  of  a 
Roman  military  officers  of  minor  rank  com- 
manding a  force  of  ten  men,  and  its  English 
equivalent  Dean  was  long  ago  adopted  as  an 
ecclesiastical  title,  next  in  dignity  to  that  of 
bishop.  In  Spanish  the  name  is  written  Dean ; 
in  old  French  it  is  written  both  Dean 
and  Dien ;  and  in  both  Norman  and  English 
it  is  nearly  always  written  Dean.  In  England 
the  name  doubtless  has  existed  from  the  time 
of  Alfred  the  Great  (loth  century),  who  was 
the  first  English  sovereign  to  encourage  the 
adoption  of  surnames. 

In  New  England  the  first  of  the  name  of 
whom  history  gives  an  account  were  Rachel 
Dean,  widow,  and  Stephen  Dean,  both  of 
whom  came  over  in  the  "Fortune"  in  162 1 
and  arrived  at  Plymouth  in  November  of  that 
year.  Stephen  Dean  built  and  operated  the 
first  grist  mill  in  the  Plymouth  colony.  In 
1637  two  other  immigrants  of  the  Dean  sur- 
name— John  and  Walter — brothers,  came  over 
from  Chard,  a  place  of  some  importance  about 
twelve  miles  from  Taunton  in  Somersetshire ; 
and  it  said  by  some  authorities  that  these 
brothers  were  sons  of  William  Dean,  of 
Chard.  They  landed  at  Boston  and  after 
spending  a  winter  in  Dorchester  went  to 
Taunton,  Massachusetts,  where  they  were 
admitted  freemen  December  4,  1638.  John 
Dean,  who  was  born  about  the  year  1600  and 
died  1660,  directed  in  his  will  that  "in  case 
there  be  no  settled  ministry  in  Taunton,  my 
administrators  shall  have  full  power  to  sell 
either  the  whole  or  a  part  of  these  my  hous- 
ings and  lands,  so  as  my  children  and  posteri- 
tie  may  remove  elsewhere,  where  they  may 
enjoy  God  and  His  Ordnances". 

fl)  Walter  Dean,  immigrant,  son  of  Wil- 
liam Dean,  of  Chard,  was  born  between  the 
years  1615  and  1617.  He  came  with  his 
brother  to  New  England,  as  is  mentioned,  set- 
tled in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
there  about  the  year  1693.  He  appears  to 
have    been    somewhat    prominently    identified 


with  the  afifairs  of  the  town  and  church,  and 
in  the  latter  fulfilled  the  office  of  deacon  for 
many  years.  He  was  selectman  for  eight 
years,  held  various  other  town  offices,  and  in 
business  occupation  was  a  tanner.  His  wife 
was  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Richard  Strong,  of 
Taunton,  England,  and  sister  of  Elder  John 
Strong,  whom  she  accompanied  to  New  Eng- 
land in  the  "Mary  and  John"  in  1630.  The 
children  of  Deacon  Walter  and  Eleanor 
(Strong)  Dean  whose  names  are  found  in  the 
Taunton  records  were,  Joseph,  Ezra,  Benja- 
min and  Abigail. 

(II)  Ezra,  son  of  Deacon  Walter  Dean, 
settled  at  Taunton  and  died  there  between  Oc- 
tober 28,  1727,  and  February  15,  1732.  He 
married,  December  17,  1676,  Bethiah,  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  Samuel  and  Susanna  (Orcutt) 
Edson.  Deacon  Edson  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  in  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  and 
built  and  owned  the  first  mill  in  that  town.  He 
died  in  1692,  aged  eighty  years,  and  his  wife 
Susanna  died  in  1699,  aged  eighty-one  years. 
Ezra  and  Bethiah  (Edson)  Dean  had  six 
children:  i.  Bethiah,  born  October  14,  1677, 
died  November  27,  1679.  2.  Ezra,  October 
14,  1680,  see  forward.  3.  Samuel,  April  11, 
1681,  died  February  16,  1682-83.  4.  Seth, 
June  3,  1683;  lived  at  Taunton:  from  him  de- 
scended Rev.  Paul  Dean,  formerly  of  Boston 
and  afterward  of  Easton,  Massachusetts,  who 
published  a  course  of  lectures  on  the  "Final 
Restoration  of  All  Men"  and  various  occa- 
sional sermons ;  also  of  Amos  Dean,  of  Al- 
bany, New  York,  who  was  author  of  "Phil- 
osophy  of   Human   Life"   and   other   notable 

works.     5.  Margaret,  married  Shaw. 

6.  Ephraim,  married  Mary  Allen,  of  Reho- 
both. 

(III)  Ezra  (2),  eldest  son  of  Ezra  (i)  and 
Bethiah  (Edson)  Dean,  was  born  in  Taunton, 
October  14,  t68o,  died  there  July  i,  1727.  He 
was  a  physician  and  practiced  in  Taunton. 
The  Rev.  Samuel  Danforth,  of  Taunton,  who 
died  November  14,  1727,  is  said  to  have  prac- 
ticed the  healing  art  in  that  town,  and  if  so 
he  and  Dr.  Dean  were  contemporaries  in 
their  labors.  Dr.  Dean  married  (first)  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  Captain  James  Leonard,  and 
(second)  Abigail  Bretnell.  He  had  in  all  six- 
teen children,  whose  united  ages  reached 
one  thousand  three  hundred  and  seven  vears. 
Eleven  of  the  family  lived  more  than  one 
thousand  years,  and  one  of  them,  Theo- 
dora, lived  to  see  her  descendants  to  the 
fifth  generation.  Dr.  Ezra  Dean's  chil- 
dren:    I.   Ezra,  born   October  30.   1706;  at- 


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tained  the  age  of  eighty-nine  years ;  married 
Silence  Danforth.  2.  Stephen,  September 
29,  1708,  died  October  19,  1749.  3.  Theo- 
dora, December  31,  1712,  died  January  14, 
1813,  aged  one  hundred  years  and  fourteen 
days ;  married,  February  5,  1734,  Major  Rich- 
ard Godfrey,  of  Taunton.  4.  Abigail,  at- 
tained the  age  of  ninety-tive  years ;  married 
Caleb  Walker.  5.  Bethiah,  attained  the  age 
of  ninety-six  years ;  married  Stephen  French, 
of  Rehoboth.  6.  Nehemiah,  attained  the  age 
of  ninety  years.  7.  James,  1717,  died  1803.  8. 
Solomon,  died  aged  sixty  years.  9.  Nathan- 
iel. 10.  Seth.  1 1.  Elkanah,  died  aged  eigh- 
ty-seven    years.      12.  Prudence,     died    aged 

eighty  years;  married  Hayward.     13. 

Elisha,  died  aged  eighty-three  years ;  mar- 
ried (first)  ;\Iolly  Wood,  (second)  Molly  Dur- 
fee.  14.  William,  1731  ;  married  Lydia  Leon- 
ard. 15.  George,  see  forward.  16.  Esther, 
1733;  married  (first)  Higgins,  (sec- 
ond)  Robert  Grossman. 

(IN)  George,  second  child  of  Dr.  Ezra  (2) 
Dean,  was  born  in  Taunton,  about  1728,  died 
February  20,  1814,  in  Taunton,  at  the  age  of 
€ighty-six  years.  He  married  Tabitha  Cross- 
man  ;  had  two  sons,  George,  married 
Wealthy  Dean,  and  Abiathar,  see  forward. 

(\')  Abiathar,  son  of  George  and  Tabitha 
(Grossman)  Dean,  was  born  September  30, 
1768,  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  died  at 
Keene,  New  Hampshire,  at  the  home  of  his 
son,  George  Grossman  Dean,  October  2, 
1832.  He  was  a  physician  of  the  old  school, 
and  used  to  ride  on  horseback  and  carry  his 
medicines  in  saddle-bags.  He  married  Free- 
love,  of  Winchester,  New  Hampshire,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Thankful  (Bennett)  Haw- 
kins, born  June  4,  1773,  died  April  16,  1829, 
at  the  home  of  her  son,  Daniel  H.  Dean,  in 
Lowell,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Wil- 
liam Augustus,  born  March  25,  1793,  in  St. 
Johnsbury,  Vermont.  2.  Stephen  Hawkins, 
April  23,  1796,  St.  Johnsbury.  3.  Frinda,  Au- 
gust 22,  1798,  St.  Johnsbury.  4.  George 
Grossman,  see  forward.  5.  Thurza  Maria, 
]\Iay  4,  1802,  in  Winchester,  New  Hampshire. 
6.  Daniel,  died  young.  7.  Daniel  Hawkins, 
June  16,  1805.  8.  Weltha  Grossman,  January 
27,  1807.  Q-  Horace  Gomstock,  October  18, 
1808. 

(\T)  George  Grossman,  son  of  Abiather 
and  Freelove  (Hawkins)  Dean,  was  born 
June  16,  1800,  died  October  2,  1835,  in  Keene, 
New  Hampshire.  He  married,  June  16,  1819, 
at  Lancaster,  Massachusets,  Dolly,  born 
March  8,   1797,  died  in  Constableville,   New 


York,  July  24,  1856,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Isabel  (Phelps)  Bennett.  She  married  (sec- 
ond) February  15,  1855,  Ebenezer  Wheeler. 
Children:  i.  George  Berinett,  see  forward. 
2.  Frances  Porter,  wife  of  Paige  Lovejoy ; 
died  in  Constableville,  New  York.  3.  Henry 
Augustus,  died  at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  1857. 
4.  Martha  Priscilla,  wife  of  John  Dutcher ; 
died  at  Trenton,  New  Y'ork.  5.  Cornelia  Isa- 
bel, married  Richard  Morrill ;  lived  at  Du- 
buque, Iowa.  6.  Horace  Gomstock,  resided 
in  Hastings,  Nebraska.  7.  Thomas  Abiathar 
resided  in  Sandwich,  Illinois.  8.  Daniel  Haw- 
kins, settled  at  Princeton,  Illinois. 

(\TI)  George  Bennett,  eldest  child  of 
George  Grossman  and  Dolly  (Bennett)  Dean, 
was  born  April  22,  1820,  in  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  on  account  of  the  death  of  his 
father  was  early  compelled  to  start  out  and 
make  his  own  way  in  life.  He  first  learned 
the  tailor's  trade  with  an  uncle,  who  died  in 
1909,  at  the  advanced  age  of  one  hundred 
years.  Having  learned  the  trade,  and  becom- 
ing a  practical  workman,  he  went  to  Constable- 
ville, New  York,  and  worked  there  for  several 
years ;  during  the  dull  seasons  of  each  year  he 
turned  his  hand  to  house  painting,  for  he  al- 
ways was  an  industrious  young  man  and 
possessed  the  same  spirit  of  determination 
which  characterized  the  lives  of  several  of  his 
ancestors.  Mr.  Dean  married  Caroline,  daugh- 
ter of  Peultha  Clark,  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Constableville,  and  who  removed  to  that  town 
from  East  Granby,  Connecticut,  taking  his 
family  and  household  effects  in  a  wagon 
drawn  by  a  team  of  oxen.  Mr.  Dean's  mar- 
riage took  place  in  Constableville,  in  the  open 
air  under  a  plum  tree. 

(\  III)  Wilbert  T.,  son  of  George  Bennett 
and  Caroline  (Clark)  Dean,  was  born  in  Con- 
stableville. New  York,  December  21,  1845. 
At  the  early  age  of  fourteen  years  he  was 
compelled  to  assume  full  care  of  himself,  his 
education  and  maintenance.  He  gained  a  good 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
town,  then  learned  the  trade  of  painting,  and 
at  the  age  of  twenty  years  was  engaged  in 
business  for  himself.  He  made  his  home  in 
Constableville  until  1873,  ^"d  then  removed 
to  Holyoke,  Massachusetts,  and  entered  into 
a  partnership  with  his  brother-in-law,  William 
F.  Wheelock.  After  twenty-one  years  of 
profitable  business  association  the  firm  was 
dissolved  and  since  that  time,  1894,  Mr.  Dean 
has  continued  in  business  alone.  During  the 
more  than  thirty-five  years  of  his  residence  in 
Holyoke,  Mr.  Dean  has  engaged  in  active  pur- 


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suits,  and  in  that  respect  his  efforts  have  been 
rewarded  with  gratifying  success.  During  this 
same  period  he  has  been  somewhat  closely 
identified  with  events  of  political  history  in 
the  city,  and  for  many  years  has  been  looked 
upon  as  one  of  the  leading  Democrats  of  the 
region.  In  1882-83,  he  was  a  member  of  the 
city  board  of  aldermen,  and  in  1884  was  elect- 
ed representative  to  the  general  court  by  a 
majority  of  over  one  hundred  votes  in  a  dis- 
trict that  is  normally  Republican  from  three 
hundred  to  five  hundred.  He  has  served  five 
years  as  member  of  the  city  park  commission, 
and  was  chosen  civil  service  examiner.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  several  subordinate  Masonic 
bodies  up  to  the  commandery.  On  October  31, 
1865,  Mr.  Dean  married  Julia  M.,  daughter  of 
Cyril  and  Amelia  (Clark)  Davis,  of  Suffield, 
Connecticut.  Of  the  nine  children  born  of  this 
marriage  four  are  now  deceased.  Those  who 
grew  to  maturity  are :  F.  Daisy,  Lena,  George 
Howard,  Blanche  and  Lula  Dean. 


Among  the  Smiths  who  came  to 
SMITH  New  England  was  a  family  of 
four  brothers  and  one  sister. 
Their  names  were :  Christopher,  who  lived 
in  Northampton  and  died  childless.  Joseph, 
who  lived  in  Hartford  and  was  the  father  of 
a  large  family.  Simon,  place  of  residence  un- 
known, William,  see  forward.  Mary,  married 
William  Partridge,  of  Hartford  and  Hadley. 
Mary  in  her  will  names  her  four  brothers.  Their 
father  may  have  come  to  this  country,  but  his 
name  is  unknown.  There  was  a  William 
Smith  at  Wethersfield  who  it  is  supposed  was 
the  same  as  the  William  who  afterward  lived 
in  Farmington. 

(I)  William  Smith  was  an  early  settler  in 
Farmington,  and  in  1657  united  with  the 
church  in  that  town  under  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Hooker.  His  wife  Elizabeth  bore  him  the  fol- 
lowing named  children:  i.  Jonathan,  born 
January,  1647.  2.  Jobana,  January.  1649; 
was  slain  at  Hatfield,  May  30,  1676.  by  the  In- 
dians ;  he  was  a  soldier  sent  up  from  Connec- 
ticut; he  had  no  family.  3.  Susanna,  March, 
1651.  4.  and  5.  Elizabeth  and  Mehitable, 
twins,  May,  1653.  6.  Joseph,  August,  1655. 
7.  Benjamin,  April.  1658,  see  forward.  8. 
William,  April,  1661.  9.  Samuel,  May,  1663. 
William  Smith  ("father)  died  December,  1669 
or  1670.  His  wife  Elizabeth  made  her  will 
November  15.  1676,  and  died  in  1678,  at  which 
time  si.x  children  were  living,  as  follows :  Jon- 
athan, Joseph,  Benjamin,  Samuel,  Susanna, 
Mehitable. 


(IIj  Benjamin,  fourth  son  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Smith,  of  Farmington,  born  April, 
1658,  settled  in  Westfield,  removed  to  West 
Springfield,  somewhere  about  Paucatuck,  in 
1685.  He  was  taxed  for  forty-three  acres  of 
land  had  of  Major  Pynchon  valued  at  ten 
pounds  and  ten  shillings.  He  married  (first) 
Ruth  Judd  Loomis,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Elizabeth  Loomis.  Their  children,  born  in 
Westfield,  were:  i.  William,  not  recorded; 
married,  possibly,  Sarah  Miller,  born  March 
15,  1700.  2.  Ruth,  born  February  8,  1685; 
married,  ]\Iay  i,  1714,  Samuel  Taylor,  born 
April  6,  1686.  3.  Benjamin  Jr.,  February  14, 
1687 ;  married  Alary  Bedortha,  born  Septem- 
ber 19,  1691.  4.  Samuel,  August  24,  1689, 
died  1725  :  married  Irene  Bedortha,  born  June 
20.  1696 :  they  left  one  son,  Samuel.  5.  Eliza- 
beth, February  14,  1693 ;  married  Ebenezer 
Miller  Jr.,  born  ^Nlarch  11,  1692.  6.  Rachel, 
1694:  married  Samuel  Morgan.  7.  Jonathan, 
1697,  see  forward.  8.  Job,  1700,  married 
Martha  Bedortha.  born  July  15,  1703.  9. 
Mary,  1703;  married  Ebenezer  Day:  had  one 
child,  Ebenezer  Jr.  Air.  Smith  married  (sec- 
ond) Hannah  Phelps,  born  Hebron,  Connecti- 
cut, 1706.  He  died  about  1738.  In  his  will 
he  names  his  wife  Hannah ;  heirs  of  daughter 
Ruth,  who  was  deceased:  Samuel,  son  of  his 
son  Samuel,  deceased:  and  William,  Benja- 
min, Elizabeth,  Rachel,  Jonathan,  Job  and 
Alary.  His  will  was  made  in  1735  and  proved 
in  1738. 

(Ill)  Jonathan,  fourth  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Ruth  (Loomis)  Smith,  married  Alargaret, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Ball.  Their  children,  pre- 
vious to  Air.  Ball's  will  made  in  1746,  were:  i. 
Jonathan.  2.  David,  see  forward.  3.  Solo- 
mon. 4.  Caleb.  5.  Daniel.  6.  Alargaret, 
married  Stephen  Aliller  and  died  July  2,  1789, 
aged  eighty-five  years.  7.  Simeon,  married 
Xabby  Warner,  of  Hadley,  Alassachusetts. 

(I\')  David,  second  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Alargaret  (Ball)  Smith,  born  August  12,  1731, 
died  September  24,  1804.  He  married  Alar- 
garet Day,  born  Alay  10,  1730,  died  June  14, 
1803,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Day.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  i.  David,  born  June  21,  1757,  died 
July  24.  1814.  2.  Asaph,  Alarch  15,  1759, 
died  August  17.  1760.  3.  Alargaret,  Septem- 
ber 17,  1761,  died  August  20,  1848;  married 
Simeon  Ely.  4-  Thankful.  June  20,  1766,  died 
September  25,  1842:  married  Levi  Ely  Jr.,  son 
of  Captain  Levi  Ely.  5.  Lydia.  July  3,  1769, 
died  October  24,  1853.  unmarried.  6.  Seth, 
Alarch  13,  1773,  died  September,  1849:  mar- 


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ried  Eunice  Rice,  born  September  i8,  1784, 
died  August  24,  1854. 

(\")  David  (2j,  eldest  cliild  of  David  (i) 
and  Margaret  (Day)  Smith,  born  June  21, 
1757,  died  July  24,  1814.  He  was  a  drummer 
and  fifer  boy  in  the  revolutionary  war,  enlist- 
ing July,  1780.  and  serving  in  Colonel  Brown's 
regiment  under  Captain  Levi  Ely,  and  at  the 
battle  of  Stone  Arabia,  New  York,  October 
19,  1780,  became  nearly  exhausted  and  was 
injured  for  life  by  the  long  run  of  four  or  five 
miles  in  the  retreat.  The  men  were  ambushed 
and  fired  upon  by  three  hundred  each  of  Brit- 
ish, Tories  and  Indians.  Colonel  Brown  was 
killed  and  so  was  Captain  Levi  Ely  and  about 
sixty  men  of  the  regiment.  William  Howard 
Smith,  grandson  of  David  Smith,  has  in  his 
possession  a  letter  written  by  his  grandfather, 
David  Smith  Jr.  at  Schenectady  while  going  to 
Ft.  Paris  dated  August  16,  1780.  After  the 
war  Mr.  Smith  returned  to  his  home  at  Pauca- 
tuck,  (West  Springfield)  and  died  there  on 
the  very  spot  which  his  ancestors  had  pur- 
chased in  1685.  Mr.  Smith  married  Naomi 
Howard,  of  Chicopee,  and  among  their  chil- 
dren was  a  son  David,  see  forward.  Mr. 
Smith  died  July  24,  1814,  aged  fifty-seven 
years;  his  wife  died  March  31,  1814,  aged 
forty-seven  years. 

(VI)  David  (3),  son  of  David  (2)  and 
Naomi  (Howard)  Smith,  was  born  March  19, 
1803.  died  April  9,  1875.  He  was  apprenticed 
in  1817  to  Spencer  Flower,  of  Feeding  Hills, 
as  a  wheelwright.  In  the  autumn  of  1824  he 
engaged  in  the  services  of  G.  &  H.  Francis,  of 
Hartford,  and  in  the  spring  of  1827  engaged 
in  business  on  his  own  account  at  what  is  now 
the  corner  of  Main  and  Park  streets,  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  He  married  Harriet  Grif- 
fin, daughter  of  Captain  Micah  Griffin,  of 
West  Sufifield.  She  died  Alarch  5.  1870,  aged 
sixty-nine  years.  Among  their  children  was 
a  son  \\'illiam  Howard,  see   forward. 

(VH)  William  Howard,  son  of  David  (3) 
and  Harriet  (Griffin)  Smith,  was  born  in 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  November  24, 
1832.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  early  in  life  engaged  in  the  carriage  busi- 
ness, becoming  the  proprietor  of  the  extensive 
carriage  manufactory  on  the  death  of  his 
father,  which  business  was  established  in  1827 
and  has  been  continued  to  the  present  time 
(1909).  George  H.  Hubbell  is  now  associated 
with  Mr.  Smith.  ]\Ir.  Smith  served  the  city 
as  alderman,  performing  the  duties  of  said 
office  in  a  highly  creditable  and  efficient  man- 
ner.   Through  the  liberal  gifts  and  persevering 


efforts  of  both  Mr.  Smith  and  his  father  Grace 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  was  organized  in 
1867  and  the  building  dedicated  in  1875.  Mr. 
Smith  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution  and  of  Hampden  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics.  Air.  Smith  married  Martha  Young, 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  Mark  Trafton ;  she  died 
November  16,  1862,  in  Springfield.  They  were 
the  parents  of  one  child,  Minnie  Lee,  born  in 
Springfield,  October  5,  1859,  "^'ed  there  April 
29,  1907;  she  married,  October  9,  1889,  Nor- 
man N.  Fowler,  born  in  Agawam,  Massachu- 
setts, educated  in  common  schools,  Springfield 
high  school  and  at  Yale  College.  Shortly  after- 
ward he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  glazed 
paper  and  is  now  (1909)  secretary  of  the 
Hampden  Glazed  Paper  Company.  ]\lr.  and 
Mrs.  Fowler  were  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren :  Constance.  William  Smith  and  Roger 
W.  Fowler. 


(For  first  generations  see  Thomas  Sawyer  1). 

(II)  Nathaniel  Sawyer,  son  of 
SAWYER     Thomas  Sawyer,  was  born  in 

Lancaster,  September  24, 
1670.  died  in  Sterling.  November  10.  1756. 
The  christian  name  of  his  first  wife  was  ]\Iary 
and  that  of  his  second  wife  was  Elizabeth. 
His  children  were:  i.  Amos,  born  June  20, 
1693.  2.  Nathaniel,  see  forward.  3.  Ephraim. 
4.  Samuel,  1698,  died  in  1784.    5.  Ezra,  1702. 

6.  John.      7.  Alanassah.      8.  Thomas,    171 1, 
died  in  1787.     9.  Phineas.     10.   Eunice. 

(Ill)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Sawyer,  was  born  in  Lancaster,  and  spent  the 
last  years  of  his  life  in  that  part  of  the  town 
called  Sterling,  Alay  19,  1734,  he  married 
Mary  Houghton:  children:  i.  Oliver,  born 
July  7.  1735,  died  young.  2.  Mary,  January. 
^7?>7-  .?•  Elizabeth,  July,  1741,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 4.  Elizabeth.  July,  1742.  5.  Nathaniel. 
see  forward.     6.  Thankful,  October  8,   1752. 

7.  Jonathan,  killed  by  the  Indians. 

(I\')  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Sawyer,  was  born  in  that  part  of  Lancaster 
which  is  now  Sterling,  February  21,  1744, 
died  in  Stow,  [Massachusetts.  He  was  a  pros- 
perous farmer.  October  30,  1771.  he  married 
Catherine  Ellis,  born  in  Lancaster,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1748.  Children:  i.  Oliver,  born  in 
May,  1772.  2.  Dolly.  November  8,  1773.  3. 
Mary.  November  12,  1775.  4.  Jonathan,  see 
forward.  5.  Nathaniel.  January  8,  1780.  6. 
Catherine,  March,  1782.  7.  Cynthia,  March 
1784.  8.  Alpheus,  Tune,  1786.  9.  John,  Oc- 
tober, 1788. 


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(V)  Jonathan,  son  of  Nathaniel  (3)  Sawyer, 
was  born  in  Lancaster,  March,  1778.  For 
some  time  he  resided  in  Boston,  where  for 
many  years  he  followed  the  cooper's  trade, 
and  his  death  occurred  in  Medford,  Massa- 
chusetts, August  7,  183 1.  He  married  in  Bos- 
ton, April  29,  1819,  Mary  Crane  Wild,  born 
in  Braintree,  IMassachusetts,  November  29, 
1796,  died  in  Campello,  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber 21,  1890,  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety- 
three  years.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Silas  and 
Abigail  (Thayer)  Wild,  of  Braintree,  and  a 
descendant  of  John 'Wild,  an  early  settler  in 
that  town,  through  Jonathan  (2),  Silas  (3)  and 
Silas  (4).  Silas  (4)  Wild  was  born  January 
13,  1762,  died  October  11,  1828.  He  married 
(first)  March  2,  1785,  Abigail  Thayer,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Deborah  (Arnold)  Thayer. 
She  was  born  February  4,  1761,  died  Janu- 
arv  8,  1803.  He  married  (second)  June  30, 
1808,  Deborah,  widow  of  William  Hayden 
and  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  Noyes.  She 
was  born  about  1753,  died  September  12, 
1845.  His  children,  all  of  his  first  union,  were : 
I.  Silas,  born  January  23,  1787.  2.  James 
Thaver,  September  16,  1788,  died  May  10, 
1845.  3-  Abigail,  June  17,  1792.  4.  Elisha, 
1794.     5.  Betsey,   March  31,   1795,  died  July 

8,  1855.  6.  Mary  Crane,  November  21,  1796; 
married  Jonathan  Sawyer.  7.  John  Alden, 
September  12,  1798.    8.  Lydia,  May  3,  1800. 

9.  Washington,  May  5,  1802.  10.  Adams, 
May  5,  1802  (twins),  died  January  29,  1803. 
The  children  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  Crane 
(Wild)  Sawyer:  i.  George,  born  July  26. 
1823  ;  married  (first)  Susan  Fames ;  (second) 
Lois  Knight.  2.  Warren,  see  forward.  3. 
Marv  Elizabeth,  September  19,  1827,  married 
Jonas  R.  Perkins ;  died  February,  1909. 

(VI)  Warren,  son  of  Jonathan  Sawyer,  was 
born  in  Boston,  May  23,  1825.  His  educa- 
tional opportunities  were  confined  to  the  pub- 
lic school  system  in  vogue  during  his  boy- 
hood, and  that  the  instruction  thus  afforded 
was  both  ample  and  excellent  is  sufficiently 
attested  by  his  successful  career.  In  1839, 
when  but  fourteen  years  of  age,  he  began  his 
business  training  in  an  extensive  wholesale 
leather  establishment  in  Boston,  and  in  an 
unusually  short  period  he  rose  from  a  subor- 
dinate position  to  one  of  responsibility  and 
trust.  In  1849  his  practical  experience,  am- 
bition for  advancement  and  perfect  confi- 
dence in  his  own  ability  to  succeed,  prompted 
him  to  engage  in  the  leather  trade  on  his  own 
account,  and  for  more  than  twenty  years  he 
transacted  a  wholesale  business,  from  which 
he  withdrew  in  1870.     He  did  not,  however, 


wholly   relinquish   his   business   activities,   as 
for  many  years  afterward  he  was  prominent- 
ly  identified   with   the   financial    interests    of 
Boston,  and  he  rendered  valuable  assistance 
in  forwarding  the  welfare  of  the  various  en- 
terprises with  which  he  was  associated.  May 
3,   1865,  the  Everett  National  Bank  of  Bos- 
ton was  organized  under  the  then  recently 
enacted  national  banking  law,  sixteen  promi- 
nent   citizens,   among    whom    was    Warren 
Sawyer,  obtaining  its  charter  on  March  8,  of 
that  year,  and  each  subscriber  for  one  hun- 
dred shares  at  one  hundred  dollars  per  share. 
Mr.    Sawyer   became   a   member   of   its   first 
board   of   directors    and   the    following   year 
was    chosen    its    second    president,    retaining 
that  position  until  1893,  when  he  resigned.  He 
continued   to   serve   as   a   director,  however, 
and  when  he  retired  from  the  board  in  1897 
he  had  outserved  every  one  of  its  original 
members.    He  was  also  one  of  the  organizers 
and  for  many  years  a  director  of  the  Boston 
Pennv  Savings  Bank,  was  a  director  of  the 
New  England  Mutual   Life   Insurance  Com- 
panv,  and  having  invested  extensively  in  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  railway,  was 
a  director  of  that  corporation  from  1877  to 
1882,  and  again  from  1884  to  1890.     He  was 
largelv  instrumental  in  organizing  the   New 
England    Shoe    and    Leather    Manufacturers' 
Association,  of  which  he  was  the  first  treasur- 
er, and  at  the  general  gathering  of  influential 
Boston  merchants  held  at  the  Revere  House 
on  the  evening  of  July  3,  1869,  with  that  end 
in  view,  he  was  one  of  the  principal  speakers. 
In  his  religious  belief  he  is  a  Unitarian.     In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  has  not  been 
active  in  civic  afifairs,  neither  has  he  aspired 
to  public  office.  Since  his  retirement  from  ac- 
tive   business    pursuits    he    has   passed    the 
greater  portion  of  his  time  at  his  pleasant 
home  at  Welleslev  Hills. 

Mr.  Sawver  married  (first)  Mary  E.  Fuller, 
who  died  August  30,  1852:  (second)  Rachel 
Alphia  Fuller,  who  died  October  14,  1872; 
(third)  Ellen  Reed  White,  born  in  Waterville, 
Maine,  October  27,  1843.  Children:  i.  Fan- 
nv  Fuller,  born  October  15,  1851  :  married 
Walter  L.  Hayes,  in  Boston  ;  one  child,  Mary 
Sawyer.  2.  Herbert,  November  26,  1855;  in 
business  in  Enosburg  Falls,  \'ermont.  3. 
Mary  Cummings,  March  28,  1864. 

Samuel  Holmes,  the  first  of 
HOLMES     this  family  of  whom  we  have 

record,  died  in  Marshfield, 
Massachusetts.  It  is  said  that  he  came  to 
Marshfield  when  a  young  man  with  documents 


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concerning  a  legacy  to  the  Phillips  family  of 
Marshfield,  and  married  and  settled  there.  He 
was  a  thrifty  and  successful  farmer,  acquiring 
considerable  property,  his  homestead  being 
known  as  Holmes  Corner.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Sherman.  Children:  i.  Eliza,  born  Jan- 
uary 6,  1801  :  married  Charles  Ewell :  chil- 
dren: John,  George,  Arthur,  Samuel  and  El- 
vira. 2.  William,  see  forward.  3.  Mary, 
January  i,  1805.  4.  Sarah,  March  6,  1807. 
5.  Thomas,  August  13,  1809;  children:  Em- 
ma ;  Elizabeth,  married  Charles  Adams ;  JNIary, 
married  Nathan  Hopkins.  6.  Jane,  July  8, 
1812;  married,  1829,  Zenas  Ewell:  children: 
Frederick  Holmes,  born  May  18.  1842 ;  ^lary ; 
Isaiah  Alonzo;  Susan,  married  George  Leon- 
ard; Zenas;  Amanda,  born  July  12,  1849.  /■ 
Harriet,  March  11,  1815;  married  John  Hath- 
away ;  children :  John,  William  and  Harriet.  8. 
Susan,  married  Enoch  Pratt ;  child,  Enoch. 

(H)  William,  eldest  son  and  second  child 
of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Sherman)  Holmes, 
was  born  in  Marshfield,  ^Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1802,  died  in  the  same  town,  De- 
cember 12,  1859.  He  acquired  a  common 
school  education  and  assisted  in  the  cultivation 
of  the  farm  of  his  father.  In  early  manhood 
he  went  to  East  Boston  and  served  an  appren- 
ticeship to  the  trade  of  ship's  carpenter.  This 
was  in  the  days  when  seven  years  were  con- 
sidered the  proper  time  for  learning  a  trade. 
He  worked  in  various  ship  yards,  also  in  Med- 
ford,  Massachusetts,  and  the  Charlestown 
navy  yard,  but  considered  none  of  these  places 
as  his  residence,  and  returned  to  Marshfield 
each  week.  He  was  thus  employed  until  1857 
when  he  retired  from  active  work.  During 
this  time,  with  the  assistance  of  his  sons,  he 
also  managed  a  farm  of  twenty  acres,  which 
he  had  purchased  at  Marshfield,  this  property 
later  passing  into  the  possession  of  his  son  Al- 
bert. He  was  of  an  amiable  and  social  dispo- 
sition and  possessed  in  a  strong  degree  the 
courage  of  his  convictions.  He  and  his  family 
were  attendants  at  the  Unitarian  church  at 
Marshfield  Hills.  In  politics  he  was  at  first  a 
Whig,  and  was  one  of  the  first  to  Join  the  Re- 
publican party.  He  married,  February  14, 
1830,  Susan,  born  in  Yarmouth,  Massachu- 
setts, November  5,  1809,  died  in  Marshfield, 
March  5,  1894,  daughter  of  Allen  and  Lydia 
Farris.  Children  :  i.  William  Allen,  born  Jan- 
uary 4,  1831,  died  April  17,  1900;  married 
Jane  M.  Bolton ;  children  :  i.  William  Austin  ; 
ii.  Annie  Farris,  married  Millard  George; 
children :  Doris  and  Edna.  2.  Susan  Eliza- 
beth, October  6,  1832,  died  November  6,  1906; 


married  Marcellus  W.  Rogers ;  children :  i. 
Osborne,  married  Caroline  Currier  ;  children  : 
Muriel  and  Osborne;  ii.  Howard:  iii.  Mabel, 
married  Newell  Trickey ;  child,  John ;  iv. 
\\'ales,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years ;  v. 
Olive,  married  Henry  \\'.  Wright ;  child,  Liv- 
ingstone :  vi.  Elizabeth.  3.  Albert,  February 
8,  1837:  married,  July  11,  1858,  Mary  Esther 
Carpenter ;  children  :  i.  Frederick  Albert,  born 
January  4,  1861  :  married,  October  2,  1887, 
Alice  S.  Damon :  child.  Doris,  born  March  i, 
1906 :  ii.  Charles  Burton,  born  February  22, 
1866,  died  January  11,  1903;  iii.  William 
Henry,  born  November  15.  1870;  married 
(first)  Florence  McLaughlin:  children:  Ruth 
and  Charles  Burton;  married  (second)  Olive 
Russell ;  iv.  Herbert  Hartman,  born  October 
16,  1872;  married,  August,  1906,  Martha  M. 
\\'hite.  4.  Henry  Wallace,  August  11,  1841, 
died  December  21,  1867;  married  Lucy  Nich- 
ols. 5.  Osborne  Farris,  April  i,  died  Septem- 
ber 19,  1846.  6.  Joseph  Crowell,  see  forward. 
(Ill)  Joseph  Crowell,  youngest  child  of 
William  and  Susan  (Farris)  Holmes,  was 
born  in  Marshfield,  Massachusetts,  September 
16,  1851.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  this  training 
was  supplemented  by  a  course  in  the  private 
school  of  Colonel  Hiram  Oakman.  In  1867 
he  entered  Phillips  Academy,  Exeter,  remain- 
ed there  one  year  and  then  spent  some  time  in 
teaching.  He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Bos- 
ton Five  Cent  Savings  Bank  in  1869,  and  was 
gradually  advanced  until  he  was  appointed  as- 
sistant treasurer  in  1890:  served  in  this  capac- 
ity until  1896,  when  by  a  vote  of  the  trustees 
he  was  made  treasurer,  an  ofiice  he  now  holds. 
Mr.  Holmes  resides  in  Park  avenue,  Arlington 
Heights,  Massachusetts,  where  he  purchased 
a  part  of  the  old  Penn  property,  and  his  resi- 
dence commands  a  magnificent  outlook.  He  is 
decidedly  Republican  in  his  political  views, 
has  served  his  party  as  delegate  to  various  con- 
ventions, has  been  a  member  of  the  school 
committee  of  Arlington,  a  trustee  of  the  Rob- 
bins  Public  Library,  and  served  for  two  years 
in  the  Fourth  Battalion,  Boston  Tigers.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Savings  Bank 
Treasurers*  Club  and  of  Boston  Council, 
Royal  Arcanum.  His  religious  affiliations  are 
with  the  Park  Avenue  Congregational  Church, 
which  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  stand- 
ing committee  and  as  treasurer  of  the  insti- 
tution. He  married,  at  Arlington,  September 
fi,  1877,  Mary  Alice,  born  April  10,  1856. 
daughter  of  \Villiam  and  Alice  Maria  Lloyd, 
of  Boston,  the  former  at  one  time  a  glass' man- 


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ufacturer,  later  a  car  builder  for  the  Boston 
and  Albany  railroad.  Children :  Charles  Lloyd, 
see  forward,  Joseph  Edwin,  see  forward. 

(IV)  Charles  Lloyd,  elder  child  of  Joseph 
Crowell  and  Mary  Alice  ( Lloyd j  Holmes,  was 
born  in  Arlington  Heights,  Massachusetts, 
September  3,  1878.  His  educational  training 
was  received  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
Arlington,  and  in  1897  he  found  employment 
with  the  Boston  Five  Cent  Savings  Bank,  in 
which  he  has  served  as  clerk  since  that  time. 
He  is  a  member  of  Dr.  Little's  Second  Con- 
gregational Church,  having  joined  in  1907,  and 
in  his  political  views  is  independent  with 
strong  Republican  tendencies.  He  married, 
September  6,  1904,  Edith  Thayer  Capen,  of 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  Children :  Vir- 
ginia Capen,  born  June  16,  1905 ;  Alice,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1906;  Charles  Lloyd  Jr.,  February 
10,  1908. 

(IV)  Joseph  Edwin,  younger  son  of  Joseph 
Crowell  and  Mary  Alice  (Lloyd)  Holmes,  was 
born  at  Arlington  Heights.  Alassachusetts, 
February  11,  1880.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  town  and  at  Dartmouth 
College,  from  which  institution  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1902  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  In  the 
fall  of  that  year  he  entered  the  employment 
of  the  Old  Colony  Trust  Company  of  Boston, 
where  he  remained  for  three  years.  He  then 
accepted  a  position  with  Bond  &  Goodwin, 
bankers  of  Boston,  where  he  is  now  employed 
as  a  salesman.     He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 


(For   ancestry    see    p.    470    et   seq.). 

(V)  Wvman,  son  of 
RICHARDSON     John      and      Elizabeth 

Richardson,  born  at  At- 
tleboro.  May  13,  1746,  married.  October  31, 
1771,  Ruth  Lane,  born  at  Norton,  Massachu- 
setts, December  i,  1752.  They  removed  to 
Swanzey,  New  Hampshire,  October,  1779. 
His  wife  died  at  Acworth,  New  Hampshire, 
January  2,  1835.  He  died  October  14,  1839, 
at  the  age  of  ninety-three  years.  Children  :  i. 
Ruth,  born  August  8,  1772.  2.  Orra,  twin  of 
Ruth.  3.  Azubah,  February  8,  1775,  died  at 
Acworth,  New  Hampshire,  August,  1838.  4. 
Wyman,  see  forward.  5.  Elhanah,  June  9, 
1780.  died  at  Stow,  Ohio,  January  8,  1836.  6. 
Stephen,  June  4.  1783.  7.  Luna,  May  10, 
1785,  died  July  11,  1824.  8.  Ruth,  September 
18,  1878.  9.  Calvin,  July  17,  1790,  died  at 
Wolcott,  Vermont,  July  12,  1828.  10.  Lucy, 
1793.  died  at  Newfane.  Vermont,  May,  1830. 
II.  Sophia,  July  8,  1796,  died  at  Swanzey, 
New   Hampshire,   September   25,    1813.      12. 


Esther,  April  2j,  1799,  died  at  Newfane,  May 
12,  1833. 

(VI)  Wyman  (2),  son  of  Wyman  (  i)  and 
Ruth  Richardson,  born  at  Attleboro,  June 
ID,  1777,  married  at  Richmond.  New  Hamp- 
shire, October  22,  1802,  Deliverance,  daugh- 
ter of  Elder  Nathaniel  Bolles,  of  Rochester 
and  Richmond,  New  Hampshire,  born  at 
Richard,  July  23,  1782.  Wyman  Richardson 
learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  from  his  father 
who  was  also  a  proficient  cooper,  and  worked 
at  both  trades.  He  died  February  26.  1868, 
aged  ninety  years.  His  wife  died  August  11, 
1870.  Children:  I.  W'yman,  see  forward.  2. 
Nathaniel,  born  December  21,  1804,  married 
Eurelia  Young.  3.  Delia,  April  23,  1807; 
married  Hiram  Boardman.  4.  Luna  Bolles, 
December  2"],  1809;  married  Mary  Kimball. 
5.  Thankful,  January  17,  1813  ;  married  Than 
Lord ;  five  children.  6.  Almira,  October  16,. 
1817;  married  Jonathan  Goodell ;  one  son, 
Jonathan.  7.  Nathan  Henry,  May  31,  1823; 
married  Martha  Ann  Barber.  8.  Phebe  So- 
phia, April  19,  1826;  married  Lorenzo  N. 
Hewes  ;  seven  children. 

(VII)  Wyman  (3),  son  of  Wyman  (2)  and 
Deliverance  Richardson,  born  at  Swanzey, 
New  Hampshire,  March  5,  1803,  married  at 
Athol,  Massachusetts,  August  13,  1827,  Are- 
thusa  Southwick  (Lee),  born  at  Shutesbury, 
Massachusetts,  March  6,  1809.  They  settled 
at  Corinth.  \'ermont,  where  the  three  eldest 
children  were  born,  then  removed  to  Athol 
and  Fitchburg,  Massachusetts.  They  resided 
at  Barre,  Petersham  and  Boston.  At  Peter- 
sham he  was  superintendent  of  a  button  fac- 
tory which  was  burned  in  1847,  when  the 
familv  moved  to  a  part  of  Barre  known  as 
Smithville,  from  the  name  of  the  mill  owner, 
John  Smith,  whose  machinery  Richardson 
was  put  in  charge  of,  after  being  employed 
first  as  a  machine  hand.  In  1850  David  J. 
Foster,  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  button 
factory  that  was  burned  at  Petersham,  opened 
a  new  shop  in  Boston,  and  Richardson,  to- 
gether with  his  sons,  moved  thither  to  work 
for  him.  After  a  few  years  in  Boston,  Rich- 
ardson moved  to  Fitchburg  and  went  into 
business  as  a  rattan  manufacturer,  his  sons 
working  for  him.  Their  children  were:  i. 
Solon  Oscar,  born  July  3,  1828 ;  married  Nan- 
cy Nichols  Fairbanks;  died  March  31,  1872. 
2.  Seneca  Merrill,  December  5,  1829 ;  mar- 
ried Emily  D.  Earle  :  Worcester  ;  was  partner 
in  manufacturing  firm  of  Wetherbee,  Rugg  & 
Richardson  ;  had  daughter,  Harriet.  3.  Ly- 
man Collins,  November  26,  1831,  never  mar- 


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ried ;  located  on  Pacific  coast :  was  in  British 
service.  4.  William  Augustus,  December  20, 
1833,  see  forward.  5.  Charles  Oswald,  No- 
vember 13,  1839,  died  at  Athol,  September  26, 
1840. 

(\'III)  William  Augustus,  son  of  Wyman 
(3)   and  Arethusa  Richardson,  was  born  at 
Athol,   Massachusetts,   December    20,     1833. 
When  the  family  moved  to  Barre,  William  A. 
was  seven  years  old,  and  there  he  obtained 
most  of  his  schooling,  though  for  a  time  he 
attended    school     at    Petersham.       His    first 
work  was  in  the  mill  at  Smithville  as  a  ma- 
chine hand.    He  work  at  the  various  branches 
of  the  machinist's  trade  with  and  for  his  fath- 
er,  becoming   a   machinist   of   extraordinary 
skill.     He  went   with  his   father  to   Foster's 
button  factory,  in  Boston,  and  was  with  him 
in  his  rattan  factory  at  Fitchburg.     In  i860 
he  went  to  Waltham  as  an  expert  machinist 
for  the  American  Watch  Company.     In  1863 
he   started   in   business   for   himself  in   New 
York,  manufacturing  rattan  goods,  but  after 
one  year  gave  it  up  and  entered  the  employ 
of  Ball   &  Williams,   gun  manufacturers,   at 
Worcester.    Later  he  went  into  the  factory  of 
Frank  Wesson,  at  W^orcester,  to  manufacture 
pistols  under  the  patents  of  Gilbert  H.  Har- 
rington, who  subsequently  became  a  partner 
of  ]Mr.  Richardson,  and  whom  he  met  there 
for  the  first  time.     In  1874  the  foundation  of 
the   Harrington   &   Richardson   Arms   Com- 
panv   was   made,    in    a   partnership   between 
William  A.  Richardson  and  Gilbert  H.   Har- 
rington, to  manufacture  guns.    The  settled  in 
quarters  at  18  Manchester  street,  but  these 
soon   were  too  small  and  they  moved  to   31 
Hermon   street,  where  they  continued   until 
March   i.  1894,  enlarging  their  factory  from 
time  to  time  as  business  grew.     The  firm  of 
Harrington     &     Richardson   were    exclusive 
manufacturers  of  the    celebrated    Anson    & 
Deely  hammerless  gun,  the  first  of  its  kind 
made   in    this   country,    from    1880   to    1887. 
They  secured  a  patent  in  April,  1887,  for  the 
safety  hammerless   gun,   and   in   October   of 
same  year  patented  the  cylinder  catch  which 
is  still  used.  They  took  out  a  design  patent  in 
1889,  applying  to  stocks,  and  in  1895  a  patent 
applying  to  a  lever  springs.    They  own  other 
valuable  patents.     In  January,  1888,  the  firm 
was  incorporated  as  The  Harrington  &  Rich- 
ardson Arms    Company.      The    capital    was 
$75,000.     Mr.  Harrington  was  president,  Mr. 
Richardson,  treasurer,  and  George  F.  Brooks 
secretarv.     Since  the  death  of  the  two  part- 


ners Air.  Brook  has  been  the  manager.     The 
present  handsome  building  was  built  in  1893- 
94.    It  is  a  five  story  brick  structure,  situated 
at  the  corner  of  the  Boulevard  and  Chandler 
street.    In  1900-01  large  additions  were  made 
to  the  factory.    It  now  covers  100,000  square 
feet,  and  about  five  hundred  hands  are  em- 
ployed.    No  more  attractive  building  archi- 
tecturally has  been  built  for  manufacturing  in 
this   city   of   many   mills   and   factories.      N(5 
more  prosperous  and  well-ordered  business  is 
to  be  found  in  New  England.    It  is  one  of  the 
shops  to  which  Worcester  people  point  with 
pride,   and   it   constitutes   perhaps   the   most 
substantial   and   enduring  monument  to  the 
mechanical  skill  and  business  sagacity  of  Mr. 
Richardson  and  his  partner.     Mr.   Richard- 
son's skill  and  love  for  the  mechanics  must 
have  been  largely  inherited  from  his  ances- 
tors, who  were  blacksmiths  and  machinist.  He 
was  conceded  to  be  one  of  the  most  skillful 
machinists    in    the    state.      Personally    Mr. 
Richardson   was    a    careful,    unostentatious 
man,  generous  with  his  wealth,  but  preferring 
domestic  life   above   all   things.      He   was   a 
member  of  no  societies  or  clubs.     He  was  a 
member  and  trustee  of  the  First  Universalist 
Church,  and  was  liberal  in  his  gifts  to  church- 
es and  charities.    He  gave  a  large  sum  to  All 
Soul's  Church.    Since  his  death  his  widow  has 
continued  to  donate  as  she  thinks  he  would 
have  done  had  his  life  been  spared.     She  re- 
centlv  gave  to  St.   Lawrence  University,  of 
which  Rev.  Dr.  Gunnison,  formerly  pastor  of 
the  First  Universalist  Church,  is  president,  a 
gift  of  $10,000.     Mr.  Richardson  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.     The  dominant  charac- 
teristics of  Mr.  Richardson  were  those  of  most 
self-made  men — untiring  energy  and  tenacity  ; 
he  stuck  to  an  idea,  and  followed  up  a  pro- 
ject to  the  end.    He  took  an  honorable  satis- 
faction in  the  knowledge  that  his  success  in 
life  had  come  without  outside  aid.     His  only 
capital  was  his  skillful  hands  at  the  start.    He 
never  would  accept  his  wife's  fortune  to  aid 
him. 

Mr.  Richardson  married  Mary  Ann  Cow- 
en,  daughter  of  Captain  Robert  and  Ann  (Til- 
den)  Cowen.  Her  father  was  an  eminent 
shipmaster  at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts. 
Thev  had  no  children,  but  reared  several.  Mr. 
Richardson  died  November  21,  1897.  Mrs. 
Richardson,  who  has  been  and  is  closely  iden- 
tified with  many  prominent  charities,  lives  at 
their  handsome  home,  921  Main  street,  Wor- 
cester. 


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The  origin  of  the  De  Welles 
WELLS  family  of  Lincolnshire,  barons 
by  summons  to  parliament,  was 
in  the  Vaux  (or  Bank,  or  Bayeux,  or  de  Val- 
libus)  family  of  France,  one  of  the  most  il- 
lustrious families  known  to  history.  The  de- 
rivation is  traced  to  the  year  794,  from  which 
period  they  held  the  highest  rank,  personally 
and  by  royal  intermarriages.  It  was  founded 
in  England  after  the  conquest  by  Harold  de 
Vaux  (a  near  connection  of  William  the  con- 
queror), and  his  three  sons,  Barons  Hubert, 
Ranulph  and  Robert,  were  all  surnamed  de 
Vallibus.  The  descent  is  through  the  young- 
er son,  Robert,  whose  grandson,  William,  had 
four  sons:  Robert  de  Dalston,  baron;  Adam 
and  William  de  Welles,  of  Lincolnshire,  1194; 
and  Oliver  de  Vallibus,  prior  of  Pentney  Ab- 
bey. Adam  de  Welles  died  S.  P.  and  his 
brother  W' illiam  thus  became  founder  of  that 
long  line  of  noblemen  of  Lincolnshire,  whose 
history  is  given  in  full  by  Dugdale  in  his 
standard  work  on  "Baronage  of  England." 

Among  the  different  branches  of  the  Welles 
family  in  America  are  traditions  of  origin, 
varied,  but  not  contradictory,  nor  inconsist- 
ent with  each  other.  Thus  the  descendants  of 
George  (afterwards  of  Southampton,  Long 
Island),  Richard  (afterwards  of  Salisbury, 
Massachusetts)  and  William  (afterwards  of 
Southold,  Long  Island),  known  as  among 
the  first  settlers  of  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
1638,  claim  that  there  were  three  brothers 
came  over  together;  also  those  from  Isaac 
(of  Barnstable,  Massachusetts),  Edward  (of 
Boston)  and  Thomas  (of  Ipswich)  have  the 
same  tradition ;  also  those  of  Hugh  (of  Hart- 
ford) (comtemporary  1636  to  1650)  with  Gov- 
ernor Thomas  and  John  (his  son) ;  whilst  the 
descendants  of  Joseph  (of  Boston,  1636) ; 
thence  into  Rhode  Island,  about  1640,  at 
Wickford,  state  that  he  was  the  first  emigrant 
of  the  family,  fled  about  1629  from  London 
to  avoid  religious  persecution  and  to  save  his 
life,  and  was  soon  followed  by  his  seven  sons 
or  brothers  who  may  reasonably  be  supposed 
to  be  all  named  above,  viz :  Isaac,  Edward, 
Thomas  Richard,  George,  William  and  Hugh, 
although  there  is  no  evidence  of  their  consan- 
guinity. 

It  is  said  by  Albert  Wells,  the  historian  of 
this  family,  and  who  has  more  than  any  one 
else  devoted  himself  to  its  study,  that  the  ac- 
count of  its  ancestry  is  voluminous  and  very 
satisfactory,  being  of  ancient  origin  (794)  and 
of  high  rank  in  Normandy  and  England  with 
royal  intermarriages  for  over  seven  centur- 


ies, when  the  title  and  estates  merged  into 
the  Willoughby  and  Dymoke  families. 

From  this  English  source  came  over  in 
1636  Thomas  Wells,  who  was  the  common 
ancestor  of  many  of  the  Wells  in  this  country. 
He  was  eminent  among  that  band  of  worth- 
ies who  planted  in  this  western  world  the 
germs  of  civil  and  religious  freedom.  He 
was  not  only  deputy  governor  but  the  gover- 
nor of  Connecticut.  He  was  elected  one  of 
the  six  magistrates  first  chosen  at  the  organ- 
ization of  the  government  at  Hartford  in 
Connecticut  and  annually  re-elected  until  his 
death,  a  period  of  more  than  twenty  years. 
The  magistrates  at  that  time  constituted  the 
highest  legislature  and  judicial  tribunal  in  the 
colony.  In  1639,  on  the  full  organization  of 
the  colonial  government,  he  was  chosen  treas- 
urer of  the  colony,  the  first  ever  elected.  In 
1643  he  was  chosen  secretar\'  of  the  state.  In 
1649  he  was  chosen  as  one  of  the  two  com- 
missioners to  represent  Connecticut  in  the 
confederation  of  the  New  England  colonies. 

(I)  Hugh  Wells,  born  in  the  county  of 
Essex,  England,  probably  came  to  New  Eng- 
land in  the  "Globe"  in  1635.  He  was  of  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  in  1636,  and  removed  from 
that  place  to  Wethersfield,  where  he  died 
about  1645.  His  wife,  whose  name  was 
Frances,  survived  him,  and  married  (second) 
Thomas  Coleman,  of  Hatfield,  and  died  in 
March,  1698.  Children :  Thomas,  Hugh, 
Mary  and  John. 

(II)  Thomas,  eldest  child  of  Hugh  and 
Frances  Wells,  was  born  about  1620,  died  Oc- 
tober or  December,  1676.  He  evidently  came 
with  his  father's  family  to  America.  He  re- 
moved from  Wethersfield  to  Hadley,  1659, 
as  one  of  the  "Engagers"  to  settle  the  latter 
town.  He  left  a  good  estate  in  Wethersfield 
and  Hadley,  and  house  and  lands  in  England. 
He  married.  May,  165 1,  Mary,  daughter  of 
William  Beardsley,  of  Hartford.  She  sur- 
vived him  and  married  (second)  June  25,  1678, 
Samuel  Belding,  of  Hatfield.  She  died  -Sep- 
tember 20,  1691,  aged  sixty.  Children  :  Thom- 
as, Mary  (died  young),  .Sarah,  John  (died 
young),  Jonathan,  John,  Samuel,  Mary, 
Noah,  Hannah,  Ebenezer,  Daniel,  Ephraim 
and  Joshua. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  seventh  son  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Beardsley)  Wells,  was  born  July 
20,  1669.  He  had  a  grant  of  a  home  lot  and 
twenty  acres  on  Green  river,  in  1688,  on  con- 
dition that  he  should  occupy  it  three  years  af- 
ter he  was  twenty-one.  How  long  he  re- 
mained there  cannot  be  told.     He  returned  to 


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Hatfield  where  he  died.  He  married  (first) 
December  4,  1690,  Mary,  daughter  of  Ser- 
geant Benjamin  Waite,  of  Hatfield;  (second) 
August  15,  1705,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Smith,  widow  of  John  Lawrence,  who  had 
been  killed  by  Indians  at  Brookfield  in  1694. 
Children :  Ebenezer,  Thomas,  Joshua,  Mar- 
tha, John,  Jonathan  and  Mary. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  fifth  son  of  Ebenezer  and 
Mary  (Waite)  Wells,  was  born  September  26, 
1702.  He  settled  in  Roadtown,  went  to  Deer- 
field  about  1754,  and  lived  at  Great  River.  He 
died  in  February,  1797,  aged  ninety-six.  He 
married  .\bigail,  daughter  of  John  Dickinson, 
of  Hatfield.  She  died  in  Shelburne,  at  the 
house  of  Enoch  Bardwell,  in  1800,  aged  nine- 
ty-two. Children  :  Rebecca,  Joseph,  Abigail. 
Hepzibah,  Martha,  Asenath,  John  and  Jona- 
than. 

(V)  John,  second  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Abigail  (Dickinson)  Wells,  was  born  in  Deer- 
field.  April  25,  1756.  He  was  known  as  "Bot- 
tle John" ;  he  lived  at  "Rocky  Mountain"  in 
1775  and  later  in  a  small  house  between  the 
Street  and  Cheapside.  Three  persons  named 
John  Wells  were  soldiers  from  Deerfield  in 
the  revolutionary  war.  It  is  probable  that  the 
John  Wells  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  the 
three ;  but  without  further  knowledge  of  him 
it  is  impossible  to  determine  which  of  the 
three  records  is  his.  He  married  (first)  (pub- 
lished March  3,  1781  )  Desire  Elliott,  of 
Greenfield ;  by  another  account  he  married  a 
Burnham;  (second)  Margaret  Griffin.  Chil- 
dren :  Horace,  Martha,  John,  George,  Sophia, 
Edward,  Joseph,  RTary  and  Rebecca. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  De- 
sire (Elliott)  \\'ells.  was  born  about  1798, 
died  July  27,  1855.  He  lived  in  Deerfield, 
Montague  and  Bernardston,  and  was  a 
wheelwright  and  farmer.  He  married  Lu- 
cinda,  daughter  of  Israel  and  Rachel  (Felt) 
Bagg.  She  was  born  in  1805  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1862,  aged  fifty-seven.  Children: 
Charles  William,  George,  John  and  Caroline. 
Caroline  married  Hosea  .Aldrich  and  lived  in 
New  York  state. 

(VII)  Charles  William,  eldest  child  of 
John  (2)  and  Lucinda  (Bagg)  Wells,  was 
born  1836,  died  at  North  Leverett,  Massachu- 
setts, August  16,  1867,  of  typhoid  pneumonia. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  at 
an  early  age  began  to  work  in  his  father's 
shop.  Being  a  natural  mechanic,  he  followed 
woodworking  all  his  life.  He  resided  some 
time  at  North  Leverett,  Franklin  cnuiitv.  and 
at   Bernardston.      He  married   Mart'ia    Eliza- 


beth, born  in  1832,  died  in  1883,  daughter  of 
Justin  and  Frizzell  Salisbury,  of  Reading, 
Vermont,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons :  Edwin 
Dwight,  see  forward,  and  Alfred  Charles, 
born  August  6,  1859. 

(VIII)  Edwin  Dwight,  eldest  son  of 
Charles  William  and  Martha  Elizabeth  (Salis- 
bury) Wells,  was  born  in  Bernardston, 
March  13,  1857.  The  death  of  his  father  com- 
pelled him  to  help  himself.  A  hand  printing 
press  assisted  him  to  earn  the  money  to  at- 
tend the  academy  at  Bernardston.  While  con- 
fined to  the  house  by  injuries  received  in  an 
accident,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  wrote  and 
delivered  a  first  prize  oration  on  intemperance, 
which  has  since  been  extensively  quoted  and 
also  published  in  full  in  a  book  gotten  out  by 
the  St.  Jerome  Temperance  Society  of  Hol- 
yoke.  Until  the  age  of  twenty-four  he  re- 
mained on  the  farm,  teaching  school  and  cul- 
tivating the  ground.  In  March,  1881,  he  left 
home  with  the  sum  of  sixty  dollars  and  a  de- 
termination to  learn  the  hardware  business, 
and  with  that  end  in  view  went  to  Holyoke, 
securing  work  in  a  hardware  store  at  three 
dollars  a  week.  About  one  and  a  half  vears 
later  he  entered  the  employ  of  J.  Russell  & 
Company,  hardware  dealers  of  Holyoke,  with 
whom  he  remained  about  ten  years.  He  left 
their  employ  to  engage  in  business  for  himself, 
and  now  has  one  of  the  largest  hardware 
stores  in  the  city.  For  about  si.xteen  years  he 
lived  in  South  Hadley  Falls,  and  while  there 
served  as  chairman  of  the  school  board,  and 
at  his  suggestion  many  lasting  improvements 
were  eftected.  He  removed  to  Holyoke  in 
1902.  He  is  president  of  the  noted  Men's 
class  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  in 
Holyoke,  is  a  member  of  the  Free  and  Accept- 
ed ]\Iasons,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  For 
several  years  Mr.  Wells  has  visited  the  West 
Indies  in  the  winter  season  and  has  written 
and  given  interesting  addresses  on  the  coun- 
tries visited. 

Mr.  Wells  married  (first)  April  17,  1883, 
Estella  R.,  daughter  of  Thomas  J.  Newcomb, 
of  Bernardston,  who  survived  but  a  short 
time.  He  married  (second)  May  4,  1886, 
Mary  J.,  daughter  of  Lorenzo  O.  and  Abbie 
Copley  Wetmore.  Children :  Martha  E.,  died 
at  the  age  of  three  days.  Edna  Beatrice,  born 
April  30,  1892,  died  March  10,  1893.  Esther 
\'ivian,  born  April  27,  1894,  died  ]\Iay  26, 
1905.  In  February,  1908,  Mr.  Wells  gave  a 
beautiful  statue  of  Apollo  to  the  Highland 
grammar  school  of  Holyoke.  There  were 
special  exercises  for  the  occasion,  many  promi- 


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nent  people  taking  part.  Professor  E.  D. 
Scott,  of  Worcester,  giving  a  most  excellent 
address  on  Greek  sculpture  and  art  to  a  large 
audience.  Mr.  Wells  has  also  given  a  li- 
brary to  grade  \T  of  the  same  school,  both 
gifts  being  in  memory  of  his  daughter,  Esther 
Vivian. 


Old  Strawberry  Bank  in  the  Ma- 
LANG  sonian  grants,  whilom  ycleped 
Laconia,  now  New  Hampshire 
state,  was  the  landfall  of  some  fine  old  Eng- 
lish stock  in  the  middle  of  the  seventeenth 
century.  The  Masons  were  near  to  the 
throne,  and  the  folk  they  spirited  across  the 
Atlantic  to  people  their  wooded  domain  in 
the  new  world  were  tradesmen,  sons  of 
tradesmen,  and  the  artisan  class.  There  were 
the  Langdons.  Sherburnes,  Chattertons,  Pud- 
dingtons,  Bracketts,  Walfords  and  Langs. 
They  were  not  driven  away  by  religious  per- 
secution like  the  pilgrims ;  it  is  a  question  if 
they  had  any  religion  at  all.  They  were  men 
commercially  inclined,  seeking  to  better 
their  fortune  in  the  new  Eldorado.  Among 
those  who  were  thus  induced  to  embark  was 
a  rnan  of  the  name  of  John  Lang ;  whence  he 
came,  out  of  what  conditions  he  issued,  or 
of  what  quality  he  was,  we  know  not  for  cer- 
tainty. But  judging  from  the  character  of 
the  emigrants  who  followed  the  Masonian 
proprietors,  he  was  probably  of  the  better 
class,  and  perhaps  of  London.  The  Langs 
were  always  strongly  affected  toward  Massa- 
chusetts ;  for  did  not  old  John  Lang  sign  the 
petition  to  be  annexed  thereto.  This  rever- 
ence for  things  Massachusetts  finally  blos- 
somed into  fruitage  some  generations  later, 
when  a  descendant  of  John,  the  signer, 
packed  his  belongings,  and  shook  the  dust  of 
Newtown  plains  from  his  moccasins  and  be- 
took himself  to  the  favored  land.  The  story 
of  the  Langs  will  now  be  taken  up  in  more 
fulness  of  detail. 

(I)  John  Lang  was  at  Strawberry  bank, 
now  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  in  1695. 
He  signed  the  bond  of  his  mother-in-law, 
Mary  Brookin,  who  administered  on  her 
husband's  estate.  This  indicates  he  was  a 
man  of  some  means.  He  was  on  a  committee 
of  partition  in  the  estate  of  Aaron  Moses,  in 
1733,  and  this  also  elicits  the  inference  that 
he  was  a  man  of  note  and  consequence  in  his 
community ;  no  dullard,  no  incompetent  was 
appointed  by  the  court  to  fill  this  office.  He 
was  a  witness  to  the  will  of  Captain  John 
Pickering,  a  lawyer  and  noted  character,  to 


which  he  made  his  mark.  But  that  was  noth- 
ing to  his  discredit.  Penmanship  in  those 
days  was  confined  to  the  clergymen  and  a 
few  others.  Captain  Pickering  called  none 
but  a  substantial  citizen  to  witness  his  will. 
His  house  was  next  to  Francis  Jones.  He 
married,  in  1695,  Grace,  daughter  of  William 
and  Mary  (Walford)  Brooklin.  Her  grand- 
father, Thomas  Walford,  was  one  of  Ma- 
son's stewards.  Her  grandmother,  Jean  Wal- 
ford, was  accused  of  witchcraft,  and  this  is 
the  first  and  only  instance  where  that  fanati- 
cal delusion  appeared  in  New  Hampshire.  She 
later  sued  her  detractors  for  slander,  and  ob- 
tained a  verdict. 

"Portsmouth,  April  21,  1707. 

At  a  church  meeting  legally  convened,  it 
was  voted  that  persons  having  a  competent 
Knowledge  and  making  of  a  serious  pro.  of 
ye  Xian  Religion  &  being  of  a  conversation 
void  of  scandal  upon  yr  owning  yee  cove- 
nant &  subjecting  themselves  to  yee  govern- 
ment of  X  in  the  church,  shall  be  admitted 
to  baptism  &  have  the  like  privilege  for  yr 
children." 

Grace  Lang  owned  the  covenant  1708,  and 
all  her  children  received  baptism. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Grace 
(Brookin)  Lang,  was  born  at  Strawberry 
bank,  or  in  that  part  of  it  now  known  as 
Greenland.  It  may  be  supposed  that  he 
bore  a  part  in  the  resistance  to  the  tyranny 
of  the  Alasons,  and  was  involved  in  the  law- 
suits regarding  the  Masonian  titles.  He  suf- 
fered like  others  from  Indian  molestations. 
He  worked  on  the  government  fort  then 
building  at  Portsmouth,  perhaps  the  first 
harbor  defence  constructed  in  this  country. 
He  signed  the  peition  in  1739  to  have  New 
Hampshire  annexed  to  Massachusetts.  He 
married  Sarah  Bickford. 

(Ill)  Thomas,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Bickford)  Lang,  was  born  in  Greenland, 
New  Hampshire,  lived  and  died  in  Lee,  that 
state.  He  took  up  land  in  the  new  town  of  Lee, 
an  arid  and  uninviting  district  to  the  north- 
ward, which  was  settled  from  the  coastal  re- 
gion, and  was  a  farmer  and  charcoal-burner, 
marketing  his  product  at  Portsmouth.  He 
married  Slary  Simpson. 

(I\')  .\aron,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Simpson)  Lang,  was  born  in  Lee,  September 
14,  1797,  died  in  Chicopee,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  Rhoda,  daughter  of  Aaron 
Leighton,  of  Nottingham,  New  Hampshire. 

(V)  Cyrus,  son  of  Aaron  and  Rhoda 
(Leighton)  Lang,  was  born  in  Lee,  1822,  died 


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in  Springfield.  1882.  He  was  a  representa- 
tive and  useful  citizen  of  Chicopee  and  iden- 
tified with  its  interests.  He  married  Ann  M., 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Bathsheba  (Cart- 
ter)  Gaylord.  of  West  Springfield. 

(\T)  George  Dexter,  son  of  Cyrus  and 
Ann  ( Gaylord )  Lang,  was  born  in  Chicopee, 
December  18,  1857.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  in  Springfield,  and  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen entered  the  employment  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company 
and  has  served  in  every  department  of  the 
company,  now  occupying  the  position  of  as- 
sistant '  secretary  and  superintendent  of 
agents.  He  is  one  of  the  leading  life  under- 
wTiters  in  this  country,  and  the  great  success 
of  this  old  and  reliable  company  has  been  due 
to  the  selection  of  trusted  and  competent  ser- 
vants, who  have  faithfully  subserved  its  inter- 
ests. He  was  formally  a  member  of  the 
Nyassett,  Winthrop  and  Springfield  country 
clubs.  He  is  Republican  in  politics,  but  has 
lived  privately  and  taken  no  office.  He  mar- 
ried Ada,  daughter  of  Isaac  P.  Dickinson ; 
one  child,  Ruth  Dickinson  Lang,  born  May, 
1882,  died  aged  three  and  a  half  months. 

The  Leighton  line  into  which  the  Langs 
married  in  the  fourth  generation  was  from 
Thomas  Leighton,  an  early  emigrant  to  Ports- 
mouth before  1700.  In  this  line  was  Celia 
Laighton  Thaxter,  the  sweet  island  singer. 
Her  father.  Tom  Laighton,  soured  at  the 
world  which  he  thought  had  ill-treated  him, 
resigned  his  position  as  editor  of  a  newspaper, 
retired  to  a  lonely  island,  and  secured  the  ap- 
pointment of  lighthouse  keeper.  Here  young 
Celia  was  reared  in  childhood,  with  no  com- 
panions but  books  and  the  shells  of  the  sea- 
shore her  playmates.  Her  poetry  possesses 
a  wonderful  charm  in  its  simplicity,  sweetness 
of  idealism  and  delineation  of  sea  and  sky. 


There  is  a  tradition  that  the 
SICKMAN     ancestor    of   the    family   here 

considered  came  to  this  coun- 
try as  a  soldier  in  the  British  army  during  the 
revolution  and  that  after  the  war  he  settled  in 
Pennsylvania  and  lived  there  to  the  end  of 
his  days.  He  came  of  German  ancestors,  held 
fast  to  the  teachings  of  the  Lutheran  church, 
and  recollections  of  him  run  to  the  efifect  that 
he  was  an  industrious  and  useful  citizen ;  and 
after  his  death  he  was  buried  in  the  church- 
yard in  Baldwin  township.  Beyond  these  in- 
teresting facts  little  else  appears  to  be  known 
of  this  ancestor,  not  so  much  even  as  his  chris- 
tian name,  nor  the  name  of  his  wife  nor  the 
number  of  their  children. 


(II)  Jacob  Sickman,  son  of  the  soldier  an- 
cestor, was  born  probably  in  the  town  of  East- 
port  in  Pennsylvania,  and  lived  during  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  in  Baldwin  township. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  American  army  dur- 
ing the  second  war  with  the  mother  country 
and  fought  in  the  battle  of  historic  Lundy's 
Lane.  In  business  life  he  was  a  farmer.  He 
married  Jane  Kirkland,  and  by  her  had  six 
children,  John  H.,  Barnet,  Elizabeth,  Joel, 
Isaac,  John  H.,  Hiram  and  Harriet. 

(III)  John  Henry  Sickman,  son  of  Jacob 
and  Jane  ( Kirkland )  Sickman,  was  born  in 
Baldwin  township,  Pennsylvania,  about  1820, 
and  from  early  youth  made  his  own  way  in 
life.  He  earned  the  means  with  which  to  se- 
cure his  early  education  and  afterward  became 
a  carpenter  and  pattern  maker,  working  many 
years  at  these  occupations  and  afterward  turn- 
ing his  attention  to  farming  in  Snowden  town- 
ship, where  he  died  in  1886.  Mr.  Sickman 
is  remembered  as  having  been  a  strong  aboli- 
tionist, and  during  the  several  years  ne.xt  pre- 
ceding the  late  civil  war  he  was  actively  con- 
nected with  the  operation  of  the  "underground 
railroad"  bv  which  fugitive  slaves  were  trans- 
ported through  the  state  of  Pennsylvania  to 
places  of  safety  in  states  farther  north  and  in 
the  Canadas.  Naturally  he  developed  into  a 
strong  republican,  and  was  a  man  of  much  in- 
fluence in  the  township  in  which  he  lived.  He 
held  various  local  offices  of  minor  importance 
and  for  many  years  was  commissioner  of 
highways.  In  religious  preference  he  was  a 
Baptist.  About  the  year  1847  Mr.  Sickman 
married  Martha  Pomerine,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Elizabeth  (Boyer)  Pomerine/ of  Snowden 
township,  and  granddaughter  of  Jules  Pom- 
erine, who  was  a  sergeant  of  a  company  in  one 
of  the  regiments  that  came  to  this  country 
with  General  Lafayette  to  fight  with  the 
Americans  during  the  war  for  independence. 
John  Henry  and  Martha  (Pomerine)  Sickman 
had  three  children,  James  Madison,  .\lbert 
Franklin,  and  one  other  child  who  died  in  ex- 
treme infancy. 

(IV)  James  Madison  Sickman,  son  and 
eldest  child  of  John  Henry  and  Martha  (Pom- 
erine )  Sickman,  was  born  in  Snowden  town- 
ship, Alleghany  county,  Pennsylvania.  Decem- 
ber 30,  1847,  ^'id  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  of  his  native  town- 
ship. After  leaving  school  he  took  up  the 
study  of  civil  and  mining  engineering  under 
the  instruction  of  Professor  Stilly,  of  Jeffer- 
son College,  and  finished  his  course  under  F. 
N.  Jarrett,  of  Lock  Haven,  Pennsylvania,  se- 
curing a  thorough  practical  as  well  as  theo- 


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retical  knowledge  of  his  profession  by  actual 
experience  in  the  coal  mining  regions  of  Penn- 
sylvania. In  1873  he  went  to  Holyoke,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  at  once  entered  upon  his  duties 
as  engineer  in  the  service  of  the  Holyoke 
Water  Power  Company ;  and  in  1903  he  be- 
came the  company"s  chief  engineer.  In  1893 
he  was  elected  member  of  the  board  of  coun- 
ty commissioners  of  Hampden  county,  and 
.still  serves  in  that  capacity,  having  been  re- 
elected at  the  expiration  of  each  succeeding 
term.  ^Mr.  Sickman  married,  November  19, 
1874,  Ellen  Gallagher,  daughter  of  Patrick 
and  Mary  Gallagher,  of  Woodstock,  New 
Brunswick,  and  by  whom  he  has  six  children : 
I.  James  F.,  born  Holyoke,  October  14,  1875; 
married  Catherine  McDonnell,  of  Kalama- 
zoo, Michigan.  2.  John  H.,  born  August  25, 
1877;  married  Elsie  Smith,  of  Great  Barring- 
ton,  Massachusetts,  and  lives  in  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut.  3.  Nazie,  born  August  16,  1879. 
4.  Guy  L.,  born  August  18,  1884;  lives  m 
Roanoake  Rapids,  North  CaroHna.  5.  iMar- 
tha  P.,  born  December  16.  1886.  6.  Rachel, 
born  March  5,  1891. 

(IV)  Albert  Franklin  Sickman,  son  of 
John  Henry  and  Martha  ( Pomerine )  Sick- 
man, was  born  in  Snowden  township,  Al- 
legheny county,  Pennsylvania,  December  10, 
1852,  and  received  his  education  at  the  West- 
ern University  at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania, 
class  of  78.  He  worked  his  own  way 
through  college,  and  after  graduating  joined 
an  engineering  party  under  charge  of  his 
brother  and  still  later  became  connected  with 
the  engineering  department  of  the  Holyoke 
Water  Power  Company.  He  has  since  con- 
tinued in  the  service  of  the  company,  and  since 
1902  has  filled  the  responsible  position  of  hy- 
draulic engineer.  Mr.  Sickman  married,  in 
November.  1878,  Mary  Elizabeth  Gallagher, 
daughter  of  Patrick  and  Mary  Gallagher,  of 
Woodstock,  New  Brunswick.  She  was  born 
May  6,  1857,  and  died  September  14,  1888, 
having  borne  her  husband  five  children :  i . 
Louis  F.,  born  January  16.  1880.  died  in  in- 
fancy. 2.  Bertha  M',  born  May  6,  1881  ; 
married  June  6,  1906,  James  H.  Bigelow.  3. 
Lottie  E.",  born  March  27,.  1883.  4.  Albert  F., 
born  January  26,  1885.  5.  John  Edwin,  born 
January  11,  1887:  student  at  Dartmouth,  "lo. 

It  is  not  known  what  year  the  an- 
BAGG     cestor  of  this  family  emigrated  to 

New  England,  but  the  name  is 
found  in  records  about  1650  and  very  often 
after  that  time.    Its  origin  is  English,  and  it  is 


represented  in  this  country  by  numerous 
branches  who  have  descended  from  the  family 
first  described  below.  Among  them  have  been 
many  soldiers,  and  they  have  been  well  repre- 
sented in  professional  and  civil  lines  as  well. 
Alembers  of  this  family  have  been  ever  ready 
to  stand  by  their  principles  and  to  fight  for 
them  if  need  arose. 

(I)  John  Bagg  is  supposed  to  have  emi- 
grated from  Plymouth,  England,  and  died  in 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  September  5,  1683. 
In  1660  he  conveyed  lands  in  the  "Second  Di- 
vision," probably  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
river,  to  Hugh  Dudley,  and  in  1668  his  name 
is  signed  to  a  petition  against  imposts.  In 
1678,  on  the  first  day  of  the  year,  he  was  one 
of  the  citizens  to  take  the  oath  of  allegiance, 
administered  by  Major  John  Pynchon.  He 
married,  October  24,  1657,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Deacon  Henry  and  Ulalia  Burt,  born  April 
28,  1641,  died  August  i,  1680.  Children: 
Hannah,  Mercy,  Daniel,  John,  Daniel,  Jona- 
than, Abigail,  James,  Sarah  and  Abilene. 

(II)  John  (2),  second  son  of  John  (i)  and 
Hannah  (Burt)  Bagg,  was  born  March  26, 
1665,  died  November,  1740.  He  married, 
March  30,  1689,  Mercy  Thomas,  born  May  15, 
1671 ;  children:  Mercy,  Hannah,  Sarah,  John, 
Abigail,  James.  Thankful,  Rachel  (born  and 
died  in  1706),  Rachel,  Thomas  and  Ebenezer. 

(III)  John  (3),  eldest  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Mercy  (Thomas)  Bagg,  was  born  April  23, 
1696,  died  January  28,  1776.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Stockwell.  who  died  June  11,  1792, 
aged  eighty-eight,  and  had  five  or  more  chil- 
dren :  John,  Elizabeth,  Aaron,  Sarah  and 
Ebenezer. 

(IV)  John  (4),  eldest  son  of  John  (3)  and 
Elizabeth  (Stockwell)  Bagg,  was  born  Octo- 
ber 8,  1730,  died  June  13,  1809.  He  married, 
June  19.  1755,  Rebecca  Phelps,  born  December 
10,  1737,  died  April  18.  1797;  children:  Clara, 
.Varon,  Chloe.  Charlotte.  Clarissa,  Sophia,  Or- 
rel.  Helen  and  Mary  Meekins. 

(V)  Aaron,  eldest  son  of  John  (4)  and  Re- 
becca (Phelps)  Bagg,  was  born  September  23, 
1757,  died  August  16,  1839.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolutionary  war,  was  disabled  by  sick- 
ness at  the  battle  of  White  Plains,  New  York, 
and  returned  home,  where  he  resumed  his  oc- 
cupation of  farmer.  He  married,  September 
27,  1775,  Sarah  Miller,  who  died  September 
7,  1829.  aged  sixty-nine,  and  they  had  five  or 
more  children,  as  follows :  Nancy,  Annah, 
John.  Lucy  and  Laura. 

fVI)  John  (5),  only  son  of  Aaron  and 
Sarah  (Miller)  Bagg,  was  born  September  29, 


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1780,  died  October  26,  1820.  He  married,  in 
1805,  Sophronia  Woodruff,  who  died  Novem- 
ber 26,  1843,  aged  fifty-five.  Children:  So- 
phronia, Annah,  Aaron  (born  in  1808  and  died 
in  1809),  Aaron,  Sarah  Miller,  John,  Sullivan 
and  Lucy  Jane. 

(VH)  Colonel  Aaron  {2),  son  of  John  (.5) 
and  Sophronia    (Woodruff)    Bagg,  was  born 
February  6,  1810,  died  in  1881.    When  he  was 
ten  years  old  his  father  died,  and  his  mother 
and  the  children  were  cared  for  by  the  grand- 
father till  his  death.     He  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  and  for  a  short  time 
attended  the   Monson  Academy.     When  six- 
teen years  of  age,  he  began  teaching  school 
and    continued    for    three    years,    then    took 
charge  of  his  grandfather's  farm,  where  most 
of  his  life  was  spent.     He  was  a  member  of 
the  state  militia  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  col- 
onel, by  which  title  his  friends  called  him.    He 
was  twice  elected  to  the  general  court,  and  in 
1858-59  was  a  member  of  the  state  senate.   He 
was  interested  in  the  irnportant  enterprises  of 
Springfield   and   Holyoke,    Massachusetts ;   he 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Parsons  Paper 
Company,  and  was  director  and  president  from 
its  organization  until  his  death.     He  was  also 
connected  with  several  other  paper  companies, 
and    various    other    companies,    having    been 
president    and   director   of    Hampden   Watch 
Company,  and  connected  with  two  banks  at 
Springfield.    Until  the  war  of  the  rebellion  he 
was  a  supporter  of  the  Democratic  party,  but 
after  that  time  was  a  staunch  Republican.    He 
married   (first)    November  17,   1834,  Hannah 
Mather,  born  September  12,   1819,  died  Sep- 
tember 5,    1836;  one  child,  Hannah   Mather, 
born    in    1836,    and    in    1856   married    Ethan 
Brooks.    Mr.  Bagg  married  (second)  October 
16,   1837,  Lucy  Maria  Mather,  born  June  5, 
1820;  children:  i.  Aaron,  born  June  21,  1839; 
married  Mary  Heath.     2.  Lucy  Maria,  June 
26,    1842.      3.  Rufus    Mather,    December    20, 
1844 ;    married    Mary    E.    Bartholomew.      4. 
John   Sullivan,   December  31,    1848;  married 
Louise  E.  Shevelin.     5.  Edward  Parsons. 

(Vni)  Edward  Parsons,  fourth  son  of  Col- 
onel Aaron  (2)  and  Lucy  Maria  (Mather) 
Bagg,  was  born  August  28,  1855,  at  West 
Springfield,  Massachusetts.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  that  place  and  Springfield. 
On  leaving  school  he  spent  five  years  in  the 
employ  of  a  bank,  and  then  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Parsons  Paper  Company  as 
clerk:  in  1884  he  was  made  treasurer  of  this 
concern  and  still  holds  this  position.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Second  Congregational  Church 


at  Holyoke,  Massachusetts,  and  is  a  Republi- 
can. He  married  Eliza  C,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Mary  (Colt)  Parsons,  and  has  four 
children:  I.  Edward  Parsons  Jr.,  was  edu- 
cated at  Yale  College  and  Harvard  Aledical 
School.  2.  Aaron,  graduated  from  Hamilton 
College  with  the  class  of  1907  and  is  now  asso- 
ciated with  his  father,  being  in  the  employ  of 
the  Parsons  Paper  Company.  3.  John  L.,  at- 
tended Yale  College  and  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology.  4.  Robert  P.,  attended 
Hamilton  College. 


Charles  Loomis,  son  of  Thom- 
LOOIVHS  as  Loomis,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 23,  1829.  In  business  he 
was  a  mill  operative.  He  married  Sarah 
Aspden,  daughter  of  John  Aspden.  Children  : 
George  Alfred,  born  February  23,  1853,  at 
Mohawk,  New  York;  James  Henry,  men- 
tioned below. 

James  Henry,  second  son  of  Charles  Loom- 
is, was  born  at  Thorndike,  Palmer,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  7,  1858.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Holyoke  until  he  was  nine  years 
old,  and  afterward  at  Chicopee,  whither  the 
family  moved,  graduating  from  the  Chicopee 
Falls'  high  school  in  the  class  of  1875.  He 
entered  Boston  University,  where  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  1879. 
He  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of 
Judge  Charles  L.  Long,  of  Springfield,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883,  and  continued 
in  the  office  of  Judge  Long  until  1889.  Since 
then  he  has  had  his  office  in  Chicopee,  occu- 
pying the  same  office  with  George  M.  Stearns 
untifhe  died  in  1893.  He  has  occupied  the 
same  offices  to  the  present  time,  but  has  had 
no  partner.  Mr.  Loomis  has  been  prominent 
in  public  life.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Chi- 
copee school  board  from  1884  to  1896;  city 
auditor  from  1895  to  1901  ;  mayor  of  the  city 
from  1901  to  1903  ;  and  is  at  present  associate 
justice  of  the  police  court.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican.  His  administration  as  mayor 
was  one  of  the  most  successful  in  the  history 
of  the  city. 

He  is  a  member  of  Belcher  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons:  Unitv  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons :  of  Chicopee  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows ;  of 
Cabot  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias;  of  the 
Hampden  County  Bar  Association  ;  of  the  U. 
S.  Bar  Association ;  and  of  the  Oxford  Club. 
He  attends  the  Methodist  church  at  Chicopee 

Falls.  .         T,     , 

He  married,  November  22,  1892,  Ruth 
Crowther,  born    at    Blackstone,    Massachu- 


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setts,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Crowther,  of  Chi- 
copee  Falls,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i. 
George  Perkins,  born  at  Chicopee,  June  ii, 
1894.     2.  James   Henrv,  Jr..  born  March  7, 

1897. 


Edward  H.  Bell,  father  of  Clinton 
BELL  E.  Bell,  was  born  at  Southampton, 
Massachusetts,  1847.  Later  he 
removed  to  Northampton,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  dry  goods  business,  becoming  a  pros- 
perous merchant,  and  retiring  from  active 
pursuits  in  1899,  since  which  time  he  has  re- 
sided at  the  Tree  Hill  Earm  at  Southampton. 
He  was  a  man  of  sound  judgment  and  un- 
questioned integrity,  and  was  held  in  high  es- 
teem by  his  neighbors  and  business  asso- 
ciates. He  married  Josephine,  daughter  of 
Wharton  and  Mary  (Lyman)  Searl,  of  South- 
ampton. Children:  i.  Clinton  E.,  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Edith  Josephine ;  married  Rev. 
Frederick  R.  Grififin,  at  the  present  time 
(1909)  pastor  of  a  Unitarian  Church  at  Mon- 
treal, Canada  ;  children  ;  Cynthia  and  Freder- 
ick Griffin. 

(H)  Clinton  E.,  only  son  of  Edward  H. 
and  Josephine  (Searl)  Bell,  was  born  at 
Southampton,  Massachusetts,  June  8,  1872. 
He  removed  with  his  parents  to  Northamp- 
ton, where  he  attended  the  public  schools,  af- 
ter which  he  prepared  for  college  under  Pro- 
fessor Isaac  Bridman,  of  Northampton.  He 
was  graduated  from  Amherst  College  in  1895, 
Columbia  Law  School  1898,  and  practiced 
law  in  New  York  for  three  years,  during 
which  time  was  associated  with  the  law  firm 
of  Eaton  &  Lewis.  He  still  has  business  in- 
terests in  New  York,  although  he  removed  to 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  1901,  where  he 
has  a  large  practice.  Mr.  Bell  is  well  known 
professionally  and  socially  in  Springfield ;  is 
a  member  of  the  Nayasset  Club  and  Country 
Club,  attends  the  North  Congregational 
Church,  and  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
married,  February  14,  1900,  Charlotte,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  George  N.  and  Caroline  (Ladd) 
Webber.  They  have  one  child,  Lucie  McMil- 
lan, born  December  7,  1901. 

Rev.  Dr.  George  N.  Webber,  father  of  Mrs. 
Ointon  E.  Bell,  was  born  in  Pomfret,  Con- 
necticut, August  2~.  1826,  died  at  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  December  20,  1907,  son 
of  Ariel  and  Lucine  (Holmes)  Webber,  and  a 
descendant  on  the  paternal  side  of  Dutch  an- 
cestors, they  having  come  to  this  country 
from  the  Hague.  He  graduated  from  Am- 
herst  College  with   the   class   of    1852,   and 


from  Andover  Theological  Seminary  two 
vears  later.  After  leaving  Andover  he  re- 
turned to  Amherst,  where  he  taught  one 
year.  His  first  pastorate  was  in  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Vermont,  where  he  settled  in  Decem- 
ber, 1855.  In  November,  1859,  he  was  called 
to  the  North  Church  of  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, now  called  the  Park  Church,  and  he  re- 
mained there  until  June,  1862,  when  he  en- 
listed as  chaplain  of  the  First  Connecticut 
Regiment,  with  which  he  served  three 
months.  His  next  pastorate  was  over  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  Lowell, 
where  he  was  situated  in  1867,  when  he  was 
elected  to  the  chair  of  Moral  and  Mental  Sci- 
ence in  Middlebury  College,  where  he  served 
until  1874,  when  he  was  called  to  the  pastor- 
ate of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Troy, 
New  York,  and  it  was  there  that  he  was  in 
the  prime  of  his  physical  and  mental  powers. 
He  became  widely  known  in  Troy  and  that 
section  of  New  York  state  as  an  able  preach- 
er and  vital  force.  During  his  professorship 
at  Middlebury  he  was  given  the  decree  of 
Doctor  of  Divinity  by  Amherst.  In  the  early 
days  of  Smith  College,  Dr.  Webber  was 
called  there  as  lecturer  on  Mental  Philosophy 
and  Ethics,  and  continued  this  connection  un- 
til the  early  nineties,  when  he  retired  to  pri- 
vate life,  residing  in  Northampton,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  well  known  to  all  the  older 
alumnae  of  Smith  College,  his  long  residence 
in  that  city  having  brought  him  into  a  wide 
circle  of  acquaintance  and  friends,  by  whom 
he  was  respected  and  loved. 

Rev.  Dr.  Webber  married  (first)  May,  1858, 
Charlotte,  daughter  of  Thaddeus  Fairbanks, 
of  St.  Tohnsbury,  Vermont.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) 187 1,  Caroline  K.,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Daniel  Ladd,  of  Middlebury,  Connecticut. 


The  Hobert  family  proposed  to 
HOBERT     be  briefly  treated  in  this  place 

came  into  this  state  within  a 
comparatively  recent  period,  and  springs  di- 
rectly from  the  family  of  the  same  name 
which  for  several  and  probably  many  genera- 
tions has  been  seated  in  county  Kerry,  Ireland. 
The  surname  of  the  family  under  considera- 
tion here  appears  to  have  been  written  Hobert 
throughout  the  several  generations  of  which 
we  have  authentic  knowledge,  but  at  the  same 
time  there  is  ample  ground  for  the  belief  that 
the  Hoberts  and  Hobarts  of  Ireland  are 
of  the  same  ancestral  family,  and  that 
both  names  are  derived  from  the  an- 
cient    English     family     of     Hubbard,     and 


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are  among  the  numerous  modifications  of 
that  familiar  patronymic  in  both  Eng- 
land and  America,  and  is  itself  traced  remote- 
ly to  the  time  of  the  Norman  conquest,  al- 
though a  derivative  of  a  surname  quite  as  un- 
like Hubbard  as  either  Hobert  or  Hobart  ap- 
pear to  be.  Antiquarians  and  other  students 
of  the  origin  and  signification  of  our  English 
surnames  are  of  the  opinion  that  Hobert,  like 
Hobart,  is  a  broad  variation  of  Hubbard,  and 
the  researches  of  quite  recent  investigators 
seem  to  confirm  the  belief. 

(I)  James  Hobert,  earliest  known  ancestor 
of  the  family  now  under  consideration,  was 
born  and  spent  his  life  in  county  Kerry,  Ire- 
land. The  tradition  is  that  he  was  a  husband- 
man, a  tiller  of  the  soil,  but  other  than  this 
little  appears  to  be  known  of  him.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Hennessey,  and  she  bore  him  four 
children.  Patrick,  John,  James  and  Margaret. 

(II)  Patrick,  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Hen- 
nessey) Hobert.  was  born  in  county  Kerry, 
Ireland,  about  1825,  and  still  lives  there,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  almost  eighty-five  years.  He 
married  Catherine  Hennessey,  and  she  bore 
him  seven  children,  Margaret.  Patrick,  Mary, 
Johanna,  James  P.,  John  and  Chatterton. 

(III)  James  P.,  son  of  Patrick  and  Cath- 
erine (Hennessey)  Hobert,  was  born  in  coun- 
ty Kerry,  Ireland,  December  25,  1868,  and  was 
a  young  man  just  of  full  age  when  he  came  to 
this  country  (1889),  settled  in  Holyoke,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  began  working  in  Connell's 
brickyard  at  South  Hadley  Falls.  He  was  an 
industrious  and  faithful  employee,  of  temper- 
ate and  saving  habits,  hence  after  four  years 
he  was  able  to  start  out  for  himself  as  proprie- 
tor of  an  undertaking  establishment  and  busi- 
ness in  Holyoke,  which  he  has  since  continued 
with  gratifying  success.  For  several  years 
also  he  has  been  agent  in  Holyoke  for  several 
trans-Atlantic  steamship  company  lines, 
among  the  more  important  of  which  may  be 
mentioned  the  .\llan.  Anchor,  American,  At- 
lantic Transportation  and  the  Cunard  lines. 
He  is  a  member  and  past  chief  oflicer  of  the 
American  Order  of  Foresters,  a  member  of 
the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  Knights  of 
Columbus  and  of  the  Emmet  Club,  all  of  Hol- 
yoke. He  married,  June  21,  1898,  Libbie  Gro- 
gan,  born  in  Holyoke,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  Grogan,  both  natives  of  county 
Kerry,  Ireland.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hobert  have 
two  children,  Viola  and  Jerome  Hobert,  both 
born  in  Holyoke. 


This  family  traces  its  Ameri- 
SAFFORD     can    ancestry    from    Thomas 

Safford,  the  immigrant  to 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts  Colony,  through  a 
long  line  prominent  in  the  formation  and  ad- 
vancement of  the  growth  of  the  American 
colonies.  From  the  English  ancestral  rec- 
ords we  find  that  the  surname  occurs  fre- 
quently in  the  early  part  of  the  thirteenth 
century  and  appears  to  be  of  Saxon  deriva- 
tion. The  name  appears  in  the  inscription  en- 
graved on  the  seal  of  an  ancient  town  on  the 
English  coast,  and  reads  as  follows :  "Sigil- 
lum  Burgensium  de  Saft'ordia".  It  also  ap- 
pears among  the  lists  of  immigrants  who  came 
from  England  to  the  Colony  of  Virginia  be- 
tween  1613  and  1623. 

(I)  James  Safford,  the  first  of  the  line 
herein  treated  of  whom  we  have  definite  in- 
formation, was  born  in  the  state  of  New  York, 
died  aged  about  thirty  years.  During  early 
manhood  he  came  to  Brimfield,  Massachu- 
setts. He  married  Eunice,  daughter  of  Reu- 
ben and  Abigail  (Morgan)  Townsley,  and 
among  their  children  was  Reuben  Towns- 
ley,  mentioned  below.  Eunice  (Townsley) 
Safford  married  (second)  Walter  Upham. 
Reuben  Townsley,  father  of  Eunice  (Towns- 
ley)  Saiford,  was  born  March  6,  1747,  died 
August,  1828 ;  he  was  son  of  Reuben  and  Sarah 
(Blodgett)  Townsley,  and  grandson  of  Michael 
Townsley,  an  original  proprietor  of  Brimfield, 
who  came  to  this  country  as  a  licensed  ex- 
horter  or  preacher,  and  married  Hannah  Steb- 
bins,  February  20,  1712-13.  Reuben  Towns- 
ley  Sr.  served  in  the  revolution ;  he  married, 
August  6,  1741,  Sarah  Blodgett. 

(II)  Reuben  Townsley,  son  of  James  Saf- 
ford, was  born  in  Brimfield,  Massachusetts, 
and  later  removed  to  Springfield.  He  mar- 
ried Delia  Stebbins,  daughter  of  John  and 
Hannah  (Bliss)  Stebbins.  Children:  i.  Henry. 
2.  Fanny,  married  Ersline  Allen.  3.  Clara,  un- 
married. 4.  James  DeForest,  mentioned  below. 
Delia  (Stebbins)  Safford  traces  her  ancestry 
on  the  paternal  side  to  Rowland  and  Sarah 
Stebbins,  the  immigrant  ancestors,  and 
through  them  to  Thomas  and  Hannah 
(Wright)  Stebbins,  Edward  and  Sarah 
(Graves)  Stebbins,  Thomas  and  Mary  (Ely) 
Stebbins,  Caleb  and  Elizabeth  (Warriner) 
Stebbins,  Caleb  and  Mehitable  (Chapin)  Steb- 
bins, John  and  Hannah  (Bliss)  Stebbins. 

(III)  James  DeForest,  son  of  Reuben 
Townsley  Safford,  was  born  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts.  August  2,  1841,  died  in  Au- 
gust,   1896.     He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of 


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Springfield,  a  leader  in  financial  and  banking 
circles,  and  served  as  president  of  the  City  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Springfield  and  of  five  diiferent 
manufacturing  concerns.  He  married  May 
Cooper  Kirkham,  born  October  5,  1855, 
daughter  of  General  Ralph  W.  and  Maria 
Cooper  (Mix)  Kirkham.  Children:  i.  Ralph 
Kirkham,  mentioned  below.  2.  Leila  Steb- 
bins,  born  August  11,  1884.  3.  Gladys  Marie, 
born  July  16,  1889. 

(IV)  Ralph  Kirkham,  son  of  James  De- 
Forest  Saflford,  was  born  in  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, November  18,  1880.  He  prepared 
for  college  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  New 
Hampshire,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  College 
in  1903.  He  was  employed  for  a  time  with 
the  Chapman  Valve  Company  and  also  with 
his  father  in  the  City  National  Bank.  He  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  broker  and  banker  at 
321  Main  street,  Springfield,  where  he  was 
loacted  as  assistant  manager  for  three  years. 
In  January,  1907,  he  was  made  manager  of  the 
banking  house  of  Darr  &  Moore  at  No.  274 
Main  street,  Springfield.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  Chapman  Valve  Company,  the  Green- 
field Gas  Light  Company,  the  German  Ameri- 
can Company  at  Spray,  North  Carolina.  He  is  a 
member  of  Christ  Episcopal  Church  of  Spring- 
field, the  Nayassett,  Country  and  Automobile 
clubs  of  Springfield,  the  Harvard  Club  of  New 
York,  the  Corinthian  Club  of  Marblehead,  and 
the  Aztec  Club  of  1847.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1907,  Lillian  Upson,  born  April  19, 
1881,  daughter  of  Lyman  Allen  and  Emma 
(Douglass)  Upson,  of  Thompsonville,  Con- 
necticut. They  are  the  parents  of  one  child, 
Ralph  Kirkham  Jr.,  born  July  18,  1908. 


Silas  Curtis  Wilson  was  proba- 
WILSON  bly  a  descendant  of  Gowen 
Wilson,  who  settled  at  Hing- 
ham,  Massachusetts,  before  1641.  He  was 
born  August  13,  1841,  at  Berwick,  Maine, 
and  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  With  the  excep- 
tion of  a  short  time  during  which  he  lived  in 
Boston,  he  lived  in  South  Wakefield,  New 
Hampshire,  and  carried  on  a  farm.  In  his 
earlv  manhood  he  taught  school  for  a  time. 
He  married  (first)  Sarah  E.  Sibley,  and  after 
her  death  married  again.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife;  I.  Norris  Sibley,  born  August  17, 
1868:  mentioned  below.  2.  Grace,  born 
INIarch  2,  1872:  married  Walter  Twiss.  3. 
Edith,  liorn  May  9,  1879  ■  f^'^^  '"  Boston,  De- 
cember 5,  1882. 

(II)  Norris  Sibley,  son  of  Silas  Curtis  Wil- 


son, was  born  in  Boston,  August  17,  1868.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  city.  He  began  to  work  in  early  youth 
and  his  later  schooling  was  obtained  in  the 
night  schools  of  Boston  and  by  private  study. 
He  was  salesman  for  various  Boston  firms. 
He  entered  the  employ  of  the  American  Lin- 
seed Oil  Company  and  was  promoted  from 
time  to  time  until  he  became  head  of  the 
concern.  'Mr.  Wilson  is  a  typical  selfmade 
man,  starting  in  life  with  no  capital  or  other 
advantages  over  his  fellow-workers.  His  in- 
dustry, perseverance  and  application  made 
him  a  master  of  the  details  of  the  business,  at 
the  same  time  making  him  of  great  value  to 
his  employers.  His  executive  ability,  fore- 
sight and  acumen  in  business  problems  have 
made  him  a  prominent  figure  in  the  commer- 
cial world.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
though  he  has  never  been  active  in  politics  in 
his  life.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Advent 
Church.  He  married  Lucy  A.  Peck,  born 
September  12,  1864,  at  Bear  River,  Nova 
Scotia,  daughter  of  Joshua  Peck,  a  prominent 
and  wealthy  farmer.  Joshua  Peck  was  born 
in  1832,  married  Zebudah  Rice,  born  1840,  at 
Bear  River,  died  September,  1875  ;  children  : 
i.  Alice  Burna  Peck,  born  January  13,  1861, 
married  Edgar  McKay  of  South  Boston ;  ii. 
Clara  Etta  Peck,  born  1862 ;  iii.  Lucy  A. 
Peck,  born  September  12,  1864,  married  Nor- 
ris Sibley  Wilson,  mentioned  above ;  iv.  Jo- 
seph O.  Peck,  born  1866,  married  Harriet 
Buffum  ;  v.  Levi  Joshua  Peck,  born  1869;  vi. 
Meriam  Peck ;  vii.  Enoch  Peck. 

Children  of  Norris  Sibley  and  Lucy  A. 
(Peck)  Wilson:  i.  Clarence  Thornton,  bori? 
December  22,  1888.  2.  Stanley  Livingstone, 
December  27,  1890.  3.  Ruth  Zebudah,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1892 ;  died  aged  si.x  months.  4. 
Chester  Burnham,  born  August  10,  1894.  5. 
Helen  Norris,  July  18,  1895.  6.  Malcolm 
Curtis,  November  4,  1897.  7.  Alice  Sibley, 
October  7,  1899.  8.  Edith  May,  February  21, 
1900.  9.  Harold,  July  7,  1902.  10.  Warren 
Hobbs,  September  10,  1905. 


Charles  Henry  Rood,  son  of 
ROOD     Charles  Rood,   was  born   in   Wil- 

liamsville,  Windham  county,  Ver- 
mont. October  7,  1843.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town  until  old  enough 
to  be  apprenticed  to  the  trade  of  stone  and 
marble  cutter.  He  also  was  clerk  in  a  country 
store.  He  worked  at  his  trade  as  a  marble  cut- 
ter in  Woodstock  and  Bennington,  Vermont, 
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there  found  work  in  the  mills  of  Otis  &  Com- 
pany as  overseer.  In  1898  he  left  the  employ 
of  the  Otis  Company  and  purchased  the  gen- 
eral store  of  F.  P.  Clark,  one  of  the  largest 
stores  in  the  town  of  Ware.  As  a  citizen  of 
Ware  he  became  conspicuous  for  his  good 
works  in  the  Methodist  church  and  Sunday 
school  as  a  teacher,  class  leader  and  church 
member.  His  political  party  was  the  Republi- 
can, but  he  held  no  office  or  allowed  his  name 
to  go  before  the  public  as  a  candidate  for  of- 
fice. He  married  (first)  a  JMiss  Huse,  by 
whom  he  had  no  children.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) a  Miss  Huse,  by  whom  he  had  one  child, 
William  B.  Rood,  who  married  May  Shaw,  of 
\\isconsin.  He  married  (third)  Sarah  L., 
daughter  of  Daniel  C.  and  Lovisa  Hartshorn 
Spear,  of  West  Brookfield,  Massachusetts. 
Sarah  L.  Spear  married  (first)  in  1861,  Wil- 
liam Eno  Nichols,  of  West  Brookfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, born  December  4,  1836,  died  in 
Ware,  Massachusetts,  November  12,  1881 ; 
.she  had  five  children  :  Justin  D.  Nichols,  born 
in  Ware,  Massachusetts,  in  1862,  married  and 
had  no  children.  Ellen  F.  Nichols,  born  in 
Munson,  Massachusetts,  February  26,  1865, 
married  Eliot  Barnes,  of  Ware,  Massachu- 
setts. Alice  Nichols,  born  in  Ware,  Massa- 
chusetts, November  19,  1869,  married  William 
Harrison,  of  Ware,  Massachusetts,  and  had 
three  children.  William  E.  Nichols,  born  in 
Belchertown,  Massachusetts,  December  13, 
1872,  lived  in  Warren,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  carried  on  the  business  of  jeweler  and  had 
two  children.  Charles  S.  Nichols,  born  in 
Ware,  October  2,  1880,  died  there  in  1881. 
William  Eno  Nichols  was  a  farmer,  lumber- 
man and  dealer  in  real  estate  in  Ware,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

Daniel  C.  Spear,  father  of  Sarah  L. 
(Spear)  (Nichols)  Rood,  was  born  in  West 
Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  in  1820,  and  lived 
in  Ware,  Massachusetts,  in  1886.  He  married 
Louisa  Hartshorn  and  they  had  seven  chil- 
dren born  in  West  Brookfield,  Alassachusetts, 
as  follows:  Sarah  L.,  1844;  Mary,  Edwin, 
Harlow,  Abbey,  Lucy,  Lizzie  Spear.  Mr. 
Spear  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war,  serving 
in  Company  I,  recruited  in  West  Brookfield, 
Massachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry. 


Richard  Billings,  immigrant 
BILLINGS     ancestor,    was    in    Hartford, 

Connecticut,  with  his  wife 
Margery,  in  1640.  He  moved  to  Hatfield, 
Massachusetts,  in  1661,  died  there  March  3, 
1679.  She  died  December  5,  1679.  They  had 
a  son  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 


(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Richard  Billings,  lived 
in  Hatfield.  He  married,  about  1661,  Sarah 
Fellows,  who  married  (second)  October  9, 
1678,  Samuel  Belden  Jr.,  and  died  February 
5,  1713.  She  was  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Ursula  Fellows.  He  died  February  i,  1678. 
Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  January  8,  1665, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Ebenezer,  October  29, 
1669.  3.  Sarah,  died  July  15,  1674.  4.  Rich- 
ard, born  April  7,   1672,  married,  March   18, 

1703,  Hannah  Marsh;  (second)  Sarah . 

5.  John,  October  11,  1674,  killed  by  the  In- 
dians July  15,  1698.  6.  Sarah,  C)ctober  18, 
1676,  married  Samuel  Dickinson. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Bill- 
ings, was  born  January  8,  1665,  in  Hatfield. 
He  married  (first)  November  18,  1686,  Han- 
nah Wright,  who  died  November  18,  1687; 
(second)  Widow  Rebecca  Miller,  born 
March  26,  1661,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Heald)  Leonard.  Children:  i.  Samuel.  2. 
Sarah,  born  March  15,  1697,  married,  Janu- 
ary 16,  1724,  Deacon  Samuel  Smith.  3.  Jo- 
seph, November  15,  1700,  married,  January  7, 
1726,  Elizabeth  Kellogg.  4.  Zechariah,  No- 
vember 29,  1702,  mentioned  below.  5.  Ben- 
jamin, January  18,  1705,  married,  November 
13,  1729,  Mary  Hastings. 

(IV)  Zechariah,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Bill- 
ings, was  born  in  Hatfield,  November  29, 
1702,  died  October  11,  1771.  He  married  Ruth 
Meekins,  born  June  6,  1700,  died  December 
18,  1 78 1,  daughter  of  John  (3)  and  Ruth 
(Belknap)  Meekins.  Thomas  (2),  Thomas 
( I ) .  Among  his  children  was  Silas,  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Silas,  son  of  Zechariah  Billings,  was 
born  November  13,  1741,  died  June  6,  1808. 
He  married,  November  25,  1773,  Miriam 
Dickinson,  born  May  9,  1746,  died  February 
II,  1836,  daughter  of  Aloses  and  Anna 
(Smith)  Dickinson,  and  granddaughter  of 
Canada  Waite.  x\mong  their  children  was 
Erastus,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Colonel  Erastus,  son  of  Silas  Bill- 
ings, was  born  June  30,  1778,  and  was  a 
farmer  in  Hatfield.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
militia  and  fought  in  the  war  of  1812.  He 
married  Abigail  Allis.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Congregationalist.  Among  his  children  w^ere 
Silas,  mentioned  below,  John  A.,  Erastus, 
mentioned  below. 

(VID  Captain  Silas  (2),  son  of  Colonel 
Erastus  Billings,  was  born  October  29,  1800. 
He  was  captain  of  militia.  He  owned  a  grist 
mill  and  also  made  a  business  of  raising  and 
selling  cattle  for  beef,  driving  them  to  the  Bos- 
ton market.    He  was  considered  the  best  judge 


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of  cattle  in  the  vicinity.  He  was  a  Whig  in 
pohtics  and  an  active  worker  in  the  Congre- 
gational church.  He  married,  December  9, 
1824,  Mary  S.  Graves,  daughter  of  Levi  and 
granddaughter  of  Perez  Graves.  ( See  Graves 
family).  Children:  i.  Samuel,  drowned  at  the 
age  of  two  years  by  falling  into  a  partly-filled 
tub  of  water.  2.  Samuel  F.,  born  January  18, 
1828,  mentioned  below.  3.  Abbie,  died  young. 
4.  Abbie.  5.  Mary  Jane.  6.  Cornelia.  7. 
Sarah  Ann. 

(Vni)  Samuel  F.,  son  of  Captain  Silas 
(2)  Billings,  was  born  January  18,  1828.  in 
Hatfield,  where  he  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  Until  the  death  of  his  father  he  re- 
mained on  the  homestead,  and  then  assumed 
the  management  of  the  farm.  Like  his  father, 
he  was  a  Whig  and  in  religion  a  faithful  Con- 
gregationalist.  He  married,  January  i,  1857, 
Elizabeth  Hastings  Allis,  daughter  of  Dexter 
Allis:  Children:  i.  Edward,  born  April  29, 
1859.  2.  Silas,  died  young.  3.  Louis  A.,  No- 
vember 28,  1 861,  mentioned  below.  4.  Eliza- 
beth H.,  October  11,  1864,  married  Charles  J. 
Abbott,  who  died  1901  ;  had  Howard  B.  Ab- 
bott. 5.  Samuel  F.,  August  21,  1866,  men- 
tioned below.     6.  Silas,  1869,  died  yotmg. 

(IX)  Louis  A.,  son  of  Samuel  F.  Billings, 
was  born  in  Hatfield,  November  28,  1861. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  in  Smith  Acad- 
emy, and  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm.  Af- 
ter his  father's  death  he  became  associated 
with  his  brother  Samuel  F.  in  raising  tobac- 
co on  the  farm,  and  carries  on  an  extensive 
business  in  this  line,  .-\lthough  interested  in 
local  politics  as  a  Republican,  he  has  never 
sought  office.  He  attends  the  Congregation- 
al church.    He  is  vmmarried. 

(IX)  Samuel  F.  (2),  son  of  Samuel  F.  (i) 
Billings,  was  born  in  Hatfield,  August  21, 
i86fi.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  Smith  Academy,  and  like  his  brother  re- 
mained on  the  homestead.  He  is  engaged 
with  him  in  carrying  on  the  farm,  raising  a 
large  amount  of  tobacco.  He  is  a  Republican 
and  a  Congregationalist.  He  married,  Sarah 
G.  Jenny,  widow  of  Arthur  G.  Jenny,  and 
daughter  of  William  B.  and  Sarah  A.  (Gibbs) 
Langdon.  Her  father  was  born  October  31, 
1828,  and  married,  April  2,  1855,  Sarah  A. 
Gibbs,  born  April  28,  1837.  Child  of  Samuel 
F.  Billings :  Ciordon-Langdon,  born  May  25, 
1904. 

(VII)  Erastus  (2),  son  of  Colonel  Erastus 
(i)  Billings,  was  born  in  Hatfield,  May  11, 
i8og,  died  March  4,  1887.     He  was  educated 


in  the  public  schools,  and  at  an  early  age  be- 
came a  member  of  the  firm  composed  of  the 
family,  and  engaged  in  carrying  on  the  Bil- 
lings farm.  He  was  a  Whig  in  politics  and 
one  of  the  early  Abolitionists  of  this  section. 
He  was  keenly  interested  in  public  affairs, 
but  never  sought  public  office.  He  married 
.\rtemisia  F.  Ford,  of  Somers,  Connecticut. 
Children,  born  at  Hatfield:  i.  Albert,  died  in 
infancy.  2.  Henry  P.,  June  9,  1835,  died  Oc- 
tober 2,  1891.  3.  Erastus  F.,  November  6, 
1838,  died  September  20,  1904.  4.  George  A., 
mentioned  below. 

(Mil)  George  A.,  son  of  Erastus  (2)  Bil- 
lings, was  born  in  Hatfield,  May  26,  1846, 
and  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools 
and  in  Monson  Academy,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1866.  He  began  to 
work  for  his  father  on  the  Billings  farm. 
Later  he  took  charge  of  his  father's  farm 
and  was  very  successful  in  growing  tobacco. 
Since  1874  he  has  represented  the  firm  of 
Sutter  Brothers  of  Chicago,  tobacco  buyers, 
and  has  had  charge  of  the  business  of  this 
firm  through  the  entire  Connecticut  valley, 
buying  some  five  thousand  cases  annually. 
He  also  represents  a  large  cigar  manufactur- 
ing concern  of  Pennsylvania  that  makes  five 
million  cigars  a  year.'  Mr.  Billings  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics  and  a  Congregationalist 
in  religion.  He  is  well  known  and  highly  es- 
teemed by  the  tobacco  planters,  an  excellent 
judge  of  tobacco  and  of  exceptional  business 
abilitv.  He  is  a  member  of  the  school  board. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  and  is  a  deacon.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1871,  Abbie  F.  Graves,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  S.  Graves,  of  Hatfield  (see  Graves, 
Vll).  Children:  i.  Mabel  L.,  born  August 
7,  1873,  married  Harry  L.  Howard.  2.  Al- 
bert G.,  August  4,  1878.  3.  Laura  F.,  July 
17,  1882.  4.  George  Raymond,  December  30, 
1883.  5.  Minnie  Alice,'April  13,  1888,  mar- 
ried Harry  W.  Alarsh. 

(The  Graves  Line,  see  Thomas  Graves  1). 

(\'I)  Levi  Graves,  son  of  Captain  Perez 
Graves  (q.  v.),  was  born  at  Hatfield,  January 
12,  1771,  died  there  in  November,  1858,  aged 
eighty-seven  years.  He  married,  Mary  Smith, 
born'  March,  1773,  died  March  23,  1857, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Bathsheba  Smith, 
of  South  Hadley.  Children:  i.  Harvey,  born 
August  10,  1800.  2.  ?^Iary  S.,  March  5,  1803, 
married,  December  9,  1824,  Captain  Silas  Bill- 
ings, of  Hatfield.     3.  Levi,  January  13,  1810. 


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4.  Jonathan  Smith,  April  23,  1818,  mentioned 
below. 

(VII)  Jonathan  Smith,  son  of  Levi  Graves, 
was  born  in  Hatfield,  April  23,  1818,  died 
there  February  26,  1883.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary 17,  1844,  Caroline  Smith,  born  November 
22.  1825,  at  Charlemont,  died  in  Hatfield, 
daughter  of  Justin  Smith,  of  Whately,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Children:  i.  Son,  born  Septem- 
ber 8.  1845.  died  next  day.  2.  Alfred  How- 
ard, August  7,  1847.  3-  Abbie  Frances,  May 
6,  1850,  married,  December  6,  1871,  George 
A.  Billings.  (See  Billings.  \'III).  .|.  Louisa 
Malinda,  April  19,  1853,  married,  July  2,  1878, 
Rev.  Edward  Sampson  Tead :  died  November 
24,  1888.  5.  Carrie  Elizabeth,  October  26, 
1857,  married,  October  22,  1879,  Roswell  Bill- 
ings, of  Hatfield. 


The  earliest  American  ances- 
WESSON  tor  of  this  name  was  the  pro- 
genitor of  many  if  not  all  the 
Massachusetts  families  of  Wesson,  as  well  as 
those  known  as  Weston,  the  cognomen  ap- 
pearing in  both  these  forms.  The  family  is 
known  to  have  existed  in  very  early  times  in 
Staffordshire,  England,  where  its  members 
owned  valuable  estates. 

(I)  John  Wesson,  first  of  the  name  in 
America,  was  born  in  1630  or  1631,  in  Buck- 
inghamshire, England,  and  died  in  Wakefield, 
Massachusetts,  about  1723,  aged  over  ninety 
years.  About  1644,  when  only  thirteen  years 
old.  his  father  being  dead,  he  sailed  as  a  stow- 
away in  a  ship  bound  for  America.  Arriving 
in  ]\Iassachusetts  Bay  Colony  he  settled  at 
Salem,  where  in  1648.  at  the  age  of  eighteen, 
he  was  a  member  of  the  First  church.  .About 
1633  he  removed  to  that  part  of  Reading  now 
Wakefield,  and  accumulated  one  of  the  largest 
estates  in  the  town,  his  lands  adjoining  the 
meeting  house  square.  He  is  said  to  have 
served  in  King  Philip's  war,  but  the  name  of 
the  organization  of  which  he  was  a  member 
is  not  given.  In  1653  he  married  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Zachariah  Fitch,  of  Reading,  and  this 
is  the  first  marriage  there  of  which  record  ex- 
ists. He  had  at  least  eight  children,  four  sons 
among  them,  each  of  wliom  became  the  head 
of  a  family,  and  his  numerous  descendants  are 
in  all  parts  of  the  country.  Children:  i. 
Sarah,  born  July  15,  i6,s6.  2.  Mary,  May  25, 
1659.  3.  John,  ]\Iarch  8,  1661.  4.' Elizabeth, 
born  at  Reading.  5.  Samuel  (see  below).  6. 
Stephen,  born  1607 ;  had  a  farm  in  Reading, 
where  he  died  in  1750,  aged  nearly  ninety.  The 
facts  here  given  with  reference  to  John  \\'es- 


son  are  from  a  manuscript  record  left  by  his 
son  John. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
( Fitch )  Wesson,  was  born  at  Reading,  in 
1665.  His  name  usually  appears  in  the  rec- 
ords as  Weston.  About  1688  he  married  Abi- 
gail (surname  unknown  J  and  settled  in  Read- 
ing. Children:  Abigail,  born  1689;  Samuel, 
next  mentioned. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Abigail  Wesson,  was  born  in  Reading  in  1690, 
and  died  in  1713.  He  went  to  Framingham 
in  171 1,  and  there  married  Alay  7,  171 1,  Mar- 
tha, daughter  of  Nathaniel  Haven,  grand- 
daughter of  Richard  Haven,  of  Lynn,  who 
came  over  in  1675.  ^Martha  married  (second) 
Isaac  Cousins,  of  Sherborn,  January  12,  1746. 
She  died  the  following  year. 

(IV)  John  (2),  only  child  of  Samuel  (2) 
and  ^Martha  (Haven)  Wesson,  was  born  in 
Framingham,  December  i,  171 1.  He  moved 
as  early  as  1749  to  Grafton,  near  the  Sutton 
and  Worcester  lines,  where  in  the  same  year 
he  bought  of  John  Gould  nine  acres  in  Sut- 
ton and  became  the  owner  of  other  tracts  of 
land  in  the  neighborhood,  having  land  in  Graf- 
ton, \\'orcester  and  Sutton,  and  in  that  part 
now  ^lillbury,  but  part  of  which,  called  "the 
(jore",  was  annexed  to  Worcester  in  1785.  He 
was  a  revolutionary  soldier  in  Captain  Joseph 
Winch's  (Framingham)  company.  Colonel 
Samuel  Bullard's  regiment,  in  1777,  and  was 
in  the  campaign  under  General  Gates  which 
ended  at  Saratoga  with  the  surrender  of  Bur- 
goyne.  He  married  (first)  January  22,  1740, 
Ruth  Death,  of  Sherborn,  born  April  20,  171 1, 
(laughter  of  Henry  and  Rachel  (Leland) 
Death,  her  father  being  son  of  John,  who 
came  from  Natick  to  Sherborn  in  1678.  Mr. 
Wesson  married  (second)  Rebecca  Daniel, 
August  24,  1757.  Children  of  John  and  Ruth  : 
I.  Samuel,  born  at  Sherborn,  July  14,  1741  : 
was  a  revolutionary  soldier.  2.  Levi.  3. 
Joel.  4.  John,  married  Mehitable  Elliott.  5. 
.Abel,  married  Sarah  Drury.  6.  Silas,  was  one 
of  twelve  soldiers  who  joined  Major  Timothv 
Bigelow  of  ^^■o^cester,  and  marched  to  Can- 
ada, where  he  was  killed  at  the  attack  of  Que- 
bec, December  31,  1775. 

(V)  Joel,  third  son  of  John  (2)  and  Ruth 
(Death)  \\'esson,  was  born  probably  about 
1746,  in  Framingham.  He  lived  for  a  few 
years  in  the  seventies  in  Brookfield,  but  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  in  Worcester.  He  held 
much  real  estate  and  paid  one  of  the  largest 
taxes  in  that  town.  He  was  a  juror  in  1785 
and  on  the  school  committee  in  1787.    He  was 


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a  plow-maker  by  trade,  and  was  in  Framing- 
ham  in  1789,  plying  his  trade  there.  Joel  Wes- 
son and  his  brothers  were  owners  of  a  large 
part  of  "the  Gore",  which  was  claimed  by  both 
Worcester  and  Grafton.  Joel  was  considered 
an  inhabitant  of  Grafton  until  1785,  when  the 
title  of  Worcester  to  the  section  was  acknowl- 
edged formally.  A  very  important  deed  in 
tracing  this  genealogy  is  recorded  in  Worces- 
ter. Joel  Wesson  and  his  brother  Levi  deeded 
to  their  brothers  John  and  Samuel,  October 
24,  1777,  certain  lands  in  "the  Gore",  and  the 
deed  gives  the  names  of  the  children  of  John 
and  Ruth  (Death)  Wesson.  Joel  sold  his  farm 
in  North  Brookfield  to  his  brother,  John  Wes- 
son, June  25,  1789.  Joel  \\'esson  married 
Hannah  Bigelow,  born  in  Worcester,  July  3, 
1748,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Lydia  Bigelow. 
She  survived  her  husband  and  died  December 
29,  1829,  aged  eighty-two  years.  Children:  i. 
Huldah,  married  Lewis  Witherby,  of  Shrews- 
bury. 2.  Hannah,  married  a  Bartlett.  3. 
Mary  (Polly),  married  Charles  Warren,  No- 
vember 6,  1808.  4.  Sewell.  5.  Joel,  born 
April  7,  1775,  at  Brookfield,  married  Thank- 
ful Newton,  September  15,  1796,  in  Shrews- 
bury.    6.  Rufus,  next  mentioned. 

(VI)  Rufus,  youngest  son  of  Joel  and  Han- 
nah (Bigelow)  Wesson,  was  born  at  Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts,  in  1786,  and  died  at  Wor- 
cester in  1874,  aged  eighty-seven.  While  still 
a  young  man  he  became  famous  in  the  region 
of  his  residence  for  the  excellence  of  his 
plows.  These  implements  were  of  wood,  and 
yet  their  construction  was  so  thorough  that 
their  work  was  entirely  satisfactory  to  the  ag- 
ricultural community.  The  skill  of  the  in- 
ventor and  maker  was  especially  shown  in  the 
carving  of  the  convexed  curves,  and  while 
furrows  were  turned  with  shares  of  wood  the 
Wesson  plow  found  high  favor.  When  the 
demand  for  these  excellent  implements  fell  off 
owing  to  the  advent  of  the  cast  iron  plow,  Mr. 
Wesson  abandoned  their  manufacture  and 
took  up  farming.  He  acquired  much  real  es- 
tate and  bought  what  is  known  as  the  Wesson 
place,  near  Lake  Quinsigamond,  March  7, 
1814,  of  Lewis  Baird.  He  was  a  highway 
surveyor  and  collector  of  taxes  in  1825,  fence 
viewer  in  1816,  and  served  in  the  militia  in  the 
Grafton  company.  He  married  at  Worcester, 
September  18,  1808,  Betsey  Baird,  member  of 
a  well  known  family  in  Worcester.  The 
Bairds  were  from  the  West  of  England,  and 
of  earlier  date  from  Scotland.  The  English 
and  Scotch  pedigrees  have  been  carefully  kept 
(see  vol.  I,  Proceedings  of  the  Worcester  So- 


ciety of  Antiquity.  She  attained  a  green  old  age, 
dying  at  the  home  of  one  of  her  children  in 
\Vorccster  in  1876,  being  then  in  her  eighty- 
eighth  year.  Five  sons  and  five  daughters  were 
born  of  this  marriage,  nine  of  whom  are  re- 
corded in  Worcester.  The  boys  all  inherited 
their  father's  love  of  mechanics,  i.  Cornelia, 
born  January  28,  1810;  married  H.  H.  Har- 
rington, of  Shrewsbury,  1833;  she  lived  to  be 
upwards  of  ninety  years  old.  2.  Martin,  mar- 
ried Abigail  H.  ("ireen,  of  Grafton, at  Marlboro, 
January  6,  1840:  he  was  a  shoe  manufacturer 
in  Springfield.  3.  Edwin,  born  December  13, 
181 1;  married  in  Marlboro,  Nancy  H.  Har- 
rington, of  Grafton,  June  10.  1838;  he  was  a 
rifle  manufacturer  and  operated  a  factory  at 
Northboro,  Massachusetts,  and  afterward  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut.  4.  Betsy,  born  Janu- 
ary 26,  1814 :  married  W.  H.  H.  Connor,  of 
Grafton.  October  17,  1844.  5.  Rufus,  born 
May  17,  1815  ;  engaged  in  shoe  manufacturing 
in  Worcester ;  married  Miriam  Harrington, 
July  23,  1840,  daughter  of  Colonel  Daniel  and 
Zillah  Harrington,  of  Shrewsbury.  6.  Char- 
lotte, born  September  31,  1819.  7.  Jane,  May 
8,  1823.  8.  Daniel  B.,  mentioned  below.  9. 
Franklin,  born  November  8,  1828 ;  went  to 
Shasta,  California,  in  185 1,  and  was  an  expert 
rifle  maker.  10.  Frances,  born  August  8, 
1830. 

(\  H)  Daniel  Baird,  fourth  son  of  Rufus 
and  Betsey  (Baird)  Wesson,  was  born  in 
Worcester,  Massachusetts,  May  18,  1825,  and 
died  in  Springfield,  August  4,  1906.  Until  he 
was  eighteen  years  of  age  he  resided  at  home, 
devoting  his  time  about  equally  to  duties  on 
the  farm  and  schooling,  slighting  neither,  yet 
nursing  a  hope  that  he  might  soon  go  free  to 
follow  the  bent  of  his  inclination,  as  he  shared 
with  his  father  and  older  brothers  the  taste 
for  mechanics  and  invention.  His  father  de- 
sired him  to  learn  the  shoe  business  under  his 
brothers  Rufus  and  Martin.  Against  his  in- 
clination, Daniel  was  constrained  to  follow  his 
father's  suggestion,  but  soon  found  the  busi- 
ness uncongenial  and  returned  to  the  farm. 
There  he  essayed  some  boyish  pistol  making 
with  the  old  flintlock  of  his  father  as  a  model. 
He  patiently  whittled  out  wooden  stocks  and 
made  barrels  from  abandoned  vessels  of  pew- 
ter, and  fearlessly  tested  them.  The  lad  hoped 
to  be  sent  oflf  to  the  shop  of  his  brother  Ed- 
win, but  his  father  did  not  readily  entertain 
the  notion  of  a  second  departure,  and  in  the 
end  Daniel  had  to  pay  for  his  time  to  gain  his 
freedom.  He  was  eighteen  when  he  made  his 
bargain,  and  finding  that  his  father  valued  his 


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time  until  attaining  his  majority  at  $150,  he 
paid  him  that  sum  out  of  his  savings  and  at 
once  went  to  join  his  eldest  brother.  It  was 
a  good  school  for  the  ambitious  lad,  since  it 
opened  an  opportunity  to  master  the  trade  of 
gun-making  in  every  detail.  In  three  years 
he  had  completed  his  apprenticeship.  He  then 
worked  for  a  time  as  a  journeyman  under  his 
brother,  first  at  Northboro,  then  at  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  being  a  partner  and  superinten- 
dent of  the  shop  at  the  last-named  place. 
Upon  the  death  of  his  brother  Edwin  in  1850, 
i\!r.  Wesson  formed  a  partnership  with 
Thomas  Warner,  a  master  armorer  of  ac- 
knowledge skill,  who  had  long  resided  in  Wor- 
cester. Mr.  Warner  retired  from  business 
about  two  years  later.  i\Ir.  Wesson  then  join- 
ed his  brother  Frank,  who  had  a  gunmaking 
establishment  at  New  England  village,  in  the 
town  of  Grafton,  and  there  devoted  himself 
to  the  manufacture  of  single-barreled  target 
pistols,  turning  out  a  fine  arm.  About  this 
time  a  Mr.  Leonard  began  to  make  a  stir  with 
an  improvement  in  firearms.  He  was  an  edu- 
cated man  with  theories,  and,  having  capital 
at  command,  organized  the  Leonard  Pistol 
!\Ianufacturing  Company,  with  shops  at 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  Mr.  Wesson 
was  employed  as  superintendent  of  the  factory 
and  founded  a  somewhat  erratic  set  of  inven- 
tions, submitted  for  treatment  at  his  skilled 
hands.  Mr.  Leonard  had  in  mind  some  idea 
of  a  rapid  firing  gun,  but  his  plans  did  not 
produce  an  arm  which  could  discharge  with 
regularity  or  handled  with  safety.  He  had 
better  success,  however,  with  the  old  "pepper 
box",  the  cluster  of  barrels  of  which  was  fired 
by  a  revolving  hammer.  As  the  weapon  had 
no  center  of  fire  it  was  of  course  inaccurate 
and  useless  for  target  practice,  yet  it  obtained 
some  vogue  and  its  manufacture  was  con- 
tinued at  Windsor,  \^ermont.  The  change  re- 
leased Mr.  Wesson,  who  then  went  to  the  as- 
sistance of  Allen  &  Luther,  of  Worcester,  who 
sought  his  aid  in  making  gun  barrels.  It  was 
while  with  this  firm  that  Mr.  Wesson  became 
acquainted  with  his  subsequent  partner,  Hor- 
ace Smith.  An  experiment  about  this  time 
came  very  near  costing  Mr.  Wesson  his  life. 
It  was  not  made  with  one  of  his  own  construc- 
tion, however,  but  with  the  invention  of  Col- 
onel Porter,  who  had  come  up  from  the  south 
to  find  some  gimmaker  capable  of  making 
practical  his  so-called  magazine  firing  arm. 
The  practical  eye  of  Mr.  Wesson  saw  at  once 
that  the  weapon  was  a  ludicrous  thing  which 
no  skill  could  render  available :  but  pressed  by 


the  colonel,  he  undertook  to  experiment  with 
it  and  even  to  exhibit  it  before  a  board  of 
ordnance  officers,  although  heartily  ashamed 
of  his  task.  Notwithstanding  every  precau- 
tion in  handling  it.  one  chamber  went  off  in- 
dependently, sending  a  bullet  through  Air. 
Wesson's  hat.  while  another  chamber,  pointed 
directly  at  his  body,  narrowly  missed  fire. 
While  giving  his  days  of  labor  Mr.  Wesson 
devoted  a  large  part  of  his  nights  to  thought 
and  study.  Out  of  his  reflections  and  experi- 
ments came  a  decidedly  great  invention,  name- 
ly, a  practice  cartridge  that  rendered  percus- 
sion caps  a  superfluity.  P.ut  men  without  am- 
ple means  at  command  are  forced  to  remain 
inactive  or  proceed  slowly.  Mr.  Wesson  was 
brooding  over  his  invention,  convinced  of  its 
incontestible  merit,  when  Courtland  Palmer, 
of  New  York,  came  forward  with  an  improve- 
ment bullet,  that  is,  one  hollowed  out  in  part 
to  receive  a  charge  of  powder  which  was  held 
in  place  by  a  plug  of  cork,  the  latter  perfor- 
ated to  permit  the  flash  from  a  primer  to  ig- 
nite the  explosive.  Although  believing  his 
own  to  be  the  better  invention,  Mr.  Wesson 
felt  constrained  to  accept  the  offer  of  the  rich 
Mr.  Palmer  to  enlarge  his  outlook  as  a  pistol- 
maker,  provided  the  Palmer  invention  was 
given  the  preference.  While  studying  the 
Palmer  cartridge  Mr.  Wesson  made  an  im- 
provement on  it  for  which  he  received  a  pa- 
tent— the  addition  of  a  steel  disk  on  which 
the  hammer  could  explode  the  fulminate,  thus 
doing  away  with  the  primer.  It  was  in  work- 
ing out  this  plan  that  Mr.  Wesson  became  as- 
sociated with  the  late  Horace  Smith,  with 
whom  in  1852  he  formed  a  partnership  and  es- 
tablished a  factory  at  Norwich,  Connecticut. 
It  was  here  that  the  two  men  worked  out  the 
principles  of  the  arm  now  known  as  the  Win- 
chester rifle,  an  arm  which  has  been  much  im- 
proved but  which  in  its  main  points  is  prac- 
tically unchanged  to-day.  They  made  this 
rifle  for  a  time  at  Norwich,  and  later  applied 
a  similar  principle  to  pistols  and  other  small 
arms.  Eventually  they  disposed  of  their  pat- 
ents to  the  Volcanic  Arms  Company.  In  1855 
Mr.  Smith  retired  from  the  business  and  be- 
came otherwise  engaged  in  Worcester.  Mr. 
Wesson  was  at  once  called  to  the  position  of 
superintendent  of  the  \'olcanic  Arms  Com- 
pany, to  which  the  Winchester  Arms  Com- 
pany had  since  succeeded,  and  under  its  au- 
spices the  Smith  &  Wesson  cartridge  (the 
self -primed  metallic  one  that  had  proved  prac- 
tical) was  put  into  use.  This  cartridge  was 
used  in  the  Spencer  rifles  during  the  civil  war. 


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although  the  government  was  slow  to  adopt 
either  cartridges  or  rapid  fire  guns.    For  years 
the  inventors  received  a  royalty  on  it.     Ex- 
perimenting and  testing  his  ideas  incessantly, 
Mr.   Wesson  at   length  succeeded  in  perfect- 
ing a   revolver,   the  peculiarity  and  merit  of 
which  consisted  in  the  fact  that  the  chambers 
ran   entirely   through   the  cylinder.     The  op- 
portunity for  its  manufacture  came  upon  the 
reorganization    of    the    A'olcanic    Arms    Com- 
pany, when,  freed  from  his  engagement,  Mr. 
Wesson  joined  again  with  his  old  partner,  Mr. 
Smith,  who  still  remained  in  touch  with  him 
and  was  cognizant  of  the  development.     They 
hired  premises  on  jMarket  street,  Springfield, 
in  1857,  and  with  twenty-five  workmen  began 
operations.     In  i860,  success  having  attended 
their    efforts,    they   built    a    large    factory   on 
Stockbridge  street,  where  owing  to  the  large 
demand  for  their  weapon  starting  during  the 
civil  war  they  came  in  time  to  employ  six  hun- 
dred workmen.    The  army,  it  is  true,  supplied 
only  the  old   fashioned  arm  with  percussion 
caps  ;  but  the  public  with  less  conservatism  and 
more  wisdom,  demanded  the  perfect  weapon. 
In   1870  the  attention  of  the  wide-awake  or- 
dinance  officers    of   the   Russian    government 
was  attracted  to  the  Smith  &  \\'esson  revolver, 
and  the  result  was  a  contract  to  supply  the 
Russian   arm.     Two  hundred  thousand   were 
required  for  this  purpose,  and  four  years  were 
consumed  in  filling  the  contract.    In  1874  Mr. 
Smith  retired,  selling  out  his  interest  to  Mr. 
Wesson,    who,    however,    had    not    cared    to 
change  the  style  under  which  the  business  was 
conducted.      The    contract    with    the    Russian 
government  was  but  the  prelude  to  a  succes- 
sion of  contracts  from  governments  and  firms 
all  over   the   world,   and  the  filling  of  these 
brought  not  only  wealth  to  Mr.  Wesson  but  a 
very  great  degree  of  prosperity  to  hundreds  of 
skillful  workmen,  and  incidentally  to  the  city 
of  Springfield.     Since  1874  the  plant  has  been 
materially  increased,  and  it  is  to-day  probably 
the   finest   and  largest  in   America    for   pistol 
manufacturing,  and  a  model  in  point  of  neat- 
ness, order  and  thoroughness,  presenting  the 
most  pleasing  aspect  whether  viewed  without 
or  within. 

Mr.  Wesson  was  a  man  of  unflagging  in- 
dustry, and  in  this  respect  his  habits  remained 
practically  the  same  when  he  was  struggling 
to  make  his  place  in  the  world.  His  efforts 
and  studies  to  improve  his  inventions  were 
never  relaxed.  Out  of  these  came  a  number 
of  notable  improvements  which  make  the 
weapon  of  his  invention  indisputably  first  of 


its  kind.    One  of  the  most  important  of  these 
in  the  automatic  extractor  which   expels  the 
cartridge   shells.      Another   is   the   safety   de- 
vice in  the  handles,  which  makes  it  necessary 
to  apply   force  in  two   directions  to  fire  the 
weapon,   although   no  additional   eft'ort  is  re- 
quired.    A  means  of  preventing  the  accidental 
discharge   of   revolvers   had   been   devised  by 
Mr.   Wesson  and  is  applied  in  what  is  now 
known  as  "hammerless  safey  revolver".  Since 
their  introduction  in  1887  at  least  one  hundred 
thousand  of  these  arms  have  been  placed  upon 
the  market.     The  invention  known  as  the  "re- 
bounding lock"  is  an  additional  source  of  safe- 
ty.    Fully  one-third  of  the  yearly  output  is  of 
tile  thirty-eight  caliber.     The  other  principal 
models   are   the   thirty-two,    thirty-eight,    and 
forty-four,  or  army  size.     Single  and  double 
action  weapons  are  made,  also  target  pistols, 
and  a  central  fire  repeating  rifle.    All  parts  are 
made  to  gauge  and  are  interchangeable.     Re- 
loading and  (lismounting  tools  are  also  manu- 
factured.    The  self-lubricating  cartridge,  long 
desired  and  upon  which  Mr.  Wesson  expended 
great    thought,    was    perfected    by    him    and 
placed  on  the  market.     Through  its  use  the 
highest    degree    of   accuracy   is   secured   with 
practically  no  fouling  of  the  barrel. 

Two  of  Mr.  Wesson's  sons.  Walter  H.  and 
Joseph  H.,  were  associated  with  him  in  busi- 
ness. Both  have  won  their  place  in  the  com- 
munity. The  loyalty  and  devotion  of  the  .sons 
was  a  reinforcement  which  any  father  would 
value.  The  large  wealth  which  came  to  Mr. 
Wesson  had  been  honestly  earned  along  these 
lines  of  legitimate  endeavor  which  have  dis- 
tinguished his  generation  of  the  rich  men  of 
New  England.  In  their  success  the  personal 
equation  has  been  the  chief  factor.  The  pow- 
er to  originate  came  first,  and  then  industry 
and  sagacity,  with  the  patient  ability  for  sus- 
tained effort. 

While  always  concentrating  his  chief  atten- 
tion upon  his  own  extensive  business,  Mr. 
Wesson  had  his  share  in  developing  other  local 
enterprises,  while  his  investment  interests 
were  extensive.  He  was  president  of  the 
Cheney  Bigelow  Wire  Works,  in  Iowa,  and 
he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Springfield,  and  for  many  years 
one  of  its  directors.  He  was  largely  inter- 
ested in  the  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hart- 
ford railroad,  and  had  other  railroad  inves- 
ments.  The  amount  of  the  fortune  he  left 
was  large,  being  estimated  at  from  five  to 
twenty-five  million  dollars.  Mr.  Wesson  was 
happily  situated  to  give  play  for  his  love  for 


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architectural  construction,  which  had  been  de- 
veloped and  illustrated  in  the  erection  of  his 
city  and  country  residences.  These  are  the 
most  notable  buildings  of  their  localities  in 
their  handsome  exteriors  and  in  the  perfection 
of  their  interior  arrangements.  From  1862  to 
about  1896  he  occupied  with  his  family  a  fine 
house  on  High  street,  which  was  built  for 
them.  Many  years  ago  he  erected  in  North- 
boro  an  elegant  summer  residence  upon  an  at- 
tractive estate,  the  old  homsetad  where  Mrs. 
Wesson  was  born  and  lived  until  her  mar- 
riage. It  is  a  landmark  in  central  ]\Iassachu- 
setts,  and  is  an  object  of  admiration  and  pride 
to  the  people  of  the  region.  He  died  in  the 
residence  on  ]\Iaple  street,  which  takes  rank 
as  one  of  the  finest  in  New  England.  It  was 
designed  by  Bruce  Price,  of  New  York,  is  of 
red  Maine  granite,  was  some  six  years  in  con- 
struction, is  one  hundred  and  forty  feet  by 
ninety-six  feet  in  dimensions,  and  an  orna- 
ment to  the  city,  being  a  slight  departure 
from  the  French  chateau  style.  Its  interior 
decorations  are  exceptionally  beautiful.  This 
imposing  and  attractive  home,  the  most  costly 
residence  in  the  city,  overlooks  from  its  sight- 
ly location  the  great  pistol-making  plant. 

Mr.  \\'esson  took  but  little  active  part  in 
public  aft'airs.  although  on  one  occasion,  in 
1866,  during  a  crisis,  he  consented  to  serve  in 
the  common  council  of  Springfield.  In  politi- 
cal views  he  was  strongly  Republican.  A  man 
of  pronounced  views  on  temperance,  he  em- 
bodied his  sentiments  in  two  massive  drinking 
fountains,  erected  on  conspicuous  sites  for  the 
benefit  of  the  people.  He  enforced  temper- 
ance so  far  as  he  could  among  his  employees. 
He  was  a  reliable  and  generous  contributor  to 
causes  and  institutions  which  appealed  to  his 
sympathy  and  good  judgment.  Two  large  and 
perfectly  equipped  hospitals  constitute  endur- 
ing memorials  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wesson.  To- 
gether they  joined,  early  in  1900,  in  establish- 
ing the  Wesson  Memorial  Hospital  in  the  res- 
idence on  High  street  which  they  left  for  the 
splendid  mansion  on  Maple  street.  A  new  hos- 
pital was  erected  by  the  side  of  the  former 
High  street  home,  which  took  the  name  of 
Wesson  Memorial  Hospital.  Both  of  these, 
one  provided  to  serve  the  homeopathic  school 
of  medicine,  and  the  other  to  meet  general 
need  of  the  community,  were  equipped  at  all 
points  equal  to  the  best  institutions  of  their 
kind  anywhere.  The  homoeopathic  hospital 
was  completed  in  November.  1906,  at  a  cost 
of  $350,000,  and  then  the  former  Wesson 
house,  valued  at  859,000,  came  to  be  used  as 


a  home  for  nurses ;  November  20,  1908,  was 
dedicated  what  is  known  as  the  Wesson  Ma- 
ternity Flospital,  on  the  same  block  as  the 
Memorial  hospital.  This  is  perfectly  ecjuipped 
in  every  way.  It  was  begun  some  time  before 
Air.  Wesson's  death  but  was  not  completed 
until  after  he  had  been  dead  two  years.  Mr. 
Wesson  made  specific  provisions  for  the  fu- 
ture maintenance  of  the  hospital  by  an  en- 
dowment of  $250,000.  This  fund  is  to  be  held 
in  perpetuity  and  the  income  applied  to  the 
support  of  the  hospital.  These  three  build- 
ings, the  two  hospitals  and  the  nurses'  home, 
constitute  one  of  the  grandest  and  noblest  gifts 
ever  made  to  the  people  of  Massachusetts,  and 
in  the  amount  of  their  cost  and  the  scope  of 
their  usefulness  have  seldom  been  equalled  in 
this  country  by  the  donations  of  a  single  indi- 
vidual. Mr.  Wesson  never  cared  to  talk  about 
himself,  and  it  was  not  easy  to  get  at  the  facts 
of  his  career.  Some  years  before  his  death, 
however,  he  requested  a  member  of  the  staff  of 
the  Springfield  Republican  to  prepare  a  sketch 
of  his  life  for  publication,  and  at  that  time  al- 
most all  that  has  been  said  above  concerning 
him  was  obtained  from  Mr.  Wesson  and  veri- 
fied by  him,  and  was  published  in  the  Republi- 
can of  August  5,  1906,  succeeding  his  death. 
The  following  from  the  editorial  columns  of 
the  Republican  is  a  fitting  summary  of  the 
life  of  Mr.  Wesson : 

"The  death  of  Daniel  B.  Wesson  of  this 
city,  Saturday  afternoon,  in  the  ripeness  of 
years  and  when  the  undertakings  of  his  life 
had  been  perfected  and  yielded  a  great  for- 
tune, will  not  afifect  the  active  business  life 
of  to-day.  The  great  Smith  &  Wesson  es- 
tablishment will  go  on  as  before,  with  the  two 
sons  controlling  it.  In  his  personal  relation- 
ship he  will  be  pleasantly  remembered,  for  he 
was  of  a  friendly  nature ;  he  gave  much  and 
cordially  in  a  great  variety  of  ways,  while  not 
always  suiting  his  action  to  the  things  other 
people  wanted  him  to  do ;  in  the  two  great  hos- 
pitals for  which  he  provided,  the  Homoeopath- 
ic and  the  Maternity,  there  are  left  important 
and  useful  memorials  of  Air.  and  Mrs.  Wes- 
son. It  is  expected  that  these  will  be  further 
provided  for  in  the  will.  \\'hile  not  active  in 
community  life  outside  of  his  business,  Mr. 
W^esson  was  not  neglectful  of  the  obligations 
of  citizenship  as  this  or  that  cause  was  brought 
to  his  attention.  He  was  an  intelligent  em- 
ployer of  labor,  masterful  but  progressive,  and 
if  at  times  of  stress  the  men  of  his  factory 
may  have  deemed  him  a  stern  employer,  the 
story  is  that  of  fair  dealing,  and  the  record  of 


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the  establishment,  which  was  planted  here  in 
1857,  almost  half  a  century  ago,  is  one  in 
which  Mr.  Wesson  was  justified  in  taking 
pride.  His  business  went  on  with  an  even 
productive  flow  that  was  proof  of  a  forceful 
leadership  that  remained  in  command.  One 
personality  dominated.  The  Smith  &  Wesson 
establishment  has  been  a  substantial  element 
in  the  industrial  life  of  Springfield,  going  on 
its  quiet  and  successful  way  and  giving  em- 
ployment to  an  army  of  men  during  the  many 
years  of  its  existence.  To  its  directing  spirit 
the  city  owes  much.  As  an  inventor  and  me- 
chanic Mr.  Wesson  took  his  place  among  the 
exceptional  men.  Not  only  did  he  devise  and 
perfect  the  Smith  &  Wesson  revolver,  carry- 
ing it  by  personal  ingenuity  and  resource  to  re- 
markable completeness,  but  the  rifle  made  by 
the  Winchester  Arms  Company,  the  favorite 
of  frontiersmen,  was  also  in  its  beginnings  the 
product  of  Mr.  Wesson's  inventive  skill.  In 
the  industrial  life  of  his  time  Mr.  Wesson  was 
a  large  figure,  and  factor  in  carrying  the  name 
of  Springfield  over  the  earth.  In  him  there 
was  the  unusual  union  of  an  inventor  who  was 
also  a  competent  manufacturer.  Mr.  Wesson 
was  thus,  albeit  in  his  modesty  he  probably 
never  stopped  think  it  out,  our  most  import- 
ant and  distinguished  business  man." 

Daniel  B.  Wesson  married,  May  26,  1847, 
Cynthia  M.  Hawes  of  Northboro,  Massachu- 
setts. She  was  born  in  Northboro  in  1825, 
and   died   July    n,    1906.      Her  parents   were 

Calvin    and    (Hemingway)     Hawes. 

Their  children  were:  Sarah  Jeanette,  Walter 
Herbert,  Frank  Luther,  and  Joseph  Hawes. 

(VIII)  Sarah  Jeanette,  eldest  child  of 
Daniel  B.  and  Cynthia  M.  (Hawes)  Wesson, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut.  May  21. 
1848,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and  at  Miss 
Porter's  boarding  school  at  Farmington,  Con- 
necticut. May  4,  1870.  She  married  Dr. 
George  Joseph  Bull.  After  a  visit  to  Europe 
they  settled  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts. 
where  they  lived  some  years.  Mrs.  Bull  has 
long  resided  in  Springfield,  her  present  resi- 
dence being  in  Longhill  street.  Five  children 
were  born  of  this  marriage : 

I.  Florence  Annie,  born  March  13,  1871,  in 
Florence,  Italy :  was  educated  by  a  private  tu- 
tor in  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  She  mar- 
ried (first)  October  26,  1892,  George  M. 
Holbrook,  by  whom  she  had  two  children : 
Rachel  and  Esther.  She  married  (second) 
William   B.   Houghton,   of   Brattleboro,   Ver- 


mont, bi.irn  July  6,  1872,  bv  whom  she  had 
one  child,  David  Bradley,  born  May  13,  1905. 

2.  Maria  Beatrice,  born  February  23,  1872; 
was  educated  in  the  same  manner  as  her  older 
sister.  She  married  Adam  McKay  Ganson,  of 
New  York  City,  who  built  the  Flatiron  build- 
ing, the  Realty,  the  Penn.sylvania  Terminal, 
the  Trinity,  and  the  Trinity  Annex  buildings. 
Two  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ganson  :    Jeannette  and  Charles  McKay. 

3.  George  Walter,  died  at  nine  years  of  age. 

4.  Harcourt  Wesson ;  see  forward. 

5.  Alice  Maud,  died  in  infancy. 
Harcourt  Wesson  Bull,  M.  D.,  son  of  Dr. 

George  Joseph  and  Sarah  Jeanette  (Wesson) 
Bull,  was  born  at  55  Pearl  street,  Worcester, 
June  25,  1879.  He  was  educated  by  private 
tutors,  and  in  the  Springfield  grammar  school, 
the  Cornwall  Heights  school  at  Cornwall-on- 
Hudson,  and  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology.  He  was  connected  with  the 
Smith  &  Wesson  business  for  seven  years,  and 
is  now  vice-president  of  the  Monarch  Valve 
and  Manufacturing  Company.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican,  and  since  1907  has  been  a 
member  of  the  common  council  of  the  city  of 
Springfield.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Spring- 
field Country  Club,  the  Nayasset  Club  of 
Springfield,  and  St.  Anthony's  Club  of  Bos- 
ton. He  and  his  family  belong  to  Christ  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  of  Springfield.  He 
married,  October  21,  1903,  at  Springfield, 
Edith  Laurie  Brooks,  born  April  24,  1879,  at 
Springfield,  daughter  of  Lawton  Stickney  and 
Annie  (Laurie)  Brooks.  Her  father  is  a  phy- 
sician in  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  Children, 
born  in  Springfield:  i.  Harcourt  Wesson  Jr., 
born  September  25,  1904.  2.  Jean  Inglis, 
.A.pril  5,  1906.  3.  Dana  L.  Lawton,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1907. 


(For  ancestry  see  preceding  sketch). 

(VIII)  Walter  Herbert,  eld- 
WESSON  est  son  of  Daniel  B.  and  Cyn- 
thia M.  (Hawes)  Wesson,  was 
born  in  Grafton,  Massachusetts,  January  23, 
1850,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Springfield  and  at  Williston  Seminary.  East 
Hampton.  After  leaving  school  he  entered 
the  office  of  Smith  &  Wesson  and  gave  his  en- 
tire attention  to  the  business  of  the  firm  of 
which  he  became  a  member  in  1882.  His  life 
has  been  devoted  to  the  single  purpose  of  car- 
rying on  the  manufacture  of  arms,  and  none 
of  his  time  or  energy  has  been  employed  in 
any  other  field.  He  is  a  member  of  no  secret 
society  and  of  but  one  club — the  Nayasset.  He 


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married,  in  Springfield,  September  7,  1881, 
Madeline  Burt,  who  was  born  April  7,  1858, 
daughter  of  Francis  and  Hannah  (Adams) 
Burt.  They  have  two  daughters,  Madeline  B., 
born  July  17,  1882,  and  Vera  J.,  born  January 
4,  1884;  both  graduates  of  the  MacDuffie 
School  of  Springfield. 

(Vni)  Frank  Luther,  third  son  of  Daniel 
B.  and  Cynthia  AI.  (Hawes)  Wesson,  was 
killed  in  a  railroad  accident  at  Hartford,  Ver- 
mont, February  5,  1887.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools,  and  was  a  fel- 
low student  with  his  brother,  Walter  H.,  at 
Williston.  After  his  marriage  he  was  for 
about  three  years  a  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Lovell,  Adam  &  Wesson,  printers  and  publish- 
ers, of  New  York  City  and  Montreal,  with  a 
printing  plant  at  Rouse's  Point,  New  York, 
where  Mr.  Wesson  was  employed.  About 
1877  he  returned  to  Springfield,  and  for  the 
remainder  of  his  life  was  assistant  superin- 
tendent of  the  Smith  &  Wesson  revolver  fac- 
tory. Like  the  other  men  of  his  family  he  de- 
voted his  time  to  his  business,  taking  no  part 
in  politics,  except  to  vote,  and  belonging  to  no 
societies.  He  married  Sarah  Kurczine  Lovell, 
of  Montreal,  Canada,  daughter  of  John  Lovell. 
of  Montreal.  !Mr.  Lovell  was  publisher  of  the 
Canadian  Gazeteer,  Lovell's  Geography,  and 
other  school  books.  The  children  of  this  mar- 
riage are:  i.  Mabel,  was  born  in  New  York 
City;  married  John  Murray,  an  English  sub- 
ject, now  an  instructor  in  English  literature  in 
Harvard  LTniversity.  2.  Harold,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Frank  Herbert,  see  below.  4.  Cyn- 
thia, Maria,  a  student  at  Brvn  Mawr,  class  of 
1909.^ 

(IX)  Harold,  elder  son  of  Frank  L.  and 
Sarah  Kurczine  (Lovell)  Wesson,  was  born  in 
Springfield.  After  graduating  from  the  high 
school  he  attended  the  Massachusetts  Institute 
of  Technology  and  the  Lawrence  Scientific 
School  of  Harvard  LTniversity.  After  leaving 
the  latter  institution  he  entered  the  employ  of 
Smith  &  Wesson,  where  he  has  since  re- 
mained. He  married  Helen  Mitchell  Stedman, 
of  Jamaica  Plain.  They  have  one  child, 
Helen,  born  Sunday,  December  13,  1908. 

(IX)  Frank  Herbert,  second  son  of  Frank 
L.  and  Sarah  K.  (Lovell)  Wesson,  was  born 
Sunday.  January  9,  1881.  He  took  his  early 
education  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of 
Springfield,  and  entering  Harvard,  graduated 
B.  A.  S.  with  the  clas  of  1904,  and  then  took 
a  post-graduate  course  of  one  year  in  land- 
scape architecture.  Preferring  a  life  of  im- 
mediate activity,  he  took  employment  in  Oc- 


tober, 1905,  with  Smith  &  Wesson.  He  has 
filled  various  places,  and  since  1907  has  been 
the  firm's  advertising  manager.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican and  an  Episcopalian.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Gamma  Chapter  of  the  Sigma  Alpha 
Epsilon,  a  college  fraternity ;  the  Winthrop, 
the  County,  the  Economic,  the  Connecticut 
Valley,  Harvard,  and  Springfield  Yacht  clubs. 
He  married,  November  8,  1905,  in  Memphis, 
Tennessee,  Mabel  Victoria  Wilson,  born  No- 
vember 23,  1885,  daughter  of  Robert  E.  Lee 
and  Elizabeth  A.  Wilson.  They  have  a  daugh- 
ter, ]Mary  \'ictoria,  born  June  i,  1908. 


(For  ancestry  see  preceding  sketches). 

(VIH)  Joseph  Hawes,  young- 
WESSON  est  child  of  Daniel  B.  and  Cyn- 
thia M.  (Hawes)  Wesson,  was 
born  September  27,  1859,  and  was  educated  in 
the  grammar  schools  and  Professor  Stebbins' 
private  school  in  Springfield,  completing  his 
course  at  the  age  of  twenty  years.  After  leav- 
ing school  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Eu- 
rope, where  he  spent  six  months  in  travel. 
Shortly  after  attaining  his  twenty-first  year  he 
entered  the  Smith  &  Wesson  factory,  where 
he  worked  at  the  bench  as  an  artisan  one  year, 
and  another  year  in  the  draughting  room, 
where  he  made  drawings  of  tools  and  fixtures. 
Too  close  application  to  his  work  had  a  bad 
effect  on  his  health,  and  he  sought  to  restore 
lost  vigor,  first  by  a  short  visit  to  Europe,  and 
then  by  a  residence  for  a  year  and  a  half  at 
Colorado  Springs,  Colorado.  Finding  himself 
again  in  health,  he  returned  to  the  factory 
where  he  became  superintendent,  which  posi- 
tion he  filled  until  1905,  since  which  time  his 
work  has  been  of  a  more  general  character.  He 
has  been  a  partner  in  the  business  since  1887. 
Air.  Wesson  has  an  especial  bent  for  me- 
chanics and  to  him  numerous  improvements  in 
machinery  are  due,  some  of  which  he  perfect- 
ed before  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age. 
His  invention  of  an  automatic  machine  for 
drilling  pistol  barrels  enables  one  man  to  do 
the  work  of  five  by  the  former  methods  in 
use.  With  his  automatic  machine  for  drilling 
cylinders,  two  men  do  the  work  formerly  done 
by  five.  Another  labor-saving  device  of  his 
invention  is  an  automatic  machine  for  drilling 
holes  in  small  pieces.  Besides  these  he  had 
devised  many  improvements  that  are  referred 
to  by  him  as  "little  things."  In  1900  he  spent 
three  months  in  Europe,  having  the  oversight 
of  the  firm's  exhibit  at  the  LIniversal  Exposi- 
tion at  Paris.  He  is  a  director  of  the  LTnion 
Trust   Company   of   Springfield.      In    political 


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sentiment  ho  is  a  Republican,  with  a  tendency 
to  hberal  views.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Nay- 
asset  and  the  Springfield  Automobile  clubs. 
He  is  fond  of  travel  in  his  own  country  and 
has  a  familiar  knowledge  of  most  parts  of  the 
United  States. 

He  married,  June  7,  1882,  Florence  May 
Stebbins,  born  November  27,  i860,  daughter 
of  Professor  Milan  C.  and  Sophia  (Pitts) 
Stebbins,  of  Springfield.  Children :  i.  Eleanor 
Sanford,  born  April  21,  1883 ;  married,  No- 
vember 4,  1908,  Flynt  Lincoln,  teller  of  the 
Springfield  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Company. 
2.  Douglas  B.,  born  October  23,  1884,  see  for- 
ward. 3.  Victor  Hawes,  born  October  6,  1890; 
now  a  student  in  the  technical  department  of 
the  high  school,  Springfield. 

(IX)  Douglas  Bertram,  second  child  of  Jo- 
seph H.  and  Florence  :M.  Stebbins)  Wesson, 
was  born  in  Springfield,  October  23,  1884.  He 
was  educated  by  a  private  tutor  primarily  and 
then  entered  the  high  school  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1902.  Following  this  he  took  a 
course  in  mechanical  engineering  in  Sibley 
College,  of  Cornell  University,  graduating  in 
1907.  He  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Union 
Trust  Company  of  Springfield  from  January 
to  September,  1908,  and  then  became  a  clerk 
in  the  employ  of  Smith  &  Wesson.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Delta  Upsilon,  a  college  fra- 
ternity, and  the  Winthrop  Club  of  Springfield. 
He  married,  November  21,  1907,  in  Green- 
ville, North  Carolina,  Elba  Brown  Cotten, 
born  near  Greenville,  October  29,  1886,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Randolph  and  Sallie  Simms 
(Southall)  Cotten. 


(For   preceding   generations,    see   John   Wesson    1). 

(HI)  William,  son  or  nephew 
WESSON  of  Samuel  Wesson,  was  born 
about  1700.  He  and  his  brother 
Jeremiah  settled  at  Sudbury,  Massachusetts. 
William  married,  at  Sudbury,  March  30,  1721- 
22,  Marv  Stanhope,  of  an  ancient  Sudbury 
family.  He  appears  to  have  been  an  early  set- 
tler of  Hopkinton,  Massachusetts,  with  other 
Sudbury  men.  Some  of  his  descendants  have 
a  tradition  that  he  was  an  immigrant,  but  all 
the  evidence  at  hand  tends  to  show  that  he 
belongs  in  the  Reading  family  of  which  the 
Springfield  Wessons  are  also  descended,  ex- 
cept perhaps  the  following  interesting  adver- 
tisement copied  from  the  Boston  Evening 
Post,  of  June  11,  1753:  "H  William  Pullen 
who  was  born  in  Shobrook,  six  miles  from 
Exeter,  England,  and  came  to  these  parts 
thirty   or    forty   years   ago    (about   the   same 


time  that  Williani  Wesson  settled  in  Sud- 
bury )  is  yet  alive  and  will  come  to  William 
Wesson  of  Hopkinton  in  New  England  he 
may  hear  of  an  estate  in  land  worth  500  sterl- 
ing per  annum  left  him  by  one  Mr.  Pullen  of 
Thorverton  near  Exeter  and  there  is  no  heir 
found  to  enjoy  it."  William  Wesson  was  a 
member  of  the  Hopkinton  church  in  1752,  and 
must  have  been  of  age.  A  Captain  William 
Wesson,  probably  of  this  family,  died  at  Marl- 
borough, March  21,  1816,  aged  forty-four. 
Children:  i.  William,  mentioned  below.  2. 
John,  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Perhaps  oth- 
ers. 

(IV)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Wesson,  was  born  about  1730-40:  married, 
April  II,  1764,  at  South  borough,  Mary  Bruce. 
He  married  (second)  at  Southborough,  being 
then  of  Hopkinton.  February  9,  1789,  Mrs. 
Sally  Bixby,  of  Hopkinton.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  tile  revolution,  credited  to  Dudley,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  Captain  Corbin's  company,  Col- 
onel Davis's  regiment,  in  1777.  According  to 
the  federal  census  there  were  two  of  the  fam- 
ily in  Hopkinton  in  1790 — John;  a  brother 
Levi,  who  appears  to  be  a  relative,  probably 
son  of  John  (IV).  William  was  then  in  Athol 
and  had  one  son  over  sixteen,  one  under  that 
age,  and  three  females  in  the  family.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Josiah,  whose  will  at  Worcester  has 
made  clear  much  of  the  family  history,  dated 
May  23,  1843,  at  Athol,  filed  June  20,  1843, 
bequeathing  to  sister  Susanna  Priest,  niece 
Mary  Brown,  to  children  of  brother  William 
Wesson,  to  other  heirs  not  named,  and  leav- 
ing the  greater  part  of  his  estate  to  Maria, 
wife  of  Samuel  Cummings  Jr.,  including  lands 
in  Athol  and  Petersham.  2.  William  Brig- 
ham,  mentioned  below.     3.  Daughter,  married 

Brown.     4.  Susanna,  married  

Priest. 

(VI)  Rev.  William  Brigham  Wesson, 
eldest  son  of  William  Wesson,  was  born 
at  Hopkinton,  Massachusetts,  May  29,  1777. 
He  removed  while  young  with  his  parents 
to  Athol,  and  mainly  by  his  own  exertions 
was  enabled  to  graduate  at  Williams  College, 
in  1802.  On  August  7,  1805,  he  was  called  to 
be  pastor  of  the  Hardwick  church,  and  his 
salary  was  fixed  at  five  hundred  dollars  a  year. 
He  was  ordained  October  20,  1805,  and  for 
several  years  continued  as  their  pastor.  In 
the  pulpit  his  stately  form  and  magnificent 
voice  gave  full  effect  to  his  di-scourses,  while 
in  private  life  his  afifability  of  manners  and 
buoyancy  of  spirit  attracted  a  multitude  of 
friends.      In    1810   sixty-five   persons   became 


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members  of  his  church,  the  same  number  that 
were  admitted  during  the  entire  pastorate  of 
his  predecessor.  In  1820  there  was  an  addi- 
tion of  a  hundred  and  fourteen  members,  a 
larger  number  than  ever  before  or  since  ad- 
mitted in  one  year.  About  1815  the  Trinitar- 
ian and  Unitarian  controversy  became  promi- 
nent, and  Mr.  Wesson  was  not  an  active  par- 
tisan on  either  side,  preserving  comparative 
harmony  in  the  parish.  The  Hardwick  church 
was  in  the  territory  of  the  Brookfield  Associa- 
tion, wliicli  was  strongly  Trinitarian,  and  soon 
his  faith  was  questioned.  A  committee  was 
appointed  to  confer  with  him  as  to  his  belief, 
and  relations  grew  strained  in  the  parish.  May 
29,  1824,  Mr.  Wesson  tendered  his  resignation 
to  the  church,  and  the  church  accepted  it  June 
14,  1824.  During  his  ministry  he  received  232 
persons  into  the  churcli,  baptized  395  adults 
and  children,  and  attended  463  funerals.  Af- 
ter his  dismission  he  engaged  temporarily  in 
mercantile  business,  but  chiefly  devoted  his 
attention  to  the  cultivation  of  his  farm,  which 
was  inherited  by  his  eldest  son.  He  married, 
November  5,  1807,  (intentions  dated  October 
II,  1807),  Azubah  Maria  Graves,  of  Athol. 
(See  Graves).  He  died  Alay  9,  1836,  aged 
nearly  fifty-nine,  and  was  buried  in  the  new 
cemetery.  His  wife,  died  August  13,  1863, 
aged  about  seventy-nine.  Children:  i.  ]\Iaria 
Loraine,  born  November  19,  18 10:  married, 
September  27,  1831,  Moses  F.  Dickinson.  2. 
William  Cutler,  born  December  23,  1814.  3. 
Theresa  Rivers.  April  8,  i8r6;  died  May  7, 
1816.  4.  William  Brigham,  born  March  21. 
1820.  5.  Ezekiel  Lysander  Bascom,  Septem- 
her  5,  T823:  mentioned  below.  6.  Alice 
Graves,  August  14,  1827;  died  young. 

(VH)  Ezekiel  Lysander  Bascom  Wesson. 
son  of  Rev.  William  Brigham  Wesson,  was 
horn  September  5,  1823,  at  Hardwick,  and 
died  there  1896.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  wholesale  butcher  for  many  years, 
and  dealt  extensively  in  real  estate.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Uni- 
tarian. His  home  was  the  old  Timothy  Paige 
place  near  his  father's  fann,  beautifully  lo- 
cated and  commanding  a  magnificent  view  of 
the  surrounding  country.  He  married  Martha 
S.  Dow,  born  1831,  at  New  Braintree,  Massa- 
chusetts, died  in  1903,  at  Hardwick,  daughter 
of  Plinny  and  \'iah  Dow.  Children,  born  in 
Hardwick:  i.  Edwin  L.,  born  August  14, 
1852;  married,  September  23,  1880,  NelHe 
Dow.  2.  George  Cutler,  born  October  13, 
1862,    mentioned    below.      3.  Almon    Frank, 


born  April  4.  1864;  married  Cora  Wiley;  son, 
Fred.    4.  William  Plinny,  born  May  21,  1868. 

5.  Ellen  M.,  October  31.   1870.     6.  Elizabeth, 
October  12,   1872. 

(VIII)  George  Cutler  Wesson,  son  of 
Ezekiel  Lysander  Bascom  Wesson,  was  born 
at  Hardwick,  October  13,  1862.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  worked 
for  his  father  in  the  meat  and  provision  busi- 
ness until  he  was  twenty  years  old.  Then  he 
bought  ^  horse  and  wagon  and  started  in  the 
teaming  business  in  a  modest  way,  adding  to 
his  facilities  from  time  to  time  as  business  in- 
creased. He  removed  to  Ware  in  1887.  He 
does  an  extensive  business  as  a  general  con- 
tractor, having  had  some  large  street  railway 
contracts  for  grading  and  filling.  He  is  also 
in  the  wood  and  lumber  business,  buying 
wood-lots  and  cutting  the  timber.  He  has  a 
large  express  business  in  Ware  and  vicinity. 
Mr.  Wesson  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  is 
at  present  superintendent  of  streets  in  Ware. 
He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Unitarian 
church.  He  is  a  member  of  Ware  Lodge  No. 
209,  of  Odd  Fellows:  Eden  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons ;  King  Solomon  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons ;  Northampton  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  of  Springfield :  Melha  Temple,  Mys- 
tic Shrine :  of  Oasis  Lodge,  No.  145,  Daugh- 
ters of  Rebekah ;  of  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen ;  of  Ware  Grange,  Patrons 
of  Husbandry. 

He  married.  August  2,  1882,  Lizzie  Abbott, 
born  May  3,  1863,  at  Prescott,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  John  and  [ane  (\'aughan)  Ab- 
bott. (See  Abbott,  VII).  Children:  i. 
Harry,  born  September  10,  1883,  graduate  of 
\\'are  High  school,  now  associated  with  his 
father.     2.  Earle,  born  in  1901  ;  died  1902. 

(The  Graves  Line). 

(III)  Nathaniel  Graves,  son  of  John 
Graves,  grandson  of  Thomas  Graves  (q.  v.), 
was  bom  at  Hatfield,  June  10,  1671,  and  died 
about  1757.  He  resided  in  Hatfield,  and  mar- 
ried, April  30,  1702,  Rebecca,  born  April  16, 
1683.  daughter  of  John  Allis.  Children:  i. 
Rebecca,  born  October  25,  1703.  2.  Mary, 
February  22,  1706;  married  Isaac  Graves.  3. 
Nathaniel,  November  16,  1707.  4.  Ruth,  z\u- 
gust  16,  1709.  5.  Eleazer.  December  12,  1711; 
mentioned  below.  6.  Israel.  June  23,  1716.  7. 
IMartha,  October  29,  1718;  married,  December 

6,  _  1739,    Eleazer    Cowles,    of    Hatfield.      8. 
Oliver,  August  6.  1725. 

(IV)  Eleazer,  son  of  Nathaniel  Graves, 
was  born  in  Hatfield.  December  12,  171 1,  and 


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died  September  24,  1756.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober I,  1736,  Sarah  Belding,  died  September 
26,  1766,  daughter  of  Samuel  Belding,  of  Hat- 
field. He  removed  about  1745  to  Athol,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  became  a  leading  citizen. 
Children,  born  at  Hatfield:  i.  Samuel,  Octo- 
ber 12,  1737.  2.  Mary,  October  12,  1737.  2. 
Mary,  October  14,  1739.  3.  Sarah,  February 
20,  1742;  died  January  31,  1772.  4.  Lucy, 
born  April  10,  1744.  Born  at  Athol:  5. 
Eleazer,  1746;  died  young.  6.  Abner,  1748; 
mentioned  below.  7.  Lois,  February'^,  1755; 
married,  August  30,  1804,  Captain  Lucius  Al- 
lis,  of  Conway,  Massachusetts.  8.  Eleazer, 
January  14,  1759.  9.  Elijah,  1762;  died  Au- 
gust 6,  1773. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Abner,  son  of  Eleazer 
Graves,  was  born  in  Athol,  in  1748.  and  died 
March  26,  1830.  He  resided  at  Athol,  and 
served  in  the  revolution ;  he  was  lieutenant  in 
Captain  Ichabod  Dexter's  company  of  minute- 
men.  Colonel  Doolittle's  regiment,  April, 
1775;  also  lieutenant  of  Ninth  company,  Col- 
onel Wesson's  regiment.  Continental  army.  He 
married,  February  12,  1768,  Alice  Richardson, 
of  Royalston,  who  died  October  3,  1824.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Lucinda,  born  October  30,  1769; 
married,  November  5,  1787,  Freeborne  Ray- 
mond. 2.  Hannah,  born  Alay  27,  1770;  mar- 
.ried,  October  3,  1793,  Aaron  Lord,  of  Athol. 
3.  Alice,  born  October  18,  1772;  married,  No- 
vember 9,  1806,  Jonathan  Orcutt,  of  Temple- 
ton.  4.  Susa,  born  October  28,  1775 ;  mar- 
ried, October  24,  1799,  Jonathan  Newhall.  5. 
Abner,  born  July  8,  1780;  married,  June  12, 
1806,  Dolly  Smith.  6.  Azubah,  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  1784;  married,  November  5,  1807,  Rev. 
William  B.  Wesson,  of  Hardwick.  (See 
Wesson,  VI). 


George  Abbott  (not  of  An- 
ABBOTT  dover),  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  probably  born  in  England, 
and  died  in  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  in  1647. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Rowley, 
coming  from  England  there  in  1642.  He  deed- 
ed most  of  his  estate  to  his  eldest  son  Thomas 
before  his  death.  He  had  two  acres  granted 
him  for  a  house  lot,  and  had  other  land.  He 
was  one  of  the  thirty  contributors  towards 
buying  land  of  the  Rogers  Company  in 
Rowley.  He  had  four  sons,  two  named 
Thomas,  one  being  called  "senior,"  the  other 
"junior."  This  practice  was  somewhat  com- 
mon in  England  at  that  time,  but  seems  to 
have  confused  the  genealogist  of  the  family, 
who  concludes  the  younger  was  adopted.  The 


younger  Thomas  was  apprenticed  to  John 
Boynton,  and  at  the  death  of  his  father, 
Humphrey  Reynor  and  George  Mighill  were 
appointed  as  guardians  of  the  minor  sons, 
George,  Nehemiah,  and  Thomas.  The  elder 
Thomas  had  received  land  from  his  father, 
being  the  eldest  son,  and  was  doubtless  of 
age  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death.  Mark 
Simons  was  executor  of  the  estate,  and 
George  Abbott's  will  is  referred  by  the  gen- 
eral court  to  the  Salem  court,  November  11, 
1647,  though  no  will  has  been  found.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Thomas,  Sr. ;  received  land  from  his 
father  by  deed  of  gift;  died  September,  1659; 
married,  July  13,  1655,  E)orothy  Swan ;  re- 
sided at  Rowley ;  bequeaths  to  his  brothers 
George,  Nehemiah  and  Thomas,  in  a  nun- 
cupative will  dated  August  31,  1659.  2. 
George,  mentioned  below.  3.  Nehemiah. 
4.  Thomas,  Jr. 

(H)  George  (2),  son  of  George  (i)  Abbott, 
was  born  in  England,  about  1631,  and  came 
to  New  England  with  his  father  about  1642, 
and  lived  at  Rowley  for  about  fourteen 
years.  In  1655  he  settled  in  that  part  of  An- 
dover  afterwards  North  Andover,  but  now 
Andover  Center.  He  was  a  tailor  and  hus- 
bandman, and  was  one  of  the  five  wealthiest 
men  in  the  town.  He  was  a  member  of  Ser-. 
geant  James  Osgood's  military  company,  and 
previously  of  Sergeant  Stevens'  company.  He 
was  admitted  freeman  IMay  19,  1669,  and 
elected  constable  June  3,  1680.  For  many 
years  he  had  charge  of  the  North  meeting 
iiouse  at  Andover.  He  had  land  granted 
him  and  his  first  house  was  probably  on  the 
site  occupied  by  the  house  of  John  Bannon  in 
1900.  He  died  intestate  March  22,  1688-9, 
aged  about  fifty-eight  years.  He  married,  in 
Ipswich,  .April  26,  1658,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Ralph  and  Alice  Farnum,  who  came  from 
England  in  1635.  She  married  (second:  A;  ■ 
gust  I,  1689,  Sergeant  Henry  Ingalls,  and 
died  in  1728,  aged  ninety.  Children;  i. 
George,  born  January  28,  1658-9 ;  mentioned 
below.  2.  Sarah,  born  September  6,  1660; 
died  November  6,  1723  ;  married,  October  19, 
1 68 1.  John  Faulkner.  3.  John,  born  August 
26,  T662.  4.  Alary,  born  March  20,  1664-5; 
married.  May  13.  1687,  Lieutenant  Stephen 
Barker.  5.  Nehemiah.  born  July  20,  1667.  6. 
Hannah,  born  September  22.  1668;  married, 
April  16.  1695,  James  Ingalls.  7.  Mehitable, 
born  February  17,  1671  ;  died  young.  8. 
Lvdia,  born  March  31,  1675;  died  March  11, 
1739;  married,  November  28,  1695,  Ensign 
Henrv  Chandler.     9.  Samuel,  born  May  30, 


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1678.  10.  Mehitable,  born  April  4,  1680; 
died  March  28,  1757;  married,  June  11,  1701, 
Gershoin  Cutter. 

(Ill)  George  (3),  son  of  George  (2)  Ab- 
bott, was  born  January  28,  1658-9,  in  Andov- 
er,  and  resided  there.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
shoemaker.  His  father  gave  him  sixteen 
acres  of  upland  on  which  he  built  his  house, 
probably  opposite  his  father's.  The  vacant 
site  is  now  probably  a  part  of  the  Kittredge 
estate.  He  died  January  24,  aged  sixty-five 
years.  His  will  was  dated  October  i,  1724, 
and  proved  December  7,  1724,  his  son  Urish 
being  executor.  He  married  (first)  Septem- 
ber 13,  1689,  Elizabeth  Ballard,  died  May  6, 
1706,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
(Phelps)  Ballard  and  granddaughter  of  Wil- 
liam Ballard,  a  pioneer  settler  of  Andover. 
He  married  (second)  July  21,  1707,  Hannah 
Estey,  born  in  Topsfield,  1667,  died  Novem- 
ber 5,  1741,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary 
(Towne)  Estey,  and  granddaughter  of  Jef- 
frey Estey,  of  Salem,  in  1636.  -Her  mother, 
Mary  Estey,  was  executed  in  Salem  for  witch- 
craft September  22,  1692,  a  "woman  of  sound 
judgment  and  exalted  Christian  character." 
Children,  all  bv  first  wife:  i.  George,  born 
July  28,  1691.    2.  Uriah,  November  20,  1692. 

3.  Captain  Jacob,  March  19,  1694;  died  April 
22,  1771  ;  married,  May  i,  1722,  Ruth  Foster. 

4.  Elizabeth,  born  November  5,  1695;  died 
December  i,  1715;  married,  November  25, 
1714,  Deacon  David  Foster.  5.  Obed,  born 
March  16.  1696-7 ;  mentioned  below.  6. 
Moses,  born  February  14,  1698.  7.  Peter, 
July  27,  1701.  8.  Sarah,  :\Iarch  17,  1702-3; 
married,  September  6,  1728,  Deacon  Com- 
fort Barnes.  9.  Hannah,  born  April  16, 
1706;  married,  August  30,  1727,  David  Gil- 
bert. 

(IV)  Obed,  son  of  George  (3)  Abbott, 
was  born  March  16,  1696-07,  in  Andover.  He 
lived  on  the  Salem  road,  probably  in  Salem, 
on  land  bought  of  his  father.  He  was  a  farm- 
er and  weaver.  On  January  13,  1721,  he 
bought  land  in  Billerica  and  removed  there. 
He  resided  in  that  part  of  Billerica  which  is 
now  Bedford.  He  was  fence  viewer  1729-30- 
31-50;  tythingman  1732-38;  constable  1733; 
highway  surveyor  1735-39-42-56-58;  modera- 
tor iV39-46-'49-5o-52-56-68-7i ;  selectman 
1739;  grand  juror  1745;  town  treasurer  1746- 
47-48-49-50-56;  assessor  1749;  deer  reeve 
1754;  warden  1761 ;  school  committee  many 
years,  and  also  on  other  committees  of  im- 
portance. That  he  was  a  man  of  tact  and 
ready  wit  is  shown  by  the  following  occur- 
iv— 33 


ence.  It  is  said  that  when  Rev.  ^Ir.  Penne- 
man  was  ordained  there  was  some  objection 
to  one  of  the  men  sitting  in  the  council.  The 
ministers  assembled  wrangled  concerning  this 
point  until  the  people  feared  there  would  be 
no  ordination.  IMr.  Abbott  called  for  the  in- 
gredients, and  made  a  fine  punch.  He  carried 
it  to  the  council  chamber,  and  said  that  they 
had  been  laboring  long  and  doubtless  needed 
refreshment,  and  hoped  they  would  receive  it 
kindly,  and  if,  perchance,  they  should  discover 
a  fiy  or  mote  in  the  punch,  they  would  care- 
fully remove  it  without  spilling  the  punch  or 
breaking  the  bowl.  The  gentlemen  drank  the 
punch  and  took  the  hint,  and  the  ordination 
was  accomplished  speedily.  He  married,  in 
Salem,  February  i,  1721-22,  Ehzabeth  Tar- 
bell,  born  ]\Iarch  22,  1693-94,  died  yiay  29, 
1752,  daughter  of  John  and  I\Iary  Tarbell.  He 
died  in  Bedford,  May  11,  1773,  aged  seventy- 
six  years.  His  will  was  dated  January  4,  1758 
and  proved  Januar\-  8,  1773.  Children:  i. 
Jonathan,  born  in  Salem,  April  i,  IJ723 ;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  in  Salem, 
February  5,  1724-25;  died  young.  3.  Moses, 
born  in  Bedford,  January  13,  1727-28.  4. 
Sarah,  born  in  Bedford,  April  22,  1729;  died 
January  9,  1815;  married,  February  11.  1747- 
48,  Hon.  Isaac  Stearns.  5.  Elizabeth,  bom 
March  16,  1751 ;  died  April  12,  1773;  married, 
December  9,  1756,  Lieutenant  Abijah  Cutler. 
6.  John,  born  February  4,  1732-33  ;  in  the  rev- 
olution. 7.  Mary,  born  February  16,  1734- 
35;  married,  August  4,  1774,  Daniel  Parker. 
(Y )  Ensign  Jonathan,  son  of  Obed  Abbott, 
was  bom  in  Salem,  April  i,  1723,  and  died 
January  26,  1805,  aged  eighty-one.  He  lived 
in  West  Brookfield,  on  the  main  road  to  New 
Braintree,  on  the  last  farm  in  Brookfield,  and 
was  quite  a  large  land  owner  in  New  Brain- 
tree,  Warren  and  West  Brookfield.  He 
is  called  "gent"  and  lieutenant  in  the  records. 
He  was  ensign  in  Captain  Aaron  Rice's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Brown's  regiment,  on  the  Crown 
Point  expedition  in  1755 ;  was  probably  also  in 
his  uncle  Captain  Jacob  .Abbott's  company  as 
clerk  in  expedition  to  Fort  \\'illiam  Henry  in 
1757.  He  served  in  the  revolution  in  Captain 
Asa  Danforth's  company,  which  marched 
from  Brookfield  in  1777  to  join  General  Gates' 
army,  and  was  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga.  He 
was  constable  in  Brookfield  in  1774.  His  will 
was  dated  January  23,  1805,  and  his  estate 
was  inventoried  August  13,  1805,  at  $2,244.75. 
Children,  born  in  West  Brookfield:  i.  John, 
1762:  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary,  March  12. 
1764;   married,    February    i.    1784,    Ebenezer 


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Bartlett.  3.  David,  January  14,  1766.  4. 
Jonathan,  March  23,  1768.  5.  Moses,  Novem- 
ber 2,  1770. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Ensign  Jonathan  Ab- 
bott, was  born  in  West  Brookfield,  August  23, 
1762,  and  died  in  Ohio,  November  20, 
1818  (?),  aged  fifty-six  years.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  hved  in  the  homestead  in  West 
Brookfield,  and  was  collector  of  taxes  in 
Brookfield  in  1789.  He  was  in  the  revolution, 
in  Captain  Joseph  Boynton"s  company,  Col- 
onel Wood's  regiment ;  served  from  July  25, 
1778  to  January  i,  1779,  and  was  in  North 
Kingston,  and  twice  in  East  Greenwich, 
Rhode  Island.  He  married,  September  17, 
1789,  Anna  Nichols,  born  August  27,  1760, 
daughter  of  James  Nichols,  of  West  Brook- 
field. Children,  born  in  West  Brookfield:  i. 
James,  July  29.  1790.  2.  Elizabeth,  March 
21,  1792;  died  April  29,  1868;  married  Dr. 
Alvah  Annis.  3.  Sophia,  February  22,  1794; 
married  May  17,  1818,  Calvin  Stowe.  4. 
Jonathan,  December  17,  1795;  died  October 
14,  1796.  5.  Martha,  December  7,  1797; 
married,  February  23,  1824,  Ridley  Bannister. 
6.  Pamelia,  October  20,  1779;  died  February 
5,  1866;  married,  1820,  Hon,  Bonum  Nye.  7. 
George,  October  19,  1802;  mentioned  below. 
8.  Mary,  March  30,  1806;  died  July  28,  1842; 
married  Norman  Baker. 

(VII)  George,  son  of  John  Abbott,  was 
born  in  West  Brookfield,  October  19,  1802, 
and  died  August  13,  1887,  at  Prescott,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  a  farmer,  and  bought  the 
homestead  at  West  Brookfield,  conditionally, 
of  his  brother  James.  He  removed  in  1832  to 
Prescott,  where  he  died.  He  married,  in  1832, 
Hannah  Harwood,  born  1796,  in  Shutesbury, 
died  November  28,  1870,  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Lydia  (Tailor)  Harwood,  of  New  Salem. 
Children:  i.  John,  born  May  13,  1833;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Sophia  Stone,  born  Septem- 
ber 6,  1834;  died  July  24,  1853.  3.  Charles, 
born  1836;  died  1837.  4.  Mary  Harwood, 
"born  May  6,  1838.  5.  Charles  James,  Septem- 
ber 15,  1839. 

(VIII) 'John  (2),  son  of  George  Abbott, 
was  born  in  Prescott,  Massachusetts,  May  13, 
1833,  and  died  in  Ware,  December  23,  1896. 
He  served  four  years  in  the  civil  war.  He 
married,  in  September,  1831,  Mary  Jane 
Vaughn,  born  1837,  died  1902.  He  resided  in 
Ware,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Nettie, 
married  Lucius  Harris,  of  East  Brookfield.  2. 
Sophia,  married  Myron  Pierce.  3.  Eoline, 
married  Munroe  Hartshorn,  of  Orange.  4. 
Wilfrod,  died  unmarried.  5.  Martha,  mar- 
ried William  Tobin,  of  Ware.    6.  Lizzie,  born 


May  3,  1863,  married  George  C.  Wesson.  (See 
Wesson,  VIII).  7.  Elmer,  died  young.  8. 
Henry,  married  Kate  Sullivan.  9.  Frederick, 
married  Minnie  Harrington.  10.  Lilla,  mar- 
ried Frank  Allen,  of  Ware. 


The  real  germ  of  a  human 
RUSSELL     stock        is       undiscoverable, 
though,  as   expressed  in  the 
family,  like  Tennyson's  brook,   "it  goes   on 
forever."      Through     change     of    habitation 
came   the   change   of   name.     Some   families 
now   common   here   have   been   traced   in    a 
connected  line   to  the  plains  of   Lombardy ; 
others  to  the  fastnesses  of  Scandinavia.    The 
flow  of  emigration  in  continental  Europe  in 
the    Middle   .\ges   was   from   the   north,   the 
south  and  the  east,  concentrating  in  the  allu- 
vial valleys  of  the    Seine,    the    Rhone,    the 
Rhine  and  the  Danube.    Transferred  to  Eng- 
land in  1060  this  stock  was  reinforced  by  the 
Anglo-Saxons.     The    present    family    began 
with  a  line  of  preachers,  but  it  drifted  into 
other  walks,  and  within  the  memory  of  men 
now  living  it  was  an  important  factor  in  the 
introduction  of  railroads  in  western  Massa- 
chusetts and  concerned  in  their  management. 
Following    its    peregrinations     from     Cam- 
brige,  thence  to  Connecticut  where  it  helped 
found  Wethersfield,  then  to  the  banks  of  the 
Connecticut  river  where  it  founded  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,   returning  to  its   own   again, 
it  remained  for  a  time  in  the  state  of  "nut- 
megs and  steady  habits,"  coming  back  to  the 
Connecticut   valley    to    the    splendid    city    of 
Springfield. 

(I)  We  begin  this  statistical  history  with 
John  Russell,  who  was  born  in  England  in 
1595,  was  a  widower  with  two  sons,  and 
came  to  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in  1636. 
He  was  a  glazier.  He  was  made  a  freeman 
in  1636,  town  clerk  in  1645,  constable  in 
1648,  and  removed  to  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut, the  same  year.  He  occupied  the 
homestead  of  his  second  wife's  deceased  hus- 
band. The  Sergeant  John  Strickland  house 
was  given  to  a  John  Russell  by  the  town,  and 
was  either  he  or  his  son.  He  had  a  bitter 
church  controverssy  over  doctrinal  points 
with  the  Rev.  Henry  Smith  and  a  portion  of 
his  flock,  during  which  Smith  died.  He  re- 
moved to  Hadlev,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
there  Mav  8,  1680.  He  married,  in  Wethers- 
field, Dorothv,  widow  of  his  late  enemy.  Rev. 
Mr.  Smith.  Children  by  first  marriage:  John, 
and  Philip,  who  married  the  daughter  of  his 
step-mother. 

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Russell,  was  born  in  the  British  Isle,  and 
died  in  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  December  10, 
1692.  He  came  to  New  England  with  his 
father,  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in 
1645,  there  having  been  but  thirteen  previous 
graduates.  At  \\'ethersf:eld  he  succeeded  the 
Rev.  Henry  Smith  as  pastor,  him  whom  he 
and  his  father  quarrelled  with.  This  religious 
dissension  led  to  his  removal  to  Massachu- 
setts, taking  with  him  the  ''withdrawers,' 
where  he  founded  the  town  of  Hadley,  then 
called  Norwottuck,  one  of  the  first  towns  to 
be  settled  in  the  Connecticut  valley.  He  was 
the  founder  of  the  church  there,  the  oldest  in 
the  Connecticut  valley,  and  his  salary  was 
eighty  pounds  per  annum.  He  cut  his  own 
firewood,  and  drew  the  same  up  by  handsled. 
He  had  a  town  lot  of  eight  acres,  thirty-two 
acres  of  tillage,  and  his  tax-rate  was  fifteen 
shillings  and  five  pence.  Although  he  left 
Wethersfield  in  a  religious  disturbance,  he 
appears  to  have  got  along  well  in  Hadley,  ex- 
cept he  alienated  some  of  his  supporters  in 
the  Hopkins  school  measure,  which  was  a 
very  worthy  cause.  This  school  is  among  the 
grand  deeds  of  his  useful  and  eventful  life. 
He  fought  for  it  when  others  who  did  not 
value  education  opposed  it.  It  exists  to-day, 
and  is  one  of  the  most  endurable  monuments 
of  Parson  Russell.  Its  pupils  have  numbered 
Professor  William  D.  Whitney,  of  Yale, 
President  L.  Clark  Seelye,  of  Amherst,  Em- 
ma Ballard,  the  wife  of  Henry  Ward  Beech- 
er,  and  General  Joseph  Hooker.  'Sir.  Russell 
preached  the  election  sermon  in  Boston  in 
May,  1665,  from  Psalms  CXXII-6.  He  con- 
cealed in  his  cellar  the  regicides  judges  Goffe, 
Whalley  and  Dixwell,  who  were  of  the  sixty- 
seven  to  condemn  Charles  I.  to  the  scaffold. 
He  considered  them  friends  of  civil  liberty. 
Goffe  and  Whalley  died  in  Hadley,  and  were 
buried  in  the  Russell  cellar  and  their  bones 
have  since  been  discovered  there.  Parson 
Russell  had  decision  of  character,  and  was 
constant  in  his  friendships,  as  is  seen  in  the 
case  of  the  regicides.  His  estate  inventoried 
one  hundred  and  six  pounds,  and  among  the 
items  were  three  negroes  valued  at  sixty 
pounds.  He  is  buried  at  Hadley,  and  on  his 
tablet  is  this  inscription:  "Reverend  Russell's 
remains,  who  first  gathered  &  for  33  years 
faithfully  governed  the  flock  of  Christ  in 
Hadley,  til  the  Chief  Shepherd  suddenly 
called  him  off  to  receive  his  reward  in  his 
66th  year  of  his  age,  December  10,  1692. 
Rebekah,  made  by  God  a  meet  help  to  Mr. 
John  Russell    &    fellow-laborer    in    Christ's 


work :  a  wise,  virtuous,  pious  mother  in  Is- 
rael lyes  here  in  full  assurance  of  a  joyful 
resurrection.  She  died  in  her  56th  year  of 
her  age,  November  21,  1628."  Mr.  Russell 
married  (first)  January,  1649,  Mary,  daughter 
of  worshipful  John  and  Dorothy  (Moot)  Tal- 
cott,  of  Hartford.  He  married  (second)  Reb- 
ekah, daughter  of  Thomas  Newbury.  He 
married  (third)  Phebe,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Gregson  and  widow  of  Rev.  John  Whitney. 
Children :  John,  Jonathan,  Samuel,  referred 
to  hereafter ;  Eleazer  and  Daniel. 

(HI)  Rev.  Samuel,  third  son  of  Rev.  John 
(2)  and  Rebekah  (Newbury)  Russell,  was 
born  in  Hadley,  November  4,  1668,  died  in 
Branford,  Connecticut,  June  15,  1731.  He 
graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1681.  It 
is  said  that  history  repeats  itself;  family  his- 
tory surely  does,  and  Samuel  was  ordained 
as  a  preacher  of  the  gospel  at  Deerfield, 
Massachusetts,  in  March,  1687.  He  had  pre- 
viouslv  been  a  teacher  at  the  Hopkins  school, 
which  had  been  the  solicitude  of  his  reverend 
father.  He  owned  in  Deerfield  a  house-lot 
which  he  sold  to  William  Arms.  In  1687  he 
settled  at  Branford,  near  New  Haven.  He 
married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
Whitney,  and  a  sister  to  his  step-mother,  he 
and  his  father  marrying  sisters.  Children: 
John,  Abigail,  Samuel,  Timothy,  Daniel, 
Jonathan,  Ebenezer,  hereafter  noted. 

(I\^)  Ebenezer,  youngest  son  of  Rev.  Sam- 
uel and  Abigail  (\\''hitney)  Russell,  was  born 
probably  in  Branford,  May  4,  1703,  and  lived 
in  Windsor,  Connecticut.  We  do  not  know 
the  name  of  his  wife.  He  had  children:  i. 
Ellis,  born  about  1725.  2.  Susannah,  March 
14,  1736.  3.  Anna.  October  26,  1739.  4. 
Ebenezer,  referred  to  later.  5.  Hannah, 
March  16,  1745.  6.  Jonathan,  May  i.  1748. 
7.  Lucy,  July  30,  1749.  8.  Jerusha,  June  21, 
1751-     9-  Joliii.  August  27,  1755. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Russell,  was  born  in  Windsor,  in  1740,  and 
had  several  children.  His  son  is  the  subject  of 
the  next  paragraph. 

(VI)  Wyllis,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2)  Russell, 
was  born  in  W'indsor,  died  in  Ellington,  Con- 
necticut, after  1847.  He  was  a  representative 
to  the  general  court  in  1 806-08-11 -12.  His 
son  is  the  subject  of  the  next  paragraph. 

(MI)  Stephen  Otis,  son  of  Wyllis  Russell, 
was  born  in  East  Hartford,  Connecticut,  De- 
cember 13,  1793,  died  in  Ellington.  November 
26,  1837.  He  removed  to  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, engaged  in  the  hotel  business  and 
was  landlord  of  the  Franklin,  Eagle  and  Rock- 


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ingham  hotels.  He  held  the  office  of  constable 
from  1827  to  1846,  inclusive,  was  a  selectman, 
member  of  the  school  committee  in  1830,  and 
tax  collector  from  1831  to  1838.  He  was 
highway  surveyor  in  the  years  1837-38-39-40- 
41,  and  it  was  while  serving  in  this  office  that 
the  road  from  Cabotville  to  Round  Hill  was 
built.  He  took  a  great  interest  in  beautifying 
the  town,  and  set  out  a  row  of  trees  on  State 
street  in  front  of  Benton  lawn.  He  was  one 
of  the  active  promoters  in  the  beginning  of 
the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad,  and  secured 
subscriptions  of  stock  at  a  time  when  the  con- 
fidence of  the  public  in  the  enterprise  was  at 
a  low  ebb,  and  it  took  much  persuasion  on  his 
part  to  induce  men  to  invest  their  money.  It 
was  with  this  road  that  three  of  his  sons  were 
afterward  closely  identified.  The  name  of 
his  wife  was  Mary  McCrae.  Children:  i. 
William  H.,  who  was  chief  engineer  on  the 
Boston  &  Albany.  2.  Charles  Otis,  referred 
to  hereafter.  3.  James,  a  conductor  on  the 
Boston  &  Albany.  4.  George,  who  went  to 
Cleveland,  also  two  daughters. 

(VHI)  Charles  Otis,  second  son  of  Stephen 
Otis  and  ']\Iary  (McCrae)  Russell,  was  born 
in  Ellington,  August  30,  1824,  died  in  Spring- 
field, January  8,  1895.  Early  in  life  he  came 
to  that  city  with  his  father.  His  opportunities 
for  education  were  meager,  and  he  studied  by 
himself  to  be  informed  on  the  great  questions 
of  the  day.  His  first  employment  was  in  a 
drug  store  in  a  subordinate  position,  and  later 
in  a  general  store.  He  began  his  long  railroad 
career  as  a  surveyor,  carrying  the  chain.  In 
1845  he  went  to  the  office  of  the  Western  road 
as  a  clerk,  and  soon  made  paymaster.  In  1858 
he  was  made  assistant  superintendent  under 
Henry  Grey,  and  in  1867  promoted  to  be  su- 
perintendent. When  the  consolidation  of  the 
Western  road  occurred  in  1868,  he  held  the 
same  position  on  the  Boston  &  Albany.  Mr. 
Russell  knew  the  railroad  business  from  A 
to  Z,  and  was  well  adapted  to  such  a  career, 
for  which  he  was  admirably  trained.  When 
an  emergency  arose,  he  rose  with  it  with 
splendid  reserve  strength,  and  there  are  many 
emergencies  in  railroad  life.  The  details  of 
a  manager  in  those  days  were  many  and 
varied,  and  there  was  no  specialization  of  du- 
ties that  obtains  to-day.  A  superintendent  was 
expected  to  man  a  train  for  fire  relief,  or  a 
wreck,  listen  to  complaints,  as  well  as  issue 
tickets.  It  required  an  all-around  man.  He 
did  not  hesitate  to  run  as  spare  conductor  if 
occasion  were.  Chester  W.  Chapin  picked  his 
men  with  a  discriminating  hand,  and  the  fact 


that  Mr.  Russell  was  one  of  his  trusted  lieu- 
tenants speaks  volumes  in  itself.  When  he  re- 
signed the  directors  spread  these  resolutions 
on  the  record :  "The  directors  of  the  Boston 
&  Albany  railroad  sincerely  regret  that 
Charles  O.  Russell  has  occasion  on  account  of 
ill  health  to  resign  his  position  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  road,  and  the  directors  bear 
greatful  testimony  to  the  ability,  integrity  and 
faithful  devotion  with  which  for  so  many 
years  he  has  performed  the  duties  of  his  of- 
fice." To  his  late  employes  Mr.  Russell  issued 
the  following  circular  letter:  "To  the  em- 
ployes of  the  Boston  &  Albany  railroad:  On 
the  first  of  December  I  sever  my  connection 
with  this  company.  I  take  this  means  of  ex- 
pressing to  you  my  heartfelt  appreciation  of 
the  kindness  and  courtesy  which  I  have  re- 
ceived from  you  at  all  times.  If  any  have  been 
wronged  during  my  service  for  the  company  I 
sincerely  regret  it.  Wishing  you  happiness, 
I  remain  yours  respectfully,  Charles  O.  Rus- 
sell." In  social  and  public  life  Mr.  Russell 
filled  his  niche,  though  he  was  disinclined  to 
official  preferment.  He  was  a  Mason  of 
Knight  Templar  rank.  He  was  a  director  in 
the  Chapin  National  Bank,  and  trustee  in  the 
Hampden  Savings  Bank.  The  Russells  were 
hereditary  Democrats  from  way  back,  but 
Charles  O.  voted  independently  at  times.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  city  council  in  1856-57. 
He  joined  the  City  Guards  in  1855,  and  was 
connected  with  the  Old  Ocean  fire  company, 
No.  4.  Charles  O.  Russell  was  as  true  a  gen- 
tleman as  ever  lived,  kind-hearted,  but  not  so 
demonstrative  as  his  brother,  James.  He  pos- 
sessed in  an  uncommon  degree  the  qualities  of 
courtesy,  fine  reserve  and  great  energy.  He 
was  very  popular  among  the  trainmen,  and 
moved  among  them  as  one  of  their  number. 
He  never  forgot  he  came  from  the  ranks  him- 
self, yet  this  familiarity  was  of  a  kind  that 
did  not  lesson  in  the  least  his  authority  over 
his  men.  His  word  was  a  command.  He  was 
shy  even  to  sensitiveness  and  despised  no- 
toriety. When  he  went  to  California  for  his 
health,  the  men  on  his  road  were  greatly  con- 
cerned about  him.  They  arranged  to  get  word 
to  Springfield  when  he  was  on  his  way  east,, 
and  the  Chester  operator  wired  the  message 
of  his  coming.  On  arrival  he  was  horrified  to 
find  the  old  battery  drawn  up  at  the  depot  fir- 
ing a  salute  in  his  honor.  Hundreds  of  men 
were  out  to  greet  him.  Such  demonstrations 
were  utterlv  distasteful  to  him,  though  he 
knew  it  sprang  from  hearts  longing  for  his  re- 
covery. 


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He  married  (^firstj  Alarriette  Linsley,  of 
Branford,  and  they  had  one  child,  a  daughter. 
He  married  (second)  Eugenia,  daughter  of 
WiUiam  and  Mary  Jane  Bradley,  also  of 
Branford,  and  a  granddaughter  of  Captain 
John  and  Deborah  Bradley,  of  New  Haven, 
who  was  a  prominent  railroad  man  of  that 
city.  , 


(For   preceding   generations,    see   Jolin    Russell    1). 

(V)  Ellis  Russell,  son  of 
RUSSELL  Ebenezer  Russell,  was  born 
about  1752.  He  settled  in 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  married  there 
November  14,  1751,  Jane  Catherine  Wolcott, 
born  February  22,  1733,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Catherine  (Loomis)  Wolcott.  Catherine 
Loomis  was  born  December  19,  1702,  daugh- 
ter of  Moses  Loomis.  Thomas  Wolcott,  born 
April  I,  1702,  was  son  of  Henry  and  Jane  (Al- 
ley) Wolcott.  His  parents  were  married 
April  I,  1696;  his  mother  was  born  July  22, 
1670,  died  April  11,  1702,  daughter  of  Thom- 
as Alley.  Henry  \\'olcott,  born  May  20, 
1670,  son  of  Simon  Wolcott  (2),  grandson  of 
Henry  Wolcott  (i),  brother  of  Governor 
Roger  Wolcott.  Ellis  Russell  removed  to 
Hadley,  ]\Iassachusetts,  thence  to  Spring- 
field. Children  of  Ellis  Russell,  born  at  Wind- 
sor:  I.  Stephen,-  November  9,  1752.  2. 
Mary,  November  20,  1754.  3.  Miriam,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1757.  4.  Abner,  March  22,  1759.  5. 
Roxa,  April  27,  1762.  6.  Wolcott,  1766,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Wolcott,  son  of  Ellis  Russell,  was 
born  in  Windsor  and  baptized  there  August 
17,  1766.  He  removed  to  Hadley,  Massachu- 
setts, and  thence  to  Springfield,  with  his  fath- 
er. He  married  Lucy  Smith.  Children:  i. 
Charles.  2.  Daniel.  3.  Austin,  mentioned 
below.    4.  Sophia.     5.  Delany. 

(VH)  Austin,  son  of  Wolcott  Russell,  was  . 
born  in  Springiield  in  1803.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  learned  the 
trade  of  machinist.  For  a  period  of  thirty 
years  he  was  employed  in  the  United  States 
armory  at  Springfield  and  there  he  was  acci- 
dentally killed  in  the  autumn  of  1848.  He  was 
an  armorer  and  general  mechanic  of  much 
skill  and  a  useful  citizen.  He  married  Sophia 
Bruce,  daughter  of  John  Bruce,  an  old  resi- 
dent of  Springfield,  also  employed  in  the 
armory  at  his  trade  as  blacksmith.  Children 
of  Austin  Russell:  i.  John  Wolcott,  born 
September  i,  1824,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Eunice  Emeline,  August  14,  1826,  married 
William  W.  Day,  a  resident  of  Agawam  and 


for  twenty  years  or  more  partner  of  John  W. 
Russell  in  the  firm  of  Russell  &  Day,  machin- 
ists. 3.  Mary  A.,  September  i,  1828,  mar- 
ried Marcus  Hollaway.  4.  Elmira,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1830,  died  aged  fourteen.  5.  Charles 
Henry,  born  Alarch,  1832.  6.  George  Frost, 
March,  1834.  7.  Rufus,  1836.  8.  William  O., 
1838.  9.  Fanny,  1840,  married  Dickson 
Parmalee  (deceased).  10.  Alonzo,  deceased. 
(VHI)  John  Wolcott,  son  of  Austin  Rus- 
sell, was  born  in  Springfield,  September  i, 
1824.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Springfield  and  of  Millbury,  where  his  par- 
ents lived  for  two  years,  completing  his  stud- 
ies at  the  Springfield  high  school.  At  the  age 
of  fifteen  he  was  apprenticed  to  Zelotus  Lom- 
bard in  his  machine  shop,  and  worked  for 
him  as  a;  journeyman  a  short  time  after  com- 
pleting his  apprenticeship.  He  was  subse- 
quently employed  by  the  Ames  Manufactur- 
ing Company  at  Chicopee,  going  from  there 
to  Windsor'  Locks,  Connecticut,  where  he 
worked  three  years  as  superintendent  of 
shops  for  Slate'  &  Brown.  In  1849  he  was 
one  of  a  party  of  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
three  who  contributed  three  hundred  dollars 
each  to  buy  and  equip  a  ship  to  go  to  Cali- 
fornia. They  went  by  way  of  Cape  Horn, 
the  voyage  taking  two  hundred  and  four 
days.  His  first  employment  after  reaching 
the  Pacific  slope  was  with  Professor  Shepard 
who  was  engaged  in  Sacramento  in  introduc- 
ing a  primitive  kind  of  a  water  system,  which 
consisted  in  storing  the  river  water  in  vessels, 
allowing  it  to  settle  over  night,  and  dispens- 
ing it  the  next  day  at  twenty-five  cents  a  pail. 
For  this  work  he  received  sixteen  dollars  a 
day,  but  the  gold  fever  possessed  him  and  he 
went  north  to  Weaverville  to  enter  the  dig- 
gings. Here  he  was  taken  sick  and  after  a 
four  weeks'  illness,  he  returned  to  Sacramen- 
to and  took  a  position  as  clerk  in  a  store. 
There  was  but  one  frame  building  in  Sacra- 
mento when  he  first  visited  that  place.  The 
next  year  he  started  again  for  the  diggings, 
staving  at  Placervi-lle  until  the  following 
spring.  He  next  went  to  Georgetown,  send- 
ing men  to  make  reports  regarding  the  pros- 
pects of  gold  in  that  region.  He  decided  to 
try  in  the  diggings  at  Georgetown  and  for  a 
time  did  very  well,  taking  out  one  afternoon 
three  hundred  and  forty-three  dollars  worth 
of  gold.  But  his  expenses  were  high,  amount- 
ing to  two  hundred  dollars  a  week  and  in  July 
he  returned  to  Placerville.  He  built  a  house 
where  there  was  a  large  amount  of  aurifer- 
ous earth  which  had  been  washed  once,  and 


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proceeded  to  give  it  a  second  washing.  The 
experiment  was  satisfactory,  the  poorest 
earth  yielding  ten  hundred  and  sixty  dollars 
worth  of  pure  gold  dust  per  ton.  On  account 
of  the  dry  season  of  the  winter  of  1851,  he 
was  obliged  to  cease  operations.  He  was  of- 
fered seventy-five  hundred  dollars  for  his 
claim,  but  refused  to  sell.  Later,  finding  that 
he  could  not  hold  it  longer,  he  was  obliged 
to  sell  for  two  thousand  dollars.  He  then 
took  a  position  on  a  steamer  running  be- 
tween Sacramento  and  San  Francisco  at  a 
salary  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  a 
month  and  board,  which  was  no  small  item 
in  those  times  of  high  prices.  In  the  spring 
he  returned  to  Placerville  and  tried  the  mer- 
curial process  which  was  then  but  little  used. 
In  this  he  was  quite  successful,  working 
two  weeks,  on  the  last  day  of  which  he  ob- 
tained ninety-seven  dollars  worth  from  a 
space  two  by  three  feet.  But  he  was  tired  of 
the  rough  life  and  decided  to  return  east,  and 
on  May  4,  1851,  he  sold  his  outfit  and  taking 
with  him  a  quantity  of  fine  gold' dust  started 
home  by  way  of  the  isthmus,  arriving  in 
Springfield  after  thirty-seven  days  journey, 
one  week  of  which  was  spent  in  crossing  the 
isthmus.  After  a  visit  to  Elgin,  Illinois,  he 
established  a  gun  and  model  shop  on  the 
same  street  in  Springfield  on  which  he  is  now 
located,  commencing  on  a  small  scale  with 
but  two  or  three  assistants.  He  started  in 
business  about  January  i,  1852,  and  secured 
a  contract  for  a  large  number  of  revolving 
pistols  which  kept  him  busy  until  the  spring 
of  1855.  He  then  went  to  Quincy,  Wiscon- 
sin, and  bought  a  farm,  where  he  lived  until 
1861.  Returning  to  Springfield,  he  obtained 
a  position  in  the  United  States  armory,  where 
he  worked  twenty-one  months  during  the 
Civil  war.  On  May  I,  1863,  he  made  a  trip  to 
Wisconsin  to  sell  his  farm,  and  since  then  he 
has  lived  in  Springfield.  He  was  superintend- 
ent for  two  years  for  the  Bemis  &  Call  Com- 
pany and  then  re-established  himself  in  busi- 
ness on  Hampden  street  as  a  general  ma- 
chinist. In  1866  he  bought  the  business  of 
Williams  Brothers  and  with  his  brother-in- 
law,  William  W.  Day,  engaged  in  business 
under  the  name  of  Russell  &  Day,  continuing 
for  aljout  twenty  years.  He  then  bought  out 
his  partner  and  continued  alone.  He  re- 
moved later  to  his  present  location  at  Nos. 
47  and  49  Taylor  street,  where  he  employs 
about  twenty  experienced  workmen.  He 
owns  the  block  which  is  built  substantially  of 
brick,    five    stories    high,    part    of   which    he 


rents.  He  carries  on  an  extensive  jobbing 
business,  manufacturing  to  order  many  pat- 
ent devices,  among  them  the  chainless  bicycle 
and  a  great  amount  of  envelope  machinery, 
and  also  making  a  specialty  of  cutting  gear 
of  every  description.  Mr.  Russell  married 
June  I,  1853,  Maria  L.  Smith,  born  Novem- 
ber I,  1834,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Ruth 
(Pease)  Smith.  Children:  i.  William  J., 
born  April  i,  1854,  died  young.  2.  John  W., 
April  I,  1854,  a  twin  of  William  J.,  died  aged 
nine.  3.  Charles  P.,  November  25,  1855,  died 
aged  six  years.  4.  Frank  W.,  January  20,  1863, 
died  in  1886.  5.  William,  August  11,  1866, 
foreman  for  his  father;  he  married  (first) 
June  I,  1893,  Harriet  C.  Cook,  who  died  No- 
vember 20,  1895 ;  hs  married  (second)  May 
B.  Alaver,  October  i,  1896;  children:  Clara 
M.,  born  July  17,  1897;  John  V.,  September 
16,  1899;  Chester  B.,  June  21,  1901  ;  Viola  A., 
December  7,  1905.  6.  Horace  B.,  January 
I,  1869,  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-eight  years. 
7.  Charles  P.,  December  31,  1872,  associated 
in  business  with  his  father  and  brother;  mar- 
ried Nellie  Nichols,  March  22,  1897. 


( For  preceding  generations,   see   Robert  Morse    1 ) . 

( IV  )  Joseph,  third  son  of  Sam- 
iNIORSE     ucl    and    Elizabeth    Morse,    was 

born  about  1615,  in  England, 
and  died  in  1654,  in  Medfield,  where  he  was 
at  the  time  engaged  in  building  a  house  for 
his  family,  which  was  then  residing  in  Dor- 
chester. He  lived  first  in  Watertown ;  re- 
moved to  Dedham  in  1637  and  thence  to  Med- 
field. The  growing  corn  upon  his  newly 
cleared  land,  and  unfinished  log  house  were 
left  for  his  widow  and  children  to  care  for. 
In  1638  he  married  Hannah  Phillips,  and  in 
1658  she  married  (second)  Thomas  Boyden. 
She  died  in  Boston  in  1676,  at  the  home  of  her 
eldest  daughter.  He  subscribed  to  the  free- 
man's oath  in  Watertown  in  1635,  and  was 
early  a  member  of  the  church  there.  At  the 
first  recorded  meeting  of  the  proprietors,  Au- 
gust 15,  1636,  he  was  among  the  first  allotted 
land.  He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
Dedham  land  beyond  the  river  first  called 
Meadfield,  later  Medfield.  The  settlers  of  this 
region  were  of  such  high  character  that  the 
usual  restrictions  regarding  the  settlement  of 
a  minister  and  provision  of  the  church  and 
school  was  omitted  from  the  grant.  The 
inventory  of  Joseph  Morse's  estate,  made  4 
mo.,  1654,  amounted  to  one  hundred  eighty- 
three  pounds.  His  sons  settled  in  Medfield. 
From  him  were  descended  Rev.  Jasper  Adams, 


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president  of  Geneva  College,  Xew  York ;  Rev. 
Dr.  Eliphas,  president  of  Waterville  College, 
Alaine ;  Rev.  Dr.  Aaron  Kneeland,  president  of 
a  theological  seminary  in  South  Carolina ;  and 
Hon.  Abbot  Lawrence,  ambassador  from  the 
United  States  to  Great  Britain.  Their  chil- 
dren were :  Hannah,  married  James  Flood, 
of  Boston ;  Sarah,  married  Mathaniel  Law- 
rence, of  Groton  ;  Dorcas,  married  Benjamin 
Clark;  Elizabeth,  married  Peleg  Lawrence,  of 
Groton  :  Joseph  ;  Jeremiah  ;  and  another  child 
who  died  young. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  Morse,  was 
born  in  Dedham.  Massachusetts,  in  1639.  He 
inherited  part  of  his  father's  and  grandfath- 
er's estate.  His  house,  built  in  1663  on  the 
knoll  east  of  Alain  and  Pound  street  junction, 
was  burned  by  the  Indians  in  1676  and  was 
not  rebuilt  on  that  site,  where  the  old  cellar 
hole  was  at  last  accoimts  still  visible.  He 
built  his  second  house  near  that  lately  of  John 
Ord  Jr.,  and  the  old  well  is  still  in  use.  In 
1705  he  was  lieutenant  of  militia,  and  teacher 
of  the  school  of  Medfield.  In  1706  he  ob- 
tained permission  to  flow  the  land  "near  the 
cowpens"  for  a  fulling  mill,  which  was  built 
on  the  site  of  the  stone  mill  lately  owned  by 
Crehore.  He  was  selectman  six  years,  and 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1707.  He  mar- 
ried, February  16,  1664.  Elizabeth  Wood,  died 
June  26,  1682;  (second)  April  29,  1684,  Sarah 
Thurston,  born  1662.  died  April  29.  1686, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  (Thaxter) 
Thurston.  He  died  February  28,  1717-18. 
"Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Samuel,  born  Feb- 
ruary 8.  1665-66;  married  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Robert  Barbour.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  March 
21.  1667-68;  married  John  Darling.  3.  Han- 
nah, born  August  31.  1669,  died  young.  4. 
Hannah,  born  Xovember  8.  1670,  died  young. 
5.  Ruth,  born  March  21,  1672,  died  July  4, 
1 7 16.  6.  Joseph,  born  January  16,  1674,  died 
young.  7.  Joshua,  born  .April  2,  1677,  men- 
tioned below.  8.  Eleazer.  born  August  10, 
1680.  9.  Benoni.  born  June  19,  1682,  died 
1704;  married,  September  28,  1702,  Rachel 
Bullard.  Children  of  second  wife:  10.  Solo- 
mon, born  January  5.  1684-85,  died  November 
28,  1704.  II.  Sarah,  born  July  11,  1686,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Bullard,  of  Sherborn. 

(\'I)  Hon.  Joshua  Alorse,  son  of  Samuel 
Morse,  was  born  on  the  homestead  at  Aled- 
field,  April  2,  1677,  and  died  April  26,  1749. 
He  inherited  part  of  the  farm  of  his  father, 
and  bought  much  land  on  his  own  account. 
He  was  an  inn  holder,  and  owned  a  grist  mill 
and   saw   mill.      He  built   the   house   now   or 


lately  on  the  Jeremiah  Johnston  place.  He" 
married  ( first )  Xovember  8,  1699,  Elizabeth 
Penniman,  born  November  15,  1679,  died 
1705,  daughter  of  Samuel  Penniman,  of 
Braintree;  (second)  Mary  Page,  widow,  of 
Braintree,  born  October  27,  1680,  died  Alarch, 
1746-47.  He  was  largely  interested  in  the  set- 
tlement of  Sturbridge,  and  the  first  meetings 
were  held  at  his  tavern  to  organize  the  pro- 
prietors. He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court 
six  years.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  in 
Braintree:  i.  Elizabeth,  October  20,  1700; 
married  February  4,  1724,  Thomas  Ellis.  2. 
Zipporah,  April  20,  1702;  married,  Alay  30, 
1722,  Samuel  Smith,  of  Needham.  3.  Sam- 
uel, Alay  4,  1703;  settled  in  Uxbridge.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife.  4.  Alary,  born  Septem- 
ber   14,    1707;  settled   in   Worcester;  married 

Lovell.     5.  Jemima,  Alarch  16,   1709; 

married,  August  15,  1726,  Henry  Adams.  6. 
Joshua,  December  28,  1710;  married  Alary 
Partridge.  7.  Ruth,  October  6,  1716;  mar- 
ried. Alay  13,  1735,  Simon  Plympton.  8. 
Ebenezer,  Alarch  2,  1717-18,  mentioned  be- 
low. 9.  Lydia,  October  17,  1719.  10.  Elia- 
kim,  Xovember  22,  1721.  11.  Joseph,  No- 
vember 30,  1723;  married  Olive  Alason ;  set- 
tled in  Xova  Scotia. 

(VIII  Rev.  Ebenezer  Alorse,  son  of  Hon. 
Joshua  Alorse,  was  born  in  Aledfield,  Alarch  2, 
1 717-18.  He  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in 
1737,  and  was  settled  as  minister  at  Shrews- 
bury, Xorth  District,  now  Boylston,  Alassachu- 
setts,  December  26,  1743.  His  relations  with  his 
parish  were  pleasant  until  just  before  the 
revolution,  when  political  feeling  was  intense. 
He  was  summarily  dismissed  in  June,  1775, 
and  excluded  from  the  pulpit  for  toryism, 
confined  to  the  town,  and  later  redismissed  by 
advise  of  the  ecclesiastical  council.  He  prac- 
tised medicine  during  the  remainder  of  his  ac- 
tive days.  He  died  January  3,  1802,  aged 
eighty-four  years.  He  married,  November  27, 
1745.  Persis  Bu.sh,  born  Alay  28,  1727,  died 
Alay  6.  1788,  daughter  of  John  and  Alar- 
tha  Bush;  (second)  Rebecca  Symmes,  wid- 
ow of  Thomas  Symmes,  who  died  in 
the  revolution.  Children,  all  by  first  wife: 
I.  Dr.  John,  born  July  15,  1746;  mar- 
ried. Alav  II,  1769,  Elizabetli  .Andrews.  2. 
Alary,  December  24,  1747;  married  December 
26,  1765,  Rev.  Asaph  Rice,  who  was  first,  a 
doctor  and  then  minister  of  Westminster ;  she 
died  Xovember,  1766.  3.  Eliakim,  Alarch  8, 
1750,  died  1758.  4.  Joshua,  Alarch  8,  1752; 
married  Levina  Holland.  5.  Ebenezer,  June 
Ti,  1754,  died  July  28,  same  year.     6.  Ebene- 


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zer,  July  lo,  1755.  7.  Joseph,  Janiiarj',  1757: 
married  Sophia  Bigelow.  8.  Dr.  Eliakim, 
February  14,  1759;  sse  forward.  9.  Amherst, 
November  11,  1760.  10.  Annis,  May  19,  1764; 
married,  October  5,  1800,  Samuel  Andrews. 
II.  Mary,  August  12,  1767;  married,  April 
2,  1797,  Jason  Abbott. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Eliakim  Morse,  son  of  Rev. 
Ebenezer  Morse,  was  born  in  Shrewsbury, 
February  14,  1759,  and  died  January  9,  1858. 
He  read  medicine  with  his  father,  and  com- 
menced practice  in  ^Voodstock,  Connecticut, 
whence  he  removed  to  Boston,  Massachusetts. 
Here  he  engaged  in  the  London  trade,  and  ac- 
cumulated an  ample  estate.  Later  he  settled 
in  Watertown,  ]\Iassachusetts,  where  he  re- 
sumed practise  and  became  a  leading  and  most 
successful  physician.  His  business  in  Boston 
was  conducted  under  the  style  of  Eliachim 
Morse  &  Son,  on  Elm  street.  In  his  ninety- 
first  year  he  was  accustomed  to  ride  into  Bos- 
ton on  horseback,  and  possessed  a  vigor  of 
mind  and  body  common  at  the  age  of  seven- 
ty years.  He  married,  in  ^^'atertown,  Septem- 
ber 22,  1780,  Mary  Eddy,  born  July  22,  1766, 
daughter  of  Captain  Benjamin  and  Martha 
(Bronsdon)  Eddy.  She  was  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  women  of  her  day  in  Boston,  where 
they  resided.  She  died  April  25,  1800.  Dr. 
Morse  married  (second)  Mary  Hunt,  born 
January  9,  1778.  daughter  of  William  and 
Mary  (Collidge)  Hunt.  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Benjamin  Eddy,  born  September  11, 
1787,  died  May  22,  1814.  2.  John,  see  for- 
ward. 3.  Ebenezer,  born  July  11,  1790,  died 
May  3,  1 79 1. 

(IX)  John,  son  of  Dr.  Eliakim  Morse,  was 
born  in  Boston,  February  12,  1789,  died  May 
7,  1817.  He  was  educated  in  private  schools 
and  at  Harvard  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  A.  B.  in  1808.  He  was  by  occupa- 
tion a  supercargo,  but  died  at  the  age  of 
twenty-eight,  just  as  his  career  was  well 
opened  out  and  with  brilliant  prospects.  He 
married,  June  9,  181 2,  Frances  Hicks  Tor- 
rev,  born  January  26,  1793,  died  May  9,  1865, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Torrey,  niece  of  Gover- 
nor Gore.  Children :  John  Torrey,  Benja- 
min Eddy,  Samuel  Torrey,  all  mentioned 
below.  The  mother  of  these  children  married 
(second)  Eben  Rollins  ;  children :  Eben  Wil- 
liam, Francis,  and  Charles  Mertens  Rollins. 

(X)  John  Torrey,  son  of  John  Morse,  was 
born  March  27,  1813,  and  died  September  20, 
1906.  He  attended  at  Northampton,  the 
Round  Hill  School,  conducted  by  Dr.  J.  G. 
Gogswell,  and  graduated  from  Harvard  Col- 


lege with  the  class  of  1832.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Bostonian  Society  from  1886.  He 
married,  in  1839,  Lucy  Cabot  Jackson,  born 
March  4,  18 15,  daughter  of  Judge  Charles 
Jackson,  of  the  Massachusetts  supreme 
court.  Children:  i.  John  Torrey,  born  Jan- 
uary 9,  1840,  see  forward.  2.  Charles  Jack- 
son, November  5,  1843.  3-  Eben  Rollins, 
October  21,  1845. 

(X)  Benjamin  Eddy,  second  son  of  John 
and  Frances  H.  (Torrey)  Morse,  was  born 
February  22,  1814,  in  Boston,  and  died  Jan- 
uary 24,  1894.  The  following  tribute  of  a 
contemporary  is  from  the  Boston  Transcript, 
of  February  3,  1894. 

"A  group  of  relatives,  a  number  of  old 
East  India  captains  and  merchants,  a  larger 
number  of  fellow  club  men,  possibly  in  the 
crowd  one  or  two  Round  Hillers,  were  drawn 
to  King's  Chapel  last  week  by  their  affection 
for  an  old  comrade  or  kinsman.  He  who  had 
passed  away  was  not  a  public  character :  there 
were  no  delegations,  social,  financial  or  polit- 
ical ;  it  was  an  affectionate  meeting  and  part- 
ing of  friends.  As  I  sat  waiting  for  the  fun- 
eral procession,  I  involuntarilv  glanced  up  at 
the  gallery,  where  for  over  sixty  years  we 
had  sat  side  by  side  in  adjoining  pews ;  and 
my  memory  conjured  up  a  stalwart,  hand- 
some boy,  playing  in  Otis  Place :  and  then 
the  going  and  coming  of  a  supercargo.  I 
saw  him  first  welcomed  home,  embrowned  by 
his  voyage  and  cordially  greeting  his  many 
friends,  or  proudly  escorting  his  mother  on 
the  mall,  for  we  all  lived  in  Boston,  summer 
and  winter.  From  those  young  days  till  now 
— as  boy,  as  youth,  as  man — Ben  Morse  was 
the  same — an  obedient  and  devoted  son,  a 
guardian  brother,  a  loyal  friend,  a  Good  Sa- 
maritan to  those  who  had  fallen  among 
thieves,  an  honest  man.  Resolute  in  pursu- 
ing his  own  straightforward  course,  he  turned 
aside  to  interfere  with  no  man's  affairs,  and 
would  suffer  no  man  to  interfere  with  his. 
Following  the  advice  of  the  apostle,  he  stud- 
ied to  be  quiet  and  to  do  his  own  business. 
Retiring  and  unobtrusive,  he  invaded  no 
man's  province,  encroached  upon  no  man's 
rights,  detracted  from  no  man's  character ; 
his  heart  was  tender,  and  over  his  friendly 
deeds,  as  over  the  escapades  of  others,  he 
threw  a  veil  of  secrecy,  letting  not  his  left 
hand  know  what  his  right  hand  was  doing. 
While  his  life  was  emphatically  a  life  of  duty, 
daily,  wearing  duty,  faithfully  performed,  he 
had  such  a  cheery  way  with  him  that  one 
would  infer  that  he  was  having  a  jolly  time ; 


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and  the  fact  that  nobody  in  speaking  of  or 
to  him  ever  got  further  than  the  first  syllable 
of  his  name,  indicates  his  kindly,  unassuming 
relations  with  all,  young  and  old.  And  they 
all  gathered  together  to  signify  by  their  pres- 
ence how  much  they  valued  that  kindness, 
and  how  conscious  they  were  of  their  loss." 

(X)  Samuel  Torrey,  third  son  of  John  and 
Frances  H.  (Torrey)  Morse,  was  born  May 
16,  1816,  in  Boston,  and  died  November  6, 
1890,  in  that  city.  He  was  educated  at  the 
Round  Hill  School,  Northampton,  Massachu- 
setts ;  at  jNIr.  Ingraham's  private  school,  in 
Boston;  and  at  Air.  Hubbard's  school,  in 
Brookline.  At  the  time  when  he  and  his 
brother  Benjamin  should  have  entered  Har- 
vard College,  their  mother,  left  a  widow  for 
the  second  time,  needed  their  assistance,  and 
both  went  to  work,  Samuel  entering  the 
counting  house  of  Messrs.  Atkinson  &  Rollins. 

In  March,  1836,  he  went  on  a  voyage  to 
Russia,  and  between  that  date  and  October, 
1841,  when  he  arrived  home  from  India,  he 
made  five  long  voyages,  four  of  them  to  In- 
dia, and  on  three  of  them  acting  as  supercar- 
go. Although  he  had  missed,  for  his  moth- 
er's sake,  the  college  education  which  he 
would  have  valued  much,  he  profited  largely 
bv  his  travels  and  the  experience  of  a  super- 
cargo, which  often  leads  to  unexpected  re- 
sponsibilities. His  interest  in  the  countries 
he  visited,  their  people,  their  commerce,  their 
government,  was  deep  and  lifelong.  For 
about  twenty  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
East  India  trade  as  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Gray  &  Morse,  at  40  Central  Wharf,  Boston. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Union  Club  from 
the  time  of  its  organization  during  the  civil 
war ;  of  the  Somerset  Club :  and  of  the  Bos- 
tonian  Society  ;  and  he  was  also  a  life  member 
of  the  Boston  Port  and  Seaman's  Aid  Socie- 
ty. It  might  be  said  as  truly  of  him  as  of  his 
brother  Ben,  that  "he  invaded  no  man's  prov- 
ince, encroached  upon  no  man's  rights,  de- 
tracted from  no  man's  character,"  and  that  he 
was  tender  of  heart,  and  deeply  loving  and 
faithful  in  all  family  relations.  He  married 
December  6,  1848,  Harriet  Jackson  Lee,  born 
April  16,  1826,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary 
(Jackson)  Lee.  Children :  i.  Frances  Rol- 
lins, born  in  Boston,  January  21,  1850.  2. 
Henry  Lee,  born  in  Boston,  November  18, 
1852;  graduate  of  Harvard  College,  1874;  of 
Harvard  Medical  School,  1878:  married,  at 
IMontreal,  Canada,  Jessie  F.  Scott ;  one  child, 
Jessie  Gwendolen,  born  October  21,  1886.  3. 
Marv  Lee,  born  in   Brookline,   October  28, 


1855 :  married  John  Wheelock  Elliot :  one 
child,  John  Morse  Elliott,  born  November  5, 
1891.  " 

(XI)  John  Torrey,  son  of  John  Morse  and 
Lucv  Cabot  (Jackson)  Morse,  was  born  Jan- 
uarv  9,  1840.  In  early  life  he  attended  the 
school  then  kept  in  the  basement  of  the  Park 
Street  Church,  bv  Thomas  Russell  Sullivan; 
afterwards  attended  the  school  of  Epes  Sar- 
gent Dixwell :  and  graduated  from  Harvard 
College  in  i860,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  He 
immediatelv  entered  the  law  office  of  Hon. 
John  Lowell,  Boston,  later  judge  of  the 
United  States  district  and  circuit  courts.  Af- 
ter two  vears  of  study  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar.  at  the  age  of  twenty-two.  While  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  his  tastes  led  him 
to  contribute  more  or  less  to  newspapers, 
magazines  and  reviews,  and  he  was  author  of 
two  valuable  professional  works :  "The  Law 
of  Banks  and  Banking,"  and  "The  Law  of 
Arbitration  and  Award."  He  wrote  for  the 
Aincricaii  Laii.'  Reznczc  many  articles  on  nota- 
ble criminal  trials,  many  of  which  were  after- 
ward collected  and  published  in  a  volume  by 
Little,  Brown  &  Company ;  and  he  wrote  the 
"Life  of  Alexander  Hamilton",  two  volumes, 
published  by  the  same  house.  He  was  for 
several  vears  a  constant  contributor  of  lead- 
ing articles  to  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser, 
when  edited' by  Professor  Dunbar,  and  after- 
wards by  Mr.  Goddard :  and  was  also  a  con- 
tributor to  the  Saturday  Rei'ieK'.  North 
American  Rcviezv.  Atlantic  Monthly,  Nation, 
and  Frasers  Magazine  (English).  In  the  win- 
ter of  1879-80  he  retired  from  the  practice  of 
law,  and  has  since  been  mostly  engaged  in 
literary  labors.  For  four  years,  in  association 
with  Henry  Cabot  Lodge,  he  edited  the  In- 
ternational Rez'ieiiJ:  and  he  also  edited  the 
"Lives  of  American  Statesmen,"  for  Hough- 
ton, MilTlin  &  Company,  his  own  contribu- 
tions to  this  series  comprising  biographies  of 
John  .A.dams.  Thomas  jefiferson,  John  Quin- 
cy  Adams,  Benjamin  Franklin,  and  Abraham 
Lincoln ;  "Life  and  Letters  of  Oliver  Wen- 
dell Holmes,"  two  volumes ;  and  "Memoirs  of 
Colonel  Henry  Lee."  Mr.  Morse  was  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  in 
1875.  He  was  one  of  the  overseers  of  Har- 
vard University  for  two  terms,  and  a  trustee 
of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  and  is  now  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Socie- 
ty. Mr.  Morse  married,  1865,  Fanny  Pope 
Hovev,  born  May  27,  1840,  daughter  of 
George  Otis  and  \lary  Ann  Levely  (Cotton) 
Hovev.     Children:     i.  Cabot    Jackson,  born 


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AEav  21,  1868;  married  Alice  Burns;  has  son, 
Cabot  Jackson  Jr.  2.  John  Torrey,  born 
i<"ebruary  4,  1873,  unmarried. 

(For  preceding  generations,  see  John  Frencli  1). 

(Ill)  Josiah  French,  son  of 
FRENCH     Samuel      French,      was      born 

March  20,  1700.  He  died  at 
Braintree,  November  15,  1760.  He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  French. 
She  died  March  5,  1770.  Children,  born  in 
Braintree:  i.  Josiah,  January  22,  1736;  died 
young.  2.  Nathaniel,  October  13,  1737;  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Mary,  August  26,  1742.  4. 
Anaz,   October   31,    1746.     5.  Josiah,  July  8, 

1750- 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Josiah  French,  was 
born  at  Braintree,  October  13,  1737.  He  mar- 
ried Silence,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Dorothy 
Dyer,  1762.  Children,  born  at  Braintree  or 
Weymouth:  i.  Ahaz,  December  12,  1762; 
inarried  Judith  French.  2.  Samuel,  January 
9,  1765;  mentioned  below.  3.  Nathaniel,  Jan- 
uary 12,  1767:  married,  1790,  Eunice  Spear. 
4.  James,  April  6,  1769;  married  Lydia  Hol- 
lis.  5.  Silence,  November  3,  1771.  6-  Mary, 
married,  1795,  Barzilla  Penniman.  7.  Josiah, 
married,   1801,  Rachel  Penniman. 

(V)  Samuel  French,  son  of  Nathaniel 
French,  was  born  January  9,  1765;  married, 
June  14,  1789,  Susanna  Penniman.  Children: 
John  and  Samuel. 

(VI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
French,  was  born  1790,  and  died  September, 
1874,  at  Braintree,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried Rachel  Weld.  He  had  a  common  school 
education,  and  in  his  younger  days  followed 
the  trade  of  butcher,  was  also  a  farmer,  and 
had  a  large  and  successful  dairy.  He  bought 
a  large  tract  of  land  in  Braintree,  still  owned 
by  his  descendants.  He  contributed  gener- 
ously to  the  churches  and  charities  of  his  na- 
tive town.  Children:  i.  .Ann  Frances,  mar- 
ried Hiram  Clark.  2.  Rachel  T.,  married 
Elisha  Moss,  of  Braintree.  3.  Samuel  Strong, 
mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Samuel  Strong,  son  of  Samuel 
French,  was  born  at  Braintree,  July  20,  1818, 
and  died  there  April  11,  1897.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools,  and  learned  his 
father's  trade.  He  was  associated  with  his 
father  for  many  years  in  the  meat  and  provi- 
sion business,  and  continued  through  his  ac- 
tive life  in  this  business  with  marked  success. 
He  was  interested  also  in  other  lines  of  busi- 
ness and  active  in  town  affairs,  was  highway 
surveyor,  and  did  much  to  improve  the  roads 


of  the  town.  He  attended  the  Congregational 
church.  He  married,  December  i,  1842,  at 
South  Braintree,  Caroline  Elizabeth  13ates, 
born  at  South  Weymouth,  April  24,  1822, 
died  July  23,  1907,  at  Braintree.  She  was 
buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Mount  Wollaston, 
by  the  side  of  her  husband.  Children,  born  at 
Braintree:  i.  Samuel  Strong  Bates,  mentioned 
below.  2.  George  Addison,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Caroline  Elizabeth,  born  June  30,  1853; 
married  Charles  Minchin. 

(VIII)  Samuel  Strong  Bates  French,  son- 
of  Samuel  Strong  French,  was  born  March 
2,  1848,  at  Braiiitree.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  Hunt's  Academy  at  North 
Bridgewater.  He  worked  for  his  father  un- 
til he  came  of  age,  and  then  engaged  for  him- 
self in  the  dairy  and  provision  business  for 
several  years,  then  sold  out  and  retired.  He 
attends  the  First  Congregational  Church.  He 
belongs  to  no  clubs  or  secret  societies.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  De- 
cember 5,  1870,  Chloe  Jane  Cobb,  born  July, 
1849.  at  West  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  Otis  and  Lydia  Lorane  (Pack- 
ard )  Cobb.  Her  father  was  born  in  Carver, 
Massachusetts,  March  7,  1827,  and  is  living  at 
Campello;  he  is  a  successful  builder  and  con- 
tractor ;  a  member  of  the  order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, popular  and  highly  respected  in  the  com- 
munity, a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church.  Her  mother  was  born  February  16, 
1827,  at  West  TVidge water  and  lives  at  Cam- 
pello ;  children :  i.  Chloe  Jane  Cobb,  born 
Tulv,  1849,  mentioned  above;  ii.  Sarah  Raw- 
son  Cobb,  born  at  Campello,  married  Frank 
P.  Brown ;  iii.  Norman  Otis  Cobb,  born  at 
Campello,  married  Fannie  Hayden,  of  Wey- 
mouth. Children  of  Samuel  Strong  Bates  and 
Chloe  Jane  (Cobb)  French:  i.  Edward  W., 
married  Lena  Stoddard  ;  children  :  Caroline 
and  Mildred.  2.  Arthur  B.,  married  Edith 
Holbrook ;  child,  Beatrice.  3.  Otis  H.,  at 
home. 

(Mil)  George  Addison  French,  son  of 
.Samuel  Strong  French,  was  born  at  South 
Braintree,  May  21,  1850.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  worked 
at  his  father's  trade  until  he  was  twenty-one, 
and  then  started  in  the  same  line  of  business 
on  his  own  account.  He  is  not  now  engaged 
in  active  business.  He  is  fond  of  fine  horses, 
and  is  a  leading  member  of  the  Gentlemen's 
Driving  Club.  He  has  owned  many  valuable 
horses,  and  has  many  cups  and  trophies  won 
by  them  on  the  race  track,  and  in  horse  shows. 
He   attends   the   Congregat'onal   church.      He 


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married,  November  22,  1872,  Katie  Putnam 
Bishop,  born  May  21,  1852,  at  South  Brain- 
tree,  died  ^lay  28,  1897,  at  Braintree.  They 
had  no  children. 


(II)  Lieutenant  Samuel,  son 
LOOMIS  of  Joseph  Loomis  (q.  v.),  was 
born  in  England,  and  came  to 
New  England  with  his  father  in  1638.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1654  and  to  the 
church  November  26,  1661.  He  was  a  lieu- 
tenant and  removed  to  Westfield,  Massachu- 
setts, between  1672  and  1675.  He  sold  his 
house  in  Windsor  in  1679  and  died  October 
I,  1689.  He  married,  December  27,  1653, 
Elizabeth  Judd,  who  died  May  7,  1696,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Judd.  Children:  i.  Sergeant 
Samuel,  married  Hannah  Hanchett,  April  4, 
1678;  died  November  6,  171 1.  2.  Elizabeth, 
married,  1673,  Thomas  Hanchett.  3.  Ruth, 
born  June  14,  1660,  at  Farmington ;  married 
Benjamin  Smith.  4.  Sarah,  February  3, 
1662-63;  married,  November  12,  1689,  John 
Bissell.  5.  Joanna,  October  22,  1665 ;  mar- 
ried, November  20,  1691,  Joseph  Smith.  6. 
Benjamin,  February  11,  1667-68;  married, 
January  6,  1703,  Ann  Fitch;  died  1726.  7. 
Nehemiah,  July  15.  1670;  married,  January  3, 
1694,  Thankful  Weller ;  died  February  4, 
1740.  8.  William,  Alarch  18,  1672,  mentioned 
below.  9.  Philip.  February  22,  1675  •  mar- 
ried, 1704,  Hannah  ;  died  December   i, 

1746.     10.  ^lary,  August  16.  1678. 

(HI)  William,  son  of  Lieutenant  Sanuiel 
Loomis,  was  born  at  Westfield,  Alassachu- 
setts,  March  18,  1672,  died  in  1738.  He  mar- 
ried. January  13,  1703,  Martha  Morley,  who 
died  February  22,  1753.  aged  seventy-one. 
Children:  I.  Martha,  born  February  24. 
1704,  died  April,  1804,  aged  one  hundred 
years,  two  months.  2.  Joshua,  August  24, 
1706;  married,  April,  1735,  Abigail  Langdon ; 
died  1779.  3-  Benjamin,  August  30,  1708; 
married  (first)  Elizabeth  Noble,  1734!  (sec- 
ond) Rachel  ;  died  1787.  4.  Ann,  Au- 
gust 27,  1710.  5.  William,  September  15, 
1712;  married,  1739,  Experience  Smith.  6. 
James,  November  15,  1714:  married,  1739, 
"Eunice  Stricklen.  7:  Thankful,  November 
19,  1716.  8.  Jonathan,  January  23,  1719, 
mentioned  below.  9.  Hezekiah,  March  14, 
1721.  10.  Captain  Noah,  [May  12,  1724;  mar- 
ried. November  5,  1747,  Rhoda  Clark:  died 
August  9,  1808. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  son  of  William  Loomis, 
was  born  at  Westfield,  January  23,  1719,  died 
in  1798.    He  settled  at  West  Springfield.    He 


married.  May  11.  1747,  Hannah  Selden,  of 
Springfield.  Children,  born  at  West  Sprmg- 
field:  I.  Jonathan,  December  13,  1747;  mar- 
ried, November  19,  1772.  Louisa  Lamb;  died 
April  16,  1836.  2.  Noadiah,  August  14,  1750, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Hannah,  April  19,  1752; 
married  Benjamin  Copley.  4.  Justus,  March 
7,  1754:  married,  1782,  Mary  Bow;  died  May 
14,  1818.  5.  Uriah,  June  2-/,  1756;  married 
Mav  20,  1783,  Sarah  Sheldon  :  was  in  the  rev- 
olution ;  died  March,  1844.  6.  Pliny.  August 
26,  1758;  married  Louisa  Stephenson;  died 
February  20,  1839.  7.  Josiah,  October  14, 
1761  :  married,  July  16,  1789,  Sabra  Ely;  died 
julv  2,  1844.  8.  Lucy,  November  25,  1763; 
married  Kendall  King.  9.  Clarke,  INIarch  12, 
1766;  married  Nancy  Bagg;  died  1820.  10. 
Charlotte.  Mav  21.  1768:  married  Simeon 
Norton:  died  1805.  11.  Hezekiah,  January  6, 
1771  :  married  Rosa  Rice:  died  December  12, 

1833. 

(V)  Noadiah,  son  of  Jonathan  Loomis, 
was  born  at  West  Springfield,  August  14, 
1750,  died  November  14.  1818.  He  lived  all 
his  life  at  West  Springfield  and  married 
Thankful  Bagg.  Children:  i.  Amanda,  born 
August  16.  1779;  died  1856:  married  Zoluth 
Ho'lton.  2.  Howland.  July  7.  1781  :  married 
(first)  .\pril  TO,  1804,  Asenath  Butler:  (sec- 
ond) Tune  10,  1816,  Laura  Walcott ;  (third) 
August  15,  1818,  Sarah  Clapp ;  died  July  25, 
1849.     3-  Rodney,  mentioned  below. 

(\T)"Rodnev.  son  of  Noadiah  Loomis,  was 
born  at  West  Springfield,  October  2-],  1786, 
died  there  Mav  28,  1828.  He  married  Lucy 
M.  Mumford,  who  died  :\larch  3,  1829.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  West  Springfield:  i.  William, 
;Mav  28,  1809 ;  died  unmarried  September  7, 
1832.  2.  Timothy  Horton.  November  12, 
1810;  married.  May  i,  1834.  Caroline  Broad. 
3.  Marv  Ann,  April  21,  1813:  married,  1835, 
James  Llovd :  died  June  10,  1838.  4.  Amanda 
H.,  Julv  17.  1816;  married.  1837,  Thomas  H. 
Hastings;  died  August  12,  1839.  5.  Francis 
Dwight,  March  9,  1820,  mentioned  below.  6. 
Sophia  Jane,  October  22,  1824;  married 
(first)  William  T.  Southworth ;  (second)  Dav- 
id A.  Reeves. 

(\'II)  Francis  Dwight.  son  of  Rodney 
Loomis.  was  born  in  West  Springfield.  March 
9,  1820,  died  in  1905.  at  Westfield.  He  mar- 
ried. Mav  19.  1841.  Laura  M.  Brown,  and 
who  died':March  23,  1907,  at  the  age  of  eigh- 
ty-five. She  was  born  at  Lebanon,  Connecti- 
cut. Mr.  Loomis  resided  at  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  and  Westfield.  Massachusetts. 
Children,  born   at  New   Haven:    i.  William 


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Horton,  April  17,  1842:  married,  May  19, 
1866,  Anna  R.  IMerrifield.  2.  Violet  Eldora, 
May  31.  1845,  died  September,  1896;  mar- 
ried, FelM-uary  12,  1872,  Frederick  L.  Jack- 
son. 3.  John  Elwin,  March  13,  1850,  died 
October  22,  1857.  4.  Francis  Northrop, 
mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Francis  Northrop,  son  of  Francis 
Dvvight  Loomis,  was  born  at  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  January  12,  1857.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  be- 
gan his  business  life  as  clerk  in  a  hardware 
store.  He  began  to  manufacture  buttons  for 
the  whip  manufacturers  at  Westfield  and  then 
engaged  also  in  making  whips.  He  after- 
wards started  a  store  on  Elm  street.  West- 
field.  After  conducting  this  business  success- 
fully for  a  number  of  years  he  sold  it.  At 
present  he  is  not  engaged  in  business.  Mr. 
Loomis  has  an  excellent  business  reputation 
and  enjoys  the  fullest  confidence  and  esteem 
of  his  townsmen.  He  married  Wary  Louise, 
born  1857,  at  Westfield,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Sarah  (Cooper)  Shepard.  (See  Shepard, 
VII).  Child,  Annie  Laura,  born  September 
6.  1887,  at  Westfield. 

(The  Shepard  Line). 

John  Shepard,  immigrant  ancestor  of  the 
Westfield  family  of  this  sketch,  was  born  at 
Wetheringset,  county  Suffolk,  England,  167 1. 
He  died  .\ugust  10,  1756.  He  was  a  descend- 
ant of  John  Shepard,  of  Mendlesham,  Suflfolk, 
living  in  1550.  He  settled  in  Westfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  married  Elizabeth  Woodruff, 
of  Westfield. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Shepard, 
was  born  in  Westfield  in  1706,  died  in  1783. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Noble.  Children:  i. 
David,  born  1744,  died  1817;  lived  at  Chester, 
Massachusetts,  and  Amsterdam,  New  York; 
married  Lucinda  Mather,  niece  of  Rev.  Cot- 
ton Mather:  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  1766, 
surgeon  in  the  American  army  in  the  revolu- 
tion, captain  at  Bunker  Hill ;  delegate  to  the 
state  constitutional  convention  in  1788;  had 
son  Mather.  2.  Jonathan,  settled  at  Bland- 
ford  and  had  sons,  Ezra,  Jonathan,  Elijah  and 
Oliver. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (2)  Shepard, 
was  born  about  1700-10.  He  married  Rachel 
Lamkton,  of  Westfield  (intention  dated  June 
6,  1730).  Children:  i.  Rachel,  born  March 
23,  1731,  died  April  2,  1731.  2.  Jonathan, 
March  23,  1732.  3.  Eleanor,  April,  1734,  died 
February  i,  1745.  4.  Desire,  May  i,  1736, 
died  September.  1738.    5.  Amos,  May  4,  1738, 


died  December  9,  1749.  6.  Solomon,  .\pril  i, 
1742 ;  soldier  in  the  revolution.  7.  Mary, 
November  22,  1744.  8.  Noah,  October  27, 
1746,  died  August  2,  1747.  9.  Eleanor,  Au- 
gust 2,  1748.  ID.  Sarah,  December  29,  1750. 
II.  Amos,  June  27,  1754. 

(R)  William,  son  or  nephew  of  Jonathan 
Shepard,  was  born  about  1750.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution.  According  to  the  cen- 
sus of  1790  he  had  a  family  of  si.x  males  over 
sixteen,  one  under  sixteen  and  four  females 
in  his  family  at  that  time. 

(V)  Jesse,  son  or  nephew  of  William  Shep- 
ard, was  born  about  1780.  The  records  of 
Westfield  do  not  reveal  his  family. 

(VI)  Warren,  son  of  Jesse  Shepard,  was 

born  in  Westfield.    He  married  (first)  ■ 

Curtis;  (second)  Jerusha  Sackett.  Children: 
Lyman,  William,  Henry,  mentioned  below, 
Charles. 

(VII)  Henry,  son  of  Warren  Shepard, 
was  born  in  Westfield  in  1824,  died  in  his  na- 
tive town.  He  married  Sarah  Cooper,  born 
1828,  died  1890,  at  Westfield.  Children,  born 
at  Westfield:  i.  Frederick  H.,  1852;  married 
Minnie  Finch  and  had  a  son  Edwin.  2.  Mary 
Louise,  1857 ;  married  Francis  Northrop 
Loomis.  (See  Loomis,  VIII).  3.  Carrie  J., 
1859;  married  William  Connell. 


Timothy  Palmer  was  not  the 
PALMER  son  but  probably  a  near  rela- 
tive of  Nicholas  Palmer,  of 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  who  had  a  son  Timo- 
thy. Timothy  settled  in  Suffield,  Connecticut, 
and  died  there  November  28,  1696.  He  was  a 
surveyor  of  highways  in  1682;  constable  1684; 
selectman  1686-88.  His  name  appears  on  the 
list  of  freemen  in  1681-82.  His  home  was 
on  Feather  street,  where  he  owned  sixty  acres 
as  early  as  1674.  He  was  granted  another  lot 
of  ten  acres  in  1682.  He  married  (first)  Eliz- 
abeth   ;  (second)  June  3,  1670,  Eliza- 
beth Huggins.  She  died  October  i,  17 16. 
Children:  Timothy;  Esther,  born  1676;  child, 
died  young ;  child,  died  young ;  Thomas,  born 
1682  :  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Timothy  Palmer,  was 
born  at  Suffield,  May  17,  1686;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1720-21,  Elizabeth  Smith. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Palmer,  was  born  at  Suffield,  September  23, 
1723;  married  October  17,  1751,  Margaret 
Leonard,  at  Springfield.  She  died  June  6, 
1 76 1,  aged  twenty-nine.  Her  gravestone  is 
standing  in  the  graveyard  at  Agawam.  He 
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10,  1762.  He  was  a  cordwainer  by  trade.  He 
removed  to  Springfield  when  a  young  man. 
He  made  a  nuncupative  will  June  i,  1798,  be- 
queathing to  daughter  Margaret.  None  of  the 
other  children  objected  to  the  probate  of  the 
will.  He  bequeathed  his  weaving  materials 
and  other  personal  property.  Children :  Alar- 
garet,  Thankful,  Temperance,  Edmund,  Gad, 
Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Palmer,  was  born  May  31,  1761,  in  Spring- 
field. The  family  lived  in  West  Springfield. 
He  died  January  2,  1833,  aged  seventy-one 
years,  according  to  his  gravestone  in  the  Aga- 
wam  burying  ground.  Horace  Palmer  was  ap- 
pointed guardian  of  his  children,  and  before 
1844  married  his  widow.     He  married,  about 

1788,  Abiah  ,  born  1756,  died  October 

8,  1833.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
in  Captain  Nathan  Rowley's  company,  Col- 
onel John  Moseley's  regiment,  from  Hamp- 
shire county,  July  and  August,  1777.  Of  his 
eight  children  :  Samuel ;  James  A.,  mentioned 
below  ;  Francis ;  Louis. 

(V)  James  A.,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Palmer, 
was  born  in  Feeding  Hills,  formerly  West 
Springfield,  and  baptized  in  1794.  He  died 
December  20,  1864,  aged  seventy  years.  He 
was  a  blacksmith  and  wagon  maker  by  trade. 

He    married    Lucy   ,    born    1797,    died 

April  14,  1867.  Children:  Asa  Northam,  men- 
tioned below ;  Lucy  Ann,  married  Carlton 
Strong,  of  Granville,  Massachusetts ;  Adeline, 
born  August  14,  1826,  died  January  16,  1853, 
at  Feeding  Hills,  married  Henry  Wilcox,  born 
December  11,  1821,  brother  of  Lucinda,  who 
married  Asa  Nathan  Palmer. 

(\T)  Asa  Northam,  son  of  James  A.  Pal- 
mer, was  born  in  West  Springfield  or  Feed- 
ing Hills,  and  lived  at  Feeding  Hills.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  learned 
the  trade  of  carpenter,  and  followed  it  for  a 
time.  In  later  years  he  was  a  farmer.  He 
married  Lucinda  A.  Wilcox,  of  an  old  Con- 
necticut family.  He  died  July  3,  1889 ;  his 
wife  in  1901.  Children:  Albert;  Adeline  L. ; 
Henry  A. ;  Edward  and  Frederick,  twins,  died 
in  infancy  ;  Henry  Asa,  mentioned  below. 

(A"II)  Henry  Asa,  son  of  Asa  Northam 
Palmer,  was  born  in  Feeding  Hills,  Novem- 
ber II,  1868,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
and  high  schools  of  Westfield,  Massachu- 
setts, whither  his  parents  removed.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  machinist,  and  worked 
at  his  trade  manufacturing  machinery  used 
in  making  whips.  He  has  a  machine  shop 
at  Westfield,  the  center  of  the  whip  industry. 


and  has  built  up  a  flourishing  industry  in  this 
speciahy.  He  is  a  member  of  Mount  Moriah 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  of  Westfield;  of 
Westfield  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Alasons  ;  of 
Springfield  Commanderv,  Knights  Templar ; 
and  of  Alelha  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist.  He  mar- 
ried, April,  1893,  Frances  Caroline,  daughter 
of  James  B.  Freeman  of  Westfield.  Children : 
Lewis,  born  1894,  died  1900;  Frances  Caro- 
line, born  December,  1901. 


John  Tead,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
TEAD  the  Tead  and  Tidd  families,  was 
born  in  England,  before  1600,  and 
died  at  Woburn,  jMassachusetts,  April  24, 
1657.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade.  The  name 
is  spelled  Tead,  Todd,  Tedd  and  Tidd  in  the 
early  records.  He  was  an  inhabitant  of 
Charlestown  in  1637;  admitted  to  the  church 
March  10,  1639;  selectman  in  1647  at  Wo- 
burn, where  he  settled.  He  was  on  the  com- 
mittee on  the  country  rate  at  Woburn  in  1655. 
He  was  sergeant  of  the  military  company,  the 
first  man  of  the  town  bearing  a  military  title. 
He  bought  Thomas  Moulton's  old  house  in 
Woburn,  and  sold  a  house  the  next  year  to 
Nathaniel  Hadlock.  He  owned  eight  lots  in 
Charlestown  in  1638,  the  sixth  of  which  was 
at  \\'aterfield,  now  Winchester.  He  owned 
other  land  in  \\'oburn.  His  wife  Margaret 
died  at  Woburn,  1651.  He  married  (second) 
Alice ,  who  married  (second)  at  Cam- 
bridge, June  II,  1657,  William  Mann.  His 
will  was  dated  April  9  and  proved  November 
10,  1656.     Children  :  John,  mentioned  below  ; 

Samuel,    died    1651,    married    Sarah   ; 

Elizabeth,  married  June  13,  1642,  Thomas 
Fuller,  of  Woburn ;  Mary,  married  December 
24,  1644,  Francis  Kendall;  Hannah,  married 
William  Savell,  of  Braintree. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Tead,  was 
born  about  1618,  in  England.  He  was  a  tailor, 
and  embarked  at  Yarmouth,  England,  May  12, 
1637,  as  servant  for  Samuel  Greenfield,  of 
Norwich,  weaver.  He  was  said  to  have  been 
of  Hartford,  England.  He  settled  at  Cam- 
bridge Farms,  where  he  died  April  13,  1703. 
He  married,  at  Woburn,  April  14,  1650,  Re- 
becca Wood,  who  died  at  Lexington,  January 
10,  1 7 17,  aged  ninety-two  years.  He"  resided 
for  a  time  in  Woburn,  and  in  1686  removed 
to  Cambridge  Farms,  the  present  town  of 
Lexington,  and  by  grant  and  purchase  ac- 
quired a  large  amount  of  real  estate.  His 
homestead  there  was  probably  bought  of 
David  Fiske,  June  i,   1686,  and'  the  property 


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remained  in  the  hands  of  his  descendants  al- 
most if  not  to  the  present  day.  Children:  i. 
Hannah,  born  September  21,  1652;  married 
Joseph  Smith.  2.  John,  born  February  26, 
1654-5 ;  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary,  born 
November  13,  1656.  4.  Samuel,  born  Janu- 
ary 16,  1658-9:  died  unmarried  May  9,  1699. 
5.  Joseph,  born  January  18,  1660- 1  ;  died  Feb- 
ruary, 1660-1.  6.  Joseph,  born  January  20, 
1661-2.  7.  Daniel,  married  Lydia  Carley.  8. 
Rebecca,  married  Thomas  Blodgett. 

(HI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Tead,  was 
born  at  Woburn,  February  26,  1654-5,  and 
died  there  August  3,  1743.  He  married,  June 
12,    1678,   Elizabeth    Fifield,  born    September 

7,  1657,  died  at  Woburn,  October  6,  1732, 
daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Fifield  of 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  He  served  in 
King  Philip's  war,  1675-76,  first  in  the  garri- 
son at  Groton,  and  also  under  Lieutenant  Ed- 
ward Oakes  in  Captain  Thomas  Prentice's 
troop,  June,  1676.  He  was  sergeant  of  the 
Woburn  militia  from  1694  to  1737.     Children: 

1.  Elizabeth,  born  September  19,  1679.  2. 
John,   November  2,    1681.     3.  Joseph,   March 

8,  1684.  4.  Rebecca.  August  4,  1687;  died 
May  21,  1738.  5.  Mary,  April  25,  1690.  6. 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  (3)  Tead,  was 
born  at  Woburn,  August  31,  1693,  and  died 
there  August  18,  1725.  He  married  ]\Iartha 
Wyman,  born  October  13,  1695,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Elizabeth  TRichardson)  Wyman, 
of  Woburn.  She  married  (second)  March  23, 
1731,  Major  Joseph  Richardson,  of  Woburn. 
On  August  30,  1717,  Ebenezer  Tidd  and  Ed- 
ward Winn  were  chosen  gaugers,  the  notice 
of  which  appointment  is  preserved  in  the  Wo- 
burn Public  Library.  Children:  i.  Samuel, 
born  August  20,  1716.  2.  Ebenezer,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1718;  mentioned  below.  3.  Jonathan, 
November  7,  1724. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Tead,  was  born  at  Woburn,  September  24, 
1718.  He  married  (first)  ]\Iay  8,  1744,  Eliza- 
beth Faulkner  (Fortner  in  the  records),  of 
Medford,  who  died  May  19,  1752:  (second) 
January  i,  1755,  Lucy  Polly,  of  Medford.  He 
resided  in  Charlestown  and  Medford.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:   i.  Elizabeth,  died  young! 

2.  Ebenezer,  born  February  8,  1745-6;  died 
young.  3.  Ebenezer,  born  October  11,  1748; 
died  January  12,  1757.  4.  John,  born  June 
28,  1751.  Children  of  second  wife:  5.  Jacob, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Ebenzer,  baptized  Feb- 
ruarv  27,  1757.  7.  Lucv,  born  August  13, 
1758. 


(\'I)  Jacob,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2)  Tead,  was 
born  October  18,  1755,  and  was  baptized  with 
other  children  of  the  family,  February  27, 
1757.  He  served  in  the  revolution  as  matross 
in  Captain  James  Swan's  first  company.  Col- 
onel Craft's  artillery,  November  i  to  Decem- 
ber I,  1776;  also  in  Captain  Philip  Maret's 
company,  same  regiment,  December  i,  1776, 
to  May  8,  1777;  in  Captain  Robert  Davis's 
company.  Colonel  Freeman's  regiment,  on 
duty  at  Rhode  Island,  December  4,  1777.  He 
lived  in  Boston,  where  he  married  (first)  Oc- 
tober 15,  1780,  Sarah  Floyd;  (second)  in  Bos- 
ton, July  18,  1786,  Ruth  Dawes;  Rev.  Samuel 
Stillman  officiated  at  both  marriages.  This  is 
the  only  family  mentioned  in  the  Boston  vi- 
tal records  of  the  surname  Tead  or  Tidd. 
In  1790  he  was  the  only  Tidd  a  head  of  fam- 
ily in  Boston.  There  were  eight  in  his  family 
at  that  time.  He  may  have  lived  also  at 
Medford.  He  was  of  that  town  in  1794,  when 
he  owned  land  at  Corde's,  Charlestown.  He 
conveyed  this  land  in  1817.  Sarah,  probably 
a  daughter,  married,  November  23,  1808, 
Nathaniel  P.  Russell,  at  Boston. 

(\  ID  Edward  Long  Jennings,  son  of 
Jacob  Tead,  was  born  in  Boston,  September 
16.  1799.  He  was  a  sail  maker  on  Commer- 
cial street,  Bos.ton.  He  died  October  7,  1839, 
at  the  age  of  forty  years.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary 18,  1823.  Hannah  Berry,  born  October  16, 
1800.  Children:  William;  Angelina;  Lucy, 
married  William  Learned ;  Sarah,  married 
Hilliard  Coodale  ;  Helen,  unmarried  ;  Edward 
Long,  mentioned  below. 

(\'IH )  Edward  Long,  son  of  Edward 
Long  Jennings  Tead,  was  born  July  15,  1826, 
in  Boston.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
there  and  won  the  Franklin  medal  for  scholar- 
ship. He  was  a  student  in  the  Chauncey  Hall 
School  for  one  year.  He  began  his  business 
life  in  the  employ  of  the  Kimball  Company, 
wholesale  dealers  in  woolens.  He  left  this 
position  to  become  messenger  of  the  newly 
organized  Suffolk  Bank  of  Boston,  was  pro- 
moted after  a  time  to  the  position  of  paying 
teller,  and  was  afterward  cashier  of  the 
Faneuil  Hall  Bank.  He  was  elected  president 
of  the  National  Exchange  Bank  of  Boston, 
and  filled  this  office  with  ability  for  a  period 
of  twenty-three  years.  He  was  honored  by 
many  private  trusts  and  was  executor  and 
trustee  of  a  number  of  large  estates.  He  was 
a  trustee  of  the  Eliot  Fund,  Jamaica  Plain. 
He  was  a  modest  man,  seeking  no  public 
honors  and  accepting  no  public  office.  Once 
he  declined  the  honor  of  having  a  steamship 


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named  for  him,  when  a  committee  named  for 
the  purpose  waited  upon  him  to  secure  his 
consent.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Old  South 
church  of  Boston.  He  died  April  2,  1899.  He 
married.  Mav  8,  1851.  Lucretia  Hovey  Cleas- 
by.  born  March  20,  1831,  daughter  of  Ezekiel 
and  Elizabeth  Burnham  (Hovey)  Cleasby. 
Her  sister  Lucy  never  married;  her  sister 
Sarah  Frances  married  Air.  Riley;  her  sister 
Mary  married  Hiram  Hill,  of  Campton,  New 
Hampshire.  Children:  Edward  Sampson, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary  E.,  unmarried. 

(IX)   Rev.  Edward  Sampson  Tead,  son  of 
Edward  Long  Tead,  was  born  in  Boston.     He 
attended  the  public  schools  at  Jamaica   Plain 
and  fitted  in  the  Boston  high  school  for  col- 
lege.    He  graduated  from  Amherst  College  in 
the  class  of  1875  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.    He 
was  a  student  at  Yale  Divinity  School  in  1876- 
"j-j,  then  entered  Andover  Theological  Semin- 
ary, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class 
of'  1878.     His  first  parish  was  at  Westbrook, 
Maine,   where  he  preached  in  the  Congrega- 
tional church  from   1878-84.     He  was  pastor 
of  the  Prospect  Hill  Congregational  Church, 
Somerville.  Massachusetts,   1884-1901.     Since 
then  he  has  been  secretary  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Education  Society.  '  He  is  a  trustee  of 
the  Atlanta  Theological  Seminary  of  Atlanta, 
Georgia:   trustee  of   the   Tabor   Academy   at 
Marion,  Massachusetts ;  member  of  the  Bos- 
ton Congregational  Club.     In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.     He  married    (first)    Louisa   M., 
daughter  of  Jonathan  S.  and  Caroline  (Smiths 
Graves,  of  Hatfield.  Massachusetts;  (second) 
Louise  M..  daughter  of  John  'W.  and  Virginia 
(]\Ioore)  Ordway.     Her  father  was  a  gradu- 
ate of  Dartmouth  College,  and  the  salutator- 
ian  of  his  class ;  taught  school  several  years 
in  Missouri:  employed  several  years  a  chemist 
in    the    Amoskeag    Mills,    Manchester,    New 
Hampshire ;  became  professor  of  chemistry  in 
the    Massachusetts    Institute    of    Technolog}': 
professor  of  chemistry  at  Tulane  University, 
New  Orleans,   for  more  than  twenty  years : 
•died    July,    1909,    at    Saugus,    Massachusetts. 
Children    of   first    wife:      I.  Donald    Graves, 
"born  March  5,  1880.    2.  Stanley  Hovey,  Octo- 
ber  6,    1882.      3.  Constance.    June    15,    1886. 
Children  of  second  wife:     4.     Ordway,  born 
September    10.    1891.      5.  Phillips.   September 
29,   1893. 


Benjamin  Cooley.  immigrant 
COOLEY     ancestor,    was   an   early   settler 

in  that  part  of  Springfield 
called  Longmeadow.  From  him  are  descend- 
ted  all  of  the  name  in  this  country,  as  far  as 


known.     He  married  Sarah  ,  who  died 

August  23,  1684.  He  died  August  17,  1684, 
and  his  will  and  inventory  were  filed  Septem- 
ber 30  following  and  and  agreement  for  divi- 
sion accepted.  Children:  i.  Bethiah,  born 
September  16,  1643,  died  December  9,  1771 ; 
married,  December  5,  1664,  Henry  Chapin.  2. 
Obediah,  September  27,  1646,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Elakin,  January  8,  1648,  died  De- 
cember I.  171 1.  4.  Daniel.  Alay  2.  1651,  died 
February  9.  1727.  5.  Sarah,  February  27. 
1653,  married,  January  5.  1679,  Jonathan 
Morgan.  6.  Benjamin,  September  i.  1656, 
died  November  29.  1731.  7.  Mary,  June  22, 
1659,  married,  April  21,  1687,  Thomas  Terry. 
8.  'Joseph.  :\larch  6,  1661,  died  :\lay  20,  1740. 

(II)  Obadiah,  son  of  Benjaman  Cooley, 
was  born  September  27,  1646,  died  Septem- 
ber 3,  1690.  He  married,  November  9,  1670, 
Rebecca  Williams,  who  married  (second)  No- 
vember 26,  1 69 1,  John  Warner,  and  died  Oc- 
tober 18,  1715.  Children:  i.  Rebecca,  born 
August  23,  1671.  2.  Sarah.  August  2,  1673. 
3.  ]\Iarv,  December  9,  1675,  married,  IMay  28, 
1696,  John  Ferry.  4.  Obadiah,  August  i. 
1678.  mentioned  below.  5.  Anna,  ]\Tarch  5. 
1681,  married,  171 1,  Nathan  Collins.  6.  Jo- 
seph. November  12,  1683,  died  September  20. 
1767.  7.  Jonathan.  June  28.  1686,  died  Au- 
gust 2,  17S2. 

(III)  Obadiah  (2).  son  of  Obadiah  (i) 
Coolev.  was  born  in  Springfield,  .\ugust  t. 
1678,'  died  October  6,  1764.  He  married. 
January  22,  1702,  Dorcas  Hale.  He  bought 
land  in  Springfield,  on  the  west  .side  of  the 
Great  river,  in  17.30.  and  in  1738  purchased 
of  Benjamin  Ball  three  acres  of  land  on  the 
bank  of  the  river,  now  known  as  the  Isaac 
Humiston  place,  where  he  is  supposed  to  have 
died.  Children:  i.  Obadiah,  born  January 
9.  1705,  settled  in  Brookfield.  2.  Noah.  Au- 
gust 10,  1706,  settled  in  Brimfield.  3.  Moses. 
March  13.  1710,  settled  in  Springfield.  4. 
David,  June  27,  1712,  settled  in  Palmer.  5. 
.^bel.  April  12.  1717,  mentioned  below.  6. 
Jacob,  November  18.  1720.  settled  in  Spring- 
ifield. 

(IV)  Abel,  son  of  Obadiah  (2)  Cooley, 
was  born  in  Springfield,  .^pril  12,  1717.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain 
Enoch  Chapin's  companv.  Colonel  Timothy 
Danielson's  regiment,  on  the  Lexington  alarm. 
April  19,  1775.  He  was  also  in  Captain  Caleb 
Keep's  companv.  Colonel  ^^'illiam  Shepard's 
regiment,  in  1777-78.  and  wintered  at  A^allev 
Forge.  Pennsvlvania.  He  purchased  of  ]\Toses 
Milier  six  acres  on  the  corner  opposite  his 
father's  homestead  in  West  Springfield,    ^^'ith 


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the  exception  of  the  house,  which  was  on  the 
lot  of  the  late  Joshua  Ela  and  was  sold  many 
years  ago,  the  original  homestead  is  still 
owned  by  his  descendants.  He  married  Alercy 
Cooley,  of  one  of  the  old  Springfield  families. 
Children:  i.  John,  mentioned  below.  2.  Wal- 
ter.    Probably  several  daughters. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Abel  Cooley,  was  born  in 
West  Springfield,  1750-60,  and  settled  in 
Tatham  on  a  farm  opposite  that  of  Talcott  A. 
Rogers.  He  married  Elizabeth  Day.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  John,  died  unmarried.  2.  Abel,  men- 
tioned below.  And  probably  several  daughters. 

(\T)  Abel  (2),  son  of  John  Cooley,  was 
born  at  Tatham  and  spent  his  life  in  West 
Springfield.  He  married  Lois  Gofl:".  Children, 
born  at  West  Springfield :  Lorin,  Linas,  Rob- 
ert, Lucy,  Sarah,  Henry,  mentioned  below; 
Maria,  married  James  Wallace;  and  Fannie, 
married  Nathan  Morgan. 

(VH)  Rev.  Henry,  son  of  Abel  (2)  Cooley, 
was  born  at  West  Springfield,  December  23, 
1809.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  When  a  young  man  he  was  post- 
master of  West  Springfield.  He  decided  to 
study  for  the  ministry  and  after  two  years  of 
private  instruction  he  entered  the  Yale  Divin- 
ity School,  in  which  he  studied  four  years, 
graduating  in  1846.  He  was  ordained  Decem- 
ber 2,  1846,  and  preached  first  at  Southwick, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  the  first  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  church  at  Mittineague.  He 
preached  for  seven  years  in  West  Suffield. 
He  resigned  from  the  ministry  in  1863,  on  ac- 
count of  ill  health,  and  died  at  his  home  in 
Springfield,  October  i,  1894,  aged  eighty-five 
years.  In  his  will  he  left  legacies  to  two  of 
the  parishes  in  which  he  had  been  minister. 
He  married,  June,  1836,  Lois  Maria  Brown, 
born  1814,  in  Bloomfield,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Frances  Maria,  born  August  6,  1837, 
died  January  23,  1896:  married  Israel  Har- 
mon, of  Springfield ;  three  children :  Martha 
F.,  Clara  E.  and  Lilla.  2.  :\Iary.  born  Janu- 
ary 21,  1851,  married  Samuel  J.  Whyte,  of  the 
Fire  and  ]\Iarine  Insurance  Company  of 
Springfield;  has  no  children.  3.  Emma,  born 
March  3,  1853.  died  November  14.  1885  ;  mar- 
ried Dwight  L.  Wing;  had  two  children :  Ray- 
mond C.  and  Helen  C.  4.  Henry  Jr.,  born 
February  20,  1855,  died  October  29,  1885 ; 
■  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
Springfield :  was  bookkeeper  several  years  for 
Meekms,  Packard  &  Wheat,  of  Springfield; 
was  in  business  later  on  his  own  account  in 
Springfield ;  removed  to  Charleston,  Illinois, 
where  he  was  in  business  and  where  he  died. 


Abercrombie  or  Aber- 
ABERCROMBIE    cromby    is    a   surname 

derived  from  a  barony 
of  that  name  in  Fifeshire,  Scotland.  Aber 
means  "beyond"  and  crombie,  "the  crook", 
or  bend  in  the  stream  of  fifeness.  The  parish 
was  known  as  St.  Monanco,  but  has  been 
known  as  Abercromby  since  1174,  and  the 
family  were  chiefs  of  the  name  until  the  sev- 
enteenth century,  when  that  line  became  ex- 
tinct. Then  Abercrombie  of  Birkenbog,  Banff- 
shire, was  created  the  head  of  the  clan  of 
Abercrombie.  In  1637  Alexander  Abercrom- 
bie, of  Birkenbog,  was  made  a  baronet  of 
Scotland  and  Nova  Scotia,  and  distinguished 
himself  as  a  royalist  during  the  civil  wars. 
The  baronetcy  is  still  in  the  family.  The  coat- 
of-arms  used  by  all  the  Abercrombie  families 
is :  Argent  a  chevron  gules  between  three 
boars'  heads  erased  azure.  Crest :  An  oak  tree 
acorned  on  a  mount  proper.  Motto,  "Tace". 
The  crest  and  motto  vary  in  diiTerent  branches 
of  the  family.  A  branch  of  the  family  in 
South  Carolina  used  the  following  arms  be- 
fore the  revolution :  Argent  a  chevron  gules 
between  three  boars'  heads  erased  azure 
langued  of  the  field,  an  antique  crown  or. 
Crest:  A  cross  calvary  gules.  Motto:  "In 
Cruce  Salva". 

(I)  Rev.  Robert  Abercrombie,  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  1712,  and  graduated  at 
the  L^niversity  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  where 
he  had  a  reputation  of  being  a  profound 
scholar,  familiar  with  Latin,  Greek,  Hebrew 
and  Syriac.  He  also  brought  testimonials 
from  the  Presbytery  of  Edinburg  and  Kirk- 
caldy, and  recommendations  from  distinguish- 
ed Scotch  divines.  He  was  a  descendant  in 
an  unbroken  line  of  Abercrombies  back  to  the 
twelfth  century,  in  Fifeshire,  Scotland.  He 
landed  in  Boston  in  the  autumn  of  1740,  and 
preached  among  Presbyterians  at  Boston, 
Worcester,  and  other  places,  going  about  on 
horseback  among  the  Scotch-Irish  Presby- 
terians who  went  from  Worcester  to  Pelham, 
Massachusetts.  On  May  it,  1742,  he  was 
asked  to  supply  the  pulpit  at  Pelham,  and  the 
following  year  a  call  was  extended  to  him  to 
become  the  settled  minister.  A  protest,  how- 
ever, was  signed  by  twenty-two  of  the  par- 
ishioners, against  his  settlement  there,  al- 
though no  reason  was  given  for  the  act  in  the 
document.  It  was  unavailing,  and  he  was  or- 
dained August  30,  1744.  Rev.  Jonathan  Ed- 
wards preaching  the  ordination  sermon.  He 
was  granted  Lot  No.  i  on  the  north  side  of  the 
middle  range  road,  and  a  house  was  built  for 


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him  which  he  occupied  probably  until  his 
death.  The  relations  between  pastor  and  peo- 
ple were  never  very  satisfactory,  and  there 
was  constant  trouble,  after  the  first  two  years, 
concerning  the  payment  of  his  salary.  There 
was  radical  disagreement  in  regard  to  the  doc- 
trine of  infant  baptism,  and  other  difficulties 
as  well,  and  about  1754  his  pastorate  was  ter- 
minated, and  the  church  doors  were  closed 
against  him.  In  1748  he  had  expressed  a  de- 
sire to  be  dismissed  from  the  Presbytery,  but 
his  request  w-as  refused.  In  the  correspond- 
ence which  ensued  between  him  and  the  Pres- 
bytery, his  communications  were  sound  and 
able.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  mind  and  will, 
conscientious  to  a  degree,  and  a  strict  dis- 
ciplinarian. The  absence  of  harmonious  feel- 
ing at  the  first  prevented  a  good  understand- 
ing between  pastor  and  people,  and  his  concep- 
tion of  duty  would  not  allow  him  to  deal 
gently  with  the  more  liberal  of  his  people.  The 
Scotch  character  was  too  firm  and  tenacious 
to  admit  of  any  half-way  measures.  He  died 
in  Pelham,  March  7,  1786.  In  August,  1900, 
his  grave  was  marked  by  a  huge  boulder, 
weighing  five  tons.  He  had  five  sons  in  the 
revolution.  He  married  Margaret  Stevenson, 
who  died  November  2,  1765,  daughter  of  John 
Stevenson.  Children:  i.  David.  2.  Andrew. 
3.  Margaret.  4.  Samuel.  5.  John.  6.  Wil- 
liam. 7.  James,  born  1754.  8.  Sarah,  Octo- 
ber II,  1756.  9.  Robert.  10.  Isaac,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1759,  mentioned  be1ow^  11.  Mehit- 
able,  July  4,  1762  (?). 

(II)  Captain  Isaac,  son  of  Rev.  Robert 
Abercrombie,  was  born  in  Pelham,  September 
30,  1759,  died  December  4,  1847.  ^^■ben  a 
boy  he  made  his  home  with  William  Hyslop, 
of  Brookline,  a  wealthy  Englishman  and 
friend  of  his  father.  He  returned  to  Pelham, 
where  he  settled,  and  lived  on  the  homestead. 
He  was  a  man  of  fine  presence,  erect  and  state- 
ly, and  filled  many  offices  of  honor  and  trust. 
He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1799- 
1800-01-02-04-06-09-19.  He  was  a  selectman 
often,  justice  of  the  peace  for  Hampshire  and 
Hampden  counties,  and  captain  in  the  militia. 
He  served  in  the  revolution  from  Brookline  in 
Captain  Thomas  Mayo  Jr.'s  company.  Col- 
onel Eleazer  Weld's  regiment,  in  December, 
1776.  at  Bull  and  Castle  Island:  also  in  Cap- 
tain Lemuel  May's  company.  Colonel  Mcin- 
tosh's regiment  at  Roxbury  in  1778.  He  re- 
moved to  New  Salem,  thence  to  Greenfield, 
and  finally  in  1830  to  Deerfield,  where  he  died. 
He  married,  January  26,  1790,  Martha  Mc- 
Culloch,  who  died  April  15,  1837.  Children: 
iv— 34 


I.  William  Hyslop,  born  August  4,  1791.  2. 
Isaac,  July  20,  1793.  3.  Ira,  September  25, 
1795,  died  young.  4.  Sally,  May  12,  1797.  5. 
Lucinda,  May  13,  1798,  died  young.  6.  Otis, 
June  25.  1802,  mentioned  below.  7.  Ira,  Janu- 
ary 28,  1805.  8.  Asiel,  October  21,  1807,  men- 
tioned below.     9.  Lucinda,  April  20,  1809. 

(Ill)   Otis,    son    of    Captain    Isaac    Aber- 
crombie, was  born  in  Pelham,  Massachusetts, 
June  25,  1802.  He  graduated  at  Williams  Col- 
lege in   1823;  studied  medicine  in  Richmond, 
Virginia,  and  New   Haven,   Connecticut,  and 
received  degree  of  M.  D.  from  Yale  in  1827. 
He  was  licensed  by  the  Massachusetts  Medical 
Society    in    May,    1827,    and   then    located    in 
Ashburnham,    Massachusetts,    where    he    was 
favorably  received  and  soon  acquired  a  high 
rank  in  his  profession.    In  1829  he  removed  to 
Fitchburg,   Massachusetts,  and  there  was  as- 
sociated with  Jonas   A.   Marshall,   M.   D.,   in 
the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery.     He  was 
a  man  of  rare  intellectual  ability,   eminently 
skillful  as  a  surgeon,  and  his  keen  powers  of 
observation,    knowledge    and    good    judgment 
made  him  a  trusted  practitioner   and  one  of 
the  most  successful  physicians  and  surgeons  in 
the  vicinity.     After  a   successful  practice  of 
nine  years  in  Fitchburg,  his  health  failed  and 
he  retired   from  the  active  duties  of  his  pro- 
fession  and    removed    to   Lunenburg,    ^lassa- 
chusetts,  where  he  was  interested  in  public  af- 
fairs, serving  several  years  as  selectman  and 
]30stmaster.     He  died  in  Lunenburg,  January 
24,  1851.    He  married,  June  16,  1835,  Dorothy 
Lovina,  daughter  of  Major  Daniel  and  Mary 
(  Sawyer  )   Putnam,  of  Lunenburg,  Massachu- 
setts.     Children:      i.  Otis    Putnam,    born    in 
Fitchburg,  Alassachusetts,  September  3,  1836; 
graduated     at     Harvard,      1858;     read     law 
in      Springfield,      Worcester      and      Harvard 
Law     School,     graduated     LL.     B.,      1861 ; 
admitted    to    the    bar    at    Springfield.    June 
16,    1861 ;  went  to  Chicago  in  that  year  and 
there  practiced  law   until    1885,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Lunenburg,  where  he  died  August 
20,    1904;   he   married    in    Chicago,    May   22, 
1873,  Kate,  daughter  of  Josiah  E.  and  Har- 
riet  (Johnson)    McClure,  of  Milwaukee:  she 
died  in  Chicago,  October  18,   1873.     2.  Mar- 
tha  Anna,   born    April    21,    1839.      3.  Daniel 
Putnam,  born  January  21,  1844;  graduated  at 
Harvard,  1866;  married  in  Montague,  IMassa- 
chusetts,  October  7,  1874,  Julia  Abby,  daugh- 
ter of  Cyrus  and  Sophia  (Brown)  Clapp. 

(Ill)  Asiel,  son  of  Captain  Isaac  Abercrom- 
bie, was  born  at  Pelham,  October  21,  1807,  died 
March  lo,  1874.    He  w-as  educated  in  the  pub- 


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lie  schools  and  at  the  New  Salem  Academy, 
and  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm.  He  settled 
in  New  Salem,  where  he  was  a  merchant.  He 
removed  to  Deerfield,  and  engaged  in  the  hotel 
business  until  the  advent  of  the  railroad.  He 
then  conducted  a  farm.  He  was  director  of 
the  Franklin  County  National  Bank  in  Green- 
field, and  a  trustee  of  the  Greenfield  Savings 
Bank  and  the  Deerfield  Academy  until  his 
death.  He  married,  June  19,  1845.  Elizabeth 
F.  Fuller,  daughter  of  Aaron  Fuller.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Robert,  born  April  24,  1846;  married 
(first)  December  30,  1873,  Ellen  M.  Craw- 
ford, who  died  June  6,  1892;  (second)  Ma- 
thilda I'lrich  ;  children:  i.  Robert  Crawford, 
born  November  9,  1874:  ii.  Elizabeth  Brooks, 
December  31,  1876,  died  December  11.  1890: 
iii.  James  Douglas,  August  29,  1878,  married 
Ella"  M.  Brigham ;  iv.  Harold  Francis,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1880:  v.  William  Huntington,  born 
September  6,  1885;  vi.  Edward  Marion,  born 
May  26,  1892.  2.  Elizabeth,  September  26, 
1848.  3.  William  Hyslop,  September  23, 
1851.    4.  Hattie  Fuller.  July  11,  i860. 

The  surname  Draper  is  derived 
DRAPER     from  the  trade  of  some  remote 

ancestor,  and  belongs  to  the 
class  of  English  names  represented  by  Smith, 
Carjienter  Cook,  Weaver,  Farmer,  etc.  The 
family  in  England  is  very  ancient,  and  has 
produced  many  distinguished  men. 

(D  Thomas  Draper,  father  of  the  Ameri- 
can immigrant,  lived  and  died  in  the  parish 
of  Heptonstall,  vicarage  of  Halifax,  York- 
shire, England.  He  himself  was  a  clothier  by 
trade.  Children:  Thomas,  John,  William, 
James  (mentioned  below),  Mary,  Martha.  All 
remained  in  England  excepting  James. 

(H)  James,  son  of  Thomas  Draper,  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  was  born  in  Hep- 
tonstall, in  1618,  and  came  to  New  England 
about  the  time  he  caine  of  age,  and  from 
1640  to  1650  was  a  pioneer  and  proprietor  of 
the  town  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  In 
1654  he  became  a  proprietor  of  Lancaster, 
Massachusetts,  but  remained  in  Roxbury,  and 
died  there  in  July  1694,  aged  seventy-three 
years.  His  grave  in  the  old  Roxbury  church- 
yard is  marked  by  a  stone.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman  in  1690.  From  his  exceedingly 
strict  piety  he  was  known  in  his  day  as  "James 
the  Puritan",  and  thus  is  still  known  to  genea- 
logists and  historians.  He  was  the  owner  of 
several  looms,  and  followed  his  trade  of  cloth- 
ier in  this  country.  He  married,  April  21, 
1646,  at  Heptonstall.  England,  Miriam  Stans- 


field.  born  there  November  27,  1625,  daughter 
of  Ciideon  and  Grace  (Eastwood)  Stansfield. 
She  died  at  Roxbury,  December-January, 
1697.  Her  epitaph  reads:  "Here  lyes  ye 
body  of  Mrs.  Marrian  Draper,  wife  of  Mr. 
James  Draper,  aged  about  J"]  years.  Dec- 
Jan.  1697."  The  stone  appears  to  be  one  of 
the  oldest  in  the  burying  ground.  Children:  i. 
Miriam,  born  in  England,  February  7,  1646- 
47 ;  died  there.  2.  Susannah,  born  1650,  at 
Roxbury ;  married  John  Bacon,  of  Charles- 
town.  3.  Sarah,  born  1652,  at  Roxbury.  4. 
James,  mentioned  below.  5.  John,  born  April 
24,  1656,  at  Dedham,  Massachusetts;  died 
.\pril  5,  1749.  6.  Moses,  born  at  Dedham, 
September  26,  1663;  died  at  Boston,  August 
14,  1693.  7.  Daniel,  born  May  30,  1665,  at 
Dedham,  and  died  there.  8.  Patience,  born 
.\ugust  17,  1668,  at  Rox  bury.  9.  Jonathan, 
born  March  10,  1670,  at  Roxbury;  died  there 
F'ebruary  28,  1746-47;  married  Sarah  Jack- 
son. 

(HI)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Draper, 
was  born  in  Roxbury,  in  1654,  and  died  there 
.\])ril  30,  1698.  He  was  a  soldier  in  King 
Philip's  war  in  1675-76.  He  married,  F'ebru- 
ary  18,  1681,  Abigail  Whiting,  died  in  Rox- 
bury, (October  25,  1721,  aged  fifty-nine  years. 
The  gravestones  of  both  husband  and  wife  are 
to  be  found  in  the  Roxbury  burial  ground, 
now  part  within  the  city  of  Boston.  In  1683 
leave  was  granted  to  James  Draper  and  Na- 
thaniel Whiting  to  erect  a  fulling  mill  in  Ded- 
ham below  the  corn  mill  on  Mother  Brook. 
The  Draper  interests  in  this  mill  property 
were  gradually  sold  out  to  the  Whitings. 
Draper  injured  a  sinew  while  wrestling,  and 
was  never  able  to  leave  his  house  afterward. 
He  was  said  to  be  the  strongest  wrestler  in  the 
town.  Children,  born  at  Roxbury:  I.  Abigail, 
December  29,  1681 ;  married  James  Griggs. 
2.  Nathaniel,  April  2,  1684:  died  December 
30,  1721.  3.  William,  May  15,  1686;  died 
young.  4.  Eunice,  June  5,  1689.  5.  James, 
1691  ;  died  April  24.  1768;  ancestor  of  Gover- 
nor Eben  S.  Draper,  General  William  F. 
Draper,  and  the  other  Drapers  of  Hopedale. 
6.  Gideon,  1694 ;  mentioned  below.  7.  Eben- 
ezer,  April  27,  1698;  died  at  Attleborough, 
lune  3,  1784. 

(IV)  Gideon,  son  of  James  (2)  Draper, 
was  born  in  Roxbury,  in  1694.  He  settled  at 
Dedham.  Children:  i.  Abigail,  born  May  26, 
1714;  died  December  4,  1729.  2.  James,  born 
September  29,  1715;  died  January  7,  1719.  3. 
John,  born  July  29,  1717.  4.  Ruth,  Novem- 
ber  29.    1718.      3.  Gideon,   .'\ugust   25,    1722; 


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mentioned  below.    6.  Nathaniel,  February  17, 
1724;  major  in  the  revolution;  married  Grace 


(\')  Gideon  (2),  son  of  Gideon  (ij  Drap- 
er, was  born  August  25,  1722,  and  died  at 
Dover,  New  York,  in  1778.  He  went  from 
Roxbury  to  settle  in  the  Connecticut  Gore,  in 
what  was  afterward  Dover,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  William,  mentioned  below.  2.  Jo- 
seph, married Benson.     3.  Reuben.    4. 

John.  5.  Ebenezer,  married  Hannah  Worces- 
ter. 6.  Benjamin.  7.  Ezekiel,  unmarried.  8. 
Gideon.  9.  Nathan.  10.  Millie,  married 
Oliver  Grigs;  family  of  Quakers.  11.  Abi- 
gail, married  Caspar  Elster,  a  Hession  soldier 
who  settled  in  this  country.     12.  Son. 

(\'l)  William,  son  of  Gideon  (2)  Draper, 
was  born  in  Roxbury.  He  was  a  Quaker,  and 
it  being  against  his  religious  principles  to  en- 
gage in  warfare,  he  was  induced  to  go  to  Long 
Island  during  the  revolution  to  escape  con- 
cription.  He  lived  at  Akron.  Children :  Gid- 
eon, born  in  Connecticut  in  1769,  died  August, 
1S50;  Daniel:  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below; 
William  ;  David. 

(VH)  Nathaniel,  son  of  William  Draper, 
was  born  about  1770,  in  Connecticut  or  New 
York.  Children:  I.  Nathaniel,  resided  at 
High  River  Junction  and  Rochester,  New 
York;  married  Rachel  Casten,  of  Milo,  Yates 
county.  New  York ;  teacher,  farmer  and  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  2.  Thomas  Penniman,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Samuel.  4.  Grace.  5. 
\nna.    6.   Mary.     7.  Sallie.    8.  Betsey. 

( \'ni )  Thomas  Penniman,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel Draper,  was  born  about  1800.  He 
married  Sarah  Parmenter.  Children:  i. 
Charles  T.,  died  aged  two  years.  2.  George 
Parmalee,  or  Parmenter,  born  August  9,  1833. 
3.  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Penniman 
Draper,  was  born  about  1825-30.  He  lived  at 
Charlestown.  New  Hampshire.  Children: 
Ezra,  mentii  )nod  below ;  Nathaniel  L..  resided 
at  West  Randol]ih,  \'ermont ;  Sarah,  Eli,  John. 

(X)  Ezra  J.,  son  of  Samuel  Draper,  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Chastia 
or  Claremont,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  a 
bridge  and  wharf  builder.  He  resided  at 
Castine,  Maine,  and  Somerville,  Massachu- 
setts. He  married  Frances  Emeline  Butler. 
Children:  Frank  L.,  mentioned  below;  Wil- 
lard  J,.  Ada. 

(XI)  Frank  L.,  son  of  Ezra  J.  Draper,  was 
born  at  Castine,  Maine,  July  31,  1852.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Somerville.  Mas- 
sachusetts,   and   graduated    from    the    Somer- 


ville high  school,  class  of  1868.  For  thirty- 
eight  years  (now  1909)  he  has  been  associated 
with  the  Somerville  fire  department.  Begin- 
ning in  1871  as  "callman",  in  1892  he  went 
into  the  electrical  department,  where  he  was 
employed  for  nine  years,  and  was  then  ap- 
pointed "permanent".  Since  February,  1906, 
he  has  been  and  is  acting  captain  of  Ladder 
Company  No.  i,  Somerville.  He  is  a  member 
of  John  Abbott  Lodge  of  Masons,  Oasis 
Lodge,  No.  146,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  the  Veteran 
h'iremen's  .\ssociation,  all  of  Somerville.  He 
married,  July  15.  1873,  Lizzie  M.  Moore,  born 
.\pril  I,  1858,  daughter  of  Abram  and  Maria 
(Marple)  Moore.  Children:  i.  Frank  E.. 
born  June  15.  1874;  educated  in  Somerville 
]5ublic  and  high  schools  ;  enlisted  in  Company 
M,  Eighth  Massachusetts  Regiment,  Massa- 
clnisetts  \'olunteer  Militia,  and  was  in  service 
during  the  Spanish  War ;  died  of  typhoid 
fever  at  Chattanooga,  Tennessee,  aged  twenty- 
three  years.  2.  Nina.  3.  Bertie.  4.  Lottie, 
graduate  of  Somerville  high  school ;  teacher 
for  some  years  in  Norwood  high  school ;  mar- 
ried Frank  E.  Webster,  1905 ;  child,  Pauline 
Kellogg  Webster,  born  at  Somerville.  1907. 


All  the  old  families  of  the 
CHEEVER     surname     Cheever     in     New 

England  appear  to  come  from 
the  same  stock.  There  were  several  immi- 
grant ancestors,  but  all  nearly  related.  Bar- 
tholomew Cheever,  born  in  England,  settled  in 
l^.oston,  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  admitted  free- 
man Atay  2fi,  1647,  ti'ifl  'o  the  church  May  31, 
iCi4fi.  died  1693:  his  will  dated  October  21, 
proved  December  28,  1693.  bequeathed  to  wife 
Lydia,  brother  Daniel,  and  seven  children  by 
name ;  to  cousin  Ezekiel  Cheever,  mentioned 
below,  and  Richard  Cheever  with  his  son  Bar- 
tholomew ;  to  cousins  Elizabeth  Harwood, 
William  and  Samuel  Barrett,  to  William 
Thwing  and  Benjamin  Marsh ;  to  Stephen 
Palmer,  who  married  brother  Daniel  Cheever's 
daughter  Elizabeth ;  to  children  of  cousin 
Ballantine  and  to  poor  of  the  old  church  ;  his 
widow  Lydia  was  a  sister  of  William  Barrett, 
and  her  will  v^'as  proved  March  14,  1701  ;  they 
had  no  children.  Daniel  Cheever,  brother  of 
the  above,  born  in  England,  was  a  husband- 
man of  Cambridge,  deposing  .April  7,  1664, 
that  he  was  aged  about  forty-three  years;  his 
wife  Hester  was  a  member  of  the  church;  he 
died  March.  1703-4;  his  will  dated  .\pril  30, 
1698,  proved  June  21,  1704,  refers  to  Pirother 
Bartholomew  Cheever,  of  Boston,  deceased, 
to  sons  Israel.  James;  daughters  Lydia  Lux- 


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ford,  Elizabeth  Palmer  and  Hannah  Barrett, 
wife  of  William  liarrett,  son-in-law  of  Joseph 
Champney.  Peter  Cheever,  another  immi- 
grant ancestor,  was  a  nephew  of  Ezekiel 
Cheever,  mentioned  below. 

(I)  Ezekiel  Cheever,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
this  branch  of  the  family,  born  in  London, 
January  26,  1614-15,  came  to  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1637,  and  became  the  famous  and 
worthy  schoolmaster  of  the  Boston  Latin 
School.  He  removed  in  1638  to  New  Haven, 
afterwards  to  Ipswich,  where  he  resided  in 
1650;  then  to  Charlestown,  in  November, 
1661,  and  finally  to  Boston  again  in  1671, 
where  he  died  August  21,  1708.  He  was  an 
interesting  figure  in  the  early  history  of  the 
colonies.  President  Eliot,  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege, has  recently  written  a  book  about  him. 

He  married  (first)  in  1638,  Mary ,  who 

died  at  New  Haven,  January  20,  1649;  (sec- 
ond) November  18,  1652,  Ellen,  sister  of  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Lothrop  of  Beverly.  She  died 
September  10,  1706.  His  will,  dated  J-'ebruary 
16,  1705-06,  proved  August  24,  1708,  he- 
<|ueathed  to  wife  Ellen,  children  Sanniel, 
Mary,  Elizabeth,  Ezekiel,  Thomas  and  Su- 
sanna; to  grandson  Ezekiel  Russell.  Children: 
I.  Samuel,  born  September  22,  1639.  2.  Mary, 
baptized  November  29,  1640;  married  Wil- 
liam Lewis.  3.  Ezekiel,  baptized  June  12, 
1642;  died  young.  4.  Elizabeth,  baptized 
April  6,  1645 ;  married  Samuel  Goldthwaite. 
5.  Sarah,  baptized  September  21,  1646.  6. 
Hannah,  baptized  June  25,  1648.  Chiklren  of 
second  wife:  7.  Abigail,  born  October  20, 
1653.  8.  Ezekiel,  July  i,  1655;  mentioned  be- 
low. 9.  Nathaniel,  born  in  Ipswich,  June  23, 
1657;  f^'^d  there  July  12,  1657.  10.  Thomas, 
born  August  23,  1658.  11.  William,  born  in 
Charlestown,  January  23,  died  February  5, 
1664.  12.  Susanna,  married,  June  5,  1693, 
Joseph  Russell. 

(II)  Ezekiel  (2),  son  of  Ezekiel  (i) 
Cheever,  was  born  July  i,  1655,  and  was  a 
tailor  by  trade.  He  was  one  of  the  signers  of 
the  petition  of  the  Salem  troop  for  commis- 
sioned officers  in  1678,  and  took  the  oath  of 
fidelity  that  year.  He  lived  in  Salem,  and 
took  the  freeman's  oath  May  11,  1681.  He 
was  a  charter  member  of  the  church  at  Salem 
\'illage,  November  19,  1689,  and  was  soon 
subjected  to  its  discipline.  "Sab.  30  March 
1690,  Brother  Cheevers  who  having  in  distress 
for  a  horse  upon  his  wives  approaching  travell 
about  five  or  six  weeks  past  taken  his  neigh- 
bour Joseph  Putnams  horse  out  of  his  stable 
&  without  leave  or  asking  of  it,  was  called 


forth  to  give  satisfaction  to  the  olifended 
Church  as  also  the  last  Sabbath  he  was  called 
forth  for  the  same  purpose,  but  then  he  failed 
in  giving  satisfaction,  by  reason  of  his  some- 
what minsing  the  latter  part  of  his  confession, 
which  in  the  former  he  had  more  ingenuously 
acknowledged,  but  this  day  the  Church  re- 
ceived satisfaction  as  was  testifyed  by  their 
holding  up  of  their  hands.  And  upon  the 
whole  a  word  of  caution  by  the  Pastor  was 
dropt  upon  th  oft'endour  in  particular,  &  upon 
us  all  in  generall."  At  the  hearing  before  the 
magistrates,  iNlarch  I,  1691-2,  in  Salem  Vil- 
lage, in  the  cases  of  the  first  persons  charged 
with  witchcraft,  he  was  deputed  to  take  down 
the  examination  of  the  unfortunates.  At  the 
trial  of  Martha  Corey  he  made  the  following 
deposition;  March  19  following:  "Mr.  Ezekiel 
Cheevers  affirmed  to  ye  jury  of  inquest :  that 
he  saw  IMartha  wife  to  Giles  Cory  examined 
before  ye  Majestrates  at  which  time  he  ob- 
served that  ye  sd  Cory  sometimes  did  bite  her 
lip ;  and  when  she  bit  her  lip  mercy  Lewis  and 
Elizath  Hubbard  and  others  of  ye  afflicted 
])ersons  were  bitten  also  when  s'd  Cory  pinch- 
ed her  fingers  together :  then  mercy  lewise 
I''lizabetli  Hubbard  and  others  were  pinched  ; 
and  according  to  ye  motions  of  s'd  martha 
Coryes  body;  so  was  yea  fficted  persons;  af- 
llicted ;  this  he  affirmed  to  be  true  acording  to 
ye  best  of  his  observation  Mr.  Edward  Put- 
nam affirmed  ye  same  to  ye  jury  of  inquest 
that  Mr.  Cheevers  doth  Mr.  Thomas  Putnam 
affirmed  ye  same:  all  upon  oaths  of  all  of 
them." 

He  owned  lands  in  Dracut,  antl  was  one  of 
the  committee  of  proprietors  to  lay  out  lands 
there,  and  his  name  ajipears  on  the  rate  list 
of  Salem  as  late  as  1731.  F^Iis  will  was  dated 
November  18,  1724,  and  iiroved  December  30, 
1 73 1.  He  married,  in  Salem,  June  17,  1680. 
Abigail  Lippingwell.  Children:  I.  Abigail 
born  March  22,  1679-80.  2.  Ezekiel,  bap- 
tized July  31,  i68r.  3.  Thomas,  born  Febru- 
ary 28,  1683;  died  December  17,  1690.  4. 
Ezekiel,  born  March  15,  1685-6;  died  I<\Mjru- 
ary  15,  1689-90.  5.  Samuel,  born  February  9, 
1689-90;  mentioned  below.  6.  Ebenezer,  bap- 
tized June  26,  1692.  7.  Nathaniel,  settled  in 
Dracut.  8.  Ezekiel,  settled  in  Dracut.  0. 
r>enjamin,  baptized  July  6,  1701. 

(Ill)  Samuel,  son  of  Ezekiel  (2)  Cheever, 
was  born  in  Salem,  February  9,  1689-00,  and 
baptized  at  Salem  Village,  April  13.  following. 
He  was  a  weaver  by  trade,  and  administration 
on  his  estate  was  granted  his  widow  Mary,  on 
January   14,   1733-     Children,  born  in  Salem: 


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I.  Abigail,  October  3,  1715.  2.  Samuel,  April 
30,  1719;  mentioned  below.  3.  Israel,  June 
18,  1721  ;  married  Rutli  Perkins  of  Topstield. 
'4.  Mary,  April  30,  1725.  5.  Elizabetli.  -Au- 
gust 28,  1728. 

(TV)  Sanuiel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (  i  ) 
Cheever,  was  born  April  30,  17 19,  and  ba])- 
tized  in  Salem  \'illage,  afterwards  Danvers, 
June  7,  1719.  He  was  in  Captain  John  Put- 
nam's company  on  the  Lexington  alarm.  He 
lived  in  Danvers,  and  may  have  married  twice. 
Children  of  Samuel  and  wife  Elizabeth,  born 
at  Danvers:  i.  Elizabeth,  April  20,  1752 
(old  style).  2.  Leefe,  February  14,  1754.  3. 
Samuel,  September  12,  1756.  4.  Samuel,  bap- 
tized December  3,  1758.  5.  Mary,  born  .April 
23.  1760.  fi.  Ezekiel.  August  19,  i/C)2.  7. 
Nathan,  mentioned  below.  8.  Sarah,  ba])- 
tized  July  31,  1768. 

(Y)  Nathan,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Cheever, 
was  born  June  17,  1763,  he  lived  at  Danvers. 
He  married  Mehitable  Porter.  Children,  born 
at  Danvers,  (except  Ira)  :  i.  Porter,  January 
6,  1793.  2.  Ezekiel.  September  28,  1794.  3. 
Nathan,  August  26,  1790.  4.  Ira,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Sallv.  November  2C;,  1800.  fi. 
Marv.  December  i,  1802.  7.  Cynthia  Porter, 
Alarch  ifi,  1805.  8.  .^anuiel.  July  8,  1807.  q. 
Mehitable  Rea,  June  8,  18 10. 

(\I)  Ira,  son  of  Nathan  Cheever,  was 
born  at  Hopkinton,  New  Hampshire,  where 
his  parents  resided  fnr  a  short  time  (accord- 
ing to  the  Danvers  vital  records)  July  20. 
1798.  He  died  in  Chelsea,  Massachusetts. 
September  11,  1876.  He  married  (first)  Mar- 
tha (  Safford  )  Patch,  widow  of  Ca])tain  Tracy 
Patch,  of  Marblehead:  (second)  Meliitabl'.- 
Felt,  of  Salem.  He  lived  in  Salem.  L'hildreii 
of  first  wife:  Tracy  Patch,  mentioned  below: 
Nancy.  Children  of  second  wife:  Joseph 
Charles  Felt,  Henrv  .Augustus,  .\nna.  Twn 
others  died  in  infancy. 

(ATI)  Tracy  Patch,  son  of  Ira  Clieever, 
was  born  in  Marblehead  .March  28,  1824.  He 
lived  at  Chelsea,  Massachusetts,  where  many 
of  the  Cheever  famil\-  have  lived  for  many 
generations.  He  married  Louisa  Rebecca  Kil- 
burn.  born  July  12,  1833,  daughter  of  John 
and  Maria  ( (lage)  Kilburn.  Children,  all 
born  in  Chelsea:  i.  .Albert  Safford,  born  Sep- 
tember 17,  1857  ;  mentioned  below.  2.  Alartha 
Louise,  born  .A]3ril  13,  1863;  never  married. 
3.  Tracv    Patch    Tr.,  born   February   12,   1865. 

(\Ili)  .\lbert  S..  .son  of  Tracy  Patch 
Cheever,  was  born  in  Chelsea,  September  17, 
1857.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  his  native  town.      He  entered  the 


engineering  department  of  the  Fitchburg  rail- 
road, and  for  nine  years  was  chief  engineer. 
In  1900,  when  the  Fitchburg  road  was  leased 
b\-  the  ISoston  &  Maine  Railroad  Company  in 
upo,  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the 
I'"itchburg  division.  He  is  well  known  and 
highly  esteemed  in  railroad  circles.  He  mar- 
ried, June  7,  1893,  Josephine  M.,  daughter  of 
John  J.  and  Mary  (  Brown )  Grant,  of  Deer- 
iield,  Massachusetts.  He  makes  his  home  in 
Somerville,  Massachusetts,  at  fi  Aldersey 
street.  Children:  i.  Walter  G..  born  at  Fitch- 
burg, Mav  22.  i8i;5.  2.  Alice,  born  at  Somer- 
ville, June  2,  1900.  .Another  child,  died  in  in- 
fancv. 


Thomas  Brown,  immigrant  an- 
l'.l\(  )WX     cestor,    was   born    in    1628   and 

settled  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
lie  luarried  Mary,  born  1637,  youngest  child 
of  Thomas  and  Mary  Newall,  of  Lynn. 
Children:  I.  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Mary,  born  February  10,  1655,  died  May  18, 
Tfifi2.  3.  Sarah,  .August  20,  1657,  died  .Au- 
gust I,  1658.  4.  Joseph,  February  ifi,  1658. 
5.  Sarah,  September  13,  1660,  died  April  2, 
ifi62.  6.  Jonathan,  born  and  died  .April  12, 
\(-tfi2.  7.  John,  removed  to  Stonington.  8. 
AIar\-,  born  Julv  26,  ifififi.  9.  Jonathan,  Feb- 
ruar)-  11.  1668.  10.  Eleazer,  .August  4,  1670: 
removed  to  Stonington.  11.  I'lbenezer,  March 
Id,  i6y2.  died  1700.  12.  Daniel.  April  24. 
ifi73,  (lied  voung.  13.  .Ann  (twin),  February 
4,  (lied  February  7,  1674.  14.  Cirace  (twin), 
l-'ebruary  4.  died  h'ebruary  7,  ifi74.  13.  Dan- 
iel,  I-'ebruarv   1.   ifi7fi,  went  to  Stonington. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  nf  Thomas  (i) 
Brown,  was  born  at  Lynn  and  died  December 
zy.  1723.  He  settled  in  Stonington,  Connec- 
ticut, soon  after  his  marriage.  He  married. 
I'^ebruary  8,  1677,  Hannah  Collins,  at  Lynn. 
Children,  born  in  Stonington:  t.  Samuel, 
December  8,  1678.  2.  Hannah.  December  3, 
ifi8o.  3.  Mary,  May  2fi,  if^'^^^.  4.  Jerusha, 
December  23,  1688.  3.  Sarah,  July  11,  1689. 
fi.  Thomas,  Februarv  14.  ifi92,  mentioned  be- 
low. 7.  Elizabeth,  May  9,  1694.  8.  Daniel, 
October  9,  Tfi96.  9.  Priscilla,  January  30, 
1699.      10.  Hum])hrey.  September   16.  1701. 

(III)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Brown,  was  born  in  Stonington,  February  14. 
ifi()2:  married,  October  4,  1713.  Deborah 
Holdridge.  Children:  i.  Thomas,  born 
.April  3,  1717,  mentioned  below.  2.  William, 
July  9,  1720.  3.  Deborah.  May  30,  1722.  4. 
Dorothy,  February  20,  T724.  3.  Jesse.  .\u- 
gust   18.   T73r.     fi.   Samuel.  July    14.   1734.     7. 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


Lois,  Sepleiiibcr  i,  173O. 

(IV)  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Thomas  (3) 
Brown,  was  born  April  5,  1717,  at  Stonington. 
He  married  (first)  April  27,  1737,  Deborah 
Holdridge.  He  married  (second)  March  29, 
1753,  Sarah  Randall.  Children  of  first  wife, 
born  at  Stonington:  i.  Collins,  born  June  13, 
1743,  mentioned  bel(3w.  2.  Benoni,  November 
16,  1746.  Children  of  second  wife:  3.  Wealthy, 
October  i,  1753.  4.  Lucy,  March  9,  1755.  5. 
Samuel,  November  16,  1757.  6.  Sarah,  Oc- 
tober I,  1758.  7.  Perez,  October  2,  1760.  8. 
.•\bel,  August  7,   1762. 

(\  )  Collins,  son  of  Thomas  (4)  Brown, 
was  born  June  13,  1743.  He  settled  in  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  but  removed  later  to  Ma- 
sonville,  Delaware  county.  New  York.  He 
married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Chapin, 
who  was  born  May  i,  1753,  married,  August 
5-  I775>  -Margaret  Ely.  His  father  was 
Phineas  Cha])in.  Collins  Brown  lived  some 
time  in  Springfield,  where  some  of  his  children 
were  born.  He  was  the  only  Collins  Brown  in 
the  state  at  the  time  of  the  census  of  1790, 
and  at  that  time  had  in  his  family  at  Spring- 
field two  males  over  sixteen,  one  under  six- 
teen, and  three  females.  Children:  i.  Abel, 
a  farmer  of  Springfield.  2.  Patty,  married 
Ichabod  Whitney.  3.  Ouartus.  married  Thirza 
.Smith.  4.  .\ra,  married  Silas  Kneeland.  5. 
Ann,  died  unmarried.  6.  Polly,  scalded  to 
death.  7.  Collins.  8.  t'nevilda,  married 
David  Teed.  9.  Mary  Ann,  married  Stephen 
Whitman.     10.   Roland. 

(\T)  Roland,  son  of  Collins  Brown,  was 
born  in  Chicopee.  September  24,  1775.  He 
married  Lucy,  daughter  of  John  Frink  Jr. 
She  was  born  May  12.  1783.  Children:  i. 
Almena,  born  .August  22.  1802.  2.  .\nson, 
February  3,  1805.  3.  Lyman,  October  2,  1807. 
4.  Sumner,  Decemljer  31,  1810.  5.  .\lden, 
June  19,  1815.  fi.  Edmund  R..  Febrnar\-  20, 
1820.     7.  James  M.,  November  4,   1822. 

(\TI)  .\lden,  son  of  Roland  Brown,  was 
born  in  Chico])ee.  Massachusetts.  June  K), 
1815.  He  was  educated  in  the  comnmn  schools, 
and  when  a  young  man  went  to  Middlctown, 
Connecticut,  and  learned  the  trade  of  machin- 
ist. Later  he  went  to  Philadel])iiia,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  worked  at  his  trade  until  1843, 
when  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  paper, 
continuing  until  about  1848,  where  he  return- 
ed to  Springfield  and  there  found  employment 
in  the  United  States  armory  as  machinist  and 
continued  there  until  a  short  time  before  his 
death.  In  religious  belief  he  was  a  Universal- 
ist  and  in  ixilitics  a  Democrat.     He  married, 


January  5,  1843,  Amy  Arthur,  a  native  of 
Philadelphia,  daughter  of  Robert  Arthur. 
Children:  i.  George  Alonzo,  born  October  i, 
1843.  2.  Margaret  Louise,  February  3,  1847. 
3.  Luman  Spencer,  mentioned  below. 

(  VHI)  Luman  Spencer,  son  of  Alden 
Brown,  was  born  at  No.  29  Orleans  street, 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  November  4,  1855 
He  was  educated  in  the  puljlic  schools  of  his 
native  city,  and  lived  in  the  house  in  which  he 
was  born  until  his  marriage ;  he  began  house- 
keeping at  No.  21  Orleans  street,  later  re 
moved  to  No.  29  and  25  Orleans  street,  re- 
maining until  December,  1901,  when  he  moved 
to  71  Dartmouth  Terrace.  As  a  pupil  in  the 
])ublic  schools  he  had  the  privilege  of  instruc'- 
tion  under  Charles  Barrows,  whom  so  many 
Springfield  men  and  women  remember  for  his 
ability  as  a  teacher  and  his  many  fine  c|ualities 
as  a  man.  In  1870  Mr.  Brown  left  school  and 
started  upon  a  mercantile  career  as  clerk  in 
Rude's  stationery  store.  Afterward  he  was  a 
clerk  in  his  sister's  store  at  467  State  street. 
This  sister,  Margaret  Louise  Brown,  was  a 
very  capable  and  successful  business  woman. 
In  1882  Mr.  Brown  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  foundry  facings  at  Willimansett,  Mas- 
sachusetts, a  suburb  of  Chicopee,  Massachu- 
setts. He  established  the  Springfield  Facing 
Company  and  is  the  largest  manufacturer  of 
this  line  in  New  England.  He  is  also  presi- 
dent and  treasurer  of  the  L.  S.  Brown  Char- 
coal t'om]iany,  dealers  in  charcoal,  Spring- 
field. In  all  these  diversified  industries  and 
business  interests  Mr.  Brown  has  achieved 
substantial  success.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Cha]iin  National  Bank,  and  an  active  member 
of  tlie  .Springfield  Board  of  Trade.  He  is  a 
lueniber  of  the  St.  Paul's  I'niversalist  Church 
of  .Springfield  and  has  always  been  actively 
engaged  in  the  work  of  the  parish,  first  as  a 
Sunday  school  scholar  in  the  old  I'niversalist 
church,  corner  of  Stockbridge  and  Main 
streets :  then  at  the  new  location,  corner  of 
llridge  and  Chestnut  streets  for  many  years, 
and  was  an  active  member  of  the  committee 
which  advised  selling  the  church  and  purchas- 
ing the  beautiful  stone  structure  at  the  corner 
of  .State  and  S])ring  streets,  which  was 
brduglit  from  the  First  Baptist  parish  late  in 
the  vear  1908,  thoroughly  repaired,  and  open- 
ed for  service  as  a  L^niversalist  church  in 
March,  1909.  He  belongs  to  Springfield  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Nayasset  Club 
and  the  Country  Club.  In  politics  he  is  inde- 
pendent. He  married.  March  8,  i87r).  Clara  A. 
Rowland,  of  Hvde  Park,  Massachusetts,  born 


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October  24,  1857,  daughter  of  James  Freder- 
ick- Rowland,  of  Boston.  Children:  i.  Amy 
L.,  born  January  22,  1880;  married.  August 
20,  1899,  Harry  E.  Steece,  now  of  Steece,  Cal- 
ifornia. 2.  Sumner  E.,  April  6,  1881 ;  edu- 
cated in  public  schools  of  Springfield  and  Mas- 
sachusetts Institute  of  Technology,  Boston, 
Massachusetts ;  mining  engineer  by  profes- 
sion. 3.  Bessie,  June  11,  1885;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1904,  C.  H.  Evans:  resides  at  Hud- 
son, New  York.  4.  Frances  S.,  September 
24,  1887,  died  September  11,  1891,  aged  four 
years.     5.  Helen,  November  16,  1891. 


(For   prtceding  generations,   see   Richard   Towne    1). 

(HI)  Joseph,  fourth  and  young- 
TOW'XE  est  son  of  William  and  Joanna 
(  Blessing )  Towne,  was  born 
about  ifi.V).  and  baptized  at  .Salem,  .Massachu- 
setts, September  3.  1648.  March  22.  1690, 
he  removed  from  Salem  to  Topsfield,  where 
he  became  a  prominent  citizen  and  member 
of  the  church,  and  died  there  in  1713.  He 
married  Phebe,  daughter  of  Thomas  Perkins, 
of  Topsfield  :  children  :  Phebe,  born  May  14, 
1666,  died  January  3,  i66g;  Joanna,  born 
January  22,  1668;  Mary,  March  27,  1670: 
Susannah,  December  24,  1671  :  Joseph,  March 
22,  1673:  Sarah,  December  30,  1675;  John, 
February  20,  1678:  Martha,  May  19,  1680: 
I'hebe.  July  23,  1685. 

( 1\' )  Joseph  (2),  elder  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
and  Phebe  (Perkins)  Towne,  was  born  March 
22,  1673,  at  Topsfield,  and  died  May  28,  1757. 
He  married  (first)  November  9,  1699,  Mar- 
garet Case,  of  Salem:  (second)  November  5, 
1707,  Abigail  Curtis,  born  October  21,  1680, 
died  March  8.  1729;  (third)  February  21. 
1730,  Mary  Mower,  of  Lynn,  who  died  Oc- 
tober 2,  1739.  His  children,  four  by  his  first 
wife,  ten  by  his  second  and  one  by  his  third, 
were:  Margaret,  born  .August  6,  1700:  Jo- 
seph, December  26,  1701  :  .Archaelus,  .August 
31,  1703:  Israel:  Elisha,  September  5,  1708: 
Bartholoiuew,  May  10,  1710:  Mary,  February 
18.  1712:  David,  I-'ebruary  13,  1715:  -Abigail, 
May  3.  |7i''i:  I'hebe.  May  31.  1718:  Hannah, 
Februarv  15.  1720:  Martha,  August  25,  1722; 
Sarah,  .April  2,  1726;  Jonathan,  September  6, 
1728;  Eunice,  August  22,  1733,  died  1736. 

( \'  )  Israel,  third  son  of  Joseph  ( 2  )  and 
.Margaret  (Case)  Towne,  was  born  March  24, 
1705,  at  Topsfield,  Massachusetts,  and  died  in 
.Amherst,  Xew  Hampshire,  in  1791.  He  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Narragansett,  later 
called  Soughegan,  and  in  1760  incorporated  by 
New  Hampshire  and  named  .Amherst.  Tradi- 
tion has  it  his  faniilv  was  the  fourth  to  settle 


there,  and  his  name  is  found  connected  with 
the  organization  of  the  church,  lie  shared  in 
the  grants  of  land  made  by  the  general  court 
between  1728  and  1733,  to  those  and  the  de- 
scendants of  those  who  in  1675  took  part  in 
King  Philip's  war,  Amherst  being  No.  3.  of 
these  grants.  He  married.  Alay  23,  1729. 
Grace  Gardner,  of  Micldleton,  who  died  in 
1803;  children:  Thomas,  born  1732;  Arche- 
laus,  1734:  Israel:  Moses,  May  6,  1739;  Gard- 
ner, June  6,  1741  ;  -Elizabeth,  January  13, 
1745:  Susannah,  Alav  2?:  1748:  Mary,  A]iril 
20,   1 75 1. 

(\T)  Israel  (2),  third  son  of  Israel  (i) 
and  (irace  (Gardner)  Towne,  was  born  No- 
vember 16,  1736,  at  Topsfield,  Massachusetts. 
He  went  with  his  parents  to  .Amherst,  New 
Hampshire,  and  in  1762  purchased  land  in 
Stoddard,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  became 
a  ])rominent  citizen,  and  died  there,  April  28, 
1813.  He  has  numerous  descendants  in  this 
vicinitv.  He  married,  July  31,  1760,  Lydia, 
daughter  of  r.enjamin  Hopkins:  children: 
Israel:  \\'illiam,  born  July  21,  1763:  Gardner, 
Alay  I,  1765;  Benjamin,  March  23,  1767;  An- 
drew, July  II,  1769:  Lydia,  .April  11,  1772, 
died  .August  28,  1777:  Daniel,  August  20, 
1774;  Hannah,  .August  28,  177^1 :  Lemuel,  May 
10.    1782. 

(  \'II  )  Israel  (3),  eldest  son  of  Israel  (2) 
and  Lydia  (  Hopkins)  Towne,  was  born  June 
14,  1 761,  at  Stoddard,  New  Hampshire,  and 
died  May  2,  1848.  He  married  Hannah  .Ab- 
bott, of  Stoddard,  who  died  March  9,  1847: 
children:  Lydia,  born  September  11,  1781 : 
.Archelaus,  November  24,  1782:  Israel;  Han- 
nah, October  9,  178(1:  Esther,  June  24,  1788: 
Grace,  March  24,  1790:  Gardner.  February  16. 
1792:  Ebenezer,  .August  3,  1793;  and  Lucy. 
August  16.  1797. 

(  \'  II I  )  Israel  (  4  ) ,  second  son  of  Israel  (3) 
and  Hannah  (.Abbott)  Towne,  was  born  No- 
vember 22,  1784-5.  at  Stoddard,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  died  at  .Amherst.  New  Hampshire. 
October  25,  1858.  He  married  (first)  June 
14,    1812,    Clarissa   \\'eld,   born    December   3, 

1795.  died  January  13,  1815  :  (second)  July 
23,    1815,    Sarah   L.    Brazier,   born    June    11. 

1796,  died  May  22.  1874.  Children,  two  by 
first  wife  and  eight  by  second  wife:  Sarah, 
born  February  8,  1813,  died  .April  15,  1813: 
Clarissa  \\'eld,  born  October  9,  1814:  Maria 
B.,  August  7,  1817:  Pamelia  C,  May  i,  1822; 
Hannah  C,  .April  5,  1825;  Elizabeth  B., 
March  29,  1827:  James  Weld:  Emily  R.,  June 
14,  1832;  ^^'illiam  Henry-,  May  27,  1835; 
Charles  G.,  July  12,  1838. 

(IX)    James    W^eld,    eldest    son    of    Israel 


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(4)  and  Sarah  L.  (Brazier)  Towne,  was  born 
May  29,  1829,  at  Amherst,  New  Hampshire. 
There  he  received  his  early  education,  and 
learned  the  printer's  trade,  serving  an  appren- 
ticeship to  the  local  paper,  the  "Farmers' 
Cabinet."  He  afterwards  spent  a  short  time 
in  Pioston.  employed  as  journeyman  printer, 
but  becoming  interested  in  the  possibilities  of 
the  Pacific  coast  region,  after  the  discovery  of 
gold  in  1852  he  removed  to  the  then  young  city 
of  San  Francisco  and  engaged  in  business.  A 
few  years  later  he  returned  east  and  married, 
after  which  he  returned  to  San  Francisco  and 
resided  there  thirteen  years,  during  which 
time  he  was  successfully  connected  with  the 
])ioneer  printing  firm  of  ^\'hiton,  Towne  &• 
Company,  later  Towne  &  P)acon.  In  i8f)8  his 
health  became  poor  and  he  returned  east,  tak- 
ing up  a  residence  in  East  Orange,  New  Jer- 
sey, and  acting  as  the  New  York  representa- 
tive of  the  paper  house  of  Rlake,  Moffatt  & 
Towne,  of  San  Francisco.  He  married  (first  1 
at  Amherst,  May  29,  1855,  Cynthia  Gowing, 
who  died  July  8.  1875:  (second)  October  3. 
1877,  Rebecca  Eames,  of  Wilmington.  Chil- 
dren, all  by  first  wife:  I.  Arthur  C.  born 
May  12.  1856.  2.  Emma.  August  18,  1858: 
married  Hugo  Richards;  lives  in  Prescott, 
Arizona.  3.  Carrie,  December  18,  1861  ;  mar- 
ried Frank  W.  Wilson,  of  East  Orange,  New 
Jersey.  4.  I'Vank  P..,  Januarv  /,  18^5.  3. 
Edward  S.  6.  Charles,  "died  1868.  7.  \\'illie. 
died  1870.  8.  P)essie.  December  8,  1871.  died 
1886.    9.  Joseph  M.,  born  July  7,  1875. 

(X)  Edward  S.,  third  son  of  James  Weld 
and  Cynthia  (Gowing)  Towne.  was  born 
.April  18,  1866,  at  San  Francisco,  California. 
.\t  the  age  of  two  years  he  was  brought  by  his 
parents  to  East  Orange,  New  Jersey,  where  he 
received  his  early  education,  attended  the  high 
school,  where  he  graduated,  and  s]3ent  a  year 
at  \N'illiston  .Ncademy.  He  then  went  to  New 
York  City,  where  he  entered  the  employ  of  a 
wholesale  house  dealing  in  stoves,  being  con- 
nected with  same  about  two  and  a  half  years, 
and  then  spent  about  the  same  length  of  time 
in  the  employ  of  a  wholesale  ])aper  house.  In 
1888  he  removed  to  Holyoke,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  became  coiniected  with  the  National 
lilank  Rook  Company,  of  which  he  is  now  as- 
sistant treasurer  and  secretary.  He  is  a  wide- 
awake progressive  business  man,  and  takes  in- 
terest in  the  ]niblic  afifairs  and  improvements 
of  Holyoke.  He  is  a  man  of  influence  and 
probity,  is  a  Republican  in  his  political  views, 
and  for  ten  years  has  been  treasurer  of  the 
."second   Congregational    S<iciety  and  assistant 


superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school.  He  be- 
longs to  several  Masonic  orders — the  Blue 
Lodge,  Royal  Arch  Chapter  and  Council ; 
Springfield  Commandery,  Knights  Templar, 
and  Melha  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine:  he  is  thrice  illustrious  commander  of 
Holvoke  Council,  by  virtue  of  which  he  is  a 
life  member,  and  is  a  member  of  the  grand 
council  of  Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island, 
through  previous  chairs.  He  is  one  of  the 
thirteen  charter  members  of  the  Holyoke 
Canoe  Club,  organized  Holyoke  Yacht  Club : 
and  was  the  first  commodore :  is  vice-president 
of  the  Holyoke  Club,  and  member  of  the 
S])ringfield  Automobile  Club.  He  married. 
.SejUember  14,  1893.  at  Richmond.  Indiana, 
Joanna  Maude,  daughter  of  John  D.  and  .Mary 
E.  (Sands)  Hogan,  and  they  have  one  child, 
Herbert  Sands,  born  October  9,  1899. 


This    name,    which    was    formerly 

.\MF,S  .Amyas,  dates  back  to  the  early  his- 
tory of  England,  and  the  more 
modern  form  of  the  name  is  of  frequent  oc- 
currence in  the  history  of  this  country,  both 
in  military  and  tivil  annals.  Coat-of-arms : 
Argent,  on  a  bend  sable  three  roses  of  the 
field. 

(1)  John  Ames,  of  liruton,  Somersetshire,  ^^^^^ 
England,  was  born  about  1565.  He  came  to  wJ*V^ 
Massachusetts,  in  1640,  and  settled  in  Bridge- r^.^^  | 
water:  his  brother,  William,  came  in  1638,  anfl,jfli4-*{,, 
settled  in  Ikaintree.  John  was  distinguished ^lX*^  T 
during  King  Philip's  war  and  left  considerable  *****'^ 
|)ropertv.  He  married  Elizabeth  Hayward. 
(^'hildren  :  William  (see  forward).  John  and 
others. 

(H)  William,  son  of  John  and  I'".lizabeth 
(Hayward)   .Ames,  was  born  in   U)05,  died  in 

iri54.    He  married  Hannah .    Children: 

Hannah.  Rebecca,  Lydia.  John  (see  forward), 
.^arah  and  Deliverance. 

(HI)  John  (2),  only  son  of  William  and 
Hannah  .Ames,  was  born  in  1(147,  died  in  1726. 
He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliz- 
abeth Hodgkins  (Palmer)  Willis.  Children: 
John.  William.  Nathaniel  (see  forward),  Eliz- 
abeth, Thomas,  .Sarah,  David  and  Hannah. 

(  I\' )  .Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah 
(  Willis)  .Ames,  was  born  in  1677,  died  in  1736. 
He  was  an  astronomer,  captain  and  town 
officer.  He  married  Susannah,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Latham)  Howard,  and 
granddaughter  of  John  and  Martha  (Hay- 
ward) Howard.  .Sarah  (Latham)  Howard 
wns  daughter  of  Robert  and  Susannah  (Wins- 
low  )     Latham,    granddaughter    of    John    and 


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Mary  (Chilton)  Winslow.  and  great-grand- 
daughter   of    Edward    and   (Gilbert) 

\\'ins!ow,  and  of  James  Chilton,  who  came  in 
the  "Maytiower"  in  1620,  and  died  the  same 
year.  Edward  Winslow  was  the  father  of 
Edward  Winslow.  the  governor  of  Plymouth 
Colony.  Nathaniel  and  Susannah  (Howard) 
Ames  had  children:  Nathaniel  (see  forward), 
Susannah,  Seth,  Sarah,  Anne  and  Mary. 

(\")  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
and  Susannah  (Howard)  Ames,  was  born  in 
1708,  died  in  1764.  He  removed  to  Dedham, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  considered  re- 
markable for  his  wit  and  wisdom.  He  was  a 
physician  and  possessed  of  an  astrological  and 
litigious  turn  of  mind,  and  was  the  author  of 
"The  Conceits  of  Nathaniel  Ames."  Dr.  Ames 
was  a  maker  of  almanacs,  and  in  one  of  them 
he  predicted  a  snow  storm  about  June  22 ;  the 
announcement  of  such  an  unheard  of  thing 
w^as  received  with  ridicule,  but  when  the  actual 
fact  came  true  and  there  was  a  bona  fide  snow 
storm  on  that  summer  day.  his  prognostications 
were  very  much  trusted,  the  sales  of  his  future 
almanacs  enormous,  and  the  patrimony  of  the 
Ames  family  became  greatly  increased.  He 
was  known  as  "The  inventor  of  the  June  snow 
storm."  He  was  the  keeper  of  a  public  inn  in 
Dedham,  which  was  known  as  the  Woodward 

Tavern.     He  married   (first)   Fisher; 

(  second  )  Deborah  Fisher.  Children  :  Na- 
thaniel. Seth,  Fisher  (see  forward).  Deborah, 
William,  Nathaniel,  Seth  and  W^illiam. 

The  line  of  descent  of  Deborah  Fisher  is  as 
follows:  .-Xnthony  Fisher,  born  about  1555.  of 
Syleham,  Suffolk  county,  England,  married 
Alary  Fiske :  ,\nthony,  born  in  Syleham  in 
1591,  came  to  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  in  1637, 
married  Mary ;  Daniel,  born  in  Syle- 
ham. about  1618,  came  to  Dedham  in  1637, 
served  as  captain  of  militia,  judge  of  court  of 
assistants  and  of  superior  court  of  judicature, 
held  other  offices,  and  married  .\bigail  Mariott ; 
Daniel,  of  Dedham,  headed  a  delegation  to 
I'oston  in  1689  and  was  personally  active  in 
■-eizing  and  imprisoning  Governor  Andros. 
married  Mary  Fuller :  Jeremiah,  of  Dedham. 
served  as  ca])tain  of  militia,  selectman,  town 
clerk  and  other  offices,  and  married  Deborah 
(Colburn)  Richards:  their  daughter,  Deborah, 
married  Nathaniel  Ames. 

(\T)  Fisher,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  and 
Deborah  (  Fisher)  .Ames,  was  born  in  Dedham, 
in  1758:  died  July  4,  1808.  He  was  graduated 
from  Harvard  University  at  the  early  age  of 
si.xteen  years.  In  1778  he  was  a  member  of 
the  state   legislature,  was  elected  to  congress 


from  Suffolk  county  the  same  year,  in  opposi- 
tion to  Samuel  Adams,  and  was  accounted  the 
youngest  member  of  the  house  of  representa- 
tives ;  was  a  delegate  to  the  state  convention  to 
consider  the  Federal  constitution  the  same  year, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  governor's  council, 
1800.      He    remained   in   congress   during   the 
whole    of    Washington's    administrations    and 
was   one   of   that   great    man's    most    trusted 
friends,  and  was  the  leader  of  the  Federal  party 
in  the  house   of   representatives.     W'hen   the 
first  President  died  the  state  of  Massachusetts 
selected  him  as  the  most  proper  man  to  de- 
liver the  state  eulogy  on  Washington.     As  an 
orator  he  was  more  than  most  of  the  agitators 
of   the    revolutionary   period.       His     style    is 
calmer  than  theirs  and  his  classical  allusions 
are  more  chaste  and  severe.     His  information 
was  very  extensive,  and  from  this  source  he 
drew  hundreds  of  most  happy  instances.     In 
fact,  he  rarely  argued  out  a  question  logically, 
but  intuitively  sprang  to  his  conclusion  with  an 
ajit    illustration,    a    word    picture,    a    startling 
metaphor  or  a  scintillating  epigram.     He  was 
more  instrumental  than  anyone  else  in  securing 
the  passage  of  the  earliest  copyright  law.    His 
influence  in  New  England  among  the  Federal- 
ists was  all-powerful.    His  hatred  of  the  Deni- 
ocrats  was  intense,  as  indicated  in  one  of  his 
most  eloquent  speeches  when  he  was  inveigh- 
ing against    them   and   their   principles:      "If 
every  gravestone  of  a  departed  republic  bore 
a  lesson  of  wisdom  and  warning,  the  Demo- 
crats would  shut  their  eyes  rather  than  look 
upon  it.     They  have  no  idea  of  any  principles 
e.vcept  their  extremes,  when  they  are  no  longer 
principles.     It  never  happened  in  the  world, 
and  it  never  will,  that  a  democracy  has  been 
kept  out  of  the  control  of  the  fiercest  turbu- 
lent spirits  in  the  society.     They  breathe  into 
it  all  their  fury  and  make  it  subservient  to  the 
worst  designs  of  the  worst  men.     All  history 
lies  open  for  our  warning — open  like  a  church- 
vard,  all  whose  lessons  are  solemn,  and  chiselled 
for  eternity   in   the   hard   stone ;  lessons  that 
whisper.  O!  that  they  would  thunder  to  re- 
publics. 'Your  passions  and  your  vices  forbid 
you  to  be  free !'  "     Fisher  Ames  was  a  most 
charming  personality  and  possessed  of  a  most 
admirable  character:  pure  in  private  life  and 
above  the  temptation  of  worldly  gain.     Still  he 
did  show  himself  once  as  a  rather  practical  poli- 
tician.  .\t  the  beginning  of  our  national  govern- 
ment the  grave,  pressing  question  was  what  was 
to  be   done   with   the   depreciated   continental 
money?     Fisher  .\mes,  being  a  friend  of  the 
President,  a  member  of  congress,  was  on  the 


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inside  and  knew  what  was  about  to  happen ; 
he  bought  up  all  the  depreciated  paper  currency 
he  could  obtain  and  reaped  a  harvest  when  the 
nation  redeemed  the  continental  bills.  He  mar- 
ried Frances,  daughter  of  Hon.  John  and  Han- 
nah ( Hopkins)  Washington.  Children:  John 
W'orthington,  Nathaniel,  Hannah,  Jeremiah  F., 
William,  Seth  (see  forward)  and  Richard. 

Hannah  (Hopkins)  Worthington,  mother 
of  Frances  (Worthington)  Ames,  was  the 
daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Esther  (Ed- 
wards) Hopkins,  the  former  a  distinguished 
divine,  and  granddaughter  of  Timothy  Ed- 
wards, also  a  distinguished  minister  in  Con- 
necticut, whose  son,  Jonathan,  followed  worth- 
ily in  his  footsteps ;  Jonathan  Edwards  had  a 
daughter  Esther,  who  married  Rev.  Aaron 
Burr  and  became  the  mother  of  Aaron  Burr, 
\'ice-President  of  the  United  States.  The 
paternal  line  of  Mrs.  Ames  is  as  follows :  Hugh 
Worthington,  born  about  1400;  William,  born 
about  1433,  married  Jane,  daughter  of  "Xorisse 
of  the  Speke  ;"  Richard,  born  about  1466,  mar- 
ried Jane  Holcroft,  of  Holcroft ;  Thomas,  born 
about  1500,  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Ashton,  of  Croston  ;  Edward,  born  about 
1 533, married  Margaret. daughter  of  John  Crell, 
of  Torton  :  Thomas,  born  about  1566,  married 
Dorothy. daughter  of  Gilbert  Langtree.of  Lang- 
tree  :  XVilliam.  married  Bradshaw,  of 

Litherland  ;  Nicholas,  married  Jane,  daughter 
of  Richard  Langtree,  of  Langtree  ;  Alexander  ; 
Nicholas,  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Dorothy  (Langtree)  Worthington;  Nich- 
olas, born  about  1620,  died  in  1683,  married 
(second)  Susannah  White;  John,  born  1679, 
died  1744,  married,  1713,  Mary  Pratt;  Hon. 
John,  mentioned  above,  of  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, was  born  in  1719,  died  in  1800,  was 
graduated  from  Yale  in  1740. 

(VTI)  Seth,  son  of  Fisher  and  Frances 
(Worthington)  Ames,  was  born  April  19, 
1805:  died  .August  18,  i88r.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  Harvard  L^niversity  in  1825,  and 
lived  in  Lowell.  Cambridge  and  Brookline.  He 
was  chief  justice  of  the  superior  court,  asso- 
ciate justice  of  the  supreme  judicial  court  of 
Massachusetts,  and  was  an  admirable  speci- 
men of  a  jurist.  He  was  an  accurate  lawyer, 
a  patient  courteous  judge,  allowing  lawyers  to 
try  their  own  cases,  and  justice  was  personified 
in  his  court.  In  stature  he  was  of  medium  height 
and  inclined  to  stoutness,  but  with  a  dignity  of 
carriage  and  a  grace  of  demeanor.  Judge  Ames 
married,  in  1831.  Margaret  S.  Bradford,  born 
in  1803,  (lied  in  1847.  daughter  of  Gamaliel 
and  Elizabeth  fllickling)  Bradford.   Children: 


Frances  W.,  married  Francis  Howland ;  John 
W.,  married  Margaret  Plumley ;  Fisher  (see 
forward)  ;  Pelham  W.,  married  Augusta 
Hooper;  Susan  and  Richard,  died  in  infancy. 
The  paternal  line  of  descent  of  Mrs.  Ames 
is  as  follows:  William  Bradford,  of  Auster- 
field,  Yorkshire,  England,  was  born  about 
1550;  married  Alice  Hanson.  William,  son  of 
\\  illiam  and  Alice  (Hanson)  Bradford,  born 
about  1588,  in  Austerfield,  died  in  1657;  he 
came  to  Plymouth  in  the  "Mayflower,"  and 
was  the  governor  of  Plymouth  Colony  for 
thirty-one  years;  he  married  (second)  Alice 
Southworth.  William,  son  of  William  and 
Alice  (Southworth)  Bradford,  was  born  in 
1624,  and  died  in  1704;  he  served  as  deputy- 
governor,  as  major  in  the  Indian  war,  and  was 
wounded  in  King  Philip's  war  at  Fort  Narra- 
gansctt ;  he  married  Alice  Richards.  Samuel, 
son  of  William  and  Alice  (Richards)  Brad- 
ford, was  born  in  1668;  married  Hannah 
Rogers  (see  forward).  Gamaliel,  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Hannah  (Rogers)  Bradford,  was  born 
May  18,  1704,  died  April  20,  1788;  he  was 
judge  of  county  court;  married,  August  30, 
1728,  Abigail  Bartlett,  born  May  4,  1703,  died 
August  30,  1776  (see  forward).  Gamaliel 
(2),  son  of  Gamaliel  (i)  and  Abigail  (Bart- 
lett) Bradford,  was  born  in  1731 ;  served  in 
the  French  and  Indian  wars,  and  as  colonel  in 
the  revolutionary  army ;  married  Sarah  Alden 
(see  forward).  Gamaliel  (3),  son  of  Gamaliel 
(2)  and  Sarah  (Alden)  Bradford,  and  the 
father  of  Mrs.  Seth  Ames,  was  born  in  1763, 
dietl  in  1843 ;  he  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  revolu- 
tionary army  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years, 
was  captain  of  a  ship,  and  lost  a  leg  while  en- 
gaged in  defeating  these  French  privateers ; 
married  Elizabeth  Hickling  (see  forward). 
Hannah  (Rogers)  Bradford  is  descended  as 
follows :  Thomas  Rogers,  who  came  over  in 
the  "Mayflower"  in  1620.  John,  son  of  Thomas 
Rogers,  married  Ann  Churchman.  John,  son 
of  John  and  Ann  (Churchman)  Rogers,  and 
father  of  Hannah  (Rogers)  Bradford,  mar- 
ried (second)  Elizabeth  Pabodie,  a  grand- 
daughter of  John  Alden.  Abigail  (Bartlett) 
F)ra(lford  is  descended  as  follows:  Richard 
Warren,  who  came  in  the  "Alayflower,"  mar- 
ried   Elizabeth   ;    Mary,    daughter    of 

Richard  and  Elizabeth  Warren,  married  Rob- 
ert Bartlett;  Benjamin,  son  of  Robert  and 
Mary  (Warren)  Bartlett,  married  Sarah 
Brewster,  daughter  of  Love  and  Sarah  (Col- 
lier) Brewster,  and  granddaughter  of  Elder 
William  and  Mary  Brewster ;  Benjamin,  son 
of  Benjamin  and  .Sarah    (Brewster)    Bartlett, 


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and    father    of    Abigail    ( Bartlett j    Bradford, 
married   Ruth   Pabodie,  daughter  of  William 
and   Elizabeth    (Alden)    Pabodie,  and  grand- 
daughter  of    John    Alden.      Sarah    (Alden) 
Bradford   is   (lescended   from  John  Alden   as 
follows:     John  Alden,  born   1599,  died  1687; 
married  Priscilla  Mullins;  he  was  the  last  to 
die  of  those  who  signed  the  compact  on  the 
"Mayflower."     David,  son  of  John  and  Pris- 
cilla  (Mullins)   Alden,  born  about  1640,  died 
in  1719;  married  Mary  Southworth ;  Samuel, 
son  of  David  and  Mary  (Southworth)  Alden, 
and  father  of  Sarah  (Alden)   Bradford,  was 
born   in    1689,   died   in    1781 ;   married    Sarah 
Sprague.       Elizabeth     (Hickling)     Bradford, 
mother  of  Mrs.  Seth  Ames,  is  descended  as 
follows:     Thomas  Leverett,  born    1585,   died 
1650 :  was  an  alderman  in  Boston,  England, 
and   came   to   Boston,    Massachusetts,   in    the 
"Griffin"  in  1633;  married  Anne  Fisher.  Anne, 
daughter    of    Thomas    and    .-\nne     (Fisher) 
Leverett.  married  Isaac  Addington,  who  came 
from  England  to  Boston,  was  a  surgeon  and 
"entitled  Mr."     Sarah,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Anne    (Leverett)    Addington,    was    born    in 
1652;   married    Penn    Townsend,   born    1651, 
died  August  27,   1727:  he  served  as  colonial 
representative,   speaker   of  the  house,   justice 
and  chief  justice,  court  of  judicature.     Anne, 
(laughter   of   Penn    and    Sarah    (Addington) 
Townsend,  was  born  in   1690;  married  John 
Sale.      Sarah,    daughter    of    John    and    Anne 
CTownsend)  Sale,  was  born  in  1714,  and  died 
in  1786;  married,  1734,  William  Hickling,  who 
came  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  from  Notting- 
hamshire, England,  in  1730.     William,  son  of 
William  and  Sarah  (Sale)  Hickling,  was  born 
in  Boston  in  1742:  he  served  as  captain  in  the 
revolutionary  army,  built  a  fort,  and  command- 
ed the  cannon  in  the  Mohawk  Valley,  and  was 
commended  for  brave  behavior ;  married  Eliza- 
beth Hodson  and  became  the  father  of  Elizabeth 
I  Hickling)    Bradford. 

(\'HI)  Fisher  (2),  son  of  Seth  and  Mar- 
garet S.  (Bradford)  Ames,  was  born  January 
24,  1838.  He  is  an  accomplished  lawyer  and 
has  been  associated  with  the  law  department  in 
Boston  for  more  than  forty  years.  He  was 
graduated  from  Harvard  L^niversity  in  1858. 
Married,  1865,  Virginia  Lee.  Children:  Rosalie. 
Fisher  and  .\bbie  Dana. 


(For  preceding  generations   see   John   Ames    1). 

(VH)   Thomas   (2),  eldest  son  of 

AMES    Thomas  (i)  and  Mary  (Hay ward) 

Ames,  was  born  in   1707,  at  West 

Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  and  died  there  in 


1774.  In  1 73 1  he  married  Keziah,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Howard,  and  they  had  children  as 
fiillows:  Keziah,  born  in  1732;  Susanna,  1734; 
Thomas,  1736;  John;  Mehitable,  1740;  Sil- 
vanus,  1744. 

(VIII)  Captain  John  (5),  second  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  and  Keziah  (Howard)  Ames, 
was  born  in  1738,  at  West  Bridgewater,  Mass- 
achusetts ;  he  was  one  of  the  first  iron  manu- 
facturers in  New  England,  and  proprietor  of 
one  of  the  nail  and  slitting  mills  that  the  manu- 
facturing interests  of  Great  Britian  wanted 
that  government  to  abolish  as  nuisances,  on 
account  of  the  competition.  He  married  Sus- 
anna, daughter  of  Ephraim  Howard,  in  1759, 
and  their  children  were  :  David  ;  Keziah  ;  Sus- 
anna ;  Huldah,  born  in  1768;  Abigail,  1769; 
Cynthia,  1772;  John,  1775;  Oliver,  1777. 

(IX)  David,  eldest  son  of  Captain  John 
(5)  and  Susanna  (Howard)  Ames,  was  born 
February  2,  1760,  at  West  Bridgewater,  Mass- 
achusetts, died  .\ugust  6,  1847,  at  Springfield, 
Massachusetts.  His  first  six  children  were 
baptized  at  West  Bridgewater,  and  May  5, 
1795,  he  removed  to  .Springfield,  where  the 
others  were  born.  When  a  young  man  he 
began  to  manufacture  shovels  and  guns,  supply- 
ing the  latter  to  the  American  army.  He  held 
a  commission  in  the  revolution,  and  was  occa- 
sionally called  into  service.  In  1794.  on  ac- 
count of  his  services  and  his  knowledge  of  the 
manufacture  of  arms,  President  Washington 
appointed  him  superintendent  of  a  national 
armory  at  Springfield,  and  here  he  made  the 
first  musket  made  in  the  United  States,  in 
1795;  Robert  Orr  was  master-armorer.  At 
first  forty  men  were  employed,  a  great  deal 
(if  the  work  had  to  be  done  by  hand,  and  only 
two  hundred  and  forty-five  muskets  were  turn- 
ed out  the  first  year ;  the  output  gradually  in- 
creased until  by  the  time  of  the  civil  war  it 
was  one  thousand  a  day.  He  managed  this 
armory  from  1794  until  October  31,  1812; 
lie  then  began  to  turn  his  attention  to  the  manu- 
facture of  paper,  with  such  success  that  by 
1838  he  was  proprietor  of  the  most  successful 
paper  mills  in  the  United  .States,  the  same 
being  located  at  Springfield.  He  subscribed 
six  hundred  dollars  towards  the  purchase  of 
land  now  Court  Square,  and  was  always  ready 
to  give  time  and  money  to  any  cause  for  the 
betterment  of  the  town  or  its  citizens.  He  was 
a  shrewd  business  man,  with  good  judgment 
and  great  energy.  In  1810  he  owned  the  first 
piano  in  Springfield,  and  many  people  stopped 
on  their  way  past  his  house  to  listen  to  it ; 
there  was  not  another  one  in  town  for  twelve 


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years.  In  1781  he  married  Rebeckah,  daugh- 
ter of  Major  Isaac  Johnson,  born  December 
26,  1759,  died  June  29,  1834,  and  their  chil- 
dren were:  i.  Lucinda.  2.  Mary,  born  Sep- 
tember 29,  1784.  3.  Rebecca,  married  James 
Wells.  4.  Susanna,  married  Edward  Pynchon. 
5.  David,  married  Mary  O.,  daughter  of  Na- 
hum  Mitchell.  6.  Abigail,  married  Robert  Mc- 
Dermot.  7.  ( ialen.  8.  Charlotte,  married  Na- 
than Oakes.    9.  John. 

(X)  Colonel  Galen,  second  son  of  David 
and  Rebeckah  (Johnson)  Ames,  was  born  July 
21,  1796,  on  the  grounds  of  the  United  States 
armory,  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  He 
entered  Yale  College  in  1814,  where  he  re- 
mained two  years,  and  then  became  a  sailor 
and  travelled  in  the  far  east.  Upon  his  return 
to  his  native  town,  he  started  business  as  dry- 
goods  merchant;  March  20,  1830,  he  took  as 
partner  Spencer  Judd,  with  firm  name  of 
Ames  &  Judd,  their  store  being  on  the  first 
floor  of  the  building  next  north  of  the  Corner 
Book  Store,  on  Main  street,  where  he  bought 
the  lot  and  erected  the  block.  He  had  several 
jiartners  after  this,  namely:  E.  M.  Dwiglit, 
under  firm  name  of  Ames  &  Dwight,  but  Mr. 
Dwight  died  in  1837 ;  Samuel  Raynolds,  who 
died  June  8,  1850,  under  name  of  Ames  & 
Raynolds ;  Gerry  Munson,  under  name  of 
Ames  &  Munson.  In  1826  Mr.  Ames  received 
from  Governor  Levi  Lincoln  a  commission  as 
lieutenant  colonel  of  artillery.  First  Regiment, 
First  Brigade,  Fourth  Division,  [Massachusetts 
X'okmteer  Militia.  He  was  an  early  member 
of  the  Hampden  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  one  of  the  first  Knights  Templar 
of  Springfield,  having  received  his  degree  be- 
fore there  was  an  encam])ment  there.  May  2, 
1824,  he  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  First 
Church,  and  among  others  separated  from  it 
to  form  the  South  Church.  In  1847  he  enter- 
ed the  service  of  the  Western  railroad,  now 
called  Boston  &  .\lbany,  but  on  account  of 
failing  health,  in  1882  he  retired  from  work. 
He  was  appointed  postmaster  at  Springfield  in 
1844,  by  President  Tyler,  filling  office  four 
years.  He  lived  nearly  forty  years  in  the 
house  that  stood  on  the  ground  now  occupied 
by  the  South  Church  :  tliis  house  was  after- 
wards m(jved  to  Winthrop  street.  He  married 
I  first)  Eliza  Kent,  of  West  Springfield,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Kent,  who  died  April  3,  1834. 
Married  (second)  Elizabeth  Little  (see  Little, 
\III  ).  Mr.  Ames  died  October  30.  1882.  He 
had  two  children  that  grew  to  maturity :  Ed- 
ward P.  and  Benjamin  L.,  the  latter  a  mer- 
chant   of    Chicago.    Illinois,   gents'    furnisher. 


had  one  daughter  Elizabeth  by  his  first  wife 
Mary,  and  by  his  second  wife  Annie  Cameron, 
who  has  living  four  children :  Edwin,  Mar- 
jory, Esther,  Benjamin. 

(XI)  Edward  Pynchon,  son  of  Galen  and 
Elizabeth  (Little)  Ames,  was  born  August, 
1836,  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  died  there 
September  15,  1872.  When  the  civil  war  com- 
menced he  was  in  Wisconsin,  and  enlisted  in 
the  Fourth  Regiment  of  that  state.  Company 
D  ;  he  took  part  in  many  battles  in  the  Missis- 
sippi River  camjiaign.  between  Cairo  and  New 
Orleans,  and  was  for  some  time  employed  in 
the  postal  department  at  the  latter  place.  He 
also  served  a  short  time  in  the  commissary  de- 
])artment.  W'hen  the  war  ended  he  continued 
in  the  government  employ,  being  appointed  to 
the  railway  mail  service,  and  until  his  death 
was  route  agent  between  New  York  and  Bos- 
ton. He  was  one  of  the  L-nion  patriots  who 
lost  his  life  for  his  country,  as  the  disease  of 
which  he  died  was  contracted  as  a  result  of 
the  hardshijjs  and  exposures  of  a  soldier's 
career  in  the  fight  for  the  Union.  He  married 
Mariah  H.,  daughter  of  Alfred  and  Huldah 
(  Brainerd )  Burr,  born  December  6,  1839,  died 
May  6,  1909,  and  their  residence  was  at  Spring- 
field, where  they  had  one  child  born  to  them, 
Elizabeth  L.,  February  4,  1867.  She  married. 
December  18,  1890,  Seth  W.  Hotchkiss,  of 
Merideu.  and  has  one  son,  Edward  Frederick. 

(The   I.ittle  Line). 

( I )  Thomas  Little  came  from  Devonshire, 
England,  to  Plymouth,  IVIassachusetts,  in  1630, 
and  removed  thence  in  1650  to  what  is  called 
Littletown,  in  Marshfield,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  a  lawyer  by  profession,  and  his  coat-of- 
?rms  is  still  preserved  by  his  descendants.  In 
1633  he  married  .Vnne,  daughter  of  Richard 
Warren,  one  of  the  "Mayflower"  passengers. 
Children:  Isaac,  mentioned  below;  Thomas, 
burn  1648;  Ephraim.  1650;  Samuel,  1656; 
Hannah,  married  Stephen  Tilden  ;  Mercy,  wife 
of  John  Sawyer;  Ruth  and  Patience. 

(II)  Isaac,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and  .Knne 
(  Warren)  Little,  was  born  1646,  in  Plymouth, 
and  resided  in  Marshfield.  He  had  a  wife, 
Hethiah,  and  children:  Thomas,  mentioned 
beldvv:  Dorothy,  born  1676;  Isaac,  1678; 
Bethiah,  1O81,  married  Thomas  Iiarker; 
Charles.  1685  ;  Nathaniel,  1690,  and  William, 
1692. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  eldest  child  of  Isaac 
and  liethiah  Little,  was  born  alx)ut  1674,  in 
Marshfield.  and  probably  made  his  home  in 
that  town.     He  married,  1698.  Mary  Mahew. 


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Children:  Thomas,  born  1701  ;  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below;  Mahew,  1707;  Mary,  1709,  mar- 
ried Jonathan  Bryant;  George,  1712. 

(IV)  Isaac  (2),  second  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
and  Mary  (Mahew)  Little,  was  born  in  Marsh- 
field,  1704,  and  lived  in  that  town,  or  in  Brain- 
tree.  He  married,  in  1726,  Sarah  Church ; 
children  :  Joseph,  mentioned  below  ;  George, 
born  1730;  Sarah,  1732,  married  Territ  Lester. 

(V)  Joseph,  eldest  child  of  Isaac  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Church)  Little,  was  born  in  1728,  and 
was  among  the  early  proprietors  of  New  Brain- 
tree,  Worcester  county,  Massachusetts,  who 
occupied  lands  there  March  30,  1749.  Remar- 
ried, in  New  Braintree,  May  29,  1764,  Eliza- 
beth Wilson,  born  1739,  tlied  December  6, 
1801.  He  died  probably  before  1788.  Chil- 
dren :  Joseph,  married  1794,  Parthena,  daugh- 
ter of  Thadeus  and  Haimah  (Barns)  Cutler, 
of  Brookfield,  Massachusetts;  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  married,  November  12, 
1787,  Joseph  Shaw,  of  New  Braintree;  Eliza- 
beth, married.  1791.  Josiah  tlilbert,  of  that 
town;  Isabel,  died  January  30,  1789,  and  prob- 
ably William. 

(VI)  Benjamin,  second  son  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (\Vilson)  Little,  was  born  April  7, 
1772,  probably  in  New  Braintree,  in  which 
town  he  resided,  and  was  a  prosperous  farmer, 
dying  April  2,  1822.  At  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage he  was  lieutenant  of  militia  and  was 
later  a  captain.  After  his  death  the  farm  was 
purchased  by  the  town  and  a  beautiful  row  of 
maples  which  he  set  out  was  cut  down  for 
fuel.  He  married,  March  19,  1805,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Jesse  and  Abigail  (Willis) 
Allen,  born  February  7,  1777,  died  February 
24,  1827.  Children :  Joseph  Stewart,  born 
December  27,  1805;  Abigail  Willis,  July  12. 
1807 ;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth 
Wilson,  July  19,  1812. 

(VII)  Benjamin  (2),  second  son  of  Cap- 
tain Benjamin  (i)  and  Hannah  (Allen)  Little, 
was  born  June  5,  1809,  in  New  Braintree,  and 
resided  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  Hannah  Allen. 

(VIII)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Hannah  (Allen)  Little,  became  the  wife 
of  Galen  Ames,  of  Springfield  (see  Ames,  X). 


The  Rhode  Island  Arnold  fami- 
ARNOLD    ly  traces  its  ancestry  to  Ynir, 
King  of  Gwentland,  in  the  mid- 
dle of  the  twelfth  century.    He  was  descended 
from  Ynir,  second  son  of  Cadwaladr,  King  of 
Britons,  who  built  Abergaveny,  in  the  county 


of  Monmouth,  and  its  castle,  afterwards  re- 
built by  Hamlet  ap  (son  of)  Hamlet,  ap  Sir 
Druce,  of  Balldon.  France,  and  portions  of 
the  wall  still  stand. 

In  the  twenty-ninth  generation  comes  Thomas 
.Vrnold,  American  immigrant,  son  of  Thomas 
.\rnold,  and  grandson  of  Richard  Arnold,  born 
in  Cheselbourne,  Dorsetshire,  England,  in  1599, 
and  coming  to  New  England  in  the  ship  "Plain 
Joan,"  in  1635.  He  settled  first  at  Watertown, 
but  soon  afterward  removed  to  the  new  settle- 
ment at  Provi'dence,  Rhode  Island,  where  he 
was  admitted  a  freeman  May  13,  1640.  But 
even  in  Rhode  Island  there  was  not  sufficient 
religious  freedom  to  suit  him.  He  was  fined 
in  1 65 1  twenty  pounds  for  not  conforming  to 
rules  as  to  baptism,  and  in  1654  for  neglecting 
public  worship  twenty  days.  He  died  in  Provi- 
dence, September,  1674.  He  married  Phebe 
Parkhurst.  Children:  Thomas,  Nicholas,  Sus- 
anna. Ichabod,  Richard,  Thomas,  John,  Eleazer. 

Richard  Arnold,  son  of  the  immigrant 
Thomas,  was  born  at  Providence,  May  22, 
1642,  and  died  April  22,  1710.  He  was  promi- 
nent in  the  civic  afifairs  of  Rhode  Island ; 
deputy  to  the  general  assembly;  married  (first) 
Mary  Angell ;  (second)  Sarah  .  Chil- 
dren: I.  Richard.  2.  John.  3.  Joseph.  4. 
Jeremiah. 

(I)  Esek  Arnold,  descendant  of  the  Rhode 
Island  family  mentioned  above,  settled  early  in 
life  in  Pomfret,  Connecticut.  He  was  born 
May  23,  1746,  and  died  at  Warren,  Massa- 
chusetts, November  12,  1805.  He  married  Abi- 
gail Barrett,  born  May  16,  1752;  died  Febru- 
ary 2,  1810.  He  was  of  Pomfret,  March  28, 
1777.  when  he  bought  of  Ebenezer  Knight,  of 
\Varren,  then  of  \Vestern,  Massachusetts,  a 
farm  at  Warren  and  Brookfield,  Worcester 
county  (Worcester  deeds).  The  probate  rec- 
ords show  that  his  estate  was  divided  April 
14,  1812,  between  his  widow  Thankful  (sec- 
ond wife)  and  children  Alfred,  Olive,  Lucy, 
Rhody,  Oliver,  Sally,  Anna,  Abigail,  Thankful, 
Lucy  Gilbert.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born 
April  2,  1770.  2.  Sarah,  December  10,  1771. 
3.  Anna,  March  24,  1774.  4.  Anna,  April  30, 
1776.  6.  Alfred,  December  18,  1780;  men- 
tioned below.  7.  Phebe,  October  13,  1782.  8. 
Oliver,  January  3,  1785.  9.  Lucy,  February 
18,  1787.  10.  Thanna,  May  13,  1789;  died 
young.  II.  Thanna,  April  5,  1791.  12.  Olive, 
.April  2,  1794.  Guardians  were  appointed  for 
the  minor  children. 

(II)  Alfred,  son  of  Esek  Arnold,  was  born 
December    18,    1780.      He   settled   in   Enfield, 


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Massachusetts,  where  in  1805  he  opened  a  gen- 
eral store  in  the  building  where  the  Haskell 
store  was  located  afterward,  and  was  succeed- 
ed by  Francis  Howe.  He  married,  at  Bridge- 
water.  Bethia  Alden,  born  June  14,  1790,  died 
October,  1873  (see  Alden).  He  died  in  En- 
field. July  24,  1861.  Children:  i.  William 
Frederick,  born  September  20,  181 5;  mention- 
ed below.  2.  Eunice,  October  10,  1816;  mar- 
ried Albert   Warren,  of  Leicester ;  died  July 

13,    1861.      3.    Eliza,   married    (first) 

Pepper;  (second)  Albert  Warren,  widower 
of  her  sister  Eunice.  4.  Frances  Maria,  died 
about  1903.  unmarried.  5.  Sarah  Jane,  born 
1826:  died  May,  1908.  6.  Mary,  married  D. 
\y.  Sheppard. 

(HI)  William  Frederick,  son  of  Alfred 
Arnold,  was  born  at  Enfield,  September  20, 
181 5.  He  married,  in  1839,  Florella  Warner, 
born  1817,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Warner, 
granddaughter  of  Jonathan  Warner,  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Williamsburg.  Massachu- 
setts, who  went  thither  from  Northampton 
and  settled  on  what  is  now  Mountain  street. 
Captain  Jonathan  Warner  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade :  built  the  first  Congregational  church  on 
Meeting-House  Hill.  Mr.  Arnold  died  August, 
1894.  Children:  i.  Frederick  William,  born 
in  Enfield,  March  i,  1840:  died  March  10, 
1865.  in  Washington.  D.  C.  2.  Edward  Alden. 
born  November  8.  1842;  died  March  i.  1844. 
3.  Mary  Gertrude,  born  January  2,  1845  ;  died 
March  20,  1890;  married,  November  4,  1874, 
Timothy  Pelton ;  child,  Frederic  A.,  married 
Mabel  L.  Clark,  and  has  son  Alden.  4.  Alfred 
Albert,  born  August  i,  1847;  died  August  11, 
1847.  6.  Charlotte  Alden,  born  April  17,  1852. 
7.  Grace  Carver,  October  5,  1853 ;  died  Janu- 
ary 20,  1887.  8.  Jonathan  Warner,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Jonathan  Warner,  son  of  William 
Frederick  Arnold,  was  born  in  Northampton, 
April  28,  1856.  He  was  reared  in  Northamp- 
ton, and  educated  there  in  the  public  and  high 
schools.  For  two  years  he  was  in  the  United 
States  revenue  service  as  store-keeper,  station- 
ed at  Agawam,  Massachusetts.  Since  then  he 
has  been  engaged  in  the  insurance  and  real 
estate  business  in  his  native  city.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  succeeded  his  father 
as  overseer  of  the  poor,  and  held  that  office 
ten  years,  being  clerk  of  the  board  nine  years. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 
He  married,  June  15,  1881,  Fanny  Russell 
Parsons,  born  October  12,  1859,  daughter  of 
Isaac  S.  and  .^.nna  G.   (Smith)   Parsons   (see 


Parsons).  Children:  i.  Gertrude,  born  May 
8,  1872;  died  December  10,  1885.  2.  Grace 
Carver,  born  November  22,  1883.  3.  William 
I 'arsons,  November  24,  1892.  4.  Anna,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1897. 

(The  Parsons  Line — See  Cornet  Joseph  Parsons  1). 

(V)  Phinehas  Parsons,  son  of  Isaac  Par- 
sons, was  born  at  Northampton,  January  9, 
1758,  and  died  February  25,  1825.  He  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
( Lankton )  Baker.  His  wife  inherited  the 
i.ankton  place,  which  was  deeded  to  Phinehas 
in  1793.  Samuel  Lankton  bought  this  place 
of  Nathaniel  Rust  in  1709,  and  it  has  been  in 
the  family  to  the  present  time.  Children,  born 
at  Northampton:  i.  Hannah,  married  Joseph 
S.  Bailey,  proprietor  of  a  hotel  at  Chesterfield. 

2.  Sarah,  married  Colonel  Thomas  Pomeroy. 

3.  Elijah,    settled   at   Skaneateles;   died    1870. 

4.  Phinehas,  Jr.,  had  one  son.  5.  Captain 
Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(VT)  Captain  Samuel,  son  of  Phinehas  Par- 
sons, was  born  in  Northampton,  in  I7C)3.  He 
inherited  the  homestead  and  real  estate  of  his 
father.  He  was  fortunate  in  inheritance,  and 
was  said  by  his  neighbors  to  have  been  born 
"with  a  silver  spoon  in  his  mouth."  He  was 
an  enterprising  and  successful  farmer  and  a 
prnminent  citizen.  He  was  for  several  years 
selectman  of  the  town.  He  died  in  his  native 
town  in  1876.  He  married  Caroline  Russel. 
Children:  i.  Samuel  L.,  born  in  Northamp- 
ton ;  selectman  and  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral court ;  had  the  homestead.  2.  Nancy,  mar- 
ried Sidney  L.  Clark.  3.  Sydenham  C,  mar- 
ried Harriet  Morton;  he  was  a  druggist  in 
Northampton :  was  in  Tenth  Massachusetts 
\'olunteers,  in  civil  war.  4.  Colonel  Joseph 
11.,  born  in  Northampton  ;  resided  in  Northamp- 
ton. 5.  Isaac  S.,  mentioned  below.  6.  Carrie, 
married  J.  Dwight  Kellogg.  7.  P.  Frank,  mar- 
ried Helen  Bronson.  8.  Mary,  married  C.  M. 
Alitchell. 

(\  II)  Isaac  S.,  son  of  Captain  Samuel  Par- 
sons, was  born  in  Northampton,  February  8. 
1830.  He  married  Anna  G.  Smith,  born  in 
Williamsburg,  about  1832,  daughter  of  Her- 
man and  Susan  Graves  Smith.  Mr.  Parsons 
was  a  manufacturer  and  merchant;  was  post- 
master twenty  years  in  Florence,  Massachu- 
setts. Children:  i.  Helen  J.,  married  War- 
ren O.  Kyle,  an  attorney  in  Boston.  2.  Fanny 
Russell,  born  October  12,  1859;  married,  June 
15,  1881,  Jonathan  Warner  ./\rnold,  born  April 
28,  1856,  son  of  William  F.  and  Florella  (War- 


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iier)  Arnold  (see  Arnold).  3.  Susan  Gertrude, 
married  E.  N.  Kimball,  Jr.,  of  Boston,  piano 
manufacturer. 

(The    Alden    Line). 

(II)  Joseph  Alden,  son  of  John  Alden  (q. 
v.),  was'  born  in  Plymouth,  in  1624,  and  died 
February  8,  1697.  He  inherited  land  at  Bridge- 
water,  where  he  settled  ;  also  at  Middleborough. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1659.  He  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of  Moses  Simmons,  Jr.. 
who  came  in  the  "Fortune"  in  1621,  and  settled 
at  Duxbury.  Joseph  Alden's  will  was  dated 
December  14,  1696,  and  proved  March  10, 
1697.  Children:  i.  Isaac,  born  at  Bridge- 
water;  married,  December  2,  1685,  Mehitable 
Allen.  2.  Joseph,  born  1667  ;  mentioned  below. 
3.  John,  born  at  West  Bridgewater ;  died  Sep- 
tember 29,  1730,  aged  fifty-six;  married  Han- 
nah White.  4.  Elizabeth,  married,  1691,  Benja- 
min Snow.  5.iMary,married,i7O0,  Samuel  Allen. 

(III)  Deacon  Joseph  (2),  sonof  Joseph  (i  ) 
Alden,  was  born  at  Bridgewater,  in  1667,  and 
died  January  22.  1747.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
church  there,  and  a  prominent  man.  His  will 
was  dated  November  12,  1743.  He  lived  at 
South  Bridgewater.  He  married,  1690,  Han- 
nah Dunham,  who  died  January  13,  1748,  aged 
seventy-eight,  daughter  of  Daniel  Dunham,  of 
Plymouth.  Children:  I.  Daniel,  born  Janu- 
ary 29,  1691;  married,  1717,  Abigail  Shaw; 
settled  in  Stafford,  Connecticut.  2.  Joseph, 
born  August  26,  1693;  died  December  9,  1695. 

3.  Eleazer,  born  September  27,  1694;  married, 
1720,  Martha  Shaw;  died  January  30,   1773. 

4.  Hannah,  born  1696;  married  (first)  Joseph 
Alden;  (second)  1722,  Mark  Lothrop,  of  Eas- 
ton.  5.  Mary,  born  April  10,  1699 ;  married, 
1 719,  Timothy  Edson.  6.  Joseph,  born  Sep- 
tember 5,  1700;  died  October  5,  1700.  7.  Jon- 
athan, born  December  3,  1703^  died  Novem- 
ber 10,  1704.  8.  Samuel,  born  August  20, 
1705;  died  1785;  married,  1728,  Abiah  Edson. 
9.  Mehitable,  born  October  18,  1707;  died 
.\pril,  1737.     10.  Seth,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Captain  Seth,  son  of  Deacon  Joseph 
(2)  Alden,  was  born  in  Bridgewater,  July  6, 
1 710,  and  died  September  6,  1784.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1 74 1,  Mehitable  Carver,  who  died  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1757,  daughter  of  Eleazer  Carver. 
Children:  i.  Oliver,  born  1740.  2.  Seth,  1741. 
3.  Caleb,   1744.     4.  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(\')  Captain  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Captain 
.■\Iden.  was  born  in  1747,  in  Bridgewater,  and 
died  x\pril  8,  1803.  He  was  in  the  revolution, 
a  corporal  in  Captain  Abram  Washburn's 
company.  Major  Eliphalet  Cary's  regiment,  in 


1780,  on  duty  at  Rhode  Island.  He  married, 
in  1774,  Bethia  Carver,  died  1821,  aged  sixty- 
six,  daughter  of  Eleazer  Carver.  Children:  i. 
Mehitable,  born  October  28,  1775.  2.  Joseph, 
Alay  24,  1777.  3.  Daniel,  January  29,  1780. 
4.  Thomas,  December  6,  1782.  5.  Cyrus,  Alay 
20,  1785.  6.  Eunice,  1788,  died  unmarried 
March  30,  1830.  7.  Bethia,  June  14,  1790; 
married,  1813,  Alfred  Arnold,  of  Enfield,  (see 
.•Krnold).  8.  Seth,  May  21,  1793.  9.  Betsey, 
October  13,  1796. 


The  Alderman  family  is  an 
ALDERAIAN  ancient  but  not  numerous 
German  family.  The  sur- 
name is  derived  from  the  official  title  of  some 
])rogenitor  and  belongs  to  the  same  class  of 
names  as  Sheriff',  Constable,  Beadle,  Warden, 
Clark,  etc. 

(  I )  William  Alderman,  immigrant  ancestor, 
settled  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  about  1672, 
and  was  doubtless  born  as  early  as  1650.  He 
died  at  Simsbury  about  1697.  From  Windsor 
he  removed  to  Simsbury,  where  the  home  of 
his  descendants  has  been  located  to  the  present 
time.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  married  Mary 
Case,  widow  of  John  Case.  She  married  (sec- 
ond)  James  Hiliard,  of  Simsbury,  March  30, 
1698-99.  Children,  born  in  Simsbury:  i. 
Mary,  September  22,  1680.  2.  Thomas,  Janu- 
ary II,  1682.  3.  William,  mentioned  below. 
4.  -Sarah,  1692 ;  married  Thomas  Moses.  5. 
John,  1695;  married,  October  28,  1719,  Sarah 
Case,  and  had  John,  Jr.,  born  August  19,  1720, 
and  others.  6.  Joseph,  1697;  married,  June 
:^o,  1720,  M  indwell  Case. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  ( i )  Alder- 
man, was  born  (October  20,  1686,  in  Simsbury, 
Connecticut.  He  settled  in  that  town.  He 
married,  March  28,  1716,  Rebecca  Osban  (Os- 
borne), of  Windsor.  Children:  i.  Jerusha, 
born  June  5,  1717.  2.  William.  3.  Joseph, 
married  Mindwell  Case.  4.  John,  born  August 
I,  1722.     Perhaps  other  children  not  recorded. 

(III)  EHjah,    son    or   nephew    of    William 

( 2 )   Alderman,  married  Deborah  and 

settled  in  that  part  of  Simsbury,  now  East 
Granby,  Connecticut.  He  died  at  East  Granby, 
January  11,  1779.  Children:  i.  Elijah,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Gad,  born  January  5,  1765; 
married  Happy  Buckley,  born  May  31,  1764; 
he  was  a  soldier  from  Simsbury  in  the  revolu- 
tion, enlisting  for  three  years  February  i,  1781, 
in  Sheldon's  Dragoons  (five  feet  ten  inches  in 
height,  of  dark  complexion  and  light  eyes  and 
brown  hair)  ;  pensioner  of  the  United  States 
in  1818  and  then  living  in  Massachusetts.   Eli, 


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John.  Ephraim  and  Timothy  Alderman,  of 
Connecticut,  and  EHsha  and  Ephraim  Alder- 
man, of  Massachusetts,  also  served  in  the 
revolution. 

(IVj  Elijah  (2),  son  of  Elijah  (i)  Alder- 
man, was  born  about  1750.  He  had  a  son  bap- 
tized at  East  Granby,  February  14.  1777. 

(V)  Oliver,  son  or  nephew  of  Elijah  Alder- 
man, was  born  in  East  Granby  in  1782,  died 
January  21,  1858.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  became 
one  of  the  leading  citizens.  Besides  carrying 
on  a  large  farm,  he  was  in  business  as  a  gen- 
eral contractor  and  built  many  bridges,  mills 
and  other  masonry  structures  in  that  section. 
He  was  also  the  owner  of  a  large  distillery, 
which  had  a  high  reptutation  throughout  the 
state  for  the  excellent  quality  of  spirits  manu- 
factured. He  held  a  commission  as  justice  of 
the  peace  for  many  years  and  was  known  as  i 
wise,  just  and  honorable  magistrate.  In  relig- 
ion he  was  an  Episcopalian.  He  married  Patty 
(Alartha)  Alderman,  a  cousin.  She  died  Oc- 
tober 2,  1853,  aged  sixty-six  years.  Children, 
born  at  East  Granby:  i.  Clyden,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Urvin,  1813,  died  September  28, 
1838.  3.  Charles,  1820;  died  April  15,  1862. 
4.  Harry,  1823,  died  October  11,  1849.  5. 
Isabelle,  1826,  died  February  5,  1846. 

(VI)  Clyden,  son  of  Oliver  Alderman,  was 
born  in  East  Granby,  in  1812,  died  April  17, 
1848.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools  and  learned  the  trade  of  wheelwright. 
He  engaged  in  business  as  blacksmith  and 
wheelwright,  and  employed  some  thirty  jour- 
neymen and  apprentices  in  his  shop.  He  was 
an  industrious  and  enterprising  man  and  use- 
ful citizen.  He  died  in  the  prime  of  life.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat ;  in  religion  an 
Episcopalian.  He  married  Mary  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  Timothy  Hatch.  Children:  i.  Isabella 
Louise,  died  aged  two  years  and  five  months. 
2.  Eugene  Clyden,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Eugene  Clyden,  son  of  Clyden  Alder- 
man, was  born  in  East  Granby,  March  18, 
1840.  When  he  was  eight  years  old  his  father 
died  and  he  was  brought  up  in  the  family  of 
his  grandfather.  He  learned  the  trade  of  car- 
penter and  was  associated  in  business  with  his 
grandfather.  He  was  working  at  his  trade  in 
California  when  the  civil  war  broke  out  and  re- 
turned home  to  enlist.  He  entered  the  service 
as  sergeant  in  Company  E,  Twenty-fifth  Con- 
necticut Regiment.  He  enlisted  for  nine  months, 
served  fourteen  months  all  told  and  re-enlisted, 
but  was  rejected  on  account  of  ill  health.  He 
resumed  work  at  his  trade  and  continued  until 


1880  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Holyoke  Water  Power  Company  as  carpenter. 
In  1895  his  eyesight  failed  and  he  was  obliged 
to  give  up  his  position.  Since  then  he  has  been 
head  gate-keeper  at  the  dam  and  his  unfailing 
devotion  to  duty  has  taken  much  of  the  respon- 
sibility from  his  superiors.  Mr.  Alderman  has 
often  been  urged  to  retire,  but  notwithstand- 
ing his  age  continues  at  his  post  with  unfailing 
regularity,  having  no  desire  for  a  life  of  idle- 
ness. He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Evening  Star 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons  at  Unionville,  Con- 
necticut, in  1868,  and  was  demitted  to  Mount 
Tom  Lodge  of  Holyoke,  Massachusetts.  In 
religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  in  politics 
a  Republican. 

He  married,  January  22,  i860,  Ellen  E. 
Holmes,  born  January  15,  1842,  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Eliza  (Barrett)  Holmes,  of  East 
(iranby.  Her  father  was  a  proprietor  of  a 
hotel  at  East  Granby.  Of  their  nine  children, 
eight  lived  to  maturity.  Children:  I.  George 
1'.  11.,  born  September  20,  1862;  married 
Belle  Drake,  of  Springfield ;  he  is  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  George  P.  B.  Alderman  &  Com- 
pany, architects.  2.  Charles  E.,  April  16,  1865 ; 
superintendent  of  Hampden  Glazed  Paper 
Company ;  married  Jennie  Cook.  3.  Ollie  C, 
November  28,  1870;  hardware  dealer;  married 
Edith  Stearns.  4.  Henry  H.,  June  10,  1874; 
the  other  member  of  George  P.  B.  Alderman 
&  Company,  architects ;  married  Isabelle  Pat- 
terson. 5.  Ellen  I.,  September  2,  1878.  6. 
Carrie  L.,  May  20,  1880.  7.  Eugene  R.,  No- 
vember 20,  1882;  employed  as  assistant  super- 
intendent at  Farr  Alapaca  mills  ;  married  Emma 
Dickerman.  8.  May  Eliza,  May  30,  1885.  The 
daughters  are  all  teachers  in  the  Holyoke  public 
schools. 


Thomas  Atkinson,  immi- 
A TKINSON     grant  ancestor,  was  born  in 

England  and  came  to  this 
country  from  Bury,  Lancaster,  settling  in  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts.  He  was  a  brother  of 
Theodore  Atkinson,  of  Boston.  Thomas  At- 
kinson was  admitted  a  freeman  December  7, 
1636.  He  died  November  18,  1646.  Admin- 
istration was  granted  his  widow  Susan  No- 
vember 25,  1646.  Some  of  his  estate  was  in 
England.  His  widow  married  "William  Almic 
(or  Alline),  the  tyler."  Robert  Atkinson,  his 
brother  in  England,  is  mentioned  in  the  settle- 
ment of  the  estate.  Robert  lived  m  Timby, 
parish  of  Halifax,  England.  Children:  i. 
Rebecca,  born  1638.  2.  John,  1640.  3.  Sus- 
anna, April  28,  1641.   4.  Hannah,  March  5,  1643. 


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{11)  lohn,  son  of  Thomas  Atkinson,  was 
born  at  Concord  in  1640,  died  there  January 
5,  1705.  After  his  father  died,  he  was  adopted 
by  his  uncle,  Theodore  Atkinson,  of  Boston, 
under  whom  he  learned  the  trade  of  hatter. 
He  settled  in  Newbury.  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (first)  Sarah  Myrick ;  (second)  June 
3,  1700,  Hannah  Cheney.  Children,  born  at 
Newbury:  i.  Sarah,  November  27,  1665.  2. 
John,  1667.  3.  Thomas,  December  27,  1669. 
"4.  Theodore.  January  23,  1672.  5.  Abigail, 
November  8,  1673.  6.  Samuel,  January  16, 
1676.  7.  Nathaniel,  November  29,  1677  ;  men- 
tioned below.  8.  Elizabeth,  June  20,  1680. 
9.  Joseph,  j\lay  i,  1682:  killed  by  Indians  in 
1706      10.  Rebecca. 

(HI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  Atkinson,  was 
born  in  Newbury,  November  29,  1677.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  church  at  Newbury  in 
1729.  He  married,  January  22,  1707,  Debo- 
rah Knight.  Children,  born  at  Newbury:  i. 
Mary,  1708.  2.  Sarah,  1710.  3.  Margaret, 
1712.  4.  Nathaniel,  March  19,  1717.  5.  Jo- 
se[)h,  November  28,  1718. 

(I\^)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Atkinson,  was  born  at  Newbury,  March  19, 
1717,  died  at  Boscawen,  October  26,  1794.  He 
removed  to  Boscawen,  New  Hampshire,  with 
the  early  settlers  in  1769,  late  in  the  year.  He 
joined  the  Newbury  church  in  1741.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  November  30,  1738,  Elizabeth 
Greenleaf,  who  died  in  1755.  He  tnarried 
(second)  in  1756,  Sarah  Morse.  Children, 
born  at  Newbury,  by  first  wife:  i.  Parker, 
February  i,  1739.  2.  Michael.  3.  Mary,  May 
18,  1742.  4.  Stephen,  December  15,  1744.  5. 
Elizabeth,  August  10,  1747.  6.  Susanna,  Au- 
gust II,  1750.  7.  Nathaniel,  December  12, 
1753.  Children  of  second  wife,  born  at  New- 
bury: 8.  Jonathan,  December  30,  1756;  men- 
tioned below.  9.  Joseph,  April  28,  1758.  10. 
John,  October  30,  1759.  11.  Benjamin,  Janu- 
ary 7,  1761.  12.  Sarah,  January  8,  1763.  13. 
Mary,  May,  1764.  14.  Judith,  1765.  15. 
Eunice,  1767.  16.  Hannah,  died  young.  17. 
Theodore,  September  30,  1769. 

(V)  Rev.  Jonathan,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Atkinson,  was  born  at  Newbury,  December 
30,  1756.  died  March  27,  1837.  He  graduated 
from  Dartmouth  College  and  was  pastor  of 
the  Congregational  church  at  Limington, 
Maine.  He  married,  February  6,  1794,  Betsey 
Pettingill.  Children,  born  at  Limington:  i. 
Jonathan,  March  16,  1795.  2.  Nathaniel,  Au- 
gust 16,  1796,  died  young.  3.  Nathaniel,  Au- 
gust 10,  1797.  4.  Richard  P.,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Richard  P.,  son  of  Rev.  Jonathan  At- 


kinson, was  born  at  Limington,  April  5,  1799, 
died  December  2,  1865.  He  married,  October 
15,  1837,  Alice  Gerry.  Children:  i.  Na- 
thaniel, October  17,  1838.  2.  John  P.,  De- 
cember 14,  1840.  3.  William  H.,  January  29, 
1842;  mentioned  below.  4.  Elizabeth,  Janu- 
ary 27,  1844.  5.  Anna  J.,  October  31,  1851. 
(  \  II)  \\'illiam  Henry,  son  of  Richard  P. 
.Atkinson,  was  born  January  29,  1842,  at  Lim- 
ington. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  when  a  young  man  entered  upon  his  life 
work  as  a  banker.  For  thirty-four  years  he 
was  paying  teller  of  the  Union  Trust  Company 
of  Boston,  and  during  that  long  period  of 
faithful  and  efficient  service  lost  but  three  days 
from  his  desk  and  those  on  account  of  illness. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  old  Central  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Chelsea,  where  he  resided  for 
many  years.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war  in 
the  Seventeenth  Maine  Regiment,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Post  No.  35,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, Chelsea,  Massachusetts.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Adoniram  Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  at 
I^imington,  Maine.  Since  he  retired  from 
active  business  a  few  years  ago,  he  has  made 
his  home  in  Brookline,  Massachusetts.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  January 
9.  1868,  Mary  H.,  daughter  of  John  D.  Currier. 
Children:  I.  George  T.,  born  November  6, 
1868;  married.  June  2,  1892,  Hattie  N.  Rogers. 
2.  Arthur  P.,  November  21,  1870,  died  Janu- 
ary 4,  1876.  3.  Louisa  F.,  June  21,  1873; 
married,  May  17,  1901,  A.  P.  Jackson.  4. 
Fred  S.,  May  9,  1879. 


Arthur  Clark,  immigrant  ances- 
CLARK      tor,   was  born  in   England,  and 

settled  in  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  he  was  admitted  a  freeman  May 
13,  1640.  He  had  a  grant  of  land  there  June 
30,  1640.  Soon  afterward  he  went  to  Salem, 
^lassachusetts,  where  he  was  admitted  to  the 
church  October  17,  1641.  In  1645  he  was 
granted  a  house  lot  in  Boston,  and  in  1647 
bought  more  land  there.  He  was  a  carpenter 
l)y  trade.  He  died  in  1665,  and  administration 
was  granted  to  his  widow  Sarah  for  herself 
and  son  at  Boston,  October  31,  1665.  The 
inventory  was  presented  by  Thomas  Matson, 
and  the  appraisers  were  Mr.  John  Endicott 
and  Mr.  Daniel  Stone.  The  amount  of  the 
estate  was  seventy-one  pounds  sixteen  shillings 
nine  pence.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  March 
10,  baptized  March  17,  1644.  2.  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)   Samuel,  son  of  Arthur  Clark,  was  bap- 
tized at  Boston,  November  i.  1646,  and  died  at 


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Concord,  January  30,  1730.  He  settled  at 
Concord,  and  married  Rachel  Nichols.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Concord:  i.  Samuel,  October 
26,  1676.  2.  William,  December  30,  1679.  3. 
Sarah,  July  4.  1681  (recorded  at  Boston).  4. 
Rachel,  A])ril  17,  1683.  5.  Susanna,  April  26, 
1689.  6.  Hannah,  April  11,  1691.  7.  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below.    8.  Arthur,  January  30,  irKj6. 

(HI)  Benjamin,  son  of  Samuel  Clark,  was 
born  at  Concord,  October  13,  1693.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Rugg.  Children,  born  at  Con- 
cord:  I.  Benjamin,  May  7,  1717;  died  Febru- 
ary 17,  1809:  married,  April  14,  1743,  Re- 
becca.  I'lagg.     2.  John,  mentioned  below. 

(  i\' )  John  Clark,  son  of  Benjamin  Clark, 
wa>  Lcrn  at  Concord,  February  10,  1718-19. 
He  married,  at  Concord,  June  29,  1741,  Sus- 
anna Maynard.  He  settled  in  the  adjoining 
town  of  Sudbury.  Children,  born  at  Sudbury : 
I.  Elizabeth,  June  26,  1742.  2.  John,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1744,  died  October  16,  1746.  3. 
Susanna,  March  i,  1746,  died  February  21, 
1747-48.  4.  John,  March  13,  1748.  5.  Peter, 
August  20,  1752,  died  at  Southborough,  July 
14,  1792.  6.  Mary,  August  25,  1755.  7.  Luther, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Luther,  son  of  John  Clark,  was  born  at 
Sudbury  or  Concord,  in  1761,  died  in  1826.  He 
was  at  the  battle  of  Concord,  with  the  Sudbury 
company  of  minute-men.  He  served  again 
from  January  2,  1778,  to  April  2,  1778,  guard- 
ing state  stores.  He  married  (intention  dated 
I-'ebruary  20,  1790)  Relief  Bellows,  of  South- 
borough,  Massachusetts.  Children :  Peter, 
mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  Relief  and  Sarah. 

(\T)  Peter,  son  of  Luther  Clark,  was  born 
at  Sudbury,  December  i,  1792.  He  settled  at 
Wendell,  Massachusetts,  and  followed  farm- 
ing throughout  his  active  life.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  church.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Hannah  Packard;  (second)  Re- 
becca, daughter  of  Stephen  Gunn,  of  Sunder- 
land. Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Luther,  born 
August  2,  1823.  2.  Henry,  March  3,  1825. 
Children  of  second  wife:  3.  Dwight,  mentioned 
below.     4.  Hannah  ^L,  born  July  11,  1835. 

(VH)  Dwight,  son  of  Peter  Clark,  was 
born  at  Wendell,  Massachusetts,  January  18, 
183 1.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  began 
to  teach  school.  He  tauglit  the  district  schools 
at  Pelham,  East  Longnieadow,  Leverett,  Had- 
ley  and  West  Springfield,  Massachusetts. 
Afterward  he  studied  at  the  Springfield  high 
school  and  Amherst  Academy.  He  came  to 
Springfield  and  for  ten  years  worked  at  the 
trade   of    paper    hanger.     He    then     resumed 


teaching  in  the  Charles  street  school,  later 
taught  music  in  the  public  schools  of  Spring- 
field, still  later  was  truant  officer  of  the  city 
for  a  time,  and  taught  in  the  ungraded  schools, 
after  the  Hooker  school  was  erected.  Since 
January  i,  1881,  he  has  been  principal  of  the 
-Myrtle  street  grammar  school,  at  Indian 
Orchard,  in  the  city  of  Springfield.  Since 
1869  he  has  taught  in  the  public  evening 
schools  of  the  city  also.  On  the  occasion  of 
his  seventy-eighth  birthday  the  Springfield  Re- 
publican said  of  Mr.  Clark,  then  by  far  the 
oldest  teacher  in  the  Springfield  schools :  "Dur- 
ing twenty-eight  years  of  service  in  that  school 
nearly  all  the  men  and  women  of  Indian 
Orchard  have  been  his  pupils,  and  he  has  a 
host  of  friends  among  the  graduates  from  the 
school,  and  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by 
all.  His  one  interest  outside  of  the  school  is 
music,  and  for  years  he  has  been  chorister  of 
the  Evangelical  Church,  and  his  service  is 
greatly  appreciated  by  those  connected  with  the 
church."  Mr.  Clark  is  a  charter  member  of 
Alemorial  Church  of  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts. He  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Society  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  Hampden 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  since  1870,  and  is  past 
noble  grand,  having  held  all  the  subordinate 
offices  of  this  lodge.  He  has  been  for  many 
years  chaplain  of  Roswell  Lee  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons,  also  a  member  of  Morning  Star  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Springfield  Council. 
Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  Springfield  Com- 
niandery.  Knights  Templar.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican. 

Mr.  Clark  married,  October  26,  1854,  Dicea 
M.  Ainsworth,  of  Amherst,  Massachusetts, 
born  February  21,  1831,  died  1901,  daughter 
of  Forester  Ainsworth.  Children:  i.  Frank 
M.,  born  February  17,  1856,  died  1898;  mar- 
ried Alary  J.  Pease,  June,  1888:  children: 
Ruth  !'.,  born  May  28,  1889,  and  Beth  D.,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1891.  2.  Edward  H.,  born  June  8, 
1858,  died  August  5,  1904. 


The  Chase   family  is  of  ancient 
CHASE     English  origin,  derived  undoubt- 
edly    from     the     French     word, 
cliassrr.  (to  hunt).     The  ancestral  seat  of  the 
branch  of  the  family  from  which  the  American 
line  is  descended  was  at  Chesham,   Bucking- 
hamshire,   through    which    runs    the    Chess, 
which  gives  its  name  to  the  place.     The  Chase 
arms:  Gules  four  crosses  patance  argent  (two 
and  two),  on  a  canton  azure  a  lion  passant  or. 
( I )   Thomas   Chase,  of  Chesham,  was   de- 
scended from  the  ancient  family  there. 


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(  II )  John,  son  of  Thomas  Chase,  was  also 
uf  Chesham. 

(Ill)  Matthew,  son  of  John  Chase,  was  of 
Chesham ;  married  Elizabeth  Bould,  daughter 
of  Richard  Bould.  Children  :  I.  Richard,  mar- 
ried Mary  Roberts.  2.  Erancis.  3.  John.  4. 
Matthew.  5.  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  6. 
Ralph.     7.  William.     8.  Bridget. 

(I\')  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Matthew  Chase, 
was  of  the  Hundrichin  Parish,  Chesham. 
Children,  born  at  Mundrich:  I.  John,  baptized 
November  30,  1540.  2.  Richard,  baptized  Au- 
gust 3,  1542,  mentioned  below.  3.  Agnes,  bap- 
tized January  9,  1 55 1.  4.  William.  5.  Chris- 
tian. 

(\')  Richard,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Chase, 
was  born  in  Hundrich,  Chesham.  England,  and 
baptized  .\ugust  3,  1542.  He  married,  April 
16,  1364,  Joan  Bishop.  Children,  born  at 
Ihmdrich:  i.  Robert,  baptized  September  2, 
1565.  2.  Henry,  baptized  August  10,  1567. 
3.  Lydia,  baptized  October  4,  1573.  4.  Eze- 
kiel,  baptized  April  2,  1576.  5.  Dorcas,  bap- 
tized March  2,  1578.  6.  Aquila,  baptized  Au- 
gust 14,  1580,  mentioned  below.  7.  Jason, 
baptized  January  13,  1585.  8.  Thomas,  bap- 
tized July  18,  1585.  9.  Abigail,  baptized  Janu- 
ary 12,  1588.     10.  Mordecai,  baptized  July  31, 

(\T)  .A.quila,  son  of  Richard  Chase,  was 
baptized  at  Hundrich.  in  Chesham,  England, 
August  14,  1580.  Married  Alartha  Jelliman, 
1606.  Children:  I.  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Aquila,  mentioned  below. 

(XTI)  Aquila  (2),  son  of  A<;|uila  (i) 
Chase,  was  born  in  England  in  161 8.  He  was 
a  mariner,  probably  employed  by  his  uncle  or 
brother.  Thomas  Chase,  who  was  in  1626  part 
owner  of  the  ship  "John  and  Erancis."  He 
was  of  Hampton  as  early  as  1640;  removed  to 
Xewbury  in  1646,  when  he  had  four  acres  of 
land  granted  for  a  house  lot  and  six  acres  of 
marsh  on  condition  that  he  go  to  sea  and  do 
service  in  the  town  with  a  boat  for  four  years. 
He  and  his  wife  and  David  Wheeler  were 
"fined"  for  gathering  pease  on  the  Sabbath." 
but  were  admonished  and  the  fine  remitted  in 
September,  1646.  He  was  a  ship  master.  He 
died  December  27,  1670,  aged  fifty-two.  His 
will  was  dated  September  19,  1670.  He  mar- 
ried ."^nne  Wheeler,  daughter  of  John  Whee- 
ler, and  she  married  (second),  June  14,  1672, 
Daniel  IMussiloway.  She  died  in  May,  1688. 
Children:  I.  Sarah,  married,  May  15,  1666, 
Charles  Annis,  born  in  Ireland,  1638.  2. 
.Anna,  born  July  6,  1647.  3.  Priscilla,  March 
14,    1649:   married.    February    10.    1671,   Abel 


Merrill.  4.  Mary,  February  3,  165 1  :  married, 
March  9,  1670,  John  Stevens.  5.  Aquila,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1652;  married  Esther  Bond.  6. 
Thomas.  July  25,  1654.  mentioned  below.  7. 
John.  November  2,  1655 ;  married,  May  23, 
I  (177,  Elizabeth  Bingham.  8.  Elizabeth,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1657:  married,  June  27,  1678, 
Zachariah  .Ayer.  9.  Ruth,  March  18,  1660, 
died  May  30,  1676.  10.  Daniel,  December  9, 
1661  ;  married  Martha  Kimball.  11.  Moses, 
December  24,  1663;  married  (first)  Ann  Foll- 
ansbee :  (second)  December  13,  1713,  Sarah 
Jacobs. 

(VIII)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Aquila  (2) 
Chase,  was  born  at  Newbury,  July  25,  1654, 
died  in  1733.  He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Phil- 
ip's war  under  Captain  Samuel  .\ppleton  and 
took  part  in  the  Swamp  Fight.  He  married, 
November  22.  1677,  Rebecca  Follansbee, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Follansbee.  Children, 
born  in  Newbury:  i.  Thomas,  September  15, 
1680,  mentioned  below.  2.  Jonathan,  Janu- 
ary 13,  1683:  married,  1703,  Joanna  Palmer. 
3.  James,  September  15,  1685;  married  Lydia 

;    (second)    December,    1707,    Martha 

Rolfe.  4.  Aquila.  July  15.  1688;  married, 
1 7 12,  Alary  Smith.  5.  Ruth,  February  28, 
1691  ;  married.  May  29,  17 16,  Nathaniel  Mil- 
ler.    6.     Mary,    January     15,    1695;    married 

Horton.     7.  Josiah.  July  15.  1697.  died 

young.  8.  Rebecca,  April  20,  1700:  married, 
December  14.  1721,  Stephen  Moulton.  9.  Ju- 
dith,    married     Horton.      10.     Lizza 

-,   married,   in    1732,   Benjamin   Rogers. 


II.  Nathan,  married  (first)  November  29, 
1723,  Judith  Sawyer;  (second)  December  30, 
1740.  Joanna  Cheney:  (third)  January  9,  1763. 
Ruth  Davis. 

(IX)  Thomas  (4).  son  of  Thomas  (3) 
Chase,  was  born  in  Newbury,  September  15, 
1680.  He  married  (first)  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Thomas  and  Martha  ( Bartlett )  Ste- 
vens. He  married  (second)  Sarah  Hovey. 
Children,  born  in  Newbury:  i.  Thomas,  No- 
vember 20,  1700.  2.  Abel',  nj^ntioned  below. 
Children  of  second  wife:  3.  Jonathan,  May  19. 
1703.  4.  Roger.  June  3.  1704.  5  Sarah.  Jan- 
uary 29.  1706.  6.  Ezekiel,  November  20. 
1709.  7.  Josiah.  November  3,  171 3.  8.  Abi- 
gail, April  20,  17 1 6. 

(X)  Deacon  Abel,  son  of  Thomas  (4) 
Chase,  was  born  in  Newbury,  February  25. 
1702.  and  settled  in  Sutton.  He  married  (first ) 

Mary   .   who   died   shortly  after    1730: 

(second)  Sarah  Bicknell,  who  was  admitted 
to  the  church  February  it,  1731.  Children, 
born  in  Sutton:   i.  .\bel,  September  it,   1732. 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


mentioned  below.  2.  Sarah,  June  15,  1735, 
died  August  7,  1761.  3.  Emma,  October  11, 
1737,  baptized  Anna,  December  4,  1737.  4- 
Alartha.  November  7,  1739;  married,  Septem- 
ber II,  1760,  Francis  Stone.  5.  Mary,  March 
15,  1742;  married,  October  24,  1771,  Ebene- 
zer  Sibley.  6.  Betty,  June  4,  1744:  married, 
July  6,  1780,  David  Bancroft.  7.  Thomas, 
March  13,  1746.  8.  David,  September  28, 
1748.  9.  Ruth.  April  9.  1751  ;  married,  June 
23,  1774.  Anthony  Sigourney.  10.  Jonathan, 
August   25,    1753,  died   September    11,    1761. 

1 1.  Moses,  October  24,  1755. 

(XI)  Abel  (2),  son  of  Abel  (i)  Chase,  was 
born  at  Sutton,  September  11,  1732.  He  was 
a  corporal  from  1755  to  1761.  In  1780  he  was 
in  the  revolution  and  February  3,  while  serving 
under  Colonel  Thompson  at  "Young's  House," 
near  White  Plains,  New  York,  his  detachment 
was  surprised  by  the  British  and  a  terrible 
fight  took  place.  He  received  five  bayonet 
thrusts,  one  in  the  arm,  one  in  the  hand,  one 
in  the  neck  and  two  in  the  side,  but  escaped 
death  and  was  taken  to  New  York  to  the 
P.ritish  military  hospital,  where  his  wounds 
were  healed ;  he  was  taken  to  the  Sugar  House 
prison  and  confined  until  he  was  exchanged  at 
Elizabethtown,  December  13,  1780.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Sutton,  January  3,  1754,  Judith  Gale, 
born  April  12,  1734,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Judith  Gale.  Children,  born  at  Sutton:  i. 
Abel,  October  29,  1754.  2.  Isaac,  June  26, 
1756,  died  September  8,  1759.  3.  Judith, 
March  19,  1758,  died  September  28,  1759.  4- 
Judith,  March  27,  1760.     5.  Isaac,  September 

12,  1761,  mentioned  below.  6.  Sarah,  Janu- 
ary 15,  1763.  7.  Emma,  November  23.  bap- 
tized 25,  1764.  8.  Anne,  September  7,  1766. 
Q.  Persis,  March  22,  1768.  10.  Jonathan,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1770.  II.  Silence,  baptized  Febru- 
ary 16,  1772. 

(XII)  Isaac,  .son  of  Abel  (2)  Chase,  was 
born  in  Sutton,  September  12,  1761,  died  at 
Westford,  Vermont,  January  9,  1833.  He 
served  in  the  ^evolution  in  Captain  Andrew 
Elliot's  company,  Colonel  Jonathan  Hoiman's 
regiment,  in  September,  1777,  and  was  with 
the  northern  army  at  Burgoyne's  surrender; 
also  in  Captain  John  Putnam's  company.  Col- 
onel Wade's  regiment,  detached  from  Hoiman's 
regiment  for  twenty-one  days;  he  was  in  Cap- 
tain Elliot's  company.  Colonel  Davis'  regiment, 
and  is  described  at  eighteen  years  of  age, 
height,  five  feet,  one  inch ;  complexion  light ; 
residence  Sutton.  He  also  served  nine  months 
in  Captain  C.  Marshall's  company  which 
marched   to   Springfield,    July    8,    1779.     He 


married,  January  8,  1789.  Sarah  Bond,  born 
September  21,  1769,  died  July  7,  1842,  daugh- 
ter of  Josiah  and  Sarah  Bond.  He  settled 
after  the  war  first  in  Stratton,  Vermont,  re- 
moving to  New  fane,  and  thence  to  Westford, 
Vermont.  Children:  i.  Truman,  born  at 
Stratton,  January  17,  1790.  2.  Irah,  born 
October  5,  1793,  mentioned  below.  3.  Peter, 
born  at  Newfane,  May  2,  1796.  4.  Isaac,  born 
at  Westford,  November  3,  1798.  5.  Sarah, 
born  at  Westford,  August  5,  1810. 

(  XIII )  Professor  Irah,  son  of  Isaac  Chase, 
was  born  in  Stratton,  Vermont,  October  5, 
1793.  died  at  Newton  Center,  Massachusetts, 
November  i.  1864.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  in  1811  entered  Middlebury  Col- 
lege. \''ermont,  graduating  in  1 81 4  at  the  head 
(if  his  class.  He  studied  divinity  in  the  An- 
(lover  Theological  Seminary,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1817.  He  was  soon  after- 
ward appointed  missionary  in  Taze's  Valley, 
Kanawha  county.  West  \'irginia,  riding  to  his 
field  on  horseback  from  his  home  in  the  town 
of  Stratton,  Vermont,  taking  seven  weeks  to 
make  the  journey,  much  of  it  through  an  un- 
settled section  of  country.  His  college  educa- 
tion and  the  horse,  saddle  and  bridle  were  his 
only  inheritance  from  his  father's  estate.  A 
few  years  later  he  was  ajopointed  professor  in 
the  Divinity  School,  Philadelphia,  and  after- 
ward in  Columbian  College,  Washington,  D.  C, 
of  which  he  was  acting  president  for  two 
years.  In  1823  Professor  Chase  went  abroad 
to  study,  and  he  attended  lectures  at  Edin- 
burgh, Bonn  and  Gottingen  universities.  In 
1833  he  made  another  trip  to  Europe  to  study 
conditions  for  the  American  Board,  which  was 
then  considering  the  advisability  of  mission 
work  in  Paris.  From  1825  to  1845  he  devoted 
much  time  and  energy  to  the  Newton  Theolog- 
ical Seminary,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
founders  and  the  first  professor.  He  was  one 
of  the  foremost  workers  in  the  mission  field 
in  his  time,  a  learned,  eloquent,  scholarly  di- 
vine. He  was  an  earnest  and  consistent  Chris- 
tian, a  citizen  of  public  spirit,  a  gifted  teacher. 

He  married,  March  15,  1821,  at  Wilming- 
ton, North  Carolina,  Harriet  Savage,  born  Oc- 
tober 13,  1802,  died  at  Newton  Center,  May  2, 
1834.  She  was  of  strong  faith  and  excep- 
tional strength  and  purity  of  character.  Though 
she  died  when  her  children  were  quite  young 
she  had  an  influence  on  their  hearts  and  minds 
that  lasted  as  long  as  they  lived.  Children: 
I.  Harriet,  bom  January  15,  1822,  at  Wash- 
ington, died  January  21,  1822.  2.  William 
.Stoughton,  born  at  Washington,  December  12, 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


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1822.  died  June  21,  1881 ;  married  Rosalie 
Foster.  3.  Henry  Savage,  born  June  17,  1825, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Irah,  born  at  Newton, 
May  26,  1827,  died  June  10,  1877;  married 
(first)  Martha  Houghton;  (second)  Ellen 
Josephine  Leverett.  5.  Heman  Lincoln,  born 
at  Newton,  September  22,  1829,  died  February 
II,  1884;  married  Susan  Wood  Raymond.  6. 
Thomas  Sewell,  born  in  Newton,  April  5, 
1831,  died  July  19,  1868;  married  Sarah  Pit- 
man. 7.  Harriet  Emma,  born  in  Newton, 
.\pril  26,  1834,  died  May,  1835. 

(XIV)  Henry  Savage,  son  of  Professor 
Irah  Chase,  was  born  in  the  city  of  Washing- 
ton, June  17,  1825.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  in  his  youth  and  at  the  age  of  twelve 
began  to  work  in  a  Boston  store  as  errand  boy. 
He  saved  his  wages  and  paid  for  his  tuition  at 
Phillips  .Academy,  Andover,  Massachusetts. 
There  he  came  under  the  strong  and  inspiring 
influence  of  Dr.  Samuel  Taylor,  who  was 
called  the  Dr.  Arnold  of  America.  He  gradu- 
ated in  1844  and  then  set  about  the  task  of 
working  his  way  through  Harvard  College. 
He  had  to  cut  short  his  college  course  in  his 
junior  vear  to  assume  the  responsibility  of 
providing  a  home  for  his  father's  family. 
.Shortly  afterward,  about  1850,  he  isegan  the 
manufacture  of  bags  for  flour  and  similar 
uses.  His  experience  in  mercantile  life  now 
helped  him  materially  in  finding  a  useful  busi- 
ness and  making  it  successful.  He  afterwards 
admitted  his  brother,  Heman  Lincoln  Chase, 
to  partnership  and  the  business  henceforth  was 
conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  H.  &  H.  L. 
Chase.  When  he  left  college  he  did  not  aban- 
don his  hope  of  a  degree  and  at  every  oppor- 
tunity he  continued  his  studies  at  home.  In 
185 1  he  received  his  degree  of  A.  B.,  as  of  the 
class  of  1848,  and  in  1 85 1  received  the  Mas- 
ter's degree  from  Harvard.  His  classmates 
appreciated  his  pluck  and  energy  in  winning  a 
degree  under  this  handicap,  and  he  was  elected 
class  secretary,  an  office  he  held  the  remain- 
der of  his  life.  In  business  he  hewed  his  way 
in  untriefl  paths,  and  his  energy,  enterprise, 
sound  judgment  and  absolute  integrity  kept 
him  firm  in  the  front  rank  in  his  line  of  busi- 
ness. In  religion  he  was  an  Episcopalian, 
church  warden  and  superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day school  at  St.  Paul's,  Brookline.  He  was 
a  member  of  Commercial  Club,  Somerset  Club, 
Thursday  Club,  in  P.ro<ikIine,  and  Bunker  Hill 
Monument  .Association.  In  politics  he  was  an 
Independent. 

He  married.  December  25,  1852,  at  North 
Grafton.  Sarah  Cano  Leverett.  born  at  Rox- 


bury,  February  13,  1828,  died  April  29,  1883, 
daughter  of  Rev.  William  and  Mary  Ann 
(Brown)  (Jackson)  (Cole)  Leverett.  Her 
father  graduated  from  Brown  L'niversity  in 
the  class  of  1824. 

Mr.  Chase  died  February  19,  1885.  He  was 
beloved  and  trusted  beyond  the  common  lot  and 
his  death  called  forth  a  singularly  united  tribute 
to  his  life  and  character.  He  was  generous, 
kindly  and  sympathetic,  especially  fond  and  de- 
voted' to  his  family.  He  won  many  friends  in 
business,  church  and  social  life. 

A  newspaper  account  of  Mr.  Chase's  career 
follows :  "Another  application  of  the  factory 
system  may  be  found  in  the  bag  manufacture 
established  in  Boston  by  Henry  S.  Chase  about 
1850.  The  woven,  seamless  bag  for  grain  had 
then  but  lately  come  into  use,  when  the  appli- 
cation of  the  sewing  machine  called  attention 
to  the  possibility  of  meeting  the  demand  for 
bags  for  other  uses,  the  scope  of  which  was 
hardly  dreamed  of  by  the  projectors  of  the 
enter])rise.  This  was  in  the  early  days  of  the 
sewing  machine  and  before  the  reputation  of 
the  standard  makers  had  been  made.  The 
plan  was  conceived  of  building  sewing  ma- 
chines especially  adapted  for  this  work  and  this 
was  accomplished  by  Mr.  John  E.  Bachelder 
— a  partner  with  Mr.  Chase — whose  inven- 
tions, made  during  its  progress,  were  adopted 
by  the  leading  makers  of  other  sewing  ma- 
chines and  constituted  an  important  element 
in  their  final  success.  The  next  necessity  was 
ioT  a  ])rinting  press  which  should  both  print 
the  labels  upon  the  cloth  and  cut  it  at  the  same 
time  into  lengths  and  shapes  suited  to  each 
special  purpose.  This  also  was  accomplished. 
The  work  done  in  Boston  is  still  large,  but  as 
the  demand  for  bags  is  chiefly  in  the  west  the 
original  firm  has  established  large  factories 
at    St.    Louis,    Chicago    and    other    places." 

L'liildren  of  Henry  Savage  Chase  :  I.  William 
Leverett.  born  December  4,  1853,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Henry  Savage.  July  28,  1858,  died 
September  3,  1858.  3.  Ellen.  March  26,  1863; 
life  member  of  the  Pocumtuck  X'alley  Memo- 
rial .Association ;  member  and  first  regent 
(  1896-99)  of  Hannah  Goddard  Chapter. 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution ;  mem- 
ber of  the  New  England  Historic  Genealogi- 
cal Society,  Boston ;  of  the  Brookline  Histor- 
ical Society :  the  Massachusetts  Civic  League 
of  Boston  :  the  Massachusetts  Society  Colonial 
Dames  of  America  and  the  Society  of  May- 
flower Descendants.  4.  Sarah,  April  17,  1866; 
married,  December  14,  1892,  at  Brookline, 
Massachusetts.    Lincoln    Clififord    Cummings. 


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born  .\ugust  23.  1857,  son  of  Enoch  Lincoln 
Cummings  (graduate  of  Harvard  College, 
1848)  and  Xancy  Clifford:  children:  i.  Rosa- 
mond, born  December  15,  1893;  ii.  Lincoln 
Clifford,  born  June  18,  1895:  iii.  Margaret 
Atherton,  born  October  19,  1896,  died  August 
8,  1897:  iv.  Henry  Savage  Chase,  born  June 
22,  1898;  V.  W^illiam  Leverett,  born  January 
26,  1900.  5.  Mary  Leverett,  July  30,  1868, 
died  September  16,  1868. 

( X\' )  Colonel  William  Leverett,  son  of 
Henry  Savage  Chase,  was  born  at  Grafton, 
Massachusetts,  December  4,  1853.  He  fitted 
for  college  in  the  public  schools  of  Brookline 
and  entered  Harvard  College  in  1872  as  a 
freshman.  His  active  temperament  and  social 
nature  made  him  well  known ;  he  took  high 
rank  in  scholarship,  and  when  he  graduated  in 
1876  he  was  elected  secretary  of  his  class,  as 
his  father  had  been  before  him  of  the  class  of 
1848.  No  member  of  the  class  was  more 
popular  or  beloved.  He  was  editor  of  The 
Magenta,  now  the  Daily  Crimson,  and  he  never 
lost  his  interest  in  literary  affairs.  After 
graduation  he  became  as.sociated  with  his 
father  in  the  bag  manufacturing  business,  and 
in  a  few  years  was  left  by  the  death  of  the 
senior  ])artners  to  conduct  this  business  alone. 
Few  men  in  ISoston  have  hatl  so  extensive  and 
com])licated  a  business  to  conduct  at  so  early 
an  age.  liut  he  was  equal  to  the  task  and 
under  his  management  the  concern  continued 
to  grow  and  prosper.  He  demonstrated  un- 
usual business  ability  from  the  outset.  Not- 
withstanding the  great  cares  and  responsibili- 
ties of  business,  he  entered  the  state  militia  in 
which  he  achieved  distinction.  He  became  a 
l)rivate  in  the  First  Corps  of  Cadets.  April  15. 
i8f^f),  and  made  a  study  of  ordnance,  tactics 
and  Marksnianshi]).  He  wrote  a  treatise  on 
marksmanship  that  attracted  wide  attention. 
He  qualified  as  a  sharpshooter  and  served  on 
the  ^Iassachusetts  Creedmoor  team  in  1887- 
89.  He  wrote  another  treatise  on  Out-post 
Duty.  He  was  appcjinted  inspector  general  of 
rifle  practice  oti  the  governor's  staff  with  the 
rank  of  colonel  and  served  through  several  acl- 
ministrations.  Probably  no  officer  of  the 
Massachusetts  militia  accomplished  more  and 
did  more  actual  service  than  he.  It  was  his 
cust(jm  to  make  frequent  trips  to  England  to 
witness  military  maneuvers  and  he  had  many 
friends  in  the  British  army.  His  expert 
knowledge  was  recognized  in  his  own  countrv 
and  appreciated  not  only  in  the  militia  but  in 
the  regular  army.  His  military  jjromotion 
was  rapid.      He  became  engineer  of  the  First 


P.rigade  on  the  staff  of  Brigadier  Benerak  Na- 
thaniel Wales,  May  29,  1887 ;  captain  and  aide- 
de-camp  on  the  staff"  of  Brigadier  General  B. 
F.  Peach  Jr..  February  19,  1889.  In  1889  he 
was  inspector  general  of  rifle  practice  on  the 
staff  of  Governor  Brackett  and  was  re- 
appointed by  the  famous  Democratic  governor, 
William  E.  Russell.  He  served  in  this  office 
until  January  3,  1894,  when  he  was  succeeded 
by  Colonel  Hall. 

Soon  after  he  left  the  military  service  he  ac- 
cepted an  appointment  to  the  Massachusetts 
Metropolitan  Park  commission  and  the  rapid 
and  successful  prosecution  of  that  unequalled 
state  work  which  we  are  now  only  beginning 
to  appreciate  was  due  in  large  measure  to  his 
energy  and  foresight.  About  the  same  time, 
while  the  governor  of  the  state  was  consider- 
ing his  appointment  as  a  director  of  the  Fitch- 
burg  railroad  to  represent  the  interests  of  the 
commonwealth  in  that  corporation,  he  was 
elected  a  director  by  the  stockholders.  His 
character,  temperament  and  financial  ability 
were  widely  recognized  and  he  was  sought  as 
director  by  many  corporations  of  importance. 
M  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  president  of 
the  Victoria  Mills  Corporation  of  Newbury- 
|)ort :  vice-president  of  the  State  Street  Safe 
Deposit  and  Trust  Company  of  Boston ;  di- 
rector of  the  Boston  Wharf  Comjiany :  state 
director  of  the  Fitchburg  railroad  and  of  the 
Third  National  Bank  of  Boston;  trustee  of 
the  Home  for  Oqjhan  and  Destitute  Children 
and  of  the  Society  for  the  Relief  of  Widows 
and  Orjihans  of  Deceased  Clergymen  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  He  was  promi- 
nent in  social  life  and  was  president  of  the 
l'ap\rus  Club  of  I'ostou,  Commercial  Club,  and 
first  president  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  of 
the  Sons  of  the  Revolution  and  a  member  of 
the  Somerset  Club  of  Boston.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican,  but  sujiported  Cleveland  for 
the  presidency. 

The  later  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in 
the  house  that  his  father  built  in  i860  near 
St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church  in  Brookline.  Of 
this  church  he  was  junior  warden  :  his  father 
had  been  senior  warden  before  him.  His 
faithful  and  devoted  work  for  the  church  was 
recognized  at  his  death  by  St.  Paul's  parish 
which  erected  a  tablet  to  his  memory,  en- 
scribed:  "Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens,  and 
so  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ."  He  died  Octo- 
ber 7.  1895,  at  Brookline,  Massachusetts.  His 
will  contained  many  public  bequests.  He  left 
his  valuable  collection  of  war  medals  to  the 
Independent  Corps  of  Cadets ;  a  valuable  and 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


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interesting  library  to  the  Pajsyrus  Club  and 
established  a  scholarship  in  Harvard  College. 
Under  certain  contingencies  the  college  be- 
comes residuary  legatee  to  a  very  large  sum. 
The  scholarship  is  known  as  the  Charles  B. 
Porter  Scholarship  and  is  awarded  to  some 
deserving  medical  student. 

"H  one  were  to  name  the  dominent  notes 
of  his  character,  they  would  be  energy  and 
kindliness,  that  kindliness  which  rises  not  only 
to  generosity  with  money,  but  to  intimate  and 
active  interest  in  all  men  who  were  known  to 
him  and  seemed  worthy  and  to  self-sacriticing 
labor  for  all  high  causes  or  works  of  public 
weal."  *  *  *  "The  fine  sense  of  honor 
which  governed  him  in  all  his  actions  was  not 
laid  aside  at  the  door  of  his  counting  room  any 
more  than  the  lofty  Christian  spirit  which  in- 
spired his  whole  being.  He  had  not  one  rule 
for  iirivate  and  another  for  public  or  business 
life.  He  was  more  than  honest,  he  was 
strictly  honorable  in  all  his  dealings  and  it  is 
to  the  credit  of  our  common  humanity  that  in 
an  age  when  false  standards  are  held  up  to 
admiration,  he  was  able  to  win  the  material 
rewards  of  life  without  ever  adopting  the  arti- 
fices of  the  cunning  ones  of  trade  and  that  he 
leaves  to  his  children  the  priceless  legacy  of 
an  honest  name.  The  old-time  honor  of  Bos- 
ton merchants  was  revived  in  his  youth,  fresh 
from  college  and  naturally  inclined  to  far  dif- 
ferent pursuits.  Colonel  Chase  was  an 
.American  of  the  best  and  truest  type,  a  man 
whose  broad  mind  knew  no  distinction  of  class, 
creed  or  country." 

He  married.  September  26.  1876,  at  Syra- 
cuse, New  \'ork.  Mary  Frances  Elizabeth 
Greenough,  daughter  of  John  James  and  Mary 
Frances  (Cushing)  Creenough.  Children, 
born  at  Brookline:  I.  Mary  Greenough,  July 
15.  1877,  died  .\pril  26,  1886.  2.  Helen  Lev- 
erett,  November  20,  1878:  married,  November 
10.  1906,  at  Brookline,  Lawrence  Ik'rtram 
Flint,  born  August  11,  1874,  son  of  Horatio 
Putnam  Flint  and  .Anna  Frances  (Carnes) 
Flint :  children  :  Frances  Carnes,  born  Decem- 
ber 17,  1907:  Lawrence  Bertram,  born  July  31, 
1009.  3.  William  Henry.  December  17,  1881  : 
graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  1904.  4.  Pa- 
tience, born  and  died  October  9,  i88fi.  5. 
Sarah  Gilroy.  born  July  9.  1888.  6.  Lilian, 
born  June  11,   1889. 


The   Boyd    family   is   one  of  the 

BOYD      most  distinguished  in  the  history 

of    Scotland,    tracing   its    descent 

from  a  younger  son  of  the  illustrious   Lord 


High  Steward  of  Scotland.  Robert,  son  of 
^imon  and  grandson  of  Alan,  the  second  Lord 
High  Steward,  was  of  very  light  complexion 
and  was  nicknamed  Boyt,  of  Boyd,  meaning 
fair  or  light,  in  Gaelic.  From  this  came  the 
surname  of  the  family.  This  Robert  Boyd 
died  in  1240,  and  from  him  it  is  said  all  the 
Boyds  of  Ireland  as  well  as  Scotland  are  de- 
scended, though  some  genealogists  think  the 
original  spelling  of  the  name  was  Boit.  Sir 
Robert  de  Boyd,  son  of  the  first  Robert,  died 
in  1270,  and  his  son  Sir  Robert  was  one  of  the 
barons  of  Scotland  who  were  forced  to  swear 
fealty  to  King  Edward  of  England  in  1296. 
This  third  Robert  was  associated  with  the  im- 
mortal Sir  William  Wallace  for  a  time.  His 
son  Robert  was  one  of  the  most  gallant  sup- 
porters of  Robert  Bruce,  and  was  made  Lord 
of  Kilmarnock  by  that  king.  His  descendants 
survived  in  the  elder  male  line  to  abotit  1800. 
The  family  formerly  ]30ssessed  the  earldoms 
of  .Arran  and  Kilmarnock  (forfeited).  Ayr- 
shire was  the  original  home  of  the  Boyds. 
When  James  HL,  a  mere  boy,  succeeded  to 
the  throne  of  Scotland,  Lord  Boyd  seized  him 
and  assumed  supreme  control  of  the  kingdom. 
In  T467  his  eldest  son  was  created  Earl  of 
.Arran  and  married  the  king's  sister.  But  the 
rule  of  the  Pioyds  was  of  short  duration.  They 
were  tried  for  treason  in  1469  and  convicted. 
The  head  of  the  family  fled  to  England,  where 
he  soon  afterward  died.  His  brother,  Alex- 
ander Boyd,  was  executed  at  Edinburgh.  The 
Earl  of  Arran  was  forced  to  flee  and  was  soon 
stripped  of  his  royal  wife  by  divorce,  and  she 
afterward  married  the  head  of  the  Hamilton 
familv.  Most  of  the  American  I'oyds  are  de- 
scended from  the  branch  of  the  Scotch  family 
in  the  province  of  Ulster,  Ireland.  Sir  Thomas 
I'.ovd,  knight,  was  one  of  the  settlers  soon 
after  1610  in  the  precinct  of  Strabane,  county 
Tyrone,  and  had  a  wife  and  family  there  in 
1611.  He  came  from  Bedlay,  or  I3onehawe, 
Renfrew.shire,  Scotland.  Before  1620  he 
transferred  a  grant  of  fifteen  hundred  acres 
at  Strabane  to  James  Hamilton.  Boyd  was  a 
son  of  Lorfl  Kilmarnock  (])p.  500-7,  "Scotch- 
Irish  in  America,"  Hanna).  In  1653  there 
was  a  Thomas  Boyd  of  prominence  in  county 
.Antrim.  .At  the  present  time  there  are  thous- 
ands (if  this  surname  still  living  in  counties 
.\ntrim,  Down  and  Londonderry. 

Eight  heads  of  Boyd  families  signed  the 
memorial  to  Governor  Shute  March  26,  1718, 
asking  encouragement  to  obtain  land  in  "that 
very  excellent  and  renowned  Plantation"  call- 
ed   New    England.      Captain    William    Boyd 


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came  to  this  country  fourteen  times  bringing 
Scotch  pioneers  from  the  north  of  Ireland, 
and  finally  located  at  Londonderry.  There  is 
reason  to  believe  that  many  of  the  Scotch 
Boyds  who  came  between  the  years  1718  and 
1750  from  Ulster  were  his  near  relatives.  A 
number  of  them  located  at  Bristol,  Maine. 

( I )  Captain  John  Boyd  of  the  Boyds  of 
Scotch-Irish  origin  who  settled  in  Alassachusetts 
Bay  and  New  Hampshire  before  the  revolution, 
was  born  about  1740.  He  settled  in  Wrent- 
ham  or  North  Franklin.  Massachusetts.  In 
17QO  the  first  federal  census  shows  that  in  his 
family  were  three  males  over  sixteen  and  two 
females.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  revolution, 
on  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19,  1775,  in 
Colonel  Greaton's  regiment,  and  again  next 
month  at  Roxbury,  in  Colonel  William  Heath's 
regiment ;  again  in  1788  in  Colonel  John  Dag- 
gett's regiment.  He  was  captain  of  the  Ninth 
company  of  North  Franklin,  Fourth  Suffolk 
county  regiment,  commissioned  June  16,  1779. 

(II)  Willard,  son  of  Captain  John  Boyd, 
was  born  about  1775,  and  married  Betsey 
Whiting.  Children,  born  at  Franklin:  i.  Bet- 
sey Willard,  August  2,  1797.  2.  Martha,  1799. 
3.  William  B.,  September  25,  1800.  4.  Oliver 
Dean,  June  8,  1802.  5.  .\mos  1  lawes.  March  18. 
1804,  at  l-'ranklin.  h.  Juliana,  March  28,  1806.  7. 
Abigail  I<~isher,  May  ij,  1808.  8.  Ceorgine,  1812. 

(III)  William  Bradbury,  son  of  Willard 
Boyd,  was  born  at  Franklin,  September  25, 
1880,  died  July  27,  1883.  He  settled  in  Med- 
way,  Massachusetts,  and  married  there,  April 
15,  1827,  Emeline  Cornelia  Ackley,  born  in 
Auburn,  New  York,  died  February  8,  1868. 
He  was  a  successful  manufacturer  of  thread 
and  cotton  batting  at  East  Medway.  Children, 
born  at  East  Medway:  i.  Elizabeth.  June  2, 
1828;  died  October  2,  1828.  2.  Cornelia,  Au- 
gust 22,  1830;  died  May  14,  1837.  3.  Ellen 
b.,  April  21,  1833;  married  Charles  Augustus 
Fiske,  December  2,  1857  (see  Fiske).  4. 
Sarah  J.,  December  22,  1834;  married  Erastus 
Tyler,  and  Benjamin  Cdidden.  3.  ^\'illiam  B., 
September  30,  1839.  6.  Child,  September. 
1840;  died  April  7,  1842.  7.  Isabella  Walker, 
November  12,  1843  ;  married  William  Roberts  ; 
children:  Joseph  A.,  born  1873;  George,  1875, 
died  1894:  Ellen,  born  1878.  8.  Child,  born 
October  28,  1848;  died  September.  1849. 


(For  ance.stiy  see  p.   3.S9.  et  seq.). 

(  X  )      Lieutenant      Nathan      ( 2 ) 

I'TSKE      Fiske,  son  of  Nathan   (i)    Fiske, 

was  born  in  W'atertown,  October 

17.   iC)4_';  married  Elizabeth  Fry.      He  bought 


of  Thomas  and  Magdalen  Lhiderwood  lands 
allotted  to  or  purchased  by  his  uncle  and  aunt, 
Martin  and  Martha  (Fiske)  Underwood,  and 
inherited  by  Thomas  Underwood,  two  hundred 
and  twenty  acres.  He  was  selectman  of 
Watertown  in  1684-89-91.  He  died  October 
u,  1694,  and  his  estate  was  divided  by  the 
court  November  23,  1696.  Children,  born  at 
Watertown:  i.  Nathan,  February  9,  1665.  2. 
Elizabeth,  January  19,  1667.  3.  Martha,  Janu- 
ary 12,  1(170.  4.  Nathan,  January  3,  1672; 
mentioned  below.  5.  Susanna,  April  7,  1674. 
6.  .\bigail,  February  18,  1675.  7.  William, 
December  5,  1677.  8.  William,  November  10. 
1678.     9.  Anna,  died  July  13,  1683. 

(XI)  Nathan  (3),  son  of  Lieutenant  Na- 
than (2)  Fiske,  was  born  in  Watertown,  Janu- 
ary 3,  1672-3.  He  was  made  deacon  of  the 
church  at  Watertown  before  1717;  was  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court  1727-28-29-32: 
selectman  ten  years  between  171 1  and  1727: 
town  treasurer  1720-22-23;  town  clerk  1724- 
28-39.  and  held  other  places  of  trust  and 
honor.  He  died  January  26,  1741.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Sarah  Coolidge,  born  1678,  died 
1723,  daughter  of  Ensign  John  Coolidge: 
(second)  Alay  22,  1729,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Simon  Coolidge,  and  widow  of  Daniel  Smith 
Jr.  Children:  I.  Sarah,  born  1697.  2. 
h^lizabeth,  died  aged  seven  years.  3.  Nathan, 
born  Februarv  25.  1701,  mentioned  below.  4.  Jo- 
siah,  October  10.  1704.  5.  Henry,  January  24. 
1706.  6.  Daniel,  August  ig,  1709.  7.  Sam- 
uel. February  16,  171 1.  8.  Grace  G.,  May 
(J.  1714.     9.  Hannah  P.,  May  19,  1719. 

(XI!)  Nathan  (4),  son  of  Nathan  (3) 
h'iske.  was  born  at  "\Vatertown,  February  25. 
1 701  :  married.  December  9.  1730,  Anne  War- 
ren, born  February,  171 1,  daughter  of  Deacon 
John,  of  Weston,  died  October  i,  1736:  mar- 
ried (second)  February  21,  1738,  Mary 
Fiske.  bai)tized  June  30,  1712,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Jonathan  Fi.ske.  of  Lexington  and 
.Sudbury.  The  widow  met  her  death  by  fall- 
insj  from  a  horse  while  on  a  visit  to  Sudbury. 
I  lis  will  is  dated  October  13,  1765,  and  proved 
June  2"],  1769.  He  died  January  4,  1769. 
Children:  i.  Anne,  born  Decmber  8,  1731.  2. 
Nathan.  September  9,  1733.  3.  Sarah,  July 
26,  1736.  4.  Jonathan,  December  15,  1739; 
mentioned  below.  5.  Ezra,  December  25, 
T740.  6.  Samuel,  July  9,  1742.  7.  Thaddeus, 
February  19,  1743.  8.  Mary,  April  22,  1747. 
0.  Oliver.  September  14,  1748.  10.  Mary. 
January  21,   1750.      11.  Hepzibah,  .\ugust   to, 

1754- 

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(4)  Fiske,  was  born  at  Weston.  December  15. 
1739;  married,  April  30,  1760,  Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Pierce)  Fiske,  of 
W'altham.  Captain  Jonathan  was  in  command 
of  the  Weston  company  in  February,  1776,  in 
the  revolution,  in  the  regiment  of  Colonel 
Eleazer  Brooks,  of  Lincoln.  He  resided  at 
Weston  and  Medfield,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Nathan,  born  September  7,  1760. 
2.  Thaddeus,  June  22.  1762.  3.  Micah,  August 
12.  1764.  4.  Ebenezer,  December  3,  1766.  5. 
Abigail,  April  4,  1769;  married  Isaac  Lamson. 
6.  Jonathan,  December  28,  1771 ;  died  January 
12,  1772.  7.  Jonathan,  January  19,  1774; 
mentioned  below.  8.  Abijah,  July  28,  1776. 
q.  Isaac,  December  4,  1778. 

(XI\")  Major  Jonathan  (2),  son  of 
Captain  Jonathan  (i)  Fiske,  was  born  in 
Weston,  January  19,  1774;  married  there, 
April  7,  1799,  Sally  Flagg,  born  July  8,  1772, 
daughter  of  Isaac,  died  at  Medfield,  March  18. 
1865.  He  was  a  tanner  and  farmer,  and  lived 
at  Weston  and  Medfield.  He  held  various 
town  offices,  was  deacon  of  the  church,  and 
major  in  the  militia.  He  died  June  19,  1864. 
Children:  I.  Sally,  born  January  13,  1800; 
married,  December  24,  1818,  Francis  D.  Ellis. 

2.  Clarissa,  November  4,  1801  ;  married,  Sep- 
tember ■>.  1828,  r^hineas  Allen.  3.  George, 
.April  20,  1803.     4.  .Abigail  Lamson,  February 

3,  1803.  5.  Amos  Flagg,  August  i,  1805.  6. 
Isaac,  November  6.  1813.  7.  Charles  A.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(X\')  Charles  Augustus,  son  of  Jonathan 
(2)  Fiske,  was  born  March  7,  1816.  at  Med- 
field. He  came  to  Cambridge  when  a  young 
man,  after  completing  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Medfield  and  later  went  to  work 
for  his  brother-in-law,  Francis  D.  Ellis,  who 
had  a  general  store  at  Marlow,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Later  he  returned  to  Boston,  where  he 
was  a  clerk  for  the  firm  of  F.  D.  Ellis  &  Com- 
pany, dry  goods  commission  merchants.  .After 
the  civil  war  Mr.  Ellis  retired  from  the  firm, 
and  Mr.  Fiske  and  Richard  Smith  continued 
the  business  in  partnership  for  a  number  of 
years.  Mr.  Fiske  finally  retired  in  1875,  and 
Mr.  Smith  continued  the  business  as  long  as 
he  lived.  Mr.  Fiske  lived  at  No.  9  Clinton 
street,  in  Cambridge,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
common  council  and  representative  from  his 
district  to  the  general  court.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Prospect  Street  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Cambridge  for  many  years. 
He  died  May  i,  1879.  He  married,  April  3, 
1845,  Abbie  Waldron,  born  1820,  died  Janu- 
ary   14,    1856;    (second)    December    2,    1857. 


Ellen  S.,  daughter  of  William  Bradbury  and 
Eveline  (Cornelia  Ackley)  Boyd,  of  Medway, 
Massachusetts  (see  Boyd).  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Anna  Louisa,  born  August  7,  1846; 
married,  November  9,  1871,  Edwin  Russell 
Hoag,  and  lived  at  38  John  street,  Chelsea, 
Massachusetts  ;  children  :  Charles  Russell,  Ed- 
win Fiske  and  Abbie  Waldron  Hoag.  2. 
Charles  Augustus,  born  October  28,  1850; 
married  Laura  J.  Ellis,  of  Medway,  born  Au- 
gust, 1859;  residing  at  Marlborough  ;  children  : 
i.  Walter  Ellis,  born  February  16,  1880;  ii. 
Winnie,  April  27,  1887;  iii.  Harvey  Ellis, 
March  6,  1890.  Children  of  second  wife:  3. 
William  Boyd,  born  November  17,  1858;  died 
unmarried.  May  8,  1892;  graduate  of  Harvard 
College  and  Medical  School.  4.  Cornelia 
Boyd,  November  i,  1861  ;  resides  at  45  Lang- 
don  street,  Cambridge,  with  her  mother. 


All  attempts  to  trace  the  an- 
BURNHAM  cestry  of  the  old  New  Eng- 
land family  have  met  with 
the  most  discouraging  obstacles,  and  while 
there  is  room  for  the  belief  that  the  earliest 
known  ancestor  was  closely  related  to  Francis 
Pnirnham,  who  went  from  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, about  the  close  of  the  revolution,  and 
kept  public  house  at  Cape  Porpoise,  Maine, 
the  truth  of  the  fact  cannot  be  demonstrated 
with  genealogical  accuracy.  It  appears  too 
that  this  Francis  Burnham  was  drowned,  with 
his  only  son,  that  his  widow  subsequently  mar- 
ried Ebenezer  Hufif,  and  that  the  only  daugh- 
ter of  Francis  lUirnham  married  James  HufT 
(3d  I.  There  is  ground  also  for  the  opinion 
that  the  Burnham  ancestor  whose  parentage 
is  so  difficult  to  establish  was  in  some  manner 
related  to  the  family  of  James  Burnham,  who 
married  Grace  Dalzell,  1737,  removed  to  Arun- 
del, Maine,  about  1739,  and  had  sons  James, 
Samuel,  Isaac,  Forest,  Moses,  Jacob  and  Seth, 
and  daughters  Elizabeth,  Anna  and  Sarah. 

(I)  Moses  Burnham,  earliest  known  ances- 
tor of  the  family  here  under  consideration  of 
whom  there  appears  any  definite  information, 
lived  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine  (now  South 
Portland),  and  had  children  by  wife  Hannah. 

(II)  Samuel,  .son  of  Moses  and  Hannah 
Ikirnham.  was  born  at  Cape  Elizabeth  in  1804. 
and  married  Priscilla.  daughter  of  James  and 
PrisciUa  (Huff)  Blunt.  Priscilla  "Hutif  was 
a  daughter  of  Thomas  Huff,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Ferdinando  I  luft',  the  former  of  whom 
lived  on  Great  Island  and  removed  from 
thence  to  Kennebunkport.  Maine,  in  1700.  He 
was  constable   in    1719.  and  in    1745  was  im- 


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]5ressed  to  service  for  the  next  several  years 
as  ])ilot  on  board  one  of  the  King's  ships. 

(Ill)  James,  son  of  Samuel  and  Priscilla 
(Blunt)  Burnham.  was  born  September  29, 
1833.  One  authority  says  he  was  born  in 
Kennebunkport,  while  another  gives  Water- 
ville,  Maine,  as  the  place  of  his  birth.  He 
was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  about  1853  left 
Maine  and  took  up  his  residence  in  Montague, 
Massachusetts,  where  for  some  time  he  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  piano  cases. 
.■\bout  1870  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Carl  &  Burnham,  contractors  and  builders, 
which  relation  was  maintained  for  several 
years,  after  which  Mr.  Burnham  continued 
business  alone  until  the  time  of  his  death.  De- 
cember 10,  1885.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  in 
politics  was  a  Republican.  In  1855  he  mar- 
ried .\bbie  A.,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Eunice 
Minerva  (.\llen)  Wells,  of  Montague;  she 
was  born  January  18,  1835  (see  Wells,  VHI). 
Four  children  were  born  of  this  marriage:  i. 
Cyrus  Gile,  August  28,  1856.  2.  Clarence  E., 
March  10,  1858.  3.  Fred  G.,  January  3,  i860. 
4.  Frank  Park,  December  10,  1871. 

(I\')  Cyrus  Gile,  son  of  James  and  Abbie 
(Wells)  Burnham,  was  born  in  Montague, 
Massachusetts,  .\ugust  28,  1856,  and  attended 
public  school  up  to  the  time  he  became  six- 
teen years  old.  He  then  served  an  apprentice- 
ship to  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  joiner,  later 
became  interested  in  the  shoe  business,  and 
still  later  was  a  pattern  maker  in  the  employ 
of  the  Holyoke  Machine  Comjjany.  Since 
1898  he  carried  on  a  general  grain  business  in 
Holyoke.  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
his  brother,  Fred  fi.  Mr.  Burnham  is  an  Odd 
Fellow,  member  of  Pocumtuck  Lodge,  of 
Greenfield,  Massachusetts :  member  of  the 
.\ncient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  and  in 
politics  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  June 
18,  1881,  Ella  Frances,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Johanna  (Ouinn)  Lapean,  of  Montague; 
children:  i.  Ethel  Frances,  born  October  23, 
1885:  married,  1908,  George  Cobb,  of  .-Am- 
herst, Massachusetts,,  a  graduate  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts State  Agricultural  College.  2.  Arthur 
James,  born  November  10,  1888,  now  a  stu- 
dent at  the  Massachusetts  State  Agricultural 
College. 

(1\')  I'red  (;..  son  of  James  and  Abbie 
(Wells)  Burnham,  was  born  in  Montague, 
Massachusetts,  January  3,  i860.  He  gained 
his  education  in  the  public  schools,  was  brought 
up  to  farm  work,  and  after  attaining  his  major- 
ity  learned   the   carpenter's   trade.      He   lived 


for  a  short  time  in  Holyoke,  then  returned  to 
Montague  and  became  interested  in  the  grain 
business.  In  1885  he  established  a  permanent 
residence  in  Holyoke,  and  for  the  next  three 
years  was  employed  as  manager  for  the  firm 
of  W.  N.  Potter  &  Son,  grain  dealers.  In 
1896  he  succeeded  his  former  employers  in  the 
grain  business,  and  in  1898  entered  into  part- 
nership with  his  brother  Cyrus.  In  1898  Mr. 
Burnham  married  Emma  Frechette. 

(The  WeUs  Line,   see  Hugh   WeUs  1). 

.\l)bie  .A.  (Wells)  Burnham.  wife  of  James 
Burnham,  and  mother  of  Cyrus  G.  and  Fred 
G.  Burnham,  traces  her  ancestry  through  Hugh 
Wells,  immigrant  ancestor,  born  in  1590,  to 
Thomas,  born  1620;  Ebenezer,  born  1668; 
Joshua,  born  1695;  Elisha,  born  1731  ;  Elisha, 
horn   1759.  and  Charles,  born  about  1801. 

Elisha,  son  of  Elisha  and  .-\bigail  (Brooks) 
Wells,  was  born  January  2,  1759.  He  was 
among  the  settlers  of  Franklin  county,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  served  in  the  capacity  of  toll- 
keeper  of  the  bridge  across  the  Connecticut 
river,  between  Greenfield  and  Montague,  on 
the  Troy  to  Boston  stage  road  or  turnpike.  He 
married  Tirzah  Severance,  who  bore  him  five 
s(ins  and  seven  daughters,  namely :  Isaac. 
Elisha.  Henry,  Richard,  Charles,  see  forward; 
Tirzah,  Mary,  Clarissa,  Pamelia,  Julia,  Rachel 
and  .\bigail. 

Charles,  son  of  Elisha  and  Tirzah  (Sever- 
ance) Wells,  was  born  about  1801.  He  mar- 
ried Eunice  Minerva  Allen,  who  bore  him 
twelve  children,  namely:  Tirzah.  Jane  E., 
Mary  A..  Abbie  A.,  see  forward ;  Ellen  H., 
Charles  A.,  Lucy  E.,  Henry  R.,  Harriet  L., 
Julia  S.,  George  T.  and  Edwin  W. 

.\bbie  \.,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Eunice 
.Minerva  ( .\llen )  Wells,  was  born  January  18, 
1835.  She  married,  in  1855.  James  Burnham 
(see  Burnham,  III). 


This  name  has  been  long  establish- 
l''DDY  ed  in  Xew  England,  and  has  gained 
much  distinction  in  that  section 
through  a  marriage  which  gives  that  name  to 
the  founder  of  Christian  Science.  The  revolu- 
tionary rolls  of  the  Massachusetts  colony 
show  that  the  family  rendered  valuable  ser- 
vice in  that  struggle,  and  had  many  representa- 
tives in  the  colonial  army.  It  appears  with 
many  spellings  in  the  original  records  of  the 
Plymouth  colony,  but  the  spelling  here  em- 
ployed is  now  in  universal  use.  Among  these 
forms  are :  Edi,  Edy,  Eady,  Eadey,  Edie  and 
Eedy.     The  family  is  widely  diffused  through- 


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out  the  L'nited  States,  and  is  identified  with 
progressive   movements   everywhere. 

(I)  Rev.  WilHam  Eddye,  A.  M.,  was  vicar 
of  the  church  of  St.  Dunstan,  in  the  town  of 
Cranbroke.  Kent  county,  England,  from  1589 
until  his  death.  November  23,  1616.  He  was 
a  native  of  Bristol,  England,  and  was  educated 
at  Trinity  College.  Cambridge.  He  married 
(first)  November  20.  1587,  Mary,  daughter  of 
John  Foster  (died  in  September,  1573);  she 
died  in  July,  161 1,  leaving  an  infant  Nathaniel, 
who  survived  her  only  nine  days.  In  1614 
Mr.  Eddye  married  (second),  widow  Eliza- 
beth Taylor,  who  bore  him  one  child.  Chil- 
dren :  ^'lary,  Phineas,  John,  Ellen,  Abigail. 
Annie.  Elizabeth,  Samuel".  Zacariah,  Nathaniel 
and  Priscilla.  Two  of  these  immigrated  to 
America. 

(]l )  Samuel,  third  son  of  Rev.  William  and 
Mary  (  P'oster )  Eddy,  was  born  in  May,  1608. 
in  Cranbroke,  and  died  in  1688,  in  Plymouth, 
Massachusetts.  \\'ith  his  brother  John  he  em- 
barked at  London,  .\ugust  10,  1630,  in  the  ship 
"Handmade."  John  Grant,  master,  and  arrived 
at  Plymouth.  Massachusetts.  November  8  same 
year.  He  was  marie  a  freeman  at  Plymouth, 
January  i,  1632,  and  had  a  three  acre  home  lot 
granted  him  there  November  7,  1637.  In  1641 
he  was  granted  an  additional  six  acres,  to- 
gether with  thirty  acres  of  meadow.  On  Alay 
9,  1631,  he  bought  a  house  on  Spring  Hill,  at 
the  end  of  the  present  Main  street,  in  Plymouth, 
which  he  sold  in  1645.  In  1638  he  was  award- 
ed four  shares  in  a  black  heifer,  upon  the 
division  of  Plymouth  cattle.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  purchasers  of  the  territory  com- 
prising Middleboro.  Massachusetts,  and  was 
a  large  owner  of  lands  in  both  towns.  In  1633 
his  assessment  was  equal  to  that  of  Captain 
Standish.  showing  him  to  be  a  man  of  large 
means  for  that  time.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
military  company  in  1643.  His  wife  Eliza- 
beth was  fined  ten  shillings  October  7,  1631, 
for  ringing  out  clothes  on  the  Sabbath,  but  this 
fine  was  subsequently  remitted.  May  I,  1660, 
she  was  summonsed  for  travelling  on  the  Sab- 
bath, but  showed  that  the  journey  was  made 
to  relieve  a  sick  woman  in  Boston,  and  was 
dismissed  with  an  admonition.  She  died  in 
1682.  Children:  John.  Zacariah.  Kaleb.  Oba- 
diah  and  Hannah. 

(Ill)  C^badiah.  fourth  son  of  Samuel  and 
Elizabeth  Eddy,  was  born  in  1645.  in  Plymouth. 
and  settled  in  Middleboro,  on  lands  belonging 
to  his  father.  The  homes  of  the  first  twenty 
settlers  in  that  town,  including  his,  were 
destroyed    by    fire    by    the    ancients    in    King 


Philip's  war,  but  after  peace  was  restored  he 
returned  and  rebuilt.  The  maiden  name  of 
his  wife  was  Bennett.  He  died  in  Middleboro. 
in  1722.  Children:  John,  Hazadiah,  Samuel, 
Jabez,  Benjamin,  Joel,  Mercy,  Elizabeth  and 
Alary. 

(I\")  Samuel  (2),  third  son  of  Obadiah 
Eddy,  was  born  in  1675,  in  Middleboro,  and 
died  there  in  1752,  residing  on  the  lands  which 
he  inherited  from  his  father.  He  was  a  man 
of  large  stature  and  strength.  He  married 
Melatiah  Pratt,  born  December  4,  1676,  died  in 
March,  1769,  in  her  ninety-third  year,  having 
survived  her  husband  about  seventeen  years. 
Children :  Samuel,  Zacariah.  Alelatiah,  Ben- 
nett and  Fear. 

(  \' )  Zacariah.  second  son  of  Samuel  ( 2 ) 
and  Melatiah  (Pratt)  Eddy,  was  born  in  1701, 
in  Middleboro.  and  resided  there  upon  the 
])aternal  homestead,  dying  in  1777.  He  mar- 
ried, November  18,  1737,  Mercy,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Mercy  (Foster)  Morton,  born 
January  20,  1722,  died  .\ugust  25,  1 802.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  born  1638,  was  a  soldier  of  the 
I'rench  war.  and  died  at  Crown  Point  at  the  age 
of  twenty-four  years;  Mercy,  1740;  Elizabeth, 
1742:  Nathaniel.  1744;  John,  1748;  Hannah. 
1749:  Zacariah.  1752;  -Seth,  1754:  Thomas. 
1736;  Lucy,  1758;  Samuel,  1760.  All  of  the 
survivors  of  these  sons  were  soldiers  of  the 
revolutionary  army. 

(VI)  Seth,  sixth  son  of  Zacariah  and  Mercy 
(Morton)  Eddy,  was  born  May  30,  1734.  in 
Middleboro,  and  served  through  many  enlist- 
tnents  in  the  revolutionary  war.  He  was  a 
private  in  Captain  William  Shaw's  ( First  Mid- 
dleboro) com]5any  of  minute-men  which  march- 
ed to  Marshfield  on  the  Lexington  alarm,  and 
served  three  days.  He  appears  on  the  pay 
roll  of  Captain  Thomas  Turner's  company. 
Colonel  Thomas  Marshall's  regiment,  at  Bos- 
ton, fune  22.  1776.  enlisting  June  loand  served 
until  December  i  tjiat  year,  five  months  twenty- 
seven  davs.  He  was  also  a  member  of  Cap- 
tain Nathaniel  Wood's  company.  Colonel  Eben- 
ezer Sprout's  regiment.  May  6  to  9,  1778.  He 
enlisted  September  6  and  served  until  the  12th 
of  same  month  that  year  on  the  alarms  at 
Dartmouth.  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  corporal 
of  Ca]5tain  William  Tupper's  company,  Colonel 
Nathan  Sparhawk's  regiment,  enlisted  Sep- 
tember 2S,  and  served  until  December  14. 
1778.  two  months  and  sixteen  days,  at  Boston. 
He  was  also  a  private  in  Captain  Jonah  Wash- 
burn's company.  Colonel  Ebenezer  White's 
regiment,  nine  days,  August  I  to  9,  1780,  on 
the  Rhode  Island  alarm.     He  married  Jerusha 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


Harden,  who  died  November  29,  1835,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-six  years.  Children :  John, 
Mary,  Thomas;  Seth,  Sally,  Apollos,  Joseph, 
Lucy,  and  Ezra  Holmes. 

(VTI)  John,  eldest  child  of  Seth  and  Jerusha 
(Barden)  Eddy,  was  born  July  22,  1780,  in 
Middleboro,  and  died  February  10,  1876,  in 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  in  his  ninety-sixth 
year.  He  married.  May  25,  1806,  Abiah  Sturte- 
vant,  born  November  20,  1780,  died  in 
Plymouth,  June  20,  i86g.  Children:  Fanny, 
John,  Darius,  Sally  S.,  Mercy.  Eliza,  Lewis. 

(Vni)  Darius,  third  child  of  John  and 
Abiah  (Sturtevant)  Eddy,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 19,  1809,  in  Middleboro,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 14,  1893,  '"  Boston.  He  was  about  seven- 
teen years  of  age  when  he  removed  to  Boston, 
and  began  an  apprenticeship  with  Lincoln  & 
Stoddard  as  a  carpenter,  served  three  years, 
and  soon  afterwards  began  business  on  his  own 
account  as  a  builder  and  made  rapid  progress. 
He  contributed  largely  to  the  development  of 
the  Dorchester  district  at  that  time,  and  was 
known  prominently  in  the  community  largely 
through  his  inventions.  He  was  of  ingenious 
nature,  and  developefl  a  household  refrigerator, 
which  was  then  a  great  luxury,  and  is  to-day 
considered  a  necessity.  .Mthougli  the  condi- 
tions warranted  it,  Mr.  Eddy  did  not  seek  to 
secure  a  patent,  but  being  energetic  and  indus- 
trious he  built  up  a  substantial  business  for 
himself  in  the  manufacture  of  the  article.  He 
made  improvements  upon  various  kinds  of 
refrigerators,  and  was  generally  recognized  as 
the  most  i:)ractical  and  successful  maiuifacturer 
in  the  country.  At  first  the  business  was  con- 
ducted in  connection  with  his  building  opera- 
tions, but  it  ultimately  required  his  whole  atten- 
tion, and  he  built  up  an  institution  which  was 
later  carried  on  by  his  sons  and  is  now  man- 
aged by  a  corporation  located  since  1905  on 
.Adams  street,  Dorchester.  Mr.  Eddy  was 
everywhere  respected,  and  was  a  liberal  con- 
tributor to  the  various  local  interests  of  Dor- 
chester. He  was  a  working  member  of  the 
I'niversalist  church,  and  for  a  great  many 
years  affiliated  >vith  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows.  While  a  young  man  he  was 
associated  with  the  Boston  Fusileers  and  took 
an  active  part  in  that  organization,  being  at 
one  time  an  officer.  He  married,  January  25, 
1835.  Lydia  Otis  Hersey.  of  Hingham,  Massa- 
cln- setts,  born  18 10,  died  Se])tember  30,  1894. 
Children:  i.  Darius  F.,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Lydia  A.,  born  1839,  died  young.  3.  Lydia 
IL,  September  13,  1841,  resides  on  the  old 
l^idy  homestead  in  Dorchester,  unmarried.    4. 


Otis,  October  15,  1843;  was  many  years  a 
dealer  in  lumber,  and  is  now  retired ;  resides 
in  Dorchester ;  married,  April  29,  1869,  Mary 
Willard.  5.  Louis,  July  9,  1846;  is  connected 
with  the  Eddy  Manufacturing  Company;  re- 
sides on  Parkman  street,  Dorchester ;  married, 
October  6,  1870,  Mary  P.  Talbot,  now  de- 
ceased. 6.  Isaac  H.,  January  10,  1849 ;  resides 
in  Dorchester:  married,  September  14,  1875, 
Rebecca  Hathaway,  of  Plymouth.  7.  George, 
.March  15,  1852;  resides  on  Howland  street, 
Ro.xbury  ;  married,  November  10,  1885,  Helen 
Tilden.  8.  John  Lodge,  January  19,  1858; 
associated  with  the  Eddy  Manufacturing  Com- 
l)any ;  married  Effie  Holmes,  of  Plymouth. 

(IX)  Darius  F.,  eldest  child  of  Darius  and 
Lydia  O.  ( Hersey )  Eddy,  was  born  May  6, 
1837.  He  resided  in  Dorchester  until  twelve 
years  of  age,  then  went  to  Plingham,  where  he 
remained  until  fifteen,  when  he  returned  to 
Dorchester.  He  began  his  education  in  Bos- 
ton, continued  it  in  the  public  schools  of  Hing- 
ham, and  completed  it  on  his  return  to  Dor- 
chester, in  the  public  schools  and  under  private 
instruction.  He  resided  in  Dorchester  up  to 
1891,  when  he  removed  to  his  present  home 
in  Roxbur)',  \'ery  early  in  life  lie  became 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  niaiiufacturing 
industry,  and  at  the  present  time  is  president 
of  the  corporation,  which  is  conducting  the 
same  business.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  civil 
war,  enlisting  in  August,  1862,  in  Company  D, 
Forty-second  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Infan- 
try, under  Captain  Shrieves  and  Colonel  Bur- 
rill.  Mr.  Eddy  was  elected  a  lieutenant  soon 
after  enlisting  and  went  with  the  regiment  to 
New  Orleans,  whence  it  was  sent  to  quell  a 
disturbance  at  (lalveston,  Texas.  Through 
some  misunderstanding  the  regiment  was  divid- 
ed and  three  companies  only  came  upon  the 
enemy,  who  were  strongly  entrenched  at  Gal- 
veston, and  fell  upon  the  small  detachment 
of  L'liion  soldiers  and  captured  it  after  a  hot 
engagement.  .\11  were  sent  to  a  rebel  prison 
in  Houston,  Texas,  remaining  four  months; 
then  to  Huntsville  state  prison,  remaining  two 
months:  then  to  Homestead,  Texas,  remaining 
six  months,  and  the  remainder  of  Mr.  Eddy's 
nineteen  months  imprisonment  was  spent  at 
Tvler,  Texas.  He  was  then  e.Kchanged  with 
(itlier  officers  and  returned  home,  having  been 
absent  two  years.  His  original  enlistment  was 
for  nine  months.  He  was  offered  a  position 
on  the  staff  of  General  Banks  in  New  Orleans, 
but  declined  the  same,  owing  to  the  fact  that 
during  his  nineteen  months  confinement  in 
prison  he  had  not  seen  or  heard  from  his  rela- 


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tives,  and  naturally  wished  to  see  them.  He 
is  a  member  of  Edward  W'.  Kingle  Post.  No. 
113,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Boston; 
Massachusetts  Commandery,  Loyal  Legion ; 
Union  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  De 
Molay  Commandery,  Knights  Templar  ;  Aleppo 
Temple.   Mystic  Shrine. 

Mr.  FIddy  married  (first)  November  2.  1865, 
in  Plymouth.  Massachusetts,  Jerusha,  born 
March  18,  1843.  'I'^'l  ^fay  8.  1882,  at  her  home 
in  Dorchester,  daughter  of  Samuel  Talbot,  of 
Plymouth.  She  left  a  daughter,  Helen  F., 
born  August  7,  1872;  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Dorchester:  now  the  wife  of  Rich- 
ard Chamberlain  Wheelwright,  secretary  of 
the  Boston  Herald  Company,  and  who  has 
been  actively  connected  with  the  publication 
of  the  Herald  for  several  years.  They  have 
one  child,  Mildred  Talbot  Wheelwright,  born 
July  2,  1893.  Mr.  Eddy  married  (second) 
September  24.  1885.  Cora  L.  Bicknell,  born 
December  21,  1858,  in  Charlestown,  daughter 
of  James  W.  and  Caroline  D.  (Barnes)  Bick- 
nell. Much  of  her  early  life  was  spent  in  New 
York,  and  her  education  was  completed  in 
Boston.  James  W.  Bicknell  was  a  skillful 
mechanic,  and  was  for  many  years  connected 
with  the  South  Boston  Sugar  Refineries.  He 
died  December  12,  1904,  in  Dorchester,  where 
his  widow  now  resides.  Caroline  D.  (Barnes) 
Bicknell  was  born  May  30,  1835,  daughter  of 
Bradford  Barnes,  who  was  a  descendant  of 
Governor  Bradford  of  Plymouth  Colony,  and 
she  was  of  the  seventh  generation  in  this  coun- 
try; she  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the 
L'niversalist  church  of  South  Boston.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Bicknell  had  two  children :  Cora 
L.,  aforementioned  as  the  wife  of  Darius  F. 
Eddy,  and  ^Villiam  James,  born  June  18,  1862, 
in  Charlestown,  died  August  i,  1887,  in  South 
Boston ;  he  was  unmarried ;  he  was  for  many 
years  connected  with  the  New  York  Life  In- 
surance Company. 


Thomas  Green  was  the  ancestor 
GREEN      of  the  Green  family  of  Worces- 
ter,   to    which    belong    Samuel 
Swett    Green,    librarian    of    the    Free    Public 
Library ;  Martin  Green,  a  civil  engineer  and 
contractor  ;  James  Green,  a  lawyer,  of  Worces- 
ter ;  Oliver  Bourne  Green,  a  civil  engineer  and 
contractor,  of  Chicago ;  Dr.  John  Green  and 
Dr.  John  Green,  Jr.,  both  occulists,  of  St.  Louis  ; 
the  late  Andrew  Haswell  Green,  "Father  of 
Greater  New  York,"  and  many  others,  both  of 
the  surname  of  Green  and  of  other  surnames. 
(I)  Thomas  Green  was  born  in  England  in 


about  the  year  ifxjo,  according  to  a  deposition 
which  he  made  August  16,  1662.  .\  Thomas 
Green,  who  jjrobably  was  his  son,  came  over 
to  Massachusetts,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  in  the 
"Planter."  which  sailed  from  England,  April 
2,  1(135.  The  same  name  and  age  appear  also 
in  the  "Hopewell,"  which  sailed  the  next  day, 
and  are  believed  to  represent  the  same  Thomas 
Green.  Jr.  Preceding  the  list  of  passengers 
in  the  "Planter"  is  a  certificate  which  states 
that  Thomas  Green  came  from  St.  Albans, 
Hertfordshire.  It  seems  likely  that  Thomas 
Green.  Sr.,  came  to  New  England  at  the  same 
time,  or  a  little  earlier,  and  settled  at  Lynn  and 
Ipswich.  He  was  living  at  Lady  Moody's 
farm  at  Lynn  about  1646.  The  "Green  Gene- 
alogical Sketch,"  which  was  published  before 
some  of  these  facts  were  discovered  in  the 
records,  states  that  he  probably  removed  from 
Ipswich  to  Maiden  in  1649  or  1650.  He  was 
certainly  in  Maiden,  October  28,  1651,  when 
his  wife  Elizabeth  and  daughter  Elizabeth 
signed  a  petition  to  the  general  court.  He  had 
a  farm  of  si.xty-three  acres  in  the  northern 
part  of  Maiden.  He  was  one  of  the  leading 
citizens,  serving  repeatedly  on  the  grand  jury, 
and  in  1658  as  a  selectman  of  Maiden.  When 
the  "Genealogical  Sketch  of  the  Descendants 
of  Thomas  Green  (e)  of  Maiden,  Mass.,  by 
Samuel  S.  Green  of  Providence,  R.  I.,"  was 
written,  there  were  "reasons  for  supposing  that 
Thomas  Green,  senior,  came  from  Leicester- 
shire, but  no  proofs  of  the  fact."  If  the  sug 
gestion  that  Thomas  Green  who  came  over 
in  the  "Planter"  was  his  son  is  well  grounded, 
the  home  of  the  family  would  seem  to  have 
been  at  St.  Albans. 

The  first  wife  of  Thomas  Green,  senior, 
Elizabeth,  whom  he  married  in  England,  was 
the  mother  of  all  his  children.  She  died  Au- 
gust 22,  1658.  He  married  (second)  Frances 
Cook,  September  5,  1659.  She  was  born  in 
1608,  married  (first)  to  Isaac  Wheeler,  (sec- 
ond) to  Richard  Cook,  who  died  October  14, 
1658.  She  had  children  by  the  first  two  hus- 
bands ;  none  by  the  third,  Thomas  Green. 
Thomas  Green  (i)  died  December  19,  1667. 
His  will,  dated  November  12,  1667,  was  proved 
January  15,  1667-68.  In  it  he  mentions  five 
sons,  five  daughters  and  his  wife.  The  home- 
stead was  situated  in  that  part  of  Maiden  which 
is  now  included  in  Melrose  and  Wakefield. 
The  children  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Green 
were:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  about  1618.  2. 
Thomas,  referred  to  below.  3.  John,  born  in 
England,  about  1632,  according  to  the  gene- 
alogy ;  married  Sarah  Wheeler,  December  18, 


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MASSAC  HUSETTS. 


1660.  (Church  records  give  birth  of  John, 
son  of  Thomas,  Sr.,  January  25,  1658).  4. 
Mary,  born  in  England  about  1633;  married, 
before  1656,  Captain  John  Waite,  who  was 
selectman  seven  years  and  was  representative 
to  the  general  court,  1666  to  1684.  5.  William, 
born  about  1635;  married  (first)  Elizabeth 
Wheeler;  (second)  Isabel  (Farmer)  Blood. 
6.   Henry,    born    1638;   married,   January    11, 

1671-72, .      7.    Samuel,    born    March, 

1645;  married  (first)  1666,  Mary  Cook;  (sec- 
ond) Susanna .    8.  Hannah,  born  1647; 

married,  November  5,  1666,  Joseph  Richard- 
son, of  \\'oburn,  Massachusetts :  she  died  May 
20,  1721.  9.  Martha,  born  1650.  10.  Dorcas, 
born  in  Maiden,  May  i,  1653:  married,  Janu- 
ary II,  1671-72,  James  Barrett,  of  Maiden, 
born  April  6.  1644,  she  died  1682  ;  he  died  1694. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Green,  was  born  in  England,  1620  (if  the  rec- 
ord of  the  list  of  passengers  of  the  ship 
"Planter"  which  sailed  April  2,  1635,  or  the 
"Hopewell,"  which  sailed  the  next  day,  is  cor- 
rect). He  claimed  to  he  fifteen  years  old  then. 
He  married,  in  1653,  or  before,  Rebecca,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Hills,  of  Maiden,  later  of  New- 
bury, Massachusetts.  Rebecca's  mother  was 
Rose  Dunster,  a  sister  of  Rev.  Henry  Dunster. 
first  president  of  Harvard  College.  Thomas 
Green  settled  in  Maiden.  He  was  a  farmer, 
was  admitted  a  freeman.  May  31,  1670,  and 
died  February  13,  1671-72.  His  will  was 
dated  the  same  day,  and  j)roved  April  2,  1672. 
His  widow,  Rebecca,  died  June  6,  1674.  The 
inventory  of  his  estate  was  filed  March  4, 
1674-75,  by  her  son-in-law,  Thomas  Newell. 
The  children  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Green 
were:  I.  Rebecca,  born  1654;  married  Thomas 
Newell,  of  Lynn,  1674.  2.  Thomas,  February, 
1655-56,  died  April  15,  1674.  3.  Hannah, 
October  16,  1658,  died  March  25,  1659.  4. 
Hannah,  February  24,  1659-60;  married,  Au- 
gust 26,  1677,  John  \'inton,  of  Maiden,  and 
later  of  Woburn,  Massachusetts.  5.  Samuel, 
referred  to  below. 

(Ill)  Captain  Samuel,  only  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  and  Rebecca  (Hills)  Green,  who  came  to 
full  age,  was  born  October  5,  1670.  He  was 
one  of  the  principal  men  in  Leicester  or  Straw- 
berry Hill,  where  he  settled  in  1717.  The 
town  was  granted  February  10,  1713-14,  and 
Captain  Samuel  Green  was  on  the  committee 
with  Colonel  William  Dudley,  of  Roxbury, 
and  others  to  settle  it.  He  owned  three  lots 
of  forty  acres  each,  and  two  of  thirty  each,  in 
the  town  of  Leicester,  and  was  highly  respected 
and  very  influential.     The  vicinitv  of  his  old 


liomestead,  now  a  village,  is  called  after  him, 
Greenville.     He  built  a  house,  grist  mill  and 
saw  mill.     At  the  first  town  meeting  of  which 
there  is  any  record  he  was  elected  moderator, 
first  selectman  and  grand  juror,  and  he  held 
like  offices   in   the  town  of   Leicester  the   re- 
mainder of  his  life.     Governor  Washburn  in 
his  history  calls  him  a  prominent  man,  and  he 
is  honored  as  one  of  the  pioneers.     He  also 
owned  land  in  Hardwick,  Alassachusetts.     He 
was  always  called  captain,  a  rank  he  won  at 
Maiden,  and  he  was  the  first  captain  of  the 
Leicester  company  of  militia.     Captain   Sam- 
uel Green  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant Phineas  Upham,  of  Worcester,  a  son  of 
Deacon  John  I'liham,  who  arrived  from  Eng- 
land, September  2,  1635,  settled  at  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts,  moved  to  Maiden  about  1650, 
and    was   one   of  the   original   pro]3rietors   of 
Quinsigamond.    His  son,  Phineas  LTpham,  set- 
tled in   Worcester  in  April,   1675.     After  the 
Indians  had  destroyed  the  first  white  settle- 
ments at  Mendon,  Rrookfield  and  Worcester, 
Lieutenant  L'pham  fought  bravely  in  the  battle 
of   Narragansett    Fort,    December    19,     1675, 
where    he    was    mortally    wounded.      Captain 
Samuel  Green  died  January  2,   1735-36.     His 
will  was  made  at  Maiden  just  before  he  came 
to  Leicester  to  settle.   Aj^ril    18,   1717,  and  it 
was  ]iroved  February   5,    1735-36.     His  wife 
died  at  Leicester,  probably  in  1761.    Children: 
I.    Elizabeth,   born    April    4,     1693;    married 
Thomas  Richardson,  of  Maiden.     2.  Rebecca, 
.April  4,  1695;  married  Samuel  Baldwin.     (Ac- 
cording to  Maiden  records  the  first  two  were 
twins,  born  A]:)ril  4,  1695).     3.  Ruth,  married 
Joshua  Nichols.     4.  Thomas,  referred  to  be- 
low.    5.  Lydia,  married  her  cousin,  Abiathar 
\'inton.  of  Maiden,  April  30.   1723.     He  re- 
sided  in    Braintree   a   year   or   two   after   his 
marriage,  then  settled  in  Leicester,  where  he 
Jived  until  his  death  in  1740;  his  widow  Lydia 
married    (second)    January    15,    1746,   Samuel 
-Stower,  of  Leicester,  a  native  of  Alalden.     6. 
I'lathsheba,  married  Elisha  Nevins.    7.  Abigail, 
married  Henry  King.    8.  Amy  (Anna?),  mar- 
ried Ebenezer  Lamb. 

(I\')  Dr.  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Captain 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  ( Upham)  Green,  was 
born  in  Maiden  in  1699.  He  married,  January 
13,  1725-26,  Martha  Lynde,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain John  Lynde  by  his  third  wife,  Judith 
Worth,  widow  of  Joseph  Bucknam,  of  Maiden. 
Martha  Lynde  was  born  July  6,  1700.  Before 
Captain  Samuel  Green  removed  his  family  to 
Leicester,  in  1717,  he  and  his  son  Thomas  had 
driven    some   cattle    from    Maiden   to  the   site 


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of  their  new  home,  preparatory  to  moving  the 
family.  Thomas  was  left  at  Leicester  in  charge 
of  the  cattle,  while  his  father  returned  to  Mai- 
den. While  there  alone  the  boy  was  attacked 
with  fever  and  became  very  ill.  In  his  weak 
state  he  lay  in  a  sort  of  cave  made  by  an  over- 
hanging rock  on  a  little  stream,  and  secured 
food  by  milking  a  cow  which  he  induced  to 
come  to  him  frequently  by  tying  her  calf  to  a 
tree  near  the  cave.  At  length  two  of  his  for- 
mer neighbors  at  Maiden,  who  had  come  on 
horseback  to  look  after  their  cattle,  found  him. 
but  refused  to  take  him  home.  They  notified 
his  father,  however,  who  went  at  once  to  his 
relief,  and  got  him  home  on  horseback  after  a 
painful  journey  of  four  days.  Thomas  Green's 
attention  was  early  turned  to  the  study  of 
medicine.  His  impulse  in  this  direction  is  said 
to  have  come  from  two  English  ship-surgeons 
— it  is  even  said  they  were  pardoned  buccaneers 
— who  lived  in  his  father's  house  at  Leicester, 
taught  young  Thomas  with  interest  and  lent 
him  meflical  books.  He  grew  to  be  friendly 
with  the  Indians  and  learned  from  them  the 
curative  properties  of  native  herbs.  As  the 
settlement  grew  his  medical  practice  extended 
over  a  wider  field  and  even  into  Rhode  Island 
and  Connecticut.  Many  young  men  came  to 
him  for  instruction  in  medicine :  he  is  said  to 
have  taught  one  hundred  and  twenty-three 
medical  students.  The  very  slight  facts  which 
have  come  down  to  us  about  Dr.  Thomas 
Green's  study  and  practice  of  medicine  show 
him  to  have  been  the  most  prominent  practi- 
tioner of  the  country  doctors  of  his  time ;  but 
these  facts  are  especially  interesing  because 
he  was  the  first  of  a  long  line  of  famous  physi- 
cians and  surgeons.  His  son,  grandson  and 
great-grandson,  each  named  John  Green,  were 
each  of  them  the  most  distinguished  physician 
in  Worcester  county:  while  Dr.  John  Green, 
of  St.  Louis,  the  descendant  of  Thomas  in  the 
next  generation,  is  now  the  foremost  eye  sur- 
geon in  the  Mississippi  Valley ;  and  his  son. 
Dr.  John  Green,  Jr.,  also  of  St.  Louis,  is 
already  a  prominent  and  successful  practitioner 
in  the  same  sjjecialty  of  medicine.  Five  gen- 
erations of  Dr.  John  Greens  go  back  to  Dr. 
Thomas  Green  as  their  progenitor  and  their 
forerunner  in  the  noble  art  of  improving  the 
health  of  man. 

Dr.  Thomas  Green  joined  the  First  Baptist 
Church  at  Boston,  November  7,  1731.  But  in 
1735  he  was  dismissed  from  that  church  to 
take  part  in  forming  another  church  at  Sut- 
ton, the  parent-church  of  his  denomination  in 
Worcester    county,    and    the     fourth     Baptist 


church  in  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay. 
On  September  28,  1737,  he  and  Benjamin 
Marsh  were  ordained  as  pastors  of  this  Sutton 
cluirch.  One  year  later  to  a  day,  the  Leicester 
families  of  the  congregation  erected  a  church 
of  their  own  at  Greenville  (in  Leicester),  the 
eighth  Baptist  church  in  Alassachusetts,  and 
Dr.  Thomas  Green,  who  was  a  charter  member 
of  both  the  Sutton  and  the  Leicester  church, 
was  chosen  the  first  pastor  of  the  new  church, 
and  he  remained  its  pastor  for  almost  thirty- 
five  years.  In  a  historical  discourse  delivered  at 
the  Greenville  church  in  1888,  on  the  one  hun- 
dred and  fifieth  anniversary  of  its  foundation, 
the  Rev.  Hiram  C.  Estes,  D.  D.,  its  pastor,  says 
of  the  church-building,  "that  Dr.  Green  was 
the  principal  proprietor  of  the  house  ;  that  its 
grounds  were  given  by  him,  and  its  frame  was 
raised  and  covered  at  his  expense."  "While 
he  was  preaching  on  Sunday,"  says  Hon.  An- 
drew H.  Green  on  the  same  anniversary,  "at 
liis  home  across  the  way  the  pot  was  kept  boil- 
ing to  supply  the  needed  sustenance  to  the  little 
flock  which  came  from  all  directions  to  attend 
upon  his  ministrations."  During  his  ministry 
in  Leicester,  he  ba])tized  more  than  a  thousand 
|)ersons.  In  "Rippon's  Register"  he  is  spoken 
of  as  "eminent  for  his  useful  labors  in  the 
gospel  ministry."  His  preaching  was  not  con- 
fined to  his  own  parish  ;  he  was  widely  known 
as  Elder  Green.  In  1756,  Rev.  Isaac  Backus, 
the  Baptist  annalist  in  New  England,  held  a 
meeting  with  Mr.  Green's  church,  and  made 
the  following  entry  in  his  diary:  "I  can  but 
admire  how  the  Doctor  (Thomas  Green)  is 
able  to  get  along  as  he  does,  having  a  great  deal 
of  farming  business  to  manage,  multitudes  of 
sick  to  care  for,  several  opportunities  to  in- 
struct in  the  art  of  physic,  and  a  church  to  care 
for  and  watch  over :  yet  in  the  midst  of  all  he 
seems  to  keep  religion  uppermost — to  hold  his 
mind  bent  upon  divine  things — and  to  be  very 
bold  in  Christian  conversation  with  all  sorts  of 
people."  Dr.  Estes  said,  in  his  discourse  above 
cuoted,  that  "Dr.  Green  lived  three  lives  and 
did  the  work  of  three  men  in  one.  He  was  a 
man  of  business,  active,  energetic  and  success- 
ful. *  *  ■'■'  He  was  also  a  noted  physician. 
*  '■''  He  was  a  preacher  of  the  gospel 
quite  as  eminent  in  this  as  in  his  other  spheres 
of  life." 

Dr.  ( ireen's  homestead  was  next  beyond  the 
river  from  the  Baptist  church  on  the  road  to 
Charlton,  where  his  grandson,  Samuel  Green, 
afterwards  kept  a  tavern.  He  died  August 
ig,  1773,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years. 
His  wife  Martha  died  June  20,   1780.     They 


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were  buried  in  the  churchyard  at  Greenville, 
but  their  remains  were  removed  to  the  Rural 
Cemetery  in  Worcester  by  Dr.  John  Green 
(7),  a  descendant,  where  the  graves  are  suit- 
ably marked.  The  children  of  Thomas  and 
Martha  Green  were:  i.  Samuel,  born  in  Lei- 
cester, 1726;  married  Zerviah  Dana;  (.sec- 
ond) Widow  Fish.  2.  Martha,  born  at  Leices- 
ter, April  2i,\72T,  married,  about  1753,  Rob- 
ert Craig,  born  December  10,  1726;  he  died 
October  13,  1805;  she  died  September  17, 
1801  ;  Craig  studied  medicine  under  Dr.  Green, 
but  returned  to  the  manufacture  of  spinning 
wheels  instead  of  practicing;  they  had  nine 
children.  3.  Isaac,  married  Sarah  Howe.  4. 
Thomas  L.,  born  1733;  married  Hannah  Fox; 
married  (second)  Anna  Hovey.  5.  John,  re- 
ferred to  below.  6.  Solomon,  married  Eliza- 
beth Page.  7.  Elizabeth,  married  (first)  Dan- 
iel Hovey;  (second)  January  16,  1776,  Rev. 
Benjamin  Foster  (Yale,  1774;  Brown,  D.  D., 
1792),  who  succeeded  Rev.  Thomas  Green  as 
pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Leicester ;  re- 
moved to  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  thence  to 
Gold  Street  Church,  New  York  City,  where 
he  died  of  yellow  fever  in  1798. 

"Dr.  Thomas  Green,"  says  Samuel  S.  Green 
in  his  biography  of  the  late  Andrew  H.  Green, 
"bought  the  homestead  in  Worcester  which 
forms  the  nucleus  of  the  extensive  and  beau- 
tifully situated  estate  on  Green  Hill,  lately 
owned  by  Andrew  H.  Green.  This  is  one  of 
the  finest  gentlemen's  places  in  that  neighbor- 
hood, contains  over  five  hundred  acres  of  field 
and  forest  and  water,  and  has  lately  become 
a  part  of  the  park  system  of  the  city  of  Wor- 
cester. The  deed  was  given  by  Thomas  Adams 
to  Thomas  Green,  of  Leicester,  dated  May  28, 
1754,  in  consideration  of  330  pounds."  His 
son  John  appears  to  have  married  and  gone  to 
Green  Hill  to  live,  about  the  year  1757,  when 
he  came  of  age.  The  tradition  of  the  -family 
is  that  Thomas  located  his  son  on  the  hill  re- 
mote from  Worcester  village  that  he  might 
be  protected  by  distance  from  the  temptations 
of  the  town.  At  Dr.  Thomas  Green's  death, 
August  19,  1773,  his  entire  estate  passing 
through  the  probate  office  was  appraised  at 
4,495  pounds,  equivalent  very  nearly  to  $22,- 
477 ;  an  estate  said  to  have  been  larger  than 
any  that  had  been  entered  at  the  probate  office 
in  Worcester  previous  to  his  death. 

(V)  Dr.  John,  fifth  child  of  Dr.  and  Rev. 
Thomas  (3)  Green,  was  born  in  Leicester, 
Massachusetts,  August  14,  1736.  He  married 
(first)  Mary  Osgood,  of  Worcester,  apparently 


just  as  he  came  of  age,  in  1757.    She  was  born 
.\ugust  31,  1740,  died  September  5,  1761.   He 
married    (second)    apparently   in    1762,   Mary 
Ruggles,  daughter  of  Brigadier-General  Timo- 
thy Ruggles,  of  Sandwich,  afterwards  of  Hard- 
wick,  Massachusetts.    Mary  was  born  in  Sand- 
wich, or  Cape  Cod,  in  1740,  and  died  in  Wor- 
cester, June  16,  1814,  aged  seventy- four  years. 
Dr.    John    Green    studied    medicine    with    his 
father,  in  company  with  many  other  students. 
( )n  coming  of  age  he  moved  to  Worcester  and 
built  his  house  upon  the  eminence  at  the  north 
end  of  Worcester  which  came  to  be  known  as 
Green  Hill.     Here  he  lived  for  his  whole  life. 
He  was  very   successful  from  the  first.     He 
adopted    the    practice    of    watching    over    his 
patients   like   a   nurse,   day  and   night,   if   re- 
(|uired.     He  became  even  more   famous  as  a 
jihysician  and  surgeon  than  his  distinguished 
father.    His  son,  grandson,  great-grandson  and 
great-great-grandson,    all    of   the    same   name 
and  title  of  Dr.  John  Green,  have  also  attained 
unusual  eminence  in  the  same  profession.    No 
better  evidence  of  inherited  aptitude  and  skill 
in  medicine  and  surgery  could  be  shown.     Dr. 
fohn  Green   instructed  many  students,  as  his 
father  had  done.     At  first  he  had  his  office  at 
the  house  on  Green  Hill,  but  later  in  a  small 
wooden  structure  on  Main  street,  on  the  orgi- 
nal  site  of  the  Five  Cent  Savings  Bank  build- 
ing.   At  that  time  there  were  but  seven  houses 
on  Main  street  between  the  Common  and  Lin- 
coln Sc|uare.    William  Lincoln,  in  his  "History 
of  Worcester,"  written  in  1836,  says:  "Tradi- 
tion bears  amjjle  though  very  general  testimony 
to  his  worth.     Fortunate  adaptation  of  natural 
capacity  to  professional  pursuits  gave  an  ex- 
tensive circuit  of  employment  and  high  reputa- 
tion. Habits  of  accurate  observation,  the  action 
of  vigorous  intellect,  and  the  results  of  experi- 
ence, seem  to  have  supplied  the  place  of  that 
learning   deriving   its    acquirements    from   the 
deductions  of  others  through  the  medium  of 
books.     Enjoying  great  esteem   for  skill  and 
fidelity,    hospitality    and    benevolence    secured 
jjersonal  regard."     Dr.  Samuel  B.  Woodward 
writes  of  Dr.  Green :     "An  earnest  patriot  he 
was  in  1773  a  member  (and  the  only  medical 
member)    of  the   American   Political   Society, 
which  was  formed  'on  account  of  the  grievous 
burdens  of  the  times'  and  did  so  much  to  bring 
about  that  change  of  public  sentiment  which 
expelled  the  adherents  of  the  Crown.    He  took 
a  prominent  part  in  all  the  Revolutionary  pro- 
ceedings, and  in  1777  was  sent  as  representa- 
tive to  the  general  court.     In   1778  and  1779 


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he  was  town  treasurer  and  in  1780  one  of  the 
selectmen,  the  only  physician  who  ever  held 
that  office  in  Worcester." 

The  father  of  Dr.  Green's  second  wife,  Gen- 
eral Timothy  Ruggles,  of  Hardwick.  was  a 
distinguished  lawyer,  judge,  statesman  and 
soldier.  He  was  opposed,  however,  to  the 
revolution,  and  is  called  by  historians  "Massa- 
chusetts' great  loyalist."  Hon.  Andrew  H. 
Green,  of  New  York,  a  descendant,  had  a 
biography  of  General  Ruggles  published.  Dr. 
John  Green  died  m  Worcester,  October  29, 
1799.  at  the  age  of  sixty-three.  All  his  chil- 
dren were  born  on  Green  Hill,  Worcester,  the 
first  three  being  the  children  of  iNIary  (J.-^good, 
the  first  wife,  and  the  last  ten  being  the  chil- 
dren of  Mary  Ruggles,  his  second  wife:  i. 
John,  born  April  i,  1758,  died  September  20. 
1761.  2.  Mary,  November  27,  1759.  died  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1759-rx).  3.  Thomas.  January  3. 
1761  ;  married.  October  8,  1782.  Salome  Bar- 
stow,  of  Sutton.  4.  John,  March  18.  1763; 
married  Nancy  Barber,  of  Worcester.  5.  Tim- 
othv.  January  9,  1765;  married  Mary  ^lartin. 
of  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  6.  Samuel.  May 
10,  1767;  married  Widow  Tillinghast ;  (sec- 
ond)   — Waring.      7.    Elijah   Dix,   born 

July  4,  1769;  never  married;  he  was  a  grad- 
uate of  IJrown,  1792:  practiced  medicine  at 
Charleston.  South  Carolina ;  died  September 
21.  1795.  8.  Mary,  April  30,  1772;  never  mar- 
ried ;  she  died  at  the  home  of  her  brother, 
Samuel,  in  Columbia.  South  Carolina,  Septem- 
ber 24.  1824.  9.  Elizabeth.  July  31,  1774:  un- 
married ;  she  died  at  Green  Hill.  February  3. 
1854,  aged  eighty  ;  lived  chiefly  with  her  brother 
Timothy  in  New  York  City.  10.  William  Eli- 
jah, referred  to  below.  II.  Meltiah,  July  28. 
1779.  died  unmarried,  December,  1800,  of 
yellow  fever,  at  St.  pjartholomew.  West  Indies  ; 
was  a  resident  of  Jamaica.  12.  Bourne,  born 
December  15,   1781,  died  unmarried.  August, 

1806,  at  sea:  was  engaged  in  commerce.  13. 
Isaac,  September  4,   1784,  died  September  9, 

1807,  while  a  member  of  the  sophomore  class 
of  Columbia  College,  New  York. 

(VI)  W'illiam  Elijah,  son  of  Dr.  John  and 
Mary  (Ruggles)  Green,  was  born  on  Green 
Hill,  January  31,  1777,  died  there  July  27. 
1865.  He  was  graduated  at  Brown  Uni- 
versity in  1798.  He  succeeded  his  father  in 
the  ownership  of  the  homestead  on  Green 
Hill,  cotnprising  then  two  hundred  acres.  He 
studied  law  under  Judge  Edward  Bangs,  with 
whom  and  with  whose  son,  Edward  D.  Bangs, 
he  was  associated  in  practice  for  some  years 
afterwards.     He  was  an  original  member  of 

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the  First  Baptist  Society  of  Worcester,  but 
late  in  life  became  identified  with  the  Uni- 
versalists.  He  will  be  remembered  for  the 
earnest  work  he  did  for  temperance  and  the 
public  schools  of  Worcester.  He  was  for 
many  years  captain  of  the  Worcester  Light  In- 
fantry, and  was  a  volunteer  in  the  war  of  1812. 
lie  was  one  of  the  foremost  promoters  of  the 
IMackstone  Canal,  and  never  lost  an  oppor- 
tunity to  help  advance  the  interests  of  his 
native  town.  It  has  been  said  of  him  that  he 
was  a  man  of  great  geniality  and  cheerful- 
ness; afTable  to  men  of  all  conditions,  highly 
respected  and  very  popular.  In  his  later 
years,  William  E.  Green  withdrew  from  the 
practice  of  law  and  spent  his  time  in  the  de- 
velopment of  his  estate  on  Green  Hill.  While 
this  estate  I  as  been  brought  to  its  present  per- 
fection by  his  sons,  Andrew  H.  Green  and 
Martin  Green — the  latter  one  of  whom  resided 
there  thirty-two  years — Green  Hill  has  been 
for  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  an  attractive 
spot,  a  gentleman's  estate,  suggesting  the  old 
I'lnglish  homes  rather  than  the  farms  of  New 
England.  The  original  house,  to  which  An- 
drew H.  Green  added  a  fine  modern  structure 
by  cutting  the  old  house  in  two  and  putting  a 
new  section  between  the  front  and  rear,  is  ap- 
proached by  Green  Lane,  an  old  country  road. 
It  has  a  museum  of  family  heirlooms  and  rel- 
ics. In  itself  it  is  one  of  the  choicest  inheri- 
tances of  the  early  settlers  of  W'orcester. 
What  is  called  the  Green  Hill  Book  originated 
September  15.  1861,  when  the  ten  children  of 
William  E.  Green,  the  old  "Squire,"  met  to- 
gether for  the  first  time  since  their  childhood, 
and  this  meeting  proved  also  the  last  gather- 
ing of  the  family  as  a  whole.  At  that  time 
Oliver  B.  Green  came  from  Chicago ;  John  P. 
Green  was  at  home  on  a  visit  from  Copiapo, 
Chili,  where  he  lived  forty  years ;  Mary  R., 
Lucy  M.  and  Andrew  H.  came  from  New 
York;  and  Martin  from  Peshtigo,  Wisconsin. 
Some  interesting  portrait  groups  of  the  fam- 
ily were  taken  and  are  preserved  in  the  Green 
Hill  Book,  a  large  folio  record  book,  in  which 
an  account  of  this  reunion  was  entered,  and 
in  which  records  of  interest  to  the  family,  in- 
chiding  notices  of  visits,  have  since  been  kept. 
It  is  illustrated  with  photographs  of  several 
generations  of  the  family ;  has  clippings  from 
newspapers  containing  obituaries  and  other 
family  items. 

Mr.  Green  died  July  27,  1865,  in  the  same 
room  at  Green  Hill  in  which  he  was  born — 
at  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years.  He  was  mar- 
ried four  times  ;  first  to  Abigail  Nelson,  daugh- 


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ter  of  Josiah  Nelson,  of  Milford,  who  bore 
Irim  one  child,  William  Nelson  Green.  Second 
to  Lucy  Merriam,  daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph 
Merriam,  of  Grafton,  who  bore  him  one  child. 
Lucy  Merriam  Green.  Third  to  Julia  Plimp- 
ton, daughter  of  Oliver  Plimpton,  Esq.,  of 
that  part  of  Sturbridge  now  known  as  South- 
bridge,  Alassachusetts.  She  had  nine  children. 
Fourth  to  Elizabeth  D.  Collins,  a  widow.  No 
children.  Children  of  William  E.  Green 
were:  i.  \\'illiam  Nelson,  born  at  Milford, 
Massachusetts,  February  23,  1804,  died  De- 
cember 6,  1870.  He  was  judge  of  the  police 
court  of  Worcester.  2.  Lucy  Merriam,  born 
at  Grafton,  November  12,  1810.  She  was  for 
a  great  many  years  the  joint  owner  with  her 
sister,  Mary  Ruggles  (ireen,  of  a  young  ladies' 
school  at  No.  I  Fifth  avenue.  New  York  City, 
which  they  made  famous :  unmarried ;  her 
brother,  Andrew  H.  Green,  a  bachelor,  lived 
with  these  two  sisters  and  helped  them  con- 
duct their  business  affairs;  she  died  May  8. 
1893,  at  Worcester.  3.  Mary  Ruggles,  born 
in  Worcester,  June  29,  1814:  married  Carl  W. 
Knudsen.born  in  Denmark,  1818,  died  in  South 
Norwalk,  Connecticut,  February  27,  1894.  She 
was  a  teacher  and  joint  proprietor  with  her 
sister,  Lucy  M.,  of  the  young  ladies"  school  in 
New  York  City;  she  died  March  17,  1894.  4. 
Julia  Elizabeth,  born  in  Worcester,  February 
2,  1816,  died  August  5,  1880 ;  she  lived  at  home 
with  her  parents;  was  a  teacher;  never  mar- 
ried. 5.  Lydia  Plimpton,  born  at  Worcester, 
August  4.  1817,  died  August  27,  1818.  6. 
John  Plimpton,  born  in  Worcester,  January 
iQ,  1819;  became  a  physician,  practiced  in  New 
York  and  lived  in  China  and  South  America. 
7.  Andrew  Haswell,  born  in  Worcester,  Octo- 
ber 6,  1820,  a  prominent  lawyer  in  New  York 
City,  associated  in  practice  with  fion.  Samuel 
J.  Tilden  ;  president  of  the  board  of  education  ; 
commissioner  of  Central  Park  and  a  comptroll- 
er of  New  York  City.  8.  Samuel  Fiske,  born  in 
Worcester,  October  10,  1822,  a  physician  and 
missionary  in  Ceylon.  9.  Lydia  Plimpton. 
born  at  Worcester,  March  18,  1824;  lived  at 
the  old  home  on  Green  Hill;  died  there  Sep- 
tember 7,  1869.  10.  Oliver  Bourne,  born  at 
Worcester,  January  i,  1826;  married,  August 
28,  1855,  Louisa  Pomeroy,  of  Stanstead,  Can- 
ada; a  prominent  civil  engineer  at  Chicago, 
Illinois.     II.   Alartin,   referred   to  below. 

(Vn)  Martin,  son  of  William  E.  Green, 
was  born  in  Worcester.  April  24,  1828.  The 
room  in  which  he  was  born  at  the  homestead 
at  Green  Hill  is  the  same  in  which  his  father 
was  born   and   died,    and    in    which    his    ten 


brothers  and  sisters  were  born.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  old  school  at  the  corner 
of  Summer  and  Thomas  streets,  when  Warren 
Lazell  was  the  teacher  of  the  English  depart- 
ment and  Charles  Thurber  of  the  Latin  de- 
partment. He  took  a  course  at  Little  Blue 
Seminary  at  Farmington,  Alaine.  His  father 
intended  to  have  him  go  to  college,  but  he  was 
attracted  to  the  profession  in  which  his 
brother  Oliver  B.  was  making  good  progress, 
and  he  started  his  career  as  civil  engineer  as 
chainman  in  the  survey  for  the  Hudson  River 
railroad,  where  his  brother  was  also  employed. 
He  was  promoted  rapidly  and  became  a  pro- 
ficient civil  engineer.  When  the  survey  was 
completed  to  Greenbush,  he  returned  to  the  old 
home  at  Green  Hill,  but  went  to  work  for  the 
Worcester  &  Nashua  Railroad  Company. 
When  the  work  was  done  on  the  Nashua  road 
he  accepted  a  position  with  the  Pennsylvania 
Coal  Company  railroad.  He  was  occupied 
here  for  three  years  in  surveying  and  building 
gravity  railroads  in  Luzerne  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. W'hen  the  work  was  done  he  was 
oft'ered  the  su])erintendency  of  the  road.  He 
returned  to  Worcester  but  was  called  to  take 
the  position  of  division  engineer  on  the  New 
York  &  Harlem  railroad.  He  was  in  charge 
of  the  construction  of  the  line  from  Millerton 
to  Copake.  When  the  work  was  done  he  was 
selected  as  chief  engineer  for  the  Lebanon 
Springs  Railroad  Company.  This  road  was 
to  run  from  Chatham,  New  York,  to  Benning- 
t(in,  Vermont,  through  a  rough  and  hilly  coun- 
try and  presented  some  difficult  engineering 
problems.  The  work  was  left  unfinished  on 
account  of  the  financial  troubles  of  the  rail- 
toads  involved  in  the  great  frauds  of  Robert 
Schuyler,  who  had  been  president  of  sixteen 
railroad  companies. 

Mr.  Green  was  then  appointed  chief  engi- 
neer of  the  Missippi  Central  railroad,  which 
had  been  begun  all  along  the  two  hundred 
and  sixty-seven  miles  of  its  length,  and  was 
left  by  his  predecessor  in  the  greatest  dis- 
order and  confusion.  Some  sections  he  found 
built  a  one- fourth  mile  out  of  the  proper 
course,  so  that  it  taxed  his  resources  to  build 
curves  and  schemes  to  save  the  work  already 
done.  He  found  the  engineering  force  grossly 
incompetent.  When  he  left  this  railroad  was 
substantially  complete,  but  so  anxious  were 
the  planters,  who  were  directors  of  the  road, 
and  the  president  to  keep  him  that  they  offered 
what  was  at  that  time  a  very  large  salary,  20,- 
000  a  year,  to  remain.  And  after  he  had  ac- 
tually left,  they  sent  a  delegation  to  New  York 


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to  see  him,  and  another  to  Chicago  to  try  to 
persuade  him  to  come  back.  No  stronger 
testimony  to  the  vakie  of  his  work  as  a  rail- 
road engineer  need  be  cited.  To  his  natural 
gift  for  this  kind  of  work  he  added  great  phy- 
sical strength  and  vigor,  and  he  gave  all  his 
energy  to  the  performance  of  the  work,  what- 
ever it  might  be,  that  he  had  in  hand.  The 
Mississippi  Central  is  now  a  part  of  the  Illi- 
nois Central  railroad.  As  first  constructed  by 
Mr.  Green  it  ran  from  the  junction  with  the 
Memphis  &  Charleston  railroad,  six  miles 
north  of  the  Tennesee  line  to  Canton  and  Jack- 
son. Mississippi.  It  was  a  very  important 
railroad  in  the  southern  interests.  He  had  the 
honor  to  run  the  first  locomotive  ever  run  in 
the  state  of  Mississippi. 

Although  Mr.  Green  received  offers  of  po- 
sitions as  chief  engineer  from  three  other  rail- 
roads, he  persisted  in  his  purpose  when  leaving 
Mississippi  and  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  was 
employed  first  to  study  the  question  of  a  tun- 
nel under  the  Chicago  river,  to  gather  statis- 
tics and  make  ])lans.  He  proceeded  with  the 
work  of  building  the  Chicago  tunnel  and  re- 
mained with  the  work  until  the  coffer  dams 
were  built.  He  then  went  into  business  on 
his  own  account  as  contractor  and  dredger. 
At  that  time  one  of  the  prime  necessities  of 
commercial  Chicago  was  the  widening  and 
deepening  of  Chicago  river  and  the  construc- 
tion of  proper  wharves  for  shipping.  He  had 
the  contracts  for  the  dredging  of  the  river 
from  the  lake  to  the  old  Rush  street  bridge. 
He  took  out  the  old  government  light  houses 
and  government  barracks  and  the  old  fort. 
The  river  was  made  about  five  times  its  orig- 
inal width.  He  also  improved  the  north 
branch  of  the  river  as  far  as  Ward's  rolling 
mill,  and  the  south  branch  for  about  twelve 
miles.  He  was  in  Chicago  in  its  first  great 
period  of  development,  and  of  that  work  he 
took  a  large  and  important  part.  In  1867  he 
sold  his  Chicago  business  and  went  to  Pesh- 
tigo,  Wisconsin,  for  the  Peshtigo  Lumber 
Company,  in  which  William  B.  Ogden  was  in- 
terested, with  whom  ]\Ir.  Green  was  associated 
fluring  much  of  his  active  business  life.  This 
company  owned  one  himdred  and  seventy-six 
thousand  acres  of  lumber  land.  As  manager 
of  this  vast  property  he  had  to  erect  saw  mills 
and  grist  mills  and  build  two  large  ships  for 
the  lumber  trade.  He  was  in  Peshtigo  three 
years.  He  built  the  ship  canal  at  Benton  Har- 
bor, Michigan.  This  canal  gave  steamships 
access  to  Benton  in  the  heart  of  the  peach 
country.     He  opened  a  line  of  boats  and  when 


the  work  was  completed  his  line  took  during 
the  season  forty  thousand  baskets  to  Chicago 
every  night.  Besides  his  steamship  line  he 
built  and  owned  saw  and  grist  mills  at  Benton 
Harbor. 

Before  tiie  great  fire  in  Chicago  he  returned 
and  was  interested  with  his  brother  in  the  con- 
tracting business.  The  fire  caused  him  to 
overwork  and  break  down.  On  May  23,  1872, 
by  advice  of  his  physician,  he  returned  to 
Green  Hill,  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  to  rest 
and  recuperate.  The  life  in  W'orcester  at- 
tracted him  and  he  remained  here,  developing 
the  Green  Hill  estate  to  its  present  state.  He 
removetl,  November  13,  1905,  to  No.  974 
Pleasant  street,  where  he  has  since  lived.  At 
the  present  time  ( 1909)  he  is  actively  engaged 
in  superintending  his  financial  affairs  and  real 
estate.  Mr.  Green  has  never  cared  to  join 
secret  societies  and  clubs.  He  is  a  member  of 
Central  Congregational  Church,  Worcester. 
He  served  three  years  on'  the  Worcester  park 
board,  and  for  about  three  years  on  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  State  Lunatic  .\sylum  at 
Westboro,  Massachusetts. 

Mr.  Green  married  December  25,  1859,  Mary 
Frances  Stewart,  of  the  New  York  Stewart 
family.  She  was  born  in  New  York  City,  De- 
cember 25,  1821,  died  at  No.  4  Melville  street, 
Worcester,  .\pril  20,  1905.  Children:  Will- 
iam Ogden.  referred  to  below.  .Sanuiel  Mar- 
tin, referred  to  below. 

(V'lII)  William  Ogden,  son  of  Martin 
Green,  was  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  Septem- 
ber 26,  i860.  He  was  educated  at  the  Wor- 
cester Polytechnic  Institute.  He  went  to 
work  first  in  an  electric  light  factory  at  New 
Britain,  Connecticut,  then  for  the  Merrick 
Thread  Company,  Holyoke,  Massachusetts. 
From  there  he  went  as  a  manager  for  a  silk 
mill  at  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania.  He  put  it 
into  first  class  condition  and  left  it  highly  pros- 
perous to  take  charge  of  the  Peshtigo  Lumber 
Company  in  Wisconsin,  for  which  his  father 
was  manager  years  before.  Andrew  H. 
Green,  as  trustee  of  the  estate  of  the  late  \\'ill- 
iam  B.  Ogden,  represented  the  owners,  but 
Mrs.  Ogden  herself  made  frequent  visits  to 
the  property  and  paid  Mr.  Green  high  compli- 
ments on  the  reformation  he  brought  about 
and  the  improvement  effected.  By  his  advice 
the  property  was  sold  and  he  wound  up  its 
complicated  affairs  in  a  manner  so  pleasing  to 
the  directors  that  they  made  him  a  present  of 
.'^10,000  at  their  last  meeting  as  a  testimonial  of 
their  satisfaction.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American    Society    of    Mechanical    Engineers. 


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He  is  now  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Ogden. 
Sheldon  &  Company,  one  of  the  most  impor- 
tant real  estate  broker  firms  in  Chicago.  He 
married.  October  20,  1891,  Josephine  Poole 
Giles,  at  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania.  Their 
children,  all  of  whom  were  born  in  Chicago, 
are :  William  Stewart,  born  November  7, 
1893;  Andrew  Haswell,  May  10,  1896;  Lu- 
cretia  Poole,  June  19.  1899. 

(\'ni)  Samuel  Martin,  son  of  Martin 
Green,  was  born  at  Benton  Harbor.  Michigan. 
April  13,  1864.  He  was  graduated  at  the 
Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute.  His  first  po- 
sition was  with  Frederick  E.  Reed,  the  manu- 
facturer of  machinery,  Worcester.  Massachu- 
setts, for  whom  he  designed  and  draughted 
various  tools.  He  also  designed  the  interlocking 
switches  on  the  railroad  viaduct  in  Worcester. 
He  next  went  to  Buffalo  to  work  for  Noyes 
&  Company,  millers.  When  his  brother,  Will- 
iam Ogden  Green,  left  the  Merrick  Thread 
Company,  where  he  was  the  engineer  in 
charge  of  the  plant,  the  management  desired 
him  to  remain,  but  took  the  younger  brother  in 
his  place  on  his  recommendation.  Although 
young  and  inexperienced  Samuel  M.  Green 
made  good.  He  successfully  completed  the 
big  mill,  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  by  five 
hundred  feet.  He  remained  with  the  Merrick 
Thread  Company  until  the  trust  was  formed, 
when  he  was  chosen  engineer-in-chief  for  the 
new  management,  the  American  Thread  Com- 
pany. He  has  charge  of  all  the  changes  and 
new  construction  of  the  company.  At  the 
present  time,  at  Ilion,  New  York,  he  is  recon- 
structing and  building  a  two  million  dollar 
plant,  and  the  old  mills  are  all  receiving  mod- 
ern equipment  of  machinery  and  power.  He 
has  recently  constructed  at  Waukegan,  Illinois. 
a  large  factory  for  the  United  States  Envelope 
Company.  His  chief  ofifice  is  at  Holyoke, 
Massachusetts,  and  his  residence  is  at  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  He  also  rebuilt  the  car- 
tridge factory  at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Me- 
chanical Engineers.  He  married,  at  Holyoke, 
June  18,  1890,  Ida  McKown,  of  that  city. 
Children :  Mildred,  born  September  27,  1895, 
in  Holyoke  ;  Lydia,  born  June  2,  1902,  in  Holy- 
oke. 


(II)  Philip  (2),sonof  Phihp  (  i) 

T A  BOR      Tabor  or  Taber,  ( q.  v. ) ,  was  born 

about  1648,  at  Yarmouth.  He  was 

a  farmer,  and  resided  at  Dartmouth,  where  his 

children  were  born.     Children:  i.  Mary,  born 

January  28,  1670.     2.  Sarah,  March  26,  1671. 


3.  Lydia,  September  28,  1673.  4.  Philip,  Feb- 
ruary 29,  1676.     5.  Abigail,  October  27,  1678. 

6.  Esther,   February  23,   1681.     7.  John.    Julv 

18.  1684.     8.  Bethia,  April  18,  1689. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Philip  (i)  Tabor,  is 
the  ancestor  of  the  Tiverton  family.  In  some 
places  his  name  has  been  spelled  Job.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  John.     2.  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below. 

3.  Alary,  married,  February  4,  1725.  Richard 
Hart  Jr.  4.  Susannah.  5.  Philip,  settled  in 
Dartmouth,  Massachusetts. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Joseph  Tabor,  was 
born  about  1690,  and  settled  early  at  Tiver- 
ton, Rhode  Island.  He  married  his  cousin, 
.Abigail  Tabor,  December  i,  1715.  She  was 
born  May  3,  1693,  daughter  of  his  uncle, 
Thomas  Tabor.     Children,  born  at  Tiverton: 

1.  Paul,  March  30,  1716:  resided  at  Tiverton. 

2.  ihomas,  March  30,  or  October  28,  17 17;  re- 
sided at  Tiverton.     3.  Mary.  August  24,  1719. 

4.  Jose])h,  September  21,  1721 ;  mentioned 
below.  5.  Hannah,  September  13,  1723.  6. 
Walter,  September  4,  1725,  died  June  17,  1730. 

7.  Lydia,  October  24,  1728.  8.  Walter,  Octo- 
i)cr  I,  1 73 1.     9.  Jacob,  October  2,  1735. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  Tabor. 
was  born  at  Tiverton,  September  21,  1721. 
He  married,  November  i,  1743,  Abigail  Saw- 
yer, born  October  4,  1716,  youngest  daugh- 
ter of  Josiah  and  Martha  Sawyer.  Children, 
born  at  Tiverton:  i.  Judith,  March  6,  1745.  2. 
Lemuel,  December  30,  1748;  settled  at  Adams, 
Jefferson  county.  New  Jork.  3.  Isaac,  No- 
vember I,  1750.     4.  Ichabod,  mentioned  below. 

( Y)  Ichabod.  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Tabor,  was 
born  at  Tiverton,  March  11,  1755,  died  March 
I,  1835.  He  resided  at  Tiverton  and  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  finally  settled  at  Pawtucket. 
He  married,  May  19,  1774.  Elizabeth  Law- 
ton,  born   February  22,    1757,  died   February 

19,  1829.  Both  are  buried  at  Pawtucket.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Man- 
chester's company.  Colonel  Richmond's  regi- 
ment in  1776  and  was  a  pensioner  .in  1832. 
He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Pawtucket  Baptist 
Church.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  October  2, 
1774,  died  September  2,  1795.  2.  Lawton, 
.\ugust  30,  1776.  3.  Nancy,  born  July  20, 
1778,  died  March  5,  i860:  married  Daniel  Wil- 
kinson. 4.  Benjamin,  May  18,  1782.  5.  Pa- 
tience, born  October  16,  1784,  died  March  16, 
1840;  married  Reuben  Jencks.  6.  Ruth,  Janu- 
ary 8,  1785  ;  married Brown.     7.  Isaac, 

December  2^.  1787,  mentioned  below.  8. 
Samuel,  October  8,  1789.  9.  Eliza  Knowles, 
December  29,  1791,  died  March  6,  1854.  10. 
John,   April    17,    1795.     u.    Mary,    June    ro. 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


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1799,  died  October  4,  1878;  nianied  Samuel 
Curtis  Collyer.  12.  Josepii,  September,  1801, 
(lied  July,  1830,  at  Pawtucket. 

(\i)  Isaac,  son  of  Ichabod  Tabor,  was 
born  in  Tiverton,  December  23,  1787,  died 
January  z^ .  1857.  At  the  age  of  ten  he  re- 
moved with  his  parents  to  Pawtucket  where  he 
afterward  learned  the  trade  of  spinning  in  the 
Slater  cotton  mill.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he 
went  to  work  at  Slatersville,  Rhode  Island, 
taking  charge  of  the  spinning  in  the  mill  there, 
and  later  having  charge  of  other  departments. 
.Afterward  he  was  in  charge  of  the  Slater  gen- 
eral store  for  thirty  years.  In  1825  he  bought 
a  farm  of  ninety  acres  on  the  Branch  Pike 
road,  but  he  continued  to  live  at  Slatersville 
until  1835.  He  cleared  part  of  this  farm, 
built  a  house  on  it  and  conducted  it  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church  at  Woonsocket  for  many 
years,  and  director  and  auditor  of  the  Slaters- 
ville Bank.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace  and 
trial  justice  of  the  town  of  Smithfield.  He 
was  a  Whig  in  politics.  He  married  (first) 
at  the  Friends  Meeting  Flouse,  (Ictober  8, 
1809,  Hannah  Pierce,  who  died  November  11, 
1S48,  and  was  buried  in  the  I'riends  Burying 
ground  at  Union  village,  but  removed  later  to 
Slatersville  where  a  beautiful  monument  was 
erected  by  her  son  Samuel.  Isaac  Tabor  mar- 
ried (second)  Mercy  Smith,  born  March  12, 
1785,  died  July  8,  1869,  and  is  buried  at  Slat- 
ersville. Children,  all  by  first  wife:  I.  Eliz- 
abeth, July  2.  1810;  married,  April  14,  1843, 
(Oliver  Kelly ;  resided  in  Woonsocket :  died 
January   i,   1799.  and  is  buried  at  Slatersville. 

2.  Benjamin  Pierce,  March  12,  181 2,  died  at 
Worcester,  December  19,  1845:  married,  July 

3.  1845,  F^lizabeth  Passmore.  3.  William 
IVown,  December  31,  1814;  married,  in  1837, 
Charlotte  Russell:  died  February  22,  1892.  4. 
Isaac  Jr.,  I'ebruary  28,  1817;  married  (first) 
in  1844,  Rebecca  Prewitt :  (second)  Emily 
Whitnev :  he  died  at  Escondido,  San  Diego, 
California.  5.  Ceorge.  February  24,  1819, 
died  September  11.  1820.  6.  Xancy  William- 
son, June  25,  r82i,  died  October  3,  1891  ; 
married,  February  29.  1848,  Deacon  Ansell 
Holman,  of  North  Smithfield.  7.  Samuel  Os- 
borne, September  20,  1823:  mentioned  below. 
8.  Mary  Collyer,  June  2(1,  1826,  died  March  10. 
1854,  at  Pawtucket  :  married,  .\ugust  10,  1847, 
Alexander  Meggett. 

(\"I1)  Deacon  Samuel  Osb(5rne.  son  of 
Isaac  Tabor,  was  born  in  Slatersville,  Rhode 
Island,  September  20,  1823,  and  is  (1909)  the 
only  surviving  member  of  his  father's  family. 


He  attended  the  jniblic  schools  at  Slatersville, 
the    Manual    Training    School    at    Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  and  the  Wilbraham  Academy. 
W'hen  a  young  man   he  was  clerk  under  his 
brother  Benjamin  in  the  Slatersville  store  for 
three   years,   and    was   afterward   bookkeeper 
for   a    manufacturing   concern    in    Wauregan, 
Connecticut,    four    years.     He    taught    school 
eight  winter  terms  in  Millville,  Burrillville  and 
Smithfield,   farming  during  the  summer.      He 
rented   his   father's    farm   until    1853.      In   the 
early  .sixties  he  accepted  a  position  as  book- 
keeper    for    the     Forestdale     Manufacturing 
Com])any,    and    continued    with    that    concern 
fourteen   years,   being  succeeded    by    his    son 
Charles,     .\fter  his  father's  death  he  bought 
the  interests  of  the  other  heirs  in  the  home- 
stead  and    has   conducted   it    since   then.     He 
has  always  been  interested  in  agriculture.     He 
has  resided  on  the  homestead  for  fifty  years 
or  more,  though  since  1894,  when  he  deeded  it 
to  his  son  Walter,  the  son  has  conducted  it. 
He  deeded  other  land  to  his  other  sons.     Once 
he  lost   by  fire   all   his  machinery   and  barns, 
valueTr  at' six  thousand  dollars.     He  promptly 
rebuilt,   however.     In   ]iolitics   he   was   first   a 
\\'hig,  then  a  Republican,  but  in  his  later  years 
he  has  been  active  in  the  IVohibition  party  and 
has  been  candidate  of  that  party   for  various 
local  offices  and  once  for  lieutenant  governor. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  was  supervisor  of 
twelve  school  sections.     He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Thorndike  Congregational  Church 
since   1849,  was  deacon  from  1869  to  1904,  a 
Iieriod  of  thirty-five  years,  and  has  been  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  school,  treasurer  and 
clerk  of  the  church  at  various  times.     He  is 
trustee  of  the   Slatersville  Cemetery  Associa- 
tion :  agent  for  many  years  of  the  Pawtucket 
Fire    Insurance    Company.     A   useful   citizen. 
a  faithful  and  consistent  Christian,  an  upright 
man  of  afifairs,  his  life  has  been  a  model  in  the 
community.     He  enjoys  good  health  in  his  old 
ns'-e.     He  has  always  been  a  total  abstainer. 
He    married,    October    6,    1816.    Caroline    F, 
Binven,  born  at  Scituate,  June   19,   1823,  died 
January  3,   1893.  at  Thorndike,  and  buried  at 
Slatersville,   daughter    of   Eber   and    Hannah 
(Hill)    Bowen.     Children:     i.    Benjamin   Os- 
b(irne.    l)orn    Jul\'    29,    1847:    resides    on    the 
homestead.     2.     Henrv     Bowen,     March     18, 
185 1  ;  lost  at  sea  ofl^  Cape  Horn,  January  7, 
1885.     3.    George    Edgar,   October    11,    1852: 
farmer  on  the  homestead  since   1894:  deacon 
of  the  Congregational  church  :  married,  June 
15,  1875,  .Alice  M.  Carpenter.     4.  Joseph,  Oc- 
tober  21,    1854,   died   February    10.    1853.      5. 


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Hannah  Elizabeth,  September  6,  1856;  mar- 
ried, January  25,  1883,  Frank  B.  Davis,  of 
Denver.  6.  Ca;-ohne  Bowen,  November  3, 
1858;  married,  December  29,  1880,  Edward 
Fitts,  superintendent  of  schools  at  Mansfield, 
Massachusetts.  7.  Samuel  Lincoln,  April  23, 
1 861 ;  farmer  and  poultry  raiser  at  Branch 
Village,  North  Smithfield ;  married,  September 
21,  1882,  Lucy  Mabel  Aldrich.  8.  Walter 
Holman,  October  29,  1863  (tvifin)  ;  principal 
of  school  at  Arlington,  Rhode  Island.  9.  Al- 
bert Lawton,  October  20,  1863,  (twin), married, 
October  4,  1889,  Mabel  B,  Cline ;  he  resides  at 
Oak  Park,  Illinois ;  piano  and  organ  tuner. 
10.  Mary  Lockwood,  May  10,  1865 ;  married, 
April  17,  1890,  Herbert  Ira  Parkis,  teller  of 
the  Whitinsville  National  Bank.  11.  Charles 
Ayer,  mentioned  below. 

(VHI)  Charles  Ayer,  son  of  Samuel  O. 
Tabor,  was  born  in  .Slatersville,  in  the  town 
of  North  Smithfield,  Rhode  Island,  Noveinher 
I,  t866.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  began  his 
business  career  as  clerk  in  the  office  of  the 
Forestdale  Manufacturing  Company  and  in 
time  became  paymaster  of  the  mill.  He  re- 
signed in  Feliruary,  1893,  to  become  paymaster 
of  the  Clinton  Manufacturing  Company  at 
Woonsocket,  Rhode  Island,  and  in  September. 
1894,  became  paymaster  of  the  Thorndike 
Company  at  Thorndike,  Massachusetts.  He 
is  at  present  the  agent  of  these  mills.  Mr. 
Tabor  is  a  member  of  Thomas  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons:  of  Hampden  Royal 
Arch  Chapter:  of  Washington  Council,  Royal 
and  .Select  Masters  :  of  Springfield  Comman- 
dery.  Knights  Templar:  of  Quaboag  Council, 
Royal  .\rcanum.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can, in  religion  a  Congregationalist.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  June  4.  1890,  Clara  A.  Sandford, 
died  November  11,  1899,  daughter  of  William 
H.  and  Julia  A.  (Comstock)  Sandford.  He 
married  (second)  October  2,  1901,  Harriet 
Luella  Rust,  daughter  of  Robert  H.  and  Har- 
riet Rust.  Children  of  second  wife:  i.  Har- 
riet Rood,  born  .April  29.  1903.  2.  Charles 
Stewart,  .April  13,  1906. 


William  Hooper,  immigrant 
HOOPER  ancestor,  came  to  Massachu- 
setts at  the  age  of  eighteen 
years,  in  the  ship  "James,"  sailing  from  Lon- 
don, July  13,  1633.  He  resided  at  Reading. 
Massachusetts,  in  1644,  and  perhaps  earlier. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  10,  1648,  and 
both  he  and  wife  Elizabeth  were  members  of 
the  church   there.     He   lived    in   the    part    of 


Reading  now  Wakefield,  and  owned  consid- 
erable land.     He  was  a  weaver  by  trade.     He 

married    (second)    Ruth  .     He    was    a 

soldier  in  King  Philip's  war,  under  Captain 
Daniel  Henchman,  of  Boston,  1675,  and  of 
Captain  \\'adsworth,  1676,  unless  the  record 
refers  to  his  son  of  the  .same  name.  He  died 
December  5,  1678,  aged  sixty-one  years.  His 
will,  dated  at  Reading,  August  5,  1678,  names 
his  son  \Mlliam  as  his  principal  heir.  His 
widow  married  Thomas  Dutton,  of  Billerica, 
November  10.  1684.  Children:  I.  Mary,  born 
November  24.  1647.  2.  James,  born  and  died 
1649.  3.  Sarah,  born  December  7,  1659.  4. 
Ruth.  .April  15,  1652;  died  1653.  5.  Ruth, 
born  about  .April  15,  1653.  6.  Rebeckah,  Oc- 
tober 26,  1656.  7.  William,  November  3, 
1658.  8.  Hannah.  March  31,  1662.  9.  Eliz- 
abeth. .August  20,  1665.  10.  Thomas,  April 
2.  1668.      II.  John,  see  forward. 

(11)  John,  son  of  William  Hooper,  was  born 
in  Reading,  July  3,  1670:  married  Sarah  Har- 
den, born  at  Braintree,  December  3,  1679, 
daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  Harden.  She 
married  (second)  Francis  Woods,  and  died  at 
Bridgewater,  May  19,  1749.  He  was  a  car- 
penter by  trade.  He  sold  out  his  land  at 
Reading  in  1692,  bought  a  farm  at  Bridge- 
water,  and  built  a  house  there,  which  was 
burned  in  T708,  and  he  died  January  9,  that 
year  from  injuries  received  at  the  fire. 
Children:  i.  John,  born  at  Reading,  before 
1692:  died  young.  2.  John,  born  at  Brain- 
tree,  November  6,  1697.  3.  Thomas,  July  20, 
T699.  4.  William,  born  at  Braintree,,  Decem- 
ber 26,  1 701.  3.  Nathaniel,  born  at  Bridge- 
water,  November  16,  1703.  6.  Sarah,  Octo- 
ber 9,   1703.     7.  James,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  James,  son  of  John  Hooper,  was  born 
May  4.  1708,  at  Bridgewater  and  died  June  30, 
1784:  married,  February  10,  1737,  Mary,  born 
in  1 716.  died  December  28.  1737,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Abigail  (Leavitt)  Johnson.  Chil- 
dren: T.  .Abiel,  born  1740,  died  young.  2. 
Levi,  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary,  1744.  4- 
James,  1746.     5.  Abihail,  1747. 

(I\')  Levi,  son  of  James  Hooper,  was  bap- 
tized at  Bridgewater,  May  16,  1742:  married 
(first)  June  23,  1766,  Susanna,  born  July  7, 
1743.  died  1771.  daughter  of  David  and  Eliza- 
beth (Cook)  Leach.  He  married  (second) 
1 77 1,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Hall,  of 
Walpole,  New  Hampshire.  He  is  said  to  have 
gone  on  a  whaling  voyage  to  Hudson's  Bay 
when  c|uite  young.  He  enlisted  at  the  age  of 
seventeen  in  Colonel  Thomas  Clapp's  regiment, 
(ieneral    .Amherst,   .April   6,    1739,   and   served 


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until  November  i,  1759,  in  Captain  Israel 
Davis'  company;  also  in  the  same  company  at 
Louisburg,  January  i  to  November  17,  1760; 
also  in  Captain  Josiah  Dunbar's  company, 
March  23  to  November  20,  1762.  After  the 
service  he  traveled  through  the  region  about 
W'alpole,  New  Hampshire,  and  was  so  pleased 
with  the  country  that  he  afterward  located 
there.  He  was  prominent  in  town  affairs,  and 
delegate  to  the  provincial  court  at  Exeter, 
1785 ;  lieutenant  of  Walpole  company  of  mil- 
itia reported  to  assembly  January  4,  1776.  He 
died  October  22,  1806.  Children:  i.  Chloe, 
born  October  25,  1767.  2.  Levi,  August  5, 
1770.  3.  Susanna,  July  19.  1772.  4.  Salmon, 
August  7,  1774.  5.  James  Winslow,  April  17, 
1776.  Ci.  James,  June  17,  1778;  mentioned 
below.  7.  Elisha,  September  21.  1781.  8. 
Sally,  April  14,  1783. 

(V)  James  Hooper,  son  of  Levi  Hooper, 
was  born  June  17,  1778,  at  Walpole;  married. 
January.  18,  1802,  Eleanor,  born  November  5, 
1783,  died  February  28,  1858,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Rebecca  (Levens)  Wellington. 
He  was  a  representative  to  the  general  court 
in  1830.  He  died  May  30,  1867.  Children, 
born  at  Walpole:  i.  James,  August  31,  1803. 

2.  Charles,  December  11,  1804;  died  February 

27,  1809.     3.    Henry    Wellington,    November 

28,  1807;  married  Mary  Kimball  Chase;  chil- 
dren :  Martha  A.,  Edward,  Frances,  Sarah, 
Charles,  Janet,  Josephine.  4.  Charles,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1809;  married  Almira  A.  Lane.  5. 
William,  February  21,  1812;  married  Elvira 
Pulsifer  ;  child  :  Frank  Wellington,  a  professor 
in  Brooklyn  (  Xew  York )  Institute.  6.  Sal- 
mon, November  11,  1814;  died  October  28, 
1817.  7.  Ellen,  December  10,  1816;  married 
Charles  Lysander  Jones.  8.  Frances,  Novem- 
ber II,  1819;  married  Lucius  Allen  Jones; 
children  :  Frank  H.,  Charles  W.  9.  Harriet, 
October  12,  1824;  married,  April  8.  1854, 
Franklin  Way,  of  Charlestown,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 

(\'I )  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Hooper, 
was  born  August  31,  1803;  married,  January 
19,  1826,  Mary  Lane,  born  September  3,  1801, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Elizabeth  (Dan- 
forth")  Lane.  He  died  at  Cambridge  Decem- 
ber 31,  1877.  Children,  born  at  Walpole:  i. 
Lucretia  S.,  October  12,  1829.  2.  Warren 
Lane,   December    11,    1832;  mentioned  below. 

3.  Isabella  Almira.  July  24,  1836;  married 
Henry  Lane,  of  Itoston,  a  merchant  in  New 
York  City  many  years ;  children :  Henry  A., 
James  Warren,  Mabel  F.,  Florence  B.,  Eliza- 
beth .Abbott,  Richard. 


(\'1I)  Warren  Lane,  son  of  James  (2) 
Hooper,  was  born  December  11,  1832.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  when  a-  boy  came  to  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  found  employment  in  the 
office  of  the  soap  factory  of  C.  L.  Jones.  Af- 
terward he  was  engaged  in  the  business  of  im- 
|)orting  fruit  in  the  firm  of  Barrett  &  Hooper 
of  lioston.  He  was  eminently  successful  as  a 
merchant,  and  about  1893  he  retired  with  a 
handsome  competence.  Since  then  he  has  de- 
voted his  attention  to  a  fine  stock  farm  at 
P>edford,  Massachusetts,  widely  known  as 
Sunnysiile  Stock  Farm  and  a  model  of  its 
kind.  He  resides  at  Cambridge.  In  religion 
he  is  a  I'nitarian.  in  politics  a  Republican.  He 
married,  in  New  York  City,  June  17,  1870, 
Frances  Annabella  Hyde,  born  at  Guilford, 
X'ermont,  June  15,  1835,  daughter  of  Dr.  Fran- 
ces Dana  and  Lurissa  (  Gregory)  Hyde.  (See 
Hvde.)     They  have  no  children. 


(I)  Jonathan  Hyde,  the  inimi- 
in'DE     grant,    was     horn    in    England,    in 

1626.  He  came  to  Cambridge  Vil- 
lage, now  Newton,  in  1647,  and  with  his 
brother  Samuel  purchased  two  hundred  and 
fortv  acres  of  land  in  1652.  They  owned  this 
place  in  common  until  1661.  He  bought 
eighty  acres  more  of  Thomas  Woolson  in 
1656,  and  settled  on  it,  his  house  being  about 
seventy  rods  north  of  the  meeting  house.  He 
was  called  sergeant  in  some  of  the  numerous 
deeds  in  which  he  was  grantor  or  grantee. 
He  liad  twenty-one  children — fourteen  by  the 
first  wife,  seven  by  the  second.  He  married 
(first)  Mary,  daughter  of  William  French,  of 
P)illerica ;  (second)  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
Rediat,  of  Marlborough.  His  marriage  con- 
tract with  his  second  wife  is  on  record.  In 
1702  he  gave  to  the  town  of  Newton  half  an 
acre  of  land  for  a  school  sitCj  and  is  sai<l  also 
til  have  given  a  site  for  a  training  field.  He 
was  selectman  in  ifiiji.  He  settled  his  own 
estate  before  death  by  deeds  to  his  children. 
Children  by  first  wife:  I.  Jonathan,  born  April 

I,  1651  ;  died  young.  2.  and  3.  Samuel  and 
Joshua,  twins,  born  May  23,  1653.  4.  Joshua. 
.■\pril  4,  1654.  5.  Jonathan,  April  i,  1655; 
mentioned  below.  6.  John,  April  6,  1656.  7. 
.\braiiam,  March  2,  1657.  8.  Elizabeth,  Sep- 
tember 4,  1639.  9.  Daniel,  August  2,  1661, 
died  young.     10.  William,  September  12,  1662. 

II.  Eleazer,  baptized  March  11,  1664.  12. 
Daniel,  baptized  1663.  13.  Ichabod,  born  Sep- 
tember 22,  1668.  14.  Joseph,  born  May  27, 
1672.     Children  of  second  wife:  15.  Hannah, 


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born  October  14.  1677.  16.  Sarah,  April  i. 
1679.  17.  Ruth.  October  3,  1682.  18.  Isaac, 
October  31,  1685.  19.  Jacob,  April  9,  168 — . 
20.  Lydia.  March  i,  1689.  21.  Ann,  August 
28,  1692. 

(II)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Hyde,  was  born  at  Xewton,  April  i.  1655; 
married  Dorothy  Kidder;  died  August  2.  1731. 
Children,  born  in  Newton:  i.  Jonathan;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Dorothy.  3.  Hannah,  April 
I.  1677.  3.  Mary,  September  6,  1678.  4. 
Elizabeth,  ^Iay  23,  1680.  5.-6.  Ebenezer  and 
Sarah,  twins.  October  17,  1685.  7.  Abigail. 
.Vugust  8,  1688.  8.  Ebenezer,  169 1.  9.  James. 
.\pril  20,  1^)83.  10.  Ann.  .\ugust  18,  1690 
dietl  young.     11.  Isaac,  December  17,  1693. 

(HI)  Jonathan  (3),  son  of  Jonathan  (2) 
Hyde,  was  born  in  Newton;  died  1731  ;  mar- 
ried, April  4.  1706.  Hannah  Dana.  He  lived 
at  Newton,  but  owned  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  acres  of  land  in  Canterbury.  Con- 
necticut. Children,  born  at  Newton :  Josiah. 
November  7,  1708;  Caleb.  1713;  Samuel,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1719:  Joshua,  mentioned  below; 
Mary.  1724. 

(IV)  Joshua,  son  of  Jonathan  (3)  Hyde, 
was  born  at  Newton,  October  12,  1722.  In 
1739,  Edward  Park,  of  Newton,  was  appointed 
his  guardian.  He  settled  in  Canterbury,  Con- 
necticut, with  others  of  the  family.  About 
1764  he  removed  to  I'utnani,  \'ermont,  and 
bought  about  two  thousand  acres  of  land, 
which  was  called  the  Great  Meadows. 

(V)  Jacob  Dana,  son  of  Joshua  Hyde,  was 
born  in  Canterbury,  Connecticut,  or  vicinitv, 
about  1760.  He  was  a  physician.  He  mar- 
ried Lucy  Fitch,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut. 
They  settled  at  Guilford,  Vermont. 

(\T)  Dr.  Francis  Dana  Hyde,  son  of  Jacob 
Hyde,  was  born  at  Guilford,  Vermont,  in 
1796,  and  died  there  1830.  He  was  a  gradu- 
ate of  Yale  College,  a  ]ihysician  and  surgeon 
of  Richmond.  \'irginia.  where  he  went  shortly 
after  leaving  college,  and  practiced  for  five 
years,  returning  later  to  \'ermont.  and  suc- 
ceeded to  the  practice  of  his  father  at  Guil- 
ford. He  was  drowned  in  West  river,  a 
branch  of  the  Connecticut  river,  with  his  nine- 
year  old  son,  while  on  his  way  to  visit  a  pa- 
tient. He  married  Lurissa  Gregory,  born  at 
(iuilford,  daughter  of  William  Gregorv,  a  na- 
tive of  .Ashby.  Massachusetts,  and  Sarah 
(Cutting)    (jregory.    of    Guilford.     Children: 

1.  Clara,  married  Moses  Foster,  of  .Andover. 

2.  Sarah,  died  young.  3.  Frances  A.,  married 
Warren  L.  Hooper.  (See  Hooper.)  4.  Dana 
W..   a  Cambridge    merchant,   succeeding    Ed- 


ward Hyde;  married  Victoria  Cutting:  chil- 
dren :  Ethel,  married  Russell  Stearns,  of 
Rrookline,  Massachusetts :  Dana  C,  a  Har- 
vard graduate.  5.  Gertrude  A.  6.  Helen  S., 
married  (jeorge  Weymouth,  of  Cambridge ; 
children  :  Richard  Dana  Weymouth,  died  aged 
twenty-two,  and  ( irace  Cromwell  Weymouth. 
7.  George  L.,  married  Henrietta,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Robert  Robbins,  of  Boston. 


(For  English  ancestry  see  p.  914). 

John  Swan,  immigrant  ancestor 
SWAN  of  this  family,  descended  doubt- 
less from  the  swans  of  Kent,  Eng- 
land, was  born  in  1620-1,  and  brought  to  this 
country  and  raised  in  the  family  of  Thomas 
I'ittlestone.  who  provided  by  will,  November 
3,  1640,  that  his  wife  Elizabeth  should  be 
served  five  years  by  his  "  boy,  John  Swan," 
and  she  should  then  pay  him  five  pounds, 
showing  that  he  was  under  some  sort  of  an 
apprenticeship  at  the  time.  Swan  became  a 
farmer  at  Menotomy,  now  Arlington.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Cambridge  church,  but  for 
some  reason  was  excommunicated  in  1684. 
"It  would  seem  that  he  was  not  easily  moved 
from  his  purjjoses.  good  or  bad,  "for  in  that 
day,"  says  Paige,  "when  excommunication  was 
generally  regarded  as  an  effectual  bar  against 
salvation,  he  withstood  the  power  of  the 
church  more  than  twenty  years ;  but  at  length, 
when  he  had  attained  extreme  old  age.  he  made 
his  peace  with  the  brethren  and  was  restored 
to  communion,  December  22,  170?')."  He  died 
June  5.  1708.  aged  eighty-eight,  as  shown  by 
gravestone.  He  was  a  jiroprietor  of  Cam- 
bridge in  1642.  He  had  been  earlier  at  Water- 
town,  the  town  adjoining.  He  married  (first) 
June  I.  1650,  Rebecca  Palfrey,  died  July  12. 
1654;  (second)  March  2.  1655-6.  Mary  Pratt, 
of  Charlestown,  who  died  I'ebruary  11.  1702. 
in  her  seventieth  year,  daughter  of  Phineas 
and  Marv  (Priest)  Pratt.  Children  of  First 
wife:  I.  Ruth,  born  March  10.  1652.  2.  Ger- 
shnm.  June  30.  1654;  married.  December  20. 
\('<'/~.  Sarah  Holden ;  died  July  2.  1708.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  3.  Samuel,  born  May  i, 
1657;  died  June  20,  1678.  4.  Mary,  born  May 
2,  1659.  5.  Elizabeth,  July  14,  1661  ;  married, 
July  27,  1687.  Fizekiel  Richardson.  6.  Lydia, 
born  July  28.  1683.  7.  John,  May  1.  1665; 
married.  April  11.  1692.  Sarah  Thompson,  of 
Woburn.  8.  Hannah,  born  h^bruary  27.  1667. 
9.  Mercey.  about  1670:  died  June  2},.  1748; 
married,  December  19,  1 706,  John  Perry,  of 
Cambridge.  10.  Ebenezer.  mentioned  below. 
(  II  )    Ebenezer.  son  of  lohn  Swan,  was  born 


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November  14,  1672,  and  died  July  7,  1740. 
He  married,  March  2,  1698,  Elizabeth  Bruce, 
of  Woburn.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born 
March  21;,  1699;  married.  January  8.  1724, 
Ezra  Skinner,  of  Norton.  2.  Sarah,  born  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1701  ;  married,  December  14.  1727, 
Ephraim  Cook,  of  West  Cambridge ;  ilied 
March  24,  1748.  3.  Ebenezer,  born  March  23, 
1704.  4.  Mary,  born  March  4,  1706-7;  died 
1750.  5.  Samuel,  born  April  3,  1711.  '^■ 
\Villiam,  mentioned  below. 

(in)  William,  son  of  Ebenezer  Swan,  was 
born  in  Cambridge  January  3,  1713-14,  and 
baptized  October  31,  following.  He  was  a 
goldsmith  in  Boston,  and  according  to  the 
records  the  only  head  of  family  of  this  sur- 
name in  Boston.  About  1752  he  removed  to 
Marlborough,  Massachusetts,  and  in  1754  to 
Worcester,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died  April 
18,  1774,  in  his  fifty-ninth  year,  and  is  buried 
on  the  common,  the  gravestone  being  buried 
under  the  sod.  He  was  a  leading  singer  of  the 
first  choir  of  Old  South  Church  in  1770.  He 
married  (first)  Ruth  Policy;  he  married  (sec- 
ond )  Lavinia,  daughter  of  Gershom  Keyes.  She 
removed  to  Northfield  with  some  of  her  chil- 
dren after  the  death  of  her  husband,  and  died 
there  March  19,  1813,  aged  eighty-seven  years. 
Children,  born  in  Boston;  I.  Sarah,  March  7, 
1743:  died  September  3,  1745.  2.  William, 
born  March  18,  1745.  3.  Thonias,  November 
10,  1747;  died  December  3,  1748.  4.  Lavinia, 
born  .\ugust  t,  1749;  married  July  15,  1779. 
Jonathan  Hunt.  5.  Thonias,  born  August  7, 
[731  ;  married  Sally  Speakman.  Born  at 
Worcester;  6.  Edward.  February  8,  1734  (bap- 
tized in  Marlborough,  February  17,  1754)  ; 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  from  Worcester  ;  died 
in  service,  I77<).  7.  Catherine,  born  .April  12, 
1756:  married.  October  3,  1774,  Caleb  Lyman, 
of  Northfield.  8.  Timothy,  born  July  23. 
1738;  coni])oser  of  the  hymn  tunes  "China" 
and  "F'oland";  a  musician  of  note;  publisher 
of  "New  England  Harmony."  1801  ;  died  at 
Northfield.  July  23,  1842.  9.  Henry,  born 
October  ro,  1760;  Methodist  minister  at  Rowe, 
.New  York.  10.  P.enjamin.  born  November 
12,  17(12.  II.  Lucretia.  February  14,  1764; 
married.  March  3,  1791,  John  Hubbard.  13. 
[•Elizabeth,  born  April  20,  1767. 

(I\')  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
.Swan,  was  born  March  18,  1743. 

(  \" )  Samuel,  son  of  William  (2)  Swan,  was 
born  near  Boston,  in  1774^  and  died  in  1822. 
He  married  Sarah  Boyd,  probably  of  the  Wor- 
cester family,  born  in  17(39.  died  1848.  He  re- 
moved to  \\'ilmington   or  Marlborough,   New 


Hampshire,  near  Northfield,  Massachusetts. 
Children;  i.  Salmon,  born  March  17.  1797; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Sarah,  January  13,  1799. 
3.  Polly,  February  17,  1801.  4.  Clarissa,  Feb- 
ruary 2.  1803.  5.  Prudentia,  May  28,  1805. 
<).  Samuel.  June  7,  1807.  7.  Manning,  April 
14,  1809.  8.  Relief,  May  25.  181 1.  9.  Bar- 
bara, June  8,  1813.     10.  Lucy,  March  14,  1816. 

( \T )  Salmon,  son  of  Samuel  Swan,  was 
born  in  Wiliuington,  Vermont,  March  17, 
1797,  and  died  at  Halifax,  Vermont,  May  17, 
1837.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  bought  one 
hundred  acres  of  wild  land,  cleared  his  farm 
and  built  his  house  and  barn  at  Halifax.  He 
became  wealthy  for  his  day.  He  married 
Marv  Harris,  born  December  3,  1792,  died  De- 
cember 21,  1869,  daughter  of  John  Harris,  of 
Halifax.  Her  father  was  a  prosperous 
farmer,  civil  engineer  and  surveyor,  active  in 
])olitical  affairs,  and  was  fatally  hurt  while 
electioneering ;  a  \\  big  in  politics,  a  Univer- 
salist  in  religion.  Children:  i.  Marian  Mel- 
vina,  born  March  5,  1822.  2.  Mary  Amanda. 
July  23.  1823,  died  September  21,  1891.  3. 
Susan  Eliza,  born  March  11,  1825.  4.  George 
A.,  .\ugust  16,  1826;  died  August  28,  1826. 
3.  Eunice  Harris,  born  September  12,  1827; 
(lied  .August  20,  1870.  6.  Henry  Salmon,  born 
February  16,  1829;  mentioned  below.  7. 
Olive,  E)ecember  21,  1830.  8.  Nancy  Louise, 
December  10.  1832.  9.  James  Harvey,  No- 
vember 8,  1833. 

(  \'ll  )  Henry  .Salmon,  son  of  Salmon  Swan. 
was  born  in  Halifax.  \"ermont.  February  16, 
i82g.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
graduating  from  the  high  school  of  his  native 
town.  He  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and 
followed  it  for  twelve  years.  In  1853  he 
bnught  land  at  Shelburne,  Massachusetts,  and 
built  a  house  there,  engaging  in  business  as  a 
carpenter  and  builder.  Many  of  the  buildings 
and  residences  of  that  town  were  erected  by 
him.  In  1862  he  engaged  in  the  furniture 
business  in  partnership  with  H.  A.  Bowen. 
after  two  years  bought  the  interests  of  his 
partner  and  continued  alone.  He  built  an  ad- 
dition to  the  building  in  which  the  store  is  lo- 
cated, and  added  paper  hanging  and  other 
lines  to  his  business,  pros]5ering  constantly. 
Later  his  son  was  associated  with  him,  and  in 
1901  the  business  was  incoqiorated  as  H.  S. 
Swan  Companv.  He  was  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Cniversalist  church,  and  was  a  trus- 
tee for  many  years.  He  was  a  staunch  Repub- 
lican, and  influential  in  local  affairs,  holding 
many  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was 
deputy  sheriff  of  the  county  twenty-nine  years  ; 


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selectman,  assessor  and  overseer  of  the  poor, 
and  an  active  member  of  the  fire  department 
many  years.  He  was  a  member  of  Mountain 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons;  past  noble  grand  of 
.Methia  Lodge,  No.  128,  Odd  Fellows.  His 
home  was  at  63  Bridge  street,  Shelburne  Falls. 
He  married,  September  9,  1852,  Sophia  M. 
Wilder,  born  November  i,  1835,  daughter  of 
Israel  Wilder,  of  Conway,  Alassachusetts. 
Children:  i.  George  H.,  born  August  20, 
1854;  married  Mary  Churchill,  of  Shelburne 
Falls.  2.  Herbert  Wilder,  born  May  20,  1857 ; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Minnie,  born  March  20, 
1859;  married  Rev.  F.  W.  Whippen,  of  St. 
Albans,  Vermont.  4.  Carrie,  born  February 
10,  1861  ;  married  W.  A.  Johnson.  5.  Frank 
E.,  born  March  22,  1869.     6.  .\nnie,  December 

19.  1873- 

(Vni)  Herbert  \\'ilder,  son  of  Henry  Sal- 
inon  Swan,  was  born  at  Ruckland,  Massachu- 
setts, May  20,  1857,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  the  old  academy.  He 
then  worked  as  a  clerk  in  his  father's  furniture 
store  at  Shelburne  Falls,  and  later  became 
manager,  a  position  he  held  for  twenty-six 
years.  In  1901  the  business  was  incorporated 
as  H.  S.  Swan  Company,  Herbert  .Swan  being 
treasurer  and  manager.  Mr.  Swan  has  con- 
tinued at  the  head  of  the  company  and  takes 
rank  among  the  leading  merchants  of  the  town. 
He  is  a  member  of  Mountain  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons :  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen  ;  and  is  charter  member  of  the  Shel- 
burne Falls  Club.  He  served  in  Company  E, 
Second  Regiment,  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Militia,  for  eleven  years,  and  as  captain  for 
six  years.  In  religion  he  is  a  LIniversalist,  and 
politically  a  Republican.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 22,  1882,  Nellie  L.  Blanchard,  born  in 
W'orcester,  Massachusetts,  October  16,  1857, 
daughter  of  Eliot  B.  and  Samantha  (Morley) 
F^>lanchard.     Thev  have  no  children. 


(For  ance-stry  see  Tristram  Coffin  1). 

(IV)  Tristram  (2),  son  of  Peter 
COFFIN  Coffin,  was  born  at  Brixton,  near 
Plymouth,  county  of  Devonshire, 
England,  1605  (another  account  says  1609), 
and  died  October  2,  or  3.  1681,  at  Northam, 
near  Capaum  Pond.  He  first  settled  at  Salis- 
bury, Alassachusetts,  moved  the  same  year  to 
Haverhill,  where  his  name  appears  on  the 
Indian  end  of  that  town,  November  16,  1642, 
and  where  his  children  were  born :  Mary 
(Starbuck)  and  John  (the  first  John  having 
died  in  the  same  place  in  1642).  In  1648  he 
removed  to  Newbury,  where  his  youngest  son 


Stephen  was  born.  After  residing  there  sev- 
eral years,  during  which  time  he  was  licensed 
to  keep  an  inn  and  a  ferry  over  the  Merrimac 
river,  he  returned  to  Salisbury,  where  he  be- 
came a  county  magistrate,  and  in  1660  or  1661 
he  abandoned  New  England,  and  with  his  wife, 
four  children,  and  his  aged  mother  settled  upon 
the  island  of  Nantucket.  Prior  to  his  removal 
and  early  in  1659  he  made  a  voyage  of  inquiry 
and  observation  to  the  group  of  islands  ofT  the 
Massachusetts  coast,  with  a  view  to  this  change 
of  residence.  He  first  visited  Martha's  Vine- 
yard, and  taking  from  there  Peter  Folger. 
grandfather  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  as  an  inter- 
preter of  the  Indian  language,  proceeded  to 
Nantucket.  It  has  been  supposed  that  relig- 
ious persecution  was  the  cause  of  these  fre- 
(|uent  changes  and  of  his  final  departure  from 
the  mainland,  but  the  statement  cannot  be 
traced  to  a  reliable  source.  He  was  one  of  a 
comjiany  of  ten  that  purchased  Nantucket  from 
the  Indians,  which  fact  appears  in  a  conveyance 
from  the  Sachems  W^anackmamack  and  Nick- 
anoose,  dated  May  10,  1660.  The  original 
manuscript  of  this  instrument  is  still  extant, 
bearing  the  signature  of  Peter  Folger  as  one 
of  the  witnesses.  Prior  to  this  purchase  from 
the  natives  the  English  title  to  the  greater  por- 
tion of  the  island  had  been  obtained  from 
Thomas  Mayhew,  who  held  the  same  under  a 
conveyance  from  Lord  Stirling.  The  deed 
fi'om  Mayhew  is  dated  July  2,  1639,  and  runs 
to  the  grantees  in  the  following  order:  Tris- 
tram Cofiin.  Thomas  Macy,  Christopher  Hus- 
sey.  Richard  Swaine.  Thomas  Barnard,  Peter 
Coffin.  Stephen  (ireenleaf,  John  Swaine  and 
William  Pile.  Tristram  Coffin  and  his  sons 
at  one  time  owned  about  one-fourth  of  Nan- 
tucket and  the  whole  of  the  island  adjacent 
to  it  on  the  west,  called  Tuckernuck,  contain- 
ing one  thousand  acres,  which  he  purchased 
of  the  old  Sachem  Potconel  at  the  time  of  his 
visit  in  1639.  He  ajipears  to  have  been  a  lead- 
ing spirit  among  the  first  settlers  and  was 
frefjuently  selected  by  the  inhabitants  to  trans- 
act important  public  business.  His  letters  to 
the  colonial  government  of  New  York  (Nan- 
tucket was  at  that  time  a  dependency  of  New 
^'ork )  are  preserved  in  the  archives  of  the 
Department  of  State,  .Vlbany.  The  following 
iiath  of  office  and  administrator's  bond  are  on 
file  in  the  record  office  at  Nantucket : 

Whereas  I,  Tristram  Coffin  senior,  have  Received  a 
Commission  dated  the  16th  of  September  1677  In- 
vestinge  me  with  power  to  be  Chefe  Magistrate  on 
the  lie  of  Nantucket  and  depending  for  this  ye  four 
years    ensuinge    under    further    order    I    Tristram 


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CofRn  a  bond  said  doe  engage  myselfe  under  the 
penalty  of  perjury  to  doe  Justice  in  all  causes  that 
come  before  me  according  to  Law  and  endeavor  to 
my  best  understanding"  and  hereunto  I  have  sub- 
scribed TRISTRAM  COFFTN. 

Chief  Magistrate. 
Mr.    Tristram    Coffin    Senior    acknowledges    this    a 
bond    Subscription    to    be    his    act    and    office    deed 
before  me.  PETER  COFFIN,  Assistant. 

November  ye  5th,  1677. 
We  James  Coffin  John  Coffin  Steve  Coffin  do  bind 
ourselves?  jointly  and  severally  in  the  some  of  an 
hundred  pounds  sterling  to  perform  the  trust  and 
administer  on  our  father's  estate  and  to  bare  the 
court  harmless  according  to  law. 

JAMES  COFFIN 
JOHN  COFFIN 
STEPHEN  COFFIN. 
At  the  Court  of  Sessions  held  the  29th  of  Novem- 
ber    1681     there     granted    administration     unto     me 
James  Coffin   John   Coffin  and  Stephen   Coffin  on   the 
estate   of   Mr.    Tristram   Coffin   deceased    the    2nd   or 
3rd    of    October    1681    they    having    given     security 
according  to  law. 

The  body  of  the  oath  was  evidently  written  by 
Peter  Coffin  (son  of  Tristram);  the  signature  is  an 
autograph.  It  will  be  observed  that  Tristram  used 
the  letter  y  Instead  of  i  in  writing  the  family  name. 
It  is  said  that  his  ancestors  spelled  it  in  the  same 
manner.  The  letter  of  the  administration  appended 
to  the  bond  fixes  the  date  of  his  death  (October  3, 
1681)    beyond  question. 

.\ccompanying  the  foregoing  is  tlie  coni- 
mission  which  was  issued  under  "the  hand  and 
seal  of  Fran.  Lovelace,  Secretary  of  the  State 
of  New  York,"  dated  June  29,  1671,  to  "Mr, 
Tristram  Cotifin  Senr.,  to  be  chiefe  magistrate 
in  and  over  the  islands  of  Nantucket  and  Tuck- 
anucket." 

"In  the  year  1826,  Sir  Isaac  Coffin,  a  native 
of  Boston  (who  went  to  England  in  early  life 
and  became  a  baronet  and  an  admiral  in  the 
British  navy),  visited  Nantucket  and  founded 
the  Coffin  school  (the  original  fund  being 
i2000  sterling),  which  is  still  flourishing.  The 
act  of  incorporation  provides  for  an  establish- 
ment of  a  school  for  the  purpose  of  promoting 
decency,  good  order  and  morality,  and  for  a 
good  English  education  to  youths  who  are  de- 
scendants of  the  late  Tristram  Coffin,  who 
emigrated  from  England,  etc.  The  act  further 
provides  'that  the  trustees  shall  all  be  descend- 
ants of  the  above  mentioned  Tristram  Coffin 
in  the  male  or  female  line.'  " 

Tristram  Coffin  married,  in  England,  Dionis, 
daughter  of  Robert  Stevens,  of  Brixton,  coun- 
ty Devon,  England.  Children:  i.  Hon.  Peter, 
born  in  England,  1631,  died  in  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire,  March  2,  1715.  2.  Tristram,  Jr., 
born  1632,  .see  forward.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  in 
England  :  married,  in  Newbury,  November  13, 


1651,  Captain  Stephen  Greenleaf;  died  No- 
vember 29,  1678.  4.  James,  born  .August  12, 
1640.  5.  John,  born  in  England,  died  in  Haver- 
hill, October  30,  16^:2.  6.  Deborah,  born  in 
Haverhill.  November  15,  1642,  died  there  De- 
cember 8,  1642.  7.  Mary,  born  in  Haverhill, 
February  20,  1645:  married  Nathaniel  Star- 
buck,  and  was  mother  of  the  first  white  child 
born  in  Nantucket;  died  there  September  13, 
1 71 7.  8.  John,  born  in  Haverhill,  October  30, 
1647,  died  in  Edgartown,  171 1.  9.  Stephen, 
horn  in  Newbury,  May  11,  1652,  died  in  Nan- 
tucket, May  18,  1734. 

l\')  Tristram  (3),  son  of  Tristram  (2) 
Coffin,  was  born  in  England,  in  1632,  died  at 
Xewbury,  Massachusetts,  February  4,  1 704. 
fie  settled  in  Newbury,  and  was  admitted  a 
freeman  April  29,  1668.  He  is  the  ancestor  of 
all  the  Newbury  families  of  the  name.  His 
house,  which  at  last  accounts  was  still  occu- 
pied by  his  descendants,  was  built  about  1649 
or  1654,  and  is  therefore  two  hundred  and 
fifty  years  old.  He  married,  in  Newbury, 
March  2,  1652-33,  Judith  Greenleaf,  born  1623, 
died  at  Newbury,  December  15,  1705,  daugh- 
ter of  Edmund  and  Sarah  Greenleaf,  and 
widow  of  Henry  Sowerby.  Children,  born  at 
Newbury:  I.  Judith.  December  4,  1653,  mar- 
ried John  Sanborn.  2.  Deborah,  November 
10,  1655,  married,  October  31.  1677,  Joseph 
Knight.  3.  Marv,  November  12,  1637,  married, 
October  31,  1677,  Joseph  Little.  4.  James, 
.\pril  22,  1639.  5.  John,  September  8,  1660, 
died  May  13,  1677.  6.  Lydia,  .\pril  22,  1662, 
married  (first)  Moses  Little :  (second)  March 
i8.  1695,  John  Pike.  7.  Enoch,  January  21, 
1663,  died  November  12,  1773.  8.  Stephen, 
.\ugust  18,  1664.  see  forward.  9.  Peter,  July 
2/.  1667,  died  January  19,  1746.  lo.  Hon. 
Nathaniel,  March  22,  1669,  died  February  20, 

1 748-49- 

(\T)  Stephen,  son  of  Tristram  (3)  Coffin, 
was  born  in  Newbury,  .August  18,  1664,  died 
.\ugust  31,  1725.  He  married,  October  8, 
1683,  Sarah  .Atkinson,  born  November  27. 
1663,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Mirick) 
.\tkinson.  Children,  born  at  Newbury:  I. 
.Sarah,  May  16,  1686,  died  November  20,  1768; 
married,  February  4,  1706,  Joshua  Bailey.  2. 
Tristram,  January  14.  1688,  died  August  6, 
1700.  3.  Tristram,  March  6,  1689,  died  Janu- 
ary 23,  1707.  4.  Lydia,  July  21,  1691,  mar- 
ried, November  18,  171 3,  Richard  Carr.  5. 
Judith,  February  23,  1693,  married,  June  7, 
1714.  Nathaniel  Greenleaf.  6.  John,  January 
30,  1693.    7.  .Abigail,  September  23,  1696,  mar- 


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ried  Robert  Morgan.  8.  Stephen,  1698.  9. 
Daniel.  September  19,  1700,  see  forward.  10. 
Abner,  April  29,  1702. 

(\TIj  Daniel,  son  of  Stephen  Coffin,  was 
born  at  Newbury,  September  19,  1700.  He 
married  Lydia  Moulton,  of  Flampton,  New 
Hampshire.  Children:  i.  Lydia,  born  De- 
cember 10,  1727,  married  Sterling  Sargent. 
2.  Stephen,  August  6,  1729,  married  Sarah 
Holt.  3.  Simeon,  ( )ctober  17,  1731,  married 
Eleanor  Huse.  4.  Mary,  January  28,  1734, 
married  John  Knight.  5.  Daniel,  August  17, 
1737,  see  forward.  6.  Isaac,  February  26, 
1739.  7.  Peter,  born  at  Haverhill.  8.  Sarah, 
born  at  Haverhill,  married  Valentine  Straw. 

(\'nr)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Coffin, 
was  born  August  17,  1737.  He  served  in  the 
revolution,  at  San  ford,  Maine,  in  Captain 
Joshua  Bragdon's  company.  Colonel  James 
Scammon's  regiment  (Third)  in  1775;  also  in 
Captain  John  Evans'  company  in  1781,  on 
guard  duty  at  lAndroscoggin  river.  He  mar- 
ried Mehitable  Harmer,  of  Sanford,  Maine, 
and  settled  in  .\lfred,  Maine.  Children,  some 
born  in  Bethel,  Maine:  i.  Daniel,  married 
Lydia  Bean.  2.  lienjamin,  married  Sarah 
Pike.  3.  Mehitable,  married  John  Clough.  4. 
Napthali,   see    forward.      5.    Rhoda,    married 

Bean.    6.  David,  married Swan. 

7-  Joel. 

(IX)  Napthali,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Coffin, 
was  born  at  Bethel,  Maine,  May  8,  1769,  died 
at  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire,  May  5, 
1837.  He  married  Abigail  Scribner.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Warren,  born  at  I'.ethel,  Maine, 
March  27,.  1802,  died  at  Winchester,  Massa- 
chusetts. October  7.  1889;  married,  1826.  Han- 
nah liurbank,  born  July  31,  1809,  in  Gilead, 
Maine.     2.  David,  see  forward. 

( X )  David,  son  of  Napthali  Coffin,  was 
burn  in  liethel,  Maine,  December  24.  1806. 
lie  married  Harriet  Atwood  liurbank,  born 
.\pril  6.  1816,  died  in  Aberdeen,  South  Dakota, 
December  8,  1906,  daughter  of  .\braham  and 
Priscilla  ( Severy )  liurbank.  who  were  the 
parents  of  another  daughter,  Hannah  P>ur- 
bank.  Children,  born  in  Londonderry,  New 
Hampshire:  i.  Harriet  .Augusta,  born  Sep- 
tember 13,  1837,  married  Moses  Noyes  Holmes. 
2.  Charles  Warren,  December  21,  1840,  see 
fi  rward.  3.  .\]ma  Frances.  September  2fi, 
18-14.  niarried  Joseph  Edwin  Chase.  4.  Frank- 
lin Leland,  February  18,  1850.  died  August  31, 
1879,  unmarried. 

(XI)  Charles  Warren,  son  of  David  Coffin, 
was  born  in  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire, 
December  21,  1840.   He  graduated  from  Dart- 


mouth College  with  the  degree  of  C.  E.  in 
1864.  He  served  two  years  in  the  Maine  legis- 
lature. He  married  Ruth  Abbie,  born  Decem- 
ber 21,  1838,  in  Hampden,  Maine,  daughter  of 
.\rad  and  Emeline  (Peabody)  Walker.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  P.angor,  Maine:  i.  Rockwell 
.Augustus,  July  31,  1870,  see  forward.  2. 
F.rmengarde  .\rvilla,  March  29,  1873;  mar- 
ried Francis  Payne  Mason,  born  in  Cleveland. 
Ohio,  but  lived  and  was  educated  in  Europe, 
and  holds  the  degree  of  Ph.  D.  from  Bern 
Cniversity.  Children :  Francis  Van  Wyke 
and  Charles  Coffin  Mason.  Frank  Holcomb 
Mason,  father  of  Francis  Payne  Mason,  was 
born  at  Niles,  Trumbull  county,  Ohio,  1839. 
He  graduated  from  Hiram  College,  Ohio, 
i860:  served  through  the  civil  war,  two  years 
as  private  in  the  Forty-second  Ohio  Regiment : 
re-enlisted  as  captain  of  the  Twelfth  Ohio 
Cavalry  "for  the  war"  and  served  to  the  end. 
He  was  appointed  in  1879  to  the  consulate  at 
Basel  by  President  Hayes:  in  1884  transferred 
to  Marseilles;  in  1889  promoted  to  the  con- 
sulate general  at  P>ankfort-on-the-Main ;  in 
1898  sent  to  Berlin  as  consul  general ;  in  1905 
to  Paris,  which  i)osition  he  still  occupies.  In 
i8r/i  he  married  Jennie  \'an  Wyck,  daughter 
of  Judge  Matthew  and  Jane  \'an  Wyck 
( Weaver )   Birchard. 

(XII)  Dr.  Rockwell  .\ugu,stus,  son  of 
Charles  Warren  Coffin,  was  born  in  Bangor, 
Maine,  July  31,  1870.  He  attended  private 
and  public  schools  and  the  Bangor  high  school, 
com])leting  his  prejiaration  for  college  in 
Philli])s  Academy,  Andover,  Massachusetts. 
He  entered  .\mherst  College,  class  of  1892, 
but  left  after  one  year,  and  entered  on  his 
professional  studies  at  the  Harvard  Medical 
School,  where  he  received  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Medicine  with  the  class  of  1893.  He  was 
resident  physician  in  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  Den- 
ver. Colorado,  for  the  year  1894,  and  then 
studied  abroad  two  years,  at  Berlin  University 
and  \'ienna  General  Hospital,  and  while  in 
X'ienna  served  as  assistant  of  Dr.  Hajek.  the 
celebrated  laryngologist.  Since  1897  he  has 
l)racticed  in  Boston,  making  a  specialty  of 
laryngology  and  otology.  He  is  surgeon  for 
diseases  of  the  throat  and  nose  at  the  I>oston 
City  Hospital  and  instructor  in  laryngology 
in  the  Harvard  Medical  School.  He  is  the 
author  of  "A  Differential  Diagnosis  of  Empy- 
ema of  .Accessory  Cavities  of  the  Nose  by 
Internal  E.xamination."  published  in  the  Medi- 
co-Surgical Journal.  March  24,  1898.  He  is 
a  member  of  "the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society. 
New    England   Otological   and    Laryngological 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


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Society,     University     Club,     Hoosic-Whisick 
Club.     He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 

The  following  is  an  account  written  by  Mrs. 
Mary  Coffin  john.son  to  her  nephew,  William 
E.  Coffin,  of  "Richmond,  Indiana,  of  her  visit 
to  "Portledge."  the  ancient  seat  of  the  Coffin 
family  in  Devonshire,  England : 

We  took  a  carriage  at  Bideford  (North  Devon)  at 
two  p.  m.  and  had  a  pleasant  drive  of  four  mile.s  on 
a  shaded  road,  lined  on  either  side  with  luxuriant 
hedges,  brambled  vines  and  grasses  to  the  old  Manor 
House  which  has  so  long  belonged  to  the  Coffin 
family,  eight  hundred  years.  It  is  one  of  the  few 
estates  which  has  remained  for  so  great  a  length  of 
time  in  a  family  and  retained  its  original  name. 

After  entering  the  great  gateway,  the  ride  in  the 
grounds  was  half  a  mile  before  reaching  the  Manor 
House.  The  butler  admitted  us  and  we  sent  our 
cards  to  Mr.  J.  F.  P.  Coffin,  the  hospitable  owner  and 
resident  of  "Portledge"  who  soon  appeared  and 
cordially  welcomed  us.  I  had  previously  exchanged 
letters  with  him  about  our  proposed  visit.  We 
regretted  the  absence  of  Mrs.  J.  F.  Pine  Collin,  his 
wife,  who  is  a  sister  of  the  late  Captain  Speke.  the 
Nile  voyager.  She  was  with  her  mother.  Mrs.  Speke. 
who  was  very  ill. 

Mr.  Coffin  made  our  visit  most  interesting  and 
gave  us  every  attention.  He  has  in  his  possession 
manuscript  deeds  extending  back  hundreds  of  years 
and  showed  us  the  first  original  copies  given  In  the 
time  of  Henry  Third,  about  1220,  signed  by  "Richard 
Cophin."  One  dated  1224  is  signed  "Richard  Coftyn." 
There  are  seals  of  green  wax  attached,  one  by  a 
silken  cord  in  almost  perfect  preservation  and  bear- 
ing a  figure  of  the  king  on  horseback.  These  deeds 
are  inscribed  with  great  neatness  in  Saxon. 

In  the  large  entrance  hall,  which  has  a  gallery 
around  the  second  floor,  formed  by  a  balustrade, 
and  in  the  dining  room,  are  hanging  old  family 
portraits  of  the  ancestors  of  the  past  centuries. 
These  interested  me  greatly.  They  are  of  both  men 
and  women,  all  dressed  in  very  antiquated  style,  but 
the  faces  were  very  fine,  blue  eyes,  and  the  charac- 
teristic features  of  the  Coffins  of  the  present  day. 
The  names  of  Richard,  Mary  and  Honor  were  among 
them. 

The  Manor  House  is  a  fine  old  building  with  very 
handsome  carved  doors  and  containing  all  the 
appointments  of  an  English  home  of  the  high  classes. 
It  is  two  stories  in  height,  as  most  English  houses 
of  this  kind,  with  arched  windows  and  steep  roof. 
Like  all  the  ancient  buildings  and  fortifications  of 
Feudal  time  the  house  is  built  in  a  valley  or  hollow 
surrounded  by  hills,  so  that  it  is  not  seen  until  one 
Is  quite  near  it.  The  coat-of-arms  is  on  the  ceiling 
of  the  dining  room,  but  It  has  been  blended  with 
that  of  the  Pine  family  with  whom  the  Coffins  have 
intermarried. 

The  grounds  belonging  to  the  estate  comprise  most 
of  the  parish,  about  twenty-seven  hundred  acres, 
and  extend  to  the  sea.  There  is  a  lovely  walk  to 
the  beach  along  the  ferns,  trees,  thick  shrubs,  rich 
with  verdure  and  seats  are  placed  for  enjoyment  of 
the  view  and  sea  breezes.  Lawn  and  garden  are  In 
most  beautiful  state  of  cultivation.  The  lawn  Is 
like  a  rich  green  carpet  and  there  are  numerous 
noble  trees  and  fine  shrubs,  many  of  them  very  old. 


Two  stone  corn-grinders  stood  on  the  lawn,  of  very 
ancient  date,  formerly  raised  by  ancestors. 

We  next  visited  Arlington  Church,  a  mile  from 
the  house,  where  the  Coffin  family  has  worshipped 
for  centuries;  where  they  have  been  given  in  mar- 
riage and  where  numerous  tombs  designate  their 
last  resting  places.  The  church  is  a  handsome  old 
stone  structure  of  great  antiquity.  It  has  a  tower 
and  is  surrounded  by  a  church  yard,  in  which  are 
fine  old  trees,  shade  and  shrub,  standing  in  a  quiet 
solitude  with  no  dwellings  in  sight.  It  seemed  a 
solemn  and  romantic  spot  to  me.  proclaiming  afresh 
the  passing  away  of  early  lives  and  things.  The 
huge  key  given  us  by  which  to  enter  was  fully  a 
foot  long  and  large  in  proportion,  truly  a  relic  of 
"ye  olden  time."  There  are  inside  the  edifice  many 
prettily  carved  pews  and  pulpit.  An  ancient  bap- 
tismal font  still  stands,  to  which  I  suggested  that 
tlie  latest  born  Tristram  shall  be  brought  and  bap- 
tized. Many  of  the  tablets  which  cover  the  floor 
are  so  worn  by  age  that  the  inscriptions  beyond  the 
name  of  Coffin  cannot  be  deciphered.  In  the  church 
yard  many  of  the  stones  still  stand  erect,  but  they 
are  worn  so  thin  and  crumbled  by  the  "stones  of 
time"  that  the  inscriptions  cannot  be  read.  I  found 
some  horizontal  slabs  in  the  shape  of  a  Coffin,  with 
a  curious  Roman  cross  carved  upon  them. 

The  inscriptions  which  we  could  not  make  out 
were  singular  in  expression,  revealing  the  fact  that 
they  had  their  day  and  generation  long  ago.  The 
"Sole  Surviving  Son,"  James  Coffin,  fifth  of  Sir 
Richard  Coffin  and  his  wife,  erected  a  curious  tablet 
"to  the  pious  memory  of  his  parents  in  the  year 
1651."  which  reads  as  follows:  "Mr.  S.  Richard 
Coffin  of  Portledge,  Esqr.  and  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
daughter  of  Leonard  Lovis  Vebare  in  the  Countie 
Esqr.  Hee  deceased  July  ye  25th,  Anno  Dni.  1617, 
set  at  Svae  78.  shee  departed  this  life.  May  ye  3rd, 
An.  Do.  1631,  act  at  Svae  80. 

"All  her  portrayed  sieves  one  wynd  Coffin  sent 
Through  Heavens  canopy  and  to  earth  here  lent 
Performed  with  virtues  and  bedowed  with  grace 
I  adorn  thee  with  a  progeny  for  a  space 
One  man  took  life  from  dead  Elisha's  bones 
8  marchalled  sons  lived  from  this  Coffin's  loins 
With  daughters  seven,  they  from  this  vine  did  sprout 
Like  olive  plants  their  table  round  about. 
Thrice  happy  fruitful  Coffin  may  thy  buds  spring 
And  to  Eternity  Hallelejars  sing." 

The  surname  of  Coffin  is  English  and  knightly, 
and  of  great  antiquity  in  the  county  of  Devon.  Eng- 
land. Sir  Elias  Coffin,  of  Clist  and  Ingarty,  lived  in 
the  reign  of  King  John:  Sir  Jefterey  Coffin,  of  Arling- 
ton, in  that  of  Henry  IL  and  Sir  Jeffrey  Coffin,  of 
Coombe  Coffin,  in  that  of  Henry  III.  Sir  William 
Coffin,  sheriff  of  Devonshire,  was  master  of  the 
horse  at  the  coronation  of  Anne  Bolwyn  and  was 
afterwards  one  of  the  eighteen  assistants  of  King 
Henry  VIII,  at  the  Field  of  the  Cloth  of  Gold  in 
1519;  at  his  death  he  bequeathed  his  hawks  and  best 
horses  to  his  master,  Henry  VIH.  Leaving  no  issue, 
his  estate  went  to  his  brother's  eldest  son,  Richard 
Coffin,  Esq.,  of  Portledge,  County  Devon.  The  present 
representative  is  John  F.  Pine  Coffin.  Esq..  of  Port- 
ledge. 

The  crest  is  a  Phoenix,  the  motto  "Post  tenebras 
speramus  lumin  de  lumine." 


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William  Henry  Pearson  was 
PEARSON  born  in  England  in  1812  and 
resided  in  Stockport.  He  was 
the  overseer  of  the  cotton  mills  of  George 
Fernley  &  Company,  and  in  1865  came  to 
America.  He  settled  in  Ashuelot,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
woolen  goods  until  his  death.  He  married  in 
England.  Emma  Cross,  born  181 2.  They  had 
a  family  of  nine  children. 

(Hj  Henry,  son  of  William  Henry  Pear- 
son, was  born  at  Stockport,  England,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1852.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  England  until  eleven  years  of  age,  when  he 
entered  the  employ  of  George  Fernley  &  Sons 
as  oftice  boy.  He  was  promoted  from  time  to 
time  until  he  was  given  charge  of  the  loom 
products  of  the  mil]  office.  On  November  5, 
1866,  he  came  to  America  to  join  his  father, 
and  secured  a  situation  in  the  finishing  depart- 
ment of  a  mill  in  Ashuelot,  New  Hampshire, 
remaining  about  a  year.  He  attended  school 
part  of  the  time  in  this  country  until  he  was 
sixteen  years  old.  He  went  to  Hinsdale,  New 
Hampshire,  where  for  a  short  time  he  was 
employed  in  the  weaving-room  of  Haile,  Frost 
&  Company's  woolen  mill.  Desiring  to  learn 
the  trade  of  machinist,  he  decided  to  accept  a 
situation  which  had  been  offered  him  in  the 
machine  shop  of  Holman  &  Merriman.  For 
twelve  years  Mr.  Pearson  was  with  this  firm, 
with  the  exception  of  an  interval  of  six  months, 
when  he  acted  as  inspector  at  the  Millers  Falls 
Manufacturing  Works.  His  reputation  as  a 
good  mechanic  was  soon  recognized  and  his 
next  situation  was  as  toolmaker  in  the  Harris 
Corliss  Engine  Works,  at  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  A  year  later  he  was  oft'ered  the  fore- 
manship  of  the  machine  department  of  the 
Wason  Manufacturing  Company,  at  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  which  he  accepted,  enter- 
ing upon  his  duties  in  the  spring  of  1881.  This 
company  is  one  of  the  oldest  manufacturers  of 
steam  cars  in  the  country.  The  following  year 
he  was  promoted  to  the  position  of  assistant 
superintendent,  and  in  1883  was  made  me- 
chanical superintendent.  He  afterwards  be- 
came vice-president  and  general  manager 
of  the  company,  and  is  now  the  president 
of  this  large  and  successful  corporation. 
Mr.  Pearson  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
and  a  Universalist  in  religion.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Nayasset  Club  of  Springfield, 
the  Engineers'  Club  of  New  York  City,  and 
several  railroad  clubs;  of  the  Hampden  Lodge 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  Alassachusetts  Grand 
Lodge;   of   the   Roswell   Lee   Lodge  of    Free 


Masons ;  Morning  Star  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Alasons ;  Springfield  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  and  Melha  Temple,  Order  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  married,  November  29, 
1871,  Alice  Amelia,  born  October  9,  1854, 
daughter  of  Chauncey  P.  Cook,  at  Hinsdale, 
New  Hampshire.  Child,  Nellie  Lillian,  born 
May  30,  1873  ;  married,  July  3,  1894,  Austin  H. 
Pease,  .secretary  of  the  Wason  Manufacturing 
Company. 

(  H)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i) 
DWTS  Davis  (q.  v.),  resided  in  Haver- 
hill. He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  1666  and  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  in 
1677.  He  died  July  18,  1694.  His  will  was 
<lated  the  same  day,  and  proved  August  2, 
iriy4.  He  married  (first)  December  i,  1648, 
in  Ilaverhill.  Elizabeth  Eaton,  who  died  there 
January   21,    1683,   daughter   of   John   Eaton. 

He  married   (second)   Mary  ,  who  was 

mentioned  in  the  will.  Children:  i.  Hannah, 
born  June  19,  1650,  died  July  8,  1650.  2. 
Esther,  October  8,  1651.  3."  Elizabeth,  March 
II,  1653-54;  married,  October  31,  1676,  Rob- 
ert Hastings.  4.  Ann,  February  13,  1655 ; 
married  James  Pecker,  Jr.  5.  Sarah,  August 
5,  1658 :  married.  May  2,  1693,  Thomas  Litch- 
field. 6.  James,  October  3,  1660;  married, 
August  16,  1693,  Sarah  Wiggin,  widow.  7. 
John,  June  30,  1664;  a  soldier,  slain  in  Canada 
in  1690.  8.  Daniel,  September  19,  1666.  9. 
Elisha,  August  30,  1670;  mentioned  below.  10. 
Constance,  March  9,  1673-74;  married  Joseph 
Barney. 

(HI)  Elisha,  son  of  James  (2)  Davis,  was 
born  at  Haverhill,  August  30,  1670,  died  Janu- 
ary 18,  1738-39,  at  Haverhill.  His  will  was 
dated  January  15  and  proved  February  19, 
I738'39-  He  married,  June  14,  1694,  Grace 
Shaw,  whose  will  was  dated  August  18  and 
proved  September  21,  1741.  Children,  born 
at  Haverhill:  i.  James,  June  24,  1695;  mar- 
ried. March  29,  1716,  Sarah  Bayley.  2.  Daniel, 
December  2.  1697:  married  Esther  Barney. 
3.  Elizabeth,  February  29,  1699-1700;  married 
Caleb  Dalton.  4.  Abigail,  March  11,  1702-03; 
married,  December  27,  1722,  Richmond  Hub- 
bard. 5.  Esther,  October  31,  1706;  married 
Robert  Ford.  6.  John,  March  13,  1708-09; 
mentioned  below.  7.  Susanna,  married  John 
Black.    8.  Moses,  married  Hepzibah  Richeson. 

9.  Daughter,  married Wilson. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Elisha  Davis,  was  born 
March  13.  1708-09,  in  Haverhill,  and  resided 
there.  He  was  a  juror  in  1730-40.  He  mar- 
ried. June  30.   1732,  Sarah  Barney,  of  Reho- 


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both,  and  died  July  14,  1781,  in  Haverhill. 
Children,  born  in  Haverhill:  I.  Barney,  Au- 
gust 18,  1733.  2.  John,  January  4,  1734-35; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Anne,  August  31,  1738; 
married,  December  13,  1775,  Benjamin  Fisher. 

4.  Mary,  -April  3,  1742.  (A  Martha  Davis 
married,  October  19,  1773,  Jonathan  Pearse). 

5.  Sarah,  August  28,  1744;  married,  January 
10,  1765,  Nathan  Pearse  Jr.  6.  James,  Febru- 
ary 9,  1746-47;  married,  February  26,  1776, 
Amy  Haskins.  7.  Joseph,  May  7,  1750,  at 
Rehoboth. 

(\')  John  {2),  son  of  John  (i  )  Davis,  wat; 
born  at  Haverhill,  January  4,  1734-35-  He 
removed  with  the  family  to  Rehoboth,  where 
his  mother  was  born  and  where  the  family  had 
lived  previously.  He  married  at  Rehoboth, 
September  4,  1760,  Joanna  Hix,  of  Rehoboth 
A  John  Davis  married,  October  8,  1780,  at 
Rehoboth,  Mehitable  Bullock,  and  this  was 
probably  his  second  marriage.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  second  lieutenant  in 
Captain  Sylvanus  Martin's  company  (Third), 
Colonel  Thomas  Carpenter's  regiment  (First 
Bristol),  commissioned  March  27,  1776.  He 
was  at  Dorchester  Heights  at  the  time  of  the 
evacuation  of  lioston ;  he  was  in  Captain  Isaac 
Hodges's  company,  Colonel  Ebenezer  Fran- 
ces's regiment  among  those  taken  from  the 
regiments  of  Colonel  Carpenter  and  Colonel 
Daggett  in  1776.  He  was  first  lieutenant  in 
Captain  James  Hill's  company.  Colonel  John 
Daggett's  regiment  in  1777  at  Howland  Ferry 
in  the  defence  of  Rhode  Island ;  later  in  Cap- 
tain Sylvanus  Martin's  company.  Colonel 
Thomas  Carpenter's  regiment.  Children,  born 
at  Rehoboth:  i.  Squier,  January  21,  1762; 
settled  at  Royalston,  Worcester  county,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  his  wife  Alathea  died  July  31, 
1813,  in  her  forty-ninth  year.  2.  John,  April 
13-  ^7^3'  soldier  in  the  revolution  from 
Royalston.  3.  Sylvester,  October  13,  1764. 
4.  Sarah,  October,  1766;  married  at  Royalston, 
December  8,  1792,  Deacon  Simeon  Jacobs.  5. 
Susanna,  July  18,  1768.  6.  Joanna,  Febru- 
ary 18,  1770.  7.  Joseph,  October  18.  1771  : 
married  at  Royalston,  June,  1796,  Sophia 
Whiten.  8.  Benjamin,  February  8,  1773.  9. 
Asahel,  February  19,  1775 ;  mentioned  below. 
10.  Barney.  11.  Daniel,  died  at  age  of  forty, 
leaving  four  children.  With  the  exception  of 
Daniel  all  these  children  lived  to  be  over  sev- 
enty vears  of  age. 

(VI)  Lieutenant  .A.sahel,  son  of  Lieutenant 
John  (2)  Davis,  was  born  in  Rehoboth,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1775.  He  married  (probably  in 
!>wansea,      IMassachu  setts,     as     recorded     in 


Royalston),  September  13,  1798,  Deborah 
Mason.  He  settled  with  his  brothers  and  sisters 
in  Royalston.  His  brother  was  called  John, 
Jr.,  in  the  revolutionary  records,  indicating 
that  the  father  was  also  living  there.  Children, 
born  at  Royalston:  I.  Cyrus,  October  15, 
1799.  2.  Elisha  M.,  May  30,  1801.  3.  Ansel, 
July  19,  1803;  mentioned  below.  4.  Hannah, 
March  30,  1805.  5.  Louisa,  March  11,  1807. 
6.  Daniel,  February  4,  1809.  7.  Polly,  July 
2.  1812.  8.  Hosea,  June  21,  1816.  9.  Caleb, 
.\pril  13,  1818. 

(VH)  Ansel,  son  of  Lieutenant  .\sahel 
Davis,  was  born  in  Royalston,  July  19,  1803. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  followed  farming  through 
his  active  life.  He  removed  from  Royalston 
to  the  adjacent  town  of  Warwick.  He  was  a 
rejiresentative  to  the  general  court  from  that 
town.  He  died  in  1859.  He  married  Caroline 
Dudley,  born  181 7,  died  April  9,  1868.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Warwick:  i.  Lucretia,  June  22, 
1842;  died  December,  1899;  married  Watson 
Whitney.  2.  Ansel  M.,  1844,  died  Alay  23, 
'853.  3-  Martha,  August  29,  1846,  died  Sep- 
tember 9,  1848.  4.  Chester  B.,  1849,  died 
March,  1852.  5.  Mary  C,  June,  1851,  died 
December  21,  1851.  6.  Chester  A.,  mentioned 
below. 

(\TII)  Chester  A.,  son  of  Ansel  Davis, 
was  born  in  Warwick,  July  7,  1854.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
After  the  death  of  his  father,  he  went  with  his 
mother  to  live  in  Orange,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  worked  on  a  farm  until  1872.  He  then 
took  up  the  trade  of  house  painting  and  grain- 
ing. In  1875  he  bought  a  livery  stable  in 
Orange,  and  in  1877  moved  came  to  Turners 
Fallsand  also  bought  of  Nathan  D.  Allen  the 
ice  business  and  has  both  at  the  present  time. 
He  was  foreman  of  the  pulp  mill  for  eight 
years.  He  was  superintendent  of  streets  of 
the  town  of  Montague  in  1902-04-06;  was  for 
several  years  on  the  prudential  committee  of 
the  fire  department ;  and  has  been  deputy  sheriflf 
of  Frankhn  county  since  1893.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  LTnitarian  church.  He  married,  in 
1876,  Elizabeth  Jane,  born  July  6,  1855,  died 
luly  12,  1909,  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Pru- 
dence (Cheney)  Battle,  of  Orange.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Battle  had  four  children:  Abbie  S., 
married  Frank  M.  Jennison.  Janet  C,  married 
\^alorus  A.  Harrington.  Artemas  J.,  married 
Frances  Bryant.  Elizabeth  Jane,  married  Ches- 
ter A.  Davis.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis 
born  in  Turners  Falls  (town  of  Montague) 
I.    Carolyn     Lucretia,    September     18,    1877 


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married.  July  8,  lyoj,  William  E.  Porter.  2. 
Grace  Ida.  July  24,  1883.  3.  Elizabeth  Ethel, 
Xovember  14,  1885. 


(For  preceding-  generations  see  Thomas  Burgess  1). 

(VI)  Benjamin  Burgess,  son 
BL'RGESS  of  Elisha  Burgess,  was  born  in 
Sandwich,  August  26,  1778 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  began  business  there  in  1802. 
He  prospered  there  and  after  the  war  of  1812, 
about  1816,  removed  to  Boston  where  he  car- 
ried on  a  large  and  profitable  trade  with  Cuba. 
He  was  very  enterprising  and  energetic  and 
his  business  grew  rapidly.  He  had  the  good 
fortune  to  pass  through  all  the  changes  of  an 
active  mercantile  business  of  more  than  half 
a  century  in  duration  with  none  of  the  reverses 
that  so  often  interru])t  and  sometimes  ruin 
the  career  of  the  best  and  wisest  merchants, 
and  he  had  the  satisfaction  too  of  founding 
one  of  the  leading  houses  in  the  Cuban  trade 
in  this  country.  Though  one  of  the  most 
(|uiet,  inodest  and  unobtrusive  men  in  manner 
and  life,  he  was  lacking  in  none  of  the  essential 
characteristics  of  the  successful  merchant ;  he 
possessed  the  full  measure  of  integrity  ex- 
cellent judgment  and  foresight.  He  was  the 
first  to  open  trade  with  the  post  of  Cienfuegos. 
He  was  a  leader  in  the  temperance  movement 
and  took  the  lead  in  abolishing  spirit  rations 
on  board  merchant  vessels.  It  was  character- 
istic of  the  man,  that  when  he  abolished  grog, 
he  increased  the  other  allowances  and  raised 
the  wages  of  his  seamen.  His  example  was 
followed  one  after  another  by  the  other  ship- 
owners of  New  England. 

In  181 2  and  for  several  years  afterward  he 
represented  the  town  of  Sandwich  in  the  gen- 
eral court.  He  retained  the  ownership  of  the 
ancient  Burgess  homestead  in  Sandwich  where 
the  family  has  lived  since  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor located  there  in  1638.  After  he  retired 
from  business,  he  made  his  summer  home  there 
and  took  great  jjleasure  in  beautifying  the 
grounds  and  cultivating  the  lands  of  his  fore- 
fathers. He  had  the  unique  privilege  of 
gathering  a  crop  of  apples  from  an  orchard 
he  planted  after  he  was  seventy  years  old  and 
of  gathering  fruit  from  another  planted  after 
he  was  eighty  years.  For  many  years  he  was 
a  director  of  the  Merchants'  Bank  of  Boston ; 
of  the  Equitable  Life  Insurance  Company  of 
Boston  and  of  the  Cape  Cod  Railroad  Com- 
pany. To  a  remarkable  degree  he  had  the 
love  and  confidence  of  men  associated  with 
him  or  dealing  with  him  in  business.     He  had 


a  kindly,  sympathetic,  resourceful  character 
and  was  an  exemplary  Christian.  He  married, 
June  3,  1804,  Mary  Swift,  who  died  January 
29,  1 861,  aged  seventy-eight  years.  He  died 
January  29,  1864.  Children,  born  in  Sandwich 
and  Boston;  i.  Adaline,  June  20,-1805.  2. 
Mary,  September  2,  1807  ;  married  Hiram  Ellis 
and  Enos  l>riggs.  3.  Thomas  Jefferson,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1810,  ilied  July  18,  1834;  married 
Achsah  (libbs.  4.  Eliza  Swift,  March  24,  1813 
5.  llepzibah,  February  7,  1816.  6.  Benjamin 
Franklin,  mentioned  below.  7.  Caroline  Beal, 
March  i,  1821. 

(\  II)  Benjamin  Franklin,  son  of  Benjamin 
i^urgess,  was  born  September  6,  1818,  at  Sand- 
wich. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  when  a  young  man  became  associated  with 
his  father  in  the  foreign  trade  in  Boston.  He 
became  a  partner  of  his  father  under  the  firm 
name  of  Benjamin  Burgess  &  Son,  dealers  in 
West  India  goods,  ship-owners  and  importers. 
This  concern  was  for  many  years  one  of  the 
largest  in  its  line  of  business  in  Boston.  After 
a  long  and  distinguished  career  as  a  merchant 
Mr.  Piurgess  retired  and  resided  in  Brookline. 
where  he  died  October  3,  1909.  In  religion  he 
was  an  Episcopalian  and  a  member  of  Emanuel 
Church,  Boston.  He  married,  October  3,  1839, 
Cordelia  Ellis.  Children:  i.  Franklin  S., 
born  August  27,  1840:  graduate  of  Harvard 
College,  class  of  1859;  died  unmarried  Novem- 
ber 8,  1880.  2.  Tliomas,  February  21,  1842; 
graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  i860;  studied 
at  Oxford  University,  England ;  now  living  in 
V  France.  3.  George  Abner,  October  17,  1844; 
ilied  May  24,  1845.  4-  Benjamin,  July  11, 
1846;  died  September  29,  1846.  5.  Edward, 
June  30,  1848;  mentioned  below.  6.  Walter 
(twin).  May  24,  1851  :  married  Eleanor  Whit- 
ney, of  Boston ;  he  is  a  real  estate  broker,  Bos- 
ton ;  one  child,  Mrs.  Thompson.  7.  Arthur 
(twin).  May  24,  1851.  8.  Sydney  W.,  April 
25,  1854:  married  Alice  Thayer,  of  Boston; 
children :  Hollis,  Elizabeth  and  Frank.  9. 
Edith,  January  4,  1859. 

(\TII)  Edward,  son  of  Benjamin  F.  Bur- 
gess, was  born  in  Sandwich,  June  30,  1848 
He  was  fitted  for  college  in  Epes  S.  Dixwell's 
private  Latin  School,  entered  Harvard  Col- 
lege and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1871 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  In  1888 
he  received  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts.  He  entered  upon  a  distinguished  career 
as  a  naval  architect  and  designer  and  won 
international  fame  as  the  designer  of  three 
successful  defenders  of  the  America  Cup,  the 
"Puritan,"     "Mayflower"     and     "Volunteer," 


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winners  of  the  international  yacht  races  of 
1885-86-87.  He  was  also  the  designer  of  thewell- 
known  racing  yachts:  "Sachem,"  "Titania," 
"Pappoose."  "Baboon,"  "Xymph,"  "Wraith," 
"Sprite,"  "Saracen,"  "Rosalind,"  "Chiquita," 
"NIarguerite"  and  many  others,  more  than  one 
hundred  in  all,  incliKling  the  steam  yachts: 
"Shearwater,"  "Sapphire,"  "Unquowa,"  "Jath- 
niel"  and  the  flying  fishermen:  "Carrie  E. 
Phillips,"  "Nellie  Dixon"  and  "Fredonia."  He 
was  a  member  of  the  United  States  naval  board 
to  award  i)rizes  for  designs  for  cruisers  and 
battle-ships  in  1887  and  in  1888  was  appointed 
permanent  chairman  on  the  board  of  life- 
.saving  appliances  of  the  United  States  Life- 
Saving  Service.  In  1872  he  was  elected  secre- 
tary of  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History, 
and  during  the  next  ten  years  published  vari- 
ous scientific  memoirs  on  natural  history.  From 
1 879  to  1883  he  was  an  instructor  in  ento- 
mology in  Harvard  University.  From  1883 
he  devoted  himself  to  naval  architecture.  He 
married  in  Boston,  June  2,  1877,  Caroline  L., 
daughter  of  William  Starling  and  Caroline  E. 
(Sutton)  .Sullivant,  of  Columbus,  Ohio.  Chil- 
dren: I.  William  Starling,  born  December 
25,  1878;  boat  builder  and  yacht  designer  at 
Marblehead,  Massachusetts ;  married  Rosa- 
mond Tudor,  of  Boston.  2.  Charles  Paine, 
April  10.  r888 :  now  student  at  Glasgow.  Scot- 
land. 


The  King  family,  descends  from 
KING  the  men  and  women  of  New  Eng- 
land who  shared  in  the  perils  and 
hardships  of  founding  and  defending  this  coun- 
try. Four  Kings  have  been  governors  of  states 
and  seven  have  been  members  of  congress.  Up 
to  1900  forty-seven  had  graduated  from  Har- 
vard and  thirty-one  from  Yale.  Among  the 
distinguished  members  of  this  family  have 
been  Vice-President  William  Rufus  King,  Sen- 
ator Rufus  King,  of  New  York,  Thomas  Starr 
King,  clergyman  and  author,  who  more  than 
any  other  man  kept  California  in  the  Union, 
Charles  King,  soldier  and  writer,  Edward 
King,  journalist  and  essayist,  and  many  others. 
(I)  Elder  Thomas  King  sailed  from  Lon- 
don in  his  twenty-first  year  in  the  ship  "Bless- 
ing." He  accompanied  William  Vassell,  son  of 
a  London  alderman  and  one  of  the  wealthier 
early  immigrants  to  America.  Thomas  King 
was  thrice  married.  His  first  wife  and  mother 
of  his  children  was  Sarah.  She  died  in  1652  on 
the  6th  of  June.  On  the  31st  day  of  the  follow- 
ing March  he  married  Jane  Hatch,  widow  of 

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Elder  William  Hatch.  She  died  within  the 
year,  1653,  and  Thomas  consoled  himself  by 
marrying  Annie  SutlitTe.  He  died  in  Scituate. 
September  24,  1691.  In  his  will  he  says,  "It 
is  my  will  that  Robin,  my  negro,  be  set  free 
and  receive  of  my  estate  a  bed  and  five  pounds 
ill  money." 

(II)  Deacon  Thomas  (2),  third  child  of 
Elder  Thomas  (i)  and  Sarah  King,  was  born 
in  Scituate,  June  21,  1645,  died  there  Decem- 
ber I,  171 1.  He  was  much  respected  in  the 
community  and  acquired  considerable  prop- 
erty. He  married,  April  30.  1669,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Clap,  who  was  the  ances- 
tor of  President  Clap  of  Yale  College. 

(III)  John,  fifth  of  the  nine  children  of 
Deacon  Thomas  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Clap) 
King,  was  born  in  Scituate,  1677,  died  in 
Marshfield,  IMassachusetts,  1721. 

(I\')  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  (i)  and 
Rebecca  King,  was  born  in  ilarshfield,  August 
II,  1704,  and  probably  died  in  Amenia,  Dutch- 
ess county.  New  York.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  and  Lydia  (Wills)  Clift, 
who  was  born  in  Marshfield  in  1710. 

(\")  William,  fourth  child  of  John  (2)  and 
Mary  (Clift)  King,  was  born  in  Marshfield, 
.\pril  5,  1740,  died  in  Monson,  Massachusetts, 
November  29,  18 15.  He  removed  with  hi  5 
father  when  seven  years  of  age  to  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  and  there  received  his  education 
and  learned  the  cooper's  trade.  About  1766 
he  and  his  wife,  with  an  infant  in  arms,  went 
to  I\Ionson  on  horseback  and  located  in  the 
soutli  end  of  the  town,  near  the  Connecticut 
line.  About  1769  they  made  another  move 
nearer  to  the  center  of  the  town  in  what  is 
known  as  the  "Munn  district,"  and  the  farm 
on  which  he  settled  has  ever  since  been  known 
as  "the  King  place."  He  served  in  the  revolu- 
tionary war  as  one  of  the  minute-men,  enlist- 
ing on  September  26,  1777,  in  Captain  Rueben 
Munn's  company.  Colonel  Elisha  Porter's  regi- 
ment. During  the  winter  season  he  made 
casks  for  holding  potash.  In  the  spring  he 
collected  ashes  from  the  farmers  and  manu- 
factured potash,  transporting  the  product  by 
team  to  Norwich,  Connecticut,  about  forty 
miles,  where  there  was  a  ready  market  for  it 
at  a  good  price.  There  he  purchased  supplies 
of  sugar,  molasses,  tea,  codfish  and  rum  in 
quantity,  and  traded  these  at  home  for  ashes, 
thus  making  two  profits,  and  showing  the  tradi- 
tional Yankee  trait.  An  old  account  book  of 
his  is  now  in  possession  of  one  of  his  descend- 
ants and  the  following  is  an  extract  from  it : 


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November  ye   18,  1768. 

Amos  Walbridge,  Dr. 

To   one  firkin  Butter 0 —  0 —  6 

For  thirty  pota.sh  Barrels 5 —  5 —  0 

For  eight          "                 "       2—14 —  0 

Amos  Walbridge,  Cr. 

For  bringing  tools  fr.  Norwich 0 —  6 —  0 

For  one  bushel  Rhy   0 —  3 —  0 

For  half  a  bushel  Beans 0 —  2 —  0 

For  six  pounds   of  Wool 0 — 10 —  0 

For  one  quart  of  Rhum 0 —  1 —  3 

For   IVi  pounds  of  Sugar 0 —  1 —  0 

For  half  a  pound  of  Tee 0 —  2 —  6 

Cr.  by  swapping  Oxen 1 — 10 —  0 

For  a  small  cod  fish   0 —  0 — 11 

Monson,   February  ye   4th,   1790. 
Amasa  Ward,  Dr. 

For   1   bushel  of  Corn    0 —  4 —  fl 

For  Walter  twice  to  mill 0 —  2 —  6 

For  my   oxen   and  sled   and   Walter  and 

Amasa  half  a  day 0 — ■  2 —  0 

Amasa  Ward,  Cr. 

For  making  a  Surtout  for  myself 0 —  4 —  0 

brT  making  John  a  coat   0 —  3 —  0 

For  mending  breeches  and  for  work   on 

Jacket    0—  0—10 

From  William  King  sprang  five  hundred  and 
seventy-two  descendants,  of  whom  in  1897 
three  hundred  and  eighty-three  were  living. 
He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Solomon  and 
Alary  (I'alnier)  Lamphear,  who  was  of  Puri- 
tan stock,  her  ancestors  being  among  the  first 
settlers  of  Norwich  and  Stonington,  Connecti- 
cut, and  Westerly,  Rhode  Island.  She  was 
born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  January  30, 
1743,  died  May  28,  1825,  in  Monson. 

(VI)  Amasa,  third  of  the  eight  children  of 
William  and  Hannah  (Lamphear)  King,  was 
born  in  Monson,  July  27,  1773,  died  there 
March  20,  1848.  Ten  of  his  grandsons  served 
in  the  war  for  the  suppression  of  the  rebellion. 
He  married  Azuba,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  (Nichols)  Lewis,  who  was  born  in  Brim- 
field,  February  6,  1779,  died  in  Monson,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1857. 

(VH)  Dwight,  sixth  of  the  ten  children  of 
Amasa  and  Azuba  (Lewis)  King,  was  born 
in  Monson,  July  29,  1810,  died  there  July  28, 
1888.  He  was  a  farmer,  held  various  town 
offices,  including  that  of  selectman,  and  was 
regarded  as  a  very  capable  man  of  affairs.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  was  for  many  years  one  of  its 
governing  board.  He  married  Martha  Vinton, 
who  died  December  25,  1901.  She  was  a 
woman  of  marked  strength  of  character  and 
mental  alertness. 

(VII  )  Judge  Henry  A.  King,  youngest  son  of 
Dwight  and  Martha  (Vinton)  King,  was  born 
in  Monson,  January   14,   1852.     He  prepared 


for  college  at  Monson  Academy  and  entered 
.\mherst  in  1869,  graduating  therefrom  four 
years  later.  For  two  years  following  his  grad- 
uation, Mr.  King  served  as  teacher  and  assist- 
ant-principal of  Monson  Academy,  at  the  same 
time  reading  law.  In  1875  '^^  entered  Columbia 
Law  School,  New  York  City,  and  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1877,  being  admitted  to  practice 
in  New  York.  From  1878  to  1893  '^^  was 
actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession at  Troy,  New  York,  and  had  an  ex- 
tensive experience  in  the  courts...  His  law-firm 
were  counsel  in  a  number  of  somewhat  cele- 
brated cases.  Mr.  King  had  practical  charge 
of  the  court  work  of  his  firm,  besides  being 
counsel  for  several  towns  and  villages.  In 
1888  he  was  unanimously  nominated  as  the 
Repui)lican  candidate  for  justice  of  the  su- 
preme court,  for  the  Third  Judicial  District  of 
New  York,  but  he  failed  of  election  because 
New  York  was  then  Democratic.  In  1893  he 
returned  to  Massachusetts,  settling  in  Spring- 
field. He  found  no  difficulty  in  establishing 
himself  in  his  new  field.  He  was  made  city 
solicitor  in  1902,  under  Mayor  Ellis,  and  again 
in  1903  and  1904,  during  the  administration  of 
Mayor  .Stone.  He  was  appointed  a  justice  of 
the  Massachusetts  superior  court,  April  17, 
1907,  by  Governor  Guild.  Judge  King  is  a 
man  of  democratic  tastes,  literary  instincts  and 
an  attractiveness  of  personality  which  draws 
to  him  friends.  Lie  is  a  member  of  the  Reality 
Club,  of  which  he  was  president  four  years,  of 
the  I'xonomic  Club,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
organizers  and  its  first  president,  and  also  of 
the  Winthrop  Club  of  Springfield,  and  the 
University  Club  of  Boston.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Massachusetts  Bar  Association  and  of 
the  South  Congregational  Church  of  Spring- 
field. He  has  been  for  many  years  one  of  the 
trustees  of  Monson  Academy,  and  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  board.  He  married  Maria  L., 
daughter  of  William  N.  Flynt,  of  Monson, 
November  6,  1879.  They  have  two  children 
living.  Stanley,  born  in  Troy,  New  York, 
May  II,  1883,  and  Carrie  Lyon,  born  in  Troy, 
March  15,  1885.  Stanley  graduated  from  Am- 
herst College  in  1903 ;  spent  one  year  in  his 
father's  law  office,  and  two  years  in  Harvard 
Law  School,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1906.  He  married,  December  12,  1906,  Gertrude 
L.,  daughter  of  Lyman  W.  Besse,  of  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  He  resides  in  Boston, 
and  is  a  director,  and  secretary  of  The  W.  H. 
McElwain  Company,  one  of  the  largest  manu 
facturers  of  shoes  in  the  LTnited  States. 


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Traugott  Carl  was  a  native  of  Ger- 
CARL     many  and  he  lived  and  died  there. 
Child:  Manlius,  see  forward. 

(II)  Manlius,  son  of  Traugott  Carl,  was 
born  in  Germany,  June  15,  1828.  He  came 
to  this  country  in  his  youth  and  enlisted  in  the 
United  States  army,  March  23,  i860,  from  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  and  served  with  credit 
through  the  civil  war.  His  business  through 
his  active  life  was  advertising  manager  for 
various  German  newspapers  of  St.  Louis.  He 
was  an  energetic  and  capable  man.  He  mar- 
ried Pauline  Maria  Fischer,  born  in  Germany, 
}ilarch  4,  1843.  Children:  I.  Alvin,  born  Ger- 
many, December  22,  1852.  2.  Minnie  Unter- 
myer,  born  in  St.  Louis,  June  9,  1857.  3. 
Victor  Frederick,  born  March  10,  1859,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Annie  Wilhelm,  born  No- 
vember 23,  1861.  5.  Pauline  Fleischmann, 
born  April  28,  1864. 

(III)  Victor  Frederick,  son  of  Manlius 
Carl,  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  March 
10,  1859.  He  attended  private  schools  and 
Pilson's  college  in  his  native  city.  He  has 
been  engaged  in  the  building  and  brewing 
business.  From  St.  Louis  he  removed  to  New- 
York  City  and  thence  to  Cincinnati.  Since 
1898  he  has  resided  in  Boston,  where  he  is 
now  in  business  at  1250  Columbus  avenue. 
His  home  is  at  7  Haley  street,  Boston.  He  is 
an  Independent  in  politics ;  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Benevolent  and  Protect- 
ive Order  of  Elks  and  of  the  Orpheus  Musical 
Society.  He  married,  November  9,  1904.  at 
Boston,  Alice  Honora  Paul,  born  at  Boston. 
September  10,  1879,  daughter  of  Arthur  Ed- 
win and  Mary  Elizabeth  Paul,  granddaughter 
of  Edwin  Arthur  and  Sarah  Frances  (Daven- 
port) Paul  and  great-granddaughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Deborah  (Skidmore)  Davenport 
(changed  from  Irish).  (See  Skidmore  and 
Irish  families.)  Children:  i.  Pauline  Mary, 
born  at  Boston,  November  16,  1905.  2.  Ruth 
Elizabeth,  born  at  Boston,  January  30,   1907. 

(The  Skidmore  Line). 

James  Skidmore  was  in  Boston  in  1636, 
John  in  Cambridge  in  1641,  but  we  know  no 
more  about  tlieni.  Thomas  Skidmore  was  in 
Cambridge  in  1641,  a  blacksmith  from  Wester- 
ley,  county  Gloucester,  England,  engaged  for 
Saybrook,  Connecticut,  whither  he  probably 
removed ;  had  also  been  a  petitioner  for  Nash- 
away  in  Massachusetts:  wife  Ellen  and  sons 
John  and  Thomas. 

(I)  Richard  Skidmore  and  wife  Jemima 
settled  in  Methuen,  Massachusetts.     The  rec- 


ords indicate  that  he  was  an  immigrant.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Richard,  mentioned  below.  2.  Je- 
mima, married,  February  23,  1758,  Adam 
(lould,  of  Chelmsford. 

(II)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i) 
Skidmore,  was  born  at  Methuen,  Massachu- 
setts, October  30,  1738.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution  from  Danvers,  Massachusetts, 
a  sergeant  in  Captain  Jeremiah  Page's  com- 
pany on  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19,  1775, 
and  afterward.  He  was  a  member  of  United 
States  Lodge  of  Free  Masons  of  Danvers. 
He  visited  the  Essex  Lodge  of  Salem  April 
16,  1779,  and  was  one  of  those  who  favored 
the  consolidation  of  the  two  lodges.  He  was 
in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and  was  present 
at  the  taking  of  Ouebec,  under  General  Wolfe. 
He  married  at  Middleton,  Massachusetts,  July 
25,  1764,  Rachel  Wilkins.  They  removed 
about  1772  from  Middleton  to  Danvers. 
Elias,  Zeal  and  Rebecca  were  baptized  at  Dan- 
vers, November  15,  1778.  Children,  born  at 
Middleton:  i.  Richard,  baptized  November  26, 
1769.  2.  Jemima,  born  March  6,  1765.  3. 
Polly,  born  September  2,  1767.  4.  Molly,  bap- 
tized at  Middleton  with  the  preceding  Novem- 
ber 26,  1769  (probably  the  same  as  Polly). 
5.  Hannah,  born  May  12,  1771.  6.  Hannah, 
born  September  12,  1773.  7-  Zeal,  born  April 
II,  1778.  mentioned  below.  8.  Elias,  born 
April  II.  1778,  baptized  November  15,  1778. 
10,  William,  born  April  9,  1780.  11.  David, 
born  October  20,  1782.  12.  Rachel,  born  Oc- 
tober 28,  i/8f).  13.  Phebe,  born  lune  10, 
1789. 

(III)  Zeal,  son  of  Richard  (2)  Skidmore, 
was  born  in  Danvers,  April  11,  1778.  He  set- 
tled in  Boston  where  he  married.  May  4,  1800, 
Katherine  Partrick  (see  Partrick,  III).  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts:  i.  Sarah, 
born  March  27,  1801,  died  May  21,  1824.  2. 
William,  born  October  20,  1803,  died  July  10, 
181 5.  3.  Deborah,  born  March  4,  1805,  died 
February  22,  1884:  married,  November  13, 
1825,  William  Davenport  Irish;  the  name  Irish 
was  dropped  by  act  of  legislature  in  1846. 
(See  Irish,  VI.)  4.  Katherine,  born  Septem- 
ber 19,  1807.  5.  Caleb  Strong,  born  August 
24,  1812,  died  August,  1835.  Zeal  Skidmore, 
father  of  these  children,  died  February  7,  1829, 
and  his  wife  died  Feb/uary  i,  1846. 

(The  Irish  Line). 

John  Irish  was  born  in  England  and  lived 
in  the  parish  of  Clisdon,  county  Somerset.  He 
was  indentured  to  Timothy  Hatherly  of  the 
parish    of   St.    Olaves   in    Southwark,    countv 


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Surrey,  April  10.  1629,  to  go  to  Plymouth 
and  abide  with  him  there  five  years,  having 
meat,  drink,  and  lodging  and  five  pounds  a 
year,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  twelve  bushels 
of  wheat  and  twenty-five  acres  of  land.  He 
settled  in  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  and  in- 
herited land  of  Henry  Wallis.  He  was  a 
volunteer  for  the  Pequot  war  in  1637,  and  was 
on  the  list  of  those  able  to  bear  arms  in  1643. 
In  that  year  he  had  land  granted  to  him.  He 
had  a  son  John,  mentioned  below,  also  a  son 
Elias. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Irish,  was 
born  in  1641  or  1645,  died  February  21,  1717. 
He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade  and  lived  first  at 
Duxbury.  He  removed  to  Little  Compton. 
Rhode  Island,  and  in  1678  served  as  constable. 

He  married,   in    1672,   Elizabeth ,  who 

died  March  8,  1707.  He  married  (second) 
May,  1708,  Priscilla  Talbot,  widow  of  Samuel 
Talbot  and  daughter  of  Edward  and  Mary 
(Peabody)  Southworth.  She  died  June  11, 
1722.  Children:  i.  David,  born  1673.  2. 
Elizabeth.  Fel^ruary,  1674;  died  young.  3. 
Jonathan.  June  6,  1678.  4.  Joanna.  June  6, 
1681.  5.  Sarah.  January,  1684.  6.  Priscilla. 
April  30,  1686.  7.  Elizabeth,  August  28,  1687. 
8.  Jedediah,  October  7,  1688.  9.  Content,  Sep- 
tember, 1691.  10.  Mary,  April  9,  1695.  11. 
John,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Irish,  was 
born  May  i,  1699,  at  Little  Compton,  Rhode- 
Island,  and  died  in  July,  1773.  lie  married. 
May  10,  1720,  Thankful  Wilbur,  born  June  8. 
1700,  who  survived  her  husband,  daughter  ot 
Samuel  and  Mary  (Potter)  Wilbur.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Little  Compton  :  I.  Edward,  born 
January  9,  1721.  2.  Charles,  May  30,  1723. 
3.  Lydia,  August  9, 1725.  4.  John,  December  9, 
1727,  died  October  12,  1756.  5.  Levi,  Octo- 
ber 20,  1730.  6.  Mary,  May  16,  1734.  7. 
Thankful,  June  8,  1737.  8.  David.  9.  Icha- 
bod,  laiuiary  6,  1740.  10.  Samuel,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  John  (3)  Irish,  was 
born  at  Little  Compton,  January  21,  1743.  He 
married  Mary  .  Children:  i.  Benja- 
min. 2.  Simeon,  born  February  15,  1767.  3. 
John,  mentioned  below.     Perhaps  others. 

(V)  John  (4),  son  of  Samuel  Irish,  was 
born  about  1770  in  Littl*  Compton.  He  mar- 
ried. January  11,  1795,  Nancy  Little,  daughter 
of  Fobers  Jr.  and  Sarah  Little.  Children, 
born  at  Little  Compton:  i.  Otis,  March  30, 
1796.  2.  George  (twin)  March  18,  1799. 
3.  Lydia  (twin),  March  18,  1799.  4.  Sarah, 
March  20,  1801.     5.  John,  September  4,  1803. 


6.  William  D.,  August  6,  1805,  mentioned 
below.  7.  Nancy,  April  10,  1807.  8.  Sophia, 
March  8,  181 1.  9.  Benjamin,  January  9,  181^. 
TO.  Samuel,  July  24,  1817. 

(Vl)  William  D.,  son  of  John  (4)  Irish, 
was  burn  at  Little  Compton,  August  6,  1805, 
died  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  June  5,  1879. 
He  married  November  13,  1825,  Deborah  Skid- 
more,  born  in  Boston,  March  4,  1805,  died 
there  December  22,  1884.  In  1846  his  name 
was  changed  by  act  of  the  legislature  from 
Irish  to  Davenport.  Deborah  Skidmore  wa.^ 
daughter  of  Zeal  and  Katherine  (Partrick) 
Skidmc  )re.  (  See  Partrick) .  Child  of  William  D. 
(Irish)  Davenport:  Sarah  Frances  Davenport, 
born  in  lUjston,  August  I  5,  1829,  married  Ed- 
win Arthur  Paul,  born  in  Rollinsford,  New 
Hampshire,  October  11,  1825,  (Hed  in  Boston, 
Xovembcr  24,  1868.  Their  son,  Arthur 
Edwin  Paul,  born  October  i,  1853;  married 
Mary  Elizabeth  Clabby ;  children:  i.  Edwin 
.\rthur,  born  January  9,  1875.  2.  John  Henry, 
born  May  17.  1877,  died  March  9,  1897.  3. 
Alice  Honora,  born  September  10,  1879.  mar- 
ried \'ictor  Carl  (see  Carl,  III). 

(The  Partrick  Line). 

Tlie  Partrick  or  Patrick  family,  name  used 
interchangeably  in  the  various  branches,  have 
as  their  common  ancestor  Thomas  Kilpatrick, 
as  the  name  of  the  family  was  spelled  in  the 
early  generations.  The  origin  of  the  Scotch 
surname  Kilpatrick  is  the  same  as  that  of 
Kirkpatrick.  Both  the  prefixes  Kil  (kill)  and 
Kirk  mean  church.  The  Kirkpatrick  family 
was  established  liefore  tiie  year  1200  in  Dum- 
friesshire and  Kirkcudl)riglitshire,  Scotland. 
The  early  home  of  the  Kilpatricks  was  Dum- 
liartonshire  and  Stirlingshire.  In  1619  Nicho- 
las Pynnar's  survey  of  the  Scottish  grants  in 
L'lster.  Ireland,  shows  that  James  Kilpatrick 
was  one  of  the  settlers  on  the  fifteen  thousand 
acre  grant  of  Peter  Benson  in  the  precinct  of 
Litfer,  county  Donegal,  and  he  is  presumed  to 
be  the  ancestor  of  the  Scotch-Irish  branch  of 
the  family.  In  1890  the  Kilpatrick  family  was 
most  numerous  in  county  Antrim,  Ireland, 
where  there  were  sixteen  births  in  that  year. 

( I )  Thomas  Kilpatrick,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  1674,  and  came  from  Coleraine, 
county  Antrim,  Ireland,  with  the  first  Scotch- 
Irish  pioneers  to  Boston,  with  nine  sons,  and 
one  daughter  who  was  drowned  during  the 
voyage.  From  Boston  he  went  to  Wells,  York 
county,  Maine,  where  some  of  his  sons  settled. 
He  and  five  sons  located  later  at  Biddeford, 
Maine,  where  he  was  a  prominent  citizen,  ac- 


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tivc  in  the  church  and  town.  He  died  there 
in  1762.  Children:  Samuel,  Andrew,  men- 
tioned below,  Thomas,  John,  and  others. 

(  H)  Andrew,  son  of  Thomas  Partrick  or 
Kilpatrick,  was  born  in  Coleraine,  Ireland, 
about  17 10.  He  came  with  his  father  to  this 
country.  Soon  after  coming  the  family 
s]ielled  the  name  Patrick  and  Partrick  without 
the  preti.x.  He  and  his  brothers  John  and 
Thomas  were  among  the  twenty-seven  Scotch- 
Irish  from  Biddeford,  Maine,  to  contract  with 
Colonel  Waldo  to  settle  at  St.  George's.  The 
I'rench  and  Indian  war  caused  them  to  leave 
the  settlement,  .\ndrew  returned  to  Boston 
arid  located  in  the  adjacent  town  of  Dedham. 
Children:  t.  Samuel,  born  1733:  located  in 
Stoughton  ;  apprentice  to  Joseph  P>illings  at  the 
age  of  fourteen ;  descendants  at  hltzwilliam 
and  other  New  Hampshire  towns.  2.  Captain 
William,  mentioned  below.  3.  John,  born 
1739:  died  at  Barre,  Massachusetts,  in  1807. 
4.  "^Robert.  had  twelve  children.     5.  Jacob. 

(  III )  Captain  William,  son  of  .\ndrew  Par- 
trick, was  born  in  1741.  He  settled  in 
Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  where  the  records 
give  his  name  generally  as  Kilpatrick.  He 
was  called  Partrick,  however,  on  the  revolu- 
ticniary  rolls.  He  was  captain  in  Colonel 
P)rook's  regiment.  1777-78;  also  in  the  si.xth 
company.  Colonel  Ichabod  Alden's  regiment  in 
1778.  He  was  killed  in  battle,  Alay  30,  1778. 
at  Cherry  \'alley.  New  York.  His  widow  re- 
ceived half-pay  allowance  until  June  i,  1785. 
He  married  at  Dedham,  November  16,  1768. 
Deborah  Smith,  of  Dedham.  Guardians  were 
appointed  by  the  Suffolk  court  for  his  minor 
children  in  1778.  Children:  i.  WiUiam.  2. 
Polly.  3.  Phineas,  married,  July  16,  1795. 
Betsey  White,  of  Boston.  4.  Katlierine,  mar- 
ried Zeal  Skidmcire.  (See  .Skidmore,  HI). 
3.  .Andrew,  born  at  Stoughton,  July  29,   1770. 


Increase  Sumner,  siin  of  .\Hcah  K. 
l'..\l\K  r.arr,  was  born  in  New  Braintree, 
Worcester  county,  Massachusetts, 
1801.  His  ancestors  came  from  England  in  1742. 
He  was  brought  up  to  the  trade  of  carpenter 
and  builder.  In  1835  he  removed  to  Worce.ster, 
where  he  carried  on  his  occupation  as  a  builder, 
and  in  1838  removed  to  a  farm  in  Oakham, 
where  he  continued  to  reside  up  to  the  time  of 
his  death,  which  occurred  in  1885.  He  served 
while  a  resident  of  New  Braintree  as  captain 
of  the  local  militia  company,  and  was  ensign 
in  state  militia.  He  was  married  to  Susan, 
daughter  of  William  and  Jane  (Bowen)  Rob- 
inson, of  Cohassett,  Massachusetts,  she  being 


one  of  a  family  of  ten  children.      Her  ances- 
tors came   from  England  in   1636.     The  chil- 
dren of  Increase  Sumner  and  Susan   (  Robin- 
son )  Barr  were:  I.  Edwin  Clifford,  born  May 
y,  1829,  ((|.  v.).     2.  William  Robinson,  May 
23.  1832.     3.  Jane,  1835,  married  Emory  Stod- 
dard.    4.  Julia,  1838,  married  x\ddison  Brown, 
of      Springfield.    "  Massachusetts.     5.      Ellen 
Maria,  1840,  married  (first)  John  Deland  and 
(.second)    Edward   Taft,   of   Mendon,    Massa- 
chusetts.    6.  Catherine  Austin,  married  Cyrus 
Wilkinson.     7.  Carrie,  married  Myron  Butter- 
field,  of  Cold   Brook  Springs,  Massachusetts. 
Edwin  Clifford,  eldest  son  of  Increase  Sum- 
ner and  Susan  (Robinson)  Barr,  was  born  in 
New  Braintree,  Worcester  county,  Massachu- 
setts. May  31,  1829.     He  attended  the  pubHc 
school  at' Oakham  to  which  place  his   father 
removed   from  Worcester  in   1837,  and  while 
not   at    school   worked   on   his    father's   farm. 
When  ten  years  old  he  worked  on  the  farm  of 
a  neighbor  some  distance  from  his  own  home, 
and  in  1844  he  began  the  work  of  shoemaking 
in  the  shoe  factory  of  the  Batchelors  at  North 
r.rookfield.     In    1847   he   crossed    New    York 
state  in  a  canal  boat.      He  obtained  a  position 
as   a    third    porter   on    a    Buffalo   to    Chicago 
steamer  and  made  one  trip  on  it  to  the  latter 
city.     Cpon  his  return  to  Buffalo  he  was  ap- 
pointed  first  porter,  but  the  outbreak  of  the 
cholera  tied  the  steamer  up,  and  he  did  not 
sail    with    her    again.     Mr.    Barr    caught    the 
.spirit  of   1849,  and  in  the   following  year  he 
was  on  his  way  to  California  by  way  of  the 
isthmus.     The    ship    on    which    he     sailed    to 
Colon  was  commanded  by  Lieutenant   (after- 
ward .\dmiral)   Porter.     He  had  little  money 
with    him,    so   when   he   arrived   at    Colon   he 
walked  across  the  isthmus.     From  Panama  he 
took   ship   to   San    Francisco.     While   on   the 
voyage   there   was   an   outbreak    of    Panama 
fever  on  board  the  ship,  and  sixty  or  seventy 
|)ersons  died  of  it  and  were  burie<l  at  sea.     Mr. 
Barr  escaped   with  only  a   slight   attack.     He 
had  only  three  dollars  in  his  pocket  when  he 
arrived  in  San  Francisco.     He  spent  this  for 
a  ticket  to  Stockton  by  steamer.     He  walked 
the  rest  of  the  way  to  the  mines.     Mr.  Barr 
met  a  man  named   Fisher,    who    came    from 
Danielson.  Connecticut.     Mr.  Fisher  knew  of 
a  man  who  was  a  miner  at  a  ]5lace  some  way 
off,  and  they  decided  to  look  him  up.     They 
found  him  making  a   fortune,  and  he  woidd 
not  work  with  any  one  else  because  his  mine 
was   so   rich.     This  miner   told  them  of  two 
Welshmen  who  were  in  the  habit  of  working 
their  mine  for  three  or  four  months  and  then 


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going  to  San  Francisco  to  spend  their  earn- 
ings. He  believed  that  the  Welshmen  would 
be  willing  to  sell  out.  They  accordingly 
struck  a  bargain  with  the  Welshmen,  and 
after  a  few  instructions  from  the  miner,  who, 
by  the  way,  supplied  the  necessary  capital, 
they  went  to  work.  They  were  fortunate  in 
securing  a  rich  mine,  and  in  a  short  time  they 
were  taking  one  hundred  dollars  a  day  out  of 
it.  This  kept  up  for  some  time,  until  the  ar- 
rival of  the  partner's  brother  from  the  east. 
Mr.  Barr  sold  his  interest  in  the  mine  to  his 
brother,  and  started  in  a  new  partnership  with 
a  man  named  Louis  Searles,  from  Brooklyn, 
Connecticut,  .-\fter  remaining  there  for  two 
years  he  left  Mr.  Searles  and  returned  to  his 
home,  and  on  reaching  Oakham  he  ])urchased 
a  life-lease  of  the  farm  on  which  his  father 
lived  and  he  also  purchased  and  conducted  a 
restaurant  at  Clinton  for  the  ne.xt  year.  He 
returned  to  California  in  1855  accompanied 
by  a  jjarty  of  ailventurers.  including  an  uncle 
of  Robert  L.  Knight,  of  SpringfieUl,  Massa- 
chusetts. This  time  he  located  on  Trinity 
river  in  the  northern  part  of  the  state,  and  he 
was  quite  successful.  In  1857  he  gave  up  the 
gold  fields,  returning  to  Massachusetts,  and  in 
1858  opened  a  restaurant  in  .Springfield,  pur- 
chasing the  store  and  good  will  of  Austin  and 
.■Xlexander  Pease,  which  he  conducted  1858- 
62.  He  spent  the  years  1863-65  in  mining  in 
Montana,  near  Butte,  in  connection  with  the 
restaurant  business  in  the  mining  camp.  In 
1865  he  determined  to  abandon  frontier  life 
and  permanently  engaged  in  the  restaurant 
business  in  Springfield,  locating  this  time  in 
Vernon  street,  corner  of  Main,  where  he  fitted 
up  a  first-class  restaurant  and  announced  his 
services  to  the  general  public  as  an  accom- 
plished caterer  and  his  services  were  immedi- 
ately and  continuously  demanded  on  all  large 
public  occasions,  not  only  in  Springfield  but 
in  the  surrounding  cities.  Besides  his  busi- 
ness in  .Springfield,  Mr.  Barr  also  conducted 
a  fine  restaurant  in  Northampton  which  en- 
joyed large  patronage.  His  fraternal  affilia- 
tion is  with  the  Masonic  order,  he  being  a 
member  of  Hampden  Lodge  and  of  the 
-Springfield  Commandery,  Knights  Templar. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Navassett  Club. 
He  married  (first)  in  1852.  .Adeline  Fields 
.Stone,  of  Oakham,  wlio  was  born  in  1832  and 
died  in  1863.  The  fruit  of  this  marriage  was 
three  sons  and  two  daughters,  named  in  the 
order  of  their  birth:  i.  George  Edward,  who 
was  proprietor  of  the  Russell  House,  Spring- 
field ;  deceased  :  left  three  children :  Catherine. 


Wilbur,  James.  2.  Walter  Stone,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 3.  Edward  Eugene,  of  Springfield,  a 
promoter.  4.  Jesse,  deceased.  5.  Emma, 
married  John  Reed,  of  Agawam.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  July  14,  1868,  Minerva  Emmar- 
etta.  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Bradicea  (Bishop) 
.Arthur,  of  Keeseville,  Essex  county.  New 
York,  and  the  only  child  by  the  marriage  was 
Walter  Sumner,  born  in  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  4,  1870.  Walter  Sumner 
Barr  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Theodore 
and  Lena  (Dickinson)  Hand;  he  is  a  banker 
in  Oneida,  New  York. 


Zachary  Bicknell  and  Agnes 

BICKNELL  his  wife  sailed  from  Eng- 
land in  the  spring  of  1635. 
He  was  forty-five  years  of  age,  and  his  wife 
thirty-seven.  The  entire  family  at  this  time 
consisted  of  Zachary,  his  wife  Agnes,  their 
son  John  (eleven  years  of  age)  and  John 
Kitchen,  a  servant,  aged  twenty-three  years. 
This  family  group  formed  a  part  of  the  com- 
pany of  English  emigrants  that  came  with  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Hull,  and  were  permitted  to  set- 
tle at  \W\vmouth,  Massachusetts.  Zachary 
l^icknell  died  within  about  a  year  after  his 
arrival  at  Weymouth,  not,  however,  until  he 
had  built  a  house  and  established  a  home,  em- 
bracing twenty  acres  of  unfenced  land.  His 
widow  soon  married  Richard  Rockett  (or 
Rockwood),  and  the  home  of  the  Bicknells 
was  sold  to  \Mlliam  Reade. 

(11)  John,  born  in  1624,  only  son  of  Zach- 
ary Bicknell,  married  (first)  Alary,  who  bore 
him  Mary.  John  and  Naomi.  She  died  March 
25,  1637-58,  and  he  married  (second)  Mary 
Porter.  They  had  Ruth,  Joanna,  Experience, 
Zacharv.  Elizabeth,  Thomas,  Hannah  and 
Mary.  ' 

(HI)  Zachary.  son  of  John  Bicknell,  born 
l<\-bruary  7,  1667-68.  in  Weymouth,  married 
Hannah  .Smith.  November  14,  1692.  Their 
children  were  :  Zachary,  Hannah,  James,  Mary. 
Peter  and  Joshua. 

(IV)  Peter,  son  of  Zachary  Bicknell,  born 
in  Barrington,  Rhode  Island,  1706,  married 
Rachel  and  had:  Peter,  born  January  11,  1736, 
died  young:  Rachel,  December  9,  1737,  died 
1732;  Peter,  July  24,  1745:  .Asa,  .April  13. 
1747:  Amey.   1752;  Amos. 

(\')  .Asa,  son  of  Peter  Bicknell.  born  April 
13,  1747,  married  in  Barrington,  Elizabeth 
Low,  Tune  25,  1769.  Their  children  were: 
.Asa,  died  aged  sixteen  years:  Otis,  died  aged 
twentv-two  years;  Releaf.  John  Wilson.  Will- 
iam. Elizabeth,  Benjamin.  Ellery.  Asa.  Francis. 


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(\T)  John  Wilson,  son  of  Asa  Bicknell, 
born  April  10,  1780,  in  Harrington,  married 
Keziah  Paine,  April  14,  1805.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Peleg  and  Joanna  (Vial)  Paine,  of 
Seekout.  where  he  died  August  25,  1837,  aged 
eighty-five  years.  Mr.  Paine  .served  as  ser- 
geant in  Captain  Joseph  Franklin's  (Reho- 
both)  company,  Colonel  John  Daggett's  regi- 
ment: he  entered  service  January  7,  1778,  and 
was  discharged  March  31,  1778.  He  enlisted 
again  July  30,  1778,  and  was  discharged  Sep- 
tember 10,  1778.  He  served  in  Captain  Isaac 
Hix's  company.  Colonel  Josiah  Whiting's 
Bristol  county  regiment,  ^^'hen  a  mere  lad  he 
became  enamored  with  the  life  of  a  sailor, 
and  began  making  voyages  as  a  boy  before  the 
mast,  continuing  the  seafaring  life  for  nearly 
thirty  years,  and  passing  through  the  various 
stages  of  [iromotion  to  the  rank  of  captain. 
He  made  voyages  to  the  West  Indies,  to  both 
the  east  and  west  coast  of  Africa,  and  to 
China,  was  twice  shipwrecked.  About  the 
year  1817  he  removed  his  family  from  Har- 
rington, Rhode  Island,  where  they  had  made 
their  home  during  his  voyages,  to  Canterbury, 
Connecticut,  where  he  kept  a  hotel;  after  re- 
maining here  about  four  years  he  removed  to 
Canaan,  \'ermont,  where  he  purchased  a  farm. 
Twenty-two  years  later  he  sold  this  farm,  and 
with  his  family,  now  grown  to  manhood  and 
"vomanhood,  emigrated  to  the  then  new  state 
of  Wisconsin,  settling  in  what  is  now  Beloit, 
Rock  county,  where  he  died  in  1859.  Mr. 
Bicknell  was  a  prominent  Mason,  having  taken 
the  capitular  degrees,  and  filled  the  office  of 
grand  high  priest,  and  while  visiting  various 
places  in  Wisconsin,  for  the  purpose  of  es- 
tablishing and  instructing  certain  chapters,  con- 
tracted a  severe  cold  which  terminated  in 
pneumonia,  causing  his  death.  Children: 
George  Wilson,  born  November  7,  1807. 
.\manda.  November  18,  1809.  Otis  Paine, 
June  TO,  1813.  Edwin,  July  18,  1814.  Al- 
mira  Paine,  June  i,  1816.  Charles  H.,  March 
7.  1818.  .Andrew  H.,  February  6,  1820. 
Martha  Wilson,  April  19,  1822.  Anna  Ma- 
riah,  April  ig,  1825.  Rebecca  Warren, 
adopted  daughter. 

(\TI)  George  Wilson,  son  of  John  Wilson 
Bicknell,  was  born  in  Barrington,  Rhode 
Island,  November  7,  1807.  After  receiving 
the  advantages  of  the  schools  of  his  native 
town,  he  went  to  Providence,  where  he  learned 
the  trade  of  a  jeweler  and  silversmith,  and  for 
a  few  years  followed  that  occupation  in  the 
city  of  Providence.  His  life  here  brought  him 
in  daily  contact  with  the  family  of  Dr.  Jacob 


Fuller,  an  uncle  by  marriage.  Dr.  Fuller  hav- 
ing married  Abigail  Paine,  a  sister  of  Mr. 
Jlicknell's  mother.  Tlie  associations  formed 
here  were  of  the  most  pleasant  and  beneficial 
character.  Through  the  influence  emanating 
from  this  home  he  resolved  to  enter  the  medi- 
cal profession,  and  for  several  years  much  of 
his  spare  time  was  occupied  in  studying  medi- 
cal authorities  and  reciting  to  his  uncle.  It 
was  his  custom,  while  engaged  in  his  trade,  to 
have  an  open  book  on  the  bench  before  him. 
that  he  might  pursue  his  medical  studies  while 
at  work.  Having  secured  his  right  to  prac- 
tice medicine,  he  took  a  full  course  in  den- 
tistry. Confident  that  he  was  now  well  quali- 
fied to  embark  in  his  newly  chosen  profession, 
and  learning  of  the  intention  of  his  father  and 
the  remainder  of  his  family  (then  residing  in 
Canaan,  \'ermont,  to  emigrate  to  the  western 
country,  he  went  to  \'ermont  and  joined  the 
New  Englanfl  Emigrating  Company,  which  in- 
cluded his  father's  family,  and  located  at  a 
place  in  Wisconsin,  on  Rock  river,  now  known 
as  Beloit.  After  a  residence  here  of  three  or 
four  years.  Dr.  Bicknell  went  further  west, 
locating  in  Potosi,  in  Grant  county.  Before 
leaving  Beloit  he  had  written  to  Miss  Abigail 
Rawson,  of  Mendon.  Massachusetts,  that  he 
was  now  ready  to  have  her  join  him  in  his 
western  home,  and  according  to  previous  plans 
Miss  Rawson  left  her  Mendon  home  for  Wis- 
consin, traveling  by  stage,  canal  boat  and 
steamboat  to  Chicago,  where  Dr.  Bicknell  met 
her.  They  proceeded  on  to  Beloit,  and  the 
marriage  ceremony  was  performed  at  the  home 
of  Mr.  R.  T.  Crane.  On  the  death  of  Dr. 
Horace  Wliite,  with  whom  Dr.  Bicknell  had 
been  associated  while  in  Beloit,  the  people 
there  urged  him  to  return  to  them,  which  he 
did  about  1847.  In  1849  he  with  several 
others  made  the  overland  trip  to  California, 
returning  to  Beloit  in  1852.  Wlien  the  civil 
war  came  he  enlisted  and  received  a  commis- 
sion as  surgeon  in  the  Twenty-second  Regi- 
ment of  Wisconsin  \^olunteers.  The  severe 
strain  incident  to  a  large  practice  in  this 
sparsely  settled  country  during  the  ten  years 
passed  in  Beloit  had  gradually  been  under- 
mining a  once  vigorous  constitution,  and  the 
further  exposure  of  camp  life  at  the  front 
began  to  develop  symptoms  of  a  serious  nature 
within  himself,  causing  his  resignation  and  re- 
turn to  Beloit.  But  there  followed  him  soon 
after  a  commission  as  acting  assistant  surgeon, 
I'nited  States  army,  at  Camp  Douglas,  Chi- 
cago, Illinois.  He  continued  his  services  in 
charge  of  this  camp  until  it  was  about  to  be 


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deserted,  when  he  again  resigned  his  commis- 
sion and  returned  to  take  up  his  private  prac 
tice  in  Beloit.  where  li^e  died  June  i6,  1870 
His  wife  died  December  26,  1867.  He  was  a 
very  skillful  and  therefore  successful  prac- 
titioner, and  was  thoroughly  devoted  to  his 
profession,  enjoying  the  confidence  of  all  who 
knew  him  as  their  family  physician.  Children  : 
Ceorge  Wilson,  born  August  17,  1843,  ^^  Po" 
tosi,  (lied  1892.  John  Francis,  November  8, 
1846,  at  Potosi.  Maria,  in  Beloit,  died  in  in- 
fancy. Hattie.  in  Beloit,  died  in  infancy. 
Frederick,  in  Beloit,  died  aged  two  and  one- 
half  years.  Mary  Augusta,  May  4,  1858,  at 
Beloit,  married  Richard  J.  Burdge,  of  Beloit, 
where  they  now  reside. 

(Vni)  John  Francis,  second  son  of  Dr. 
George  W.  Bicknell,  was  born  November  8, 
1846,  at  Potosi.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Beloit,  and  in 
the  ])re])aratory  department  of  Beloit  College. 
When  about  to  enter  upon  his  collegiate  course, 
in  response  to  the  call  of  Abraham  Lincoln, 
president  of  the  United  States,  for  more  men 
to  fight  the  battles  for  the  preservation  of  the 
Union,  Mr.  Bicknell  enlisted  in  a  company  of 
nine  months'  men.  .^t  the  close  of  his  term  of 
service  he  returned  to  his  home  in  Beloit,  and 
subseciuently  entered  the  employ  of  a  firm  en- 
gaged in  the  hardware  business  in  Chicago. 
.■\fter  the  great  fire  in  that  city,  which  oc- 
curred in  October,  1871,  he  went  to  the  state 
of  Kansas  and  took  up  wild  land.  Being  dis- 
couraged by  the  tardy  development  of  the 
country,  he  sold  his  claim  and  returned  to 
Chicago,  and  in  the  summer  of  1872  came  to 
Worcester.  Massachusetts,  and  entered  the  eni- 
])loy  of  E.  B.  Crane  &  Company,  dealers  in 
lumber,  as  bookkeeper.  In  1879  he  was  given 
an  interest  in  the  business,  succeeding  to  the 
place  in  the  firm  of  \\'illiam  S.  Perry,  who 
retired.  In  June,  1882.  Mr.  Bicknell  with- 
drew from  this  firm  and  engaged  in  the  lum- 
l)er  trade  on  his  own  account,  soon  building 
up  a  large  trade  and  conducting  a  successful 
business,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1899.  was  president  of  the  J.  F.  Bick 
nell  Lumber  Company  of  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married,  June  16,  1875,  Hattie 
^L,  born  .\pril  26,  1844,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Warren  and  Nancy  Harrington  (Gibbs) 
Spring,  of  Weston,  Massachusetts  (see  Spring. 
VH),  the  ceremony  being  performed  by  Rev 
William  W.  .Adams,  D.  D.  On  returning 
from  their  wedding  trip  they  made  their  home 
with  Mrs.  I'licknell's  mother,  at  No.  5  Seaver 
street.  Worcester,  where  they  remained  until 


Air.  Bicknell  built  a  fine  residence,  No.  910 
Main  street,  where  he  died,  leaving  one  child, 
Roscoe  Gibbs,  born  December  11,  1881,  who 
received  his  early  education  in  the  Worcester 
schools,  antl  after  taking  a  two  years  course 
at  the  Worcester  .Academy  entered  Dean 
.\cademy,  at  Franklin,  Massachusetts,  gradu- 
ating with  the  class  of  1900.  He  immediately 
succeeded  to  the  business  left  by  his  father. 
He  married,  January  25,  1905,  Harriet  West 
Kellough,  of  Boston,  and  resides  in  Worcester. 

(The  Spring  Line). 

It  is  Ijelieved  that  nearly  all  the  families 
bearing  the  name  of  Spring  in  the  United 
States,  but  certainly  in  New  England,  are  de- 
scended from  John  Spring,  of  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  and  his  wife,  Elinor,  who  died 
prior  to  1656. 

The  name  of  the  original  John  Spring  a])- 
pears  on  the  earliest  list  of  proprietors  of 
Watertown,  1636-37.  Twenty  years  later 
(March  21,  1636-57)  he  executed  a  deed  of 
gift  to  his  son  Henry  of  his  house  and  land  in 
Watertown,  reserving  to  himself  during  his 
lifetime  the  north  end  of  the  house.  After  his 
decease  that  was  to  go  to  Henry.  There  was 
also  a  stipulation  that  Henry  should  pay  his 
father  an  annuity,  and  after  the  decease  of  the 
father  ])ay  John  Spring  Jr.  thirty  pounds  law- 
ful money.  The  children  of  John  and  Elinor 
Spring  were:  1.  Mary,  born  1623;  married, 
1642,  John  Davis  and  died  a  widow  in  1656. 
2.  Henry,  1628.  3.  John,  1630.  4.  William, 
July,  1633;  settled  in  Barbadoes,  and  had  a 
son  John,  who  came  to  Newton  after  the  death 
of  his  father  in  Barbadoes,  and  in  1695  se- 
lected his  uncle.  John  Spring,  to  be  his  guar- 
dian. He  made  "his  will  .\ugust  6,  1698,  giv- 
ing all  his  estate  to  Jonathan  Green,  of  New- 
ton, in  token  of  his  kindness  and  care. 

(  11  )  Henry,  son  of  John  Spring,  born  1628, 
was  admitted  freeman.  May  30,  1660.  He 
married  (first)  January  7.  1657-58,  Mehitable 
Bartlett,  and  (second)  September  12,  1691, 
Susanna,  widow  of  Gregory  Cook.  In  his 
will  dated  June  29,  16(^5,  he  mentions  his  wife 
Susanna,  sons  Henry  and  Thomas,  and  daugh- 
ters Elizabeth,  Mehitable  and  .Abigail.  As 
early  as  1680  he  was  elected  the  "town 
]5rizer,"  his  duty  being  to  fix  the  rate  at  which 
aguicultural  products  should  pass  in  the  pay- 
ment of  taxes  and  debts.  This  office  he  held 
until  1695.  He  was  often  employed  in  tak- 
ing inventories  and  settling  estates  His 
children  were:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  October  13, 
i65(;.     2.    Henry,   March    i,    1662.     3.   Mehit- 


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able.     4.    Tliumas.     5.    Ann,    September    21, 
1671.     ().  .Vbigail,  January  6,  1676-77. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Henry  Spring,  mar- 
ried, November  20,  1701,  Elizabeth  Traine. 
He  died  about  1710,  leaving  children:  i.  Mary, 
born  January  19,  1702-03.  2.  Elizabeth,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1705.  3.  Thomas,  July  5,  1708.  4. 
Henry,  I-'ebruary  2,  1710,  died  1712. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Spring,  born  July  5,  1708,  was  of  Weston. 
He  married  Catherine  Gates,  of  Cambridge, 
December  31,  1729.  He  died  June  18,  1753, 
leaving  children:  i.  Thomas,  born  May  21. 
1731,  died  1740.  2.  .\nna,  March  5,  1732, 
died  young.  3.  .\mos,  January  7,  1734.  4. 
Jonathan,  April  10,  1737.  5.  Thaddeus,  .Au- 
gust 29,  1739.  6.  Thomas,  June  30,  1741.  7. 
Susanna,  November  11,  1743,  died  1744.  8. 
Samuel,  February  5,  1745-46. 

(\')  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Spring,  born  June  30,  1 741  ;  married  Mary 
L'pham,  April  16,  1765.  He  settled  in  Wes- 
ton, now  Newton.-  Children:  i.  Thomas,  born 
May  22,   1766.     2.  William,  July   i,   1768. 

(M)  William,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Spring, 
born  July  i,  1768:  married  (first)  November 
28,  1805,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Josiah  and 
Rachel  (Riimey)  Seaverns,  of  Weston.  ?ilar- 
ried  (second)  January  12,  1809,  Mary  Crack- 
bone,  of  Newton.  JVIarried  (third)  Eunice 
Peirce,  of  Weston.  Married  (fourth)  Re- 
becca Brigham  in  1825.  His  children  were: 
I.  William  Seaverns,  born  June  16,  1806.  2. 
Joseph  Warren,  October  20,  1809.  3.  Rachel, 
July  24,  died  .\ugust  14,  181 1.  4.  Mary 
Crackbone,  July  11,  died  October.  1814.  5. 
Eunice,  June  8,  1818.  6.  George,  February  i, 
1821.  7.  Mary  Rachel,  March  21,  1823.  8. 
.•\masa,  Jiuic  17,  1825.  9.  Sarah  Elizabeth, 
September  13,  1826.  10.  Charles,  April  20, 
1828.  ir,  Marshall,  December  23.  1829.  12. 
.Andrew,  February  18,  183 1.  13.  Henry,  July 
24,  1832.  14.  Susan,  October  17,  1833.  15. 
.\rartha,  February  22.  1835.  16.  Maria  Louisa. 
November  22.  1836.  17.  Harriet,  December 
26,  1838.     18.  Caroline,  March  25,  1841. 

(\TI)  Joseph  Warren,  son  of  William 
Spring,  was  born  October  20,  1809.  He  mar- 
ried Nancy  Harrington  Gibbs.  The  intention 
of  marriage  was  recorded  in  Waltham  records, 
\pril  4,  1830.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John 
and  Sally  Harrington  (Fay)  Gibbs,  grand- 
dauehter  of  Joel  Fay,  and  great-granddaughter 
of  Captain  Benjamin  Fay,  of  Westboro,  who 
served  in  Captain  Baker's  company  that 
marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  serv- 
ing seven  and  a  half  days.     TTe  also  served  on 


the  committee  of  inspection  for  \\'estboro. 
He  was  a  manufacturer  of  boots  and  shoes. 
The  first  three  of  his  children  were  born  in 
Calais,  Maine,  and  the  remaining  si.x  in  Sterl- 
ing, ^lassachusetts.  He  removed  to  Worces- 
ter about  1852,  and  died  there  September  10, 
1864,  and  his  wife  died  March  9,  1887.  His 
children  were:  I.  Joseph  W.,  born  October  30, 
1831,  died  October  25,  1895.  2.  George  Will- 
iam, May  9,  1833;  removed  to  Galesburg,  Illi- 
nois. 3.  John  C,  February  i,  1835:  resides  in 
Fitchburg,  Massachusetts.  4.  Sarah  E.,  Sep- 
tember 9,  1838;  married  S.  J.  Chamberlain. 
5.  Edwin  H.,  April  i,  1840.  6.  Charles  H., 
l-'ebruary  18,  1842;  resided  in  Gardiner,  Mass- 
achusetts, and  died  there  March  30,  1892. 
7.  Hattie  M.,  April  26,  1844:  married  John 
Francis  Bicknell  (see  Bicknell,  VIII).  8. 
Helen  F.,  May  6,  1846;  married  S.  H.  Kim- 
ball.    9.  Mary  Gibbs,  May  16,  1848. 

(VHI)  Mary  Gibbs,  youngest  child  of  Jo- 
seph W^arren  and  Nancy  Harrington  (Gibbs) 
■Spring,  was  born  in  Sterling.  Massachusetts 
anrl  removed  to  Worcester  with  her  parents 
about  the  year  1852.  She  received  her  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city. 
.\fter  taking  a  two  years'  course  in  the  clas- 
sical high  school,  the  death  of  her  father 
caused  a  change  in  her  plans  for  the  future, 
and  she  entered  Howe's  Business  College, 
from  which  she  graduated  with  full  honors  in 
1866.  For  a  time  she  was  employed  in  that 
institution  as  a  teacher,  but  resigned  to  accept 
the  responsible  ])osition  of  head  bookkeeper 
for  the  firm  of  Gross  &  Strauss,  where  she  re- 
mained about  twelve  years.  In  1877  she  re- 
moved to  Elwyn,  Pennsylvania,  assuming  the 
duties  of  head  bookkeeper  in  the  Pennsylvania 
Training  School,  remaining  for  about  one 
year,  and  on  returning  to  Worcester  entered 
the  employ  of  E.  B.  Crane  &  Company,  lum- 
ber dealers,  as  bookkeeper,  .\fter  the  disso- 
lution of  this  firm  in  1882,  John  Francis  Bick- 
nell. on  entering  the  lumber  trade  in  his  own 
name,  secured  the  services  of  Miss  Spring  as 
his  accountant,  and  from  that  time  until  his 
death  she  held  that  responsible  position,  her 
broad  knowledge  and  extensive  practical  ex- 
perience enabling  her  to  render  valuable  assist- 
ance in  building  u])  a  large  and  successful  busi- 
ness, which  at  the  death  of  Mr.  Bicknell,  No- 
vember 15,  i8')9,  was  continued  under  the 
style  of  J.  F.  I'icknell  Lumber  Company,  an 
incorporated  stock  company  with  Miss  Spring 
as  treasurer,  and  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors,  her  sister,  Mrs.  J.  F.  Bicknell,  being 
the     president.     This     business     still     contin- 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


ues  under  this  organization,  with  every  prom- 
ise of  continued  prosperity. 

Miss  Spring  has  always  manifested  a  deep 
interest  in  the  social  and  religious  life  of  the 
community.  She  is  active  in  the  work  of  the 
Universalist  church,  her  helpfulness  therein 
has  chiefly  gone  out  through  that  channel  as 
a  member  of  All  Soul's  parish,  of  which  she 
has  for  many  years  been  treasurer.  She  is  the 
proprietor  of  a  fine  apartment  building  known 
as  the  "Gibbs,"  which  she  caused  to  be  erected 
in  1898,  naming  it  in  memory  of  her  mother, 
who  before  her  marriage  was  Nancy  Harring- 
ton Gibbs.  It  is  well  located  on  Main  street, 
in  the  city  of  Worcester,  and  is  of  light  col- 
ored pressed  brick  front,  five  stories  in  height, 
and  contains  ten  flats,  all  of  which  are  ex- 
pensively and  artistically  finished,  presenting 
a  very  fitting  monument  to  a  name  tenderly 
cherished  by  all  the  members  of  the  family 
and  by  many  deeply  attached  friends. 


The  surname  is  an  ancient 
( III.MORE  name  of  an  occupation,  mean- 
ing a  great-servant  from  the 
words  gil,  meaning  servant,  and  Mor,  great. 
The  family  originated  in  Edinburghshire,  Scot- 
land, and  many  distinguished  men  of  the  fam- 
ily have  lived  in  Scotland,  Ireland  and  Amer- 
ica. The  family  in  America  is  mostly  if  not 
entirely  of  Scotch-Irish  stock.  Pioneers  came 
in  1 7 18  and  later,  before  the  revolution,  to 
North  Carolina,  I'ennsylvania,  Maine,  Massa- 
chusetts and  New  Hampshire.  The  ancient 
spelling  Gilmour  is  continued  by  some  of  the 
family  to  the  present  day.  The  earliest  set- 
tlers in  Ireland  came  from  Scotland  with  the 
first  Protestants  sent  by  King  James  to  occupy 
the  lands  of  the  dispossessed  Roman  Catholics. 
James  Gilmore  settled  in  the  precinct  of  Port- 
lough,  county  Donegal,  Ulster,  Ireland,  and 
May  I.  1613.  had  a  section  of  land  set  off  to 
him  by  James  Cunningham,  to  whom  the 
Crown  had  given  a  thousand  acres  of  land. 
Robert  Gilmore,  who  may  have  been  the  an- 
cestor of  Robert,  mentioned  below,  was  born 
in  Scotland,  and  in  1617  or  earlier  came  to 
Scotland  as  tenant  of  John  Hamilton  on  a 
five  hundred  acre  grant,  originally  alotted  to 
Claude  Hamilton,  then  owned  by  John  Ham- 
ilton in  the  precinct  of  Fewes,  (county  Ar 
niagli,  province  of  Ulster,  Ireland).  The 
Gilmores  are  still  numerous  in  the  Scotch 
counties  of  Ireland. 

(I)  Robert  Gilmore,  doubtless  a  relative  of 
the  other  Scotch-Irish  settlers  of  Massachu- 
setts and  New  Hampshire,  came  between  1718 


and  1730  to  Massachusetts,  landed  at  Boston 
and  located  at  Worcester,  Rutland  and  Pel- 
ham,  Massachusetts.  He  died  August  16, 
1745,  at  Pelham,  and  was  probably  born  at 
early  as  1675.  Children:  i.  John,  of  Rut- 
land; married,  July  17,  1762,  Mary  Hoar.  2. 
Margaret,  married,  December  11,  1755,  Sam- 
uel  Cowden.     3.    William,   mentioned    below. 

4.  -Agues,  married.  May  9,  1752,  Robert  Synett. 

5.  Robert,  (intention  of  marriage  dated  No- 
vember 8,  1754)  married  Dolly  Gray.  7. 
Jane,  of  Rutland,  married,  November  28,  1754, 
John  Henry,  of  Barre. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Robert  Gilmore,  was 
born  in  Ulster  province,  north  of  Ireland, 
about  171 5.     He  married  Else  (Elsie  or  Alice) 

,  who  died  January  18,  1774,  at  Pelham. 

Massachusetts,  where  he  settled  and  was  a 
well-to-do  farmer.  Children,  born  at  Pelham, 
excepting  perhaps  William:  i.  William,  mar- 
ried, June  2,  1763,  Jane  Gray.  2.  Nathaniel. 
3.  James,  born  May  14,  1741  ;  settled  at  Bland- 
ford  ;  soldier  in  the  Revolution.  4.  Mary, 
Tune  10.  1743;  married,  June  18,  1767,  at  Pel- 
ham, Robert  Cochran.  5.  David,  May  14, 
1751.  6.  David,  November  16,  1755.  7.  Rob- 
ert, died  April  18,  1756.  8.  Sarah,  born  May 
7,  1758.     9.  Else,  Eebruary  20,  1760. 

(III)  Nathaniel,  son  or  nephew  of  William 
Gilmore,  lived  at  Pelham  and  probably  at 
Monson,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married  and  among  his  children  was  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below. 

(V)  Nathaniel  (2),  grandson  of  Nathaniel 
(i)  Gilmore,  was  born  in  1814,  at  Stafford 
Springs,  Connecticut,  died  1892.  He  was  for 
many  years  and  in  fact  through  all  his  active 
life  engaged  in  the  iron  foundry  business  at 
Stafford,  Connecticut,  Brattleboro,  Vermont, 
Fitchburg  and  Turners  Falls,  Massachusetts, 
lie  was  interested  in  public  affairs,  especially 
in  the  fire  department  of  the  city  and  was  for 
a  number  of  years  the  chief  engineer  of  the  de- 
])artnient.  Much  of  the  growth  and  develop- 
ment of  the  system  took  place  while  he  was  at 
the  head.  He  was  active  also  in  the  militia 
when  he  was  a  young  man,  and  in  1864  was 
commissioned  major  of  the  Vermont  militia. 
He  was  then  living  in  Bellows  Falls,  Vermont. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows.  He  married  Esther  A.  Ken- 
drick,  born  at  Heath,  Massachusetts,  Febru- 
ary 22,  1808.  Children:  i.  Adelaide  A.,  bom 
.August  I,  1829;  married  Martin  J.  Buss,  of 
Bellows  Falls,  Vermont.  2.  Rinaldo  G.,  July 
15,  1841.  3.  William  Herbert  Prentice,  men- 
tioned below. 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


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(\I )  ^\■illiam  Herbert  Prentice,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel (2)  Gilmore,  was  born  at  Winchen- 
don,  Massachusetts,  June  17,  1848,  and  edu- 
cated in  the  pubUc  schools.  He  engaged  in  the 
railroad  business  for  eight  years  and  was  sta- 
tion agent  at  Bellows  Falls,  Vermont,  for  two 
years.  He  came  to  Turners  Falls,  Massachu- 
setts, in  November,  1872,  and  entered  the 
Crocker  National  Bank  and  Savings  Institu- 
tion as  bookkeeper.  He  was  promoted  to  the 
position  of  teller  and  then  assistant  cashier 
of  the  National  Rank  and  was  also  secretary 
of  the  Savings  Bank  until  1895.  He  has  been 
a  trustee  of  the  Savings  Bank  for  many  years. 
He  resigned  from  the  bank  to  devote  all  his 
time  to  the  insurance  business,  which  he  es- 
tablished in  1878.  His  agency  has  become  one 
of  the  most  extensive  and  successful  in  this 
section  of  the  state.  He  has  been  actively  con- 
nected with  various  movements  to  promote  the 
public  interests.  He  was  a  jirime  mover  in 
the  establishment  of  the  public  library.  When 
the  first  appropriation  of  six  hundred  dollars 
was  made  for  library  purposes  in  the  early 
seventies,  he  acted  as  librarian  and  was  one 
of  the  chief  factors  in  the  development  and 
growth  of  the  institution.  Through  his  in- 
fluence and  agitation  largely  the  beautiful  and 
artistic  new  building  was  erected  for  the  li- 
brary ;  he  is  chairman  of  the  library  board.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  from  1895  to 
1904  was  on  the  board  of  assessors.  He  is 
one  of  the  charter  members  of  Mechanics" 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  a  member  of  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  of  the  Connecticut  Valley  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar,  and  of  the  Peske- 
ompskut  Club.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Unitarian  church  and  has  been  chairman  of 
the  executive  committee  for  twenty  years.  He 
married.  May  15,  1872,  Luella,  born  October 
6,  1840,  daughter  of  John  and  Emma  Weaver 
Dickinson,  of  Alstead,  New  Hampshire. 
Children:  i.  Charles  Herbert,  born  February 
28.  1878;  now  a  lawyer  in  Boston.  2.  Esther 
Frances.  December.  1881 ;  married  Frederick 
W.  Calbraith,  a  manufacturer  of  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  and  has  one  son.  Gilmore  Galbraith.  born 
May,  1903. 

(For    preoerlin;?     generation.?     .see     Deacon     Thoma.s 
Hastings   11. 

(Ill)    Daniel,    third    son    of 

HASTINGS    Samuel  and  Sarah  (Coolidge ) 

Hastings,  was  baptized  Julv 

19,    1702.    in    Watertown,    and    settled,   about 

1720.  in  Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts,  where  he 

resided  on  house  lot  No.  41,  and  died  July  4, 


1777.  He  married,  August  5,  1724,  in  Water- 
town,  Sarah,  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth 
(Fiske)  Ball,  born  September  i,  1700.  She 
was  admitted  to  the  church  in  Shrewsbury  in 
1736.  Children:  Sarah,  Stephen,  Hannah 
(died  young),  Daniel,  Elizabeth  (died  young), 
Elizabeth,  John,  David  and  Hannah.  The 
first  two  were  born  in  Watertown,  and  the 
others  in  Shrewsbury. 

dV)  Daniel  (2),  second  son  of  Daniel  (i) 
and  Sarah  (Ball)  Hastings,  was  born  July  5, 
1732,  in  Shrewsbury,  where  he  resided  until 
1734,  or  later,  when  he  removed  to  Petersham, 
where  he  died  September  8,  1807.  The  grave- 
stone there  says  his  age  was  seventy-four,  it 
should  be  seventy-five.  He  married,  August 
16,  1753,  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Ruth  Keyes,  born  August  25,  1731.  Only  one 
of  their  children  is  recorded,  namely:  Ruth, 
born  January  2,  1754.  No  children  are  re- 
corded in  Petersham. 

(V)  Zenas,  undoubtediv  a  son  of  Daniel 
(2)  and  Priscilla  (Keyes)  Hastings,  was  born 
about  1765.  Like  many  of  the  same  name, 
he  fitted  for  the  practise  of  medicine,  and  was 
located  for  a  time  in  Windsor,  Vermont, 
whence  he  removed  to  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
He  was  one  of  the  company  formed  on  Lake 
Erie,  under  Commodore  Perry,  and  during 
the  conflict  that  followed  he  lost  his  right  arm  ; 
afterward  he  was  made  lightkeejier  on  Gallon 
Island,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  and  where  he  was  buried.  He  married, 
at  West  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  Keziah, 
daughter  of  Glover  and  Lydia  (Allen)  Street, 
who  was  born  July  23,  1768,  in  Wallingford, 
Connecticut,  and  died  August  23,  i8fio.  She 
was  notable  for  the  energetic  manner  in  which 
she  accomplished  her  undertakings,  and  was 
fond  of  genealogy,  being  very  proud  of  her 
family.  Her  ancestry  is:  (I)  Nicholas,  (II) 
Samuel,  (HI)  Samuel  (2),  (IV)  Samuel 
(3).  (V)  Glover  (see  Street,  V),  all  written 
I  if  nn  other  pages  of  this  work.  Dr.  Hast- 
ings and  his  wife  had  but  one  child.  Glover 
Street. 

(VI)  Glover  Street,  son  of  Zenas  and 
Keziah  (Street)  Hastings,  was  born  .Septem- 
ber 30,  1804,  died  June  15,  1879.  He  was 
reared  by  his  maternal  grandparents,  and  on 
the  death  of  his  grandmother  he  inherited  his 
share  of  her  estate.  He  was  a  farmer.  He 
was  a  staunch  \Miig,  but  upon  the  formation 
of  the  Knownothing  party  joined  them,  and 
later  became  a  Republican.  He  attended  the 
Congregational  church.  Mr.  Hastings  mar- 
ried  (first)  June  5,  1828,  Laura,  daughter  of 


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AIASSACHUSETTS. 


I'rancis  I'rackett,  of  Bland  ford,  Massachu- 
setts, horn  March  12,  1809,  died  January  25, 
1843.  He  married  (second)  Polly,  daughter 
(if  Oliver  and  Jane  (  Whipple  )  Clary,  of  Charlc- 
mont,  and  granddaughter  of  Electa  Dickinson, 
of  Hatfield,  Massachusetts.  She  died  Decem- 
ber 6,  1885.  '>>'  h's  fii'st  marriage  Mr.  Hast- 
ings had  eight  children:  i.  Jerome  Street,  born 
May,  1829.  2.  Francis  Brackett,  1830,  died 
ii>4G.  3.  Caleb  Munson,  1831,  died  1831.  4. 
William  Duane,  removed  to  California  in  1851. 
5.  Glover  Street  Jr.,  January  27,  1836.  6. 
Helen  Keziah,  March  11,  1839.  7.  Laura 
]\Iaria,  November  19,  1840.  8.  An  infant, 
died  January  25,  1843,  with  its  mother.  By 
his  second  wife  Mr.  Hastings  had  three  chil- 
dren :  9.  Dr.  Henry  Oliver.  10.  Francis  Her- 
bert. August  6,  1849.  ■'■  Charles  Chenery, 
l-'ebruary  25,  1852. 

(\'H)  Dr.  Henry  Oliver,  eldest  son  of 
(ilover  Street  and  Polly  (Clary)  Hastings,  was 
born  November  8,  1844,  and  lived  on  the  home- 
stead until  he  became  of  age.  He  attended 
the  public  schools,  then  studied  dentistry  and 
opened  an  office  at  Holyoke,  Massachusetts. 
He  soon  removed  to  Nashua,  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  remained  two  years  and  then 
spent  a  short  time  at  Southington,  Connecti- 
cut, after  which  he  returned  to  Holyoke,  and 
commenced  practice  there  in  an  office  which  he 
has  occupied  for  thirty  years.  Some  time  be- 
fore Mt.  Tom  railroad  was  built,  he  conceived 
the  idea  of  a  pleasure  park  at  the  foot  of  the 
mountain,  and  at  his  suggestion  Mr.  Loomis, 
])resi(lent  and  general  manager  of  the  street 
railroad,  looked  over  the  ground,  with  the  re- 
sult that  the  company  purchased  some  four- 
teen hundred  acres.  Dr.  Hastings  was  one 
iif  the  organizers  of  the  Mount  Tom  railroad, 
and  was  one  of  its  first  directors,  later  be- 
coming treasurer.  He  is  a  Republican.  He 
married,  September  23,  1878,  Emilie  N.  Bur- 
nett-Swan, daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah 
i\\'eaver)  Burnett.  .She  died  lanuarv  7. 
1  8q8. 


Hazelden  was  an  ancient 
H  A/. l'".[/i"(  ).\     manor  in  Dallington,  county 

Sussex.  England,  and  the 
surname  originated  from  this  place,  no  doubt,  or 
s(ime  other  with  the  same  meaning — a  valley 
of  hazels.  There  are  many  spellings — Hassal- 
tine,  Hazzaltine,  Heseltine,  Hesseltine,  Hazel- 
tine,  Hazleton,  Heselton,  Hesselton  and  Hazel- 
ilen  being  a  few  of  the  variations.  The  coat- 
of-arms  used  by  the  Hazelden  family  in  Eng- 
land is:     .\  cross  patence  or,  on  a  chief  azure. 


three  round  buckles  of  tlie  second.  Crest:  A 
talbot's  head  argent. 

( I  )  Robert  Hazelton,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  this  country  in  the  company  with  Rev. 
Ezekiel  Rogers,  in  1636,  and  landed  at  Salem. 
They  came  from  the  counties  of  York  and  Devon 
in  England.  They  settled  in  Rowley.  Robert 
and  John  Hazelton  were  in  the  comjiany,  and 
were  brothers.  P>oth  were  admitted  freemen, 
Alay  13,  1640.  In  1649  Robert  and  John 
Hazelton  and  \\'illiam  Wilde  built  dwellings 
on  the  Merrimac  river,  and  were  the  first  set- 
tlers in  the  present  town  of  Bradford.  In 
consideration  of  grants  of  land  which  they 
received  they  were  to  look  after  cattle  belong- 
ing to  the  settlers.  The  first  home  of  the 
Hazeltons  was  on  the  westerly  slope  of  the 
hill,  near  the  site  of  the  old  town  house.  A 
few  years  later  they  built  on  Indian  Hill. 
They  owned  large  tracts  of  land  where  the  vil- 
lage and  academy  now  are,  and  were  prosper- 
ous citizens.  At  the  first  meeting  of  Merri- 
mack people  in  1668.  Robert  Hazelton  was 
chosen  selectman.  He  married,  in  Rowley, 
October  23,  1639,  Ann ,  and  the  mar- 
riage was  the  first  in  the  new  town.  She  died  July 
26,  1684.  His  will,  dated  October  25,  1673, 
was  ])roved  September  29,  i(>74.  He  died  Au- 
gust 2y,  1674.  He  was  the  first  to  establish 
a  ferry  between  Bradford  and  Haverhill .  Chil- 
dren: I.  Anna,  born  January  2,  1640;  married, 
1660,  Caleb  Kimball,  of  Ipswich.  2.  Marcy, 
born  October  16,  1642;  married.  1661,  Benja- 
min Kimball,  of  Salisbury.  3.  David,  married, 
1668.  Mary  Jewett.  4.  Alary,  born  December 
14,  1646;  died  young.  5.  Abraham,  born  Alarch 
3,  1648:  mentioned  below.  6.  Deliverance, 
born  January  25,  1651  ;  died  young.  7.  Eliza- 
beth, born  January  15,  1652-3;  died  young.  8. 
Deliverance,  married,  1655,  Nathaniel  Dane, 
of  Andover.  10.  Robert,  born  September  7, 
1657;  married,  1680,  Elizabeth  Jewett.  10. 
( iershom,  born  January  31,  1661-2;  married, 
1690,  .-\biah  Dalton. 

(II)  Abraham,  son  of  Robert  Hazelton, 
w  as  born  March  3,  1648,  and  resided  in  Brad- 
fortl,  where  he  was  one  of  the  early  town 
clerks.  He  died  April  28,  171 1,  and  August  6 
following  his  son  Richard  was  appointed  ad- 
ministrator. He  married.  October  4,  1671, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  Langley.  Chil- 
dren :  1.  Aiary,  born  .-Kpril  30,  1672;  married 
.Samuel  Stickney.  2.  Robert,  born  May  16, 
1674;  married,  June  16,  1702,  Sarah  Spofiford. 
3.  Elizabeth,  born  April  29,  1677;  married, 
1694-5,  Thomas  Carlton.  4.  Richard,  born 
November    13.    1679;     mentioned    below.      5. 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


2345 


Bethiah,  born  May  16,  1682;  married,  Decem- 
ber 30,  1 701,  Thomas  Spofford.  6.  Abraham, 
born  November  d,  1684;  married,  1722,  Rachel 
Atwood :  (bed  November  28,  1733.  7.  Mehit- 
able,  born  March  20.  1687-8.  8.  Jonathan, 
born  April  2,  1794:  married  Mary  Simons. 

(III)  Richard,  son  of  Abraham  Hazelton, 
was  born  November  13,  1679,  and  was  one  of 
the  original  proprietors  of  Chester,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married,  January  14,  1702-3, 
Abigail  Chatlwick.  Children:  i.  Ephraim, 
born  September  22,  1703;  married  Ruth  In- 
galls.  2.  Richard,  born  August  18,  1705;  mar- 
ried Sarah  Hall.  3.  Thomas,  born  March  18, 
1707;  mentioned  below.  4.  John,  born  No- 
vember 22.  1708;  married  Mary  Ingalls.  5. 
Mary,    born    February    7,     1710-11:    married 

Gage.    6.  Abigail,  born  April  15,  1715. 

7.  William,  (twin),  born  July  20,  1719;  died 
young.  8.  James  (twin  with  William)  ;  mar- 
ried (first)  November  15,  1754,  Rebecca  Milli- 
ken ;  (second)  July  2,  1765,  Hannah  Kimball. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  Richard  Hazelton, 
was  born  March  18,  1707.  He  removed  to 
Chester,  New  Hampshire,  and  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  there.  He  and  his  brother  Eph- 
raim bought  land  of  the  widow  of  Rev.  T. 
Cotton,  December  29.  1730.  He  resided  on 
lot  73,  where  Z.  Shirley  now  or  lately  resided. 
He  married,  May  8,  1738,  Joanna,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Hills.  Children:  i.  Abigail,  born 
February  18,  1739;  died  1817:  married  Jabez 
Hoyt.  2.  Rebecca,  born  November  6,  1741 ; 
married  Captain  Peter  Coffin.  3.  Thomas, 
born  May  22,  1744.  4.  Moses,  born  February 
18,  1745.  married  Bridget  French.  5.  Ben- 
jamin, born  August  15,  1752  ;  mentioned  below. 
6.  Joanna,  born  October  24,  1757 ;  married 
David  Bartlett.  of  Campton. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Thomas  Hazelton, 
was  born  August  15,  1752;  and  resided  in 
Chester,  on  lot  38,  where  Parker  Morse  lately 
resided.  He  removed  to  Orford,  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  he  died  in  1824.  He  married,  in 
October,  1779,  Susanna,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Richardson.  Children:  i.  Pearson,  mention- 
ed below.  2.  Amos.  3.  Anna.  4.  Benjamin, 
born  February  i,  1786.  5.  Susannah.  6. 
James,  born  August  4,  1790.  7.  Priscilla.  8. 
Betsey.  Benjamin  Hazelton  was  in  the  revolu- 
tion, in  Captain  Runnells'  company.  Colonel 
Webster's  regiment,  also  in  Captain  Dear- 
bourn's  company,  Colonel  Stickney's  regiment, 
and  in  Captain  Dearbourn's  company.  Colonel 
Nichols'  regiment,  in  Rhode  Island  campaign, 
1778. 

(VI)  Pearson,  son  of  Benjamin  Hazelton, 


was  born  about  1780.  During  the  war  of  1812 
he  served  in  an  armed  vessel,  and  while  bring- 
ing into  port  a  prize  vessel  of  which  he  was 
commander,  was  cajjtured  by  the  British  and 
for  a  time  was  held  prisoner  in  Canada.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Marston.  2.  James  Brown,  born 
( )ct(jber  4.  1810;  mentioned  below.  3.  William 
I'earson.     Also  five  daughters. 

(  \TI)  James  Brown,  son  of  Pearson  Hazel- 
ton, was  born  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  in  W'estfield,  April  17,  1888.  He  worked 
as  a  cigar  maker,  and  finally  went  into  busi- 
ness in  Westfield  as  a  manufacturer  of  cigars. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Hitchings,  of  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  born  July  16,  1809,  in  Salem, 
died  1893.  in,  Westfield,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren: I.  James  Brown,  born  November  15, 
1838;  mentioned  below.  2.  Thomas  M.,  born 
December  17,  1840  ;  served  in  Forty-sixth  Regi- 
ment Massachusetts  Volunteers  in  the  civil 
war:  died  August  31,  1905.  3.  Emily  A.,  born 
January  27,  1842;  died  August  28,  1842,  at 
Southwick,  Massachusetts.  4.  Andrew  J.,  born 
February  2,  1843  ;  served  in  the  civil  war  in  the 
Tenth  Massachusetts  Regiment,  during  the 
entire  war ;  died  in  New  York  City. 

(VHI)  James  Brown  (2),  son  of  James 
llrown  (i)  Hazelton,  was  born  in  Salem,  No- 
vember 15,  1838.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Westfield,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  a  commercial  traveler  during  most  of 
iiis  active  life,  representing  various  New  York 
hardware  houses.  He  made  his  home  in  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  and  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  for  twenty  years.  He  retired  in  1892. 
and  built  a  handsome  residence  in  Westfield, 
where  he  has  since  lived.  He  is  a  trustee  of 
the  Noble  Hospital  of  that  town.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  a  Presbyterian  in 
religion.  He  is  a  member  of  Mt.  Moriah 
Lodge,  of  Free  Masons,  of  Westfield ;  Evening 
Star  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Spring- 
field Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ; 
Springfield  Commandery,  Knights  Templar ; 
Alelha  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Cockburn,  born  in  England,  daugh- 
ter of  Alexander  Cockburn.  She  was  a  distant 
relative  of  Admiral  Cockburn.  She  came  to 
.America  with  her  family  in  i860.  Mr.  Hazle- 
ton  married  (second)  Airs.  Ellen  V.  D.  Hazle- 
ton.  There  were  no  children  by  either  mar- 
riage. 

Samuel  Porter,  a  descendant  of 
PORTER     Richard  Porter,  immigrant,  who 
came    from    Weymouth,    Eng- 
land, to  Massachusetts  in  1635  and  settled  at 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


Weymouth.  Samuel  Porter  was  born  about 
1770,  and  settled  about  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage in  Huntington,  Massachusetts,  formerly 
Xorwich.  He  removed  a  few  years  later  to 
Chesterfield,  an  adjacent  town,  where  he  lived 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  Children,  all  born  in 
Chesterfield,  except  the  eldest  who  was  born  in 
Huntington  (Norwich)  :  i.  Thomas,  born  No- 
vember 18,  1798.  2.  Samuel,  August  24,  1800. 
T,.  Cynthia,  May  11,  1802.  4.  Orson,  August 
22,  1804.  5.  Patience,  July  25,  1806.  6.  John 
Bennet,  April  30.  1808.  7.  Parthenia,  May  7, 
1810.  8.  Clara,  June  18.  1812.  9.  Emily,  July 
18,  1814.  10.  Eunice,  May  12,  1816.  11. 
Leonora,  May  9,  1819.  12.  Calvin,  mentioned 
below. 

( H)  Calvin,  son  of  Samuel  Porter,  was  born 
in  Chesterfield,  May  17,  1821,  died  May  i, 
1889,  in  Florence.  Massachusetts.  He  spent 
his  youth  in  his  native  town  and  attended  the 
public  schools  there.  After  teaching  school  for 
two  years  he  studied  medicine  in  the  office  of 
Dr.  Bemis,  of  Cummington,  Massachusetts, 
and  practiced  for  three  or  four  years.  His  right 
arm  was  amputated  when  he  was  ten  years  old, 
as  a  result  of  an  injury  received  when  he  was 
three  years  old,  and  he  was  so  badly  handi- 
capped in  his  profession  by  the  lack  of  tliis 
arm  that  he  finally  abandoned  it  and  engaged  in 
newsjjaper  work.  He  was  at  one  time  owner 
and  editor  of  the  N ortJiampton  Free  Press. 
His  health  failed  and  he  found  it  necessary 
to  seek  an  occupation  rei|uiring  less  confine- 
ment indoors.  He  accepted  a  position  as  re- 
porter on  the  Hampshire  Gazette  and  continued 
in  this  position  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  a  Congregationalist  in  religion  and  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  made  his  home  in 
Florence,  a  suburb  of  the  city  of  Northamp- 
ton. He  married  Sarah  Jane,  born  in  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Adelia 
(White)  Stall,  both  natives  of  Hadley.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Leo  H.,  born  July  19.  i860;  mention- 
ed below.  2.  Cliffe  Howard,  July  7,  1862,  died 
at  the  age  of  eleven  years. 

(HI)  Leo  Herbert,  .son  of  Calvin  Porter, 
was  born  in  Florence,  Northampton,  July  19, 
i860.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  Northampton  and  learned  teleg- 
raphy. He  entered  the  employ  of  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  Com- 
pany and  was  promoted  from  time  to  time. 
He  was  telegraph  operator  in  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  office,  ticket  agent  and  teleg- 
rapher in  various  stations  between  New  Haven 
and  Northampton,  and  finally  freight  agent  at 
Northampton,   an    office   he   filled    for   twelve 


years.  In  1905  he  resigned  to  accept  the  office 
of  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Palmer 
Mountain  Tunnel  Company,  a  mining  corpora- 
tion with  offices  at  Northampton  and  mines  at 
Loomis,  Okanogan  county,  Washington.  He 
has  filled  this  important  duty  to  the  present 
time.  He  is  also  engaged  in  the  brokerage 
business  and  is  interested  in  the  automobile 
business.  He  is  treasurer  of  the  Porter  Garage 
Company.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
and  his  family  attend  the  Congregational 
church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Northampton 
Club.  He  married,  April  16,  1884,  Hattie 
White,  born  at  Union  Grove,  Wisconsin,  daugh- 
ter of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  Ann  (Coon)  White. 
Her  father  was  a  native  of  Hadley,  and  her 
mother  of  Mohawk,  New  York.  (See  White, 
\TI).  They  have  one  child.  Mary  Winifred, 
born  at  Northampton,  March  21,  1886. 

(The  White  Line — See  John  White  1). 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Deacon  Nathaniel 
(2)  White,  was  born  April  9,  1701,  died  March 
23,  1733.  He  married,  October  28,  1730,  Ruth 
.\therton,  who  died  April  29,  1785,  in  her 
eighty-fifth  year.  Children:  i.  Rachel,  born 
about  1731;  died  unmarried  May  25,  1815, 
aged  eighty-three.  2.  Ebenezer,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
White,  was  born  about  1733,  died  October  11, 
1817.  He  lived  in  South  Hadley  and  was  in 
the  revolution  in  Captain  Samuel  Fairfield's 
company.  Colonel  Nathan  Sparhawk's  regi- 
ment, from  September  29  to  December  12, 
1778.  at  Dorchester;  also  in  Captain  Oliver 
Smith's  company.  Colonel  Eliston  Porter's 
regiment,  and  marched  for  the  relief  of  Ben- 
nington in  1777.  He  may  have  had  other  ser- 
vice. He  married  Sarah  Church,  who  died 
about  1802,  aged  about  sixty-six,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Church,  of  Amherst.  Children:  i. 
Sarah,  born  1770;  married,  November,  1787, 
John  Sumner.  2.  Jonathan,  October  29,  1774. 
3.  Elijah,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Elijah,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2)  White, 
was  born  June  28,  1778,  died  November  24, 
1856.  He  married  December  24,  1799,  Lucy 
Pierce,  who  died  October  18,  1855,  aged  sev- 
enty-seven, daughter  of  Josiah  Pierce,  Jr. 
Children:  I.  Josiah,  born  August  i,  1800; 
married  Hannah  Gushing.  2.  Samuel  Sumner, 
May  10.  1803.  3.  Ebenezer,  September  11, 
1805;  mentioned  below.  4.  Delia,  January  20, 
1808;  married,  March  28,  1827,  Isaac  Stall. 
5.  Margaret  Smith,  March  20.  1811  ;  married, 
April.  1828,  Lewis  Tower. 


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(VII)  Ebenezer  (3),  son  of  Elijah  White, 
was  born  September  11,  1805.  He  resided  in 
Dover,  Wisconsin,  and  married,  in  1829,  Mary 
Ann  Coon.  Among  their  children  was  Hattie, 
born  at  Union  Grove,  Wisconsin,  married  Lee 
Herbert  Porter  (see  Porter,  HI). 


(For  preceding  generations  see  John  Dwight  1). 

(IV)  Captain  Edmund  Dwight, 
DWKiHT  son  of  Captain  Henry  Dwight, 
was  born  January  19,  1717.  He 
was  a  merchant  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
and  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  died 
October  28,  1755.  He  was  enterprising, 
vigorous  and  though  cut  ofT  in  his  prime  made 
his  mark  in  the  world.  He  was  a  captain  in 
his  majesty's  service  and  was  an  ensign  in  his 
company  at  the  taking  of  Louisburg,  June  4, 
1745.  He  married,  August  23,  1742,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Captain  James  Scutt.  She 
died  in  1764.  Children:  I.  Jonathan,  born 
June  16,  1743,  mentioned  below.  2.  James 
Scutt,  February  3,  1745,  died  August  11,  1748. 
3.  Edmund,  .April  19,  1747,  died  November  5. 
1749.  4.  Elizabeth,  June  4,  1749,  died  Decem- 
ber 18,  1784.  5.  Sarah,  October  30,  1751,  died 
June,  1785.  6.  Henry,  December  22,  1753, 
died  November   12,   1798. 

(V)  Jonathan,  son  of  Captain  Edmund 
Dwight,  was  born  in  Boston,  June  16,  1743, 
died  September  5,  1831,  at  Springfield.  He 
was  sent  by  his  father  to  live  with  his  father's 
brother,  Josiah  Dwight,  of  Springfield ;  was 
kindly  received  into  the  family  and  employed 
as  clerk  in  his  uncle's  store  there.  During  the 
revolution  he  was  a  Loyalist  and  became  so 
unpopular  with  the  Whigs  that  he  retired  from 
business.  After  the  war  he  resumed,  however. 
and  in  a  measure  was  restored  to  public  favor. 
He  was  a  merchant  of  much  enterprise  and 
great  energy,  vigorous  in  mind  and  body,  thor- 
oughly upright  and  honorable  in  his  transac-^ 
tions.  He  was  of  medium  size  and  goodly 
aspect,  we  are  told.  He  built  the  church  now 
occupied  by  the  Second  Congregational  Society 
of  the  First  Parish.  Before  his  death  he  divid- 
ed his  estate  among  his  children.  Mr.  Dwight 
gave  the  family  name  in  Springfield  the  same 
honor  and  distinction  that  Captain  Timothy 
Dwight  had  at  Northampton,  Captain  Timo- 
thy Dwight  at  Dedham  and  General  Joseph 
Dwight  at  Stockbridge.  He  married,  October 
29,  1766,  Margaret  Ashley,  of  Westfield.  born 
September  3,  1745,  daughter  of  Dr.  Israel  and 
Margaret   Moseley.      She    died    February    8, 

1789,  and   he   married    (second)     March    29, 

1790,  Margaret  \'an  Veghten  Vanderspregel. 


of  New  Haven.  She  died  July  25,  1793,  and 
he  married  (third)  October  13,  1796,  Han- 
nah Buck,  of  Brookfield,  who  died  May  26, 
1824,  aged  seventy-nine.  Children:  i.  Lu- 
cinda,  born  September  10.  1767,  mentioned 
below.  2.  James  Scutt,  July  5,  1769,  died 
.March  18,  1822.  3.  Margaret,  February  5, 
1 77 1,  died  April  24,  1790.  4.  J'onathan,  Jr., 
December  28,  1772,  died  March  29,  1840.  5. 
Edmund,  January  19.  1774,  died  August  12, 
T775.  6.  Sophia,  September  4,  1776;  died 
February  23,  1803.  7.  Edmund,  November 
28,  1780,  died  April  i,  1849.  8.  Rev.  Henry, 
June  25,  1783;  died  September  6,  1857. 

(\T)  Lucinda,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Dwight, 
was  born  in  Springfield,  September  10,  1767; 
married,  December  19,  1785,  Rev.  Bezaleel 
Howard,  D.  D.  She  was  a  woman  of  remark- 
able beauty  and  superior  intelligence.  Rev. 
Dr.  Howard  was  born  November  22,  1753,  son 
of  Nathan  Howard,  of  Bridgewater,  Massa- 
chusetts :  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in 
1 78 1  and  was  a  tutor  there  from  1783  to  1785  ; 
was  installed  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church  of  Springfield  and  preached  from  1785 
to  1803.  In  1819  he  joined  the  Unitarian  forces 
in  Congregationalism.  He  was  a  thoughtful, 
sincere  and  able  clergyman,  frank  in  express- 
ing his  opinions,  conservative  in  expression 
though  liberal  in  religious  creed.  They  had 
one  child,  Lucinda  Dwight  Howard,  mention- 
ed below. 

(VH)  Lucinda  Dwight  Howard,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Bezaleel  and  Lucinda  (Dwight)  How- 
ard, was  born  at  Springfield,  August  27,  1786, 
died  October  17,  1828.  She  married.  May  4, 
1809,  Samuel  Orne.  born  August  27,  1786, 
flied  July  28,  1830.  He  was  a  graduate  of 
Harvard  College  in  1804  and  was  a  prominent 
lawyer  of  Springfield.  He  amassed  a  large 
estate.  Children:  i.  Sophia  Dwight  Orne. 
born  March  6,  1810;  married  Dr.  Charles 
Cliapin.  2.  William  Wetmore  Orne,  mention- 
ed below. 

(VHI)  William  Wetmore  Orne,  son  of 
Samuel  and  Lucinda  Dwight  (Howard)  Orne, 
and  grandson  of  Captain  William  Orne,  of 
Salem,  descendant  of  the  famous  Orne  family 
of  Essex  county,  was  born  at  Springfield,  June 
27,  181 1,  died  April  28,  1852.  He  married, 
May  6,  1834,  Lucy  Gassett  Dwight,  born  Janu- 
ary 20,  181 7,  daughter  of  James  Scutt  and 
Alary  (San ford)  Dwight,  mentioned  above. 
\\'illiam  W^.  Orne  was  an  upright  and  able 
man.  a  useful  citizen  and  a  shrewd  and  enter- 
I)rising  merchant  in  his  native  town.  Chil- 
dren:     I.  W'illiam  \\'etmore  Orne,  born  Feb- 


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ruary  14.  1835;  merchant  in  New  York,  died 
nnmarried  August  8,  1862,  aged  twenty-seven 
years.  2.  James  Dwight  (Jrne,  September  11, 
1836;  took  part  in  thirty-six  engagements  in 
the  civil  war ;  captain  and  provost  marshal ; 
wool  manufacturer  in  Philadelphia.  3.  Lu- 
cinda  Howard  Orne,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Lucinda  Howard  Orne,  daughter  of 
William  Wetmore  and  Lucy  Gassett  (Dwight! 
Orne,  was  born  October  8,  1840;  married 
(first)  George  Walter  Pratt,  a  wholesale  sta- 
tioner of  Xew  York  City,  partner  in  the  firm 
of  Pratt,  Oakley  &  Company,  afterward  in  the 
same  business  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  He  died 
at  the  early  age  of  twenty-seven,  and  his  widow- 
married  (second)  Dwight  Holland,  a  native  of 
Pittsfield,  Massachusetts.  Children  of  George 
Walter  and  Lucinda  Howard  (Orne)  Pratt: 
George  Dwight  and  Lucy  Orne. 

Henry    Gorse    lived    at    Duffield, 
(iURSE     Derbyshire,  England.     He  was  a 

silk  hose  knitter  by  trade.  He 
had  two  brothers,  namely :  Thomas  and  Sam- 
uel. Henry  Gorse  married  Hannah  Roome, 
who  bore  him  twelve  children,  namely:  Rachel, 
Joseph,  Henry,  James,  Ann,  Rachel  M.,  Sam- 
uel, Anna,  William,  Louise,  Feargus  L  and 
William,  see  forward.  Joseph,  Henry,  James, 
Samuel  and  William  came  to  America,  and 
Feargus  I.  and  William  are  the  only  ones 
living.  In  1865  he  and  his  wife  came  to  live 
with  their  son  William  at  Needham,  Massachu- 
setts. He  died  there  in  1870,  his  widow  in 
1872.  He  was  of  strong  convictions,  as  an 
incident  of  his  Hfe  at  the  close  of  the  civil  war 
shows.  He  took  the  northern  view  of  slavery 
and  secession,  and  once  when  an  argument 
with  an  advocate  of  the  southern  view-point 
grew  heated,  he  and  his  antagonist  agreed  to 
settle  their  differences  by  a  set-to  with  their 
fists.  Notwithstanding  his  years,  Mr.  Gorse 
was  the  victor. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Henry  Gorse,  was 
born  at  Duffield,  Derbyshire,  England,  May 
26,  1841.  He  attended  the  schools  of  his  native 
county  in  his  boyhood,  beginning  at  the  age  of 
twelve  to  work  in  a  knitting  factory,  in  which 
he  was  an  apprentice  for  seven  years.  _  He 
acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  knitting 
industry.  In  i860  he  came  to  America,  landing 
in  Boston  and  finding  employment  in  Roxbury. 
From  1 86 1  to  1864  he  was  employed  at  his 
trade  in  the  factory  at  Needham,  Massachu- 
setts. During  the  next  two  years  he  manu- 
factured goods  on  his  own  account.  Then  he 
entered  the  employ  of  Lee  Brothers,  who  were 


doing  an  extensive  business  in  the  manufacture 
of  knit  goods  at  Needham.    From  1871  to  1881 
he  made   surgical  elastic  bandages   for  E.   K. 
Hall  at  Highlandville,  Needham.    He  then  en- 
gaged in  business  again  on  his  own  account 
and  has  continued  with  marked  success  to  the 
present  time.    He  manufactures  elastic  hosiery, 
bandages,   abdominal   supports  and   other  de- 
vices for  the  relief  of  patients  suffering  from 
local   weakness  or  injuries  and    from  certain 
derangements  of  the  blood  vessels  and  muscles. 
The  importance  of  this  business  may  be  in- 
ferred  from  the  fact  that  life  itself  depends 
upon  these  appliances,  no  other  known  substi- 
tute being  in  existence.     The  elastic  .stocking 
is  the  most  eft'ective  remedy  for  varicose  veins. 
The  manufacture  of  such  goods  naturally  calls 
for  the  highest  mechanical  skill  and  manipula- 
tion.    Mr.  Gorse  was  the  first  to  start  a  ma- 
chine for  the  manufacture  of  this  elastic  ma- 
terial in  New  England.    The  art  of  interweav- 
ing rubber  with  non-elastic  material  such  as 
cotton,  linen  or  silk  was  practically  unknown 
in  this  country  until   introduced  in  a   factory 
at    Germantown,    Pennsylvania,    by    Vincent 
Sperry,  an  English  artisan,  in  1856.  Mr.  Gorse 
learned  the  trade  in  a  Cheshire  factory  before 
coming  to  this  country.    As  rubber  is  a  perish- 
able material,  the  goods  containing  it  are  useless 
in  about  a  year,  so  practically  all  the  business 
is  on  special  orders  for  immediate  use.     Most 
of  the  orders   for  Mr.   Corse's   factory  come 
from  within  fifty  miles  of  Boston.     He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics  and  much  interested  in 
public    questions,     especially    in    educational 
matters  and  temperance  reform.     He  served 
on  board  of  selectmen  one  year  and  had  the 
largest  vote  of  any  man  ever  elected  on  the 
board.     He  has  been  an  active  member  of  the 
Sons  of  Temperance  for  thirty-five  years  and 
has  filled  the  various  offices  of  that  order  in 
succession.     While  worthy  patriarch  his  divi- 
sion showed  the  greatest  increase  in  member- 
ship in  its  history,  with  one  exception.     He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  charter  member  of  the  Order  of 
the  Golden  Cross,  member  of  Golden  Star  and 
Norfolk  Lodge,   Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 
He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  at  Highlandville,  is  trustee, 
and  for  thirty  years  has  been  a  teacher  in  the 
Sunday   school.      He   married,    December  24, 
1861,  Phebe  Shaw,  born  April  30,  1842,  died 
August    14,    1908,    daughter   of    Robert    and 
Phebe  Shaw,  both  natives  of  England.     Chil- 
dren:     I.  Henrietta,  born  December  19,  1862, 
died  April    17,   1869.     2.  Louise  Maria,  born 


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August  17.  1864.  died  April  20.  1869.  t,. 
Frank  W.,  born  February  22,  1866;  settled  in 
Needham ;  has  a  factory  in  same  line  as  his 
father:  married  Mary  Thompson,  born  in 
Toronto,  Canada  ;  two  children  :  Florence  and 
Marion.  4.  Phebe  Lilly,  born  January  25, 
1868.  married  Arthur  J.  Littlehale.  of  Need- 
ham,  wlio  is  engaged  in  knitting  business  there  ; 
children :  i.  Arthur  William  Littlehale,  born 
July  29,  1888,  employed  in  the  manufacture 
of  surgical  elastic  bandages  and  hosiery  with 
William  Gorse;  ii.  Frances  Littlehale,  born 
January  i,  1890:  iii.  Roy  F.  Littlehale,  born 
February  13,  1891 ;  iv.  Louis  F.  Littlehale, 
born  December  31,  1895;  Mr.  Littlehale's 
grandmother  died  in  1907  at  the  age  of  one 
hundred  and  three  years.  5.  Etta  Louise,  born 
May  17,  1870,  attended  the  Needham  high 
school;  married,  June  26,  1901,  James  B.  Les- 
ter, of  Needham,  a  machinist ;  she  died  Octo- 
ber 14,  1903.  6.  Hannah,  born  July  8,  1872, 
attended  the  Needham  high  school :  assists  her 
father  in  his  business.  7.  Minnie  Mary,  born 
.August  27,  1874,  graduate  of  the  Needham 
high  school  in  the  class  of  1893,  and  from 
Rurdett's  Business  College,  Boston ;  now  her 
father's  stenographer  and  bookkeeper.  8. 
William  Henry,  born  July  27,  1878,  died  aged 
nine  months. 


Richard  Smith,  immigrant  ances- 
SMITH    tor,  was  born  in  England  in  1617. 

Another  and  older  Richard  Smith 
settled  about  the  same  time  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  and  died  about  1644.  Some 
writers  think  the  elder  Richard  was  father  of 
Richard,  born  1617,  or  earlier,  but  the  proof 
is  lacking  either  for  or  against  the  theory. 
Richard  Smith  testified  in  September,  1684. 
that  he  was  sixty-seven  years  old,  that  he  came 
from  Martha's  Vineyard  twenty  or  forty  years 
since  with  his  vessels,  did  some  work  for  his 
brother-in-law,  Matthias  Treat.  He  married 
Rebecca  Treat.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
at  Wethersfield  in  1669.  He  received  the  gift 
of  a  home  lot  from  Richard  Treat  in  October, 
1649;  was  collector  in  1667;  had  a  grant  of 
land  at  Nayaug  in  1672.  He  was  a  contributor 
a  to  the  building  fund  of  the  meeting  house  and 
was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war.  He  owned 
land  in  New  London  in  1652.  Children:  i. 
Richard,  mentioned  below.  2.  Esther,  mar- 
ried John  Strickland.  3.  Beriah,  married  Rich- 
ard Fox.  4.  Bethia,  married,  August  15,  1684, 
Joshua  Stoddard.  5.  Jonathan.  6.  Samuel. 
7.  Joseph,  mentioned  below.    8.  Benjamin. 

iv— 38 


(H)  Joseph,  son  of  Richard  Smith,  resided 
two  or  three  years  at  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut, prior  to  1654-55.  In  1665  'le  had  a  home- 
stead recorded  to  him  in  Wethersfield,  and 
removed  to  Rocky  Hill,  where  he  was  one  of 
the  first  settlers.  He  received  from  the  town 
lands  by  the  river  side.  He  married,  about 
1653,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wright. 
He  died  in  1673  and  the  inventory  was  taken 
November  25,  1673,  amounting  to  four  hun- 
dred and  forty-one  pounds,  seven  shillings,  six 
pence.  His  wife  Lydia  was  granted  adminis- 
tration of  the  estate.  Before  1687  the  widow 
Lydia  had  married  again, Harris.  Chil- 
dren:   I.    Lydia,  born   1654,  married 


Cole.  2.  Joseph,  March.  1657-58;  mentioned 
below.  3.  Jonathan,  August,  1663.  4.  Sam- 
uel, August,  1667. 

(HI)  Sergeant  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph 
(i)  Smith,  was  born  in  March,  1657-58,  and 
removed  about  1680  to  Hadley,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1690.  In 
1687  he  had  charge  of  the  grist  mill  at  Mill 
River,  a  lonely  spot  three  miles  north  of  the 
village.  He  was  the  first  permanent  settler  at 
that  place,  and  continued  there  until  his  death. 
He  hired  a  part  of  the  school  land  for  many 
years,  and  he  or  his  sons  tended  the  mill  most 
of  the  time  during  the  Indian  wars.  The  house 
over  the  mill  had  a  room  with  a  chimney,  and 
this  was  apparently  the  only  house  for  a  long 
period.  It  does  not  appear  that  he  or  his 
family  spent  the  nights  there  until  after  the 
permanent  peace  with  the  Indians  in  1726. 
After  that  time  he  and  his  son  Benjamin  each 
built  a  small  house  there  and  lived  in  Mill 
River  in  173 1.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  and 
in  1696  was  appointed  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures,  which  he  was  until  his  death.  In 
the  same  year  he  was  appointed  meat  packer 
and  ganger  of  casks.  In  1681  he  was  among 
those  taxed  for  the  building  of  the  Fort  river 
bridge.  He  kept  an  inn  in  Hadley  in  1696, 
and  was  selectman  in  1696-1707-10,  and  a 
member  of  the  school  committee  in  1720.  He 
died  October  i,  1733,  ^g^d  seventy-six.  He 
married,  February  11,  1681,  Rebecca  Dickin- 
son, who  died  February  16,  I73i,aged  seventy- 
three,  daughter  of  John  Dickinson.  Children  : 
I.  Joseph,  born  November  8,  1681,  mentioned 
below.  2.  John,  October  24,  1684,  died  August 
27,  1686.  3.  John,  January  5, 1687.  4.  Rebecca, 
June  II,  1689;  married,  February,  1712, 
Joseph  Smith.  5.  Jonathan,  October  28,  1691. 
6.  Lydia,  September  15,  1693;  married,  De- 
cember 26, 1720,  Joseph  Chamberlain.    7.  Ben- 


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jamin,  January  22,  1696;  married  Elizabeth 
Crafts;  died  July  i,  1780.  8.  Elizabeth,  De- 
cember 22,  1 701 ;  died  February  15,  1728. 

(IV)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Sergeant  Joseph 
(2)  Smith,  was  born  in  Hadley,  November  8, 
1681,  died  October  21,  1767.  He  lived  on  the 
homestead  and  cared  for  the  grist  mill.  He 
succeeded  his  father  as  sealer  of  weights  and 
measurer,  meat  packer,  and  ganger  of  casks. 
He  was  also  a  cooper  by  trade.  He  was  in  the 
fight  with  the  Indians  in  Deerfield  meadows, 
February  29,  1704.  He  served  as  selectman  of 
Hadley  in  1735-37.  He  married,  in  1715, 
Sarah  Alexander,  who  died  January  31,  1768. 
Children:  I.  Alexander,  born  October  11, 
1717,  mentioned  below.  2.  Edward,  March 
26,  1719.  3.  Reuben,  .\pril  2,  1721.  4.  Sarah, 
November  9,  1722;  married,  December  3,  1747, 
Windsor  Smith;  died  September  i,  1772.  5. 
Thomas,  December  6,  1725. 

(V)  Alexander,  son  of  Joseph  (3)  Smith, 
was  born  in  Hadley,  October  11,  1717,  in  that 
part  of  the  town  which  became  Amherst,  and 
died  September  21,  1787.  His  estate  was 
among  the  largest  in  Amherst  and  he  was 
elected  surveyor  at  the  first  town  meeting. 
He  kept  a  tavern  on  West  street,  south  of  the 
meeting  house,  from  1758  to  1783.  He  fought 
in  the  Indian  war  in  1754.  He  married,  in 
1743,  Rebecca  Warner,  of  Westfield,  who  died 
November  26,  1801,  aged  eighty-seven.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Nathaniel  Alexander,  born  February 
22,  1744.  2.  Flannah,  January  12,  1746;  mar- 
ried Oliver  Lovell.  3.  Joseph,  January  4, 
1748,  died  January  22  following.  4.  Joseph, 
April  II,  1750,  mentioned  below.  5.  Rebecca, 
March  4,  1751,  died  March  10,  1752.  6.  Re- 
becca, December  3,  1753;  married  (first) 
Lemuel  Childs  and  (second)  Martin  Cooley; 
died  August  29,  1809.  7.  Elias,  February  11, 
1756.    8.  Samuel,  September  4,  1758. 

(VI)  Joseph  (4),  son  of  Alexander  Smith, 
was  born  April  11,  1750.  He  married  Eunice 
Goodman,  daughter  of  Nathan  Goodman,  of 
Hatfield.  Children:  i.  Nathan,  born  Decem- 
ber 4,  1776.  2.  Sereno.  March  2"],  1779,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Docia,  September  16,  1783. 
4.  Parks,  September  2,  1788.  5.  Chester,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1791.    6.  Joseph,  February  12,  1796. 

(VH)  Sereno,  son  of  Joseph  (4)  Smith, 
was  born  March  27,  1779,  died  January  22. 
1852.  He  was  selectman  of  Hadley  in  1841. 
He  married,  January  29,  1807,  Betsey,  daugh- 
ter of  David  Stockbridge.  Children:  i.  Ed- 
mund, born  December  19,  1808.  2.  Theodocia, 
May  26,  1810;  married  George  Allen.  3.  Ches- 
ter, March  22.  181 1.    4.  Maria,  February  19. 


1813;  married  Francis  I'"orward.  5.  Elizabeth, 
May,  1816,  died  June  16,  1819.  6.  Hinsdale, 
March  2,  1819,  mentioned  below.  7.  Rufus, 
died  aged  four  months. 

(VHI)  Hinsdale,  son  of  Sereno  Smith,  was 
born  in  Hadley,  March  2,  1819.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
In  1840  he  engaged  in  the  leaf  tobacco  busi- 
ness in  New  York  and  was  the  head  of  the 
firm  of  Hinsdale  Smith  &:  Company  at  time  of 
his  death.  His  partners  were  his  son,  Edmund 
H.,  and  his  nephew,  Enos  Smith,  son  of  Ches- 
ter and  Mary  Ann  (Smithj  Smith.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican ;  in  religion  a  Congre- 
gationalist.  He  married  (first)  July  27,  1843, 
Lucy  C.  Root,  of  Feeding  Hills,  Massachu- 
setts. She  died  September  13,  1865,  and  he 
married  (second)  Pamelia  C.  Eastman,  born 
October  i,  1831,  daughter  of  Charles  East- 
man. Children  of  first  wife:  I.  Julia  R.,  born 
August  8,  1844,  died  June,  1901.  2.  Albert 
Palmer,  October  22,  1846,  died  December  3, 
1846.  3.  Lucy  M.,  October  26,  1848;  married 
Francis  H.  Stoddard,  professor  in  the  New 
York  University.  4.  Edmond  Harvey,  Sep- 
tember 16,  183 1,  mentioned  below.  5.  Frank 
Stockbridge,  September  10,  1853,  died  June, 
1897.  6.  Claribel  H.,  December  11,  1863.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  7.  Arthur  Parks,  May 
24,  1868.    8.  Hinsdale  Jr.,  September  10,  1869. 

(IX)  Edmond  Harvey,  son  of  Hinsdale 
Smith,  was  born  in  Feeding  Hills,  Massachu- 
setts, September  16,  185 1.  He  received  his 
education  in  private  schools  and  in  Germany, 
and  when  a  young  man  became  associated 
with  his  father  as  partner  in  the  firm  of  Hins- 
dale Smith  &  Company,  leaf  tobacco  packers. 
New  York  and  Springfield.  After  his  father's 
death  he  continued  the  business  in  partnership 
with  Enos  Smith,  his  cousin.  His  home  is  at 
75  Mulberry  street,  Springfield.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  married  (first)  April 
26,  1882,  Annie  M.  L.,  born  December  19, 
1861,  died  March  30,  1896,  daughter  of  James 
Parker.  He  married  (second)  March  9,  1898. 
Cora  W.,  born  October  27,  1869,  daughter  of 
William  Atkinson.  Children  of  first  wife :  i. 
Bradford  Palmer,  born  May  20,  1884;  gradu- 
ate of  Colgate  University  (A.  B.  1908).  2. 
Theodore  Ripley,  July  17,  1885;  graduate  of 
Dartmouth  College,  class  of  1910.  3.  James 
Parker,  September  17,  1886;  student  at  Col- 
p^ate  University,  class  of  191 1.  4.  Rodney 
Lawrence,  April  14,  1888;  student  at  Colgate, 
class  of  1912.  5.  Edmond  Harvey,  March  30, 
1896,  died  August  31,  1896.  Child  of  second 
wife:  6.  Julia  Edmond,  January  25,  1902. 


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The  origin  of  the  name  is  the 
\VOOD  same  as  that  of  ISywood,  Atwood, 
etc..  all  being  originally  designa- 
tions of  persons  from  the  location  of  their 
homes  in  or  near  woods,  similar  in  derivation 
to  the  names  Hill,  Pond,  Rivers.  Lake,  Bridges, 
etc.  The  medieval  spelling  of  this  surname 
was  Ate  \\'ode,  afterwards  modified  to  Atwood 
and  in  a  majority  of  cases  to  Wood,  as  the 
prefixes  Ap,  Mc,  De,  Le  were  dropped  in 
other  surnames.  Almost  every  conceivable 
wood  in  England  surnamed  some  family  in  the 
tenth,  eleventh  and  twelfth  centuries.  In 
Domesday  Book  the  name  is  found  in  its 
Latin  form  de  Silva  in  county  Suffolk.  Some 
branches  of  the  family  have  retained  the 
ancient  form  of  spelling  to  the  present  time, 
and  the  name  Atwood  is  common  in  the  United 
Kingdom  as  well  as  America.  Among  the 
American  immigrants  were  Philip  Atwood, 
who  settled  at  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  married 
Rachel  Bacheller,  Elizabeth  Grover  and  Eliz- 
abeth   ;  and    Herman    Atwood,    cord- 

wainer,  who  came  from  Sanderstead,  county 
Surrey,  fifteen  miles  from  London,  to  Boston 
before  1643;  deacon  of  the  Second  Church: 
died  i6si,  and  from  the  several  immigrants  at 
Plymouth,  many  of  whose  descendants  settled 
upon  the  spelling  Wood.  In  fact,  the  Ply- 
mouth Atwoods,  even  the  immigrants  them- 
selves, used  the  two  spellings  interchangeably 
to  judge  from  the  records. 

(I)  Thomas  Wood,  of  Rowley,  Massachu- 
setts, came  to  New  England  probably  soon 
after  1650.  He  married,  April  7,  1654,  Ann 
Todd  (or  Hunt),  and  they  made  their  home  in 
Rowley,  Massachusetts,  where  he  appears  to 
have  been  a  quiet  and  industrious  citizen.  He 
died  there  in  September,  1687,  and  was  buried 
on  the  twelfth  day  of  the  month.  His  widow 
survived  until  December  20,  1714.  All  of  their 
children  were  born  in  Rowley.  Among  old 
family  papers  now  preserved  by  a  descendant 
in  Worcester  is  a  record  written  possibly  by 
Ebenezer  Wood,  grandson  of  Thomas,  giving 
the  information  that  Thomas  and  Ann  Wood 
came  from  Yorkshire,  England,  to  Rowley. 
Children :  Mary,  John,  Thomas,  Ann,  Ruth, 
Josiah  and  Elizabeth  (twins),  Samuel,  Solo- 
mon, Ebenezer  and  James. 

(H)  Captain  Ebenezer,  sixth  son  of  Thomas 
and  Ann  Wood,  was  born  December  29,  1671, 
in  Rowley,  and  settled  in  Mendon,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  died  in  1736.  He  drew  land 
there  May  18,  1720,  December  2j.  1729,  and 
at  various  other  times.  With  his  wife  he  was 
dismissed    from    the    Rowley    church     to    the 


Mendon  church,  July  14,  171 7.  He  married, 
April  5,  1695,  Rachael  Nichols:  children: 
James,  Ebenezer,  Jonathan,  David,  Samuel, 
Jane,  Moses  and  Eliphalet. 

(Ill)  Lieutenant  Jonathan,  third  son  of 
Captain  Ebenezer  and  Rachael  (Nichols) 
Wood,  was  born  November  2,  1701,  (1702  in 
family  records),  in  Rowley,  and  settled  in 
Upton,  where  his  younger  children  were  born. 
He  was  about  sixteen  years  of  age  when  with 
his  father's  family  he  went  to  Mendon.  He 
bought  a  number  of  lots  of  land  in  that  town  in 
1723,  and  the  records  of  the  town  show  that 
he  added  to  his  holdings  almost  yearly.  His 
first  wife  bore  the  name  of  Margaret.  He 
married  (second)  in  1750,  (intentions  d^t-'l 
January  2)  Dorothy  Crosby,  of  Shrewsbur- 
(July  one  child  is  recorded  in  Mendon,  but 
probably  others  were  born  there.  The  first 
wife  was  the  mother  of  all  his  children, 
namely:  Ezra,  born  about  1725:  Daniel,  March 
28,  1735  ;  Jonathan,  Lois,  Simeon  and  Eunice. 

(I\')  \Villiam,  probably  a  son  of  Lieutenant 
Jonathan  and  Margaret  Wood,  was  born 
about  1730,  and  lived  for  a  time  in  Wilbra- 
hani,  Massachusetts,  whence  he  removed  to 
Springfield.  He  married  Amy  Skinner  and 
their  children  were:  Jacob:  Betsy,  lived  in 
Madison,  New  York;  William,  lived  in 
Somers,  Connecticut;  Isaac  S.,  lived  in  Rod- 
man, New  York ;  Luke,  lived  in  Evansville, 
Indiana ;  Luther,  of  Yates  City,  Illinois ;  Reu- 
ben, see  forward. 

( V )  Reuben,  youngest  son  of  William  and 
Amv  ( Skinner)  Wood,  was  born  in  South 
\\'ilbraham,  Massachusetts,  November  6,  1756, 
died  August  15,  1849.  He  was  employed  in 
the  United  States  armory  at  Springfield.  He 
married  Amy,  daughter  of  Job  Belknap.  She 
was  born  lanuarv  29,  1791,  died  October  24. 
i860. 

(VI)  William  Skinner,  son  of  Reuben  and 
Amy  (Belknap)  Wood,  was  born  in  Spring- 
field. He  attended  the  government  school  on 
the  armory  grounds  where  the  L^nited  States 
government  furnished  a  school  for  their  em- 
ployees sons.  The  principal  of  this  school  was 
Lucien  W.  Harrison,  who  worked  in  the 
armory  summers  and  taught  the  school  win- 
ters. When  still  a  boy  William's  father  moved 
to  Agawam,  and  he  there  attended  the  public 
schools  and  the  Lawrence  private  school  of 
Spring-field.  After  leaving  he  went  to  sea  in 
the  ship  "Nebraska,"  Captain  Brown.  At  the 
conclusion  of  this  voyage  he  entered  the 
employment  of  the  Western  railroad.  He 
learned  the  machinist's  trade  and  worked  in 


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New  York  City,  Newark,  New  Jersey,  and 
Richmond,  Virginia.  He  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Blancliard,  Averill  &  Company  to 
manufacture  locomotives  and  stationary 
engines,  but  they  were  forced  out  of  business 
by  the  panic  of  1857.  In  1861  he  went  into 
the  armory  as  inspector,  and  later  was  em- 
ployed at  Chicopee  by  Emory  &  Company, 
making  machines  for  testing  bridges  used  by 
the  United  States  government.  In  1878  he 
retired  entirely  from  business  and  has  since 
lived  quietly.  He  married  Luranda  Harris, 
who  was  of  Vermont  parentage,  and  they  had 
six  children.  Franklin  Reuben  ;  Clara  A.,  mar- 
ried Dr.  G.  H.  Jackson  ;  Harriet  E.,  married 
Frank  Kenfield  and  they  have  two  boys ;  Anna 
M.,  married  George  R.  Jewel;  Dwight  B., 
married  Verda  Hanks  and  they  have  two  boys  ; 
Edith  L.,  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of 
Springfield  ;  lives  at  home. 

The  Rowe  or  Roe  family  is  one 

ROWE     of   the   oldest   English   surnames. 

Its  use  as  Richard  Rowe  or  Roe 

with  the  more   famous  John   Doe  as  a   legal 

fictitious  name  is  an  ancient  practice. 

(I)  Nicholas  Rowe,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Portsmouth, 
New  Hampshire.  He  was  one  of  those  who 
contributed  land  for  the  glebe  of  minister's  lot. 
He  was  in  Portsmouth  as  early  as  1640;  he 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth  were  in  court  October 
3,  1648,  on  a  charge  of  slander,  a  natural  out- 
come of  a  neighborhood  misunderstanding. 
He  sold  to  Richard  Shortridge,  October  5, 
1659,  half  a  block  of  land  granted  to  him  by 
the  town  and  Edward  Burton.  He  was  granted 
land  in  1653.     Children:     i.  Richard,  married 

Mousall.    2.  Anthony  ( ?).    And  others. 

(Ill)  Robert,  grandson  of  Nicholas  Rowe, 
was  born  about  1680  in  Portsmouth  or  vicinity. 
He  settled  in  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  an 
adjacent  town.  He  married  (first)  December 
19,  1707,  Mehitable  Leavitt,  daughter  of  Aretas 
Leavitt.  He  married  (second)  March  3,  1726, 
Apphia  Sanborn,  daughter  of  Caleb  Shaw, 
recorded  as  born  at  Hampton  :  i.  Joseph,  born 
September  20,  1708.  2.  Jonathan,  September 
30.  1710.  3.  Moses,  September  17,  1712.  4. 
Jeremiah,  IVIay  15,  1714,  descendants  promi- 
nent at  Gilmantown  and  Brentwood.  5.  Josiah, 
February  25,  1716,  died  September  24,  1723. 
6.  Jane,  December  9,  1717.  7.  Benjamin,  Oc- 
tober 3,  1720;  mentioned  below.  8.  Ruth,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1722.  9.  Elizabeth,  September  6, 
1723.  10.  Robert,  December  11,  1726.  11. 
Winthrop,  April  3,  1729.     12.  Peter,  April  6, 


1 73 1,  died  1735.  13.  Mehitable,  June  30, 
1733,  died  1736.  14.  Caleb,  October  20,  1735. 
( I\' )  Benjamin,  son  of  Robert  Rowe,  was 
born  in  Hampton,  October  3,  1720.  He  mar- 
ried Susanna ,  and  settled  at  Kensing- 
ton. New  Hampshire.  Children,  born  at  Kens- 
ington :  I.  Mary,  June  27,  1745.  2.  Betty, 
April  4.  1747.  3.  Benjamin,  July  17,  1750; 
mentioned    below.      4.    Susanna,    October    27, 

1753- 

(\  )    Benjamin    (2),  son  of  Benjamin   (i) 

Rowe,  was  born  at  Kensington,  July  17,  1750. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Colonel 
Moses  Nichols's  regiment  from  August  5. 
1778,  to  .August  28,  1778.  He  had  a  son  Ben- 
jamin,   mentioned   below. 

(\T)  Benjamin  (3),  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Rowe,  was  born  about  1790,  and  settled  at 
Candia,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  married, 
September  ifi.  1813,  Betsey  Cass,  of  Bristol, 
New  Hampshire,  Rev.  Mr,  Remington  officiat- 
ing. They  removed  to  Bridgewater,  New 
Hampshire.     Children,  born  at  Bridgewater: 

I.  Blinn  F.,  January  2,  1814.  2.  Alfred,  Octo- 
ber 8,  181 5,  mentioned  below.  3.  Samuel  N., 
July  II,  1817.  4.  Washington  H.,  May  2,  1819. 
5.  Arnold,  April  17,  1823,  died  at  Salisbury, 
New  Hampshire,  August  30,  1889.  6.  Abram 
(twin),  March  20,  1825.  7.  Roxan  (twin), 
March  20,  1825.  8.  Martha  Ann,  February 
27.  1827.  9.  William  Henry,  February  13, 
1829.      ID.    Richard    K.,   December    11,    1830. 

II.  George,  March  i,  1832. 

(VII)  Alfred,  son  of  Benjamin  (3)  Rowe, 
was  born  in  Bridgewater,  New  Hampshire, 
October  8,  181 5.  His  boyhood  was  spent  there 
on  his  father's  farm.  He  attended  the  district 
schools  and  the  academy  at  New  Hampton, 
New  Hampshire.  He  followed  farming,  teach- 
ing school  in  the  winter  terms  at  various  places 
near  his  home.  He  bought  a  general  store  in 
New  Hampton  and  conducted  it  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  selling  it  to  good  advantage  in 
1848.  He  then  went  west  and  worked  at 
Racine,  Wisconsin,  Chicago  and  other  places, 
but  the  climate  did  not  agree  with  him  and  he 
suffered  from  a  severe  bronchial  trouble.  In 
1850  he  returned  to  the  east  and  opened  a 
broker's  office  in  Springfield.  He  dealt  in 
real  estate  and  loaned  money.  His  first  place 
of  business  was  in  Burt's  Block,  and  later  he 
occupied  quarters  in  the  structure  on  the  site 
of  the  present  Masonic  Building.  Afterward 
he  had  his  office  in  the  building  on  the  site  of 
the  Springfield  Mutual  Assurance  Company. 
He  enjoyed  a  large  and  profitable  business  and 
finally  retired  in  1868.     In  1878,  when  Henry 


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2353 


Alexander,  president  of  the  Second  National 
l^ank  died,  Mr.  Rowe  succeeded  him.  He  had 
been  a  director  of  this  institution  for  twenty 
years  and  had  much  to  do  with  the  upbuilding 
of  the  bank  and  the  development  of  business 
in  Springiield.  He  continueil  in  the  office 
of  president  until  April,  1887,  when  he  resign- 
ed, owing  to  failing  health.  He  was  chosen  a 
director  of  the  Springfield  Mutual  .'\ssurance 
Company  in  1857  and  he  held  that  position 
until  1891  when  he  was  elected  president.  He 
resigned  the  office  of  president  in  the  autumn 
of  the  year  before  he  died.  His  death  occurred 
in  1806.  Mr.  Rowe  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, though  in  later  years  he  was  decidedly 
independent  in  his  views.  He  was  a  member 
iif  the  common  council  of  the  city  of  Spring- 
field in  1859  and  continued  by  re-election  from 
vear  to  year  until  1863.  He  was  a  firm  believer 
in  the  Christian  religion,  but  not  a  church  mem- 
ber, although  he  was  a  constant  attendant  of 
the  North  Church  and  manifested  a  life-long 
interest  in  that  society.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  W'inthro])  Club  and  spent  many  pleasant 
afternoons  in  the  club  house  in  his  later  years, 
and  enjoyed  the  association  of  many  of  the 
elder  members  of  the  club.  He  was  kindly 
and  sympathetic  in  his  manner  and  greatly  re- 
spected for  his  sterling  charater  and  integrity. 
Though  naturally  somewhat  reserved,  his 
friends  found  him  one  of  the  most  lovable  of 
men.  He  married,  in  1837,  at  Rockingham, 
New  Hampshire,  Susan,  daughter  of  Dr.  Isaac 
Doten,  who  survives  him.  She  resides  on  Pearl 
street,  Springfield.  Their  two  daughters  died 
in  earlv  life. 


.\masa  Parsons,  grandfather 
PROCTOR      of    Clara    Sophia    (Parsons) 

Proctor,  was  born  March  11. 
1781.  died  July  17,  1851.  He  married.  Janu- 
ary ft.  1803,  Mary  Hliss,  born  May  8,  1781. 
died  January  7.  1859.  Children:  I.  Mary, 
born  November  15,  1803,  died  February  18. 
1831.  2.  Sophia,  December  21,  1807;  died 
January  14,  1808.  3.  Amasa  P.liss,  February 
21,  i8og,  deceased.  4.  Bela,  May  6,  1811,  de- 
ceased. 5.  Elizabeth,  June  17,  1813,  deceased. 
6.  Henry,  March  31,  1813,  died  Se])tember  3. 
1827.  7.  .-\nnis,  .-\pril  20,  181 7,  deceased.  8. 
Emily,  November  3,  1819,  deceased.  9.  Peter 
Charles,  September  27,  1821,  died  September 
3.  1827.  TO.  Roland  Stebbins,  .\ugust  25,  1824, 
deceased.  11.  Sophia  Lury,  June  30,  1827, 
living-  at  the  present  time  (1909). 

fTP)    P)ela,  son  of  .-Xmasa  and  Marv  (Bliss) 


Par.sons,  was  born  May  6,  181 1,  died  August 
II,  1888.  He  married  Clarissa  Cowles,  and 
they  had  four  children:  I.  Clara  Sophia, born 
June  I,  1846.  2.  Charles,  died  at  the  age  of 
fifteen  months.  3.  Mary  Emily,  died  at  the  age 
of  twenty  years.    4.  Frank  George. 

(HP)  Clara  Sophia,  daughter  of  f5ela  and 
Clarissa  (Cowles)  Parsons,  was  born  in 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  June  i,  1846.  She 
married,  November  24,  1868,  Martin  Proctor, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  four  children: 

1.  Charles  Bela,  born  September  18,  18(59: 
married,  April  12,  1892,  Gertrude  Kelley,  of 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  and  mortgage  business  in  that  city. 

2.  Roy  Starr,  April  25,  1873,  died  September 
23,  1873.  3.  Floyd  Proctor,  July  6,  1877  ;  mar- 
ried, July  17,  1901,  Fannie  May  Perkins,  of 
Springfield.  4.  Harry,  May  18,  1880  ;  a  graduate 
of  the  Springfield  high  school,  and  representa- 
tive of  the  Powers  Paper  Company  of  Holyoke, 
Massachusetts,  in  New  York  City. 

Martin  Proctor,  father  of  these  children. 
was  born  in  Burlington,  \'ermont,  November 
zf).  1836.  and  was  one  of  a  family  of  nine  chil- 
dren. He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Bur- 
lington \'ermont.  until  sixteen  years  of  age, 
when  he  learned  the  painting  trade,  of  Captain 
Cogswill,  in  Leicester,  ^Iassachusetts,  and 
when  he  mastered  his  books  he  located  a  busi 
ness  in  Worcester,  and  while  a  resident  of  that 
city  enlisted  in  the  Forty-sixth  Regiment,  Mass- 
achusetts Infantry,  for  service  in  the  civil  war, 
and  was  in  the  army  about  one  year  when  he 
received  an  honorable  discharge  on  account  of 
continued  ill  health,  and  he  returned  to  Wor- 
cester, where  he  worked  at  his  trade.  In  1871 
he  removed  to  Springfield  and  established  a 
painting  and  decorating  business  which  he 
successfully  conducted  until  it  was  interrupted 
by  his  death.  He  was  a  man  of  domestic 
proclivities,  and  he  made  his  home  his  club, 
and  his  wife  and  children  his  boon  companions. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Hope  Congregational 
Church  and  of  its  Sunday  school.  While  a 
resident  of  the  North  End,  he  attended  the 
Memorial  Congregational  Church,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  parish  committee.  His  political 
affiliation  was  with  the  Republican  party,  but 
he  was  a  voter  and  not  a  political  worker.  His 
income  was  not  large,  but  his  benefactions  for 
benevolent  work  was  frequent  and  liberal,  and 
his  death  was  felt  by  the  poor  who  were  so 
often  helped  by  his  discriminating  charities. 
Mr.  Proctor  died  at  his  home  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts.  October  8.   1888. 


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The  family  herein  traced  bears 
CAIRNS     the  blood  of  Black  Douglas,  one 

of  the  most  powerful  of  Scottish 
chiefs  in  ancient  times.  From  him  descended 
William  Douglas,  of  Cavers,  Scotland,  whose 
daughter  Ellen  married  William  Aliller.  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  William  and  Ellen  (Doug- 
las) Miller,  became  the  wife  of  Alexander 
Cairns,  mentioned  below.  Both  families  have 
been  remarkable  for  their  energy,  thrift  and 
high  characters,  and  their  descendants  in  Amer- 
ica have  brought  no  discredit  to  their  names. 

(I)  Alexander  Cairns  lived  and  died  at 
Langham,  Scotland,  and  married  Margaret 
Miller  as  above  noted.  They  had  a  son  and 
daughter  ;  the  latter  died  young. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Alexander  and  Mar- 
garet  (Miller)   Cairns,  was  born  in   1824,  in 
Langham.  and  was  reared  to  the  milling  and 
manufacturing  business.  He  became  proprietor 
of  a  woolen  mill  at  Hawick.  Scotland,  where  he 
he  was  identified  with  social  and  business  life 
for  many  years.   He  married  Isabella  Nichols 
a  native  of  Hawick,  born   1824,  a  direct  de 
scendant  of  John  Nichols,  or  Nicholson,  born 
1500,  a  member  of  one  of  the  noble  families 
who  figured  conspicuously  among  the  gentry  of 
Scotland.   The  family  bore  coat  armour  whose 
markings  signified  honesty  and  bravery.     Isa- 
bella   (Nichols)    Cairns   died    in    Scotland,   in 
1863,  and  about  1881  Mr.  Cairns  came  to  Mass- 
achusetts locating  first  in  Andover,  where  he 
was  connected  with  the  manufacture  of  woolen 
goods.    About  1884  tie  became  associated  with 
his  son  in  the  jewelry  business  in  Boston,  and 
retired  a  few  years  later.    He  died  in  Charles- 
town,  in  1897.    He  was  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
bvterian    church.      He   married     (second)     in 
North     Andover,     Massachusetts,     Elizabeth 
Flanders,  who  came  of  old  New  England  stock, 
and   is   living  at  the   present   time    (1909)    in 
Charlestown,    Massachusetts.      She    was    the 
mother  of  one  son,  Simon  D.  Cairns,  a  well 
known  actor.    Children  of  first  wife  :     i.  Mary 
Xichol,  a  finely  educated  lady  residing  in  Ha- 
wick, Scotland,  unmarried.  2.  The  same  is  true 
of  Ellen  Douglas.  3.  Margaret  (deceased),  was 
wife  of  a  Mr.  Turnbull,  a  successful  teacher 
in  the  schools  of  Hawick,  and  left  a  daughter 
Margaret.     4.  Alexander  D.,  mentioned  below. 
5.  William,  a  farmer,  residing  in  Eastern  Ne- 
bra.ska ;   married    Marie    Martine.   a   sister   of 
liis  elder  brother's  wife,  who  is  now  deceased; 
left  two  children — Dtniglass  Martine,  born  Au- 
gust 24,  1895,  and  Earie  Alexander,  February 
4,  1893.  The  former  graduated  from  the  Lewis 
.School  of  Roxburv,  and  Mechanic  .Art-^  High 


School,  and  pursued  a  three  years  course  at 
the    Massachusetts    Institute    of    Technology. 
The  latter  is  now  a  pupil  of  the  public  schools. 
(HI)   Alexander    Douglas,    eldest    son    of 
William   and    Lsabella    (Nichols)    Cairns,   was 
born   April  29,    1857,   in   Langham,    Scotland, 
and  died  May  11,  1902,  in  Roxbury,  Massachu- 
setts.   His  mother  died  when  he  was  six  years 
of  age.     He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  city,  and  at  the  early  age  of  thirteen 
years  entered  Edinburgh  College.    He  remain- 
ed in  Scotland  three  years  after  his  father  left 
there,  and  in   1884  came  to  Boston.     He  had 
])reviousIy  received  a  thorough  training  in  me- 
chanics, and  on  his  arrival  in  Boston  was  em- 
l^loved  as  a  mechanical  draftsman.     Later  he 
engaged  in  the  jewelry  trade,  in  which  he  was 
remarkably  successful,  becoming  both  a  whole- 
saler  and    retailer,   and    for   about   seventeen 
years  was  widely  known  to  the  Boston  trade. 
He  seems  to  have  been  especially  adapted  to 
the  business,  his  success  being  won  by  close 
ap]3lication    and    shrewd   attention    to   details. 
His  activity  and  intense  devotion  to  business 
resulted  in  a  physical  break-down,  and  brought 
about  his  death  at  the  early  age  of  forty-five 
years.     Besides  being  an  industrious  business 
man,  Mr.  Cairns  was  active  in  various  social 
and   fraternal  organizations.     .At  the  time  of 
his  death  lie  was  president  of  the  New  Eng- 
land  Jewelers'   Association,   in   which  he  had 
long  taken  prominent  and  active  interest.     He 
was  a  leader  in  the  British  and  Scotch  Char- 
itable   Societies,    and    was    chairman    of    the 
American  coronation  committee,  organized  to 
attend  the  coronation  of  King  Edward.     His 
death,  however,  prevented  his  participation  in 
the  duties  of  that  committee.     He  was  presby- 
terian    in    religious    faith,    and    active    in    the 
Masonic    fraternity,    affiliating    with    Zetland 
Lodge,  and  rising  through  the  various  degrees 
of   the    order,    and    becoming    a    member    of 
.Aleppo  Temple.  Ancient  Arabic  Order,  Nobles 
of  the  Mystic  Shrine.     The  generous  and  fra- 
ternal  principles  of  this  order  found  in  him 
an  able  and  worthy  exponent.    He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Boston'.Mhletic  Association  and  the 
Victorian   Club,  and  his  early  demise  caused 
keen  regret  among  a  wide  circle  of  associates 
and  acquaintances. 

Mr.  Cairns  married,  September  15.  1885.  in 
Boston,  Laura  Dever  Martine,  born  November 
17,  i8f)6,  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri;  daughter  of 
Francis  and  Rose  (Patta)  Martine,  both 
natives  of  France,  and  descendants  of  a  fine 
ancestry.  Mrs.  Rose  Martine  was  a  cousin  of 
the  well  known  French-.American   family,  the 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


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Girards,  of  Xew  Orleans.  When  a  young  man, 
Francis  Martine  came  to  America  and  settled 
in  St.  Louis,  where  he  became  a  wine  importer 
and  continued  in  the  business  for  a  long  period. 
He  was  a  native  of  La  Chapelle,  Saint-Sauveur. 
and  after  the  death  of  his  wife  returned  to  his 
native  land  and  died  at  a  great  age  near  the 
scene  of  his  birth.  Mrs.  Laura  D.  Cairns  was 
reared  and  educated  in  her  native  city,  St. 
Louis,  and  came  to  Boston  shortly  before  her 
marriage.  With  her  husband  she  took  up  her 
residence  in  a  beautiful  home  on  Townsend 
street,  Roxbury,  where  she  now  resides.  The 
house  is  a  cheerful  one,  and  here  she  is  rearing 
her  children,  who  are  being  carefully  educated, 
-  and  she  is  also  providing  a  home  and  education 
for  the  children  of  her  sister  who  is  deceased. 
She  is  a  Presbyterian  in  religious  faith.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Lsabel  Rose,  born  July  26,  1888:  at- 
tended public  and  private  schools,  including 
Xotre  Dame  and  Eln"!  Hill  preparatory  schools, 
graduating  from  the  latter  in  1908,  and  now 
resides  with  her  mother  in  Roxbury.  2.  Claude 
Francis,  born  February  15,  1890:  graduated 
from  Roxbury  Latin  and  Mechanic  Arts  and 
High  Schools  of  Boston. 


S.MIT 


Joseph  Smith  was  a  resident  of 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1655. 
He  was  a  brother  of  Christopher 
.Smith,  of  Northampton,  Alassachusetts.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1667,  and  his  will 
was  dated  June  13.  1689,  and  he  died  in  1689- 
90.  He  married,  April  20,  1656,  Lydia,  daugh- 
ter of  Ephraini  Huit,  of  Windsor.  She  died  in 
1677.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  March  16, 
1656-7;  mentioned  below.  2.  Samuel,  May  16, 
1658;  died  young.  3.  E])hraim,  born  Septem- 
ber 8,  1659.  4.  Lydia,  April  16,  1661  :  died 
young.  3.  Simon,  .\ugust  2.  1662.  6.  Xathan- 
iel,  October.  1664.  7.  Lydia,  February  14, 
1666.  8.  Susanna,  June,  1667.  9.  Mary,  No- 
vember. 1668.  10.  Martha,  1670.  11.  Benja- 
min, July  21,  1671.  12.  Elizabeth,  November. 
1672.  13.  Sarah,  April  i,  1774.  14.  Edward. 
June  19,  1677.     15.  Mercy,  November,  1679. 

(H)  Sergeant  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph 
(i)  Smith,  was  born  March  16,  1657-8,  and 
removed  in  1680  to  Hadley,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1690.  In  1687 
he  began  to  have  charge  of  the  grist  mill  at 
Mill  river,  a  lonely  spot  three  miles  north  of 
the  village.  He  was  the  first  permanent  settler 
at  that  place  and  continued  there  until  his 
death.  He  hired  a  part  of  the  school  land  for 
many  years,  and  he  or  his  sons  tended  the  mill 
most  of  the  time  during  the  Indian  wars.   The 


house  over  the  mill  had  a  room  with  a  chimney, 
and  this  was  apparently  the  only  house  for  a 
long  period.  It  does  not  appear  that  he  or  his 
family  spent  the  nights  there  until  after  the 
permanent  peace  with  the  Indians  in  1726. 
After  that  time  he  and  his  son,  Benjamin,  each 
built  a  small  house  there  and  lived  in  Mill  river 
in  1 73 1.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  and  in 
1696  was  ajjpointed  sealer  of  weights  and  meas- 
ures, which  he  was  until  his  death.  In  the 
same  year  he  was  appointed  meat  packer  and 
guager  of  casks.  In  1681  he  was  among  those 
taxed  for  the  building  of  the  Fort  River  bridge. 
He  kept  an  inn  in  Hadley  in  1696,  and  was 
selectman  in  1696,  1707  and  1 7 10,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  committee  in  1720.  He  died 
October  I,  1733,  aged  seventy-six.  He  mar- 
■ried.  February  11,  1681,  Rebecca  Dickinson. 
\vhi>  died  F"ebruary  16,  1731,  aged  seventy- 
three,  daughter  of  John  Dickinson.  Children: 
I.  Joseph,  born  November  8,  1681.  2.  John, 
October  24,  1684;  died  August  27,  1686.  3. 
John,  born  January  5,  1687:  mentioned  below. 
4.  Rebecca,  born  June  11,  1689.  5.  Jonathan. 
October  28,  1691.  6.  Lydia,  September  15, 
1693.  7-  Benjamin,  January  22,  1696.  8.  Eliz- 
abeth. December  22,  1701  ;  died  Februarv  15, 
1728. 

(Ill )  Deacon  John,  son  of  Sergeant  Joseph 
(2)  Smith,  was  born  January  5.  1687.  He  re- 
moved in  171 1  to  Hatfield,  and  in  1736  to 
Belchertown.  where  he  died  in  1777,  aged 
ninety  years.  He  married,  in  1709,  Elizabeth 
Huvey.  who  died  in  1758,  aged  seventy-six. 
Children:  i.  John,  born  December  21,  1710. 
2.  Abner.  September  10,  1712;  died  Novem- 
ber 19,  1766.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  September  19. 
1714.  4.  Daniel.  1716:  died  at  Belchertown, 
May  31.  i8oo.  5.  Miriam,  born  October  30. 
1718.  6.  Samuel,  1721.  7.  Joseph,  died  1803. 
8.  Elijah,  born  1723.  9.  Rachel,  born  January 
4.  1727:  died  181 1.  10.  Sarah,  born  Septem- 
ber 27,  1729.     II.  Rebecca,  May  4,  1732. 

( I\' )  Captain  Elijah,  son  of  Deacon  John 
.Smith,  was  born  in  1723,  died  April  21,  1770, 
aged  forty-seven.  He  resided  in  Belchertown. 
and  was  a  captain  in  the  French  war  in  1756. 
He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Belchertown  church. 
He  married  (first)  in  1751,  Sibyl,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Worthington,  of  Colchester.  Connecti- 
cut. She  married  (second)  Reuben  Smith, 
and  died  May  26.  1828.  aged  one  hundred  and 
one.  Children:  i.  .Asa.  born  1752;  died  1835. 
2.  Sibyl,  married,  Jamiary,  1774,  Deacon  Jo- 
seph Bardwell.  3.  Sarah  W.,  married,  1777. 
Elijah  Bardwell.  4.  Elijah,  born  1758;  men- 
tioned   below.      5.    Elizabeth,    married.    April, 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


1778,  John  Cowles,  Jr.  6.  Etham.  born  De- 
cember 19,  1762;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege in  1790.     7.  Jacob,  born  1764;  died  April 

5,  1852.  8.  William,  born  1765;  removed  to 
Scipio,  Xew  York.  9.  Josiah  H.,  removed  to 
Scipio. 

(\')  Elijah  (2j,  son  of  Captain  Elijah  (ij 
.Smith,  was  born  in  1758.  He  lived  in  Ash- 
field.  Massachusetts,  and  was  a  carpenter  and 
builder.  He  married  a  Miss  Sedam,  of  Albany, 
New  York.  Children:  Elijah,  mentioned  below  ; 
Elisha.     Possibly  others. 

(VI)  Elijah  (3),  son  of  Elijah  (2)  Smith, 
was  born  March  20,  1779.  He  married  Mercy 
Wright;  children:  i.  Infant  son,  died  Janu- 
ary 17,  1804.  2.  Lucretia,  born  December  10, 
1804;  died  May  22,  1878.  3.  Henry  Sedam, 
born  October  7.  1807;  mentioned  below.  4.  ■ 
Infant  son,  died  February  14,  1809.  5.  Infant 
daughter,  died  July  7,  1810.  6.  Emily,  born 
October  3,  181 1 ;  died  December  18,  1890.  7. 
.\ppollos,  born  June  27,  1814;  died  June  8, 
1886.  8.  Chloe,  born  August  21,  1815;  died 
.August  2^.  1832.  9.  Elijah,  born  February  23, 
1819;  died  1894.  10.  Jerusha,  born  October  4. 
1823;  died  September  10,  1895. 

(VII)  Henry  Sedam,  son  of  Elijah  (3) 
Smith,  was  born  in  Ashfield,  October  7,  1807; 
died  December  22,  1881.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Ashfield,  and  followed  the 
trade  of  carpenter  and  builder.  He  married 
Rhoda,  daughter  of  Joseph  Rogers.  Children  : 
I.  Arnold,  born  December  27,  1833;  mentioned 
below.  2.  Henry,  born  August  15,  1835;  died 
January  9,  1846.  3.  .\  .son,  born  and  died  in 
1837.  4.  Horace,  born  November  23,  1839: 
died  November  2;^.  1845.  5.  Eliza  M.,  born 
September  7.   1844;  died  September  26,   1846. 

6.  William  H.,  born  March  19,  1847.  "•  f"'i" 
H.,  December  18,  1848;  died  July  13,  1851'. 

(VIII  )  .\rnold.  son  of  Henry  Sedam  Smith, 
was  born  at  .\shfield.  December  27,  1833;  died 
July  29,  1903.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  learned  the  trade  of  car]ienter  with  hi.-, 
father,  an<l  became  a  jjroniinent  builder  and 
contractor.  He  married  Melinda  IJronson. 
born  March  25,  1835,  daughter  of  .Almon  and 
Laura  (.Ames)  Bronson  (see  Bronson).  Chi! 
dren :  Walter  .\nson,  born  June  25,  1856; 
mentioned  below  :  Flora  \.  H.,  born  November 
9,  1857,  married  Clarence  S.  Ward;  children: 
Robert  A.  and  Inez  M.  Ward. 

(IX)  Dr.  Walter  .Anson  Smith,  son  of 
Arnold  S.  .Smith,  was  born  June  25,  1856,  in 
•Ashfield.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town,  Sanderson  Academy,  of  Ash- 
field.  and   studied  his  profession  in  the   I'ni- 


versity  of  \  ermont,  where  he  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1882,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
He  opened  an  office  in  Cummington,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  practiced  there  for  si.x  years  and 
a  half.  He  then  spent  a  year  in  England,  con- 
tinuing his  medical  studies  as  a  private  student 
under  the  famous  Air.  Lawson  Tait,  of  Birm- 
ingham, 1-jigland.  While  in  England  he  was 
elected  to  membership  in  the  British  Medical 
.Association.  L'pon  his  return  to  this  country 
Dr.  .Smith  located  at  Hinsdale,  Massachusetts. 
.After  three  years  in  that  town  he  made  another 
tri])  abroad  and  was  a  private  pupil  of  Dr. 
.August  Martin,  at  Berlin,  for  six  months,  and 
of  Dr.  S.  Pozzi,  at  Paris,  for  three  months. 
In  the  fall  of  1894  he  came  home  and  estab- 
lished himself  as  a  specialist  in  surgery,  with 
his  office  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  has  practiced  with  the  utmost  success  to  the 
present  time.  In  1895  he  organized  and  built 
for  the  diocese  the  Alercy  Hospital,  and  for 
several  years  was  chief  surgeon.  He  is  at  the 
present  time  consulting  surgeon  of  Mercy  Hos 
pital  and  of  Springfield  Hospital.  He  was  one 
i;>f  the  founders  of  the  Springfield  Academy 
of  Medicine  and  has  been  president  of  the 
society  since  it  was  organized.  Dr.  Smith  is 
a  well  known  Free  Mason,  a  member  of  Hamp- 
shire Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Alasons,  of 
Haydenville.  Massachusetts;  Springfield  Coun- 
cil. Royal  and  Select  Masters;  Springfield 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar ;  and  has  at- 
tained the  thirty-second  degree  ;  also  of  Melha 
Temple.  Mystic  Shrine;  the  Nayasset  Club, 
.Schuetzen  \'erein,  and  other  social  organiza- 
tions. He  served  three  years,  1877-80,  in  the 
-Massachusetts  state  militia,  in  Company  E 
Second  Regiment.  He  was  ai)pointed  surgeon 
with  the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel  in  the  h'irst 
Brigade.  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia, 
January  24,  1905.  Since  October,  1907,  when 
the  militia  came  under  national  supervision, 
he  has  been  major  in  the  medical  department, 
and  has  been  assigned  to  duty  in  the  First 
IVigade.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  Dr. 
Smith  married,  March  2.  1881,  Mary  P.  .Abbe, 
born  December  31,  183 1,  daughter  of  Erastus 
B.  and  .Anne  (Burbank)  .Abbe.  They  have 
one  child,  \\alter  .Abbe,  born  March  3,  1882, 
graduate  of  the  Springfield  high  school,  and  an 
attendant  of  the  Alassachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology,  Boston ;  now  engaged  with  the 
Stevens-Duryea  Manufacturing  Company;  is 
a  lieutenant  in  Coiupany  K,  Second  Regiment, 
.Massachusetts  \  olunteer  Militia,  also  served 
line  year  on  the  staff  of  the  Second  Regiment 
as   battalion   quartermaster    and    commissary. 


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He  married,  August  17.  1907,  Clara  Grover ; 
one  child,  Maud  Louise,  born  January  15, 
1909. 

(The  Abbe  Line). 

(  I  )  John  .Abbe  (q.  v.  elsewhere)  was  born 
in  England,  in  1615,  and  died  in  W'enliam,  Mass- 
achusetts, 1690.     He  married  Mary  . 

(H)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Abbe,  or  Abbey, 
was  born  in  W'enham,  AJassachusetts,  in  1660, 
and  died  at  Enfield,  Connecticut,  May  17,  1728. 
He  was  the  founder  of  the  Enfield  branch  of 
the  family,  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
the  town.  He  married  Sarah  Fairfield,  of  Wen- 
ham.  Children,  born  at  Enfield  :  Sarah,  March 
31.  1684:  Thomas,  October  30,  1686;  Mary, 
February  3.  1688;  John,  of  whom  see  further. 

(HI)  John  (2),  son  of  Thomas  Abbe,  was 
born  in  Enfield,  September  27,  1692;  died  in 
that  town.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  married 
Hannah  Boardman.  Children,  born  at  Enfield  : 
I.  John,  mentioned  below.  2.  Sarah,  January 
23,  1723-4.  3.  Daniel,  Alay  8,  1726.  4.  Mar- 
tha. March  i,  1728.  5.  Mary,  May  14,  1730. 
6.  Tabitha.  March  9,  1732. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Abbe,  was 
born  in  Enfield,  .April  18,  1717,  and  died  there 
August  I,  1794.  He  married,  February  i. 
1738-9,  Sarah  Root.  Children,  born  in  Enfield  : 
I.  John,  November  z-j,  1739.  2.  Sarah,  Febru- 
ary II,  1741-2.  3.  Timothy,  November  4. 
1743.  4-3.  Richard  and  Obadiah,  twins,  Marcli 
28,  1745.  6.  Hannah.  August  31,  1746.  7. 
Timothy  Dyer,  December  6,  1747.  8.  Daniel. 
.Xovember  7,  1749;  mentioned  below.  9.  Abi- 
gail, May  13,  1750.  10.  Roxalena,  July  12. 
1 75 1.  II.  Obadiah,  March  31,  1753.  12.  Pene- 
lope (twin),  March  24,  1756.  13.  Mary  (twin). 
March  24,  1756. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  John  (3)  Abbe,  was 
born  in  Enfield,  November  7,  1749,  and  died 
there  September  26,  181 5.  He  married,  No- 
vember 3,  1774,  Sally  Pease,  of  an  old  Enfield 
family.  Children,  born  at  Enfield  :  i.  Daniel, 
.August  22,  1775.  2.  Timothy,  June  21.  1777. 
3.  Levi  Pease,  .April  14,  1781.  4.  Sally  Pease, 
March  28,  1783.  5.  George.  June  i,  1786;  died 
young.  6.  George,  August  12,  1789.  7.  Harris, 
born  November  4,  1790.  8.  Erastus,  January 
12.  1793:  mentioned  below.  9.  Stoddard,  May 
8,  1795. 

(  \  1 )  Erastus,  son  of  Daniel  .Abbe,  was  born 
at  Enfield,  January  12,  1793,  died  there  April 
25,  1 8 16.  He  married  Sally  Beebe,  of  Feed- 
ing Hills,  Massachusetts,  December  15,  1814. 
Child  :    Erastus  Beebe  Abbe,  mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Erastus  Beebe,  .son  of  Erastus  Abbe, 
was  born  in  Enfield.  October  15,  181 5,  and  died 


at  W'estfield,  Massachusetts,  .August  27,  1879. 
He  married  .Anne  Burbank,  September  23, 
1841.  Children:  i.  Frances  lone,  born  at  En- 
field, July  2,  1842.  2.  Mary  Pomeroy  (twin), 
born  at  West  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 31,  185 1 ;  married  Dr.  Walter  Anson 
Smith  (IX)  (see  Smith).  3.  Martha  Burbank, 
December  31,  1851   (twin). 

(The  Bronson  Line). 

The  surname  Bronson  is  identical  with  Brun- 
son  and  Brownson,  and  various  branches  of 
the  family  cling  to  the  dilTerent  spellings. 

( I )  John  Bronson,  immigrant  ancestor,  born 
in  England,  died  November  28,  1680.  He  was 
one  of  Hooker's  company  which  settled  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  in  1636.  He  served  in  the 
Pequot  war  in  1637.  His  house  was  on  the 
Neck  road,  in  the  northern  part  of  Hartford. 
He  removed  to  Teunxis,  now  Farmington,  Con- 
necticut, in  1641,  and  was  one  of  the  seven 
founders  of  the  church  there  in  1652;  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1651  and  later, 
and  constable.  Children :  Jacob,  born  January, 
1641,  mentioned  below;  John,  January,  1644: 
Isaac,  November,  1645:  Mary;  .Abraham,  set- 
tled in  Lyme  ;  Dorcas  ;  Sarah. 

(Ill  Jacob,  son  of  John  Bronson,  was  born 
in  Farmington,  in  January,  1641.  He  married 
Mary .  He  lived  in  the  section  of  Farm- 
ington, now  Kensington.  Children  :  Samuel, 
born  1685  ;  Jacob,  of  Kensington  ;  Roger,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Isaac,  of  Lyme  :  Elizabeth  ;  Re- 
becca. 

(Ill)  Roger,  son  of  Jacob  Bronson,  was 
born  in  Farmington,  in  1692,  and  settled  in 
New  Milford,  in  1713,  with  his  brother,  Sam- 
uel, and  was  one  of  the  first  twelve  settlers. 
He  was  town  clerk  fourteen  years,  also  town 
treasurer  and  justice  of  the  peace.  He  lived 
on  the  Woodbury  road,  and  he  and  his  brother 
were  leading  citizens.  Children  :  I.  Roger,  born 
December  10,  1702  ;  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary, 
February  20.  1704.  3.  .Abraham.  December  22, 
1707.  4.  Ruth,  December  25.  1 710.  5.  Gershom, 
Oct(jber  4.  1713;  died  young.  6.  Josiah,  born 
February  14,  171 5.  7.  Peter,  October  22,  1717 
8.  Dorcas,  September  9,  1720.  9.  Noah,  Octo- 
ber 2,  1722. 

(I\')  Roger  (2).  s(jn  of  Roger  (i)  Bron- 
son. was  born  at  New  Milford,  December  10. 
1702:  died  December  11,  1789.  He  lived  at 
New  Milford,  but  his  children,  or  some  of 
them,  returned  to  Farmington.  He  married, 
January  11,  1732-3,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Henry 
Castle,  Jr.,  of  Woodbury.  She  died  March  4, 
1788,  aged  eighty-two.    Children,  born  at  New 


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MASSAC  }IUSETTS. 


Milford ;  Mary,  December  12,  1733;  Benjamin. 
November  i,  1735;  Nathaniel,  October  3,  1738; 
Matliew,  June  29.  1741  ;  ITannali.  October  21, 

1743- 

(V)   Roger   (3),  son  or  nepliew  of  Roger 

(2)  Bronson,  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
from  Farmington,  Connecticut.  He  and  Sam- 
uel Bronson  were  privates  in  Captain  Heart's 
company,  Colonel  Erastus  Wolcott's  regiment, 
in  1776.  This  record  appears  in  both  Massa- 
chusetts and  Connecticut  revolutionary  rolls. 
Roger  was  also  in  Colonel  Elisha  .Sheldon's 
Light  Dragoons'  First  Troop,  in  1777.  He  is 
described  as  a  cooper,  dark  complexion,  gray 
eyes  and  brown  hair.  In  1790  Roger  Bronson 
was  reported  in  the  federal  census,  as  of  Berlin, 
Connecticut,  with  two  males  over  sixteen,  one 
under  that  age,  and  one  female  in  his  family. 
Ten  other  families  of  this  name  were  reported 
from  the  town  of  Berlin.  His  widow,  Phebe 
Bronson,  ap])ears  to  have  joined  the  church  at 
Xew  Britain,  September  22,  1799,  and  mar- 
ried again  in  1814.  She  was  born  January  6, 
1748,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Ann  (Booth) 
Mathews. 

(V'l)  Roger  (4),  son  of  Roger  (3)  Bron- 
son, settled  in  Ashfield,  Massachusetts.  He 
married.  June  17,  1794,  Betsey  Phillips.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  itinerant  merchant.  Among 
his  children  were  :  Mehitable,Sophronia,.\lmon 
(mentioned  below),  Samuel. 

(VH)  Almon,  son  of  Roger  (4)  Bronson, 
was  born  July  16,  1801,  and  died  March  19, 
1859.  He  married  Laura  Ames,  of  Conway, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Ashfield 
all  his  active  life.  Children,  born  in  Ashfield : 
I.  Lydia,  December  6.  1822;  died  December  4, 
1871.  2.  Achsah,  July  25,  1824;  died  1908.  3. 
Chandler,  September  2,  1824:  died  1908.  3. 
Eunice,  born  October  23,  1828.  5.  Almon  E., 
October  5,  1830;  died  September  30,  1879.  6. 
Laura  L.,  born  December  26,  1832:  died  Sep- 
tember 14,  1891.  7.  Melinda.  born  March  25, 
1835;  married  .Vrnold  Smith  (see  Smith).  8. 
Abigail.  July  16,  1838;  died  September  12, 
1838.  9.  Martin  A.,  November  16,  1840;  died 
May  20,  1885.  10.  Sophronia,  .April  7,  1843; 
died  March  19,  1878.  11.  Diadama,  January 
8,  1845;  fli^''  January  27,  1845.  12.  Chester, 
May  30,  1846. 

Elder  Thomas  Wiswall,  inimi- 
W'T.SW'.ALL      grant   ancestor,   was   born   in 

England.  In  the  early  Amer- 
ican records  the  surname  is  spelled  Wisewall 
and  Wlswell,  as  well  as  Wiswall :  it  is  an  un- 
common name  in  England.   .According  to  Jack- 


son, Thomas  Wiswall  came  with  his  brother, 
John,  in  1635,  leaving  his  brothers,  Adam,  Abiel 
and  Jonathan,  in  England.  He  settled  in  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  and  was  a  subscriber 
to  the  school  fund  of  that  town  in  1641,  and 
was  selectman  there  from  1644  to  1652.  The 
gravestones  of  his  sons,  Ichabod,  Enoch  and 
Ebenezer,  are  standing  in  Dorchester.  He  re- 
moved to  Cambridge  Village,  now  the  city  of 
Newton,  about  1^54,  and  was  one  of  the  signers 
of  a  petition  in  1656  for  release  from  support- 
ing the  church  at  Cambridge.  In  1657  he 
deeded  to  his  son,  Enoch,  on  condition  of  his 
marriage,  all  his  lands  in  Dorchester,  includ- 
ing the  house  formerly  of  Mr.  Maverick,  that 
formerly  of  Abraham  Dyke  and  that  bought  of 
Richard  Williams.  His  farm  at  Newton  com- 
prised some  four  hundred  acres,  including  Wis- 
wall Pond,  being  the  north  part  of  the  grant 
of  one  thousand  acres  to  Governor  Haynes  in 
1634.  The  house  was  on  the  south  bank  of  the 
pond  on  Centre  street.  He  was  installed  ruling 
elder  of  the  Cambridge  Village  Church,  July 
20,  1664,  and  acted  as  assistant  pastor.  He 
was  appointed  by  the  Cambridge  authorities 
in    1668   to   catechize   children.      He   married 

(first)    Elizabeth   ;    (second)    Isabelle 

Barbage,  of  Great  Packington,  Warwickshire, 
England,  "  a  woman  of  masculine  courage  and 
spirit."  She  had  a  controversy  with  old  Cap- 
tain Prentice,  but  he  with  more  regard  to  jus- 
tice than  gallantry  obliged  her  to  retract  some 
of  her  asseverations  and  to  promise  that  in 
future  she  would  "set  a  watch  before  her  mouth 
and  keep  the  door  of  her  lips."  She  was  the 
mother  of  Edward  Farmer,  of  Billerica ;  she 
died  May  21,  1686.  He  died  December  6,  1683. 
His  brother,  John,  married  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  Smith,  of  London,  settled  in  Dor- 
chester, was  an  iron-monger,  admitted  free- 
man March  14,  1638-9,  deacon  of  the  church, 
deputy  to  the  general  court,  chosen  ruling  elder 
in  Dorchester  and  declined  the  honor,  but  later 
accepted  the  office  in  the  Boston  church ;  died 
.\ugust  17,  1687,  aged  eighty-six  years  (grave- 
stone record  ).  All  of  the  \\'iswall  name  of  the 
present  generation  are  descendants  of  Elder 
Thomas,  however. 

Children  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  :  i.  Enoch, 
born  1633:  died  November  28,  1706;  married 
Elizabeth  Oliver.  2.  Esther,  born  1635;  mar- 
ried. May  16,  1655,  William  Johnson,  of  Wo- 
burn,    son    of   Captain    Edward.      3.    Ichabod. 

born    1637 ;   married    Remember   ,   and 

Priscilla  Peabody.  4.  Noah,  born  1638;  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Mary,  married  Samuel  Pay- 
son.    6.  Sarah,  baptized  March  19,  1653;  mar- 


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ried  Nathaniel  Holmes.  7.  Ebenezer,  born 
1646;  married,  March  26,  1685,  Sarah  Foster, 
widow  of  Elisha,  daughter  of  Giles  Payson. 
8.  Eliza,  born  April  15,  1649. 

(11)  Xoah,  son  of  Elder  Thomas  W'iswall. 
was  born  in  Dorchester,  in  163S,  and  baptized 
December  30,  that  year.  He  is  called  a  captain 
in  the  records.  He  lived  in  Newton,  where  he 
died  a  young  man,  July  6,  1690.  His  widow 
married  Deacon  Samuel  Newman,  Rehoboth, 
as  his  third  wife.     Children,  born  at  Newton: 

1.  Thomas,  April  29,  1666;  mentioned  below. 

2.  Elizabeth,  September  30,  1668  ;  married  Rev. 
Thomas  Greenwood,  of  Rehoboth.     3.  Caleb. 

4.  Margaret.  March  i,  1672;  died  July  30, 
1736:  married  Nathaniel  Parker.  5.  Hannah, 
April  I,  1674;  married  Caleb  Stedman,  of  Rox- 
bury.  6.  Mary,  married  Nathaniel  Longley. 
7.  Esther.  .April   i,    1678.     8.   Sarah,  January 

5.  1681  ;  married  Joseph  Cheney. 

(HI)  Lieutenant  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Cap- 
tain Noah  Wiswall.  was  born  in  Newton,  April 
29,  1666.  He  had  his  father's  homestead  at 
Newton.  He  died  in  1709.  He  married,  De- 
cember 17,  i(x)6.  Hannah  Cheney,  of  New- 
bury; she  married  (second)  Deacon  David 
Newman,  of  Rehoboth,  June,  17 19.  His  in- 
ventory amounted  to  772  pounds ;  Caleb  Sted- 
man, of  Roxbury.  was  administrator.  Na- 
thaniel Parker  bought  out  the  heirs  and  the 
widow's  dower  and  took  part  of  the  land  of 
Captain  Noah  W'iswall.  Children,  born  at 
Newton:  i.  Hannah,  October  15.  1697.  2. 
Noah,  September,  1699;  mentioned  below.  3. 
Sarah,  March  4,  1701 ;  married  John  Newman. 
4.  Mary,  October  i,  1702.  5.  Elizabeth,  .Au- 
gust 25,  1704;  married  Nathaniel  Longley,  Jr. 

6.  Thomas,  1707;  married  Sarah  Daniel,  of 
Xeedham,  December  20,  1733;  settled  in  Med- 
way.    7.  Ichabod,  about  1709. 

(IV)  Captain  Noah  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant 
Thomas  (2)  Wiswall,  was  born  September, 
1699,  at  Newton:  died  June  13,  1786,  aged 
eighty-six  years,  three  months,  four  days.  He 
had  the  ancient  homestead  and  house  of  Elder 
Thomas  Wiswall,  and  built  the  front  part  of 
the  house  in  1744,  and  this  house  was  lately 
owned  and  occupied  by  Luther  Paul.  He  was 
selectman  three  years.  He  was  a  Baptist  in 
religion,  and  was  baptized  in  that  faith  in  1754. 
The  first  meetings  of  the  Baptists  were  held 
at  his  house:  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  church  at  Newton  and  gave  the  land  for 
the  first  meetinghouse.  S.  F.  Smith,  in  his 
"History  of  Newton,"  says  he  was  in  the  battle 
of  Lexington.  His  three  sons  and  several  sons- 
in-law  were  in  the  East  Newton  company,  under 


his  son,  Captain  Jeremiah  Wiswall.  "After 
the  company  had  marched  for  Lexington,  he 
started  on  foot  and  alone  to  follow.  T  want 
to  see  what  the  boys  are  doing,'  he  said.  He 
was  standing  with  some  Americans  not  far 
from  the  field  when  three  British  soldiers  came 
in  sight.  He  immediately  pointed  them  out  to 
his  companions,  saying:  'H  you  aim  at  the 
middle  one,  you  will  hit  one  of  the  three.'  They 
did  so,  and  were  successful.  The  other  two 
British  fled.  As  he  held  out  his  hand  pointing 
towards  the  British,  a  musket  ball  went  through 
it.  Coolly  he  bound  up  his  hand  with  his  hand- 
kerchief, and  then  picked  up  the  gun  of  the 
fallen  regular  and  brought  it  home  as  a  trophy." 
He  was  then  seventy-six  years  old.  His  name 
appears  on  the  roll  of  the  company.  Several 
other  aged  men  went  from  Newton.  His  son, 
Captain  Jeremiah,  was  administrator.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1720,  Thankful  P\dler,  daughter  of 
Jeremiah.  She  died  in  1745,  aged  forty-one, 
at  Brookline.  He  married  (second),  in  1752. 
Deliverance  Kenrick,  daughter  of  Ebenezer. 
Children  of  first  wife:  I.  Thomas.  2.  Eliza- 
beth, married.  December  17,  1741,  William 
Baldwin.  3.  Captain  Jeremiah,  born  October 
27,  1725:  mentioned  below.  4.  Thankful,  born 
September  i,  1727;  died  1728.  5.  John.  6. 
Thankful,  born  August  11,  1731  ;  married, 
1750,  Ebenezer  Gee.  7.  Mary,  born  .April  i, 
1731  ;  married,  1752,  Samuel  Norcross.  8. 
Sarah,  born  December  23,  1734:  married,  1761, 
Dr.  John  King.  9.  Esther,  born  December  2, 
1737:  married.  1768,  Benjamin  White.  10. 
Xoah.  born  July  7,  1740.  11.  Samuel.  12. 
Ebenezer,  born  1742.  13.  Margaret,  born  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1744;  married,  1766,  Thomas  Palmer. 
14.  Hannah,  born  March  31,  1745:  married, 
1 761,  Ebenezer  Richards,  Jr. 

( \' )  Captain  Jeremiah,  son  of  Captain  Noah 
(2)  Wiswall,  was  born  in  Newton,  October 
2y.  1725,  and  died  there  January  26,  1809, 
aged  eighty-four  years.  He  was  captain  of 
the  East  Newton  company  of  infantry  at  the 
beginning  of  the  revolution,  and  was  at  the 
Concord  fight  and  at  Dorchester  Heights.  His 
company  was  in  Colonel  Hatch's  regiment  at 
Dorchester  Heights  at  the  time  of  the  evacua- 
tion of  Boston.  He  was  captain  of  Company 
No.  6,  Newton.  He  lent  the  town  forty-five 
pounds  to  pay  its  soldiers  in  1777.  He  had  the 
Murdock  homestead  in  Newton — Oak  Hill — in 
1750.  He  married  (first),  December,  1750, 
Elizabeth  Murdock,  born  May  27,  1731,  died 
.August  19,  1769,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Rob- 
ert and  .Abigail  (Hyde)  Murdock.  He  married 
(.second),  November,   1770,  Hannah  Marean, 


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who  died  in  Xovember,  181 1,  aged  sixty-six 
years,  daughter  of  W'iUiani  Marean.  Children 
of  first  wife,  born  at  Newton:  i.  Samuel,  No- 
vember 15,  175 1  ;  died  unmarried,  February, 
1815.  2.  Elizabeth,  March  20,  1753;  married 
Captain  Edmund  Trowbridge.  3.  Thankful, 
June  3.  1756;  married  Aaron  Richards,  of 
Xeedham.  4.  Jeremiah,  August  23.  1760;  men- 
tioned below.  5.  William,  born  August  23,  1765  ; 
see  sketch.  6.  .Abigail,  married,  1782,  John 
Hyde.  Children  of  second  wife:  7.  Esther, 
.August  15,  1771 ;  married,  1789,  Solomon  Cur- 
tis. 8.  Thomas,  January  5,  1775.  9.  Enoch, 
February  9,  1777.  10.  Noah  (twin),  born  De- 
cember 18,  1779.  II.  Hannah,  twin  with  Noah. 
(VI)  Deacon  Jeremiah  (2),  son  of  Captain 
Jeremiah  (i)  Wiswall,  was  born  in  Newton, 
August  23,  1760,  and  died  June  22,  1836,  aged 
seventy-six.  He  married  (first),  June  10,  1784, 
Sarah  Craft,  born  June  14,  1764.  died  Janu- 
ary 26,  1809,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Joseph 
and  Elizabeth  (Davis)  Craft,  of  Newton.  Her 
father  was  in  the  revolution.  He  married 
(second),  in  1809.  Mary,  widow  of  Samuel 
Harrington,  and  daughter  of  Amos  Fiske.  She 
died  September  26,  1856.  He  was  one  of  the 
selectmen  of  Newton,  and  a  prominent  citizen. 
He  served  on  the  committee  to  build  the  meet- 
inghouse, and  purchased  pew  96  of  the  new 
edifice.  He  was  a  freeholder  in  1798,  owning 
two  houses  valued  at  -$3,155.  He  was  appoint- 
ed June  21,  1802,  one  of  a  committee  of  three 
to  purchase  land  for  a  burying-ground,  now 
called  the  South  Burial  Ground.  He  had  two 
lots  and  his  father  one,  in  the  new  cemetery. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  in  Newton:  I. 
Joseph.  December  2,  1786:  married,  August  13, 
1807,  Sarah  Clark:  died  February  24,  1856.  2. 
.\rtemas,  September  15,  1788:  died  March  22. 
1837:  married.  March  16,  1828,  Del  Louisa 
Fairbanks.  3.  Elisha,  May  19,  1791  ;  died  No- 
vember 16,  1861  :  married,  November  30,  1817, 
Julia  Richards.  4.  Jesse.  December  2,  1793: 
died  September  16.  t866:  married,  March  22. 
1822.  Sarah  Miller.  3.  \Mlliam,  ]\Iarch  11, 
1796;  mentioned  below.  6.  Ebenezer  Craft, 
.Vpril  28,  1799;  died  young.  7.  .\masa  Craft. 
May  8.  1801:  died  October  7,  1872:  married. 
January  7,  1830,  Clarissa  Atwood.  8.  Eliza- 
b'-th  Davis,  February  23.  1804;  died  December 
10,  1879;  unmarried.  Children  of  second  wife- 
o.  Sarah  Craft,  born  March  6,  t8io;  married, 
November  29,  1839,  William  Hyde  Palmer. 
TO.  Jeremiah.  July  26,  1812;  died  April,  1865: 
married,  1836,  Mary  Bligh.  11.  Samuel,  March 
30.  1814:  died  October  19.  1878;  married,  April 
15.   1836.  Mary  .\nn   Newton.      12.  Ebenezer, 


January  11,  1816;  married,  .April  25.  1872, 
Hulda  Stewart  Havens. 

(\n)  William,  son  of  Deacon  Jeremiah 
( 2 )  Wiswall,  was  born  in  Newton,  on  the 
homestead,  corner  of  Dedham  and  Brookline 
streets,  March  11,  1796,  and  died  May  7,  1867. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  be- 
fore his  marriage  was  engaged  in  gardening, 
working  on  the  different  estates  of  the  neigh- 
borhood. .At  the  time  of  his  marriage  he  built 
the  house  where  his  grandson,  William  E.  Wis- 
wall. now  resides,  on  Wiswall  avenue.  James 
Clement,  brother  of  Mrs.  Wiswall,  was  the 
contractor.  Here  he  followed  farming,  selling 
his  produce  in  Ro.xbury  and  Boston  markets. 
He  was  a  deacon  in  the  We.st  Roxbury  church, 
joining  by  letter  from  the  Newton  church.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Whig,  and  he  was  a  member 
of  the  militia  company.  He  married,  April  1, 
1822,  .Abigail  Clement,  born  at  Berwick,  Maine, 
.August  17,  1792,  died  at  Newton.  January  8, 
1870.  daughter  of  .Samuel  and  Judith  (Knox) 
Clement.  Children:  i.  William  Clement,  born 
March  12,  1823  ;  mentioned  below.  2.  Artemas, 
born  February  11,  1825;  died  December  i, 
T901  ;  married,  November  27,  1856,  Lucy  F., 
daughter  of  Ceorge  and  Fanny  (Hyde)  Bout- 
weli,  of  Andover;  children:  i.  Fannie  Hyde, 
born  November  12,  1857;  ii.  George  Boutwell. 
.September  13,  1859:  married.  September  24. 
1885.  Sophronia  Hardy,  and  had  Ralph  Arte- 
mas, born  June  18,  1886;  Lucy  F"rances,  No- 
vember 4,  1887:  Charles  Hardy,  July  13,  1890, 
and  Irving  \Villard,  February  23,  1900;  iii. 
.Artemas,  born  October  28,  i860;  died  Novem- 
ber I,  i860;  iv.  Samuel  Clement,  born  Febru- 
ary 5,  1862;  married.  May  12,  1887,  .Annie 
May  Dorr,  and  had  Harold  Dorr,  born  .August 
30.  1889;  v.  Granville  Artemas,  born  October 
6.  1866:  married.  December  5,  1894,  Harriet 
M.  Riley,  and  had  Milner  Hyde,  born  October 
24,  1896,  and  Roycroft  Boutwell,  October  9. 
1898:  vi.  Alary  Louise,  born  October  16,  1868: 
married,  October  23,  1900.  Herbert  B.  Wood. 
3.  Henry  Martin,  born  March  8,  1827;  men- 
ticmed  Ijelow.  4.  .Abby  Maria,  born  September 
iq,  1830:  died  January  21.  1853.  5.  George, 
born  October  8.  1832:  died  November  17,  1856. 

(\TI)  William  Clement  Wiswall,  son  of 
Deacon  William  Wiswall,  was  born  at  Oak 
Hill,  Newton,  March  12,  1823,  and  died  there 
January  23,  1896.  He  attended  the  Oak  Hill 
school  and  later  the  private  school  of  Marshall 
Rice,  at  Newton  Centre.  He  assisted  his  father 
on  the  farm  until  he  was  married,  when  he 
conducted  the  farm  which  he  had  received  as 
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of  Boston  and  Roxbury  were  near  his  farm, 
and  he  founil  a  ready  sale  for  the  produce,  be- 
coming a  successful  man.  He  was  industrious 
and  progressive,  and  kept  in  touch  with  the 
afifairs  of  the  day.  He  led  an  honorable  and 
useful  life,  and  was  a  constant  attendant  at  the 
W'est  Roxbury  Congregational  Church.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  married. 
June  7,  1855,  Catherine  Jepson,  born  at  North 
W'rentham,  1824,  died  at  Newton.  February 
19,  1895,  daughter  of  John  and  Catherine  (Wil- 
.son)  Jepson,  of  North  Wrentham.  Children: 
I.  Abbie  Maria,  born  August  2.  1856:  married. 
February  20,  1879,  Arthur  Davis  Hall,  of  New- 
ton, son  of  David  and  Elizabeth  (Burt)  Hall; 
children:  i.  Ethel  Louise  Hall,  born  June  20. 
1880;  ii.  Arthur  Wiswall  Hall.  October  8, 1881  ; 
iii.  Wallace  Ralph  Hall,  September  24.  1883: 
married,  April  11,  1908.  Edith  Avis  Sweet,  of 
Newton;  iv.  Fannie  Elizabeth  Hall,  August  11. 
1886.  2.  William  Edward  (twin),  born  April 
28,  i860;  mentioned  below.  3.  Etta,  twin  with 
William  Edward,  born  April  28.  i860  ;  married. 
June  25,  1878,  Charles  Francis  Hall,  brother 
of  Arthur  Hall ;  children :  i.  Edith  Frances 
Hall,  born  September  7.  1878;  ii.  Chester  Davis 
Hall.  September  i.  1879;  iii.  Albert  Edward 
Hall ;  iv.  Clarence  A.  Hall,  December  20,  1889. 

(IX)  William  Edward,  son  of  William 
Clement  \\'iswall,  was  born  at  Oak  Hill,  New- 
ton, April  28.  i860.  He  attended  the  Oak 
Hill  district  school  until  he  was  sixteen  years 
old,  assisting  his  father  on  the  farm.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-four  he  started  farming  on  his 
own  account,  conducting  a  milk  business  also 
with  success.  He  is  a  successful  market  gar- 
dener, carrying  his  produce  to  Faneuil  Hal! 
Market.  He  resides  on  the  homestead,  which 
comprises  twenty-eight  acres  in  the  south  part 
of  Newton.  He  has  from  ten  to  twenty  head 
of  fine  stock,  selling  milk  at  wholesale.  He 
believes  thoroughly  in  modern  methods  of 
farming,  and  his  success  is  a  proof  of  his  sound 
judgment.  He  and  his  family  attend  the 
Evangelical  church  at  Oak  Hill,  and  he  is  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  married,  March 
18,  1890,  Lydia  Goodwin  Barnard,  born  at 
Marblehead,  January  5,  1868,  daughter  of 
George  Bacon  and  Abbie  Sewell  (Morse) 
Barnard.  Her  father  was  a  civil  war  veteran, 
serving  in  Company  C,  Eighth  Massachusetts 
Infantry,  nine  months.  Children:  i.  George 
William,  born  October  30.  1892.  2.  Florence 
Gladys.  July  19,  1899. 

(VIII)  Henry  Martin,  son  of  Deacon  Will- 
iam Wiswall,  was  born  March  8,  1827,  in  New- 
ton, and  died  June  4,  1902.     He  attended  the 


Oak  Hill  school,  working  on  the  farm  during 
the  summer.  He  was  employed  when  young 
by  tieorge  Hyde  in  his  nursery,  still  attending 
school  at  the  North  district,  on  Washington 
street.  When  a  young  man  he  went  to  work  in 
the  dry  goods  store  of  George  Bacon  as  clerk 
for  several  years.  In  1851  he  removed  to 
Princeton,  and  with  William  Folger,  as  the 
firm  of  Wiswall  &  Folger,  conducted  a  general 
store.  Selling  out  to  Mr.  Folger,  he  went  to 
\\  atertown,  where  he  was  employed  by  Hath- 
away &  Company,  of  Boston,  as  salesman  for 
their  shirt  manufactory,  later  going  to  work 
for  March  Brothers  as  salesman.  He  subse- 
quently engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  rotary 
pumps,  conducting  a  successful  business  up  to 
the  time  of  the  great  Boston  fire  in  1872,  when 
his  store  was  burned  with  books  and  patterns. 
The  business  was  reorganized  and  carried  on 
for  some  time.  During  the  last  ten  years  of 
his  life  he  was  associated  with  the  Youth's 
Companion  in  the  financial  department.  He 
made  his  home  at  Watertown,  residing  the  last 
tw-o  years  of  his  life  with  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Capen,  on  Park  street,  Newton,  where  he  died 
June  I.  1902.  He  was  reared  in  the  Orthodox 
Congregational  faith,  but  later  joined  the  First 
F.aptist  Church,  of  Watertown,  of  which  he 
was  clerk  for  some  years.  In  early  life  he 
voted  with  the  Whig  party.  He  became  a  Re- 
publican in  the  early  days  of  that  party  and 
throughout  the  war  was  an  active  and  earnest 
supporter  of  the  government  and  of  President 
Lincoln.  He  never  sought  nor  accepted  public 
c  >ffice,  however.  He  maintained  a  keen  interest 
in  public  affairs  and  read  extensively.  His 
fondness  for  flowers  was  the  source  of  great 
[ileasure  to  him.  He  was  an  active  member  of 
the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society.  He 
was  devoted  to  his  home  and  fireside — there 
was  his  shrine,  and  there  his  finest  qualities 
appeared.  His  quiet,  kindly,  amiable  disposi- 
tion attracted  and  held  friends ;  his  honesty, 
straightforwardness  and  integrity  won  for  him 
the  respect  and  confidence  of  all.  He  was 
primarily  and  always  a  man  of  his  word,  walk- 
ing straight  in  the  path  he  believed  to  be  right. 
He  married,  May  28,  1851,  Harriet  Williams 
Learned,  born  at  Watertown,  May  19,  1826, 
daughter  of  Joshua  and  Hannah  (Crosby) 
Learned.  Her  father  was  a  cabinet  maker. 
Children :  i.  George  Henry,  born  August  22, 
1856  ;  mentioned  below.  2.  Hattie  Ellen,  born 
June  18,  1858;  married,  at  Watertown,  June 
"5,  1884,  William  Henry  Capen,  son  of  Edward 
William  and  Lucretia  A.  (Marston)  Capen 
(see    Capen,    VIII).      Children:    i.    William 


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Henry  Capen,  born  August  13,  1890;  ii.  Mar- 
jorie  Helen  Capen,  January  9,  1899. 

(IX)  (ieorge  Henry,  son  of  Henry  Martin 
Wiswall.  was  born  at  Watertown,  August  22, 
1836.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
graduating  from  the  high  school  in  1874,  subse- 
quently taking  a  position  as  clerk  for  Howard 
&  Company.  He  afterwards  became  teller  for 
the  Mechanics  tiank,  of  Boston,  remaining  two 
vears,  then  taking  a  place  as  bookkeeper  for 
Jacobs  &  Company,  of  School  street.  A  year 
"later  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Old  Readers 
and  Writers  Economy  Company  on  Franklin 
street  as  salesman  for  two  years.  In  1883  he 
took  a  position  with  Thomas  Groom  &  Com- 
pany, on  State  street,  manufacturers  of  blank 
books  and  stationery,  and  was  in  their  service 
for  twenty-six  years.  He  is  now  vice-president 
and  general  manager  of  the  American  Paint 
Manufacturing  Company,  whose  office  and 
works  are  located  at  41-53  Hollingsworth 
street,  Mattapan,  Roston.  His  home  is  in 
^Vatertown,  at  11  Marion  road.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Watertown,  and 
takes  an  active  interest  in  church  atTairs,  serv- 
ing frequently  on  committees.  He  was  clerk 
of  the  parish  ten  years,  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school  eight  years,  and  was  elected 
deacon  in  1908.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sun- 
day School  Superintendents'  Association,  of 
Boston.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
married,  February  I,  1888,  Fannie  Edla.  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Clara  (Boynton)  Carr,  of 
.\llston.  Her  father  was  a  wholesale  merchant 
in  teas  and  coffees  in  Boston.  Qiildren :  i. 
Edla  Hattie,  born  September  30,  1889;  died 
December  8,  1897.  2.  George  Henry,  Jr.,  born 
June  10,  1896. 

^For  ancestry  see  preceding  .sketch). 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Cap- 
WISWALL  tain  Jeremiah  Wiswall,  was 
born  at  Newton,  August  23, 
1765,  and  died  C)ctober  27,  1798.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  lived  on  the  road  from  Newton 
Lower  Falls  to  Sherborn,  where  he  settled  in 
1788.  He  occupied  one  of  the  six  wall  pews 
on  the  south  side  of  the  church.  In  1798  he 
was  a  freeholder,  and  his  property  was  valued 
at  $3,020.  His  widow  paid  taxes  also.  He 
married,  February  7,  1788,  Elizabeth  Craft, 
born  October  19,  1766,  died  December  23. 
1826.  sister  of  his  brother  Jeremiah's  wife. 
Children:  i.  Eliza,  born  June  12,  1789;  died 
1813.  2.  Charlotte,  born  April  20,  1791  ;  mar- 
ried, April  21,  1814,  Nathan  Trowbridge:  died 
January  27,  1837.     3.  Sarah  Davis,  born  Feb- 


ruary I,  1794;  died  July  24,  1828;  married, 
.\pril  7,  1816,  Jesse  Hall;  children:  i.  Lewis 
Hall,  born  May  8,  1817;  married,  October  3, 
1839,  Louisa  Jackson;  (second),  October  10, 
1863,  Ellen  Crafts,  and  had  Mary  Louise  Hall, 
born  May  18,  1841 ;  married  Charles  B.  Fille- 
brown ;  Lewis  Augustus  Hall,  born  January 
29,  1843;  Sarah  Wiswall  Hall,  born  June  11, 
1847;  <li^d  July  18,  1849,  and  Caroline  Jack- 
son Hall,  born  January  6,  1850;  ii.  William 
Augustus  Hall,  born  November  27,  1818;  mar- 
ried May  1 6,  1844,  Julia  Wright,  and  died  Oc- 
tober 25,  1856;  iii.  PVanklin  Hall,  born  August 
8,  1822;  married,  October  13,  1863,  Jane  M. 
Morse :  had  William  M.  Hall,  born  July  10, 
1863,  and  Jessie  Hall,  born  July  17,  186 — ;  iv. 
Sarah  F.  Hall,  born  June  6,  1826:  married. 
October  15,  Edwin  H.  Locke,  and  had  Arthur 
H.  Locke,  born  August  27,  1846;  Sarah  Isa- 
belle  Locke,  April  22,  1849  (married  Lawrence 
O'Hearn),  and  Edwin  H.  Locke,  September 
18,  1832.  4.  Nancy,  born  March  12,  1796; 
married.  May  7,  1813,  ,'\sa  Trowbridge;  (sec- 
ond). February  11,  1834,  Pldward  Brooks; 
died  I'ebruary  19,  1867;  five  children.  5.  Will- 
iam, mentioned  below. 

(VH)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Wiswall,  was  born  in  Newton,  December  28, 
1798,  two  months  after  the  death  of  his  father. 
He  obtained  his  education  at  the  common 
schools,  working  on  neighboring  farms.  He 
liought  a  part  of  the  original  John  Staples 
property  in  Newton,  and  settled  there.  This 
farm  had  been  owned  by  Moses  Craft  and  his 
son,  Joseph,  who  sold  it  to  W'illiam  Wiswall. 
It  contained  about  a  hundred  acres,  a  part  of 
which  was  later  sold  to  the  city  of  Newton  for 
|)ublic  buildings.  In  1855  he  removed  to  Park 
street,  Xewton,  and  later  to  Ashland,  where 
he-purchased  the  Brigham  farm  of  about  forty 
acres  and  conducted  it  about  twelve  years.  He 
spent  his  last  days  at  the  home  of  his  son,  Ed- 
mund T.,  in  West  Newton,  where  he  died 
March  21,  1882.  During  his  early  manhood 
he  was  in  the  militia.  He  was  a  strict  adherent 
to  the  principles  of  the  Orthodox  faith,  and  be- 
lieved in  the  forms  of  public  worship,  always 
attending  church.  His  life  was  an  example 
of  right  living,  and  his  many  good  (|ualities  of 
heart  and  mind  made  him  universally  beloved. 
In  early  life  he  was  a  Democrat,  but  finally 
became  a  Republican.  He  married,  C)ctober 
6,  182 1,  Ruth  Trowbridge,  born  at  Newton, 
February  8,  1801,  died  at  Ashland,  daughter 
of  Edmund  and  Ruth  (Fuller)  Trowbridge 
(see  Trowbridge).  Children:  i.  Letitia,  born 
December  2g,   1821  ;  married  Henry  Harring- 


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ton,  of  Newton;  two  children.  2.  Edmund 
Trowbridge,  born  May  14,  1824;  died  June  12, 
1824.  3.  Harriet,  born  June  24,  1825;  died 
|une  12,  1882;  married,  November  25,  1847, 
John  Quincy  Adams  Hawks,  of  Chelsea;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Anna  L.  Hawks,  born  x^ugust  25, 
1848;  married,  October  14,  1875,  Samuel  Hyde, 
and  had  George  L.  Hyde;  ii.  Charles  Hawks, 
died  unmarried,  July  15,  1906;  iii.  Henry  S. 
Hawks ;  iv.  William  W'iswall  Hawks,  born 
December  4.  1852;  married.  November  11, 
1875,  Elizabeth  Wilson  Glover,  of  Salem.  4. 
Elizabeth  Anna,  born  May  31,  1827;  married, 
September  10,  1856,  Augustus  Baird,  of  Bos- 
ton ;  children :  i.  Georgia  Augusta  Baird,  born 
May  12,  1858;  died  August  30,  1859;  ii.  Ed- 
mund Augustus  Baird,  born  June  16,  i860; 
married,  January  14,  1884,  Emma  Frances 
W'ebster  Brown,  and  had  Edna  French  Baird, 
born  November  12,  1884;  Elsie  Evelyn  Baird. 
February  27,  1886  (married,  June  7,  1906. 
Clifton  E.  Bassett)  ;  Jessie  Louise  Baird,  born 
October  3,  1887.  died  July  23,  1900;  Robert 
Edmund  Baird,  born  October  23,  1888  ;  Harold 
Wiswall  Baird,  born  July  6,  1892;  Dorothy 
Trowbridge  Baird,  born  July  18,  1894;  Mal- 
colm .Arthur  i'aird,  born  February  27,  1896, 
and  Gladys  Louise  Baird,  born  May  11,  1903; 
iii.  Harriet  Wiswall  liaird,  born  March  13, 
1862;  married,  October  25,  1887.  Frederick 
Joseph  Edes,  and  had  Albert  Augustus  Edes. 
born  August  25,  1888,  died  February  18,  1895  ; 
Duncan  Warren  Edes.  born  April  3,  1894,  and 
Eunice  Baird  Edes,  born  October  10,  1896: 
iv.  George  Edgar  Baird,  born  January  15. 
1864;  died  July,  1903.  5.  Charlotte,  born  Alarch 
2,  1829;  died  March  14,  1830.  6.  Edmund 
Trowbridge,  born  January  20,  1831  ;  mention- 
ed below.  7.  Charlotte  R.,  born  October  2. 
1832;  died  October  13.  1832.  8.  William  F"., 
born  October  13,  1833;  died  September  10, 
1834.  9.  Charlotte,  born  December  3,  1837; 
died  December  3,  1837.  10.  William  A.,  born 
September  10.  1842:  died  October  14,  1842. 

(VHI)  Edmund  Trowbridge,  son  of  Will- 
iam (2)  Wiswall,  was  born  in  Newton,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1831.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
and  also  the  private  schools  of  Marshall  S. 
Rice  and  the  Blaisdell  school  at  Newton  Lower 
Falls.  After  a  course  at  Comer's  Commercial 
College  in  Boston,  he  engaged  in  the  milk  busi- 
ness at  the  homestead,  and  carried  on  the  farm. 
For  over  thirty  years  Mr.  Wiswall  was  a  lead- 
ing citizen  of  Newton.  He  was  engaged  alsc 
in  the  provision  trade  at  Newton  Corner  for 
four  years  with  his  brother-in-law,  .\ugustu? 
Baird,  as  the  firm  of  Wiswall  &  Baird.     The 


firm  was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Wiswall  resumed 
the  milk  business.  In  1866  he  went  into  the 
produce  business  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  having 
sold  his  milk  route  to  Trowbridge  &  Leeds, 
but  remained  there  but  a  short  time.  On  his 
return  he  went  into  the  same  business  at 
Faneuil  Hall  Market,  North  Market  street, 
Boston,  with  William  Goulding,  as  the  firm  of 
\\'iswall  &  Goulding,  continuing  a  year.  He 
then  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  which 
is  his  present  occupation,  in  West  Newton. 
Much  of  his  property  is  situated  near  Cross 
and  Wiswall  streets,  where  he  has  resided  for 
fifty  years.  He  has  accumulated  a  handsome 
property.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and 
has  been  a  member  of  the  city  council  two 
years,  eight  years  on  the  Newton  water  board, 
and  six  years  on  the  board  of  health.  He  is 
a  member  of  Garden  City  Lodge,  No.  92,  I.  O. 
O.  F.,  and  has  held  the  various  offices  in  the 
lodge,  and  served  as  chairman  of  trustees  for 
several  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  City 
Club,  of  Newton,  and  formerly  of  the  Newton 
Club  and  the  Knights  of  Flonor.  He  and  his 
family  attend  the  Second  Congregational 
Church  at  West  Newton.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1856,  Suphronia  Merriam  Baird,  born 
fune  27,  1832.  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Lucy 
Pierce  (Trowbridge)  Baird,  of  Newton  (see 
Baird).  Children:  I.  Lizzie  Bacon,  born  No- 
vember II,  1858;  died  .April  6,  1886.  2.  Lucy 
Trowbridge,  born  .August  8,  i860:  died  August 
4,  1868. 

This   is   one   of   the   early    New 
C.AFEN      England  families,  though  not  as 

prolific  or  easily  traced  as  many 
others.  It  has  contributed  its  share  in  the 
development  of  the  New  England  character 
and  the  New  England  prosperity.  It  was  a 
factor  in  the  settlement  of  numerous  towns  in 
Massachusetts  and  Maine,  and  is  now  widely 
scattered  over  the  United  States. 

(I)  Bernard  Capen  was  born  in  1562,  in 
England ;  died  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts, 
November  8,  1638.  He  came  from  Dorchester. 
England,  and  probably  followed  his  son  to  the 
new  world  after  the  latter  had  established  a 
home  here.  He  was  seventy  years  old  at  the 
time  of  his  coming,  and  was  not  made  a  free- 
man until  two  years  after  his  son.  May  16, 
1636,  and  was  admitted  to  the  church  at  Dor- 
chester. His  will,  made  October  9.  1638,  was 
not  proved  until  November,  1652.  He  married, 
in  1596,  Joan,  daughter  of  Oliver  Purchase, 
who  died  March  26,  1633,  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enty-five years.     The  oldest  marked  grave  in 


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America  is  in  the  churchyard  at  Dorchester, 
and  the  stone  reads :  "Here  lies  the  bodies  of 
Mr.  Bernard  Capen  and  Joan  Capen,  his  wife." 
They  had  daughters,  Ruth  and  Susanna,  and 
an  only  son. 

(H)  John,  only  son  of  Bernard  and  Joan 
(Purchase)  Capen,  was  born  January  26,  161 3, 
in  England,  and  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade. 
He  was  in  Dorchester  as  early  as  May  14, 
1634,  when  he  was  made  a  freeman,  and  be- 
came one  of  the  most  active  and  useful  citizens 
of  the  town,  living  to  a  good  age  and  dying 
April  6,  1692.  His  house  stood  on  the  corner 
of  Pleasant  and  Pond  streets,  as  now  known. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  artillery  company  in 
1646,  and  later  became  captain  of  the  entire 
militia  of  Dorchester,  was  ordained  as  a  dea- 
con of  the  Dorchester  church,  February  13, 
1658,  was  sixteen  years  selectman,  town  clerk 
thirteen  years,  and  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1671  and  from  1673  to  1678.  His 
town  records  are  written  in  a  fairly  legible 
hand  and  more  complete  than  those  of  any 
other  recorder  of  his  time.  His  military  ser- 
vice extended  over  a  period  of  fifty  years,  and 
his  promotions  were  fairly  earned.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  October  20,  1637,  Redigan  Clap, 
who  died  December  10,  1645  ;  he  married  (sec- 
ond), September  20,  1647,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Samuel  Bass,  of  Braintree,  born  1632, 
died  June  29,  1704.  The  first  wife  was  the 
mother  of  two  children,  Joanna  and  John. 
Children  of  second  wife:  Samuel,  born  July 
29,  1648,  at  Braintree;  Bernard  and  Mary, 
died  in  infancy ;  Bernard,  Preserved,  Joseph, 
Hannah  and  Elizabeth. 

(HI)  Preserved,  fourth  son  of  John  Capen 
and  his  second  wife,  Mary  Bass,  was  born 
March  4,  1657,  in  Dorchester;  died  October 
20,  1708,  on  the  same  day  as  his  wife.  He 
married.  May  16,  1682,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Edward  Payson,  of  Dorchester,  and  their  chil- 
dren were :  Mary,  born  March  28,  1683  ;  Pre- 
served, April  10,  1686;  Elizabeth,  March  i, 
1690 ;  Ann,  died  young ;  John,  mentioned  below  ; 
Ebenezer,  died  young;  Ebenezer,  January  8, 
1700;  Ann,  May  9,  1703. 

(IV)  John  (2),  second  son  of  Preserved 
and  Mary  (Payson)  Capen,  was  born  October 
16,  1694,  in  Dorchester;  died  in  1748,  in  Brain- 
tree, Massachusetts,  where  he  settled  after 
marriage.  He  married,  September  20,  1722, 
Ruth,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Sarah  (Bass) 
Thayer,  born  April  i,  1704,  in  Braintree. 

(V)  Christopher,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Ruth 
(Thayer)  Capen,  born  about  1730,  settled  in 
that  part  of  Stoughton,  Norfolk  county,  Mass- 


achusetts, which  was  set  off  as  the  town  of 
Canton  in  1797.  He  married  his  cousin,  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Faxon) 
Thayer,  born  October  26,  1733,  in  Braintree. 

(VI)  Samuel,  son  of  Christopher  and  Abi- 
gail (Thayer)  Capen,  was  born  in  November, 
1760,  in  Stoughton,  and  was  a  soldier  of  the 
revolution.  In  the  roster  of  men  recruited  in 
June,  1780,  to  reinforce  the  continental  army, 
he  is  described  as  nineteen  years  of  age,  stature 
five  feet,  five  inches,  residence  Stoughton. 
There  were  several  of  the  name  who  served 
from  St(3ughton,  and  it  is  difficult  to  identify 
other  service,  but  it  is  likely  that  he  served  in 
later  enlistments.  He  lived  many  years  in 
Dorchester,  but  seems  to  have  moved  to  Port- 
land, Maine,  about  the  time  of  his  second  mar- 
riage. Presumably,  he  was  interested  in  sea- 
faring, either  as  merchant  or  mariner.  The 
name  of  his  first  wife  is  not  discovered,  but 
his  second  is  known  to  have  been  Hannah 
White,  and  she  bore  him  two  sons,  whose 
names  are  known,  David  and  Edward  William. 

(\TI)  Edward  William,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (White)  Capen,  was  born  Alay  23, 
1810,  in  Portland,  Maine ;  died  in  Boston,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1881.  He  engaged  in  the  dry  goods 
trade  at  Boston  and  was  a  successful  merchant, 
a  Baptist  in  religious  faith  and  a  Whig  and 
later  a  Republican.  He  married,  December  29, 
1835,  Lucretia  Augusta  Marston,  born  August 
5, 'i'8i3,  died  May  5,  1889.  They  had  two 
sons,  Edward  A.  and  William  Henry. 

(VIII)  William  Henry,  younger  son  of  Ed- 
ward William  and  Lucretia  A.  (Marston) 
Capen,  was  born  July  11,  1853,  in  Boston,  and 
received  his  education  in  the  schools  of  that 
city,  graduating  from  the  English  high  school. 
He  was  early  accustomed  to  mercantile  busi- 
ness, and  embarked,  in  partnership  with  his 
brother,  in  the  leather  business,  in  which  he 
was  industrious,  shrewd,  and  achieved  a  good 
measure  of  success.  Soon  after  the  death  of 
his  father  he  closed  out  the  leather  business  in 
order  to  care  for  the  family  interest  in  the  firm 
of  Chandler  &  Company,  one  of  the  largest 
dry  goods  concerns  of  Boston.  In  January, 
1883,  William  H.  Capen  succeeded  his  father 
as  a  partner  in  that  establishment,  of  which 
he  was  senior  partner  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
March  4,  1889.  He  was  devoted  to  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Baptist  church,  and  was  early  identi- 
fied with  the  society  worshipping  on  Shawmut 
avenue,  Boston.  Later  he  joined  the  Water- 
town  Baptist  church,  of  which  his  brother  was 
pastor,  and  in  both  these  organizations  he  was 
active,    especially    in    Sunday    school    work. 


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Shortly  before  his  death  he  transferred  his 
attendance  to  the  Newton  church.  While  he 
was  a  strong  Republican  from  principle,  he 
did  not  engage  in  active  politics.  He  was  a 
warm  supporter  and  active  worker  in  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Young  JMen's  Christian  Association, 
and  ever  ready  to  promote  any  movement 
calculated  to  elevate  mankind.  Mr.  Capen 
exemplified  in  marked  degree  the  New  Eng- 
land character.  A  diligent  and  careful  busi- 
ness man,  he  was  devoted  to  his  family  and  his 
home.  He  was  very  fond  of  flowers,  and 
found  his  recreation  chiefly  in  viewing  his  fine 
gardens  and  in  the  society  of  his  loved  ones. 
In  1886  he  purchased  a  handsome  house  on 
Park  street,  Newton,  to  which  he  took  his 
family  in  the  fall  of  that  year,  and  here  his 
life  was  an  ideal  one.  His  nature  was  refined 
and  sympathetic,  and  he  was  much  beloved  by 
all  his  employees  and  all  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact.  Many  of  his  friends  and  those 
with  whom  he  was  associated  in  any  way  were 
wont  to  confide  to  him  their  griefs  or  troubles. 
and  always  found  a  kind  sympathy  and  wise 
counsel.  He  married,  June  5,  1884,  at  Water- 
town,  Hattie  Ellen,  daughter  of  Henry  Martin 
and  Harriet  W.  (Learned)  Wiswall,  of  that 
town  (see  Wiswall,  VHI).  She  was  born 
June  18.  1858,  and  graduated  from  the  Water- 
town  high  school.  She  was  a  sympathetic 
co-worker  with  her  husband  in  the  church  and 
Sunday  school,  is  a  member  of  the  Newton 
Baptist  church  and  the  Social  Science  Club 
of  Newton.  Children:  William  Henry,  born 
August  13,  1890,  and  Marjorie  Helen,  Janu- 
ary 9,  1899.  Both  were  born  in  the  Newton 
home  where  they  now  reside  with  their  widow- 
ed mother. 

(For  preceding  generations  see  John  Atwater  1). 

(VI)   David,    eldest    son    of 
.\TWATER    Christopher  Atwater,  was  of 

the  parish  of  Charing,  ad- 
joining Royton,  at  his  death,  July,  1620.  He  is 
the  only  one  of  the  sons  of  Christopher  At- 
water whose  baptism  is  not  found  on  the  regis- 
ter of  Lenham  church  which  dates  from  1558. 
but  his  burial  is  recorded  there  July  11,  1620. 
His  will  was  proved  September  2"].  1620,  be- 
queathing to  wife,  Susan,  brothers,  George  and 
John,  nephews,  Joshua  and  David,  and  niece, 
Anna,  the  children  of  his  brother,  John ;  also 
various  others  not  named  Atwater. 

(\T)  John  (2),  brother  of  David  and  son 
of  Christopher  .\twater,  was  baptized  March  5, 
1567,  at  Lenham  church.  He  married  Susan 
Narsin    (?),   in   Lenham,   December   3,    1598. 

iv— 39 


He  was  junior  warden  of  the  Lenham  church 
in  1622-23,  and  rector's  or  senior  warden  two 
years  following.  He  settled  at  Royton.  It 
appears  from  the  wills  of  his  brothers  and 
other  records  that  the  only  surviving  descend- 
ants in  the  male  line  of  Christopher  Atwater 
in  1622  were  John  and  his  sons,  Joshua  and 
David,  the  American  emigrants.  John  died 
intestate  at  Royton,  October,  1636;  his  wife, 
Susan,  in  January,  1637,  and  both  are  buried 
in  the  Lenham  churchyard.  The  sons,  Joshua 
and  David,  appeared  in  the  court  at  Canter- 
bury to  petition  for  administration  on  their 
father's  estate  and  Joshua  was  appointed.  Chil- 
dren; I.  Joshua,  baptized  at  Royton,  June  2. 
161 1  ;  mercer  at  Ashford,  near  Royton;  came 
to  Boston,  arriving  June  26,  1637,  with  brother, 
David,  and  sister,  Ann  ;  settled  at  Ouininnipiack 
(New  Haven),  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
founders ;  he  has  no  male  descendants  of  the 
.-Vtwater  name ;  was  treasurer  of  the  colony  ; 
representative  in  1652:  assistant  in  1658;  re- 
moved to  Milford,  Connecticut,  in  1655 ;  to 
Boston  about  1659,  retaining  his  house  on  Fleet 
street.  New  Haven,  until  1665,  when  he  sold 
it  to  his  brother,  David,  and  it  continued  in 
the  family  more  than  two  hundred  years ;  he 
was  an  active  merchant:  married.  May  6,  1651, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Adam  Blackmail,  of 
Stratford,  Connecticut.  2.  David,  mentioned 
in  the  sketch  below,  the  first  of  the  .American 
line  ;  baptized  October  8,  1615  ;  inherited  when 
seven  years  old  the  place  called  Vine  in  Len- 
ham and  on  the  death  of  his  father  the  lands 
called  Parksfields  that  had  for  centuries  been 
in  the  family,  also  the  lands  called  Randalls  in 
Boughtoii  Malherbe,  which  was  in  the  family 
in  1547  and  perhaps  much  earlier;  also  lands 
at  Grant's  Gate,  Royton  :  he  settled  at  Quininni- 
piack  in  1638  and  signed  the  plantation  cove- 
nant, June  4,  1639,  and  was  admitted  a  free- 
man. May  II,  1665,  one  of  the  first  at  New 
Haven ;  his  homestead  was  on  Cedar  Hill 
on  the  Neck  between  Mill  and  Ouininni- 
piack rivers  at  the  north  side  of  what  is  now 
the  city  of  New  Haven  and  had  various  grants 
from  time  to  time ;  his  will  is  dated  April  14, 
1691,  with  a  codicil  dated  December  9,  1691. 
3.  .Anne.  The  Atwater  genealogy  has  interest- 
ing descriptions  of  the  English  home  of  the 
Atwaters  and  of  various  collateral  branches  of 
the  family. 

(\TI)  David  (2)  Atwater,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, son  of  John  (2)  Atwater,  of  the  Eng- 
lish lines,  was  one  of  the  first  planters  of  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  and  lived  and  died  in  the 
district   known   as   Cedar   Hill.      He   married 


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Damaris  Sayre/who  died  April  7,  1691,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Sayre,  of  Southampton,  Long 
Island.     He  died  October  5,  1692.     Children; 

I.  Mercy,  born  February  29,  1647;  married 
John  Austin.  2.  Damaris,  November  12,  1648; 
married  John  i'underson.  3.  David,  July  13, 
1650.  4.  Joshua,  January  11,  1652.  5.  John, 
November  i,  1654.  6.  Johnathan,  July  12, 
1656;  mentioned  below.  7.  Abigail,  March  3, 
1660;  married  Nathaniel  Jones.  8.  Mary, 
March  31,  1662;  married  (first)  Ichabod  Stow  ; 
(second)  David  Robinson.  9.  Samuel,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1664.  10.  Ebenezer,  January  13, 
1666. 

(VHI)  Jonathan,  son  of  David  (2)  At- 
water,  was  born  July  12,  1656,  and  was  a  mer- 
chant of  New  Haven.  The  inventory  of  hi.s 
estate  is  elaborate  and  shows  him  to  have  been 
a  man  of  wealth  for  the  times.  The  amount 
of  the  inventory  was  over  nine  thousand 
pounds.  He  kept  line  cutlery,  silks,  broad- 
cloths, Turkish  wrought  cushions,  and  othe. 
foreign  merchandise,  as  well  as  domestic 
articles  such  as  a  general  store  would  carry. 
The  inventory  was  filed  September  22,  1726. 
He  married,  June  i,  1681,  Ruth  Peck,  who 
died  June  3,  1726,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jeremiali 
Peck.  Her  will  is  dated  September  23,  1725. 
and  proved  October  5,  1741.  Children:  i. 
Joshua,  born  February  29,  1682,  died  March 
16,  1682.  2.  David,  August  5,  1683.  3.  Jere- 
miah. January  31,  1685.  4.  Mary,  December 
31,  1686;  married  Isaac.  Dickerman.  5.  Ruth. 
December  31,  1688;  married  Samuel  Ives.  6. 
Jonathan,  November  4,  1690.  7.  Lydia,  April 
28.  1693 ;  died  August  2,  1694.  8.  Joseph,  De- 
cember 9,  1694;  mentioned  below.  9.  Stephen 
December  4,  1696:  died  October  23,  1704.  10. 
Damaris.  October  9,  1698 :  married  Caleb  Hall 

II.  Lydia,  July  31,  1701  ;  died  March  30,  1708. 

(IX)  Joseph,  son  of  Jonathan  Atwater,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  December  9,  1694,  died 
January  9,  1766.  He  removed  to  Wallingford, 
Connecticut,  about  1728,  and  his  last  three 
children  were  born  there.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1722,  Hannah  Doolittle.  Children: 
I.  Sarah,  born  .August  12,  1723,  married  prob- 
ably Ebenezer  Ailing.  2.  Hannah,  July  15. 
1725.  3.  Benjamin,  .\pril  7,  1727;  mentioned 
below.  4.  Joseph,  August  29,  1729.  5.  Thank- 
ful, May  14,  1733;  married  Captain  Elisha 
Hall.  6.  Jeremiah,  .^pril  24,  1736;  died  un- 
married. 

(X)  Benjamin,  son  of  Joseph  Atwater,  was 
born  April  7,  1727,  died  February  6,  1799.  He 
was  a  Connecticut  slaveholder  until  the  law 
of  emancipation  in  1794.    His  daughter,  Sarah, 


was  about  to  be  married  and  had  a  colored 
maid.  \'oilet,  to  whom  she  was  much  attached. 
The  maid  was  told  that  she  could  have  her 
freedom  or  go  with  her  mistress  to  her  new 
home.  She  chose  to  go  with  her  mistress,  and 
served  the  family  long  and  well.  She  was  a 
faithful  caretaker,  housekeeper,  nurse  and 
cook,  and  as  she  was  never  very  strong,  did  no 
heavy  work.  She  served  her  mistress  until 
tleath,  and  stood  by  her  side  to  close  her  eyes 
in  her  last  sleep.  For  four  generations  she 
served  the  family,  and  was  beloved  by  every 
one  of  the  household.  The  children  were  her 
especial  care,  and  they  returned  her  devotion 
with  love.  She  died  in  August,  1843,  and  was 
given  a  funeral  as  one  of  the  family.  The 
officiating  clergyman  of  the  East  Haven  church 
ofYered  his  services,  and  the  bearers  were 
neighbors  and  friends  who  volunteered  their 
services.  Friends  of  the  family  and  neighbors 
gathered  to  pay  their  last  tribute  to  a  pure  but 
humble  life.  Benjamin  Atwater  lived  in  Che- 
shire. He  married,  June  19,  1755,  Phebe  Moss, 
who  died  March  i,  1799,  aged  sixty-four.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Sarah,  born  April  26,  1756;  married 
Daniel  Hughes.  2.  Benjamin,  September  26, 
1757-  3-  Titus,  August  29,  1759.  4.  Aaron, 
September  25,  1762 ;  died  November  10,  1776. 
5.  Moses,  May  12,  1765.  6.  Joel,  April  22, 
i/C^j:  mentioned  below.  7.  Jeremiah,  August 
21,  1771  :  died  at  Canandaigue,  New  York.  8. 
Phebe,  April  2,  1774;  married.  May  i,  1796, 
John  Bassett.  9.  Anna,  August  23,  1777;  died 
August  29,  1777.  10.  Mary  Ann,  July  14, 
1779;  married  Stephen  Jarvis. 

(XI)  Joel,  son  of  Benjamin  Atwater,  was 
born  April  22,  1769,  died  September  6,  1834. 
He  resided  in  Russell,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
a  tailor  and  farmer.  He  married,  September 
20,  1802,  Lydia  Sackett.  Children:  i.  Eliza, 
born  September  21,  1803.  2.  Jeremiah,  August 
25,  1805.  3.  Laura,  October  10,  1807.  4. 
Lydia,  October  i,  1809.  5.  Fanny,  May  15, 
1811.  6.  Joel,  June  12,  1813.  7.  Sarah,  July 
31,  1815.  8.  Leonard,  October  23,  1817;  men- 
tioned below.  9.  Jo.seph,  August  3,  1820.  10. 
[arvis.   December    12,    182 1 ;  died  unmarried. 

(XII)  Leonard,  son  of  Joel  Atwater,  was 
born  October  23,  1817,  died  at  Westfield,  Janu- 
ary 12,  1908.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  began  to 
work  out  for  various  farmers  near  his  home. 
He  then  became  a  traveling  salesman,  dealing 
in  gun  powder  and  whips  for  the  manufacture 
of  which  his  native  town  is  famous.  He  manu- 
factured whips  on  his  own  account  for  a  time, 
and  for  several  vears  conducted  a  cigar  factory 


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in  Westtiekl.  Me  went  to  Ohio  and  invested 
in  real  estate  which  he  cut  up  into  lots  and  sold 
to  advantage.  After  two  years  he  decided  to 
return  to  Westfield,  however,  and  again  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  whips  and  tobacco. 
He  retired  from  business  with  a  competence. 
He  often  traveled  in  the  interests  of  his  busi- 
ness and  had  an  e.xcellent  reputation  as  an  alert 
and  successful  salesman.  He  stood  high  in  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  his  townsmen  and 
his  agreeable  personality  won  for  him  a  host 
of  friends.  He  was  a  member  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Westfield  and  a 
generous  supporter  of  its  benevolence;  he  gave 
the  land  for  the  second  church.  He  was  an 
earnest  advocate  of  good  schools. 

He  married  (finst)  October  3,  1839,  Julia 
(or  Juliet)  Sackett,  born  September  6.  1816. 
died"  October  12,  1842,  daughter  of  D.  and 
Tryphena  (Loomis)  Sackett.  He  married 
(second )  January  3,  1849.  Frances  H.  Hedges, 
born  July  19,  1825,  at  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut, died  August,  1876,  at  Westfield.  daughter 
of  Dennis  Hedges  (see  Hedges).  Children 
of  first  wife :  i.  Ellen  ]\I.,  born  July  11,  1843  : 
married,  September  28,  1870,  R.  M.  Chesley. 
2.  Albert  C,  March  3.  1846:  married  in  Salem. 
Xew  York,  June  4,  1866,  ^largaret.  born  Octo- 
ber 15,  1845,  daughter  of  Gideon  and  Helena 
(Bocks)  Carswell ;  traveling  salesman  living  in 
Iowa  City,  Iowa :  children :  i.  .\lbert  Leonard, 
born  ]\Iarch  7,  1867;  married,  April  25,  1900, 
Blanche  Cox ;  ii.  Walter  Eldridge,  May  30, 
1870;  iii.  Helen  Louisa,  December  15,  1872; 
married,  April  18,  1900,  Charles  C.  Shrader ; 
iv.  D.  Carswell,  November  2S,  187s,  died  Tune 
6,  1876;  V.  Mary  C,  May  15,  1878:  vi.  Mar- 
garet. January  2,  1881.  Children  of  second 
wife:  3.  Alvina,  November  3,  1849,  died 
young.  4.  Dennis  H..  December  17,  1850;  re- 
sides at  Red  Bank,  New  Jersey ;  married,  Jan- 
uary 26,  1887,  Ella  C.  Ryder,  born  August  23, 
1845,  daughter  of  Rev.  Benjamin  and  Eliza 
(Cook)  Ryder:  he  is  a  traveling  salesman: 
children :  Frances  Eliza,  Benjamin  L.  5.  Leon- 
ard C,  July  14.  1853;  married,  January  15, 
1890,  Hatti'e  A.  Moore,  born  March  4,  1859, 
daughter  of  Augustus  A.  and  Frances  H. 
Moore ;  resides  in  Westfield  and  is  engaged  in 
quarrying  marble;  children:  i.  Allen  Moore, 
born  October  28,  1891 :  ii.  Leonard,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1893.  6.  Mary  F.,  July  4,  1855,  died 
April  24,  1856.  7.  Dr.  James  Billings,  July  3. 
1858:  physician  at  Westfield:  married  Lucie 
G.  Collins,  of  Westfield  :  children  :  i.  Collins 
.\.,  born  September  i,  1886:  ii.  Jennette  L., 
.\ugust  3,  1889:  iii.  David.  November  3,  1894 


8.  Lucy  Frances,  March  3,  1861,  died  Janu- 
ary 10,  1908;  married,  July  3,  1895,  Rev.  Ly- 
man Horace  Blake.  9.  ^Margaret  Clarke,  No- 
vember 10,  1864;  married,  September  5,  1893, 
Dr.  Gilbert  Norris  Jones ;  child,  ^largaret. 

Frances  H.  (Hedges)  Atwater  traces  her 
ancestry  to  Abraham  Hedges,  progenitor  of 
the  family,  whose  son,  Abraham,  married 
Thankful  Barnes,  and  had  children :  Abraham, 
Joseph,  Alonzo  and  Dennis,  born  at  Middle- 
town.  Connecticut,  December  17,  1800,  died  Au- 
gust, 1876,  at  Westfield,  Massachusetts.  Dennis 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Westfield, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith.  He  fol- 
lowed farming  in  addition  to  his  trade.  He 
was  active  in  ])ublic  affairs  and  held  various 
offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  overseer  of  the  poor  and  select- 
man of  Westfield.  He  married  Alvena  Noble, 
born  1802,  at  Westfield,  died  April,  1876,  at 
Westfield.  Children,  born  at  \Vestfield :  I. 
Ellen.  2.  Margaret,  died  1905.  3.  Frances 
11.,  married  Leonard  Atwater  (see  Atwater, 
XII).  4.  Cornelius,  born  1830;  married  Edna 
Smith,  who  died  in  1906:  they  had  three  sons 
and  two  daughters. 


(For  preceding  generations  see  Francis  Hall  1). 

(Ill)  Samuel  son  of  Dr.  Isaac 
llAl.l.  Hall  was  born  in  Fairfield,  Sep- 
tember 14,  1674,  and  died  Febru- 
ary 8,  1734.  He  married,  July  29,  17.14,  Sarah 
Silliman.  Children:  i.  David,  born  July  12, 
1715;  died  February  15,  1725.-  2.  Martha,  born 
.\pril  9,  1717.  3.  Samuel,  December  16,  1718. 
4.  Nathaniel,  November  3,  1720.  5.  Ebenezer, 
March  12,  1723.  6.  Sarah,  February  20,  1724. 
7.  Mary,  September  18,  1726.  8.  David,  June 
20,  1728.    9.  Abel,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Captain  Abel  Hall,  son  of  Samuel 
Hall,  was  born  in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  July 
12,  1730;  died  March  7,  1809,  in  Trumbull, 
formerly  part  of  Stratford,  Alarch  7,  1809, 
and  is  buried  in  the  Tashua  burying-ground. 
He  was  active  in  the  church,  and  bought  a 
pew  spot  in  the  new  church  at  Trumbull  in 
June,  1790,  serving  on  the  building  committee 
also.  In  1790  he  and  his  son  Aaron  were  heads 
of  families  at  what  was  then  Weston,  adjoin- 
ing Stratford,  and  he  had  three  males  over 
sixteen,  one  under  that  age,  and  one  female  in 
his  family.  Aaron  had  a  wife  and  seven  chil- 
dren. Abel  married,  at  Stratford,  September 
7,  1 75 1,  Rebecca  Hall,  who  died  at  Trumbull. 
Tanuarv  11,  1800.  Her  gravestone  is  standing 
in  the  Tashua  burying-ground  at  Trumbull. 
Children:     I.  .Aaron,  born  December  13,  1751. 


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2.  Rhoda,  January  12,  1754.  3.  Jedediali,  April 
27,  i75''i-  4-  Olive,  August  26,  1758.  5.  Na- 
thaniel. April  27,  1756.  6.  Samuel,  July  14. 
1763.  7.  Hannah,  November  19,  1765.  8. 
Rebecca,  March  18,  1767.    9.  Clara,  May,  1770. 

10.  Abel,   August  2,    1772;  mentioned  below. 

11.  Benjamin,  August  13,  1775. 

(\')  Abel  (2),  son  of  Abel  (i)  Hall,  was 
born  at  Stratford,  August  2,  1772.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Sherwood.  Children:  1.  Abel, 
born  February  17,  1804;  see  forward.  2.  Sally. 
born  April   16,   1808,  died   February  7,   1831. 

3.  Mabel,  born  May  14,  1793,  died  November 
23,  1819.  4.  Eliza,  born  July  4.  1810;  died 
December  11,  181 1. 

(VI)  Abei  (3),  .son  of  Abel  (2)  Hall,  was 
born  February '17,  1804,  died  December  22, 
18^6.  He  married  Polly  Jerusha  Sherwood. 
Children:  i.  Abel  Sherwood,  born  January 
16,  1827.  2.  Frances  Mabel,  born  April  6, 
1828,  died  December  20,  1905.  3.  Charles 
Wheeler,  born  September  20.  1830.  4.  Henry 
Sherwood  Hall,  May  31.   1832:  see  forward. 

(\'II)  Henrv  Sherwood,  son  of  Abel  (3) 
Hall,  was  born'at  Easton.  May  31-  1832;  died 
at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  October  20,  1905. 
He  married,  October  30.  i860,  at  Bridgeport, 
Connecticut,   Caroline   Elizabeth,  born   March 

4.  1838,  daughter  of  Claudius  Redding  and 
Caroline  (Hagar)  Hayward  (see  Hay  ward, 
\'ni).  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  carriage  maker,  fol- 
lowing this  for  a  number  of  years.  He  went 
to  California  soon  after  the  discovery  of  gold 
there,  in  1850,  but  did  not  remain  long.  He 
was  for  many  years  a  carriage  manufacturer 
in  Bridgeport',  Connecticut.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Baptist.  He  died  at  Bridgeport,  October  20, 
1905.  Mrs.  Hall  is  living  at  Springfield,  Mass- 
achusetts. Children:  i.  Claudius  Henry,  born 
May  19.  1862.  2.  Cleora  Elizabeth.  February 
2,  1864.  3.  Wheeler  Hayward,  mentioned 
below. 

(VHI)  Wheeler  Hayward,  son  of  Henry 
Sherwood  Hall,  was  born  at  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut, November  10,  1866.  He  attended  the 
jjublic  schools  there  and  graduated  from  the 
Bridgeport  high  school  in  June,  1885.  He 
began  his  business  life  as  assistant  bookkeeper 
for  the  Grannis  &  Hurd  Lumber  Company,  of 
Bridgeport,  in  August,  1885,  leaving  that  posi- 
tion January  15,  1886,  to  enter  the  employ  of 
the  Massachusetts  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company,  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  as 
clerk  in  the  actuary  department.  He  was  pro- 
moted to  the  office  of  chief  accountant  in  1899, 
to  assistant  secretary  in  1903.  and  to  his  pres- 


ent office  as  secretary  of  the  company  in  1908. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  but  has  held 
no  public  office.  He  is  a  prominent  Free 
Mason,  a  charter  member  of  Springfield  Lodge  ; 
a  member  of  Morning  Star  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons ;  of  Springfield  Council,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters ;  of  Springfield  Command- 
ery.  Knights  Templar ;  of  Evening  Star  Lodge 
of  I'erfection,  fourteenth  degree  ;  of  Massasoit 
Council,  Princes  of  Jerusalem,  sixteenth  de- 
gree ;  of  Springfield  Chapter  of  Rose  Croix, 
eighteenth  degree,  and  of  Melha  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  belongs  to  the  Nayasset 
Club  and  the  Economic  Club,  of  Springfield,  to 
the  Springfield  Improvement  Club  and  the 
Massachusetts  Republican  Club.  He  married,  at 
Springfield,  .April  24,  1889,  Amelia  Maria,  born 
at  Springfield,  April  27,  1865,  daughter  of 
John  Francis  and  Laura  |  Bateman )  Barker. 
Their  only  child  is  Laura  Mildred  Barker,  born 
at  Springfield,  May  15,  1890,  graduate  of  the 
Springfield  high  school,  class  of  1909. 

(Tlie  Hayward  Line.    For  preceding  generations  .see 
William  Hayward   1). 

(  IV )  William  Hayward,  son  of  Jonathan 
Hayward,  was  born  in  Mendon,  Massachusetts, 
January  30,  1^)96.  died  in  Westmoreland  (now 
Surry)',  New  Hampshire,  August  lo,  1768.  He 
married  Joanna  ,  born  1686,  died  No- 
vember 2,  1767.  Their  gravestones  are  in  the 
old  burying-ground  there.  Children:  Peter, 
mentioned  below ;  Joanna,  Rachel,  Daniel, 
William. 

(  \' )  Peter,  .son  of  William  Hayward,  was 
born  in  Mendon  in  1725,  died  in  Surry,  August 

1.  1791.  He  was  the  first  settler  in  what  is 
now  the  town  of  Surry,  New  Hampshire,  going 
there  about  1752.  The  mother  came  there  on 
horseback,  carrying  three  little  children,  one 
in  her  lap,  the  others  in  baskets  hung  on  each 
side  of  the  horse.  He  married  (first)  Ruth 
Rutter,  of  Mendon,  who  died  at  Surry,  Octo- 
ber 13,  1761.     He  married   (second)  January 

2,  1762,  Esther  Holmes,  of  Ashford  or  Mans- 
field, Connecticut,  who  died  May  28,  1782. 
He  married  (third)  May  6.  1783.  Mrs.  Han- 
nah Fay.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Peter. 
2.  Deborah,  married  Nathaniel  Dart.  3.  Huldah. 
married  Jonathan  Smith.  4.  Rachel,  married 
Jonathan"  Carpenter.  5.  Silvanus,  born  May 
16,  1757;  mentioned  below.  6.  William,  mar- 
ried Lucy  Russell.  Children  of  second  wife: 
7.  Ruth,  married  Benjamin  Carpenter,  Jr.  8. 
Molly,  married  Moses  Field.  9.  Calvin,  mar- 
ried Lucinda  Field.  10.  Elias,  married  Sena 
Newton.     II.  Sibyl,  married  Daniel  Smith  and 


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Ezra   Carpenter.      u.    Estlicr.    marrieil    Solo- 
mon Mack. 

(VI)  Sylvanus,  son  of  Peter  llayward.  was 
born  in  that  part  of  Westmoreland  wliich  be- 
came Surry.  New  Hampshire,  May  16,  1757. 
(lied  October  1,  1817.  He  married  (first) 
.April  II.  1783.  Olive  Aletcalf.  born  at  Wrent- 
hani  (  now  Franklin  ) .  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 10,  1756,  died  July  19,  1799.  daughter  of 
John  and  Abigail  (Fisher)  Metcalf.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  February  19,  1801.  Lucinda  Lee 
Champlin,  born  at  Lyme.  Connecticut,  April 
I3>  1769.  thed  September  2.  1808:  ( third  i 
.August  10.  1810.  Mary  Webb,  born  at  Rock- 
ingham, \'ermont,  January  28,  17^0.  Children 
of  first  wife:  i.  Claudius  Drusus.  born  No- 
vember 15,  1783;  mentioned  below.  2.  Clarissa 
Harlow,  at  Surry,  March  17,  1785.  3.  Horace, 
May  2,  1787,  4.  -Vmherst,  November  18,  1788. 
5.  Juliet  Harcourt,  March  21,  1790,  died  March 
23"  1 816.  6.  Olive  jNIetcalf,  July  19,  1791, 
died  October  30,  1858.  7.  Emily,  September 
9,  1792,  died  unmarried,  February  22.  1813 
8.  Rachel,  December  10,  1794.  died  1830.  9. 
Huldah,  February  25,  1798,  died  September 
3,  1859.  10.  Theron.  July  12.  1799,  died  May 
7,  1875,  %  second  wife:  11.  William,  May 
21,  1802.  12.  Harriet.  .August  i,  1804,  died 
December  30,  1875.  13.  Ceorge  Champlin. 
December  20,  1806. 

(VH)  Claudius  Drusus,  son  of  Sylvanus 
Hayward.  was  born  at  Franklin,  Massachu- 
setts, November  13,  1783,  died  at  .Saratoga, 
New  York,  March  20,  1839.  He  married, 
October  5,  1806,  Sally  Redding,  born  Febru- 
ary 23,  1784,  died  October  25,  1845.  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Huldah  (Hurd)'  (Wilcox ) 
Redding.  Children:  I.  Lucy,  born  Septem- 
ber 30,  1807,  died  March  14.  1828.  2.  Livonia 
P)..  May  T),  1809.  3.  Clarrissa  Willard,  March 
10,  1811.  4.  Marcus  Redding,  May  31.  1813, 
died  July  12,  1813.  5.  Claudius  Redding.  .Au- 
gust 27,  1815:  mentioned  below.  6.  .\mherst 
Hurd,  born  June  10.  1S17.  7-  .Austin  Metcalf. 
.August  28.  1819.  8.  Sarah.  November  14, 
1 82 1,    q.  Mary  Webb.  May  11.  1824. 

(Vni)  Claudius  Redding,  .son  of  Claudius 
Drusus  Hayward,  was  born  at  Wrentham. 
Massachusetts,  August  27,  1815.  He  married, 
February  2}^,  1847,  Caroline  Hagar,  born  at 
Weston.  May  22,  1814,  died  March  18,  1898. 
He  died  at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  January 
31,  1895.  Children:  i.  Caroline  Elizabeth, 
born  at  Saratoga  Springs,  New  York,  March 
4.  1838:  married,  October  30,  i860,  Henry 
Sherwood   TTall    (see   Hall,   VH).     2.   Cleora 


Maria,  at  Avon,  New  York,  December  15, 
1841,  died  at  Newton  Upper  Falls,  Massachu- 
setts, May  16,  1846,  3.  Claudius  Preston,  ac 
Newton  Upper  F"alls,  December  31,  1844.  4. 
Lucy  Maria,  at  Newton  Upper  Falls,  October 
7.  1847.  5.  Mary  Lavonia,  at  Newton  Upper 
Falls,  January  16,  1850,  died  unmarried  ai 
l'>ri(1geport,   Connecticut.  October   24,    1870. 

(The  Sherwood  Line  I. 

Thomas  Sherwood  came  from  Ipswich,  Eng- 
land, in  the  ship  "P^rances"  in  1634,  aged  forty- 
eight,  with  his  wife  Alice,  aged  forty-seven, 
and  children,  .\nn,  aged  fourteen;  Rose,  agej 
eleven  ;  Thomas,  aged  ten  ;  Rebecca,  aged  nine. 
They  resided  several  years  in  Massachusetts, 
and  came  to  F'airfield.  Connecticut,  where  he 
had  land,  before  1650.  In  his  will,  dated  July 
21,  1655,  he  mentions  all  his  children,  and  his 
wife  ^Iary,  showing  that  he  had  a  second  wife. 
Children:  1.  .Ann,  born  1620.  2.  Rose,  1623. 
3.  Thomas.  1624.  .4.  Rebecca.  1625.  5.  Ste- 
])hen.  (1.  Matthew,  1643;  mentioned  below. 
7.  Isaac.  8,  Tamsen.  9.  Margery.  10.  Ruth. 
1 1.  .Abigail,     12.  Mary. 

(II)  Captain  Matthew,  son  of  Thomas  Sher- 
wood, was  born  in  1643.  He  married  (first) 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Turney;  (sec- 
ond )  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Fitch,  of 
.Xnrwalk.  She  died  December  25,  1730,  Chil- 
dren: I.  AIatthew\.  died  between  1709  and 
1713.  I'.y  second  wife:  2.  Samuel,  born  1680, 
mentioned  below.  3.  John,  died  1696.  4. 
Lemuel,  died  September  2,  1732.  5.  Mary, 
died  October  7.  1717.  (y  Sarah,  died  May  25. 
1743.    7.  Ann. 

(  HI  )  Captain  Samuel,  son  of  Captam  Mat- 
thew .Sherwood,  was  born  in  1680,  died  in 
1732.  He  lived  in  Stratford,  Connecticut.  He 
married  (first)  November  30,  1704,  Rebecca 
lUirr,  died  Alay  16,  1721,  daughter  of  Nathan- 
iel r.urr.  He  married  (second)  Experience 
Wheekr.  who  died  September  18,  1743,  aged 
si.vtvone,  daughter  of  Deacon  Isaac  Wheeler. 
(_"hiidren  :  i.  John,  born  September  22,  1705; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Nathaniel,  Se])tember  15, 
1707,  died  October  2,  1784.  3.  Sarah,  October 
23,  1709.  4.  Mary,  March  I.  1710-11.  5. 
.Abigail.  October.  1712-13.  6.  Samuel,  baptized 
November  21,  17 14.  7.  Rebecca,  born  Octo- 
ber 12.  1715.  8.  Esther.  November  2},,  1716. 
9.  Thomas. 'March  11.  1719,  died  September 
15,  1798.  10.  Andrew,  March  21,  17^1,  died 
November  23.  1747.     n.  Stephen. 

(IV)  Captain  John,  son  of  Captain  Samuel 
Sherwood,  was  born  September  22,  1705,  died 


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September  17,  1779.  On  January  13,  1777,  he 
was  appointed  on  a  committee  of  inspection 
for  the  town  of  Stratford.  He  was  a  prominent 
farmer  in  Stratford,  and  became  a  Baptist 
elder,  being  ordained  in  the  Baptist  church  on 
the  third  Tuesday  in  December,  1757,  as  pas- 
lor  of  the  church,  where  he  served  faithfully 
ior  about  ten  years.  He  had  great  physical 
jjowers,  and  it  is  related  that  on  a  certain  train- 
ing day  among  the  spectators  present  was  a 
party  of  Indians  who  had  been  behaving 
msolently,  and  one  of  them,  a  burly  athletic 
fellow,  finally  challenged  the  whites  to  choose 
their  best  man  to  fight  him.  After  some  de- 
liberation Captain  Sherwood  was  chosen,  al- 
though it  was  doubted  whether  he  could  be 
induced  to  fight.  However,  on  hearing  their 
story,  he  readily  consented  and  approached  the 
Indian,  who  was  naked  to  the  waist,  and  cov- 
ered with  grease,  giving  him  a  great  advantage. 
Captain  Slierwood  laid  his  hand  on  the  shouider 
of  the  Indian,  and  finding  that  he  could  get  a 
good  grip  e.xerted  his  great  strength  and  at 
c^nce  laid  his  antagonist  u])on  his  back  with 
great  violence,  to  the  astonishment  of  all.  The 
Indians  at  once  went  away,  and  never  repeated 
the  challenge.  Captain  Sherwood  married, 
June  14,  1733.  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert 
Walker.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  married  Thad- 
deus  Staples.  2.  Ruth,  married  Samuel  Sher- 
wood. 3.  John,  marrieil  Eunice  Eacey.  4.  Mary, 
married  Edward  Seeley.    5.  i^lizabeth,  married 

John  Staples.  6.  Ebenezer,  married Allen 

and Bradford.    7.  Stephen,  married  Naomi 


Treadwell    and 


8.    Rebecca,    married 


Ephraim  Adams.    9.  Hannah,  married  Timo- 
thy Wakeman.    10.  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Captain  John  Sher- 
wood, married  Keziah  Seeley.  He  had  a  son 
David,  mentioned  below-. 

(VI)  Deacon  David,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Sherwood,  was  born  in  1779,  died  January 
24,  1873.  He  was  chosen  deacon  of  the  First 
(.^hurch  m  1831,  and  served  about  twenty-five 
vears.  Me  bought  the  farm  owned  by  Deacon 
!  .emuel  Sherwood,  one  hundred  years  before, 
consisting  of  one  hundred  acres,  in  1830,  and 
kept  it  intact  until  his  death.  It  was  situated 
in  that  j^art  of  the  town  which  became  I'.ridge- 
port,  Connecticut,  and  is  now  the  most  popu- 
lous part  of  the  city.  It  is  said  that  he  inherited 
the  great  physical  powers  of  his  grandfather. 
Captain  John,  to  a  remarkable  degree.  He 
had  a  daughter  Phebe  (Polly  Jerusha,  accord- 
mg  to  Historv  of  Gilsum,  New  Hampshire), 
married  Abel'llall  (see  Hall.  V). 


Widow  Mary  Hall,  of  Cambridge 
HAEE     and     Concord,     Massachusetts,     is 
first  mentioned  by  William  Wilcox, 
of  Cambridge,  in  his  will  made  1653,  in  which 
he  bequeaths  her  twenty  shillings,  and  her  son 
William  and  daughter  Mary  ten  shillings  each. 
She  was  a  member  in  full  communion  of  the 
church  of   Cambridge  when   William   Wilcox 
made   his  will,  as  he  calls  her  "Sister  Mary 
II all,"  and  in  the  new  roll  of  members,  after 
the  church  records  were  burned  in   1658,  she 
appears  as  a  member  in  full  communion.     In 
1662  she  received  a  grant  of  land   from  the 
lown  of  Cambridge.     After  the  death  of  her 
.'-on  William  in   1667  she  petitioned  the  court 
to  order  a  division  of  his  property  for  her  bene- 
fit.    From  papers  found  in  the  probate  office 
at  Cambridge  it  appears  that  she  had  assigned 
her  property   to   \\'illiam   in   consideration   of 
her  support  during  her  life,  and  that  she  lived 
with  him  in  Concord  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
The  paper  was  labeled  "No.  11- 1688,  petition 
of  Mary  Hall  of  Concord,  mother  of  William, 
deceased,"  and  seems  to  have  been  made  by 
an  attorney  but  signed  by  her  own  hand.     It 
is  not  known  who  her  husband  was,  but  tradi- 
tion says  that  he  came  with  his  family  in  the 
same  ship  with  his  brother  John  to  Charles- 
town,   Massachusetts,  in    1630.     There   is   no 
name  of  Hall  on  the  records  of  Massachusetts 
which  gives  any  probability  of  being  his,  ex- 
cept that  of  "Mr.  Nathaniel  Hall,"  to  whom 
the  town  of  Dorchester  assigned  September  i^ 
1634,    a    lot    of   three   acres.      The   prefix   of 
"Mr.,"   which   was   accorded   to   a   very    few, 
shows  that  he  held  a  very  respectable  rank  in 
society.      Children:     John,   born   about    1626; 
Susanna  ;  William  ;  Stephen. 

(11)  Stephen,  son  of  Widow  Mary  Hall, 
came  it  is  supposed  from  Coventry,  Warwick- 
shire, England,  with  his  parents.  The  first 
heard  of  him  in  America  is  in  Concord,  Massa- 
chu.setts,  where  his  name  and  that  of  his  brother 
William  is  found  on  a  petition  of  1653,  asking 
the  court  to  set  ofif  a  portion  of  Concord  to  be 
incorporated  as  the  town  of  Chelmsford.  He 
married,  December  3,  1663,  Ruth,  daughter  of 
Captain  Dolar  and  Margary  (Willard)  Davis, 
of  Barnstable.  She  was  a  sister  of  the  famous 
Major  Simon  Willard,  of  Concord.  Stephen 
Hall  removed  to  Stow  after  1685  and  was 
representative  of  that  town  on  the  overthrow 
of  Governor  Andros  in  1689.  It  is  possible 
that  he  was  the  Stephen  Hall  who  lived  in 
Quinnebaug  or  Plainfield,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren: Samuel,  born  in  Concord,  December  8, 


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1665;  Stephen,  1667,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
June  I,  1677;  Elizabeth,  April  i,  1685. 

(III)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen  ( i)  Hall, 
was  born  in  Concord,  1667,  and  married  (first) 
Grace,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Grace  (Tay) 
Willis,  of  W'oburn  and  Medford.  She  was 
born  in  Billerica,  1670,  and  died  of  small  pox, 
in  Charlestown,  November  12,  1721.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Martha  Hill;  (third)  February 
5,  173Q.  Anna,  widow  of  Joseph  Newell. 
"Stovv  Hall."  as  Stephen  Hall  was  called,  was 
taxed  in  Medford  in  1691  ;  he  was  admitted 
to  the  church  of  Cambridge  in  1705,  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  church  of  Medford  on 
1713,  and  was  dismissed  from  the  church  of 
Woburn.  His  name  appears  on  a  list  of  sub- 
scribers for  "Prince  Chronological  History," 
with  the  honorable  title  of  Esquire.  Children : 
Stephen,  born  November  5,  1693;  Grace,  June 
17.  1697:  Esther,  December  2-].  1700;  Willard. 
March  11,  1703,  mentioneil  below:  losiah, 
May  12,  1705;  Ruth,  1706. 

(IV)  Willard.  son  of  Stephen  (2 1  Hall, 
was  born  March  11,  1703-4.  He  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  in  1722,  and  was  ordained 
pastor  of  the  church  of  Westford,  November 
15,  1727.  He  is  represented  not  only  as  a 
pious  and  useful  minister  but  also  as  a  physi- 
cian, and  a  strenuous  advocate  for  common 
schools  and  general  education.  When  the  town, 
on  one  occasion,  di<I  not  lay  the  required  school 
tax.  he  complained  to  the  general  court  of  the 
neglect,  and  arraigned  the  people  for  their  de- 
linquincy.  He  owned  a  large  farm  and  had  a 
fine  taste  for  agriculture.  His  pastorate  ended 
with  his  death,  March  14,  1779.  He  married, 
September.  1729,  Abigail  Cotton,  of  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  a  descendant  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Cotton,  first  minister  of  P)Oston.  She  died 
October  20,  1789.  Children:  i.  Willard,  born 
June  12,  1730:  mentioned  below.  2.  Elizabeth. 
"October  24,  1732.  3.  Abigail,  July  19,  1734. 
4.  Ann,  April  22,  1736.  5.  Mary,  July  30, 
1738.  6.  Martha,  June  8,  1741.  7.  Stephen, 
ATay  28,  1743.  8.  WilHs,  November  14,  1747. 
9.  Josiah  or  Isaiah,  January  19,  1749-50.  10. 
Martha.  Tnlv  26,  1752,     II.  Grace. 

(A")  Wiliard  (2).  son  of  Willard  (i)  Hall, 
was  born  June  12,  1730,  in  Portsmouth,  and 
married,  January  11  or  16,  1755,  Ruth,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Adams) 
Fletcher,  of  Westford.  She  was  born  August 
28,  1733.  He  lived  in  Westford  until  his  mar- 
riage, when  he  removed  to  that  part  of  Dun- 
stable afterwards  known  as  Tyngsborough.  He 
fought  and  died  in  the  revolution.  Children : 
Willard  :  Isaiah  ;  James,  mentioned  below  ;  Jo- 


seph Fletcher  ;  Abigail ;  Sarah  ;  Ruth  ;  Wilder  ; 
Wiley.     Order  of  birth  not  known. 

(VI)  James,  son  of  Willard  (2)  Hall,  mar- 
ried Sallie  Sherman,  cousin  of  William 
Tecumseh  Sherman.  Children  :  James,  Isaiah, 
Pelatiah  (mentioned  below),  Clark  Stillrrtan, 
Alanson,  Fletcher,  \Mlder,  Caroline,  Sarah. 
.Annie,  Louisa. 

(\'II)  Pelatiah  Fletcher,  son  of  James  Hall, 
was  born  in  Vermont ;  married  Cynthia  Cut- 
ting, of  Weston,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a 
painter  b\-  tratle,  and  worked  in  Lowell ;  later 
lie  returned  to  farming  in  Concord.  Children : 
Child,  died  young:  Cynthia:  George  Fletcher, 
married  Carrie  Butterick,  and  had  children ; 
Gilbert  and  Carrie:  Harriet;  Henry  Cutting; 
Charlotte  ;  Annie  ;  Alice  and  Etta. 

{\'III)  Henry  Cutting,  son  of  Pelatiah 
Fletcher  Hall,  was  born  in  Lowell,  in  1843. 
He  left  his  home  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  a  carpenter,  an  occupation 
which  he  followed  until  the  civil  war  broke 
nut,  when  he  enlisted  in  Cambridge,  in  the 
First  Massachusetts  Regiment,  and  served 
three  years.  He  was  in  twenty-four  battles, 
and  was  honorably  discharged.  He  then  went 
to  Florida,  where  he  spent  five  years.  He  re- 
turned to  Cambridge  and  went  to  work  for 
Mas(jn  &  Hamlin,  organ  manufacturers,  where 
he  was  a  contractor  in  the  finishing  department, 
and  remained  with  this  firm  twenty-three  years. 
He  was  a  member  of  Mizpah  Lodge  of  Masons. 
and  P>oston  Commandery,  Knights  Templar. 
He  married,  November  12,  1866,  Augusta 
Clarke  Alley,  daughter  of  Reuben  and  Mar- 
garet N.  Alley,  both  of  Boston.  They  had  one 
child.  Henry  Fletcher,  born  in  Cambridge,  May 
I.  1874.  He  is  an  expert  mechanic  and  in- 
ventor. He  married,  June  4,  1902,  Sarah  Alice 
Milhvard,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


The  most  probable  derivation 
.\1  l"rC.\Ll''      of  the  name  Metcalf  is  that  in 

Craven,  twelve  miles  south- 
east of  Dent,  are  three  hills  or  a  small  mountain 
with  three  peaks  now  called  Pennegew  Hills 
but  long  ago  known  as  the  "Three  Calves." 
The  coat-of-arms  of  the  family  :  Arms,  argent, 
three  calves,  jiassant,  sable.  Crest :  A  satyr, 
afifronto,  proper,  with  a  girdle  of  oak  leaves 
round  his  lions,  vert,  holding  in  the  dexter 
hand  over  the  right  shoulder  a  spiked  club  or 
morning  star,  or.  According  to  the  Harleian 
Maiuiscript  their  arms  were  granted  in  1483 : 
the  crest  in  1487.  In  A.  D.,  1278  (Edward  I) 
it  is  recorded  that  Adam  de  Madekalf  that  is, 
.■\dam  of  the  middle  calf,  was  killed  by  one 


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Steynebrigge  in  single  combat.  The  prefix 
made  is  derived  from  the  Cierman  "Mitte," 
Saxon  "Midd"  and  English  "Middle."  This 
.\dam  of  Metcalf  in  1278  was  the  eighth  in 
descent  from  the  original  Dane  Arkefrith.  who 
came  to  England  with  King  Canute  in  1016, 
who  gave  him  lands  in  N.  W.  Yorkshire  and 
made  him  Lord  of  Dent,  Sudbury  and  Askrigg, 
names  still  to  be  found  on  the  maps  of  York- 
shire. It  is  said  that  the  present  Danish  suc- 
cession can  be  traced  in  an  unbroken  line  from 
.\rkefrith  to  the  present  time.  The  following 
is  the  descent  of  our  present  Metcalf s  in  .Amer- 
ica. 

(I)  .\rkefrith.  (11)  .\rkell.  (Ill)  Cos- 
patrick.  (IV)  Dolfin.  (V)  William.  (VI) 
Richard.  (Vll)  Adam,  1252,  A.  D.  (VIII) 
.-\dam,  1278,  A.  D.,  called  Medcalfe.  (IX) 
Adam  Medcalfe,  of  Bavnbridge.  (X)  Adam 
Medcalfe,  of  Thornbon!  (XI)  Richard  Met- 
calf, of  Bavnbridge.  (XII)  Thomas  Metcalf, 
of  Baynbridge.  (  XIII )  John  Metcalf,  married 
.Alice,  of  Ireby.  (XIV)  James  Metcalf,  of 
Xappa  in  Wensleydale.  (XV)  Brian  Metcalf, 
of  Beare  Park,  third  son  of  James,  of  Kappa  ■ 
married  Joanna,  of  Houghton,  and  had  sons: 
Richard,  Xicholas  and  Rogers. 

(X\I)  Rev.  Leonard  Metcalf,  of  Tatter- 
ford,  in  .Xorfolk,  was  rector  of  that  parish, 
and  the  father  of  Michael  Metcalf,  the  immi- 
grant. Xo  clue  has  ever  been  found  as  to  the 
family  name  of  Rev.  Leonard  Metcalf's  wife. 
The  Metcalfs  are  a  Yorkshire  family  of  great 
antiquity,  and  they  flourished  there  as  pros- 
perous merchants  from  the  fifteenth  to  the 
eighteenth  century,  .\mong  many  notable  ones 
were  lohn  Metcalf,  Lord  Mayor  of  York, 
1498;  "Sir  (Hlbert  Metcalf,  1695;  Miles  Met- 
calf, in  jiarliament  under  Edward  1\  .  .\t  the 
home  of  the  Metcalfs  in  Xorthallerton  Charles 
1.  stopped  in  \(^X/ •  a  prisoner. 

(X\'1I)  Michael  Metcalf.  the  original  an- 
cestor in  .America,  son  of  Rev.  Leonard  Met- 
calf, rector  of  Tatterford,  county  Xorfolk,  and 
immediately  descended  from  the  Metcalfs  of 
Beare  Park  and  Xappa  Hall  in  northern  York- 
shire, was  born  in  Tatterford,  Xorfolk  county, 
England,  June  17,  1587.  He  was  a  dornix  or 
embroidery  weaver  of  Xorwich,  county  Xor- 
folk, Yorkshire,  England.  He  was  a  man  of 
prominence  in  his  city  and  church.  .After 
losing  his  property  by  a  star  chamber  fine 
under  the  persecution  of  Bishop  Wren,  and 
being  a  devoted  Puritan  he  decided  to  emigrate 
to  America  to  escape  further  religious  perse- 
cution. He  accordingly  sailed  from  Ipswich 
in  the  ship  "John  and  Ddrdthy."  Captain  Will- 


iam   Andrews,    April   6,     1637,    and    another 
authority  says  they  sailed  in  the  ship  "Rose,' 
.April    15,    1637.      He   was  at   this   time   aged 
forty-five  years.     He  was  accompanied  by  his 
wife,    Sarah    (  Elwyn )    Metcalf,    aged    thirty- 
nine  years,  eight  children,  and  Thomas  Comber- 
back,  servant,  aged  sixteen  years.    .After  arriv- 
ing at  Boston,  three  days  before  mid-summer 
of  1637,   he   immediately   settled  at   Dedham, 
where  he  was  a  proprietor  July  18,  1637,  and 
admitted  to  the  church,  .August  24,  1639,  and 
his  wife  Sarah  was  admitted  October  11  of  the 
same  year.     He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance 
and  was  made  a  freeman  July  14,  1637,  which 
was    doubtless    immediately   after   his    arrival 
from  England.     His  letter  describing  his  relig- 
ious persecution  under  Bishop  Wren  is  to  be 
found  in  Xew  England  Historic  Register,  vol. 
X\  I,   P.  279.     He  was  town  officer  at  Ded- 
ham and  school  master,  also  selectman,  1641. 
He  had  a  clay  pit  on  Dedham  Island,  where 
bricks   were   manufactured.      He   was   on   the 
committee  to  build  the  meetinghouse.     He  died 
December  2"],  1664.     His  will,  dated  Xovember 
15,  1664,  proved  and  inventoried  February  1, 
1664-65,  at  £364  10  s.  05  d.     In  his  will  he 
refers  to  a   covenant   made   with  wife   Mary 
before  their  marriage  (.August  13,  1643).  also 
his  five  children.     He  married  (first)  (October 
13,   i6ifi,  in  Hingham,  Sarah,  born  in  Hing- 
ham,  Xorfolk  county,  England,  June  17,  1593. 
died  at  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  Xovember  13, 
1644,    daughter    of    Thomas     and     Elizabeth 
Elwyn,  and  granddaughter  of  William  Elwyn. 
Children,   all   born   in   England:      i.    Michael, 
.Xovember  13,   1617,  died  young.     2.  Mary  or 
Marcy,  February  14,  1619  ;  married,  Xovember 
24,   1642,  Henry  Wilson.     3.   Michael,  .August 
2(),  1620,  mentioned  below.     4.  John,  Septem- 
ber 5,   1622:  married.  March  22,   1647,  ^^ary, 
daugliter  of  l-'rancis  Chickering:  died  in  Ded- 
ham, Massachusetts,  Xovember  27,  1675,  leav- 
ing children:  i.  John,  born  March  21.  1648:  ii 
Michael,  August  20,  1650;  iii.  Mary,  October 
2.    1652:    iv.    Joseph,    T658,    in    Medfield.      5. 
Sarah.   September    10,    1624;   married  Robert 
( )nion,  of  Dedham.     6.   Elizabeth.  October  4, 
1626:  married,   September    15,    1648,   Thomas 
Bancroft,  of  Reading.     7.  Martha,  March  27, 
1628:  married  (first)   William  P>rignall ;   (sec- 
ond)    .\ugust    2,     1634,    Christopher    Smith; 

I  third ) Stow.     8.  Thomas,  December 

2~ .  if)29  (one  old  record  makes  Thomas  the 
fourth  child,  born  January  7,  1622 )  ;  married 
(first)     September    12,    1655,    Sarah    Paige. 

(second)   December  2,   1679, :  he  wa> 

deacon  at  Dedham:  died   Xovember   lA.  1702. 


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y.  Ann,  called  also  Joanne,  March  i,  1631,  died 
voung.  10.  Jane,  March  24,  1632 ;  married 
Samuel  Walker,  of  Rehohoth.  11.  Rebeka, 
April  5,  1635;  married,  April  5,  1659,  John 
Mackintosh,  of  Dedham.  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  Mary  Pidge,  of  Boxboro,  Massachusetts, 
widow  of  Thomas  Pidge,  of  Roxbury. 

(XVni)    Michael  (2),  son  of  Michael  (i) 
Metcalf,  was  born  at  St.  Benedicts,  Norwich, 
Norfolk  county,  England,  August  29,  1620,  died 
at  Dedham.  I\Iassachusetts.  March  27,  1664.   He 
emigrated  with  his  father  to  New  England  and 
settled  at  Dedham  with  his  family.     He  took 
the  oath  of  allegiance.  ^lay  13,  1640,  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman  at  Dedham,  May  13,  1642. 
He  testified  in  court  exonerating  John  Mans- 
field, of  Charle.stown,  from  the  charge  of  ex- 
tortion relative  to  the  price  of  "nayles."     The 
records  speak  of  ^lichael  Metcalf's  saw  mill. 
He  married,   March  2,   1644,  Mary,  daughter 
of  John  Fairbanks  Sr.     Children:  i.  Michael, 
born   January   22.    1645 :  married.   September 
17,  1672,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Kings- 
bury; left  four  sons:  Michael,  Thomas,  Elea- 
zer,'  Daniel;  he  died  September  17,  1672;  she 
died  October  24,   1732.     2.  Mary,  August  15, 
1646:    married,     December     10,     1668,    John 
Ware ;  had  nine  sons  and  two  daughters.     3. 
-Sarah,   December   7,    1648;   married,   June   4. 
1677,  Robert  Ware,  of  Wrentham.     4.  Jona- 
than, September  10,  1650:  married,  .\pril   10, 
1674,  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  Kendric ;  he 
(lied   May   2-j,    1727:   she  died    December   23, 
1731:  they  left  children,   from  one  of  whom 
Esq.  John   Martin   ^Nletcalf,  of   Battle  Creek', 
Michigan,   descended.     5.   Eleazer.   mentioned 
below. 

(XIX)  Eleazer.  son  of  Michael  (2)  Met- 
calf. was  born  at  Dedham,  Massachusetts. 
March  20.  1653,  died  at  Wrentham,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  14,  1704.  He  removed  from 
Dedham  to  Wrentham  Centre,  and  is  described 
in  1685  as  one  of  the  early  planters  living  at 
"Wallomonopouge."  He  was  an  original 
member  and  deacon  of  the  First  Church  of 
Wrentham.  He  was  admitted  freeman.  May 
15,  1690.  Eleazer  Metcalf.  Captain  Robert 
Pond  and  forty-six  others  ( his  son  Michael 
included),  inhabitants  of  the  western  part  of 
Wrentham,  petitioned  the  general  court  to  be 
set  ofif  as  a  .separate  parish  and  .settle  a  min- 
ister among  themselves.  He  married,  April 
y.  1684.  Meletia.  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Meletia  (Snow)  Fisher.  Children:  i.  Eleazer, 
born  May  30,  1685,  died  in  infancy.  2. 
Michael.  January  25.  1687.  mentioned  below. 
3.  Samuel,  January   15,  1689;  married  Judith 


Cieorge,  of  Wrentham,  born  April  14,  1704, 
died  1782;  children:  i.  George,  born  June  2, 
1730,  died  February  10,  1816:  ii.  Ann,  May 
12,  1732,  died  July  15,  1818;  iii.  John,  July  3. 
1734,  died  August  15,  1821  ;  iv.  Meletia,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1736,  died  July  2-],  1821.  4.  Ebenezer, 
January  8,  1691  ;  lived  at  Rutland.  5.  Jona- 
than, April  9,  1693  ;  deacon  at  Medway ;  mar- 
ried Hannah  Clark.  6.  Meletia,  .-Xpril  21, 
if^9S-  /•  Timothy,  July  2,  1697;  captain  at 
Wrentham.  8.  Martha,  August  2-/ .  1699.  9. 
Mary,  twin  with  Martha.  10.  Eleazer,  No- 
vember 21,  1700:  married,  1753.  Margaret 
Ware. 

(XX)   Michael    (3),   son   of   Eleazer    Met- 
calf, was  born  at  Wrentham,   Massachusetts, 
January  25,  1687,  died  there  January  9,  1754. 
"1  le  settled  in  the  northeastern  part  of  Wren- 
tham,  on  land  that  is  now   in   Franklin.     He 
built  his  homestead    on    Summer   street,  and 
there  his  children  were  all  born ;  his  house  was 
the  one  owned  by  George  Haywood  in   1894. 
His  brother  Timothy  settled  near  him,  and  the 
house  he  occupied  was  standing  in  1894  at  the 
corner  of  King  and  Union   streets.     Michael 
Metcalf  was  a  yeoman,  and  followed  the  trade 
of  cooper    for   a   time.      He    was   an   original 
member   of   the    Wrentham   church,   and   was 
chosen  with  Jonathan  Wright  a  ruling  elder 
March  8,  1738-39.     He  was  one  of  five  mem- 
bers to  apprehend  David  Pond  for  his  conduct 
in  pitching  the  music  too  high  during  church 
service  of  February  18,  1738-39.     He  married, 
December  2.   1712.  Abiel  or  Abigail  Colburn, 
of     Dedham.     Children:      I.     Peletiah.     born 
March    22.    1714;    married    Hepsibah    Maim. 
2.  Mehitable.  .\pril  25.  1716.    3.  Michael.  Jan- 
uary 24.    1718;   married    Hannah   .\dams.     4. 
Barnabas.    July    11.    1719:    married    Rebecca 
Healey.     5.  Meletia.  February  25,  1721  ;  mar- 
ried   Joseph    Elis.     6.    Joseph,    February    20, 
1723;  married  Hannah  Haven.     7.  John,  Oc- 
tober 25.  1725  ;  married  .\bigail  Fisher.  8.  Ebe- 
nezer.   |une   1.   1727;  married   Hannah  Morse. 
9.  James.  July  19.  1729:  married  Abiel  Haven. 
10!  ;\Iercy.  .\ugust   10,   1731  :  married  (leorge 
Smith,      ii.  .\biel.  February  28,  1733:  married 
:\Iichael     Ware.     12.     Esther.     September    3, 
1735;  married  Asa  Fisher.     13.  Samuel.  Au- 
gust  14.   1739;  married  Lois  Kingsbury. 

(XXI)  James,  son  of  Michael  (3)  Metcalf. 
was  born  at  Wrentham.  Massachusetts.  July 
19.  1729.  died  at  Franklin.  Massachusetts. 
.Vugust  3.  1803.  He  was  selectman  of  Frank- 
lin. 1 781,  and  his  son  James  was  selectman  in 
1806-08.  He  was  a  farmer,  industrious  and 
honest,   and   accumulated   a   competence.     He 


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was  a  colonel  in  the  revolution  (commission 
dated  August  9,  1777),  member  of  the  Fourth 
Suffolk  County  Regiment,  a  record  of  which 
is  to  be  found  in  "Massachusetts  Soldiers  and 
Sailors  in  War  of  the  Revolution,"'  vol.  10, 
page  705.  He  married,  January  12,  1754, 
Abiel  Haven,  born  July  10,  1732,  died  June 
30,  1805.  Children:  I.  William  Haven 
(Billy),  born  December  23,  1754,  mentioned 
below.  2.  James,  August  11,  1756,  died  July 
18,  1843.  3-  Jerusha,  March  20,  1760,  mar- 
ried Nathan  Wight.  4.  Juletta,  February  25, 
1762,  died  October  9,  1843;  married  Captain 
Asa  Fairbanks.  5.  Polly,  April  9,  1765,  died 
February  13,  1766.  6.  Eliab,  January  11, 
1767,  died  October  19,  1779.  7.  Abijah.  Oc- 
tober 19,  1770. 

(XXH)  William  Haven,  son  of  James  Met- 
calf,  was  born  at  Wrentham,  Massachusetts, 
December  23,  1754,  died  in  Franklin,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  22,  1842.  He  resided  at  Frank- 
lin in  the  south  part  of  the  town  in  the  dis- 
trict known  as  the  "Mount."  owning  an  ex- 
tensive farm.  He  was  known  and  recorded 
as  "Billie"  Metcalf.  He  served  in  the  revolu- 
tion from  Wrentham  and  Franklin,  and  the 
following  record  is  taken  from  the  "Massa- 
chusetts Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the  Revolu- 
tion," vol.  10,  page  703:  "Billie  Metcalf." 
Wrentham,  private.  Captain  Thomas  Bucins 
first  Wrentham  company  of  militia  which 
marched  April  30,  1775;  left  place  of  rendez- 
vous May  I,  1775:  also  in  Captain  Lewis 
Whiting's  company,  Colonel  Wheelock's  regi- 
ment ;  copy  of  company  return  dated  camp 
at  Ticonderoga,  August  27,  1776,  age  twenty- 
one  years ;  also  a  list  of  men  belonging  to 
Colonel  Wheelock's  regiment  who  were  dis- 
charged November  11,  1776;  also  corporal  in 
Captain  .^dam  Peter's  company.  Colonel 
1  lawes  regiment:  entered  service  August  15, 
1778.  discharged  September  12,  1778:  service 
at  Rhode  Island ;  also  in  Captain  Asa  Fair- 
bank's  company.  Major  Seth  Bullard's  regi- 
ment: marched  July  27,  1780:  discharged  .Au- 
gust 7,  1780;  service  at  Rhode  Island  on  the 
alarm  of  July  27,  1780;  roll  dated  at  Frank- 
lin. He  married,  January  14,  1776,  Patty 
Richardson,  born  1755,  died  March  4,  1823. 
Children:  i.  Willard,  born  February  3,  1777, 
(lied  March  20,  1839.  2.  Polly,  November  3, 
1778,  died  July  5.  1795.  3.  Marquis,  October 
29,  1780,  died  October  9,  1803.  4.  Patty,  De- 
cember 19,  1783:  married,  April  14,  1808,  John 
Brooks.  5.  Ebenezer,  May  9,  1788,  died  .^pril 
13,  1796.  6.  William,  March  8,  1790,  men- 
tioned   below.     7.    .^bigail,    March    12,    1795, 


died  December  4,  1870.  8.  Mary,  October 
28,  1797;  married  Henry  Daniels.  9.  Eliza- 
beth, April  2,  1801  ;  married  Zebina  Richard- 
son. 

(XXIII)  William,  son  of  William  Haven 
Metcalf,  was  born  at  Franklin,  Massachusetts, 
March  8,  1790,  died  there  June  22,  1872.  He 
was  reared  on  his  father's  farm,  gaining  the 
usual  common  school  education  of  a  farmer's 
son  at  that  period.  He  spent  his  life  on  the 
old  homestead,  devoting  himself  to  agricultural 
pursuits,  cutting  of  timber  for  lumber,  and 
burning  charcoal,  which  product  he  sold  ex- 
tensively to  the  jewelers  in  Attleboro  to  be 
used  in  the  process  of  refining  and  smelting. 
His  farm  of  large  extent  was  on  King  street, 
where  he  died  in  1872.  He  was  a  man  of 
sound  judgment  and  took  a  deep  interest  in 
the  business  of  the  town,  serving  as  selectman 
in  1839-40-42-43:  he  also  was  collector  of 
taxes,  and  represented  his  district  in  the  gen- 
eral court  at  Boston  in  185 1.  He  married, 
January  15,  1817,  Sally  Gaskell,  born  at  Men- 
don,  IMassachusetts,  April  2,  1797,  died  at 
Franklin,  Massachusetts,  February  25,  1885. 
of  typhoid  fever,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Han- 
nah (Thompson)  Gaskell,  of  Mendon.  Chil- 
dren: I.  William  Warren,  born  April  12,  1819, 
died  .August  18,  1870:  he  gained  most  of  his 
education  in  the  Franklin  Academy,  but  did 
not  take  a  full  collegiate  course ;  he  studied 
dentistry  with  Dr.  Mayo,  of  Boston,  and  es- 
tablished an  office  in  Franklin  in  1847;  he  was 
an  unusually  ingenious  operator,  anticipating 
many  improvements  in  his  profession  ;  about 
1862  he  removed  to  Boston.  He  died  August 
18,  1870.     2.  Alfred  Gaskell,  mentioned  below. 

(XXIV)  Alfred  Gaskell,  son  of  William 
-Metcalf,  was  born  at  Franklin,  Massachusetts, 
May  23,  1825,  died  there  July  12,  1901.  His 
early  educational  training  was  in  the  district 
school,  followed  by  a  course  in  the  academy 
at  HoUiston,  Massachusetts,  up  to  seventeen 
years  of  age.  He  was  reared  on  his  father's 
farm  and  conducted  it  during  the  latter  years 
of  his  father's  life;  before  the  death  of  the 
father  he  gave  the  farm  to  this  son,  the  mother 
occupying  an  adjacent  farm.  In  July,  1875. 
.\lfred  C.  Metcalf  sold  his  farm  to  George 
Gibson  and  continued  conducting  his  mother's 
estate,  which  at  her  death  came  to  the  son. 
Mr.  Metcalf  possessed  upwards  of  two  hun- 
dred acres  of  tillage  and  woodland,  conduct- 
ing lumbering,  getting  out  post  rails  and 
sleepers  for  the  nearby  railroads  and  selling 
cord  wood.  He  believed  in  the  improved 
ideas  of  agriculture,  raising  the  common  crops. 


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alsi)  large  heUls  of  rye,  selling  the  straw  which 
was  used  as  braiding  straw  in  the  factories  of 
the  town.  He  was  of  a  somewhat  retired  na- 
ture, but  possessed  the  characteristics  that 
drew  to  him  many  lifelong  friends.  Of  hon- 
est convictions,  industrious  and  frugal,  he  left 
a  competence  at  his  death.  He  was  a  close 
reader  and  a  deep  thinker,  keeping  in  touch 
with  the  affairs  of  state  and  nation.  In  poli- 
tics he  always  acted  with  the  Democratic  party 
and  was  of  the  old  school.  Having  the  con- 
fidence of  his  townsmen  he  often  held  office, 
discharging  the  duties  with  credit  to  himself 
and  the  citizens.  In  1875  he  served  on  the 
board  of  selectmen,  was  road  commissioner 
and  assessor  two  years.  He  and  his  wife  were 
earnest  members  of  the  Baptist  church  and  he 
served  the  church  as  trustee.  He  was  made  a 
member  of  E.xcelsior  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Alasons,  at  Franklin,  and  was  exalted 
in  Miller  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1872,  being  a  charter  member  of  this 
body.  He  married,  December  28,  1845,  at 
Wrentham,  Massachusetts,  Charlotte  Amanda 
Gilmore,  born  at  Franklin,  February  5.  1824, 
died  there  December  26,  1898,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Maria  (Dilber)  Gilmore,  the  for- 
mer of  whom  was  a  farmer.  Children:  i. 
Evelyn  Eudora,  born  !^eptember  16.  1846,  died 
May  20,  1865.  2.  William  Sumner,  May  14, 
1853,  mentioned  below.  3.  Louisa  .\delaide, 
Tanuarv  ^o.  1861,  formerlv  teacher  in  Frank- 
lin. 

(XX\')  William  Sumner,  .son  of  Alfred 
Caskell  Metcalf,  was  born  at  Franklin,  Mas.sa- 
chusetts.  May  14,  1853,  at  the  old  homestead 
on  King  street.  His  educational  training 
began  in  the  common  schools,  supplemented 
by  a  course  at  the  Dean  Academy  and  later  at 
Bryant  &  Stratton's  Commercial  School  at 
Boston.  In  1871  he  came  to  Plainville  (then 
Wrentham)  and  entered  the  employ  of  Lin- 
coln, Tifft  &  Bacon,  a  leading  jewelry  manu- 
facturing concern,  where  he  learned  the  trade 
of  jeweler,  remaining  about  a  year,  and  in  the 
fall  of  1872  began  work  at  the  bench  for  G. 
Dcmarest  &  Company,  remaining  six  months 
in  that  capacity,  when  he  accepted  position  of 
bookkeeper  with  the  concern.  In  1876  he  be- 
came a  member  of  the  company.  The  com- 
pany was  formed  in  1872,  under  the  name  of 
G,  Dcmarest  &  Company,  with  ten  partners  as 
follows:  Daniel  H.  Corey.  Albert  W.  Burton, 
Edward  P.  Bennett,  William  Rogers.  Richard 
Donnell,  John  Barrett,  Davis  Reed.  George 
Demarest,  Bradford  Corbin  and  Henry  Pack- 
ard.    The  first  member  to  retire  was  William 


Rogers,  who  was  a  member  one  year,  retiring 
in  1873.     Next  to  retire  was   George   Dema- 
rest and  Henry  Packard  in  1874,  when  the  name 
Plainville   Stock   Company   was   adopted.     In 
1876  Mr.  Corbin  retired  and  William  S.  Met- 
calf became  a  member  of  the  company.     In 
1879   Mr.   Donnell   retired,  and  in    1884  Mr. 
Barrett,    followed   by   the   retirement   of   Mr. 
Reed  in  1891.     Mr.  Corey,  who  was  the  first 
salesman    of    the    company,    retired    in    1902. 
\Mth  the  retirement  of  Albert  W.  Burton  in 
March,   1909,  narrows  the  ownership  to  Mr. 
Metcalf  and   Mr.   Bennett.     The  firm,   which 
started  on  the  co-operative  plan,  has  been  very 
successful  during  its  entire  period  and  at  no 
time  was  it  more  prosperous  or  held  a  higher 
place  in  the  jewelry  world  than  at  the  present 
time  under  the  management  of  Mr.   Metcalf. 
From  the  time  he  became  associated  with  the 
company    and    since    his    admittance    into    the 
business  in  1876  Mr.  Metcalf  has  been  a  major 
factor    in    its    affairs.     His    business    ability, 
energy,  foresight,  together  with  his  judicious 
management  and  salesmanship  have  been  rec- 
ognized by  his  associates  from  the  first.     The 
firm  is  one  of  the  foremost  in  the  manufacture 
of  ladies'  brooches,  gentlemen's  scarf  pins  and 
link  buttons.     He  is  independent  in  politics ; 
was   one   of  the   first   selectmen   of   Plainville 
when  in  1905  the  town  was  set  oft'  from  Wren- 
tham, and  has  served  on  important  boards.   He 
is  affiliated  with  all  the  Masonic  bodies,  being 
a  member  of  Bristol  Lodge  of  Masons  since 
Xovember  21,  1893,  and  was  installed  as  wor- 
shipful master,  January  i,  1901.     He  was  ex- 
alte<i  in  King  Hiram  Chapter.  Royal  .\rch  Ma- 
sons, at  Attleboro,  .\pril  12.  1894,  and  installed 
as  most  excellent  high  priest,  .\pril   11,   1901. 
He  received  his  cryptic  degrees  in   .A.ttleboro 
Council.  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  February 
14,  1898,  and  served  that  body  as  thrice  illus- 
trious master  in  1902-03.     He  received  his  de- 
grees of  knighthood  in  Bristol  Commandery, 
Xo.  29.  Knights  Templar.  November  9,  1894, 
and  was  installed  eminent  commander  of  that 
body.  March  13.  1903.     He  was  a  director  of 
Jewelers'    Bank   of   North    .\ttleboro,   and   of 
the  Manufacturing  Jewelers'  Board  of  Trade 
of  Providence.  Rhode  Island. 

He  married.  June  2,  1875,  Ida  Edele  Heaton, 
born  at  Hopkinton,  Massachusetts,  March  15, 
1852.  daughter  of  William  .\lbert  and  Nancy 
.\nn  (Hall)  Heaton.  the  former  of  whom  was 
a  leather  worker.  Children:  I.  Bertha  Louise, 
born  May  9,  1879;  married,  June  18,  1902. 
Clarence  Lorenzo  Gamwell.  of  Pittsfield, 
Massachusetts;    children:    i.    Elaine    Metcalf, 


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born  June  8,  1903;  ii.  Sumner  Metcalf,  Au- 
gust 28,  1908.  2.  Leroy  Alfred,  September  25, 
1886;  married,  June  30,  1909,  Ethel  G.  Bar- 
ber,  of   North   Attleboro,   Massachusetts. 


William    Heath,    immigrant    an- 
HEATH      cestor,     embarked     in     London, 

England,  in  the  ship  "Lion,"  and 
arrived  in  I'.oston.  September  16,  1632.  He 
settled  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
accompanied  by  his  wife  Mary  and  five  chil- 
dren, one  of  whom  may  have  been  Mary 
Spear,  daughter  of  his  second  wife  by  a  for- 
mer husband.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance 
and  was  admitted  a  freeman.  March  4,  1633. 
He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1634- 
37-39-40-41  and  42,  and  in  1645  for  Dover. 
Heliad  a  brother  Bartholomew  who  came  over 
in  the  same  ship  and  settled  in  Salisbury.  New 
Hampshire,  and  a  brother  Isaac,  called  "Elder 
Heath."  who  came  over  in  the  ship  "Hope- 
well" in  1634  and  settled  in  Roxbury.  William 
Heath  died  May  29,  1652.  He  made  his  will 
the  day  before  he  died.  His  wife  Mary  (sec- 
ond wife)  died  December  15,  1659.  The  entry 
after  his  name  on  the  church  records,  made  by 
the  .\postle  Eliot,  reads:  "An  able.  Godly  and 
faithful  brother."  Children:  I.  Mary  Spear, 
probably  his  second  wife's  daughter  by  her 
first  husband.  2.  Isaac,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Hannah.  4.  Mary.  5.  Peleg,  married  Sus- 
anna King:  died  November,  1671. 

(H  )  Isaac,  son  of  William  Heath,  was  born 
in  England  and  came  with  his  father  to  Amer- 
ica. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1652. 
He  married,  December  16,  1650,  Mary  Davis. 
He  died  December  29,  1694.  Children:  i. 
Child,  died  January  2,  1652,  before  baptism. 
2.  Mary,  born  March  1,  1653,  died  1668.  3. 
Isaac,  May  10,  1655.  mentioned  below.  4. 
Elizabeth,  July  26,  1656 ;  married,  October  2-. 
1683,  Samiiel' Shears.  5.  .\bigail,  .August  26 
1660;  married,  .\pril  9,  1684,  Samuel  Fisher. 
6.  Ebenezer,  March  15,  1663.  7.  Peleg,  June 
25,  1665.     8.  Joseph,  July  25,  T669. 

(Ill)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (l)  Heath, 
was  born  at  Roxbury,  May  10,  1655,  and  bap- 
tized July  2  following.  He  inherited  the 
homestead  at  Roxbury  and  also  land  in  Brook - 
line,  from  his  father.  His  will  was  dated  De- 
cember 19,  1684.  He  married,  February  2, 
1681,  Ann  Fisher,  born  June  22.  1661,  daugh- 
ter of  Cornelius  and  Leah  h'isher.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  December  2,  1685,  Francis 
N'oungman.  Her  son  Isaac  shared  with  other 
children  in  her  second  husband's  estate.  Chil- 
dren :    1.   Ann.  born  Xovember   12.   ifiSi,  died 


November  17,  1681.  2.  Isaac,  mentioned 
below. 

(I\")  Isaac  (3),  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Heath, 
was  born  in  Ro.xbury,  July  23,  1683.  He  set- 
tled in  1705  in  Framingham.  In  1710  he 
bought  of  Thomas  Reed  seventeen  and  a  half 
acres  of  land  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut. 
He  was  dismissed  from  the  Framingham 
church  to  the  church  of  Coventry,  Connecticut, 

May  19,   1723.     He    married    Rachel    . 

Children,  born  at  Framingham:  I.  Isaac,  July 
24,  1705;  married  Elizabeth  .  2.  Ebe- 
nezer, May  31,  1707,  mentioned  below.  3. 
.\nn,  September  16,  1709.  4.  Rachel,  Alarch 
10,  1715  ;  married  William  Beal.  5.  Thankful, 
July  3,  1717.  6.  Benjamin,  April  21,  1720, 
died   \Se])tember     16,     1807;     married     Amy 

.     7.  Joseph,  July  20,  1723. 

(\')  Ebenezer,  son  of  Isaac  (3)  Heath,  was 
born  May  31,  1707.  He  married  (first)  at 
Coventry,  Connecticut.  September  18,  1728, 
Lydia  Ctley.  He  married  ( second )  Novem- 
ber 5,  1753,  Dorcas  Shaughter.  Children:  i. 
William,  born  September  27,  1758,  mentioned 
below.     2.    Eleazer.     3.    Anne.     4.    Dorcas. 

(\T)  William,  son  of  Ebenezer  Heath,  was 
born  September  27,  1758,  died  June  29,  1850. 
He  was  a  farmer  at  Tyringham.  He  married 
Catherine  Robbins,  born  1761,  died  at  Tyring- 
ham, June  2,  1848,  at  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty-seven  years.  Children,  born  in  Tyring- 
ham:    I.    William,    1779,   died    1853:   married 

;   children:   i.    Ransom,   born    1810:   ii. 

.-Mvin:  iii.  Lucian,  1815:  iv.  Ira;  v.  Philena ; 
vi.  William:  vii.  Russell:  viii.  Samantha : 
ix.  Caroline,  married  John  Wyman ;  x.  He- 
man  :  xi.  Laura ;  xii.  Thetis,  married  Syl- 
vester Dowd.  2.  Catherine,  March  3,  1783. 
3.  Abner,  July  8,  1785,  died  .\ugust  31,  1866; 

married   ;  children:  i.   Major  R.,  born 

1809:  ii.  .Karon;  iii.  Catherine,  married  Israel 
.Mar.sh:  iv.  Salome,  married  Hanan  Moore; 
v.  Rosella.  married  (ohn  Smith;  vi.  David; 
vii.  Jonathan  M.  4.  Esther,  July  8,  1785,  died 
young.     5.    Amos,    October    25,     1790,     died 

March  20.   1861  :  married ;  children  :  i. 

Armenia;  ii.  Arvin;  iii.  .\ildison  :  iv.  Cvnthia  ; 
v.  Frank;  vi.  Ro.xanna,  born  1826.  6.  Han- 
nah, February  19,  1793,  died  young.  7.  Ezra, 
July  25,  1795,  mentioned  below.  8.  Linas,  .Au- 
gust 23,  1797;  married  (first)  Ruth  Higgins ; 
(  second  )  Wealthea  Emeline  Parks  ;  children  : 
i.  Huldah,  married  Ste])hen  Richardson ;  ii. 
Egbert;  iii.  William  Henry;  iv.  Emily:  v.  Mil 
ton  .\.  married  Rachel  Miner ;  vi.  Adaliza.  9. 
Lucinda,  l'>bruary  24,  1800;  married  William 
Steadman  :  children :  i.   Sophia  Steadman  ;  ii. 


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Lydia  Steadinaii ;  iii.  Esther ;  iv.  Hannah 
Steadman.  married  Albert  Thompson  ;  v.  Mar- 
tin Steadman :  vi.  Edward  Steadman:  vii 
Charles  Steadman.  10.  Cyrus.  September  20, 
1802.  died  March  22.  1876:  married  Clara 
Cheney ;  children :  i.  Henry  Robbins,  born 
April  6,  1830;  ii.  Albert  C,  October  16,  1833. 

(VTI)  Captain  Ezra,  son  of  William  Heath, 
was  born  July  25.  1795.  at  Tyringham,  died 
there  February  17,  1865.  He  was  a  captain 
in  the  militia,  a  well-to-do  farmer  and  promi- 
nent citizen  of  his  native  town.  He  married 
(first)  November  30,  1815,  Naomi  Nichols, 
born  November  31,  1798,  died  March  13,  1846. 
He  married  (second)  January  14,  1847,  Syl- 
via (  Hitchcock  )  Cha])pell.  Children,  born  at 
Tyringham:  I.  Alvirus,  August  20,  1817,  died 
September  2j.  1900:  married,  1838,  Elizabeth 
Rentley.  born  Alarch  20,  1820,  died  May  9, 
1894;  children:  i.  Susan  E.,  married  T.  D. 
Holmes  :  ii.  Louise,  married  Adam  Miller  ;  iii. 
Charles  A.,  married  Carrie  Holman :  iv.  Emma 
J.,  married  James  Richards:  v.  Guy  D.,  mar- 
ried Eda  E.  Bailey  of  Corry.  Pennsylvania: 
vi.  Mercy,  married  Mina  Phillips,  and  resides 
at  fiercer,  Pennsylvania :  vii.  Marion,  married 
T.  D.  Holmes;  viii.  Charles  D.,  died  young. 
2.  Edmond,  October  10,  1823.  died  December 
27.  1904;  married,  June  28,  1848,  Harriet 
Mansur.  born  June  28,  1829,  died  November 
I,  1898;  children:  i.  Lillian,  born  September 
23,  1850,  married  F.  \V.  Beach;  ii.  Cora.  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1853;  iii.  Lucy  ]\L.  December  21, 
1864,  died  February  16,  1883.  3.  Henry,  Jan- 
uary 28,  1828,  mentioned  below.  4.  Cather- 
ine, September  13,  1832,  died  October  26, 
1903:  married  Douglas  Spencer:  children:  i. 
Ralph  H.  Spencer,  bom  February  18,  1854: 
married,  1879,  Harriet  L.  Bush;  ii.  Frank 
Spencer,  born  i860,  died  1885:  iii.  .\bby  Spen- 
cer, born  1864,  died  1884:  resided  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Michigan. 

(VIH)  Henry,  son  of  Captain  Ezra  Heath, 
was  born  at  Tyringham,  January  28,  1828, 
died  at  Huntington,  May  30,  1893.  He  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  worked  on  his  father's  farm  until 
he  was  nineteen  years  old.  He  then  learned 
the  trade  of  paper-making.  He  removed  to 
Russell,  Massachusetts,  and  became  superin- 
tendent of  the  paper  mill  of  Chapin  &  Gould. 
In  1861  the  mill  closed  on  account  of  the  civil 
war,  and  he  returned  to  Tyringham.  In  1863 
he  went  to  Huntington  as  superintendent  of  the 
paper  mill  and  continued  until  1879.  He  then 
embarked  in  business  as  a  general  merchant 
in  partnership  with  Pease  under  the 


firm  name  of  Pease  &  Heath.  He  built  the 
largest  brick  block  of  the  town,  using  the 
ground  floor  for  the  store.  Mr.  Heath  was 
very  successful  in  business.  He  retired  on  ac- 
count of  ill  health  a  few  years  before  his 
death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  lodge,  chap- 
ter and  commandery  of  the  Order  of  Free  and 
.-\ccepted  Masons.  He  was  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Republican.  He  was  held  in  the  highest 
esteem  by  his  townsmen  for  his  many  excel- 
lent qualities  of  heart  and  mind.  His  person- 
ality was  attractive  ;  he  was  of  a  happy  dispo- 
sition, fond  of  fun  and  good  humor,  kindly 
and  considerate  of  others,  and  of  the  most 
exemplary  character.  He  married,  January 
28,  1850,  Angeline  Rodelpha,  born  June  17, 
1831,  daughter  of  Rufus  Harlow  and  Aurelia 
(Webb)  Hubbard.  (See  Hubbard.  VH.) 
Children:  I.  Mary,  born  May  24,  1853;  mar- 
ried, 1871,  Robert  Barnes.  2.  Henry  H..  April 
12.  1855.  at  Russell;  died  September  29,  1855. 
3.  Nellie.  May  9,  1858;  married  Elmer  F. 
Pease ;  children :  i.  Henr\-  E.  Pease,  born 
March,  1885  :  ii.  Ruth  Pease,  July,  1891 ;  iii. 
Olive  Pease,  1893,  died  young.  4.  Ida,  May 
9,  1863.  died  l-"ebruary  23,  1864. 


The  surname  Hubbard  dates 
HUBBARD  from  the  first  use  of  family 
names  in  England  and  was 
doubtless  in  earlier  times  a  personal  name. 
Some  writers  think  it  a  modification  of  the 
Danish  name  Hubba,  made  famous  by  one  of 
the  sea-kings  who  conquered  part  of  England. 
Several  forms  of  spelling  survive,  Hubbard 
and  Hobart  being  the  most  prominent  as  sur- 
names, Hubert  and  Herbert  as  personal  names. 
In  old  records  some  fifty  different  spellings 
have  been  found  and  as  late  as  the  colonial 
period  in  America  the  variations  are  very  nu- 
merous. The  English  family  has  always  been 
prominent  and  many  of  the  branches  have 
ancient  coats-of-arms.  We  find  the  records 
mentioning  a  John  Hubbard,  born  about  1235. 
living  in  Tye,  Norfolkshire.  England,  and  from 
him  are  a  numerous  posterity  in  that  section 
of  the  country. 

(I)  George  Hubbard,  immigrant  ancestor 
of  this  family,  was  born  in  England  in  1601 
probably  in  the  eastern  or  southeastern  part. 
He  settled  before  1639  in  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut. Another  George  Hubbard,  who  settled 
in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  was  doubtless  a 
relative,  but  not  his  father.  William  Hubbard 
and  Thomas  Hubbard,  also  of  Hartford, 
among  the  earlv  settlers  seem  also  to  be  closely 


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related.  George  Hubbard  came  with  the  first 
settlers  overland  from  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony.  He  was  given  six  acres  of  land  "by 
courtesy  of  the  town,  with  privilege  of  wood 
&  keeping  cows  on  the  common,"  and  resided 
on  a  lot  adjacent  to  land  of  James  Ensign  and 
George  Graves  on  a  road  that  ran  parallel  with 
the  Connecticut  river,  from  the  South  Aleadow 
to  George  Steele's  place.  In  1640  he  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth 
Watts,  and  was  then  assigned  a  home-lot  and 
land  on  the  east  side  of  the  Connecticut  river. 
In  1649  Hubbard  was  fined  ten  pounds  for  ex- 
changing a  gun  with  an  Indian,  it  being  against 
the  law  to  furnish  arms  or  ammunition  to  the 
savages.  He  moved  in  March,  1650-51,  with 
about  fifteen  other  settlers  and  their  families 
to  Mattabesit,  later  called  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  licensed  as  an  Indian  agent 
and  trader  as  early  as  1650;  in  1654  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman.  He  owned  much  land  on 
both  sides  of  the  river,  living  on  what  is  now 
^lain  street.  He,  Thomas  Wetmore  and  two 
others  gave  land  for  the  second  meeting  house. 
He  was  the  first  sexton  of  the  first  meeting 
house  and  his  son  Joseph  used  to  beat  the  drum 
to  call  the  people  to  meeting  or  to  warn  them 
against  hostile  Indians.  His  will  is  dated  May 
22,  1681,  and  it  states  his  age  as  eighty  years. 
His  inventory  is  dated  May  13,  1685,  and  it 
states  that  he  died  March  18,  1684.  His 
widow  died  in  1702.  One  record  says  that 
"he  was  highly  respected  and  of  marked  in- 
tegrity and  fairness.'"  Children:  i.  Mary. 
born  at  Hartford.  January  16,  1641-42;  mar- 
ried, Alay,  1659,  Thomas  Ranney.  2.  Josejjh, 
born  December  10,  1643,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Daniel,  baptized  December  7,  1645 ;  died  No- 
vember 9,  1704;  married,  February  24,  1669- 
70,  Mary  Clark;  married  (second)  October 
16,  1675,  Sarah  Cornwall.  4.  Samuel,  born 
May,  1648;  died  November  4,  1732;  married, 
August  9,  1673,  Sarah  Kirby.  5.  George,  De- 
cember 15,  1650;  died  unmarried,  1675.  6. 
Nathaniel,  December  10,  1652;  died  May  20, 
1738;   married,   May   29,    1682,    Mary   Earle. 

7.  Richard,  July,  1655,  died  July  30,  1732; 
married.   March   31,    1692,   Martha   Corn  well. 

8.  Elizabeth,  Jamiary  15.  1659,  died  December 
6.  1725:  married,  February  20,  1684,  Thomas 
Wetmore. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  George  Hubbard,  was 
born  in  Hartford.  December  10,  1643.  died  in 
Middletown.  December  26.  1686.  He  had 
land  in  1667  in  Middletown.  The  inventory 
of  his  estate  was  taken  in  December.  1686, 
and  mentioned  a  legacy  left  him  by  his  uncle. 


Captain  Thomas  Watts.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 29,  1670,  Mary  Porter,  born  in  Middle- 
town,  1650,  died  there  June  10,  1707,  sister 
of  Dr.  Daniel  Porter  and  Robert  Porter.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Robert,  born  October  30,  1673;  died 
June  19,  1740;  married,  March  4,  1703,  Abi- 
gail Adkins  Ward.  2.  George,  October  7. 
1675:  died  December  16,  1765;  married,  De- 
cember 22,  1703,  Mehitable  Miller.  3.  John, 
July  30,  1678;  mentioned  below.  4.  Mary, 
January  23,  i68i  :  died  April  19.  1682.  5. 
EHzalje'th.  March  26,  1683.  6.  Joseph,  Octo- 
ber 22,  1686. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Joseph  Hubbard,  was 
born  in  jNIiddletown,  July  30,  1678,  died  there 
lanuary  2.  1726-27.  He  owned  land  on  the 
east  side  of  the  river  and  in  what  is  now 
known  as  Portland.  He  also  had  land  granted 
to  him.  and  owned  other  ])roperty.  He  mar- 
ried. February  10.  1702-03,  Mary  Phillips,  who 
(bed  October  21.  1736.  Children:  i.  Joseph, 
born  March  21,  1703-04.  2.  Lieutenant  John, 
August  13,  1705;  died  March  24,  1775.  3. 
Abigail.  A]jril  9.  1707;  married  Stephen  I'lake. 

4.  Nathan,    May   4.    1709;   mentioned   below. 

5.  Daniel.  July  16.  1710.  6.  Hannah.  July  13, 
171 1  ;  died  July  10.  1714.  7.  Mary.  Septem- 
ber 20.  1713.  8.  Solomon,  August  20.  1715. 
9.  Hannah.  August  8.  1718. 

(IV)  Nathan,  son  of  John  Hubbard,  was 
born  in  Middletown.  May  4,  1709.  died  in 
Sandisfield.  Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts, 
May  18.  1788.  He  sold  his  property  in  Mid- 
dletown in  1730  and  in  1733,  on  account  of 
dissatisfaction  with  a  former  distribution  of 
the  estate  of  their  father  the  heirs  mutually 
agreed  to  a  new  distribution,  which  they  all 
signed.  He  sold  his  home  lot  in  1734  and  re- 
moved to  Waterbury,  Connecticut,  and  thence 
to  Berkshire  county.  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  Waterbury.  Lydia.  daugnter  of 
Nathaniel  Judd.  of  Wallingford.  He  mar'-ied 
(second)  in  Massachusetts,  Mary  Hough,  born 
March  8.  1715.  died  November  2.  1812.  She 
was  blind  for  many  years.  Children,  born  in 
Waterbury  by  first  wife:  I.  John.  December 
22.  1736;  mentioned  below.  2.  Imer  or  "Im- 
mer,'"  July  30.   1741  ;  died  January   13.   1745. 

3.  Eli,  May  23,  1745:  died  January  10.  1814. 

4.  Nathan,  born  at  Wallingford.  February  29, 
1747;  married.  November  14.  1771,  Lucy  Kel- 
sey.  5.  Lydia,  June  23,  1750;  died  June  16, 
1816:  married  Joel  Bacon  6.  Judd  Imer  or 
"Judimer,'"  May  20,  1751  ;  died  March,  1830: 
in  the  revolution  ;  married.  December  16.  1786. 
Jerusha  Morley.  7.  Mary,  July  28,  1756;  died 
December  8.    1786      8.    Nathaniel.   November 


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17,  1758;  died  April,  1830.  9.  Sarah  (pos- 
sibly of  second  wife),  born  in  Sandisfield, 
March  4,  1762;  (bed  October  26,  1764,  the  first 
death  in  Sandisfield. 

(V)  Lieutenant  John  (2),  son  of  Nathan 
Hubbard,  was  born  in  Waterbury,  Connecti- 
cut, December  22,  1736,  died  in  Sandisfield. 
Massachusetts,  at  the  home  of  his  son.  Cap- 
lain  Josiah.  December  8,  1825.  He  lived  at 
Waterbury.  Sheffield  and  Sandisiield.  He 
was  in  the  revolution,  a  lieutenant  in  Captain 
\\"illiam  Raker's  company.  Colonel  John  Fel- 
lows' Eighth  ^Massachusetts  regiment,  April  21. 
1775,  when  the  company  was  on  the  way  to 
Boston.  It  was  in  camp  at  Roxbury,  Alay 
23i  1775.  engaged  at  Bunker  Hill,  and  for 
eight  months  around  Boston.  He  married 
(first)  January  12,  1764,  Hannah  Paine,  born 
1745,  died  September  19,  1822,  in  Sandisfield. 
Children:  I.  Sarah,  born  September  8,  1767: 
died  April  15,  1828.  2.  Josiah.  November  27, 
1768:  died  January  11.  1834;  married,  May 
30,  1792,  Eunice  Chapin.  3.  John,  August  25, 
1770;  mentioned  below.  4.  Theophilus,  Octo- 
ber 13,  1773;  died  June  12.  1844.  5.  Solomon 
(twin),  January  4,  1775  ;  died  young.  6.  Solo- 
mer  (twin),  January  4.  1775;  died  young.  7. 
Clarissa,  July  18,  1786. 

(VI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Hubbard, 
was  born  August  25.  1770,  died  January  6, 
1867.  He  married  (second)  at  Lee.  Massa- 
chusetts, intentions  ]5ublished  June  22,  1806. 
Polly  Whiton.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Me- 
linda,  bora  October  21.  1792.  2.  John  Har- 
vey, November  30,  1801.  3.  Rufus  Harlow, 
mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Rufus  Harlow,  son  of  John  (3) 
Hubbard,  was  born  February  18,  1804,  at 
Sandisfield.  Massachusetts.  He  married  Au- 
relia  Webb,  of  Otis  Massachusetts.  Children: 
I.  Sabrina,  born  September  10,  1825;  married 
John  M.  Garfield,  who  was  closely  related  to 
President  James  A.  Garfield.  2.  Angeline 
Rodelpha.  Tune  17.  1831  ;  married.  Tanuarv  28. 
1850,  Henfy  Heath.  (See  Heath," VIII.)  t,. 
Aurelia,  1836. 

Curtis  is  derived  from  a  Norman 
CURTIS     French  word — curteis  or  curtois 

— meaning  courteous,  civil.  The 
family  settled  very  early  in  Kent,  England. 
The  coat-of-arms  of  the  family  of  Kent  and 
Sussex  is :  Argent  a  chevron  sable  between 
three  bulls'  heads  cabossed  gules.  Crest :  A 
unicorn  passant  or  between  four  trees  proper. 
The  pedigree  of  this  family  is  traced  as  far 
back  as  Stephen  Curtis,  of  Appledore,  Kent, 


about  1450.  Several  of  his  descendants  were 
mayors  of  the  town  of  Tenterden,  from  which 
came  some  of  the  first  settlers  of  Scituate, 
Massachusetts.  It  is  believed  that  the  Cur- 
tises  of  Scituate  were  also  from  this  section 
of  Kent.  Four  brothers,  Richard.  William, 
John  and  Thomas  Curtis,  settled  in  Scituate. 
Thomas  went  to  York,  Maine ;  John  appears 
to  have  left  no  descendants,  while  those  of 
Richard  and  William  are  numerous  in  Scitu- 
ate. Hanover  and  vicinity  in  Massachusetts. 

( I )  Richard  Curtis,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Kent.  England.  He  settled  in 
Scituate,  Massachusetts,  about  1643,  ^^'^  died 
there  in  1693.  Some  writers  have  confused 
this  Richard  with  Richard  Curtis,  of  Dorches- 
ter and  Milton ;  and  with  Richard  Curtis,  of 
Salem  and  Marblehead.  Richard,  of  Scituate, 
was  on  the  list  of  Plymouth  colony  men  able 
to  bear  arms  in  1643  and  was  a  town  officer  in 
1650.  His  brother  William  was  also  on  this 
list,  and  together  they  took  the  oath  of  fidelity. 
He  was  one  of  the  "allowed  and  approved  in- 
habitants" to  whom  portions  of  the  common 
lands  were  assigned  by  the  joint  committee  of 
the  general  court  and  the  town  in  1673.  Rich- 
artl  Curtis  and  Thomas  Hyland  were  witnesses 
to  the  will  of  (ieneral  James  Cud  worth  in 
1682.  His  home  was  between  that  of  Gowen 
\Miite  and  the  harbor  below  Millbrook.  His 
will  was  dated  December  26,  1692,  and  proved 
December  19,  1693,  he  "being  weak  in  body." 
"Now  know  yee  that  I  the  abovesd  Richard 
Curtice  being  by  ye  providence  of  God  unable 
to  provide  for  my  self  by  great  weakness  in 
my  loyns  Do  by  these  presents  give  to  my  eld- 
est son  John  Curtice  all  that  my  part  or  share 
of  upland  and  meadow,  which  was  formerly 
ye  land  of  John  Curtice  late  of  Scituate,  de- 
ceased, on  condition  thatt  the  said  John  shall 
take  care  and  provide  for  me  and  my  wife 
during  my  life;  my  friends  Samuel  Clapp  and 
Nathaniel  Tilden  shall  be  my  overseers ;  my 
wife  Lydia,  after  my  decease,  shall  have  the 
]5rofits  of  one  half  of  my  house  and  lands  not 
disposed  of  during  her  life;  after  the  decease 
of  myself  and  wife,  son  John  shall  have  two- 
thirds  of  my  house  and  lands,  and  son  Thomas 
one-third ;  to  daughter  Hannah  Curtice  ten 
pounds  to  be  paid  by  John ;  to  daughter  Eliza- 
beth Brook  twelve  pounds  to  be  paid  by 
Thomas ;  to  daughter  Mary  Badcock  ten 
pounds  to  be  paid  by  Jolm ;  to  daughter  Mar- 
tha Clarke  ten  pounds  to  be  paid  by  John ;  to 
daughter  Sarah  Curtice  thirteen  pounds  to  be 
paid  by  John  and  Thomas,  one  half  each;  to 
son  John  the  residue."     Inventory  of  the  es- 


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tate  was  presented  by  the  son  John,  December 
19,  1693.  He  married,  in  1649,  Lydia  HoUet 
or  Hallett,  daughter  of  John.  Children,  born 
atScituate:  i.  Anna,  May  12,  1650.  2.  Ehza- 
beth,  January  12,  1651,  married  (first)  1678, 
Xathaniel  Brooks,  of  Scitnate.  3.  John,  De- 
cember 9,  1653,  mentioned  below.  4.  Mary, 
January  9,  1655.  5.  Martha,  March  15,  1657. 
6.  Thomas,  March  16,  1659,  settled  in  the  section 
known  as  Egypt;  married,  1694,  Mary  Cooke, 
daughter  of  Robert  Cooke,  of  Scituate.  7. 
Deborah,  April  16,1661.  8.  Sarah,  July  26, 1663. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Richard  Curtis,  was  born 
in  Scituate,  December  9,  1653,  died  there.  He 
inherited  the  homestead  and  continued  farm- 
ing and  fishing.  He  married,  in  1678,  Miriam 
Brooks,  daughter  of  William  and  Susannah 
(Dunham)  Brooks,  of  Scituate.  Her  father 
was  a  farmer,  living  south  of  Till's  creek. 
Children,  born  in  Scituate:  i.  Marcy,  January 
12,  1679.  2.  Hannah,  May  28,  1681.  3.  Will- 
iam, September  15,  1683,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  William,  son  of  John  Curtis,  was 
born  in  Scituate,  September  15,  1683,  died 
there.  He  married.  May  27,  1707,  Rachel 
.Stoddard,  daughter  of  Deacon  Samuel  Stod- 
dard. Children,  born  in  Scituate:  I.  John, 
,\pril  16,  1708:  mentioned  below.  2.  Samuel, 
May  10,  171 1.  3.  Rachel,  July  29,  1712.  4. 
William,  September  28,  1714,  married,  Novem- 
ber 14,  1738,  Martha  McFarland.  5.  Rachel, 
June  6,  1717.  6.  Samuel,  January  4,  17 19, 
married,  1745,  Rachel  Briggs.  7.  Elizabeth, 
November  18,  1722. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  William  Curtis,  was 
born  at  Scituate.  April   16,   1708.  died   there. 

He  married  Sarah  .     Children,  born  at 

Scituate:  i.  Sarah,  March  16,  1732.  2.  Mar- 
ian, October  20,  1734.  3.  John,  May  6,  1737, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Curtis,  was 
born  at  Scituate,  May  6,  1737,  died  in  his  na- 
tive town.  He  married  Sarah  Cudworth. 
Children,  born  at  Scituate:  i.  John,  August  4, 
1767.  2.  Nehemiah,  January  31,  1769,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Sarah,  February  12,  1777. 
4.  Nancy,  July  27,  1779.  He  was  in  revolu- 
tion in  Plymouth  county  regiment,  marched  to 
Cohasset  on  alarm,  March  5,  1776. 

(VI)  Nehemiah,  son  of  John  (3)  Curtis, 
was  born  at  Scituate,  January  31,  1769,  died 
there  February  4,  1849.  He  tnarried  (first) 
Mercy  L.  Otis;  (second)  Mary  Jenkins,  of 
Scituate.  Nehemiah  was  a  farmer  and  fisher- 
man. When  a  young  man  he  learned  the  trade 
of  shipwright  and  worked  for  a  time  in  the 
North    river    shipyards.     He  had  a  ten  acre 


place  in  the  center  of  the  village,  now  owned 
by  Nehemiah    Merritt.     His   last   years  were 
spent  on  a  small  farm  at  the  Harbor,  which  he 
bought   after    selling   his    former   home.     His 
only   child   was   by   his   first   wife:    Shadrach 
Briggs,  born  June  19,  1796,  mentioned  below. 
(\TI)    Shadrach   Briggs,   son  of   Nehemiah 
Curtis,   was  born  at   Scituate  June    19,    1796, 
died  there  May   I,   1871.     He  had  a  common 
school  education.     He  went  to  sea  young  and 
rose   to  the   rank  of   master  mariner ;  owned 
his  own   vessels   which   were  engaged   in   the 
coast-wise  trade  and  in  mackerel  fishing.     In 
his  later  years  he  owned  the  packet  boat  "Tag- 
liona,"    which    was   built   at    the    North    river 
shipyards,  and  which  he  used  before  the  rail- 
road  was  built    for  a  score  of  years,  plying 
between   Boston  and  Scituate.     He  spent  his 
last  years  on  the  Curtis  homestead  which  he 
inherited.      Besides  farming  he  engaged  in  the 
flour-making  business.     He  built  his  residence 
at  Scituate  Harbor  in  the  thirties  and  it  is  now 
owned    and    occupied   by   his  granddaughter, 
Ann  M.  Edson.     He  accumulated  considerable 
property   and  owned  considerable  real   estate 
in  Scituate  and  Norwell.     He  was  of  strong 
and  rather  austere  character,  very  firm  in  sup- 
porting his  views  of  the  right  and  very  strict 
in  discipline   both   on   shipboard    and    in    his 
home.     But  he  was  kindly  and  affectionate  in 
the  home  circle  and  universally  respected  for 
his  integrity  and  ability.     He  was  a  member 
of  the    Baptist    church,    joining    February   7, 
1819.     He   was  a  W'hig  in   politics   until  his 
party    went    to    pieces,  and  after  that  was  a 
staunch      Republican.     He     married      (first) 
.Anna  Cudworth,  of  Scituate,  born  1797,  died 
at  Scituate,  October  2,  1826,  daughter  of  Zeph- 
aniah   and   Elizabeth   Cudworth,   of   Scituate. 
He    married    (second)     Charlotte    Vinal,    of 
Scituate,  born  April  23,    1795,  died  July  29, 
1866,    daughter    of    Stephen    and    Charlotte 
(Cole)    Vinal,  of   Scituate.     Her   father  was 
a    farmer,    born     September    23,    1760,    died 
March  24,  1847;  h^i"  mother,  Charlotte  (Cole) 
Vinal,  born  June  4,   1768,  died  December  28, 
1851.     Child  of  first  wife:  i.  Shadrach  Briggs 
Jr.,  born  September  22,  1823,  died  September 
29,  1907 ;  married  Eleanor  Rogers  Murdock, 
of  North    Bridgewater,   Massachusetts ;    chil- 
dren :   i.   Andrew   Lincoln,   born   February  6, 
1867;  ii.  Hattie  Anna,  May  28,  1869;  iii.  Bes- 
sie   Gurney.     Children    of    second    wife:    2. 
George  Little,  born  March  3,  1827,  died  March 
31,    1901.     3.   Charlotte  Ann,  born   February 
24,   1829,   died    February   29,    1908;   married, 
August    8,     1849,    James    Edson,    of    North 


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Uridgewater ;  children :  i.  (jeorge  I-'rancis 
Edson,  born  June  1.  185 1.  married,  April. 
1885,  Calesta  Jordan,  of  .Athens,  Pennsylva- 
nia, and  had  daughter  Louise,  born  July  18. 
1887 ;  ii.  Charles  Edgar  Edson,  born  Novem- 
ber 18,  1855,  married,  July  23,  1883,  Annie 
Belle  Howe,  of  Boston,  and  had  Charles  Aus- 
tin Edson,  born  May  30,  1886,  and  James  Her- 
vey  Edson,  born  September.  1887:  iii.  Edward 
Everett  Edson,  born  July  31,  1862,  married, 
November,  1882,  Lillian  Herbert  and  had 
children,  Florence  Alberta  Edson,  born  No- 
vember 3,  1893,  and  Ernest  Allen  Edson.  born 
March  26.  1896;  iv.  Anna  Maria  Edson,  born 
March  28,  1865.  3.  Nehemiah.  born  June  7, 
1833,  mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  Nehemiah  (2),  son  of  Shadrach 
Briggs  Curtis,  was  born  in  Scituate,  June  7, 
1833,  died  there  June  8,  1893.  He  attended 
the  district  school  at  Scituate  Harbor  until  he 
was  about  sixteen  years  old,  and  then  worked 
for  about  two  years  for  his  father  on  the 
packet  line  from  Scituate  to  Boston.  When 
he  was  eighteen  he  ajjprenticed  himself 
to  John  liurbank,  of  Medford,  Massachusetts, 
to  learn  the  trade  of  carpenter.  A  few  years 
afterward  he  embarked  in  the  business  of  con- 
tractor and  builder  at  Dedhani  Massachusetts. 
He  remained  there  five  years  and  was  success- 
ful in  business.  He  was  the  contractor  for 
one  of  the  Tufts  College  buildings  at  Medford. 
He  removed  to  y\cton,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  purchased  a  farm  of  two  hundred  acres  or 
more  and  conducted  it  with  the  aid  and  assist- 
ance of  his  brother,  George  L.  Curtis,  who 
looked  after  the  farm  while  he  resumed  the 
building  business  in  Acton  and  vicinity.  In 
1866  he  located  at  Portland,  Maine,  just  after 
the  great  fire  had  destroyed  a  large  part  of  the 
city,  and  resumed  the  business  of  carpenter 
and  builder,  continuing  for  seventeen  years. 
He  also  did  a  large  business  in  moving  build- 
ings, using  at  times  as  many  as  sixty  yokes  of 
oxen.  Among  the  buildings  he  erected  in 
Portland  were  the  First  Universalist  Church, 
the  Woodman  True  block,  the  Deering  Milli- 
ken  block  and  many  fine  residences.  He  re- 
modeled and  rebuilt  many  houses,  mansions 
and  other  buildings  that  were  not  entirely  de- 
stroyed by  fire.  In  1883  he  retired  from  busi- 
ness and  settled  at  Scituate  on  the  Vinal  farm, 
which  he  inherited.  He  continued,  however, 
to  do  some  building  in  Scituate  for  four  years. 
He  spent  his  last  years  on  the  farm  and  died 
there.  Mr.  Curtis  was  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versalist church  of  Portland,  but  afterwards 
joined  the  Methodist  church.     He  was  a  Re- 


publican in  politics  and  when  living  in  Acton 
held  the  ofifice  of  road  commissioner.  He  wa; 
a  member  of  a  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows.  He 
was  an  upright  and  honorable  citizen,  capable, 
progressive  and  enterprising  in  business,  a  stu- 
dent of  public  questions,  a  clear  thinker  and 
reasoner,  of  sound  judgment  and  common 
sense.  He  was  a  total  abstainer  from  liquor 
and  tobacco  before  temperance  was  common. 
He  married,  at  Medford,  Massachusetts,  Mar- 
tha Crosby  White,  born  at  Medford,  May  12, 
1836,  died'  at  Scituate,  July  22,  1885,  daughter 
of  Captain  John  T.  and  Mary  (McClure) 
White,  of  Medford.  Her  father  was  captain 
of  the  militia  company ;  was  constable,  chief- 
(if-poHce  and  collector  of  taxes  for  more  than 
thirty  years.  Children:  I.  Albert  Burnes, 
born  October  8,  1859,  mentioned  below.  2.  Dora 
E.,  born  at  Dedham,  died  young.  3.  Walter 
Erving,  born  at  Dedham.  died  young.  4.  William 
Nehemiah.  born  July  27, 1869, mentioned  below. 
(IX)  Albert  Burnes,  son  of  Nehemiah  (2) 
Curtis,  was  born  at  Acton,  October  8,  1859. 
At  the  age  of  seven  years  he  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Portland,  where  he  gained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools,  graduating  from 
the  north  grammar  school  at  the  age  of  eight- 
een. In  the  meantime  he  worked  with  his 
father  at  carpentering,  afterward  learning  the 
trade  of  brush-making  in  the  factory  of  D. 
White  &  Son,  of  Portland,  remaining  in  the 
employ  of  that  concern  for  six  years.  In 
1883  he  accepted  a  similar  position  in  the  John 
L.  \\'hiting  brush  factory  on  Oliver  street, 
Boston,  remaining  a  year.  He  then  entered 
the  employ  of  the  American  Pattern  Hardware 
Company,  corner  of  Howard  and  Washington 
streets,  Boston,  where  he  was  shipper  and  cut- 
ter for  six  years.  In  1889  he  removed  his 
family  to  Scituate,  the  former  home  of  his 
parents,  where  he  took  the  old  Vinal  farm, 
which  he  inherited  through  his  father  from  his 
Grandmother  \'inal.  This  homestead  has 
been  in  the  possession  of  the  family  for  many 
generations,  the  Vinal  family  being  among  the 
early  settlers  of  the  town.  It  consists  of  one 
hundred  acres,  all  tillage,  and  is  beautifully 
located  at  Scituate  Harbor,  commanding  a 
superb  view  of  the  ocean.  Mr.  Curtis  is  one 
of  the  few  successful  market  gardners  in  Ply- 
mouth county.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  rhu- 
barb in  season,  strawberries,  peas,  cucumbers, 
tomatoes,  beans  and  cauliflower,  all  outside 
growth.  He  adopts  the  new  ideas  in  agri- 
culture and  attends  closely  to  his  chosen  occu- 
pation. His  farm  yields  a  handsome  yearly 
income  and  compares   favorably  with  any  in 


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that  section.  He  drives  to  the  market  in  Bos- 
ton, a  distance  of  twenty-seven  miles,  some- 
times making  two  trips  a  week.  He  is  of  a 
retiring  disposition  and  has  never  sought  or 
held  pubHc  office,  but  enjoys  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  his  townsmen.  He  and  his 
family  attend  the  Methodist  church.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of 
Norfolk  Lodge,  No.  48,  Odd  Fellows,  of  Dor- 
chester, joining  that  body  in  1883;  of  Ivanhoe 
Lodge,  No.  15,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Port- 
land, joining  in  1882.  He  was  formerly  a 
member  of  the  Portland  Mechanic  Blues — 
Company  B,  First  Regiment,  Maine  \'olunteer 
Militia,  for  three  years.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 24.  1883,  Margaret  Gertrude  Patterson,  of 
New  River.  New  Brunswick,  born  May  4. 
t86i,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Ellen  Jane 
(Cassidy)  Patterson,  of  New  River.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Eleanor  Eliza,  born  September  24. 
1884,  graduate  of  the  Perry  Kindergarten 
Normal  School  of  Boston,  now  teaching  in  the 
Scituate  schools.  2.  Walter  Leon,  September 
4,  1886.  graduate  of  the  Storrs  Connecticut 
Agricultural  College  of  Storrs,  Connecticut, 
and  of  the  Chicago  Veterinary  College,  where 
he  took  his  degree  of  M.  D.  V.  3.  Clarence 
Vinal,  April  2,  1895,  died  December  2,  1895. 
4.  Ruth,  November  14,  1897. 

(IX)  William  Nehemiah,  son  of  Nehemiah 
(2)  Curtis,  was  born  at  Portland,  July  27, 
1869.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  graduating  from  the  North  gram- 
mar school  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  During  the 
summer  months  of  his  youth  he  was  employed 
on  the  boats  plying  between  Portland  and  the 
summer  resorts  on  the  islands  of  Casco  Bay. 
He  came  to  Medford  and  entered  the  employ 
of  E.  S.  Randall,  grocer,  and  was  clerk  in  the 
store  until  he  was  seventeen  years  old.  He 
then  spent  two  years  helping  his  father  on  the 
farm  at  Scituate.  He  returned  to  the  store 
at  Medford  as  clerk  for  E.  C.  Page,  who  in  the 
meantime  had  bought  out  Mr.  Randall,  and  re- 
mained three  years.  He  left  to  engage  in  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account  in  partnership  with  a 
fellow-clerk,  William  E.  Partington.  They 
established  a  grocery  at  7  High  street,  Med- 
ford. under  the  firm  name  of  Partington  & 
Curtis.  After  a  year  and  a  half  he  bought  out 
his  partner,  and  at  the  end  of  the  following 
year  sold  the  business  to  advantage  to  F.  W. 
Montague,  for  whom  he  worked  the  next  seven 
years  as  head  clerk.  He  resigned  to  accept  a 
position  with  the  J.  C.  Joslyn  Company  of 
Maiden,  dealers  in  grocery  specialties,  as  trav- 
eling salesman.     He   spent  two  years  in   the 


west  and  on  the  Pacific  coast  in  the  employ  of 
this  house,  then  decided  to  return  to  his  old 
business.  He  bought  out  Mr.  Montague  in 
i8y8  and  three  years  later  acquired  the  store 
of  F.  L.  White  at  300  Salem  street.  In  1901 
he  consolidated  his  two  stores  at  the  Salem 
street  location  and  added  meats  and  provisions 
to  his  stock  in  trade.  He  became  interested 
in  the  Skilton-Foote  Company,  makers  of  the 
Bunker  Hill  pickles,  first  as  a  stockholder  and 
afterward  as  president  of  the  corporation.  He 
retired  from  the  pickle  company  in  1907.  Mr. 
Curtis  is  counted  among  the  most  successful 
merchants  of  the  city  of  Medford.  By  his 
thrift  and  enterprise  he  has  built  up  a  large 
and  profitable  trade  among  the  first  families 
of  the  place,  having  a  number  of  branch  stores 
in  the  city.  He  is  highly  respected  both  as  a 
citizen  and  employer.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  was  a  member  of  the  common 
council  in  1900,  of  the  board  of  aldermen  in 
1907,  and  he  filled  both  offices  with  credit  to 
himself  and  party.  He  has  represented  his 
party  as  delegate  to  various  state  conventions, 
lie  and  his  wife  attend  the  Baptist  church  of 
Medford.  He  is  a  member  of  Mount  Hermon 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons ;  of  Mystic  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Medford;  of  Medford 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  of  Coeur 
de  Lion  Commandery,  Knights  Templar, 
Charlestown;  of  Aleppo  Temple,  C~)rder  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine,  of  Boston  ;  of  Middlesex  Chap- 
ter, No.  64,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  West 
Medford;  of  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  68,  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Medford;  of  Purity  Lodge  of  Re- 
bekahs,  Medford;  of  Hiawatha  Tribe,  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men,  of  Medford.  He 
was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Medford  Club 
and  president  of  the  old  Medford  Cycle  Club. 
He  belongs  to  the  New  England  Grocers'  As- 
sociation and  to  the  Boston  Retail  Grocers" 
Association.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Boston 
Wholesale  Grocery  Company,  a  syndicate  of 
buyers  of  groceries.  He  married,  June  19, 
1901.  Mary  Ella  Jordan,  born  at  South  Port- 
land. Maine.  November  14,  1871,  daughter  of 
John  and  Deborah  (Burnham)  Jordan,  of 
South  Portland.  Her  father  is  connected  with 
the  Cumberland  mills ;  served  in  the  civil  war 
in  Company  E,  Fifth  Maine  Regiment  of  Vol- 
unteers. Their  only  child  is  Katherine,  born 
August  12,  1903. 


Richard  Thayer,  immigrant  an- 
THAYER    cestor,  settled  in  Boston,  Mass- 
achusetts.     He    was    born    and 
baptized  in  Thornbury.  Gloucestershire,  Eng- 


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land,  in  April,  160 1,  and  came  to  America  in 
1641,  bringing  with  him,  according  to  a  deposi- 
tion of  his  son  Richard,  eight  children.  Mis 
son  Richard  settled  in  Braintree.  Richard  ( i ) 
was  a  shoemaker  by  trade.  He  married  in 
Thornbury,  England,  April  5,  1624,  Dorothy 
Mortimore.  lie  married  (second)  Jane  Parker, 
widow  of  John  Parker,  and  in  1658  joined  with 
her  in  a  deed  to  her  Parker  children.  He  died 
before  1668.  (See  Suffolk  Deeds,  V.,  446). 
Children:  i.  Richard,  baptized  February  10, 
1624-25.  2.  Cornelius.  3.  Deborah,  baptized 
February,  1629-30;  married,  April  11,  1653, 
Thomas  Faxon.  4.  Jael,  married,  March  17, 
1654,  John  Harbour,  Jr.  5.  Sarah,  married, 
July  20,  1651,  Samuel  Davis.  6.  Hannah,  mar- 
ried, May  28,  1664,  Samuel  Hayden.  7.  Zach- 
ariah,  died  July  29,  1693;  his  estate  was  ad- 
ministered by  his  brother  Richard.  8.  Abigail, 
died  August  6,  171 7,  aged  sixty-six  years.  9. 
Nathaniel,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Richard  Thayer,  was 
born  about  1650.  He  married,  in  1676,  Deb- 
orah   ,  and  settled  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. Children:  i.  Nathaniel,  born  August 
28,  1671,  died  young.  2.  Deborah,  August  22, 
1678;  died  young.  3.  Nathaniel,  July  11,  1681. 
4.  Zachariah,  May  29,  1683.  5.  Cornelius,  No- 
vember 14,  1684;  mentioned  below.  6.  John, 
April  2,  1687,  died  young.  7.  John,  July  2. 
1688.  8.  Ebenezer,  February  i,  1689.  9.  Deb- 
orah, October  14,  died  October  18,  1691. 

(HI)  Cornelius,  son  of  Nathaniel  Thayer, 
was  born  in  Boston,  November  14,  1684,  and 
lived  in  Boston.     He  married  Lydia  Paine,  in 

1706.  Children:      i.    Lydia,   born    March   6. 

1707.  2.  Nathaniel,  July  17,  1710.  3.  Samuel, 
December  30,  1712.  4.  Deborah,  January  27, 
1714.  5.  Cornelius,  September  15,  1719;  men- 
tioned below.     6.  Tuzell,  March  13,  1725. 

(IV)  Cornelius  (2),  son  of  Cornelius  (i) 
Thayer,  was  born  in  Boston,  September  15, 
1719,  and  resided  in  Boston.  He  married,  Jan- 
uary 7,  1752,  Sarah  Plaisted,  of  Pioston.  He 
dietl  July  29,  1790.  She  died  June.  1775.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Cornelius,  born  November  24,  1752. 
2.  Ebenezer,  March  25,  1754.  died  young.  3. 
Ebenezer,  February  27,  1756;  died  at  sea,  Oc- 
tober, 1781.  4.  John,  May  15,  1758.  5.  Na- 
thaniel, June  10,  1759:  mentioned  below.  6. 
William,  November  9,  1762,  died  .same  month. 
7.  Samuel,  September  3,  1764.  8.  William, 
December  30,  1767. 

(\T)  Dr.  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Cornelius 
(2)  Thayer,  was  born  in  Boston,  June  10, 
1759,  died  June  26,  1824.  He  was  educated 
as  a  physician  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  and 


settled  in  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
resided  as  a  practicing  physician.  Fie  married, 
November  6,  1791,  Anna  Fowler,  of  Durham. 
Connecticut.  She  died  in  May,  1847.  Chil- 
dren: I.  William  Austin,  born  August  5, 
1792.  2.  Lucius  Fowler.  June  22,  1797,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Nancy  Lucretia,  November 
2y.  1804. 

(  \TI  )  Lucius  Fowler,  son  of  Dr.  Nathaniel 
(2)  Thayer,  was  born  June  22,  1797,  died  De- 
cember 10,  1843.  He  came  to  Westfield,  Mass- 
achusetts, when  a  young  man  and  purchased 
a  large  farm,  which  he  conducted  with  success, 
acquiring  a  competence.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1820.  Lydia  Ellsworth,  of  East  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
four.  Children:  i.  Irene  Elizabeth,  born 
October  13,  1822.  2.  Adeline  Maria,  Septem- 
ber 3,  1824.  3.  Serviah  H.,  .April  4.  1827.  4. 
Eliza  Ann,  March  t2,  1829.  5.  Mary,  .\ugust 
5,  1832.     6.  Lucius  Fowler,  mentioned  below. 

(\TII)  Lucius  Fowler  (2),  son  of  Lucius 
Fowler  ( i )  Thayer,  was  born  in  Westfield, 
August  22.  1834.  He  received  his  education 
in  tlie  public  schools  and  in  Westfield  Acad- 
emy, He  studied  civil  engineering,  and  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  went  to  Indiana  to  assist  in  the 
survey  of  the  New  Albany.  Salem  and  Logans- 
port  &  Peoria  railroads.  After  three  years  in 
this  field  of  labor,  he  returned  to  his  native 
town  and  practice  his  profession.  He  has  been 
for  many  years  one  of  the  most  prominent 
civil  engineers  of  Hampden  county.  He  has 
had  important  commissions  from  the  town  and 
county,  having  charge  of  the  ]ilaiming  and  con- 
struction of  county  bridges,  including  the  large 
structures  spanning  the  Westfield  and  Con- 
necticut rivers.  Mr.  Thayer  is  a  Republican 
in  politics  and  served  the  town  of  Westfield 
for  a  period  of  twelve  years  on  the  board  of 
selectmen.  He  disjjlayed  exceptional  fitness 
for  this  important  administrative  office,  and  as 
his  long  term  shows  held  the  confidence  and 
appreciation  of  his  townsmen  for  his  able, 
conscientious  and  efficient  work  on  the  board. 
He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Westfield  Savings  Bank 
and  the  Westfield  Public  Library ;  also  for 
many  years  trustee  of  the  Westfield  Academy. 
His  home  is  at  the  corner  of  Broad  and  Silver 
streets.  Mr.  Thayer  built  the  house  in  1867. 
It  is  surrounded  by  spacious  grounds,  formerly 
part  of  hi's  father's  farm,  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  which  Mr.  Thayer  still  owns. 

He  married  at  Westfield,  September  3,  1856. 
Martha  Ann,  born  August  27,  1838,  at  West- 
field,  daughter  of  Hiram  Harrison,  who  estab- 
lished the  American  Whip  Company,  and  his 


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wife,  Martha  (.Leej  Harrison.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thayer  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  very 
fittingly  September  3.  1906,  and  a  large  num- 
ber of  friends  and  relatives  congratulated  them 
upon  that  occasion.  Mrs.  Thayer  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  an 
active  and  prominent  member  for  many  years. 
Children,  born  at  Westfield :  i.  Rev.  Lucius 
H.,  1857;  now  pastor  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Cliurch  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hamp- 
shire ;  married  Helen  Chadwick  Rand ;  chil- 
dren:  Dorothy,  Lucius  E.,  Sherman  R.  2. 
Hiram  H.,  for  many  years  cashier  of  the  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Commerce  of  Minneapolis, 
.Minnesota ;  now  of  a  stock  food  company ; 
married  Harriet  Carpenter  ;  children  :  Fran- 
cis \V.,  Mary  H.,  Elsie.  3.  Wilham  F.,  super- 
intendent and  treasurer  of  the  Westfield  Gas 
and  Electric  Light  Company;  married  Martha 
Horton  Stearns  :  children  :  Nathaniel,  William. 
Roland  Taylor,  Richard,  Harrison  H.,  ^Mildred 
H.  4.  Rev.  Charles  Snow,  graduate  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  of  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut ;  married  Mary  Shute ;  have  no  chil- 
dren. 5.  Mary  Sprague,  teacher  of  English 
literature  at  "The  Elms,"  a  select  preparatory 
school,  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  6.  Martha 
E.,  died  young.  7.  Frederick,  died  young.  8. 
Clara,  died  young. 


Jonas  R.  Lakin  was  born  in  Eng- 
L.AKIN     land  and   spent  his  youth  in  his 

native  place,  receiving  a  common 
school  education  and  learning  his  trade  there. 
He  married  and  accompanied  by  his  two  chil 
dren  came  to  this  country  in  1841,  and  settled 
in  Connecticut. 

(H)  James  Alfred,  son  of  Jonas  R.  Lakin, 
was  born  February  7,  1841.  in  England,  died 
at  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  October  2,  1898. 
He  attended  the  public  schools,  but  his  educa- 
tion was  largely  acquired  by  private  study  and 
contact  with  the  world.  His  business  career 
began  in  1865  when  he  engaged  in  the  watch 
and  jewelry  business.  He  was  for  many  years 
president  of  the  American  Casket  Hardware 
Company  of  Westfield.  He  was  very  success- 
ful in  business.  He  enlisted  in  the  First  Mass- 
achusetts Regiment  in  the  civil  war.  He  was 
prominent  in  public  affairs.  He  represented 
the  second  Hampden  representative  district  in 
the  general  court  in  1890-91,  and  '1892  was 
elected  to  the  state  senate  from  the  second 
Hampshire  senatorial  district,  and  was  an 
efficient  member  of  the  committee  on  railroads. 
He  has  been  especially  interested  in  the  public 
schools.  He  was  well  known  in  Masonic  circles. 


was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd    Fellows   and    Knights   of    Pythias.      He 

married  (first) .    He  married  (second) 

March,  1870,  Lucy  .\delaide,  born  December 
30,  1845,  daughter  of  Luther  and  .\dah  (War- 
ren )  Tower  (see  Tower,  \TI|.  Child  of  the 
first  wife:  Henry  Alfred,  died  at  Westfield 
in  1908.  Children  of  second  wife:  Beulah 
May,  married  Percy  S.  ( jates  ;  Bertha  .\delaide, 
.Vda  Maud. 

(The  Tower  Line,  see  Robert  Tower  1). 

(Ill)  John  (2)  Tower,  son  of  John  (i) 
Tower,  was  baptized  December  13,  1639,  died 
in  L^iraintree,  .August  30,  1693.  He  lived  in 
Hinghani  about  fourteen  years  after  liis  mar- 
riage, when  he  removed  to  Braintree.  He 
owned  land  in  Plymouth  colony,  but  never 
settled  there.  He  married.  May  14,  1669, 
.Sarah  Hardin,  who  died  October  16,  1729, 
daughter  of  John  Hardin,  of  Braintree.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Benjamin,  born  January  25,  1673-74. 
z.  (jideon,  January  26,  1676-77,  died  October 
26,  1698.  3.  Sarah,  October  21,  1679.  4.  John, 
Jrme  18,  1682.  5.  Joseph,  February  2'/.  1685- 
86;  mentioned  below.  6.  Mary,  April  26, 1690. 
(I\')  Joseph,  son  of  John  (2)  Tower,  was 
born  in  Braintree,  February  27,  1685-86,  and 
resided  there,  probably  in  that  part  of  the 
town  which  became  Randolph.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  his  name  a])pears  in  several  real 
estate  transactions,  the  last  one  when  he  was 
seventy-six  years  old.  He  died  intestate,  prob- 
ably not  far  from  that  time.  He  married 
(first)  Ruth  Thayer,  who  died  March  28.  1752. 
He  married  (second),  the  intention  published 

March  2~,  1756, .     He  married  (third), 

intention  publis^ied  1769,  Hannah  Jones, 
widow.  Children,  born  in  Braintree  :  I.  Ruth. 
March  6,  171 1.  2.  Hannah,  September  18. 
1713.  3.  Sarah,  February  18,  1715-16.  4. 
John,  February  7,  1717-18.  5.  Margaret,  Au- 
gust 21,  1721.  6.  Gideon,  1723.  7.  Joseph, 
mentioned  below.     8.  Mary. 

(V)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Tower, 
was  born  in  Braintree,  and  married  Rebecca 

.     He  died  in  Randolph,  September  7, 

1 801.  He  served  in  the  revolution  as  sergeant 
in  Captain  Seth  Turner's  company,  answered 
the  Lexington  alarm,  .April  19,  1775  ;  in  March, 
1776,  he  served  as  lieutenant  in  Captain  Eli- 
phalet  Sawin's  company,  and  again  in  June 
of  the  same  year,  also  in  Captain  Peter  Thay- 
er's company  which  marched  for  the  relief  of 
Fort  William  Henry,  and  later  in  Captain 
Ward's  company  for  five  months.  Tradition 
says  that  he  was  at  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne. 
His  will   was  dated  December   18,    1800,  and 


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proved  October  6.  1801.  It  mentions  wife 
Rebecca  and  children,  Isaac.  Joseph,  Jane,  Re- 
becca and  Ruth.  The  others  probably  died 
young.  Children,  born  at  Braintree :  I.  Re- 
becca, married.  1778.  Luther  Spear.  2.  Jane 
married.  1778,  Eli  Spear.  3.  .Abraham.  4. 
Elizabeth.  5.  Isaac,  born  February  22.  I7'')7: 
mentioned  below.  6.  Ruth.  7.  Rhoda.  8. 
Mary.    g.  Joseph,  born  1780. 

(  \T  )  Isaac,  son  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  (  2  ) 
Tower,  was  born  February  22,  1767,  in  Ran- 
dolph, died  there  March  12.  1834.  He  mar- 
ried. July  I,  1798,  Mary  Thayer,  born  1777. 
died  .A.pril  11.  183 1.  Children,  born  in  Ran- 
dolph: I.  Orramel,  March  8,  1799.  2.  Isaac. 
.\ugust  22,  1 80 1.  3.  Mary.  November  23, 
1803.  4.  Benjamin  F.,  April  24.  1806.  dietl 
on  the  Pacific  Ocean,  1862.  5.  Sally.  Decem- 
ber 29,  T807.  6.  Elmira.  July  11,  1810.  7. 
Luther,  mentioned  below.  8.  Silas  D..  Sep- 
tember 23.  1815,  died  September  i.  1841.  9- 
Lorenzo.  May  14.  1820. 

|\'I1)  Luther,  son  of  Isaac  Tower,  was 
l)orn  July  22.  181 3.  in  Randolph,  died  January 
I.  1900,  at  Brockton.  He  married.  September 
8,  1833,  Adan  Warren,  born  June  29.  1815. 
died  1893.  daughter  of  Cyrus  and  Olive  (  Bis- 
bee)  Warren,  of  Bridgewater.  Children :  1 
.Silas  Franklin,  born  September  3,  1837.  2. 
Lucy  Jane.  .September  28,  1840,  died  January 
14,  1843.  .3-  Rosa  J..  May  16.  1843.  4-  I-iicy 
.■\delaide,  December  30,  1845:  married  James 
,\lfred  Lakin.  of  Westfield  (see  Lakin.  II). 
5.  George  Marius,  June  6. 1848.  6.  Mary  Ellen. 
November  18.  1851.  died  December  22.  1854. 


(For  preceding  generations  see  Samuel  Chapin  II. 

(lU)  Samuel  Chapin.  eldest 
CH.M'IX  child  of  Japhet  and  .\bilenah 
(  Cooley  )  Chapin.  was  born  July 
4,  1663.  and  died  October  19.  1729.  The 
"Chapin  Genealogy"  states  that  his  place  of 
residence  was  at  the  upper  end  of  Chicojiee 
street,  on  the  west  side,  and  near  the  residence 
of  his  father  Japhet.  His  house  stood  not 
far  from  the  place  where  Ephraim  Chapin  in 
after  years  built  a  house,  and  where  he  re- 
sided and  where  his  grandson.  Briant  Chapin. 
lived  in  i860  and  later.  It  was  afterward 
owned  and  occupierl  by  his  son  Elisha,  and 
after  he  was  killed  by  Indians,  it  passed  into 
th(  possession  of  .Abel,  son  of  Thomas,  anu 
afterward  to  Ephraim,  son  of  Benjamin,  who 
married  Jemima,  daughter  of  Abel,  and  after 
the  death  of  Ephraim.  to  his  son  Frederick, 
and  after  his  death  to  his  son  Briant.  Samuel 
Chapin   set  out  two  pear  trees  on   this  place 


which  bore  fruit  for  the  first  time  the  year 
he  died,  1730.  One  of  these  trees  stood  till 
1859,  and  never  failed  to  bear  delicious  fruit, 
except  one  year,  up  to  1834.  Samuel  Chapin 
had  been  at  his  daily  labor  on  land  which  he 
owned  on  the  west  side  of  the  Connecticut 
river,  and  had  just  entered  a  boat  on  his  return 
at  night,  when  he  was  fired  upon  by  some  In- 
dians lying  in  ambush  among  the  willows  which 
grew  near  the  water.  He  was  wounded,  though 
not  dangerously.  Samuel  Chapin  married,  De- 
cember 24,  1690.  Hannah  Sheldon.  Children : 
Hannah,  .\bilene.  Mary  (died  young).  Sam- 
uel, Caleb.  Experience,  Mary,  Elisha,  Lydia 
and  Henry.  Caleb  was  killed  by  the  Indians 
at  Lake  George,  1755. 

ll\')  Captain  Elisha,  third  son  of  Samuel 
and  Hannah  ( Sheldon  »  Chapin,  was  born  in 
Springfield,  July  16,  1707,  died  July  11,  1756. 
He  was  an  energetic  and  courageous  citizen 
and  a  captain  of  the  militia.  In  1754  he  was 
commander  of  Fort  Massachusetts,  and  two 
years  later,  July  1 1,  was  massacred  by  Indians 
at  Hnnsac.  now  W'illiamstown.  He  married. 
March  30.  1738.  Miriam,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Margaret  El\'.  Children  :  Miriam,  Enoch. 
■  Levi.  Samuel.  .Sewell.  Sophia.  Sarah  .\.  and 
Elisha. 

( \' )  Enoch,  eldest  son  of  Captain  Elisha 
and  Miriam  (Ely)  Chapin,  was  born  Septem- 
ber ifi,  1740,  died  October  28,  1802.  He  mar- 
ried Eunice,  daughter  of  Daniel  Nash,  of  South 
Hadley.  She  was  born  October  8.  T744.  died 
November  27.  1794.  Children:  Cleone.  Climene. 
Enoch  (died  young).  Eunice.  Clarissa,  a  son, 
Enoch  and  Sewell. 

(AT)  Deacon  Enoch  (2),  third  son  of 
Enoch  (  I )  and  Eunice  (  Nash  )  Chapin,  was 
born  November  16,  1784,  died  in  1862.  He 
resided  at  South  Hadley  Falls,  where  for  many 
years  he  was  a  highly  respected  and  useful 
citizen.  He  married,  December  19,  181 1,  Lydia. 
widow  of  Gordon  Chapin.  and  a  daughter  of 
Captain  .Ariel  and  Lydia  Cooley.  She  died 
-\pril  2^.  1850.  Children:  Enoch  Cooley, 
Ogden  Nash  (died  young),  Ogden  Nash  and 
.Ariel  Cooley. 

(VH)  Enoch  Cooley.  eldest  son  of  Enoch 
(21  and  Lydia  (Cooley)  (Chapin)  Chapin, 
was  born  November  12,  18 12.  died  November 
4.  1858.  He  resided  at  South  Hadley  Falls. 
He  was  engaged  in  farming.  He  was  a  Whig 
anrl  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church. 
He  married  Harriet  Jenks,  bornin  1820.  daugh- 
ter of  John  S.  and  Electa  .Abbee.  She  died 
.March  6,  1885.  Children:  Edmund  Cooley, 
Xrthur  Nash.  Charles  Frederick  and  Theodore. 


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(VIII)  Arthur  Xasli,  second  son  of  Enoch 
Cooky  and  Harriet  Jenks  (Abbee)  Chapin. 
was  born  at  South  Hadley  Falls,  January  28, 
1850.  His  father  died  when  Arthur  N.  was 
eight  years  old,  and  he  learned  early  to  de- 
pend upon  himself  for  the  satisfaction  of  his 
wants.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
South  Hadley  Falls  and  those  of  Lowville, 
New  York,  assisting  himself  to  an  education. 
At  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  in  his  native  town.  Four 
vears  later  he  aban<loned  that  occupation  for 
the  ice  business  in  which  he  continued  all  the 
remainder  of  his  active  business  life,  except 
ten  years — when  he  held  political  offices — until 
his  retirement  in  1904.  He  has  often  been 
called  to  serve  the  public  and  has  filled  the 
offices  of  constable,  tax  collector,  assessor  and 
selectman,  and  is  now  superintendent  of  streets 
in  South  lladley.  In  political  affiliations  he 
is  a  Republican,  and  in  religious  faith  a  Con- 
gregationalist.  He  married  (first)  1874,  Ella 
Warner;  (second)  December  6.  1881,  Eliza, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Galbraith,  of  Canada.  They 
have  no  children. 


Dr.  Thomas  Luce,  son  of  Jus- 
CHAP.M.V.V  tin,  born  in  llolton,  Connecti- 
cut, and  Tabitha  Chapman, 
(who  died  May  23,  1823).  was  born  at  Pitts- 
field.  181 7.  died  in  Springfield,  August  20, 
1889.  He  was  led  to  choose  medicine  by  the 
influence  of  Dr.  Samuel  D.  Brooks,  of  Pitts- 
field,  afterwards  a  prominent  citizen  of  Spring- 
field, who  was  his  companion  at  school  in  Pitts- 
field.  Both  young  men  became  interested  in 
religious  matters  there  and  determined  to  enter 
the  missionary  field.  Dr.  Chapman  recalled 
with  considerable  interest  the  circumstances 
which  led  to  this  step.  He  attended  a 
prayer  meeting  one  evening  and  a  thunder 
storm  came  up.  The  church  was  shattered  by 
lightning  which  prostrated  about  thirty  mem- 
bers of  the  congregation,  all  of  whom  were 
seriously  injured  and  one  fatally.  Young  Chap- 
man's back  was  burned  badly  and  his  clothes 
torn.  While  recovering  from  this  shock  he 
was  cared  for  at  the  home  of  a  man  whose 
interest  in  the  patient's  welfare  led  to  his  con- 
version as  well  as  physical  healing,  1834. 
Young  Brooks  was  led  to  take  the  same  stand. 
and  their  friendship  was  intimate  from  that 
time.  I'oth  went  to  the  preparatory  school  in 
Wilton,  Connecticut,  to  fit  for  college,  but  the 
man  who  had  offered  to  pay  for  their  college 
course  died,  and  they  gave  up  the  plan.  Young 
Chapman's    health    was    then    suffering,     ami 


while  with  his  friend  Brooks  he  became  inter- 
ested in  the  medical  books  of  the  latter  and 
decided  to  study  to  be  a  physician.  They  fitted 
for  professional  work  at  the  Berkshire  Medical 
Institute  at  Pittsfield  during  the  palmy  days 
under  the  administration  of  President  Childs. 
This  school  was  then  one  of  the  most  import- 
ant in  the  coimtry  and  had  two  hundred  stu- 
dents annually.  Dr.  Bro<jks  graduated  in  1841, 
and  Dr.  Chapman  in  1842.  On  graduation 
Dr.  Chapman  settled  in  Eongmeadow,  where 
he  practiced  over  thirty  years  with  a  short 
interval,  1849-50,  in  which  he  visited  Cali- 
fornia. He  early  became  identified  with  the 
Hampden  District  Medical  Society  and  served 
as  its  secretary  in  1847-49,  vice-president  in 
1871-72,  and  president  in  1872-74.  He  was 
much  loved  as  a  physician,  and  especially  by 
the  poor,  whom  he  befrienfled.  Politicall)  he 
was  a  Re]niblican,  always  taking  an  active 
interest  in  campaigns,  and  in  1864  he  served 
a  term  in  the  state  senate,  but  his  modesty  and 
retiring  disposition  made  him  shun  public  jiosi- 
ti(jns.  The  one  thing  which  friends  remarked 
more  than  others  about  him  was  his  genuine- 
ness and  his  dislike  of  all  pretense.  In  1876, 
after  his  second  marriage,  he  removed  to 
Springfield.  He  kept  an  office  at  Longmeadow 
for  some  time,  but  gradually  withdrew  from 
active  jjractice,  and  lived  happily  with  his 
friends  and  books.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church  of  Longmeadow  for 
many  vears,  and  served  as  its  Sunday  school 
superintendent,  and  although  he  attended  the 
First  Church  in  Springfield  after  moving  to 
that  city  he  always  maintained  an  interest  in 
the  church  and  town  afi^airs  of  Longmeadow. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Club.  He  was  a  modest  and  true  man  and  a 
very  conscientious  Christian,  and  a  man  of 
more  than  ordinary  refinement.  His  gentle 
nature  made  him  a  favorite  with  chiklren,  and 
he  ap]5eared  on  the  streets  almost  daily,  driving 
with  his  nieces,  children  of  Rev.  D.  A.  Reed, 
lie  was  much  interested  in  the  cultivation  of 
flowers  and  fruit,  and  was  active  in  the  work 
of  horticultural  society.  During  his  last  ill- 
ness many  beautiful  flowers  were  sent  him  by 
friends,  some  coming  from  most  unexpected 
(|uarters.  He  was  one  of  the  chief  promoters 
of  the  Home  for  .Aged  Women  in  Springfield, 
and  was  one  of  its  officers.  He  started  the 
subscription  for  the  project  and  the  meeting 
for  organization  was  held  at  the  home  of  his 
father-iw-law,  Marvin  Chapin,  who  was  also 
interested,  in  October,  1884.  Dr.  Chapman 
possessed  rare  gentleness  and  unselfishness  of 


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character,  and  both  during  his  long  professional 
career  at  Longmeadovv  and  after  he  took  up 
his  residence  in  Springfield  he  attracted  friends 
who  became  attached  to  him  by  the  strongest 
ties.  Dr.  Chapman  married  (first)  Charlotte 
Langdon,  daughter  of  John  Langdon,  of  Ports- 
mouth, a  cousin  of  Wendell  Phillips,  and  a 
niece  of  Thomas  Cordis,  a  Boston  merchant, 
who  in  his  later  life  resided  in  Longmeadow. 
They  had  one  child,  a  daughter,  who  died 
when  about  six  years  old.  Mrs.  Chapman  died 
November,  1874.  Dr.  Chapman  married  (sec- 
ond) December,  1876,  Alary  D.  Chapin,  daugh- 
ter of  Marvin  and  Rebecca  (Stowe)  Chapin, 
of  Sjaringfield  (see  Chapin,  VII).  She  sur- 
vives him.  .A-bout  two  years  after  their  mar- 
riage Dr.  and  Mrs.  Chapman  complied  with 
her  father's  request  to  move  into  his  residence 
in  Springfield  in  order  that  she  might  have  the 
oversight  of  his  home.  There  Dr.  Chapman 
died  of  gastric  fever  and  heart  failure  at  sev- 
enty-two years  of  age,  surrounded  by  a  large 
number  of  friends  to  whom  his  memory  will 
always  be  fragrant. 


This  family  is  a  numerous  one 
W'llEKUiR  in  Massachusetts,  and  is  scat- 
tered everywhere  from  the 
Atlantic  to  the  Pacific.  There  were  numerous 
stems  to  start  with  among  the  early  emigrants, 
and  each  founded  a  house  of  Wheeler.  Wheeler 
comes  from  wheelwright.  The  family  were 
noted  for  feats  of  strength,  and  one  who  served 
in  the  early  wars  was  called  by  the  Indians 
"the  strong  man  ;"  they  were  afraid  of  him. 
Stories  have  been  told  how  he  bested  the  red- 
skins in  single  combat,  and  of  his  wonderful 
stunts  at  barn-raisings.  Wheelers  of  distinc- 
tion have  been  \'ice-President  William  A. 
Wheeler,  and  General  Joseph  Wheeler. 

(I)  Peter  Wheeler  was  born  in  that  part 
of  Groton  now  known  at  Littleton,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1733.  He  served  with  Captain  Patch 
as  a  joiner's  apprentice.  He  is  said  to  have 
lived  for  a  time  in  Enfield,  Massachusetts, 
coming  to  Chesterfield,  New  Hampshire,  in 
1752,  and  bought  a  lot  in  range  15.  He  lived 
where  Russell  H.  Davis  afterward  lived,  by 
the  brook  that  bears  his  name,  near  Wantasti- 
c|uet  mountain.  He  worked  on  the  old  meeting- 
house in  1814.  He  married  Olive,  daughter 
of  Simeon  Davis,  of  Greenwich,  Massachu- 
setts. Children:  Lydia,  Peter,  Jane,  John. 
Ephraim,  Jonathan,  Olive,  Samdel  and  Sarah. 

(II)  Jonathan,  in  whom  the  line  of  descent 
is  continued  was  sixth  of  the  nine  children  of 
Peter  and  Olive    (Davis)    Wheeler,   and  born 


in  Enfield,  Massachusetts.  He  removed  to 
Chesterfield.  The  purney  was  made  with  a 
yoke  of  oxen,  one  of  them  dying  on  the  way, 
Jonathan  being  an  Ajax  in  strength,  carried 
one  end  of  the  yoke  the  remainder  of  the 
journey.  He  married  Levinia,  daughter  of 
.\aron  Fiske.  in  1802.  Their  children  were 
John.  Louise  and  Addison. 

(HI)  John,  eldest  son  of  Jonathan  and 
T^evinia  (Fi.ske)  Wheeler,  was  born  in  Chester- 
field. He  married  Roxanna,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward and  Demis  (Titus)  Hall.  Demis  was 
daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph  Titus,  of  Sutton, 
who  was  from  the  emigrant  Robert,  of  Stand- 
stead  Abbey,  in  Hertfordshire.  Children  of 
John:  Olive  D.,  John  A.,  Jonathan  F.,  Foster, 
Hoyt  IL,  Frances  W.,  Ann  \'.  and  Norman  F. 

( I\')  Norman  Fiske,  youngest  son  of  John 
(2)  and  Roxanna  (Hall)  Wheeler,  was  born 
in  Chesterfield,  August  18,  1842.  He  gained 
his  education  in  his  native  town  and  at  New- 
fane,  X'ermont.  In  i860  he  came  to  Spring- 
field, where  he  now  resides.  His  first  employ- 
ment was  with  a  candy  factory.  In  April,  1861, 
he  enlisted  in  Company  ¥,  Tenth  Alassachu- 
setts  Infantry.  After  his  discharge  in  No- 
vember of  that  year  he  went  with  Smith  & 
Wesson,  the  gunsmiths.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  was  a  commercial  traveler  for  silk 
houses.  In  1902  he  bought  out  an  apothecary 
business  in  Springfield,  of  which  he  is  now 
proprietor.  He  is  a  Mason  of  Knight  Templar 
rank,  and  belongs  to  the  Masonic  Club.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Sarah,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin Waterman,  December  16.  1864.  Chil- 
dren :  Frank,  born  April,  1866,  who  is  a  travel- 
ing salesman;  Fred  Norman,  December  15, 
1868,  who  is  with  his  father  in  business,  and 
married  Grace  Barrett ;  Harriett  Roxanna,  De- 
cember. 1880,  who  married  Robert  R.  Martin, 
and  they  have  one  child,  Norman  Wheeler 
Martin. 

(IV)  Hon.  Hoyt  H.  Wheeler,  fifth  child 
of  John  and  Roxanna  (Hall)  Wheeler,  was 
born  in  Chesterfield.  His  early  schooling  was 
in  the  country  school,  supplemented  with  in- 
struction at  New  fane  Academy.  He  studied 
law  with  Charles  K.  Field,  of  Newfane,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Windham  county, 
l>eginning  practice  at  Jamaica,  Vermont.  He 
represented  that  town  in  the  legislature  in 
1867,  and  was  returned  to  the  senate  in  1868- 
69.  He  was  made  a  judge  of  the  Vermont 
supreme  court.  President  Hayes  transferring 
him  to  a  federal  judgeship.  Possessing  the 
judicial  temperament,  learned  in  the  law,  he 
made  a  wise  and  model  judge.     He  reflected 


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credit  not  only  upon  himself,  but  upon  those 
who  appointed  him,  and'  his  decisions  have 
been  widely  (]uoted  as  sound  law. 


The  Blodgett  family  in 
RLODGETT  America  is  of  English  origin. 
From  Thomas,  the  immi- 
grant ancestor  have  descended  many  pioneers, 
his  immediate  family  removing  to  Woburn, 
where  they  became  numerous,  and  one  branch, 
moving  through  Chelmsford  and  Westford 
finally  located  at  Hudson,  New  Hampshire, 
about  17 lo,  at  a  period  so  early  that  the 
l)ioneer  had  to  live  in  a  garrison  for  protection 
against  the  Indians,  and  a  son  of  his  was  the 
first  white  male  child  born  in  that  town.  From 
Hudson  a  detachment  settled  in  Plymouth, 
and  thence  went  members  of  the  family  to 
central  Xew  York.  Several  families  from 
Hudson  settled  at  Dorchester,  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  they  abode  for  two  generations. 
From  Woburn  and  Chelmsford  they  also  went 
to  Lexington,  and  Windsor.  Connecticut,  in 
both  of  which  localities  they  became  numerous 
and  prominent.  At  the  beginning  of  the  nine- 
teenth century  they  were  widely  scattered 
throughout  New  England.  In  addition  to 
places  already  named  they  were  prominent  in 
.\mherst,  Ashburnham,  llrimfield.  Palmer  and 
Westminster,  Massachusetts,  and  there  were 
many  representatives  in  other  Massachusetts 
towns;  also  in  Connecticut  and  Rhode  Island, 
and  some  in  Maine  and  \  ermont.  The}'  were  ;; 
patriotic  race.  They  served  in  the  French  and 
Indian  wars,  at  the  siege  and  cajiture  of  Louis- 
burg,  in  the  invasion  of  Canada,  and  the  names 
are  preserved  of  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
revolutionary  soldiers.  Many  individuals  have 
conferred  honor  and  distinction  on  the  name. 
Samuel  illodgett  filled  many  important  offices 
in  civil  and  military  life  in  Massachusetts  and 
Xew  Hampshire.  He  was  a  friend  and  corre- 
spondent of  Washington,  was  called  tlie 
"Pioneer  of  Progress,"  and  was  best  known  bv 
his  great  enterprise  in  completing  a  canal 
around  .\moskeag  Falls,  at  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire.  A  son  of  his,  Samuel,  Jr.,  served 
on  the  staff  of  Washington,  and  after  tlie 
national  capital  was  projected  on  the  banks  of 
the  Potomac,  he  was  chairman  i)f  the  com- 
missioners to  further  the  project,  built  the  first 
house  there,  and  furnished  the  first  money 
{.fio.ooo)  toward  laying  the  foundation  of 
the  capitol  and  the  president's  house.  In  the 
eighth  generation  there  have  been  a  L'nited 
States  senator,  a  judge  of  the  United  States 
district  court,  a  chief  justice  of  the  sui>reme 


Court  of  one  New  England  state,  an  eminent 
judge  of  the  superior  court  of  another,  a  pub- 
licist and  statistician  of  national  reputation,  a 
member  of  the  New  York  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce:  and  in  the  ninth  generation  a  judge  of 
the  supreme  court  of  a  third  New  England 
state.  The  name  has  been  variously  spelled. 
Genealogical  records  furnish  not  less  than 
twenty-four  variations,  most  of  them  of  course 
the  offspring  of  illiteracy ;  one  or  two  branches 
have  adopted  a  fanciful  termination,  perhaps 
to  make  plausible  the  claim  that  it  had  a 
Huguenot  origin,  but  there  is  no  good  ground 
for  that ;  the  family  came  from  the  eastern 
counties  of  England.  The  original  immigrant 
wrote  the  name  P)logget,  and  that  form  pre- 
vailed for  a  century  ;  then  P>lodget  was  adopted, 
and  about  a  hundred  years  ago  Blodgett  be- 
came the  form  followed  by  most  of  the  name, 
and  it  is  interesting  to  find  from  the  "Visita- 
tions," ( the  Parish  Records  of  Suffolk  and 
Norfolk )  that  this  was  the  correct  and  as  far 
as  observed,  the  only  English  spelling  as  far 
back  as  1 561,  long  before  the  immigrant 
Thomas  arrived  in  P>oston.  The  name  is  vari- 
ously sjjelled  in  the  early  Massachusetts  rec- 
ords—  r.lodget,  Pdodgett,  liloyett,  Blogget. 
Bloghead,  Bloget,  Vloggitt,  P.loged,  Blokwod. 
Bloggot  and  Blodgit. 

(I)  In  the  great  tide  of  immigration  be- 
tween 1630  and  1640  came  Thomas  Blogget,  a 
glover,  aged  thirty,  and  his  wife,  Susan,  aged 
thirty-seven,  with  two  young  sons  Daniel  aged 
four,  and  Samuel  aged  one  and  one-half  years. 
rhe\-  embarked  in  the  "Increase"  at  London, 
,\pril  18.  1635.  and  arrived  in  Boston  in  due 
course.  Thomas  Blodgett  was  born  in  1605, 
of  an  ancient  and  honorable  family,  and  set- 
tled in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
had  a  grant  of  land  March  6,  1636-37,  and 
died  in  1641.  His  will  dated  ,\ugust  10,  1640. 
proved  July  8,  following,  be(|ueathed  to  wife 
Susan  and  three  surviving  children,  named 
below.  His  widow  married,  February  15. 
1643-44.  James  Thompson,  of  Woburn;  she 
died  February  10,  1660-61.  His  children  were: 
I,  Daniel,  subject  of  the  next  paragraph.  2. 
Sanniel.  3.  Susanna,  born  in  Cambridge,  June. 
1637:  married  Jonathan  Thompson,  son  of 
lames  Thompson,  her  steiifather,  4.  Thomas, 
died  .\usust  7,   1639,  in  infancy. 

(  H  )  Daniel,  eldest  child  of  Thomas  and 
Susan  Blodgett,  was  born  in  England,  in  1631 
He  was  one  of  the  original  jietitioners  for  the 
town  of  Chelmsford,  and  resided  in  that  part 
of  the  town  which  in  1729  was  set  off  as 
Westford.      His   name    frcf|nently   appears   in 


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the  early  town  records  of  Chelmsford,  and  he 
(lied  there  February  28,  1672.  September  15, 
1653,  he  married  Mary  Butterfield,  who  died 
September  5,  1666.  His  second  wife  was 
Sarah,  daughter  of  William  Underwood.  The 
children  of  his  first  union  were :  Thomas. 
Anna.  Daniel,  Benjamin,  Jonathan.  Samuel 
and  Nathaniel,  the  last  named  of  whom  died 
March  10,  1669. 

(III)  Thomas,  eldest  child  of  Daniel  and 
Mary  (Butterfield)  Blodgett.  was  born  in 
Chelmsford.  June  25,  1654.  He  resided  on 
what  is  known  as  the  Amos  Heywood  place, 
and  died  (probably)  March  30.  1741.  He 
married  (first)  April  29.  1682,  Mary  Parkis, 
born  August  10,  1657.  daughter  of  Joseph 
Parkis.  of  Chelmsford;  (second)  July  8.  1696. 
Mary  Druse,  of  Groton.  Massachusetts.  His 
first  wife  bore  him  Rebecca.  Joseph  and  Ben- 
jamin, and  the  children  of  his  second  union 
were  John.  Samuel.  Mary  and  Anne. 

( IV )  Joseph,  second  child  and  eldest  son 
of  Thomas  and  Mary  (  Parkis)  Blodgett,  was 
born  in  Chelmsford  (West  Parish).  October 
10.  1689.  About  the  year  1710  he  went  to 
Nottingham  West  (now  Hudson),  New 
Hampshire,  as  a  pioneer,  and  for  some  years 
after  settling  there  it  was  necessary  to  be  con- 
stantly on  the  alert  for  hostile  savages.  The 
site  of  the  old  garrison  which  served  to  protect 
him  and  his  neighbors  in  times  of  danger  is 
now  marked  by  a  boulder  suitably  inscribed. 
He  died  in  Hudson.  December  3.  1761.  He 
married  Dorothy  Perham.  a  woman  of  marked 
ability,  born  July  9.  1696.  died  March  6.  1778. 
Children:  Joseph.  Ebenezer.  Jeremiah,  Abi- 
gail. Dorothy.  Rebecca.  Jonathan  and  James. 
Ebenezer  and  James  Blodgett  were  among  the 
early  settlers  in  Plymouth,  New  Hampshire. 

(V)  Jonathan,  fourth  son  of  Joseph  and 
Dorothy  (  Perham)  Bloi'gett.  was  born  Decem- 
ber 5.  1730.  in  Nottingham  West  (now  Hud- 
son)'. New  Hampshire,  and  died  November  2. 
1820.  according  to  his  tombstone.  The  record 
of  his  death  at  Hudson  states  that  he  was 
ninetv  years  of  age.  and  the  church  record 
indicates  that  he  was  born  in  1726.  His  wife 
was  a  Provender,  of  York,  Maine.  No  record 
of  their  children  has  been  found.  The  family 
record  however  shows  that  the  next  was  one 
of  them. 

(  \  I  )  Tabez,  son  of  Jonathan  Blodgett.  was 
born  January  4.  1767.  at  Hudson,  where  he 
jirobably  passed  his  life.  The  family  record 
shows  fifteen  children. 

(MI)  .\lfred.  son  of  Jabez  Blodgett.  was 
li(irn   Mav  2T.   1801.  in  Hudson.  New  Hamp- 


shire, and  settled  at  Berlin,  \'ermont,  where 
he  died  in  1880.  The  date  of  his  birth  as  here 
given  is  from  the  Hudson  town  records,  but 
the  family  record  makes  it  May  9.  He  mar- 
ried Susan  Davidson;  children:  i.  William 
Alfred,  see  forward.  2.  Anne  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried Martin  Reed,  and  resided  in  Alontpelier. 
X'ermont.  3.  Mary,  married  Marcellus  Mun- 
roe.  of  Somerville.  Massachusetts.  4.  Jane, 
married  John  Blaisdell.  of  the  same  place.  5. 
Harriet,  married  Julius  Wheelock.  of  Mont- 
pelier.  \'ermunt. 

(VIII)  William  Alfred,  eldest  child  of  Al- 
fred and  Susan  (Davidson)  Blodgett.  was  born 
December  29.  1829,  in  Charlestown  (now 
Somerville),  Massachusetts,  and  died  at  Wo- 
burn.  December  23.  1890.  He  early  gave  his 
attention  to  business,  and  became  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Taggard.  Blodgett  &  Company,  of 
Boston,  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  railroad 
and  bar  iron  and  steel.  This  firm  was  later 
Blodgett  &  White,  and  after  its  dissolution 
Mr.  Blodgett  operated  a  factory  at  Watertown. 
Massachusetts,  where  he  manufactured  artistic 
bronzes.  He  married,  at  Somerville.  August 
28.  i8s5.  Anna  Maria  Taggard.  born  Septem- 
ber 11",  1831.  in  Boston,  daughter  of  John  and 
Eliza  (Welsh)  Taggard.  Children:  I.  John 
Taggard.  born  at  Belmont.  May  16.  1859;  re- 
sides at  Providence,  Rhode  Island;  is  judge  of 
sujireme  court  of  that  state.  2.  Eliza  Maria, 
born  at  Belmont.  April  19.  1861  ;  has  been  a 
high  school  teacher  at  Woburn.  and  member 
of  the  school  committee  ;  married.  September 
2.  1886.  Hon.  George  Fremont  Bean,  of  Wo- 
burn: Mr.  Bean  is  a  lawyer,  has  been  a  mem- 
Ijer  of  the  school  committee,  and  has  held  the 
office  of  mayor  of  the  city  of  Woburn.  3. 
William  Edward,  mentioned  below.  4.  Isabella 
Williams,  born  at  Belmont.  October  13,  1865. 
died  at  Watertown.  June  31.  1870.  5.  Gertrude 
Alice,  born  at  Watertown.  November  19.  1871. 
died  at  Watertown.  July  18.  1872. 

(  IN)  Hon.  William  Edward,  second  son  of 
William  Alfred  and  Anna  M.  (Taggard)  Blod- 
gett. was  born  April  18,  1864.  in  Belmont. 
Massachusetts,  and  married.  January  9.  1894, 
Mabel  Edith  Owen,  born  at  Woburn.  Octo- 
ber 21.  1874.  daughter  of  Henry  and  Emma 
(Edmonds)  Owen.  Mr.  Blodgett  gained  his 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  New  Eng- 
land, and  was  graduated  from  the  high  school 
of  Providence.  Rhode  Island.  For  more  than 
twenty  years  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  busi- 
ness of  fire-proof  construction,  first  in  the 
employ  of  R.  Guastavino.  and  since  1897  as  a 
director  and   treasurer  of  the   R.    Guastavino 


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Company,  contractors,  the  company  being  in- 
corporated in  that  year,  having  offices  in  New 
York  and  Boston,  and  a  factory  at  Woburn, 
completed  in  1907,  and  pronounced  the  hand- 
somest plant  of  its  kind  ;  both  in  structure  and 
setting,  in  the  country,  and  fully  up-to-date  in 
all  respects.  When  about  fourteen  years  of 
age  he  went  to  Te.xas  and  lived  there  about 
four  years.  At  seventeen  years  of  age  he  was 
a  mounted  deputy  sheriff  in  Refugio  county, 
Texas.  Politically  Mr.  Blodgett  has  attained 
a  high  standing  in  the  estimation  of  his  fellow 
citizens.  Although  a  Republican,  he  has  had 
the  support  of  members  of  all  political  parties, 
and  was  elected  mayor  of  Woburn,  nominally 
Democratic  by  about  four  hundred,  and  re- 
elected by  the  largest  plurality  since  the  first 
mayor.  He  has  been  president  of  the  Repub 
lican  ward  and  city  committees;  city  auditor 
alderman  for  three  years,  and  president  of  the 
board,  and  mayor  of  Woburn  for  the  years 
1907-oS.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Woburn  Na- 
tional P>ank.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Daptist  Church  of  Woburn  and  has  been  sujjcr- 
intendent  of  its  Sunday  school,  is  treasurer  of 
the  church  corporation,  and  belongs  to  no  other 
fraternal  or  social  organizations.  His  chief 
diversions  are  tennis,  hunting  and  horseback 
riding.  Children:  Rachel,  born  at  Woburn, 
October  13,  1894:  Malcolm,  December  8,  1897: 
Hope,  September  10,  1903. 


The  first  settler  of  this  name 
P>R.\DW  \^'  in  America  was  Edward 
Bradwa}',  who  came  with 
his  wife  Mary  to  Salem  in  the  western  part  of 
New  Jersey,  in  September,  1678.  He  sailed 
from  London  in  May,  1677,  in  the  ship  "Kent." 
In  1691  he  built  at  Salem  the  brick  house  still 
standing  there,  at  one  time  the  residence  of 
the  governor  of  the  state,  and  still  known  as 
the  "Governor's  house."  The  original  home- 
stead is  owned  by  his  descendants,  who  are 
numerous  in  New  Jersey  and  vicinity.  The 
first  of  the  family  in  Massachusetts  may  have 
descended  from  the  New  Jersey  line.  The 
name  was  also  spelled  Broadway  and  Brawd- 
way,  in  the  early  records. 

(I)  .Abel  Bradway  and  Richard,  presum- 
ably his  brother,  were  soldiers  in  Captain  Will- 
iam Douglass"  company.  Colonel  Benjamin 
.Simonds's  regiment,  of  western  Massachu- 
setts, in  1777,  in  the  revolution.  In  1790  the 
federal  census  shows  that  a  Jeremiah  Broad- 
way was  living  in  Lanesborough,  Berkshire 
county,  Massachusetts,  having  in  his  family 
two  sons  under  sixteen,  two  males  over  six- 


teen and  two  females.  No  others  of  the  name 
were  reported  in  this  census,  and  it  is  to  be 
presumed  that  Abel  was  then  living  with  some 
other  family  or  was  out  of  the  state.  His  chil- 
dren were  Abel  and  Eleazer,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Abel  (2),  son  of  Abel  (i)  Bradway, 
was  born  in  Monson,  or  vicinity,  about  1790, 
and  married  Elmira  Squier.  Children :  ]\Iar- 
vin,  mentioned  below ;  Alice  E.,  married 
Dwight  V.  Fuller. 

(III)  Marvin,  son  of  Abel  (2)  Bradway, 
was  born  m  Monson,  1833,  and  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  that  town.  He  was 
superintendent  in  the  straw  hat  factory  at 
Monson  for  twenty-six  years.  In  1881  he 
established  the  furniture  and  undertaking  busi- 
ness, which  he  conducted  with  much  success. 
His  son  succeeded  him  in  1893.  I"  religion  he 
was  a  Universalist,  and  in  politics  a  Republican. 
He  died  October  12,  1899.  He  married  Emily 
Farnsworth,  born  in  Stafford  Springs,  died 
May  22.  1886.  Children,  born  in  Monson: 
William  H.,  died  at  Litchfield,  Connecticut ; 
F'rank  M.,  Harry  T.,  Ralph  Frederick,  men- 
tioned below. 

( I\')  Ralph  Frederick,  son  of  Marvin  Brad- 
way, was  born  in  Monson,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 25,  i860.  He  was  educated  in  the 
luiblic  schools  and  academy  of  Monson.  He 
was  em])loyed  in  the  straw  factory  at  Monson 
until  1 88 1,  when  he  became  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  furniture  and  undertaking  busi- 
ness. In  1893  he  bought  his  father's  interests, 
and  has  conducted  a  flourishing  business  to 
the  present  time.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Cniversalist  church  ;  past  master  of  Day  Spring 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons ;  and  a  member  of  the 
corporation  of  the  Monson  Savings  Bank.  He 
married,  June  2"],  1888,  Lulu  N.  Nash,  of 
.Millbridge,  Maine,  born  March  18,  1866,  daugh- 
ter of  Melville  and  Mary  A.  Nash.  They  have 
no  children. 

(II)  Eleazer,  son  of  .\bel  Bradway,  lived 
in  Woodstock,  Connecticut,  and  Monson,  Mass- 
achusetts, removing  to  the  latter  place  from 
the  former  about  1800.  He  married  Rachel 
Perry. 

(HI)  John  Dwight,  son  of  Eleazer  and 
Rachel  (Perry)  Bradway,  was  born  at  Mon- 
son, March  21,  1816.  He  was  educated  there 
in  the  public  schools,  and  was  a  prosperous 
farmer  there  all  his  active  life.  He  married 
(  first )  Caroline  Hoar  ;  children  :  John  Hoar, 
Charles  Dwight,  Susan  Emogene,  Phoebe 
Grout,  Truman  Clarke,  mentioned  below,  and 
others  that  died  in  early  life.  Married  (sec- 
ond) Sajihronia  M.  Bradway  :  children  :  Myron, 


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deceased ;   Viola ;   Omer ;    Milo,    deceased    in 
early  life;  Lora,  deceased  in  early  life. 

(IV)  Truman  Clarke,  son  of  John  Dwight 
Bradway,  was  born  in  Monson,  May  i,  1842, 
died  August  30,  1882.  He  was  educated  there 
in  the  common  schools.  He  worked  on  his 
father's  farm  until  the  civil  war  came  on,  then 
enlisted  in  Company  G,  Forty-sixth  Alassa- 
chusetts  \'olunteers,  and  was  discharged  from 
service  29th  day  of  July,  1863,  at  Springfield. 
Massachusetts.  After  the  war  he  worked  in  a 
mill  at  Ashland,  Aliddlesex  county,  Massachu- 
setts, and  afterward  in  a  shoe  factory  in  that 
town.  He  spent  his  later  years  in  North  Wil- 
braham,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed in  a  grist  mill.  He  was  a  member  of 
North  Star  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  ]\Iasons, 
of  Ashland;  Palmer  Lodge.  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Palmer ;  a  charter 
member  of  Colonel  Prescott  Post,  No.  18, 
Grand  .A.rmy  of  the  Reiniblic,  of  Ashland.     In 

,  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  in  religion  a 
Methodist.  He  married,  November  27,  1866, 
Mary  J.  Laird,  born  April  18,  1844,  daughter 
of  John  L.  and  Minerva  (Hayward)  Laird; 
her"  paternal  grandfather,  Abner  Laird,  was 
born  in  Scotland.  Children:  i.  Charles  Alvin, 
born  at  Ashland,  May  6,  1868;  mentioned 
below.  2.  Frank  Prescott,  born  at  Ashland, 
May  12,  1870.  3.  Edwin  Clarke,  born  at  Ash- 
land, July  2^,  1875. 

(V)  Charles  Alvin,  son  of  Truman  Clarke 
Bradway,  was  born  in  .A.shland,  Massachusetts, 
May  6,  1868.  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  town  and  at  North  Wilbraham 
and  Monson  public  schools.  He  came  to  Mon- 
son in  1882  and  was  clerk  in  the  general  store 
of  Rogers  &  Company  and  for  two  years  in 
the  dry  goods  store  of  Charles  Fowler.  He 
became  clerk  for  the  Monson  Savings  Bank 
and  Monson  National  Bank,  then  under  the 
same  management,  September  i,  1885.  He 
was  promoted  to  the  position  of  teller  of  the 
national  bank  in  1893  and  treasurer  of  the 
savings  bank,  November  i,  1902,  his  present 
position.  He  is  director  of  Alonson  National 
Bank  also  trustee  of  the  savings  bank.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  water  commission  of  Monson 
and  served  as  clerk  of  the  board.  He  is  an 
active  member  of  the  Monson  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
board  of  stewards,  treasurer  of  the  board  of 
trustees  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Monson  Free  Library  and 
Reading  Room  Association  Corporation.  He 
married,  September  21,   1897,  Stymie  Powell 


Loggie,  born  Chatham,  New  Brunswick,  May 
21,  1874,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Trinda  Loggie. 
Mrs.  Bradway  was  a  graduate  of  the  State 
Normal  School  of  Salem,  Massachusetts,  and 
was  a  teacher  in  the  Monson  public  .schools 
several  years.  She  died  May  31,  1904.  Their 
only  child,  Williston  Loggie,  was  born  April 
21,  1904. 

The  surname  Cardinal  be- 
CARDINAL  longs  to  a  class  of  ecclesiasti- 
cal names,  such  as  Pope, 
Bishop,  Abbot,  Prior,  Archdeacon,  Rector, 
Parsons,  Vicar,  Deacon,  Clerk,  Friar,  Monk, 
Saxton  and  Pontifex,  common  in  France  and 
England.  There  is  a  well  known  family  of 
Cardinal  at  Hadley,  county  Suffolk,  England, 
doubtless  of  Norman  ancestry,  bearing  this 
coat-of-arms :  Sable  a  fesse  between  three 
door  hinges  argent.  Branches  of  this  family 
live  in  Essex  and  Northumberland  also. 

( I)  Louran  Cardinal  Ijelonged  to  an  Amer- 
ican branch  of  the  old  Norman  French  Cardi- 
nals. His  immigrant  ancestor,  Simon  Jean 
Cardinal,  born  1619  in  France,  was  an  early 
settler  in  Quebec,  Canada,  and  died  at  Lachine, 
Quebec,  August  9,  1679;  for  many  generations 
his  ancestors  were  farmers  in  Quebec  and  the 
vicinity.  Simon  Jean  married  Michelle  Gar- 
nier  and  they  had  seven  children.  Louran 
Cardinal  was  born  about  1804  and  died  in 
1870.  He  was  a  tanner  and  currier  by  trade 
and  built  up  an  extensive  business  during  his 
long  and  honorable  career.  He  sold  his  leather 
at  Quebec,  having  a  store  in  that  city.  He 
acciuired  a  competence  and  invented  it  largely 
in  valuable  real  estate.  He  and  his  wife  were 
communicants  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 
He  married  in  Court  St.  Luke  parish,  near 
Montreal,  Theatris  Gongeon,  born  there  in 
1807,  died  in  September.  1888,  of  an  old 
French-Canadian  family. 

Children  :  i.  Flavia,  born  in  Cote  des  Neiges, 
near    Montreal;    died    in    1907   at   the   age   of 

eighty-two  years ;    married   Ethier,   a 

teacher  in  his  younger  days  and  later  a  success- 
ful mechanic,' who  died  in  1889,  at  his  home 
near  Montreal.  2.  Louis,  born  February  15, 
1830;  came  to  Boston  in  1865  and  was  in  busi- 
ness there  as  a  baker  for  many  years ;  now 
retired  ;  married  in  Canada  Philiman  Eurichof, 
who  died  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  aged 
forty-four  years.  3.  Marcel,  born  1832;  died 
in  Canada,  unmarried,  in  1901,  aged  sixty- 
nine  ;  a  tanner  by  trade,  associated  for  many 
vears  with  his  father.  4.  Cecilia,  died  six 
months    after    her    marriage,    in    Canada.      5. 


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.MASSACHUSETTS. 


Mrginia,  born  in  Canada  ;  died  1908 ;  married 
Joseph  Gerdin,  who  died  in  1883,  a  native  of 
France,  teacher  by  profession.  6.  Hormisdas, 
born  March  10.  1839;  mentioned  below.  7. 
Marie,  born  in  1843,  died  in  Alontreal  at  the 
age  of  thirty-nine  years ;  married  Tufphia 
(iennevett,  a  prominent  pattern  maker,  for- 
merly of  Montreal,  now  of  Troy,  New  York. 
8.  Oville,  born  in  1847;  ^  well-to-do  market 
gartlener  now  living  at  Cote  des  Xeiges ;  un- 
married. 9.  Alphonse,  born  in  1849 ;  a  priest 
in  the  Order  of  the  Christian  Brothers  of 
Saint  Lawrence  College,  Montreal.  10.  Zodi- 
que,  born  in  1851  :  a  tanner  and  cvirrier ;  mar- 
ried Sophia  D.  LeClaire,  born  at  Greenbay, 
Wisconsin,  May  4,  1855;  children:  i.  Amelia, 
died  in  childhood  ;  ii.  Louise  \irginia,  unmar- 
ried ;  iii.  Sophia  D.,  died  aged  ten  years :  iv. 
Revelle  E.,  married  Frank  Stanton,  an  elec- 
trician of  Boston,  and  they  have  one  child. 
Janette;  v.  Lawrence  L.  L.,  died  aged  fivt 
years:  vi.  Benjamin  F"..  a  telegraph  operator, 
residing  in  Roxbury  ;  vii.  Mabel,  died  in  early 
childhood  :  viii.  Alexander,  died  in  infancy  :  ix. 
Frank,  died  aged  three  years.  1 1 .  Rosanna. 
born  1853:  married  Camille  Gratol.  a  currier 
of  ^Montreal. 

(II)  Hormisdas.  son  of  Louran  Cardinal, 
was  born  March  10,  1839.  He  was  educated 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  parish.  .\t  the  age 
of  sixteen  he  left  home  and  apprenticed  him- 
self to  the  baker's  trade  in  Boston,  but  after 
serving  three  years  he  abandoned  this  trade 
and  learned  blacksmithing.  He  established 
himself  in  business  as  a  blacksmith  at  Rox- 
bury and  met  with  sucess  in  his  venture.  He 
was  seriously  injured  and  his  wife  was  killed 
in  the  great  Bussey  Bridge  accident,  March 
14,  1887.  His  injuries  were  such  that  he  had 
to  give  up  business  and  since  then  he  has  lived 
c|uietly  in  retirement  at  his  home  in  Roslindale. 
devoting  his  attention  to  the  care  of  valuable 
real  estate  which  he  owns  in  Roslindale  and 
Everett,  Massachusetts.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics  and  a  Roman  CatlKolic  in  religion. 
He  married  Harriet  X.  Reed,  born  in  Newton 
at  the  corner  of  Beacon  and  Newton  streets, 
died  March  14,  1887.  Children,  born  in  Bos- 
ton: I.  Louis  L.,  born  January  17,  1865:  edu- 
cated in  the  public  and  high  schools ;  a  success- 
fnl  hardware  merchant  in  Boston ;  married 
Ruth  Thomas,  of  West  Roxbury,  and  they 
have  one  child,  Albert,  born  December.  1889. 
an  electrician.  2.  Henrietta,  died  at  the  age 
of  two  years  and  a  half.  3.  Jenette,  died  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  months.  4.  Hormisdas  .\.  died 
at  the  age  of  twenty-three  :  a  i^lumber  by  trade. 


Edward  Hall,  immigrant  ancestor 
HALL     of  this  branch  of  the  family,  was 

born  in  England,  the  son  of  Fran- 
cis Hall,  of  Henborough,  England,  according 
to  a  certificate  of  health,  preserved,  dated  July 
15,  1640.  He  was  of  Braintree,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1640,  and  about  that  time  also  of  Dux- 
btiry,  and  of  Taunton  in  1640-41  in  the  em- 
ploy of  Francis  Doughty,  of  Taunton.  He 
was  a  proprietor  of  Plymouth  in  1637.  He 
sold  his  house  and  lands  in  Taunton  in  1642 
and  returned  to  Duxbury.  His  name  is  on  the 
list  of  those  able  to  bear  arms,  dated  1643,  ^"^1 
he  served  against  the  Narragansetts  in  1645. 
He  went  from  Duxbury  to  Rehoboth,  where 
an  allotment  was  made  to  him  March  26,  1645- 
46,  and  he  owned  a  fifty-fourth  part  of  the 
town  from  1646  to  1650,  when  he  withdrew 
and  located  at  Braintree.  He  was  of  Duxbury 
when  mentioned  as  legatee  of  the  will  of  John 
Gove,  of  Charlestown.  (Reg.  \TI.  p.  170). 
After  living  at  Braintree  from  1650  to  1655. 
he  returned  to  Rehoboth  and  was  No.  41  of 
the  forty-nine  who  drew  lots  in  order  of  set- 
tler's estates  for  meadow  land  in  the  north 
side  of  tJie  town,  June  22,  1658,  at  town  meet- 
ing. He  has  a  share  also  in  lots  drawn  in 
the  North  Purchase  (.\ttlel)orough,  Cumber- 
land, Rhode  Island.  Norton  and  Mansfield, 
^Massachusetts).  He  died  in  1670  and  his  will 
was  dated  at  Rehoboth,  November  23,  1670: 
inventory  March  6,  1670-71  :  bec|ueathing  to 
wife  Esther  and  son  John:  others  not  named. 
.\  quitclaim  deed  was  given  in  1715  by  sons. 
Samuel  Hall,  of  Taunton:  Thomas  Hall,  of 
Dedham:  .\ndrew  Hall,  of  Newton;  Benjamin 
Hall,  of  Wrentham,  relinquishing  all  claim  to 
the  estate  of  Edward  and  Ivsther  Hall,  their 
parents,  in  Rehoboth  and  .Attleborough,  to 
their  brothers,  John  Hall,  of  Rehoboth,  and 
Preserved  Hall,  of  Hingham.  Children:  i. 
lohn,  born  at  Braintree,  January  28.  1650-51, 
died  1721.  2.  E.sther,  October  23,  1654;  mar- 
ried, December  24,  1674,  Thomas  Jordan.  3. 
Samuel,  October  24,  1656:  married.  .April  14, 
1686,  Elizabeth  I!rown.  4.  Jeremiah,  July  24, 
1658.  5.  Thomas,  March  31,  1661.  6.  Pre- 
served.  March  20,   1663:  settled  in  Hingham. 

7.  .Andrew,   May   10,   1665:  mentioned   below. 

8.  Benjamin,  August  7,  1668. 

(II)  .Andrew,  son  of  Edward  Hall,  was 
born  May  10,  1665,  in  Rehoboth,  died  in  New- 
ton, Mas.sachusetts,  1756.  His  will  was  dated 
September  30,  1748,  and  his  son  Edward  was 
executor.  He  was  a  weaver  and  farmer  and 
settled  in  Newton  in  1(195.  In  1705  he  bought 
fort\'-three  acres  of  land  between  Oak  Hill  and 


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Charles  river,  which  has  been  owned  and  occu- 
died  by  his  descendants  ever  since.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  Xewton,  1691,  Susanna  Capen, 
born  September  16,  1664,  died  August  18, 
1736,  daughter  of  John  and  Susanna  Capen. 
of  Dorchester,  and  granddaughter  of  Bernard 
and  Jane  ( Purchase )  Capen,  the  immigrants. 
He  married  (second)  October  12,  1737,  Mary 
Bennett,  who  survived  him.  Children;  1. 
John,  born  January  11,  1695,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Susamia,  January  i,  1697,  married,  1719, 
Elizur  Stoddard.  3.  Sarah,  December  11,  1699: 
married  Samuel  Gay,  of  Dedham.  4.  Doro- 
thy, married,  1732,  Eliphalet  Gay,  of  Dedham. 
5.  Edward,  married,  May  21,  1730,  Mary 
Miller:  died  1794.  6.  Andrew,  died  1768: 
married,  December  5,  1723,  Dorcas  Courtney; 
(second)  August  12,  1766.  Alary  Brooks.  7. 
Hannah,  married Woodcock,  of  Bridge- 
water. 

(HI )  Deacon  John,  son  of  Andrew  Hall,  wa> 
born  January  11,  1695,  in  Newton,  died  in 
1 79 1.  He  lived  in  or  near  Cambridge  all  his 
life,  and  was  a  deacon  in  the  church.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  at  Dorchester,  October  17,  1722, 
Hopestill  Ockington,  of  Dedham,  who  died  in 

1738.  He    married    (second)    December    27, 

1739,  Abigail  Hall.  Children:  i.  Josiah,  born 
-\ugust  26,  1723,  died  August  23,  1786:  mar- 
ried. May  28,  1747,  Abigail  Brown.  2.  Nehe- 
miah,  March  29,  1725;  mentioned  below.  3. 
Thomas,  November  22,  1727.  4.  David, 
December  24,  1732;  married,  February  24, 
1732;  married,  February  24,  1757,  Dorothy 
Goodnough.  5.  John,  May  31,  1736;  in  the 
revolution:  married.  1760,  Hannah  Clark.  (S. 
Rebecca,  August  i,  1739. 

( IV  )  Nehemiah,  son  of  Deacon  John  Hall, 
was  born  March  23,  1725.     He  married  Sarah 

.     Children:     i.   Nathan,  born  in  Ux- 

bridge,  August  26,  1753;  died  in  Oxford, 
March  13,  1835;  married  Kezia  Richardson. 
2.  Nehemiah.  born  in  Uxbridge.  and  had  a 
large  family,  including  sons :  Andrew,  Levi 
and  Alva.  3.  Baxter,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Hannah,  born  about  1760;  died  about  1850: 
married  Deacon  Moses  Perry,  of  Worcester. 

(V)  Captain  Baxter,  son  of  Nehemiah  Hall, 
was  born  in  1757,  in  Uxbridge,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  an  officer  in  the  revolution.  He  went 
with  Captain  Joseph  Chapin's  company  from 
Uxbridge  on  the  Lexington  alarm.  April  19, 
1775.  He  was  drummer  in  Captain  Samuel 
Read's  company,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Nathan 
Tyler's  regiment  from  January  21.  1777,  to 
December  8,  1777,  at  Rhode  Island;  also  dur- 
ing that  time  in  Captain  Job  Knapp's  company. 


Colonel  Job  Cushing's  regiment  in  the  north- 
ern army  for  several  months.  He  was  in 
Rhode  Island  again  in  June  and  July,  1778, 
in  Captain  Edward  Seagrave's  company.  Colo- 
nel Wood's  regiment ;  was  sergeant  July  30 
to  September  12,  1778,  in  Captain  Caleb  Whit- 
ing's company.  Colonel  Benjamin  Hawes's 
regiment ;  corporal  in  Captain  Thomas  Mar- 
shall Baker's  company.  Colonel  Samuel  Denny's 
regiment  in  October  and  November,  1779.  He 
went  to  West  Point  in  1780  and  served  from 
July  to  October  in  Captain  Benjamin  Read's 
company.  Colonel  John  Rand's  regiment.  Ho 
was  afterward  a  captain  in  the  militia,  and  was 
always  known  as  Captain  Ba.xter  Hall.  Before 
1800  Captain  Hall  removed  to  Whitingham, 
\'ermont.  where  he  followed  farming  for  a 
number  of  years.  In  1830,  after  the  death  of 
his  second  wife,  he  broke  up  housekeeping  and 
returned  to  Uxbridge  to  live  with  his  daughter 
Alaranda  in   1842,  aged  eighty-five  years. 

His  first  wife  Lydia  died  November  9,  1801, 
aged  forty-one  years,  at  Whitingham.  He  mar- 
ried (  second)  A])ril  7,  1802,  at  Sutton,  Martha 
(Patty)  Putnam,  widow  of  Captain  David 
f^utnani,  of  .Sutton,  Massachusetts.  He  had 
seven  children  by  the  first  wife  and  one  son  by 
the  second.  Children:  i.  Maranda,  married 
.\ndrew  Hall  (her  cousin),  son  of  her  uncle, 
Nehemiah  Hall ;  lived  in  Uxbridge  very  near 
Nehemiah  Hall's  homestead.  2.  Lincoln,  mar- 
ried    Green,  sister  of  Nathan  and  Al- 
fred Green ;  settled  in  Whitingham ;  removed 
to  Pennsylvania,  losing  his  three  youngest  chil- 
dren on  the  journey  and  his  wife  soon  after- 
ward;  he  returned  with  his  three  daughters 
to  Whitingham.  where  he  married  a  woman 
from  Halifax.  \'ermont,  and  at  length  went 
back  to  Pennsylvania.  3.  Newell,  married  at 
Sutton,  Massachusetts,  April  7,  1809,  Sophia 
Stockwell ;  removed  from  Whitingham,  'Ver- 
mont, to  Petersborough,  Madison  county.  New 
York  ;  sons  :  Palmer,  Albert  and  Liberty,  mar- 
ried and  settled  in  that  section  and  were  living 
in  the  fifties.  4.  Barney,  married  a  native  of 
Douglas  or  Sutton,  and  settled  on  the  home- 
stead at  Whitingham  ;  children  :  i.  Lydia,  mar- 
ried Levi  Hall,  son  of  Nehemiah  Hall ;  Levi 
was  in  the  dyeing  business  at  Whitingham ;  ii. 

Mary,  married  Hicks ;  iii.  Samantha : 

iv.  Martha,  died  unmarried  ;  v.  Sophia,  married 
but  had  no  children ;  vi.  Philander,  lived  at 
Jacksonville,  in  Whitingham ;  was  living  in 
1887,  aged  about  eighty-seven  years.  5.  Will- 
ard,  went  to  Pennsylvania ;  never  married. 
6.  Ocaton,  nothing  known  of  him.  7.  Chand- 
ler, mentioned  below.     Child  of  second  wife: 


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8.  David,  died  February  27,  1823,  aged  seven- 
teen years :  buried  in  W'hitingham. 

(\  I)  Chandler,  son  of  Captain  Baxter  Hall, 
was  born  in  Uxbridge,  and  settled  in  W'hiting- 
ham, \'emiont,  whence  he  removed  to  Jeffer- 
son county.  New  York,  in  1822.  Soon  after- 
ward he  died  and  his  widow  returned  with  the 
children  to  W  hitingham.  He  married  Mary 
Putnam,  daughter  of  Captain  David  and  Mar- 
tha (Waters)  Putnam.  Her  mother  married 
(second)  Captain  Baxter  Hall.  ^lartha 
(Waters)  (Putnam)  Hall  died  at  W'hitingham, 
June  30,  1830.  aged  seventy-one.  Children, 
born  at  W'hitingham:  1.  Sabrina,  married 
John  C.  Brown,  of  Xorth  Hoosac,  New  York ; 
their  daughter  married  S.  T.  Merriam ;  they 
were  living  in  Chula  \'ista,  Cahfornia,  in  1901. 
2.  Sophronia,  married,  in  1834,  Holland  Mar- 
ble :  she  worked  in  W'oonsocket  before  her 
marriage :  she  died  in  1841  at  Livingston  coun- 
ty. Michigan ;  daughter  Ann  married  

Maul  and  settled  in  Arlington.  Illinois,  and  had 
Sadie,  who  lived  in  Chicago,  Xona  and  Mary 
Maul.  3.  Hiram,  born  January  3,  1809:  a  cabi- 
net maker :  married  Lestina  Goodnough,  in 
Somerville,  Xew  York.  November  19,  1831 ; 
removed  thence  to  Antwerp  where  he  died 
March  22,  1880:  his  widow  was  born  July  25, 
1 81 2,  and  is  living  with  her  son  Gaylord  at 
Antwerp,  Xew  York :  children  :  i.  Sophronia. 
bom  July  20.  1832:  married.  December  22, 
1857.  Henry  Baldwin;  ii.  Aden,  born  April  15, 

1834,  died  1834:  iii.  Mary,  born  October  19, 

1835,  died  1836:  iv.  Diana,  born  September  3, 
1837 ;  married,  December  29,  1857,  Allen  P. 
Rogers;  v.  Xewell  Houghton,  born  July  31, 
1839;  ijiarried,  December  11,  1861,  Mar\-  Ellen 
Kendall  and  had  three  children :  vi.  Maryette, 
born  Januan.-  3.  1842:  married,  1863,  Addis  E. 
Comins ;  vii.  Charles  W'.  H.,  born  August  3, 
1844.  died  1908:  married.  May  3,  1876,  Harriet 
Wallace;  \nii.  Gaylord. born  Februar\- 22, 1851  ; 
married.  October  3,  1872,  Mary  B.  Hunt;  ix. 
Hiram,  born  August  20.  1853  •  married.  June 
21.  1S77,  Annis  Sterling.  4.  Houghton,  born 
March  9.  181 8.  mentioned  below.     5.  W'illard. 

(\II)  Houghton,  son  of  Chandler  Hall, 
was  born  in  W'hitingham,  March  9.  1818.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  learned 
the  trade  of  scythe-making.  He  followed  his 
trade  until  within  a  few  years  of  his  death. 
He  settled  in  Hardwick.  Massachusetts,  where 
he  died  February  9.  1901.  He  married  (first) 
Martha  E.  Eddy,  who  died  soon  afterward. 
He  married  ( second >  Joanna  F.  Ball,  who  died 
August  13,  1862,  aged  fort\--two  years.  He 
married    (third )    December    25,    1862    (town 


record),  Priscilla  McClintock,  bom  June  13, 
1835,  died  February  i,  1898.  Child  of  first 
wife  died  in  infancy.  Children  of  second  wife: 

1.  George,  born    1855,   died  January  4.   i860. 

2.  Josephine  Augusta,  Xovember  20.  1858,  died 
September  29.  i860.  3.  Joanna  Louisa,  July 
30.  1S61,  died  Februarj-  6,  1862.  4.  Child,  died 
in  infancy.  5.  Sarah,  died  April,  1896;  mar- 
ried Alfred  King,  of  Greenwich,  Massachu- 
setts ;  children :  John.  Arthur.  Walter,  Sara 
and  Louis  King.  Children  of  third  wife:  6. 
Benjamin  ^IcClintock,  May  i,  1864;  married, 
September  6,  1887,  Addie  L  Robinson,  born 
January-  6,  1865 ;  children :  i.  Clara  Evelyn, 
born  .\ugust  16,  1889;  ii.  Helen  Flora,  born 
December  5,  1891 ;  iii.  Lester  Everett,  bom 
.\ugust  2^.  1894.  7.  Charles  Herbert.  July  7. 
1865.  died  May  31.  1890.  8.  Frank  Putnam. 
April  19,  1868;  mentioned  below.  9.  Alfred 
Houghton.  February  7,  1870;  married,  Feb- 
ruarj-  2^.  1893.  Xellie  I.  Cheney,  born  Octo- 
ber 26,  1867:  children:  i.  Marion  Isabel,  born 
March  19,  1894;  ii.  Marjorie  Flora,  December 
12,  1895;  iii.  Stanley  Cheney,  October  2,  1899; 
iv.  Sylvia  Beatrice,  May  10,  1902 ;  v.  \"era 
Martha.  February  16,  1904;  vi.  Alfred  Hough- 
ton. October  15,  190^1.  lo.  Martha  Eddy, 
March  14,  1874. 

(\'III)  Frank  Putnam,  son  of  Houghton 
Hall,  was  born  at  Hardwick,  Massachusetts, 
April  19,  1868.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his -native  town.  He  worked  for 
three  years  in  a  saw  mill  and  five  years  in  the 
grist  mill  in  Hardwick.  For  a  time  he  was 
clerk  in  the  general  store  at  Greenwich  \'il- 
lage,  Massachusetts,  and  in  1897  he  bought 
out  his  employer.  Since  then  he  has  conduct- 
ed this  business  with  success.  His  is  the  prin- 
cipal store  of  this  section.  He  is  also  the  post- 
master and  the  postoffice  is  located  in  his 
store.  He  is  active  and  influential  in  town 
affairs  and  has  been  town  treasurer  and  mem- 
ber of  the  school  committee.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church.  He  married, 
September  6,  1899.  Luella  C.  Lamb,  born  1872 
at  W'estbrook,  Elaine,  daughter  of  David 
Henry  Green  and  Almira  (Fabyan)  Lamb. 
Her  father  was  born  at  W'estbrook  in  1825 
and  died  in  February,  1908,  at  Saco,  Maine ; 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  West- 
brook  Seminary  :  was  a  farmer  and  merchant : 
son  of  Samuel  Lamb,  who  died  in  Portland. 
Maine.  Her  mother.  Almira  (Fabyan)  Lamb, 
was  bom  in  Scarborough,  Maine,  in  1837.  The 
children  of  her  parents  were:  i.  George  T 
Lamb,  bom  1870,  died  young;  ii.  Luella  C. 
mentioned  above :  iii.  Charles  B.  Lamb,  bom 


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1875;  married  Fannie  M.  Prentice  and  had 
three  children,  Francis  O.,  Gertrude  E.  and 
Henry  G.  Lamb.  Samuel  Lamb,  grandfather 
of  Mrs.  Hall,  married  Sarah  Larrabee ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  David  Henry  Green  Lamb,  men- 
tioned above ;  ii.  Jane  Lamb,  married  William 
Noyes;  iii.  Elizabeth  Lamb,  married  M.  Neal, 
of    Westbrook ;    iv.    Lucilla    Lamb,    married 

Cobb,  of  Westbrook ;  v.  Sarah  Lamb, 

married  Gardner.     Children  of  Frank 

Putnam  Hall:  i.  Dorothy  Priscilla,  born  April 
10,  1901.  2.  Frances  Luella,  March  10.  1903. 
3.  Eva  Elizabeth,  February  17,  1908. 

(For  English  ancestry  see  p.  1233). 

(I)  John  Boynton,  son  of 
BOYXTOX  William  Boynton,  was  born 
in  the  East  Riding  of  York- 
shire, at  Knapton  in  Wintringham,  England, 
in  1614,  and  is  of  the  tirst  generation  in  Amer- 
ica. He  came  to  Xew  England  with  his 
brother  William  in  1638,  in  the  company  with 
Rev.  Ezekiel  Rogers.  He  settled  at  Rowley. 
Massachusetts,  and  was  granted  an  acre  and  a 
half  of  land  next  that  of  his  brother,  in  1640. 
He  was  a  tailor  by  trade.  He  died  February 
18,  1670.  He  married  Eleanor  Pell,  of  Bos- 
ton. Children,  born  in  Rowley:  I.  Joseph, 
born  1644,  mentionetl  below.  2.  John,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1647.  3.  Caleb,  about  1649.  4- 
Mercy,  December  5,  165 1,  died  December  22, 
1730.  5.  Hannah,  March  26,  1-654,  died  Feb- 
ruary, 1694.  6.  Sarah,  April  19,  1658.  7. 
Samuel,  about  1660. 

(H)  Captain  Joseph,  son  of  John  Boynton. 
was  born  in  Rowley  in  1644,  died  there  Decem- 
ber 16,  1730.  He  was  captain  of  the  military 
company,  town  clerk,  and  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  many  years.  He  was  a  pinder  for 
the  North-east-field  1670-71.  He  and  his 
wife  Sarah,  his  son  Benoni  and  wife  Ann. 
were  dismissed  to  the  Groton  church,  Decem- 
ber 4,  171 5.  He  returned  to  Rowley,  where 
he  died.  Children,  born  in  Rowley:  i.  Joseph, 
March  it,.  1669-70,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Sarah,  January  11,  1671-72.  3.  Ann,  August 
14,  1673.  4.  Richard,  Xovember  11,  1675.  5. 
John,  April  9,  1678.  6.  Benoni,  February  25, 
1681.  7.  Jonathan,  August  19,  1684.  8.  Hil- 
kiah,  November  19,  1687.  9.  Daniel,  Septem- 
ber 26,  1689,  died  October  8,  1690, 

(IH)  Deacon  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Captain 
Joseph  (  I  )  Boynton.  was  born  in  Rowley. 
March  23.  1669-70.  died  there  Xovember  25. 
1755.  He  was  a  wheelwright  by  trade.  He 
was  deacon  of  the  First  Church  there  from 
1723  until  his  death.     It  is  said  that  after  he 


was  seventy  years  of  age  he  hewed  a  beam  for 
a  meeting  house  without  chalk  or  line  so  com- 
plete that  his  friends  woidd  have  his  name  and 
age  put  on  the  beam  that  it  might  be  read  by 
the  people.  He  married,  January  30,  1692-93, 
Bridget  Harris,  born  in  Rowley,  November 
26.  1672,  died  October  14,  1757,  daughter  of 
Xathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Hazen)  Harris. 
Children,  born  in  Rowley:  i.  Sarah,  December 
3.  1693,  died  December  23.  i(-T93.  2.  Xathan- 
iel, December  11,  1694.  3.  Bridget,  October 
5.  1697,  died  November  6,  1697.  4.  Joseph, 
November  20,  1698,  died  December  25,  1738. 
5.  Benjamin,  December  22,  1700,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Bridget,  January  29,  1702-03,  died 
April  15.  1746.  7.  Abiel,  May  15,  1705.  8. 
Ephraim,   July    16,    1707.     9.   Zaccheus,   April 

3,  1710.  10.  Ednah,  September  26,  1712.  11. 
Elizabeth,  Xovember  2,  1714.  died  unmarried 
June  II,  1736. 

(1\')  Benjamin,  son  of  Deacon  Joseph  (2) 
Boynton,  was  born  in  Rowley,  December  22, 
1700.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade;  resided  in 
the  Oldtown  parish  of  Gloucester.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Xovember  29,  1723,  Martha, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Martha  Rowe,  of 
Gloucester.  He  married  (second)  December 
12,  1756,  Rebecca  Goodrich.  Children,  born 
in  Gloucester:  1.  Benjamin,  February  9,  1725. 
2.  Martha.  October  25,  1726.     3.  Joseph,  1728. 

4.  John.  1730.  5.  Stephen,  1732.  6.  Bridget. 
1735,  died  October,  1775.  7.  \\  illiam,  March 
8,  1737.  mentioned  below.  8.  Mary,  August 
29.   1739. 

(\')  \\'illiam.  son  of  Benjamin  Boynton. 
was  born  in  Gloucester,  March  8,  1737,  and 
lived  in  Gloucester.  He  was  drowned  March 
21.  1772.  by  a  schooner  being  wrecked  on  Long 
Beach.  Lynn.  He  married.  February  i,  1759, 
Ruth,  daughter  of  Xehemiah  and  Abigail  Gro- 
ver,  of  Sandy  Bay,  Rockport.  After  his  death 
she  removed  to  Rowley  with  her  children,  and 
died  Xovember  11,  1814,  aged  eighty-six  years. 
Children,  born  in  Gloucester:  i.  Ruth,  bap- 
tized 1760.  2.  William,  baptized  May  30, 
1762.  3.  Xehemiah  Grover.  baptized  June  i, 
1764:  lost  in  the  privateer  "Tempest"  in  1780. 
4.  Edmund,  baptized  October  13,  1765; 
drowned  at  sea  1805.  5.  Eleazer  (twin),  bap- 
tized January  15,  1769,  died  young.  6.  Ebe- 
nezer  (twin)  baptized  January  15.  1769.  7. 
Eleazer,  mentioned  below. 

(\'l)  Eleazer,  son  of  William  Boynton,  was 
born  in  Gloucester,  September  9.  1770.  He 
was  a  mariner  and  trader  in  Gloucester  from 
1798  to  1809.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  David  and  Mollv  Parsons.     Children : 


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I.  Eleazer.  born  February  27.  1797.  2.  Eliza- 
beth, died  at  the  age  of  ten.  3.  Wilham,  born 
October  9.  1801.  died  March  14,  1873.  4. 
Nehemiah,  December  2,  1804.  mentioned 
below.  5.  David  P.,  May  31,  1809,  died  Oc- 
tober 3,  1877.  Two  or  three  children  who 
died  young. 

(\TI)  Hon.  Nehemiah.  son  of  Eleazer 
Boynton,  was  born  December  2,  1804,  at  Sandy 
Bay,  Gloucester.  In  1825  he  started  in  the 
fish  business  in  St.  George,  Maine,  in  the  firm 
of  N.  Boynton  &  Company.  During  the  nine 
years  of  his  residence  there  he  served  as  town 
treasurer,  postmaster  and  representative  to  the 
general  court.  He  removed  to  Thomaston, 
Maine,  and  was  in  business  there  eleven  years, 
and  took  a  prominent  part  in  town  affairs.  He 
was  president  of  the  Lincoln  Bible  Society  and 
treasurer  of  the  Theological  Seminary.  In 
1845  lis  removed  to  Chelsea,  Massachusetts, 
and  engaged  in  business  in  Boston  under  the 
firm  name  of  Boynton  &  Miller,  dealers  in 
cotton  duck,  cordage,  etc.  Later  the  firm  be- 
came N.  Boynton  &  Company,  commission 
merchants  and  manufacturers  of  cotton  duck, 
at  134  Commercial  street.  This  firm  contin- 
ued in  l)usiness  until  his  death  in  1868.  Mr. 
Boynton  resided  in  Chelsea,  and  served  in 
many  important  offices.  He  was  selectman, 
chairman  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  took 
a  prominent  part  in  town  affairs  for  more  than 
twenty  years.  In  1859-60  he  represented  the 
first  Suffolk  district  in  the  state  senate.  He 
was  one  of  the  state  valuation  committee,  and 
in  1862-64-65  a  member  of  Governor  An- 
drew's council.  He  was  an  active  worker  in 
the  I'irst  I')aptist  Church  of  Chelsea,  and  con- 
tributed liberally  to  charities.  He  was  treas- 
urer of  the  American  Baptist  Missionary 
LTnion  for  nine  years,  serving  without  com- 
pensation. He  was  president  of  the  Winne- 
simmet  Benevolent  Society,  and  a  trustee  of 
the  Newton  Theological  Seminary.  In  1866 
he  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  died  Decem- 
ber 23,  1868.  In  early  life  he  made  a  reso- 
lution that  all  he  made  over  $50,000  should  be 
devoted  to  charity,  a  resolution  to  which  he 
strictly  adhered  all  his  life.  He  married,  in 
May,  1828,  Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  Hon.  Joel 
Miller,  of  Thomaston,  Maine.  They  had  one 
child,  Elizabeth  Kendall,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Elizabeth  Kendall,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Nehemiah  Boynton,  was  born  June  16, 
1830.  She  married,  1850,  Abraham  Franklin 
Hervey,  born  in  Leicester,  December  27,  1822, 
son  of  James  Jr.  and  Mary  R.  Hervey.  He 
had    a    brother,    James    Foster    Hervey.    born 


Se])tember  2^.  1818;  and  a  sister,  Ruth  Ame- 
lia, born  November  i,  1820.  Air.  Hervey  set- 
tled in  Boston  in  1850  and  was  identified  with 
the  firm  of  N.  Boynton  &  Company  for  fifty 
years,  forty  years  being  a  member  of  the  com- 
pany. About  ten  years  before  his  death  he 
retired  from  active  business,  although  he  re- 
tained his  membership  in  the  firm'.  He  died 
in  his  Brookline  home,  1878  lieacon  street 
March  12,  1901.  Mr.  Hervey  was  a  man  of 
decided  literary  tastes,  and  devoted  much  time 
in  the  collection  of  rare  books.  His  library 
was  a  choice  collection  of  rare  and  beautiful 
editions,  many  of  them  containing  his  own 
illustrations.  Children;  i.  P'rank  Wheeler 
Hervev,  born  June  2J,  1854,  died  May  I,  1880, 
aged  twenty-six;  was  in  the  firm  of  N.  Boyn- 
ton &  Company ;  married  Lillian  Oliver  of 
Lynn. 


William  Chapman,  immi- 
CH.Al'MAX  grant  ancestor,  came  from 
England  to  Connecticut  and 
settled  before  1657  in  New  London,  where  he 
bought  the  Denison  lot,  nearly  opposite  the 
present  jail  on  Hempstead  street.  He  bought 
also  thirty  acres  of  Mr.  Douglas  on  the  road 
that  leads  to  Jordan  river,  Arkanbukie 
meadow.  He  was  sexton  of  the  church  in 
1 69 1  and  rang  the  bell  to  call  the  worshipers 
to  meeting.  His  will  was  dated  April  i,  1669; 
the  inventory  January  2,  1669-70.  He  men- 
tions children,  as  given  below.  Children;  i. 
John,  born  November,  1653.  resided  at  Col- 
chester, where  many  of  his  descendants  lived. 
2.    William,    mentioned    below.     3.     Samuel, 

1665,  married  Bethia ;  ancestors  of  the 

Waterford,  Connecticut,  family ;  he  died  No- 
vember 2,  1758.  4.  Joseph,  1667,  mariner 
of  Norwich ;  married  Mercy .  5.  Jere- 
miah, 1670,  had  the  homestead  at  New  Lon- 
don :  married  Hannah .     6.  Sarah,  who 

was  "presented  to  court  in  1670  for  setting 
luider  an  apple  tree  in  Goodman's-Chapman's 
orchard  on  the  Lord's  Day"  with  a  man,  such 
was  the  strictness  of  the  old  Blue  Laws.  7. 
Rebecca. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Chapman,  was  born  about  1660.  He  married 
Hannah  Lester,  daughter  of  Daniel  Lester. 
He  settled  in  Groton,  Connecticut,  about  1690. 
Children;  I.  William;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Jonathan,     t,.    Solomon.     4.    Marv. 

fill)  William  (3), son  of  William  (2I  Chap- 
man, was  born  in  March,  1691,  at  Groton.  He 
married,  in  171 7,  Mercy  Stoddard.  He  settled 
in  Norwich.   Children;  i.  David,  born  April  3, 


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i/iy,  mentioned  below,  z.  Amos,  May  i8, 
1721.  3.  Mercy,  October  13,  1723.  4.  Keziah, 
May  31.  1726.  5.  William,  August  29,  1728. 
6.  Joseph,  May  2,  1731.  7.  Joshua,  March 
2Z,  1733.  8.  Caleb,  December  19,  1735.  9. 
Ezra,  March  15,  1738.  10.  Isaac,  December 
18,  1740. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  William  (3)  Chapman, 
was  born  at  Norwich,  Connecticut,  April  3, 
1719.  He  removed  to  Easthampton,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1772  with  his  family.  Afterwards 
he  lived  at  Southampton  and  Westhampton, 
adjacent  towns.  He  died  in  1814  at  an  ad- 
vanced age.  In  1774  he  bought  of  the  town 
of  Northampton  a  section  of  the  common 
lands,  formerly  part  of  the  county  road  lead- 
ing from  Northampton  to  Westfield.  The 
high  school  building  and  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  and  parsonage  now  stand  on  this 
land.  Chapman  paid  one  dollar  and  ninety- 
one  cents  an  acre  for  it.  He  built  a  house 
there  and  followed  his  trade  as  blacksmith. 
Four  of  his  sons  adopted  the  same  calling,  and 
at  least  seven  of  his  grandsons  were  also 
blacksmiths.  Children:  i.  David  Jr.,  born 
March  23,  1761,  mentioned  below.  2.  Willett, 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  and  died  at 
West  Point  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years.  3. 
Moses,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  David  (2),  son  of  David  (i)  Chap- 
man, was  born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
March  23,  1761.  He  settled  in  Easthampton. 
He  built  "his  house  where  the  parsonage  stood, 
but  afterward  removed  to  the  north  side  of 
the  Manhan  river  and  carried  on  his  business 
as  a  blacksmith  near  the  bank  of  that  river. 
Children:  i.  Mary,  married  Obadiah  James. 
2.  Sophia,  married  John  Clapp.  3.  Martha. 
4.  David.  5.  Moses.  6.  Charles.  7.  George. 
8.  Moses.     All  the  sons  were  blacksmiths. 

(V)  Moses,  son  of  David  (i)  Chapman, 
was  born  about  1763.  He  was  a  blacksmith. 
He  married  Hannah  French.  They  had  a 
large  family,  of  whom  Almon  is  mentioned 
below.  He  remained  in  Easthampton  on  the 
homestead  near  the  present  town  hall.  He 
died  in  Easthampton,  Massachusetts,  aged 
eighty  years. 

(VI)  Almon,  son  of  Moses  Chapman,  was 
born  in  Montgomery,  October  11,  1797.  He 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools.  He  pur- 
chased the  land  where  the  Williston  Seminary 
is  now  located,  extending  back  to  the  railroad. 
Much  of  his  old  farm  is  now  occupied  by  mills 
and  factories.  His  homestead  was  on  the  site 
of  the  seminary  itself.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  First  Congregational  Church 


of  Easthampton.  He  died  in  August,  1883. 
He  married,  in  1825,  Sarah  Smith,  daughter 
of  Erastus  and  Lydia  (Belding)  Smith,  of 
Iladley.  She  was  born  January  17,  1800,  died 
February  14,  1856.  Children,  born  at  East- 
hampton: I.  Mary  Elizabeth,  mentioned  below. 
J.  Almon  Smith,  1828.  died  1908 ;  married 
Eleanor  Fleming ;  two  children :  daughter  died 
in  infancy,  and  William  Fleming  Chapman ;  he 
was  a  blacksmith,  succeeding  his  father,  at 
Easthampton,  in  early  life,  and  later  retired. 
3.  Hannah,  1834,  died  January,  1901,  unmar- 
ried. 4.  William  Henry,  1837,  resides  in  New 
York  City  ;  retired  ;  was  president  of  Williston 
Knight  &  Company,  of  Easthampton. 

(VII)  Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Almon 
Chapman,  was  born  in  Easthampton,  August 
23,  1826.  She  was  well  educated  in  the 
schools  of  her  native  town  and  Williston  Sem- 
inary. She  married  Gilbert  Clark,  who  lived 
on  Mount  Tom,  and  died  January  31,  1874. 
Their  only  child  died  in  infancy.  Since  the 
death  of  her  husband  Mrs.  Clark  lias  lived  on 
the  old  homestead  where  she  was  born,  in  her 
father's  house  at  the  corner  of  Chapman  ave- 
nue and  Union  street ;  it  w^as  the  first  house 
painted  white  in  Easthampton.  Mrs.  Clark  is 
highly  esteemed  by  all  her  neighbors  and  is 
well  known  for  kindness  and  charity. 


This  is  an  English  fam- 
RICHARDSON  ily  which  does  not  ap- 
pear in  America  until 
the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth  century.  As 
the  family  was  Episcopalian  it  does  not  figure 
in  the  vital  records  of  church  or  town  out- 
side of  those  preserved  by  Trinity  Parish. 
There  is  a  tradition  that  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor landed  first  in  New  Jersey,  whence  he 
soon  after  removed  to  Boston.  His  descend- 
ants have  borne  an  honorable  part  in  the  busi- 
ness and  social  development  of  the  city,  and 
have  filled  various  official  stations  of  trust  and 
honor,  and  have  also  borne  their  share  in  the 
military  service. 

(I)  Jeffrey  Richardson  is  first  noticed  at 
Boston  in  1720.  He  was  born  in  1693,  in 
Yorkshire,  England,  and  died  September  29, 
1775,  in  Boston.  Nothing  is  known  concern- 
ing his  father  except  that  he  was  by  occupation 
a  brewer.  Jeffrey  Richardson  resided  for 
some  years  in  Pond  lane  (now  Bedford  street, 
Boston),  and  died  at  the  home  of  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Scott,  on  Winter  street.  In  1744  he  was 
the  holder  of  pew  124,  in  the  gallery  of  Trinity 
church.  He  married,  1731,  Anne  Kirkland, 
1712,  died  January  5,  1780,  in  Boston.     Chil- 


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dren :  Elizabeth,  Anne,  Mary,  Jacob,  Thomas 
and  Jeffrey. 

(II)  Jeffrey  (2),  youngest  child  of  Jeft'rey 
(i)  and  Anne  (Kirkland)  Richardson,  was 
born  February  22,  1743,  in  Boston,  and  died 
there  October  26,  1758.  He  was  appren- 
ticed to  John  Gray,  a  ropemaker,  whose  rope- 
walk  extended  from  Milk  street  to  Cow  lane. 
He  was  a  little  past  his  majority  at  the  time 
of  the  revolution,  and  an  affidavit  is  on  record 
showing  the  experience  of  himself  and  others 
with  British  soldiers  before  the  outbreak  of 
hostilities.  He  states  that  on  a  certain  day  a 
group  of  sokliers  appeared  at  the  ropewalk 
and  challenged  the  workmen  to  personal  com- 
bat, which  challenge  was  accepted  and  the  sol- 
diers were  driven  away  discomfited.  A  little 
later  they  returned  with  a  large  reinforcement 
of  their  comrades,  but  were  again  worsted 
by  the  sturdy  ropemakers.  On  March  9,  1771, 
he  bought  a  lot  in  Cow  lane  (High  street), 
and  June  8  following  bought  the  adjoining  lot 
which  included  a  dwelling  house.  In  1784  lie 
bought  a  residence  at  the  corner  of  Cow  and 
Ciriffins  lanes  (High  and  Pearl  streets),  and 
there  resided  until  the  fire  of  1794.  In  Au- 
gust, 1775,  he  removed  with  his  family  to 
Dighton,  Massachusetts,  but  returned  the  next 
year.  Pie  began  business  on  his  own  account 
as  a  ropemaker  in  1766,  and  in  1793  pur- 
chased a  strip  of  land  parallel  to  Pearl  street, 
to  be  used  for  a  ropewalk.  On  July  30,  1794, 
while  hastening  to  complete  his  work  in  order 
to  attend  an  execution,  one  of  the  employees 
accidentally  ignited  some  of  the  materials  from 
a  kettle  of  tar  and  Mr.  Richardson's  entire 
])roperty,  with  his  dwelling  and  brick  store  and 
that  of  many  of  his  contemporaries,  was  swept 
away  by  fire.  It  was  soon  after  this  that  the 
first  insurance  company  was  established  in 
Boston.  Immediately  after  the  fire  the  town 
decided  to  permit  no  more  ropewalks  to  be 
erected  in  the  business  district,  and  granted  a 
tract  of  marshy  land  below  the  common  on 
condition  that  the  grantees  build  their  own 
sea  wall.  With  five  others  Mr.  Richardson 
accepted  this  and  received  a  deed  for  his 
ground  .August  31,  1796.  He  immefliately  re- 
built his  house  on  High  street,  and  Sei)tembei 
29,  1800,  began  the  erection  of  a  house  on 
Pleasant  street.  A  year  later  he  began  the 
erection  of  a  store  on  the  same  street,  and  in 
1804  sold  out  his  ropewalk.  He  was  a  con- 
stant attendant  of  Trintiy  Church,  and  on  Oc- 
tober 5,  1778,  joined  the  Free  and  Independent 
Whig  Society  of  Observation.  There  is  evi- 
dence that  he  was  the  treasurer  of  Fire  Com- 


pany Xo.  II,  and  he  served  as  surveyor  of 
liemp  from  1790  to  1793,  when  he  resigned. 
In  1782  he  was  rated  at  eleven  pounds  six 
shillings,  and  in  1791  he  received  a  deed  of 
pew  Xo.  99  in  Trinity  Church,  which  he  re- 
tained until  his  death.  In  1792,  in  partner- 
ship with  Captain  Parker,  he  purchased  the 
schooner  "Abigail"  and  began  trade  with  Mar- 
tinico.  He  is  described  as  one  of  the  most 
enterprising  men  of  his  time,  of  benevolent 
character,  and  an  active  member  of  the  Boston 
Episcopal  Charitable  Society.  He  married 
(first)  March  3,  1766,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Webb,  who  died  March  4,  1787;  (sec- 
ond), October  22,  1788,  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
James  Urackett,  of  Ouincy,  who  died  Decem- 
ber 3,  1843,  ^^  the  age  of  eighty  years.  She 
was  mother  of  all  his  children,  namely :  Jeff- 
rey, James  (died  young),  James  Brackett, 
Sally  Brackett,  Ebenezer  and  Benjamin 
Parker. 

(III)  Benjamin  Parker,  youngest  chiUl  of 
Jeffrey  (2)  and  Rebecca  (Brackett)  Richard- 
son, was  born  April  23,  1802,  in  Boston,  where 
he  died  November  17,  1870.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  the  city.  In  1817  he 
was  apprenticed  to  the  mercantile  business 
which  had  been  established  by  his  older  broth- 
ers, and  in  1826  became  a  partner  in  the  busi- 
ness under  the  name  of  J.  Richardson  &  Bros., 
and  consisted  of  the  importation  and  sale  of 
iron  and  steel.  This  business  all  the  brothers 
contiinied  during  their  lives,  and  achieved  suc- 
cess and  mercantile  renown.  He  was  an 
active  member  of  Trinity  Church,  which  he 
represented  as  a  delegate  in  the  Episcopal  con- 
ventions from  1835  to  1839.  He  was  a  Whig 
in  early  life,  and  among  the  founders  of  the 
Republican  party.  He  was  respected  and 
esteemed  by  his  fellow  citizens  and  served  as 
a  member  of  the  school  committee  and  repre- 
sentative in  the  general  court.  He  married, 
November  27,  1828,  Rebecca  Bridge,  of  Lit- 
tleton, Alassachusetts,  born  August  6,  1805, 
died  April  i,  1872,  in  Boston,  daughter  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Stevens)  Bridge,  of  Littleton. 
Children:  I.  Rebecca  Bridge,  born  October  28, 
1829.  now  a  resident  of  Boston ;  widow  of  Rev. 
Cordon  M.  Bradley,  an  Episcopal  clergyman, 
of  Soudi  Carolina.  2.  Sarah  Cordelia,  born 
January  30.  1832,  died  March,  1877,  at  Green 
Cove  Springs,  Florida,  while  wife  of  Jeffrey 
Richardson  Brackett,  of  Quincy.  3.  Benja- 
min Heber,  born  August  17,  1835,  a  resident 
of  Boston.  4.  Edward  Cyrenius,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Edward  Cvrenius,  youngest  child  o' 


MASSACHL'SETTS. 


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Benjamin  1\  and  Rebecca  (Bridge)  Richard- 
son, was  born  February  29,  1840,  in  Boston 
where  he  has  continued  to  make  his  home,  and 
now  resides  at  No.  9  Bay  State  Road.  He 
was  etkicated  in  Chauncy  Hall  and  the  public 
schools  of  Boston,  and  received  his  business 
training  with  the  firm  of  W.  B.  Reynolds  & 
Company,  of  Boston.  For  many  years  he  was 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Richardson  &  Bar- 
nard, commission  and  shipping  merchants, 
with  offices  in  Savannah,  Georgia,  and  Bos 
ton.  On  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war  he  en- 
listed and  was  mustered  into  the  United  States 
service  September  2,  1861,  as  captain  of  Com- 
pany G,  Twenty-fourth  Regiment  Massachu- 
setts \'olunteers.  He  was  promoted  to  major 
Alay  4,  1864,  and  from  the  30th  of  the  same 
month  acted  as  provost-marshal,  ist  Division, 
lOth  Corps,  and  subsequently  as  jjrovost  marshal 
of  same  corps.  He  was  mustered  out,  September 

23,  1864.  He  married,  November  4,  1873, 
Catharine  E.  ^\'eld,  born  April  5,  1845,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Davis  and  Hannah  Elizabeth  (  Ev- 
erett) "Weld.  (See  Weld,  \T1.)  Children: 
I.  Edward  Bridge,  born  July  21,  1875,  "^  ^^" 
vannah,  Georgia ;  graduate  of  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology,  1898;  an  electrical 
engineer   by   profession ;   married,    September 

24,  1903,  Elsie  Greenwood  Pillsbnry,  daughter 
of  Rear  Admiral  I'illsbury,  U.  S.  N.;  children: 
Helen  Langdon,  born  July  6,  1905,  and  Eliza- 
beth, May  26,  1908.  2.  Otis  Weld,  born  Janu- 
ary 18,  1877,  in  Savannah;  graduated  from 
Harvard  College,  class  of  1899,  with  degree 
of  A.  B.,  and  from  Harvard  Law  School, 
1902 ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  is  prac- 
ticing in  Boston ;  married,  June  4,  1907,  Lu- 
cile  Johnston,  born  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
November  8,  1882,  daughter  of  W.  J.  John- 
ston, of  that  city  ;  child  :  Otis  Weld,  born  May 


2,  1909. 


(Tlie  \\  eld  I,inel. 


The  Weld  family  is  of  ancient  English  de- 
scent, and  claims  to  have  descended  from 
Edric  Sylvaticns  Wild  (as  the  name  was  also 
spelled).  He  was  a  Saxon  of  great  renown 
in  the  reign  of  King  Harold  and  \\  illiam  the 
Conqueror.  Humphrey  \\'eld.  who  married 
Clara  Young  Ernst,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Ernst,  Lord  .Auroiidel  of  Wardor,  England, 
owned  Lulworth  Castle  and  other  estates  in' 
Dorset.  England.  He  is  said  to  be  the  an- 
cestor of  the  American  family.  Edmond 
Welde  of  Sudbury,  county  Suffolk,  England, 
a  mercer  by  trade,  was  father  of  the  immi- 
grant. His  will,  dated  December  5,  1605, 
]iroved  ^fay  3.  i^oS,  is  given  as  follows: 


"1  give  and  bec|ueath  unto  Amye  my  right 
well  beloved  wife  my  mansion  house  wherein 
1  now  inhabit  and  dwell,  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Peter  in  Sudbury,  to  hold  for  life;  and  after 
her  decease  I  give  the  moiety  and  one  par: 
thereof  (i.  e)  the  shop,  the  chamber  over  it, 
the  ware  house  &c.  to  Daniel  \\'elde  my  eldest 
son  ;  the  other  part  of  the  messuage,  being  the 
Westside  thereof,  1  give  to  John  Welde  my 
second  son.  To  the  said  Daniel  fifty  pounds 
at  five  and  twenty  years  of  age  and  to  John 
forty  pounds  (at  same  age).  To  Edmund  my 
third  son  my  tenements  and  houses  which  [ 
purchased  of  Mr.  John  Howe,  in  the  parish 
of  St.  Gregory,  to  have  and  to  hold  after  he 
shall  be  of  full  age  of  four  and  twenty  years. 
To  Thomas  my  fourth  son  a  piece  of  arable 
land  of  six  acres  in  Great  Cornard  called 
Church  Croftes,  at  four  and  twenty.  To  Ben 
jamin  my  fifth  son  a  piece  of  arable  land  of 
five  acres  which  I  purchased  of  Peter  Greene 
gent,  being  parcel  of  the  manor  of  Neale's, 
lying  in  a  field  near  the  clay  pits  in  the  parish 
of  St.  Peter  in  Sudbury,  abutting  upon  the 
way  leading  from  Sudbury  towards  Great 
Waddingfield,  to  have  and  to  hold  at  his  age 
of  four  and  twenty.  I  give  to  Joseph,  my 
sixth  son  my  piece  of  meadow  in  Cornerd  and 
.Sudbury  containing  two  acres  and  three  roods 
which  was  some  time  Richard  Eden'd  gent, 
and  abutteth  upon  the  high  way  leading  from 
Sudbury  towards  Corneard  right  against  a 
certain  lane  called  Cats  Lane.  To  James  my 
seventh  son  my  messuage  or  tenement  with  a 
croft  of  land  belonging  of  one  acre  and  a  half 
in  North  Lopham  Norfolk  which  1  purchased 
of  John  Lovick.  To  my  eldest  daughter  Mary 
Welde  fifty  pounds  at  two  and  twenty.  To 
my  youngest  daughter  Elizabeth  my  two  tene- 
ments which  I  purchased  of  John  Drewe,  in 
P)allington  Essex,  and  an  acre  of  land  called 
Stimpcrosse  in  Cornard.  Amye  my  wife  to  be 
sole  executrix  and  my  brother  John  Dereslye 
to  be  supervisor.  William  Howe  and  Robert 
Buckstone  witnesses." 

( \T  )  Daniel  Weld,  son  of  Deacon  David 
Weld  ( (|.  v.),  was  born  November  20,  1772 
and  died  July  5,  1852.  He  was  a  merchant  in 
Boston.  He  married.  May  29,  1800,  Hannah 
\\'illiams,  born  July  2.  1781,  sister  of  Moses 
Williams,  who  was  for  many  years  one  of  the 
most  prominent  citizens  of  Boston.  Children : 
I.  Daniel,  born  December  21,  1801.  2.  Eliza- 
beth Williams,  December  12,  1803.  3.  David 
.\ngust  25,  1806.  4.  John  Davis,  September 
8,  1808.  5.  Hannah  Davis,  December  17,  18 10. 
6.   Betsey   Williams.   November    14.    1812.     7. 


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Edward  F.,  December  30,  1814.  8.  Alose.-; 
Williams,  August  15,  1817.  9.  Hannah  Davis 
Williams,  June  2^,  1820.  10.  Martha  Will- 
iams, February  22,  1824. 

(VH)  John  Davis,  son  of  Daniel  Weld, 
was  born  September  18,  1808,  and  died  De- 
cember 18,  1873.  He  married,  September  11, 
1833,  Hannah  Elizabeth  Everett,  born  January 
15,  1813,  died  June  22,  1856,  daughter  of  Otis 
and  Elizabeth  Hurd  Everett.  Children:  i. 
Daniel,  born  April  3,  1837;  resides  in  Brook- 
line,  Massachusetts.  2.  Otis  Everett,  May  14, 
1840;  died  March  17,  1897;  for  many  years 
one  of  the  junior  members  of  the  firm  of  D. 
M.  Williams  &  Company  of  JJoston ;  died  un- 
married. 3.  Catherine  E.,  born  April  5,  1845; 
married,  November  4,  1873,  Major  Edward 
C.  Richardson.  (See  Richardson,  IV.)  4. 
John  Davis  Jr.,  born  January  15,  1850;  died 
January   17,   1909;  unmarried. 


Without  taking  up  tra- 
KX(JWETON     ditional  stories  of  the  time 

of  William  the  Conqueror, 
and  how  he  knighted  two  soldiers  in  his  serv- 
ice during  his  invasion  of  Wales,  naming  them 
according  to  their  respective  residences.  Hill- 
ton  and  Knoll-ton,  we  will  pass  to  Domesday 
Book  in  which  Knowlton  Hundred,  a  hamlet 
in  Dorsetshire,  became  in  1083  by  royal  ap- 
pointment a  Fair-Town  and  which  the  original 
hamlet  and  manor  has  long  passed  away  the 
present  boundaries  of  the  place,  includes 
Knowlhill,  Long  Crichel,  Crichel-Goves,  Cri- 
chel-Lucy,  All  Saints,  Boroson,  Week  Farm, 
Phillipston  and  Woodlands.  This  estate  was 
anciently  owned  by  Ansgar  and  in  Domesday 
Book  the  name  is  written  Chenoltone,  which 
in  subsequent  books  is  spelled  Conolton,  Knol- 
ton,  Knollton,  Knowlton,  Knoulton,  Knowton, 
Knowlden  (at  the  foot  of  the  knoll),  Noalton. 
Noulton  and  Nolton.  Knowlton  Hall  and 
Knowlton  Parish  still  designate  a  baronial  res- 
idence and  manor  in  Kent,  six  miles  from  the 
cathedral  at  Canterbury.  In  the  fifteenth  year 
of  the  Conqueror,  the  estate  was  given  to  one 
of  his  followers,  from  whom  it  passed  by 
Knight's  service  to  Perot  and  thence  to  other 
owners.  In  the  thirty-third  year  of  Edward 
].,  Perot  assumed  the  title  of  Lord  Knollton, 
an  example  of  the  custom  of  transferring  a 
proper  name  from  the  soil  to  its  owner.  Lord 
Knowlton  left  the  estate  to  his  daughter,  Chris- 
tian, who  married  William  de  Langley,  High 
Sheriff  under  Edward  III.  This  was  1327- 
yy.     The   son   of    William    de    Langley    and 


Christian  (Knowlton)  called  himself  William 
Knollton,  Esq.  This  was  during  the  reign  of 
Henry  VI,  1429-71.  In  the  twentieth  year  of 
Henry  \II  (1505),  William's  son  John. 
( whose  son  and  successor  Edward,  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Peyton  who 
was  the  next  owner),  came  into  possession  and 
he  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Tyndal,  governor  of  the  Tower  of  London. 
His  grandson  and  heir,  Thomas,  had  children: 
Dorothy,  Catherine,  W'illia,  Thomas.  From 
the  time  of  Sir  Perot  adopting  the  title  of  Lord 
Knollton  to  Sir  D'Aeth,  the  lords  of  this  manor 
were  known  both  by  their  surnames  and  by 
their  adopted  titles  and  this  historical  fact  is 
attested  in  the  case  of  Knowlton  Hall,  Kent, 
England.  The  families  of  Knowlton  appear 
to  have  been  confined  e.xtremely  to  the  coun- 
ties of  Middlesex  and  Kent  up  to  1728  and  the 
titles  Mr.  and  Esq.  appear  frequently  attached 
to  the  name  and  the  fact  that  marriages  in 
the  family  were  invariably  by  licenses  and  not 
by  publishing  banns,  indicates  a  social  position 
and  a  condition  of  comfort  as  such  licenses 
were  only  to  be  obtained  from  the  archbishop 
of  canterbury  at  an  expense  of  about  fifty 
pounds.  Location,  dates  of  birth,  repetition 
of  names  of  children  and  the  very  names  given 
to  the  children  born  in  the  New  World  fix  be- 
yond reasonable  doubt  that  the  Knowltons  who 
came  to  the  New  World  with  the  first  immi- 
grants derive  their  descent  from  the  Knowl- 
tons of  this  old  Kentish  Manor.  The  English 
ancestors  from  whom  Captain  William,  the 
first  immigrant  to  America,  was  descended  is : 

(I)  Richard  of  Kent,  born  in  1553.  He 
married,  July  17,  1577,  Elizabeth  Cantize  and 
had  children  as  follows:  i.  George,  born  in  the 
|)arish  of  Canterbury,  Kent,  May  6,  1578; 
made  his  home  in  Chadwick.  2.  Stephen,  born 
in  the  parish  of  Canterbury,  May  i,  1580;  died 
young.     3.  Thomas,  see  forward.    4.  William. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Richard  of  Kent  and 
Elizabeth  (Cantize)  Knowlton,  married  and 
had  children:  i.  John,  see  forward.  2.  Rob- 
ert, see  forward.  3.  Mary,  1628;  married, 
April  26,  1651,  John  William.  4.  Sarah,  1630, 
married,  February  23,   1656,  Augustine  Ellis. 

(HI)  John,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Knowl- 
ton,  was    born   in   Kent,   England,    1620.     In 

1643   ^^  married   Dorothy  .     He  died 

in  London,  1664,  and  was  buried  from  St. 
James  Church,  Clerkenwells.  He  is  styled  on 
the  church  records  a  householder.  John  and 
Dorothy  Knowlton  had  four  children  born  in 
England   as    follows:    i.    Elizabeth,    May   26, 


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,  1644.  2.  John,  January  14,  1649.  3.  James, 
September  26,  1650.  4.  Mary,  December  18. 
1652. 

(III)  Robert,  second  son  of  Thomas 
Knowlton,  was  born  in  Kent,  England,   1622. 

He  was  married  about  1642  to  Susan  

and  they  had  four  children  born  in  Kent,  Eng- 
land, as  follows:  i.  Ann,  January  24,  1644; 
married.  April  11,  1728,  Marcus  Gilmanothe. 
2.  John,  died  September  30,  1649.  3.  Doro- 
thy, died  January  7,  1650.  4.  William,  see 
forward.  Susan  Knowlton,  the  mother  of 
these  children,  died  February  10,  1653,  and 
Robert  Knowlton  married  as  his  second  wife 

Sarah ,  and  had  one  child,  Sarah,  born 

October  2,  1655.  Robert  Knowlton  died  De- 
cember 30,  1653. 

(IV)  William,  second  son  and  fcnirth  child 
of  Robert  and  Susan  Knowlton,  was  born  in 
England,  1652.  He  was  a  West  India  mer- 
chant.    He   married    Maria   and    had 

two   children:    i.    John,    born    1688;   married 

Elizabeth  and  they  had  four  children. 

2.  Thomas.  1690;  married,  in  1726,  Elizabeth 
Rice,  and  November  17,  1744,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Stephenson.  He  was  a  landscape  gardener 
antigronia  and  botanist,  and  a  fellow  of  the 
Royal  .\cademy.  He  died  November  28.  1781. 
in  Londesborough.  England.  His  only  son. 
Rev.  Charles,  was  a  graduate  of  Cambridge 
University.     William  Knowlton  died  in   1713- 

(New    England    Fanillyl. 

We  have  in  the  Knowltons  of  England  seen 
that  part  of  one  family  of  the  name  came  to 
.America  as  early  as  1632-34,  and  as  all  his 
children  were  born  in  England,  their  names 
and  the  dates  of  their  birth  appear  in  that 
sketch.  This  is  Captain  William  Knowlton 
and  in  the  New  England  genealogy  we  will 
name  him  as  of  the  first  generation. 

(I)  Captain  William,  fourth  son  of  Rich- 
ard of  Kent  and  Elizabeth  (Cantize)  Knowl- 
ton, brother  of  Ceorge,  Ste])hen  and  Thomas 
Knowlton.  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Canter- 
bury, Kent,  England,  1584.  He  was  a  well- 
to-do  ship  master  and  part  owner  and  captain 
of  a  trading  vessel,  with  which  he  visited  the 
newly  opened  parts  of  the  New  World,  espe- 
cially Nova  Scotia  and  New  England.  He 
was  forty-eight  years  of  age,  and  had  a  fam- 
ily of  six  children  when  he  sailed  with  his 
wife  and  four  sons  to  make  a  home  for  them 
in  the  New  World ;  it  is  probable  that  it  was 
not  his  first  voyage  to  .America  and  the  ob- 
jective point  for  which  he  sailed  was  proba- 
i)l\-  llingham,  Massachusetts  Ray  Colony.     .As 


his  family  appear  as  settlers  at  Hingham  as 
early  as  1634,  it  is  probable  that  he  landed  his 
wife  and  four  sons  there-  and  continued  his 
trading  venture.  He  may  have  visited  them 
and  as  it  is  recorded  that  he  died  at  sea  off  the 
coast  of  Nova  Scotia  and  his  wife  may  have 
accompanied  him  on  his  ill-fated  voyage  as  it 
appears  that  she  directed  his  burial  and  sold 
his  share  in  the  ship  and  returned  to  Hingham 
where  she  owned  land  and  where  she  died 
probably  at  the  home  of  her  son  Samuel  who 
did  not  marry  and  continued  to  live  in  Hing- 
ham and  made  a  home  for  his  widowed 
mother.  John  was  the  only  one  of  the  sons 
who  had  attained  his  majority  before  reaching 
America.  He  settled  in  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1639,  and  his  brothers,  William  and 
Thomas,  joined  him  in  that  town  in  1642. 
Caiitain  William  Knowlton.  father  of  the 
llingham  and  Ipswich  immigrant  settlers,  was 
buried  at  .Sherborne,  the  first  large  harbor  east 
of  Ca|)e  Sable,  Nova  Scotia_,  and  the  cemetery 
in  which  he  was  supposed  to  have  been  buried 
is  still  in  use  but  no  stone  has  been  found  to 
mark  his  grave  or  give  the  date  of  his  death 
which  was  probably  1634-35,  unless  his  death 
occurred  when  he  first  brought  his  family  to 
.America  in  1632.  as  some  genealogists  suppose, 
which  would  deprive  him  of  having  located  his 
family  at  flinghani,  and  gives  no  reason  that 
tliev  should  have  gone  there  if  his  objective 
point  on  leaving  England  was  Nova  Scotia  as 
is  claimed  by  some.  It  seems  more  reasonable 
that  he  settled  the  young  boys  with  their 
mother  in  Hingham  and  returned  with  his  ship 
to  continue  his  vocation  as  a  sailing  master 
and  on  a  subse(|uent  voyage  was  taken  sick  and 
died  on  the  coa.st  of  Nova  Scotia.  The  fam- 
ily did  not  break  up  in  Hingham  until  1640. 
when  John,  the  eldest,  was  induced  to  go  to 
Ipswich,  and  two  years  after  his  brothers  Will- 
iam and  Thomas  followed,  leaving  his  mother 
in  charge  of  their  brother  Samuel.  He  mar- 
ried .\nn  Elizabeth  Smith.  Children,  born  in 
Kent,  England:  i.  John,  born  1610.  2.  Sam- 
uel. 161 1  :  emigrated  to  America.  1632-34:  died 
in  llingham.  Massachusetts  Ray  Colony;  prob- 
ably unmarried.  3.  Robert,  about  1613:  re- 
mained in  England,  where  he  married  and  had 
children.  4.  \\'illiam,  see  forward.  5.  Alary. 
ihi7.  said  to  have  died  young.  6.  Thomas, 
about   1620:  went  to  Ipswich  in   1642. 

(11)  William  (2),  fourth  son  of  Captain 
William  (i)  and  Ann  Elizabeth  (Smith) 
Knowlton,  was  born  at  Knowlton  Manor  Hall. 
Kent.  England.  1613.  sailed  with  her  father 
and  family  in  1(132-34  to  make  a  new  home  in 


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New  England.  After  the  death  of  his  father 
off  the  coast  of  Nova  Scotia  and  the  settlement 
of  his  interest  in  the  ship  he  commanded,  his 
mother  returned  to  Hingham,  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony,  where  they  had  originally  settled 
and  where  she  owned  a  considerable  estate. 
His  brother  John  went  from  Hingham  to  Ips- 
wich in  1639  and  William  and  Thomas  joined 
him  there  in  1642.  W  illiani  was  a  bricklayer 
by  trade  and  he  followed  that  vocation  in  the 
new  settlement.  He  took  the  oath  as  freeman 
and  church  member  in  1642,  and  was  allotted 
pasturage  for  one  cow  and  a  portion  of  the 
land  comprising  Plum  Island.  He  also  bought 
a  house  and  lot  of  John  Andrews  which  he 
sold  on  December  12,  1643,  to  Edward  Bragg, 
of  Ipswich.  He  was  not  a  man  of  much 
wealth  and  when  his  estate  was  administered 
in  the  Essex  court  it  was  inventoried  at  thirty- 
seven  pounds,  two  shillings  and  one  pence,  and 
his  debts  amounted  to  twenty-seven  pounfls, 
four  shillings  and  one  pence.  His  brother 
Thomas  administered  the  estate  in  1678  but 
had  not  completed  his  settlement  in  1692  when 
he  died.  William  died,  intestate,  in  1665,  and 
his  brother  Thomas  shared  the  care  of  the 
children  with  the  widow,  who  was  Ann  Smith 
before  her  marriage  to  William  Knowlton. 
The  children  of  Captain  William  and  Ann 
(Smith)  Knowlton  were:  i.  Thomas,  born 
1641  ;  married,  November  24,  1668,  Hannah 
Creen.  2.  William,  1643;  married  Susanna, 
her  surname  not  being  on  record,  and  as  his 
second  wife,  Mrs.  Lydia  Griffin  Ford.  3. 
John,  see  forward.  4.  Samuel,  1647;  married 
in  April,  1669,  Elizabeth  Witt.  5.  iienjamin, 
about  i'^>49;  married,  November  30,  1676, 
Hannah  .\Ierick.  6.  Joseph,  about  1651  ;  mar- 
ried Mary  Wilson,  August  14,  1677.  7.  Mary, 
1(153:  married,  ( Jctober  12,  1672,  Samuel,  son 
i)f  John  Abbe,  the  immigrant.  1635,  and  had  a 
son  Jonathan  and  resided  in  Windham,  Con- 
necticut, after  1697,  where  he  died  in  March, 
1698,  and  his  widow  married  .Abraham  Mit- 
chell. 

(Ill)  John,  fourth  child  of  William  and 
.Ann  (Smith)  Knowlton,  was  born  in  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts,  in  if)45-46,  and  spent  his 
youthful  days  in  that  town.  He  took  the 
freeman's  oath  in  1669  and  in  if>jg  removed 
to  Manchester,  where  he  took  the  oath  of  alle- 
giance in  1680.  He  had  learned  the  trade  of 
carpenter  and  assisted  his  father  in  his  build- 
ing operations  in  Ipswich ;  on  removing  to 
Manchester  he  ]3urchased  land  and  built  and 
sold  houses  and  was  a  man  of  thrift  and  in- 
dustrv.      lie   took   an   active  interest   in   town 


affairs  and  was  captain  of  the  company  of 
militia  from  its  organization.  He  removed 
from  Alanchester  to  Hamlet  (now  Hamilton) 
in  the  town  of  Ipswich,  about  1707,  where  he 
died  in  August,  1728.  He  married  (first) 
l)ethia,  daughter  of  Rice  Edwards,  of  Wen- 
ham,  who  died  after  1707.  His  second  wife 
was  Susanna  Hutton  and  the  intention  of  thi.s 
marriage  was  iniblished  April  11,  1714,  in 
Wenham,  and  she  survived  her  husband.  The 
children  of  John  and  Bethia  (Edwards) 
Knowlton  were:  i.  John,  see  forward.  2. 
Mary,  married  James  Patch  and  died  before 
1713,  leaving  children,  one  of  whom  was  prob- 
ably Hannah  who  married  Nathaniel  Potter. 
3.  Rice,  born  1676 :  married  Mary  Dodge,  of 
Ipswich,  January  2,  1699.  Mary  Dodge  was 
born  June  6,  1680,  and  after  her  death  her 
husband  married,  November  26,  1750,  Eliza- 
beth Smith,  of  Marblehead.  4.  Susanna,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Corning  Jr.,  of  Beverly,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  had  six  children  born  of  the  mar- 
riage between  1698  and  1715,  all  baptized  in 
the  First  Church,  Beverly.  Samuel  Corning 
Jr.  died   before    1728.     5.    Benjamin,   married 

Susanna and  died  in  1764.     6.  Bethia, 

married  a  Mr.  Wooden.  7.  Tlionias,  born 
about  idSri:  married  Martha  Conant  after 
.March  13.  171 1,  and  died  in  Middleborough, 
Massachusetts,  "July  22,  1755,  aged  sixty- 
nine."  8.  Timothy,  married  Hamiah,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Storey,  of  Ipswich,  published 
August  30,  171 1.  9.  Elizabeth,  married  Alal- 
achi  Corning,  of  Beverly.  10.  .Abigail,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Creddings  and  after  his  death  Lieu- 
tenant William  Dodge.  11.  Aliriam,  married 
Joseph  Day,  Alarch  26,  1723. 

(IV)  John  (2),  eldest  child  of  John  (1) 
and  I'ethia  (  Edwarcls  )  Knowlton,  and  known 
as  "Captain  John  Knolton,"  was  born  in  Ips- 
wich. Massachusetts,  about  1670.  He  removed 
to  Alanchester,  Alassachusetts,  with  his  par- 
ents when  nine  years  old,  and  he  learned  the 
trade  of  carjjenter  in  his  father's  shop :  he  con- 
tributed towards  the  erection  of  a  school 
house  which  shows  him  to  have  been  a  well- 
to-do  and  progressive  citizen.  He  married. 
December  20,  1(197,  .Abigail,  daughter  of  Jo- 
se|)h  I'.achelor  (or  Piatchelder ),  of  Salem, 
Massa,chusetts,  and  they  had  eleven  children 
all  born  in  Manchester  as  follows:  I.  John,  see 
forward.  2.  Joseph,  born  December  28,  1701  ; 
married  Emma,  her  surname  not  being  in 
record,  3.  Abigail,  May  2,  1705;  married, 
.April  7,  1730,  Soloma  Parsons,  of  Gloucester, 
Massachusetts.  4.  Churchill.  Alarch  5,  1707, 
baptized    October    3,    1708,    in    h'irst    Church. 


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Beverly.  5.  Miriam,  September  7,  1711;  un- 
married. 6.  Lucy,  February  28,  1714-15; 
married,  February  26,  1739-40,  Joseph  Knight. 
7.  Prudence,  April  13,  1718;  married,  January 

7>    ^7Z7-2)^' ■     8.    Andrew,    March    5, 

1720;  married  Abigail  Stone,  of  Beverly,  pub- 
lished October  31,  and  November  i.  1741.  9. 
Hannah,  March  13,  1723-24. 

(V)  John  (3),  eldest  son  of  Captain  John 
(2)  and  Abigail  (Batchelder)  Knowlton,  was 
born  in  Manchester,  Massachusetts,  August 
3,  1699.  His  intention  to  marry  Elizabeth 
Hilton  was  published  in  Manchester,  October 
18,  1719,  and  after  their  marriage  they  lived 
in  Manchester  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  be- 
tween 1726  and  1728.  On  November  6,  1829, 
his  widow  married  John  Horsham,  of  Man- 
chester, and  she  died  in  1792,  aged  ninety 
years.  The  children  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Hilton)  Knowlton  were  :  i.  Elizabeth,  born 
Aug^Kst  28,  1720;  married  John  Horsham  Jr., 
of  Manchester,  their  intention  being  published 
December  2,  1752.  2.  John,  see  forward.  3. 
Anna,  June  11,  1725;  married  David  Lufkin, 
of  Ipswich,  August  zj,  1747.  4.  Mary,  De- 
cember 17,  1726;  married  Solomon  Lufkin,  of 
Gloucester,       Massachusetts.      February      20, 

1745:4^1- 

(  \  1  )  John  (4),  eldest  son  and  second  child 
of  John  (3)  and  Elizabeth  (Hilton)  Knowl- 
ton, was  born  in  iManchester,  Massachusetts, 

June  17.  1723.      He  married  Lucy  and 

they  lived  in  W'enham  ;ui(l  lieverly.  They  had 
one  child  .\braham,  wliu  married  W'idrnv  Anna 
Taylor. 

(V'H)  Abraham,  cmly  child  of  John  (4) 
and  Lucy  Knowltun,  was  born  in  Wenham, 
Massachusetts,  in  1756.  He  married  Anna 
Taylor,  a  widow,  and  they  lived  in  Wenham 
and  Beverly.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  .\meri- 
can  revolution,  his  first  service  being  that  of  a 
minute-man  on  the  Lexington  alarm,  .\pril  19, 
1775-  He  saw  service  at  Bunker  Hill  and  was 
paid  inr  loses  sustained  in  that  battle,  June  17, 
1775.  through  Captain  .Vathaniel  Wade,  he 
being  one  of  nine  subscribers  from  Ipswich, 
May  IT,  1777,  to  claims  for  loss  as  sustained. 
On  May  7,  1776,  he  was  commissioned  second 
lieutenant.  He  died  in  Beverly,  February  13, 
1829,  and  his  widow  died  March  18,  1839.  The 
children  of  Lieutenant  Abraham  and  Anna 
(Taylor)  Knowlton  were:  i.  Mollie  or  Polly 
(twin),  horn  January  15,  1778,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 26,  1779;  married  Jonathan,  son  of 
Jonathan  and  Hannah  (Morgan)  Knowlton. 
of  Beverly.  2.  Caleb  (twin),  see  forward. 
3.    \\'illiam.    December    r.    1779.    baptized    in 


Wenham.  May  20,  1781  ;  married  in  Wenham, 
February  2,  1804,  Betsey  Andrews.  4.  John, 
April  21,  1781,  baptized  June  6,  1784.  5. 
.\nna.  May  30,  1784;  married  Alark  Saxby, 
of  Beverly,  published  March  11,  1804.  6. 
Abigail  or  Nabby,  May  30,  1784;  married  Will- 
iam Young  Jr.,  of  Beverly,  July  3,  1804.  7. 
.\braham,  February  9,  1790.  8.  Charity, 
.Vpril  9,  1791  ;  married  Nathaniel  Stanley,  No- 
vember 26,  1807,  and  made  their  home  in 
Janesville,  New  Hampshire.  9.  John,  March 
'3-  '797:  married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Gradner 
\Vright.  of  Sultan,  Massachusetts,  in  Septem- 
ber, 1826.  She  was  born  November  20,  1806, 
and  after  her  marriage  lived  in  P)randon,  Ver- 
mont. 

(\I1I)  Caleb,  second  child  and  eldest  son 
(if  Lieutenant  Abraham  and  .\nna  (Taylor) 
Knowlton.  was  born  in  Wenham,  Massachu- 
setts, January  15,  1778.  His  intended  marriage 
to  Anna  Sargent  was  published  in  Beverly, 
December  7,  1800,  antl  his  marriage  to  Rachel 
Lee,  Alay  14,  1809,  in  Manchester,  Massachu- 
setts. He  subsec|uently  removed  to  Brandon, 
Xerniont.  The  children  of  Caleb  and  .Xnna 
(Sargent)  Knowlton  were:  I.  William,  born 
1802;  married  Eliza  A.  Bedney,  June  20,  1825. 
2.  Isaac,   1805,  died  April,   1840.     3.   William 

.S.,    married    Agatha ,    and    resided    in 

Salem,  Massachusetts,  where  three  children 
were  born  to  them.  4.  James.  Anna  ( Sargent ) 
Knowlton  died  in  1808.  The  children  of  Caleb 
and  Rachel  (Lee)  Knowdton  were:  i.  Eliza, 
■•"ebruary  13.  1810;  married  Justus  Benson  and 
had  children  born  in  Iowa.  2.  .\ndrew,  No- 
vember 28,  181 1  :  married  Mary  Benson  and 
had  children  born  in  Michigan.  3.  Mary,  see 
forward.  4.  Isaac,  December  15,  181 5.  5. 
Martha,  .\pril  15.  1818;  married  Chester 
Kingsley.  (>.  .\llen.  March  8,  1820,  died  Octo- 
ber 3!,  i83().  7.  Cyrus,  May  14,  1822:  married, 
December  31,  1851,  Adaline  Dodge.  8. 
-Amanda,  May  6,  1824,  died  August  18,  1840. 
9.  Daniel,  October  17,  1826;  married,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1849,  Julia  Schofield  and  had  children 
born  in  Newton,  Kansas.  10.  Jane,  April  20, 
1828;  marrietl  Henry  C.  Martin,  July  6,  1847. 
II.  Maria,  August  2/.  1830,  died  young.  12. 
Caleb  C,  September  21,  1831,  died  young. 

(  IN  )  Mary,  second  daughter  and  third  child 
of  Caleb  and  Rachel  (Lee)  Knowlton,  was 
Iiorn  November  15,  1814,  died  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts,  1887.  She  married  Epenetus 
Webster,  of  Brandon,  Vermont,  and  lived  in 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  where  their  chil- 
dren were  born:  i.  Henry  Caleb  Webster, 
who  became  the  proprietor  of  a  general  variety 


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store  in  Montpelier  and  Windsor,  Vermont. 
He  died  at  Windsor,  Vermont.  2.  Daniel 
Epenetus  Webster,  see  forward.  3.  Eugene 
Allen  Webster,  a  patent  lawyer  and  solicitor  in 
Springfield,   Massachusetts. 

Epenetus  Webster  was  born  on  his  father's 
farm  in  Hubberton,  \ermont.  He  went  to 
Delaware  when  a  young  man  and  attended 
school,  but  was  forced  to  leave  on  account  of 
his  radical  abolition  sentiment.  Subsec|uently 
he  was  tutor  in  a  family  in  Natchez,  Missis- 
sippi, where  his  sentiments  were  so  thoroughly 
opposed  to  those  of  his  patrons  that  he  again 
changed  the  scene  and  character  of  his  labors. 
By  this  time  he  was  thoroughly  convinced  that 
the  abolition  of  slavery  must  come,  and  the 
sooner  the  better.  So  he  settled  near  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio,  and  engaged  in  the  publication  of  a 
paper  advocating  the  freedom  of  the  slaves. 
His  sentiments  were  evidently  ardent  and 
clearly  expressed,  for  it  was  not  long  before 
a  mob  crossed  from  Kentucky  and  destroyed 
his  newspaper  plant.  Being  without  means 
to  start  another  paper,  Mr.  Webster  removed 
to  Philadelphia,  and  resumed  his  former  occu- 
pation of  teaching  school.  From  there  he  went 
to  New  York  City,  where  he  continued  teach- 
ing, and  later  engaged  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness. In  1862  he  was  .seriously  injured  by  a 
fall  from  a  horse  and  died  in  March  of  that 
year. 

(X)  Daniel  E.,  son  of  Epenetus  and  Mary 
(Knowlton)  Webster,  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania,  June  12,  1853.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Brandon,  \'ermont,  from  which  he  went  to 
Ann  Arbor.  Michigan,  where  he  sjient  a  year 
in  the  prefjaratory  department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan,  but  did  not  continue  his 
studies  farther.  Tn  1878  he  entered  upon  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Morris  &  Cope- 
land,  where  he  continued  till  his  admission  to 
the  bar  in  1881.  Soon  afterward  he  opened 
an  office  and  has  since  been  successful  in  the 
legal  business.  He  is  a  member  of  Roswell 
Lee  Lodge  of  Free  and  .Xcceoted  Masons  of 
Springfield:  iMorning  Star  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons ;  Springfield  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters :  Springfield  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar,  and  ^lelha  Temple.  .Ancient 
.Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  My.stic  Shrine. 

He  married,  January  10,  1887.  Alice,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Eveline  (Thayer)  Hall,  of 
Brandon,  \'ermont,  and  they  have  three  chil- 
dren, born  in  Springfield,  as  follows:  I.  Rob- 
ert E.,  who  was  fitted  for  college  at  Spring- 
field high  school  and  was  graduated  at  \\'\]]- 


iams    College,    A.    B.      2.    Alice    Eveline.      3. 
Harold  Knowlton. 

Daniel  Epenetus  Webster  is  a  descend- 
ant from  Governor  John  W'ebster,  as  was 
Noah  Webster  the  lexicographer,  who  pub- 
lished the  first  American  Dictionary,  pub- 
lished in  1826,  and  which  book,  long  after 
Noah  Webster's  death.  May  28,  1843,  was  the 
standard  dictionary  in  the  United  States.  While 
not  able  to  trace  the  line  of  descendants  un- 
broken from  Governor  John  to  Daniel  Epe- 
netus Webster,  it  will  be  profitable  to  give  the 
history  of  the  founder  of  Connecticut  and  of 
his  descendants  in  the  second  generation. 

lohn  Webster,  one  of  the  original  settlers 
in  "Hartford  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Republic  of  Connecticut,  was  from  Norwick- 
shire,  England,  and  from  the  formation  of  the 
constitution  of  the  republic  in  1639  to  the  year 
1659  he  was  an  officer,  holding  the  offices  of 
magistrate  or  judge  and  in  this  capacity  assist- 
ed in  administrating  the  government,  1639-55. 
He  was  elected  deputy-governor  in  1655  and 
governor  in  1656.  He  was  chosen  first  magis- 
trate 1657-58-59.  In  1659.,  in  consequence  of 
the  controversy  in  the  church  at  Hartford  of 
which  Mr.  Stone  was  minister,  John  Webster 
and  his  sons,  with  a  number  of  their  friends, 
aggregating  fifty-nine  persons  belonging  to 
Hartford,  Wethersfield  and  Winslow,  deter- 
mined to  purchase  a  large  tract  of  land  in  the 
colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay  and  removed  out 
of  the  Hartford  Colony  with  their  families. 
Thev  drew  up  an  agreement  to  this  end  at 
Hartford.  .April  18,  1654,  and  they  purchased 
a  tract  of  land  which  includes  the  present 
towns  of  Hadley,  Amherst,  South  Hadley  and 
(Iranbv  on  the  east  side  of  the  Connecticut 
river  and  Hatfield  and  a  part  of  Williamsburg 
on  the  west  side  of  the  river.  The  signers  to 
the  agreement  was  headed  by  John  Webste'- 
and  was  also  signed  by  his  son  Robert.  John 
\\"ebster  superintended  the  laying  out  of  roads 
on  the  tract  and  lodged  in  Northampton,  where 
he  was  taken  sick  and  made  his  will  which 
bears  date  June  25.  1659.  The  will  was  wit- 
nessed by  Mr.  John  Russel,  Jr.,  minister  at 
Hadlev.  and  Mr.  Ebenezer  Mather,  minister 
at  Northam]iton.  Mr.  Webster  recovered  from 
the  sickness  and  he  was  a])])ointed  a  com- 
missioner or  judge  of  the  court  and  had  as 
asscxiates  John  Pynchon  and  Samuel  Chapin. 
On  March  26,  1661,  at  the  court  held  on  that 
date  at  Northampton,  Mr.  Webster  with  others 
of  the  colonists  from  Connecticut  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance,  know^n  as  the  freeman's  oath  as 
refiuired  bv  the  general  court  of  the  colony  of 


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Massachusetts  Bay  before  Mr.  Pynchon  and 
Mr.  Holyoke,  who  was  recorder  of  the  court. 
Mr.  Webster  did  not  long  survive  this  import- 
ant act  as  he  died  Ajjril  5,  1661,  and  according 
to  the  directors  of  his  will  he  was  buried  at 
Hadley.  John  and  Agnes  Webster  had  four 
sons  :  Robert,  Matthew,  William  and  Thomas. 
William  and  Thomas  received  by  the  will  of 
their  father  his  lands  in  Hadley.  William 
married  Mary  Reeves  in  1671  and  died  in  Had- 
ley about  the  year  1687-88.  He  probably  had 
no  children.  His  wife,  Mary,  was  accused  of 
witchcraft  about  the  years  1684-85,  and  her 
testimony  was  taken  and  sent  to  Boston  but  she 
was  not  disturbed  and  died  in  peace  in  1696. 
Thomas  removed  to  Northampton  where  he 
married  Abigail  Alexander  in  1663  and  they 
had  three  children  :  .\bigail.  George  and  John. 
Robert,  eldest  son  of  John  Webster,  represent- 
ed the  town  of  Hartford  in  the  general  court 
in  1656-57-58-59.  He  was  sole  e.xecutor  of  the 
will  of  his  father  and  probably  did  not  remove 
from  Hartford  where  his  father  had  property 
and  where  his  mother  remained  after  the  death 
of  Governor  \\'ebster.  The  children  of  Rob- 
ert and  Susannah  Webster  were :  John,  Jon- 
athan, Samuel,  Robert,  Joseph  and  William, 
and  four  daughters:  Susannah,  married  John 
Grove,  of  Hartford :  Mary,  married  Thomas 
King;  Eliza,  married  John  Seamore  (Sey- 
mour) ;  Sarah,  married  a  Mr.  Myzatt. 


(For  ancestry  see  Jolin   Page   1). 

(VH)  James  Page,  son  of  Benja- 
I'.^GE  mill  Page,  was  born  in  1797.  in 
I^elmont.  New  Hampshire,  and 
moved  with  his  parents  when  young  to  Water- 
borough,  Maine.  He  was  a  millwright,  and 
lived  in  various  towns.  He  died  in  1840,  aged 
forty-three.  He  married  Eliza  Woodman,  who 
died  in  1890,  aged  ninety-one,  daughter  of  John 
Woodman,  a  millwright  of  liuxton.  Maine. 
She  married  (second)  David  Dennett.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  HolHs,  Maine:  i.  .Vmos  Wood- 
man. .\ugust  8,  1823.  mentioned  below.  2. 
John  Woodman,  twin  with  .Amos  Woodman. 
3.  .Abigail,  .April  i.  1827.  4.  Moses,  October 
1,  1830.  5.  Thomas  Clark.  .April  23,  1832.  6. 
Harriet  A.,  November  11.  1834.  Born  in 
Buxton,  Maine  :  7.  Eliza  Jane,  .April  26,  1838  : 
died  1869. 

(VHI)  .Amos  Woodman,  son  of  James 
Page,  was  born  in  Holhs,  Maine,  August  8, 
1823.  and  died  .August  31,  1891.  He  began  his 
business  career  as  a  boy  in  the  cotton  mills 
of  Biddeford,  and  was  promoted  from  time 
to  time  until  he  became  overseer  and  superin- 


tendent of  the  weaving  department.  He  served 
in  the  army  in  the  Twenty-seventh  Maine  In- 
fantry, nine  months,  as  first  lieutenant.  He 
afterward  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in 
Beaufort,  North  Carolina.  In  1866  he  went 
to  Rochester,  New  York,  with  his  brother, 
Thomas  Clark  Page,  who  owned  an  interest 
in  the  knitting  machine  manufactory  of  that 
place.  In  1867  he  established  a  needle  manu- 
factory in  connection  with  the  Lamb  factory 
at  Chicopee  Falls,  where  he  conducted  a  most 
successful  business  until  his  death.  He  mar- 
ried, (October  17,  1847,  Caroline  Warren  Shute, 
born  (October  31,  1825,  daughter  of  Michael 
and  Olive  (Leavitt)  Shute,  of  El¥ingham  Falls 
(now  Centreville),  New  Hampshire.  Her 
father  was  born  in  Newmarket,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  died  in  Biddeford,  Maine;  married 
Olive  Leavitt,  born  in  Buxton,  Maine.  Mrs 
Amos  W.  Page  died  in  Chicopee  Falls,  in  1888, 
aged  sixty-three.  Amos  W.  Page  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics  and  served  as  selectman, 
being  chairman  of  the  board,  in  Chicopee  Falls. 
He  was  a  member  of  Belcher  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons.  Children:  I.  Francis  Moore,  born 
Ncwember  28,  1848;  died  October  5,  1861.  2. 
Laura  Eva,  born  January  8,  1853.  3.  Ernest 
Lawrence,  born  September  6,  1855;  died  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1857.  4.  Irving  Howard,  born  No- 
vember 15,  1858;  mentioned  below.  5.  Wood- 
man .^hute,  born  May  7,  1862;  married,  Octo- 
ber II,  1893,  Mary  Engle  Hamilton;  children: 
i.  Dorothy  \\'oo<lman,  born  December  16,  1895; 
died  December  28,  1895:  ii.  Karl  Woodman 
born  August  5,  1900. 

(IX)  Irving  Howard,  son  of  Amos  Wood- 
man Page,  was  born  at  Biddeford,  Maine,  No- 
vember 15,  1858.  .At  the  age  of  seven  years 
he  went  with  his  father  to  Rochester,  New 
Yiirk,  and  at  the  age  of  eight  went  to  Chico- 
l)ee  Falls.  Massachusetts,  where  he  attended 
the  public  schools.  He  also  attended  Willis- 
ton  Seminary  in  1877.  He  began  his  busines-; 
career  as  a  newsboy  in  Chicopee,  and  then 
became  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  George  Bray  for 
a  year.  From  there  he  went  to  Springfield,  in 
the  employ  of  CoUes  Pease,  grocer,  as  a  de- 
livery clerk  in  Springfield.  He  was  badly 
injured  by  a  barrel  of  sugar  falling  upon  him 
and  was  incapacitated  for  work  for  a  year. 
From  November  20,  1879,  to  1882,  he  was  a 
clerk  in  the  emjjloy  of  James  E.  Taylor,  of 
the  Stevens  Company,  then  becaine  a  book- 
keeper for  the  J.  Stevens  Company.  In  1893 
he  entered  the .  employ  of  the  L.  S.  Starrett 
Company,  in  the  general  office  at  Athol,  Mass- 
achusetts.   He  became  one  of  the  most  efficient 


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and  trusted  employees  of  this  concern.  In 
1895  he  became  connected  with  the  Stevens 
Company,  buying  the  interests  of  James  E. 
Taylor,  Joshua  Stevens  and  George  S.  Taylor. 
C.  P.  Fay,  who  was  associated  with  him, 
bought  his  father's  share.  The  business  of  the 
J.  Stevens  Arms  &  Tool  Company  grew  rapidly 
under  the  new  management  and  took  rank 
among  the  foremost  concerns  in  its  line  of 
business.  The  Stevens-Duryea  Automobile 
Company  was  established  and  became  an  im- 
portant part  of  the  business.  The  automobile 
business  was  incorporated  as  a  separate  con- 
cern, July  I,  1906,  and  continues  to  be  one  of 
the  most  flourishing  automobile  industries  of 
the  country.  The  machine  made  by  this  com- 
pany is  one  of  the  best  in  the  world  and  the 
concern  has  had  a  phenomenal  growth.  Mr. 
Page  is  at  the  present  time :  president  and 
treasurer  of  the  J.  Stevens  Arms  &  Tool  Com- 
pany ;  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Stevens- 
Duryea  .Automobile  Company ;  president  and 
director  of  the  Ham])den  Knitting  Company ; 
vice-president  and  director  of  the  Springfield 
Board  of  Trade ;  director  of  the  Chicopee  Na- 
tional Piank ;  director  of  the  Confectioners' 
Machinery  &  Manufacturing  Company:  treas- 
urer of  the  Page-Storms  Drop  Forge  Com- 
pany; president  of  the  Page  Chocolate  Com- 
pany: director  of  the  Consolidated  Wrapping 
Machine  Company  :  director  of  the  Megantic 
Fish  and  ( iame  Club,  Megantic,  P.  Q. :  also  a 
member  of  the  Licensed  Association  of  Amer- 
ican Automobile  Manufacturers,  of  the  Engi- 
neers' Club  of  Xew  York  City,  of  the  Hard- 
ware Club  of  New  York  City,  and  of  the 
Nayasset  Club  of  Springfield.  He  is  also  prom- 
inent in  the  Masonic  fraternity,  a  member  of 
Belcher  Lodge :  of  L'nity  Chapter,  Royal  .\rch 
Masons  :  of  Springfield  Commandery,  Knights 
Temi)lar:  and  of  Alelha  Tem|)le,  Order  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason  and  belongs  to  the  Massachusetts  Con- 
sistory. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  has 
never  sought  ]5ublic  office.  In  religion  he  is  1 
Congregationalist.  He  married,  November  3, 
1886,  Alice  Jane  W'hittcmore,  born  in  Febru- 
ary, 1859,  daughter  of  John  R.  and  Olive 
(Muzzv)  Whittemore. 


Hon.  John  Crawford  Crosby,  a 
CROSBY'     justice  of  the  superior  court  of 

the  commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts, is  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry.  The 
family  originated  in  England.  Its  name  ap- 
pears  from  the  very  beginning  of  the  use  of 


surnames  there,  and  is  borne  by  eight  different 
towns  and  villages  in  that  country. 

( I )  John  Crosby,  from  whom  descends 
Judge  John  Crawford  Crosby,  was  born  in 
Dublin,  Ireland,  December  30,  1799,  died  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1886.  At  the  age  of  eleven  years  he 
came  to  the  United  States  with  his  father, 
who  settled  in  Sheffield,  Berkshire  county, 
Massachusetts.  John  Crosby  became  one  of 
the  leading  agriculturists  of  that  locality,  and 
left  a  large  landed  estate.  He  married  Han- 
nah Curtis,  who  survived  him,  dying  December 
30,  1892.  She  was  a  descendant  of  Henry 
Curtis,  founder  of  the  American  family  of  that 
name,  who  came  from  England  in  1621.  The 
Curtis  family  were  pioneer  settlers  of  Berk- 
shire county,  Massachusetts,  among  the  early 
settlers  of  Stockbridge,  and  founder  of  the 
town  of  Curtisville.  Children  of  John  and 
Hannah  (Curtis)  Crosby:  i.  Child,  died  in 
early  life.  2.  John,  see  forward.  3.  Harriet, 
married  Richard  Perkins,  a  Union  soldier  who 
died  at  Winchester,  Virginia,  during  the  civil 
war. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i  )  and  Han- 
nah (Curtis)  Crosby,  was  born  in  Sheffield. 
Massachusetts,  February  15,  1829,  died  De- 
cember 17,  1902.  .\s  a  young  man  his  ser- 
vices were  sought  in  the  fulfillment  of  the 
duties  of  numerous  local  offices,  and  shortly 
after  attaining  his  majority  he  was  appointed 
deputy  to  Sherifif  Edward  h".  Ensign,  being 
retained  in  that  capacity  throughout  the  admin- 
istration of  Sherifif  Ensign  and  of  his  suc- 
cessors, Sheriffs  George  S.  Willis  and  Gra- 
ham A.  Root,  a  period  covering  a  quarter  of  a 
century.  In  i860  Deputy  Sheriff  Crosby  re- 
moved from  Sheffield  to  Stockbridge,  and 
while  at  the  latter  place  was  chairman  of  the 
board  of  selectmen,  as  such  being  actively 
identified  with  the  raising  of  troops  in  defense 
of  the  L'nion.  In  i868,  at  the  request  of 
Sheriff  Root.  Deputy  Crosby  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Pittsfield,  where  he  continued  to  live 
up  to  the  time  of  his  decease,  December  17, 
1902.  He  was  appointed  in  1875  by  Governor 
Gaston  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  state 
detective  force,  an  office  which  he  held  for 
several  years,  during  his  incumbency  rendering 
conspicuous  service  in  some  of  the  most  im- 
portant criminal  cases  that  had  been  tried  up 
to  that  time.  He  was  for  several  years  one 
of  I'ittsfield's  board  of  assessors,  and  his  ser- 
vices were  frecjuently  called  into  requisition  as 
administrator  and  executor  in  the  settlement 
of  estates.     In   i88fi  he  was  elected  sheriff  of 


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Berkshire  cuuiity,  re-elected  thereto  in  1889, 
and  again  in  1892,  serving  three  full  terms  of 
three  years  each.  An  onerous  duty  which  de- 
veloped upon  him  as  sheriff  was  the  carrying 
out  of  the  sentence  of  execution  of  William 
Coy  for  the  atrocious  murder  of  John  W  halen. 
During  his  term  of  service  as  sheriff  each 
grand  jury  at  its  setting  of  the  court  reported 
after  due  inspection  of  the  jail  and  house  of 
correction  an  excellence  of  condition  and 
efficiency  of  management  of  both  institutions, 
the  especial  charges  of  the  sherifif.  It  has  been 
said  of  Sherifif  Crosby  that  he  "knew  every 
man,  woman  and  child  in  Berkshire  county ;" 
it  is  certain  that  he  enjoyed  and  merited  a  large 
measure  of  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all 
who  knew  him.  He  married,  February  17, 
1858.  Margaret,  daugliter  of  Andrew  and  .\nna 
(Mclndoe)  Crawford,  both  natives  of  Scot- 
land, and  residents  for  many  years  of  the  city 
of  New  York,  where  Mr.  Crawford  was  a  con- 
tractor and  builder. 

(Ill  )  John  Crawford,  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Margaret  (Crawford)  Crosby,  was  born  in 
.Sheffield,  lierkshire  county,  ^Massachusetts. 
June  15,  1859.  attended  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  Pittsfield,  and  was  graduated  from 
Eastman's  Business  College.  Poughkeepsie, 
New  York,  in  1878;  began  the  study  of  law 
in  the  office  of  Hon.  Marshall  Wilcox,  of 
Pittsfield,  and  was  graduated  from  the  law 
department  of  Boston  L^niversity  and  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1882.  He  established  himself 
for  the  ]3ractice  of  his  profession  in  Pittsfield 
under  especially  favorable  auspices  for  ten 
years.  He  occupied  offices  with  the  late  United 
States  senator,  Henry  L.  Dawes,  and  189-I.  to 
1905  was  in  partnership  association  with  John 
F.  Moxon.the  present  district  attorney.  Summed 
up  briefly,  Judge  Crosby's  professional  career 
may  be  said  to  have  been  successful  both  in 
the  extent  and  character  of  his  practice,  the 
partnershij)  associations  especially  being  pro- 
lific of  a  patronage  and  lucrativeness  of  prac- 
tice second  to  none  in  Berkshire  county. 

Judge  Crosby  is  a  Democrat  of  the  stalwart 
type  and  has  rendered  valuable  service  thereto 
in  every  campaign  from  the  attainment  of  his 
majority  up  to  the  date  of  his  accession  to 
the  state  judiciary.  He  served  as  a  member  of 
the  Pittsfield  school  committee  from  1884  to 
1890;  was  a  rejjresentative  in  the  state  legis- 
lature in  1886  and  1887,  serving  on  the  rules 
and  railroads  committee :  following  which,  in 
1888  and  1889,  he  was  senator,  serving  as 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  probate  and 
insolvency,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  mer- 


cantile affairs,  and  as  a  member  of  the  judiciary 
committee.  During  his  senatorial  career  it 
devolved  upon  him  to  secure  the  city  charter 
for  Pittsfield.  In  1890  he  was  elected  as  the 
Democratic  candidate  to  the  fifty-second  con- 
gress from  the  then  twelfth  ^lassachusetts 
congressional  district.  During  this  term  he 
was  present  at  every  roll  call  and  introduced 
more  bills  and  petitions  than  any  other  from 
Massachusetts.  He  served  on  military  affairs 
and  postoffice  and  post  roads  committees,  tak- 
ing an  especially  active  interest  in  the  work 
of  the  latter  and  securing  the  passage  of  vari- 
ous bills  for  the  improvement  of  the  postal  ser- 
vice. He  was  defeated  for  re-election  in  1892 
by  a  plurality  of  less  than  200  out  of  a  total 
of  35,111  votes.  He  was  elected  third  mayor 
of  Pittsfield  and  two  terms  1894  and  1895,  ^.n 
administration  which  was  marked  by  diverse 
and  important  public  improvement ;  during 
this  period  the  central  station  of  Pittsfield  fire 
department  was  erected  and  thoroughly  equi])- 
ped  ;  the  beautiful  high  school  building  con- 
structed, and  the  Refield,  Russell  and  liriggs 
schools  built.  It  was  Mayor  Crosby  who  ap- 
])ointed  the  first  board  of  license  commissioners. 
He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  national 
convention  which  in  1896  at  Chicago,  Illinois, 
nominated  William  Jennings  Bryan  for  the 
presidency.  He  was  elected  city  solicitor  of 
Pittsfield  and  served  as  such  from  1899  to 
1903,  inclusive.  He  was  Democratic  candidate 
for  attorney-general  of  Massachusetts  in  1901 
and  was  defeated,  and  defeated  again  in  1904 
as  candidate  for  lieutenant-governor  on  the 
ticket  with  \\  illiam  L.  Douglas,  who  was 
elected  governor  by  a  majority  of  35,000.  Al- 
though defeated  by  18,000  votes,  Mr.  Crosby 
led  the  remainder  of  his  ticket  by  8,000.  He 
was  appointed  one  of  the  justices  of  the  su- 
perior court  of  Massachusetts  by  Governor 
Douglas  and  unanimously  confirmed  by  a  Re- 
publican council,  January  25,  1905.  He  was 
for  several  years  niember-at-large  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic state  committee,  resigning  that  ofifice 
upon  his  appointment  to  the  justiceship.  A 
political  organization  of  which  he  was  a  mem- 
ber and  first  president,  and  in  which  he  took 
an  especial  pride  and  interest,  was  the  Young 
Men's  Democratic  Club  of  Massachusetts,  the 
well  directed  efforts  of  which  are  generally  con- 
ceded to  have  resulted  in  the  election  for  three 
consecutive  terms  of  W'illiam  E.  Russell  as 
governor  of  the  commonwealth.  He  declined 
a  re-election  as  president  of  this  club,  because 
of  his  election  to  congress. 

Judge    Crosby   married.    February   4,    1897, 


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Henrietta,  daughter  of  the  late  Captain  Na- 
than Richards,  of  New  London,  Connecticut. 
Airs.  Crosby  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  Elder 
William  Brewster,  and  numbers  among  her 
direct  and  collateral  connections  numerous  of 
the  most  interesting  of  the  early  colonial  set- 
tlers (including  Roger  Williams),  sorne  of 
whom  bore  arms  for  the  mother  country  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war  and  against  her  in  the 
wars  of  the  revolution  of  1812. 


The  Plunkett  family,  repre- 
PLUNKETT  sentatives  of  which  have 
been  noted  for  their  sterling 
worth  and  manly  and  womanly  characteristics, 
filling  important  political  positions  and  con- 
tributing to  progress  along  the  various  lines 
of  manufacture,  have  been  residents  of  west- 
ern Massachusetts  since  the  founding  of  the 
family  in  this  country. 

(I)  Patrick  Plunkett,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  a  native  of  Ireland,  from  whence  he  emi- 
grated in  the  closing  years  of  the  eighteenth 
century,  settling  in  Lenox,  Massachusetts, 
where  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent. 
He  was  a  man  of  energy  and  enterprise,  and 
these  traits  have  descended  in  a  large  degree 
to  his  posterity,  who  nobly  performed  the  duties 
entrusted  to  them  in  business,  private  and 
social  life.  He  married  Mary  Robinson,  also 
a  native  of  Ireland,  and  she  accompanied  him 
to  the  new  world,  where,  as  heretofore,  she 
faithfully  acted  the  part  of  wife  and  mother. 
They  were  the  parents  of  three  sons:  i.  Will- 
iam C.  see  forward.  2.  Charles  H.,  born  in 
Lenox,  Massachusetts.  September  16.  180T. 
died  Sejitember.  i860:  married.  1841,  Mary 
Kittredge.  born  in  1809,  daughter  of  Dr.  Abel 
Kittredge.  and  they  were  the  parents  of  five 
children.  3.  Thomas  F.,  born  in  Lenox,  Mass- 
achusetts, "1804,  died  October  31,  1875;  he 
married  (first)  in  April,  1830,  Hannah  S. 
Taylor,  of  Chester,  who  died  in  1844;  married 
(second)  in  October,  1847,  Harriet  Merrick 
Hodge,  of  Hadley,  Massachusetts ;  he  was  thi' 
father  of  nine  children,  four  by  his  first  mar- 
riage and  five  by  his  second. 

(II)  William' C,  eldest  son  of  Patrick  and 
Mary  (Robinson)  Plunkett,  was  born  in 
Lenox,  Massachusetts,  1799,  died  January  21, 
1884,  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-four  years. 
He  spent  his  early  years  in  Lenox,  acquiring 
a  practical  education  in  the  village  school.  In 
1830.  with  the  limited  capital  of  two  hundred 
and  seventy  dollars,  he  started  out  to  make  for 
himself  a  career  in  the  business  world.  He 
removed  to  South  .\dams.  Massachusetts,  and 


there    entered    into   partnership   with    a    Mr. 
Wheeler,  founding  the  old  mill  of  Plunkett  & 
Wheeler,  which  was  one  of  the  oldest  and  the 
most   important   woolen   mills   in   that   region. 
Mr.  Plunkett,  being  a  man  of  marked  business 
ability  and   possessing  rare  sagacity  and   ex- 
cellent   judgment,    was    the    prime    mover    in 
every  new  plan  that  was  suggested  and  was 
active  in  the  carrying  out  of  the  same,  bring- 
ing distinction,  credit  and  success  to  the  firm. 
It  was  through  his  etiforts  that  North  Adams 
now   enjoys  the  benefits   of  a   brisk  railroad 
competition,  thus  efifecting  a  marked  change  in 
the  methods  of  disposing  of  the  products  of 
the  mills,  and  he  was  also  largely  instrumental 
in   making   North   Adams   the   great   railroad 
centre  that  it  is  at  ])resent,  it  now  being  the 
terminus  of  five  important  railroads.    He  was 
also  prominently  identified  with  the  progress 
and    development    of    his   adopted    city   along 
other  lines,  and  his  efficient  public  service  cov- 
ered a  period  of  forty  years.     As  early  as  1831 
he  served  as  moderator,  and   with  scarcely  a 
year's  exception  up  to  his  decease,  he  occupied 
one   or  more   local   offices,   including  that   of 
selectman,  measurer,  highway  surveyor,  fence 
viewer,  bridge  commissioner,  fire  warden,  field 
driver,  tithingman,  in  all  of  which  capacities 
he  repeatedly  served.     In  1840  he  was  elected 
Whig  candidate  for  state  senator,  in   1852  as 
one  of  the  governor's  council,  in  1853  delegate 
to  the  constitutional  convention,  and  in   1854 
lieutenant    governor    with    (iovernor    Emory 
Washburn.    Mr.  Plunkett  was  a  man  of  strong 
convictions,  slow  to  make  up  his  mind,  weigh- 
ing well  all  the  pros  and  cons  of  a  question, 
but  when  his  opinion  was  formed  it  was  un- 
alterable.    He  was  frequently  called  upon  to 
make  addresses  in  behalf  of  various  objects, 
and   it  was  while  responding  to  one  of  these 
calls,  and  making  an  address  in  the  town  hall 
at  the   reunion   of  the   Forty-ninth   Regiment, 
that  he  contracted  a  cold  which  resulted  in  his 
death.     Mr.  Plunkett  married  .Achsal  Brown, 
of  New  York,  and  among  their  children  was 
William  P..,  see  forward. 

(ill)  William  B.,  son  of  William  C.  and 
Achsal  (Bniwu)  Plunkett.  obtained  his  pre- 
liminarv  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
place  aiid  then  entered  Monroe  Collegiate  In- 
stitute, from  which  institution  he  was  grad- 
uated. He  then  entered  into  business  with  his 
father,  being  admitted  into  the  firm  of  Plunkett 
iS:  Wheeler  ujjon  attaining  his  majority.  The 
manufacture  of  cotton  warps  was  continued 
under  the  above  firm  name  until  Charles  T. 
Plunkett.  vounger  son  of  W.  C.  Plunkett,  was 


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taken  into  partnership  association,  since  which 
time  it  lias  been  operated  imder  the  name  of 
W.  C.  Phmkett  &  Sons.  In  1879  the  latter 
named  firm  absorbed  the  Adams  Paper  Mill 
and  e(|ui])ped  the  bniklings  with  improved  ma- 
chinery for  the  operation  of  a  cotton  warp  and 
cotton  cloth  manufacturing  establishment.  In 
December,  i88f),  this  last  named  mill  was 
destroyed  by  fire,  whereupon  William  B. 
Phmkett  established  a  new  and  separate  com- 
pany, rebuilding  upon  the  old  site  in  1889  a 
new  and  modern  building,  and  installing  therein 
an  equipment  of  up-to-date  machinery,  the 
business  being  incorporated  as  the  Berkshire 
Cotton  Manufacturing  Company,  with  a  capi- 
talization of  a  half  million  dollars,  William  B. 
Plunkett  serving  in  the  capacity  of  treasurer. 
The  enterprise  was  attended  with  success,  and 
in  October,  1891,  the  plant  was  duplicated  and 
capital  stock  doubled.  In  1895  the  directors 
voted  to  again  double  the  plant's  capacity  in 
a  single  mammoth  structure,  making  in  all  three 
plants,  with  155.000  spindles,  operating  about 
3,700  looms,  and  emplo^'ing  1,500  operatives, 
upon  an  investment  of  two  million  dollars.  In 
April,  1899,  another  half  million  dollars  was 
added  to  the  capital,  and  an  additional  gigantic 
mill  built  and  put  in  operation.  The  execu- 
tive management  of  this  vast  enterprise  was 
in  the  hands  of  William  B.  Plunkett,  and  in 
his  handling  of  the  same  he  displayed  a  broad 
grasp  of  business  intracies,  boldness  of  busi- 
ness conception  and  a  spirit  of  progressiveness. 
In  1879  William  B.  Plunkett  was  elected  treas- 
urer and  manager  of  Greylock  Mills,  North 
Adams,  which  was  converted  into  a  gingham 
factory,  and  within  three  years,  under  his 
efificient  management,  the  output  w^as  tripled. 
These  mills  are  now  utilized  as  a  manufactory 
of  fine  cottons,  and  are  part  of  the  plant  now 
owned  by  the  firm.  Mr.  Plunkett  also  effected 
the  purchase  of  the  Henry  Miller  Alill,  now 
known  as  Greylock  Mill,  No.  2. 

In  addition  to  his  vast  manufacturing  inter- 
ests, Mr.  Plunkett  serves  in  the  capacity  of 
president  of  the  Greylock  National  Bank  at 
Adams,  is  one  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
New  York  Life  Insurance  Company  and  the 
North  Adams  Trust  Company,  and  a  member 
of  the  directorates  of  the  Berkshire  Life  In- 
surance Company,  the  Berkshire  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Company,  Pittsfield,  and  the  Mutual 
Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Boston.  He  has 
also  taken  an  active  interest  in  politics,  serving 
as  a  member  of  governor's  council,  delegate  to 
numerous  conventions,  among  the  number  the 
Republican  national  convention  at  Minneapolis 


in  1892,  antl  a  member  of  the  national  advisory 
committee  during  j\'lr.  McKinley's  campaign, 
rendering  valuable  service.  He  was  a  personal 
friend  of  President  McKinley,  who  was  his 
guest  at  Adams  upon  several  occasions  while 
president,  and  the  erection  of  the  monument 
to  President  McKinley  in  Adams  was  due  in 
large  measure  to  the  personal  work  of  Mr. 
Plunkett.  He  was  in  heartiest  sympathy  and 
co-ojieration  with  his  brother  Charles  through- 
out the  latter's  successful  efforts  for  the  instal- 
lation of  the  magnificent  public  library  at  Adams. 
Mr.  Plunkett  holds  membership  in  the  Congre- 
gational church,  is  a  member  of  the  church 
prudential  committee,  since  1888  has  served 
as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school,  and 
was  a  liberal  contributor  to  the  fund  for  the 
erection  of  the  parish  house  and  parsonage  at 
Adams. 

Mr.  Plunkett  married,  January  i,  1873, 
Lydia  F.  French,  of  Adams,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  i.  William  C,  graduate  of  Will- 
iams College,  class  of  igoo,  now  manager  ot 
the  W.  C.  Plunkett  &  Sons  Cotton  Mills, 
Adams  ;  he  married  Florence,  daughter  of  J.  M. 
Canedy :  children :  William  and  Lyda.  2. 
Theodore  R.,  in  the  employ  of  the  Berkshire 
Cotton  Alanufacturing  Company,  Adams;  he 
married  Benie,  daughter  of  A.  B.  Daniels, 
treasurer  of  the  L.  L.  Brown  Paper  Company, 
Adams. 


No  person  familiar  with  the  his- 
ADAMS  tory  of  Massachusetts  but  ought 
as  they  meet  with  the  family 
name  of  Adams  to  recall  in  their  minds  the 
historic  services  performed  by  the  various 
representatives  of  this  family  in  all  of  the 
struggles  attending  the  life  of  the  colony  and 
our  nation.  The  name  of  Adams  was  made 
illustrious  by  Samuel  and  John  Adams,  of 
revolutionary  fame. 

(Ill)  John  Adams,  son  of  Ensign  Edward 
Adams  and  grandson  of  Henry  Adams,  both 
of  whom  have  been  written  up  fully  in  this 
work,  was  born  in  Medfield,  Massachusetts, 
February  18,  1657,  died  March  i,  1751.  He 
resided  in  his  native  town,  on  the  homestead. 
He  married  (first)  Deborah,  born  1662,  died 
before  1695.  daughter  of  John  and  Magdalen 
(Bullard)  Partridge.  Married  (second)  Sus- 
anna, born  in  Sherborn,  Massachusetts,  May 
10,  1667,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Hill)  Breck.  Medway  record  says:  "Sus- 
anna, second  wife  of  John,  senior,  died  28 
May,  1744."  Among  his  children  was  Obadiah, 
see  forward. 


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(1\  )  Dbadiah,  son  of  John  Adams,  was 
born  in  .Medway,  Massachusetts,  January  20, 
1689,  died  Xovember  22,  1765,  in  his  seventy- 
seventh  year.  He  married,  April  24,  1716, 
Christian' Sanford,  of  Mendon,  ^lassachusetts, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas  Sanford.  She 
died  July  21,  1777,  in  her  eightieth  year.  Among 
theirchildren  was  Nathan,  see  forward. 

( \' )  Nathan,  son  of  Obadiah  Adams,  was 
born  in  Medway,  Massachusetts,  December  3, 
1723,  died  January  26,  1800,  aged  seventy-six. 
He  inherited  the  homestead  in  West  Medway, 
one-half  mile  south  of  Obadiah  Adams.  He 
made  his  will,  November,  1794.  and  it  was 
proved  March  4,  1800.  He  married.  May  9, 
1750,  Kezia,  born  November  17,  1730,  daugh- 
ter of  Eleazer  and  Hannah  (Daniel)  Thomp- 
son. Among  their  children  was  Elijah,  see 
forward. 

(\T)  EHjah,  son  of  Nathan  Adams,  was 
born  in  West  Medway,  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 7,  1753,  died  in  Hubbardston,  Massachu- 
setts, December  17,  1817,  aged  sixty-five  years, 
having  settled  there  in  1774.  He  was  a  soldier 
of  the  revolution  and  drew  a  pension  for  serv- 
ices in  same.  He  married,  April  14,  1774- 
Lizzie,  born  October  8,  1753,  died  Decenibei 
31,  1833,  aged  eighty  years,  daughter  of  Eze- 
kiel  and  Rebecca  (Cousins)  Morse,  of  Hollis- 
ton,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i.Abner,  born 
in  Hubbardston,  Massachusetts,  December  29, 
1774,  died  in  West  Brattleboro,  Vermont,  Au- 
gust 10,  1856,  aged  eighty-one  years:  married 
(first)  April  17,  1797,  Molly  Underwood,  who 
died  in  West  Brattleboro,  Vermont,  March  12. 
1819,  aged  forty-six:  married  (second)  Rhoda 
Rheeves,  who  died  October  28,  1877,  aged 
eighty-eight  years,  seven  months.  2.  Lizzie, 
born  in  Hubbardston,  March  12,  1777,  died 
October  12,  1785.  3.  Lydia,  born  in  Hubbards- 
ton, March  31,  1779.  died  June  25,  1823:  mar- 
ried. October  24,  1805,  Thomas  Lazelle.  4. 
Elijah,  born  in  Hubbard.ston,  March  27,  1781, 
died  October  22,  1785.  5.  David,  born  in  Hub- 
bardston, April  I,  1783,  died  October  28,  1785. 
6.  Azubah,  born  in  Hubbardston,  June  16, 
1785,  died  October  22,  1798.  7.  Elisha,  see 
forward.  8.  Isabel,  born  in  Hubbardston,  De- 
cember 23,  1789,  died  March  4,  1865:  married, 
December  21,  1813,  Josephus  Clifford,  he  died 
October  15.  1876.  9.  Rhoda,  born  in  Hubbards- 
ton. March  22,  1792,  ched  October  23,  1875; 
married,  January  31,  1815,  Willard  Earle.  of 
Worcester,  Massachusetts:  he  died  June  17, 
1851.  10.  Rebecca,  born  in  Hubbardston,  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1795.  died  October  i,  1798. 

(\II)   Elisha,    son   of   Elijah   Adams,   was 


Ijorn  in  Hubbardston,  Massachusetts,  August 
16,  1787,  died  there  July  14,  1868,  aged  eighty- 
one  years.  He  married,  October  12,  1808. 
Betsey  Parmenter,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
( irace  (  Parmenter  )  Dean,  of  Oakham,  Massa- 
chusetts: she  died  May  26,  1859,  aged  seventy 
years.  Children:  i.  Abner  Sumner,  born  in 
Hubbardston,  October  4,  i8og ;  he  removed  to 
N'irginia  and  was  engaged  in  quarrying  in  the 
lames  river  section ;  not  heard  from  since 
"1861.  2.  Elisha  Edson,  born  in  Hubbardston, 
July  18,  1812;  he  removed  to  St.  Louis;  died 
in  Peoria,  Illinois,  unmarried,  October  14, 
1 87 1.  3.  Mary,  born  in  Hubbardston,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1814,  died  in  Gardner,  Massachu- 
setts, September  22,  1895:  married.  June  "16, 
1842,  Abial  (i.  Thomas,  of  Rutland,  Massa- 
chusetts :  he  died  in  Springfield,  Massacluuetts, 
March  28,  1892:  their  son  resides  in  Spring- 
field. 4.  Elijah,  born  in  Hubbardston,  May 
14.  1818,  died  March  18,  1842.  5.  Silas,  born 
in  Hubbardston,  .August  31,  1820,  died  August 
16,  1884,  in  (iardner,  Massachusetts:  married 
(  first)  .\pril  18,  1845,  Ro.xa  Hunting,  who  died 
(une  21.  i8r>o:  married  (second)  March  10. 
"1863,  Pamelia  .A...  born  .\ugust  22,  1832,  daugh- 
ter of  Jesse  and  lietsey  E.  Temple,  of  Gilsum. 
.New  Hanijjshire.  6.  Rhoda  Elizabeth,  born  in 
Hubbardston,  June  12,  1823,  died  in  Fitchburg, 
Massachusetts",  October  6,  1856,  aged  thirty- 
three  years,  three  months,  twenty- four  days; 
married,  November  20,  1849,  George  W. 
I'hmimer,  who  died  in  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire,  October  21,  1893.  7.  Nelson,  see 
forward. 

(\'HI)  Nelson,  son  of  Elisha  .\dams,  was 
born  in  Hubbardston,  Massachusetts,  July  6, 
1 83 1.  .\t  an  early  age  he  went  to  Fitchburg 
and  engaged  in  chair  making  for  Alonzo  Davis, 
but  soon  went  to  be  a  drover  with  John  Lowe, 
who  had  interests  in  Rindge,  New  Hampshire, 
and  the  Brighton  market,  near  Boston,  dealing 
in  cattle,  sheep  and  the  celebrated  Morgan 
horses.  In  the  winter  he  worked  in  various 
packing  houses  in  Boston,  frequently  the  fine 
markets  there  and  becoming  familiar  with  the 
processes  of  manufacture,  so  that  when  a  small 
branch  of  the  business  was  for  sale  in  Leo- 
minster, Massachusetts,  he  bought  it  and  re- 
moved to  Fitchburg,  his  first  established  loca- 
tion. In  1857  he  disposed  of  the  Fitchburg 
business  and  went  to  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, driving  his  own  Morgan  horses,  with  his 
dog  following  on.  He  bought  out  a  small 
business  in  Fair  Haven  and  established  his 
factory  on  Gofife  street.  New  Haven,  on  land 
leased  of   Alfred  Todd,  a  prominent   market 


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man  of  the  city,  with  whom  he  made  his  home 
for  a  time.     He  soon  had  the  by-product  busi- 
ness of  New  Haven  county  in  hand  and  re- 
moved to  Beaver  I'ond,  where  he  buiU  a  mod- 
ern  factory ;   later   works   were  built   in   Fair 
Haven,  where  a  warehouse   for  finished  pro- 
ducts was  established.    Meanwhile  Mr.  Adams 
either  bought  or  established  factories  m  Bridge- 
port.   W'aterbury,   New   York  City,   Hartford 
and  Springfield,  successively,  having  partners 
in   those    different    places.      The    New    York 
plant  at  3S3  West  Forty-sixth  street  was  en- 
tirely  wholesale.      For   over   forty  years   Mr. 
Adams  continued   to  manufacture,   supervise, 
buy  and  sell  up  and  down  the  Atlantic  coast 
from  Maine  to  Delaware,  until  the  refrigerat- 
ing system  came  in  and  the  by-products  were 
manufactured   by   the   great   western   packers 
there.     He  had  followed  the  trend  of  affairs 
and  gradually  sold  out  his  factories,  occupying 
himself  in  manufacturing  interests  and  develop- 
ing the  real  estate,  which  had  become  yearly 
more  valuable.     It  was  no  trifling  change  thai 
came  over  this  by-product  business  when  west- 
ern refrigeration  became  a  factor.     It  reduced 
the  amount  of  tonnage  on  coastwise  vessels, 
and  interests  that  stood  in  its  way  had  to  be 
removed.      The    fertilizer   manufacturing   and 
shipping   dei)artments   under    chemical    treat- 
ment   became    changed    entirely ;    the    western 
packers  having  in  their  hands  the  ammoniates, 
and    southern    establishments    took   possession 
of  the  phosphate  deposit  mines  and  a  combine 
came  that  no  individual  plant,  such  as  had  been 
established  by  Mr.  Adams,  could  compete  suc- 
cessfully, hence  it  required  more  tact  in  closing 
out  business  without  loss  than  it  did  to  estab- 
lish them  except,  perhaps,  one  or  two  special- 
ties and  these  were  not  desirable  to  maintain. 
In  1897  Mr.  Adams  removed  with  his  family 
to  Springfield,   Massachusetts,  and  makes  his 
home  on  the  estate  he  bought  of  D.  B.  Wesson, 
in  the  Forest  Park  district,  at  "Fountain  Side." 
During  all  his  business  transactions,  througii 
panics  and  war,  he  has  preserved  his  solvency 
unaided.     He  is  an  admirer  of  nature  and  the 
romantic  beauty  of  his  well-wooded  estate  at 
"Fountain    Side,"    with    its   abundant    flowing 
springs   of  water,   are  a   constant  joy  to  the 
family.     He  is  a  member  of  many  societies, 
such   as   the   American   Humane   Association, 
the  Connecticut  Humane  Society,  the  Connecti- 
cut   Equal    Suffrage    League,    the    Seaman's 
Friend   Society,  the  New   England  Historical 
and  Genealogical   Society,  and  locally  of  the 
Connecticut  \'alley  Historical  Society  and  the 
Ethical  Union. 


Mr.  Adams  married,  October  6,  1868,  Jennie 
Edgerton,  daughter  of  Thomas  P.  and  Sarah 
M.  (Parsons)  Dickerman,  of  New  Haven, 
Connecticut.  Children:  I.  Burton  Sumner, 
born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  August  17, 
1869,  died  January  zj,  1878.  2.  Grace  Eliza- 
beth, born  in  New  Haven,  September  23,  1872; 
married,  April  3,  1895,  in  New  Haven,  Frank 
.Seaman  Valentine,  of  Freeport,  Long  Island ; 
they  reside  in  Springfield ;  children ;  Cora 
Mildred,  born  March  22,  1897,  in  Springfield; 
Ruby  Louise,  born  January  31,  1904,  in  Spring- 
field. 3.  Mary  Louise,  born  in  New  Haven, 
June  2,  1874,  died  in  Southington,  Connecti- 
cut, October  4,  1874,  buried  in  New  Haven. 


,For    first    generation    see    Henry    Adams    1). 

(II)  Lieutenant  Henry  (2),eld- 
ADAMS  est  child  of  Henry  (i)  Adams, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1604, 
and  came  to  America  with  his  parents.  Three 
years  after  his  marriage  in  Braintree,  he  re- 
moved and  settled  in  Dedham,  incorporated  as 
a  town  in  1650.  The  greater  part  of  the  build- 
ings of  the  town  were  burned  by  Indians  in 
King  Philip's  war,  1676.  Lieutenant  Henry 
Adams  was  first  town  clerk  of  Braintree,  also 
of  Medfield;  representative  of  town  in  general 
court,  i659-()5-74-75.  He  was  lieutenant  of 
the  Medfiekl  military  company  which  fought 
the  Indians  in  1675-76,  and  was  killed  by  the 
Indians  while  standing  in  his  doorway,  Febru- 
ary 21,  1676,  the  second  year  of  the  war.  He 
married,  in  Braintree,  November  17,  1643, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Moses  Paine,  Esq.  She 
was  accidentally  shot  the  same  day  that  her 
husband  was  killed  at  Rev.  Mr.  Wilson's  house, 
and  died  February  29.  She  was  confined  to 
the  house  by  sickness,  and  in  bed  in  the  cham- 
ber, when  a  gun  in  the  hands  of  Captain  John 
Jacob,  of  Hingham,  who  had  charge  of  a  com- 
pany of  about  eighty  men  stationed  at  Med- 
field, was  accidentally  discharged  in  the  room 
below  her,  the  ball  passing  through  her  bed. 
Children :  Eleazer,  Jasper,  Elizabeth,  John 
(died  young),  and  Henry  (twins),  Moses. 
Henry  and  Samuel. 

(Ill)  Henry  (3),  sixth  son  of  Lieutenant 
Henry  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Paine)  Adams,  was 
born  in  Medfield,  November  15,  1657,  and  died 
in  1733,  aged  seventy-six.  He  was  a  repre- 
sentative in  the  general  court  in  1 706-09- 1 1- 19- 
21-24-28.  He  married,  December  16,  1679, 
Prudence  Frary,  born  August  20,  1662,  died 
February  20,  1750.  She  was  "a  woman  of 
cherished  memory."  Her  parents  were  John 
and    Elizabeth     (Adams)     (Harding)     Frary. 


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Children;  rruileiice,  Hannah,  Thomas,  Jere- 
miah, EHzabeth,  Sarah,  and  Henry,  next  men- 
tioned. 

(IV)  Henry  (4),  youngest  child  of  Henry 
(  3  )  and  Prudence  ( Frary )  Adams,  was  born 
in  jMedfield,  May  24,  1702,  and  died  there 
November  3,  1782.  He  was  appointed  coroner 
for  Massachusetts  Bay  in  1743  by  King  George 
IH,  and  was  also  selectman.  His  Bible,  pub- 
lished in  Edinburgh  in  1729,  isin  the  possession 
of  his  great-grandson,  Henry  S.  Adams,  of 
Paola,  Kansas.  He  married,  August  15,  1726, 
Jemima  Morse,  born  March  16,  1709,  died  in 
1785,  daughter  of  Hon.  Joshua  and  Elizabeth 
(Penniman)  Morse,  of  Medfield.  Children; 
Amos,  Sarah,  Elizabeth  (died  young)  ;  Enoch, 
Elizabeth,  Jemima,  Lydia,  Elijah,  Kezia, 
Sophia  and  Henry. 

(V)  Elijah,  third  son  of  Henry  (4)  Esquire 
and  Jemima  (Morse)  Adams,  was  born  in 
Medfield,  November  14,  1743,  and  died  April 
4,  1823.  He  inherited  the  homestead  in  Med- 
field, was  selectman,  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
a  prominent  citizen.  He  married,  in  1766,  Abi- 
gail Chenery,  born  March  12,  1747,  died  May 
12,  1824.  Children:  Sarah,  Rebecca,  Abigail, 
Henry  (died  young)  ;  Elijah,  Elisha,  Amos, 
Prudence,  Kezia  (died  young),  Jeremiah,  Jo- 
seph, Elizabeth  (died  young),  Martha,  Henry, 
Charles,  Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth. 

(VT)  Charles  Jeremiah,  fifteenth  child  of 
Esquire  Elijah  and  Abigail  (Chenery)  Adams, 
was  born  in  Medfield,  October  11,  17S9,  and 
died  March  20,  1848.  He  was  a  merchant  in 
Boston.  He  married -(first)  Hannah  Baker, 
of  Dorchester,  died  October  23,  1838;  (sec- 
ond) Mary  D.  Breck,  of.  Milton,  died  in  De- 
cember, 1889.  Children  of  first  wife:  Charles 
Baker  and  John  (2). 

(VH)  Professor  Charles  Baker,  elder  of 
the  two  sons  of  Charles  J.  and  Hannah 
(Baker)  Adams,  was  born  in  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  January  11,  1814,  and  died  at 
St.  Thomas,  West  Indies,  January  18,  1853. 
His  tastes  led  him  away  from  the  mercantile 
pursuits  of  his  father  and  pointed  him  toward 
the  life  of  a  scholar.  From  Dorchester  he  went 
to  Philips  Academy,  Andover,  and  in  1830  he 
entered  the  freshman  class  at  Yale.  The  next 
year  he  entered  Amherst  College  and  grad- 
uated with  the  class  of  1834.  His  diligence 
with  his  endowments  enabled  him  to  forge  for- 
ward in  scholarship,  and  his  scholarship  placed 
him  at  the  head  of  his  class.  With  an  idea 
that  theology  might  be  the  best  profession  to 
pursue,  he  turned  his  steps  toward  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  at  Andover,  and  here  spent 


ihe  first  two  years  of  his  post-graduate  life. 
In  1836  he  was  tutor  at  Amherst  College,  and 
during  the  year  gave  a  course  of  lectures  on 
geology  at  Bradford  Academy,  and  assisted 
President  Hitchcock  for  a  brief  time  in  a  geo- 
logical survey  in  New  York  state.  In  1838  he 
was  called  to  Middlebury  College,  Vermont,  to 
take  the  professorship  of  chemistry  and  natural 
history.  While  occupying  this  chair  and  doing 
all  the  exacting  work  connected  with  it,  he  in 
some  way  found  time  for  creating  a  cabinet 
of  natural  history  which  grew  to  ^mmetrical 
proportions.  The  rocks  of  the  state,  the  min- 
erals at  hand  and  far  away,  the  insects  of  the 
surrounding  country,  many  of  the  vertabrates, 
and  especially  the  mollusks  from  foreign 
waters,  as  well  as  a  complete  suite  from  the 
state,  were  collected  and  here  systematized  in 
this  museum.  Early  in  the  spring  of  1845, 
Governor  William  Slade  appointed  Professor 
Adams  at  the  head  of  the  State  Geological  Sur- 
vey, for  which  the  legislature  had  made  an 
appropriation  in  1844.  Seven  suites  of  speci- 
mens were  to  be  assembled  for  the  state ;  an 
eighth  was  to  remain  in  the  hands  of  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  survey,  to  be  disposed  of  by  him 
at  his  discretion.  With  an  able  corps  of  assist- 
ants he  did  much  preliminary  work  the  first 
year  of  the  survey.  Six  thousand  specimens 
were  collected,  and  the  "First  Annual  Report 
on  the  Geology  of  the  State  of  Vermont," 
a  paper  of  ninety-two  pages,  was  printed.  The 
next  year  a  map  of  the  surface  rocks  was  pro- 
jected, several  sections  worked  out,  the  number 
of  specimens  increased  to  twelve  thousand,  and 
a  second  annual  report  of  two  hundred  sixty- 
seven  pages  was  printed.  The  third  annual 
report,  that  for  1847,  was  briefer,  a  paper  of 
thirty-two  pages.  Among  other  things  the  geo- 
logical map  was  continued  and  corrected,  and 
three  thousand  specimens  were  added  to  previ- 
ous collections.  The  collection  was  also  ticket- 
ed with  numbers,  formation  and  locality.  The 
state  made  no  provision  for  the  continuation  of 
the  survey  the  following  year,  and  in  1847  Pro- 
fessor Adams  accepted  a  professorship  at  Am- 
herst College.  A  thin  fourth  report  included 
an  account  of  the  remainder  of  Professor 
Adams's  work  in  the  State  Survey.  About  this 
time  Professor  Adams,  in  connection  with  his 
friend  and  Amherst  classmate.  Professor 
Alonzo  Gray,  published  a  text  book,  "Elements 
of  Geology."  A  person  familiar  with  his 
annual  reports  recognizes  that  in  illustration 
and  in  thoughts  this  book  is  the  outcome  of  his 
geological  work  in  Vermont.  The  deepening 
of  the  groove  that  Professor  Adams  was  im- 


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pressing  on  tlie  science  of  geology  apparently 
stopped  here.  It  has  been  suggested  that  it 
was  his  desire  not  to  enter  into  competition 
with  his  old  teacher,  President  Hitchcock,  that 
caused  him  to  turn  to  zoology.  This  he  enter- 
ed with  the  same  enthusiasm  that  had  char- 
acterized his  work  in  Middleburg,  and  the 
wider  border,  the  mountains  and  valleys  of 
Vermont.  Here  at  Amherst,  as  at  Aliddleburg, 
he  put  his  fashioning  hand  on  the  museum  of 
natural  history,  to  which  he  transmitted  his 
personal  collections  accumulated  in  the  Ver- 
mont survey.  His  more  especial  original  study 
was  in  connection  with  the  class  Alollusca.  The 
shells  of  Central  America  and  the  West  Indies 
received  his  careful  attention,  and  in  pursuance 
of  his  object  he  made  thither  successive  voy- 
ages. He  visited  Jamaica  in  1844-45,  and  again 
in  1848-40,  and  Panama  in  1850-54.  In  some 
parts  of  his  work  Thomas  Bland,  Esq.,  an  Eng- 
lish lawyer  of  New  York  City,  and  resident 
of  Brooklyn,  was  in  connection  with  him,  and 
later  Robert  Swift,  a  merchant  of  Philadel- 
phia and  St.  Thomas.  Frequent  published 
papers  came  from  his  study  and  his  pen,  and 
between  1849  and  1851  successive  contribu- 
tions to  conchology  appeared  to  the  number  of 
ten.  These  had  been  made  before  the  various 
scientific  societies,  and  were  mostly  printed  in 
the  "Annals  of  the  New  York  Lyceum  of  Na- 
tural History."  Various  Molluscan  collections, 
largely  the  work  of  his  own  hands,  were  exam- 
ined and  catalogs  prepared  and  printed.  In 
April,  185 1,  there  appeared  a  catalogue  of  the 
land  and  fresh  water  shells  that  inhabit  Ja- 
maica, giving  a  number  of  land  shells,  364; 
fresh  water,  25 ;  in  all,  389.  His  great  work  in 
connection  with  the  Mollusca  was  with  these 
forms  in  and  around  Jamaica.  He  hoped  to 
prepare  a  monograph  which  should  be  a  com- 
plete study  of  the  species  and  varieties  of  that 
region.  From  such  opportunities  for  collec- 
tion, and  having  the  gift  of  making  collections, 
it  is  not  strange  that  the  museum  under  the 
charge  of  Professor  Adams  took  on  a  unique 
character  and  large  proportions.  Professor 
Hovey,  of  the  chair  of  Physics,  had  accumu- 
lated what  may  be  considered  the  nucleus  for 
the  marvel  that  crystallized  around  it.  A  mar- 
vel it  was,  the  hundreds  and  thousands  of 
specimens  grouped  as  to  relationships,  and 
bearing  a  peculiar  personality  by  the  labelling 
in  the  beautiful  handwriting  of  Professor 
Adams.  At  the  time  his  formative  hand  left 
it,  a  half  century  ago,  it  contained  about  eight 
thousand  species,  and  Professor  Louis  Agassiz 
said,   "I   do  not  known   in  all  the  country  a 


conchological  collection  of  equal  value."  A 
somewhat  similar  collection,  made  by  Robert 
Swift,  for  the  sum  of  $30,000  passed  into  the 
keeping  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution.  Teach- 
ing at  Amherst,  with  collecting  in  the  West 
Indies,  went  on  year  after  year  with  Professor 
Adams  as  had  his  teaching  at  Middleburg  and 
the  geological  survey  of  \'ermont.  But  the 
year  1853  was  a  sad  one  for  Amherst  College: 
an  overwhehi'rtngly  calamitous  one  to  his 
family  there.  While  at  work  in  St.  Thomas, 
West  Indies,  he  was  attacked  by  yellow  fever. 
He  was  most  faithfully  cared  for  by  his 
colaborer  in  the  conchological  field,  Robert 
Swift;  but  the  grip  of  the  fearful  malady  was 
too  powerful  to  be  loosed  by  any  loving  minis- 
tration. The  strong,  the  courageous,  the  hope- 
ful naturalist,  yielded  his  life,  dying  January 
18,  1853,  aged  thirty-nine  years.  Some  time 
later  a  memorial  stone,  the  appreciative  gift  of 
scientific  friends,  was  placed  at  his  grave,  the 
spot  at  which  on  St.  Thomas,  his  body  was 
buried. 

In  person.  Professor  Adams  was  not  large 
but  sturdy ;  his  countenance  was  that  described 
as  intellectual ;  his  eyes  large,  black,  lustrous ; 
his  hair  abundant  and  black,  early  showing 
gray.  He  was  a  good  horseman,  a  strong 
swimmer.  In  demeanor  he  was  quiet,  self  con- 
tained, with  a  grave  cast  of  countenance.  In 
physical  endurance  he  was  tough  to  a  degree, 
never  suflfering  from  lack  of  sleep,  not  know- 
ing what  it  was  to  be  tired.  Obstacles  in  his 
way  he  pushed  aside,  and  was  reckless  in  the 
matter  of  expenditures  when  such  were  needed 
in  acconiplisliing  his  work.  He  neither  cared 
for  nor  feared  danger  even  when,  as  his  friend 
knew,  the  peril  was  great.  An  associate  of 
Professor  Adams  speaks  of  him  as  a  typical 
scientist,  one  who  possessed  a  greed  of  collect- 
ing, a  remarkable  power  of  classification,  an 
ability  so  to  marshal  his  individuals  and  groups 
that  they  gave  expression  to  his  thoughts.  He 
was  diligent,  methodical,  a  strenuous  worker. 
For  a  little  he  was  brought  in  company  with 
.A.gassiz.  and  one  who  knew  them  both  thinks 
that  in  brilliancy  of  intellect  he  measured  up 
equally  with  this  world  renowned  naturalist. 
In  the  classroom  he  had  the  fullest  confidence 
of  his  students.  Chemistry  and  natural  his- 
tory were  not  then  the  hand  to  hand  sciences 
between  teachers  and  scholars  as  to-day,  but  the 
instruction  he  gave  in  those  departments  com- 
manded the  careful  attention  of  his  listeners. 
While  fast  becoming  a  master  in  his  own 
realm,  his  work  and  study  were  not  bounded 
by  special  science  alone.     He  was  alert  to  all 


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that  was  going  forward  in  the  world  of  thought, 
keeping  abreast  with  the  recent  discoveries  that 
were  at  the  time  famous.  His  early  scholar- 
ship never  deserted  him,  and  so  in  emergencies 
he  would  for  the  time  assume  the  chair  of 
Latin  or  Greek,  logic  or  moral  science,  to  the 
delight  of  his  classes.  The  expression  "all 
around  scholar"  found  an  exemplification  in 
him.  The  classroom  and  laboratory  work  ai 
Middleburg  college  must  have'been  exacting, 
yet  he  found  time  to  make  a  complete  collec- 
tion of  the  Mullusca  of  the  state.  And  this 
was  a  small  part  of  his  outside  work.  Tht 
collections  illustrating  the  various  branches 
of  zoology,  in  addition  to  geologj'  and  minero- 
logy,  bear  evidence  of  his  swift  and  certain 
hand.  He  duplicated  and  more  than  dupli- 
cated the  work  at  Amherst.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  many  societies  chietly  the  following: 
Association  of  American  Geologists,  Boston ; 
.Society  of  Natural  History,  Philadelphia  Acad- 
emy of  Natural  Science,  Lyceum  of  Natural 
History  of  New  York,  American  Academy  of 
Arts  and  Sciences.  Natural  History  Society  of 
Nuremburg  (corresponding  member),  honor- 
ary member  of  Jamaica  Society. 

Charles  B.  Adams  married,  February,  1839, 
Mary  Holmes,  daughter  of  Rev.  Sylvester 
Holmes,  of  New  Bedford.  She  was  born  in  New 
Bedford,  March  6,  1814,  and  died  in  Amherst, 
December  g,  1887.  She  was  a  woman  of 
strong  mental  endowments  and  noble  character. 
Their  children  were:  I.  Charles  Holmes,  born 
in  New  Bedford,  November  26,  1839;  died 
.\ugust  I,  1840.  2.  Charles  Breck,  New  Bed- 
ford, December  23,  1840.  He  enlisted  May  20 
and  was  mustered  June  20,  1861,  for  three 
years,  in  Company  F,  Sixty-seventh  New  York 
(  Beecher  Regiment),  in  which  he  was  orderly 
sergeant.  He  died  September  17,  186 1.  3.  Dr. 
Edward  Hitchcock,  Middlebury,  Vermont,  Au- 
gust 18,  1842:  graduated  at  Williston  Semi- 
nary and  the  Medical  College  of  Georgetown 
L'niversity.  He  was  surgeon's  steward  on  the 
United  States  steamer  "Wachusett"  from  Feb 
ruary,  1865.  to  February.  1868,  and  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  Naval  Hospital,  Washington,  D. 
C,  May  4,  1868;  was  discharged  August  18. 
1876.  He  resided  in  Fair  Haven,  Massachusetts, 
He  married,  June,  1885,  Mary  Frances,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Ebenezer  C.  and  Keturah  (Norris) 
.Milliken,  of  Boston.  4.  Sylvester  Holmes, 
Amherst,  Massachusetts,  .\pril  22.  1844;  en- 
listed as  a  private  in  Company  F.  Twenty-first 
Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  and  died 
in  the  army,  December  29,  1861.  5.  Henry, 
receives  mention  below.     6.    Lillie.   .\mherst. 


September  6,  1842;  married,  March  13,  1873. 
(jeorge  S.  Atwood.  of  New-ton  Highlands, 
Massachusetts. 

( \'HI )  Henry,  fifth  son  of  Professor 
Charles  B.  and  Mary  (Holmes)  Adams,  was 
born  in  Amherst,  October  31,  1845,  and  died 
in  Springfield,  October  8,  1907.  He  attended 
Williston  Seminary,  and  entered  Amherst  Col- 
lege, class  of  1869,  but  left  in  his  junior  year. 
He  was  a  drug  clerk  in  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
for  a  short  time,  and  then  entered  the  College 
of  Pharmacy  in  Washington,  D.  C.  He  was 
apothecary  in  the  Naval  Hospital  in  Washing- 
ton, and  was  a  clerk  in  the  Post  Office  Depart- 
ment. In  1876  he  went  to  Amherst,  and 
opened  the  store  on  the  common,  which  he  had 
since  conducted,  taking  Mr.  A.  T.  ^litten  into 
partnership  when  he  opened  a  store  in  Spring- 
field, 429  Main  street,  opposite  Court  Square, 
about  1895.  He  went  to  Springfield  to  reside 
about  1898,  first  on  Union  street,  and  about 
1904  at  the  St.  James,  on  Oak  street,  where  he 
took  apartments  as  soon  as  it  was  completed, 
and  made  that  his  home  till  the  time  of  his 
death.  Mr.  Adams's  predecessors  in  business 
in  Springfield  were  Pabke  &  Cruse,  the  busi- 
ness having  been  conducted  by  the  junior  mem- 
ber after  the  death  of  Mr.  Pabke.  The  store 
of  which  Mr.  Adams  became  proprietor  was 
old-fashioned,  and  one  of  his  first  moves  was 
to  remodel  it.  His  honest  and  progressive 
business  methods  and  hard  work  built  up  an 
excellent  trade  there.  He  was  generally  ac- 
credited with  originating  the  "college  ice"  and 
introduced  it  into  Springfield.  Soon  after 
opening  the  Springfield  place,  Mr.  Adams  or- 
ganized the  druggists  of  that  city,  and  he  was 
instrumental  in  the  organization  of  the  Con- 
necticut Valley  Druggists'  Association.  He 
was  appointed  by  ( Governor  Crane  to  the  State 
Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy,  in  1901, 
and  was  two  or  three  years  president  of  that 
body.  During  his  five  years'  term  of  service 
he  did  no  more  widely  known  work  than  that 
by  which  he  was  largely  the  means  of  securing 
the  passage  of  the  law  permitting  drug  stores 
to  sell  soda  on  Sundays.  He  was  an  elector 
under  the  will  establishing  the  Smith  Chari- 
ties, a  trustee  of  the  Amherst  Savings  Bank, 
and  a  director  of  the  Amherst  Gas  Company. 
He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Amherst  Gun 
Club:  a  member  of  Pacific  Lodge  of  Masons, 
and  its  treasurer  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  Springfield  Chapter, 
Royal  .Arch  Masons :  Springfield  Council, 
Royal  and  Select  Masters :  Springfield  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Teinplars :  and  Melha  Tern- 


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pie,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Xobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  was  a  member  and  treas- 
urer of  Grace  Episcopal  Church  Parish  in  Am- 
herst. He  trained  himself  for  a  sharpshooter 
in  the  time  of  the  civil  war.  and  enlisted  for 
one  hundred  days  but  hostilities  closed  before 
he  was  mustered  in.  He  had  many  staunch 
friends,  as  many,  one  of  them  said,  as  any 
man  in  western  Massachusetts.  He  was  of 
quiet,  rather  retiring  character,  but  was  gen- 
erous and  warm  hearted,  and  his  lovable  char- 
acter gainetl  the  perfect  confidence  and  firm 
friendship  of  almost  everyone  who  came  into 
close  contact  with  him.  He  was  a  tremendous 
worker,  and  his  long  hours  and  continuous 
eiiforts  caused  the  weakening  which  made  his 
disease  fatal.  By  his  persistent  effort  he  built 
up  the  business  of  his  Springfield  store  to 
double  that  which  he  had  set  as  his  aim.  He 
(lied  of  disease  of  the  kidneys.  He  had  not 
worked  c|uite  so  hard  during  the  last  few 
months  of  his  life,  and  would  soon  have  re- 
tired into  a  well-earned  rest  had  longer  life 
been  given  him.  Few  men  have  more  general 
respect  and  aiifection  of  family,  friends  and 
employes  than  was  given  to  Henry  Adams. 

He  married,  September  23,  1873,  Miranda 
Sarah  Morgan,  of  W'aterford,  Connecticut, 
born  in  Waterford,  October  20,  1849,  died 
February  27,  1899,  daughter  of  Enoch  F.  and 
Clarissa  ( .\yer)  Morgan.  Children:  i. 
Charles  Baker,  see  below.  2.  Infant,  died  un- 
named. 3.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  in  Amherst, 
December  6,  1880 ;  student  at  Vassar  College 
two  years ;  married,  September,  19,  1904,  Ed- 
ward Josiah  Savage,  of  Cromwell,  Connecti- 
cut. They  now  live  in  Newton  Highlands. 
Massachusetts,  where  Mr.  Savage  is  connected 
with  the  Sholar  Business  Building  Service. 
They  have  one  child,  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  in 
New  Haven.  Connecticut.  July.  1907.  4. 
Henry,  born  June  5.  1883:  lives  in  Imperial, 
California. 

(IX)  Dr.  Charles  Baker,  eldest  child  of 
Henry  and  Miranda  S.  (Morgan)  Adams,  was 
born  in  Washington,  D.  C,  June  30,  1874.  He 
received  his  preparatory  education  in  the  pri- 
vate and  public  schools  of  Amherst,  Massa- 
chusetts, graduating  from  the  high  school  in 
1892.  He  entered  Amherst  College  the  same 
year,  and  graduated  A.  B.  in  1896.  Selecting 
the  practice  of  medicine  as  his  future  employ- 
ment, he  entered  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  New  York,  from  which  he  re- 
ceived his  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1900.  After  a 
vcar's  experience  as  an  interne  in  Mercy  Hos- 
pital,  Springfield,   Massachusetts,  he  engaged 


in  the  general  practice  of  his  profession  at 
Pittsfield,  where  he  remained  three  and  a  half 
years.  From  March,  1905,  to  September, 
1907,  he  was  in  the  medical  department  of  the 
industrial  division  of  the  Columbian  Life  In- 
surance Company.  While  in  New  York  he 
was  appointed  first  assistant  in  the  out-patient 
department  of  the  New  York  Hospital,  surgi- 
cal division.  He  engaged  in  private  practice 
in  Xewburg,  but  was  there  only  a  short  time 
before  he  was  called  to  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts, by  the  fatal  illness  of  his  father.  Since 
that  time  he  has  resided  in  Springfield,  and 
conflucted  the  drug  store  which  his  father  had. 
In  CJctober.  1908,  Dr.  Adams  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  medicine  in  Springfield,  making  a 
specialty  of  genito-urinary  diseases.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Springfield  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, and  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society. 
He  is  a  member  of  Crescent  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons. 

He  married.  May,  1907,  Beatrice  Smith,  of 
Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania,  who  was  born 
August  9,  1881,  daughter  of  Rudolph  Maxi- 
milian and  Miriam  (Keyser)  Smith,  of  Phila- 
delphia. They  have  one  child,  Beatrice  Eliza 
beth,  born  November  30,  1909. 


John  Adams,  immigrant  ancestor 
AD.AMS  of  this  branch  of  the  family  in 
America,  was  born  in  Crediton, 
Devonshire,  England,  in  1685.  and  died  May 
ID.  1754,  aged  sixty-nine  years.  His  grave 
in  Franklin  cemetery  is  marked  by  a  stone.  He 
was  forced  to  serve  as  a  cabin  boy  on  a  British 
man-of-war  which  sailed  to  America.  At 
Boston  the  boy  refused  to  return  to  the  ship, 
and  a  reward  was  offered  for  his  capture.  He 
was  found  at  Medfield.  seized,  and  mounted 
upon  a  horse,  started  for  Boston,  but  managed 
to  escape.  He  had  a  brother  Peter,  and  a  por- 
tion of  a  letter  written  at  London  by  him  to 
his  brother  John,  is  still  in  existence.  It  is  as 
follows : 

"London,  April  ye  25th,  1730. 
"Loveing  Brother: — This  day  I  received  a 
letter  from  Our  Cousin  Samuel  Adams  and  the 
letter  you  sent  them.  I  never  knew  you  was 
living  till  about  10  days  agoe  and  sent  down 
for  your  letter.  I  have  been  married  in  Lon- 
don this  Twelfth  year  and  have  seen  many 
voyages  to  New  England  late  years.  About 
fourten  years  agoe  I  put  your  name  in  the 
Xews  at  Boston  too  hear  of  you  but  not  hear- 
ing of  you  then,  I  gave  you  over  for  Dead. 
My  name  was  allways  in  ye  news.  I  being 
Master   of   a   vessel,   so  that   if   you    had   but 


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minded  the  news  you  might  have  thought  of 
me.  If  this  comes  to  your  hand  I  hope  you 
will  lett  he  hear  from  you.  Our  Sister  is 
Edward  Mounie's  widow  of  four  Children. 
Joseph  is  dead  many  years  agoe,  and  our  Uncle 
Nathl.  and  Roger  and  Cousin  James.  There 
is  liveing  beside  our  sister  and  4  children, 
Cousin  Samuel  and  Seven  Children,  and  .Aunt 
.'^.dams  and  three  (the  rest  of  the  page  miss- 
ing and  the  other  side  follows).  If  you  should 
receive  this  letter,  I  would  have  you  mind  the 
directions  I  have  Wrote  and  the  first  of  your 
neighbours  that  Goes  to  Boston  give  it  to  them 
and  Desire  them  to  goe  to  the  Coffee  house  and 
there  are  bags  that  belong  to  the  Ships  that 
are  coming  to  London,  and  it  will  come  as 
safe  as  If  you  had  brought  it  yourself.  If  you 
should  Goe  to  Boston  yourself  I  would  have 
you  call  on  my  Landlady  Mrs.  Hanah  Dem- 
ings  at  the  South  End." 

Peter  afterwards  married  Mrs.  Demings, 
and  settled  in  Beaufort,  North  Carolina.  John 
settled  in  Wrentham,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  in  that  part  of  the  town 
now  South  Franklin.  He  was  a  weaver  by 
trade,  and  a  farmer.  His  farm  remained  in 
the  family  many  generations.  W'hat  remained 
of  the  first  house  was  destroyed  in  a  great 
wind  storm  in  181 5.  His  will  is  dated  May 
8,  1754,  two  days  before  his  death.  He  mar- 
ried,'September  24,  1713,  Sarah  Fairbank, 
born  March  22,  1690,  died  May  13,  1754. 
daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  Fairbank  of 
Wrentham.  Children,  born  in  Wrentham:  i. 
Ensign  John,  June  18,  1715;  died  May  30, 
1793 ;  lived  in  \\'rentham ;  married  Rachel 
.•\dams.  2.  Mary,  iMarch  15,  1716-7;  died 
1801  ;  married  Jabez  Fisher.  3.  Sarah,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1718-9;  died  1762;  married  Mat- 
thew Smith.  4.  Hannah,  March  25,  1721  ; 
died  1792;  married  Michael  Metcalf.  5. 
Peter,  February  2,  1722-3;  mentioned  below. 
6.  .Abigail,  February  14,  1725.  7.  Ann,  Febru- 
ary 7,  1728.  8.  Esther,  March  8,  1732;  died 
1763.  9.  Elizabeth,  July  14,  1735;  married 
Henry  Wilson. 

(II)  Peter,  son  of  John  Adams,  was  born 
in  Wrentham,  February  2,  1722-3,  and  died 
March  12,  1802.  He  succeeded  to  the  old 
homestead,  where  he  lived  all  his  life.  He 
married,  March  10,  175 1,  Esther  Ward,  born 
February  17,  1732,  died  November  11,  1809. 
Children,  born  in  Wrentham:  i.  Jemima. 
March  16,  1752;  died  October  20,  1790;  mar- 
ried Jesse  Robbins;  lived  at  Union,  Maine.  2. 
Captain  Joel,  July  21,  1753;  died  October  23, 
1830 ;  married  Jemima  Robbins  ;  was  in  the  rev- 


(ilution;  lived  at  Union,  Maine.  3.  Molly,  No- 
vember 7,  1755;  died  June  26,  1757.  4.  Peter, 
l^'ebrnary  24,  1758;  died  September  27,  1778; 
died  of  fever  while  in  the  revolutionary  serv- 
ice. 5.  Eunice,  February  24,  1760;  died  Au- 
gust I,  1853;  married  Calvin  Metcalf.  6. 
Ward,  November  28,  1762;  died  October  25, 
1792;  married  Olivia  Daggett.  7.  Junia,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1765;  died  August  15,  1775.  8. 
Esther,  July  15,  1767;  died  November  23, 
1817:  married  Eli  Taft.  9.  James,  May  6. 
I7(X);  mentioned  below.  10.  Apollos,  Febru- 
ary 24,  1771  ;  died  September  4,  1775.  11. 
Nehemiah,  January  11,  1773;  died  December 
14,  1854;  married  Mary  Clark. 

( III )  James,  son  of  Peter  Adams,  was  born 
at  Franklin,  May  6,  1769,  and  died  there  April 
16,  1830.  He  owned  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty  acres,  on  the  road  from  Franklin 
to  South  h'ranklin,  and  was  a  prosperous 
farmer  and  prominent  citizen.  He  served  as 
tax  collector  and  justice  of  the  peace.  While 
in  Dedham  on  official  business  he  met  with  an 
accident,  ruiming  a  pitchfork  into  his  knee. 
Blood  poisoning  resulted  and  his  leg  was  am- 
putated, but  death  occurred  soon  afterward. 
He  was  a  deacon  in  Dr.  Nathaniel  Emmons's 
church  at  Franklin.  He  married  (first)  Sep- 
tember 25,  1795.  Sarah  Bacon,  born  at  Frank- 
lin, March  13,  1768,  died  1806,  daughter  of 
Seth  and  Abigail  (Whiting)  Bacon;  (second) 
May,  1808,  Lucy  Fairbanks,  born  July  19, 
1789.  died  July  26,  1878,  daughter  of  Levi 
and  Molly  (Fuller)  Fairbanks.  Children:  i. 
Chloe  Fales,  born  January  i,  1797;  died  July 
-3'  1897;  married,  October  15,  1821,  Joseph 
.\ddison  Metcalf.  2.  Thomas  Bacon,  born 
January  16,  1799  ;  mentioned  below.  3.  James, 
born  October,  1800;  died  1868;  married  Caro- 
line Brooks.  Children  of  second  wife:  4. 
Sarah  Bacon,  born  June  27,  i8og ;  married. 
June  21,  1838,  Rev.  Ebenezer  W.  Robinson. 
5.  Peter,  born  April  3,  181 1 ;  married  Clarissa 
Richardson.  6.  Lucy  Maria,  born  March  19, 
1817;  married,  April  21,  1840,  James  Bige- 
low. 

(IV)  Thomas  Bacon,  son  of  James  .^dams. 
was  born  in  Franklin,  June  16,  1799,  and  died 
at  Hilliston,  June  16,  i860.  He  went  to  school 
until  he  was  ten  years  of  age,  and  remained 
with  his  father  on  the  farm  until  he  was 
twenty-one.  He  then  fitted  himself  for  a 
teacher,  and  taught  school  at  Winthrop,  Maine, 
and  vicinity  a  few  years.  He  then  learned 
the  trade  of  tanner,  which  he  followed  for  a 
time.  He  and  his  cousin  Joel  Adams  went 
into   partnership    in    the    tanning  business    at 


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Readfield,  Maine.  From  1831  to  1838  he  was 
engaged  in  farming  at  Winthrop,  Maine,  and 
then  removed  to  Holliston,  Alassachusetts, 
where  he  carried  on  the  Traverse  tannery  a 
few  years.  Subsequently  he  became  a  finisher 
of  boots  and  shoes  in  the  factory  of  WilHam 
S.  Batcheller.  His  home  was  on  Prospect 
street,  where  he  died  of  consumption.  He  was 
a  man  of  quiet  tastes  and  manners,  but  of 
strong  rehgious  and  temperance  principles.  He 
was  .a  Republican  in  politics,  and  an  early  abo- 
litionist. He  was  a  member  of  the  Orthodox 
church  at  Holliston.  When  a  young  man  he 
belonged  to  the  Franklin  militia.  He  married, 
December  26,  1827,  Elizabeth  Adams,  of  Read- 
field,  Maine,  born  June  20.  1802,  died  August 

27,  1877,  daughter  of  Captain  Eli  and  Esther 
(Harding)  Adams.  Her  father  was  a  black- 
smith and  farmer,  and  served  on  coast  guard 
in  1814.  Children:  I.  John,  born  September 
3,  1828:  died  September  11,  1828.  2.  Esther 
Harding,  born  February  6,  1830;  married, 
January,  1862.  John  Allen,  of  I'ranklin  ;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Edward  Bernard  Allen,  born  Febru- 
ary 4,  1863;  ii.  Susan  Augusta  Allen,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1865.  3.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born 
May  25,  1832;  married,  July  i,  1863,  Henry 
C.  Gay,  of  West  Medway :  children :  i.  Emma 
D.,  born  .August  20,  1866,  died  November  15, 
1866;  ii.  Hattie  Aurelia,  born  May  i.  1869. 
married  Frederick  Moore;  iii.  Edith  Lillian, 
born  February  16,  1872.  died  November  13, 
r88o.  4.  Catherine  Cochran,  born  September 
I,  1834.  5.  Abigail,  born  February  27,  1837; 
died  August  9,   1854.     6.   Harriet,  born  June 

28.  1840;  died  February.  1880.  7.  James 
Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

( V )  James  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  Bacon 
.Adams,  was  born  at  Holliston,  October  16. 
1844.  He  attended  the  public  and  high  scliools 
of  his  native  town  and  Wilbrahani  Academy. 
During  his  youth  he  worked  in  the  shoe  fac- 
tory at  Holliston  when  not  in  school,  and  at 
nineteen  began  to  work  regularly  in  the  shoe 
factory  of  William  S.  Bachellor  at  Holliston. 
In  1866  he  removed  to  West  Medway,  and  was 
employed  in  the  shoe  factory  of  L.  A.  O. 
Partridge.  Afterward  he  was  in  the  shipping 
department  of  Charles  E.  Whitney's  shoe  fac- 
tory at  Medway  for  eight  years,  and  shipping 
clerk  in  the  factory  of  J.  Warren  Thompson 
for  six  years.  For  two  years  he  was  night 
watchman  in  the  Sanford  Mills,  and  for  three 
years  and  a  half  clerk  in  the  grocery  store  of 
W.  H.  Norton  in  Medway.  He  began  b«-isi- 
ness  as  a  grocer  on  his  own  account  in  Febru- 
ary, 1889.  in  Medway,  and  has  built  up  a  large 


and  prosperous  business.  In  aildition  to  gro- 
ceries he  deals  in  grain  and  feed  of  all  kinds. 
Many  of  his  customers  are  in  the  adjoining 
town  of  Franklin.  His  son,  Walter  R.  Adams, 
though  still  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Adams 
Brothers,  of  Needham,  is  a  clerk  in  his  father's 
store.  Mr.  Adams  owns  a  homestead  on  Vil- 
lage, and  recently  purchased  the  Oren  A. 
Alason  homestead  in  Medway.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Medway,  and  has  served  on  various  commit- 
tees. In  1908  he  was  elected  deacon.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican,  and  has  served  as  dele- 
gate to  various  nominating  conventions.  He 
is  a  member  of  Medway  Lodge,  No.  163,  Odd 
F"ellows,  of  which  he  is  past  noble  grand,  and 
member  of  the  grand  lodge.  He  was  active 
in  the  militia  while  living  in  Holliston.  Mr. 
Adams  is  interested  in  the  temperance  move- 
ment and  in  the  various  missionary  organiza- 
tions of  the  church,  and  contributes  liberally 
of  his  time  and  money  to  these  charities.  He 
married,  at  Medway,  November  2,  i86c),  Eu- 
nice Rockwood,  born  October  27,  1848,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Pond)  Rockwood. 
Her  father  was  a  carpenter;  he  was  deacon 
I  if  the  Norfolk  church.  Children:  I.  Emily 
Mason,  born  August  23,  1870;  married,  De- 
cember 17,  1895.  Henry  Francis  Spencer,  of 
Medway :  children :  i.  Eunice  Hope,  born  No- 
vember 6,  1896;  ii.  Orville  Holland,  January 
30.  1900.  2.  George  Thomas,  born  January 
16.  1873:  mentioned  below.  3.  Walter  Rock- 
wood, born  February  2,  1876:  married.  Sep- 
tember 30,  1908.  Alary  Elizabeth  P.lake,  of 
West  Medway,  Massachusetts.  4.  Harry 
James  born  October  8,   1879. 

(\'T)  George  Thomas,  son  of  James 
Thomas  .\dams.  was  born  at  Westborough, 
Tanuary  16,  1873.  His  parents  moved  to 
Medway  when  he  was  but  six  months  old,  and 
he  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools 
.At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  began  work  as  clerk 
in  his  father's  grocery  store  and  continued 
there  for  six  years.  He  then  took  a  similar 
])Osition  in  the  grocery  store  of  G.  E.  Marti', 
of  East  FoNborough.  and  after  four  years 
there  he  returned  to  Medway  to  work  for  his 
father.  In  1898  he  came  to  Needham  as  clerk 
in  the  grocery  store  of  A.  L.  Woodruiif  &  Son, 
and  was  employed  there  for  five  years.  In 
1903  he  became  associated  with  his  brothers, 
Harry  J.  and  Walter  R.  Adams,  in  the  firm  of 
Adams  Brothers,  in  the  grocery  business  at 
Needham.  George  T.  Adams  is  manager  of 
the  business,  which  is  the  largest  in  this  line 
in  the  town,  employing  eight  clerks  and  seven 


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delivery  wagons.  Air.  Adams  resides  on  Pick- 
ering street,  where  he  owns  a  residence  and  a 
large  stable.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Unitarian  Church  of  Needham.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
Norfolk  Lodge  of  Free  Masons  since  March 
12,  1906.  and  is  a  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Retail  Grocers'  Association. 

He  married,  October  27,  1896,  at  Manstield, 
Massachusetts,  Carrie  Louise  Segler,  born  at 
East  Foxborough,  June  ij,  1870,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Alartha  ( Wyman )  Segler,  of  Fox- 
borough.  Her  father  was  a  mason  by  trade. 
Children:  I.  George  Fairbanks,  born  August 
27,  1902 ;  died  September  2,  1902.  2.  James 
VVyman,  born  March  16,  1907. 


WRKiHT 


The  number  of  immigrants  of 
this  name  in  early  times  in  New 
England  was  large,  and  from 
them  have  sprung  various  lines  of  descend- 
ants not  related.  Three  Wrights  settled  in 
Massachusetts  in  time  to  be  numbered  among 
the  pioneers — one  at  Lynn  as  early  as  1630  or 
1632,  another  at  Plymouth,  in  1638,  and  the 
third  was  of  Rehoboth  1644. 

(I)  Richard  Wright,  of  Plymouth,  of  un- 
known antecedents,  appears  at  Plymouth  as 
early  as  1638,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his 
life  there.  He  early  received  grants  of  the 
public  land,  among  which  are  the  following: 
"Att  a  Towns  meeting  held  at  Plymouth  the 
3rd  *  The  Towne  graunted  to  Richard 
Wright  twenty  five  acres  to  bee  layed  forth 
for  him  at  Winnatucksett  to  him  and  his  as- 
signs for  ever  in  Regard  that  hee  was  to  have 
had  *  *  in  the  Township  of  Plymouth 
which  he  bought  of  *  *  as  appears  by 
a  Record  of  Court  bearing  date  *  1638 
which  hee  was  never  possessed  of  *  *  in 
any  place;  In  consideration  *  *  if  the 
Towne  *  *  *  Among  the  Names  of  those 
who  have  interest  and  properties  in  the 
Townes  land  att  Punckateesett  over  against 
Rond  Island'  March  1651,  is  "Richard  Wright.' 
*  6  *  1659.  The  Towne  Graunted  unto 
Richard  Wright  five  and  twenty  acres  of 
land  to  be  added  to  that  which  formerly  was 
allowed  to  bee  his  due  which  was  twenty  five 
acres  in  lieu  of  a  pcell  of  land  which  hee  should 
have  had  att  Manomett  Ponds  att  which  fifty 
acres  of  land  are  to  bee  layed  forth  for  him  at 
Winnatuxett  by  Mr.  Bradford  and  Elder 
Cushman  ;  and  hee  then  said  'Richard  Wright 
hath  alsoe  libertie  to  looke  out  some  meddow 
there  to  compensate  him  with  all  that  soe  a 
comjH'tency    may    be    confirmed     *     *     *     * 


"Att  a  Towne  meeting  held  at  the  meeting 
house  att  Plymouth  the  20th  dav  of  May  1662.' 
Richard  Wright  desireth  a  smale  pcell  of  med- 
dow about  two  accers  which  is  over  measures 
of  what  was  allowed  to  ffrana's  Billington." 
.Vmong  those  who  desire  Meddow  in  the  * 
soe  called  lying  on  the  south  side  of  Turkey 
Swamp"  in  Richard  Wright,  May  16,  1663, 
"P^ifteen  acrees  of  land  is  granted  to  Richard 
Wright  lying  next  to  his  land  at  Monpousett : 
in  lieu  of  a  psell  of  land  by  him  surrendered 
lying  at  the  Towne  of  Plymouth  neare  John 
Woods  land."  " h\X  a  Towne  Meeting  held 
at  the  Meeting  house  at  Plymouth  the  30  day 
of  October  1682,"  a  Certain  smale  psell  of  land 
is  Graunted  to  Richard  Wright  to  sett  a  house 
on  being  at  the  lower  Corner  of  the  New  Street 
and  to  have  it  as  large  as  hee  lives  and  when 
hee  Endeth  this  life  to  leave  it  to  the  Towne." 
In  .\ugust,  if>43.  among  the  names  of  those 
between  sixteen  and  sixty  years  of  age  who 
are  able  to  bear  arms,  is  that  of  Richard 
Wright.  Richard  Wright  died  June  9,  1691, 
at  which  time  he  was  eighty-three  years  old. 
His  will,  dated  June  8,  1691,  is  recorded  in  the 
Plymouth  records.  The  marriage  of  Richard 
Wright  and  Hester  Cooke  was  solemnized  No- 
vember 6,  1644.  The  children  known  to  have 
been  born  of  this  marriage,  were :  Esther, 
1649:  Isaac,  1662;  Adam,  and  Mary. 

(II)  Adam,  son  of  Richard  and  Hester 
(Cooke)  Wright,  received  a  double  portion  of 
realty  prior  to  his  father's  death,  and  was  one 
of  the  first  settlers  of  Plympton,  where  he  was 
a  large  land  holder.  He  built  his  first  resi- 
dence in  Plympton,  a  little  westerly  of  the 
nnrthwest  corner  of  the  second  Millpond.  He 
built  the  first  gri.st  mill  in  Plympton,  the  wheel 
set  horizontal  and  the  shaft  perpendicular. 
It  was  called  a  Gigmill,  and  is  said  to  have  had 
a  capacity  of  five  bushels  a  day,  and  though 
small  served  to  meet  the  wants  of  the  first 
settlers.  Subsequently  he  built  a  grist  mill  on 
a  ditiferent  plan  a  little  above  the  bridge  which 
crosses  the  Plympton  cotton  factory  mill  pond, 
this  being  the  second  grist  mill  in  Plympton. 
He  died  Se])tember  20,  1724,  in  the  seventy- 
ninth  or  eightieth  year  of  his  age,  and  was 
buried  near  the  north  west  corner  of  the  ceme- 
tery. .\  stone  marks  his  grave.  His  will 
was  made  April  9,  1723,  and  is  recorded  in  the 
probate  records.  He  married  (first)  Sarah, 
daughter  of  John  and  Esther  Soule,  of  Dux- 
bury,  granddaughter  of  George  and  Mary 
Soule  of  Duxbiiry,  who  came  to  Plymouth 
in  the  "Mayflower"  in  1620.  He  married 
(second)    Mehitable    Barrows.     There    is    no 


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record  of  the  death  of  either  wife.  His  chil- 
dren by  wife  Sarah  were:  John  and  Isaac;  by 
wife  Mehitable :  Samuel,  Moses,  James,  Na- 
than, Esther,  Sarah,  Mary,  and  Rachel. 

(HI)  John,  eldest  son  of  Adam  and  Sarah 
( Soiile )  Wright,  was  married  May  20,  1708. 
to  Mary  Lucas,  by  Rev.  Isaac  Ciishman,  of 
Plympton.  She  died  September  24,  1759,  in 
the  seventy-si.xth  year  of  her  age,  and  he  died 
May  I,  1774.  in  the  ninety-fourth  year  of  his 
age.  Both  were  members  of  the  church  at 
Plympton.  Children :  Esther,  John,  Repent- 
ence,  Benjamin,  Sarah,  and  .^dam,  next  men- 
tioned. 

(IV)  .\dam  (2),  youngest  child  of  John 
and  Mary  (Lucas)  Wright,  was  born  Sep- 
tember zj.  1724.  and  died  in  Plympton,  in  tin' 
forepart  of  February,  1776,  aged  fifty-one 
years  three  months.  He  lived  in  the  house 
which  stood  about  ten  or  twelve  rods  south- 
ward of  the  home  in  which  his  grandson  Jo- 
siah  ^\'^ight  later  lived,  near  the  old  shovel 
shop.  He  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  in 
Plympton  near  the  road,  b}'  the  side  of  his 
first  wife.  His  grave  is  marked  by  a  stone. 
He  was  married  (first  i  February  28,  1754,  by 
Rev.  Jonathan  Parker,  to  Ruth,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Lydia  Sampson,  of  Plympton. 
Thomas  Sampson  was  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Margaret  ( Parker )  Sampson  of  Plympton. 
Benjamin  Sampson  was  son  of  George  and 
Elizabeth  (Bryant)  Sampson,  two  of  the  earli- 
est settlers  of  Plympton.  Lydia  was  daugh- 
ter of  the  first  Deacon  Samuel  Bryant,  of 
Plympton.  and  Joanna  his  wife.  Samuel  Bry- 
ant was  son  of  Lieutenant  John  Bryant  and 
.A.bigail  his  wife,  of  Plympton.  Lieutenant 
John  was  son  of  John  Bryant,  of  Scituate,  and 
his  wife  Mary  was  a  daughter  of  George  and 
Sarah  Lewis.  Children  of  Adam  and  Ruth : 
Esther.  Levi.  Lydia  and  John.  Ruth  Wright 
died  August  5,  1771.  aged  thirty-seven  years. 
.Adam  Wright  was  married  (second)  June  I, 
1773,  by  Rev.  Jonathan  Parker,  to  widow 
Sarah  Tinkham,  daughter  of  Moses  Standish. 
Benjamin,  born  July  i,  1774,  was  the  only 
child  of  the  second  marriage. 

f\')  Levi,  eldest  son  of  .Adam  (2)  and 
Ruth  (Sampson)  Wright,  was  born  .August 
10,  1756.  and  resided  the  greater  part  of  his 
life  in  the  house  which  had  been  his  father's 
home.  He  married  Betsey  West,  who  died 
while  on  a  visit  at  the  residence  of  her  daugh- 
ter, Ruth  S..  wife  of  Captain  Benjamin  War- 
ren, of  Plympton,  Monday,  March  20,  1820. 
in  the  sixty-sixth  year  of  her  age.  Levi 
Wright  died  in  Plympton.  Thursday.  October 


I.  1840,  aged  eighty- four  years  one  month 
twenty-one  days.  Children  of  Levi  and  Bet- 
sey: Josiah,  Levi.  .Adam,  Betsy,  Ruth,  Samp- 
son, and  John. 

(\'I)  Josiah.  eldest  child  of  Levi  and  Bet- 
sey (West)  Wright,  was  born  in  Plympton, 
-April  3,  1780,  and  died  there  March  29,  i860, 
having  lived  almost  eighty  years.  He  was 
married,  September  2.  1802,  by  Rev.  John 
Briggs,  to  Lydia  Loring,  born  May  17,  1782. 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Ezekiel  and  Hannah 
Loring  of  Plympton.  She  died  in  Plympton. 
.April  2-].  1850,  aged  almost  sixty-eight  years. 
Children  :  Winslow.  Hannah  Stetson,  and  Jo- 
siah, ne.xt  mentioned. 

(\TI)  Josiah  (2).  youngest  child  of  Josiah 
I  I  )  and  Lydia  (  Loring  )  Wright,  was  born  at 
Plympton,  July  20,  181 1.  In  1849  't^  removed 
to  Sjiringfield,  and  with  Henry  Webster  es- 
tablished the  car  a.xle  factory  which  afterward 
went  to  Brightwood  and  was  called  the  X.  W. 
Talcott  .A.xle  Works.  After  carrying  on  the 
business  for  years,  Mr.  Wright  sold  his  inter- 
est to  Mr.  Talcott,  who  conducted  the  enter- 
prise until  his  death.  Mr.  Wright  later  bought 
the  foundry  on  South  Main  street,  near 
Trask's  Pond,  and  operated  it  for  a  few  years, 
and  then  bought  the  .Agawam  foundry  on  Lib- 
erty street,  on  account  of  its  superior  loca- 
tion and  railroad  facilities.  On  April  i,  1882, 
on  account  of  failing  health,  ^Ir.  Wright  re- 
tired from  active  business,  and  Wright  &  Em- 
erson sold  their  business  and  real  estate  to  the 
.Springfield  Foundry  Company.  After  that 
time  his  health  continued  to  fail,  although  he 
was  still  about  his  homestead  and  on  the 
streets  looking  after  his  private  interests.  His 
final  illness  dated  from  an  attack  of  pneumo- 
nia in  the  latter  part  of  December.  1889,  from 
which  he  recovered,  but  was  confined  to  his 
house,  except  an  occasional  ride  in  the  open 
air,  until  his  death  by  valvular  disease  of  the 
heart.  He  was  one  of  Springfield's  oldest 
residents,  and  active  in  business  until  his  re- 
tirement in  1882.  He  was  married  March  14, 
1833,  by  Rev.  Plumer  Chace,  of  Carver,  to 
Sarah  Sherman,  of  Carver,  Massachusetts, 
born  June  3.  181 3,  daughter  of  Jabez  and  Polly 
Sherman.  She  was  a  resident  of  Springfield 
about  forty-five  years,  and  was  a  faithful  at- 
tendant of  the  First  Church  until  compelled 
to  retire  from  active  work  on  account  of  de- 
clining health.  She  sufifered  many  years  from 
occasional  attacks  of  heart  trouble,  but  for 
some  weeks  prior  to  her  death  had  enjoyed 
excellent  health.  She  died  January  31,  1893. 
She  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Captain  Myles 


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Standish,  John  Alden,  George  Soule,  and  Will- 
iam Mullens,  of  "Mayflower"  note.  The  chil- 
dren of  this  marriage  were:  i.  Sarah  Amelia, 
died  young.  2.  Benjamin  Warren,  born  in 
Plympton,  July  14,  1838;  is  a  prominent  resi- 
dent of  Manjuette  county,  Michigan.  3.  An- 
drew J.,  mentioned  below.  4.  Sarah,  born  in 
Springfield,  July  8,  1854,  died  young. 

(VIII)  Andrew  Tackson,  second  son  of  Jo- 
siah  (2)  and  Sarah  (Sherman)  Wright,  was 
born  in  Enfield,  Connecticut,  Wednesday,  June 
8,  1842,  and  died  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
March  14,  1895.  When  he  was  eight  years 
old  his  parents  were  drawn  to  Springfield,  the 
magnet  for  all  the  country  about.  He  at- 
tended the  local  schools  and  graduated  from 
the  high  school  in  i860.  This  was  in  the  days 
when  Ariel  Parish  left  his  mark  on  a  genera- 
tion of  boys  who  became  leading  citizens. 
Then  young  Wright  began  his  business  life, 
and  served  two  years  in  the  Springfield  post- 
office.  He  entered  the  locally  famous  Com- 
pany A,  Forty-sixth  Regiment,  August  15, 
1862,  served  his  term  of  enlistment,  and  was 
honorably  discharged  after  a  year's  service. 
His  acquaintance  with  postal  work  led  to  his 
being  detailed  as  clerk  of  the  army  post-office 
at  Newbern. 

In  1864  he  began  his  long  connection  with 
the  Springfield  Fire  and  Marine  Insurance 
Company  as  bookkeeper,  and  for  this  insti- 
tution he  rendered  faithful  and  efficient  serv- 
ice in  that  capacity  until  April  9,  1872.  when 
he  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  company,  and 
all  his  future  became  identified  with  it.  In 
December.  1890,  he  was  elected  a  director  to 
fill  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  N.  .\. 
Leonard,  and  was  also  made  vice-president  at 
that  time.  Mr.  Dunham,  who  had  succeeded 
Dwight  R.  Smith  in  1880,  had  a  high  regard 
for  Mr.  Wright,  and  came  more  and  more  to 
confide  in  and  rely  on  him.  On  the  death  of 
Mr.  Dunham,  in  1891.  there  was  no  question 
as  to  who  ought  to  succeed  him,  and  Mr. 
Wright  was  called  to  the  duties  of  the  presi- 
dency. From  that  time  forward  his  time  was 
closely  devoted  to  the  work  of  the  office,  and 
everything  indicated  a  long  and  successful  ad- 
ministration when  he  was  cut  down  in  the 
prime  of  life.  He  caught  a  severe  cold  which 
settled  in  his  head,  and  resulted  primarily  in 
influenza,  sujipuration  of  the  middle  ear  and 
mastoid  cells ;  and  secondarily  in  septic  men- 
ingitis, from  which  he  died  after  an  illness  of 
three  weeks.  Mr.  Wright  was  thoroughly 
identified  with  the  local  life  of  Springfield.  He 
was  alwavs  manly  and  upright,  and  his  prog- 


ress in  business  was  steady  and  his  success 
fairly  earned  by  hard  work  and  perfect  fidelity 
to  each  task  undertaken.  All  his  life  was  clean 
and  open  and  wholesome  after  the  New  Eng- 
land ideals.  He  had  come  to  be  one  of  the 
strong  men  of  the  city,  and  was  expected  to 
grow  into  a  still  larger  place  in  the  respect  and 
confidence  of  the  community  when  his  career 
of  usefulness  came  to  a  sudden  conclusion. 
Mr.  Wright  was  an  ardent  Republican,  and  be- 
fore his  business  duties  became  so  absorbing 
he  took  a  somewhat  active  part  in  politics,  and 
served  as  chairman  of  the  city  committee  and 
as  president  of  the  Ward  Five  Republican 
Club.  He  also  did  admirable  work  in  the  city 
government  as  member  and  president  of  the 
common  council,  in  which  body  he  served  in 
1877-78,  holding  the  presidency  in  the  latter 
year.  In  short,  he  was  public  spirited  and 
alive  to  the  duties  of  good  citizenship.  He 
was  long  identified  with  the  South  Church,  ac- 
tive on  committees,  and  interested  in  all  that 
concerns  its  welfare.  He  was  a  member  of 
both  the  Winthrop  and  Nayasset  Clubs.  His 
business  associations  outside  of  the  insurance 
company  included  a  directorship  in  both  the 
Agawam  National  Bank  of  Springfield  and  the 
Franklin  County  National  Bank  of  Greenfield, 
while  he  was  a  trustee  and  member  of  the 
finance  committee  of  the  Hampden  Savings 
Bank. 

Andrew  J.  Wright  married,  South  Manches- 
ter, Connecticut,  May  22,  1867,  Mary  Jane 
Case,  born  in  what  is  now  South  Manchester, 
Connecticut,  March  6,  1835,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Mary  Ingals  (Clough)  Case,  who 
died  May  19,  1908.  (See  Case,  VII.)  They 
were  the  parents  of  five  children :  Fred  Case, 
born  March  I,  1868;  Grace  Sherman,  May  21, 
1870.  wife  of  H.  H.  Bosworth  of  Springfield; 
Harry  .Andrew,  mentioned  below;  Royal  Jo- 
siah,  .\ugust  22.  1875;  Josephine  Mary,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1877.  nciw  wife  of  James  M.  Gill,  of 
Springfield. 

(IX)  Harry  Andrew,  second  son  of  An- 
drew J.  and  Mary  J.  (Case)  Wright,  was  born 
in  Springfield,  June  30,  1872,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  Springfield 
Business  College.  On  leaving  school  he  took 
a  position  as  clerk  in  the  supply  department  of 
the  Springfield  Fire  and  Marine  Insurance 
Company,  and  filled  that  place  till  the  death 
of  his  father.  He  then  became  a  partner  in 
the  insurance  business  with  his  brother  Fred. 
In  1905  he  left  this  business  to  become  man- 
ager of  the  Michigan  Corset  Company  of  Jack- 
son, Michigan.     In  January.  1906,  he  removed 


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the  business  to  Springfield,  reorganized  and  in- 
corporated the  company,  of  which  he  became 
principal  stockholder  and  president,  and 
has  since  had  charge  of  the  business,  which  is 
successful  and  constantly  growing  in  volume. 
Mr.  Wright  has  for  many  years  taken  a  deep 
and  intelligent  interest  in  local  Indian  antiqui- 
ties, and  in  1905  compiled  and  published  a 
limited  edition  of  "Indian  Deeds  of  Hamp- 
den County,"  containing  copies  of  all  deeds 
from  Indians  attecting  lands  in  Hampden 
county ;  and  of  some  deeds  from  other  sources, 
together  with  notes  and  translations  of  Indian 
place  names.  Mr.  Wright  is  an  earnest  stu- 
dent of  the  lower  animals  and  their  habits,  and 
sometimes  takes  his  time  of  recreation  in  hunt- 
ing. He  is  a  Republican  in  political  faith, 
but  is  neither  a  partisan  nor  an  office  seeker. 
He  is  a  member  of  Springfield  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons ;  George  Washington 
Chapter,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution ; 
and  L.  A.  Tifft  Encampment,  Sons  of  \'eter- 
ans.  In  1897  he  spent  six  months  in  Europe 
visiting  points  of  interest  in  Italy,  Switzer- 
land, France  and  England.  Alay  13,  1897,  he 
married,  at  Rome,  Italy,  Florence  M.  Carr, 
born  in  Springfield,  December  18,  1876.  daugh- 
ter of  Lewis  F.  and  Susan  D.  (Carter)  Carr  of 
Springfield.  Thev  have  one  child.  Susan,  born 
May  30,  1904. 

Mrs.  Wright  is  descended  from  Scotch- 
Irish  ancestry  as  follows; 

( 1 )  John  Carr,  born  in  Londonderry,  Ire- 
land. July  16,  1700,  died  April  23,  1770.  He 
married  Jane,  probably  a  daughter  of  John 
.Anderson,  who  came  with  his  wife  and  family 
from  Ireland  and  settled  in  Londonderry  as 
early  as  1723.  They  removed  from  Ireland  to 
.America  and  settled  Londonderry.  Xew 
Hampshire,  with  a  colony  of  comjiatriots  and 
founded  a  town,  which  in  honor  of  the  native 
city  of  some  of  them  which  had  become  cele- 
brated on  account  of  the  gallant  defence  it 
made  against  the  Catholics,  they  named  Lon- 
donderry.    There   they   had   children   born. 

(2)  Timothy,  son  of  John  and  Jane  Carr. 
born  in  Londonderry,  Xew  Hampshire,  August 
22,  1747,  died  at  North  Danville,  Vermont, 
August  16,  1822.  His  wife's  forename  was 
Margaret,  and  they  were  married  in  London- 
derry. New  Hampshire. 

(3)  James,  son  of  Timothy  and  Alargaret 
Carr.  born  in  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire. 
December  7,  1770.  died  in  Danville.  April  19. 
1837.  Between  1777  and  1780  he  moved  from 
Londonderry  to  Antrim.  New  Hampshire.  He 
married,  in  W'alden.  \'ermont.  July  30.   1807, 


Hannah   Page,   born   in   W'alden,    January   29, 
1788,  died  May  9,   1864. 

(4)  John  Stanton,  son  of  James  and  Han- 
nah! Page)  Carr.  was  born  July  5.  1821,  and 
died  in  Springfield.  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Eumery.  Xew  Hampshire.  August  26. 
1847,  Maria  Leslie  Merrill,  born  January  15, 
1824,  died  March  17,  1870.  She  was  of  Or- 
ford.  New  Hampshire,  and  her  parents  were 
Richard  Merrill,  born  January  17.  1790,  and 
liis  wife  Mary  Woodbury,  born  January  17, 
1794.  died  April  3.  1839. 

(5)  Lewis  F.,  son  of  John  S.  and  ]\Iaria  L. 
(Merrill)  Carr.  born  in  Cambridgeport. 
Alassachusetts,  June  25,  1850.  resides  in 
Springfield.  He  married  April  23,  1874. 
Susan  D.  Carter,  daughter  of  E.  Y.  and  Re- 
becca (  Dickinson  )  Carter.  To  Lewis  F.  and 
Susan  D.  (Carter)  Carr  were  born  three  chil- 
dren, as  follows :  Florence  C.  Rebecca  D..  and 
Harriet  M. 

(The    Case    Line). 

The  earliest  records  of  this  family  state  that 
in  the  year  1200  certain  of  its  members  moved 
from  York  to  Aylsham,  England,  where  they 
are  now  represented  by  wealthy  tanners  and 
farmers  who  own  so  much  land  around  Ayl- 
sham that  it  is  said  to  be  "Cased  in."  These 
lands  surround  those  once  the  property  of 
Anne  Boleyn,  one  of  the  wives  of  Henry  \  III. 
The  Case  and  Boleyn  families  were  closely 
connected  by  intermarriages.  The  records 
are  also  said  to  show  the  names  of  several 
Cases  who  were  locally  prominent  associates 
and  supporters  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  under 
whose  patronage  they  accumulated  much  prop- 
erty by  furnishing  leather  to  the  English 
army. 

(  i  )  Richard  Case,  ancesteir  of  the  American 
family,  a  native  of  England,  was  an  inhabitant 
vi  Hartford,  Connecticut.  The  date  of  his 
.settlement  is  not  certain,  but  he  bought  ninet_\ 
acres  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  the  Connecti- 
cut river.  June  31,  1669.  of  William  Edwards 
and  Agnes  his  wife,  and  bounded  as  follows: 
"Xorth  by  William  Pitkin  ;  south  on  John  Bid- 
well's  ;  east  on  the  wilderness  ;  the  rear  on  the 
swamp."  He  became  a  freeman  at  Hartford 
in  1671.  and  died  March  30,  1694.  His  will, 
made  September  8,  1690,  was  witnessed  by 
William  Pitkin  and  Thomas  Olcott.  The  ex- 
ecutors were  "my  wife"  and  "my  kinsman. 
Mr.  Thomas  Olcot."  Richard  Case  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Joan  Pur- 
chase. This  Mr.  Purchase  (or  Purkas)  was 
in  Hartford  before  1639.  Children  of  Rich- 
ard and  Elizabeth  :  Richard.  lohn  and  Marv. 


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(II)  Richard  (2),  eldest  child  of  Richard 
(i)  and  Elizabeth  (Purchase)  Case,  died  in 
East  Hartford.  February  22,  1624.  The  Hart- 
ford land  records  show  that  the  estate  of 
Richard  Case  was  settled  among  his  heirs  by 
deed  dated  November  6,  1729,  and  received 
for  record    October    31,    1765.     He   married. 

before  1703.  Sarah .     Children:  Sarah, 

Joseph  and  Elizabeth. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Richard  (2)  and 
Sarah  Case,  was  born  in  East  Hartford,  De- 
cember 27,  1705,  and  died  there  May  26,  1791. 
He  was  buried  in  the  East  Hartford  Center 
cemetery.  Like  his  father  he  was  a  farmer. 
He  married,  1731,  Esther,  daughter  of  Ebe- 
nezer  Hills,  of  East  Hartford.  Children: 
Joseph,  David,  Richard,  .Abigail.  Thomas. 
Sarah  and  Hannah. 

( I\' )  David,  second  son  of  Joseph  and 
Esther  (Hills)  Ca.se,  was  born  in  East  Hart- 
ford. Record,  volume  25.  page  269,  contains 
record  of  grant  of  administration  on  estate  of 
David  Case,  late  of  East  Hartford,  to  George 
Griswold.  Distribution  of  the  estate  was 
made  (no  date  given)  to  widow  not  named, 
sons  Uriah,  William  and  David,  and  daughters 
Tryphena  and  Assenath  Keeney.  He  owned 
land    in    Glastonbury.     He    married     .Abigail 

.     .Among  their  children  were:  .Abigail, 

died  January  26,    1774,   aged   three:   Abigail 
died  November  20,  1789,  aged  sixteen. 

(V)  Uriah,  son  of  David  and  Abigail  Case, 
was  baptized  in  the  East  Hartford  Congrega 
tional  Church,  May  20,  1764,  and  died  July  30. 
1821.  The  Hartford  land  records  attest  that 
on  December  12,  181 5,  Uriah  Case,  George 
Hacket  and  .Anna  his  wife,  of  East  Hartford, 
as  heirs  to  David  Case  and  .Abigail  Case,  sold 
land  to  Thomas  Case.  "Connecticut  Men  in 
the  Revolution"  states  that  Uriah  Case  was  a 
(|uartermaster  of  the  Fifth  Regiment  of  Con- 
necticut, organized  May.  1776.  The  name  of 
the  wife  of  Uriah  Case  does  not  appear. 
His  children  were :  Eli,  John,  Ambrose, 
David,  Dudley,  Charles,  Lucy,  Sarah  and  Ros- 
anna. 

(VI)  Charles  Case,  si.xth  son  of  Uriali 
Case,  was  born  June  30,  1807,  and  died  May 
22,  i860.  He  married  Mary  I.  Clough.  Chil- 
dren: Frank,  Mary  Jane,  Henry,  Wallace, 
Wells  and  Fred. 

(\TI)  Mary  Jane,  eldest  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Mary  Ingals  (Clough)  Case,  was 
born  in  what  is  now  South  Manchester,  Con- 
necticut, March  6.  1835,  and  married.  May  22, 
1867,  .Andrew  J.  Wright,  of  Springfield,  Mass- 
achusetts.     fSee   Wright,    VU\.) 


William    Cross,   of   Wethersfield, 
CROSS     Connecticut,    and    afterwards    of 

Windsor,  Connecticut,  was  the 
first  of  the  name  in  this  country.  There  is  a 
tradition  in  every  branch  of  the  family  that 
it  was  originally  French  Huguenot  and 
the  name  was  De  La  Croix.  At  the  be- 
ginning William  spelled  his  name  Crosse 
and  sometimes  La  Crosse.  In  vol.  47, 
New  England  Hist,  and  Gen.  Register, 
p.  420,  is  a  copy  of  the  probate  of  the  will  of 
Johannus  De  Peister,  of  London,  England,  but 
formerly  of  Ghent,  Belgium,  which  shows  that 
William  Crosse,  of  London,  was  his  father-in- 
law,  and  that  Peter  Crosse  was  the  son  of 
William ;  also  that  John,  James  and  Lieun  De 
Peister.  of  Haarlem,  were  his  nephews,  and 
to  them  he  left  the  bulk  of  his  estate.  This 
Johannus  De  Peister  died  in  London,  Decem- 
ber 3,  1638.  The  history  of  the  De  Peister 
family  in  .America  as  found  in  Valentine's 
Common  Council  of  New  York,  seems  to  show 
that  this  nephew,  John,  was  none  other  than 
the  well-known  Johannus  De  Peister,  who 
emigrated  to  New  York  in  165 1,  was  mayor 
of  that  city,  and  one  of  the  leading  Hugue- 
nots of  America.  The  De  Peisters  were  for 
several  generations  very  exclusive,  always 
marrying  h>ench  Huguenots,  and  usually  go- 
ing back  to  Holland  for  that  purpose.  They 
were  originally  of  noble  rank  in  France,  and 
were  seated  at  Rouen,  from  which  they  were 
driven  by  the  massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew, 
which  commenced  in  Paris,  August,  24,  1572, 
and  soon  extended  to  Rouen.  This  exclusive- 
ness  of  the  De  Peisters  leads  to  the  conclusion 
that  William  and  Peter  Crosse  who  were  made 
executors  of  Johannus  will,  must  have  been  of 
like  rank,  faith  and  nationality.  This  coupled 
with  the  above  tradition,  appears  to  justify  the 
conclusion  that  the  Cross  family  belonged  to 
the  De  La  Croixs  of  Rouen.  This  family,  as 
appears  by  the  history  of  the  Huguenots  in 
France,  were  prominent.  One  of  their  num- 
ber was  a  minister  who  sat  in  the  ecclesiastical 
council  of  La  Rochelle. 

William  Cross  served  in  the  Pequot  war  as  a 
soldier  from  Wethersfield  in  1637  (Alemorial 
Hist,  of  Hartford,  vol.  i,  p.  435).  He  was 
early  at  Windsor,  landowner  in  1644  at  Weth- 
ersfield. He  appears  to  have  been  a  seafaring 
man,  and  died  in  Fairfield  about  1655,  leaving 
a  wife,  and  perhaps  children.  (Vol.  i.  "An- 
cient Windsor,"  p.  156.)  Following  this  arc 
other  entries  which  seem  to  make  it  plain  that 
his  children  were :  Peter,  mentioned  below. 
Captain  Samuel,  John,  Nathaniel. 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


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(II)  Peter,  son  of  William  Cross,  was  born 
in  England  and  was  apparently  an  adult  when 
he  came  to  America  with  his  father.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Peter,  born  June  3,  1650;  mentioned 
below.     2.  Mary,  June  3,  1659. 

(III)  Peter  (2),  son  of  Peter  (i)  Cross, 
was  born  June  3,  1650,  in  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  a  resident  of  Norwich  in  1672 
and  1698,  but  afterwards  removed  to  Wind- 
ham (vol.  27,  New  Eng.  Hist.  Reg.  p.  ^]^'). 
He  was  among  the  first  planters  of  Windham 
in  1690,  removing  from  Norwich,  and  his 
daughter  married  John  Crane  (  Conn.  Col.  Reg. 
p.  417)  we  find:  "Land  in  Windham  granted 
to  Peter  Cross,  Jonathan  Crane  and  others  to 
organize  the  town."  That  Peter  was  a  man 
of  standing  appears  from  the  fact  that  his 
name  appears  first  in  this  grant  and  from  the 
fact  that  he  was  by  act  of  the  general  court 
appointed  one  of  the  administrators  of  the 
VVade  estate ;  and  that  he  stood  at  the  head 
of  the  company  which  was  authorized  to  and 
did  organize  the  town  of  Mansfield,  Connecti- 
cut, out  of  territory  that  had  belonged  to  Wind- 
ham in  1703.  In  1698  he  was  the  leading 
citizen  of  \\'indham  and  the  head  of  a  squad 
of  citizens  who  were  building  a  home  for  the 
minister.  He  died  .April  9,  1739.  In  Hin- 
man's  Early  Puritan  Settlers  of  Connecticut, 
p.  7G2,  is  the  following:  "Peter  Cross  and  his 
wife  Mary  of  Windham  (from  Ipswich  a  town 
in  W'indham  county,  Connecticut)  had  chil- 
dren, viz":  I.  Mary,  April  20,  1679.  2. 
Stephen,  May  15,  1681.  3.  Elizabeth,  June 
14,  1683.  4."  Peter,  November  8,  1685.  5. 
Daniel,  March  8,  1688;  mentioned  below.  6. 
Experience.  December  i,  1691.  7.  Abigail. 
June  23,  1694.  8.  Mary,  December  9,  1695  ; 
died  same  day.  9.  Mary,  1697.  10.  Wade, 
December  15,  1699.  The  last  two  by  the  sec- 
ond wife.  His  wife  Mary  died  December  9, 
1695,  in  childbirth.  Some  of  his  children  were 
])robably  born  before  he  settled  in  Windham. 

(I\')  Daniel,  son  of  Peter  (2)  Cross,  was 
born  March  8,  1688.     He  married,  November 

5.  1712,  Desire  (Mansfield  records,  p. 

226).  Children:  I.  Daniel,  July  20.  1713; 
mentioned  below,  z.  Zebulon,  November  19, 
1714:  died  May  4,  1774.  3.  Abigail,  May  31, 
1718.  4.  William,  May  25,  1720.  5.  Desire, 
May  8.  1723.  6.  John,  March  8,  1724.  7. 
Experience,  April  24,  1728.  (Son.)  (Mans- 
field records  i.  53.) 

(V)  Daniel  (2).  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Cross, 
was  born  at  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  July  20. 
1713.  He  lived  in  Mansfield  until  1750,  when 
he  removed  to  the  adjoining  town  of  Lebanon, 


and  from  there  went  to  Orford,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  June,   1765,  where  he  was  the  first 
settler,  building  his  hut   on  the  bank  of  the 
Connecticut   river.     In  vol.  xiii,   N.   H.   State 
Papers,  pp.  126-127,  'S  the  following:  "Among 
the  first  settlers  of  the  town  of  Orford,  New 
Hampshire,   were    Daniel    Cross,   Gen.    Isaac 
Morey  and  Major  John  Mann,  all  from  Con- 
necticut."    "Daniel  Cross  and  his  wife  came 
from    Lebanon,    Connecticut,  in  June,  1765-" 
Also  that  soon  after  this,  among  the  residents 
of  Orford  were:  "Experience  Cross  and  his 
wife,   with  children   Hetty,  aged   11,   Bethuel, 
age  6  and  Olive  1.    Also  Shubael  Cross  and  his 
wife  and  children,  Joseph,  aged  two  and  Lydia, 
an   infant."     From   page    108   of   the   Orford 
Centennial,  we  find  that  Experience  Cross  was 
Daniel's  brother    and    that    they  came    from 
Mansfield,  Connecticut.     In  an  address  deliv- 
ered  by   Rev.   Joel    Mann   and   appearing   on 
pages  13-16,  is  a  paper  which  had  been  in  the 
Mann  family  for  many  years  and  which  con- 
tains  the    following:   "When   our  parents  ar- 
rived in  Orford  there  were  Daniel  Cross  and 
his  wife,  who  had  come  the  June  preceding. 
Thev  were  living  in  a  small  log  hut  covered 
witli  bark  of  trees,  a  floor  of  split  logs  and  no 
chinniey  or  hearth.     Mr.  Cross  admitted  the 
new-comers  into  his  cabin,  agreeing  to  be  equal 
in  cutting  wood  and  keeping  a  fire  in  the  mid- 
dle, which  would  accommodate  both.     For  a 
partition  between  them,  blankets  were  hung  up 
so  that  they  were  now  comfortably  situated. 
When  an  auger  was  needed  to  make  a  bed- 
stead it  was  only  to  step  nine  miles  through  the 
woods  to  a  Mr.  John  Chamberlain's  in  Thet- 
ford  and  borrow  of  him,  who  was  the  only 
person  in  that  town.     The  corn,  with  or  with- 
out roasting,   was   pounded   in   large  mortars, 
which  were  made  in  hard-wood  logs  excavated 
at  one  end  by  burning  deeji  enough   to  hold 
from  three  to  eight  quarts.     The  finest  part  of 
this  grain  was  made  into  cakes  and  the  coarse 
parts  called  hominy,  was  boiled  and  eaten  with 
milk,  Mr.  Cross  having  a  cow."     It  is  prob- 
able   that    Theophilus    and    Uriah,    the    two 
vounger  chiklren,  were  with  their  father.     Cal- 
vin Cross,  often  said  that  Uriah  and  his  broth- 
ers, six  in  all.,  served  in  the  revolution.     Dur- 
ing the  war  Ichabod  remained  at  Shaftsbury. 
P>ennington  county,  \'ermont,  and  acted  as  a 
committee  of  the  town  to  collect  provisions  for 
the  troops.     (Vermont  Gazeteer,  vol.  i,  232.) 
Shubael  was  a  sergeant  and  served  through  the 
war  (N.  H.  State  Papers,  vol.  xiv,  pp.  269-291. 
277).     Later  he  was  captain  and  removed  over 
the  line  into  \'ermont  and  settled  in  the  town 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


of  Orange,  Brookfield  county,  in  1779,  where 
he  was  the  first  and  for  many  years  the  most 
prominent  citizen  (vol.  i,  Vermont  Hist.  Gaz- 
eteer,  pp.  856,  857)  John  and  Daniel's  names 
appear  frequently  in  these  pages  as  serving  in 
the  war.  Calvin  often  said  that  he  had  seen 
his  grandfather  and  that  he  lived  to  be  over 
one  hundred  and  three  years  old.  When  he 
was  so  active  that  he  engaged  in  a  wrestling 
match,  the  last  year  of  his  life,  on  a  general 
training  day  and  threw  the  man  he  wrestled 
with,  who  was  some  years  younger  and  who 
said :  "You  ought  to  have  thrown  me,  as  you 
are  older  than  I  am." 

Daniel  Cross  married,  November  13,  1735, 
Elizabeth  Abbe,  bora  September  19,  1709, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Abbe,  of  Windham. 
Children:  i.  Ichabod,  born  June  16,  1736-37. 
2.  Mary,  June  4,  1739.  3.  Daniel,  Alay  20, 
1741.  4.  Abigail,  April  14,  1743;  died  Novem- 
ber 29,  1749.  5.  John,  October  14.  1745.  6. 
Shubael,  December  15,  1747.  7.  Theophilus, 
April  I,  1750.  8.  Uriah,  June  9,  1752  (Mans- 
field records).  It  is  probable  that  the  record 
of  the  last  two  are  baptisms  instead  of  births, 
as  it  is  certain  that   I'riah  was  born  .\pril  3, 

1750. 

(VT)  briah,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Cross,  was 
born  April  3,  1750,  in  Mansfield,  and  it  is  prob- 
able that  about  1765  he  followed  his  father  to 
Orford.  In  1768  he  built  his  log  hut  in  what 
was  afterward  the  town  of  Lunenburg,  Ver- 
mont, on  the  west  bank  of  the  Connecticut 
river  about  twenty  miles  north  of  Orford. 
Here  it  was  near  the  borders  of  Canada  that 
lie  acquired  the  knowledge  of  Canadian  French 
which  afterward  saved  him  from  the  fate  of 
Ethan  .\llen  when  that  officer  was  captured 
before  Montreal.  In  vol.  i,  \'t.  Hist.  Ciaz.  pp. 
1015,  1016,  is  the  following:  "Lunenburg, 
Essex  county,  Vermont,  chartered  July  5, 
1763,  by  Governor  Wentworth  of  New  Hamp- 
shire to  colony  composed  of  Samuel  (iates  and 
others  *  *  *  it  jg  difficult  to  determine 
when  the  first  settlement  was  made  within  the 
present  limits  of  the  town,  but  probably  as 
early  as  1768,  by  L'riah  Cross,  Thomas  Gus- 
tin,  Ebenezer  Rice,  who  made  their  log  huts  on 
the  near  bank  of  the  Connecticut  river,  where 
game  and  fish  were  most  easily  obtained  and 
the  deer  were  plentiful,  where  salmon  at  the 
head  of  the  fifteen  miles  falls  were  caught 
with  little  trouble  in  the  night  with  torch  and 
spear ;  some  weighing  forty  pounds  were  taken 
by  the  first  settlers."  Some  years  prior  to 
the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  Uriah  Cross  mar- 
ried   .Anna    I'avne.   daughter  of  Abraham    Jr. 


and  Rebecca  (Freeman)  Payne,  and  before 
the  war  was  living  on  a  farm  belonging  to  his 
father-in-law  in  the  town  of  Cornwall,  Litch- 
field county,  Connecticut.  She  was  born  in 
1750  and  died  in  Stafford,  Genesee  county. 
New  York,  in  1825. 

She  was  descended  from  Thomas '  Payne, 
who  settled  on  Truro,  Cape  Cod,  in  1632,  and 
whose  ancestor,  Thomas  de  Pagen,  was  a  Nor- 
man nobleman  who  came  to  England  with 
William  the  Conqueror  and  was  a  favorite  of 
that  monarch.  To  this  Payne  family  belong 
Robert  Treat  Paine,  famous  as  a  lawyer  and 
patriot ;  John  Howard  Payne,  the  author  of 
"Home,  Sweet  Home,"  and  which  perhaps  in- 
cludes more  authors  and  public  men  than  any 
other  family  in  the  country.  Abraham  Payne 
Jr.  was  third  cousin  of  John  Adams,  the  presi- 
dent, also  of  Samuel  .-\dams,  the  patriot,  being 
descended  from  Henry  .Adams,  of  Braintree, 
Massachusetts,  the  ancestor  of  the  famous 
Adams  family.  His  father  and  uncle  com- 
posed that  Paine  family  of  Windham  county, 
Connecticut,  who  were  the  head  and  front  of 
the  Separatists  of  Connecticut,  who  divided 
the  established  church  of  that  colony,  and 
finally  went  over  almost  in  a  body  to  the  Bap- 
tists. Anna  Payne's  mother,  Rebecca  Free- 
man, was  descended  from  Cleneral  Constant 
Southworth,  the  son  by  her  first  husband  of 
,\lice  (Carpenter)  (Southworth)  Bradford, 
wife  of  Governor  William  Bradford,  governor 
of  Plymouth  colony  for  thirty-one  years,  and 
perhaps  the  greatest  of  all  the  men  who  came 
in  the  "Mayflower."  .Among  her  ancestors 
was  also  Stephen  Hopkins,  the  Pilgrim.  Gen- 
eral Southworth  belonged  to  the  noble  family 
of  the  Southworths  of  England  and  numbered 
among  his  ancestors,  not  only  many  of  the 
leading  nobility  of  England,  but  a  number  of 
the  Saxon  Kings,  including  Canute  and  Alfred 
the  Great,  also  William  the  Conqueror,  Hugh 
Capet,  and  Charles  Martel,  of  France,  with 
Kings  of  Sweden,  Emperors  of  Germany, 
(Iraiid  Dukes  of  Russia,  etc.,  etc.  It  is  famil- 
iar history  that  Ethen  .Allen's  Green  Moun- 
tain Boys  were  mostly  Connecticut  men,  whc 
entered  Vermont  about  1768  and  built  their 
huts  there  that  they  might  be  in  a  situation  to 
resist  the  encroachments  of  New  York  upon 
that  territory.  Ethan  Allen  was  also  a  de- 
scendant of  William  Cross.  Cornwall  adjoin- 
ing .Salisbury  was  the  home  of  the  .Allen  fam- 
ily. Uriah's  son  Calvin  often  said  that  his 
father  was  with  .Allen  long  before  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  revolution,  and  has  recounted 
many  of  the   exploits  of   .Allen   and   affirmed 


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that  L'riali  participated  in  them.  The  miHtary 
record  of  Uriah  made  and  sworn  to  by  himself 
and  on  file  in  the  interior  department  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  shows  that  in  Alay.  1775,  he  was 
a  resident  of  Cornwall  and  enlisted  from  that 
place  under  Ethan  Allen,  witli  whom  he  was 
at  the  capture  of  Ticonderoga  on  the  tenth  of 
the  month.  Also  that  in  June,  1775,  he  was 
made  a  sergeant,  which  office  he  held  through- 
out the  war.  He  was  in  service  during  the 
remainder  of  1775  and  1776,  participating  in 
all  the  hardships  of  the  northern  army  in  the 
campaign  in  Canada,  for  an  account  of  which 
see  Bancroft's  History,  vol.  viii,  pp.  176-212, 
415-433;  also  vol.  ix,  pp.  151,  157. 

Calvin  always  said  that  his  father  was  a 
man  of  great  stature  and  remarkable  physical 
strength,  that  he  had  seen  him  pick  up  a 
blacksmith  anvil  by  the  horn,  carry  it  around 
and  slap  it  down  on  the  block.  That  the 
Green  Alountain  Boy  Regiment  was  the  very 
flower  of  the  northern  army  in  this  expedition 
is  familiar  history.  On  pp.  183-184  of  vol. 
VH  of  Bancroft's  History  is  the  following: 
"Ethan  Allen  had  been  sent  to  raise  a  corps  of 
Canadians  at  Chambly.  They  gathered  about 
him  with  spirit  and  his  ofScers  advised  him  to 
send  them  without  delay  to  the  army,  but  daz- 
zled by  vanity  and  false  ambition,  he  attempted 
to  surprise  Montreal.  Dressed  as  was  his  cus- 
tom on  a  recruiting  tour,  in  a  short  fawn-skin 
double-breasted  jacket,  a  vest  and  breeches  of 
woolen  serge  and  a  red  worsted  cap,  he  passed 
on  from  Longville  to  Long  Point  in  the  night 
preceding  the  25th  of  September,  1775,  with 
about  eighty  Canadians  and  twenty  Americans, 
though  he  had  so  few  canoes  that  only  about 
a  third  of  his  party  could  embark  at  once.  On 
the  next  day  he  discovered  that  Brown,  whom 
he  had  hoped  to  find  with  two  hundred  men  on 
the  south  side  of  the  town,  had  not  crossed  the 
river.  Retreat  from  the  island  was  impossible. 
About  two  hours  after  sunrise  he  was  attacked 
by  a  motley  party  of  regular  English  residents 
of  Montreal,  Canadians  and  Indians,  in  all 
about  five  hundred  men,  and,  after  a  defense 
of  an  hour  and  three-quarters,  he  with  thirty- 
eight  men,  was  obliged  to  surrender;  the  rest 
fled  to  the  woods."  Calvin  Cross  often  said 
that  his  father  was  one  of  those  twenty  Ameri- 
cans. His  knowledge  of  Canadian-French, 
not  to  mention  his  strength  and  courage,  made 
him  invaluable  as  a  recruiting  officer  among 
the  people  of  that  language.  He  stood  by 
Ethan  Allen,  when  the  latter  threw  his  gun  at 
the  British  troops  who  surrounded  him,  and 
surrendered.     But  Uriah  had  no  intention  of 


being  taken.     Clubbing  his  gun,  and  followed 
by  a  number  of  his  comrades  and  neighbors, 
he  hammered  his  way  through  the  ranks  of 
the  English  and  fled  into  the  woods  with  the 
bullets  whistling  by  his  ears  and  cutting  the 
twigs  near  his  head  as  he  ran.     His  knowledge 
of  Canadian-French  served  him  well,   for  he 
was  sheltered  and  fed  in  the  houses  of  Cana- 
dian-Frenchmen,  and   after    a    few   days   re- 
joined the  army.     His  military  record  showed 
that    October    31,    1775,    he   was   one   of   the 
three   hundred   Green   Mountain   Boys,  under 
Colonel  Seth  Warner,  who  attacked  and  prac- 
tically destroyed  Carlton's  army  of  eight  hun- 
dred men.     This  victory  gave  Alontreal  to  the 
American   army   under   Montgomery.     On   p. 
200,  vol.  viii,  Bancroft's  History,  it  is  stated 
that  in   November,   1775,  most  of  the  Green 
Mountain  Boys  deserted  General  Montgomery 
because  their  terms  of  enlistment  had  expired. 
But  Uriah  did  nothing  of  the  kind  for  his  mili- 
tary record  shows  that  he  was  engaged  in  the 
battle  of  Quebec,  December  26,  1775.     From 
Smith's  Green  Mountain  Boys,  p.  90,  we  find 
that  all  of  them  were  thereupon  dismissed  and 
returned  home;  immediately  after  which  a  sec- 
ond regiment  was  raised  by  Colonel  Seth  War- 
ner, and  marched  to  the  relief  of  the  besieging 
army  at  Quebec.     That  Uriah  was  with  this 
regiment  also  appears  from  his  military  record 
and  that  he  thereupon  served  six  months.     It 
is  plain,  therefore,  that  he  had  a  part  in  the 
terrible  hardship  and  disasters  of  the  retreat 
from  Canada,  the  history  of  which  is  found  in 
vol.    viii,    Bancroft's    History,    pp.    415-433. 
That   he  was  engaged  in  a   series   of  battles 
which  resulted  in  the  capture  of  Crown  Point 
by  the  British,  October  14,  1776,  appears  from 
his  military  record  and  from    the    statements 
made  by  Calvin   Cross.     Vol.    iv,    Bancroft's 
History,  p.   157,  shows  that  from  October   i, 
1776,  to  the  third  of  the  following  November, 
the  British  held  Crown  Point  and  the  Ameri- 
cans   Ticonderoga.     Calvin   Cross   often   said 
that  his  father  was  during  this  time  sent  from 
Ticonderoga  to  Crown  Point  in  command  of 
what  was  known  as  a  spy  boat.     Being  de- 
tained  by  head  winds,   and   having  no  time- 
piece, the  morning  dawned  with  Uriah's  boat 
in  full  sight  of  the  enemy,  who  gave  chase  in  a 
much  larger  boat,  in  which  they  were  able  to 
double-man  their  oars.     Coming  within  mus- 
ket shot,  they  opened  fire.     Uriah  was  sitting 
in  the  stern  stearing,  when  a  musket  ball  cut 
his  knee  cap  and  lodged  in  the  oar  between  the 
hands  of  one  of  his  men.     He,  therefore,  had 
the  boat   run   ashore,   and   his  men   scattered 


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through  the  woods.  One  of  his  men,  John 
Cross,  his  cousin,  remained  with  him  on  ac- 
count of  his  wound.  Becoming  very  thirsty 
and  knowing  from  previous  hunting  expe- 
ditions the  country  well,  they  went  up  the 
shore  to  a  place  where  a  Frenchman  had  made 
a  small  clearing  around  a  large  spring. 
Thoughtless  of  danger,  they  walked  into  this 
clearing  and  came  suddenly  upon  the  whole 
company  of  the  enemy  who  had  left  their  boats 
and  guns  under  a  guard  and  were  sitting 
around  the  spring  with  a  bottle  of  whiskey. 
Turning  to  the  woods  behind  him,  Uriah 
shouted,  "Rush  boys,  we  have  them" ;  and  with 
John  at  his  back,  charged  down  upon  the 
British.  Believing,  doubtless,  that  the  dreaded 
Green  Mountain  Boys  were  upon  them,  the 
twenty-five  or  thirty  English  fell  over  each 
other  as  they  scrambled  down  the  bank  and 
tumbled  into  their  boats  and  pulled  away  for 
dear  life.  In  Uriah's  military  record  it  is 
stated  that  at  this  time  he  was  wounded  in  the 
i:nee  in  a  skirmish  at  a  place  not  mentioned. 
It  was  said  by  those  who  knew  him  that  his 
knee  was  stiff  all  of  his  life  from  his  wound. 
Uriah  and  John,  far  from  being  elated  over 
their  escape,  could  not  forgive  themselves  for 
not  discovering  their  situation,  shooting  the 
guard,  and  capturing  both  boats  and  all  of  the 
guns.  So  chagrined  were  they  that  a  few 
days  later,  taking  advantage  of  a  dark  night, 
they  went  down  to  Crown  Point  to  recover  the 
lost  boat.  Landing  near  the  fort,  Uriah,  who 
was  disabled  by  his  wound,  remained  with  the 
skiff  while  John  stole  away  under  the  high 
bank  and  after  some  time,  returned  with  the 
boat.  He  said  that  a  British  soldier  was  on 
guard  at  the  top  of  the  rock  just  over  where 
he  found  the  boat  moored,  and  declared  that 
a  man  who  would  let  another  steal  a  boat  from 
under  his  very  nose,  was  not  fit  to  live,  and  he 
returned  and  shot  him  dead.  The  sound  of  a 
rifle  made  a  general  alarm,  but  in  the  dark- 
ness the  two  Crosses  succeeded  in  getting  back 
to  Ticonderoga  with  both  boats.  Perhaps  it 
was  on  account  of  his  wound  that  Uriah  was 
out  of  the  army  for  some  months,  but  his  rec- 
ord shows  that  he  enlisted  and  was  given  his 
former  rank  just  in  time  to  take  part  in  the 
battle  of  Bennington.  Here  he  was  one  of  the 
one  hundred  and  fifty  Green  Mountain  Boys 
under  Colonel  Seth  Warner,  who  single- 
handed,  fought  Breyman's  two  battalions  of 
veteran  German  troops  until  Stark  could  rally 
his  scattered  militia  and  win  the  final  victory. 
From  this  time  to  near  the  end  of  the  war, 
I'riah   served   in   the  continental  armv.  doing 


garrison  duty  on  the  Hudson  in  Fort  Clinton, 
Crown  Point,  etc.  (See  Conn,  in  the  Revo- 
lution, pp.  535-537;  Smith's  Green  Mountain 
Boys,  pp.  114-I15,  and  Uriah's  military  rec- 
ords. ) 

After  the  war  he  returned  to  his  home  in 
Lunenburg,  as  is  evinced  by  the  following, 
which  is  found  in  vol.  i,  Vt.  Hist.  Gaz.  pp. 
1015-1018:  From  the  town  records:  "Where- 
as, the  inhabitants  of  I^unenburg,  in  the  county 
of  Urange  and  state  of  \'ermont,  being  desti- 
tute of  any  form  of  government  to  act  as  a 
town,  we  the  inhabitants  of  Lunenburg  do 
think  proper  to  form  a  warrant  by  the  major 
part  of  said  town,  dated  the  5th  day  of  Sep- 
tember, 1781,  to  meet  at  the  dw-elling  house 
of  Mr.  Reuben  Howe,  in  Lunenburg,  on  the 
nth  of  .Se])tember,  instant,  at  two  o'clock  P. 
M.   to   act   on   the    following   articles,   namely 

*  *  '■'-  to  choose  a  town  clerk,  selectman 
and  constable  *  *  *  Lunenburg,  5th  of 
September,  1781.  Uriah  Cross  and  7  oth- 
ers." "Pursuant  to  the  above  warrant  the 
freemen   of    said    Lunenburg  met   and   chose 

*  *  *  Uriah  Cross,  Simeon  Howe  and 
ileorge  White,  selectmen.  "Buckland  may 
have  been  the  local  name  of  the  neighborhood 
where  Uriah  lived  at  the  time,  possibly  on  ac- 
count of  its  fame  for  deer  and  moose.  No 
mention  of  Buckland  is  found  in  any  history 
of  Vermont,  and  it  is  certain  that  at  this  time 
Uriah  was  living  at  a  place  called  Buckland, 
for  the  family  Bible  of  his  son  Calvin  states 
that  the  latter  was  born  at  Buckland,  Vermont. 
About  1789  Uriah  Cross  moved  to  Paynesville 
(now  Hamilton),  New  York,  where  with  his 
brothers-in-law,  Elisha  and  Solomon  Payne, 
the  founders  of  that  place,  he  was  one  of  the 
pioneers.  Later  he  was  a  resident  of  Staf- 
ford, Genesee  county.  New  York,  where  his 
wife  Anna  (Payne)  Cross  died  in  1825.  His 
application  of  a  pension  shows  that  August  23, 
1832,  he  was  a  resident  of  Georgetown,  New 
York.  His  tombstone,  which  is  still  stand- 
ing in  the  cemetery  of  that  town,  shows  that 
he  had  just  completed  his  eighty-eighth  year 
and  that  he  died  .April  4,  1835.  Children:  I. 
Lucy,  married  Selah  W'ay  and  had  Harvey  and 
Samuel  Way.  2.  Moulton,  married  Martha 
Hartson,  and  had  daughter.  Wealthy,  born 
July,  1818,  died  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  April  3, 
1 83 1.  3.  Calvin,  mentioned  below.  4.  Electa, 
married  Jeremiah  Mathewson  and  lived  in 
Pulaski,  New  York.  5.  Anna,  born  in  Ver- 
mont. February  2,  1787:  died  January  23, 
1872,  in  Parkman,  Ohio;  married,  1805,  her 
cdusin.    Xoah   Cross,   born    1784.   .son   of  Joel 


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Cross,  brother  of  Uriah.  Joel  died  1848  in 
Parkham,  Ohio.  Joel  was  born  apparently  at 
Orford,  New  Hampshire,  and  was  named 
from  some  member  of  the  Mann  family  in 
which  Joel  seems  to  have  been  a  family  name. 
6.  Rebecca,  married  James  Harmon,  son  of 
Thaddeiis  Harmon,  born  at  Pawlet,  \  er- 
mont.   August   2-j.   1788.     7.   Amelia,  married 

Thomas  Shannon.     8.  Myrabo.  married 

Sprague.  y.  Wealthy,  married  William  Hurl- 
burt  and  had  a  son  \\'illiam  Henry  Hurlburt, 
who  w-as  a  prominent  farmer  near  South 
Haven,  Michigan.  10.  Abraham,  resided  in 
Harden  county,  Ohio,  and  had  Abram,  Annie, 
.Abbie,  Xapoleon,  Augustus,  who  is  a  lawyer 
in  Marion,  ( Jhio.  II.  William,  died  in  Han- 
over, Jackson  county,  Michigan,  and  left  chil- 
dren: Eliza,  Harriet  and  Catherine. 

From  \'ermont  Historical  Gazeteer,  page 
313,  it  appears  that  about  the  time  Uriah 
finally  settled  in  Lunenburg,  Daniel  Cross  set- 
tled in  the  adjoining  town  of  Danville.  Calvin 
often  stated  that  he  had  an  uncle  who  lived 
near  his  father  and  it  seems  safe  to  assume 
that  this  Daniel  Cross  was  none  other  than 
Uriah's  brother,  of  that  name.  Calvin  said 
that  during  the  revolution,  this  uncle  whom  we 
shall  call  Daniel,  was  called  out  with  his  com- 
pany to  garrison  a  certain  fort  which  was  at- 
tacked by  the  British  and  Indians.  After 
fighting  for  some  time,  the  Americans  were 
out  of  ammunition  and  scattered  through  the 
woods,  pursued  by  the  Indians.  Daniel  ran. 
carrying  his  musket  until  he  came  upon  two 
Indians.  One  shot  at  him,  and  the  other 
snapped  his  gun,  which  missed  fire.  With 
one  blow  with  the  butt  end  of  his  gun,  Daniel 
finished  the  latter  and  then  turned  just  in  time 
to  receive  a  stunning  blow  in  his  forehead 
from  the  tomahawk  of  the  other  Indian.  As 
Daniel  lay  prostrate  the  Indian  sprang  upon 
him  with  his  knife.  Daniel  seized  his  enemy 
by  the  wrist  and  a  life  and  death  struggle  en- 
sued; the  Indian  trying  to  stab,  and  Daniel 
holding  him  ofT.  Help  came  from  an  unex- 
pected quarter,  Daniel  owned  a  large  dog, 
which  had  followed  him  to  the  war,  but  had 
not  been  seen  since  the  fight  began.  The  ani- 
mal now  came  running  up  following  his  mas- 
ter's track,  and  seized  the  Indian  by  the  leg. 
The  latter  with  a  savage  grunt,  turned  upon 
the  dog,  while  Daniel  laid  hold  of  the  toma- 
hawk and  soon  settled  the  fray.  I'^leeing  then 
to  a  large  river  which  was  near,  an  Indian 
rose  from  under  the  bank  and  raised  his  toma- 
hawk. Plunging  under  the  arm  of  his  foe, 
Daniel  seized  him  and  the  dog  laid  hold  of  him 


at  the  same  time.  .V  convenient  stone  in  the 
water's  edge  soon  settled  the  Indian.  Fol- 
lowed by  his  dog,  Daniel  sprang  into  the  water 
and  swam  for  his  life.  When  he  was  nearly 
across,  Indians  came  up  and  fired  at  the  fugi- 
tive, but  he  crawled  among  the  thick  reeds 
which  were  growing  in  the  water,  and  there  he 
lay  hidden  until  night,  his  dog,  perfectly  quiet, 
lying  beside  him.  The  Indians  searched  for 
hours,  often  coming  within  a  few  rods,  and 
then  went  away.  Calvin  said  that  Daniel  car- 
ried the  mark  of  the  tomahawk,  which  made  a 
deep  dent  in  the  frontal  bone,  until  his  death, 
and  that  he  had  often  seen  the  dog  which  Dan- 
iel kept  with  great  care,  until  it  died  of  old 
age- 

(  \  II)  Calvin,  son  of  Uriah  Cross,  was  born 
at  Buckland,  Vermont,  January  21,  1781.  He 
married,  April  11,  1805,  Polly  Hosmer,  born 
August  8,  1784,  died  December  29,  1818,  at 
Georgetown,  New  York.  Among  her  ances- 
tors were  five  of  the  original  congregation  of 
Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  who  were  the  original 
settlers  of  Hartford,  Connecticut ;  Thomas 
I  losmer  ;  John  Steele,  the  colonial  secretary  ; 
Governor  John  Webster ;  Andrew  Warren ; 
John  Hopkins ;  also  Governor  Robert  Treat 
of  Connecticut,  and  Governor  William  Brad- 
ford of  Plymouth  Colony;  and  through  her 
mother,  Polly  Belden,  from  General  Simon 
Willard  of  Massachusetts,  and  Governor  Wells 
of  Connecticut.  Calvin  Cross  died  February 
2 J,,  1868,  aged  eighty-seven  years,  one  month, 
two  days,  at  Morrisville,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Ashbel,  February  28,  1806,  born  at 
Hamilton,  New  York;  died  at  Georgetown, 
New  York,  March  14,  1828.  2.  Lydia,  Febru- 
ary 28,  1807 ;.  married,  September  28,  1826, 
Davis  Norton ;  died  at  Erieville,  New  York, 
November  2"].  1866.  3.  Mary,  born  at  George- 
town, April  12,  1808;  married,  January  17, 
1833,  Melvin  Stiles,  who  died  December  14, 
i860,  aged  forty  years,  one  month,  seventeen 
days.  4.  .\mbrose,  born  at  Georgetown,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1809;  married,  December  24,  1834, 
.\deline  Bliss.  5.  Orrin,  born  at  Hamilton, 
New  York,  November  3,  181 1 ;  died  there  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1834.  6.  Amanda  Malvina,  born  at 
Georgetown,  i\pril  17,  1813;  died  at  Alillvil- 
lage,  Pennsylvania,  March  18,  1885;  married, 
January  20,  1844,  Aaron  Gates,  who  died  at 
Pleasantville,  Pennsylvania,  February  17,  1861, 
aged  forty-two  years,  seven  months.  7.  Ed- 
mund Burke,  mentioned  below.  8.  Charles 
Uriah,  born  at  Georgetown,  December  25, 
1815;  married,  September  6,  1836,  Sarepta 
W'est.     9.  Calvin.  .August  21,    1817:  married 


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February  13,  1837,  Emily  Roby.  10.  Fanny 
Cordelia,  at  Georgetown,  December  23,  1818; 
died  January  i,  1866;  married,  October  26, 
1840,  Henry  Brown. 

(VHI)  Edmund  Burke,  son  of  Calvin 
Cross,  was  born  in  Georgetown,  New  York, 
June  II,  1814.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools,  and  was  for  a  time  a  teacher. 
He  studied  for  the  Baptist  ministry,  was 
licensed,  and  preached  the  gospel  acceptably 
for  several  years,  and  was  later  a  missionary 
to  Burmah.  He  married  (first)  August  27, 
1843,  Julia  Ann  Putnam,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Benjamin  Putnam,  who  at  the  time  he  was  in 
charge  of  the  church  at  Randolph,  resigned 
rather  than  denounce  Masonry ;  he  was  at  that 
time  chaplain  of  the  lodge  at  that  place.  The 
lodge  raised  a  contribution  to  help  him  until  he 
could  get  another  church,  but  this  was  not 
necessary  as  he  immediately  had  a  call  from 
the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Springfield.  Sur- 
viving children:  I.  Benjamin  P.,  married 
Susie  Brock,  of  Vermont ;  children  :  Mary  Wil- 
son, Earl  Bennett,  Merne  Casell.  2.  Edmund 
H.,  mentioned  below.  3.  Julia  P.,  married 
Andrew  Crumb,  who  was  born  in  Brookfield, 
New  York;  their  only  child,  Effie  C,  '-inrried 
David  B.  Lawton,of  New  York,  now  deceased, 
and  they  had  one  child,  David  B.  Benjamin 
P.  Cross  and  Mrs.  Julia  P.  Crumb  are  both 
missionaries  in  Burmah.  Edward  Burke  Cross 
married  (second)  Clara  Baldwin.   No  children. 

(IX)  Edmund  H.,  son  of  Edmund  Burke 
Cross,  was  born  in  Tavoy,  Burmah,  while  his 
father  was  in  missionary  work  there.  He  was 
educated  by  his  mother,  and  in  the  public 
schools  of  Chicopee  Falls,  Massachusetts. 
whither  he  came  in  his  fifteenth  year.  He 
then  entered  Union  College,  Schenectady,  New 
York,  where  he  made  a  special  study  of  chem- 
istry. For  a  year  he  was  employed  in  the 
engineer  corps  of  the  Indiana  &  Grand  Rapids 
railroad.  In  1869  he  came  to  Springfield  and 
took  employment  in  a  drug  store  for  three 
years.  In  March,  1872,  he  established  his  pres- 
ent business.  In  addition  to  his  retail  business 
he  has  a  manufacturing  and  export  trade  to 
Burmah,  being  the  first  to  put  up  drugs  for 
that  market,  with  directions  printed  in  the 
Karen  language.  He  also  conducts  a  station- 
ery and  news  department.  He  has  been  active 
in  public  aflfairs,  since  1887  has  been  a  member 
of  the  school  committee  of  Huntingdon,  four 
years  excepted.  In  1897  he  was  elected  a 
water  commissioner,  and  served  on  the  board 
that  selected  the  site  and  installed  the  municipal 
water  works.     He  is  now  the  treasurer  of  the 


fire  district.  In  religion  he  is  a  Baptist,  and 
in  politics  an  independent.  He  is  affiliated 
with  Huntington  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.  He  married,  in  1874,  Alice  Rust,  born 
January  19,  1849,  daughter  of  George  and 
Elvira  E.  (Robinson)  Rust.  Children:  i. 
Edmund  R.,  born  November  12,  1874;  grad- 
uate of  Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute.  2. 
.\Ibert  .Ashley,  January  31,  1877:  a  druggist, 
who  passed  examination  before  Massachusetts 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  in  January,  1909. 
3.  Florence,  July  16,  1879.  4.  Joseph  Putnam, 
.\ugust   14,  1886.     5.  Robert  Packer,  June  3, 

T893-*  

Victor  Charniois,  father  of 
CH.ARMOIS     Mrs.   .Vlbin   F.   Norman,  of 

Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
was  a  native  of  Alsace,  France.  Upon  the 
completion  of  his  studies  he  learned  the  art  of 
designing  and  became  a  designer  and  maker 
of  fine  furniture  and  cabinet  work.  In  early 
manhood  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States, 
settling  in  New  York  City,  where  he  worked 
for  a  short  time  at  cabinet  making.  He  then 
removed  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  entering 
the  employ  of  Ellis  &  Hazelton.  and  later  was 
emploved  by  a  Mr.  Fellows  in  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts. Subsequently  he  went  to  East.  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  where  he  was  employed 
by  Ellis  &  Doe.  In  1867  Mr.  Charmois  went 
to  France,  and  upon  his  return  the  following 
year  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Doe, 
Ellis  &  Charmois,  manufacturers  of  fine  furni- 
ture and  cabinet  work,  and  this  connection 
continued  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Ellis,  when 
the  firm  was  dissolved.  Mr.  Charmois  then 
returned  to  Boston  and  was  employed  by  the 
firm  of  Lawrence,  Wilde  &  Howe,  on  Corn- 
hill.  Later  he  entered  the  employ  of  E.  H. 
Brabrook,  whose  place  of  business  was  at  the 
corner  of  Washington  and  Elm  streets,  where 
the  firm  of  A.  H.  Davenport  &  Company  is 
now  located.  Mr.  Charmois  remained  in  the 
employ  of  ]\Ir.  Brabrook  until  the  death  of  the 
latter,  when  the  business  was  continued  by  the 
firm  of  A.  H.  Davenport  &  Company,  and  he 
continued  in  the  employ  of  the  new  firm  until 
his  death  in  East  Cambridge,  August  28,  1883, 
aged  fifty-seven  years,  three  months  and  two 
days.  Mr.  Charmois  was  an  artistic  designer 
and  carver  of  furniture  and  cabinet  work,  thus 
securing  positions  with  the  makers  of  the 
finest  work,  and  his  name  was  well  known  to 


*NOTE — VPe  are  under  obligations  to  Jasper  C. 
Gates,  of  Detroit,  Michigan,  from  whose  notes  the 
preceding  genealogy  was  prepared. 


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tilt  tine  furniture  trade  thruughout  the  coun- 
try. He  possessed  excellent  traits  of  character, 
being  genial,  kindly,  hospitable  and  generous 
hearted,  aiding  to  the  extent  of  his  means  all 
who  appealed  to  him  for  assistance,  and  he 
was  esteemed  and  respected  by  all  who  had  the 
honor  of  his  acquaintance.  He  was  a  member 
of  Putnam  Lodge  of  Masons  of  East  Cam- 
bridge. 

Mr.  Charmois  was  married  in  Xew  York 
City  to  Mary  Augustine  Tissier,  of  France, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  one  child,  Mary 
\'ictoria  Eugenia,  born  in  East  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  January  i,  1857.  She  was  mar- 
ried in  East  Cambridge,  at  her  residence,  141 
Thomdike  street,  Xovember  14,  1881,  to  Albin 
Francis  Norman.  They  were  the  parents  of 
two  children:  \'ictoria  Frances,  born  Sep- 
tember 8,  1882,  in  East  Cambridge,  Massacliu- 
setts,  died  July  8,  1899,  and  Gaspard  Charmois 
Norman,  born  January  13,  1884,  died  October 
22,  1884.  \'ictoria  Frances  Charmois  was  a 
charming  girl  and  had  many  friends  in  East 
Cambridge.  She  was  a  pupil  of  the  Harvard 
school  and  soon  would  have  graduated.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Junior  Alliance  of  Mr. 
Reccord's  church,  a  new  organization  of  which 
Mrs.  Austin  C.  Wellington,  of  Cambridge,  was 
the  head.  She  died  suddenly  of  rheumatism 
of  the  heart,  at  her  mother's  cottage,  Beach- 
mont,  Massachusetts,  where  she  was  spending 
the  summer. 


Morris  Johnson  was  an  al- 
JOHNSON      derman  of  Stanford,  county 

Lincoln,  England,  and  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  Lacy  of  Stanford.  Chil- 
dren :  Robert,  mentioned  below,  Catherine. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  Morris  Johnson,  was 
archdeacon  of  Leicester,  and  had  a  son  Abra- 
ham, mentioned  below. 

(III)  Abraham,    son    of    Robert   Johnson, 

married   (first)   Meadows,  and  had  a 

son  Isaac.  He  married  (second)  Cicely, 
daughter  of  Lawrence  Chadderton,  D.  D. 
Children:  Samuel,  Daniel,  James,  mentioned 
below,   Nathaniel,   Francis,    Elizabeth.* 

(IV)  Captain  James,  son  of  Abraham 
Johnson,  was  the  immigrant  ancestor.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-eight  he  came  to  Boston  in  the 
ship  "Amitie,"  from  London,  in  October,  1635. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  'Slay  25,  1636. 
He  was  a  leather  worker  and  glover  by  trade. 
He  was  a  town  officer,  and  captain  of  a  foot 
company.  He  was  lieutenant  of  the  Ancient 
and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  Boston 
in  1638.     His  homestead  was  probably  on  Tre- 


mont  street,  Boston.  He  married  (first)  Mar- 
garet     ,    who    died    March    28,    1643; 

(second)  Abigail  Oliver,  daughter  of  Elder 
Thomas  Oliver.  Children,  all  by  second  wife : 
I.  James.  2.  Joseph,  born  and  died  1644.  3. 
Abigail,  Xovember  25,  1645 ;  died  young.  4. 
Abigail,  February  12,  1646.  5.  Elizabeth,  bap- 
tized April  29,  1649:  died  young.  6.  Samuel, 
baptized  March  16,  1651  ;  mentioned  below. 
7.  John,  baptized  March  13,  1653.  8.  Eliza- 
beth, born  April  12,  1655;  died  young.  9. 
James,  baptized  April  15,  1655.  10.  Mary, 
born  March  27,  1657.  11.  Hannah,  Novem- 
ber 2^.  1659;  died  young.  12.  Hannah,  June 
12,  1661. 

(\')  Samuel,  son  of  Captain  James  John- 
son, was  baptized  March  16,  1651.  He  was  a 
glover  by  trade  and  resided  in  Boston  on  the 
homestead.  He  married  Phoebe  Burton, 
daughter  of  Edward  Burton,  of  Hingham. 
Children :  Samuel,  Edward,  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below,  Elizabeth. 

(\I)  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel  Johnson, 
was  born  in  1682,  and  removed  to  Lynn,  Mass- 
achusetts, September  24,  1707.  He  was 
granted  a  house  lot  there,  although  on  his  first 
coming  to  Lynn  he  was  warned  out  of  town 
by  the  constable,  but  refused  to  go.  Ten  years 
later  he  was  chosen  constable,  and  gave  simi- 
lar warnings  to  others.  In  1721  the  town 
voted  a  grant  to  erect  a  mill.  He  entered  a 
protest  against  such  a  grant,  saying  that  he 
preferred  chair  making  to  milling.  He  was 
tythingman  in  1731  and  1732.  He  died  at 
Lynn,  .May  8,  1741.  He  married  (first)  May 
30,  1710,  Sarah  Mansfield,  who  died  August 
28,  1728,  daughter  of  Joseph  Mansfield.  He 
married  (second)  Susaimah  Mower.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary,  born  December  12,  1712.  2. 
Phebe,  December  15,  1714.  3.  Sarah,  Janu- 
ary 12,  1718-19.  4.  Edward,  August  10,  1721  ; 
merchant  in  Lynn  and  Salem,  Massachusetts. 
5.  Jonathan,  December  3,  1723;  mentioned  be- 
low.    6.  Elizabeth,  September   14,  1726. 

(\'II)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Johnson,  was  born  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
December  3,  1723,  died  in  1800  at  Nahant. 
When  a  young  man  he  enlisted  in  a  cavalry 
regiment  under  Major  Graves,  and  served  in 
the  French  and  Indian  war.  This  caused  him 
to  be  called  "trooper,"  After  returning  home 
he  learned  chair  making  and  blockmaking  and 
soon  removed  to  Marblehead,  where  he  set- 
tled. After  his  third  marriage  he  bought 
Jeremiah  Gray's  interest  in  Nahant  and  re- 
moved there.  He  spent  his  time  in  farming, 
fishing,  and  following  his  trade.     On  one  oc- 


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casion,  while  out  in  his  boat,  the  "JoHy  Ven- 
ture," a  severe  northwest  gale  arose,  carrying 
away  the  sails  of  his  boat.  With  the  small 
pieces  of  sail  he  had  managed  to  make  a  land- 
ing on  the  lower  part  of  Cape  Cod,  but  lost  his 
boat.  He  traveled  along  the  shore  on  foot, 
begging  food  and  lodging  of  the  settlers,  until 
he  reached  home  after  two  weeks  of  hardship, 
with  feet  and  hands  badly  frozen.  It  is  said 
that  afterwards  he  would  stand  in  his  door- 
way, whenever  the  wind  blew  furiously,  and 
curse  the  north  wind.  The  last  years  of  his 
life  he  lived  with  his  son  Caleb.  He  married 
(first)  June  ii,  1745,  Katherine  Brummage, 
who  died  February  13,  1753.  He  married 
(second)  July  25,  1753,  Susanna  Farrington. 
He  married  (third)  Ann  (Alley)  Williams, 
widow  of  Thomas  Williams  and  grand- 
daughter of  Hugh  .Alley.  Child  of  first  wife: 
I.  Jonathan,  born  December  2y,  1745;  died 
young.  Chihlren  of  second  wife:  2.  Mary, 
born  May  8,  1755-  3-  Rebecca,  February  26 
1757.  4.  William,  January  3,  1759.  Chil- 
dren of  third  wife,  born  in  Nahant :  5.  lienja- 
min,  October  11,  1 771.  6.  Joseph,  Febrnar) 
12,  1776.     7.  Caleb,  mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  Caleb,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  John- 
son, was  born  at  Nahant,  December  7.  1778, 
died  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-nine  years. 
With  his  brothers  Iknjamin  and  Joseph,  he 
served  a  seven  years'  apprenticeship  at  the  shoe- 
maker's trade  with  his  half-brother.  Among 
the  people  who  spent  their  summers  at  Nahant 
were  the  Hartwells  of  Charlemont,  Massachu- 
.setts,  with  their  daughter  Olive.  Caleb  John- 
son soon  made  up  his  mind  that  she  should  be 
his  wife,  although  when  the  time  came  for 
their  dejjarture,  he  was  not  an  accepted  suitor. 
L'nwilling  to  lose  her,  however,  he  rode  after 
them  on  horseback,  overtaking  them  at  Mai- 
den. He  followed  close  behind  clear  to  Wor- 
cester, when  Mr.  Hartwell,  thinking  that  such 
persistance  should  be  rewarded,  offered  to  ex- 
change seats  with  him,  and  allow  Caleb  to  ride 
in  the  carriage  beside  the  daughter.  Thus  the 
bride  was  won,  and  they  were  married  in 
1798.  They  occupied  the  homestead,  and  all 
their  children  were  born  there.  The  house 
was  built  about  1738,  and  had  small  windows 
and  panelled  walls.  It  is  a  notable  fact  that 
the  first  death  which  occurred  in  his  family 
was  that  of  his  wife,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four. 
Caleb  Johnson  was  engaged  in  the  fishing  busi- 
ness nearly  all  his  life.  He  was  part  owner 
of  the  ships  "Dolphin,"  "Jefferson"  and  "La- 
fayette," and  commanded  these  vessels  most 
of  the  time  thev  were  in  commission.     He  was 


noted  for  his  great  endurance  and  remarkable 
memory.  He  never  kept  any  accounts,  yet  the 
bills  which  were  allowed  to  run,  and  the 
weekly  sales  of  fish  to  his  customers,  always 
agreed  with  the  book  accounts  kept  by  his 
customers.  He  was  a  contributor  to  church 
and  school.  He  and  his  brother  Joseph  gave 
the  land  on  which  the  Nahant  Independent 
Church  now  stands.  A  severe  accident, 
caused  by  a  fall,  obliged  him  to  give  up  fish- 
ing, which  he  had  followed  for  about  fifty 
years,  but  he  always  retained  his  interest  in 
the  fleet,  anfl  it  was  a  common  sight  to  see  him 
in  his  dory,  when  he  was  over  eighty-four 
years  old,  waiting  for  the  sunrise.  Children : 
I.  Mary,  born  December  6.  1800.  2.  Welcome 
William,  .\ugust  26,  1803.  3.  George  L.,  .\pril 
8,  1806.  4.  Clara,  March  15,  1808.  5.  Ed- 
ward Augustus,  June  15,  1810.  6.  Caleb  Her- 
vey,  May  21,  181 2,  mentioned  below.  7.  Dan- 
iel W.,  February  5,  1815.  8.  William  Fred- 
erick, July  30.  1819.  9.  Charles  Warren,  Jan- 
uary 2,   1823. 

(IX)  Caleb  Hervey,  son  of  Caleb  Johnson 
was  born  in  Nahant,  May  21,  1812.  He  was 
engaged  for  many  years  in  the  fishing  business 
and  was  highly  successful.  He  invested  ex- 
tensively in  Nahant  real  estate  and  in  his  later 
years  devoted  his  attention  to  the  management 
of  his  ])roperty.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen 
and  held  many  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He 
married,  1803,  in  Copenhagen,  New  York, 
Sylvia  Shepard,  born  in  Copenhagen,  New 
York,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Cheney  (Hart- 
well)  Shepard.  Children:  i.  Irene,  died  un- 
married, aged  forty  years.  2.  Welcome,  mar- 
ried Lucy  Brown,  of  Peabody,  Massachusetts. 
3.  Hervey  Shepard,  born  November  2,  1843, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Sylvia  Olive,  born  in 
Co])enhagen,  New  York,  married  Charles  D. 
Vary,  of  Harrisburg,  New  York.  5.  Clara 
Louise,  born  in  Copenhagen,  New  York,  mar- 
ried Alcott  Pennell,  of  Harpswell,  Maine.  6. 
Charles  P.,  born  in  Copenhagen,  New  York, 
married  Pauline  T.  Johnson,  of  Harpswell, 
Maine. 

(X) -Hervey  Shepard.  son  of  Caleb  Hervey 
Johnson,  was  born  in  Copenhagen,  New  York, 
November  2.  1843,  died  April  29,  1905.  at  Na- 
hant. Alassachusetts.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  Wilbraham  Academy, 
\\'ilbraham,  Mas.sachusetts,  after  having  been 
a  soldier  in  the  civil  war.  In  later  years  he 
became  the  pioneer  and  successful  manufact- 
urer of  leather  and  duck  coats  in  Lynn,  Mass- 
achusetts. He  was  a  Re])ublican  in  politics 
and   was    for   many  years   a   member   of  the 


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school  committee  of  Naliant  public  schools. 
He  was  a  prominent  member  and  liberal  sup- 
porter of  the  Methodist  church  at  Nahant,  also 
a  trustee  of  same  for  many  years.  He  enlisted 
during  the  civil  war  in  Company  F,  Forty- 
fifth  Regiment,  Massachusetts  \'oIunteer  Mil- 
itia, and  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Kinston, 
\\^hitehall  and  Goldsboro.  His  home  was  at 
Nahant,  Massachusetts.  He  married,  187 1, 
Harriet  Eliza  Allen,  born  1838,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Harriet  (Osborne)  Allen,  of  Man- 
chester, Massachusetts.  (See  Allen,  VH. ) 
Children,  born  at  Nahant,  Massachusetts:  i. 
Mary,  1872;  educated  at  Nahant  high  school. 
Dean  x\cademy  at  Franklin,  Massachusetts, 
and  Emerson  College  of  Oratory  at  Boston. 
2.  Gertrude,  January  6,  1873,  died  November 
18,  1876.  3.  Edith  Osborne,  1874;  educated 
in  the  publii:  and  high  schools  of  Nahant  and 
at  the  East  Greenwich  Academy ;  married, 
1897,  Harry  Colby  Wilson,  of  Nahant;  child. 
Royal  Colby  Wilson,  born  at  Nahant,  1900.  4. 
Harriet  Lee,  January  28.  1879.  5.  Hervey 
Shepard  Jr..  1881  ;  educated  in  the  Nahant 
public  and  high  sciiools,  Worcester  Academy 
and  at  F>ryant  &  Stratton's  Business  College, 
Boston ;  was  associated  in  business  with  his 
father  for  a  short  time ;  now  manager  of  the 
Wadsworth-Howland  Paint  &  Varnish  Com- 
pany, New  Haven,  Connecticut.  6.  Ruth 
Allen,  1882 ;  graduate  of  the  Nahant  high 
school. 

(The    AUen    Line.) 

William  .\llen,  immigrant  ancestor  of  this 
branch  of  the  family,  was  born  in  1602.  He 
came  from  Manchester,  England,  and  in  1624 
came  to  Cape  Ann,  now  Cjloucester,  for  and 
with  the  Merchants'  or  Dorchester  Company. 
He  remained  there  about  three  years,  erecting 
a  house  for  their  accomodation  and  carrying 
on  the  business  of  fishing.  Their  success  was 
indifferent,  so  they  removed  to  Naumkeag. 
now  Salem,  and  were  there  in  1628  when  Gov- 
ernor Endicott  arrived,  according  to  a  depo- 
sition made  by  Richard  Brackenbury,  of 
Beverly.  William  .\llen  probably  resided  in 
Salem  until  about  1640,  when  he  removed  to 
Manchester,  then  called  Jeffries  Creek,  a  part 
of  Salem.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May 
18,  1^131,  and  was  one  of  the  petitioners  in 
1640  for  the  incorporation  of  "Jeffries  Creek" 
into  a  village.  He  was  selectman  in  1645  ^rid 
1668,  and  probably  at  other  times.  He  was 
a  carpenter  by  trade  and  built  the  first  frame 
house  in  town,  on  what  was  called  the  plain, 
where  he  resided.  It  is  said  also  that  he  built 
the  first  saw  mill,  near  the  residence  of  the 


late  T.  P.  Gentlee,  just  above  the  stone  bridge. 
The  stream  is  still  called  Sawmill  Brook.  He 
sold  his  house  in  Salem.  June  9,  1650.  In  the 
.Salem  records  he  is  called  an  "influential  and 
enterprising  citizen."  He  married  (first) 
Elizabeth  Bradley,  born  1603,  died  1632.     He 

married  (second)  Elizabeth .     He  died 

May  10,  1679.  His  will  is  dated  June  7,  1678, 
proved  June  26,  1679,  and  bequeathed  to  his 
wife  and  children.  To  his  sons  Onesiphorus 
and  William  he  gave  "my  whole  50  acre  lot 
and  an  acre  of  salt  marsh  at  lower  end  of  my 
orchard."  Both  these  sons  had  houses  of 
their  own  and  were  to  have  lands  adjoining 
them.  William  .\llen  and  his  first  wife  were 
among  the  original  members  of  the  First 
Church  in  Salem.  Children  of  first  wife:  i. 
Persis,  born  February,  1 63 1.  2.  Samuel,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1632,  mentioned  below.  Children  of 
second   wife:   3.    Elizabeth,    September,    1634. 

4.  Deborah,  baptized  April  2^.  1637.  5.  Be- 
thiah,  baptized  January  16,  1639,  died  Febru- 
ary, 1640.  6.  Onesijihorus,  bai)tized  July  3, 
1642.  7.  William,  baptized  May  31,  1646.  8. 
Jonathan,  baptized  July  29,  1649. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  William  .\llen,  was 
born  January  8,  1632,  died  in  1700.  He  re- 
sided at  Manchester,  and  had  a  large  estate 
there.  He  was  selectman  in  1676-77-88-93. 
He  married,  about  1660,  Sarah  Tuck,  of  Bev- 
erly. Children,  all  probably  born  in  Man- 
chester: I.  Samuel,  .\ugust  4,  1663.  2.  John, 
Februarv  12,  1666.  3.  Sarah,  ^larch  12,  1668, 
married,  December  4,  1684,  William  Hassam  ; 
died  171 1.  4.  William,  March  18,  1670,  died 
December  29,  1696.     5.  Joseph,  June  26,  1672. 

6.  .-Mice,  September  20,  1674.  7.  Rachel,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1677.  8.  Elizabeth,  March  18,  1679, 
married,  November  28,  1717.  Thomas  Lee; 
died  1720.  9.  Benjamin.  June  4,  1681.  10. 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel  .\llen,  was 
born  September  4,  1684.  died  December  4, 
1768.  He  married,  in  1709,  Mary  Pierce,  who 
died  in  1762.     Children,  born  in  Manchester: 

I.  Miriam,  .\.ugust  27,  1710,  married,  Novem- 
ber 4,  1729,  .\ndrew  Hooper.  2.  David,  May 
2^.  171 T.  3.  Jonathan,  March  24,  1713.  4. 
.\zariah,  December  9,  1 714,  mentioned  below. 

5.  Malachi,  December  19,  17 16,  died  Septem- 
ber 6.  1717.     6.  Malacca,  November  25,  1718. 

7.  Jacob,  June  13,  1721.  8.  John,  August  24, 
1723.  9.  Luke,  baptized  June  12,  1726.  10. 
Joseph,  born  September  3.  1727,  died  young. 

II.  Joseph,  July  6,  1729.  12.  Mary,  July  18, 
1730,  married,  February  6,  1753,  Jacob  Lee. 

( I\')    .'\zariah,  son  of  Jonathan  .-\llen,  was 


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born  in  Manchester,  December  9,  1714,  and 
was  lost  at  sea  in  November  or  December, 
1752.  He  married,  January  15,  1735- ^(J, 
Lydia  Hooper.  Children:  i.  Azariah,  bap- 
tized January  i.  1737,  died  young.  2.  Lydia. 
baptized  October  28,  1739.  3.  Isaac  (twin), 
baptized  May  24,  1741,  died  January  12,  1753. 
4.  Azariah  (twin),  baptized  May  24,  1741, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Abner,  baptized  May  22 
1743,  died  December  2,  1760.  6.  Anna,  bap- 
tized December  29,  1745,  married.  December 
7,  1762,  .  7.  Edward,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 2.  1748,  died  October.  1748.  8.  Lois,  bap- 
tized October  29,  1749,  married.  December  31, 
1767,  Daniel  Morgan.  9.  Lydia.  baptized  Sep- 
tember 2,  1753.  married.  December  11.  1770. 
James  lirown. 

(V)  Azariah  (2),  .son  of  Azariah  (ij 
Allen,  was  baptized  in  the  Congregational 
church.  Manchester,  May  24,  1741,  and  was 
lost  at  sea  with  Captain  Collon  in  1777.  He 
served  in  the  revolution  in  1776  in  Captain 
Daniel  Giddings'  company,  and  the  same  year 
in  Captain  Bradbury's  second  company.  He 
married,  the  intention  being  published  Decem- 
ber 27,  1760,  Sarah  Leach,  born  1737,  died 
April  18,  1831,  aged  ninety-four.  Children: 
I.  Sarah,  born  December  26,  1761,  married 
Samuel  Quimby,  of  Essex.     2.  Azariah,  May 

12,  1763.  3.  Patty,  June  8,  1765,  married, 
October,  1787,  John  Ayres;  died  April  14. 
1849.  4-  Abner.  October  9,  T767.  5.  Lydia, 
1769,  married,  August  19,  1792,  Thomas  Low; 
died  December  28,  1853.  6.  .Molly,  September 
20,  1771,  died  unmarried  July  8,  1856.  7. 
Richard.  April  8,   1774.     8.  John,  January   i, 

1776,  mentioned  below.     9.  Isaac,  November, 

1777,  died  at  sea  January  5,  1803. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Azariah  (2)  Allen,  was 
born  January  i,  1776,  died  August  27,  1834. 
He  was  a  noted  ship  master.  He  married.  De- 
cember 26.  1797.  Ruth  Leach,  born  April  17, 

1778,  died  October  13,  1843.  Children:  I. 
Ruth,  born  September  4,  1798,  married,  No- 
vember 28,    1816,  John   P.   Allen:  died  June 

13,  1875.  2.  John,  May  23,  1801,  killed  on  the 
beach  June  6,  1814.  3.  Benjamin  L.,  March 
8,  1803,  died  September  24,  1865 ;  was  alder- 
man and  mayor  of  the  city ;  dealer  and  im- 
porter in  silks,  tapestries,  etc.,  in  partnership 
with  James  H.  Beals  in  the  firm  of  Allen  & 
Reals.     4.    Isaac,   mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Isaac,  son  of  John  Allen,  was  born 
November  11,  1805,  died  April  27,  1879.  He 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools.  He  be- 
gan to  follow  the  sea  in  early  life,  and  rose  to 
the  rank  of   first  mate  of   the   ship  "Mary." 


After  he  retired  from  sea  life  he  lived 
at  Manchester-by-the-Sea.  He  was  gener- 
ous in  giving,  especially  in  assisting  boys 
in  getting  an  education.  He  was  a  wor- 
thy and  useful  citizen,  much  respected 
and  beloved.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican, in  religion  a  Congregationalist.  He 
married,  July  28,  1836,  Harriet  Osborne,  of 
Salem,  born  I<"ebruary  22.  1800,  died  August 
4.  1886,  at  Nahant,  Massachusetts,  at  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  eighty-four  years.  He  died 
.\pril  2/,  1879.  at  Manchester.  Children:  i. 
Hannah  Lee,  born  May  i,  1837,  died  unmar- 
ried in  1905  at  Nahant,  Massachusetts.  2. 
Harriet  E,.  born  September  i,  1838,  married 
H.  Shepard  Johnson,  of  Nahant,  Massachu- 
setts. (See  Johnson,  \'III.)  3.  Captain 
John,  born  October  12,  1840,  a  master  mar- 
iner; married,  September  21,  1871,  Eveline 
E.  Hooper,  born  October  i.  1847;  children:  i. 
Eva,  born  July  12.  1872;  ii.  Benjamin  L.,  born 
January  3,  1874;  iii.  Grace  H.,  born  May  15, 
1875;  iv.  John  I.,  born  May  14,  1879;  v.  Henry 
O.,  born  November  29,  1880;  vi.  Everett,  born 
June  II,  1883;  vii.  Elizabeth  L.,  born  July  15, 
"1885:  viii.   Bertram  \\'.,  born  March  4,   1887. 


In  the  time  of  Edward  the  Con- 
P>OND  fessor  and  through  later  years 
down  to  the  formation  of  the  .sur- 
vey by  William  the  Conqueror,  numerous  es- 
tates were  held  in  England  by  families  of  the 
name  of  Bond.  These  estates  were  in  the 
counties  of  Cornwall.  Dorset,  Essex,  Kent, 
Hants,  Berks,  Bedford,  Suffolk,  Gloucester, 
Xiirthampton  and  York.  Whether  they  were 
held  by  as  many  families  as  there  were  estates, 
or  by  a  few  wealthy  families,  is  not  clear,  but 
it  is  probable  that  the  families  were  numerous. 
(I)  Most  of  the  families  of  the  name  of 
Bond  in  New  England  are  descendants  from 
the  immigrant,  William  Bond,  who  was  first 
in  W^atertown,  Massachusetts,  in  1630  or  1631. 
He  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Bond,  a  malster  of 
Bury  St.  Edmunds,  Suffolk  county,  England, 
and  was  baptized  there  September  8,  1625. 
By  the  will  of  Thomas,  dated  November  5, 
1658,  proved  at  the  prerogative  court  of  Can- 
terbury, London,  March  10,  1659,  he  gives  to 
his  third  son.  William,  legacies  but  no  lands, 
the  latter  being  then  in  America.  Thomas 
Bond  was  son  of  Jonas  Bond,  of  Bury  St.  Ed- 
monds, county  of  Suffolk  and  diocese  of  Nor- 
wich, who  made  his  will  July  30,  1601,  proved 
September  22,  1601,  in  which  he  bequeathed 
to  his  youngest  son  Thomas,  his  house  at 
Woolpit  "with  all  the  land  and  ground,"  also 


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ten  pounds  in  money.  \\  illiani  IJond  is  sup- 
posed to  have  come  over  to  this  country  with 
an  aunt  and  is  said  to  have  been  educated  for 
a  mercantile  life,  but  he  seems  to  have  been 
employed  a  great  deal  in  taking  inventories, 
writing  wills  and  deeds  antl  settling  estates. 
He  married  (first)  I-'ehruary  7.  1049-50. 
Sarah  Biscoe,  C)r  Liriscoe,  which  is  said  to  have 
been  the  true  orthography  of  those  days.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  "the  rich  tanner,"  Nathan- 
iel Biscoe,  who  came  to  Watertown  previous 
to  1642,  for  in  that  year  he  wrote  and  cir- 
culated privately  a  pamphlet  "against  the  way 
of  supporting  ministers,"  which  was  by  taxa 
tion.  This  gave  great  offence  and  he  was 
fined  ten  pounds.  In  that  year  his  barn,  with 
cattle  and  corn,  amounting  to  one  hundred 
pounds,  was  destroyed  by  fire.  He  became  so 
dissatisfied  with  the  prevalent  ecclesiastical 
intolerance  that  he  returned  to  England  in 
1657  or  1662.  Sarah  (Biscoe)  Bond  died 
February  15.  1 692-9 j?,  and  William  liond  mar- 
ried (second)  Elizabeth  Xevinson,  widow  of 
John  Xevinson,  of  Watertown.  He  died  De- 
cember 14,  1695,  and  she  died  his  widow,  Au- 
gust 24,  1720,  aged  eighty-two  years.  Will- 
iam Bond  was  selectman  and  town  clerk  of 
W'atertown,  a  captain  in  the  militia,  justice  of 
the  peace,  member  of  the  council  of  safety 
in  1689.  often  represented  Watertown  in  the 
general  court  and  was  elected  speaker  in  1691- 
92-93  and  95,  being  the  first  speaker  elected 
under  the  new  Royal  Charter  which  united 
Massachusetts  Bay  and  Plymouth  Colonies 
into  one  colony.  He  was  admitted  freeman, 
October  11,  1682.  On  October  7.  1679.  he 
was  appointed  one  of  a  committee  to  rebuild 
Lancaster,  which  had  been  destroyed  by  the 
Indians,  and  June  10,  1(386,  he  was  appointed 
by  the  president  and  council  of  Massachusetts 
on  a  committee,  with  general  powers  to  order 
and  regulate  all  matters  concerning  the  set- 
tlement of  Worcester.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife,  Sarah,  and  all  born  in  Watertown:  i. 
William  (Deacon).  December  i,  1650.  died 
1724;  married,  June  2,  1680,  Hepzibah  Hast- 
ings, born  January  31,  1663-64,  at  Watertown, 
only  daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas  and  Mar- 
garet (Cheney)  Hastings.  2.  John,  Decem- 
ber, 1652,  died  March  1.  1690-91;  married, 
August  6,  1679,  Hannah  Coolidge,  born  Feb- 
ruary 29,  1656-57,  died  1698,  daughter  of  John 
and  Hannah  (Livermore)  Coolidge,  of  Water- 
town.  3.  Thomas.  December  23,  1654.  see 
forward.  4.  Elizabeth.  November  30,  1656, 
died  December  2^.  1729;  married.  March  13, 
1678-79,    Captain    Nathaniel     Barsham.    born 


1644,  died  August  2,  1716,  son  of  William  and 
Annabella  Barsham,  of  Watertown.  5.  Na- 
thaniel, January  19,  1658-59,  died  in  infancy. 
().  .Nathaniel  (  Lieutenant),  January  9,  1659-60. 
died  about  April  i,  1700;  married,  February 
2j.  1684-85,  Bethia  Fuller,  born  November 
23.  1661,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  F'ul- 
ler,  of  Newton,  Massachusetts.  7.  Sarah,  July 
27,  1661  ;  married,  January  29,  1689-90,  Dr, 
Palgrave  W^ellington,  born  1653,  "^'icd  October 
22,  171 5,  son  of  Roger  and  Mary  (Palgrave) 
Wellington,  of  Watertown.  8.  Jonas  (Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel). July  13,  1664,  died  April  21, 
1727;  married  (first)  January  29,  1688-89, 
Cirace  Coolidge,  born  February  25,  1663-64, 
died  April  11,  1699,  daughter  of  John  and 
Hannah  (Livermore)  Coolidge,  of  Water- 
town,  and  sister  of  Hannah,  who  married  his 
elder  brother,  John  ;  married  (second)  Eliza- 
beth (Jackson)  l^rentice,  born  April  28,  1658, 
died  January  25,  1740-41,  widow  of  John 
Prentice  (son  of  Captain  Thomas  Prentice) 
and  daughter  of  Edward  Jackson,  of  New- 
ton. Jonas  Bond  was  a  lieutenant-colonel  of 
a  regiment  of  militia,  was  selectman  eighteen 
years,  represented  W'atertown  many  times  in 
the  general  court  and  was  a  justice  of  the  peace 
nearly  twenty-five  years.  He  belonged  to  the 
military  force  sent  into  Canada  in  1690.  un- 
der Sir  William  Phips.  9.  Mary.  1669,  died 
May  21,  1700;  married,  June  21,  1693,  Lieu- 
tenant Richard  Coolidge,  born  April  13,  1666, 
died  October  2^.  1732,  youngest  son  of  John 
and  Hannah  (  Livermore)  Coolidge,  of  Water- 
town,  this  being  the  third  marriage  alliance 
between  the  two  families.  He  was  selectman 
of  Watertown  eleven  years  and  representative 
in  1722. 

(II)  Thomas,  third  son  of  William  Bond, 
born  at  Watertown,  December  2^,  1654,  died 
there  December  17,  1704:  married.  September 
30.  1680,  Sarah  Woolson,  born  at  New  Cam- 
bridge, January  2.  1661,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Sarah  (Hyde)  Woolson,  first  of  New 
Cambridge,  now  Newton,  Massachusetts,  and 
then  of  Watertown  Farms,  now  Weston,  Mass- 
achusetts. Administration  was  granted  to  the 
widow  Sarah  and  her  son  Thomas,  of  Thomas 
Bond,  January  22.  1704-05,  and  the  inventory 
showed  an  estate  valued  at  £314,  including  one 
hundred  and  seventy-seven  acres  of  land  and 
('welling.  Children,  all  born  at  Watertown: 
I.  Thomas,  April  29,  1683,  died  May  17,  1737; 
married,  April  25,  1706,  Lydia  Spring,  born 
.\ugust  12,  1686,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Lydia 
(Cutting)  Spring,  of  Watertown.  2.  Sarah, 
December  2,  1685  :  married,  I'ebruarx'  \2.  JJO\- 


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02,  James  Treadvvay,  a  malster  of  Watertown, 
born  there  October  17,  1676,  son  of  Josiah 
and  Sarah  (Sweetman)  Treadway.  3.  Will- 
iam, February  i,  1687-88,  see  forward.  4. 
Mary,  baptized  December  7,  1690;  married, 
December  29,  1709,  Isaac  Bigelow,  born  March 
19,  1689-90,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Flagg) 
Bigelow,  of  Watertown.  They  moved  to  Col- 
chester, Connecticut.  5.  John,  July  14,  1695; 
married,  July  7,  181 5,  Ruth  Whitney,  baptized 
July  10,  1698,  died  at  Worcester,  Massachu- 
.setts,  April  i,  1748,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Abigail  (Hagar)  Whitney,  of  Watertown. 
John  Bond  had  taken  up  his  residence  in  Wor- 
cester not  long  prior  to  his  wife's  death.  6. 
Isaac,   June   22,    1698;   married,    about    1725, 

Margaret ,  and  removed  to  Sherburne, 

afterwards  living  in  Sudbury  and  Natick,  all 
in  Massachusetts. 

(Ill)  William  (2),  .second  son  of  Thomas 
I'.ond.born  at  Watertown,  February  1,1687-88, 
died  at  Weston,  Massachusetts,  June  21,  1745. 
He  married  {  first )  at  Watertown,  December  11, 
1712,  Mary  Learned,  born  at  Watertown,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1688,  died  there  .\pril  24,  1716,  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  Benoni  and  Mary  (Fanning) 
Learned,  of  Watertown;  married  (second) 
.\ugust  20,  1718,  Elizabeth  P.enjamin,  born 
March  22,  1697-98,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Elizabeth  (l!rown)  Benjamin,  of  Watertown. 
They  settled  in  Weston,  where  after  his  death 
in  1745.  his  widow  married,  December  10. 
1751,  Deacon  Nathaniel  .\llen,  of  Weston.  By 
his  fir.st  wife,  Mary,  he  had  one  .son,  Benja- 
min, born  at  Watertown,  June  15,  1715;  mar- 
ried. May  4,  1738,  Abigail  Mi.xer,  born  June 
26,  1 72 1,  daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph  and 
Anne  (Jones)  Mixer,  of  Watertown.  They 
settled  in  Weston.  By  his  second  wife,  Eliza- 
beth, he  also  had  one  son,  William,  see  for- 
ward. 

(  I\' )  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2)  and 
l'~lizabeth  (Benjamin)  Bond,  was  born  at  Wes- 
ton, Massachusetts,  December  20,  1738,  twenty 
years  after  the  marriage  of  his  j^arents.     Me 

married    Mary ,   and   died   at   Weston, 

February  2,  1781.  Only  son  William,  born  at 
Weston,' March  11,  1760,  .see  forward.  Accord- 
ing to  the  Massachusetts  state  list  of  soldiers 
and  sailors  in  the  revolution,  William  Ik)nil 
served  as  a  private  in  Cajitain  Cecjrge  Minot"s 
company.  Colonel  Samuel  lUiUard's  regiment 
in  the  northern  department,  for  three  and  one- 
half  months,  from  .August  17,  1777,  to  No- 
vember 30,  1777. 

(\')  William  (4),  son  of  William  (3)  and 
.Marv   Bond,  born  at  Weston,  Massachusetts, 


March    11,    1760,   died   at   Charlcstown,    New 
Hampshire,  October  19,  1852;  married  at  Lin- 
coln, Massachusetts,  September  18,  1783,  Sarah 
Parks,    born    December     17,     1765,    died    at 
Charlestown,   New   Hampshire,   September  8, 
1845.    After  their  marriage  William  and  Sarah 
(Parks)    Bond   settled   in   Charlestown,   New 
Hampshire,  where  they  passed  the  remainder 
of  their  lives,  and  raised  a  family  of  eight  chil- 
dren.    He  was  a  farmer.     The  records  of  the 
pension  office  at  Washington  show  that  Will- 
iam  Bond   was   a   revolutionary   pensioner   in 
1818,  his  record  of  service  covering  nearly  a 
year  and  five  months.     He  enlisted  January, 
1776,  served  one  year  as  a  private  under  Cap- 
tain Nathan  Fuller  and  Captain  Nathan  Smith, 
in  Colonel  William  Bond's  regiment :  enlisted 
February    26,     1778,    in    Captain    Nathaniel 
Belcher's  company,  Colonel  Edward  Symmes' 
regiment,  and  served  three  months ;  enlisted 
again,  July  31,  1778,  in  Captain  Joshua  Whit- 
ney's company.  Colonel  Josiah  Whitney's  regi- 
ment, and  served  si.x  weeks,  engaging  in  bat- 
tles in  Rhode  Island.     He  applied  for  a  pen- 
sion  October   2^.    1818,   and   it   was   allowed. 
Children,  all  born  in  Charlestown,  New  Hamp- 
shire :     I.  William,  June   12,   1784;  settled  in 
Walpole,  New  Hampshire.    2.  Sally,  April  20, 
1786;  married  Samuel  Hitchcock  and  settled 
in   Claremont,    New   Hampshire,    where   they 
had  sons  Ichabod  and  William  Hitchcock.     3. 
Nathan,    .April    2,    1792;    married    Margaret 
Walker  and   remained  in  Charlestown.     Had 
no  children.     4.  Luthera,  September  15,   1794. 
died  May  21,  1876,  at  Woburn,  Massachusetts, 
aged  eighty-one  years,  eight  months:  married, 
intentions  published  June  I,  1817,  at  Woburn. 
William  Tidd,  born  at  Woburn,  April  12,  1792, 
died  there  February  13,  1874;  son  of  Jonathan 
and   Rhoda   ( Thompson  )   Tidd.     She  was  his 
second  wife,  Rosanna  Buckman  being  his  first. 
3.  Laura,   March,    1797;   died   unmarried,      6. 
Silas,    February   12,    1799;  married,  June    17, 
1828,  .Alice  .A.bbott,  then  of  Charlestown,  born 
January   30,    1807,   at   .Acworth,   New   Hamp- 
shire, died  18(10,  at  Charlestown,  daughter  of 
Israel  and  Alice  (Baker)  Abbott.     Their  chil- 
dren:    i.   Charles  Minott,  born   November  2, 
1828,  died  November  12,  1828;  ii.  Maria,  Feb- 
ruarv   9,    1830,    died    February    19,    1830;   iii. 
William  Austin,  .August  15,  1831,  died  in  May, 
i'^)2,    at    ISrashear    City,    now    Morgan    City, 
Louisiana,   while   serving   in   the   civil  war   in 
Company    A,    Thirteenth    Connecticut    Volun- 
teer Regiment:  married,  July  6,   1851,  Juliette 
Maxwell :   their   children :     a.    Ella    Philemia, 
born  at  Woburn.  Massachusetts,  October  16, 


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1852;  b.  Alice  Juliette,  born  at  Danvers,  Mass- 
achusetts, June  9,  1855;  iv.  Sarah  Alice,  born 
May  26,  1833;  married,  May  20,  1852,  James 
E.  Lyon,  of  North  Bridgewater,  Massachu- 
setts; their  children:  a.  Carrie  Alice  Lyon, 
born  May  15,  1854,  died  October  18,  1854;  b. 
Emma  Juliette,  born  June  31,  1858.  Mr.  Lyon 
died  and  his  widow  married  (second)  January 
30.  1869,  as  his  second  wife,  Charles  Abbott, 
of  Charlestown,  Xew  Hamjishire,  born  Au- 
gust 10,  1835,  at  NMiitefield,  New  Hampshire, 
son  of  Harvey  and  Sophronia  (News)  Abbott. 
They  afterwards  resided  in  Keene,  New  Hamp- 
shire ;  V.  George  Sumner,  born  March  2,  1837; 
married,  October  9,  i860,  ]\Iary  Maria  Way. 
born  April  15,  1840,  at  Newport,  New  Hamp- 
shire, daughter  of  Warren  Walker  and  Mary 
.Ann  (C)sgood)  Way,  then  of  Charlestown. 
Their  child :  Herbert  Warren,  born  July  30, 
1861  ;  vi.  Nathan,  born  December  2,  1839,  died 
April  8.  [8C)7,  at  Springfield,  \'ermont,  unmar- 
ried. 7.  Lewis,  I'ebruary  16,  1802,  died  Janu- 
ary 2.  1874;  married,  March  26,  1829,  Char- 
lotte T.  Watkins.  born  May  i,  1806,  daughter 
of  .\lpheus  and  Alice  (  Fuller  1  \\'atkins.  Their 
children:  i.  Ellen  M.,  born  August  2,  1833, 
at  W'alpt^le,  New  Hampshire;  married,  June  i. 
1 85 1,  (leorge  P.  Bowen.  born  .April  17,  1824, 
son  of  Charles  and  Belinda  (Prouty)  Bowen; 
child — Charles  Lewis  Bowen,  born  May  25. 
1858:  ii.  Ceorge  L.,  born  January  13,  1836: 
married,  June  17,  1865,  ]Martha  J.  Hart,  born 
October  5,  1850,  daughter  of  John  and  Olive 
(Richardson)  Hart:  child — Winifred  Allis, 
born  October  2,  1866;  iii.  Hattie  A.,  born  Sep- 
tember 30,  1837:  tnarried.  January  17,  i860, 
William  E.  Butterfield,  born  December  29, 
1836,  son  of  Jonas  and  Maria  (Eaton)  Butter- 
field;  child — [da  M.  Butterfield,  born  .April  19, 
1869.     8.  Charles,  see  forward. 

(\'I)  Charles,  youngest  son  of  William  (4) 
and  Sarah  (  Parks  )  Bond,  born  at  Charlestown, 
New  Hampshire.  December  5,  1805,  died  at 
\\^oburn,  Massachusetts,  November  21,  1878; 
married,  intention  publishetl  September  17, 
1 83 1,  at  Woburn,  Lydia  Walker  Tidd,  born  at 
Woburn,  May  I,  1810,  died  there  .August  31, 
1878,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Jr.  and  Cynthia 
(  Eames  )  Tidd.  Mr.  Bond  settled  in  Woburn 
in  early  manhood  and  continued  to  reside  there 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  a 
leather  manufacturer  for  forty  years  of  the 
well  known  firm  of  Bond  &  Tidd,  of  North 
Woburn,  his  partner  being  Jonathan  Tidd,  his 
wife's  brother.  They  both  resided  near  their 
factory.  Mr.  Bond  gave  his  whole  attention 
to  business  and  never  held  public  office.     He 


was  a  Unitarian  in  religion  and  in  politics  a 
Democrat  of  the  old  New  Hampshire  type. 
Children,  all  born  at  North  Woburn  :  i.  Marah, 
May  18,  1832;  married  at  Woburn,  November 
28,  1854.  George  Thomas  Woodbury,  born 
July  24,  1832,  at  Salisbury,  New  Hampshire, 
died  December  8,  1897,  at  Amesbury,  j\Iassa- 
chusetts.  Mrs.  Woodbury  is  now.  1909,  living 
in  Chicago.  Child — Ida  Bond  Woodbury,  born 
at  .\)'er.  Massachusetts,  ]\Iarch  18,  1858;  mar- 
ried. October  18,  1880,  .Arthur  Boynton,  who 
was  killed  by  a  train  on  the  Chicago  &  North- 
western railroad  about  seven  vears  ago  at 
Higliland  Park,  about  fifteen  miles  north  of 
Chicago.  2.  Helen,  born  November  2,  1833; 
married,  Se]:)tember  29,  1857,  Edwin  Blanch- 
ard,  born  at  Wilmington,  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1817,  son  of  William  Jr.  and  Elizabeth 
(  I'^ord )  Blanchard.  Mr.  Blanchard  was  ap- 
pointed, about  1868,  by  President  IJ.  S.  Grant, 
as  L'nited  States  commissioner  to  Wyoming 
Territory,  where  he  served  about  ten  years, 
dying  at  [•"ort  Washakee,  February  24,  1878. 
They  had  one  son,  Edwin  Bond  Blanchard, 
born  .A])ril  14,  1859.  at  Wilmington;  married. 
September  15,  1886,  at  Woburn,  Mary  Doane 
Converse,  only  daughter  of  Judge  Parker  Lin- 
dall  and  Betsey  Doane  (Horton)  Converse,  of 
Woiiurn.  Their  children:  i.  Roma  Blanchard, 
born  at  Woburn,  .\ugust  18,  1887:  married, 
October  I.  1907.  James  Frank  Donaldson,  son 
of  James  and  Caroline  (  Buxton  )  Donaldson, 
of  Salem,  Massachusetts.  Their  children — 
James  Blanchard  Donaldson,  born  at  Salem, 
November  16,  1909:  ii.  Lindall  Converse 
Blanchard,  born  at  Woburn,  October  23,  1888; 
iii.  Cadwalader  Ford  Blanchard.  born  at  Wo- 
burn. October  29,  1898.  3.  Henrietta,  April 
9.  1836.  died  December  20.  1887.  at  Woburn: 
married,  .\ugust  12,  1858,  at  Woburn,  Charles 
Granville  Lund,  born  at  Nashua,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 1819,  died  May  6.  1876.  at  Somerville, 
Massachusetts,  son  of  Clifton  and  Rebecca 
Lund,  of  Nashua.  Their  children — i.  .A  son, 
born  at  Woburn.  December  5,  1863,  died  in  a 
few  days:  ii.  John  Carleton,  born  at  Woburn. 
March  15.  1867.  died  there  March  20,  1867: 
iii.  r^^tta  Maria,  born  at  Woburn,  July  I,  1868, 
died  there  July  7,  1869:  iv.  Charles  Granville 
Jr.,  born  at  Woburn,  April  30,  1870;  married, 
-November  4,  1891,  at  Woburn,  Mabel  Lor- 
raine Skinner,  born  at  Walpole,. August  15, 1870, 
daughter  of  James  and  Melina  (Skelton) 
.Skinner.  Their  children  :  a.  Charles  Granville, 
now  junior,  born  at  Woburn,  September  I. 
1892;  b.  Eleanor,  born  at  Woburn,  .August  iq, 
1895.    4.  Charles  \\'illiams,  November  6,  1838, 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


died  at  Woburn,  August  13,  1853.  5.  Lewis, 
March  13,  1841.  died  at  Woburn,  November 
II.  1843.  '^-  Stella,  August  22,  1843.  "ow  living, 
1909,  at  North  Woburn,  unmarried.  7.  Affa 
Margaret,  April  11,  1846,  died  at  North  Wey- 
mouth, Massachusetts.  June  24,  1890;  married, 
at  Burlington,  Massachusetts.  Edwin  T. 
Marion.  Children :  i.  Alonzo  Bond  Marion. 
born  at  Burlington,  September  20.  1864,  died 
at  Woburn.  April  28,  1876;  ii.  Otis  Daniel 
Marion,  born  at  Woburn,  February  17,  1877. 
living  in  lioston,  1909,  unmarried:  iii.  Nelson 
Bontl  Marion,  born  September  28.  1879.  died 
at  Boston  (Neponset)  February  7,  1904,  un- 
married. 8.  Lewis  Franklin,  April  30,  1850. 
living,  1909,  at  North  Woburn ;  married,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1881,  ,\nnie  C.  Webster,  of  Hartford, 
Connecticut.  Their  children:  i.  Trafiford, 
Webster,  born  at  North  Woburn,  March  20, 
1882,  died  there  August  4,  1882;  ii.  Amy  Gard- 
ner, born  at  North  \\'oburn,  April  2,  1885.  9. 
Daniel  Wilbur,  see  forward. 

(ATI)  Hon.  Daniel  Wilbur  Bond,  mayor  of 
Woburn,  Massachusetts.  1909,  born  there  June 
17,  1852,  youngest  son  of  Charles  and  Lydia 
\\'alker  (  Tidd  )  Bond:  married,  June  16,  1877, 
at  North  Woburn,  Martha  Eaton,  born  at 
North  Woburn,  October  16,  1855,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Mortimer  and  Martha  (Johnson) 
Eaton.  They  have  one  child,  Grace  Etta,  born 
at  North  Woburn,  July  11,  1878:  married, 
June  15,  1904,  Percy  William  Linscott,  born  at 
North  Woburn,  July  22,  1868.  son  of  .\ndrew 
Roscoe  and  Mary  Hall  (Ryder)  Linscott. 
Their  children :  a.  Daniel  Bond  Linscott,  born 
at  Woburn.  March  21,  1905:  b.  Betty,  born  at 
W(jburn.  September  19.  1909.  Hon.  Daniel 
Wilbur  I'lund  has  always  resided  in  Woburn 
and  has  been  ])rominent  both  in  business  and 
public  life.  He  is  now,  1909,  mayor  of  his 
native  city  and  holds  the  responsible  position 
of  local  manager  for  the  American  Hide  & 
Leather  Company,  one  of  the  largest  leather 
manufacturing  corporations  in  America.  Sev- 
eral years  ago  he  erected  a  beautiful  residence 
in  North  Woburn.  on  slightly  elevated  spacious 
grounds  and  commanding  a  magnificent  view 
of  the  surrounding  country  for  a  number  of 
miles,  and  this  is  his  home  at  the  present  tnne. 
Trained  to  the  manufacturing  of  leather,  he 
has  always  followed  that  business  and  has 
been  successful.  In  his  early  days  he  worked 
in  the  factory  of  his  father  along  with  his 
older  brother.  Lewis  F.  In  1872  tlie  two 
brothers  engaged  in  the  business  for  them- 
selves and  continued  under  the  firm  name  of 
L.  F.  &  D.  W.   Bond,  imtil   1883.     From   1883 


to  1892  he  was  in  business  alone  as  D.  W. 
liond;  from  1892  to  1896  he  was  in  partner- 
ship with  his  nephew  as  C.  G.  Lund  &  Com- 
|iany,  and  from  1896  to  1899,  with  C.  G.  Lund 
and  James  Skinner,  Mr.  Lund's  father-in-law, 
under  the  name  of  the  James  Skinner  Leather 
Company.  They  sold  out  with  most  of  the 
other  leather  manufacturers  of  Woburn  in 
1899  t*-'  the  .\merican  Hide  &  Leather  Com- 
])any,  which  was  organized  in  that  year.  Mr. 
I'ond  engaged  with  the  company  as  superin- 
tendent of  factory  E,  from  1899  to  1906,  when 
he  succeeded  Mr.  Lund  as  local  manager  of 
all  the  plants  of  the  company  in  Woburn,  Mr. 
Lund  resigning  to  become  a  member  and  officer 
of  a  cor])oration  manufacturing  leather  ma- 
chinery. 

Mr.  Bond  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Woburn.  being  graduated  from  the  high 
school  in  the  class  of  1871.  In  religion  he  is  a 
L'nitarian  and  attends  the  First  Unitarian 
Cliurch  at  Woburn  Centre.  In  politics,  while 
nominally  a  Democrat,  he  has  been  broad  and 
independent  in  his  views  and  acts,  which  has 
made  him  popular  with  Republicans  as  well  as 
Democrats.  He  has  been  chosen  to  various 
offices  by  the  suffrages  of  both  parties  and  as 
mayor  he  holds  the  office  through  nomination 
by  the  Republicans.  In  1882-83-84-85,  he  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen,  under 
the  town  form  of  government,  and  since  Wo- 
burn has  been  a  city  he  has  served  in  the  city 
council  as  alderman  during  the  years  1906-07- 
08.  In  December,  1908,  he  was  elected  mayor 
and  has  served  during  the  year  1909,  a  re- 
nomination  was  tendered  to  him,  but  he  de- 
clined a  second  term  because  of  increasing 
duties  and  responsibilities  in  his  business  posi- 
tion. During  the  years  1886-87-88  he  was  a 
member  of  the  school  committee  of  the  city. 
In  social  life  he  is  a  member  of  the  Towanda 
and  Mishawum  clubs  of  Woburn,  having  been 
])resident  of  the  latter  club.  He  is  a  member 
of  Mt.  Horeb  Lodge  and  \\'oburn  Royal  Arch 
Chapter,  Ancient  I<"ree  and  .Accepted  Masons, 
both  of  Woburn,  and  of  Hugh  de  Fayens  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Tem]ilar,  of  Melrose,  Mass- 
achusetts. 


The  surname  Stetson  is  of 
STICTSC  ).\'     English  origin  though  diversely 

spelled  Studson,  Steedson, 
.Stitson,  etc.,  in  the  early  records.  A  coat-of- 
arms  preserved  in  the  family  in  New  England 
bears  liend  sinister  azure  between  two  lions 
r'Hni])aut,  etc.  with  a  motto  'A'irtus  Nobilitat 
Anima."'      The   coat-of-arms   is   nt>t   given    bv 


(^h^^cct^y/r^^^ 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


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Ijurke  iiiuler  an\-  of  the  American  spellings, 
however.  Two  of  the  family  were  early 
])ioneers  in  Xew  England,  and  one  of  them. 
William  Stetson,  of  Boston,  came  from  Bristol, 
England.  He  was  in  Boston  before  1637,  a 
])roprietor.  and  in  Charlestown  before  1640; 
deacon;  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Harris, 
widow;  (second)  Mary  Hill,  widow  of  Zech- 
ariah  Hill ;  will  dated  April  12,  1668. 

(I)  Robert  Stetson,  immigrant,  the  other 
]jioneer  of  the  family,  was  also  born  in  Eng- 
land in  161 3,  died  February  I,  1702-03.  Ac- 
cording to  tradition  he  came  from  county  Kent. 
He  was  a  car]ienter  by  trade.  As  early  as 
1634  he  had  a  grant  of  land  at  North  river, 
Scituate,  ^Massachusetts,  and  was  on  a  list  of 
those  able  to  bear  arms  in  the  Plymouth  colony 
in  1643.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  and 
elected  deputy  to  the  general  court,  June  7, 
1653.  He  was  a  constable  at  Duxbury,  March 
7,  1642-43.  He  was  cornet  of  the  troop  of 
horse  in  1638-39  and  was  ever  afterward 
known  as  Cornet  Stetson  in  the  records,  and 
doubtless  orally  as  well.  He  built  a  house  on 
the  sloping  ])lain  near  the  river  by  a  spring  and 
he  had  a  saw  mill  on  Third  Herring  Brook  in 
Scituate,  burned  in  King  Philip's  war  in  1676. 
He  represented  Scituate  in  the  general  court 
seventeen  years  between  1654  and  1678.  In 
1660  he  was  chosen  commissioner  in  matters 
relating  to  trade  on  the  Kennebec  river.  He 
served  in  the  council  of  war  from  1661  to 
1681  and  was  active  in  King  Philip's  war.  In 
1667  he  was  appointed  on  a  delicate  mission 
to  the  Sachems  and  in  1688  was  delegated  to 
buy  the  Indian  titles  of  the  land  comprising  the 
towns  of  Hanover  and  Abington  for  his  towns- 
men. His  will  was  dated  September  4,  1702, 
"being  aged,"  and  was  proved  March  3,  T702- 
03,  bec|ueathing  to  wife  Mary;  sons  loseph, 
Benjamin,  Samuel,  Robert ;  (laughter  Eunice 
Rogers  and  to  Abigail  .Stetson,  widow  of  his 
son  John.  Children,  baptized  at  the  second 
church  of  Scituate:  1.  Joseph,  born  June, 
1639 ;  mentioned  below.  2.  Benjamin,  .\ugust, 
1641  ;  baptized  October  6.  1645.  3.  Thomas, 
born  December  11.  1643.  4.  Samuel,  born 
June,  1646;  baptized  July  12,  1646.  5.  John, 
born  April,   1648;  baptized  May  7,   1648.     6. 

Eunice,  born  .\pril  28,   1650;  married  

Rogers.  7.  Lois,  born  February,  1632.  8. 
Robert,  born  January  29,  1633.  9.  Timoth)', 
baptized  October  11,  1657. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Robert  Stetson,  was 
born  in  June,  163Q,  at  Scituate,  and  baptized 
at  the  second  church,  October  6,  1643.  He  died 
in  1724,  the  inventory  of  his  estate  being  dated 


March  8,  1724.  He  resided  at  Scituate.  He 
married  Prudence  .  Children:  1.  Jo- 
seph, baptized  in  June,  1667.  2.  Robert,  born 
December  9,  1670,  mentioned  below.     3.  Lois, 

born   1672 ;  married Ford.     4.   William, 

born  December,    1673;  died  August   14,   1699. 

5.  Desire,  born  September,  1676 ;  married,  Au- 
gust 16,  1703,  Richard  Sylvester.  6.  Prudence, 
born  September,  1678;  married,  December, 
1707,  Ebenezer  Leach.  7.  Samuel,  born  De- 
cember, 1679.  8.  Hannah,  born  June,  1682; 
married,  April  25,  1708.  Solomon  Lincoln. 

(HI)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Joseph  Stetson, 
was  born  December  9,  1670,  at  Scituate.  He 
resided  there  and  was  constable  in  1722.  He 
married  Mary  Collamore,  of  Scituate.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Scituate:  i.  .\nthony,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1693;  mentioned  below.  2.  Jemima, 
March  13,  1694;  married,  July  22,  1721,  Daniel 
Damon.  3.  Isaac,  March  15,  1696;  drowned 
in  the  Scituate  river  in  1719.  4.  William.  June 
26,  1700.  5.  .\mos,  June  18.  1703;  married, 
May  9,  1727,  Margaret  Thayer.  6.  ]\lartha, 
September  3,  1706;  married,  December  21, 
1731,  Xehemiah  Hatch.  7.  Gideon,  July  19, 
1709.    8.  Robert,  September  3,  1710. 

( I\' )  Anthony,  son  of  Robert  (2)  Stetson, 
was  born  at  Scituate,  September  12,  1693,  died 
in  1747.  He  resided  at  Scituate  and  was  a 
cordwainer  by  trade.  He  married,  March  28, 
17 17.  Anna  Smith.     Children:     i.  Mary,  born 

December   9,    1717;    married     (first)     

\'inal ;  (  second  ) Woodworth.   2.  Isaac, 

October  19,  1719.  3.  Joseph,  February  24, 
1722.  4.  .\nna,  June  2,  1724;  married,  1744. 
William  Hayden.   3.  Charles,  October  17,  1726. 

6.  Ezra.  September  22,  1729;  mentioned  below. 

7.  Elisha.  January  28,  1 731.  8.  Thomas,  April 
22,  1734.  9.  l'>enjamin,  July  7.  1736.  10. 
Abiel,  October  2^^.  1738.  11.  Martha.  .August 
18,  174 1  ;  married,  Xovember  29,  1739,  Seth 
Taylor,  of  Pembroke,  and  removed  to  Chester- 
field ;  died  .\pril  22,  1813. 

( \" )  Ezra,  son  of  .Anthony  Stetson,  was 
born  at  Scituate,  September  22,  1729.  He  re- 
moved to  Hardwick,  Massachusetts,  with  his 
family.  He  married  (second)  Susanna  Gibbs, 
oi  Hardwick.  Children,  according  to  the 
Hardwick  history:  i.  .Anthony,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Benjamin,  married  Alercy  Johnson 
and  settled  in  Sangersfield.  3.  Ezra,  settled  at 
.Springfield,  New  York.  4.  Sarah,  married, 
.April  29,  1779,  Ephraim  Thayer,  of  Hard- 
wick. 3.  Hannah,  married  Solomon  ?Iinds,  Jr., 
October  2,  1791.  6.  .Anna,  married,  June  2, 
1803.  Thaddeus  Russell,  of  Dana.  Massachu- 
setts. 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


(\I)  Anthony  (2),  son  of  Ezra  Stetson, 
was  born  probably  in  Scituate  about  1760.  He 
settled  when  a  young  man  at  Wihiiington,  Ver- 
mont. He  married  and  among  his  children 
was  Ezra,  mentioned  below. 

(VU)  Ezra  (2),  son  of  Anthony  (2)  Stet- 
son, was  born  in  AX'ilmington,  \'ermont,  about 
1790.  He  married  and  among  his  children 
was  Xorris  L.,  mentioned  below. 

(  \'in  )  Norris  L.,  son  of  Ezra  (2)  Stetson, 
was  born  at  Wilmington,  Vermont,  September 
18,  1823.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools.  He  was  a  general  merchant  at  Whit- 
ingham,  \'ermont,  for  forty  years  and  post- 
master for  thirty-eight  years.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics  and  in  1869  represented  his 
town  in  the  state  legislature.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Knights  of  Honor.  He  married 
Ophelia  Hannah  Corse,  born  in  Dover,  \  er- 
mont,  December  16,  1827,  daughter  of  Luther 
Co.rse  and  a  direct  descendant  of  James  Corse, 
who  came  to  Deerfield,  Massachusetts,  about 
1690.  Cliildren  :  I.  Marion  Izetta,  born  Janu- 
ary 9,  1849:  married  Wells  Ferry  Jones.  2. 
Flavilla  Rosetta,  October  14,  1850,  died  March 
31,  1867.  3.  Frank  Leslie,  February  9,  1855, 
died  July  15,  1859.  4.  [<"orrest  Leslie,  October 
17,  1859,  mentioned  below.  5.  .Mbert  Edwin, 
February  i,  1867,  died  May  19,  1868.  6.  Norris 
Alvaro.  September  29,  1871,  died  June  14, 1877. 

(IX)  Forrest  Leslie,  son  of  Norris  L.  Stet- 
son, was  born  at  Whitingham,  Vermont,  Octo- 
ber 17,  1859.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  the  West  Brattleborough 
Academy  and  the  Eastman  Business  College, 
of  Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  He  learned  the 
printer's  trade  and  in  1887  established  the 
Dccrficld  l^allcy  Times  at  Wilmington,  Ver- 
mont. He  sold  his  news])aper  in  1889  and  en- 
gaged in  the  job  printing  business  in  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  Since  February  22,  1890, 
he  has  been  in  the  printing  and  publishing  busi- 
ness at  Cireenfielci,  Massachusetts,  buying  at 
that  time  the  printing  plant  and  business  of 
W.  S.  Carson.  He  is  a  member  of  Pocomp- 
tuck  Lodge,  No.  67,  Odd  Fellows :  of  Rebekah 
Lodge;  Glen  Lodge,  No.  141,  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen  ;  of  Massachusetts  Lodge, 
No.  2,  W.  B.  A.,  and  the  Odd  Fellows  social  and 
beneficiary  clubs.  He  married  Carrie  Mildred 
Briggs.daughterof  Charles  A.  Briggs.  Children  : 
Mildred  Ruby,  Charles  Norris,  .Sibyl  Marjorie. 


Kempton  is  an  ancient  Eng- 
KEMPTON     lish  surname,  derived  origin- 
ally from  the  name  of  a  place. 
In  .America   most   of  the   families  trace   their 


ancestry  to  Ephraim  Kempton,  who  came  early 
to  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  with  his  brother, 
Manasseh  Kempton.  The  New  Jersey  family 
mentioned  in  this  sketch,  however,  has  no 
known  connection  with  the  New  England 
famil)'. 

I  I)  Moses  Kempton,  the  progenitor  was  the 
son  of  an  English  pioneer  whose  name  is  un- 
known at  the  present  time.  He  was  born  Oc- 
tober 13,  1750,  died  July  2,  1818.  The  first  we 
know  of  him  was  at  Mount  Holly,  New  Jersey. 
The  name  of  his  parents  have  not  been  dis- 
covered. He  was  a  prominent  citizen,  and 
during  the  administration  of  Washington 
served  as  collector  of  the  port  of  Burlington. 
He  married,  about  1777,  Elizabeth  Atkinson, 
born  June  23.  1752,  died  January  30,  1834, 
daugliter  of  Sanuiel  and  Anne  (Coates)  At- 
kinson, granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Ruth 
(Stacy)  Atkinson,  and  great-granddaughter  of 
Mahlon  Stacy,  who  came  from  England  in 
1678  and  joined  the  Quaker  settlement  in 
lUirlington,  New  Jersey,  liurlington  was  set- 
tled in  if>77,  being  part  of  land  purchased  by 
iMiglish  Quakers  of  Lord  r.erkeley,  who  had 
with  Sir  ( leorge  Carteret  extensive  grants  in 
Western  Jersey  from  the  Duke  of  York.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Mount  Holly:  i.  .Ann,  April  24, 
1778;  married,  June  22,  1797,  Samuel  B. 
I'.rown ;  (second)  June  30,  1807,  Ephraim 
Haines;  she  died  July  14,  1849.  2.  Mary, 
April  12,  1779;  married,  June  27,  1799.  Will- 
iam Trotter;  she  died  July  14,  1849.  3.  John, 
June  24.  1 781  ;  married,  in  Philadelphia,  No- 
vember 12,  1817,  Eliza  (Elizabeth)  Clark;  no 
descendants  surviving  of  the  Kempton  name. 
4.  Stacy,  died  in  infancy.  5.  Samuel  A.,  Octo- 
ber I,  T783,  died  June  16,  1847;  married  Delia 
Teal.  6.  Jane,  died  in  infancy.  7.  Moses,  Au- 
gust 18.  1786,  mentioned  below.  8.  Elizabeth, 
July  9.  1788,  died  April  15,  1882;  married, 
Jime  5,  181 1,  .Aaron  Kille ;  cliildren:  i.  Sam- 
uel Kem]iton  Kille,  married  Nancy  Clark  ;  ii. 
-\nna  Louise  Kille,  married  Jacob  Clark : 
others  never  married. 

( II )  Moses  (2).  son  of  Moses  ( i)  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Atkinson)  Kempton,  was  born  in 
Mount  Holly,  New  Jersey,  August  18,  1786. 
He  removed  to  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
and  was  vestryman  of  old  Christ  Church,  where 
Washington  attended  services,  during  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  and  was  largely  instru- 
mental in  founding  Clirist  Church  Hospital, 
to  which  he  devoted  many  years  of  his  later 
life.  He  married,  in  Mount  Holly,  March  29. 
1810,  Mary  Coppuck.  who  died  in  Philadelphia. 
October  25,  1817.    He  married  (second)  Lucy 


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Murrell  Dobbins.  Cbildren  of  first  wife:  Eliz- 
abetb,  Mary.  James  C,  mentioned  below,  and 
Benjamin.  Children  of  second  wife:  Mary 
Elizabeth  and  John. 

(Ill)  James  C,  son  of  Moses  (2)  and  Mary 
(Coppuck)  Kempton,  was  born  in  Mount 
Holly.  Xew  Jersey,  181 1.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools.  He  was  reared  in  Phil- 
adelphia, and  became  a  prominent  manu- 
facturer of  cotton  and  woolen  goods  and  con- 
tinued in  that  business  until  within  two  years 
of  his  death.  During  those  last  years  he  repre- 
sented Higgins  &  Sons,  manufacturers  of  cot- 
ton machinery,  of  Manchester,  England.  In 
his  day  he  was  one  of  the  best  known  manu- 
.  facturers  in  his  line  in  the  country,  and  was 
frequently  consulted  by  leading  European 
manufacturers.  At  the  urgent  request  of  a 
committee  of  the  House  of  Commons  in  1845 
(see  Dr.  Ure"s  work)  he  went  to  England  and 
appeared  before  the  committee,  a  distinction 
never  before  granted  an  American  manufac- 
turer after  the  separation  of  the  colonies  from 
England.  He  was  vestryman  and  warden  of 
the  beautiful  little  church  of  St.  James  the  Less 
at  the  Falls  of  Schuylkill,  Philadelphia,  built 
after  iiis  designs.  In  politics  he  was  independ- 
ent. He  was  an  upright  and  capable  business 
man,  of  sterling  integrity  and  strong  character. 
He  died  in  the  summer  of  1862.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Wain  Smith,  born  at  Germantown, 
Pennsylvania,  on  School-house  Lane,  in  1821, 
daughter  of  Thomas  W.  and  Elizabeth 
( Ryerrs )  Smith,  granddaughter  of  Judge 
Ryerrs,  of  the  superior  court  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  a  direct  descendant  of  Nicholas  Wain,  who 
came  over  with  William  Penn  and  who  was 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  the  city  of  Phila- 
delphia. Through  her  father  and  mother  she 
is  related  to  most  of  the  old  families  of  Phila- 
delphia, including  the  Biddies,  Hockleys,  Ste- 
vensons.  Blights,  \\'alns,  Ryerrs,  Griffiths  and 
Philipps.  Children,  born  on  School-house 
Lane,  Germantown:  1.  Lucy  ]\L,  married  Dr. 
Ezra  Dyer,  of  Boston.  2.  Thomas  S.  3.  Eliz- 
abeth R.,  married  W.  H.  Winslow,  of  Boston. 
4.  James  C,  married  Eliza  Constant.  5.  Clif- 
ford S.,  mentioned  below.  6.  Rebecca  W., 
married  Beekman  Remington,  of  New  York. 
7.  Dr.  Augustus,  married  in  1882,  Caroline 
Nixon  Morris.    8.  Sarah  Dunlap,  died  in  1883. 

(I\*)  Cliiiford  Smith,  son  of  James  C.  and 
Elizabeth  W.  (Smith)  Kempton,  was  born  at 
Germantown,  Pennsylvania,  January  15,  1848. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  old  German- 
town  Academy  of  Philadelphia,  and  at  Neu- 
wied-(in-the-Rhine,    Germany,   where    he    was 


graduated  July  4,  1863.  He  came  home  and 
learned  the  cotton  manufacturing  business  in 
mills  at  Lewiston,  Maine.  After  seven  years 
in  these  mills  he  went  to  Manayunk,  Pennsyl- 
vania, as  assistant  manager  of  the  cotton  mills 
there.  He  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
cotton  yarns  at  Pleasant  Valley,  New  York, 
in  partnership  with  his  brother,  James  C. 
Kempton.  In  1874  the  mill  was  destroyed  by 
fire  and  was  not  rebuilt.  For  several  years  he 
was  selling  agent  of  Stewart  Brothers  of  Phil- 
adelphia, and  later  general  manager  of  the 
Dudley  Manufacturing  Company  of  New  York 
City,  .\fter  four  years  in  this  line  of  business 
he  spent  three  years  in  farming  at  Newport, 
Rhode  Island.  He  then  came  to  Springfield, 
^lassachusetts,  and  conducted  a  farm  at  Feed- 
ing Hills  for  seven  years.  Since  1903  he  has 
had  a  farm  at  Longmeadow,  Massachusetts, 
and  has  made  a  specialty  of  raising  the  Kemp- 
ton Longmeadow  cantaloupe,  which  he  has 
made  famous.  He  has  reduced  to  a  science 
the  culture  of  this  melon  and  it  is  second  to 
none  in  flavor  and  quality.  He  finds  a  ready 
market  for  his  product  in  the  leading  hotels  of 
the  country.  He  has  prospered  in  this  business 
and  is  counted  among  the  most  successful 
farmers  of  this  section.  In  politics  he  is  an 
Independent;  he  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
public  life  and  served  as  selectman  of  Long- 
meadow one  year.  In  religion  he  is  an  Epis- 
copalian. 

He  married,  at  Claremont,  October  12,  1882, 
Clara  A.  Breck,  born  1857,  at  Ascutneyville, 
\'ermont,  daughter  of  Robert  Breck,  of  Corn- 
ish, New  Hampshire,  descendant  of  Edward 
Breck.  who  settled  in  Dorchester  as  early  as 
1638.  Children:  i.  Robert  B.,  born  February 
26,  1884.  2-3.  James  C.  and  Elizabeth  W., 
twins,  born  March  2"],  1888.  4.  Florence  M., 
born  October  16,  1897. 


This  family  seems  to  have  mi- 
CHO.\TE     grated    from    Holland    to    the 

eastern  counties  of  England 
about  the  beginning  of  the  sixteenth  century. 
The  name  at  that  time  was  \  an  Choate ;  in 
deference  to  the  opinions  and  prejudices  of 
their  English  neighbors  the  prefix  was  dropped. 
The  family  seems  to  have  flourished  along  the 
borders  of  Essex  and  SufTolk  counties.  In  the 
ancient  parish  of  Finchingfield.  in  Essex,  it  is 
found  of  record  as  early  as  1500.  It  appears 
later  in  the  same  parish,  and  also  that  of  Gro- 
ton  in  Essex,  and  in  Hundon  Clare,  and  in 
Birdbroke,  county  Suffolk.  It  has  been  espe- 
cially noted  in  America  in  connection  with  the 


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learned  professions,  and  has  left  its  indelabh' 
mark  upon  the  history  of  American  juris- 
prudence. Among  the  most  noted  representa- 
tives was  Rufus  Choate.  the  famous  advocate 
of  Boston:  and  Joseph  H.  Choate,  a  leader  of 
the  New  York  bar,  is  among  its  most  promi- 
nent present  representatives.  By  marriages  in 
the  successive  generations  the  blood  of  many 
other  leading  families  of  America  has  been 
brought  down  to  present  generation. 

(I)  Robert  Choate  and  Sarah,  his  wife, 
were  residents  of  Groton,  England,  in  the  early 
part  of  the  seventeenth  century.  Among  the 
interesting  ancient  documents  connected  with 
American  history,  is  preserved  a  letter  from 
the  ]iastor  of  "Goodman"  Choate.  in  Aughton, 
Yorkshire.  England,  written  to  Governor 
Winslow,  of  Alassachusetts.  and  urging  that 
the  governor  redeem  his  promises  to  send  for 
Choate  and  his  wife.  This  may  have  been  the 
Robert  Choate  whose  son  was  the  ]:)ioneer  of 
the  family  in  America. 

(II )  John,  son  of  Robert  and  Sarah  Choate. 
was  baptized  June  6,  1624,  in  Groton,  Boxfor.d. 
Colchester,  England,  and  came  to  Massachu- 
setts in  1643,  being  then  nineteen  years  of  age. 
He  settled  in  Chebacco  parish,  Ipswich,  ^Nlassa- 
chusetts.  and  paid  for  his  first  farm  in  grain 
and  West  India  goods.  The  grain  is  described 
as  English  and  Indian,  presumably  wheat 
and  corn.  He  subsequently  purchased  more 
land  and  became  the  owner  of  several  farms 
adjacent  to  his  original  purchase.  In  1667  he 
began  buying  shares  in  the  common  lands  held 
by  other  residents,  and  in  time  became  owner 
of  nearly  all  of  Hog  Island,  near  the  Ipswich 
coast,  containing  about  three  hundred  acres. 
These  purchases  included  the  birthplace  of  the 
famous  Rufus  Choate.  He  subscribed  to  the 
freeman's  oath  in  1667,  became  sergeant  of 
militia,  and  an  active  member  of  the  church. 
He  seems  to  have  incurred  the  enmity  of 
others,  who  may  have  been  envious  of  his  pros- 
perity, and  in  1651  he  was  ac(|uitted  of  the 
charge  of  stealing  a])ples.  He  also  cleared  him- 
.self  in  1657  of  the  charge  of  lying,  and  in  1659 
was  able  to  escape  the  penalty  for  refusing  to 
assist  the  martial  in  making  an  arrest.  His 
heirs  succeeded  in  setting  aside  his  will,  and 
these  various  experiences  have  been  said  by 
one  of  his  descendants  to  have  inculcated  a 
liking  for  dealings  with  the  law.  which  has  con- 
tinued  among  his  descendants  to  the  present 

day.    He  married,  in  1660.  Anne ,  born 

1637,  died  Eebruary   16.   1727.     He  died  De- 
cember 4,   1695.     Children:     John,  Margaret, 


Samuel,    ^lar\',    Thomas,    Sarah,    Jose])h   and 
Benjamin. 

(  HI )  Thomas,  third  son  of  John  and  Anne 
Choate,  was  born  1671,  in  Chebacco,  and  died 
there  March  31,  1745.  He  received  lands  on 
Hog  Island,  a  gift  from  his  father,  and  was 
the  first  white  man  to  settle  there.  He  was 
a  leading  citizen  of  the  parish,  a  prosperous 
and  ])rogressive  farmer,  and  a  man  of  bright 
mind,  distinguished  for  his  industry  and  energy. 
He  resided  for  thirty-five  years  on  the  island, 
and  in  1725  removed  to  the  mainland.  He  was 
a  large  landed  proprietor,  being  the  owner  of 
seven  farms,  and  kept  slaves,  and  was  often 
called  "Governor"  Choate.  either  because  of- 
his  being  the  owner  of  Hog  Island,  or  because 
of  his  other  landed  possessions.  He  married 
(  first )  in  1690,  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
.\bigail  (Proctor)  \arney,  born  1669,  in  Ips- 
wich, died  November  19,  1733:  (second)  Sep- 
tember 24,  1734.  Mary,  widow  of  Joseph  Calef  : 
( third  )  November  9.  1743.  Mrs.  Hannah  Burn- 
liam.  who  died  October  2,  1752.  Children. 
.\nne,  Thomas,  Mary,  John,  .\bigail,  Francis, 
Rachael,  Ebenezer  and  Sarah. 

(I\')  Thomas  (2).  eldest  son  of  Thomas 
and  :\Iary  ( X'arney)  Choate,  was  born  June 
7,  1693,  in  Chebacco,  and  is  mentioned  in  the 
records  as  Lieutenant  Choate,  indicating  that 
he  was  an  officer  of  militia.  He  was  probably 
a  farmer  in  his  native  town.  He  married 
(first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  (2)  and 
Sarah  Burnham,  and  a  sister  of  the  husband 
of  Thomas  Choate's  older  sister,  and  a  grand- 
daughter of  Deacon  John  and  Mary  l'>urnham. 
She  ]irobably  died  before  1738.  Thomas 
Choate  married  (second)  October  i,  1738. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Marshall :  she  died  before  1769,  and 
he  married  (third)  Mav  n.  i/Cxj.  Mrs.  Rachel 
I.ufkin,  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth  (  Wheeler) 
Riggs.  and  widow  of  Thomas  Lufkin,  born 
August  30,  1704.  in  Gloucester.  Massachusetts. 
Thomas"  Choate,  called  Captain,  died  August 
22,  1774.  Children:  Josiah.  Thomas.  Humph- 
rey. Elizabeth,  Jeremiah,  Stephen,  Mary  and 
.M)igail. 

(\')  Ste])hen,  fifth  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  (Piurnham)  Choate,  was  born  No- 
vember I,  1727.  in  Chebacco.  and  resided  in 
that  town,  where  he  was  a  deacon  of  the  church 
and  representative  to  the  general  court,  be- 
ginning May  29.  1776,  being  one  of  the  five 
members  from  Ipswich  in  that  year,  the  ses- 
sion being  held  in  Watertown.  the  members 
I  if  this  body  being  the  first  elected  in  Massa- 
chusetts without  warrant  of  the  King,  and  its 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


2441 


session  was  the  first  for  the  commonwealth 
and  not  for  a  British  province.  He  had  previ- 
ously served  on  the  committee  of  correspond- 
ence chosen  June  29;  1774,  and  had  gained  the 
confidence  of  his  townsmen.  He  was  entered 
as  representative  from  Ipswich  in  1777,  when 
the  town  had  only  two  members,  and  continued 
representative  until  1779,  when  he  became  a 
member  of  the  senate.  He  was  among  the  five 
delegates  elected  from  Ipswich,  August  9,  1779, 
to  the  convention  held  at  Cambridge  to  frame 
a  new  constitution  for  the  state.  His  name 
first  appears  in  the  records  of  the  upper  house, 
or  council,  as  it  was  then  called,  June  6.  1780. 
On  May  5,  1780,  he  was  appointetl  a  committee 
to  examine  into  the  situation  of  the  light  house 
at  or  near  (iloucester,  and  this  probably  de- 
tained him  from  attending  the  first  session  of 
the  council,  Jime  6.  So  great  was  the  anxiety 
concerning  oublic  affairs  at  this  time  that  the 
council  adjourned  Saturday  evening,  June  3, 
to  meet  again  the  following  morning  to  con- 
sider intelligence  received  from  the  army.  The 
fact  of  this  meeting  on  that  day  of  strict  Sab- 
bath observance  indicates  clearly  the  state  of 
the  public  mind.  On  June  23,  1780,  "Hon.  Ste- 
phen Choate  Esq.  was  authorized,  empowered 
and  directed  in  behalf  of  the  state  to  take  under 
his  care  the  property  of  the  state  on  Thatcher's 
Island.  This  was  probably  the  initial  move- 
ment toward  the  formation  of  a  light  house 
board  under  federal  control.  On  June  8,  1781. 
Stephen  Choate  was  discharged  by  the  general 
court  of  monies  received  by  him  for  articles 
sold  belonging  to  the  light  house  on  Thatcher's 
Island.  Since  that  year  the  upper  house  of  the 
general  court  has  been  called  the  senate.  Essex 
county  was  entitled  to  four  members  in  this 
body  and  Stephen  Choate  was  one  of  them, 
and  continued  to  serve  as  senator  until  1797, 
when  he  was  made  councillor,  and  his  latter 
position  he  continued  to  fill  by  successive  elec- 
tion of  the  general  court  until  1803.  His  ser- 
vice to  the  state,  from  the  beginning  of  popular 
government  in  1776,  continued  over  a  period 
of  twenty-seven  years.  When  the  province 
line  between  Massachusetts  and  New  Hamp- 
shire was  established  in  1741,  a  grant  of  land 
which  his  uncle,  Colonel  John  Choate,  had  sold 
to  Benjamin  Greenleaf,  was  found  to  be  in 
the  latter's  province,  and  thus  his  title  failed. 
On  the  petition  of  Stephen  Choate  in  1785,  the 
general  court  granted  to  Greenleaf  seven  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  in  the  district  of  Maine,  to 
relieve  John  Choate's  heirs  of  Greenleaf's 
claim.  In  addition  to  his  service  to  the  state 
Stephen  Choate  filled  various  ofifices  in  Essex 


county.  He  was  elected  treasurer  uf  the  coun- 
ty in  1793,  and  continued  to  fill  the  office  until 
about  1 813,  when  the  treasurer  of  the  com- 
monwealth was  authorized  to  receive  from  him 
certain  bills  which  had  depreciated  in  value. 
He  also  served  the  home  town  in  various  capac- 
ities, and  for  many  years  was  feofifee  of  the 
grammar  school  of  Ipswich,  established  by  the 
general  court  in  1787.  A  book  of  records  now 
in  possession  of  one  of  his  descendants  indi- 
cates that  he  served  as  one  of  the  justices  of 
the  courts,  and  his  will  is  also  preserved  by 
the  same  descendant.  Stephen  Choate  mar- 
ried, November  23,  1751,  Mary,  daughter  of 
David  and  Susanna  Low,  born  April  24,  1726, 
in  Ipswich,  where  she  died  August  22,  1769. 
.Mr.  Choate  married  (second)  June  7,  1770, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Rachel 
(Choate)  Martin,  and  probably  the  widow  of 
Captain  John  Potter.  She  was  born  in  1739. 
and  died  April  29,  1814.  Deacon  Choate  died 
October  19,  1815.  Children:  Stephen,  Mar- 
garet. Elizabeth,  Lydia  (died  young),  Martha. 
Susanna,  John,  David,  Miriam,  .\mos  (died 
young),  Isaac.  .\mos  and  Lydia. 

(VI)  Susanna,  fifth  daughter  of  Stephen 
and  Mary  (Low)  Choate,  was  born  September 
I,  1762,  and  married,  January  i.  1789,  George 
Choate,  of  Ipswich  (see  Choate  VI  below). 

(IV)  John,  second  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Mary  (Vamey)  Choate,  was  born  July  25, 
1697,  in  Chebacco,  and  took  a  highly  distin- 
guished part  in  the  conduct  of  public  affairs  in 
the  colony.  He  was  a  man  of  much  talent 
great  sagacity,  and  rare  executive  ability.  His 
public  life  covers  some  thirty  years  immediately 
preceding  the  revolution.  He  was  actively 
engaged  in  the  conduct  of  military,  financial, 
civil,  educational  and  ecclesiastical  afifairs.  He 
was  elected  representative  of  Ipswich  in  the 
general  court  in  1 73 1,  was  re-elected  for  the 
three  succeeding  years,  and  again  from  1741 
to  1749,  Jn  1754,  1757  and  1760,  serving  fif- 
teen years  in  the  house  of  representatives,  and 
for  five  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  council. 
The  house  appointed  a  committee  June  10. 
1735,  to  lay  out  a  township  granted  to  sixty 
men  mostly  from  Ipswich,  known  as  Ipswich 
Canada,  now  Winchendon,  Massachusetts,  and 
John  Choate  was  a  member  of  this  committee. 
After  a  few  years  absence  from  the  general 
court  he  again  appeared  in  1741,  and  at  the 
opening  of  the  second  session,  July  8,  was 
chosen  speaker  of  the  house.  This  choice  was 
disapproved  by  the  governor,  Jonathan  Belcher, 
who  dissolved  the  general  court,  and  a  new 
election  was  immediatelv  held,     \^'ith  the  ex- 


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ception  of  fourteen,  all  of  the  one  hundred  and 
eleven  members  were  re-elected,  and  met  July 
8,  when  John  Hobson,  of  Rawley,  was  elected 
speaker.  One  of  the  charges  made  by  Gov- 
ernor Belcher  against  the  legislature  was  that 
its  "Land  Bank"  scheme  was  fraudulous.  The 
records  show  however  that  among  the  asso- 
ciates of  John  Choate  in  this  movement  were 
Samuel  Adams  and  many  other  distinguished 
citizens  of  the  time,  and  that  they  held  an 
abundance  of  real  estate  as  a  basis  of  security 
for  a  redemption  of  the  notes.  Within  three 
days  after  the  disapproval  of  Colonel  Choate's 
election  as  speaker  he  had  the  satisfaction  of 
acting  on  a  committee  to  congratulate  William 
Shirley  upon  his  appointment  as  the  successor 
of  Governor  Belcher.  Colonel  Choate  served 
on  many  important  committees  in  the  various 
sessions  of  the  general  court,  including  four 
different  committees  relative  to  the  ex])edition 
against  Louisburg,  and  it  is  probable  that  he 
was  absent  upon  this  service  during  a  part  of 
the  year  1745,  when  the  committees  were 
soliciting  help  from  Connecticut,  New  York, 
and  the  Jerseys.  On  February  27  that  year 
he  was  made  one  of  a  committee  to  prepare  an 
address  to  the  King  relative  to  the  proposed 
expedition.  He  was  commissioned  June  i, 
1745,  as  colonel  of  the  Eighth  Massachusetts 
Regiment,  and  was  given  leave  of  absence 
from  the  house  to  engage  in  recruiting  the  regi- 
ment and  participating  in  the  expedition.  He 
was  commissioned  June  20  that  year,  judge  ad- 
vocate of  a  court  of  admiralty  at  Louisburg, 
and  arrived  at  Green  Hill,  July  5,  1745,  with  a 
com]iany  of  men.  He  served  as  judge  advo- 
cate until  December  3,  when  he  resigned  and 
again  took  a  seat  in  the  house  ten  days  later. 
On  that  day  he  was  made  one  of  a  committee 
to  draft  a  letter  of  congratulation  to  Lieuten- 
ant Genera!  Pepperell  on  the  occasion  of  the 
latter's  being  knighted.  Colonel  Choate  served 
on  most  of  the  committees  of  negotiation  be- 
tween the  province  and  England  regarding  the 
payment  of  expenses  of  the  Louisburg  expedi- 
tion, hi  1745  he  was  ap])ointed  on  a  committee 
"on  encouraging  manufactures  and  other  indus- 
tries of  the  Province."  Colonel  Choate  was 
appointed  June  17,  1748,  on  a  commission  to 
etifect  an  exchange  of  prisoners  with  the  six 
nations  of  New  York,  and  was  paid  fifty 
pounds  towards  expenses  of  a  journey  to  Que- 
bec. He  went  as  far  as  Albany  only,  how- 
ever, and  the  records  show  that  he  returned 
to  the  treasury  thirty  pounds.  In  the  same 
year  he  was  appointed  by  the  general  court  as 
moderator  of  a  town  meeting  to  be  called  in 


1  laverliill  to  adjust  serious  disturbances  in  that 
town.  This  was  a  remarkable  proceeding,  and 
has  no  parallel  in  the  records  of  New  England. 
The  meeting  was  held  in  November,  when  Mr. 
Choate  presided,  and  the  same  persons  were 
for  the  third  time  chosen  town  officers.  He 
subsequently  served  on  various  internal  com- 
mittees looking  ter  the  improvement  of  aiTairs 
in  the  province.  Among  other  duties  on  which 
he  served  was  an  inquiry  into  the  condition  of 
the  Ouakers  and  their  sufferings  on  account 
of  witchcraft.  He  assisted  in  negotiating  a 
treaty  with  the  Penobscot  Indians  at  Falmouth, 
Maine,  which  was  signed  in  October,  1649. 
For  the  following  four  years  he  was  in  the  gen- 
eral court,  and  was  probably  employed  in 
negotiations  with  New  York  and  the  Six  Na- 
tions. He  subsequently  served  on  committees 
on  Indian  advances,  including  the  one  consider- 
ing an  exjjedition  against  Crown  Point,  and 
was  elected  one  of  the  three  commissioners  to 
visit  .\lbany  in  consideration  of  the  expedition. 
On  November  6,  1755.  this  commission  was 
empowered  to  raise  and  equip  troops  and  pro- 
vide for  their  subsistence.  The  next  year  he 
was  on  a  committee  to  reside  at  or  near  Albany 
and  take  care  of  the  transportation  of  provisions 
and  stores  for  the  use  of  the  army  preparing 
111  go  against  Crown  Point.  In  this  year  he 
was  a])]3ointed  fifth  judge  of  probate  of  Essex 
county,  and  continued  to  fill  that  position  until 
his  death  which  occurred  December  17,  1765. 
In  1757-8,  he  was  engaged  in  handling  delicate 
matters  involving  quarrels  between  the  British 
government  and  the  province,  and  also  religious 
controversies.  He  was  a  sturdy  champion  of 
orthodoxy,  and  adhered  strictly  to  Puritan 
tenets.  In  1760  a  pamphlet  of  seventeen  pages 
was  printed  showing  the  dissent  of  Colone' 
Choate  from  the  judgment  of  a  council  respect- 
ing the  doctrine  of  a  Rev.  Mr.  Bacheller.  In  ATay, 
1 761,  Colonel  Choate  was  chosen  a  member  of 
the  council,  and  continued  to  fill  this  position 
until  his  retirement  from  public  life.  He  served 
as  treasurer  of  Essex  county,  and  was  one  of 
a  committee  a])pointed  to  prepare  an  address 
to  the  King  representing  the  great  importance 
of  retaining  the  conquests  in  Canada.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  bridge  committee  and  superin- 
tended the  construction  of  the  stone  bridge  at 
Ipswich  in  1764,  which  is  still  standing,  and 
doing  service.  It  was  at  his  suggestion  that 
the  town  and  county  decided  jointly  to  build 
this  bridge,  and  several  of  his  fellow  towns- 
men decried  the  action  and  accused  him  of 
■^Iicnding  the  people's  money  on  a  foolish  ])ro- 
ject.     It  was  the  first  of  such  construction  in 


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the  country,  and  was  completed  in  1764  at  a 
cost  of  nine  hundred  ninety-six  pounds,  ten 
shillings,  six  pence,  three  farthings,  and  was 
named  the  Choate  llridge,  in  honor  of  the 
chairman  of  the  building  committee.  The 
bridge  was  widened  in  1836-7.  Although  Colo- 
nel Choate  enjoyed  few  advantages  in  early 
life  and  was  not  greatly  learned  he  made  a 
strong  impression  upon  the  life  of  his  times. 
He  resided  upon  a  farm  which  he  bequeathed 
to  his  nephew,  Stephen  Choate,  above  men- 
tioned. On  one  occasion,  having  passed  to  the 
.speaker's  desk  a  report  or  other  writing,  the 
latter  declared  that  he  could  not  decipher  it, 
and  added  that  it  did  not  contain  a  single  word 
properly  spelled ;  whereupon  Colonel  Choate 
arose  and  said :  "Now  the  paper  before  you 
contains  the  word  the,  which  I  think  is  spelled 
quite  right.  If  you  cannot  read  it,  pass  it  to 
me  and  I  will  read  it  myself."  His  apprecia- 
tion of  learning  and  his  interest  in  education 
is  shown  by  his  service  on  committees  dealing 
with  the  affairs  of  Harvard  College.  His 
library  included  many  of  the  most  valuable 
works  of  his  time.  l'>y  his  will  Colonel  Choate 
emancipated  his  slaves,  Binah  and  Jane,  and 
made  provision  for  their  support.  He  mar- 
ried. Alarch  3.  1718.  Miriam,  daughter  of  John 
and  Abigail  (Ballard)  Pool,  born  October  13, 
1695,  in  Gloucester,  died  ^larch  i,  1769.  Chil- 
dren; Sarah  (died  young),  Nehemiah,  Sarah, 
John,  Abigail  and  Mary;  all  of  wlmm  died  be- 
fore maturity. 

(IV)    Francis,   third   son    of    Thomas    and 
Mary  (Varney)  Choate,  was  born  September 

13,  1701,  in  Chebacco,  where  he  died  October 
15'  '^T/7-  He  was  by  trade  a  blacksmith,  a 
very  industrious  man,  and  prosperous  in  busi- 
ness. He  made  the  iron  work  for  three 
schooners  which  he  built,  and  by  the  aid  of  his 
negro  slave  sawed  out  the  planks  used  in  their 
construction.  He  was  not  only  an  owner  of 
vessels,  but  chartered  others  used  in  the  fish- 
eries and  coasting  trade.  He  was  prominent 
in  town  and  church  affairs,  being  a  ruling 
elder,  and  actively  identified  with  the  "White- 
field  Movement."  He  was  the  owner  of  slaves, 
and  provided  in  his  will  for  their  freedom  or 
maintenance  and  comfort  in  old  age.  .\bout 
1739  he  bought  a  farm  on  the  main  land,  but 
continued  to  retain  his  lands  on  the  island.  In 
his  last  years  he  lost  his  right  hand  by  a  cancer. 
He  married,  April  13,  1727.  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Isaac  and  RIary  (Pike)  Perkins,  born  April 

14,  1708,  in  Boston,  died  October  2, 1778.  Chil- 
dren ;  Francis,  died  young:  William.  Abra- 
ham, Isaac.  Jacob,  John,  Hannah  and  Francis. 


(  \")  William,  second  son  of  Francis  and 
Hannah  (Perkins)  Choate,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 5,  1730,  and  died  April  23,  1785.  He  fitted 
for  college  in  Salem,  and  it  was  his  father's 
wish  that  he  enter  the  ministry,  but  his  tastes 
inclined  to  other  callings,  and  he  pursued  the 
>tudy  of  navigation  and  was  cajitain  of  a  ship 
at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years.  He  made 
\'oyages  to  southern  shores  in  winter  and  con- 
timied  to  work  on  the  farm  in  summer.  He 
was  not  only  commander  but  owner  of  vessels. 
In  early  life  he  taught  school  on  the  island, 
and  when  not  engaged  as  teacher  in  the  public 
schools,  he  maintained  an  evening  school  and 
taught  navigation  to  all  of  his  sons,  who  spent 
more  or  less  time  upon  the  sea.  William ' 
Clioate  is  described  as  a  very  handsome  man, 
having  a  tall  figure,  with  black  hair  and  dark 
complexion.  He  was  collector  and  treasurer 
of  the  parish  during  the  revolution.  He  is  de- 
scribed as  a  serious  and  exemplary  man, 
though  not  a  member  of  the  church.  He  mar- 
ried, January  16,  1756,  Mary,  daughter  of  Job 
and  ^largaret  (Low)  Giddings,  born  March 
2"].  1732,  died  November  i,  1810,  in  Chebacco. 
Children ;  William,  died  young,  David,  Will- 
iam, (ieorge,  Margaret,  Job,  ^lary,  Hannah, 
Sarah,  Lydia. 

(\T)  George,  fourth  son  of  William  and 
Mary  ((biddings)  Choate,  was  born  February 
24,  1762,  in  Chebacco,  and  died  February  8, 
1826.  He  was  a  man  of  much  ability  and 
strength  of  character,  and  filled  many  local 
offices,  being  justice  of  the  ]ieace  and  repre- 
sentative of  Ipswich  in  1814-15-16-17,  and  of 
the  town  of  Essex  in  1819.  A  man  of  most 
amiable  disposition,  he  made  no  enemies,  and 
diefl  much  regretted.  He  married,  January  i, 
1789,  Susaima,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Mary 
(Low)  Choate,  born  January  i,  1762,  died 
.\ugust  13,  1827.  Their  first  child  died  at 
birth.  The  others  were;  \\'illiam,  John, 
( ieorge,  Francis,  Sarah. 

(  \TI)  George  (2),  third  son  of  George  (i) 
and  Susanna  (Choate)  Choate,  was  born  No- 
vember 7,  1796,  in  Chebacco,  and  died  June  4, 
1880,  in  Salem.  He  studied  latin  in  the  north- 
ern district  school  of  Chebacco  parish.  Ips- 
wich, of  which  Rev.  Dr.  \Mlliam  Cogswell  was 
master.  He  subsequently  spent  a  year  at  Dum- 
mer  Academy  in  P.yfield,  and  a  like  period  at 
Atkinson  Academy,  and  entered  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1814,  graduating  in  1818.  Of  his  class 
numbering  eighty-one  men,  up  to  that  time 
the  largest  class,  only  eight  survived  him.  For 
two  years  he  was  master  of  Feoffee's  Latin 
School  in  Ipswich,  and  pursued  the  study  of 


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medicine  during  the  same  time.  He  then  spent 
two  years  in  the  office  of  Dr.  Thomas  Man- 
ning, of  Salem,  and  was  subsequently  in  the 
office  of  Dr.  George  C.  Shattuck,  of  Boston, 
and  received  his  medical  degree  in  1822.  He 
immediately  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession at  Salem,  where  he  became  the  be- 
loved physician  of  many  families  and  was  dis- 
tinguished among  his  contemporaries.  He  was 
president  of  the  Essex  Southern  District  Medi- 
cal Society,  and  of  the  Salem  Athenaeum  for 
many  years :  represented  Salem  in  the  state 
legislature ;  was  long  chairman  of  its  school 
committee  ;  and  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
aldermen.  In  1825,  he  joined  Esse.x  Lodge, 
A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  was  its  worshipful  mas- 
ter in  1828  and  1829.  He  was  also  very  much 
interested  in  the  work  of  the  church  and  the 
encouragement  and  progress  of  education.  The 
large  amount  of  labor  which  devolved  upon 
him  made  inroads  upon  his  health,  and  he  re- 
tired in  1867  and  removed  to  Cambridge,  where 
the  remainder  of  his  years  were  passed  in 
quiet  and  contentment.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1825,  Margaret  Manning,  daughter  of 
Gamaliel  and  Sarah  (Williams)  Hodges,  born 
January  25,  1805,  in  Salem,  died  October  5, 
1887.  She  was  a  woman  of  superior  mind  and 
character,  a  model  mother,  prudent  and  in- 
dustrious in  the  care  of  her  household,  and  re- 
tained her  faculties  in  a  remarkable  degree  to 
the  end  of  her  life.  When  eighty  years  old 
she  wrote  many  interesting  letters,  which  are 
still  preserved.  All  of  her  children  have  at- 
tained distinction  in  life,  and  have  reflected 
credit  upon  themselves  and  their  ancestry,  i. 
George  Cheyne  Shattuck,  was  an  able  physi- 
cian and  resided  upon  the  paternal  homestead 
in  Salem.  2.  Charles  Francis,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  died  unmarried.  4.  Will- 
iam Gardner,  A.  M.,  LL.  B. ;  began  the  prac- 
tice of  law  in  North  Danvers,  Massachusetts, 
was  subsequently  in  Salem,  and  removed  to 
New  York  City.  He  was  assistant  attorney 
general  while  residing  in  Salem,  and  in  1878, 
was  appointed  United  States  district  judge  for 
southern  district  of  New  York,  a  position 
which  he  resigned  in  1881,  because  his  talents 
could  command  a  much  larger  income  than 
that  afforded  by  the  official  position.  5.  Jo- 
seph Hodges,  is  the  present  leader  of  the  New 
York  bar,  being  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Evarts,  Southmayd  and  Choate.  6.  Caroline, 
became  wife  of  Dr.  Bruno  de  Gersdorff,  of 
German  birth,  and  resided  in  Salem,  both  are 
now  deceased. 

fVni)   Charles     Francis,    second    son    of 


(korge  (2)  and  Margaret  ^I.  (Hodges) 
Choate,  was  born  May  16,  1828,  in  Salem,  and 
like  his  distinguished  brothers  has  become  a 
leader  in  his  chosen  callings.  He  not  only 
achieved  fame  as  a  lawyer,  but  is  universally 
known  in  connection  with  the  management  of 
large  and  important  railroad  and  steamship 
properties,  lie  began  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  was  sub- 
sequently a  student  at  the  Salem  Latin  School, 
and  graduated  from  Harvard  College  at  the 
head  of  his  class,  in  1849.  f^^  subsequently 
pursued  the  course  of  Harvard  Law  School, 
from  which  he  was  graduatefl  in  1852,  being  a 
tutor  in  mathematics  from  185 1  to  1854  in  the 
college.  In  September,  1854,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Massachusetts  bar,  and  immediately 
Ijegan  a  brilliant  legal  career  in  Boston,  and  in 
1877  he  was  counsel  for  large  corporations, 
among  them  the  Boston  &  Maine  railroad,  and 
having  invested  of  his  means  in  the  Old  Colony 
railroad,  he  became  one  of  its  directors  in 
1872,  having  been  its  counsel  since  1864,  and 
in  1877  became  its  president,  in  which  capacity 
he  continued  until  1907,  when  he  resigned.  He 
was  president  of  the  Old  Colony  Steamboat 
Company  from  1877  to  1894,  and  during  his 
administration  was  constructed  the  magnificent 
Heet  of  vessels  which  have  made  the  Fall 
River  line  a  famous  means  of  transportation. 
This  was  leased  on  May  i,  1893,  to  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  Com- 
pany of  which  Mr.  Choate  was  a  director  until 
1907.  He  is  a  director  and  vice-president  of 
the  New  England  Trust  Company,  and  his  re- 
markable mathematical  faculties  were  called 
into  play  as  actuary  of  the  Massachusetts  Hos- 
pital Life  Insurance  Company,  to  which  posi- 
tion he  was  elected  June  15.  1893,  and  con- 
tinued until  1901,  when  he  was  elected  its  presi- 
dent and  so  continues.  Mr.  Choate  resided 
nearly  thirty  years  in  Cambridge,  and  in  1863 
he  represented  that  city  in  the  state  legislature, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  city  government  in 
1864  and  1865.  In  1883  he  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Southboro,  and  has  a  winter  home 
in  Boston.  Despite  his  many  years,  Mr.  Choate 
is  still  an  active  business  man,  and  is  widely 
esteemed  for  his  ability  and  graces  of  char- 
acter. He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  Club  of 
Boston,  and  was  for  many  years  identified  with 
the  LTniversity  and  Algonguin  clubs,  and  is 
still  connected  with  the  Union,  Eastern  Yacht 
and  Commercial  clubs,  having  served  three 
vears  as  president  of  the  last.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  St.  Mark's  (P.  E.)  Church,  of  South- 
boro.   Though  a  staunch  Republican,  he  was 


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offered    by    I'l-esideiit    Cleveland    the    post    of 
sii])erintendeiit  of  the  coast  survey. 

[le  married,  tsovember  7,  1855,  Elizabeth 
W.  Carlile.  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Hannah  (Thomp- 
son )  Carlile,  born  August  8,  1834,  died  Octo- 
ber 18,  1898.  She  was  descended  from  a 
brother  of  Benjamin  Franklin.  Children:  I. 
Edward  C,  died  in  1904.  2.  Sarah  C,  wife 
of  Joshua  Montgomery  Sears,  of  Boston.  3. 
Margaret  M.,  (Mrs.  Nathaniel  I.  Bowditch). 
of  Framingham,  Massachusetts.  4.  Helen  T., 
deceased.  5.  Charles  F.,  a  leading  attorney  of 
Boston,  head  of  the  firm  of  Choate,  Hall  & 
Stewart. 


This  surname  has  three  forms  of 
PAINE     spelling  now  in  common  use,  viz: 

Paine,  Payne  and  Payn.  While 
the  first  mentioned  orthography  prevails  in 
New  England  and  the  northern  states,  Payne 
predominates  in  the  south  and  in  England, 
from  which  latter  country  the  patronymic  is 
immediately  derived.  L'ndoubtedly  the  name 
originated  in  the  Latin  word  Pagaiuis,  the  an- 
tecedent of  which  was  Pagus,  a  village.  The 
Payen,  Payens,  of  Paiens  of  Normandy  were 
a  family  of  distinction,  and  carried  the  name 
to  the  other  side  of  the  channel,  where  it  be- 
came anglicized.  Those  of  the  name  men- 
tioned below  represent  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent families  of  Massachusetts,  which  includes 
in  addition  to  the  patriot,  Robert  Treat  Paine, 
others  of  the  same  christian  name  who  have 
won  distinction.  William  Paine,  M.  D.,  who 
studied  medicine  with  General  Joseph  Warren, 
was  father  of  John  Howard  Payne,  author  of 
"Home,  Sweet  Home." 

(I)  Thomas  Paine,  an  immigrant  from 
England,  arrived  in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts, 
at  an  early  date,  eventually  settled  in  Yar- 
mouth, was  made  a  freeman  there  in  1639,  and 
the  same  year  was  chosen  the  first  deputy  from 
that  town  to  the  general  court  at  Plymouth. 
He  was  still  residing  at  Yarmouth  in  1650. 
(N.  B. — In  the  "Paine  Family  Records."  vol. 
i.  it  is  stated  that  Thomas  Paine  may  have 
reached  Plymouth  as  early  as  1621,  but  this 
fact  has  not  as  yet  been  verified.) 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Paine,  accompanied  his  father  from  England 
at  the  age  of  ten  years.  He  is  said  to  have 
lost  the  sight  of  one  eye,  which  was  pierced 
by  an  arrow.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in 
1658  at  Eastham,  Massachusetts,  where  he  set- 
tled in  or  prior  to  1655,  and  was  a  leading 
spirit  in  the  settlement  of  that  town.     He  was 


not  on!}'  well  acquainted  with  mechanical  pur- 
suits, being  an  excellent  cooper  as  well  as  an 
able  millwright,  but  possessed  of  a  good  edu- 
cation and  was  a  splendid  penman,  a  talent 
inherited  by  the  majority  of  his  descendants. 
He  superintended  the  erection  of  the  first 
meeting  house,  and  built  the  first  mill.  For 
many  years  he  acted  as  town  treasurer  ;  was 
also  elected  to  other  offices,  including  that  of 
representative  to  the  general  court,  and  re- 
turned in  1697,  after  having  served  in  a  public 
capacity  for  nearly  half  a  century.  In  1695  he 
purchased  a  residence  in  the  south  end  of  Bos- 
ton, but  shortly  afterward  returned  to  East- 
ham,  where  he  died  in  1706.  He  married, 
about  1650,  Mary,  daughter  of  Nicholas  and 
Constance  (Hopkins)  Snow;  Constance  (Hop- 
kins) Snow  came  to  this  country  with  her 
father,  Stephen  Hopkins,  in  the  "Mayflower." 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Airs.  Paine:  i.  Mary, 
born  probably  about  1650;  married  (first)  Jan- 
uary II,  1670,  James  Rogers:  he  died  in  1678, 
and  she  administered  on  his  estate,  her  father 
giving  bonds  for  her;  she  married  (.second) 
.\pril  24,  1679,  Israel  Cole;  he  died  in  1724. 
she  having  died  at  an  earlier  date ;  by  both 
husbands  she  had  five  children.  2.  Samuel, 
born  about  1652;  married,  January  31,  1682, 
Patience,  daughter  of  Major  John  and  Mercy 
(Prence)  Freeman;  he  died  October  13,  1712; 
he  resided  in  Eastham ;  he  had  nine  children, 
and  his  descendants  are  widely  scattered ;  an- 
cestor of  Josiah  Paine,  of  Harwich;  his  wife 
died  February  15,  1745.  3.  Thomas,  born 
1657;  married  (first)  August  5,  1678,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Phebe  (Watson) 
Shaw;  she  died  July  24,  1713,  aged  fifty-one; 
she  was  mother  of  his  fourteen  children;  he 
married  (second)  March  8,  1714-15,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Fairs,  of  Boston;  he  was  a' promi- 
nent man;  he  died  June  23,  1721.  4.  Eleazer, 
born  March  10,  1658.  5.  Elisha,  married, 
January  20,  1685,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John 
and  Abigail  Doane,  of  Eastham ;  he  resided  at 
Eastham  and  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  and 
at  Canterbury,  Connecticut ;  he  w^s  a  very 
prominent, man  at  the  last  named  place;  died 
there  February  4,  1735 ;  his  wife  died  very 
aged,  December  19,  1758:  had  ten  children, 
three  sons  being  "New-light"  ministers;  de- 
scendants stattered,  Hon.  Abraham  Payne,  of 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  being  one  of  the 
number.  6.  John,  born  March  14,  1660-61 ; 
married  (first)  March  14,  1689,  Bennett, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mercy  (Prence)  Free- 
man; she  died  May  30,  1716;  married  (sec- 
ond) March  3,  1719-20,  Alice,  daughter  of  Na- 


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thaniel  and  Hannah  (Prence)  Mayo;  he  died 
at  Eastham  (now  Orleans),  October  26,  1731, 
aged  seventy;  she  died  October  12,  1748,  aged 
sixty-two  ;  he  had  by  both  wives  eighteen  chil- 
dren;  John  Howard  Payne,  author  of  "Home, 
Sweet  Home,"  was  a  great-grandson.  7. 
Nicholas,  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Elizabeth  (Rogers)  Higgins;  settled 
in  Eastham;  he  died  in  1733;  his  wife  died 
January  24,  1731-32;  had  seven  children;  his 
only  son  died  April  10,  1725,  in  his  twenty- 
first  year,  unmarried.  8.  James,  born  July  6, 
1665,  mentioneil  below.  9.  Joseph,  born  about 
1667;  married  Patience,  daughter  of  Jonathar. 
and  Hannah  (Prence)  Sparrow,  May  27. 
1691 ;  settled  in  Harwich,  the  part  now  Brew- 
ster ;  one  of  the  founders  of  the  church  in 
1700;  died  of  fever,  October  i,  1712;  his 
widow  married  (second)  November  28,  1719, 
John  Jenkins,  of  Barnstable ;  she  died  October 
28,  1745;  Joseph  Paine  and  wife  had  eleven 
children ;  his  descendents  are  widely  scattered 
and  many  reside  in  Maine ;  among  his  descend- 
ants is  Professor  J.  K.  Paine,  of  Harvard 
University.  10.  Dorcas,  married,  about  1689, 
Benjamin  Vickerie.  of  Hull ;  died  at  the  birth 
of  her  seventh  child,  October  30,  1707. 

(HI)  James,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Paine, 
was  born  at  Eastham,  July  6,  1665,  died  at 
Barnstable,  November  12,  1728.  He  was  a 
cooper  and  miller,  also  served  as  schoolmaster 
and  tow'n  clerk.  He  resided  at  Barnstable, 
where  he  was  admitted  townsman  May  29. 
1689.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  the  firs*. 
Tuesday  of  June,  1689,  at  the  court  of  Ply- 
mouth. He  was  one  of  the  principal  men  of 
Barnstable,  of  great  influence  and  highly  re- 
spected. He  was  a  magistrate  of  some  kind, 
probably  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  had  occa- 
sion to  administer  justice  and  decide  causes. 
He  married,  April  9,  1691,  Bethia,  daughter 
of  Colonel  John  Thatcher,  of  Yarmouth. 
Children  :  i.  James,  born  March  24,  1692,  died 
aged  nineteen  years.  2.  Thomas,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Bethia,  born  February  22,  1696. 
died  following  year.  4.  Bethia.  born  May  23. 
1698.  5.  T^Iary.  born  August  13,  1700.  6.  Ex- 
perience, born  March  17,  1703.  7.  Rebecca, 
born  A])ril  8,  1705,  died  aged  twenty-one 
years. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  James  Paine,  was 
born  in  Barnstable,  April  9,  1694.  His  pre- 
liminary studies  were  directed  by  the  Rev. 
Jonathan  Russell,  of  Barnstable,  who  prepared 
him  for  Harvard  College,  and  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1 717.  As  a  student  he  made  a 
specialtv  of  mathematics  and  astronomy,  jnir- 


suing  these  branches  far  beyond  the  usual 
college  course  in  vogue  at  that  time,  and  he 
not  only  published  an  almanac  in  1718-19,  but 
calculated  with  perfect  accuracy  an  eclipse  of 
the  sun  tu  occur  in  1806.  He  also  acquired 
unusual  proficiency  in  Latin,  Greek,  Hebrew 
and  French.  Having  studied  theology  with 
Rev.  Theophilus  Barbard,  of  Andover,  he  was 
called  to  the  pastorship  of  the  church  in  Wey- 
mouth, Massachusetts,  to  succeed  the  Rev. 
Peter  Thatcher,  and  jvas  ordained  August  19, 
1719.  Owing  to  a  division  of  the  parish,  and 
more  particularly  to  impaired  health,  this  pas- 
torate was  terminated  in  1734,  and  he  turned 
his  attention  to  mercantile  and  industrial  pur- 
suits, engaging  cjuite  extensively  in  foreign 
and  domestic  trade  in  Boston,  and  establishing 
iron  factories  at  Abington  and  Bridgewater. 
These  enterprises  enabled  him  to  accumulate 
considerable  wealth,  which  was  subsequently 
swejjt  away  by  the  contingencies  of  war  and 
fluctuations  of  currency.  Mr.  Paine  died  in 
that  part  of  Quincy  which  was  known  as  Ger- 
niantown.  May  30,  1757,  and  was  buried  in 
the  old  North  Cemetery  at  Weymouth.  His 
intellectual  attainments  were  equal  if  not  su- 
perior to  those  of  his  predecessors  in  the  Wey- 
mouth pulpit,  and  had  the  parish  been  able  to 
sup])ort  him  financially  he  would  in  all  prob- 
ability have  retained  the  pastorate  for  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  a  devout  chris- 
tian teacher,  whose  kindly  disposition  and  gen- 
tle manner  endeared  him  to  all.  He  married, 
April  21,  1 72 1,  Eunice,  daughter  of  Rev.  Sam- 
uel and  Abigail  (Willard)  Treat,  of  Eastham, 
granddaughter  of  Colonel  Robert  Treat,  for 
thirty  years  governor  of  Connecticut,  and  a 
descendant  of  Simon  Willard,  who  came  from 
England  in  1634.  Rev.  Thomas  and  Eunice 
(Treat)  Paine  had  children:  i.  Abigail,  born 
March  6,  1725;  married  Joseph  Greenleaf; 
died  January  15,  1809.  2.  Robert  Treat,  born 
October  9,  1727,  died  October  21,  1727.  3. 
Thomas,  born  July  3,  1729,  died  August  19, 
1730.  4.  Robert  Treat,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Eunice,  born  May  11,  1733,  died  unmarried 
February  2,  1803. 

(V)  Robert  Treat  Paine,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas 
(3)  Paine,  was  born  in  Boston,  March  11,  1731. 
died  there  May  11,  1814.  Entering  college 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  he  was  graduated 
in  1749,  and  shortly  afterward  visited  Europe 
on  mercantile  business.  Upon  his  return  he 
studied  theology,  and  in  1755  went  to  Lan- 
caster and  commenced  reading  law  with  his 
relative.  Judge  Willard,  and  while  pursuing 
his  studies  preached  at  Shirley.     Mr.  Willard 


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being  appointed  colonel  of  a  regiment  raised 
for  the  great  expedition  of  that  year  to  Crown 
Point,  Air.  f'aine  was  ap])ointed  chaplain  of 
the  regiment.  Relinquishing  the  minister)',  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1757,  and  after 
practicing  for  a  time  in  Boston  removed  to 
Taunton.  In  1768  he  was  chosen  a  delegate 
to  the  conveiuion  assembled  in  Boston  to  take 
action  following  the  dissolution  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts general  court  by  Governor  Sir  Fran- 
cis Bernard  for  refusing  to  recall  a  circular 
letter  to  the  other  colonial  governments  re- 
questing them  to  take  concentrated  action  for 
the  public  welfare.  In  1770  he  acquired  both 
])rofessional  and  political  prominence  for  his 
able  and  ingenious  persecution  in  the  absence 
of  the  attorney  general  of  Captain  Thomas 
Preston  and  his  men  for  having  been  re- 
s]5onsible  for  the  famous  Boston  Alassacre  on 
March  6  of  that  year.  As  a  delegate  from 
Pioston  to  the  general  assembly  of  Massachu- 
setts in  1773-74  he  was  one  of  a  committee 
ai)])ointed  by  that  body  to  conduct  impeach- 
ment proceedings  against  Peter  Oliver,  chief 
justice  of  the  province,  for  accepting  his 
stipend  from  the  king  instead  of  receiving  it 
from  the  colony.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
])rovincial  congress,  1774-75 :  of  continental 
congress  1774-78,  signing  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  and  served  on  several  important 
committees,  being  chairman  of  the  committee 
to  make  contracts  for  muskets  and  bayonets 
and  to  encourage  the  manufacture  of  firearms. 
In  1775  he  was  appointed  upon  a  committee 
of  three  to  visit  General  Philip  Schuyler's  army 
on  the  northern  frontier.  In  1777  he  was 
speaker  of  the  Massachusetts  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, and  also  attorney  general,  and  in 
1778  served  upon  a  committee  from  Massa- 
clnisetts  sent  to  New  Haven  to  confer  with 
similar  bodies  from  other  northern  states  for 
the  purpose  of  regulating  the  prices  of  labor, 
provisions  and  manufactures.  In  1779  he  was 
a  member  of  the  executive  council  and  a  dele- 
gate to  the  state  constitutional  convention  ;  was 
attorney  general  of  Massachusetts  from  1780- 
00:  and  a  justice  of  the  supreme  court  from 
the  latter  year  until  1804,  when  he  resigned. 
His  last  public  office  was  that  of  state  coun- 
cillor, which  he  held  for  the  second  time  in 
1804.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
.American  Academy  of  -\rts  and  Sciences,  in 
1790.  In  1805  he  received  the  degree  of  Doc- 
tor of  Laws  from  Harvard  College.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah,,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Lydia 
(Leonard)  Cobb,  granddaughter  of  Morgan 
Cobb,  great-granddaughter  of  .\ustin  or  Augus- 


tine Cobb,  who  was  in  Taunton  in  1670.  She 
bore  him  four  sons  and  four  daughters.  Among 
the  former  were  Thomas  and  Charles.  Thomas, 
born  in  Taunton  in  1773,  died  in  Boston  in 
181 1,  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard,  a  gifted 
poet,  and  the  author  of  the  once  famous  pa- 
triotic song  "Adams  and  Liberty."  Owing  to 
the  similarity  of  his  name  to  that  of  the  dis- 
tinguished atheist,  he  had  it  legally  changed 
to  Robert  Treat  Paine,  because,  as  he  ex- 
pressed it,  "He  wished  to  have  a  christian 
name." 

(VI)  Charles  Paine,  son  of  Robert  Treat 
Paine,  was  born  in  Taunton,  August  30,  1775, 
died  in  Boston,  February  15,1810.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  Harvard  in  1793,  became  a  promi- 
nent lawyer  in  Boston  and  was  one  of  the  most 
talented  members  of  the  Suffolk  bar  in  his  day. 
Me  married.  May  21,  1799,  Sarah  Sumner 
Cushing,  born  in  Pownalboro,  November  21, 
1777,  died  in  iJoston,  June  15,  1859,  daughter 
of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Sumner)  Cushing, 
and  a  descendant  in  the  fifth  generation  of 
Matthew  Cushing,  the  immigrant,  who  came 
from  England  in  1638  and  settled  in  Hingham, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Helen  Maria 
born  April  9,  1800;  married  George  B.  Cary  . 
died  March  28,  1881.  2.  Sarah,  married  Will- 
iam C.  Alwyn  ;  died  July  28,  1848.  3.  Har- 
riet.    4.  Charles  Cushing,  mentioned  below. 

( VIlj  Charles  Cushing  Paine,  son  of  Charles 
I'aine,  was  born  in  Boston,  July  11,  1808,  died 
January  4,  1874.  Graduating  from  Harvard 
in  1827,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  the  con- 
chT-ion  of  his  legal  studies  in  1831,  and  prac- 
ticed law  in  Boston  with  marked  ability.  He 
married,  October  29,  1832,  Fanny  Cabot  Jack- 
son, born  March  8,  181 2,  died  December  9. 
1878,  daughter  of  Judge  Charles  and  Fanny 
(Cabot)  Jackson.  Children:  i.  Charles  Jack- 
son, mentioned  below.  2.  William  Cushing, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Robert  Treat,  mentioned 
bel(jw.  4.  Frances  Jackson,  born  September 
ig,  1837,  died  March  2,  1901.  5.  Sarah  Cush- 
ing, born  December  15,  1838.  fi.  Marianne, 
born  November  5,  1843.  7.  Sumner,  men- 
tioned below.  8.  Helen,  born  February  6. 
185 1.  9.  Cary,  born  April  20,  1853,  died 
March   15,  1854. 

fVIII)  General  Charles  Jackson  Paine,  .son 
of  Charles  Cu.shing  (7)  and  Fanny  Cabot 
(Jackson)  Paine,  was  born  in  Boston,  .August 
26.  1833.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Boston 
Latin  School,  and  also  of  Harvarfl  University, 
taking  his  P.achelor's  degree  in  1853.  with 
Justin  Winsor,  Robert  S.  Rantoid.  Charles  W. 
Eliot    (who   recently    retired    from    the   presi- 


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tleiic}'  of  Harvard),  and  several  others  who 
have  ac(|uired  cHstinction.  Having  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  the  famous  Rufus  Choate 
he  was  achnitted  to  the  Suti'olk  bar  in  1856,  but 
his  devotion  to  the  legal  profession  gave  way 
to  his  patriotism  at  the  commencement  of  the 
civil  war,  and  after  the  conclusion  of  his  bril- 
liant military  service  his  efforts  became  di- 
rected to  other  directions.  October  8,  1861.  he 
was  mustered  into  the  Union  army  as  captain 
of  Company  I.  Twenty-second  Regiment 
Massachusetts  X'olunteers :  was  commissioned 
major  of  the  Thirtieth  Massachusetts  Regi- 
ment. January  14,  1862:  was  made  colonel  of 
the  Second  Louisiana  (white)  Regiment.  Oc- 
tober 2,  1862,  and  at  the  siege  of  I'ort  Hud- 
son, in  the  summer  of  1863,  commanded  a 
brigade.  Resigning  the  latter  commission, 
March  4,  1864,  he  joined  General  Butler  in 
N'irginia  the  following  month,  jjarticipating  in 
the  battle  of  Drury's  Bluff,  and  on  July  4, 
1864.  was  appointed  brigadier-general  of  vol- 
unteers. September  29  of  that  year  he  com- 
manded a  division  of  colored  troops  at  the 
successful  attack  on  the  defenses  of  the  New 
Alarket  road,  Virginia ;  participated  in  the  cap- 
ture of  Fort  Fisher  in  January,  1865,  and  for 
a  short  time  served  under  General  Sherman  in 
North  Carolina ;  was  subsequently  brevetted 
major-general  of  volunteers,  and  commanded 
the  district  of  Newbern  until  November,  1865, 
and  was  fmallv  mustered  out  as  such  January 
15,  1866. 

Instead  of  resuming  the  practice  of  law, 
General  Paine  was  attracted  to  other  fields  of 
usefulness.  He  became  actively  interested  in 
the  development  of  several  important  western 
railway  enterprises,  and  in  due  time  realized 
large  financial  returns  from  these  investments. 
Among  the  companies  with  which  he  becaine 
closely  allied  were  the  Chicago,  Burlington  & 
Ouincy,  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe, 
and  the  i\Iexican  Central,  and  at  different 
times  he  has  served  for  many  years  upon  their 
boards  of  directors.  In  1897  General  Paine 
was  one  of  a  special  envoy  (his  colleagues 
being  Senator  Wolcott  and  ex- Vice  President 
Stevenson)  accredited  by  the  United  States 
government,  that  visited  Great  Britain,  France 
and  Germany  to  study  the  subject  of  interna- 
tional bimetalism. 

Honored  as  a  valiant  soldier  and  highly  re- 
spected as  a  citizen  and  a  capitalist,  he  is  at 
the  present  time  more  widely  known  as  one  of 
the  most  prominent  and  successful  yachtsmen. 
His  interest  in  this  sport,  which  began  in  his 
boyhood,  has  ever  since  continued  unabated. 


and  long  before  the  construction  of  the  fast 
sailing  crafts  which  won  renown  in  defend- 
ing "the  America's  Cup,"  he  had  become  a 
past  master  in  the  designing  and  sailing  of 
yachts.  The  "Halcyon,"'  purchased  by  him  in 
1877,  became  through  his  improvements  one 
of  the  speedy  yachts  of  her  day.  The  "Puri- 
tan" (designed  by  the  late  Edward  Burgess), 
which  outsailed  the  British  yacht  "Genesta" 
in  the  international  contest  of  1885,  was  built 
by  a  syndicate  promoted  by  General  Paine, 
and  he  was  chairman  of  the  committee  which 
managed  her  during  the  race.  The  "May- 
tlower,"  which  conquered  the  "Galatea"  in 
188(1,  and  the  "\"olunteer,"  which  defeated  the 
"Thistle"  in  1887,  were  both  constructed  by 
him  from  designs  by  Burgess,  and  his  efforts 
in  behalf  of  the  coveted  trophy  on  this  side 
of  the  ocean  have  equalled  if  not  surpassed 
those  of  any  other  American  yachtsman.  In 
recognition  of  his  tri]ile  success  in  defending 
the  cup,  the  New  York  Yacht  Club,  of  which 
he  was  a  member,  presented  him  with  a  silver 
cup.  General  Paine  is  a  member  of  the  East- 
ern Yacht  Club  and  the  Somerset,  Union  and 
Country  clubs,  Boston.  In  addition  to  his 
town  house,  which  is  a  substantial  colonial 
mansion  located  on  Beacon  Hill,  Boston,  Gen- 
eral Paine  has  a  fine  country  place  in  Weston, 
a  midsummer  home  at  Nahant,  and  one  at 
Catawmet. 

( ieneral  Paine  married,  March  26,  1867, 
Julia  Bryant,  daughter  of  John  Jr.  and  Mary 
Anna  (Lee)  Bryant.  Children:  i.  Sumner, 
born  May  13,  1868,  died  April  18,  1904;  mar- 
ried, October  26,  1892,  Salome  Brigham.  2. 
John  Bryant,  born  April  19,  1870;  married, 
October  30.  1900,  Louise  Frazer;  children: 
John  Bryant  Jr.,  born  November  19,  1901 ; 
Helen  Sumner,  August  21,  1904;  Louise  Caro- 
lyn, Seutember  3,  1906;  Julia  Lee,  August  i, 
1909.  3.  Mary  Anna  Lee,  born  July  23,  1873  ; 
married.  June  18,  1894,  Frederick  Winsor ; 
children :  Charles  Paine,  born  June  19,  1895  ' 
Dorothy.  August  27,  1896:  Frederick  Jr.,  Oc- 
tober 15.  1900;  John  Bryant,  April  28,  1903; 
Theresa,  June  9,  1904.  4.  Charles  Jackson  Jr., 
born  June  17,  1876;  married,  June  5,  1902, 
Edith  Maude  Johnson  ;  children  :  Julia  Bryant, 
born  April  g,  1903 ;  Charles  Jackson,  Se])tem- 
ber  3,  1908.  5.  Helen,  born  June  25,  1881 ; 
married  Rev.  Thatcher  R.  Kiinball.  6. 
Georgina,  born  December  2^,  1888.  7.  Frank 
Cabot,  born  July  9,  1890. 

(VIII)  William  Gushing  Paine,  son  of 
Charles  Gushing  and  Fanny  Cabot  (Jackson) 
Paine,  was  born  August  26.  1834,  died  Septem- 


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ber  14,  1889.  lie  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
College,  class  of  1854.  He  was  cadet  at  the 
I'nited  States  Military  Academy  at  West 
Point  from  July  1,  1854,  to  July  i,  1858,  when 
lie  was  grailuated  and  promoted  in  the  army 
to  brevet  second  lieutenant.  Corps  of  Engi- 
neers. He  served  at  the  Military  Academy  as 
assistant  instructor  of  practical  engineering, 
and  attached  to  tiic  company  of  engineer 
troops  at  West  Point,  New  York,  Jamiary  22, 
1859,  to  March  12,  i860:  as  assistant  engineer 
in  the  construction  of  fort  (second  lieuten- 
ant. Corps  of  Engineers.  October  20,  1859)  at 
Clark"s  Point,  New  Bedforil  harbor,  Alassa- 
chusetts,  18O0-61,  and  in  the  preservation  (lirst 
lieutenant.  Corps  of  Engineers,  August  6, 
1861)  and  repairs  of  Eort  Schuyler,  New 
York  harbor.  1861.  He  served  during  the  war 
of  the  seceding  states,  1861-63;  as  assistant 
to  chief  engineer.  Department  of  Pennsylva- 
nia;  September  3  to  October  23,  1861,  of  the 
defenses  of  Washington.  D.  C,  October  23 
to  November  2'i„  1861,  and  of  the  Department 
of  the  Ohio,  November  23  to  December  29, 
1861  ;  as  chief  engineer  of  the  Department  of 
the  Ohio,  December  29,  1861,  to  .April  29, 
1862:  as  assistant  engineer  in  the  construction 
of  the  defenses  of  Portland.  Maine ;  May  3. 
1862,  to  February  28,  1863,  as  superintending 
engineer  of  the  defenses  of  Portsmouth  (cap- 
tain. Corps  of  Engineers,  March  3,  1863), 
New  Hampshire,  February  28  to  June  20, 
1863:  and  absent  on  surgeon's  certificate  of 
disability,  July  6  to  November  6,  1863.  He 
resigned  November  6,  1863.  (From  "Bio- 
graphical Register  of  the  Officers  and  Cjradu- 
ates  of  the  I'nited  States  Military  Academy  at 
West  Point,  New  York,"  by  Bvt.  Major-Gen- 
eral  George  \\  .  L.  Cullum.  Col.  Corps  of  En- 
gineers, C.  S.  .\.,  vol.  ii,  1841-1867. )  He 
married,  September  20,  i860,  J4annah  Matha- 
wav  Perry  :  child  :  Robert  Treat,  born  Decem- 
ber 3.  1861,  married.  May  28,  1890.  Ruth 
Cabot :  children :  Walter  Cabot,  born  Febru- 
ary 17.  1891  ;  Richard  Gushing.  December  26, 
i8()3:  Elizabeth  Mason,  January  9.  1896: 
i\uth,  August  26.  1898:  Anne  Hathaway,  July 
17,   1 90 1,  died  February   12,   1902. 

(  \'H  )  Robert  Treat  ( 2 )  Paine,  son  of  Charles 
Gushing*  Paine,  was  born  in  Boston,  October 
28,  1835.  At  the  age  of  ten  years  he  entered 
the  Boston  Latin  school,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  at  fifteen,  and  he  values  highly  the 
training  of  those  five  years.  At  Harvard  he 
had  as  classmates  Rev.  Phillips  Brooks,  Alex- 
ander .Agassiz,  Francis  C.  Barlow.  Theodore 
Lyinan  and  Frank  B.  Sanborn,  and  was  grad- 


uated with  honor  in  1855.  After  spending 
a  year  at  the  Harvard  Law  School  he  went 
abroad,  visiting  Italy,  Switzerland,  Germany 
and  France,  resuming  his  legal  studies  upon 
his  return  in  1858  under  the  supervision  of 
Richard  11.  Dana  and  Francis  E.  Parker,  of 
Boston,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  bar 
in  1859.  Endowed  with  the  same  energy  and 
ambition  which  characterized  his  predecessors, 
Mr.  Paine  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Boston, 
and  although  the  succeeding  eleven  years 
])rove<l  exceedingly  laborious,  they  were  nev- 
ertheless jjroductive  of  much  substantial  suc- 
cess financially  as  to  make  possible  his  per- 
manent withdrawal  from  the  legal  profession 
in  1870.  Having  mastered  the  principal  prob- 
lem in  life,  that  of  conquering  the  necessity 
(if  continually  drudging  for  subsistence,  he 
was  enaljled  to  gratify  a  cherished  ambition 
to  devote  his  energies  in  part,  if  not  wholly, 
to  religious,  benevolent  and  philanthropic  pur- 
]X)ses,  and  he  has  ever  since  labored  diligently 
along  these  lines.  Being  chosen  one  of  a  sub- 
committee of  three  to  superintend  the  erection 
of  the  present  Trinity  Church  edifice  in  Copley 
Square,  much  of  his  time  from  1872  to  1876 
was  devoted  to  that  work,  and  from  that  time 
forward  he  has  Jjeen  actively  engaged  in  pro- 
moting the  welfare  of  the  various  bodies  con- 
nected with  the  Protestant  Elpiscopal  church. 
In  addition  to  being  a  warden  of  Trinity 
Church  he  has  served  as  a  meiuber  of  the 
executive  cominittee  of  the  Episcopal  City 
Mission,  as  a  trustee  of  all  funds  donated  for 
church  purposes,  and  as  president  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Episcopal  Theological  School 
in  Cambridge.  He  was  the  first  president  of 
the  .Associated  Charities,  t)rganized  in  1878: 
was  chosen  president  of  the  American  Peace 
Society  in  1891  ;  is  a  member  of  the  Watch 
and  Ward  Society  and  the  Society  for  the  Sup- 
pression of  \  ice,  and  vice-president  of  the 
Children's  Aid  Society,  of  which  his  mother 
was  one  of  the  founders.  In  1879  Mr.  Paine 
organized  the  Wells  Memorial  Institute,  the 
largest  working  men's  club  in  the  United 
States,  and  he  became  its  president,  directing 
its  aft'airs  with  superi(jr  judgment  and  raising 
by  subscription  nearly  ninety  thousand  dollars 
for  its  building  and  maintenance.  This  insti- 
tution, which  was  named  in  memory  of  the 
late  Rev.  E.  M.  P.  Wells,  for  many  years  an 
earnest  laborer  in  behalf  of  the  Episcopal 
City  Mission,  embraced  a  co-operative  bank, 
loan  antl  building  associations  and  a  spa- 
cious hall  for  ])ublic  meetings.  For  many 
years  his  time,  ability  and  a  goodly  portion  of 


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his  wealth  have  been  devoted  to  the  interest 
of  the  unfortunate,  the  improvement  of  the 
homes  of  the  laboring  classes  and  the  uplifting 
of  their  moral  as  well  as  their  physical  con- 
dition. He  has  built  and  sold  to  workingmen 
at  moderate  prices  more  than  two  hundred 
dwelling  houses,  and  has  published  twenty-five 
pamphlets  and  addresses,  all  in  the  interest  of 
the  public  weal.  In  1890  he  established  under 
the  name  of  the  Robert  Treat  Paine  Associa- 
tion a  trust  fund  of  two  hundred  thousand 
(h.illars,  "the  object  of  which  is  to  found  a 
charitable  charity  to  promote  the  spiritual, 
moral  and  physical  welfare  of  the  working 
classes  by  caring  for  persons  in  distress,  by 
cultivating  kindlier  relations  between  rich  and 
poor,  by  building .  or  maintaining  working 
men's  institutions,  working  girls'  clubs,  tem- 
perance restaurants,  homes  for  the  aged,  read- 
ing rooms,  libraries,  schools  for  manual  train- 
ing, or  model  homes  for  the  people,  by  foster- 
ing church  services,  schools,  charities  or  mis- 
sions, or  by  whatever  other  means  may  con- 
tribute to  the  well-being  of  the  working 
classes.  In  1887  he  endowed  with  the  sum  of 
ten  thousand  dollars  a  fellowship  at  Harvard 
L'niversitv  for  the  study  of  the  ethical  prob- 
lems of  society,  the  effect  of  legislation,  gov- 
ernmental administration  and  private  philan- 
thropy to  ameliorate  the  lot  of  the  masses  of 
mankind.  Upon  attaining  his  majority  Mr. 
Paine  allied  himself  with  the  Free  Soil  party 
and  subse(|uently  became  a  Republican.  In 
1884  he  represented  Waltham  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts house  of  representatives,  and  the 
same  year  was  the  Mugwump  candidate  for 
ct)ngress  from  the  fifth  district,  having  with- 
drawn from  the  Republican  party. 

On  .^pril  27,  1862,  Air.  Paine  married  Lydia 
Williams  Lyman,  daughter  of  George  Will- 
iams and  .Xnne  (Pratt)  Lyman,  and  a  grand- 
daughter of  Theodore  Lyman,  a  prominent 
merchant  of  Boston  during  the  early  part  of 
the  last  century.  Mrs.  Paine  died  in  1897. 
Children,  i.  Edith,  born  April  6,  1863:  mar- 
ried, November  t8,  1885.  John  Humphreys 
Storer :  children :  Emily  Lyman,  born  Sep- 
tember 4.  1886;  John  Humphrevs  Jr.,  Mav  21, 
1888;  Edith.  July  23,  1890:  'Robert  treat 
Paine,  .\nril  17,  1893;  Theodore  Lyman,  .Au- 
gust 30,  1896:  Lydia  Lyman,  May  9,  1899.  2. 
Fanny,  born  January  13,  1865.  died  Decem- 
ber 31,  1881.  3.  Robert  Treat  Jr.,  born  Au- 
gust 8,  1866:  married,  December  7,  1898. 
Marie  Louise  Mattingly :  children :  Dorothy, 
born  September  3,  1899;  Robert  Treat  (3), 
Decemlier    15,    1900.     4.    Florence,  born    Sep- 


tember 30,  1868,  died  July  17,  1872.  5.  Ethel 
Lyman,  born  March  24,  1872.  6.  George  Ly- 
man, born  July  29,  1874;  married,  June  29. 
1899,  Clara  Adelaide  May;  children:  George 
Lyman  Jr.,  born  November  16,  1901 ;  Alfred 
W'liite,  June  9,  1903.  7.  Lydia  Lyman,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1876:  married,  May  18,  1898, 
Charles  Kimball  Cummings;  children:  Francis 
Hathaway,  born  April  22,  1899;  Charles  Kim- 
ball Jr.,  November  27,  1901  :  Ethel,  December 
16,    1903;    Evelyn,    March    14,    1907. 

(\TII)  Sumner  Paine,  son  of  Charles 
Gushing  and  Fanny  Cabot  (Jackson)  Paine. 
was  born  May  10,  1845.  He  left  Harvard 
College  in  April,  1863,  and  served  as  second 
lieutenant.  Twentieth  Massachusetts  Volun- 
teers, joining  his  regiment  at  Fredericksburg, 
Virginia,  April  23,  1863.  He  engaged  in  the 
battle  of  Chancellorsville,  May  2,  1863,  and 
was  killed  at  Getty.sburg,  Pennsylvania,  July 
,^.  1863.  

Most  of  the  Lewis  families  were 
LEWIS     of  Welsh  origin,  though  many  of 

the  early  immigrants  came  from 
England  to  the  colonies.  The  name  is  par- 
ticularly difficult  to  trace,  both  on  account  of 
the  great  number  of  immigrants  of  this  sur- 
name and  of  a  marked  tendency  to  frequent 
changes  of  places  of  residence.  From  the 
first  they  appear  to  have  been  exceptionally 
venturesome  and  enterprising.  In  the  Maine 
families  the  difficulty  is  greatly  increased  by 
a  lack  of  records. 

(  I)  John  Lewis,  immigrant  ancestor,  set- 
tled in  Ro.xbury.  Massachtisetts.  as  early  as 
1640.  and  probably  died  November  16,  1647. 
Little  is  known  of  him.  He  had  twin  sons. 
Peter  and  Auflrew,  born  September  11,  1644. 
and  i)erhaps  John,  who  was  at  Great  Island, 
Maine,  in  1662.  John  Jr.  had  a  daughter 
Hannah,  who  married,  May  i,  1702.  Joseph 
Simp.son,  and  died  June  26,  1712,  according 
to  records  of  Newcastle,  New  Hampshire. 
(See  "Old  Kittery  Families.") 

(II)  Peter,  son  of  John  Lewis,  was  born  in 
Roxbury,  September  11.  1644.  He  was  doubt- 
less the  Peter  who  was  at  Smuttynose  Island. 
Maine,  in  1668,  and  sold  out  there  in  1683. 
He  bought,  about  1670,  land  of  John  -Phoenix 
at  .Spruce  Creek,  Kittery,  Maine.  He  mar- 
ried Grace,  daughter  of  John  Diamond.  His 
will,  made  in  1712  and  proved  in  1716,  men- 
tions the  following  children:  i.  Peter,  born 
1669;  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  Humphrey 
and  Lucv  (Treworgy)  Chadbourne  :  (second) 
h'lizabetli ,    to    whom    he    be(|ueathed 


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in  his  will  dated  ]\[ay  17,  1739.  and  proved 
June  21,  1739;  children :  i.  Lucy,  married 
Samuel  Briard  and  Sylvanus  Tripe  Jr. :  ii. 
Peter,  married  Elizabeth  Haley  and  lived 
in  Kittery ;  iii.  Mary ;  iv.  Catherine,  bap- 
tized July  I.  1722.  married  John  Phoenix: 
V.  Sarah,  baptized  July  i,  1722:  vi.  Abigail, 
baptized  July  i.  1722.  married.  1738.  Thad- 
deus  Trafton:  vii.  Eunice,  baptized  July  16. 
1727.  married  Thomas  Fernald.  2.  Andrew, 
mentioned  below.     3.  William,  married  Mary  • 

;   (second)    December   17,   1719,  Sarah 

Eow.  of  Portsmouth.  5.  Grace,  married, 
October  28,  1718.  John  lily,  of  Ports- 
mouth. 6.  Morgan,  married,  about  1705, 
.Abigail  Lewis,  and  died  before  Febru- 
ary 3,  1712-13;  his  son  Nathaniel  set- 
tled in  York,  Maine,  married  Sarah  Gray, 
daughter  of  Robert,  and  had  eight  children,  of 
whom  the  seventh  was  Major  Morgan,  born 
March  9.  1742-43,  moved  from  the  north  par- 
ish of  York  to  Alfred,  Maine,  in  1772.  lieu- 
tenant of  a  company  when  the  revolution  broke 
out,  promoted  captain,  then  major,  a  prom- 
inent citizen  in  civil  as  well  as  military  life. 
7,  Mary,  married  David  Hutchins.  8.  Ann, 
married    John    Tapley.     9.    Rebecca,    married 

Pike.     10.    Sarah,   probably   married. 

September  10,  1717,  at  Portsmouth,  Peter 
Mow,  of  Rochelle,   France.     11.  Elizabeth. 

(HI)  Andrew,  son  of  Peter  Lewis,  was 
born  alxiut  1675,  and  married,  at  Kittery, 
Maine.  Mary,  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Mary 
(Stevenson)  Hutchins.  His  will  was  dated 
Julv  27,  1758,  and  proved  March  31,  1760. 
Children,  born  at  Kittery:  I.  Andrew,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Rachel,  born  July  3,  1704. 
3.  Mary,  January  29,  1705  :  married  Elias 
W^'are.  4.  Grace,  married,  Xovember  21. 
J  733.  Samuel  Haley.  5.  Dorothy,  baptized 
June  I.  1718:  married  John  Main,  of  ^'ork. 
6.  Thomas,  baptized  June  5,  1720:  married 
.Susanna  Hutchins.  1741  :  had  children:  Simon, 
Elizabeth,  and  probably  others. 

(JY)  Andrew  (2).  eldest  child  of  .Andrew 
d)  and  Mary  (Hutchins")  Lewis,  was  born 
.\pril  2,  1703,  in  Kittery.  and  probably  lived 
and  died  in  that  town.  He  married,  in  1724, 
Mary  I^ow,  and  had  children :  \A^illiam,  Jo- 
anna,  Joseph,    mentioned   below. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Andrew  (2)  and  Mary 
(Low)  Lewis,  born  about  1745-46,  baptized 
July  12,  1747,  was  the  immigrant  ancestor  ac- 
cording to  family  tradition,  but  the  evidence 
seems  to  place  him  in  the  Kittery  family, 
though  no  record  of  his  birth  has  been  found. 
He  married  a  native  of  York,  and  lived  in  San- 


ford  and  York,  in  the  same  locality  as  Major 
Morgan  Lewis,  who  evidently  was  closely  re- 
lated. A  search  of  more  than  twen.ty-rive 
years  by  the  late  .Alonzo  F.  Lewis,  of  Frye- 
burg,  who  gathered  a  vast  amount  of  family 
rect)rds  (which  the  writer  has  examined),' 
shows  that  it  is  hardly  to  be  doubted  that  he 
was  son  of  Andrew  (2),  and  grandson  of  An- 
drew (  I ) .  Nathaniel  Lewis,  of  Y^ork,  cjuit- 
claimed  to  Andrew  Lewis  Jr.,  cordwainer,  and 
Peter  Lewis  Jr.,  of  Kittery,  rights  in  sixteen 
acres  adjoining  land  of  William  Lewis,  Janu- 
ary 26,  1726.  Joseph  married  Olive  Thomp- 
son, born  in  York,  Maine,  March  \~.  1747-48, 
removed  with  the  family  to  Sanford.  and  died 
at  Fryeburg,  Maine,  C3ctober  11,  1831  (age 
appears  to  be  over-stated  in  the  records,  being 
there  given  as  eighty-seven).  (See  Thomp- 
son, ^\'.)  He  went  from  York  or  Kittery, 
Maine,  to  Sanford,  and  thence  about  1774  to 
Fryeburg,  where  he  resided  on  the  shore  of 
Lovewell's  Pond,  He  deeded  this  land  to  his 
son  Joseph,  and  went  to  live  in  his  later  years 
with  his  son  Jesse  on  the  Guptill  place,  as  it 
is  still  called.  Joseph  and  Olive  deeded  land 
at  Lovewell's  Pond  to  son  John  April  9.  1817. 
The  only  public  record  of  Joseph  at  Sanford 
is  as  witness  to  a  document  dated  January  30, 
1771.  He  was  a  chairmaker  by  trade  and 
bought  land  of  Samuel  Emerson  Cross,  of 
Fryeburg.  Joseph  Lewis  enlisted  July  10.  1775. 
in  Captain  John  Shapleigh's  company,  and 
was  stationed  at  Kittery  defending  the  coast. 
He  was  also  in  the  service  in  the  same  com- 
l^any  from  November  i  to  December  31,  1775, 
at  Kittery  Point,  under  Colonel  Edward  Cutts. 
Part  of  this  service  seems  to  have  been  per- 
formed by  John  Haynes.  There  was  another 
Joseph  Lewis,  of  .Arundel,  in  Captain  Cook's 
company,  Thirfl  artillery,  in  1778,  when  his  age 
was  given  as  forty-five  years,  height  five  feet 
five  inches,  complexion  fair.  Among  the  bap- 
tisms in  Kittery  was  Joseph  Lewis,  July  12, 
1747,  son  of  an  abbreviated  name  that  has  been 
read  "Axi^  jun."  The  name  was  probably 
Andrew  Jr..  ("And."),  who  had  children 
horn  about  this  time  and,  if  this  reading  is 
correct,  the  line  to  the  immigrant  is  estab- 
lished. Jose])h  may  have  been  two  or  three 
years  old  at  the  time  of  his  baptism  on  the 
shore  of  Lovewell's  pond.  He  died  in  Frye- 
burg, November  3,  1823,  aged  seventy-nine 
years.  His  death  was  the  result  of  a  shock 
and  he  was  buried  in  the  family  burial  ground 
of  his  son,  Jesse.  Qiildren :  i.  Abby  W.  2. 
Alexander,  died  at  sea,  left  a  daughter  Cyn- 
thia.    3.   Joseph,   mentioned  below.     4.  John, 


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lived   and   died   at   Turner,   Maine.     5.    Mar- 
shall, resided  at  Porter,  Maine,  and  Conway, 
New  Hampshire ;  was  killed  at  sea  from  a  fall 
in  the  war  of  1812;  children:  i.  Sarah  H.,  died 
Jannar_v    14.    1870;   married,    April    24,    1824, 
Judge  Dana ;  ii.  Alexander,  born  August  28, 
1801,  at  Hiram,  died  November  29,  1883;  mar- 
ried, July  18.  1826,  Nancy  Fly;  iii.  Olive,  born 
1804;  iv.  Abigail:  v.  Hannah,  married  Isaiah 
Tripp,   and    lived    in    Brownfield,    Maine;   vi. 
Daniel,  died  in  Gorham,  Maine.     6.  Jesse,  in- 
herited   the   property   of   John    Mclntire,    his 
wife's    father,    resided    at    Hiram;   children: 
Joseph.   John.    Esther,   Jane,   Olive    (married 
Sewall    Gilpatrick,    whose    son    Joseph    was 
colonel  of  a  Georgia  regiment  in  the  Confed- 
erate   army).     7.    I'hebe,    born    about    1794; 
married  Ezekiel  Wood,  of  I'.rownfield,  Maine. 
(VI)   Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i  )  Lewis, 
was  born  in  Sanford  (?),  Alaine,  in   1762  or 
September,    1764    (  ?).     He    moved    to    East 
Conway,    New    Hampshire,    with   his   brother 
^larshall.     In  November.  1800,  both  signed  a 
remonstrance  against  the  incorporation  of  the 
P)a]5tist    Society   in    Conway.     He   enlisted    in 
the  war  of  181 2,  and  on  foot  started  for  home 
on  a  furlough.      He  stopjied  at  the  Fitch  Tav- 
ern in   Baldwin,  complained  of  being  ill,  and 
asked  for  a  drink  of  water.     Several  days  af- 
terwards he  was  found  by  the  roadside,  where 
he  had  died,  perhaps  of  a  shock  of  some  kind. 
He  was  buried  in  West  Baldwin.     He  deeded 
land  in   Fryeburg,  July   16,   1803,  after  going 
to  Conway.     He  married   (first)   Elsie  Minnie 
Heath,   who   died    in   child-birth,    about    1802. 
He  married  (second)  Elizabeth  La_\nian.  born 
1782,  died  July  5.  1849,  aged  si.xty-seven  years. 
She  married  (second)  Moses  Pettee.  who  died 
November  20.   1843,  aged   ninety-three  years, 
seven  months,  eleven  days.     She  had  brother.s 
Josejih.   William  and  Josiah.  of   Eaton,   New 
Ham])shire.  and  three  sisters.     Children,  born 
at   East   Conway.    New    Hampshire:    i.    Elsie, 
born  June  20.    1803:  died  October   2i,.    i8gi  ; 
married       I'^dmund       Wentworth ;      children : 
Elizabeth  L..  John  Layman.  Sarah  .\.,  James 
E..    Alarcia    A..    .Almira    C.    Martha    S.    and 
Charles    Henry.     2.   Jacob,   mentioned  below. 

3.  John,  November  12,  1806:  married  Me- 
hitable      Harriman  ;     died     June      10,      1883. 

4.  Sallie  Hobbs,  October  21.  1808:  mar- 
ried Sylvester  Abbott,  June,  1833:  died 
July    23.    1888.     5.    Almira     Kingsbury,    July 

25,  1810:  married Carr  ;  lived  Garland. 

Maine. 

( VH  )   Jacob,  son  of  Joseph  (  2  )  Lewis,  was 
born   in   East  Conway.   New   Hampshire,  Oc- 


tober 25,  1804,  and  died  there  July  4.  1871. 
lie  married  at  Denmark,  Maine.  December 
18,  1828,  Abigail  Coolbroth,  born  February  4, 
1807,  died  January  24,  1881,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel and  Elizabeth  Coolbroth.  (See  Colbath. 
I\",)  He  was  a  farmer  and  merchant  at  East 
Conway  during  his  active  life.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat  in  his  earlier  years,  but  was 
a  Republican  from  the  time  of  the  birth  of 
that  party ;  held  various  town  offices,  and  was 
twice  elected  as  one  of  the  town's  representa- 
tives in  the  legislature ;  in  religion  he  was  a 
L'niversalist  of  strong  convictions. 

Children,  born  at  East  Conway:   i.  Joseph, 
born  .\ugust  23,  1829,  died  unmarried,  I\Iay  14. 
1849.   2.  Charles,  October  20,  1831  ;  enlisted  in 
(^'ompany  F,  Thirtieth  Maine  Regiment,  Cap- 
tain   Prince,    Colonel    Francis    Fessenden,    of 
Portland,  and  served  a  year  and  a  half,  from 
early  in  1864  to  August,  1865.  in  the  civil  war  ; 
married,  January  14,  1869,  Shuah  Walker  Far- 
rington.     3.  Alonzo  h'reeman,  June  14,  1834; 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  fitted  for 
college,  but  troubled   with   his  eyes  cut  short 
his   schooling:   learned    the    trade    of    taUor. 
which    he   pursued    for   a   wdiile   at   Fryeburg, 
afterwards  at  the  same  place  becoming  a  mer- 
chant,  and    still   later   engaging  in   the   insur- 
ance business ;  well  known  as  a  student  and  as 
a  writer  on  matters  pertaining  to  local  history, 
genealogy    and    subjects    of    interest    to    anti- 
(|uarians  ;  during  the  last  twenty  years  of  his 
life  he  collected  a  mass  of  data  relating  to  the 
Lewis   and   Coolbroth    families,   and   intentled 
to  publish    the    results   of    his    researches:    in 
1882    he    and    his    brother.    Calvin    Winfield 
Lewis,   published   "Newly   Discovered    Fourth 
of  |ul\'  (  )ration  by  the  Illustrious  Orator  and 
Statesman.  Daniel  Webster,"  and  "The  Illus- 
trated I'^-yeburg  Webster  Memorial";  in   1902 
published     "Fryeburg     Webster     Centennial, 
celebrating  the  coming  of  Daniel   Webster  to 
Fryiburg  one  hundred  years  ago  to  take  the 
PrincipalshiiJ  of  Fryeburg  Academy,"  and,  in 
1904.    "Festival   of   the    Fryeburg    Septuagin- 
arians  born  in  1834:  held  at  Fryeburg.  Maine, 
August  9,  1904."  He  was  a  member  of  the  Web- 
ster Historical  Society  of  Boston:  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Swendenborgian  church,  to  which  he 
left  a  bequest:  died,  unmarried,  September  i. 
1906.  his  death  being  caused  by  a  fall  during 
the   fire   which   the   preceding  day   devastated 
I-'rveburg  village,  where  he  lived.     4.  Harriet 
Maria.  March  27,.   1839;  died  at  Santa  Rosa. 
California.    I'^ebruary    i.    1905:   married   June 
13.  i8r)7,  at  San  Francisco.  California,  Samue! 
Wilson    Coolbroth :  children :    i.   Cora    Leigh 


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Coolbr(_)tli.  burn  Alay  8,  1868;  ii.  Harry  Wilson 
L'oolbroth.  born  August  28,  1869; 'family  re- 
sides at  Santa  Rosa.  5.  Nelson,  May  20, 
1843:  died  at  .Marshfield,  Oregon,  1899; 
served  nine  months  in  the  civil  war  in  Com- 
pany H,  Twenty-third  Maine  Regiment,  under 
Colonel  \\'i!liam  Wirt  \'irgin ;  settled  in 
Marshfield,  Oregon,  when  a  young  man,  and 
followed  farming;  married  Sarah  Thomas, 
children :  Walter  and  Clarence.  6.  Calvin 
Winfield  ;  mentioned  below. 

(\III)  Calvin  Winfield,  son  of  Jacob 
Lewis,  was  born  in  East  Conway,  October  27, 
1846.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  of  Chatham,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  Fryeburg,  Maine,  fitted  for  college 
at  Fryeburg  .\cademy,  and  in  1870  graduated 
with  high  honors  at  Dartmouth  College.  For 
a  year  thereafter  he  was  a  school  teacher.  He 
then  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  New 
Hampshire  bar,  but  never  practiced.  In  1874 
he  entered  the  newspaper  profession,  and  wa.~ 
on  the  staff  of  the  Boston  Herald  from  187(1 
to  1893,  when  he  resigned  to  devote  his  time 
to  business  interests.  He  has  been  an  inde- 
fatigable student  from  early  youth,  and  though 
most  of  his  writing  has  been  the  anonymous 
work  of  the  journalist,  his  standing  in  hi> 
])rofession  and  occasional  contributions  over 
liis  own  name  have  made  him  more  than  a  local 
reputation  for  literary  ability  and  scholarly  at- 
tainments. He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
liolds  liberal  views  in  religion.  He  married, 
January  10,  1877,  Sarah  Webster  Dowe.  born 
in  Croton,  Crafton  county.  New  Hampshire, 
.\ugust  18,  1838,  daughter  of  David  and 
Salome  (Webster)  Dow;  her  father  was  born 
in  Rumney,  New  Hampshire,  in  1806,  died 
in  Norwich,  \'ermont,  in  1879;  her  muther 
was  born  in  Danville.  \'ermont.  April  25,  180^, 
and  died  in  North  Cambridge,  Alassachusetts, 
.November  i,  1907.  Mrs.  Lewis  was  educated 
in  the  schools  of  her  native  town  and  in  the 
ladies'  seminary  at  North  Granville,  New 
"S'ork.     Mr.  and  .Mrs.  Lewis  have  no  children. 

(The   Thcimpson    Ijine.t 

Robert  Thompson  was  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  the  faiuily  in  America.  He  was  in 
Durham,  now  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  as 
early  as  1635,  and  Thompson's  Point,  just 
south  of  the  month  of  the  Cocheco  river,  was 
named  for  him.  He  was  taxed  in  Dover  in 
1648,  and  witnessed  a  deed  in   1652. 

(H)  William  Thompson,  according  to  the 
family  tradition,  was  the  son  of  Robert 
Thompson.      In    1656  he   received   a  grant  of 


land  in  Dover,  "beyond  Cocheco  Log  Swamp," 
and  October  15,  1656,  a  short  way  below  the 
mouth  of  Sturgeon  creek,  a  grant  in  Kittery 
which  was  originally  assigned  to  John  White, 
lie  probably  married  a  daughter  of  John 
White,  and  in  1659  was  ])resented  at  York 
court  "for  rebellion  against  his  father  anci 
mother-in-law."  He  died  in  1676,  and  his  es- 
tate was  appraised  at  fifty-two  pounds  and 
eighteen  shillings.  He  left  twenty-three  acres 
of  land,  a  house  and  orchard  in  Kittery,  and 
fifty  acres  in  Dover.  Children:  I.  John,  born 
1659;  married  Sarah  Woodman.  2.  William, 
if/ii  ;  married,  probably,  Alary  Lovering.  3. 
Robert,  1664;  "lived  with  Tobey  Hanson  at 
Dover."  4.  James,  1666;  married  Elizabeth 
Erye.  5.  Alexander,  1671  ;  mentioned  below. 
6.  Judith,  1675. 

"(Ill)  Alexander,  son  of  William  Thomp- 
son, was  born  in  1671.  He  had  a  grant  of 
land  in  Kittery  in  1694,  and  died  July  13, 
1720.  He  married  Anna,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Curtis,  of  York,  Maine.  She  was  the  admin- 
istratrix of  her  husband's  estate,  appointed 
October  4,  1720.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried John  Allen,  of  York.  2.  Abigail,  mar- 
ried John  Garry  or  (leary  in  1720.  3.  Ben- 
jamin, born  October  14,  1702;  married,  in 
1726,  Hannah  Smith.  3.  Jolin,  December  30 
1704;  mentioned  below.  4.  Samuel,  April  6, 
1707:  married,  1730,  Hannah  I'rackett,  of  Ber- 
wick. 5.  Joseph,  May  13,  1711;  married, 
1733,  Alary  \Velch,  of  York.  6.  Jonathan, 
May  I,  1713:  married,  1737,  Dinah  Thomp- 
S(5n,  his  cousin.  7.  Curtis,  June  2,  1715;  mar- 
ried, 1740,  Daniel  Junkins.  8.  James,  died 
October  22.  1724. 

(I\')  John,  son  of  .Mexander  Thompson, 
was  born  in  Kittery.  December  30.  1704.  He 
settled  in  Sanford.  Maine,  after  the  birth  of 
his  children.  He  married  (intentions  dated 
December  7.  1728)  Priscilla,  daughter  of 
-Stephen  and  Mary  (Tucker)  Davis,  of  Haver- 
hill, Massachusetts.  Children,  born  in  York, 
Maine:  1.  .Anna,  January  7,  1731-32.  2.  John, 
October  2C).  1733.  3.  Jesse.  4.  Priscilla.  5. 
Naomi.  0.  Olive.  March  17,  1747-48;  mar- 
ried Josc])h  Lewis   (see  Lewis.  \'). 

(The  Colbath   or  Coolbroth   Line.  I 

The  surname  Colbath  is  the  most  common 
form  of  the  ancient  Scotch  Galbraith.  It  is 
also  spelled  Calbreath,  Coolbroth,  Colbroth, 
Colbath,  Kilbreth,  Galbreth,  Galbraith,  etc.. 
and  branches  of  the  same  family  in  this  coun- 
try have  followed  these  different  forms  of 
s]>elling.     The  name  originated  in  two  Gaelic 


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words,  Gall  and  Bhrctaii.  meaning  the  stran- 
ger Briton.  The  family  seat  was  in  Dumbar- 
tonshire and  StirHngshire,  Scotland,  before 
the  year  1250,  but  in  later  centuries  has  been 
numerous  in  other  parts  of  Scotland.  They 
were  evidently  descendants  of  the  great  tribe 
of  Rrythorn  Gauls,  or,  as  the  Romans  called 
them.  Britons,  who  invaded  and  conquered 
England  three  hundred  years  before  the  Chris- 
tian era  and  gave  it  the  name  of  Great  Britain, 
Gillispick  Galbrait  is  mentioned  in  Scottish 
annals  in  1230,  and  Arthur  Galbrait  as  swear- 
ing fealty  to  King  Edward  I.  in  1296. 

The  first  of  the  family  in  the  Ulster  prov- 
ince of  Ireland,  settled  by  the  Scotch  in  1610 
and  later,  were  Humphrey  and  Robert  Gal- 
braith.  In  1662  they  held  an  estate  of  a 
thousand  acres,  originally  granted  to  Sir  John 
Colquhoun,  in  the  precinct  of  Portlough, 
county  Donegal.  In  1664  they  sold  this  estate 
back  to  Sir  John  Cok|uohonn,  son  of  the  Laird 
of  Luss,  and  were  afterward  agents  of  Bishop 
Spottiswood  and  doubtless  the  ancestors  of  the 
Scotch-Irish  families  of  Galbraith.  The  pres- 
ent representative  of  the  family  in  Ireland  is 
John  Samuel  Galbraith.  magistrate,  high  sher- 
iff", justice  of  the  peace  and  doctor  of  laws. 
The  family  seat  of  this  branch  is  now  at  Clan- 
bogan,  county  Tyrone.  Ireland.  In  1890  there 
were  fifteen  births  in  Galbraith  families  in 
Ireland,  thirteen  of  which  were  in  county  An- 
trim. The  .\dair  manuscript  published  in 
Hanna's  Scotch  Irish  (p.  365.  vol.  ID  shows 
that  during  the  war  in  1644  Humphrey  Gal- 
braith was  active  in  the  Presbyterian  faith 
and  work  in  county  Derry.  and  mentions  a 
Major  James  Galbraith.  The  Galbraiths  were 
Highlanders,  and  Humphrey  Colquohoun.  of 
Luss,  Dumbartonshire,  was  a  Highland  chief. 
The  Galbraith  coat-of-arms  is :  Bendy  of  six, 
argent  and  azure,  on  a  chief  sable  three  crosses 
patee  or. 

(I)  John  Colbreath  was  in  all  probability 
the  ancestor  of  the  .\merican  families  of  Col 
bath  and  kindred  names.  He  was  one  of  the 
Scotch  Pre.sbyterians  of  .\ntrim  and  London- 
derry who  signed  the  petition  to  Governor 
Samuel  Shute.  of  Massachusetts,  for  land  for 
a  home  in  New  England,  RTarch  26,  1718. 
While  many  of  the  petitioners  did  not  come 
in  person,  most  of  their  families  were  repre- 
sented. The  first  of  the  Scotch-Irish  repre- 
sented by  these  petitioners  came  in  the  fall  of 
7718.  and  settled  the  following  spring  in  York 
county,  Maine,  at  Nutfield  for  Londonderry). 
New  Hampshire,  and  at  Worcester.  Massa- 
chusetts,  and    formed   the   nucleus  of  an   im- 


portant addition  to  the  population  of  the  New 
England  colonies.  A  group  of  towns  in  south- 
ern New  Hampshire  and  western  Massachu- 
sets  was  founded  by  these  immigrants  and 
by  their  friends  and  neighbors  who  came  dur- 
ing the  next  few  decades.  We  have  no  proof 
that  John  Colbath  came  himself,  but  the  rec- 
ords indicate  that  two  sons  and  several  daugh- 
ters settled  in  New  England.  The  Kilbreths 
nf  Maryland  are  descended  from  Thomas  Kil- 
breth,  born  1760  in  Londonderry,  Ireland,  set- 
tled in  Baltimore.  The  name  was  Galbraith  in 
the  old  country,  however.  Children:  i.  Jane,  or 
Jean,  came  probably  with  her  brothers  to  Lon- 
donderry, and  the  first  record  of  the  name  is 
found  as  of  her  marriage.  May  30,  1723,  to 
William  Nutt,  of  Londonderry,  New  Hamp- 
shire, at  Bradford,  Massachusetts,  the  records 
of  Londonderry  showing  that  both  lived  in 
that  town.  (They  traveled  to  Bradford,  an 
adjacent  town,  to  be  married  by  Rev.  Thomas 
Symmes.  a  former  pastor.)  2.  George,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  John,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Elizabeth,  married  at  Portland,  1725,  Joseph 
Richards.  5.  Susanna,  married,  October, 
1730.  Thomas  Follett,  of  Portsmouth.  6. 
.'\gnes  (?),  married  Deacon  James  Moor,  of 
Dccrfield,  New  Hampshire. 

( II  )  George,  son  of  John  Colbath,  was  born 
about  1700  in  Ulster,  Ireland.  He  came  to 
this  country  about  1723,  and  settled  in  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire.  John  and  George 
Colbath  appear  in  the  tax  list  of  that  town  in 

1727.  He  owned  the  convenant  and  was  bap- 
tized at  Portsmouth.  His  wife  Mary  owned 
the  covenant  and  was  baptized   February   14. 

1728.  Children  were  also  baptized,  as  fol- 
lows: lames.  Pitman,  William,  Joseph,  Benja- 
min, Susanna  and  Mehitable.  George,  prob- 
ably his  eldest  son.  died  in  1738,  and  his  father 
was  appointed  administrator.  August  13.  1738. 
He  sold  his  house,  barn  and  land  to  his  son 
Joseph  in  Newington,  formerly  part  of  Ports- 
mouth, .April  14,  1752.  Children:  i.  George, 
married  at  Newington,  November  28,  1734, 
Elizabeth  Hight,  and  died  1738.  2.  James, 
married  CMive,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Deb- 
orah Leighton,  of  Newington,  granddaughter 
of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Nutter)  Leighton 
and  great-granddaughter  of  Hatevil  Nutter, 
of  Dover,  and  Thomas  and  Joanna  Leighton, 
the  immigrants :  children  :  i.  Leighton,  baptized 
December  i.  17,30:  ii-  Independence:  iii. 
Hunking,  born  February  17,  1743;  iv.  Deb- 
orah, born  October  9,  1745:  v.  Keziah :  vi. 
Winthrop,  born  June  r6,  1 75 1  (whose  son 
Winthrop  was  father  of  Jeremiah  Jones  Col- 


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bath,  who  changed  Iiis  name  to  Henry  Wilson 
and  was  vice-president  of  the  United  States 
in  Grant's  second  term)  ;  vii.  Amy,  born  July 
9,  1758;  viii.   Benning,  born  May  28,   1762. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Colbath, 
settled  in  Scarborough,  Maine,  and  married 
there,  August  17,  1732,  Sarah  Harmon.  She 
was  doubtless  his  second  wife,  for  his  son  John 
married  sixteen  years  later.  Children:  i. 
|ohn,  mentioned  below.  2.  Abigail,  married 
at  Scarborough,  April  19,  1759,  Asa  Libby. 
3.  (ieorge,  married,  in  1762,  Rebecca  Millikin. 
born  November  14,  1741,  and  lived  to  the  age 
of  one  hundred  years;  had  twelve  children. 
(See  Saco  Valley  Families.)  4.  Joel.  5. 
Samuel,  married  Betsey  Marr,  of  Scarborough, 
and  settled  at  Buxton.  6.  Stephen.  7.  Lem- 
uel, a  soldier  in  the  revolution;  Lemuel  mar- 
ried Mary  Crockett  and  settled  in  Rome 
Maine;  had  a  son  James,  born  (Jctober  11. 
1790,  at  I'ristol,  Maine,  married  Mercy  Fol- 
som.  8.  Peter,  a  soldier  in  the  revolution ; 
married  Hannah  Libby;  Peter  settled  at  I'Vye- 
burg,  Maine;  children:  i.  Joel,  born  March  8 
1772;  ii.  James;  iii.  Abner;  iv.  Abigail:  v. 
Hannah:  vi.  Susan;  vii.  John.  9.  Lydia,  mar- 
ried at  Scarborough,  January  23.  1777,  Daniel 
Moses.  10.  James,  born  1753:  soldier  in  the 
revolution :  killed  in  the  tirst  naval  affair  of 
the  war  at  Machias,  June  12,  1775. 

(HI)  John  (3),  s'on  of  John  (2)  Colbath, 
was  born  about  1723-25,  in  Ireland  or  Ports- 
mouth. He  married,  August,  1748,  Elizabeth. 
(Milliken)  Wilson,  daughter  of  Samuel,  son 
of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Alger)  Milliken;  born 
1729:  married  (first)  Samuel  Wilson,  killed 
in  the  French  and  Indian  war  about  1755.  He 
married  (second)  P.etsey  Foss,  and  lived  in 
Dunstan  jjarish  ( Scarborough )  and  Buxton, 
where  he  died.  He  lived  in  a  small  house  of 
two  rooms  on  the  Buxton  road  to  Elden's  Cor- 
ners, and  was  buried  in  the  family  lot  on  the 
farm.  Children,  born  in  Scarborough:  i. 
fames.  1757;  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  the 
continental  army  from  Buxton.  2.  Daniel, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Anne,  married,  January 
9,  1782,  Isaac  Berry.  4.  Samuel,  married 
Betsey  Marr,  born  in  Scarborough  in  1762, 
ilied  February  20,  1847;  settled  in  Buxton; 
he  was  drowned  in  Saco  river  at  Moderation 
Mills.  5.  Joseph,  married,  June  19,  1785,  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  George  Coolbroth;  resided 
at  Buxton,  and  removed  to  Porter,  Oxford 
county;  son  William  was  father  of  King 
Colbath.  the  violinist.  6.  Benjamin  (twin), 
born  .August  30,  1768;  married,  October  7, 
1704.  Elizabeth  Fenderson,  born  May  i,  1774. 


died  May  9,  1836;  children:  i.  Sophia,  born 
January  27,  1795,  died  July  14,  1853;  ii.  Eliza, 
born  April  17,  1798;  iii.  Royal  B.,  born  May  8, 
1800:  iv.  Ivory  F.,  born  November  10,  1803, 
(bed  January  12,  1807;  v.  Mehitable  F.,  born 
July  16,  1808,  died  April  21,  1826.  7.  Ebe- 
iiezer  (twin),  born  August  30,  1768,  died  Jan- 
uary 13,  1842 ;  was  in  business  with  his  brother 
Benjamin  below  Coolbroth's  Corner  in  Scar- 
borough: married  (first)  April  20,  1798,  Me- 
hitable Tarbox;  married  (second)  August  8, 
1 810.  Nancy  Patten  Ayer,  born  November  28, 
1 781,  died  January  25,  1840;  children  of  first 
wife:  i.  Jonathan  M.,  born  ]\Iarch  i,  1799, 
merchant;  ii.  Rufus  Burnham,  died  young; 
children  of  second  wife:  iii.  Mehitable  Tarbox, 
born  December  10,  1816;  iv.  Mary  Burnham, 
born  May  10,  1818:  v.  Martha  Burnham,  born 
{•"ebrnary  12,  1820;  vi.  Rufus.  died  young.  8. 
Dorcas,  married  Isaac  Milliken. 

(IV)  Daniel  Coolbroth.  .son  of  John  (3) 
Colbath,  was  born  in  Scarborough  about  1759. 
He  married,  December  18,  1781,  Elizabeth 
Harmon,  born  November  28,  17(54,  died  July 
20,  1853,  at  the  home  of  Amasa  Lucas,  Hart- 
ford, daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Small ) 
Harmon.  Her  father  was  born  in  1721  at 
Scarborough:  married,  October  21,  1743,  Eliz- 
abeth Small.  Samuel  Harmon,  father  of 
James,  settled  at  Black  Point,  Scarborough,  in 
1727:  children:  i.  Nathaniel  Harmon,  born 
1709)  (these  dates  are  conjectural)  :  ii.  Mercy 
ilarmon,  born  1710;  iii.  Samuel  Harmon  Jr., 
born  171 1 ;  iv.  Sarah  Harmon,  born  1713,  mar- 
ried, .August  7,  1732,  John  Colbath,  mentioned 
above;  v.  John  Harmon,  born  1716,  married, 
November  2,  1743.  Mercy  Halsey;  vi.  William 
Harmon,  born  1719,  married,  June  9,  1740, 
Esther  Sibley:  vii.  James  Harmon,  bom  1721 
married,  October  27,  1743,  Elizabeth  Small: 
viii.  Esther  Ilarmon,  born  1723,  married, 
March  29,  1753,  Jonathan  Milliken;  ix.  Eliz- 
abeth, born  1728,  married.  May  23,  1754,  Ed- 
ward Milliken;  x.  George,  born  July  15,  1730, 
married,  November  26,   1760,  Mercy  Foss. 

Children  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (small) 
Harmon:  i.  .Anna,  born  August  27,  1744;  ii- 
Dorcas,  born  .August  12,  1746,  married,  Oc- 
tober 22.  1764.  Jonathan  Harmon;  iii.  James, 
born  February  28.  1748;  iv.  Elizabeth,  born 
May  14,  1751,'died  January  18,  1760;  v.  Anna, 
born  October  8,  1753;  vi.  Abner,  born  May  15, 

1756,   married   Anna   Potter;   second,  

McLellan:  vii.  Moses,  born  May  29,  1759: 
viii.  Joel,  born  September  26,  1761 ;  ix.  Eliza- 
beth, mentioned  above;  x.  Joshua,  born  July 
i-j,  1767;  xi.  Isaac,  born  March  31.  1770,  mar- 


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ried,    December,    1790,    Sarah    Milliken ;    xii. 
George,  baptized  April,  1775. 

Daniel  Coolbroth  settled  at  Coolbroth's  Cor- 
ner, Buxton,  and  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion from  that  town.     His  name  appears  on  a 
list   of   the  continental   soldiers   from   Buxton 
dated  August  26,   1777,  signed  by  the  select- 
men of  the  town.     Late  in  life  he  was  a  pen- 
sioner on   account  of  his   revolutionary  serv- 
ice,    lie  was  also  in  the  service  in  the  war  of 
1812.     He  settled  in  JJuxton,  and  later  in  Den- 
mark, Maine,  and  died  there  at  the  home  of 
Seth   Fogg,   his   grandson.     He    followed   the 
trade  of  wheelwright  for  many  years,  making 
sleds,  clapboards  and  shingles  as  well  as  wheels, 
etc.  and  was  a  skillful  mechanic  at  other  trades 
as   well.     He    lived   in    a   log   house   about   a 
mile    from    the   corner,   toward    Fryeburg,   lo- 
cating there   about    1815.     Some    of    his    de- 
scendants used  the  spelling  Kilbreth.     He  was 
of  large  physique,  weighing  two  hundred  and 
forty  pounds.     He  died   November   13,    1833, 
aged  seventy-four  years.     Children:  i.  Betsey, 
born  February  12,  1784,  died  March  14,  1840; 
married,   January  8,    1807,   Ezekiel   Fogg,     2. 
James,   born   April    5,    1786,   in   Buxton,   died 
March  24,  i860;  married  Rebecca  Johnson,  of 
Limington,   Maine,   burn  Jinie   lO,    1787,   died 
March  23.  i860;  children:  i.  Lucinda,  born  at 
l.imington,   April   7,    1806.   married   Asa   Co- 
burn  ;  ii.  Martha,  born  at  Hartford,  April  23, 
1808,    died    .\ugust    21,    1880,    married     Rev. 
(ieorge    llriggs,    and    had    Elizabeth,    George 
Mcnry    and    Abby   A.    Briggs ;   iii.   James   Jr., 
born    October    11,    1810,    (lied    November    28, 
1879,  married  .\lmira  .\.  (iriffin,  who  was  ba]> 
tized  at  Turner,  Maine,  when  ninety-tive  years 
old,    born    at    Hallowell,    September    7,    1808, 
daughter  of  William  and  Nancy  (Hoyt)  Grif- 
fin :  she  taught  thirty-seven  different  schools, 
and    was    much   beloved   by   her   pupils    (had 
children:  James,    fvlward  and    Frank   F.   Kil- 
bretii )  ;    iv.    William   Johnson,   born    January 
22,  1813,  died  January  24,  1S58,  married  .Xbby 
Hanscom,  and  liad  Martha  J.,  Sarah  .\ugusta 
and   llenrietta:  v.   Sullivan,  born  January  25. 
1815,  died  December  15,  1889,  married  Sarah 
F.  Wadsworth,  and  had  (ieorge  H.,  Emma  A., 
Charles  F.  and  Nellie  S. ;  vi,  Nancy  L.,  born 
March  2"] .  1817,  married  Amos  Colby,  of  Gray, 
Maine,  and  had  Mary.  James  H..  Hattie  and 
(liarles;  vii.  Dennis,  born  August  5,  1819,  died 
fune    I.    1887.    married    Sarah    Bartlett ;    viii. 
Joseph  A.,  born  April  24,  1822,  died  June  17, 
1869,  married  Eunice  E.  Fane,  and  had  Annie 
M.  and  Elfred  Leslie;  ix.  Rev.  Daniel  H.,  born 
March  3,   1824,  died  June   18,   1893,  married 


Sohila  .A.  Fuller,  and  had  Clara  G.  and  Percy 
11.  3.  Sarah,  born  June  22,  1788:  married 
Peter  Byther,  4.  Nancy,  born  December  12, 
1792,  died  April  4,  1885,  in  Hartford;  married 
Amasa  Lucas,  a  native  of  Carver,  Massachu- 
setts, died  March  29,  1870;  children  >  i.  Silvia 
Lucas,  born  1814,  died  1863;  ii.  John  A.  Lucas, 
born  May,  1816,  died  at  Hartford,  June,  1880; 
iii.  Amasa  Lucas,  born  May  5,  1818;  iv.  Daniel 
Lucas,  hoxw  1820,  died  1822;  v.  Betsey  Lucas, 
born  1823:  vi.  Samuel  Lucas,  born  1827;  vii. 
.\ancy  J.  Lucas,  born  1835.  5,  Benjamin, 
born  January  19,  1793,  died  June  14,  1795.  6. 
.\sa,  born  June  16,  1798;  died  at  Pembroke, 
Massachusetts,  May  12,  1874;  married  Jane 
Tyler,  born  May  12,  1802,  died  at  Pembroke, 
May  8,  1866;  children  ;  i.  Child,  born  and  died 
August  21,  1821  ;  ii.  John  Wilson,  born  at 
Buxton,  May  19,  1823;  iii.  Daniel  (twin), 
born  May  ig,  1823;  iv.  Greenleaf  (twin), 
born  September  8,  1824;  v.  Freeman  (twin), 
born  September  8,  1824,  died  young.  7.  Levi, 
born  r)ctober  31,  1801  ;  died  July,  1802.  8, 
Dorcas,  born  September  30,  1804;  married 
John  liartlett,  born  in  Pembroke,  Massachu- 
setts, November  25,  1784,  died  at  Hartford, 
Maine,  September  12,  1874;  had  four  children. 
<).  Abigail,  born  February  4,  1807;  died  at 
East  Conway,  New  Hampshire,  January  24, 
1881  ;  married  Jacob  Lewis,  (See  Lewis, 
Vn.)  10.  Samuel,  born  April  4,  1809,  shoe- 
maker by  trade;  married,  January  6,  1835, 
Svrena  Stetson,  born  October  18,  1809,  died 
at  Canton,  May  13,  1882,  daughter  of  Elisha 
Stetson;  children:  i.  Elizabeth  A.,  born  Sep- 
tember 19,  1837,  married.  May  3,  1856. 
America  P..  I'.enson,  born  in  Paris,  Maine,  Oc- 
tober 21,  1832,  and  had  six  children;  ii.  Cyn- 
thia M..  born  July  12,  1839,  married.  May  30, 
1838,  Gilbert  Tiiton.  and  had  two  children: 
iii.  Lucius  L.,  born  April  29,  1843,  married, 
(  V-tober  7,  1866.  Clara  A.  Swan,  born  in  Hart- 
ford. Elaine,  February  3.  1846;  (children;  Es- 
tella  S.,  born  November  15,  1867,  married. 
March  2.  1885,  Abram  Marston  :  Maurice  De- 
Witt,  born    lulv  9.   1873;  Willie,  born  August 

3.1875)-      "      " 

Among  the  noted  and  praise- 
DODGE     worthy  types  of  manhood  whose 

career  has  brightened  and  blessed 
his  fellowmen,  none  rises  to  a  more  truly  noble 
and  lofty  attitude  than  an  honored  son  of  the 
"Green  Mountain"  state,  of  whom  the  sub- 
joined notice  and  genealogical  sketch  is  written. 
With  such  an  abundance  of  real  facts  from 
which  to  draw,  one  scarcelv  knows  which  to 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


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select  for  record  use  and  which  to  leave  un- 
employed.   The  subject  of  which  we  write,  is 

Thomas  H.  Dodge,  who  has  been  an  active, 
brainy,  never-stand-stil!  character,  whose  ca- 
reer, now  well  nigh  spent  by  the  coming-on  of 
old  age,  will  for  generations  yet  to  come  be 
l\in<lly  remembered  for  the  work  he  had  so 
intelligently  wrought  out  with  his  own  brains 
and  willing  hands.  While  some  men  achieve 
great  names  by  military  fame ;  some  by  states- 
manlike lives ;  others  by  money-making  traits 
alone,  this  gentleman  has  made  for  the  world 
a  true  jjattern  for  any  young  man  who  wishes 
to  improve  his  time  and  make  good  use  of  the 
o|il)ortimities  with  which  he  finds  himself  en- 
vironed, upon  his  advent  into  the  world.  In 
this  man  one  finds  a  study,  which  to  fully 
comprehend  needs  to  be  re-enforced  by  a 
knowledge  of  his  noble  ancestry — noble  not  in 
a  sense  of  handed-down  "royalty,"  but  of  that 
sturdy  self-making,  self-denying,  painstaking 
sort  of  which  most  truly  great  men  are  pro- 
duced. 

Concerning  the  genealogy  of  Mr.  Dodge,  let 
it  be  said  that  he  is  of  English  origin,  and  what 
people  have  been  felt  more  for  their  intellect 
and  virtues  than  the  Anglo-Saxon  race?  The 
Dodges  have  a  history  known  somewhat  of  as 
far  back  as  1306  A.  D.,  when  members  of  the 
family  held  lands  in  Stockport,  England.  But 
as  the  object  of  this  volume  is  to  begin  with  the 
.-\merican  ancestry,  as  a  rule,  and  trace  the 
descendants  to  the  present  time,  such  facts  as 
might  be  had  concerning  the  English  family 
will  not  be  attempted  to  be  reproduced  herein. 

In  the  course  of  researches  for  this  family 
history  only  two  main  branches  have  been 
found,  one  descended  from  William,  or  Rich- 
ard, of  Beverly,  Massachusetts,  and  the  other 
from  Tristram  Dodge,  who  settled  on  Block 
Island,  Rhode  Island,  in  1660.  April  25,  1629, 
there  sailed  from  Gravesend,  on  the  Thames, 
two  boats — one  the  "Talbot,"  a  vessel  of  three 
hundred  tons,  and  the  "Lion's  Whelp,"  a  neat 
ship  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  tons.  They 
reached  Yarmouth,  Isle  of  ^^'ight,  May  8.  The 
journal  kept  by  Reverend  Francis  Higginson, 
of  the  "Talbot,"  has  been  preserved  and  gives 
clue  to  the  origin  of  all  American  Dodges. 
That  record  says  that  the  "Lion's  Whelp"  had 
forty  planters  from  Dorchester,  many  mariners, 
eight  pieces  of  ordnance,  provisions,  and  four 
goats.  Both  vessels  sailed  from  Yarmouth, 
May  II,  1629,  and  arrived  at  Salem,  June  29. 
the  same  year. 

W^illiam  Dodge  settled  in  that  location  now 
called   Beverlv.   but  in  earlv  times   known   as 


Bass-River-Side,  being  separated  from  Salem 
by  the  bay.  Tradition  states  he  was  tall,  with 
black  hair  and  a  dark  complexion.  He  be- 
came a  freeman  A])ril  17,  1627,  and  received 
a  grant  of  land  containing  sixty  acres  in  Sep- 
tember that  year.  William  Dodge  came  to 
Salem  nine  years  earlier  than  Richard,  hence 
he  has  been  called  the  "father  of  American 
Dodges."  The  records,  however,  show  the 
descendants  of  Richard  outnumber  his,  prob- 
ably on  account  of  the  fact  that  the  former 
had  but  two  sons,  while  Richard  had  five. 

Richard  Dodge,  brother  of  W'illiam  (i),was 
received  as  an  inhabitant  in  October,  1638,  and 
was  granted  ten  acres  by  the  town  of  Salem. 
He  was  admitted  into  the  church  at  Salem, 
May  5,  1644.  In  167 1  he  helped  to  establish 
the  First  Church  at  Beverly.  Richard  died  in 
June.  1671,  leaving  a  will  by  which  it  appears 
that  he  left  a  brother  Michael ;  the  will  of  Rich- 
ard, in  connection  with  the  will  of  his  father, 
John  Dodge,  renders  the  origin  of  Salem 
Dodges  quite  clear.  Records  in  the  register's 
office  of  Essex  county  also  show  that  William 
Dodge,  senior,  had  a  nephew  William  Dodge 
(Coker  W'illiam  or  William  Coker),  son  of 
Michael,  to  whom  by  a  deed  dated  May  12. 
1685,  he  gave  sixteen  acres  of  land  where  now 
stands  the  Beverly  reservoir.  On  the  same 
date  he  also  imposed  a  duty  upon  his  son  Cap- 
tain William  Dodge,  of  Beverly,  to  "pay  my 
brother,"  "if  he  came  to  New  England  and 
dwell  in  this  town  of  Beverly,  five  pounds  per 
annum,  so  long  as  he  shall  dwell  here" — refer- 
ring to  his  brother  in  England — doubtless 
Michael  Sprague,  then  his  only  brother,  Rich- 
ard having  died  in  1671. 

The  Dodges  for  at  least  four  generations 
rarely  engaged  at  anything  besides  farming. 
They  wanted  to  possess  and  improve  the  soil. 
They  were  hard  workers  and  seldom  irrelig- 
ious :  rarely  office  seekers,  and  were  a  temperate 
set  of  people.  With  the  expansion  of  popula- 
tion they  pushed  forth  for  new  homes,  to  sub- 
due other  lands*  and  have  been  found  on  the 
wild  frontiers,  through  the  northern  states,  and 
to-day  count  their  descendants  by  the  hundreds 
if  not  thousands  all  the  way  from  New  Eng- 
land to  the  waters  of  the  Pacific.  Men  of  note 
and  national  fame  may  be  found  here  and  there 
from  out  their  ranks  of  workers.  They  are 
found  among  the  philanthropic,  military,  liter- 
ary, clergy,  medical,  legal  and  college  pro- 
fessorships and  callings — ever  ready  to  do  and 
to  dare. 

To  come  now  direct  to  the  line  of  genealogy 
in  this  countrv  it  mav  be  said,  first,  that  John 


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Dodge  (ij  and  wife  Alargery,  of  Somerset- 
shire, England,  had  these  children:  i.  Will- 
iam, came  to  America,  1629 :  died  between 
1685  and  1692.  He  was  probably  born  about 
1604.  2.  Richard,  appeared  in  Salem,  1637; 
died  June,  1671  ;  probably  born  1602.  3.  Mich- 
ael, lived  and  died  in  Somerset  county,  Eng- 
land, and  had  five  children.  4.  Mary,  died  in 
England  and  had  one  son — John. 

(H)  \\'illiam  Dodge,  eldest  son  of  John 
(  I  j,  born  about  1604,  came  to  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1629.  A  tradition  was  handed 
down  by  Col.  Robert  Dodge  to  his  son  Francis, 
of  Georgetown,  D.  C,  that  "farmer  William" 
came  to  America  when  about  twenty-one  years 
of  age,  to  see  how  he  liked  it.,  and  returned  to 
England,  telling  his  father  that  he  had  deter- 
mined to  settle  in  America,  and  asked  him  for 
some  present.  His  father  said,  "get  married 
and  I  will  give  it."  William  is  said  to  have 
had  two  refusals,  but  finally  succeeded,  mar- 
ried, and  for  his  "present"  his  father  gave  him 
a  pair  of  bulls.  "Farmer  William,"  as  he  was 
styled,  became  a  prominent  factor  in  his  new' 
home  in  the  Xew  \\'orld.  lie  was  elected  to 
many  local  offices  and  served  in  courts  as  jury- 
man, helped  construct  roads,  bridges,  churches, 
and  was  an  extensive  f^mer.  In  1685  he  sold 
his  real  estate,  conveying  the  homestead  to  his 
son  Captain  W^illiam.  His  children  were:  i. 
Capt."  William,  born  September,  1640 ;  died 
1720.  2.  Hannah,  bom  1642:  married  Samuel 
Porter,  who  died  1660  ;  married  Thomas  Wood- 
berry.  Josiah  Dodge,  killed  in  the  Xarragan- 
sett  war  in  1675,  may  have  been  another  son. 

(H)  Richard  Dodge,  son  of  John  Dodge 
(i),  the  English  ancestor,  and  a  brother  to 
William  above  named,  married  in  England, 
and  had  a  sc>n  John,  who  died  there.  His  wife 
was  baptized  as  Edith.  It  is  quite  certain  that 
Richard  and  wife  joined  the  New  England 
colony  in  1638,  and  as  the  King  at  that  time 
was  not  allowing  qjnigration,  it  is  possible  that 
he  left  Itngland  without  royal  sanction.  He 
settled  in  "Dodge  Row,"  North  Beverly,  where 
he  built  a  house  that  was  occupied  and  kept 
in  the  family  for  more  than  two  hundred  years. 
He  and  his  wife  Edith  were  members  of  the 
Wenham  Church,  but  the  most  of  his  time  and 
talent  seems  to  have  been  spent  in  farm  im- 
provements, not  paying  any  special  attention  to 
church  work.  His  wife  outlived  him  seven 
years,  dying  June  27,  1678,  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enty-five years.  Their  children  were:  John, 
Mary,  Sarah,  Richard,  Samuel,  Edward,  Jo- 
seph. 

fill)   Jnseph   Dodge,   sou   nf   Richard    (21. 


born  in  Beverly,  1O51,  died  August  10,  1716; 
married  Sarah  Eaton,  of  Reading,  1671.  He 
was  a  farmer  in  Beverly,  near  his  father,  on 
Dodge  Row.  He  was  one  of  the  executors 
of  his  father's  estate,  receiving  a  liberal  joint 
share  with  his  brother  Edward.  The  children 
born  to  Joseph  and  his  wife  were:  Abigail. 
Joseph,  Noah,  Prudence,  Abigail,  Jonah,  Sarah, 
Elisha,  Charity,  Nathaniel. 

( I\' )  Elisha  Dodge,  son  of  Joseph  (3), 
born  January,  1687,  died  January  17,  1755. 
\Vitli  his  brother  Jonah  he  shared  his  father's 
real  estate  holdings.  In  his  will  he  gave  his 
wife  Alary  two  cows,  four  sheep  and  other 
property,  and  to  his  son  Elisha  all  real  and  per- 
sonal estate.  He  left  to  his  wife  a  negro 
woman,  Bathsheba,  who  was  to  belong  to  his 
daughters  Lois  and  Alary  on  the  death  of  their 
mother.  Flis  realty  was  ajjpraised  at  380 
pounds,  and  personal  at  114  pounds.  He  mar- 
ried Alary  Kimball,  of  Wenham,  October,  1709, 
and  the  children  born  to  them  were :  Jerusha, 
Lois,  Elisha,  Alary,  Elisha. 

(  \' )  Elisha  Dodge,  son  of  Elisha  (4),  born 
in  Beverly,  Alay  17,  1723,  died  after  1777,  in 
New  Boston,  married,  first,  to  Eleanor  Dodge: 
secondh',  to  Sarah  Foster,  of  Wenham,  1748 
who  died  August,  1768;  and  in  1769  he  mar- 
ried Airs.  Deborah  Lovett.  He  lived  in  Bev- 
erly until  1777,  when  he  moved  his  family  to 
New  Boston,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  died. 
His  children  were :  Sarah,  Jerusha,  Elisha, 
Noah.  Alalachi,  Abigail,  Ella,  Enoch,  Alehit- 
able.  Alary. 

(VI)  Enoch  Douglas,  son  of  Elisha  (5). 
born  Alay,  1762,  in  Beverly,  died  December  27, 
1834,  in  Eden,  Vermont:  married,  December 
t8,  1787,  Jael  Cochran,  born  in  New  Boston, 
New  Hampshire,  1768,  died  at  Eden,  Vermont 
A])ril  6,  1844.  They  moved  to  New  Boston  in 
1788.  Their  children  were:  i.  Alalachi  Fos- 
ter, born  New  Boston,  New  Hampshire,  Au- 
gust 20,  1789.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  March  28, 
1792,  died  February  22,  1793.  3.  Betsey,  born 
January  17,  1794.  died  July  22,  1802.  4.  Enoch, 
born  December,  1795,  died  Crete,  Illinois, 
Alarch  4,  1873.  5.  Elisha.  born  February  18. 
1798,  died  July,  1802.  6.  Jane,  born  January 
25,  1800,  died  February,  1844;  married  Daniel 
Cornish.  7.  Nathaniel  C,  born  Alay,  1802. 
lived  at  Jelifersonville,  Vermont.  8.  Joseph, 
born  Alarch  31.  1804,  died  June,  1864.  9. 
Marv.  born  June  24,  1806,  died  1880.  10. 
Hiram,  bom  June  23,  1808,  died  Alay  13,  1859. 
I  [.  John,  born  December,  1810,  died  Alarch, 
1814. 

(  VII  )  Alalachi  F.  Dodge,  son  of  Enoch  (6), 


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born  August  20,  1789,  in  New  Boston,  New 
Hampshire,  died  October  13,  1865,  in  Nashua, 
Xew  Hampshire.  He  married  Jane  Hutchins, 
January  9,  1812,  at  Belvidere,  Vermont.  They 
first  resided  in  Belvidere  and  next  in  Lowell, 
X'erinunt,  whence  they  removed  in  1837  to 
Nashua,  New  Hampshire.  Their  children  were  : 
I.  Priscilla  D.,  born  May,  1813,  died  August 
ij.  1864:  married  William  H.  Huntley.  2. 
Malachi  F..  born  January  8,  181 5.  3.  Elisha 
C.  born  September  27.  1816,  died  February, 
1825.  4.  Sarah  Jane,  born  July  6,  181 8,  mar- 
ried, November  18,  1845,  Ferderick  Plummer 
Bixby ;  both  deceased.  5.  Daniel  Darling,  born 
June  28,  1820.  married  Miss  Wyman  ;  both  de- 
ceased. 6.  Thomas  Hutchins,  born  September 
Z"],  1823.  married  Fliza  Daniels.  7.  .\bbie  R., 
born  June,  1825,  married  Rodney  AI.  Rollins ; 
both  deceased.  8.  Elisha  E.,  born  November 
17.  1827,  married  Martha  E.  Fernald ;  both  de- 
ceased. 9.  Mary  Harding,  born  November  20, 
1829,  married  Mason  Boyd;  he  is  deceased; 
she  resides  in  Xew  Hampshire.  10.  Emeline 
.A..,  born  Julv.  18  y,  died  October  26,  1865. 

( VHI)  Malachi  F.  Dodge,  Jr.,  son  of  Mala- 
chi F".  (7),  born  January  8,  1815,  at  Eden, 
X'ermont.  married.  May,  1838,  Charlotte  A. 
Ober,  of  Hoi)kinton,  New  Hampshire,  first, 
and  after  her  death  he  married  Hannah  T. 
Edwards.  Both  are  now  deceased.  They  re- 
sided at  Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  and  had 
following  children:  i.  Infant  son,  died  in 
1841.  2.  Edward  O.,  born  February,  1844; 
married  Ellen  L.  Dearborn,  deceased.  3. 
Thomas  F.,  born  October.  1846.  4.  Willy  H.. 
born  November.  185 1,  deceased.  5.  James  E., 
born  March,  1854,  resides  in  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire,  and  although  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics has  been  city  auditor  for  many  years  under 
the  administration  of  both  parties.  6.  Frank 
E.,  born  September.  1863,  deceased. 

(\Tn)  Having  brought  down  from  the  Eng- 
lish ancestor  the  line  of  descendants  to  which 
our  chief  subjects  belonged,  it  should  here  be 
stated  that  he  of  wliom  we  write,  Hon.  Thomas 
H.  Dodge  (8).  was  born  September  27,  1823. 
in  the  town  of  Eden,  Lamoille  county.  Ver- 
mont. He  is  the  fourth  son  of  Malachi  F. 
Dodge  (7).  and  wife  Jane  Hutchins.  Thomas 
H.  had  the  early  advantages  of  good  district 
schools,  as  his  father  was  a  well-to-do  farmer. 
The  family  later  moved  to  the  town  of  Lowell, 
N'ermont.  residing  on  a  farm  until  he  was  about 
fourteen  years  of  age.  when  his  eldest  brother 
secured  a  good  position  with  a  manufacturing 
concern  at  Nashua.  New  Hampshire,  and  the 
family  removed  there.     Here  he  applied  him- 


self to  his  school  duties  and  became  a  great 
admirer  of  Judge  Edmund  Parker,  who  was 
his  Sabbath  school  superintendent.  The  Dodge 
family  there  were  members  of  the  Olive  St. 
Congregational  Church.  Through  the  influ- 
ence of  Judge  Parker,  young  Dodge  resolved 
im  becoming  a  lawyer  and  manufacturer.  He 
yjroposed  to  his  parents  to  bear  his  own  ex- 
penses and  thus  showing  what  he  could  ac- 
complish, agreeing  to  pay  to  his  father  a  sum 
for  the  remainder  of  his  time,  as  he  had  not 
yet  reached  his  majority.  He  decided  on  learn- 
ing the  cotton  manufacturing  business,  hence 
commenced  at  the  bottom  as  a  roll  carrier,  giv- 

intj  him  a  chance  to  untlerstand  all  about  the 

.... 
raw  product  and  its  prejjaration  for  spnmmg. 

.\11  this  time  he  was  reading  books  on  this  sub- 
ject. After  earning  sufficient  money  in  the 
factdry  he  entered  Gymnasium  Institute,  at 
Pembroke.  Xew  Hampshire,  where  he  rapidly 
advanced,  and  at  the  commencement  delivered 
his  first  oration,  "The  Canadian  Patriot's  Ad- 
dress before  his  Execution."  Learned  state 
lawyers  and  jurists  were  present  and  he  made 
a  great  impression  upon  all.  One  judge  made 
the  remark.  "That  lad  has  a  bright  and  event- 
ful future  before  him."  And  true  it  was.  But 
little  did  they  dream  that  wdthin  a  third  of  a 
century  this  lad  would  stand  so  high  as  a 
manufacturer  and  inventor,  as  well  at  the 
forefront  as  an  advocate  and  jurist  in  a  special 
Ijranch  of  law.  He  returned  to  the  cotton 
nulls,  and  in  1850  published  his  famous  review 
cf  the  "Rise,  Progress  and  Importance  of 
Cotton  Manufactures  of  the  P'nited  States." 
He  was  a  close  student  in  many  branches  of 
natural  philosophy  and  chemistry.  He  was  a 
born  inventor,  and  knew  to  succeed  he  must 
needs  be  fully  posted,  hence  his  extra  training 
along  all  mechanical  lines  occupied  his  time 
for  years.  Among  his  numerous  inventions 
was  his  printing  press,  patented  to  him  by  the 
I'nited  States  Patent  Office,  November  18, 
1 85 1.  From  the  use  of  this  and  other  inven- 
tions he  received  a  large  income  at  a  time  in 
his  career  of  research  and  activities  when  most 
needed  to  send  him  up  higher.  Now  having 
the  funds —  the  product  of  his  own  brains — he 
decided  to  fit  himself  for  law,  and  in  1851  he 
entered  the  office  of  Hon.  George  Y.  Sawyer 
and  Col.  A.  F.  Stevens,  of  Nashua,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Having  given  three  years  close  study, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire.  In  1854  he  opened  an  office  at 
Nashua.  He  was  then  thirty-one  years  of  age. 
Aside  from  his  own  position  as  a  lawyer  he 
had  gained  prominence  as  a  manufacturer  and 


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inventor  of  no  small  skill.  By  reason  of  these 
things,  Hon.  Charles  Mason,  then  United 
States  Commissioner  of  Patents,  was  attracted 
toward  this  rising  genius,  and  tendered  him  the 
position  in  the  examining  corps  of  the  United 
States  Patent  Office.  He  was  first  assistant, 
but  soon  his  peculiar  ability  and  fitness  caused 
him  to  be  made  an  examiner-in-chief.  As  long 
as  Commissioner  Mason  was  at  the  head  of  the 
Patent  Office,  the  advice  and  opinion  of  Mr. 
Dodge  were  constantly  sought  after.  He  was 
finally  admitted  to  practice  in  the  United  States 
supreme  court,  and  had  very  many  large  patent 
cases,  some  involving  millions  of  dollars,  in 
which  he  was  eminently  successful.  His  clients 
came  from  one  ocean  to  the  other,  and  from 
the  forests  of  Maine  to  the  cotton  belt  of  the 
far  away  Southland.  In  the  forepart  of  1864, 
Mr.  Dodge  took  up  a  residence  in  Worcester. 
He  had  an  office  and  was  a  third  owner  of  the 
Union  Mowing  Machine  Company,  at  Wor- 
cester, which  plant  employed  many  men  and 
made  goods  for  all  parts  of  the  country.  In 
1881,  while  still  in  an  extensive  law  practice, 
he  in  connection  with  Charles  G.  Washburn, 
organized  the  Barbed  Fence  Company,  of  Wor- 
cester, of  which  Mr.  Dodge  was  president. 
This  was  but  the  commencement  of  what  has 
become  an  immense  barbed  wire  industry.  In 
1883  the  long  years  of  brain  work  caused  a 
serious  break  in  his  usual  good  health,  and  he 
was  compelled  to  retire  from  the  active  routine 
of  business  cares  to  which  he  had  subjected  him- 
self for  so  many  years. 

In  a  work  such  as  this,  it  is  impossible  to 
give  space  sufficient  to  give  at  length,  even  an 
outline,  of  all  of  interest  connected  with  this 
man's  career.,  but  in  closing  this  sketch,  a  brief 
review  of  some  of  the  more  important  acts  in 
both  his  private  and  public  life  will  be  noted. 
He  started  out  in  life  with  a  high  aim.  He 
worked  his  own  way  through  school.  He  in- 
vented several  cotton  cloth-making  appliances 
by  which  hundreds  of  dollars  were  saved  each 
month  by  each  cotton  mill.  He  invented  a 
printing  press  in  the  fifties,  which  principle 
carried  out  has  given  the  world  its  great  con- 
tinuous roll  printing  presses.  He  improved  the 
manner  of  making  moving  machines,  whereby 
over  a  million  men's  work  is  saved  each  hay- 
ing season.  He  discovered  the  safety  valve 
defect  and  has  taught  the  world  much  about 
the  cause  of  steam  boiler  explosions.  He  was 
a  chief  examiner  and  chairman  of  the  board 
of  appeals  in  the  United  States  Patent  Office, 
being  appointed  by  Judge  Holt,  chairman,  who 
succeeded  Judge  Mason  as  Commissioner  of 


Patents.  The  latter  office  Mr.  Dodge  resigned 
in  the  fall  of  1858.  Some  idea  of  the  esteem 
in  which  Mr.  Dodge's  services  were  held  may 
be  gained  from  the  fact  that  the  venerable 
editor-in-chief  of  the  National  I iitclligenccr  of 
\Vashington  said  that  no  other  public  officer 
had  ever  received  such  a  genuine  and  high 
tribute  as  that  which  Commissioner  Holt  be- 
stowed upon  Mr.  Dodge,  which  was  as  follows  : 

United  States  Patent  Office 
November  3,  1858. 

Sir: — I  have  received  with  emotions  of  unmlngled 
sorrow  your  letter  of  yesterday  resigning  the  office 
of  examiner,  the  duties  of  which  you  have  for  years 
discharged  with  such  distinguished  honor  to  your- 
self, and  advantage  to  the  public  interest.  It  would 
have  been  to  me  a  source  of  high  gratification  could 
I  have  enjoyed  for  the  future  tliat  zealous  support 
which  you  have  so  kindly  afforded  me  in  the  past. 
While,  however,  I  feel  that  your  retirement  will  be 
a  severe  loss  to  the  service,  as  it  will  be  a  personal 
affliction  to  myself.  I  cannot  be  insensible  to  the 
weiglit  of  the  considerations  which  have  determined 
you  to  seek  another  and  more  attractive  field  of 
labor.  I  shall  ever  recall  with  the  liveliest  satis- 
faction the  pleasant  social  and  official  relations 
which  have  marked  our  intercoui-se,  and  in  accept- 
ing your  resignation  I  beg  to  offer  to  you  my  heart- 
felt thanks,  alike  for  your  personal  friendship  and 
for  the  high,  loyal  and  most  effective  co-operation, 
^vhich  in  the  midst  of  circumstances  of  difficulty 
and  embarrassment  you  have  constantly  extended 
to  me  in  the  administration  of  this  office.  In  which- 
ever of  the  varied  paths  of  life  it  may  be  your 
fortune  to  tread,  be  assured  that  you  will*  bear  with 
you  my  warmest  wishes  for  your  success  and  hap- 
piness. 

Most  sincerely  your  friend. 

•Mr.  Thomas  H.  Dodge.  .1.  HOI^T. 

He  was  instrumental  in  bringing  about  a 
change  in  the  United  States  Postal  Department 
at  Washington,  by  which  letters  not  called  for. 
if  containing  a  return  card,  would  find  their 
way  back  to  the  writer,  without  the  long  ex- 
pensive routine  of  going  through  the  Dead 
Letter  office.  He  has  been  an  eminently  suc- 
cessful patent  attorney,  handling  intricate 
cases,  wherein  many  millions  of  money  have 
been  at  stake.  He  has  been  connected  with 
vast  mower  and  barb  wire  manufacturing  in- 
dustries at  Worcester.  He  has  given  "Dodge 
Park"  to  the  city —  a  gift  royal  in  and  of  itself. 
He  has,  together  with  his  truly  estimable  wife, 
been  a  faithful  church  and  Sabbath  school 
worker.  They  have  donated  large  sums  of 
money  from  time  to  time  toward  the  building 
of  church  edifices  in  Worcester  and  other 
places,  including  Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  and  Union  and  Peidmont  Congrega- 
tional Churches.  He  has  given  to  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows of  Massachusetts  the  charming  grounds 
upon  which  stands  the  State  Odd  Fellows'  Home 
in  Worcester,  and  then  gave  beautiful  grounds 
adjacent  known  as  Dodge  Park.  These  were 
unselfish  gifts,  because  he  is  not  a  member  of 
this  great  order.  He  wrote  a  twenty  page 
genealogy  of  one  branch  of  the  Dodge  family 


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in  1880.  He  was  true  anil  loyal  to  the  Union 
cause  in  tire  dark  and  trying  days  of  the  civil 
war.  He  Hved  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and  his 
home  was  ever  open  to  those  disposed  to  care 
for  the  sick  and  wounded  soldiers.  Both  he 
and  his  truly  good  companion  gave  of  their 
means  and  distributed  dehcacies  of  food  both 
in  and  outside  the  regular  hospitals.  At  no 
time  did  this  far-seeing  man  ever  doubt  the 
final  triumph  which  came  to  the  Union  cause. 
Not  able  himself  to  enter  the  army,  he  furnish- 
ed a  substitute  at  a  cost  of  one  thousand  dollars 
— a  young  French  Canadian,  who  served  with 
great  credit,  and  rose  to  the  rank  of  a  com- 
missioned officer. 

Mr.  Dodge  was  married  June  29,  1843  to 
Eliza  Daniels,  of  Brookline,  New  Hampshire, 
and  to  her  he  attributes  much  of  his  success  in 
life,  as  she  has  ever  cheered  and  encouraged 
his  undertakings.  The  deep  interest  they  have 
both  taken  in  church  work  and  the  support  of 
the  same,  with  their  interest  in  the  Natural 
History  Camp  and  the  Summer  schools  for 
boys  and  girls,  give  the  readers  to  know  the 
tendencies  of  their  minds.  May  18,  1905,  Mr, 
and  Mrs.  Dodge  each  donated  five  hundred 
dollars  to  the  cause. 

Mr.  Dodge  is  a  man  of  distinguished  pres- 
ence, dignified,  yet  genial.  His  has  been  a  life 
of  great  usefulness.  He  is  noted  for  liberality 
of  mind  and  kind  hospitality.  The  warm  place 
he  holds  in  the  affections  of  the  people,  in  a 
community  in  which  he  has  done  so  much  good 
work,  and  spent  so  large  a  portion  of  his  useful 
and  honorable  life,  is  the  best  evidence  of  his 
work  as  a  citizen  whom  all  Massachusetts  may 
well  be  proud  to  own. 


John  Foss,  immigrant  ancestor, 
FOSS     came    from    England    in   a    British 

war  vessel,  landing  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  by  jumping  overboard,  swim- 
ming ashore,  escaping  further  service.  He 
thought  of  settling  at  a  place  called  Reids 
Temple,  but  finally  went  to  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  granted  land  at  Ports- 
mouth, February  24,  1657,  and  the  next  record 
of  him  is  as  witness  to  a  deed  in  Dover,  May 
14,  1661,  where  he  was  admitted  an  inhabi- 
tant, January  I,  1665-66,  and  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance,  June  21,  1669.  He  served  on 
the  jury  in  1667-69-71.  He  was  for  a  time 
at  Kittery,  Maine ;  he  bought  of  John  Warren, 
September  29,  1668,  a  dwelling  house  and  one 
hundred  acres  of  land  in  Exeter,  but  sold  to 
Richard  Morgan  in  April,  167 1.  He  may 
have  lived  there  a  short  time,  but  in  1677  he 

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was  taxed  for  the  minister's  support  in  Great 
Island  (Tye),  and  in  1678  was  a  delinquent  in 
his  rate.  Neither  he  nor  his  son  William  was 
in  good  standing  in  the  established  church. 
Both  were  fined  for  infractions  of  church 
laws  and  doubtless  both  were  Quakers.  His 
will  was  dated  in  Dover,  December  17,  1699. 
He  married  (first)  Mary  Chadbourne,  born  in 
Boston,  i6.|4,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary 
Chadbourne,  grancklaughter  of  William  Chad- 
bourne,  who  came  over  with  Captain  John 
Mason  to  build  a  mill  at  Newichawannoch 
(South  Berwick),  Maine.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) January  25,  1686,  Sarah,  widow  of 
James  Goss.  He  married  (third)  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  William  and  Jane  Berry,  and 
widow  of  John  Locke,  who  was  killed  by  the 
Indians  on  Dover  Plains,  June  26,  1696. 
Children,  all  by  first  and  second  wives :  i 
John.  2.  Samuel,  died  young.  3.  Joshua.  4. 
Elizabeth,  born  in  Dover,  1666.  5.  Mary.  6. 
William,  mentioned  below.  7.  Walter.  8. 
Hannah,  g.  Thomas.  10.  Hinkson,  killed  by 
Indians  on  Dover  Plains,  June  26,  1696,  aged 
seventeen.  11.  Humphrey.  12.  Jemimah. 
13.  Samuel. 

"  (H)  William,  son  of  John  Foss,  was  born 
March  11,  1673.  He  married  (first)  about 
1692,  Margery,  daughter  of  Nathan  Lord.  A 
William  Foss  married  in  Hampton  Falls,  No- 
vember 20,  1700,  Sarah  Buswell ;  also  a  Will- 
iam Foss  married,  March  26,  1703,  Sarah, 
widow  of  Nathaniel  Heard.  His  son  William 
was  appointed  administrator  of  his  estate, 
April  26,  1724.  Children:  i.  William.  2. 
Mary,  married  John  Waldron,  of  Dover.  3. 
Sarah,  married  Joseph  Coimor,  of  Dover.  4, 
Margery,  married  James  Richards,  of  Dover. 
5.  Benjamin,  married  Ann  Hodgdon.  6.  Jo- 
siah,    mentioned    below.     7.    Walter,    married 

Hannah    .     8.    Lydia,    married    Peter 

Grant. 

(HI)  Josiah,  son  of  William  Foss,  lived  in 
Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  and  later  re- 
moved to  Greenland.  He  sold  lands  in  Hamp- 
ton, September  11,  1732,  to  Jacob  Brown.  He 
sold  lands  in  Greenland  belonging  to  the  estate 
of  his  father-in-law,  April  25,  1739;  also  sold 
lands  in  Epsom  and  Greenland  to  John  Foss, 
June  15,  1739.  On  April  23,  1754,  he  bought 
land  in  Greenland  from  Benjamin  Holmes, 
and  was  living  there  when  the  census  was 
taken  in  1790,  and  had  at  that  time  a  wife,  one 
son  over  sixteen  years  old,  and  one  daughter 
living  at  home.  He  was  one  of  the  proprie- 
tors of  Cornish,  New  Hampshire,  in  1762,  but 
it  is  not  known  that  he  ever  lived  there.     He 


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married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Weeks. 
Cliildren,  born  in  Greenland:  I.  Josiah,  died 
young.  2.  William,  August  31.  1 76 1.  3.  Eliz- 
abeth. 4.  Sanniel.  5.  Dorothy.  6.  Josiah 
mentioned  below. 

(1\')  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Josiah  (  i)  Foss, 
was  born  in  Greenland,  Xew  Hamjishire,  July 
7,  1771.  He  lived  in  Keene,  New  Hampshire. 
Thetford.  \'ermont,  and  finally  settled  in 
Derby,  Vermont,  where  he  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers.  He  died  in  Franklin  county,  New 
York,  where  his  son  Ziba  had  settled.  He 
married  I'riscilla  Bartlett,  who  died  in  Con- 
stable, New  York.  Children:  i.  Samuel  Bart- 
lett,  mentioned   below.     2.   Ziba,   removed   to 

New   York  state.     3.   Nancy,  married  

Kennison.  4.  Sally.  5.  Phebe.  6.  Susan. 
7.  Fanny.     8.  Betsey.     9.  Lucinda. 

(V)  Samuel  Bartlett,  son  of  Josiah  (2) 
Foss,  was  born  in  Thetford,  Vermont,  April 
20,  1799,  and  died  November  2,  1878.  He 
married  (first)  January  I,  1829,  Amanda 
Bangs,  born  at  Guilford,  \'ermont,  February 
12,  1802,  died  April  29,  1834;  (second)  Sep- 
tember 20,  1836,  at  New  Haven,  Vermont, 
Anna  Grennell,  born  October  24,  1803,  died 
May  17,  1850:  (third)  February  11,  1851, 
Silvina  McEntire,  born  June  19,  1804,  died 
April  21,  1891.  Child  of  first  wife:  i. 
George  Edmund,  mentioned  below.  Child  of 
second  wife:  2.  Herman  Grennell,  born  at 
Burke,  New  York.  November  6,  1837,  died 
June  8,  1864,  in  Richmond  prison,  Virginia, 
a  prisoner  of  the  civil  war. 

(VI)  George  Edmund,  son  of  Samuel 
Bartlett  Foss,  was  born  in  Derby,  Vermont, 
[une  I,  1830,  and  resides  as  Jamaica  Plain, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter 
and  housewright.  He  settled  in  Berkshire, 
Vermont,  and  later  in  St.  Albans,  Vermont. 
He  was  a  commissioner  on  building  the  court 
house  of  Franklin  county  at  St.  Albans,  in 
1873.  and  superintendent  of  its  construction. 
He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  held 
many  positions  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was 
assessor  of  St.  Albans.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  was  manager  of  the  St.  Albans  Manu- 
facturing Company,  which  had  a  special 
method  of  drying  lumber.  Mr.  Foss  is  a  de- 
vout Baptist  in  religion,  and  has  served  as  dea- 
con in  no  less  than  seven  different  churches 
of  this  denomination  since  i860.  He  now  at- 
tends the  Baptist  church  at  Jamaica  Plain, 
Boston,  where  he  resides  at  8  Everett  street. 
He  married,  in  Franklin,  Vermont,  February 
2T.    i8s6.    Marcia    Cordelia    Noble,    born    in 


FYanklin,  January  8,  1835,  daughter  of  Syl- 
vester Campbell  and  Xancy  (Chaplin  )  Noble. 
(.See  Noble,  \"I.)  Children:  Eugene  Noble 
and  Hon.  (ieorge  Edmund,  both  mentioned 
below. 

(\I1)  Eugene  Noble,  son  of  George  Ed- 
mund Foss,  was  born  in  West  Berkshire,  Ver- 
mont, September  24,  1858.  He  spent  his  early 
childhood  in  his  native  town,  two  miles  and  a 
half  from  the  Canadian  line.  When  he  was 
ten  years  old  the  family  removed  to  St.  Albans, 
where  he  attended  the  public  schools  and  pre- 
pared for  college.  He  was  a  student  for  two 
years  in  the  Cniversity  of  \'ermont  at  Burl- 
ington, .^t  the  end  of  his  sophomore  year  he 
decided  to  follow  a  business  career,  and  left 
college  to  accept  a  position  as  traveling  sales- 
man for  the  patented  device  for  drying  lum- 
ber used  by  the  company  of  which  his  father 
was  then  manager.  \X  the  age  of  twenty-one 
he  went  west  to  introduce  this  device  among 
the  lumber  mills.  In  connection  with  this 
business  he  also  rejiresented  B.  F.  Sturtevant, 
of  Boston,  manufacturer  of  mill  machinery, 
and  was  so  successful  that  Mr.  Sturtevant  sent 
for  him,  induced  him  to  accept  a  more  re- 
sponsible position  in  his  business,  and  in  a 
short  time  he  was  given  the  management  of 
the  concern.  Since  the  death  of  Mr.  Sturte- 
vant in  1890  he  has  been  at  the  head  of  the 
business,  which  was  incorporated  as  the  B. 
F.  Sturtevant  Company,  and  from  a  compara- 
tively small  concern  has  grown  rapidly  to  large 
dimensions,  one  of  the  most  extensive  iron 
works  in  New  England.  Then  there  were 
about  a  hundred  and  fifty  hands  employed, 
now  about  one  thousand  five  hundred.  When 
-Mr.  Foss  took  charge  the  house  had  no  for- 
eign trade,  but  now  has  a  branch  in  London 
known  as  the  Sturtevant  Engineering  Com- 
])any,  anrl  branches  at  Berlin,  St.  Petersburg, 
Paris,  and  Johannesburg,  South  Africa,  and 
the  trade  of  the  company  extends  to  Japan, 
China,  and  the  remotest  sections  of  the  earth. 
In  1901  the  old  plant  was  partly  destroyed 
by  fire,  and  the  business  was  removed  from 
Jamaica  Plain  to  Hyde  Park,  where  a  model 
plant  was  erected,  one  of  the  largest  and  finest 
in  the  country.  Mr.  Foss  has  faith  in  New 
England  as  a  manufacturing  country  in  the 
future,  as  he  has  demonstrated  its  possibili- 
ties in  the  past.  The  Sturtevant  Company  has 
eight  buildings,  varying  in  size  from  45  by 
100  to  170  by  350,  with  a  floor  spacing  amount- 
ing in  ail  to  ten  acres,  eciuipped  with  the  latest 
machinery  and  facilities,  every  convenience 
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transportation.  The  company  manufactures 
blowers,  engines,  turbines,  motors,  econo- 
mizers, forges,  etc.  Mr.  Foss  believes  in  sup- 
plying foreign  markets  with  goods  made  in 
American  shops,  and  his  influence  has  been 
exerted  constantly  and  indefatigably  to  main- 
tain the  position  of  New  England  as  a  manu- 
facturing center.  He  is  at  the  head  of  the 
Becker  IMilling  Machine  Company,  of  Hyde 
Park,  employing  five  hundred  men.  This 
company  has  four  fine  buildings,  each  three 
stories  high,  with  power  plant,  all  remodeled 
and  refitted  when  ^Ir.  Foss  took  charge.  As 
a  result  of  the  combination  of  independent  in- 
terests effected  by  ]\Ir.  Foss  in  1901,  the 
Flecker  concern  now  turns  out  the  largest  line 
of  milling  machines  in  the  world.  Mr.  Foss 
is  president  and  director  of  the  Becker  Ma- 
chine Company,  and  treasurer  and  general 
n>anager  of  the  B.  F.  Sturtevant  Company. 
Mr.  Foss  is  also  president  of  the  Mead-Mor- 
rison Manufacturing  Company,  of  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.  They  employ  five  hundred 
men  and  manufacture  coal  conveying  and 
hoisting  machinery;  also  president  of  the 
Burgess  Mills  at  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island, 
large  cotton  mills,  employing  about  twelve 
hundred  people :  also  president  of  Maverick 
Cotton  Mills  of  East  Boston.  He  is  also  con- 
nected with  many  other  manufacturing  and 
transportation,  mining  and  industrial  corpora- 
tions, banks  and  other  financial  institutions. 
He  is  president  and  director  of  the  Bridge- 
water  Water  Company :  director  of  the 
Manhattan  Elevated  Railway  Company  of 
New  York ;  director  of  the  Brooklyn  Heights 
Railroad  Company ;  director  of  the  Brook- 
lyn Rapid  Transit  Company ;  director  of  the 
Chicago  Junction  Railways  and  Union  Stock- 
yards Company ;  member  of  the  executive 
committee  and  trustee  of  the  Massachusetts 
Electric  Companies :  director  of  the  Hyde 
Park  National  Bank  of  Hyde  Park. 

Mr.  Foss  has  been  for  many  years  a  con- 
spicuous figure  in  political  life.  He  has  al- 
ways been  a  Republican,  and  has  been  the  fore- 
most advocate  in  New  England  of  the  doctrine 
of  reciprocity  first  promulgated  by  Hon.  James 
G.  Blaine,  whom  Mr.  Foss  greatly  admired. 
He  was  chairman  of  the  Republican  committee 
of  ward  23,  Boston,  member  of  the  Republican 
city  committee  and  of  the  Republican  congres- 
."-ional  committee  of  the  eleventh  district.  He 
was  an  active  member  and  at  one  time  a  di- 
rector of  the  Home  Market  Club  of  Boston, 
an  influential  organization  of  Republicans  and 
Protectionists.     He  began  an  active  campaign 


for  reciprocity  in  1902,  when  he  was  a  candi- 
date for  congress  -in  his  district,  winning  the 
Republican  nomination  on  his  platform  of  Ca- 
nadian reciprocity,  free  iron,  free  coal  and  free 
hides.  He  was  defeated  at  the  polls,  partly 
througn  the  growth  of  Democratic  sentiment 
■n  the  district,  and  partly  through  the  hostility 
of  certain  Republicans,  aroused  by  his  plat- 
form. It  was  not  a  desire  to  secure  political 
honors  that  made  Mr.  Foss  a  candidate.  He 
felt  that  he  had  an  important  duty  to  perform. 
\\  hen  his  plant  was  burned,  it  was  taken  for 
granted  by  other  manufacturers  that  he  would 
remove  the  works  to  some  locality  where  raw 
materials  were  cheaper,  perhaps  Pittsburg,  or 
the  South.  "You  surely  will  not  stay  here," 
said  his  friends :  "the  conditions  are  all  against 
successful  mamifacturing  in  New  England." 
"\'ery  well,"  replied  Mr.  Foss;  "then  we  will 
try  to  change  the  conditions.  Many  of  our 
employees  have  been  with  us  for  a  generation. 
Their  homes  are  scattered  all  through  Boston. 
Their  families  and  friends  are  here,  their  chil- 
dren are  here.  I  will  not  uproot  our  whole 
organization  and  try  to  transplant  it  unless  I 
am  forced  to  do  so.  As  a  loyal  son  of  New 
England,  I  would  rather  exert  myself  to  im- 
prove conditions  than  desert  New  England. 
I  will  ask  the  people  to  stand  by  me."  He 
was  misunderstood  at  first,  and  roundly 
abused  in  many  quarters,  but  with  character- 
istic determination  persisted  in  his  purpose 
and  met  defeat  cheerfully.  He  confined  his 
fight  within  his  own  party,  and  grew  stronger 
as  his  motives  and  policy  became  better  under- 
stood. In  1904  he  was  again  the  nominee  of 
his  party  for  congress,  and  made  a  vigorous 
cam])aign,  but  was  again  defeated  by  a  narrow 
margin.  In  1906  he  became  a  candidate  for 
the  Republican  nomination  for  lieutenant-gov- 
ernor, upon  the  same  platform,  and  fought 
one  of  the  most  strenuous  and  remarkable 
campaigns  in  the  history  of  the  commonwealth, 
against  Eben  S.  Draper.  It  is  the  custom  in 
Massachusetts  to  elect  as  governor  the  man 
who  has  been  for  two  or  three  years  previously 
lieutenant-governor,  so  the  contest  was  virtu- 
ally for  the  governorship.  Mr.  Draper  was 
successful,  and  in  turn  became  governor,  but 
the  educational  value  of  the  campaign  con- 
ducted by  Mr.  Foss  is  shown  in  the  changing 
policy  of  the  Republican  party  in  relation  to 
the  tariff  and  the  impending  modification  of 
the  tarifi^  for  which  a  special  session  of  con- 
gress has  been  called.  The  victory  of  his  plat- 
form appears  to  be  in  sight. 

Mr.   Foss  is  an  able  and  convincing  public 


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s])eaker  and  writer,  a  shrewd  student  of  busi- 
ness and  economical  conditions.  His  record 
as  an  employer  of  skilled  labor  is  not  excelled. 
As  a  financier  few  have  achieved  greater  suc- 
cess in  New  England,  and  no  Boston  man 
stands  higher  in  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
the  capitalists  of  the  country.  It  is  not  an  ex- 
travagance to  say  that  no  other  citizen  of  Mass- 
achusetts has  used  his  wealth  and  influence 
with  greater  public  spirit  and  wisdom.  Where 
he  has  prospered,  the  community  and  his  em- 
ployees alike  have  prospered  also.  He  might 
have  overcome  the  handicap  that  his  business 
has  suffered  through  the  tariff  by  establishing 
manufacturing  plants  in  other  countries,  but 
his  policy  has  always  been  to  keep  his  busi- 
ness in  New  England,  and  in  the  numerous 
enterprises  with  which  he  is  connected  he  has 
used  his  influence  to  the  same  end.  He  has 
taken  a  lively  interest  not  only  in  manufactur- 
ing and  political  life,  but  in  educational  affairs, 
and  is  a  trustee  of  Vermont  Academy,  at  Sax- 
ton  River,  and  of  the  Xewton  Theological  Sem- 
inary, trustee  of  Hebron  Academy,  Hebron, 
Maine,  trustee  of  Colby  University,  Water- 
ville,  Maine.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Eirst  Baptist  Church  of  Jamaica  Plain 
and  is  a  trustee  of  the  Boston  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Boston  Art  Club,  Algonquin  Club,  Coun- 
try Club,  Jamaica  Club,  Exchange  Club,  and 
the  Eliot  Club. 

He  married,  June  12,  1884,  Lilla  R.  Sturte- 
vant,  born  in  Boston,  November  4,  i860, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Eranklin  and  Phebe  R. 
(Chamberlain)  Sturtevant.  Her  father  was 
an  inventor  and  manufacturer  of  the  Sturte- 
vant blowers,  etc.,  born  at  Norridgewock, 
Maine,  January  18,  1833,  son  of  Seth  and 
Hulda  Sturtevant.  He  produced  first  the  ma- 
chine for  making  ribbon  shoe  pegs,  and  next 
a  small  fan  blower  to  remove  by  air  current 
leather  dust  and  waste  from  buffing  machines, 
beginning  the  manufacture  of  his  machines  in 
Boston.  The  idea  was  rapidly  extended,  and 
the  Sturtevant  exhaust  fans,  engines,  and  spe- 
cial appliances  for  ventilation  and  forcing 
drafts  found  a  demand  in  a  multitude  of  in- 
dustries. Mr.  Sturtevant  died  at  his  home 
in  Jamaica  Plain,  April  17,  1890.  He  left 
two  daughters:  Ella  S.,  wife  of  W.  V.  Keller, 
and  Lilla  R.,  wife  of  Mr.  Foss,  and  a  widow, 
Phebe  R.  Sturtevant,  who  died  April  17,  1903. 
Children:  i.  Benjamin  Sturtevant,  born  Oc- 
tober 9,  1886.  2.  Noble.  April  8,  1888.  3. 
and  4.  Esther  and  Helen  (twins),  January  20, 
1894. 


(VH)  George  Edmund  (2),  son  of  George 
Edmund  ( I )  Foss,  was  born  in  Berkshire, 
Vermont,  July  2,  1863.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  St.  Albans,  Vermont,  whither 
his  father  removed  when  he  was  a  young 
ciiild.  and  entered  Harvard  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1885. 
He  studied  his  profession  in  Union  College, 
and  received  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1889,  and 
the  same  year  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Illi- 
nois. He  has  since  then  practiced  law  in  Chi- 
cago. He  was  elected  to  congress  from  the 
Seventh  Illinois  district  in  1895,  and  re-elected 
in  1897-99.  snfl  1901.  Since  1902  he  has  repre- 
sented the  tenth  district  in  congress.  In  1900 
he  became  chairman  of  the  house  committee 
on  naval  affairs,  and  has  held  that  position  to 
the  present  time.  He  is  the  youngest  congress- 
man of  equal  length  of  service,  and  the  young- 
est chairman  of  a  great  committee.  He  is  an 
able  speaker  and  ready  debater,  energetic,  effi- 
cient and  of  high  ideals  and  great  attainments. 
His  residence  is  at  47  Gordon  Terrace,  Buena 
Park,  Chicago.  He  married,  June  29,  1893. 
(leorgie  Louise  Fritz,  born  in  Chicago,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1868.  Children:  Katherine,  born 
May  25,  1896.  Marcia  and  Constance  (twins), 
November  4,  1901. 

(The    Noble    Line). 

(II)  Mark,  son  of  Thomas  Noble  (q.  v.), 
was  born  in  Westfield,  about  1670,  and  died 
there  April  16,  1741.  He  was  a  farmer,  and 
was  chosen  in  1718  surveyor  for  the  town  and 
county  roads;  in  1720  constable;  in  1722  to 
seat  the  meeting;  in  1725  tythingman.  On 
-April  8,  1741,  a  few  days  before  his  death,  he 
executed  a  deed  giving  his  property  to  his  sons, 
John  and  Noah  Noble.  He  married,  in  1698, 
Mary  (or  Mercy)  Marshall,  who  died  May  12, 
1733,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Rebecca  (New- 
berry) Marshall,  of  Northampton.  She  join- 
ed the  Westfield  church,  December  23,  1703. 
Children,  born  in  Westfield:  i.  Noah,  March 
5,  1699;  died  October  7,  1703.  2.  Mary,  De- 
cember 20,  1 701  ;  married  John  Barber.  3. 
Abigail,  July  7,  1704;  married  Jonathan  Miller. 

4.  John,  December  21,  1706;  mentioned  below. 

5.  Miriam,  January  4,  1710;  married  Ebenezer 
Bush.  6.  Noah,  May  23,  1713;  married  Sarah 
Barber. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Mark  Noble,  was  born 
in  Westfield.  December  21,  1706,  and  died  in 
Southwick,  Massachusetts,  March  3,  1776.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  that  part  of 
Westfield  which  became  Southwick,  removing 
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village  called  Longyard,  on  the  farm  later 
occupied  by  his  great-grandson,  John  Leroy 
Noble.  He  joined  the  Westfield  church,  April 
II,  1736,  but  becoming  a  "Separate"'  was  cut 
off  September  5.  1750.  He  afterward  preach- 
ed to  the  "Separate"  society  in  Westfield.  Their 
meetinghouse  was  taken  down  about  1775,  and 
he  then  joined  the  Baptist  church  at  Suffield, 
Connecticut.  His  will  was  dated  March  20, 
1771.  He  married  (first)  July  10,  1735.  Lydia 
Bush,  born  March  5,  171 1,  daughter  of  EJaen- 
ezer  Bush,  of  Westfield.  She  joined  the  West- 
field  church,  April  11,  1736.  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  .August  28,  1746,  Elizabeth  Remmington, 
born  in  Sufifield,  August  22,  1718,  died  .\u- 
gust  2,  1791,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
(Dudley)  Remmington.  She  married  (sec- 
ond), 1778,  Captain  Jonathan  Remmington,  of 
Sufifield.  Children  of  first  wife:  I.  Amos, 
born  December  8,  1736;  died  March  20,  1753. 
2.  Josiah.  November  19,  1737;  married  Olive 
Flill.  3.  Eli,  October  16,  1739;  mentioned 
below.  4.  John,  May  24,  1743;  married  (first  i 
T.  Curtis;  (second)  L.  Pratt.  Children  of 
second  wife:  5.  Elizabeth,  ba])tized  July  10 
1748:  died  young,  acci<lentally  scalded.  6. 
Elizabeth,  born  January  23,  1750:  married 
Enos  Loomis.  7.  Eunice,  about  1752:  mar- 
ried Thomas  Campbell.  8.  Amos,  April,  1756; 
married,  May  10,  1780,  Abigail  Hanchett.  9. 
Timothy,  ApT\\  8,  1758:  married  Sally  Taylor. 
(IV)  Captain  Eli,  son  of  John  Noble,  was 
born  in  Southwick,  October  i6,  1739.  and  died 
in  I'ownal,  X'ermont,  December,  1827.  His 
gravestone  states  his  death  inaccurately.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  last  French  and  Indian 
war,  and  was  among  those  who  surrendered 
at  Fort  William  Henry.  While  others  were 
being  massacred,  he  was  seized  and  led  away 
by  two  Indians,  who  held  him  fast  by  the 
wrists.  .As  he  walked  along  without  making 
trouble,  he  was  soon  left  to  the  care  of  one 
hrlian.  Watching  his  op])ortunity,  as  thev 
were  about  to  pass  a  log.  Noble  ])ermitted  the 
Indian  to  go  before  him,  and  wrenching  away, 
fled  in  the  opjiosite  direction,  and  reached 
his  home  in  safety.  In  1738  he  was  a  soldier 
under  Captain  Selah  liarnard.  He  removed 
as  early  as  1766  to  Fownal,  Vermont,  and  was 
selectman  there  in  1777.  He  is  said  to  have 
held  a  commission  at  the  battle  of  Bennington, 
though  not  to  have  been  in  the  engagement. 
He  was  justice  of  the  peace  from  1778  for 
eighteen  years :  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1778.  He  was  a  farmer.  In  personal  ap- 
pearance his  eyes  were  blue  and  he  was  five 
feet,  ten  inches  tall.     His  will  was  dated  No- 


vember 28,  1825,  and  proved  April  2,  1828. 
He  married  (first)  February  27,  1760,  Ruth 
Campbell,  who  died  December  24,  1783,  aged 
forty-two,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary 
Campbell;  (second)  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Follett, 
born  in  Westfield,  July  12,  1743.  daughter  of 
Martin  and  Elizabeth  (  Dewey )  Dewey.  Chil- 
dren, all  by  first  wife:  i.  Alargaret.  born  17(30; 
married  (first)  Joshua  Carpenter;  (second)  D. 
Eldred.  2.  .Abner,  December  26,  1761  ;  mar- 
ried (first)  E.  Boltwood;  (second)  M.  Downs. 
3.  Lydia,  married  Nathan  Eldredge.  4.  Asahel, 
married  (first)  P.  Wallace;  (second)  H. 
Adams.  5.  Polly,  married  John  Blanchard.  6. 
Eli.  married  Eunice  Wilcox.  7.  Ruth,  married 
Asahel  (ireen;  died  April  12,  1851,  aged  sev- 
enty-seven. 8.  Hulda,  married  William  John- 
son. 9.  Susan,  married  Charles  Bennett.  10. 
Eunice,  married  Joel  White.  11.  Ashbel,  mar- 
ried Polly  Scott.  12.  John,  born  May  5,  1781 ; 
married  Sally  Stantim.  13.  Robert,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Robert,  son  of  Captain  Eli  Noble,  was 
born  in  Pownal,  X'ermont.  July  8,  1783,  and 
died  in  East  Franklin,  \'ermont.  July  24,  i860. 
He  removed  to  West  Berkshire,  Vermont, 
where  he  bought  a  farm  which  he  owned  the 
remainder  of  his  life,  although  in  1850  he  re- 
moved to  East  Franklin,  an  adjoining  town. 
He  married  (first)  February  18,  1808,  Sarah 
Pheliis.  born  June  15,  1786,  died  February  23, 
1844,  daughter  of  \\'illiam  and  Sarah  (Phelps) 
Phel])s,  of  Rupert,  \'erinont.  He  married 
(second)  October  i,  1848,  Mrs.  Eliza  Scofield, 
born  in  Hancock,  Massachusetts,  January  6. 
1793.  died  in  Dunham^  Canada  East,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1866,  daughter  of  Captain  Simeon  and 
Esther  ( Mason )  Martin,  and  widow  of  Jesse 
Scofield.  Children,  all  by  first  wife,  born  in 
P.erkshire :  1.  Sylvester  Campbell,  November 
13,  1808;  mentioned  below.  2.  Sarah  Maria. 
.April  27,.  1810;  married  Horam  Darling.  3. 
Son  (twin  ).  born  and  died  April  12,  1812.  4. 
Daughter  (twin),  born  and  died  April  12. 
1812.  3.  Jane,  December  28,  1813;  married 
Harvey  Olmstead.  6.  Ruth  L.,  April  24,  1816; 
married  Charles  .A.  Leavens.  7.  Mary  Ann 
Reynolds,  September  28,  1819;  married  Nel- 
son Vincent.  8.  Willis,  December  28,  1821  ; 
killed  November  13,  1839,  by  caving  in  of  a 
sand  bank.  9.  Julia  Ann,  December  10,  1823: 
married.  October  15,  1848,  Aaron  Demoing. 
10.  William  Phelps,  .April  23,  1828;  married 
Marcia  E.  Fletcher. 

(VI)  Sylvester  Campbell,  son  of  Robert 
Noble,  was  born  in  Berkshire,  Vermont.  No- 
vember 13.  1808,  and  died  in  St.  .Albans.  Sep 


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tember  19,  1870.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Frank- 
lin, Vermont,  until  January,  1863,  when  he  re- 
moved to  St.  Alban.s,  where  he  was  in  busi- 
ness as  a  wholesale  flour  and  grain  merchant 
until  his  death.  He  married,  April  15,  1832, 
Nancy  Chaplin,  born  in  Berkshire,  March  9, 
1813,  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Martha  (Hale) 
Chaplin.  Children,  born  in  Franklin:  i.  Or- 
celia  Maria,  February  25,  1833;  married,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1866,  ( leorge  William  Barnes.  2. 
Marcia  Cordelia,  January  8,  1835 ;  married, 
February  21,  1856,  George  Edmund  Foss  (see 
Foss,  VI).  3.  Happylonia,  March  9,  1837; 
luarried,  March  13,  1862,  Malcolm  Locton 
Chandler;  died  August  28,  1863.  4.  Guy  Chap- 
lin, October  9,  1839 ;  married  Jerusha  H. 
Dewey.  5.  Nancy  Miranda,  September  4,  1843; 
died  February  24,  1845.  6,  Sylvester  Camp- 
bell, February  6,  184'').  7.  Willis  Robert,  Au- 
gust 16,  1852;  died  January  28,  1856.  8.  Sarah 
Eliza,  February  7,  18^5.  9.  Charles  Phelps, 
May  6,  1858. 

The    Stevens     family,    whose 
STEVENS     first     representative     was     in 

Massachusetts  P)ay  Colony 
when  that  colony  was  but  little  more  than  a 
decade  oi  years  old,  has  grown  in  numbers 
and  in  the  strength  and  influence  of  its  in- 
dividual members  from  the  early  days  of  New 
England  to  the  ])resent  time.  Colonel  Thoiuas 
Stevens,  of  London,  came  originally  from 
Devonshire,  England.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  company  chartered  for  the  settlement  of 
Massachusetts  Bay,  which  in  1628  sent  out 
John  Endicott  and  others  to  plant  a  colony  at 
-Salem,  Massachusetts.  Colonel  Thomas  Ste- 
vens was  an  armorer,  and  he  furnished  the 
colony  with  a  suj)ply  of  arms.  He  did  not 
emigrate  himself  but  he  contributed  fifty 
pounds  sterling  to  the  .stock  of  the  company, 
and  "sent  three  sons  and  his  daughter  Mary 
as  his  adventure  to  our  cause."  There  were 
numerous  other  immigrants  bearing  this  name, 
who  settled  very  early  in  New  England,  being 
located  in  Gloucester,  Newbury,  Salisbury  and 
Amesbury,  as  well  as  in  Plymouth. 

(  I  )  Thomas  Stevens,  a  baker,  was  an  early 
inhabitant  of  l>oston,  locating  as  early  as  1648- 
His  wife's  name  was  Elizabeth,  and  they  had 
born  in  Boston,  John,  May  15,  1648;  Thomas, 
(died  young)  ;  Jonas,  October  27,  1653  ;  Aaron, 
February  28,  1655;  Sarah,  died  young; 
Thomas,  May  20,  1658;  Mose.s,  .\])ril  22,  1659; 
Joseph,  April  17,  1661  ;  Sarah,  February  8, 
1663.  It  is  quite  possible  that  he  had  other 
children  bi.^rn  before  his  arrival  in  Boston,  and 


it  is  a  fair  inference  that  Erasmus  Stevens  was 
their  son. 

(  II )  Erasmus  Stevens,  the  first  of  this  line 
of  whom  positive  knowledge  is  obtainable,  was 
born  before  1650,  and  was  probably  an  inn- 
keeper in  Boston.  The  records  show  that  a 
refugee  who  had  escaped  from  pirates  was  re- 
ferred by  Edward  Randolph,  Estp,  to  Erasmus 
.Stevens  for  board  and  lodging,  and  ran  up  a 
bill  of  forty  shillings.  Erasmus  Stevens'  wife 
bore  the  baptismal  name  of  Elizabeth,  and 
they  had  children  born  in  Boston:  John,  .Au- 
gust 16,  1671  ;  Mary,  1673.  The  mutilation 
of  the  records  makes  impossible  a  further  list 
of  their  children,  but  there  can  be  little  doubt 
that  the  next  mentioned  was  their  son. 

(Ill)  Erasmus  (2),  undobtedly  a  son  of 
Erasmus  ( i )  and  Elizabeth  Stevens,  was  born 
about  1680,  and  resided  in  Boston.  He  mar- 
ried there  Seiitember  25,  1707,  Peirsis  (Persis) 
liridge,  born  March  30,  1683,  daughter  of 
.Samuel  and  Hannah  Bridge,  of  Boston,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  Peirsis  (died  young)  ; 
-Samuel,  born  December  15,  1709;  Peirsis,  No- 
vember 21,  1711;  Erasmus  (died  young); 
John,  November  8,  1715;  Eliza,  August  15, 
1717;  h>asiuus  (died  young);  Erasmus,  De- 
cember 18.  1721  ;  Benjamin  and  Ebenezer 
( twins  ),  (October  21,  1726. 

(I\')  Ebenezer,  youngest  child  of  Erasmus 
(2)  and  Peirsis  (Bridge)  Stevens,  born  Octo- 
l)tr  21,  1726,  resided  in  Boston,  where  he  mar- 
ried. May  8,  1750,  Elizabeth  Weld,  of  Rox- 
bury,  and  the  births  of  two  children  are  record- 
ed in  I'loston.  namely:  Ebenezer,  August  12. 
T751,  and  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(\  )  Benjamin,  second  son  of  Ebenezer  and 
Elizabeth  (Weld)  Stevens,  was  born  March 
29,  1753,  in  Boston,  and  was  married  in  that 
city,  December  16,  1783,  to  .Anna  Brazier, 
whose  birth  is  not  recorded  in  that  city.  He 
lived  for  a  time  in  Braintree,  but  probably  re- 
turned to  Boston. 

(VI )  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  ( i  )  and 
.\nna  (Brazier)  Stevens,  was  born  in  1790,  in 
I'oston,  and  was  a  prominent  citizen  in  his  day. 
I*"or  some  years  he  was  engaged  in  mercantile 
business  in  Boston,  and  served  as  a  member  of 
the  common  council  in  1828,  and  of  the  house 
of  representatives  from  1833  to  1835.  In  1836 
he  was  appointed  sergeant-at-arms  of  the  legis- 
lature, and  continued  to  fill  that  responsible 
position  for  a  period  of  twenty-three  years. 
He  was  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fraternity. 
For  some  time  his  residence  was  at  the  corner 
of  Washington  ( then  ( )range  )  and  Pine  streets. 
He  later  resided  on   Pinkney  street,  where  he 


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(lied  February  10,  1865,  in  his  seventy-fifth 
year.  In  rehgious  belief  he  was  a  Unitarian. 
He  married  Matilda,  fifth  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Joanna  (Thayer)  Sprague,  born  No- 
vember 18,  1796,  in  lloston ;  died  there  Octo- 
ber 27,  1881   (see  Sprague,  VII). 

(VH)  Benjamin  Franklin,  son  of  Benja- 
min (2)  Stevens,  was  born  March  6,  1824,  in 
'i)OSton,  with  which  city  he  was  prominently 
identified  during  a  long  and  useful  life.  .\s  a 
child  he  attended  school  four  years  at  the 
corner  of  Washington  and  Castle  streets,  where 
the  Columbia  Theatre  now  stands,  his  teacher 
at  this  time  being  a  lady  named  Taft.  Until 
1835  he  attendetl  various  public  schools  at  the 
South  End,  and  when  the  family  removed  to 
the  West  End,  he  became  a  pupil  at  the  May- 
hew  school  on  Hawkins  street,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  183^1.  Three  years  later  he  grad- 
uated from  English  high  school,  situated  on 
F'inkney  street.  His  teacher  at  this  time  was 
Thomas  Sherwin.  who  subsequently  became 
distinguished  as  an  educator,  being  thirty-two 
years  at  the  head  of  this  school.  On  leaving 
school  he  entered  the  hardware  store  of  Hos- 
mer  &  Tappan,  antl  continued  with  this  firm 
and  its  head,  Zelote  Hosmer,  who  continued 
the  business  for  a  jjeriod  of  four  years.  He 
thus  secured  a  business  training  which  was  of 
great  value  to  him  throughout  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  This  establishment  was  located  on 
Milk  street,  within  a  short  distance  of  the  fine 
building  which  ^Ir.  Stevens  had  his  office  in 
during  the  last  thirty-five  years  of  his  life.  In 
1843  he  accepted  a  clerical  position  in  the 
United  States  navy,  and  was  attached  to  the 
frigate,  "Constitution,"  as  clerk  to  Captain 
John  Purcival,  with  whom  he  sailed  around  the 
world.  His  voyages  covered  over  fifty  thous- 
and miles  during  the  three  years  term  of  ser- 
vice. The  famous  old  war-ship  visited  Brazil, 
Madagascar,  East  Africa,  Sumatra,  Borneo, 
China,  The  Sandwich  Islands,  and  California. 
Early  in  the  year  1846  the  vessel  arrived  at 
San  Francisco,  then  a  small  village  belonging 
to  IMe.xico,  and  subse(|uently  remained  three 
months  at  Monterey,  a  Mexican  port,  in  antici- 
jjation  of  service  during  the  ^Iexican  war. 
Thence  it  sailed  to  Chili,  and  around  Cape 
Horn  to  Rio  de  Janeiro,  where  news  was  re- 
ceived of  the  beginning  of  hostilities. 

In  September,  1846,  Mr.  Stevens  arrived 
with  his  ship  in  Boston,  and  returned  to  civil 
life.  His  vacations  were  devoted  largely  to 
travel,  and  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  forty-two 
times.  Besides  a  wide  circle  of  friends  and 
ac<|uaintances    in    the    United    States,    he    had 


many  warm  personal  friends  in  Europe.  Mr. 
Stevens  was  elected  secretary  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Alutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Bos- 
ton, .April  9,  1847,  soon  after  the  completion  of 
his  twenty-third  year,  and  his  connection  with 
this  company  continued  until  the  end  of  his 
life,  more  than  sixty  years  later.  This  com- 
pany was  chartered  in  1835,  and  was  the  first 
in  this  country  to  do  a  mutual  life  insurance 
business.  Owing  to  financial  difficulties  the 
organization  was  not  completed  until  1843, 
and  its  first  policy  was  issued  early  in  the 
following  year.  From  1847  until  the  close  of 
the  year  1907,  during  which  time  Mr.  Stevens 
was  active  in  the  management  of  its  affairs, 
the  company  issued  nearly  seventy-six  thous- 
and policies,  covering  an  amount  of  nearly  one 
hundred  and  seventy-nine  millions  of  dollars. 
When  he  became  secretary,  its  business  was 
conducted  in  two  small  ofiices  on  State  street, 
and  at  his  death  its  building  and  the  land  on 
which  it  stands  was  valued  by  the  city  of  Bos- 
ton at  approximately  one  and  one-half  millions 
of  dollars.  Its  present  magnificent  office  build- 
ing was  erected  after  the  great  fire  of  1872. 
For  seventeen  years  Mr.  Stevens  continued  to 
serve  as  secretary ;  was  elected  vice-president 
in  1864:  and  from  1865  until  the  close  of  his 
long  and  useful  life  he  was  its  president,  suc- 
ceeding Hon.  \\'illard  Phillips,  one  of  the  most 
active  organizers  of  the  company,  who  had 
served  it  as  president  twenty-two  years.  On 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  Mr.  Stevens  asso- 
ciation with  the  company,  April  9,  1897,  its 
cflficials  and  general  agents  tendered  him  a  re- 
ception, at  which  he  made  an  extended  ad- 
dress treating  on  the  growth  and  history  of 
the  company,  and  was  presented  with  a  silver 
loving  cup,  besides  other  momentos,  including 
many  beautiful  flowers.  Mr.  Stevens  was 
reccjgnized  as  an  able  financier  and  his  interest 
in  other  affairs  than  those  of  the  insurance 
comjiany  was  sought.  He  was  officially  con- 
nected with  the  Globe  National  Bank,  and  was 
interested  in  other  enterprises  calculated  to 
build  up  and  develop  the  city.  He  served  in 
only  one  political  office,  representing  ward  6  as 
a  member  of  the  common  council  in  1855  and 
1 865-66. 

In  1855  he  was  proposed  by  his  father  for 
initiation  in  Columbian  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and 
.Accepted  Masons,  and  was  initiated  as  a  mem- 
ber. When  .Aberdori  Lodge  was  organized  in 
1 86 1,  Mr.  Stevens  became  a  charter  member  and 
was  its  first  secretary.  He  affiliated  with  St. 
Paul's  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  St. 
liernar'l's  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He 


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was  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revohition, 
and   the    society    of    Mayflower    Descendants : 
of  the  Merchants,  Union.  Algonquin,  Temple. 
Boston  Art,  and   Boston   Athletic  clubs.     He 
served   two  years   as   president   of   the    Mer- 
chant's Club,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Bunker 
Hill  Monument  .Association  and  the  Bostonian 
Society.     He  was  especially  interested  in  the 
last  named,  owing  to  its  attention  to  the  his- 
tory of  Boston,  which  was  ever  next  his  heart. 
To  this  society  he  presented  a  steel  portrait  of 
John  Paul  Jones,  the  revolutionary  naval  hero, 
which  he  found  in  a  London  print  shop.     He 
also  presented  the  society  a  steel  portrait  of 
Captain  Isaac  Hull,  in  i8go.     He  was  elected 
a  life  member  of  the  New   England   Historic 
Genealogical  Society,  June   i,   1870.     Though 
active  as  a  business  man,  Mr.  Stevens  found 
time  for  literary  work,  and  was  a  prolific  con- 
tributor  to  the  press  of  his  native  city.     In 
early  life  he  was  associated  in  a  literary  way 
witli  the  Boston  Daily  Atlas,  for  which  he  pre- 
pared many  book  notices  and  theatrical  criti- 
cisms.    His  articles  relating  to  local  history  in 
the    Boston    Saturday   Evening    Gazette   con- 
tributed  during  his   later   years   excited   wide 
interest  and  gave  ])leasure  to  a  host  of  readers. 
While  vice-president  of  the  Merchant's  Club, 
he  read  before  that  body  an  interesting  paper 
entitled  "The  French  Claims."     He  was  also 
the  author  of  "Some  .Account  of  John   Paul 
Jones,"  "The  Constitution  and  Isaac  Hull,"  and 
"A  Chapter  of  Provincial  History."     In  poli- 
tics he  was  an  earnest  Republican.     Vur  many 
vears  he  was  interested  in  the  religious  work 
of  Phillips  Brooks,  and  he  became  a  member 
of  Trinity  Church,  of  which  Dr.   Brooks  was 
rector  from  1869  to  189 1.     He  retained  a  pew 
there  until  his  death  and  counted  among  his 
best  friends  Mr.  Brooks  and  the  two  who  suc- 
ceeded him  as  rector  during  his  lifetime,  .\fter 
an  illness  of  several  months,  Mr.  Stevens  died, 
Ajjril    10.    1908,   at   his  residence  on    Pinkney 
street,  Pioston.     His  funeral  was  held  at  Trin- 
ity Church,  and  his  body  rests  in  Forest  Hills 
Cemetery. 

Mr.  Stevens  niarrieil  in  Boston,  June  26. 
1850,  Catherine,  daughter  of  Ezra  and  Chas- 
tine  (Hartwell)  Lincoln,  of  Bo.ston  (see  Lin- 
coln, "VH).  They  are  survived  by  their  only 
daughter,  Mrs.   Helen  L.  Jordan. 

(The   SpragUf    Line — See   Edward   .Sprague   1). 

(I\' )  Jeremiah,  seventh  son  of  .\nthony  and 
Elizabeth  (  Bartlett )  Sprague,  was  born  July 
24,  1682,  in  Hingham,  where  lie  was  a  farmer, 
and  died  March  7,  1759.     Hi-  hi>nie  was  "over 


the  river"  in  wdiat  is  now  Hingham  Centre. 
He  married,  about  1708,  Priscilla  Knight,  born 
1685,  died  .August  3,  1775,  in  Hingham.  Chil- 
dren; Jacob,  born  1709:  Knight,  October  12, 
171 1  ;  Priscilla,  March  22,  1713;  Jeremiah, 
mentioned  below;  Susanna,  April  4,  1716: 
Mary,  {-"ebruary,  1718;  John,  March  1,  1720; 
.\eheniiah,  February  21,  1722;  Deborrah, 
.March  17.  172();  and  Jemima,  March  20,  1728. 

(\  )  Jeremiah  (2),  third  son  of  Jeremiah 
(  I  )  and  Priscilla  (  Knight )  Sprague,  was  born 
December  18,  1714,  in  Hingham,  where  he  was 
a  weaver  and  resided  on  the  paternal  home- 
stead at  Hingham  Centre.  He  served  as  con- 
stable in  1755-56.  He  married,  December  19, 
1739,  Elizabeth,  born  January  29,  1719,  in 
Hingham,  died  in  July,  1800,  daughter  of 
David  and  Elizabeth  (Ripley)  Whiton.  Chil- 
dren: Lydia,  died  young;  Lydia,  born  May 
7,  1742;  Susanna,  November  11,  1744;  Jere- 
miah, October  5.  1746;  Ebed,  January  8,  1749: 
Fllizabeth,  July  22,  1751;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below;  Joanna,  July  5,  1755;  Andrew,  April  i, 
1750;  Miles,  February  14,  1762. 

(XT)  Samuel,  third  son  of  Jeremiah  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Whiton)  Sprague,  was  born 
December  22.  1753.  in  Hingham,  and  died  June 
20.  1844,  in  I'.oston.  He  settled  in  Boston,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  famous  tea  party  which 
threw  overboard  a  cargo  in  Boston  harbor  just 
before  the  revolution.  He  was  also  a  soldier 
of  the  revolution,  participating  in  the  siege  of 
Boston,  and  the  battles  of  Trenton  and  Prince- 
ton. He  enlisted  May  27,  1775,  and  appear- 
on  a  muster  roll  dated  .August  I,  of  that  year, 
as  a  gunner  in  Major  Pierce's  company,  of 
Colonel  Richard  ( iridley's  artillery  regiment. 
His  service  extended  over  two  months,  one 
week  and  three  days.  He  was  also  in  Captain 
Thomas  Pierce's  company,  of  Colonel  Griclley's 
regiment.  He  also  appears  in  a  return  made  at 
Ro>l)ury,  Seiitember  29,  1775,  as  a  member  of 
Ca])tain  Thomas  Pierce's  company,  Colonel 
(iridic v's  rtgiment.  and  received  an  order  for 
a  bounty  coat  or  its  e(|uivalent,  December  27th 
of  that  year.  He  also  appears  in  Captain 
Pierce's  company,  of  Colonel  Knox's  artillery, 
enlisting  December  if).  1775,  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and  reported  as  a  member  of  Colonel 
Cridley's  regiment.  The  Massachusetts  rolls 
indicate  the  service  of  a  Samuel  Sprague  with 
no  address  at  various  times  in  the  year  1777 
and  1781-82-83.  He  married,  July  9,  1778, 
Joanna  Thayer,  of  Boston,  a  daughter  of 
Obadiah  Thayer,  born  September  10,  1756,  in 
I'.raintree.  Chililren :  .Andrew,  born  October 
8,   178'):  George.   December  24,    1781;  James. 


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August  16,  1783:  Anna,  December  15,  1784; 
Eliza,  March  22.  1786;  Lucretia,  January  21, 
1788;  Lydia,  December  22,  1789;  Charles,  Oc- 
tober 26,  1791  :  Jeremiah,  November  5,  1793: 
Aletikla,  mentioned  below;  Clerissa,  June  17. 
1798;  Mary,  May  i,  1800.  Charles  Sprague, 
the  fourth  son,  was  noted  as  a  poet,  and  has 
been  sometimes  referred  to  as  the  Pope  of 
America. 

(VH)  Matilda,  fifth  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Joanna  (  Thayer  )  Sprague,  was  born  No- 
vember 18,  1796,  in  Host  on,  and  died  October 
2j.  1881,  in  that  city.  She  was  the  wife  of 
Benjamin  (2)  Stevens,  of  Boston  (see  Ste- 
vens, \T). 

The  ancestry  of  Joanna  Thayer,  wife  of 
Samuel  (2-)  Sprague,  is  partially  covered  else- 
where in  this  work.  Lieutenant  Richard  ( 4 ) . 
son  of  Richard  (3)  Thayer,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 26,  1685,  in  Braintree,  where  he  passed  his 
life.  He  married,  February  6,  1710,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Anne  (Bingley) 
White,  of  Weymouth,  direct  descendant  of 
Perigrine  White,  the  first  white  child  born  in 
Plymouth  colony.  Children :  Isaiah.  Mary, 
James,  Gideon,  Obediah  (died  young).  Anna 
and  Obediah.  Obediah,  youngest  child  of 
Lieutenant  Richard  and  Mary  (White)  Thay- 
er, was  born  March  29,  1724,  in  Braintree,  in 
which  town  he  made  his  home.  He  married, 
in  1751,  Joanna  Thayer.  Children:  Lydia. 
Susanna,  Joanna,  Rachel  and  Obediah.  Jo- 
anna, third  daughter  of  Obediah  and  Joanna 
(Thayer)  Thayer,  was  born  September  10, 
1756,  and  married,  July  9,  1778.  Samuel 
-Sprague,  of  Boston,  as  above  noted. 

(The  Lincoln   Line). 

Hingham,  Massachusetts,  is  distinguished  as 
the  home  of  all  the  first  settlers  of  the  name 
uf  Lincoln,  and  from  these  Hingham  pioneers 
all  the  families  of  Lincoln  with  a  colonial  his- 
tory are  descended.  Abraham  Lincoln  traced 
his  ancestry  to  one  of  the  Hingham  pioneers, 
and  likewise  Governor  Lincoln,  of  Massachu- 
setts, and  the  Lincoln s  of  Worcester  and  Bos- 
ton. The  name  Lincoln,  with  its  variants — 
Linkhorn,  Linkoln,  Lincon,  was  common  in 
Hingham,  England,  for  more  than  a  century 
before  the  emigrants  from  that  town  founded 
Hingham,  Massachusetts.  There  were  eight 
of  the  name  of  Lincoln  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Hingham,  Massachusetts.  The  family 
came  from  Wymondham.  county  Norfolk,  Lin- 
coln. There  were  three  brothers,  Daniel, 
Thomas  and  Samuel,  who  came  in  the  party, 
acconiiianied  In-  tluir  mother  Joan.  There  were 


in  the  remarkable  Lincoln  Colony',  of  Hing- 
ham, no  less  then  four  of  the  name  of  Thomas 
Lincoln,  and  they  were  distinguished  from  one 
another  by  their  trades.  Thomas  Lmcoln, 
miller,  removed  to  Taunton;  Thomas  Lincoln, 
cooper,  and  Thomas  Lincoln,  husbandman,  re- 
sided in  Hingham.  Wymondham,  or  Wind- 
ham, was  probably  the  birthplace  of  Stephen 
and  Thomas  Lincoln,  but  they  were  closely 
coimected  with  others  of  the  name  who  came 
from  Hingham.  England,  to  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

(I)  Samuel  Lincoln,  a  brother  of  Daniel 
and  Thomas  Lincoln,  appears  of  record  as 
being  eighteen  years  old  at  the  time  of  his 
sailing  from  Hingham,  England,  in  1637.  He 
resiiled  but  a  short  time  at  Salem,  and  settled 
before  the  close  of  that  year  in  Hingham,  Mass- 
achusetts. He  is  designated  in  the  early  rec- 
ords as  a  weaver  and  also  mariner ;  he  died 
Mav  26,  1690,  in  Hingham.  He  inherited  con- 
siderable property  from  his  brother  Daniel  in 
ir)44.  and  from  Thomas  in  1675.  In  1649  he 
])urchased  property  on  what  is  now  North 
street,  Hingham,  near  the  present  railroad  sta- 
tion, consisting  of  five  acres,  which  is  still  held 
bv  his  descendants.  His  wife  Martha  died  in 
Hingham,  April  10,  1693.  Children;  Samuel. 
Daniel,  Mordecai  (died  young),  Mordecai. 
Thomas  (died  young),  Mary,  Thomas,  Mar- 
tha. Sarah  (died  young),  Sarah  and  Rebecca. 

(II)  Samuel  (2),  eldest  child  of  Samuel 
(  I  )  and  Martha  Lincoln,  was  born  August  25. 
1650,  in  Hingham,  and  died  there  in  March, 
1 72 1.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  occupation,  and 
occupied  the  paternal  homestead.  In  1675- 
76  he  was  a  member  of  Captain  Johnson's 
company,  and  participated  as  cavalryman  in 
the  Narragansett  fight.  He  appears  in  the 
records  in  1779  as  foot-soldier  among  those 
willing  to  serve  as  troopers.  He  held  various 
military  offices,  and  was  usually  styled  Corone' 
Lincoln,  and  served  as  .selectman  in  ifi94  and 
1698.  He  married.  .April  29,  1(187,  Deborah, 
daughter  of  William  anfl  Rebecca  (  Chubbuck  ) 
Hersey.  born  January  i,  166^1,  died  April  2'i. 
1706.  Children :  Deborah,  Samuel,  Jedediah. 
]\lary,  Rebecca,  Elisha.  Lydia.  .Abigail  and 
Susanna. 

(HI)  Jedediah.  .second  .son  of  Samuel  (2) 
and  Deborah  (  Hersey  )  Lincoln,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 2,  1692,  in  Hingham.  where  he  died. 
September  23,  1783,  near  the  close  of  his 
ninety-third  year.  He  resided  on  the  paternal 
homestead  on  North  street,  near  Thaxter's 
bridge,  was  a  glazier  by  occupation  and  served 
as  constable  in  1730.     He  married  (first)  Jan- 


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uary  9,  i/i",  Bethia,  daughter  of  Enoch  and 
Mary  (Lincohi)  Whiton,  born  January  20, 
1695,  in  Hingham,  died  September  24,  1734. 
He  married  (second),  June  10,  1736,  Mary 
Barber,  of  Pembroke,  born  1668,  died  Novem- 
ber 22,  1775.  Children:  Jedediah,  Enoch, 
Mary,  William  and  Levi. 

(IV)  Enoch,  second  son  of  Jedediah  and 
Bethia  (  Whiton  )  Lincoln,  was  born  January 
22,  1721,  in  Hinghani,  where  he  died  in  June, 
1802.  He  was  a  glazier  like  his  father,  and 
resided  on  Lincoln  street.  He  was  evidently 
a  man  of  considerable  ability  as  he  was  fre- 
quently called  to  the  public  service.  He  was 
selectman  in  1754-55-56  and  1781,  and  was 
representative  to  the  general  court  in  1775-76- 
77-78.  He  married  (first)  December  30,  1745, 
Rachel,  daughter  of  Xathaniel  and  Sarah 
(Johnson)  Fearing,  baptized  June  i,  1729,  in 
Hingham,  died  May  16,  1782.  He  married 
(second)  May  2,  1784,  Mrs.  Lydia  Ripley, 
widow  of  Nehemiah  Ripley,  and  daughter  of 
Rev.  Nehemiah  and  Lydia  (Jacob)  Hobart, 
born  February  Q,  1733,  in  Hingham.  died  De- 
cember 26,  1803.  Children  of  first  marriage: 
I'ethia,  Enoch,  Levi.  Rachel,  Amos,  Sarah, 
Ezra,  Leah,  Jedediah,  .\braham  and  Mercy. 

(V)  Ezra,  fourth  son  of  Enoch  and  Rachel 
(Fearing)  Lincoln,  was  born  November  26, 
1756,  in  Hingham.  and  died  January  11,  1829. 
He  was  a  printer  by  occupation  and  spent  most 
of  his  life  in  Boston.  He  married.  June  27, 
1784,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Ruth 
(Croade)  Cushing,  born  November  8,  1755, 
in  Hingham,  died  July  13,  1797.  Children: 
Charlotte,  Rachel  and  Ezra. 

(VI)  Ezra  (2),  only  son  of  Ezra  (l)  and 
Rachel  (Cushing)  Lincoln,  was  born  October 
13,  1789,  in  Hingham,  and  resided  in  Boston, 
where  he  was  a  printer,  and  died  in  February, 
1850.  He  married,  November  19,  1814,  Chas- 
tine  Hartwell.  Children :  Chastine,  Ezra, 
Hartwell,  .Adeline,  Jerome,  Lowell  and  Cath- 
erine. 

(VH)  Catherine,  youngest  child  of  Ezra 
(2)  and  Chastine  (Hartwell)  Lincoln,  was 
born  March  20,  1827,  in  Boston,  in  which  city 
she  died  October  27.  1909.  She  married,  June 
26,  1850,  Benjamin  Franklin  Stevens,  of  Bos- 
ton (see  Stevens,  VH). 


The    Priest    family   is  of   Saxon 
I'RlIvST     and    Welsh    origin.      The    naiue 
F'riest  is  one  of  the  surnames  de- 
rived from  ecclesiastical  dignitaries.    The  crest 
adopted  by  the  priests  was  a  martlet,  and  it 
was  displayed  in  various  forms.   It  was  usually 


a  fanciful  bird,  its  legs  cut  down  to  mere 
feathery  stumps,  and  always  without  feet,  as 
a  mark  of  distinction  to  younger  sons,  to  re- 
mind them  "that  they  must  rise  by  wings  of 
virtue  and  merit,  not  trusting  to  their  feet 
since  they  have  little  land  to  stand  on." 

.AH  branches  of  the  Priests  of  New  England 
have  traditions  that  they  descended  from 
Degory  Priest,  who  came  over  in  the  "May- 
flower," but  the  genealogists  fail  to  find  satis- 
factory proof  to  verify  this  tradition.  He  was 
the  first  of  that  name  to  come  to  this  country, 
was  twenty-ninth  among  the  signers  of  the 
Mavflower  Compact,  and  had  long  been  a 
member  of  the  Leyden  Company.  In  the  Ley- 
den  records  he  is  named  as  having  been  from 
London.  There  is  no  record  of  his  birth,  but 
he  was  made  a  citizen  of  Leyden,  November 
16,  1616,  and  1619  he  made  a  deposition  in 
which  he  called  himself  a  hatter,  and  stated 
that  he  was  forty  years  of  age.  It  is  natural  to 
assume  that  others  of  the  name  who  settled 
early  in  Massachusetts  were  relatives  of  Degory 
Priest  and  were  led  to  come  here  through  his 
immigration. 

(  I )  The  records  show  that  James  Priest 
was  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  in  1637,  and 
that  he  luarried  a  wife,  Elizabeth,  about  that 
time.  The  wills  of  both  are  recorded  in  Suf- 
folk in  1676.  This  is,  no  doubt,  the  James 
Priest,  who  was  made  freeman  at  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts,  May  10,  1643.  In  1664  he 
deeded  to  his  son  Joseph  one-half  of  his  house 
in  Boston.  The  following  children  are  found 
of  record  :  Elizabeth,  born  about  1638:  James, 
May  8,  1640,  died  by  suicide  at  Salem  in  1664; 
Deliverance,  1644;  Mary;  Joseph;  Lydia,  1658 
(died  young)  ;  Lydia,  March  16,  1662.  There 
were,  probably,  others,  including  the  following. 

(II)  John,  probably  a  son  of  James  and 
l""lizal)eth  Priest,  is  mentioned  by  Savage  as 
in  \\eymouth  in  1657.  This  is  probably  a  date 
nf  ba]itisni.  and  there  is  reason  to  believe  that 
he  is  the  (ohn  Priest  mentioned  in  Salem  and 
W'ohurn.  John  Priest,  of  Salem,  married,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1673,  Elizabeth  Gray,  and  had  a 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  who  married  (second)  in 
1719,  Thomas  Humphries.  One  authority  says 
.Mrs.  Humphries  (Elizabeth  Priest)  was  bom 
1676,  tlie  records  of  Woburn  say  September 
12,  1679,  and  of  Salem,  January  20. 1680.  Some 
of  these  may  refer  to  baptism.  Charlestown 
records  show  that  John  Priest  sold  land  near 
the  Reading  line  in  1680  (recorded  1683)  to 
Humphrey  Miller.  .At  that  time  his  wife's 
name  was  Sarah.  There  may  have  been  two 
John  Priests  in  the  same  neighborhood,  or  John 


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Priest  may  have  been  twice  married.  Records 
are  incomplete,  and  this  matter  may  never  be 
settled.  Jolin  of  Wobiirn  had  children  born  in 
that  town:  Elizabeth,  September  12,  1679; 
John,  November  i,  1681 ;  Hannah  and  Daniel 
(twins),  July  19,  1686;  and  probably  others. 
The  fact  that  Joseph  Priest,  a  son  of  James 
of  Weymouth,  was  a  property-holder  in  Bos- 
ton and  that  a  third  son  was  in  Salem  would 
make  it  ]irobable  that  John  was  located  in  this 
vicinity.  Charlestown  then  including  a  large 
area.  He  was  born  about  1650,  and  died  in 
1704,  in  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  where  the 
inventory  of  his  estate  was  made  December  21 
of  that  year.  He  was  a  property  holder  in 
Lancaster  in  1688,  when  he  was  taxed  for  the 
building  of  the  minister's  house.  According 
to  Xourse,  the  historian,  John  Warner  and 
fohn  Priest  were  immigrants  from  Woburn. 
They  were  young  men,  church  members,  and 
were  evidently  deemed  desirable  act|uisitinns, 
for  as  an  inducement  to  their  coming  hither 
the  Lancastrian  proprietors  voted  each  a  grant 
of  thirty  acres  on  the  easterly  side  of  Bare 
Hill.  In  the  year  1675,  when  an  army  of  fif- 
teen hundred  Englishmen  was  raised  in  the 
three  colonies — Massachusetts.  Plymouth  and 
Connecticut — for  the  purpose  of  breaking  the 
power  of  King  Philip,  John  Priest,  of  Woburn, 
Massachusetts,  who  afterward  removed  to 
Lancaster,  was  one  of  thirteen  men  impressed 
from  Woburn  into  military  service.  He  prob- 
ably participated  in  the  fight  of  December  19 
of  that  year.  He  married,  March  10,  1678, 
Rachel  Garfield,  born  November  23,  1656. 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (  Benfield)  Gar- 
field. His  children,  born  at  Woburn,  were: 
Elizabeth,  John,  Daniel ;  and  at  Lancaster, 
Hannah,  Gabriel,  Joseph  and  Mary.  (Men- 
tion of  Daniel  and  Joseph  and  descendants  ap- 
pears in  this  work).  .'Ml  descendants  of  John, 
of  Woburn,  and  Rachel  Garfield  are  in  line 
with  Edward  Ciarfield,  of  Chester,  England, 
born  1577,  and  therefore  of  the  same  ancestry 
as  the  fate  President  Garfield.  Edward  Garfield 
was  at  Watertown.  Massachusetts,  where  he  died 
June  14,  1672,  at  the  age  of  ninety-seven  years. 

( III )  Daniel,  second  son  of  John  and  Rachel 
(Garfield)  Priest,  was  born  July  19,  1685,  in 
Woburn,  and  settled  in  Harvard,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  was  a  landholder,  and  died 
October  9,  1773,  near  the  close  of  his  fifty- 
fourth  year.  The  baptismal  name  of  his  wife 
was  Elizabeth,  and  after  his  death  she  had  six 
children  baptized,  namely:  John,  Daniel, 
Eunice,  Hazadiah,  Rettee  and  Silence. 

(I\')    John   (2).  eldest  child  of  Daniel  and 


Elizabeth  Priest,  was  born  about  17 12,  prob- 
ably in  Harvard,  and  resided  in  Marlboro, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  married,  March  25, 
1742,  Hannah  Levermore,  who  survived  him 
a4jd  died  his  widow  in  1807.  Children  record- 
ed at  Marlboro:  Betty,  born  March  2,  1743; 
John,  October  2,  1744;  Daniel,  September  16, 
1746;  Abraham,  December  26,  1748:  Silence, 
February  9,  1750;  Isaac,  July  2,  1752;  Jacob, 
mentioned  below;  Comfort,  March  4,  1758; 
Benjamin,  February  18,  1764;  Joseph,  No- 
vember 28,  1765;  Jonathan,  October  6,  1767; 
-Xathan,  November  i,   1771. 

(  \' )  Jacob,  fifth  son  of  John  and  Hannah 
(Levermore)  Priest,  was  born  November  17, 
1754,  in  Marlboro,  and  died  in  Lexington. 
Massachusetts,  January  28,  1824.  .\bout  1790 
he  removed  to  Littleton,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  engaged  in  farming.  He  was  a  soldier  of 
the  revolution,  serving  as  a  private  in  Captain 
Cv])rian  Howe's  company  of  minute-men  from 
.\iarlborough,  which  marched  at  the  Lexington 
alarm,  April  19,  1775.  to  Cambridge.  In  Janu- 
ary. 1824,  being  then  in  his  seventy-first  year, 
he  went  to  Lexington  to  visit  relatives  and 
walked  into  their  house  before  knowing  that 
they  were  ill  with  small-pox.  Finding  himself 
and  wife  exposed  to  the  dread  disease,  he  re- 
turned to  his  home  and  settled  up  his  affairs, 
and  again  went  to  Lexington,  where  he  died, 
as  above  noted.  He  was  burierl  in  about  the 
middle  of  the  old  cemetery  in  Lexington  Cen- 
tre. No  record  of  his  first  marriage  appears. 
He  married  (second)  Widow  Sarah  Longley, 
born  Bancroft,  September  16,  1766.  His  first 
two  children  are  recorded  in  Marlboro,  the 
others  in  Littleton,  namely :  Asa,  mentioned 
below:  Jacob,  March  7,  17QO:  William,  .Augtist 
28,  1792:  Xathan,  February  16,  1795;  Luther, 
.\ugust  3,  1797;  Sarah,  July  2,  1802;  Sophia, 
Se]5tember   11,   1804. 

(\'I)  Asa,  son  of  Jacob  Priest,  was  born 
June  13,  1788,  in  Marlboro,  and  was  baptized 
at  the  First  Church  in  that  town,  August  10, 
following,  and  was  three  years  old  when  his 
parents  removed  to  Littleton.  He  acquired 
the  usual  common  school  education  of  a 
farmer's  son  at  that  period,  and  early  learned 
the  trade  of  cooper  which  he  followed  in  after 
life.  He  settled  in  the  Newtown  district  in. 
Littleton  on  a  farm  of  seventy-five  acres,  where 
he  raised  general  crops  and  produced  milk  and 
butter.  He  had  his  cooper  shop  on  his  home 
place,  and  employed  several  helpers.  After 
the  death  of  his  father,  he  removed  to  the  pa- 
rental farm,  purchasing  the  interest  therein  of 
the  other  heirs,  and  here  he  continued  to  reside 


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up  to  tlie  time  of  his  death  in  187 1.  This  is 
situated  at  the  point  now  known  as  Priest's 
Crossing  in  the  south  part  of  the  township, 
and  the  old  cooper  shop  is  still  standing.  He 
was  a  man  of  strict  integrity,  of  strong  priri- 
ciples,  firm  determination  and  some  austerity. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Unitarian  church, 
serving  on  the  parish  committee,  and  on  the 
building  committee  which  erected  its  new 
hduse  of  worship  in  1840.  He  was  a  strong 
Whig  in  political  principle,  and  later  an  ardent 
Republican,  and  was  representative  of  his 
town  in  the  legislature.  He  served  as  select- 
man of  Littleton,  on  the  school  committee,  and 
was  largely  a  man  of  affairs,  both  public  and 
private.  He  enlisted  as  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  1812,  and  marched  to  the  defense  of  Bos- 
ton, and  was  later  captain  of  the  Littleton 
Militia  Company.  He  married  Nabby  Buck- 
ley, daughter  of  Joseph  and  Nabby  (Grimes) 
Buckley,  born  October  9,  1792,  died  April  27, 
1850.  Children:  i.  Joseph  Andrew,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Sarah  Longley,  born  Febru- 
ary 25,  1819:  married  Rev.  Eben  G.  Adams, 
of  Templeton.  3.  Abigail  Jane,  May  6,  1825 : 
became  the  wife  of  Franklin  Priest,  and  re- 
sided in  Decatur,  Illinois.  He  was  the  first 
mayor  and  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  De- 
catur. They  had  children:  Hattie  B.  and 
Attie  Lute.  ' 

(\'H)  Joseph  .\ndrew,  eldest  child  of  .\sa 
and  Nabby  (Buckley)  Priest,  was  born  Au- 
gust 25,  1817,  in  Littleton,  and  died  there  I^eb- 
ruary  28,  1892.  He  was  brought  up  on  his 
father's  farm,  attending  the  district  school  in 
winters  during  boyhood,  and  later  attended  the 
Lawrence  Academy,  at  Groton,  Massachusetts, 
leaving  school  at  the  age  of  about  eighteen 
years.  He  made  excellent  use  of  his  educa- 
tional op])ortunities,  and  became  a  teacher  for 
ten  or  fifteen  years  in  the  schools  of  the  local- 
ity, and  Gushing  Academy  at  Ashburnhatn. 
Massachusetts.  In  the  meantime  his  summers 
were  employed  upon  the  farm.  Soon  after 
his  marriage  he  settled  in  Littleton  on  the  farm 
of  his  father,  which  he  finally  purchased  and 
devoted  his  energy  largely  to  tlie  growing  of 
fruits;  became  one  of  the  largest  growers  in 
the  town,  making  a  specialty  of  grapes  and 
jjeaches,  which  yielded  a  handsome  yearly  in- 
come. He  was  a  progressive,  energetic  inan 
in  his  line,  and  adopted  improved  methods  of 
fruit  growing.  He  possessed  a  good  sized 
herd  of  cattle,  and  a  part  of  his  income  was 
derived  from  the  production  of  milk.  He 
early  studied  surveying,  and  most  of  the  work 
cif  this  character  in  Littleton  and  surrounding 


towns  in  his  time  was  done  by  him.  It  was 
said  he  knew  every  boundary  line  in  that  sec- 
tion. Much  devoted  to  the  interests  of  his 
family  and  of  the  community  about  him,  he 
was  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  townsmen  and 
held  many  offices  in  their  gift.  For  sixteen 
years  he  was  chairman  of  the  Littleton  board 
of  selectmen  ;  was  many  years  a  member  of  the 
school  committee  of  which  he  was  for  twenty- 
five  years  chairman  ;  and  also  served  as  super- 
intendent of  schools.  A  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, he  often  served  his  party  as  a  delegate  in 
conventions,  and  rejiresented  the  town  in  the 
state  legislature  in  1868-69.  ^  member  of  the 
Littleton  Unitarian  Church,  he  served  on  the 
parish  committee,  and  on  the  building  commit- 
tee when  the  church  was  remodeled  in  1871. 
Early  in  life  he  was  a  member  of  the  Little- 
ton Militia  Company.  He  married.  May  23, 
1859,  Mary  Jane  Bigelow,  of  Westminster. 
Massachusetts,  born  there  February  3,  1834. 
died  at  Littleton,  daughter  of  Benson  and 
Elizabeth  (Hamilton)  Bigelow,  of  Westmin- 
ster. Benson  Bigelow,  born  1808,  died  May 
28,  1835,  was  a  farmer  and  active  in  the  man- 
agement of  town  affairs.  Children:  i.  .Sarah 
.\dams,  born  April  7,  i86o;  resides  in  Little- 
ton, unmarried.  2.  Mary  Jane,  died  at  the 
age  of  twelve  years.  3.  Frank  Bigelow,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Edwin  Hamilton.  Septem- 
ber 12,  1865;  married  Mary  Louise,  daughter 
of  James  Freeman,  of  I^ittleton,  and  has  chil- 
dren :  Louise  Hamilton,  Warren  Freeman  and 
.Sylvia  Bancroft.  5.  George  Lincoln,  May  26, 
1868:  resides  in  Littleton  and  owns  the  pa- 
ternal homestead.  6.  Herbert  liancroft,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1875;  ^  practicing  physician  in  Gro- 
ton, Massachusetts.  7.  Benson  Buckley,  De- 
cember 14,  1876;  a  structural  engineer  with 
the  American  Bridge  Company  in  New  York. 
(\'III)  Frank  Bigelow,  eldest  son  of  Jo- 
seph A.  and  Mary  J.  (Bigelow)  Priest,  was 
born  June  16,  1863.  in  Littleton,  and  gained 
his  elementary  training  in  the  common  school 
of  his  native  town  up  to  sixteen  years  of  age, 
in  the  meantime  helping  in  the  tillage  of  the 
farm.  Leaving  home  he  went  to  Boston,  and 
entered  the  employ  of  Shreve,  Crump  &  Low, 
the  leading  jewelry  establishment  of  Boston, 
situated  at  the  corner  of  Summer  and  Washing- 
ton streets.  After  a  year  he  found  employment 
in  1880  as  clerk  with  L.  J.  B.  Lincoln,  the 
first  canned  goods  broker  in  Boston.  He  sub- 
sequently entered  the  establishment  of  Walter 
Locket,  who  conducted  a  similar  business,  and 
shortly  after  acquired  a  one-third  interest  in 
the  concern  ;  the  name  of  the  firm  becoming 


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Walter  Lockel  &  Company.  His  thrift  and 
enterpri.se  aided  in  the  rapid  development  of 
the  business,  and  in  1889  he  disposed  of  his 
interest  and  associated  himself  with  J.  K. 
Armsby.  as  salesman  and  manager.  In  1892, 
when  the  concern  was  made  a  corporation, 
Mr.  Priest  became  a  director.  The  corpora- 
tion is  engaged  in  the  commission  business, 
handling  a  general  line  of  California  canned 
goods,  and  dried  fruits,  and  has  its  main  office 
on  River  street,  Chicago,  with  branch  offices 
in  New  York,  Boston  and  San  Francisco,  and 
offices  and  packing  houses  in  nearly  every 
county  of  California.  Its  business  extends  all 
over  the  United  States.  J\Ir.  Priest  was  man- 
ager of  the  New  York  office  in  1901-02-03, 
and  returned  to  the  Boston  office  as  manager. 
His  home  continues  to  be  in  Littleton.  He 
sold  personally  the  first  car  load  of  California 
English  walnuts,  almonds  and  figs  ever  shipped 
from  that  state  into  New  England.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Littleton  Unitarian  Society, 
and  chairman  of  its  parish  committee,  and  has 
filled  the  office  of  church  treasurer.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican,  has  served  the  town 
one  year  as  overseer  of  the  poor,  and  has  been 
a  delegate  in  various  conventions  of  his  party. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  City  Club;  the 
New  England  Historical  Genealogical  Society; 
a  life  member  of  the  American  L'nitarian  As- 
sociation :  a  charter  member  of  the  Boston 
Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange ;  vice-president 
of  the  Littleton  Historical  Society;  and  was 
formerly  a  member  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of 
Commerce.  Besides  the  blood  of  the  old 
Priest  family,  he  carries  in  his  veins  also  that 
of  Peter  Buckley,  a  pioneer  of  Concord ;  John 
Bigelow,  a  pioneer  of  Watertown ;  Lieutenant 
Joseph  \\'heeler,  who  built  the  first  house  in 
Littleton,  and  of  the  Bancroft,  Longley,  and 
Lawrence  families,  of  Groton,  Massachusetts. 
He  married,  October  31,  1888,  Lillian 
Florence,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Susan 
(Hogan)  Malcolm,  of  Hyde  Park,  Massachu- 
setts, born  May  25,  1870,  in  Framingham, 
Massachusetts.  Children :  Henry  Malcolm, 
born  July  23,  1890;  Dorothy  Bigelow,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1 89 1 :  George  Alexandria,  January 
28,  1893,  in  Maiden;  JBarbara  Buckley,  Octo- 
ber 30,  1903,  in  Littleton. 

(Ill)  Gabriel,  third  son  of  John  and  Rachel 
(Garfield)  Priest,  was  born  about  1688,  in 
Lancaster,  and  died  March  27,  1755,  in  Har- 
vard, Massachusetts.  He  lived  in  that  part  of 
Lancaster  which  was  set  ofif  as  Harvard,  and 
was  active  in  the  promotion  of  the  latter  town. 
He  occupied   the   second   seat  in   the  church, 


showing  that  he  was  a  man  of  much  impor- 
tance in  the  community,  and  was  a  corporal 
in  1748,  in  a  company  of  Scouts  organized  for 
protection  against  Indian  surprises.  His  wife, 
Abigail  (  surname  unknown),  born  about  1693, 
was  a  member  of  the  church  in  Stow,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  died  June  29,  1770,  aged  seventy- 
seven  years.  Children :  John,  mentioned 
below:  Gabriel,  born  June  17,  1720;  Jeremiah, 
April  30,  1722. 

(IV)  John  (2),  eldest  child  of  Gabriel  and 
Abigail  Priest,  was  born  November  21,  1717, 
in  Lancaster,  and  was  baptized  on  the  twenti- 
eth of  July  following.  He  died  April  4,  1772, 
in  Harvard.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the 
church,  his  seat  with  that  of  his  brother  Ga- 
briel's being  located  in  the  front  of  the  gal- 
lery. He  married,  October  12,  1748,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph  and  Mary 
( Brown )  Fairbank,  of  Harvard,  Massachu- 
setts. The  ancestry  of  the  Fairbank  family 
appears  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Deacon 
Joseph,  eldest  child  of  Captain  Jabez  and  Mary 
(Wilder)  Fairbank,  was  born  in  1693,  in  Lan- 
caster, and  died  December  6,  1772,  in  Harvard. 
The  farm  on  which  he  lived  was  cut  ofif  from 
Lancaster  in  1732,  and  thus  it  fell  out  that  he 
died  in  another  town  though  living  in  the  same 
place.  About  1720  he  built  his  house  which 
is  still  standing  and  in  use  as  a  dwelling.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  First  Church  established 
in  Harvard,  and  after  the  erection  of  that 
town  served  as  selectman  in  1733-35-43,  and 
from  1745  to  1752.  He  was  treasurer  from  1736 
to  1740,  and  was  chosen  representative  to  the 
general  court  in  the  latter  year,  but  declined 
to  do  service.  He  served  on  various  commit- 
tees entrusted  with  town  business,  and  was  ac- 
tive in  affairs  during  the  years  preceding  the 
revolution.  He  was  a  deacon  and  one  of  the 
most  active  supporters  of  the  Harvard  Church, 
and  was  one  of  the  ten  seated  on  the  first  seat 
in  front  of  the  pulpit.  He  married,  April  21, 
1718,  Mary  Brown,  born  near  the  close  of  the 
year  1699,  <i'^d  November  14,  1791,  being 
twenty-four  days  short  of  ninety-two  years 
old.  Children:  Phineas,  Mary  (died  young), 
Joseph,  Mercy,  Cyrus,  Mary,  Lydia,  Elizabeth, 
Amos  and  Relief.  Mary,  third  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  (Brown)  Fairbank,  was 
born  January  19,  1729,  in  what  is  now  Har- 
vard, and  became  the  wife  of  John  Priest,  as 
above  related.  Children  of  John  and  Mary 
Priest,  besides  the  first,  a  still  born  son,  were : 
John,  born  August  22,  1750;  Philemon,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  August  23,  1755;  Jacob, 
August  15,  1757;  .^bel,  April  20,  1760;  Calvin, 


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September  14,  1762;  Jabez,  January  23,  1764; 
Mary,  February  9,  1765:  Relief,  November  13, 
1767;  Sarah.  February  10.  1771. 

(V)  Captain  P^hilemon,  tliird  son  of  John 
(2)  and  Mary  (Fairbank)  Priest,  was  born 
February  18,  1753,  in  Harvard,  and  died  there 
February  24,  1837.  He  resided  on  the  pa- 
ternal homestead  in  that  town,  and  engaged  in 
agricuhure.  He  served  through  several  en- 
listments in  the  revolution,  being  first  a  private 
in  Captain  Jonathan  Davis'  company.  Colonel 
John  VVhitcomb's  regiment  of  minute-men  at 
the  Lexington  alarm,  and  marched  to  Cam- 
bridge, being  credited  with  a  service  of  eight 
days.  He  was  also  a  member  of  Captain 
Manasseh  Sawye's  company,  of  Colonel  Dike's 
regiment ;  his  pay  abstract  for  mileage  being 
dated  at  Dorchester  Heights.  This  was  al- 
lowed September  15,  1776.  He  also  appears 
on  a  pay  abstract  of  the  same  company,  No- 
vember 30,  1776,  wlien  he  is  credited  with 
thirty-eight  miles'  travel,  and  he  subsequently 
signed  a  receipt  to  the  selectmen  of  Harvard 
for  a  mileage  covering  one  hundred  and  eighty 
miles,  from  Harvard  to  Danbury.  He  was  a 
corporal  in  Captain  David  Nourse's  company 
in  1777,  and  in  1781  was  lieutenant  of  the 
Seventh  Company,  Second  Worcester  Regi- 
ment. In  1787  he  was  a  captain  of  militia. 
The  family  records  say  that  he  served  in  sev- 
eral campaigns  and  battles  of  the  revolution, 
but  the  Massachusetts  rolls  do  not  contain  a 
record  showing  this.  He  married  (first) 
March  21,  1776,  Lois  Hartwell,  born  July  12, 
1757,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Mary  (Patch) 
Hartwell,  of  Littleton,  Massachusetts.  ( See 
Hartwell  IV).  She  died  January  9,  1802. 
He  married  (second)  February  11,  1817,  her 
sister  Mary,  born  July  6,  1755;  died  January 
13,  1821.  Children,  all  born  of  first  wife: 
Betsy,  July  21,  1777;  Sarah,  October  5,  1778: 
Nancy,  August  18,  1780;  Benjamin,  June  12, 
1782;  Philemon,  June  30,  1785;  Jabez,  .August 
lo,  1788;  Sylvester,  mentioned  below:  Jona- 
than, September  11,  1795. 

(\T)  Sylvester,  fourth  son  of  Philemon  and 
Lois  (Hartwell)  IViest,  was  born  June  24. 
1792,  in  Harvard,  and  died  January  30,  1879, 
in  Watertown,  Massachusetts.  .A  deed  on 
record  shows  that  he  sold  land  in  Harvard  in 
September,  1834,  and  he  appears  in  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1836.  On 
.\ugust  19.  1835,  he  satisfied  a  mortgage  ap- 
pearing on  the  Harvard  records,  and  it  is  prob- 
able that  he  moved  about  that  time  to  Water- 
town.  His  business  card  preserved  by  de- 
scendants shows  that  he  had  a  partner  or  part- 


ners at  one  time,  and  did  business  under  the 
style  of  S.  Priest  &  Company.  They  manu- 
factured shoe  boxes  and  all  kinds  of  packing 
bo.xes  to  order,  and  also  did  planing,  sawing 
and  matching.  He  was  part  owner  of  a  wharf 
near  the  present  North  Station  in  Boston.  In 
1 86 1  he  retired  from  the  partnership  which 
included  Philemon  and  John  W.  Priest,  the 
former  probably  his  brother.  There  are  many 
land  transactions  recorded  in  Harvard,  in 
which  he  figured  as  a  capitalist,  and  he  must 
have  been  an  extensive  business  man.  Nu- 
merous other  transactions  are  recorded  at 
Watertown,  Brighton,  Newtonville,  and  other 
points  in  the  vicinity.  He  was  an  ardent 
church  worker,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  St. 
John  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Water- 
town,  and  was  accustomed  to  give  a  tithe  of 
liis  income  for  church  purposes.  He  married 
(first)  in  December,  1819,  Rebecca  F'uller, 
who  died  between  1831  and  1833.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  January  23,  1833,  Cynthia 
Eaton,  born  October  10,  1796,  in  Haverhill, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Timothy  (2)  and 
i'etsy  (Frey)  Eaton,  of  that  town;  died  July 
4,  1848,  in  Watertown.  Captain  Timothy  (i) 
Eaton,  second  son  of  James  and  Rachel  (  Kim- 
ball)  Eaton,  of  Haverhill,  was  born  July  31, 
1731,  in  Haverhill;  married  Abigail  Massey, 
and  resided  in  that  town.  Timothy  (2),  son 
of  Timothy  (I)  and  Abigail  (Massey)  Eaton, 
was  born  July,  1751,  in  Haverhill,  and  mar- 
ried Betsy  Frey,  born  1765,  died  August  i. 
1821.  He  had  children:  Timothy,  Thaddeus, 
Abijah,  Francis,  Royal,  Elizabeth,  Sirus.  Cyn- 
thia, Phoebe,  Lydia,,  James,  Caroline,  Benja- 
min and  Mary.  The  eighth  of  these  became 
the  wife  of  Sylvester  Priest  as  above  noted. 
He  married  (third)  September  18,  1859,  Han- 
nal  l<"uller,  who  died  in  July.  189 1,  at  the  age 
of  ninety  years.  Children  of  first  wife:  Mary 
(died  young),  fieorge  (died  young),  Caroline, 
l;orn  December  4,  1827;  Mary  H.,  July  19, 
1829;  Thurston  S.,  October  29.  1831  ;  married 
Mary  .Anne  Lee.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Charles  Henry,  died  young;  George  Eaton. 

(\'H)  George  Eaton,  youngest  child  of 
Sylvester  and  Cynthia  (Eaton)  Priest,  was 
born  January  30,  1842,  in  Watertown,  and  died 
in  Marblehead,  Massachusetts,  July  22,  1897. 
He  resided  in  \\'atertown,  where  he  carried  on 
the  lumber  business,  founded  by  his  father, 
and  was  a  very  highly  respected  citizen.  He 
was  a  soldier  of  the  civil  war,  enlisting  in  Sep- 
tember, 1862,  being  commissioned  first  lieu- 
tenant of  Company  H,  Fifty-third  Massachu- 
setts \'olunteer  Infantry.     He  participated  in 


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the  Port  Hudson  campaign,  his  term  of  serv- 
ice expiring  in  September,  1863.  In  the  fol- 
lowing November  he  was  commissioned  lirst 
lieutenant  in  the  Fifty-seventh  Massachusetts 
Regiment,  and  was  appointed  regimental 
(|uartermaster.  This  was  the  General  Bart- 
lett  regiment ;  and  he  served  in  the  campaign 
before  Richmond  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
participating  in  the  battles  of  Spottsylvania, 
Wilderness,  North  Anna  River,  the  siege  of 
Petersburg,  battles  of  Welden  Road  and  Pop- 
lar Grove  Church.  He  was  on  the  staff  of 
( jcneral  McLaughlin  and  made  an  excellent 
record  for  military  service.  He  was  dis- 
charged from  service,  December  17,  1864.  On 
the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  Water- 
town,  and  during  the  winter  of  1865-66  was 
employed  as  a  bookkeeper  in  Boston.  In  May, 
1866,  he  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Kin- 
ney &  Priest,  lumber  dealers,  with  an  office  on 
State  street,  Boston,  which  was  subsequently 
dissolved,  and  Mr.  Priest  entered  the  employ 
of  White,  Pratt  &  Company.  This  concern 
is  now  known  as  the  Walker  &  Pratt  Manu- 
facturing Company.  Mr.  Priest  continued 
with  it  until  his  death,  serving  a  portion  of  the 
time  as  treasurer  of  the  company.  During  the 
war  he  became  affiliated  with  Pequossette 
Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  remained  a  member  of  this  body  until 
his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Military 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United 
States,  and  was  elected  a  trustee  of  the  Water- 
town  Public  Library  in  1889,  continuing  on 
the  board  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
served  as  secretary  in  1889-90,  treasurer  in 
1 89 1  and  1893,  and  chairman  from  1893  to 
1897.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the 
Watertown  Savings  Bank ;  was  a  member  of 
its  board  of  trustees,  and  for  several  years 
served  as  treasurer.  He  was  brought  up  in 
the  faith  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  united  with  that  body  when  a  young  man. 
remaining  a  devoted  member  throughout  his 
life,  and  serving  many  years  as  superintend- 
ent of  the  Sunday  school.  He  served  the  so- 
ciety in  many  capacities ;  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees,  treasurer  of  the  stewards 
or  custodians  of  the  church  property.  He  was 
a  good  citizen,  honest,  faithful  and  upright, 
caring  little  for  public  office,  and  though  often 
urged  to  accept  refused  the  nomination  for 
selectman  and  representative  to  the  general 
court.  He  graduated  from  Harvard  College 
with  the  degree  of  M.  A.  in  1862,  and  after 
leaving  the  army  settled  in  Watertown,  and 
was   among  the   active   citizens   of   the   town. 


The  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  is  indicated 
by  the  bronze  tablet  to  his  memory  in  the 
free  public  library  of  Watertown.  He  mar- 
ried, September  30,  1866,  Mary  Wallis  Whit- 
tier,  born  February  21,  1845,  '"  Cornville, 
Maine,  daughter  of  Joseph  Whittier,  of  Fair- 
fax, Maine.  Children  :  George  Wesley,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Jessie  \\'hittier,  died  at  the  age 
of  four  years;  J5enjamin  Sydney,  graduated 
from  Harvard  in  1 89 1,  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  at  Watertown,  and  died  October  15, 
1909 ;  Mabel  Eaton,  graduated  from  Rad- 
chfife  Seminary,  in  1898,  now  widow  of  Dr. 
Vivian  Daniel,  of  Watertown;  Winifred 
Morse,  died  at  the  age  of  ten  months. 

(VlII)  George  Wesley,  eldest  child  of 
(ieorge  Eaton  and  Mary  W.  (Whittier) 
Priest,  was  born  August  10,  1868,  in  Water- 
town,  and  attended  the  public  schools  of  that 
town ;  graduated  from  the  Cambridge  Latin 
school  in  1887,  and  was  graduated  from  Har- 
vard College  in  the  class  of  1891.  Soon  after 
graduation  he  became  interested  in  the  chem- 
istry of  leather  and  pursued  a  course  in  the 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  to  pre- 
pare himself  for  the  active  manufacture  of 
leather.  At  that  time  the  chrome  system  of 
tanning  was  in  its  infancy,  and  he  became  iden- 
tified with  its  growth  and  development,  and 
has  been  very  successful  in  producing  a  fine 
grade  of  goods.  In  1899  he  operated  a  fac- 
tory at  Newark,  New  Jersey,  and  was  the 
first  to  produce  chrome-tanned  patent  leather 
finished  on  the  grain  side ;  and  for  this  re- 
ceived a  gold  medal  at  the  Paris  Exposition  of 
1900.  In  1901  he  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness at  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  and  two 
years  later  his  factory  was  destroyed  by  fire. 
He  then  removed  the  business  to  Mansfield, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  has  since  continued 
successfully,  and  is  engaged  in  producing  a 
high  grade  of  chrome-tanned  patent  leather. 
His  home  is  in  Newton,  Massachusetts.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  St.  John  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  of  Watertown  ;  of  the  Univer- 
sity Club ;  American  Chemical  Society  and 
other  chemical  associations ;  and  the  Boston 
Chamber  of  Comnierce.  He  attends  the  Grace 
Episcopal  Church  of  Newton ;  and  is  a  Re- 
publican, politically.  He  married,  October 
16.  1900,  Mabel  Langford,  born  June  10,  1869, 
in  Dorchester;  daughter  of  John  Thompson 
(mentioned  below)  and  Ellen  M.  (Priest) 
Langford,  of  P.oston.  (See  Priest  IX  below.) 
Children  :  Katharine,  born  December  24,  1902  ; 
John  Sylvester,  October  10,  1904;  Ellen  Lang- 
ford. December  21,  1905,  died  .August  18,  1006. 


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William  Langfortl  came  from  England  with 
his  widowed  mother  when  a  boy,  and  settled 
in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  married 
Sarah  Husband.  Later  they  resided  in  Fall 
River.  John  Thompson,  sixth  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Sarah  (Husband)  Langford,  was 
born  February  8,  1842,  in  Fall  River,  and 
fitted  for  college,  but  abandoned  the  college 
course  because  of  the  injurious  etTect  on  his 
health  of  indoor  life,  and  engaged  in  business. 
He  turned  his  attention  to  engineering  under- 
takings, and  was  engaged  in  the  construction 
of  water  works.  Besides  erecting  many  sys- 
tems of  fire  protection  for  corporations,  he 
built  the  whole  or  part  of  the  water  works  of 
forty  cities  and  towns  in  New  England.  For 
over  thirty  years  he  resided  in  Newton,  Mass- 
achusetts, and  gave  great  impetus  to  many 
movements  for  public  improvement.  To  his 
influence  was  largely  due  the  depression  of  the 
railroad  tracks  in  Newton,  and  improvements 
along  the  Charles  river.  Everything  pertain- 
ing to  the  welfare  of  the  Metropolitan  district 
interested  him,  and  he  gave  unsparing  and  un- 
requitted  effort  to  the  development  of  public 
improvements.  He  died  at  his  home  in  New- 
ton, May  22,  1908.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Grace  Episcopal  Church,  and  of  Winslow 
Lewis  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  .\ctnated  by  the  fraternal  and  be- 
nevolent principles  of  the  order,  he  progressed 
through  its  various  degrees  until  he  attained 
the  thirty-second.  He  was  earnest  in  the  sup- 
port of  Republican  principles,  and  exercised 
much  influence  in  the  political  affairs  of  the 
community,  serving  in  1899  and  1900  as  rep- 
resentative to  the  general  court.  He  married, 
November  20,  1867,  Ellen  Marean  Kingsbury, 
born  October  14,  1830,  died  May  23,  1903,  in 
Newton,  daughter  of  John  Fox  and  Cather- 
ine B.  (Marean)  Priest,  of  Boston,  and  widow 
of  Franklin  Kingsbury.  (See  Priest,  VHI, 
below.) 

(IH)  Joseph,  fourth  son  of  John  and 
Rachel  (Garfield) Priest,  was  born  about  1690, 
.  in  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  and  died  in 
Sterling  in  1738.  He  resided  on  Bare  Hill 
until  1743.  then  removed  to  Lancaster  proper. 
He  married,  December  13,  1715,  Mary  (daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  Miller,  of  Sudbury,  probably  a  son 
of  Humphrey  Miller,  of  Reading)  who  was  the 
mother  of  children  born  as  follows  in  Lancas- 
ter: Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin, 
February  29,  1720;  Mary,  March  23,  1722; 
Susanna,  March  22,  1724;  Eleazar,  August 
23,  1726;  Tabitha,  November  5,  1728;  Bath- 
sheba.   May    i,    1731  ;    Dorothy,   October    11, 


173s;  Betty,  .\pril  24,  1736;  John,  January  13. 

1738- 

( 1\  )  Joseph    (2),    eldest   child   of   Joseph 

(  I)  and  Mary  (MiUer)  Priest,  was  born  No- 
vember 28,  1717,  in  Lancaster,  and  died  there 
May  17,  1798.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  French 
war,  at  Crown  Point  and  Ticonderoga  under 
Captain  Benjamin  Hastings ;  enlisted  April 
26,  1756.  He  was  also  on  the  muster  roll  of 
Captain  John  Church's  company,  dated,  F"eb- 
ruary  6,  1760,  at  Boston.  He  married,  July 
5,  1737,  in  Groton,  Elizabeth  Atkinson,  born 
1714,  died  in  Lancaster,  March  25,  1798.  They 
were  received  into  the  church  at  Lancaster  by 
baptism,  December  8,  1754,  at  which  time  were 
also  baptized  their  children:  Benjamin,  Sus- 
anna. .Vbigail,  Joseph,  Sarah,  Eleazer  and 
John.  On  December  19,  1756.  were  also  bap- 
tized, daughters,  Tabitha,  Elizabeth  and  Mary, 
The  births  of  a  portion  of  these  are  recorded, 
namely.  Susanna,  October  8,  1740;  Abigail 
l-'ebruary  7,   1743. 

(V)  IBenjamin,  eldest  child  of  Joseph  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Atkinson)  Priest,  was  born 
December  12,  1738,  in  Lancaster,  and  died  in 
Lunenburg,  Massachusetts,  January  4,  1817.- 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  war,  serving  as 
a  private  in  Joseph  Whitcomb's  company. 
Colonel  Timothy  Ruggles's  regiment,  March  to 
December,  1758;  Captain  Thomas  Beaman's 
company  from  February  29,  to  November  10, 
1760,  and   from   March   18  to  November   15, 

1762,  he  was  in  Captain  Thomas  Farrington's 
company.  He  was  also  a  revolutionary  sol- 
dier, being  a  private  in  Captain  John  Hart- 
well's  company,  of  Colonel  Nicholas  Dyke's 
regiment,  July  10,  1776,  and  from  December 
14,  1776,  to  March  i,  1777.  He  served  from 
November  i  to  23,  1779,  in  Captain  Thomas 
Cowdin's  company.  Colonel  Samuel  Dennie's 
regiment.  He  married  at  Lancaster,  January 
20,  1 761,  Hannah  Johnson,  born  November 
2,  1739,  daughter  of  Dole  and  Hannah  John- 
son, of  Harvard,  Massachusetts.  Together, 
Benjamin  and  Hannah  Priest  owned  the  cov- 
enant  in   the   Lancaster   church,   October   30, 

1763,  and  on  the  same  date  were  baptized 
their  sons  John  and  Benjamin.  Subsequently 
were  baptized  of  their  children:  Oliver  John- 
son, December  4,  1768;  Meribah,  January  5, 
1772:  Joel,  February  25,  1776;  the  records 
also  show  that  they  had  a  son  Solomon,  bap- 
tized at  Shirley,  December  28,  1777;  died  be- 
fore three  days  old.  A  second  Solomon,  son 
of  Benjamin  and  Hannah,  died  in  Lancaster, 
January  4,  1779.  Dole  Johnson,  father  of 
Hannah  Johnson,   was    born    September    30, 


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1710.  in  W'oburn,  son  of  William  and  Sarah 
(Dole)  Johnson.  William  Johnson  was  born 
March  28.  1686,  in  Woburn,  and  died  in  Mans- 
field, Connecticut,  February  29,  1752.  He 
married,  January  i,  1708,  Sarah  Dole,  born 
February  14,  1681,  in  Newbury:  died  in  Wo- 
burn, October  14,  1710,  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Sarah  (Greenleaf)  Dole.  Richard  Dole, 
born    September    6,    1650    (married,   June    7, 

1677,  Sarah  Greenleaf,  born  October  16,  1655, 
daughter  of  Captain  Stephen  (i)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Coffin)  Greenleaf;  the  latter  a  daughter 
of  Tristram  Coffin,  and  the  former  of  Captain 
Edmund  Greenleaf,  of  Newbury)  was  a  son 
of  Richard  and  Hannah  (Rolfe)  Dole,  who 
were  married  ]\Iay  3,  1647.  Richard  Dole 
was  a  resident  of  Newbury  as  early  as  1639. 
His  wife,  Hannah  Rolfe,  died  November  i6,- 

1678.  The  Johnson  family  descended  from 
Captain  Edward  Johnson  of  Woburn,  whose 
son.  Major  William  Johnson,  married  Esther 
Wiswall.  They  were  the  parents  of  William 
(2)  Johnson,  born  February  26,  1656,  in  Wo- 
burn;  and  died  there  January  10,  1730.  He 
married  Esther  Gardner,  born  1659 ;  died  De- 
cember 17.  1706,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Anna  (Blanchard)  Gardner.  They  were  the 
parents  of  William  (3)  Johnson,  the  father  of 
Dole  Johnson  above  described.  The  baptisms 
of  the  children  of  Benjamin  and  Hannah 
(Johnson)  Priest  have  already  been  noted, 
with  the  exception  of  Hannah  and  Sarah 
(twins),  baptized  November  26,  1769-70,  and 
Solomon,  December  31,  1778. 

(\T)  John,  eldest  child  of  Benjamin  and 
Hannah  (Johnson)  Priest,  was  born  October 
I,  1 76 1,  in  Lancaster,  and  settled  in  Rindge, 
New  Hampshire,  remaining  there  until  181 1, 
when  he  returned  to  Lunenburg,  where  he 
died  April  12,  1830,  and  was  interred  at  south 
graveyard  of  that  town ;  he  was  on  the  school 
committee  of  the  town  in  1813-14.  He  was 
also  a  revolutionary  soldier.  He  married,  Au- 
gust I,  1785  (intentions  published  in  Fitch- 
burg)  Rebecca  Gibson,  born  November  15, 
1765,  in  Concord,  daughter  of  Abraham  (2) 
and  Esther  (Fox)  Gibson,  of  that  town  (see 
Gibson,  VI).  Children:  John  Fox,  mentioned 
below;  Josiah,  born  February  14,  1788;  Re- 
becca (died  young)  ;  Abraham  Priest  Gibson, 
July  10,  1791 ;  Warham,  May  26,  1794;  Re- 
ijecca.  May  15,  1795;  Dole  Johnson,  April  26, 
1796-97;  Joel,  May  11,  1799;  Miranda,  June 
16,  i8o2;"Stillman,  December  18,  1807;  Fan- 
nie, June  12,  1809;  Jonas,  July  6,  1812.  The 
fourth  took  the  name  Gibson  to  please  a  ma- 
ternal   relative.     He    was     for    many    years 

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Uaited  States  consul  at  St.  Petersburg,  and 
died  in  England,  unmarried.  John  Priest 
married  (second)  November  17,  1814.  Mrs. 
Phoebe  (Atherton)  Sherman. 

(VH)  John  Fox,  eldest  son  of  John  and 
Rebecca  (Gibson)  Priest,  was  born  May  31, 
1786,  in  Rindge,  New  Hampshire,  and  died 
July  12,  1846,  in  Boston,  Alassachusetts,  being 
interred  in  the  Granary  burying  ground.  He 
was  an  importer  of  iron  and  steel  in  Boston, 
and  conducted  a  very  successful  and  extensive 
hardware  business.  In  his  day  he  was  counted 
among  the  one  hundred  wealthiest  men  in  Bos- 
ton. He  married  in  Boston,  September  9, 
1810,  Catherine  Brewer  Marean,  born  July 
21,  1794,  in  Boston,  died  there  May  12,  1855, 
and  was  buried  beside  her  husband.  She  was 
a  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  (Brewer) 
Marean,  the  latter  a  daughter  of  Colonel  David 
Brewer,  one  of  three  brothers  who  commanded 
colonial  regiments  in  the  revolution.  The  line 
of  descent  is  as  follows :  ( i )  John  Brewer  and 
his  wife  Anne  from  England,  were  early  in 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  whence  they  re- 
moved to  Sudbury  in  1647.  (2)  John  (2), 
son  of  John  (i)  and  Anne  Brewer,  was  born 
September  10,  1642,  and  resided  in  Sudbury, 
where  he  died  January  i,  169 1.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth 
(Moore)  Rice,  born  August  4,  1648,  in  Cam- 
bridge. Children:  John,  Elizabeth,  Hannah, 
James,  Sarah,  Mary,  Abigail,  Martha  and 
Jonathan.  (3)  Jonathan,  youngest  child  of 
John  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Rice)  Brewer,  was 
born  June  21,  1689,  in  Sudbury,  and  removed 
to  Framingham.  ]\Iassachusetts,  as  early  as 
1717.  He  had  a  wife,  Arabella,  and  children: 
Samuel,  Abner,  Peter,  Elizabeth,  Abigail, 
Jonathan,  Moses,  David,  Martha  and  Eleab. 
(4)  Colonel  David,  sixth  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Arabella  Brewer,  was  born  December  24, 
1 73 1,  in  Framingham,  and  was  a  resident  of 
Brookfield  in  1764,  and  of  Palmer  in  1775. 
He  was  a  colonel  of  the  Ninth  Massachusetts 
Regiment  in  the  revolution.  He  married.  May 
S,  1763,  in  Framingham,  Elisabeth  Smith.  (5) 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Colonel  David  and  Elisa- 
beth (Smith)  Brewer,  became  the  wife  of 
William  IMarean,  who  was  a  son  of  Thomas 
and  Margaret  (Hammond)  Marean.  Thomas 
was  a  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Clark) 
Marean,  the  former  a  son  of  Dorman  and 
Mary  Marean.  This  family  is  probably  of 
French  origin.  John  F.  Priest  and  wife  had 
children:  i.  Sarah  Anne,  born  October  21, 
181 1  :  married  John  W.  Hall,  a  merchant  of 
Boston.     2.  John  Lathrop,  August  21,   1813; 


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a  resident  of  Boston.  3.  William  Edward, 
died  in  infancy.  4.  William  Edward,  October 
17,  1816;  lived  and  died  in  Boston.  5.  Charles 
Henry,  September  3,  1818;  resided  in  Lowell, 
and  left  a  son,  John  Fox  Priest.  6.  Cather- 
ine Brewer,  September  11,  1820;  married 
Samuel  Hammond  Gibbens,  of  Boston,  and 
had  a  son,  Frederick  H.,  treasurer  of  the  Dela- 
ware, Lackawanna  and  Western  Railroad 
Company.  7.  Adeline  Elizabeth  (died  young). 
8.  George  Augustus,  July  25,  1824;  was  a  citi- 
zen of  Boston.  9.  Elizabeth  Tucker  (died 
young).  10.  Adeline  Matilda,  became  the 
wife  of  William  H.  Lewis,  of  Boston.  11. 
Ellen  Marean,  mentioned  below.  12.  Eliza- 
beth Tucker  (died  young).  13.  Joseph  Ste- 
vens Buckminster,  died  in  youth. 

(VHI)  Ellen  Marean,  youngest  child  of 
John  Fox  and  Catherine  B.  (Marean)  Priest, 
was  born  October  14,  1830,  in  Boston,  and 
married  (first)  June  8,  1854,  Franklin  Kings- 
bury;  (second)  November  20,  1867,  John 
Thompson  Langford,  of  Boston. 

(IX)  Ellen  Mabel,  daughter  of  John  T.  and 
Ellen  M.  (Priest)  Langford,  was  born  June 
10,  1869.  in  Dorchester,  and  married,  October 
16,  1900,  George  Wesley  Priest,  of  Newton. 
(See  Priest,  VHI,  in  previous  line.)  She 
graduated  A.  B.,  Boston  University,  1893. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Social  Service  Club 
of  Newton ;  of  the  Massachusetts  Society, 
Daughters  of  Founders  and  Patriots ;  and  is 
state  recording  secretary  of  the  Massachusetts 
Society,  Daughters  of  the  Revolution. 

(The  Hammond  Line — See  John  Hammond  1). 

(HI)  William  Hammond,  son  of  John  (2) 
and  Agnes  Hammond,  aforementioned  as  being 
the  eldest  son,  appears  to  have  gone  to  Mil- 
ford,  where  he  reared  a  family  of  eight  chil- 
dren among  whom  was  Thomas,  mentioned 
below. 

(HI)  Thomas  Hammond,  of  Lavenham 
son  of  John  (2)  and  Agnes  Hammond,  and 
brother  of  William,  was  probably  born  about 
1545.  He  gave  up  the  home  left  him  by  his 
father  in  Milford,  and  remained  in  Laven- 
ham. William  Hammond,  cousin  of  Thomas 
Hammond,  of  Newton,  Massachusetts,  son  of 
Thomas  Hamonde,  of  Lavenham,  came  to 
Watertown,  and  was  the  founder  of  that 
branch  of  the  Hammond  family. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  William  and  Mary 
Hammond,  of  Milford,  England,  and  grandson 
of  John  and  Agnes  Hamonde,  of  Lavenham, 
England,  was  baptized  at  Milford,  county  of 
Suffolk,  England,  with  his  twin  brother  John, 


September  2,  1603.  He  was  first  cousin  of 
William  Hammond,  who  settled  in  W'atertown 
in  1636.  He  married  in  Lavenham,  England, 
November  12,  1623,  Elizabeth  Cason,  born  in 
Great  Whelnetham,  a  few  miles  "north  of 
Lavenham,  before  1604,  daughter  of  Robert 
and  I'rudence  (Hammond)  Cason.  She  was 
granddaughter  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  Ham- 
mond, of  Great  Whelnetham.  Thomas  Ham- 
mond was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Hingham. 
He  had  lands  granted  him  there  in  1636;  took 
the  freeman's  oath,  March  9,  1636-37,  and 
was  on  the  grand  jury  in  1637.  His  two 
younger  children  were  baptized  in  Hingham. 
The  older  children  were  undoubtedly  born  in 
England,  although  the  place  of  their  birth  is 
not  definitely  ascertained.  Thomas  Hammond, 
•\incent  Druce,  John  Parker,  Nicholas  Hodg- 
don  and  John  Winchester  all  settled  in  Hing- 
ham about  the  same  time ;  all  of  these  removed 
from  there  and  settled  in  the  same  neighbor- 
hood, near  the  boundary  lines  between  what 
are  now  the  towns  of  Newton  and  Brookline. 
Nicholas  Ilodgdon  first  ])urchased  sixty-seven 
acres  of  land  on  Cambridge  Hill,  which  he 
sold,  December  4.  1650,  to  Thomas  Hammond 
and  \'incent  Druce,  then  of  Hingham.  They 
also  bought  thirteen  acres  granted  by  the  town 
of  Cambridge  to  Robert  Bradick ;  and  sixteen 
acres  in  Muddy  River,  next  to  the  lands  of 
John  Parker.  Hammond  and  Druce  bought 
in  1658  of  Thomas  Brattle  and  others,  six 
hundred  acres  in  Muddy  River  (now  Brook- 
line  )  called  Royton  Farm,  which  they  held  in 
common  until  1664,  when  division  was  made, 
the  pond  being  in  Hammond's  part.  Ham- 
mond probably  removed  to  Newton  about 
1650,  but  held  lands  in  Hingham  for  some 
years  after  that  date.  In  1656  he  bought  from 
Esther  Sparhawk  three  hundred  and  thirty 
acres  more  of  land  in  Cambridge  for  forty 
]:)oiuids.  His  homestead  in  Newton  was  near 
the  Brookline  boundary  and  near  the  pond 
whicli  has  since  borne  his  name.  He  was  one 
of  the  wealthiest  men  in  town  in  his  day.  He 
died  leaving  an  unsigned  will  in  his  own  hand- 
writing. In  it  he  gives  to  his  daughter,  Eliz- 
abeth Woodward,  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres 
of  land,  to  his  daughter  Sarah  Steadman's 
children  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  to  his  son 
Thomas,  "the  house  he  dwells  in,"  and  about 
five  acres,  to  his  son  Nathaniel,  "the  house  he 
dwells  in  and  the  upland  adjoining  the  pond." 
To  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Hammond,  the  dwell- 
ing house,  meadows  and  pastures  on  the  north- 
east side  of  the  highway.  The  meadow  to  be 
divided  between  sons  Nathaniel  and  Thomas. 


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After  the  wife's  decease,  the  cattle  to  be  di- 
vided between  the  two  sons,  and  all  the  other 
movables  to  be  divided  between  the  three 
children.  "Nathaniel  shall  have  1-3  part  of 
the  fruit  of  the  orchard  with  Thomas,  year  by 
year,  until  he  have  an  orchard  of  his  own,  and 
use  of  the  barn  until  his  brother  help  him  build 
one."  The  inventory  amounted  to  one  thou- 
sand one  hundred  and  thirty-nine  pounds,  six- 
teen shillings,  and  two  pence,  and  was  signed 
by  Elder  Wiswalt  and  John  Spring.  It  was 
dated  October  25,  1675,  and  states  that  he  de- 
ceased SeptembeV  30,  1675.  He  had  children: 
Thomas,  born  about  1630;  Elizabeth,  born 
about  1633-34,  married  George  Woodward ; 
Sarah,  baptized  September  13,  1640;  married 
Nathaniel  Stedman ;  Nathaniel,  baptized 
March  12,  1643. 

(\')  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Hammond,  was  born  in  England,  about  1O30; 
died  in  Newton,  Massachusetts,  October  30, 
1678,  of  small-pox.  He  married,  December 
17,  1662,  Elizabeth  Stedman,  died  in  Newton. 
1715.  Thomas  was  a  farmer  on  the  estate 
left  him  by  his  father.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate  was  signed  by  James  Trowbridge  and 
Thomas  Greenwood.  Children :  Elizabeth, 
born  November  3,  1664;  Thomas,  December 
16,  1666;  Isaac  and  Sarsh  (twins),  December 
20,  1668:  Nathaniel,  February  3,  1671,  prob- 
ably died  young :  John,  Apri'  30,  1674 :  Elea- 
zer,  November  13,  1677. 

(VI)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  fhomas  (2) 
Hammond,  was  born  in  Newton,  December  16, 
1666:  died  in  Newton,  1720.  Married  (first) 
June  15,  1693,  Mehitable  \'ery,  of  Bo:ton, 
died  1704.  He  married  (second)  August  8, 
1705,  Mary  Bacon,  of  Roxbury.  Thomas  was 
at  one  time  selectman  and  owner  of  consid- 
erable land.  Children :  ^Mehitable,  born  Jan- 
uary 29,  1695 :  married  James  Patty ;  John, 
mentioned  below;  Thomas,  July  10,  1698; 
Caleb,  July  4,  1700;  Mary,  February  13,  1707; 
married  Samuel  Benjamin,  of  Roxbury ;  Sam- 
uel. July  9,  1709. 

(\TI)  John  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Ham- 
mond, was  born  March  16,  1696,  baptized 
1754,  died  1763.  He  married.  December  11, 
1718.  Margaret  Wilson,  born  August  28,  1699, 
died  1788,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Experience 
(Trowbridge)  Wilson.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
Newton.  He  bought  from  Rev.  Jared  Eliot, 
of  Connecticut,  three  hundred  and  seventy 
acres  of  Governor  Haynes"  farm,  in  1746,  and 
gave  six  thousand  pounds.  His  inventory 
amounted  to  six  hundred  and  eighty  pounds, 
one  shilling  and  eight  pence.     Children :  John. 


July  25,  1719;  Jobhua,  March  10,  1721  ; 
Thomas,  April  23,  1723,  died  February  15, 
1738;  Mary  and  Margaret  (twins),  October  7, 
1725;  Daniel,  October  18,  1727;  Samuel,  June 
14.  1730;  .Abijah,  November  5,  1732;  Enoch, 
October  29,  1734;  Anna,  September  23,  1736; 
Martha,  April  10,  1738,  died  October  12,  1757; 
Abigail,  married  John  Marian,  1764. 

(\III)  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  (3) 
and  twin  of  his  daughter  Mary,  born  October 
7,  1725;  married,  May  9,  1751,  Thomas  Ma- 
rean,  born  October  17,  1712,  died  November 
20,  1767.  Children:  Thomas,  October  17, 
1753;  Samuel,  October  7,  1755;  Martha,  Oc- 
tober 6,  1758;  Mary,  May  28,  1760;  William. 
December   13,   1764,  died  November  9,   1800. 

(IX)  William,  third  son  of  Thomas  and 
Margaret  (Hammond)  Marean,  was  born  as 
stated  above,  in  1764,  died  November  9,  1800; 
married,  September  15,  1793,  Sarah  Brewer, 
born  May  30,   1765,  died  August   10,   1825. 

(X)  Catherine  Brewer,  born  July  21,  1794, 
died  May  12,  1855  :  married  John  Fox  Priest. 
(See  Priest,  \'II.) 


From  the  immigrant,  John  Gib- 
(ilBSON  son,  has  sprung  a  progeny  of 
worthy  citizens  of  New  Eng- 
land, among  whom  have  been  found  tillers  of 
the  soil,  professional  men,  ])atriotic  and  valiant 
soldiers  who  fought  both  red  and  white  foes. 
sober  God-fearing  church  members,  and  keen 
successful  business  men. 

( I )  John  Gibson  was  born  ( probably  in 
England)  in  1601,  and  died  in  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  in  1694,  aged  ninety-three 
years.  The  name  of  the  ship,  the  year  of  his 
arrival,  and  the  place  of  his  first  settlement  are 
unknown.  He  was  in  Cambridge  in  1634, 
and  was  made  a  freeman  May  17,  1637,  He 
first  appears  on  Cambridge  (formerly  New- 
town) records  of  August  4,  1634:  "To  John 
Gibson  6  Ackers,"  in  the  list  of  lots  granted 
in  Westend,  that  part  of  the  town  lying  be- 
tween Sparks,  Wyeth  and  Garden  Streets ; 
Harvard  and  Brattle  Squares,  and  Charles 
river.  His  house  was  built  before  "loth  Oc- 
tober 1635."  Family  tradition  says  that  Gib- 
son i)lanted  linden  trees,  and  if  tradition  and 
boundaries  can  be  made  to  agree,  perhaps  "The 
old  house  by  the  lindens,"  corner  of  Brattle 
and  Sparks  streets,  made  famous  by  Long- 
fellow's poem,  "The  Open  Window,"  may 
have  stood  on  land  once  owned  by  John  Gib- 
son. He  was  probably  a  member  of  the 
church  formed  by  Rev.  Mr.  Hooker  on  his  ar- 
rival in  1(133:  and  on  the  removal  in  1635  and 


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1636  of  the  pastor  and  most  of  the  faniihes 
to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  he  became  one  of 
the  succeeding  society  or  First  Church  organ- 
ized February  i,  1636,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Shep- 
herd. In  addition  to  his  "nyne  acr"  house  lot 
in  the  Westend,  Goodman  Gibson  had  other 
real  estate  in  Cambridge,  records  of  which  ap- 
pear in  the  usual  (|uaint  form  in  the  record 
books  of  that  place  and  time.  He  was  a  hus- 
bandman, not  an  artisan,  and  an  old  record 
shows  that  John  Gibson  agreed  with  the  town 
May  8,  1637,  to  summer  one  hundred  cows  for 
twenty  pounds.  There  is  no  evidence  that  he 
ever  held  any  church  office,  and  of  town 
offices  only  minor  ones — appointed  March  15, 
1676,  to  view  fences,  and  in  1678  to  drive 
W'estfield.  He  was  a  party  to  one  law  suit. 
In  1660  Winifred  Holman  was  plaintiff  agamst 
John  Gibson  Sr.  and  his  wife  and  others,  as 
the  result  of  the  defendants  having  accused 
Mary  Holman,  daughter  of  Widow  Winifred, 
of  being  a  witch ;  and  at  the  hearing  "3  day  of 
.Aprill,"  several  months  after  the  accusation, 
the  finding  for  John  Gibson  was  "costs  of 
Court,  fifteen  shillings,  ten  pence."  In  the 
time  of  the  tyrant  Andross,  John  Gibson  and 
George  Willow,  whose  respective  ages  were 
"about  87  and  86  years."  as  representatives  of 
the  settlers,  petitioned  James  II  for  redress, 
stating  that,  "our  title  is  now  questioned  to 
our  lands,  by  us  quietly  possessed  for  near 
sixty  years,  and  without  which  we  cannot  sub- 
sist."    He    married    (first)    Rebecca    , 

who  was  buried  December  i,  1661,  in  Rox- 
bury  burying  ground  and  the  burial  recorded 
by  Rev.  John  Eliot.  He  married  (second) 
July  24,  1662,  Joan,  widow  of  Henry  Prentice, 
of  Cambridge,  "planter."  The  children  of 
John  Gibson,  all  by  first  wife,  were:  Rebecca, 
Mary,  Martha,  John  and  Samuel. 

(II)  John  (2),  of  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, fourth  child  of  John  (i)  and  Rebecca 
Gibson,  was  born  at  Cambridge  about  1641, 
and  died  there  October  15,  1679.  He  lived  in 
his  native  town  and  doubtless  on  the  home- 
stead in  the  Westend,  deeded  him  by  his  father, 
November  30,  1668,  "3  acres  and  1-2  my  house 
Cambridge."  There  is  no  record  that  he  ever 
owned  any  real  estate.  Although  a  minor  at 
the  time  of  the  suit  "Holman  versus  Gibson" 
in  1660,  he  was  one  of  the  defendants,  and 
boylike  must  have  been  very  vehement  against 
the  supposed  witch.  Widow  Winifred's  daugh- 
ter, as  he  was  sentenced  either  to  openly  ac- 
knowledge in  court  that  "he  hath  wronged  and 
scandalously  slandered  Marye  Holman,  by 
speeches     irregularly,     rashly     and     suddenly 


spoken,"  or  refusing  to  do  this,  to  pay  the 
plaintiff  five  pounds ;  of  the  two  alternatives 
lie  wisely  chose  the  former.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  King  Philip's  war — a  private  on  the 
list  of  Captain  Thomas  Prentice's  troopers. 
August  27,  1675,  in  the  first,  or  Mt.  Hope  ex- 
pedition, the  company  leaving  Boston  the  pre- 
ceding June  24.  fighting  at  Swansea.  June  28, 
skirmishing  in  July  on  ]\Lt.  Hope  Necks  near 
.Mt.  Hope  or  Pokanoket  (Bristol,  Rhode 
Island),  the  home  of  King  Philip:  private  on 
list  of  Lieutenant  Edward  Oake's  troopers, 
March  24,  1676,  scouting  near  Marlboro ; 
private  on  pay  list  of  Captain  Daniel  Hench- 
man's company  of  foot,  September  23,  1676, 
impressed  the  preceding  April  27,  starting  May 
2"/  and  reaching  Hadley,  June  14.  possibly  the 
John  Gibson  on  the  list  of  Captain  Joshua 
.Scottow's  men  at  Black  Point  near  Saco, 
Maine,  September.  1677,  the  garrison  being 
captured  the  following  month  by  Mogg  Me- 
gone,  the  celebrated  Indian  chief.  Before  and 
ever  after  his  military  service,  he  was  a  quiet 
farmer  with  nothing  more  to  change  the  mo- 
notony of  his  life  than  fell  to  the  lot  of  any 
other  inhabitant  of  Cambridge  at  that  time. 
He  was  admitted  freeman  about  October  II, 
1670.  His  name  appears  from  time  to  time  on 
the  town  records  as  the  holder  of  some  small 
office,  the  last  and  most  important,  the  ap- 
])ointment  in  1678  "to  view  fences  in  \\'est- 
field."  He  died  of  small-pox  when  only 
thirty-eight  years  of  age.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate  showed  forty-seven  pounds,  sixteen 
shillings  including  his  house  and  three  acres 
of  land:  sixteen  pounds.  In  June  following 
the  court  ordered:  "Charlestown  15.  4.  1680. 
The  Selectman  of  Cambridge  ordered  to  dis- 
pose of  ye  children  of  Jno.  Gibson  &  of  such 
a  pt  of  his  estate  as  shall  be  necessary  for  ye 
putting  them  forth  to  service,"  etc.  In  the 
proprietor's  records- of  1683,  under  division  of 
lots  "beyond  the  8  mile  line,"  is  given  this  al- 
lotment in  the  ninth  squadron  ;  "John  Gibson's 
heirs  Twenty  accers  Three  Commons."  He 
married  "9. 10.1668,"  (December  9,  1668)  Re- 
becca Errington,  who  was  born  in  Cambridge, 
baptized  in  the  First  Church,  December  4, 
17 1 3,  daughter  of  .'Kbraham  and  Rebecca  (Cut- 
ler) Errington.  They  had  four  children :  Re- 
becca, Martha,  Mary,  and  Timothy,  whose 
sketch  follows. 

(HI)  Deacon  Timothy,  of  Sudbury  and 
Stow  Massachusetts,  fourth  child  of  John  (2) 
and  Rebecca  (Errington)  Gibson,  was  born  in 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  about  1679,  and 
died  in  Stow,  July  14,  1757,  and  was  buried  in 


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the  Lower  Milage  cemetery  in  the  easterly  part 
of  Stow.  He  was  brought  up  by  Selectman 
Abraham  Holman,  of  Cambridge,  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Winifred  Holman.  and  after  1689  re- 
moved with  him  to  Stow.  He  continued  a 
member  of  the  Holman  household  until  1703. 
when  he  removed  to  the  northwest  of  Sudbury. 
and  settled  north  of  Assabet  river  on  a  sixty 
acre  farm  deeded  to  him  June  21.  1703,  by 
Mr.  Holman  "for  divers  and  sundry  good  and 
weighty  reasons  moving  me  thereunto  but  in 
special  manner  to  shew  My  love  unto  and  care 
of  Timothy  Gibson  now  living  with  me  & 
hath  done  from  a  child."  Timothy  Gibson  re- 
ceived a  second  deed.  November  29.  1708.  to 
twenty  acres  from  the  same  source,  and  again 
ten  acres,  April  2;^.  17:1.  Abraham  Holman 
also  appointed  Timothy  Gibson  executor  of 
his  will.  He  was  also  the  grantee  of  forty 
acres,  house  and  barn  from  Mrs.  Sarah  Hol- 
man, and  had  other  property  in  Stow,  about 
one  hundred  acres  in  all.  He  was  a  largr 
landowner  in  Lunenburg.  Between  1728  and 
1731  he  removed  from  Sudbury  to  Stow — per- 
haps by  merely  moving  to  another  part  of  his 
home  farm,  which  lay  on  both  sides  of  the 
town  line.  He  was  selectman  of  Stow,  1734- 
35-36-39,  and  dissented  to  a  grant  of  sixty 
pounds  for  Rev.  John  Gardner,  May  17,  1736. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  First  Church  probablx 
during  the  pastorate  of  Mr.  Gardner.  His 
"house  and  fifty  acres  in  Stow  on  Poniciticut 
Hill"  passed  from  sire  to  son  for  nearly  one 
hundred  years,  finally  going  to  strangers  in 
1823.  Deacon  Timothy  ( iibson  married 
(first)  at  Concord.  Massachusetts.  November 
17,  1700.  Rebecca  (iates.  of  Stow.  W'ho  was 
born  in  Marlboro.  July  23,  1682.  and  died  in 
Stow.  January  21,  1754,  in  the  seventy-third 
year  of  her  age.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Stephen-  and  Sarah  (  Woodward  )  Gates.  He 
married  (second)  (published  November  30, 
1755)  Mrs.  Submit  Taylor,  of  Sudbury,  who 
died  at  Stow.  January  29.  1759.  "fn  the  75  yr 
of  her  age."  Twelve  children  were  born  to 
him,  all  by  first  wife:  Abraham,  Timothy,  Re- 
becca, John,  Sarah,  Samuel,  Stephen  (died 
young),  Errington,  Stephen.  Isaac,  Mary  and 
Reuben. 

(I\')  Abraham,  son  of  Deacon  Timothy 
(.Gibson,  was  born  in  Stow,  1 701,  and  died  there 
November  8,  1740.  He  married  Mary 
Wheeler,  born  at  Stow,  November  5,  1709,  died 
there  January  15,  1793,  daughter  of  Deliver- 
ance and  Mary  (Davis)  W'heeler.  Her  father 
was  born  at  Cambridge  in  1663.  and  died  at 
.Stow.    February   4.    17:6:   married.    May    28, 


1691.  Mary  Davis,  born  at  Concord,  October 
3.  1663,  and  diecl  at  Stow,  June  27,  1748, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Simon  and  Mary 
(Blood)  Davis.  Deliverance  Wheeler  was  son 
of  Captain  Thomas  Wheeler,  the  famous  In- 
dian fighter,  who  died  at  Concord,  December 
10,  1676:  married  Ruth  \\'ood,  daughter  of 
William  and  Mary  Wood.  He  was  captain  of 
the  second  troop  of  horse,  and  by  order  he 
acted  as  escort,  July  2/,  1675,  to  Captain  Ed- 
ward Hutchinson  into  the  Nipmuck  country. 
He  was  w^ounded  August  2,  1675,  in  the  am- 
buscade at  Quaboag.  He  wrote  an  account  of 
the  expedition.  Children  :  i.  Alice  \\  heeler, 
died  March  17,  1640-41  :  ii.  Nathaniel  Wheeler, 
died  January  16,  1676-77;  iii,  Joseph  Wheeler, 
of  Stow  ;  iv.  Ephraim  \\'heeler,  died  February 
19,  1689;  V.  Thomas  Wheeler,  died  January  9, 
1676-77;  vi.  Deliverance  \\'heeler,  above  men- 
tioned. Mary  (  Davis  )  Wheeler  was  descended 
on  her  mother's  side  from  Simon  and  Dolor 
Davis,  of  Cambridge. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Abraham  (2),  eldest  son 
of  Abraham  (i)  and  Mary  (Wheeler)  Gib- 
son, was  born  June  25.  1735,  in  Stow,  and  died 
in  Lunenburg.  .Sejitember  9.  1813.  In  early 
life  he  was  a  school  master  and  taught  in 
Lunenburg:  later  occupied  the  paternal  home 
in  Stow.  He  afterwards  removed  to  Concord, 
and  in  1768  to  Fitchburg,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  resided  on  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  on  the  east  slope  of  Pearl  Hill.  He 
deeded  part  of  the  farm  to  Jeremiah  Kinsman. 
March  25,  1786.  Lieutenant  Gibson  was  a 
member  of  Captain  .Abijah  Hall's  company. 
Colonel  Willard's  regiment  at  Crown  Point, 
in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  He  was  also  a 
minute-man  of  the  revolution,  in  Captain  Eben- 
ezer  Wood's  company.  Colonel  Asa  Whit- 
comb's  regiment.  He  married  ( intentions 
published.  January  13,  1760)  Esther  Fox,  born 
July  2^.  1743,  in  Concord,  baptized  next  day 
at  the  First  Parish  Church  of  that  town,  died 
.\pril  30.  1803,  at  Rindge,  New  Hampshire, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  (F"rench) 
Fox.  Her  father  was  a  housewright,  born  June 
8,  1706.  in  Concord,  and  died  there  July  30. 
1759.  He  married  Rebecca  Carey,  who  died 
at  Concord.  November  22.  1745.  w^idow  of 
James  Carey,  and  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Knight)  French,  of  Bedford.  Massa- 
chusetts. Thomas  Fo.x  was  a  son  of  Samuel 
Fo.x.  born  September  11,  1670.  at  Concord, 
and  died  there  January  15,  1734.  Samuel  Fox 
married,  June  13,  1693,  Ruth  Knight,  died 
September  21,  1741,  in  Concord,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Rutli   (  \\'riglit )   Knight,  of  that 


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town.  Eliphalet,  father  of  Samuel  Fox,  died 
in  Concord,  August  15,  171 1.  He  married, 
October  26,  1665,  Mary  Wheeler,  born  Sep- 
tember 6,  1645,  i'l  Concord,  died  December 
24,  1678,  daughter  of  George  and  Catherine 
Wheeler,  pioneers  in  Concord  about  1635.  Jon- 
athan Knight  was  the  son  of  Philip  and  Mar- 
jorie  Knight.  Thomas,  father  of  Eliphalet 
Fox,  settled  at  Concord  in  1640,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  there  May  29,  1644.  He  had 
a  wife  Rebecca.  Children  of  Abraham  (2) 
and  Esther  (Fox)  Gibson:  Thomas,  Esther. 
Mary,  Rebecca,  Sarah,  Gardner,  Abraham, 
Lucy  and  John. 

(VI )  Rebecca,  third  daughter  of  .-Xbraham 
(2)  and  Esther  (Fox)  Gibson,  was  born  No- 
vember 13,  1765,  in  Concord,  and  died  June 
30,  18 14,  in  Lunenburg.  She  was  married 
( intentions  published  August  i,  1785),  to  John 
Priest,  of  Lunenburg  (see  Priest,  VI). 

(The  HartweU  Line). 

In  the  chapter  of  Domesday  Book  assigned 
to  a  description  of  military  tenures  of  lands 
allotted  in  Northamptonshire.  England,  by 
William  of  Normandy  to  his  followers,  appears 
the  designation  of  an  allotment  bearing  the 
name  of  "Hertewelle."  Similar  records  are 
found  in  the  descriptions  of  lands  in  Bucks 
and  Wilts.  Several  branches  of  these  early 
families,  including  three  or  four  baronies  and 
with  the  name  transmuted  amid  the  multi- 
farious changes  of  orthograjihy  incident  to 
the  changes  and  growth  of  the  English  lan- 
guage to  plain  Hartvvell,  have  spread  over 
England,  more  than  one  offshoot  having  found 
their  way  to  those  counties  of  Ireland  within 
the  pale,  notably  about  the  time  of  the  whole- 
sale transplanting  of  colonists  to  that  islantl 
by  Cromwell. 

(I)  From  some  one  of  these  English  fami- 
lies came  William  Hartwell.  who  api>ears 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Concord.  It  can- 
not be  positively  stated  whether  or  not  William 
Hartwell  was  of  the  party  of  settlers  under 
the  lead  of  Major  Simon  Willard,  who  led  the 
way  in  cutting  loose  from  a  neighborhood  of 
their  friends  to  penetrate  the  wilderness  in 
search  of  homes,  and  which  "made  their  pitch" 
within  the  limits  of  the  historic  town  of  Cam- 
bridge, September  12,  1635,  O.  S.,  but  enough 
is  known  to  make  it  extremely  probable  that 
he  must  have  arrived  in  the  settlement  in  the 
following  year,  1636.  .\  tract  of  land,  contain- 
ing nine  acres,  "more  or  less"  was  allotted  to 
him  on  which  to  erect  a  dwelling,  situated,  as 
near  as  can  be  judged,  nearly  a  mile  eastward 


of  the  Public  Square,  along  the  Lexington  or 
old  "Bay"  road,  very  nearly  at  the  eastern 
bound  of  the  property  occupied  in  1887  by  E. 
W.  Bull,  Nathaniel  Ball  and  Joshua  Wheeler. 
If,  as  is  assumed.  Mr.  Hartwell  arrived  in 
Concord  in  1636,  he  was  twenty-three  year> 
old  at  that  time.  He  was  made  a  freeman  of 
the  colony  in  1642,  appears  as  one  of  the  peti- 
tioners for  a  grant  of  the  town  of  Chelmsford, 
adjoining  Concord  on  the  north,  in  1653,  was 
one  of  a  committee  of  nine  citizens  to  frame 
rules  for  the  guidance  of  the  selectmen  of  the 
town  in  1672,  was  a  corporal  in  1671,  and  in 
1673  was  appointed  quartermaster,  vice  Henry 
Woodis,  appointed  cornet  in  the  Second  (Cap- 
tain Thomas  Wheeler's)  Troop  of  Horse  of  Mid- 
dlesex county.  He  appears  as  one  of  the  large 
landholders,  with  two  hundred  and  forty-seven 
acres  of  land,  in  nineteen  separately  described 
tracts.  He  died  March  12,  1690,  "in  ye  77th 
year  of  his  age,"  having  made  his  will  a  short 
time  previous,  in  which  he  mentions  his  daugh- 
ters, .Sarah  and  Mary,  and  his  sons  John  and 
-Samuel.  The  youngest  child  of  whom  any- 
thing is  known,  Martha,  appears  to  have  died 
before  him.  His  wife  Jazan  died  August  5, 
1695.  The  resting  place  of  their  remains  is 
not  known,  but  was  doubtless  in  the  old  grave- 
yard on  the  hill  south  of  the  Public  Square  in 
Concord  \^illage,  where  several  of  his  de- 
scendants are  buried. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  William  and  Jazan 
Hartwell.  born  January  26,  1645,  died  July 
26,  1725.  He  served  in  the  war  against  the 
Indians  under  the  leadership  of  Philip  of 
Pohanoket,  his  name  appearing  in  the  list  of 
those  to  whom,  or  their  descendants,  lands 
were  granted  in  1735,  the  share  allotted  for 
his  services  jjassing  to  his  grandson,  Ephraim. 
It  seems  likely  he  was  one  of  those  who  made 
the  "hungry  march"  against  the  stronghold  of 
Philip,  and  to  whom  a  land  gratuity  was  spe- 
cially promised,  as  the  name  of  John,  known 
to  have  been  out  in  that  year,  does  not  appear 
among  the  grantees  of  land  in  1735.  He  un- 
doubtedly settled  near  his  father  at  marriage, 
lived  nearer  him  at  death  than  John,  but  noth- 
ing appears  as  yet  to  indicate  with  certainty 
whether  it  was  he  or  his  son  Samuel  who  set- 
tled on  the  lands  in  the  present  bounds  of  Lin- 
coln, now  held  by  his  descendants.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  October  26,  1665,  Ruth,  daughter 
of  George  and  Catherine  Wheeler,  of  Con- 
cord, born  February  23,  1642,  died  December 
g,  1713,  and  a  sister  of  Mary  Wheeler,  wife  of 
Eliphalet  Fox  and  ancestor  of  Rebecca  Gib- 
son Priest.     The  baptismal  name  of  his  second 


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wife  was  Rebecca.  She  died  January  23,  1722. 
He  married  (third)  February  6,  1724,  EHza- 
beth  Fletcher,  of  Chelmsford,  born  June  10, 
1698,  died  October  4,  1732.  Children,  all  born 
of  first  wife:  Samuel.  October  6,  1666;  Mary, 
February  16,  1668;  Ruth,  October  17,  1669; 
William.  August  16,  1671  ;  John,  June  18, 1673; 
Hannah,  Octi>ber  8,  1675;  Sarah;  Elizabeth; 
Rebecca,  I""ebruary  14,  1683;  Jane,  November 
30,  1684;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Jonathan,  youngest  child  of  Samuel 
and  Ruth  (Wheeler)  Hartwell,  was  born  1686, 
in  Concord,  Massachusetts ;  and  died  in  Little- 
ton, same  colony,  December  9,  1770.  He  set- 
tled in  Littleton  about  1720,  and  purchased  a 
farm  there,  where  his  descendants  have  been 
numerous  and  influential  in  local  affairs.  He 
married  (first)  June  11,  171 3,  Hannah  Blanch- 
anl,  of  Concord,  born  1690,  died  January,  1763. 
He  married  (second)  HannahWillard,  who  died 
January  5,  1777.  Children  :  James,  born  July  30, 
[715;  Josiah,  .September  11,  1717;  Nathan, 
mentioned  below;  Simon,  September  24,  1721  ; 
Hannah,  Aj)ril  2.  1723;  Joseph,  January  2"], 
1725;  l)enjamin,  June   11,   1734. 

(1\')  Nathan,  thiril  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Hannah  (Blanchard)  Hartwell,  was  born  De- 
cember 4,  1719,  in  Concord,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 8,  1768,  in  Harvard,  Massachusetts.  He 
married,  in  1744,  Mary  Patch,  of  Littleton, 
born  1723,  died  October  21,  1800,  in  Harvard. 
The  records  of  Littleton  note  only  two  chil- 
dren :  Mary  and  Lois ;  the  former  born  July 
6,  1755,  the  latter  July  12,  1757;  and  they  be- 
came in  opposite  succession  the  first  and  sec- 
ond wives  of  Philemon  Priest  (see  Priest,  V). 


Deacon  Edward  Collins,  immi- 
COLLIXS      grant  ancestor,  appears  first  in 

Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in 
T638,  where  he  was  deacon  of  the  First  Church, 
and  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  13,  1640. 
He  brought  with  him  his  wife  Alartha  and  sev- 
eral children.  He  lived  many  years  on  the 
plantation  of  Covernor  Craddock  in  Meilford, 
and  at  last  purchased  it,  selling  off  considerable 
portions  of  it.  From  1654  to  1670,  with  the 
exception  of  the  year  1661,  he  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court.  Cotton  Mather,  in  the 
"Magnalia,"  s]ieaks  of  him  as  the  "good  old 
man,  the  deacon  of  the  church  at  Cambridge, 
who  has  now  gone  to  heaven."'  He  died  in 
Charlestown,  April  9,  1689,  aged  eighty-six 
years.  Children:  i.  Daniel,  born  in  England, 
merchant,  resided  in  Konigsburg,  Prussia.  2. 
John,  born  in  England,  1633;  died  December 
3.  1687.     3.  Samuel,  born  i63r),  in  England.   4. 


Sybil,  born  1638.  5.  Martha,  September,  1639, 
in  Cambridge.  6.  Nathaniel,  March  7,  1642; 
mentioned  below.  7.  .\bigail,  September  20, 
1644,  in  Cambridge.  8.  Edward,  baptized  June, 
1646,  in  Cambridge. 

(H)  Rev.  Nathaniel  Collins,  son  of  Edward 
Collins,  was  born  March  7,  1642,  in  Cambridge, 
and  died  at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  Decem 
her  2?-..  1(184.  He  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1660,  and  was  ordained  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Middletown,  November  4,  1668.  He 
had  land  recorded  to  him  there  January  24, 
1664.  Of  him  the  "Magnalia"  says:  "There 
were  more  wounfls  given  (by  his  death)  to  the 
whole  colony  of  Connecticut  in  our  New  Eng- 
land, than  the  body  of  Caesar  did  receive  when 
he  fell  wounded  in  the  senate  house."  He 
married,  Augnst  3,  1664,  Mary  Whiting,  died 
( )ctober  25,  1709,  daughter  of  William  Whit- 
ing. He  died  December  28,  1684.  Children : 
r.  Mary,  born  May  11,  1666.  2.  John,  Janu- 
ary 31,  1668.  3.  Susanna,  November  26,  1669. 
4.  Sybil,  August  20,  1672;  died  young.  5. 
.Martha,  December  26,  1674.  6.  Nathaniel, 
June  13,  i<'i77;  mentioned  below.  7.  Abigail, 
June  31,  1681.  8.  Samuel,  .April  16,  1683; 
died  April  23,  1683. 

(HI)  Rev.  Nathaniel  (2)  Collins,  son  of 
Rev.  Nathaniel  (i)  Collins,  was  born  June  13, 
1677,  and  died  February  6,  1768.  He  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  College  in  1697,  and  was  a 
minister  of  the  linfield  church.  He  married, 
in  1701,  .-Mice  .Adams,  died  February  19,  1755, 
daughter  of  Rev.  William  Adams,  of  Dedham, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Ann,  born  De- 
cember 20,  1702.  2.  John,  January  7,  1704-3. 
3.  .Alice,  February  19,  1706-7;  died  April  26, 
170().  4.  Nathaniel.  .August  17,  1709.  5.  Will- 
iam. June  20,  171 1.  6.  Edward,  November  16, 
1713;  mentioned  below.  7.  .Alice,  born  March 
14,  171''). 

(1\')  Edward,  son  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  (2) 
Collins,  was  born  at  Enfield,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember 16,  1713.  His  will  was  dated  Septem- 
ber 3,  1796,  and  proved  February  26,  1798.  It 
mentions  John,  Ebenezer,  Nathaniel,  Tabitha 
A\'are,  Rebecca  Ellsworth,  Martha.  He  mar- 
ried    (first),    February    19,    1735-6,    Tabitha 

( ieer ;    (second)    Rebecca  • .      Children: 

I.  Edward,  born  Jamiary  14, ;  died  Octo- 
ber 4,  1743.  2.  Elihu,  died  October  4,  1743. 
3.  Elisha,  born  January  17,  1738-9.  4.  Eben- 
ezer. April  17,  1 741  ;  mentioned  below.  4. 
Tabitha,  June  23,  1743.  5.  Edward,  February 
21,  1747-8.  6.  Tabitha,  May  30,  1750.  Chil- 
dren of  .second  wife,  born  at  Enfield:  7.  Ed- 
ward, .\pril  10,  1752.  8.  Edward.  July  i,  1753: 


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married  Samaris  • .     9.  Rebecca,  ;\Iarch 

22,  1755.  10.  Alice,  February  16,  1757;  mar- 
ried August  18,  1777.  II.  Martha,  August  28, 
1759.  12.  John,  October  12,  1761.  13.  Sus- 
anna, September  15,  1763.  14.  Nathaniel,  No- 
vember 5,  i7(';)6. 

(V)  Ebenezer  Collins,  son  of  Edward  Col- 
lins, was  born  in  Enfield,  Connecticut,  April  17, 
1 741.  He  and  his  brothers  moved  to  western 
Massachusetts,  and  he  finally  settled  in  Middle- 
field,  Massachusetts.  According  to  the  federal 
census  of  1790  he  had  two  males  over  sixteen 
and  one  under  that  age,  and  two  females  in 

— ,  who 


his  family.  He  married  Hannah  — 
died  at  Middlefield  July  21,  1809,  in  her  sixty- 
ninth  year.  Children:  Elihu,  mentioned  below; 
Hannah,  married  ( intention  dated  at  Middle- 
field,  November  25,  1784)  Aaron  Eggelston ; 
probably  others. 

(\'I)  Elihu,  son  of  Ebenezer  Collins,  was 
born  about  1775.  He  resided  at  Middlefield, 
whence  he  removed  to  Ludlow,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  Naomi  lUitton.  born  July  12,  1780, 
died  November  19,  1848.  He  followed  farm- 
ing during  his  active  life.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Methodist,  in  politics  a  Whig.  Children:  I. 
Naomi,  born  May  22,  1802;  died  August  20, 
1878.  2.  Bllihu,  August  21,  1803;  died  August 
13-  1853.  3.  Lucretia.  April  20,  1805;  died 
September  8,  1891.  4.  William,  March  17, 
1807;  died  October  20,  1879.  5.  Austin,  Janu- 
ary 15,  1810;  died  November  18,  1895.  6. 
Roderick,  born  January  15,  181 1:  mentioned 
below.  7.  Jonathan,  Novemljer  9,  1813:  died 
September  2J,.  1893.  8.  Sophronia,  December 
8,  1814:  died  December  2,  1877.  9.  Margaret. 
.March  25,  1817:  died  September  4,  1879.  10. 
James  Dwight,  February  28,  1820:  died  Octo- 
ber 13,  1903.  II.  Richard,  March  16,  1822; 
(lied  February  26,  1887.  12.  Julia  .\.,  April 
15,  1824:  living  (1909)  at  Willjraliam.  Massa- 
cliusetts,  widow  of  Orson  Knowlton. 

(  \'II  )  Roderick,  s(_iii  of  Elihu  Collins,  was 
lj(irn  January  15,  181  i,  and  dieil  .-Vugust  28. 
1870.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
During  most  of  his  active  years  he  was  em- 
ployed in  the  United  States  armory  at  Spring- 
field. He  .-ipent  his  declining  years  on  a  farm 
in  Ludlow.  In  religion  he  was  a  Methodist : 
in  politics  a  Republican.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1832.  at  \\'ilbraham,  Almira  Glover, 
born  August  11,  1810,  died  at  Ludlow  Septem- 
ber 21,  1834,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Flavia 
(Warriner)  Glover  (see  Glover). 

(VIII)  Dwight  Marshall,  only  child  of  Rod- 
erick and  .Almira  (Glover)  Collins,  was  born 
at   Springfield.     Massachusetts.    December    5, 


1833.  He  attended  the  district  schools  of  Wil- 
braham,  Massachusetts,  and  Bangs'  Classical 
School  of  Springfield.  For  a  few  years  he 
was  a  general  merchant.  He  then  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  woolen  goods  under  the 
firm  name  of  Tillotson  &  Collins,  and  finally 
The  Tillotson  Manufacturing  Company,  serv- 
ing as  vice-president  of  the  latter  company. 
In  March,  1907,  he  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness and  has  been  living  quietly  at  his  home 
in  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  and  has  never  sought  or  held 
public  office.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Park 
Club  of  Pittsfield.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Mrst  Congregational  Church  of  Pittsfield.  He 
is  a  director  of  the  Berkshire  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Company.  He  married  (first)  at 
Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  August  26,  1862, 
Minerva  Moore ;  she  died  September  3,  1900. 
No  issue.  He  married  (second)  at  Honolulu, 
Hawaii,  March  19,  1903,  Cornelia  Belle  Hyde, 
born  July  26,  1870,  at  Leavenworth,  Kansas, 
daughter  of  George  Hull  and  Laura  (Gould) 
Hyde,  of  Wichita,  Kansas  (see  Hyde).  Child 
of  second  wife,  Dwight  Marshall  Jr.,  born 
March   11,  1908. 


The  surname  Glover  is  derived 
GL(  )\  ER     from  the  name  of  the  trade  and 

the  word  itself  was  of  Saxon 
origin,  spelled  golofre  originally,  and  varied 
from  time  to  time  until  the  fourteenth  century, 
when  the  present  spelling  became  fixed.  The 
famih-  was  seated  at  an  ancient  date  in  coun- 
ties Warwick  and  Kent.  England,  and  tradi- 
tion connects  the  American  family  with  the 
Warwickshire  Glovers.  Robert  Cdover,  be- 
lieved to  be  direct  ancestor  of  the  .American 
line  given  below,  was  burned  at  the  stake  Sep- 
tember 14,  1555,  during  the  persecuticin  of  the 
Protestants  in  the  reign  of  lUoody  Mary.  The 
story  of  his  martyrdom  is  told  in  Fox's  "Acts 
and  .Monuments"  ( ])p.  814-819  ).     He  married 

Mary ,  and  had  sons  Hugh  and  Eflward, 

who  succeeded  to  his  estate  at  Baxterly,  War- 
wickshire. The  family  has  always  been  dis- 
tinguished by  its  piety.  The  English  coat-of- 
arms :  Sable  a  chevron  ermine  between  three 
crescents  argent. 

(1)  Thiimas  (ilciver,  English  ]irogenitor  of 
all  the  .\merican  families,  died  in  Rainhill 
parish,  Prescott,  I,ancashire,  England,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1619.  His  will  was  dated  December  10, 
1619.  He  married  there,  February  10,  1594, 
Margery,  daughter  of  Thomas  Deane.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Ellen,  baptized  February  2,  1595: 
married    William    Barnes.      2.    John    (twin). 


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baptized  July  zj.  1 599 ;  died  same  day.  3. 
Elizabeth  (twin),  baptized  July  27,  1599;  died 
same  day.  4.  John,  baptized  August  12,  1600; 
mentioned  below.     5.  Henry,  baptized  Eebru- 

ary  15,  1603:  married  Abigail ;  went  to 

New  England  and  settled  in  Dedham,  Massa- 
chusetts. 6.  Anne,  baptized  October  19,  1605  ; 
died  October,  1605.  7.  Thomas,  born  1607 ; 
married  Deborah  Rigby,  of  Cranston.  8.  Will- 
iam, born  1609;  married  Mary  Bolton,  of 
Rainhill.  9.  tjeorge,  born  ifiii  ;  married  Mar- 
garet   .      10.   Jane,  baptized   September 

13,  1612:  married  Watts.      11.    Peter, 

baptized  ^larch  22,  161 5. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Glover,  was  bap- 
tized in  Rainhill,  Prescott,  Lancashire,  Eng- 
land, August  12,  1600,  and  died  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  Eebruary  11,  1653.  He  in- 
herited a  large  amount  of  property  from  his 
father,    and    was   executor   of   the    will.      He 

married  Anna  ,  in   Rainhill.  and  three 

of  his  children  were  born  and  baptized  there. 
His  name  appears  in  1628  as  a  member  of  the 
London  Company,  the  year  of  its  organization. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  London,  and 
a  captain  of  that  company.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Free  Masons  before  his  emigration,  and 
was  sometimes  called  "the  Worshipful  Mr. 
(jlover."  He  came  to  New  England  in  the 
ship  "Mary  and  John,"  bringing  with  him  a 
large  number  of  cattle,  servants,  and  supplie.-. 
for  carrying  on  a  tannery.  He  settled  at  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  and  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  town  in  1631,  and  started 
the  first  tannery  in  New  England.  He  and  his 
-wife  Anna  were  among  the  subscribers  to  the 
covenant  of  Rev.  Richard  Mather's  church 
in  1636.  His  ])ro])erty  in  I'^ngland  he  conveyed 
to  his  eldest  son,  who  remained  there  and  was 
a  merchant  in  London  in  1652.  John  Glover 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court.  1636-52,  when 
he  became  assistant  governor,  and  in  all  he 
served  the  colony  some  eighteen  years.  In 
1650  he  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  died. 
He  served  as  selectman  of  Dorchester  many 
vears.  He  had  a  conditional  grant  of  a  sup- 
posed iron  mine  in  Worcester  county,  in  what 
is  now  Grafton.  He  served  often  on  important 
committees  and  held  positions  of  trust.  Chil- 
dren, the  three  eldest  born  in  England,  the 
nthers  in  Dorchester:     i.  Thomas,  January  8, 

1627:  married  Rebecca .    2.  Habackuk, 

May  13,  1628:  married  Hannah  Elliot,  of  Rox- 
bury.  3.  John,  October  11,  1629;  married 
Elizabeth  Franklin,  of  Ipswich,  1683.  4.  Na- 
thaniel, bi)rn  Dorchester,  1631  :  married,  1632, 


Mary  Smith,  of  Dorchester.     5.  Peletiah,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Ill)  Rev.  Peletiah,  son  of  John  Glover, 
was  born  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  in 
November,  1637,  and  baptized  there  by  Rev. 
Richard  Mather.  He  resided  in  his  youth  at 
Dorchester,  and  was  prepared  for  college 
under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  Mather.  It  is 
said  that  he  studied  at  Harvard  College,  but 
did  not  receive  a  degree.  The  Dorchester 
church  records  state  that  at  the  time  he  united 
with  the  church  he  was  "then  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege." In  1659  he  preached  at  Dorchester,  and 
lune  18,  1661,  was  ordained  over  the  church 
at  Springfield  as  the  second  minister  of  the 
First  church.  He  was  furnished  with  a  par- 
sonage, and  his  salary  was  eighty  pounds  a 
vear,  afterwards  being  increased  to  one  hun- 
dred pounds.  The  house  was  built  for  him  by 
voluntary  assessment,  and  was  thirty-five  by 
fifteen  feet,  with  a  porch  and  study.  The 
roof  was  thatched  and  the  cellar  walls  were 
planked.  In  1675  the  house  and  his  valuable 
library  were  burned  by  the  Indians  in  the  gen- 
eral conflagration  of  the  town.  He  was  a 
diligent  student,  an  energetic  preacher,  and  a 
faithful  pastor.  His  house  w^as  replaced  by  a 
better  one  of  brick.  He  died  January  14,  1664, 
and  was  buried  in  the  old  burying-ground  at 
S])ringfield.  In  1848  it  became  necessary  to 
reuKive  the  bodies  from  this  cemetery,  and  it 
was  done  with  suitable  ceremony.  \\  hen  the 
grave  of  Mr.  Glover  was  opened,  although 
it  was  entirely  submerged  by  water,  it  was 
found  that  the  body  was  petrified  and  easily 
identified,  though  having  been  buried  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty-six  years.  The  gravestone  had 
entirely  decayed.  His  will  was  dated  March 
II.  1691-2,  and  proved  April  26  following 
He  married.  May  20,  1660,  Hannah,  born 
about  1640,  died  December  20,  1689,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  John  Cullick.  Her  father  was  a 
])rominent  man  of  Boston,  a  Freemason,  and 
a  member  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Ar- 
tillery coni])any.  Children  :  i .  Samuel,  born 
November  2"^.  1661  :  died  July  24,  1689.  2. 
John,  Jid\-  1,  i()63;  died  January  14,  1664-5. 
3.  Peletiah,  born  January  2~ ,  1665-6:  mention- 
ed below.  4.  .\nna.  born  August  21,  1668; 
died  June  6,  1690.  5.  Mary,  born  April  17, 
1672;  married  John  Haynes,  of  Hartford. 

(IV)  Peletiah  (2),  son  of  Rev.  Peletiah 
(  I  )  Glover,  was  born  January  27,  1665-6,  in 
S|)ringfield.  and  died  there  August  22,  1737. 
He  was  an  extensive  landholder  and  a  wealthy 
man.  He  was  the  principal  heir  of  his  father's 
estate.     He  conveved  most  of  his  real  estat-j 


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to  his  sons  before  his  death,  and  died  intestate. 
He  married,  January  7,  1686,  Hannah  Parsons, 
born  1663,  died  April  I,  1739,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Mary  (Bliss)  Parsons,  of  Northamp- 
ton. Children:  i.  Peletiah,  born  August  27, 
1687;  married  (first)  Mary  Wright;  (sec- 
ond) Martha  Quid;  (third)  Hannah  Burt, 
widow.  2.  Thomas,  born  November  16,  1688; 
died  December  30,  1775.  3.  John,  born  Sep- 
tember 12.  1690;  died  March  27,  1733.  4. 
Hannah,  born  December  2"],  1693 ;  married 
John  Ashley.  5.  Mary,  born  August  25,  1695  ; 
married  Benjamin  Horton.  6.  Samuel,  born 
April  I,  1698;  died  April  21,  1698.  7.  Abigail, 
born  July  9,  1702;  married  Jonathan  Mills.  8. 
Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  I'eletiah  (2)  Glover, 
was  born  in  Springfield.  December  16,  1706, 
and  died  there.  He  received  land  from  his 
father,  and  added  to  it  until  he  became  a  large 
land  owner.  He  married,  December  14,  1749, 
foyce  (Newcomb)  Jones,  born  about  1712, 
died  October  22,  1774.  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Joyce     ( Butler )     Newcomb,    of     Edgartown, 

"Martha's   Vineyard,   widow   of   Jones 

of  Springfield.  Children:  I.  Eleanor,  born 
.August  30,  1750:  died  unmarried.  2.  John, 
mentioned  below. 

(\T)  John  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Glover,  was 
born  in  Wilbraham,  May  3,  1753,  and  died 
there  July  21.  1830.  He  inherited  his  father's 
farm,  in  that  part  of  Springfield  which  became 
the  town  of  Wilbraham.  He  served  in  the 
revolution  as  lieutenant  of  infantry  at  Dor- 
chester Heights,  and  continued  there  until  the 
evacuation  of  Boston.  He  was  subsequently 
commissioned  as  lieutenant  of  cavalry.  He 
married,  in  1778,  Alercy  Colton,  born  1757, 
died  October  i,  1836,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Mercy  Colton,  of  Springfield.  Children : 
I.  Samuel,  born  March  24,  1779;  died  Febru- 
ary 14,  1829.  2.  Thomas,  born  May  28,  1781  ; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Peletiah  (twin),  born 
1783;  died  1791.  4.  Joyce,  twin  with  Peletiah; 
died  yotmg.  5.  Mary,  born  March  28,  1785; 
married  Trueman  .Sweet.  6.  Sophia,  born  De- 
cember 20.  1786:  married  William  Adams.  7. 
Roxana,  born  December  i,  1788;  married 
(first)  Ira  Stacey ;  (second)  Jason  Miller.  8. 
John  Joseph,  born  May  26.  1791  ;  married 
Agnes  Jane  Larkin.  9.  Erastus,  born  Febru- 
ary 9,  1793;  married  Lucinda  Bolton.  10. 
Joyce,  born  April  12,  1795;  married  John 
Thayer.  11.  Ralph,  born  (Ictober  28,  1797; 
married  Amelia  Evans.  12.  Eleanor,  born 
September  12,  1803;  died  September  i,  1805. 

(\TI)   Thomas,   son   of   John    (2)    Glover, 


was  born  in  Wilbraham,  May  28,  1781,  and 
died  there  December  i,  1849.  He  inherited 
the  homestead,  and  for  many  years  kept  an 
inn.  He  married,  February  10,  1803,  Flavia 
Warriner,  born  1783,  died  November  4,  1864, 
daughter  of  Moses  and  Mary  (Warner)  War- 
riner. Children:  i.  Elmira,  born  October  19. 
1803;  died  August  19,  1805.  2.  Thomas,  born 
January  30,  1806;  married  Lydia  Knowlton. 
3.  Henry,  born  June  12,  1808;  married  (first) 
Clarissa  Ingraham  ;  (second)  Sophronia  Hoar ; 
(third)  .-Xmanda  Arnold.  4.  Alniira,  born  Au- 
gust II,  1810;  died  September  21,  1834;  mar- 
ried, November  zj ,  1832,  Roderick  Collins 
(see  Collins).  5.  Peletiah,  born  August  24, 
1816;  married  Abiah  Allard.  6.  Perlin,  born 
November  26,    1821  ;  died  January  24,    1823 


(For  first  generation  see  WilUam  Hyde  li. 

(H)  Samuel  Hyde,  son  of  Will- 
IIVDF  iam  Hyde,  was  born  in  1637,  and 
died  in  1677.  He  settled  at  Nor- 
wich West  Farms,  Connecticut,  in  1660,  and 
was  a  prominent  citizen.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married  June,  1659,  Jane  Lee,  of  East  Say- 
brook,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
( I jrown  )  Lee.  Children,  born  at  Norwich  : 
I.  Elizabeth,  August,  1660;  married  Richard 
Lord.  2.  I^hebe,  January,  1663;  married 
Mather  Griswold.  3.  Samuel,  Alay,  1665; 
married  Elizabeth  Calkins.  4.  John,  Decem- 
ber, 1667;  married  Experience  Abel.  5.  Isaac, 
January,  1670;  married  Anne  Bushnell.  6. 
Thomas,  July,  1672 ;  mentioned  below.  7. 
fabez,  May,  1677 ;  inarried  Elizabeth  Bush- 
nell. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Samuel  Hyde,  was 
born  at  Norwich,  July,  1672,  and  died  April 
0,  1755.  He  was  also  a  farmer  at  Norwich 
West  barms.  He  married,  December,  1697, 
Mary  Backus,  born  November,  1697,  died 
March  2"].  1752,  daughter  of  Stephen  Backus. 
Children,  born  at  Norwich:  i.  Mary,  Febru- 
ary 21,  1698;  married  John  Pember.  2. 
Thomas,  July  29,  1699 ;  married  Elizabeth 
Huntington.  3.  Phebe,  March  16,  1702;  mar- 
ried John  French.  4.  Jacob,  January  20,  1702- 
3 :  mentioned  below.  5.  Jane,  December  4, 
1704;  married  John  P.irchard.  6.  Abiier,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1706;  married  (first)  Jerusha 
Huntington;    (second)    Mehitable   Smith. 

(IV)  Captain  Jacob,  son  of  Thomas  Hyde, 
was  born  in  Norwich,  January  20,  1 702-3.  He 
settled  at  Norwich  West  Farms,  and  was  a 
farmer.  He  married,  October  11,  1727,  Han- 
nah Kingsbury,  born  March  13,  1709,  at  Haver- 
hill,   daughter    of    Deacon    Joseph    and    Ruth 


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(Denison)  Kingsbury,  granddaughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Love  (Ayers)  Kingsbury.  She  cUed 
March  16,  1770,  at  Bennington,  Vermont, 
while  on  a  visit.     Children,  born  at  Norwich : 

1.  Jacob,  August  i,  1730;  married  Hannah 
Hazen.  2.  Mary.  March  24,  1732 ;  married 
Peabody  Moseley.  3.  Ephraim,  April  23,  1734; 
married  Martha  Giddings.  4.  Joseph,  June  i, 
1736 ;  mentioned  below.  5.  Hannah,  May  8, 
1738:  married  Samuel  Ladd.  6.  Ruth,  Janu- 
ary 26,  1740;  married  Ezekiel  Ladd.  7.  Jon- 
athan, January  4,  1742:  died  October  22,  1743. 

8.  Silence,  April  13,  1744:  married  Joseph 
Ladd.  9.  Rebecca,  December  11,  1745;  mar- 
ried Lebbeus  Armstrong.  10.  Phebe,  October 
7,  1750;  died  January  28,  1771,  at  Bennington, 
\"ermont,  unmarried. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Captain  Jacob  Hyde, 
iwas  born  at  Norwich  West  Farms  (now 
Franklin),  June  i,  1736,  and  died  August  11, 
1802,  at  Franklin.  A  Joseph  Hyde  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  in  1778,  in  Captain 
Jonathan  Rudd's  company.  Colonel  Samuel 
Chapman's  regiment,  in  Connecticut.  He  was 
a  farmer  at  Norwich  in  the  section  now  Frank- 
lin. He  married,  March  5,  1765,  Abigail  Abel, 
born  July  9.  1746,  died  November  7,  1774, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Abigail  (Gild) 
Abel,  of  Norwich.  He  married  (second)  Jan- 
uary II,  1784,  his  cousin,  Juliette  Abel,  born 
April  24,  1763.  youngest  daughter  of  Simon 
and  Parnel  (Willis)  Abel.    She  died  February 

9,  1839.  Children  of  iirst  wife:  I.  Clarissa, 
born  February  8,  1766;  married  Jonathan 
Sampson.  2.  Alvan,  born  February  2,  1768; 
mentioned  below.  3.  Asenath,  born  April  3, 
1770;  died  July  23,  1771.  4.  Eben,  born  May 
13,  1772;  married  Anne  Edgerton.    5.  Abigail, 

'born  October  31,  1774;  married  Ira  Abel.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  6.  Jacob,  born  Febru- 
ary 9,  1785;  married  Orilla  Blackmer.  Born 
at  Franklin,  formerly  Norwich :  7.  Simon, 
born  December  12,  1786;  married  Anne  Coul- 
son.  8.  Lavius,  born  January  29,  1789;  mar-' 
ried  .\bigail  Bradley.  9.  Joseph,  bom  August 
zy,  1791  ;  married  (first)  Eliza  Holbrook; 
(second)  Rachel  Abby.  10.  Phebe,  born  De- 
cember 15,  1794:  married  Charles  Armstrong. 
II.  .\lbert,  born  December  24.  1800;  married 
Haimah  Fargo. 

(\I)  Rev.  Alvan  Hyde,  D.  D..  son  of  Jo- 
seph Hyde,  was  born  in   Norwich,   February 

2,  1768.  He  graduated  from  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege in  1788,  and  studied  theology  under  Rev. 
Charles  Backus,  D.  D.,  of  Somers.  Connecti- 
cut. In  June,  1792,  he  was  ordained  minister 
of  the   Congregational   church   at   Lee,   where 


he  continued  until  his  death.  He  was  an  effi- 
cient and  earnest  friend  of  public  education, 
a  trustee  of  Williams  College  more  than  thirty 
years,  and  vice-president  twenty  years.  "In 
every  situation  in  which  he  was  placed,  in  every 
company  where  he  was  called  upon  to  speak 
or  act,  wherever  he  was  and  whatever  he  did, 
the  obligation  to  be  useful  pressed  upon  him 
in  all  its  force,  and  that  this  pressure  was  not 
felt  in  vain,  thousands  can  witness."  He  died 
at  Lee,  Massachusetts,  December  4,  1833.  He 
married,  April  25,  1793,  Lucy  Fessenden,  born 
November  16,  1770,  at  Sandwich,  Massachu- 
setts, daughter  of  Benjamin  Fessenden,  grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  Benjamin  Fessenden,  son  of 
Nicholas  Fessenden,  of  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts. Children,  born  at  Lee:  i.  Alvan, 
June  18,  1794.  2.  Charles  Backus,  March  24, 
1796;  died  unmarried,  March  20,  1813.  3. 
Harriet,  March  18,  1798;  married  Charles 
Church,  of  Ogden,  New  York.  4.  Stephen 
West,  March  24,  1800;  married,  September 
28,  1826,  Laura  Eliza  Leonard,  and  settled  at 
Palmyra,  New  York.  5.  Joseph,  September 
3,  1802:  married,  July,  1831,  Catherine  Mc- 
Ewen  :  removed  to  Sheffield,  Massachusetts : 
he  was  a  graduate  of  Williams  College  in  1822 ; 
became  assistant  treasurer  of  the  American 
Bible  Society.  6.  Lucy,  June  3,  1804;  died 
June  12,  1825.  7.  William,  August  16,  1806; 
graduate  of  Williams.  1826;  lawyer  at  Spring- 
field ;  cashier  of  bank  at  Ware,  Massachusetts ; 
married,  July  4,  1836,  Harriet  Newell  Sage. 
8.  Edward,  September  15,  1808;  married  Eliz- 
abeth Lansing.  9.  Chauncey  T.,  born  Septem- 
ber 7,  1810;  died  .\ugust  18,  1826,  at  Farming- 
ton,  Connecticut.  10.  Theodore,  Augiist  5, 
1812.  II.  Alexander,  mentioned  below.  12. 
liarriet. 

(VH)  Alexander,  son  of  Rev.  Alvan  Hyde, 
was  born  at  Lee,  September  25,  1814.  He 
graduated  from  Williams  College  in  the  class 
of  1834.  He  succeeded  to  his  father's  home- 
stead at  Lee,  and  made  his  home  there.  He 
married.  .August  21,  1838,  Cornelia,  daughter 
of  George  Hull,  of  Sandisfield,  Massachusetts. 
Children,  born  at  Lee  or  Sandisfield:  i. 
George  Hull,  July  2,  1840;  mentioned  below. 
2.  .-Xdeline  Hull,  February  20,  1842.  3.  Sarah 
Cornelia,  June  10,  1844.  4.  Harriet  Lucy,  Feb- 
ruary 4.  1846.  5.  Albert  Alvan,  March  20. 
1850.  6.  Theodore  Sedgwick,  July  17,  1852. 
7.  Mary  R.  8.  Harriet  S.  9.  Helen  L.  10. 
Charles  E.     11.  Lucy  Theodora. 

(VIII)  George  Hull,  son  of  Alexander 
Hyde,  was  born  in  Sandisfield,  July  2,  1840. 
He  was  educated   in  the  public  schools.     He 


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served  through  the  civil  war,  and  was  muster- 
ed out  with  the  rank  of  captain  of  the  Thirty- 
seventh  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteer 
Militia.  He  has  baen  a  banker  nearly  all  his 
life.  He  is  now  living  in  Wichita,  Kansas.  He 
married  Laura  Gould,  born  near  Pittsburgh, 
I'ennsylvania.  October  28,  1847.  Children: 
I.  Cornelia  Belle,  born  July  26,  1870;  mar- 
ried Dwight  Marshall  Collins  at  Honolulu 
March  ig,  1903  (see  Collins).  2.  Sarah  Allen, 
born  February  18,  1872;  married  Corwin 
Thompson  Lakin.  3.  William  George,  born 
October  3,  1875;  married  Marie  Merrill.  4. 
Charles  Thomas,  born  March  22,  1882;  mar- 
ried Katherine  Hughes.  5.  Marguerite,  born 
November  28,  1887. 


In  referring  to  the  origin  of  the 
BEMIS  name  Beamish,  which  is  another 
form  of  Bemis,  Mark  Antony 
Lower  says :  "The  13eamishes  of  county  Cork 
have  been  settled  there  nearly  three  centuries, 
but  nothing  is  known  of  the  earlier  history  of 
the  name,  which  would  appear  to  be  derived 
either  from  the  (ierman  Bohmisch,  a  Bohe- 
mian, or  from  Beamish,  a  township  in  Dur- 
ham." 

The  Bemis  family  of  .\merica,  it  seems  most 
reasonable,  derive  their  name  from  the  latter 
source. 

( I )  Joseph  Bemis,  the  founder,  and  original 
immigrant  of  the  family,  although  not  all  of 
the  name  in  America  can  trace  back  to  him, 
was  born  in  England  in  1 619.  He  came  to 
Watertown,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1640, 
or  at  about  the  date  of  his  majority.  He  died 
in  Watertown,  August  7,  1684.  Whether  he 
was  previously  married  or  not  is  impossible 
to  say  definitely,  but  the  evidence  is  strongly 
in  favor  of  his  having  been,  and  that  his  wife 
.Sarah  came  with  him  to  America  and  Water- 
town  :  although  as  their  first  child,  Sarah,  was 
born  in  Watertown  in  1642,  Joseph  and  Sarah 
mav  have  been  married  in  Watertown  in  1641, 
or,  as  the  Boston  Records  note  their  first  child 
.Sarah's  birth,  they  may  have  been  married  in 
Boston  and  their  daughter  Sarah  born  there. 
Joseph  Bemis  was  elected  a  selectman  in  and 
for  the  year  1648,  1^)72  and  1675,  and  does  not 
appear  to  have  held  other  offices.  He  was  a 
cuiet,  hard-working  man,  a  farmer,  and  at 
times  a  blacksmith,  and  managed  to  accumu- 
late some  property  during  his  life.  The  inven- 
tory of  his  estate  was  £200  4s.  3d,  a  fair  sum 
for  those  early  days.  The  will  itself  is  dated 
the  day  of  his  death,  August  7,  1684.  It  was 
proved   two  months    later,   October    7,    1684. 


His  widow,  who  died  about  1712,  administered 
on  her  husband's  estate,  which  was  divided 
after  her  decease  on  November  18,  1712;  ex- 
cept those  parts  which  had  already  been  given 
to  "Eldest  son  of  Joseph  and  daughter  Mar- 
tha," to  the  following  children,  viz :  Ephraim, 
Mary,  Rebecca  and  John,  the  other  children 
not  being  mentioned  in  the  will.  Children, 
born  in  Watertown:  I.  Sarah,  born  January 
15,  1642-43  (Boston  Records  say  November 
15).  2.  Mary,  September  10,  1644,  died  be- 
fore 1730.  3.  Joseph,  4.  Ephraim,  twins,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1647,  both  buried  November  4,  1647. 
5.  Martha,  Alarch  24,  1649,  lived  till  middle  age 
and  died  unmarried.  6.  Joseph  (2),  Decem- 
ber 12,  165 1,  died  Westminster,  Massachusetts, 
.\ugust  7,  1684.  7.  Rebecca,  April  17,  1654.  8. 
Ephraim  (2);  August  25,  1656.  9.  John,  Au- 
gust, 1659,  died  October  24,  1732. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  eldest  son  of  the  immi- 
grant married  Anna,  whose  surname  is  un- 
known, and  removed  to  Westminster,  Massa- 
chusetts, then  called  Narragansett,  No,  2.  In 
1740,  his  son,  probably  Philip,  "Disposed  of 
all  right  and  title  to  the  property  of  my  hon- 
ored father  and  mother,  Joseph  and  Anna 
Bemis,  to  my  brother  Joseph  and  sister  Mary 
of  Cambridge."  (History  of  Westminster,  by 
William  S.  Haywood).  .\s  we  know  that  Jo- 
seph's wife  was  Anna,  and  that  he  went  to 
U'estminster  to  live,  it  proves  that  he  was  the 
son  of  Joseph  Bemis  the  immigrant.  The  rec- 
ords of  the  towns  of  ^Vestminster  and  Water- 
town  do  not  furnish  any  data  of  an  intervening 
generation,  and  it  is  therefore  assumed  there 
was  none.  Josej)h  Bemis,  or  Bemish,  so  spelt, 
was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  as  evidenced 
from  the  following  entries  in  Bodge,  "Sol- 
diers ill  King  Philit^'s  war,"  p.  176.  Joseph 
Bemish  credited  under  Captain  James  Oliver, 
for  services  March  24,  1675-76,  £2,  14s.;  page 
376.  The  same  soldier  received  £2,  los. :  page 
147.  I'nder  a  list  of  the  Grantees  of  Narra- 
gansett No.  2,  Now  Westminster,  Massachu- 
setts, appears  Joseph  Beames,  deceased, 
claimed  by  his  son  Joseph  Beames,  Grant  made 
about  October  17,  1733.  In  1700,  the  son  of 
the  Narragansett  settler,  Joseph  (3),  was 
aided  bv  a  contribution,  "having  had  his  sub- 
stance consumed  by  fire." 

Children,  born  in  Westminster:  Joseph, 
Mary,  Philip,  born  about  1700,  died  after 
1782;  Thomas,  died  about  1757  in  Westmin- 
ster. 

( III )  Philip,  second  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Anna  Bemis,  married,  November  21,  1723,  Eliz- 
abeth Lawrence.   Thev  settled  in  Westminster 


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in  1738.  and  lit  was  the  third  permanent  settler 
in  tiiat  town.  They  had  probably  previously 
lived  in  Cambridge.  Philip  was  a  plain,  sub- 
stantial and  much-respected  citizen,  though  he 
held  no  office.  The  exact  dates  of  death  of  his 
wife  and  self  are  not  known,  though  he  was  liv- 
ing in  1782.  He  had  in  his  fainily  a  waif,  or  or- 
phan boy,  named  Daniel  Munjoy.  Children, 
born  in  Cambridge:  i.  Phillip,  baptized  No- 
vember 13.  172(1:  married,  February  22,  1749, 
Lydia  Dix,  of  W'altham,  Massachusetts.  2. 
William,  bajjtized  Xovember  13,  1726,  died  No- 
vember 8,  180 1.  3.  David,  baptized  July  30, 
1729,  died  1813.  4.  .-Vbigail,  baptized  July  25, 
1731,  probably  died  young.  5.  Edmund,  bap- 
tized October  22,  1732,  died  December  i,  1807. 
6.  Zaccheus,  baptized  July  25,  1736,  died  1805. 

(  I\' )  William,  second  son  of  Philip  and 
Elizabeth  (Lawrence)  Bemis,  married  (first) 
probably  at  Princeton,  in  1755,  Rezina,  daugh- 
ter of  Joshua  Wilder  and  Sarah  Keys,  of 
Princeton.  He  married  (second)  November 
12,  1772,  Abigail  Annis.  She  died  at  Harvard, 
December  25,  1823,  aged  eighty-three.  Will- 
iam Bemis  died  at  Westminster,  November  8, 
1801.  Children  by  first  wife,  born  in  West- 
minster: I.  William,  July  29,  1756,  died  Octo- 
ber 10,  1764.  2.  Philip,  November  9,  1757, 
died  October  4,  1764.  3.  Elizabeth,  April  17, 
1759,  married  at  Westminster,  November, 
1780,  Jonathan  Phillips,  and  resided  in  West- 
minster. 4.  Joshua,  March  19,  1761,  probably 
married  Johannah  Frost.  He  was  a  revolu- 
tionary soldier,  enlisting  first  for  three  months' 
service  for  the  defence  of  Boston,  and  again  in 
1779  for  nine  months,  5.  Rezina,  January  30, 
died  March  8,  1763.  6.  William,  November 
10,  1764,  died  July  25,  1776.  Children,  by 
second  marriage,  born  in  Westminster :  7.  Re- 
ziner,  born  June  3,  1773.  She  married  a  Mr. 
Whipple,  1794  or  95.  Was  living  in  Salem, 
1804-1815.  8.  .Stephen,  see  below.  9.  Annis, 
born  September  i,  1776,  married,  March  11, 
1794,  Joseph  Beaman,  said  to  have  come  from 
Lunenburg.  He  died  September,  1821,  aged 
fifty-two  years.  Most  of  his  family  then  re- 
moved to  Antwerp,  New  York.  Children, 
born  Westminster:  Joseph,  February  5,  1795, 
died  August  28,  1838.  David,  October  21, 
1796.  Annis,  October  5,  1798.  Ira,  June  27, 
1800.  Abigail,  May  19,  1802,  died  September, 
1805.  Ezra  B.,  March  20,  1804.  Sophronia, 
December  13,  1805.  Polly,  April  i,  1810,  died 
July  24,  1813.  Hiram,  July  i,  1812.  Abigail 
"p.  May  14,  181 5.  Sarah  (Anna?),  July  28, 
1820. 

(V)   Rev.  Stephen,  fifth  son  of  William  and 


Abigail  (Annis)  Bemis,  was  born  in  West- 
minster, September  10,  1774,  and  died  in  Har- 
vard, Xovember  11,  1828.  He  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  College  in  1798.  After  graduating 
he  studied  theology  with  the  noted  divine,  Dr. 
Joseph  Lathrop,  of  West  Springfield.  The 
scholarship  of  Mr.  Bemis  was  of  a  high  order. 
Dr.  Lathrop  was  heard  to  say  that  the  Rev. 
Jesse  .Appleton,  afterward  president  of  Bow- 
doin  College,  and  Stephen  Bemis  were  the 
most  finished  scholars  that  ever  passed  under 
his  instruction.  Later  Mr.  Bemis  tutored  for 
a  while  at  Dartmouth  College.  June  3,  i8or, 
he  was  ordained  to  preach  at  Harvard,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  church  there  succeeding  Rev. 
\\'illiam  Emerson,  father  of  Ralph  Waldo 
Fmersun.  Rev.  Dr.  Lathrop  preached  the  or- 
dinaticjn  sermon.  He  remained  as  pastor  of 
the  church  for  twelve  years,  a  period  almost 
double  that  of  the  continuance  of  any  of  his 
predecessors  except  the  first.  It  had  long  been 
the  unhappiness  of  the  people  of  Harvard, 
so  it  has  been  said,  not  only  to  be  divided  in 
their  opinions  upon  religious  and  political  sub- 
ject's but  through  the  undue  influence  of  in- 
discreet and  violent  men  to  maintain  their 
divisions  with  great  rancor  and  animosity. 
This  dominant  temper  of  the  people  was 
vehemently  manifested  in  181 2  in  the  begin- 
ning of  the  war  with  England.  Mr.  Bemis 
was  strenuously  opposed  to  the  war.  The 
north  and  especially  New  England  was  by  a 
large  majority  bitterly  opposed  to  it.  The 
clergy  almost  to  a  inan  were  against  it.  It  was 
not  ]\Ir.  Bemis's  nature  to  trim  or  quibble. 
He  had  the  courage  of  his  convictions  and 
dared  to  express  them  in  words  of  no  doubt- 
ful meaning.  On  August  20,  1812,  a  special 
day  of  fasting  and  prayer  "called  on  account 
of  the  state  of  the  country,"  Mr.  Bemis  in  his 
sermon  condemned  the  war  and  the  admin- 
istration most  vigorously.  He  denounced  the 
war  as  "unnecessary,  unpolitic  and  unjust." 
In  the  beginning  of  his  sermon  he  claimed  the 
same  equal  right  with  others  to  express  his 
opinions  and  moreover  obliged  by  his  office  to 
give  warning  of  impending  danger,  and  he 
asked  his  people  to  hear  him  "with  patience 
and  with  candor."  But  it  would  appear  that 
some  of  his  hearers  did  not  listen  to  his  words 
in  the  spirit  that  he  desired.  In  fact,  so  much 
ill  feeling  was  worked  up  against  Mr.  Bemis 
that  he  was  forced  to  resign.  At  that  time  the 
church  depended  on  the  town  for  financial  sup- 
port and  the  townspeople  had  a  voice  in  church 
aiTairs.    It  followed  therefore  that  many  who 


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never  attended  on  Mr.  Beinis'  preaching,  who 
never  went  to  church,  were  brought  forward  in 
voting  their  dissatisfaction.  A  majority  of  the 
church  members  supported  Mr.  Bemis  and 
expressed  their  disapprobation  of  the  actions 
of  his  adversaries.  Mr.  Bemis  resigned,  and 
his  relation  as  pastor  of  the  church  terminated 
June  3,  1813.  He  continued  to  Hve  in  Har- 
vard but  on  account  of  his  healtli,  always  frail 
and  which  had  become  seriously  impaired,  he 
retired  permanently  from  active  work  in  the 
ministry  and  devoted  himself  to  farming,  to 
preaching  occasionally  in  neighboring  pulpits, 
and  to  minor  afifairs. 

He  married  (first),  at  Chicopee,  February 
13,  1802,  Sophronia  Chapin.  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain P'hineas  Chapin  and  Sabrina  Wright  (see 
Chapin,  V).  Sophronia  died  September  10, 
1804,  at  Harvard.  He  married  (second)  April 
20.  1808,  Susan  Chaplin.  She  died  October 
5,  1810,  at  Harvard.  He  married  (third)  De- 
cember 8,  181 1,  Mrs.  Rejoice  (Wetherbee) 
Olds,  widow  of  Dr.  Warren  Olds.  She  died 
January  29,  1856,  at  Harvard. 

Children  by  first  marriage:  i.  Stephen 
Chapin,  has  an  extended  sketch  below.  2.  So- 
phronia, born  July  23,  1804,  died  at  Williman- 
sett,  March  27,  1842.  She  married  Deacon 
John  Pendleton,  of  Willimansett,  September, 
1831.  He  died  July  27,  1863.  Children,  born 
at  Willimansett:  Susan  Sophronia,  May  i, 
1833,  died  at  Chicopee  Falls,  Massachusetts, 
February  27,  1890;  married  at  Willimansett, 
December  31,  1868,  Ward  Edwin  Allen,  no 
issue.  John  Lamb,  August  9,  1839,  died  No- 
vember 5,  1889;  married  at  Chicopee  Falls, 
October  14,  1868,  Isabella  Stewart.  They  had 
six  children :  Susan  Bell,  Mary  Stewart,  John 
Roswell,  Alice  Evelina,  Anna  Sophronia, 
Charles  Bemis.  Children  of  Rev.  Stephen 
Bemis  by  second  marriage :  3.  Daniel  Chapin. 
May  I,  1809,  died  September  16,  1828.  4.  Will- 
iam Lawrence,  September  21,  1810,  died  in 
Stockton,  California,  April  17,  1877;  married 
first  in  Tolland,  Connecticut,  December  27. 
136,  Eunice  G.  Chajiin.  daughter  of  Bliss 
Chapin  and  Eunice  Benton.  She  died  March 
20,  1846.  He  married  (second)  in  Chicopee, 
Massachusetts,  November  8,  1849,  Mrs.  Mary 
Campbell  (Bayley)  Ames,  widow  of  Nathan 
P.  Ames.  No  issue  by  either  marriage.  Chil- 
dren of  Rev.  Stephen  Bemis  by  third  mar- 
riage: 5.  Lathrop.  October  13,  1812,  died  Oc- 
tober 2,  181 3.  6.  Abigail,  December  18,  181 3, 
died  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  July  14,  1894; 
married  at  Harvard,  Massachusetts,  October 
10,  1836,  George  Whitney.     He  was  born  De- 


cember 26,  1809,  died  December  2"],  1877. 
Children:  George  Henry,  born  July  15  and 
died  October  18,  1837.  George  Augustus, 
born  August  9,  1838,  died  April  i,  1840.  Ellen 
Maria,  Harvard,  February  10,  1840,  married 
in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  January  20, 
1868,  William  Edgar  Dickinson.  They  had 
two  children,  Ethan  and  Georgiana.  Albert, 
born  at  Harvard,  February  15,  1841,  married 
at  Meriden,  Connecticut,  September  i,  1868, 
Ellen  C.  Jones.  No  issue.  Abbie  Emeline, 
born  in  Springfield,  June  4,  1847,  married 
there  June  9,  1869,  Charles  Peter  Chapin  of 
Boston.  They  had  three  children,  Mabel 
Whitney,  Charles  Ralph,  and  Earl  Warren. 
7.  Catherine,  October  16,  1817,  died  at  Har- 
vard, January  24,  1892;  married  there  Caleb 
Warner,  He  died  September  ig,  1888.  No 
issue. 

(  \  1  )  Hon.  Stephen  Chapin  Bemis,  only  son  of 
Rev.  Stephen  and  Sophronia  (Chapin)  Bemis, 
was  born  in  Harvard,  November  28,  1802,  and 
(lied  in  Sjiringfield,  February  12,  1875.  His 
mother  died  when  Stephen  C.  was  about  two 
years  old.  After  his  mother's  death  he  with 
his  baby  sister  were  sent  to  live  with  his  grand- 
parents in  Chicopee,  at  that  time  a  part  of 
.S]iringfield.  He  lived  with  his  grandparents 
until  ills  father  married  again  in  1808,  about 
three  and  one-half  years,  when  he  returned  to 
his  father's  home  in  Harvard.  He  began  go- 
ing to  school  while  in  Chicopee  when  only  four 
years  old,  attended  school  in  Harvard,  and  was 
also  under  his  father's  instruction.  In  the 
spring  of  1817,  when  fourteen  years  old,  he 
began  his  business  career  as  clerk  for  his 
uncle,  Captain  Joseph  Pease,  who  kept  a  coun- 
try store  in  Chicopee  street.  As  was  the  cus- 
tom in  those  days  he  worked  for  his  board 
and  clothes.  About  this  time  his  father  wrote 
him  :  "One  thing  is  certain  that  in  my  ]iresent 
circumstances  it  will  be  impossible  for  me  to 
afford  you  much  assistance.  Having  given 
you  as  good  an  education  as  I  could,  and  your 
time,  I  must  leave  you  under  I'rovidence,  to 
make  your  way  in  the  world  as  well  as  you 
can.  Be  sober,  industrious,  honest,  faithful 
and  frugal.  On  these  virtues  your  success 
and  pros])erity  will  greatly  depend."  From 
the  beginning  young  Stephen  C.  (levelo))ed  re- 
markable aptitude  for  trade  and  business.  He 
was  ambitious. active,im])atient  to  get  ahead  and 
so  restless  at  times  that  his  father  needed  to 
caution  him.  His  uncle  had  other  business 
which  engaged  a  good  part  of  his  attention 
and  Stephen  C.  took  almost  the  whole  charge 
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and  wanted  to  go  as  a  sailor,  but  his  father 
would  not  give  his  consent  and  persuaded  him 
to  relinquish  the  idea.     In  1821,  in  a  letter  to 
his  father,  he  expressed  his  desire  to  go  to  a 
larger  place  and   get  employment   in  a  store 
where  more  business  was  done  and  where  he 
could  learn  more.     Accordingly  in  that  year 
he  went  to  Hartford  and  entered  the  employ 
of  Lemuel  Swift,  wholesale  and  retail  grocer. 
The  work  there   proved  extremely   hard  and 
brought  on  a  debility  which  he  could  not  throw 
off.     His  employer  was  a  hard  master  and  he 
had  to  work  from  sunrise  until  nine  o'clock 
and  sometimes  twelve  o'clock  at  night.  Obliged 
to  give   up   his  position  in   Hartford,   he   re- 
turned to  Chicopee  and  in   1822,  when  nine- 
teen years  old,  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
uncle  under  the  firm  name  of  Pease  &  Bemis. 
This    partnership    continued    for    two    years, 
when   the  senior  partner  withdrew.     Captain 
Pease  sold  his  interest  in  the  firm  to  Sylvester 
Chapin  and  he  with  Mr.  Bemis  formed  a  new- 
company  under  the  name  of  Chapin  &  Bemis. 
The  new  firm  did  not  last  long.     Mr.  Chapin 
"had  little  talent   for  business  and  lacked  the 
confidence  of  the  people."     In  a  few  months 
Mr.  Bemis  bought  out  his  partner  and  imme- 
diately formed  a  new  partnership  with  Chester 
\V.  Chapin,  who  had  been  carrying  on  an  oppo- 
sition store  across  the  street.     They  retained 
the  firm  name  of  Chapin  &  Bemis  and  carried 
on  the  business  for  two  years,  when  Mr.  Cha- 
pin  was   obliged   to   withdraw   because   of   ill 
health.     Although    this    partnership    was    of 
short  duration  the  friendship  then  formed  was 
life-long;  and  in  after  years  the  fortunes  of 
the  two  were  united  in  various  ways  and  en- 
terprises.    Mr.  Bemis  kept  an  interest  in  the 
old  store  for  a  number  of  years  as  well  as  in 
other  stores   established   in   Willimansett  and 
Cabotville,  with  different  men  as  partners.     In 
1829,  Mr.   Benijs  organized  the  Willimansett 
Manufacturing    Company,    and    was    elected 
agent  and  treasurer.     The  company  bought  a 
water   privilege   in    Willimansett   and   built   a 
factory  and  boarding  houses  for  the  employes. 
It  manufactured  wool  cards,  tools  and  small 
hardware.     At  one  time  as  many  as  one  hun- 
dred men  were  employed.     In  this  venture  Mr. 
Bemis  was  the  pioneer  in  hardware  manufac- 
ture in  the  Connecticut  valley.     The  business 
was  conducted   successfully   for  ten  years  or 
more  and  its  products  gained  a  wide  reputa- 
tion.    In  recognition  of  their  superiority  sil- 
ver medals  were  awarded  the  company  at  a 
number  of  industrial  fairs.     In  the  early  for- 
ties Mr.  Bemis  became  financiallv  embarrassed 


and  the  Willimansett  factory  was  sold,  the 
card  making  department  dropped,  and  the 
tool  manufacture,  in  1844,  was  transferred  to 
Springfield,  where  Mr.  Bemis  in  company  with 
Mr.  Amos  Call  carried  it  on  at  Mill  River. 
In  1855  the  business  was  incorporated  and  be- 
came known  as  the  Bemis  &  Call  Hardware 
&  Tool  Company,  which  exists  to  this  day  as 
one  of  Springfield's  successful  industries.  In 
1843  Mr.  Bemis  who,  about  1831,  had  moved 
from  Chicopee  street  to  Willimansett,  moved 
his  residence  from  Willimansett  to  Springfield, 
and  in  addition  to  manufacturing  tools  en- 
gaged in  the  retail  hardware  business.  In 
1853  he  gave  the.  management  of  this  business 
to  his  eldest  son,  and  devoted  himself  more  ex- 
clusively to  the  coal  and  iron  business  which  in 
company  with  Chester  W.  Chapin,  under  the 
firm  name  of  S.  C.  Bemis  &  Co.  he  first  engaged 
in  about  1845.  He  applied  himself  closely  to 
business  until  1868,  when  on  account  of  ill  health 
brought  on  by  constant  care  and  overwork,  he 
withdrew  from  all  active  pursuits. 

Mr.  Bemis  during  his  life  held  many  public 
ofiices  and  places  of  trust.  In  his  inaugural 
address  as  mayor  of  Springfield,  in  1862,  at 
the  beginning  of  his  second  term,  he  said:  "I 
have  been  a  citien  of  Springfield  for  the  last 
forty-five  years,  and  during  that  period  I  have 
received  many  marks  of  confidence  and  regard 
from  my  fellow  citizens.  I  believe  I  have  been 
elected  to  almost  every  office  within  the  gift 
of  the  town  or  city,  from  the  lowest  to  the 
highest."  His  first  official  duties  date  back  to 
1824,  when  he  was  appointed  postmaster  at 
Chicopee.  He  held  this  office  until  1834, 
when  it  was  removed  from  Chicopee  street  to 
Willimansett.  He  was  tax  collector  in  1824, 
and  again  in  subsequent  years ;  fire  warden  for 
a  long  term  of  years ;  assistant  engineer  of  the 
fire  department  1846-47-48;  selectman  before 
the  town  became  a  city;  justice  of  the  peace; 
alderman,  1856-57-58;  member  of  the  legis- 
lature 1837,  and  mayor  of  the  city  in  1861  and 
1862.  He  was  president  of  the  Hamjiden  Sav- 
ings Bank  for  fifteen  years  prior  to  1871  and  a 
director  in  the  Agawam  National  Bank  for 
seven  years.  Other  financial  interests  of  more  or 
less  importance  engaged  his  time  and  activity. 
In  politics  and  public  aiifairs  Mr.  Bemis  always 
took  a  lively  interest.  In  early  life  by  birth 
and  bringing  up  he  was  a  Whig,  but  in  1838  he 
went  over  to  the  Democrats  and  thereafter 
was  an  earnest  supporter  of  what  he  called 
the  principles  of  Jeffersonian  democracy.  He 
was  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  "old  war 
horses"  of  his  party.     His  prominence  in  the 


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party  was  by  no  means  local.  Several  times 
he  was  delegate  to  Democratic  national  con- 
ventions. In  1854  he  was  nominated  for  con- 
gress was  also  candidate  for  lieutenant-gov- 
ernor in  1859.  His  attitude  in  respect  to  na- 
tional affairs  immediately  preceding  the  civil 
war  may  be  understood  by  quoting  from  his 
inaugural  address  as  mayor  of  Springfield, 
January  7,  1861 :  "While  our  granaries  are 
full  to  overflowing — our  storehouses  filled  with 
merchandise,  and  our  capitalists  with  an 
abundance  of  means  to  transact  the  business 
of  the  country — a  mighty  change  has  come 
over  us.  The  smith  is  resting  on  his  anvil, 
the  noise  of  the  shuttle  has  nearly  ceased,  the 
sound  of  the  grinding  is  low.  Many  of  our 
mechanics  are  out  of  employment,  and  our 
workshops  partially  or  entirely  closed.  With 
all  the  elements  of  prosperity  and  abundance, 
why  does  this  state  of  things  exist,  and  to  what 
cause  can  we  attribute  the  present  stagnation 
of  business?  Is  it  not  to  be  found  in  forget- 
fulness  among  the  people  of  their  obligations 
to  the  Constitution  under  which  we  live? — of 
a  tendency  to  new  theories  and  abstractions, 
and  an  adoption  of  fanatical  ideas  which  are 
at  war  with  the  great  principles  which  have 
so  long  bound  us  together  as  a  brotherhood  of 
states?  If  so,  whether  it  be  the  north  or 
south,  let  errors  be  corrected  in  a  spirit  of 
concession  ;  let  the  counsels  of  good  and  con- 
servative men  prevail  and  save  us  from  an- 
archy and  civil  war.  *  *  *  But,  after  all, 
if  Liberty  shall  prove  to  be  but  another  name 
for  Treason,  and  a  conflict  must  ensue,  then 
I  trust  we  have  hosts  of  men  like  Scott  and 
Wool  and  Anderson,  who  will,  let  what  may 
come,  see  that  the  Stars  and  Stripes  are  tri- 
umphant, and  that  traitors  and  their  abettors 
may  read  their  doom !"  He  stood  resolutely  with 
President  Lincoln  for  the  suppression  of  the  re- 
bellion and  preservation  of  the  L^nion.  In 
his  second  inaugural  address,  January  6,  1862, 
he  said  in  part:  "In  this  crisis,  we  must  stand 
by  the  Government — we  should  combine  all 
our  energies  to  suppress  the  rebellion.  *  *  * 
there  should  be  no  fretful  and  unavailing  com- 
plaints, but  all  should  go  heartily  into  the  work 
of  restoring  our  national  constitution  to  its 
just  supremacy.  Let  the  government  be  sus- 
tained in  its  endeavor  to  restore  its  authority 
over  the  thirty-four  states.  This  can  be  done 
in  no  other  way  than  by  united  action,  bravery 
and  fidelity  among  the  people,  and  the  officeri 
and  soldiers  of  our  army ;  thus  will  traitors 
be  humbled  and  snarling  fanatics  silenced." 
With  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  Mr.  Bemis, 


as  mayor,  applied  himself  with  unswerving 
patriotism  and  untiring  energy  to  the  multi- 
plied duties  of  his  office.  Never  did  the  fiery 
enthusiasm  of  his  nature  show  to  better  ad- 
vantage than  during  those  early  rebellious  days 
when  he  bent  his  whole  soul  to  the  furthering 
of  the  national  cause. 

Mr.  Bemis  was  one  of  those  earnest,  fear- 
less men.  He  went  straight  to  the  mark  in  all 
his  operations  and  no  one  had  occasion  to  mis- 
understand or  doubt  his  meaning.  He  won 
success  through  a  clear  head,  hard  work,  and 
unswerving  purpose,  and  when  he  made  a 
stand  on  any  question  everybody  knew  where 
to  find  him.  In  manner  he  was  quick  and  im- 
pulsive, at  times  almost  passionate  in  his  vehe- 
mence :  but  those  who  knew  him  best  were 
keenly  aware  of  the  warm  affectionate  heart 
and  ready  sympathy  that  were  so  easily  enlist- 
ed in  behalf  of  suffering  and  needy. 

He  joined  the  old  church  in  Chicopee  street 
in  1826  and  retained  his  membership  therein  to 
the  end  of  his  life.  Early  ties  were  too  strong 
to  be  severed ;  and  at  his  request  he  and  his 
wife  were  buried  in  the  cemetery  in  Chicopee 
street. 

December  25,  1828  he  married  Julia  Eme- 
line  Skeele,  daughter  of  Otis  Skeele  and  Kezia 
Chapin,  of  Chicopee.  She  was  born  July  11, 
1809,  and  died  April  25,  1900,  aged  ninety 
years  and  nine  months.  (See  Skeele,  VI,  and 
Chapin,  VII.) 

Her  ancestors  were  all  of  the  old  New  Eng- 
land stock,  the  genealogy  of  her  descent  going 
directly  back  to  the  Pilgrims  and  the  Puritans. 
Her  mother,  Keziah  Chapin,  was  daughter  of 
Major  Moses  Chapin,  of  Chicopee,  a  descend- 
ant of  Deacon  Samuel,  the  father  of  all  the 
Cha])ins.  Her  grandmother,  Marcy  Otis  Skeele, 
was  a  descendant  of  John  Otis,  wlio  came  from 
England  about  1635,  and  settled  at  Hingliam. 
The  Otis  family  was  prominent  in  the  early  his- 
tory of  the  colony.  Marcy  Otis  was  a  collateral 
relative  of  John  Otis  the  patriot.  Mrs.  Bemis, 
through  her  grandmother,  was  also  a  descend- 
ant, in  the  eighth  generation,  of  John  Howland 
and  Elizabeth  Tilly,  who  were  passengers  in 
the  "Mayflower."  Her  grandfather.  Dr.  Amos 
Skeele,  was  a  soldier  of  the  revolution  and  was 
severely  wounded  in  the  struggle.  (See  sketch 
of  Dr.  Amos  Skeele). 

Mrs.  Bemis  was  a  member  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational church  of  Chicopee  street,  with 
which  she  united  in  1840.  She  retained  her 
membership  until  she  died. 

Mrs.  Bemis  retained  in  an  extraordinary  de- 
gree to  the  end  of  her  life  the  possession  of 


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her  mental  and  physical  powers.  Her  failing 
sight  was  the  most  distressing  affliction  of  her 
later  years.  She  inherited  in  generous  meas- 
ure the  moral  earnestness,  faithfulness  to  con- 
viction and  deep  religious  feeling  of  her  an- 
cestors. She  was  always  cheerful  and  hope- 
ful and  gave  with  generosity  to  the  numerous 
objects  of  charity  that  engaged  her  heart. 
She  did  not  seek  a  conspicuous  place  in  so- 
ciety. Her  nature  was  of  the  quiet  kind  that 
found  greatest  delight  in  the  more  satisfactory 
joys  of  home  among  her  children  and  inti- 
mate friends.  She  always  took  an  intelligent 
interest  in  public  aiYairs  and  kept  abreast  of 
the  times. 

Children  of  Stephen  Chapin  and  Julia  Eme- 
line  (Skeele)  Bemis:  i.  Stephen  Augustus, 
born  in  Chicopee,  September  27,  1830,  died  in 
Springfield,  June  13,  1897;  married  (first)  at 
Boston,  February  8,  1855,  Frances  Ann, 
daughter  of  Alonzo  Burdick  and  Lucy  Ann 
Lewis.  She  died  October  2,  1869.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  at  New  Bedford,  October  10, 
1876,  Mrs.  Emma  Theora  (White)  Collins, 
widow  of  Charles  M.  Collins,  and  daughter  of 
William  G.  and  Betsy  White.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Infant  daughter,  April  17,  1857, 
died  August  2,  1857.  Lilly  Chapin,  April  7, 
1859,  died  May  26,  1863.  Frank  Augustus, 
November  29,  1862.  Child  by  second  wife: 
Florence,  June  8,  1879.  2.  William  Chaplin, 
born  in  Willimansett,  November  16,  1832,  died 
in  Springfield,  October  26,  1904;  was  married 
in  Springfield,  December  25,  1856,  to  Emily 
O.,  daughter  of  Aaron  D.  Rodgers  and  Olive 
R.  Leonard.  Children :  Edwin  Leonard,  No- 
vember 17,  1858.  William  Stephen,  Novem- 
ber 24,  i860,  died  March  23,  1895.  Howard 
Rodgers,  March  5,  1867.  Harold  Belmont, 
September  15,  1871,  died  December  6,  1871. 
Belle,  November  i,  1872,  died  February  24, 
1874.  Chester, Chapin,  August  6,  1879,  died 
February  11,  1880.  3.  Arthur  Irving,  born  in 
Willimansett,  January  18,  1835,  died  in  Spring- 
field, December  2,  1893;  married  in  Spring- 
field, December  19,  1857,  Anna  Eliza,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Parker  and  Lucinda  Sackett. 
She  died  November  16,  1878.  Children: 
Henry  Preston,  June  9,  1859,  died  in  infancy. 
Charles  Arthur,  November  3,  i860.  Fred 
Irving,  January  15,  1863.  Grace  Parker,  May 
22,  1867.  Fannie  Anna,  January  i,  1870. 
Maud,  September  19,  1872,  and  Lucinda  Sack- 
ett, August  29,  1877.  4.  Julia  Emeline,  born 
in  Willimansett,  February  26,  1838,  died  in 
Springfield,  April  25,  1905 ;  was  married  in 
Springfield,    November   8,    i860,    to    Warner 


Fassett  Sturtevant,  son  of  Warner  C.  Sturte- 
vant  and  Abigail  Lyon.  He  died  October  27, 
1906.  Children :  Minnie  Abigail,  July  10, 
1861.  Robert  Hamilton,  November  3,  1864, 
died  September  26,  1865.  Royal  Bassett, 
January  27,  1868.  Julia  Bemis,  August 
12,  1874.  5.  Thomas  Otis,  born  in  Williman- 
sett, August  I,  1840,  died  in  Springfield,  June 
22,  1903;  was  married  November  18,  1863,  at 
Springfield,  to  Sarah  Ellen,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel Collins  and  Sarah  Bascom.  Children : 
Mabel  Collins,  January  23,  1867.  Emma  Wil- 
cox, November  8,  1870.  6.  Edward  Fitzger- 
ald, born  in  Springfield,  May  8,  1843,  died 
March  7,  1844.  7.  Kate  Chapin,  born  in 
Springfield,  May  30,  1846:  married  in  Spring- 
field, October  23,  1872,  Howard  Ashley  Gibbs, 
son  of  Jarvis  W.  Gibbs  and  Tryphena  Mann. 
Children :  Ralph  Bemis,  December  26,  1875. 
Edith,  December  14,  1879.  8.  Henry  Skeele, 
is  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Henry  Skeele,  youngest  child  of 
Stephen  C.  and  Julia  E.  (Skeele)  Bemis,  was 
born  in  Springfield  October  23,  1850.  He  at- 
tended private  schools  in  Springfield,  finishing 
at  Williston  Seminary,  East  Hampton,  in  1868. 
In  1869,  with  Edward  I.  Mulchahey,  he  went 
into  the  manufacture  of  knit  goods  in  Spring- 
field, under  the  firm  name  of  Bemis  &  Mul- 
chahey. A  year  later  the  young  men  took 
account  of  stock  and  found  that  the  enter- 
prise yielded  no  profit  and  let  it  go.  Mr. 
Bemis  then  took  a  position  as  shipping  clerk 
with  the  Bemis  &  Call  Hardware  &  Tool  Com- 
pany, January  i,  1870,  and  remained  with  that 
firm,  filling  various  positions,  till  February, 
1908.  a  period  of  thirty-eight  years.  He  then  re- 
tired, selling  his  interest  in  the  business  in 
which  for  years  he  had  been  a  director.  He 
was  one  Of  the  original  stockholders  in  the 
Springfield  National  Bank,  in  which  he  still 
retains  his  interest ;  and  is  a  stockholder  in  the 
Springfield  Fire  and  Marine  Insurance  Com- 
pany, and  other  financial  institutions  of  the 
city.  Mr.  Bemis  has  voted  the  Republican 
ticket  since  1872,  when  he  cast  his  first  elec- 
toral ballot  at  a  national  election  for  Grant 
and  Wilson.  Mr.  Bemis  is  a  genealogical  stu- 
dent and  assisted  in  the  preparation  of  the 
Bemis  genealogy.  He  is  a  constant  reader 
and  well  informed  on  current  events  and  gen- 
eral history.  From  his  youth  up  Mr.  Bemis 
has  taken  an  interest  in  athletic  sports.  As  a 
boy  he  enjoyed  base  ball  and  rowing;  and 
now  he  fishes  and  plays  golf.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Winthrop  Club,  Enfield  Country 
Club,  and  South  Branch  Club.     He  and  Mrs. 


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Bemis  are  members  of  the  first  Congregational 
church,  his  membership  dating  from  1876,  and 
hers  from  1878.  From  childhood  he  has  suf- 
fered from  deafness  which  alone  has  prevented 
more  prominent  participation  in  the  carrying 
on  of  the  enterprises  with  w'hich  he  has  been 
connected.  Henry  S.  Bemis  married  in  Pitts- 
field,  May  21,  1873.  Henrietta  Susanna,  daugh- 
ter of  Patrick  and  Eliza  Kelly.  She  was  born 
in  Pittsfield,  April  25,  1848.  They  have  no 
children. 

(The   Skeele  Line). 

The  immigrant  forbear  of  this  family  spelled 
his  name  Skeels.  The  first  two  generations 
following  did  likewise,  and  some  branches  of 
the  family  now  retain  that  form ;  but  Dr.  Amos 
Skeeles'  family,  brothers  and  nephews,  always 
used  the  final  "e"  instead  of  "s." 

( I )  John  Skeels  was  the  immigrant  ancestor 
of  the  Skeele  family  in  New  England,  but  the 
year  of  his  coming  is  not  known.  He  was  liv- 
ing in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  previous  to  1670, 
when  he  moved  to  Woodbury,  Connecticut, 
and  settled  in  that  part  which  is  now  the  town 
of  Southbury.  In  that  year  (Orcutts  History 
of  Stratford  says  1672),  it  is  said  that  on  ac- 
count of  religious  dissentions,  thirty-seven 
"signers"  moved  from  Stratford  to  Woodbury. 
John  Skeels  name,  and  also  that  of  his  wife, 
is  affixed  to  the  covenant,  1670.  His  son, 
John  (2),  comes  in  for  his  part  in  the  division 
of  meadow  land  in  1702.  In  1712  the  "rates" 
of  John,  Senior,  John,  Junior,  and  Thomas 
Skeels  are  given.  In  1757  mention  is  again 
made  of  John,  Senior,  John,  Junior,  and 
Thomas  Skeels.  John  ( i )  died  in  Woodbury, 
Connecticut,  October  5,  1721.  He  married 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Roger  Terrell,  of  Strat- 
ford. Children:  John  and  Hannah,  twins, bap- 
tized November  10,  1678;  John  died  young; 
Hannah  married,  Alarch  31,  1697,  Benjamin 
Hickox.  John,  baptized  November,  1679,  died 
May  25,  1727.  Thomas,  born  April  23,  1682 
Elizabeth,  born  .\pril  20,  1^83.  Abigail,  May  9. 
1686.     Ephraim,  July,  1689. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Han- 
nah (Terrell)  Skeels,  was  baptized  in  Novem- 
ber, 1679,  died  May  25,  1727.  He  had  by  his 
wife  Sarah:  Thomas,  Merriam,  John,  Eph- 
raim, Abigail,  Jonathan,  Samuel,  Sarah  and 
Hannah. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah 
Skeels,  spelled  his  name  Skeele,  with  the  final 
"e"  instead  of  "s."  He  was  baptized  January 
15,  1715.  He  married  (first)  a  Miss  Hinman 
and  had:  Benjamin,  baptized  January  15,  1744. 
David,  baptized  March  16,  1746.     John,  born 


December  9,  1747,  baptized  December  20, 1747  ; 
married,  in  Chester,  Vermont,  Phebe  Webster. 
Amos,  born  April  25,  (o.  s.)  May  6,  (n.  s.) 
1750,  died  March  i,  1843.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) December  13,  1758,  Mabel  Booth  and 
had:  Brian,  Gideon,  Eliad,  Mabel  and  Betty. 
(IV)   Dr.   Amos,   fourth  son  of  John    (3) 

and (Hinman )  Skeele,  was  born  in  that 

part  of  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  now  known  as 
Sudbury,  May  6,  1750  (n.  s. ),  and  died  in 
Chicopee,  Massachusetts,  March  i,  1843,  agefl 
ninety-three.  He  grew  up  on  his  father's  farm, 
enduring  the  privations  and  sacrifices  incident 
to  colonial  life  in  the  days  before  the  revo- 
lution. After  the  battle  of  Lexington,  in  1775, 
came  the  call  for  troops  to  defend  the  country. 
Amos,  then  twenty-five  years  old,  responded 
to  the  call,  and  July  13,  1775,  enlisted  in  the 
Seventh  Regiment  of  Connecticut  state  troops, 
commanded  by  Colonel  Charles  Webb,  and  in 
the  Fifth  Company,  Nathaniel  Tuttle,  captain. 
The  companies  were  stationed  at  various 
places  along  the  sound  until  September  14, 
when,  on  call  from  General  Washington,  the 
regiment  was  ordered  to  the  Boston  camps 
and  assigned  to  General  Sullivan's  brigade  on 
W'inter  Hill.  It  remained  there  until  its  term 
of  service  ended,  December  20,  1775.  The 
troops  called  out  in  1775  constituted  a  pro- 
visional force.  Raised  by  their  respective  col- 
onies to  meet  an  emergency,  their  service  was 
limited  to  short  terms.  Nearly  all  were  to 
disband  in  December,  because  it  was  supposed 
that  military  operations  would  cease  for  the 
winter,  as  had  been  the  case  in  the  French  and 
Indian  wars.  It  was  soon  found  imperative, 
however,  to  organize  new  forces,  and  both 
congress  and  Washington  urged  the  soldiers 
who  had  been  in  the  field  to  enlist.  Many  did 
so,  among  them  Amos  Skeele ;  Colonel  Webb 
remained  in  command  of  his  regiment  as  be- 
fore, but  its  name  was  changed  to  that  of  Nine- 
teenth Continental  Foot.  From  Boston  the 
regiment  marched  under  Washington  to  New 
York,  going  by  way  of  New  London,  and 
thence  on  vessels  through  the  sound.  It  as- 
sisted in  fortifying  New  York;  was  ordered 
to  Brooklyn  front ;  was  closely  engaged  at  the 
battle  of  White  Plains,  October  28,  1776,  and 
at  Trenton,  December  25,  1776,  and  in  part 
at  Princeton,  January  3,  1777.  Its  service 
closed  with  the  year  1776.  In  April,  1777,  Mr. 
Skeele  was  at  home  planning  for  re-enlist- 
ment, when  the  British  under  General  Tryon 
made  an  attack  on  Danbury  where  the  Ameri- 
can army  had  valuable  stores.  The  militia 
gathered    hurriedly    in    defense.     Mr.    Skeele 


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was  made  captain  of  a  volunteer  company, 
and  during  the  skirmish  was  seriously 
wounded  by  a  bullet  in  his  right  arm.  This 
ended  his  service  in  the  war.  He  then  turned 
his  attention  to  the  study  of  medicine.  He 
studied  for  a  time  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut, 
but  the  greater  part  of  his  preparation  was 
under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  Hastings,  of  Beth- 
lehem. Connecticut.  While  there  he  had  the 
privilege  of  sitting  under  the  preaching  of  Dr. 
Bellamy,  the  noted  theologian,  which  contrib- 
uted much  to  the  formation  of  his  religious 
character.  He  entered  upon  practice  in 
Hampton,  Connecticut,  in  1783,  going  from 
there  to  Middle  Haddam  in  1787,  and  from 
there  to  Somers  in  1795.  In  1804  he  settled 
in  Chicopee,  Massachusetts,  then  the  second 
parish  of  Springfield.  He  was  the  first  and 
for  many  years  the  only  physician  between 
Springfield  and  Hadley.  and  his  practice  in- 
cluded Ludlow,  South  Hadley  and  Holyoke, 
as  well  as  Chicopee.  He  continued  in  practice 
until  he  was  past  eighty  years  old.  He  was 
active  and  successful  in  his  profession.  He 
was  deacon  in  the  church  and  diligent  in  pro- 
moting all  worthy  and  philanthropic  objects. 
He  had  the  courage  of  his  convictions  and 
never  hesitated  as  to  any  course  which  he  be- 
lieved to  be  right.  Dr.  David  Field  said  of 
him :  "For  a  very  long  period  he  discharged  his 
duties  of  piety  to  God  and  beneficence  to  man 
with    remarkable    fidelity." 

Dr.  Skeele  married  (first)  at  Colchester. 
Connecticut,  at  the  old  homestead,  on  Otis  Hill, 
December  10,  1788,  Marcy  (Otis)  Cone, 
widow  of  Daniel  Cone,  and  daughter  of  John 
and  Prudence  (Taintor)  Otis.  She  was  born 
in  Colchester,  September  17,  1764,  and  died  in 
Chicopee,  Massachusetts,  June  2,  1812.  He 
married  (second)  August  4,  1814,  Lucy  Sex- 
ton, of  Somers,  Connecticut.  His  children, 
all  by  first  marriage,  were:  i.  Otis,  mentioned 
below.  2.  A  daughter,  born  February  4,  1793, 
lived  only  six  days.  3.  Marcy,  born  in  Middle 
Haddam,  Connecticut,  April  3,  1794,  died  at 
Seneca  Falls,  New  York,  April  30,  1867.  She 
married.  January  31.  1822,  Sheldon  Chapin. 
He  died  July  5,  1868.  4.  Amos,  born  in  Somers, 
Connecticut,  March  7,  1796,  died  in  Chicopee, 
March  3,  1820.  5.  Roxana,  born  Somers,  Con- 
necticut, March  8,  1798,  died  in  Chicopee,  June 
3,  1876.  She  married,  September  7,  1816, 
Moses  Chapin,  of  Chicopee,  who  died  March 
14,  1857.  6.  Daniel  Cone,  born  Somers,  Con- 
necticut, May  19,  1800,  died  August  27.  1803. 
7.  Dclina  Cone,  born  in  Chicopee,  November 
17,  1804.  fHed  in  Bufifalo,  New  York,  October 


4.  i83fi.  She  married,  September  6,  1826,  in 
Chicopee,  John  Jarvis  Leonard,  who  died  Au- 
gust 21,  1880.  8.  Levi  Collins,  born  in  Chico- 
pee, February  13.  1808,  died  in  Chicopee,  June 
2.  1868:  married.  March  23,  1829,  Huldah 
Chapin  Morgan:  she  died  April  12,  1856. 
They  had  two  children :  Clarissa  Elizabeth, 
born  in  Chicopee,  June  16,  1830,  married  in 
Chicopee,  September  16,  1852,  William  Ran- 
dall Palmer.  Amos,  born  in  Chicopee,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1833,  married  in  East  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  October  4,  i86g,  Sarah  Water- 
man Ide. 

(V)  Otis,  eldest  child  of  Dr.  Amos  and 
Marcy  (Otis)  (Cone)  Skeele,  was  born  at 
Middle  Haddam,  Connecticut,  January  18, 
1791,  and  died  at  Willimansett,  Massachusetts, 
April  I,  1870.  His  father  intended  that  he 
should  enter  the  christian  ministery,  but  he 
preferred  a  business  life.  His  early  years 
were  spent  on  the  farm,  but  soon  after  his 
marriage  he  entered  the  employ  of  T.  D.  and 

5.  Boardman.  manufacturers  of  britannia  ware 
in  Hartford,  Connecticut.  In  this  connection 
he  traveled  extensively  in  the  south,  introduc- 
ing the  goods  of  his  firm  to  the  southern  trade. 
After  this  he  worked  in  the  factory  for  three 
or  four  years,  and  moved  his  family  from 
Chicopee  to  Hartford.  He  was  always  inter- 
ested in  manufactures  and  a  ready  workman  in 
the  use  of  tools.  Returning  from  Hartford  to 
Chicopee  street,  he  opened  a  shop  and  carried 
on  the  business  of  making  boots  and  shoes, 
employing  a  number  of  workmen  and  appren- 
tices. He  found  a  ready  sale  for  his  products 
in  distant  cities,  as  well  as  in  nearby  markets. 
When  his  wife,  Keziah  (Chapin)  Skeele,  in- 
herited large  tracts  of  land  through  the  death 
of  her  father,  he  turned  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing and  moved  to  Willimansett.  For  a  time  he 
carried  on  the  boot  and  shoe  business  there, 
but  later  he  gave  this  up  and  devoted  his  whole 
time  to  farming,  in  which  he  was  successful. 
His  was  the  first  milk  farm  of  importance 
in  Chicopee.  Mr.  Skeele  was  always  a  re- 
ligious man,  but  he  did  not  unite  with  the 
church  until  past  middle  life,  when  he  joined 
the  old  First  Congregational  Church  in  Chico- 
pee street.  He  sang  in  the  choir  for  many 
years,  was  often  teacher  in  the  Sunday  school, 
and  at  one  time  was  superintendent.  He  was 
a  man  of  firm  convictions,  severely  conscien- 
tious, and  had  the  courage  to  act  accordingly. 
He  was  a  strict  Sabbatarian.  For  more  than 
thirty  years  his  milk  wagon  delivered  milk  on 
Sunday  but  once,  and  then  to  take  milk  to  a 
sick  baby.     His  customers  were  supplied  with 


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milk  for  Sunday  on  Saturday  afternoon. 
These  qualities  of  character  made  him  de- 
voutly religious,  a  strong  temperance  man,  and 
an  uncompromising  anti-slavery  man.  His 
house  was  one  of  the  stations  on  the  under- 
ground railroad.  He  fed  the  fleeing  slaves 
and  sheltered  them  on  his  farm,  where  it 
has  been  said :  "they  were  so  safely  stowed 
away  that  it  would  have  puzzled  the 
shrewdest  hunter  to  have  found  them." 
It  naturally  follows  that  in  politics  Mr. 
Skeele  was  an  ardent  Republican.  In 
the  earlier  days  he  voted  the  Liberty  party 
ticket  for  president.  He  was  considered  a 
man  of  good  judgment  and  was  often  called 
upon  to  appraise  estates  and  things  of  that 
kind.  He  was  prominent  and  useful  in  town 
affairs  and  for  some  time  was  selectman.  He 
was  fond  of  his  family  but  undemonstrative  in 
his  affections.  Quiet  in  his  demeanor,  "not  a 
man  who  lifted  on  ready  words  his  freight  of 
gratitude."  In  1822  he  was  commissioned  by 
Governor  John  lirooks  (|uartermaster  of  the 
First  Regiment  of  Infantry  in  the  First  Brigade 
and  Fourth  Division  of  the  militia.  Mr.  Skeele 
retained  remarkable  vigor  in  old  age.  His 
death  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine  years  was 
caused  by  falling  from  a  high  beam  in  his  barn, 
where  he  had  climbed  after  fowls  that  were 
roosting  there.  The  effort  shows  remarkable 
energy  for  a  man  of  his  years. 

Mr.  Skeele  married  (first)  in  Chicopee, 
Keziah  Chapin,  daughter  of  Major  Moses  and 
Keziah  (Chapin)  Chapin.  Keziah  was  born 
August  I,  1791,  died  December  21,  1848.  (See 
Chapin,  VII.)  He  married  (second)  at  Col- 
chester, Connecticut,  in  the  old  Otis  home- 
stead. May  6,  1851,  Clarissa  Fowler  Otis, 
daughter  of  David  and  F"annie  (Fowler)  Otis. 
She  was  born  in  Colchester,  August  17,  1805, 
died  there  May  31,  1896.  Children,  all  by  first 
marriage:  Julia  Emeline,  Ruhema  Chapin, 
John  Otis,  Henry  Edwin,  and  Adaline  Marcy. 
I.  Julia  Emeline,  see  below.  2.  Ruhema,  born 
in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  June  23,  1815,  died 
in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  May  14,  1892 ; 
married  in  Chicopee,  May  16,  1838,  Amos  Call, 
who  died  in  Springfield,  August  30,  1888.  3. 
John  Otis,  born  in  Chicopee.  March  30,  1817, 
died  in  Willimansett,  December  11,  1871,  un- 
married. 4.  Henry  Edwin,  at  Chicopee, 
March  10,  1829,  died  in  Waltham,  Massachu- 
setts, July  2,  1899.  He  married,  September 
17,  1855,  Lucy  A.  Chapin,  daughter  of  Quar- 
tus  and  Ruby  (Sexton)  Chapin.  5.  Adaline 
Marcy,  born  at  Chicopee,  February  2,  1831, 
never  married. 


(VI)  Juha  Emehne,  eldest  child  of  Otis 
and  Keziah  (Chapin)  Skeele,  was  born  in 
Chicopee,  July  u,  1809,  died  in  Springfield, 
.April  25,  1900.  She  married  in  Chicopee,  De- 
cember 25,  1828,  Stephen  Chapin  Bemis.  (Sec 
Bemis.  Yl.) 

(The  Chapin  Line,  see  Samuel  Chapin  1). 

( I\')  Abel,  third  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(  W' right)  Chapin,  was  born  January  28,  17CK), 
died  May  3.  1772.  He  resided  first  after  his 
marriage  in  that  part  of  Springfield  called 
Willimansett,  easterly  of  where  the  Connecti- 
cut river  railroad  station  was  later  located  and 
at  the  foot  of  the  hill  on  the  old  road  to  South 
Hadley,  on  what  is  now  called  the  Briggs  lot. 
He  afterward  resided  on  Chicopee  street  and 
kept  a  tavern  there  for  several  years.  The 
same  place  was  afterward  owned  and  occu- 
])ied  by  his  grandson,  Moses  Chapin,  Esquire, 
and  after  him  by  his  son  Moses,  and  in  1862 
was  occupied  by  the  widow  of  the  last  Moses. 
.Abel  Chapin  married,  January  9,  1720,  Hannah 
Hitchcock,  daughter  of  Luther  and  Elizabeth 
Hitchcock.  She  died  April  12,  1778,  aged 
seventy-six.  Children :  Hannah,  Abiah,  Abel 
Jemima,  Elizabeth,  Moses,  next  mentioned. 

(V)  Ensign  Moses,  youngest  child  of  Abel 
and  Hannah  (Hitchcock)  Chapin,  was  born  in 
.Springfield,  February  25,  1739,  died  May  19, 
1771.  He  was  taken  prisoner  with  Major 
Rogers  at  Lake  George,  January,  1757.  He 
had  obtained  some  knowledge  of  the  Latin 
language  before  entering  the  army.  While 
held  a  prisoner,  he  became  acquainted  with  a 
priest  (  probably  Catholic)  who  would  converse 
with  him  in  Latin  but  in  no  other  language. 
He,  fared  ill  for  a  time,  but  after  making 
known  his  condition  to  the  priest  he  fared 
better.  His  Latin  books  over  a  hundred  years 
later  were  in  possession  of  his  grandson,  Titus 
Chapin.  His  surveying  instruments  and  his 
"Lone's  Surveying,"  printed  in  London,  1760, 
were  in  possession  of  Orange  Chapin,  the 
family  genealogist.  Moses  Chapin  married 
Bethia  Chapin — published  December  17,  1761 
— daughter  of  Phineas  and  Bethia  Chapin. 
She  was  born  in  1740,  died  November  10, 
1780.  She  married  (second)  Jabez  Snow,  an 
officer  in  the  revolution.  Children  of  Moses 
and  Bethia  :  Moses,  Hadassah,  Ashbel,  Editha 
and  Rufus. 

(VI)  Major  Moses  (2),  eldest  child  of 
Moses  (i)  and  Bethia  (Chapin)  Chapin,  was 
born  July  II,  1762,  died  December  30,  1824. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  a  practical  surveyor.  He 
was  a  well  informed  and  energetic  man  and 


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held  various  public  positions.  He  had  a  com- 
mission as  justice  of  the  peace,  was  represent- 
ative from  the  town  of  Springfield  to  the  gen- 
eral court  for  two  or  three  years,  was  clerk 
and  treasurer  of  the  second  parish  in  Spring- 
field for  about  twenty-five  years,  and  was  for 
many  years  selectman  and  assessor  for  the 
town  of  Springfield.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
constitutional  convention  of  1820,  and  was  a 
man  of  good  judgment  and  great  persever- 
ance. He  married,  November  17,  1785,  Keziah 
Chapin,  born  July  23,  1766,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Ephraim  and  Jemima  Chapin.  She  died 
November  28,  1822.  Children:  Ruhama, 
Orange,  Keziah,  Moses,  Hart,  Laura,  Edwin 
and  Whitman. 

(\II)  Keziah.  second  daughter  of  Major 
Moses  and  Keziah  (Chapin)  Chapin,  was  born 
August  I,  1791,  died  December  21,  1848.  She 
married  in  Chicopee,  Otis  Skeele  (see  Skeele, 
V). 

(H)  Henry,  son  of  Richard 
KIMI'.AI.L      Kimball    (q.   v.).  was  born  in 

Rattlesden,  in  i'^hs,  and  came 
to  America  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth"  with  his 
father.  He  married,  about  1640,  Alary,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  Wyatt,  who  came  in  the 
same  ship.     She  died  at  W'enham,  August  12. 

1672,  and  he  married  (second)  Elizabeth  (Cil- 
bert )  Rayner,  widow  of  William  Rayner.  son 
of  Thurston  Rayner.  Elizabeth  was  daughter 
of  Humjihrey  and  Elizabeth  tiilbcrt.  Henry 
Kimball  remained  at  Watertown  after  his 
father  removed  to  Ipswich,  but  abiiut  1646  he 
also  removed  to  Ipswich,  and  in  1635  to  Wen- 
ham,  where  he  lived  the  rest  of  his  life.  In 
1659  he  subscribed  to  the  fund  for  the  new 
meetinghouse;  was  constable  in  Wenham  in 
1669.  He  died  there  in  1676,  leaving  twelve 
children,  who  divided  the  estate  by  agreement 
dated  September  2(>.  itiyC^.  Children:  i.  Mary, 
born  at  Watertown,  November  29,  1641.  2. 
Richard,  born  (\-tober  13,  1643:  resided  in 
Wenham.  3.  Jnhn.  born  December  25,  1645: 
mentioned  below.  4.  Caleb,  born  at  Ipswich. 
1647 ;  was  in  Captain  Lothrop's  company  at 
Bloody  Brook,  in  King  Philip's  war.  and  was 
killed.  5.  Dorcas,  married  December  i.  1668. 
Thomas  Dow.     6.  Abigail,  married.  May   14, 

1673,  John  Wycome.  7.  Sarah,  married,  May 
3,  1675,  Daniel  (iage.  8.  Henry,  born  about 
1655.  9.  Mehitable,  born  at  Wenham,  1658: 
died  December  7,  1689,  in  Bradford.  10.  Ben- 
jamin, born  December  12,  1660.  11.  Joseph, 
born  January  20,  1661.  12.  Martha,  born  at 
Wenham.   .August   18.   1664:  married.   August 


25.  ifi83,  Daniel  Chase.  13.  Deborah,  born 
at   Wenham,    1668. 

(  HI )  John,  son  of  Henry  Kimball,  was  born 
in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  December  25, 
1645.  When  about  sixteen  years  of  age  he 
went  to  live  with  his  grandfather,  John  Wyatt. 
of  I])swich,  and  remained  until  his  grandfather 
*  died  in  December,  1655,  when  the  property 
was  left  to  him  on  his  fulfilling  certain  condi- 
tions. This  homestead  was  bounded  by  the 
Meeting  House  Green.  He  sold  it  March  25, 
1667,  and  settled  in  Newbury.  About  1669  he 
again  removed,  settling  in  Amesbury,  where 
he  lived  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was  a  wit- 
ness in  the  trial  of  Susan  Martin  for  witch- 
craft, May  16,  1692.  He  was  a  yeoman, 
wheelwright  by  trade;  took  the  oath  of  alle- 
giance December  20,  1677 ;  was  admitted  a 
freeman   in    1690.     He  died  previous  to  May 

20,  1726,  and  his  son  John  was  appointed  ad- 
ministrator of  his  estate,  June  6,  1726.  He 
married.  October,  1665,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Erancis  and  Jane  Jordan;  (second)  probably 
Eebruary  9,  1712-3.  Mary  Pressy  of  Ames- 
bury:  (third)  .\pril,  1715.  Deborah  (Weed) 
I'artlett.  widow,  born  June  15,  1659,  daughter 
iif  John  Weed.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born  July 
19.  1667:  unmarried.  2.  John,  born  July  19. 
1768;  mentioned  below.  3.  .\bigail,  born  June 
12,  1669;  married,  November  8,  1712.  Daniel 
Morrison,  of  Newbury.  4.  Joseph.  5.  .Abra- 
ham, born  about  1670:  died  unmarried.  6. 
Hannah,  married.  January  5.  1710-11,  Roger 
I'^astman.  of  Amesbury.  7.  Deborah,  born 
1678;  married.  January  29.  1701,  Barnes 
lirouse. 

(I\')  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Kimball, 
was  born  in  Newbury,  July  19,  1668.  He  was 
a  wheelwright  by  trade,  and  lived  in  Ames- 
biry.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel Could,  who  died  in  1693.  and  she  shared 
in  the  estate  as  shown  by  the  deed  dated  Eeb- 
ruary II.  1713-4.  Children:  i.  F.enjamin. 
hnrn  Aiiril  i4»  1699:  died  young.  2.  Sarah, 
born  .\ovember  15,  1700;  married,  August  27, 
1724,  Israel  Shepard.  3.  Jonatlian,  born  No- 
xeipber  23,  1703.  4.  Judith,  March  i,  1705.  5. 
Benjamin,  May  27,  1707:  mentioned  below.  6. 
Hannah,  married,  December  23,  1736,  Jacob 
Colby.  7.  Mary,  born  February  24,  1710.  8. 
John,  born  .April   18,   1712.     9.   Nathan,  June 

21.  1 7 19;  died   1750. 

(\')  Benjamin,  son  of  John  (2)  Kimball, 
was  born  in  .Amesbury,  May  27,  1707.  and 
died  in  1784.  He  married,  October  19,  1728. 
Elizabeth  Greeley.  On  March  11,  1738,  he 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  his  brother  John  Kim- 


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ball,  and  Martha  his  wife,  sold  to  David  Gree- 
ley of  Salisbury  "all  our  shares  and  interest 
in  the  homestead  of  our  father,  John  Greeley, 
of  Salisbury."  Kimball  lived  at  Amesbury, 
but  late  in  life  removed  to  Poplin,  now  Fre- 
mont, New  Hampshire.  His  will  was  proved 
October  2,  1784.  Children:  i.  David,  born 
December  5,  1730.  2.  Abigail,  August  13, 
1731 ;  married  John  Smith.  3.  Joseph,  Febru- 
ary 21,  1733;  died  young.  4.  Joshua,  June 
21,  1734;  lived  in  Poplin  ;  probably  never  mar- 
ried. 5.  John,  January  10,  1736;  mentioned 
below.  6.  Judith,  May  12,  1739;  married 
Nathan  Kimball,  of  Hopkinton,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 7.  Moses.  October  12,  1741  ;  lived  at 
Poplin.     8.  Aaron,  June  25,  1744;  died  young. 

9.  Elizabeth,  November  21,  1746;  died  young. 

10.  Martha,  July  23.  1750:  died  young. 

(  \T  )   John   (3),  son  of  Benjamin  Kimball, 
was  born  January  10,  i73f>.  and  died  December 

I,    1814.     He   married    Dorothy   ,   who 

died  September  7,  1817.  They  resided  in  Pop- 
lin, now  P'remont,  New  Hampshire,  and  he 
was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  the  annexation 
to  Hawke,  New  Hampshire,  in  1782.  His  will 
was  dated  July  21,  181 3,  and  bequeaths  to  wife 
and  all  his  children.  Children:  i.  Dorothy, 
married  Richard  Fitts.  2.  John,  born  March 
23,  1768;  mentioned  below.  3.  Benjamin.  4. 
.A.bel,  died  August  23,  1822.  5.  Moses,  born 
.\pril  15,  1775;  died  December  8,  1835  at 
Vienna,  Maine.  6.  Sarah,  married  Jabez 
Page.  7.  Nathaniel,  born  April  4,  1780;  mar- 
ried, November  20,  1803,  Polly  Bickford,  of 
Ikrwick,  Maine.  8.  William,  born  March  17, 
1783:  resided  at  Vienna,  Maine.  9.  James, 
born  .April  22,  1785;  resided  at  Vienna.  10. 
Caleb,  born  September  24,  1790;  died  August 
7,  1874. 

(VH)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  Kimball, 
was  born  at  Poplin,  New  Hainpshire,  March 
2T,,  1768,  and  died  at  Topsham,  Vermont,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1838.  He  married  Hannah  Peck, 
born  .August  24.  1778.  died  September  12, 
1844.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools 
and  brought  up  on  his  father's  farm.  He 
went  to  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire,  and  lived 
there  until  he  removed  to  Corinth,  Vermont, 
and  thence  to  Topsham,  Vermont,  where  he 
died.  Children:  i.  James,  married  Ruth  Rod- 
gers,  Topsham,  \'ermont.  2.  Fanny,  married 
John  Clement ;  lived  in  Orange,  Vermont,  sev- 
eral children.  3.  John,  married,  and  lived  in 
Kingston,  New  Hampshire;  several  children. 
4.  Polly,  married  Jose])h  Davis.  5.  Henry, 
married  Zilpliia  Merrill ;  seven  children.  6. 
Elmira,   married  Ca])tain   Samuel   Richardson, 


Corinth,  Vermont ;  one  son  and  one  daughter. 
7.  George  Washington,  married  Susanna  Mc- 
Elroy ;  lived  in  Auburndale,  Massachusetts ; 
no  children.  8.  Harriet,  married  Dana  Moul- 
ton,  Corinth,  X'ermont,  two  sons.  9.  Joseph 
Peck,  mentioned  below.  10.  Cyntha,  died  in 
childhood.  11.  Wilber,  married  Ann  Allen, 
Topsham,  Vermont ;  one  son,  one  daughter. 

(  VHIj  Joseph  Peck,  son  of  John  (4)  Kim- 
ball, was  born  in  Topshain,  Vermont,  1820, 
died  in  Corinth,  Vermont,  1852.  He  married 
Melvina  Green,  born  in  Royalton,  Vermont, 
1820;  died  1866.  Children  i.  Emma,  born 
Topsham,  Vermont,  June  17,  1844;  married 
.Albert  Parker,  Corinth,  yermont ;  died  1876; 
daughters :  Alice  M.  arid  Edith.  2.  Will- 
lam  George,  born  December  25,  1846;  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Myra  A.,  born  Corinth,  Ver- 
mont, December  22,  1848;  married  Charles 
Corliss,  Bradford,  \'ermont ;  died  1880, 
children :  Leila  and  Levi.  4.  Arthur  Herbert, 
born  Corinth,  Vermont,  October  23,  1850;  fit- 
ted for  college  at  Barre  Academy ;  graduated 
from  Dartmouth  College,  class  'jt,  ;  Medical 
College  '76;  post-graduate  at  Bellevue  Hos- 
pital. In  January,  1876,  settled  in  Cumming- 
ton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  practiced  medi- 
cine nearly  seven  years.  September  14,  1876, 
he  married  Mrs.  Marion  Baker,  of  South  Den- 
nis, Alassachusetts.  Two  sons :  Arthur  Ste- 
vens, born  at  Cummington,  April  25,  1878, 
now  a  practicing  physician  in  Battle  Creek, 
.Michigan  ;  and  Frank  Hamilton,  born  June  13, 
1881.  died  at  Battle  Creek,  Michigan,  May  17, 
igo6.  Dr.  .Arthur  H.  Kimball  moved  to  Battle 
Creek  in  1883,  where  he  practiced  until  his 
death.  .August  6,  1894.  He  was  a  man  of 
sterling  qualities,  a  self-made  man,  and  very 
skillful  as  a  physician  and  surgeon.  5.  P>an- 
ces  Josephine,  born  Corinth,  Vermont,  August 
25,  1852  ;  married  Cortes  Cook,  North  Fairfax, 
Vermont;  died  May  21,  1882.  One  son, 
.Arthur  William,  married  and  living  at  St. 
.Albans. 

(IX)  Dr.  William  George  Kimball,  son  of 
Joseph  Peck  Kimball,  was  born  in  Topsham, 
i^ecember  25,  1846.  His  father  died  when  he 
was  about  five  years  old,  and  when  he  was 
about  eight  he  left  home  to  work  out.  He  at- 
tended school  when  the  opportunity  offered 
and  persisted  in  his  efforts  to  get  an  education. 
1  lis  life  history  would  make  an  interesting  vol- 
ume. His  minority,  with  the  exception  of 
three  years  spent  in  Illinois,  was  passed  in  his 
native  state.  Orphaned  in  childhood,  his  life 
as  a  boy  on  a  farm  at  the  present  time  would 
be  considered  one  of  great  hardship,  but  the 


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physical  training  and  power  of  endurance 
gained  have  been  of  value  to  him  in  his 
after  life.  By  his  own  efforts  he  gained  an 
education,  graduating  from  Bradford  (Ver- 
mont) Academy  and  from  Dartmouth  College, 
where  he  received  his  degree  in  1875.  After 
graduation  he  became  resident  physician  at 
Rainsford  Island,  Boston,  and  later  held  a 
similar  position  in  the  hospital  for  insane  at 
Northampton.  In  1877  he  was  appointed  as- 
sistant resident  port  physician  at  Deer  Island, 
Boston.  In  1878  he  married  and  removed  to 
Worthington,  where  he  remained  until  1885, 
when  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  New 
York.  The  same  year  he  settled  in  Hunting- 
ton, where  he  still  resides.  Dr.  Kimball  is  a 
member  of  the  Huntington  Masonic  Lodge  and 
a  Republican  in  politics.  He  has  served  as 
chairman  of  the  school  board  for  seven  years, 
and  has  held  various  other  town  offices.  He 
represented  his  district  in  the  legislature  in 
1895  and  i8y6-  He  has  been  medical  exam- 
iner'since  1898  for  Hampshire  county.  Natu- 
ral ability  of  a  high  order,  keen  powers  of  ob- 
servation, a  retentive  memory  and  close  appli- 
cation to  the  duties  of  his  profession  are  all 
factors  in  Dr.  Kimball's  success.  A  man  of 
irreproachable  character  and  high  ideals,  mod- 
est and  unassuming,  he  is  highly  respected  and 
esteemed  in  the  comnumity.  As  a  citizen  he 
is  always  helpfully  interested  in  whatever  per- 
tains to  the  welfare  of  the  town  and  its  peo- 
ple. 

He  married,  March  13,  1878,  at  Claremont, 
New  Hampshire,  Laura  Bartlett,  born  at 
Springfield,  New  Hampshire,  1850,  daughter 
of  Joseph  S.  and  Mary  A.  (  Cowles)  Bartlett. 
Children:  I.  Mabel  Josephine,  born  June  26, 
1880,  at  Worthington;  died  June  24,  1881.  2. 
William  Joseph,  born  May  27.  1882,  at  Worth- 
ington ;  graduateii  from  Wesleyan  .\cademy, 
1901  ;  residing  in  Huntington  ;  married  Ethel 
Brown,  of  Brookline,  Massachusetts  ;  children  : 
William  George  (2),  born  March  19,  1905; 
Frances  Jean,  August  26,  1908. 


The  English  family  of  Bart- 
l',.\RTLETT     lett  or   Barttelot  dates  back 

to  the  Norman  Conciuest. 
The  ancient  coat-of-arms  is:  Sable  three  sin- 
ister falconer's  gloves  argent  arranged  trian- 
gularly two  above  and  one  below  pendant  bands 
around  the  wrist  and  tassels  or.  At  about  the 
close  of  the  fifteenth  century  the  castle  was 
granted  as  the  crest  to  John  Barttelott,  and  in 
the  sixteenth  century  the  Swan  crest  was 
granted  in  commemoration  of  the  right  granted 


the  family  by  William  the  Conqueror  to  keep 
swans  in  the  river  Arun.  The  following  lin- 
eage from  1086  to  the  present  seems  com- 
pletely established. 

(I)  Adam  Barttelot,  an  esquire,  came  with 
the  CoiK|ueror  from  Normandy,  and  had  his 
seat  at  Ferring,  county  Sussex.  He  was  bur- 
ied at  Stopham,  in  1 100. 

(H)  William  Barttelot  de  Stopham,  son  of 
.\dam,  was  buried  at  the  Stopham  church. 

(Ill)  John,  son  of  William,  was  buried  at 
the  Stopham  church. 

(  I\'  )  Richard,  Esq.,  son  of  John,  was  bur- 
ied at  Stopham. 

(\)  Thomas  Bartlett  (the  spelling  of  the 
surname  varied  greatly,  but  for  clearness  the 
present  American  way  will  be  used  during  the 
rest  of  this  lineage),  son  of  Richard,  Esq., 
married  Assoline,  daughter  of  John  of  Stop- 
ham. His  brother.  Adam  Bartlett,  had  a  seat 
at  East  Preston. 

(\'l)  John  liartlett,  Est|..  son  of  Thomas 
iiartlett.  captured  Castle  Eontenoy,  in  France, 
and  to  him  was  granted  the  crest  on  the  Bart- 
lett arms.  He  married  the  daughter  and  co- 
heir of  John  de  Stopham. 

(VIl)  John,  son  of  John  Bartlett,  Esq., 
was  a  member  of  parliament  from  Sussex  in 
1433;  married  Joan,  daughter  and  heir  of 
John  de  Lewknor. 

(  \II1  )  Richard,  son  of  John  Bartlett,  mar- 
ried  I'etronilla,  heir-general  of  Walton. 

( IX  )  John,  son  of  Richard  Bartlett,  died  in 
1493.  He  married  Olive  Arthur,  daughter 
of  John,  and  heiress  of  Sylveston. 

(X)  Richard,  son  of  John  Bartlett,  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Gates.  His 
brother  John  married  Catherine  Dawtrey. 
Children:  William,  died  1601,  aged  ninety- 
seven  years  ;  Edmund  ;  mentioned  below. 

(XI)  Edmund,  son  of  Richard  Bartlett. 
lived  at  Ernley  ;  died  1 59 1. 

(XII)  Edmund,  son  of  Edmund  Bartlett, 
was  of  Ernley ;  married  Elizabeth  Gore,  Chil- 
dren:  John,  came  to  Newbury,  Massachusetts: 
Richard,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  settled  at 
Watertown,  Massachusetts.  ( Authority  of 
the  family  historian,  Levi  Bartlett.) 

( 1 )  Richard  Bartlett,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Wiltshire.  England,  in  1575.  He 
was  a  shoemaker  by  trade.  He  was  one  of  the 
earliest  settlers  of  the  old  town  of  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  living  before 
1637,  and  died  there  May  25,  1647.  His 
family  Bible — one  of  the  famous  "Breeches 
Bibles"  (so  called  from  the  translation  of  the 
word  for  the  original  garment  worn  by  Adam 


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and  Eve)  is  now  owned  by  William  Bartlett. 
of  Lowell,  who  received  it  from  his  father, 
Rev.  Samuel  C.  Bartlett,  late  president  of 
Dartmouth  College.  The  records  of  his  chil- 
dren's births  are  given,  and  the  statement, 
"Richard  Bartlett  bought  this  book  Anno 
Domini  1612."  Richard  Bartlett  was  pro- 
genitor of  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  of  New 
Hampshire,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, and  foremost  citizen  of  that  state. 
Richard's  oral  will,  proved  September  29. 
1647,  stated  that  John  had  already  received 
his  share ;  bequeathed  to  Christopher  and 
Joaiie  and  each  of  her  four  daughters;  to 
Richard  and  John,  who  received  the  "Great 
Bible."  Children:  i.  Jone,  born  January  29, 
1610;  married  William  Titcomb.  2.  John, 
born  November  g,  1613.  3.  Thomas,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1615.  4.  Richard,  October  31,  1621  ; 
mentioned  below.  5.  Christopher,  February 
25,  1623.     6.  Anne,  February  26,  1625. 

(H)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (  i)  Bart- 
lett, was  born  in  England,  October  31,  162 1. 
He  was  called  a  shoemaker  and  yeoman  in  var- 
ious records.  He  resided  first  in  Oldtown, 
Newbury,  removing  finally  to  Bartlett's  Cor- 
ners, Deer  Island,  in  the  Merrimac  river.  He 
was  reputed  to  be  a  facetious,  genial  and  in- 
telligent man.  He  represented  the  town  in 
the     general     court.     He     married      .Abigail 

,  who  died  Alarch  8,  1686-7.     He  died 

in  1698.  His  will  was  dated  April  ig,  1665, 
and  proved  July  18,  1698.  Children:  i.  Sam- 
uel, born  in  Newbury,  February  20,  1645-6. 
2.  Richard,  born  February  21,  1648-g:  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Thomas,  born  September  7, 
1650.  4.  Abigail.  March  14,  1653:  married. 
May  2"/.  1700.  John  Emery:  died  1723.  5. 
John,  born  June  22,  1655.  6.  Hannah,  De- 
cember 18,  1657 ;  unmarried.  7.  Rebecca, 
May  23,  1661  :  married,  September  5,  1700, 
Isaac  Bagley ;  died  1723. 

(Ill)  Richard  (3),  son  of  Richard  (2) 
Bartlett.  was  born  February  21,  1648-9,  and 
died  .April  17.  1724.  He  was  called  a  yeoman, 
and  was  also  a  currier  and  cordwainer.  He 
resided  first  near  Oldtown  Hill,  in  Newbury, 
and  afterwards  removed  to  a  place  now  called 
Bartlett's  Bridge,  just  above  the  chain  bridge 
in  Salixbury.  He  was  four  years  deputy  to 
the  general  court.  He  married  Hannah 
Emery,  November  18,  1673.  .She  died  May 
II,  1705,  aged  fifty.  Children:  i.  Hannah, 
born  November  8,  1674;  died  June  i,  1676. 
2.  Richard,  born  October  20,  1676:  married, 
.April  12,  1699,  Margaret  Woodman.  3.  John, 
born  Se]itember  2},,  1678:  married  Mary  Orfl- 


way ;  resided  on  the  homestead ;  children  re- 
moved to  Deerfield  and  Northwood.  4.  Sam- 
uel, born  July  8,  1680;  died  November  7, 
1685.  5.  Daniel,  born  August  8,  1682;  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Joseph,  born  November  18, 
1685;  died  aged  sixty-eight;  soldier  in  1707, 
captured  by  French  and  Indians  at  Haverhill, 
August  29,  1708,  and  ransomed  November  8, 
1712;  recovered  his  gun  from  its  hiding-place, 
and  the  same  gun  was  used  in  the  revolution 
by  a  grand-nephew,  Richard  Bartlett,  of  .Ames- 
bury,  who  removed  to  Warner,  and  it  is  now 
deposited  in  the  museum  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Historical  Society,  though  it  was  blown 
to  pieces  in  a  Fourth  of  July  celebration.  7. 
Hannah,  married,  December  28,  1706,  John 
Ordway.  8,  Samuel,  born  May  2,  1689.  9. 
Deacon  Stephen,  born  xApril  21,  1691  ;  married, 
December  18,  1712,  Hannah  Webster;  their 
son  Josiah  was  the  New  Hampshire  signer  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence.  10.  Josiah, 
resided  at  Newbury  and  Amesbury;  married, 
.A])ril  13,  1725,  Elizabeth  Bartlett.  11. 
Thomas,  born  July  14,  1695  ;  married,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1718,  Hannah  Moody.  12.  Mary, 
born  Septeiuber  13,  1697;  married  Joseph 
Hills. 

(1\  I  Deacon  Daniel,  son  of  Richard  (3) 
r.artlett.  was  born  .August  8,  1682,  and  died 
Ma\'  4,   i75f>.     He  resided  at  Newbury;  was 

a  weaver  and  yeoman  ;  married  Abigail . 

before  1705.  Children,  born  at  Newbury:  i. 
Daniel,  March  22,  1705;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Margaret,  Septeml)er  16,  1707;  married  Ben- 
jamin j\Iorss  (3),  of  Newbury.  3.  Joseph, 
( )ctober  29,  1709.  4.  -Abigail,  October  4. 
171  I  :  married  Thomas  Merrill.  5.  Lydia. 
I'cbruary  I,  1712:  married,  December  6,  1737, 
Jac<  b  ( iiddings.  6. rah  (Sarah?),  No- 
vember 16,  1713-;  died  young.  7.  Mary 
(twin),  January  2}^.  1717:  probably  died 
ycnnig.  8.  Martha,  twin  with  Mary,  died 
March  2.  1718.  9.  Elizabeth,  February  26, 
1721  :  jjrobably  died  young. 

(  \' )  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Bart- 
lett. was  born  in  Xewbury,  March  22,  1703; 
died  there  September  28,  1786.  He  was  also 
a  weaver  and  yeoman,  living  in  Xewbury,  in 
what  is  now  the  city  of  Newburyport.  He 
married,   January    7,    1730-1,    Alice    Sargent; 

(second)      before      1740,      Hannah ; 

(third)  November  or  December  8,  1760, 
Sarah  Tewksbury.  Children,  born  in  New- 
bury: I.  Lydia,  October  28,  1731.  2.  John. 
December  30.  1733:  mentioned  below.  3. 
.Abigail.  June  21.  1737;  resided  at  Newbury. 
4.   Hannah,    Ajiril    14,    I73g:    married   Joshua 


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Kent.  5.  Elizabeth,  ]\Iarch  18,  1742;  married 
John  West.  6.  Daniel,  June  28,  1744.  7. 
Jacob,  May  19,  1747.  8.  Alice,  September  19. 
1 761  ;  married  Benjamin  Chase  Jr.  9.  Molly, 
September  3,  1763. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Bartlett.  was 
born  at  Newbury,  December  30,  1733.  He 
settled  at  Deering,  New  Hampshire,  among 
the  earliest  settlers.  He  married,  January  18, 
1763,  Hepzibah  Stevens.  Child:  Solomon, 
mentioned  below. 

(\'H)  Solomon,  son  of  John  Bartlett,  was 
born  in  Deering,  Is'ew  Hampshire,  about  1775, 
and  died  there.  Children  :  Hepsebath,  Abigail, 
Nancy,  Mary,  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Esther, 
Solomon.  Lydia,  Rebecca,  Irene,  George 
Meeley. 

(Mil  )  John  (2),  son  of  Solomon  Bartlett, 
was  born  at  Deering,  New  Hampshire.  He 
settled  at  Wendell,  now  Sunapee,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  married  Sarah  Sanborn,  of  Spring- 
field. New  Hampshire.  Children,  born  in 
Wendell:  i.  Joseph  S.,  (twin),  May  26,  1822, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Solomon  (twin),  May 
26,  1822.  3.  Ann  M.,  August  4,  1825,  died 
aged  twenty-two.  4.  Abby  S.,  February  17, 
1827.  5.  John  Z.  (twin),  May  26,  1830.  6. 
Sarah  j.  "(twin).  May  26,  1830.  7.  Charles 
H.,  October  15.  1833;  clerk  of  the  United 
States  district  court..  New  Hampshire.  8. 
George  H.,  September  28,  1841  ;  district  man- 
ager of  the  United  States  Hame  Company  at 
Sunapee.  New  Hampshire.  All  the  children 
grew  to  maturity,  and  all  married  and  had 
children  except  Ann  M.  The  four  twins  of 
this  family  had  the  same  birthday.  May  26. 

(IX)  Joseph  S.,  son  of  John  (2)  Bartlett, 
was  born  at  Wendell,  New  Hampshire,  May 
26,  1822,  died  January  21,  1884.  After  his 
marriage  he  went  to  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts, and  took  care  of  his  Grandfather  San- 
born until  his  death.  He  then  removed  to 
Sunapee,  New  Hampshire,  and  at  the  expira- 
tion of  five  years  removed  to  Claremont,  same 
state,  occupying  the  old  Cowles  homestead, 
where  he  followed  farming  until  his  death. 
He  was  a  Congregationalist  in  religion,  and  a 
Republican  in  politics,  serving  two  terms  in 
the  legislature  at  Concord  in  the  years  1878- 
79.  He  married  (first)  Mary  A.,  born  No- 
vember 29,  1820,  died  May  22,  1862,  daughter 
of  Levi  and  Mary  (Hurdj  Cowles,  her  grand- 
father having  been  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Claremont.  He  married  (second)  Ellen  Caro- 
line Cowles,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  born  July 
21,  1832,  died  November  24,  1896.  Children 
bv  first  wife:    1.   Laura,  born   November  21. 


1850:  married  Dr.  William  G.  Kimball  (see 
Kimball,  IX).  2.  Lewis.  October  17,  1851; 
died  1872.  3.  Levi  \\'.,  1855;  married  Addie 
Dart ;  resides  on  the  homestead  at  Claremont, 
New  Hampshire ;  children :  i.  Guy  Lewis,  mar- 
ried Mabel  McCuUagh;  ii.  George  Herbert, 
married  Mildred  Benjamin  ;  children  :  Richard 
Lewis  and  Marion  Eleanor. 


This  is  among  the  earliest  families 
L.\MB  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony, 
having  been  first  implanted  at 
Roxbury,  and  has  spread  out  over  the  state 
and  adjoining  states  until  it  occupies  a  desir- 
able position  among  the  citizens  of  the  nation. 
It  has  been  identified  with  every  line  of  worthy 
endeavor,  and  has  participated  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  social,  moral,  and  maternal  forces 
of  the  nation. 

( I )  Thomas  Lamb  came  with  Governor 
Winthrop  from  England  in  1630,  and  settled 
at  Roxbury,  where  he  was  made  a  freeman. 
May  18,  1631,  and  died  before  1651.  Farmer 
says:  "he  died  April  3,  1645."  His  home- 
stead was  between  the  Roxbury  church  (Apos- 
tle John  Eliot )  and  Stony  Brook.  He  was  one 
of  six  individuals  who  pledged  themselves  for 
the  support  of  the  first  free  school  in  America, 
afterwards  Roxbury  Latin  School.  He  was 
accompanied  by  his  wife  Elizabeth,  who  died 
in  1639,  being  buried  at  the  same  time  with  her 
youngest  child,  November  28,  of  that  year. 
He  married  (second)  in  1640,  Dorothy  Har- 
bittle  or  Harbottle.  Savage  says  :  "He  brought 
with  him  sons  Thomas  and  John."  He  had  a 
son  Samuel,  baptized  October  30.  1631.  at  Dor- 
chester, before  a  church  had  been  formed  at 
Roxbury.  Other  children  born  at  Roxbury 
were:  .\bel,  October,  1633;  Decline,  April, 
1637:  Benjamin,  October,  1639;  Abiel,  1645. 

"( II )  Abiel,  youngest  child  of  Thomas  Lamb 
and  his  second  wife.  Dorothy  (Harbottle) 
Lamb,  born  1645,  in  Roxbury,  resided  there 
until  about  fifty  years  old,  when  he  removed 
to  Framingham,  Massachusetts,  and  resided 
on  leased  land  near  Doe.skin  Hill.  He  served 
as  constable  of  that  town  in  1700  and  1701 
and  died  before  1710.  He  was  a  soldier  of 
King  Philip's  war,  being  a  corpora!  in  1675. 
m  the  autumn  of  which  vear  he  narrowly  es- 
caped being  killed  by  the  Indians.  In  Decem- 
ber of  that  year  he  was  a  lieutenant  in  Cap- 
tain Johnson's  Roxbury  company,  and  took  part 
in  the  famous  swamp  fight  near  South  Kings- 
ton. Rhode  Island.  The  baptismal  name  of  his 
wife  was  Elizabeth,  and  they  had  children 
baptized  in  Roxbury:  Harbottle,  February  28 


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1675;  Abiel,  January  4,  1680,  and  Jonathan, 
born  November  11,  1682.  No  other  children 
appear  of  record  in  either  Roxbury  or  Fram- 
ingham. 

(III)  Abiel  (2),  second  child  of  Abiel  (i) 
and  Elizabeth  Lamb,  was  born  December  23, 
1679,  in  Roxbury,  and  died  before  1771,  in 
Oxford,  Massachusetts.  He  was  but  a  child 
when  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Framing- 
ham,  and  was  among  the  first  proprietors  of 
Oxford,  where  he  settled  in  1710,  being  one 
of  the  thirty  original  settlers.  He  was  dis- 
missed from  the  Framingham  church  to  form 
a  church  at  Oxford,  January  15,  1721,  and  was 
constable  of  the  latter  town  in  1722.  He  mar- 
ried, December  4,  1699,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
James  and  Sarah  Taylor,  of  Marlboro,  born 
July  I,  1679,  and  died  in  July,  1776,  in  Oxford, 
they  were  the  parents  of  the  first  English  child 
born  in  the  latter  town.  Children :  Sarah, 
April  6.  1701  ;  Caleb,  October  30,  1704;  Ebe- 
nezer,  mentioned  below ;  Abiel,  January  29, 
1709:  Lydia,  April  3,  1713;  Elizabeth,  July  21, 
1716;  \\'illiam.  .April  7,  1720;  the  last  three 
born  in  Oxford. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  second  son  of  Abiel  (2) 
and  Hannah  (Taylor)  Lamb,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 19,  1706,  in  Framingham,  and  resided 
for  some  years  after  his  marriage  in  Leicester. 
Massachusetts,  after  which  he  removed  to 
Framingham.  The  land  records  of  Leicester 
show  that  he  |)urchased  seventy  acres  of  land 
from  his  father-in-law,  recorded  on  the  same 
day  as  a  lot  received  by  gift  from  his  father. 
He  probably  removed  from  Leicester  to  Fram- 
ingham before  1739.  No  record  of  his  first 
three  children  appears  in  either  town.  He 
married.  May  21.  1730,  Amy  Green,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Upham)  Green, 
born  about  1707.  Her  parents  were  among 
the  founders  of  the  town  of  Leicester,  and  hei 
name  appears  on  the  Oxford  records  spelled 
Ame,  and  has  two  spellings  in  the  will  of  her 
father,  the  first  being  Any,  and  the  second 
.•\ne.  The  name  is  now  usually  written  Anna, 
but  the  form  Amy  is  (|uite  usual  in  that  family, 
and  was  a  name  frequently  found  in  Rhode 
Island.  Children  born  probably  in  Leicester: 
Ebenezer.  James  and  Samuel.  Recorded  in 
Oxford:  Abijah,  born  September  14,  1739, 
died  in  Charlton,  Massachusetts ;  Reuben,  Sep- 
tember 14,  1742;  Richard,  March  15,  1745; 
Martha,  February  25,  1747;  Lucy,  August  15, 
1750.  The  sons  were  all  powerful  men  and 
there  was  a  saying  current  in  their  neighbor- 
hood that  together  they  could  raise  a  forty 
foot  barn. 


(V)  Ebenezer  (2),  eldest  child  of  Ebene- 
zer (i)  and  Amy  (Green)  Lamb,  was  born 
about  1731,  in  Leicester,  and  died  in  1818,  in 
Charlton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a  pio- 
neer farmer,  and  joined  the  Baptist  church  in 
Charlton,  in  1776.  He  married  Mary  White, 
of  Watertown,  probably  the  daughter  of  Ste- 
phen and  Thankful  White,  of  Waltham,  bap- 
tized February  18,  1739,  in  Watertown.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Ebenezer^  settled  in  Charlton,  where 
he  was  a  farmer.  2.  William,  a  physician  and 
prominent  citizen  of  Grafton,  Massachusetts. 

3.  Dan,  mentioned  below.  4.  Aaron,  a  farmer 
at  Calais,  Vermont.  5.  Jacob,  settled  in 
Cherry  \'alley.  New  York.  There  were  four 
daughters,  two  of  whom  had  husbands  named 
Stone,  and  resided  in  or  near  Cherry  Valley. 

(VI)  Dan,  third  son  of  Ebenezer  (2)  and 
Mary  (White)  Lamb,  was  born  April  15, 
1779.  probably  in  Oxford,  and  ilied  Novem- 
ber 28,  1853,  in  Charlton.  He  studied  medi- 
cine with  his  elder  brother  William,  and  settled 
in  practice  at  Charlton,  where  he  was  a  suc- 
cessful physician  and  a  respected  citizen.  He 
married  Augusta,  daughter  of  General  Salem 
and  Ruth  (Moore)  Towne,  born  January  23, 
1784,  in  Oxford  (see  Towne,  VII).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Edward,  married  Kate  Robinson  and 
had  sons  Edward  and  William.  2.  Mary 
.\nne.  became  the  wife  of  Colonel  Samuel 
.Spurr.  Their  son,  Thomas  Spurr,  was  killed 
in  the  battle  of  .Antietam.  Their  daughter 
Louisa  became  the  wife  of  Hon.  George 
Frisby  Hoar,  and  the  mother  of  Mary  and 
Rockwood  Hoar.  3.  Maria  A.,  married 
Franklin  Farnum,  and  had  a  daughter  Louisa, 
who  became  the  wife  of  George  K.  Dresser. 

4.  Sally,  died  unmarried.  5.  Samuel  T.,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Salem  Town,  married  Eliza- 
beth Whitney,  of  Boston,  and  had  Henry,  Au- 
gusta and  Elizabeth.  7.  William  Dan,  mar- 
ried Caroline  Blanchard,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  sons  William  and  Fred. 

(VII)  Samuel  Tucker,  second  son  of  Dr. 
Dan  and  Augusta  (Towne)  Lamb,  was  born 
July  16,  1819,  in  Charlton,  and  received  the 
ordinary  education  of  his  time  and  district. 
He  became  interested  in  the  drug  business  and 
lived  for  a  short  time  in  Worcester.  About 
1845  li^  removed  to  Boston  and  engaged  in  the 
commission  business,  trading  in  indigo  and 
other  dye  stufifs.  He  resided  in  Beverly  until 
the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war,  and  in  his  later 
years  resided  in  Cambridge,  and  died  there 
December  9,  1903.  Mr.  Lamb  was  commis- 
sioned captain  of  volunteers  and  assistant 
quartermaster  by  President  Lincoln,  Novem- 


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ber  2b,  1862.  In  January  following  he  was 
assigned  to  the  Department  of  the  South  at 
Hilton  Head,  South  Carolina,  and  about  Oc- 
tober, 1864,  after  the  capture  of  Fort  Fisher, 
North  Carolina,  was  transferred  to  Federal 
Point,  North  Carolina,  and  from  there  to  Wil- 
mington, same  state.  He  was  relieved  from 
duty  in  June,  1865,  and  ordered  to  Boston. 
Returning  to  Boston,  he  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  paper  collars,  which  were  then 
very  widely  used,  and  continued  in  this  busi- 
ness until  the  decreasing  demand  rendered  it 
unprofitable.  For  a  time  he  resided  in  Port- 
land, Oregon,  where  he  became  a  member  of 
the  Loyal  Legion.  He  was  a  L'nitarian  in  re- 
ligious faith,  and  a  staunch  Republican  in  po- 
litical principle.  He  married,  September  i, 
1840,  Sarah  P.  Flagg,  a  native  of  Beverjy, 
born  April  10,  1821,  died  October  17,  1895, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Ehzabeth  (Wilson) 
Flagg,  of  Weston  (see  Flagg,  XIII).  Chil- 
dren :  George  Bacon,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
five  years;  Frank  Henry,  a  resident  of  Los 
Angeles,  California;  Charles  Samuel,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio;  and  Roland  O.,  mentioned 
below. 

(VIII)  Roland  Olmsted,  youngest  child  of 
Samuel  Tucker  and  Sarah  P.  (Flagg)  Lamb, 
was  born  December  20,  1850,  in  Beverly, 
where  he  grew  up,  receiving  his  education  in 
the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of  sixteen 
years  he  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed as  bookkeeper  for  a  period  of  five 
years  by  the  Star  Collar  Company,  in  which 
his  father  was  an  owner.  At  the  end  of  this 
period  he  secured  employment  with  the  John 
Hancock  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  of 
Boston,  as  assistant  bookkeeper,  entering  its 
employ  January  10,  1872.  By  faithful  atten- 
tion to  his  duties  he  earned  and  secured  pro- 
motion, being  made  chief  clerk  in  March, 
1889.  In  May,  1894,  he  was  elected  secretary 
of  the  cotnpany,  -  which  position  he  resigned 
January  12,  1903.  In  the  meantime  he  was 
made  a  director  of  the  company  in  May,  1895, 
becoming  at  the  same  time  second  vice-presi- 
dent, and  in  February.  1899,  was  elected  first 
vice-president.  In  June,  1909,  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  company.  His  advancement 
to  the  present  responsible  and  honorable  sta- 
tion has  been  the  result  of  his  industrious  ap- 
plication and  his  faithful  endeavor  to  fit  him- 
self for  the  duties  which  envolved  upon  him. 
He  is  a  man  of  genial  nature  and  afifable  man- 
ners, and  these  qualities  combined  with  his 
business  ability  have  secured  for  him  warm 
friendships  and  business  success.     For  many 


years  he  resided  in  Cambridge,  and  reiuoved 
to  Boston  in  1904.  He  is  connected  with  nu- 
merous social  and  fraternal  organizations, 
being  a  member  of  the  Algonquin  Club  of  Bos- 
ton ;  the  ^Middlesex  Club  of  Boston ;  Colonial 
Club  of  Cambridge ;  Brae  Burn  Club  of  West 
Newton ;  and  the  Seapuit  Club  of  Osterville 
Massachusetts,  a  winter  golf  club.  He  was 
formerly  a  member  of  Charity  Lodge,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Cambridge,  but 
is  now  affiliated  with  Columbian  Lodge  of 
Boston;  with  St.  Andrews  Chapter,  Royal 
.\rch  Alasons;  Boston  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters ;  and  De  Molay  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar,  of  Boston,  being  the  present 
commander  of  the  last  named  body.  He  is  a 
L'nitarian  in  religious  faith,  and  a  Republican 
politically.  He  married,  December  17,  1874, 
in  Cambridge,  Eliza  A.  James,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Catherine  A.  B.  (Shedd)  James, of 
Cambridge  (see  James,  \TI). 

(  IX  )  .Augustus  Clark,  only  child  of  Roland 
().  and  EHza  A.  (James)  Lamb,  was  born  De- 
cember 16,  1875,  in  Cambridge,  and  was  grad- 
uated in  1897  from  the  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology,  as  a  chemical  engineer. 
He  married,  April  30.  1901,  Effie  Brook  .Arm- 
strong, of  Allston,  Massachusetts. 

(The   Towne  Line). 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  William  (q.  v.)  and  Jo- 
anna Town,  was  baptized  at  Yarmouth,  Nor- 
folk county.  England,  March  11,  1632.  He 
resided  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  with  his 
father  about  twelve  years.  He  married,  June 
26,  1657,  Catherine,  daughter  of  John  Sym- 
onds,  of  Salem;  made  his  will  at  Topsfield, 
November  24,  1704;  and  died  the  third  day 
following,  aged  about  seventy-three  years. 
His  will  was  proven  January  i,  1705,  his  son 
|ohn  being  executor.  Their  children  were: 
I.  John,  born  .\pril  2.  1658;  married  Mary 
Smith.  2.  Jacob.  February  13.  1660;  married 
Phebe  Smith.  3.  Catherine,  February  25, 
1662 ;  married  Elisha  Perkins.  4.  Deliver- 
ance. August  5,  1664.  5.  Ruth,  August  5, 
1664.  Both  Deliverance  and  Ruth  married 
John  Stiles.     6.  Edmund,  July  21,  1666. 

(III)  John,  eldest  son  of  Jacob  and  Cath- 
erine ( Symonds)  Town,  was  born  April  2, 
1658,  in  Topsfield,  and  was  the  first  of  the 
name  to  spell  it  with  a  final  e.  He  resided 
in  Topsfield.  where  he  was  a  very  efficient  man 
in  public  afifairs.  When  the  town  of  Framing- 
ham  was  incorporated,  he  was  elected  a  select- 
man at  the  first  meeting,  and  often  held  the 
office  afterward.      In  1712  he  removed  to  Ox- 


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ford,  and  was  elected  town  clerk  at  the  first 
meeting  held  in  that  town,  Jnly  22,  1713,  and 
was  also  chosen  selectman  at  the  same  time. 
He  was  one  of  the  four  persons  who  held  the 
first  meeting  to  consider  the  formation  of  a 
church,  and  on  the  organization  of  that  body 
was  chosen  deacon,  which  office  he  held  to  the 
close  of  his  life,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Jonathan.  He  died  in  1740.  aged  eighty-  two 
years.  He  married,  February  2,  1680,  Mary 
Smith.  Children:  Mary,  John  (died  young), 
Israel,  Esther,  Ephraim,  Jonathan,  David, 
.Samuel,  Edmond  and  John. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  fourth  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (Smith)  Towne,  was  born  Alarch  11, 
i6gi,  in  Topsfield,  and  settled  in  Oxford. 
IMassachusetts,  where  he  was  a  deacon  of  the 
church,  and  died  in  1771.  His  wife,  who  bore 
the  hajJtismal  name  of  Katherine,  died  June  8, 
1757.  Children:  Jacob,  mentioned  below; 
Tamar,  February  22,  1722;  Simon,  March  26, 
1724;  Jonathan,  April  26,  1727;  John,  Decem- 
ber 15,  1728:  Mary,  June  4.  1731.  The  last 
named  married  (first)  Curtis  Holden ;  (sec- 
ond) Israel  Phillips. 

(\')  Jacob  (2),  eldest  child  of  Jonathan 
and  Katherine  Towne,  was  born  October  20, 
1720,  in  Oxford,  and  served  as  a  soldier  in  the 
old  I'rench  war.  dying  at  Fort  Edward,  New 
York,  October  18,  1755.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  Campbell,  first  minister 
of  Oxford,  born  February  11.  1724.  After  his 
death  she  married  Joseph  Twiss,  of  Charles- 
town.  Children  of  Jacob:  Esther,  Jonathan. 
Salem.  John.  Sylvanns.  Isabel,  William  and 
Jacob. 

(VT)  Salem,  second  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary 
(Campbell)  Towne,  was  born  October  21, 
1746,  in  Oxford,  and  died  there  July  23.  1825. 
He  was  a  very  ])rominent  man  in  his  day.  He 
was  among  the  first  to  respond  to  the  call  of 
the  colonists  when  the  news  of  the  battle  of 
Lexington  came ;  the  morning  of  the  twenti- 
eth of  April.  1775.  found  his  company  on  its 
way  to  Boston.  He  was  soon  made  quarter- 
master of  his  regiment,  an  office  which  re- 
c|uired  ability,  energy  and  foresight.  He  was 
a  major  general  of  militia:  a  member  of  the 
constitutional  convention  of  1780:  and  as  rep- 
resentative of  his  town  was  guarding  and  up- 
holding its  interest,  as  well  as  those  of  the 
state.  He  married  (first)  July  11.  1771. 
F!lizabeth  Mayo,  who  died  March  15.  1772. 
leaving  no  offspring.  He  married  (second) 
Ruth  Moore,  who  was  the  mother  of  his  chil- 
dren, and  died  Sejitember  25.  1790.  He  mar- 
ried   ("third)    the    Widow    Comer.     Children: 


Polly.   Ruth.   Elizabeth.   Salem.   Pamelia,   Au- 
gusta and  Lucy  M. 

(\'II)  .Augusta,  fifth  daughter  of  General 
Salem  and  Ruth  (Moore)  Towne.  was  born 
January  23,  1784.  in  Oxford,  and  became  the 
wife  of  Dr.  Dan  Lamb,  of  that  town,  and  of 
Charlton,    Massachusetts.     (See    Lamb,    VI.) 

(The  Flagg  Line). 

The  family  name  is  found  in  the  English 
records  spelled  (as  it  was  by  the  earlier  mem- 
bers in  .America)  Flegg.  Another  form  is 
Flegge,  used  often  in  English  records,  and  we 
also  find  Flag,  Flege,  Flegh,  Meght,  Fleggh 
and  Might.  .\nd  it  is  not  until  about  1700  that 
we  find  it  spelled  Flagg.  At  that  time  the 
family  m  New  England  seems  to  have  gener- 
ally adopted  this  form.  Tradition  says  that 
the  family  had  its  origin  in  one,  Rowl  Flegg. 
a  Norman  viking,  who  ravished  the  eastern 
coast  of  England  and  made  a  settlement  in 
Norfolk  about  868.  The  family  has  been 
traced  many  generations  in  England  before 
its  arrival  in  this  country.  It  is  of  undoubt- 
edly Norman  origin,  as  in  the  early  generations 
it  is  used  with  the  French  prefix  de.  In  the 
latter  part  of  the  twelfth  century,  the  family 
of  De  Flegg  was  seated  in  the  county  of  Nor- 
folk on  the  east  coast,  where  are  found  the 
hundreds  of  East  and  West  Flegg.  and  where 
they  held  grants  of  land  in  the  reign  of  Henry 
II.  In  the  southeast  corner  of  Norfolk  there 
is  a  dense  Danish  settlement,  occupying  the 
hundreds  of  East  and  West  Flegg.  The  norse 
word  Flegg  (Danish.  Vlak )  means  flat,  and 
this  territory  occupies  a  space  some  eight  miles 
by  seven,  well  protected  on  every  side  by  the 
sea.  That  the  family  was  not  of  Saxon  origin 
is  indicated  by  its  residence  in  this  Danish  set- 
tlement and  its  affiliation  with  Xorman  fami- 
lies so  soon  after  the  reign  of  William  the 
Con(|ueror.  It  is  probable  that  it  was  of 
either  Danish  or  Norman  origin  and  took  its 
name  from  the  Danish  hundreds  when  it  held 
grants  of  land  :  De  Flegg  meaning,  of  I'legg. 
In  the  reign  of  King  Stephen,  East  and  West 
Flegg  were  granted  b>-  him  to  his  nephew, 
Henry,  then  abbot,  and  the  monks  of  St.  Ben- 
nett. Flegg  Hall,  the  seat  of  the  family  in 
Norfolk  in  feudal  times,  was  occupied  by  Sir 
John  De  Flegg.  lord  in  the  right  of  Margaret, 
his  wife.  In  the  reign  of  Henry  II  the  fam- 
ily had  an  interest  in  the  town  of  Winteron. 
At  this  time  there  were  living  in  the  county  of 
Norfolk  two  brothers,  .\lger  and  Henry  De 
Flegg.  The  latter  was  prior  of  Norwich  in 
1 168.    and    the    former    was    living    in     1160. 


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Henry,  son  of  Alger  Ue  Flegg,  of  Flegg  Hall 
and  Hickling  in  the  hundretls  of  West  Flegg 
in  1204,  is  mentioned  in  records  in  the  first 
year  of  King  John,  1199,  as  holding  patents 
to  three  divisions  of  land.  John,  son  of 
Henry  De  Flegg,  had  wife  Beatrix  and  three 
sons :  Sir  John,  Thomas  and  William.  Sii 
John  (2j,  son  of  John  and  Beatrix  De  Flegg. 
was  lord  of  Flegg  and  Bassingham  manors  in 
1228.  He  married  Margaret,  danghter  of  Sir 
Piers  De  Bassingham,  lord  of  Bassingham 
^Fanor.  Sir  William,  son  of  Sir  John  (2)  and 
Margaret  ( De  Bassingham )  De  Flegg,  was 
living  in  the  fifty-third  year  of  Henry  VHI, 
and  sold  Flegg  manor.  William,  son  of  Sir 
William  De  Fleght  (or  Flegg),  released  to 
Walter  D.  Montelry  all  his  right  and  title  in 
the  manor  of  Bassingham,  that  of  West  Beck- 
liam  and  JMatalak,  in  the  sixth  year  of  Ed- 
ward   1277. 

(  I  )  \\  illiam  Flegg  died  in  142(1,  leaving 
sons,  William  and  Thomas. 

(H)  Thomas,  second  son  of  William  Flegg, 
resided  in  Norfolk  connty,  where  he  died  in 
1471. 

(HI)  William  {2),  son  of  Thomas  Flegg. 
resided  in  Swafield,  county  Norfolk,  in  1521, 
in  the  reign  of  Henry  X'HI,  and  had  five  sons: 
William,  Ricliard,  Thomas.  John  and  James. 

(TV)  Richard,  surviving  son  of  William 
(2)  Flegg,  resided  in  Shipdham,  county  Nor- 
folk, and  left  a  will  which  was  proved  May 
28,  1587,  in  which  he  mentioned  his  wife  Mar- 
garet. They  had  children :  William,  Richard, 
John,  Alice  and  Ralph. 

(V)  John,  third  son  of  Richard  and  Mar- 
garet Flegg,  resided  in  Foxham,  county  Nor- 
folk, and  made  a  w^ill  dated  September  3, 
1613,  proved  in  Norwich,  February  16,  1617. 
He  married  Aveline,  widow  of  J.  Robinson, 
deputy  of  Bennington,  and  had  children : 
Allan,  Bartholon>ew  and  Rebecca. 

(VI)  Bartholomew,  second  son  of  John  and 
Aveline  Flegg,  of  Whinbergh,  had  a  wife 
Alice,  and  sons:  Samuel,  Thomas,  Francis  and 
John. 

(VH)  Thomas  (2),  second  son  of  Bar- 
tholomew and  Alice  Flegg,  was  baptized  in 
161 5,  at  Whinbergh,  and  sailed  for  America 
in  1637,  being  then  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
and  settled  at  W^atertown,  in  the  province  of 
Massachusetts  Bay.  He  came  as  a  servant 
of  Richard  Carver  from  Scratby  in  the  hun- 
dred of  East  Flegg,  a  few  miles  north  of  Yar- 
mouth. Tradition  says  that  a  love  affair 
brought  him  to  England,  and  he  may  have 
registered  as  a  servant  of  Richard  Carver  in 


order  to  avoid  the  difficulties  which  were 
thrown  in  the  way  of  immigration  to  the  non- 
conformist colonies  of  New  England.  He  set- 
tled at  Watertown  as  early  as  1641,  and  was 
selectman  there  in  1671-74-75-76-78-81-85-87. 
He  was  proprietor  of  two  lots  in  1644,  one 
of  which  covered  twenty  acres  previously 
granted  to  John  Rose,  and  the  other  a  home- 
stall  of  six  acres.  He  was  not  the  original 
grantee  of  either.  His  homestall  was  in  the 
extreme  southwest  jjart  of  Watertown,  one- 
half  mile  nordi  of  the  Charles  river  and  not 
far  from  the  present  line  of  Waltham,  being 
on  the  Sudbury  road,  now  Main  street.  He 
was  never  admitted  freeman,  but  was  released 
from  training  before  1660  by  paying  the  com- 
panv  five  shillings  per  annum,  and  was  fully 
released  by  the  court,  April  5,  1681,  when  his 
eldest  son  was  forty  years  old.  He  lost  an 
eye  by  the  accidental  discharge  of  a  gun  pre- 
vious to  1659,  and  died  February  6,  1698.  He 
was  probably  buried  in  the  old  graveyard  of 
Watertown,  the  only  cemetery  previous  to 
1704.  He  married  soon  after  his  arrival,  but 
nothing  can  be  learned  of  this  event,  save  that 
his  wife's  ba])tismal  name  was  Mary.  Chil- 
dren: ( iershom,  John,  Bartholamew,  Thomas, 
William.  Michael,  Eleazer.  Elizabeth,  Mary 
Rebecca,  Benjamin  and  Allan.  The  fifth  son 
was  killed  by  the  Indians  in  1675. 

(\II])  John  (2),  second  son  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  Flegg,  was  born  June  14,  1643,  in 
Watertown,  where  he  was  admitted  freeman 
on  the  eleventh  of  October,  1682,  and  died 
February  6,  1697.  He  served  as  constable 
and  tax  collector  in  1685.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate  shows  a  value  of  one  hundred  and 
twelve  pounds,  six  shillings.  He  married, 
March  30,  1670,  Mary  Gale.  Children:  Mary, 
Sarah  and  John.  The  first  married  Ebenezer 
Pratt,  of  Sherborn,  and  the  second  died 
young. 

(IN)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Mary 
('(jale)  Flagg,  was  born  November  6,  1677, 
in  \\  atertown,  where  he  made  his  home.  His 
first  wife  bore  the  name  of  Anna,  and  he  mar- 
ried (second)  May  13,  171 2,  Sarah  Hagar, 
who  survived  him,  and  died  February  12,  1755. 
Children:  Martha,  born  July  11,  1698;  John, 
September  21,  1700;  Sarah,  May  11,  1702; 
Henry,  April  18,  1704;  Hannah,  baptized  De- 
cember 14,  1707;  Asa,  born  November  18, 
1712  :  Adonijah,  mentioned  below  ;  David,  bap- 
tized September  11,  1715;  Isaac,  March  28, 
1725;  Eunice,  March  31,  1728;  Huldah,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1730. 

(X)   .Adonijah,    second   son    of    John    (3) 


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Flagg,  and  eldest  child  of  his  second  wife, 
Sarah  Hagar,  was  born  April  9,  1713,  in 
VVatertown.  and  settled  in  that  part  of  the 
town  which  is  now  Waltham.  He  married 
(intentions  published  Ajiril  i)  in  1749,  Mary 
Corey,  of  Weston,  born  February  19,  1724,  in 
Lexington,  died  January  28,  1767.  He  died 
February  20,  1755.  Children:  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Hannah,  February  8,  1755,  and 
an  unnamed  child. 

(XI)  Isaac,  eldest  child  of  Adonijah  and 
Mary  (Corey)  Hagg,  was  born  June  14,  1749. 
in  Weston,  and  lived  in  that  town.  He  mar- 
ried, April  15,  1770,  Sarah  Parkhurst,  born 
Se])tember  21,  1747.  daughter  of  Josiah  and 
Sarah  (Carter)  Parkhurst,  of  Weston.  (See 
Parkhurst.  \'t.)  Children:  Isaac,  Sally, 
Enoch,  Amos.  Elisha,  Lucy,  Marshall  and 
Xahum. 

(XII)  Isaac  (2),  eldest  child  of  Isaac  (i) 
and  Sarah  (Parkhurst)  Flagg,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 7,  1770,  in  Weston,  where  he  made  his 
home,  and  died  January  22,  1847,  '"  Heverly. 
He  married,  Elizabeth  \Vilson,  born  1779,  died 
May  8,  1864.  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Hopkins)  \\'ilson. 

(XIIL)  Sarah  P.,  daughter  of  Isaac  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Wilson)  Flagg,  was  born  April 
10,  1821,  died  October  17,  1895.  She  mar- 
ried, September  i,  1840,  Samuel  T.  Lamb,  of 
\\'orcester  and  Boston.      (See  Lamb,  VII.) 

The  ancestry  of  Elizabeth  Wilson  is  noted 
as  follows:  i.  Thomas  Wilson,  came  from 
England  in  1633,  and  settled  at  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  made  a  freeman 
in  May  of  the  following  year.  He  was  ac- 
companied by  his  wife  ./Xune,  and  sons  Hum- 
phrey, Samuel  and  Joshua.  Being  a  follower 
of  Rev.  John  Wheelwright,  he  was  banished 
with  the  latter  and  went  to  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  was  one  of  the  signers 
of  the  combination  for  local  government  in 
October,  1642.  and  was  elected  ruler  or  chief 
of  the  three  magistrates.  2.  Humphrey,  son 
of  Thomas  and  Anne  Wilson,  was  born  in 
England,  and  resided  in  Exeter,  where  he  mar- 
ried. October  21,  1656,  Judith  Hersey,  of 
Kingston.  Children:  Judith,  Elizabeth.  John. 
Hannah,  Thomas  and  James.  3.  Thomas  (2). 
second  son  of  Humphrey  and  Judith  (Hersey) 
Wilson,  was  born  May  20,  1672,  in  Exeter, 
where  he  resided.  He  married  Mary  Light, 
and  had  children  :  Humphrey,  Rebecca,  Anna. 
John  and  Thomas  (twins,  probably  died 
young).  John,  Sarah  (died  young).  Joshua, 
Sarah.  Mary,  Jabez.  Jonathan,  "  Moses 
and  Judith.     4.  Joshua,  fifth  son  of  Thomas 


(2)  and  Mary  (Light)  Wilson,  was  born 
March  9,  1708,  in  Exeter,  and  resided  in 
that  town,  where  he  married  Priscilla  Odlin, 
perhaps  a  daughter  of  Rev.  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Clark)  Odlin,  of  that  town.  5.  Thomas  (3), 
son  of  Joshua  and  Priscilla  (Odlin)  \\'ilson. 
was  born  1744,  in  Exeter,  and  married  for  his 
second  wife,  Mary  Hopkins,  of  Reading 
Massachusetts.  Their  daughter  Elizabeth  be- 
came the  wife  of  Isaac  (2)  Flagg,  as  above 
related. 

(The   James   Line). 

This  is  an  ancient  surname  and  was  prob- 
ably adopted  by  some  one  whose  father  bore 
the  christian  name  of  James,  at  the  time  when 
surnames  were  generally  adopted  in  England. 
It  is  found  early  in  Massachusetts,  there  being- 
more  than  one  immigrant  bearing  the  patro- 
nymic, and  it  has  continued  to  bear  its  pro- 
portionate part  in  the  settlement,  and  social, 
moral  and  material  development  of  this  coun- 
try. 

(  1  )  John  James  is  found  of  record  in  Scit- 
uate,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  made  a 
freeman  in  1668,  and  died  after  1676.  He 
was  ])robably  a  son  of  William  James,  who 
was  in  Dedham  in  1640,  and  purchased  a  farm 
on  the  North  river  in  Scituate,  where  he  re- 
sided. He  married,  in  1675,  Lydia,  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  (Brewster)  Turner.  The 
last  named  was  a  daugliter  of  Jonathan  Brew- 
ster, the  first  child  of  elder  William  Brewster. 
(See  Brewster  elsewhere.)  Jonathan  Brew- 
ster was  a  deputy  five  years  from  Plymouth 
in  the  general  court,  and  resided  from  1630  to 
1649  in  Duxbury,  removing  in  the  latter  year 
to  what  is  now  Norwich,  Connecticut,  where 
he  died  in  1659.  He  married,  in  1624,  Lucre- 
tia  Oldham,  a  native  of  Darby,  England. 
Their  daughter  Mary,  born  April  16,  1627,  in 
Plymouth,  married  in  November,  1645,  John 
Turner,  as  above  noted. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Lydia 
(Turner)  James,  was  born  in  1676,  in  Scitu- 
ate, and  succeeded  his  father  upon  the  estate 
there.  He  married,  in  1700^  Eunice  Stetson, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of:  Eunice  (died 
young):  Mary,  born  1704;  Eunice,  1706; 
John,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin,  171 1  ; 
Lydia,   1713;  Elisha,  1715;  Zipporah,   1717. 

(HI)  Deacon  John  (3),  eldest  son  of  John 
(2)  and  Eunice  (Stetson)  James,  was  born 
1709,  in  Scituate,  where  he  resided.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  1730,  Rhoda.  daughter  of 
George  and  Deborah  (Briggs)  King,  George 
King  was  a  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Elizabeth 
(  Clapp  )  King,  and  granflson  of  Elder  Thomas 


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King,  of  Scitiiate.  Deborah  Briggs,  wife  of 
George  King,  was  a  daughter  of  Captain  John 
Briggs,  and  granddaughter  of  Walter  Briggs, 
who  purchased  a  farm  in  Scituate,  in  1651. 
He  married  (second)  I'rudence  Stanton,  of 
Stonington,  Connecticut,  and  had  children : 
Stanton,  Prudence,  Rhoda.  Elisha,  William, 
Eunice,  Lydia,  Lucy  and  Thomas. 

(IV)  John  (4),  son  of  Deacon  John  (3) 
and  Rhoda  (King)  James,  was  born  in  1731, 
in  Scituate,  and  was  the  third  in  succession  to 
bear  the  title  of  deacon.  He  succeeded  to  the 
residence  of  his  grandfather.  Deacon  George 
King,  in  Scituate,  where  he  resided.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1758,  Sarah  Jacobs,  and  they  had 
children:  Sarah,  John,  Hannah.  George,  Jo- 
seph and  Charles. 

(\'. )  Joseph,  third  son  of  Deacon  John  (4) 
and  Sarah  (Jacobs )  James,  married  Mary 
Robinson,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Lydia 
( Heath )  Robinson,  and  resided  in  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts. 

(\T)  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
(Robinson)  James,  was  born  August  29,  1810, 
in  Roxbury,  and  married  Catherine  A.  B. 
Shedd. 

(\'H)  Eliza  .\.,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Catlierine  A.  B.  (Shedd)  James,  was  born 
February  22,  1849.  and  married,  December  17, 
1874,  Roland  ().  Lamb,  of  Boston.  (See 
Lamb,  VHL) 

(Tlie  Learned  Line. 

It  has  been  conjectured  by  some  authorities 
that  this  is  a  variation  of  the  name  Leonard, 
which  is  a  very  common  one  in  England.  The 
name  is  found  with  a  great  variety  of  spellings 
in  the  early  records  of  the  northern  country, 
such  as :  Lerned,  Larnett,  Earned,  Learned, 
Leonarde,  and  has  still  some  other  forms  in 
this  country,  such  as:  Learn,  Leamard  and 
Larnard.  The  pronunciation  seems  to  have 
been  from  the  beginning  Earned.  The  name 
is  not  found  in  England  previous  to  its  ap- 
pearance in  the  parish  of  Bermondsey,  Surrey, 
about  the  beginning  of  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury. Tradition  says  that  the  first  known  of 
the  name  was  a  German,  residing  on  the  river 
Rhine,  in  the  district  which  passed  from  Ger- 
man to  French  control,  and  left  there  like 
many  others,  because  of  religious  persecution. 
The  name  does  not  appear  in  England  to- 
day and  is  not  found  in  France  either  among 
the  French  refugees  who  resided  in  England 
about  the  beginning  of  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury. It  is  therefore  of  foreign  origin,  unless 
it  be  a  corruption  of  the  name  Leonard. 


(I)  William  Learned  was  born  as  early  as 
1590,  and  died  in  W'oburn,  Massachusetts, 
Alarch  I,  1646.  He  was  in  Massachusetts  as 
early  as  1632,  and  possibly  as  early  as  1630. 
The  records  of  Charlestown  show  that  he  was 
admitted  as  an  inhabitant  there  and  had  a 
])lanting  lot  in  1630.  But  as  these  records 
were  made  many  years  afterwards,  the  time  is 
somewhat  uncertain.  The  admission  of  him- 
self and  wife  to  what  is  now  the  First  Church 
of  Charlestown  was  the  first  recorded,  De- 
cember 6,  1632.  In  this  record  his  wife's 
name  is  spelled  Gooithe,  and  is  presumed  to 
mean  Judith,  though  some  authorities  claim 
it  is  derived  from  the  Saxon  word  Goditha. 
It  is  possible  that  William  Learned  resided  for 
a  short  time  in  Ware,  England,  and  it  is  known 
that  he  resided  in  the  parish  of  Bermondsey, 
.Surrey,  from  1612  to  1625.  In  the  latter  year 
his  third  child  was  buried  there.  His  eldest 
child,  Sarah,  may  have  been  the  Sarah 
Learned,  baptized  September  30,  1(304,  ^t 
Ware,  tliough  records  made  in  Alassachusetts 
indicate  that  she  was  born  about  1607.  Such 
discrepancy  as  this  is  not  uncommon,  and  it 
may  easily  be  sup])osable  that  the  baptism  at 
Ware  applies  to  \\'illiam  Learned's  daughter. 
His  other  children  baptized  at  Bermondsey 
were:  Bertha,  October  29.  1612;  Mary,  Sep- 
tember 15.  1615;  .Abigail,  September  30,  1618; 
Elizabeth,  March  25,  1621;  and  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below.  William  Learned  was  an  inhab- 
itant of  Charlestown  in  1633-35-36,  and  re- 
ceived a  share  of  marsh  land  there  February 
II,  1637.  The  record  of  various  parcels 
granted  him  makes  it  appear  that  he  had  more 
than  seventy-two  acres.  He  was  made  a  free- 
man. Alay  14,  1634,  and  was  subsequently 
selectman.  February  13,  1636,  he  was  made 
a  member  of  a  committee  to  stint  the  common 
lands,  and  he  was  on  various  committees  to 
lay  out  lots  and  bounds.  Being  a  friend  of 
W'heelwright.  he  signed  a  remonstrance 
against  the  treatment  of  that  worthy,  and  was 
subsequently  compelled  by  the  church  to  re- 
noiuice  such  action.  He  was  on  a  committee 
to  settle  with  the  school  master  in  1638,  and  on 
February  26,  of  that  year,  was  made  a  mem- 
ber of  a  committee  to  "consider  of  some  things 
tending  toward  a  body  of  laws."  He  was 
among  those  who  attended  the  first  meeting 
for  the  organization  of  the  town  of  Woburn, 
December  18,  1614,  and  was  one  of  the  sign- 
ers of  the  town  orders  of  that  time.  The 
clerks  record  of  the  transaction  spells  his  name 
Lernedt.  He  was  one  of  the  seven  to  form 
the  first  church  of  Woburn,  which  was  gath- 


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ered,  August  14,  1642.  On  November  24  of 
that  year  he  gave  up  his  lot  for  the  use  of 
the  town,  and  received  subsequent  grants,  in- 
chiding  seventy-two  acres  laid  out  to  his  son 
Isaac,  in  recompense  for  abandoning  his  first 
lot.  On  April  13,  1643,  he  was  elected  con- 
stable and  selectman,  and  was  again  chosen  to 
the  same  offices,  February  9,  1645,  and  died 
just  before  the  succeeding  election.  The  office 
of  constable  was  an  important  one  at  that  time, 
as  the  collection  of  taxes  was  made  by  that 
officer.  His  widow  appears  in  subsequent 
records  as  Sarah  or  Jane.  The  inventory  of 
her  estate  made  in  November,  1661,  amounted 
to  forty-one  pounds,  eighteen  shillings  and 
eleven  pence. 

(II)  Isaac,  only  son  of  William  and  Judith 
Learned,  was  baptized  February  25,  1624,  at 
Bermondsey,  and  died  November  27,  1657,  in 
Chelmsford,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  small 
boy  when  he  came  with  his  parents  to  this 
country,  and  was  not  yet  of  age  when  they  set- 
tled in  Woburn.  He  appears  to  have  resided 
in  that  town  until  1652,  when  he  removed  to 
Chelmsford.  He  sold  his  house  and  lands  in 
Woburn,  April  2,  1652.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate  made  in  December,  1657,  amounted  to 
one  hundred  and  eighty-seven  pounds,  eighteen 
shillings  and  six  pence.  Flis  widow  and  her 
father  were  administrators  of  the  estate,  which 
was  beholden  to  his  father's  widow  for  three 
pounds  per  year.  She  survived  him  about  four 
years  and  the  inventory  of  her  estate  included 
an  item  of  six  pounds  still  due  her  from  the 
Widow  Learned,  of  Chelmsford.  Isaac  Learn- 
ed married,  in  Woburn,  August  9,  1646,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  (Barker)  Stearns, 
born  January  6,  1626,  in  Mayland,  SufTolk, 
England,  died  1663.  She  married  (second), 
June  9,  1662,  John  Burge,  of  Weymouth.  Chil- 
dren of  Isaac  and  Mary  Learned :  Mary,  born 
August  7,  1647;  Hannah,  August  24,  1649; 
William,  October  i,  1650;  Sarah,  October  28, 
1653  ;  Isaac,  mentioned  below,  and  Benoni,  No- 
vember 29,  1657.  The  last  three  were  born  in 
Chelmsford,  and  the  others  in  Woburn. 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  second  son  of  Isaac  (i) 
and  Mary  (Stearns)  Learned,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 16,  1655,  in  Chelmsford,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 15,  1737,  in  Framingham,  Massachu- 
setts. It  is  probable  that  he  lived  for  a  short 
time  in  Watertown,  and  served  as  a  soldier 
from  that  town  in  Captain  Davenport's  com- 
pany, and  was  wounded  at  the  Narragansett 
fight.  He  was  in  Captain  Sill's  company  in 
1675.  He  was  received  an  inhabitant  of  Sher- 
born  in  April,  1679,  and  settled  near  the  pond 


which  still  bears  his  name  before  the  town  of 
i'^raniingham  was  organized.  On  October  30, 
1680,  he  signed  a  petition  relating  to  the  en- 
gagement of  a  minister  for  Sherborn,  and  was 
on  the  committee  to  secure  the  incorporation 
of  Framingham,  in  1699.  The  next  year  he 
was  made  a  member  of  a  committee  by  that 
town  to  consult  a  lawyer  with  reference  to 
disputes  about  boundaries.  He  was  fence 
viewer  in  1681-82;  selectman  in  1692-98,  1706- 
II.  On  June  27,  1710,  a  tax  was  laid  for  the 
purchase  of  ammunition  for  the  use  of  the 
town,  and  that  of  Isaac  Learned  was  the 
largest,  being  three  shillings  and  two  pence. 
He  married,  July  23,  1679,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
John  and  Mary  (Warren)  Bigelow,  born  Sep- 
tember 29,  1659,  in  W'atertown.  John  Bigelow 
was  a  blacksmith  of  Watertown,  where  he 
served  as  selectman  in  1665-70-71.  Children: 
Isaac,  Sarah,  Abigail,  Mary,  William,  Eben- 
ezer,  Samuel  and  Hannah. 

(I\')  Ebenezer,  third  son  of  Isaac  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Bigelow)  Learned,  was  born  August 
31,  1690,  in  Sherborn,  and  died  March  11, 
1772,  in  Oxford,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers.  His  eldest  child  was 
the  first  white  born  in  that  town.  In  the  first 
division  of  lands  there,  he  drew  lot  No.  19,  in 
what  is  now  North  Oxford,  and  the  house 
which  he  built  soon  afterward  was  still  in  good 
and  habitable  condition  in  1875.  Until  1870 
the  old  part  on  the  west  side  was  covered  by 
the  original  shingles.  In  the  early  years  of  his 
residence  there,  this  was  surrounded  by  pickets 
for  defense  against  Indian  attacks.  Like  most 
houses  of  the  time  it  has  a  hugh  chimney  with 
fireplaces  in  the  centre.  Here  he  lived  and  died, 
here  his  children  were  born,  and  here  all  were 
married,  save  those  who  died  before  marriage- 
able age.  From  1717  to  1756  he  served  thirty- 
two  years  as  selectman,  being  much  of  the  time 
chairman  of  the  board,  and  was  moderator  fif- 
teen years,  between  1726  and  1762.  In  1718 
he  was  ensign  of  the  local  militia,  was  captain 
in  1726,  major  in  1744,  and  colonel  in  1747. 
He  was  representative  to  the  general  court  in 
1 73 1  and  1 75 1.  He  and  his  wife  were  among 
the  first  thirty-two  members  of  the  Oxford 
church,  and  in  1748  he  gave  the  land  on  which 
the  second  edifice  of  that  body  was  located. 
His  pew  was  valued  at  fifty-two  pounds,  six- 
teen shillings.  In  1754,  with  a  son-in-law,  he 
purchased  twenty-five  hundred  acres  of  land 
in  the  northern  part  of  Oxford,  much  of  which 
is  in  the  present  town  of  Charlton.  He  later 
purchased  three  hundred  acres  in  the  county 
Gore  from  the  committee  appointed  to  dispose 


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of  the  same.  His  homestead  contained  about 
one  thousand  acres,  and  he  was  the  largest  land 
holder  in  O.xford.  In  1728  he  built  a  dam  and 
saw  mill  on  his  estate  and  this  mill  continued 
in  operation  until  1859,  when  it  was  replaced 
by  factories.  His  will  provided  for  the  main- 
tenance of  his  widow  and  of  his  negro  man, 
jMingo,  to  wait  upon  her,  and  the  burial  of 
both.  Colonel  Learned  was  a  large  and  power- 
ful man  and  gained  the  respect  of  the  Indians 
by  his  physical  prowess.  On  one  occasion  an 
Indian  who  sought  lodging  in  his  house  was 
provided  for,  and  in  the  night  threatened  to 
kill  his  host,  who  awoke  to  find  the  Indian 
bending  over  him.  He  sprang  from  his  bed 
and  threw  the  Indian  outdoors.  The  latter 
was  not  seen  again  for  about  a  year,  when  he 
again  appeared  and  presented  the  colonel  with 
a  deer-skin,  at  the  same  time  endowing  him 
with  the  title  of  "Brave."  On  another  occa- 
sion, while  moderator  of  the  town  meeting,  he 
dispersed  a  number  of  Indians  who  were 
boisterous  and  creating  a  disturbance,  and  was 
again  subsequently  rewarded  by  presents  from 
this  group.  He  married,  October  14,  1714, 
Deborah,  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth  Haynes, 
of  Sudbury,  born  July  30,  1690,  and  died  Au- 
gust 21,  1777.  She  was  a  woman  of  unusual 
ability  and  was  known  as  iMadam  Learned. 
Children :  Dorothy,  Ruth,  Abigail,  Deborah, 
Martha,  Mary,  Ebenezer,  Comfort  and  Jere- 
miah. 

(V)  Mary,  sixth  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Deborah  (Haynes)  Learned,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 10,  1726.  in  Oxford,  and  died  there,  July 
12,  1767.  She  married,  June  16,  1741,  Richard 
(2)  Moore,  of  that  town.  He  was  born  there 
January  10,  1708,  son  of  Richard  (i)  and 
Mary  (Collins)  Moore,  and  inherited  the 
family  homestead,  caring  for  his  parents  in 
their  old  age.  He  was  deputy  sheriflf  several 
years  after  1753,  and  died  December  30,  1782. 
Children:  Samuel  Collins  (died  young),  Sam- 
uel, Ruth.  \\'illiam,  Kehemiah,  Mary,  John, 
Edward,  Richard,  Rufus  and  Ebenezer. 

(VI)  Ruth,  elder  daughter  of  Richard  (2) 
and  Mary  (Learned)  Moore,  was  born  March 
12,  1749,  in  Oxford,  and  married,  April  11, 
1774,  Salem  Towne,  of  that  town  (see  Towne, 
VD. 

(The  Parkhurst  Line). 

This  family,  which  is  of  English  origin,  takes 
its  name  from  the  locality  in  which  a  remote 
ancestor  dwelt,  a  park  containing  a  hurst,  or 
grove.  In  New  England  and  New  York  numer- 
ous scions  of  the   family  have  been   men  of 

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prominence,  and  it  was  early  identified  with 
the  development  of  New  Hampshire. 

(I)  George  Parkhurst,  emigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  Ipswich,  in  the  county  of  Sufi^olk, 
England,  about  the  year  1640,  and  settled  in 
Watertown,  Massachusetts.  He  married,  about 
1645,  Susan,  widow  of  John  Simpson,  of 
Watertown,  and  about  that  time  he  removed 
from  Watertown  to  Boston.  In  1642  he  was 
proprietor  of  a  homestall  of  twelve  acres  and 
five  other  parcels  of  land  in  Watertown.  On 
October  4,  1645,  being  then  a  resident  of  Bos- 
ton, he  sold  to  John  Coolidge  and  Thomas 
Hastings  a  lot  of  land  which  he  had  purchased 
from  Hugh  Mason.  On  December  20,  1648, 
he  sold  to  his  son-in-law,  Thomas  Arnold, 
thirty  acres  of  dividend  land  in  Watertown. 
On  March  5,  1649,  he  sold  to  William  Page 
ten  acres  near  the  great  pond.  He  sold  on 
June  13,  1655,  ten  acres  which  had  been  grant- 
ed to  John  Simpson.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man at  Watertown,  May  10,  1643.  Danie! 
Parker,  who  was  baptized  in  the  first  church 
of  Boston,  in  1649,  was  probably  his  son.  He 
was  the  father  of  seven  children. 

(II)  George  (2),  son  of  George  (i)  Park- 
hurst, was  born  in  1618,  in  England,  and  re- 
sided in  Watertown,  probably  upon  his  father's 
original  homestead  in  that  town  on  the  east 
side  of  Beaver  brook,  and  north  of  the  county 
road.  He  married  (first),  December  16,  1643, 
.Sarah  Browne,  born  in  England,  daughter  of 
Abraham   and    Lydia    Browne.      She   died   in 

1649,  and  he  married  (second),  September  24, 

1650.  j\Iary  Pheza  (Veazey),  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert Veazey,  a  proprietor  of  Watertown  in  1637. 
The  first  wife  was  the  mother  of  the  son  and 
daughter,  the  latter  of  whom,  born  1649,  died 
young. 

(III)  John,  only  son  of  George  (2)  and 
Mary  ( \"eazey)  Parkhurst,  was  born  June  10, 
1644,  in  Watertown,  and  died  September  12, 
1725,  in  that  town.  He  married,  about  1670, 
.■\bigail  Garfield,  born  June  29,  1646;  died 
October  18,  1726,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Rebecca  Garfield,  and  granddaughter  of  Ed- 
ward Garfield,  an  early  resident  of  \^^atertown. 
Children  :  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Abigail, 
born  September  10,  1674;  Sarah,  November 
26,  1676;  Rachel,  December  30,  1678;  Eliza- 
beth, September  18,  1681  ;  Mary,  December  23, 
1683:  George,  January  3,  1686;  Samuel,  April 
II,  "1688:  Hannah,  April  17,  1690. 

(IV)  Deacon  John  (2),  eldest  child  of  John 
(i)  and  Abigail  (Garfield)  Parkhurst,  was 
born   February  26,    1672,  in  Watertown,  and 


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settled  in  Watertown  Farms,  now  Weston, 
where  he  was  an  original  member  of  the  church, 
and  was  elected  deacon,  January  4,  17 10.  He 
married,  about  1695,  Abigail  Morse,  born  Au- 
gust 6,  1677;  died  May  3,  before  1760;  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Abigail  (Stearns)  Morse. 
Children :  John  (died  young)  ;  John,  born 
April  29,  1697;  Abigail,  June  20,  1699;  Lydia, 
July  21,  1701  ;  Elizabeth,  April  5,  1704;  Isaac, 
July  9,  1705;  Josiah,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
July  15,  1710;  Jonas,  x-\ugust20, 1712;  Jemima, 
June  5,  1715. 

(V)  Josiah.  third  son  of  John  (2)  and  Abi- 
gail (Morse)  Parkhurst,  was  born  February 
9,  1707,  and  resided  in  Weston,  where  he  mar- 
ried, October  23,  1735,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Sarah  Carter.  She  was  baptized 
an  adult.  May  25.  1728.  Children:  Josiah, 
Nathan,  Mary,  Sarah,  Amos  and  Lydia. 

(\T)  Sarah,  second  daughter  of  Josiah  and 
Sarah  (Carter)  I^arkhurst,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 21,  1747,  in  Weston,  and  was  married, 
April  15.  1770.  to  Isaac  Flagg,  of  Weston  (see 
Flagg,  XI).         

The  name  of  Davis  has  been  a 
DAVIS  familiar  one  in  the  annals  of  this 
country.  It  has  been  a  numerous 
family  and  many  of  its  members  have  held 
positions  of  distinction  in  all  walks  of  life,  and 
their  ancestry  can  be  traced  to  the  earliest 
immigrants  who  came  from  England.  The 
ancestor  of  the  family,  whose  history  and 
genealogy  is  given  in  the  following  sketch,  was 
one  of  the  latest  comers  to  the  United  States, 
arriving  here  about  the  middle  of  the  nineteenth 
century. 

(I)  Thomas  George  Davis  came  from  Eng- 
land in  1 82 1,  first  settling  in  Nova  Scotia,  where 
he  married  Margaret  Ann  Davison  in  1847,  at 
Halifax,  where  she  was  born  October  20,  1824. 
They  removed  soon  after  their  marriage  to 
Portland,  Alaine,  where  their  first  child  was 
born  in  1848,  and  later  in  that  year  they  went 
to  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  and  made  that 
town  their  permanent  home.  Mr.  Davis  died 
while  in  San  Francisco,  California,  in  1882. 
but  his  widow  survives  and  is  living  with  a  son 
in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-five  years.  Mr.  Davis  was  a  carpenter 
and  joiner  and  an  exceptionally  skilled  work- 
man. During  the  construction  of  the  splendid 
edifice,  the  First  Congregational  Church,  of 
Woburn,  he  was  engaged  on  the  fine  interior 
and  other  finish  work,  and  for  fifteen  years  or 
more  was  employed  by  the  Boston  &  Lowell 
Railroad  Company,  doing  the  finish  work  in 


car  construction.  He  was  a  member  of  Mount 
Horeb  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Woburn,  of  which  he  was  worship- 
ful master  in  1866-67,  t'l's  position  being  held 
by  his  son,  William  Frederic,  just  twenty  years 
later.  Children:  i.  Henry  Newton,  born  Jan- 
uary 16,  1848,  at  Portland,  Maine;  died  March 
18,  1872,  at  Woburn,  at  the  age  of  twenty- four 
years,  unmarried.  2.  William  Frederic,  De- 
cember 12,  1849,  at  Woburn;  see  forward.  3. 
.\rthur  George,  October  23,  1852,  at  Woburn ; 
married,  June  24,  1890,  at  Boston,  Ella  Au- 
gusta Smith,  born  November  4,  1856,  at  Can- 
ning. Nova  Scotia,  daughter  of  M.  Bennett 
and  Eunice  .Smith.  Mr.  Davis  is  a  compositor 
on  a  leading  Boston  daily  newspaper,  and  re- 
sides in  Dorchester.  His  mother  is  passing  her 
declining  years  with  him.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis 
have  one  child,  Anna  Margaret,  born  June  4, 
1891,  at  Boston.  4.  Annie  Maria,  August  28, 
1854,  at  Woburn;  died  September  8,  1879,  at 
Boston :  unmarried.  5.  Charles  Palmerston, 
November  7,  1859,  at  Woburn.  He  is  treas- 
urer and  general  manager  of  the  Educational 
Press  Company,  of  Springfield,  ]\lassachusetts, 
publishers  of  the  educational  weekly  news- 
paper called  Current  Events.  This  newspaper 
is  unic|ue  in  itself,  and  has  a  wide  circulation 
of  a  quarter  of  a  million  subscribers  among 
pujiils  of  the  public  schools  throughout  the 
country,  and  is  published  only  during  the 
school  term  of  forty  weeks  in  each  year.  He 
married,  November  24,  1887,  Minerva  Porter, 
daughter  of  the  late  Harvey  Porter,  of  Aga- 
wam,  Massachusetts,  and  a  direct  descendant 
of  one  of  the  immigrant  settlers  of  New  Eng- 
land, whose  family  included  Admiral  David  D. 
Porter.  They  have  two  children :  Emily 
Porter  and  Preston.  The  former  born  Sep- 
tember 24.  1888,  is  a  graduate  of  Smith  Col- 
lege :  the  latter  was  born  August  20,  1900.  6. 
Herbert  Thomas.  September  29.  1866,  at  Wo- 
burn ;  (lied  at  .Springfield.  Massachusetts,  April 
6.  1894,  after  a  short  illness,  from  pneumonia. 
He  was  a  travelling  salesman  and  was  unmar- 
ried. 

(II)  Hon.  \\'illiam  Frederic,  son  of  Thomas 
George  and  Margaret  Ann  (Davison)  Davis, 
was  born  December  12,  1849,  at  Woburn, 
Massachusetts;  married,  October  5,  1874,  at 
Woburn,  \'elnia  Jeannette  Barker,  born  .A-pril 
5,  1853,  at  Medford,  Massachusetts,  daughter 
of  Joshua  and  Sarah  Brooks  (Norwood) 
Barker,  of  Medford.  Mr.  Davis  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Woburn,  and  in  the 
Warren  Academy  at  Woburn.  a  leading  and  very 
popular  educational  institution  of  its  time,  hav- 


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ing  pupils  from  all  the  surrounding  towns  and 
cities  as  well  as  from  a  distance.  He  finished 
with  a  business  course  at  Comer's  Commercial 
College,  at  Boston.  Like  many  of  the  yovmg 
men  of  former  years  in  Woburn,  he  began  life 
as  a  currier,  or  leather  dresser,  in  one  of  the 
leather  factories  of  that  town,  the  tanning  and 
finishing  of  leather  being  then,  as  it  has  ever 
since  been,  the  principal  industry  of  the  town. 
He  worked  at  this  trade  during  the  years  1865 
to  i86q,  and  then  entered  the  employ  of  the 
New  England  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany, in  Boston,  as  a  clerk,  and  has  remained 
with  that  company  thirty-nine  years.  From 
June,  1888,  until  February,  1907,  he  was 
cashier  of  the  company  and  since  then  has  been 
assistant  secretary.  He  is  well  known  in  life 
insurance  circles. 

Mr.  Davis  is  one  of  Woburn's  foremost  citi- 
zens, always  earnest  in  forwarding  tbe  best 
interests  of  the  city  and  upholding  her  good 
name,  and  has  been  prominent  in  civic,  social, 
church  and  charitable  affairs  for  many  years. 
Although  a  Republican  in  politics,  he  voted 
for  Grover  Cleveland  for  president  in  both  his 
elections,  and  was  always  his  staunch  sup- 
porter and  admirer.  During  a  number  of  years 
previous  to  Cleveland's  first  election,  Mr.  Davis 
had  been  secretary  of  the  Republican  town 
committee  of  Woburn,  and  an  active  worker 
for  the  party.  In  1891-93-98  he  served  his 
city  faithfully  and  honorably  as  a  member  of 
the  board  of  aldermen,  and  was  chosen  presi- 
dent of  this  board  in  the  two  latter  years.  As 
a  citizens'  candidate  he  was  elected  mayor  of 
the  city  for  the  years  1899-1900.  and  for  the 
year  following  was  also  nominated  by  the  Re- 
publicans and  again  elected.  To  be  chosen  for 
three  successive  terms  was  an  exceptional  com- 
pliment, Mr.  Davis  being  the  first  to  enjoy  this 
distinction,  but  had  he  consented  to  accept  it 
he  could  have  received  a  fourth  nomination 
and  election.  Always  fearless  in  the  perform- 
ance of  his  political  duties  as  he  saw  them, 
and  endowed  with  a  high  sense  of  honor,  he 
gained  the  entire  confidence  and  respect  of  his 
fellow  citizens.  Perhaps  the  most  important  pub- 
lic question  in  the  minds  of  the  people  of  Wo- 
burn for  many  years  has  been  that  of  licensing 
the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors,  and  previous 
to  the  election  of  Mr.  Davis  as  mayor  it  had 
been  generally  believed  that  the  sentiment  of 
the  majority  was  in  favor  of  license,  and  that 
for  this  reason  the  law  could  not  be  enforced 
under  no-license,  but  Mr.  Davis  contended 
strenuously  that  it  could  be,  and  as  mayor  in  a 
no-license  year  he  succeeded  in  demonstrating 


his  belief  beyontl  question.  He  was  outspoken 
and  uncompromising  in  his  opposition  to  the 
open  saloon  and  the  influence  of  the  liquor 
element  in  Woburn  political  afifairs,  and  is 
unquestionably  entitled  to  the  credit  of  having 
developed  the  fact  that  the  majority  of  the 
citizens  are  of  the  same  mind  as  he  and  will 
vote  for  no-license  when  they  have  confidence 
that  the  law  will  be  enforced  by  the  mayor, 
upon  whom  this  duty  devolves.  Mr.  Davis  is 
now  president  of  the  No-License  League,  and 
has  been  at  the  head  of  several  other  civic' 
associations  organized  for  the  good  of  the  city. 
In  religion  Mr.  Davis  is  a  L'nitarian,  and  is 
prominent  in  the  First  Unitarian  Church,  of 
Woburn,  being  chairman  of  the  parish  com- 
mittee and  secretary  of  the  trustees  of  the 
permanent  funds  of  the  church.  For  six  years 
he  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school. 
In  charitable  work  he  is  president  of  the  Wo- 
burn \'isiting  Nurse  Association,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Woburn 
Charitable  Association,  organized  to  maintain 
the  Charles  Choate  Memorial  Hospital.  He 
has  been  prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  being  a 
memijer  of  Mount  Hor'eb  Lodge,  Ancient  Free 
and  .Accepted  Masons,  of  Woburn,  of  which 
he  was  worshipful  master  in  1886-87.  He  was 
also  deputy  grand  master  of  the  sixth  Masonic 
district  of  Massachusetts  in  1891-92,  and  senior 
grand  warden  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massa- 
chusetts in  1905.  At  the  present  writing  he  is 
president  of  the  Towanda  Club,  of  Woburn ; 
member  of  the  Innitou  Canoe  Club,  of  Wo- 
burn; member  of  the  Exchange  Club,  of  Bos- 
ton, and  member  of  the  Mayors'  Club  of  Mass- 
achusetts, of  which  he  has  been  secretary  since 
1901.  He  is  vice-president  and  director  of  the 
Woburn  Co-operative  Bank,  life  trustee  and 
member  of  the  Corporation  of  the  Woburn 
Public  Library,  and  trustee  of  the  Rumford 
Historical  Association,  of  \\'oburn.  As  an 
honorable,  useful  and  faithful  member  of  all 
the  organizations  with  which  he  is  now  or  has 
been  connected,  he  commands  the  greatest  con- 
fidence and  esteem. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  have  one  son,  William 
Frederic  Davis,  Jr.,  born  in  Woburn,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1879,  and  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
graduating  from  the  Woburn  high  school  in 
the  class  of  1898.  He  afterwards  studied  law 
at  the  Boston  University  Law  School  for  three 
years,  has  been  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  and 
Middlesex  county  bars,  and  is  now  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  with  offices  in  Woburn 
and  Boston.  Although  active  in  social  life, 
he  remains  unmarried.     He  is  a  member  of 


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AIASSAC  liUSETTS. 


Mount  Horeb  Lodge.  Ancient  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  and  the  Towanda  antl  Innitou 
Canoe  clubs  of  Woburn.  He  is  prominent  in 
political  work,  being  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican ward  and  city  committee,  and  an  election 
officer  of  the  city,  as  clerk  of  the  board  of 
election  officers  of  ward  i. 

Mrs.  \'elma  Jeannette  (Barker)  Davis,  wife 
of  Hon.  William  F.  Davis,  is  a  member  of  one 
of  the  oldest  families  of  Massachusetts,  being 
descended  from  Robert  F>arker,  the  first  men- 
tion of  whom  is  found  in  the  Colonial  Records 
of  Massachusetts,  under  date  of  June  20,  1632, 
he  being  at  that  time  bound  out  to  a  John 
Thorp.  Later  he  was  bound  to  William  Pal- 
mer as  a  carpenter's  ap])rentice.  and  his  time 
was  out  with  him  April  i,  1637.  This  was 
probably  when  he  attained  his  majority,  so 
that  he  is  supposed  to  have  been  born  in  i6ifi. 
In  1641  he  with  others  bought  from  Jonathan, 
son  of  Elder  William  Brewster,  a  ferry  and 
one  hundred  acres  of  land  at  Marshfield,  Mass- 
achusetts, and  in  1643  he  was  a  member  of  a 
military  company  in  that  town,  under  Lieu- 
tenant Nathaniel  Thomas.  He  held  the  office 
of  surveyor  in  the  town  in  1645-48,  constable 
in  1646,  and  was  admitted  freeman  iti  1654. 
About  this  time  he  removed  to  Duxbury,  where 
he  was  a  surveyor  in  1654-55-56-72-77-79.  and 
grand  juryman  in  1684-85.  The  court  at 
Plymouth  granted  him  nine  and  one-half  acres 
of  land  at  Robinson's  creek,  North  river.  Dux- 
bury.  March  5,  1667-68.  He  died  in  1691.  He 
married  Lucy  Williams,  and  they  had  chil- 
dren :  Robert.  Francis,  Isaac,  Abigail  and  Re- 
becca. 

(II)  Robert  (2).  son  of  Robert  (i)  Barker, 
was  born  in  Duxbury,  February  27,  1650-51, 
and   died   September   25,    1729.     He   married 

(first)    .A^lice .  by  whom  he  had  eight 

children,  and  (second),  October  7,  1705.  Phebe 
]\Iarsh,  widow  of  Jonathan  Marsh,  of  James- 
town, Rhode  Island.  He  began  his  career  as  a 
soldier,  and  was  made  a  lieutenant  under  Major 
James  Cudworth,  October  4,  1675,  but  during 
King  Philip's  war  he  abruptly  terminated  his 
connection,  it  is  thought  because  he  had  be- 
come convinced  of  Quaker  principles.  He 
early  utilized  the  water  power  of  a  brook,  own- 
ing a  saw  mill  there.  Farming  and  blacksmith- 
ing  to  some  extent  also  occupied  his  later  years, 
and  he  held  the  office  of  constable  in  1685  and 
surveyor  in  1687. 

(III)  Caleb,  son  of  Robert  (2)  Barker,  was 
born  in  Duxbury,  May  24.  1685 ;  died  August 
25,  1772;  married  Ann  Carr,  of  Jamestown, 
Rhode  Island,  born  1689:  died  May,  1769,  at 


Powualborough,  Maine.  He  was  a  founder 
in  Scitiiate.  ^Massachusetts,  in  1719,  in  Han- 
over in  1732  and  1751,  and  at  Harpswell, 
Maine,  in  1763.  In  the  Boston  Gaccttc  of  Jan- 
uary 15,  1754,  he  advertised:  "Cast  bells  for 
meeting  houses,  from  a  smallereven  to  a 
greater,  even  to  one  of  two  thousand  weight.'" 
They  had  nine  children,  of  whom  Gideon 
Barker  was  the  fourth  in  the  lineage  to  Mrs. 
Da\'is. 

(I\')  Gideon,  son  of  Caleb  Barker,  was 
born  in  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  December  22, 
1721.  and  died  in  January,  1798.  He  married 
Rachel  Hodges,  born  .\pril  3,  1755;  died  July 
6,  1849.  daughter  of  Robert  and  Rachel 
Hodges,  and  they  had  eight  children.  He  was 
a  ship  blacksmith. 

(\')  Ira.  son  of  Gideon  Barker,  was  born 
July  19,  I7cp:  died  May  14,  1870;  married, 
July  23,  1812,  Deborah  Bryant  Sylvester,  born 
.\pril  9,  1793;  died  July  17,  1869,  daughter  of 
John  and  Bathsheba  Sylvester.  Like  his  father 
he  was  a  ship  blacksmith  at  Scituate,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  bears  the  distinction  of  having 
forged  the  anchors  for  the  famous  frigate 
"Constitution." 

(\'I)  Joshua,  son  of  Ira  Barker,  and  father 
of  Mrs.  William  F.  Davis,  was  born  August 
6,  1820.  at  Scituate,  and  is  still  living  at  Wo- 
burn. hale  and  hearty,  at  the  age  of  almost 
eighty-nine  years.  He  married,  April  23,  1843, 
Sarah  Brooks  Norwood,  born  July  23,  1819; 
died  March  5,  1879,  daughter  of  William  and 
Betsey  (Skinner)  Norwood,  of  Lynnfield, 
Massachusetts.  He  is  a  ship  carpenter  by  trade 
and  has  followed  that  and  other  carpenter 
work  during  his  whole  life.  He  had  a  brother, 
John,  who  in  his  young  days  was  an  intimate 
friend  and  chum  of  Grover  Cleveland,  in 
Buffalo.  New  York,  and  this  friendship  con- 
tinued throughout  their  lives.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Barker  had  four  children,  Mrs.  Davis  being 
the  only  survivor. 


There  were  six  early  immigrants 
WHITE  of  this  name,  but  most  of  those 
bearing  it  are  descended  from 
John  White,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts,  1638,  or 
from  William  White,  of  Ipswich,  1635.  Both 
were  progenitors  of  a  multitude  of  descend- 
ants, and  among  them  are  numbered  many  of 
the  most  active  and  prominent  participants  in 
the  social,  religious  and  civil  affairs  of  the 
communities  and  commonwealths  in  which 
they  have  lived. 

(I)   William    White    was    born    1610,    and 
tradition  says  he  came  from  Norfolk  county. 


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England,  to  America.  For  a  time  he  resided 
at  Ipswich.  Massachusetts,  but  very  shortly 
removed  to  Xcwbury,  which  was  ordered  laid 
out  the  year  of  his  arrival.  In  1640  he  located 
at  Haverhill,  being  one  of  the  first  company  of 
twelve  settlers  and  one  of  the  six  grantees  of 
the  Indian  deed  made  by  "Passaquo"  and 
".Saggahew."  This  instrument  is  said  to  have 
been  written  by  him,  and  he  was  one  of  the 
thirtv-two  landholders  of  record  November  15, 

1642.  .\t  the  town  meeting  held  October  29, 
1640,  he  was  chosen  selectman,  again  in  1673, 
and  is  listed  as  one  of  those  who  shared  in  the 
second  division  of  plow  lands  laid  out  June 
7.  1652,  his  portion  being  seven  acres.  In 
1680  he  built  a  second  house  near  the  site  of 
his  original  residence,  and  this  was  standing  in 
good  preservation  as  late  as  i88g,  and  has 
never  been  occupied  by  any  other  than  a  de- 
scendant until  1874,  being  owned  in  1889  by  a 
descendant,  Samuel  White.  The  farm  is  west- 
erly of  the  burying-ground,  on  what  is  now 
Mill  street,  in  early  days  known  as  the  "great 
road"  from  the  village.  The  estate  included  a 
large  tract  extending  northerly,  and  William 
White  owned  a  farm  in  Xewbury  as  late  as 
1650.    His  estate  was  valued  at  fifty  pounds  in 

1643.  In  1659  he  had  nine  acres  on  the  great 
river,  and  received  five  acres  in  1667  as  his 
share  of  the  "accommodation"  land.  With 
others  he  received  a  grant  December  15,  i6fii. 
to  build  a  mill,  and  in  the  succeeding  year  they 
were  granted  not  exceeding  four  score  acres, 
as  long  as  they  kept  the  mill  in  use.  The  first 
regular  deed  recorded  in  the  town  was  one 
given  to  \\'illiam  White,  October  11,  1639.  In 
1662  he  was  elected  captain  of  the  first  military 
company  in  the  town,  and  he  was  among  the 
firmest  supporters  of  the  church  from  its  or- 
ganization. He  died  September  28,  i6go,  and 
his  property  was  inventoried  at  five  hundred 
eight  pounds,  ten,  shillings,  a  large  estate  in 
that  day.  By  his  will,  made  iCiS^^.  he  gave  to 
Rev.  Mr.  Ward,  his  teacher  in  Haverhill,  ten 
shillings  in  silver  :  made  bequest  to  the  church 
of  implements  loaned  by  him  and  then  in  use 
for  the  communion  table,  anil  jjrovided  for  a 
girl  given  him  by  her  mother  "to  breed  up." 
His  first  wife,  Mary,  died  September  22,  1681. 
and  he  married  (second)  September  21.  1682, 
Sarah,  widow  and  second  wife  of  Reginald 
Foster,  an  early  resident  of  Ipswich,  to  which 
])lace  she  removed  after  the  death  of  William 
White,  and  died  there  in  1693. 

(ID  John,  only  recorded  child  of  Wilham 
and  Mary  White,  was  born  about  1639-40,  in 
Xewburv.  and  resided  in  Haverhill,  where  he 


died  January  I,  1(369.  H's  will  indicates  that 
he  was  possessed  of  a  good  estate,  and  makes 
provision  for  his  only  child,  his  widow  being 
made  executrix,  the  son  to  be  reared  by  Will- 
iam White  in  case  the  widow  married  again. 
He  seems  to  have  made  quite  a  study  of  short- 
hand writing,  and  samples  of  his  skill  in  that 
line  are  still  preserved.  He  iriarried,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1662,  in  Salem  (recorded  in  Salisbury 
as  November  26,  in  Haverhill,  25),  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  .Ann  (probably  Good- 
ale)  French,  of  Salisbury.  She  married  (sec- 
ond) September  22.  1(569,  Thomas  Philbrick 
of  Hampton,  with  whom  she  lived  in  the  latter 
town  until  his  death,  after  which  she  re- 
turned to  Haverhill,  anfl  there  died  at  a  great 
age. 
"  (  1 1 1  I  John  (  2  ) .  only  child  of  John  (  i  )  and 
Hannah  "(  French  )  White,  was  born  March  8. 
1664,  in  Haverhill,  where  he  died  November 
20,  1727.  He  was  a  man  of  much  influence 
in  the  community,  and  accumulated  a  good 
estate  by  trade  in  merchandise,  being  able  to 
leave  to  each  of  his  sons  a  farm.  These  were 
located  in  Haverhill  and  Plaistow.  He  was 
one  of  the  town  officers  appointed  by  Sir  Will- 
iam Phipps,  first  governor  under  the  new  prov- 
ince charter  in  1692,  was  town  clerk  in  1(394 
and  proprietors'  clerk  in  1 701.  He  was  cap- 
tain of  the  military  comijany,  a  magistrate  of 
the  county  court,  and  represented  1  laverhill  in 
the  general  court  in  1700,  1702-3.  1708,  1713. 
1715-16  and  1 7 19.  In  1694  Captain  John 
\Vhite  owned  and  commanded  a  garrison  house 
near  the  "\\'hite  house,"  on  Mill  street,  and  at 
a  town  meeting,  October  14,  1699,  he  was 
granted  permission,  with  seven  others,  to  erect 
a  pew  in  the  new  meeting  house,  at  his  own 
expense.  In  1706  he  erected  the  first  fulling 
mill  in  the  town,  on  Mill  brook,  near  his  house. 
His  home  seems  to  have  been  the  temporary 
home  of  those  who  supplied  the  pulpit  when 
no  regular  minister  was  settled.  On  two  oc- 
casions when  the  celebrated  ("leorge  Whitefield 
visited  Haverhill,  he  stayed  at  the  house  of 
Deacon  John  White.  On  the  occasion  of  the 
first  visit  Whitefield  did  not  preach  because 
of  the  great  opposition  to  his  use  of  the  meet- 
ing house.  On  his  second  visit  he  preached 
to  a  large  congregation  in  the  open  air  opposite 
Deacon  White's  house  on  Mill  street.  The 
authorities  on  this  occasion  warned  him  out 
nf  town,  but  he  gave  his  discourse  and  read  the 
warning  at  its  end,  and  at  the  same  time  gave 
notice  of  another  sermon  at  sunrise  the  next 
morning,  which  was  delivered  to  a  good  audi- 
ence.    John    (2)    White  married,  October  24. 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


1687,  Lydia,  daughter  of  John  and  Ehzabeth 
(Truew'orthy)  Oilman,  of  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire,  and  granddaughter  of  Edward 
(2)  Gilman,  great-great-granddaughter  of 
Edward  (i)  and  Rose  (Rysse)  Gilman,  of 
Caston,  England.  Edward  (2)  Gilman  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor  of  a  numerous  and 
noted  family.  Hon.  John  Gilmen,  father  of 
Lydia  White,  came  from  England  in  1638  and 
settled  some  years  later  at  Exeter.  He  was 
councillor  in  1680  and  speaker  of  the  New 
Hampshire  house  in  1693.  Children  of  Dea- 
con John  White:  John  (died  young),  Mary, 
Hannah,  \\'illiam,  Samuel,  Nicholas,  Timothy, 
Elizabeth,  James.  John.  Joseph,  .Xbigail, 
Lydia  and  Joanna. 

(IV)  William  (2),  second  son  of  John  (2) 
and  Lydia  (Gilman)  White,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 18,  1694,  in  Haverhill,  and  died  December 
II.  1737,  in  that  town.  He  was  an  influential 
citizen,  deacon  of  the  church  and  also  called 
"Esquire,"  and  is  said  to  have  been  represen- 
tative of  the  town  in  the  general  court  in 
1733-4.  He  was  a  clothier,  and  had  leave, 
with  his  brother  .Samuel,  to  set  up  a  fulling 
mill  on  Sawmill  river.  The  supply  of  water 
was  often  short  in  Mill  brook,  and  the  mill 
was  removed  to  the  new  site  granted.  It  is 
said  that  Deacon  William  White  planted  the 
first  potatoes  in  Haverhill,  in  17 18,  and  raised 
four  bushels.  He  knew  not  how  to  dispose 
of  so  large  a  c|uantity,  and  gave  much  of  them 
to  his  neighbors.  His  estate  was  valued  at 
four  thousand  seventy  jiounds  three  shillings, 
of  which  more  than  half  was  in  real  estate. 
He  married,  June  12,  17 16,  in  Boston,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  .Samuel  (2)  and  Mary  (Emerson) 
Phillips,  of  Salem,  born  January  28,  1692. 
Her  father  was  second  son  of  Rev.  Samuel 
(i)  and  Sarah  (Appleton)  Phillips,  and 
grandson  of  Rev.  George  Phillips,  who  was  the 
first  settled  minister  at  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts, born  about  1593,  at  Raynham,  .St.  Alar- 
ton's,  county  Norfolk.  England,  and  came  to 
.\merica  in  the  ".Arabella"  in  1630.  Sarah 
Phillips  was  sister  of  Rev.  Samuel  (3)  Phil- 
lips, who  espoused  Hannah,  elder  sister  of 
Deacon  William  \\'hite.  and  resided  in  .'\ndo- 
ver,  being  pastor  during  life  of  the  south  par- 
ish. Children  of  Deacon  William  White : 
William,  Samuel,  John.  Nathaniel,  Sarah  (died 
young),  Timothy,  Alary.  Sarah,  Phillips,  Ebe- 
nezer  and  Anna. 

(V)  John  (3).  third  son  of  William  (2) 
and  Sarah  (Phillips)  White,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 7,  1720,  in  Haverhill,  and  died  in  Methuen, 
Alassachusetts.  Jul\-  11,  1800.     He  was  a  large 


man,  about  si.x  feet  in  height,  with  powerful 
voice,  of  open  and  generous  nature,  and  was 
known  as  "Gentleman  John"  White.  Always 
a  farmer,  his  home  was  in  his  native  town  until 
1754.  when  he  removed  to  Dracut,  and  re- 
mained a  short  time,  returning  to  Haverhill, 
in  1770  he  purchased  a  large  farm  in  Methuen, 
bounded  on  the  north  by  the  Spicket  river  and 
south  by  the  Merrimac,  now  included  in  the 
city  of  Lawrence,  the  central  part  of  the  city 
being  about  the  center  of  the  farm.  He  could 
not  endure  willful  waste,  but  was  not  close 
about  disbursements  so  long  as  they  went  to 
do  some  good.  Plis  easy  ways  and  large  fam- 
ily came  near  reducing  his  estate,  but  the  death 
of  a  childless  brother  brought  him  a  legacy 
which  kept  his  fine  farm  in  his  old  age  and  en- 
abled him  to  educate  liberally  some  of  his  chil- 
dren. His  only  public  service  seems  to  have 
been  in  the  capacity  of  captain  of  militia.  In 
1766  Rev.  Hezekiah  Smith  began  the  forma- 
tion of  a  Baptist  Society  in  Haverhill  and  Cap- 
tain White  and  his  wife  became  identified  with 
it.  He  was  one  of  Mr.  Smith's  most  resolute 
friends  and  accompanied  him  on  a  tour  into 
the  middle  states.  Having  no  faith  in  preach- 
ers who  relied  upon  their  learning  rather  than 
the  siiirit,  he  was  impatient  with  those  who 
preached  from  notes  or  "read"  sermons,  as 
he  termed  it,  and  when  Methuen  authorities 
taxed  him  to  support  orthodox  preaching  he 
remarked  to  some  of  them  that  "li  they 
wanted  reading  instead  of  preaching,  he  would 
himself  read  to  them,  and  with  a  good  loud 
voice,  better  sermons  than  they  had  and  for 
half  the  i)rice  they  paid."  He  married  (first) 
Miriam,  widow  of  Richard  Hazen,  of  Haver- 
hill, and  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Cur- 
rier) Hovt,  of  .Amesbury.  She  was  born  June 
2^.  1720,  in  .Amesbury,  married  (first)  Octo- 
ber 23,  1744.  Richard  Hazen,  and  died  in 
.\pril.  1763.  She  was  mother  of  John  (3) 
White's  first  six  children :  William,  Aloses. 
Miriam,  Elizabeth,  .Sarah  and  Lydia.  He 
married  (second)  February  18,  1767,  Eliza- 
beth Haynes,  born  March  21,  1748,  died  April 
16,  1836,  having  lived  a  widow  nearly  thirty- 
six  years.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Clement)  Haynes,  of  Haverhill, 
and  granddaughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Harriman)  flaynes.  of  that  town.  Thomas 
was  a  son  of  Jonathan  Haynes.  who  was  born 
May  27,  1670,  son  of  Thomas  Haynes  and  his 
wife,  Martha  Barnard;  he  was  slain  by  the 
Indians  at  Haverhill,  February  22,  1698.  Jo- 
seph Haynes  was  born  January  25.  1716,  in 
Haverhill,  and  lived  to  be  eighty-six  years  old. 


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He  married  (first)  August  i.  1734,  Elizabeth 
Clement,  who  bore  him  eleven  children.  His 
second  wife,  ]\Iehitable  Marsh,  bore  him 
twelve,  and  died  over  eighty-nine  years  of  age. 
Joseph  Haynes  was  noted  for  his  integrity  and 
good  sense.  In  early  life  he  affiliated  with  the 
West  Parish  church,  and  publicly  charged  the 
minister.  Air.  Bachellor,  with  preaching  false 
doctrines.  In  the  controversy  that  ensued  he 
wrote  and  published  several  pamphlets  on  the 
subject,  and  finally  effected  the  removal  of  the 
pastor.  In  later  hfe  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church  presided  over  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Smith,  previously  mentioned.  Children  of 
second  marriage :  Rebecca,  Joseph  Haynes, 
John  Phillips,  Nathaniel  Hazen,  Daniel  Apple- 
ton,  Charlotte,  Polly,  Trueworthy,  Mary,  Anna 
and  George. 

(\T)  Daniel  Appleton,  sixth  son  of  John 
(3)  White,  and  fifth  son  of  his  second  wife, 
was  born  June  7.  1776,  in  Methuen,  and  died 
March  30,  1861,  in  Salem,  Massachusetts.  In 
1792  he  fitted  for  college  at  Atkinson  Acad- 
emy, New  Hampshire,  and  was  graduated  with 
highest  honors  from  Harvard  in  1797.  The 
associations  of  college  life  were  highly  con- 
genial and  were  cherished  through  life.  For 
two  years  he  taught  in  the  public  and  grammar 
schools  of  Med  ford,  and  was  appointed  tutor 
in  Latin  at  Harvard  College  in  1797,  filling 
that  position  four  years.  Many  of  his  pupils 
became  warmly  attached  to  him  and  so  con- 
tinued through  his  long  and  useful  life.  While 
thus  engaged  he  began  the  study  of  law,  and 
in  1803  settled  at  Salem  to  continue  his  course 
in  the  office  of  Samuel  Putnam,  Esq.,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Newburyport  in  1804. 
From  1 8 10  to  181 5  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  senate,  having  been  elected  by 
the  Federalists.  He  was  subsequently  a  Whig, 
and  assisted  in  the  formation  of  the  Republi- 
can party,  in  whose  success  he  was  deeply  in- 
terested. He  lived  to  rejoice  at  the  inaugura- 
tion of  Abraham  Lincoln  as  president,  and 
predicted  his  triumph  over  rebellion.  In  1814 
Mr.  ^\'hite  was  elected  to  congress  by  an 
almost  unanimous  vote.,  and  had  his  trunk 
packed  for  removal  to  Washington  to  enter 
upon  his  duties,  when  the  appointment  of  pro- 
bate judge  of  Essex  county  was  offered  him, 
and  he  resigned  his  congressional  seat  to  ac- 
cept. This  step  was  taken  largely  on  account 
of  the  demands  of  his  family  and  the  neces- 
sity of  domesticity  in  its  interest.  For  thirty- 
eight  years  he  held  the  responsible  position, 
resigning  it  in  1853.  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
seven   years.     From    1817   his    home   was    in 


Salem,  and  he  enjoyed  many  social  advantages 
through    official    and    other    duties.     He  was 
an  active  member  of  the  Alassachusetts  His- 
torical Society,  an  overseer  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege and  a  member  of  one  of  its  examining 
conunittees,  and  his  interest  in  his  alma  mater 
was  ever  warm.     His  home  was  the  center  of 
a  wide  hospitalit}',  and  his  correspondents  in- 
cluded men  of  rare  eminence.     To  his  family 
he  was  ever  attentive,  and  it  is  recorded  that 
one  of  his  children  received  more  than  six  hun- 
dred letters   from  him.     Much   from  his  pen 
has  been  published,  including:  "A  Eulogy  on 
George  Washington."  delivered  at  the  invita- 
tion of  the  inhabitants  of  Methuen  and  printed 
at  Haverhill  in  1800:  a  book  on  probate  juris- 
diction, published  in  1822;  a  eulogy  upon  Hon. 
Nathaniel    Bowditch,   delivered    at    Salem    in 
1838.  and  one  upon  Hon.  John  Pickering,  de- 
livered before  the  American  .\cademy  of  Arts 
and  Sciences  in  Boston,  1846;  addresses  at  the 
consecration  of  Harmony  Grove  cemetery  in 
Salem,    1840,  and  that  before  the  alumni   of 
Harvard   College   in    1844.     His   last   literary 
work  was  a  brief  sketch  of  the   founders  of 
the  First  Church  of  Salem,  whose  catholicity 
of  spirit   he   sought   to  vindicate.     His   inter- 
pretation  of   the  gospel   was    liberal,   and   he 
was  led  by  his  investigations  to  set  aside  the 
Calvinistic  teachings  of  his  predecessors.     A 
college    friend   of   Channing,   he   sympathized 
with  the  latter's  views  of  Christianity.     In  a 
memoir  prepared  by  Rev.  Dr.   G.   W.   Boggs 
for  the  Essex  Institute,  of  which  Judge  White 
had  been  president,  tribute  is  paid  to  the  high 
Christian    standard    of   the    latter   and    to   his 
genial  nature  and  moral  fearlessness.     Similar 
sentiments  are  expressed  in  the  New  England 
Historical  and  Genealogical  Register  and  other 
])ublications,  and  a  grateful  memory  will  ever 
linger  with  all  who  had  opportunity  to  know 
him.     A  pioneer  in  temperance  reform,  Judge 
White  urged  in  and  out  of  season  the  cessation 
nf  the  tobacco  habit,  as  well  as  all  other  means 
of  dissipation  and  human  injury.     He  was  a 
lover  of  books,  of  which  he  accumulated  many, 
and  gave  away  liberally.     Most  of  his  library 
was  bec|ueathed  to  the  Essex  Institute,  and  a 
portion  of  his  paternal  estate  was  devoted  to 
lectures  and  a  library  for  the  city  of  Lawrence. 
By  this    fund  a   perpetual   benefit  accrues   to 
citizens   of    that   town,    through    the    lectures 
provided,  aside  from  the  benefits  of  the  library. 
Rev.  H.  \\'.  Foote,  his  grandson,  said  of  him: 
'Tlis  closing  years  were  those  of  an  ideal  old 
age.     Retaining  the  vigor  of  his  tall  and  noble 
presence,    free    from    physical    or    mental    in- 


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firmity,  his  hair  scarcely  touched  with  silver, 
his  step  elastic  as  in  youth,  he  had  the  full  en- 
joyment of  his  powers  and  was  busy  with  his 
studies  till  near  the  close  of  his  eighty-fifth 
year."  He  married  (first)  Alay  24.  1807, 
Mrs.  Mary  Van  Schalkwyck,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Josiah  Wilder,  of  Lancaster,  Massachusetts. 
She  died  June  29,  181 1,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) in  Salem,  August  i,  1819,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Wetmore,  daughter  of  William  Orne,  a  Salem 
merchant.  She  died  March  27,  1821,  and  he 
married  (third)  in  Charlestown,  January  22, 
1824,  Mrs.  Ruth  Rogers,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Hurd.  a  merchant  of  that  town.  Children:  i. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Elizabeth 
.A,melia,  became  wife  of  William  Dwight.  a 
lawyer  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  3. 
Mary  Wilder,  became  wife  of  Hon.  Caleb 
Foote,  long  proprietor  of  the  Salem  Gazette. 
4.  William  Orne,  receives  further  mention 
below.  5.  Henry  Orne,  a  successful  physician, 
graduate  of  Harvard,  and  Cniversity  of  Penn- 
svlvaiiia  Medical  School,  died  in  El  Cajou, 
California,  in  1887. 

( \'n  )  William  Orne,  elder  son  of  Daniel 
Appleton  White,  only  child  of  his  second  wife, 
w-as  born  February  12,  1821,  in  Salem,  and  at- 
tended private  schools  in  that  town  and  Cam- 
bridge, being  in  the  latter  place  a  student  at 
a  school  maintained  on  P.rattle  street  by  Will- 
iam Wells.  Here  two  of  his  fellow  .students 
were  James  Russell  Lowell,  and  William 
Story,  later  noted  as  a  scul])tor.  At  the  age 
of  seven  years  young  White  began  the  study 
of  Latin.  He  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy,  and  in  1836  entered  Harvard 
College,  then  celebrating  its  two-hundredth 
vear,  and  is  the  only  surviving  member  of  hi.-; 
class.  He  graduated  in  1840,  being  class 
orator,  and  soon  went  on  a  voyage  for  the 
benefit  of  his  health,  visiting  India,  Egypt  and 
Europe.  After  an  absence  of  two  years  he 
returned  and  entered  Harvard  Divinity  Schcxjl. 
where  he  studied  three  years.  His  first  work 
was  in  Eastport.  Maine,  where  he  had  charge 
of  a  I'nitarian  parish  from  April  to  September, 
i84r).  Later  he  was  called  to  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, to  take  charge  of  Rev.  Dr.  William  C 
Eliot's  church  while  the  latter  spent  a  vaca- 
tion in  Europe.  In  1848  Mr.  White  was  in- 
vited to  become  pastor  of  the  church  at  West 
Xewton,  Massachusetts,  and  he  was  there 
ordained  November  22,  1848.  He  was  in- 
stalled October  i.  1851,  as  pastor  of  the  L-ni- 
tarian  church  in  Keene,  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  remained  twenty-seven  years.  Since 
.September,  1881,  his  home  has  been  in  Brook- 


line,  Alassachu setts,  and  he  has  preached  in 
Sharon  for  two  years.  Much  of  his  time  has 
been  given  to  literary  work,  and  the  following 
from  his  pen  have  been  published :  "Our 
Struggle  Righteous  in  the  Sight  of  God,"  a 
sermon  delivered  in  Keene,  April  13,  1862, 
on  the  day  of  thanksgiving  for  the  Nation's 
victories ;  an  address  at  the  funeral  of  Rev. 
(jeorge  C.  Ingersoll,  D.  D..,  in  Keene,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1867;  a  sermon  preached  to  the 
Keene  Congregational  Society,  September  29, 
1867,  previous  to  the  enlarging  and  remodel- 
ing of  its  house  of  worship,  with  an  appendix ; 
historical  address  delivered  at  the  request  of 
the  Keene  city  government.  July  4,  1876;  fare- 
well sermon,  Keene,  November  3,  1878:  com- 
memoration discourse  at  the  dedication  of  a 
mural  monument  to  James  Walker,  D.  D.,  LL. 
D.,  in  the  Harvard  Church,  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  January  14.  1883.  Mr.  White 
married,  September  25,  1848,  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts,  Margaret  Eliot  Harding,  born 
March  13,  1823,  daughter  of  Chester  Hard- 
ing, an  artist  of  that  city  and  Boston.  She 
died  June  2,  1903.  They  were  the  jiarents  of 
two  children — Eliza  Orne  and  Daniel  Apple- 
ton.  The  latter  died  before  two  months  old. 
The  daughter.  Eliza  Orne  White,  born  August 
2,  1856,  in  Keene,  is  an  author  well  known  in 
New  England.  The  following  works  of  her 
pen  have  been  jjublished:  "Miss  Brooks," 
1890;  "Winterborough,"  1892:  "When  Molly 
Was  Six,"  1894;  "The  Coming  of  Theodora," 
1895:  "A  Little  Girl  of  Long  Ago,"  1896: 
"A  Browning  Courtship  and  Other  Stories," 
1897;  "A  Lover  of  Truth,"  1898;  "Ednah  and 
Her  Brothers,"  1900 :  "John  Forsyth's  Aunts," 
k;oi  ;  "Leslie  Chilton,"  1903;  "A  Borrowed 
Sister,"  1906:  "After  Noontide,"  selections 
M.  E.  H.  White  (her  mother),  1907;  "The 
Wares  of  Edgefield,"   1909. 


This  old  F.nglish  name  is  un- 
1-'R1':1':M.\X     doubtedly    derived    from   the 

condition  of  the  first  who 
assumed  it  as  a  surname.  In  that  ancient  day 
the  holding  of  slaves  was  a  common  custom  in 
England,  and  undoubtedly  the  condition  of  a 
freeman  was  something  of  which  to  be  proud. 
The  family  has  been  long  established  in  .Amer- 
ica, and  has  borne  no  inconsiderable  part  in 
promoting  the  jirogress  and  development  of 
the  nation,  and  this  has  been  the  ))atronymic 
of  several  distinguished  citizens. 

(I)  Edmond  Freeman,  born  in  England,  in 
1390,  came  to  America  in  the  ship  "Abigail," 
in"  julv.  T''i35.  with  his  wife  Elizabeth  and  chil- 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


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dren  Alice,  Edmond,  Elizabeth  and  John.  He 
settled  that  year  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and 
presented  to  the  colony  twenty  corselets,  or 
pieces  of  plate  armour.  He  was  subsequently 
in  the  Plymouth  Colony,  and  with  nine  asso- 
ciates was  recognized  by  the  government  as  a 
suitable  person  to  originate  a  new  settlement. 
He  was  admitted  freeman  at  Plymouth,  Janu- 
ary 2,  1637,  and  resided  for  a  time  in  Duxbury, 
settling  in  what  was  subsequently  incorporated 
as  the  town  of  Sandwich.  Most  of  the  grantees 
of  this  town  were  formerly  residents  of  Lynn. 
Mr.  Freeman  had  large  grants  of  land,  and 
was  evidently  one  of  the  foremost  men  in  the 
enterprise.  He  was  elected  as  assistant  to  the 
governor,  and  comriiissioner  to  hear  and  deter- 
mine causes  within  several  contiguous  town- 
ships. He  was  one  of  the  first  judges  of  the 
select  court  of  Plymouth  county.  During  the 
persecution  of  the  Quakers  he  opposed  the 
course  of  the  authorities,  and  was  at  one  time 
fined  ten  shillings  for  refusing  to  aid  in  the 
baiting  of  Friends  under  pretense  of  law.  He 
was  highly  respected,  a  man  of  firm  principles 
and  decisive  action,  yet  quite  unobtrusive,  with- 
out personal  ambition,  of  unerring  integrity 
and  sound  judgment.  He  died  in  1682,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  ninety-two  years,  and  was 
buried  on  his  own  land  on  the  hill,  in  the  rear 
of  his  dwelling  at  Sandwich.  It  is  the  oldest 
burial  place  in  the  town,  and  his  grave  and 
that  of  his  wife  are  marked  by  two  boulders 
which  he  placed  in  position  after  her  death,  and 
called,  from  fancied  resemblances,  "the  saddle 
and  pillion."  His  home  was  a  mile  and 
a  quarter  west  of  the  present  town  hall,  and 
near  the  junction  of  the  old  and  new  county 
roads  to  the  Cape.  His  wife  died  February 
14,  1676.  Children:  .Mice.  Edmond,  Eliza- 
beth, John  and  Mary. 

(II)  Major  John,  second  son  of  Edmond 
and  Elizabeth  Freeman,  was  born  about  1627, 
in  England,  and  died  October  28,  17 19,  at  his 
home  in  Eastham,  Massachusetts.  In  1650  he 
bought  land  in  Sandwich,  on  Skauton  Neck, 
called  by  the  Indians.  Arquid  Xeck.  He  was 
among  the  earliest  settlers  of  Eastham,  and 
was  conspicuous  in  the  military  service  in  the 
Indian  wars.  He  is  first  entitled  lieutenant, 
subsequently  captain,  and  latter  major.  He 
was  a  large  landholder,  and  very  active  in  civil 
afifairs.  being  selectman  ten  years,  from  1663; 
deputy  to  the  general  court  eight  years  from, 
from  1654,  and  assistant  to  the  governor  sev- 
eral years,  beginning  with  i66f>.  December  7, 
1692,  he  was  appointed  judge  of  the  court  of 
common  pleas.     For  many  years  he  served  as 


a  deacon  of  the  church,  and  was  regarded  as 
one  of  the  fathers  of  Eastham.  He  married, 
February  13,  1650,  Mercy,  daughter  of  Gov- 
ernor Prince,  born  1631  ;  died  September  28, 
171 1.  Children:  John  (died  young),  John, 
Thomas,  Patience.  Hannah,  Edmond,  Alercy, 
William,   Prince,  Nathaniel  and  P.ennett. 

(Ill)  Lieutenant  Edmond  (2),  fourth  son 
of  Major  John  and  Mary  (Prince)  Freeman, 
was  born  in  1657,  probably  in  Sandwich,  and 
died  December  10,  1717,  in  Eastham.  He  re- 
sided in  that  part  of  the  town  called  Tonset, 
and  was  a  distinguished  citizen,  serving  many 
years  as  selectman,  and  carrying  a  large  influ- 
ence in  the  community.  He  married  (first) 
Ruth,  daughter  of  William  Merrick,  and  (sec- 
ond) Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Mayo.  Chil- 
dren: Ruth,  Sarah,  Mary,  Isaac,  Ebenezer, 
Edmond,  Experience,  Mercy,  Thankful,  Eliza- 
beth, Hannah  and  Rachel. 

(I\")  Ebenezer,  second  son  of  Edmond  (2) 
Freeman,  was  born  about  1687,  in  Eastham, 
and  died  June  11,  1760.  He  was  the  first  of 
the  family  to  settle  in  the  district  called  Bill- 
ingsgate, in  that  part  of  Eastham  which  after- 
wards became  the  town  of  Wellfleet.  He  mar- 
ried, October  12,  1710,  Abigail,  daughter  of 
David  and  Anne  (Doane)  Young,  born  Sep- 
tember 28,  1688;  died  June  12,  1781,  in  her 
ninety-third  year.  Children ;  Jenette,  born 
December  17,  1711:  Thankful,  February  15, 
1715:  Anna,  June  6.  171 7;  Ebenezer,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1719;  E<lmond,  probably  1722,  and 
Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(  \' )  Isaac,  youngest  child  of  Ebenezer  and 
.\bigail  (Young)  Freeman,  was  born  about 
1733,  in  what  is  now  Wellfleet,  and  died  in  that 
town,  .-Vugust  6,  1807,  at  that  age  of  seventy- 
four  years.  Mis  body  was  buried  in  the  Well- 
fleet  cemetery.  He  married  Thankful  Higgins; 
children:  Edmond,  born  March  2,  1757;  Isaac, 
October  28,  1758:  Anne,  September  6,  1760; 
Benjamin,  October  18,  1762:  Thankful,  No- 
vember 9,  1766  ;  Jonathan  (  died  young  )  ;  Eben- 
ezer, October  21,  1773;  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below  ;  Thomas,  twin  of  Jonathan,  December 
20,  1775. 

(\'II)  Jonathan,  sixth  son  of  Isaac  and 
Thankful  (Higgins)  Freeman,  was  born  De- 
cember 20.  1773.  in  Wellfleet.  ^Massachusetts, 
where  he  made  his  home.  For  many  years  he 
followed  the  sea,  and  became  commander  of 
sailing  vessels.  He  married  (first),  about  1804, 
-Susanna  Atwood,  who  died  after  1817.  He 
married  (second),  March  2,  1824,  Eunice 
Xewcomb,  born  October  24,  1788,  in  Wellfleet, 
<lai'gliter  of  .Simon  and  .^arah  (Hopkins)  New^ 


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coinb  (see  Newcomb,  \T).  Children:  Joshua 
Atwood,  born  September  25,  1805;  Betsy,  Oc- 
tober 3,  1807;  Isaac,  May  21,  1810;  Joseph 
Atwood,  June  28,  1812;  Jonathan,  September 
5,  1814;  Phebe  and  Susanna,  March  i,  1817; 
Emaline.  October  18,  1824;  Jesse  Harding, 
mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  Jesse  Harding,  youngest  child  of 
Jonathan  and  Eunice  (Newcomb)  Freeman, 
was  born  August  18,  1826,  in  Wellfleet,  and 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town. 
Upon  leaving  school  he  entered  upon  a  sea- 
faring life,  which  continued  to  be  his  occupa- 
tion for  about  thirty  ears.  When  twenty-two 
years  of  age  he  took  command  of  his  first 
vessel,  and  was  engaged  in  the  coastwise  trade, 
being  one  of  the  most  trustworthy  and  popular 
commanders  in  the  merchant  marine.  In  1879 
Captain  Freeman  retired  from  the  sea  and  en- 
gaged in  the  wholesale  fish  business  at  Well- 
fleet.  From  the  beginning  he  was  successful, 
and  as  he  owned  the  shipping  necessary  in  the 
business  he  built  up  a  large  and  profitable  trade. 
.\bout  1885  he  removed  to  Boston  and  became 
interested  in  the  importation  of  fruits,  princi- 
pally from  the  \\^est  Indies  and  Central  and 
South  America.  He  engaged  in  the  business 
on  his  own  account  and  the  venture  proved 
successful,  the  business  growing  ra])idly,  be- 
coming so  large  that  he  decided  to  abandon 
his  fish  business  in  Wellfleet,  which  had  been 
in  operation  for  about  fifteen  years.  Thence- 
forward he  gave  his  entire  attention  to  the 
Boston  enterprise,  which  he  continued  to  man- 
age until  his  death,  January  30,  1890.  Captain 
Freeman  ranked  high  among  the  business  men 
of  ^^'ellfleet  and  Boston.  Though  he  had  only 
the  ortlinary  education  usual  in  his  youth,  he 
was  a  man  of  keen  perception  and  ready  ob- 
servation, and  possessed  a  broad  and  liberal 
training  acquired  through  reading,  travel,  and 
contact  with  the  world  at  large.  Possessed  of 
a  singular  public  spirit  and  an  abiding  interest 
in  the  welfare  of  the  places  in  which  he  lived, 
he  was  always  a  very  useful  and  progressive 
citizen.  He  was  twice  elected  a  member  of 
the  house  of  representatives  from  Wellfleet. 
He  was  general  inspector  of  fish,  and  was  ap- 
]3ointed  general  fish  commissioner  the  second 
year  after  removing  to  Boston.  Captain  Free- 
man married,  April  26,  1849.  in  Wellfleet, 
Louisiana  Knowles  Newcomb,  daughter  of 
Cornelius  Smith  and  Mercy  Newcomb,  of  Well- 
fleet  (see  Newcomb,  \TII).  Mrs.  Freeman  is 
a  second  cousin  of  her  late  husband.  ChiUlren 
of  Captain  and  Mrs.  Freeman:  i.  Melville 
\y..  born   February  20,   1850:  married   (first) 


Emma  Higgins  ;  children  :  .\dele  and  Horace. 
He  married  (second)  Margaret  White,  who 
left  no  issue.  Until  about  1893  he  was  com- 
mander of  an  ocean  vessel,  and  then  engaged 
in  the  fish  business  in  Boston,  which  he  con- 
ducted for  a  number  of  years,  and  sold  out. 
He  now  resides  in  Brookline.  2.  Mertie 
Knowles,  born  March  4,  1857;  married  Levi 
.\.  I'itts,  and  resided  some  years  in  Denver, 
Colorado.  She  died  January  8,  1908,  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio  ;  children  :  Louie  and  Levi  Nathan- 
iel. The  elder  married  Walter  E.  Westlake, 
of  New  Mexico,  and  the  younger  is  a  student 
of  Boulder  University,  Boulder,  Colorado.  3. 
Elma  Ellsworth,  born  May  10,  1861  ;  died  Au- 
gust 16,  1902,  while  wife  o£  Charles  W.  Swett, 
and  left  a  son,  Jesse  Freeman.  4.  Eunice 
Newcomb.  born  Alarch  4,  1865;  died  when 
seven  months.  5.  Jesse  Harding,  born  1869; 
died  in  infancy. 

(The  Newcomb  Line — See  Capt.  Andrew  Newcomb  1.) 

(Ill)  Simeon,  eldest  child  of  Lieutenant 
.Andrew  (2)  and  Sarah  Newcomb,  was  born 
about  1662,  probably  at  the  Isle  of  Shoals,  and 
resided  in  the  northern  part  of  Eastham,  now 
Truro,  Massachusetts.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  ])roprietors  of  the  latter  town,  and  re- 
ceived by  division  various  lots  of  land  in  Pamet 
I'oint,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  boundary  between 
Truro  and  Eastham.  The  name  is  often  writ- 
ten in  the  records  Simon,  and  this  name,  with 
those  of  his  sons  Simon  and  Andrew,  was 
signed  in  1711-12,  to  a  petition  of  the  people 
of  billingsgate,  a  village  of  Eastham. 

(  I\")  Andrew  (3),  son  of  .Simeon  New- 
comb, resided  for  a  time  in  Scituate,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  settled  in  the  northern  part  of 
Truro,  near  a  place  called  Newcomb's  Point. 
He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  town  and' 
received  land  in  its  division.  In  1723  and 
1730  the  school  was  kept  half  of  the  year. at 
his  house.  He  was  moderator  in  1719;  select- 
man, 1720-1-2;  grand  juror,  1730.  He  married 
at  Scituate,  November  4,  1708,  Mercy,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Mercy  (Strout)  Oldham, 
of  Eastham,  born  July  28,  1689.  Their  first 
child  was  born  in  Scituate ;  the  others  in  Truro, 
namely :  Mercy,  Joshua,  Andrew,  Jesse,  Abi- 
gail, Robert,  Lemuel,  Mary,  Sarah  and  Ruth. 

(V)  Joshua,  eldest  son  of  Andrew  (3)  and 
Mercy  (Oldham)  Newcomb.  was  born  June 
17.  1712,  in  Truro,  and  died  about  1750,  in 
Plymouth.  Massachusetts.  Tradition  says  that 
he  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  British  navy,  and 
was  killed  by  a  sloop's  mast  falling  on  him. 
He  owned  part  of  Lieutenant  Island,  in  Well- 


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fleet  Bay,  Cape  Cod,  and  removed  from  Truro 
to  Plymouth  after  his  third  marriage.  He 
married  (first)  Eunice  Bullard ;  (second), 
March  14,  1737,  Elizabeth  Collins  of  Truro; 
(third),  in  Plymouth  (published  September 
27,  1740),  Hannah  .A^dams.  She  was  granted 
administration  on  his  estate  in  1750,  and  mar- 
ried, in  1 77 1,  David  Leach.  Joshua  New- 
comb's  children :  Samuel,  John,  Simon,  Solo- 
mon, Elizabeth,  .\rchelaus,  Ruth,  Joseph,  Sarah 
and  Hannah. 

(\T)  Simon,  third  son  of  Joshua  and  Eunice 
(Bullard)  Newcomb,  was  born  in  that  part  of 
Eastham  now  Wellfleet,  and  resided  there  until 
his  death.  May  25,  1821.  He  was  a  soldier  of 
the  revolution,  serving  in  Captain  Joseph 
Smith's  company  from  Truro,  in  1776;  and 
was  under  the  command  of  Washington  in  the 
battle  with  Cornwallis.  tie  married  (first), 
.\pril  10,  1767.  Elizabeth  Harding,  of  East- 
ham,  who  died  in  1772;  (second),  February 
17.  1773,  Sarah  Hopkins,  who  died  June  25, 
1818.  There  were  two  children  of  the  first 
wife  and  five  of  the  second,  namely:  Hezekiah, 
Martha,  Harding,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Eunice  and 
Jesse  Smith. 

(X'H)  Eunice,  youngest  daughter  of  Simon 
and  Sarah  (Hopkins)  Newcomb,  was  born 
October  24,  1788,  in  Wellfleet,  and  married, 
March  2,  1824,  Captain  Jonathan  Freeman,  of 
that  town  (see  Freeman,  VH). 

(VH)  Harding,  second  son  of  Simon  New- 
comb, and  eldest  child  of  his  second  wife,  Sarah 
Hoi:)kins,  was  born  December  9,  1775,  in  Well- 
fleet,  and  died  there  July  16,  1856,  in  his  eighty- 
first  year.  Like  most  of  the  inhabitants  of 
that  vicinity,  he  was  a  fisherman.  He  married, 
about  1781,  Sarah  Hatch.  Children:  i.  Cor- 
nelius Smith,  mentioned  below.  2.  Harding, 
lived  and  died  in  Wellfleet.  3.  Chloe  Rich, 
married  Isaac  Whorfe.,  resided  in  \\'ellfleet. 
4.  .A.zariah  Smith,  was  a  mariner,  residing  in 
South  Wellfleet.  5.  Isaac  Baker,  a  mariner, 
removed  from  Wellfleet  to  Swampscott.  6. 
GecTrge  Sanderson,  a  merchant  in  Wellfleet. 

(VIII)  Cornelius  Smith,  eldest  child  of 
Harding  and  Sarah  (Hatch)  Newcomb,  was 
born  .August  30,  1803,  in  Wellfleet,  where  he 
died  January  4,  1843,  in  his  fortieth  year.  He 
married  (intentions  published  November  28, 
1827)  Mercy  S.  Knowles.  Children:  i.  Lydia 
Doane.  became  wife  of  William  C.  Newcomb, 
of  \\'ellfleet.  2.  Louisiana  Knowles,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Chloe  Whorfe,  died  at  age  of 
three  years.  4.  Benjamin  Knowles,  died  when 
two  months  old.  5.  Benjamin  Knowles,  died 
when  three  years  old.    6.  Benjamin. 


(IX)  Louisiana  Knowles,  second  daughter 
of  Cornelius  S.  and  Mercy  S.  (Knowles)  New- 
comb, was  born  January  11,  1831,  in  Wellfleet, 
and  married,  .April  26,  1849,  Captain  Jesse  H. 
Freeman,  of  that  town  (see  Freeman,  VIII). 


(For  preceding  generations  see  George  Fowle   1). 

(Ill)   Captain  John  Fowle,  sec- 
FOWLE     ond  son  and  third  child  of  Lieu- 
tenant   James    Fowle,    born    at 
Woburn.  March  12,  1671 ;  died  there  June  13, 
1744;  married,  July   I,   1696,  Elizabeth  Pres- 
cott,  born  at  Concord,  Massachusetts,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1678,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Eliza- 
beth  (Hoar)   Prescott.     She  died  at  Woburn, 
May  14,  1753.     Captain  John  Fowle,  with  his 
brother,  Captain  James  Fowle,  continued  the 
shoemaking  business  of  his  father,  and  from 
old  papers  in  the  \\'oburn  Public  Library  it  is 
learned   that   he   was  a   man  of   large  affairs 
beside,    and    had    many    transactions    in    real 
estate,   adding   considerabh'   to   the   estate   in- 
herited   from    his    father.      He    was    greatly 
honored  in  military  and  civic  affairs,  being  cap- 
tain of  one  of  the  Woburn  companies;  town 
clerk,    1714   to    1739,    succeeding   his   brother 
James  upon  the  death  of  the  latter ;  selectman 
during   all   of   those   twenty-five  years;   town 
treasurer   from   1724  to   1739,  and  deputy  to 
general  court,  1727-28-30-31-35.     Rev.  Samuel 
Sewall,   in   his   "History   of   Woburn,"    1868, 
says :     "The  Fowles  of  Woburn  have  always 
been  a  distinguished  family,  and  the  office  of 
town  clerk  they  seemed  to  hold  by  prescription, 
for  during  the  T32  years  which  elapsed  between 
the  election  of  Captain  James  Fowle  in  1701, 
and  the  death  of  Marshall  Fowle  Esq.,  the  last 
to  hold  the  office,  in  1833,  Woburn  had  a  Fowle 
for  its  clerk   103  years,  or  more  than  three- 
fourths   of   the   time."      Children   of   Captain 
John   Fowle,  all  born  in  Woburn:     I.  Eliza- 
JDcth,  September  19,  i6g8  ;  died  March  4  follow- 
ing.    2.  John   (Cornet),  January  7,  1700;  see 
forward.      3.    Elizaljeth,    December    16,    1701  ; 
died   there   .\ugust   28,    1782;   unmarried.      4. 
Dorothy,  .August  q,   1703,  died  May  28,  1704. 
5.  Dorothy.  March  14,  1705;  died  September 
14,  1732,  at  \\'oburn  ;  unmarried.     6.  Rebecca, 
November  21,    1706;  married    (first)   at  Wo- 
burn, May  9,   1728,  Lieutenant  Phineas  Rich- 
ardson, born  at  Woburn,  February,  1694;  died 
there   .April    11,    1738,   son   of   Nathaniel   and 
Alary    Richardson;    married    (second),    1740, 
Ebenezer  Richardson,  born  ]\Iarch  31,  1718,  at 
Woburn,  son  of  Timothy  and  Abigail  (John- 
.son)    Richardson.     7.    .Abigail,   December   15, 
1707;  died  at  Woburn,  February  6,  1782;  un- 


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married.  8.  Hannah,  August  30,  1710;  died 
at  Woburn.  October  3.  1710.  9.  James 
(Esquire),  July  16,  171 1;  died  at  Woburn, 
.August  16,  1779;  married  at  Woburn,  October 
22,  1741.  Susanna  Wyman,  born  at  Woburn, 
February  14,  1715;  died  there  November  11, 
1767,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Susanna 
(  Simonds )  Wyman.  10.  Jonathan,  August 
29,  1712;  died  at  Woburn,  November  21,  1714. 
II.  Mary,  December  14,  1713;  died  about 
1750;  married  at  Woburn,  November  2,  1736, 
.\le.\ander  Cochran,  of  Boston.  12.  Hannah, 
.\ugust  10,  1715:  married,  1740,  Ebenezer 
Wilde.  13.  Ruth,  February  9.  1717;  died  at 
Woburn,  February  18,  1721.  14.  Kezia,  Sep- 
tember 22,  T718;  married  (first)  at  Boston, 
l-'ebruary  11,  1741.  Thomas  Henshaw,  born  at 
Woburn.  September  I,  1713.  son  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (I'rooks)  Henshaw;  married  (sec- 
ond) at  Boston,  May  15,  1754.  Ebenezer  Rich- 
ardson, born  at  Woburn,  Alarch  31,  1718.  son 
of  Timothy  and  x\bigail  (Johnson)  Richard- 
son. 15.  Lucy,  July  28,  1720:  died  at  Charles- 
town,  May  5,  1783:  married  (first),  intention 
P'ebruary  3,  1738,  at  Woburn,  Henry  Gardner, 
born  at  Charlestown,  August  2,  1698 ;  died  at 
^^'oburn,  December  16,  1763,  son  of  Henry 
and  Elizabeth  {  Lane  )  Gardner.  Lucy  Fowle 
was  his  second  wife,  he  having  first  married 
Sarah  Noyes,  of  Newbury,  Massachusetts, 
who  died  September  17,  1736.  Lucy  (Fowle) 
Gardner  married  (second)  as  his  second  wife, 
December  28,  1769,  Samuel  Tidd,  born  at 
^^'oburn,  .\ugust  20,  1716;  died  there  October 
7,  1 791,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Martha  Tidd.  16. 
Ruth,  April  10.  1722;  married.  March  29, 
1744,  Dr.  Samuel  Dustin. 

(I\")  Cornet  John  (2)  Fowle,  eldest  son  of 
Captain  John  ( i  )  Fowle,  born  at  Woburn, 
January  7,  1700;  died  there  in  the  early  part 
of  1745:  married  at  Woburn,  February  21, 
1723,  RuthSimonds,  born  at  Woburn,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1699;  died  there  May  20,  1753.  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  .Susanna  (  Blodgett)  Simonds. 
His  life  seems  to  have  been  occupied  in  assist- 
ing his  father  in  the  conduct  of  the  many  afifairs 
of  his  busy  life.  He  was  cornet  or  color  bearer 
in  the  company  of  troopers  of  which  his  father 
was  captain,  and  was  town  clerk  of  Woburn 
during  the  last  year  of  his  life.  Children,  born 
at  Woburn:  i.  Ruth,  .April  17,  1725:  died  at 
Woburn,  May  8.  1738.  2.  Jonathan,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1726;  see  forward.  3.  Ruth,  September 
13,  1741  ;  married,  September  i,  1785,  James 
Blodgett. 

(  \' )  Jonathan,  (inly  son  of  Cornet  John  (2) 
I'ciwle.  born  at  Wnburn,   September  7.    1726; 


died  there  May  26,  1772;  married  at  Woburn, 
August  I,  1754,  Mehitable  Hosmer,  born  at 
Concord,  Massachusetts,  .\pril  23,  1731,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mehitable  (Parker)  Hosmer, 
of  Concord.  She  survived  him  and  died  at 
Aledford,  Massachusetts,  February  24,  1821, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years.  Jonathan 
F"owle  was  a  farmer  and  resided  in  Woburn 
all  his  life.  He  appears  to  have  given  his 
whole  attention  to  his  occuj^ation  and  took  no 
part  in  public  affairs.  Children,  born  at  Wo- 
burn :  I.  John,  January  25,  1755  ;  see  forward. 
2.  Mehitaiale,  June  3,  1758.  3.  Ruth,  F"ebru- 
ary  18,  1760;  married  at  Woburn,  March  15, 
1 781,  Jose]ih  Wyman.  4.  Ruhamah,  April  8, 
1764.  5.  Jonathan,  March  24,  1768;  died  there 
November  28,  1827;  married  at  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  November  15,  1792,  Fanny 
Fox. 

(\'l)  John  (3),  son  of  Jonathan  Fowle, 
born  at  Woburn,  January  25,  1755;  died  at 
Cambridge,  April  22,  1822;  married  (first)  at 
Woburn,  February  19,  1782,  Mary  Parker, 
born  at  Le.xington,  Massachusetts,  January  5, 
1 761,  daughter  of  Jonas  and  Lucy  (Monroe) 
Parker.  Jonas  Parker  was  the  martyr  hero 
who  was  shot  and  then  bayonetted  to  death  by 
the  Piritish  at  the  battle  on  Lexington  Common, 
on  the  morning  of  .\pril  19,  1775,  and  whose 
name  is  inscribed  on  the  monument  on  Le.xing- 
ton (jreen.  John  Fowle  was  a  housewright  or 
carpenter,  and  his  occupation  led  him  to  change 
his  residence  several  times  in  the  course  of  his 
life,  and  he  is  known  to  have  lived  in  Medford 
and  Cambridge  as  well  as  Woburn,  Massachu- 
setts, and  in  Mason,  New  Hampshire.  .At  the 
time  of  his  marriage  to  Mary  P'arker  he  seems 
to  have  been  living  away  from  Woburn  for 
about  a  year,  and  following  the  marriage  he 
remained  away  until  1787,  when  he  returned 
to  his  native  town  and  built  himself  a  home 
on  a  three-acre  lot  of  land  which  he  had  pur- 
chased in  1784.  Here  he  resided  until  1795, 
when  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Medford. 
where  he  had  bought  a  dwelling,  barn  and  one- 
half  acre  of  land.  During  the  eight  years  of 
his  married  life  in  Woburn  three  sons  were 
born  to  him.  He  resided  in  Medford  about 
seven  years,  and  there  two  more  sons  and  one 
daughter  were  born.  His  wife  Mary  died 
there  October  29,  1801,  and  in  1803  he  married 
Margaret  (called  "Peggy")  Griggs,  and  settled 
in  Mason,  New  Hampshire,  where  they  lived 
until  1813,  when  they  removed  to  Cambridge. 
Massachusetts.  Two  sons  and  two  daughters 
were  born  to  them  at  Mason,  and  one  son  and 
one    daughter    at    Cambridge.      .-Ml    of    Mr. 


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Fowle's  twelve  children  lived  to  adult  years, 
and  all  were  married  except  the  youngest  son. 
Mr.  Fowle's  second  wife  Margaret  survived 
him  about  seventeen  years,  and  was  killed  in  an 
accident,  August  9,  1839,  while  out  for  a  drive 
in  Boston  with  her  youngest  son,  Henry  D. 
Fowlc,  a  well  known  druggist.  The  horse  be- 
came frightened  at  a  load  of  wood,  and,  being 
unmanageable,  threw  both  Mrs.  Fowle  and  her 
son  out  upon  the  pavement.  Mrs.  Fowle  struck 
upon  her  face  on  the  curbstone  and  survived 
the  accident  but  a  few  moments,  while  her  son 
escaped  with  a  slight  injury.  She  was  fifty- 
eight  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  her  death. 
Children  by  Mary  Parker:  i.  Jonas  Parker, 
born  at  Woburn.  November  11,  1788;  died  at 
Boston,  .\ugust  24,  1862;  married  (first) 
Thankful  Parmenter,  born  at  Sudbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  27,  1786,  daughter  of  Eben- 
ezer  and  Anna  (Wheeler)  Parmenter.  She 
died  at  Boston,  June  6,  1816,  and  he  married 
(second)  Lucy  Maynard,  born  at  Sudbury, 
May  25,  1793,  (laughter  of  Isaac  and  Rebecca 
(Haynes)  Alaynard.  She  survived  him  and 
died  at  Boston,  Alay  30,  1883,  at  the  age  of 
ninety  years.  2.  Charles  Sigourney,  born  at 
Woburn.  October  28,  1790;  died  at  Boston, 
December,  1868:  married  Frances  Hilton,  who 
died  at  Boston,  May,  1859.  3.  \\'illiam,  born  at 
Woburn,  August  17,  1794;  died  at  Boston, 
May  13,  1871  ;  inarried  at  Roxbury,  December 
4,  1832,  Maria  Fiske,  born  at  Boston,  August 
4,  1806;  died  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  April 
21,  1882.  4.  John,  born  at  Medford,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1796;  died  at  Arlington,  Massachusetts, 
June  5,  1871 :  married  at  Arlington,  then  West 
Cambridge,  October  14,  1821,  Abigail  Bow- 
man Hill,  born  at  West  Cambridge,  then  called 
Menotomy,  December  11,  1802;  died  at  Arling- 
ton, March  8.  1881.  5.  George,  born  at  Med- 
ford, May  12.  1798:  died  May.  1834;  married 
Mary  Elizabeth  Whitwell,  who  died  at  Boston, 
November  21,  1863.  aged  fifty-five  years.  6. 
Mary,  born  at  Medford,  February  26,  1801  ; 
died  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  December  27, 
1891 ;  married  at  Boston,  October  26,  1825, 
Avery  Clark,  born  at  Gerry,  now  Phillipston. 
Alassachusetts,  October  3,  1804,  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Susan  Clark.  Children  by  Margaret 
Griggs :  7.  James,  born  at  Mason,  New  Hamp- 
shire, May  9,  1804;  died  at  Boston,  May  12, 
1863 ;  married  Harriet  Meriam,  born  at  Bev- 
erly, Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
and  Mary  Meriam.  She  died  at  Boston,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1863,  aged  sixty-two  years.  8.  Char- 
lotte, born  at  Mason,  July  20,  1807 ;  died  at 
Roxbury,   .April    i,   1895;  married  at  Boston, 


January  28,  1835,  David  Jones  Foster,  born 
Alarch  14,  1806,  at  Dudley,  JNlassachusetts ; 
died  at  Roxbury,  July  13,  1881,  son  of  Silas 
and  Lucina  Foster.  9.  Emma  Cades,  born  at 
Mason,  December  27,  iSa.);  died  at  Hudson, 
Massachusetts,  June  16,  1886;  married  at  Bos- 
ton, December  12,  1837,  Elbridge  Darling,  born 
at  Marlborough,  Massachusetts,  November  22, 
1808:  died  at  Hudson,  March  16,  1897,  son  of 
Ethan  and  Mary  (Hapgood)  Darling.  10. 
Seth  Wyman,  born  at  Mason,  July  25,  1812; 
died  at  Boston,  October  19,  1867;  see  forward. 
II.  Mehitable  Ausmer,  born  at  Cambridge, 
September  26,  1814;  died  at  Roxbury,  March 
27.  1902,  aged  eighty-seven  years;  married  at 
Boston,  May  i,  1844,  Rev.  Josiah  .\dams 
Coolidge,  born  at  Framingham,  Massachusetts, 
October  30,  1816;  died  at  East  Lexington,  Oc- 
tober 6.  1865.  12.  Henry  Dearborn,  born  at 
Cambridge,  May  3,  1817;  died  at  Boston,  May 
26,  1882;  unmarried. 

(\TI)  Seth  Wyman,  seventh  son  and  tenth 
child  of  John  (3)  Fowle,  born  at  Mason,  New 
Hampshire.  July  25,  1812;  died  at  Boston, 
October  19,  1867;  married  at  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  9,  1839,  Lucy  Ann  Sweet'er. 
born  at  Boston,  May  24,  1817 ;  died  at  Rox- 
bury, August  12,  1900,  aged  eighty-three  years, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Wells  and  Rachel  (Cross) 
.Sweetser,  of  Salem.  The  year  following  his 
birth,  Mr.  Fowle's  parents  removed  to  Cam- 
liridge,  Massachusetts,  where  his  father  died 
nine  years  later.  The  lad  was  then  sent  to 
live  with  friends  of  the  family  in  Sudbury, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  attended  school  until 
he  was  fourteen  years  of  age,  when  he  went 
to  Boston  and  was  apprenticed  to  his  older 
brother  James,  who  was  then  doing  business 
as  an  apothecary  at  the  corner  of  Green  and 
Leverett  streets.  Here  he  formed  the  excellent 
character  which  he  bore  through  life,  and  being 
obliged  to  work  early  and  late,  and  through  all 
hours  of  the  night  called  up  to  prepare  pre- 
scriptions, he  found  little  time  for  amusement 
or  association  with  others  of  his  age.  Faith- 
ful to  the  duty  of  forwarding  his  brother's 
interests,  he  became  accustomed  to  habits  of 
industry  which  clung  to  him  through  life. 
Neglecting  no  opportunity  to  acquire  knowl- 
edge of  the  business  in  which  he  was  employed, 
he  became  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the 
nature  and  uses  of  the  various  drugs  and  very 
expert  in  compounding  them.  Just  prior  to 
attaining  his  majority  he  purchased,  with  his 
brother's  assistance,  the  apothecary  stand  on 
the  corner  of  Prince  and  Salem  streets,  one  of 
the  oldest  drug  establishments  in  Boston,  which 


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for  many  years  had  bueii  conducted  by  the  cele- 
brated Dr.  Fennelly,  and  whose  once  elegant 
.^ign  of  the  ( lolden  .Ksculapius  still  remains  on 
the  corner.  Here  he  remained  about  ten  years 
and  was  very  successful.  In  1842  he  sold  out 
to  his  youngest  brother,  Henry  D.  Fowle,  who 
had  learned  the  business  with  him,  and  the 
latter  continued  in  the  same  place  until  his 
death  in  1882.  Seth  W.  Fowle  then  connected 
himself  with  Joseph  M.  Smith,  who  for  many 
years  had  been  established  as  a  druggist  on 
Washington  street,  opposite  School  street. 
Here  they  continued  for  two  years  under  the 
firm  name  of  Smith  &  Fowle,  and  during  this 
period  Dr.  Wistar's  Balsam  of  Wild  Cherry 
was  introduced  into  New  England.  This  well 
known  throat  and  lung  remedy  was  first  pre- 
pared about  1840  by  the  celebrated  Dr.  Henry 
W'istar,  and  for  many  years  had  been  put  up 
by  Williams  &  Company,  of  Philadelphia,  dur- 
ing which  time  it  had  quite  a  large  sale  in  the 
middle  and  southern  states.  In  1843  Isaac 
Butts,  one  of  Williams  &  Company's  traveling 
agents,  bought  out  their  interest  and  establish- 
ed himself  in  New  York  City,  and  by  extensive 
advertising  more  than  doubled  the  sale  of  the 
balsam.  He  appointed  Smith  &  Fowle  his  gen- 
eral agents  for  New  England,  and  a  large  de- 
mand was  created  in  this  section.  In  1844  Mr. 
Fowle  purchased  .his  partner's  interest  and 
continued  the  business  in  his  own  name  for 
eleven  years.  Although  Mr.  Butts  was  making 
money  rapidly,  his  health  became  impaired,  and 
wishing  to  go  west  he  disposed  of  his  entire 
interest  in  Wistar's  Balsam  to  Mr.  Fowle  for 
$30,000.  This  money  Mr.  Butts  invested  largely 
in  telegraph  stock,  which  was  then  selling  very 
low  but  it  soon  rose  above  par  and  he  became 
a  very  rich  man.  He  made  his  home  in  Roches- 
ter, New  York,  where  for  several  years  he 
edited  and  published,  with  others,  the  Daily 
Union,  in  which  also  he  made  money,  so  that 
he  was  able  to  retire  with  a  fortune  of  about  a 
million  and  a  half  dollars.  Rows  of  stores  and 
acres  of  land  owned  by  his  family  in  Rochester 
attest  to  the  great  wealth  which  he  had  accjuired. 
Mr,  Fowle  advertised  Wistar's  Balsam  more 
extensively  than  ever,  placing  long  advertise- 
ments in  nearly  every  newspaper  in  the  eastern, 
middle  and  southern  states  and  Canada,  and 
as  a  consequence  the  sale  of  it  became  the 
largest  of  any  medicine  at  that  time  in  the 
market.  Mr.  Fowle  also  increased  his  regular 
drug  business,  became  a  large  importer,  and 
was  soon  one  of  the  leading  merchants  in  his 
line  in  Boston,  but  misfortunes  came  upon  him 
through  reverses  in  investments  in  California. 


and  assisting  others  less  fortunate  than  him- 
self, and  following  his  remarkable  success  he 
lost  money  quite  as  rapidly  as  he  had  made  it. 
In  1855  he  disposed  of  his  drug  business  to 
Charles  T.  Carney,  of  Lowell,  and  took  as  a 
partner  George  W.  Safford,  a  long  time  valued 
and  trusted  assistant,  and  they  continued  the 
sale  of  Wistar's  Balsam,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Seth  W.  Fowle  &  Company.  With  other 
medicines  and  extensive  advertising  the  busi- 
ness reached  large  proportions.  In  1858  Mr. 
Safl:'ord  sold  his  interest  to  William  L.  Beal, 
who  retired  from  the  firm  in  1861,  and  Mr. 
h^owle  continued  alone  until  1865,  when  he 
took  into  partnership  his  eldest  son,  Seth  A. 
Fowle,  who  had  been  his  clerk  since  1856,  and 
the  firm  became  Seth  W.  Fowle  &  Son.  Al- 
though the  business  increased,  Mr.  Fowle's 
outside  investments  continued  to  cause  him 
heavy  losses,  and  these  misfortunes  completely 
broke  down  his  health  and  hastened  his  death, 
he  having  lost  nearly  all  his  property.  Most 
men  under  the  circumstances  would  have  long 
before  given  up  in  despair,  but  he  struggled 
manfully  to  recover  lost  ground,  placing  his 
honor  and  character  above  everything  else, 
and  retaining  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all 
for  his  staunch  and  steadfast  integrity.  He 
never  was  known  to  misrepresent  the  quality 
of  his  wares,  and  the  confidence  he  thereby 
gained  was  one  great  cause  of  his  success  in 
business.  He  was  a  kind  friend  to  young  men 
starting  in  business,  and  many  a  successful 
merchant  has  remembered  with  gratitude  the 
encouragement  and  pecuniary  assistance  ren- 
dered him  in  his  early  career  by  Mr.  Fowle. 
He  left  a  spotless  character  and  unblemished 
name  as  a  priceless  heritage.  Mr.  Fowle  re- 
sided in  Boston  during  his  whole  business  life. 
In  religion  he  was  a  Unitarian,  in  politics  first 
a  Whig  and  afterwards  a  Republican.  His 
strict  attention  to  business  prevented  him  from 
engaging  in  public  affairs.  He  was  a  director 
of  the  Worcester  &  Nashua  railroad  and  of  the 
Cochituate  Bank,  and  a  director  and  treasurer 
of  the  \\'inthrop  House  Corporation. 

Lucy  Ann  Sweetser,  wife  of  Seth  Wyman 
Fowle,  was  descended  from  one  of  the  oldest 
and  best  known  families  of  New  England,  the 
immigrant  ancestor  being  Seth  Sweetser,  who 
was  born  in  1606,  in  Hertfordshire.  England, 
about  thirty  miles  from  London,  and  came  to 
this  country  in  1637,  with  his  wife  Bethia  and 
son  Benjamin  and  settled  in  Charlestown. 
Massachusetts,  where  he  died  in  1662.  The 
son  Benjamin  was  a  lastmaker,  and  in  1658 
was  a  householder  in  Charlestown.     As  evi- 


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dence  of  the  religious  intolerance  of  the  time, 
in  1659  he  was  fined  £50  and  imprisoned  for 
being  a  Uaptist.  He  married  Abigail  Wiggles- 
worth,  and  the  succeeding  generations  of  the 
Sweetsers  in  direct  line  were:  (HI)  Samuel 
and  Elizabeth  (SpragueJ  Sweetser ;  (IV) 
Phineas  and  Mary  (Rhodes)  Sweetser;  (V) 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Wells)  Sweetser; 
(\T)  Thomas  Wells  and  Rachel  (Cross) 
Sweetser:  (  \'1I )  Lucy  Ann  Sweetser.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Boston:  i.  Seth  Augustus, 
March  27,  1840;  mentioned  below.  2.  Helen 
Sweetser,  October  8,  1841  ;  died  at  Boston, 
April  20,  1842.  3.  Helen  Ausmer,  July  12, 
1843;  unmarried.  4.  Elizzie  Endicott,  Septem- 
ber 15,  1845:  married  at  Boston,  October  16, 
1873,  William  Frederick  \\'hitcomb,  born  at 
Boston,  September  11,  1846;  died  there  Octo- 
ber 24,  1889,  son  of  John  Adams  and  Caroline 
(Pierce)  Whitcomb.  4.  Horace  Sweetser,  No- 
vember 5,  1847;  married  at  Lawrence,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  II,  1879,  Mary  Emma  Wingate, 
born  at  Lawrence,  July  7,  1859,  daughter  of 
Aloses  and  Lydia  Ann  (Snell)  Wingate.  Lydia 
Ann  Snell  was  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  Jane  (Horn)  Snell.  6.  Alice  Wells,  De- 
cember I,  1850;  unmarried.  7.  Annie  Derby. 
November  6,  1852  ;  unmarried. 

(Vni)  Seth  Augustus,  eldest  son  of  Seth 
Wyman  Fowle.  born  at  Boston,  March  27, 
1840;  married,  September  12,  1866,  at  Cam- 
bridge, Emily  Morton  Mitchell,  born  at  Nan- 
tucket, Massachusetts,  April  22,  1843,  daiigh- 
ter  of  Captain  Richard  and  Charlotte  I'rances 
(Morton)  Mitchell,  of  Nantucket.  Captain 
Mitchell  was  in  his  early  life  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Richard  Mitchell  &  Sons,  merchants 
and  shipowners  in  Nantucket,  and  afterwards 
commanded  some  of  the  largest  ships  sailing 
out  of  New  York  and  Boston.  During  the 
civil  war  he  was  a  paymaster  of  state  troops, 
and  for  twenty-two  years  afterwards  held  a 
position  in  the  Boston  custom  house.  His  wife 
was  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Martin  Tuller  Morton, 
a  leading  physician  of  Nantucket,  and  collector 
of  customs  for  that  port  from  181 7  to  1834. 
Seth  .\ugustus  Fowle  attended  a  private  school 
in  Boston  until  he  was  eight  years  of  age,  then 
the  Phillips  and  Mayhew  grammar  schools  and 
the  English  high  school,  of  Boston.  On  his 
graduation  from  the  Mayhew  school  in  1854 
he  received  a  Franklin  medal,  .\fter  leaving 
the  English  high  school  in  December,  1856, 
he  entered  the  office  of  Seth  W.  Fowle  &  Com- 
pany, and  has  followed  the  same  business  ever 
since.  In  1865  he  entered  into  partnership 
with  his  father,  under  the  firm  name  of  Seth 


W.  F'owle  &  Son,  which  continued  until  the 
death  of  his  father  in  1867.  The  son  carried 
on  the  business  under  the  same  name  until 
January,  1 87 1,  when  a  new  firm  was  formed 
with  his  brother,  Horace  S.  Fowle,  and  the 
name  became  Seth  W.  Fowle  &  Sons,  which 
has  been  retained  to  the  present  time.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  compounding  and  selling  of  medi- 
cines the  firm  became  interested  in  "Coca- 
Cola,"  in  1892,  and  has  since  that  time  been 
the  New  England  agents  for  that  popular  soda 
fountain  drink,  which  was  first  sold  in  Atlanta, 
Georgia,  where  the  principal  office  is  located, 
the  sale  in  the  southern  states  particularly  being 
very  large.  The  firm  of  Seth  W.  Fowle  & 
Sons  has  been  very  successful  and  stands  high 
in  the  business  world. 

Mr.  Fowle  and  his  family  reside  in  Roxbury, 
and  attend  the  First  Church,  Unitarian,  there, 
of  which  Rev.  James  De  Normandie,  D.  D.,  is 
pastor.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  was  a 
member  of  the  state  militia,  the  Independent 
Corps  of  Cadets,  from  1865  to  1870,  and  is 
now  a  life  member  of  the  Veteran  Association 
of  that  organization.  He  is  a  life  member  of 
the  Boston  Young  Men's  Christian  Union, 
member  of  the  New  England  Historic  Gene- 
alogical Society,  member  of  the  Roxbury 
Charitable  Society,  is  president  of  the  English 
high  school  class  of  1854-1857;  was  president 
of  the  Mercantile  Library  Association,  of  Bos- 
ton, in  1864-65 ;  is  a  member  of  the  John  Eliot 
Club,  of  Roxbury ;  a  director  of  the  Elm  Hill 
Association,  member  of  the  Boston  Druggists' 
Association,  a  trustee  of  the  Eiiot  Five  Cents 
Savings  Bank,  and  has  been  a  justice  of  the 
peace  since  1870.  Children,  born  in  Boston: 
I.  Seth  Mitchell,  born  August  29,  1868;  died 
at  Boston,  February  16,  1874.  2.  Charlotte 
Helen,  born  February  20,  1872  ;  died  at  Boston, 
December  25,  1875.  3.  Frances  Sweetser,  bom 
November  23,  1877;  married  at  Boston,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1903,  Boylston  Lincoln  Williams,  born 
at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  March  22,  1870,  son 
of  Major  Horace  Perry  and  Mary  F'rances 
(Mitchell)  Williams.  They  have  one  child, 
Emily  Morton  Williams,  born  at  Boston,  April 

-25.  1907- 

This  is  one  of  the  names  most 
.KLLEN      frecjuently    met    in    the    United 

States,  and  is  represented  by 
many  distinct  families.  Several  immigrants 
brought  it  to  these  shores  among  the  earliest 
in  New  England.  The  family  traced  below 
has  numerous  representatives  throughout  the 
L'nited    States,    and    thev    are    usually    found 


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among  the  useful  and  desirable  citizens.  There 
was  a  family  of  this  name  living  in  Lynn  and 
Grunston,  Norfolk  county,  England,  including 
three  sons  and  a  daughter,  all  living  in  1643, 
namely:  Bozoune,  Elizabeth,  \\'illiani  and 
Thomas.  William  died  unmarried  at  Grunston 
in  1648,  and  Thomas  died  unmarried  in  Lon- 
don, in  1646.  From  their  wills  the  family  con- 
nection above  noted  is  learned.  It  is  presum- 
able that  the  family  was  of  French  origin. 

(I)  Bozovnie  Allen  was  the  only  one  of  the 
family  to  come  to  America.  He  was  a  mercer 
or  trader,  and  came  from  Lynn,  England,  with 
his  wife  and  two  servants,  in  the  ship  "Dili- 
gence," of  Ipswich,  John  Martin,  master,  in 
1638,  and  settled  first  at  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts. He  became  prominent  in  both  civil  and 
military  life,  being  a  town  officer  at  Hingham, 
deputy  to  the  general  court,  and  captain  of  the 
military  company.  He  was  admitted  freeman 
June  2,  1641,  and  served  seven  years  in  the 
general  court,  beginning  with  1643,  the  last 
service  being  in  1652.  He  removed  to  Boston, 
where  he  joined  the  artillery  company,  and 
died  September  4,  1652.  His  will,  made  six 
days  previous  to  his  death,  mentions  his  wife 
and  children  and  two  sisters,  Elizabeth 
Burcham  and  Joanna  Peck  (the  last  not  men- 
tioned in  the  wills  of  his  brothers),  Mr.  Hub- 
bard, his  pastor,  and  Matthew  Hawks.  The 
inventory  of  his  estate  shows  that  he  had 
accounts  with  two  hundred  and  eighty-six  per- 
sons. His  wife  Anne  married  (second).  May 
13,  1653,  Joseph  Jewett,  of  Rowley,  and  died 
February  4,  1661.  Children  of  Bozoune  and 
Anne  Allen :  Prescilla,  Ephraim  and  John 
(twins),  Anne,  Deborah  (died  young),  Debo- 
rah, Isaac,  Bozoune  and  Martha.  The  yovmg- 
est  son  settled  in  Boston  and  reared  a  large 
family.  The  youngest  daughter  became  wife 
of  Ebenezer  Savage. 

(II)  Ephraim,  eldest  son  of  Bozoune  and 
Anne  Allen,  was  born  October  13,  1641,  in 
Hingham,  and  settled  in  Roxbury,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(III)  Ephraim  (2),  son  of  Ephraim  (i) 
Allen,  was  born  about  1670,  in  Roxbury,  and 
settled  in  what  is  now  Northboro,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  purchased  from  Eleazer  Howe 
a  few  acres  of  land  with  a  grist  mill,  which 
was  for  many  years  the  only  grist  mill  in  the 
town. 

(IV)  Ephraim  {3),  son  of  Ephraim  (2) 
Allen,  was  born  about  1700,  in  Northboro, 
then  a  precinct  of  Marlboro,  Massachusetts. 
He  settled  in  that  part  of  the  latter  town  now 
Westboro.      His   wife's   baptismal   name    was 


Susanna:  children,  all  born  in  Westboro:  Sam- 
uel, September  7,  1720;  Susanna,  August  31. 
1723;  William,  resided  at  Rutland,  Massachu- 
setts; Elijah,  November  25,  1728;  Sarah,  1729; 
Ephraim,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah,  April  28, 
1734.  The  first  two  were  baptized  July  13, 
1729,  in  Marlboro,  and  the  fourth  and  fifth, 
August  17  of  the  same  year. 

(V)  Ephraim  (4),  fourth  son  of  Ephraim 
(  3 )  and  Susanna  Allen,  was  born  October  24, 
1731,  in  Marlboro,  and  resided  for  a  time  in 
what  is  now  Boylston,  whence  he  removed  to 
Petersham,  Massachusetts.  He  owned  the  mill 
in  Boylston  on  Buck  Brook,  built  by  the  Hend- 
erys.  He  possessed  a  strong  and  musical  voice, 
and  for  many  years,  seated  in  the  front  gallery, 
he  led  the  Sacred  Psalmody  of  the  sanctuary. 
He  married  at  Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts, 
July  12,  1757,  lluldah  (]\Iaynard)  Chestnut,  a 
widow,  (laughter  of  Elisha  Maynard.  Chil- 
dren found  of  record :  Elijah,  born  March 
3,  1758;  Hannah,  January  10,  1760;  Ephraim, 
April  9,  1763;  Elisha,  May  7,  1765,  at  Shrews- 
bury; Abner,  December  i,  1767,  settled  at 
Palmer;  Cynthia,  January  17,  1770;  Huldah, 
May  3,  1772;  Samuel,  baptized  October  26, 
1777,  settled  at  Westfield,  New  York,  and  was 
father  of  Anthony  B.  and  Richard  L.  Allen, 
founders  of  the  American  Agriculturist. 

(VI)  Captain  Washington  Allen,  undoubt- 
edly a  son  of  Ephraim  (4)  and  Huldah  (May- 
nard) Allen,  was  born  in  1778,  probably  in 
Boylston,  and  resided  in  Oakham,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  died  in  1858,  at  the  age  of 
eighty  years.  He  married,  December  27,  1800, 
in  New  l-lraintree,  Massachusetts,  Betsy  West; 
children  found  of  record :  Lysander  Brown, 
born  November  13,  1802;  Almeda,  May  17, 
1804;  Nehemiah,  December  18,  1805,  died  in 
Oakham ;  Catherine,  married  Samuel  Keith, 
and  lived  in  Middleton,  Massachusetts;  Lewis, 
mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth  West,  February 
16,  181 1  ;  Charlotte  Norton,  August  27,  1813; 
(ieorge  \\'ashington,  September  12,  1815; 
William,  January  3,  1818;  Paul  West,  April 
6,  1820. 

(VII)  Louis,  third  son  of  Captain  Wash- 
ington and  Elizabeth  (West)  Allen,  was  born 
September  5,  1809,  in  Oakham,  and  grew  up 
on  the  paternal  farm.  For  three  years  after 
his  marriage  he  resided  in  Barre,  but  returned 
to  Oakham,  where  he  was  a  farmer  through 
life,  and  died  about  1870.  He  purchased  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres, 
and  was  a  thrifty  and  successful  man;  a  Con- 
gregationalist  in  religion,  and  a  Democrat  in 
politics.     He  served  as  selectman,  and  was  a 


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respected  and  useful  citizen.  He  married  at 
Barre,  April  5.  1836,  Lucy,  daughter  of  Asa 
and  Abigail  (Conant)  Shattuck,  born  March 
I,  1816,  in  Barre  (see  Shattuck,  VH).  Chil- 
dren :  Charlotte,  became  wife  of  Albert  Conant, 
and  resided  in  Worcester;  Elizabeth,  married 
Lake  Van  Arnham,  and  died  in  Northville, 
New  York;  Henry  W.,  mentioned  below; 
James  C,  died  at  Colebrook  Springs,  Massa- 
chusetts;  Edwin,  (lied  in  infancy;  John  E., 
born  March  6,  1845,  fl'^d  in  Worcester,  at  the 
age  of  fifty  years;  Lucy  Maria,  September  23. 
1846,  married  Henry  Lawrence,  of  Westboro; 
Caroline  Louisa,  October  26,  1847,  became 
wife  of  John  Upham,  of  Worcester. 

( Vni)  Henry  William,  eldest  son  of  Lewis 
and  Lucy  (Shattuck)  Allen,  was  born  August 
14,  1841,  in  Barre,  and  grew  up  on  the  paternal 
farm  in  the  town  of  Oakham,  receiving  his 
education  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen  years  he  went  to  Worcester  and 
engaged  in  the  butchering  business,  being  em- 
ployed one  year  by  W.  B.  Newton,  and  was 
subsequently  with  Peaselee  &  Davis  nearly 
three  years.  He  enlisted  in  August,  1863,  at 
Worcester,  in  Company  D,  Fifty-first  Massa- 
chusetts Volunteer  Infantry,  for  nine  months. 
Most  of  the  service  of  this  organization  was 
rendered  in  the  vicinity  of  Newberne,  North 
CaroHna,  and  Air.  Allen  participated  in  light 
engagements  at  Kinston,  White  Hall,  and 
Goldsboro,  North  Carolina.  .After  the  expira- 
tion of  his  enlistment  he  returned  to  Wor- 
cester and  was  employed  five  years  m  a  hotel. 
In  1872  he  settled  in  Boston,  and  has  ever 
since  engaged  as  victualer  in  that  city.  For 
thirty-five  years  he  has  been  located  on  North 
Market  street  in  that  city.  His  home  is  in 
Somerville,  Massachusetts,  and  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  W.  H.  Smart  Post,  No.  30,  G.  A.  R., 
of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  having  formerly 
been  a  member  of  Post  No.  10,  at  Worcester. 
He  is  a  member  of  Atlielston  Lodge,  A.  F.  and 
A.  M.,  of  Worcester,  and  of  Cambridge  Royal 
Arch  Chapter,  of  Cambridge.  In  politics  he 
has  always  favored  the  Democratic  party,  but 
is  independent  in  action.  He  married,  1868, 
in  Worcester,  Lucy  Childs,  a  native  of  that 
town,  daughter  of  Gardner  and  Fannie  (Gold- 
ing)  Childs.  They  have  one  son,  Harry  G. 
Allen,  connected  with  a  wholesale  grocery 
house  in  Boston. 

(The  Shattuck  Line). 

(II)  John,  eldest  son  and  third  child  of 
William"  (q.  v.)  and  Susanna  Shattuck,  was 
born  in  Watertown,   February   11,   1647,  and 


according  to  the  records  of  that  town  "was 
drowned  as  he  was  passing  over  Charlestown 
ferry,  September  14,  1675,"  aged  twenty-eight 
years.  He  had  lands  granted  to  him  in  Groton 
in  1664,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  he  was  an 
inhabitant  of  that  town  for  any  length  of  time, 
if  at  all.  He  was  a  carpenter,  and  resided 
principally  in  the  Middle  District — the  present 
village  of  Watertown — where  he  was  em- 
ployed by  the  town  in  1669  and  subsequently 
to  keep  the  town  mill,  then  situated  near  the 
present  bridge  leading  to  Newton  Corner.  In 
1675,  the  year  of  the  outbreak  of  King  Philip's 
war,  John  Shattuck  was  appointed  sergeant  in 
Captain  Richard  Beer's  company,  which  pro- 
ceeded to  Hadley.  Hearing  that  Squawk- 
eague.  now  Northfield,  had  been  attacked,  they 
marched  to  its  relief  September  4,  1675,  and 
while  on  their  route  were  ambushed  by  a  large 
force  of  Indians  and  twenty  of  the  thirty- 
six  men  of  the  company  were  killed.  Ser- 
geant Shattuck  was  one  of  the  sixteen  who 
escaped,  and  was  immediately  dispatched  as  a 
messenger  to  the  governor  of  the  colony  to 
announce  the  result  of  the  expedition.  Sep- 
tember 14,  ten  days  after  the  battle,  he  was 
drowned  as  above  stated.  He  married,  June 
20,  1664,  Ruth  Whitney,  born  in  Watertown, 
April  15,  1645,  daughter  of  John  Whitney. 
She  married  (second),  March  6,  1677,  Enoch 
Lawrence,  and  in  1678  they  removed  to  Groton 
with  several  of  his  relatives  at  the  resettlement 
of  that  town,  taking  with  them  the  four  chil- 
dren by  her  first  husband,  and  probably  occu- 
pied the  land  granted  to  John  Shattuck,  in 
1664.  From  this  family  the  Shattucks  in  Gro- 
ton and  Pepperell  originated.  Mr.  Lawrence 
died  September  28,  1744,  aged  nearly  ninety- 
five  years.  The  date  of  his  wife's  death  is 
not  known.  Children  of  John  and  Ruth  Shat- 
tuck :  John.  Ruth,  William  and  Samuel. 

(Ill)  William  (2),  third  child  and  second 
son  of  John  and  Ruth  (Whitney)  Shattuck, 
was  born  in  Watertown,  September  11,  1670, 
and  died  in  Groton  in  1744,  in  his  seventy- 
fourth  year.  He  lived  in  Groton  with  his 
mother  and  stepfather  from  1678  until  1688, 
when  he  returned  to  Watertown,  where  he  re- 
sided the  principal  part  of  the  following  four- 
teen years.  In  1691  he  was  impressed  into 
the  public  military  service  of  the  colony. 
After  his  return  from  the  campaign  of  that 
year,  as  a  consideration  for  his  services,  the 
selectmen  voted  to  give  him  a  lot  of  land  for 
a  dwelling  house,  near  "Patch  Meadow,"  and 
to  allow  him  to  cut  timber  owned  by  the  town 
for  his  house.     In  1702  he  bought  lands  and 


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removed  to  Ciroton.  where  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried (tirst)  in  Watertown,  March  19,  1688, 
Hannah  Underwood,  of  that  town.  She  died 
in  1717,  and  he  married  (second)  in  Groton, 
March  24,  1719,  DeUverance  Pease,  who  sur- 
vived him.  His  wives  were  members  of  the 
church,  and  his  children  were  baptized.  Chil- 
dren of  William  and  Hannah  (  Underwood) 
Shattuck:  William,  Hannah,  Daniel,  Ruth  and 
John. 

(IV)  John  (2).  youngest  child  of  William 
(2)  and  Hannah  (Underwood)  Shattuck,  was 
born  in  1696,  in  Watertown,  and  was  a  mason 
by  trade,  but  engaged  chiefly  in  agriculture. 
He  settled  first  in  Shrewsbury,  but  exchanged 
farms  in  1723  with  John  P.igelow.  of  Marl- 
boro, and  removed  to  the  latter  town.  His 
place  was  called  "The  Farms,"  and  there  he 
died  in  1759.  He  was  a  highly  intelligent  citi- 
zen, and  was  administrator  of  his  father's  es- 
tate in  Groton.  He  married  (first)  December 
24.  1716,  Silence  Allen  of  Marlboro,  who  died 
about  1753;  (second)  October  23,  1754,  Mary 
Newton,  widow,  of  Southboro.  She  died  June 
4,  1760,  and  be(|ueatlied  her  property  to  the 
ten  children  of  her  first  husband.  Children  of 
John  (2)  Shattuck  by  his  first  wife:  Allen, 
.\bigail.  John,  Thomas,  Samuel.  E.xperience 
and  Silas. 

(V)  Silas,  youngest  child  of  John  (2)  and 
Silence  (Allen)  Shattuck,  was  born  August 
21,  1738.  in  Marlboro,  and  was  a  farmer,  re- 
siding in  Templeton,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
in  that  town  in  1763,  and  is  of  record  in  Peter- 
sham in  1767,  and  about  1783  removed  to 
Hartland,  Vermont,  where  he  died  March  3, 
1825.  He  married  Sarah  Jackson,  born  Janu- 
ary 5'  •739-  died  September  24,  1804,  in  Hart- 
land.  Children :  Susan,  Ezekiel,  Silas,  Reu- 
ben, Ephraim,  Sarah,  John  and  William. 

(VI)  Ezekiel,  eldest  son  of  Silas  and  Sarah 
(Jackson)  Shattuck,  was  born  March  15,  1762, 
in  Templeton,  and  settled  in  Barre,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  died  August  4,  1825,  and  was 
probably  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He  was  a 
soldier  of  the  revolution,  enlisting  October  4. 
1779,  as  a  private  in  Captain  Joshua  Leland's 
company  of  guards,  to  serve  in  the  forts  at 
and  about  Boston.  He  was  stationed  in  Bos- 
ton under  Major  Nathaniel  Heath,  and  served 
until  November  10,  1779.  He  married  Sarah 
i^ullard.  born  1764,  died  in  Barre,  June  23, 
1846,  aged  eighty-two  years.  Children  :  Sally, 
Mary  and  Asa. 

(VH)  .\sa,  only  son  of  Ezekiel  and  Sarah 
(BuUard)  Shattuck,  was  born  March  26,  1789. 
in  Barre.  in  which  town  he  resided.     He  mar- 


ried, October  31.  1810,  Abigail  Conant ;  chil- 
dren :  Sarah,  Abigail,  Lucy,  George,  Mary, 
I'lliza,  Dolly,  Henry  J.,  and  Lazelle. 

(\II)  Lucy,  third  daughter  of  Asa  and 
Abigail  (Conant)  Shattuck,  was  born  March 
I.  1816,  in  Barre,  and  was  married  April  5, 
1836,  in  that  town,  to  Lewis  Allen,  and  resided 
in  Oakham.      (See  Allen,  VII.) 


Theodore  Atkinson  was  in 
.ATKINSON     Boston    as    early    as    1634, 

coming  from  Bury,  Lan- 
cashire, England,  in  the  employ  of  John  New- 
gate, as  a  feltmaker.  He  joined  the  church  in 
Boston,  January  11.  1635,  and  was  made  free- 
man May  18,  1642.  On  August  31,  1640,  he 
was  granted  "a  great  lot  at  Muddy  River  for 
two  heads,  if  it  be  there  to  be  had  after  others 
are  served  that  had  their  grants  before  him." 
It  is  probable  that  the  land  was  found,  for  he 
was  an  inhabitant  of  the  town  January  25, 
1661,  when  he  was  made  a  member  of  a  com- 
mittee of  six  "chosen  for  perambulation  be- 
tween muddy  river  &  Cambridg  &  between 
nuuldy  river  &  Roxbury."  His  first  wife, 
Aliigail.  was  mother  of  John,  Theodore,  Na- 
thaniel. Abigail  (died  young),  Thomas,  Abi- 
gail (died  young).  He  married  (second)  in 
( )ctober,  1667,  Mary,  widow  of  Edward  Lyde, 
anil  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John  Wheelwright 
and  his  wife,  Mary  Hutchinson,  daughter  of 
Edward  Hutchinson,  of  Alford,  England. 
Children  (according  to  Savage)  :  John  and 
Abigail. 

(II)  John  Atkinson  is  said  by  some  au- 
thorities to  have  been  a  son  of  Thomas  Atkin- 
son, a  brother  of  Theodore.  Recent  re- 
searches as  given  in  the  "Essex  Antiquarian" 
make  him  the  son  of  Theodore,  born  about 
1639.  He  settled  at  Newbury,  Massachusetts, 
in  1662,  and  carried  on  the  business  of  felt- 
maker  and  hatter,  which  was  continued  by 
many  of  his  descendants.  He  married  (first) 
.April  27.  1664,  Sarah  Mirick,  who  was  the 
mother  of  his  children  and  was  living  in  1686. 
He  married  (second)  June  3.  1700.  Widow 
Hannah  Cheney,  who  died  January  5,  1705. 
.\fler  that  he  resided  with  his  son  John  until 
his  death,  between  June  26,  1713,  and  Septem- 
ber 29,  1715.  Children:  Sarah.  John,  Thomas. 
Theodore,  Abigail.  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Eliza- 
beth, Joseph  and  Rebecca.  The  youngest  son 
was  killed  by  Indians  in  Maine,  in  1706. 

(III)  John  (2),  eldest  child  of  John  (i) 
and  Sarah  (Mirick)  .Atkinson,  was  born  in 
Newbury.  He  was  a  feltmaker,  residing  in  his 
native  town.     His  father's  will  acknowledged 


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dutiful  care  on  his  part  and  bequeathed  to  him 
a  house,  barn  and  land  in  Newbury.  He  died 
between  June  30  and  September  27,  1744.  He 
married,  about  1693,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Hannah  (Hilton)  Woodman,  of 
Newbury,  born  October  19,  1670.  Children : 
Thomas,  John,  Theodore,  Sarah,  Hannah,  Abi- 
gail, Joseph,  Mary,  Elizabeth  and  Ichabod. 

(IV)  Ichabod,  youngest  child  of  John  (2) 
and  Sarah  ( Woodman )  .Atkinson.  ,was  born 
August  13.  1714,  in  Newbury,  and  resided  in 
that  town,  where  he  is  described  as  "yeoman" 
and  feltmaker.  He  married  (intention  pub- 
Hshed  October  7,  1733)  Priscilla,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Butler)  Bailey,  born  August 
29,  1712,  died  February  9.  1793.  That  he  was 
a  prudent  and  thoughtful  man  is  indicated  by 
the  fact  that  he  made  his  will  May  29,  1797, 
nearly  seven  years  before  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred January  3,  1804.  Children:  Moses, 
Matthias.  Miriam.  Abigail.  Hannah.  Anna. 
Sarah,  .\mos  and  Eunice. 

(V)  Amos,  third  son  of  Ichabod  and  Pris- 
cilla (Bailey)  Atkinson,  was  born  March  20, 
1754,  in  Newbury,  where  he  resided,  following 
the  occupation  of  hatter.  He  was  among  the 
immortal  minute-men  of  the  revolution,  and 
served  as  lieutenant  in  the  regiment  com- 
manded by  Colonel  Moses  Little  in  that  strug- 
gle. He  married  (first)  published  October 
17.  1778,  Anna  Bayley.  of  Amesbury,  young- 
est child  of  Captain  William  and  Anna  (Low- 
ell) Bayley,  descendant  of  John  Bayley,  the 
immigrant,  of  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  and 
had  one  child,  William.  He  married  (second) 
1784,  Anna  Knowlton.  and  had  children: 
Nancy,  Charles,  George,   Amos  and  Anna. 

(VI)  Amos  (2),  third  son  of  Amos  (i) 
and  Anna  (Knowlton)  Atkinson,  was  born 
May  II,  1792,  in  Newbury.  He  went  to  Bos- 
ton at  an  early  age  and  became  one  of  the 
leading  merchants  of  that  city.  The  firm  of 
Atkinson  &  Rollins  of  which  he  was  the  head, 
was  one  of  the  longest  continued  of  any  in  the 
citv.  He  was  among  the  pioneers  among  Bos- 
ton business  men  in  locating  his  home  at 
Brookline,  then  a  country  village,  and  was 
wont  to  go  to  and  from  business  in  a  chaise 
in  the  summer  season.  He  often  boarded, 
with  his  family,  in  the  city  during  the  winter 
to  give  them  the  advantages  thus  afforded. 
In  those  early  days  there  was  no  public  con- 
veyance between  Brookline  and  Boston.  He 
moved  from  Boston  to  Brookline  in  1822,  and 
a  year  or  two  later  built  a  house  on  New 
Lane,  now  Cvpress  street.  This  he  sold  in 
1836  and  moved  to  Boston  on  account  of  his 


growing  family,  and  the  following  year  pur- 
chased a  house  on  Mt.  Vernon  street.  Dur- 
ing the  year  1836-37  he  lived  on  Bulfinch 
street,  which  was  then  one  of  the  aristocratic 
localities  of  Beacon  Hill.  He  made  frequent 
trips  to  Europe  to  purchase  goods.  After  his 
children  were  educated  he  returned  to  Brook- 
line, and  there  died  June  26,  1864,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-two  years.  With  six  others  he  un- 
dertook the  establishment  of  the  Brookline 
Classical  School,  and  was  one  of  the  two  who 
completed  the  construction  of  the  building 
after  others  had  withdrawn  on  account  of 
business  reverses.  In  addition  to  the  school 
building  a  gymnasium  was  constructed,  one  of 
the  first  of  its  kind  in  this  country.  He  mar- 
ried. .\pril  29,  1818,  Anna  Greenleaf,  daugh- 
ter of  Enoch  and  Judith  (Greenleaf)  Sawyer, 
of  Newbury,  born  October  27,  1795.  died  Sep- 
tember 29,  1871.  Children:  I.  William  Par- 
sons, born  August  20.  1820,  in  Harvard  street, 
Boston.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege, class  of  1838,  and  among  his  classmates 
were  Rev.  Rufus  Ellis  and  James  Russell 
Lowell.  He  was  a  teacher  in  private  schools 
until  he  became  a  professor  in  the  Massachu- 
setts Institute  of  Technology,  on  its  organi- 
zation, which  position  he  held  for  about 
twenty-five  years.  He  was  a  parishioner  and 
neighbor  of  Theodore  Parker,  and  a  strong 
supporter  of  the  Abolition  movement  in  the 
early  days.  He  married  Sarah  Cabot  Park- 
man,  daughter  of  Rev.  Francis  Parkman,  D. 
D. :  children  :  i.  Charles  Follen,  unmarried  :  ii. 
Emily  Cabot,  married  George  Holdredge,  died 
1873:  iii.  Francis  Parkman,  died  1874;  iv. 
Susan  Parkman.  William  Parsons  Atkinson 
died  March  11,  1890.  2.  George,  born  May 
19,  1882;  married.  May  19.  1852,  Elizabeth 
Staigg:  children:  i.  Mary,  born  February, 
1853,  died  March,  1856;  ii.  George,  born 
March,  1854,  died  March,  1856:  iii.  Richard 
Staigg,  born  July.  1855;  iv.  Elizabeth,  born 
December,  1856.  married  George  O.  G. 
Coale:  v.  Marian,  horn  September,  1858,  died 
August.  1874:  vi.  James,  born  December, 
i860,  died  December,  1883;  vii.  Henry  Mor- 
rell,  born  November,  1862,  married  May 
Peters  ;  viii.  George,  born  May,  1866.  3.  Eliz- 
abeth Parsons,  born  April  21,  1824,  died 
March  I,  1903.  unmarried.  4.  Edward,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Henry,  died  in  infancy.  6. 
.A.nnie,  born  April  16,  1837;  married,  June  26. 
1872,  Richard  M.  Staigg,  of  Boston:  no  chil- 
dren. 

(\Tn    Edward,  third  son  of  Amos  (2)  and 
Aima  Greenleaf  (Sawver)  .Atkinson,  was  born 


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February  lo,  1827,  in  Brookline,  in  which  town 
he  (lied  December  11,  1905.  He  was  educated 
in  private  schools  and  gained  a  knowledge  of 
French,  Latin  and  Greek.  He  attended  the 
first  series  of  lectures  given  by  Louis  Agassiz 
on  the  glacial  theory,  and  often  listened  to  the 
teachings  of  Theodore  Parker.  At  a  very 
early  age  he  sought  to  enter  upon  a  mercantile 
career,  and  took  a  place  August  12,  1842,  in 
the  store  of  Read  &  Chadwick,  where  his 
brother  already  was  employed,  and  had  op- 
portunity to  become  familiar  with  every  de- 
tail of  business  as  then  conducted.  It  was 
before  the  day  of  janitors,  and  he  assisted  in 
sweeping  out  lofts,  packing  goods  and  other 
duties  often  performed  by  proprietors  them- 
selves. He  remained  five  years  with  this  firm, 
but  soon  found  that  selling  was  not  to  his 
taste.  He  had,  however,  a  talent  for  figures 
and  became  a  confidential  clerk  and  account- 
ant. On  attaining  his  majority  he  became 
identified  with  manufacturing  corporations, 
among  them  the  Continental  Mills,  the  Lewis- 
ton  Water  Power  Company  and  the  Franklin 
Company.  Later  he  was  a])pointed  treasurer 
of  the  Indian  Orchard  Mills  at  Indian  Orchard, 
Massachusetts,  which  position  he  held  for 
many  years,  and  when  he  resigned  his  office 
in  1877  the  mills  were  in  the  highest  state  of 
efficiency.  He  then  became  the  president  of 
the  Boston  Manufacturers  Mutual  Insurance 
Company,  which  he  had  helped  establish. 
This  position  he  held  until  his  death.  No 
business  man  of  Boston  was  better  or  more 
favorably  known,  and  his  fame  as  an  ac- 
countant, economist  and  publicist  spread  not 
only  over  his  native  land,  but  was  observed  in 
Europe.  Among  his  friends  were  ex-Presi- 
dent Cleveland,  Carl  Schurz,  Henry  George, 
Carroll  D.  Wright,  Andrew  Carnegie,  and  in 
England  he  was  popular  with  William  Glad- 
stone, Sir  Lyon  Play  fair  and  many  others. 
In  1887  he  was  appointed  by  President  Cleve- 
land a  commissioner  to  report  on  the  status 
of  bimetalism  in  Europe,  and  acquitted  him- 
self in  a  manner  to  please  his  countrymen  and 
the  world  at  large.  He  was  among  the  found- 
ers of  the  New  England  Emigrant  Aid  So- 
ciety, and  also  of  the  Massachusetts  Institute 
of  Technology,  of  which  he  was  a  director  for 
many  years.  At  the  age  of  forty-seven  he 
was  made  an  honorary  member  of  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  fraternity  of  Harvard  Llniver- 
sity,  a  rare  honor.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences; 
fellow  of  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science  ;  member  and  corre- 


sponding secretary  of  the  American  Statis- 
tical Association  ;  of  the  International  Statis- 
tical Institute;  of  the  Cobden  Club  of  Great 
P)ritain  and  the  Unitarian  Club  of  Boston. 

Air.  Atkinson  was  a  prolific  writer  upon 
economic  topics  and  a  recognized  authority  at 
home  and  abroad.  He  was  firmly  convinced 
that  the  course  of  trade  should  receive  as  little 
interference  from  governments  as  is  consist- 
ent with  J:he  creation  of  sufficient  revenue  to 
sustain  themselves.  His  membership  in  the 
Cobden  Club  well  shows  his  position  in  this 
respect.  He  was  an  ardent  advocate  of  a  cur- 
rency based  upon  bullion  of  full  value,  dollar 
for  dollar,  and  often  quoted  Daniel  Webster's 
idea  that  we  could  not  afford  to  perform  many- 
kinds  of  labor  as  long  as  cheap  labor  of  Europe 
was  available.  He  believed  that  the  highest 
priced  labor  was  the  cheapest,  because  most 
efi^ective.  In  recognition  of  his  distinguished 
|)ublic  service,  the  University  of  South  Caro- 
lina conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  LL.  D., 
and  Dartmouth  College  that  of  Ph.  D. 

Mr.  Atkinson  was  the  author  of  the  follow- 
ing books  and  pamphlets :  "Cheap  Cotton  by 
h^-ee  Labor"  (1861)  ;  "The  Collection  of  Rev. 
enue"  (Boston,  1861);  "Argument  for  the 
Conditional  Reform  of  the  Legal  Tender  Act" 
(1874);  "Our  National  Domain"  (1879); 
"Labor  and  Capital — Allies,  Not  Ene- 
mies" (New  York,  1880)  ;  "The  Fire  Engin- 
eer, the  Architect  and  the  Underwriter"  (Bos- 
ton, 1880)  ;  "The  Railroads  of  the  United 
.States"  ( 1880)  ;  "Cotton  Manufacturers  of 
the  United  States"  (1880);  "Address  at  At- 
lanta, Georgia,  on  the  International  Expo- 
sition" (New  York,  1881);  "What  Is  a 
Bank?"  (1881);  "Right  Method  of  Prevent- 
ing Fires  in  Mills"  (Boston,  1881)  ;  "The  Rail- 
way and  the  F"armer"  ( New  York,  1881 )  ;  "The 
Influence  of  P)0ston  Capital  upon  Manufactur- 
ers"; "Memorial  History  of  Boston"  (1882); 
"The  Distribution  of  Products"  (New  York, 
1885).  In  1886  Mr.  Atkinson  began  the  prep- 
aration of  a  series  of  monographs  on  economic 
questions  of  periodical  publication  :  "The  Com- 
mercial Control  of  the  World";  "The  Cause 
and  Remedy  of  Business  Depression" ;  "What 
does  16  to  I  mean?";  "What  does  Free  Sil- 
ver mean  ?"  ;  "The  Fallacy  of  Free  Coinage" ; 
"What  Makes  the  Rate  of  Wages?"  "The  Cost 
of  an  Anglo-Saxon  War"  ;  "Jingoism ;  or  War 
upon  the  Dominant  Industry";  "High  Wages 
from  Low  Cost  of  Labor";  "Is  Cotton 
King?";  "Food  and  Wages";  "What  Is  a 
Bank?";  "Coal  Is  King";  "Fireproof  Build- 
ings" :  "What  is  the  Growing  Capacity  of  the 


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L'nited  States?".  His  address  011  cotton  man- 
ufacturing at  Atlanta  was  the  direct  impulse  to 
the  holdins;  of  the  Atlanta  Cotton  Exposition 
of  1881. 

Mr.  Atkinson  married,  October  4,  1855. 
Mary  Caroline,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Caro- 
line (Penniman)  Heath,  born  June  i,  1830,  a 
descendant  of  General  William  Heath,  a  warm 
and  intimate  friend  of  General  Washington, 
upon  whose  staff  he  served  in  the  revolution. 
She  died  December  12.  1907.  Children:  i. 
Carohne  Heath,  born  July,  1856,  died  May, 
1857.  2.  .\nna  Greenleaf,  born  February  25, 
1858:  married,  June  8,  1882,  Ernest  Winsor, 
of  lirookline.  3.  Edward  \\'illiams,  born  Oc- 
tober 13,  1859;  married.  November  15,  1894. 
Ellen  F.  Russell.  4.  Charles  Heath,  born  July 
2,  1862.  5.  Lincoln,  born  April  19,  1865,  died 
.Vugust,  1865.  6.  William,  born  July  7,  1866, 
married.  May  30,  1900,  Mittie  Harmon  Jack- 
son. 7.  Robert  Whitman,  born  December  14, 
1868;  married,  March  3,  1904,  Elizabeth  Bisp- 
ham  Page  of  Philadelphia.  8.  Caroline  Penni- 
man, born  July  5.  1871.  9.  Mary  Heath,  born 
November  16,  1878;  married,  June  25,  1901, 
Richard  G.  \\adsworth,  M.  D." 

The  following  is  from  the  Brooklyn  Eagle, 
December  12,  1905:  "By  the  death  of  Edward 
.Atkinson  Boston  loses  a  venerable  citizen, 
Massachusetts  an  aggressive  reformer,  the 
Cnited  States  a  business  magnate  of  integrity 
and  wisdom,  and  the  world  a  statistician  and 
moralist  who  deserved  the  coniiilence  which  he 
inspired  and  the  attention  which  he  com- 
manded. The  Eagle  totally  differed  from  Mr. 
.Atkinson  in  his  views  touching  expansion,  but 
his  objection  to  that  policy  was  absolutely  sin- 
cere and  his  statements  against  it  were  the 
most  difficult  to  meet  of  any  that  were  ad- 
vanced from  any  quarter.  Aside  from  all 
that  and  far  more  than  all  that,  this  wise, 
learned.  earnest  and  intellectually  tol- 
erant American  stood  for  the  best  type 
of  thought  and  action  which  has  honored 
Massachusetts  in  the  past  and  which  honors 
Massachusetts  in  the  ]ireseiit.  There  was  no 
gathering  of  great  Bostonians  complete  with- 
out him.  Every  such  gathering  was  richer 
while  he  lived  and  for  a  long  time  will  be 
poorer  because  he  is  dead.  There  was  no 
service  to  any  worthy  cause  that  he  could 
render  which  he  withheld.  There  was  no  ap- 
peal to  his  judgment  or  to  his  knowledge  which 
he  did  not  gratefully  answer.  There  was  no 
kindness  and  there  was  no  courtesy  which  he 
did  not  more  than  require.     He  was  among  the 


chief  delights   of   one  of  the  most  delightful 
cities  and  state  in  the  world." 


This    name    hatl    numerous 
T().\11'K1NS     representatives     at    a    very 

early  date  in  New  England, 
among  whom  was  John  Tompkins,  who  was  at 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1637,  and  was 
made  a  freeman  there  in  1642.  Another  John 
Tompkins  was  in  Concord,  Massachusetts,  as 
early  as  1642,  and  had  sons  John  and  Nathan- 
iel. John  Tompkins,  of  Salem,  was  early  in 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  but  did  not  long 
remain.  Among  the  descendants  of  John  of 
Concord  the  name  Nathaniel  repeatedly  oc- 
curs, but  none  can  be  found  who  can  be  identi- 
fied with  the  Nathaniel  who  was  early  in 
Rhode  Island.  John  Tompkins,  of  Concord, 
removed  to  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  where  he 
was  ])roposed  for  freeman  in  1669,  and  sold 
land  in  1673.  He  subsecjuently  resided  at 
East  Chester,  New  York.  A  son  Nathaniel 
had  a  son  Nathaniel,  who  resided  and  died  in- 
East  Chester,  according  to  best  authorities. 

(I)  Nathaniel  Tompkins,  born  in  1650,  ac- 
cording to  the  records  of  Little  Compton, 
RhcKle  Island,  was  in  Newport  as  early  as 
1675,  and  was  taxed  seven  shillings  there  in 
1680.  He  was  a  merchant  at  Boston  in  1681, 
but  later  resided  in  New])ort,  where  his  will 
was  made  May  30,  1 7 19,  and  proved  May  19, 
1724.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  amounted 
to  eighty-seven  pounds  ten  shillings  si.x  pence. 
He  died  in  1724,  possibly  at  little  Compton. 
Austin's  "Rhode  Island  Dictionary"  states  that 
he  married  Elizabeth  .Allen,  born  in  July,  165 1, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Bacon) 
.Allen.  The  vital  records  of  Little  Compton 
show  that  he  married  about  1674,  Elizabeth 
Waters,  born  1633,  died  in  Little  Compton, 
.March  24,  1714.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born 
1673;  Nathaniel,  December  3,  1676;  Mary, 
September  16,  1677;  Priscilla,  May  24,  1679; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Rebecca,  1683: 
Hannah,  1689;  Austin  also  gives  Mary  and 
.Sarah  as  among  their  children. 

(II)  Samuel,  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
FJizabeth  (  Waters )  Tompkins,  was  born  May 
24,  1681,  at  Newport,  and  died  in  May,  1760, 
in  Little  Compton.  His  will,  proved  June  3. 
that  year,  disposed  of  an  estate  amounting  to 
1837  pounds  ten  shillings.  The  items  indicate 
that  he  was  a  man  of  much  property  and  con- 
siderable intelligence.  Among  them  are  one 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  for  wearing  ap- 
parel and  ten  pounds  in  books.     This   would 


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indicate  a  considerable  library  for  that  time. 
He  married,  in  Little  Compton,  January  24, 
1712,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(  Peabody)  Coe,  born  there  in  1690,  died  Jan- 
uary 2.  1741.  Children:  Joseph,  mentioned 
below;  John,  born  September  14,  1714;  Eliza- 
beth and  Christopher  (twins),  December  8, 
1715;  Abigail,  January  28,  1717;  Nathaniel, 
November  19,  1719:  Gideon,  November  19, 
1720;  Micah,  January  20,  1722;  Benjamin, 
fanuary  26,  1723;  Augustine,  March  19,  1725; 
Priscilla,  June  16,  1726;  William,  October  17, 
1730. 

(HI)  Joseph,  eldest  child  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  (Coe)  Tompkins,  was  born  October  26. 
1712,  in  Little  Compton,  where  he  passed  his 
life,  and  was  probably  engaged  in  agriculture. 
He  married  ( intentions  February  28)  March 
20,  1741,  Martha,  daughter  of  James  and 
Martha  (VVilbor)  Pearce,  born  August  14, 
1717.  Perhaps  both  died  el.sewhere,  as  no 
record  of  their  deaths  appears  in  Little  Comp- 
ton. Children  :  Priscilla,  born  .-Xugust  8,  1743  ; 
Elijah.  April  7,  1746:  Nathaniel,  mentioned 
below  ;  Olive,  May  11,  1749;  Gilbert  and  Gam- 
aliel (twins  died  young):  (iilbert,  May  24, 
1753;  James,  January  22.  1757;  Phebe,  June 
8,  1759:  (iideon,  December  25,  1761. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (2),  second  son  of  Joseph 
and  Martha  (Pearce)  Tompkins,  was  born 
Februarv  23,  1748,  in  Little  Compton,  where 
he  died  ^Iarch  22,  1775.  He  married,  January 
16,  1774,  Phebe  Pearce,  born  March  21,  1752, 
probably  daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  (Sim- 
mons )   Pearce. 

(V)  Nathaniel  (3),  only  child  of  Nathaniel 
(2)  and  Phoebe  (Pearse)  Tompkins,  was  born 
May  25,  1775,  in  Little  Compton,  two  months 
after  the  death  of  his  father,  and  resided  on  a 
farm  at  the  village  in  that  town.  His  wife 
bore  the  baptismal  name  of  Betsy ;  children : 
(Orlando,  Elizabeth  and  John.  The  last 
jiassed  his  life  on  the  paternal  homestead. 

(VT)  Orlando,  elder  son  of  Nathaniel  (3) 
and  Betsy  Tompkins,  was  born  January  19, 
1819,  in  Little  Compton,  and  died  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  November  29,  1684.  He  was 
reared  upon  the  farm,  and  when  about  sixteen 
years  old  came  to  Boston  and  took  employment 
in  the  drug  store  of  William  Brown,  a  native 
of  the  same  town,  who  had  established  himself 
in  bu.siness  at  P>oston.  Young  Tompkins  was 
attentive  and  industrious  and  became  thor- 
oughly familiar  with  the  drug  business.  Be- 
fore he  attained  his  majority  an  opportunity 
arose  for  entering  the  business  on  his  own 
account,  which  he  promptly  embraced,  and  for 


many  years  conducted  an  apothecary  shop 
which  was  one  of  the  landmarks  of  the  city. 
It  was  located  at  the  corner  of  Washington 
and  Winter  streets,  and  here  he  continued  until 
he  retired  from  the  business.  Having  become 
interested  in  some  theatrical  ventures  as  a 
means  of  helping  others,  he  was  gradually 
drawn  into  that  line  of  business  and  became 
one  of  the  owners  of  the  Boston  Theatre, 
which  has  become  widely  noted  in  the  his- 
trionic annals  of  the  country.  His  store  be- 
came a  rendezvous  for  actors,  newspaper  men, 
and  artists  until  he  disposed  of  it.  He  was  a 
man  of  remarkable  business  ability  and  made 
a  success  of  whatever  he  undertook.  An  as- 
sociation with  the  theatrical  business  was  the 
farthest  thing  from  his  plans,  but  having  be- 
come involved  in  it  through  his  interest  in 
others,  he  pursued  it  with  characteristic  en- 
ergy and  shrewdness,  and  made  it  a  financial 
success.  He  married  F"rances  \iles,  a  native 
of  Boston,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Nancy 
P.  (Reed)  Viles,  natives  respectively  of  Lex- 
ington and  Roxbury.  They  were  the  parents 
of  two  sons,  Arthur  and  lingene.  The  first 
(lied  unmarried. 

(VII)    Eugene,    youngest    son    of    Dr.    Or- 
lando   and     Frances    (Viles)    T(jmpkins,   was 
born  September  28,   1850,  in  the   family  resi- 
dence on  Washington  street,  and  died  Febru- 
arv 22,   1909,  at  his  home  on  Commonwealth 
avenue,  Boston.     He  was  for  many  years  pro- 
prietor of  the  Boston  Theatre,  and  one  of  the 
best  known  men   in  the  theatrical  world.     It 
was   in   his    father's   store   that   he   met   niany 
famous  players  of  the  day,  and  in  fact  it  was 
his    father's'   great    friendship    with    the^  great 
actor,  Edwin  Booth,  that  shaped  the  son's  des- 
tiny and  drew  him  from  the  paths  of  a  mercan- 
tile' life   for  which  he  had  prepared  himself, 
and  started  him  on  a  career  of  usefulness  and 
influence     to     the     American     stage.     Edwin 
P.ooth  had  just  returned  from  California,  and 
in  order  to  provide  him  the  ojijiortunity  for  a 
suitable  appearance  in  Boston,  Dr.  Tompkins 
assumed  the  management  of  the  Boston  The- 
atre.    The  success  of  this  engagement  was  the 
turning  point  in  the  career  of  Dr.  Tompkins, 
and  it  later  ])roved  to  be  his  son's  also.     So 
]jhenonienal  was   Edwin  Booth's  success  that 
Dr.    Tompkins    abandoned    his    calling    as    an 
apothecary  and  became  a  manager.     At  this 
time  Eugene  Tompkins  was  being  educated  at 
the  Chauncey  Hall  School.     Later  he  gradu- 
ated  with   high  honors  and   entered  business, 
but  all  his  enthusiasm  and  ambition  was   for 
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was  interested,  and  lie  soon  became  associated 
with  him.  In  1877,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
seven  years,  Eugene  Tomjikins  came  into  no- 
tice as  a  manager.  .At  this  time  there  was 
playing  in  Paris  a  remarkable  play,  "The  Ex- 
iles." .\broad  it  was  making  a  tremendous 
hit,  and  managers  in  this  country  were  greatly 
interested  in  it.  The  reading  of  a  critical  re- 
view of  the  play  gave  Eugene  Tompkins  his 
first  opportunity.  Instinctively  he  grasped  the 
possibilities  of  the  play  and  its  adaptability 
for  .'\merican  audiences.  He  immediately 
went  abroad  and  secured  the  rights  from  the 
author  M.  X'ictorien  .Sardou,  and  had  the  play 
translated  in  London  and  adapted  by  L.  R. 
Shewell.  Then  Mr.  Tompkins  personally  di- 
rected the  production  of  the  play  at  the, Bos- 
ton Theatre,  "The  E.xiles"  running  an  entire 
season.  The  following  year  (1878)  Mr. 
Tom])kins  took  the  reins  of  actual  manage- 
ment of  the  theatre,  with  which  he  had  been 
associated  since  1871.  The  first  protluction 
under  his  own  regime  was  ".Andrew  Fortier," 
a  play  written  expressly  for  him  by  Sardou. 
This  met  with  all  the  success  of  "The  Exiles." 
From  this  time  forward  his  managerial  career 
was  attended  by  a  long  list  of  successes.  Among 
these  were  included  "\'oyagers  in  Southern 
Seas."  "Masque  of  Pandora,"  "Zanita," 
"Jalma."  "Youth,"  "Love  of  Money"  and  a 
"Run  of  Luck."  .\11  these  and  others  were 
.splendidly  produced  by  Mr.  Tompkins.  These 
productions  all  demanded  from  Mr.  Tompkins 
strictest  personal  attention  and  appealed  to 
the  resourcefulness  of  the  manager.  Eciually 
successful  and  pleasing  to  the  public  were 
"The  Soudan,"  "The  Babes  in  the  Wood" 
and  "The  Black  Crook,"  which  were  put  on 
elaborately,  with  great  ingenuity,  and  keenest 
attention  to  detail  and  spectacular  effect.  Mr. 
Tom])kins  retired  as  an  active  manager  in 
1901,  after  thirty  years  continued  success,  and 
significantly  enough  all  within  a  stone's  throw 
from  the  site  of  his  birthplace.  In  1886  he 
became  the  sole  owner  as  well  as  the  manager 
of  the  Boston  Theatre.  During  this  period 
Mr.  Tompkins  sent  out  many  companies,  and 
one  of  the  most  significant  of  his  ventures  was 
the  leasing  of  the  old  Fifth  .\venue  Theatre 
and  the  purchasing  of  the  .Academy  of  Music 
on  Fourteenth  street.  New  York.  .Although 
he  severed  all  financial  and  managerial  connec- 
tion with  the  Boston  Theatre,  he  always  re- 
tained his  interest  in  the  Academy  of  ^lusic. 
In  1896  he  leased  the  Park  Theatre  from  Miss 
I^otta  Crabtree,  retaining  it  several  seasons. 
From  the  first  the  aim  of  Mr.  Tompkins  was 


to  make  his  theatre  the  real  temple  of  the 
drama.  His  standards  were  high,  and  he  was 
always  held  in  high  esteem  by  the  best  element 
in  Boston.  He  was  a  worker  himself,  and  he 
achieved  much.  His  methods  were  direct  and 
straightforward  ami  his  judgement  keen.  As 
a  man  he  was  unostentatious,  his  disposition 
retirmg,  and  there  was  no  appeal  to  him,  even 
in  a  deserved  publicity  of  his  achievements, 
except  as  this  came  to  him  by  subtly  feeling 
the  approval  of  his  patrons.  Mr.  Tompkins 
was  not  only  a  pioneer  of  the  modern  the- 
atrical managers,  but  his  methods  were  abreast 
nf  the  best  that  could  be  shown.  Many  were 
tlie  reforms  he  brought  about  on  the  .American 
stage.  Alany  also  were  the  ideals  for  it  which 
he  never  realized.  He  also  had  wide  interests 
beyond  the  theatre  and  its  management.  He 
was  a  collector  of  ceramics  and  the  mementoes 
of  the  earlier  .American  actors.  In  his  father's 
--tore  he  was  thrown  constantly  into  contact 
with  men  like  the  Booths,  of  whom  he  had 
dozens  of  anecdotes  and  as  luany  relics.  One 
of  these  was  a  bloodstone  ring  given  to  his 
father  by  John  Wilkes  Booth  only  a  few  weeks 
before  Booth  shot  President  Lincoln.  Edwin 
Booth  lived  at  Dr.  Tompkins'  house  whenever 
he  was  in  Boston,  and  all  Eugene  Tompkins' 
association  with  actors  had  as  much  of  social 
feeling  as  of  business  relations.  In  the  din- 
ing room  of  his  home  was  his  collection  of  old 
Staffordshire  p(jttery,  the  "Old  Blue  China"  of 
the  last  century.  This  collection  is  famous, 
embracing  more  than  three  hundred  specimens, 
the  value  of  which  is  not  to  be  conjectured. 

The  will  of  Eugene  Tompkins  was  remark- 
able chiefly  for  a  princely  benefaction  of  $750- 
000  to  the  Perkins  Institute  for  the  Blind, 
South  Boston,  ^\'ith  his  characteristic  mod- 
esty he  attacheil  to  the  becpiest  no  stipulations 
concerning  the  way  the  money  should  be  ex- 
pended, nor  did  he  make  any  suggestion  that 
his  own  name  should  be  perpetuated  by  the 
gift.  ( )ther  charitable  bequests  of  the  same 
nature  aggregate  .Si  50,000.  He  did  not  for- 
get the  men  with  whom,  as  his  employees,  he 
came  in  daily  touch  while  he  guitled  the  affairs 
of  the  Boston  Theatre,  Boston,  and  the  .Acad- 
emy of  Music,  Xew  York.  .Among  this  group 
he  distributed  $31,000.  Quincy  Kilby,  who 
was  for  thirty  years  treasurer  of  the  Boston 
Theatre  and  continued  to  be  confidential  busi- 
ness adviser  to  Mr.  Tompkins  until  the  latter's 
death,  received  .$25,000.  Others  sharing  in 
the  munificence  of  Mr.  Tompkins  were  Fred 
E.  Pond,  assistant  manager  of  the  Boston 
Theatre  about  ten  years ;  .\apier  Lothian,  or- 


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chestra  leader  there  for  tliirty-five  years ; 
James  W.  Taylor,  custodian  of  the  theatre  and 
master  of  supernumeraries  for  forty  years ; 
Edward  C.  Smith,  electrician  for  twenty  years ; 
William  Finn,  doorkeeper  at  the  Mason  street 
entrance  for  twenty  years ;  William  S.  Harris, 
advertising  agent  for  twenty-five  years  or 
more ;  William  H.  Walsh,  press  agent  for  ten 
years ;  Eugene  Foster,  once  the  head  usher  and 
later  a  ticket  taker ;  William  F"ord,  stage  door- 
keeper; Ralph  Harris,  a  ticket  taker.  The 
smallest  of  these  remembrances  was  $500.  He 
also  left  .f2,ooo  to  his  steward  and  butler  and 
$45,000  to  relatives  and  friends.  The  son  of 
Mrs.  Tompkins  (by  her  first  husband),  Ever- 
ett I'evear,  received  $50,000,  and  Eugene  F. 
\'an  Dusen,  treasurer  of  the  Academy  was  re- 
membered substantially.  Mr.  Tompkins  was 
an  active  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  and 
had  uncounted  friends  among  the  fraternity 
as  well  as  outside  of  it.  He  was  a  member  of 
.St.  Bernard  Commandery,  Knights  Templar, 
and  of  the  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters. 
He  was  an  enthusiastic  yachtsman,  and  for 
many  years  spent  much  of  his  summers  upon 
the  water.  He  married  (first)  Gertrude  Gris- 
wold,  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  who  died  child- 
less in  1897.  He  married  (second),  June  14, 
1906,  Mrs.  Alice  Maud  Pevear,  widow  of  Asa 
Everett  Pevear,  and  daughter  of  Harrison  W. 
and  Helen  C.  (To(kl)  Huguley,  of  Cambridge. 


This  name  appears  in  the  early 
TEELE  New  Englanfl  records  with  a  va- 
riety of  spellings,  including  Teal. 
Teel,  and  Tele.  The  number  of  descendants 
is  not  as  numerous  as  in  many  other  early  fam- 
ilies, but  they  have  been  known  for  their  up- 
right character  and  steadfast  adherence  in 
New  England  traditions. 

( I )  William  Teele  was  a  carpenter,  and  is 
found  of  record  in  Maiden  as  earl)'  as  1686, 
this  territor\-  then  being  a  part  of  Charlestown. 
Massachusetts.  The  christian  name  of  his 
first  wife  was  Mary,  and  he  married  (second) 
May  20,  1706,  in  Charlestown,  Hannah  Ken- 
rick,  of  Newton,  daughter  of  John  and  Esther 
Kenrick,  born  December  15,  1680.  She  was 
admitted  to  the  church  at  Maiden,  December 
2J,  1730.  His  first  five  children  were  b(jrn  in 
Maiden,  and  the  rest  in  Charlestown,  where 
nine  of  them  were  baptized.  They  were :  .Abi- 
gail, born  January  i,  1686:  Benjamin,  Novem- 
ber 2,  1689;  Elizabeth,  June  22,  1696;  Oliver, 
July  19,  1699:  Rachael,  .\ugust  11,  1705:  Han- 
nah, July  25,  1707;  John,  September  25,  1709: 
Esther,  bajitized    .September    9,   171 1  ;    Mary, 


.March  30,  1713;  William,  baptized  October  3, 
1714;  Caleb,  June  23,  1717  ;  Elizabeth,  October 
12,  1723. 

(H)  Benjamin,  eldest  son  of  William  and 
Mary  Teele,  born  November  2,  1689,  m  Mal- 
<len.  married  there  (first)  December  31,  1712, 
Anna  Jenkins,  daughter  of  Obadiah  Jenkins. 
He  married  (second)  September  27,  1750,  at 
Medford,  Margaret  (Winship),  widow  of 
John  Elder.  He  was  taxed  in  Charlestown 
from  1727  to  1773,  and  bought  lands  in  1730- 
37-54.  His  will  was  made  December  3,  1776, 
and  the  inventory  of  his  property,  including 
a  house  and  fourteen  acres  of  land,  footed  up 
five  hundred  thirty-eight  pounds.  Children : 
John,  Benjamin,  baptized  in  July,  1719,  at 
Medford;  Samuel,  Anna,  Mary,  Sarah  and 
Rachael. 

(HI)  Samuel,  third  son  of  Benjamin  and 
.\nna  (Jenkins)  Teele,  resided  in  Charlestown 
until  about  1757,  being  taxed  there  as  late  as 
175^.  In  1758  he  was  at  Medford  with  wife 
ami  three  children  and  died  there  before  1775. 
He  married  (first)  March  i,  1749,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  James  and  Lydia  (Hill)  Tufts, 
who  died  before  1755.  He  married  (second) 
.April  3,  1755,  Jane  Di.xon,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Ruth  (Prentiss)  Dixon.  Children: 
Sanniel,  born  1749,  Gershom,  1751-2;  Jona- 
than, mentioned  below ;  Ruth,  February  10, 
1760;  iienjaniin,  January  30,  1763;  .\aron, 
May  7,  1765;  Lydia,  March  16,  1770. 

(1\')  Jonathan,  third  son  of  Samuel  and 
Filizabeth  (Tufts)  Teele,  was  born  about  1754. 
in  Charlestown,  and  resided  in  Aledford,  Mass- 
achusetts. He  bought  one  acre  in  Charles- 
town in  1782,  and  the  same  year  eighty-two 
acres  from  his  brother  lienjamin,  and  two- 
thirds  of  a  house  and  barn  left  by  his  uncle 
lienjamin.  In  1784  he  purchased  another 
eight  acres,  received  six  acres  by  inheritance 
in  1785,  and  ac(|uired  more  property  in  1787 
and  in  1793.  There  are  numerous  other  trans- 
actions of  both  sales  and  purchase  on  record, 
showing  him  to  have  been  an  e.xtensive  land 
owner.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Metonomy 
church,  .April  7,  1790,  and  died  in  Charlestown, 
now  .Somerville,  Massachusetts,  June  7,  1828. 
He  was  a  private  in  Captain  Isaac  Hale's  com- 
jiaiiy.  Colonel  Thomas  Gardner's  regiment, 
which  assembled  at  the  Lexington  alarm, 
.April  19,  1775,  and  served  five  days.  He  mar- 
ried, .April  7,  1776,  Lydia  Cutter,  born  Octo- 
ber 26.  1757,  died  May  26,  1831,  daughter  of 
.Ami  and  Esther  (Pierce)  Cutter.  She  was 
admitted  to  the  Metonomy  church  March  9, 
1828,  and  was  buried  in  Arlington.     Children: 


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Lydia,  born  April  26,  1782;  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below;  Ruth,  July  30,  1786;  Samuel 
Cutter,  baptized  Metonomy  Church,  October 
21,  1788;  Ami  Cutter.  February  13,  1791 ; 
Mary,  March  13,  1793;  Benjamin  Cutter,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1796;  Thomas,  baptized  January  20. 
1799;  and  Joseph,  April  25,  1801. 

(V)  Jonathan  (2),  eldest  child  of  Jonathan 
(i)  and"  Lydia  (Cutter)  Teele,  was  born  Jan- 
uary 26,  1784,  in  Charlestown,  and  resided  in 
what  is  now  Somerville.  whither  he  removed 
with  liis  wife,  October  6,  1805,  and  died  Octo- 
ber 20,  1850.  He  inherited  lands  from  his 
father  in  that  part  of  Charlestown  which  is 
now  West  Somerville,  and  was  a  farmer  in 
a  large  way.  Among  other  industries  he 
maintained  a  fruit  tree  nursery,  and  he  was  a 
leading  citizen,  especially  known  for  his  kind- 
ness to  the  ])oor.  Of  very  even  temper  and 
courteous  manner,  he  made  no  enemies  and 
was  widely  lovetl  and  respected.  In  early  life 
he  joined  the  Mystic  Congregational,  but  was 
later  a  member  of  the  Arlington  church,  and  he 
was  among  the  first  to  discard  the  use  of 
liquor  in  his  home,  at  that  time  so  generally 
jirevalent.  In  ])olitics  he  was  a  Whig.  He 
married,  March  24.  1805,  Lydia,  daughter  of 
William  and  Mercy  (Perry)  Hill,  born  March 
14,  1782,  died  April  24.  1858.  Children: 
Lydia,  born  June  13.  1805:  Anna  Hill,  April 
24,  1807;  Sarah  Hill,  March  16,  1808;  Jona- 
than William,  July  4,  181 1:  Elbridge,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1813:  Rebecca  Russell,  August  13, 
1816:  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Edwin,  May 
13.  1821. 

"(\T)  Samuel  (2).  third  son  of  Jonathan 
(2)  and  Lydia  (Hill)  Teele,  was  born  No- 
vember 18,  1818,  in  Charlestown,  now  Somer- 
'  ville,  and  baptized  June  6,  1819,  in  Arlington, 
Massachusetts.  He  attended  the  district 
schools  and  was  two  years  a  student  at  Wo- 
burn  Academy.  He  remained  with  his  par- 
ents upon  the  paternal  farm,  at  what  is  now 
Teele  S(|uarc,  working  in  winter  in  a  pork 
packing  establishment  in  Boston.  .After  the 
death  of  his  parents,  whom  he  cared  for  dur- 
ing their  old  age,  he  built  a  house  which  he 
occupied  about  ten  years,  and  then  sold  the 
property  to  Tufts  College.  In  1868  he  built 
the  house  on  Curtis  street  opposite  Tufts  Col- 
lege, which  continued  to  be  his  home  through 
life.  He  was  a  very  neat  and  thrifty  farmer, 
and  was  successful  in  his  calling.  His  apple 
orchard  was  one  of  the  best  in  the  community, 
but  has  now  been  destroyed  to  make  way  for 
the  spread  of  population  in  West  Somerville. 
He  was  actively  identified  for  some  years  with 


the     .Arlington     church,     of     whose     Sunday 
school  he  was  for  some  years  superintendent, 
and    he    also    maintained    a    mission    Sunday, 
school  not  far  from  his  home.     In  1854  he  be- 
came affiliated  with  the  North  Avenue  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Cambridge,  and  thus  continued 
until  his  death.     He  was  a  staunch  Republican, 
having  jireviously  been  a  Whig,  and  cast  his 
first  presidential  vote  for  William  Henry  Har- 
rison in  1840.     He  possessed  a  fine  mind,  was 
fond  of  reading,  became  well  informed,  and 
was  a  good  conversationalist.     He  cared  little 
for  the  strifes  of  the  commercial  or  political 
world,  and  gave  his  time  and  energy  to  the 
cultivation   of   his    farm,    from   which   he  re- 
tired upon  the  approach  of  age.     He  married 
June  25,   1845,  Phoebe  Libby,  born  February 
2^.   1819,   in   Ossipee,   New   Hampshire,   died 
June  17,  1880,  daughter  of  James  and  .Abigail 
(  Coodwin)  Libby,  natives  respectively  of  Ber- 
wick,  Maine,   and  Ossipee,   New  Hampshire. 
Children:  i.  Isabella  Goodwin,  married  Fran- 
ces T.  Bartlett,  and  is  now  deceased,  as  is  their 
son,"  Samuel  Teele  Bartlett.     2.   Samuel   Fer- 
dinand, born  August  16,  1847;  he  enlisted  for 
nine    months    in    Company    E,    Twenty-sixth 
Massachusetts  Regiment,  and  participated  with 
Sheridan  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley  campaign, 
and  in  the  battles  of  Winchester,  Cedar  Moun- 
tain, and  others,  and  was  discharged  at  the  close 
of  the  war.  He  was  always  afterward  a  farmer, 
with  his  father.    He  resides  at  67  Curtis  street, 
\\\>t  Somerville,  in  a  house  built  in  1869.     He 
married   (first)  January  5,  1869,  Justina  Mer- 
rill, of  Haverhill",  who  died  .April  12,  1901  :  one 
child,   Grace   Merrill,   married    Herman   Det- 
wvler,     of    A'onkers,     New    A'ork ;    children: 
(iiadys  Teele,  and  Grace  Aldyeth.     Samuel  F. 
Teele  married  (second)  Mary  Harrington,  of 
Xewtonville;    child:    Stanley    Ferdinand.     3. 
Jonathan  Merle,  graduate  from  Tufts  College, 
1870;  a  successful  physician,  near  Dorchester 
Lower  Mills:  died  ag'ed  forty  years;  married 
Elizabeth    Hacon  ;  child:  Jonathan  M.  Jr.     4. 
Phoebe  Janette,  graduated  from  high  school; 
was  for  ten  years  a  teacher  in  Somerville  pub- 
lic schools;  now    resides    upon    the    j)aternal 
homestead    in    West    Somerville.     3.    and    6. 
Lydia   Hill    and   Roland   Forbes,   died   young. 
Samuel  Teele  died  January  9,  1899.  and  the 
Soiiu-r-iillc  Journal    of  January   13    following 
published  the  following  obituary  : 

Death  of  the  Oldest  Native  Resident  of  Clarendon 
Hill. — The  venerable  Samuel  Teele.  of  170  Curtis 
street.  Clarendon  Hill,  passed  peacefully  away  of 
old  ag-e.  Monday  morning,  at  3.30.  Mr.  Teele  was 
ailins  but  three  day.<!  prior  to  death.     There  seemed 


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to  be  a  general  and  quick  collapse  of  the  system, 
which  had  been  active  and  vigorous  for  over  four 
score  years.  On  Saturday  the  deceased  was  up  and 
about  the  house.  Sunday  he  remained  in  bed,  sit- 
ting up  at  periods,  supported  by  pillows.  His 
daughter,  Phoebe  Janette,  was  at  his  bedside 
throughout  the  day  and  night,  up  to  the  hour  of 
death.  Mr.  Teele  was  conscious  up  to  the  very  last, 
and  spoke  to  his  daughter  a  moment  before  he 
passed  away.  Most  all  of  Sunday  his  daughter  read 
to  him  from  the  Bible  and  the  "Watchman."  and  he 
appeared  to  appreciate  the  reading  very  much.  Mr. 
Teele  was  one  of  the  pioneer  members  of  the  North 
Avenue  Baptist  Church.  The  present  and  former 
pastors  ofHciated  (appropriately)  the  funeral  taking 
place  at  2.30.  The  clergymen  were  Rev.  Albert  S. 
Apsey,  D.  D.,  of  Reading,  who  was  Mr.  Teele's 
pastor  twenty-live  years;  and  Rev.  Riley  A.  Vose. 
Mr.  Apsey  delivered  a  beautiful  eulogy  on  the 
christian  life  of  the  deceased.  Burial  was  at  Mt. 
Pleasant  cemetery,  Arlington. 


Is  a  name  which  seems  to  have 
LII'IIP^Y     come  to  America  from  the  west 
of   England,   prohably  Cornwall 
(ir  Devon;  and  in  the  ancient  records  and  in 
|)resent   use   has   about    the   same   number   of 
variations   in    its   orthography    as   most    other 
surnames.     The  family  has  been  distinguished 
rather  for  those  substantial  virtues  that  make 
their  possessor  happy  in  himself  and  helpful 
to  mankind,  than  by  the  possession  of  wealth 
and  those  more  showy  and  less  laudible  charac- 
teristics not  unfrec|uently  in  evidence  to  every 
observer   of   men.     As   a    family   the   Libbeys 
have  been  respected  by  their  neighbors  as  men 
of  sterling  wortli,  and  uprightness  and  honesty 
of  character.     They  have  generally  belonged 
to  that    la^v    abiding   class    which    forms   the 
bone  and  muscle  of  the  nation,  content  to  ren- 
der the   wise  eflforts  of  others  etYective  by  a 
hearty  support,  and  willing  to  concede  all  the 
glory  to  the  leader.     The  family  numbers  its 
revohitiiMiary    sokliers   by   scores,   and    many 
hurdreds  risked  their  lives   for  their  country 
in  the  war  of  the  rebellion.     In  jMaine  alone 
there   were  two  hundred  and   fifty-six  enlist- 
ments.    They  are,  as  a   family,  very  devout, 
and   have   figured  much   more  largely   in   the 
religious  than  in  the  civil   institutions  of  the 
cdnimnnities  in   which  they   have   lived.     The 
family   has   abounded   in   Christian   ministers, 
eloers,   and    deacons,   while  generation    after 
generation  has  died  in  the   faith.     Very   few 
have    been   guilty    of   bringing    any    reproach 
upon  the  name,  and  even  in  Maine,  where  the 
family   is   so  numerous  as  to   rank  with  the 
Smiths  and  Browns,  it  has  been  remarked  by 
many  that  they  never  knew  of  a  criminal  or  a 
pauper  named  Libby. 

(1)   John  Libby,  born  in  England  about  the 


year  1602,  came  to  New  England  and  was  em- 
ployed in  the  fisheries  by  Robert  Trelawney, 
who  had  a  grant  of  land  embracing  Rich- 
mond's Island  and  other  land  about  Cape  Eliz- 
abeth. Maine.  The  records  of  this  industry 
show  that  John  Libby  was  in  the  employ  of 
Trelawney  four  years  from  the  summer  of 
1635  to  the  summer  of  1639.  He  had  a  grant 
of  land  in  Scarborough,  on  the  bank  of  Libby 
river  and  there  built  a  house.  Plere  he  is  sup- 
posed to  have  divided  his  time  between  fishing 
and  agriculture.  In  1663  he  is  described  in  a 
document  as  a  "planter,"  and  in  the  history  of 
Scarborough  he  is  said  to  have  been  "for  many 
years  one  of  the  town's  principal  planters." 
He  was  constable  in  1664,  and  his  name  stands 
first  of  the  four  selectmen  in  a  town  grant 
bearing  date  1669.  In  King  Phillip's  war 
(  1675)  he  lost  everything  he  had  except  his 
plantation.  Captain  Joshua  Scattow's  diary 
says:  "Eight  or  nine  deserted  houses  belong- 
ing to  Libby  and  his  children"  were  burned 
by  the  Indians,  September  7,  1675.  John 
Libby  and  his  wife  and  younger  children  were 
in  Boston,  July  10,  1677,  and  on  his  petition 
at  that  time  his  two  sons  Henry  and  Anthony 
were  discharged  from  Black  Point  garrison. 
He  probably  soon  after  returned  to  Black 
Point,  his  old  home  in  Maine,  where  he  ac- 
<|uired  a  comfortable  property  and  died  at  the 
age  of  eighty  years.  He  had  two  wives.  Of 
the  first,  nothing  is  known  except  that  she  was 
the  mother  of  all  of  his  sons  excej^t  Matthew 
and  Daniel,  and  probably  all  his  daughters. 
Of  the  second  nothing  is  known  but  her  Chris- 
tian name,  which  was  Mary.  Children,  prob- 
ably all  born  in  this  country  except  the  eldest : 
John,  James,  Samuel,  Joanna,  Henry,  .'\n- 
thony,  Rebecca,  Sarah  Hannah,  David,  Mat- 
thew and  Daniel. 

(II )  John  (2).  son  of  John  (i  )  Libby,  was 
probably  born  in  England,  in  1636,  and  was 
reared  in  Scarborough.  In  1668  he  bought 
fifty  acres  adjoining  his  father's  plantation  at 
Black  Point,  where  he  resided.  Subsequently 
he  received  several  other  grants  from  the  town. 
He  took  an  active  part  in  the  public  matters 
of  the  town,  and  served  as  selectman  in  the 
years  1670-74-83-87.  In  1690  Fort  Loyal,  a 
few  miles  north  of  Black  Point,  was  captured 
by  the  I'rench  and  Indians,  and  the  inhabitants 
of  Scarborough  left  their  homes  and  went  to 
safer  localities.  John  Libby,  with  his  whole 
family,  fled  to  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire, 
and  there  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
followed  the  vocation  of  miller,  and  during  the 
earlier  vears  of  his  residence  there  was   fre- 


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qiiently  cliosen  to  fill  minor  town  offices.  He 
lived  to  be  very  old.,  and  probably  died  soon 
after  1720.  His  wife  Agnes  was  living  in 
March,  1717,  but  probably  died  before  her  hus- 
band. Their  children,  all  born  in  Scarborough 
were:  John,  Joseph,  Samuel,  James.  Daniel, 
Benjamin  and  Jeremiah. 

(Ill)  Deacon  Benjamin  Libbey,  sixth  son 
and  child  of  John  (2)  and  .\gnes,  was  born  in 
Scarborough,  June  4,  1682,  and  died  in  Ber- 
wick, November  9,  1768,  aged  eighty-six.  He 
was  taken  by  his  father  to  Portsmouth  in  1690, 
and  afterward  went  to  Berwick  and  "lived  and 
served  his  time"'  seven  years  with  Colonel  John 
Plaisted.  He  settled  near  what  is  now  South 
Berwick  Junction,  on  the  "Witchtrot"  road, 
and  lived  there  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
was  many  years  one  of  tFie  principal  inhabit- 
ants, was  fre(|uently  placed  on  the  most  im- 
|)ortant  town  committees,  often  presided  over 
meetings  of  the  town,  and  was  selectman  from 
1719  to  1736.  He  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  Lebanon,  and  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  early  management  of  that  township. 
September  16.  1725,  he  was  chosen  deacon  of 
the  Congregational  church,  of  which  he  and 
his  wife  had  been  members  from  October  7. 
1716.  and  tilled  that  position  until  June  25, 
1761,  a  period  of  thirty-six  years.  There  is  a 
record  of  special  thanks  voted  him  for  his  ser- 
vices. He  married,  December  20,  1707,  Sarah 
Stone,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Patience  (Good- 
win) Stone,  of  Kittery.  The  date  of  her  death 
is  unknown,  but  she  was  living  as  late  as  Feb- 
ruary. 1764.  Children:  Agnes,  Joseph  and 
Benjamin  (twins).  Sarah.  Daniel,  ^Iary,  Jere- 
miah, Anna.  Charles  and  Elisha. 

(IV)  Charles,  ninth  child  and  fifth  son  of 
Deacon  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Stone)  Libbey, 
was  born  in  Berwick,  Maine,  December  29. 
1721,  and  died  September  8,  1772.  He  Hved 
and  died  on  his  father's  homestead,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  farming.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 2-].  1744,  Abigail  Hilton,  who  survived  him. 
Children :  Hannah,  Mary,  Ebenezer,  Charles, 
Mehitable,  .Mjigail,  Jeremiah.  Benjamin,  John 
(died  young).  James.  Sarah  and  John. 

(V)  James,  sixth  son  of  Charles  and  Abi- 
gail (Hilton)  Libbey,  was  born  August  18, 
1760.  in  Berwick,  and  settled  soon  after  his 
marriage  in  Lebanon,  Maine,  where  he  cleared 
up  land  and  followed  farming,  dying  June  22, 
1832.  He  married.  November  7,  1782,  Han- 
nah Woodsun,  who  died  May  15,  1840.  Chil- 
dren: Bet.sy.  James,  Abigail.  Permitta,  Mary, 
Jeremiah.  Rebecca,  Jacob.  Dorcas,  Moses  and 
David. 


(\T)  James  (2),  eldest  son  of  James  (l) 
and  Hannah  (Woodson)  Libbey,  was  born 
December  8,  1787.  in  Lebanon,  and  settled  in 
Osippee,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  was  a 
farmer,  and  died  January  I,  1850.  He  married 
(first),  January  i,  1811,  Abigail  Goodwin,  who 
died  May  18,  1826;  (second)  Abigail  Austin, 
of  Somersworth,  New  Hampshire,  who  died 
twenty  years  later;  (third)  Margaret  (Gowell) 
Chatman.  Children,  all  by  first  wife  :  Almira, 
I'eninnah,  Reuben  G.,  Hannah,  Phoebe,  Dorcas 
and  James  C. 

(Vll)  Phoebe  Libby  (as  she  spelled  the 
name),  fourth  daughter  of  James  (2)  and 
.\bigail  (Goodwin)  Libbe}-,  was  born  Feb- 
ruarv  23,  1819,  in  Ossipee,  and  was  mar- 
ried, June  25,  1845,  to  Samuel  Teele,  of  Som- 
erville.  Massachusetts  (see  Teele.  YI). 


In  the  year  1066  a  Norman 
MOULTON     follower  of  William  the  Con- 

(|ueror  named  Thomas  Mul- 
ton,  or  de  Multon,  accompanied  his  chief  into 
England,  and  after  the  battle  of  Hastings  was 
rewarded  for  his  services  with  large  grants  of 
land  in  Lincolnshire.  Here  he  built  castles 
and  religious  establishments,  maintained  a 
retinue  of  soldiers,  laborers  and  priests,  and 
lived  the  life  of  a  feudatory  of  the  king. 
From  this  Norman  the  Moultons  of  England 
and  America  are  said  to  have  sprung.  Be- 
tween the  time  of  the  first  Sir  Thomas,  and 
the  present,  twenty-five  generations  of  Moul- 
tons have  been  born  ;  and  through  nine  genera- 
tions, from  the  battle  of  Hastings,  there  con- 
tinued to  be  some  brave  knights  bearing  the 
name  of  Sir  Thomas,  who  were  ready  to  re- 
spond to  the  king's  call  to  arms.  Sir  Thomas 
of  the  fourth  generation  was  sheriff  during  the 
ninth  and  tenth  years  of  King  John's  dynasty, 
and  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  his  reign  attended 
the  king  in  his  expedition  to  Poitou.  Two 
years  later  he  was  taken  in  arms  with  the  re- 
bellious barons  and  imprisoned  in  the  castle 
of  Corfif.  This  was  the  Sir  Thomas  Moul- 
ton  whose  name  appears  upon  the  Magna 
Charta  as  one  of  the  English  barons  who 
wrung  this  great  muniment  of  liberty  from  an 
unwilling  king.  The  fifth  Sir  Thomas  de 
Moulton.  Sir  Walter  Scott  took  as  a  leading 
character  in  his  dramatic  story,  "The  Talis- 
man." Being  a  trusted  friend  of  Richard 
Coeur  de  Lion,  and  possessing  great  physical 
power,  he  was  the  admiration  and  envy  of  the 
knights  at  the  great  tournements  of  England. 
In  the  Holy  Land  he  was  a  leading  crusader, 
and  was  of  all  the  knights  the  nearest  to  the 


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king.  Jndeed,  when  Richard's  sickness  laid 
him  low.  Sir  Thomas  was  the  ruler  de  facto. 
Sir  Walter  Scott  claims  that  in  "The  Talis- 
man" some  parts  are  fanciful,  but  that  so  far 
as  King  Richard  and  Sir  Thomas  Moulton  are 
concerned  he  has  followed  English  history. 
From  such  men  as  these  are  the  American 
Moidtons  of  this  day:  and  among  them  are 
many  who  are  the  peers  of  their  ancestors  or 
of  their  fellow  citizens  in  those  qualities  of 
head  and  heart  which  make  men  leaders  and 
trusted  companions  of  other  men.  "All 
branches  of  the  Moulton  family  had  arms  with 
devices  somewhat  different  from  each  other 
in  minor  details,  yet  alike  in  the  main,  viz: 
A  plain  field,  cither  of  silver  or  blue  :  crossed 
by  three  horizontal  bars,  generally  red,  some 
time  sable.  This  continued  several  hundred 
years,  down  to  the  arms  which  were  granted 
in  1571  by  the  record,  described  as  follows: 
Argent :  three  bars  (gules)  between  eight  es- 
calloped  shells,  sable,  three,  two,  two  and  one. 
Crest :  On  a  pellet  a  falcon  rising  argent. 
Granted  in  1571."  The  name  appears  in  vari- 
ous forms,  as  Multon,  Muleton.  Moulton, 
Moleton,  Moulson  and  Moulton.  Three  Moul- 
tons — Thomas,  John  and  William,  supposed 
to  be  brothers — settled  at  Winnacunnett,  now 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  and  from  these 
all  or  nearly  all  the  Moidtons  of  New  England 
are  descendants. 

(I)  Thomas  Afoulton.  probably  the  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  Moulton 
family,  was  born  in  Ormsby,  Norfolk,  Eng- 
land, about  1614.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
grantees  and  settlers  of  Winnacunnett,  now 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  lived 
about  fifteen  years  or  more.  He  was  in  New- 
bury, Massachusetts,  1637;  Hampton,  New 
TTani])shire,  1^139:  and  "S'ork,  Maine.  1654.  His 
v\ife's  baptismal  name  was  Martha,  anil  they 
were  the  jiarents  of  children :  Thomas,  bap- 
tized November  24.  1639;  Daniel,  baptized 
February  12,  164 1  :  Hannah,  born  June  19, 
1645,  married  Samuel  Tilton,  of  Hampton: 
Mary,  born  January  25,  1651,  married  Sanuie! 
Braglon  Sr.,  of  York,  Maine :  Jeremiah ;  Jo- 
seph, must  have  been  born  prior  to  1660  and 
]irobably  died  about  1720. 

(H)  Jeremiah,  third  son  of  Thomas  and 
Martha  Moulton,  was  born  about  if>^7,  prob- 
ably in  York,  Maine.  He  took  the  oath  of 
allegiance  in  1681,  and  was  representative  in 
1692.  Savage  states  that  he  was  a  councilor, 
but  this  is  probably  an  error,  as  his  name  does 
not  appear  in  the  Massachusetts  civil  list  for 
the   colonial    and   provincial    periods.    t'')3o  to 


1674.  He  died  December  26,  1731,  as  shown 
by  the  town  records.  He  appears  to  have 
possessed  a  somewhat  peppery  temper  in  early 
manhood,  as  the  records  show  that  he  was 
fined  ten  pounds  October  3,  1693,  and  put 
under  bonds  to  the  amount  of  fifty  pounds  to 
keep  the  peace,  for  threatening  with  a  gun  in 
his  hands  to  shoot  a  constable  and  justice  of 
the  peace.  Despite  his  shortcomings,  which 
included  that  of  selling  liquor  without  a  license, 
he  was  a  useful  and  trusted  citizen.  He  often 
served  on  the  grand  jury,  was  selectman,  and 
held  other  town  offices,  besides  serving  as  rep- 
resentative to  the  town  court.  The  town  rec- 
ords generally  refer  to  him  with  the  respect- 
ful title  of  Mister,  which  was  not  in  common 
use  in  those  days.  After  his  nephew,  Jere- 
miah Moulton,  came'to  maturity,  he  was  some- 
times distinguished  as  senior.  His  will  shows 
that  at  the  time  of  its  execution  he  had  but  a 
son  and  a  daughter.  His  first  wife,  Mary 
(Young)  Moulton,  daughter  of  Rowland  and 
Joanna  (Knight)  Young,  of  York,  died  June 
24,  1722.  He  married  (second)  Alice  (Chad- 
bourne)  Donnell,  widow  of  Hon.  Samuel  Don- 
nell,  who  was  councillor  and  judge  of  the  York 
county  court.  He  died  October  22,  1727. 
His  children  were:  Joseph,  Mary,  Daniel,  Ebe- 
nezer,  Jeremiah  and  Samuel  B. 

(HI)  I^ieutenant  Joseph,  eldest  child  of 
Jeremiah  and  IMary  (Young)  Moulton,  was 
born  January  14,  1(180,  in  York,  where  he  was 
living  as  late  as  April  22,  1724.  In  one  record 
he  is  given  the  title  of  lieutenant,  probably 
from  service  in  the  town  militia,  but  there  is 
nothing  to  show  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
married,  December  30,  1697,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Jas|)er  Pulman  of  York,  and  they  had  chil- 
dren :  Abel.  Abigail,  Jeremiah,  Mary,  Miriam 
and  Elizabeth. 

|I\')  Captain  Abel,  eldest  child  of  Joseph 
;ind  Mary  (I'ulman)  Moulton,  was  born  May 
10,  1701,  in  "\'ork  (twin  of  Abigail),  and  died 
there  March  3,  1784  "in  the  night."  The  sec- 
ond parish  church  records  say  March  4.  so  it 
is  probable  that  he  died  after  midnight.  He 
was  a  captain  in  the  First  York  County  regi- 
ment, commanded  by  Colonel  Eben  Sayers,  as 
api)ears  of  record  June  25,  1776,  and  was  pro- 
moted to  major  September  30,  1779.  Pre- 
sumably only  his  great  age  prevented  his  par- 
ticipation in  the  revolutionary  war.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Lewis  Bane, 
of  York.  She  died  in  January,  1748,  and  he 
married  (second)  Mrs.  Judith  Gowan  (inten- 
tions published  December  30,  1749).  The  first 
wife  bore  him  two  children.  John  (died  young) 


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and   Sarah ;   and   those   of   the   second  were : 
Mercy,   Dorcas,  John,  Daniel  and  Mary. 

(V)  John,  second  son  of  Captain  Abel 
Moulton,  and  third  child  of  his  second  wife, 
was  born  July  22,  1752,  in  York,  where  he 
lived,  but  no  record  shows  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  married,  in  September,  1774, 
Lydia,  daughter  of  David  Grant,  and  they  were 
the  parents  of:  Martha,  David,  Lydia,  John, 
Elizabeth,  Abel  and  Nathan. 

(XT)  Abel  (2),  third  son  of  John  ami 
Lydia  (Grant)  Moulton,  was  born  November 
10,  1785,  in  York,  where  he  lived.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  ship  carpenter,  and  was  employed 
many  years  in  that  capacity,  as  a  journeyman. 
He  married,  in  September,  1813,  Dorcas  Moul- 
ton, said  to  be  a  daughter  of  David  Moulton, 
but  no  record  of  her  parentage  appears. 
Children:  i.  Daniel,  a  ship-builder;  was  em- 
ployed many  years  in  charge  of  a  force  at  the 
navy  j-ard  in  Kittery,  residing  in  Portsmouth, 
and  died  in  Dover,  New  Hampshire.  2. 
Lydia.  married  Stephen  Grant,  and  lived  in 
York.  3.  Sylvester,  mentioned  at  length 
below.  4.  William,  died  in  boyhood.  5. 
Henry,  married  Susan  Moulton,  and  is  still 
living  in  York.  6-7-8.  Louisa,  Julia  and  Abby, 
died  unmarried,  in  York. 

(VII)  Sylvester,  third  child  and  second  son 
of  Abel  (2)  and  Dorcas  (Moulton)  Moulton, 
was  born  in  York,  March  13,  1819,  and  died 
P\'bruary  14,  1899.  He  was  a  precocious  child, 
and  could  walk  when  he  was  but  nine  months 
old.  He  acquired  a  fair  education,  his  mother's 
instructions  being  more  than  he  obtained  at 
school.  He  began  doing  a  man's  work  at  the 
age  of  si.xteen,  and  among  other  tasks  took 
wood  to  market  with  an  ox-team,  made  sale 
of  it,  and  bought  supplies  for  the  family. 
\\  hen  twenty-one  he  worked  for  one  summer 
for  Moses  Hammond,  at  Eliot,  and  the  next 
year  (December  10,  1842)  married  Mr.  Ham- 
mond's daughter,  Mercy  Mclntyre  Hammond. 
For  two  years  afterward,  the  couple  lived  at 
the  Moulton  homestead,  which  was  enlarged 
and  remodeled  in  order  to  accommodate  them. 
At  the  death  of  his  father-in-law,  Sylvester 
Moulton's  wife  came  into  possession  of  a  part 
of  her  father's  farm,  upon  which  Mr.  Moulton 
built  a  new  home.  From  time  to  time  he 
bought  the  shares  of  his  wife's  family,  also 
other  property,  until  he  had  a  large  and  valu- 
able farm,  which  he  conducted  with  much 
profit.  He  was  an  untiring  worker ;  as  a  busi- 
ness man  he  was  far  above  the  average,  and  he 
was  an  excellent  financier.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent member  and  officer  of  the  Eliot  Metho- 


dist Church ;  took  vital  interest  in  its  social 
meetings,  many  of  which  were  held  at  his 
house :  and  served  as  class  leader.  He  at- 
tended every  year  the  district  camp  meetings 
at  Kennebunk,  and  afterward  at  Old  Orchard. 
His  piety  was  deep  and  genuine ;  for  more 
than  forty  years,  every  day  after  the  morning 
meal  he  read  a  portion  of  scripture  and  offered 
prayer.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat  of  the 
Grover  Cleveland  type.  His  children  by  his 
wife,  Mercy  Mclntyre  Hammond,  were:  i. 
Charles  W.  H. ;  see  forward.  2.  Emily  A., 
born  January  27,  1847,  died  March  24,  1850. 

3.  .\bbie  i\L,  born  July  7,  1849,  died  April, 
1887;  was  a  cripple  from  childhood,  a  great 
but  patient  sufferer,  and  a  beautiful  character. 

4.  XVesley  True,  born  May  15,  185 1 ;  owns  and 
lives  on  a  large  ranche  near  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia; married  Margaret  Maxwell,  of  that 
city;  one  child,  Grace  Evelyn.  5.  Emma  L., 
born  October  3,  1853,  died  September  17,  1856. 
6.  Everett  O.,  born  December  17,  1858;  owns 
and  lives  on  the  old  homestead ;  has  one  son 
and  seven  daughters.  7.  Julia  L.,  born  April 
24,  1861,  (lied  August  15,  1891.  8.  Ida  O., 
born  May  3,  1863,  died  March  29,  1907.  The 
mother  of  these  children  died  April  22,  1887. 
About  two  years  later  Mr.  Moulton  married 
Mrs.  Lydia  (Junkins)  Dresser,  of  Scarboro, 
a  native  of  York,  and  who  died  about  ten 
years  later.  Mr.  Moulton  married  (third) 
Mrs.  Clementine  Mugridge,  of  Kittery,  who 
lived  only  a  year. 

(I)  William  Hammond  (see  Moulton,  VH) 
was  born  in  1597,  in  Slymbridge,  Yorkshire. 
England,  and  became  an  early  settler  at  Wells 
Maine,  where  he  was  a  large  landholder  and 
prominent  official,  and  attained  the  unusually 
advanced  age  of  one  hundred  and  four  years, 
dying  in  1702.  The  maiden  surname  of  his 
wife  was  Gouch,  and  they  were  the  parents 
of  two  sons,  Jonathan  and  Joseph.  (2) 
Major  Joseph,  second  son  of  William  Ham- 
mond, was  born  in  1647,  in  York,  and  died  in 
Eliot,  in  1710.  He  was  an  officer  of  the 
militia,  served  many  years  as  judge  of  probate, 
as  juflge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  and 
held  various  other  important  offices  in  Eliot. 
In  1695  he  was  captured  by  the  Indians  and 
was  taken  to  Canada,  but  was  ransomed  the 
same  year.  He  married  Mrs.  Catherine 
Leighton,  widow  of  William  Leighton,  and 
daughter  of  Nicholas  Frost  of  Eliot,  an  immi- 
grant from  England.  Children :  George, 
Mercy,  Dorcas  and  Joseph.  (3)  Colonel  Jo- 
seph (2),  youngest  child  of  Major  Joseph  (i) 
and  Catherine  (Frost)  Hammond,  was  born  in 


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1777  and  died  in  1853,  in  Eliot.  Like  his 
father,  he  was  an  officer  of  militia  and  was 
judge  of  common  pleas  and  probate,  and  was 
recorder  of  deeds,  and  held  other  offices.  He 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Joseph  Storer. 
(4)  Jonathan,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Hannah 
(Storer)  Hammond,  was  born  1716,  in  Eliot, 
and  died  there  in  181 1.  He  was  an  exemplary 
and  useful  citizen,  deacon  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church:  married  Ann  Rice,  born  1716, 
died  1786,  and  had  children;  Love,  Samuel, 
Jonathan.  Abigail,  Elisha,  Lucy,  Keziah,  Sus- 
anna and  Eunice.  (5)  Deacon  Samuel,  eldest 
son  of  Jonathan  and  Ann  (Rice)  Hammond, 
was  a  lifelong  resident  of  Eliot,  born  1748, 
died  1835.  and  was  a  prosperous  farmer  and 
deacon  of  the  church.  He  married  Abigail 
Hanscom,  born  1746,  died  1825.  daughter  of 
Closes  and  Mary  (Field)  Hanscom,  and  had 
two  sons,  Moses  and  Jonathan.  (6)  MoseS; 
elder  son  of  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Hanscom) 
Hammond,  was  born  September  2,  1785,  in 
Eliot,  and  died  there  July  10,  1844.  He  mar- 
ried Mercy  Mclntire,  of  York,  who  died  April 
2,  1844.  Children:  Abigail  Hanscom,  Elisha 
(died  young),  Olive  S.,  Elisha,  Nancy  Y., 
Samuel  J..  Mercy  M.,'  Moses  H.  (died  young), 
Moses  O.  and  Julia  E.  (7)  Mercy  Mclntire, 
fourth  daughter  of  Moses  and  Mercy  (Mcln- 
tire) Hammond,  was  born  March  29,  1822,  in 
Eliot,  and  was  married  to  Sylvester  Moulton. 
as  above  noted. 

(\  HI)  Charles  William  Hammond,  eldest 
child  of  Sylvester  and  Mercy  M.  (Hammond) 
Moulton,  was  born  September  12,  1843,  ''i 
York,  and  continued  on  the  paternal  homestead 
until  he  attained  his  majority.  Though  his 
early  advantages  were  limited  and  he  found 
himself  under  adverse  conditions  when  he  left 
the  paternal  roof,  he  had  the  tenacity  of  pur- 
pose and  native  ability  which  concjuers  suc- 
cess. On  leaving  home  he  went  to  South 
Boston  and  found  employment  in  a  bakery, 
and  later  was  occupied  in  a  shoe  factory  at 
Haverhill,  Massachusetts.  In  i8dC^  he  en- 
gaged with  his  uncle,  Henry  Moulton,  of 
York,  and  spent  three  years  in  learning  the 
details  of  the  ladder  manufacturing  business. 
At  the  e.xijiration  of  this  period  he  was  offered 
a  partnership  with  the  uncle,  and  he  bought 
a  half  interest  in  the  business  and  continued 
one  year.  The  younger  man  sought  a  broader 
field  of  operations,  and  negotiated  the  pur- 
chase of  a  ladder  factory  in  Cambridge,  Mass- 
achusetts, in  which  the  elder  took  an  interest. 
With  increased  facilities  the  firm  became  ex- 
tensively   engaged,    making    headquarters    at 


Cambridge,  because  of  superior  shipping  facil- 
ities. After  about  six  years  the  junior  part- 
ner became  sole  owner  of  the  Cambridge 
business  and  plant,  while  the  senior  resumed 
sole  proprietorship  of  the  York  plant.  Under 
Mr.  Moulton's  able  management  the  business 
in  Cambridge  expanded  into  large  proportions, 
aiul  in  due  time  his  son,  Frederick  H.  Moulton, 
was  admitted  to  partnership  under  the  style 
of  C.  W.  H.  Moulton  &  Company.  In  ad- 
dition to  manufacturing  ladders  of  every  de- 
scription they  produce  lawn  and  piazza  chairs, 
settees,  swings  and  kindred  goods.  Their  lad- 
ders are  used  by  fire  departments,  carpenters 
and  fruit  growers  from  Maine  to  Florida, 
and  are  noted  for  strength,  durability  and 
other  essential  qualities.  Their  products  are 
made  from  selected  spruce,  basswood  and  oak 
lumber  obtained  from  Maine,  New  Hampshire, 
X'ermont  and  Canada ;  an  average  force  of 
seventy  skilled  operatives  is  employed,  and  of 
ladders  alone  two  thousand  are  turned  out  per 
week.  The  old  factory  at  the  corner  of  Sixth 
and  Gore  streets  becoming  inadequate,  in  1902 
they  erected  a  new  plant  at  South  and  Harding- 
streets,  Somerville,  just  over  the  Cambridge 
line,  but  only  a  short  distance  from  the  old 
factory,  and  are  thus  well  prepared  for  future 
expansion  of  trade.  Mr.  Moulton  is  a  mem- 
Ijer  of  the  Cambridge  Trade  Association,  the 
New  England  League,  and  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  affiliating  with  New 
England  Lodge  No.  4,  and  New  England  En- 
campment, No.  34,  both  of  Cambridge.  In 
politics  he  is  independent,  and  he  attends  the 
Pilgrim  Congregational  Church  of  Cambridge. 
For  twenty  years  he  resided  on  Thorndyke 
street.  East  Cambridge,  but  in  1894  he  removed 
to  95  Alagazine  street,  Cambridge,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  He  married,  January  i, 
1874,  Emma  Victoria  Mclntire,  born  March 
5,  1845,  in  Kittery,  daughter  of  George  and 
Clarissa  Mclntire  of  that  town,  the  former  of 
whom  was  a  carjaenter  and  builder  there.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Marlon  True,  born  December  18,  1874, 
died  July  18,  1875.  2.  Frederic  Hammond, 
born  February  23,  1878;  was  reared  and  edu- 
cated in  Cambridge :  is  associated  with  his 
father  in  business,  and  has  attained  a  foremost 
place  among  the  younger  generation  of  busi- 
ness men.  He  married  May,  daughter  of 
William  E.  and  Augusta  Hayward,  of  Win- 
throp,  Maine,  and  they  have  a  daughter,  Doro- 
thy Hayward  Moulton,  born  July  26,  1904.  3. 
.Amy  Louise,  July  31,  1879,  is  the  wife  of 
Percy  Israel  P.alch,  of  Cambridge,  residing  in 
Washington,   D.   C,   where   Mr.    Balch   is   an 


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architect  in  the  service  of  the  Federal  govern- 
ment ;  they  have  a  daughter,  Bernice,  born 
July  13,  1908,  in  Cambridge.  Mr.  and  Airs. 
Moulton  have  an  adopted  daughter,  Ella  Viola, 
born  September  19,  1874,  at  Rockland,  Maine, 
a  graduate  of  the  Latin  high  school  and  now 
employed  in  the  Harvard   University   library. 


Antoine  Gongeon,  a  native  of 
GOXCEOX  France,  of  an  ancient  French 
family,  came  to  America 
about  the  time  of  the  revolutionary  war  and 
settled  in  Court  St.  Luke,  a  section  of  the  city 
of  Montreal,  Canada.  Here  he  followed  farm- 
ing and  became  a  well-to-do  and  influential  citi- 
zen. His  parents  came  to  Montreal  with  him 
and  he  and  four  brothers  helped  to  clear  the 
homestead  u])on  which  the  family  lived  and  to 
which  Antoine  succeeded  after  the  death  of 
his  parents.  He  died  there  in  1870  at  the  re- 
markable age  of  ninety-nine  years.  He  was  an 
active,  industrious  farmer,  living  a  quiet  do- 
mestic life.  Many  years  before  his  death  he 
retired  from  active  labor,  his  farm  being  con- 
ducted by  his  sons.  He  married  an  American 
girl  of  French  parentage.  She  died  of  cholera 
during  the  epidemic  of  1857,  aged  forty-five 
years.  Children,  born  at  Court  St.  Luke : 
I.  George,  farmer,  resided  in  his  native  place, 
where  he  died  at  the  age  of  ninety-six;  mar- 
ried   Crudan,  of  French  ancestry,  who 

also  lived  to  a  great  age.  2.  Josephine,  mar- 
ried Euzub  Lozon,  a  tanner  by  trade,  lived 
near  Montreal.  3.  Alary,  married  Exavize  De- 
Corea,  a  farmer ;  she  lived  to  be  nearly  eighty 
and  died  at  her  home  near  Alontreal.  4.  An- 
toine, farmer  and  hunter,  lived  to  old  age.  5. 
Margaret,  married  Gabriel  DeCorea,  a  prom- 
inent and  wealthy  farmer  near  Montreal,  of 
a  prominent  Alontreal  family ;  he  died  at  the 
age  of  ninety-six ;  she  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
five.  6.  Aurette,  married  Otwold  Lumeire,  a 
prosperous  farmer  near  Montreal.  7.  Felix, 
born  1812;  mentioned  below.  8.  John,  learned 
the  trade  of  wheelwright  and  when  a  young 
man  settled  in  Louisiana  ;  served  with  distinc- 
tion in  the  civil  war  in  the  Confederate  army; 
he  visited  Montreal  after  the  war,  then  re- 
turned to  his  southern  home  and  doubtless 
died  there. 

(H)  Felix,  son  of  Antoine  Gongeon.  was 
born  in  Court  St.  Luke,  Province  of  Quebec, 
Canada,  in  1812,  and  died  there  in  1890.  He 
had  a  common  school  education,  and  followed 
farming  on  the  old  Gongeon  homestead.  He 
married  Tosette  Menrush.  born  on  the  famous 


isle  in  the  St.  Lawrence,  known  as  Catuawaga, 
which  her  ancestors  settled  and  owned.  Her 
ancestors  were  early  setters  and  the  family  is 
still  prominent  in  that  section  of  the  province, 
both  in  trade  and  in  public  life.  Her  brother 
L'zeous  was  killed  by  the  Indians,  many  of 
whom  lived  on  the  island  to  a  comparatively 
recent  date.  He  was  awakened  at  night  to 
find  his  barns  in  flames  and  rushed  into  the 
building  to  save  his  stock,  whereupon  the 
Indians  who  were  lying  concealed,  fastened 
the  door  and  he  was  burnt  to  death  with  his 
horses  and  cows.  Mrs.  Gongeon  was  also  a 
victim  of  the  cholera  epidemic  of  1857,  dying 
the  same  day  that  her  husband's  mother  died, 
aged   about   thirty-five   years.      Felix   married 

(second) .     Children  of  first  wife:     i. 

.\ntoine,  born  1838,  farmer  and  blacksmith, 
now  retired,  living  in  Montreal ;  married  Odiel 
LeMore,  born  near  Montreal  of  French  parent- 
age. 2.  Felix,  Jr.,  born  in  1840;  died  February 
18,  1905;  married  Ellen  McLaughlin,  a  native 
of  Ireland  ;  died  without  issue.  3.  Napoleon, 
born  in  1842,  in  business  as  a  blacksmith  at 
Franklin,  Massachusetts,  also  a  farmer;  mar- 
ried Eliveen  DeTresake ;  has  no  children.  4. 
Thomas,  born  in    1840,  a   farmer  of   Lowell, 

Massachusetts ;    married    Olive    .       5. 

Moses,  born  in  1853;  *^l'^'i  unmarried,  aged 
twenty.  6.  Gabriel,  born  May  10,  1855:  men- 
tioned' below.  7.  Philemon,  a  successful  real 
estate  broker  of  Montreal;  married  Marie  La- 
Francois,  who  die<l  July  29,  1907.  aged  forty- 
two  years. 

(HI)  Gabriel,  son  of  Felix  Gongeon,  was 
born  in  Court  St.  Luke,  near  Montreal,  Canada, 
May  10,  1855.  He  was  educated  in  the  Mon- 
treal schools,  and  in  1872  came  to  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  and  apprenticed  himself  to 
the  firm  of  Loude  Brothers,  Friend  street, 
bakers.  After  five  years  he  embarked  in 
business  as  a  baker  on  his  own  ac- 
count with  small  capital  but  much  skill 
in  his  trade.  He  conducted  a  bakery  at  the 
North  End  for  five  years,  selling  to  good  ad- 
vantage at  the  end  of  that  time  and  starting 
again  in  business  at  the  South  End  of  the  city. 
In  1890  he  again  sold  out  and  established  his 
bakery  at  Forest  Hills,  achieving  remarkable 
success.  Having  acquired  a  competence,  he 
retired  from  business  and  built  a  beautiful 
home  at  66  Tower  street.  He  has  invested  in 
valuable  real  estate  in  the  vicinity.  He  is  the 
owner  of  a  large  plot  at  the  corner  of  Hyde 
Park  and  Walk  Hill  street,  where  he  built  a 
large  hotel  and  apartment  house.    He  married. 


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November  28,   1884,  in  Boston,  Margaret  E. 
Burns,  born  at  West  End,  Boston,  February 
15,  1859,  daughter  of  John  and  Ellen  Burns. 
Her  father  was  born  in  Scotland,  her  mother 
in  Ireland,  and  both  came  to  the  United  States 
with  their  parents  when  very  young,  and  lived 
in  Boston.      Mr.    Burns  was    for   forty-seven 
years    connected    with    the    Boston   board    of 
health.     He  died  at  the  age  of   seventy-five, 
Mrs.  Burns  at  the  age  of  fifty-six.     Their  chil- 
dren:     i.    Margaret   E.    (Mrs.   Gongeon)  ;   ii. 
Sarah  Burns,  born  January  20,  1866,  widow  of 
Dennis    Cunningham,    now    of    Forest    Hills ; 
three  other  children  died  in  youth.     All  the 
family    are    communicants    of    the    Catholic 
church.     Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gongeon: 
I.  Marie  E.,  born  December  6.  1883;  educated 
in    city    schools;    devoted    to    her    home    and 
family.     2.  Louise,  April  13,  1885;  died  1894. 
3.  Josephine  V.,  October    12,   1887;  educated 
in  the  Boston  public  schools  and  the  New  Eng- 
land Conservatory  of  Music.     4.  Gabriel,  Jr., 
February   2,    1895;   died   April    17,    1904.      5. 
Child,  died  in  infancy.     The  family  are  com- 
municants of  the  Catholic  church. 


The  surname  Orchard  is  de- 
ORCHARD  rived  from  the  old  English 
word  orchard,  originally  wyrt- 
yard,  an  enclosure  to  grow  herbs  or  wyrts, 
rather  than  fruit  trees.  The  original  progenitor 
of  the  family  was  doubtless  a  gardner.  The 
family  seat  is  in  Devonshire  and  the  coat-of- 
arms:  Azure  a  chevron  argent  between  three 
pears  or.  Crest :  a  crow  or.  Other  branches  of 
the  family  in  England  and  Scotland  bear  the 
same  or  similar  armorials.  The  family  has  lived 
in  western  England  for  many  centuries,  many 
of  the  men  following  mechanical  trades. 

(I)  William  Orchard  was  born  in  Bristol, 
England,  in  1825.  His  parents  and  grand- 
parents lived  in  Lancashire.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  tailor  when  a  young  man  as  apprentice 
of  his  father-in-law  and  followed  the  trade  of 
merchant  tailor  in  his  native  city  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  was  in  business  in  Bristol, 
where  he  died  in  1875.  He  married  Annie 
Mansfield,  who  was  born  in  Bristol  of  an  old 
Bristol  family,  in  183 1.  After  the  death  of 
her  husband,  she  came  to  this  country  in  1881 
and  made  her  home  with  her  son,  Edward 
Orchard,  until  her  death  in  1895.  She  was  a 
devout  Christian,  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
England.  Children,  born  in  Bristol:  i.  Will- 
iam, married  in  England ;  came  to  this  country 
and  settled  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  where 


he  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-six  years,  leaving 
no  issue.  2.  Emma,  born  in  Bristol ;  married 
George  Saddler  and  came  to  this  country,  set- 
tling in  West  Roxbury,  where  she  died  without 
issue.  3.  William,  born  in  Bristol;  came  to 
the  United  States  in  1872  and  found  employ- 
ment with  the  National  Rubber  Company  of 
Bristol,    Rhode    Lsland,   of    which   he   is   now 

superintendent ;  married  Elizabeth  and 

has  two  children.  4.  Robert,  came  to  America 
in  1880  and  settled  in  Roxbury;  foreman  of 
one  of  the  manufacturing  departments  of  A. 
Stowell  &  Company,  manufacturers  and  deal- 
ers in  jewelry,  Boston;  married  Florence  Ro- 
dier,  a  native  of  England ;  they  have  no  chil- 
dren.    5.  Edward,  mentioned  below. 

( H)  'Edward,  son  of  William  Orchard,  was 
born  in   Bristol,   England,  July  3,   1858.     He 
attended  the  schools  of  that  city.     He  was  ap- 
l)renticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  jeweler  in  the 
factory  of  Richard  T.  Green,  of  Birmingham, 
England,  and  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  business  and  much  skill  as  a  craftsman. 
He  came  to  this  country  in   1889  and   found 
employment  as  a  journeyman  jeweler  in  the 
establishment  of  R.  T.  Hewiston  &  Company, 
Boston,  manufacturers    of    jewelry    and    en- 
gravers.    He  advanced  rapidly  and  in  a  few 
years  was  admitted  to  partnership  in  the  firm. 
In   1900  he  became  sole  proprietor,  retaining 
the  firm  name.     He  has  developed  a  flourish- 
ing business.     He  owns  a  substantial  residence 
on  Fletcher  street,  Roslindale,  and  is  a  well 
known  citizen  of  that  section  of  the  city  of 
Boston.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  in 
1905-06-07   was   a  member    of    the    common 
council.   .In  religion  he  is  a  Unitarian.     He  is 
a  member   of  the   Ancient   Order   of   United 
Workmen.     He    married    at    Jamaica    Plain, 
[une  13,  1 88 1,  Elizabeth  Sayce,  born  in  Lan- 
cashire,  England,   February,    1861,  of  an  an- 
cient and  respectable    family  of  that  county. 
She  came  to  this  country  to  marry  her  affi- 
anced    husband.     Her     two     brothers     came 
afterward;    Alfred    Sayce,   now   a   successful 
shoe    mender    manufacturer    at    Roslindale; 
married  Clara  Finch  and  has  three  children ; 
Edward     Sayce,     a     maiuifacturer ;     married 
Levisa     Wightman.     Children      of      Edward 
Orchard:    I.    Edward   F.,   born    October    12, 
1884;  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  the 
Massachusetts   Institute  of  Technology ;  pro- 
prietor of  a  music  studio  at  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri.    2.    William   J.,    November    15,    1888; 
student    in    the    Massachusetts    Institute    of 
Technology.     3.     Evelyn,    October    3,     1892, 
.student  in  the  public  schools. 


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This  family  is  of  great  an- 
\\  II.LIAMS     tiquity      in      England      and 

Wales,  and  the  name  is  de- 
rived from  the  ancient  personal  name  William. 
Like  many  other  possessive  names  it  arose 
from  the  Welsh  custom  of  adding  to  a  man's 
name  the  name  of  his  father  in  the  possessive 
form,  as  William  John's,  from  which  quickly 
came  Jones,  David  Dichard's,  Thomas  David's 
(Davie's  Davis),  and  kindred  forms.  Sir 
Robert  Williams,  ninth  baronet  of  the  house 
of  Williams  of  Penrhyn,  was  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  Alarchudes  of  Cyan,  Lord  of  Aberglen 
in  Denbighshire,  of  one  of  the  fifteen  tribes  of 
North  Wales  that  lived  in  the  time  cf  Rhoder- 
ick  the  Great,  King  of  the  Britons,  about  A.  D. 
849.  The  seat  of  the  family  was  in  Flint, 
W^ales,  and  in  Lincolnshire,  England.  Oliver 
Cromwell,  the  Protector,  was  a  Williams  by 
right  of  descent,  and  was  related  to  Richard 
Williams  who  settled  in  Taunton,  Massachu- 
setts. Alden  de  Cromwell  lived  in  the  time  of 
William  the  Conqueror,  and  from  him  de- 
scended in  succession  ten  Ralph  de  Cromwells, 
the  last  dying  without  issue.  The  seventh 
Ralph  de  Cromwell  married  Amicia,  daughter 
of  Robert  Rerer,  member  of  parliament.  Rob- 
ert Cromwell  was  a  Lancastrian  killed  in  the 
wars  of  1461.  His  son  William  (2)  left  a 
daughter  Alargaret,  who  was  ancestor  of  both 
Cromwell  and  Williams.  John  Cromwell  (3) 
married  Joan  Smith,  and  had  son  Walter  (4), 
who  married  a  Glossop.  Katherine  (5), 
daughter  of  Walter  Cromwell,  married  Mor- 
gan \\'illiams,  fifth  from  Howell  Williams, 
mentioned  below.  Sir  Richard  (6),  son  of 
Morgan  and  Katherine,  born  about  1495,  mar- 
ried Frances  Murfyn.  After  reaching  mature 
years  he  took  the  name  of  Cromwell,  under 
the  patronage  of  his  mother's  brother, 
Thomas  Cromwell,  and  lived  in  Glamorgan- 
shire, Wales.  Sir  Henry  (7),  son  of  Sir 
Richard  Cromwell,  alias  W'illiams,  was  called 
the  "Golden  Knight"  of  Hinchenbrook,  Hunt- 
ington, and  married  Joan  Warren.  Robert 
(8)  Cromwell,  alias  Williams,  was  of  Hunt- 
ington, a  brewer,  and  married  Elizabeth  Stew- 
art. Their  first  child  was  Oliver  the  Great 
Protector,  who  used  the  alias  in  his  youth,  his 
name  appearing  on  deeds  as  Oliver  Williams, 
alias  Cromwell,  (i)  Howell  Williams,  Lord 
of  Ribour,  was  progenitor  of  the  Williams 
family  of  Wales.  (2)  Morgan,  son  of 
Howell  W'illiams,  married  Joan  Batten.  (3) 
Thomas,  son  of  Morgan  and  Joan  Will- 
iams, was  of  Lancashire  and  died  in 
London.     (4^)    John,    son    of    Thomas    Will- 

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iams,  married  Margaret  Smith  ,,and  died 
at  Mortlake,  1502.  (5)  John,  son  of  John 
and  Margaret  Williams,  born  1485,  married 
Joan,  daughter  of  Henry  Wykis  of  Bolley's 
Park,  Certney,  and  sister  of  Elizabeth  Wykis, 
who  married  Thomas  Cromwell  (brother  of 
Katherine,  mentioned  above),  secretary  to 
Henry  VHI^  Lord  Cromwell  of  Oakham,  Earl 
of  Essex.  (6)  Richard,  son  of  John  and  Joan 
Williams,  born  1487,  at  Rochampton,  settled 
at  Monmouth  and  Dexter,  and  died  1559.  (7) 
John,  son  of  Richard  Williams,  was  of  Hunt- 
ingdonshire, near  \\'otton-under-Edge,  Glou- 
cester, died  1577.  (8)  Williams,  son  of  John, 
was  also  of  Huntingdon  and  married  (first) 
November  15,  1585,  Jane  Shepherd;  (second) 
December  4,  1603,  Jane  W  oodward.  His  first 
child  by  the  second  marriage  was  Richard 
Williams,  who  settled  at  Taunton.  The  Will- 
iams families  of  America  descend  from  more 
than  a  score  of  dififerent  ancestors.  That  sev- 
eral of  them  were  related  to  Richard  of  Taun- 
ton seems  certain,  but  the  degree  has  not  been 
traced  in  various  instances. 

(I)  Stephen  and  Mary  (Cook)  Williams 
resided  in  England,  whence  their  son  came  to 
.\merica,  and  among  the  descendants  was  the 
founder  of  Williams  College. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  Stephen  and  Mary 
(Cook)  Williams,  was  born  1598,  and  baptized 
at  Great  Yarmouth,  England.  He  came  from 
Norwich  to  Ro.xbury,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  made  a  freeman  in  1638.  He  sailed 
from  Great  Yarmouth  in  1635,  in  the  ship 
"Rose,"  and  died  at  Roxbury,  September  i, 
1693.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  Boston  in 
1644.  He  married  (first)  December  11,  1628, 
in  England,  Elizabeth  Stahlman,  who  died  July 
28,  1674;  (second)  Martha  Strong,  who  died 
December  22,  1704.  Children:  Elizabeth, 
Deborah,  John,  Samuel,  Isaac,  Stephen  and 
Thomas. 

(III)  Isaac,  third  son  of  Robert  and  Eliza- 
beth (Stahlman)  Williams,  was  born  Sep- 
tember I,  1638,  in  Roxbury,  and  settled  in 
Newton,  Massachusetts,  about  1660.  He  had 
a  farm  of  five  hundred  acres,  and  was  a  prom- 
inent and  useful  citizen,  serving  as  representa- 
tive several  years,  was  deacon  of  the  church, 
and  commanded  a  troop  of  horse.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  1660,  Martha  Pack,  born  March 
2,  1642,  died  October  24,  1674,  in  Newton; 
(second)  November  13,  1677,  Judith,  daughter 
of  Peter  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Hunt,  of 
Rehoboth,  and  widow  of  Nathaniel  Cooper. 
Children   of  first   wife:    Isaac    (died  young). 


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Isaac,  Martha,  William,  John.  Eleazer,  Han- 
nah, Elizabeth  and  Thomas;  of  second  wife. 
Peter,  Sarah,  Mary  and  Ephraini. 

(IV)  John,  fourth  son  of  Isaac  and  Martha 
(Pack)  \\'illiams,  was  born  October  31,  1669. 
in  Newton,  and  lived  for  a  time  in  Roxbury, 
whence  he  came  to  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
being  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  that 
town,  where  he  died  November  15,  1702.  He 
married.  January  24,  1688,  Martha,  daughter 
of  Isaac  and  Martha  (Parke)  Wheeler,  of 
Stonington,  born  February  6,  1670;  died  De- 
cember 17,  1745.  Children:  Isaac,  John, 
Martha,  Deborah.  William,  Nathan,  Benaiah 
and  Eunice. 

(V)  Colonel  John  (2),  second  son  of  John 
(I)  and  Martha  (Wheeler)  Williams,  was 
born  October  31,  1692,  in  Stonington.  where 
he  died  December  30,  1 761.  He  married  (first). 
February  19,  171 1,  Desire,  daughter  of  George 
and  Mercy  (Gorham)  Denison.  baptized  1693, 
died  August  13,  1737;  (second)  Mary,  widow 
of  Christopher  Helme,  of  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island,  died  December  20,  1740;  (third),  No- 
vember 21,  1 76 1,  Prudence  Potter,  of  Ports- 
mouth, Rhode  Island,  who  died  September  17, 
1792.  There  were  two  children  of  the  second 
wife — Edward  and  Mary.  Those  of  the  first 
were:  Desire,  John,  William,  Thankful,  Mercy, 
Thomas,  Robert,  Prudence  and  George. 

(VI)  John  (3),  eldest  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Desire  (Denison)  Williams,  was  born  Ma) 
14.  1714,  in  Stonington,  and  resided  there.  He 
married,  December  25,  1736,  Lydia,  daughter 
of  Elisha  and  Hannah  (Miner)  Chesebrough. 
of  Stonington.  born  March  10.  1710.  Chil- 
dren: Desire,  Lydia,  Prudence,  Hannah,  John, 
Elisha,  Israel  and  Zerviah. 

(VII)  John  (4),  eldest  son  of  John  (3) 
and  Lydia  (Chesebrough)  Williams,  was  born 
July  I,  1746.  in  Stonington,  where  he  married. 
January  18,  1770,  Content,  eldest  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Content  (Hughitt)  Denison,  of 
that  town.  Children :  John.  Elihu,  Lydia. 
Nathaniel,  Jeremiah.  Joseph,  John  Philips. 
William  and  Susan.  The  youngest  son  owned 
one-half  of  Cleveland  in  its  early  days. 

(VIII)  Joseph,  son  of  John  and  Content 
(Denison)  Williams,  was  born  March  27, 1776. 
in  Stonington.  and  settled  in  Brooklyn,  Con- 
necticut. His  first  wife  was  Betsie  White, 
and  he  married  (second),  in  middle  life, 
Rizpah  Phillips.  He  was  a  trial  justice  for  a 
time,  and  an  honest,  industrious  farmer. 

(IX)  Frank  G.,  only  child  of  Joseph  and 
Rizpah  (Phillips)  Williams,  was  born  July  9, 
1833,  in  Brooklyn.  Connecticut,  where  he  grew 


up  on  a  farm.  He  attended  district  schools  at 
VVoodstock,  Connecticut,  then  the  Woodstock 
(Connecticut)  Academy  one  and  a  half  years, 
then  Danielsonville  Academy  one  year.  He 
then  went  back  to  the  farm  where  he  remained 
until  1861,  and  theti  came  to  Somerville.  In 
1861  he  enlisted,  at  Somerville,  in  Company 
B,  Fifth  Massachusetts  \'olunteers.  He  was 
subsequently  a  member  of  the  state  militia, 
becoming  quartermaster,  and  serving  in  all  fif- 
teen years  of  military  life.  For  some  years 
he  was  engaged  in  the  house-furnishing  busi- 
ness on  i-lanover  street,  Boston,  and  is  now  in 
the  milk  business  in  Somerville,  and  also  a 
dealer  in  real  estate.  Mr.  Williams  has  taken 
an  active  interest  in  public  affairs,  and  has  been 
chosen  by  his  townsmen  to  serve  them  in  vari- 
ous capacities.  He  was  assistant  assessor  and 
later  chairman  of  the  board  of  assessors,  was 
seven  years  superintendent  of  streets,  and  ten 
years  deputy  collector.  This  long  public  service 
testifies  to  iiis  integrity  and  ability  and  the 
confidence  felt  in  him  by  his  contemporaries. 
He  married    (first),   November,    1867,   Kath- 

erine  Hobbs,  who  died  February, ,  leaving 

a  daughter,  Florence  G.,  now  wife  of  Harley 
Brookhouse,  and  has  three  children  :  John  W., 
Doris  and  Katherine  \'iola.  Mr.  Williams 
married  (second)  Margaret  T.  Ronayne.  There 
are  two  children  of  the  second  marriage,  born 
in  .S(jmerville :  Margaret  Rizpah  and  Josephine 
Frances. 


The  surname  Packard  is  of 
P.\CKARD      English   origin   and   is   often 

spelled  Packer.  In  fact, 
nearly  all  the  families  of  that  name  in  the 
state  of  Connecticut  use  the  latter  spelling. 
Samuel  Packard,  immigrant  ancestor,  came  to 
New  England  with  his  wife  and  one  child  in 
the  ship  "Diligent"  of  Ipswich,  in  1638.  He 
came  from  W^indham,  a  small  hamlet  near 
Hingham.  county  Norfolk,  England,  and  set- 
tled first  in  Hingham.  Massachusetts.  About 
1660  he  removed  to  Bridgewater.  He  held 
office  there  in  1664,  and  in  1670  was  licen.sed 
to  keep  an  ordinary.  His  sons,  and  probably 
he  himself,  were  soldiers  under  Captain  Ben- 
jamin Church  in  King  Philip's  war,  in  1675- 
76.  His  will  was  dated  in  1684.  Children:  i. 
Elizabeth,  born  probably  in  England ;  married, 
in  1665,  Thomas  Alger,  of  West  Bridgewater. 
2.  Samuel,  born  in  Hingham  ;  married  Eliza- 
beth Lathrop.  3.  Zaccheus,  married  Sarah 
Howard,  and  lived  in  Bridgewater.  4.  Thomas, 
born  in  Hingham ;  was  living  in  Bridgewater 
in  1673.     5-  John.  boTn  in  Hingham.     6.  Na- 


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thaniel,  married  a  daughter  of  John  Kingman. 
7.  Mary,  married  Richard  Phillips.  8.  Han- 
nah, married  Thomas  Randall.  9.  Israel.  10. 
Jael,  married  John  Smith.  11.  Deborah,  mar- 
ried Samuel  \Vashburn.  12.  Deliverance,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Washburn,  brother  of  Samuel 
Washburn. 

( I )  Oakes  Packard,  doubtless  a  descendant 
of  Samuel  Packard,  mentioned  above,  as  nearly 
all  the  Connecticut  families  of  that  name  are 
descended  from  the  Bridgewater  family,  re- 
sided near  Tolland,  Connecticut,  where  there 
was  a  bell  foundry  and  furnace.  He  married 
Mary  Huntley.  Children:  i.  Eliab.  2.  Sal- 
mon Sidney,  mentioned  below.  3.  Nancy,  mar- 
ried William  Frost.  4.  Amelia,  became  the 
second  wife  of  William  Frost.    5.  Harlow. 

(H)  Salmon  Sidney,  son  of  Oakes  and 
Mary  (Huntley)  Packard,  was  born  in  Con- 
necticut, died  March  23,  1862.  He  married 
Sophia  Dimick,  who  died  December,  1873, 
daughter  of  Silas  and  Laura  (Foster)  Dimick. 
Children:  i.  Alfred  Silas,  born  February  6, 
1847;  mentioned  below.  2.  Francis  Arthur, 
born  April  28,  1849;  educated  in  public  and 
private  schools  and  at  age  of  nineteen  worked 
for  a  year  in  the  office  of  the  Indian  Orchard 
Mills ;  was  then  with  the  Palmer  Boston  Duck 
Company  for  twenty-one  years,  being  superin- 
tendent of  the  mills  for  the  greater  part  of  the 
time ;  returned  in  1890  to  Indian  Orchard  as 
paymaster ;  was  overseer  of  poor  at  Palmer 
tW'O  years,  and  also  served  as  selectman ;  mem- 
ber of  Thomas  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  at  Palmer,  and  Hampden  Council. 
Royal  and  Select  Masters :  member  of  Wes- 
leyan  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  mar- 
ried, December  24,  1873,  Clara  Emma  Smith, 
daughter  of  Oren  B.  Smith  :  children  :  i.  Viola 
Gertrude,  born  March  17,  1874  ;  ii.  \'ina  Grace. 
November  23,  1879.  3.  Edward  .Salmon.  4. 
Homer  Dimick.  5.  Wilber  Herbert,  member  of 
Keswell  Lee  Lodge.  Free  and  .Accepted  Masons, 
of  Springfield,  Massachusetts. 

(HI)  .Alfred  Silas,  son  of  Salmon  Sidney 
and  Sophia  (Dimick)  Packard,  was  born  in 
Springfield.  February  6,  1847.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Springfield,  and 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  worked  on  his  father's 
farm.  For  one  year  he  was  employed  on  the 
Boston  &  .Albany  railroad,  and  in  1864  went 
into  the  office  of  the  Indian  Orchard  Mill  as 
clerk.  In  1866  he  was  promoted  to  the  posi- 
tion of  paymaster  of  the  mill  and  held  that 
office  until  1889.  -At  that  time  he  went  to  the 
Holyoke  \^alley  Paper  Company  as  a  pay- 
master,  remaining  until    1893.   then  accepting 


a  similar  position  with  the  Linden  Paper  Com- 
l)any.  where  he  is  still  employed.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Park  Congregational  Church, 
of  Springfield,  and  active  in  church  work, 
being  treasurer  of  the  Sunday  school  and  a 
member  of  the  parish  committee.  He  is  a 
member  of  Roswell  Lee  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  and  Morning  Star  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Ludlow  Savings  Bank,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent for  three  years,  until  his  resignation.  He 
married,  1881,  Eliza  H.  Stimson,  born  1850, 
daughter  of  Sumner  and  Joan  Stimson,  of 
Palmer,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Edith 
Louise,  born  August,  1883 ;  married  Frederick 
E.  Clark,  of  Newark,  New  Jersey.  2.  Roland 
Alfred.  May  29,  1884;  employed  in  electrical 
works  in  Mt.  X'ernon,  New  York.  3.  Harold 
.Arthur,  October,  1891. 

The  annual  reunion  of  the  Packard  family 
was  held  in  Grand  Army  Hall,  East  Elm  street, 
Brockton,  Massachusetts,  September  15,  1909. 
The  president  of  the  association  spoke  on  the 
early  days  of  the  Packard  family,  and  the 
vice-president  on  where  they  are  found  to-day 
and  what  some  of  them  are  doing.  Others 
also  spoke  on  various  subjects.  The  associa- 
tion was  formed  in  order  to  hold  together  all 
members  of  the  family,  of  whatever  name. 
The  president  of  the  association  is  Abbott  W. 
Packard  and  the  secretary  is  Sarah  L.  IMecuen. 


Joseph  Henry  O'Neil,  president 
O'NEIL  of  the  Federal  Trust  Company, 
of  Boston,  was  born  in  Fall 
River,  Bristol  county,  Massachusetts,  March 
23,  1853,  son  of  Patrick  Henry  and  Mary 
(Harrington)  O'Neil.  His  education  was  ac- 
quired in  the  Boston  public  schools,  graduating 
in  1866.  He  then  worked  at  the  printing  busi- 
ness for  a  short  time,  and  afterwards  learned 
the  trade  of  carpenter  with  Jonas  Fitch  & 
Company,  who  conducted  an  extensive  busi- 
ness. In  1870  he  assisted  in  the  formation  of 
St.  James  Young  Alen's  Catholic  Total  Ab- 
stinence Society,  of  Boston,  of  which  he  was 
president  many  years.  He  also  was  one  of  the 
originators  of  the  Catholic  Total  Abstinence 
L^nion  of  Massachusetts,  of  which  he  is  vice- 
president.  He  has  been  an  active  factor  in  the 
politics  of  the  city  and  state  in  which  he  re- 
sides, serving  with  credit  and  distinction  in  the 
various  offices  to  which  he  was  elected  by  the 
voice  of  the  people.  In  1874  he  was  elected 
member  of  the  school  board  from  Ward  7. 
Boston,  and  a  member  of  Democratic  city  com- 
mittee same  vear.     He  was  a  member  of  the 


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hoube  of  representatives  from  Ward  i6,  Bos- 
ton, in  1878-79-80-81-82;  he  refused  to  be  a 
candidate  for  1883,  but  was  elected  in  1883 
for  the  following  year,  and  each  time  by  in- 
creased majority,  demonstrating  the  fact  of 
his  popularity.  He  served  on  the  committee 
on  liquor  law  in  1878;  committee  on  public 
buildings  in  1879;  committee  on  street  rail- 
ways in  1880-81-82;  in  1881  on  special  com- 
mittee appointed  to  revise  public  statutes ;  in 
1882  was  a  member  of  the  special  committee 
on  redistricting  the  state  congressional  dis- 
tricts ;  in  1884  was  a  member  of  committee  on 
railroads.  He  was  president  of  the  Demo- 
cratic organization  of  the  house  of  representa- 
tives in  1880:  was  for  five  years  (1882-86)  a 
member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  depart- 
ment of  public  institutions  of  Boston,  and 
during  the  last  eighteen  months  was  chairman 
of  the  board.  He  was  elected  city  clerk  of 
Boston  while  he  was  chairman  of  the  board 
of  public  institutions,  and  held  the  office  until 
his  successor  was  elected  in  1889.  In  1888  he 
was  unanimously  nominated  by  the  Demo- 
cratic convention  of  the  fourth  congressional 
district  for  the  house  of  representatives  of  the 
United  State.s,  and  received  the  largest  major- 
ity ever  cast  for  a  Democratic  candidate  in 
the  state.  He  was  a  member  of  congress  from 
T895  to  1899,  has  been  a  member  of  the  sink- 
ing funds  commission  of  the  city  of  Boston 
since  1899,  and  was  assistant  treasurer  of  the 
United  States  Subtreasnry  at  Boston  from 
1895  to  1899.  In  addition  to  serving  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Federal  Trust  Company,  of  Boston, 
to  which  he  was  elected  in  1899,  he  is  a  trustee 
of  Massachusetts  Bonding  and  Insurance 
Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Exchange 
Club,  Clover  Club  and  the  Boston  Athletic 
Assocation. 

Mr.  O'Neil  married  Mary  A.  Ingoldsby,  at 
Boston,  July  i,  1884,  daughter  of  John  and 
Maria  (Plunket)  Ingoldsby.  One  child,  Jo- 
seph Henry,  born  June  5,  1885,  a  graduate  of 
Georgetown  (D.  C.)  University,  and  now  a 
student  at  Harvard  Law  School.  Mr.  O'Neil 
resides  at  No.  122  Seaver  street,  Boston. 


This  name  is  among  the  oldest  in 
WEEKS     New    England,    and    has    been 

rej^resented  by  numerous  immi- 
grant ancestors  all  of  whom  left  large  progeny. 
It  is  found  in  the  early  records  under  a  great 
variety  of  spellings,  those  chiefly  in  use  now 
being  Weekes,  Weeks  and  Wicks.  In  early 
generations  in  England  it  was  often  spelled 
Wyke,  and  many  variations  upon  this  spelling 


are  found,  such  as  Wyck,  Wycke,  Wicke, 
Weik,  Weick,  and  many  others.  There  are 
many  traditions  relating  to  the  origin  of  the 
name,  and  English  authorities  state  that  the 
Devonshire  family  was  descended  from  Rob- 
ert Le  Wrey,  who  was  living  in  1 135,  the  first 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Stephen,  and  was 
imdoubtedly  of  Norman  blood.  Presumably 
his  father  came  into  England  with  William  the 
Conqueror.  Late  in  the  fourteenth  century 
the  Devonshire  family  had  a  seat  at  North 
Wyke,  in  Tawton  Hundred,  some  twenty  miles 
westerly  from  the  city  of  Exeter. 

(I)   George  Weekes  came  from  Devonshire, 
England,  in   1635,  in  the  same  ship  with  Rev. 
Richard    Mather,    and    settled    in    Dorchester, 
Massachusetts.     Tradition  says  he  was  accom- 
panied by  three  brothers,  one  of  whom  was 
drowned  soon  after  arrival.  Another  went  to  the 
eastward,  and  the  third  to  the  south-westward. 
.\s    the    parentage    of    Leonard    Weekes,    of 
Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  has  been  estab- 
lished,  and   there  appears   no   George  among 
his  father's  children,  it  is  presumable  that  the 
above  tradition  has  little  foundation.     George 
Weekes  is  described  as  a  member  of  a  religious 
family  and  possessing  much   culture   for   the 
time.  He  was  admitted  freeman  at  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  May  13,  1640,  and  was  one  of 
the  seven    (select)   men  in   1645,   1647-8,  and 
probably    at    other    times.      Besides    being    a 
farmer    he    was    a    surveyor,    and    frequently 
served   on   committees  to  lay  out  roads,   and 
farm  and  town  boundaries.     He  was  one  of 
the   three   trustees   of   the   estate   of   Edward 
Bullock,  who  returned  to  England  and  made 
provision  for  his  wife  and  children  before  his 
departure.      George   Weekes   was   an   earnest 
friend   of    free   education,   and   his  name  ap- 
))ears  among  those  who  conveyed  to  the  town 
Thompson's    Island    for    the    benefit    of    the 
schools.     .As  nearly  as  can  be  learned  now,  his 
home  appears  to  have  been  on  the  north  side 
of  Harvard  street,  near  its  junction  with  School 
street.     The  records  show  that  he  possessed 
several  tracts  of  land.    He  died  December  28, 
1650.     His  wife  Jane  was  a  sister  of  Roger 
Clap,    and    after    his    death    married    Jonas 
Humphrey  as  his  second  wife,  and  died  Au- 
gust   2,     1668.       Children:       William,    Jane, 
Ammiel,  Joseph  ;  the  last  born  in  Dorchester. 
(II)   Ammiel,    second    son   of    George   and 
Jane   (Clap)   Weekes,  was  born  in   1632-3,  in 
"England,   and   died   April   20,    1679,   in   Dor- 
chester,  at  the  age   of    forty-six   years.     He 
wrote  his  name  like  his  father,  Weekes,  but 
his  sons  omitted  the  last  "e,"  and  the   form 


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used  by  them  has  been  generally  followed  by 
this  line  of  his  descendants.  He  was  made 
freeman  at  Dorchester.  May  6.  1657,  and  ap- 
pears of  record  that  year  as  a  landholder.  He 
was  constable  in  if>73,  and  was  on  the  com- 
mittee to  establish  town  lines  in  that  year  and 
the  ne.\t.  also  in  1678.  He  seems  to  have  in- 
herited his  father's  profession  of  land  sur- 
veyor. With  his  wife  Elizabeth  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Dorchester  church.  May  18,  1656. 
She  was  probably  a  daughter  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  .\spinwall,  born  September  30,  1633. 
Children;  William,  Elizabeth  (died  young), 
Elizabeth.  Thankful,  Ammiel,  Ebenezer,  Jo- 
seph, Sup])ly,  Thomas  and  HannaJi.  Ammiel 
Weekes  and  wife  were  buried  in  the  old  grave- 
yard on  Stoughton  street.  Dorchester,  near 
L'phams  Corner. 

(HI)  Ebenezer,  third  son  of  .\mmiel  and 
Elizabeth  Weekes,  was  born  May  13,  1665,  in 
Dorchester,  and  was  a  tailor,  residing  in  Bos- 
ton, where  he  was  taxed  in  1691,  and  died 
before  1712.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church 
at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  March  21,  1686, 
and  married  at  Milton,  May  8,  1689,  Deliver- 
ance, daughter  of  William  (2)  Sumner,  of 
Boston,  born  March  18,  1669;  died  March  21, 
1712.  .She  was  a  sister  of  his  brother  Joseph's 
wife.  Children:  William,  Jane,  Ebenezer 
(died  young),  Elizabeth.  Hannah  and  Eben- 
ezer. 

(IV)-  \\'illiam.  eldest  child  of  Ebenezer  and 
Deliverance  (  Sumner)  Weeks,  was  born  Eeb- 
ruary  20,  1690,  in  Boston,  and  died  in  1749-50, 
in  what  is  now  Portland,  Maine.  He  resided 
for  a  time  on  Chebeague  Island,  in  Casco  Bay. 
whence  he  removed  in  1744  to  the  "Neck"  in 
Ealmouth,  the  district  set  oiY  in  1786  as  Port- 
land. The  town  made  several  grants  of  land 
to  him  ;  on  }* larch  20,  1728,  thirty  acres  ;  April 
I,  same  years,  three  acres,  and  a  house  lot  of 
one  acre:  July  21.  of  following  year,  ten  acres. 
He  was  probably  engaged  in  agriculture.  He 
married.  December  3.  1724.  Sarah  Tukey,  of 
Dorchester.  Children  ;  William,  Lemuel,  .Abi- 
gail, Esther  and  Anne. 

(V)  William  (2).  eldest  child  of  William 
(i)  and  Sarah  (Tukey)  Weeks,  was  born 
about  1725.  in  Falmouth,  and  resided  in  that 
part  known  as  North  Yarmouth,  in  the  district 
now  the  town  of  Cumberland.  His  farm  was 
known  as  the  "Weeks  Place"  in  1822,  and  his 
house  was  then  standing.  He  married,  June 
22,  1749,  Rebecca  Tuttle.  Children:  William, 
Lucy,  Mary,  Esther  and  Nathaniel. 

(VI)  Nathaniel,  youngest  child  of  William 
(2)   and   Rebecca   (Tuttle)   Weeks,  was  born 


about  1760,  in  Falmouth,  and  married,  about 
1780.  Rachel  (  Prince)  Sweetzer,  born  July  22, 
1747;  died  September  20,  1843.  The  records 
state  her  age  at  ninety-six  years,  but  there  is 
probably  some  error,  and  she  was  likely  born 
later  than  the  date  here  given.  Children:  i. 
Isaac,  died  in  the  West  Indies,  aged  twenty- 
three  years.  2.  Reuben,  was  so  unfortunate 
as  to  incur  the  ill  will  of  Spanish  authorities, 
and  was  unjustly  imprisoned  in  Honduras, 
where  he  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years. 
3.  Lemuel,  died  in  the  West  Indies  when 
eighteen  years  old.  4.  Ezra,  mentioned  below. 
5.  William,  died  young.  6.  .\nne  G.,  born 
1800;  married  William  Hamilton,  resided  in 
North  Yarmouth. 

(\TI)  Ezra,  fourth  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Rachel  (Prince)  Weeks,  was  born  June  3, 
1790,  in  North  Yarmouth,  and  died  March  16, 
1 8^18.  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  He  resided 
in  his  native  town:  was  in  Portland  in  1821, 
and  again  in  1833  :  was  in  Cumberland  in  1823, 
and  Westbrook,  Maine  in  1825.  He  was  an 
iim-keeper  by  profession.  He  married  Han- 
nah Merrill,  who  survived  him  nearly  four 
years,  and  died  November  2,  1871.     Children: 

I.  Phoebe  W'lnslow,  married  Enoch  Emerson, 
and  resided  in  Boston.  2.  Fannie  Winslow, 
married  Charles  Edward  Sawyer,  of  Portland. 
3.  Reuben,  a  soldier  of  the  civil  war;  resides 
in  Roslindale.  Roxbury.  Massachusetts.  4. 
.Andrew  ( Iray.  receives  mention  below.  3. 
William,  resided  in  Portland,  and  died  in 
Maiden,  Massachusetts.  6.  Caroline  Livings- 
ton, wife  of  John  F.  Foss,  lived  in  Boston. 
7.  Ezra,  was  a  druggist,  employed  for  many 
years  by  a  firm  in  New  York  City.  8.  Angelina 
Merrill,  deceased,  was*  wife  of  George  M. 
Cloves,  of  Troy,  New  York. 

(\III)  Andrew  Gray,  second  son  of  Ezra 
and  Hannah  (Merrill)  Weeks,  was  born  June 

II.  1823.  in  Cumberland  Centre,  Maine,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Port- 
land. In  1839  he  went  to  Boston  to  seek  em- 
ployment, which  he  found  in  the  apothecary 
store  of  Frederick  T'rown.  He  remained  here 
two  years  and  then  engaged  with  Smith  & 
Fowle,  continuing  ten  years  in  their  employ- 
ment in  the  same  line  of  business.  On  leaving 
that  employment  he  formed  a  co-partnership 
with  W.  B.  Potter  under  the  firm  name  of 
Weeks  &  Potter,  and  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
drug  business  in  Boston.  The  business  was 
ultimately  incorporated  under  the  style  of  the 
Weeks  &  Potter  Company.  Mr.  Weeks  died 
at  his  summer  residence  in  Guilford,  \'ermont. 
June  26,   1903.     He  was  a  member  of  Massa- 


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chusetts  Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  was  also 
affiliated  with  a  Royal  Arch  Chapter  of  the 
same  fraternity.  He  was  a  sound  and  success- 
ful business  man,  ^nd  was  frequently  offered 
positions  of  honor  and  trust,  but  his  time  and 
energies  were  wisely  devoted  to  his  business 
and  he  was  seldom  fountl  absent  from  the 
management  of  his  affairs.  Though  well  quali- 
tied  for  the  management  of  public  concerns, 
he  preferred  the  quiet  of  private  life.  He  was 
a  director  in  the  Equitable  Fire  and  Marine 
insurance  Company,  of  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  and  also  of  the  Theological  Library,  of 
Boston.  He  was  a  warden  of  Emmanuel  Epis- 
copal Church,  and  a  member  of  several  social 
clubs  in  the  city  of  Boston,  where  he  made 
his  home.  I  le  was  a  firm  believer  in  the  growth 
and  pros])erity  of  the  city,  and  invested  his 
large  fortune  in  real  estate ;  which  proved 
sound  in  almost  every  instance.  Some  of  the 
parcels  which  his  foresight  selected  years  ago 
have  trebled  in  value.  He  married,  September 
16,  1847,  m  New  York  City,  Harriet  Pitts, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Harriet  (Pitts) 
Pierce,  born  December  14,  1824.  Children:  i. 
Harriet  Emma,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Warren 
iiailey  Potter,  bom  May  3,  1858;  married,  De- 
cember 8,  1885,  Gertrude  Carruth  Washburn, 
daughter  of  Miles  Washburn,  of  Boston.  3. 
Andrew  Gray,  born  October  2,  1861  ;  married, 
October  10,  1883,  Alice  Standish  Taber,  of  New 
Bedford;  was  connected  with  the  Weeks  & 
Potter  Company.  4.  Hattie  Pitts,  born  Febru- 
ary 24,  1865:  is  wife  of  S.  Reed  Anthony,  of 
Boston. 

The  Overlock  family  is  of 
0\'ERL(JCK  German  extraction,  and  it  is 
thought  that  the  name  was 
(jriginally  Locke.  About  the  middle  of  the 
eighteenth  century  a  number  of  German  fami- 
lies settled  in  Knox  county,  Maine,  and  the 
immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Overlocks  of  that 
locality  was  among  these  colonists. 

(I)  John  Henry  Overlock  and  his  wife 
Adelia  were  among  the  first  settlers  in  Wash- 
ington, Knox  county,  Maine,  and  the  original 
homestead  of  the  family  is  still  standing.  They 
worshipped  in  the  old  German  church  in  Waldo- 
boro,  which  John  Henry  Overlook  constructed, 
and  they  were  frugal,  intelligent  and  Gorl-fear- 
ing  jjeople. 

(II)  Andrew,  son  of  John  Henry  Overlock, 
was  a  native  of  Washington,  was  married  there 
and  reared  a  family  in  that  town.  The  maiden 
name  of  his  wife  was  Martha  Nelson,  and  in 
common  with  all  of  that  name  in  Maine,  New 


Hampshire  and  northern  Massachusetts  she 
was  a  descendant  of  Thomas,  an  immigrant 
from  England  who  settled  at  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1638.  Children :  Adna,  Simon, 
Randall  Charles,  Nancy  E.  and  Jane  A.  (Not 
given  here  in  the  order  of  their  birth). 

(HI)  Randall  Charles,  son  of  Andrew  Over- 
lock,  was  born  in  Washington,  about  the  year 
1829.  As  a  young  man  he  was  a  shipbuilder 
in  Bath  Maine,  but  later  became  a  farmer  in 
Appletcin,  that  state,  and  is  still  residing  there. 
He  was  formerly  quite  active  in  local  public 
affairs,  holding  various  town  offices,  including 
those  of  selectman  and  clerk,  and  in  politics 
he  is  a  Democrat.  In  his  religious  belief  he  is 
a  Congregationalist.  He  married,  in  Appleton 
in  May.  1855,  Lydia  Clara  Cunningham,  whose 
family  trace  their  descent  from  a  Scotch  noble- 
man. Of  this  union  their  were  two  sons :  Mel- 
vin  George,  M.  D.,  mentioned  below  ;  and  Obed 
S.,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  who  has  for  ten 
years  been  lay  superintendent  of  the  Retreat 
for  the  Insane. 

(IV)  Melvin  George  Overlock,  M.  D.,  son 
of  Randall  Charles  Overlock,  was  born  in 
A])pleton,  .Xugust  24,  1864.  Having  graduated 
with  high  honors  from  the  .Xppleton  high 
school,  he  taught  mathematics  for  some  time, 
and  with  the  money  thus  earned  he  defrayed 
the  expenses  of  a  course  of  study  at  the  normal 
school  in  Castine,  Maine,  which  he  entered  in 
1887.  His  professional  studies  were  begun 
under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Rich,  of  Worcester, 
.Massachusetts,  continued  in  the  medical  de- 
partment of  Dartmouth  College,  and  concluded 
at  the  Baltimore  (Maryland)  Medical  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine in  1896.  Locating  in  Worcester  the  same 
year,  he  inaugurated  his  professional  career 
with  an  energy  and  enthusiasm  which  immedi- 
ately produced  unusually  i)romising  results, 
and  having  in  due  time  fully  demon.strated  his 
ability,  he  attained  a  position  of  prominence 
among  the  leading  physicians  of  that  city.  Dr. 
Overlock  is  medical  examiner  for  the  Pru- 
dential Insurance  Company  of  America,  also 
the  Commercial  Travellers'  and  the  Pilgrim 
Fathers'  Insurance  companies,  and  is  actively 
connected  with  the  Independent  Pharmaceu- 
tical Company  of  Worcester,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  jiromoters.  /Mthough  the  numerous 
duties  devolving  u])on  him  through  his  connec- 
tion with  these  organizations,  together  with  his 
large  and  constantly  increasing  practice,  occupy 
the  major  portion  of  his  time,  he  has  neverthe- 
less interested  himself  actively  in  various  move- 
ments of  vital  importance  to  the  general  public. 


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and  conset|iiently  has  acquired  prominence  and 
influence  in  other  fields  of  usefuhiess  outside 
of  his  legitimate  sphere  of  action.  He  was 
appointed  by  Governor  Guild  in  1908  as  state 
inspector  of  health,  and  was  prime  mover 
in  a  determined  effort  to  prohibit  the  traffic  in 
infected  meat,  which  recently  agitated  the  peo- 
ple of  the  commonwealth,  and  took  the  initial 
steps  toward  )irotecting  the  consumer  through 
the  medium  of  special  legislation.  He  was 
also  mainly  instrumental  in  inducing  employers 
to  provide  relief  to  their  employees  suffering 
from  tuberculosis,  and  by  introducing  a  system 
of  factory  talks  at  noon  to  operatives  he  has 
inaugurated  a  movement  which  must  prove 
beneficial  to  their  future  welfare.  He  has  just 
written  a  book  entitled,  "The  Working  People, 
their  health  and  how  to  protect  it,"  which  is 
now  being  published.  He  is  the  author  of  a 
bill  ti>  establish  a  sanatoriam  in  all  cities  and 
towns  in  Massachusetts,  for  the  care  of  all 
advanced  consumptives,  which  is  now  before 
the  legislature.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
and  as  an  influential  member  of  the  school 
board  from  Ward  7,  he  has  introduced  a  num- 
ber of  valuable  improvements  in  the  public 
school  system  of  the  city.  In  1905  and  1906  he 
was  his  party's  candidate  for  mayor.  Dr.  Over- 
lock  is  a  member  of  the  .\merican  Association 
for  the  .Advancement  of  Science,  the  American 
.Academy  of  Medicine,  the  Massachusetts  Medi- 
cal Society;  the  National  .Association  for  the 
Prevention  of  Tuberculosis,  and  its  committee 
of  one  hundred  on  national  health ;  of  the  Phi 
Chi  fraternity  of  Baltimore  Medical  College : 
of  Ridgely  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
f'ellows ;  Quinsigamond  Tribe,  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men ;  Worcester  Lodge,  No. 
(12,  Knights  of  Pythias;  Quinsigamond  Court, 
Foresters  of  .America,  also  Worcester  Con- 
clave, Foresters,  and  Worcester  Grange,  Pat- 
rons of  Husbandry.  He  attends  the  Congre- 
gational church.  His  ofifice  is  conveniently 
connected  with  his  residence,  which  is  centrally 
located  at  No.  91  Chandler  street. 

September  20,  1889.  Dr.  Overlock  was  united 
in  marriage  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  with 
Miss  Nettie  Louise  Leib,  who  was  born  at 
Warehouse  Point,  that  state,  November  11, 
1864.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Augustus  and 
.Antoinette  (Heilman)  Leib,  and  is  descended 
from  an  old  and  highly  reputable  family  of 
Heidelberg,  Germany.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Overlock 
have  one  daughter,  Blanche  May,  born  Sep- 
tember 14,  1891,  who  for  three  years  has  been 
a  student  at  the  New  England  Conservatory 
of  Music,  Boston. 


This  family  is  of  Scotch 
M'GINLEY  origin,  and  the  name  is  spelled 
variously  McKinlay,  McKin- 
ley,  McGinley,  McGinlay,  etc.  In  Scotland  the 
family  of  AlacKinlay.  or  Maclanla,  was  located 
in  .Aberdeenshire,  and  was  a  branch  of  the  clan 
Farquharson,  one  of  the  septs  of  the  clan  Chat- 
tan.  Of  the  families  of  the  name  which  went 
to  Ireland,  the  McGinleys  settled  in  county 
Donegal  and  the  McKinleys  in  Antrim  and 
Donegal.  The  Scotch  ancestry  given  below  is 
that  of  the  late  President  McKinley,  as  well  as 
of  this  family. 

(I)  Duncan  MacDuff,  Maormor  of  Fife, 
was  born  about  1000  A.  D.  He  killed  Macbeth, 
December  5,  1056.  (II)  Dufagan  MacDufif 
was  styled  second  Earl  of  Fife.  (HI)  Con- 
stantine  MacDufif,  styled  third  Earl  of  Fife, 
died  1 12() :  called  "a  discreet  and  elo(|uent  man" 
in  justiciary  of  Scotland.  (IV)  ( lillimichael 
MacDuft',  fourth  Earl  of  Fife,  died  11,^9.  (V; 
Duncan  MacDuff.  fifth  Earl  of.  Fife,  was 
Regent  of  Scotland  in  1153,  and  died  1 1 54. 
(VI)  Seach  MacDuff  was  commander  of  the 
army  of  King  Malcolm  IV,  which  quelled  the 
insurrection  of  Moral,  1161,  and  died  1179. 
He  was  called  Mac-an-Toi-sic  (son  of  the 
chief),  which  became  the  surname  of  the 
family.  He  was  founder  and  first  chief  of 
Clan  Macintosh ;  married  Giles,  daughter  of 
Hugh  de.  Montgomery.  (VII)  Shaw  Oig 
Macintosh,  died  1209-10,  was  second  chief  of 
Clan  Macintosh,  and  governor  of  the  castle  of 
Inverness  thirty  years.  He  was  in  the  battle  of 
Torvain  ;  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Henry 
lie  Sandylands ;  three  sons.  (VIII)  William 
Macintosh,  married  Beatrix  Learmouth.  (IX) 
-Shaw  Maclnto.sh,  fourth  chief  of  Macintosh, 
married  1230,  Helena,  daughter  of  William, 
Thane  of  Calder.  and  died  1265.  (^)  f^^r- 
(|uhar  Macintosh,  fifth  chief  of  Clan  Macin- 
tosh, was  killed  in  a  duel,  1274;  married  Mora, 
of  Isla,  daughter  of  Angus  Mor,  and  sister  of 
.Angus  Oig,  the  protector  of  Bruce.  (XI) 
.Angus  Macintosh,  or  .Angus  A^ac  Farquhard, 
was  born  1268,  and  died  1345  ;  married,  1291-2, 
Eva,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Gillipatrick,  son 
of  Dugall  Dall,  who  was  son  of  Gillichattan- 
Mor,  founder  of  Clan  Chattan.  Angus  was  a 
supporter  of  Robert  Bruce,  and  took  part  in 
the  battle  of  Bannockburn  in  1314.  (XII) 
Ian  Macintosh.     (XIII)  Gilchrist  Macintosh. 

(XIV)  Shaw  Mor  Macintosh  was  leader  of 
the  victorious  thirty  at  the  battle  of  the  North 
Inch  of  Perth,  in  1396,  which  is  described  by 
Sir  Walter  Scott  in  his  "Fair  Afaid  of  Perth." 

(XV)  Seumas   Macintosh   was  chief  of  the 


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Clan,  and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Harlaw, 
141 1,  the  final  contest  between  Celt  and  Teu- 
ton for  Scottish  independence.  (X\  1)  Allis- 
ter  Ciar  Mackintosh,  married  a  daughter  of 
Stuart,  of  Kinkardine.  (XVTI)  Fearchard, 
or  Farquhar  Mackintosh,  was  forester  to  the 
Earl  of  Mar,  appointed  hereditary  chamber- 
lain of  the  Braes  of  Mar ;  married  a  daughter 
of  i'arrick  Robertson,  and  his  sons  were  called 
l''an|uharson.  (XX'lll)  Donald  Farquhar 
son,  the  Piobrachd,  married  a  daughter  of 
Robertson,  of  the  Calvene  family.  (XIX) 
Farquhar  Beg  married  into  the  family  of  Chis- 
holm.  (XX)  Donald  Farquharson  married 
Isabel,  daughter  of  Duncan  Stewart.  (XXI) 
Plndlay,  commonly  called  Findla  Mor,  or 
( ireat  Findla,  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Pinkie. 
1547,  while  bearing  the  royal  standard  of  Scot- 
land. He  married  (first)  a  daughter  of  Baron 
Reid,  of  Kincardine  Stewart,  by  whom  he  had 
four  sons  who  took  the  name  of  Maclnla,  the 
(laelic  form  of  "son  of  Findlay,"  being  pro- 
nounced in  that  way.  The  Clan  MacKinlay 
badge  is  the  fox-glove,  and  the  old  motto  "We 
force  nae  friend,  we  fear  nae  foe."  (XXII) 
William  MacKinlay  died  in  the  reign  of  James 
VI,  and  had  four  sons  who  settled  at  "The 
Annie,"  near  Callender,  in  Perthshire. 
(XXIII)  Thomas  (?)  MacKinlay,  son  of 
William,  lived  at  "The  Annie"  in  1587. 
(XXIX)  Donald  MacKinlay,  born  at  "The 
.\nnie,"  was  a  grandson  of  William  XXII. 
(XXV)  John  MacKinlay  was  born  at  "The 
Annie"  about  1645,  and  had  three  sons : 
"James  the  Trooper,"  and  John,  born  1679. 
(  XX\'I  )  James  !\IcKinley,  called  "James  the 
Trooper,"  went  to  Ireland  as  guide  to  the  vic- 
torious army  of  William  1 1 1  at  the  battle  of 
the  Boyne.  1690.  He  settled  in  Ireland,  and 
was  ancestor  of  most  of  the  McKinleys  there. 
He  had  five  children,  among  whom  was  David, 
born  about  1705,  called  "The  Weaver,"  who 
came  to  Chanceford  township,  York  county. 
Pennsylvania,  probably  before  1745,  when  he 
had  a  grant  of  land;  died  in  1761  :  was  ances- 
tor of  President  McKinley. 

( I )  James  McGinley,  of  this  family  and 
thought  to  be  nephew  or  cousin  of  James  Mc- 
Ginley, last  above  named,  was  born,  according 
to  family  tradition,  at  the  head  of  the  Elk, 
Delaware,  in  1701,  but  judging  from  the  his- 
tory of  the  Scotch-Irish  settlers  in  Pennsyl- 
vania and  vicinity  and  was  more  likely  born  in 
Ulster,  Ireland,  and  came  to  Delaware  when  a 
young  man.  With  iiim  begins  the  .-Xmerican 
line.  He  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  and  was 
one  of   four  men  who  bought  all  the  land  in 


what  is  now  called  Carroll's  Tract,  then  known 
as  Carroll's  Delight,  being  a  grant  of  five 
thousand  acres  from  Lord  Baltimore  to  Dan- 
iel Carroll,  of  Duddington  Manor,  Prince 
George's  county,  Maryland.  At  his  death  in 
1735  it  descended  to  his  son  Charles  Carroll, 
afterwards  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  In- 
de])t'ndence  of  the  United  States.  The  four  men 
who  bought  this  tract  were  Archibald  Beard, 
John  Witheron,  John  Lochray  and  James  Mc- 
Ginley. It  was  situated  within  between  Penn- 
sylvania and  Maryland,  claimed  by  both  prov- 
inces, and  finally  allowed  to  Pennsylvania,  in 
York  county,  afterwards  in  the  part  incor- 
porated as  Adams  county.  In  the  ])art  ap- 
portioned to  McGinley  he  built  first  a  log 
house,  about  1745,  ancl  afterwards  a  substan- 
tial stone  dw'elling  house,  both  of  which  were 
standing  until  recently.  Here  lived  five  gen- 
erations of  the  family  as  seen  below.  1  le  mar- 
ried   Garretson,  of  Maryland. 

(11)  John,  son  of  James  McGinley,  was 
born  in  Adams  county,  Pennsylvania,  about 
1745.  He  married  Jane  Alexander,  also  of 
Scotch- Irish  ancestry.  Children:  Mary;  Mar- 
garet ;  James ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below ; 
Jnhn  ;  Sarah;  .Abigail;  Ebenezer  ;  Rev.  .'\mos 
.Mc.xander,  [lastor  of  Presbyterian  church  in 
Path  \  allet,  (Vnn.sylvania,  for  a  period  of 
fifty  years. 

(  iH  )  Joseph,  son  of  John  .\Ic(jinley,  was 
burn  about  1775,  in  Pennsylvania,  and  lived  on 
the  homestead.  He  married  a  daughter  of 
Ca]Jtain  John  Paxton,  who  served  in  the  Con- 
tinental army  in  the  revolution  and  was  se- 
verely wciunded  in  the  battle  of  Germantown. 
Children:  Jane,  died  young:  William,  died 
young:  John,  mentioned  below. 

(  1\  )  John  (2),  son  of  Josej)h  McGinley, 
v\as  born  on  the  homestead,  in  1799.  He  lived 
on  the  homestead,  Fairfield,  Adams  county. 
Pennsylvania.  He  married  Eliza,  daughter  of 
Robert  McCormick,  of  Path  Valley.  He  was 
a  farmer,  and  served  one  term  as  associate 
judge  of  the  court  of  common  ]ileas  of  .Adams 
ciiunty.  Children:  Rev.  William  .Anderson, 
mentioned  below ;  Robert  McCormick  ;  Mar- 
garetta,  Elizabeth  ;  Mary  Belle  ;  Emma. 

(  V  )  Rev.  William  .Anderson  McGinley,  son 
of  Hon.  John  Mc(  iinley,  was  born  in  Fairfield, 
Pennslyvania.  February  15.  1 831.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  at  Gettysburg  College  and 
at  Wasiiington  College  (  now  Washington  and 
Jeft'erson  College),  Washington,  Pennsylva- 
nia. He  read  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  Gettysburg  about  1854.  and  located  at 
liiwa  City,   Iowa,  for  the  ])ractice  of  his  pro- 


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fession.  Becoming  interested  in  religious 
work,  lie  abandoned  the  law  practice  and  for 
a  short  time  taught  Latin  and  Greek  at  the 
Universit}-  of  Iowa.  He  went  to  Oberlin, 
( )hio,  for  one  year,  to  prepare  for  the  min- 
istry, and  afterwards  graduated  from  Andover 
Theological  Seminary  at  .\ndover,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1858.  His  first  pastorates  were  at 
Shrew.sbury'and  Xewburyport,  Massachusetts; 
afterwards  he  was  pastor  of  the  Ross  Street 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
which'  he  freed  from  a  heavy  debt  by  his  la- 
bors, and  later  was  for  many  years  at  Ports- 
mouth, Xew  Ham])shire.  In  1895  he  was  set- 
tled as  pastor  at  Chula  \'ista,  San  Diego 
county,  California,  where  he  died,  May  25, 
1896.  The  period  of  his  ministry  extended 
over  thirty-nine  years.  During  the  civil  war 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  Commission, 
and  as  such  was  engaged  on  the  field  of  An- 
tietam  duritig  the  battle.  He  was  also  at 
Gettysburg  just  after  the  battle  for  six  weeks. 
He  was  delegate  to  the  National  Council  of 
Churches  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  1880.  He 
married,  July  11,  i860,  Eliza  Burdon  Fay  (see 
Fay  family)'.  He  had  a  son,  .\rthur  Kings - 
ley,  mentioned  below,  and  Robert,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

(\'l)  Arthur  Kingsley,  son  of  Rev.  Will- 
iam Anderson  McGinley,  was  born  in  Shrews- 
bury, Massachusetts,  but  spent  less  than  three 
years  of  his  childhood  in  his  native  town.  The 
family  went  from  Shrewslniry  to  Newbury- 
]X)rt,  Massachusetts,  and  thence  after  a  couple 
of  years  tt>  ( iloversville.  New  York,  where  he 
began  his  schooling  in  the  public  schools.  The 
family  removed  to  Brooklyn.  New  York, 
where  he  entered  the  Brooklyn  Polytechnic  In- 
stitute in  wliich  he  was  a  student  for  three 
years ;  and  then  for  several  years  he  had  a 
private  tutor.  He  prepared  for  Cornell  L^ni- 
versity  under  Professor  Lucien  A.  Wait,  at 
Ithaca,  New  York,  and  entered  Cornel!  Uni- 
versity in  the  class  of  1885,  where  he  took  a 
two  years'  course,  afterward  attending  Colum- 
bia University  Law  School  for  one  year.  He 
was  a  student  for  two  years  and  a  half  in  the 
law  offices  of  William  B.  Winterton,  of  New 
York  City.  He  began  to  practice  law  at  Em- 
poria, Kansas,  soon  after  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1891.  Thence  he  went  to  Kansas 
City,  in  the  legal  department  of  a  large  finan- 
cial concern,  .\fter  a  time  he  removed  to  San 
Diego,  California,  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  that  state  February  3,  1896,  and  spent  two 
years  in  general  practice.  He  was  appointed 
in  the  legal  (lejiartment  of  the  Massachusetts 


.Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  in  Kansas 
City,  Missouri,  January  I,  1898,  and  since 
1901  has  lived  in  Springfield,  iVIassachusetts, 
first  as  assistant  counsel  of  the  Massachusetts 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  and  later  as 
general  counsel  since  January,  1909.  He  mar- 
ried Idena  de  Steiguer  Rippey,  of  Brookline, 
Massachusetts,  June  i,  1908.  Mr.  McGinley 
has  taken  high  rank  in  the  legal  profession,  is 
well  known  in  insurance  circles,  and  is  per- 
sonally popular.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Kappa  .\lpha  society  of  Cornell  L'niversity, 
and  of  the  Nayasset  Club  of  Springfield.  He 
attends  the  Church  of  the  LInity,  of  Spring- 
field.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

(The  Fay  Line). 

(  i  )  iohn  Fay,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  1648,  in  England,  and  died  December 
25,  1690,  in  Marlborough,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  resided.  He  married  (first)  Mary 
Brigham,  born  in  Watertown,  1638-9,  died 
there  1676,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mercy 
(Hurd)  Brigham.  He  married  (second) 
July  15,  1678,  Mrs.  Susanna  (Shattuck) 
"Mor.se,  born  in  Watertown,  1643,  daughter  of 
William  Shattuck,  of  that  place,  and  widow  of 
Joseph  Morse.  She  married  (third)  July  30, 
1695,  Thomas  Brigham  Jr.,  brother  of  John 
Fay's  first  wife.  Children,  born  in  Marlbor- 
ough, of  fir.st  wife:  I.  John,  November  30, 
1669.  2.  David,  October  15,  1671  ;  died 
young.  3.  Samuel,  October  il,  1673.  4. 
'Mary,  February  10,  1675.  5.  David,  April 
23,  1679;  mentioned  below.  6.  Gershom,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1681.  7.  Ruth,  July  15,  1684.  8. 
Deliverance,  October  7,  1686;  died  171 1. 

(11)  David,  son  of  John  Fay,  was  born 
.\pril  23,  1679,  and  died'  April  10.  1738.  He 
inherited  the  homestead  in  Marlborough,  on 
the  north  side  of  Clean  Hill,  and  settled  in  that 
part  of  the  town  set  off  as  Southborough,  east 
of  Wolfpen  Hill.  About  1731,  with  Robert 
H(^rn,  he  built  a  grist  mill  on  Stony  Brook,  in 
the  southeast  part  of  the  town.  He  united 
with  the  church  .April  2,  1710.  Before  the  in- 
corporation of  the  town  of  Southborough  he 
was  on  a  committee  to  seat  the  meeting  in 
the  Marlborough  church,  and  the  ne.xt  year 
was  a  constable  of  Southborough.  He  was 
selectman  of  Southborough  in  1730-33-35.  He 
was  a  weaver  by  trade.  His  family  was  one 
of  those  assigned  to  the  garrison  of  Isaac 
Howe  for  protection  from  the  Indians.  He 
married.  May  i,  1699,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John 
and  Joanna'  (Hale)  Larkin.  Children:  i. 
[olin.boni  January  30,   1700;  died  December 


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23,  1704.  2.  Joanna,  born  December  7,  1701 ; 
died  November  23,  1720.  3.  Sarah,  born 
March  i,  1704.  4.  David,  born  March  25, 
1707;  died  October  4,  1720.  5.  Lois,  born 
March  11,  1709.  6.  John,  born  December  16, 
1710.  7.  Moses,  born  October  7,  1712.  8. 
Robert,  born  July  20,  17 1 5.  9.  Edward,  born 
May  16,  1717.  10.  Aaron,  born  April  18, 
1719;  mentioned  below.  11.  Joanna,  born 
July  3,  1721,  died  November  22,  1721.  12. 
David,  born  April  6,   1723. 

(III)  Captain  Aaron,  son  of  David  Fay, 
was  born  in  Southborough,  April  18,  1719. 
He  served  in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  He 
settled  on  the  Stow  farm  in  the  southeast  part 
of  Southborough.  He  built  a  mill  nearly  on 
Stony  Brook,  which  was  afterwards  rebuilt 
by  his  grandson.  Colonel  Fay.  Afterwards  he 
removed  to  the  homestead  on  the  north  of 
Clear  Hill.  He  was  tythingman  in  1766-67- 
68;  overseer  of  the  poor,  1767-68;  selectman 
in  1769-74-75-76-77,  and  was  captain  in  the 
militia.  He  died  very  suddenly  in  his  carriage 
near  the  Stony  Brook  station  in  Southbor- 
ough, in  January,  1798.  He  marrieil  (first) 
Thankful  Newton,  born  July  2-^,  1719,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Bethia  (Rice)  Newton. 
She  died  about  1756,  and  he  married  (second) 
Eunice  Bradish,  who  died  in  December.  1786. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Eunice,  born  May  9, 
1742:  died  March  31,  1752.  2.  Aaron,  born 
January  16,  1743.  3.  Francis,  born  August 
27,  1745.  4.  Nathan,  born  February  6,  1747. 
5.  Daughter,  died  young.  6.  Solomon,  born 
.August  7.  1750.  7.  Elijah,  born  May  5,  1751  ; 
died  same  day.  8.  Heman,  born  September 
21,  1752.  9.  Bethia,  born  June  9,  1754.  10. 
Joseph,  born  August  19,  1756.  Children  of 
second  vi'ife:  11.  Thankful,  born  August  9, 
1758;  died  young.  12.  Francis,  born  October 
13.  1760.  13.  Rhoda,  born  April  12.  1762. 
T4.  lumice,  born  July  14,  1764.  15.  Jeremiah, 
born  January  31,  1768;  mentioned  below.  16. 
Micah,  born  October  14,  1769.  17.  Joshua. 
18.  Eli.     19.  Edward.     20.  Son,  died  young. 

(IV)  Jeremiah,  son  of  Aaron  Fay,  was 
born  in  Southborough,  January  31,  1768,  and 
was  a  farmer.  He  lived  first  in  Southbor- 
ough, and  removed  to  Westborough,  and  back 
again  to  Southborough.  In  1812  he  went  to 
Hopkinton,  in  1818  to  Natick,  in  1819  to  Fra- 
mingham.  and  in  1821  to  Grafton.  He  mar- 
ried Lydia  Bemis.  Her  grandmother's 
brother,  .Ashael  Reid,  was  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Lexington.  Children:  i.  Lyman,  born  Oc- 
tober 19,  1797 ;  mentioned  below.  2.  Jere- 
miah, May  26.  1798:  died  young.     3.  Rhoda, 


June  5,  1799.  4.  Aaron,  January  26,  1801. 
5.  Susan,  October  25,  1803.  6.  Mary  Bemis, 
June  26,  1804.  7.  Newell,  April  22,  1806 ;  died 
December  7,  1880.  8.  Lowell  Brigham,  born 
January  19,  1808.  9.  Samuel  Foster,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1809.  10.  Simeon  Daniel,  March  26, 
1812.  II.  Gilman  W.,  July  2,  1814;  died 
April  20,  i860.  12.  Nancy  Lewis,  born  July 
29,  1816.  13.  Sarah  Jane,  April  28,  1820;  died 
March,  1849. 

(V)  Lyman,  son  of  Jeremiah  Fay  was  born 
in  Southborough,  October  19,  1797,  and  died 
in  December,  1867.  He  was  a  farmer.  He 
married  Judith  B>atcheller,  granddaughter  of 
Major  David  Batcheller,  who  served  in  the 
war  of  the  revolution.  Children:  I.  Lydia, 
born  May.  1821.  2.  Joel,  June,  1823.  3. 
Charlotte  Augusta,  1832.  4.  Eliza  Burdon. 
married,  July  11,  i860.  Rev.  William  .Ander- 
son McCiinley  (see  McGinley  family). 


The   surname    Bennett   is   de- 
mCXNETT     rived    from    the    Latin    word 

Bcncdictus,  meaning  "bless- 
ed." .'several  immigrants  of  this  name  from 
the  mother  country  were  among  the  founders 
of  New  England.  In  the  colonial  records  four 
dififcrent  forms  of  spelling  are  to  be  found, 
viz. :  Bennett,  Bennet,  Bennitt  and  Bennit.  All 
these  forms  of  spelling  appear  in  the  revolu- 
tionary rolls  of  Massachusetts,  recording  the 
military  service  of  no  less  than  two  hundred 
and  fifty-nine  of  this  name.  In  reference  to 
his  remote  antecedents,  the  late  James  Gordon 
liennett,  founder  of  the  New  York  Herald, 
states  that :  "The  Bennetts  were  a  little  band 
of  freebooters,  A.  D.  896,  in  Saxony.  I  have 
no  doubt  they  robbed  and  plundered  a  great 
deal.  They  migrated  to  France  and  settled 
on  the  Loire,  where  they  lived  several  hundred 
years.  The  family  was  Roman  Catholic,  and 
later  of  the  Church  of  England."  The  evi- 
dence that  the  name  was  originally  Benedictus 
is  fairly  conclusive,  and  one  of  the  principal 
reasons  for  this  conclusion  is  the  fact  that  the 
Bennetts  of  Pithouse,  in  Wiltshire,  considered 
the  most  ancient  family  of  that  name  in  Eng- 
land, have  a  coat-of-arms  with  the  motto: 
"Benedictus  qui  toluit  crucem."  "Blessed  be 
he  who  has  borne  the  cross." 

.Although  the  Bennetts  of  New  England  are 
lumierous,  it  is  very  difficult  to  trace  them 
backward  from  the  present  generation  to  the 
immigrant.  It  is  probable,  however,  that  the 
family  about  to  be  considered  is  descended 
from  Sergeant  Samuel  Bennett,  who  settled  in 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  prior  to  1645.     It 


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is  also  quite  probable  that  he  was  an  immi- 
grant, but  this  fact  has  not  as  yet  been  defi- 
nitely determined.  He  was  granted  twenty- 
five  acres  of  land  at  Providence  in  1646,  and 
in  1652  was  one  of  twelve  who  subscribed  to 
the  following:  "1  do  declare  and  promise  that 
I  will  be  true  and  faithful  to  the  Common- 
wealth of  England  as  it  is  now  established, 
without  a  king  or  house  of  lords."  He  was 
a  cooper.  In  1652  he  was  chosen  general  ser- 
geant, and  the  same  year  he  purchased  of 
Stukeley  Wescott  a  house  lot,  orchard, 
meadow,  etc.  He  was  made  a  freeman  in 
1655.  May  7,  1656,  he  appeared  in  court  as 
plaintiff  in  a  suit  brought  against  Henry 
Fowler,  administrator  of  the  e.state  of  Henry 
Forte,  to  recover  for  the  loss  of  a  calf  which 
had  been  killed  by  the  latter's  dogs,  and  he 
was  awarded  the  sum  of  twenty-four  shillings. 
In  1655  he  was  again  chosen  town  sergeant, 
and  the  following  year  it  was  voted  to  pay 
him  twenty  pounds  for  his  services  in  that 
office.  He  was  chosen  commissioner  in  1657. 
In  1660  he  sold  certain  lands  to  William  Car- 
penter. In  166 1  he  served  upon  the  grand 
jury,  and  in  1666  he  took  the  oath  of  alle- 
giance to  King  Charles  II.  For  the  years 
1668-74-77-78  he  served  as  representative  to 
the  general  assembly,  and  the  latter  year  be- 
came a  resident  of  East  Greenwich,  Rhode 
Island.  He  had  been  granted  one  hundred 
acres  of  land  in  that  town  by  the  assembly, 
to  be  allotted  him  from  the  first  division  of 
five  thou.sand  acres,  "if  any  will  relinquish  a 
right,  if  not,  then  in  the  next  township  of  five 
thousand  acres  to  be  laid  out."  November  20. 
1682,  he  and  wife  Anna  confirmed  to  Richard 
Everdeen  land  sold  in  Everdeen's  lifetime, 
viz. :  Thirty-four  acres  upland  and  a  share  of 
meadow,  etc.,  in  Providence,  near  Solitary 
Hill.  The  year  of  his  death  is  determined  by 
his  will,  which  was  made  August  25,  1684, 
and  proved  October  23,  that  year.  In  it  he 
appoints  his  wife  executrix  and  Thomas  Olney 
and  John  Whipple  Jr.,  overseers.  Having 
provided  for  his  children  he  bequeathed  to  his 
widow,  in  addition  to  all  remaining  debts,  goods, 
chattels,  etc.,  the  homestead,  land  and  build- 
ings at  East  Greenwich,  for  her  use  during 
widowhood,  and  the  next  day  after  her  mar- 
riage or  at  her  decease  to  go  to  son  William. 
This  last  provision  probably  became  effective, 
as  his  widow  Anna,  whose  maiden  surname  is 
unknown,  married  (second)  Moses  Forman, 
and  she  died  in  1705.  Children  of  Sergeant 
Samuel  and  Anna  Bennett:  Edward,  Eliza- 
beth,   Samuel,   William,    Benjamin   and    Pris- 


cilla,  not  given  in  the  order  of  their  birth,  ex- 
cepting the  first  three.  Of  Edward  it  is  said 
that  he  was  one  of  the  men  "who  stayed  and 
went  not  away"  in  King  Philip's  war,  and  so 
was  entitled  to  share  in  the  disposition  of  cer- 
tain Indian  captives  whose  services  were  sold 
for  terms  of  years.  Elizabeth,"  died  1721, 
married  Edward  Inman,  and  had  children : 
Edward,  Samuel,  I'rancis,  Benjamin,  Joseph 
and  Isaiah. 

Lieutenant  Samuel,  third  child  of  Sergeant 
Samuel  and  Anna  Bennett  received  from  his 
father  sixty  acres  of  meadow  land  lying  at 
Worlds  End,  Providence.  He  was  a  carpen- 
ter, and  resided  in  East  Greenwich  and  Cov- 
entry, Rhode  Island.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
church  in  East  Greenwich,  and  it  is  on  record 
that  he  acted  in  the  same  capacity  in  Warwick, 
Rhode  Island.  He  was  made  a  freeman  in 
1685;  was  chosen  deputy  in  1690,  and  a  lieu- 
tenant same  year.  He  died  April  15,  1745. 
He  married  (first)  January  2,  1689,  Sarah 
Forman;  (second)  April  25,  1699,  Desire 
Berry,  who  died   March  9,   1714;    (third)    in 

17 15,  Rachel  .     February  23,   1703,  he 

sold  to  Thomas  Fry  "my  now  dwelling  house, 
orchard,  etc.,  twenty  acres,"  and  December  21, 
1715,  he  deeded  his  son  Samuel  "for  love, 
etc.,"  ten  acres.  Children  of  her  first  union 
were  I.  Samuel,  born  September  14,  1690.  2. 
Sarah,  January  31,  1693.  3.  Hannah,  April 
27,  1697.  4.  Elizabeth,  November  19,  1699. 
Those  of  his  second  marriage  were :  5.  Ben- 
jamin, November  7,  1701.  6.  John,  October 
15.  1703.  7-  William,  May  15,  1706.  8.  Pris- 
cilla,  October  7,  1708.  9.  Mary,  April  2,  1711. 
10.  Desire.  Having  given  all  of  the  facts  ob- 
tainable relative  to  the  early  history  of  the 
Rhode  Island  Bennetts,  some  of  the  later  gen- 
erations of  the  family  will  now  be  considered. 

( I )  Captain  Samuel  Bennett,  a  descendant 
of  Lieutenant  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Forman) 
Bennett  (probably  a  great-grandson),  was 
born  March  23.  or  24,  1777.  in  Warwick,  or 
the  immediate  vicinity.  He  was  for  many 
years  a  resident  of  Warwick,  but  his  last  days 
were  spent  in  Providence,  where  he  died  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1855,  and  his  remains  lie  buried  in 
Locust  Grove  cemetery,  that  city.  August  30. 
1798,  he  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Langford 
Morris,  born  in  East  Greenwich,  December  8, 
1775.  died  in  Warwick,  October  13,  1844.  He 
married  (.second)  May  21,  1845.  Martha  Carr, 
who  died  December  27,  1876,  aged  eighty- 
eight  years.  Children,  all  of  his  first  union : 
I.  Sally  Ann,  born  January  21,  1802.  2.  Jo- 
seph Langford,  who  is  again  referred  to.     3. 


^MASSACHUSETTS. 


Asaliel  Augustus,  March  28.  1807.  4.  Mary 
Emeline,  December  28,  i8oq.  5.  Robert  Mor- 
ris, April  25,  1812.  6.  Samuel  A.,  August  8, 
1814;  died  same  year.  7.  .Almon  G.,  Decem- 
ber 24,  181 S-  8.  Arteliza  F.,  December  15, 
1 818:  died  r82i. 

(II)  Deacon  Joseph  Langford.  second  child 
and  eldest  son  of  Captain  Samuel  and  Eliza- 
beth Langford  (Morris)  Bennett,  was  born  in 
W'arwick.  February  28,  1805.  When  a  young 
man  he  removed  to  Connecticut,  residing  in 
F'lainfield.  and  also  in  Hartford,  but  eventu- 
ally returned  to  his  native  state  and  died  in 
Providence,  January  7.  1886.  In  early  life 
he  united  with  the  Baptist  church  in  Warwick, 
of  which  he  was  a  deacon  a  nimiber  of  years, 
and  he  was  similarly  connected  with  the  Friend- 
ship Street  Baptist  Church  in  Providence  and 
the  South  Baptist  Church  in  Hartford.  He  was 
also  active  in  philanthropic  work,  having  la- 
bored diligently  in  behalf  of  the  Hartford 
Home  for  Boys,  of  which  he  was  for  years  the 
superintendent  and  he  evinced  a  profound  in- 
terest in  various  other  objects  of  charity  and 
benevolence.  He  married,  July  4,  1830,  Airs. 
Sarah  Carpenter  Johnson  (nee  Weaver), 
widow  of  Clarence  l.indsley  Johnson,  of  Cov- 
entry, Rhode  Island.  She  was  born  in  Scitu- 
ate,  Rhode  Island,  March  2,  1805,  daughter 
<if  Silas  Weaver,  and  died  in  Southington, 
Connecticut.  November  26,  1893.  Silas 
Weaver,  born  in  Coventry,  April  12.  1775, 
died  at  Scituate,  October  10,  1830.  married, 
\ovember  13,  1795,  Dinah  .Stone,  born  in 
Scituate,  May  t,  1778:  died  in  Providence, 
.\pril  25.  183(5.  She  bore  him  children:  i. 
Owen  Battey.  born  April  22,  1798:  died  No- 
vember T2,  1862.  ii.  James  Bradford,  June 
29,  1800;  died  in  1884.  iii.  Charles  Stone. 
.\pril  10,  1803.  iv,  Sarah  Carpenter,  previ- 
I  HI  sly  mentioned  as  wife  of  Joseph  L.  Bennett. 
V.  Nehemiah  Knight,  born  .'\pril  27.  1808. 
vi.  Alston.  .April  13,  1810:  died  Sejitember  9, 
18(13.  vii.  Celia,  May  25,  1812:  died  Septem- 
ber 21,  1881.  viii.  Silas  Green,  October  14. 
1814.  i.\-.  Sterry  Arnold,  January  8  (or  18), 
1817:  died  February  3,  1855.  x.'  Harriet  R., 
.\u£rust  13.  1820;  died  May  3,  1847. 

Deacon  Joseph  L.  and  Sarah  C.  (Weaver- 
Johnson)  Bennett  were  the  parents  of  ten 
children:  i.  Dr.  Nehemiah  K..  horn  Septem- 
ber 23,  1831:  died  in  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
October.  1804.  2.  Emelie  Newell,  June  22, 
'8:??:  married  (firs()  John  Swan:  (.second) 
Dr  Henry  O.  Hastings  (q.  v.).  3.  Samuel 
Augustus,  1833;  died  in  infancy.  4.  Samuel 
Augustus,  born    September,    1836:  resided   in 


Providence.  3.  Joseph  Langford,  see  for- 
ward. 6.  Sarah  C,  July  19,  1840;  married 
Marcus  H.  Holcomb,  now  attorney  general  of 
Connecticut;  died  December  3,  1901.  7.  Mary 
L.,  November  14,  1841  ;  died  November  27, 
1865.  8.  Harriet  R.,  born  1842;  died  in  in- 
fancy. 9.  Son,  born  1845;  died  shortly  after 
birth.  10.  Harriet  R..  July  30,  1850;  died 
January  27,   1853. 

(Ill)  Captain  Joseph  Langford,  fourth  son 
and  fifth  child  of  Deacon  Joseph  L.  and  Sarah 
L .  (  Weaver-Johnson )  Bennett,  was  born  in 
Plainfield,  Connecticut,  June  27,  1838.  He 
was  educated  in  the  |)ul)lic  schools,  and  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  years  entered  the  merchant 
marine  service  at  New  London,  Connecticut, 
making  his  first  voyage  from  that  port  via 
Cape  Horn  to  Honolulu  in  one  hundred  and 
eighty  days.  His  advancement  was  rapid,  and 
he  became  a  shipmaster  in  the  unusually  short 
space  of  three  years,  but  after  attaining  that 
])(isition  he  abandoned  the  sea.  At  Lincoln's 
first  call  for  troops  in  i8()i  he  enlisted  as  pri- 
vate in  a  three  months"  Rhode  Island  regiment 
(First  Regiment,  Rh(_ide  Islancl  Detached  Mili- 
tia ) ,  and  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service 
re-enlisted  in  the  Tenth  Regiment,  Rhode  Island 
X'olunteers.  He  subsequently  received  a  lieu- 
tenant's commission,  and  was  mustered  out  at 
the  close  of  the  war  with  the  rank  of  brevet 
captain  for  efficient  and  meritorious  service. 
.After  the  war  Captain  Bennett  was  appointed 
assistant  adjutant-general  of  Connecticut,  and 
served  in  that  capacity  under  three  consecu- 
tive administration.s — those  of  Governors 
Hawley.  English  and  Jewell.  He  was  after- 
ward engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  which  he 
relinouished  to  enter  the  federal  civil  service  ; 
was  for  many  years  connected  with  the  Hart- 
ford ( Coimecticut)  stamped  envelope  agency, 
and  later  with  the  Hartford  post-office.  He 
was  ne.xt  apjxiinted  chief  clerk  of  the  patent 
iiffice  at  Washington,  which  position  he  finally 
resigned,  .-\fter  retiring  from  the  public  serv- 
ice he  established  himself  as  a  patent  attorney 
at  the  national  capital.  He  died  in  Washing- 
ton, March  11,  1898,  and  was  buried  in  the 
national  cemetery  at  Arlington  Heights.  In 
politics  he  acted  with  the  Republican  ])arty. 
1  Ic  was  a  comrade  of  the  (^rand  ,\rmy  of  the 
Republic,  and  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church. 
November  29.  1866,  Cajitain  Bennett  married, 
in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  Carrie,  daughter 
of  Colonel  William  and  Emma  C.  (Williams- 
I'rannigan)  Ross.  (See  Ross.)  Children:  i. 
Maud  Ingersoll,  born  in  Hartford,  August  28, 
i8ri8:  married   .Addison   L.   Green    (q.   v.)    of 


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Holyoke,  Massachusetts,  December  10,  1890; 
died  in  that  city,  June  17,  190 1,  leaving  four 
children :  Addison  Bennett,  Donald  Ross,  Con- 
stance, and  David  I.oomis.  2.  Fred  Fox,  see 
forward. 

(I\  )  Fred  Fo.x,  younger  child  and  only  son 
of  Captain  Joseph  L.  and  Carrie  (Ross)  Ben- 
nett, was  born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1870.  His  early  education  was  ac- 
quired in  the  public  schools  of  Hartford,  and 
after  leaving  the  high  school  he  was  for  three 
years  in  the  banking  business.  He  then  en- 
tered Yale  College  with  the  class  of  1896. 
.\fter  graduation  he  became  a  law  student  in 
the  office  of  Addison  L.  Green,  at  Holyoke, 
Massachusetts.  In  December,  1897,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  Hampden  county  bar.  He  has 
since  been  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of 
law,  and  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Green  & 
Bennett,  having  offices  in  Holyoke  and  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  In  politics  Mr.  Bennett 
is  a  Republican,  and  in  1902-03  was  a  rep- 
resentative to  the  general  court.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  the  Delta 
Kappa  Epsilon  (college)  fraternities,  affili- 
ates with  the  Knights  of  P\-thias,  and  is  a 
vestryman  of  St.  Paul's  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church.  Holyoke.  November  10,  1903,  Mr. 
Bennett  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Alice  Elizabeth  Whiting,  born  in  Holyoke,  Oc- 
tober 27.  1877,  daughter  of  Edward  G.  and 
Hannah  A.  (Higginbottom)  Whiting.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Bennett  have  had  two  children:  i. 
Frederick  Whiting,  born  August  31,  1904; 
died  September  21,  1904.  2.  Alice  Ross,  born 
March  7,  1908. 

The  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Whiting 
family  was  William  \MTiting,  who  arrived  in 
New  England  from  the  mother  country  about 
1633,  and  settled  at  Hartford,  Coimecticut, 
in  1637.  He  was  a  merchant,  having  a  trad- 
ing house  at  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  and 
others  on  the  Delaware  river,  which  he  visited 
frequently.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first 
(Connecticut)  house  of  representatives  in 
1641  :  subsequently  served  as  an  assistant,  and 
was  treasurer  of  the  colony  from  1643  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  in  1647.  In  the 
records  he  is  called  "major."  The  Christian 
name  of  his  wife,  whom  he  married  in  Eng- 
land, was  Susanna,  and  their  two  son,  William 
and  John,  were  probably  born  there.  In  1650 
his  widow  married  Samuel  Fitch,  of  Hartford, 
whom  she  also  survived,  and  married  for  her 
third  husband.  Alexander  Bryan,  of  Milford. 
She  died  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs 


Mary  Collins,  in  Middletown,  Connecticut, 
July  8,   1703. 

Daniel  Whiting,  Mrs.  Bennett's  great-grand- 
father, was  born  in  .\bington,  Connecticut,  Jan- 
uary 1,  1778.  He  resided  in  Willington,  same 
state,  and  married  Elizalieth  Potter,  born 
in  that  town  June  (S,  1778.  Their  son  William 
1:!.,  Mrs.  Bennett's  grandfather,  was  born  in 
Willington,  February  14,  1817,  settled  in  Holy- 
oke, ^Iassachusetts,  and  became  a  prominent 
wood  and  coal  dealer.  April  2,  1840.  he  mar- 
ried, in  Dudley,  iMassachusetts,  Miss  Elizabeth 
.Murphy,  of  New  York,  born  January  i,  1818, 
.died  Jaiuiary  21,  1878.  She  bore  him  children  : 
i.  W  illiam  ;  ii.  Elvira  F. ;  iii.  Albert  Whitfield, 
accidentally  drowned  at  age  of  six  years ;  iv. 
Ellen  M.,  married  P,  A.  Underwood,  of  Bos- 
ton :  v.-vi.  Edward  G.  and  Edwin  A.  (twins), 
last  named  of  whom  died  at  Pomona,  Califor- 
nia, in  1886:  vii.  Mary  Elizabeth;  viii.  Frank 
•Albert;  ix.  Charles  Plenry;  x.  Harriet  N;  xi. 
( ieorge. 

Edward  G.  Whiting,  Mrs.  Bennett's  father, 
who  became  associated  in  business  with  his 
father,  married,  December  9,  1874,  Hannah 
Amelia  Higginbottom,  daughter  of  Allen  Hig- 
ginbottom, and  granddaughter  of  Samuel  Hig- 
ginbottom. The  senior  Higginbottom,  who  was 
born  in  England,  in  1796,  married  Hannah 
Lee,  who  was  born  in  1794.  He  was  a  cot- 
ton manufacturer,  and  came  to  the  United 
.States  with  his  family  in  1842.  They  had 
children :  Samuel ;  Elizabeth ;  Allen,  died 
young;  Allen;  Hannah;  Ann.  Allen  Hig- 
ginbottom was  born  in  Oldham,  Lancashire, 
England,  January  15,  1826,  and  died  at  Holy- 
oke, March  12,  1897.  He  accompanied  his 
parents  to  America  when  sixteen  years  old. 
He  settled  in  Holyoke.  and  was  for  many 
years  in  the  mercantile  business  in  that  city. 
He  married  Lavinia  Worswick,  of  New  Bruns- 
wick, New  Jersey,  but  a  native  of  England, 
born  June  3,  1824,  died  July  28,  1882,  and  had 
children  :  i.  Rosina  A.,  born  September  3,  1850, 
died  May  26,  1902.  ii.  Hannah  Amelia,  born 
at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  December  30, 
1 85 1,  iii.  Alice,  born  April  22,  1853.  iv. 
William  Allen,  born  April  3.  1855,  died  Sep- 
tember 12,  1855.  V.  Lucy,  born  December  22, 
1858.  vi.  Frank,  born  August  12,  i860,  died 
September  2,  i860.  The  two  daughters,  Ro- 
sina and  Hannah  Amelia,  were  married  the 
same  day,  December  9,  1874,  to  Edwin  A.  and 
Edward   G.  W'hiting,  respectively. 

Mrs.  Bennett  is  one  of  six  children :  i.  Allen 
Edward,  born   December   11,    1875.     '••   Alice 


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Elizabeth,  iii.  Creighton  Worswick,  born  Oc- 
tober 28,  1880.  iv.  Lavinia  Isabel,  born  Oc- 
tober 29,  1883.  V.  Philip  Charles,  born  March 
4,  1886.  vi.  Edwin  Harris,  born  December 
19.  1888. 

(The   Ross  Line). 

The  surname  Ross  has  long  been  famous  in 
Scotland,  both  for  its  antiquity  and  the  nu- 
merous celebrities  who  have  borne  it.  The 
several  distinct  American  families  of  this 
name,  all  of  Scotch  descent,  were  established 
on  this  side  of  the  ocean  during  the  colonial 
period.  The  earliest  immigrants  of  the  name 
were  Daniel  and  Ezra,  who  were  in  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts,  in  1648.  James  Ross,  of  Sud- 
bury, Massachusetts,  served  in  King  Philip's 
war  (1675-76).  Owing  to  the  fact  that  the 
Rosses  as  a  whole  have  received  but  little  at- 
tention at  the  hands  of  genealogists,  the  rec- 
ords of  the  different  families  have  never  been 
collected  and  brought  together.  It  is  quite 
probable  that  the  Rosses  mentioned  in  this 
article  sprung  from  an  old  Boston  family. 

(I)  William  Ross  and  his  wife  Eliza  were 
residents  of  Boston  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
seventeenth  century,  and  traces  of  them  are 
to  be  found  in  the  colonial  records. 

(II)  William  (2),  .son  of  William  (l)  and 
Eliza  Ross,  was  born  in  Boston,  in  1708. 

(III )  James,  probably  a  son  of  William  (  2) 
Ross,  resided  in  Harvard,  Massachusetts. 
The  baptismal  name  of  his  wife  was  Rosanna, 
and  the  records  of  Harvard  contain  the  birth 
of  their  two  sons:  John,  July  5,  1776;  William, 
born  three  years  later.  James  Ross  appears 
to  have  been  a  seafaring  man,  and  is  said  to 
have  died  in  Boston  Harbor  from  the  effects 
of  severe  ex])osure  suffered  in  a  shipwreck. 
Rosanna.  his  wife,  died  in  Harvard,  in   1795. 

(IV)  William,  youngest  son  of  James  and 
Rosanna  Ross,  was  born  in  Harvard,  July  9, 
1779.  He  was  a  mariner,  and  his  certificate 
of  description  as  an  American  citizen  is  still 
in  existence.  He  married  at  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts.  March  8,  1806,  Nancy  Holman, 
wild  died  in  I'oston,  December  31,  1821.  They 
are  known  to  have  liad  three  sons :  Elisha  Nor- 
cross,  who  disappeared  from  his  home  when  a 
young  man,  and  never  returned ;  George : 
William. 

(V)  Colonel  \\'illiam  Ross,  son  of  William 
and  Nancy  (Holman)  Ross,  was  born  in  Bos- 
ton, July  23,  181 1  ;  died  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  February  22,  1879,  and  is  buried  in 
(Irace  Church  Cemetery.  His  educational  op- 
portunities were  limited,  but  his  natural  abil- 
itv  and  keen  intelligence  enabled  him  to  over- 


come this  deficiency,  and  he  became  a  highly 
cultured  and  sagacious  man  of  affairs.  Set- 
tling in  Providence  at  a  time  when  progressive 
ideas  concerning  public  utilities  were  begin- 
ning to  assume  tangible  form,  he  immediately 
identified  himself  with  various  problems  rela- 
tive to  internal  development,  and  through  his 
instrumentality  several  important  public  en- 
terprises were  carried  into  successful  opera- 
tion. Among  the  chief  problems  of  that 
period,  and  one  in  which  the  entire  public  as 
well  as  the  merchants  in  particular  were  deeply 
interested,  was  the  absolute  necessity  for  im- 
proved transportation  facilities  between  the 
principal  centers  of  trade,  and  in  this  im- 
portant movement  Colonel  Ross  attained  his 
most  notable  achievements.  His  initial  step 
in  this  direction  was  the  establishment  of  the 
first  jjony  express  between  Boston  and  Provi- 
dence, an  enterprise  which  was  destined  to 
become  the  nucleus  of  the  present  Adams  Ex- 
press Company,  and  with  the  advent  of  rail- 
ways he  turned  his  attention  enthusiastically 
to  their  introduction.  He  was  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal promoters  and  organizers  of  the  Boston 
&  Providence  railroad,  and  not  only  figured 
prominently  in  constructing  the  line  but  served 
as  its  first  superintendent  and  acted  as  con- 
ductor of  the  first  train  to  run  between  the 
two  cities.  His  progressive  ideas  were  still 
further  displayed  by  his  active  participation 
in  the  establishment  of  a  line  of  steamboats 
for  passengers  and  freight  between  Providence 
and  New  York.  One  of  these  boats,  the 
"Lexington."  was  burned  in  Narragansett  Bay, 
in  1840.  and  in  this  disaster  forty  lives  were 
sacrificed.  Altliough  constantly  occupied  with 
imjjortant  business  affairs,  he  availed  himself 
of  every  opportunity  for  healthy  amusement, 
es])ecially  of  an  intellectual  character,  and  his 
musical  tastes  were  highly  artistic.  When  the 
famous  Swedish  prima  donna  Jenny  Lind  came 
to  the  United  States  under  the  management  of 
the  late  P.  T.  Barnum,  he  assisted  in  inducing 
her  to  appear  in  Providence.  Choices  of 
seats  for  the  concert  were  sold  at  auction,  and 
Colonel  Ross's  bid  of  five  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  dollars  secured  for  him  the  first  choice. 
Colonel  Ross  married,  October  20,  1839, 
Emma  Caroline,  daughter  of  Frances  Reeves 
and  Emma  (Williams)  Brannigan,  the  former 
of  whom  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  Irish 
Protestant  to  settle  in  Salem,  Massachusetts. 
Emma  W'illiams,  born  in  Salem,  died  in  Bos- 
ton, was  a  daughter  of  John  Williams,  a  na- 
tive of  Wales,  who  married  Mary  Webb,  of 
.Salem,  and  died  in  that  town  in   1837.     Chil- 


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2555 


(Jren  of  Colonel  William  and  Emma  C.  W. 
(Brannigan)  Ross:  i.  William,  born  August 
15,  1841 ;  died  1907.  2.  Carrie,  born  March 
27,  1844;  married  Joseph  Langford  Bennett 
(see  Bennett,  III)  :  died  in  Hartforil,  Con- 
necticut, January  25,  1885,  and  lies  buried  in 
Grace  Church  Cemetery,  Providence.  3. 
Emma,  born  May  29,  1846,  died  August  i, 
1848.  4.  Jenny  Lind,  born  October  17,  1848. 
died  June  5,  1908.  5.  Frank,  born  September 
5-  1850. 

John  Cram,  immigrant  ancestor, 
CRAM  was  born  in  England  and  was  a 
proprietor  of  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1635.  He  was  one  of  the  early  pro- 
prietors of  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  and 
signed  the  Combination  after  the  settlement  of 
the  town,  June  5,  1639,  and  a  petition  in  1645. 
His  name  was  also  spelled  Cramme.  In  1648- 
49  he  was  selectman  of  Exeter,  and  in  1650 
removed  to  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  and 
settled  on  the  south  side  of  Taylor's  river 
(now  Hampton  Falls),  near  the  site  of  the 
Weare  monument.  On  May  5,  1659,  he  re- 
ceived a  deed  of  land  from  Richard  Swain  for 
brotherly    love    and    affection.     He    married 

(first)  Lydia ;  (second)  Esther , 

and  with  her  deeded  land  to  sons  Benjamin 
and  Thomas,  who  agreed  to  maintain  them  the 
remainder  of  their  lives.  The  town  record  of 
his  death  says  "good  old  John  Cram,  one  just 
in  his  generation."  He  died  March  5,  1681- 
82,  Child  of  first  wife:  i.  Joseph,  drowned  at 
Exeter,  June  24,  1648,  aged  fifteen.  Children 
of  second  wife :  2.  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Mary,  married  Abraham  Tilton.  4.  Lydia, 
born  July  27,  1648.  5.  Thomas,  married,  De- 
cember 20,  1681,  Elizabeth  Weare. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  Cram,  was  one 
of  the  grantees  of  Hampton.  He  married, 
November  28,  1662,  Argentine  Cromwell, 
possibly  widow  of  Thomas  Cromwell,  and  said 
to  have  been  a  relative  of  Oliver  Cromwell. 
Children,  born  in  Hampton:  i.  Sarah,  Septem- 
ber 19,  1663.  2.  John,  April  6,  1665;  men- 
tioned   below.     3.    Benjamin,    December    30, 

1666;  married  Sarah .  4.  Mary,  August 

6,  1669.  5.  Joseph,  April  12,  1671 ;  married, 
May  I,  1700,  Jane  Philbrook.  6.  Hannah,  Au- 
gust 22,  1673:  married,  October  26,  1693, 
William  Fifield.  7.  Esther,  October  16,  1675. 
8.  Jonathan,  April  26,  1678;  died  December  3, 
1703;  unmarried.  9.  Elizabeth,  January  3, 
1680-81  :  married.  May  6,  1700.  Samuel  Mel- 
cher. 


(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  Cram  was 
born  in  Hampton,  April  6,  1665.  He  married 
(first)  Mary  Wadleigh,  of  Exeter;  (second) 
January  13,  1730,  Susanna  Batchelder,  daugh- 
ter of  Francis  Page.  Children,  all  by  first  wife, 
born  at  Hampton:  i.  Argentine,  December  16, 
1693;  married  Abraham  Browne.  2.  Abigail, 
September  10,  1695  ;  married  John  Batchelder. 
3.  Benjamin,  March  16,  1699;  married  Abigail 
Dearborn.  4.  Wadleigh,  October  12,  1701 ; 
married  (first)  Hannah  Marston,  October  24, 
1723;  resided  at  Deerfield ;  married  (second) 
April  18,  1725,  Ruth  Oilman.  5.  Jonathan, 
mentioned  below.     7.  Mary,  July  23,   1713. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (2)  Cram, 
was  born  in  Hampton,  April  22,  1706,  died 
May  3,  1760.  He  lived  in  Hampton  Falls, 
and  the  house,  now  the  oldest  in  town,  was 
occupied  after  him  by  Benjamin  Cram,  Ben- 
jamin Jr.  and  Colonel  Jonathan  Cram.  He 
married,  November  28,  1728,  Elizabeth  Heath, 
born  June  26,  1709,  died  1773,  daughter  of 
Nehemiah  and  Alary  (Gove)  Heath.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Hampton  Falls:  i.  John,  Novem- 
ber 12,  1730;  resided  at  Raymond  and  Pitts- 
field.  2.  Molly,  February  11,  1732;  married 
Nehemiah  Sanborn.  3.  Nehemiah,  January  2, 
1734;  married,  November  10,  1756,  Hannah 
Philbrick.  4.  Jonathan,  1736-37.  5.  Benja- 
min, 1739-40.  6.  Joel,  1743-44;  married 
Betsey  Batchelder.  7.  Ebenezer,  December  5, 
1745;  married  Mary  Philbrick.  8.  Joseph, 
mentioned  below. 

(\)  Joseph,  son  of  Jonathan  Cram,  was 
born  at  Hampton  Falls,  June  24,  1750,  died 
April  17,  1 84 1.  He  settled  in  Deerfield,  Mass- 
achusetts, in  1772-73,  on  a  farm  which  was 
later  occupied  by  his  grandson,  Joseph  C. 
Cram.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  a  tailor  by 
tratie,  and  a  respected  citizen  of  the  town.  He 
served  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Nathan  San- 
born's company,  and  marched  to  reinforce  the 
army  under  Stark  in  1777;  also  in  September 
of  the  same  year  at  Bennington  under  Colonel 
John  McClary,  and  in  Colonel  Jonathan  Moul- 
ton's  regiment,  in  Captain  John  Dearbon's 
company,  at  Saratoga.  He  married  Deborah 
Batchelder,  born  at  North  Hampton,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1752,  died  January  31,  1829  (or  30), 
daughter  of  Deacon  Stephen  (Stephen  (5), 
Stephen  (4),  Nathaniel  (3),  Nathaniel  (2), 
Stephen  (i),  and  Elizabeth  (Tucker)  Batch- 
elder.  Children,  born  at  Deerfield:  i.  Eliza- 
beth, January  24,  1782,  died  August  4,  1853; 
married,  November  28,  1805,  Lieutenant  Ed- 
mund   C.    Lane.     2.    Jonathan.    November    3, 


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1788,  died  April  11,  1859:  married,  December 

1,  1807,  Rachel  Law.  3.  Stephen,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI j  Stephen,  son  of  Joseph  Cram,  was 
born  at  Deerfield,  New  Hampshire,  September 
21,  1790,  died  December  31,  1841.  He  was 
a  tailor  and  farmer,  and  resided  on  the  farm 
later  owned  by  Simon  Palmer.  He  was  se- 
lectman of  Deerfield  two  years,  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1836- 
T^y.  He  married,  in  18 10,  Judith  Robinson, 
who  died  January  16,  1875,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant Thomas  Robinson.  Children,  born  at 
Deerfield:  i.  Joseph,  March  21,  1811;  school- 
teacher ;  married  Ann  D.  Blanchard,  of  Lynde- 
boro,   and   resided   in  Vineland,   New   Jersey. 

2,  Manorman,  February  3,  1814;  married 
(first)  Ruth  Merrill;  (second)  1840,  Amanda 
M.    Marshall.     3.    Matilda    (twin),    February 

3,  i8i4;married,  June  6,  1837,  Anson  E.  Per- 
rin.  4.  Judith  Harvey,  May  3,  1817;  married, 
September  19,  1844,  Charles  F.  Smith;  resided 
in  Raymond  and  Deerfield ;  served  in  the  civil 
war.  5.  Deborah  Batchelder,  October  4,  1819; 
married,  January  i,  1843,  John  J.  Littlefield. 
6.  Mary  Jane,  December  4,  1823;  married, 
November  25,  1841,  Iphedeiah  Ring.  7.  Ada- 
line,  September  20,  1827;  married,  March  13, 
1868,  Reuben  H.  Fitts  and  resided  in  Haver- 
hill. 8.  Alfred  Jackson,  April  i,  1829;  men- 
tioned below.  9.  Emeline,  June  i,  1830;  died 
September  22,  1856.  10.  Dr.  Charles  Warren, 
December  31,  1833  ;  graduate  at  Starling  Med- 
ical College  and  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical 
College;  surgeon  in  Ohio  Penitentiary;  prac- 
ticed at  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  at  Haverhill, 
Massachusetts,  and  Scranton,  Pennsylvania ; 
contributor  to  medical  journals  ;  married,  1867, 
Clara  Deming,  of  Columbus. 

(VH)  Alfred  Jackson,  son  of  Stephen 
Cram,  was  born  April  i,  1829,  in  Deerfield, 
New  Hampshire,  died  May  28,  1894.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  was  a  teacher  of  penmanship  in 
the  vicinity.  He  followed  farming  in  early 
manhood,  then  became  an  itinerant  merchant 
and  is  said  to  have  traveled  fully  twenty-five 
thousand  miles  on  foot  in  the  course  of  his 
business.  He  was  a  man  of  large  social  en- 
dowments, great  executive  ability  and  a  de- 
voted Qiristian.  He  was  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Deerfield  Baptist  Church.  He  married, 
January  28.  1858,  Mary  Ann  French,  born 
February  6,  1829.  died  June  20,  1875,  daughter 
of  Moses  French.  Children,  born  at  Deer- 
field: I.  John  Wesley,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Sarah  Antonia,  born  April  18,  i860;  married 


fohn  Brown.     3.  Moses  French,  November  I, 
"1865. 

( VHI)  Dr.  John  Wesley  Cram,  son  of  Alfred 
Jackson  Cram,  was  born  at  Deerfield,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1858.  He  attended  the  district  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  the  Concord  high 
school.  He  was  then  manager  of  a  farm  for 
five  years,  studying  medicine  in  the  meantime 
under  Dr.  E.  Graves,  of  Boscawen,  New 
Hampshire.  In  1885  he  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  Vermont  Medical  School,  receiving  his 
<legree  of  M.  D.  in  1888  and  immediately 
began  to  practice  at  Plainfield,  New  Hamp- 
shire. A  year  later  he  went  to  Halifax,  where 
he  practiced  a  year.  Since  1890  he  has  been 
located  at  Coleraine,  Massachusetts,  of  which 
he  is  the  leading  physician  and  one  of  the 
|)rominent  citizens.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
.\merican  Medical  Association ;  Fellow  of  the 
Massachusetts  Medical  Society  and  member 
of  the  Franklin  County  District  Medical  So- 
ciety, of  which  he  has  been  president  for  two 
years — 1907-08.  He  is  a  member  and  deacon 
of  the  Congregational  church  of  Coleraine 
anil  member  of  the  prudential  committee.  He 
is  a  member  of  Mountain  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons ;  Franklin  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons ;  Titus  Strong  Council,  Royal  and  Se- 
lect Masters  ;  Connecticut  Valley  Commandery. 
Knights  Templar;  Sadawga  Tribe,  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men,  No.  126;  Coleraine 
Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican, chairman  of  the  Republican  town 
committee,  and  since  1906  secretary  of  the 
school  committee  and  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  Memorial  Library.  Dr.  Cram  married, 
June  20,  1889,  Katherine  Mary  Holton,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  A.  Holton,  of  Burlington,  Ver- 
mont. Since  1893  she  has  been  librarian  of 
the  Coleraine  Free  Library.  Children:  i. 
Ralph  Holton,  born  March  16,  1890.  2.  Kath- 
ernie  Louise,  June  6,  1896.  3.  Eleanor  May, 
.•\ugust  30,  1899. 


Johan  Twist,  progenitor 
ROSENTWLST  of  the  Rosentwist  fam- 
ily, was  of  English  an- 
cestry, born  in  Lybeck,  Germany,  in  1638.  He 
settled  in  Sweden.  He  married  (first),  in 
1667,  in  Warberg,  Sweden,  Elsa  Johanna  Hum- 
mel, born  in  1649,  died  October  24,  1683.  He 
married  (second),  April  16,  1686,  Margareta 
KniphofF,  of  Helsingborg,  who  as  widow  mar- 
ried Burgomaster  Peter  Hummel,  brother  of 
his  first  wife.  Children  of  first  wife :  i.  Peter, 
born  March  16,  1668,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Brita.  1669;  died  January  30,  1685,  unmarried. 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


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3.  Erdtmut.  .March  8,  1671.  4.  Elisabeth,  No- 
vember 29,  1672.  5.  Elsa  Catharina,  October 
18.  1674;  married  twice.  6.  Johan,  May  7, 
1677,  (lied  1751  ;  married  (first)  Elsa  Cath- 
arina Fistulator,  died  1705;  (second),  August 
5,  1706,  Christina  Christiernin ;  a  prominent 
man  and  public  officer;  his  son  Johan  was 
founder  of  the  Lagertwist  family,  taking  that 
name  when  ennobled.  Child  of  second  wife: 
7.  Elsa  Margaretha.  born  February  20. 
1687. 

(II)  Peter  Rosentwist,  son  of  Johan  Twist, 
was  born  March  16,  1668,  in  Sweden.  He  be- 
came prominent  in  military  and  civil  life,  was 
ennobled  in  1695  and  introduced  into  the 
Hou.se  of  Peers  in  1697  under  Xo.  1330.  He 
married  (first),  in  1696,  .\gneta  Charlotta  Jur- 
ing,  who  died  in  1702.  He  married  (second), 
(Jctober  6,  1703,  Eleonora  Tornerefelt.  bom 
1682,  died  1754,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Anders 
and  Ingeborg  (Sabelskiold )  Tornerefelt.  He 
died  in  1710.  Child  of  first  wife:  I.  Elsa 
Catharina,  born  1697 ;  married,  December  14. 
1714,  Supreme  Judge  Bastian  Bering;  she  died 
1762.  Children  of  second  wife  :  2.  Carl  Gustaf. 
October  5,  1704,  died  December  4.  1750,  in 
Warberg.  3.  .\gneta,  April  4,  1706,  died  same 
year.  4.  .\nders,  October  4,  1707.  mentioned 
below.  5.  Johan,  October  11,  1708;  killed  in 
the  field  campaign  of  Pommern  on  the  island 
Riigen,  June  3.  1758;  married,  April  4,  1743. 
.\nna  Danckwardt,  born  June  12,  1715,  died 
May,  1795.  6.  Peter  Reinhold,  February  5, 
1710,  died  January  9,  1768:  married,  October 
10,  1740,  Christina  Pihlman,  born  1717.  died 
1760. 

(III )  .\nders.  son  of  Peter  Rosentwist,  was 
born  in  Sweden,  October  4,  1707,  died  Septem- 
ber 19,  1768.  He  was  captain  in  the  Crown- 
prince's  regiment.  He  married,  December  30, 
1746,  Beata  Carolina  Jordan,  who  died 
December  7,  1783,  daughter  of  Johan  Jor- 
dan. Children:  i.  Sophia  Elizabeth,  born 
.September  28,  1/47,  died  May  11,  1816;  mar- 
ried, September  5.  1773,  Major  Magnus  Stjer- 
heim.  2.  Adam  Christian,  .\pril  20,  1749, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Hedwig  Eleonora,  Au- 
gust 4,  1752,  died  same  year.  4.  Ebbe  Ludwig. 
June  13,  1754;  major  in  His  Majesty's  own 
regiment:  Knight  of  the  Sword;  died  July  21, 
1821 ;  married  (first)  December  13,  1789, 
Anna  Beata  Gyllenpamp,  who  died  in  1797; 
married  (second).  November  7,  1799,  Anna 
Sofia  Berg. 

(IV)  Major  .Adam  Christian,  son  of  Anders 
Rosentwist,  was  born  in  Sweden,  April  20. 
1749,  died  May  12,  1824.    Served  in  the  King's 


own  regiment,  attaining  the  rank  of  major. 
He  was  made  Knight  of  the  Sword,  July  20, 
1788.  He  married,  .\pril  21.  1789.  Hedwig 
.Vurora  Montell,  born  September  20,  1764, 
daughter  of  Major  and  Commandant  Pehr 
Johan  and  Maria  (Pripp)  Montell.  Children: 
I.  Beata  Elisabeth,  born  April  3,  1793;  mar- 
ried, September  17,  1819,  ^lajor  and  Knight 
Mellander ;  died  without  issue.  2.  Adolph 
Johan,  April  2,  1798;  mentioned  below.  3. 
•Sophia  Aurora,  April  30,  1801,  died  unmar- 
ried.    4.  Carl  Ludwig,  February  14,  1805. 

(\')  Adolph  Johan,  son  of  Major  Adam 
Christian  Rosentwist,  was  born  in  Sweden, 
.\pril  2,  1798.  He  rose  through  the  various 
ranks  in  the  army,  and  May  18,  1832,  was 
commissioned  colonel  of  the  Sandby  Squadron. 
He  was  the  eldest  son  and  head  of  the  family. 
He  was  a  Knight  of  the  Order  of  the  Sword. 
He  married,  November  10,  1820,  Helen  Beata 
.Mobeck,  daughter  of  Dr.  Magnus  Fredrik  and 
Helena  (Fruckner)  Mobeck.  Children:  i. 
Christian  Fredrick  Theodor,  born  February  2, 
1822;  lieutenant.  February  18,  1843.  of  the 
.X'orra  Skanska  regiment  of  infantry;  captain 
of  his  regiment  in  1856  :  married,  i860,  Fredri- 
que  Constans  Rosalie  von  Nermann ;  he  was 
the  head  of  the  family.  2.  Annette  Beata,  Au- 
gust 5.  1823.  3.  Carl  Adolph,  see  forward, 
4.  .\xel  August  Ferdinand,  April  10,  1829.  5. 
Melcher  Emil  Ernfrid,  October  17,  183 1  ;  mar- 
ried Josephine  Lowegren,  daughter  Ebba.  6. 
Euphrosine  Louise.  1837.  7.  Marianne  Thomas- 
ine,  1839. 

( \'I )  Carl  .\dolph,  son  of  Adolph  Johan 
Rosentwist.  was  born  in  Sweden,  April  6. 
1827.  He  served  as  ensign  in  the  Skanska 
Hussar  regiment  in  1845,  ^"d  was  standard 
bearer  in  the  same  regiment ;  equerry  to  His 
Majesty  King  Carl  X\'.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 9,  1858,  Augusta  Margaretha  Maria, 
born  December  15,  1832,  daughter  of  Gustaf 
Sjostrom;  children:  i.  Helga  Beata  Mathilde, 
born  June  20.  1859.  2.  Signe  Maria  Euphros- 
ine, 1862.  3.  Edit.  1864.  4.  Birger  Gustav 
.\dolph,  see  forward.  5.  Emma  Hilma  Ann- 
ette, 1870. 

(VII)  Hon.  Birger  Gustav  Adolph,  now  the 
head  of  the  family,  only  son  and  fourth  child 
of  Carl  Adolph  and  Augusta  Margaretha 
Maria  (Sjostrom)  Rosentwist,  was  born  in 
Sweden,  April  26,  1868.  He  received  an  ex- 
cellent education  in  that  country.  He  came  to 
America  in  1884.  but  after  a  short  stay  return- 
ed to  his  native  country  and  studied  chemistry 
in  the  Royal  Institute  of  Technology  in  Stock- 
holm, and  studied  at  the  L^niversitv  of  Goet- 


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tingen  in  Germany.  Returning  to  this  country 
in  1890,  he  was  associated  as  a  chemist  with 
the  dyeing  department  of  the  Weybosset  Mills 
for  some  years.  At  present  he  is  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Rosentwist  &  Gorner,  importers 
and  dealers  in  dyestuffs  at  No.  26  India  Square, 
lioston.  He  is  director  in  the  United  States 
Worsted  Company,  treasurer  of  the  American- 
Scandinavian  Society,  honorary  president  of 
the  Swedish  National  Union  of  Greater  Bos- 
ton and  was  president  of  the  New  England 
Dyestuff  Company  at  Hyde  Park,  and  the 
Airedale  Mills  Company,  in  i'ittsfield,  Massa- 
ciiusetts.  His  residence,  known  as  "Oaktorp." 
is  on  Atherton  street,  Milton,  Massachusetts. 
Mr.  Rosentwist  was  appointed  vice-consul  at 
lioston  for  the  Swedish  government  in  June 
1906,  and  since  has  ably  filled  that  responsible 
oftice.  It  is  chiefly  due  to  his  eliforts  that  the 
Swedish  residents  of  Boston  will  be  a  united 
(leople,  as  he  was  instrumental  in  forming  the 
organization  known  as  The  Swedish  National 
Union  of  Greater  Boston.  In  the  few  years 
that  he  has  been  at  the  head  of  the  consulate 
it  has  become  a  centre  of  Swedish  activity.  He 
was  prominent  before  the  public  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  visit  of  Herman  L.  F.  Lagercrantz. 
the  Swedish  minister  at  Washington,  to  Bos- 
ton, and  also  at  the  time  of  the  visit  of  Prince 
Wilhelm.  In  recognition  of  the  efficient  work 
(lone  by  Mr.  Rosentwist,  one  of  the  last  acts 
nf  the  late  King  Oscar,  November  30,  1907, 
was  the  bestowal  ujion  him  of  the  white  cross 
of  the  \'asa  order,  which  carries  with  it  the 
title  and  rank  of  knight  of  the  first  class.  The 
\'asa  order  is  an  order  of  merit  founded  in 
1772  by  King  Gustavus  III.  of  Sweden.  Con- 
sul Rosentwist  married  April  26,  1893,  Emma 
Christiana  Gorner,  (laughter  of  Adolph  and 
Fredericka  (Eckliardt)  Gorner,  of  Goettingen, 
Germany. 

The  Gorner  family  of  which  Mrs.  Emma  C. 
Rosentwist  is  a  member,  descended  originally 
from  the  .Schlesiens.  The  progenitor  named 
(Corner  about  1500  came  into  possession  of 
Gut  Neudorf.  George  August  Gorner  became 
a  nobleman,  July  18,  1697.  The  title  is  now 
e.xtinct,  however.  Many  of  the  family  have 
been  distinguished.  Coat-of-arms  fSee  Sib- 
macher's  new  edition,  vol.  vi,  part  8,  book  2. 
folio  41.  table  27)  :  Golden  and  divided  in 
four  parts;  in  the  first  and  fourth  two  eagle's 
wings  argent ;  in  the  second  and  fourth  three 
lilies,  the  topmost  of  argent,  the  underneath 
gules.  Crest :  An  arm  upraised ;  above  the 
crowned  casque  a  unicorn  rampant  argent  be- 
tween two  buffalo  horns  azure  and  or.     The 


casque  trimmings  are  azure,  or  and  argent. 
The  emblems  on  the  shield  signify  the  transient- 
ness  of  life;  the  eagle's  wings  power.  In  the 
middle  ages  the  unicorn  stood  for  purity  ;  the 
lilies  for  innocence  and  youth ;  the  buffalo 
horns  denote  a  warlike  disposition.  The  blue 
and  gold  stand  for  honor. 


P.REWER 

came   early   to 
Eno-land,     on 


Daniel  Brewer  (name  also 
spelled  Buer,  Bruer),  the  emi- 
grant ancestor  of  the  name, 
New  England  from  London, 
the  ship  "Lion,"  settling  at 
Ro.Nbury.  Massachusetts,  1632.  He  was  ac- 
companied by  his  wife,  Joanna,  several  chil- 
dren and  servants.  He  was  made  a  freeman 
in  1634.  His  will  (which  has  been  published 
in  the  seventh  vol.  New  England  Historical 
and  Genealogical  Register)  was  dated  Janu- 
ary 12,  1645,  the  inventory  of  his  estate  was 
taken  May  12,  1647,  and  he  doubtless  died 
about  that  date.  His  widow,  Joanna  Brewer, 
lived  until  1688,  aged  eighty-seven  years. 
Children:  1.  Daniel,  see  forward.  2.  George, 
died  young.  3.  Ann,  probably  never  married. 
4.  Joanna.  5.  Nathaniel,  the  ancestor  of  the 
Boston  Branch.     6.  Sarah,  married  John  May. 

(11)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  and 
Joanna  Brewer,  was  born  in  England,  1624. 
He  succeeded  to  the  homestead  of  his  father, 
where  he  died  September,  1708.  He  married 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Isaac  Morrill,  of  Rox- 
hury,  November  5,  1652.  She  died  171 7,  aged 
eighty-one  years.  Children:  i.  An  infant 
daughter,  born  May  9,  1660.  2.  Hannah,  born 
July  5,  1765,  married  Michael  Rooth  or  Booth, 
of  Roxbury,  1686;  child,  Martha,  born  April 
20,  1688.     3.  Daniel,  see  forward. 

(HI)  Daniel  (3),  son  of  Daniel  (2)  and 
Hannah  (Morrill)  Brewer,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 7.  1668,  died  1733.  He  joined  the  church 
in  Roxbury,  April  20,  1684.  He  graduated  at 
Harvard  College,  1687,  became  the  third  min- 
ister of  the  First  Church  of  Springfield,  Mass- 
achusetts, and  was  ordained  May  16,  1694. 
He  married,  August  23,  1699,  Katherine,  born 
June  12,  1675,  died  1754,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
Nathaniel  Chauncey,  of  Northampton,  grand- 
daughter of  President  Chauncey,  of  Harvard. 
Children:  i.  Katherine.  2.  Daniel.  3.  Abi- 
gail. 4.  Eunice.  5.  Daniel.  6.  Nathaniel, 
see  forward.  7.  Isaac,  ancestor  of  the  Wil- 
braham  branch.  8.  Charles,  ancestor  of  the 
Middletown  branch. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Daniel  (3)  and 
Katherine  (Chauncey)  Brewer,  was  born  July 
25,  1711,  died  March  11,  1796.     He  was  dea- 


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con  of  the  First  Church  of  Springfield,  an  ac- 
tive man  in  the  town,  and  a  vakiable  and  es- 
teemed citizen.  He  married,  August,  1740, 
Eunice,  born  September  10,  1707,  daughter  of 
Jerijah  and  Thankful  (Stebbins)  Strong,  of 
Northampton ;  she  died  December  29,  1774- 
Children :  i .  Eunice,  married  Deacon  Gad. 
Williston.  of  Brookfield.  2.  Thankful,  died 
January  30,  1744.    3.  Chauncey,  see  forward. 

(  V )  Chauncey,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Eunice 
(Strong)  r.rewer,  was  born  April  21,  1743; 
died  March  5,  1830.  He  graduated  at  Yale 
College,  1762.  and  stduied  medicine  with  Dr. 
Charles  Pynchon,  of  Springfield.  He  was  the 
principal  medical  practitioner  in  western  Massa- 
chusetts during  the  revolutionary  period,  and 
was  also  a  member  of  the  first  county  com- 
mittee of  safety,  the  three  first  general  courts 
in  Massachusetts,  and  ardent  friend  of  the 
liberal  party  in  1775,  and  a  deacon  in  the  First 
Church.  He  married  Amy  White,  a  descendant 
of  the  Rev.  John  White:  she  died  May  21, 
1 82 1,  aged  seventy-si.x  years.  Children:  i. 
Luc/,  born  April  6,  1771 ;  died  March,  1801, 
unmarried.  2.  Daniel  Chauncey,  born  Decem- 
ber 27,  1772;  died  September  30,  1848,  unmar- 
ried ;  was  a  druggist  in  Springfield.  3.  Sally, 
born  August  21,  1774;  died  February  26,  1832  ; 
married  Thomas  Dickerman.  4.  Sophia,  born 
August  24,  1776;  died  December  29.  1840,  un- 
married. 5.  Henry,  born  March  14,  1779; 
married  Lucy  Pynchon.  6.  Martin,  born  Janu- 
ary 20,  1 781  ;  died  October  24,  1846,  unmar- 
ried ;  was  a  farmer  in  Springfield.  7.  Betsey, 
born  November  8,  1782.  8.  Katherine.  born 
February  19.  1785;  died  November  9,  1786.  9. 
Eunice,  born  January  13.  1788:  married  Jedn- 
than  Ladd,  of  Kirtland,  Ohio.  10.  James,  see 
forward.  11.  Francis,  born  June  16,  1793; 
married.  1854,  Widow  ffinsdale.  of  Hinsdale, 
Massachusetts. 

(VI)  James,  son  of  Chauncey  and  .\my 
(White)  Pirewer,  was  born  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts.  December  8,  1789:  died  July 
20.  1856.  He  was  a  hardware  merchant,  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Chicojjee  P)ank.  and  a 
man  of  prominence  in  his  time.  He  built  what 
is  now  known  as  the  Brewer  homestead  on 
Chestnut  street,  next  north  of  Christ  Church, 
and  was  in  business  for  many  years  on  the 
corner  of  Main  and  State  streets.  The  firm 
was  Day,  Brewer  &  Dwight,  the  partners  being 
Benjamin  Day  and  James  S.  Dwight.  He  mar- 
ried, October  16,  1816,  Harriet  .^dams,  born 
July  18.  1794,  died  December.  1844.  daughter 
of  Dr.  Tabez  Adams,  of  Mansfield.  Connecti- 
cut.    Children:     i.  Harriet  .Adams,  born  Au- 


gust 19,  1817;  died  March  16,  1841  ;  married 
.Asa  S.  Porter,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  2. 
James  Dwight,  see  forward.  3.  Mary  Adams, 
born  Thompsonville,  Connecticut,  February  9, 
1822;  died  unmarried.  4.  Lucy  Swift,  born 
August  12,  1824;  died  August  31,  1841.  5. 
Eunice  Strong,  born  June  26,  1826;  married, 
September  28,  1854,  Dr.  David  Paige  Smith, 
of  Springfield:  he  died  December  26,  1880.  6. 
Danie!  Chauncey,  born  May  24,  1828:  married, 
1854,  .Ada  Turpin,  of  Boston:  he  died  in  Bos- 
ton. May  4,  1862.  7.  Francis  Augustus,  born 
.August  28,  1830:  died  in  Dorchester,  Massa- 
chusetts, unmarried.  8.  Edward  Thomas,  born 
July  27,  1836;  died  February  10,  1843. 

(VH)  James  Dwight,  son  of  James  and 
Harriet  (Adams)  Brewer,  was  born  in  Thomp- 
sonville, Connecticut.  April  24,  1819;  died  in 
.Springfield,  Massachusetts,  February  7,  1886. 
He  attended  the  Springfield  and  Cummington 
schools,  and  was  one  of  the  class  of  boys  that 
attended  the  old  boys'  high  school  at  the  corner 
of  High  and  School  streets.  His  first  business 
CNjierience  was  at  Northampton,  and  after  two 
years  in  a  hardware  store  there  he  went  to 
Columbus,  Ohio,  and  was  engaged  in  a  hard- 
ware store  for  a  year  or  so.  He  then  went  to 
New  York  and  was  w'ith  the  firm  of  Eno  & 
l'hel]).s  for  a  time,  after  which  he  removed  to 
S])ringfield,  Massachusetts,  and  engaged  in 
business  with  his  father.  .After  his  father's 
death  he  continued  the  business  until  1872,  his 
scMi  Edward  S.  being  his  partner  for  the  last 
few  years.  Besides  his  hardware  business, 
Mr.  Brewer  was  the  originator  of  the  Spring- 
field das  Company  and  its  treasurer  for  many 
years,  and  he  had  also  been  a  director  of  the 
Chico])ee  Bank  for  many  years,  at  one  time 
serving  as  its  president.  He  was  also  actively 
identified  with  other  local  industrial  and  manu- 
facturing enterprises,  among  them  the  Indian 
Orchard  Canal  Company,  the  Springfield  Car 
and  Engine  Works,  the  Agawam  Canal  Com- 
pany and  the  Hampden  Watch  Comjiany.  Be- 
sides his  local  interests  Air.  Brewer  owned  the 
( Jcean  House  at  Watch  Hill.  He  was  the  first 
chief  engineer  of  the  Springfield  fire  depart- 
ment, but  never  had  any  taste  or  desire  for 
political  offices.  He  was  a  good  citizen,  and 
the  city  of  Springfield  is  greatly  indebted  to 
him  for  her  prominence  as  a  business  centre. 
Mr.  Brewer  first  came  under  Episcopal  influ- 
ences at  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  when  he  took  up 
his  residence  in  Springfield  cast  in  his  lot  with 
the  Episcopalians  who  were  then  holding  serv- 
ices in  the  old  town  hall.  He  was  a  devoted 
and  loval  nieniber  of  Christ  Church,  a  gener- 


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ous  supporter  of  the  church  financially,  and 
was  very  active  and  prominent  in  the  work  of 
building  the  present  church  edifice  on  Chestnut 
street.  He  served  the  church  in  the  various 
capacities  of  treasurer,  vestryman  and  warden, 
serving  in  the  latter  office  for  fourteen  years. 
He  married,  October  5.  1842,  .Sarah  Porter, 
born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  March  11,  1821  : 
died  Ajiril,  18S6,  daughter  of  Colonel  Solomon 
I'orter,  of  Hartford.  Children:  i,  Edward 
Spaulding,  see  forward.  2.  Solomon  Porter, 
born  in  Springfield,  August  20,  1848.  3.  Har- 
riet Porter,  born  May  30,  1850;  married,  June 
2,  1874,  Dr.  Luke  Corcoran,  of  Springfield; 
children:  i.  Sarah  Porter,  born  April  17.  1879; 
died  April  13,  1881  :  ii.  James  Brewer,  married 
(/arolyn  L'pson,  of  Thompsonville.  4.  James 
.Augustus,  born  July  13,  1852;  died  in  child- 
hood. 5.  William  Child,  liorn  January  27, 
1855;  died  in  childhood.  6.  Ceorge  Cleveland, 
born  October  16,  1857;  died  in  childhood. 

(Vni)  Edward  Spaulding,  son  of  James 
Dwight  and  Sarah  (Porter)  Brewer,  was  born 
in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  June  13,  1846. 
Completing  his  school  years  in  Springfield,  he 
entered  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  graduated.  Entering  the 
hardware  store  conducted  by  his  father,  at  the 
corner  of  Main  and  State  streets,  Springfield, 
he  later  became  partner,  the  business  continuing 
until  1872.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  Brewer 
resided  in  Springfield  for  a  luniiber  of  years. 
He  then  went  to  the  ancestral  farm  in  Hart- 
ford, where  he  remained  until  his  return  to 
.Springfield  in  i8r)0,  residing  on  Crescent  Hill. 
In  1901  he  purchased  the  homestead  of  ex- 
.Senator  W'olcott  in  Longmeadow.  and  has  since 
made  that  his  home,  it  being  one  of  the  most 
attractive  in  the  Connecticut  valley.  Mr. 
Brewer  has  spent  much  time  in  travel,  which 
recreation  he  greatly  enjoys.  Mr.  Brewer  is  a 
member  of  the  \\'inthrop  Club,  Nayasset  Club. 
.Springfield  Country  Club,  Misqnamicutt  Club, 
of  Watch  Hill,  Rhode  Island ;  F^ongmeadow 
.■\nglers  Club,  .Amabalish  Club,  of  Canada.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  political  belief,  and  served 
two  terms  in  the  Massachusetts  state  legislature. 
1892-93 :  three  years  chairman  of  the  board  of 
selectmen  of  Longmeadow.  He  married,  June 
2.  1869,  Corinne  Harris,  born  August  31,  1848, 
daughter  of  Daniel  L.  Harris,  of  Springfield. 
President  Lincoln  early  recognized  the  ability 
of  Daniel  T^.  Harris  and  considered  him  one  of 
the  strong  men  of  New  England,  appointing 
him  a  government  director  of  the  LTnion  Pacific 
Railroad  Company.  Mr.  Lincoln  frequently 
called   Mr.   Harris  to  \\''ashington   to  consult 


him  in  regard  to  railroad  matters,  and  when 
the  Czar  of  Russia  requested  Mr.  Lincoln  to 
send  him  a  person  qualified  to  build  a  bridge 
which  the  Czar  did  not  wish  to  intrust  to  the 
most  expert  engineer  of  Russia,  Mr.  Lincoln 
urged  Mr.  Harris  to  accept  the  appointment, 
which  he  did,  and  the  work  was  accomplished 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Czar,  and  in  recogni- 
tion of  the  ability  of  Mr.  Harris,  he  was 
given  a  beautiful  jewel  and  a  personal  letter 
from  the  Czar,  both  of  which  are  now  in  the 
possession  of  the  family.  Mr.  Harris  was  at 
one  time  oiifered  the  presidency  of  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Company.  He  was  for  a 
number  of  years  ]3resident  of  the  Connecticut 
River  Railroad  Company.  Children  of  Ed- 
ward S.  and  Corinne  (Ilarris)  Brewer:  I. 
lulitli  Clement,  born  in  Springfield,  March  4, 
1871  :  married,  June  14,  1893,  Eranklin  Weston, 
son  of  Cioveruor  Byron  Weston,  of  Dalton, 
.Massachusetts  ;  children  :  i.  Corinne  Brewer, 
born  Dalton,  October  14,  1895  ;  ii.  Bjron,  Dal- 
ton, -Ajjril  13,  1897;  iii.  Elizabeth  Alden.  Dal- 
ton, .\pril  2-/,  1899:  iv.  Ruth,  Dalton,  died  in 
infanc)' ;  v.  Julia  Carolyn,  Dalton,  May  8,  1903. 
2.  Edward  Harris,  born  April  27,  1874,  in  Hart- 
ford; married,  January  17,  1906,  Amy  Waller, 
daughter  'if  William  \\'aller.  of  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois ;  child,  Louise  Hamilton,  born  in  Chicago, 
March  2},,  1908.  3.  Maud  P.,  born  in  Hartford. 
May  24,  1876;  married.  November  13,  1908, 
TToward  Witherell  Lang,  of  Boston. 


The  ancient  form  of  spelling 
F.I  DREDGE     this  surname  in  E.ngland  was 

Eldred — which  indicates  a 
Saxon  origin.  .An  entry  in  old  London  records 
dated  June  10,  1592,  mentions  John  Eldred, 
(ient,  and  a  John  Eldred  apjjears  in  Bucking- 
ham records  of  the  same  date.  A  Joseph 
LIdred  (sometimes  written  Eldredge),  LL.  B., 
Faithwood,  a  fellow  of  New  College,  Oxford, 
and  a  native  of  Blackwood,  in  the  county  of 
Middlesex,  died  November  5,  1645,  while  con- 
nected with  the  above  mentioned  seat  of  learn- 
ing, and  was  interred  in  the  college  chapel. 
His  family  coat-of-arms  is  described  thus;  "Or 
on  a  bend  ragnled  sable,  three  bezants;  a 
martlet  in  chief  gules  for  a  difference."  There 
is  also  extant  the  design  of  another  coat-of- 
arms  of  Joseph  Eldredge.  In  old  records  the 
name  is  variously  spelled  Eldred,  Eldredge, 
Elbridge  and  Eldrech.  Early  immigrants  of  this 
name  who  settled  in  Massacliusetts  prior  to  1650 
were  Robert  Eldred  or  Eldredge,  who  was  at 
Plymouth  in  1639,  and  afterwards  removed  to 
Yarmouth.  Massachusetts ;  William  Eldredge. 


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who  \va>  of  ^'aniiouth  111  1645,  and  Sergeant 
Samuel  Eldredge,  the  immigrant  ancestor  of 
the  family  mentioned  below;  coat-of-arms — • 
Per  chief,  a  lion  rampant  ( Harl.  MS.  506). 
Information  at  hand  states  that  Sergeant  Sam- 
uel Eldredge  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Eldredge, 
who  married  one  of  the  daughters  of  Colonel 
Robert  Boiling,  of  X'irginia.  Colonel  Boiling's 
wife  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Rolfe  and  a 
granddaughter  of  John  Rolfe  and  Pocahontas. 
This  account  of  the  ancestry  of  Sergeant  Sam- 
uel must  be  erroneous  as  it  conflicts  with  his- 
torical dates  which  are  considered  authentic. 

( I )  Sergeant  Samuel  Eldredge,  born  in 
England  about  the  year  1620,  arrived  in  New 
England  prior  to  1646,  in  which  year  he  was 
residing  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and  he 
subsequently  was  a  resident  of  Medford,  where 
in  1652  he  testified  before  the  court  that  he 
was  then  thirty-two  years  of  age.  In  1659  he 
was  of  Rumney  Marsh  (now  Chelsea),  but 
later  removed  to  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  and 
in  1668  was  residing  in  Wick  ford.  While 
serving  as  constable  in  the  last-named  place 
he,  with  others,  disputed  the  rights  of  Rhode 
Island  officials  to  take  action  in  a  murder  case, 
maintaining  that  Wickford  was  under  the  juris- 
diction of  the  colony  of  Connecticut,  and  in 
1670  he  was  imprisoned  by  the  Rhode  Island 
authorities  for  having  assumed  to  summon  a 
jury  on  behalf  of  the  adjoining  colony.  In  a 
letter  to  Thomas  Stanton,  of  Stonington,  dated 
July  13,  1670,  he  defends  himself  and  his 
assistants,  giving  a  full  statement  of  their  acts 
in  the  controversy  and  asks  for  protection. 
For  this  service  he  was  granted  by  the  general 
court  sitting  at  Hartford,  October  8,  1674,  the 
sum  of  twenty  nobles.  December  13,  1675, 
just  before  the  Xarragansett  swamp  fight,  he 
was  at  Richard  Smith's  garrison  house,  and 
accompanied  Captain  Benjamin  Church  on  ,1 
night  adventure,  in  which  they  surprised  and 
captured  eighteen  Indians.  In  1676  his  family 
were  among  those  receiving  corn  to  allay  their 
distress  on  account  of  King  Philip's  war.  He 
died  about  the  year  1697,  having  in  that  year 
deeded  to  his  son  John  a  house  and  one  hundred 
acres  of  land,  with  a  right  on  the  other  side  of 
Pequot  F'ath.  He  was  one  of  the  early  mem- 
bers of  the  .\ncient  and  Honorable  .\rtiller} 
Company,  of  Boston.  The  christian  name  of 
his  wife  was  Elizabeth,  and  his  children  were: 
1.  Elizabeth,  born  October  26,  1642.  2.  Sam- 
uel, October  26,  1644;  resided  in  Kingston. 
Rhode  Island,  and  died  there  in  1720;  married 
Martha  Knowles.  3.  Mary,  June  15,  1646.  4. 
Lieutenant  Thomas.  September  8.  1648:  was  a 


constable  and  highway  surveyor  in  Kingston  ; 
<lied  in  1726;  married  Susanna  Cole.  5.  James, 
died  about  1687.  6.  Daniel,  see  forward.  7. 
John,  resided  in  North  Kingston;  attained  the 
rank  of  captain  in  the  military  service,  also 
held  various  civil  offices,  including  those  of 
member  of  town  council,  treasurer,  moderator 
and  deputy  to  general  court  for  the  years  1708- 
09-10;  married  Margaret  Holden. 

(II)  Daniel,  son  of  Sergeant  Samuel  El- 
dredge, was  born  in  Kingston,  Rhode  Island. 
He  was  in  the  military  service,  holding  the 
rank  of  captain  in  1702;  and  in  1707  removed 
to  Stonington,  Connecticut,  where  his  wife  and 
five  children  were  baptized  on  April  6,  of  that 
year.  He  died  in  Stonington,  August  13,  1726, 
and  his  wife,  whose  christian  name  was  Mary, 
died  about  the  same  year.  His  children  were : 
I.  -Vbigail,  born  .August  19,  1688;  married. 
February  22,  1705,  James  ^liner.  2.  Daniel, 
see  forward.  3.  Mary,  December  6,  1691  ; 
married.  May  5,  1709,  John  Miner.  4.  Free- 
love.  March  25,  1695,  died  young.  5.  James, 
fi.  TlKjnias,  h>l)ruary  2,  i6()g.  7.  Freelove, 
March  29,  1701.  8.  Hannah,  March  20,  1703. 
().  Sarah,  Jatniary  29.  1706.  10.  Richard.  .Xpril 
9,  1712. 

(III)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  El- 
dredge. was  born  March  20,  1690;  died  in 
(iroton.  Connecticut.  June  26.  171 1  ;  he  married 
.\bigail  I'isli,  of  (Iroton.  born  in  1690,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Fish,  of  Xew  London,  Con- 
necticut, and  granddaughter  of  John  Fish,  of 
Lynn  and  Sandwich.  Massachusetts.  Children 
were:  I.  Abigail,  born  May  20,  1712.  2. 
Zuriah.  October  6,  1715.  3.  Daniel,  January 
13,  1718.    4.  Charles,  see  forward. 

(I\  )  Charles,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Eldredge, 
was  born  November  17,  1720;  died  August  21, 
1796.  He  married  Mary  Starr,  of  New  Lon- 
don. April  ZT,.  1741.  She  was  born  in  that 
town.  .August  30,  1722:  died  May  19,  1799. 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  (Morgan) 
-Starr,  whose  marriage  took  place  January  12. 
1698.  Jonathan  Starr,  born  in  New  London, 
February  23,  i''V3 :  died  .August  26.  1747,  was 
a  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Brewster) 
.Starr,  grandson  of  Dr.  Thomas  Starr  and 
great-grandson  of  Comfort  Starr,  the  immi- 
grant, who  came  from  .\sliford,  England. 
Elizabeth  Morgan,  born  September  9,  1679, 
was  a  daughter  of  Captain  James  and  Mary 
(Vine)  Morgan,  of  Groton.  Hannah  Brewster, 
born  November  3.  1641,  was  a  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Lucretia  (Oldham)  Brewster, 
and  a  granddaughter  of  Elder  \\'illiam  Brew- 
ster, the  "Ma>finwer"    Pilgrim.      Charles  and 


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]\Iary  (Starr)  Eldredge  were  the  parents  of 
twelve  children:  I.  Ensign  Charles,  Jr.,  born 
August  28,  1743;  died  September,  1781,  as 
result  of  wounds  received  in  the  battles  of 
(Proton  Heights.  2.  James,  see  forward.  3. 
Mary,  March  21,  1747.  4.  Zuriah,  February 
7,  1749.  5.  Samuel,  November  27,  1750.  6. 
Jonathan,  November  17,  1752.  7.  Katherine, 
November  7,  1754.  8.  Elizabeth,  December  10, 
1756.  9.  Daniel,  December  24,  1757;  seriously 
wounded  in  battle  of  (Jroton  Heights.  10. 
.\bigail,  March  11,  1761.  11.  Joseph,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1763.     12.  Fanny,  xA.pril  26,  1766. 

(V)  James,  son  of  Charles  Eldredge,  was 
born  in  Groton,  May  18,  1745;  died  in  Brook- 
lyn, Connecticut,  March  29,  181 1.  He  partici- 
pated in  the  war  for  national  independence  and 
the  following  is  a  record  of  his  military  serv- 
ices: "On  the  first  call  for  troops  in  1775 
lames  Eldretlge  volunteered  his  services  and 
was  commissioned  first  lieutenant.  May  first, 
1775,  of  the  third  company,  Si.xth  regiment  of 
Conn,  troops.  Promoted  to  captain  July  first 
1775.  Discharged  Dec.  loth.  1775.  Re-entered 
the  service  in  1776,  Tenth  Regiment,  Colonel 
Samuel  H.  Parsons.  After  the  siege  of  Boston, 
the  regiment  marched  under  Washington  to 
New  "^'ork  by  way  of  New  London,  and  the 
Sound  in  vessels,  and  continued  in  that  vicinity 
from  .\iiril  until  the  close  of  the  year.  They 
assisted  in  fortifying  the  city  and  were  ordered 
.\ugust  24th  to  the  lines  around  Brooklyn;  en- 
gaged in  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  Aug.  27tb, 
and  in  retreat  from  Long  Lsland  on  the  night 
of  Aug.  29th.  Caught  in  the  panic  in  the  re- 
treat from  New  York,  Septenilier  15th.  Pres- 
ent with  the  army  at  White  J'lains,  Oct.  28th; 
remained  on  the  liudson  in  the  vicinity  of 
Peekshill  under  Gen.  Heath  till  term  of  service 
expired  Dec.  31st.  1776.  Commissioned  cap- 
tain in  Colonel  Jedediah  Huntington's  1st 
Regiment  Conn.  Line,  January  i,  1777.  Took 
the  field  at  Peekskill  in  the  spring  of  '•]•/,  and 
remained  there  in  camp  until  ordered  under 
General  ]\IcDougall  to  Washington's  army  in 
Pennsylvania,  September,  1777.  Engaged  in 
the  left  flank  at  the  battle  of  Germantown, 
October  4th.  Wintered  at  \^alley  Forge  in 
Stonington  Brigade  during  the  season  of  1777" 
1778.  He  resigned  from  the  service  January 
2nd.  1778."  In  addition  to  being  a  staunch 
patriot,  James  Eldredge  was  a  firm  believer  in 
the  princi])!es  of  Christianity,  and  was  noted 
for  his  kindly  disposition,  unostentatious  benev- 
olence and  Ixjuntiful  hospitality.  March  28, 
1765,  he  married  Lucy  Gallup,  born  in  Ston- 
ington,  January    5,    1747;   died    September   7. 


1802,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Eunice  (Will- 
iams) Gallup,  and  a  descendant  in  the  fifth 
generation  of  John  Gallup  (i),  the  immigrant, 
through  John  (2),  Benadain  (3)  and  Joseph 
(4).  Her  death  occurred  September  7,  1802, 
and  James  Eldredge  married  for  his  second 
wife  Mrs.  Chloe  Hubbard,  a  widow.  James 
and  Lucy  (Gallup)  Eldredge  were  the  parents 
of  thirteen  children:  I.  Gurdon,  born  Decem- 
ber 9,  1765 ;  died  at  sea  in  December,  1795.  2. 
James,  February  5,  1768;  died  February  23, 
1798.  3.  Lucy,  May  22,  1770;  died  November 
6,  1847 ;  married  Captain  Perkins,  of  Lisbon, 
Connecticut.  4.  Eunice,  Alarch  24,  1772;  died 
November  21,  1804;  married  James  McCkllan, 
of  Woodstock,  Connecticut,  and  was  the  grand- 
mother of  General  George  B.  McClellan,  of 
civil  war  fame.  5.  Henry,  August  4,  1774; 
died  September  24,  i860.  6.  Joseph  Warren. 
May  17,  1777;  died  April  3,  1842.  7.  Giles 
Russell,  January  2,  1780;  died  March  7,  1859. 
8.  Nancy,  March  25,  1782;  became  the  second 
wife  of  James  McClellan,  previously  mention- 
ed. 9.  Charles,  July  31,  1784;  practiced  medi- 
cine in  East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  died  in 
1838.  10.  Frank,  August  3,  1787;  died  Janu- 
ary II,  1800.  II.  Frances  Mary,  February  29, 
1791  ;  (lied  in  Woodstock,  January  2,  1878.  12. 
Edward,  October  18,  1794,  see  forward.  13. 
Oliver,  March  14.  1798.  see  forward. 

f\T)  Edward,  son  of  James  Eldredge,  was 
born  in  Brooklyn, Connecticut, October  18, 1794; 
died  September  8,  1847,  in  Pomfret,  Connecti- 
cut. When  a  young  man  he  went  to  South 
.America,  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  business  in  Bahia,  Brazil. 
Me  subse(|uently  became  a  successful  merchant 
in  P>ost(jn.  He  was  president  of  the  Atlas  and 
Merchants'  banks,  and  a  director  of  the  Boston 
and  W^orcester  railroad,  now  a  part  of  the  New 
York  Central  system.  He  was  quite  active  in 
political  afifairs  and  held  several  public  offices. 
He  married,  March  6,  1822.  Hannah  Grosvenor. 
born  in  Pomfret,  Connecticut,  May  19,  1799. 
died  there  August  5,  1866,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Thomas  and  .\nn  (Mumford)  Grosvenor  (see 
(Grosvenor.  1\').  Children:  I.  Elizabeth.  2. 
Frances.  3.  Henry  Grosvenor,  see  forward. 
4.  Helen  Grosvenor,  born  in  Boston,  May  9, 
1838:  married  Charles  Wells  Goodhue,  and 
much  of  the  genealogical  data  for  this  article 
was  furnished  by  her  son.  Bertram  Grosvenor 
Goodhue.    5.  Constance.    6.  Edward. 

(VII)  Henry  Grosvenor,  son  of  Edward 
Eldredge,  was  born  in  Boston,  December  6, 
1834;  died  in  Belmont,  Massachu.setts,  October 
6,  1906.     He  was  reared  in  Pomfret,  attended 


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the  public  schools,  and  began  his  business  career 
in  the  dry  goods  commission  house  of  Eli 
Mygatt  in  New  York  City.  ?Ie  later  returned 
to  Pomfret,  and  in  1867  accepted  a  position  as 
salesman  for  D.  A.  Snell,  a  cracker  manu- 
facturer in  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts.  In 
1 87 1  he  formed  a  connection  with  the  firm  of 
FJangs  &  liorton,  coal  agents,  Boston,  and 
acquiring  an  interest  in  the  concern  continued 
in  that  business  for  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum.  He 
married  Eliza  Elderkin.  Children:  i.  Ed- 
ward Davis.  2.  Alice.  3.  William  Athearn,  see 
forward.  4.  Fannie.  5.  Ellen  IL,  married  (lil- 
bert  R.  Payson.    All  were  born  in  Pomfret. 

(VHI)  William  Athearn,  son  of  Henry 
tjrosvenor  Eldredge,  wjs  born  in  Pomfret, 
April  7,  1862.  He  studied  preliminarily  in  the 
public  schools  of  New  I'edford  and  completed 
his  education  at  die  P>rookline  (Massachusetts) 
high  school,  graduating  with  the  class  of  1880. 
Preferring  a  business  career  he  entered  as  a 
clerk  the  office  of  a  Boston  stock  broker,  re- 
maining there  one  year,  and  then  accepted  a 
clerkship  with  E.  T.  Milliken  &  Company,  oil 
dealers,  retaining  that  position  four  years.  Jn 
1886  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  John  Wales 
Company,  eastern  agents  of  the  Cleveland  Roll- 
ing Alills,  and  for  the  succeeding  four  years 
held  a  responsible  position  with  that  concern. 
From  1890  to  the  present  time  ( 1909)  he  has 
devoted  his  energies  exclusively  to  investments 
and  other  financial  interests.  Politically  he  is 
independent.  He  attends  the  Church  of  Christ, 
Scientist.  He  married.  June  29,  1897,  June 
Stevens,  born  in  liangor,  Elaine,  June  11,  1868, 
daughter  of  George  W.  and  Harriet  (  Shepley  ) 
Stevens,  of  that  city. 

(\'I)  Oliver,  youngest  son  of  James  El- 
dredge, was  born  in  Brooklyn,  Connecticut, 
March  14,  1798;  died  in  Boston  about  the  year 
1857.  He  was  prominent  as  a  merchant  and 
banker  in  Boston.  He  lived  on  Somerset  Place 
(now  Alston  street),  but  in  1842  removed  to 
Otis  Place,  leading  to  Smnmer  street,  to  a  house 
which  adjoined  that  of  Dr.  Bowditch.  During 
the  war  of  181 2  he  served  ten  days,  from  Sep- 
tember 18  to  28,  1814,  as  quartermaster  of 
First  Regiment,  Third  Brigade,  First  Division, 
under  .\mos  Binney,  lieutenant-colonel.  He 
married,  January  20,  1814,  Hannah  Smalley, 
born  in  Provincetown.  Nova  Scotia,  August 
^1'  1793-  Children:  i.  Edward  Henry,  born 
August  21,  1816;  died  April  26,  1865;  married 
Lydia  B.  Richardson,  June  16,  1852,  and  Eliz- 
abeth A\'elch,  1857.  2.  Oliver  Hazard,  Decem- 
ber 17,  1817:  died  July  25,  1857.     3.  Emchne 


Bartlett,  September  17,  1820;  married  William 
W'etniore  Story,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts,  and 
Rome,  Italy,  October  30,  1843 :  died  January 
7,  1894.  4.  Hannah  Wells,  August  3,  1822; 
died  Alay  13,  1884;  married  Nathaniel  Greene, 
January  12,  1841.  5.  Harriet  Maria,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1823;  died  January  24.  1897;  married 
John  H.  B.  McClellan,  her  cousin,  December 
6,  1848.  6.  Francis  Oliver,  March  13,  1825; 
died    November    13,    1861,    married    Theresa 


Salazar. 


James  Thomas,  June  i,  1828,  see 


forward.  8.  Charles  Warren,  May  19,  1830; 
died  Se]5tember  23,  1895.  9.  George,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1832:  died  December  27,  1864.  10. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  February  20,  1835;  died  June 
6,  1894:  married  William  Bangs,  of  Boston. 

(  \'I1  )  James  Thomas,  son  of  Ca])tain  Oliver 
Eldredge,  was  born  June  I,  1828,  in  Boston: 
died  December  18,  1889.  TX-x^  Boston  Transcript 
said  of  him  at  the  time  of  his  death:  "Mr. 
Eldredge  in  one  way  or  another  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  real  estate  business  for  up- 
wards of  forty  )'ears  and  some  of  the  largest 
schemes  in  this  line  have  been  brought  about 
by  him."  Mr.  Eldredge  was  a  native  of  Bos- 
ton, was  a  graduate  of  the  Boston  Latin  School, 
which  he  entered  in  1840,  and  of  Harvard 
College,  graduating  in  1849.  The  class  of  '49 
was  a  celebrated  one  and  many  of  its  members 
arose  to  national  and  local  distincticjn,  and  suc- 
cess in  their  chosen  avocations.  Among  his 
classmates  were :  Abbott  Lawrence,  Caleb  A. 
Curtis,  .\ugustus  Lowell,  Lemuel  Shaw, 
Charles  R.  Codman  and  Horace  Davis.  After 
leaving  college  he  entered  commercial  life  and 
went  as  supercargo  on  a  trading  vessel  to  the 
East  Indies.  He  also  made  several  trips  to 
Australia,  San  Francisco  and  other  ports,  in 
that  and  various  capacities,  arriving  in  San 
Francisco  in  the  height  of  the  gold  fever.  L^pon 
his  return  to  Boston,  in  1858,  he  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  and  brokerage  business,  under  the 
firm  name  of  James  T.  Eldredge  &  Company, 
at  22,  Congress  street,  where  he  remained  until 
the  great  fire  in  1872.  when  he  was  burned  out, 
his  building  being  the  last  to  be  enveloped  by 
the  conflagration.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  real  estate  men  of  his  time  and  con- 
trolled and  was  agent  or  trustee  for  many 
large  estates  in  Boston. 

He  married,  October  24.  1855,  Ellen  S. 
Williams,  sister  of  Henry  Bigelow  Williams 
and  daughter  of  John  D.  W.  and  Ellen  Sophia 
(Bigelow)  Williams.  Children:  i.  Ellen  S., 
born  October  28,  1856;  married  Dr.  Francisque 
Prudon,  of  France.  2.  James  Y.,  January  29, 
1858:  died  February   14,  1859.     3.  .Arthur  S., 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


February  4,  i860,  at  Elm  Hill,  Roxbury ;  at- 
tended private  schools  (Noble's  and  Chauncey 
Hall)  and  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology; after  concluding  his  studies  he  sailed 
to  the  East  Indies,  in  the  sailing  ship  "For- 
mosa," and  on  return  voyage  was  shipwrecked 
in  the  "Straits  of  Alias,"  the  vessel  being  a 
total  loss ;  returned  home  by  way  of  Europe. 
In  1881  he  went  to  Texas,  Burnet  county, 
bought  a  stock  ranch,  raised  cattle,  sheep  and 
horses ;  still  owns  and  conducts  it :  married, 
October  17,  1889,  at  St.  Anne's  Church,  South 
Eincoln,  Massachusetts,  Emma  Motley,  daugh- 
ter of  Howard  and  Anna  (Rodman)  Snelling; 
children :  i.  Emma  Margaret,  born  October 
15,  1890:  ii.  Anna  Rodman,  September  23, 
1891:  iii.  Ellen  Williams,  February  14,  1893; 
iv.  Ida  Piigelow  (twin  of  Ellen  Williams)  ;  v. 
Arthur  Stuart,  Jr.,  August  13,  1897.  4-  Wa 
I'rescott  ISigelow,  January  17,  1864;  married 
I'Vanklin  Ouimby  Srown  at  the  First  Church, 
I'oston,  June  12,  1893:  children:  i.  Dorothy 
Fmma,  born  March  10,  1894;  ii.  Phyllis  Wildes, 
October  14,  1895,  ^t  23  ^^'est  Cedar  street, 
Pioston :  iii.  Sylvia  Eldredge,  June  21,  1898,  at 
".S])ringliurst,"  Dobbs  Ferry,  New  York;  iv. 
I'^ranklin  Ouimby.  Jr.,  February  9,  1906,  at 
"Springliurst,"  Dobbs  Ferry,  New  York;  v. 
Dudley  Williams.  June  6,  1908,  at  "Tangle- 
wood,"  Concord,  Alassacluisetts.  5.  Colonel 
Edward  H.,  September  13,  1866;  see  forward. 
6.  Elizabeth  Emeline.  July  17,  1876.  7.  Theo- 
dora Maria,  June  2-j,  1879:  married.  Decern 
her  14,  1905,  Henry  Hooper  Lawrence ;  chil- 
dren:  i.  Caroline  Freeman,  born  October  4, 
1906;  ii.  Henry  Hooper,  Jr..  June  26.  1908;  iii. 
liarbara,  July  30,   1909. 

(\'iri)  Colonel  Edward  H.,  son  of  James 
Thomas  Eldredge,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  Se])- 
tember  13,  1 866.  He  attended  the  public 
schools,  including  the  English  High  and  the 
Boston  Latin  schools.  .\t  the  conclusion  of 
his  studies,  he  went  to  Texas,  spending  two 
years  on  the  Mexican  frontier,  and  upon  his 
return  to  lioston  in  1887  entered  the  employ 
of  his  father's  real  estate  firm,  James  T.  El- 
dredge tS:  Compaii)-.  In  1889,  upon  the  death 
of  the  senior  partner,  he  became  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Sargent  &  Eldredge,  and  after  Mr. 
.Sargent's  death  in  1892,  he  became  senior  part- 
ner of  the  succeeding  firm  of  Edward  H.  El- 
dredge &  Company,  and  has  since  continued  in 
the  real  estate  and  insurance  business.  His 
offices  at  the  jiresent  time  are  in  the  Devon- 
shire Building,  16  State  street.  Boston.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  board  of  aj)peal  of  the  city  of 
Ttnston,  and  of  the  Real  Estate  Exchange,  of 


which  he  was  for  several  years  a  director. 
Colonel  Eldredge  has  not  only  ac(|uired  promi- 
nence in  the  business  and  social  circles  of  Bos- 
ton but  is  still  more  widely  known  on  account 
of  his  military  record,  which  is  an  exceedingly 
honorable  one,  both  in  point  of  ability  and 
length  of  service.  For  a  period  of  over  twenty - 
one  years  he  has  been  enrolled  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts \'olunteer  Militia,  working  his  way 
up  to  a  lieutenant-colonelcy  of  the  line,  and  in 
the  Spanish-American  war  rendering  unusually 
efficient  service  in  Cuba,  as  a  major  in  the 
Eighth  Massachusetts  Infantry,  United  States 
\'olunteers.  While  in  Cuba,  amongst  other 
duties,  he  was  detailed  to  receive  from  the 
Spanish  government  the  various  forts,  arsenals 
and  military  depots  in  the  province  of  Matanzas 
and  to  turn  the  same  over  to  the  United  States 
government,  with  inventories  of  their  contents. 
While  on  this  detail,  he  was  the  first  American 
officer  to  enter  this  portion  of  the  island,  and, 
incidentally,  wired  back  to  headquarters  re- 
])orts  of  the  condition  of  affairs  which  enabled 
the  relief  committee  to  send  the  needed  sup- 
plies and  assistance  to  the  reconsentrados.  He 
was  inspector  of  small  arms  practice  in  his 
brigade,  and  as  provost-marshal  of  the  district 
reorganized  the  police  system  of  the  city  of 
.Matanzas.  He  is  now  on  the  retired  list  with 
the  rank  of  colonel.  He  is  ]3ast  commander  of 
the  Massachusetts  Commandery  of  Naval  and 
Military  Order  of  Spanish-American  War.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Military  Order  of  Foreigii 
Wars,  the  Military  Historical  Society,  the  Mili- 
tar\-  Service  Institution,  the  United  Spanish 
Wai'  \'eterans.  also  of  the  Somerset,  New  Eng- 
land Kennel  and  Boston  City  Clubs,  the  Boston 
,\thletic  .\ssociation.  the  .\rniy  and  Navy  Club, 
<if  New  York,  and  the  Masonic  Order. 

Colonel  Fddredge  married,  November  29, 
1900,  in  Florence,  Italy,  the  Marchesa  Cressida 
Peruzzi  De  ^Vledici,  daughter  of  Marchese 
Simone  Peruzzi  De  Medici,  of  Florence,  Italy, 
Ma.ster  of  Ceremonies  to  the  late  King  Hum- 
bert of  Italy,  commander  of  the  Order  Man- 
riziana  and  of  the  Corona  d'  Italia,  Isabella 
the  Catholic  of  Spain,  the  Red  Eagle,  the 
Crown  of  Prussia,  the  Danebrog  of  Denmark, 
(officer  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  of  France, 
Cavalier  of  .Salvatore  of  Greece,  St.  Ann  of 
Russia,  the  Sun  and  Lion  of  Persia,  and  of 
the  Ottoman  Medjidich,  etc.  The  Marchese 
married,  February  9,  1873,  Edith  Marion 
Story,  daughter  of  William  Wetmore  and 
Emelvn  (Eldredge)  Story,  the  former  of 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  then  living  in  Rome. 
Italy,  and  the  latter  of  Boston.  Massachusetts. 


MASSACHLSETTS. 


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The  coat-of-arms  of  Peruzzi  De  Medici :  Per 
pale,  first  azure,  six  pears,  stalked  and  leaved 
or,  two,  two  and  one;  a  second  or,  a  hurt  in 
chief  charged  with  a  fleur-de-lis  and  five 
torteaux,  two,  two  and  one.  The  Boston  resi- 
dence of  Colonel  Eldredge  is  at  44  Chestnut 
street,  P>eacon  Hill. 

(The  Grosvenor  Line). 

The  surname  Grosvenor  is  of  ancient  Nor- 
man origin  and  means  "great  hunter."  The 
ancestry  of  the  English  family  is  traced  to  Gil- 
bert Le  Grosvenor.  who  was  related  to  Will- 
iam the  Con(|ueror  and  came  with  iiim  to  Eng- 
land. Grosvenor  in  time  became  the  family 
surname.  The  family  has  held  a  leading  place 
since  the  days  of  the  Conquest,  many  of  the 
branches  have  produced  men  of  wealth,  title 
and  distinction.  The  Grosvenors  of  Chester 
have  been  particularly  conspicuous.  The  coat- 
of-arms,  the  same  that  was  inscribed  on  the 
tombstone  of  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was : 
.\zure,  a  garb  d"  or. 

(I)  Gilbert  Le  ( irosvenur  was  the  first  of 
the  family  in  England. 

(IP)  Robert  Pe  Grosvenor,  his  son.  had  the 
Lordship  of  Over  Lestock,  in  Cheshire,  given 
him  by  the  Conqueror's  uncle,  and  continued 
in  the  family  until  1465.  Robert  settled  in 
Cheshire. 

(Ill)  Raljili  (or  Raufej  Le  Grosvenor, 
grandson  of  (Gilbert,  adhered  to  the  cause  of 
the  Empress  Maud  against  Stephen. 

(R')  Robert  Le  Grosvenor,  son  of  Ralph, 
engaged  in  the  crusade  with  Richard  I.  and 
was  with  him  in  .Sicily  in  1 190  when  he  took 
Messina;  also  in  1191  at  the  Conquest  of  the 
Island  of  Cyprus,  where  some  of  the  English 
forces  had  been  wrecked  and  barbarously  treat- 
ed. He  assisted  also  at  the  siege  of  Acre,  in 
Palestine,  and  in  the  victory  over  Saladin. 

(V)  Richard  Le  Grosvenor,  son  of  Robert, 
was  of  Lestock. 

(VD  Robert  Le  Grosvenor,  son  of  Richard, 
succeeded  his  father,  and  purchased  Nether 
Pever  in  the  reign  of  Edward  VIII. ;  he  served 
five  times  in  the  office  of  the  sheriff  of  Chester. 

(VH)  Sir  Robert  Le  Grosvenor,  son  of 
Robert,  was  heir  to  his  father's  estate  and  was 
))resent  with  King  Edward  III.  at  the  siege  of 
\'annes  in  P.rittary,  the  passage  of  the  Somms 
and  the  battle  of  Cressy.  and  the  siege  of 
Calais. 

(\  III  )  Robert  Le  Grosvenor  had  a  contest 
with  Richard  Le  Scrope,  concerning  a  coat-of- 
arms.     He  was  granted  the  arms  showing  that 


he  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  ancient  Earls 
of  Chester — Azure,  a  garb  or. 

(IX)  Robert  Le  Grosvenor,  son  of  Robert, 
was  several  times  sheriff  of  Chester,  and  died 
in  1396. 

(X)  Sir  Thomas  Grosvenor,  knight,  was 
son  of  Robert.  He  had  a  son  Robert,  Lord 
of  Hulme,  who  was  in  the  wars  against  France 
in  the  reign  of  Henry  VL  His  second  son 
Raufe  is  mentioned  below. 

(XI)  Raufe  Grosvenor  left  three  sons  and 
two  daughters. 

{  XII )  Robert  Grosvenor,  eldest  son  and  heir 
(if  Raufe.  died  in  the  twelfth  year  of  the  reign 
I  if  Henry  \TI.  He  left  two  sons.  Thomas, 
tiie  eldest  son,  died  without  issue  in  the  twenty- 
seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  Henry  VTII. 
Richard  is  mentioned  below. 

(XIII)  Richard  Grosvenor,  son  of  Robert, 
succeeded  to  the  estate  and  left  five  sons  and 
seven  daughters, 

(XIV)  Sir  Richard  Grosvenor,  son  of  Rich- 
ard, was  knighted  by  James  I.,  and  afterwards 
created  a  baronet.  He  served  in  the  office  of 
sheriff  for  the  counties  of  Chester  and  Dur- 
lieigh.  He  was  mayor  of  the  city  of  Chester 
and  one  of  the  knights  of  the  shire  for  the 
county  in  the  first  parliament  called  by  Charles 
I.     He  died  in  1664. 

(  I )  John  Grosvenor,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
the  American  family,  is  believed  to  be  the  son 
(>f  .Sir  Richard  Grosvenor.  He  was  certainly 
a  member  of  the  Grosvenor  family  of  county 
Chester,  England,  as  he  bore  the  same  arms, 
which  are  quartered  with  others  on  his  grave- 
stone at  Roxbury.  They  are:  Azure,  a  garb 
•)r.  He  was  born  in  England,  in  1641,  and 
came  to  America  from  county  Chester,  when  a 
young  man.  The  family  Bible  of  General 
Lemuel  Grosvenor,  owned  by  his  granddaugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Clarissa  Thompson,  of  Pomfret,  Con- 
necticut, states  that  John  Grosvenor  and  Esther, 
his  wife,  came  from  Cheshire,  England,  in 
ifiSo,  and  settled  in  Roxbury.  Massachusetts. 
The  records  show  that  he  was  here  as  early  as 
1673.  when  he  was  a  proprietor  of  Roxbury. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  purchasers  of  the 
Mashamoquet  grant  in  1686,  which  included 
fifteen  thousand  acres,  the  present  towns  of 
Pomfret,  Brooklyn  and  Putnam,  and  the  parish 
of  Abington.  Connecticut.  In  the  division  of 
this  jnirchase  to  the  twelve  Roxbury  proprietors, 
who  bought  it.  there  was  allotted  to  the  widow 
and  sons  of  John  Grosvenor.  all  the  land  where 
the  village  of  Pomfret  now  stands,  and  the  hills 
which    surround    it,    including    Prospect    hill. 


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which  faces  the  east,  and  the  commanding 
eminences  called  Sharp's  Hill  and  Spaulding's 
Hill  on  the  west.  Here  he  settled.  He  mar- 
ried in  England,  Esther  Clarke,  born  1642  ; 
died  June  16,  1728  (gravestone).  He  died  at 
Roxbury,  September  2"],  1691,  in  his  forty- 
seventh  year,  and  his  gravestone  may  still  be 
seen  in  the  old  Roxbury  Inirying-ground.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Rev.  William,  baptized  October  14, 
1673:  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  1693; 
minister  at  Charlestown  and  Brookfield.  2. 
John,  baptized  April  6,  1675 ;  killed  by  the 
Indians  at  Brookfield.  June  22.  1709.  3.  Leices- 
ter, called  sergeant ;  died  in  Pomfret,  Septem- 
ber 8,  1759,  aged  eighty-three.  4.  Susanna, 
born  February  9,  1680-81  ;  married,  1702,  Jo- 
seph Shaw,  of  Stonington.  5.  Child,  baptized 
and  died  Ajaril  21,.  1683.  d.  libenezer,  born 
( )ctober  9,  1684,  see  forward.  7.  Thomas, 
born  June  30,  1687,  died  same  day.  8.  Joseph, 
born  September  i,  1689.  9.  Thomas,  married, 
1718.  Elizabeth  Pepper. 

(  n  )  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  Grosvenor,  was 
born  October  9.  1684,  and  shared  in  the  divi.^ion 
of  his  father's  estate  at  Pomfret.  The  first 
house  erected  by  them  was  situated  on  the 
road  leading  from  \\'orcester  to  Norwich  on 
the  western  declivity  of  Prospect  Hill,  not  far 
from  the  mansion  house  of  Colonel  Thomas 
( jrosvenor,  where  an  ancient  well  is  still  to  be 
seen,  which  was  evidently  dug  for  the  accom- 
modation of  Esther  Grosvenor  and  her  chil- 
dren, Ebenezer  Grosvenor  lived  at  Pomfret 
and  died  there  September  3.  1730.  He  mar- 
ried Ann  ]\rarcy,  born  1687:  died  July  30. 
1743.  Children:  I.  Susannah,  born  October 
31,  1708.    2.  John,  May  22,  171 1,  see  forward. 

3.  Ebenezer,  December  12,  1713.  4.  Caleb, 
May  15,  1715.  5.  Joshua,  died  young.  6. 
Moses,  died  young.  7.  Ann,  born  September 
24,  1724.    8.  Penelope. 

(III)  Captain  John  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer 
(jrosvenor,  was  born  at  Pomfret,  Connecticut, 
May  22,  171 1  :  died  there  in  1808.  He  was 
captain  of  the  Pomfret  company  in  the  Crown 
Point  expedition,  under  Lieutenant  Dyer,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Nathaniel  Tyler's  regiment,  of 
which  company  Israel  Putnam  was  second 
lieutenant.  He  married  Hannah  Dresser,  of 
Thompson.  Connecticut,  who  was  his  second 
wife.  Children:  i.  John,  removed  to  Bufifalo, 
New  York.  2.  Abel,  died  young.  3.  Setli, 
married  Abigail  Keyes.  and  had  a  large  family. 

4.  Thomas,  see  forward. 

(IV)  Colonel  Thomas,  son  of  Captain  John 
(2)  Grosvenor,  was  born  in  Pomfret,  Sep- 
tember 20.  1744:  died  in  1823.     He  graduated 


at  Yale  College  in  1765.  Judge  Theodore 
.Sedgwick,  of  Massachusetts,  was  a  classmate. 
He  established  himself  as  a  lawyer  in  Pom- 
fret. When  Connecticut  raised  and  officered 
her  first  seven  regiments  for  the  relief  of 
Massachusetts,  Mr.  Grosvenor  was  com- 
missioned second  lieutenant  in  the  first  com- 
pany of  the  third  regiment,  under  Colonel  Israel 
Putnam  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Experience 
Storrs,  of  Mansfield.  The  minute-men  fol- 
lowed Putnam  to  Cambridge  and  the  old  red 
house  is  still  standing  in  the  village  of  Pom- 
fret where  they  assembled  on  the  morning  of 
their  departure,  April  23,  1775.  After  the 
reverend  and  excellent  Aaron  Putnam,  of 
Pomfret,  had  poured  out  their  mutual  prayers 
and  jietitions  to  God,  in  front  of  that  house, 
the  minute-men  marched  for  Cambridge  by 
way  of  Grafton,  Massachusetts.  On  the  even- 
ing of  June  16,  1775,  Lieutenant  Grosvenor 
was  detailed  with  thirty-one  men  drafted  from 
his  company  to  march  to  Charlestown  under 
command  of  Captain  Thomas  Knowlton,  of 
.Vshford,  and  these  men,  with  about  one  hun- 
dred others  from  General  Putnam's  regiment, 
before  noon  of  June  17  were  stationed  at  the 
rail  fence  on  the  left  of  the  breastworks  on 
Breed's  Hill,  and  extending  thence  to  Mystic 
river.  The  whole  force  was  under  the  com- 
mand of  Knowlton.  When  the  British  attack 
was  made  one  column  under  General  Pigott 
was  directed  against  the  redoubt,  and  another 
under  ( Jeneral  Howe  advanced  against  the  rail 
fence.  Captain  Dana  relates  that  he.  Lieutenant 
(jrosvenor  and  Orderly  Sergeant  Fuller,  were 
the  first  to  fire.  When  at  the  third  attack  the 
British  burst  through  the  .\merican  line  at  the 
left  of  the  redoubt.  Captain  Knowlton,  Chester 
and  Clark,  clung  persistently  to  the  position 
near  the  Mystic  river,  though  separated  from 
the  main  body  of  the  Provincials,  and  event- 
ually protected  the  retreat  of  the  men  who 
were  in  the  redoubt  fighting,  according  to  the 
report  of  the  Alassachusetts  committee  of 
safety,  with  the  utmost  bravery  and  keeping 
the  British  from  advancing  further  than  the 
breach  until  the  main  body  had  left  the  hill. 
Colonel  Grosvenor  related  in  his  letter  to  Colo- 
nel Daniel  Putnam,  dated  April  30,  1818,  re- 
specting General  Dearborn's  charges  against 
General  Putnam's  behavior  at  Bunker  Hill, 
that  of  his  command  of  thirty  men  and  one 
subaltern,  there  were  eleven  killed  or  wounded, 
"among  the  latter  was  myself,  though  not  so 
severely  as  to  prevent  my  retiring."  .At  Winter 
Hill,  where  entrenchments  had  been  thrown  up 
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made  their  last  stand,  and  it  was  at  Bunker 
Hill  that  the  battle  ended  at  five  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon.  Colonel  Grosvenor  carried  a  musket 
or  rifle  in  this  action,  and  he  said  that  the 
cartridge  belt  around  his  waist  contained  nine 
cartridges,  which  were  all  exhausted  before 
the  battle  ended;  that  he  fired  with  the  saine 
precision  and  deliberation  that  he  was  accus- 
tomed to  exercise  in  firing  at  a  fox,  and  that 
he  saw  a  man  fall  on  each  discharge  of  his 
rifle.  Prior  to  the  retreat  he  was  woimded 
through  the  palm  of  his  hand  by  a  musket  ball 
which  passed  through  a  portion  of  a  rail,  then 
his  hand  and  the  butt  of  his  musket,  and 
bruised  his  breast.  He  bound  up  his  hand 
with  his  white  cravat,  and  remained  on  the 
field  encouraging  his  tnen,  until  after  the  re- 
treat was  ordered.  This  circumstance  is  one 
of  which  Colonel  Trumbull,  the  painter,  avail- 
ed himself  in  the  picture  of  the  battle  of 
Hunker  Hill.  The  fine  figure  in  the  fore- 
ground was  intended  to  represent  Lieutenant 
(Grosvenor  accompanied  by  his  colored  servant. 

After  the  arrival  of  the  army  in  New  York 
in  May,  1776,  General  Washington  organized 
a  battalion  of  light  troops  composed  of  volun- 
teers from  different  New  England  regiments, 
and  Thomas  Knowlton,  who  hail  been  com- 
missioned major  in  the  Continental  army  in 
December.  1775,  was  now  appointed  lieutenant- 
colonel,  commandant,  and  Thomas  Grosvenor 
commanded  a  company  in  this  organization, 
which  was  called  the  Knowlton  Rangers.  With 
them  he  participated  in  the  battle  of  Long 
Lsland,  and  also  in  the  spirited  action  on  Har- 
lem Heights,  in  the  vicinity  of  McGowan's 
Pass,  where  Colonel  Knowlton  was  killed.  Colo- 
nel Knowlton's  silk  sash,  which  had  been  pre- 
sented to  him  by  the  town  of  Boston,  is  pre- 
served in  the  family  of  the  youngest  daughter 
of  Colonel  Grosvenor,  Hannah,  mentioned 
below.  Captain  Brown,  who  succeeded 
Colonel  Knowlton  in  command,  fell  in  the 
defense  of  Fort  Mifflen  in  November,  1777. 
Colonel  Grosvenor  used  to  describe  him  and 
Colonel  Knowlton  as  the  bravest  of  brave  men, 
and  related  an  anecdote  of  Captain  Brown's 
coolness  at  the  battle  of  I^ong  Island,  when  the 
British  cavalry,  advancing  on  the  Bedford 
road,  came  near  capturing  his  command. 

On  October  28,  1776,  Colonel  Grosvenor 
took  part  in  the  battle  of  White  Plains,  fol- 
lowed the  apparently  desperate  fortunes  of 
Washington  on  the  march  through  New  Jer- 
sey, and  particij^ated  as  a  captain  in  Durkee's 
regiment  in  the  battles  of  Trenton,  Trenton 
Bridge   and   Princeton,   and   in   \'alley  Forge. 


He  was  captain  in  Colonel  Wyllis's  regiment 
and  was  with  him  at  the  capture  of  Ticon- 
(leroga  on  May  10,  1775.  On  February  6, 
1777  he  was  commissioned  major  in  that  regi- 
ment. During  the  encampment  at  Valley 
Forge  in  the  winter  of  1777-78,  Colonel  Gros- 
venor belonged  to  Huntington's  brigade  which 
took  part  in  the  battles  of  Germantown  and 
Branclywine,  and  in  the  movements  at  White 
Marsh  and  Chestnut  Hill  from  November  23  to 
December  22,  1777,  and  down  to  the  encamp- 
ment at  \'alley  Forge.  On  March  13,  1778,  Colo- 
nel Cirosvenor  was  commissioned  as  lieutenant- 
colonel  of  Durkee's  regiment,  and  in  that  ca- 
pacity marched  with  the  army  from  Valley 
1^'orge  to  Monmouth,  where  on  June  28,  1778. 
a  battle  was  fought  which  decided  the  fate  of 
Washington.  The  regiment  was  in  the  ad- 
vance under  Lafayette,  and  was  ranged  upon 
the  heights  behintl  the  causeway  after  Lee's 
retreat.  Colonel  Grosvenor  was  also  in  Gen- 
eral Sullivan's  expedition  against  the  Seneca 
Indians  in  the  summer  and  autunm  of  1779- 
On  May  22,  1779,  he  acted,  and  July  11 
following  was  commissioned  as  sub-inspector 
of  the  army  under  Baron  Steuben.  On  Janu- 
ary I,  1 78 1,  he  was  commissioned  as  inspector. 
On    the   death   of   Colonel    Durkee,    May   29, 

1782,  he  was  appointed  lieutenant-colonel, 
commandant  of  the  first  Connecticut  regiment, 
and  continued  in  that  command  to  January  I, 

1783,  when  the  Connecticut  regiments  were 
consolidated  under  the  act  of  congress  of  Au- 
gust 7,  1782.  He  was  also  assistant-adjutant- 
general  of  the  Connecticut  line  for  a  consid- 
erable time,  as  his  orderly  books  show.  After 
January  i,  1783,  Colonel  Grosvenor  returned 
"to  Pom  fret  and  resumed  the  practice  of  law. 

He  married,  in  178 — ,  Ann  Mumford, 
youngest  daughter  of  Captain  Peter  and  Abi- 
gail Martin  Mumford.  Captain  Peter  Mum- 
ford  was  born  March  16,  1728,  died  May  3, 
1798;  married.  June  2,  1756,  Abigail  Martin, 
born  January  11,  1728,  died  June  30,  1809. 
Captain  Peter  Mumford  was  son  of  Benjamin 
Mumford,  born  April  10,  1696,  at  South  King- 
ston, who  married  in  1720,  Ann  Mumford, 
born  .\pril  28.  1 70 1,  died  October  22,  1773, 
daughter  of  John  and  Peace  (Perry)  Mum- 
ford, and  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Stephen  and 
Anne  Mumford,  who  came  from  London  to 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  and  died  in  1707. 
Benjamin  Mumford  was  son  of  Thomas  and 
Abigail  Mumford,  of  South  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island,  and  grandson  of  Thomas  Mumford, 
born  in  England ;  high  constable ;  settled  in 
Portsmouth,   Rhode    Island,   and   died    Febru- 


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ary  12,  1692 ;  married  Sarah  Sherman,  daugh- 
ter of  PhiHp  and  Sarah  (Odding)  Sherman. 
For  more  than  twenty  years  after  his  marriage, 
Colonel  Grosvenor  was  a  member  of  the  Gov- 
ernor's council  in  Connecticut,  and  for  a  still 
longer  period  chief  justice  of  the  court  of 
common  ])leas  for  \\'iiidham  county,  and  judge 
of  probate  for  his  district.  The  diploma 
signed  by  Washington  constituting  him  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Order  of  the  Cincinnati  still  hangs 
in  the  hall  of  the  mansion  house  which  he  built 
at  Pomfret,  where  he  died.  The  raising  of 
the  frame  of  that  house  was  an  occasion  of 
festivity,  and  many  were  the  recipients  of  his 
bounty  at  that  time.  It  was  said  that  a  young 
Mohegan  Indian  danced  upon  its  ridge-jiole  as  a. 
part  of  the  celebration.  This  house  was  always 
open  to  the  chance  visitor  and  for  many  years 
was  a  refuge  for  the  remnants  of  the  Indian 
tribes  which  still  lingered  in  Connecticut,  and 
for  other  unfortunates.  .Among  them  were 
the  venerable  Indians.  Isaac  and  Joshua  Sen- 
seman  and  Martha,  wife  of  Joshua.  Soon 
after  the  death  of  his  second  son.  Colonel 
Grosvent)r  united  with  the  Congregational 
church  in  Pomfret,  and  was  a  valued  coun- 
sellor and  adviser  of  that  church,  which  often 
looked  to  him  for  encouragement  and  support. 
No  man  was  more  venerated  and  respected. 
.Although  wounded  at  P)Unker  Hill,  Colonel 
Gnisvenor  steadily  refused  a  pension,  though 
strongly  urged  to  accept  one  by  his  neighbors 
and  friends.  He  considered  that  the  oath  re- 
i|uired  of  him  was  flishonorable  and  refused 
to  avail  himself  of  its  provisions.  He  died 
July  II.  1823.  in  his  eighty-first  year.  His 
wife  died  June  11,  1820.  Both  were  buried 
in  the  little  burying-ground  in  Pomfret,  where 
monuments  have  been  erected  to  their  memory. 
Children:  i.  Thomas  ^lumford,  married  Char- 
lotte Lee.  2.  .Ann,  married  Henry  King,  of 
New  York  City.  3.  Peter,  died  yoiuig.  4. 
Major  Peter,  was  in  the  war  of  181 2;  married 
.\nn  Chase ;  had  four  sons,  who,  together  with 
the  five  sons  of  his  brother,  Thomas  Mum- 
ford  Grosvenor.  were  in  the  war  of  the  re- 
bellion, and  five  of  the  nine  were  killed.  3. 
John  H.,  was  consul  of  the  L'nited  States  at 
Canton,  China,  and  died  unmarried  in  New 
York  City,  January  3,  1848.  6.  Hannah,  mdr- 
riefj  Edward  Eldredee  (see  Eldredge.  \'l). 


Captain  John  l^nderhill. 
UNDERHILL     immierant  ancestor  of  this 

family,  was  reputed  to  be 
an  eccentric  character  and  his  career  was  some- 
what checkered.     He    was    one    of    the    first 


planters  of  Massachusetts,  one  of  the  first 
three  deputies  from  Boston  to  the  general 
court,  and  one  of  the  earliest  officers  of  the 
.Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company. 
He  came  to  New  England  with  John  Winthrop 
in  1630.  Sir  Henry  \'ane  appointed  him  to 
the  command  of  the  troops  of  the  colony,  and 
with  Captain  John  Mason  he  waged  the  war 
against  the  Pe(|uot  Indians,  resulting  in  the 
annihilation  of  that  fierce  tribe  in  1637,  and  in 
giving  to  the  English  colonists  "rest  from  sav- 
age violence  for  forty  years."  He  published 
in  1640,  in  London,  an  account  of  this  war 
under  the  title  "News  from  America."  He 
Ijecame  governor  of  the  Piscatac|ua  Plantation 
and  while  there  made  utterance  which  offended 
the  Massachusetts  Bay  authorities.  He  came 
to  Boston,  in  response  to  a  summons  and  Jan- 
uary 29,  i63C)-40,  apologized  to  the  church. 
He  was  restored  to  fellowship  September  3 
1640.  Because  of  his  religious  opinions  he 
was  banished  from  Boston.  He  removed  to 
Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  and  was  governor  of 
the  New  Hampshire  colony  in  1641.  He  re- 
moved to  the  Dutch  settlement  in  New  York 
in  1642.  He  was  for  some  time,  however,  in 
.Stamford,  Connecticut,  and  in  1643  was  dele- 
gate to  the  legislature  at  New  Haven,  and 
later  assistant  justice  of  the  high  court.  His 
military  talents  were  again  in  use  in  the  war 
between  the  Dutch  and  the  Indians.  He  was 
a  delegate  from  Oyster  Bay  to  Hempstead  in 
1663,  and  at  another  time  under-sheriff  of 
f  jueens  county.  New  A'ork.  The  Matinecock 
Indians  gave  him  130  acres  of  land  which  is 
still  owned  by  his  descendants.  His  wife 
Helena,  a  Dutch  woman,  was  admitted  to  the 
Boston  church  December  13,  1633,  dismissed 
to  Exeter  church  .August  22,  1641.  Among 
their  children  were:  I.  Elizabeth,  baptized 
l-"ebruary  14,  1633.  2.  John,  baptized  .April 
24.  1642. 

(1  )  Sampson  I'nderhill,  a  descendant  in  the 
third  or  fourth  generation  of  Captain  John 
Cnderhill,  according  to  family  tradition,  horn 
about  1690,  was  living  in  Salisbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  early  as  April.  1717.  He  was  a 
fuller  or  clothier  by  trade,  and  was  one  of  the 
earlv  settlers  of  the  town  of  Chester,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married,  at  Salisbury,  Janu- 
ary 13,  1 71 7,  Elizabeth  .Ambrose,  born  October 
2,  1698.  daughter  of  Nathaniel  .Ambrose. 
She  married  (second)  Benjamin  Batchelder. 
Her  father  was  born  in  Salisbury,  December 
14,  1677;  married  in  December,  1697,  Sarah 
Eastman.  He  was  son  of  Henry  and  Hannah 
Ambrose   nf   Salisbury.      It  is  probable,  how- 


MASSACHl'SliTTS. 


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ever,  that  Sampson  L'liderhill  did  not  settle 
permanently  in  Chester  until  about  1730,  for 
that  year  he  sold  his  farm  on  which  he  lived 
and  kept  tavern,  for  five  hundred  pounds.  He 
is  believed  to  have  died  about  1732,  for  that 
year  his  wife  was  appointed  to  administer  his 
estate,  inventoried  at  nearly  five  hundred 
pounds.  So  far  as  the  somewhat  incomplete 
records  tend  to  show,  Sampson  and  Elizabeth 
(Ambrose)  Underbill  had  sons,  John,  Jere- 
miah ar'id  Hezekiah,  but  there  was  a  son  Aloses 
and  ]jerhaps  daughters  of  whom  we  have  no 
account.  John,  eldest  son,  was  born  March 
16,  1720,  and  died  July  31,  1793;  he  married 
Joanna,  daughter  of  William  Healey,  and  had 
nine  children.  Jeremiah,  second  son,  was 
born  December  29,  1724.  Aloses,  third  son, 
lived  in  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  and  being 
a  hatter  by  trade,  was  known  as  "Hatter  Un- 
derbill." He  married  Ann  (ilidden,  and  died 
in  1827. 

(  11  )  Hezekiah,  sun  of  Sampson  and  Eliza- 
beth ( Ambrose )  Underbill,  was  born  early 
in  1738,  and  settled  in  Chester,  on  lot  No.  47, 
dying  there  March  8,  1800.  He  was  a  shoe- 
maker by  trade,  but  probably  engaged  chiefly 
in  agriculture,  his  descendants  succeeding  him 
in  the  ownership  of  the  homestead.  He  mar- 
ried Tabitlia,  widow  of  John  Foss,  and  daugh- 
ter of  Jacob  and  Judith  (Harvey)  Sargent, 
born  November.  1724,  who  survived  him  over 
three  years,  and  died  August  24,  1803.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Jonathan  died  in  military  service.  2. 
Hannah,  married  and  removed  to  Cabot,.  Ver- 
mont. 3.  Sarah,  married  her  cousin  Samuel 
Underbill,  and  resided  in  Chester.  4.  Josiah, 
mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Josiah,  youngest  child  of  Hezekiah 
and  Tabitha  (Sargent)  I'nderhill,  was  born 
about  1759,  in  Chester,  and  died  there  May  i, 
1822.  He  was  a  lieutenant  of  militia,  and  was 
the  first  of  the  family  to  engage  in  tool  making, 
for  which  many  of  his  descendants  afterward 
became  famous.  He  served  an  apprentice- 
ship with  E.  Fitts  at  the  blacksmiths  trade,  and 
subsequently  set  up  in  business  on  his  own 
account.  He  did  a  large  business  in  the  manu- 
facture of  scythes,  axes,  hoes,  and  other  im- 
plements. He  married,  February  26,  1754, 
Anna,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mehitabel 
(Bradley)  Melvin,  born  March  27,  1763,  and 
survived  him  nearly  half  a  century,  dying 
March  17,  1847.  Her  mother,  Mehitabel 
Bradley,  was  daughter  of  Samuel  Bradley, 
who  was  killed  by  the  Indians  at  Concord. 
New  Hampshire,  August  11,  1746.  Benjamin 
Bradlev  was  a  son  of  Patrick  Bradlev,  whose 


name  first  appears  on  the  records  of  Chester, 
June  ID,  1735,  as  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
Presbyterian  protest.  His  wife's  name  was 
Mary.  Children  of  Lieutenant  Josiah  and 
Ann  (Alelvin)  Underbill:  i.  Jesse  }.,  born 
(October  2.  1784,  died  October  21,  i860;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  Gra- 
ham;  she  died  September  18,  1851.  2. 
Catherine  J.,  bom  July  i^,  1786;  married 
(first)  Samuel  Graham;  (second)  Dr.  Kitt- 
redge ;  (third)  John  Bradley.  3.  Hazen  R., 
born  July  24,  1788,  died  at  Detroit,  Michigan. 
;ibout  1820.  4.  Edward  Reed,  born  1790,  died 
in  Boston;  married,  1817,  Abigail  Conner.  5. 
.Mary  T.,  born  ^lay  12,  1798;  drowned  at 
Amo.skeag  Falls,  June  i,  1808.  6.  Nancy  T., 
married  Caleb  Merrill.  7.  Sally  T.,  married 
Dr.  Rufus  Kittredge.  8.  Dolly  T.,  died  De- 
cember 5,  1846;  married  John  Folsom.  9.  Jay 
Tem])le.  born  March  17,  1802.  10.  i'lagg  T., 
born  P>bruary  8.  1804,  died  1850;  married, 
Xovember,  183 1,  Mary  Brown. 

(1\')  Jesse  J.,  eldest  child  of  Josiah  and 
.\nna  (  Melvin)  Underbill,  was  born  October 
2,  1784.  in  Chester,  and  died  there  October  21, 
i860.  He  learned  the  trade  of  axe  making 
from  his  father,  which  was  all  done  by  hand 
in  his  time,  using  Russian  iron  and  blistered 
steel.  No  American  steel  was  found  available 
for  this  purpose  at  that  time,  and  he  was  obliged 
to  procure  the  metal  from  England.  During 
the  war  of  1812  it  was  very  difficult  to  procure 
this,  but  he  finally  succeeded  in  smuggling  some 
through  Canada,  for  which  he  was  obliged  to 
pay  seventy-five  cents  per  pound.  His  first 
shop  was  at  the  corner  of  the  Candia  road  and 
Londonderry  turnpike,  but  he  subsequently 
removed  to  his  father's  shop  and  engaged  ex- 
clusively in  the  manufacture  of  tools.  In  his 
time  it  was  considered  a  good  days  work  for 
two  men  working  together  to  produce  six  axes, 
and  these  were  in  a  rough  and  unfinished  state, 
requiring  some  hours  of  grinding  by  the  pur- 
chaser to  make  them  convenient  for  use.  In 
1822  he  removed  to  Boston  along  with  two  of 
his  ap])rentices,  one  of  whom  was  his  brother, 
J.  T.  I'nderhill,  and  entered  the  employ  of 
Mr.  I-'axon,  a  celebrated  workman.  The  latter 
died  in  1824  and  the  L'nderbills  succeeded  to 
his  business,  and  operated  the  shop  until  1826. 
when  Jesse  J.  returned  to  Chester  and  set  up 
a  horse  power  for  use  in  his  manufacture.  In 
1829  he  again  went  to  Boston  with  his  son 
Samuel  G..  and  conducted  a  business  there  until 
1832,  when  he  returned  to  Chester  and  fitted 
up  a  water  power  in  his  father's  old  grist  mill, 
and  there  continued  until  his  death.     In   1839 


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the  use  of  hard  coal  in  the  manufacture  of 
tools  was  adopted,  and  this  made  possible 
more  rapid  and  better  work.  Jesse  J.  Under- 
bill married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Deacon 
John  and  Sarah  (Hall)  Graham,  born  1791, 
died  September  18,  1851.  Children:  i.  Jane 
Eveline,  born  August  6,  1807;  married  ( iirst ) 
Elislia  Thayer,  and  (second)  Asa  Edgerton. 
2,  Samuel  Graham,  mentioned  below.  3.  Cath- 
erine Graham.  December  30,  1811,  became  wife 
of  David  L.  Osgood.  4.  George  VV.,  July  19, 
181 5 ;  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Under- 
bill Tool  Company,  of  Nashua,  of  whose  works 
he  was  many  years  superintendent.  His  son. 
Dr.  Underbill,  resides  at  Nashua.  5.  I'elinda 
K.,  May  7,  1817;  married  Edmond  Sleeper, 
of  Chester.  6.  Rufus  K.,  March  8,  1819;  con- 
ducted a  tool  business  at  Billerica,  Massachu- 
setts, where  his  wife  is  still  living  at  the  age 
of  eighty-four  years.  7.  Hazen  B.,  March  27, 
1821 ;  engaged  in  manufacture  of  tools  at 
Derry  Village,  New  Hampshire. 

(V)  Samuel  Graham,  eldest  son  of  Jesse  J. 
and  Elizabeth  (Graliam)  L^nderhill,  was  born 
January  22.  1809,  in  Chester,  where  he  grew 
up  and  learned  the  trade  of  his  father.  He  en- 
gaged in  the  tool  business  at  Boston  in  1829,  as 
before  related,  and  was  very  successful  and 
prosperous  in  business.  For  some  years  he 
was  retired  and  resided  in  Somerville,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  died.  He  married,  in  1833, 
Mary  Anne,  eldest  child  of  Samuel  and  Han- 
nah (Blanchard)  Dinsmore,  of  Chester  (see 
Dinsmore,  V).  Children:  i.  Jesse,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Anna  Elizabeth,  became  wife  of 
Charles  Perkins.  3.  Elihu,  married  (first) 
Maria  Mann,  (second)  Maria  Smith;  resides 
at  Winthrop,  Massachusetts.  4.  Frances  D., 
is  wife  of  John  C.  Garrett,  of  Somerville  (see 
below).  5.  Mary  W.,  wife  of  Albion  Clapp : 
has  two  children  :  Erma,  wife  of  Professor 
George  White,  and  Albion,  married  Catherine 
Warren,  and  has  a  (laughter.  6.  Samuel  Au- 
gustus, married  Minnie  Warden;  resides  in 
Dartmouth  street.  Somerville.  Their  only  child 
.\lice  died  at  the  age  of  ten  years.  7.  Emma 
G.,  married  William  .Aiken;  resides  in  Win- 
throp. Massachusetts.  Their  only  child  Harry 
married  Eleanor  Stewart  Patrick,  and  thev 
had  three  children:  i.  Eleanor  G..  now  de- 
ceased; ii.  Harry  W.,  Jr.,  born  June  20,  1908; 
iii.  William  Edward,  November  10,  1909  • 
Eleanor  Stewart  Patrick  is  second  daughter  of 
Ralph  and  Annie  (Fennerty)  Patrick,  now  re- 
siding on  Grove  street,  Somerville.  They  are 
the  parents  of  Annie,  Eleanor  Stewart,  Alice 
Souther,    Ralph    Lawson.    IJoyd    .Alexander. 


( ieorge  Hyde  and  William  Edward.  The  latter 
is  now  a  student  at  Harvard  University,  and 
the  second  son  is  pursuing  a  special  course  in 
architecture  in  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology.  The  third  daughter  is  wife  of 
Edwin  E.  Garrett,  of  Somerville  (see  below). 
8.  Caleb  B.,  studied  at  Harvard,  graduated 
-M.  D. ;  died  at  Somerville,  Massachusetts,  soon 
after  graduation. 

John  C.  Garrett  (see  above)  was  youngest 
son  of  Robert  Garrett,  who  was  born  near 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  and  married  Saraii 
.Smith,  a  native  of  London,  and  had  children  : 
Robert,  Ftliza,  Susan,  Sarah,  Richard,  Henry, 
John  C.  and  Laura.  John  C.  Garrett,  born  in 
r.oston,  January  21,  1833,  died  September  25, 
1907.  He  was  a  hardware  proprietor  in  Boston 
thirty-two  years,  at  No.  59  Haverhill  street. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Franklin  Street  Con- 
gregational Church,  Somerville.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican,  but  never  sought  office. 
While  healthy,  he  was  not  robust.  Lie  was  a 
man  of  sterling  character.  He  married  Fran- 
ces D.,  daughter  of  Samuel  G.  and  Mary  A. 
(Dinsmore)  I'nderhill,  of  Somerville.  (See 
L'nderhill,  X).  Children;  i.  Edwin  E.,  mar- 
ried .Alice  Patrick;  has  two  sons;  i.  Francis 
.\.,  born  July  15,  1905;  ii.  Raljih  Lawson,  born 
December  4,  1909.  2.  Ernest  O.,  married  Mary 
r^avis ;  resides  113  Pearl  street,  Somerville; 
they  are  the  parents  of  Maurice  Franklin  Gar- 
rett, born  Sejjtember,  igoi. 

(\'l)  Ca[)tain  Jesse  J.  L'nderhill,  son  of 
.Sanuvel  (iraham  Underbill,  was  born  in  Bos- 
ton, March  3,  1834.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  He  enlisted  for  service  in  the 
civil  war.  September  8,  1862,  in  Company  F, 
h'ortieth  Massachusetts  Regiment,  as  com- 
missar}' sergeant.  This  regiment  was  com- 
manded by  Colonel  Burr  Porter,  and  was  first 
assigned  to  the  defence  of  Washington,  D.  C. 
i-"rom  .\\)v\\  19  to  May,  1863,  he  took  part  in 
the  siege  of  Suffolk.  Virginia  ;  thence  went  to 
r.lackwater  and  took  part  in  the  engagement 
at  llaJtimore  Cross  Roads,  July  2.  From  the 
Peninsula,  \'irginia,  the  regiment  proceeded  to 
.South  Carolina  and  besieged  Fort  Wagner 
from  August  17  to  September  9,  when  the  fort 
was  taken  after  a  bloody  battle.  He  was  in 
the  fighting  at  Morris  Island,  August  21-30; 
at  Seabrook  Farm,  .South  Carolina,  November 
15,  T863 ;  in  the  fighting  at  Fort  Sumter  and 
Folly  Island.  December  31,  1863;  and  in  the 
ex]iedition  to  Florida  under  General  Q.  A.  Gil- 
more  and  .Admiral  Dahlgren,  February  3  to 
.\pril  14,  1864,  and  was  at  the  taking  of  Jack- 
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Camp  Fiiinegaii  and  Arty  Camp,  February  8, 

1864,  and  was  at  the  fight  at  Ten  Mile  Run, 
Florida,  February  9;  at  St.  Mary's  River, 
February  10;  at  Lake  City,  February  11-12;  at 
Gainesville,  February  14;  Barber's  Ford,  Feb- 
ruary 20:  at  llaldwin.  February  22;  Cedar 
Creek,  March  i  ;  Gurth  Creek,  April  2.  The 
regiment  returned  to  the  centre  of  hostilities 
in  \irginia,  and  he  was  in  the  engagement  at 
the  Richmond  &  Petersburg  railroad,  Virginia. 
Alay  5-6,  i8()4;  at  Port  WaUhal,  Chester,  Vir- 
ginia, May  7,  1864:  at  Arrowfield  Church, 
Swift  Creek,  X'irginia.  ^May  9-10;  at  Fort 
Darling.  Drewry's  Bluff,  Wierbottom  Church. 
Proctor's  Creek,  Palmer's  Creek,  Virginia, 
May  12-16;  at  Bermuda  Hundred,  May  16-30: 
at  Cold  Harbor,  Gaines's  Mills,  Salem  Church 
and  Hawes's  Shop.  Virginia.  June  1-12;  at 
Petersbu'rg,  \'irginia.  May  15-19,  20-30.  and 
July  1-31  ;  at  Malvern  Hill  and  Deep  Bottom, 
July  2j  ;  at  Mine  Explosion.  July  30 ;  at  Peters- 
burg again,  August  1-28 — in  all  ninety-six  days 
under  fire,  almost  in  succession.  From  August 
28  to  Septem1)er  28  he  was  on  provost  duty. 
He  took  part  in  the  engagements  at  Fort  Harri- 
son, New  Market.  Chapin's  Farm,  and  Laurel 
Hill,  September  28-30:  at  Bermuda  Hundred, 
September  28  to  October  27.  1864.  and  again 
in  April  3,  1865:  at  I^'air  Oaks.  \'irginia,  Octo- 
ber 27-28,  1864.  and  at  Appomattox.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  to  enter  liichmond.  April  3, 

1865,  and  saw  Lee's  surrender,  .April  9,  1865. 
His  company  was  first  in  his  Corps  in  discipline 
and  morale  on  five  successive  weekly  inspec- 
tions, and  was  then  barred  from  further  com- 
petition and  excused  from  details,  outside 
picket  duty  or  fatigue  duty  for  five  weeks,  and 
as  a  further  reward  for  its  high  standard  was 
made  mounted  infantry  from  January  23  to 
March,  1864.  He  was  successively  in  Brigadier 
( leneral  Abercrombie's  corps  (Seventh).  Sec- 
ond Brigade,  Tenth  Division ;  in  Eleventh 
Corps,  Third  Brigade,  Third  Division,  and  in 
the  Twenty- fourth  Corps.  Third  Brigade,  Third 
Division.  He  was  commissioned  first  lieuten- 
ant February  26,  1863,  and  captain  of  Com- 
pany K,  November  24,  1864.  He  was  mustered 
fjut  at  Richmond.  \'irginia.  June  17.  1865:  paid 
and  honorably  discharged  at  Readville.  ^fassa- 
chu setts,  June  30  following. 

Jle  made  his  home  in  Richmond,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  boot  and  shoe  business  in  that 
city  until  late  in  1873,  when  he  came  to  Somer- 
ville.  ]\Iassachusetts,  where  he  resided  the  rest 
of  his  life.  For  over  twenty-five  years  he  was 
engaged  in  the  wood  and  coal  business,  but  for 
several  vears  previous  to  his  death  he  followed 


the  real  estate  and  insurance  business  with 
offices  at  East  Somerville  and  Winter  Hill.  He 
joined  Grant  I'ost,  No.  i,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Rich- 
mond. \irginia,  in  the  spring  of  1866,  and  in 
1869-70  he  organized  the  first  post  of  colored 
veterans  in  the  country,  that  at  Portsmouth, 
\'irginia.  Later  he  was  a  member  of  Willard 
C.  Kinsley  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Somerville,  and 
of  the  Massachusetts  Commandery.  Military 
( )rder  of  the  Loyal  Legion.  At  the  time  of 
h-s  death  he  was  said  to  be  the  oldest  member 
of  the  Grand  Army  in  the  state  in  regard  t(j 
length  of  membership.  He  was  a  ])rominent 
Republican,  and  keenly  interested  in  public 
affairs.  In  1878  he  was  a  member  of  the  Som- 
erville common  council  and  in  1879-80  of  the 
board  of  alderman,  of  which  he  was  president 
during  his  second  term.  He  was  appointed  one 
of  the  principal  assessors  during  the  last  year 
of  the  administration  of  Mayor  George  O. 
Proctor,  and  served  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
a  period  of  about  seven  years.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Washington  Council.  Home  Circle : 
\\'arren  Lodge,  Knights  of  Honor,  and  secre- 
tary of  Excelsior  Council,  No.  3,  Royal  Ar- 
canum. He  was  financial  reporter  and  treas- 
urer of  the  two  former  organizations  for  sev- 
eral years.  He  died  of  heart  disease,  July  30, 
1903,  at  the  I'oston  City  Hospital,  whither  he 
went  June  17  to  be  under  the  care  of  his  son. 
Dr.  Samuel  G.  Underbill,  resident  physician 
there.  He  married  (first)  in  June,  1866,  at 
Richmond,  X'irginia.  Sarah  J.  Clements,  born 
May  9,  1849.  died  May  28,  189 1,  daughter  of 
Lewis  H.  and  Martha  (Walker)  Clements.  He 
married  (second)  at  Somerville,  July  22,  1895, 
.Sarah  .-X.  Nichols.  Children:  1.  Charles  Lee, 
born  July  20,  1867,  mentioned  below.  2.  Jessie 
Blanche,  born  February  2.  1870;  married  T. 
Richmond  Fletcher,  of  Wellesley  Hills.  3, 
Elizabeth  Bertha,  born  January  26,  1872 ;  mar- 
ried Dr.  .Allen  (Ireenwood,  of  Waltham.  4. 
Samuel  Graham  (M.  D.),  born  May  10,  1876. 
5.  Ida  Florence,  born  September  16,  1883 ; 
graduate  of  Mount  Holyoke  College,  class  of 
1904. 

( \  II )  Charles  Lee,  son  of  Captain  Jesse  J. 
I'nderhill.  was  born  at  Richmond,  July  20. 
1867.  When  he  was  four  years  old  his  father 
came  to  Somerville  with  his  family  and  made 
his  home  at  Cross  street.  The  children  attend- 
ed the  Edgerly  School  and  the  Prescott  School 
of  Somerville.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  Mr. 
L^nderhill  left  school  to  go  to  work,  and  at 
seventeen  he  embarked  in  business  for  him- 
self as  a  manufacturer  of  wrought-iron  and 
steel  hardware  specialties,  being  the  fifth  gen- 


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eratioii  of  the  Underhill  family  in  this  Une  of 
business.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  hooks  for 
truckmen,  longshoremen,  etc.,  for  handling 
cotton,  wool,  hay,  meat,  etc.  \'arions  other 
tools  are  manufactured,  such  as  staging  bracket 
irons,  shingle  and  slate  rippers,  adjustible  lad- 
der hooks,  ripping  and  boning  chisels.  Since 
1896  Mr.  Underhill  has  also  been  engaged  in 
the  retail  hardware  and  paint  trade,  with  store 
at  Oilman  Scjuare,  Somerville,  under  the  name 
(if  the  L'nderhill  Hardware  Company. 

He  lias  been  prominent  in  several  fraternal 
organizations.  He  is  a  member  of  Soley  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons ;  Excelsior  Council,  Royal 
.\rcanuni ;  Somerville  Lotlge  of  Elks  ;  the  Cen- 
tral Club ;  the  Somerville  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association ;  the  Winter  Hill  Improve- 
ment Association ;  and  the  Ward  Five  Repub- 
lican Club.  For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been 
active  in  the  Somerville  lioard  of  Trade,  and 
one  of  its  directors.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce  committee  of 
one  hundred  on  reciprocal  trade  relations,  and 
of  the  sub-committee  of  eleven  ;  and  was  secre- 
tary of  the  New  England  Hardware  Asso- 
ciation from  1907  to  igio.  He  has  taken  an 
active  and  prominent  part  in  public  life.  As 
soon  as  he  came  of  age  he  became  a  zealous 
worker  in  the  Republican  party.  In  1890  he 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  .Somerville 
Young  Men's  Republican  Club,  which  did  effec- 
tive work  in  several  campaigns.  For  several 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Republican  city 
committee.  In  November,  1901,  became  an 
independent  candidate  for  representative.  The 
district  includes  wards  4  and  5,  and  was  so 
overwhelmingly  Republican  that  no  one  prophe- 
sied that  he  had  a  chance  to  win,  but  he  had  a 
l)lurality  of  ninety-si.x  votes,  and  was  re-electerl 
the  following  year  as  the  regular  Republican 
candidate  with  great  unanimity.  In  the  house 
during  his  first  year  he  was  appointed  to  the 
important  committee  on  cities,  and  his  work 
as  clerk  of  that  committee  received  high  praise 
from  many  sources.  The  next  year  he  was 
member  of  the  committee  on  counties  and 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  federal  relations. 
His  work  on  these  committees,  especially  the 
latter,  attracted  wides])read  attention,  and  the 
commendation  of  many  of  the  leading  news- 
papers of  the  state.  He  was  offered  a  third 
nomination  at  the  end  of  his  second  term,  but 
yielded  to  the  advice  of  some  of  his  friends, 
and  entered  the  senatorial  contest.  He  polled 
a  large  vote,  but  failed  to  win  the  nomination. 
At  the  close  of  his  service  in  the  house,  the 
Somerville  Journal  said  of  him  :    "Mr.  Under- 


hill was  not  regarded  as  a  corporation  man,  as 
a  labor  man,  or  as  identified  with  any  particular 
])(ilical  or  personal  interest.  He  was  distinctly 
mentioned  in  the  press  as  being  a  business  man. 
ini|)artially  seeking  to  secure  legislation  for  the 
benefit  of  the  community  in  general.  Early  in 
his  legislative  career  he  became  known  as  one 
of  the  best  informed  and  most  effective  de- 
baters in  the  house.  Naturally  then,  he  took 
an  influential  part  in  shaping  legislation.  Not 
oratorical  in  manner,  but  straightforward  and 
businesslike,  and  with  good  reasoning  powers, 
he  always  received  the  close  attentit)n  from  his 
fellow-members.  Anything  in  the  nature  of  a 
graft  or  a  drive  upon  the  ]Hiblic  funds  was 
strenuously  opposed  by  Mr.  Underhill."  Mr. 
Underhill  returned  to  the  general  court  in 
1907,  and  served  on  the  committee  on  federal 
relations  and  ])ay  roll.  In  1908  he  was  re- 
elected and  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
])ublic  lighting  and  ranking  member  of  the 
committee  on  rules.  In  1909  he  was  again  re- 
elected, and  received  the  same  committee  ap- 
pointments as  in  1908.  The  Boston  Evening 
Record  said,  March  3,  1909:  "Representative 
Underhill  of  Somerville,  leader  of  the  speaker's 
cabinet  and  chairman  of  the  public  highway 
committee,  has  been  notable  in  past  years  for 
his  independence  and  his  good  fighting  qual- 
ities. .\ggressiveness  gains  position  as  well  as 
fame  and  fortune,  but  also  makes  enemies. 
This  year,  however,  he  realizes  the  responsi- 
bility of  being  right-hand  man  to  the  speaker, 
and  his  conservatism,  consideration,  modera- 
tion and  tact,  are  exciting  complimentary  com- 
ments." Practical  Politics  in  its  issue  of  July 
TO,  1909,  said  of  him:  "A  great  deal  of  the 
success  of  .Speaker  \\'alker's  first  year  in  the 
chair  was  due  in  no  small  measure  to  the  cap- 
able management  of  the  representative  from 
Somerville.  Representative  Underbill  did  not 
hold  himself  aloof  from  the  rest  of  the  mem- 
bership and  did  not  make  the  mistake  of  re- 
garding himself  as  the  last  word  as  to  the 
policy  of  the  house.  *  *  His  eminent  fair- 
ness made  him  many  friends.  The  committee 
on  ])nl)lic  lighting  never  had  a  more  successful 
year  than  under  the  leadership  of  Representa- 
tive l'nderhill.  With  four  years'  service  in 
the  house,  embracing  membershi])  on  the  com- 
mittees on  rules,  public  lighting,  cities,  counties, 
federal  relations,  and  pay-roll.  Representative 
Underhill  has  a  diversified  experience  that  well 
equips  him  to  stand  at  Speaker  Walker's  right 
hand  in  upholding  the  high  traditions  of  the 
commonwealth  in  matters  of  legislation." 
Mr.  Underhill  is  an  attendant  of  the  Winter 


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Hill  Congregational  Church.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1892,  at  W'altham,  ]\Ia,ssachusetts, 
Edith  Lamprey,  born  at  Galesburg,  Illinois, 
daughter  of  John  and  Ellen  ( Ewing)  Lamp- 
rey. Children:  i.  Helen,  born  January  17, 
1893,  died  1898.  2.  Phoebe,  born  June  27, 
1895.  3.  Doris,  January  3,  1897.  4.  Albion 
Perry,  February  28.  1899.  5.  Jesse  J.,  Febru- 
ary 2,  1905. 

(The   Din.smore  Line). 

Uinsmore  is  among  the  noted  Scotch-Irish 
families  which  have  contributed  many  promi- 
nent citizens  to  New  Hampshire  as  well  as  to 
other  states.  It  has  been  one  of  the  most 
prolific  of  New  England  families,  and  many 
jurists,  poets  and  other  professional  men  have 
been  numbered  among  the  descendants.  The 
first  of  whom  we  have  any  account  in  family 
tradition  was  a  landed  proprietor  of  Auchen 
Mead,  in  Scotland.  His  name  has  not  been 
preserved,  but  accounts  of  him  indicate  that  he 
was  a  man  of  independent  means  and  aristo- 
cratic nature.  The  name  is  found  with  various 
spellings  in  this  country,  such  as  Dinsmoor, 
Dinsmore  and  Densmore,  and  other  variations. 
In  the  early  records  of  Londonderry,  New 
Hampshire,  it  appears  as  Dinsmoor,  and  this 
form  is  used  in  the  early  generations  herein. 

(I)  John  Dinsmoor,  a  younger  son,  became 
offended  because  his  father  required  him  to 
hold  the  stirrup  while  an  older  son  mounted 
his  horse.  Considering  this  a  great  indignity, 
he  ran  away  from  home  at  the  age  of  seven- 
teen years  and  iiroceeded  to  county  Antrim, 
Ireland,  where  he  lived  to  the  great  age  of 
ninety-nine  years,  and  was  noted  for  his  piety 
and  strength  of  character.  He  had  four  sons, 
the  elder  of  whom,  John,  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica, the  first  one  of  the  name  to  come  to  this 
country.  He  was  probably  among  the  com- 
pany who  arrived  late  in  1718,  and  was  scat- 
tered along  the  coast  through  the  succeeding 
winter.  Of  his  brothers  we  have  no  account 
He  proceeded  ultimately,  after  great  hardships 
and  a  narrow  ascape  from  burning  by  the 
Indians,  to  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  received  a  grant  of  sixty  acres  of 
land. 

(Ill)  David,  grandson  of  John  Dinsmoor, 
was  born  in  17 14,  and  was  a  tailor  by  occupa- 
tion, which  he  followed  in  northern  Ireland 
before  coming  to  this  country.  His  employer, 
one  Kennedy,  died,  and  David  subsequently 
married  the  widow.  About  1745  they  sailed 
from  Londonderry,  Ireland,  and  landed  in 
Boston  after  a  voyage  of  three  months,  during 

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which  they  were  put  upon  short  rations.  They 
brought  with  them  a  fla.x  and  linen  wheel,  and 
liis  wife  immediately  began  the  manufacture 
of  linen  thread  for  sale.  They  soon  moved  to 
Londonderry,  and  here  the  husband  worked  at 
his  trade.  On  May  8,  1747,  he  received  a  deed 
of  lot  No.  22,  fourth  division  of  Chester,  in 
Derrytield.  Eleven  years  later  he  purchased 
the  west  half  of  lot  No.  84,  second  part  of  the 
second  division  of  Chester,  on  which  he  settled. 
His  wife  Elizabeth  died  in  1907,  at  the  age  of 
ninety-seven.  Children  of  David  and  wife: 
Samuel,  James,  David,  Thomas,  Arthur,  Rob- 
ert and  Mary. 

(IV)  Robert,  youngest  son  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  Dinsmore,  was  born  March  24,  1752, 
in  Chester,  and  resided  upon  the  paternal  home- 
stead in  that  town,  where  he  died  January  10, 
1824,  He  married  Abigail,  probably  a  daugh- 
ter of  Elijihaz  Sanborn,  of  Chester.  She  died 
November  27,  1800.  Children:  David  (died 
young);  Robert,  born  1784;  Reuben,  1785, 
settled  in  Maine ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below ; 
John.  1790,  removed  to  Texas  ;  Elizabeth,  1791, 
married  Nathaniel  B.  Remick,  and  resided  in 
Anson,  Maine ;  James,  1796.  died  in  West- 
minster, \'ermont. 

(V)  Deacon  Samuel,  fourth  son  of  Robert 
and  and  .\bigail  (Sanborn)  Dinsmore,  was 
born  February  15,  1788,  and  resided  on  the 
homestead  originally  settled  by  his  grand- 
father, where  he  died  in  March,  1864.  He  mar- 
ried, December  26,  181 1,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Sarah  (Calfe)  Blanchard,  born 
January  7,  1790  (see  Blanchard,  V).  Chil- 
dren :  Mary  Anne,  Nancy,  Hannah,  Abbie, 
Judith,  John,  Samuel,  Robert,  Arthur,  Filene, 
Deborrah,  and  a  daughter  who  died  in  infancy. 

(VI)  Mary  .\nne,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (Blanchard)  Dinsmore,  became  the 
wife  of  Samuel  G.  ITnderhill,  of  Chester  (see 
Underbill,  V). 

(The   Blanchard    Line). 

The  early  New  England  families  of  the 
P.lanchard  name  have  given  many  useful  citi- 
zens to  all  portions  of  the  United  States.  It 
has  furnished  divines,  college  presidents,  pub- 
lishers, inventors,  and  active  and  progressive 
men  to  nearly  every  state  in  the  Union,  and  is 
to-day  among  the  leaders  of  thought  and  action 
in  every  walk  of  life. 

(I)  Thomas  Blanchard,  emigrant  ancestor 
of  the  principal  family  of  the  name  in  New 
England,  was  probably  from  Andover,  Eng- 
lanci.  In  1639,  leaving  Hampshire  with  his 
wife  Agnes  and  children,  he  sailed  in  the  ship 


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"Jonathan"  for  Boston.  His  wife  died  during 
the  voyage.  He  landed  June  23,  1639,  in  New- 
England.  He  lived  for  a  time  in  Braintree  and 
Maiden,  and  in  February,  165 1,  purchased  for 
two  hundred  pounds  a  house  and  two  hundred 
acres  of  land  on  the  Mystic  side  of  Charles- 
town,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  his 
death.  May  21,  1654.  Mary,  second  wife,  sur- 
vived him,  and  died  1663.  His  sons  were; 
John,  George,  Thomas,  Samuel,  Nathaniel  and 
[oseph. 

(H)  Deacon  John,  eldest  son  of  Thomas 
Blanchard,  was  made  a  freeman  in  1649,  and 
was  among  the  largest  landholders  of  Dun- 
stable (now  Nashua)  but  the  time  of  this 
settlement  there  is  not  shown.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  proprietors  of  the  town,  and  was 
elected  a  selectman  at  a  proprietors'  meeting 
in  Ifi83.  He  was  among  the  founders  of  the 
church  there  in  1685,  and  it  may  be  presumed 
that  he  was  then  a  resident.  His  will,  made 
March  13,  1693,  proved  April  10,  1694,  shows 
his  wife's  name  to  have  been  Hannah,  and 
names  children:  Benjamin,  Joseph.  James, 
Thomas,  Elizabeth  (Parish),  Hanna  (Reed), 
Sarah,  Mary  and  Nathaniel.  Besides  various 
home  lots,  meadows  and  other  lands,  hs  will 
disposes  of  four  hundred  acres  lying  east  of 
the  Merrimack  river.  In  dividing  lands  be- 
tween the  two  eldest  sons  he  stipulates  that  if 
either  dispose  of  his  land  he  shall  give  first 
tender  to  the  other.  The  will  is  an  excellent 
sample  of  the  quaint  documents  of  his  time. 

(HI)  Captain  Joseph,  second  son  of  Deacon 
lohn  Blanchard.  married  May  25,  1696,  Abiah, 
"daughter  of  Joseph  Hassell,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Dunstable.  She  survived  him  nine- 
teen years,  dying  December  8,  1746,  aged  sev- 
enty vears.  He  passed  away  in  1727.  Theii- 
children  were:  Elizabeth,  Esther.  Hannah, 
Joseph.  Rachel  (died  in  infancy).  Susannah, 
"fane,  Rachel  and  Eleazer  (died  one  year  old). 
(IV)  Colonel  Joseph  (2),  only  surviving 
son  of  Captain  Joseph  (i)  and  Abiah  (Has- 
sell) Blanchard,  was  born  February  II.  1704. 
in  Nashua  (Dunstable),  and  died  April  7,  1758. 
He  was  a  surveyor  for  the  Masonian  Pro- 
prietors in  New  Hampshire,  and  was  justice 
of  the  superior  court,  1749-58.  He  bore  the 
niilitarv  title  of  Colonel,  and  owned  lands  in 
Litchfield,  New  Hampshire,  in  1745.  He  was 
among  the  original  grantees  of  the  town  of 
Thornton  in  that  colony,  where  he  died.  He 
married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Jonathan  (2) 
Hubbard,  who  survived  him  many  years,  pass- 
ing away  .April  17.  1774.  Their  children  were  : 
Sarah,  died  twenty  years  old  ;  Eleazer  and  Sus- 


annah, twins  ;  Rebecca  ;  Sarah,  died  in  infancy  ; 
Catherine;  Jonathan;  Sarah;  James;  Au- 
gustus; Caleb;  Hannah  and  Joseph. 

(V)  Joseph  (3),  youngest  child  of  Colonel 
Joseph  (2)  and  Rebecca  (^Hubbard)  Blanch- 
ard, was  born  1753,  in  Litchfield,  and  served 
a  portion  of  an  apprenticeship  as  clothier.  At 
the  age  of  about  nineteen  years  he  went  to 
Chester,  New  Hampshire,  to  work  for  Robert 
Calfe  (now  usually  spelled  Calef)  as  a  clothier, 
and  in  1777  he  purchased  a  cloth  mill  in  that 
town,  of  which  Calef  ac<|uired  one-half  inter- 
est. He  was  a  shrewd  and  industrious  citizen. 
of  genial  nature  and  fond  of  anecdote.  He  re- 
ceived a  very  limited  education,  but  his  natural 
ability  soon  brought  into  public  service,  and 
he  was  representative  of  Chester  in  the  state 
legislature  from  1788  to  1793,  and  was  a  dele- 
gate in  the  state  convention  which  ratified  the 
federal  constitution  and  also  revised  the  state 
constitution.  He  was  two  or  three  years  a 
member  of  the  senate,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  government  council  in  1800-01.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah,  only  child  of  Robert  Calef,  who 
died  December  2,  1793,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) in  April,  1794,  Dorothy  (Johnson), 
widow  of  David  Folsoni.  He  died  March  7, 
1833,  aged  eighty  years,  and  was  survived  over 
three  years  by  his  second  wife,  who  died  May 
14,  1836,  aged  eighty-eight.  Children:  Jo- 
seph, Lucy,  married  Thomas  Montgomery,  and 
lived  in  Vermont ;  Eleazer,  died  at  the  age  of 
twenty-seven  years :  Nancy,  died  unmarried ; 
Sally,  married  Josiah  Melvin,  and  lived  in 
Maine ;  Cyrus,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-two 
years;  Hannah,  mentioned  below;  Polly,  wife 
of  Richard  Fitts  lived  in  Salisbury. 

(\'l)  Hannah,  fourth  daughter  of  Joseph 
(3)  and  Sarah  (Calef)  Blanchard.  born  in 
Chester,  became  the  wife  of  Deacon  Samuel 
Dinsmore.  of  Chester  (see  Dinsmore,  V). 


It  is  doubtful  if  many  names  in 
1 '( )RTER     New  England  can  show  so  many 

early  American  ancestors  as 
I'orter.  No  less  than  eight  men  bearing  this 
name  emigrated  to  America  before  1653.  all 
except  one  being  here  by  1640  or  earlier.  Rich- 
ard Porter  settled  in  "Weymouth.  Massachu- 
setts, in  1653.  John  Porter  was  at  Hingham. 
three  miles  distaiit.  the  same  year.  It  is  thought 
thev  were  brothers,  but  this  is  not  positively 
proven.  John  Porter  settled  at  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, in  1638;  previous  to  this  he  is  said  to 
have  been  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts.  Rob- 
ert and  Thomas  Porter,  brothers,  were  among 
the    eighty-four    proprietors    of    Farmington, 


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Connecticut,  in  1640.  This  branch  of  the  family 
is  especially  ni)te(l :  Robert  was  ancestor  of 
President  \'oah  Porter  of  Yale  College,  and 
his  distinguished  sister,  Miss  Sarah  Porter, 
who  for  many  years  had  the  most  noted  private 
school  for  girls  in  the  country  at  her  home  in 
Farmington.  There  was  also  a  Daniel  Porter, 
surgeon,  of  Farmington,  Connecticut,  who  was 
there  before  1653.  Abel  Porter  was  admitted 
to  the  church  in  Boston,  January  23,  1641. 
John  Porter  was  made  freeman  in  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts,  November  5,  1633.  He  was  a 
follower  of  Rev.  John  Wheelwright  and  Ann 
Hutchinson,  and  was  compelled  to  remove  to 
Rhode  Island.  The  David  Porter  family,  of 
whom  five  generations  served  in  the  navy. 
reached  the  climax  of  its  distinction  in  Admiral 
David  Dixon  Porter,  whose  history  is  too  well 
known  to  require  further  mention.  The  origin 
of  the  name  of  Porter  is  interesting.  The 
ancestry  of  John  Porter,  of  \\  indsor,  has  been 
traced  through  sixteen  generations  to  William 
de  la  Grande,  a  Xorman  knight,  who  went  to 
Fngland  with  William  the  Con(|ueror,  and  ac- 
quired lands  near  Kenilworth  in  Warwickshire. 
His  son,  Ralph  or  Roger,  became  "Crand 
Porteur"  to  Henry  I.,  serving  from  1120  to 
1 140,  and  from  this  circumstance  came  the 
name  of  Porter,  as  now  used. 

(  I)  John  Porter  was  born  in  luigland,  ])rob- 
ably  in  Dorsetshire,  i^i)yc/>.  In  a  deposition 
made  by  him  in  i65q  he  gave  his  age  as  sev- 
enty-three years,  and  another  in  1674  gave  his 
age  as  seventy-nine.  The  time  of  his  coming 
to  America  cannot  be  definitely  settled  and  the 
name  of  the  vessel  on  which  he  sailed  is  un- 
known. He  may  have  lived  a  short  time  in 
Boston  before  settling  in  Hingham,  where  he 
is  found  of  record  as  early  as  1635.  No  grant 
of  land  to  him  is  found  at  that  time,  but  a 
grant  made  to  another  in  that  year,  at  "Weary- 
all  Hill"  (now  known  as  Otis  Hill),  is  de- 
scribed as  abutting  on  land  of  John  Porter. 
He  was  a  tanner  by  trade,  but  probably  gave 
attention  chiefly  to  agriculture,  as  he  is  shown 
to  have  had  large  landed  possessions  for  his 
day.  His  house-lot  was  granted  September  t, 
1637.  and  the  next  day  seven  acres  were  laid 
out  for  him,  of  which  five  acres  were  for  plant- 
ing :  also  thirty-eight  acres  for  a  "great  lot" 
on  the  east  side  of  the  river :  four  acres  of  salt 
marsh  at  Lyford's  "licking  meadows" :  three 
acres  of  fresh  meadow  at  "Crooked  Meadows"  ; 
for  a  small  planting  lot,  five  acres  at  the  "Plain 
Neck" :  two  acres  of  salt  meadow  at  Wear 
neck :  and  two  acres  of  meadow  at  "Turkey 
^leadows."      An    intelligent    and    industrious 


man,  he  was  well  known  in  the  colony  and  ex- 
ercised much  influence  in  the  management 
of  ah'airs,  filling  many  official  positions,  in- 
cluding deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1668. 
He  died  September  6,  1676,  at  Salem  Village 
I  now  Danversj,  Massachusetts.  His  widow, 
Mary,  whom  he  probably  married  in  England, 
died  February  6,  1684-85.  Children:  John, 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Israel,  Mary,  Jon- 
athan and  Sarah. 

(II)  Israel,  fifth  son  of  John  and  Mary 
Porter,  was  baptized  February  12,  1743,  in 
Hingham,  by  Rev.  Peter  IlobaVt,  and  died  in 
November,  1706,  in  Salem.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  taxpayers  in  that  part  of  Old  Salem,  now 
Danvers,  in  1682,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
first  church.  In  1676  he  bought  of  his  brother 
Benjamin  his  half  of  the  land  which  they  in- 
herited from  their  father,  nine  score  acres.  He 
was  agent  and  trustee  of  Salem  village,  April 
15,  1681,  and  on  October  11,  1686,  with  other 
selectmen  and  trustees  of  the  town,  he  pur- 
chased from  the  Indians,  for  twenty  pounds, 
all  the  tract  of  land,  "lying  to  the  westward  of 
liass  river,  whereupon  the  town  of  Salem  is 
built."  He  married,  Novem^)er  20,  1672,  Eliz- 
abeth, daughter  of  Major  ^^■illiam  and  Ann 
Hathorn,  born  July  5,  1649.  Children  :  Eliza- 
beth, Sarah,  John,  Ginger,  Alary.  Isabel,  Ben- 
jann'ii  (  died  young  ),  Anne.  William  and  Benja- 
min. 

(HI)  Benjamin,  youngest  child  of  Israel 
and  Elizabeth  (Hathorn)  Porter,  was  born 
May  17,  1693,  in  Salem  village,  and  died  there 
in  December,  1726.  He  married,  April  3, 
1712,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Han- 
nah (Felton)  Fndicott,  born  1(591.  Children: 
John,  Hannah,  Benjamin.  Samuel  and  Barthol- 
omew. 

(I\')  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Hannah  ( Endicott )  Porter,  was  born  about 
1712  and  died  in  1759.  He  lived  in  Danvers 
and  was  an  inn-holder.     He  married  Apphia 

,    who    married    (second)    August    12, 

1762,  Asa  Perley,  of  Boxford.  Children  :  Eliz- 
abeth, John,  Benjamin,  Abigail,  Ezra,  Nathan, 
Anna,  Apphia  and  Mary. 

(V)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  John  (2)  Porter, 
was  baptized  October  22,  1738,  in  Danvers. 
middle  precinct,  died  in  Wiscasset,  Maine, 
1805.  He  was  a  potter  by  trade.  He  sold 
lands  in  Danvers,  March  21,  1783.  to  Gideon 
Putnam,  inn-keeper,  and  probably  settled  soon 
afterward  at  U'iscasset.  He  married  Eunice 
Osborne.  Children :  Jonathan.  Ezra  Andrew 
and  probably  two  or  more  daughters. 

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was  born  in  1769  in  Danvers,  died  January  9. 
1847,  at  Wiscasset.  He  moved  to  Wiscasset 
when  about  twenty  years,  and  followed  his 
father's  trade  of  potter.  He  was  married  three 
times.  Children  by  first  wife:  Hannah,  John, 
Harriet,  Silas,  mentioned  below. 

(VTI)  Silas,  son  of  Ezra  I'orter,  was  born 
.March  13,  1804.  in  Wiscasset,  died  there  Janu- 
ary II,  1882.  He  learned  the  trade  of  potter 
and  carried  on  a  business  of  his  own  in  pottery 
at  Wiscasset  until  his  death.  He  was  a  Meth- 
odist in  religion,  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
married,  December,  1828,  Mary  Hilton,  born 
December  25.  1809,  in  Wiscasset,  died  March 
20,  1895.  Children;  i.  Mary,  born  October 
24,  1829;  married,  August  3,  1849,  Charles 
Crossman  :  she  died  April  13,  1896;  children: 
Mary  E.  and  Jesse  O.  Crossman.  2.  l!etsey 
H.,  March  4.  1831  ;  died  May  3,  1850.  3.  Silas, 
October  29,  1833;  married,  in  i860.  Maty 
Dickenson  and  had  one  child  that  died  in  in- 
fancy. 4.  Harriet  _R.,  .August  20,  1837 ;  mar- 
ried, May  12,  1857.  Charles  W.  White;  she 
died  .\ugust  30,  i860;  daughter  Harriet  O. 
White  died  June,  1869.  3.  .\sbury,  July,  1840; 
died  January,  1863,  while  in  the  service  in  the 
civil  war.  6.  George  Melville,  mentioned  below. 

7.  Sarah  Josephine,  January.  1847;  died  1864. 

8.  Wilbur  Fiske,  December  24.  1848.  9.  Luther 
French,  July  6,  1852;  married  Elizabeth 
Getchell;  children:  i.  Alice,  died  in  1905;  ii. 
Grace,  married  William  Robinson  and  has  one 
son,  Herman,  born  1905. 

(VHI)  George  Melville,  son  of  Silas  Por- 
ter, was  born  August  6,  1845,  at  Wiscasset, 
Maine.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  In  boyhood  he  was  em- 
jjloyed  in  the  lumber  mills  at  Wiscasset.  In 
1863,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  went  to  East 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  found  employment 
with  W.  C.  Richards,  dealer  in  hardware  and 
stoves.  He  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  business  and  in  a  few  years  was  ad- 
mitted to  partnership  by  his  employer.  Develop- 
ments and  changes  took  place  to  meet  the 
modern  demands  of  business,  and  in  1890  Mr. 
Porter  purchased  the  interest  of  his  partner, 
remaining  the  sole  proprietor  until  1906  when 
the  business  was  incorporated  under  the  name 
of  the  Porter- Whidden  Company,  Mr.  Porter 
becoming  treasurer.  Some  of  the  old  lines 
were  abandoned  and  new  lines  taken  up  to 
meet  new  conditions.  The  business  has  grown 
constantly.  New  mills  have  been  established 
at  East  r>oston  and  engines  and  other  ma- 
chinery manufactured.  For  more  than  forty 
years  the  retail  business  has  been  conducted 


at  the  same  stand  and  the  concern  is  widely 
and  favorably  known  to  the  trade.  He  is 
interested  in  various  other  industries  and  is 
a  trustee  of  the  East  Boston  Savings  Bank.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Methodist  and  he  is  a  trustee 
of  the  Saratoga  Street  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  Jn  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  he 
is  held  in  the  highest  respect  in  the  community 
as  a  sound  and  enterprising  merchant,  and  a 
useful  citizen.  He  married  (first)  January  11, 
1870,  M.  .Abbie  Xye,  who  died  .Vpril  19,  1897, 
daughter  of  James  P.  and  Susan  (Hamblen) 
Xye.  He  married  (second)  October  6,  1903, 
Georgia  Merfie  Whidden,  daughter  of  Andrew 
(lilman  and  Elizabeth  Merfie  (Goodwin) 
Whidden,  of  Boston.  (See  Whidden,  VI). 
She  attended  the  Boston  public  schools,  and 
graduated  from  the  high  school  in  the  class  of 
1870,  from  Bradford  Academy  in  the  class  of 
1872  and  was  two  years  under  Professor  Hud- 
son at  Cambridge.  She  has  always  been  a 
very  active  and  influential  member  of  the 
Methodist  church.  At  the  present  time  she  is 
a  member  of  St.  Mark's  Methodist  Church  of 
lirookline,  and  for  three  years  was  president 
of  the  Ladies'  Society  of  this  church.  For  a 
|)eriod  of  ten  years  she  was  connected  with 
the  New  England  Deaconess  work  and  is  a 
director  of  the  New  England  Deaconess  Board. 
She  is  vice-president  of  the  Young  Women's 
Christian  Assaciation  of  Boston,  of  the  North 
End  Mission  of  Boston  and  of  the  Hospital 
(iuild.  The  Whidden  Memorial  Hospital  of 
Everett  was  given  by  her  as  a  memorial  of 
her  father  and  mother,  who  were  residents  of 
Everett  for  twenty  years.  She  is  a  hospital 
commissioner  of  the  city  of  Everett.  She  is 
a  trustee  of  various  estates  and  director  in 
various  other  charitable  and  philanthropic 
organizations.  Children  of  George  Melville 
and  M.  .Abbic  Porter:  i.  Herbert,  born  De- 
cember, 1878:  died  January  20,  1899;  grad- 
uate of  the  Boston  grammar  and  high  schools. 

2.  Florence,  graduate  of  the  Boston  high  school 
and  Lasell  Seminary ;  died  aged  twenty  years. 

3.  Gertrude,  graduate  of  the  Brookline  high 
school  in  1906,  now  pursuing  a  course  in  vocal 
and  instnunental  music  under  private  tutors. 

(The  Whidden   Line). 

The  surname  A\'hidden  is  undoubtedly  the 
same  as  Wheaton  and  Whedon  but  the  relation- 
ship of  the  various  immigrant  ancestors  of  the 
families  of  these  surnames  has  not  been  defi- 
nitely determined. 

(I)  Michael  Whidden  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, probably  about  1650.  He  settled  in  Ports- 


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mouth.  New  Hampshire,  fie  and  his  wife 
Mary  were  members  of  the  Portsmouth  church 
in  iC>(j9.  \arious  records  of  Whidden  are 
found  at  Portsmouth  from  1 67 1  to  1697.  .\11 
of  the  surname  are  descended  from  him.  Chil- 
dren:  ^lichael,  Samuel  and  John.  Samuel 
and  Joiin  were  subscribers  to  maintain  Rev. 
Mr.  IMoody  as  minister  at  Portsmouth  in  1671, 
and  a  Samuel  fought  in  the  war  in  1708. 

(II)' Michael  (2),  son  of  Michael  (1) 
Whidden,  married,  in  Portsmouth,  June  6, 
1694,  Elizabeth  Meservey.  They  joined  the 
Portsmouth  church,  August  9,  1708,  and  their 
children  were  baptized  together  June  5,  1709, 
viz:  Michael,  John,  Samuel,  Abigail  and  Eliz- 
abeth. The  family  settled  in  Portsmouth  and 
in  the  adjacent  towns  of  Rye,  Xewington  and 
Cjreenland,  Xew  Hampshire.  According  to 
the  first  federal  census  of  1790  there  were  five 
families  at  i'ortsnionth  of  this  surname,  Mich- 
ael with  nine  persons,  (leorge  with  six,  James 
witii  seven  and  Joseph  with  eleven. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Michael  (2)  Wliid- 
den,  was  baptized  June  5,  1709.  He  was  ])er- 
haps  the  same  Samuel  who  married,  January 
8,  1745.  at  Portsmouth.  Hannah  Langdon.  He 
had  sons :  \\'illiam,  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

f'I\')  Thomas,  son  of  Samuel  W'hidden,  as 
shown  1)\  deed-,  mi  the  jiosscssion  of  Mrs. 
■George  M.  Porter,  was  born  in  Portsmouth 
or  vicinity  about  1750.  He  married  (first) 
Maria :  (second)  at  Portsmouth,  Janu- 
ary 13,  1800,  Nancy  Marden.  He  had  a  leas^ 
of  land  at  Little  Harbor  in  1819.  Children: 
I.  Thomas  J.,  mentioned  below.  2.  Nancy, 
died  at  Portsmoutli.  March  11,  1872.  Perhaps 
other  children. 

(V)  Thomas  J.,  son  of  Thomas  Whidden. 
ivas  born  in  1781  at  Portsmouth.  He  was  a 
prosperous  farmer  at  Portsmouth,  and  died 
there  February  25,  1872.  He  was  a  lieutenant 
m  the  war  of  1812.  In  religion  he  was  a  Bap- 
tist. He  held  the  office  of  road  survevor  in 
Portsmouth  at  one  time.  He  leased  the  Wood- 
ward farm  in  1813.  fie  worked  for  James 
Rundlett  for  one  year,  beginning  March  28. 
181^.  and  leased  the  farm  the  following  year, 
according  to  a  document  still  jireserved.  His 
I'ncle  W'lliam  deeded  land  of  his  grandfather 
to  Thomas  J.  Whidden,  December  16,  181 5, 
subject  to  the  life  interest  of  Samuel's  widow. 
William  and  Samuel  Whidden  deeded  land  at 
Rye  to  Thomas  J.  \Miidden,  December  16, 
181 5.  He  leased  a  farm  of  Elizabeth  Nelson 
in  Portsmouth,  in  April,  1816.  He  bought 
land  in  1823  and  1827  in  Portsmouth.  The 
deeds  and  leases  of  this  property  are  still  in 


the  possession  of  Mrs.  George  .Melville  Whid- 
den Porter,  of  Brookline,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (first)  in  1800,  Elizabeth  Dow,  who 
ihed  in  1829.  He  married  (second)  January 
3,  1830,  .\nna  Partridge  Foss,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Tucker)  Foss,  of  Rye.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  Thomas  J.,  died  young. 
2.  Enoch  Coffin,  born  May  18,  1808;  died  Sep- 
tember, 1809.  3.  Enoch  Coffin,  May,  1810; 
mentioned  below.  4.  John  Wentworth,  Sep- 
tember, 1 81 2,  mentioned  below.  5.  Oliver.  6. 
Thomas  J.,  June   17.   1817;  mentioned  below. 

7.  I'^lizabeth  Haines,  C)ctober,  1819;  died  1887. 

8.  Andrew  (iilman,  Jiuie  4,  1822;  mentioned 
lielow.  9.  Stephen  Huse,  October,  1825;  part- 
ner of  his  brother  Andrew  G.  and  president  of 
tile  First  Ward  National  Bank  of  Boston ; 
president  of  the  Marine  Railway  and  the  East 
Huston  Gas  Company:  married  Lucy  Elling- 
wood  :  children:  i.  Stephen,  died  young;  ii. 
.\nne  Louise,  married  Charles  Choate  Pond, 
son  of  Judge  Pond,  and  had  three  children  ; 
iii.  Elizaljeth  Dow,  married  W^ard  Bent. 

(  \'i  )  luioch  Coffin,  son  of  Thomas  J.  Whid- 
den. born  in  May,  1810,  dietl  in  1862,  at 
llangor,  Maine.  He  married,  in  1832,  Eliza- 
beth   .     Children:     i.  Clarinda,  lives  at 

ISrunswick,  Maine.  2.  Harriet,  born  1840; 
died  at  Portsmouth  in  i()02;  married  George 
Green,  son  of  Hon.  Tht)mas  tireen,  once  mayor 
of  Portsmouth :  had  one  son  and  two  daugh- 
ters :     PLdward  :  Alice,  married  Fiske ; 

Ethel,  married Ayres,  of  Haverhill. 

(\  I)  John  Wentworth,  son  of  Thomas  J. 
\\  hidden,  was  born  in  Se]itember,  1812,  and 
\\a<  drowned  at  New  Orleans,  and  in  an  effort 
to  rescue  liim  his  brother  C)liver  was  also 
drowned.  He  married  Pllizabeth  Rundlett. 
Children:  i.  .\ndrew.  born  1846,  died  in 
Libby  prison  (hiring  the  civil  war.  2.  .\delaide, 
died  i8!')4,  aged  twenty,  unmarried.  3.  Sam- 
uel, born  1850:  lives  in  I'ortsnionth;  married 
twice  and  has  several  children. 

I  \'I  I  Tliomas  J.  (2 ),  son  of  Thomas  J.  (1) 
W  lii(l<len,  was  born  June  17,  1817,  at  Ports- 
mouth, Xew  Hampshire.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  scliools  of  his  native  place.  He 
came  to  Boston  when  a  young  man  and  be- 
came a  mason  and  hriilder.  From  a  modest 
beginning  he  became  one  of  the  leading  con- 
tractors of  the  city.  He  built  the  reservoir 
for  the  city  on  Temple  street,  now  part  of  the 
State  House  property,  and  ])art  of  the  Chest- 
nut Hill  reservoir;  he  was  one  of  the  com- 
missioners who  built  the  courthouse,  and  he 
built  man}'  other  public  buildings  and  business 
structures.     He  was  president  of  the  Massa- 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


chusetts  Charitable  Mechanics  Society  of  Bos- 
ton.    He  served  the  city  as  alderman  and  held 
other  positions  of  private  and  public  trust.    He 
was  highly  respected   for  his  great  ability  in 
his  own  line  of  business,  his  sound  judgment 
and  public  spirit.     In  politics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat :   in  religion  a   Universalist ;   was  trustee 
of  Copley  Square  Church.     He  was  a  promi- 
nent  member   of   the   Masons.     He   married, 
October    3,    1844,    Ann    C.    Marvin,   of    New 
Castle.  New  Hampshire.  Children:  i.  Thomas, 
died  young.  2.  Thomas  Marvin,  married  Annie 
.\very  ;  children  :  Thomas,  Margaret  and  Rob- 
ert.    3.    Lucy  A.,  married   fioward  Jackson; 
children :      .\nnie,    Bessie   and   Howard   Jack- 
son.    4.  Lillian,  died  aged  sixteen.     5.  William 
Marcy,  married  Alice  Wyngate,  of  Portland, 
Oregon  ;  has  three  pairs  of  twins :     May,  mar- 
ried a   Mr.   Taylor,  of   New   York,  and  Ray. 
student  at   Harvard   Medical   School;  Austin, 
a  student  at  Harvard  College,  and  Thomas,  a 
student  at  the  academy  at  Quincy,  Massachu- 
setts ;  the  other  two  children,  twins  of  Austin 
and  Thomas,  died  young.     5.  Mary  Elizabeth, 
died   aged   sixteen.     6.    Bradlee    (twin),  mar- 
ried  Florence  Cobb  and  has  no  children.     7. 
Renton  (twin),  married  Mabel  Locke  and  has 
a   daughter    Eleanor.      8.    Stephen    Hampden, 
lives  at  West  Newton  ;  married  Annie  Willard  : 
children :  Rachel,  William,  Thomas  and  others. 
(VI)   Andrew   Oilman,   son   of   Thomas   J. 
Whidden,    was    born    at    Portsmouth,    New 
Hampshire,  June  4,   1822.     He  was  educated 
there  in  the  i)ublic  schools.     He  left  home  at 
the  age  of  nine  years  and  was  apprenticed  to 
three  dift'ereiU  masters.     He  learned  the  trade 
of  shi|)wright.  also  ship-calking  and  ship-build- 
ing.    He  came  to  Boston  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  and  worked  at  ship-calking  and  ship-build- 
ing.    When  he  was  twenty-three  he  embarked 
in  business  as  a  ship-builder  on  his  own  account 
and  developed   Whidden's   Point,   which  took 
his  name,   though   it   was   actually  owned   by 
Mr.  Weeks.    For  a  time  he  was  in  partnership 
with     Charles    Turner,    afterward     with     his 
brother   .Stejihen   H.     The  business  flourished 
and  the  firm  finally  had  the  largest  shipwright 
and  caulking  plant   in   New   England ;  two  to 
three  hundred  men  were  employed.   Mr.  Whid- 
den became  one  of  the  Test  known  and  most 
successful  men  in  his  line  and  was  often  called 
in  later  years  as  an  expert  in  maritime  affairs 
and  admiralty  litigation  in  all  parts  of  the  coun- 
try.     He   retired    from   the   shipping  business 
in   1882.      He  built  and  owned  in  many  East 
India  merchantmen  in  his  day.     He  held  many 
iHisitinns  of  trust  and  verv  often  acted  as  trus- 


tee for  sea  captains'  families  and  widows,  mak- 
ing a  rule  in  such  cases  to  give  his  time  and 
services  free.  In  1882  he  became  private  sur- 
veyor of  the  Boston  Marine  Insurance  Com- 
pany, now  the  Boston  Insurance  Company. 
Me  was  also  a  director  of  the  East  Boston  Gas 
Company  and  marine  surveyor  of  the  India 
Mutual  Insurance  Company,  the  Insurance 
Company  of  North  America  and  the  Shoe  and 
Leather  Insurance  Company.  He  was  inter- 
ested in  many  charitable  institutions  to  which 
he  gave  freely  but  unostentatiously.  Nobody 
could  estimate  the  extent  of  his  charity  and  he 
pr(jbablv  would  not  have  known  himself.  He 
was  affiliated  with  the  Methodist  church.  In 
l)olitics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  belonged  to 
.Mount  Tabor  Lodge,  Free  Masons,  of  East 
lloston.  He  married  Elizabeth  ^ilerfie  Good- 
win, daughter  of  William  and  Rose  Merfie 
(Goodwin)  Goodwin.  Children,  born  in  Bos- 
ton: I.  Florence,  died  aged  twenty-three  years. 
2.  Ste]3hen,  died  aged  three  years.  3.  Miriam, 
died  young.  4.  Marion,  died  young.  5.  Georgia 
Merfie,  married,  in  1903,  George  Melville  Por- 
ter (see  Porter,  VIII).  6.  Eugene  Lawrence, 
mentioned  below. 

(\II)  Eugene  Lawrence,  son  of  Andrew 
( iilman  and  Elizabeth  Merfie  (Goodwin) 
Whidden,  was  born  November  11,  1855,  at 
Boston.  He  was  educated  in  public  schools, 
grammar  and  high,  graduated  1873;  he  was  in 
business  with  his  father  as  bookkeeper  one 
year,  then  as  supercargo  to  Japan  and  China, 
South  America,  Australia,  etc ;  then  as  silver- 
smith in  New  York  three  years.  He  died  June 
2T.  1884.  He  married  Effie  Cooper,  daughter 
of  Moses  and  Mercy  (Knox)  Cooper,  of  Dover. 
New  Hampshire. 

(\'11I)  Ernest  Cooper,  son  of  Eugene  Law- 
rence and  Effie  (Cooper)  Whidden,  was  born 
at  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  July  22,  1878.  He 
graduated  from  ])ublic  and  high  schools,  1894, 
then  attended  New  Hampshire  State  College 
at  Durham,  New  Hampshire,  two  or  three 
vears  ;  then  associated  with  the  "Kidder  Press" 
of  Dover,  New  Hamjishire,  two  years ;  then 
for  two  years  at  Portsmouth  navy  yard  in 
engineering  department.  In  1906  he  became 
president  of  the  Porter- Whidden  Company  at 
East  Boston. 


Robert  Elwell,  immigrant  ances- 
ELWELL    tor,  was  a  resident  of  Dorches- 
ter,    Massachusetts,     in     1634, 
where  he  had  a  grant  of  land  formerly  granted 
to  John   Rocket,  and  later  other  grants.     He 
was  admitted  a   freeman,  May    13,   1640,  and 


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MASSACHrSI"rTS. 


2579 


soon  afterward  removed  to  Salem.  He 
owned  land  in  Gloucester  in  April,  1642,  and 
in  165 1  had  a  grant  at  Rock  Neck.  About 
1649  he  removed  his  home  to  Gloucester,  and 
in  that  year  was  selectman  there.  He  was 
commissioned  to  end  small  causes  in  165 1,  and 
On  the  committee  to  build  the  new  meeting- 
house in  1664.  His  will  was  dated  May  15. 
1683,  he  being  then  "Upon  my  bed  of  sickness 
&  weaknesse,"  and  proved  June  30.  1691,  show- 
ing that  he  died  between  those  two  dates.     He 

married  (first)  Joane ,  who  died  March 

31,  1675.    He  married  (second)  May  29,  1676, 

Alice   Leach,  widow  of Leach.     She 

.survived  him  and  died  April  10.  1691.  He 
died  May  18.  1683.  Children:  i.  Samuel, 
born  in  Dorchester,  about  1636.  2.  "Second 
child,"  baptized  at  Salem,  August  28,  1639 ; 
died  aged  six  months.  3.  John,  baptized  at 
Salem,  January  23,  1639-40.  4.  Isaac,  baptized 
Februarv  27,  1641-42 :  mentioned  below.  5. 
[osiah.  6.  Joseph.  7.  Sara,  born  and  died 
"1651.  8.  Sarah,  born  May  12,  1652;  died  Au- 
gust 26,  1655.  9.  Thomas,  born  November  12, 
1654.  10.  Jacob,  born  June  10,  1657.  11. 
Richard,  baptized  April  11,  1658.    12.  Mary. 

(H)  Isaac,  son  of  Robert  Elwell.  was  bap- 
tized at  Salem,  February  27,  1641-42,  died 
October  14,  1715.  He  was  a  sea  captain  and 
resided  at  Gloucester,  on  what  is  now  High 
street.  He  married  (first)  Mehitable  Millett, 
born  at  Dorchester,  March  14,  1641  :  died  in 
Gloucester,  September  28,  1699,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Greenaway)  Millett.  He 
married  (second)  December  16,  1702,  Mrs. 
Mary  (Prince)  Rowe,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Prince  and  widow  of  Hugh  Rowe.  She  died 
Alarch  3,  1723,  aged  about  sixty-five  years. 
Children:  i.  Isaac,  born  January  15,  i()66-67. 
2.  Jane,  November  21,  1668.  3.  Jonathan, 
(October  21.   1670.     4.  Eleazer,  July   16,   1673. 


(mentioned   below),  Joshua,    David,   Solomon 
and  Elias. 

(V)  Captain  Isaac  (3),  son  of  Isaac  (2) 
Elwell,  was  born  at  Gloucester,  in  1743.  died 
there  January  22,  1832.  He  was  a  master  mari- 
ner sailing  to  the  West  Indies  and  other  foreign 
ports.  He  sailed  November  25,  1779,  from  the 
West  Indies  to  Salem.  About  January  i,  1780, 
the  vessel  lost  her  rudder  and  drifted  until 
August  2,  1780,  when  the  crew  was  rescued 
by  Captain  Henry  Neal.  For  six  months  and 
seventeen  days  the  crew  of  the  American  had 
no  bread  or  meat,  living  on  parched  cocoa,  fish 
and  rum  burnt  down.  He  was  postmaster 
from  1804  to  1820:  selectman  of  Gloucester 
1794  to  t8i8.  Elizabeth  Stuart  Phelps  wrote 
a  book  about  the  life  of  Captain  Elwell.  He 
married  (first),  November  17,  1767,  Martha 
Prown :  (second).  March  13,  1791,  Mrs. 
Tammy  Davison,  who  died  March,  1883,  aged 
ninety-two.  (Essex  Inst.  42,  p.  374).  His  son 
Isaac,  administrator,  conveyed  the  homestead, 
Middle  and  .Vngle  .streets,  to  David,  mariner, 
(if  Charlestown,  September  5,  1833.  Sons:  i. 
Isaac,  sea  captain  and  merchant  of  Gloucester. 
2.  Elias.     3.  David,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Captain  David,  son  of  Isaac  (3)  El- 
well, was  born  in  Gloiicester  in  1788,  died  in 
Florida,  April  27,  1870.  He  followed  the  sea 
from  his  youth  and  became  a  master  mariner 
wlien  a  young  man.  He  commanded  a  priva- 
teer, the  schooner  "Cadet"  of  Salem,  during 
the  war  of  1812.  On  Christmas  day,  1814,  he 
cajjtured  the  brig  "Mary"  off  the  coast  of 
Elaine.  Captain  Elwell's  account  of  the  cap- 
ture is  in  part  as  follows:  "I,  David  Elwell, 
of  Salem,  master  of  the  armed  private  schooner 
"Cadet,"  depose  and  say  that  on  the  twenty-fifth 
day  of  December,  1814,  at  eight  o'clock  in  the 
morning,  while  laying  at  Tibbetts  Island,  I 
discovered  from  the  top  of  a  mountain,  a  brig 


5.  .\bigail,   .'\pril    13,   1676.     6.  David,   March      which  I  afterward  found  was  "Pelter,"brig-of- 


10,  1678-79.  7.  Bethiah.  April  5,  1682.  8. 
Hannah,  February  4,  1687  (twin).  9.  Joshua 
(twin),  mentioned  below.     10.  Jemima. 

(III)  Joshua,  son  of  Isaac  Elwell,  was  born 
February  4,  1687.  He  was  a  mariner  in  Glou- 
cester. He  married  there  (first)  1709-10, 
.Mice  Low,  died  January  8,  1717.  He  married 
(second),  November  25,  1717,  Abigail  Riggs. 
They  had  eleven  children.  Their  sons:  i. 
Isaac,  mentioned  below.    2.  Thomas.    3.  Mark. 

(IV)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Joshua  Elwell,  was 
born  in  Gloucester,  October  31.  1714.  He  mar- 
ried, November  15,  1738,  Susanna  Stanwood. 
Thev  had  eleven  children.    Their  sons :     Isaac 


war.  .\t  ten  o'clock  1  got  the  "Cadet"  under 
way  and  gave  chase,  wore  round  and  stood  to 
the  eastward  about  one  hour,  and  discovered 
a  sloop ;  made  all  sail  towards  her  and  fired.  I 
stood  off  and  she  gave  chase,  firing  another 
'^m\.  but  finding  the  "Cadet"  outsailed  her,  gave 
over  the  chase.  The  "Cadet,"  about  half-past 
one  in  the  afternoon  discovered  a  fleet  of  five 
sail.  Finding  her  not  in  perfect  sailing  trim, 
we  hauled  our  wind  for  Tibbetts  Harbor  and 
took  in  more  ballast.  While  on  shore,  I  exam- 
ined the  fleet  from  the  hills  and  found  it  con- 
sisted of  a  brig,  three  schooners  and  a  sloop. 
.-\t  five  got  under  way  in  pursuit  of  the  fleet 


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and  came  up  with  them  at  half-past  eight  in 
the  evening  about  one  league  to  the  westward 
of  Titinanan.     Dogged  them  under  reefed  sail 
until   two  the   next  morning,   then,   observing 
one  of  the  fleet  fall  a  little  astern  of  the  rest, 
I  ran   alongside  and  took   possession  of  him, 
and  directly  bore  away  with  the  prize  in  com- 
pany under  the  lee  of  Dnck  Islands."     Such 
is  Captain   Elwell's  modest  version  of  a  sea- 
fight  which  involved  nine  vessels  and  embroiled 
the  Maine  coast  for  leagues.    He  gives  but  the 
first  capture ;  two  others,  the  second  capture 
of  the  "Mary"  by  another  American  privateer 
and  a  hot  engagement  of  the  two  fleets  follow. 
The    British    brigs    "Rifleman"    and    "Pelter" 
were  coming  down  the  Maine  coast  with  three 
merchantmen,  one  of  which  was  the  "Mary" 
that  Captain  Elwell  took,  placing  a  prize  master 
and  a  crew  of  six  to  take  her  to  the  nearest 
harbor,  and  removing  part  of  the  cargo  to  his 
own    vessel.      On    her    way    to    Thomaston, 
Maine,  the'  "Mary"  was  overtaken  by  another 
.American    privateer,    "Paul    Jones,"    Cajjtain 
Hilton.     This  eagerness  of  the  privateers  to 
seize  prizes  already  taken  by  their  own  country- 
men savored  of  piracy.     Tlie  prize  master  had 
to  abandon  the  "Mary"  leaving  only  the  British 
captain  and  his  twelve-year  old  son  on  the  ship. 
Hilton  took  out  the  rest  of  the  cargo  and  sent 
the  vessel  to  Thomaston  under  a  prize  master. 
The  British  vessels  met  some  .American  priva- 
teers in  an  engagement  lasting  an  hour,  when 
the   British    were   reinforced  by   another   brig 
and  the  Yankees  took  to  their  heels  and  anchor- 
e<t  later    at    Thomaston.      Elwell    and    Hilton 
both  claimed  the  prize  and  the  case  was  tried 
in  the  admiralty  court.     Elwell  won  the  case. 
During  the  war  with  Tripoli  Captain   Elwell 
was  captured  by  pirates  and  held  for  ransom. 
He  sailed   the   first    .\merican   vessel   through 
the  Straits  of  Magellan  and  made  many  notable 
voyages  to  all  parts  of  the  world.     He  sailed 
vessels  from  .Salem,  but  lived  there  but  a  short 
time  if  at  all. 

He  was  known  while  in  Cloucester  as  David, 
Jr.,  to  distinguish  him  from  another  David 
Elwell,  who  died  there  in  1835,  intestate, 
widow  Martha,  administratrix.  He  removed 
to  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  in  1821.  .\ 
deed  dated  Se])tember  15,  1821,  of  projjerty 
on  the  road  to  Sciam  from  David  to  Elias  El- 
well states  his  residence  as  Charlestown,  while 
another  deed  in  which  he  is  called  David  El- 
well, Jr.,  of  Gloucester,  dated  five  days  later, 
from  Simeon  Horton,  of  Hinsdale,  New  Hamp- 
shire, conveying  part  of  a  house  and  land  on 
Pleasant    street,    calls    him    of    Charlestown. 


.\gain   he    was    called    David,   Jr.,    "of   Glou- 
cester," October  4,  of  the  same  year,  when  he 
bought  land  and  house  on  Middle  street,  Glou- 
cester, of   Nathaniel  Smith,  of  Londonderry, 
New    Hampshire.      He   and    bis   wife    Mary, 
then  of  Charlestown,  deeded  away  the  Pleasant 
street    property,     November     19,     1830.       He 
bought  and  sold  mueh  real  estate  in  Gloucester 
and  r^anvers  after  this,  but  resided  at  Boston 
or   Charlestown.      In    1840   he   and    his    wife 
Marv  joined  with  other  heirs  of  Samuel  Calder. 
of  Gloucester,  in  disposing  of  various  parcels 
of  real  estate.     He  married  Mary  E.  Calder, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Calder,  of  Gloucester,  and 
a  descendant  of  William   Ellery,  a  signer  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence.     She  had  a 
brother,  Samuel  Calder,  of  Charlestown,  and 
George  and  William  Calder,  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.  Dr.  Samuel  Calder,  their  father, 
owned'  what  was  called  the  Merin  Company's 
purchase  at  Eastern   Point.     Elwell  is  called 
of  Boston  in  1840,  and  Gloucester  in  1851,  of 
I'.oston   in    1833.      He  bought  mortgages   and 
real  estate   in  Danvers.     He  lived  in   Bo.ston 
after  about  1840.     His  will  was  dated  March 
8,   1856,  with  a  codicil  dated  July  zj,   1867; 
proved  June  6.  1870.     His  wife  Alary  E.  was 
executrix.     He  l)e(|ueathed  to  a  sistei',  Susan 
Saunders,  and  children:     [.  Rebecca  F.  Max- 
well, of  Tallahassee  or   Belair,  Florida,  with 
whom  he  was  living  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
2.  David   .Augustus.     3.   Francis   Flagg,  men- 
tioned below.    4.  Mary  L.  (deceased). 

(\TI )  Francis  Flagg,  son  of  Captain  David 
l-'-lwell,  married  Kate  liabson.  Children:  I. 
William  Davi.son,  mentioned  below.  2.  Frank 
Cunningham,  born  October  29,  1880.  3.  David, 
fuly  29^  1883;  married  Mildred  Kellock ;  re- 
sides at  NewRochelle,  New  York;  no  issue. 

(MID  William  Davison,  son  of  Francis 
h'lagg  i<:iwell,  was  born  March  12,  1879,  at 
.\moy,  China.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  .\rlington.  At  the  age  of  sixteen 
he  began  b.is  career  in  business  as  clerk  in  the 
brcjkerage  firm  of  Leland,  Towde  &  Company, 
P.oston.  He  was  with  this  house  seven  years, 
then  with  Theixlore  P.  Harding  for  a  year 
and  a  half.  In  1903  he  embarked  in  business 
at  S3  State  street  in  the  firm  of  Wiggin  & 
Elwell.  brokers  and  bankers.  The  firm  has 
been  very  successful.  Mr.  Elwell  resides  at 
.Xrlingtoii.  Massachusetts,  and  is  a  member  of 
Hiram  Lodge  of  Free  Ma.sons  of  that  town. 
In  politics  he  is  Republican,  in  religion  an 
Kpiscopalian.  He  marrieil,  October  31,  igo6, 
Lilian  Newell  Peck,  daughter  of  William  Gay- 
lor<l  and  Anna  Maria  (  XewelU   Peck,  of  Ar- 


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lington.      (See   Peck.    \"I1I).      They   have   no 

children. 

(The  Peck   Line). 

Deacon  I'aul  Peck,  immigrant  ancestor,  born 
in  county  Essex,  England.  1608.  came  to  Bos- 
ton in  1635  in  the  ship  "Defense."  In  1636  he 
went  with  Rev.  Thomas  Mooker  and  party  to 
Hartford,  and  became  one  of  the  founders  of 
that  city  and  the  state  of  Connecticut.  He  was 
a  proprietor  of  Hartford  in  1639  and  became 
a  leading  citizen.  His  home  was  on  what  is 
now  Washington  street,  not  far  from  Trinity 
College  site,  and  the  locality  is  still  known 
among  the  old  citizens  by  the  name  of  the  first 
settler.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church  from 
1681  until  his  death,  December  23.  1695.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Paul,  born  1639.  2.  Martha.  1641. 
3.  Elizabeth.  1643.  4.  fohn,  December  22, 
1645.  5.  Samuel,  1647:  mentioned  below.  6. 
Joseph,  baptized  December  22,  1650.  7.  Sarah, 
born  1653.     8.  Hannah,  1656.    9.  Mary,  1662. 

( II)  Samuel,  son  of  Deacon  Paul  Peck,  was 
born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1647.  He 
settled  in  West  Hartford  and  lived  there  until 
his  death,  January  10,  1696.  He  married  Eliz- 
abeth   ^ — . 

( III )  Samuel  (  2  ),  son  of  .Samuel  (  i  )  Peck, 
was  born  in  West  Hartford  in  1672.  He  set- 
tled in  Middletown,  now  Berlin.  Connecticut. 
Married.  1701,  Abigail  Collier,  died  December 
9,  1765.  daughter  of  Joseph  Collier.  He  died 
December  9,  1765.  Children,  born  at  Kensing- 
ton; I.  Samuel.  January  6.  1701.  2.  Moses, 
.Vpril,  1703.  3.  Isaac,  at  Scarborough.  Novem- 
ber 2.  1706.  4.  Abijah.  December  28.  1707.  5. 
Zebulon.  September  1.  1712:  mentioned  below. 
6.  .Amos,  at  Kensington.  March  5.  1715.  8. 
Elisha.  March  11.  1720.  9.  Elijah,  born  at 
Lynn.  July  23,  1723. 

(R')  Zebulon,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Peck, 
w-as  born  in  Middletown,  Connecticut.  Septem- 
ber I.  1712.  died  at  Bristol,  Connecticut.  Janu- 
ary 13.  1795.  He  married,  July  10.  1735.  Mary 
Edwards,  died  ]\Iay  2},.  1790.  daughter  of 
Josiah  Edwards,  of  Easthampton.  Long  Island. 
Children:  i.  Abigail,  born  Alay  20.  1736.  2. 
Justus.  November  14.  1737.  3-  Elizabeth.  Sep- 
tember 30,  1739:  died  November  16.  1741.  4. 
Mary.  August  12.  1741.  5.  Zebulon.  born  at 
Meriden.  .\\)v\\  13.  1743.  6.  -\bel.  at  Meriden. 
1745;  mentioned  below.  7.  David,  at  Bristol, 
May  13,  1749.  8.  Lament.  May  8,  1751.  at 
Farmington.  now  Bristol.  9.  Elizabeth,  born 
at  Bristol.     10.  Josiah.  January  19.  1755. 

(V)  Corporal  .\bel,  son  of  Zebulon  Peck 
was  born  at  Meriden  in  1745.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  a  corporal  in  the  Sixth  Com- 


])anv.  Captain  Noadiah  Hooker,  from  May  to 
December.  1775,  in  the  Second  Connecticut 
Regiment,  under  General  Spence.  and  served 
during  the  siege  of  Boston  at  Roxbury.  He 
was  also  a  soldier  in  the  Eighth  Connecticut 
Line  in  the  continental  army,  and  died  on  his 
way  home  from  X'alley  Forge  from  disease 
contracted  in  the  service.  January  26,  1778- 
Lie  married.  P'ebruary  11,  1768,  Abigail  Gay- 
lord,  of  Bristol.  She  married  (second)  Dea- 
con James  Wells,  of  Newington,  September  4, 
1785.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  January  5, 
1769;  mentioned  below.  2.  Candace.  January 
ifi.  1 77 1.  3.  Abel,  January  12.  1774.  4.  Abi- 
gail, Alay  13,  1776. 

(VI)  Samuel  (3),  .son  of  Corporal  Abel 
Peck,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Connecticut,  Janu- 
ary 5,  1769,  died  there  April  I.  1826.  He  was 
a  farmer  in  his  native  town.  He  married  there 
June  6.  1 79 1,  Hannah  Manross,  who  died  May 
5,  1855.  Children,  born  at  Bristol:  i.  Sylves- 
ter, .Vugust  12,  1794.  2.  Emily.  April  21,  1797. 
3.  Angeline,  May  28,  1799.  4.  Samuel,  May 
3.  1803.  5.  Emily,  March  9,  1805.  6.  Abel 
( iaylord,  mentioned  below.     7.  William  W. 

(\II)  Abel  Gaylord,  son  of  Samuel  (3) 
I'eck.  was  born  at  Bristol.  January  8,  1807, 
died  at  Arlington.  Massachusetts,  November 
12.  1870.  After  a  common  school  education, 
he  started  early  in  life  in  Boston,  selling  dry 
goods  from  a  cart  in  the  surrounding  towns. 
He  gradually  increased  his  stock  until  he  had 
thirty  teams  on  the  road,  .\bout  1854  he  dis- 
continued this  method  and  opened  a  store  on 
Milk  street.  Boston,  corner  of  Theatre  alley, 
ui  partnershi]j  with  Samuel  R.  Payson.  and 
hi>  brother.  William  W.  Peck,  who  later  died. 
The  tirni  name  was  A.  G.  Peck  S:  Company. 
They  dealt  in  dry  goods,  doing  a  wholesale 
business  until  1858.  when  they  sold  out  to 
Rawson.  Brigham'  &  Pratt.  Mr.  Peck  later 
entered  the  brokerage  business,  dealing  in  com- 
mercial ])a])er.  having  an  office  with  .-\lderman 
(Icire  on  Kilby  street.  In  1864  his  son.  William 
(;..  entered  his  employ  and  in  1869  was  ad- 
mitted as  a  partner  under  the  firm  name  of 
A.  G.  l^eck  &  Son,  which  continued  up  to  the 
decease  of  the  senior  member  in  1870,  since 
which  time  William  G.  Peck  has  conducted  it. 
Mr.  Peck  owned  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
residences  of  .Arlington,  now  standing  at  74 
Pleasant  street.  On  August  15,  1850,  he  bought 
the  large  tract  of  land  on  which  this  large  man- 
sion was  built.  The  old  mansion  house  on  the 
land  was  formerly  occujMcd  by  the  Old  First 
Parish  Church,  built  in  1734.  and  removed  to 
that    spot   in    1 804.      This   building   Mr.    Peck 


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sold,  the  purchaser  sawing  it  into  equal  sec- 
tions so  that  it  could  be  taken  to  its  present 
location  on  Pleasant  street.  Mr.  Peck  was  a 
man  of  quiet  habits,  greatly  devoted  to  his 
family.  He  was  a  man  of  sound  judgment 
and  quick  decision.  He  was  a  member  of  Dr. 
Rogers's  church,  Winter  street,  Boston, and  later 
of  the  Arlington  Congregational  Church,  where 
he  served  on  the  standing  committee  and  as 
treasurer  of  the  socity.  He  was  a  Whig,  later 
a  Republican,  serving  on  various  town  com- 
mittees. He  was  director  of  the  Atlantic  Na- 
tional FJank  of  Boston,  the  Chelsea  Gasligh: 
Company,  and  vice-president  of  the  .\rlington 
Five  Cents  Savings  Bank,  and  one  of  its  incor- 
porators and  trustees.  He  married  (first)  at 
Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  November  26,  1834. 
Lydia  H.  Reed,  who  died  at  Boston,  November 
27,  1835,  aged  twenty.  He  married  (second) 
January  18,  1838,  Eliza  Ann  Boles,  born  Octo- 
ber 28,  1814.  at  Methuen,  died  June  2,  1904, 
at  Arlington,  daughter  of  John  and  Persis  Ann 
(Woodbury)  Boles.  Child  of  first  wife:  i. 
Lydia  Morgiana,  born  November  17,  1835.  By 
second  wife:  2.  Persis  Ann,  October  17,  1838, 
drowned  while  skating  on  Spy  pond,  Arling- 
ton, December  20.  1853.  3-  William  Gaylord. 
mentioned  below.  4.  .\ngeline  Moore,  Octo- 
ber 18,  1848.  3.  John  Clififord.  1851,  died 
young. 

(VHI)  William  (iaylord,  son  of  Abel  Gay- 
lord  Peck,  was  born  at  Boston,  November  12. 
1841.  He  entered  the  primary  department  of 
Chauncey  Hall  school,  attending  until  he  wa.s 
ten  years  old,,  when  he  removed  with  his  par- 
ents to  Arlington,  attending  the  public  schools 
there  until  he  was  about  fourteen  years  of  age. 
In  1856  he  entered  Phillips  Andover  Academy, 
graduating  in  i860,  and  graduated  from  Yale 
in  1864  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  later  receiv- 
ing the  degree  of  A.  M.  Soon  after  leaving 
college  he  entered  his  father's  employ,  being 
taken  into  partnership  with  him  in  the  broker- 
age business  in  1868.  Since  his  father's  death 
he  has  conducted  the  business  himself.  After 
the  great  Boston  fire  in  1872  he  was  forced 
to  secure  new  quarters  at  Post  Office  square, 
remaining  there  until  1898,  then  removing  to 
85  Water  street,  where  he  conducts  a  broker- 
age business  chiefly  in  mortgage  loans  and  fire 
insurance.  Mr.  Peck  has,  as  one  of  the  heirs, 
recently  opened  up  the  ]:)roperty  of  his  father 
into  a  new  residential  section  known  as  Lom- 
bard road.  The  estate  has  been  divided  into 
building  lots  and  is  valuable  property  in  the 
best  section  of  Arlington.  In  1872  he  was 
elected   trustee   of  the    .Arlington   Five   Cents 


Savings  Bank;  1873  member  of  the  investment 
committee:  1883  president;  to  all  above  offices 
he  has  been  annually  elected  to  this  date ;  1872 
director  of  Chelsea  Gaslight  Company,  and 
later  president ;  director  of  the  North  Amer- 
ican Insurance  Company  and  Boston  Ice  Com- 
[)any ;  1894  elected  director  of  Atlantic  Na- 
tional Bank,  Boston,  holding  that  office  at  the 
present  time.  Mr.  Peck  is  a  Republican;  had 
served  as  delegate  to  the  various  conventions 
and  on  the  Republican  state  committee ;  was 
n  member  of  the  house  of  representatives  in 
T877  and  1880;  1877  was  clerk  of  the  com- 
mittee on  education  and  in  1880  chairman  of 
that  committee.  He  was  selectman  of  Arlington 
from  1874  to  1877  inclusive  ;  on  the  water  board 
in  1880-81-82.  He  is  chairman  of  the  sinking 
fund  commission ;  trustee  of  the  Pratt  fund 
l(jr  town  jnirposes ;  of  the  Elbridge  farmer 
fund,  an  endowment  for  the  Robbins  Library. 
He  served  on  the  committee  of  the  soldiers 
motiuni'^nt,  and  was  treasurer  of  tliat  fund. 
He  was  formerly  a  trustee  of  the  cemetery 
and  .•)n  the  cemetery  c^mmitlee.  He  was  a 
niemlier  of  the  Sigma  Epsilon  and  Alpha 
Sigmi  Phi  clubs,  and  of  the  D.  K.  E.  of  Yale 
(Jo'Kge;  also  editor  of  the  Yale  Literary  Mig- 
a/ine  in  1863;  formerly  a  member  of  the  Ex- 
change Club.  He  is  an  honorary  member  of 
the  Arlingtim  Boat  Club,  and  was  trustee  of 
the  old  boat  club.  He  is  a  life  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society  of  Bos- 
ton. He  belongs  to  the  Congregational  churcli, 
serving  often  as  moderator.  He  married,  No- 
vember 22,  1878,  Anna  Maria  Newell,  hnru 
at  .Arlington,  Alay  i,  1854,  died  September. 
1884,  daughter  of  Charles  Henry  and  Maria 
Davidson  (Gage)  Newell.  Her  father  was  an 
ice  merchant  at  Boston  and  New  Orleans.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Chester  Gaylord,  born  November 
22,  1879.  2.  Lilian  Newell,  August  24,  1882; 
married,  at  Arlington,  October  31.  1906,  Will- 
iam Davison  El  well  (see  Elwell,  \TII). 


I  For  flr.>Jt  generation  see  Timothy  Clark  1). 

fll)  Cyrus  Clark,  son  of  Timo- 

CLARK      thy  Clark,  was  born  at  Amherst. 

New     Hampshire.     January     2, 

1788,   and   (lied   April   2,    1835.     He   married 

Tabitha    (Jakes,   who   died   October   21,    iSC't'i 

(  see  Oakes). 

fill )  David  Oakes,  son  of  Cyrus  Clark,  was 
born  at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  December 
I,  1826.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
In  1848  he  sailed  from  Boston  to  Shanghai, 
China,  where  for  four  years  he  was  a  clerk  in  the 
employ  of  Wolcott,   Bates  &  Company.     He 


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was  tlieti  with  Russell  &  Company  as  clerk 
eight  years  and  partner  nine  years.  He  came 
from  Shanghai  to  San  Francisco  in  1852  as 
supercargo,  but  returned  the  following  year. 
He  was  at  Foo  Chow  three  years,  then  in  1856 
returned  to  Shanghai.  He  established  an 
agency  of  his  firm  in  February,  1857,  at  Bang- 
kok, Siam,  returning  in  December,  1859,  to 
Hong  Kong,  and  in  July  following  to  Foo 
Chow,  where  he  remained  until  May,  1861, 
when  he  returned  to  his  home  and  married. 
With  his  wife  he  returned  to  Foo  Chow.  In 
18O7  he  came  to  Boston;  in  1869  he  retired 
from  the  firm.  He  represented  the  United 
States  government  at  Foo  Chow  as  consular 
agent  1854-56;  was  Swedish  and  Norwegian 
consul  at  Bangkok,  Siam,  1857-60,  and  at  Foo 
Chow,  1861-67.  He  died  at  Reidhurst,  Milton, 
.Massachusetts,  December  13,  1883.  He  was 
a  prominent  figure  in  the  Orient  many  years. 
He  acc|uired  a  strong  influence  among  the 
natives,  and  particularly  with  the  second  king, 
the  executive  of  the  kingdom  of  Siam,  and  was 
constantly  consulted  about  foreign  affairs.  His 
name  will  long  be  remembered.  In  China  also 
he  was  well  known  and  highly  respected  at 
treaty  ports,  both  because  of  his  effective  busi- 
ness talents  and  his  admirable  disposition  and 
character.  His  justice  and  invariable  consid- 
eration for  all  with  whom  he  had  dealings 
brought  him  the  regard  and  confidence  of  the 
Chinese  to  an  unusual  degree.  His  perfect 
honesty  and  uprightness  made  him  an  involun- 
tary and  unconscious  missionary  in  the  land. 
He  lived  fifteen  years  in  Milton,  Massachu- 
setts, making  friends  wherever  he  went  by  his 
amiable  affectionate  disposition,  his  consid- 
erate regard  for  others,  and  the  transparent 
purity  of  his  life  and  character.  No  man  was 
better  fitted  to  create  and  enjoy  a  happy  home 
or  to  fill  and  surround  it  with  all  that  can  make 
a  home  what  it  should  be.  In  the  expression  of 
his  face  and  the  tones  of  his  voice  there  was  a 
sweetness  which  told  of  his  kindly  affectionate 
nature ;  while  his  conversation  and  personal 
bearing,  however  modest  and  unassuming,  gave 
tokens  of  unusual  intelligence  and  strength  of 
character.  These  ciualities  persisted  during  his 
whole  life,  gaining  for  him  in  addition  to  busi- 
ness success,  the  richer  satisfaction  of  con- 
scious integrity  and  a  loving  heart,  while  they 
secured  for  him  the  confidence  and  friendship 
of  those  whose  sympathy  and  friendship  should 
be  dearest  to  him.  For  more  than  four  months 
he  faced  death  with  a  touching  and  beautiful 
serenity,  knowing  that  it  must  come  soon,  and 
died  at  last  in  a  moment  without  painful  warn- 


ing, as  a  good  man  might  wish  to  die.  He 
married  Catherine  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
George  Winslow  (see  Winslow  family).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Elizabeth  Read,  born  February  15, 
1863,  at  Foo  Chow;  died  May  20,  1876,  at 
Bologna,  Italy.  2.  Winslow,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Elton,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Winslow,  son  of  David  Oakes  Clark, 
was  born  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  June  12, 
1869.  When  he  was  two  years  old  the  family 
went  to  Milton  to  live.  He  attended  private 
schools  in  Milton,  the  Hopkinson  School, 
Boylston  Place,  Boston,  and  was  a  special  stu- 
dent in  the  Lawrence  Scientific  School  of  Har- 
vard I'niversity  in  the  class  of  1892.  During 
the  next  ten  years  he  lived  at  Hopkinson, 
Massachusetts.  \Mien  the  Spanish  war  came 
on  he  enlisted  in  the  '"Rough  Riders,"  First 
I'nited  States  \'olunteer  Cavalry  Regiment, 
under  Colonel  Leonard  Wood  and  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Theodore  Roosevelt,  May  28,  1898,  at 
San  .Vntonio,  Te.xas.  He  proceeded  with  the 
command  to  Tampa  Florida,  and  sailed  with 
the  regiment  June  8,  1898,  for  Cuba.  He  took 
part  in  the  battle  of  Las  Guasimas.  The  regi- 
ment went  into  camp  the  following  week  at 
C'am])  .Sevillia.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle 
of  Santiago.  Colonel  Roosevelt  says  in  his 
book,  "The  Rough  Riders":  "Winslow  Clark, 
a  1  farvard  man,  was  first  shot  in  the  leg  and 
then  through  the  body.  He  made  not  the 
slightest  murmur,  only  asking  me  to  put  his 
water  canteen  where  he  could  get  at  it,  which 
I  did ;  he  ultimately  recovered ;  I  bade  them 
stay  where  they  were  while  I  went  back  and 
brought  up  the  rest  of  the  brigade.  This  was 
a  decidedly  cool  re(|uest,  for  there  was  really 
no  possible  point  in  letting  them  stay  there 
while  I  went  back ;  but  at  the  moment  it  seem- 
ed perfectly  natural  to  me,  and  aj)parently  so 
to  them,  for  they  cheerfully  nodded  and  sat 
down  in  the  grass,  firing  back  at  the  line  of 
trenches  from  which  the  Spaniards  were  shoot- 
ing at  them.  The  charge  followed  with  a  rush, 
wlien  the  men  comprehended  the  order."  In 
his  official  report  Colonel  Roosevelt  said: 
"( Ireat  gallantry  was  also  shown  by  four  troop- 
ers whom  1  cannot  identify,  and  by  Trooper 
Winslow  Clark,  of  G.  It  was  after  we  had 
taken  the  first  hill.  I  had  called  out  to  rush 
the  second,  and  having  by  that  time  lost  my 
hiirse,  climljed  a  wire  fence  and  started  towards 
it.  .\fter  going  a  couple  of  hundred  yards 
under  a  heavy  fire,  I  found  that  no  one  else 
had  come :  as  I  discovered  later,  it  was  simply 
because  in  the  confusion,  with  men  shooting 
and  being  shot,  they  had  not  noticed  me  start. 


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I  told  the  five  men  to  wait  a  moment — as  it 
might  be  understood  if  we  all  ran  back — until 
I  ran  back  and  started  the  regiment ;  and  as 
soon  as  I  did  so  the  regiment  came  with  a  rush. 
But  meanwhile  the  five  men  coolly  lay  down  in 
the  open,  returning  the  fire  from  the  trenches. 
It  is  to  be  wondered  at  that  only  Clark  was 
seriously  wounded;  and  he  called  out  as  we 
passed  again  to  lay  his  canteen  where  he  could 
get  it,  but  to  continue  the  charge  and  leave 
him  where  he  was.  All  the  wounded  had  to 
be  left  until  after  the  fight,  for  we  could  spare 
no  men  from  the  firing  line."  General  Wheeler 
said:  "Respectfully  forwarded.  Col.  Roose- 
velt and  his  entire  command  deserve  high  com- 
mendation. I  call  especial  attention  to  Col. 
Roosevelt's  recommendation  regarding  *  * 
and  special  commendation  of  Troopers  Rouland 
and  Winslow  Clark,  of  Troop  G.".  The  regi- 
mental record  and  muster-out  roll  states : 
"Clark.  Winslow,  Milton,  Mass.  Absent  on 
sick  leave  since  July  1st  on  account  of  gunshot 
wound  through  lung  received  in  battle.  Right 
lung,  severe.  Missile  or  weapon,  Mauser  rifle." 
Mr.  Clark  was  an  aifle  to  Major  Jenkins.  In 
1899  Congress  voted  a  certificate  of  merit, 
.signed  by  President  McKinley.  In  .\ugust, 
1899,  after  he  recovered  from  the  wound,  he 
was  commissioned  second  lieutenant  in  the 
regular  army  and  assigned  to  the  Eleventh 
Cavalry,  composed  largely  of  former  Rough 
Riders.  He  resigned  from  the  service.  He  is 
now  comiected  with  the  .\merican  Finishing 
Machinery  Company  of  Boston.  His  home  is 
in  Vermont.  He  married,  in  August,  1899, 
Helen  Gertrude  Nutter,  born  in  1872,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Orrin  F.  and  Anna  (Hamm) 
Xutter,  of  Pittsfield,  New  Hampshire. 

(IV)  Elton,  son  of  David  Oakes  Clark,  was 
born  May  27.  1872,  at  ]\Ti!ton,  Massachusetts. 
He  attended  private  schools  in  Milton.  Milton 
.\ca(leniy  and  the  [Topkinson  School  of  Boston, 
where  he  graduated  in  1892.  He  entered  Har- 
vard in  the  regular  course,  and  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  the  class  of  1896. 
He  began  his  business  career  in  Galveston. 
Texas,  in  the  cotton  business,  then  became 
junior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Ingersoll,  Amory 
&  Companv,  and  since  1900  has  also  been  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  \'on  Harten  &  Clark,  of 
Galveston.  Texas,  cotton  merchants.  He  re- 
sides at  Framingham,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried, .\pril  18,  1900.  Eleanor  Hathaway  Ladd, 
born  October  29,  1878,  daughter  of  William 
J.  and  Anna  f  Watson)  Ladd,  of  Milton.  Chil- 
dren:  1.  Elizabeth  Winslow,  bom  September 
24.  IQOI.     2.  \\'illiam  Oakes,  born  October  26, 


1902.  3.  Eleanor  Hathaway,  born  April  5, 
1908,  at  Framingham.  The  first  two  children 
were  born  at  Dover,  Massachusetts. 

(The  Winslow  Line — See  William  Winslow  1). 

(X)  James  (2)  Winslow,  son  of  James  (i) 
Winslow.  was  born  at  Freetown,  Massachu- 
setts, August  fi.  1725,  and  died  November  16, 
1802,  at  Farmington.  Maine.  He  and  his 
brothers  who  resided  at  Falmouth  (Portland) 
receive  large  tracts  of  land  from  their  father 
at  I'raod  Bay,  Maine,  and  removed  thither  in 
1752.  During  the  Indian  troubles  of  the 
French  and  Indian  war  they  were  forced  to 
return  to  Falmouth.  With  his  wife  and  three 
children  he  set  sail  from  Falmouth  in  the  fall 
of  1760  and  proceeded  to  what  was  Dr.  Gardi- 
ner's estate  at  Cobbisiconte,  or  Gardinerstown. 
His  wife  and  little  daughter  Sarah  were  the 
first  white  females  in  Gardiner,  or  Pittstown, 
Maine.  The  Winslows  and  Mc(3auslands  lived 
in  the  same  cottage  during  the  first  winter. 
His  son  Jonathan  Winslow,  born  March  23. 
176 1,  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  the  town 
of  Pittston.  Winslow's  house  .stood  on  the  site 
of  Widow  Edmund's  store  of  later  years. 
Winslow  erected  a  grist  mill  at  the  end  of  the 
lower  dam,  and  it  was  called  the  Cobbossiconte 
grist  mill,  and  settlers  came  from  a  great  dis- 
tance to  have  grain  ground.  He  settled  later 
on  a  fann  granted  to  him  in  1763.  Winslow 
assisted  in  building  a  mill  at  Damariscotta,  and 
during  his  absence  his  wife  and  children  con- 
ducted his  farm.  In  his  younger  days  he  was 
drummer  at  the  fort  in  I'-almouth,  but  later 
joined  the  Society  of  Friends,  yet  during  the 
Indian  hostilities  he  had  to  erect  the  block- 
house near  the  present  Universalist  church. 
He  was  opposed  to  all  war,  however,  and  re- 
fused to  serve  in  the  revolution.  In  1778-79  a 
British  scouting  party  entered  his  house  and 
demanded  food.  His  wife  was  obliged  to  make 
a  hasty  pudding,  but  before  the  unwelcome 
guests  had  completed  their  meal  they  were 
constrained  to  leave  in  a  hurry.  One  left  be- 
hind him  a  silver  spoon  and  another  an  iron- 
handled  sword,  which  have  been  preserved  as 
heirlooms  in  the  family.  He  married,  July  5, 
1733.  .Anna  Huston,  born  1734.  at  Falmouth, 

daughter  of  and  Sarah  (McCausland) 

Huston.  She  was  born  1734.  and  died  Febru- 
arv  15.  1827,  and  is  buried  in  Farmington 
She  was  a  very  energetic  woman,  and  much 
relied  on  in  cases  of  sickness.  "Granny"  Wins- 
low. as  she  was  called  in  later  years,  was  the 
only  physician,  in  fact,  in  whom  the  early  set- 
tlers had  anv  confidence,  and  she  was  the  only 


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one  practicing  in  that  section  until  1769.  Chil- 
dren, burn  at  I'ittston,  except  the  eldest:  i. 
Sarah.  July  20, 1754  ;  married  Ebenezer  Church. 
2.  Child",  born  at  I'ittston,  1760.  3.  Child,  died 
in  infancy.  4.  Jonathan,  born  March  23,  1761  ; 
died  November  10,  1745;  married  Hannah 
Tarbox.  5.  John,  born  1764:  married  Sarah 
P.aker.  6.  Carpenter,  born  March  22.  1766; 
mentioned  below.  7.  Betsey,  born  June  20. 
1770:  married  Rev.  John  Thompson.  8.  Anna, 
married  Eleazer  Crowell.  9.  George,  born 
about  1772;  drowned.  1788.  while  skating  on  ' 
Kennebec  river.  10.  James,  born  April  28. 
1774:  died  July  22,  1844:  married  Betsey  Will- 
ard. 

(XI)  Carpenter,  son  of  James  (2)  Winslow. 
was  born  in  Pittston.  Maine,  March  22.  1766: 
died  November  19.  1827,  at  Pnnxzutawney. 
Pennsylvania.  He  lived  on  the  Augustus  Col- 
burn  farm,  and  in  1775  built  two  hundred 
batteaux  for  Arnold's  expedition,  for  which 
he  was  never  paid  by  the  government.  He 
was  a  ship-builder.  During  the  revolution  he 
was  inclined  to  be  a  Tory,  though  too  young 
to  enter  either  army.  He  resided  at  Pittston, 
Wiscasset  and  Bristol,  Maine,  but  all  but  the 
two  youngest  were  born  in  Pittston,  those  being 
born  at  Wiscasset.  He  married,  at  Pittston, 
June  8,  1788,  Elizabeth  Colburn,  born  May  29. 
"1768,  at  Pittston,  died  July  11,  1845,  at  Punx- 
satawney,  daughter  of  Major  Reuben  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Lewis)  Colburn.  of  Pittston.  Chil- 
dren; I.  Charles,  born  May  3,  1789;  married 
Elizabeth  Eollansbee.  2.  George,  born  April 
24,  1791  :  mentioned  below.  3.  Carpenter,  born 
January  3,  1793;  married.  May  25,  1817, 
Reulah  Keene.  4.  David,  born  September  10, 
1794,  shipmaster,  captured  or  lost  in  Africa 
while  in  command  of  a  slave  ship,  and  nothing 
further  known  of  him.  5.  Reuben,  born  June 
28,  1796:  died  August  26,  1871  :  married  Eliza- 
beth Collin.  6.  James,  born  April  14.  1798; 
married,  October  26,  1820,  Betsey  Miller.  7. 
Ebenezer.  born  June  8,  1800;  died  in  Illinois; 
married  Eliza  Swain.  8.  Caleb  Smith,  born 
October  2,  1 801  ;  married  Caroline  Barrett. 
9.  Joseph  Wood,  born  December  10,  1804: 
married,  February  16.  1832.  Christiana  Long. 

(XII)  George,  son  of  Carpenter  Winslow. 
was  born  at  Pittston,  April  24,  1791,  and  died 
at  New  York  City,  January  12.  1851.  on  his 
return  from  a  visit  to  his  son  in  California. 
He  began  life  as  a  seafaring  man,  and  rose 
step  bv  step  to  the  rank  of  master  mariner, 
and  sailed  vessels  many  years  to  European  and 
Chinese  ports.  His  last  command  was  the 
"Levant,"   owned  bv  James  and  Thomas   H, 


Perkins,  and  stationed  at  Linton,  China.  Re- 
turning to  this  country  in  1830  he  settled  in 
Maiden  and  made  his  home  in  what  is  now 
Everett.  He  was  appointed  by  Governor  Briggs 
a  commissioner  on  the  Maiden  bridge.  At  the 
time  of  his  death.  Rev.  John  G.  Adams  said : 
"His  death  is  an  affliction  to  us  all,  to  the 
town,  to  the  neighborhood  in  which  he  lived, 
to  our  church,  to  his  dear  family,  and  to  many 
other  families  and  friends.  He  had  resided 
here  more  than  twenty  years.  He  was  one  of 
(lur  most  efficient  citizens.  His  retiring  from 
business  was  not  retiring  from  active  life.  He 
was  still  a  busy  man,  taking  care  of  what  he 
had  accumulated  and  doing  good  work  with 
it.  His  genercuis  heartedness  was  proverbial. 
(  )n  many  occasions  has  it  been  evinced  to  his 
credit  and  to  the  credit  of  us  all.  His  good 
taste,  his  love  of  order,  his  prudence  as  well 
as  his  liberality  in  expenditure,  his  integrity 
and  honesty,  are  all  so  many  other  commenda- 
timis  of  his  character  as  a  public  citizen.  In 
these  respects  he  has  left  the  good  impression 
of  himself  in  many  ways  in  many  a  mind.  He 
was  one  of  the  most  able,  faithful  and  stead- 
fast friends  of  our  society.  There  are  those 
who  have  known  him  longer  than  myself,  who 
when  aid  has  been  most  needed  in  times  of 
[)ast  trial  and  exertion  have  known  most  his 
liberality.  It  was  constant  and  unchanging. 
His  friendships  were  many  and  highly  valued, 
(""rcsh  and  fragrant  will  be  the  remembrance  of 
him  in  many  hearts."  He  married,  at  Maiden. 
I'ebruary  13,  1821,  Elizabeth  Reid,  born  July 
13.  1799.  in  Boston,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Catherine  (Dunker)  Reid.  Her  father  was 
born  in  Sandy,  one  of  the  islands  of  Scotland. 
She  died  October  27,  1873.  at  Everett.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  George  Reid.  born  October  30.  1821  ; 
died  April  24,  1856,  at  Callao,  Peru,  South 
America.  2.  Catherine  Elizabeth,  born  May 
2.  1832;  married  David  Oakes  Clark  (see  Clark- 
family).  3.  Caroline  Barrett,  born  February 
24.  1836;  married.  April  12,  1859,  John  Rouls- 
tan  Hall,  of  Roxbury,  4.  Margaret  Goodwin, 
born  September  2.  1837.  5.  Thomas  Forbes, 
born  January  29.  1739;  died  June  3,  1739. 


Edward  Oakes  and  Thomas 
OAKES      Oakes.  brothers,  were  both  born 

in  England,  and  Edward  married 
there.  They  were  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1642.  Edward,  the  elder  brother,  was 
conspicuously  identified  with  the  early  history 
of  the  colony.  He  was  made  freeman  in  1642, 
was  representative  from  Cambridge  to  the  gen- 
eral court  for  fifteen  years  between  1659  and 


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1682,  and  in  1684  represented  Concord,  where 
he  died  October  13,   1689.     His  wife's  name 

was  Jane ,  and  by  her  he  had  children . 

Uriah,  born  in  England,  who  was  president  of 
Harvard  College  in  1649;  Edward,  born  in 
England;  Mary;  Thomas,  born  June  18,  1644, 
graduated  at  Harvard  college  in  1662,  and 
during  King  Philip's  war  was  lieutenant  of 
Captain  Prentice's  company,  selectman  twenty- 
six  years,  and  representative  to  the  general 
court  fifteen  years. 

(I)  Thomas  Oakes,  of  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, younger  brother  of  Edward  Oakes, 
with  whom  he  came  from  England  to  America, 
was  made  freeman  in  Cambridge,  May  18, 
1642,  but  he  does  not  appear  to  have  taken 
such  a  prominent  part  in  town  and  colonial 
affairs  as  his  brother.  He  married  after  land- 
ing in  New  England,  the  first  name  of  his 
wife  being  Elizabeth.  She  survived  him  many 
years  and  married  twice  afterward,  first  Seth 
Sweetzer,  and  afterward  Samuel  Hayward,  of 
Maiden,  to  which  place  she  took  the  young 
children  of  her  first  marriage.  By  his  wife 
Elizabeth,  Thomas  Oakes  had :  Elizabeth,  born 
November  3,  1646,  died  yovuig;  Thomas,  born 
November  5,  1648,  died  at  the  age  of  two 
months;  Elizabeth,  born  May  26,  1650;  Han- 
nah, born  May  4,  1657;  Alary  (probably  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth)  who  died 
in  August,  1659;  Thomas,  baptized  March  20, 
1659.  Thomas  Oakes  made  his  widow  execu- 
trix of  his  will,  he  having  left  a  fair  property 
for  his  time. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Oakes  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  was  born  after 
his  father  had  died,  and  in  the  will  he  was 
given  a  double  portion  of  the  paternal  estate. 
He  was  known  as  Thomas  Oakes,  of  Maiden, 
in  which  town  the  scene  of  his  life  was  laid. 
He  married  May  22,  1689,  Sarah  Tufts,  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  Tufts,  who  was  the  ancestor  of 
one  of  the  most  important  branches  of  the 
Tufts  family  in  .\merica.  In  1063  he  became 
jiroprietor  of  two  hundred  acres  of  land  on 
the  Mystic  side  in  Maiden,  and  also  the  owner 
of  the  Nowell  grant.  The  children  of  Thomas 
Oakes  and  Sarah  Tufts  were:  Thomas,  born 
April  2.  1690;  Sarah,  May  23,  1694:  Lydia. 
November  27,  i(k)7:  Uriah,  June  22,  1700: 
Mary,  May  24.  1702;  Hannah,  February  28. 
1705:  Elizabeth.  May  27,  1707;  Jonathan,  Oc- 
tober 6,  1709;  .Abigail,  December  24,  1714. 

(III)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Oakes,  was  born  .April  2,  1690.  He  settled  in 
Medford  and  died  there  November  14.  1769. 
He  married   (first)   October  27.  1720,  .\higail 


Brooks,  died  June  30,  1728,  (secondj  Novem- 
ber 26,  1730,  Sarah  Blunt,  of  Andover,  Massa- 
chusetts. Children,  born  at  Medford,  by  first 
wife:  I.  Abigail,  September  2,  1721.  2. 
Thumas,  January  28,  1722-3.  3.  Ebenezer, 
September  28,  1725.  4.  Sarah,  March  2,  1727. 
5.  Caleb,  June  12,  1728.  Children  by  second 
wife:  6.  David,  October  16,  1731.  7.  William, 
.\ugust  16,  1732.  8.  John,  November  5,  1733. 
9.  David,  January  15,  1734-35;  mentioned 
belijw.  10.  Isaac,  baptized  April  13,  1740.  11. 
Isaac,  baptized  February  28,  1742. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Oakes, 
was  born  at  Medford,  January  15,  1734-5.  He 
married   (first)  December  30,  1764;  (second) 

Abigail   .     Children  of  first  wife:      i. 

Elizabeth,  born  November  21,  1765.  2.  David, 
September,  1767;  mentioned  below.  Child  of 
second  wife:     3.  Mary,  September,  1709. 

(V)  David  (2),  son  of  David  (I)  Oakes, 
was  born  at  Medford,  September  1767.  His 
daughter  Tabitha,  born  about  1790,  died  Octo- 
ber 21,  1866;  married  Cyrus  Clark  (see  Clark). 


In  Fallaise,  a  town  of  Normandy. 
COFFIN  stands  the  old  chateau  of  Courti- 
ton,  once  the  home  of  the  Nor- 
man C(>fiins;  the  name  is  now  extinct  in  that 
vicinage.  The  chateau  is  now  owned  by  Mons. 
Le  Clere,  who  is  the  grandson  of  the  last  Miss 
Coflin  who  married  a  Le  Clere  in  1796.  Until 
her  marriage  the  chateau  had  always  been 
owned  by  a  Coffin.  (The  above  information 
came  through  Adiniral  Henry  E.  Coffin,  of  the 
English  navy,  who  is  the  nephew  of  Admiral 
Sir  Isaac  Coffin,  who  was  born  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  May  16,  1759,  made  a  baronet 
;aid  granted  a  coat-of-arms  in  1804).  The 
family  traces  its  ancestry  to  Sir  Richard  Coffin, 
Knight,  who  accompanied  William  the  Con- 
(|ueror  from  Normandy  to  England  in  the  year 
lofiG,  to  whom  the  manor  of  Alwington  in  the 
court  of  Devonshire  was  assigned.  There  are 
various  branches  of  the  family  in  county 
Devon.  The  English  records  show  the  name  as 
Covin,  whence  it  was  changed  to  Cophin,  and 
is  also  found  as  Kophin.  Coftyn  and  Coft'yne. 
Before  1254  the  family  was  flourishing  at  Port- 
ledge  near  the  sea,  in  the  parish  of  Alwington, 
five  miles  from  Biddeford,  England.  From 
the  time  of  Henry  VIII  to  Edward  II,  for  a 
period  of  two  hundred  years,  the  heir  always 
received  the  name  of  Richard,  and  so  the  fam- 
ily was  perpetuated  for  many  generations 
through  that  name.  The  name  was  early 
brought  to  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  and 
has  1>een  bnrne  by  many  leading  men.      The 


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revolutionary  war  record  of  the  family  is  an 
especially  honorable  one.  The  Portledge  fam- 
ily bore  these  arms :  \'ert,  five  cros-crosslets 
argent,  between  four  plates.  These  arms  are 
also  used  by  the  American  families. 

( I )  Tristram  Coffin,  a  descendant  of  Sir 
Richard  Coffin,  mentioned  above,  lived  in 
Urixton,  county  Devon,  England.  In  his  will 
he  left  legacies  to  Anne  and  John,  children  of 
his  son,  Nicholas  Coffin;  Richard  and  Joan, 
children  of  Lionel  Coffin;  Phillip  Coffin  and 
his  son,  Tristram;  appointed  Nicholas  Coffin, 
mentioned  below,  his  executor. 

(II )  Nicholas,  son  of  Tristram  Coffin,  lived 
in  Butler's  parish,  Devonshire,  England,  where 
he  died  in  1603.  In  his  will,  which  was  proved 
at  Totness,  in  Devonshire,  November  3,  1603, 
mention  is  made  of  his  wife  and  five  children, 
namely :  Peter,  Nicholas.  Tristram,  John  and 
Anne. 

(III)  Peter,  eldest  child  of  Nicholas  and 
Joan  Coffin,  was  born  on  the  Coffin  estate  at 
Brixton,  Devonshire,  England,  about  1580,  and 
died  there  in  1627-28.  tie  married  Joan,  or 
Joanna  Thember,  and  their  six  children  were 
born  and  baptized  in  the  parish  of  Brixton, 
Devonshire,  [England,  in  the  order  following: 
I.  Tristram,  1605,  see  forward.  2.  John,  about 
1607.  He  was  a  soldier,  and  died  in  the  service 
from  a  mortal  wound  received  in  battle  during 
the  four  years'  siege  of  the  fortified  town 
during  the  civil  war,  and  he  died  within  the 
town  about  1642.  3.  Joan,  born  in  England 
about  1609,  and  probably  died  there.  4.  Deb- 
orah, died  probably  in  England.  5.  Eunice, 
born  in  England,  came  to  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony  with  her  parents;  married  William 
Butter  and  died  in  1648.  6.  Mary,  married 
Alexander  Adams,  and  had  children :  Mary, 
Susannah,  John  and  Samuel.  She  died  in 
1677,  or  thereabouts.  Widow  Joan,  with  her 
children,  Tristram,  Eunice  and  Mary,  her  two 
sons-in-law,  husbands  of  her  daughters  who 
were  married  in  England,  her  daughter-in-law, 
Dionis,  and  five  grandchildren,  came  to  Salis- 
bury in  1642.  She  died  in  Boston,  in  May, 
1661,  aged  seventy-seven  years,  and  in  the 
notice  of  her  funeral  it  is  quaintly  stated  that 
the  Rev.  Mr.  \\'ilson  "embalmed  her  memory." 

fIV)  Tristram,  eldest  child  of  Peter  and 
joan,  or  Joanna  (Thember)  Coffin,  was  born 
in  the  parish  of  Brixton,  Dorsetshire,  England, 
probably  in  1605.  He  was  of  the  landed  gentry 
of  England,  being  heir  to  his  father's  estates  in 
Brixton,  and  he  was  probably  a  churchman 
after  the  order  of  the  time  of  Elizabeth.  He 
was    married    to    Dionis    (the    climinutive    for 


Dionysia,  and  after  written  Dionysj,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Stevens,  of  Brixton,  England, 
it  is  a  strange  fact  that  the  christian  name  of 
the  immigrant  forefather  of  all  the  Coffins  in 
America,  Tristram,  is  repeated  and  multiplied 
in  every  family  in  every  generation,  while  the 
name  of  the  foremother  Dionis  is  repeated  but 
once  in  all  the  generations,  and  that  was  when 
it  was  given  to  the  eldest  daughter  of  Stephen, 
the  youngest  child  of  Tristram  and  Dionis 
(  Stevens)  Coffin,  but  when  she  married  Jacob 
Norton  her  name  appears  as  Dinah.  It  is  not 
known  on  which  of  the  early  ships  conveying 
emigrants  from  I^ngland  to  New  England  the 
Coffin  family  took  passage,  but  it  is  generally 
believed  that  it  was  the  same  ship  that  brought 
Robert  Clement,  the  emigrant,  who  owned  the 
ships  "Hector,"  "Griffin,"  "Job  Clement,"  and 
"Margaret  Clement,"  and  if  Robert  Clement, 
the  immigrant,  took  passage  in  one  of  his  own 
ships,  Tristram  Coffin,  the  immigrant,  was  a 
passenger  in  the  same  ship,  and  both  men  set- 
tled in  Haverhill  "in  1642.  The  early  settlers 
of  Salisbury,  which  town  was  established  Oc- 
tober 7,  1640,  commenced  a  settlement  at  Pen- 
tucket  the  same  year,  and  the  Indian  deed  for 
this  land  was  witnessed  by  Tristram  Coffin  in 
1642,  and  in  1643  he  removed  to  the  place  which 
was  established  as  the  town  of  Haverhill,  Nor- 
folk county,  Alassachusetts  Bay  Colony.  He 
settled  near  Robert  Clement.  Tradition  has 
it  that  Tristram  Coffin  was  the  first  man  to 
jjIow  land  in  the  town  of  Haverhill,  he  con- 
structing his  own  plow.  He  changed  his  resi- 
dence to  the  "Rocks"  the  following  year,  and 
in  1648-49  removed  to  Newbury  where  he  kept 
an  ordinary  and  sold  wine  and  liquors  and 
kept  the  Newbury  side  of  Carr's  Ferry.  In 
Septeml)er,  1643,  his  wife  Dionis  was  prose- 
cuted for  selling  beer  for  three  pence  per 
quart,  while  the  regidar  price  was  but  two 
]jence,  but  she  proved  that  she  had  put  six 
bushels  of  malt  into  the  hogshead,  while  the 
law  only  required  the  use  of  four  bu.shels,  and 
she  was  discharged.  He  returned  to  Salisbury 
and  was  commissioner  of  the  town,  and  while 
living  there  planned  the  purchase  of  the  estate 
of  Nantucket,  where  he  with  his  associates  re- 
moved on  accoimt  of  religious  persecution.  At 
least,  Thomas  Macy,  who  was  the  pioneer  set- 
tler on  Nantucket  Island,  "fled  from  the  officers 
of  the  law  and  sacrificed  his  property  and  home 
rather  than  submit  to  tyranny  which  punished 
a  man  for  being  hospitable  to  strangers  in  a 
rain  storm,  even  though  the  strangers  be 
Quakers."  Macy  returned  to  Salisbury  and 
resided  there  in  1664.  and  when  he  left  he  sold 


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his  house  and  lands,  the  story  of  his  "fleeing 
from  persecution"  is  spoiled  and  history  gives 
the  true  reason  for  the  migration,  the  search 
for  a   milder   climate   and  better  opportunity 
for  cultivating  the  soil.  Early  in  1654  Tristram 
Coffin  took  t'eter  Folyer,  the  grandfather  of 
Jjenjamiii  Franklin,  at  that  time  living  in  Mar- 
tha's Vineyard,  as  an  interpreter  of  the  Indian 
language,  and  proceeded  to  Nantucket  to  as- 
certain the  "temper  and  disposition  of  the  In- 
dians and  the  capabilities  of  the  island,  that  he 
might  report  to  the  citizens  of  Salisbury  what 
inducements  were  offered  for  emigration."  The 
land  was  secured  the  same  year,  and  James 
Coffin  accompanied  Thomas  Macy  and  family, 
Edward   Starbuck  and   Isaac  Coleman  to  the 
island  later  the  same  year,  where  they  took  up 
their  residence.    The  Coffin  family  that  settled 
at  Nantucket  included   Tristram,   Sr.,  James, 
Mary,  John  and  Stephen,  and  each  the  head  of 
a   family.      Tristram   Coffin    was   thirty-seven 
years  old   when  he  arrived^  in  America,  and 
fifty-five  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  removal 
to  Nantucket,  and  during  the  first  year  of  his 
residence  he  was  the  richest  proprietor.     The 
property  of  his  son  Peter  is  said  to  have  soon 
after  exceeded  in  value  that  of  the  original 
proprietor,  the  family  together  owning  about 
one-fourth  of  the  island  of  Nantucket  and  the 
whole  of  Tuckernock.     He  was  appointed  the 
second  chief  magistrate  of  the  town  of  Nan- 
tucket, succeeding  his  friend,  Thomas  Macy. 
and  at  the  same  time  Thomas  Mayhew   was 
appointed  the  first  chief  magistrate  of  Martha's 
Vineyard,   their  c(5mmissions  signed  by   Gov- 
ernor  Lovelace,  of   New  York,  bearing  date 
June  2(),  1671,  and  the  two  chief  magistrates, 
together  with  two  assistants  from  each  island, 
constitute  a  general  court,  with  appellate  juris- 
diction  over  both  islands.     The  appointment 
was  made  by  Governor  Francis  Lovelace,  of 
New  York,  and  his  second  commission,  Sep- 
tember 16,   1677,  was  signed  by  Edward  An- 
dros,  governor-general  of  the  Province  of  New 
York.      He   died   at   his   home   on    Nantucket 
Lsland,   New  York,  October  2,    1681,  leaving 
his  widow,  Dionis,  seven  children,  sixty  grand- 
children and  a  number  of  great-grandchildren, 
and  in  1728  there  had  been  born  to  him  one 
thousand  five  hundred  and  eighty-two  descend- 
ants, of  whom  one  thousand  one  hundred  and 
twenty-eight    were    living.      The    children    of 
Tristram   and    Dionis    (Stevens)    Coffin   were 
nine  in  number,  the  first  five  having  been  born 
in  England,  as  follows:     Peter,  Tristram,  Jr., 
Elizabeth.  James,  John,  Deborah,  Mary,  John, 
Stephen. 


( Vj  Tristram  (2),  second  son  and  child  of 
Tristram  (i)  and  Dionis  (Stevens)  Coffin, 
was  born  in  England  in  1632,  and  came  to 
.\merica  with  his  parents  at  ten  years  of  age. 
He  died  February  4,  1704,  aged  about  seventy- 
two.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  all  the  Coffins 
originating  from  Newbury.  He  married, 
March  2,  1653,  in  Newbury,  Judith  Greenleaf, 
daughter  of  Edmund  Greenleaf,  the  emigrant, 
and  widow  of  Henry  Somerby.  of  Newbury. 
She  died  December  15,  1705.  Children  :Judith, 
born  December  4,  1653;  Deborah,  November 
I,  1655;  Mary,  December  12,  1657;  James, 
April  2,  1659  ;  John,  September  8,  1660;  Lydia, 
.April  22,  1662;  Enoch,  January  21,  1664;  Ste- 
phen, mentioned  below;  Peter,  July  27,  1667; 
and   Nathaniel,  March  26,   1669. 

(  \  I )  Stephen,  fourth  son  of  Tristram  (2) 
and  Judith  (Greenleaf)  Coffin,  was  born  Au- 
gust 18,  1665,  in  Newbury,  and  died  in  that 
town,  August  31,  1725.  Lie  resided  in  Haver- 
hill from  1686  to  1697,  and  then  returned  to 
Newbury.  He  married  there  October  8,  1685, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Mirock) 
Atkinson,  of  Newbury,  born  November  27, 
1065,  died  January  20,  1725.  Children:  Sarah, 
born  May  16,  1686;  Tristram,  died  young; 
Tristram,  March  6,  1689;  Lydia,  July  21, 1691  ; 
Judith,  February  23,  1693;  John,  January  20, 
1695;  Abigail,  September  25,  1696;  Stephen, 
1698;  Daniel,  September  19,  1700;  Abner, 
April  29,  1702;  Mary,  September  26,  1704; 
Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin,  June  14, 
1 7 10. 

(VIl)  Joseph,  seventh  son  of  Stephen  and 
Sarah  (Atkinson)  Coffin,  was  born  December 
26,  1706,  in  Newbury,  and  resided  in  that  town, 
where  he  died  November  23,  1758.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  1729,  Elizabeth  Collins,  of  Salis- 
bury, who  died  in  October,  1749.  He  married 
(second)  February  13,  1750,  Olive  Fowler, 
who  married  (second)  March  i,  1763,  Joseph 
Rowell.  Qiildren,  born  in  Newbury:  Joseph. 
March  25,  1730;  Elizabeth,  November  20, 
1731;  Tristram,  September  5,  1733;  John, 
September  5,  1735;  Sarah,  January  26,  1737; 
Abel,  September  30,  1741  ;  Mary,  September 
16,  1743;  Eunice,  .August  23,  1744;  Michael, 
May  10,  1746;  Enoch,  September  13,  1748; 
Samuel,  January  19,  1751  ;  Olive,  June  28[, 
1752:  Henry,  April  9,  1754:  Lemuel,  mention- 
ed below;  John,  August   12,   1757. 

(  VIII)  Lemuel,  eighth  son  of  Joseph  Coffin 
and  fourth  child  of  his  second  wife,  Olive 
Fowler,  was  born  November  20,  1755,  in  New- 
bury, and  died  there  June  29,  1837.  He  was  a 
soldier  of  the  Revolution,   serving  in  several 


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enlistment^..  Jrlc  was  a  private  in  Captain 
Moses  Newell's  company  of  minute-men, 
which  marched  at  the  Lexington  alarm,  April 

19,  1775,  and  served  four  days.  He  was  sub- 
sequently in  Captain  Benjamin  Parker's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Moses  Little's  (17th)  regiment, 
enlisting  May  9,  1775,  and  serving  twelve 
weeks.  The  muster  roll  is  dated  August  i, 
1775,  on  which  his  age  is  given  as  twenty-one 
years ;  and  he  received  an  order  for  a  bounty 
coat  or  its  equivalent  in  money,  dated  Prospect 
Hill,  November  14,  1775.  His  name  appears 
in  the  return  of  men  made  by  Major  Ralph 
Cross,  sworn  to  February  16,  1778,  in  Essex 
county,  among  those  enlisted  for  the  continental 
army  and  the  second  Essex  regiment.  He  was 
credited  to  the  town  of  Newburyport  and  en- 
listed for  a  term  of  three  years.  He  served 
on  the  life  guard  of  General  Washington,  and 
appears  on  the  pay  account  of  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  William  Washington  (third)  regiment 
of  Light  Dragoons,  serving  from  January  i, 
1777,  to  December  13,  1779.  He  married  Cath- 
erine Cressal,  who  died  January  24,  1844,  hav- 
ing survived  her  husband  six  and  a  half  years. 
Children,  born  in  Newburyport:  Eliza,  Au- 
gust 18,  1781  ;  John,  July  9,  1783;  Olive,  July 
14,  1785;  Joseph,  March  25,  1788;  Rachel, 
August  9,  1790;  Abel,  mentioned  below;  Cath- 
erine, January  19,  1795;  Sarah,  July  29,  1797; 
Michael,  March  17,  1800;  Sarah,  November 
16,  1802. 

(IX)  Captain  Abel,  third  son  of  Lemuel  and 
Catherine  (Cressal)  Coffin,  was  born  October 
21,  1792,  in  Newburyport;  died  St.  Helena, 
August  28,  1837.  He  was  a  sea  captain.  He 
married,  Marcli  25,  1816,  Susan  Ames  Hale; 
she  died  September  30,  1837.  Their  children 
were :  Abel  Hale,  see  forward,  and  Susan  Hale, 
born  December  25,  1822;  became  the  wife  of 
Ephraim  A.  Hyde,  of  Freeport,  Maine. 

(X)  Abel  Hale,  son  of  Captain  Abel  and 
Susan  Ames  (Hale)  Coffin,  was  born  August 

20,  1820,  in  Newburyport,  died  June  21,  1883. 
He  settled  in  Boston,  where  he  went  to  sea 
until  age  of  twenty-eight  as  supercargo;  then 
for  many  years  wharfinger  for  Grand  Junc- 
tion Dock  &  Warehouse  Company,  which  after- 
wards became  property  of  present  Boston  & 
Albany  docks.  The  last  ten  years  of  his  life 
he  was  fuel  agent  for  Eastern  railroad  before 
consolidation  with  B.  &  M.  He  was  an  Epis- 
copalian ;  ten  years  senior  warden  for  Christ 
Church,  Boston,  always  a  very  staunch  church 
member.  He  married,  May,  1846,  Julia  Ann 
Holland,  born  at  Newburyport,  December  19, 
1826,  died  at  Medford,  August  25,  1858.     He 

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married  (secondj  November  8,  1859,  Mary 
.\nn  McKay.  Children  by  first  wife:  Annie 
Morrill,  died  in  childhood.  John  Lambert,  see 
forward,  Susan  Hyde,  died  in  childhood. 
Henry,  died  in  childhood.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Abel  Augustus,  born  June  26,  i86i ; 
superintendent  of  the  Webster  Tannery;  re- 
sides in  Maiden,  Massachusetts.  Thomas  Mair 
McKay,  born  January  8,  1864,  died  October, 
1869. 

(XI)  John  Lambert,  eldest  son  of  Abel 
Hale  and  Julia  Ann  (Holland)  Coffin,  was 
born  February  20,  1852,  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  educated  principally  in  Bos- 
ton and  Wakefield  public  schools,  then  attended 
Wakefield  high  school,  later  Tufts  College, 
class  of  1871,  receiving  degree  of  A.  B.  and  in 
1876  that  of  A.  M.  ;  and  subsequently  Boston 
University  Medical  School,  graduating  in  1876 
with  degree  of  M.  D.  Engaged  in  general 
practice  in  West  Medford  until  1896,  and 
then  engaged  in  special  practice  at  Boston  on 
diseases  of  the  skin.  Dr.  Coffin  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy, 
Massachusetts  HonKxopathic  Aledical  Society, 
Boston  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society,  Boston 
Surgical  and  Gynecological  Society,  honorary 
member  of  Maine  Homeopathic  Medical  Soci- 
ety, professor  of  dermatology  at  Boston  Univ 
versity  School  of  Medicine,  chairman  of  board 
of  trustees  of  Westboro  State  Hospital,  and 
while  living  in  Medford  was  a  member  of  the 
school  committee  and  board  of  health.  He  is 
a  Mason,  being  affiliated  with  Mt.  Hermon 
Lodge,  attaining  the  office  of  junior  warden. 
He  is  a  member  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa  of  Tufts. 
He  married,  November  8,  1880,  Annie  Wee- 
man,  daughter  of  Seth  and  Louisa  (Weeman) 
Jones,  of  Maiden.  Children :  Louise  Wendte 
and  Julia  May  (twins),  born  1883.  Bartlett, 
October  5,  1888,  died  September,  1889.  Hol- 
land, March  25,  1890. 


(For  preceding  generations  see  Tristram  Coffin  1). 

(VT)  Nathaniel,  youngest  child 
COFFIN     of    Tristram     (2)     and    Judith 

(Greenleaf)  Coffin,  was  born 
March  26,  1669,  in  Newbury,  and  died  there 
February  20,  1749.  He  resided  in  the  house 
erected  by  his  father,  which  was  still  standing 
within  a  few  years,  and  served  as  deacon  of 
the  church ;  town  clerk,  representative  to  the 
general  court,  and  was  a  member  of  the  gov- 
ernor's council  in  1730.  He  married,  March 
29,  1693,  Sarah,  widow  of  Henry  Dole,  of 
Newbury,  and  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Han- 
nah Brocklebank,  of  Rowley.     She  was  born 


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July  7,  1668;  was  married  (tirst)  November 
3,  1686,  to  Henry  Dole,  and  died  April  20, 
1750,  in  Newbury.  Children:  John,  born 
January  i,  1694;  Enoch,  February  7,  1696; 
Apphia,  June  9,  169^;  Samuel  Brocklebank, 
August  24,  1700;  Joseph,  mentioned  below, 
Jane,  August  5,  1705  ;  Edmund,  March  9,  1708  ; 
Moses,  June  2,  171 1. 

(VH)  Colonel  Joseph,  fourth  son  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Sarah  (Brocklebank)  (Dole)  Coffin, 
was  born  December  30,  1702,  in  Newbury, 
where  he  died  September  12,  1773.  He  was 
an  active  citizen  of  the  town,  and  held  the 
rank  of  colonel  in  the  militia.  He  married, 
July  15,  1725,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min and  Susanna  (iMerrill)  Morse,  of  New- 
bury, born  there  April  14,  1702,  died  February 
9,  1775.  Children :  Sarah,  born  August  25, 
1726;  Enoch,  August  9,  1728;  Mary,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1729;  Joshua,  January  9,  1732;  David, 
mentioned  below;  Susanna,  February  6,  1735; 
Paul,  January  16,  1737;  Charles,  August  17, 
1741. 

(\  HI)  Captain  David,  third  son  of  Colonel 
Joseph  and  Margaret  (Morse)  Coffin,  was 
born  February  27,  1733,  in  Newbury,  and  be- 
came a  mariner  and  commander  of  a  vessel, 
and  was  lost  at  sea  in  December,  1764.  He 
married,  August  23,  1759,  Mary  Pike,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  Nathaniel,  born  Oc- 
tober 30,   1761,  and  David,  mentioned  below, 

(IX)  David  (2),  youngest  son  of  David 
(i)  and  Mary  (Pike)  Coffin,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 6,  1763.  in  Newbury,  and  died  at 
Castine,  Maine,  November  11,  1838.  He  was 
a  member  of  a  company  organized  in  February 
1806,  to  build  a  road  from  Newbury  to  Plum 
Island,  including  a  bridge  over  Plum  river. 
This  was  constructed  in  the  following  summer, 
and  was  partially  destroyed  in  1839.  Mr. 
Coffin  was  a  major  of  militia,  and  was  a  heavy 
sufferer  with  others  through  the  embargo  laid 
upon  commerce  in  1814.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  association  of  "Sea  Fencibles,"  organ- 
ized for  the  defense  of  the  coast  in  1814.  He 
was  one  of  the  claimants  against  the  United 
States  government  in  1820  for  damages  on 
account  of  the  loss  of  the  brig  "George,"  valued 
at  $15,511.00,  of  which  he  was  half  owner, 
and  of  the  schooner  "Betsy  &  Lucy,"  valued 
at  $7,800,  of  which  he  was  sole  owner.  He 
was  a  merchant  at  Newburyport  in  1790,  and 
advertised  a  stock  of  Virginia  coal,  which 
was  a  name  then  given  to  anthracite  coal  just 
coming  into  u.se.  In  1794  he  was  one  of  the 
proprietors  of  a  woolen  mill  at  Byfield.     He 


married,  I-ebruary  y,  1786,  Elizabeth  Stone, 
who  died  at  Newburyport,  February  6,  181 1. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  John  Stone,  a  member 
of  the  committee  of  safety  of  the  town  of  New- 
bury in  1774.  Children:  Nathaniel,  May  12, 
1787;  David,  Sejjtember  30,  1788;  Mary,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1790;  Richard  Pike,  died  young; 
Richard  Pike,  February  21,  1794;  George,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1797;  Isaac  Stone,  mentioned  below; 
libenezer  Stone,  September  30,  1801  ;  Eliza, 
July  14,  1803;  Sarah  Miller,  March  31,  1805; 
John  .Stone,  August  14,  1807;  Frances  Boyd, 
December  25,  1810. 

(Xj  Isaac  Stone,  si.xth  son  of  David  (2j 
and  Elizabeth  (StoneJ  Coffin,  was  born  De- 
cember 26,  1798,  in  Newburyport,  died  Janu- 
ary 24,  1855,  at  New  Orleans,  Louisiana.  He 
was  early  accustomed  to  live  at  sea,  was  em- 
ployed as  supercargo,  and  later  was  commander 
of  a  vessel.  He  went  to  New  Orleans  as  a 
cotton  factor,  and  was  engaged  in  buying  up 
cotton  for  the  New  England  mills.  He  mar- 
ried, October  15,  1820,  at  Castine,  Maine, 
Susan  Haskell  Stevens,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Lawrence  and  Elinor  (Haskell)  Stevens.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Susan,  married  James  Woodman; 
children :  Susan,  James,  Frances  Rena  and 
William  Coffin  Woodman.  2.  Sarah,  resided 
in  Newburyport,  unmarried,  died  1892.  3. 
Isaac,  married  Sarah  Gates  Fales,  of  Thomas- 
ton,  Maine,  no  issue;  he  died  at  Amesbury, 
Massachusetts,  October  i,  1880.  4.  P>ances, 
married  W.  H.  Richardson ;  resided  in  Jamaica 
Plain,  Boston.  5.  Mary,  unmarried,  resides 
in  Newburyport.  6.  William  S.,  married,  No- 
vember 13,  1866,  Mary  Lunt  Page;  children: 
William  Page,  Henry  Fitch,  Susan  Maria, 
David  Page;  the  mother  of  these  children  died 
January  13,  1879,  and  he  married  (second), 
March  30,  1882,  Mrs.  Jennie  Emery  Greenleaf, 
widow  of  Rufus  L.  Greenleaf,  no  issue.  7.  Ed- 
ward I*".,  mentioned  below.  8.  Lucy  S.,  married 
I-'rank  C.  Davis.  9.  Martha  S.,  married  Ed- 
ward Moulton  ;  child,  Alice  Coffin  Moulton. 

(XI)  Edward  F.,  son  of  Isaac  Stone  and 
.Susan  (Stevens)  Coffin,  was  born  June  15, 
1839,  in  Newburyport,  and  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  including 
the  high  school.  For  five  years  after  leaving 
school,  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk  by  Sum- 
ner, Swasey  &  Currier,  wholesale  grocers,  of 
Newburyport.  and  for  over  five  years  was 
bookkeeper  at  a  horn  comb  factory  in  the  same 
town.  In  January,  1865,  he  purchased  from 
Charles  H.  Coffin,  one-half  interest  in  the  comb 
business,   having  as  partners,  John   Carr  and 


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William  Forbes.     The  latter  died  in  1876,  and 
Mr.    Coffin    jjurcliased   his    interest    from   the 
heirs,  and  in  1883  actjuired  the  interest  of  the 
other  partner,  thus  becoming  the  sole  owner, 
and   so  continued   until    1901.     The  business 
occupied  a  brick  building  at  the  foot  of  Fair 
street,   Nevvburyport,  three   stories  in   height, 
and  employed  from  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  hands,  and  the 
product  was  shi])ped  all  over  the  United  States 
and  to  foreign  lands.     In  1879  Mr.  Coffin  built 
factories   on   dock   at    foot   of   Federal   street, 
Newburyport,   for  the  production  of  lignoitl, 
a  substitute   for  celluloid,  to  be  employed   in 
the  production  of  his  wares.    These  structures 
covered  an  acre  of  ground,  employed  one  hun- 
dred hands,  and  was  operated  by  the  Lignoid 
Manufacturing  Company.     This  business  was 
brought  by  Mr.   Coffin    from   Paterson,   New 
Jersey,  and  much  extended  after  it  came  into 
his  control.     In   1887  the  business  was  incor- 
porated  under   the    style   of   the    Solid    Fiber 
Company,  and  in   1888  they  leased  the  plant 
to  the  Lithoid  Manufacturing  Company,  which 
changed  to  the   Fiberloid   Company,   incorpo- 
rated under  the  Maine  laws  in  1894.     In  the 
winter  of  1904-05,  the  last  named  concern  re- 
moved to  Indian  Orchard,  Massachusetts.   Mr. 
Coffin  was  the  foiuider  of  these  various  con- 
cerns, and  his  shrewdness,  energy  and  industry 
were  among  the  most  important  assets.  Under 
his  care  the  business  thrived  and  received  such 
impetus  that  it  continued  successfully  after  his 
retirement  in  1899.    H^  'i^s  ever  taken  a  warm 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  community,  and 
has  contributed   his   share   in   the   support   of 
progressive   movements.      In   religion   he   is   a 
Unitarian,  and  in  politics  a  Re|)ublican,  though 
inde])endent  of  party  managers.     He  married, 
October   21,    1868.      Emily   Osgood,    daughter 
of  Captain  Nathaniel  S.  Osgood,  of  Newbury- 
port.   They  were  the  parents  of  two  children : 
I.  Winthrop  Osgood,  born  March,  1871  ;  edu- 
cated in  the  public  and  high  schools,  and  sub- 
sequently employed  in  the  office  of  his  father. 
Later  he  was  employed  by  the  Towle  Silver 
Company,  at  Newburyport,  and  is  now  asso- 
ciated with  his   father  in  the  development  of 
real  estate   interests.     2.    Edward   May,  born 
May  21,  1882;  educated  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  subsequently  pursued  a  course 
in  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  as  a  chemical 
engineer  in   1904.     He  was  subsequently  em- 
ployed  at    Buffalo  by   the   Lackawanna   Steel 
Company,  and  is  now  inspector  with  the  New 
England  Bureau  of  Ignited  Inspectors. 


Henry  Carlton  Hulbert,  only 
H  L'LBERT  son  of  Amos  Geer  and  Cyn- 
thia (Bassett)  Hulbert,  was 
burn  in  Lee,  Massachusetts,  December  19, 
1831.  The  ancestral  lines,  both  paternal  and 
maternal,  extend  back  to  the  earliest  settlement 
of  the  country,  and  both  directly  and  collater- 
ally include  many  of  the  most  ancient  and 
honorable  of  the  old  Puritan  families  of  New 
England,  the  characteristics  of  whom  are  de- 
veloped in  him  to  a  marked  degree. 

His  paternal  ancestor  was  Lieutenant 
Thomas  Hulbert,  who  accompanied  Lion 
Cardiner  to  this  country  in  1635,  to  build  a 
fort  at  Saybrook.  When  attacked  by  the  Pe- 
(|unts,  while  absent  from  the  fort,  he  made  a 
most  gallant  fight,  and  though  severely 
wounded,  fought  his  way  back  to  the  fort  inch 
by  inch,  (ianlner,  in  his  account  savs:  "But 
in  our  retreat  I  kejjt  Thomas  Hulbert,  Robert 
Chapman  and  John  Spencer  still  before  us, 
we  defending  ourselves  with  our  naked  swords 
or  else  they  had  taken  us  all  alive."  Thomas 
Hulbert  afterward  settled  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  where  he  died  in  1673.  It  is  a 
singular  fact  that  the  descendants  of  Thomas 
Hulbert  and  Robert  Chapman,  above  men- 
tioned, were  united  by  the  marriage  of  Henry 
Hulbert  and  Susan  R.  Cooley  (a  direct  de- 
scendant of  Robert  Chapman)  in  1854. 

The  direct  line  of  Henry  Carlton  Hulbert 
is  through  John,  second  son  of  Thomas,  born 
March  8,  1642,  died  August  30,  1690,  settled 
in  Middletown,  Connecticut:  Ebenezer,  third 
son  of  John,  born  January,  1683,  died  1766; 
Ebenezer  Jr.,  born  May  6,  1725,  died  1777; 
Amos,  born  in  Chatham,  Comiecticut,  1752, 
died  in  Lee,  Massachusetts,  1835;  and  Amos 
Geer  Hulbert,  of  Lee,  Massachusetts,  born  in 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  1799,  died  in  Lee, 
Massachusetts,  August  6,  1884,  father  of 
Henry  Carlton  Hulbert,  of  New  York  and 
Brooklyn,  born  in  Lee,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1831. 

On  the  maternal  side  Henry  C,  Hulbert  is 
closely  identified  with  the  Plymouth  Colony, 
among  whom  were  the  English  families  of 
liassett  and  Dymoke.  The  founder  of  the 
Bas.sett  line,  William  Bassett,  came  over  to  the 
Plymouth  Colony  in  the  ship  "Fortune,"  in 
1 62 1.  He  removed  to  Duxbury,  Massachu- 
setts, later  to  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  proprietors,  was  ad- 
mitted freeman  in  1633,  and  died  in  1667.  He 
maintained  a  position  of  prominence  and  was 
intimate  with  the  chief  dignitaries  of  the 
Massachusetts   Colony.     The   intimacy   of   his 


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son,  William  Bassett  (2),  with  Governors 
Winslow  and  Hinckle_v,  was  so  close  that  he, 
dying  early,  appointed  them  guardians  over 
his  children.  From  William  Bassett,  founder 
of  the  line,  jiroceeds  William  liassett  (2), 
born  1624.  died  1670:  Colonel  William  l>as- 
sett  (3),  born  in  Sandwich,  Massachusetts, 
1656,  died  Se])tember  2y,  1721  ;  William  Bas- 
sett (4),  died  1744,  at  .Sandwich,  Massachu- 
setts; Nathaniel  Bassett,  born  October  15. 
1719,  died  1814;  Anselni  Bassett,  born  at 
Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  July  20,  1768,  died 
July  14,  1837.  at  I.ee,  Massachusetts;  Cynthia 
Bassett,  born  January  28,  1802,  died  July  9, 
1869.  married,  January  zj ,  1824,  Amos  deer 
Hulbert,  and  thus  became  the  mother  of 
Henry  Carlton  Hulbert. 

By  the  marriage  of  Nathaniel  Bassett,  of  the 
fifth  generation,  in  1845,  to  Hannah  Hall,  great- 
granddaughter  of  Margaret,  daughter  of  Gov- 
ernor Josiah  W'inslow,  Henry  C.  Hulbert  is 
eighth  in  descent  from  Governor  Edward 
Winslow,  as  also  from  Widow  Susannah  Ful- 
ler W'hite,  whose  marriage  with  ( Governor 
Winslow,  May  12,  1621,  was  the  first  mar- 
riage celebrated  in  Plymouth  Colony,  and 
whose  child,  I'erigrine  White  (by  her  former 
husband),  was  the  first  white  child  born  in 
New  England.  (See  Winslow.)  Mr.  Hul- 
bert is  in  the  seventh  generation  from  (iov- 
ernor  Josiah  Winslow,  son  of  the  preceding, 
who  was  the  first  native-born  governor  of 
Massachusetts,  also  the  first  native-born  gen- 
eral, serving  as  general-in-chief  of  the  whole 
military  force  of  the  United  Colonies  during 
the  Pequot  war. 

Mr.  Hulbert's  line  of  descent  from  the  fam- 
ily of  Dymoke  is  derived  through  his  grand- 
mother, Hannah  Dymock,  mother  of  Cynthia 
Bassett.  (See  Dymoke.)  The  ancient  cava- 
lier family  of  Dymoke,  by  marriage  with  the 
heiress  of  the  house  of  Marmion,  became 
hereditary  champion  of  the  Kings  and  Queens 
of  England,  it  being  the  knightly  duty  of  the 
head  of  the  family  on  Coronation  Day  to  chal- 
lenge to  mortal  combat  any  one  who  dared  to 
deny  the  right  of  the  Sovereign. 

The  Dymokes  were  a  strong  Catholic  fam- 
ily. Tradition  has  it  that  one  of  the  sons 
married  a  Puritan  girl,  and  Thomas  Dymoke, 
bajitizcd  at  Pinchbeck,  England,  October  6, 
1604,  one  of  his  descendants,  joined  the  Mass- 
achusetts  Bay  colonists   prior   to   1635.*      He 

•Thomas  Dymoke.  of  Pinchbeck.  Is  supposedly  the 
same  as  Thomas  Dymoke.  of  Grey's  Inn.  Record 
entry  at  Grey's  Inn  says:  "August  3.  1629,  Cressy 
Dymoke.    son    of    Thomas    Dymoke.    of    Grey's    Inn. 


married  .\nn,  daughter  of  William  Hammond 
and  Elizabeth  Penn,  sister  of  Admiral  Sir 
William  Penn,  ancestor  of  William  Penn, 
founder  of  Pennsylvania.  He  appears  in  the 
later  records  as  Elder  Thomas  Dymoke.  He 
was  selectman  of  Dorchester,  Massachusetts, 
if)35:  admitted  freeman  1636;  removed  to 
Hingham  1638;  and  in  1639-40  to  Barnstable, 
being  one  of  the  original  proprietors.  He  was 
lieutenant  of  militia,  the  highest  military  com- 
mission in  the  colonies  at  the  time.  He  died  in 
1658.  The  line  from  him  descends  through 
Ensign  Shubael,  baptized  September  15,  1644. 
died  at  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  1735,  aged 
ninety-one;  thence  through  John,  born  1666; 
Theophihis,  of  I'"almouth,  Massachusetts,  born 
i()9f).  ilicd  1760;  Theophihis  (2),  born  1727, 
died  1765;  .Sylvanus,  born  at  Falmouth,  Mass- 
achusetts. 1754,  died  at  Lee,  Massachusetts, 
March  16,  1837;  Hannah  Dymoke,  born  Janu- 
ary 5,  1778,  died  1853,  married  Anselm  Bas- 
sett, born  in  Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  July 
20.  1768.  died  in  Lee,  Massachusetts,  1837; 
(  see  F)assett  line,  \' )  ;  Cynthia  Bassett,  born  in 
Lee.  .Massachusetts,  1802,  died  July  9,  1869; 
marrietl.  January  2"].  1824,  .Xmos  Geer  Hul- 
bert, born  at  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1799,  died  at  Lee,  ]\Iassachusetts, 
1884;  Henry  Carlton  Hulbert,  born  at  Lee, 
.Massachusetts,  December  19,  1831. 

Genera!  Jos'eph  Dymoke  and  Captain  Lott 
Dymoke,  of  the  Revolution,  and  sons  of  The- 
o]iliilus  Dymoke,  of  the  fourth  generation 
al30ve,  and  through  Sarah  Hinckley,  his  wife, 
were  the  great-great-uncles  of  Henry  C.  Hul- 
bert;  through  Sarah  Hinckley,  wife  of  The- 
ophihis, Mr.  Hulbert  is  descended  from  Sam- 
uel Hinckley,  father  of  Governor  Hinckley,  of 
Massachusetts. 

Through  the  marriage  of  John  Hulbert,  of 
the  second  generation  of  the  Hulbert  line,  to 
Honor  Treat  Deniing,  Mr.  Hulbert  is  de- 
scended from  Richard  Treat,  father  of  Gov- 
ernor Robert  Treat,  of  Connecticut.  John 
Deming  and  Richard  Treat  were  two  of  the 
patentees  named  in  the  Connecticut  charter, 
granted  by  Charles  H.,  the  famous  document  of 
"Charter  Oak"  notoriety.  Another  collateral 
ancestor,  Ijy  marriage  of  W^illiam  Bassett  (4) 

December  7.  1631,  Thomas  Dymoke.  son  and  heir  of 
Thomas  Dymoke.  of  Grey's  Inn."  There  is  confu- 
sion in  Heraldic  Office  of  London;  the  descendants 
of  Arthur  Dymoke,  brother  of  Sir  Edward  the  Cham- 
pion, and  of  Arthur  Dymoke.  son  of  Sir  Edward, 
having  the  same  name,  it  is  Impossible  to  desig- 
nate which  was  the  Thomas  that  emigrated  to 
America:  but  both  descend  from  the  Champion  fam- 
ily. 


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uf  Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  February  3, 
1709,  to  Abigail  Bourne  (see  ISassett). 
granddaughter  of  Richard  Bourne,  was  Rich- 
ard Bourne,  of  Plymouth  Colony,  who  exer- 
cised an  influence  over  the  Massachusetts  In- 
dians similar  to  that  of  Sir  William  Johnson 
over  the  Six  Nations  of  New  York.  Barn- 
stable Records,  p.  107,  say  that  he  did  more 
by  the  moral  p(3wer  which  he  exerted  to  de- 
fend the  old  colony  than  Major  William  Brad- 
ford did  at  the  head  of  tiie  army.  A  score  of 
other  ancestors  can  be  traced  who  were  promi- 
nent colonists  and  who  arrived  in  America 
prior  to  1640.  So  far  Mr.  Hulbert  has  been 
unable  to  trace  his  descent  from  any  one  who 
emigrated  later  than  1645. 


indomitable  perseverance,  and  great  thorough- 
ness in  all  his  undertakings.  "In  every 
thought,  fibre  and  movement,"  it  is  related  of 
him,  "he  was  an  enthusiastic  business  man, 
yet  the  perfect  system  with  which  he  arranged 
his  afl'airs  gave  him  ample  leisure  for  reading 
and  self-improvement."  He  was  in  person 
above  the  medium  height,  but  of  a  robust  na- 
ture and  erect  form  that  gave  dignity  to  his 
presence.  He  was  remarkably  vigorous  for 
a  man  of  his  age.  At  the  age  of  seventy-four 
he  visited  England  and  the  continent,  evinc- 
ing all  the  interest,  enthusiasm,  etc.,  without 
any  ]ihysical  discomfort  more  than  one  in 
middle  life.  January  2~ .  1824,  he  married 
C\nthia    llassett.  of  equally   sturdy  and   reso- 


Kesidencf  uf  Xxw 


Ilulliii  I.  ;il  Lee.  Mass.     From  i.liutu  tak 


Amos  (leer  Hulbert.  father  of  Henry  C. 
Hulbert,  inherited  to  the  full  the  hardy  reso- 
Ifite  character  of  his  New  England  ancestry. 
His  early  boyhood  was  spent  in  Suffield,  Con- 
necticut. He  served  his  a])prenticeshii)  as 
carriage  maker  in  Salisbury  and  Canaan,  Con- 
necticut. In  1820  he  removed  to  Lee,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  rose  to  prominence  as  a 
successful  manufacturer  and  became  thor- 
oughly identified  with  the  growth  and  progress 
i)f  the  town.  His  chief  characteristics  were 
cordiality,  frankness,  a  spirit  of  investigation. 


lute  Puritan  stock.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  Church,  and  led  an  exemplary 
Christian  life.  He  died  at  Lee,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1884. 

Henry  Carlton  Hulbert,  only  son  of  Amos 
( ieer  and  Cynthia  (  liassatt)  Hulbert,  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  at  Lee  Academy,  Lee,  Massachusetts.  Of  a 
strong  individuality  and  pronounced  principles, 
he  was  a  leader  among  his  associates  in  the 
various  school  day  afl:'airs,  but  with  the  blood 
of  the  old   Plymoutli  Colony  in   his  veins,  he 


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was  restless  and  anxious  to  begin  his  career  in 
life  which  should  lead  on  to  fortune.  At  the 
age  of  thirteen  he  entered  the  employ  of  Mr. 
William  Taylor,  with  whom  he  remained  for 
six  montiis.  then  leaving  to  re-enter  Lee  Acad- 
emy. On  his  leaving  Mr.  Taylor,  that  gentle- 
man gave  to  him  the  following  unsolicited  and 
highly  complimentary   testimonial : 

I^ee.  Nov.  29.  1845. 
To  whom  it  may  concern;  This  certifies  that 
Master  Henry  Hulbert  has  been  a  clerk  in  my  store 
since  the  11th  of  June  last  until  this  day.  and 
unsolicited  I  take  pleasure  in  saying  voluntarily 
that  I  have  uniformly  found  him  to  be  industrious, 
thorough,  correct,  faithful  and  obliging.  He  is 
scrupulously  honest.  He  possesses  uncommon  tact 
for  a  youth  of  his  age.  and  is  quite  popular  with 
(customers.  I  am  sorry  to  part  with  him.  I  shall 
count  myself  fortunate  if  I  can  again  have  his 
services.  \VILLI.\M  TAYI^OR. 

He  had  strong  predilections  for  a  mercantile 
life,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he  bid  farewell 
to  his  alma  mater  and  returned  to  the  empl(5y 
of  Mr.  William  Taylor.  He  remained  but  a 
short  time  when  he  was  offered  a  position  in 
the  dry  goods  house  of  I'lunkett  &  Hulbert  of 
Pittsfiekl.  After  submitting  the  matter  to  his 
parents,  he  was  informed  by  them  that  here- 
after "self-reliance  must  be  his  capital."  He 
was  equal  to  the  occasion,  and  had  faith  in  his 
own  ability  to  succeed.  Within  three  years 
he  rose  from  the  position  of  errand  boy, 
through  the  intermediate  grades,  to  that  of 
cashier.  The  little  world  in  which  he  lived 
soon  became  too  contracted  and  he  was  am 
bitious  for  a  wider  field.     He  felt  that 

"No  pent  up  Utica  contracts  your  powers. 
But   the  whole  boundless  continent   is   yours." 

and  so  he  determined  to  try  his  fortune  in  the 
great  metropolis.  As  he  unfolded  his  plans 
to  his  father,  he  was  reminded  by  the  latter 
that  not  more  than  ten  in  one  hundred  who 
ventured  there  met  with  success.  The  am- 
bitious young  man  replied  :  "  I  propose  to  be 
one  oi  the  ten,"  and  it  was  plainly  eviilent 
that  "that  one"  was  a  host  in  himself,  and  that 
iiis  capital  of  "self-reliance"  had  largely  in- 
creased. In  February,  1851,  at  the  age  of 
nineteen,  he  started  for  New  ^'ork  City,  pro- 
vi<led  with  suitable  recommendations,  among 
which  were  letters  to  Cyrus  W.  l-'icld  &  Com- 
pany, and  White  &  Sheffield.  Mr.  Field  was 
•  an  old  acquaintance  of  his  father,  and  re- 
ceived the  young  man  cordially,  but  informed 
him  that  he  had  no  position  open  at  the  time, 
but  that  he  could  use  his  firm's  name  as  a 
jitv   reference.      He    was    then    introduced   by 


Edward  S.  May  (of  the  firm  of  E.  &  S.  May. 
paper  manufacturers),  to  White  &  Sheffield, 
importers  of  and  extensive  dealers  in  paper 
manufactures,  to  whom  he  presented  his  letters. 
The  firm  were  favorably  impressed  with  the 
young  man,  and  especially  with  his  direct  and 
intelligent  answers  to  their  ([uestions.  Mr.  Shef- 
field asked  him  what  he  proposed  to  do.  His 
prompt  reply  was:  "If  you  give  me  a  position 
I  propose  to  make  myself  so  useful  that  you 
will  give  me  an  interest  in  your  business," 
and  he  kept  his  word.  His  salary  for  the  first 
year  was  S400.  His  previous  training  had 
been  thorough  and  exacting,  and  he  had  been 
submitted  to  the  severest  discipline.  As  errand 
l)()y.  salesman,  bookkeeper  and  cashier,  he  was 
well  equipped  for  his  new  position.  Ever  on 
the  alert,  an  opportunity  presented  itself  near 
the  close  of  the  year  of  which  he  was  quick 
to  avail  himself.  The  firm  was  in  the  habit 
of  sending  out  account  sales  at  the  close  of 
each  (|uarter  to  the  manufacturing  firms  they 
represented,  and,  owing  to  illness  of  the  book- 
keeper and  cashier  who  attended  to  these 
duties,  the  firm  were  in  a  quandary  as  to  what 
could  be  done.  At  this  juncture  young  Hul- 
bert offered  to  fill  the  place  of  the  absent  em- 
ployee until  he  should  be  able  to  resume  his 
duties,  at  the  same  time  informing  the  firm 
that  this  had  been  a  part  of  his  education,  and 
that  he  had  no  doubt  of  his  ability  to  fill  the 
(K'sition.  After  some  hesitancy  the  offer  was 
accejited,  and  they  were  greatly  pleased  with 
the  result,  every  detail  being  performed  in 
the  most  thorough  manner.  The  increased 
confidence  of  the  firm  in  his  ability  and  his 
personality  as  well,  gave  him  a  strong  hold  in 
tlie  line  of  advancement. 

Not  long  after  this  an  inciflent  occurred 
which  raised  the  young  man  still  higher  in  the 
estimation  of  his  employers.  There  was  an 
unfortunate  rupture  between  the  firms  of 
White  &  Sheffield  and  Cyrus  W.  Field  &  Com- 
pany, in  which  their  relations  became  very 
strained,  so  much  so  that  the  letters  of  the 
former  firm  were  returned  unanswered.  The 
matter  was  ]jlaced  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Hul- 
bert, with  discretionary  powers,  in  which  he 
proved  himself  a  skillful  diplomat,  and 
thorough  his  efforts  the  matter  was  amicably 
adjusted,  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  his  em- 
ployers. 

In  the  great  panic  of  "57  Mr,  Hulbert  was 
sent  on  a  Western  trip  for  the  purpose  of 
effecting  a  settlement  of  old,  and  to  use  his 
own  judginent  about  opening  new,  accounts. 
His    office    experience    had     familiarized    him 


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with  the  financial  conditions  of  the  trade,  and 
not  a  dollar  was  lost  through  the  sales  he  made 
at  this  time.  He  had  fulfilled  his  promise 
made  to  the  firm  at  the  time  he  entered  their 
employ,  and  in  less  than  four  years  he  was 
given  an  interest  in  the  profits  in  lieu  of 
salary.  One  year  later,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
four,  he  was  admitted  to  full  partnership  and 
the  firm  name  changed  to  J.  B.  Sheffield  & 
Company.  On  the  expiration  of  this  partner- 
ship, January  i,  1858,  Mr.  Hulbert  was  offered 
fifty  per  cent,  advance  on  his  interest  to  re- 
main, but  declined.  Forming  an  association 
with  his  cousin,  ^lilan  Hulbert,  of  Boston, 
under  the  firm  name  of  H.  C.  &  M.  Hulbert 
(with  Otis  Daniell,  of  Boston,  as  special  part- 
ner for  $30,000),  he  at  once  engaged  in  busi- 
ness for  himself,  on  a  capital  of  $40,000,  as 
importer  and  dealer  in  paper  makers'  supplies. 
After  completing  the  organization  Mr.  Hul- 
bert sailed  for  EuroiJe,  and  secured  a  number 
of  valuable  e.xclusive  agencies,  some  of  which 
are  still  retained  by  Mr.  Hulbert's  successors. 
Returning  in  1858,  the  firm  opened  business  in 
New  York  City,  at  83  John  street,  and  entered 
at  once  upon  a  successful  career,  which  has 
continued  uninterruptedly  ever  since.  In  the 
development  of  the  business  but  two  removals 
of  its  location  have  occurred,  one  in  1861  to  13 
Beekman  street,  the  other  in  1881  to  53  Beek- 
man  street.  Up  to  the  present  time  the  firm 
has  been  but  once  reorganized,  although  there 
have  been  several  changes  in  the  personnel. 
In  1862,  special  partner  Otis  Daniell  sold  his 
interest  to  the  general  partners,  without  secur- 
ity, giving  them  three  years  in  which  to  make 
payment.  In  1872,  general  partner  Milan 
Hulbert  withdrew,  when  the  firm  was  re- 
organized as  H.  C.  Hulbert  &  Company,  Mr. 
Hulbert  admitting  as  partners  Joseph  II.  Sut- 
phin  and  George  P.  Hulbert,  both  of  whom 
had  served  a  thorough  apprenticeship  in  the 
business  as  clerks  in  the  establishment.  Mr. 
George  P.  Hulbert  died  in  the  autumn  of  the 
same  year.  In  1890.  Charles  F.  Bassett,  who 
had  grown  up  in  the  business  from  a  boy, 
under  the  training  of  Mr.  Hulbert,  was  ad- 
mitted as  a  partner,  and  the  business  was  con- 
tinued under  the  same  firm  name  until  May 
I,  1900,  when  H.  C.  Hulbert  retired  and  Bas- 
sett &  Sutphin  became  his  successors.  In  1893 
Mr.  Bassett  married  Carolyn,  youngest  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  Hulbert.  .A.s  Mr.  Bassett's  line  of 
descent  was  from  the  same  Puritan  stock  of 
the  Bassets,  Dymokes,  Winslows,  and  Hinck- 
leys,  the  ancestral  line  merged   into  those  of 


his  father-in-law.  thus  making  the  offspring 
doubly  related. 

W  bile  controlling  the  principal  interests  of 
his  own  firm,  Mr.  Hulbert's  business  ability 
and  influence  have  been  sought  in  other  direc- 
tions. He  was  from  1882  to  January,  1900, 
when  the  Pullman  Company  purchased  the 
assets  of  the  Wagner  Company,  and  when  J. 
P.  Morgan,  W.  K.  X'anderbilt  and  other  Wag- 
ner directors  were  added  to  the  Pullman  Com- 
])any  Board,  the  only  New  York  director  of 
the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Company  of  Chicago, 
Illinois,  and  at  Mr.  Pullman's  death,  Robert 
Lincoln,  Marshall  Field  and  Mr.  Hulbert  con- 
stituted the  executive  committee  of  the  com- 
pany. Mr.  Hulbert  is  also  trustee  and  one  of 
the  finance  committee  of  the  New  York  Life 
Insurance  and  Trust  Company,  and  also  of  the 
Celluloid  Company ;  one  of  the  trustees  and 
first  vice-j)resident  of  the  South  Brooklyn 
Savings  Institution ;  and  is  now  and  for  forty 
years  has  been  a  ilirector  of  the  Importers' 
and  Traders'  National  Bank  of  New  York, 
and  at  present  first  vice-president ;  he  is  also 
a  director  of  the  L'nited  States  Life  Insurance 
Company,  and  one  of  the  trustees  of  the 
Franklin  Trust  Company  of  Brooklyn.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  New  York  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, life  member  of  both  the  New  York 
and  Brooklyn  New  England  Societies,  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  and  one 
of  the  vice-presidents  of  the  Brooklyn  So- 
ciety for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Chil- 
dren. He  was  for  many  years  a  member  of 
the  .South  Congregational  Church  of  Brook- 
lyn, a  trustee  of  the  society,  anil  superintend- 
ent of  the  Sabbath  school.  L-pon  the  call  of 
his  cousin.  Rev.  Edward  P.  IngersoU,  to  the 
pastorate  of  the  Middle  Reformed  Church  of 
l>rt)okl)n,  he  changed  his  membership  to  that 
church,  and  later  became  superintendent  of  the 
.Sabbath  school.  With  the  call  of  Dr.  Inger- 
soU to  the  Puritan  Church  in  1882,  Mr.  Hul- 
bert united  with  Christ  Church,  Clinton  street, 
of  which  he  is  still  one  of  the  vestry. 

.Mr.  Hulbert  has  been  twice  married.  In 
Se])tember,  1854,  he  was  married  to  Susan  R. 
Cooley,  descended  from  Robert  Chapman,  one 
of  Lion  Gardiner's  three  brave  men,  step- 
daughter of  William  Porter,  a  prominent  law- 
yer of  Lee,  Massachusetts.  She  soon  became 
a  confirmed  invalid,  but  at  the  expiration  of 
about  seven  years  regained  her  health.  She 
was  active  in  benevolent  work,  and  for  many 
years  was  treasurer  of  the  Brooklyn  Indus- 
trial School  and  Home  for  Destitute  Children. 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


She  died  August  22,  1882.  His  two  daughters, 
the  offspring  of  this  union,  are  the  wives  of 
Mr.  Sutphin  and  Mr.  Bassett,  his  business 
partners  wlio,  on  Mr.  Hulbert  retiring  from 
active  business  in  1900.  continued  under  the 
firm  name  of  Bassett  &  Sutphin.  Mr.  Hulbert 
married  (second),  October  16.  1884.  Fannie 
Dwight  Bigelow,  daughter  of  the  late  .'Ksa 
Bigelow  Jr.,  of  Brooklyn. 

(Bassett  Line). 

(I)  William  Bassett  arrived  in  the  ship 
"Fortune,"  in  1621,  and  married  Elizabeth  Til- 
den,  or  Selden.  Children  :  William,  see  for- 
ward ;  Elizabeth,  born  in  1626,  died  1670;  Na- 
thaniel, born  1628, .died  1709;  Joseph;  Sarah, 
married,  1648,  Peregrine  White,  the  first  Eng- 
lish child  born  in  Cape  Cod ;  Jane. 

(U)  Wilham  (2).  eldest  child  of  William 
(i)  and  Elizabeth  (Tilden  or  Selden)  Bassett, 
was  born  in  1624,  and  died  in  1670,  leaving 
a  large  estate.  He  removed  to  Sandwich,  and 
was  called  "Mr."  He  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Hugh  r.urt.  of  Eynn,  and  had  children  : 
Mary,  born  U>54,  and  William. 

(HI)  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2)  and 
Mary  (Hurt)  liassett,  was  born  in  1656,  and 
died  in  1721.  He  was  known  as  Colonel  Will- 
iam Bassett,  and  married  Rachel  Willison,  of 
Taunton.  Children :  Mary,  born  1676 ;  Na- 
than, 1677;  Rachel.  1679,  died  1744;  William, 
see  forward;  Jonathan,  born  1683:  Thankful, 
born  1687,  died  1777. 

(I\'j  William  (4),  second  son  and  fourth 
child  of  William  (3)  and  Rachel  (Willison) 
Bassett.  married  Abigail,  born  about  1684, 
died  in  February.  1764,  daughter  of  Elisha 
Bourne,  and  granddaughter  of  Richard 
Bourne.  Children:  Mary,  born  1709;  William, 
1711:  Captain  Elisha,  1713;  John.  1716;  Dea- 
con Thomas,  1717,  died  1809;  Nathaniel,  see 
forward;  Jonathan,  born  1721  ;  Abigail,  1722: 
Elizabeth.  1724:  Xathaii.  1727,  died  1728: 
liannah,   born    1730. 

(  \"  )  Nathaniel,  fifth  son  and  sixth  child  of 
William  (4)  and  Abigail  (Bourne)  Bassett. 
was  born  October  15.  1719,  and  died  m  Fal 
mouth,  1814.  He  resided  in  Sandwich.  Mass- 
achusetts;  married,  July  4,  1745,  Hamiah  Hall, 
of  Yarmouth,  born  about  1723,  died  at  Sand- 
wich. June  22,  1790,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Rebecca  (.Sears)  Hall,  and  granddaughter  of 
Deacon  John  Hall.  Rebecca  (Sears)  Hall 
was  daughter  of  F'anl  and  Mercy  (Freeman) 
Sears,  granddaughter  of  Paul  Sears,  born  in 
1637.  and  great-granddaughter  of  Richard  and 
Dorotliy    (Thatcher)    Sears,  the  emigrant  an- 


cestors. Children  of  Nathaniel  and  Hannah 
(Hall)  Bassett:  i.  Rebecca,  born  1747.  2. 
Joseph,  born  September  3,  1749,  died  1817; 
was  a  member  of  the  famous  "Boston  Tea 
Partv."  3.  Abigail,  born  September.  1751. 
4.  Fdmuncl.  born  July.  1753.  5.  Hannah,  born 
Mav.  1755.  6.  Nathaniel,  born  January  26, 
1758.  died  1846.  at  Lee,  Massachusetts;  mar- 
ried Bethia  Smith.  7.  Elisha,  born  1761.  8. 
Stephen,  born  1763.  9.  Jonathan,  born  1765. 
10.  .-\nselni.  or  Ansel,  born  July  20,  1768.  died 
July  14.  1837.  II.  Isaac,  born  October  28. 
1770.  died   1779. 

(Brewster  Line). 

(  J  )  Elder  William  Brewster  came  over  in 
the  "Mayflower"  in  1620.  He  married  Mary 
.     Children :  Love,  Wrasling,  Patience. 

(II)  Patience,  daughter  of  Elder  William 
and  Mary  Brewster,  married,  1637,  Governor 
Thomas  Prince. 

(  I II )  Mercy,  daughter  of  Governor  Thomas 
and  Patience  (P.rewster)  Prince,  married 
.Major  [ohn.  son  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth 
I'Veeman. 

(I\')  Thomas,  son  of  Major  John  and 
Mercv  (  Prince)  Freeman,  married  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Captain  Jonathan  and  Rebecca 
(  Bangs )  .Sparrow. 

(V)  Mercy,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Re- 
becca (Sjjarrow)  Freeman,  married  Paul,  sec- 
tind  son  of  Paul  and  Deborah  (Willard) 
Sears. 

( \'I )  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Paul  and  Mercy 
(Freeman)  Sears,  married  Joseph,  son  of 
Deacon  John  Hall. 

(\"11  )  Hannah,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Re- 
becca (Sears)  Flail,  married,  July  14,  1845, 
.X'athaniel  Bassett,  of  Sandwich.  (See  Bas- 
sett. \'. ) 

(Sayres  or  Sears  Line). 

(  1  )  .Vdan)  Sayres.  or  Sears,  possessevl  Lord 
lit  the  Manor  of  Hougham.  near  Rochester, 
cdunty  of  Kent,  died  in   1346. 

(1\')  John  .Sayer,  great-grandson  of  the 
preceding,  was  one  of  the  Barons  returned  to 
serve  in  i)arliament  for  the  town  of  Sand- 
w  ich  during  the  reign  of  Henry  VI.  He  was 
alderman  towards  the  close  of  the  fifteenth 
century,  died  in  1509.  and  a  mural  brass  in 
St.  Peter's  church  records  his  name  and  hon- 
ors. ( )ne  of  his  sons  crossed  the  Thames 
into  Esse.x  and  founded  a  family  at  Colches- 
ter. .\nother,  the  youngest.  Thomas,  was  cre- 
ated a  baronet  by  Henry  \'H.  after  the  battle 
of  Stoke. 


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(\)  John,  son  of  John  Sayer.  was  of  Col- 
chester, and  owner  of  a  large  estate. 

(\T)  Richard,  son  of  John  Sayer,  of  Col- 
chester, had  early  imbibed  strong  religions 
sentiments,  and,  denying  the  spiritual  suprem- 
acy of  Henry  \  IH.,  he  and  his  wife  were 
exiled  to  Holland  in  1537,  where  he  died  in 
1540.  He  had  married  .Ann  Bouchier  Knyvet. 
(  See  Knyvet  Line. ) 

{\'U)  John  r.ouchier,  only  son  of  Rich- 
ard and  Ann  llouchier  (Knyvet)  Sayer,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Hawkins, 
the  famous  admiral.  Children  :  John,  Henry. 
William  and  Richard. 

(\  HI)  John,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Hawkins)  Sayer,  was  born  in  1561,  and  died 
in  December.  1629.  He  married,  1585,  Marie 
L.,  daughter  of  Philip  Lamoral  \'an  Egmond, 
of  Amsterdam,  who  became  the  victim  of  the 
enmity  of  the  Duke  of  Alva.  Children : 
Marie  L.,  born  1587;  Richard,  see  forward; 
John,  born   1592;  Jane  Knyvet,  born  1596. 

(IX)  Richard  Sears,  second  child  and  eld- 
est son  of  John  and  Marie  L.  (Van  Egmond) 
Sayer,  and'  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Sears 
in  America,  was  born  in  1590,  and  died  in 
1676.  Upon  the  death  of  his  father  he  came 
into  his  inheritance,  joined  the  company  at 
Leyden,  and  in  1630  accompanied  the  last  ex- 
pedition which  carried  out  from  Leyden  the 
remnant  of  the  Scrooby  congregation.  They 
landed  at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  May  8, 
1630.  He  married,  1632,  Dorothy,  sister  of 
.Anthony  Thatcher,  of  Plymouth,  and  she  died 
in  1680.  Children :  Knyvet,  Paul,  Silas  and 
Deborah. 

(X)  Paul,  son  of  Richard  and  Dorothy 
(Thatcher)  Sears,  was  born  in  1^137,  and  died 
in   1707.     He  married   Deborah   Willard. 

(XI)  Paul  (2),  son  of  Paul  (i)  and  Deb- 
orah (Willard)  Sears,  married  Mercy,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  (Sparrow)  Eree- 
man. 

(XII)  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Paul  and 
Mercv  (Ereeman)  Sears,  married  Joseph,  son 
of  Deacon  John  Hall. 

(XIIT)  Hannah,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Rebecca  (Sears)  Hall,  married  Nathaniel  Ras- 
-^ett,  of   Sandwich.      (See   Rassett,  \'.) 

(  Knyvet   Line ). 

(  1  )  William  the  Conqueror,  King  of  Eng- 
land, married.  1053,  Matilda,  daughter  of 
lialdwin,  I""arl  of  Elanders,  and  a  descendant 
of  .Alfred.  Children  ;  Robert,  Duke  of  Nor- 
mandy;  Richard:  William  II.,  surnamed 
Rufus ;  Henrv. 


(II)  Henry  1..  King  of  England,  married 
MatiUla.  daughter  of  Malcolm  and  Margaret 
of  Inlanders,  "and  great-granddaughter  of  Ed- 
mund Ironside. 

(III)  Matilda,  daughter  of  Henry  I.,  mar- 
ried (first)  Henry  \'.,  of  Germany,  (second) 
Geoffrey,  Count  of  Anjou. 

(I\')  Henry  II.,  of  England,  son  of  Geof- 
frev.  Count  of  .Anjou,  and  Matilda,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  1.,  married  Eleanor  of  Aquitaine. 

(\' )  King  John,  son  of  Henry  II.  and  Elea- 
nor of  Aquitaine,  married  Isabella,  heiress  of 
the  Count  of  .Angouleme. 

(VI)  Henry  III.,  son  of  King  John  and 
Isabella  of  Angouleme,  married  Eleanor, 
daughter  of  the  Count  of  Provence. 

(\'II)  Edward  I.,  son  of  Henry  HI.  and 
Eleanor  of  Provence,  married  Eleanor,  daugh- 
ter of  -Alphonso  X.  of  Castile. 

(\TII)  Edward  II.,  son  of  Edward  I.  and 
Eleanor  of  Castile,  married  Isabella,  daugh- 
ter of  Philip  H. 

(IX)  Edward  HI.,  son  of  Edward  II.  and 
Isabella,  married  Philippa,  daughter  of  the 
Count  of  I  lainault. 

(X)  Prince  Thomas,  Duke  of  Gloucester, 
son  of  Edward  HI.  and  Philippa  of  Hainault, 
married  .Alianore,  daughter  of  Humphrey  De 
ISohun,  last  Earl  of  Hereford. 

(XI)  Lady  Ann  Plantagenet,  daughter  of 
Prince  Thomas  and  Alianore  De  Bohun,  mar- 
ried (third)  William  de  Bouchier,  Earl  of 
Eu. 

(XII)  Sir  lohn,  son  of  William  and  Lady 
.\nn  Plantagenet  de  P>ouchier,  married  Mar- 
gerv,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Berneers,  of 
West  Horsley. 

(XIIL)  Sir  Humphrey,  Kt.,  son  of  Sir  John 
and  Margery  (Berneers)de  Bouchier,  married 
Lady  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Frederick 
Tilney,  of  .Ashwelthorp,  and  widow  of  Sir 
Thomas  Howard. 

(XI\')  Sir  John,  son  of  Sir  Humphrey  and 
Lady  Elizabeth  de  Bouchier  was  the  second 
Lord  Berneers,  and  chancellor  to  Henry  \TII. 
for  life.  He  married  Lady  Catherine,  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  I<ilin  Howard,  K.  G..  Duke  of  Nor- 
folk. 

(  X\' )  Lady  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  John  and 
Lady  Catherine  de  Bouchier,  married  Edmund 
Knyvet,  of  Ashwelworth,  sergeant  jiorter  to 
Henry  \T1I. 

(X\l)  .Ann  Knyvet,  daughter  of  Edmund 
and  Lady  Joan  (de  Bouchier)  Knyvet,  mar- 
ried Riciiard  Saver.  ( See  Savres  or  Sears, 
III.) 


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(Dymoke  Linei. 

There  are  several  authenticated  records 
which  show  that  this  branch  of  the  family 
can  be  traced  back  to  Sir  Robert  Dymoke, 
Champion  of  Richard  III.,  Henry  VH.  and 
Henry  VHI.,  but  as  the  names  of  Edward. 
Thomas  and  John  abound  in  all  the  branches, 
it  is  not  possible  at  this  time  to  state  the  ex- 
act line  with  certainty. 

( I )  Elder  Thomas  Dymoke  was  selectman 
of  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  1635;  in  1639 
the  town  of  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  was  set 
off  to  him  and  others  ;  August  26,  1644,  was  one 
of  the  witnesses  with  the  Serunk  hulian  chief, 
which  was  called  the  First  Purchase ;  in  1647 
was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Second  Purchase 
with  Chief  Xepoystym ;  removed  to  Hingham, 
1638;  to  Barnstable,  1639-40.  ("Freeman's 
History  of  Cape  Cod,"  May  25,  1636).  He 
was  probably  born  at  Pinchbeck,  England,  bap- 
tized, October  7,  1604,  and  died  at  Barnstable, 
1657-8.  He  married  Ann  Hammond,  grand- 
daughter of  .Admiral  Sir  William  Penn.  Chil- 
dren:  r.  Timothy,  born  i63(),  died  1640.  2. 
Mehitable,  baptized  April  17,  1642,  died  Au- 
gust 18,  1676:  married,  March  30,  1662,  Rich- 
ard Child,  of  Watertown.  3.  Shubail,  see  for- 
ward. 

(Hj  Ensign  .Shubail,  youngest  child  of 
Elder  Thomas  and  Ann  (Hammond)  Dymoke, 
was  baptized  September  15,  1644,  and  died  at 
Mansfield.  Connecticut,  October  29, 1732,  at  the 
age  of  ninety-one  years.     He  married,  April, 

1663,  Joanna,  daughter  of  John  Bursley.  She 
died  at  Mansfield.  IMay  8,  1727,  aged  eighty- 
three  years.     Children :   Thomas,  born   April, 

1664,  died  1697;  John,  see  forward;  Timothy, 
born  March,  1668;  Shubail,  born  February, 
1673,  died  1728:  Joseph,  born  September, 
1675;  Mehitable,  born  September,  1677,  died 
1775;  Benjamin,  born  March,  1680;  Joanna, 
bom  March.  1682:  Thankful,  born  November, 
1684. 

(HI)  John,  second  son  and  child  of  Ensign 
Shubail  and  Joanna  (Bursley)  Dymoke  was 
born  January,  1666,  and  married,  November 
16,  1689,  Elizabeth  Lumbert.  Children: 
Sarah,  born  December,  1690;  Annah  or  Han- 
nah, born  July,  1692,  married.  Jabez  Davis, 
published  March  5,  17 19;  Mary  Jane,  born 
1695,  married,  1726,  Benjamin  Davis;  Theo- 
pliikis,  see  forward  ;  Timothy,  born  July,  1698; 
Ebenezer.  born  February,  1700,  died  April 
1.3'  1775:  Thankful,  born  April,  1702;  Eliz- 
abeth, born  April  20,  1704;  David,  baptized 
May.   1706;  Shubail,  baptized  June  22,  1707; 


Temperance,   born  January    10,    1710;    Benja- 
min, born  17 12-3. 

(I\')  Theophilus,  eldest  son  and  fourth 
child  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Lumbert)  Dy- 
moke, was  born  September,  1696,  and  died  in 
1760.  He  married,  October  i,  1722,  Sarah 
Hinkley.  Children:  i.  John,  born  about  1723. 
2.  David,  born  about  1725;  married,  about 
1753,  Thankful,  widow  of  James  Hatch,  and 
had  a  daughter  Thankful,  who  married  her 
cousin  Sylvanus  Dymoke.  (See  below.)  3. 
Theophilus  Jr.,  see  forward.  4.  Thomas,  born 
1729.  5.  Ebenezer,  born  1731.  6.  Joseph, 
born  1733,  died  September  21,  1822;  held  the 
rank  of  general ;  married,  April  17,  1759,  Mary 
Meigs.  7.  Lot,  born  about  1737,  died  1816; 
held  the  rank  of  captain.  8.  Sarah,  born 
about  1740.     9.  Temperance,  born  about  1742. 

(V)  Theophilus  Jr.,  third  son  and  child 
of  Theophilus  antl  Sarah  (Hinkley)  Dymoke, 
was  born  in  1727,  and  died  May  31,  1765.  He 
married,  November  7,  175 1,  his  cousin,  Zer- 
viah.  daughter  of  Jabez  and  Annah  or  Han- 
nah (Dymoke)  Davis.  Zerviah  (Davis)  Dy- 
moke was  born  July  18,  1730,  and  died  March 
19,  1824.  Children:  John,  born  about  1752; 
Sylvanus,  see  forward;  Anna,  born  1756,  mar- 
ried Elnathan  Nye;  Jabez,  born  1759,  died 
May  22,  1825;  Ephraim,  born  about  1761  ; 
Theophilus,  born  about  1763. 

(VI)  Sylvanus,  second  son  and  child  of 
Theophilus  and  Zerviah  (Davis)  Dymoke,  was 
born  in  1754,  and  died  at  Lee,  Massachusetts, 
March  16,  1837.  Tradition  says  that  his 
father  died  when  Sylvanus  was  very  young, 
and  that  he  was  brought  up  by  his  uncle.  Gen- 
eral Joseph  Dymoke.  He  removed  from  Fal- 
mouth between  1775  and  1780.  Married, 
banns  ])ublished  March  14,  1775,  Thankful, 
born  1754,  daughter  of  David  and  Thankful 
(Hatch)  Dymoke,  of  Falmouth. 

(V'll)  Hannah,  only  child  of  Sylvanus  and 
Thankful  (Dymoke)  Dymoke,  was  born  Jan- 
uary 5,  1778,  and  died  at  Lee,  Massachusetts, 
July  26,  1853.  She  married,  April  11,  1793, 
.Anselm,  child  of  Nathaniel  and  Hannah 
(Hall)  Bassett,  who  was  born  July  20,  1768, 
and  died  at  Lee.  July  14,  1837.  (See  Bas- 
sett. y.) 

(Wlnslow    Line). 

(jovernor  Edward  Winslow,  the  emigrant, 
was  born  in  Droitwich.  Worcestershire  county, 
England,  October  19,  1595,  and  died  May  8, 
1665,  at  sea,  while  on  an  expedition  against 
the  Spaniards  in  the  West  Indies,  under  a 
commission  from  Oliver  Cromwell.     He  was 


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governor  1633-36-44.  While  visiting  in  Eng- 
land he  was  imprisoned  by  Archbishop  Laud 
for  seventeen  weeks  in  the  Fleet  Prison.  He 
married  (first)  Elizabeth  Barker  who  came 
over  with  him  in  the  "Mayflower,"  and  who 
died  March  24,  1621.  He  married  (second), 
May  12,  1 62 1,  Susannah  (Fuller)  White, 
widow  of  William  White,  who  had  died  in  the 
spring  of  1621.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  White  came 
over  in  the  "Mayflower,"  and  were  the  par- 
ents of  Peregrine,  the  first  white  child  born  in 
the  new  colony.  Peregrine  White  married 
Sarah  Bassett,  daughter  of  William  Bassett, 
the  emigrant.  (See  Bassett,  I).  The  second 
marriage  of  Governor  Winslow  was  the  first 
marriage  solemnized  in  the  colony,  and  they 
became  the  parents  of  the  first  native-born 
governor  and  general,  Josiah,  born  in  Marsh- 
field,  1629,  died  in  1680. 


(For  first  g-eneratlon  see  Capt.  Thoma.s   Brooks    1  i. 

(H)   Deacon    Joshua     Brooks. 
BROOKS     son  of  Captain  Thomas  Brooks, 

was  born  about  1630,  probably 
in  England.  He  was  a  tanner  by  trade.  He 
settled  in  that  part  of  Concord  which  later  be- 
came the  town  of  Lincoln,  where  many  of  his 
family  and  descendants  have  since  lived.  Tiiree 
generations  of  his  descendants  in  the  direct 
line  have  successively  held  the  office  of  deacon 
of  the  Lincoln  church.  He  inherited  one-half 
the  Medford  property,  but  there  is  no  account 
of  its  disposition  except  that  in  January,  1708. 
He  learned  his  trade  as  furrier  and  tanner 
from  Captain  Mason,  and  subsequently  mar- 
ried his  daughter.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
May  26,  1652.  He  married,  October  17,  1653. 
Hannah  Mason,  daughter  of  Captain  Hugh 
Mason.  Children:  i.  Hannah,  married  Ben- 
jamin Pierce,  of  Watertown.  2.  John,  died 
May  18,  1697.  3.  Noah,  born  1657 ;  mention- 
ed below.  4.  Crace,  born  at  Concord,  Alarch 
10,  1660-61  ;  died  1753.  5.  Daniel  November 
15,  1663.  6.  Thomas,  May  5,  1666;  died  Sep- 
tember 9,  1671.  7.  Esther,  July  4,  1668:  died 
1742.  8.  Joseph,  September  16,  1671.  9.  Eliz- 
abeth, December  16,  1672.  10.  Job,  July  26, 
1675;  died  May  18,  1697.  II.  Hugh,  January 
I,  1677-78:  died  January  17,  1746-47.  12. 
Thomas  (perhaps). 

(  HI )  Noah,  son  of  Deacon  Joshua  Brooks, 
was  born  in  1657,  and  died  February  i,  1738- 
39.  He  lived  in  that  part  of  Concord  which 
became  the  town  of  Acton.  In  1684  his  name 
appears  as  a  witness  on  an  Indian  deed,  and 
he  was  selectman  in  1702-4-9.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary I.  1738,  aged  eighty-two  (gravestone  in 


Concord).  He  married  Dorothy  Wright,  of 
Sudbury,  who  died  March  15,  1750,  aged 
ninety.  Children:  i.  Dorothy,  born  October 
18,  1686.    2.  Deacon  Joshua,  October  14,  1688. 

3.  Ebenezer,  February  14,  1690;  mentioned 
below.  4.  Samuel,  Alay  14,  1694.  5.  Benja- 
min, April  22,  1698.  6.  Rlary,  Jaiuiary  25, 
1699-1700.  7.  Thomas,  May  18,  1701.  8. 
Elizabeth.  February  rj,  1704. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Noah  Brooks,  was 
born  February  14,  1690.  He  removed  to  Graf- 
ton, where  he  died  about  1770,  leaving  five  sons 
and  five  daughters.  The  names  of  the  daugh- 
ters are  not  known.  He  married,  June  17, 
1714,  Sarah  Fletcher,  daughter  of  Francis 
Fletcher,  of  Concord.  Children:  i.  Noah, 
born  September  25,  17 15.  2.  Samuel,  Octo- 
ber 13,  1717.  3.  Simon,  1720;  mentioned  below. 

4.  Joel,  July  25,  1721.     5.  Peter. 

(V)  Deacon  Simon,  son  of  Ebenezer  Brooks, 
was  born  in  1720,  died  in  1806.  He  settled 
in  .Alstead.  New  Hampshire,  in  1780,  and  was 
deacon  of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
many  years.  He  married  Rachel  Drury,  of 
Grafton.  Children,  recorded  in  Grafton:  i. 
Lieutenant  Simon,  born  August  22,  1748;  dur- 
ing the  revolution.  2.  Rachel,  December  18, 
1752;  died  February  i,  1753.  3.  Benjamin 
C,  March   19,   1755:  died  December  9,   1759. 

4.  John  D.,  .\ugust  II,  1757;  mentioned  below. 

5.  Sarah,  June  25,   1759:  died  July  22,   1759. 

6.  Dorothy,  June  12,  1760.  7.  Bettey,  Decem- 
ber 27,  1762.  8.  Benjamin,  March  10,  1765. 
9.  Jonah,  August  16.  1767.  10.  Lucy,  Octo- 
ber 26,  1769.  II.  Sarah,  September  9,  1771. 
12.  Thomas  D.,  August  5,  1774. 

(  \T)  John  D.,  son  of  Deacon  Simon  Brooks, 
was  born  in  Grafton,  Massachusetts,  August 
II,  1757.  He  removed  with  his  father  to  Al- 
stead, New  Hampshire,  and  in  1810  went  to 
P.ethel,  Vermont,  where  he  settled.  He  mar- 
ried Martha  Prentice  (see  Prentice,  V).  He 
served  in  the  revolution  as  matross  in  Captain 
William  Todd's  company  of  artillery,  from 
February  i  to  March  8,  1776,  and  was  also  a 
bombardier  in  that  year.  Children  :  I.  Polly, 
born  September  19,  1779;  died  1840  in  Loraine 
county,  Ohio:  married  Buckminster  Wood  and 
lived  in  Orange,  New  Hampshire,  and  Mas- 
sena.  New  York.  2.  John,  February  13,  1782; 
married  (first)  Pamela  Reed,  of  Langdon, 
New  Hampshire :  removed  to  Royalston,  Ver- 
mont ;  married  (second)  Abigail  Clark,  of 
Langdon.  3.  Oliver  Howard,  July  11,  1784; 
postmaster  at  Bethel,  Vermont.  4.  Sophia, 
March  17,  1787.  5.  Joshua,  February  29, 
17Q0:   merchant    in   Avon,   Ohio.     6.    Austin, 


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born  and  died  1793.  7.  Susan,  born  January 
6,  1794.  8.  Josiah  Prentice,  April  5,  1797; 
mentioned  below.  9.  Austin,  August  4,  1798 
or  1799;  farmer  at  Royalston,  Vermont.  10. 
Martha,  July  2,  1802;  drowned  181 1.  11. 
Oliver,  May  5,  1805;  died  1807. 

(\TI)  Josiah  Prentice,  son  of  John  D. 
Brooks,  was  born  in  Alstead,  New  Hampshire, 
.•\pril  5,  1797.  He  went  with  the  family  to 
Bethel,  N'erniont,  in  1810.  He  settled  on  a 
farm  in  Northfield,  \'ermont.  in  1840.  The 
homestead  is  on  West  Hill  beyond  Knapp's 
Corners  on  the  old  county  road  leading  to 
Waitsfield,  Vermont.  He  married  Betsey  Rob- 
bins,  of  Hancock,  Vermont,  born  in  1799. 
Children:  i.  Prentice  B.,  born  1825.  2. 
Thomas  S..  mentioned  below.  3.  Ellen,  1830. 
4.  Alartha  (twin),  1835.  5.  Mary  (twin). 
1835.  6.  Harriet,  1837.  7.  James,  living  at 
Northfield. 

(VHI)  Thomas  Spencer,  son  of  Josiah 
Prentice  Brooks,  was  born  at  Bethel,  Vermont. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and 
followed  farming  in  his  native  town.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Louise  Yeaton ;  she  died  January 
9,  1909.  She  had  two  brothers,  Samuel  and 
James,  and  a  sister  Harriet.  Her  mother  was 
Amelia  .'\rnaud  and  as  a  child  helped  (k-nerai 
Washington's  solfliers  built  fortifications.  The 
Yeaton  family  was  of  New  York  City.  Chil- 
dren: r.  Addie,  born  October  4,  1857;  married 
(first)  James  Batchelder  and  had  one  child, 
Grace  E. ;  married  (second)  George  Daven- 
port and  has  one  child,  Piessie  Una  Davenport ; 
resides  at  Randolph,  \'ermont.  2.  Thomas 
Spencer,  Jr.,  .^])ril  11,  1859.  3.  May  (Mamie), 
October  21.  i8(')0:  married  Walter  E.  Pierce: 
children  :  i.  Brooks  Prentice  and  Lena  Brooks 
Pierce.  4.  George  W.,  December  17,  1863; 
resides  at  Northfield  ;  married  Clara  Mahuran  : 
she  died  March  16,  1905 ;  one  son,  Charles 
Henry.  5.  James  Prentice,  January  30,  1867. 
died  May  3,  1904.  6.  Lina  E..  May  22,  1872. 
7.  Dr.  W.  G..  October  4,  1873:  resides  at  17 
Beach  street,  Wollaston,  Massachusetts ;  mar- 
ried Bertha  Stevens  8.  Charles  IL,  July  14. 
1875;  P'harm.  D. ;  graduate  of  Massachusetts 
College  of  Pharmacy ;  resides  in  Wollaston 
and  owns  two  drug  stores  there  ;  married  Helen 
Cooper.     9.  Ernest  R.,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Dr.  Ernest  R.,  son  of  Thomas  Spen- 
cer Brooks,  was  born  in  Northfield,  December 
[8,  1879.  He  was  educated  in  the  j^ublic  and 
liigh  schools  of  his  native  town,  in  which  he 
took  a  special  teacher's  course,  graduating  in 
the  class  of  1900.  While  at  high  school  he 
assisted  in  teaching  mathematics.     He  taught 


four  terms  in  his  home  town.  He  took  a  spe- 
cial cour.se  at  the  St.  Albans,  \'"ermont.  Acad- 
emy, and  then  studied  his  profession  at  Tufts 
College,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1904  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
dental  fraternity,  Psi  Omega,  of  Tufts.  He 
has  practiced  in  the  city  of  Somerville  since 
graduating  and  resides  at  80  Packard  avenue. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican;  in  religion  an 
Episcoiialian.  He  married,  June  25,  1908, 
( irace  Raymond  Eowler,  born  May,  1881, 
daughter  of  Howard  and  Margaret  (Gorham) 
h'owler,  of  Hampton,  New  Brunswick.  They 
have  one  child,  llernadine  Alison,  born  May 
16,  1909.  Mrs.  Brooks  has  brothers:  Albert 
Linda,  Carl,  Waldo,  Lyle  Victor  and  Ray- 
mond Eowler,  and  sLsters:  Verne,  Bertha, 
Christine,  Jessie,  Edna,  Zoa. 

(The    Prentice    Line). 

Henry  I'rentice,  immigrant,  was  born  in 
Lngland,  and  settled  early  in  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a  proprietor  and 
l)lanter.  He  had  plants  also  at  Sudbury.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman.  May  22,  1650.  His 
first  wife  Elizabeth  died  May  13,  1643.  His 
second  wife  Joan  married,  after  his  death, 
John  Gibson.  He  died  June  9,  1654.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary,  born  November  25,  1644; 
married  Nathaniel  Hancock,  ancestor  of  Gov- 
ernor John  Hancock.  2.  Solomon,  September 
23,  1646;  mentioned  below.  3.  Abiah,  July 
22,  1648.  4.  Samuel,  August  31,  1650.  5. 
Sarah,  married  John  Woodward.  6.  Henry. 
1 65 1 . 

(11)  Solomon,  son  of  Henry  Prentice,  was 
born  Se])tember  23,  1646,  at  Cambridge,  died 
|ulv  24.  1719.  He  lived  at  Cambridge  and 
left  a  large  estate.  He  married  (first)  Eliza- 
beth    :    (second)     Hepsibah    Dunn    or 

Dunton.  Children:  i.  Solomon,  born  1673; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Thomas,  June  7,  1674. 
3.  Mary,  January  4,  1678.  4.  Stephen,  June 
"1.  1681.  5.  Elizabeth  (twin),  July  20,  1684. 
6.  Nathaniel  (twin),  July  20,  i(584.  7.  Henry, 
1693.  8.  Samuel,  bajitized  June  12.  1698;  died 
young. 

(HI)  Solomon  (2),  son  of  Solomon  (i) 
I'rentice,  was  born  in  1673,  died  June  25,  1758. 

(IV)  Rev.  Solomon  (3),  son  of  Solomon 
(2)  Prentice,  was  born  May  11,  1705.  He 
lived  at  Groton  and  Grafton,  Massachusetts, 
(if  which  he  was  the  first  minister.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Sartell,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Sarah  Sartell.  Her  father  was  a  mariner  and 
came  to  this  country  about  1708. 

(\'')    Deacon  Nathaniel  Sartell.  son  of  Rev. 


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Solomon  {^)  i'rentice,  was  born  December  8, 
1735.  He  was  town  clerk  of  Grafton.  He 
removed  to  Alstead,  New  Hampshire,  and  was 
deacon  of  the  second  church  many  years.  He 
was  messenger  of  the  town,  appointed  March 
13,  1776,  to  request  Washington  to  return  the 
powder  sent  to  the  continental  ami}- ;  was 
major  of  the  Second  Xew  Hampshire  Regi- 
ment in  1776;  on  the  state  committee  of  safety 
in  1776;  took  part  in  the  battle  of  White  Plains 
and  other  battles:  was  a  justice  of  the  peace; 
judge  of  the  probate  court  and  the  court  of 
common  pleas  until  he  retired  at  the  age  of 
seventy ;  member  of  the  state  constitutional 
convention  and  of  the  legislature.  He  died 
January  24,  181 5.  He  married  Martha  Howard, 
of  Easton,  who  died  at  Alstead  in  1806.  His 
daughter  Martha  married  John  D.  Brooks 
(see  Brooks,  \'I). 


.Among  the  heroes  and  sufferers 
RAKER      of   the    Massacre   of   Wyoming, 

Pennsylvania,  the  must  dastanllv 
and  inhuman  event  connected  with  the  history 
of  the  American  revolution,  the  names  of  Jere- 
miah P>aker  and  Jedediah  and  Rufus  Stephens 
stand  conspicuous.  Wyoming  Valley  had  been 
settled  by  pioneers  from  Connecticut,  and  the 
territory  was  claimed  to  be  a  part  of  that 
state  and  was  governed  by  the  legislature, 
which  by  act  changed  the  name  from  Wyom- 
ing to  Westmoreland  county,  Connecticut. 
This  settlement  contributed  two  "independent 
companies"  and  some  smaller  detachments  to 
tlie  Continental  army  of  1777.  These  inde- 
pendent companies  were  commanded  by  Cap- 
tain Robert  Durkee  and  Captain  Samuel  Ran- 
som, and  both  these  officers  after  the  consoli- 
dation of  the  companies  into  the  regular  line 
gave  up  their  lives  in  the  massacre  of  Julv  3, 
1778,  when  settlers  and  settlements  were  alike 
swept  as  it  were  off  the  earth  so  far  as  local 
habitation  was  their  earth,  and  they  largely 
found  new  homes  in  the  adjoining  state  of 
New  York.  On  the  rolls  of  Captain  Simon 
Spaulding's  "Independent  Company  of  Wyom- 
ing" we  find  the  name  of  Jeremiah  Baker  as 
a  private,  that  roll  being  dated  March  15,  1779, 
then  two  companies  as  originally  commanded 
by  Captains  Durkee  and  Ransom,  having  be- 
fore their  death  been  consolidated  and  placed 
under  the  command  of  Captain  Spaulding,  a 
lieutenant  in  the  company  of  Captain  Ransom, 
Lieutenant  Asa  Stephens  and  Rufus  Stephens, 
private,  were  also  killed,  and  the  record  as- 
sures us  that  Jeremiah  Baker  did  not  desert 
his  place  in  the  ranks  even  after  the  capture 


of  his  wife  and  children  (  who  were  fortunately 
rescued),  but  continued  loyally  at  his  post 
while  so  many,  with  far  less  excuse,  made  the 
care  of  homeless  families  and  the  terrible  suf- 
ferings they  had  undergone  the  excuse  for 
abandoning  the  ranks.  Richard  Crosby,  Jede- 
diah Stephens  and  Jeremiah  Baker  after  the 
war  became  neighbors,  and  their  children  near 
relatives  in  Steuben  county,  and  their  descend- 
ants were  prominent  factors  in  the  rehabilita- 
tion of  the  smitten  tier  of  counties  of  New 
York  adjoining  Pennsylvania  after  the  terms 
of  peace  were  declared. 

-\bout  the  mitldle  of  the  seventeenth  century 
the  r.akers  came  to  this  country  from  England, 
and  the  father  of  Timothy  (see  forward), 
William  and  Jeremiah  settled  in  Connecticut. 

(I)  Timothy  Baker,  first  American  ancestor 
of  whom  we  have  definite  information,  married 
Hannah  Candy,  and  they  were  the  parents  of 
three  sons  :  Jeremiah,  see  forward  ;  William, 
died  childless;  a  third  supposed  to  have  been 
taken  by  Indians. 

(H)  Jeremiah,  eldest  son  of  Timothy  and 
Hannah  ( Candy )  Baker,  was  born  in  Litch- 
field, or  possibly  Canaan,  Connecticut,  and  died 
about  1824.  He  resided  with  his  family  in  the 
Wyoming  \'alley,  and  during  the  massacre  his 
family  were  alone,  he  being  in  the  army,  and 
the  liritish  and  Indians  burned  his  buildings 
in  the  general  destruction  of  the  entire  habita- 
tions of  the  valley;  his  wife  and  children 
escaped  death  by  favor  of  their  captors,  and 
were  soon  after  rescued  by  the  determined 
.Americans  and  found  safely  at  Tioga  Plain 
(or  Point),  from  whence  they  removed  to 
Canisteo,  New  York,  by  boat  and  canoe,  in  the 
fall  of  1790.  Jeremiah  Baker  made  his  home 
one  mile  above  the  Asa  Baker  place,  from 
whence  he  removed  to  Asa  Baker's  farm  in 
1800.  He  was  one  of  the  seven  voters,  and 
held  various  offices  in  the  town  government. 
He  married  Annie,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jedediah 
Stephens  (see  Stephens).  Children:  i.  Polly, 
married  a  Mr.  Tracy.  2.  Hannah,  married  a 
Mr.  Crosby.  3.  Thankful,  married  a  Mr.  Ste- 
phens. 4.  Cynthia,  married  a  Mr.  Lewis ;  chil- 
dren :  Marinda.  Pamelia.  Erastus.  William, 
Mary  (Polly);  Morgan  H.,  Cynthia.  Chloe, 
Adam.  5.  William,  born  November  11.  1782, 
in  Sheffield,  Massachusetts;  married  (first) 
Polly  Stephens,  born  October  31.  1789.  reared 
in  Steuben  county.  New  York,  died  when 
twenty-nine  years  of  age  at  Federal  Hill,  now 
Erie  City,  Pennsylvania,  where  her  remains 
lie  buried,  together  with  those  of  an  infant 
child  ;  the  surviving  children  were :     Cynthia. 


2b02 


AlASSACHUSETTS. 


Dorus,  Jeremiah,  Lewis,  James  and  Susannah; 
WiUiam  married  (second)  Louisa  Stowell ; 
children;  Helen,  Louisa,  Jeremiah,  Lydia, 
Marietta,  Lewis,  Emma,  Alice,  Willis,  James, 
Belle,  Charles  and  Eva.  6.  Simeon,  married 
Lodema  Bennum;  children:  Elias,  Bazy, 
Franklin,  Annie,  Hiram  and  Charles.  7.  Bazy, 
never  married.  8.  John,  married  Roxy  Tracy ; 
child,  ALirinda,  married  Erastus  Lewis  and 
their  children  were :  Cynthia  Webb,  Will  and 
John  Lewis.  John  married  (second)  Widow 
Meach ;  children  :  Simeon,  Horace,  John  and 
Juliette,  y.  Jeremiah,  see  forward.  10.  Noah, 
married  a  Miss  Fulton,  and  reared  a  number 
of  children,  the  oldest  two  being  James  and 
William.  11.  James,  married  and  reared  a 
family  of  children  in  the  west.  The  mother 
of  these  children  died  in  1825. 

(HI)  Jeremiah  (2),  son  of  Jeremiah  (ij 
and  Annie  (Stephens)  Baker,  was  born  on 
his  father's  estate  at  Canisteo,  New  York, 
April  18,  1 791,  and  is  said  to  have  been  the 
first  white  male  child  born  in  Steuben  county. 
New  York.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  was  closely 
identified  with  the  growth  and  development 
of  the  town,  was  foremost  in  local  improve- 
ments in  both  town  and  county,  and  held 
almost  every  office  in  the  gift  of  the  town, 
serving  as  deputy  sheriff  of  the  county,  sheriff 
as  successor  to  General  George  McClure,  and 
represented  his  district  in  the  New  York  assem- 
bly, 1835.  He  served  on  the  frontier  under 
General  McClure  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  his 
sons  Elias  and  Nathan  were  soldiers  in  the 
civil  war,  1861-65.  At  the  age  of  nineteen 
years  he  married  (first)  Eunice  Powers,  of 
Addison,  New  York;  she  died  in  1829,  leaving 
children,  namely:  Cynthia,  Hector,  Mary  A., 
Caleb,  Asa,  Elias  and  Nathan.  Caleb  Baker 
married  Emeline  Stephens,  in  the  east,  and 
later  removed  with  his  brother  Elias  to  Wright 
county,  Minnesota,  and  settled  on  a  farm  on 
the  banks  of  the  Mississippi  river,  near  Monti- 
cello.  Elias  in  later  years  married  Mrs.  Rose 
.\ndrews.  and  now  lives  in  the  village  of 
Monticello,  Minnesota.  Jeremiah  Baker  mar- 
ried (second)  Hila,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Jede- 
diah  Stephens,  and  widow  of  Phineas  Ste- 
phens ;  children :  Jedediah  M.,  Orlando  Mer- 
riam,  see  forward,  and  Sylvina. 

(IV)  Orlando  Merriam,  son  of  Jeremiah 
(2)  and  Hila  (Stephens)  (Stephens)  Baker, 
was  born  in  Canisteo,  New  York,  May  29, 
1832.  He  now  (1909)  resides  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts.  He  is  president  of  the  G.  &  C. 
Merriam  Company,  of  Springfield,  publishers 
of  "Webster's  International  Dictionary,"  "Chit- 


ty's  Pleadings,"  etc.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Ivnights  Templars.  He  married  (first)  Abbie 
M.  Walton,  (second)  Katie  Walton,  sister  of 
his  first  wife.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Asa 
George,  associated  with  the  G.  &  C.  Merriam 
Company ;  married  Lucy  C.  Chamberlain ;  chil- 
dren :  Walton,  Ingham,  Orlando  Merriam, 
Frederick  Allen.  2.  Harris  Walton,  associated 
with  the  G.  &  C.  Merriam  Company;  married 
Grace  Love  ;  children  :  Caldwell.  Harris  Wal- 
ton. George  Love. 

(The    Stephens    Line). 

There  are  no  written  family  records,  letters 
(jr  documents  of  an  early  date,  to  settle  be- 
yond doubt  the  ever-pressing  query,  who  was 
the  father  of  Henry  Stephens,  or  Stevens,  of 
Stonington,  Connecticut.  A  very  common 
tradition  is  that  three  brothers — Thomas,  Rich- 
ard and  Henry  Stephens — came  to  New  Eng- 
land about  the  year  i6(3o,  and  that  Henry  set- 
tled in  Stonington,  Connecticut.  No  mention 
is  made  of  father  or  mother  or  the  place 
whence  they  came.  In  a  history  of  a  county 
in  New  York  state  the  following  is  given: 
"The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  of  English  origin. 
It  is  related  that  as  early  as  1660  three  brothers 
— Thomas,  Richard  and  Henry  Stevens — set- 
tled in  this  country;  that  they  distinguished 
themselves  as  soldiers  in  King  Philip's  war, 
and  served  as  colonels."  In  another  appears: 
"The  subject  of  this  is  of  English  origin.  It 
is  related  that  three  brothers — Thomas,  Rich- 
ard and  Henry  Stephens — came  to  America 
from  Ireland  sometime  during  King  Philip's 
war,  serving  during  said  war  as  colonels." 
There  is  no  doubt  that  Henry  was  a  private 
in  King  Philip's  war,  but  I  can  find  no  record 
of  the  service  of  either  Thomas  or  Richard  in 
Huy  capacity."  Another  story  is  given  after 
this  fashion:  "Nicholas  Stevens,  or  Stephens, 
who  had  been  a  brigadier-general  in  Oliver 
Cromwell's  army,  came  to  Taunton,  Massa- 
chusetts, 1669.  He  had  three  sons — Nicholas, 
Thomas  and  I-Ienry.  Nicholas  settled  in  Taun- 
ton or  Dighton,  and  his  son  Nicholas  resided 
there  with  his  family.  One  of  his  sons,  accord- 
ing to  the  best  information  to  be  obtained,  set- 
tled near  Boston.  His  name  was  supposed  to 
be  either  Thomas  or  Ebenezer." 

( I )  Henry  Stephens  and  Henry  Stevens 
are  both  used  in  the  records  of  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  but  on  the  land-books,  where  the 
deeds  and  agreements  are  copied,  the  name  is 
more  frequently  written  Stephens.  His  name 
is  on  the  first  census  list,  taken  February  2, 
1668.  as  given  by  Hon,  Richard  A.  Wheeler, 


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ill  his  history  of  tht  town  of  Stonington.  He 
was  admitted  an  inhabitant  July  i,  1672.  He 
served  in  King  Philip's  war,  and  was  one  of 
the  volunteers  who  received  a  grant  of  land  in 
the  town  of  \'oluntown,  Connecticut,  for  such 
services.  He  was  a  selectman  in  Stonington 
for  the  years  1696-97-98-99-1702-03-04-07,  and 
represented  the  town  in  the  general  court  or 
colonial  legislature  for  the  years  1699- 1700-01- 
02-06-07.  He  w-as  one  of  the  incorporators  of 
the  town  of  Stonington,  October  24,  1716.  He 
was  an  extensive  land  owner,  having  property 
in  Stonington,  North  Stonington,  I'lainfield 
and  \'oluntown.  Part  of  his  land  he  settled 
on  his  children  during  his  lifetime,  and  the  re- 
mainder he  bequeathed  to  his  widow  and  sons, 
Richard  and  Henry,  in  ecjual  parts.  The  date 
of  his  death  is  not  given,  but  his  will  was  pro- 
bated in  New  London,  August  9,  1726.  Henry 
Stephens  and  his  wife  were  admitted  to  the 
Congregational  church,  February  6,  1726. 

Henry  Stephens  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Captain  John  and  Hannah  (Lake)  Gallup; 
she  was  born  at  Stonington.  Cliildren,  born  at 
Stonington,  Connecticut:  i.  Thomas,  born 
December  14.  1678.  baptized  February  18, 
1693,  in  the  Congregational  church.  He  set- 
tled in  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  where  he  mar- 
ried (first)  May  26,  1702,  Mary  Hall,  third 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Ruth  Flail :  she  was 
born  at  Concord,  Massachusetts,  June  i,  1677, 
died  at  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  May  30,  17 19. 
Thomas  Stephens  married  (second)  Abigail 
Wine  (Wynne),  March  14,  1720;  she  died  at 
Canaan,  Connecticut,  January  10,  1770,  aged 
ninety-four.  Thomas  Stephens  died  Septem- 
ber 7,  1750,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  cemetery 
south  of  Canaan.  He  was  the  father  of  eight 
sons,  seven  by  first  marriage  and  one  by  sec- 
ond, namely :  Thomas.  Phineas,  Uriah,  An- 
drew,  Benjamin,   Samuel,  Zebulon  and  Jesse. 

2.  Richard,  born  January  25,  1679,  baptized 
February  18,  1693,  in  the  Congregational 
church :  he  settled  in  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
and  received  one-half  of  the  homestead  from 
his  father;  here  he  lived  until  June,  1732;  he 
married.  June  9,  1704,  Sarah  Harker,  born 
September  21,  1681,  died  in  Canaan.  Connecti- 
cut, June  13,  1754.  daughter  of  John  and 
Patience  (Fowler)  Harker,  of  Boston;  chil- 
dren: John,  Sarah,  Mary,  Hepzibah,  Han- 
nah,   Patience,   Richard,   Prudence,   Ebenezer. 

3.  Henry,  see  forward.  4.  Elizabeth,  baptized 
February  18,  1693.  in  the  Congregational 
church  at  Stonington,  Connecticut ;  married 
Henry  Eliott ;  children  :  Henry,  Jabez,  Hope- 
still.      5.    Lucia    or   Lucy,   baptized    .'\pril   22. 


1694;  on  March  8,  1753;  she  was  recommend- 
ed to  the  Canaan  (Connecticut)  Congregational 
church  by  Oliver  Prentis  and  Walter  Hewit, 
two  elders  of  the  Stonington  (Connecticut) 
church,  and  February  20,  1760,  the  Stoning- 
ton church  recommended  Lucia,  Henry  and 
Sarah  Stephens,  and  they  were  received  by 
the  Canaan  church. 

Elizabeth  (Gallup)  Stephens  was  a  descend- 
ant of  John  Gallup,  who  came  to  this  country 
from  the  parish  of  Mosturn,  county  Dorset, 
England.  He  sailed  March  30,  1630,  in  the 
ship  "Mary  and  John,"  and  arrived  at  Nan- 
tasket,  now  Hull,  May  30,  1630.     He  was  the 

son  of  John  and (Crabbe)  Gallup,  and 

the  grandson  of  Thomas  and  Agnes  (Watkins) 
Gallup,  of  North  Bowood  and  Strode,  whose 
descendants  still  own  and  occupy  the  Manor 
of  Strode. 

(IJ  John  Gallup,  the  mimigrant,  settled  in 
Dorchester,  then  Boston,  and  became  a  land- 
holder, owning  land  in  the  town  and  an  island 
of  si.xteen  acres  in  Boston  Bay,  which  still 
bears  his  name.  He  also  owned  Mixes  Mate, 
of  Alonunient  Island,  as  it  is  sometimes  called, 
where  he  pastured  sheep.  He  was  a  skillful 
mariner,  well  acquainted  with  the  harbor 
around  Boston.  He  piloted  the  ship  "Griffin" 
in  September,  1633,  through  a  newfound  pass- 
age, among  her  two  hundred  passengers  being 
Rev.  John  Cotton,  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  Rev. 
Mr.  Stone,  and  other  fathers  of  New  England. 
The  most  notable  adventure  in  his  life  was  his 
encounter  with  a  boat  load  of  Indians  whom 
he  captured  and  destroyed  off  Block  Island 
with  the  aid  of  his  two  sons  and  a  hired  man. 
This  has  been  called  the  first  naval  battle  on 
the  Atlantic  coast,  and  it  gave  Captain  Gallup 
a  colonial  and  later  a  national  reputation.  It 
was  one  of  the  first  skirmishes  of  the  great 
Pequod  w^ar.  John  Gallup  married  Christobel, 
whose  surname  is  not  given.  Children  :  John, 
see  forward ;  Samuel,  Nathaniel  Joan.  John 
Gallup,  immigrant,  died  in  Boston  in  1649.  An 
inventory  of  his  estate  was  made  December 
j6.  1649.     His  widow  died  July  27,  1655. 

John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Gallup,  was  born 
in  England,  about  161 5.  He  came  to  this 
country  with  his  mother,  two  brothers  and 
sister,  in  the  ship  "Griffin,"  arriving  in  Boston, 
Sejjtember  4,  1633.  He  left  Boston  in  1640 
and  went  to  Taunton,  then  part  of  Plymouth 
Colony,  where  he  remained  until  1651.  He 
then  removed  to  New  London,  where  he  lived 
until  1654,  when  he  went  to  what  is  now  Ston- 
ington, then  a  ])art  of  New  London,  and  set- 
tled upon  a  grant  of  land  given  to  him  by  that 


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town  in  1650  in  rec(^gnitiun  of  distinguished 
services  of  himself  and  his  father  in  the 
Pequod  war.  He  represented  the  town  in  the 
general  court  in  1665-67,  and  was  an  Indian 
interpreter.  When  King  Philip's  war  broke 
out,  New  London  county  raised  a  company  of 
seventy  men  under  Captain  John  Mason,  of 
Norwich,  and  Captain  George  Dennison,  of 
Stonington.  Captain  John  Gallup  joined  them 
at  the  head  of  the  Mohegans,  a  band  of  friend- 
ly Indians.  These  troops  formed  a  union  with 
those  of  the  other  colonies,  and  were  engaged 
in  the  fearful  Swamp  fight.  December  19,  1675, 
at  Narragansett,  within  the  limits  of  South 
Kingston,  Rhode  Island.  In  storming  the  fort 
Captain  Gallup  led  his  men  bravely  forward 
and  was  one  of  the  six  captains  who  fell  in  the 
memorable  fight.  He  was  buried  with  his 
fallen  comratles  in  one  grave  near  the  battle 
ground.  The  general  court  afterward  made 
several  grants  of  land  to  his  widow  and  chil- 
dren in  consideration  of  the  great  service  he 
had  rendered  and  the  loss  his  family  had  sus- 
tained by  his  death.  He  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  (Read)  Lake, 
and  niece  of  Elizabeth  Read,  wife  of  John 
Winthrop,  Jr.,  governor  of  Connecticut.  Han- 
nah Lake  came  to  this  country  with  her  mother 
in  the  ship  "Abigail,"  arriving  October  6,  1635, 
after  a  passage  of  ten  weeks.  Children  of 
Captain  John  and  Hannah  (Lake)  Gallup: 
Hannah,  John,  Ben-Adam,  William,  Samuel. 
Christobel,  Elizabeth,  aforementioned  as  wife 
of  Henry  Stephens,  of  Stonington,  Mary  and 
Margaret. 

(II)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  and 
Elizabeth  (Gallup)  Stephens,  was  born  at 
Stonington,  Connecticut,  November  20,  1681, 
and  was  baptized  in  the  Congregational  church 
February  18,  1693.  He  settled  in  Plainfield, 
Connecticut,  but  later  returned  to  Stonington 
and  was  living  there  in  171 5.  He,  with  other 
inhabitants  of  the  North  Society  of  Stoning- 
ton, obtained  February  5,  1721-22,  permission 
from  the  governor  and  council  of  Connecticut 
to  build  their  meetinghouse  at  the  Gravel  Hole. 
He  was  living  January  16,  1749-50,  when  he 
gave  a  deed  of  land  to  his  daughter,  Elizabeth 
Stewart.  He  married,  March  2,  1708-09,  Eliz- 
abeth Fellows,  born  at  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, September  14,  1685,  daughter  of  Eph- 
raim  and  Anna  Fellows;  she  was  admitted  to 
the  North  Stonington  church,  June  16,  1741. 
Children:  i.  Henry,  born  at  Plainfield,  (Ton- 
necticut,  December  18,  1709;  married,  Novem- 
ber ID,  1 73 1,  Sarah  Babcock.  2.  Simeon,  mar- 
ried, November  3,  1737,  Mercy  Cotts  (Coates). 


3..  Mary,  married,  August  25,  1736,  John 
Aleeks.  4.  Jedediah,  see  forward.  5.  Lucy, 
born  in  1717;  married,  January  3,  1744,  Eph- 
raim  Smith.  6.  Elizabeth,  married  (first)  De- 
cember  4,  1740,  William  Stewart,  Jr.;  (sec- 
ond) Joseph  Palmer.  7.  Thankful,  born  Janu- 
ary 15,  1725;  married  (first)  December  24. 
1744.  James  Partridge;  (second)  October  13. 
1773.  Zebulon  Stevens. 

I'^lizabeth  (Fellows)  Stephens  traces  her  an- 
cestry to  William  Fellows,  born  at  London. 
England :  he  was  a  planter,  and  dwelt  in  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  where  he  purchased  land 
March  26,  1639,  and  where  he  died  November 
29,  1676.  His  will  was  probated  March  27, 
1677,  and  mentions  wife,  who  was  a  sister  of 
John  Ayres,  and  children,  namely :  Isaac, 
Ephraim,  see  forward,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Eliza- 
beth, .\bigail,  Sarah  and  Mary. 

Ephraim  Fellows,  son  of  William  Fellows, 
immigrant,  was  born  at  Ipswich,  Alassachu- 
setts,  in  1639.  He  resided  in  Ipswich.  He 
married  (first)  Mary- ,  who  died  Febru- 
ary 23,  1 67 1,  and  (second)  Anna  (probably 
.Anna  Cross,  daughter  of  Robert  Cross,  of 
Ipswich).  Children:  John,  Ephraim,  Mary, 
Elizabeth,  aforementioned  as  the  wife  of  Henry 
Stephens,  Amye  and  William. 

(III)  Jedediah,  son  of  Henry  (2)  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Fellows)  Stephens,  was  baptized  in  the 
Congregational  church  at  Stonington,  Con- 
necticut, August  12,  1 7 16.  He  married,  April 
4.  1743,  IMary  Rathbone.  They  lived  at  Ston- 
ington until  1751-52,  when  they  removed  to 
Canaan,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  living  June 
19,  1773.  He  joined  the  Connecticut  Colony 
and  removed  to  the  Wyoming  Valley,  Penn- 
.sylvania.  Children:  I.  Joshua,  born  January 
13,  T745:  married,  October  27,  1767.  Chris- 
tian Dutcher.  2.  Mary,  born  September  25, 
1746.  3.  Thankful,  born  November  i,  1748. 
4.  Martha,  born  September  22,  1750;  married, 
November  22,  1770,  Elijah  Rood.  5.  Anne, 
born  March  17,  1753;  married,  March  4.  1773, 
Jeremiah  Baker.  6.  Eunice,  born  June  12. 
1755.  7.  Jedediah.  see  forward.  8.  Ira,  born 
July  18,  1759;  married  Sybil  Ransom.  9. 
Rufus,  born  May  2,  1762,  died  July  3,  1778, 
killed  and  scalped  by  the  Indians  in  the  Wyom- 
ing \'alley  battle.  10.  Sylvia,  born  June  14, 
1764.  II.  Nathan,  born  August  24,  1766.  12. 
Cynthia,  born  September  26,  1768;  married 
Francis  Saturlee. 

(IV)  Jedediah  (2),  son  of  Jedediah  (i) 
and  Mary  (Rathbone)  Stephens,  was  born  at 
Canaan,  Connecticut,  May  11,  1757,  died  at 
Canisteo,  New  York,  January  26,  1830.     He 


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'Was  in  the  revolution  at  the  battle  of  Wyom- 
ing, Pennsylvania,  July  3,  1778,  where  his 
brother  Rufus  was  killed.  The  Pennsylvania 
court  decided  against  the  title  of  the  Connecti- 
cut settlers  and  he  with  many  others  left  Penn- 
sylvania and  settled  on  a  large  farm  in  what  is 
now  Canisteo,  New  York.  About  1800  he 
united  with  the  Methodist  church  and  became 
a  local  preacher.  A  license  was  given  him 
dated  Alay  27,  1815,  and  renewed  June  6,  1818. 
The  following  is  taken  from  the  original :  "To 
all  whom  it  may  concern,  greeting:  Receive 
the  bearer  hereof,  Jedediah  Stephens,  as  a 
local  elder  in  the  M.  E.  Church,  and  in  good 
standing.  His  piety,  Christian  deportment  and 
his  services  in  the  Church  of  Christ  entitle 
him  to  the  confidence  and  affection  of  his 
brethren.  July  9,  1828.  A.  Abell,  P.  E.  Gene- 
see Dis."  He  married,  January  i,  1778,  at 
Goshen,  Abigail  Corey.  Children:  i.  Abigail, 
married  Elijah  Stephens.  2.  Silas,  married 
Elizabeth  Cleaveland.  3.  Nathan,  born  De- 
cember 8,  1783:  married  Rachel  Gilbert.  4. 
Sylvia,  married  David  Haskins.  5.  Cynthia, 
married  (first)  Thomas  A.  Dolson;  (second) 
James  Osburn.  6.  Olive,  born  November  10, 
1790 ;  married  Jeremiah  Colgrove ;  moved  to 
Greenup  county,  Kentucky.  7.  Joshua,  born 
December  21,  1793;  married  Rhoda  Stevens, 
December  29,  181 1.  8.  Hila,  born  April  13, 
1796;  married  (first)  Phineas  Stephens,  Jr.; 
(second)  Jeremiah  Baker  (see  Baker,  HI).  9. 
Pamelia,  born  July  4,  1802;  married  Samuel 
H.  Smiley. 

'The  surname  French  is  one  of 
FRENCH  the  most  ancient  and  honorable 
in  England.  It  is  derived  from 
the  ]3ersonal  name  Francis  in  English  (Fran- 
cois in  France  and  Frank  in  Germany),  and 
has  been  used  as  a  surname  in  England  since 
1 100.  It  was  .\nglicized  to  Frensh,  Frenscho, 
Frensshe,  etc.,  as  early  as  1300.  Various 
branches  of  the  English  family  of  French  bear 
coats-of-arms  and  a  book  has  been  published 
on  the  English  family  in  various  counties,  with 
the  armorial  bearings. 

(I)  John  French,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  in  1612.  He  had  land  granted 
him  at  Wollaston  (Braintree),  Massachusetts, 
for  five  heads,  February  24,  1639-40.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  church  in  the  adjoining  town 
of  Dorchester,  January  27,  1642,  and  the 
births  of  his  first  two  children  are  recorded  in 
Dorchester.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman. 
May  29,  1639.  His  first  wife,  Grace,  whom 
he  married  in  England,  died,  according  to  her 
'1'— 54 


gravestone,  February  28,  1681,  aged  fifty-nine 
years.  He  married  (second)  July  8,  1683, 
Elinor  Thompson,  daughter  of  Rev.  William 
Thompson  and  widow  of  William  Veazey.  She 
was  born  in  1626  and  died  April  23,  171 1.  He 
was  prominent  among  the  early  settlers  and 
active  in  town  affairs.  He  died  August  b. 
1692.  Division  of  the  estate  was  made  to  his 
elclest  son  John,  to  Dependence,  Thomas,  Sam- 
uel, William  (son  of  William,  deceased).  Tem- 
perance, wife  of  John  Bowditch ;  to  Elizabeth 
Wheelock,  of  Mendon;  and  the  children  of 
Mary  Lamb,  deceased.  Children:  i.  John, 
burn  F"ebruary  28,  1641.  2.  Thomas,  July  lO, 
1643,  died  October  28,  1656.  The  following 
all  born  at  Braintree:  3.  Dependence  (son), 
March  7,  1648-49.  4.  Temperance,  Marcli  30, 
1651,  married  John  Bowditch;  died  August 
12,    1720.      5.    William,    March  31,    1653.     6. 

Elizabeth,  September  29,  1656;  married 

Wheelock,  of  Alendon.  7.  Thomas,  March  10, 
1057-38,    died    September    22,    1717;    married 

Elizabeth   .     8.    Samuel,    February  22, 

1(159-60;  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John  (2)  French,  son  of  John  (i) 
French  (q.  v.),  was  born  February  28,  1641, 
at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Ex- 
perience Thayer,  died  September  29,  17 19,  in 
lier  sixty-first  year.  Children:  i.  John,  born 
September  20,  1686,  died  young.  2.  Anna, 
born  January  15,  1688.  3.  Thomas,  June  23, 
1690;  mentioned  below.  4.  Grace,  February 
2-/,  1692.  5.  Deborah,  August  2,  1694.  6. 
\\'illiam.  Jannarv  16,  1696.  7.  John,  April  16. 
1699. 

(III)  Tliomas,  son  of  John  (2)  French, 
was  born  at  Braintree,  June  23,  1690 ;  married, 
August  18,  1714,  Mary  Allen.  Children:  i. 
Joseph,  born  July  21,  1716.  2.  David,  May  i, 
1 718.  3.  Alicah,  November  3,  1720;  died 
March  zj ,  1722.    4.  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

5.  Samuel,  born  October  23,  1724.  6.  Micah, 
September  9,  1726. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
I'Vench,  was  baptized  in  1723,  in  Braintree. 
He  married  Silence  Wild,  of  Braintree.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Silence,  born  August  22.  1750.  2. 
Thomas,  Alarch  28,  1751.  3.  Joseph,  October 
2,  1752.  4.  Sarah,  February  20,  1755.  5. 
Timothy,  February  9,  1757;  mentioned  below. 

6.  Susannah.  August  30.  1758.  7.  Jotham 
September  23,  1760.  8.  Luther,  March  21, 
1762.  9.  Polly,  married  Silas  Alden.  10.  Cal- 
vin, died  young,  it.  William,  January  28. 
1770. 

(\')  Timothy,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  French, 
was  born  at  Braintree,  February  9.  1757,  and 


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died  at  Xeedham,  November  9,  1824.  He 
served  all  through  the  revolution.  He  was  a 
nieinber  of  Captain  Seth  Turner's  company. 
Colonel  Benjamin  Lincoln's  regiment,  and 
marched  on  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  19, 
1775.  He  enlisted  in  the  same  company  May 
8,  1775,  and  served  eight  months  and  thirteen 
days ;  also  in  Captain  Eliphalet  Sawyer's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Joseph  Palmer's  regiment, 
March,  i77''>:  in  same  com])any.  Colonel  Will- 
iam Mcintosh's  regiment,  with  guards  at  Rox- 
bury,  March  25,  1778;  also  in  Captain  Isaac 
Morton's  company,  commanded  by  Lieutenant 
Zaccheus  Thayer,  Colonel  Thomas  Poor's  regi- 
ment, serving  eight  months  and  fifteen  days, 
1778,  on  duty  at  Peekskill :  also  in  Captain 
[ames  Berry's  comjiany,  same  regiment,  a  part 
of  that  time:  in  Lieutenant  William  Burbeck'^ 
com|)any  sixteen  months  from  February  1, 
[780,  on  duty  at  Castle  and  Governor's  Islands  : 
also  in  company  raised  for  the  same  purpose 
by  Hon.  Thomas  Cushing  in  1782.  He  was  a 
cordwainer  by  trade,  and  was  appointed  sealer 
of  leather  in  1789  in  Braintree.  About  1791 
he  removed  to  Xeedham,  and  March  14,  1796, 
was  chosen  surveyor  of  highways  in  Needham. 
He  married,  at  Xeedham,  Xovember  20,  1783, 
Mary  Swan,  of  Dedham,  born  May  20,  1767, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Hunting) 
Swan.  Children,  first  four  born  in  Braintree,  tlu 
others  in  Xeedham:  i.  Polly  Hunting.  March 
24.  1784:  married  January  10,  1803.  Benjamin 
Cheenev.  2.  Sally.  May  20,  1786;  married, 
January  29,  181 1,  Peter  Clark  Tisdale,  of 
Walpole.  3.  Theday  fPhebe).  August  17, 1788. 
4.  Timothy.  August  12,  1791  :  married,  Febru- 
ary 14,  181 3.  Amy  White.  5.  Joseph  Shaw. 
August  16.  1794.  6.  John.  September  15.  1796: 

married  Jane .     7.  Ann,  September  13. 

1798.    8.  Calvin,  mentioned  below. 

(VT)  Calvin,  son  of  Timothy  French,  was 
bom  at  Needham.  September  26.  1802,  and 
baptized  in  the  Unitarian  church  there  Novem- 
ber 14  following.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  and  taught  school  several 
winters  in  Dedham.  In  1824-5  he  taught  the 
Mill  school,  and  in  1828-29-30-31.  the  Second 
Midflle  school,  and  was  considered  an  excellent 
master.  He  afterwards  became  a  successful 
farmer.  His  farm  was  situated  on  the  road 
to  Dover,  in  what  is  now  Charles  River  village 
in  Needham.  His  house  was  of  the  large  New 
England  tvpe  of  farmhouse.  He  was  for  many 
vear?  a  deacon  in  the  First  church,  but  late  in 
life  became  an  .\dventist,  or  "Millerite"  and 
preached  this  doctrine.  He  died  .\ugust  29, 
1844,  of  consumption,  and  was  buried  in  the 


old  Xeedham  cemetery.  He  married  (first) 
March  19,  1826.  h'annie  Colburn.  of  Dedham, 
born  July  3.  1803,  daughter  of  Eliphalet,  Jr., 
and  Cynthia  Colburn:  (second)  January  17, 
183(5.  Alary  Fales,  of  Dedham,  born  1814.  died 
(  )ctober  12.  1836.  daughter  of  N.  Fales; 
(third)  (intentions  dated  June  10,  1837). 
Mary  Clark,  of  Framingham.  Children  of 
first  wife:  i.  Enoch,  settled  in  St.  Louis.  2. 
Willard.  settled  in  Foxborough.  3.  Calvin, 
born  June  27,  1833  :  died  January  8,  1864;  mar- 
ried. October  4!  1855.  Catharine  F.ird  Turner, 
i;f  P'oxborough.  4.  Joseph,  born  March  25. 
1835  ;  mentioned  below.  Child  of  second  wife  : 
5.  .\Iary.  born  October  6.  1836.  Children  of 
third  wife:  6.  Fanny  Colburn,  born  June  4. 
1838:  married  Augustus  Knight,  of  St.  Louis, 
and  had  Xewell  C.  Harry  and  Eugene  Knight. 
7.  Mary  Ellen,  born  Xovember  2,  1844. 

(VII)  loseph,  son  of  Calvin  French,  was 
born  in  Xeedham,  March  25.  1835,  and  died 
at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  January  21,  1896. 
He  attended  the  district  school  of  his  native 
town  until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age,  when 
his  mother  died.  He  then  went  to  live  with  his 
uncle.  Josejjh  Swan  French,  in  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, and  continued  his  schooling  there. 
He  became  bookkeeper  at  Wilbraham  Acad- 
emy, holding  the  ]iosition  a  number  of  years. 
He  resigned  to  enter  the  grocery  business  in 
Wilbraham,  which  he  carried  on  until  1877. 
when  his  store  and  house  were  burned.  He 
then  removed  to  East  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
and  became  bookkeeper  for  a  Hartford  firm. 
In  jjolitics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  and  his 
wife  were  faithful  and  active  \vorkers  in  the 
liaiitist  church  at  Hartford.  He  was  an  honor- 
able and  useful  citizen.  He  married,  at  Hart- 
turd.  March  24.  1859.  Sarah  Jane  White,  born 
at  Stoiungton.  Connecticut.  October  8.  1834. 
died  April  7,  1881,  at  Ea.st  Hartford,  daughter 
of  Oliver  and  Eliza  (Miner)  White.  Children: 
T.  Charles  Colburn.  born  October  16,  1861  : 
juarried.  July  3.  1883.  Elizabeth  Thomas;  chil- 
dren: i.  Fannie  Mabel,  born  April  i.  1884. 
marriefl  June  22.  1904,  John  Britney,  and  had 
John  Richard  Britney,  born  October  i,  1906; 
ii.  Lillie,  born  January  5,  iSSfi,  died  .same  day: 
iii.  Charles  Thomas,  born  February  8,  1888: 
iv.  Xellie  Anna,  .August  10.  1889;  v.  Augustus 
James.  July  2.  1891  ;  vi.  Bertha  Elizabeth. 
February  9.  1896;  vii.  Ernest.  June  14,  1902. 
_>.  Fannie  Eliza,  born  December  to.  1867;  mar- 
ried. June  15.  1892.  .\ndrew  Julius  Brown; 
children  :  i.  Lois  Mary  Brown,  born  February 
14,  1898:  ii.  Bessie  Araline  Brown.  March  6, 
1900:  iii.  Francis  .\ndrew  James  Brown.  No- 


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vember  10.  1902;  iv.  Elsie  Marguerite  Brown. 
August  14.  1905.  3.  Joseph  Swan,  mentioned 
below. 

(VIII )  Joseph  Swan,  son  of  Joseph  French, 
was  born  at  Wilbraham,  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber 28.  1 87 1.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  ^\'ilbrahan^  and  East  Hartford,  whither  his 
parents  moved  when  he  was  a  small  boy.  When 
he  was  nine  years  old  his  mother  died  and  he 
went  to  Xew  Britain,  Connecticut,  to  live  in 
the  Evans  family  for  a  time.  He  earned  his 
first  money  while  here,  selling  papers  and 
lighting  street  lamps.  He  was  apprenticed  to 
Edward  Gillard,  of  lUirlington,  Connecticut, 
and  remained  on  his  farm  until  fifteen  years 
of  age.  when  he  went  to  New  Hartford.  He 
worked  for  Frank  J.  Lyman  for  a  year,  then 
going  to  Forestville  to  work  in  the  creamery 
of  G.  A.  Root  &  Son.  At  the  age  of  nine- 
teen he  returned  to  Hartford  to  learn  the 
plumber's  trade,  working  nine  months  with 
Cope  Brothers.  A  year  later  he  went  to  Med- 
ford,  ^Massachusetts,  and  entered  the  employ 
of  E.  S.  Randall  in  his  grocery  store,  remain- 
ing in  his  employ  four  and  a  half  years.  He 
then  went  into  partnership  with  his  employer, 
and  in  the  spring  of  1885  purchased  three  and 
a  half  acres  of  land  of  Lucy  E.  Parker,  situated 
at  15  Franklin  avenue.  The  business  was  car- 
ried on  under  the  name  of  the  Medford  Dairy 
Company.  A  large  and  commodious  barn  was 
soon  built.  44  by  80  feet,  also  a  small  milk 
room.  About  five  years  later  Mr.  French 
bought  his  partner's  interest  and  began  to 
enlarge  the  plant.  A  dairy  room  and  silo  of 
sixty-five  tons  capacity  was  built,  and  the  milk 
house  was  remodelled,  making  the  plant  one 
of  the  most  spacious  in  the  vicinity.  In  1894 
he  built  his  dwelling  house.  .  The  Medford 
Dairy  is  a  model  dairy.  Particular  attention 
is  given  to  selecting  the  cows,  and  only  the  best 
specimens  of  Guernseys.  Jerseys.  Ayrshires 
and  Durhams  comprise  the  herd,  selected  on 
account  of  the  quality  rather  than  the  quantity 
of  their  milk.  S])ecial  attentions  is  paid  to  the 
clothing  of  the  milkers  and  the  washing  and 
care  of  the  cows,  to  secure  milking  under 
aseptic  conditions.  The  cows  are  under  the 
constant  observation  of  a  veterinary  surgeon, 
and  only  milk  from  healthy  cows  is  used.  The 
dairy  house  is  entirely  separate  from  the  barn 
and  is  constructed  after  the  most  approved 
plans.  It  is  divided  into  four  rooms — cold 
storage  room,  dairy,  wash  and  loading  rooms. 
The  floors  are  graded  to  drain  into  bell  trans. 
The  walls  and  ceilings  are  white  enamel.  The 
dairv  roum  is  kept  exclusively  for  cooling  and 


bottling  milk.  The  aerator,  bottle  filler,  bottle 
washing  outfit  with  turbine  bottle  washer,  and 
all  other  dairy  apparatus,  including  Babcock 
tester  and  high-pressure  boiler,  are  the  best  to 
be  obtained  in  this  or  any  other  country.  All 
doir)-  utensils,  strainers,  pails,  cooler,  bottles, 
and  evervthing  with  which  the  milk  comes  in 
contact,  is  first  rinsed  in  cold  water,  then 
wasiied  in  hot  water  and  soap  powder,  rinsed 
again,  and  placed  in  the  sterilizer,  where  it  is 
treate<l  with  live  steam  for  forty-five  minutes. 
The  dairv  and  wash  rooms  are  washed  down 
dail\  with  the  hose  and  are  at  all  times  free  from 
dirt  and  bad  odors.  Mr.  French  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  ])olitics  and  he  and  his  family  attend 
tlie  Baptist  church,  his  wife  having  joined  by 
letter  from  Tremont  Temjjle,  Boston,  in  1905. 
Mr.  French  married,  December  i,  1898. 
Emily  Salina  Luscomb,  born  March  22.  1869. 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Emily  (Tripp)  Lus- 
comb. of  Medford.  Child:  i.  Albert  Joseph, 
horn  June  8,  1900. 

The  families  of  Drew  and  Stetson 

DR l-'.W  were  ship  builders  and  at  a  very 
early  date  vessels  were  built  on 
till-  I  lines  river;  this  was  prior  to  17 14  and  for 
a  number  of  generations  they  were  engaged 
also  as  ship  carpenters.  From  1726  to  about 
1786,  when  Kinston  was  set  off  from  Plymouth, 
vessels  were  launched  from  the  stocks  of  the 
Drews. 

(  I  )  Edw  ard  Drew  was  knighted  by  Queen 
h'lizabeth  in  1589. 

(11)  \\'illiam.  son  of  Edward  Drew,  was  of 
the  last  generation  of  this  family  who  remain- 
ed in  England. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  William  Drew,  and  the 
immigrant  ancestry  of  the  family,  was  born 
in  Devonshire,  Wales,  in  1642,  died  in  Plym- 
outh, Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  July  29,  1721. 
He  came  to  Plvmouth  in  1660,  his  house  being 
at  Hobbs  Hole,  and  he  also  lived  in  Duxbury. 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  February  5, 
1673.  -■  Joh'i-  August  29,  1676.  3.  Samuel, 
February  21,  1678.  4.  Thomas,  May  I,  1681. 
5.  Nicholas,  October  10.  1684.  6.  Lemuel. 
.-\ugust   4.    1687.      7.   Cornelius,   see    forward. 

8.  Perez,  born  1704,  died  November  12.  1774. 

9.  Zelndon.  10.  Samuel,  born  1713,  died  in 
1800.  II.  Ebenezer.  12.  Lydia.  13.  Nahum. 
14.  Hannah.  iS-  Abijah.  16.  Rebecca.  17. 
Ruth. 

^\^ )  Cornelius,  sixth  son  and  seventh  child 
of  Tohn  Drew,  was  born  in  Duxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  I702,  died  in  Kingston,  ^Massachu- 
setts,    December    ifi,    1762.      He    lived    in    the 


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luwer  part  of  the  huiisi;  at  Kingston  Landing, 
near  the  shipyard  of  Deacon  Bartlett,  and 
there  all  of  his  children  were  born.  This  house 
was  taken  down  December  6,  1866,  being  situ- 
ated partly  in  the  highway.  His  shipyard  was 
in  the  valley  near  the  line  of  the  almshouse 
lot,  now  filled  in,  and  on  this  lot  he  and  his 
sons  built  the  brig  "Independence,"  sixteen 
guns,  in  1776.  and  the  ship  "Mars,"  twenty 
guns,  in  1778.  He  married,  February  2-/, 
1728-29,  Sarah  Bartlett,  born  December  24 
1710,  died  in  January,  1775,  a  member  of  an 
old  Kingston  family.  Children:  I.  .\bijah, 
see  forward.  2.  Ichabod,  twin  of  Abijah,  born 
September  10,  1730,  died  October  23.  1730. 
3.  William,  September  13,  1731,  died  May  10, 
1795.  4.  James,  September  23,  1733.  died  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1807.  5.  Lenas,  October  14,  1735. 
(Hed  September  21,  1822.  6.  Lurana,  May  22, 
1738,  died  September  20,  1788.  7.  Sarah, 
April  23,  1740,  died  January  3,  1822.  8.  Cor- 
nelius, May  12,  1742,  died  November  24,  1814; 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  9.  Seth,  June 
12,  1747,  died  May  18,  1824. 

(V)  Abijah,  eldest  child  of  Cornelius  and 
Sarah  (Bartlett)  Drew,  was  born  in  Plymouth 
(now  Kingston),  Mas.sachu,setts,  September 
10,  1730,  died  there,  September  21,  1818.  He 
was  a  ship  builder  and  purchased  the  home- 
stead of  his  brother  William,  who  had  bought 
it  of  Cornelius  Sampson  :  when  .Xbijah  bought 
it  it  fronted  the  street,  but  he  had  it  turned 
and  added  another  story.  He  married  (first) 
May  19,  177^),  Betsey  Stetson,  born  January 
31,  1757,  died  .August  9,  1808,  and  is  buried  in 
the  ancient  burial  ground  in  Kingston.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Deborah,  born  August  26,  1777.  died 
December  26,  1802.  2.  Nancy,  October  18, 
1779,  died  January  28,  1862.  3.  Harriet,  No- 
vember 8.  1781,  died  June  25,  1862.  4.  Na- 
thaniel, May  25,  1784.  died  March  29,  1871. 
5.  Lazarus,  see  forward.  6.  John,  May  30, 
"1789,  died  May  11,  1877.  7.  Lucretia,  Octo- 
ber I,  1791,  died  April  25,  1855.  8.  Betsey, 
May  24,  1794,  died  October  6,  1813.  9.  James 
Harvey,  August  24,  1796,  died  June  23.  1873. 
10.  Mary,  January,  1798,  died  November  29, 
1813.  II.  Abijah,  February  6,  1893.  ^^^  \r\'A.x- 
ried"  (second)  ]\Iarch  31,  1814,  Sylvia  Wash- 
burn, who  died  August  26,  1830. 

(VI)  Lazarus,  second  son  and  fifth  child 
of  Abijah  and  Betsey  (Stetson)  Drew,  was 
born  in  Kingston,  January  6,  1787,  died  in 
Medford,  April  4.  1854.  His  education  was 
the  usual  one  of  the  time,  and  he  was  early 
apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  ship's  joiner. 
About    1820  he   removed   with   his    familv  to 


Medford,  where  ship  building  was  then  at  its 
height,  and  worked  as  a  journeyman  for 
Thatcher  ^lagoon,  Samuel  Lapham,  Haven  & 
Cudworth,  and  others,  and  was  himself  a  con- 
tractor for  building  ships  and  windlasses,  and 
the  other  intlividual  ])arts.  He  built  his  own 
home  in  Cross  street,  and  it  was  considered 
one  of  the  finest  of  the  time,  but  has  since  been 
altered  and  now  serves  as  a  tenement  house. 
He  was  possessed  of  a  fine  voice  and  for  many 
years  sang  in  the  choir  of  the  Orthodox  church, 
where  he  and  his  family  attended  divine  ser- 
vice. He  was  a  man  of  determination  but  con- 
sidered rather  eccentric,  and  is  said  to  have  had 
a  most  jieculiar  maimer  of  tying  his  hair  over 
his  head.  In  political  adherence  he  was  at 
first  a  Whig  and  later  became  associated  with 
the  Democratic  party.  He  married  at  Kings- 
ton, May  28,  1812,  Bathsheba  Shurtleff,  born 
in  Kingston,  1794,  died  in  Medford,  July  3, 
1871,  daughter  of  John  and  Bathsheba  (Shurt- 
Icff)  Bartlett.  granddaughter  of  Ichabod  Bart- 
lett,   autl    great-granddaughter    of     Benjamin 

and (Brewster)    Bartlett,  the  latter  a 

daughter  of  Love  Brewster,  a  son  of  Elder 
WiHiani  B.rewster,  who  came  to  this  country 
in  the  "Mayflower."  Benjamin,  son  of  Benja- 
min Bartlett,  was  a  grandson  of  Richard  War- 
ren, another  of  the  "Mayflower"  passengers. 
Children:  I.  George  Bartlett,  born  June  2, 
1813,  died  March  3,  1863:  married.  May  26, 
1838,  Margaret  G."  Sullivan,  and  had:  Mar- 
garet   .\ugusta,   married   Bisbee,   and 

Lucretia  Bartlett,  married  Dr.  Alonzo  Green, 
of  Boston,  and  had:  Frank.  2.  Joseph  Shurt- 
leff,  April  i,  1814,  died  July  i,  1884;  married, 
April,  1842,  Lucy  White  Prouty,  of  Scituate. 
Massachusetts,  and  had :  i.  Theodore  Clem- 
ent, born  May- 14,  1844,  married,  June  i,  1890. 
Emma  Isadt)ra  Brown;  ii.  Reuben  Young  Jen- 
kins, .\pril  2('),  1846,  died  .\ugust  29,  1847.  3. 
Charles  Rawlins,  see  forward.  4.  James  Hor- 
ace, March  29,  1823,  died  May  26,  1869.  5. 
\Mlliam  Henry,  March  29,  1823,  died  August 
3,  1877;  married,  November  15.  1845,  Ehza- 
beth  Ann  Cummings,  of  Poland,  Maine ;  chil- 
dren: i.  A  son,  born  December  28,  1847,  ''■^'^ 
young;  ii.  \Mlliam  Horace,  January  8,  1849: 
iii.  Edward  Rutledge.  6.  Ann  Caroline,  Au- 
gust 25,  1828,  died  (October  26,  1906;  married, 
October  27,  1853,  Charles  W.  Joquith,  of  Med- 
ford, who  died  December  5,  1904.  7.  Martin 
Van  Buren.  8.  Frances  Adelaide,  July  5,  1838; 
married  (first)  September  15,  1859,  Thomas 
Henry  Belt,  of  South  Boston;  children:  i. 
Robert  Maurice,  born  July  11,  i860;  married, 
Mav  30,   1888,  Mary  Pond  Oakes,  and  had : 


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Ada  Louise,  born  Xuveinber  0,  1S90;  Robert 
Wilbur,  March  23,  1896;  Eugene  Bradford, 
May  6,  1898;  ii.  George  Wilbur,  married  Jo- 
sephine Clark,  of  Waldsboro,  ]\Iaine,  and  had  : 
Mary  Adelaide,  born  Xoveniber  24,  1891,  and 
Marguerite,  March  3.  1895;  Frances  Adelaide 
married  ( second )  James  h'red  W  illiams,  of 
Charlestown. 

(VII)  Charles  Rawlins,  third  son  and  child 
of  Lazarus  and  Bathsheba  Shurtleff  ( Bartlett ) 
Drew,  was  born  in  Kingston,  December  17. 
1818,  died  in  Medford,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1885.  He  was  four  years  of  age  when 
his  parents  took  up  their  residence  in  Medford, 
and  it  was  in  that  town  that  he  received  his 
education  in  the  district  school.  At  a  suitable 
age  he  learned  the  trade  of  ship  building,  and 
later  made  a  number  of  voyages  to  the  south 
and  to  France  as  ship's  carpenter,  in  some  of 
the  ships  he  had  helped  to  fit  out.  Subsequently 
he  resumed  work  in  the  ship  yards,  and  was 
employed  by  firms  of  prominence.  In  the  early 
seventies,  when  the  ship  building  industry  was 
declining,  he  took  u]>  what  was  called  "old 
work,"  which  consisted  of  refitting  and  re- 
pairing vessels  which  returned  from  long  voy- 
ages. Later  he  worked  in  this  capacity  for 
James  Delano  until  within  a  year  of  his  death, 
this  last  year  being  employed  in  house  carpen- 
tering. He  was  a  member  of  the  organization 
known  as  the  "i8r8  Association."  formed  of 
men  born  in  that  \ear.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Democratic  party,  and  during  the  existence 
of  the  "Know  Xothing"  party,  was  associated 
with  that.  From  early  boyhood  all  through 
his  life  he  was  a  member  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment, acting  as  one  of  its  engineers  and  render- 
ing valuable  services  in  other  ways.  His  first 
religious  affiliation  was  with  tlie  orthodox 
Congregational  church,  hut  when  his  children 
were  old  enough  to  attend  .Sunday  school  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Methoflist  church,  and 
assisted  that  denomination  to  the  extent  of 
his  means  and  time.  He  kept  in  touch  with 
the  affairs  of  the  nation  and  the  world  at  large  by 
means  of  close  and  attentive  reading,  and  enter- 
tained broad  and  decided  views  on  all  matters  of 
public  interest.  He  married,  November  20 
1842,  .Abbie  Goodrich, born  in  New  Boston,  New 
Hami)shire,  March  22,  1821.  died  in  Medford. 
Massachusetts,  December  22,  1907,  daughter  of 
Amasa  and  Polly  (Dane)  Lewis,  the  former 
a  prosperous  farmer  of  New  Boston.  Mrs. 
Drew  was  noted  for  her  charity,  kindly  disposi- 
tion and  force  of  character.  She  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  church  later  in  life,  although 
raised  in  the  Congregational  faith,  and  became 


prominent!}'  ulentified  with  the  mterests  of  her 
adopted  creed.  During  the  civil  war  she  was 
a  member  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Association  of 
Medford,  and  it  was  through  her  efforts  that 
many  comfiirts  were  obtained  for  the  L'nion 
soldiers.      Children:      1.   Abby,   born  January 

12,  1844;  niarried,  October  13,  1874,  Jacob 
William,  born  March  2,   1830,  died  December 

13,  1883,  son  of  Jacob  and  Rowena  (Keith) 
Sax.  of  Plattsburg,  New  York :  children :  i. 
Horner  Eaton,  born  January  17,  died  January 
18,  1876;  ii.  Katherine  Drew,  January  19,  1882, 
assistant  editor  of  the  Shoe  and  Leather  Re- 
porter,  in  Boston  ;  iii.  Alfred  Keith,  July  22, 
1883.      2.   Charles  Kawdins,  Jr.,   see   forward. 

3.  Julia    Frances.   October  9,    1852;   married 

( Jctoher  15,  1879,  Frederick  Allen  Fifield,  of 
Medford  ;  children  :  i.  Bessie  Lewis,  born  Au- 
gust 2.  1 88 1  :  married,  September  22,  1908, 
Henry  .Stearns  Kimball,  of  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts: ii.  Marjorie  I'Vances,  June  15,  1891. 

4.  .\masa  Elwood.  see  forward.  5.  .\lbert 
Bailey.  September  17,  1858;  manager  and 
director  (.if  Honje  Market  Corporation,  of 
Winchester,  Massachusetts.  6.  Mabel  Harlan, 
June  24.  i8d6:  married.  April  30,  1894,  George 
Ahncr  Crowdis.  of  T>raddock,  Nova  Scotia, 
son  of  William  and  Ann  Crowdis:  child: 
(ieorge  .Xorman,  born  Ma)-  6,  1898. 

(\'1I1  )  Charles  Rawlins  (2),  eldest  son  and 
second  child  of  Charles  Rawlins  (  I  )  and  Abby 
( ioodrich  (Lewis)  Drew,  was  born  on  the 
Drew  estate  in  Medford.  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 31,  i84(^).  He  attended  the  common  and 
grammar  schools  of  his  native  town  until  he 
was  fifteen  years  of  age,  then  served  as  clerk 
in  various  grocery  stores  in  Medford ;  removed 
to  Lynn  in  i8f)8  and  held  similar  positions  with 
sexeral  firms,  returned  tc)  Medford,  but  soon 
removed  to  Groveland,  Massachusetts,  where 
after  one  year's  employment  in  the  grocery 
■-tore  of  Frank  Savory,  he  established  himself 
in  the  provision  business,  subse(juently  engag- 
ing in  the  ice  business  in  addition  to  this.  He 
sold  the  provision  business  in  August,  1882, 
and  later  the  ice  business,  and  again  removed 
to  Medford,  where  late  in  the  fall  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  provision  trade,  finally 
removing  to  his  present  location  at  Nos,  30  and 
32  Main  street.  He  has  a  large  retail  and 
wholesale  trade  and  does  the  largest  business 
of  the  kind  in  the  town.  He  resides  in  No. 
17  Thatcher  street,  since  1892,  in  a  fine,  mod- 
ern residence.  He  and  his  family  attend  the 
Methodist  church,  and  his  jjolitical  allegiance 
is  given  to  the  Republican  party,  which  he  has 
served  as  selectman  and  overseer  of  the  poor  in 


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Grovelancl.  He  is  or  has  been  connected  at 
various  times  with  the  following  organizations  : 
Megantic  Fish  and  Game  Club  ;  Medford  Club ; 
Lawrence  Rifles,  Company  F;  Mount  Herman 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  Med- 
ford ;  Mystic  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ; 
Medford  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ; 
Protection  Lodge,  No.  147,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Pellows.  He  married,  December  31, 
1867,  Annette  Woodman,  born  in  New  Hamp- 
ton, New  Hampshire,  June  6,  1844,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  lirackett  and  Polly  Hackett 
(Wardj  Dorr,  of  New  Hampton.  Children: 
1 .  Herbert  Wilbur,  born  at  Lynn,  July  10,  1869  ; 
married,  June  ly,  1894,  May  Josephine  Baker, 
of  Medford,  and  has;  W'illjur  Lawrence,  born 
May  24,  1895.  2.  Luella  Dorr,  June  26,  1873, 
at  Croveland;  married,  June  26,  1907,  Ernest 
Samuel,  born  at  Milton,  \'ermont,  November 
3,  1876,  son  of  Frank  Samuel  and  Clara 
(  Douglass )   Rogers. 

(\IH)  .\masa  lihvood,  second  sun  and 
fourth  child  of  Charles  Rawlins  (1)  and  Abby 
Goodrich  (Lewis)  Drew,  was  born  in  Med- 
ford, November  5,  1856.  His  education  was 
acquired  in  his  native  town,  where  he  was 
graduated  from  the  Everett  grammar  school 
at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  having  employed 
his  leisure  time  in  working  in  the  grocery  store 
of  Henry  Ja(|uith.  He  held  clerkships  for  st)me 
time  with  various  firms  in  Medford,  and  then 
accepted  a  position  as  clerk  in  1  laverhill,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  the  provision  store  of  George  Davis. 
At  the  end  of  one  year  he  commenced  working 
for  several  shoe  manufacturers,  but  returned 
to  his  occupation  in  the  provision  business  for 
two  years.  He  and  John  Buttrick  then  benight 
out  a  restaurant  in  Groveland,  conducting  it 
under  flie  firm  name  of  Buttrick  &  Drew,  and 
after  a  short  time  Mr.  Drew  purchased  the 
interest  of  Mr.  Buttrick  and  continued  the  busi- 
ness alone  successfully  until  1887,  when  it  was 
destroyed  by  fire.  He  returned  to  Medford, 
where  for  a  short  time  he  worked  for  his 
brother,  Charles  Rawlins,  in  the  provision  mar- 
ket, but  soon  removed  to  liostun  where  he 
bought  out  a  jjrovision  market,  continuing  in 
this  line  about  six  years.  His  next  step  was 
to  buy  a,  bakery  at  Cambridgeport  in  associa- 
tion with  Fred  A.  Fifield,  conducting  it  under 
the  style  of  Drew  &  Fifield,  but  at  the  end  of 
one  year  this  partnership  was  dissolved,  and 
Mr.  Drew  returned  to  Groveland  and  engaged 
in  the  business  of  shijiping  fruit.  In  July, 
1894,  he  went  to  Maiden  and  opened  his  pres- 
ent business  with  his  cousin,  Horace  M.  Drew, 


under  the  firm  name  of  A.  E.  &  IL  AL  Drew, 
their  place  being  known  as  the  Summer  Street 
Market,  and  domg  a  large  local  trade  in  fruits 
and  provisions.  Mr.  Drew  resides  in  Grove- 
land, and  he  and  his  family  attend  the  Meth- 
odist church.  In  politics  he  entertains  inde- 
pendent views  and  has  never  held  public  office- 
He  married,  March  4,  1881,  Isabclle,  born  in 
(Jroveland,  September  28,  1859,  daughter  of 
(ieorge  and  Susan  (Page)  Mitchell,  of  Grove- 
land. Children:  I.  Elwood  Mitchell,  born 
September  3,  1882.  2.  Susan  Pearl,  May  25, 
1884;  married.  May  2},,  1908,  Horace  Win- 
throp  George,  of  South  Groveland,  Massachu- 
setts. 3.  Charles  Albert,  April  27,  1887.  4- 
Russell  I'age,  August  10,  1896. 


(For  precedinff  generations  see  Edward  Drew   \i. 

(V'll)  Martin  Van  Buren,  sixth 
DR1'2\\  son  and  seventh  child  of  Lazarus 
and  Bathsheba  Shuftleff  ( Bart- 
lettj  Drew,  was  born  in  Medford,  Massachu- 
setts, December  31,  1831,  died  January  19,  1872. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  during  the  win- 
ter months,  assisting  his  father  at  other  times, 
and  soon  went  to  Boston,  where  he  found  em- 
ployment in  one  of  the  large  leather  concerns 
i)f  that  city  and  resided  in  the  family  of  his 
employer.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  years  he 
took  a  course  of  bookkeeping  in  a  private 
school  in  Medford,  returning  to  his  former 
employer.  After  twenty-seven  years  spent  in 
office  labors,  he  entered  the  employ  of  Isaac 
M.  Leonard,  a  prosperous  restaurant  keeper, 
remaining  with  him  until  1 870,  and  during  this 
time  having  entire  charge  of  the  books,  the 
buying  and  the  finances  of  the  establishment. 
He  then  commenced  canvassing  with  a  large 
amount  of  success,  and  it  was  while  thus  en- 
gaged that  he  was  killeil  by  an  express  train 
at  Wilmington  Junction,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  a  liberal  patron  of  the  fine  arts  and  re- 
garded as  an  excellent  critic.  While  not  active 
in  ])oliticaI  matters  he  always  gave  his  support 
to  the  Re|)ublican  party,  and  he  and  his  family 
attended  the  (Jrtlmdox  church.  He  marriecl, 
at  Medfiird,  November  29,  1854,  Hannah  Jane 
l'>ro(iks.  born  in  Medford,  April  23,  1835.  (See 
P.rooks  sketch ) .  Children:  i.  Cora  Jane, born 
.September  18,  1855;  married,  February  21. 
1877,  at  Boston,  Frank  Deming  Cleveland,  of 
that  city,  and  has :  Harry  Eugene,  born  Feb- 
ruary I,  1879.  2.  Horace  Martin,  see  forward. 
(\'I1I)  Horace  Martin,  only  son  of  Martin 
\'an  Buren  and  Hannah  Jane  (Brooks)  Drew, 
was  born   in    Boston,  July   24,    1859.      At   the 


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age  of  five  year?-  his  parents  removed  to  Chel- 
sea, and  his  education  was  acquired  in  thai 
town,  l!oston  and  Sonierville.  completing  his 
educatiim  in  the  old  Phillips  School  in  Boston. 
His  first  business  position  was  with  the  whole- 
sale house  of  Lewis  Coleman,  remaining  there 
two  years,  then  after  a  number  of  other  clerk- 
shi])s  he  became  a  clerk  with  his  cousin,  Charles 
R.  Drew,  in  Med  ford.  In  July,  1894,  he  be- 
came associated  in  the  provision  business  with 
Amasa  E.  Drew,  in  the  Summer  Street  Mar- 
ket, doing  a  large  and  lucrative  business.  Mr. 
Drew  is  a  Re]niblican  in  his  political  views,  a 
nieml)er  of  the  Kearnwood  Club  of  Maiden 
and  an  enthusiastic  automobilist.  He  marrieil, 
July  16,  ig02.  Emily  Susan,  born  in  Medford, 
March  10,  1861,  daughter  of  (George  Wilson 
and  Susan  Sanderson  (Brooks)  .\twood,  of 
Melrose,  the  former  a  doctor. 

(  The    HnMiks   l.itiH  i . 

Jacob  Urcioks,  son  of  Susannah,  and  grand- 
son of  Samuel  and  Susannah  Watts,  was  born 
in  W'oburn,  Massachusetts,  August  7,  1795, 
(lied  in  Metlford,  Massachusetts,  November  10, 
1875.  .At  the  age  of  four  years  he  removed 
with  his  mother  to  Medford,  where  he  was 
sent  to  school  until  he  was  seven  years  old. 
He  was  then  sent  to  Lexington,  where  he  work- 
ed on  a  farm  for  one  year,  but  on  account  of 
the  ill  treatment  he  received  he  left  this  })lace 
and  found  employment  with  Eli  Simonds,  for 
whom  he  farmed  during  the  summer  months 
and  assisted  in  the  ta\ern  during  the  winter. 
.After  a  time  he  continued  his  farm  work  dur- 
ing the  summers,  but  worked  with  different 
shoemakers  during  the  winters  until  he  had 
mastered  this  trade.  He  was  but  twenty-one 
years  old  when  he  married,  and  at  that  time 
was  given  entire  charge  of  the  farm  of  Mr. 
.Simonds,  remaining  on  it  until  1821,  when  he 
removed  with  his  famil}-  to  Medford  and  enter- 
ed the  employ  of  Paul  Curtis,  a  ship  builder. 
During  the  dull  months  of  several  winters  he 
returned  to  his  old  trade  of  shoe  making  and 
was  also  employed  in  the  building  of  the  Flat- 
iron  block  in  Medford.  He  worked  in  various 
ship  yards  until  1 831.  when  having  suffered  a 
sunstroke  he  returned  to  lighter  work,  and 
took  private  contracts  for  gardening  on  the 
estates  of  several  wealthy  residents.  In  the 
early  fifties  he  became  the  town  undertaker, 
having  his  offices  in  his  home  in  High  street. 
and  conducted  this  business  until  the  sixties. 
While  engaged  in  farming  he  had  leased  a 
three-acre  lot  of  George  Porter  and  lived  on 


this  for  a  period  of  forty  years,  finally  remov- 
ing to  Cross  street,  where  he  died.  He  had  a 
small  herd  of  cattle  and  sold  the  products  of 
his  dairy.  During  the  war  of  1812  he  served 
as  ensign  in  the  defence  of  Boston  Harbor 
and  also  on  one  of  the  war  vessels.  Later  he 
became  captain  in  the  Medford  militia.  His 
political  views  were  at  first  those  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic ]jarty,  but  he  later  affiliated  with  the 
Republicans,  and  although  offered  various 
jniblic  offices  he  consistently  refused  to  accept 
any.  although  his  purse  and  time  were  always 
at  the  service  of  the  town  in  case  of  need.  He 
was  a  devout  Christian  and  an  earnest  member 
of  the  I'nitarian  church,  of  which  he  was 
se.vton  for  many  years.  In  disposition  he  was 
amiable  and  social  and  was  noted  for  the  true 
charity  he  displaye<l.  At  one  time  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Indejjendent  Order  of  Odd 
b'ellows.  During  the  Centennial  celebration  at 
Le.vington,  .\pril  19,  1875,  which  he  attended, 
he  contracted  a  severe  cold  which  resulted  in 
his  death. 

He  married,  at  Lexington,  Massachusetts, 
Thankful,  born  in  Weston,  September  6,  1795, 
died  in  [Medford,  May  23,  1877,  daughter  of 
Abraham,  Jr,,  and  Hannah  (Pierce)  Sander- 
son, of  \\'eston,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i. 
Sarah,  died  young.  2. Maria,  died  young.  3. 
Sarah  .\nn,  baiitized  .A]iril  2,  1826;  married. 
.April  2<).  1838,  Seth  Wyman  \"ining,  of  Wo- 
burn.  Massachusetts:  children:  i,  Sarah  Eliz- 
abeth, married  b'.mery  Ramsdell,  of  Aledford, 
and  had:  Eugene;  ii.  .Alice  Brooks,  married, 
July,  i(S63,  Jo.seph  Blake,  of  Boston  :  iii.  Charles 
Brooks,  married  Martha  Munroe,  of  W'liburn : 
IV.  Seth  C.  born  Xoveniber  18,  1844;  v.  Jacob 
Winshnv,  born  December  25,  i8.n):  married 
(first)  August  28.  1872,  Cecilia  Oilman,  of 
Medford,  and  had:  David  Miller,  born  June 
8,  1875:  (second)  September  12,  1895,  Elor- 
ence  Brooks  Ryder,  of  Medford,  and  has: 
Winifred  Cecelia,  born  November  9,  1896.  and 
I'hilii)  Brooks,  July  6,  1901.  4.  John  Good- 
win, born  August  16,  1821,  baptized  April  2, 
1826,  died  June  2^^.  1906;  married,  November 
30,  1843,  Charlotte  Maria  Wheeler,  of  Med- 
f<ird,  and  had:  i.  John  .Austin,  born  in  1844: 
li.  h'lorence  Ardella,  July  11,  1846:  married. 
May  20,  t866,  .Andrew  Jackson  Ryder,  of 
Wakefield.  Massachusetts :  children  a.  Willie 
Stanley,  born  January  7,  1867.  died  January 
28,  1883:  b.  Fred  .Austin,  born  November  22, 
1868:  married.  .April  15,  1892,  Minnie  Cooley, 
of  .Stoneham.  and  has:  Raymond  Parker,  born 
December   10,   1892:  Claude  Morehouse,  Alav 


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10,  1897;  Irene  June,  February  22.  1899;  c. 
f'lorence  Ardella  Brooks,  born  September  10, 
1870:  married.  September  12,  1895,  Jacob 
Winslow  \'ining,  of  Medford.  and  has:  Wini- 
fred Cecilia,  born  November  9,  1896,  and 
F'hillips  Ilrooks,  July  6.  1901  :  d.  Percy  Brooks, 
born  October  15,  1872,  died  F"ebruarv  7,  1874: 
e.  John  Milton,  born  December  19.  1888.  5. 
Charles  White,  born  in  1824,  baptized  April 
2,  1826,  died  July  12.  1882:  married,  April  20, 
1848.  Susan,  born  in  Medford  in  1826,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Richardson;  chil- 
dren :  i.  .Mice  Gertrude:  ii.  Alger,  married 
Alice  Ciu-rier,  of  Medford,  and  has:  Alice 
Pirooks.  6.  Augustus  Ilrown,  born  August  9, 
1826,  died  in  Henniker,  New  Hampshire ;  mar- 
ried, August  26,  1854,  Fannie  S.  Gordon,  who 
died  in  llenniker,  ( October  11,  1892.  7.  Alice 
Simonds.  born  (Jctober  11.  1828;  married, 
April  25,  1880,  Frederick  Dudley  Hall  Thomas, 
of  Medford,  and  has:  .Alice.  8.  Lucy  Au- 
gusta, born  February  i,  1831  ;  married,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1849,  James  Loring,  son  of  James  W. 
and  Rebecca  (Wade)  Brooks,  of  Medford: 
children  :  i.  Frank  Randall,  born  July  12,  1850; 
married,  .\ugust  10,  1873,  Emma  Cook,  of 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  has:  Lucy,  born 
Dctober  24,  1874;  Lillian,  July  6,  1876:  and 
Fdna,  June,  1893:  ii.  Ella  ^lay,  born  Decem- 
ber 27,  1851,  died  .August  20,  1905:  married, 
I'ebruary  25.  1877,  John  .Alfred  Baxter,  of 
Medford,  and  has:  Isabelle  Florence,  born 
April  8,  1879:  married,  November  25,  1903, 
Charles  Henry  Studley,  Jr..  of  Wakefield,  and 
has  :  John  Francis,  born  January  7,  1905  :  iii. 
T'ercy  Mason,  born  June  23,  1855,  died  March 
2_^.  1900;  married.  May  23,  1883,  Jane  Eliza 
Jenzardi.  9.  Susan  Sanderson,  born  Novem- 
ber 8,  1832,  baptized  November  14,  1848;  mar- 
ried ffir.st)  .April  18,  T830,  Charles  E.  Merrill, 
of  Medford  and  has :  i.  Charles  E.,  Jr.,  who 
married  and  has:  Charles:  (second)  Dr. 
George  Wilson  Atwood :  children :  ii.  Emily 
.Susan,  born  March  10,  1861  :  married  Horace 
Martin  Drew  (see  Drew,  \''HI)  :  iii.  George; 
iv.  Lillian:  v.  Bessie,  married  \\'alter  Churchill, 
ro.  Hannah  Jane,  born  .April  23,  1833,  baptized 
November  14,  1848:  married  Martin  Van 
Buren  Drew  (see  Drew,  \'TL).  11.  Charlotte, 
born  July  13,  1837,  baptized  November  14. 
t8..|8:  married  Cyrus  Goodwin,  of  .Shapleigh. 
Maine,  and  has :  John  Frederick,  born  .August 
[2,  1864:  Tilly.  February  22.  1868:  Harry 
Brooks.  Januar\-  2,  1873:  Erla  T.,  September 
12,  1876.  12.  Emma  Frances,  born  September 
r4,  1839:  married,  June  15.  1869,  J.  .Adding- 
t(in  Sale,  nf  Chelsea,  ATassachusetts. 


I  Foi-  pai-ly   geiieration.s  see   Richard   KimbaU   I.  and 
naleb   Kiinlian   II). 

(IV)   Caleb  (3)  Kimball,  eld- 

KL\ir..'vLL  est  son  of  Caleb  (2)  and  Lucy 
(Edwards)  Kimball,  was  born 
in  Ipswich,  August  18,  1686,  and  died  in  Ips- 
wich in  1713.  He  was  a  weaver,  and  resided 
in  I])swich.  His  will  was  made  March  i,  1717. 
He  married  Mary,  widow  of  William  Manning 
and  daughter  of  Joseph  Smith,  of  Ipswich. 
She  married  (third)  Joseph  Pillsbury,  of  West 
Newbury,  Two  children  were  born  to  Caleb 
and  Mary :     Caleb  and  James. 

(A)  Caleb  (4),  elder  of  the  two  sons  of 
Caleb  (3)  and  Mary  Smith  (Manning)  Kim- 
ball, was  born  in  Ipswich,  January  2,  1708,  and 
died  in  West  Newbury,  January  I,  1793,  aged 
eighty-seven.  He  married,  .April  17,  1733, 
Sarah  Huse,  born  January  30,  1709;  died  .April 
!'>•  i/Q.V  She  was  a  noted  housekeeper,  but 
w  as  blind  in  her  old  age  from  the  effects  of  an 
attack  of  small-po.x.  This  disea.se  she  is  said 
to  have  taken  from  a  tramp,  whom  she  had 
taken  in  and  fed  just  as  he  was  recovering 
from  an  attack  of  the  malady.  Mr.  Kimball 
resided  in  West  Newbury,  and  his  children 
wert  all  ba|)tized  in  the  west  parish  church. 
C'hildreu :  Sarah.  Judith.  Lucy,  Caleb  and 
Anna. 

(  \'l  )  Ca])tain  Caleb  (3),  only  son  of  Caleb 
(4)  and  Sarah  (Huse)  Kimball,  was  born  in 
Xewbury,  October  10,  1744,  and  died  in  1830, 
aged  eighty-six.  On  April  19,  1773,  he  was 
reiMirted  detained  as  a  post  rider.  December. 
1776.  he  was  first  lieutenant  in  Moody's  coiu- 
pany.  Pickering's  regiment:  November,  1777. 
was  a  captain  in  Gerrish's  regiment,  at  Winter 
Hill,  guarding  Burgoyne's  troops.  He  served 
there  four  months.  He  resided  at  West  New- 
bury, four  miles  from  Newburyport.  He  mar- 
ried. .\ugust  24.  1766,  Hannah  Noyes,  born  in 
[743:  died  December  2,  1820,  aged  seventy- 
seven.  Children  :  Molly.  John,  Thomas,  Abel 
(died  young),  Joseph,  Caleb,  Sarah,  Hannah, 
Betsey,  Judith  and  .\bel,  next  mentioned. 

(A'll)  .Abel,  youngest  child  of  Caleb  (3) 
ami  Hannah  ( Noyes)  Kimball,  was  born  in 
West  Newbury,  in  1788.  He  went  to  Sanborn- 
ton.  New  Hampshire,  about  1803,  with  his 
brothers.  He  lived  in  Sanbornton,  where  he 
was  a  trader  and  store  keeper,  Rochester,  New 
Hani|)shire,  and  died  i860,  in  Dover,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married.  February  16,  1813. 
Dollv  H.  Spofford,  of  .Andover.  Alassachusctts 
fsee  .Spofford  history),  who  was  born  in  An- 
dover, Massachusetts,  Sejitember  29,  1793,  and 
died  as  the  result  of  a   fall  on  December   n, 


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1880,  aged  eighty-seven,  at  the  residence  of  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Asa  P.  Hanson,  at  Newton, 
Iowa,  where  she  had  made  it  lier  home  for  ten 
years.  She  was  a  true  and  affectionate  mother 
in  ever}'  sense  of  the  word,  and  her  influence 
and  strength  of  character  gave  her  cliildren 
those  priceless  (|uahties  which  they  ever  cher- 
ished. Four  children  survived  her :  Mrs.  Asa 
P.  Hanson,  the  only  daughter,  and  three  sons: 
.Abel,  Moody  Spofford  and  George  Caleb  Kim- 
ball, all  of  whom  accompanied  the  remains  of 
their  mother  in  a  special  car  to  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  where  she  was  buried  by  the  side 
of  her  husband.     They  had  children  : 

1.  Luther,  hotel  keeper,  resided  in  Dover, 
New  Hampshire,  and  died  there. 

2.  Charles,  died  August  10,  1820. 

3.  Walter,  bcjrn  1812,  died  December  29. 
i8"i5- 

4.  Rooxbe  S])otford,  taught  school  until  mar- 
ried to  Asa  P.  Hanson,  of  Rochester,  New 
Ham])shire  ;  later  they  removed  to  Davenport, 
Iowa,  and  still  later  to  Newton.  Iowa,  where 
he  was  in  the  lumber  and  grain  business.  She 
died  at  Newton,  Iowa,  December,  igoi,  and 
had  resided  in  Newton  for  over  forty  years. 

3.  Charles  Walter,  born  January  g,  1819.  at 
Dover,  New  Hampshire:  died  December  19. 
r8f>7,  at  Sjjringfield,  Massachusetts,  and  buried 
there:  married  ^laria  G.  P)radford  (see  Brad- 
ford history)  :  receiving  a  good  schooling,  he 
became  a  machinist  and  later  a  locomotive 
engineer  on  tlie  Western  railroad,  at  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Pdanchard  &  Kimball,  who  built  the 
Springfield  locomotive,  •  and  also  the  first 
Knowles  steam  pumps.  The  locomotive  works 
had  the  reputation  of  having  the  smartest  and 
best  locomotive  of  that  ])eriod.  and  had  a  grow- 
ing business,  having  built  forty  locomotives 
during  three  years  of  existence,  when  they 
suspended  manufacture  during  the  panic  of 
1857,  and  the  machinery  was  sold  to  the  Han- 
nibal &  St.  Joseph  railroad.  The  shops  were 
located  on  Lyman  and  Taylor  streets,  in  what 
is  now  the  business  centre  of  Springfield.  He 
soon  resumed  business,  under  the  firm  name  of 
C.  W.  Kimball  &  Company,  consisting  of  him- 
self, his  brother  George  C,  and  William  Hill,  of 
North  Berwick,  Maine.  They  carried  on  busi- 
ness as  manufacturers,  agents  and  machinists, 
as  well  as  brass  founders  and  coppersmiths. 
until  in  1866  they  sold  out  to  Emory  &  Pres- 
cott.  which  later  became  P.  P.  Emory  &  Com- 
l>any.  He  had  responsible  manufacturing 
duties  at  the  Springfield  .\rmory,  as  foreman 
at  the  water  shops,  during  the  civil  war. 


().  Abel,  born  in  Sanbornton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, December  15,  1822:  died  at  his  summer 
Ik  ime  at  South  Lyndeboro,  New  Hampshire, 
June.  190C).  He  married,  February  7,  1853, 
.\nna  Cofran,  born  in  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire, h'ebruary  3,  1829,  died  in  Davenport, 
Iowa,  December  26,  i860,  and  buried  at  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts:  married  (second),  April 
7,  1869,  Emma  Prettyman,  born  in  Davenport, 
Iowa,  October  9,  1844;  died  there  March  23, 
1891.  L'pon  leaving  school  at  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  he  was  employed  in  machine  shops 
at  L(iwell.  Newburyport  and  Newmarket,  and 
later  became  a  locomotive  engineer  on  the 
Western  railroad  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  master  mechanic  of  the  Connecticut 
River  railroad  at  Northampton,  ]\Iassachu- 
setts,  until  appointed  master  mechanic  and 
sujierintendent  of  the  Cocheco  railroad  at 
Dover.  New  Hampshire.  He  left  this  com- 
pany in  1856  to  accept  a  position  with  the  Rock 
Island  railroad  as  master  mechanic  at  Daven- 
port. Iowa.  He  was  soon  promoted  to  superin- 
tendent, and  as  the  road  increased  in  size  his 
duties  became  those  of  general  superintendent 
of  the  C,  R.  I.  &  P.  railway,  which  position 
he  held  fur  many  years,  and  until  his  appoint- 
ment as  assistant  to  the  president,  which  posi- 
tion he  held  vp  to  his  retirement  from  active 
duties,  but  was  associated  with  the  Rock  Island 
system  up  to  his  death.  After  his  retirement 
from  active  railroad  service  he  spent  several 
of  his  summers  at  \\'ilton  and  South  Lynde- 
boro, New  Hampshire,  enjoying  his  hard 
earned  rest  amid  nature's  surroundings,  which 
he  loved  so  well.  P.y  his  familiarity  with  rail- 
road service,  and  consideration  and  fairness  to 
others,  he  won  and  always  retained  the  respect 
of  all  classes  of  his  em]:)loyees  as  well  as  of 
officials  of  connecting  lines,  with  whom  he 
came  into  contact.  (_)f  a  niodest  and  unassum 
ing  nature,  his  integrity,  fearlessness  and  direct- 
ness of  pur])ose  were  never  questioned  by  his 
superiors,  employees  or  the  public. 

7.  .Moidy  .Spofford.  born  in  Sanbornton, 
New  Hampshire.  .Vugust  13.  1825;  died  .April, 
1891.  at  Mitchellville,  Iowa.  .Xfter  leaving 
school  he  had  a  varied  career  in  choosing  his 
occupation.  He  served  his  apprenticeship  as 
a  watchmaker,  and  finally  after  having  been  a 
machinist,  became  a  locomotive  engineer  on 
the  C.  H.  &  D.  R.  R.  at  Cincinnati  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  He  gave  up  railroad  work  and 
moved  to  Mitchellville,  Iowa,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  the  lumber  and  grain  business  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  During  his  residence 
at  .Mitchellville  he  had  become  much  interested 


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ill  lilack  Hills  mining,  and  devoted  much  time 
ti)  active  mining  in  the  Black  Hills  for  I(5wa 
interests,  and  was  quite  successful. 

8.  George  Caleb,  see  forward. 

(  VH)  George  Caleb,  youngest  child  of  Abel 
and  Dolly  S]rof¥ord  Kimball  (see  Spofiford  his- 
tory), was  lx)rn  in  Dover.  Kew  Hampshire, 
Februarv  10,  1829,  and  died  in  Grand  Ra])ids, 
Michigan,  December  21,  1901.  He  married, 
May  31,  1855,  Azubah  Sargent  I'airbrother,  at 
Dover,  New  Hampshire.  She  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1828,  at  Westminster,  Vermont,  a 
descendant  of  Captain  Lemuel  Sargent  and 
Pelatiah  Sargent  (see  history  of  town  of  Rock- 
ingham, \'ermont).  Mr.  Kimball  received  his 
early  education  under  Enoch  S.  Sherman,  at 
the  Landing  School,  of  Dover.  Leaving  school 
he  became  a  machinist,  under  his  brother  Abel 
at  Newmarket,  Xewburyport  and  Northamp- 
ton, Massachusetts,  and  later  a  locomotive 
engineer  on  the  Connecticut  River  railroad, 
between  S]:)ringfield,  Massachusetts,  and  Hel- 
lows,  N'ermont.  He  next  was  associated  with 
Klanchard  &  Kimball,  of  the  Springfield  loco- 
motive works,  under  his  brother  Charles.  Hav- 
ing Ijeen  a  machinist  and  a  locomotive  engineer, 
he  was  well  <|ualified  for  his  duties  of  making 
deliveries  of  locomotives  to  Western,  as  well  as 
Canadian  railroads,  and  putting  them  into  serv 
ice.  He  remained  in  this  service  for  Blanchard 
iS;  Kimball  until  they  suspended  operation  dur- 
ing the  jjanic  of  1857,  when  he  succeeded  his 
brother  .\be]  as  master  mechanic  and  superin- 
tendent of  the  Cocheco  railroad  at  Dover,  New 
I  lampshire.  He  remained  with  the  Cocheco 
railroad  as  master  mechanic  and  superintend- 
ent until  it  was  purchased  by  the  Boston  & 
Maine  railniad,  when  he  became  assistant 
superintendent  of  the  combined  system  at 
Dover,  New  Hampshire.  His  success  with  the 
Cocheco  railroad  brought  him  before  New- 
Bedford  jieojile,  who  were  interested  in  the 
I'^lint  &  Holly  railroad,  and  in  Se]3tember,  1865, 
he  was  appointed  superintenrlent  of  this  com- 
pany, and  removed  to  Flint,  Michigan.  This 
line  was  soon  merged  with  a  line  from  Flint  to 
Fast  Saginaw,  and  became  the  Flint  &  Pere 
.\Tar(|uette  railroad,  and  he  became  superin- 
tendent and  removed  to  East  Saginaw  in  June, 
1869.  ''During  his  service  with  the  company  he 
was  active  in  its  operation  and  construction.  It 
was  extended  west  to  Reed  City,  north  to  Bay 
City,  and  south  to  Alonroe,  Michigan.  He  was 
also  interested  in  industries  at  Flint  and  Bay 
City.  Michigan,  and  a  director  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  of 
.Sjiringfield.   Massachusetts.     He  retired   from 


the  I^'lint  &  Pere  Marquette  railroad  in  1874 
with  the  intention  of  giving  up  active  railroad 
operation,  and  removed  to  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, to  become  more  actively  engaged  with 
his  associates  in  the  P.  P.  Emory  &  Company, 
with  whom  he  had  been  interested  since  1866. 
His  retirement  from  railroad  service  proved  to 
be  of  short  duration,  as  Boston  people  soon  en- 
gaged him  to  examine  the  Chicago  &  Michigan 
Lake  Shore  railroad,  which  was  on  the  verge 
of  bankruptcy,  and  seemed  to  be  a  hopeless 
case,  having  no  business,  equipment  or  money. 
His  report  as  to  the  condition  of  this  property 
was  such  that  he  was  elected  vice-president  and 
manager,  with  offices  at  St.  Joseph,  Michigan. 
The  road  became  bankrupt  soon  after  his 
arrival,  and  he  was  appointed  by  the  United 
.States  court  as  receiver.  L'pon  its  reorganiza- 
tion it  became  the  Chicago  &  West  Michigan 
railroad,  and  he  was  retained  as  vice-president 
and  general  manager,  with  offices  at  Muskegon, 
Michigan.  His  family  continued  to  reside  in 
.Springfield,  Massachusetts,  until  May,  1876, 
when  they  removed  to  their  present  home  in 
<  irand  Rapids,  Michigan.  Under  his  active 
management  this  company  ac(|uired  the  Grand 
1  laven  railroad  and  also  the  Grand  Rapids  & 
Newaygo  railroad  from  tlie  Converse  interests. 
He  also  organized  and  managed  the  West 
Michigan  Lumber  Company,  and  was  active 
in  a  number  of  Muskegon  enterprises.  Before 
his  retirement  from  the  Chicago  &  West 
Michigan  Railroad  Company  he  had  built  its 
line  by  ])iecemeal  northward  into  the  timber 
and  south  to  better  coal  and  traffic  connections. 
He  retired  from  this  company  in  1884,  with 
their  jiroperty  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and 
with  the  good  wishes  of  enii)loyees  and  shippers 
with  whom  he  was  always  closely  identified. 
Immediately  upon  his  retirement  from  this 
company,  and  of  the  Thayer  estate,  he  became 
associated  with  the  L'nion  Pacific  railroad,  as 
a  railroad  expert,  under  President  C.  F.  Adams. 
He  made  a  thorough  examination  of  the  jahysi- 
cal  condition  of  their  entire  [property,  which 
covered  the  maintenance  and  o]ierating  depart- 
ments, as  well  as  of  the  mechanical  and  store 
de|wrtments.  L^pon  his  completion  of  this 
service,  which  was  of  high  value,  he  became 
associated  with  New  York  and  Chicago  parties 
in  purchasing  Indiana  coal  lands  and  the  Chi- 
cago &  Great  Southern  railroad.  The  railroad 
was  reorganized  as  the  Chicago  &  Indiana 
Coal  railroad,  and  he  became  vice-president 
and  general  manager,  and  thoroughly  recon- 
structed and  equipped  it  for  heavy  coal  traffic, 
as  well  as  building  it  to  northern  connections 


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aiul  .suuth  iiitu  the  coal  fields  tit  Brazil,  Indiana. 
This  company  became  such  a  factor  in  the  coal 
traffic  that  it  soon  purchased  the  Chicago  & 
Eastern  railroad.  Upon  the  consolidation  of 
these  two  lines  the  property  was  still  known  as 
the  Chicago  &  Eastern  Indiana  railroad,  and 
lie  became  vice-president  in  charge  of  con- 
struction, which  position  he  h.eld  until  his  re- 
tirement from  active  railroad  service  in  i8qo 
to  attend  to  his  personal  affairs  and  to  occa- 
sional examinations  of  properties  as  an  expert. 
He  was  one  of  the  pioneer  railroad  managers 
of  Michigan,  and  was  both  widely  known  and 
prominent  in  railroad  circles  in  the  west  and 
east.  He  was  eminently  successful  as  a  busi- 
ness man  whose  advice  and  co-operation  could 
be  relied  upon,  and  was  an  officer  in  many 
enterprises  wherever  he  had  made  his  home. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  but 
was  never  a  club  man.  The  friends  of  his 
boyhood  and  manhood  testify  to  his  unfailing 
good  humor,  to  his  never  refusing  employ- 
ment and  assistance  to  anybody  who  hailed 
from  his  birthplace,  to  his  aid,  counsel  and 
assistance  to  many  a  young  man  to  advance- 
ment, to  his  treatment  and  consideration  of  his 
employees,  who  idolized  him  as  a  whole-souled 
friend  and  benefactor,  and  to  those  who  loved 
him  for  his  sterling  qualities  of  head  and  heart. 
His  word  was  his  bond,  and  his  integrity,  cour- 
age and  loyalty  to  friends  was  never  ques- 
tioned. Truthfulness,  integrity  and  sincerity 
meant  everything  to  him,  and  many  sacrifices 
were  made  during  his  busy  and  useful  career 
without  any  regret  as  to  the  right  position 
taken. 

Many  marks  of  respect  were  paid  to  his 
memory  at  the  time  of  his  death.  His  railroad 
friends  extended  many  courtesies  to  his  family, 
and  provided  a  ])rivate  car  to  convey  the  re- 
mains from  Grand  Rapids  to  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  whither  it  was  accompanied  by 
his  widow  and  all  of  his  children. 

He  had  made  a  similar  arrangement  in  pro- 
viding his  private  car  for  conveying  the  re- 
mains of  his  mother  to  Dover  for  burial,  and 
which  were  accompanied  by  all  of  her  children, 
and  his  close  railroad  associates  realized  and 
appreciated  his  sentiments  in  this  respect. 

Children  of  George  Caleb  and  .\zubah  (Sar- 
gent )  Kimball:  i.  Helen  Carrie,  born  in  Dover. 
New  Hampshire,  June  14,  1857:  died  there 
November  12,  1863.  2.  Annie  Maria,  born  in 
Dover,  New  Hampshire,  February  29,  i860; 
married  George  Henry  Fletcher,  of  Mankato, 
Minnesota,  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  July  28,  1887; 


line  child,  Kimball  Fletcher,  born  in  Minne- 
apolis, June,  1888:  residence,  Los  Angeles, 
California.  3.  George  Walter,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Lizzie  Manning,  born  in  Flint,  Michigan, 
['"ebruary  9.  1867;  died  there  July  31,  1867.  5. 
Charles  Hill,  born  in  Flint,  Michigan,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1868:  married,  June  7,  1892,  at  Grand 
Rapids.  Michigan,  Nellie  Waldron  Brokaw  ; 
one  child,  (jeorge  Caleb  Kimball:  residence, 
-Muskegon,  Michigan.  6.  Harry  Spoft'ord,  born 
in  East  Saginaw,  Michigan,  June  16,  1872; 
married,  October  21,  1905,  at  St.  Joseph,  Mich- 
igan, Ruby  .\rtemesia  Lamb:  one  child,  Louisa  : 
residence.  Grand  Rapids,  Alichigan. 

(ATI  I)  ( ieorge  Walter,  eldest  son  of  George 
(.'aleb  Kimball  (see  Kimball  history)  and  Azu- 
bah  Sargent  I'airbrother  (  a  descendant  of  Cap- 
tain Lemuel  Sargent  and  of  Pelatiah  Sargent 
(see  history  of  town  of  Rockingham,  Ver- 
mont), was  born  in  Dover,  New  Hampshire, 
December  13,  1863,  and  while  an  infant  was 
taken  by  his  parents,  in  September,  1865,  to 
Mint,  Michigan,  and  to  East  Saginaw,  Michi- 
gan, in  June,  i8fKj.  He  attended  the  public 
scIkkjI  at  l'"ast  Saginaw,  and  during  vacations 
was  often  taken  by  his  father,  who  was  super- 
intendent of  the  l<"lint&  I'ere  ^larquette  railway, 
out  on  construction  work  when  the  line  was  be- 
ing built  west  of  East  Saginawto  Reed  City.  The 
famil\-  removed  to  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
in  May,  1874,  and  to  Grand  Rapids,  .Michigan, in 
May,  i87r),  when  he  attended  the  public  schools 
until  June,  1879.  In  the  fall  of  1879  he  began 
his  duties  as  clerk  of  the  assistant  treasurer  of 
the  Chicago  &  West  Michigan  railway  at  Musk- 
egon, Michigan,  with  whom  he  was  assistant 
for  about  two  years,  and  kept  the  general  books 
<if  the  c(ini]5any  until  he  was  transferred  to 
the  engineering  department.  He  was  employed 
in  field  work  and  was  on  preliminary  and  locat- 
ing surveys  in  Lake,  Newaygo  and  Oceana 
counties  until  construction  began,  when  he  had 
charge  of  the  division  bemg  built  into  Bald- 
win, Michigan.  After  construction  work  was 
completed  he  was  transferred  to  the  general 
toadmaster  on  reconstruction  of  parts  of  the 
Chicago  line,  and  became  familiar  with  all 
tracks  of  the  Chicago  &  West  Michigan  rail- 
road. Early  in  1884  he  went  to  .Ann  .\rbor, 
.Michigan,  to  take  preparatory  studies  for  enter- 
ing the  L'niversity  of  Michigan.  During  .Au- 
gust and  Se]}tember,  of  1884,  he  accompanied 
his  father  in  making  a  physical  examination  of 
the  entire  Union  Pacific  system.  This  examina- 
tion gave  him  a  good  opportunity  of  seeing 
the    great    western    countrv    covered    bv    this 


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system,  and  brought  liini  in  close  contact  with 
the  operating  and  mechanical  departments, 
and  which  was  of  a  great  educational  value. 

In  the  fall  of  1884  he  entered  the  University 
of  Michigan,  in  the  class  of  1888,  as  a  special 
student,  and  followed  a  course  of  mining  engi- 
neering until  January  I,  1887,  of  his  junior 
year.  His  summer  of  1885  was  occupied  in 
engineering  work  on  the  Chicago  &  Indiana 
Coal  railway,  in  charge  of  reconstruction  w'ork. 
He  left  the  L'niversity  to  accept  a  position, 
January  i,  1887,  as  roadmaster  of  the  Chicago 
iS;  Indiana  Coal  railway  at  Attica,  Indiana,  and 
remained  there  in  charge  of  maintenance  of 
way  and  reconstruction  of  main  line,  and  also 
built  spur  tracks  to  coal  mines,  near  Brazil.  He 
resigned  in  March,  1888.  to  accept  a  position 
in  the  road  dc])artment  of  the  Louisville  & 
Nashville  railroad,  and  for  a  few  months  was 
su]3ervisor  of  track  between  Columbia,  Tcnne- 
see.  and  Athens,  .Alabama,  on  the  Nashville 
division.  During  his  short  stay  in  the  south 
he  became  very  much  attached  to  the  country 
and  interested  in  the  possibilities  of  advance- 
ment on  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  system. 
They  had  begun  making  great  improvements 
on  their  Xashville  division,  and  it  was  the 
intention  to  bring  the  roadbed  up  to  the  Penn- 
sylvania railroad  standard.  His  living  in  the 
south  did  not  appeal  to  his  parents,  and  to 
meet  their  wishes  in  the  matter  he  regretfully 
resigned  and  came  north.  In  the  fall  of  1888 
he  was  appointed  roadmaster  of  the  Duluth  & 
Iron  Range  railroad  at  Two  Harbors,  Minne- 
sota, in  charge  of  maintenance  and  reconstruc- 
tion, and  which  was  of  extensive  character,  as 
grades  were  being  reduced  and  new  yards  and 
mine  tracks  built.  In  the  spring  of  1890  he 
resigned  to  take  charge  of  his  father's  interest 
in  the  firm  of  P.  P.  Emory  &  Company,  at 
Springfield,  Massachusetts.  This  was  an  old 
and  well  known  firm  in  which  Mr.  Kimball's 
father  had  been  a  partner  since  1866,  and  previ- 
ously under  the  firm  of  C.  W.  Kimball  &:  Com- 
jjany.  He  still  contiinies  as  treasurer  and  man- 
ager of  this  company,  as  well  as  treasurer  of 
the  Burtworth  Carpet  Company,  of  Chicopee, 
.Massachusetts,  of  which  he  was  ]jresideni 
since  its  incorporation.  In  spite  of  his  active 
business  life,  which  is  quite  foreign  to  railroad 
work,  he  is  as  much  interested  in  railroad  serv- 
ice as  ever,  and  also  in  real  estate  and  building 
construction,  and  is  treasurer  of  the  S])ringfield 
ICmployers'  .Association,  and  active  in  the  open 
shop  movement.  He  is  an  independent  Repub- 
lican in  politics  and  a  member  of  the  following 
fraternal  <irgani;^ations  :     Omicron  Cliajiter  of 


the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity,  of  L'ni- 
versity of  Michigan  ;  Fortitude  Lodge,  No.  188, 
-\.  K.  and  .A..  M.,  Two  Harbors,  Minnesota; 
Alorning  Star  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Alasons, 
Springfield,  Massachusetts;  Springfield  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templars ;  Springfield  Coun- 
cil, Royal  and  Select  Alasons;  Evening  Star 
Lodge  of  Perfection,  Springfield,  Alassachu- 
setts  ;  Massasoit  Council,  I'rinces  of  Jerusalem, 
.Springfield,  Massachusetts ;  Rose  Croix  Chap- 
ter, Scottish  Rite,  Worcester,  Alassachusetts ; 
Alassachusetts  Consistory,  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts ;  he  was  a  member  of  Saladin  Temple, 
.\.  A.  O.  Nobles  of  M,  S.,  at  Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan,  until  he  became  a  charter  member 
of  Alelha  Temple  at  S]3ringfield,  Alassachu- 
setts. 


The    family   of   Townsend 

T(  )\VN.Sb^Xn  in  .America  and  England 
traces  its  ancestry  to  Wal- 
ter atte  Townshentle,  scju  of  Sir  Lodovic  de 
Townshend,  a  Norman  nobleman,  who  came 
to  England  soon  after  the  Con(|uest.  Lodovic 
married  Elizabeth  de  Hauteville,  heiress  of 
Raynham,  and  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  de 
Hauteville,  a  portion  of  whose  property  came 
to  the  Townsend  family.  In  1200  we  find  one 
of  the  family,  \\'illiam  Townsend  (or  ad 
e.xitum-ville)  in  Taverham,  county  Norfolk. 
Thomas  atte-Tunneshende  (Townsend)  lived 
in  the  reign  of  Henry  HI.  (1217-72)  at  West 
Herling.  William  Atte  Tunesend  lived  in 
I2y2;  Thomas  in  1314.  The  family  became 
])rominent  in  Norfolk  in  the  fourteenth  cen- 
tury. The  coat-of-arms  of  this  ancient  family. 
was  a  chevron  between  three  escallop  shells. 

(  I  )  Roger  Townsend  (the  name  was  vari- 
ously spelled  down  to  a  comparatively  recent 
date )  ;  married  Catherine  Atheton,  daughter 
of  John,  of  county  Sussex. 

( 11  )  Thomas,  son  of  Roger  Townsend,  mar- 
ried .Agnes  Payne,  daughter  of  William.  He 
was  buried  at  White  Friars  Church,  Fleet 
street,  London,  .April  i,  1421. 

(Ill)  Roger,  son  of  Thomas  Townsend, 
married  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
( iriggs,  of  Rollesby,  Norfolk. 

(  1\' )  John,  son  of  Roger  Townsend,  mar- 
ried Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Lunsford, 
of  Rumford,  county  Essex.  He  was  living 
February  16,  1466.  He  had  four  daughters 
and  one  son  Roger. 

(  \' )  Roger,  son  of  John  Townsend,  was  a 
student  at  Lincoln's  Inn,  London,  and  became 
a  ])rominent  lawyer.  He  was  governor  and 
lav  reader  in   14^1  :  trustee  in  purchasing  the 


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lordship  at  \\  ichinghaiii.  St.  Alary  s,  1468; 
member  of  parliament  of  Calme  in  Wiltshire. 
1472;  bought  the  remainder  of  the  lordship 
of  Howde,  Raynam.  1476:  received  the  degree 
of  sergeant  at  law,  1477:  assistant  to  house 
of  lords,  1480;  king's  sergeant  at  law,  1485; 
judge  of  court  of  common  pleas,  1485.  He  was 
knighted.  His  will  was  dated  August  14,  1492, 
and  ])roved  in  1493.  His  wife  Eleanor  made 
her  will,  which  was  proved  October  8.  1500. 
Children  :  Roger,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas  ; 
Ann,  married  Sir  Philip  Cressner ;  Anne,  mar- 
ried   Hunphrey    Castell :    Thomasin,    married 

Thomas    U'oo'dhouse ; ,     married     Sir 

William  Clopton. 

(VI)  Sir  Roger  Townsend.  son  of  Roger 
Townsend,  was  knighted  for  meritorious  ser- 
vice during  several  engagements  with  the 
Spanish  Armada  in  1588.  He  was  also  a 
lawyer :  commissioner  for  parliament  to  raise 
a  poll  tax  of  £16,300  in  1513  for  the  expenses 
of  taking  Teroven  and  Tourney;  sheriff  of 
counties  Norfolk  anrl  Suffolk,  1518-25;  one 
of  masters  of  courts  of  respects  in  1529,  and 
same  year  a  member  of  the  King's  council  with 
the  Bishop  of  Lincoln;  knighted  in  1545;  a 
man  of  great  honor  and  worth.  He  married 
Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  William  de  Breuse. 
Children  :  John  ;  Sir  Robert,  mentioned  below  ; 
George,  of  Dereham  Abbey ;  Roger ;  Thomas, 
of  Testerton ;  Giles :  Susan,  married  Sir  Ed- 
ward Windham. 

(VH)  Sir  Robert,  son  of  Roger  Townsend, 
married  .Mice,  daughter  of  Robert  Poppy, 
Esq.,  of  Twiford,  county  Norfolk.  He  in- 
herited his  father's  "cheyne  of  gold."  He  was 
also  of  the  Society  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  and  a 
lawyer  of  note;  king's  sergeant  at  law,  1541  ; 
knighted  by  Henry  VIII.  at  Hampton  Court, 
Trinity  Sunday,  1545,  and  same  year  made 
lord  chief  ju.stice  of  Chester.  He  died  Febru- 
^^y  5-  I555"6-  He  owned  the  manor  and  rec- 
tory of  Twyford  and  Gayst,  an  advowson  of 
the  vicarages  of  the  churches,  the  manors  of 
.Swanton.  Foxly  and  Southwell  in  Norfolk, 
and  the  prior}'  and  house  of  St.  Augustine  in 
Ludlow,  Salop.  He  was  buried  in  the  high 
chancel  of  the  Ludlow  church,  in  an  altar  tomb 
on  top  of  which  rests  recumbent  images  of 
himself  in  full  armor  and  of  his  wife.  He 
died  February  8,  1556.  Children:  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  Robert,  born  August  28, 
1514;  Isaac;  Sir  Henry,  buried  162 1 ; 
Thomasin,  married  William  Curson;  Anne, 
married  Ralph  Button ;  Daughter,  married 
Richard     .Smyth ;     Bridget,     married     Henry 

I 


Acton  ;  Grace,  married  Ambrose  Gilbert ;  Alice. 
married  Humphrey  Archer. 

(\TII)  Thomas,  son  of  Sir  Robert  Town- 
send,  was  buried  June  12,  1591.  In  1558  he 
]jresented  the  advowson  of  the  church  at  Twy- 
ford;  in  1558  passed  this  manor  to  Rowland 
Hayward.  He  married,  at  Beckenham,  coun- 
ty Kent,  June  27,  1558,  Lady  Elizabeth  Styles, 
(laughter  of  George  Periente,  gentleman,  of 
Digswell,  county  Hertford,  widow  of  Sir 
Humphrey  Styles,  of  Langley,  sheriff  of  Kent 
in  1543.  Thomas  was  lord  of  the  manors  of 
Hethill,  I'ennes,  Stanfield  Hall,  Carlton,  Cur- 
son, Carlton  Peverel  and  held  interests  in  other 
manors,  the  advowson  of  the  church  of  Bra- 
con- Ash.  He  and  his  wife  entertained  Queen 
Elizabeth  August  16,  1578.  at  Bracon-Ash 
Hall,  when  she  was  journeying  from  Norfolk 
to  Norwich,  and  had  it  not  been  for  his  Popish 
sentiments  he  would  have  been  knighted  like 
some  of  his  neighbors  at  that  time.  His  wife  ■ 
was  buried  June  30,  1580.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) in  1 581-2,  Anne,  daughter  of  Henry  d' 
Oyley,  of  Pond  Plall,  Hadleigh,  county  Suf- 
folk, and  of  Shottisham,  Norwich,  county  Nor- 
folk.   His  widow  married Wilmot,  and 

(third)  Sir  Robert  Needham.  Thomas  died 
at  Bracon-.A.sh,  and  was  buried  June  12,  1591. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Roger,  baptized  July 
5,  1 563  ;  Thomas,  baptized  September  25,  1566, 
died  young;  Henry,  mentioned  below.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Alice,  baptized  Atay  12, 
1583;  Alary,  baptized  November,  1786.  Others 
died  young. 

(IX)  Henry,  son  of  Thomas  Townsend, 
was  baptized  last  of  Alay,  1568,  at  Bracon-Ash, 
county  Norfolk,  England,  and  buried  August 
22,  1625.  He  married,  November  5,  1590, 
Afargaret  Forthe,  at  St.  John  Zacharies,  Lon- 
don, and  she  was  buried  June  23,  1596;  (sec- 
ond) Anne,  daughter  of  Bertham  Calthorpe, 
counselor  of  Aliddle  Temple,  London,  and  of 
Antringham  and  Ormsb}^,  county  Norfolk. 
Henry's  will  is  dated  September  10,  1624,  and 
proved  August  29,  1625.  Children :  Robert, 
baptized  June  8,  1591:  Arthur,  Novetnber  16, 
1593;   Thomas,   mentioned   below;   Elizabeth. 

(I)  Thomas,  son  of  Henry  Townsend,  was 
baptized  at  Bracon-Ash,  January  8,  1594-5. 
He  is  first  in  the  American  line.  He  Hved 
at  Gedding,  county  Suffolk,  until  he  was  of 
age,  thence  went  to  London,  and  in  1637  to 
Lynn,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died  Decem- 
ber 22,  1677.  He  became  a  citizen  of  much 
wealth  and  influence.  He  married  Mary 
,  sister  of  Ann,  wife  of  John  Neagate, 


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merchant  and  selectman  of  Boston.  The 
names  of  his  children  are  found  in  various 
deeds  of  land :  Thomas,  married  Mary  Davis ; 
Samuel,  married  Abigail  Davis;  EHzabeth, 
married  Samuel  Merriam :  John,  married 
January  2-/,  1668,  Sarah  I'earson:  Andrew. 
menti(jned  below. 

(  11 )  Andrew,  son  of  Thomas  Townscnd. 
was  born  at  Lynn,  ^lassachusetts,  in  1642,  and 
died  there  February  10,  1692.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  April  18,  1691.  He  was  a 
farmer.  He  fought  in  Cajjtain  Gardner's 
company  in  the  Swamp  tight.  December  ly, 
1675,  in  King  Philip's  war.  He  received  a 
deed  of  gift  from  his  father  for  land  on  the 
south  side  of  Mill  street.  He  married,  July 
18,  1A78.  Abigail,  died  I<"ebruary  22.  1692, 
daughter  of  John  Collins.  Children :  Thomas, 
born  June  12.  1679;  Abigail,  [anuary  23.  1680; 
Elizabeth.  May  21,  1683:  Mary,  July  7.  1685: 
Andrew,  I-'ebruary  13.  1686-7;  Daniel.  Decem- 
ber 6,  1688;  7.  David,  mentioned  below. 

(XH)  David,  .son  of  Andrew  Townsend. 
was  bnrn  at  Lynn,  .-\pril  6.  1691,  and  died 
1753.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church  at 
Charlestown,  May  4,  1740.  He  was  a  block- 
maker  by  trade.'  His  will,  dated  November 
26,  1753!  bec|ueathed  all  his  property  to  his 
wife.  He  married.  July  i.  I7I4.  at  Charles- 
town.  Mabel,  daughter  of  Thomas  .Shipi)ie. 
born  1664.  grandson  of  Thomas,  born  1620. 
Children,  born  at  Charlestown :  Mabel,  Febru- 
ary 12,  1716-7;  David,  baptized  January  25. 
1718-9;  Shippie.  November  16,  1722.  men- 
tioned below;  :\Iary.  October  12.  1724;  Abi- 
gail, Sejitember  14.  1726;  .Abigail.  April  8, 
1728;  Elizabeth.  December  18.  1729;  Samuel. 

May  20,  1733.  .     ,^     .  , 

(Xni)  Deacon  Shippie,  son  of  David 
Townsend.  was  born  at  Charlestown,  Novem- 
ber 16.  1722.  and  died  of  yellow  fever,  August 
31.  1798.  He  removed  from  Charlestown  to 
Boston.  His  wall,  dated  June  21.  1798.  be- 
queathes  his  house  in  Boston  to  son  David,  and 
another  house  in  Itoston  to  daughter  Nancy  : 
also  legacies  to  John  Penny  and  Fred  William 
Major,  employees.  He  married  (first)  De- 
cember 3,  1745,  Mehitable  Whittemore.  died 
March  10,  1747,  aged  thirty;  (second)  .Au- 
gust i8.  1748,  Ann  Balch,  died  1785,  aged 
sixty-six.  Children,  born  in  Boston:  Mabel, 
February  28.  1747:  Eliezer.  January  29,  1749: 
.\nn.  .\ugust  IQ.  1751;  David.  January  7. 
T733,  mentioned  below  ;  Ann.  .\ugust  24.  1757  ; 
married  ['enjamin  Eaton. 

(Xl\'')  Dr.  David,  sou  of  .Slii])])ie  Town- 
send,   was   bfirn   at   Boston.  January   7.    1753. 


He  studied  medicine  under  Dr.  Joseph  War- 
ren, the  American  general  who  fell  at  Bunker 
Hill.  He  was  surgeon  of  Colonel  Jonathan 
lirewer's  regiment  in  the  revolution,  in  1775; 
also  in  Colonel  Asa  Whitcomb's  regiment, 
1777-80.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Cincinnati  of  Massachusetts,  and  its  president 
1825-9.  He  graduated  from  Harvard  in  1770. 
He  inherited  his  father's  house  in  Boston, 
where  he  practiced  medicine  many  years.  He 
married  (fir.st)  at  Boston.  1777.  Ehzabeth 
r.ayley;  (second)  May  24.  1785.  Betsey 
Davis'  Children:  David  S.,  mentioned  below; 
Dr.  Solomon,  one  time  surgeon  in  Massachu- 
-ctts  General  Hospital. 

(N\')  Major  David  S..  son  of  Dr.  David 
Townsend.  was  an  officer  in  the  Cnited  States 
armv,  and  lost  a  leg  in  the  battle  at  Chryster's 
field,  in  the  war  of  1812;  was  afterward  pay- 
master. I'.  S.  .\.  ;  in  1845-7  was  treasurer  of 
the  Alassachusetts  Society  of  the  Cincinnati. 
He  married  Eliza,  daughter  of  Elbridge  Gerry, 
governor  of  Massachusetts,  signer  of  the  Dec- 
laration of  Independence  with  John  Hancock 
for  Massachusetts,  and  afterward  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  United  States.  Her  mother,  Ann 
( 'i"hom])son )  (lerry,  was  a  cousin  of  Gouver- 
ueur  Morris,  of  New  York.  Children:  i.  Ed- 
ward Davis ;  educated  in  Boston  Latin  School, 
1  larvard  College,  and  l^.  S.  Military  Academy 
at  West  Point,  graduating  1837;  second  lieu- 
tenant of  artillery,  July  i,  1837;  adjutant 
1838-46;  first  lieutenant,  1838;  assistant  adju- 
tant general,  brevet-captain,  1846;  captain 
1848:  brevet  major  1852:  lieutenant-colonel 
.March  7,  1861  ;  colonel  .\ugust  3,  1861  ;  adju- 
tant general,  with  rank  of  brigadier  general. 
hVbruary  22.  1864;  .served  in  Florida  war. 
1837-38.  and  on  Canadian  frontier  during  the 
di.sturbances  of  1838-41.  and  thenceforward 
was  in  the  office  of  the  adjutant  general;  was 
on  staiif  of  General  Scott.  1861  ;  brevet  major- 
general.  March  13,  1865,  "for  faithful,  meri- 
torious and  distinguished  service  in  the  adju- 
tant general's  office  during  the  rebellion"  ;  re- 
tired'June  15,  1880.  During  the  war  General 
Townsend  was  the  principal  executive  officer 
of  the  war  ilepartment,  and  was  perhaps 
brought  into  more  intimate  personal  contact 
with  President  I^incoln  and  Secretary  Stanton 
than  any  other  military  officer  was  ;  as  adju- 
tant general  he  originated  the  plan  of  the 
United  States  military  prison,  and  established 
the  first  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas  ;  he  pub- 
lished "Catechism  of  the  Bible,  The  Pen- 
tateuch" (New  York,  1859);  "Judges  and 
Kings"  (  1862)  :  "Anecdotes  of  the  Civil  War" 


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(.1884J.  2.  liliza  lileaiior ;  married  Dr.  Mc- 
Laren, surgeon  in  the  Mexican  war,  and  dur- 
ing the  civil  war  an  examining  surgeon  for  the 
government  at  Boston.  3.  Dr.  George  James, 
mentioned  helow.  4.  Louise,  unmarried.  5. 
David,  manager  of  Continental  Sugar  Refin- 
ery, IJoston ;  died  1884,  unmarried. 

(X\'l)  Dr.  (jeorge  James  Townsend,  son 
of  David  S.  Townsend,  was  born  in  Roxbury. 
now  part  of  Boston,  April  14,  1823.  When  he 
was  very  young  his  parents  removed  from 
Roxbur\'  to  Boston,  where  he  attended  the 
famous  old  Chauncey  Hall  School  and  the 
Boston  Latin  School.  He  entered  Harvard 
College  and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1842. 
He  studied  his  profession  in  the  Harvard  Med- 
ical School,  from  which  he  was  gratluated  in 
1846  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  His  health 
was  not  good,  and  he  took  a  sea  voyage  in  a 
sailing  vessel,  making  a  voyage  to  Manilla. 
( Jn  his  return  he  was  advised  not  to  live  in 
Boston  on  account  of  the  climate,  so  locate<l 
at  South  Xatick.  Massachusetts,  and  con- 
tinued in  jjractice  there  for  forty-five  years. 
He  was  fortunate  in  his  field  of  labor.  His 
practice  was  large,  extending  over  many  of 
the  towns  of  this  section  in  Middlesex  and 
Norfolk  counties,  and  few  physicians  ever 
had  more  sincere  and  devoted  friends  among 
their  patients.  He  had  the  pleasure  of  count- 
ing many  among  his  patients  in  later  years  of 
those  whom  he  had  attended  as  children. 
One  who  knew  him  well  said :  "A  cultivated 
and  refined  gentleman,  a  skillful  ])hysician  of 
peculiar  charm  of  manner  and  grace  of  speech, 
of  quick  and  keen  perception,  of  prompt  and 
decisive  action  in  an  emergency,  abreast  of  the 
times  in  the  essentials,  he  was  worthy  of  the 
confidence  so  generously  bestowed  upon  him 
by  his  patients."  Many  of  his  patients  lived 
in  Boston  in  winter  and  much  of  his  practice 
was  in  that  city  during  part  of  the  year.  He 
was  president  of  the  South  District  Medical 
Society  of  Middlesex  two  years;  chairman  oi 
committee  on  ethics  and  disci])line  in  Massa- 
chusetts Medical  Society  eight  years.  In 
1887  he  delivered  the  annual  address  before 
the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society.  He  was 
trustee  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Medical 
and  I'.enevolent  Society.  .\t  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  on  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
Morse  flospital,  of  Natick.  He  had  manv  in- 
terests outside  of  his  profession,  however.  In 
]5olitics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  though  he 
never  sought  public  office,  he  served  the  town 
on  the  board  of  health  and  school  committee. 
For   twelve   years   he   was   president    of    the 


South  -Xatick  Historical  Society.  In  religion 
he  was  an  Episcopalian,  and  largely  through 
his  efforts  St.  I'aul's  Church  was  established 
in  Natick.  He  was  one  of  the  most  liberal 
contributors  to  the  building  fund.  He  was  a 
prominent  Free  Mason,  past  master  of  Me- 
ridian Lodge,  Natick ;  member  of  Parker 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons  ;  first  prelate  of 
.Xatick  Commantlery,  Knights  Templar  ;  dep- 
uty grand  master  in  1878-79;  member  of  Bos- 
ton Lodge  of  Perfection.  He  died  at  his  home 
in  Xatick,  December  9,  1894.  He  continued 
his  daily  rounds  until  seven  weeks  before  his 
death.  He  married,  June  11,  1863,  Lucy  M., 
daughter  of  Calvin  Richards  of  Dover,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  Lucy  M.  (Mann)  Richards. 
Children  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Townsend:  1.  Eliza 
(ierry;  married  Rev.  Paul  Birdsall;  children: 
(ieorge  James  Townsend  Birdsall,  Jean 
Birdsall,  and  Paul  Birdsall.  2.  Annie  I^ich- 
ards ;  resides  at  Brookline  with  her  mother. 
3.  Dr.  David ;  graduate  of  Harvard,  1896,  and 
of  Harvard  Medical  School ;  married  Mary 
Bacon  Cruikshank ;  no  children.  4.  (jeorge 
lames,   died   voung. 


I  '.card.  Bard,  Barde,  Bjrd  and  IJay- 
K.MRD  ard  were  not  writteiHlaird  until  the 
sixteenth  century.  The  surname 
Haird  is  originally  from  the  south  of  France 
during  the  reign  of  Louis  IV,  and  was  among 
the  first  names  mentioned  in  England  when 
William,  Duke  of  Xormandy,  "the  Con- 
queror," came  in  1066,  and  there  is  reason  to 
believe  that  some  of  the  name  went  to  Scot- 
land with  King  William  the  Lion  when  he  re- 
turned from  England  from  the  captivity  in 
1174.  It  was  owing  to  the  different  pronun- 
ciations that  the  sjjelling  Beard  and  other  spell- 
ings came  in,  for  certainly  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor spelled  his  name  Beard  as  shown  in  the 
first  generati(>ns  in  America.  The  Irish  branch 
is  of  Protestant  Scotch  origin  and  belongs  to 
that  ancient  branch  of  the  Baird  family  found 
earlier  than  .\.  D.,  1200,  in  Lanarkshire,  Ayr- 
shire and  .\berdeenshire,  Scotland.  The 
Bairds  went  to  Ireland  at  the  time  James  I 
sent  the  English  and  Scotch  Protestants  to 
settle  the  province  of  Ulster  about  1620.  The 
family  is  located  at  jiresent  near  the  original 
place  of  settlement  in  the  counties  of  Antrim 
and  Down  in  the  province  of  LHster. 

(  I  )  Andrew  Beard,  according  to  tradition, 
was  born  in  Scotland,  coming  to  America  with 
two  brothers,  both  of  whom  located  in  Can- 
ada, while  Andrew,  according  to  the  records, 
settled  at    Metiotomy    (West  Cambridge,  now 


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Arlington),  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a 
yeoman  in  the  north  part  of  the  settlement. 
The  records  show  that  he  was  elected  a  hog- 
reeve  in  1692.  He  moved  to  Shawshin 
(Billerica)  as  early  as  1713  and  settled  in  that 
part  of  the  town  which  was  annexed  to  Will- 
ington  in  1737,  where  he  died  January  8, 
1817.  His  estate  here  was  of  considerable 
area  as  is  shown  in  the  inventory  after  his 
death  amounting  to  £322  and  12  s,  and  in- 
cluded homestead  and  fifty-five  acres,  seventy 
acres  of  upland,  swamp  and  meadow,  seven 
acres  of  meadow  and  cedar  swamp,  forty- 
two  acres  from  Shawshin  river  to  Cobbins 
grant,  thirty-five  acres  in  same  range,  also 
twelve  acres.  His  widow  Mary  and  son  John 
administered  his  estate.  Joseph  Hamlet  and 
Daniel  Simonds,  of  W'oburn,  were  granted 
letters  of  administration  of  guardianship  of 
Andrew  Beard  Jr.  on  payment  of  £50.  De- 
cember, 1 7 19,  Joseph  Hamlet  was  appointed 
guardian  of  Nathan  Beard,  then  fifteen  years 
of  age.  Widow  Mary  Beard  married  (sec- 
ond )  James  Frost.  Children  of  Andrew  and 
Mary  Beard:  i.  John,  born  about  1695.  2. 
Simon,  1700.  3.  Ebenczer,  January  i,  1701- 
02.  4.  Nathan,  1704.  5.  Jacob,  December 
26,  1709,  mentioned  below.  6.  Martha,  Au- 
gust 21,  1714. 

(H)  Jacob  Beard,  son  of  Andrew  Beard, 
was  born  at  Billerica,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 26,  1709,  died  at  Wilmington,  Massachu- 
setts, on  that  part  that  was  formerly  Billerica. 
He  inherited  a  ])ortion  of  his  father's  piop- 
erty.  In  March,  1737-38,  Billerica  received 
a  petition  of  several  persons  on  the  south- 
easterly side  of  Shawshin  river  to  be  dismissed 
from  the  town  of  Billerica  and  to  be  annexed 
to  the  second  precinct  of  Woburn  in  order  to 
be  erected  into  a  township.  On  the  question 
of  granting  this  petition  it  passed  unanimously 
in  the  negative.  Two  months  later  (Massa- 
chusetts Archives,  Vol.  CXIV  180)  the  general 
court  received  the  petition  of  John,  Ebenezer 
and  Jacob  Beard,  Jonathan  Baldwin,  Peter 
Cornell  and  Richard  Hopkins  saying  that  their 
farms  were  convenient  to  Wilmington  and  that 
they  had  attended  worship  in  the  meeting- 
house there  since  its  erection  as  it  was  two 
miles  nearer  than  Billerica.  To  this  petition 
the  house  in  June  refused  consent,  but  in  De- 
cember, 1737,  the  council  gave  a  favorable 
hearing  and  voted  that  the  petitions  be  an- 
nexed to  Wilmington  provided  they  shall  pay 
their  proportion  of  charges  for  the  meeting- 
house which  Billerica  was  then  building.  The 
house  concurred  and  this  section  of  six  hun- 


dretl    acres    was    transferred    to    Wilmington. 

He    married    .Abigail    .     Children:    i. 

.Abigail,  born  July  11,  1737.  2.  Jacob,  born 
January  2,  1738,  died  March  10,  1739.  3. 
Jacob,  born  December  6,  1741,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Mary,  born  August  20,  1744;  mar- 
ried Josiah  Cutter,  of  Medford.  5.  Martha, 
born  March  22,  1747;  married  Ezra  Baldwin. 
6.  Abigail,  born  September  3,  1750;  married 
Jonathan  Baldwin  Jr.  7.  Reuben,  born  March 
19,     1752.     8.     Ruth,    ba])tized     February    8. 

1756- 

( III )  Jacob  Beard,  son  of  Jacob  Beard,  was 
born  at  Wilmington,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1741,  died  there  May,  1816.  He  was 
a  prosperous  farmer  and  shoemaker.  His 
will,  under  date  of  February  10,  1816,  was  ap- 
proved May  29,  1816.  Benjamin  Thompson, 
James  Cornell  and  Joseph  Burnap,  appraisers. 
He  gave  all  his  real  and  personal  estate  to 
"my  beloved  wife  Ann  Beard."  To  his  sons 
Daniel  and  Jonathan,  daughters  Olive,  Clar- 
issa, Nancy  and  Sally,  all  single,  and  Ruth, 
wife  of  Thomas  Holt,  iioo  each.  Samuel 
Ho]ikins  was  sole  executor ;  witnesses  to 
will  Joseph  Burnap,  Jacob  Manning  and  Ben- 
jamin Thompson.  His  estate,  part  in  Wil- 
mington and  part  in  Tewksbury,  was  fourteen 
acres  and  a  homestead.  He  had  one-half  a 
pew  in  the  VN'ilmington  meeting  house.  He 
married  (first)  February  22,  1776,  Olive 
Hazeltine.  Married  (second)  August  20, 
1781,  .Anna  Evans,  who  survived  him;  she 
was  born  July  24,  1749,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Ruth  Evans.  Children  by  first  marriage : 
I.  Daniel,  born  December  23,  1776,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Jonathan.  3.  Olive.  4.  Clarissa. 
5.  Nancy.  6.  Sally.  7.  Ruth,  married  Thomas 
Holt.     Child  of  second  marriage :    8.  Anna. 

(IV)  Daniel  Baird,  eldest  child  of  Jacob 
Beard,  was  born  at  Wilmington,  Massachu- 
setts, December  23,  1776,  died  at  Boston,  Mass- 
achusetts, March  17,  1854,  of  old  age.  His 
early  life  was  spent  on  his  father's  farm, 
acc|uiring  the  usual  education  of  a  farmer's 
siin  at  that  period.  He  was  apprenticed  to 
the  trade  of  carpenter  until  lie  became  of 
age.  At  his  father's  death  he  with  his  brother 
and  sisters  received  £100.  About  1816  he  re- 
moved to  Boston,  where  we  find  he  was  a 
housewright.  living  on  North  Allen  street  up 
to  1S24,  and  in  1825  resided  at  No.  28  Charles 
street.  Many  of  the  houses  in  the  vicinity  of 
Charles  and  Allen  streets  were  built  by  him. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 
Daniel  as  well  as  his  brother  Jonathan  and 
sisters  in  signing  receipts  for  their  father's  es- 


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.tate  signed  their  names  Beard  (see  record  in 
Middlesex  county  courthouse  at  East  Cam 
bridge).  How  Daniel  changed  his  name  to 
Baird  is  not  known  to  any  of  his  descendants 
who  bear  the  latter  spelling.  He  married,  De- 
cember 20,  1804,  Rebecca  Clark,  of  Chelms- 
ford. Children:  i.  Augustus,  born  about 
1806,  mentioned  below.  2.  George,  January 
27,  1809,  died  April  25,  1891  ;  married  (first) 
January  17,  1833,  Ellen  Aiken;  child  Ellen, 
who  resides  on  West  Cedar  street,  Boston : 
married  (second)  September  4.  1835,  Mrs. 
Ann  S.  (Shattuck)  Babson.  3.  Mary,  Febru- 
ary 18,  181 1,  died  March  25,  1889;  married 
Lewis  Breeden ;  children :  i.  Mary,  married 
Thomas  Emerson  ;  children :  Mary  and  Evelyn 
Emerson;  ii.  Lewis;  iii.  George;  iv.  Helen, 
married  Frank  Jerome  Sidenstiker ;  children : 
Lewis  and  Helen.  4.  Sarah  Maria,  married 
William  Turner.  5.  Lydia  Elizabeth.  6. 
Daniel,  1827,  died  March  28,  1874;  married 
Augusta  N.  Shattuck;  child,  George  Burton, 
born  March  19.  i860.  7.  Lucy  Jane.  8.  Char- 
lotte Augusta,  married  Luther  Frost ;  children : 
Charles.  Alice  and  William. 

(V)  Augustus,  son  of  Daniel  Baird,  was 
born  at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  about  1806, 
died  there  about  1838.  He  was  reared  in  Bos- 
ton and  received  a  liberal  education  in  the 
schools  of  that  city.  In  early  manhood  he 
was  employed  in  a  grocery  store  at  the  West 
End  where  he  remained  a  number  of  years. 
He  was  not  physically  strong  and  was  inca- 
pacitated for  manual  labor.  From  1833  to 
1836  he  had  charge  of  the  City  Bank  at  61 
State  street  as  its  caretaker,  living  at  56  Allen 
street  with  his  father,  where  he  died..  He 
was  a  most  genial  and  entertaining  person  and 
possessed  a  wide  circle  of  friends.  He  was 
deeply  religious  and  a  member  of  the  church. 
His  motto  was  always  "Do  the  duty  which  is 
nearest  leaving  the  consequences  to  God."  He 
was  a  Whig  in  politics  and  took  a  deep  interest 
in  his  party.  He  married,  June  18,  1829,  by 
Rev.  Charles  Lowell,  of  Boston,  Lucy  Pierce 
Trowbridge,  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Mary 
(Stone)  Trowbridge.  Children:  I.Augustus, 
born  December  28,  1829,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Sophronia  Merriam,  June  27,  1832;  married, 
December  4,  1856,  Edmund  Trowbridge  Wis- 
wall ;  children :  i.  Lizzie  Bacon,  born  Novem- 
ber II,  1858,  died  April  6,  1886;  ii.  Lucy 
Trowbridge,  August  8,  i860,  died  August  4, 
1868.  3.  Mary  Rebecca,  May  10,  1834:  mar- 
ried, August  10,  1856,  Stephen  Winchester 
Trowbridge  ;  children  :  i.  Mary  Charlotte,  born 
April  18,  1862;  married.  May  5,  1880,  Charles 


riall  .Adams  ;  children  :  Lawrence  Trowbridge, 
born  June  16,  1881,  died  February  3,  1882; 
Charles  Lloyd,  March  19,  1887;  ii.  Caroline 
Winchester,  born  March  30,  1867,  died  March 
2"^,  1892;  married,  February  9,  1891,  Willis 
Clark  Curtis ;  iii.  Gertrude  Wyoming,  born 
April  9,  1869;  married.  May  30.  1894,  Arthur 
Robert  Torrey;  children:  Albert  Trowbridge, 
born  April  25,  1895;  Katherine,  May  29,  1897; 
Arthur  Robert  Jr.,  October  8,  1899;  Win- 
chester, October  2,  1902 ;  Edith,  September  27, 
1903.  4.  George,  January  i,  1837,  died  July 
16,  1857. 

(VI)  Augustus  (2),  son  of  Augustus  (i) 
Baird.  was  born  at  the  West  End  in  Boston, 
December  28,  1829,  died  in  Natick,  Massachu- 
setts, May,  1896.  When  about  ten  years  of 
age  his  father  died  which  deprived  him  of 
further  schooling  in  Boston.  He  was  bound 
out  to  Mrs.  William  Lamb,  of  West  Newton, 
where  he  remained  for  a  time,  going  to  the 
district  school.  He  later  went  to  live  with 
William  Wiswall,  a  well-to-do  farmer  at 
W'aban,  a  part  of  W'est  Xewton.  Here  he  was 
reared  and  lived,  working  for  Mr.  W' iswall  until 
his  marriage  and  shortly  afterward  entered 
into  ])artnership  with  his  brother-in-law,  Ed- 
mund T.  Wiswall,  in  the  provision  business  in 
Newton  under  the  firm  name  of  Wiswall  & 
Baird ;  the  store  was  located  on  Center  street. 
Mr.  Baird  had  previously  learned  the  trade 
of  butcher  with  W'illiam  Jackson,  an  old  time 
butcher  of  Newton.  The  firm  of  Wiswall  & 
Baird  did  their  own  slaughtering  and  enjoyed 
a  large  patronage  of  the  best  families  of  the 
Newtons.  .A.bout  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil 
war  the  partners  dissolved  and  Mr.  Baird  en- 
tered the  milk  business  and  had  an  extensive 
route  in  Newton,  continuing  it  up  to  1865, 
when  he  moved  his  family  to  Ashland,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  lived  and  worked  for  his 
father-in-law,  who  had  previously  settled 
there,  going  from  Newton.  Mr.  Baird  re- 
mained in  Mr.  W'iswall's  employ  until  the 
spring  of  1874,  when  he  returned  to  Newton, 
where  he  was  employed  by  Edward  Fisher  in 
his  provision  store  about  seven  years,  subse- 
quently working  for  John  Viles  for  a  like 
period.  He  then  ^  went  to  Weston,  where  he 
resided  with  his  son.  He  then  returned  to 
Natick.  Massachusetts,  where  he  died  in  May. 
1896.  Mr.  Baird  was  counted  a  just  and  up- 
right citizen,  well  read  on  all  the  topics  of  the 
day.  He  was  progressive  in  his  business, 
strong  in  his  principles  and  believed  in  strict 
temperance ;  he  brought  his  children  up  to  re- 
gard the  christian  virtues.     He  attended  the 


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First  Congregational  Orthodox  Church  at 
West  Xewton  with  his  family,  and  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Ann,  born  Newton,  Massachusetts,  May  31, 
1827,  tlaughter  of  William  and  Ruth  (Trow- 
bridge) Wiswall,  of  Newton.  Children:  i. 
Georgia  Augustus,  born  July  2"],  1859,  died 
August  30,  1859.  2.  Edmund  Augustus,  June 
16,  i860,  mentioned  below.  3.  Harriet  Wis- 
wall. March  13.  1862;  married  October  25, 
1887,  Frederick  Joseph  Edes  ;  children  ;  Albert 
Augustus,  Duncan  and  Eunice  Baird.  4. 
George  Edgar,  December,  1863,  died  Jidy  18. 
1903. 

(VH)  Edmund  .Augustus,  son  of  .Augustus 
(2}  Baird,  was  born  in  Newton,  Massachu- 
setts, June  16,  i860.  At  the  age  of  five  years 
he  removed  with  his  parents  to  the  town  of 
.Ashland,  where  he  was  reared  on  the  farm  of 
his  Grandfather  U'iswall  until  thirteen  years 
of  age,  attending  the  i)ublic  schools.  He  then 
returned  with  his  parents  to  Newton,  where 
he  completed  his  schooling  in  the  Pierce  gram- 
mar school  at  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  then 
entered  the  employ  of  Rotlney  I.  Bartow  in 
the  milk  business,  remaining  for  several  years, 
when  he  engaged  with  his  uncle,  Edmund  T. 
Wiswall,  in  the  same  business,  remaining  in 
his  employ  about  three  years.  His  ambition 
to  go  ahead  in  the  world  and  be  independent, 
also  his  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business, 
led  him  to  engage  in  the  milk  business  in  his 
own  behalf.  He  subsequently  bought  Mr. 
Bartow's  route,  of  which  he  had  a  thorough 
knowledge,  located  in  Newtonville  and  Water- 
town.  He  lived  for  a  time  at  Newtonville,  but 
later  removed  to  Weston,  where  he  purchased 
a  place  of  John  S.  Fuller,  situated  in  the  south 
l)art  of  the  township  on  the  direct  road  to 
Auburndale.  In  1894  he  disposed  of  this 
place  and  moved  to  Natick,  purchasing  the 
old  Crowell  farm  of  forty  acres,  still  continu- 
ing his  milk  route.  After  five  years  in  Natick, 
he  sold  his  route  and  good  will  to  W.  H.  Ray- 
mond, of  Brighton,  and  entered  extensively  in 
market  gardening,  which  has  proved  a  highly 
profitable  vocation.  He  has  made  a  specialty 
of  general  jjroduce.  He  finds  a  ready  market 
through  the  Newtons  and  Wellsley  and  in  Bos- 
ton. Mr.  Baird  is  assisted  in  his  business  by 
his  son  Harold  W.,  who  had  charge  of  the 
teaming  and  selling  of  the  products  of  the 
farm.  Mr.  Baird  believes  in  up-to-date  pro- 
gressive farming  and  in  the  improvement  of 
his  lands,  and  adopts  the  best  methods  to  ob- 
tain the  Ijest  results.  He  was  formerly  a 
private  in  Company  C,  First  Regiment,  Massa- 


chusetts Volunteer  Militia,  now  known  as 
"Claflin  Guards."  He  and  his  family  are  at- 
tendants of  the  Congregational  Union  Chapel 
at  Natick.  He  is  a  strict  Republican  in  his 
political  ])rinciples.  He  married,  January  14, 
1884,  Emma  P' ranees  Webster,  born  at  Water- 
town,  January  14,  i860,  daughter  of  James  and 
.\nnie  Louise  (Bates)  Brown,  of  Watertown. 
James  Brown  was  engaged  in  the  tobacco  busi- 
ness in  Boston,  later  in  the  dyeing  business 
after  1872.  Children:  i.  Edna  French,  born 
November  12.  1884.  2.  Elsie  Evelyn,  Febru- 
ary 27,  1886;  married,  June  7,  1906,  Clifton 
E.  Gasset.  3.  Jessie  Louise,  October  3,  1887, 
died  fuh-  2:5,  1900.  4.  Robert  Edwartl,  Octo- 
ber 23,' 1888.  5.  Harold  Wiswall,  July  6, 
1892.  6.  Dorothy  Trowbridge,  July  18,  1894. 
7.  Malcolm  Arthur,  February  27,  1896.  8. 
("iladys  Louise,  May   11,   1903. 


.Among  the  ancient  Celtic  names 
SHE.A  this  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  best 
known.  Many  of  America's  fore- 
most business  men  bear  it,  and  it  is  known  in 
every  locality  where  there  is  activity  and  in- 
dustry. The  ancient  city  of  Quincy  (ancient 
as  a  settlement,  if  not  as  a  city)  is  indebted  to 
those  bearing  this  patronymic  for  active  de- 
velojiment  in  one  of  her  leading  industries  and 
for  able  management  of  municiiial  affairs. 

( 1  1  John  Shea  was  born  and  lived  in  Ire- 
land, where  he  was  a  farmer  and  attained  the 
good  age  of  ninety  years.  His  wife's  name 
was  Catherine,  and  they  had  four  sons  and 
two  daughters.  Three  of  the  sons,  Michael, 
Thomas  and  William,  came  to  America,  and 
all  settled  in  Quincy,  All  were  identified  with 
the  granite  business  from  their  arrival.  The 
first  was  a  granite  cutter,  and  died  in  Quincy 
in  1894.  Thomas  was  a  granite  cutter,  and 
ilied  at  the  age  of  thirty  years,  in  1877. 

(H)  William,  son  of  John  and  Catherine 
.Shea,  was  born  in  Ireland,  where  he  was 
reared  and  received  a  fair  education  at  the 
national  schools.  He  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Riely) 
Rieiv.  Immediately  this  couple  set  out  for 
.America,  where  freedom  might  be  enjoyed  in 
its  greatest  degree  and  where  opportunity 
awaits  those  who  are  willing  to  earn  advance- 
ment by  diligent  effort.  Mr.  Shea  settled  in 
Quincy  and  learned  the  business  of  granite  cut- 
ting, in  which  he  became  an  expert.  By  in- 
dustry and  prudent  care  of  his  earnings,  he 
was  enabled  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own 
account,  and  began  in  association  with  his 
sons,  under  the  title  of  William  Shea  &  Sons, 


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in  1874.  This  was  one  of  the  early  concerns 
to  engage  in  granite  contracting  in  the  city, 
and  Mr.  Shea  continued  in  its  active  manage- 
ment until  his  death,  1889,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
three  years.  The  first  business  undertaken 
was  quarrying,  but  it  gradually  drifted  to  con- 
tracting for  monumental  work,  chiefly  in  cut- 
ting and  lettering  stones  for  this  purpose.  All 
kinds  of  stones  are  used,  the  chief  being  gran- 
ite, and  the  business  is  known  by  clients  re- 
siding and  doing  business  in  remote  districts. 
Like  most  natives  of  Ireland,  Mr.  Shea  was  a 
faithful  supporter  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church,  and  he  was  respected  as  a  good  and 
■useful  citizen.  Children:  i.  William  Thomas, 
the  eldest,  mentioned  below,  2.  Mary,  became 
the  wife  of  Michael  Lyons,  of  Quincy.  3. 
.■\nnie,  married  John  Scollard.  who  is  de- 
ceased. 4.  Michael,  engaged  in  business  with 
the  firm  of  William  Shea  &  Sons.  5.  Catherine 
Elizabeth,  married  Arthur  Murphy.  The 
mother  of  these  children  is  still  living,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-seven  years,  enjoying  in  peace 
and  comfort  the  fruits  of  her  years  of  early 
toil. 

(Ill)  William  Thomas,  eldest  child  of  Will- 
iam and  Margaret  (Riely)  Shea,  was  born 
March  24,  1857,  in  Quincy,  with  which  place 
his  whole  life  has  been  identified.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  early  became  associated  with  the 
business  of  his  father.  He  learned  every 
feature  of  the  business,  from  (juarrying  the 
stone  to  cutting,  lettering  and  setting  it  up  in 
place.  He  was  the  industrious  and  capable 
aid  of  his  father  in  business  until  the  death 
of  the  latter,  and  succeeded  him  thereafter. 
He  abandoned  the  quarrying  feature  and 
began  general  contracting,  such  as  road-build- 
ing, sewer  construction  and  building  water- 
works. As  his  business  grew  he  was  continu- 
ally adding  to  his  force  of  workmen,  and  em- 
ploys regularly  a  large  number  of  people,  thus 
affording  a  livelihood  to  a  considerable  portion 
of  the  population  of  his  home  town.  Mr. 
Shea  has  also  developed  an  extensive  business 
in  the  manufacture  of  granite  paving  blocks, 
known  as  the  Hadley  paving  block,  and  this 
employs  many  people  in  quarrying,  sawing  and 
shipping.  As  one  of  the  enterprising  and  up- 
right business  men  of  the  city,  Mr.  Shea  is 
respected,  and  his  popularity  is  shown  by  the 
fact  that  he  was  elected  mayor  of  a  city  nor- 
mally having  a  Republican  majority  of  twelve 
hundred  votes,  while  he  is  a  pronounced  Dem- 
ocrat in  political  principle.  L^pon  the  incop- 
poration  of  the  city  he  was  elected  a  member 


of  the  first  city  council  and  served  in  1889-90, 
from  ward  four.  When  the  sewer  commis- 
sion was  established,  February  20,  1894,  he 
was  appointed  a  member,  and  served  six  years 
in  that  capacity,  until  1900.  In  the  fall  of 
1907  Mr.  Shea  was  elected  mayor  as  a  "citi- 
zens' "  candidate,  and  was  re-elected  in  1908 
and  again  in  1909,  to  serve  until  January  i, 
191 1.  He  is  the  first  Democrat  to  hold  the 
office  for  three  terms,  and  is  justifying  the  con- 
fidence of  his  constituents  by  faithful  and 
capable  service,  conferring  credit  upon  both 
himself  and  the  city.  Since  attaining  voting 
age,  he  has  taken  a  keen  and  intelligent  inter- 
est in  ])ublic  afl^airs,  has  been  a  delegate  in 
many  conventions  and  was  for  twelve  years  a 
member  of  the  Democratic  state  committee. 
He  is  a  member  in  good  standing  of  the  Catho- 
lic church:  of  the  Ancient  (3rder  of  Hiberni- 
ans ;  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  having  served 
as  grand  knight  of  the  Quincy  Council ;  is  a 
past  chief  ranger  of  the  Massachusetts  Catho- 
lic Order  of  Foresters.  Since  he  was  eighteen 
years  old,  he  has  been  a  member  of  St.  AIary"s 
Total  Abstinence  Society,  of  which  he  was  six 
years  president,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Gran- 
ite City  and  Boston  City  clubs.  Since  the 
organization  of  Quincy  Lodge,  No.  943,  Be- 
nevolent Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Mr.  Shea 
has  been  a  member  of  its  board  of  trustees. 
His  genial  nature  and  pleasant  manners  make 
and  retain  lasting  friendships.  He  is  un- 
married. 


(II)  Ebenezer,  second  son 
TLXKHAM  of  Ephraim  (q.  v.)  and  Mary 
(Brown)  Tinkham,  was  born 
September  3,  1651,  in  Plymouth,  and  resided 
in  Middleboro,  where  he  died  April  8,  1718. 
He  and  his  elder  brother  lived  on  the  paternal 
homestead,  and  engaged  in  farming.  Ebenezer 
Tinkham  was  one  of  the  original  members  of 
the  I'^irst  Church  of  Middleboro,  and  was 
elected  deacon  in  1695,  and  also  served  as  town 
treasurer.  He  married,  in  1677,  Elizabeth 
Liscome,  born  1652,  died  .'\pril  8,  1718,  on  the 
same  day  as  her  husband.  Both  were  buried 
in  one  grave.  Children:  I.  Ebenezer,  born 
March  23,  1679.  2.  Jeremiah,  mentioned 
below.     3.  Peter.  April  20,   1683. 

(HI)  Jeremiah,  second  son  of  Ebenezer 
and  Elizabeth  (Liscome)  Tinkham,  was  born 
August  7,  1681,  in  Middleboro,  where  he  was 
a  fanner,  and  died  April  5,  171 5,  before  his 
parents.  He  married  Joanna  Parlow,  who 
was  admitted  to  the  First  Church  in  .\ugust. 
1716,  and  married  again  in  1720. 


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(1\')  Jeremiah  (2),  son  of  Jeremiah  (i) 
and  Joanna  ( Parlow )  Tinkham,  was  born 
February  20,  17 13.  in  Middleboro,  where  he 
passed  his  hfe,  and  died  June  7,  1790.  He 
married,  in  1740,  Naomi  Warren,  baptized 
September  8,  1717,  in  Scituate,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  John  and  Naomy  (Bates)  War- 
ren. Children :  Jeremiah,  born  October  27, 
1740:  EHsha,  August  18,  1742;  Joanna,  De- 
cember (),  1743  ;  James,  mentioned  below  ;  Abi- 
gail, December  25,  1746;  Anna,  October  9, 
1748;  Jesse.  July  25,  1750;  Benjamin,  Janu- 
ary 6,  1755;  Huldah,  December  18,  1756: 
Ebenezer,  August  26,  1758- 

(V)  James,  son  of  Jeremiah  (2)  and 
Naomi  (Warren)  Tinkham,  was  born  May  8 
1745,  in  Middleboro,  where  he  was  a  farmer, 
and  died  July  22,  1836.  He  was  a  soldier  of 
the  revolution,  serving  first  as  a  private  in 
Cajjtain  Joshua  White's  company  of  Colonel 
John  Cushing's  regiment,  for  a  period  of  sixty 
days  in  Rhode  Island.  He  entered  the  service 
September  20,  1776,  and  on  December  8  of 
the  same  year  became  a  member  of  Lieutenant 
Jonah  Washburn's  company,  Colonel  Ebenezer 
Sprout's  regiment,  which  marched  from  Mid- 
dleboro and  served  five  days  on  the  Rhode 
Island  alarm.  He  married  (fir.st)  December 
20,  1770,  Sarah  Redding,  born  1753,  died  April 
2,  1774.  daughter  of  Thomas  Redding,  who 
was  born  1727,  in  Middleboro.  She  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  First  Church  of  Middleboro, 
August  7,  1763,  "aged  10  years."  He  married 
(second)  November  21,  1777,  Chloe  Rickard, 
born  September  16.  1754,  died  December  29, 
1822,  daugliter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Rickard, 
of  Middleboro.  His  children:  Louisa,  born 
November  30,  1771  :  James,  March  28,  1774; 
Sarah,  February  26,  1779;  Chloe,  May  3,  1780; 
Jacob,  August  13,  1781  ;  Asenath,  May  12, 
1782;  Lazarus,  January  5,  1784;  Anna,  Sep- 
tember 14,  1785;  Jane,  August  25,  1787:  Jere- 
miah, mentioned  below ;  Andrew,  September 
5,  1792  :  Enoch.  September  5,  1795  ;  Lewis,  Oc- 
tober 6,  1797. 

("VI)  Jeremiah  (3),  son  of  James  and  Chloe 
(Rickard)  Tinkham,  was  born  September  19. 
1790,  in  Middleboro,  where  he  remained  until 
fourteen  years  old.  He  then  went  to  New  Bed- 
ford and  became  a  sailor,  and  followed  the  sea 
for  many  years.  He  rapidly  rose  to  the  rank  of 
captain  and  became  part  owner  of  vessels  upon 
which  he  sailed.  He  crossed  the  ocean  ninety- 
six  times  and  did  not  lose  a  man  or  vessel  until 
the  last  trip,  after  which  he  retired  from  the 
sea.  His  ship  was  cast  upoti  the  rocks  on  the 
coast  of  Florida,  and  the  entire  cargo  was  sac- 


rificed in  the  hope  of  again  floating  it,  but  in 
vain.  After  remaining  on  board  three  days, 
it  was  found  necessary  to  abandon  the  craft  in 
order  to  save  the  crew,  which  was  accom- 
plished. The  captain  was  the  last  to  leave, 
and  then  only  when  the  craft  was  almost  su^)- 
merged.  Naturally,  his  headquarters  was  at 
Boston,  but  after  his  marriage  he  made  his 
home  in  Lunenburg  until  after  the  death  of  his 
wife.  She  was  Abigail,  daughter  of  Freder- 
ick W'illiam  Major,  a  pump  and  block  maker 
of  Boston,  a  native  of  Halifax,  England.  He 
died  early  in  life,  and  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Tink- 
ham, died  at  the  age  of  forty-one  years,  in 
Lunenburg,  after  which  Captain  Tinkham  re- 
turned to  Boston  to  live.  He  died  there  in 
1881.  at  the  age  of  ninety  years.  Children  r 
Jeremiah,  Abbie,  James,  George,  Charles, 
Lucy  and  Louise  L. 

(VII)   Jeremiah    (4),   eldest  child  of  Jere- 
miah (3)  and  Abigail  (Major)  Tinkham,  was 
born  January  26,  1824,  at  the  corner  of  Pur- 
chase street  and  what  is  now  Atlantic  avenue, 
ISoston.     He  made  one  voyage  at   sea,   after 
which  he  was  apprenticed  to  his  uncle,  Caleb 
L.   Pratt,  an   undertaker  of  Boston.     Having 
become  familiar  with  the  business,  he  engaged 
in  it  on  his  own  account  as  early  as  1855,  in 
South  l')Oston,  where  he  continued  until  1870. 
He  then  purchased  the  business  of  L.  L.  Tar- 
bell  on   Howard  street,  West   I'^nd,  where  he 
continued  until   1901,  when  he  retired.     Dur- 
ing the  small-pox  and  cholera  scourges  in  Bos- 
ton,  about    thirty    years    ago,   Mr.   Tinkham 
buried  nearly  all  the  victims.     He  took  charge 
of  and  buried  the  body  of  Professor  Webster 
after  his   execution   for  the  murder  of   Pro- 
fessor Parkman,  a  case  which  greatly  excited 
Boston  and  the  whole  country    at    the    time. 
His  home  was  subse(|ucntly  No.  17  Chambers 
street,  where  he  died  October  1 1,  1909,  being 
the  oldest  undertaker  in  the  city  at  the  time. 
Mr.  Tinkham  was  of  most  kindly  nature,  and 
he  was  popular  as  an  undertaker  because  of 
his    ready    sympathy    with    bereavement.     By 
diligent  application  he  accumulated  means,  and 
was  most  liberal  in  charitable  work.     His  ear 
was  ever  ready  to  hear  the  tale  of  misfortune 
and  distress,  and  he  disbursed  at  times  as  high 
as  two  dollars  per  day  while  in  business  on 
Howard  street,  in  providing  meals   for  those 
who  applied  to  him  for  relief.     No  one  worthy 
of  assistance  was  ever    turned    away    empty- 
handed  by  this  noble  and  generous  soul.  Only 
a  small  part  of  the  benefactions  of  Mr.  Tink- 
ham will  ever  be  known  to  the  general  public, 
but  many  will  bless  his  memory  for  the  kind- 


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nesses  of  the  past,  and  many  others  will  mourn 
him  as  one  whose  example  is  worthy  of  emula- 
tion. His  kind  heart  and  pleasant  face  will 
live  as  long  as  one  is  left  who  knew  him.  Mr. 
Tinkham  was  an  active  member  of  the  great 
Masonic  fraternity,  whose  principles  embody 
the  active  rules  that  governed  his  life.  He 
was  affiliated  with  ,\delphi  Lodge,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  -South  Boston  ; 
St,  Matthew's  Royal  Arch  Chapter;  and  St. 
Omar  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  John  Hancock  Council^ 
Royal  Arcanum.  Only  one  member  of  the 
commandery  is  his  senior  in  membership,  and 
he  was  the  oldest  member  of  the  Royal  Arca- 
num Council.  Before  1858  he  was  sexton  of 
the  Cireen  Church,  and  was  later  sexton  of  St. 
Matthew's  Church.  He  married  (  first )  Mary, 
daughter  of  Daniel  Ross,  of  I'.oston.  She  died 
in  1858,  at  the  age  of  thirty-two  years,  leaving 
two  children:  Annie  Florence  and  Charles 
Frederick.  The  latter  died  in  1907.  The 
former  is  the  wife  of  Franklin  U.  Boyd,  and 
resides  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  She  has  a 
daughter,  Martha  H.,  wife  of  Clarence  A. 
Bickford,  of  Saco,  Maine.  Mr.  Tinkham 
married  (second)  Ceorgiana  Howard,  daugh- 
ter of  Alvin  and  Martha  .\.  (  Huntoon)  How- 
ard, of  South  Boston,  .\lvin  Howard  was  a 
carpenter  and  policeman,  and  died  in  1842. 
His  wife  was  a  native  of  Wiscasset,  Maine, 
and  died  in  1880.  The  survivor  of  her  two 
children  is  Mrs.  Tinkham.  The  latter  has  one 
daughter,  Alice  T.,  who  married  (first)  Fred- 
eric Kimpton.  They  had  two  sons,  Howard 
and  Frederic,  who  have  been  legally  ado]Jted 
by  her  second  husband,  Geddes  (i.  Abbott,  of 
Farmington.  Maine,  and  are  now  known  as 
Howard  Kimpton  Abbott  and  F'rederick 
Kimpton  .Abbott.  By  the  second  inarriage 
there  are  two  children,  .\nna  Frances  and 
Charles  Tinkham  Abbott. 


Daniel  Fallon  was  born  in  the 
FAr^LC)N  parish  of  .\thlone,  county  Ros- 
common, Ireland,  about  1800. 
He  came  of  an  ancient  and  highly  respectable 
family  of  ancient  Irish  descent  in  that  county. 
He  was  one  of  seven  children,  and  a  farmer 
from  early  youth.  He  was  among  the  early  mi- 
gration from  his  county  to  America,  coming  to 
Boston  in  1835  on  a  sailing  vessel  when  the 
voyage  lasted  several  weeks  and  was  filled 
with  hardship  and  danger.  He  found  employ- 
ment with  an  uncle,  Martin  Leonard,  who  had 
charge  of  the  Bussey  estate  of  Forest  Hills. 
Here    he    became     familiar    with     .-Vmerican 


methods  and  took  rank  as  a  skillful  and  suc- 
sessful  gardener.  He  was  afterward  em- 
ployed upon  the  estate  of  Captain  Bacon  at 
Forest  Hills  and  on  other  large  estates  in  that 
section.  He  was  a  worthy,  industrious,  con- 
scientious citizen.  He  died  in  1887  at  the  age 
of  eighty-seven.  In  politics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat and  in  religion  a  Catholic.  He  married 
in  Boston  Katherine  Boyle,  born  in  county 
Antrim,  Ireland,  about  1810,  of  strong,  sturdy 
Irish  stock.  Her  ancestors  lived  in  that 
county  for  many  generations.  She  came  to 
this  country  when  a  girl  of  eighteen  and  lived 
to  the  age  of  eighty.  She  was  a  devoted  Cath- 
olic. Children:  i.  William  F.,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Thomas,  for  many  years  a  letter 
carrier  in  Ro.xbury,  where  he  now  lives.  3. 
Daniel  Jr..  died  in  infancy.  4.  John  D.,  a 
prduiinent  undertaker  of  Jamaica  Plain,  Bos- 
ton. 5.  Ambrose  S.,  for  many  years  a  letter 
carrier :  resides  in  West  Roxbury.  6.  Joseph 
M.,  died  in  middle  life;  was  a  plumber  by 
trade  at  Jamaica  I'lain  about  fifteen  years.  7. 
James,  was  fatally  injured  in  an  accident,  be- 
ing run  over  by  a  wagon;  was  unmarried.  8. 
-Mathias,  died  in  childhood.  9.  George,  died 
in  infancy.  10.  Richard,  a  general  contractor, 
resides  on  his  father's  homestead  at  Forest 
Hills.  II.  Stephen  E.,  was  engagetl  in  the  ex- 
press business  many  years;  died  November, 
i(;o8. 

(  11  )  William  1'"..  sun  of  Daniel  Fallon,  was 
burn  in  what  is  now  I'ranklin  Park.  Roxbury, 
January  26,  1843.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  at  Jamaica  I'lain.  and  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  engaged  in  the  fish  business 
there.  His  business  flourished  and  when  he 
was  twenty  years  old  he  had  a  large  trade. 
In  this  business  he  has  continued  with  uniform 
success,  investing  his  surplus  from  time  to  time 
with  ocellent  judgment  in  real  estate  in  the 
vicinity  of  his  home.  For  many  years  he  has 
ranked  among  the  leading  merchants  in  the 
Jamaica  Plain  district  of  llivston.  His  indus- 
try, foresight  and  prudence  during  his  forty 
years  of  active  business  life  have  placed  him 
in  a  position  of  influence  and  wealth  in  the 
community.  He  is  enterprising  and  public- 
sjiirited,  identified  with  many  movements  for 
the  improvement  of  the  locality  in  which  he 
lives  and  does  business.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  fire  wardens  and  he 
has  also  been  one  of  the  district  engineers  of 
the  fire  department,  a  position  he  has  filled 
with  much  ability  and  credit.  He  has  de- 
clined   various    other   political    honors   on    ac 


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count  of  the  demands  of  his  private  business 
affairs.  He  is  a  prominent  member  and  gen- 
erous contributor  to  St.  Thomas  CathoUc 
Church  of  Jamaica  Plain. 

He  married,  in  1867.  in  Boston,  Rosanna 
McLaughHn,  born  in  Donegal,  Ireland,  in 
1844.  She  came  to  this  country  when  a  young 
woman  and  in  large  measure  the  success  of  her 
husband's  business  has  been  attributable  to  her 
co-operation,  sagacity  and  counsel.  Children  : 
I.  Joseph  William,  died  when  eighteen  months 
old.  2.  Mary  Josephine,  born  July  4,  1870; 
graduate  of  the  Boston  high  school;  married 
Dr.  Thomas  McDonald,  a  prominent  veterin- 
ary surgeon  of  Boston.  3.  Rosanna  Frances, 
January  6,  1872;  graduate  of  the  Boston  high 
school ;  married  Charles  P.  Dolan,  a  pianist ; 
proprietor  of  the  Boston  Tuning  School,  in 
which  he  employs  several  assistant  instructors ; 
children  :  Orila  Dolan,  died  in  childhood  ;  Will- 
iam C.   Di  ilan  ;  Kenneth  Dolan. 


Henry,  son  of  Benjamin  Baggs, 
BAGGS  was  born  in  Ludlow,  Massachu- 
setts ;  married  a  Miss  Peace  and 
had  five  children  as  follows:  I.  Benjamin,  see 
forward.  2.  W'illiam.  3.  Theodore.  4.  John. 
5.  Polly.  The  mother  of  these  children  died 
soon  after  the  birth  of  Polly  and  the  father 
married  a  second  time  and  by  this  marriage 
had  one  daughter. 

(H)  Benjamin,  eldest  child  of  Henry  and 
( Peace )  Baggs,  was  born  in  Spring- 
field,   Hampden    county,    Massachusetts.     He 

married   (first),   1862,  ,  of  Springfield, 

and  she  died  in  1863,  soon  after  giving  birth 
to  their  son  Amison  Milton,  see  forward.  Ben- 
jamin Baggs  married  (second)  Maria  Clark 
and  by  her  he  had  a  second  son,  Theodore. 
He  carried  on  a  farm  in  Ludlow,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  died  in  1870. 

(HI)  .Amison  Milton,  only  child  of  Benja- 
min Baggs  by  his  first  wife,  was  born  in  Lud- 
low. Hampden  county,  Massachusetts,  July  3. 
1863.  His  mother  died  when  he  was  three 
weeks  old  and  he  was  adopted  by  his  uncle, 
who  was  a  farmer  in  Belehertown.  He 
worked  on  his  uncle's  farm,  and  attended  the 
di.strict  school  until  his  knowledge  of  farming 
and  stock  raising  and  especially  of  the  con- 
dition and  market  value  of  live  stock  enabled 
him  to  buy  and  sell  on  his  own  account,  long 
before  he  had  reached  his  majority.  This 
business  proved  attractive  and  profitable,  and 
soon  after  becoming  of  age  he  purchased  a 
farm  in  Ludlow,  in  1887,  and  gradually 
stocked  and  used  it  as  his  chief  market  place. 


This  farm  also  became  the  home  of  a  fine  herd 
of  milch  cows,  the  breeding  of  which  he  made 
his  specialty  after  his  son  took  charge  of  the 
general  business  of  buying  and  selling  live 
stock.  They  shipped  on  an  average  of  three 
or  four  carloads  of  cattle  every  week.  He 
affiliated  with  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  and 
was  a  leading  member  of  the  Hampshire 
Grange,  and  president  of  the  Live  Stock  Asso- 
ciation of  Boston.  He  was  also  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity  and  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  He  married,  in  April,  1883. 
Lvangeline  Camille,  eldest  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Rosetta  (Davis)  Fitzgerald,  born  June 
13,  1864,  in  Lawrenceville,  Province  of  Que- 
l>ec,  Canada.  Their  children  were  born  in 
Ludlow  (except  the  first  whose  birthplace  was 
r.elehertown )  :  I.  Milton  C,  June  24,  1885; 
inarried  Ruth  Hopkins  and  became  his  fath- 
er's chief  dependence  in  carrying  on  the  farm 
in  Ludlow.  2.  Samuel,  April  5,  1888,  died 
during  the  same  month.  3.  Austin,  January 
29,  1893,  died  in  Ludlow,  October  6,  1895. 
4.  Benjamin,  March  11,  1898,  died  August  11, 
1898.  5.  Roy,  May  30.  1891.  6.  Raymond, 
July  7,   1896. 

(The   Fitzgerald   Line). 

Samuel,  eldest  son  of  John  Fitzgerald,  was 
born  in  London,  England,  in  December,  1836, 
and  in  1847  came  to  America  with  a  relative, 
both  of  his  parents  having  died.  He  lived  for 
a  number  of  years  in  Brane,  Province  of  Que- 
bec, Canada,  where  he  learned  the  business  of 
(juarryman.  In  Ajjril,  1879,  he  removed  to 
Wind.sor,  Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  carried  on  the  quarry  business  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death  in  April,  1896.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1863.  Rosetta  Davis,  born  in  Bolton, 
Province  of  Quebec,  in  February,  1836,  and 
their  children  were  :  Evangeline  Camille,  afore- 
mentioned: Willie,  born  1867,  died  1869;  Ed- 
win, 1869,  died  1870:  Emma  E.,  March,  1873. 
married  E.  F.  Ryan, of  Hadley,  Massachusetts: 
Maud,  1877.  married  P.  S.  Walker,  of  Ludlow, 
Massachusetts:  Albert,  1880,  died  1890.  The 
mother  of  these  children  was  living  in  1908 
with  her  daughter,  Evangeline  Camille  (Fitz- 
gerald) P>aggs,  in  Belehertown,  Massachu- 
setts. 


The  origin  of  the  name  of 
SEIBERLICH     Seiberlich  is  most  interest- 
ing.    About  two  centuries 
ago  there  was  born  in  Arabia  a  boy  who  grew 
to  manhood  and  became  a  successful  physician. 
While  he  was  still  a  young  man  a  plague  broke 


MASSACHUSETIS. 


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out  which  threatened  to  devastate  the  coun 
try.  The  skill  of  the  older  practitioners  was 
baffled,  but  the  methods  of  the  young  doctor, 
who  was  just  gaining  prominence  in  the  medi- 
cal world,  mastered  the  disease.  A  part  of 
his  treatment  consisted  of  insisting  upon  abso- 
lute cleanliness  in  every  particular.  In  appre- 
ciation of  his  services  tluring  this  trying 
period,  the  ruler  of  the  land  bestowed  upon 
him  the  name  of  "Seiberlich,"  which  trans- 
lated, means  "clean."  In  addition  he  was 
granted  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Baflen,  Ger- 
many, a  few  miles  from  the  river  Rhine,  on 
which  the  city  of  Carlsruhe  later  was  located 
The  great  renown  of  the  doctor  spreail 
throughout  Europe,  and  the  title  "Seiberlich" 
became  the  surname  of  the  fainily.  lie 
erected  a  substantial  residence  upon  his  estate, 
which  is  standing  at  the  present  time,  and  as  it 
was  called  Carlsruhe,  which  means  "Charles' 
Rest,"  it  is  but  fair  to  presume  that  his  name 
was  Karl  or  Charles.  Several  fountains  have 
been  erected  in  Carlsruhe  in  honor  of  the 
founder  of  the  city,  and  his  remains  lie  buried 
under  a  pyramid  in  the  city.  Members  of 
this  family  are  now  scattered  in  all  parts  of 
the  world,  and  have  always  been  noted  for 
their  attainments  in  science,  literature  and  the 
fine  arts. 

(I)  John  Martin  Sieberlich.  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  the  Sieberlich  mentioned  above, 
was  the  eldest  of  eleven  sons,  and  it  was  dur- 
ing his  lifetime  that  the  estate  was  divided 
into  eleven  ec|ual  portions.  His  brothers  trav- 
eled to  dififerent  parts  of  the  world,  one  going 
to  .Africa,  several  to  America,  and  one  fought 
in  the  French  w-ars  under  Xapoleon.  the 
Great.  John  Martin  lived  and  died  on  his 
own  estate,  and  was  city  and  county  treasurer 
for  a  period  of  thirty  years.  Like  all  the 
members  of  this  family  down  to  the  present 
generations,  he  was  of  unusual  size,  strong 
physique  and  rol)ust  health.  lie  married  a 
Orman  lady. 

(  II )  John  Martin,  son  of  John  Martin  Sei- 
berlich, bore  so  strong  a  resemblance  to  his 
Arabian  ancestor  that  he  was  known  as  the 
"Arabian  German."  He  lived  to  a  ripe  old 
age.  He  married  Theresa  Ochs,  who  died 
aged  one  hundred  and  two  years.  Children : 
I.  John  Martin  Jr.,  see  forward.  2.  Joseph, 
see  forward.  3.  .Anthony,  who  came  to 
America  after  attaining  manhood,  and  became 
a  successful  confectioner.  4.  .Albion,  also 
came  to  .America,  upon  attaining  maturity,  and 
settled  in  Albany,  New  York,  where  he  died. 
5.  Christian,  came  to  America  and  established 


himself  in  i'hiladelphia,  where  he  became 
very  wealthy.  During  the  civil  war  he  gave 
four  sons  for  the  defence  of  the  Union,  and 
they  were  all  killed  in  the  battle  of  Fredericks- 
burg. 6.  F'erdinand,  is  still  living  in  Boston, 
where  he  became  a  contractor  and  builder, 
erecting  the  first  Catholic  church  in  that  city. 
7.  Louis,  who  was  the  treasurer  of  a  college 
in  Genuany.  died  in  that  cmmtry.  where  his 
entire  life  was  spent. 

(  III)  John  Martin  Jr..  son  uf  John  Martin 
and  Theresa  (Ochs)  Seiberlich.  inherited  one- 
seventh  of  his  father's  large  estate.  He  was 
famed  for  his  work  as  a  sculptor,  to  which 
work  he  was  devoted  during  the  active  years 
of  his  life.  He  was  one  of  the  most  highly 
respected  citizens  of  his  town,  and  died  at  the 
age  of  sixty-eight  years.  He  and  all  his 
brothers  witli  the  e.xception  of  Louis  served 
three  years  as  soldiers.  He  married,  in  his 
native  city.  Theresa  \  ogel,  a  member  of  one 
of  the  first  families,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
thirty-eight  years,  shortly  after  the  birth  of  her 
youngest  child.  Children:  i.  Frank  B.,  see 
forward.  2.  Margaret,  came  to  the  L^nited 
States  when  a  young  woman,  and  married 
-Amos  Ihuniewell.  a  farmer  in  Bedford,  and 
member  of  a  prominent  Massachusetts  family. 
3.  Caroline,  died  in  Germany,  shortly  after  her 

marriage  to Ochs.     4.  Lena,  came  to 

the  I'nitetl  .States,  and  resides  in  Boston, 
where  she  married  a  Frenchman.  5.  Jacob, 
was  a  non-commissioned  officer  in  the  cavalrj'. 
during  the  Franco-Prussian  war,  1870-71  ;was 
swimiuing  instructor  for  the  corps,  and  held  a 
medal  for  swimming  across  the  Rhine  with  all 
his  accoutrements.  He  was  killed  while  his 
regiment  was  taking  a  fort  near  F'aris.  France. 
fi.  Joseijh,  died  in  Boston. 

(I\')  Frank  B.,  son  of  John  Martin,  Jr.. 
and  Theresa  f\'ogel)  Seiberlich,  was  born 
.March  22,  1832.  He  attended  the  schools  of 
his  native  city  until  he  was  eighteen  years  of 
age.  and  in  1849  sailed  for  the  United  States, 
being  on  the  water  forty  days,  landed  in  New 
\'ork  City,  and  from  thence  came  to  Boston, 
where  he  learned  the  machinist's  trade,  which 
he  followed  successfidly  for  forty  years.  At 
the  same  time  he  purchased  and  improved 
pro[)erty  at  Jamaica  Plain,  where  he  has  resided 
for  twenty-five  years.  His  present  residence  is 
the  old  Curtis  house,  locally  known  as  the 
Parker  house,  which  is  more  than  two  hundred 
years  old  and  is  one  of  the  landmarks  of  the 
section.  After  his  settlement  in  Boston,  Mr. 
Seiberlich  did  not  find  business  as  good  as  he 
had  been  led  to  expect,  and  he  joined  a  party 


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of  "Forty-Niners"   and   sailed   for   California 
in  the  ship  "American  Eagle,"  doubling  Cape 
Horn   and    landing   in    safety   on    the    Pacific 
coast.    Here  he  made  a  fortune  in  seven  years, 
saying  "the  yellow  metal  seemed  to  come  up 
with  the  grass  roots,"  but  he  was  stricken  with 
illness  and  the  greater  part  of  his  wealth  van- 
ished.   Later  he  lost  a  part  of  the  remainder  in 
unfortunate  speculations.     He  had,  however, 
become  a  member  of  a  company  organized  to 
promote   fruit  growing  on  a  large  scale,  and 
they  placed  under  cultivation  a  tract  of  one 
thousand   acres   near    Eos   Angeles,   and   thus 
became  the  pioneers  in  the  line  of  industry  for 
which  California  is  now  justly  famous.    This 
enterprise  paid  liberal  returns  for  a  number  of 
years,  but  Mr.  Seiberlich  had  grown  tired  of 
the  west  and  returned  to  Boston.     In  1863  he 
enlisted   in   the    Union   army   during  the   civil 
war,  and  served  four  years.    When  his  skill  as 
a  machinist  became  known,  he  was  assigned  to 
duty   at   the   locomotive   works   in   Baltimore, 
Maryland,  which  the  government  had  assumed, 
but  later  was  assigned  to  special  service  and 
saw  some  hard  fighting.     Mr.  Seiberlich  cast 
his  first   vote   for   Franklin   Pierce,  but  since 
the  organization  of  the   Rejniblican  party   he 
has  been  identified  with  the  views  of  that  body. 
He  and  his  wife  attend  the  F])iscopal  church, 
and  he  has  been  a  member  for  forty  years  of 
Raboni    Lodge,    Free   and    .\ccepted    Masons, 
and  of  Fortune  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows.    He  married  (first),  in  Charles- 
town,  Mrry  Keizer,  born  in  Roxbury,  in  1841 ; 
died  in  Jamaica  Plain,  January,   igo8.     They 
had  four  children,  all  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 
He  married  (  second  ),  August  31,  1908,  Fannie, 
born   July   25,    1855,   daughter  of   Jacob   and 
Margaret    (Seiberlich)    Schwab,   both   natives 
of   Carlsrulie,   Germany,  the   mother   being  a 
member  of  the  same  family  as  Mr.  Seiberlich. 
They  both  came  to  this  country  when  young 
and  were  married  here.     Mr.  Schwab  was  a 
baker,   and   after   a    few    years   established   a 
plant  of  his  own.     He  died  young,  his  wife 
died    at    the   age   of   seventy-six   years.      Mr. 
Seiberlich  has  an  adopted  daughter  Carrie,  the 
widow  of  John  Moch.  and  she  has  children — 
Marie  and  Helen. 

(Ill)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Martin  and 
Theresa  (Ochs)  Seiberlich,  was  born  in  Baden, 
(Germany,  March  24,  1843.  He  was  sixteen 
years  of  age  when  he  sailed  for  the  LTnited 
States,  and  after  a  tedious  voyage  landed  in 
New  York  City,  from  whence  after  a  time  he 
went  to  Pioston.  He  was  of  a  mechanical  turn 
i>f  mind   ami   rapidly  became   a   machinist   of 


ability.  Later  he  joined  forces  with  Mr.  Haf- 
fcnrafner,  a.brewer  of  Boston,  and  his  thor- 
ough training  had  given  him  an  efficient  prepa- 
ration for  the  responsibilities  of  the  position 
he  was  called  upon  to  fill.  He  was  one  of  the 
representative  Germans  in  Boston,  and  active 
in  effecting  the  advancement  of  the  interests 
of  that  nationality  in  the  city.  He  affiliated 
with  the  Republican  party,  and  died  at  his  home 
at  Jamaica  Plain,  May  20,  1908.  He  was  asso- 
ciated with  the  following  organizations:  Bos- 
ton Turn  Verein,  Baden  Society,  of  Boston ; 
Germains ;  Knights  of  Pythias :  Order  of  Red 
Men  ;  \'eteran  Firemen's  Association  ;  Star  of 
Jamaica  Plain,  Veteran  Firemens'  Associa- 
tion; Deutscher  Hilf  Verein.  He  married 
in  Boston,  Theresa  Youd,  born  in  Baden, 
(Germany,  March  17,  1846;  died  in  Bos- 
ton. July  16.  1906.  She  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  in  her  girlhood  days,  had  always 
lived  in  Boston,  and,  like  her  husband,  was  of 
the  Lutheran  dennmination  in  religion.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Frances,  educated  in  public  and  pri- 
vate .schools  ;  marrieil  Frank  Jager,  a  resident 
of  Jamaica  Plain,  and  engaged  in  the  hotel 
business  at  Forest  Hills  with  his  brother-in- 
law,  Hon.  Frank  SeiberHch.  2.  Bertha,  married 
.\ugustus  Soderstrom,  a  Swede,  and  a  success- 
ful mason  contractor.  3.  Josephine  M.,  unmar- 
ried, resides  in  Jamaica  Plain.  4.  Frank,  see 
forward.  .A-ud  I'rank,  Catherine,  Emma  and 
Charles,  who  died  young. 

( 1\' )  Hon.  I-'rank,  son  of  Joseph  and  Theresa 
(Youd)  Seiberlich,  was  born  in  Jamacia  Plain. 
October  29,  1874.  His  education,  which  was 
excellent,  was  commenced  in  the  public  and 
completed  in  private  schools.  Early  in  life  he 
became  associated  with  the  Bell  Telephone 
Company,  representing  it  as  a  traveling  agent 
for  some  time.  He  has  now  been  proprietor 
of  the  Forest  Hills  Hotel  for  a  number  of 
years.  His  practical  training  as  an  orator  \yas 
obtained  in  a  local  debating  society  of  which 
he  was  a  member,  and  whose  membership  con- 
sisted of  all  the  local  celebrities.  Here  he  soon 
displayed  his  strong  debating  power  and  show- 
ed his' ability  as  a  logical  and  forceful  spea.ker. 
He  was  made  secretary  of  his  ward  committee 
in  1899,  and  was  a  member  of  the  same  com- 
mittee in  1902.  He  was  chosen  to  represent 
his  district  in  the  general  court  of  Massachu- 
setts in  1903,  by  the  Republicans,  nominated, 
and  re-elected  the  following  year  and  again  in 
1905.  He  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  in 
Hjo'i,  and  was  made  chairman  of  Ward  22  Re- 
iniblican  committee  in  1907-10.  While  in  the 
legislature  he  served  as  member  and  chairman 


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of  a  number  of  the  most  important  committees, 
notably  those  on  taxation,  printing  and  election. 
During  all  the  j-ears  of  his  public  service  Mr. 
Seiberlich  has  never  allowed  himself  to  be  influ- 
enced in  the  smallest  detail  by  any  corporation 
or  combination  of  private  individuals,  but  has 
always  striven  to  further  the  interests  of  his 
constituents.  Socially  ancl  fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of:  Eliot  Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  AI.. 
Jamaica  Plain;  Alt.  \"ernon  Chapter,  R.  A.  M. ; 
Jacob  Warren  Commanderv,  K.  T. ;  Aleppo 
Temple,  A.  A.  O.  X.  M. 'S. ;  Mt.  Bellevue 
Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias :  Quimobequin 
Lodge,  \'o.  70,  and  William  Parkman  Rebekah 
Lodge,  Inde])endent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows; 
Hyde  F'ark  Lodge,  Xo.  1446,  Benevolent  Order 
of  Eagles  ;  Thomas  W.  Flood  Conclave,  Order 
of  Heptasophs ;  Boston  Turn  V'erein ;  Boston 
Schule  \'erein ;  Boston  Society ;  Boston  City 
Club ;  Boston  Economic  Club ;  Jamaica  Plain 
Club ;  Lincoln  Club,  of  which  he  is  ex-presi- 
dent ;  Jamaica  Plain  Firemens"  Association ; 
Star  of  Jamaica  \'eteran  Firemens"  Associa- 
tion;  \\'ard  22,  Jamaica  Plain,  Alount  Hope 
and  Roslindale  Citizens'  .Associations ;  Haw- 
thorne Debating  Society  ;  Ellis  Mendal  Brother- 
hood ;  Dorchester  Republican  Club. 

He  married,  June  2,  1909,  in  Boston,  Doro- 
thea, daughter  of  Judge  John  G.  Wright,  of 
Atlanta,  Georgia.  His  home  is  in  Robinwood 
avenue,  Jamaica  Plain,  one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful residence  districts  of  greater  Boston. 


This  name  falls  within  the  class 
RIPLEY     known   as   local    surnames,   and 
is    derived    from    one    of    three 
places  in   England  called  Ripley,  situated  re- 
spectively in  the  counties  of  Surrey,  Derby  and 
Yorkshire. 

(  1  )  William  Ripley,  who  is  thought  to  have 
come  from  W  indham,  a  few  miles  from  Hing- 
ham,  England,  came  to  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1638.  He  was  accompanied  by  his 
wife,  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  He  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  four  acres  of  land  at  Hing- 
ham Centre,  a  large  part  of  which  is  still 
owned  by  his  descendants.  His  house  was  on 
Main  street  near  the  training  iield.  The  date 
of  birth  of  William  Rij)ley  is  not  known.  He 
(lied  July  20.  1656.  The  date  of  his  first  wife's 
death  is  not  known,  but  he  married  (  second ) 
in  1654.  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Thomas  Thaxter. 
who  after  his  death  married,  Januarv,  1658, 
John  Dwight,  of  Dedham.  William  Ripley's 
will,  made  June  30,  1656,  proved  January  24, 
1657,  mentioned  only  widow  and  sons  John 
and  Abraham.     Xo  mention  is  made  of  daugh- 


ters, only  one  of  whom,  Sarah,  is  known  to 
us  by  name. 

(  n )  John,  son  of  William  Ripley,  was  born 
in  England,  came  to  America  with  his  father, 
and  died  I-'ebruary  3,  1684.  He  resided  at 
Hingham,  where  he  was  made  freeman  May 
14,  1656.  He  resided  on  the  paternal  home- 
stead. His  will  was  made  January  21,  1684, 
and  proved  March  27,  1684.  He  married, 
about  1654.  Elizabeth  Hobart,  who  was  born 
about  1632,  died  March  26,  1692.  Her  father 
was  Rev.  Peter  Hobart,  of  Hingham,  who 
graduated  B.  A.  from  Magdalen  College,  Eng- 
land, in  1623,  and  was  pastor  of  the  First 
Church  of  Hingham  in  1635.  Elizabeth  Ho- 
bart came  with  her  parents  and  three  brothers 
in  1635.  John  and  Elizabeth  Ripley  were  the 
parents  of  six  sons  and  one  daughter:  John, 
Joshua,  Jeremiah,  Josiah,  Peter,  Rebecca  and 
Hezekiah. 

(HI)  Joshua,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(  Hobart )  Ripley,  was  born  in  Hingham,  Xo- 
vember  9,  1658,  died  May  18,  1738.  In  1688 
three  Ripley  brothers,  Joshua,  Jeremiah  and 
Hezekiah,  came  to  Connecticut,  where  Heze- 
kiah was  drowned  while  fording  Shetucket 
river.  Just  at  the  time  of  their  going  to  Xor- 
wich  plans  were  being  made  to  form  a  new 
settlement  to  the  north  of  Xorwich.  .After  the 
death  of  Joshua,  third  son  of  Uncas,  it  was 
found  that  he  had  left  a  will  bequeathing  a 
large  tract  of  Connecticut  territory  to  sixteen 
gentlemen  of  Xorwich  and  vicinity.  Joshua's 
title  to  some  of  this  land  was  disputed,  but  the 
Xorwich  legatees  succeeded  in  securing  pos- 
session of  an  extensive  tract  which  was  sur- 
veyed by  Simon  Huntington,  Thomas  Leffing- 
well  Jr.  and  Richard  Bushnell  under  the  di- 
rection of  L'ncas.  In  1685  this  was  laid  out 
in  forty-eight  allotments  of  one  thousand 
acres  each,  by  a  number  of  Xorwich  men. 
The  tract  included  a  large  part  of  the  present 
territory  of  Windham,  Mansfield,  Chaplin, 
Hampton  and  Scotland.  On  May  i.  1686,  the 
legatees  assembled  to  receive  their  allotments, 
and  "after  prayer  for  direction  and  blessing" 
they  drew  lots,  some  receiving  one,  others  sev- 
eral shares,  according  to  the  decision  of 
Cncas.  On  May  26,  1688,  Richard  Bushnell 
sulci  lot  II,  with  thousand  acre  rights  for  ten 
pounds,  ten  shillings  to  Jeremiah  Ripley,  of 
Hingham.  and  Daniel  \\'etherell  sold  an  allot- 
ment to  Joshua  Ripley.  In  the  autumn  of 
if)88  John  Cates  built  the  tirst  house  in  the 
new  plantation  in  1689.  In  1691  Joshua  and 
Jeremiah  Ripley,  John  Crane  and  others  built 
hiiuses  in  the  "Hitherplace."  now  the  west  side 


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of  old  Windham  street.  The  first  public  meet- 
ing was  recorded  May  i8,  1691.  John  Ripley, 
Jonathan  Crane,  and  William  and  John  Backus 
were  then  directed  "to  run  the  town  lines  from 
Ajjpaquagne  eight  miles  south  and  thence 
southwest  to  Willimantic  river."  This  work 
was  finished  by  May  28,  when,  at  another 
meeting.  Crane,  Ripley  and  Ginnings  were  ap- 
pointed "to  make  division  of  our  meadows," 
four  shillings  a  day  being  allowed  for  both 
services.  "May  12,  1692,  the  new  settlement 
was  made  a  new  township  and  named  Wind- 
ham. Eleven  names  were  signed  to  the  pe- 
tition asking  the  creation  of  the  new  town, 
and  the  name  of  Joshua  Ripley  headed  the 
list.  The  first  public  town  meeting  was  held 
June  12,  1692.  Joshua  Ripley  was  chosen 
town  clerk."  It  was  voted  to  petition  the  gen- 
eral court  for  liberty  to  portion  town  charges, 
and  that  Joshua  Ripley  should  manage  it.  In 
1693  J<i»'ithan  Ginnings  and  Joshua  and  Jere- 
miah Ripley  were  allowed  to  set  up  a  saw 
mill  with  the  privileges  of  a  dam  at  No  Man's 
.\cre  Brook.  Joshua  Ripley  was  appointed 
with  Cajitain  James  Fitch  and  John  Fitch  to 
settle  the  lines  at  Willimantic.  On  P'ebruary 
14,  1694.  he  was  again  chosen  with  Major 
Fitch  and  two  others  to  ff>rm  the  town  lines. 
I  f e  was  also  appointed  with  four  others  "to 
choose  two  lots  at  the  crotch  of  the  river,  one 
for  the  minister  and  one  for  the  ministry." 
Joshua  Ripley  was  elected  in  1698  town  clerk, 
and  was  also  the  first  justice  of  the  peace  ap- 
pointed in  Windham  county.  He  was  the 
first  deput}-  sent  by  the  town  of  Windham  to 
the  general  court.  This  was  in  May.  1699, 
and  he  held  this  office  until  1721.  He  was  one 
of  the  members  of  Rev.  Mr.  Whitney's  church, 
formed  December  10,  1700.  Joshua  Ripley, 
John  Backus  and  three  others  were  a  com- 
mittee to  direct  the  building  of  the  first  church. 
1702.  Mr.  Ripley  was  repeatedly  chosen  to 
arrange  town  boundary  lines.  In  1704  there 
was  trouble  with  the  Indians  and  a  train  band 
was  organized  and  a  watch  maintained. 
Messrs.  Whiting,  Joshua  Ripley  and  Crane 
were  appointed  a  committee  for  the  proprietors 
of  town  lands  with  (jower  "to  order  any  meet- 
ings, put  to  vote  any  matters  to  be  acted  upon, 
and  sign  the  acts."  New  lands  were  added 
to  the  town  and  Joshua  Ripley  was  one  of 
those  employed  to  divide  them  and  lay  out  a 
highway.  In  1713  a  new  meeting  house  was 
built  and  Joshua  Ripley  with  three  others 
again  arranged  the  seating,  and  two  of  them, 
Joshua  Ripley  and  John  Fitch,  received  "the 
chief    seat    in    front."     In    1721    he    was    ap- 


pointed to  settle  the  lines  of  Voluntown.  In 
1725  Joshua  Ripley  was  chosen  one  of  the 
representatives  of  the  brethren  to  act  with  the 
fleacons,  thus  "forming  one  of  the  seven  pil- 
lars," or  counsellors,  so  dear  to  the  early  set- 
tlers, and  the  pastor  was  requested  to  con- 
sult with  them  "on  all  emergent  occasions." 
The  first  court  of  pleas  which  met  in  Wind- 
ham county  was  held  at  Windham  (keen, 
Joshua  Rijjley  was  justice  of  the  quorum  for 
Windham.  Joshua  Ripley  Jr.  was  a  juryman. 
Joshua  Ripley  at  one  time  owned  the  iron 
works,  but  these  were  not  remunerative,  and 
were  sold  in  1 73 1.  Joshua  Ripley  died  after 
fifty  years  of  active  public  life.  It  has  been 
written  of  him  "He  was  a  man  of  sterling 
sense  and  sound  judgment,  widely  known  and 
respect,"  and  "often  called  to  public  services 
in  different  parts  of  the  colon)'."  The  follow- 
ing is  his  gravestone  inscription  :  "Here  lies 
peacefully  interred  the  body  of  Joshua  Rip- 
ley Es(|.  one  of  His  most  worshipful  Maj- 
esty's Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  county  of 
Windham."  He  married,  November  28,  1682, 
Hannah  Bradford,  born  May  9,  1662,  died 
May  28,  1738,  daughter  of  Deputy  Governor 
William  and  .Mice  (Richards)  Bradford,  and 
granddaughter  of  Governor  William  Bradford, 
of  Plymouth,  Massachusetts.  Their  twelve 
children  were :  .\lice,  Hannah,  Faith,  Joshua, 
.Margaret,  Rachel,  Leah,  Hezekiah,  David, 
Irene,  Jerusha  and  Ann. 

(I\')  Joshua  (2),  eldest  son  of  Joshua  (i) 
and  Hannah  (Bradford)  Ripley,  was  born 
May  13,  i688,  died  November  18,  1773.  He 
resided  at  Windham.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 3,  1712,  Mary  Backus,  born  November  8, 
1692,  died  October  19,  1770.  Children:  Mary, 
Phineas,  Hannah,  Nathaniel,  Elizabeth, 
Joshua,  Ebenezer,  William  and  John. 

(\')  Ebenezer,  son  of  Joshua  (2)  and 
Mary  (Backus)  Ripley,  was  born  June  22, 
1729,  died  June  11,  181 1.  He  resided  at 
\Vindham.  He  married,  June  11,  1752,  Me- 
hitable  liurbank,  born  July  28,  1729,  died  May 
20,  1813,  at  West  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  Captain  Abraham  and  Mehitable 
(Dwight)  Burbank,  of  Sufifield.  Children: 
Hannah,  Eleanor,  Jerusha,  Julianna,  Justin, 
.Abraham,  Abiah,  Dwight,  Ebenezer,  Thad- 
deus,  Anna  and  Horace. 

(VI)  Dr.  Dwight,  son  of  Ebenezer  and 
Mehitable  (Burbank)  Ripley,  was  born  Au- 
gust 7,  1764,  died  November  18,  1835.  When 
about  twenty-eight  years  of  age,  he  went  to 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  and  with  his  cousin, 
Benjamin  Dyer,  of  Windham,  established  the 


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firm  of  Uyer  &  Ripley,  druggists,  in  1793. 
This  partnership  was  soon  dissolved  and  he 
formed  a  second  with  another  cousin,  Horace 
Waldo.  They  were  the  tirst  wholesale  mer- 
chants of  Norwich.  Air.  Waldo  soon  retired 
from  the  firm,  but  Mr.  Ripley  carried  on  the 
business  for  forty  years.  He  was  fond  of 
military  display  and  was  a  major  of  the  mil- 
itia. He  bought  in  1816  the  former  home  of 
Joseph  Howland  on  Union  street,  a  large 
square  colonial  house,  standing  directly  on  the 
street,  with  high  recessed  steps  leading  to  the 
entrance  door,  and  having  terraced  gardens 
at  the  side  and  rear,  extending  from  Union  to 
Church  streets.  Here  he  resided  till  his  death 
in  1835.  .About  twenty  years  ago  the  house 
was  used  as  a  hotel,  but  was  destroyed  by  fire 
a  few  years  later,  and  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  building  now  occupies  its  site, 
and  the  Otis  Library  stands  on  a  part  of  the 
former  grounds.  He  married  (first)  April 
24,  1794.  Martha  Coit,  born  October  16,  1770, 
died  January,  1795,  without  issue.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Captain  Benjamin  and  Mary 
(Boardnian)  Coit,  of  North  Preston.  He 
married  (second)  February  24.  1796,  Eliza 
Coit.  daughter  of  Captain  William  and  Sarah 
(Lathrop)  Coit,  of  Norwich.  She  was  born 
January  11,  1772.  died  1846.  Their  children 
were :  Martha,  Eliza  Coit,  deceased,  William 
Dwight.  George  Rurbank,  Eucy  Coit,  Joseph, 
James  Leonard,  Eliza,  Harriet,  Daniel  Coit 
and  Jane. 

(\T1)  James  Leonard,  .son  of  Dr.  Dwight 
and  Eliza  (Coit)  Ripley,  was  born  March  18, 
1806,  died  June  10,  1888.  He  married,  June 
2.  1830,  Ruth  Leffingwell  Huntington,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  P.  and  Maria  (Perit)  Hunt- 
ington, of  Norwich.  He  became  a  merchant 
in  New  York,  traveled  extensively,  and  finally 
retired  from  active  business.  He  resided  at 
Norwich  and  died  while  visiting  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Henry  R.  Band,  at  New  London,  Con- 
necticut. Children:  Charles  P.  H.,  Martha, 
Mary  Perit,  Grace,  William  Coit  and  Samuel 
Huntington. 

(\'ni)  Charles  Phelps  Huntington,  eldest 
son  of  James  Leonard  and  Ruth  Leffingwell 
(Huntington)  Ripley,  was  born  at  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  November  26,  1832,  died  Decem- 
ber 9.  1901,  and  was  buried  at  Haverstraw-on- 
the-Hudson.  In  the  early  part  of  his  life  he 
was  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  in  New 
York  City,  and  was  a  successful  merchant.  He 
spent  many  years  before  his  death  in  Europe, 
where  lie  was  financially  successful  in  handling 
various  .American  inventions.     He  married  in 


Springlield,  August  13,  1856,  Harriet  Jencks 
Ingersoll.  born  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
October  i,  1835,  died  there  December  23,  1898. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Major  Edward  and 
Harriet  Jencks  (Child)  Ingersoll  (see  Inger- 
soll, \TI).  Five  children  were  born  of  this 
union:  I.  Charles  Stedman,  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  June  20,  1857;  lieutenant  in  the  United 
States  navy:  married,  April  15,  1886,  Kathar- 
ine Margaretta  von  Hausz,  daughter  of  John 
von  Hausz,  of  Speyer-on-the-Rhine ;  married 
(second)  at  Princeton,  Illinois,  October  22, 
1900,  Gertrude  Esther  Reed,  born  in  Prince- 
ton. Illinois,  July  22,  1870.  Her  parents  were 
William  Henry  and  Esther  Miller  (Reed).  2. 
I'^dward  Ingersoll,  Brooklyn,  New  York,  No- 
vember 16,  1838.  3.  A  daughter,  twin  to  Ed- 
ward Ingersoll,  died  young.  4.  James  Hunt- 
ington, mentioned  below.  5.  Henry  Brewer, 
New  York  City,  May  22,  1863,  died  young. 

(IX)  James  Huntington,  third  son  of 
Charles  P.H.  and  Harriet  J.  (Ingersoll)  Rip- 
ley, was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Octo- 
ber 3.  1859,  and  has  resided  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts,  since  1884.  He  was  educated 
in  private  schools  in  Brooklyn  and  in  the  well 
known  school  of  M.  C.  Stebbins,  of  Spring- 
field. He  is  engaged  in  mining  and  other  en- 
terprises in  the  west.  He  married,  February 
2,  1886,  Jennie  Tannatt  Day,  born  December 
26,  1861",  daughter  of  Alfred  Dewey  Van 
Horn  and  Mary  Louise  (Cook)  Day,  of 
Springfield  (see  Day,  VII).  They  have  one 
daughter,  Mary  Day,  born  in  Springfield,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1892. 

(The  Ingersoll   Line). 

In  the  year  1629,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I, 
Richard  Ingersoll  and  his  brother  John  came 
from  Bedfordshire,  England,  and  settled  in 
Salem,  Alassachusetts.  Richard,  the  elder 
brother,  brought  with  him  to  the  new  conti- 
nent his  wife  .Ann  and  a  family  of  two  sons 
and  four  daughters.  A  third  was  born  in 
Salem  about  1632.  Richard  Ingersoll  died  in 
Salem  in  1644.  Ann,  his  widow,  married  for 
a  second  husband  John  Knight,  of  Newbury. 
He  was  the  father  of  John  Knight  Jr.,  who 
married  Richard's  youngest  daughter,  Bath- 
sheba.  -Ann  was  his  second  or  third  wife. 
Children  of  Richard  Ingersoll:  i.  Lieutenant 
George,  born  in  England  in  1618,  consequently 
was  eleven  years  of  age  when  he  arrived  in 
America :  he  died  in  1694,  leaving  two  sons, 
George  and  Samuel.  2.  John,  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1623;  he  was  a  mariner,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a   freeman  at  Salem.   April  29,   1668; 


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he  married  Judith  Felton,  and  died  in  1716. 
3.  Alice,  born  in  England,  married  Josiah  Wal- 
cott.  4.  Joanna,  born  in  England,  married 
Richard  Pettingell  in  1643.  5.  Sarah,  born  in 
England,  married  William  Haines,  of  Salem, 
in  1644,  and  for  a  second  husband,  Joseph 
Houlton,  of  Danvers.  6.  Bathsheba,  born  in 
England,  married  John  Knight  Jr.,  of  New- 
bury, in  1647.  7.  Deacon  Nathaniel,  born  in 
Salem  about  1632;  was  admitted  a  freeman  at 
Salem,  Alarch  22,  1689;  he  married  Hannah 
Collins;  he  died  in  1719. 

John  Ingersoll,  younger  brother  of  Richard 
Ingersoll,  was  born  in  England  in  1615,  and 
therefore  was  about  fourteen  years  of  age 
when  he  left  England  to  come  to  America  with 
his  brother's  family.  For  a  time  he  lived  with 
his  brother  Richanl  at  Salem,  We  next  hear 
of  him  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  which 
place  he  settled  after  his  brother's  death.  In 
165 1  he  married  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Lord,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Hartford.  At 
the  time  of  his  marriage  he  was  thirty-six 
years  old.  and  his  wife  about  twenty-two.  The 
first  two  children  by  this  marriage  were  born 
in  Hartford:  i.  Ilannah.  born  in  1652.  2. 
Dorothy,  born  in  1654.  In  1655  John  and  his 
family  removed  to  Northampton,  Massachu- 
setts, in  which  place  another  daughter  was  soon 
born:  3.  Margery,  born  in  January,  1656 
(Northampton  records).  Mrs.  Ingersoll  was 
but  twenty-six  years  old  at  the  time  of  her 
death.  On  December  12,  1657,  about  one  year 
after  the  death  of  his  wife,  John  Ingersoll 
married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bascom. 
one  of  the  first  settlers  in  Windsor,  Connecti 
cut,  but  who  afterwards  removed  to  Northamp- 
ton, Massachusetts.  The  children  by  this  mar- 
riage, four  daughters,  were  all  born  in  North- 
ampton (Northampton  records).  4.  Abigail, 
born  January  11,  1658.  5.  Sarah,  October  30, 
1660.  6.  Abiah,  .August  24,  1663.  7.  Hester, 
September  9.  1665.  In  1666  John  "removed  with 
his  family  to  Woronoco,  which  was  the  Indian 
name  by  which  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  was 
then  known.  In  April  of  the  same  year,  and 
soon  after  his  arrival  in  Woronoco,  his  wife 
.Xbigail  died,  leaving  four  more  daughters  for 
John  to  care  for.  During  the  following  year, 
1667,  he  married  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
Hunt,  and  a  sister  of  Jonathan  Hunt,  of  North- 
ampton. The  name  of  Mary  Hunt's  mother 
previous  to  her  marriage  was  Mary  Webster, 
daughter  of  John  Webster,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Hartford,  and  the  fifth  governor 
of  the  colony  of  Connecticut,  chosen  in  1656. 
It  is  recorded  in  the  town  book  of  Westfield 


that  in  the  year  r666  land  was  granted  to  John 
Ingersoll  and  others,  and  that  he  settled  there 
in  that  year.      By  his  wife   Mary  there  were 
born   in   Westfield  eight  children,  seven   sons 
and  one  daughter,  and  their  names  and  dates 
of  birth  may  be  found  in  the  town  records  of 
Westfield.     8.  Thomas,  born  March  28,  1668. 
9.  John,  October  20,  1669.     10.  Abel,  Novem- 
ber II,  1671.     II.  Ebenezer,  October  15,  1673. 
12.  Joseph,  October  16,   1675.      13.  Mary,  No- 
vember 17,  1677,     14.  Benjamin.  November  15, 
1679.      15.    Jonathan,    May    10,    ifiSi.      John 
Ingersoll  died  in  Westfield,  September  3,  1684 
(Westfield  records),  in  the  seventieth  year  of 
his  age,  and  his  grave  may  be  found  in  the  old 
Westfield  cemetery.     His  widow  Mary  died  in 
Westfield.  August  18,  ifigof  Westfield  records). 
(  II )   Thomas,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Hunt)     Ingersoll,    was    born    in    Westfield. 
.Mas.sachusetts,   March  28,    1668.     On  the  old 
town  records  of  \\'estfield  is  found  the  follow- 
ing entry  :    "Thomas  Ingersoll  and  Sarah  Ash- 
ley  was   joined    in   marriage  July  22(1    1692." 
Robert    .Ashley,    the   settler,    established    him- 
self, with  his  wife  Mary,  in 'Springfield,  Mass- 
achusetts, in  1639.    David  .Ashley,  son  of  Rob- 
ert and  Mary  ,\shley,  first  resided  in  Spring- 
field,  but   about    1673   removed   to   Westfield. 
His   daughter   Sarah   was  born   in    Westfield. 
.September  19,  1673.     Five  children  were  born 
in  Westfield:     i.  Thomas,  born  November  27, 
1^192.     2.  Moses,  February  10,  1694.     3.  Mer- 
iam.  June  4,   1697.     4.  David,  September  30, 
1699.     5.  Eleanor,  March  12.  1704.     After  the 
birth  of  Eleanor,  his  wife  Sarah  died,  and  for 
a  second  wife  he  married  the  widow  of  Heze- 
kiah  Dickinson,  of  Springfield.     She  was  the 
daughter  of  Samuel    P>lakeman,  of  .Stratford, 
Connecticut,   and   granddaughter  of  the   Rev. 
.Adam    Iilakeman,    the    first    minister   of   that 
town.     There  were  no  children  by  this  mar- 
riage.    "Thomas  Ingersoll  and  .Abigail  Dickin- 
son were  married  January  21st  1707."  Abigail, 
wife   of   Thomas    Ingersoll,    died    March    30, 
1719.    For  a  third  wife  he  married  Ruth  Child, 
of  Watertown,  Connecticut.    No  children  were 
born.      They    were    married    May    17,     1720. 
Thomas  Ingersoll  died  in  Westfield,  Massachu- 
setts,   November    14,    1732,   in    the   sixty-fifth 
year  of  his  age,  and  his  widow  Ruth  died  Janu- 
ary 10,  1746-47  (Westfield  records). 

( III )  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (  i)  and 
Sarah  (.Ashley)  Ingersoll,  was  born  in  West- 
field,  Alassachusetts,  November  27,  1692,  and 
there  resided  during  the  whole  of  his  life.  He 
married  Sarah  Dewey,  of  Westfield.  Their 
eight    children   were   born    at    Ingersoll    Place, 


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and  their  names  and  dates  of  birth  may  be 
found  in  the  records  of  W'estfield :  I.  Jonathan, 
born  January  24.  171 5.  2.  Daniel,  May  26, 
1718.  3.  Sarah,  January  2^.  1720.  4.  Miriam, 
November  4.  1723.  5.  Margaret,  February  i, 
1727-28.  6.  John,  February  26,  1731.  7.  Mary, 
November   16,   1733.     8.  Ann,  June  2\.   1737. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Dewey)  Ingersoll,  was  born  in  W'estfield. 
Massachusetts,  February  26,  1731.  "John 
Ingersoll  and  Margaret  Moseley  was  married 
by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ballentine.  Sept.  21,  1752." 
They  had  nine  children,  all  born  in  W'estfield : 
I.  Margaret,  born  April  14.  1753.  2.  Molly, 
February  23,  1755.  3.  Lucretia,  August  21, 
1757.  4.  Isabel],  February  17,  1761.  5.  Electa, 
February  13.  1765.  6.  Anna,  September  8, 
i/'^/-  "•  John,  August  12,  1769.  8.  Charles, 
February  29,  1772.  9.  Cynthia,  October  22. 
1774.  John  Ingersoll  died  in  W'estfield,  March 
I,  1792,  and  his  widow  Margaret  died  May  27, 
1799  (W'estfield  records). 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Mar- 
garet (Aloseley)  Ingersoll,  was  born  in  West- 
field,  Massachusetts,  August  12,  1769.  He 
married  in  Northampton,  July  i,  1800,  Eliza- 
beth Martin,  of  English  Harbor,  Island  of  .An- 
tigua, West  Indies.  Children:  i.  Margaret, 
born  May  ifi,  1801.  2.  Elizabeth,  June  12, 
1803.  3.  Jane,  October  28,  1805.  4.  Mary. 
.\pril  26,  1808.  5.  Job,  August  13,  1810.  6. 
Edward,  December  18.  18 12.  7.  Martha  Ann, 
March  15,  181 5. 

(VI)  Major  Edward,  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  (Martin)  Ingersoll,  was  born  in 
W^estfield,  Massachusetts,  December  18,  1812. 
Two  years  later  the  family  removed  to  Spring- 
field, and  there  he  passed  his  youth  and  grew 
to  manhood  and  there  continued  to  reside  al- 
most uninterruptedly  until  his  decease,  Janu- 
ary 28,  1 89 1.  He  was  a  member  of  the  United 
States  army.  "^larried,  October  29th,  1834, 
Edward  Ingersoll  and  Harriet  J.  Child,  by 
Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Osgood  of  the  1st  Church  of 
Springfield."  Children:  i.  Harriet  Jencks. 
born  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  October  i, 
1835.  2.  Caroline  Phelps,  born  in  Savannah, 
Georgia,  February  i,  1838.  3.  W^illiam  Ed- 
ward, born  in  Springfield,  October  22,  1842. 
4.  John  Martin,  born  in  Springfield,  January 
26,  1845.  5-  James  Child,  born  in  Springfield, 
September  27,  1848.  6.  Lsabella,  born  in 
Sprinefield,  September  12,   1850. 

(VII)  Harriet  Jencks,  daughter  of  Major 
Edward  and  Harriet  J.  (Child)  Ingersoll,  was 
born  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  October  i. 


1835.  She  was  married  .August  13,  1856,  to 
Charles  Phelps  Huntington  Ripley,  of  New 
York  ( formerlv  of  Norwich,  Connecticut). 
(See  Ripley.  VHI). 

(The    Kellogg  Line). 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Martin  (c|.  v.j  and 
1  'rudence  (  Bird )  Kellogg,  was  born  probably  in 
liraintree,  England,  after  1630, died  January  17, 
171 1.  It  is  not  known  when  he  came  to  New 
England,  nor  whether  he  came  with  his 
brothers,  Joseph  and  Daniel.  The  first  record 
found  of  him  in  New  England  is  that  of  his 
first  marriage.  He  married  (first),  November 
24,  1664,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Day)  Gunn,  daughter 
of  Robert  and  Editha  (Stebbins)  Day,  of 
Hartford,  and  widow  of  Nathaniel  Gunn.  of 
Hartford,  She  was  slain  by  the  Indians,  Sep- 
tember 19,  1677.  He  married  (second)  March 
22,  1679,  Sarah,  born  1660,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Root,  of  Westfield.  She  died  Janu- 
ary 15,  1718-19. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Sarah  (Day)  (Gunn)  Kellogg,  was  born  in 
Hadley.  April  11,  i66g,  died  in  Colchester. 
Connecticut,  August  24,  1 70S.  W'hen  his 
mother  and  younger  brother,  Joseph,  were 
killed  by  the  Indians  in  the  attack  of  Hatfield. 
.Se])tember  19,  1677,  he  was  taken  prisoner  and 
carried  to  Canada.  He  removed  to  Colchester 
after  1701,  and  bought  land  there  from  his 
brother,  Nathaniel,  May  26,  1707.  He  mar- 
lied  Hannah,  born  January  18,  1666,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  and  Hannah  Dickinson,  of 
Hadley,  the  former  named  born  August,  1643. 
Hannah  (Dickinson)  Kell<igg  died  in  Colches- 
ter. August  3,  1745. 

(\')  Eunice,  daughter  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
Hannah  (Dickinson)  Kellogg,  was  born  in 
Hatfield,  August  3,  1701,  died  in  Colchester, 
May  24.  1794-  She  married,  July  11,  1728, 
Benjamin  Ouitterfield,  of  Colchester,  born 
April  II,  1704,  died  August  8,  1771,  probably 
the  son  of  Clement  Ouitterfield,  of  Colchester. 

(\^I)  Jacob,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Eunice 
(Kellogg)  Quitterfield,  was  born  April  12. 
1741,  died  IVIay  28,  1777.  He  was  pastor  of 
the  churches  in  Colchester  and  Antioch.  He 
married,  October  25,  1759,  Elizabeth  Kilborn. 

(\^II)  Eunice,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Kilborn)  Quitterfield,  married  Hugh 
Stevens. 

(VIII)  Sally,  daughter  of  Hueh  and  Eunice 
(Quitterfield)  Stevens,  married  Thomas  Cook 

(IX)  Mary  Louise,  daughter  of  Thomas. 
Jr.,  and   Sally   (Stephens)    Cook,  also  grand- 


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daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rachel  (Eggerston) 
Cook,  of  Athens,  New  York,  married  Alfred 
Dewey  Van  Horn  Day. 

(X)  Jennie  Tannatt,  daughter  of  Alfred 
Dewey  Van  Horn  and  Mary  Louise  (Cook) 
Day,  married  James  Huntington  Ripley,  of 
Springfield,   Massachusetts. 

The  surname  Furher  is  identical 
KUR15ER     with   Frobisher.     The  surname 

is  derived  from  the  trade-name. 
.\  frobisher  was  a  furbisher  or  polisher  of 
metals,  the  word  coming  from  the  F"rench 
fourbisseur,  an  artisan  who  polishes  or  mounts 
swords — a  sword  cutler.  The  surname  has 
been  in  use  from  the  earliest  days  of  surnames 
in  England.  Le  Furbur  is  found  in  the  Hun- 
dred Rolls.  The  Frobisher  family  of  Devon- 
shire bears  the  following  coat-of-arms :  Ermine 
on  a  f  esse  engrailed  azure  between  three  griffins 
heads  erased  sable  a  greyhound  courant  argent. 
The  Frobishers  of  Nottinghamshire  bear  similar 
arms,  indicating  relationship,  and  Burke  states 
that  they  came  originally  from  Yorkshire. 
Arms:  Ermine  on  a  fesse  engrailed  between 
three  griffins'  heads  erased  sable  with  a  collar 
gules  fimbriated  or. 

(I)  Lieutenant  William  Furber  was  born  in 
London,  England,  in  161 4,  died  in  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  T6y2.  He  shipped  from  Bristol. 
England,  in  the  ill-fated  ves.sel,  "Angel  Gab- 
riel," which  was  wrecked  August  15.  1635,  off 
the  shores  of  Pemaquid,  Maine.  The  passen- 
gers were  saved.  The  main  facts  of  the  wreck 
are  preserved  in  depositions  of  various  passen- 
gers. William  Furber  testified  December  i, 
1676,  as  to  the  wreck,  that  John  Cogswell 
saved  a  tent  which  he  lived  in  after  reaching 
the  shore ;  that  Cogswell  removed  to  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts,  where  Furber  also  went  and 
was  employed  by  Cogswell  there  for  a  year. 
He  tells  of  the  pewter,  beds,  brass  goods,  etc., 
of  Cogswell,  of  his  two  mares,  two  cows  and 
other  possessions  and  of  his  children.  Deacon 
Hains,  who  was  with  him,  settled  at  Ports- 
mouth, Furber  went  to  Dover  in  1637  and 
was  a  wheelwright  by  trade.  He  signed  the 
Dover  combination  in  1640  and  was  on  the  tax 
list  in  1648.  April  20,  1644,  he  was  appointed 
one  of  the  three  "wearsmen"  to  take  charge 
of  the  fishery.  He  was  one  of  the  signers  of 
the  remonstrance  against  the  oppressive  acts 
of  Governor  Cranfield,  and  in  1640  was  one 
of  twenty-five  petitioners  to  Governor  Dudley, 
rebuking  the  proceedings  of  Captain  L^nderhill, 
Tn  1655  he  was  one  of  the  jury  at  the  inquest 
on  the  death  of  John  Tuttell,  who  was  killed 


by  the  fall  of  a  tree.  He  bought  land  of  Sam- 
uel Austin  in  December,  1650,  and  sold  land, 
luly  2.  1657,  to  Thomas  Noke,  and  several 
parcels  at  various  times  to  Joseph  Austin.  He 
served  as  town  surveyor  with  Peter  Coffin  ;  was 
steward  of  Dover  in  1652;  selectman  in  1651- 
57-61-67-70-71-87-88;  sealer  of  leather,  1670; 
commissioner  of  highways,  1669;  "commis- 
sioner," 1662-66;  town  auditor,  1666;  juryman, 
1663-71:  moderator,  1663;  constable  in  1646. 
His  name  ap])ears  on  a  petition  to  the  General 
court,  October  10,  1663,  On  December  5, 
1652,  he  was  granted  mill  privileges  on  Fresh 
Creek,  and  also  twenty  acres  of  upland  abut- 
ting on  "ye  Gulfe,"  At  this  time  he  was  living 
(pu  Welch  or  Welshman's  Cove,  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  in  1653,  and  was  a  freeholder 
at  Dover  Neck  in  1687-88,  In  1675  he  was 
taxed  on  the  "provision  rate,"  His  estate  was 
settled  December  30,  1699,  and  divided  be- 
tween his  son  William,  and  his  daughters,  the 
wives  respectively  of  John  Dam,  John  Bick- 
ford  and  Thomas  Bickford,  He  was  living 
as  late  as  December  i,  1695,  He  served  as 
lieutenant  of  the  Dover  military  company.  He 
married  Elizabeth ,  Children:  i,  Will- 
iam, born  1646,  mentioned  below,  2,  Jethro, 
had  land  at  Long  Point  in  1677,  died"  1704, 
married  Ann  Cowell,  3,  Moses,  4,  Elizabeth, 
married  John  Dam,  5,  Susanna,  married  John 
Bickford.  6.  Bridget,  married  Thomas  Bick- 
ford, 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Will- 
iam (i)  Furber,  was  born  in  1646,  died  Sep- 
tember 14,  1707,  He  was  ensign  of  the  Dover 
company,  appointed  in  1689,  He  had  a  grant 
of  land  in  1694  at  Bloody  Point,  now  the  town 
of  Newington,  New  Hampshire,  He  also 
signed  the  remonstrance  against  the  oppression 
of  Governor  Cranfield,  He  was  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1695-96-97-98-99-1703-04: 
selectman,  1696.  In  January,  1698,  he  was  one 
of  the  fourteen  who  signed  the  "Anti-Catholic 
declaration  of  the  New  Hampshire  General 
.\ssembly."  He  married  (fir.st)  :  (sec- 
ond), August  13,  1694,  Elizabeth  Nute,  widow 
of  James  Nute,  She  was  born  September  15, 
1653,  died  November  9,  1705.  He  married 
(third)  Elizabeth  Kennard,  of  Portsmouth, 
in  April,  1706,  Children:  Elizabeth;  Will- 
iam, mentioned  below, 

(III)  William  (3),  son  of  Ensign  William 
(2)  Furber,  was  born  in  1672,  died  March  20, 
1757,  He  resided  in  what  is  now  Newington, 
New  Hampshire,  He  married,  about  1709, 
Sarah   Nute,  daughter  of  James   Nute,     She 


was  born  in 


16 


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(lied  Ajiril  28,  1762,     Chil- 


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dren,  born  in  Dover:  1.  William.  2.  Nehe- 
miah,  born  January  21,  1710;  married  Abigail 

.     3.  Betliia,  baptized  June  i,  1718.     4. 

Jerusha,  baptized  August  7,  1720.  5.  Jethro, 
mentioned  below.    (Order  of  birth  not  known  ). 

6.  Elizabeth.  7.  Richard.  8.  Abigail.  9. 
Moses.     10.  Esther. 

(IV)  Jethro,  son  of  William  (3)  Furber, 
was  born  in  1708.  He  lived  at  Newington  and 
he  and  his  wife  owned  the  covenant  there  June 

2,  1734.  He  married,  at  Newington,  Septem- 
ber 17,  1733,  Phebe  Fabyan.  Children,  born 
at  Newington:  i.  Jethro,  baptized  June  2, 
1734,  died  young.    2.  Child,  baptized  December 

7,  1736.  3.  Jethro,  born  June  2,  baptized  June 
4,  1734.  4.  Leah,  baptized  1740.  5.  John,  born 
October  27,  1742,  mentioned  below.  6.  Jo- 
seph, baptized  October  28.  1744.  7.  Eli,  bap- 
tized March  29,  1747.    8.  l^hebe,  baptized  June 

4.  1749- 

(\  )  John,  son  of  Jethro  Furber,  was  born 
at  Newington,  October  27,  1742.  Fie  settled 
in  W'olfboro,  New  Hampshire.  According  to 
the  first  federal  census,  taken  in  1790,  he  was 
the  only  head  of  a  family  of  this  name  in  Wolf- 
boro,  having  two  males  over  sixteen,  three 
under  that  age,  and  three  females.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Fatty  Marshall:  (second)  .Abigail 
Lord.  Children  of  first  wife:  I.  Pattie,  born 
October  4,  1768;  married  Thomas  Cotton.  2. 
Betsey,  December  8,  1770;  married  Jane  Cate. 

3.  Jolui,  January  20,  1773;  married  (first) 
Sally  Leavitt,  (second)  Hannah  Yeaton.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  4.  Joseph,  March  11, 
1785,  mentioned  below.  5.  W'illiam  Lord, 
July  19,  1786;  married  Abigail  Rendell.  6. 
Daniel  F.,  April  27,  1788;  married  (first) 
Sally  Chesley ;  (second)  Nancy  Ferren.  7. 
Polly,  May  31,  1791. 

(VI)  Captain  Joseph,  son  of  John  Furber, 
was  born  March  11,  1785,  at  Wolfboro.  He 
married  (first)  Sally  Folsom;  (second)  Betsey 
Cross.  Children:  i.  William,  born  May  4, 
1809.  2.  Mark  F.  3.  John  Snell,  October  14, 
1819;  mentioned  below.  4.  Mary  Ann.  5. 
Sally,  died  aged  fourteen,  fi.  Joseph,  born  1831  : 
married  Mary  Doherty.  7.  Marsha,  born  in 
\'ermont. 

( \TI )  John  Snell,  son  of  Joseph  Furber. 
was  born  October  14,  181 9,  died  in  February, 
1890.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  his  early  life  was  spent  in  Wolfboro.  In 
1846  he  went  to  Chelsea,  Massachusetts,  and 
the  next  year  to  Pepperell,  Massachusetts,  and 
in  1848  removed  to  Londonderry,  New  Hamp 
shire.  He  was  an  honored  and  useful  citizen, 
a  consistent,  active  Christian,  as  shown  by  his 


example,  contributions,  voice  and  influence. 
He  married,  June  n,  1845,  Laura  .\nn  Wallis, 
of  Derry,  New  Hampshire,  born  October  20, 
1821.  Children:  i.  John,  born  at  Chelsea, 
August  6,  1846.  2.  Laura,  October  7,  1847; 
married  Captain  George  Garvin.  3.  Louis, 
October  5,   1848;  married  Clara  J.  Marshall. 

4.  Oscar  E.,  June  11,  1851,  mentioned  below. 

5.  Frank,  August  26,  1852:  married  Mary  Mc- 
Kay. 6.  Elbridge,  March  30,  1863;  died  Sep- 
tember 12,  1 88 1. 

( VTII)  0.scar  E.,  son  of  John  Snell  Furber, 
was  born  at  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire. 
June  II,  1 85 1.  He  attended  the  public  schools. 
F>om  early  youth  he  evinced  an  aptitude  for 
mechanics,  and  when  a  young  man  demon- 
strated his  capacity  for  useful  invention.  .At 
the  age  of  twenty-one  he  went  to  Saco,  Maine, 
and  established  the  Furber  Pump  Works.  He 
patented  the  F'urber  Bracket,  the  Pond  Lily 
Force  Pump,  and  various  useful  devices  used 
in  the  manufacture  of  ]jumps.  Subsequently 
he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  Tennessee. 
Returning  to  New  England,  he  engaged  in 
business  as  a  carpenter  and  builder  in  Boston. 
He  took  a  prominent  position  in  this  line  of 
business,  and  became  one  of  the  most  success- 
ful builders  in  Boston.  Fie  built  many  homes 
f<ir  the  wealthy  on  Huntington  avenue,  Boston, 
also  apartment  houses  and  a  score  of  houses 
un  Humboldt  avenue,  Ro.xbury,  and  many  on 
Beacon  street,  Brookline.  He  became  one  of 
the  largest  taxpayers  in  Boston,  through  his 
investments  in  valuable  real  estate.  He  was 
a  shrewd  and  far-sighted  investor,  and  on  sev- 
eral occasions  his  knowledge  relating  to  real 
estate  transactions  has  been  sought  by  the 
courts.  He  is  himself  a  skillful  craftsman  and 
master  of  his  business,  and  has  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  everyone  with  whom  he  has 
dealings.  Absolutely  honest  and  of  unquestion- 
ed integrity,  his  character  has  made  him  suc- 
cessful. He  is  a  member  of  Rabboni  Lodge,- 
I'^ree  Masons ;  Saint  Paul's  Chapter,  Royal 
.Arch  Masons,  joining  November  21,  1905.  In- 
dependent in  politics,  he  exerts  his  influence 
always  for  the  best  as  he  understands  the  situ- 
ation. In  religion  he  is  a  Cniversalist.  He 
married,  November  30,  1882,  Lizzie  Ella  Mur- 
ray, born  at  Greene,  Maine,  November  25, 
1858.  (Ceremony  by  Rev.  W.  S.  Mclntire,  of 
the  Methodist  church).  She  was  educated  in 
the  public  and  private  schools  in  her  native 
town,  and  studied  music  under  the  private 
tutorship  of  I'rofessor  Carl  Petersilea,  the 
noted  Boston  musician.  She  joined  the  Ham- 
mond  Street   Methodist   Church   at   Lewiston. 


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Maine,  in  1881,  Rev.  J.  Benson  Hamilton  being 
pastor  at  that  time.  She  is  a  member  of  Key- 
stone Chapter,  No.  18,  Massachusetts  Division. 
Order  of  the  Eastern  Star;  Bunker  Hill  Chap- 
ter,  Daughters   of  the   American   Revolution, 


since  June   7.    i! 


Her  mother,    Elizabeth 


(Warren)  Murray,  is  one  of  the  oldest  mem- 
bers of  this  chapter.  In  April,  IQOQ,  Mrs. 
Furber  was  chosen  as  a  delegate  to  the 
eighteenth  continental  congress  of  the  National 
Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  held  at  Washington,  District  of 
Columbia.  Children:  I.  Edith  L.illian,  born 
June  21,  1884;  studied  three  years  in  the  New 
England  Conservatory  of  Music  and  a  year  in 
the  Emerson  School  of  Oratory,  taking  the 
course  in  voice  and  physical  culture ;  member 
of  Keystone  Chapter,  No.  18,  Order  of  the 
Eastern  Star,  serving  in  the  office  of  "Adah" 
in  the  chapter  in  1907-08:  married.  June  18, 
1907,  Richard  Gardner  Hartshorn,  of  Wake- 
field, Massachusetts,  son  of  Joseph  K.  and 
Ida  (Coffin)  Hartshorn,  of  Salem.  2.  Mabelle 
Laura,  February  i,  1889;  graduate  of  Brook- 
line  high  school,  1907;  studying  music  under 
the  private  tutorshi]3  of  Mrs.  Bosworth,  of 
Boston.  Both  daughters  are  members  of  St. 
Mark's  Methodist  Church  in  Brookline,  teach- 
ers in  the  Sunday  school  and  very  active  in 
all  church  work. 

(The    Murray    Line). 

No  family  of  Scotland  has  had  a  more  dis- 
tinguished record  than  that  of  Murray.  The 
family  is  said  by  good  authority  to  be  of  Flem- 
ish origin.  As  early  as  the  year  1250  the  sur- 
name was  common  in  several  counties  of  Scot- 
land, and  at  an  ancient  date  branches  were 
found  in  the  counties  of  Fife,  Forfar,  Peebles, 
Dumfries,  Selkirk,  Wigton,  Edinburgh,  Lanark, 
Perth,  Stirling  and  Linlithgow.  Among  the 
titles  and  honors  possessed  by  the  Murray  fam- 
ily of  Scotland  may  be  mentioned :  The  Duke- 
dom of  Athol  and  Marquis ;  the  earldoms  of 
Annandale,  Athol,  Dunmore,  Dysart,  Mansfield, 
Strathern  and  Tullibardine ;  viscountcies  of 
Amnan,  Fincastle,  Glendhuard,  Peebles  and 
Stormont ;  lordships  of  Balvand,  Bothwell, 
Cockpool,  Elibank,  Hunting^ower,  Lochmaben 
and  Scoon.  Although  there  are  forty-seven 
coats-of-arms  borne  by  the  Murray  family  of 
Scotland  and  England,  many  are  very  similar, 
evidently  elaborations  of  the  oldest  armorial : 
A/.ure  three  stars  or.  Various  branches  of  the 
Scotch  and  Scotch-Irish  Murray  family  settled 
in  Maine.  In  1790  Nathan  and  Samuel  Murray 
had  families  at  Berwick,  York  countv,  Maine ; 


.\nthony  Murray  and  his  family  lived  at  Gor- 
ham,  and  William  and  John  Murray  at  Shap- 
leigh. 

(I)  Trueworthy  Murray,  of  Scotch  ances- 
try, probably  of  the  Berwick  family,  settled  in 
Waterville,  formerly  Winslow,  Maine.  He  had 
children:  William,  .\ie,  Ira,  DoUie,  Jerry  AL. 
Keziah,  Hezekiah. 

( II)  Hezekiah,  son  of  Trueworthy  Murray, 
was  born  in  what  is  now  Brunswick,  Maine. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Warren,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  Warren  (see  Warren,  V).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Angeline,  born  August  28,  1842;  mar- 
ried (first)  George  S.  Morrill;  married  (sec- 
ond )  Herbert  .-K.  Wentworth  ;  no  children.  2. 
Frances  .Ann,  born  August  11,  1844;  married 
Alonzo  W.  Sturges  :  children  :  Ralph  Alonzo 
and  Leigh  Francis.  3.  Jennie,  born  February 
28.  1846;  married  Charles  E.  Fogg;  child, 
Fannie.  4.  Olivett,  born  March,  1848;  mar- 
ried William  H.  Merrill ;  children  :  Frank  and 
Flora.  5.  Jerry  B.,  born  April  11,  1850.  6. 
Josephine  Fuller,  born  July  20,  1852;  married 
Charles  A.  Fogg ;  children :  George,  Clara 
Walter,  Alice  May.  7.  Franklin  P.,  born  No- 
vember 22,  1854.  8.  John  Martin  Robbins 
born  June  13,  1856;  married  Annie  Partridge; 
children:  One  who  died  in  infancy,  Daisy. 
Frank.  9.  Lizzie  Ella,  born  November  25. 
1858:  married,  November  30,  1882,  Oscar  E. 
Furber  (see  Furber,  VIII).  10.  Dora  Ada. 
born  October  22,  i860;  married  Lincoln 
Mower;  child,  Isla  M.  11.  Clara  Ellen,  born 
February  16,  1862;  married  F.  Farris  White; 
children :  Ethel,  Louis,  Ralston,  Pearl,  Mar- 
ion. Gladys,  Joseph  Spencer. 

(The    Warren    Line). 

The  surname  Warren  is  derived  from  Gar- 
enne  or  Varenne,  a  small  river  in  the  old  coun- 
ty of  Calais  or  Caux  in  Normandy,  which  gave 
its  name  to  the  neighboring  commune  and  is 
only  a  few  miles  from  Dieppe.  There  is  at 
present  a  village  called  Garenne  in  the  same 
district  and  it  is  here  that  the  origin  of  the 
family  has  been  fixed  by  historians.  On  the 
west  side  of  the  river  Garenne  was  the  ancient 
baronial  seat  of  the  de  Warrennes  and  some 
of  the  ruins  were  standing  in  1832.  The  sur- 
name has  assumed  different  forms  from  time 
to  time — Gareyn,  Wareyn,  Waryn,  Warin, 
Warynge,  Waryng  and  Warren. 

The  ancestors  of  perhaps  all  the  English. 
Scotch  and  Irish  families  of  Warren  was  Will- 
iam de  Warrenne,  who  came  to  England  with 
William  the  Conqueror,  and  was  related  to 
him  both  by  marriage  and  descent.     He  had 


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a  cunsidt'rable  command  at  the  battle  of  Hast- 
ings and  on  account  of  his  valor  and  fidelity 
obtained  immense  grants  of  land  from  the  Con- 
queror. He  had  lands  in  Shropshire,  Essex, 
Suffolk,  Oxford,  Hants,  Cambridgeshire, 
Bucks,  Huntingdon,  Bedfordshire,  Norfolk. 
Lincoln  and  Yorks,  amounting  in  all,  according 
to  Hume,  to  three  hundred  lordships.  He 
became  the  first  Earl  of  Warren  and  Surrey. 
His  wife  Gundreda,  daughter  of  William  I., 
and  a  descendant  of  Charlemagne,  died  May 
27,  1085,  and  was  buried  in  the  chapter-house 
of  the  Ir'riory  of  Lewes,  county  Sussex.  Her 
tombstone  is  still  in  existence.  The  earl  died 
June  24,  1088.  His  epitaph  has  been  preserved, 
though  the  gravestone  is  lost  or  destroyed.  In 
1845  ^1''^  coffers  containing  the  bones  of  the 
earl  and  countess  were  disinterred  and  are  now 
in  the  church  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  South- 
over.  The  history  of  the  Warren  family  has 
been  written  and  is  exceeded  in  interest  and 
antiquity  by  none  in  England. 

The  family  described  in  this  sketch  were, 
according  to  tradition,  of  a  Scotch  family. 
The  Scotch  Warrens  were  descended  from  the 
Yorkshire,  England,  branch  of  the  descend- 
ants of  the  Earl.  The  earls  of  Warren  and 
Surrey  held  much  landed  property  in  York- 
shire after  the  conquest  and  they  built  Con- 
ingsburgh  Castle  and  founded  the  Priory  of 
Coningsburgh,  which  was  connected  with  the 
mother  house  of  Lewes  Priory.  The  coat-of- 
arms  of  the  Yorkshire  family  of  Warren  is: 
Chequy  or  and  azure  on  a  bend  gules  three 
leopards  rampant  of  the  first.  The  prominence 
of  the  \N'arren  family  is  shown,  it  should  be 
said,  by  the  fact  that  twenty  Warren  families 
of  Ireland  possess  coats-of-arms  and  forty  or 
more  in  England.  There  are  no  armorial  fam- 
ilies in  Scotland,  according  to  Burke,  though 
doubtless  many  descendants  have  lived  there 
from  time  to  time.  General  Joseph  Warren, 
the  hero  of  Bunker  Hill,  born  1741,  son  of 
Joseph,  born  1696,  grandson  of  Joseph,  born 
1663,  and  great-grandson  of  Peter,  of  Boston, 
born  1628,  is  not  known  to  be  related  to  the 
family  of  this  sketch,  though  tradition  tells  us 
that  there  was  some  connection.  The  relation- 
ship is  probably  very  distant. 

(I)  tames  Warren,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  or  Scotland,  and  tradition 
says  that  he  was  among  the  prisoners  that 
Cromwell  sent  to  New  England  after  his  vic- 
tory over  the  royal  troops  at  Dunbar  in  the 
north.  James  Warren  settled  in  Kittery, 
Maine,  in  the  upper  part  of  the  town,  now 
South  Berwick,  before  1656.     He  had  several 

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grants  of  land  and  held  various  town  ofl[ices. 
He  was  selectman  several  years.  His  will  was 
dated  December  9,  1700,  and  proved  Decem- 
ber 24,  1702.  His  wife  Margaret  was  a  native 
of  Ireland.  Her  will  was  dated  December  13, 
1712,  and  proved  October  15,  1713.  Children: 
I.  Gilbert,  born  1656.  2.  James,  1658;  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Margaret.  1660.  4.  Grisel, 
.March  6,  1662.     5.  Jane. 

(II)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Warren, 
was  born  in  1658,  and  inherited  the  homestead 
in  Kittery.  He  served  as  selectman  of  the 
town  in  1701-02-03,  and  held  other  town 
offices.  In  17 13  he  was  one  of  a  committee 
of  six  to  treat  with  a  like  committee  of  Kit- 
tery on  the  division  between  the  towns.  In 
1719  he  was  appointed  a  surveyor  to  run  the 
division  line.  He  married,  in  1691,  Mary  Foss. 
(laughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Foss  or  Frost, 
of  Dover,  New  Hampshire.  Children:  i. 
Mary,  born  February  23,  1692.  2.  Margaret, 
.Vovember  5.  1694.  3.  James,  January  9,  1698. 
4.  Rachel.  August  26,  1700;  died  September  13. 
'7°.^  5-  Gilbert,  .\pril  30,  1703.  6.  John, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  John,  son  of  James  (2)  Warren,  was 
born  December  16,  1705.  He  lived  in  Berwick, 
and  owned  considerable  real  estate.  His  house 
was  standing  in  1898.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  grand  jury,  and  at  the  inferior  court  at 
York  in  1730-37,  and  held  various  offices  in 
Berwick  up  to  1762.  His  will  was  proved 
February  24,  1769.  He  married  Mary  Heard, 
born  June  10,  1709,  daughter  of  Tristram  and 
.'\bigail  Heard,  granddaughter  of  the  immi- 
grant John  and  Elizabeth  Heard,  of  Dover. 
New  Hampshire.  John  Heard  was  of  the 
Dover  combination  in  1640  and  Tristram  in- 
herited the  garrison  house  of  his  father  at 
Garrison  Hill,  Dover,  saved  by  Elder  William 
Wentworth  in  the  massacre  of  1689.  Children : 
I.John,  born  March  5,  1731.  2.  Tristram.  3. 
Nathaniel.  4.  Ichabod,  March  14,  1736.  5. 
Pelatiah,  mentioned  below.  6.  Kezia.  married, 
May  28,  1747,  Alexander  Grey.  7.  Margaret, 
married  Thomas  Frost.  8.  Mary,  married, 
.August  29,  1765,  . 

(IV)  Pelatiah,  son  of  John  Warren,  was 
born  in  Berwick,  Maine,  and  was  not  of  age 
when  his  father  made  his  will  in  1768.  He 
settled  in  Royalsborough,  now  Durham,  Maine, 
and  was  a  blacksmith  and  farmer.  He  served 
in  the  revolution,  was  at  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill,  and  was  in  Captain  John  Lane's  company, 
enlisted  from  North  Yarmouth,  July  29,  1775, 
discharged  November  i,  1775.  He  probably 
re-enlisted,  as  he  is  accredited  in  a  list  of  pen- 


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sioners  from  Royalsborough.  He  lost  an  eye 
in  the  service.  He  removed  to  Monmouth, 
Maine,  in  179".  He  married,  June  18,  1777, 
Sarah  Parker,  in  old  Xorth  Yarmouth.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Rebecca,  born  March  24,  1778.  2. 
William  (twin),  September  2,  1779.  3.  Na- 
thaniel (twin),  September  2,  1779,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Pelatiah,  June  21,  1781.  5.  Sarah. 
.\ugust  2T,,  1783.  6.  Samuel,  March  29,  1786. 
7.  Lydia,  Alay  9,  1789.  8.  Sabina,  June  9,  1791. 
(V)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Pelatiah  Warren, 
was  born  at  Durham,  Maine,  September  2, 
1779.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 
He  married  Prudence  Ann  Jordan.  Children  : 
I.  Patience,  born  November  4,  1819.  2.  Eliza- 
beth, born  September  28,  1823;  married  Heze- 
kiah  .Murray  (see  Murray,  11). 


(11)   Isaac  Fowle,  son  of  George 
P'OWLK     I^owle  (q.  v.),  born  at  Charles- 
town,    1648,  died  there  October 

15,  1718,  in  his  seventieth  year  (gravestone). 
Married,  November  30,  167 1,  Beriah  Bright, 
born  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  Septem- 
ber 22,  1649,  youngest  daughter  of  Henry  and 
.Ann  (Goldstone)  Bright.  Henry  Bright  was 
one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  Watertown,  a 
deacon  of  the  church,  selectman,  and  was  de- 
scended from  a  distinguished  English  family. 
Isaac  Fowle  was  admitted  freeman  May  3, 
1676.  In  that  year,  with  his  brother  Zechariah, 
he  served  in  King  Philip's  war,  and  was  after- 
wards a  lieutenant  in  a  military  company  at 
Charlestovvn.  His  will,  dated  December  4, 
1717,  probated  November  9,  1718,  bequeathed 
to  his  widow  Beriah  the  full  and  sole  improve- 
ment of  all  his  estate,  real  and  personal,  so 
long  as  she  should  remain  his  widow.  His 
wife  and  son  Henry  were  appointed  executors. 
Henry  died  about  1724,  and  she  died,  as  Isaac's 
widow,  at  Charlestovvn,  October  7,  1734,  leav- 
ing a  will  bequeathing  her  estate  to  the  six 
children  of  her  daughter,  Abigail  (Fowle) 
Smith.  Beriah  Fowle  was  taxed  in  Charles- 
town  in  1 72 1  and  1729-34.  Children,  born  at 
Charlestown:  i.  .'\bigail,  June  16.  1674,  died 
there  young,  drowned  in  well,  August  26,  1677. 
2.  Isaac,  .August  31,  1676,  see  forward.  3. 
.Abigail,  .August  7,  if')79,  died  1730;  married, 
1699  or  T700,  Captain  William  Smith,  born  at 
Charlestown,  March  24,  1666-67,  died  there 
June  3,  1730.  4.  Henry,  April  3,  1686,  died 
about  1724:  married,  September  3,  1 71 5, 
Bethia  Stimpson,  born  at  Charlestown,  March 

16,  1689-90,  died  there  .August  20,  1744,  daugh- 
ter of  Andrew  and  .\bigail  (Sweetser)  Stimp- 
son, of  Charlestown.     .She  married   (second). 


May  10,  1732,  Captain  Henry  Davis,  mariner, 
of  Charlestown,  and  survived  him.  5.  Bright 
(son),  February  16,  1689-90,  died  there  Sep- 
tember 1 1,  1690. 

L  aptain  \\'illiam  Smith,  who  married  Abi- 
gail Fowle,  was  a  wealthy  shipmaster  and 
merchant  of  Charlestown.  They  had  a  son, 
Isaac  Smith,  born  1719,  died  1787,  who  was  one 
of  the  wealthiest  merchants  of  Boston  and  the 
largest  ship  owner  of  his  day.  He  was  a  liberal 
contributor  of  funds  to  carry  on  the  revolu- 
tion. He  married  Elizabeth  Storer.  William 
Smith,  son  of  Isaac  Smith,  born  1755,  Har- 
vard College  graduate,  1775,  was  also  a  mer- 
chant of  Boston  and  was  a  soldier  of  the 
revolution.  He  married  Hannah  Carter,  of 
Ncwburyport,  and  they  were  parents  of  Thomas 
Carter  Smith,  who  became  a  sea  captain,  wa,s 
treasurer  of  the  Lewis  Wharf  Corporation 
of  Boston.  1842  to  1880,  and  well-known  as  a 
man  of  strong  character.  Captain  William  and 
.Abigail  (  Fuwle  )  Smith  had  another  son.  Rev. 
\\  illiam  .Smith,  grafluated  from  Harvard  Col- 
lege, 1725,  for  nearly  half  a  century  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Weyinouth,  Massachusetts,  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Colonel  John 
Ouincy,  of  Mt.  Wollaston,  Massachusetts,  a 
direct  descendant  of  Rev.  Thomas  Shepard, 
the  eininent  Puritan  divine  of  Cambridge,  and 
a  great-grandniece  of  the  Puritan  preacher. 
Rev.  John  Norton,  of  the  Hingham  meeting- 
house, l^)Oston,  Rev.  William  and  Elizabeth 
(Quincy)  Smith  had  a  daughter  .Abigail  who 
became  the  wife  of  President  John  Adams  and 
mother  of  President  John  Quincy  Adams.  The 
above  shows  that  she  was  great-granddaughter, 
through  her  father,  of  Isaac  and  Beriah 
( Bright )  Fowle. 

(Ill)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  and  Ber- 
iah (  Bright)  Fowle,  was  born  at  Charlestown, 
.August  31,  1676.  Married,  December  i.  1698, 
Rebecca  Burroughs.  Children:  i.  Isaac,  born 
at  Charlestown,  .August  5,  1699:  married,  at 
Boston,  March  15,  1722-23,  Ellen  Bridge,  born 
at  Boston,  August  6,  1702,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Christian  Bridge.  They  lived  in  Bos- 
ton and  were  members  of  the  First  Church, 
of  which  Rev.  Thomas  Foxcroft  was  then  pas- 
tor. He  performed  the  marriage  cereinony  for 
them,  and  upon  the  records  of  this  church  are 
the  baptisms  of  seven  sons  and  nine  daughters 
born  to  them  during  the  years  1724  to  1747, 
both  inclusive.  Isaac  Fowle  was  a  cooper.  2. 
Nathaniel,  born  at  Charlestown.  March  (bap- 
tized 15)  1701-02.  3.  Henry,  born  at  Charles- 
town, February  15,  1703-04,  died  in  infancy. 
4.  Ilenrv,  born  at  Charlestown,  September  7, 


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1707,  see  forward.  5.  Rebecca,  born  at  Charles- 
town,  September  i,  1709. 

(I\'j  Henry,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  and  Ellen 
(Bridge)  Fowle,  was  born  at  Charlestown, 
September  7.  1707,  died  at  Aledford.  Massa- 
chusetts, May  II,  1756.  Alarried  (first)  Janu- 
ary 29,  1736,  at  iNIedford,  Sarah  Peirce,  of 
Medford,  who  died  there  March  7,  1736-37, 
aged  twenty-seven  years.  Married  (second) 
March  6,  1738,  Dorothy  Secomb,  born  at  Med- 
ford, January  24,  1715-16,  died  there  May  5, 
1 791,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Anne  Secomb. 
Children,  all  born  at  Medford,  the  first  by  wife 
Sarah  and  the  remainder  by  wife  Dorothy:  i. 
Sarah,  October  26,  1736;  married,  at  Medford, 
December  13,  1757,  James  Webber.  2.  Doro- 
thy, July  4,  1739;  married  at  Medford,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1765.  Samuel  Whitmarsh.  3.  Henry, 
March  15,  1740-41,  died  at  Medford.  June  13, 
1810:  married  (first)  at  Medford,  January  8, 
1765-66.  Mary  Patten,  died  July  14,  1778,  at 
Medford,  aged  thirty-two  years;  (second)  at 
Medford,  November  28.  1782,  Rebecca  How- 
ard, died  at  Medford,  August  i,  1810,  less  then 
two  months  after  the  death  of  her  husband, 
aged  fifty-six  years.  Henry  Fowle  was  a  tailor. 
4.  Rebecca,  March  30,  1743:  married  at  Med- 
ford, May  12,  1763,  John  Raymond.  5.  Isaac, 
June  22,  1745.  6.  Ann,  March  22,  174(3-47: 
married  at  Boston,  May  19,  1768,  Captain  John 
Skillings.  7.  Nathaniel,  January  5,  1749-50; 
married  Rhoda  Clapp.  8.  Jonathan,  see  for- 
ward. 

(\')  Jonathan,  son  of  Henry  and  Dorothy 
(  Secomb)  Fowle,  was  born  at  Medford,  Mass- 
achusetts, January  i,  1752,  died  at  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  November.  1828.  Married 
Sarah  ( Sally )  Makepeace,  born  at  Norton, 
Massachusetts,  December  14,  1760,  died  at 
West  Roxbury,  now  that  part  of  Boston  called 
Jamaica  Plain,  December  14,  1799.  on  the 
thirty-ninth  anniversary  of  her  birthday,  and 
the  same  day  that  President  George  Washing- 
ton died.  She  was  daughter  of  Captain  George 
Makepeace,  of  Norton,  who  married  Sarah 
Pearson,  of  Norton,  May  12,  1757,  when  she 
was  at  the  age  of  only  fifteen  years  one  month 
sixteen  days.  Captain  Makepeace  was  a  prom- 
inent citizen  of  Norton,  where  he  filled  some 
of  the  most  important  and  responsible  ofiices, 
including  that  of  town  treasurer  in  1772.  About 
the  commencement  of  the  revolutionary  war 
he  removed  to  Boston,  was  a  captain  in  that 
vifar,  and  is  spoken  of  as  a  brave  and  energetic 
officer.  There  is  a  muster  roll  at  the  State 
House,  Boston,  of  Captain  George  Makepeace's 
company.    Colonel    John    Daggett's    regiment. 


that  marched  December  8,  1776,  on  an  alarm 
in  Rhode  Island,  and  another  of  a  company 
which  he  commanded  in  Colonel  George  Will- 
iams's regiment,  that  marched  October  13, 
1777,  to  Tiverton,  in  Rhode  Island.  When  first 
in  Boston  he  had  a  grist  mill  on  Mill  creek  at 
the  north  end.  In  1777  he  bought  "a  certain 
house  on  the  Town  Dock"  near  his  mill,  and  in 
1782  and  again  in  1794  bought  land  near  the 
drawbridge  by  Mill  creek.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  was  engaged  quite  largely  in  com- 
mercial business  on  Long  Wharf,  and  was  at 
one  time  one  of  the  largest  traders  at  the  West 
Indies.  During  the  depredations  of  the  French 
on  our  commerce  he  was  one  of  the  largest  suf- 
ferers, having  had  several  very  valuable  vessels 
and  cargos  taken.  After  these  severe  losses 
he  removed  in  1802  from  Boston  to  Lynn, 
.Massachusetts,  where  he  owned  mills  called 
"Mde  Mills,"  which  he  carried  on  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  removing  in  181 5  to  Charlestown, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days  in  a 
spacious  and  elegant  mansion  which  he  owned. 
Me  died  there  in  October,  1819,  aged  eighty- 
live  years,  and  his  wife  died  there  ten  years 
later,  April  9,  1829,  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven 
years. 

Jonathan  Fowle  was  a  coach  or  chaisemaker 
m  Boston,  one  of  the  most  prominent  and 
reputable  in  this  line  of  business,  and  there  is 
evidence  in  the  amount  of  real  estate  which 
he  owned  at  various  times  and  the  inventory 
of  his  estate  after  his  death  that  he  accumu- 
lated considerable  property  and  was  a  very 
well-to-do  man  for  his  times.  According  to 
the  first  national  tax  census  in  1798,  he  owned 
three  shops  and  twenty-six  hundred  feet  of 
land  on  the  corner  of  Water  and  Leverett 
(now  Congress)  streets,  assessed  at  $5,500, 
also  a  house  and  two  thousand  and  sixty-four 
feet  of  land  on  the  south  side  of  Milk  street, 
at  that  portion  which  is  now  Post  Office 
S(|uare.  This  was  his  homestead,  and  the 
house  must  have  been  quite  pretentious,  as  it 
is  described  as  a  wooden  dwelling  containing 
nine  hundred  and  sixty  square  feet,  three 
>tories,  twenty-four  windows,  and  valued  at 
^2,500.  He  also  owned  a  twenty-three  acre 
tract  of  land  on  Washington  and  Amory  streets. 
West  Roxbury,  where  he  bought  a  summer 
home  in  which  he  resided  all  the  \^ear  round 
after  he  retired  from  business.  He  sold  this 
place  about  1824  and  removed  to  Cambridge. 
Massachusetts.  It  was  in  the  West  Roxbury 
home  that  his  wife  died  in  1799,  and  a  portion 
of  this  house  is  still  in  existence.  Mr.  Fowle 
purchased  this  tract  of  land  in  1790  for  $3,100, 


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and  since  then  one-half  of  it  has  brought  $90,- 
000.  The  land  now  occupied  by  the  Notre 
Dame  Academy,  opposite  Townsend  street, 
was  a  part  of  this  tract,  and  the  well-known 
Amory  Grove  is  also  a  portion  of  it.  Many 
apple  trees  on  this  estate  were  set  out  by  Jon- 
athan Fowle  and  his  son,  George  M.  Fowle, 
and  were  more  than  one  hundred  years  old 
when  cut  down  in  1909.  Among  the  papers 
of  General  William  Hull,  of  I'.oston,  after  his 
death,  was  found  the  following  receipt:  "Bos- 
ton, March  16,  1781.  Received  of  Col.  Wm. 
Hull,  eleven  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  for  a  chaise  and  harness.  Jonathan 
Fowle."  After  removing  to  Cambridge,  Jon- 
athan Fowle  made  a  will  dated  August  20 
1824,  which  is  on  file  with  quite  a  number  of 
other  probate  papers  connected  with  it,  at  the 
East  Cambridge  registry  of  deeds.  The  in- 
ventory of  his  estate  includes  his  dwelling 
house  at  Cambridge  and  a  house  and  land  at 
4  Wharf  street,  Boston,  also  one-half  of  a 
tomb  in  Boston,  this  being  one  of  the  old 
tombs  still  preserved  at  the  southerly  end  of 
Boston  Common.  The  most  of  his  estate  at  his 
death  was  in  Boston  bank  stocks  and  real  estate 
mortgages.  The  inventory  totals  nearly  $20,- 
000,  in  addition  to  bad  notes  due  him  amount- 
ing to  about  $4,000,  and  other  property  which 
he  spoke  of  as  having  disposed  of  before  death 
to  his  children.  He  befiueathed  all  his  estate 
to  his  children.  In  the  description  of  old  flags 
at  the  State  House,  Boston,  appears  the  fol- 
lowing: "The  time-worn  and  weather-beaten 
bunting  flag  draped  above  the  north  columns 
was  made  in  1781  for  Jonathan  Fowle  of  Bos- 
ton. The  thirteen  stars  are  arranged  in  his- 
torical lines."  This  flag  was  presented  to  the 
commonwealth,  February  22,  1906,  by  a  grand- 
son of  Jonathan  Fowle,  and  is  of  the  original 
design  adopted  by  congress,  and  is  thought  to 
be  the  only  one  of  the  original  flags  of  this  de- 
sign in  existence.  The  following  letter  from 
Governor  Curtis  Guild,  of  Massachusetts,  is 
self-explanatory  and   exceedingly  interesting: 

Cominniiwealth  of  Massachusetts. 

Executive  Department. 
Boston,  February  28.  1906. 

My  Dear  Mr.  Fowle: — 

I  take  great  pleasure  in  formally  accepting  the 
flag  tendered  by  you  to  the  Commonwealth  as  a 
gift.  In  making  the  gift  you  were  good  enough  to 
state  that  this  fiag,  with  Its  thirteen  stars,  was 
manufactured  by  your  grandfather  in  1781.  that  it 
was  flown  over  Fort  Independence  in  Boston  Harbor 
during  the  war  of  1812,  when  your  father,  then  a 
member  of  the  Boston  Rangers,  was  a  part  of  the 
garrison  of  that  post,  and  since  your  father's  death 


I  understand  that  it  has  been  in  your  possession.  I 
cannot  too  highly  commend  the  spirit  of  patriotism 
which  has  induced  you  to  offer  thhs  interesting  relic 
to  the  Commonwealth.  The  love  for  the  flag  which 
is  inlierent  in  the  breast  of  every  true  American 
cannot  be  too  frequently  stimulated.  I  accept  your 
gift  in  the  spirit  you  so  generously  manifest  and 
beg  to  assure  you  that  the  flag  passed  into  the 
custody  of  the  Sergeant-at-Arms,  who  will  place  it 
in  an  appropriate  position  w^ere,  with  similar 
emblems,  it  will  continue  to  give  its  message  to  tiie 
young  Americans. 

With  liigh  respect  and  esteem,  believe  me, 
Cordiailj-   j-ours. 

CURTIS  GUILD,   JR. 
.Mr.   George  W.  Fowle. 

.lamaica  Plain,  Boston. 

C'liildrcn  of  Jonathan  Fowle:  I.  Sarah 
Makepeace,  born  at  Boston,  August  20,  1786; 
married  Dr.  Theodore  Dexter,  of  Boston.  2. 
.\nn  S.,  born  at  Boston,  November  27,  1787, 
died  there  June  16,  1875,  in  her  eighty-eighth 
year:  married  Nathaniel  Fowle,  jewelry  dealer 
of  Northampton,  Alassachusetts,  and  resided 
in  that  city.  3.  Jonathan,  Jr.,  born  at  Boston, 
October  2,  1790,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
.sylvania,  1829;  married  Ann  ;  had  sev- 
eral children  born  in  Philadelphia.  He  was  a 
lawyer  there.  4.  George,  born  at  Boston,  Jan- 
uary 5,  1793,  died  there  August  31,  1793.  5. 
George  Makepeace,  born  at  Boston,  February 
3,  1796,  see  forward.  6.  Lucretia,  born  March 
21,  1798,  died  October  7,  1859;  married,  De- 
cember 8,  1817,  Samuel  Abbott,  born  at  North 
.\ndover,  Massachusetts,  June  29,  1787,  died 
.\ugust  10,  1852,  son  of  John  Lovejoy  Abbott, 
of  North  Andover.  For  many  years  Samuel 
.Vbbott  was  a  prominent  merchant  of  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts. 

(VF)  George  Makepeace,  son  of  Jonathan 
and  Sarah  (Sally)  (Makepeace)  Fowle,  was 
born  at  Boston,  February  3,  1796,  died  at 
.\rlington,  Massachusetts,  Noveiuber  26,  1874. 
Married  at  Boston,  January  26,  1819,  Mar- 
garet Lord  Eaton,  born  at  Boston,  February 
3,  1796,  on  the  same  day  as  her  husband,  died 
at  We.st  Roxbury,  May  23,  1870,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Allen)  Eaton,  of  Bos- 
ton. In  early  manhood  Mr.  Fowle  engaged  in 
the  service  of  the  United  States  government 
and  was  sent  to  Westfield,  New  York,  at  the 
extreme  westerly  end  of  the  state,  on  Lake 
Erie,  to  establish  a  custom  house  to  handle 
goods  imported  from  Canada.  When  but 
seventeen  years  of  age,  as  a  member  of  the 
Boston  Rangers.  He  had  served  in  the  garri- 
son at  Fort  Independence  during  the  war  of 
t8i2,  thus  giving  evidence  of  that  martial  spirit 
which  has  always  been  an  inherent  character- 


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istic  of  the  Fowle  family,  and  was  not  long  in 
VVestfield  before  he  became  a  member  of  the 
militia  and  as  colonel  of  a  regiment  was  quite 
a  factor  in  that  section.  While  he  was  there, 
in  1824,  General  Lafayette  made  his  second 
visit  to  this  country,  his  mission  being  to  attend 
the  laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  Bunker  Hill 
Monument.  It  was  during  this  visit  that  con- 
gress voted  him  $200,000  in  appreciation  of 
his  services  to  this  country  during  the  revolu- 
tion, and  also  a  tract  of  twenty-four  thous- 
and acres  of  land  in  the  then  distant  west. 
Being  curious  to  have  a  look  at  his  real  estate, 
he  traveled  across  the  country  by  the  old  stage 
coaches,  and  on  his  way  passed  through  West- 
field,  where  he  stopped  a  couple  of  days  and 
was  given  a  royal  reception.  Mr.  Fowle,  as 
head  of  the  militia  regiment,  had  a  prominent 
part  in  the  arrangement  and  carrying  out  of 
the  programme,  which  included  an  elaborate 
ball,  in  tlie  evening,  at  which  Lafayette  engaged 
in  the  first  dance  with  ]\Irs.  Fowle. 

A  few  years  later  Mr.  Fowle  returned  with 
his  family  to  New  York  City  and  for  several 
years  was  engaged  in  chartering  vessels  and 
taking  freight  and  passengers  to  many  parts  of 
the  world,  his  office  being  at  No.  97  Pine  street. 
About  four  days  before  he  was  to  set  sail  on 
one  of  his  voyages,  a  man  came  into  his  office 
and  inquired  the  cost  of  a  ])assage  to  Tunis. 
and  on  being  informed  by  Mr.  Fowle  he  said 
it  would  take  about  all  the  money  he  had  and 
leave  him  little  on  which  to  live  after  his  arrival 
there,  whereupon  Mr.  Fowle  offered  to  let  him 
live  on  the  vessel  without  extra  charge  in  the 
meantime.  The  next  evening  ]Mr.  Fowle  and 
the  man  were  walking  along  Broadway  and 
stopped  in  front  of  a  house  to  listen  to  a  woman 
who  was  playing  upon  a  piano  and  singing. 
One  of  the  songs  was  "Home,  Sweet  Home," 
and  as  the  woman  finished  singing  it  the  man 
turned  to  Mr.  Fowle  and  remarked:  "I  wonder 
what  the  woman  would  say  if  she  knew  that 
the  author  of  that  piece  was  standing  out  here 
listening  to  it."  After  Mr.  Fowle  could  find 
words  to  express  his  astonishment  at  discover- 
ing that  his  compani(in  was  John  Howard 
Payne,  the  latter  explained  how  he  came  to 
write  the  song.  "There  were  four  of  us 
boys,"  he  said,  "who  were  accustomed  to  meet 
at  an  eating  saloon,  and  one  night  while  there 
one  of  the  boys  suggested  that  we  try  to  write 
a  song  about  home.  We  drew  lots  and  the 
task  fell  to  me  to  write  it,  and  what  that 
woman  has  just  sung  was  the  result  of  my 
effort."  Payne  had  been  appointed  United 
States   consul   to   Tunis,   and    was  then   about 


to  set  sail  for  his  post  of  duty.  Mr.  George 
W.  I'owle,  of  Jamaica  Plain,  Boston,  a  son 
of  Mr.  George  M.  Fowle,  upon  whose  author- 
ity the  writer  of  this  sketch  has  related  the 
above  story,  has  a  couple  of  autograph  letters 
at  his  home  written  by  Payne  to  Mr.  Fowle 
from  Tunis. 

(ieorge  ^L  h'owle  removed  from  New  York 
to  Boston  about  1834  and  there  engaged  in 
the  same  business  as  in  New  York.  About 
1849  he  went  to  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  to 
engage  in  newspaper  work  with  his  sons,  John 
A.  and  George  W.  Fowle,  and  resided  there 
about  six  years,  returning  to  West  Roxbury  in 
1855,  where  he  resided  during  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  was  attacked  with  pneumonia 
while  on  a  visit  to  his  son,  Samuel  A.  Fowle, 
at  .\rlington,  Massachusetts,  and  died  after  a 
few  days"  illness,  November  26,  1874.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Get)rge  Washington,  born  at  New 
^\)rk,  July  9,  1821  :  see  forward.  2.  Infant, 
deceased.  3.  John  Allen,  born  at  Westfield, 
New  York.  March  25.  1824;  lost  his  life  in  a 
fire  which  burned  Mr.  Fowle's  home  at  West- 
field,  December  3,  1825.  4.  John  Allen,  born 
at  Boston,  A])ril  4,  1826:  married  (first)  at 
Boston,  April  9,  185 1,  AdeHne  Frances  Gif- 
ford,,  born  at  Falmouth,  Massachusetts,  June 
15,  1829.  died  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Boston,  Feb- 
riiarv  26.  1861,  daughter  of  Christopher  and 
I'Lliza  (Adams)  Gifford :  married  (seqond) 
Elida  R.  Rumsey,  at  Washington,  D.  C. ;  chil- 
dren by  wife  Adeline:  i.  John  Allen  Jr.,  born 
at  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  April  24,  1852, 
died  at  Oakland,  California,  about  i8g8,  leav- 
ing a  widow  and  three  children;  ii.  Edward 
(iifford.  born  at  Boston,  November  23,  1857. 
died  there  .Kjjril  19,  1858:  iii.  Addie  Gifford, 
burn  at  Boston,  December  25,  1859;  unmar- 
rieil.  Children  by  wife  Elida  R. :  iv.  Florence 
Howard,  born  at  Brooklyn.  New  York;  mar- 
ried at  Bo.ston,  December  25.  1889,  William 
Jefterson  Parker  Jr.,  born  at  Boston,  son  of 
\\'illiam  Jeft'erson  and  Jessie  D.  Parker,  of 
Boston  ;  v.  Edward  Rumsey,  born  at  Brook- 
lyn, New  York.  February  2,  1872;  vi.  James 
Walter  Rumsey,  born  at  Boston,  July  22, 
1878.  died  at  Rochester,  New  York,  March  12, 
1900.  5.  Samuel  Abbott,  born  February  3, 
1830,  died  October  13,  1831.  6.  Samuel  Ab- 
bott, born  at  New  York  City.  June  21,  1832; 
married  (first)  at  Woburn,  Massachusetts, 
November  25,  1856,  Mary  Wittemore  Cutter, 
born  at  Woburn,  November  18,  1834.  died  at 
West  Cambridge  (now  Arlington)  Massachu- 
setts, July  21,  1856,  daughter  of  Dr.  Benja- 
min and  Mary   (  Whittemore)   Cutter,  of  Wo- 


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burn;  married  (second)  December  26,  1866, 
at  Arlington,  Massachusetts,  Harriet  Russell 
Adams,  born  at  Lexington,  May  8,  1835,  died 
at  Arlington,  April  I,  1873,  daughter  of  Amos 
and  Rebecca  ( Whittemore )  Adams;  married 
(third)  at  Lexington,  April  21,  1875,  Mary 
Frances  Russell,  born  at  Bellows  Falls,  Ver- 
mont, daughter  of  Warren  Edmund  and  Sarah 
Ann  (Richards)  Russell,  of  Lexington;  chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  i.  Mary  Emma,  born  at 
Charlottetown,  Prince  Edward  Island,  Febru- 
nry  16,  1858;  unmarried;  ii.  Margaret  Lord, 
born  at  Charlottetown,  August  i,  i860;  mar- 
ried, January  12,  1887,  George  \V.  W.  Sears, 
<if  Boston,  ("hildren  by  second  wife:  iii. 
.Samuel  Abbott  Jr.,  born  at  Arlington,  April 
I,  1868,  died  there  in  infancy  ;  iv.  Elsie  May, 
born  at  .Arlington,  October  26,  1870,  died  there 
January  5,  1875 ;  v.  and  vi.  WilHam  Adams 
and  (jeorge  Makepeace,  twins,  born  at  Arling- 
ton, March  26,  1873 ;  William  Adams  died 
May  26,  1874;  George  Makepeace  is  living  at 
Arlington,  unmarried.  Children  of  third 
wife:  vii.  Josephine  Russell,  born  at  Arl- 
ington, April  I,  1876;  unmarried;  viii.  Elliot 
Russell,  born  at  Arlington,  September  22, 
1878;  married  at  Boston,  May  15,  1907,  Ber- 
tha A.  Bushby,  born  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  Warren  and  Ada  F.  (Hall) 
Bushby ;  i.x.  Grace  Elizabeth,  born  at  Arling- 
ton, April  9,  1883;  unmarried.  Samuel  Ab- 
bott Fowle  was  for  many  years  proprietor  of 
the  Arlington  (_irain  and  Drug  Mills. 

(VII)  (jeorge  Washington,  son  of  George 
Makepeace  F'owle,  was  born  in  New  York, 
July  9,  1821.  Married  at  Boston,  Thanks- 
giving day,  November  27,  1845,  Eliza  Dudley, 
born  at  Lexington,  Massachusetts,  March  23, 
1818,  died  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Boston,  January 
15,  1905,  aged  eighty-six  years  ten  months, 
daughter  of  John  and  Esther  Eliza  (Smith) 
Dudley,  of  Lancaster,  and  sister  of  Brigadier 
General  Xathan  A.  M.  Dudley,  U.  S.  A.,  now 
retired.  George  W.  Fowle  has  always  taken 
a  deep  interest  in  the  general  affairs  of  life, 
and  with  faculties  still  good,  mind  alert  and 
memory  retentive,  even  at  the  great  age  of 
nearly  eighty-nine  years,  he  is  enabled  to  re- 
call and  relate  many  interesting  incidents  that 
have  occurred  during  his  long  life.  .\s  a  child 
he  was  held  in  the  arms  of  General  Lafayette 
at  the  reception  given  at  Westfield,  New  York, 
to  that  distinguished  friend  of  our  country. 
He  has  a  vivid  impression  ot  the  ravages  of 
the  cholera  which  spread  from  England 
through  New  York  in  1832  and  continued  its 
scourge  down  through  the  states,  and  even  as 


far  as  Central  America.  This  was  when  he 
was  only  eleven  years  of  age,  but  he  recalls 
even  now  the  sight  of  the  death  teams  going 
by  his  h(mie  in  New  York  City,  loaded  with 
bodies  of  the  victims  of  this  terrible  plague. 
He  knew  William  Lloyd  Garrison  and  saw 
him  mobbed  in  the  streets  of  Boston,  and  in 
later  years  stood  with  him  at  the  corner  of 
Washington  and  State  streets  and  watched  the 
First  regiment  of  colored  soldiers  go  to  the 
civil  war  under  command  of  Colonel  Robert 
Gould  Shaw.  He  saw  John  Wilkes  Booth 
standing  in  the  rear  of  his  house  three  days 
before  Lincoln  was  assassinated.  Booth  had 
been  at  a  social  gathering  at  Brookline  the 
night  before,  which  was  also  attended  by  Ben- 
jamin T.  Stevenson,  a  neighbor  of  Mr.  Fowles, 
and  had  told  Mr.  Stevenson  that  he  must  get 
back  to  Washington  at  once  to  look  after  some 
mining  interests.  As  it  was  then  too  late  to 
start,  Mr.  Stevenson  invited  Booth  to  stay 
over  night  at  his  home  in  Jamaica  Plain, 
which  he  did,  and  left  for  Washington  the 
next  day.  It  was  on  that  morning  that  Mr. 
I'owle  saw  the  two  men  standing  together, 
and  Mr.  Stevenson  greeted  him  as  he  passed 
them.  Three  days  later  came  the  shocking 
news  that  I'resident  Lincoln  had  been  shot, 
and  that  day  Mr.  Fowle  met  his  neighbor 
again,  who  informed  him  that  it  was  Mr. 
r.ooth  who  was  standing  with  him  that  morn- 
ing as  Mr.  Fowle  passed.  Mr.  Stevenson  ex- 
pressed his  great  astonishment  at  the  sad  news, 
as  during  the  time  that  Booth  was  with  him 
he  had  not  once  mentioned  the  name  of  Lin- 
coln, and  it  was  hard  to  believe  that  Booth, 
his  guest,  and  Booth,  the  assassin,  were  one 
and  the  same  person. 

Mr.  Fowle  was  a  bookbinder  in  Boston  in  his 
early  business  career  and  had  a  shop  next  to 
Wiliiani  Lloyfl  (iarrison's  offices.  In  1844  he  re- 
moved to  Woburn.  where  he  had  purchased  a 
printing  and  stationery  business.  He  was  lo- 
cated first  in  Wade  Block,  on  the  northwest- 
erly side  of  Main  street,  but  after  a  few  years 
he  purchased  the  Wood  Tavern  property  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  street  and  erected  a  frame 
building  which  is  still  in  existence  and  was 
quite  good-sized  for  those  days,  and  there 
he  e.-^tablished  the  first  and  which  for  many 
years  continued  to  be  the  only  book  store  in 
Woburn.  He  added  book  publishing  and 
binding,  and  in  185 1  founded  the  Woburn 
Joiinial,  a  weekly  newspaper,  still  published 
by  George  A.  Hobbs.  The  office  and  editorial 
rooms  were  on  the  second  tloor.  In  the  news- 
jiaper  venture  he  was  joined   by  his  brother, 


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John  A.  Fowle,  who  became  editor,  the  firm 
name  being  Fowle  &  Brother.     The  first  issue 
of  the  Wobitrn  Journal  was  dated  October  18, 
1851.     The     brothers     dissolved     partnership 
April    I,    1853,  George  W.   Fowle  continuing 
the  printing  and   publishing  business   on   his 
own  account,  together  with  the  book  and  sta- 
tionery   store.     .\t    this    time    Mr.     Fowle's 
father,  George  M.   Fowle,  was  announced  as 
editor.     A  year   later  Mr.   Fowle  determined 
on  the  advice  of  his  physician  to  dispose  of 
his    business    on    account    of    rapidly    failing 
health    caused    by    too    close    application    and 
confinement.     He    engaged    with    two    young 
men  to  take  charge  of  the  paper,  and  the  title 
was  changed  to  Middlesex  Journal  in  order  to 
broaden  its  field.     Mr.  Fowle  then  took  a  trip 
to  the    Provinces    for    his    health,   and   w-hile 
there  found  a  customer  for  his  plant — John  J. 
Pippv,     of     Charlottetown,     Prince     Edward 
Island,    who   bought    out   the    whole    of    Mr. 
Fowle's  business  interests  in  June,   1854,  and 
the   latter    removed    to    West    Roxbury,    now 
famaica  Plain,  the  following  year,  to  the  sec- 
tion near  where  his  grandfather  had  lived  half 
a  century  before.     There  he  erected   a  com- 
modious'dwelling,  now  No.  214  Chestnut  ave- 
nue, where  he  has  resided  ever  since.     He  has 
occupied  himself  in  the  erection  of  dwellings 
for  sale  and  rent,  and  has  thereby  secured  a 
competency,  as  well  as  regaining  his  health  by 
being  in  the  open  air.     He    has    built    about 
thirty  houses  in  all,  and  has  been  an  important 
factor  in  the  building  up  of  that  section.     He 
is  a  well-known  figure  in  Jamaica  Plain,  and 
is  respected  by  every  one.     In  1855  Mr.  Fowle 
disposed  of  his  real  estate  in  Woburn  to  the 
W'oburn     Bank    Corporation,    which    erected 
just    north   of    Fowle's    Block   the    fine    brick 
building  which  has  since  been  occupied  by  this 
corporation    and    its    successors.     Mr.    Fowle 
is  the  only  charter  member  of  the   Boylston 
Congregational  Church,  which  he  was  active 
in  organizing   about    forty   years   ago   and   of 
which  he  was  treasurer  for  a  number  of  years 
and  has  been  a  deacon   for  twenty-six  years. 
In  1905  the  society  tendered  him  a  reception 
in  observance  of  his  residence  of  half  a  cen- 
tury in  that  district,  and  on  that  occasion  he 
was  presented  with  a  gold-headed  ebony  cane. 
About    a   quarter   of   a   century   ago   he   was 
treasurer  for  nearly  nine  years  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Horticultural  Society  of  Boston,  and 
for  the  past  eleven  years  has  been  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Boston  Industrial  home,  a  tempo- 
rary non-sectarian  relief  and  rescue  home  for 
unfortunates,  located  at  the  corner  of  Davis 


street  and  Harrison  avenue.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican,  but  never  aspired  to  pubHc 
office. 

Mr.  Fowle  has  an  adojited  son,  George  H. 
I'owle,  born  December  10,  1874;  married, 
lanuary  10,  1900,  at  Boston,  Lilian  Robinson, 
"born  in  Bristol,  England,  daughter  of  William 
and  F'anny  (Hobbs)  Robinson.  They  have 
children,  born  in  Boston :  Norman  Robinson. 
August  13,  1900,  and  Constance  Lilian,  Janu- 
ary 19,  1903. 

The    members   of   the   Dwight 
|)\\  hHIT     family  have  been  very  widely 

noteil  for  their  love  of  liberty, 
their  belief  in  progress,  and  their  readiness  to 
adopt  new  ideas  looking  to  the  continued  ad- 
vancement of  huiuanity  and  civilization. 
Manv  (if  the  men  of  this  family  are  remarkable 
tor  their  natural  executive  ability  under  what- 
soever conditions  may  confront  them,  whether 
in  material  concerns  or  matters  afl^ecting  the 
higher  interests  of  the  community. 

(I)  John  Dwight,  the  coiumon  ancestor, 
caiue  with  his  wife.  Hannah,  and  daughter. 
Hannah,  and  two  sons,  Timothy  and  John,  from 
Dedham,  England,  to  America  in  the  latter 
])arl  of  1634  or  the  beginning  of  the  year 
1635.  He  settled  in  the  town  of  Dedhaiu, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  is  found  of  record 
September  i,  1635,  the  day  of  the  first  town 
meeting  held  by  twelve  persons  w'ho  consti- 
tuted it.  He  was  a  well-to-do  farmer,  the  sec- 
ond man  of  wealth  in  the  town,  and  was  emi- 
nently useful  in  the  community.  He  is  de- 
scribed in  the  town  records  of  Dedham  as 
"having  were  publicly  useful"  and  "a  great 
peacemaker."  He  was  selectman  for  sixteen 
years,  1639-55.  and  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Church  of  Christ,  which  was  formed 
in  Dedham  in  1638.  His  wife,  Hannah,  died 
September  5,  1656.  and  he  married  (second) 
a  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ripley.  He  died  February 
3,  1660.  His  children,  all  born  of  the  first 
"wife,  were:  Hannah.  Timothy,  John,  Mary, 
and  .'^arah. 

ill)  Captain  Timothy,  elder  son  of  John 
and  Hannah  Dwight.  was  born  1629.  in  Eng- 
land, and  came  to  America  with  his  father  and 
settled  in  Dedham,  where  he  was  made  a  free- 
man in  1655.  was  for  ten  years  town  clerk, 
selectman  for  twenty-five  years  (1664-89), 
and  a  representative  of  the  town  to  the  general 
court  1691-2.  In  his  younger  years  he  was 
cornet  of  a  troop,  and  afterward  a  captain  of 
foot.  He  went  out  ten  times  against  the  In- 
dians, nine  of  whom  he  killed  or  took  prisoner 


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—such  was  the  predatory  warfare  that  they 
kept  up  against  the  town.  It  is  recorded  of 
Captain  Dwight  that  "he  inherited  the  estate 
and  virtues  of  his  father,  and  added  to  both." 
He  is  thus  described  in  the  church  records: 
"Timothy  Dwight,  Esq.,  a  gentleman  truly 
serious  and  godly,  one  of  an  excellent  spirit, 
peaceable,  generous,  charitable,  and  a  great 
promoter  of  the  true  interests  of  the  Church 
and  town."  He  married  (first)  November  ii. 
165 1,  Sarah  Sibley,  who  died  May  29,  1652. 
He  married  (second)  May  3,  1653,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Michael  Powell,  who  died  June 
2j,  1664,  and  their  children  were:  Timothy, 
Sarah  (died  young),  John.  He  married 
(third)  January  9,  1665,  Anna,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Henry  Flint  of  Braintree,  Massachu- 
setts, who  was  born  September  11,  1643,  and 
died  January  29,  1686.  Of  this  marriage  were 
born  ten  children,  namely:  Josiah  (died 
young),  Nathaniel,  Samuel  (died  young),  Rev. 
Josiah.  Seth,  Anna.  Captain  Henry,  Michael, 
Daniel  and  Jabez.  He  married  (fourth)  Jan- 
uary 7,  1687,  Mrs.  Mary  Edwind  of  Reading. 
Massachusetts,  a  widow,  who  died  without 
issue,  August  30,  1688.  He  married  (fifth) 
July  31,  i(Kjo.  Esther  Fisher,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Daniel  Fisher.  She  died  January  30,  1691, 
and  he  married  (sixth)  February  i,  1692, 
Bethiah  Moss,  who  died  February  6,  1718, 
without  issue.  He  died  full  of  age  and  hon- 
ors January  31,  1718. 

(IH)  Justice  Nathaniel,  fourth  scmi  of  Cap- 
tain Timothy  Dwight,  and  second  child  of  his 
third  wife,  .\nna  Mint,  was  born  November 
20,  1666,  in  Dedham,  and  removed  to  Hat- 
field, same  colony,  and  about  1695  located  in 
.Vorthampton,  where  he  passed  the  remaining 
sixteen  years  of  his  life.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  trader,  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  surveyor 
of  lands  on  a  large  scale.  He  was  a  man  of 
considerable  wealth  and  large  influence.  Like 
his  father,  grandfather  and  many  of  his  de- 
scendants, he  was  decidedly  religious  in 
thought  and  conduct.  He  married,  December 
9,  1693.  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Colonel  Sam- 
uel and  Mehitable  (Crow)  Partridge,  of 
Hatfield,  born  August  26,  1675,  died  October 
19-  1756-  He  died  November  7,  171 1,  at  West 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  while  there  on  busi- 
ness, and  was  buried  there.  His  widow  sur- 
vived him  forty-five  years,  and  died  at  North- 
ampton. Children  :  Colonel  Timothy,  Captain 
Samuel,  Mehitable  (died  young),  Rev.  Daniel, 
Seth,  Elihu  and  Abiah  (twins),  Mehitable, 
Jonathan,  Anna,  and  Captain  Nathaniel. 
(I\')   Colonel  Timothv   (2).  eldest  child  nf 


Justice  Nathaniel  and  Mehitable  (Partridge) 
Dwight,  was  born  October  19,  1694,  in  Hat- 
field, and  died  April  30,  1771,  in  Northampton, 
where  he  passed  his  active  life,  and  was  a 
lawyer  of  eminence,  respected  for  his  talents 
and  manly  worth.  He  was  possessed  of  ample 
means,  and  was  much  in  the  public  service, 
being  several  years  consecutively  selectman, 
judge  of  probate,  and  judge  (1737-41  and 
[748-57)  of  the  county  court  of  Hampshire 
county  (then  including  Berkshire  county),  and 
part  of  the  time  chief  justice.  He  was  also 
for  many  years  representative  of  the  town  in 
the  general  court,  and  was  colonel  of  militia. 
He  was  often  designated  "Colonel,"  "Sur- 
veyor" and  "Es(|uire."  He  discouraged  liti- 
gation in  every  way,  and  persuaded  many  of 
those  who  came  to  him  with  cases  to  settle 
them  before  referees,  as  is  much  the  custom 
of  to-day.  So  great  was  his  influence  in  this 
direction  that  at  the  end  of  his  life  it  was  a 
pleasant  remembrance  to  him  that  during  the 
years  of  his  legal  practice  not  one  inhabitant 
of  the  town  sued  another  at  law.  He  was 
at  all  times  an  active  and  earnest  discourager 
of  evil  men  and  evil  things  in  the  community 
and  an  ardent  i)romoter  of  everything  good. 
He  married.  August  11,  1716,  Experience, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  John  and  Mehitable 
(Pomeroy)  King,  born  April  7,  1693,  died 
December  15,  1763.  Children:  Eleanor,  Ga- 
maliel (died  young),  Gamaliel  and  Timothy. 
(\')  Major  Timothy  (3),  youngest  child  of 
Colonel  Timothy  (2)  and  Experience  (King) 
Dwight.  was  born  May  2-j .  1726,  at  Fort  Dum- 
mer.  X'ermont,  and  died  June  10,  1777.  near 
.Vatchez,  Mississippi.  Born  away  from  home, 
it  was  al.so  his  fate  to  die  thus.  He  graduated 
at  Yale  in  1774,  and  was  destined  by  his 
father's  wish  to  be  a  lawyer.  He  possessed 
the  good  qualities  of  his  father,  with  milder 
disposition  and  more  engaging  manners.  The 
legal  profession  seemed  to  him  to  offer  many 
temptations,  and  being  unwilling  to  enter  it  he 
became  a  merchant  in  Northampton.  He  was 
successively  selectman  (1760-74),  town  re- 
corder (1760-75),  regi.ster  of  probate  and 
judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  sixteen 
years  (1758-74),  succeeding  his  father,  who 
resigned  in  1757.  The  records  of  Northamp- 
ton show  the  issue  of  the  first  warrant  in  1751 
and  very  few  until  after  1760,  when  Timothy 
Dwiglit  Jr.  was  chosen  town  clerk.  He  was 
more  particular  and  systematic  than  his  prede- 
cessors, and  recorded  the  warrants.  He  was 
also  for  many  years  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral court.      In   accepting  his  office  as  judge. 


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he  had  sworn  fealty  to  the  British  government, 
and  wlien  the  revohition  came  he  did  not  feel 
that  he  could  break  his  oath  nor  would  he  take 
up  arms  against  the  colonies.     He  was  a  loy- 
alist on  Christian  principle,  yet  thoroughly  pa- 
triotic in  his  feelings.     He  undertook  to  solve 
the  problem  by  removing  to  neutral  ground. 
He  purchased  a  tract  of  land  extending  for 
twenty  miles  or  more  from  the  mouth  of  the 
Big  Black  river  to  Xatchez,  and  taking  com- 
mand of  it  for  himself  and  his  widowed  sis- 
ter, Mrs.  Eleanor  Lyman,  he  sought  to  found 
an    industrial    and    religious    colony.      In    the 
spring    of    1776.    with    his   sons,    Sereno    and 
Jonathan,  and  his  sister  and  her  children,  he 
set  out  for  Natchez,  and  paid  for  the  entire 
purchase  at  the  outset.     It  is  said  that  he  took 
along   a    barrel    of    silver    coin.     Unlike    his 
father,  he  was  a  man  of  large  frame,  six  feet 
four  inches  in  height,  and  of  good  proportions 
and    great    strength,    but    the    exposures    and 
hardships  in  that  malarial  climate  broke  him 
down,  and  he  died  June  10,   1777,  about  two 
months  after  the  death  of  his  sister.     Their 
unknown  graves  are  there,  in  what  was  then 
an  unbroken  wilderness.     He  left  about  three 
hundred   acres   of   land   at   Northampton,   be- 
side  other   valuable   property,   to   his    family. 
He   married,    November    8,    1750    (ceremony 
performed  by  his   father,  "Esquire"   Timothy 
Dwight),    Mary,   daughter   of    Rev.   Jonathan 
and   Sarah    (Pierpont)    Edwards,  born   April 
4.   1734,   died   February  28,    1807.     Children: 
Timothy,  Sereno  Edwards,  Erastus,  Jonathan 
Edwards,    Sarah.    Mary,    Theodore,    Maurice, 
William.   Fidelia,   Nathaniel.  Elizabeth,  Cecil, 
and    Henry    Edwin.     Timothy   became    presi- 
dent of  Yale  College;  Maurice  was  a  physi- 
cian :    and    Nathaniel    was    a    clergyman   and 
physician. 

(\T)  Hon.  Theodore,  fifth  son  of  Major 
Timothy  (3)  and  Mary  (Edwards)  Dwight, 
was  born  December  15,  1764,  in  Northamp- 
ton, and  died  June  12,  1846,  in  New  York. 
He  was  in  his  twelfth  year  when  his  father 
went  to  Natchez,  never  to  return,  and  the  re- 
duced family  fortunes  compelled  him  to  begin 
an  independent  struggle  at  a  very  early  age. 
With  his  younger  brothers  he  worked  at  farm- 
ing and  attended  a  district  school  near  by. 
taught  by  "Master  King."  The  accident  of  a 
broken  wrist  which  was  so  badly  set  by  an 
ignorant  surgeon  as  to  incapacitate  him  for 
manual  labor,  turned  his  attention  from  agri- 
cultural pursuits  to  the  law,  which  he  pur- 
sued in  the  office  of  his  cousin,  Pierpont  Ed- 
wards, in   New   Haven.      He  established   him- 


self in  practice  at  Haddam,  Connecticut, 
whence  he  removed  in  1791  to  Hartford,  and 
for  twenty-four  years  pursued  his  profession 
with  marked  success.  While  at  Hartford  he 
edited  the  Connecticut  Mirror  and  the  Hart- 
ford Courant.  In  1806  he  was  chosen  to  till 
a  vacancy  in  the  national  house  of  representa- 
tives made  by  the  resignation  of  John  Cotton 
Smith,  and  soon  entered  into  combat  with  John 
Randolph,  ])roving  himself  an  even  match  for 
the  latter  in  wit  and  irony.  He  refused  to  be 
a  candidate  for  election  to  the  same  seat,  but 
was  si.x  years  ( 1809-15)  a  member  of  the 
council  of  state  at  home.  He  was  secretary 
(if  the  celebrated  Hartford  Convention,  which 
met  in  his  hcjme  city  December  15,  1814,  and 
in  1833  published  the  "History  of  the  Hart- 
ford Convention."  In  1815  he  gave  up  his 
law  practice  and  moved  to  Albany,  New  York, 
and  established  there  the  Daily  Advertiser, 
the  first  number  issued  September  25,  that 
vear.  In  February,  1817,  he  removed  to  New 
York  City  and  established  the  Nciv  York 
Daily  Advertiser,  which  he  managed  with  suc- 
cess until  1836.  It  subsequently  passed  into 
the  N ciK'  York  Express,  a  journal  wiclely  dif- 
fering in  politics  from  his  cherished  opinions 
and  aims.  He  was  the  author  of  "The  Life 
and  Character  of  Thomas  JefTerson."  He  re- 
tained his  powers  to  the  last,  and  died  of  the 
(lebility  of  old  age.  He  married,  September 
c).  1792,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Mary  (Wright)  Alsop,  the  lastnamed  a  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Henrietta  (Gilbert)  Wright. 
She  was  born  November  18,  1765,  and  died 
April  2,  1846,  preceding  her  husband  in  death 
by  a  little  over  two  months.  Children :  Mary 
Alsop,  Theodore  (died  young),  Theodore  and 
William  Richard. 

(\II)  W'illiam  Richard,  youngest  child  of 
Theodore  and  Abigail  ( Alsop )  Dwight,  was 
born  January  26,  1798,  in  Hartford,  and  died 
June  8,  1864,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York.  He 
began  business  life  as  a  merchant,  and  after- 
ward became  a  partner  with  his  father  and 
bnither  in  the  publication  of  the  New  York 
Daily  Advertiser.  For  twenty-five  years  he 
was  an  officer  in  various  banking  institutions, 
beginning  as  teller  of  the  Hanover  Bank. 
His  tastes  were  literary,  and  he  amused  him- 
self often  by  writing  poetry  for  his  friends. 
With  a  fondness  for  music  and  art,  he  ac- 
cumulated a  valuable  collection  of  antiques. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Brooklyn,  and  one  of  a  band  of 
seventv-two  to  form  the  South  Presbyterian 
Church  of  P.rooklyn  in  T842.      For  many  years 


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he  was  deacon  of  that  society,  was  a  ruling 
elder  and  stated  clerk  of  the  session,  being 
also  very  active  in  promoting  the  interests  of 
the  Sunday  school.  His  personal  character 
was  above  reproach  and  his  disposition  most 
lovable.  He  married,  September  23,  1826, 
Mary  Warren,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Mellen)  Fiske,  the  last  named  a 
daughter  of  Colonel  Mellen,  who  was  officer 
of  the  day  at  the  execution  of  Major  Andre. 
Children:  Elizabeth  Fiske  (died  young),  Julia 
Porter,  Elizabeth  Fiske,  George  Spring,  Mary 
Edwards  and  Sarah  Mellen. 

("Vni)  Mary  Edwards,  third  daughter  of 
William  Richard  and  Mary  W.  (Fiske) 
Dwight,  was  born  .'Vugust  19,  1838,  in  Brook- 
lyn, and  married,  .September  17,  1862,  William, 
son  of  .Samuel  and  Abby  (Pope)  Atherton,  of 
Pioston.   Massachusetts    (see  below). 


The  Atherton  family  of 
.ATHERTON  England  has  its  seat  in  Lan- 
cashire. Tn  their  manorial 
estate  the  town  of  Atherton  lies  ten  miles 
northwe.st  of  Manchester.  This  section  in- 
cludes rich  coal  mines,  quarries  and  iron 
works,  and  is  the  wealthiest  cotton  manufact- 
uring district  in  the  world.  The  family  had 
immense  possessions,  and  was  one  of  the 
wealthiest  of  the  commoners  of  England.  Its 
coat-of-arms :  Gules,  three  sparrow  hawks, 
argent ;  crest :  A  swan,  argent.  .Another 
crest :  On  a  perch  a  hawk  billed,  proper. 
These  anus  hang  in  the  private  chapel  of  the 
Athertons  in  the  parish  church  of  Leigh,  in 
the  family  vault. 

(I)  Robert  de  Atherton  was  high  sheriff  of 
the  county  1199-1216,  under  King  John.  He 
held  the  manor  of  .Atherton  from  the  Barons 
of  Warrington.  (H)  William  de  Atherton 
held  the  manors  of  Atherton  and  Pennington 
in  1251.  By  intermarriage  with  the  Derby 
family  the  title  is  now  vested  in  that  line. 
(Ill)  William  .Atherton,  of  .Atherton,  mar- 
ried Agnes .      (IV)  Henry  Atherton.  of 

Atherton,   married    .Agnes    .     (V)    Sir 

William  Atherton,  Knight,  married  (first) 
Jane,  daughter  of  William,  and  sister  of  Sir 
Ralphe  W^oberly,  Knight.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Margerie,  a  widow,  1396.  (VI)  Sir 
William  .Atherton,  Knight,  born  1381,  died 
1416:  married  Agnes,  only  daughter  and  heir- 
ess of  Ralphe  Vernon,  Baron  of  Shipbroke. 
(VTI)  Sir  William  Atherton,  Knight,  married 
(first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Pil- 
kington,  Knight.  (VIII)  Sir  William  Ather- 
ton, married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  John 


Byron,  Knight,  and  died  1441.  (IX)  John 
Atherton,  married  Joh,  daughter  of  John 
Warren,  of  Poynton ;  had  a  son  George,  men- 
tioned below:  died  1508.  (X)  George  Ather- 
ton, born  1487,  married  Anne  Ashton,  1508. 
(XI)  .Sir  John  Atherton,  Knight,  was  born 
1 3 14.  Married  (first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Sir  .Alexander  Ratcliffe,  Knight ;  marriage  re- 
corded in  \''isitation  of  1333,  where  the  arms 
were  also  entered.  He  married  (second) 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Thomas  Caterall.  He 
was  high  sheriff  under  three  sovereigns,  in 
1 35 1 -55-61,  and  commander  of  the  Military 
Hundred  in  1333.  (XII)  John  Atherton 
Esq.,  born  1536,  was  high  sheriff  in  1383. 
Married  (first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Byron,  Knight;  (second)  Katherine, 
daughter  and  co-heiress  of  John,  Lord  Con- 
yers,  of  Hornby  Castle.  (XIII)  John  Ather- 
ton, of  .Atherton,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
.\tlierton,  married  Raphe  Calvelv.  He  had 
a  half-brother,  John,  of  Skelton.  (XIV) 
John  .Atherton,  of  Atherton,  son  of  John  the 
elder,  died  1646.  He  married  Eleanor,  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Thomas  Ireland,  of  Beansey, 
Knight.  (XV)  John  Atherton,  high  sheriff, 
died   1635. 

(I)  General  Humphrey  Atherton,  son  of 
Edmund  Atherton,  was  undoubtedly  of  the 
ancient  English  family  whose  pedigree  is  given 
above.  He  was  born  about  1607-08,  and  lived 
in  Winwick,  Lancashire,  England.  He  came 
to  New  England,  1635,  in  the  ship  "James," 
with  his  wife  and  three  children,  and  settled 
in  Dorchester.  He  signed  the  covenant  of 
Dorchester  church,  1636;  was  admitted  free- 
man. May  2,  1638:  deputy  to  general  court  that 
vear,  also  from  1639  to  1641,  and  in  1653  from 
Springfield,  when  he  was  chosen  speaker.  The 
following  year  he  was  chosen  assistant,  and 
soon  after  major-general.  He  commanded  the 
Suffolk  regiment,  and  was  the  chief  military 
officer  in  New  England.  He  was  much  em- 
jiloyed  in  negotiations  with  the  Indians,  and 
made  use  of  his  influence  with  them  in  a  great 
purchase  in  Rhode  Island.  He  was  thrown 
from  his  horse  by  riding  over  a  cow,  and 
died  the  following  day,  in  Boston,  September 
17,  1661.  The  manner  of  his  death  is  made 
a  matter  of  comment  by  Hubbard  as  one  of 
the  judgments  of  God.  He  was  captain  of 
the  .Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Com- 
pany in  1650.  He  married  Mary  Wales  sis- 
ter of  Nathaniel  Wales,  probably  daughter  of 
lohn  Wales,  of  Idle,  England.  She  died  in 
1672.  He  is  buried  in  the  old  Dorchester 
cemetery.     His  epitaph  reads: 


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"Here    lies    our    Captain    &    Major    of    Suffolk    was 

withal; 
A  godly  magistrate  was  he,  and  Major  General; 
Two  troop   horse  with   him   here  comes,  such   worth 

his  love  did  crave 
Two  companies  o(  foot  also  mourning  march  to  his 

grave. 
Let  all  that  read  be  sure  to  keep  the  faith  as  he  has 

done 
With    Christ    he    lives   now    crowned,    his    name    was 

Humphrey  Atherton." 

children:  I.  Jonathan,  soldier  in  King 
Philip's  war,  2.  Isabel,  baptized  at  Winwick, 
January  2^,  1630;  married  Nathaniel  Wales, 
Jr.  3.  Elizabeth,  married,  1O50,  Timothy 
Mather,  son  of  Rev.  Richard  Alather,  first 
minister  of  Dorchester,  and  brother  of  Rev. 
Increase  Mather,  of  Harvard  College.  4. 
Consider,  mentioned  below.  5.  Mary,  born 
about  1647;  married,  April  9,  1667,  Joseph 
Weeks.  6.  Margaret,  married,  December  30, 
1659,  James  Trowbridge.  7.  Rest,  baptized 
.May  26,  1639;  marrietl,  March  15,  1661,  Oba- 
diah  Swift.  8.  Increase,  baptized  January  2, 
1641-42;  lost  at  sea  about  1675.  9.  Thankful, 
baptized  April  28,  1644;  married,  February  2, 
1665,  Thomas  Bird,  of  Dorchester.  10.  Hope 
(rev.),  baptized  August  30,  1646;  graduated 
at  Harvard,  1665;  married  Sarah  Hollister, 
1674.  II.  Watching,  baptized  August  24, 
1651  :  married.  January  2^.  1678,  Elizabeth 
Rigby.  12.  Patience,  baptized  .\pril  2,  1654; 
married,  July  7,    1685,   Isaac  Humphreys. 

(II)  Consider,  son  of  Humphrey  Atherton, 
was  born  in  Dorchester.  He  married  (first) 
at  Dorchester.   December    19,   1671,  Ann   An- 

nable.     Married     (second)     Hannah    , 

died  April  26,  1687.  Children,  born  at  Dor- 
chester: I.  Humphrey,  January  26,  1672;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  John,  May  5,  1677;  died 
June  22.  1679.  3.  Anna,  born  February  17, 
1679.     4.  Sarah,  May  8,  1683. 

(HI)  Humphrey,  son  of  Consider  .-Xther- 
ton,  was  born  January  26,  1672,  died  at 
Stoughton,  February  2,  1748.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Captain  John  With- 
ington.  who  died  at  her  son's  house  in  Dor- 
chester, December  24,  1765,  in  her  ninetieth 
year.  Children,  born  at  Dorchester:  i.  Eliza- 
beth, April  14,  1702.  2.  Captain  Humphrey, 
June  5,  1707;  died  Xovember  17,  1786.  3, 
.\nna,  born  May  3,  1710.  4.  John,  born  May 
13,  1714;  mentioned  below.  5.  Consider,  Feb- 
ruary 9.  17 16- 1 7. 

(I\')  Deacon  John,  son  of  Humphrey 
Atherton,  was  born  May  13,  1714.  He  mar- 
ried, January  26,  1 741  (intentions  dated  Oc- 
tober  10,   1740),  Racliel,  daughter  of  Charles 


and  Rethia  W'entworth,  She  was  of  Stough- 
ton, born  March  13,  1714-15,  died  August  11, 
1798.  He  died  at  Stoughton,  October  4,  1785. 
Children:    i.    Elizabeth,  born   May  20,   1744; 

married  — ■ Tucker,  of  Milton.     2.  John, 

fuly  21,  1747;  mentioned  below.  3.  William, 
Februarv  7,  1721-22.  4.  Samuel,  April  24. 
1728. 

(  \" )  Deacon  John  (2),  son  of  Deacon  John 
(  I  )  .Vtherton,  was  born  at  Stoughton,  July 
21,  1747-48,  died  there  July  3,  1825.  He  mar- 
ried there,  July  27,  1769,  Mary  Adams,  born 
P^ebruary  21,  1751,  died  June  26,  1843,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Jedediah  Adams,  and  second 
cousin  to  President  John  Adams.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  sergeant  in  Captain 
Peter  Talbot's  company.  Colonel  Lemuel  Rob- 
inson's regiment,  and  answered  the  alarm  at 
Lexington,  .April  19,  1775;  also  corporal  in 
Captain  Robert  Swan's  company.  Colonel  Ben- 
jaiuin  C.ill's  regiment,  1777;  on  duty  at  Squan- 
tum  when  the  liritish  fleet  left  Boston  harbor. 
Children:  i,  John,  born  December  2,  1769; 
married,  February  9,  1797,  Sally  Bird;  died  at 
Savannah,  Georgia,  September  21,  1824,  2. 
Jedediah,  born  March  5,  1772:  died  January 
17,  1824;  married  Hannah  Drake.  3.  Humph- 
rey, horn  January  30,  1774:  died  .\ugust  31. 
1778.  4.  Mary,  born  March  21,  1776;  died 
.\ugust  20,  1778.  5.  Rachel,  born  May  3, 
1778:  died  February  26,  1798:  married  Abra- 
ham Capen.  6.  Elijah  born  July  25,  1780; 
died  December  13,  1852;  married,  April  19, 
1803,  Ruth  Tisdale;  married  (second)  Har- 
riet Crane;  (third)  Laura  Gilmore.  7.  Sam- 
uel, born  September  19,  1784;  mentioned 
below.  8.  Mary,  born  December  i,  1786;  mar- 
ried. May  28,  1810,  Abiezer  Packard;  died 
June  19,  1840.  9.  Nathan,  born  October  25, 
1788;  married,  July  6,  1823.  Amity  Morton; 
died   November    13,   1876. 

(\T)  Samuel,  son  of  Deacon  John  (2) 
.Atherton.  was  born  September  19,  1784.  He 
lived  at  the  homestead  at  Stoughton.  lie  was 
much  esteemed  in  the  community.  He  mar- 
ried. February  28,  181 1,  Abigail  Pope,  born 
December  3,  1785,  died  March  19,  1868,  daugh- 
ter of  Ralph  and  Abigail  (Swan)  Pope,  of 
Stoughton,  He  was  of  an  energetic  tempera- 
ment, cheerful  disposition,  and  a  good  con- 
versationalist when  the  impediment  in  his 
speech  pennitted.  He  was  afilicted  with  stam- 
mering, and  as  he  had  a  good  voice  and  ear 
for  music,  often  sang  what  he  wished  to  say. 
He  took  an  active  part  in  politics,  and  was 
selectman  of  the  town.  He  voted  at  every 
election   from    1805  until    1876,  when  his  last 


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vote  was  for  the  Hayes  electoral  ticket.  He 
and  his  brother  Nathan  were  among  the  found- 
ers of  the  Stoughton  Musical  Society.  He 
died  February  11,  1877.  Children:  i.  Mary, 
born  August  21,  1811,  died  August  25,  1849; 
married  William  Belcher.  2.  Vashti,  born 
June  17,  1813.  died  December  10,  1882;  mar- 
ried James  Swan.  3.  Samuel,  born  January 
26,  1815:  mentioned  below.  4.  .Vbigail,  born 
November  13,  1817,  died  May  7,  1859;  married 
Joseph  Swan.  5.  James,  born  May  6,  1819; 
mentioned  below.  6.  William,  born  January 
20,  1 82 1,  died  April  29,  1891. 

(VH)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Atherton,  was  born  in  Stoughton,  January  26, 
181 5.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools.  L'ntil  twenty  years  of  age  he  re- 
mained on  the  homestead,  and  in  1835  went 
to  Boston  as  clerk  for  William  Capen,  shoe 
and  leather  dealer.  He  then  established  him- 
self in  business  as  a  retail  dealer  in  boots  and 
shoes  on  Washington  street  in  company  with 
Edwin  Battles,  under  the  firm  name  of  Battles 
&  Atherton.  The  firm  was  dissolved  the  follow- 
ing year  and  Mr.  Atherton  was  employed  by 
Caleb  Stetson,  wholesale  shoe  and  leather 
dealer,  corner  of  Broad  and  Central  streets. 
On  January  r,  1842.  he  was  admitted  into 
partnershi]),  the  new  firm  being  C.  Stetson  & 
Company.  Three  years  later  Mr.  Stetson  re- 
tired from  the  firm,  still  being  a  special  part- 
ner, and  the  business  was  conducted  under  the 
name  of  Samuel  Atherton.  Three  years  later 
Mr.  Stetson  again  took  an  active  interest,  the 
name  being  S.  .\therton  &  Company,  and  two 
years  later  Atherton,  Stetson  &  Company.  In 
[852  James  and  William  Atherton  were  ad- 
mitted as  partners.  ATr.  Atherton  married 
(first)  September  16,  1841,  Temperance  Hol- 
brook,  died  February  24,  1849,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Jo.seph  and  Mary  (Rich)  Holbrook, 
of  Boston.  He  married  (second)  July  3. 
1856,  Susan  Baker,  died  May  18,  1858,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Richard  and  Jerusha  (Rich) 
Baker.  He  married  (third)  October  6,  1869, 
Mrs.  Susan  M.  Holton,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Margaret  (Richardson)  Bassett.  He  re- 
sided a  part  of  his  married  life  in  Charlestown. 
and  moved  to  Dorchester,  where  he  occupied 
a  beautiful  residence.  He  was  director  in  the 
New  England  Bank,  Prescott  Insurance  Com- 
])any.  Massachusetts  Loan  and  Tvust  Com- 
pany, president  of  the  Dorchester  Gas-Light 
Company,  and  connected  with  various  other 
corporations.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican, 
and  a  member  of  the  legislature  of  the  state 


in  1867-70-77.  In  religion  he  was  a  Unitarian. 
He  dieci  April  3,  1895.  He  was  a  man  of 
eminently  social  qualities  and  had  many  sin- 
cere friends.  By  his  enterprise  and  business 
sagacity  he  won  a  higli  place  in  the  financial 
circles  of  Boston.  Children  of  first  wife:  i. 
Thomas  H.,  born  1843,  died  1845.  2. 
George  Edward,  born  May  2,  1845.  died  Oc- 
tober 29.  1905.  He  was  a  member  of  the  firm 
with  his  father  and  uncles.  He  married  (first) 
Emma  Coffin;  (second)  Isabelle  (King)  Ray. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  George  Edward  Jr., 
born  February  19,  1873.  married  Corinne 
Mack,  resides  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
ii.  Edith,  married,  February  19,  1906,  Philip 
S.  Johnson:  children  of  second  wife:  iii.  Ray, 
born  March  28,  1883;  iv.  Emma.  September 
3,  1887,  married,  April  29,  1907,  John  S.  Law- 
rence, of  Boston ;  has  one  child  Eloise 
Lawrence,  born  February  8.  1908.  3. 
Charles  Francis,  born  May  2,  1847:  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Bryant:  one  child,  Elizabeth. 
Holbrook.  4.  Sarah  .\nn,  born  November  6, 
1848:  married  George  P.  Sewall,  of  Boston; 
children:  Atherton.  born  August  23,  1873,  and 
Mabel  Atherton,  January  3,  1877.  Children 
of  second  wife:  5.  Helen  L.,  born  April  15, 
1857;  married  Edward  H.  Hawes,  of  Bos- 
ton ;  children:  Prince,  born  July  7,  1884:  Mad- 
aline,  born  March  9,  1888,  married  Edward 
W.  Morse  Jr.,  September  29,  1909;  Bryant, 
horn  October  25,  1891.  6.  Susan  H.,  born 
April  17,  1858;  married  (first)  W.  Morton 
Robinson,  of  Lynn;  children:  Ethel,  born  No- 
vember 4,  1885;  Harold,  born  February  5, 
1890:  married  (second)  Edward  K.  Thayer, 
of  Boston. 

(VH)  James,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  .A.therton, 
was  born  at  Stoughton,  May  6,  1819,  died 
March  4,  1879.  He  had  a  common  school 
and  academic  education,  and  taught  several 
winter  terms  in  the  village  school.  Soon  after 
marriage  he  began  the  manufacture  of  boots 
with  his  brother  William  under  the  firm  name 
of  J.  &  W.  Atherton.  This  firm  was  finally 
merged  with  the  firm  of  Atherton.  Stetson  & 
Company,  the  .-Vthertons  being  the  three 
brothers — Samuel,  James,  William.  Although 
his  health  was  never  robust,  James  Atherton 
was  a  man  of  energy,  and  devoted  his  time  to 
his  business  with  zeal.  He  was  a  quick  and 
readv  speaker,  and  in  early  life  took  an  active 
interest  in  debating  societies.  He  was  a  great 
reader,  and  kept  abreast  of  the  times.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Whig  and  later  a  Republican. 
He   attended    the    Universalist    church.     He 


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married  (first)  May  5,  1853.  f'hebe  Reed, 
born  P"el:)ruary  9,  1831,  died  March  11,  1868, 
daughter  of  John  and  Phebe  Reed,  of  Bos- 
ton. Her  father  was  a  civil  engineer  of  Bos- 
ton many  years.  He  married  (second), 
June  I.  i'869.  Mary  B.  Marshall,  of  Boston, 
who  died  February  5,  1880.  Children,  all  by 
first  wife:  i.  James,  born  July  26,  1854;  edu- 
cated at   Public   schools  and   Deain  Academy. 

2.  William,  born  April  30,  1859;  educated  in 
public  schools  and  commercial  college ;  assist- 
ant treasurer   of   Bay   State  Trust   Company. 

3.  ^^'alter,  born  March  18,  1863;  educated  in 
public  schools  and  Phillips  Andover  Academy  ; 
graduated  at  Harvard,  1885  ;  with  degree  of 
C.  E.  in  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technol- 
ogy, 1886,  architectural  department ;  studied 
two  years  in  Paris  and  ditterent  parts  of 
Europe.  He  is  a  fellow  of  the  Boston  So- 
ciety of  Architects,  member  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Architects  and  of  the  Society  of 
Beaux  .Art  Architects.  A  Republican  in  poli- 
tics and  a  Unitarian  in  religion. 

(VTI)  William  Atherton,  son  of  Samuel 
(i)  Atherton,  was  born  at  Stoughton,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  20,  1821  ;  died  in  Boston, 
April  29,  1891.  Shortly  after  coming  to  Bos- 
ton as  a  young  man,  he  joined  the  firm  of 
Atherton,  Stetson  &  Company,  dealers  in 
leather,  and  remained  a  member  of  the  firm 
until  his  retirement  from  active  business.  The 
firm  was  one  of  the  most  successful  in  its  line 
in  Boston.  Three  of  the  members  of  the  firm 
subsequently  became  presidents  of  national 
banks.  William  Atherton  was  for  many 
years  vice-president  of  the  Home  Savings 
Bank,  and  an  active  director  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Pjank.  He  was  of  a  kindly  and  humor- 
ous disposition.  He  married,  1862,  Mary  Ed- 
wards Dwight,  daughter  of  William  R.  and 
Mary  Warren  (Fiske)  Dwight,  of  Brooklyn, 
New  York.  Children:  i.  Mary  Louise,  born 
September  i,  1863,  died  June  23,  1908.  2. 
Frederic  William,  born  August  6,  1865 ;  grad- 
uated from  Philips  .\cademy,  Andover,  1882; 
from  Harvard,  1886:  is  occupied  as  a  trustee 
of  property  in  Boston.  3.  Edward  Dwight, 
born  in  Boston,  June  2,  18 — ;  studied  at  Hill 
School,  Pottstown,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Percy 
Lee,  born  in  Boston,  September  25,  1872; 
studied  at  Boston  Latin  School ;  graduated 
from  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  1889;  from 
Harvard,  1893;  spent  three  years,  1893-96, 
in  Munich  and  Berlin,  studying  musical  theory 
and  composition,  and  later  in  other  continental 
cities.  Has  published  many  vocal  and  instru- 
mental compositions. 


(For  preceding  generations  see  Joseph  Morse   1). 

(IV)  John  (2)  Morse,  son  of 
MORSE  Deacon  John  (i)  Morse,  was 
born  March  15,  1669-70,  in  Lan- 
caster or  Watertown.  He  lived  in  Watertown 
and  Needham,  Massachusetts.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman,  June  2,  1699- 1700,  and  was 
living  in  Needham  in  1718.  He  married 
(first)  January  8,  1689-90,  Elizabeth  Goodin, 
(Godding),  died  November  21,  1701.  He 
married  (second)  January  7,  1701-02,  Hepse- 
bath  Stone.  His  first  wife  owned  the  cove- 
nant at  the  church.  October  3,  1697.  Children 
of  first  wife  :  i.  John,  baptized  October  3,  1697. 

2.  Susannah,  born  January  5,  1694-95.  3. 
Isaac,  February  11,  1696-97,  mentioned  below. 
4.  William,  November  18,  1699.  Children  of 
second  wife:  5.  Hepsebath,  born  February  14. 
1702-03.  6.  Henry,  September  14,  1704.  7. 
John,  1705.  8.  Rebecca,  November  16,  1706. 
9.  Sarah,  June  3,  1708.  10.  Sarah,  died  March 
26,  1714.  II.  Elizabeth,  12.  Abigail,  baptized 
March  5,  1709-10.  13.  Susanna,  born  October 
(;,  1712:  died  March,  1714.  14.  Mary,  baptized 
June  19,  1715. 

(\')  Isaac,  son  of  John  (2)  Morse,  was 
born  February  11,  1696-97,  at  Watertown,  and 
baptized  October  3,  1697.  He  was  received 
in  the  church  at  Cambridge,  1737,  and  lived 
for  a  time  in  Attleboro.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Turner.  Children:  I.  Elisha,  born  No- 
vember 2,  1727,  died  young.  2.  Elisha,  No- 
vember 2,   1 741,  mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Elisha,  son  of  Isaac  Morse,  was  born 
November  2,  1741,  at  Needham.  He  was  a 
soldier  through  the  entire  revolution.  He 
was  a  private  in  Captain  Joseph  Morse's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Samuel  Bullard's  regiment,  at 
Lexington,  April  19,  1775,  and  afterwards,  in 
Captain  James  Miller's  company,  Colonel 
Jonathan  Wood's  regiment,  later  in  1775 ;  in 
Captain  Amos  Perry's  company,  Colonel 
Haw's  regiment,  1778,  Rhode  Island;  in  Cap- 
tain Joshua  Fisk's  company.  Colonel  Abner 
Perry's  regiment,  1780:  was  enlisted  for  three 
years  in  the  continental  army.  He  lived  at 
Natick,  Massachusetts.  He  married,  1762, 
Jemima  Tomblin,  born  April  6,  1742.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  at  Natick:  i.  Mehitable,  June 
4,  1763.  2.  Lurana,  May  3,  1765.  3.  Isaac, 
February   3,    1769.     4.   Elisha,   June  2,    1771. 

3.  .\rnold,  May  15,  1774,  mentioned  below.  6. 
Rebecca,  October  i,  1778.  7.  Persis,  April  i, 
1780.  8.  Reuben,  October  4,  1782.  9.  Bet- 
sey, October  2y,  1786. 

(VII)  Arnold,  son  of  Elisha  Morse,  was 
born  in  Pomfret,  Connecticut,  May  15,  I774- 


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He  resided  in  his  native  town  and  in  Millbury, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  (first)  Betsey 
Hunting,  who  died  in  1816.  Married  (sec- 
ond)   .     Children  of  first  wife:  Lucy  S.. 

Sarah  H.,  Timothy  H..  Arnold,  Leonard  L., 
Mason  H.,  Betsey,  William  G.,  Willard  A., 
Arthur  H.  Children  of  second  wife:  Cary 
F.,  George.  Joseph,  Albert. 

(VHl)  Willard  Aldrich,  son  of  Arnold 
Morse,  was  born  at  Pomfret,  Connecticut,  July 
[4,  1814.  When  he  was  but  two  years  old  his 
mother  died.  His  father  remained  in  Pom- 
fret,  but  he  was  taken  to  Hopkinton,  Alassa- 
chusetts,  to  live  with  his  sister  Lucy  S.,  who 
had  married  Willard  Aldrich,  and  there  he 
grew  to  manhood  and  received  his  education 
in  the  common  schools.  When  he  was  abou: 
twenty  years  old  he  went  to  Boston  and 
worked  at  the  blacksmith's  trade,  which  he 
learned  of  his  brother-in-law  at  Hopkinton. 
Afterward  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Bos- 
ton &  Worcester  Stage  Company,  as  farrier, 
but  when  the  railroad  was  built  the  stage  line 
was  discontinued.  He  then  went  to  work  at 
his  trade  in  a  shop  in  Millbury.  He  had  a 
general  blacksmithing  business  here  and  re- 
mained a  number  of  years.  He  was  deemed 
an  expert  in  horse-shoeing.  He  was  for  a 
year  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  then  in 
Grafton  for  a  time,  and  at  Rockford,  Illinois, 
where  he  worked  for  the  Manny  Mowing  Ma- 
chine Company  at  his  trade  for  about  eight 
years.  Thence  he  went  to  Fairfield,  Iowa, 
and  worked  one  year  at  Blacksmithing.  Then 
for  a  time  he  worked  at  Spencer  and  Mill- 
bury. He  was  associated  for  three  years  with 
his  father-in-law.  Captain  Hall^  of  Grafton. 
During  the  next  three  years  he  was  employed 
in  Worcester  and  finally  at  Hopkinton,  where 
he  built  a  house  on  the  homestead  and  lived 
until  he  retired  from  active  business.  For  a 
short  time  he  lived  on  a  farm  at  Norfolk, 
Massachusetts,  then  removed  to  Brookline. 
Massachusetts,  where  he  died.  May  12,  i88fi. 
He  married  (first)  Sarah  Simmons,  whcj  died 
in  Millbury.  He  married  (second)  Susan  E. 
Hall,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sophia  (King) 
Hall.  Her  Grandfather  King  owned  a  large 
tract  of  land  in  Newton,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  i.  Lucy  F.,  married,  in  1872. 
Luther  W.  Bixby,  of  Roxbury,  a  merchant  on 
Washington  street,  Boston ;  no  children.  2. 
Charles  N.,  died  young.  Children  of  second 
wife:  3.  Mason  H.,  married  Alice  Nimms  and 
had  \Villard  E..  who  had  two  children.  4. 
Charles  William,  born  September  13,  1850: 
mentioned  below.     5.  George,  died  in  infancy. 


h.  Emily  Jane,  married  (first)  George  A.  Na^ 
son  ;  (  second  )  P>ank  A.  Childs.  7.  Frank  Al- 
ford,  married  Tillie  Hathaway;  had  five  chil- 
dren. 

(IX)  Charles  William,  son  of  Willard  Al- 
drich Morse,  was  born  at  Grafton,  September 
13,  1850.  He  was  educated  in  public  and  pri- 
vate schools.  On  account  of  rather  frail 
health  he  went  to  live  on  a  farm  in  Connecti- 
cut, after  he  completed  his  schooling,  and  the 
outdoor  life  fully  restored  his  health.  At  the 
age  (jf  eighteen  he  began  to  learn  the  trade  of 
watchmaker  and  jeweler  and  served  an  ap- 
prenticeship of  four  years  in  the  store  of  E. 
H.  Fairbanks,  of  Jamaica  Plain,  Massachu- 
setts. Afterward  he  engaged  in  the  same  line 
of  business  on  his  own  account  at  Hopkinton, 
Massachusetts,  for  seven  years.  Then  he  lo- 
cated at  llrookline,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
has  been  in  the  jewelry  business  for  more  than 
thirty  years.  He  has  been  very  successful  in 
business  and  he  is  well  known  and  highly  re- 
spected in  the  trade.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Highland  Congregational  Church  of  Roxbury. 
He  was  a  director  and  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Monumental  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany of  Baltimore,  Maryland.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution ; 
Roman  Eagle  Lodge,  No.  22,  Free  Masons ; 
the  French  Astronomical  Society  of  France 
and  a  life  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Chari- 
table Mechanics'  .Association.  Mr.  Morse  is 
an  astronomer  and  has  a  diploma  awarded  to 
him  by  the  French  Astronomical  Society  of 
Paris  and  signed  by  M.  Flammarion,  the  presi- 
dent. He  is  the  author  of  two  pamphlets  en- 
titled:  "Is  the  Earth  in  Motion  or  at  Rest?" 
and  "Is  the  Earth  a  Level  Stationary  Plain  or 
a  Whirling  Globe?"  In  politics  he  is  a 'Re- 
publican, and  in  religion  a  Congregationalist. 
He  married,  January  20,  1873,  Annie  G.  Cross, 
of  Roxbury.  Massachusetts,  daughter  of 
IJenaja  and  Annie  Goodale  (Lamson)  Cross. 
Her  uncle,  W.  P.  Lamson,  was  an  expert  ac- 
countant. Children:  i.  Ada  Hall,  born  Au- 
gust 7,  1875.  2.  Hattie  Lamson,  May  16, 
1877;  married.  September  11,  1907,  Rev.  Will- 
iam J.  B.  Cannell.  a  Baptist  clerg3'man.  3. 
Lilla  Nason,  Mav  8.  188^.  4.  Carrie  Ellen. 
July  4.  1887. 

(For  preceding  generations  see  Robert  Morse  1). 

(XI)   Warren    Thomas    Morse, 
.MORSE     .son  of  Willard  and  Eliza   (Glo- 
ver) Morse,  was  born  in  Sharon. 
Massachusetts,   July    4.     1846,    on    the     farm 
deeded  to  his  ancestor.  Gilead  Morse,  of  Ded- 


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ham,  Massachusetts,  in  1762.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  pubUc  schools,  taking  a  commer- 
cial college  course  in  Boston.  In  1867  he  es- 
tablislied  the  firm  of  W.  T.  Morse  &  Company, 
manufacturers  of  paper  boxes  and  paper 
specialties,  on  Bromfield  street,  Boston,  later 
forming  a  partnership  with  his  brother,  Elijah 
G.  Morse,  under  the  style  of  Morse  Brothers, 
where  for  a  period  of  thirty-six  years  the 
partnership  continued.  In  1903.  purchasing 
the  interest  of  his  brother,  he  incorporated  the 
business  as  the  Morse  Brothers  Paper  Box 
Company,  of  which  company  he  is  president. 
He  resides  in  Medford,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  is  a  well-known  citizen,  prominent  in  pub- 
lic affairs,  serving  on  the  board  of  assessors  of 
that  city  for  many  years.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  local  lodge  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows.  In  religion  he  is  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Parish  Unitarian  Church  there, 
serving  on  the  parish  committee  for  many 
years  and  as  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustee-, 
of  the  ministerial  fund  of  the  parish.  In  poli- 
tics he  has  been  a  life-long  Democrat.  He 
married  Melissa  L.  I'.ritton,  November  14. 
1869.  She  was  born  in  Stoughton,  Massachu- 
setts, May  31.  1845,  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
OHve  (White)  Britton.  Child:  Marion  War- 
ren, born  August  21.  1873;  married  Edwin 
Hadley  Jr.,  of  Medford,  October  12,  1896: 
children:  Doris,  born  April  10.  1899;  Pauline. 
June  9,  1900:  Edwina  Morse,  March  28,  1905, 
deceased;  Warren  Little,  October  11,  1906; 
Edwin  Morse,  December  31,  1907. 


The  name  of  Allen  has  always 
ALLEN     been  prominent  in  New  England 

and  is  well  known  throughout  the 
country.  The  immigrant  ancestors  of  the 
families  of  this  name  number  well  towards  a 
score,  and.  their  descendants  being  numerous, 
there  is  a  bewildering  maze  in  their  genealogies 
which  seems  almost  impossible  to  penetrate, 
and  the  task  of  tracing  special  pedigrees  is 
quite  perplexing  and  ofttimes  discouraging. 
The  name  in  early  times  was  spelled  Allin, 
Alline,  Allyn,  Allein  and  Allen,  but  Allen  is 
the  orthography  almost  universally  used  at  the 
present  clay.  The  earliest  ancestor  found  in 
the  lineage  traced  in  the  following  sketch  was 
John  Allin,  a  record  of  whom  is  found  in  Mar- 
blehead,  Massachusetts,  under  date  of  1685, 
when  four  of  his  children  were  baptized  at 
the  First  Church,  June  21.  This  would  seem 
to  indicate  that  he  was  an  immigrant  at  that 
time  and  settled  in  Marblehead,  although  it 
is  possible   that   he   may   have    removed    from 


some  other  town  ui  New  England.  His  occu- 
pation is  given  in  a  later  record  as  that  of  a 
weaver.  The  name  of  his  wife  is  unknown, 
although  a  "Mary  Allen,  wife  of  John,"  is 
recorded  as  having  died  at  Marblehead  in 
lanuarv,  1726-7,  but  it  cannot  be  deter- 
mined whether  she  was  the  wife  of  this 
John.  Chiklren  of  John  Allen,  the  first  four 
baptized  June  21,  1685.  I.  John.  2.  Thomas. 
3.  Miriam.  4.  Nicholas.  The  others  with  bap- 
tismal dates:  5.  Richard.  August  21,  1687; 
married,  November  20,  1709,  at  Marblehead. 
Elizabeth  Clifford.  6.  Abraham ;  see  forward. 
7.  Ebenezer,  Januarv  i,  1692-3.  8.  John,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1700.  9.  Mary,  December  13,  1702. 
10.  Miriam,  April  13,  1707.  11.  Samuel,  Feb- 
ruary 26.  1709-10.  12.  Hannah,  August  15. 
1714. 

(  11 )  Abraham,  son  of  John  Allen,  baptized 
at  .Marblehead,  Massachusetts,  December  15. 
1689;  married  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary f),  1713.  Ruth  Bassett,  born  at  Lynn, 
March  16,  1689-90,  daughter  of  William  Jr. 
and  Sarah  (Hood)  Bassett,  of  Lynn.  At  that 
time  his  vocation  was  given  as  a  fisherman. 
He  soon  afterwards  removed  to  Mendon, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  passed  the  remainder 
of  his  life,  his  occupation  there  being  given 
as  that  of  a  tanner.  He  was  evidently  a  fol- 
lower of  the  Quaker  faith  as  all  his  children 
were  married  by  the  ceremony  of  the  Friends. 
Children,  born  at  Mendon:  i.  Joseph,  June  15, 
1719;  see  forward.  2.  Sarah,  married,  No- 
vember 22,  1738,  William  Graves,  of  Lynn, 
born  December  8,  1716,  at  Lynn,  son  of  Cris- 
pus  and  Rebecca  (Alley)  Graves.  3.  Abi- 
gail, married,  December  13,  1739,  William 
I'hillips,  born  at  Lynn.  January  14,  1715,  son 
of  Walter  and  Lydia  (Howland)  Phillips  of 
Lynn.  She  died  at  Lynn.  March  5,  1793.  and 
he  died  there  February  2,  1808.  4.  Ruth,  born 
•October  17,  1724,  died  at  Lynn,  April  11,  181 1  : 
married,  at  Mendon,  November  27,  1747,  Ben- 
jamin Breed,  of  Lynn,  born  there  July  4,  1715, 
flied  there  June  7,  1798,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Anna   (Hood)   Breed. 

(Ill)  Jose])h,  son  of  Abraham  Allen,  born 
at  Mendon,  June  15,  1 7 19,  died  there  March 
21,  1802;  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Moses 
Aldrich  (Mendon's  celebrated  Quaker  preach- 
er) and'  Hannah  (White)  Aldrich.  Lydia 
Aldrich  was  born  at  Mendon,  October  28,  1721. 
and  died  there  in  September.  1805.  Moses 
Aldrich  was  son  of  Jacob  and  Huldah 
(Thaver)  Aldrich,  and  grandson  of  George 
.\ldrich.  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Mendon. 
The    following   testimony   concerning    him    is 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


among  the  records  of  the  Smithfield  Monthly 
Meeting  of  Friends :  "He  was  born  in  Men- 
don,  4mo.  1690;  united  himself  with  Friends 
about  the  twenty-first  year  of  his  age,  and 
four  or  five  years  afterwards  engaged  in  the 
services  of  the  ministry,  in  which  he  was  well 
approved.  In  1722  he  visited  the  Island  of 
L?arbadoes,  laboring  in  the  work  of  the  min- 
istry. In  1730  he  visited  most  of  the  colonies 
on  this  continent,  going  as  far  south  as  the 
Carolinas.  In  1734  he  again  visited  Barbadoes 
and  in  1739  crossed  the  Atlantic  and  spent  the 
most  of  two  years  in  Great  Britain  and  Ire- 
land in  the  service  of  truth.  He  is  spoken 
of  as  a  man  of  cheerful  mind,  pleasant  in  con- 
versation, of  exemplary  life,  and  endowed 
with  a  sound  understanding.  In  his  last  sick- 
ness, noticing  that  his  children  were  troubled 
at  the  apparent  near  approach  of  death,  he 
said:  'Mourn  not  for  me,  but  mourn  for  your- 
selves ;  it  is  well  with  me  and  as  well  to  depart 
now  as  to  live  longer.'  He  retained  his  senses 
to  the  last,  and  died  the  9th  of  the  9th  mo., 
1761,  in  the  seventy-first  year  of  his  age.  He 
was  buried  in  Friends  Burying  Ground  at 
Mendon.  The  late  VVaitee  Davenport  was  one 
of  his  granddaughters." 

March  i,  1756,  Moses  .-Mdrich  reported  to 
a  town  meeting  a  list  of  Quakers  in  Mendon, 
of  whom  there  were  twenty-six  in  all.  The 
first  Friends'  meeting  house  in  Mendon  was 
built  in  1729,  and  the  first  in  Blackstone  (then 
Mendon)  was  built  in  1812  and  known  as 
South  Mendon  meeting  house.  March  27, 
1758,  Moses  .A.ldrich,  Moses  Farnum,  Joseph 
Allen  and  Seth  .'\ldrich  attested  as  to  certain 
members  of  the  three  military  companies  being 
Quakers  and  attending  Quaker  meetings  to 
worship,  Joseph  Allen  himself  being  a  member 
of  Captain  Phineas  Lovett's  company.  In 
1763-64  Joseph  Allen  was  a  selectman  of  Men- 
don. Children  of  Joseph  and  Lydia  (.\ld-' 
rich)  Allen,  all  born  at  Mendon:  i.  Infant  son, 
born  and  died  September  30,  1743.  2.  Han- 
nah, December  i,  1744,  died  December  10. 
1744.  3.  Moses,  November  30,  1745.  4. 
Ezra.  October  18,  1747.  5.  Tamar,  March 
Q,  1750,  died  December  9,  1788.  6.  Abraham, 
September  6,  1752,  died  June  25.  1754.  7.  Jo- 
seph, June  29,  1754.  8.  Alvan,  October  21, 
1756.  9.  Caleb,  July  22,  1758,  died  August 
23.  1785.  10.  Daniel,  October  20,  1760,  died 
October  19,  1762.  11.  Lydia,  March  4,  1763, 
died  November  2,  1764.  12.  Ahaz,  July  23. 
1765  ;  see  forward. 

dV)   Ahaz.  son  of  Joseph  and  Lydia  (Aid- 
rich)    Allen,  born  at  Mendon,  July  23,   1765, 


died  there  (then  Blackstone)  October  4,  1848: 
married  (first)  intention  promulgated  at  Men- 
don, January  9,  1786,  Chloe  French.  She  died 
at  Mendon,  January  23,  1802,  and  he  married 
(second),  intention  promulgated  July  6,  1802, 
Keziah  (Cook)  Thompson,  born  at  Mendon, 
July  27,  1770,  died  there  October  15,  1848. 
eleven  days  after  the  death  of  her  husband. 
She  was  tlaughter  of  Noah  and  Keziah  (Al- 
bee)  Cook  and  widow  of  Micah  Thompson. 
Noah  Cook  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Men- 
don, and  was  constable  in  1756  and  selectman 
in  1764.  Ahaz  Allen  was  one  of  Mendon's 
leading  citizens  and  a  man  of  considerable 
distinction,  being  honored  almost  continuously 
with  public  office,  or  chosen  to  serve  on  im- 
portant committees,  for  more  than  twenty-five 
years.  In  1799  he  was  constable  and  col- 
lector; in  1801-2-3-4  selectman;  1805-13  town 
treasurer;  1815-16-20-21,  selectman;  in  1807 
was  member  of  school  committee,  and  from 
that  time  until  1826  was  chosen  at  the  town 
meetings  to  serve  on  the  most  important  com- 
mittees of  the  town,  such  as  for  revising  school 
and  highway  districts,  dividing  school  money 
among  the  several  school  districts,  abatement 
of  ta.xes,  to  consider  the  suppression  of  in- 
temperance and  immorality,  laying  out  high- 
ways, purchasing  a  farm  for  support  of  the 
poor,  and  a  number  of  others.  Children,  all 
l)orn  at  Mendon;  I.  William  F.,  February  2, 
1789;  married,  December  23,  1809,  Polly 
Rates.  2.  Joseph,  July  3,  1791 :  see  forward. 
3.  Eunice  G.,  May  9,  1794;  married,  November 
21,  1827,  Rufifum  Allen,  and  taught  school  with 
him  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  where  they  both 
died.  Her  remains  were  buried  in  the 
Friends'  burying  ground  at  East  Blackstone. 
She  was  a  most  excellent  grammarian.  4. 
Daughter,  September,  1798,  died  next  month. 
5.  Chloe,  October  11,  1801,  died  at  Oak 
Bluffs,  Martha's  Vineyard,  Massachusetts : 
married  Zebina  E.  Berry,  of  Worcester,  Mass- 
achusetts. Children  of  Ahaz  and  Keziah :  6. 
Keziah.  born  March  10,  1803,  died  young.  7. 
Olive  Wilcox,  May  5,  1804;  married  March 
15,  1822,  Zimri  Cook.  8.  Daniel  W..  Febru- 
ary 27,  1806;  married,  April  23,  1830,  Myra 
A.  Barber.  9.  Ahaz,  July  13,  181 1,  died  De- 
cember 3,  1881,  unmarried. 

(\^)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Ahaz  and  Chloe 
(French)  .Allen,  born  at  Mendon,  July  3,  1791. 
died  at  Cambridgeport,  Massachusetts,  Au- 
gust 20,  1877;  married  March  20,  1816,  Ruth 
.'\lden  Thayer,  born  October  19,  1794,  a  direct 
descendant  from  John  and  Priscilla  Alden  of 
the  "Mayflower"  passengers.     He  was  a  mer- 


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chant  and  trader  and  for  a  while  kept  a  store 
at  Chestnut  Hill,  outside  of  Mendon.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  first  a  Whig  and  then  a  Republi- 
can. Children:  i.  Edmund  AL,  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  1817.  2.  Joseph  Addison,  April  15, 
1825.  3.  Charles  Francis,  September,  1826; 
see  forward.  4.  William  P.,  June  6,  1831. 
5.  Sarah  P..  August  16,  1832. 

(\'I)  Charles  Francis,  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
and  Ruth  Alden  (Thayer)  Allen,  born  at 
Mendon,  September,  1826,  died  at  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  October  26,  1884.  He  mar- 
ried Olive  Ely  Dewey,  who  survives  him.  She 
was  born  July  4,  1822,  at  Westfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, daughter  of  Sewall  and  Marcia  (ElyX 
Dewey.  Mr.  Allen  was  a  real  estate  dealer 
at  Worcester,  and  a  justice  of  the  peace.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Baptist  and  a  member  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church,  Worcester;  in  politics 
a  Republican.  He  had  no  desire  for  public 
office  and  declined  it.  His  wife  was  a  de- 
scendant from  Thomas  Dewey,  of  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  1633,  and  her  grandfather  was 
.A^djutant  Russell  Dewey,  who  was  on  the 
staff  of  General  George  Washington.  Her 
lineage  is  as  follows:  (i)  Thomas  Dewey,  Dor- 
chester, 1633:  (ii)  Cornet  Thomas  Dewey, 
baptized  February  16,  1639-40;  (iii)  Captain 
Adijah  Dewxy,  born  March  5,  1665-6;  (iv) 
Lieutenant  Moses  Dewey,  January  6,  1714; 
(v)  Adjutant  Russell  Dewey,  August  7,  1755; 
(vi)  Sewall  Dewey,  August  3,  1782;  (vii) 
Olive  Ely  Dewey,  July  4,  1822.  Children: 
I.  Frank  Dewey,  born  at  Worcester,  August 
15,  1850;  see  forward.  2.  Charles  Sewall, 
born  at  Worcester,  March  26,  1853.  3.  Ed- 
ward E.,  born  at  Oxford,  Massachusetts,  April 
12,  1856.  4.  Charlotte  Elizabeth.  S-  Marv 
Ely. 

(VII)  Frank  Dewey,  son  of  Charles  Fran- 
cis and  Olive  Ely  (Dewey)  Allen,  born  at 
Worcester,  Massachusetts,  August  16,  1850, 
died  at  Boston,  January  23,  1910,  very  sud- 
denly; married  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 9,  1878,  Lucy  Rhodes,  born  at  Lynn,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1844,  died  in  1889,  daughter  of 
Trevett  Mansfield  and  Eliza  (Munroe)  Rhodes 
of  Lynn.  They  had  no  children.  Mr.  Allen 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  City 
of  Worcester,  including  the  Classical  High 
School,  graduating  in  1869.  He  entered  Yale 
College  that  year,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1873.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
"Scroll  and  Key."  and  pulled  an  oar  in  his 
class  crew.  After  a  year  in  the  law  office  of 
Bacon,  Hopkins  &  Bacon,  at  Worcester,  he 
entered   the   Boston   University   Law   School, 


graduating  in  1875  with  the  degree  of  LL.  D. 
While  studying  law  he  tutored  in  Latin  and 
Greek.  After  his  course  at  the  law  school  he 
entered  the  office  of  Hillard,  Hyde  &  Dick- 
inson, Boston,  and  became  managing  clerk. 
He  remained  there  until  he  was  admitted  to 
the  Suffolk  county  bar,  January  8,  1878,  when 
he  opened  an  office  on  his  own  account  in  Bos- 
ton, where  he  was  located  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  ,\t  the  time  of  his  death  his  suite  of  offices 
was  in  the  Old  South  Building,  on  Washington 
street.  Mr.  Allen  was  one  of  the  promi- 
nent men  of  ^Massachusetts,  and  enjoyed 
a  national  reputation.  He  was  much  in 
public  life,  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
highly  honored  in  office.  He  was  a  member 
from  Lynn  of  the  Massachusetts  house  of  rep- 
resentatives in  1881,  serving  on  the  commit- 
tee on  judiciary,  and  acting  as  its  clerk ;  also 
on  the  committee  on  banks  and  banking,  the 
congressional  redistricting  committee  and  the 
committee  on  the  removal  of  Probate  Judge 
Day,  of  Barnstable  county.  He  served  on  the 
Republican  state  central  committee,  succeeding 
Hon.  Henry  Cabot  Lodge  from  the  Fifth  Sen- 
atorial District,  in  1884-85,  and  was  on  the 
executive  committee  of  the  same.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  governor's  council  in  1886-87- 
88,  elected  from  the  Fifth  Councillor  District, 
serving  one  year  with  Governor  George  D. 
Robinson  and  two  years  with  Governor  Oliver 
.■\mes.  In  1889  to  1893  he  was  L^nited  States 
district  attorney  for  the  district  of  Massachu- 
setts, under  President  Harrison.  Mr.  Allen 
was  well  known  throughout  the  common- 
wealth as  a  leader  in  the  Republican  party, 
was  an  able  and  forceful  speaker  and  made 
political  speeches  for  the  party  in  state  and 
national  campaigns,  and  was  also  frequently 
called  upon  to  deliver  Memorial  Day  ad- 
dresses. In  the  practice  of  his  profession  he 
was  notably  successful  in  important  cases. 
He  succeeded  as  counsel  for  the  Lancaster 
Bank  in  recovering  the  sureties  stolen  from  its 
vaults  and  he  won  distinction  by  his  masterly 
prosecution  in  the  Maverick  Bank  cases  and  by 
the  shrewdness  with  which,  as  receiver,  he 
closed  up  the  affairs  of  the  Central  National 
Bank  of  Boston.  He  was  complimented  by 
Attorney  General  Miller,  of  the  United  States, 
for  his  faithfulness  and  ability.  In  1884  Mr. 
.Allen  organized  the  Massachusetts  Temper- 
ance Home  for  Inebriates,  located  at  Lynn, 
and  w-as  its  president  for  a  number  of  years. 
He  organized  the  Lvnn  Electric  Lighting  Com- 
pany, under  the  Thomson-Houston  patents, 
procured  its  charter,  and  was  one  of  its  direct- 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


ors.  He  also  successfully  negotiated  the  plan 
which  brought  the  Thomson-Houston  Com- 
pany's business  to  Lynn.  One  of  Mr.  Allen's 
earliest  cases  as  United  States  district  attorney 
was  a  perjury  case  in  connection  with  the 
Johnson  pension  claim.  General  Benjamin  F. 
Hutler  was  counsel  for  the  defendant,  but  Mr. 
Allen  won  his  case  after  a  long  and  bitter  legal 
battle.  The  customs  administration  act,  the 
alien  contract  labor  law,  the  anti-trust  statute 
and  various  new  matters  of  congressional  leg- 
islation received  judicial  interpretation  during 
his  official  term  in  cases  wdiich  he  personally 
conducted.  In  1902  Mr.  Allen  was  appointed 
receiver  of  the  Central  National  Bank,  and 
with  his  knowledge  of  banking  and  banking 
laws  he  was  able  after  a  few  years  to  close  up 
the  bank's  affairs  with  remarkable  success  and 
with  no  loss  to  the  depositors,  for  which  he 
was  greatly  complimented  on  all  sides.  He 
was  also  receiver  of  the  Alfred  Mudge  &  Son 
Company,  of  Boston,  which  corporation  be- 
came involved  with  the  Central  National  Bank. 
Mr.  Allen  was  clerk  of  the  Washington  Street 
Baptist  Church,  of  Lynn,  for  a  year  but  was 
obliged  to  resign  from  pressure  of  other  duties. 
He  was  later  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Boston,  and  had  a  pew  in  the  Old 
South  Church.  While  at  Yale  College  he  was 
a  member  of  the  college  societies  each  year, 
and  in  1902  was  chosen  president  of  the  Yale 
.-Vlumni  Association  of  Boston.  In  club  life 
he  was  aftiliated  with  the  Oxford  and  Park 
Clubs,  and  the  Republican  Club  of  Lynn,  the 
Twentieth  Century  Club,  Bostonian  Society, 
Boston  Shakespeare  Club,  L^niversity  Club, 
Art  Club  and  City  Club,  of  Boston,  the  Oakley 
Golf  Club  of  Watertown,  the  Tedesco  Country 
Club  of  Swampscott,  and  the  Seapuit  Golf 
Club  at  Osterville,  Massachusetts.  During  his 
married  life  Mr.  .Allen  and  his  wife  resided  in 
Lynn,  but  since  his  wife's  death  he  has  made 
his  home  with  his  mother  and  his  sister.  Miss 
Charlotte  Elizabeth  .Allen ;  in  the  summer  in 
the  ocean  district  of  Lynn,  and  a  portion  of  the 
season  at  York  Beach,  Maine,  and  in  the  win- 
ter in  Boston.  His  death  came  wholly  without 
warning,  he  being  found  dead  in  his  bed  on 
Sunday  morning,  January  23,  1910,  in  his 
apartments  at  the  Hotel  Ericson.  ^jt.  Common- 
wealth avenue,  Boston.  The  physicians  sum- 
moned were  of  the  opinion  that  death  was 
caused  by  heart  disease  and  that  Mr.  ,\llen 
died  shortly  after  retiring  on  Saturday  night. 
He  had  been  in  his  usual  good  health  and  after 
partaking  of  dinner  with  his  mother  and  sis- 
ter on   Saturday  evening  he  sat  and  chatted 


and  joked  with  them  and  made  no  mention  of 
feeling  ill.  He  excused  himself  after  a  time 
and  went  to  the  Art  Club  and  spent  the  even- 
ing. He  returned  to  his  apartments  shortly 
after  11  o'clock  and  retired.  In  the  morning 
when  his  mother  went  to  call  him  that  he 
might  accompany  her  to  breakfast  his  death 
was  discovered,  and  Mrs.  Allen  and  her  daugh- 
ter were  overcome  by  the  shock.  Funeral 
services  were  held  at  the  Old  South  Church, 
Boylston  and  Dartmouth  streets,  Boston,  with 
private  burial  at  Lynn,  on  Tuesday,  January 
2^. 


This  name  is  to  be  found  both 

i!.\KBER  in  England  and  Scotland.  The 
English  spell  it  Barber,  while 
the  Scotch  spelling  is  usually  Barbour.  Early 
inmiigrants  of  this  name  came  to  ^lassachu- 
setts,  New  Hampshire,  Virginia,  and  Penn- 
sylvania. The  Barbers  of  New  England  are 
descended  from  several  immigrants,  among 
whom  were  Thomas,  who  arrived  at  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  in  1635,  and  proceeded 
to  Windsor,  Connecticut ;  John,  who  arrived 
at  Salem,  Alassachusetts,  in  1637;  George,  who 
was  in  Dedham  as  early  as  1643  ^  Edward,  who 
tiled  there  in  1644;  and  Robert,  the  New 
Hampshire  settler,  founder  in  America  of  the 
Barber  family,  whose  history  is  now  being 
reviewed. 

(  I  )  Robert  Barber  came  from  England 
( [irobably  Yorkshire)  about  1690,  and  settled 
in  Exeter,  where  he  was  granted  fifty  acres 
of  land  located  in  what  is  now  Newfields.  He 
was  killed  by  the  Indians  while  working  in 
his  field.  The  data  at  hand  fails  to  give  the 
maiden  name  of  his  wife,  but  mentions  three 
sons,  Robert,  John  and  Daniel. 

(II)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  Barber,  was 
born  at  Exeter,  in  1699.  He  married  Sarah 
Bean,  born  at  Exeter,  1707,  and  they  removed 
to  Epping  in  1735. 

(  III )  Lieutenant  Daniel,  son  of  Robert  and 
Sarah  (Bean)  Barber,  was  born  in  Exeter, 
.\pril  25,  1733.  He  was  reared  in  Epping,  and 
in  1752  married  Sarah  Parsons,  born  at  New- 
market. 1730.  They  were  the  parents  of  three 
sons  and  one  daughter. 

(IV)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Daniel 
I'l)  and  Sarah  (Parsons)  Barber,  was  born  in 
Epping,  April  19,  1753.  He  was  a  revolu- 
tionary soldier  and  participated  in  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill,  July  28,  1777,  he  married 
Sarah  Coffin,  born  in  Epping.  September  24. 
1758.  Of  this  union  there  were  four  son< 
and  one  daughter. 


MASSACHLSETTS. 


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(V)  Daniel  (3).  son  of  Daniel  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Coffin)  Barber,  was  born  in  Epping, 
July  16,  1792.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer 
and  a  lifelong  resident  of  Epping.  On  April 
22,  1813,  he  married  Hannah  Holt  Oilman, 
born  January  28,  1793,  and  she  bore  him  eight 
sons  and  three  daughters. 

(VI)  James  Pike,  ninth  child  of  Daniel  (3) 
and  Hannah  Holt  (Oilman)  Barber,  was  born 
in  Epping,  June  14,  1831.  His  studies  in  the 
public  schools  were  augmented  by  a  year's 
course  at  an  academy,  and  his  training  for  the 
activities  of  life  not  only  embraced  the  ac- 
quisition of  a  good  knowledge  of  agriculture, 
but  he  also  served  an  apprenticeship  at  the 
carpenter's  and  carriage-maker's  trades.  His 
active  years  have  however  been  devoted  chiefly 
to  general  farming  in  Epping.  In  early  life 
he  united  with  the  Methodist  Episct)pal  church, 
of  which  he  was  for  many  years  an  official,  and 
he  is  still  a  member.  Politically  he  acts  with 
the  Republican  party,  but  has  never  aspired  to 
public  office.  He  married,  July  4.  1854.  Lu- 
cinda  A.  Jenness.  born  in  West  Epping.  Au- 
gust 6,  1830,  daughter  of  James  K.  and  Sarah 
(French)  Jenness.  She  died  in  Eppmg, 
Jaiuiary  15,  1864.  Children:  Eben  Jenness, 
born  January  21,  1856,  died  September  21 
same  year;  Albert  Oilman,  see  forward; 
Arthur  Jenness.  the  latter's  twin  brother,  died 
June  18.  1880;  Florence  J.,  born  March  20, 
1863,  died  June  15,  1864. 

(\'ir)  Albert  Oilman,  second  son  and  child 
of  James  P.  and  Lucinda  A.  (Jenness)  Bar- 
ber, was  born  in  Epping,  July  18,  1857.  His 
early  studies  were  pursued  in  the  Epping  pub- 
lic schools,  and  he  concluded  his  education  at 
the  age  of  si.xteen  years  with  a  two  year's 
course  at  Atliol  (Massachusetts')  high  school. 
For  the  ensuing  six  years  he  assisted  in  carry- 
ing on  the  homestead  farm  during  the  summer 
season,  being  employed  winters  at  the  lumber 
camps  in  the  woods,  and  was  subsequently  for 
two  years  engaged  in  farming  on  his  own  ac- 
count at  Epping.  He  next  worked  at  car- 
riage making  for  a  time  in  Amesbury.  Massa- 
chusetts, and  later  was  employed  in  a  shoe  fac- 
tory at  Epping.  In  1884  he  began  to  learn 
the  optical  business,  which  he  found  upon  fur- 
ther acquaintance  to  be  his  proper  sphere  of 
action,  and  he  has  ever  since  followed  it  with 
success.  As  an  optician  he  first  located  in 
Waltham,  Massachusetts,  whence  he  removed 
to  Lawrence,  having  an  office  in  the  Bay  State 
Bank  Building,  that  city,  and  in  1888  he  es- 
tablished himself  in  business  in  Boston.  In 
the   following   year    (1889)    he   organized   the 


manufacturing  and  wholesale  optical  concern 
known  as  the  Olobe  Optical  Company,  of 
which  he  is  president  and  treasurer,  and  he 
has  from  the  commencement  of  its  career  di- 
rected its  alTairs  in  a  most  able  and  progres- 
sive manner.  This  concern,  which  is  consid- 
ered the  largest  wholesale  optical  house  in  the 
East,  employs  nearly  one  hundred  and  fifty 
people,  is  transacting  a  business  amounting  to 
over  half  a  million  dollars  annually,  and  its 
trade  is  constantly  increasing.  In  addition  to 
the  Olobe  Company,  Mr.  Barber  is  a  director 
in  several  other  optical  companies,  and  is  sim- . 
ilarly  connected  with  other  business  corpora- 
tions. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  takes 
no  active  part  in  public  affairs  beyond  the  ex- 
ercise of  his  elective  privileges.  When  twenty 
j'ears  old  he  became  a  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church,  and  has  ever  since  been 
actively  identified  with  that  denomination.  He 
was  formerly  su]ierintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school  connected  with  the  Bromfield  Street 
Church.  Boston,  officiating  in  the  same  ca- 
pacity at  the  Methodist  Church,  Newton, 
where  he  now  resides,  and  at  present  is  a  trus- 
tee of  that  church  and  treasurer  of  its  benevo- 
lences. He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Sullivan 
Lodge.  Epping,  in  1880,  advanced  to  Newton 
Royal  Arch  Chapter,  to  Oethsemane  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Templars,  of  Newton,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, Boston  City  and  Economic  clubs,  all  of 
Boston ;  the  Methodist  Social  Union,  the  New- 
ton Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and 
other  organizations.  He  married  at  Law- 
rence. Massachusetts,  Annie  Estelle  Skerrye, 
born  in  Liver])ool.  Nova  Scotia,  February  8 
1861,  daughter  of  an  edge-tool  manufacturer 
of  that  place.  Her  father  having  died  when 
she  was  very  young,  she  was  brought  to  Bos- 
ton, where  she  attended  the  public  schools, 
and  her  education  was  completed  at  the  New 
Hampshire  Conference  Seminary  in  Tilton, 
New  Hampshire.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barber  have 
two  sons,  both  of  whom  are  engaged  with  him 
in  the  Olobe  Optical  Company :  Frederick, 
.Arthur,  born  at  Epping.  New  Hampshire,  De- 
cember I.  1880.  and  Raymond  Jenness.  born  in 
the  same  place.  August  12.  1884. 


The  surname  Bennett  is  an 
HENNETT  abbreviation  of  the  English 
form  of  the  word  Benedictus. 
meaning  "blessed"  and  is  the  name  of  many 
emigrants  from  England  to  the  .\merican 
colonies.  During  the  revolution  the  Ben- 
netts,   with    various    i^pellings    of    the    name. 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


were  luimeroiis,  and  the  revolutionary 
rolls  of  Massachusetts  show  one  hundred 
and  twenty  Bennets,  ninety  Bennetts,  thirty 
Bennits,  and  nineteen  Bennitts,  who  were  in 
service.  Four  distinct  lines  of  the  family  are 
traced    from    Essex   county,    Massachusetts. 

(I)  John  Bennett  was  born  in  England  in 
[632.  There  is  a  tradition  that  he  ran  away 
with  a  Scotch  peasant's  daughter  and  that  he 
was  the  son  of  a  nobleman.  Evidence  of  the 
latter  fact  is  afforded  by  his  court  dress,  said 
to  be  in  the  possession  of  a  descendant.  He 
•was  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  in  1659, 
and  was  drowned  in  1674.  He  was  a  weaver. 
His  widow.  Mary,  married  Richard  Meade, 
1678.     Children:    i.    John,   born   about    1659. 

2.  Josias,  died  in  infancy,  September  12.  1663. 

3.  Josias,  born  .April  23,  1664.  4.  James,  men- 
tioned below. 

(H)  James,  son  of  John  Bennett,  was  born 
in  Charlestown,  May  31,  1666.  He  settled  in 
Rnxbury,  where  the  Bennett  family  were  prin- 
ci]5ally  located.  He  married,  F"ebruary  I, 
1680-81.  Elizabeth  Tarbell  (Tarbole),  born 
1656,  died  July  25,  1684.  Children,  born  in 
Roxbury:  i.  James,  December  11,  1681,  men- 
tioned below.     2.  Josias,  May  6,   1684. 

(HI)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Ben- 
nett, was  born  December  11,  168 1,  in  Roxbury. 
He  married,  March  23,  1703,  at  Reading, 
Massachusetts.  The  name  of  his  wife  is  un- 
known.    Child:    I.    James,    mentioned    below. 

(IV)  James"  (3),  son  of  James  (2)  Ben- 
nett, was  born  about  1704,  in  Groton.  He 
married  Elizabeth  (Betsy)  Dodge.  Children: 
I.  Sarah,  born  1745.  2.  Thomas,  about  1750. 
3.  Stephen,  about  1753.  4.  William,  1754. 
mentioned  below.  5.  James,  served  in  revolu- 
tion. 6.  Elizabeth,  born  176 1.  7.  Joseph.  8. 
Jonathan. 

(V)  William,  son  of  James  (3)  Bennett, 
was  born  in  1754.  He  appears  to  have  set- 
tled in  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  for  a  time  and 
then  in  Sandwich  in  that  state.  In  1776  he 
signed  a  petition  to  the  general  court  to  regu- 
late prices.  In  1783  he  was  one  of  the  Exe- 
ter men  settled  at  Sandwich  and  one  of  the 
proprietors.  He  opposed  the  proposition  to 
make  free  of  taxation  Phillips  Exeter  Acad- 
emy. In  17Q0  he  was  living  at  Sandwich, 
New  Hampshire,  and  had  two  sons  under  si.x- 
teen  and  three  females  in  his  family.  Joseph, 
his  brother,  was  the  only  other  of  the  name 
in  the  town,  head  of  a  family,  in  1790.  He 
had  two  sons  under  sixteen  and  one  female 
in  his  family.  In  1794  William  Bennett  was 
in  Bridgton.  Maine,  and  had  two  males  and 


one  female  in  his  family.  He  married  Lois 
Flint.  He  had  a  son  William,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  William  (2),  .son  of  William  (i) 
Bennett,  was  born  at  Bridgton,  Maine,  about 
1800.  He  married  Charlotte  Bennett,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Mehitable  (Moulton)  Ben- 
nett. He  had  a  son  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 
Joseph  Moulton  settled  in  Freedom,  New 
Hampshire,  a  town  adjacent  to  Sandwich  and 
near  the  Maine  line. 

(\'II)  Josejjh.  son  of  William  (2)  Ben- 
nett was  born  in  Bridgton,  Maine,  May  26. 
1840.  He  received  his  early  education  at  the 
public  schools  and  having  fitted  for  college  at 
I'ridgton  .\cademy  and  the  Boston  Latin 
-School  entered  Bowdoin  College  in  i860.  He 
left  college  in  his  junior  year,  but  subsequently 
received  his  degree  out  of  course.  In  1863  he 
came  to  Boston  and  studied  law  in  the  office 
of  Asa  Cottrell  and  was  admitted  to  the  Suf- 
folk bar,  March  6,  1866.  He  immediately 
afterward  began  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  Tioston  and  was  for  several  years  associated 
with  Mr.  Cottrell  in  the  practice  of  law.  In 
1868  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  cir- 
cuit court  of  the  United  States  and  in  1881  to 
practice  in  the  supreme  court  of  the  United 
States.  He  made  his  home  in  the  town  of 
Bright<in,  then  in  Middlesex  county,  now  a 
])art  of  the  city  of  Boston,  and  in  1870  was 
a])pointed  trial  justice.  \\'hen  Brighton  was 
annexed  to  Boston  he  was  made  special  jus- 
tice of  the  municipal  court  for  the  Brighton 
district  in  1873.  In  1879  he  was  elected  a 
representative  to  the  general  court  from  ward 
twenty-five  and  resigned  his  office  as  justice. 
\\'hile  a  member  of  the  house  he  served  on  the 
committee  on  constitutional  amendments  and 
drafted  and  introduced  the  bill  since  known  as 
the  bill  to  prevent  the  double  taxation  of  mort- 
gaged property.  Notwithstanding  the  strong 
o])position  that  the  bill  encountered  from  as- 
sessors and  others  throughout  the  state  he 
succeeded  in  securing  its  passage  in  the  house, 
though  it  met  defeat  in  the  senate.  In  1881- 
82  he  was  a  member  of  the  state  senate  and  as 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  taxation  re- 
ported the  same  bill,  which  largely  through  his 
efforts  and  advocacy  was  finally  passed. 
While  in  the  senate  he  was  also  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  election  laws,  chainrian  of 
the  committee  on  redistricting  the  Common- 
wealth into  congressional  districts  and  mem- 
ber of  the  judiciary  committee.  In  1891  he 
was  again  a  state  senator  and  served  as  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  railroads,  chairman 


MASSACHLSKTTS. 


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of  the  committee  on  redistricting  the  state  and 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  reform  in  the 
registration  of  land  titles.  After  his  service 
in  the  house  in  1879  he  was  again  appointed 
justice  of  the  municipal  court  and  held  that 
office  until  he  resigned  in  1881.  The  service 
<if  Mr.  Bennett  on  the  two  joint  committees 
on  redistricting  the  state  presents  probably  the 
only  instance  in  which  the  same  man  has  been 
twice  chairman  of  this  committee.  In 
Brighton,  both  before  and  since  annexation, 
lie  has  been  an  active  and  influential  citizen, 
supporting  all  measures  and  movements  in- 
tended to  benefit  the  community  and  increase 
its  prosperity.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
school  committee  of  the  town,  and  a  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  public  library 
now  merged  with  the  public  library  of  the 
city  of  Boston.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican 
and  he  has  had  a  large  and  commanding  in- 
fluence in  his  party.  He  married,  May  26. 
1866.  Elizabeth  R.  Lefavor,  of  Boston,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Alary  H.  Lefavor.  Children  ; 
1.  Joseph  I.,  born  January  26,  1867.  2.  Fred- 
erick S.,  May  28,  1873.  '  3.  Mary  E.  Loring, 
August  27,  1875. 


Many  families  of  this  name  are 
BRO\\'X  found  very  early  in  Xew  Eng- 
land, and  several  dift'erent  fami- 
lies often  a])pear  in  one  neighborhood,  making 
it  difficult  to  distinguish.  The  family  herein 
traced  was  located  in  the  Plymouth  Colony, 
but  the  continued  tracing  is  rendered  ex- 
tremely difficult  by  the  meagreness  of  vital 
records  in  some  of  the  towns  of  that  region. 
(I)  Among  the  signers  of  the  Mayflower 
Compact.  November  ii.  1620.  on  board  the 
historic  "Mayflower,"  in  Cape  Cod  Bay.  Peter 
Brown  was  thirty-third.  He  is  said  to  have 
been  a  son  of  Thomas  and  great-grandson  of 
Anthony  l')rown,  who  was  created  Knight  of 
the  Batii  at  the  coronation  of  Richard  II.,  and 
was  recipient  of  the  famous  Battle  .\bbey  at 
the  hands  of  Henry  VIII.  John  Brown,  an 
elder  brother  of  Peter,  became  acquainted  with 
the  Pilgrims  at  Leyden,  Holland,  prior  to  1620, 
and  the  year  of  his  immigration  has  been 
fixed  at  about  1630.  He  was  a  resident  of 
Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  in  1636.  He  was  a 
man  of  large  intelligence,  great  energy  of  char- 
acter and  deep  and  earnest  piety.  In  1634  he 
was  made  a  freeman,  and  in  1636  was  an  as- 
sistant to  the  governor,  an  office  which  he  held 
by  annual  election  for  seventeen  years.  He 
was  a  grand  pioneer  in  the  settlement  of  the 
towns   on    the   west    of    old    Plymouth.     His 


name  is  found  among  the  purchasers  of  Taun- 
ton   in    1637,    and    he,    with    Miles    Standish. 
erected  bounds  around  the  purchase  in   1640. 
Thither    he    had    probably    removed    with    his 
family  before  1643,   for  among  the  fifty-four 
males    subject   to   military   duty    in   that   year 
his   name    stands   first,    followed   by   his   two 
sons,  John  and  James.     During  the  same  year 
he  was  one  of  the  company  to  purchase  Reho- 
both,  and  his  interest  in  that  township  was  the 
largest   of   any,   amounting    to    six    hundred 
pounds   sterling.     Prior   to  June  g,    1645,   he 
removed    to    Rehoboth.     His    son  James   re- 
moved  from  Taunton  with  him,  and  his  son 
John   followed  in    1647.     In  December,   1645, 
John  Brown  Sr.  became  sole  proprietor  of  the 
"section  known  by  the  Indians  as  Wannamoi- 
sett  and  Wannanioiset  Neck   (Now   Bullock's 
Point    and    Riverside,   Rhode   Island),   which 
originally    included   a   portion   of   the   present 
towns  of  Rehoboth  and  Swansea,  with  a  large 
portion  of  Barrington.  and  the  south  part  of 
Sekonk  and   East   F'rovidence.     His  name  ap- 
liears  on  all  of  the  important  committees  of 
the  town  of  Rehoboth.      In   1643  the  colonies 
of  Plvmouth,  Massachusetts,  Connecticut  and 
Xew  I  laven  united  in  a  confederacy  styled  the 
I'nited   Colonies   of   Xew    England,    for  their 
common   defence   and   welfare.     Each   colony 
sent   two   commissioners   to   the   meetings   of 
this  1)odv.  and  John   Brown  represented   Ply- 
luoutli   colony   twelve  years.     He  was  associ- 
ated in   deliberations  with  such  men  as  John 
W'inthrop,  Governor  Haynes,  Mr.  Eaton,  Gov- 
ernor  Winthrop  and  others,  and   exercised  a 
large  influence  in  this  body,  serving  the  colo- 
ies\viselv  and  faithfully.      He  died  at  Wanna- 
moisett.  .April  10.  ift)2.      His  widow,  Dorothy 
Brown,   died    in    Swansea,   January   27,    1674. 
aged  ninety  years.     Children  :  Mary,  married 
Captain  Thomas  Willett :  John,  see  forward; 
James  Brown. 

(  II  )  lohn  (  2  ),  elde.st  son  of  John  and  Dor- 
othv  Brown,  was  born  probably  in  England, 
and  resided  in  Rehoboth.  where  he  was  buried 
the  last  of  March,  1662.  His  will  was  pro- 
bated the  same  day  and  his  father  was  made 
executor.  He  married  Lydia,  daughter  of 
William  ( i )  Buckland.  Children  :  John,  born 
last  Friday  of  September.  1650;  Anne,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1654:  Lydia,  .\ugu.st  6,  1656:  Joseph, 
mentioned  Ijelow ;  and  Xathaniel,  June  9,  1661. 

(Ill)  Joseph,  second  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Lvdia  (P>uckland)  lirown,  was  born  .\pril  9. 
1658,  in  Rehoboth,  and  resided  in  that  town 
until  after  1702,  when  he  removed  to  .\ttle- 
boro,    Massachusetts,    and    was   representative 


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from  that  town  in  1712  and  1726-7-8.  He 
died  there  May  5,  1731-  He  married  Novem- 
ber 10,  1680,  Hannah  Fitch,  born  1669-70: 
died  October  14,  1739.  Children  born  in 
Rehoboth :  Hannah  and  Joseph  (twins),  No- 
vember 21,  1 68 1  (latter  died  young)  ;  Joseph 
(died  young);  Jabosh,  December  30,  1683: 
John,  March  13,  1686:  Joseph,  August  28, 
1688;  Lydia,  December  i,  1691 ;  Benjamin, 
April  3,  1694;  Mary,  June  28,  1696;  Christo- 
pher, June  17,  1699;  Jeremiah,  October  7, 
1702.  There  is  reason  to  believe  there  was 
at  least  another,  a  sketch  of  whom  follows. 

(IV)  Noah  Brown,  born  about  1700,  pre- 
sumably son  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Fitch) 
ISrown,  was  a  resident  of  Rehoboth,  and  was 
twice  married.  The  baptismal  name  iif  his 
second  wife  was  Rebecca. 

(V)  Noah  (2),  son  of  Noah  (i)  and  Re- 
becca Brown,  was  born  .\ugust  7,  1726,  in 
Rehoboth.  He  married,  .\pril  9,  1752,  Deb- 
orah Wilmirth.  of  Attleboro,  born  before 
1730,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Deborah 
(Crossnian)  Wilmirth.  They  resided  in  .At- 
tleboro, where  the  births  of  the  following  chil- 
dren are  recorded,  with  the  exception  of  the 
first,  who  was  born  in  Rehoboth :  Noah,  men- 
tioned below  :  Consider,  October  i,  1753  ;  Sary, 
.\pril  13,  1755;  Hepsibeth,  November  2,  1756, 
Deborah,  .April  11,  1759;  Phebe,  September  5, 
1760;  Stephen,  July  I,  1764:  Rebecca,  April 
2T„  1766:  Hannah,  \\)V\\  29,  1770;  James,  No- 
vember 8,   1772;  John,  June  16,  1775. 

(VT)  Noah  (3).  eldest  child  of  Noah  (2 1 
and  Deborah  (Wilmirth)  Brown,  was  born 
.\ugust  10,  1752,  in  Rehoboth.  Massachusetts, 
and  lived  in  .Attleboro.  where  he  married  (in- 
tentions published  September  28,  1778)  Judith 
.Short.  The  .Attleboro  records  fail  to  give  any 
account  of  their  children,  but  family  records 
show  that  they  were  the  ])arciits  of  tlie  ne.xt 
mentioned. 

(\TI)  Elisha,  son  of  Noah  (3)  and  Judith 
(  Short )  .Brown,  was  born  .August  27,  1784, 
in  Attleboro,  where  he  resided  until  after  his 
marriage.  He  then  settled  in  Rowe,  Frank- 
lin county,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  one  of 
the  earliest  settlers,  and  died  November  22. 
1862.  aged  seventy-eight  years.  The  follow- 
ing is  taken  from  an  obituary  notice  published 
immediately  after  his  death:  "He  was  one  of 
the  earliest  settlers  in  this  town,  having  been 
a  resident  here  for  upwards  of  twenty-seven 
years.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and 
belonged  to  that  generation  of  men  that  is  fast 
passing  away,  who  laid  the  foundations  of  our 


present  and  prospective  prosperity  ;  who  liter- 
ally made  the  wilderness  to  blossom  as  a  rose. 
He  was  a  man  of  strict  integrity  and  of  great 
moral  worth.  He  had  been  for  a  period  of 
forty-six  years  a  member  of  the  Alethodist 
Episco])al  Church."  He  married,  in  Attle- 
boro, November  12.  1809.  Hannah  Carpenter, 
born  February  29,  1790,  in  that  town,  daugh 
ter  of  Cyril  and  Lucy  (Lane)  Carpenter;  and 
died  .August  11,  1863,  in  Rowe.  Children:  i. 
Lorenzo  Lane,  born  October  14,  1810:  died 
February  4,  1888.  2.  Infant  son,  July  26, 
1812;  died  July  26,  1812.  3.  Lucy  Carpenter, 
born  July  7,  1813;  died  July  25,  1838.  4.  Or- 
ville  Short,  mentioned  below.  5.  Clement, 
born  October  10,  1816:  died  November  23, 
1839.  6.  David,  born  October  9,  1818;  died 
.\ugust  22,  1857.  7.  Lewis,  born  May  19. 
1820.  8.  George,  born  March  i,  1822;  died 
June  9,  1874.  9.  William,  born  May  2,  1824. 
10.  Noah,  January  26,  1827.  11.  Infant  son, 
February  28,  1830:  died  February  28,  1830. 
12.  Cyril,  born  April  17,  1834;  died  May  16, 
1835.  -All  except  the  fourth  removed  to  the 
frontiers  in  Michigan  and  made  their  homes 
on  land  purchased  from  the  Indians  in  what 
is  n.)w  the  township  of  Hudson,  Lenawa 
county,  where  William,  the  ninth,  is  still  liv- 
ing at  a  great  age. 

(VH)  Orville  Short,  third  son  of  Elisha 
and  Hannah  (Carpenter)  Brown,  was  born 
December  23,  1814,  in  Rowe,  and  died  July 
2,  1845,  in  Heath,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a 
teacher  and  farmer,  and  resided  on  the  home- 
stead in  that  town.  He  was  an  earnest  be- 
liever in  the  Baptist  religion,  and  was  a  Whig 
in  politics.  He  married,  December  23,  1836, 
the  day  he  was  twenty-two  years  old,  Sarah 
Maria  Taft,  of  Heath,  a  descendant  of  the 
same  ancestry  of  President  Taft,  born  Febru- 
ary 23,  1813,  died  July  23,  1876.  She  is  re- 
membered as  a  most  sweet  and  lovable  woman 
of  brilliant  abilities.  Children :  George  Rus- 
sell, mentioned  below:  infant  son,  died  one 
(lay  old;  Mary  Maria,  born  August  2,  1840, 
died  aged  forty-three  years ;  Orville  Martin, 
born  November  14,  1844. 

(IX)  George  Russell,  eldest  child  of  Or- 
ville S.  and  Sarah  M.  (Taft)  Brown,  was 
born  October  25,  1837,  in  Heath,  and  died 
fanuarv  12,  1873,  in  Hudson,  Michigan,  where 
he  settled  near  his  relatives,  and  began  farm- 
ing. He  was  enrolled  as  a  soldier  of  the  civil 
war  .August  25,  1862,  to  serve  three  years; 
was  mustered  into  service  September  10,  1862, 
at  Detroit,   Michigan,  as  private  in   Company 


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C,  First  United  States  Sharpshooters  (Captain 
Dunster's  comjjany,  Berdan  Sharpshooters), 
and  was  discharged  from  service  October  3. 
1863,  at  Boston.  Massachusetts,  on  surgeon's 
certificate  of  disabihty,  while  hokUng  grade 
of  private.  He  was  wounded  at  Chancellors- 
ville,  Virginia,  cajitnred  May  3,  1863,  and  pa- 
roled May  15,  1863.  As  a  result  of  his  wound 
he  was  incapacitated  for  severe  labor,  and 
died  as  above  noted  within  a  few  years  after 
his  discharge.  He  was  a  Methodist  in  re- 
ligion and  a  Rejniblican  in  politics.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Shelburne  Falls,  Massachusetts,  June 
16,  1857,  Susan  Roberts,  born  October  26. 
1840,  in  Colerain,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of 
Goodwin  and  Lydia  (Bishop)  Roberts,  of  that 
town.  After  her  husband  was  wounded  she 
went  to  the  front  and  assisted  him  home,  de- 
voting the  remaining  years  of  his  life  to  his 
care  and  comfort.  She  survived  him  nearly 
twenty-eight  years,  and  died  April  6,  1901. 
Children:  Ella  Maria,  born  Februarv  22,  1859: 
Ftta  Branch,  March  26,  1861  :  Wiiifield  Mar- 
tin, mentioned  below ;  Linna  May,  July  12. 
1866:  Orville  Short,  December  10,  1869;  Lula 
Louisa,  ]\rarch  16,  1872:  and  Sadie  Russell, 
March  23,   1873. 

(  X  )  W'infield  Martin,  eldest  son  of  George 
R.  and  Susan  (Roberts)  Brown,  was  born 
.\[)ril  21,  1864,  in  Colerain.  and  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  Arms  Academy  at 
Shelburne  Falls.  He  subsequently  pursued  a 
post-graduate  course  under  the  private  tuition 
of  Professor  Pratt,  author  of  Harper's  Geog- 
raphies, and  a  wide  known  educator.  Very 
soon  after  attaining  his  majority,  on  May  15, 
1885,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Boston  & 
Lowell  Railroad  Company  as  a  clerk  in  the 
auditing  and  accounting  department.  His 
energy  and  native  ability  secured  for  him  rapid 
promotion,  and  he  soon  became  chief  clerk 
in  the  passenger  traffic  department  of  the  road. 
and  subsequently  was  for  a  period  of  fourteen 
years  assistant  to  the  general  supermtendent. 

D.  W".  Sanborn.  He  retired  from  this  po- 
sition in  December.  1906.  to  accept  the  po- 
sition of  manager  of  H.  P.  Hood  &  Sons,  the 
largest  independent  dairy  company  in  New 
England,  with  fine  farms  in  New  Hampshire 
and  numerous  distributing  warehouses  in  Bos- 
ton. In  this  responsible  position  Mr.  Brown's 
exceptional  executive  ability  finds  ample  field, 
and  the  business  under  his  charge  is  thoroughly 
systematized  and  most  successfully  conducted. 
A  L'nitarian  in  religion,  he  is  independent  of 
party  bosses  in  politicals,  and  has  never  sought 
or  accepted  political   honors. 


<The  Roberts  Line). 

William  Roberts,  son  of  Catherine  (Leete) 
Roberts,  came  to  East  Hartford  from  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut.  He  lived  near  the  foot  of 
Smith's  lane,  on  the  meadow  hill,  south  of  the 
present  bridge  road,  on  what  was  then  the 
main  street,  and  died  probably  in  1735.  His 
house  was  built  on  land  w^hich  came  to  him 
from  his  wife's  father.  Captain  James  Forbes, 
who  gave  his  daughter  six  acres  on  her  mar- 
riage. He  married  Dorothy  Forbes.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Dorothy,  baptized  in  South  Church. 
Hartford,  1687.  2.  Deborah,  in  First  Church, 
Ajiril.  1690.  3.  William,  1695.  4.  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Joseph,  baptized  August 
II,  1700.  6.  Mary,  May  31,  1702.  7.  Sam- 
uel, December  24,   1704. 

(  H  )  P)enjamin,  son  of  William  Roberts,  was 
ba])tized  March  8,  1698.  He  was  a  merchant 
trader  and  the  owner  of  several  vessels,  among 
them  the  "Martha,"  "Samuel"  and  "Porrige," 
engaged  in  trade  with  the  West  Irulies  ^nd  New 
London,  bringing  home  cargoes  of  merchan- 
dise which  were  stored  in  his  cellar,  which  was 
built  especially  strong  for  the  purpose.  He 
was  also  a  large  land  owner.  He  married 
(first)  September  26,  1730,  Dorothy  Pitkin, 
born  1705,  died  October  5,  1737,  daughter  of 
Xathaniel  and  Hester  (Hosmer)  Pitkin; 
(second)  July  13,  1739.  Jerusha  Pratt,  a  de- 
scendant of  John  Pratt  who  settled  in  Hart- 
ford with  the  Hooker  party  in  1635.  Children 
of  first  wife:  I.  Dorothy,  born  January  23, 
1734.  2.  Susannah,  1736.  By  second  wife: 
3.  Jerusha  (twin),  April  24,  1740.  4.  Cath- 
erine, twin  with  Jerusha.  5.  Benjamin,  No- 
vember 15,  1741  :  mentioned  below.  6.  Sarah, 
.April  13,  1743.  7.  Mary,  January  18,  1745. 
8.  \Villiam.  January  ig,  1746.  9.  Nathaniel, 
December  24,  1750.  10.  George,  November 
22.  1732.  1 1.  -Kbigail,  1756.  12.  Lemuel, 
1 7()0. 

( I\' )  I'enjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Roberts,  was  born  November  15,  1741,  and 
died  September  26.  1808.  He  married  Doro- 
thy (Goodwin,  died  April  16,  1798,  aged  fiftv- 
eiglit  years,  daughter  of  Jolin  (4)  grand- 
daughter of  John  (3),  who' was  son  of  Na- 
thaniel and  grandson  of  Ozias  Goodwin,  one 
of  the  founders  of  Hartford.  He  lived  at 
East  Hartford,  and  in  1790,  according  to  the 
first  federal  census,  had  two  males  over  six- 
teen, two  under  that  age  and  six  females  in  his 
family.  He  may  have  been  the  Benjamin 
Roberts  in  Captain  Chapman's  company  in  the 
revolution,  1777-80.  The  company  contained 
men    from    this    section.     There   were   several 


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men  of  the  same  name  apparently  in  the  revo- 
lution from  Coimecticut.  Children,  baptized 
in  East  Hartford:  i.  Dorothy,  May  28,  1769. 

2.  Jerusha,  October  7,  1770.  3.  Benjamin,  De- 
cember I,  1 77 1.  4.  Thankful,  April  11,  1773 
5.  Sarah.  October  2^.  1774.  6.  Solomon,  June 
16,  1776.  7.  Susanna,  born  June  6,  1778.  8. 
Hoel,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Hoel.  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  and  Dor- 
othy (Goodwin)  Roberts,  was  born  June  14. 
1784.  and  baptized  July  4,  following,  in  East 
Hartford.  He  settled  in  Colerain,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  died  December  26,  1846.  His 
wife  Susan,  born  December  4,  1788,  died  Feb- 
ruary 10.  1852.  Children:  Goodwin,  men- 
tioned below  ;  layman,  born  February  26,  1813  ; 
Dwight,   March    18,    1818;   George,   February 

3,  1820:  Louisa,  March  11,  1822;  Elery,  April 
14.  1824:  Benjamin  F..  April  30,  1826. 

( \  1 )  Goodwin,  eldest  child  of  Hoel  and 
Susan  Roberts,  was  born  May  6,  181 1,  in  Col- 
erain, where  he  resided  through  life.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  October  20,  1833,  Lydia  Bishop, 
died  February  12.  1851  ;  (second)  January  i, 

1852,  Mrs.  Sarah  Maria  Taft;  one  child  of 
second    wife,   Clayton,   was    born    March   2y, 

1853,  died  November  4,  1898.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Horace,  born  August  28.  1834; 
Ellen,  September  8,  1835;  an  unnamed  infant, 
tlied  two  months  old ;  Emeline,  October  24, 
[837;  Louisa.  August  9,  1839:  Susan,  men- 
tioned below;  Franklin,  December  25,  1842; 
George,  January  13,  1844;  Albert,  May  26, 
1846.  Of  these,  the  fourth,  seventh  and 
eighth  died  before  majority. 

(\  II)  Susan,  fourth  daughter  of  Goodwin 
and  Lydia  ( Bishop )  Roberts,  was  born  Octo- 
ber 26.  1840.  in  Colerain,  and  married  June  16, 
i8=;7,  George  Russell  Brown.  (See  P>rovvn, 
IX.) 


Francis  Cosgrove,  the  first 
COS(iKO\  I*",  of  the  family  in  this  coun- 
try, was  born  in  Dublin,  Ire- 
land. Jul}-  12,  1778,  died  in  Xova  Scotia,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1856.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  his  native  city,  and  learned  the  trade  of 
shoemaker.  During  the  Napoleonic  wars  he 
enlisted  in  the  British  army  in  the  Si.xtieth  In- 
fantry and  served  under  General  Wellington. 
He  rose  to  the  rank  of  sergeant.  He  left  the 
army  when  peace  came.  He  was  wounded  in 
battle  in  his  right  knee  and  in  later  years  was 
pensioned  by  the  government.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Tory  and  in  religion  a  Baptist.  He  be- 
came a  persistent  worker  in  the  cause  of  tem- 
])erance  and  was  a  pioneer  in  temperance  re- 


form in  the  vicinity  of  his  home.  He  settled 
in  Dehousie,  Annapolis  county,  Nova  Scotia, 
and  afterward  moved  to  Nictaux,  and  died 
at  Margaretville,  Annapolis  county,  Nova  Sco- 
tia, January  18,  1856.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  lodge  of  Free  Masons  at  Halifax. 

He  married  (first)  Cooper,  of  Dub- 
lin, Ireland.  He  married  (second)  December 
2,  1820,  Elizabeth  Martha  Cuthbert,  born  June 
6,  1794,  at  Halifax,  died  February  26,  1872, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Abram  Cuthbert.  Her 
father  was  barrack  master  at  Annapolis  Royal, 
born  at  Durham,  England,  died  on  duty  at  his 
post  in  1834.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Cath- 
erine, married  Hugh  Hutchinson,  a  soldier. 
2.  Ellen,  married  Johnson,  and  re- 
turned to  Ireland  after  Napoleon  was  beaten 
and  peace  declared  :  she  died  soon  after  her 
return,  leaving  no  children.  3.  William,  fol- 
lowed the  sea,  and  never  settled  in  this  coun- 
try. Children  of  second  wife :  4.  Ann  Fran- 
ces, born  September  9,  1821  ;  died  November, 
1884;  married,  September  29,  1846,  Joseph  N. 
Durland.  of  Melvern  Square,  Nova  Scotia, 
and  has  a  large  family.  5.  James  A.,  Febru- 
ary 13.  1823;  died  February,  1829.  6.  Eliza 
(jilpin,  April  25,  1825;  died  October  28,  1894; 
married  William  Heine,  August,  1859;  child, 
Rev.  Roscoe.  of  St.  John  New  Brunswick,  a 
student  and  linguist  who  speaks  fluently  in 
twelve  different  languages.  7.  Francis  Ains- 
ley,  mentioned  below.  8.  Sophia  P.,  February 
29,  1829;  died  in  March,  1830.  9.  Adelaide 
Mary,  June  18,  1831  ;  member  of  the  Kingston 
Baptist  Church,  Kings  county,  Nova  Scotia, 
and  life  member  of  the  Baptist  Women's  Mis- 
sionary L'nion  ;  a  trained  nurse  by  profession 
and  formerly  a  teacher  in  the  Indian  Mission 
School  near  Topeka,  Kansas :  married  at  King- 
ston, October  7,  1883,  John  Wheelock,  born 
at  Torbrook,  .\nnapolis  county.  Nova  Scotia, 
July  28,  181 1  ;  died  November  27,  1896.  lO. 
Margaret  A..  September  22,  1833;  died  Sep- 
tember, 1834.  II.  Elizabeth  Mather,  July  28 
1836:  married,  June  18,  1858,  Thomas  Mc- 
Lean. 12.  Isabella  \'ictoria  Bill,  December  22. 
1838:  married.  October  7,  1868.  D.  Freeman 
Ouigley.  of  .\mherst.  Nova  Scotia. 

(  II  )  Francis  .\insley.  son  of  Francis  Cos- 
grove,  was  born  at  Dehousie,  Annapolis 
county.  Nova  Scotia,  April  21,  1827.  He  at- 
tended school  at  Xictaux  and  followed  farm- 
ing. He  came  to  Boston,  April  9.  1848,  and 
secured  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  store  of 
Mills  &  Forristall,  dealers  in  jewelers  goods 
and  fancy  gi>ods.  The  store  was  opposite 
Faueuil    Hall.     After   two  years    in    this   po- 


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sition  he  embarked  in  business  in  the  same 
line  of  trade  at  St.  Johns,  New  Brunswick, 
and  continued  for  a  period  of  ten  years.  In 
1865  lie  returned  to  Boston  and  thence  went 
to  Lawrence,  Kansas,  where  he  established  a 
fancy  goods  store  and  was  in  business  for  the 
next  tw'o  years.  He  gave  up  his  store  to  con- 
duct a  ranch  of  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres,  in  which  he  invested  in  Kansas.  After 
four  years  of  the  cattle  ranch,  he  sold  out. 
For  the  next  six  years  he  traveled  through 
the  southern  states  as  salesman  for  the  Chase 
Company,  manufacturers  of  lozenges.  He 
then  engaged  in  the  commission  business  and 
dealer  in  confectionery  in  New  York  City. 
His  wide  acquaintance  with  the  merchants,  his 
knowledge  of  the  trade  and  his  straightfor- 
ward methods  of  doing  business  brought  him 
a  large  trade  from  the  outset,  and  an  increase 
from  year  to  year.  His  present  place  of  busi- 
ness is  at  Boston.  He  resides  at  22  West- 
minster street,  Somerville,  Massachusetts.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican ;  in  religion  a  Bap- 
tist. He  is  a  member  of  Tremont  Temple 
Baptist  Church  of  Boston.  He  is  a  Mason, 
member  of  Albion  Lodge.  New  Brunswick,  ad- 
vancing to  Scottish  Royal  .\rch  Chapter.  He 
married,  July  6,  1854.  Priscilla  Martin,  who 
died  December  6.  1903,  after  a  happy  married 
life  of  over  fifty  years.  Children:  i.  Clara 
May,  married  John  H.  Bowker,  fur  dealer, 
Jefferson  Building.  Boston :  their  daughter. 
Mabel  Bowker,  is  a  teacher  of  English  history 
in  the  Roxbury  high  school;  graduate  of  Rad- 
cliffe  College.  2.  Frank  Forristall.  mentioned 
below. 

(Ill)  Frank  Forristall.  son  of  Francis 
Ainsley  Cosgrove,  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Lawrence,  Kansas,  and  for  a  time 
at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  He  is  now 
president  of  the  Kansas  City  Cigar  Company 
at  Kansas  City.  Missouri.  He  married  (first) 
Ada  Ethel  Phillips,  born  at  Du  Quoin.  Perry 
county,  Illinois,  July  5,  1859,  daughter  of  Levi 
\'an  Rensselaer  (born  Alay  6,  1830,  at  Fonda  I 
and  Mary  Jane  (Davis)  Phillips  (died  at  Syra- 
cuse, New  York.  1901).  granddaughter  of 
Levi  \'an  Rensselaer  (born  in  Holland,  died 
at  St.  Louis.  April  7,  1902)  and  Ada  (Phillips) 
Phillips,  of  Fonda,  New  York,  and  of  David 
Nathan  and  Elizabeth  Davis.  David  Nathan 
Davis  was  born  in  Wales.  ^lary  Jane  Davis  in 
Cicero,  Onandago  county.  New  York,  May 
20,  1840.  Children:  i.  Francis  Lee,  mentioned 
below.     2.    Montzilla.     3.    Helen. 

(I\')  Francis  Lee,  son  of  I'Vank  P'orristall 
Cosgrove.    was   horn    May    18.    1879.   in    New 


York  state.  He  married  (first)  Lena  Smith, 
who  died  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  in  1904. 
He  married  (second)  Grace  M.  Meyers,  born 
at  Kansas  City  in  1881.  Child  of  first  wife: 
I.  Frances  Florence,  born  at  Kansas  City,  De- 
cember ID,  1902.  Child  of  second  wife:  2. 
Alice  Mildred,  born  at  Kansas  City.  September 
22,   1909. 

Nathaniel  Dickinson,  immi- 
1)1CK1NS(J.\     grant     ancestor,     came     to 

Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
in  1637.  He  was  town  clerk  there  in  1645, 
and  representative  1646-56.  He  removed  to 
Hadley.  Massachusetts,  in  1659,  and  was  made 
a  freeman  in  the  latter  town  1661.  He  was 
also  deacon  of  the  church  and  first  recorder. 
He  resided  for  a  few  years  in  Hatfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, but  died  in  Hadley.  June  16,  1676. 
He  married  Anne  .  Children:  I.  Sam- 
uel, born  July.  1738.  mentioned  below.  2. 
C)badiah.  April  15,  1641.  3.  Nathaniel,  Au- 
gust, 1643.  4.  Nehemiah,  about  1644.  5. 
Hezekiah.  February,  1645-46.  6.  Azariah, 
October  4.  1648 ;  slain  in  Swamp  F'ight,  Au- 
gust 25,  1675.  7.  Thomas.  8.  Joseph.  9. 
John.  10.  Anna  or  Hannah,  married,  Janu- 
ary or  June  16.  T670.  John  Clary;  (second) 
Fnos  Kingsley. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Dickinson, 
was  born  July,  1638,  tloubtless  in  Wethers- 
field. He  was  a  freeman  in  Hatfield.  1690. 
He  died  November  30,  171 1,  aged  seventy- 
three.  He  married,  January  4,  1668,  Martha, 
daughter  of  James  Bridgman,  of  Springfield 
and  Northampton.  She  was  born  November 
20,  1649,  died  July  16,  171 1.  Children:  i. 
Samuel,  born  .August  17,  1669.  2.  Child,  De- 
cember 12,  1671.  3.  Nathaniel,  February  10, 
1672-73.  4.  Sarah,  November  5,  1675.  5. 
.\zariah.  December  4.  1678.  6.  Ebenezer. 
February  2.  1681-82,  mentioned  below.  7. 
.\nn,  December  17,  1683.  8.  Joseph,  August 
3.  1686.     9.  Hannah.  April  4.  1689. 

(III)  Ebenezer.  son  of  Samuel  Dickinson, 
was  born  February  2.  1681-82.  He  lived  in 
Hatfield,  and  married,  June  zj ,  1706,  Hannah 
I'^rary.  Children:  i.  Eilitha,  born  .August  2},. 
1707.  2.  Elizabeth,  August  2.  1709.  3 
Nathan.  May  30.  1712,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Hannah.  February  17,  171 5-16.  5.  Reuben 
.August  2.  1717.  6.  Samuel  (twin),  October 
14,  1 71 8.  7.  Mary  (twin),  October  14.  17 18. 
8.  Abner,  January  5,   1724-25. 

(I\')  Nathan,  son  of  Ebenezer  Dickinson, 
was  born  May  30,  17 12.  He  removed  from 
his  native  town.  Hatfield,  to  .Amherst,  and  died 


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in  the  latter  place,  August  7,  1796.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Thankful  Warner;  (second)  Jo- 
anna Leonard,  of  Springfield;  (third)  Judith 
Hosmer.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Nathan, 
born  October  19,  1735,  mentioned  below.  2 
Ebenezer,  January  3,  1741-42.     3.  Irene,  July 

13,  1743.  4.  Enos,  March  28,  1746.  Children 
of  second  wife:  5.  Azariah,  March  6,  1752. 
6.  Elihu,  October  14,  1753.  7.  Shelah,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1755.  8.  Thankful,  March  15, 
1758.  9.  Lois,  baptized  August  5,  1759.  10. 
Asa,  baptized  May  10,  1761.  11.  Levi.  12. 
Joanna,  baptized  April  6,  1766.  Children  of 
third  wife:  13.  Stephen,  baptized  July  6.  1770. 

14.  Judith. 

(V)  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Nathan  (i)  Dick- 
inson, was  born  October  19,  1735.  He  lived 
in  Amherst,  and  died  August  3,  1825.  He 
married  (first)  January  15,  1761,  Esther  Fow- 
ler, who  died  March  15,  1803.  He  married 
(second)  March  19,  1804,  Jerusha  Blodgett, 
widow,  who  died  October  27,  1818.  Children  : 
I.  Timothy,  born  June  25,  1762.  2.  Perez, 
March  26,  1763.  3.  Ezekiel.  May  25,  1765. 
mentioned  below.  4.  Esther,  March  3,  1767. 
5.  Esther,  December  14,  1768.  6.  Irene,  De- 
cember 30,  1770.  7.  Samuel  Fowler,  October 
q,  1775.     8.  Anna,  April  15,  1780. 

(VI)  Ezekiel,  son  of  Nathan  (2)  Dickin- 
son, was  born  at  Hadley,  May  25,  1765.  He 
settled  in  Amherst,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried I'erley  (nmn,  born  May  15,  1756.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Amherst:  i.  Nathan,  Alarch  21, 
1799.  2.  Solomon,  September  6,  1801.  3. 
Caroline,  February  4.  1804.  4.  Henry  B., 
November  26,  1807;  mentioned  below.  5. 
Clarissa,  June  27,  i8io.  6.  Hannah  M.,  May 
5,   1814.     7.   Cordelia,  October  29,    1817. 

(\'II)  Henry  B.,  son  of  Ezekiel  Dickinson, 
was  born  at  Amherst,  November  26.  1807.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  For  many 
years  he  was  a  stone  contractor  in  Worcester, 
Massachusetts.  His  stone  yard  was  on  Win- 
ter street  in  that  city.  He  was  a  Republican 
in  politics.  He  married  Esther  Mann  Thayer, 
born  at  Belchertown.  May  29,  1808.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary  Ann,  January  I,  1829.  2. 
Henry  W.,  October  2,  1830.  3.  Esther  M.. 
May  14,  1833.  4.  Ehzabeth  M..  July  28,  1836; 
lives  at  Medford.  5.  Emma  Jane  (twin),  No- 
vember 18,  1838.  6.  Everett  James  (twin), 
November  18.  1838.  7.  Francis  E.,  June  22. 
1842.  8.  Frederick  Sargent  (twin),  July  12. 
1845 :  mentioned  below.  9.  Son,  died  aged 
three  days  (twin  of  above). 

(VIII)  Frederick  Sargent,  son  of  Henry  B. 
Dickinson,   was  born   at   Worcester,   July    12. 


1845.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Worcester.  For  twenty-five  years  he  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  machinist.  He  removed 
to  Boston  in  1882  and  since  1883  'i^s  lived  in 
Somerville,  Massachusetts.  In  1893  he  was 
appointed  janitor  of  the  Durell  School  of 
Somerville;  in  1894  he  was  transferred  to  the 
liurns  School.  For  the  past  fifteen  years  he 
has  been  janitor  of  the  Bell  School  of  Som- 
erville. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
served  in  the  civil  war  in  the  Forty-second 
Regiment,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Kinsley 
Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Somer- 
ville. He  married  Emeline  Curtis,  daughter 
of  Levi  and  .'\deline  Sophronia  (Pratt)  Jack- 
son. Her  father  was  a  lawyer,  constable, 
turnkey  of  the  Worcester  county  jail,  city 
marshal  of  Worcester,  and  for  many 
years  deputy  sheriff.  He  was  born  Novem- 
ber 27,  1814,  died  at  Worcester,  June  18,  1866; 
married  Adeline  S.  Pratt ;  children  :  i.  Joseph, 
horn  -August  22.  1843;  '••  Emeline  C,  Janu- 
ary 4.  1847;  '''•  I-fvi  Walter.  April  5,  1854. 
.Adeline  S.  (Pratt)  Jackson  was  a  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Martha  (Goulding)  Pratt; 
children :  Edward  G.,  Joshua,  John,  Alice, 
.Martha.  I"lliza,  Adeline  S.  (married  Levi  Jack- 
son), Charles  and  Nymphus  Pratt.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Dickinson  had  four  children,  all  of  whom 
died  young,  one  son  dying  in  infancy,  and  the 
names  of  the  others  were  as  follows :  Freder- 
ick .S..  born  May  30,  1881  ;  Frederick  Everett, 
born  March  23.  1883:  Edward  Curtis,  Septem- 
ber 25.   1891. 

(II)  Joshua,  son  of  John 
BIGELOW  Bigelow  ((|.  v.),  was  born 
November  5,  1635,  in  Water- 
town,  and  married,  October  20,  1676,  Elizabeth 
Flagg.  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Flagg. 
.She  was  born  March  22,  1657,  died  August 
9,  1729.  He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's 
war  in  Captain  Ting's  company,  and  was 
wounded.  In  consideration  of  his  services 
the  general  court  gave  him  a  grant  of  land  in 
Narragansett  No.  2.  He  lived  in  Watertown 
most  of  his  life,  but  at  the  age  of  eighty-six 
removed  with  his  son  Eleizer,  June  9,  1742, 
to  the  grant  of  land  in  Narragansett  (now 
Westminster)  where  he  spent  the  last  years 
of  his  life.  He  died  February  i.  1745,  and 
was  the  first  adult  to  die  in  the  new  town. 
Children,  all  born  in  Watertown:  1.  Joshua, 
November  25,  1677.  2.  Jonathan,  March  22, 
1679.  3.  John,  December  20,  1681.  4.  Benja- 
min, January  20.  1683.  5.  Jabez.  6.  Elizabeth, 
.August  3,  1687.     7.  David,  .April  30.  1694.     8. 


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Joseph,  December  29,  1695.  9.  Daniel,  Au- 
gust 29,  1697,  mentioned  below.  10.  Ebene- 
zer,  September  4,  1698.  11.  Gershom,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1701.  12.  Eleizer,  March  14, 
1705-06. 

(Ill)  Daniel,  son  of  Joshua  Bigelovv,  was 
born  or  baptized  August  29,  1697,  in  Water- 
town.  He  married  Elizabeth  Whitney,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  and  Mercy  Whitney.  After 
his  marriage  he  settled  in  \\'orcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  that  part  then  known  as  Pakachoag 
Hill,  where  he  lived  until  his  death  about 
1789.  Children,  born  in  Worcester:  i.  Daniel, 
January  4.  1729-30.  2.  David,  September  19, 
1730.  3.  Nathaniel.  4.  Elijah,  March  21, 
1737;  died  at  the  age  of  three.  5.  Timothy, 
August  2,  1739,  mentioned  below.  6.  Silence, 
[anuary  29,   1742. 

(I\')  Colonel  Timothy,  son  of  Daniel  Bige- 
low,  was  born  August  2,  1739,  in  Worcester. 
Early  in  life  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  black- 
smith trade,  and  afterwards  carried  on  the 
business  for  himself.  He  was  considered  one 
of  the  most  energetic  and  prosperous  young 
men  in  Worcester,  and  though  he  did  not  have 
the  advantages  of  an  early  education  he  en- 
deavored to  supply  the  want  himself,  and  soon 
showed  unusual  ability  to  debate  and  to  write 
with  directness  and  accuracy.  At  the  out- 
break of  the  revolution,  he  immediately  took 
up  the  cause  of  the  colonists  and  was  promi- 
nent throughout  the  war  in  his  support  and 
service  for  the  country.  In  March,  1773.  he 
was  a  member  of  the  local  committee  of  corre- 
spondence, and  in  December  following  organ- 
ized the  "Political  Society,"  both  of  which 
often  met  at  his  house.  At  a  meeting  of  the 
citizens  in  1774,  the  adoption  of  the  resolutions 
of  independence  was  due  to  his  vigorous  and 
able  support.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
"Whig  Club"  in  Boston,  and  as  such  became 
an  associate  of  Warren,  Otis,  and  other  im- 
portant men  of  those  times.  He  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  provincial  congress  during  the 
first  and  second  sessions,  and  when  the  minute- 
men  were  organized  in  Worcester  he  was 
chosen  their  commander  by  a  unanimous  vote. 
By  his  instruction  his  company  became  one  of 
the  best  drilled  in  the  service,  and  is  said  to 
have  been  personally  complimented  by  Wash- 
ington. April  19,  1775,  he  marched  with  his 
company  to  Lexington,  and  to  Cambridge  the 
following  day,  where  he  reported  for  service. 
Soon  after  he  received  from  congress  a  com- 
mission as  major,  and  in  September  following 
volunteered  in  the  expedition  to  Quebec,  under 
Benedict  Arnold.     On  this  expedition  he  was 


ordered  by  General  Arnold  to  ascend  a  moun- 
tain near  the  head  waters  of  the  Kennebec 
in  order  to  make  observations.  He  and  the 
few  men  who  accompanied  him  are  said  to 
have  been  the  first  white  men  to  ascend  this 
mountain,  which  was  named  in  his  honor,  Mt. 
Bigelow.  He  shared  the  hardships  of  the  ill- 
fated  expedition,  and  on  the  night  of  the  as- 
sault of  the  city.  December  31,  he  was  taken 
jirisoner  with  many  others.  They  were  kept 
prisoners  until  August,  1776,  when  they  were 
taken  to  New  York.  Here  an  exchange  was 
effected,  and  he  returned  to  his  home,  but  soon 
after  re-entered  the  service  with  the  rank  of 
lieutenant-colonel.  On  February  8,  1777,  he 
wac  commissioned  colonel  of  the  Fifteenth 
Regiment  of  the  Massachusetts  line  in  the 
continental  army.  With  his  regiment  he  was 
with  General  (Sates  at  the  surrender  of  Bur- 
guyne  at  .Saratoga,  afterwards  in  the  Rhode 
Island  expedition,  at  Verplanck's  Point,  Peeks- 
kill,  \'alley  I-'orge  and  West  Point.  He  re- 
mained in  the  field  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
and  maintained  throughout  his  reputation  for 
bravery  and  discipline.  After  the  army  was 
disbanded  he  was  stationed  for  a  time  at  West 
Point,  and  later  had  command  of  the  national 
arsenal  at  Springfield.  When  he  left  the 
service  to  return  to  his  home,  his  health  was 
nuich  impaired  and  his  property  seriously  di- 
minished. He  resumed  his  old  occupation  of 
blacksmith  for  a  time,  but  was  not  successful 
in  restoring  his  property  or  in  re-establishing 
his  credit,  and  was  finally  imprisoned  for  debt. 
He  died  while  in  prison,  March  31,  1790.  He 
had  obtained  a  grant  of  land  in  Vermont,  Oc- 
tober 21,  1780,  consisting  of  a  township  of 
twenty-three  thousand  and  forty  acres, 
upon  which  was  founded  the  town  of  Mont- 
pelier.  He  was  a  man  of  fine  personal  ap- 
pearance over  six  feet  in  height,  with  an  erect 
and  martial  bearing.  He  had  a  vigorous  in- 
tellect, ardent  temperament  and  a  generous 
heart.  He  married,  July  i,  1762,  Anna  .An- 
drews, daughter  of  Samuel  and  Anna  (Ran- 
kin) .\ndrews.  She  was  born  in  Worcester, 
.\pril  II,  1747,  and  at  the  time  of  her  mar- 
riage was  an  orphan  and  heiress  to  a  consid- 
erable fortune.  She  died  in  Groton,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  9,  1809.  Her  mother  was  the 
youngest  daughter  of  James  and  Rachel  Ran- 
kin, who  emigrated  from  Ireland  with  the 
Scotch  Presbyterians  of  1718.  Her  father  es- 
tablished a  tannery  near  Lincoln  Square  in 
Worcester,  and  built  the  old  Bigelow  Mansion 
opposite  the  Court  House.  Children,  born  in 
Worcester:    i.    Nancy,    January    2,    1765.     2. 


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Timothy,  April  30,  1767,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Andrew,  March  30,  1769.  4.  Rufus,  July  7, 
1772.     5.  Lucy,  May  13,  1774. 

(Y)  Hon.  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Colonel 
Timothy  ( I )  Bigelow,  was  born  April  30, 
1767,  in  Worcester.  Early  in  life  he  entered 
the  printing  office  of  Isaiah  Thomas,  where 
he  worked  two  years.  He  spent  his  leisure 
time  in  study,  and  in  1778  was  placed  in  charge 
of  Rev.  Joseph  Pope,  of  Spencer,  for  a  time. 
In  the  spring  of  1779  he  accompanied  his 
father  on  the  Rhode  Island  campaign.  When 
Colonel  Bigelow's  regiment  was  ordered  south, 
the  boy  Timothy  returned  home  to  study  under 
Benjamin  Lincoln,  and  later  was  placed  in 
charge  of  Samuel  Dexter,  who  prepared  him 
for  admission  to  Harvard  L'niversity.  He 
entered  in  1782,  graduated  with  high  honors 
in  the  class  of  1786,  commenced  the  study  of 
law  in  the  office  of  Levi  Lincoln,  Esquire,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1789.  He  began 
practice  in  (jroton,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
lived  until  1806.  During  this  time  he  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  general  court,  1792- 
1797.  and  was  senator  for  the  next  four  years. 
In  1802  he  was  chosen  a  member  of  the 
council,  and  in  1804  a  representative  to  the 
legislature.  He  held  the  latter  position  for 
eighteen  years,  and  in  1805  was  chosen  speaker 
of  the  house:  again  in  1808  and  1809  and  from 
1812  to  1819.  His  position  as  speaker  he  re- 
tained longer  than  any  other  person  since  the 
formation  of  the  state  government.  In  1820 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  council,  but 
died  before  his  term  expired.  In  politics  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Federal  party,  and  was  a 
delegate  from  Massachusetts  to  the  Hartford 
convention  in  1814.  As  a  lawyer  he  stood  at 
the  head  of  his  profession.  He  practiced  in 
the  courts  of  Massachusetts  and  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  maintained  an  unspotted  reputation 
for  integrity,  ability  and  honesty.  He  was 
identified  with  the  Alasonic  fraternity  in  Mass- 
achusetts and  was  elected  grand  master  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  that  state.  He  removed  to 
Med  ford  in  1806,  where  he  died  May  18, 
1821.  He  married,  September  30.  1791,  Lucy, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Oliver  and  Lydia  (Baldwin) 
Prescott,  of  Groton.  She  was  a  cousin  of 
William  H.  Prescott,  the  historian.  She  died 
December  15.  1852.  Children:  i.  Katherine, 
born  May  20.  1793.  2.  Andrew,  May  7,  1795. 
3.  John  Prescott,  August  25,  1797.  4.  Ed- 
ward. 5.  Helen.  6.  Francis,  died  June  28, 
1886.     7.  Elizabeth  Prescott. 

(VI)   Hon.   John    Prescott,    son    of    Hon. 
Timothy    (2)    Bigelow.   was  born   in    Groton. 


Massachusetts,  August  25,  1797,  died  in  Bos- 
ton, July  4,  1872.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  entered  Harvard  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1815- 
He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  from  his  alma  mater  and  also  in  1848 
from  Dartmouth  College.  He  studied  law  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  achieving  a  high  po- 
sition in  his  profession.  From  1836  to  1843 
he  was  secretary  of  the  Commonwealth.  For 
several  terms  he  was  mayor  of  Boston  and  he 
held  various  other  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Unitarian  Church  of  Bos- 
ton. He  was  the  prime  mover  in  establishing 
the  Boston  public  library.  He  married,  March 
()  ,1824,  Louisa  -Ann  Brown,  daughter  of  David 
Lawrence  Brown,  the  artist,  of  Liverpool 
England.  Their  only  child  was  Prescott,  men- 
tioned below. 

(All)  Prescott.  son  of  Hon.  John  Prescott 
Bigelow,  was  born  in  lioston.  {""ebruary  6,  1825, 
died  in  Dorchester,  October  14,  1863.  He 
married,  October  16.  1858,  Caroline  T.  An- 
drews, daughter  of  William  T.  Andrews,  pres- 
ident of  the  City  Bank  of  Boston,  treasurer 
of  Harvard  College  (graduate  of  1812;  A. 
M.)  ;  fellow  of  the  American  Academy.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Annie  L.,  married  Dr.  James  S. 
Howe,  of  Brookline,  Massachusetts  ;  children  : 
James  S.  Howe  Jr.  and  Fanny  Reynolds 
Howe.  2.  Prescott  Jr.,  born  July  3,  1861  ; 
married  Bessie  Nazro,  of  Dorchester :  chil- 
dren :  Prescott  Jr.,  Elizabeth.  David  N. 


The  name  Goddard  is  un- 
(JODDARD  doubtedly  of  Saxon  origin, 
and  is  supposed  to  have  been 
derived  from  goodly.  It  is  found  in  such 
forms  as  Goddart,  Godred,  Godderte  and  in 
the  early  New  England  records  is  spelled  God- 
ard.  It  appears  in  this  form  in  the  Domesday 
Book  from  the  time  of  Henry  (I),  and  has 
been  settled  in  Wiltsliire  since  the  reign  of 
Henry  HI,  when  Walter  Godard  "Ville,"  but 
also  written  Godarville.  held  lands  in  Chippen- 
ham and  Aldbourne.  He  died  in  1250,  leav- 
ing two  daughters,  but  no  male  issue  of  record. 
John  and  Edmond  Godard  are  found  in  the 
same  vicinity  at  a  later  date. 

(I)  The  line  of  descent  is  accurately  traced 
from  John  Godard  of  Poulton.  near  Marl- 
borough, Wiltshire,  whose  will,  dated  Novem- 
ber I,  1453.  was  proved  the  following  year. 
He  made  'be(|uests  to  the  churches  at  Mylden- 
hall  and  .Aldbourne,  and  mentioned  a  son  John 
and  daughter  Cecily,  wife  of  Thomas  Fyssher. 


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(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Godard. 
inherited  from  his  father  as  above  noted  and 
was  succeeded  bv  a  son. 

(III)  Walter  Godard,  of  Sherill  or  Chevell. 
of  Wiltshire. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  Walter  Godard,  was 
of  Upham  and  Aldbourne,  in  Wiltshire,  and 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Beren- 
ger,  of  Manningford  Bruce,  Wilts.  His  will 
made  August  29,  1556,  was  proved  February 
4,  1558,  and  devised  fands  and  mentioned  mar- 
riage date  and  children. 

(\')  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  and  Eliza- 
beth (  Berenger )  Godard,  held  lands  at  Marl- 
borough and  L'pham,  and  in  Berks  and  Hants. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Fetiplace.  as  shown  by 
reference  in  his  father's  will.  He  was  the 
owner  of  the  manor  of  Clyffe  (or  Cleve) 
Papyrd.  which  was  alienated  from  the  Mon- 
astery of  Lacock.  The  original  charter  of  this 
manor  from  Edward  I  is  held  by  a  descendant. 
The  vicar  of  the  parish  in  1907  was  Rev.  Ed- 
ward Hunger  ford  Godard. 

(\T)  Thomas,  second  son  of  John  (4)  and 
Elizabeth  (Fetiplace)  Godard.  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  Sir  William  Gififord.  His  will, 
proved  March  12,  1598,  mentions  sons,  Rich- 
ard and  James. 

(VH)' Richard,  son  of  Thomas  and  .\nne 
(Gifford)  Goddard,  resided  in  Upham,  Wilt- 
shire, where  his  will  was  proven  May  8,  16 15. 
His  residence  at  Upham  was  the  original 
"Royal  Chase,"  and  the  foundations  of  the 
original  shooting  box  are  still  visible.  This 
was  thrown  down  in  1599.  and  portions  of  it 
were  used  in  the  construction  of  the  present 
residence,  which  is  now  used  as  a  farm  house. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Walrond.  of  Olborne. 

(Mil )  Edward,  second  son  of  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  (Walrond)  Goddard,  was  born  in 
1584,  died  in  1647,  at  Lower  Upham.  He  was 
known  as  Goddard  of  Englesham,  Berks,  and 
matriculated  at  the  University  College,  Oxford, 
in  1 60 1.  He  was  an  adherent  of  the  parlianien- 
tarv  party  and  a  member  of  the  parliamentary 
commission  from  Wiltshire.  His  elder 
brother,  Thomas,  of  Upham,  was  a  Royalist, 
and  they  were  able  to  procure  a  release  from 
fines  and  other  liabilities  assessed  by  the  party 
in  power  from  time  to  time.  On  May  4. 
1634,  he  bought  the  manor  of  Olborne,  and 
was  at  one  time  wealthy,  but  most  of  his  for- 
tune was  destroyed  during  the  civil  war.  He 
married  Priscilla,  daughter  of  John  De'Oyley, 
of  Chisel  Hampton,  Oxon,  and  his  wife  Ur- 


culla,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  Cope. 
The  last  named  is  a  sister  of  Sir  Anthony 
Cope,  baronet  of  Handwell.  Twelve  of  his 
children  grew  to  maturity,  namely:  I.  Rich- 
ard, baptized  June  3,  1625.  2.  William,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Josiah,  March  30,  1630.  4. 
P.enjamin,  March  20,  1631.  5.  John.  6.  Ed- 
ward. 7.  James.  8.  Vincent.  9.  Thomas. 
Three  daughters,  the  name  of  one  of  whom  is 
luiknown.  The  other  two  were  Sedgwick  and 
Rathband.  One  of  these  married  Alderman 
King,  and  resided  in  Boston. 

(IX)  William,  seventh  son  of  Edward  and 
Priscilla  (De'Oyley)  Goddard,  was  baptized 
February  28,  1627,  in  Englesham,  and  set- 
tled in  London.  Both  he  and  his  father  bore 
the  title  of  general,  which  was  probably  ac- 
quired by  military  service.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  "Worshipful  Company  of  Grocers,"  one 
of  the  guilds  of  London,  and  was  the  possessor 
of  considerable  property.  He  suffered  heavy 
losses  at  sea,  and  set  out  in  1665  for  New 
England  to  collect  a  debt.  Soon  after  that  the 
plague  broke  out  in  London  and  a  fire  de- 
stroyed his  furniture  which  was  stored  in  Lon- 
don, and  he  decided  to  settle  in  Massachusetts 
and  sent  for  his  family.  He  settled  on  a  farm 
in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
made  a  freeman  in  December,  1677,  and  be- 
sides farming  was  enijjloyed  to  teach  the  town 
school.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  Miles.  The  last 
named  having  been  left  a  widow  married  (sec- 
ond) Robert  Foote,  of  Crosby  Square,  Lon- 
don. She  lent  a  hundred  pounds  to  a  brother 
who  settled  in  W'atertown,  and  there  died.  It 
was  the  foreclosing  of  a  mortgage  which 
brought  William  Goddard  originally  to 
.\merica.  Of  his  six  children  born  in  Lon- 
don, three  died  young.  The  others,  William. 
Joseph  and  Robert,  came  with  their  mother  to 
Watertown  in  1666.  Of  the  five  children  born 
here,  two  died  young.  The  others  were  Ben- 
jamin, Josiah  and  Edward. 

(X)  Joseph,  second  surviving  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Elizabeth  (Miles)  Goddard,  was  born 
in  1655,  in  London,  died  July  25,  1728,  in 
Brookline,  Massachusetts,  where  he  settled 
and  engaged  in  farming.  He  married,  in 
Watertown,  Massachusetts.  March  25,  1680. 
Deborah  Treadway,  born  August  2,  1657,  in 
Watertown,  youngest  child  of  Nathaniel  and 
Sufferana  (Howe)  Treadway,  of  that  town. 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  January  8,  1681  ; 
became  the  wife  of  Deacon  John  Adams,  of 
Framingham,    and   left   a   numerous   progeny. 


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2.  Joseph,  XovembLT  2,  1682.  3.  James,  died 
1734.  4.  Robert,  born  1694.  5.  John.  6. 
Deborah. 

(XI)  John  (5),  probably  fourth  son  of  Jo- 
seph and  Deborah  (Treadway)  Goddard,  was 
born  in  1698,  at  BrookHne,  died  June  26,  1785, 
on  the  paternal  homestead  at  Worcester,  Mass- 
achusetts. He  resided  on  the  paternal  home- 
stead in  Brookline  until  1745,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Worcester,  leaving  the  farm  in  the 
hands  of  his  name.sake  son.  He  married 
(first)  in  1725,  Lucy  Seaver,  who  died  with- 
out issue.     He   married    (second)    September 

4,  1729,  Hainiah,  widow  of  Jonathan  (2) 
Stone,  and  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
(Stearns)  Jennison,  born  July  17,  1702,  died 
December  4.  1777.  She  married  (first)  Sep- 
tember 15.  1725.  Jonathan  Stone.  Children: 
I.  John,  mentioned  below.  2.  Samuel,  re- 
moved to  Worcester  with  his  father.  3.  Han- 
nah, married  Abel  Heywood.  4.  Joseph,  died 
in  boyhood. 

(XH)  John  (6),  eldest  child  of  John  (5), 
and  Hannah  (Jennison)  (Stone)  Goddard, 
was  born  May  28,  1730,  in  Brookline,  where 
he  died  .April  13,  1816.  He  resicled  on  the 
paternal  homestead,  and  was  re])resentative  to 
the  general  court  in  1785-86-87-88-90-92.  He 
married  (first)  June  28,  1753,  Sarah  Brewer, 
who  died  January  26,  1755.  He  married 
(second)  Hannah  Seaver,  born  July  16,  1735. 
died  May  31,  1821,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Hannah  (\\hite)  Seaver,  of  Brookline.  The 
only  child  of  the  first  marriage,  Sarah,  died 
at  the  age  of  twenty-six  years.  Those  of  the 
second  were:  i.  John,  a  druggist,  in  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire.  2.  Samuel,  resided 
in  Brookline.  3.  Hannah,  died  in  her  twenty- 
seventh    year.     4.   Joseph,   mentioned    below. 

5.  Benjamin,  died  one  year  old.  6.  Lucy,  died 
three  years  old.  7.  Benjamin,  a  merchant  in 
Boston.     8.    Nathaniel,   merchant    in    Boston. 

9.  Jonathan,  died  at  the  age  of  fifteen  days. 

10.  Jonathan,  resided  in  Brookline.  11.  ,\bi- 
jah.  died  young.  12.  Abijah,  died  at 
the  age  of  twenty-four.  13.  Warren, 
died  twenty-one  years  old.  14.  Lucy,  died 
at  the  age  of  twelve.  13.  William,  was  a  mer- 
chant in  Boston. 

(XIII)  Joseph  (2),  third  son  of  John  (6) 
and  Hannah  (Seaver)  Goddard,  was  born 
-April  15.  1761.  in  Brookline,  where  he  occu- 
pied the  homestead,  and  served  as  justice  of 
the  peace  from  t8ii  to  1824,  and  died  before 
1850.  He  married  (first)  October  29,  1785, 
Mary  Aspinwall.  born  March  31,  1765,  died 
February    5.    1825.    daughter   of    Samuel    and 


Sibel  Aspinwall,  of  Brookline.  He  married 
(  second)  February  18,  1830,  Mrs.  Lucy  Snell- 
ing.  The  only  child  of  the  second  marriage 
died  young.  Children  of  first  marriage:  i. 
Hannah,  married  Captain  George  Washington 
Stearns,  of  Brookline.  2.  Mary,  married 
Samuel  May,  of  Boston.  3.  Joseph,  resided 
in  l.rookline.  4.  John,  died  at  the  age  of 
thirty-seven  years.  5.  Lucy,  married  Lewis 
W'ithington,  of  Roxbury,  and  later  of  New 
York  City.  6.  Susanna,  wife  of  James  Jones. 
7.  Samuel  Aspinwall,  resided  in  Birmingham, 
England.  8.  Louisa  May,  died  in  her  twenty- 
eighth  year.  9.  Elizabeth.  10.  Abijah  War- 
ren, mentioned  below.  11.  Benjamin,  died 
when  two  years  old. 

(XIV)  Abijah  Warren,  fourth  son  of  Jo- 
seph (2)  and  Mary  (.Aspinwall)  Goddard, 
was  burn  March  30,  1803,  in  Brookline,  died 
.\ugust  13,  1900.  He  was  a  public-spirited 
citizen ;  filled  various  town  offices ;  and  was  a 
member  of  the  state  legislature.  He  married 
(first)  April  23,  1829,  Eliza  Tilden,  who  died 
January  25.  1841.  He  married  (second)  Abi- 
gail White.  Cliildren:  Joseph  Warren,  Eliza 
Tilden  and  Mary.     The  last  died  young. 

(X\')  Joseph  Warren,  only  son  of  Abijah 
Warren  and  Eliza  (Tilden)  Goddard,  was 
born  December  15,  1835.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 26,  1869,  Maria  JF'ierson,  of  Gloucester, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Mary  Louisa,  born 
.August  13,  1870,  died  SeiJtember  3,  1870.  2. 
Warren  ( twin  ),  born  August  29,  1871  ;  mar- 
ried, .\ovember  18,  1897,  Mary  Irene  Wallace, 
i)f  .St.  Louis.  Missouri ;  chiklren:  Jane  Wallace, 
born  December  12,  1898:  Mary  Irene,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1901.  3.  Abby  White  (twin),  Au- 
gust 29,  1871  ;  married,  April  22,  1897,  Fred- 
erick Bradley  Chamberlain,  of  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri. 4.  Samuel  Pearson,  November  4,  1877; 
married,  Septemlier  21,  1904,  Florence  Hil- 
ton  Denham.  of   Maiden.   Massachusetts. 

(XV)  Eliza  Tilden,  only  surviving  daugh- 
ter of  -Abijah  Warren  and  Eliza  (Tilden)  God- 
dard. was  born  March  29,  1838,  in  Brookline 
She  married,  December  i,  1862,  Ebenezer 
Mitchell  Watson,  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
and  came  to  Boston  about  1840.  He  engaged 
in  the  dry  goods  business  as  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  (Thurchill,  Watson  &  Company,  which 
connection  continued  until  his  death,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1879.  Children:  i.  Ebenezer  Mitchell 
Jr.,  born  August  31,  1863,  died  January  23. 
1881,  in  St.  Louis.  Missouri.  2.  William 
Churchill,  died  young.  3.  Mary  Louisa,  born 
May  14.  1866;  married,  June  15,  1904,  Dr. 
George   H.  WVight.   of  Brookline.     Children  : 


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John  Goddard,  born  June  24,  1905,  and  Eliza- 
beth AlUson,  July  13,  1909. 


Jonathan  B.  Good- 
GOODENOUGH  enough  was  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  meat 
business  at  Brighton,  Massachusetts,  and  con- 
tinued for  many  years.  He  was  well  and  fa- 
vorably known  to  the  farmers  and  dealers  of 
.New  England.  He  married  Lydia  Dustin,  a 
lineal  descendant  of  the  famous  Hannah  Dus- 
tin who  put  to  death  her  Indian  captors.  He 
was  killed  by  lightning,  in  1859.  His  widow 
died  at  Brighton,  in  February,  1908,  aged 
ninety  years.  Children:  i.  Henry  B.,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Samuel  Dustin,  of  Brook- 
line,  Massachusetts.  3.  Carrie  J.,  married  J. 
Howard  Sullivan  and  lives  in  Brighton. 

(H)  Henry  B.,  son  of  Jonathan  B.  Good- 
enough,  was  born  at  Brighton,  October  14, 
1842.  He  was  educated  in  the  Brighton  pub- 
lic schools,  and  was  associated  with  his  fatlur 
in  business  until  he  was  eighteen,  when  his 
father  died  and  he  continued  the  business  on 
his  own  account.  For  many  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Goodenough  &  Hollis, 
butchers,  of  Brighton.  Subse(|uently  the  firm 
was  merged  into  the  .\'ew  England  Dressed 
Meat  and  Wool  Company  and  he  became  vice- 
president  and  for  some  time  assistant  man- 
ager of  this  corporation.  During  his  last 
years  he  devoted  his  attention  mainly  to  the 
real  estate  business,  in  which  he  was  quite 
successful.  He  was  interested  in  public  affairs 
and  served  the  city  of  Boston  in  the  common 
council  and  board  of  aldermen,  in  1890,  under 
Mayor  Hart's  administration.  He  was  a  di- 
rector of  the  National  Market  Bank  of 
Brighton  and  trustee  of  the  Five  Cents 
Savings  Bank.  He  was  also  a  director 
of  the  National  Calfskin  Company.  He 
was  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge,  Free  Ma- 
sons ;  of  Arlington  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons, of  Arlington,  for  many  years,  and  was 
subsequently  transferred  to  Bethsaida  lodge  in 
Brighton.  He  died  October  5, '1908.  and  was 
buried  in  Evergreen  cemetery  in  Brighton.  He 
married,  February  9,  1865,  Juniata  A.  Durgin, 
born  January  14,  1848,  daughter  of  James 
Durgin,  of  Limerick,  Maine.  Her  father  was 
born  at  Stoneham,  Maine,  son  of  Benjamin 
Durgin.  of  an  old  state  of  Maine  family.  The 
grandfather  removed  to  Limerick  and  died 
there.  James  Durgin  was  manager  of  the 
Boston  Ice  Company  and  removed  to  .Arling- 
ton. Massachusetts,  where  he  spent  practically 
all  of  his  active  business  life  and  died  at  the 


age  of  seventy-five  years.  He  married  Han- 
nah Heald  at  Fryeburg,  Alaihe;  she  died  aged 
forty-two  years.  Mrs.  Goodenough  had  three 
sisters:  Mrs.  S.  E.  Kimball,  of  Arlmgton ;  Mrs. 
C.  W.  Isley,  of  Wells,  )*Iaine;  Mrs.  A.  H 
Kimball,  of  Arlington,  and  a  brother,  died 
aged  eighteen  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Durgin 
were  Baptists  in  religion.  Children  of  Henry 
B.  Goodenough:  i.  Eva,  born  July  23,  1877; 
married  C.  L.  Sleeper,  of  Boston ;  children : 
Ruth  A.,  Elizabeth.  Henry  Goodenough, 
George  Dustin  and  Cleveland  Sleeper.  2. 
Harold  D.,  June  20,  1883:  member  of  the  firm 
of  Goodenough  &  Freeman;  married  Helen 
Tappan.     3.   Ethel,  May  28,   1888. 


(H)   John,    son    of    Thomas 

r.KUjH.A.M      Brigham  (q.  v.),  was  born  in 

Cambridge,  March  9, 1644-45. 

He  luarried  (first)  Sarah  ,  who  died  in 

Sudbury,  between  1691  and  1698.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Deborah ,  who  died  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1716-17.  He  married  (third)  May 
22,  1717,  Sarah  Bowker.  He  was  known  as' 
Dr.  Brigham,  and  was  without  doubt  the  most 
brilliant  of  the  children  of  Thomas.  He  is 
described  by  the  historian  Drake  as  "one  of  the 
most  popular  and  remarkable  men  of  his  day, 
having  considerable  capacity  for  public  affairs, 
unusual  ability  as  a  surveyor  and  some  am- 
biti(jn  as  a  land  speculator.''  At  an  early  date 
he  was  a  resident  of  Marlboro,  and  erected 
what  is  believed  to  have  been  the  first  saw- 
mill in  that  town,  in  that  part  afterwards  in- 
cluded in  Northboro.  He  had  received  a 
grant  of  land  there  in  1672,  and  built  the  mill 
before  King  Philip's  war,  1676.  He  surveyed 
the  Marlboro  Indian  Plantation  of  about  six 
thousand  acres  in  1672,  and  was  granted  the 
e.vtensive  "Coram  farm"  for  his  services. 
His  homestead  was  situated  in  what  is  now 
Berlin  street,  Northboro,  of  which  town  he 
is  supposed  to  have  been  the  first  white  set- 
tler. This  farm  has  long  been  known  as  the 
"Priest  Whitney  Place"'  from  its  occupancy 
by  the  Rev.  Peter  Whitney,  an  honored  his- 
torian of  Worcester  county.  In  1684  John 
Brigham  was  one  of  the  grantees  from  the 
Indians  of  land  from  which  was  formed  the 
"Plantation  of  Sudbury,"  where  he  removed 
from  Northboro.  For  many  years  he  lived 
on  the  old  Sudbury  and  Marlboro  road  near 
Sudbury  town  line,  in  a  large  old-fashioned 
farm  house  with  a  long  sloping  roof.  In  1708 
he  surveyed  and  mapped  out  Sudbury  town- 
ship. He  held  a  number  of  public  offices, 
being  representative   from  Marlboro  in   1688- 


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89-92,  and  from  Sudbury  in  1706.  He  was  also 
a  Marlboro  delegate  to  the  convention  called 
against  the  "Tyrant  Andros."  He  appears  to 
have  been  the  leader  in  the  attempt  of  some 
of  the  principal  citizens  of  Marlboro  to  pos- 
sess themselves  of  the  Indian  Plantation,  Oc- 
koocangansett,  which  they  claimed  had  been 
forfeited  by  the  latter  because  of  their  treach- 
ery in  King  Philip's  war.  The  general  court 
in  1684  refused  the  petition  of  these  citizens 
for  permission  to  purchase  the  plantation  of 
the  Indians,  and  when  they  obtained  a  deed 
of  the  land  from  the  Indians  declared  it  null 
and  void.  The  purchasers,  however,  pro- 
ceeded at  once  to  take  possession  of  the  Plan- 
tation, and  to  lay  out  and  divide  the  lands. 
Dr.  Brigham  received,  with  the  other  pro- 
prietors, a  thirty  acre  lot,  besides  other  lots  for 
his  services  in  surveying.  He  was  also  chosen 
by  the  proprietors  as  their  clerk  in  1693,  and 
in  March,  1708,  as  one  of  a  committee  "to 
act  about  their  title."  In  1719  the  general 
.court,  still  keeping  faith  with  the  Indians, 
ended  the  controversy  by  annexing  the  terri- 
tory to  Marlboro.  He  (lied  in  Sudbury,  Sep- 
tember 16,  1728.  Children,  the  two  youngest 
born  in  Sudbury,  other  in  Marlboro:  i.  John, 
born  August  19,  1667;  died  December  2,  1667. 
2.  Sarah,  born  March  27,  1674.  3.  Mary,  May 
6,  1678.  4.  John,  November,  1680.  5.  Hannah, 
March  27.  1683.  6.  Thomas,  May  6,  1687, 
mentioned  below.     7.  Mercy,  married,  March 

23,  1715, .     8.  Samuel,  married,  August 

23,  1716,  . 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  John  Brigham, 
was  born  in  Marlboro,  May  6,  1687.  He 
married,  December  24,  1724,  Elizabeth  Bow- 
ker.  He  settled  in  Sudbury,  but  doubtless  re- 
moved to  Rutland,  Massachusetts.  Children, 
born  in  Sudbury:  i.  John,  September  14,  1726. 
2.  Sarah,  March  10,  1735.  3.  Abijah,  men- 
tioned  below. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Abijah,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Brigham,  was  born  August  26,  1737,  in 
Sudbury,  died  there  April  2,  1814.  He  mar- 
ried, June  5,  1759,  Eunice  Willis,  born  Janu- 
ary 16,  1741.  died  March  9,  1826.  He  was 
a  lieutenant  in  the  revolution  and  on  the  Sud- 
bury muster  roll  of  1775.  He  marched  on  the 
Lexington  alarm  from  Sudbury  to  Cambridge. 
He  was  in  Captain  A.  Wheeler's  company. 
Colonel  E.  Howe's  regiment,  as  second  lieu- 
tenant, commissioned  July  5,  1776;  also  en- 
listed as  second  lieutenant,  October  20,  1779, 
in  Captain  A.  Cranston's  company.  Colonel 
Denny's  regiment.  By  trade  he  was  a  black- 
smith,   and    lived   on    the   old   John    Brigham 


homestead  in  Sudbury.  He  was  selectman 
in  1778-81-87.  Children,  born  in  Sudbury. 
I.  .\bel,  March  25,  1760.  2.  John,  May  19, 
1762.  3.  Joseph,  September  26,  1764,  men- 
ti(jned  below.  4.  Eunice,  February  7,  1767; 
(lied  1773.  3.  Reuben,  September  21,  1769. 
6.  Elizabeth  (Betsey),  April  14,  1772;  died 
1781.  7.  Abner,  October  31,  1774.  8.  Eu- 
nice, July  5,   1779. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Lieutenant  Abijah  Brig- 
ham, was  born  September  26,  1764.  in  Sudbury, 
died  there,  January  12,  1842.  He  married, 
April  5,  1795,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Charles 
Haynes,  born  in  Sudbury,  January  29,  1770, 
died  there  January  12,  1853.  Her  father  was 
in  the  revolution.  Joseph  was  a  farmer  and 
lived  in  Sudbury.     Children,  born  in  Sudbury  : 

I.  Nancy,  March  11,  1796.  2.  Lewis,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1797,  mentioned  below.  3.  Eunice,  De- 
cember   19,    1798.     4.   Rev.   .\lanson,   October 

II,  1802.  3.  Esther,  March  30,  1805;  mar- 
ried Josiah  .-Vdams.  6.  Rebeccah,  August  28, 
1807.  7.  Charles  (twin),  July  16.  1811.  8. 
Abijah   (twin),  July  16,   1811. 

(VI)  Lewis,  son  of  Joseph  Brigham,  was 
born  October  27,  1797,  in  Sudbury,  died  there 
September  8.  1875.  He  married.  May  27, 
1838,  Almira  Bowker,  born  August  12,  1810. 
He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  prominent  in 
town  affairs,  and  served  on  many  committees. 
He  was  well  known  for  his  honesty  and  integ- 
rity, and  died  the  richest  farmer  in  the  town. 
He  lived  until  1830,  in  the  old  house  which 
had  been  occupied  by  his  great-great-grand- 
father. Dr.  John  Brigham.  In  that  year  it  was 
taken  down  and  a  new  one  built  somewhat 
east  of  it.  As  late  as  1897  the  cellar  hole  of 
the  old  house  could  still  be  seen,  also  the  ruins 
of  a  cider-mill,  over  one  hundred  years  old. 
Children,  born  in  Sudbury:  i.  Martha  Ann, 
March  9,  1839.  2.  Rebecca  Haynes,  July  i, 
1840;  married  Thomas  A.  Bent,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Keziah  (Carr)  Bent,  of  Sudbury, 
Massachusetts ;  had  two  children :  Albert,  died 
single,  aged  nijneteen  years ;  Carrie  F.,  married 
Lucius  Bent,  of  Sudbury,  has  one  g^rl,  Carrie 
E.  Bent:  lives  in  Sudbury.  3.  Nancy  Eliza- 
beth, April  25,  1843,  died  December  12,  1906. 
4.  Esther  Louisa.  December  16,  1846,  died 
I\Iay  8,  1903.  5.  Lewis  Alanson,  February  23, 
1830,  died  young.  6.  Emma  Almira,  August 
9,  1851 ;  married  and  had  three  children:  Fan- 
nie, married  James  Hair,  has  a  child,  Claud 
L.  B.  Hair ;  Alice,  married  Horace  Andrus ; 
Ida,  single. 

(VII)  Martha  Ann,  daughter  of  Lewis 
Brigham,  was  born  March  9,    1839,  in   Sud- 


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bury:  married,  June  1.  1859,  Hiram  Green,  a 
Bo.ston    merchant.     (See    Green,    \'I.) 

(IV)  Jonas  Green,  son  of  William  Green 
(see  \Villiam  Green.  I),  was  born  at  Groton, 
Massachusetts,  March  15,  1731.  He  married 
(first)  June  29,  1758,  ;  (second)  Abi- 
gail     .     Children,    born    at    Groton,    of 

first  wife:  I.  Betty.  September  23.  1760.  2. 
Nathaniel  ( twin), 'March  31,  1762.  3.  Jonas 
(twin),  March  31,  1762;  died  April  2,  1762. 
4.  Jemima,  March  4,  1764.  5.  Lydia,  October 
19,  1765.  6.  Jonas  (triplet),  October  15, 
1767-  7-  Josiah  (triplet),  October  15,  1767. 
8.  Reuben  (triplet),  October  15,  1767.  9. 
Abigail,  September  5,  1769.  10.  Rachel,  July 
12,  1771.  II-  Joshua,  August  23,  1776.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  12.  Guy.  August  23, 
1778.  13.  Hannah,  May  i,  1780.  14,  Asa, 
January  31,  1782.  15.  Jonathan,  May  7,  1784; 
mentioned  below.  16.  Hannah,  February  19. 
1786.  17.  Polly.  September  2.  1788.  18. 
David,  May  6.   1791.     10.  Rebecca,  April  29, 

1793- 

(V)  Jonathan,    son    of   Jonas    Green,    was 

born  May  7,  1784,  in  Groton.  He  settled  in 
Pepperell,  formerly  part  of  Groton.  He  mar- 
ried and  had  a  son  Hiram. 

(\T)  Hiram,  son  of  Jonathan  Green,  was 
born  at  Pepperell.  He  was  educated  there  in 
the  public  schools,  and  started  in  life  as  clerk 
in  the  wholesale  grocery  store  of  J.  F.  Conant, 
50  Chatham  street,  Boston.  After  a  few- 
years  he  was  admitted  as  partner  in  the  con- 
cern. His  home  was  for  many  years  at  496 
IMassachusetts  avenue,  Boston,  where  Mrs. 
Green  now  resides.  He  was  active  in  the 
militia  in  his  younger  days  and  a  member 
of  the  National  Lancers.  In  religion  he  at- 
tended a  Baptist  church,  and  in  politics  was  a 
Republican.  He  married,  at  Sudbury,  June  i, 
1859.  Martha  Ann  Brigham.  born  March  9, 
1839,  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Almira  (Bow- 
ker)  Brigham.  (See  Brigham,  VI).  They 
had  no  children,  but  adopted  Hattie  Julia,  who 
married  Isaac  M.  Gurney,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island. 


The  earliest  mention  in  Eng- 
BRADLEE  land  of  the  name  of  Bradley, 
of  which  we  have  knowledge, 
was  in  the  year  1183,  at  the  feast  of  St.  Cuth- 
bert.  in  Lent,  when  the  Lord  Hugh,  Bishop  of 
Durham,  caused  to  be  described  all  the  revenues 
of  his  entire  bishopric.  In  T437  there  is  men- 
tion made  of  Bradleys.  of  Bradley.  The  name 
seems  to  have  applied  to  places  in  England  at 
a  comparatively  early  date.     The  Bradleys  of 

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.\cworth  are  the  first  who  had  their  arms  and 
pedigree  preserved,  and  that  by  a  visitation  of 
the  county  of  York  by  William  Dugdale,  Nor- 
roy  King  of  Arms,  1665-66.  The  arms  are: 
"Or,  a  fess  azure,  between  three  buckles  gules," 
and  are  proved  by  the  visitation  of  Berkshire. 
Among  the  early  settlers  of  New  England  are 
found  a  number  by  the  name  of  Bradley  who 
are  probably  descended  from  a  common  an- 
cestor, as  the  same  names  are  often  repeated. 

(  I  )  Nathan  Bradley,  first  of  the  line  here 
under  consideration,  of  whom  we  have  infor- 
mation, was  born  in  1631.  In  1668  he  is  owner 
of  two  acres  of  the  "Great  Lots."  He  peti-. 
tioned  the  selectmen  for  liberty  to  sell  cider 
at  retail  in  1673,  and  is  not  again  mentioned 
until  1680,  when  he  was  sexton  for  the  town. 
He  was  to  "ring  the  bell,  cleanse  the  meeting- 
house, and  to  carry  water  for  baptism."  While 
the  bell  stood  on  the  hill,  Mr.  Bradley  was  to 
have  "£4  a  year,  and  after  the  bell  is  brought 
to  the  meetinghouse  £3  los."  He  died  July 
26.  1 70 1,  aged  seventy.  He  married.  May  17, 
1666,  Mary,  born  November  9,  1640,  died  Au- 
gust 24,  1711,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary 
Evans :  Richard  Evans  took  the  freeman's 
oath.  May  10,  1642.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born 
June  7,  1667 ;  died  ^larch  6,  1685.  2.  Sus- 
anna, October  13,  1669  ;  married  by  Mr.  Bailey, 
justice,  to  Thomas  Glovern  of  Milton,  Janu- 
ary 2.  1702.  3.  Elizabeth,  March  15,  1672- 
73:  died  January  24.  1722-23.  4.  Nathan, 
March  12,  1674-75,  mentioned  below.  5.  John, 
October  25,  1678;  died  October  i,  1763;  mar- 
ried (first)  Tamsin  Rouse,  November  24, 1708; 
(second)  Sarah  Butcher,  May  14,  1724: 
(third)  Avis  Snow,  March  4,  1735.  6.  Sam- 
uel, .\ugust  5,  1683. 

(II)  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Nathan  (i)  and 
Mary  (Evans)  Bradley,  was  born  March  12, 
1674-75:  died  December  13,  1750.  He  is  men- 
tioned on  a  list  of  those  living  in  Dorchester 
who  had  reached  the  age  of  twenty-one  years, 
up  to  1700.  in  addition  to  those  previously 
given.  In  1712  he  with  others  undertook  to 
build  a  wharf  on  Wales's  creek.  He  was  mar- 
ried (first)  by  Rev.  Mr.  Danforth  to  Ruth 
Hause,  January  2,  1695-96;  (second)  to  Lydia 

,  1702.     His  first  wife  died  March  25, 

1701.  His  second  wife  died  March  28,  1752. 
Child  of  first  wife:  Mary,  born  December  2, 
1700.     Children  of  second  wife:     i.  Nathan, 

January  5,  1703  :  married  Amity .  about 

1727.  2.  Ruth,  June  29,  1705.  3.  Samuel, 
October  5,  1707,  mentioned  below.  4.  Lydia, 
February  14.  1709:  died  December  20,  1710- 
II.     5.  John,  INIarch  10.  1711-12:  died  October 


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2,  1770;  married  by  Rev.  Jonathan  Bowman, 
Hannah  Spear.  May  9,  1733.  6.  Jonathan, 
October  25.  1714;  died  January  21  or  22,  1754; 
married  EHzabeth  Lee,  August  i,  1739.  7. 
Millatia,  March  12,  1716-17;  married  by  Rev. 
J.  Kownian,  Peter  Farrow,  June  4.  1733.  8. 
David,  May  25,  1720;  married  Ehzabeth  Davis, 
October  26,  1749.  9.  Josiah,  January  8,  1722- 
2T):  died  January  21  or  22,  1754;  married 
(first)  by  benjamin  Bird,  Ann  Church,  March 
13,    1748:    (second)    Ann    ^^'ard,    August    13. 

1752. 

(Ill)  Samuel,  son  of  Natiian  (2)  and  Lydia 
Bradley,  was  born  October  5,  1707:  died  July 
7,  i7')iS.  A  monument  was  erected  to  his 
memory  in  the  Dorchester  burying-ground. 
and  the  following  inscription  is  on  the  grave- 
stone: "Here  lies  the  Body  of  Mr.  Samuel 
Bradlee,  who  died  July  7.  1768,  aged  62  years. 
Blessed  are  the  Dead  that  die  in  the  Lord,  they 
rest  from  their  Labour  and  their  Works  Follow 
them."  He  was  the  first  to  spell  the  name 
Bradlee.  He  was  a  weaver  and  fisherman.  In 
1733  he  was  constable  for  the  town  of  Dor- 
chester, when  it  was  recorded  that  "removing 
out  of  Town,  John  Beighton  was  hired  to  serve 
for  ye  whole  Town."  Later  he  removed  to 
Boston.  He  married  Mary  Andrus,  about 
1730.  Children:  I.  Samuel,  born  August  15, 
1731  :  married  Agpes  Love:  died  January  20, 
1770.  2.  Lydia,  November  3,  1733:  married 
by  Rev.  Samuel  Checkley,  James  Collins,  No- 
vember 22,  1753.  3.  Daniel.  March  25,  1737; 
died  March  30,  1738.  4.  Mary,  September  25, 
1738;  married  by  Rev.  Mather  Byles,  William 
Etheridge,  February  26,  1764.  5.  Sarah,  De- 
cember 24,  1740:  married  John  Fulton:  died 
in  Medford,  1836.  6.  David,  November  24, 
1742;  married  by  Rev.  Philip  Payson,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Judge  \\'atts,  of  Chelsea,  March 
22.  1764:  died  March  10,  181 1.  7.  Thomas, 
December  4,  1744;  married  Margaret  Smith. 
January  28,  1765;  died  October,  1805.  8.  Na- 
thaniel, February  16,  1746,  mentioned  below. 
Q.  Margaret  Lord.  Alay  11,  1749:  married 
Eben  Eaton :  died  September  20.  1824.  10. 
Melatiah,  .\pril  10,  175 1  :  married  by  Rev. 
Dr.  Stillman.  Andrew  Green,  March  7,  1773. 
The  above  named  children  were  born  in  Dor- 
chester, the  two  following  in  Boston.  11. 
Josiah.  March  24,  1754:  married  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Stillman,  Hannah  Putnam,  Augu.st  7,  1777; 
(second)  Lydia  Callender,  December  i,  1793; 
died  October  2,  1798.  12.  Elizabeth,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1757:  married  by  Rev.  Stephen  Lewis, 
of  Christ  Church,  Gershom  Spear,  April,  1780: 
died  January  6,  1832. 


I  i\  )  Nathaniel  liradlee,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  (Andrus)  Bradley,  was  born  February 
16, 1746, baptized  by  Rev.  Mr.  Bowman.  He  was 
one  of  the  loyal  .Americans  who,  disguised  as 
Indians,  threw  the  P.ritish  tea  into  Boston  har- 
bor, and  it  was  in  the  old  Bradlee  house 
( which  stood  on  the  corner  of  Hollis  and 
Nassau,  now  Tremont  street,  Boston)  that 
some  of  the  men  met  to  prepare  for  the  "tea 
party."  This  house,  erected  by  him  in  1771, 
was  the  Ijirthplace  of  all  his  children  except 
the  eldest.  1  le  married  Ann,  born  in  Boston, 
(  )ctnber  12,  1748.  died  August  4,  1821,  daugh- 
ter of  (ieorge  and  Ann  (Carr)  Dunlap.  Chi! 
dren  :  I.  Nathaniel,  born  April  ij,  1770;  bap- 
tized at  New  South  Church,  by  Rev.  Mr. 
liowen:  married  by  Rev.  Samuel  West,  Ann 
Kuhn,  April  5,  1795;  died  April  27,  1836.  2. 
(ieorge  Dunlap,  March  7,  1772:  died  October 
I?'  ^777-  .V  Mary  Andrus,  October  12,  1774; 
baptized  at  I  lollis  Street  Church,  by  Rev. 
Mather  B3-les :  died  May  22,  1775.  4.  Samuel, 
December  7.  1776:  died  December  17,  1776. 
5.  Samuel,  November  7,  1778,  mentioned 
below,  fi.  Elizabeth,  October  12,  1781  ;  bap- 
tized at  Hollis  Street  Church,  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Wight;  married  by  Rev.  Horace  Holley,  Noah 
Doggett,  Sei:)tember  15,  1810;  died  January 
25,  iSfx;.  7.  John  Andrus,  January  10,  1784; 
ba])tized  at  .New  .South  Church,  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Everett:  died  at  Batavia.  November  8.  1805. 
of  selldw  fever,  while  there  as  mate  of  the 
ship  "Belle  Savage."  from  Boston.  7.  David. 
May  10,  1786;  baptized  at  New  South  Church 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Everett;  died  April  3,  1814.  9. 
Thomas.  November  17,  1788;  baptized  at 
Hollis  Street  Church,  by  Rev.  Samuel  West; 
married  (first)  Mchetable.  daughter  of  John 
-\.  and  Mehetable  Fulton,  of  New  London, 
Connecticut,  by  Ebenezer  Learned,  of  New 
London.  July  14.  1814;  (second)  married  by 
Rev.  Paul  Dean.  Ann,  daughter  of  Edward 
and  Rebecca  Howard,  August  1,  1819;  (third) 
by  Rev.  Henry  \\'are,  Rachel,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Margaret  Wright,  of  New  York 
Citv.  Se|iteml)er  20.  1830;  died  at  Jamaica. 
Long  Island.  February  19,  1878. 

(  \' )  .Samuel  (2  ).  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Ann 
(  Dunlap)  Piradlee.  was  born  November  7. 
1778:  baptized  at  Hollis  Street  Church,  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Wight.  He  was  born  in  the  house 
that  stood  on  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Hol- 
lis and  Tremont  streets.  Boston,  and  which  was 
torn  down  for  the  erection  of  the  Doggett 
building.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  entered  into  business  in  the  year 
1800,    from   which   he   retired   at   the   age   of 


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fifty-six,  according  to  a  resolution  formed  in 
early  life.  J-Ie  married  (first)  June  4,  1806, 
by  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  West,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Timothy  West,  of  Charleston.  New  Hamp- 
shire ;  she  died  July  28,  1812;  he  married  (sec- 
ond )  July  31.  1817,  by  Rev.  Charles  Lowell, 
Elizabeth  Davis,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Will- 
iams, of  Uoston  :  she  died  February  4,  1875. 
Samuel  Bradlee  died  suddenly  August  I.  1867, 
the  day  after  his  golden  wedding.  Children 
by  first  wife:  i.  Sanuiel  \\'est,  born  August 
7,  1807:  married  ^largaret  Adeline  ISradlee, 
by  Rev.  John  I'ierpont,  November  14,  1830; 
died  September  17,  1832.  2.  Mary  Andrus, 
May  6,  1812.  died  February  17,  1833.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  3.  Joseph  Williams,  May 

29,  1818.  died  .August  19,  1830.  4.  Eliza 
Davis.  March  15.  1820:  married  Edward 
Franklin  W'M.  son  of  Daniel  Weld,  by 
Rev.  Oliver  C.  Everett.  May  3.  iS4(K 
died  .\pril  12,  1855.  5.  .Abigail  .\nn.  No- 
vember 9,  1821  ;  married  Edward  b'rank- 
lin  \\'eld,  son  of  Daniel  Weld,  June  10. 
1841 ;  died  February  7,  1847.  6.  Eleanor  Ma- 
tilda, October  12,  1823;  died  July  23,  1851. 
7.  Matilda  Williams,  June  27,  1825:  died  May 

30,  1844.  8.  Caroline  Lydia,  May  25,  1827; 
died  April  22,  i860.  9.  Nathaniel  Jeremiah, 
June  1.  1829,  mentioned  below.  10.  Caleb 
Davis,    February   24,    1 831,   mentioned  below. 

(\'I)  Nathaniel  Jeremiah,  son  of  Samuel 
(2)  and  Elizabeth  Davis  (Williams)  Bradlee, 
was  born  in  Boston,  June  i,  1829,  died  in  his 
native  city,  December  17,  1888.  He  received 
his  early  education  at  Chauncy  Hall  School, 
from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  in 
1846.  He  then  entered  the  office  of  George 
M.  Dexter,  architect,  of  Boston,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1856,  when  he  became  that  gen- 
tleman's successor.  In  April,  1869,  he  was 
appointed  by  the  municipal  government  of 
Boston  to  take  charge  of  the  removal  of  the 
Flotel  relham.  The  work  was  successfully 
accomplished,  and  attracted  such  wide  atten- 
tion that  accounts  of  the  way  in  which  it  was 
done  were  ])uhlished  in  several  English,  French 
and  German  newspapers.  In  1874  Mr.  Brad- 
lee was  appointed  consulting  architect  to  the 
commission  for  the  Danvers  Insane  Asylum. 
He  was  also  the  architect  for  over  five  hun- 
dred buildings  in  the  city  of  Boston,  including 
the  edifices  of  the  New  England  and  Alutual 
life  insurance  companies,  the  Suffolk  Savings 
Bank  and  tlie  Young  Men's  Christian  Union, 
the  buildings  of  the  City,  Market,  Traders', 
Third  National,  and  Commonwealth  banks, 
nianv  large  stores,  wareliouses,  blocks  and  pri- 


vate residences:  and  the  Second  South  Con- 
gregational and   liullfinch  churches. 

In  .August,  1875,  he  served  upon  the  com- 
niitte  aj)pointed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury to  examine  and  report  upon  the  condition 
of  the  new  Chicago  custom  house.  .Secretary 
Bristow  accepted  the  recommendations  of  the 
commission  and  directed  the  supervising  archi- 
tect of  the  treasury  to  take  down  the  parts  of 
the  structure  they  had  condemned,  and  to  pro- 
ceed with  the  construction  at  once.  Air.  Brad- 
lee's  name  must  he  jiermanently  identified  with 
the  water  supply  of  the  city  of  lioston.  He  was 
elected  member-at-large  of  the  city  water 
board  for  two  years  in  1865,  and  was  after- 
wards re-elected  for  five  terms  consecutively. 
He  resigned  the  office  during  his  last  term  of 
service,  on  account  of  the  severe  pressure  of 
his  business.  During  1868-69-70  he  was  presi- 
dent of  the  water  board.  It  was  during  this 
period  that  the  reservoir  on  Chestnut  Hill  wa,-> 
ct>nstructed.  The  largest  basin  in  this  recep- 
tacle was  designated  by  the  board  the  Bradlt-e 
liasin,  out  of  compliment  to  him.  In  1868 
lie  published  a  remarkably  able,  accurate  and 
detailed  history  of  the  introduction  of  pure 
water  into  the  city  of  Boston,  with  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  Cochituate  water-works.  He  was 
the  executor  and  trustee  of  a  large  number  of 
estates,  and  held  a  very  large  amount  of  trust 
]3roperty,  being  trustee  for  more  than  forty 
persons.  He  was  a  member  of  the  commis- 
sion appointed  by  the  supreme  court  in  rela- 
tion to  the  location  of  the  Union  Station  at 
^^'orcester.  Massachusetts.  His  associates 
were  the  late  Chief  Justice  George  T.  Bigelow, 
and  the  late  Governor  Onslow  Stearns,  of  New 
Hampshire.  Mr.  Bradlee  was  ])resident  of  the 
-Massachusetts  Charitable  Mechanic  Associa- 
tion, the  Franklin  Savings  Bank,  and  the  Bos- 
tun  Storage  Warehouse  Company;  one  of  the 
trustees  of  the  New  England  Trust  Company, 
and  the  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Company  ;  di- 
rector in  the  Massachusetts  Alutual  Fire  In- 
surance Company,  Boston  and  Alaine  Rail- 
road, Eastern  Railroad,  Alaine  Central  Rail- 
road, the  New  England  Alutual  Life  Insur- 
ance Company  ;  and  president  of  the  Adamanta 
Alanufacturing  Company,  the  Alassachusetts 
Title  Insurance  Company,  the  Chauncy  Hall 
School,  and  the  Roxbury  Club.  In  1876  he 
was  candidate  of  the  Citizens',  and  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket  for  mayor.  In  1887  he  was 
nominated  by  the  citizens'  committee  for  the 
mayoralty,  but  declined  the  nomination. 

Mr.  Bradlee  married  (first)  .\pril  17,  1856, 
Jidia    R..   daughter   of   George   F.   \\'eld,    for- 


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nicrly  a  merchant  of  Baltimore,  JXIaryland. 
She  dieil  August  ii,  1880.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) December  29,  1881.  Anna  M.,  daughter 
of  Josiah  H.  \'ose,  of  Robinston,  Maine. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Joseph  Williams, 
born  Januar)-  20,  1858:  died  October  i.  1858. 
2.  Caroline  Louise.  May  11,  i860:  died  July 
2T,.  i860.  3.  Elizabeth  Lydia,  June  i,  1862: 
mar-ried  February  7.  1887,  Albert  Walter 
Childs.  son  of  Albert  and  Hannah  M,  (  Dud- 
ley) Childs :  children,  i.  David  Bradlee,  born 
March  12,  i88y,  in  graduating  class  of  1910. 
H^arvard  I'niversity :  ii.  Paul  Dudley.  January 
8.  1892:  iii.  Ral]ih  de  Someri,  November  5. 
1900.  Albert  Walter  Childs  was  treasurer  of 
the  New  England  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Com- 
pany of  Kansas  City.  Missouri,  and  when  it  was 
changed  into  a  national  bank  was  the  cashier 
for  thirteen  years,  and  for  the  past  eight  years 
has  been  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count in  Kansas  City,  dealing  in  bonds,  mort- 
gages, real  estate,  etc.  4.  Eleanor  Collmore, 
\pn\  13,  1867;  married.  June  22.  1896.  Rob- 
ert Weld,  of  New  York.  5.  Helen  Curtis. 
August  3.  1875:  married.  October  28,  1897, 
Alfred  Page  Emmons,  and  have  one  child, 
.Alfred  liradlee  Emmons,  born  Afarch  17. 
1908:  they  reside  in  lirookline.  Massachusetts. 

In  the  death  of  Mr.  Bradlee  the  city  of 
Boston  lost  an  enterprising,  public-spirited  and 
loyal  son.  the  business  community  a  model  of 
probity  and  intellectual  administration  of 
sacred  trusts,  social  life  a  conspicuous  and 
ever  welcome  guest,  and  the  commonwealth  of 
Alassachusetts  one  of  her  most  modest,  yet 
representative,  men.  The  funeral  of  Hon. 
Nathaniel  J.  Bradlee  was  held  from  the  South 
Congregational  Church,  corner  of  Exeter  and 
Newberry  streets,  and  was  attended  by  a  large 
number  of  representative  business  and  profes- 
sional men  of  Boston.  The  funeral  services 
were  conducted  bv  Rev.  Edward  Everett 
Hale.  D.  D. 

(VI)  Rev.  Caleb  Davis,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  Davis  (Williams)  Bradlee.  was 
born  February  24.  1831,  in  a  house  on  Avon 
place.  Boston,  now  Avon  street,  where  a  part 
of  the  store  of  Jordan  &  Marsh  is  located. 
He  was  never  in  robust  health,  but  he  survived 
all  other  members  of  his  father's  family.  He 
was  first  sent  to  the  school  of  a  Miss  Bacon, 
but  when  he  reached  the  age  of  five  years  he 
entered  the  preparatory  department  of 
Chauncy  Hall  School,  and  Miss  Nancy 
Healey.  afterward  Mrs.  Elisha  D.  Winslow. 
became  his  teacher.  His  education  was  con- 
tinued in  this  school  for  twelve  years  with  the 


exception  of  a  few  uKinths  during  which  he 
was  a  ])upil  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Pike,  of  Dor- 
chester, llis  faithfulness  in  the  performance 
of  his  school  duties  is  shown  in  the  fact  that 
he  received  three  medals  from  the  Chauncy 
Hall  School,  two  of  which  were  lost  in  a  fire 
at  North  Cambridge,  and  the  other  was  given 
to  a  friend,  who  many  years  later  presented 
it  to  Dr.  Bradlee's  daughter.  In  1848  he  en- 
tered Harvard  University,  and  during  the  fol- 
lowing year  received  a  "Detur."  Among  his 
classmates  were  Hon.  Charles  Thomas  Bou- 
ncy, of  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts;  Hon. 
Addison  Brown;  Professor  Charles  Taylor 
Canfield :  Professor  Cary ;  Dr.  and  Professor 
David  \\'.  Cheever ;  Judge  Choate :  Hon.  Jo- 
seph H.  Choate ;  Professor  E.  W.  Gurney  ; 
Henry  ( !.  Denny,  Esf|. :  Hon.  William  C.  Will- 
iamson :  Dr.  Samuel  H.  Hurd ;  Judge  Hurd. 
anil  other  well-known  men.  On  account  of 
dlness  he  was  obliged  to  be  absent  from  college 
during  the  last  term  of  the  senior  year,  but 
on  graduation  day  he  received  with  his  class- 
mates the  degree  of  A.  B.,  no  examination 
being  required  of  him  for  the  months  of  ab- 
sence. In  Se])tember,  1852,  he  entered  the 
Cambridge  Divinity  School,  where  he  remained 
a  Near  and  a  half.  and.  receiving  a  highly  hon- 
iirable  dismissal  from  the  school.  ])laced  him- 
self under  the  care  of  Rev.  F.  D.  Huntington 
and  Rev.  Rufus  Ellis,  and  pursued  his  studies 
in  divinity  with  great  interest.  In  due  time 
he  was  elected  an  honorary  member  of  the 
Cambridge  Divinity  School.  In  1855  he  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  A.  AI.  from  Harvard. 

I'efore  his  active  ministerial  work  began, 
he  was  connected  with  the  HoUis  Street  Sun- 
day school,  then  under  the  pastoral  care  of 
Rev.  Thomas  Starr  King.  At  first,  as  teacher 
of  two  Bible  classes,  and  afterward  as  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  school,  he  did  much 
toward  making  the  work  of  the  school  inter- 
esting to  all,  and  more  than  one  have  testi- 
fied to  the  inspiration  that  came  to  them  from 
his  infiuence  at  that  time.  When  he  resigned 
his  ofifice  the  scholars  gave  him  as  a  memorial 
gift  Pickering's  "Life  of  John  Alilton."  and  the 
pastor  placed  a  grateful  inscription  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  first  volume.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Boston  Association  of  Min- 
isters, June  12,  1854.  at  a  meeting  held  at  the 
house  of  Dr.  George  E.  Ellis,  in  Charlestown. 
Alassachusetts.  Of  this  event  he  wrote  many 
years  after:  "A  very  young  man.  twenty-three 
years  old.  appeared  before  the  Association,  ac- 
cording to  the  custom  of  those  days,  that  he 
mighti receive  his  license  to  preach.     The  sub- 


-&  o^ieM-  ^y~^^^-iA^^   0^  r-^  ^^^^^^ 


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jcct  that  was  presented  b)  the  candidate  for 
that  afternoon  was  "The  l3eath  of  Christ,  and 
its  Effect  upon  the  World." "'  The  license  was 
conferred  in  these  words:  "This  is  to  certify 
that  Caleb  Davis  Bradlee  was  this  day  appro- 
bated by  the  Boston  Association  of  Ministers 
as  a  preacher  of  the  gos])el.  Rufus  Ellis. 
Scribe."  From  the  time  he  obtained  his 
license  until  December  11,  1854,  he  preached 
in  several  pulpits  as  transient  supply.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1854,  nearly  a  year  before  the  com- 
pletion of  the  course  of  study  which  he  had 
planned.  Air.  Bradlee  received  a  call  to  the 
.Alien  Street  Church,  North  Cambridge.  Mass- 
achusetts. He  consulted  with  his  friend,  Rev. 
James  \\'alker.  D.  D.,  president  of  Harvard 
College,  who  advised  him  to  accept  the  call, 
and  December  11,  1854.  he  was  ordained  to 
the  Christian  ministry,  and  began  his  work  as 
a  settled  pastor.  Those  who  took  part  in  the 
exercises  were  Rev.  Professor  and  Dr. 
(ieorge  R.  Xoyes,  Rev.  Thomas  Starr  King, 
Rev.  I'".  D.  Huntington,  President  Walker. 
Rev.  F.  .\.  Whitney.  Rev.  Rufus  Ellis,  and  Rev. 
Arthur  B.  b'uller.  His  last  sermon  as  ]3astor 
of  .\llen  Street  Church  was  preached  Decem- 
ber 6,  1857.  The  text  was.  "Am  1  my 
Brother's  Keeper  ?"  The  communion  service 
was  observed,  and  this  closed  what  he  called 
the  "first  period"  of  his  ministry.  He  con- 
tiiuied  to  live  in  Cambridge  until  i860,  when  he 
removed  to  Ru.xbury. 

After  resigning  at  North  Cambridge,  -Mr. 
Bradlee  was  several  years  without  a  settlement 
as  pastor  of  a  ]iarish,  but  his  ministry  con- 
tinued to  be  full  of  good  works.  He  called 
it  the  "second  period"  of  his  ministry,  from 
December  1 1.1837,  to  June,  1861,  during  which 
time  he  supplied  the  pulpits  of  North  End 
Mission  and  Hale's  South  End  Mission,  in 
Boston.  Fall  River,  Kingston,  Nantucket.  Ply- 
mouth and  Sterling.  He  also  acted  as  pastor 
of  the  churches  of  Rev.  S.  B.  Crufts  and  Rev. 
Richard  Pike,  during  ])rolonged  absences  of 
these  ])astors.  He  was  offered  calls  from  Fall 
River  ;  Christian  L'nity.  P>oston  :  Newtonville  : 
Charleston.  South  Carolina.  During  this 
period  he  began  to  show  s])ecial  interest  in 
the  work  of  historical  societies,  and  was 
closely  identified  with  the  New  England  His- 
toric Genealogical  Society,  gave  frequent  lec- 
tures before  its  members,  and  served  three 
years  as  its  corresponding  secretary  and  three 
years  as  its  recording  secretary.  He  gave 
such  time  as  he  was  able  to  literary  work, 
especially  in  ])reparation  of  lectures  on  Fene- 
lon.  Milton.  Heber.  and  other  famous  charac 


ters.  He  was  always  willing  to  give  a  "labor 
of  love"  to  brother  ministers,  and  many  such 
are  recorded  in  the  "Sunday  Record." 

In  1 861  Mr.  Bradlee  took  the  charge  of  the 
Church  of  Our  Father,  in  East  Boston,  His 
work  here  continued  for  nearly  three  years,  as 
the  pastor.  Rev.  Warren  H.  Cudworth,  was 
chajilain  in  the  L'nited  States  army.  The 
services  were  well  attended,  and  Mr.  Bradlee 
was  always  received  with  great  enthusiasm 
whenever  he  appeared  in  the  pulpit,  and  his 
discourses  were  often  reported  in  the  East 
Boston  papers.  He  always  spoke  of  his  pas- 
torate in  this  church  as  one  of  the  happiest 
chajiters  in  his  life,  and  the  members  of  the 
s()ciet\-  gave  to  him  many  loyal  pledges  of  their 
appreciation  and  good  will.  This  he  calls  the 
"third  period"  of  his  ministry,  and  he  speaks 
tif  it  as  the  real  commencement  of  his  useful- 
ness as  a  minister.  Twenty-five  years  later  he 
wrt)te :  "These  years  were  very  happy  ones  to 
me,  antl  my  whole  ministry  in  East  Boston  was 
a  perfect  ovation."  The  last  sermon  as  pas- 
tor pro  tem.,  at  East  Boston,  was  preached 
-\pril  3.  1864;  "Therefore  watch,  and  remem- 
ber that  for  the  s])ace  of  three  years  1  ceased 
not  to  warn  every  one."  During  Mr.  Brad- 
lee's  su])])ly  of  the  East  ISoston  pulpit  he  cor- 
res])onded  regularh'  with  Rev.  W.  H.  Cud- 
worth,  jjastor  of  the  church,  who  as  chaplain 
of  the  I'^irst  Massachusetts  Regiment  was  fol- 
lowing the  fortunes  of  the  civil  war.  The 
folk)wing  extracts  from  letters  are  like  many 
which  might  be  quoted:  "For  one,  I  have  been 
well  satisfied  with  your  management  of  affairs. 
I  am  sure,  likewise,  that  the  parish  has  been, 
and  doubt  not  that  (jod  will  at  last  assure  you 
you  have  done  all  you  could,  and  sometimes 
even  overdone."  "I  am  glad  to  hear  you  are 
disposed  to  continue  in  charge  of  my  pulpit, 
and  for  the  good  of  the  parish,  as  well  as  for 
my  own  interests,  don't  believe  a  better  man 
could  be  found."  "I  think  )ou  deserve  much 
comniendatiou  for  the  able  and  faithful  man- 
ner in  whicii  you  have  discharged  3'our  duties, 
as  you  certainly  have  won  a  large  share  of 
my  love  for  the  brotherly  and  Christian  spirit 
you  have  shown." 

In  1864,  Rev.  Mr.  Bradlee  became  pastor  of 
the  Church  of  the  Redeemer,  Boston,  and  re- 
mained with  it  until  1872.  Early  in  1864  a 
movement  was  made  to  establish  a  new  Uni- 
tarian church  at  the  South  End  in  Boston, 
and  Mr.  Bradlee  was  asked  to  be  the  pastor. 
The  new  church  was  organized  as  The  Church 
of  the  Redeemer,  and  secured  a  hall  in  Con- 
cord   street    for    its    services.      .\boul    twentv 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


families  were  pledged  to  the  support  of  the 
new  church.  The  installation  service  was  held 
at  the  Church  of  the  L'nity,  on  West  Newton 
street,  April  6,  1864.  On  Sunday,  April  10, 
he  preached  from  the  text,  "I  the  Lord  am  thy 
Saviour  and  thy  Redeemer."  This  pastorate 
he  named  the  "fourth  period"  of  his  ministry, 
and  in  it  he  was  successful  as  few  men  are 
in  drawing  about  him  a  band  of  devoted 
friends,  who  amid  all  the  changes  of  the  years 
to  come  were  faithful  and  loyal  to  him.  The 
Sunday  school  was  of  great  interest  to  him, 
and  ioT  the  greater  part  of  the  time  he  was  the 
superintendent  of  the  school.  After  eight 
])leasant  years  of  labor  by  pastor  and  peo- 
])le  circumstances  arose  that  made  it  seem 
best  to  disband  the  church;  and  it  was  reluct- 
antly done,  .\mong  other  labors  of  this  period 
he  became  one  of  the  faculty  of  the  Boston 
School  for  the  Ministry  in  1868,  when  the  de- 
partment of  pastoral  care  and  christian  biog- 
raphy was  assigned  to  him,  and  he  remained 
one  of  its  teachers  until  its  union  with  the  Di- 
vinity School  at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 
This  work  was  especially  attractive  to  Mr. 
Uradlee.  He  was  very  fond  of  young  men, 
and  devoted  himself  with  great  earnestness  to 
their  welfare. 

From  .April  22,  1872,  to  July  i,  1875,  cov- 
ered what  he  called  the  "fifth,  sixth  and  sev- 
enth periods"  of  his  ministry.  The  fifth 
period  was  .\pril  22,  1872,  to  September  i, 
1872,  when  he  su])i)lied  i)ul])its  transiently. 
The  sixth  period  was  Se])teinber  i,  1872,  to 
.April  2.  1873,  when  he  had  tem])orary  sup])ly 
of  the  Christian  L'nity  Society,  P>oston.  The 
seventh  i:)eriod  was  .April  2,  1873,  to  July  i, 
1875,  when  he  was  pastor  of  the  Christian 
Lnitv  Society,  lioston.  It  was  believed  by 
many  friends  of  Mr.  Bradlee  that  his  presence 
as  jjastor  of  the  Christian  l'nity  Society  would 
make  this  center  of  Christian  influence  very 
powerful  in  the  community  where  it  was  lo- 
cated. It  was  an  early  ex]>eriment  in  what  is 
now  called  an  "Institutional  Church."  .\  lim- 
ited call  was  first  extended,  which  he  accepted. 
His  first  sermon  as  temporary  pastor  was 
preached  September  i,  1872,  from  the  text, 
"If  any  man  thirst,  let  him  come  unto  me 
and  drink."  On  March  9.  1873,  the  Christian 
Lnitv  Societv  invited  him  to  l)ecome  perma- 
nent ])astnr  from  .April  i,  1873,  g'^ing  him  the 
privilege  of  employing  an  assistant.  Mr. 
Bradlee  accepted  this  call  and  was  installed 
-April  2.  1873.  On  September  14,  1873,  Rev. 
George  \\'.  Green  was  installed  as  junior  pas- 
tor of  the  societv.     He  was  one  of  Mr.  Brad- 


lee's  students  at  the  Boston  School  for  the 
.Ministry,  graduated  from  the  Cambridge  Di- 
vinity School,  June,  1872,  and  had  been  pas- 
tor of  the  Lnitarian  church  in  Berlin,  Massa- 
chusetts. On  February  22,  1874,  the  Frank- 
lin Literary  .Association  became  united  to  the 
Christian  C'nity  Society.  This  association  was 
composed  of  ladies  and  gentlemen  who  were 
earnest  in  spirit,  and  who  received  a  warm  wel- 
come from  Mr.  liradlee  to  this  new^  relation. 
Mr.  Bradlee  sent  his  resignation  to  the  Chris- 
tian Lnitv  Society,  April  i,  1875,  to  take  effect 
Inly  I.  The  resignation  was  accepted.  Dur- 
ing this  jiastorate  Air.  Bradlee  printed  a  num- 
ber of   sermons   in  pamphlet   form. 

From  July  i,  1875.  to  June  i,  1890,  Mr. 
Bradlee  located  three  periods  of  his  ministry — 
the  eighth,  from  Julv  I,  1875  to  Alarch  5,  1876, 
when  he  su])plied  various  pulpits,  decided  not 
to  accept  a  call  to  Walpole,  Massachusetts, 
and  had  temi)orary  charge  of  the  pulpit  of  the 
Lnitarian  church  at  Melrose;  the  ninth,  when 
he  was  pastur  |)ro  tern,  at  Harrison  Square, 
March  5  to  June  4,  1876;  the  tenth,  June  4. 
1876.  to  June  I,  1890,  when  he  was  pastor  and 
senior  ]5astor  at  Harrison  Stpiare.  This 
church  w^as  formerly  called  the  "Third  Uni- 
tarian Society  in  Dorchester."  He  began  his 
service  as  regular  pastor  June  4,  1876.  On 
(  )ctober  1 3,  i  878,  he  preached  a  sermon  on  the 
thirtieth  anniversary  of  the  foundation  of  the 
Harrison  Square  Church,  in  which  he  spoke 
of  the  church's  history  and  gave  some  personal 
reci>lltctions  of  its  nastors.  This  sermon  was 
printed.  \])ril  21.  1890,  Air.  Uradlee  sent  his 
resignation  to  the  prudential  committee  of  the 
Harrison   .Square  Church,  to  take  effect  June 

I.  after  eleven  years  service  as  pastor  and 
three  additional  years  as  senior  pastor. 

In  the  spring  of  1890  Dr.  Bradlee  gener- 
ouslv  offered  to  the  Xorfolk  Lnitarian  Church, 
a  new  church  that  had  been  formed  in  Dor- 
chester, his  services  for  one  year  as  pastor. 
The  s()ciety  was  organized  in  the  autumn  of 
1889.  This  was  the  "eleventh  period"  of  his 
ministrv.  On  October  30,  1890,  one  year  and 
sixteen  days  after  the  society's  organization, 
a  newly  built  chajiel  was  dedicated.     On  June 

II.  1891,  Tufts  College  conferred  upon  him 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity.  Late  in 
1 891.  Dr.  Bradlee  told  the  committee  of  the 
.Xorfolk  Church  that  he  must  retire  from  the 
charge  of  the  church  at  the  close  of  the  sec- 
ond year  of  his  service  as  pastor.  The  so- 
ciety had  been  blessed  with  a  remarkable 
growth. 

The  "twelfth  peril xl"  of  Dr.  I'.radlee's  min- 


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istry  was  spent  in  semi-retirement  from  June 
I,  1892,  to  April  9,  1893.  For  nearly  a  year 
he  rested  from  pastoral  cares,  spending  much 
time  in  the  preparation  of  a  second  volume  of 
sermons  which  he  was  to  publish  in  Decem- 
ber, 1893.  On  April  3,  1893,  he  received  an 
invitation  to  take  temporary  charge  of  Christ's 
Church,  Longwood,  and  his  service  was 
brought  to  a  close  there  May  i,  1897.  It  was 
the  intention  of  the  committee  of  the  church 
to  have  the  parish  elect  Dr.  Bradlee  pastor 
emeritus  of  the  society.  The  following  no- 
tice was  sent  to  each  member  of  the  society, 
which  was  called  the  Second  Unitarian  So- 
ciety in  Pirookline  :  "You  are  rec|uested  to  as- 
semble in  the  church  immediately  after  the 
service  on  Sunday,  May  2,  1897,  to  take  ap- 
propriate action  on  the  retirement  of  Dr.  Brad- 
lee from  the  pastorate  of  this  society,  and  the 
proposition  to  elect  him  pastor  emeritus  of 
the  society.  Per  order  of  the  Prudential  Com- 
mittee, Geo.  P.  Furber,  Clerk.  April  26, 
1897."  This  ])roposition  was  known  to  Dr. 
Piradlee,  and  was  a  source  of  great  joy  to  him. 
It  had  been  his  wish  that,  when  the  end  of  his 
ministry  came,  it  might  be  his  fortune  to  sus- 
tain the  relation  of  pastor  emeritus  to  the  last 
society  over  which  he  had  been  settled.  The 
day  appointed  for  the  conferring  of  this  honor 
was  one  day  too  late.  \Mien  it  arrived,  he 
was  gone  to  the  heavenly  home.  The  end  of 
his  Longwood  ]5astorate  was  the  end  of  his 
earthly  ministry. 

Dr.  Hradlee  was  a  good  student  from  the 
days  of  his  youth  on  through  his  active  life. 
His  mind  was  synthetic  rather  than  analytic. 
lie  was  rather  impatient  of  details,  and  in- 
tuitively grasped  conclusions  that  were  after- 
ward verified  in  his  ex])erience  and  in  that  of 
other  men.  (iod,  Christ,  dut)-  and  immortal- 
ity were  divine  realities  in  his  thought,  and  he 
had  the  power  of  carrying  his  convictions  into 
the  hearts  and  lives  of  others.  His  religion 
■  was  to  love  God  and  man.  His  sermons  were 
]iractical  rather  than  theological.  Many  souls 
were  deeply  touched  by  his  preaching,  and  he 
received  many  confessions  of  personal  in- 
('ebtedness  for  new  ho]ies  and  better  life  from 
those  who  haye  been  helped  by  his  spoken 
word.  He  was  always  ])articularly  interested 
in  historical  and  philosopiiical  studies.  Mis 
classical  knowledge  was  full  and  accurate,  and 
he  read  and  wrote  French  and  Italian  with 
some  fluency.  He  was  extremely  sympa- 
thetic in  his  disposition.  All  sorrow  appealed 
to  him.  and  the  trials  of  his  friends  were 
borne  as  if  the\-  were  his  own.     Fie  was  es- 


liecially  sought  for  in  cases  of  bereavement, 
and  always  had  the  right  word  to  speak.  His 
very  presence  in  the  house  of  mourning  threw 
light  upon  the  cloud,  and  many  will  rememljer 
the  flays  upon  which  he  entered  their  homes 
to  sjieak  words  of  comfort  and  peace  such 
as  are  given  to  few  to  utter.  He  attended 
seven  hundred  and  eighty-four  funerals  in  the 
course  of  his  ministry,  and  officiated  at  exactly 
the  same  number  of  baptisms.  He  also  offici- 
ated at  three  hundred  and  forty  marriages. 
His  tastes  and  habits  of  life  were  simple. 
.•\fter  serious  losses  in  the  great  Boston  fire  in 
1872,  his  only  regret  was  that  for  a  time  the 
list  of  his  charities  must  be  curtailed.  No  life 
was  ever  lived  on  this  earth  that  presents  a 
better  illustration  of  altruism  than  does  his 
own.  lie  held  his  fortune  as  a  trust  from 
("lod.  (if  which  he  was  a  steward.  Hospital- 
ity was  one  of  his  prominent  characteristics. 
Children  loved  him  and  were  loved  by  him. 
He  was  full  of  charity  for  the  wrong-doer. 
He  distinguished  between  the  sin  and  the 
sinner,  and  his  contempt  for  the  one  never 
overcame  his  love  for  the  other.  He  was  a 
wise  counsellor  in  financial  matters,  and  in 
many  ways  disclosed  the  possession  of  facul- 
ties^ the  exercise  of  which  made  him  a  .success- 
ful business  man.  This  ability  he  inherited 
from  a  line  of  ancestry  full  of  sagacity  and  in- 
tegrity. 

I^arly  in  life  Dr.  Bradlee  became  interested 
in  the  work  of  historical  societies,  and  from 
that  beginning  his  interest  grew  in  regard  to 
the  great  literary  societies  of  the  world.  He 
was  a  member  of  more  than  fifty  societies  of 
this  character,  and  was  in  active  correspond- 
ence with  all  of  them,  and  made  them  the 
means  <if  distributing  literature  and  giving  in- 
formation of  an  interesting  character.  Be- 
sides man\-  which  are  not  mentioned  here,  he 
was  a  memljer  of  the  following  societies: 
Royal  Society  of  Xorthern  .\nti(iuaries,  Copen- 
hagen, Denmark:  Royal  Asiatic  Society, 
China,  iiranch  Shanghai :  Victoria  Institute  or 
Philosoiihical  Society  of  Great  Britain ;  and 
the  following  historical  societies  in  the  United 
States :  Xew  England,  Rhode  Island,  Ver- 
mont, Xew  ^'ork,  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey, 
Maryland,  Chicago,  Iowa,  W'isconsin,  \^ir- 
ginia,  Georgia,  Tennessee,  Kansas,  Minnesota, 
Old  Colony,  Dedham.  Long  Lsland.  Essex  In- 
stitute, Salem,  Massachusetts,  etc.  He  was 
also  in  correspondence  with  the  librarians  of 
a  great  number  of  libraries  both  in  America 
and  in  Europe,  and  was  constantly  giving 
books  to  libraries.      In  the  course  of  his  life- 


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time  he  gave  away  enough  books  to  have  made 
an  enviable  private  hbrary — books  of  great 
vahie,  both  ancient  and  modern.  He  was  not 
a  member  of  any  secret  societies,  but  had 
great  sympathy  with  all  the  noble  principles 
which  underlie  them.  He  found  his  social  fel- 
lowship with  the  Boston  Association  of  Mm- 
isters,  the  Ministers'  League,  and  the  Harvard 
Divinity  Unitarian  Club.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  American  Authors'  Guild. 

Dr.  Bradlee  published  as  follows:  "Sermon 
after  the  Death  of  Rev.  Richard  Pike,"  1863; 
"Sermon  after  the  Death  of  President  Lin- 
coln," 1865;  "Sermon  after  the  Death  of  the 
Rev.  Ezra'  S.  Gannett,  D.  D.,"  1871 ;  "Fare- 
well Sermon,  Church  of  the  Redeemer,"  1872 ; 
"First  Sermon  to  the  Church  of  the  Good  Sa- 
maritan," Christian  Unity  Society,  1872; 
"Sermon  after  the  Deaths  of  Millard  Fillmore 
and  Charles  Sumner,"  1874;  Sermon.  "The 
Teachings  of  the  Mountains,''  1876;  '"The 
Grand  Hereafter,"  1877;  "Natural  and  Re- 
vealed Religion,"  1878:  "Recognition  of 
Friends  in  lieaven,"  1878;  "A  Slight  Sketch 
of  the  History  of  Harrison  Square  Church," 
1878;  "Poems,"  Series  Xo.  i,  1880;  Series  Xo. 
2,  1880;  Series  Xo.  3,  1881  ;  "Sermon  after  the 
Deaths  of  hVancis  Humphreys  and  Miss  Mary 
C.  P.isphan";  "Brief  Memoir  of  George  H. 
Gay,  ^I.  D.";  Sermon,  "Jesus  Christ  Eternally 
.\live,"  1888:  volume  of  ".Sermons  for  All 
Sects,"  1888;  volume  of  "Sermons  for  the 
Church,"  1893.  The  manuscript  was  ready 
for  a  volume  of  sermons  to  be  published  in 
1898,  to  be  called  "A  \'oice  from  the  Pulpit.  " 
The  poems  written  by  Dr.  Bradlee  were : 
"God  Knows  I>est,"  "Holy  Waiting  for  the 
Right,"  "Who  Shall  Be  Greatest  ?"\  In  .\le- 
moriam  :  Hon.  Henry  W.  Lt)ngfell(nv,  LL.  D., 
Hon.  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  LL.  D.,  O.  W. 
Holmes;  "Xo  Time  for  .'Vnything,"  "A  Sick 
Person's  Prayer,"  "The  White  Mountains," 
"Night."  "The  Ocean,"  "President  Garfield," 
"Oh  That  We  Knew,"  "\N'e  Do  Xot  Know," 
".\  Day  Lost.  "  "Spring,"  "God's  Christmas 
Gift,"  "In  the  Stillness  of  the  Xight,"  "Bap- 
tismal Hymn,"  "Palm  Sunday,"  "Easter 
Poem,"  "Thoughts  for  Christmas."  "Only  a 
Little  While,  and  We  shall  be  with  God," 
"Our  Dear  One  Gone."  The  following  ser- 
mons are  selected  from  those  which  Dr.  Brad- 
lee had  prepared  for  the  third  volume  of  ser- 
mons, sermons  of  the  Longwood  pastorate, 
and  were  to  have  been  published  in  1898:  "The 
Echoes  of  (joodness,"  "True  Labor  Reform," 
"New  Year's  Sermon."  ".Solid  Goodness." 

Dr.  I'.radlee  married.  June  7.  1855.  Caroline 


Gay,  youngest  child  of  George  and  Nancy 
(  Lovering )  Gay,  of  Boston,  and  sister  of  the 
well-known  surgeon.  Dr.  George  H.  Gay. 
Thev  had  three  children,  only  one  of  whom  is 
now  living — Mrs.  Eliza  Williaius  Ilradlee 
Smith,  who  married,  June  12,  1895,  Walter 
Clark  Smith,  the  ceremony  being  performed 
by  Dr.  Bradlee,  with  the  assistance  of  his 
friend.  Rev.  James  De  Xormandie.  The  wed- 
ding took  place  in  the  library  of  the  new  home, 
"The  Three  Arches,"  on  Fisher  avenue,  Brook- 
line,  near  the  Chestnut  Hill  reservoir.  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith:  Helen  Gay 
Smith,  born  December  14,  1896,  Walter  Brad- 
lee Smith,  born  October  5,  1900.  The  other 
two  children  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Bradlee  died  in 
infancy:  Xancy  Gay,  born  December  23,  1858, 
died  September  4,  1859;  Bertha,  born  Febru- 
ary 28,  1866,  died  the  same  day. 

Dr.  Bradlee  passed  away  May  i,  1897.  The 
funeral  services  were  held  May  5.  A  brief 
service  was  held  at  the  family  residence.  The 
IHiblic  services  were  at  Longwood  Church,  and 
were  conducted  by  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale, 
1).  I).,  and  Rev.  James  De  Xormandie.  Dr. 
Male  pronounced  the  eulogy,  saying  in  part: 
"We  are  together  as  so  many  friends,  each  to 
testify  to  the  love,  respect,  and  the  reverence 
with  which  we  regarded  him;  but  we  must  not 
fdrget  the  thousands  of  others  who  so  esteem 
him.  Xo  one  has  been  taken  from  us  who 
could  call  together  from  so  wide  ranges  of 
life  so  many  testimonies  of  love,  respect  and 
regard  as  Dr.  Bradlee  could.  From  his  earl- 
iest life  he  was  possessed  of  a  determination 
to  give  himself  singly  and  absolutely  to  the 
great  work.  This  he  did,  despite  his  tastes 
for  history.  scientific  investigation,  etc. 
Through  his  all-jjervading  determination  that 
( 'hrist  should  reign  in  the  world,  he  gained  a 
curious  breadth  in  catholicity."  The  interment 
was  in  the  family  lot  at  Mt.  Auburn.  The 
cinimittal  service  there  was  reail  Ijy  Rev. 
.\lfred  Manchester. 

The  Christian  Register  of  May  5,  1897,  had 
the  following  article : 

"Tlie  Rev.  Caleb  Uavi.s  Bradlee  died  suddenly  at 
lii.s  own  home  on  Saturday  evening.  With  a  certain 
,  forecast,  as  it  would  seem,  he  had  preached,  only  on 
the  la.-it  Sunday  before,  his  farewell  sermon  to  the 
congregation  at  Christ  Church.  One  wishes  that 
in  the  last  week  he  could  have  heard  all  the  words 
of  gratitude  and  sympathy  which  spoke  of  that 
sermon;  and  we  cannot  but  believe  that  the  lessons 
it  enforces  and  the  encouragement  it  gives  will 
have  worth  all  their  own,  now  that  we  all  know 
that  we  are  not  to  hear  his  voice  again. 

"Dr.  Bradlee  had  had  a  peculiar  place  among  oui- 
clerg\-.    because    be    had    a    gift    which    is    only    too 


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rai'f.  He  had  a  singular  power  for  tlie  organization 
of  cliurclies — for  bringing  people  togetlier,  and  l>ind- 
ing:  tliem  to&etlier  for  tlieir  own  religious  growtli 
and  for  tlie  good  of  otliers.  In  tlie  first  place,  he 
helieved  in  churches  and  their  work  through  and 
through:  and  by  ways  unknown  to  some  men,  one 
would  say.  he  made  other  people  believe  in  churches. 
If  you  heard  that  Dr.  Bradlee  had  expressed  a 
willingnes.s  to  take  any  new  enterprise  in  hand,  you 
knew  it  would  succeed. 

"Dr.  Bradlee  had  associated  himself  witli  the 
grateful  memory  of  many  otiier  churches.  Tlie 
Allen  Street  Congregational  Church  of  Cambridge; 
the  Cliurch  of  Our  Father.  East  Boston;  The  Church 
of  the  Redeemer.  Boston;  the  Christian  Unity  Soci- 
ety, Boston;  the  church  at  Harrison  Square;  the 
Norfolk  Street  Church.  Dorcliester — all  of  them 
have  been  indebted  to  his  fostering  care.  For  the 
last  two  or  three  years  he  has  been  preaching  at 
Clirist  Church  in  Longwood,  and.  as  has  been  said, 
had  the  great  satisfaction  of  addressing  that  united 
and  prosperous  congregation  on  the  Stindaj'  before 
his  death.  When  he  saw  tliat  a  congregation  was 
on  its  feet,  and  was  alile  to  provide  for  itself  as  an 
established  congregation  should.  Dr.  Bradlee  would 
withdraw,  would  find  other  fields  for  his  self-sacri- 
ficing effort,  and  would  add  anotiier  leaf  to  liis 
laurels. 

"Dr.  Bradlee  was  a  cordial  and  liberal  assistant  in 
the  best  works  of  cliarity  which  go  to  the  bringing 
in  of  better  life.  He  had  great  business  ability, 
and  it  was  always  fortunate  if  he  could  be  enlisted 
on  a  board  of  directors  for  work,  however  monot- 
onous,'you  were  sure  that  this  work  would  be  well 
done.  He  was  a  careful  student,  and  took  especial 
Interest  in  the  fortunes  and  history  of  the  unitarian 
movement.  A  volume  of  sermons,  which  he  pub- 
lished not  long  since,  shows  very  clearly  the 
power  by  whicli  he  held  congregations  together  and 
enlarged  them.  There  is  not  a  more  'readable'  book 
of  sermons  among  those  which  have  been  published 
in  the  last  fifty  years.  He  interests  the  hearers  or 
the  readers,  and  is  not  tempted  by  any  temporary 
interest  to  speak  upon  petty  subjects. 

"Dr.  Bradlee  inherited  from  his  father  an  inde- 
pendent fortune;  but  he  dedicated  his  life,  alt  the 
same,  to  the  service  of  the  church,  in  that  commu- 
nion in  which  his  conscience  and  faith  made  him 
so  impoi-tant  a  workman.  For  the  important  ser- 
vice which  he  had  rendered  to  our  communion  in  a 
hundred  ways  we  have  all  reason  to  he  grateful." 


<  For  preceding  generations  see   Sannuel   Lincoln    1). 

(  I\" )  William,  son  of  Jedediali 
L1XC(  )i..\'  Lincoln,  wa.s  born  in  Hinghani. 
-\iigiist  5,  1729,  (lied  Xovenibci" 
17.  1792.  1  le  was  a  farmer  and  lived  on  Lincoln 
street.  Hingliam.  His  will  was  dated  Novem- 
ber 4.  1792.  He  served  as  constable.  He 
married  Mary  Otis,  who  died  September  12, 
1773.  aged  thirty-seven,  dangliter  of  Dr.  Eph- 
raim  and  Rachel  (  Hersey  I  Otis,  of  Hingliam. 
Children,  born  in  Hingliam:  I.  NV'illiam,  July 
I,  1761  ;  married,  Jannary  3,  1787.  Joel  Lush- 
ing. 2.  Otis.  Se])tember  17.  1763;  removed 
to    l'err\-.     Maine.     3.     Henry,    November    3, 


1765,  mentioned  below.  4.  Solomon,  August 
22.  1767.  5.  Frances,  September  g,  1769; 
married,  December  19,  1789,  Francis  Thaxter. 
6.  Christopher,  .\ugust  29,  1772,  died  July  25, 

^n>  .       , 

(\  )    Rev.   Henry,  son  of  William  Lincoln, 

was  born  in  Hingbam,  November  3,  1765,  died 
at  Nantucket,  May  28,  1857,  He  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  the  class  of  1786 
and  was  ordained  February  3,  1790,  He  was 
invited  to  settle  at  Falmouth  in  1789  and  ac- 
cepted. From  his  letter  we  quote :  "Confi- 
dent from  your  expressions  of  friendship  and 
affection  toward  me  that  you  will  ever  cheer- 
fully contribute  to  my  temporal  support  as 
circumstances  shall  require  and  never  see  me 
in  distressed  or  embarrassed  circumstances. 
May  we  be  happy  together,  united  in  love  and 
industriously  strive  together  to  advance  each 
others  temporal  and  spiritual  interests.  May 
I  be  so  hap]:)y  as  to  enjoy  your  prayers  and 
good  wishes  and  that  candor  that  should  ever 
subsist  among  Christian  brethren.  W'e  are  all 
imperfect  creatures  and  therefore  liable  to 
err.  Let  us  then  cultivate  mutual  forbear- 
ance. My  youth  and  inexperience  have  cer- 
tainly a  Christian  claim  upon  you  all.  In  this 
respect  then  may  I  not  be  disappointed.  F^rom 
a  consideration  of  my  many  imperfections  and 
insufficiency  for  these  things  I  am  almost  led 
to  despair  but  trusting  in  Him  who  hath  said 
'My  grace  is  sufficient  for  you,'  I  take  courage 
and  humbly  hope  that  the  good  spirit  of  fhe 
Lord  will  enable  us  to  discharge  the  various 
duties  incumbent  on  us  to  Him  and  one  an- 
other in  a  humble  and  becoming  manner.  1 
am  brethren  with  Christian  affection  and  re- 
gard, your  friend  and  humble  servant."  He 
w^as  an  able  and  faithful  minister,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  was  the  oldest  jjastor  in 
Massachusetts  excepting  Rev.  Jacob  Norton, 
of  Billerica.  He  married  Susanna  Crocker, 
ilaughter  of  Timothy  Crocker,  of  Falmouth, 
.Vjiril  26,  1789-90.  She  died  July  29.  1817, 
aged  fifty-one  years.  He  was  of  attractive 
perstmality,  neat  in  attire,  a  typical  gentleman 
of  the  old  school.  Children:  i.  I'^rances,  born 
1790.  2.  William  Henry,  1792,  drowned 
early.  3.  Susan,  1794.  4.  Mary  .\nn.  .\pril 
18,  1796.  marrieil  Dr.  Elisha  P.  Fearing,  of 
X'antucket.  5.  Henry,  June  13,  1798,  men- 
tioned below.  f>.  Tohn,  1800.  7.  William. 
March  8.   1808. 

(\'r)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Rev.  Henry  (i) 
Lincoln,  was  born  June  13,  1798.  He  was  a 
prominent  Boston  merchant.  He  married 
Charlotte   Ann    Lewis    French.     Children:     i. 


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William  Henry,  mentioned  below.  2.  Frances 
Mitchell,  married  Henry  L.  Richardson  and 
resides  on  Beacon  street,  Boston ;  children : 
William  King  Richardson,  lawyer,  84  State 
street :  Grace  Richarflson,  married  Leverett  S. 
Tuckermaii ;  Fanny  Richardson,  married  Louis 
Curtis.  3.  Richard  Mitchell,  born  February 
17,  1843.  4.  Charlotte  Lewis.  5.  Roland 
Crocker. 

(\"]I)  William  Henry,  son  of  Henry  (2j 
Lincoln,  was  born  at  Uoston,  June  13,  1835. 
He  was  educated  there  in  the  English  high 
school  and  Chauncey  Hall  School.  He  began 
his  business  career  as  clerk  in  his  father's 
shi])ping  office,  in  1853.  He  was  admitted 
to  partnership  in  1856.  From  1865  to  1882 
the  firm  name  was  Thayer  &  Lincoln.  In  ad- 
dition to  his  large  interests  in  the  shipping  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Lincoln  was  president  of  the  Brook- 
line  Savings  i>ank  from  1877  to  1904,  and  is 
still  a  trustee  of  that  institution.  He  was  a  di- 
rector of  the  National  City  I'.ank  for  many 
years,  was  a  director  of  the  Mercantile  Trust 
Company  for  several  years,  and  has  been  a 
director  of  the  Boston  Insurance  Company 
since  1 88 1.  He  has  been  keenly  interested 
in  public  education  and  other  political  prob- 
lems. He  was  a  member  of  the  Brookline 
scliool  committee  frcim  1873  to  1895,  and  was 
chairman  for  the  greater  part  of  the  time. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  State 
Nautical  Training  School  Commission  from 
1892  to  1896,  and  was  its  chairman  for  two 
years.  Since  1895  he  has  been  a  member  of 
the  corporation  of  the  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology,  and  trustee  of  the  Episco- 
pal Theological  School  of  Cambridge  since 
1895,  and  of  Wellesley  College  since  1899. 
He  was  for  many  years  a  director  of  the  Epis- 
copal City  Mission,  and  for  many  years  a  di- 
rector of  the  Bostonian  Society.  He  has  been 
president  of  the  Economic  Club  since  1904. 
He  was  president  of  the  Boston  Commercial 
Club  from  1885  to  1888,  and  of  the  Boston 
Chamber  of  Commerce  from  1900  to  1904. 
tie  was  president  of  the  Ship-Owners  Asso- 
ciation. He  was  a  member  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  .Association  of  Boston  in  its 
early  days  and  was  secretary  from  1857  to 
iSfii,  and  vice-president  in  i860.  His  home 
is  in  Brookline,  Massachusetts.  He  married 
("ecelia  F.  Smith.  Children:  i.  Henry,  born 
I'ebruary  25,  1864.  2.  Helen  Frances,  April 
8,  1866:  married,  January  6,  1904,  Burdett  L. 
,\rms.  bacteriologist,  Bolyston  street,  Boston. 
3.    .Alexander,   October    31,    1873.   mentioned 


below.     4.  Elsie,  July  18,  1875;  married,  April 
18,   1899,  Samuel  Cushing  Payson. 

(VIIl)  .Ale.xander,  son  of  William  Henry 
Lincoln,  was  born  in  Brookline,  October  31, 
1873.  He  graduated  from  Harvard  College 
in  the  class  of  1895  with  the  degree  of  A.  B., 
studied  two  years  in  the  graduate  school  of 
Harvard  L'niversity  and  received  the  degree 
of  Master  of  .\rts  at  Commencement,  1896. 
He  studied  for  a  time  at  the  L'niversity  of 
(jottingen.  Germany.  Upon  his  return  he  en- 
tered Harvard  Law  .School  and  after  three 
years  of  study  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
LL.  B.  in  1902.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  began  immediately  to  practice  in  Boston. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Whipple, 
.Sears  &  Ogden,  Tremont  Building.  Boston. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Bar  Association, 
lie  married,  June  22.  1909,  Eleanor  .\mes, 
daughter  of  C)liver  Ames,  of  St.  Paul,  Minne- 
sota. Their  home  is  at  265  Beacon  street, 
Boston. 


(For  ancestry  .see  Edward  Spalding  1). 

(VI)  Jesse,  son  of  Ben- 
.SP.AULDING  jamin  Spaulding,  was  born 
at  Jafifry,  New  Hampshire, 
."September  20,  1772,  died  May  22,  1858.  He 
married.  May  31.  1798.  Winifred  Swift,  of 
Boston,  born  January  21,  1781,  died  Septem- 
ber 18,  1868.     Children:  I.  Betsey,  born  May 

13,  1799;  married  Ephraim  Paine,  of  Chester, 
X'ermont.  2.  Nancy,  November  30,  1800; 
married  Otis  Leland.  3.  Jesse,  December  15. 
1802.  4.  Horace,  July  22,  1805.  5.  Addison, 
November  20,  1807  ;  mentioned  below.  6.  Lu- 
ther. January  9.   1810.     7.  Roxanna,  January 

14.  1812:  died  October  31.  1831.  8.  Benjamin, 
lanuarv  16.  1815.  9.  Otis.  December  20, 
1817.  10.  Elzena,  May  20.  1820:  married 
Marcellus  Hall  Brewer. 

(VII)  .\ddison,  son  of  Jesse  Spaulding, 
was  born  at  Cavendish,  Vermont,  November 
20,  1807,  died  at  Lowell,  Massachusetts.  March 
17,  1875.  He  was  an  expert  ship  carpenter 
and  followed  this  trade  until  an  accident  pre- 
vented. A  heavy  ship  timber  fell  upon  his 
leg  and  lUTe^sUated  amputation.  Mr.  Spaul- 
ding used  his  mventive  genius  to  good  ad- 
vantage and  made  an  artificial  leg  which 
proved  so  successful  that  it  was  placed  upon 
the  market,  one  of  the  first  devices  of  the 
kind  ever  used.  He  married  Nancy  Thomp- 
son, born  at  Alstead.  New  Hampshire,  died 
February  2.  1876.  Children:  I.  Henry  Addi- 
son, born  1830:  married,  1867,  .Mice  Megorn  ; 


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fort\-niiRT  and  in  civil  war.  2.  William  Sid- 
ney, lulv  28.  1832;  married,  .March  7,  1859. 
Mary  Esther  Renfro.  3.  Helen  A.,  1838; 
married,  i860,  Charles  Belcher.  She  died 
May  29,  1878.  4.  Edwin  Sumner,  October  15, 
1841  ;  mentioned  below.  5.  Oscar,  August  18, 
1842;  killed  at  the  battle  of  Cedar  Mountain, 
August  9,  1862. 

(Mil)    Edwin    Sumner,    son    of    Addison 
Spaulding,  was  born  at  Dracut,  Massachusetts, 
October  15,  1841.     At  the  age  of  six  he  went 
to  visit  Charles  Harrington,  of  Lexington,  an 
old    friend   of   his    father's.      He   remained   in 
Lexington  the  remainder  of  his  life.     He  was 
brought  up  in  the  family  of  Mr.  Harrington, 
attending  the  district  school  and   working  on 
the   farm.     During   Mr.    Harrington's   declin- 
ing years,  Mr.  Spaulding  took  the  entire  charge 
of  the  farm.     Mr.  Harrington  was  a  well-to- 
do  farmer,  and  after  the  death  of  his  widow 
the  pro])erty,   including  the   homestead,   came 
to    Mr.    Spaulding.     The    farm   at   first   com- 
prised between  sixty  and  seventy  acres  near 
Maple    street.    East    Lexington.     It    was    ad- 
mirably suited  for  raising  all  kinds  of  produce, 
as  well    as   milk.     Mr.    Spaulding   leased    the 
Peltier  place  of  fifty  acres,  and  also  owned 
later  a  jjlace  of  ten  acres  on  Middle  street, 
where  he  raised  garden  vegetables,  including 
large  crops  of  potatoes  for  the  Boston  market. 
In   iSqo  his  public  duties  became  so  pressing 
that  he  gave  up  active  farm  work  on  the  farm 
to  devote  all  his  energies  to  his  official  duties. 
In  1878  he  was  elected  engineer  of  the  fire  tle- 
partment  and  served  a  number  of  years.     In 
1880  he  was  elected  town  treasurer,  serving 
seven  years,  and   for  five  years  w^as  tax  col- 
lector.    From   1890  until  his  death  he  was  a 
meiuber  of  the  board  of  selectmen,  and  served 
as  chairman    of   the   board    for   the   last   five 
years.     He  was  also  a  member  of  the  sewer 
commission  and  trustee  of  the  Gilmore  Fund 
and    the    Cary    Library    Fund,    besides    other 
trusts.     For  fourteen  consecutive  years  he  was 
elected  overseer  of  the  poor  and  surveyor  of 
highways,    holding   these    offices   at   the    time 
of  his  death.     He  was  not  a  public  speaker, 
and  was  of  a  retiring  nature,  but  his  popular- 
itv  was  shown  by  the  spontaneous  expression 
of  the  people  at  the  polls  whenever  his  name 
appeared  upon  a  ballot.     Their  confidence  was 
not  misplaced,  as  he  gave  the  best  that  was  in 
him  to  the  performance  of  the  duties  of  a  pub- 
lic officer.     He  was  conscientious  in  the  ex- 
treme, often  spending  an  entire  day  w-ith  the 
men  at  work  upon  the  public  highways.     He 
never  confined   himself  to  certain   hours   and 


rules,  but  did  his  work  as  it  should  be  done, 
no  matter  how  great  the  trouble.  Mr.  Spauld- 
ing was  generous  to  a  fault,  and  no  one  ever 
came  to  him  for  help  in  vain.  While  he  was 
town  treasurer  he  used  often  to  advance  the 
pay  of  the  poor  man  who  needed  the  money 
before  pay-day.  When  he  had  resigned  this 
office,  he  continued  the  custom,  trusting  to  be 
repaid  by  the  authorities.  \'ery  often  he  was 
not  reimbursed,  and  in  such  cases  would  re- 
mark: "Well,  never  mind;  I'm  only  so  much 
out."  He  always  looked  upon  the  bright  side 
of  life,  and  made  the  best  of  things.  Mr. 
Spaulding  was  a  trustee  of  the  Lexington  Sav- 
ings P>ank,  and  on  the  board  of  investment. 
1  le  was  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank 
at  Arlington,  and  also  on  the  investment  board. 
1  le  was  a  member  of  Simon  W.  Robinson 
Lodge,  Free  Masons,  at  Lexington,  and  a 
member  of  Bethel  Lodge,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  at  Arlington,  for  over  forty 
vears.  In  politics  he  was  an  independent 
Democrat.  He  was  a  member  of  Follen  Uni- 
tarian Church  and  active  in  church  work,  serv  ■ 
ing  on  the  jjarish  committee.  In  1896,  after 
twenty-six  years  of  wedded  life.  Mrs.  Spaul- 
ding died,  mourned  by  all  who  knew  her.  At 
her  funeral  the  services  were  conducted  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Thompson,  and  Mr.  Spaulding  was 
often  heard  to  remark  afterwards  that  there 
was  no  man  he  would  rather  have  speak  at 
his  funeral,  than  Mr.  Thompson.  He  had  his 
wish,  and  at  his  funeral  the  following  touch- 
ing eulog\'  was  delivered  by  Mr.  Thompson : 

"Edwin  S.  Spaulding  was  the  most  modest 
man  I  ever  knew.  He  had  absolutely  no  con- 
ceit as  to  his  own  worth  and  abilities.  His 
worth  is  conceded  by  all,  needing  no  further 
evidence  for  it  than  his  life,  which,  thank 
Ciod,  in  his  frail  body  shone  in  our  midst  as 
long  as  it  did.  But  he  had  abilities  of  a  high 
practical  order.  There  are  gilt-edged  abili- 
ties in  contrast  with  which,  perhaps,  he  did  not 
shine  :  but  in  the  pressing  realities  of  life  which 
rub  olif  the  gilchng,  he  disclosed  that  sterling 
metal  that  will  stand  rubbing  until  it  is  rubbed 
clear  through,  as  enduring  as  his  enduring 
worth.  And  so  we  went  to  him,  old  and 
\-oung.  for  advice,  council,  information,  help, 
often  upon  matters  we  knew  he  knew  nothing 
about — went  to  him  with  our  troubles  and 
grievances  past,  present  and  to  come,  and 
went  out  of  his  yard  possibly  knowing  no 
more,  but  almost  always  not  quite  so  foolish, 
having  been  touched,  annointed,  by  that  calm- 
ness of  spirit  and  simplicity  of  sympathy  which 
were  some  part  of  the  puzzling  charm  of  this 


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common  every-day,  great  man's  make-up.  If 
you  were  asked  why  you  liked  him,  your  best 
answer  would  be  that  of  the  little  child,  'be- 
cause 1  did.'  He  was  a  man  of  strong  con- 
victions but  he  never  expressed  them  offen- 
sively. He  had  a  regard  for  everyone's  feel- 
ings and  everyone's  rights.  Outwardly  he  was 
unemotional.  He  would  be  grave,  serious, 
upon  moving  occasions,  but  always  outwardly 
calm.  Yet  underneath  there  was  that  pa- 
tience with  folly,  that  tenderness  with  human 
weakness,  that  unobtrusive  consideration  of 
the  needs  of  others,  that  made  him  a  helper 
of  men.  This  consiileration  for  all  was 
marked,  especially  as  regards  those  who  at- 
tended him  in  his  last  illness.  To  one  who  was 
with  him  to  the  end,  he  said,  'I  can  never  re- 
pay you  for  your  care  and  kindness,'  and  the 
young  man  answered,  brokenly,  '1  am  paid.' 
Paid  he  was  indeed  as  were  all  who  served 
him  or  were  served  by  him  with  that  wealth 
that  serves  the  spirit  and  is  never  tarnished. 
He  was  deficient  in  one  faculty — he  did  not 
know  how  to  make  enemies.  Most  of  us  do, 
most  of  us  have  enemies.  But  where  are  his? 
No,  as  he  lies  here  to-day  his  friends  are  all 
present  and  all  absent.  Lexington's  whole  pop- 
ulation, and  many  beyond  its  limits.  In  a  way 
it  was  easy  seemingly,  to  impose  upon  him, 
but  he  usually  knew  very  well  when  such  was 
the  case,  and  felt  a  pitying  contempt  for  the 
meanness  displayed  when  others  would  feel 
flaming  anger.  He  didn't  know  how  to  hate 
anyone.  Hatred  was  foreign  to  his  nature. 
He  lived  all  his  years  at  peace  with  all  man- 
kind, almost  if  not  quite  as  ready  to  help  the 
undeserving  as  the  deserving,  and  the  man 
who  went  to  his  back  door  after  dark  to  bor- 
row five  dollars  of  him,  whether  he  was  likely 
to  pay  it  or  not,  often  went  away  with  twice 
as  much.  To  more  than  a  few  he  often  said, 
■(io  ahead  aiid  when  you  can  do  no  more,  let 
nie  know.'  .\nd  yet  he  was  not  a  rich  man 
in  a  worldly  way,  but  in  another  way  the 
richest  man  in  Lexington  was  Edwin  S. 
Spauiding.  .\  simple  unobtrusive  man  who 
could  call  forth  the  best  in  everyone  he  must 
have  been  rich  in  Ciod's  grace  even  though  he 
knew  it  not.  He  was  always  the  same,  an 
unassuming  true  gentleman.  If  he  had  had 
millions  they  would  not  have  made  him  any 
different.  He  did  not  see  any  difference  be 
tween  the  governor  and  the  man  with  the 
wlieelbarrow  or  the  humblest  digger  of  drains 
or  ditches.  He  saw  the  man,  whether  in 
broadcloth  or  overalls.  He  was  the  best  bal- 
anced    man     1     ever     knew.     No     prejudice 


clou<led  his  judgment,  no  selfishness  or  ani- 
mosity ruled  his  decisions.  In  his  public  life 
it  is  very  likely  he  was  at  times  in  error,  but 
whether  you  approved  his  work  or  not,  he  did 
your  work  without  prejudice  or  favor.  The 
laboring  man  especially  found  him  a  friend, 
and  all  his  acts  speak  for  him  and  challenge 
you  to  find  a  worthy  successor.  As  an  Odd 
I-"ellow  and  Mason,  he  lived  the  principles  of 
the  order,  even  before  he  became  a  member. 
.\s  a  husband  and  father,  he  was  kind  and  con- 
siderate. In  these  later  years  from  time  to 
time  he  has  told  me  that  he  missed  his  wife 
even  more  than  at  first.  1  shall  not  attempt  to 
say  how  dear  he  was  to  his  only  son,  his 
grandchildren,  and  Uieir  mother.  We  know 
he  was  what  a  father  should  be,  and  they 
knew  his  love  and  unfailing  care."  Mr. 
Spaulding  died  October  13,  1904.  He  mar- 
ried. June  14,  1870,  Clara  Alice  Norton,  of 
I'Viendshi]),  New  York,  where  she  was  born 
July  19,  1850,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Pru- 
dence Amanda  (Hall)  Norton.  She  died  at 
Lexington.  July  22,  1896.  Children:  I. 
Charles  Harrington,  born  January  7,  1874; 
mentioned  below.  2.  Edwin  Norton,  August 
22.  1880;  died  November  21,   1880. 

(IX)  Charles  Harrington,  son  of  Edwin 
.Sumner  S])auliling,  was  born  in  Lexington, 
January  7,  1874.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  the  high  school 
two  years.  He  then  entered  the  State  Agri- 
cultural College  at  .\mherst,  graduating  in 
1894.  Subsequently  he  purchased  a  fruit 
farm  of  fifty-three  acres  at  Harvard,  Massa- 
chusetts, of  Mary  McGurn,  known  as  the  old 
W'illard  place.  The  farm  produced  five  to 
six  hundred  barrels  of  apples  a  year,  and  in 
addition  he  raised  milk  for  the  Boston  market. 
In  i(/)i  he  sold  the  place  to  George  Tooker  and 
returned  to  Lexington,  where  he  engaged  in 
contract  ])ainting  until  June,  1903.  At  this 
time  he  entered  the  employ  of  tiie  United 
States  government  in  the  engineering  depart- 
ment as  dredge  inspector,  a  civil  service  office 
which  he  still  holds.  He  served  four  years  in 
the  militia  coini)any  at  Amherst  College,  under 
officers  of  the  regular  army  of  the'  United 
States,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Phi  Sigma 
Kappa  of  that  college.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  finance  committee  of  Lexington.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Finance  Club,  a  company 
which  erects  houses  for  investment,  and  is 
business  manager,  vice-president  and  treasurer 
of  the  club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  past  noble  grand  of  Bethel  Lodge,  No. 
12.    Independent    Order    of   Odd    Fellows,    of 


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Arlington.  He  joined  the  Simon  J.  Robinson 
Lodge,  Free  and  .Accepted  Masons,  at  Lexing- 
ton, June  13,  1902:  was  exalted  in  Menotomy 
Chapter.  Royal  Arch  Masons,  at  Arlington,  in 
June,  1907.  He  is  a  member  of  Follen  Uni- 
tarian Church,  and  is  the  parish  clerk  and  as- 
sessor. He  married,  April  8,  1895,  Martha 
Eliza  Childs,  born  November  30,  1872,  daugh- 
ter of  Augustus  and  Mary  (Cunningham) 
Childs.  of  East  Lexington.  Her  father  was 
a  merchant  and  postmaster  in  that  village. 
Children  ;  Edward  Harrington  and  Alice  Mae, 
both  born   in   Harvard,    Massachusetts. 


The   Gates   family  is  of  English 

(_i.\TES  origin,  and  the  author  of  the  fam- 
ily history  traces  the  lineage  of 
the  .Vnierican  immigrant  back  to  1327.  The 
coat-of-arms  is;  Per  pale,  gules  and  azure 
three  lions  rampant,  gardant.  or.  Crest .  A 
demi-lion  rampant,  gardant.  or.  Tlie  family 
seats  were  in  Essex  and  Yorkshire. 

(I)  Thomas  Gates  resided  in  1327  in  High- 
easter  and  some  time  also  at  Thursteubie. 
county  Esse.x,  England.  He  had  a  son 
William. 

(H)  William,  son  of  Thomas  Gates,  had 
sons  Ralj^h,  Christopher,  and  Sir  Geoffrey, 
mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Sir  Geoffrey,  son  of  William  Gates, 
married  Agnes  Baldington,  of  Aldersbury,  Ox- 
fordshire, England.  Child,  William,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  \\'illiam  (2),  son  of  Sir  Geoffrey 
Gates,  married  Mabel,  daughter  and  heiress 
of  Thomas  Capdow.  of  Higheaster,  Essex,  and 
his  wife  Ann.  daughter  and  heiress  of  Thomas 
Fleming,  of  Essex,  England.  Children:  i. 
Sir  Geoffrey,  mentioned  below.  2.  Anne, 
married  Thomas  Darcy,  uncle  to  Thomas, 
Lord  Darcy  of  Chicke. 

(V)  Sir  Geoffrey  (2),  son  of  William  (2) 
Gates,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Will- 
iam Clapton,  Knight,  of  Kentwell,  Sussex, 
England.  Children:  i.  Sir  John,  married 
Mary  Denny,  daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Denny ; 
was  Gentleman  of  Bedchamber  of  the  King; 
Master  of  the  Horse  to  King  Edward  VI ; 
Chancellor  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster  and  of 
the  Privy  Council;  lost  his  head  for  high 
treason  in  the  matter  of  Lady  Jane  Grey.  2. 
Geoffrey,  mentioned  below.  3.  Henry,  was  of 
Semer,  Yorkshire;  ancestor  of  the  Gates  fam- 
ily of  that  county.  4.  William.  5.  Dorothy, 
married  Sir  Thomas  Josselyn.  of  Tosselyn 
Hall. 


(VI)  Geoffrey  (3),  son  of  Sir  Geoffrey  (2) 
elates,  of  Higheaster,  county  Essex,  England, 

married  Piscall,  of  Essex.     Children : 

I.  Geoffrey,  mentioned  below.  2.  Henry.  3. 
John,  ancestor  of  General  Horatio  Gates,  of 
revolutionary  fame. 

(\TI)  (_ieoffrey  (4).  son  of  Geoffrey  (3) 
( iates.  married  Joan  Wentworth.  Child. 
Peter,  mentioned  below. 

( \'III )  Peter,  son  of  Geoft'rey  (4)  Gates, 
resided  in  London,  England,  and  married 
Mary  Josselyn.  Child.  Thomas,  mentioned 
below. 

(IX)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Peter  Gates,  was 
of  Xorwich,  county  Norfolk,  England.  He 
had  a  son  Stephen,  mentioned  below,  who  was 
the  immigrant. 

(X)  Stephen,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Gates, 
came  from  Hingham,  England,  to  Hingham, 
Massachusetts,  in  the  ship  "Diligent"  of  Ips- 
wich, England,  in  1638.  He  settled  first  in 
Hingham  and  removed  to  Lancaster  about 
1656,  and  subsequently  to  Cambridge,  where 
he  died  in  1662.  In  his  will,  dated  June  9, 
i()f)2.  proved  October  7  following,  he  be- 
c|ueathed  to  Stephen,  his  eldest  son.  the  house 
and  lot  at  Lancaster.  His  wife  and  son 
Simon  received  the  place  at  Cambridge,  and  his 
son  Thomas  was  to  remain  with  them  at  his 
pleasure.  He  married  in  England,  Ann  Hill 
(According  to  Chute  Genealogy),  and  they 
brought  two  children  with  them  when  they 
came  over.  There  was  a  controversy  between 
the  Gates  and  Whitcomb  families  at  Lancaster 
that  probably  influenced  Gates  to  remove  to 
Cambridge.  His  widow  Ann  married  Rich- 
ard W^oodward,  of  Watertown,  in  1663,  but 
after  the  death  of  her  second  husband,  Febru- 
ary 16,  1665,  she  resumed  the  name  of  her 
first  husband.  She  died  at  Stow,  February  5, 
1682-83.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  in  Eng- 
land; died  August  3,  1704,  in  Hingham;  mar- 
ried, November  29,  1647,  John  Lasalle.  2. 
Mary,  born  in  England ;  married,  April  5, 
1658,  John  Maynard,  of  Sudbury,  who  died 
December  22,  171 1.  3.  Stephen,  born  about 
1640:  mentioned  below.  4.  Thomas,  born 
1642;  married,  July  6,  1670,  Elizabeth  Free- 
man. 5.  Simon,  born  1645;  died  April  21, 
1693,  ^t  (now)  Brockton.  6.  Isaac,  baptized 
May  3,  1646;  died  September  3,  1651.  7.  Re- 
becca, baptized  May  3.  1646;  died  January, 
1650. 

(XL)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen  (i) 
Gates,  was  born  about  1640,  died  at  Acton, 
Massachusetts,    in    1706.     He   married    Sarah 


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Woodward,  daughter  of  George  and  Eliza- 
beth (Hammondj  Woodward,  of  Watertown. 
They  resided  at  Stow,  and  he  was  an  early  pro- 
prietor of  Preston,  Connecticut,  where  some  of 
his  descendants  are  still  found.  His  will  was 
made  at  Stow.  September  5,  1701,  and  proved 
in  1707.  Children:  i.  Stephen,  born  July  17, 
1665.  2.  Simon,  June  5,  1666.  3.  Thomas, 
December  31,  1669;  mentioned  below.  4. 
Isaac,  1673:  died  November  22,  1748,  at  Stow. 
5.  Nathaniel,  1675.  6.  Sarah,  April  27,  1679. 
at  Marlborough.  7.  Rebecca,  July  23,  1682. 
8.  Daniel,  April  2^,  1685. 

(XII)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Stephen  {2) 
Gates,  was  born  December  31,  1669,  died  in 
1740,  at  Preston,  Connecticut.  He  married, 
in  December  iCxj^,  Margaret  Geer,  of  Preston. 
Children,  born  at  Preston:  i.  Robert,  1696: 
mentioned     below.     2.     Zebediah,      1699.     3. 

Prudence,    1703;  married Phillips,  of 

Norwich.  4.  Captain  Daniel,  1707;  married 
Mercy  .  5.  Thomas,  1709.  6.  Mar- 
garet, 1715. 

(XIII)  Robert,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Gates, 
was  born  in  1696  in  Preston,  Connecticut,  and 
married,  in  1726,  Mary  Clark.  Children:  I. 
Simeon,    born     1728;    mentioned    below.     2. 

Margaret.     3.  Mary,  married Babcock. 

4.  Abigail.     5.  .\zuba.     6.  Priscilla. 

(XI\')  Simeon,  son  of  Robert  Gates,  was 
born  in  Preston  in  1728,  died  in  1758.  He 
made  his  will  May  29.  1758,  just  before  he 
entered  the  service  in  the  French  war.  It  be- 
gins, "Called  upon  by  Providence  to  go  forth 
against  the  common  enemy,  etc."  The  will 
was  proved  the  following  January,  show'ing 
that  he  never  returned  from  the  campaign.    He 

married  Olive  .     Children:    i.   Robert, 

mentioned  below.  2.  Olive.  3.  Jemima.  4. 
Zilone. 

(XV)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Simeon  Gates, 
was  born  in  Preston.  He  married,  in  1774- 
Rosamond  Cady.  He  resided  in  Preston,  but 
at  the  close  of  the  revolution  removed  to  Roy- 
alton,  Windsor  county,  Vermont..  He  died 
before  1790  when  his  widow  Rosamond  was 
living  at  Royalton,  having  then  in  her  family 
one  son  under  sixteen  and  five  females.  The 
Cady  family  settled  in  Reading,  Vermont,  a 
town  near  Royalton.  Evidently  a  child,  per- 
haps more,  were  born  after  leaving  Preston. 
Children,  born  in  Preston:  i.  Simeon,  1774. 
2.  Mary.  1778.  3.  Eunice.  1780.  4.  Olive. 
1782.  Born  in  \'ermont  probably:  5.  Robert, 
mentioned  below.  (See  p.  121.  Gates  Gen.. 
]).  63.  census  of  \'ermont.   1790.) 


(XVI)  Robert  (3),  son  of  Robert  (2) 
( .ates,  was  born  about  1785,  ])robably  at  Roy- 
alton. He  settled  in  Barnard,  a  town  ad- 
joining Royalton. 

(X\II)  Colonel  James  Foster,  nephew  of 
Robert  ( 3 )  Gates,  was  born  in  Royalton  or 
Barnard.  Windsor  county,  Vermont.  He 
married  Betsey  McCormick.  He  was  colonel 
of  a  Vermont  militia  regiment.  Among  their 
children  was  Daniel  McCormick,  mentioned 
below. 

(X\'III)  Daniel  jNIcCormick,  son  of  Col- 
tmel  James  {•"oster  Gates,  was  born  at  Barn- 
ard, Vermont,  1824,  died  at  Ware,  Massa- 
chusetts, 1888.  He  was  brought  up  on  his 
father's  farm,  and  obtained  his  education  in 
the  district  schools  of  his  native  town.  His 
homestead  was  located  on  the  suggestive 
"Mount  Hunger."  He  came  to  Ware  and 
worked  in  the  mills  during  the  remainder  of 
!iis  active  life,  becoming  an  overseer.  He  be- 
longed to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  was 
active  in  the  Sunday  school  and  a  singer  in  the 
choir    for   many   years.     He   married    (first) 

Nash;    (second)    Sarah   Bullen,   born 

1832.  at  Waldo,  Alaine.  Child  of  first  wife: 
.\bbic  E.,  born  in  Ware;  married  John  Wins- 
low  :  lives  at  Worcester.  Children  of  second 
wife:  I.  Foster  S.,  born  in  Ware;  married 
Emma  Allen;  lives  at  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts. 2.  Edith  L.,  born  in  Ware;  married 
.\lphenus  Talbot ;  lives  at  Berlin,  Vermont.  3. 
Frank  Hervey  Nash,  born  July  26,  1858,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Ida  Belle,  born  in  Ware, 
died  aged  nineteen.  5.  Bessie,  born  in  Ware, 
died  in  infancy. 

(XIX)  Frank  Hervey  Nash,  son  of  Daniel 
McCormick  (^lates,  was  born  July  26,  1858,  at 
Ware.  He  received  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic schools.  He  learned  his  trade  in  the  mill 
in  the  department  of  which  his  father  was  then 
overseer  and  of  which  he  himself  has  been 
overseer  for  a  number  of  years.  He  learned 
the  business  thoroughly,  and  enjoys  the  con- 
fidence of  employers  and  workmen  alike.  He 
has  invested  to  advantage  in  real  estate  in 
Ware,  and  takes  a  keen  interest  in  the  welfare 
and  growth  of  the  town.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  Eden  Lodge. 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  of  Ware 
Lodge.  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
In  Religion  he  is  a  Methodist.  He  married, 
May  22.  1880.  Grace  E..  born  April  25,  i860, 
at  Natick,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Irvin 
Thomas  Lamson.  of  Randoljih  (see  Lamson, 
\IH).     Thev  have  no  children. 


MASSACIJLSETTS. 


2(^3 


(The  Lamson  Line). 

The  English  surname  Lamson  is  identical 
with  Lambson,  Lanipson  and  Lambton,  and 
the  family  is  ..hought  to  be  of  Danish  origin. 
Robert  de  Lambton,  feudal  lord  of  Lambton 
Castle  in  the  county  of  Durham,  England,  died 
in  1350.  and  the  estate  he  owned  is  still  in  the 
possession  of  his  descendants. 

(I)  William  Lamson,  immigrant  ancestor, 
is  believed  to  have  come  from  Durham  and  to 
have  been  a  descendant  of  this  ancient  family 
of  that  county.  He  came  to  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  early  as  1637,  and  followed  hus- 
bandry as  a  calling.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man, May  17,  1637.  He  was  granted  perniis- 
sion  to  fell  trees  m  the  adjoining  town  of  Che- 
bacco  on  the  other  side  of  the  river,  not 
within  any  town  limits,  by  the  general  court 
of  Massachusetts,  September  7,  1641.  He 
was  a  commoner  of  Ipswich  in  1641  and  one 
of  Major  Denison's  subscribers  in  1648.  He 
sokl  land  to  William  Knowlton  in  1643.  John 
Lamson,  of  Ipswich,  was  probably  a  brother. 
He  died  February  i,  1658,  at  Ipswich.  The 
inventory  of  his  estate  was  dated  February  14. 

1658,  and  letters  of  administration  granted 
March  29.  1650.  His  brothers,  John  Ayres  and 
William  Fellows,  are  mentioned.  The  widow 
being  about  to  marry  Thomas  Hartshorn,  of 
Reading,  the  latter  gave  security  December  11, 

1659,  for  the  payment  of  the  Lamson  chil- 
dren's portions.  Children,  born  at  Ipswich : 
I.  John.  1642;  married  Martha  Perkins.  2. 
Sarah,  1644:  married  Cornelius  Brown.  3. 
Phebe,  1646;  married  John  Towne.  4.  Sam- 
uel, 1648;  mentioned  below.  5.  Mary,  1648; 
probably  married  Thomas  Payne.  6.  Hannah, 
1654;  married  Henry  Collins.  7.  Nathaniel, 
November,    1656.     8.   Joseph,  October,    1658; 

married    (first]    Elizabeth    ;    (second) 

Hannah  Welch,  widow:  (third)  Dorothy  Mou- 
sall ;  lived  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts  ;  only 
surviving  son  in  1720:  cordwainer  and  stone 
cutter. 

(II)  Sanuiel,  son  of  William  Lamson,  was 
born  at  Ipswich  in  1648.  He  married,  May 
18.  1676,  Marv  Nichols,  at  Reading.     He  was 


admitted      a      freeman 


16 


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He     died 


in  Reading  in  1692.  Children,  born  in 
Reading:  I.  Samuel,  May  3,  1677;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Mary,  June  20,  1678.  3. 
Ebenezer,  IMarch  11.  1680:  died  young.  4. 
William.  June  13,  1681.  3.  Joanna,  August 
16,  1682:  married.  May  20,  1707,  James  Nich- 
ols. 6.  Ebenezer,  March  15,  1685.  7.  John, 
.August  12,  1686:  married,  November  26,  I7I3. 


Elizabeth    ISancroft.     8.    Sarah,    October    29, 
1(^)89.     9.  Elizabeth,  September  30,  1691. 

I  HI )  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  ( i )  Lam- 
Min,  was  born  at  Reading,  May  3,  1677.  He 
was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  lived  on  the  Dan- 
iel Damon  place'  in  Reading.  He  married. 
May  II,  1700,  Elizabeth  Eaton,  of  Reading; 
she  died  in  Amherst,  New  Hampshire,  May  23, 
1764.  Children,  born  in  Reading:  i.  Samuel, 
January  8,  1701  ;  mentioned  below.  2.  Re- 
becca, November  25,  1702.  3.  Ruth,  1705. 
4.  Elizabetli,  .\ugust  21,  1709:  married,  June  6, 
1728,  William  Melendy. 

(  I\')  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Lam- 
s(in,  was  born  in  Reading,  January  8,  1701, 
(lied  early  in  1779.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Southegan  West  (now  Amherst), 
.\'ew  Hampshire.  He  is  the  progenitor  of 
most  of  the  New  Hampshire  families,  if  not 
all  of  them.  He  married,  July  3,  1722,  at 
Reading.  Abigail  Bryant.  Children,  born  at 
Reading:  i.  .\bigail,  February  12,  1723:  mar- 
ried Joseph  Emerson.  2.  Samuel,  October  24, 
1724;  married,  November  6,  1770,  Rebecca 
Crosby.  3.  Jonathan,  September  29,  1726; 
married  Anna  Dane.  4.  Rebecca,  March  25, 
1733.  Born  at  Amherst:  5.  Sarah,  said  to 
have  been  the  first  child  of  English  parents 
born  in  Amherst :  married  James  Gage.  6. 
Peter,  mentioned  below.  7.  John  :  farmer  and 
tailor:  came  with  Peter  from  New  Hampshire 
t(.)  Brook-field.  Massachusetts,  and  lived  on  the 
Cieorge  Jenks  place:  married,  November  17, 
1738,  Marv,  daughter  of  Ammel  Weeks.  8. 
William. 

(V)  Peter,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Lamson,  re- 
moved to  New  Hampshire  with  the  family. 
Me  removed  with  his  brother  John  to  Brook- 
field.  Massachusetts,  and  was  one  of  the  pe- 
titioners for  the  incorporation  of  the  second 
precinct.  The  cellar  hole  of  his  former  house 
was  to  be  seen  at  last  accounts  on  the  east 
side  of  the  road  from  Brookfield  on  the  old 
Cummings  place.  He  married  (intentions 
dated  March  10,  1754)  Mehitable  Gould. 
Children,  born  at  Brookfield:  i.  Jonathan,  Feb- 
ruary 20.  1755;  soldier  in  the  revolution  from 
Brookfield  in  Captain  Daniel  Gilbert's  com- 
pany in  1777:  also  in  Captain  Spurr's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Nixon's  regiment  for  the  war; 
also'  for  the  town  of  Western  (Warren)  ad- 
joining in  1777,  Captain  Pike's  company, 
Colonel  Smith's  regiment.  In  1781  he  is  de- 
scribed on  the  war  rolls  as  twenty-five  years 
old.  six  feet  in  height,  eyes,  complexion  and 
hair  light :  residence  Brookfield.     He  was  cor- 


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poral  in  Captain  Benjamin  Pike's  company, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Calvin  Smith's  regiment 
in  1781:  sergeant  in  1781-82.  By  act  of  the 
Mas.sachusetts  general  court,  March  5,  1801, 
he  was  on  the  list  of  those  soldiers  entitled 
to  a  bounty  of  twenty  dollars  or  to  a  grant  of 
two  hundred  acres  of  land,  and  he  was  then 
living  in  Vermont ;  the  census  of  1790  locates 
him  at  Randolph,  Vermont,  having  then  two 
sons  under  si.xteen  and  four  females  in  his 
family.  2.  Priscilla,  April  15,  1757;  married, 
February  7,  1779,  Solomon  Barnes,  of  Brook- 
field.  3.  Ruth,  July  II,  1760;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1784,  John  Olds,  of  Brookfield.  4. 
Thomas,  December  9,  1762,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Amos,  March  5,  1765;  according  to  the  fed- 
eral census  of  1790  he  had  two  males  over 
sixteen  and  two  females  in  his  family  at  Ran- 
dolph ;  perhaps  his  parents  were  living  with 
him.  6.  Samuel,  March  22,  1767;  married, 
March  26,  1789,  Polly  Bragg,  of  Brookfield; 
according  to  the  census  of  1790  he  had  one 
son  under  si.xteen  and  one  female  (wife  prob- 
ably) in  his  family  at  Randolph.  7.  Mehit- 
abl'e,  April  21,  1769.  8.  Beulah,  February  10, 
1772;  married,  February  11,  1794,  William 
Damon,  of  Cummington,  Massachusetts.  9. 
.Abigail,  .\ugust  29,  1774. 

(VI)  Thomas,  son  of  Peter  Lamson,  was 
born  in  Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  December 
9,  1762.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
from  Brookfield,  enlisting  in  the  Continental 
army  in  1779  at  the  age  of  seventeen.  He  en- 
listed for  six  months  in  1780  and  was  de- 
scribed as  eighteen  years  old,  five  feet  five 
inches  in  height,  complexion  light ;  residence 
Brookfield.  He  marched  to  camp,  July,  1780, 
under  Ensign  Joseph  Miller.  He  was  in  the 
continental  army  at  West  Point,  August  27, 
1781,  in  Captain  John  Cutler's  company,  Col- 
onel Luke  Drury's  regiment.  According  to 
the  federal  census  of  1790  he  and  his  brothers, 
Samuel,  Jonathan  and  Amos,  lived  in  Ran- 
dolph, Vermont,  and  Thomas  and  one  male 
over  sixteen  (himself),  one  under  sixteen  and 
four  females  in  his  family.  He  had  a  son 
Thomas  and  at  least  three  daughters. 

(VH)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Lamson,  was  born  in  Randolph,  Vermont, 
about  1790,  and  died  there.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married  Esther  Mann,  who  also  died  at 
Randolph.  Children:  i.  Irvin  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Jasper.  3.  Whitcomb.  4. 
Mary.     5.  Joseph.     6.  Edwin. 

(VH)  Irvin  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Lamson,  was  born  in  Randolph,  Vermont, 
about    1830.     He    married  Augusta    Kenney. 


born  at  Braintree,  \'ermont,  and  died  at  Ran- 
dolph. He  bought  the  homestead  on  which 
his  father  and  grandfather  had  lived.  His 
grandfather  built  the  brick  house  on  the  farm 
in  1812,  and  in  this  house  the  Christian 
church  held  its  meetings  until  a  meeting  house 
was  built.     Children:    I.   Mary,  born  August 

6,  1858;  married  Roland  Smith.  2.  Grace  E., 
.\pril  25,  i860;  married,  May  22,  1880,  Frank 
Hervey  Nash  Gates  (see  Gates,  XIX).  3. 
Fred  Irwin,  December  31,  1863;  married 
(first)    Myra    Andrews;    (second)    Florence 

.     4.  Lizzie  A.,  1865;  married  Charles 

Gormley  and  has  four  children.  5.  Frank  A.. 
February.   1868:  unmarried.     6.  Joseph,  1870. 

7.  .Ada,  1872;  unmarried.  8.  Wallace,  died  in 
infancy. 

John  Young,  immigrant  ancestor. 
YOLTNG     was  born  in  England,  settled  in 

Plymouth,  Massachusetts.  He  had 
a  grant  of  land  in  Plymouth,  October  31,  1638, 
and  November  21,  1639,  as  per  town  of  Salem 
records.  His  name  appears  on  the  list  of  those 
able  to  bear  arms  in  1643.  He  married,  De- 
ceinber  13,  1648,  Abigail  Howland,  daughter 
of  Henry  and  niece  of  John  Howland  of  the 
"Mayflower."  (  See  Howland).  She  died  April 
7,  1692.  He  settled  in  Eastham  about  1650, 
died  January  29,  1690- 1.  His  will,  dated  Janu- 
ary 19,  1688:  proved  April  21,  1691  ;  bequeath- 
ed to  wife  Abigail  and  children  John,  Joseph. 
Nathaniel.  David,  Robert  (2),  Henry  and  three 
daughters.  The  widow's  estate  was  divided 
.\pril  19,  1692. 

Howland. — Humphrey  ( i )  Howland,  citizen 
and  draper  of  London,  will  proved  July  10, 
1646,  George  of  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  East 
London,  also  Arthur,  John  and  Henry.  The 
last  three  were  to  receive,  by  will  dated  May 
28,  1646,  eight  pounds,  four  shillings,  four 
pence,  out  of  the  debt  "due  the  testator 
(Humphrey)  by  Mr.  Buck,  of  New  England," 
who  lived  at  Salem,  Massachusetts.  Annie 
Howland,  widow  of  Humphrey,  was  executrix 
of  her  husband's  estate.  She  was  buried  at 
Barking,  county  Essex,  England,  December  20, 
1653.  The  sons  Arthur,  John  and  Henry  were 
in  Scrooby,  England;  in  1608  went  to  Amster- 
dam, remained  a  year,  removed  to  Leyden, 
where  they  remained  until  migrating  to  New 
England. 

Henry  (2)  Howland  is  mentioned  at  Plym- 
outh in  1624,  as  owner  of  the  "Black  Cow," 
and  is  found  in  list  of  freemen  in  1633,  and 
taxed.  He  appears  in  Duxbury  among  its 
earliest  settlers.    A  substantial  land  owner  and 


massachlsi-:tts. 


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freeman.  Chosen  constable  for  Duxbury,  Jan- 
uary 5,  1635  ;  surveyor  of  highways  ;  served  on 
grand  inquest  (grand  jury),  1636-37-39-51- 
52-53-56.  In  1652  was  a  large  real  estate 
holder  in  Dartmouth.  In  1659,  with  twenty-six 
others,  purchased  W'amseeta  and  Pattapanum, 
called  .\ssonet,  later  Freetown.  In  1660  land 
at  Taunton  river;  1664,  large  tract  at  IMatta- 
poisset  (Swanzey).  He  married  Alary  New- 
land,  who  died  June  17,  1674,  probably  at  old 
Duxbury  homestead.  In  his  will,  November 
28,  1670,  he  mentions  wife,  Joseph,  John, 
Zoeth,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Abigail  (3), 
Samuel.  Will  exhibited  in  court  March  8, 
1 67 1.  Wife  Mary  Rowland's  will  mentioned 
(May  8,  1674)  Dr.  Mary  Cudworth,  Samuel 
Rowland,  daughter  Sarah  Dennis,  daughter 
Elizabeth  Allen,  Joseph ;  attested  February  26. 
1674.  Children:  Joseph,  died  June  15,  1692 ; 
Zoeth,  died  January  31,  1676;  Samuel,  died 
1776:  Sarah,  married,  November  16,  1672, 
Robert  Dennis;  Elizabeth,  married,  1691,  Jede- 
diah  Allen ;  Mary,  married  James  Cudworth : 
.Abigail,  married  John  Young,  Eastham,  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1648:  died  April  7,  1692. 

Children  of  John  (i)  and  Abigail  (Row- 
land) Young:  John,  born  at  Plymouth,  No- 
vember 15,  1649,  married  Ruth  Cole;  Joseph, 
born  November  12,  1651,  died  December,  1651  ; 
Joseph,  born  December,  1654,  married  Sarah 
Davis ;  Nathaniel,  born  April,  1656,  married 
Mercy  Davis ;  Mary,  born  April  28,  1658,  mar- 
ried Daniel  Smith;  Abigail,  born  October, 
1660,  married  Stephen  Twining;  David,  born 
-\pril  17,  1662,  married  Anne  Doane:  Lydia, 
born  1664;  Robert  (2),  born  August,  1667, 
mentioned  below  ;  Henry,  born  July,  1669,  died 
.■\pril  30,  1670;  Henry,  born  March  17,  1672, 
married  Sarah  . 

Robert  (2),  son  of  John  Young,  was  born 
at  Eastham,  Massachusetts,  August,  1667 ; 
died  there  1742;  will  dated  November  12,  1742. 
He  married,  March  22.  1693-4,  Joanna,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Lydia  (Doane)  Hicks,  of 
Eastham,  Barnstable  and  Dartmouth  (see 
Hicks). 

Sir  Ellis  (i)  Hicks,  was  knighted  at  Poitier, 
1356,  for  bravery  in  capturing  a  set  of  colors 
from  the  French.  His  son  Thomas,  of 
Tortworth,  England,  married  Margaret  At- 
wood.  Their  son  Baptist  (3)  Hicks,  of  Tort- 
worth,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  James  Ever- 
ard,  Esq.  Their  son  James  (4)  married  Phoebe 
Hicks.  Their  son  Robert  (5)  married  (first) 
Elizabeth  Alorgan,  (second)  Margaret. 

Robert  (5)  Hicks,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
to  Plymouth  in  "The  Fortune,"  December  9, 


i()2i.  His  wife  Margaret,  with  her  children, 
came  to  Plymouth  in  the  ship  "Anne,"  August 
i(),  1623.  Their  children  Samuel  (6),  Ephraim, 
Lvdia,  Phoebe.  Samuel  (6)  Ricks  was  deputy 
from  Nauset  (Eastham),  1647-8.  Remarried 
Lydia  Doane,  1645,  daughter  of  Deacon  John 
Doane,  immigrant  ancestor,  Eastham ;  was 
assistant  to  Ciovernor  Prince,  1633,  and  his 
wife  Abigail,  born  about  1 590,  died  F"ebruary 
21,1685-6.  Children:  Dorcas,  born  February 
14.  1651  ;  Alargaret,  1654;  Joanne  (7),  married 
Robert  (2)  Young,  March  22,  1693-4. 

Children  of  Robert  (2)  and  Joanne  {j ) 
(Ricks)  Young,  born  at  Eastham:  Robert, 
.\])ril  II,  1695,  died  June  23,  1695 ;  Robert  (3), 
December  11,  1696,  mentioned  below:  Lydia, 
May  29,  1CS99;  Joanne,  June  I,  1703,  married, 
April  2^.  1724,  Theophilus  lliggins;  Jennet, 
May  22,  1708,  died  young. 

Robert  (3),  son  of  Robert  (2)  Young,  was 
born  December  11,  1696,  at  Eastham;  died  at 
Maromas,  Connecticut,  May  i,  1775.  He  set- 
tled at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  in  1740,  and 
uas  admitted  in  full  communion  in  the  church 
at  Middle  Haddam  in  175 1.  Re  was  among 
the  first  settlers  that  lived  in  a  district  of 
Middletown,  known  as  Maromas.  Was  ap- 
pointed distributor  for  several  years.  He  mar- 
ried, October  3,  1717.  at  Eastham,  Elizabeth, 
born  July  11,  1698.  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
.\pphia  Freeman  Pepper  (see  Pepper).  His 
inventory  amounted  to  one  hundred  and  fifty- 
nine  pounds,  four  shillings,  four  pence. 

Pepper-Freeman. — Isaac  Pepper  (see above) 
was  among  the  first  settlers  in  Eastham.  He 
married,  October  7,  1685,  Apphia,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Samuel  and  Mary  (Southworth)  Free- 
man (see  Freeman).  Children:  Apphia, born 
February  24,  1687;  Mary,  August  7,  1690; 
Isaac,  July  29,  1693;  Robert,  February  15, 
1695;  Elizabeth,  July  11,  1698,  married  Robert 
(  3)  Young  (see  Young)  ;  Joseph,  November  i, 
1700,  died  1703;  Solomon,  January  15,  1703; 
Joseph,  February  14,  1704. 

Samuel  (i)  Freeman,  immigrant  ancestor, 
born  at  Devonshire,  England,  settled  in  Water- 
town,  near  Boston.  1630,  with  his  wife  Mary. 
Re  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  in  Boston,  Octo- 
ber 19.  It  is  said  he  owned  one-seventh  part 
of  the  township,  and  was  one  of  the  principal 
planters  of  the  place.  He  returned  to  Eng- 
land after  a  few  years,  where  he  died  and  left 
his  estate  to  his  son  Henry.  Children  :  Henrj', 
Samuel  (2),  Apphia. 

Captain  Deacon  Samuel  (2)  Freeman,  who 
came  to  Eastham  with  Governor  Prince,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  May  11,  1638;  succeeded 


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to  his  estate,  and  married  Mercy  ( 1 1 ) ,  daughter 
of  Constant  (  loj  Southworth.of  Plymouth,  who 
was  an  assistant  in  the  government  of  the  colony. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  church  and  on  the  build- 
ing committee  of  the  new  church  in  1676; 
served  as  a  trooper  three  years  from  16^34; 
was  captain  1675  (  ?)  ;  deputy  of  court,  1681. 

Southworth. — The  list  of  Southworths  ( see 
above),  as  given  in  "A  History  of  the  Ancient 
Hall  of  Salmesbury  in  Lancashire,"  by  James 
Croston,  London,  printed  by  Whittingham  & 
Wilkins  at  the  Cheswick  Press,  1871." 

Gilbert  de  Southworth,  county  Lancaster. 
(  I  )  Sir  Cilbert  de  Southworth,  Knt.,  vi.xit 
1363,  married  daughter  and  sole  heiress  of 
Nicholas  D.  Lwyas.  of  Salmesbury  Hall,  vixil 

(2)  Sir  John  de  Southworth,  of  Salmes- 
bury, married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Rich- 
ard de  Haughton,  Knt. 

(3)  Sir  Thomas  de  Southworth,  Knt.,  obit 
1432,  married  Johan,  widow  of  Sir  Thomas 
Sherburn,  Knt.,  and  daughter  of  lohn  Del 
Ilothe. 

(4)  Richard  Southworth,  obit  1467,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  Molineau.x, 
of  Sefton. 

(  5 )  Sir  Christopher  Southworth,  Knt.,  by 
Etlward  IV.,  obit  1502,  married  Isabel,  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Thomas  Daton,  by  wife  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Lord  .Audley. 

(6)  Sir  John  Southworth,  Knt.,  of  1519, 
married  Hellcn,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Lang- 
ton,  Baron  of  Newton. 

(7)  Sir  Thomas  Southworth,  Knt.,  ob.  1547. 
married  Margery,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Bottler.  Knt. 

(8)  Sir  John  Southworth,  Knt.,  ob.  1595. 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Asht- 
ton,  Knt. 

(9)  Thomas  Southworth.  his  eldest  son.  aet 
36  in  1597  (title  expired  with  his  father  who 
was  imprisoned  for  recusancy  in  New  Fleet), 
married  Rosamond,  daughter  of  William  Lis- 
ter, Es(|.  Thomas  Southworth,  vix.  1595,  and 
Edward  Southworth,  vix.  1595,  were  brothers. 

(9)  Edward  Southworth,  a  silk  worker  from 
England  at  Leyden,  on  May  28.  1613,  married 
Alice  Carpenter,  from  England,  with  witnesses, 
daughter  of  .\lexander  Carpenter,  from  Ley- 
den county.  Edward  Southworth  returned 
later  to  England  and  died  in  1620.  His  widow 
.Mice  married  Governor  Bradford. 

(10)  Constant  Southworth,  married,  No- 
vember 2.  1637.  Elizabeth  (2)  Collier  (see 
below  ). 

-August   14.   1624,  Governor  Bradford  mar- 


ried Mrs.  Alice  (Carpenter)  Southworth,  a 
lady  of  extraordinary  capacity  and  worth. 
There  was  an  early  attachment  between  Gov- 
ernor Bradford  and  Mrs.  Southworth,  and 
their  marriage  was  prevented  by  her  parents 
on  account  of  the  inferior  circumstances  or 
rank  of  Mr.  Bradford.  Being  now  a  widower, 
by  letters  to  England  he  made  overtures  of 
marriage  to  Mrs.  Southworth,  then  a  widow, 
and  the  proposal  was  accepted.  With  generous 
resolution  she  embarked  on  the  ship  "Anne," 
arriving  in  August,  1623,  to  meet  her  intended 
])artner,  who  she  well  knew  could  not  leave 
his  responsible  position  in  the  infant  settle- 
ment. It  was  the  fourth  marriage  in  Plymouth 
colony.  Her  two  sons,  Thomas  and  Constant 
came  over  with  her.  This  lady  was  well  edu- 
cated and  brought  considerable  property  into 
the  country.  She  died  in  1670,  aged  eighty 
years,  and  was  honorably  interred  iMarch  29 
at  New  Plymouth.  It  is  said  in  the  old  colony 
records,  "She  was  a  godly  matron  and  much 
loved  while  she  lived,  and  lamented  though 
aged  when  she  died."  Governor  Bradford  and 
Mrs.  Southworth's  children  were :  William, 
Mercy  and  Joseph. 

Constant  Southworth,  son  of  Edward  and 
Alice  (Carpenter)  Southworth,  was  admitted 
a  freeman  at  Plymouth,  1637,  and  the  same 
year  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William 
(I)  Collier  (see  Collier  I.  His  name  is  on  the  list 
of  volunteers  to  go  against  the  Pequots  in  1637. 
He  was  elected  deputy  for  Duxbury,  1649, 
and  several  other  years;  was  colony  treasurer, 
1659  to  1678,  and  often  one  of  the  assistants. 
In  the  early  part  of  Philip's  war  he  was  com- 
missary general,  and  accompanied  the  army. 
He  died  in  1678.  Children  :  Edward,  Nathan- 
iel, Mercy,  married,  1658,  Samuel  Freeman ; 
Alice,  married,  1667,  Captain  Benjamin 
Church:  Mary,  married  David  .\llen :  Eliza- 
beth, married  William  Fobes ;  Priscilla,  died 
unmarried. 

William  Collier,  merchant  and  brewer,  Lon- 
don. England,  was  one  of  the  .\dventurers 
Company  and  signers  of  the  agreement  of  the 
sale  of  New  Plymouth  colony.  Came  to  Amer- 
ica in  "Mary  and  John,"  1632,  settled  at  Dux- 
bury,  1641  ;  was  at  New  Plymouth  as  mediator 
with  Thomas  Freeman  and  others  in  the  col- 
onv  settlements.  His  daughter  Mary  married 
Governor  Prince  as  his  second  wife.  Daugh- 
ter   Elizabeth    married    Constant    Southworth. 

Children  of  Deacon  Samuel  (2)  and  Mercy 
(Southworth)  Freeman:  .\pphia,  born  De- 
cember II.  1654,  died  February  19,  1660; 
Samuel,  born  March  26,   1662:  Constant,  born 


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March  21,  1669;  Edward,  died  young;  Apphia, 
married  Isaac  Pepper.  October  7,  1687;  Eliza- 
beth, bom  January  7,  lOfti;  Mercy  (Cole); 
Alice  (  Myrick  )  ;  Alary. 

Children  of  Robert  (3)  and  Elizabeth  (.Pep- 
per) Young,  born  at  Eastham  :  Hannah,  about 
1722,  married  Robert  Pelton  ;  John,  1724,  mar- 
ried Hannah,  widow  of  Joseph  Ingraham  ;  Sam- 
uel, December  12,  1726,  died  October  27,  1753, 
unmarried;  Robert,  August  17,  1728,  married 
Sarah  I'.aker;  .\bigail,  December  3,  1730,  mar- 
ried Andrew  Carrier ;  Elizabeth,  August  26, 
1733;  SiU-anus,  April  23,  1735,  mentioned 
below;  Simeon,  November  it,,  1738.  married 
Mehitable  . 

Silvanus  (4),  son  of  Robert  (3)  Young, 
was  born  at  Eastham,  Massachusetts,  April  23, 
1735  ;  died  in  1807,  at  Middletown.  Accord- 
ing to  the  census  of  1790  he  had  a  family 
numbering  eight.  He  married,  April  6,  1761. 
Ruth  (4)  Carrier,  born  August  14,  1736,  daugh- 
ter of  Andrew  and  Rebecca  (4)  (Rockwell) 
Carrier,  of  Marlborough  parish,  Colchester  (see 
Carrier  ).  His  will  was  dated  .\pril  5,  1806,  and 
proved  June  29,  1807. 

Carrier. — Thomas  ( i )  Carrier,  ancestor  of 
this  family,  was  a  Welcliman,  belonged  to  the 
bodyguard  of  King  Charles  I.  of  Great  Brit- 
ain. Was  notorious  for  fleetness  of  foot,  even 
after  he  was  more  than  one  hundred  years  old. 
It  is  said  that  he  was  the  executioner  of  King 
Charles  I,  in  1648.  He  was  at  Billerica,  Mass- 
achusetts, before  1664;  was  granted  land  in 
North  Billerica,  west  of  the  road  to  Winthrop 
farm,  next  to  John  Rogers,  on  which  land  he 
lived  from  1664  to  1690.  Removed  to  An- 
dover,  thence  to  Colchester,  Connecticut,  where 
he  was  among  the  original  proprietors  of  that 
parish.  He  used  to  walk  from  Colchester  to 
Glastonbury  carrying  a  sack  of  corn  on  his 
shoulder  to  be  ground,  walking  very  fast  and 
stopping  only  once  for  the  whole  distance  of 
eighteen  miles.  He  died  in  Colchester,  May 
16,  1736,  said  to  be  one  hundred  and  thirteen 
years  old.  Was  not  gray  or  bald,  walked  erect, 
and  shortly  before  his  death  walked  six  mdes. 
When  in  Billerica  he  married.  May  7,  1664, 
Martha,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Faith  .\llen, 
of  Andover  (sister  of  Dr.  Roger  Toothaker's 
wife).  While  in  Andover  she  was  a  victim 
of  witchcraft  infatuation  at  Salem  Village, 
and  was  executed  .August  19,  1692,  on  Salem 
Hill. 

.\mong  the  first  settlers  of  Andover  is  men- 
tioned Andrew  Allen,  who  died  1690.  An- 
<lrew    (2),   John    (2).      .\ndrew    .\llen,    Sr., 


gives  to  x\ndrew,  Jr.,  and  Elizabeth  Richisson 
(  1692)  his  house  and  land  lying  about  three 
miles  from  town,  and  the  meadow  belonging 
to  it  and  half  his  orchard  at  home,  and  after 
liis  and  his  mother's  death  he  should  have  his 
orchard  at  home  and  land  at  town  and  the 
home  meadow  that  belong  to  it.  Andrew 
.Vllen  was  constable  at  an  early  date  in  An- 
dover. A  daughter  Martha  married  Thomas 
Carrier,  and  was  hanged  for  witchcraft.  An- 
other daughter  married  Dr.  Roger  Toothaker, 
of  r.illerica,  and  was  murdered  by  the  Indians. 

Children  of  Thomas  ( I )  and  Martha  (Allen; 
Carrier:  Richard,  born  July  19,  1674,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Sessions,  July  18,  1694,  in  An- 
dover, died  November  16,  1749,  seventy-five 
years  old ;  Andrew,  born  April  27,  1677,  mar- 
ried, January  11,  1704-5,  Mary  Adams  (see 
below)  ;  Jane,  born  July  2^,  1680,  died  August 
26;  Thomas,  born  July  18,  1682,  married  in 
.Andover,  Susannah  Johnson,  June  19,  1705 ; 
.Sarah,  born  November  17,  1684,  married  John 
Chapman,  Colchester,  September  7,  1707;  Han- 
nah, born  July  12,  1689. 

Andrew  (2)  Carrier,  born  April  27,  1677, 
was  among  the  original  proprietors  of  Col- 
chester, chosen  surveyor  and  way  warden. 
1712-13;  married  January  11,  1704,  Mary 
.Adams,  of  Colchester.  Land  records  of  Col- 
chester say  that  .Andrew  Carrier  had  a  laying 
out  of  land  Alarch  3.  1703.  and  a  laying  out 
for  a  house  November  6,  1703,  in  Colchester, 
Connecticut.  Died  1740.  Children;  .Andrew  (3) 
Jr.,  born  February  12,  1705-6,  see  below  ;  John, 
ijorn  June  14,  1707;  Mary,  born  April  19, 
1708-9;  Thomas,  born  June  20,  171 1;  Benja- 
min, born  September  17.  1713.  married  Eliza- 
beth Ktieeland.  February  6.  1734. 

.Andrew  (3)  Carrier,  born  I'^ebruary  12. 
1705-6:  married  (first)  Ruth  .Adams,  Decem- 
ber 2"/,  1733.  Colchester.  She  died  Novem- 
ber t6,  1734.  He  married  (second)  Rebecca  (4) 
Rockwell,  October  27,  1735,  Alarlboro  parish, 
Colchester.     ( See  Rockwell ) . 

Rockwell. — Deacon  William  (  i  |  Rockwell, 
ancestor,  was  one  of  the  deacons  of  the  church 
formed  in  New  Hospital.  Plymouth,  England. 
March  20.  1630.  With  wife  Susannah  (Chapin  ) 
he  sailed  on  the  ship  "John  and  Mary."  Captain 
Squeb.  and  after  seventy  days  landed  at  Nan- 
tasket  (Hull).  May  30,  1630,  with  one  hun- 
dred and  forty  passengers.  Moved  to  Dor- 
chester. Deacon  William  Rockwell  was  one 
of  the  first  three  selectmen  of  the  town,  one  of 
twenty-four  to  take  the  oath  of  fidelity.  May, 
1630.      Had  land  grants,  moved  to   NA'indsor. 


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Connecticut,  1636,  where  he  was  a  deacon  of 
the  First  Church  and  a  leading  man  in  the 
settlement  until  his  death.  May  15,  1640. 

Samuel  (2)  Rockwell,  born  at  Dorchester. 
March  28,  1631  ;  married  Mary  (  2),  daughter  of 
Thomas  (i)  and  Grace  (Wells)  Norton,  Say- 
brook  (Guilford),  April  7,  1660  (Windsor 
records  ) .      (  See  Norton  ) . 

Norton.— Thomas  (i)  Norton,  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  warden  in  the  church,  Ocgley, 
Surrey  county,  England,  when  Rev.  Henry 
Whitfield  was  rector.  He  was  a  signer  of  the 
(niilford.  Connecticut,  compact,  and  came  in 
the  ship  "St.  John."  July  6.  1639,  with  wife 
Cirace  Wells.  Children:  Thomas,  John,  Anne, 
(Irace,  Abigail,  Mary  (married  Samuel  Rock- 
well). 

e'hildren  of  Samuel  (  2  )  and  Mary  (2)  (Nor- 
ton) Rockwell:  Mary,  born  January  18,  1662, 
married  Josiah  Loomis ;  Abigail,  born  August 
23,  1664,  died  May  3,  1665;  Samuel,  born 
October  19,  1667.  married  January  10,  1694, 
Elizabeth  Gaylord  ;  Joseph,  born  May  22,  1670. 
married  Elizabeth  Drake:  John,  born  May  31, 
1674,  married  Anne  Skinner;  Abigail,  born 
April  II.  1676,  married  John  Smith:  Josiah 
(3),  born  ]\Iarch  10,  1678,  married,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1713,  Rebecca  Loomis  (see  Loomis  and 
Rockwell). 

Joseph  (4)  Loomis,  with  wife  Mary,  came 
from  Braintree,  Essex  county,  England,  in  ship 
"Susan  and  Ellen,"  from  London,  April  11, 
1638,  Edward  Payne,  master,  arriving  July  i". 
1638,  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut.  Was  granted  land  February 
2,  1640  (  Windsor  land  records).  His  house  was 
situated  near  mouth  of  Farmington  river,  on 
an  island  so-called,  because  freshets  overflowed 
and  surrounded  it.  He  brought  with  him  five 
sons  and  three  daughters.  His  wife  died  Au- 
gust 23,  1652.  He  died  November  25.  1658. 
Children  :  Joseph,  born  in  England,  about  1616  ; 
Sarah,  married  Captain  Nicholas  Olmsted. 
Hartford,  1640:  Elizabeth,  married  Joshua 
Hull,  1641  ;  Deacon  John,  born  in  England, 
1622 :  Thomas,  born  in  England  :  Nathaniel  ( 2  ) , 
born  in  England,  married  Elizabeth  (3),  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  John  Moore,  November  24,  1653 
(see  Moore),  also  see  below;  Lieutenant  Sam- 
uel, born  in  England,  married  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Judd,  December  27,  1653. 

Nathaniel  (2)  Loomis.  was  freeman  at 
Windsor,  1654,  and  aflmitted  to  the  church 
May  3.  1663.  Was  dragoon  in  King  Philip's 
war.  He  died  August  19,  1688.  His  will,  dated 
August  17,  1688,  is  preserved  at  Hartford, 
signed    "Nathaniel   Loomys."     His  wife   was 


then  living,  lie  married,  November  24,  1653. 
Elizabeth  (  3  ) .  daughter  of  Deacon  John  Moore. 
Moore — Captain  Thomas  (i)  Moore,  was 
made  a  freeman  of  Boston,  October  19,  1630; 
was  at  Dorchester,  then  at  Windsor,  before 
1 639,  where  he  had  a  lot  granted.  Was  one  of 
the  dragoons  in  King  Philip's  war;  granted 
bv  the  town  land  to  build  a  mill  December  8. 
i70(;.  A  land  viewer  for  laying  out  of  other 
western  towns,  1723-32.  Name  among  first 
settlers  of  New  Hampshire,  1631 ;  freeman  at 
Salem.  164J.  His  wife  was  sister  of  Christo- 
pher Yt)ung,  of  Wenham,  England. 

His  son,  Deacon  John  (2)  Aloore,  was  free- 
man of  Boston,  May  18,  1631,  later  at  Wind- 
sor, where  he  was  deacon  of  the  church  until 
his  death.  He  married  his  wife  Abigail,  June 
16,  1639.  and  died  September  18,  1677.  Chil- 
dren: Mindwell,  born  July,  1643,  married 
Nathaniel  Bissell.  September  25,  1662,  died 
November  24,  1682 ;  Deacon  John,  born  at 
Windsor,  December  5,  1643:  Elizabeth  (3), 
married  Nathaniel  Loomis  (2),  November  24. 
1654.  died  July  23,  1728. 

Cliildren  of  Nathaniel  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (3) 
(Moore)  Loomis:  Flizabeth,  born  August  7, 
1665,  married  John  Lee.  December  27,  1682, 
Lieutenant  Nathaniel,  born  March  20,  1657. 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Josiah  Ells- 
worth, December  23,  1680  :  Abigail,  born  March 
27,  1659,  married  Josiah  Barber,  of  Ouiesbury. 
November  22,  1677;  Josiah,  born  February  17, 
1660-1.  married  Mary  Rockwell,  October  23, 
1682;  Jonathan,  born  March  30,  1664,  married 
December  17.  1688, ^;  David,  born  Jan- 
uary II,  1667-8,  married  Lydia  March,  De- 
cember 8,  1692;  Hezekiah,  born  February  21. 
1668-9,  married  Mary  Porter,  April  30,  1690: 
Moses,  born  May  15,  1671,  married  Joanna 
Gibbs,  April  27,  1694 ;  Mindwell,  born  July  20. 
1673,  married  Jonathan  Brown,  October  i, 
1696;  Ebenezer,  born  March  22,  1675,  married 
Jemima  Whitcomb,  April  15,  1697;  Mary, 
born  January  5,  1680,  married  Joseph  Barber. 
May  6,  1708;  Rebecca,  born  December  10, 
1682,  married  Josiah  (3)  Rockwell.  December 
14,  1 71 3,  Lebanon   (see  Rockwell). 

Josiah  (3)  Rockwell,  born  March  10,  1678, 
died  November  13,  1742;  married  Rebecca 
Loomis,  at  Lebanon,  December  14,  1713. 
Children:  Rebecca  (4),  1714,  married  Andrew 
Carrier  (2),  October  27,  1735  (see  Carrier); 
Ruth,  1716;  Josiah,  1718,  married  Lucy 
Lathrop;  Ezra;  Waitstill,  1723;  Eunice,  1727. 
married  Ebenezer  Devotion. 

Children  of  Silvanus  (4)  and  Ruth  (4) 
(Carrier)  Young:     Samuel,  born  January  26. 


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1762.  married  Elizabeth  Brainerd ;  Robert, 
born  October  10,  1763.  married  Susannah 
Isham:  Silvanus  (5),  born  September  2.  1765. 
married  Pattie  (  Alartha )  Mattoon  (see  Mat- 
toon)  :  EHzabeth.  born  September  2.  1767. 
married  Seth  Morse,  of  Chelsea.  Vermont : 
Isaac,  born  May  10.  1770.  married  Rachel 
Bronson;  Thomas,  born  July  17,  1772,  mar- 
ried Ruth  Gale:  Ruth,  bori'i  May  27.  1774. 
married  Simon  Closson.  moved  to  Thetford, 
Vermont;  Enoch,  born  July  10.  1778.  killed  by 
falling  of  a  tree,  unmarried ;  \Villiam,  born 
April  19,  1780.  married  Eliza  Bailey. 

Mattoon. — Philip  Mattoon.  immigrant  ances- 
tor, born  in  England,  was  an  early  settler  at 
Springfield.  Massachusetts.  He  served  under 
Captain  Turner  at  the  Falls  fight.  May  19. 
1676.  In  1678.  at  a  general  town  meeting. 
Springfield.  February  4.  Philip  Mattoon  hath 
liberty  granted  him  to  set  up  a  building  or 
dw^elling  house  in  the  street  at  the  upper  end 
of  James  Dorchester's  fence  on  the  east  of  the 
town  street.  He  was  in  Springfield  before 
1678,  and  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  Decem- 
ber 31.  1678.  He  died  December  30.  1696. 
He  married  September  10.  1677.  Sarah  (2) 
Hawks,  of  Hadley.  daughter  of  Sergeant  John 
( I )  Hawks  (  see  Hawks  ).  She  luarried  (  second  ) 
Daniel  Relding.  of  Deerfield.  whose  first  wife 
was  killed  by  the  Indians  in  1696,  and  (second) 
1704.  Sarah  died  September  13.  1731.  aged 
ninety- four  years. 

Seargent  John  (  i  )  Hawks  (  see  aljnve  )  took 
freeman's  oath  at  Boston,  September  3.  i'')34; 
migrated  to  Lynn  and  Dorchester,  then  to 
Windsor  before  1640.  where  his  name  is  found 
as  Hake.  Removed  to  Hadley  1659.  as  one  of 
her  earliest  settlers,  was  buried  there  June  20. 
1682.  His  widow  Elizabeth  married  (second! 
before  1669.  Robert  Hinsdale,  who  was  killed 
with  Lothrop.  She  married  (third)  June  25. 
1662.  His  widow  Elizabeth  married  (second) 
September  29.  1695.  Children  ;  John,  born 
August  13,  1643  •  Nathaniel,  baptized  Febru- 
ary 16,  1645.  died  yoimg;  Elizabeth,  baptized 
January  10.  1647.  married  November  24.  1664. 
Joseph  Gillett.  who  was  killed  with  Lothrop: 
Anna,  baptized  August  4.  1649.  married  Oc- 
tober 10.  .  Thomas  Hastings;  Isaac,  born 

.August    15. .    drowned    June    22,    1650: 

Mary,  born  May  23.  1632.  married  October  10. 
1672'.  Experience  Hinsdale,  guide  for  Captain 
Turner,  and  fell  with  him  May  19,  1676:  she 
married  July  22,  1677.  John  Evans:  Joanna, 
born  February  8,  1654,  married  November  21. 
1677:  Eliezer'  born  December  20,  1655:  Sarah 
(  2  ) .  born  September  29.  163".  married.  Sejitcm- 


l)cr  10.  1677.  Phili])  (  I  )  Mattoon  ((|.  v.)  ;  Ger- 
shom.  born  August  12,  1659. 

Childrenof  Philip  (I )  and  Sarah  (2)  (Hawks) 
Mattoon.  born  in  Springfield :  Margaret,  No- 
vember 24.  1678;  Philip  Jr..  with  wife  Re- 
becca, daughter  of  Godfrey  Xims.  and  only 
child,  killed  at  second  destruction  of  Deer- 
field  by  the  Indians.  1675;  John  (2).  October 
12.  1682.  married  Jerusha  (3)  Hall,  mentioned 
below:  Lsaac,  December  10.  1684:  Sarah,  .April 
25.  1687:  at  Deerfield:  Eleazer.  Alarch  10. 
1689;  Gershom.  December  25,  1690;  Nathan- 
iel. August  29.  1693;  Ebenezer.  January  3. 
1694-3  ;  Mary.  July  25,  1697. 

John  Mattoon  (2).  son  of  Philip  and  Sarah 
(  2)  {  Hawks  )  Mattoon.  was  born  in  Sjjringfield, 
Massachusetts.  October  12,  1682.  and  moved 
to  Wallingford.  Connecticut,  about  1704.  Mar- 
ried (erusha  (3).  daughter  of  David  (2)  Hall. 
( )ctober  20.  170O  ( .see  Hall).  In  171 1  he  buys 
land  in  Northfield.  Massachusetts,  and  in  1712 
sells  it  to  his  brother  Isaac  in  Deerfield.  The  lots 
were  the  site  of  the  noted  forts  both  earlier  and 
later.  September  17.  1722.  John  Mattoon  and 
Xathaniel  Merriman  had  a  laying  out  of  thirty 
and  half  acres  of  land  of  fifth  division  on  David 
Hall's  right,  in  Wallingford.  Connecticut,  and 
other  portions  of  land  in  1743.  October  18.  In 
1743  he  drew  his  portion  of  his  father's  estate 
land  in  Falltown.  John  Mattoon's  will,  proved 
.April  II,  1754.  New  Haven  probate  records, 
gives  to  wife  Jerusha  Mattoon,  etc.,  to  eldest 
son  Philip  all"  land  a  place  called  Hog  Hill. 
Wallingford.  ("ireat  Bible,  etc..  David  land  in 
Wallingford  and  Westtown.  Massachusetts : 
to  Isaac  land  in  Wallingford.  Falltown  and 
other  plots;  Nathaniel,  land  at  Red  Rock, 
Wallingford :  to  Eleazer  land  at  Wallingford, 
near  mountains  north  of  Durham :  to  Ger- 
shom mv  dwelling  house  and  barn  and  other 
land ;  to  daughter  Sarah  Lucas  300  pounds, 
etc. :  to  granddaughter  Mary  Brooks  20 
pounds,  etc. :  ordered  land  at  Springfield  to  be 
sold  to  defray  his  portion  of  e.xpense  toward 
maintenance  of  his  natural  mother  deceased. 
Inventorv  show^ed  estate  of  7651  pounds  19 
shillings.'  Jerusha  Hall  Mattoon.  his  wife, 
born  October  28.  1687,  died  September  28. 
1 760. 

Hall.— Many  of  the  original  settlers  of  New 
Haven.  Connecticut,  came  to  Boston.  June. 
1637.  in  ship  "Hector."  and  the  next  sprin? 
moved  to  New  Haven,  where  they  were  joined 
bv  parties  from  Dorchester  and  Boston.  1638. 
\\'allingford  was  settled  as  a  plantation  in 
1670  and  the  covenant  was  signed  November 
31.    1669.    among    others     bv     the     following 


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ancestors  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch:  John 
Moss,  Nathaniel  Merriman,  Abraham  Doo- 
little,  John  Hall,  Thomas  Hall,  Samuel  Hall. 

John  Hall,  Boston,  New  Haven  and  Wall- 
ingford,  was  an  immigrant  in  ship  "Hector"  to 
Boston,  1637.  He  moved  to  Wallingford  after 
the  settlement  had  commenced.  His  sons  John 
Thomas  and  Samuel  were  signers  to  the  first 
Plantation  Covenant,  and  his  name  appears  on 
the  covenant  of  1672,  and  it  is  quite  certain 
that  he  had  been  there  for  some  time.  In  1675 
he  and  his  son  John  were  chosen  selectmen  of 
Wallingford.  John  Hall  Sr.  was  freed  from 
training  as  early  as  1639,  and  at  Wallingford 
in  1670  with  the  early  settlers  there.  He  died 
early  in  1676,  aged  seventy-one  years.  He 
married  Jane  WoUen.  Children  :  John,  bap- 
tized August  9.  1646,  died  September  2,  1721, 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Edward  Parker ; 
Richard,  born  July  11,  164^,  married  Hannah 

;  Samuel,   born    May   21,    1646,    died 

March  5,  1725;  Sarah,  baptized  August  9, 
1646,  at  New  Haven  ;  Thomas,  born  March 
25,  1649,  married  (jrace  Watson ;  Jonathan, 
born  April  5,  1651  ;  David  (2),  baptized  March 
18,  1652,  (lied  July  17,  1727,  at  seventy-five 
years  (see  below  ). 

David  (2)  Hall,  son  of  John  (i)  and  Jane 
(  Wollen)  Hall,  baptized  at  Xew  Haven.  March 
t8,  1652.  Married  (first)  Mary  Rutherford, 
November  11,  1670.  She  died  December  24, 
1676,  and  he  married  (second)  Sarah  (3) 
Rockwell  (see  Rockwell)  1676.  Name  appears 
among  original  proprietors  of  M'allingford, 
Connecticut. 

John  (2)  Rockwell,  son  of  Deacon  William 
■md  Susannah  (Chapin)  Rockwell,  immigrant 
ancestors,  was  born  in  England,  July  18,  1627; 
married  Sarah  (2),  daughter  of  James  and 
.Sarah  Ensign,  at  Hartford,  May  6,  161 5. 

James  Ensign,  ancestor  immigrant,  was 
made  a  freeman  March  4,  1634,  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.  Removed  with  Rev.  Thomas 
Hooker's  party  to  Hartford,  where  he  was  a 
jjrominent  citizen  and  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  church.  He  died  November,  1670.  His 
wife  Sarah  died  May,  1676.  He  was  an  early 
land  owner  in  Hartford  before  1663,  cooper 
by  trade,  member  of  the  jury,  overseer,  and 
left  an  estate  of  729  pounds  two  shillings  nine 
pence.  His  daughter  .Sarah  (2),  married  John 
(2  )  Rockwell. 

Children  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah  (Ensign) 
Rockwell :  Sarah  (  3  ),  born  1653,  married  David 
(2)  Hall,  (q.  V.) ;  Ruth,  born  1654,  married 
Daniel  Mix;  Lydia,born  1656,  married  Joshua 
Atwater.      Wife    Sarah    died    and    buried    in 


Hartford,  June  2t,.  1659,  and  he  married 
(second)  August  18,  1662,  Deliverance 
Haynes,  of  Dorchester. 

Children  by  second  wife:  John,  Hannah, 
Joseph,  Elizabeth.  He  died  September  7, 
1673:  a  cooper  by  trade. 

Children  of  David  (2)  Hall,  by  first  wife: 
Daniel,  born  August  9,  1672.  died  January  3, 
1673:  Rutherford,  born  April  2,  1675.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  John,  born  May  9,  1678, 
married  Thankful!  Doolittle  :  Thankful!,  born 
December  29,  1679;  Sarah,  born  December  28, 
1681,  married  Nathaniel  Curtis,  died  June  21, 
1703;  Ruth,  born  November  10,  1685;  Jeru- 
sha  (3),  born  October  28,  1687,  married,  1706, 
John  (2)  Mattoon  (see  Mattoon)  ;  Mabel. 
.\ugust  15,  1691  ;  David,  December  i,  1693, 
married  Martha  Doolittle,  April  20,  1721. 

Children  of  John  (2)  and  Jerusha  (3)  Hall 
Mattoon:  Philip  (3),  born  September  24, 
171 1,  married  Mary  Humiston  (see  below); 
Mary,  born  September  19,  1713;  David,  mar- 
ried Phoebe  Curtis,  October  5,  1742;  Isaac 
Nathaniel,  married  Mary  Curtis,  Eebruary  17, 
1745,  his  will  approved  January  3,  1761  ; 
Eleazer,  born  December  13,  1727;  Gershom, 
born  .\ugust  18,  1730,  married  Ruth  Peck,  of 
Wallingford,  December  5,  1776;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried Lucas;  Ebenezer,  born  April  4,  1735. 

Philip  (3)  Mattoon,  son  of  John  (2)  and 
jer'u.sha  (  3)  (  Hall)  Mattoon,  was  born  .Septem- 
iitr  24,  171  I,  at  Wallingford.  He  married  Mary 
Humiston,  and  was  given  the  home  property 
by  his  father  and  mother,  John  and  Jerusha 
Mattoon,  April  23,  1750,  which  was  their 
honored  father's  (David  (2)  Hall's)  property, 
and  was  executor  with  Eleazer  of  his  father's 
estate,  proved  April  11,  1754.  He  buys  land 
of  Daniel  Hall  in  1754.  Children,  born  at 
Wallingford,  and  mentioned  in  his  will,  dated 
March  i,  1782:  Ebenezer,  born  September 
21,  1738  (.see  below):  Caleb;  Jerusha,  born 
March  25,  1742,  married  Eleaphet  Merriman; 
John,  born  May  11,  1744;  Hannah,  born  Au- 
gust 16,  1746;  Sarah,  born  February,  1748-9, 
married  John  Culver,  December  8,  1777  ;  John, 
born  January  20,  1750;  Hannah,  born  October 
19,  1753,  married .\very ;  Mary,  mar- 
ried    Bradley. 

Ebenezer  (4)  Mattoon,  born  September  21, 
1738.  son  of  Philip  and  Mary  (Humiston) 
.Mattoon,  born  at  Wallingford,  Connecticut ; 
married  November  18,  1773,  Martha,  daugh- 
ter of  Moses  and  Martha  (Beach)  Merriman 
(see  Merriman).  He  died  May  24,  1814. 
Owned  quite  a  lot  of  land  in  Wallingford. 
Child,  Martha  (5)  (Pattie)  Mattoon,  born  Julv 


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17,  1774.  at  Wallingford ;  married  Silvanus 
(5)  Young.  Jr..  of  .Middlctown,  Connecticut. 
Fol)ruary  24.   1796  (see  ^'oung). 

Silvanus  (5)  Young,  born  September  2. 
1765.  at  Middletown  (Chatbam),  Connecticut, 
died  May  7,  1822,  at  Wallingford,  Connecti- 
cut; married,  February  24,  1796,  at  Walling- 
ford, Pattie  (Alartha)  Mattoon;  lived  at  Mid- 
dletown for  a  few  years  and  then  removed  to 
Wallingford,  on  tbe  Alattoon  homestead,  1806. 
He  was  quite  an  extensive  property  owner, 
was  appointed  administrator  of  ]\Iary  Mat- 
toon's  will,  and  among  his  inventory,  after  his 
death  May  7,  1722,  was  mentioned  house  and 
fifty  acres  of  land  at  Maromas,  Connecticut; 
also  Walling  house  and  lands,  six  acres  of 
land  at  Durham,  South  Mountain,  three  and' 
one-half  acres  Hog  hill,  sixteen  acres  Wall- 
ingford, twelve  acres  at  homestead,  forty 
acres  of  land  at  Chatham.  Children,  born  at 
Middletown:  Horace,  born  and  died  August 
25,  1796;  Samuel  Merriman,  born  August  22, 
1798,  married  Delia  Carrier,  moved  to  New 
York  state,  founder  of  Youngsville ;  Harley, 
born  February  7,  1801,  married  Anne  Van 
Wagoner,  Libertyville,  New  York;  Horace, 
born  I'-ebruary  7.  1803.  unmarried  :  Orimel  (6). 
born  Wallingford,  July  15,  1807,  married  Fan- 
nie M.  Rogers,  September  17,  1737,  (see 
below,  also  Rogers)  ;  Ogilvie,  born  August  14, 
1810;  Fenelon,  August   17,  1813. 

Orimel  (6)  Young,  son  of  Silvanus  Jr.  and 
Pattie  (Mattoon)  Young,  was  born  July  15, 
1807,  died  September  5.  1884.  Was  owner  of 
a  large  estate  at  Wallingford.  Connecticut, 
and,  aside  from  dealing  extensively  in  all  kinds 
of  stock,  traveling  as  far  north  as  the  Cana- 
dian line,  buying  cattle  and  driving  them  to 
market,  he  bought  furs  of  every  description 
which  he  disposed  of  in  the  New  York  mar- 
kets, and  manufactured  high  wines  and  cider 
brandy  which  he  disposed  of  in  Boston  and 
New  York.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  and 
successful  man  of  aiifairs.  He  was  a  Baptist 
in  religion,  and  a  rock-ribbed  Democrat  in 
politics.  He  married  Fannie  M.  (13),  daugh- 
ter of  Jairus  (12)  Rogers  (see  Rogers). 

Rogers. — The  Rogers  family  is  traced  back 
by  records  in  the  British  Museum  to  Thomas 
(  I  )  Rogers,  of  Bradford,  county  Wilts,  ser- 
geant-at-law,  died  1485.  He  was  great-grand- 
father to  John  (4)  Rogers,  the  Martyr.  John 
Rogers.  ?iiartyr.  married  Adrgan  Pratt,  of  Bra- 
bant, and  had  children,  named  Daniel.  John, 
Ambrose,  Samuel,  I'hili]).  Bernard,  Augustine, 
liarnabez,  Susan,  Elizabeth  and  1  Icster.  The  son 
|(ihn  (5),  married  Mary,  daughter  of  William 


Lcet.  of  Everden.  county  Cambridge.  Thomas 
( 6 )  Rogers,  son  of  John,  came  in  tbe  ship 
■'.Mayflower,"  with  a  son  Joseph,  ir)20.  A  memo- 
randum was  found  among  (iovernor  Bradford's 
l)apers  saying  that  most  of  the  Thomas  (6) 
Rogers  family  remained  at  home  and  came 
over  afterwards,  and  had  removed  westward. 
Son  James  (/)  Rogers  came  over  in  1635  and 
was  at  Mil  ford,  1639.  William  (  \  )  Rogers  em- 
barked in  the  barque  "Philip"  with  Richard 
Morgan,  captain,  for  Virginia,  June  16,  1685, 
age  thirty-five  years.  Was  at  ^\■ethersfield.  1637- 
40,  then  removed  to  Stamford;  1649-56  was 
at  Ilempstead,  Long  Island,  and  one  of  the 
purchasers  of  Huntington,  Long  Island,  east- 
ern purchase,  where  he  removed  and  lived  the 
rest  of  his  life.  Died  about  1664.  His  wife 
Anne  (4).  daughter  of  Edmund  (3)  and  Juditli 
I  Angier  )  Sherman, of  Dedham,  England,  after- 
wards \\'ethersfield,  Connecticut,  1637,  died  in 
New  Haven,  1641.  (See  Sherman).  He  had 
three  daughters,  and  one  son.  Rev.  John  Sher- 
man, of  Watertown.   i')32. 

Sherman. — Henry  .Sherman  (i),  of  Ded- 
ham, England,  county  Essex,  removed  thither 
probably  from  county  Suffolk,  as  he  bore  the 
Suflfolk  Sherman  coat-of-arms ;  died  in  1589. 
His  wife  Agnes  died  in  1580.  Children: 
Henry  (2),  married  Susan  Hills,  died  1610: 
Edmund  ;  Judith  ;  John  ;  Robert. 

Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  and  Agnes  Sher- 
man, was  a  clothier  in  Dedham,  England; 
married  Susan  Hills,  died  1610.  Children : 
Henry,  born  1571,  died  1645;  Samuel,  born 
1573,  died  1615;  Susan,  born  1573;  Edmund 

(3)"  .  married,    1611,  Judith   Anglers; 

Nathaniel,  died  1580;  Nathaniel,  born  1582; 
died  1615;  John,  born  August  17,  IS^S:  Eliz- 
abeth ;  Ezekiel,  born  July  25,  1589;  Mary,  born 
July  2-j.  1592;  Daniel,  died  1634. 

Edmund  (3),  son  of  Henry  (2)  and  Susan 
(Hills)  Sherman,  was  born  in  Dedham,  Eng- 
land; married,  161 1,  Judith  Angiers.  They 
came  to  America  about  1632,  and  settled  in 
Watertown,  Massachusetts,  whence  they  re- 
moved to  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  and 
finally  to  New  Haven,  where  they  died.  Chil- 
dren :  Edmund,  born  October  13,  1599,  came 
to  Watertown  with  his  father,  was  freeman  and 
selectman  1636,  in  1648  returned  to  Dedham, 
England,  where  he  remained;  .\nne  (4),  born 
September  15,  1601,  married  \\'illiam  (7) 
Rogers;  (see  Rogers). 

Children  of  William  (7)  and  Anne  (4) 
(  Sherman  )  Rogers  :  Obediah,  born  in  England  ; 
Jonathan;  John;  Hanna :  Mary;  Noah,  men- 
tioned below ;  probably  Thomas. 


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Noali,  son  of  William  and  Anne  (Sherman) 
Rogers,  was  born  about  1646,  died  October  7, 
1725.  Removed  from  Huntington,  Long 
Island,  to  Branford,  about  1669.  Married, 
April  8,  1673,  Elizabeth  (3)  Taintcir,  at  Brain- 
ford  (see  Taintor). 

Charles  (i)  Taintor,  a  W'elchman,  being  de- 
prived of  a  large  estate  in  Wales  by  confisca- 
tion, migrated  to  America  with  his  wife  and 
four  children.  He  owned  lands  in  Wethers- 
field,  Connecticut,  1643,  moved  to  Fairfield. 
Deputy  to  general  court  from  there  1647-8, 
and  had  title  of  "Mr."  Lost  at  sea  with  Jere- 
miah Jagger  on  a  voyage  to  West  Indies,  Oc- 
tober, 1654. 

Michael  ( I )  Taintor  came  from  Wales,  and 
in  1653  was  master  of  a  vessel  trading  to  \  ir- 
ginia.  He  afterwards  settled  in  Branford,  and 
died  there  in  1673.  In  1667  he  was  one  of 
four  persons  "employed  and  empowered  by 
the  town  of  Branford  to  buy  the  house  and 
lands  of  Richard  Harrison."  In  1669  was  one 
of  number  chosen  to  settle  certain  boundary 
difficulties  with  Xew  Haven  and  Branford, 
and  next  year  the  bounds  between  Branford 
and  Guilford.  About  the  same  time  was  judge 
of  a  court  at  Branford,  and  frequently  a  mem- 
ber of  the  general  court  or  assembly  of  Con- 
necticut. At  his  decease  his  inventory  amount- 
ed to  one  hundred  and  sixty-six  pounds,  four 
shillings.  His  wife,  Elizabeth  (Rose  ),  died  July. 
1659.     (See  Rose). 

The  "History  of  Ancient  W'ethersfield"  says 
that  Robert  Rose  came  from  Ipswich.  England, 
to  America  in  ship  "Francis,"  arriving  in  Bos- 
ton, 1634,  with  wife  Margery  and  eight  chil- 
dren; then  aged  forty  years  (according  to 
Savage).  Came  to  W'ethersfield  from  Water- 
bury,  1635,  or  possibly  direct  from  England, 
1634.  \Vas  one  of  the  "Adventurers  of  Py- 
quaug,"  March.  1640-1  ;  received  his  holding 
on  southeast  side  of  Broad  street.  Was  deputy 
to  general  court,  1641-3,  removed  to  Branford 
as  one  of  the  pioneers,  1644,  where  he  died 
1664.  His  will  approved  April  4,  1665.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  born  1619;  Robert,  1619;  Eliza- 
beth (2),  born  1621.  married  Michael  (2) 
Taintor  (see  Taintor):  Mary,  1623;  Samuel, 
1625  ;  Sarah,  1627  ;  Daniel,  1631  :  Dorcas,  1632. 
married  Daniel  Swain,  July  26,  1655,  (second) 
John  Cdllins:  Jnnathan:  Hannah. 

Children  of  Michael  (2)  and  l-'.lizabetli  (2) 
(Rose)  Taintor:  John,  born  May,  1650,  Bran- 
ford, married  Dorcas  Swain,  Branford;  Mich- 
ael, born  October,  1652.  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Hannah  Loomis,  1679; 
Elizabeth  (3),  born  June.  i(j55,  married  Xoah 


(8)  Rogers,  1673  (see  Rogers;  ;  Johana,  born 
April,  1657;  Sarie,  born  October,  1658,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Stone,  Guilford,  Connecticut. 

Children  of  Xoah  (8)  and  Elizabeth  (3) 
(  Taintor  )  Rogers  :  John  (9),  born  Xovember6, 
i()77,  died  February  10,  1764,  married  Lydia 
(4)  I'risbie,  June  17,  1713  (see below)  ;Josiah, 
born  January  31,  1679-80;  Hezikah ;  Mary, 
if)75:  Anne;  Xoah;  Elizabeth,  born  at  (juil- 
ford. 

John  (9)  Rogers,  son  of  Xoah  and  Elizabeth 
(3)  (Taintor)  Rogers,  was  born  November  6, 
1677  :  died  February  10,  1764.  Married,  June  17, 
1713,  Lydia  Frisbie,  born  1692,  died  January 
30,  1750,  daughter  of  John  (2)  and  Ruth  (3) 
(  I  lowers)  Frisbie.   (See  Bowers,  also  Frisbie). 

l-"risbie. — Edward  (i)  Frisbie,  one  of  the 
earliest  planters  of  Branford,  came  there  be- 
fore 1645,  when  his  name  appears  in  the  list 
of  those   who   entered    their   names    for   lots. 

He  married  Hannah  ,  who  joined  the 

church  in  1687-8.  Children:  John  (2),  born 
July  17,  1650,  died  March  1694,  married  Ruth 
Bowers;  Edward,  born  June  11,  1652,  died 
voung :  Benoni,  born  1O54,  died  November, 
1700:  Samuel,  born  October  7,  1655,  died  Oc- 
tober 17,  1681  :  Abigail,  born  1657,  married 
William  Hoadley,  Jr.,  died  April  7,  1690; 
Jonathan,  born  October  28,  1659,  died  April 
7,  1695:  Josiah,  born  January  19,  1661,  joined 
church  1701,  known  as  "Esquire."  Died  un- 
married, March  13,  1712;  Caleb,  born  1669; 
Hannah,  born  1669,  joined  cluirch  1679,  mar- 
ried Xatiianiel  Harrison:  Silence,  born  Sep- 
tember 3.  1672,  married  Joshua  Austin;  Eben- 
ezer.  born  September  5,  1672,  married  Han- 
nah I 'age,  A])ril  21,  1703,  died  March,  1713. 

John  (2)  Frisbie,  born  July  17,  1650,  died 
March,  1694:  married.  December  21,  1674,. 
Ruth  (3),  daughter  of  Rev.  John  (2)  Bowers 
(see  Bowers).  She  joined  church  March  7, 
■  '^187.  and  died  Ajjril  25,  1736.  She  married 
(second)  William  Hoadley.  who  died  Novem- 
ber, 17a;.  John  Frisbie  was  Branford's 
representative  to  general  assembly  in  May. 
1690,  also  May  and  October,  1692. 

Rev.  John  (2)  Bowers,  son  of  George  (i) 
and  Barbaric  I'owers,  of  Scituate,  Plymouth 
and  Cambridge,  preached  at  Guilford  several 
\ears ;  Harvard  College.  1649.  He  was  third 
minister  of  the  (iuilford  church.  He  stood  in 
social  position  last  in  a  class  of  five  at  Harvard 
College  1649,  and  upon  graduation  began 
teaching  at  Plymouth.  In  i()53  he  came  to 
.Vew  Haven,  where  he  taught  until  1660,  when 
he  went  to  (iuilford  and  probably  filled  the 
double  iiosition  of  teacher  and  preacher  until 


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1664.  It  was  a  stormy,  quarrelsome  period, 
while  the  New  Haven  jurisdiction  was  giving 
wav  to  the  Connecticut  charter,  and  Dr. 
Ro'ssiter's  opposition,  doubtless  partly  inspired 
by  the  fact  that  Mr.  Bowers  succeeded  better 
than  his  own  son-in-law,  Mr.  Cotton,  made  his 
position  all  the  harder.  At  a  town  meeting, 
.Xovember  10,  1661,  Mr.  Rossiter  objected 
against  Mr.  Bowers  continuing  here  as  a  tem- 
porary supply  as  formerly  unless  he  would 
serve  as  cheap  as  any  would  in  that  way,  and 
that  the  full  period  of  his  time  might  be  pre- 
fixed, making  further  objection  against  the 
writing  made  between  the  freeman  with  some 
others,  and  Mr.  Bowers,  for  his  continuing 
here  in  that  work.  He  was  first  pastor  of  the 
Derbv  church,  where  he  continued  until  his 
■  leatli,  June  14,  1687.  He  married  Bridget 
Thompson. 

Children  of  John  (2)  and  Ruth  (3)  (Bow- 
ers) FrLsbie:  John  (3),  born  May  22,  1676, 
died  January  14,  1736:  Edward,  married  Mar- 
tha Pardee.  December  30,  1702:  Rebecca,  born 
Xovember  14,  1679:  Hannah,  born  January 
18,  1681  :  Samuel,  born  February  10.  1683; 
Ruth,  born  September  6.  1685;  Joseph,  born 
August  15.  1688,  married  .Abigail  Hoadley, 
December  5,   1711;  Nathaniel,  married  Mary 

:  I^ydia  (3),  born  1693,  married,  June 

17,    1713,    lohn    (9)    Rogers,    Eiranford,   Con- 
necticut (  see  Rogers). 

Children  of  John  (9)  and  Lydia  (3)  (  Fris- 
bie )  Rogers:  Lydia,  born  Alay  12,  1714; 
.Mary,  born  March  30.  1716,  died  January  30, 
1718:  Hannah,  born  July  10,  1718.  died  No- 
vember 2,  1/21  :  Elizabeth,  born  September  24, 
1720;  John  (lol.born  October  14,  1722  (men- 
tioned below),  married.  December  29,  I743. 
Thankfull  Harrison:  Joseph,  born  April  29, 
1725:  Daniel,  born  June  2,  1727:  Samuel,  born 
October  5,  1729:  Stephen,  born  1731, 

John  (to)  Rogers  Jr.,  son  of  John  (9)  and 
Lvdia  I  3  )  (  I'Visbie)  Rogers,  born  at  Branford, 
October  14,  1722,  died  July  21,  1809.  Lived 
at  Branford.  Married,  December  29,  1743, 
Thankfull  Harrison  (see  Harrison). 

Harrison. — Richard  (i)  Harrison  came 
from  West  Kirby,  Cheshire,  England,  to  Vir- 
ginia. He  may  have  been  interested  in  the 
maratime  trade  betw-een  the  colonies,  for  in  a 
very  short  time  he  came  to  New  Haven  accom- 
I)anied  by  his  two  sons.  Richard  Jr..  and 
Thomas.  He  was  evidently  aged,  as  he  is 
called  "Old  Harrison"  in  the  Branford  rec- 
ords. He  signed  the  division  of  lands,  July, 
7646,  and  remained  in  Branford  until  his  death 
occurred    October    25,     1653.       His    daughter 


.Maria  married  Thomas  Pierson.  brother  to 
Fiev.  .\braham  Pierson.  Children:  Benjamin 
and  Nathaniel,  remained  in  Virginia :  Richard, 
Jr..  of  Branford  and  Newark,  New  Jersey: 
Thomas,  of  Branford,  married  Mary,  widow 
of  John  Thompson,  New  Hampshire;  Maria, 
married  Thomas  Pierson. 

Thomas  (2),  who  remained  in  Branford, 
gives  his  age  as  fifty-eight  years  in  1688.  In 
"1(167  he  purchases  the  estate  of  Jasper  Crane, 
described  in  the  records  "a  dwelling  house 
with  all  out  houses,  barns,  stables,  orchards, 
gardens,  yard  or  yards,  about  my  ow-n  dwelling 
house."  This  is  regarded  as  the  first  frame 
iiouse  which  was  built.  He  died  in  1696.  and 
had  the  largest  estate  in  town.  £192.  He  mar- 
ried ( first  I  Mary,  widow  of  John  Thompson, 
of  New  Maven',  (second)  March  29,  1666. 
Elizabeth  Stent.  Children :  Thomas,  born 
March  i,  1657:  Nathaniel  (3),  born  December 
2^.  1658,  married  Hannah  (2)  Frisbie,  born 
iftfx) :  Elizabeth  :  Mary  :  John  ;  Samuel, 

Nathaniel  Harrison,  a  descendant  of  the  an- 
cestor Harrison,  was  justice  of  the  peace  at 
Branford  a  number  of  years  in  the  early  seven- 
teenth century.  He  married  Thankful  Wilkin- 
son, and  their  daughter,  Thankfull  Harrison, 
born  .\pril  29,  1720,  married  John  Rogers  Jr., 
December  29.  1743,  and  she  died  February  28, 
7792, 

Children  of  John  Jr..  (10)  and  Thankfull 
I  Harrison)  Rogers:  John,  born  November 
13,  1744:  .\braham,  December  13,  1749;  Isaac 
(11),  December  13,  1749,  married  Mary 
Howd:  Jacob,  .April  8.  1732:  Thankfull,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1760. 

Isaac  (11).  son  of  John  and  Thankfull 
(Harrison)  Rogers,  born  at  Branford,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1749,  married  Mary  Howd.  Children, 
born  at  Branford:  Mary,  November  4,  1773, 
died  December  4,  1773:  Mary,  born  January  3, 
1776:  Jairus  (12),  born  February  17.  1777, 
married  Fannie,  daughter  of  Thomas  Frisbie ; 
Rebecca,  married  John  Gould :  Isaac,  born 
July  13,  1782:  Parno,  November  3,  1783. 

Children  of  Jairus  (12)  and  Fannie  (Fris- 
bie) Rogers:  .Annie,  born  September  16,  1802: 
Henrv,  December  24,  1806:  Nelson,  born  July 
23,  1808:  Mary,  July  25,  1812:  Fannie  M. 
("13),  .\ugust  14.  1813.  married  Orimel  Young 
( '^ee  Young):  John,  September  17,  1822. 

Children  of  Orimel  (fi)  and  Fannie  M.  (13) 
(Rogers)  Young:  i.  Charles  H..  born  Janu- 
ary 4.  1839  (see  below),  married  Julia  Tyler 
nine,  October  23,  i860  (see  below,  also  see 
Hine).  2.  Lewis  Ami,  born  February  17, 
1842.   married   Carrie  Coe,   Middlefield,   Con- 


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necticut  (Carrie  Estelle,  born  January,  1866. 
married  Charles  Alunson,  April  20,  1892).  3. 
PVancis  Fenelon,  born  August  i,  1845,  mar- 
ried Martha  Hall,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hall : 
children:  Walter  Hall,  September  14,  1871  ; 
Daisy  Hall,  September  14,  1874.  4.  Fannie 
Maria,  born  May  15.  1848,  died  December  29, 
1855.  5.  Mary,  born  April  21,  1852,  died 
March  11,  1871,  while  a  student.  6.  Cornelius 
v.,  born  July  9,  i860,  married  Carrie  Wolcut, 
1884.  Children  :  Edna  M.,  born  May  5,  1885  ; 
Harry,  February  25,  1887 ;  Robert,  July  6, 
1888;  Clarence;  Howard,  1895;  Herbert,  1902. 

Charles  Henry  (7)  Young,  son  of  Orimel 
(6)  and  Fannie  M.  (  13)  (Rogers)  Young,  was 
born  at  W'allingford,  Connecticut,  January  4, 
1839,  died  at  Yalesville,  town  of  Wallingford, 
February  21,  1908.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  followed 
farming  there,  .\bout  1864  he  moved  to  Guil- 
ford, Connecticut,  where  he  bought  a  farm  of 
Charles  Francis,  .\fter  seven  years  he  sold 
this  farm  to  Rev.  William  H.  H.  Murray,  pas- 
tor of  Boston  Park  Street  Church,  and  after- 
wards engaged  in  the  meat  and  provision  busi- 
ness at  Yalesville,  town  of  Wallingford,  until 
his  death.  He  also  bought  and  conducted  a 
farm  at  Yalesville.  He  was  an  active  member 
<if  the  Second  .'\dventist  Church,  of  which  for 
a  number  of  years  he  was  a  deacon.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Democrat.  He  was  a  member  of  Han- 
cock Lodge.  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Meriden,  Connecticut. 
He  married  Julia  Tyler  (8)  Hine,  October  23, 
i860,  daughter  of  Sylvester  and  Sally  (6) 
(Churchill)  Hine,  born  in  Litchfield,  Connecti- 
cut, June  21,  1839.  (See  Churchill,  also  Hine). 

Children  of  Charles  H.  and  Julia  Tyler  (8) 
(Hine)  Young:  I.  Cassius  Orimel  (8)  Young, 
born  September  14,  1861,  married  Nettie  .'\u- 
gusta.  daughter  of  I'lcnnett  and  Eliza  (Kane) 
Terrell,  November  30,  1887,  at  Cheshire.  Con- 
necticut ;  children :  Maude  .Mine,  born  October 
8,  1888;  Charles  Bennett,  .\ugust  31,  1890: 
Harold  Burt,  May  2,  1893.  2.  Wilbur  Fenelon 
(8)  Voung,  born  November  18,  1863  (subject 
of  this  sketch — see  below).  3.  Jennie  Parmelia 
Young,  born  June  11,  i86(i,  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut: married,  April  17,  1895,  John  Ed- 
ward Blakeslee,  born  May  8,  1868,  son  of  John 
and  .Adaline  Clarinda  (8)  (Hine)  Blakeslee, 
born  in  Stratford,  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut; 
Jennie  Isabelle  Blakeslee,  born  September  22, 
1897.  4.  Ida  Bell  Young,  born  December  4, 
1867,  in  Guilford,  Connecticut;  unmarried.  5. 
Frank  Charles  Young,  born  March  14,  1870, 
Guilford.  6.  Fannie  Sarah  Young,  born  July 
15,  1872.  W^allingford  ;  married  Frank  Warner, 


son  of  Robert  R.  and  Martha  A.  (Johnson) 
Warner,  October  19,  1888.  Children:  Irene 
Cora,  born  November  18,  1899,  Wallingford, 
Connecticut ;  Frances  Elmira,  born  October  5, 
1901,  Holyoke,  Massachusetts;  Florence  Ethel, 
born  1905,  died  1906,  Holyoke,  Massachusetts; 
Milton  N'oung,  born  1906,  Holyoke,  Massachu- 
setts. 7.  Cora  Julia  Young,  born  June  26, 
1874.  Wallingford,  Connecticut;  married,  No- 
vember 17,  1900,  Samuel  (janner,  Jr.,  born  at 
.Staffordshire,  England,  .August  12,  1877,  son 
of  Samuel  and  Phoebe  (Reed)  (banner; 
moved  to  Thompsonville,  Connecticut,  then  to 
^'alesville ;  .Mbert  Reginald  Cianner,  born  Au- 
gust 9,  1902.  8.  Flora  May  Young,  born  Wall- 
ingford, February  15,  1876,  married  Richard 
Alaurice  Rouchas  Raymond,  son  of  Goidd  and 
Caroline  M.  (Perry)  Raymond,  born  January 
2T„  1873;  married.  May  16,  1895,  at  Walling- 
ford; children:  Gladys  May  Raymond,  born 
Afjril  23,  1897;  (iould  Paul  Raymond,  August 
20.  1903;  Eleanor  Flavia  Raymond,  October 
-'.^.  1005. 

Churchill, — William  (i)  Churchill,  progen- 
it(jr  of  the  Manhattan  branch  of  the  Churchill 
family  in  America,  married  Susannah  Brayser 
(or  Brasyer),  New  York;  marriage  license 
March  10,  1672  (reading  William  Churcher 
and  .Susannah  Brasyer),  He  was  appointed 
lieutenant  by  Lieutenant  Governor  Leisler, 
rf)8o.  The  lot  of  land  in  New  York  Citv  upon 
which  ^\Mlliam  Churchill  lived  was  granted 
May  13,  1688,  to  Samuel  Drissons,  by  Deputy 
("idvernor  Richard  Nichols,  and  deeded  by  his 
widow,  February  14,  1682,  to  William 
Churchill.  His  widow,  Susannah  Brasyer 
Churchill,  December  3,  1 714,  conveyed  this 
same  lot  to  William  Provoorst.  This  property 
is  said  to  have  been  located  on  what  is  now 
Wall  street.  New  York  City.  In  the  general 
index  to  land  records  of  New  York  is  a  descrip- 
tion of  a  survey  of  land  laid  out  to  William 
Churchill,  1676;  eighty  acres  on  northwest  side 
I  if  Staten  Island,  with  six  acres  of  salt  meadow 
fronting  said  lot,  and  four  acres  in  the  cove, 
north  of  Daniel  Perrin's  lot.  His  will,  Sep- 
tember 19,  1702,  gave  all  to  his  wife  Susannah. 
(  hiklren  l)orn  in  Manhattan  :  Anne,  Septem- 
ber, 1673;  Charles,  1675;  Richard,  Alarch, 
1676;  Robert,  married  .Sarah  (see  below); 
Edward,  born  1679. 

Robert  (2)  Churchill,  was  born  in  Manhattan 
(now  New  York  City),  settled  at  or  near  Fair- 
field, Connecticut.  His  will,  November  3,  1733, 
gives  all  his  property  to  his  children,  fifty 
shillings  to  Nehemiah ;  lands  to  Robert  and 
daughters  Elinor  and  Patience.  Married,  about 


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1693,  Sarah .     Children,  btirii  at  or  near 

I'airfield.  Connecticut:  Abigail,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1695;  Sarah,  February  17,  1695; 
Elinor,  October  20,  1695 ;  Nehemiah,  baptized 
March  2,  1698:  Edward,  born  about  1718,  mar- 
ried Ester  Hull,  near  W'alesbury,  New  Haven 
county.  Connecticut  1  see  below);  Robert; 
Patience. 

Edward  (3)  Churchill,  born  about  1718. 
Lived  in  Greenwich,  Connecticut.  Married, 
in  W'alesbnry,  New  Haven  coiuity,  1741,  Esther 
daughter  of  Abijah  Hull  (see  Hull).  Children 
born  in  Greenwich,  Connecticut :  James,  born 
December  25,  1742  ;  John,  June  2.  1744,  married 

( tirst )   Allen,   (second)    Sarah 

(see  below);  F.ster,  May  11.  1746;  Edward, 
September  4,  1748:  Sarah,  about  1750. 

[ohn  (4)  Churchill,  born  in  Greenwich. 
Connecticut,  June  2.  1744.  lived  in  Milford, 
Connecticut.      He   died    November    15,    181 5. 

Married  (first)  Allen,  (second)  Sarah 

-,    born    1748.      Children    by   first   wife. 


born  in  Milford,  Connecticut:  John,  August 
3,  1770;  Sarah.  March  30,  1772;  Timothy, 
June  23,  1776;  William  (4),  April  8.  1781, 
married  Keturah  (6)  Moss  (Alorse),  daugh- 
ter of  David  (5)  and  Eunice  Hall  Moss  (see 
below):  Elias,  February  15.  1783.  Second 
wife's  children:  Hull,  born  June  17,  1787: 
(larred  D.,  April  8.  1793. 

Moss. — John  (i)  Moss  was  with  the  earliest 
settlers  of  the  New  Haven  colony  in  Connec- 
ticut, and  signed  with  the  Planters  Associates 
April  4.  1639.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first 
general  court,  February  18,  1639,  corporal  1642, 
New  Haven  and  Wallingford.  July.  1648, 
June,  1649,  September,  1649,  August,  1664. 
He  was  chosen  corporal  June  6,  1642.  In  1664 
came  the  entry  on  the  town  "P)Ook :"  "Jobn 
Moss  being  bid  to  walk  the  rounds  on  the 
Lord's  Day,  came  to  the  meeting  house  and 
stayed  there  so  the  service  was  neglected.  He 
was  fined  10  shillings."  From  a  statement  that 
John  Moss  of  Pioston  was  one  of  the  debtors 
to  the  estate  of  James  Hayward,  in  New 
Haven  records,  we  might  infer  that  he  had 
some  connection  with  the  families  of  the  name 
Morse  (  Moss)  who  were  settling  in  that  vicin- 
ity. At  the  age  of  fifty-seven  years  he  was 
one  of  the  incorporators  of  that  part  of  New 
Haven  which  was  set  off  as  Wallingford. 
where  in  May,  1678,  he  was  chosen  commis- 
sioner to  marry  people.  He  was  elected  com- 
missioner from  Wallingford  eighteen  times, 
serving  as  deputy  also,  and  for  Meriden  as 
well.  The  only  mention  of  his  wife  was  the 
seating  of  the  meeting  house  in  New  Haven. 


when  Goody  Moss  was  assigned  a  seat.  (John 
Moss  claimed  John  Charles  as  his  brother-in- 
law).  John  Moss  died  in  Wallingford,  1707, 
and  is  said  to  have  been  one  hundred  years 
old.  This  accords  with  his  own  statement  of 
his  age  in  1670,  when  he  signed  as  one  of  the 
incorporators  of  Wallingford  as  being  sixty- 
seven  years  of  age,  which  makes  his  birth  to 
have  been  in  1603-4.  Children :  John,  bap- 
tized in  New-  Haven,  January  11,  1639;  Sam- 
uel, born  April  4,  1641 ;  Abigail,  April  10, 
1642;  Rev.  Joseph,  November  6,  1643;  Eph- 
riam,  November  6,  1645;  Mary  (2),  April  11, 
1647,  married  John  (2)  Peck,  November  3. 
1664:  Mercy,  baptized  April  i,  1649;  John, 
born  October  12.  1650  (married  December  12, 
\()~(k  Alartha  Lothrop,  see  below):  Eliza- 
beth, born  October  12.  1652;  Hester,  June  16, 
1654;  Isaac,  July  i,  1655. 

John  (2)  Moss  Jr..  son  of  John  Moss,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  October  12, 
1650.  He  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Wall- 
ingford, where  he  took  as  active  a  part  in  civic 
affairs  as  his  father  had.  He  married,  De- 
cember 12,  1676,  Martha  (5),  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Scudder)  Lothrop  (see 
Lowthroppe),  who  was  born  January,  1657, 
died  September  21,  17 19.  He  died  March  31, 
1717.  His  homestead  was  first  known  as  the 
(5ld  Moss  place,  now  as  the  Moses  Y.  Beach 
Place,  in  Wallingford.  June  18,  1717,  the 
estate  of  John  (2)  Moss,  of  Wallingford,  was 
administered  by  his  widow  Mrs.  Martha  Moss 
and  his  eldest  son  Samuel  Moss,  wdiile  Mercy 
and  Samuel  disjjosed  of  the  home  lot.  He 
owned  a  farm  on  Ten  Mile  Hill,  another  at 
Honey  Pot.  and  one  at  Busby  II ill.  in  all  over 
five  hundred  acres. 

Lowthroppe. — John  (i)  Lowthroppe,  of 
Cherry  Burton,  England,  a  parish  about  four 
miles  from  London,  was,  early  in  the  sixteenth 
centurv.  a  gentleman  of  (|uite  extensive  landed 
assets.  In  the  thirty-seventh  year  of  the  reign 
of  Henry  VIII.  he  appears  on  the  Yorkshire 
subsidy  roll  assessed  twice  as  much  as  any 
other  inhabitant  of  the  parish.   His  son  Robert, 

who  married   Ellen  ,  succeeded  to  his 

father's  estate  in  Cherry  Burton,  and  died  in 
1558.  His  will  mentions  Thomas.  Elizabeth 
and  Isabelle. 

Thomas  (2),  eldest  son  of  Robert  and  Ellen. 
Lowthroppe.  married  (first)  Elizabeth  (Wood) 
(."lark.  She  was  buried  in  Etton,  England,  July 
29.  1574.  He  married  (second)  Mary,  who  was 
buried  in  Etton,  January  6.  1588.  and  (third) 
Jane,  who  died  in  1606. 

Rev.  John   (3)    Lothroppe   (as  he  wrote  his 


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name),  fourth  child  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
Lowthroppe,  was  baptized  in  Etton,  England, 
December  20,  1584,  and  became  pioneer  and 
foimder  of  a  large  family  of  Lothrops  in 
America.  He  entered  Queen's  College  at  Cam- 
bridge in  ifioi,  graduated  A.  B.  1603,  and  A. 
M.  1609.  He  married  (first)  Hannah  Howse, 
of  Eastwell,  county  Kent,  England,  marriage 
license  issued  in  Canterbury,  England,  from 
L.  CullertonV  Heraldic  Office,  25  Cranborn 
street.  London,  October  10,  1610.  Was  curate 
in  Egerton,  Kent,  161 1,  and  in  1623  espoused 
the  cause  of  independence.  Next  year  he  suc- 
ceeded Rev.  Henry  Jacobs.  London,  and 
became  minister  of  the  first  Congregational 
Church  organized  in  England,  which  had  been 
formed  under  the  ministry  of  Mr.  Jacobs,  and 
later  prosecuted,  in  prison,  and  released  to 
leave  the  country.  He  came  to  America  in 
1634,  with  his  children  and  thirty-four  of  his 
church,  in  the  "Griffin"  to  Boston.  He  with 
followers  moved  from  place  to  place — Scitu- 
ate,  Barnstable,  etc.  Married  his  second  wife, 
Anne,  in  Scituate.  Made  freeman  1637.  Died 
at  Barnstable,  November  8,  1653. 

Samuel  (4)  Lothrop,  son  of  Rev.  John  and 
Hannah  (Howse)  Lothroppe,  born  at  Barn- 
stable, Massachusetts.  1622.  Member  of  Barn- 
stable company,  1643:  in  1654  was  a  member 
of  Major  Simon  Willard's  expedition  against 
Ninigret.  Died  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary 29,  1700.  He  married  Elizabeth  (widow 
of  Thomas  Scudder,  came  from  London  in 
ship  "James"  to  Charlestown,  1635),  sister  of 
John  Scudder,  of  Boston,  November  28.  1644. 
Their  daughter  Martha  (5)  Lothrop,  born 
January,  1657,  married  John  (2)  Moss,  De- 
cember 12,  1676.  He  died  September  21,  1791. 
(See  Moss;  also  "History  of  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut," by  F.  M.  Caulkins.  ]).  217). 

Children  of  John  (2)  and  Martha  (5)  (Lo- 
throp) Moss:  Mercy,  born  New  Haven.  Jan- 
uary 7.  1677:  Ester,  January  5,  1678-9;  Dea- 
con Samuel.  November  10.  1680;  John,  No- 
vember 16.  1682;  Martha,  December  24,  1684; 
Solomon  (3),  July  9,  1690,  married  (first) 
January  28,  1714,  Ruth  Peck,  who  died  March 
29,  1728,  and  (second),  .\ugust  i,  1728,  Sarah 
Fenn  (see  below)  ;  Isaac,  born  July  6,  1692-3; 
Mary,  July  25,  1694;  Israel,  December  31. 
1696;  Benjamin.  February  10,  1702. 

Solomon  (3)  Moss,  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Martha  (5)  (Lothrop)  Moss,  born  in  Wall- 
ingford.  July  9.  1690.  Married  (first).  Janu- 
ary 28,  1714,  Ruth  (3)  Peck,  daughter  of 
Joseph  (2)  and  Ruth  (2)  (Atkins)  Peck,  who 
died  March  29,  1728.     (See  Peck).     Married 


(second)  August  i,  1728,  Sarah  Fenn.  He 
died  October  10,   1752. 

Peck. — Deacon  Paul  (i)  Peck,  born  about 
1622,  immigrant  ancestor,  with  his  wife  Mar- 
tha was  at  Hartford  in  1639,  and  deacon  of 
First  Congregational  Church  many  years,  and 
surveyor  to  town.  He  died  December  23, 
1695.  Children :  Paul,  born  1639,  married 
Elizabeth  Baysey  ;  Martha,  1641.  married,  June 
8,  1665,  John  Cornwell ;  Elizabeth,  born  1643, 

married Howe,   Wallingford ;    John, 

born  December  22,  1645  ;  Samuel,  1647,  mar- 
ried  Elizabeth  ;  Joseph    (2),  baptized 

December  22,  1650,  married  Ruth  Atkins ; 
Sarah,  born  1653,  married  Thomas  Clark, 
Hartford  ;  Hannah,  born  1656,  married  May 
12,  1680,  John  Shepard,  Hartford  ;  Mary,  born 
1662,  married  John  Andrews,  Hartford; 
another  daughter,  married  Joseph  Benton ;  an- 
other daughter,  married Beach,  Wall- 
ingford. 

Joseph  (2)  Peck,  son  of  Deacon  Paul  and 
Martha  Peck,  baptized  December  22,  1650; 
was  a  proprietor  of  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
later  at  Windsor.  Alarried  Ruth  .\tkins.  He 
died  June  26,  1698.  Widow  Ruth  married 
(second)  John  Haskins,  Winsor.  Daughter 
Ruth  married  Solomon  (3)  Moss,  January  28, 
1714,  (see  Moss). 

Children  of  Solomon  (3)  Moss  by  first  wife, 
Ruth  Peck:  Daniel,  born  October  12,  1714; 
David  (4),  May  15.  1716,  married  Mindwell 
Doolittle,  October  7,  1737.  (see  below);  Abi- 
gail. March  7.  1718;  Solomon,  October  31, 
1719;  Ruth,  August  5,  1721  ;  Martha,  Septem- 
ber 10,  1723;  Abigail,  September  10,  1725.  By 
his  second  wife,  Sarah  Fenn;  Sarah,  born 
May  2,  1729;  Jonathan,  February  8,  1731  ; 
.Abigail ;  Sarah  (5),  November  28,  1734. 

David  (4)  Moss,  son  of  Solomon  (3)  and 
Ruth  (Peck)  Moss,  was  born  in  Wallingford, 
May  15,  1716.  Married,  October  7,  1737, 
Mindwell  (4),  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mehit- 
able  Doolittle.  who  was  born  June  15,  1715. 
David  (4)  Moss  died  May  16.  17^16.  (See 
Doolittle). 

Doolittle. — .\braham  (  i  )  Dowlittle.  born 
1619;  sergeant.  New  Haven,  1640;  removed  to 
Wallingford,  Connecticut,  1670,  as  one  of  first 
settlers ;  was  one  of  committee  to  organize 
church  there.  In  October.  1675.  his  house  was 
fortified  at  public  expense.  Died  August  11. 
1690,  age  seventy  years.  He  married  Joane 
Allen  (see  Allen). 

The  will  of  James  (i )  Allen,  of  Kempston. 
county  Bedford,  England,  dated  January  7, 
1656,  proved  January  20.  1657.  mentions  chil- 


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dren :  Roger,  living  in  New  England  and  at 
N'ew  Haven.  if)39:  my  daughter  Joane  (2), 
now  wife  of  Abram  Dowlittle,  living  now  also 
in  Xew  England;  William.  .Martha,  Mary 
(  Warren  )  ;  John. 

Children  of   Abraham    (I)    and   Joane    (2) 
Allen  Dowlittle:    Sarah,  born  at  New  Haven, 

married Ebenath ;  Abraham  (2),  born 

February  12,  1650,  married  Mary  Holt,  (sec- 
ond) Ruth  Eothrop,  (third)  Ellis  Throp.  he 
died  November  10,  1732;  Elizabeth,  bom  April 

12,  1652,  married Brocket;  Mary,  born 

February  22,  1654,  died  young;  John  (2), 
born  June  14,  1655,  married  Mary  (3)  Peck, 
February  13,  1682,  (see  Peck);  Abigail,  bap- 
tized May  22,  1659,  died  young. 

Abraham  (i)  Dowlittle  married  (second) 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Joseph  Moss,  and  she' 
died  November  5,  1710,  age  sixty-nine  years. 
Children:  Samuel,  born  July  7,  1665;  Joseph, 
born  February  12,  1666,  captain  in  \\'alling- 
ford,  1716,  deputy  1713-16;  Abigail,  born  Feb- 
ruarv  26,  1669,  unmarried,  1690;  Ebenezer. 
about    1672,   married    Sarah    Hall,    who   died 

1711,   (second)    Hannah  ;  Mary,  born 

December  29,  1675.  married  Hannah  Corn- 
well,  settled  in  Middletown.  Connecticut.  He 
died  1775  ;  Theopolis.  married  Thankfull  Hall, 
he  was  ancestor  of  Theopolis.  who  settled  in 
Burlington.  Vermont,  1808. 

John  (2).  son  of  Abraham  (i)  and  Joane 
(Allen)  Dowlittle,  born  June  14,  1655,  \Vall- 
ingford,  Connecticut;  married,  February  13, 
1682,  Mary  (3),  daughter  of  John  (2)  and 
Mary  (2)  (Moss)  Peck,  of  New  Haven  (see 
Peck).  He  married  (second)  Grace  Blakesley, 
probably  widow  of  John,  of  New  Haven. 

Peck. — Deacon  William  (i)  Peck,  immi- 
grant ancestor,  born  at  London,  England, 
1601.  With  wife  Elizabeth  came  to  America 
in  ship  "Hector,"  to  fJoston,  January  26,  1637, 
in  New  Haven,  1638.  Was  buried  on  New 
Haven  Green.  Stone  now  in  Grove  street 
cemetery;  "Here  lyes  Deacon  William  Peck, 
aged  93^  deceased,  October  ye  14th,  1694."  His 
son  Jeremiah,  born  1623,  in  England,  settled 
at  Guilford.  Joseph,  settled  at  Lyme;  John 
(2),  born  1638,  at  New  Haven,  married  Mary 
(2),  daughter  of  John  (i)  Moss,  which  see. 

Lieutenant  John  (2)  Peck,  born  1638.  mar- 
ried Mary  (2),  daughter  of  John  (i)  Moss, 
Wallingford,  Connecticut,  and  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  and  signers  of  the  planta- 
tion covenant.  He  died  1724,  and  his  widow 
Mary  died  1725.  Children:  Mary  (3),  born 
March  4,  1666,  married  John  Doolittle  (q.  v.)  ; 
Elizabeth.  1668.  died  young ;  John,  March  16. 


1670;  John,  August  16,  1671:  Elizabeth,  De- 
cember 29,  1673;  Lydia,  Alay  i,  1677;  Ruth, 
July  20,  1679:  Abigail,  March  16,  1682;  Ann, 
.Xovember  3.  1684,  died  soon;  Ann,  born 
March.  i68().  Last  si.x  born  in  Wallingford, 
Connecticut. 

Children  of  John  (2)  and  Mary  (Peck) 
Doolittle  :  Esther,  January  24,  1683  ;  Samuel 
(3),  February  4,  1685,  married  Mehitable. 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Goodrich)  Bailey 
(see  below);  Sarah,  February  16,  1686;  Sus- 
annah. April  5.  1688,  died  young:  Benjamin, 
lulv  10.  1693;  Susannah,  February  4,  1706; 
Eunice.  May  30.  1707  ;  John,  February  6, 1712. 

Samuel  (3)  Doolittle,  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Alary  (  Peck)  Doolittle,  born  February  4, 1685, 
married  Mehitable  (2)  Bailey,  who  settled  in 
Xorthfield.  Massachusetts,  where  he  died,  1736. 
(  See  P)ailey  and  Goodrich). 

Richard  Goodrich  (or  Guetridgel.  immi- 
grant ancestor,  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
Guilford  covenant  before  the  immigrants 
lan<led.  Came  in  ship  "St.  John."  commanded 
bv  Captain  Russell,  from  England,  May  20, 
1639,  arrived  at  New  Haven,  July,  1639.  Died 
May  7,  1676.  His  daughter  Mary  (2)  Good- 
rich married  John  Bailey,  East  Guilford,  Au- 
gust 16,  1676. 

John  ( I )  Bailey  was  made  planter  at  Guil- 
ford. December  11,  1672,  died  May  16.  1689. 
Daughter  Mehitable  (2)  Bailey,  born  August 
2  7,.  1685,  married  Samuel  (3)  Doolittle  (q.  v.). 

Children  of  Samuel  (3)  and  Mehitable  (2) 
(Bailey)  Doolittle:  Mary,  June  16,  1712; 
Ephraim;  Moses;  Mindwell  (4),  born  June 
15,  1715,  married  David  (4)  Moss  (q.  v.). 

Children  of  David  (4)  and  Mindwell  (Doo- 
little) Moss:  Chloe.  December  3.  1739;  Simeon, 
December  16,  1740;  David,  September  30, 
1742;  Amos,  September  30,  1744-5;  Colonel 
David  (5),  born  December  27,  1746,  married 
September  17,  1767,  Eunice,  daughter  of  Eph- 
riam  and  Eunice  Hall,  (see  below)  ;  Solomon^ 
February  18,  1749;  Chauncey.  March  14, 
175 1  ;  Abel,  December  13,  1753 ;  Naomi,  Octo- 
ber I,  1756;  Joseph,  August  6,  1737;  Jesse. 

Colonel  David  Moss  (3),  son  of  David  (4) 
and  Mindwell  (Doolittle)  Moss,  was  born  at 
Wallingford,  Connecticut,  December  27.  1746. 
He  married.  September  17,  1767,  Eunice  (5) 
Hall,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Eunice  Hall. 
(see  Hall).  Moved  to  Northfield.  Connecticut. 
Children:  Ephriam  Hall  Moss,  born  Septem- 
ber 23.  1778:  Miles  Moss,  May  7, 1782;  Caleb, 
September  4,  1783;  Keturah  (6)  Moss,  born 
February  20,  1783,  married  William  Churchill 
(3)  ;  died  November  2,  1868  (see  Churchill)  : 


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daughter,  born  August  7,  1786;  Eunice,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1791. 

Hall. — Sergeant  Thomas  Hall  (2),  son  of 
John  Hall  (i),  born  March  25,  1649,  married 
Grace  (2)  \\'atson,  in  \ValIingford,  June  5, 
1673,  the  first  marriage  in  Wallingford,  Con- 
necticut. She  was  born  1653,  daughter  of 
Edward  and  Grace  (\\''alker)  Watson. 

Edward  ( i )  Watson  took  oath  of  fidelity  at 
Xew  Haven,  1644,  and  married  Mrs.  (Irace 
(Walker),  widow  of  John  Walker,  at  New 
Haven,  July   i,    1652. 

In  1698  Thomas  (2)  Hall  was  donated  fifty 
acres  of  land  in  consideration  of  his  father's 
services  in  the  Pequot  war.  1637.  Thomas 
Hall  died  September  11,  1711.  Children:  Abi- 
gail, January  7,  1O74,  married  John  Tyler; 
Thomas,  July  17,  1676,  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  John  Atwater ;  Mary.  November 
22,  1677;  Jonathan,  July  25,  1678,  married 
Dina  Andrews;  Joseph  (3),  July  8,  1681,  mar- 
ried November  13,  1706,  Bathia  Terrell,  (their 
son  Ephraim  Hall  (4),  married,  1733,  Eunice 
Hall,  their  daughter,  Eunice  (5)  Hall,  married 
Colonel  David  Moss  (5),  which  see)  ;  Esther, 
February  23,  1682,  married  Benoni  Atkins; 
Benjamin,  April  19.  1684,  married  Mary  Ives; 
Peter,  December  28,  1686,  married  Rebecca 
Bartholomew;  Daniel,  January  23,  1689;  Re- 
becca, January  6,  1691,  married  Daniel  Holt, 
who  was  born  October  6,  1689. 

William  (5)  Churchill  was  born  in  Milfonl, 
Connecticut,  April  8,  1781,  settled  at  North- 
field  on  a  farm.  Built  a  house  there,  in  which 
he  lived  and  died.  Died  by  accident.  Sejitem- 
ber  10,  1828,  forty-seven  years  old.  Married, 
at  Northfield,  December  24,  1800.  Keturah 
Moss,  born  February  20,  1785,  died  November 
2,  1868,  eighty-three  years  old.  She  was 
daughter  of  Colonel  David  (5)  and  Eunice 
Hall,  daughter  of  Ephraim  (4)  and  Eunice 
Hall.  Ephraim  (4),  born  Wallingford,  Con- 
necticut, April  25,  1723,  son  of  Joseph  (3) 
Hall.  Children  born  in  Northfield,  Litchfield, 
Connecticut.  Children  of  William  Churchill ; 
Salh-  (6),  born  April  26.  1802,  married  S\l- 
vester  (7)  Hine,  son  of  Andrew  (6)  Hine,  of 
Milford,  Connecticut,  December  31,  1824,  she 
died  February  27,.  1878,  seventy-five  years  old, 
(see  Hine)  ;  David  Alorse  (6),  born  Septem- 
ber 26,  1804;  .\lmira,  December  3,  1806;  Eu- 
nice, December  27,  1808:  Keturah  Julia,  Au- 
gust 18,  181 1  ;  Emily,  April  22,  1814;  Lucy. 
September  7,  1816;  Samuel  Buel,  August  3. 
1818;  Maria  Buel,  January  5.  1821 ;  .Ashbel 
Wessels,  January  28,  1823;  Chole  Elizabeth, 
September  21,  1827. 


Hine. — Thomas  Hine  (i),  immigrant  ances- 
tor, had  a  home  lot  in  Milford,  Connecticut, 
January  28,  1646.  He  was  first  of  the  name  in 
America.  The  name  is  also  spelled  Hind  and 
ilinde.  He  died  in  Milford,  about  1696.  The 
fallowing  tradition  appears  in  the  following 
writings  in  regard  to  him :  In  Trumbull's 
"History  of  Connecticut;"  Lambert's  "His- 
tory of  New  Haven  Colony;"  "Baldwin 
Genealogy,"  "Tuttle  Genealogy;"  Orcutt's 
"History  of  New  Milford,"  Hollister's  "His- 
tory of  Connecticut :" 

"Some  years  after  Alilford  was  settled  by 
the  English  a  company  of  Mohawks  came 
within  the  borders  of  the  town  and  secreted 
themselves  in  a  swamp,  where  they  awaited  an 
opportunity  of  making  an  attack  upon  the  Mil- 
ford Indians  (the  Pequots).  Some  English- 
men who  saw  the  Mohawks  were  friendly 
enough  to  inform  their  swarthy  neighbors  of 
their  danger.  They  immediately  rallied  in 
great  numbers,  raised  the  warwhoop  and  rush- 
ing suddenly  upon  the  Mohawks,  gained  a 
ci)m])lete  victory.  Among  the  prisoners  was  a 
stout  Mohawk  warrior  whom  the  captors 
decided  to  kill  by  famine  and  torture.  They 
stripjied  him  naked,  and  having  tied  him  to 
a  stake,  left  him  in  the  tall  grass  of  the  salt 
meadows  to  be  eaten  up  by  the  mosquitoes. 
.\n  Englishman  named  Hine,  who  found  the 
[joor  wretch  in  this  deplorable  condition, 
shocked  at  this  barbarous  mode  of  torture,  cut 
the  thongs  from  his  limbs  and  set  him  at  lib- 
erty. He  then  invited  him  to  his  house,  gave 
him  food,  and  helped  him  to  escape.  This 
kind  act  was  never  forgotten  by  the  Mohawks. 
They  treated  the  English  of  Milford  ever  after 
with  marked  civility,  and  did  many  kind  and 
friendly  acts  that  testified  their  gratitude 
towards  their  deliverer  and  his  family." 

He    married    Elizabeth    .     Children : 

Thiimas,  born  (  )ctober  31,  1653;  Jf^li"-  March 
17,  1636;  Son,  December  3,  1657;  Samuel  (2), 
January  2h.  I ^^(j-fio,  mentioned  below  ;  George, 
June  22.  i()C)2.  died  young;  Stephen.  October 
23,  1663;  Alice.  October  5,  i6fi6,  died  young; 
.Mice.  December  16,  1667;  \\'illiam,  bajitized 
September  24.  1670;  Elizabeth,  baptizefl  No- 
vember 21,  1669;  George,  born  June  29,  1673. 

Samuel  Hine  (2),  son  of  Thomas  Hine  (i), 
was  born  at  Milford,  January  26,  1639-60,  and 
lived  there.  He  married  Abigail .  Chil- 
dren :  James,  born  October  16,  1696;  Samuel 
(3),  mentioned  below;  Abigail;  Rebecca; 
William  George,  born  March  17,  1703-4;  Dan- 
iel, December  31,  1707;  .'\nn,  February  19. 
17TO-11.     The  first  six  children  were  baptized 


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January  9,  1703-4,  at  time  the  mother  joined 
the  Mil  ford  church. 

Sanuiel  I  line  (Ti),  son  of  Samuel  (2  j,  Thomas 
(I J,  baptized  at  Alilford,  January  9,  1703-4; 
married  Fdizabeth  Tibbals,  who  joined  the 
church  May  27,  1714  (.Milfordj.  Chddren : 
Josiah,  Elizabeth,  Samuel  (4),  mentioned 
below;  George,  baptized  June  3,  1722. 

Samuel  Hine  (4),  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Hine, 
was  born  at  Mil  ford.  He  married.  August  9, 
1739,  Rebecca  Oviatt,  who  died  F"ebruary  4, 
1748.  in  her  twenty-seventh  year,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Rebecca  (  I'ritchard)  Oviatt.  Chil- 
dren: Rebecca,  Elizabeth.  February  14,  1741-2; 
Samuel  (5J,  November  9,  1743,  mentioned 
below;  Titus,  February  9,  1744;  Edward  (or 
Ebenezerj  September  21,  1746. 

Samuel  Hine  (5),  son  of  Samuel  (4)  Hine. 
was  born  in  Alilford,  November  9,  1743,  and 
lived  in  Mil  ford.  Administration  was  granted 
on  his  estate  June  21,  1805.  He  married  Mary 
Harlequin  (Second  Society  of  Mil  ford  church 
reci)r(l  gives  b'ebruarv  3.   1791),  who  marries 

(second) Smith.      October    15,    1797, 

reads:  Baptized  Samuel  Hine,  Jr.;  the  cove- 
nant was  then  pronounced  to  Samuel  Hine  and 
his  wife;  baptized  Polly  Harlequin,  Betsey  and 
Samuel,  the  children  of  Samuel  Hine.  Chil- 
dren: Jonas,  baptized  May  21,  1798;  James, 
May  21,  1798  ;  Samuel,  born  at  Derby,  removed 
to  Georgia :  David,  born  at  Derby,  removed 
to  New  Haven  ;  Andrew  (6j,  mentioned  below. 

Andrew  Hine  (6),  son  of  Samuel  Hine  (5). 
was  born  and  died  at  Milford,  Connecticut.  He 
married  there,  December  24,  1796,  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Prince,  of  Milford.  Chil- 
dren :  Andrew ;  Abner.  born  1809,  married 
Rebecca  Hine;  Charles,  born  December,  181 1, 
married  Mary  .\nn  Prince,  died  July  13,  1877; 
Joab.  married  Mary  Ann  Munson ;  Job,  born 
November,  1814;  Joseph,  married  Salina  Strat- 
ton;    David,    born    1819;    Aseph,    unmarried; 

Isaac,  married  (first)  ,  (second)   Alary 

Ann  Oviatt ;  Alaria,  married  David  Churchill ; 
ISetsey,  married  (first)  Jackson,  (sec- 
ond)    Schofield,   (third) Som- 

ers;  Sylvester  {7).  born  .April  18,  1804,  mar- 
ried Sally  (6)  Clnu-chill,  December  31.  1824 
(see  Churchill). 

Sylvester  Hine  (7),  son  of  Andrew  Hine 
(6)'  was  born  at  Alilford.  April  18,  1804,  and 
died  in  Litchfield,  1845.  He  married  Sally  (6) 
Churchill.  December  31,  1824.  born  April  26, 
1802,  at  Northfield,  died  February  23,  1787 
(see   Churchill).      Children:      .Albert  J.,  born 

May   12.   1832.  married  Jane July  24. 

i8r)'2;  Eliada  O.,  born  February  IQ,  1834.  died 


November  11.  1849;  Polly  Sarah,  born  August 
26,  1836,  married  David  A.  Lounsbury,  both 
deceased;  Julia  Tyler  (8),  born  June  21,  1839, 
married  Cliarles  Henry  Young  (see  ■Young)  ; 
Catherine  Emily,  born  July  13,  1841.  married 
James  Lake,  Hawleyville,  Connecticut,  Janu- 
ary 17,  1861,  he  was  born  November  12,  1841, 
died  Alay  15,  1891,  (second)  married  Depew 
Stratford;  Adaline  Clarinda,  born  June  15, 
1844,  married  December  10,  1862,  John  Blakes- 
lee,  Stratford,  Connecticut,  died  November  16, 
1902;  Samuel  David,  born  October  15,  1846, 
died  Alarch  27,  1902,  married  (first)  EHza 
Churchill,  (second)   Eloweise  White. 

Wilbur  Fenelon  (  8 )  Young,  son  of  Charles  and 
Julia  Tyler  (8)  (Hine)  Young,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  whose  genealogy  traces  back  to  sixty- 
eight  immigrant  ancestors  that  were  in  New 
England  before  1670,  was  born  at  Wallingford, 
Connecticut,  November  18,  1863.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  A'alesville,  Connecticut, 
and  worked  for  his  father  during  his  boyhood. 
At  the  age  of  twenty  he  left  home  and  became 
a  salesman  for  the  Loomis  Temple  of  AIusic  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  and  a  year  later  be- 
came manager  for  the  concern  at  Aleriden, 
Connecticut.  He  was  with  this  company  for 
seven  years,  and  salesman  for  Wilcox  &  White, 
organ  manufacturers.  He  introduced  to  the 
trade  the  automatic  player  now  universally 
known  as  the  Self- Playing  Symphony  and 
.Angelus  I'layer.  He  was  always  fond  of 
h(jrses,  and  a  student  of  medical,  pharma- 
ceutical and  pathalogical  subjects  associated 
with  experimental  work,  and  interested  in 
veterinarian  subjects.  He  discovered  an 
efficacious  remedy  for  reducing  swellings  on 
horses,  formerly  treated  by  blistering.  This 
s]iecific  is  known  as  "Absorbine/'  and  Air. 
Young  has  developed  a  flourishing  business  in 
the  niainifacture  and  sale  of  this  article.  His 
factory  is  at  Springfield,  Alassachusetts,  where 
he  resides.  His  place  of  business  is  at  273 
State  and  75  Temple  streets.  He  purchased 
the  Elisha  Morgan  estate,  January  4.  1909,  and 
immediately  afterward  built  a  laboratory  and 
ofticc  building  upon  the  site.  The  "Absorbine" 
is  manufactured  in  this  building.  .An  admir- 
ably equippeil  plant  has  been  installed  and 
ample  facilities  provided  for  the  rapidly  grow- 
ing business.  He  also  manufactures  this  pro- 
duct in  Alontreal,  Canada,  for  the  Canadian 
trade.  He  has  agencies  in  London,  Vienna. 
ISerlin.  Rotterdam  and  AIoscow.  In  1901  he 
began  the  manufacture  of  "Absorbine"  for  the 
animal  kingdom,  and  in  IC)03  he  began  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  ".Absorbine  Jr."   for 


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mankind,  which  has  proven  of  more  benefit 
than  he  ever  dreamed  of.  In  1909  Mr.  Young 
ha.?  valuable  real  estate  holdings,  and  is  among 
the  fifteen  largest  tax  payers  in  Springfield. 
Massachusetts.  Mr.  Young  is  a  member  of 
the  \\'esleyan  Methodist  Church,  and  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  Hampden 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Morning 
Star  Chapter.  Royal  .Arch  Masons ;  Springfield 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  Springfield 
Comniandery,  Knights  Templar ;  Melha  Tem- 
ple, Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine;  Evening  Star 
Lodge  of  Perfection;  Massasoit  Council, 
Princes  of  Jerusalem;  Springfield  Chapter, 
Rose  Croix,  18°:  Boston  Consistory,  32°;  the 
\'oung  Men's  Christian  Association ;  Spring- 
field Hoard  of  Trade,  and  the  Economic  Club. 

yir.  Young  married  (first)  at  Meriden,  Con- 
necticut, June  24,  1887,  Sadie  Wilcox  Peck, 
who  died  November  22,  1891.  He  married 
(second)  November  16,  1892,  at  Bristol,  Con- 
necticut, Mary  Ida  Stephenson,  born  June  29, 
1865.  at  Washington,  D.  C,  daughter  of 
Thomas  B.  and  .Amelia  P'rancis  (Stone)  Ste- 
phenson. 

Stejjhenson. — Thomas  P>.  Stephenson  was 
born  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  Y'ork,  November 
9,  1843,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Yeomans) 
Stephenson,  who  immigrated  to  this  country 
from  Darlington,  England.  Thomas  B.  mar- 
ried Amelia  Francis  Stone,  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  February  10,  1864.  She  was  daughter 
of  Francis  and  Harriet  (Davis)  Stone,  born  in 
Washington,  September  27,  1849,  ^  descendant 
of  the  old  Aiaryland  Stone  family.  Children: 
Mary  Ida,  born  Washington,  June  29,  1865, 
married  Wilbur  Fenelon  Young;  Arthur  F.. 
born  Bristol,  Connecticut,  December  8,  1867, 
married  Mary  Olive  Rice,  October  16,  1901 ; 
Thomas  B.,  Jr.,  born  Bristol,  Connecticut,  Oc- 
tober 8,  1869,  married  Lelia  Hubbel ;  George 
L.,  born  Bristol,  Connecticut,  March  8,  1871, 
married  Mary  Gleason  Pease,  March  18,  1896; 
John  Garnett,  born  Bristol,  Connecticut.  Oc- 
tober 18,  1879. 

Children  of  Wilbur  Fenelon  (8)  and  Mary 
Ida  (Stephenson)  Young:  Sadie  Stephenson, 
born  at  Meriden,  Connecticut,  October  26, 
1893 ;  Wilbur  Fenelon,  Jr.,  born  at  Springfield. 
Massachusetts.  February  13.  1898. 


The  New  England  New- 
NEWCOMB     combs  are  descended    from 

the  older  English  family  of 
the  same  name  which  for  many  generations 
previous  to  the  immigration  to  America  in  the 
first   half   of   the    seventeenth    century    were 


seated    in    Devonshire   and   other   localities    in 
the  west  of  England. 

(I)  Captain  Andrew  Newcomb,  immigrant 
ancestor  of  the  family  here  intended  to  be 
treated,  is  believed  to  have  been  of  the  Devon- 
.shire  branch  of  the  English  family  of  New- 
combs,  and  while  there  is  abundant  ground  for 
the  belief  that  he  came  to  this  country  before 
1650  the  first  reliable  account  of  him  is  the 
mention  of  his  marriage  in  Boston  in  1663. 
Pie  was  a  mariner  and  master  of  a  vessel  in 
the  sea  service,  hence  his  title  of  captain.  So 
near  as  can  be  determined  he  was  born  about 
1618.  in  England,  and  died  in  1685  or  1686. 
He  married  twice,  but  the  name  of  his  first 
wife  and  the  date  of  their  marriage  are  un- 
known, although  it  must  have  been  previous 
to  1640,  about  which  time  he  had  a  son  born. 
He  married  (second)  in  Boston,  in  1663,  Grace 
Ricks  (or  Rix,  as  sometimes  written),  widow 
of  William  Ricks.  He  had  at  least  two  chil- 
dren by  his  first  wife  and  one  child  by  his 
second  wife:  i.  Lieutenant  Andrew,  born 
about  1640.  2.  Susannah,  born  before  1650; 
married  I'hilip  Blake,  of  Boston.  3.  Grace, 
born  October  20,  1664;  married  (first)  James 
Butler,   (second)   Andrew  Rankin. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Andrew  (2),  son  of  Cap- 
tain Andrew  (i)  Newcomb,  was  born  about 
the  year  1640,  and  first  appears  at  a  meeting 
of  merchants  at  the  Isle  of  Shoals,  near  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  in  1666,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  fixing  a  price  at  which  fish  were  to  be 
sold.  In  1669  he  bought  of  Daniel  Moore, 
blacksmith,  of  Portsmouth,  for  fifty-eight 
pounds,  a  dwelling  house  at  Kittery,  Maine, 
where  he  lived  for  a  time  and  where  he  was 
a  man  of  considerable  importance.  In  167 1 
he  was  constable  and  it  is  evident  that  he  ex- 
ercised authority  in  accordance  with  the  im- 
portance and  dignity  of  his  office.  In  1673  he 
was  brought  to  court  on  the  complaint  of 
Francis  Small  on  the  charge  of  "withholding 
the  Hull  of  a  ffishing  shallop  of  sd  Smalls  re- 
ceived of  Thomas  Trickie  by  virtue  of  sd 
Small's  order."  About  1675  Lieutenant  New- 
comb removed  from  the  Isle  of  Shoals  and  set- 
tled at  Edgartown.  Martha's  Vineyard,  where 
he  continued  to  live  until  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  before  October  22,  1708.  He 
was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Edgartown  and 
one  of  the  most  important  men  there,  serving 
as  juror,  foreman  of  the  jury,  grand  juror, 
constable  in  1681,  commissioner  to  make  the 
rate,  townsman  in  1693.  overseer  in  1693-94. 
lieutenant  in  1691  and  afterward,  and  in  1691 
was   chosen   to  command  at  the   fortification 


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erected  in  the  town  as  protection  against  In- 
dians. He  was  a  merchant  and  became  pos- 
sessed of  considerable  property.     He  married 

(first)    about    1661.   Sarah  ,  who  died 

about  1674;  married  (second)  in  1676,  in  Ed- 
gartown,  Anna,  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas 
and  .\nna  (Baker)  Bayes.  She  was  born 
about  1658  and  died  in  September,  1731. 
Lieutenant  Andrew  Xewcomb  had  in  all  fif- 
teen children,  seven  by  his  first  and  eight  by 
his  second  marriage:  i.  Simeon,  born  about 
1662.  2.  Andrew,  about  1664,  died  1687.  3. 
Simon,  1666.  4.  Thomas,  about  1668.  5. 
Sarah,  about  1670:  married  Joshua  Conant. 
6.  I\Iary,  or  ^Mercy,  about  1672 ;  married  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Lumbert  (Lambert).  7.  Peter. 
about  1674 :  married  Alary  Smith.  8.  .\nna. 
1677;  married  Lieutenant  Alatthew  jNIayhew. 
Q.  Elizabeth,  about  1681  :  married  Captain 
John  Atkins.  10.  Joseph,  1683:  married  Joyce 
Butler.  II.  Emblem,  about  1685;  married 
Samuel  Atkins.  12.  Tabitha,  about  1688; 
married  Peter  Ray.  13.  Hannah,  about  1694; 
married  Thomas  Dumary.  14.  Zerviah,  1698- 
99;  married  Josiah  P.earse.  15.  Mary,  about 
1700:  married  Jonathan  Pease. 

(HI)  Simon,  son  of  Lieutenant  Andrew 
(2)  and  Sarah  Newcomb,  was  born  about 
1666,  probably  at  Kitter\-,  Maine,  and  went 
with  his  father  to  Martha's  Vineyard,  lived 
there  until  the  latter  part  of  1713  and  then  re- 
moved to  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  and  became 
founder  of  a  prominent  branch  of  the  New- 
comb  family  in  that  colony  and  subsequent 
state.  He  died  in  Lebanon,  January  20,  1744- 
45.  He  became  possessed  of  a  considerable 
estate  in  lands  and  other  property,  and  gave 
farms  to  each  of  his  sons,  except  Simon.  He 
appears  to  have  been  something  of  a  public 
man  and  discharged  the  duties  of  various  town 
offices;  was  field  driver,  1710;  surveyor  of 
highways,  1714:  grand  juror,  1718;  fence 
viewer,  1741.  He  also  was  a  member  of  sev- 
eral committees  and  was  given  full  power  "and 
order  for  ye  ordering  of  ye  sheep  &  cattle," 
in  1693 ;  was  chosen  to  settle  the  bounds  of 
lands  in  1704:  found  a  record  of  the  town's 
bounds,  1705-06,  and  in  1714  was  one  of  a 
"comitv"  of  three  persons  for  building  the 
meeting  house  in  the  town  of  Hebron.  Both 
he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  churches 
in  Edgartown  and  Lebanon.  He  married, 
about  1687,  Deborah ,  who  died  in  Leb- 
anon in  1756,  aged  ninety-two  years.  They 
lived  together  fifty-eight  years,  had  twelve 
children  baptized,  and  of  these  we  have  a  defi- 
nite record  of  nine.as  follows:  i.  John,  born 


about  1688-89  •  married  .\lice  Lambert.  2. 
Thomas,  1691-92;  married  (first)  Eunice 
Manning;  (second)  Judith  Woodworth.  3. 
Hezekiah,  1693-94.  4.  Obadiah,  1695;  mar- 
ried   (first)   Abigail  ■ — ;    (second)     Mrs. 

Mary  Post.  5.  Deborah,  1696-97;  married 
Captain  Timothy  Hatch.  6.  Sarah,  about 
1698;  married  Ebenezer  Nye.  7.  Benjamin, 
about  1700;  married  Hannah  Clark.  8.  Eliza- 
beth, 1701-02;  married  Ebenezer  Wright.  9. 
Simon,  about  1705;  married  (first)  Jerusha 
Lathrop;  (second)  Jane  Worth. 

(I\')  Hezekiah,  son  of  Simon  and  Deborah 
Newcomb,  was  born  in  Edgartown,  Martha's 
\'ineyard,  about  1693-94,  and  was  about  ten 
years  old  when  his  father  moved  to  Lebanon, 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  carpenter  and  joiner 
by  [jrincipal  occupation,  owner  of  consider- 
able property  and  it  is  said  that  he  was  a  dea- 
con of  the  church.  This,  however,  is  not  defi- 
nitely known,  although  he  was  a  very  devout 
man  and  is  said  never  to  have  spoken  a  harsh 
word.  In  addition  to  working  at  his  trade  he 
engaged  quite  extensively  in  farming  pur- 
suits, and  he  also  was  one  of  the  proprietors 
of  Falltown  (now  Bernardstown)  although 
it  is  not  understood  that  he  ever  lived  there. 
He  married  (first)  November  14,  1716,  Je- 
rusha Bradford,  who  died  November  4,  1739. 

He  married  (second)  in  1741,  Hannah . 

Jerusha  Bradford  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Anne  (Smith)  Bradford,  granddaughter 
of  Major  William  and  Alice  (Richards)  Brad- 
ford, and  great-granddaughter  of  William 
Bradford,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower"  in 
1620,  and  w'ho  for  many  years  was  governor 
of  the  Plymouth  colony.  All  descendants  of 
Hezekiah  Newcomb  are  also  descendants  of 
Governor  William  Bradford.  Anne  Smith, 
who  married  Thomas  Bradford,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Nehemiah  Smith,  whose  wife  Anne  was 
a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Bourn, 
early  settlers  of  Marshfield.  Massachusetts. 
.Mice  Richards,  who  married  Major  W'illiam 
Bradford,  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Welthian  Richards,  immigrants.  William 
Bradford  issued  the  first  proclamation  for 
Thanksgiving,  and  in  that  year  he  issued 
three.  Major  Bradford's  mother.  Widow 
.-Mice  (Carpenter)  Southworth,  was  the  sec- 
ond wife  of  Governor  Bradford.  Jerusha  Brad- 
ford, wife  of  Hezekiah  Newcomb,  was  born  in 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  and  baptized  there  May 
28,  1693.  Immediately  after  his  marriage  Mr. 
Newcomb  settled  in  Lebanon  and  died  there. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  church  in  1719,  and 
his  wife  became  a  member  in  1720.     They  had 


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ten  children:  i.  Silas,  born  September  2,  1717; 
married  Submit  Pineo.  2.  Peter,  November 
28,  1718:  married  Hannah  EngHsh.     3.  Anna, 

March   4.    1720:   married    Smith.     4. 

Hezekiah,  December  27,  1722,  died  young.  5. 
Thomas,  September  3,  1724.  (\  Jerusha, 
March  24.  1726;  married  Ezra  Cleveland.  7. 
Elizabeth.  December  19,  1727 ;  married,  April 
21,  1747,  John  Barstow.  8.  Samuel,  Septem- 
ber 22.  1729,  died  September  9,  1748.  9.  Je- 
mima, December  14,  1730;  married  (first) 
—  Lamb,  (second)  June  12,  1755,  Jo- 
seph Kinne.  10.  James,  February  7,  1732-33: 
married  Mrs.  Submit  (Downer)  Davis. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  Hezekiah  and  Jerusha 
(Bradford)  Newcomb,  was  born  in  Lebanon. 
Connecticut,  September  3,  1724,  died  there 
August  2^),  1753.  He  was  a  farmer.  In  De- 
cember. 1748.  he  and  his  brother  .Silas  bought 
of  their  uncle.  Captain  ( )badiah  Xewcomb,  for 
four  hundred  and  twenty  jxjunds,  a  tract  of 
seventy-one  acres  in  the  village  of  Lebanon. 
He  married,  March  26,  175 1,  Ann  Hibbard,  of 
Windham,  Connecticut.  She  survived  him 
and  afterward  married  Francis  Fenton,  of 
W'illington,  Connecticut.  Thomas  and  Ann 
(Hibbard)  Xewcomb  had  one  child,  Joseph, 
wjio  inherited  all  of  his  father's  property. 

(\  1)  Joseph,  only  son  and  child  of  Thomas 
and  Ann  (Hibbard)  Xewcomb,  was  born  in 
Lebanon,  Connecticut,  .\ugust  21,  1752,  died 
in  W'illington,  February  24,  1812.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  settled  in  Willington  soon  after 
his  marriage.  He  married,  August  19,  1779, 
Rhoda  Scripture,  born  Willington,  April  1757, 
died  June  24,  1828.  They  had  eleven  chil- 
dren: I.  Hannah,  born  April  19,  1780;  mar- 
ried Alfred  P.all  anfl  removed  to  Sharon,  Ycr- 
mont,  an<l  died  there,  1814-15.  2.  .^bner,  Jan- 
uary 23,  1782;  married  Lois  Knapp.  3.  Cor- 
dial, October  24.  1783;  married  Mary  Dem- 
ing.  4.  Royal,  .September  I,  1785;  married 
(  first)  Rachel  Dimmock,  (second)  RIary  May- 
nard.  3.  Lurinda,  .\ugust  17,  1786-87,  died 
about  1852;  married  Daniel  Parker.  6.  Juli- 
ana (twin).  August  6,  1788.  died  about  1830: 
married  Thomas  T.  ■  Walbridge.  7.  Jabez 
(twin),  .\ugust  6,  1788.  8.  Grace,  1790:  mar- 
ried Moses  Bacon.  9.  Leonard.  June  30, 
1793.  died  in  the  service  during  the  war  of 
1S12-15.  10.  Walter,  .September  11,  1795: 
married,  Xovember  29,  1827,  Caroline  Waldo, 
II.  Hope.  January  29,  1798;  married,  Decem- 
ber 23,  1822,  Philena  Turner. 

(\TI)  Jabez,  son  of  Joseph  and  Rhoda 
(Scripture)  Xewcomb,  was  born  in  Willing- 
ton, Connecticut,  .\ugust  6,  1788,  died  in  Tol- 


land, Connecticut,  July  22,  1835.  He  was  a 
carpenter  and  joiner  and  removed  to  Tolland 
after  his  marriage.  He  married  Betsey  Bax 
ter.  born  July  16,  1786.  died  October  12,  1859, 
having  borne  her  husband  eight  children:  I. 
Hiram,  born  July  11,  1810.  2.  Esther,  Au- 
gust 17,  1812,  died  1872,  unmarried.  3.  Han- 
nah, September  11,  1813,  died  June  i,  1863; 
married  Jedadiah  Ford.  •  4.  Jabez,  October  25, 
1816,  died  1861 ;  married  Cordelia  Darling. 
5.  Joseph,  September  10,  1818;  removed  to 
\\'isconsin.  6.  Joel  C  January  17,  1821  ;  mar- 
ried twice,  and  lived  in  South  Wilbraham, 
Massachusetts.  7.  Jason,  Jainiary  26,  1S23. 
8.  Wealthy  Jane,  April  15,  1825;  married,  De- 
cember 25,  1848,  Xoah  Bartlett. 

(X'HI)  Hiram,  son  of  Jabez  and  Betsey 
(  I'a.xter)  Xewcomb,  was  born  in  Willington, 
Connecticut,  July  11,  1810,  and  was  a  farmer, 
mason  and  (|narrier.  He  quarried  foundation 
stone  S(Mnewhat  extensively  for  use  in  his  own 
work  and  the  work  of  other  contractors  as 
well,  and  he  came  to  his  death  by  accident, 
caused  by  an  explosion  in  the  (|uarry.  He 
married,  January  i,  1831,  Almira,  daughter  of 
Simeon  Baxter,  and  by  her  had  six  children : 

1.  Charles  Leonard,  born  September  22,  1832. 

2.  (ieorge  Hiram,  July  31,  1834,  died  April 
in,  1838.  3.  Xorman  Simeon,  Xovember  4, 
1836:  married  Ellen  Henderson.  4.  I^ucius 
H.,  .Xovember  29,  1839;  married,  July  4,  i860, 
Julia  (3.  Edgarton.  5.  Martha  .\.,  December 
<■).  1842;  married  Joseph  Ford.  8.  Julia  A., 
.\larch  13.  1845;  married.  May  5,  1861,  Wol- 
cott  Waldo. 

(  L\ )  Charles  Leonard,  eldest  son  and  child 
(if  Hiram  and  .\lmira  (Baxter)  Newcomb. 
was  born  September  22,  1832,  died  September 

3.  1871.  He  S])ent  the  greater  part  of  his 
3'oung  life  in  the  family  of  his  grandfather, 
in'  whom  he  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  tlie  town.  Simeon  Baxter,  his 
grandfather,  was  a  farmer  and  cooper,  an  in- 
dustrious and  provident  man,  and  who  in  his 
commendable  desire  to  have  his  grandson 
started  aright  in  life  apprenticed  him  to  a  Mr. 
Clark,  of  Coventry,  Connecticut,  to  the  trade 
of  car]ienter  and  joiner.  He  served  out  his 
time  and  afterward  worked  as  a  journeyman 
in  the  towns  of  Willington,  Hartford  anil 
i^ockville.  From  a  practical  day  workman  he 
became  a  contractor  and  builder,  and  it  was  he 
who  erected  the  Corey  Opera  House  in  Rock- 
ville  ;  but  soon  afterward  while  at  work  on  a 
dwelling  house  an  unfortunate  accident  inca- 
liacitated  him  for  further  hard  work  and 
caused  his  death  about  three  years  later.     Mr. 


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Xevvcomb  was  a  reliable  and  moderately  suc- 
cessful business  man,  a  carpenter  and  joiner; 
was  upright,  honest  and  faithful;  a  Republi- 
can in  politics  and  a  Baptist  in  religious  pref- 
erence. He  was  an  Odd  Fellow  and  for  many 
years  a  volunteer  fireman  in  the  Neptune  En- 
gine Company,  Xo.  2,  of  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut. He  also  was  a  soldier  of  the  civil  war. 
a  private  in  the  First  Connecticut  Cavalry 
(Harris  Light  Cavalry)  and  made  a  good  war 
record.  He  married  Alartha  Jane  Hudson, 
whose  grandfather,  tradition  says,  came  with 
his  brother  Robert  from  tlie  Isle  of  Wight  and 
remained  in  this  country  until  all  of  his  chil- 
dren were  grown  up  and  able  to  maintain 
themselves.  He  then  started  to  return  to  Eng- 
land and  took  passage  on  board  the  ship,  but 
never  afterward  was  heard  of.  His  wife  was 
Harriet  Tyrell,  of  New  Hampshire,  and  among 
their  children  were  Martha,  William,  Thomas, 
Francis  and  Elizabeth  Hudson. 

(X)  Charles  Leonard  {2),  son  of  Charles 
Leonard  (i)  and  Martha  Jane  (Hudson) 
Newcomb,  was  born  at  West  Willington,  Con- 
necticut, August  7,  1854,  and  by  reason  of  the 
untimely  death  of  his  father  was  early  com- 
pelled to  depend  upon  his  own  exertions  for  his 
own  and  his  mother's  support.  He  began  work 
at  the  age  of  seven  years  in  a  glass  factory  lo- 
cated at  Willington,  working  there  during  the 
winter  months  and  on  a  farm  during  the  sum- 
mer months.  This  early  work  cultivated  a 
habit  of  industry  and  developed  a  strong  and 
everlasting  ambition  to  advance.  When  nine 
years  old  he  went  to  work  for  the  1  tail  Thread 
Company,  South  Willington,  earning  from 
three  to  four  dollars  a  week.  Tiring  of  the 
factory  he  again  worked  on  a  farm,  and  later 
found  employment  in  the  Murless  factory  at 
Rockville,  Connecticut,  serving  as  an  ap- 
prentice :  subsec|uently  he  served  as  a  machin- 
ist's apprentice  in  the  Seinor  machine  shop, 
Rockville :  as  stationary  engineer  in  Florence 
Mills,  Rockville,  under  proprietorship  of 
Pratt  &  Whitney  Company,  manufacturers  of 
machine  tools ;  as  machinist  in  Rock  Mill 
Manufacturing  Company,  Rockville;  as  ma- 
chinist with  the  .American  Clutch  Company, 
Middletown.  He  found  himself  sadly  de- 
ficient in  the  theoretical  knowledge  of  me- 
chanics, and  feeling  the  need  of  education  in 
that  direction  he  laid  plans  to  gain  the  neces- 
sary instruction  at  the  \\'orcester  Free  Insti- 
tute of  Industrial  Science,  now  known  as  the 
Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute,  in  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  and  to  this  end  he  sent  his  wife 
to   Worcester    for    the    purpose   of   gaining   a 


residence  in  that  city,  that  he  might  later  avail 
himself  of  the  course  ottered  in  that  institution. 
-At  the  .same  time  he  turned  his  own  attention 
to  work  as  a  machinist  and  devoted  ever) 
leisure  hour  to  the  study  of  mechanics.  For 
six  months  during  the  year  1876  he  attended 
private  school,  in  the  following  year  went  to 
W'lircester  and  took  the  course  in  technology, 
graduating  in  1880.  During  this  time,  however, 
he  was  obliged  to  do  some  kind  of  work  in 
order  to  maintain  himself  and  his  wife,  and 
this  he  did  by  turning  his  hand  to  whatever 
could  be  found  to  do,  at  one  time  acting  as 
night  watchman  in  the  school  at  which  he  was 
a  stuflent.  again  by  working  in  a  machine  shop 
and  on  one  occasion  he  went  out  on  the  high- 
way and  broke  stone  for  a  dollar  a  dav. 

From  what  is  here  stated  it  must  be  seen  that 
there  was  in  Mr.  Newcomb  at  th'e  time  indi- 
cated an  abundant  endowment  of  the  quality 
called  rugged  determination  of  character,  an 
honest  ambition  to  achieve  something  sub- 
stantial in  business  life ;  but  whatever  this 
(juality  may  have  been  it  stood  him  in  good 
stead,  carried  him  through  more  than  a  single 
period  of  adversity  and  eventually  placed  him 
in  a  position  in  which  he  could  command  some- 
thing more  than  a  mechanic's  daily  wage  and 
in  which  in  fact  he  could  direct  the  operations 
<if  large  business  enterprises.  Soon  after  he 
liad  graduated  from  the  School  of  Technology 
he  was  engaged  to  go  to  Russia  as  representa- 
tive of  the  (ilobe  Horseshoe  Nail  Company, 
of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  but  on  account  of 
some  disturbing  influence  in  the  iron  market 
the  company's  i)lans  were  changed,  and  soon 
afterward  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Amer- 
ican Electric  Lighting  Company,  of  New  Brit- 
ain. Connecticut,  out  of  which  company  grew 
the  Thompson-Houston  Electric  Companv.  of 
Lymi.  Massachusetts,  which  was  merged  into 
what  is  now  known  as  the  General  Electric 
Company.  Mr.  Newcomb  during  his  employ- 
ment with  the  American  Electric  Lighting 
Company  was  closely  associated  with  Professor 
Elihu  Thomson,  one  of  the  world's  greatest 
electricians.  Mr.  Newcomb  remained  with  the 
American  Electric  Lighting  Comjiany  until 
1881,  and  then  entered  the  employ  of  The 
Deane  Steam  Pump  Company,  of  Holvoke, 
Massachusetts,  as  superintendent,  which  posi- 
tion he  held  until  the  said  Deane  Steam  Pump 
was  acquired  in  1899  by  the  International 
Steam  Pump  Company,  at  which  time  he  was 
made  general  manager  of  the  Deane  Steam 
Pump  Company,  which  has  grown  from  em- 
ploving  about  a  hundred  men  when  he  entered 


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its  eniplo}'  in  ihiSi,  to  emplo)ing  at  the  ijre^eiit 
time  seven  hundred  and  fifty  men.  The  works 
have  been  greatly  e.xtended,  and  at  the  present 
time  he  has  under  construction  new  buildings 
to  tlie  e.xtent  of  $350,000.  He  now  holds  the 
position  of  general  manager  of  the  Deane 
Steam  Pump  Company  and  the  further  official 
position  of  president.  Also  he  has  become 
general  manager  of  the  Blake  &  Knowles  Steam 
Pump  Works,  located  at  East  Cambridge,  an- 
other of  the  allied  companies  of  the  Inter- 
national Steam  Pump  Company,  said  works 
employing  two  thousand  men.  Mr.  Newcomb 
is  a  mechanical  engineer,  having  specialized 
as  a  steam  and  hydraulic  engineer,  and  is  a 
consulting  engineer,  employed  at  times  in  a 
consulting  capacity  as  an  expert  in  various 
lines  of  engineering.  .\s  an  expert  and  me- 
chanic he  ranks  with  the  foremost  men  of  his 
profession  in  the  entire  country.  As  an  ex- 
pert he  was  engaged  in  fixing  the  valuation  of 
the  Holyoke  \\'ater  Power  Company's  gas  and 
electric  plant  wdiich  was  taken  over  as  a 
municipal  plant  by  the  city  of  Holyoke,  and  he 
has  figured  in  similar  capacities  on  various 
other  occasions.  Mainly  due  to  his  efforts, 
the  Deane  Steam  Pump  Company  has  grown 
to  its  present  large  proportions.  Pie  is  the 
inventor  and  patentee  of  several  important 
mechanical  devices  and  appliances. 

Mr.  Newcomb  holds  membership  in  the 
.American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers, 
and  has  read  before  that  body  papers  on  me- 
chanical and  scientific  subjects  which  have  been 
jniblished  in  the  leading  scientific  magazines 
of  the  country.  He  is  president  of  the  Holyoke 
Co-operative  Bank.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Mount  Tom  Golf  Club,  Holyoke  Canoe  Club, 
Nayasset  Club  of  Springfield,  Automobile  Club 
of  Springfield,  Boston  Athletic  Association, 
Boston ;  Engineers'  Club  of  New  York.  Mr. 
Newcomb  attends  the  Bajjtist  church.  He  has 
long  been  identified  with  the  politics  of  the  city 
of  Holyoke,  acting  as  councilman  during  the 
years  1886-87,  and  on  the  board  of  aldermen 
in  1888.  An  ordinance  was  passed  forming  the 
fire  commission  of  the  city  of  Holyoke,  Mr. 
Newcomb  being  appointed  one  of  the  original 
commission  of  seven  on  January  4,  1892. 
Through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Newcomb  and 
others  the  commission  was  reduced  in  number 
to  three.  Mr.  Newcomb  was  elected  to  this 
second  committee,  March  8,  1893,  at  which 
meeting  he  was  named  chairman,  which  capac- 
ity he  has  since  filled,  some  seventeen  years. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  has  attained 
all  the  Masonic  degrees  up  to  and  including 


Knight  Templar;  member  of  the  Imperial 
Council,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of 
Mystic  Shrine ;  member  of  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

He  married,  January  20,  1874,  Inez  Louise 
Kendall,  born  at  Boston,  in  the  Revere  House, 
February  2,  1852,  daughter  of  Charles  Rudolph 
and  Dorcas  Lovina  (Bush)  Kendall,  the  latter 
born  January  15,  1824.  Mr.  Kendall  was  a 
literary  man  of  some  prominence.  At  the  time 
of  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war  he  was  engaged 
in  business  in  Baltimore,  and  died  in  the  early 
(lavs  of  the  war.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newcomb 
have  had  a  family  of  eight  children:  i.  Annie 
Green,  born  at  W'orcester,  Massachusetts, 
March  i,  1878;  died  there,  March  3,  1878.  2. 
(^"harles  Leonard,  Jr.,  May  27,  1879,  at  Green 
Hill,  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  a  salesman.  3. 
Lucy  Bradford,  New  Britain,  Connecticut, 
March  26,  1881.  4.  Walter  Kendall,  16  Pearl 
street,  Holyoke,  Massachusetts,  July  8,  1883; 
died  .\ugust  28,  1883.  5.  Robert  Everett,  16 
Pearl  street,  Holyoke,  Massachusetts,  Septem- 
ber II,  1884:  assistant  superintendent  of  the 
Deane  Steam  Pump  Company.  6.  Alice  Lovina, 
266  Pine  street,  Holyoke,  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1885.  7.  Benjamin  Rudolph,  252 
Pine  street,  Holyoke,  Massachusetts,  October 
13,  1891  ;  attending  college.  8.  Austin  Hudson, 
252  Pine  street,  Holyoke.  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1804. 


(For    preceding    generations    see    Captain    Andrew 
Newcomb   3). 

(HI)  Thomas,  son  of  An- 
NEWCOMB  drew  (2)  Newcomb,  was 
born  in  1668,  in  Kittery, 
Maine,  or  vicinity.  He  settled  in  that  part  of 
Eastham,  Massachusetts,  which  became  Truro, 
and  the  births  of  the  first  five  children  are 
recorded  at  Eastham.  the  others  at  Truro.  He 
married  at  Eastham,  in  October,  1693,  Eliza- 
beth Cook,  born  June  i,  1674,  daughter  of 
Josiah  and  Deborah  (Hopkins)  Cook,  who 
settled  in  Eastham  in  1635.  Children:  i.  Ed- 
ward, born  August  3,  1695.  2.  Thomas,  Au- 
gust 13,  1607.  3.  Simon,  November  30,  1699, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Deborah,  married,  Janu- 
ary 28,  1729,  Thomas  Larkin.  5.  Mary,  mar- 
ried, April  II,  1723,  Luke  Stubbs.  6.  Josiah, 
baptized  June  2,  1717.  7.  Elizabeth,  married, 
July  24,  1729,  Joshua  Pierce.  8.  Ebenezer, 
married  Thankful  Freeman  and  Elizabeth 
Brown.    Q.  Joseph,  married  Mary  Eldridge. 

(I\')  Simon,  son  of  Thomas  Newcomb,  was 
born  at  Eastham,  November  30,  1699,  and  was 
a  farmer.    He  resided  in  that  part  of  Eastham 


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which  was  set  off  in  1763  to  form  the  town  of 
Wellfleet.  1  le  was  constable  in  1 75 1.  1  lis  will 
was  dated  March  16,  T778,  and  proved  April 
15,  following.  He  married  (first),  April  5, 
1727,  Lydia  Brown,  ilaughter  of  Samuel  and 
Susanna  (Harding)  Brown.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Sarah .    Giildren  :  i.  Simeon,  born 

1723.  2.  Susanna,  married,  October  8,  I747> 
Joseph  Pierce.  3.  William,  born  1727.  4. 
Simon,  born  January  25,  1735,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Lydia,  married,  August  18,  1772, 
Isaac  Hopkins. 

(V)  Simon  (2),  son  of  Simon  (i)  New- 
comb,  was  born  at  Wellfleet,  January  25,  173S  ; 
died  May  20,  1808  (gravestone).  His  will  was 
dated  Alay  13,  1808.  He  married  (first ),  April 
12,  1757,  Grace  Harding,  of  Chatham,  who 
died  in  Wellfleet,  June  16,  1783,  in  her  fifty- 
second  year.  He  married  (second)  (intention 
dated  August  20,  1784)  Rebecca  Smith,  of 
Eastham,  "who  died  October  2,  1807,  in  her 
seventy-third  year.  Children,  all  by  first  wife: 
I.  Thomas,  born  May  30,  1758,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Jeremiah,  April  21,  1760.  3.  Zerviah. 
March  16,  1762;  died  February  25,  1843.  4. 
Huldah,  November  28,  1763.  5.  Grace,  March 
4,  1765:  died  October  7,  1833.  6.  Seth,  March 
3.  1768.  7.  Simon,  March  16,  1770,  died  young. 
8.  Priscilla.  February  18.  \~'/2\  died  July  II. 
1831.  9.  Theophilus,  February  6.  1774.  10. 
Simon,  October  5,  1778,  married  Sarah  Cole. 

(VI)  Thomas'  (2),  .son  of  Simon  (2)  New- 
comb,  was  born  at  Wellfleet,  May  30,  1758.  He 
married,  June  8.  1780,  Jemima  Newcomb, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Newcomb,  of  Truro.  Her 
father  was  born  in  17 15,  at  Eastham,  and  set- 
tled at  Truro:  married,  March  16,  1738,  Mary 
Eldredge,  of  Truro:  served  in  the  French  war, 
and  was  on  the  expedition  to  Louisburg  and 
Cape  Breton :  was  with  Captain  Church  in  the 
war  against  the  French  and  Indians  at  Casco 
Ray,  and  served  in  the  revolution.     Children : 

1.  fesse,  born  April  20,  1786,  mentioned  below. 

2.  Rebecca  Smith,  born   September   13,   1788: 
married.  April  3,  1808.  Henry  Stevens. 

(\'II)  Jesse,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Newcomb, 
was  born  April  20,  1786.  He  married,  August 
6,  181 2.  Anna  Hughes.  He  settled  at  Truro, 
where  he  died  March  25,  1826.  Children:  i. 
Jemima,  born  January  15,  1815;  died  Novem- 
ber 24,  1906.  2.  Jesse,  September  i,  1817: 
died  unmarried,  May  3,  1858.  3.  Jeremiah 
Stevens,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Jeremiah  Stevens,  son  of  Jesse  New- 
comb, was  born  March  25,  1824,  and  was  a 
mariner.  He  was  also  a  teacher  in  the  winter 
school    at    Truro   and   Wellfleet,    with   an   ex- 


cellent reputation  as  such,  lie  was  a  Congre- 
gationalist,  and  was  a  very  estimable  man,  in 
regard  to  honesty  in  business,  exemplary 
morals,  etc.  He  married,  December  2,  1847, 
Sarah  Knowles  Snow,  born  in  Truro,  Novem- 
ber 24,  1827,  died  at  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts, March  7,  1891,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Mehitable  (Knowles)  Snow.  He  removed  to 
I'.ostini  in  1870.  Children,  born  in  Truro:  i. 
James  .Albert  (twin),  October  27,  1849;  died 
December  21,  1874.  2.  George  Francis  (twin), 
( )ctnber  27,  1849.  3.  Mehitable  .\nn,  August 
14.  1851  :  lives  at  25  Aldrich  street,  Somerville  ; 
married  William  H.  Kelley  (see  Kelley,  II.); 
children:  Evie  F. ;  Lauretta,  married  Walter 
W.  Callow  (see  Callow,  II.).  4.  Mary  Wilson, 
September  9,  1852;  lives  at  221  Pearl  street, 
Somerville,  married  Henry  Shaw ;  children : 
Albert,  Sadie.  5.  Caroline  Snow,  September 
30.  1854 ;  died  August  7,  1855.  6.  Infant,  June 
J),  died  July  25,  1856.  7.  Jeremiah  Thomas, 
July  25.  1857;  died  September  2-/,  1857.  8. 
Jesse  Stevens,  September  17,  1858,  mentioned 
below.  9.  Jeremiah  Thomas,  December  10, 
185!;:  died  "February  12,  1886.  10.  Edward 
I'aVnsworth,  died  young.  ii.  Etta  Evelyn, 
Seiitember  3,  1861  ;  died  January  31,  1897.  12.* 
Laura  Amelia,  born  in  Truro,  November  10, 
18^14:  married  William  .\.  Smith:  lives  at  79 
I'ritchard  avenue,  Somerville.  13.  Sarah 
Knowles,  October  10,  iSfiT).  14.  Edward  Farns- 
worth,  .\ugust  17.  1868:  died  July  24,  1896. 

(IX)  Jesse  Stevens,  son  of  Jeremiah  Ste- 
vens Newcomb,  was  born  in  Truro,  September 
17.  1858.  He  attended  the  public  schools  at 
Truro  from  the  age  of  nine  until  1873,  when 
he  went  to  P.oston  and  was  employed  by  S. 
Rich,  of  Suffolk,  for  three  years,  and  then  by 
George  W.  Weutvvorth  for  two  years.  He 
then  bought  a  half  interest  in  the  market  with 
llenrv  S.  Millay.  where  he  remained  from 
1878  to  1892,  and  then  opened  his  present  ])Iace 
of  business,  J.  S.  Newcomb  &  Company,  whole- 
sale provision  dealers,  at  4  Faneuil  Hall  Market 
(  basement ).  In  1903  he  was  elected  alderman 
in  the  citv  of  Somerville,  where  he  makes  his 
home,  and  re-elected  for  three  successive  years. 
D\iriug  this  time  he  was  a  member  of  nearly 
all  the"  important  committees,  and  chairman  of 
the  committees  on  highways,  electric  lines  and 
lights,  public  grounds,  printing  and  accounts. 
In  11)07-08  he  was  president  of  the  Ward  5 
Rei)ublican  Club.  His  ability  as  a  business  man 
is  well  known,  and  as  a  public  servant  he  has 
alwavs  worked  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
people.  He  is  president  and  organizer  of  the 
Columbia  Associates,  which  society  has  prop- 


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erty  in  Somervillt-  valued  at  $65,000,  and  in 
Arlington  at  $14,000.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Boston  Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange,  and  of 
the  Winter-Hill  Co-Operative  Bank,  and  a 
member  of  the  security  committee  of  that  insti- 
tution. He  is  a  member  of  the  W'inter-tlill  Im- 
provetiient  Association.  He  is  a  member  of 
Soley  Lodge.  Free  Masons ;  Somerville  Chaj)- 
ter.  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Orient  Council,  of 
Somerville :  De  Molay  Commandery ;  Aleppo 
Temple,  Mystic  Shrine ;  I'aul  Revere  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  Highland 
Chapter,  Order  of  Eastern  Star.  He  married, 
January  17,  1883,  Anna  Young  Cole,  born  at 
Wellfleet,  September  29,  1858,  daughter  of 
Abraham  and  Betsey  (Snow)  Cole,  of  Well- 
fleet.  Both  attend  the  Franklin  Street  Congre- 
gational Church,  of  Somerville,  and  he  is  a 
member  of  the  executive  committee  of  that 
church.  Children:  i.  Ralph  Clifford,  born 
.March  lO,  1887  ;  died  April  9,  1890.  2.  Evelyn, 
March  18,  1897;  died  March  21,  1897. 


Callow  is  an  ancient  English 
CALLOW  surname.  The  family  was  early 
in  Herefordshire  and  Derby- 
•shire.  There  are  two  coats-of-arms,  viz  :  Argent 
on  a  chevron  between  three  leopards'  heads 
sable  as  many  annulets  of  the  field.  Also :  On 
a  boar's  head  erased  sable  in  base  a  cinquefoil 
gules.    It  was  originally  a  place  name. 

(I)  John  Robert  Callow  was  born  at  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts.  I  le  resides  at  42  Concord 
avenue,  Somerville.  In  ])ulitics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  is  a  member  of  Bunker  Hill  Ltxige, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts;  the  I'ilgrini  l*"athers : 
Delft  Haven  Colony,  of  Somerville;  Ancient 
Order  of  LTnited  \\'oodmen ;  New  England 
Order  of  Protection,  of  Somerville.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Alice  Moran.  Children:  i.  Walter 
William,  born  March  31.  1884,  mentioned 
below.   2.  Edward  Roland.  November  14,  1S87. 

(II)  Walter  WilHam,  son  of  John  Robert 
Callow,  was  born  in  r>oston,  March  31,  1884. 
He  moved  to  Somerville,  Massachusetts,  with 
his  parents,  when  he  was  five  years  old.  and 
attended  the  public  schools  there.  He  grad- 
uated from  the  Knapp  grammar  school  at 
.Somerville,  and  began  his  business  career  as 
clerk  for  the  Brown-Durell  Company,  of  Bos- 
ton, directly  after  leaving  school,  .\ugust  5, 
1900.  He  was  salesman  in  the  store  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  since  1908  has  been  a 
traveling  salesman  for  this  firm  through  New 
England.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
married.  December  31.  1904.  Lauretta  Kelley. 


linrn  at  Charlestown.  Massachusetts,  July  29, 
1883,  daughter  of  William  H.  and  Mehitable 
.\nn  (  Newcomb )  Kelley  (see  Kelley  sketch). 
Children:  i.  Muriel  Gladys,  born  October  9, 
1905.  2.  Rowland  Francis,  July  19, 1908.  Mrs. 
Callow  was  educated  in  the  Prescott  grammar 
school  at  Somerville,  graduate  of  class  of  1898. 


John  Kelley  livetl  at  Charles- 
1\L''LL1*A'  town,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
employed  for  many-years  in  the 
L'nited  States  navy  yard  as  a  mechanic.  He 
married  twice.  Children  of  John  and  his  sec- 
ond wife,  Mary  (Dee)  Kelley:  Michael,  Mary, 
Edward,  Francis,  William  H.,  mentioned  below. 
(II)  William  H.,  son  of  John  Kelley,  was 
born  at  Charlestown,  January  16,  1839.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  early  in  life  began  to  follow  the  sea. 
He  was  an  able  seaman  on  the  ship  "Rambler" 
December.  1861,  on  a  voyage  to  San  Francisco, 
reaching  Boston  on  his  return  voyage  in  Octo- 
ber, 1862.  He  sailed  in  December,  1862,  on  the 
l)an|ue  "Catherine"  for  Surinam,  Dutch 
(juiana,  but  the  vessel  was  condemned  at  the 
Island  of  St.  Thomas  and  he  returned  to  Bos- 
ton by  way  of  New  York.  In  December,  1863, 
he  shijiped  as  third  officer  on  the  "Samuel  C. 
Grant"  for  San  Francisco,  reaching  that  post 
October  3,  1864,  and  remaining  there  for  three 
months.  He  then  entered  as  seaman  on  the 
ship  "Warhawk,"  bound  for  Hong  Kong, 
China,  returning  by  way  of  the  Cape  of  Good 
lloi)e,  and  reaching  Boston  in  October,  1865. 
In  December  following  he  sailed  as  second 
mate  of  the  barque  "Young  Turk"  to  Malaga. 
Spain,  returning  to  I'oston  in  February.  1866. 
lie  sailed  again  for  Messina,  Isle  of  Sicily,  re- 
turning the  following  May.  In  December, 
j8C)f).  he  sailed  in  the  barque  "Abdul  Kader" 
as  first  mate,  to  Messina,  returning  in  May, 
1867,  and  again  in  December  of  that  year  as 
-econd  mate  of  the  "Young  Turk"  for  Spanish 
ports  and  Messina,  returning  in  May.  1868.  He 
made  a  voyage  to  San  I'Vancisco  next,  arriving 
there  in  October,  1868.  Then  for  several  years 
he  was  in  the  coasting  trade.  He  sailed  from 
San  Francisco  November  2,  1875,  as  second 
mate  of  the  ship  "Fresno"  for  Liverpool,  and 
returned  to  Boston  in  April,  1876.  He  made 
his  last  voyage  in  the  schooner  "Addie  Cole" 
as  sailing  master  on  a  voyage  to  Cuba.  For 
the  ])ast  twenty  years  he  has  been  janitor  of 
the  Latin  Annex  of  the  Somerville  public 
schools.  He  was  janitor  of  the  Prescott  school 
of  Somerville  for  eleven  years  previously.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 


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of  Somerville.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Malta.  He 
resides  at  25  Aldrich  street,  Somerville.  He 
married  Mehitable  Ann,  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
S.  Nevvcomb  (^see  Xewcomb).  Children:  i. 
Evie  Fontaine,  born  March  6,  1881,  teacher  in 
the  Revere  (Massachusetts)  public  schools.  2. 
Lauretta,  July  29,  1883;  married,  December 
31,  1904,  Walter  W.  Callow  (see  Callow,  H. ). 


This  form  of  the  name  is  used 
BELDIXG     by  a  considerable  branch  of  the 

family  which  has  been  for  two 
generations  actively  identified  with  the  silk 
mamifacture  in  the  L'nited  States.  On  the 
early  recortls  of  Wethersfield  it  was  originally 
spelled  Baylden,  until  1641.  when  it  appears 
Beldon.  It  was  written  Belding  from  1643  to 
1736,  and  from  the  latter  date  to  1753  it  again 
ajipears  as  Beldon.  From  the  latter  date  to 
1825  it  is  spelled  Belding,  and  since  then  has 
been  written  Belden.  A  considerable  branch 
of  the  family  retains  the  latter  spelling  which 
seems  to  have  been  that  used  by  a  prominent 
representative  of  the  family  in  the  early  days 
in  A\'ethersfield.  The  family  has  been  distin- 
guished for  longevity,  for  business  thorough- 
ness and  mental  power  and  activity. 

(I)  Richard  Belding,  who  is  supposed  to 
have  been  a  son  of  Sir  Francis  Baylden,  of 
Kippaks,  Yorkshire,  England,  and  baptized 
May  26,  1591,  was  an  early  resident  of  W'ethers- 
field,  Connecticut,  where  he  settled  in  1641, 
and  died  in  1655.  In  a  deposition  made  March 
26,  1613,  he  gave  his  age  as  nineteen  years, 
which  would  indicate  that  he  was  born  in  1594. 
This  leaves  some  uncertainty  about  his  identity 
with  the  Richard,  son  of  Sir  Francis  Baylden. 
He  was  granted  lots  in  Wethersfield  and  also 
acquired  land  by  purchase,  becoming  the  pro- 
prietor in  all  of  eight  pieces.  His  house  was 
built  on  a  parcel  of  three  acres  on  the  road 
three  and  a  half  miles  south  of  Hartford,  and 
this  was  held  by  his  descendants  until  1742. 
when  it  was  sold.  He  was  appointed  in  1646  as 
a  herder  in  charge  of  cows  which  pastured  on 
connnon  lands  *in  Wethersfield.  This  is  no  re- 
flection ujjon  his  ability  and  standing  in  the 
community,  as  all  the  settlers  were  willing  to 
serve  in  any  capacity  for  the  general  welfare, 
and  he  is  known  to  have  been  a  highly  respect- 
ed and  useful  member  of  the  colony.  No  record 
is  found  of  his  wife,  but  he  brought  with  him 
three  grown  sons:  William,  Samuel  and  John. 

(II)  William,  probably  eldest  son  of  Rich- 
ard Belding,  was  born  about  1622,  in  England, 
and  came  with  his  father  to  \\>thersfield.   Like 


his  father,  he  served  as  one  of  the  herders  of 
that  town,  being  appointed  in  1648,  but  does 
not  appear  very  often  in  the  records.  He  died 
there  March  27,  1655,  and  the  inventory  of  his 
estate,  made  June  i  of  that  year,  amounted  to 
•one  hundred  and  forty-two  pounds,  six  shill- 
ings and  eight  pence.  In  his  will,  in  which  he 
names  three  of  his  friends  as  executors,  he 
begs  that  they  advise  and  counsel  his  wife 
and  care  for  his  little  ones.  The  christian 
name  of  his  wife  was  Thomasin  and  their  chil- 
dren were:  Samuel,  Daniel,  John,  Susanna, 
-Mary  and  Xathaniel. 

(HI)  Daniel,  second  son  of  William  and 
Thomasin  lielding,  was  born  November  20, 
1O48,  in  Wethersfield,  and  died  at  Greenfield, 
Massachusetts,  August  14,  1732.  In  1671  he 
removed  from  Hartford  to  Hatfield,  Alassa- 
chnsetts,  and  thence  to  Dcerfield,  about  1686. 
He  was  among  the  severest  sufferers  by  the 
Indian  massacre  at  Deerfield  in  1696,  when 
three  of  his  children  and  his  wife  were  slain 
and  two  were  carried  off  prisoners.  He  mar- 
ried I  first )  November  10,  1670,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  (2)  and  Elizabeth 
(  Smith  )  I'oote.  of  Wethersfield,  born  1654. 
killed  by  Indians,  September  16,  1696.  He 
married  (second)  Hepzibah,  widow  of  Thomas 
Wells,  of  Hartford,  and  daughter  of  William 
I'luel,  born  December  11,  1649,  in  Windsor, 
died  March,  1704.  He  married  (third)  Sarah, 
widow  of  Philip  Matoon,  who  died  September 
17,  1751.  Children,  all  born  of  first  wife: 
\\'illiani,  Richard,  Elizabeth,  Nathaniel,  Mary, 
Daniel  (slain).  Sarah,  Esther,  .Abigail  (died 
voung),  Samuel,  John,  Abigail  (killed  by  In- 
dians), Jane  and  Thankful. 

(  I\' )  Samuel,  fifth  son  of  Daniel  and  Eliz- 
abeth (  Fnote )  Belding,  was  born  .\pril  10, 
1(187,  in  Deerfield,  and  was  a  child  of  nine 
years  at  the  time  of  the  Indian  massacre.  He 
was  left  for  dead  by  the  Indians,  a  hatchet 
imbedded  in  his  skull  so  deeply  that  portions 
of  his  brain  oozed  from  the  wound.  Yet  he 
recovered  and  lived  to  be  of  great  age,  dying 
December  14,  1750.  He  married  (first)  Feb- 
ruary 26.  1724,  .Anna  Thomas,  who  died  De- 
cember 13,  ,1724,  and  he  married  (second) 
September  26,  1726,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
.Nathaniel  Ingraham,  of  Hadley,  who  survived 
liim  and  was  living  in  Hatfield  as  late  as  1761. 
Children :  Samuel,  Elizabeth,  John,  Daniel  and 
probably  Lydia. 

(\')  Samuel  (2),  eldest  child  of  Samuel 
(  I )  and  Elizabeth  ( Ingraham  )  Belding,  was 
born  .April  i,  1729,  in  Deerfield,  and  was 
among  the  pioneer  settlers  of  .Ashfield,  Massa- 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


chusetts,  being  elected  tlie  first  town  clerk  at 
the  meeting  held  in  1765.  He  resided  on  the 
farm  formerly  occupied  by  the  first  settler  of 
the  town,  Richard  Ellis.  Besides  farming,  he 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  wraps  and  was 
a  leading  man  in  the  affairs  of  the  town.  He- 
married,  June  28,  1753,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  (Allis)  Mitchell,  of  Sunder- 
land and  later  of  Ashfield.  She  was  born 
March  10,  1731.  Children:  Daniel,  Mercy 
(died  young),  John,  Mary,  Mercy,  Esther, 
Asenath.  Lovissa.  Samuel.  Elizabeth  and 
-Varon. 

(VT)  John,  .second  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
Mary  (Mitchell)  Belding.  was  born  1756  in 
Deerfield.  died  1839  in  Ashfield.  where  he  re- 
sided on  the  paternal  homestead  and  was  a 
successful  farmer.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the 
revolutionary  war,  serving  from  the  town  of 
Deerfielil  the  years  1776-77,  as  a  ])rivate  in  the 
company  of  Captain  Benjamin  Phillips,  bri- 
gade of  Timothy  Robinson.  He  married,  July 
15,  1784,  Priscilla  Waite.  who  died  about  the 
same  time  as  himself.  Children:  Aaron, 
Moses,  Reuben,  Esther,  Submit,  David,  Ti- 
l)erius  and  1  liram, 

(\II)  Hiram,  youngest  child  i>f  John  and 
I'riscilla  (Waite)  lielding,  was  born  in  1802 
(in  tile  old  homestead  in  .-Xshfield,  and  quite 
early  in  life  began  teaching  school,  which  he 
continued  for  several  years.  His  sons  were 
among  his  pupils.  He  was  not  a  very  robust 
man  and  he  engaged  in  merchandising  oper- 
ating a  store  from  which  he  sent  out  many  ped- 
dlers with  various  \'ankee  notions.  His  store 
was  located  in  the  settlement  known  in  early 
days  as  Beldingville  in  .\shfield.  In  1X36  he 
removed  with  his  family  to  Michigan  and 
cleared  up  land  with  the  aid  of  his  sons  on  the 
site  of  the  present  village  of  Uelding  in  the 
township  of  Otisco.  This  region  was  then 
in  a  wild  state  and  void  of  improvement. 
The  journey  was  made  by  rail  to  Kalamazoo, 
from  whence  they  took  the  stage  to  Grand 
Rapids  and  thence  were  compelled  to  journey 
twent\-eight  miles  to  the  land  they  had  pur- 
chased. .\t  that  time  it  was  no  unusual  sight 
to  see  horses  fast  in  the  mud  in  the  principal 
street  of  Grand  Rapids.  After  pursuing  agri- 
culture for  a  time  at  Belding,  he  again  opened 
a  store  in  which  he  continued  mercantile  busi- 
ness during  the  remainder  of  his  active  life, 
and  died  in  1866,  at  the  age  of  sixty- four 
years.  Mr.  Belding  was  a  staunch  Republi- 
can, and  though  deeply  interested  and  thor- 
oughly informed  upon  matters  of  public  in- 
terest steadfastly  refused  to  accept  any  office. 


Both  he  and  his  wife  were  consistent  Bap- 
tists and  were  actively  instrumental  in  the 
organization  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Beld- 
ing. He  married  Mary  Wilson,  a  native  of 
Shelburne,  Massachusetts,  whose  father  died 
when  she  was  very  young.  Her  mother  be- 
came the  second  wife  of  Deacon  Dimick  Ellis, 
of  Ashfield,  and  later  a  resident  of  Belding, 
Michigan.  She  was  a  christian  woman  and 
lived  to  see  her  sons  become  successful  busi- 
ness men.  The  family  life  was  an  ideal  one, 
the  sons  being  reared  to  obedience  with  rules 
not  tyrannical,  but  made  to  be  obeyed  and 
thus  they  formed  characters  which  have  made 
them  leaders  among  men  in  their  sphere  of 
life.  David  \\'.,  the  eldest,  manager  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati branch  of  the  business,  died  in  Cincin- 
nati in  1907.  Milo  M.,  receives  further  men- 
tion below.  Hiram  H.,  died  in  Chicago  in 
1890.  Alvah  N.,  a  resident  of  Rockville,  Con- 
necticut, receives  mention  below.  Mary  Jane, 
married  Jerome  B.  \incent  and  died  at  Bel- 
ding, Michigan,  in  1872.  Frank,  died  at 
the  age  of  forty  years,  unmarried.  The 
youngest  died  in  infancy.  All  of  these  were 
connected  in  some  way  with  the  silk  industry 
still  managed  by  the  survivers. 

(  \  HI )  Milo  Merrick,  second  son  of  Hiram 
and  Mary  (Wilson)  Belding,  was  born  March 
3,  1833,  in  .\shfield,  and  grew  up  there,  at- 
tending the  district  school  in  early  life.  He 
attended  .\shfield  Academy  one  term  and  spent 
two  terms  at  Shelburne  Falls  Academy.  At 
the  age  of  fourteen  he  engaged  to  work  on  a 
farm  in  Hadley,  receiving  a  salary  of  $7.00 
per  month  during  the  summer  season.  His 
industr\-  is  demonstrated  by  the  fact  that  he 
was  soon  after  emjiloyed  at  a  wage  of  $9.00 
])er  month  and  as  years  passed  on  his  salary 
was  raised  to  $11.00  and  ultimately  to  $15.00 
per  montii.  During  odd  times,  when  not 
otherwise  employed,  he  became  a  peddler  of 
notions  and  relates  an  amusing  incident  of 
his  early  e.vperience  when  he  knew  little  about 
the  goods  he  sold.  (Jn  his  first  trip,  when  a 
few  miles  from  home,  he  was  recommending 
some  smelling  salts  contained  in  his  stock  as 
an  eradicator  of  grease  spots  and  was  then 
informed  for  the  first  time  by  his  prospective 
customer  of  the  nature  of  the  goods.  On  this 
trip  he  purchased  goods  of  Bement,  of  Ash- 
field. at  a  cost  of  $29.00  and  during  his  two 
weeks  of  selling  he  netted  an  income  of  $3.25 
per  day.  In  those  days  essences  of  various 
kinds  constituted  an  important  article  of  trade 
and  were  largely  dealt  in  by  retailers  through- 
out   the    country.     Young    Belding's    success 


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was  such  in  this  business  that  he  purchased 
from  his  father  the  last  ten  months  of  his 
minorit}-  for  .S90.00,  and  continued  his  sales 
upon  the  road.  He  engaged  in  selling  silk 
thread  made  by  the  Xonotuck  Mill  Company, 
and  on  his  first  trip  netted  an  income  of  $4.00 
per  day.  being  then  in  his  twentieth  year.  On 
arriving  in  I'ittsfield,  I^Iassachusetts,  he  at- 
tracted the  attention  of  a  man  named  Root 
who  employed  many  salesmen,  and  he  engaged 
to  take  out  a  wagon  for  him  at  an  annual  sal- 
ar\-  of  $400  and  e.xpenses.  His  stock  in  trade 
consisted  of  jewelry,  and  for  four  years  he 
continued  in  .Mr.  Root's  employ,  traveling 
through  New  Vurk  and  \'ermont.  making  reg- 
ular rounds  over  the  same  territory  once  per 
month.  Having  saved  up  ,S6oo  from  his  earn- 
ings, he  loaned  this  to  an  uncle  to  be  invested 
in  business  and  soon  after  his  father's  re- 
moval to  Otiscu.  Michigan,  he  went  to  that 
place  and  helped  clear  the  ground  now  occu- 
pied by  the  city  of  lielding.  with  whose  in- 
terests he  has  ever  since  been  very  closely 
allied.  After  a  short  time  he  returned  to 
Massachustts  and  engaged  in  selling  silk  at 
wholesale  to  merchants  in  Lowell.  Haverhill 
and  Lawrence,  and  other  points  in  Massachu- 
setts. After  a  year  he  was  joined  by  two  of 
his  brothers,  who  also  became  successful  silk 
salesmen  and  traveled  through  the  \\'est,  sell- 
ing first  at  retail  through  the  country  and  sub- 
sequently to  merchants.  They  soon  became 
convinced  that  it  was  desirable  to  engage  in 
the  business  on  a  larger  scale,  and  in  the  fall 
of  1863  Milo  ^L  Belding  went  to  Chicago  to 
establish  headi|uarters.  Failing  to  find  a  site 
that  was  acceptable  he  returned  east  and  within 
a  few  days  was  notified  by  his  brothers  that 
they  had  engaged  a  satisfactory  location  at 
54  Lake  street,  where  a  silk  store  was  opened 
by  the  firm  of  Belding  Brothers  &  Company. 
About  this  time  the}'  joined  E.  K.  Rose,  of 
Rockville,  Connecticut,  who  was  operating  a 
silk  mill,  and  the  business  was  carried  on 
under  the  name  of  E.  K.  Rose  &  Company, 
the  brothers,  11.  II.  and  A.  N.  Belding,  being 
associated  with  M.  M.  Belding  and  Mr.  Rose 
in  this  enterprise.  Each  of  them  invested 
three  thousand  dollars  in  the  business  and  a 
man  named  Lewis  invested  one  thousand,  and 
Mr.  Rose  put  in  his  mill  as  his  share  of  the 
capital  stock.  They  leased  a  mill  which  sub- 
sequently became  theirs  by  purchase.  In  the 
same  year  M.  M.  Belding  went  to  Chicago 
and  remained  two  years  in  charge  of  the  store 
and  office  there  and  in  the  spring  of  1863  went 
to  Xew  York  City,  where  he  opened  a  similar 


store  and  office  at  ^22,  Broadway.  Since  that 
time  he  has  continued  in  this  city  and  the  busi- 
ness has  been  much  enlarged  and  removed 
further  up  the  street.  Another  brother,  David 
\\  .,  was  employed  in  the  business  and  contin- 
ued to  be  identified  with  it  at  Cincinnati  until  his 
death.  In  1867  Mr.  Rose  dropped  out  of  the 
business.  In  1866  the  concern  built  a  mill  at 
Rockville,  of  which  Belding  Brothers  became 
the  owners  the  following  year,  and  soon  after 
a  mill  was  erected  at  Belding,  Michigan.  Dur- 
ing all  this  time  Milo  AI.  Belding  was  the 
financial  manager  of  the  business.  The  mil! 
at  Rockville  has  been  greatly  enlarged  and  the 
concern  is  the  owner  of  a  very  valuable  water 
power  there.  From  the  small  beginning  of 
this  establishment  has  grown  up  an  enormous 
plant,  embracing  modern  mills  in  many  local- 
ities. .\bout  1872-3  a  mill  was  purchased  at 
Xorthamptoii,  ^Massachusetts,  which  has  re- 
ceived extensions  and  additions  of  more  than 
quadruple  its  original  size,  with  dye  house  and 
other  necessary  outbuildings.  The  Belding 
brothers  were  interested  in  the  Richardson 
Silk  Company,  of  Belding,  Michigan,  which 
built  and  o])erated  a  mill  in  that  town,  which 
passed  into  the  hands  of  the  former.  The 
])]a!it  there  now  embraces  four  large  mills,  in 
which  more  than  one  thousand  persons  are 
eniploved.  Beside  the  mills,  the  company  has 
erected  two  fine  buildings  of  brick,  stone  and 
terra  cotta.  with  all  modern  conveniences,  for 
b.ousing  the  young  women  in  their  employ,  and 
many  houses  that  are  rented  or  sold  on  easy 
terms  to  their  employes.  This  is  not  regarded 
l)v  the  proprietors  as  a  |)hilanthropy,  but  as 
sound  business  management,  though  they  are 
interested  in  the  welfare  of  humanity  in  gen-, 
eral  and  of  those  with  whom  they  come  in  con- 
tact especially.  As  the  business  grew,  a  plant 
was  ])urchased  in  Montreal,  Canada,  and  this 
has  been  expanded  by  the  addition  of  new 
mills,  nearly  quadruple  the  original  mill  in  size. 
.\bout  1893  a  large  mill  was  erected  at  Petaluma, 
California,  corresponding  in  style  and  equip- 
ment to  the  others,  all  of  which  are  kept  su])- 
plied  with  the  most  modern  automatic  macliin- 
er\-  and  thorough  equipment.  The  treatment 
of  the  employes  has  always  been  marked  by 
justice  and  kind  consideration,  and  strikes  are 
unknown  at  their  plants.  Some  five  thousand 
peoi)le  are  employed  in  the  production  and 
marketing  of  sroods.  and  the  business  was  in- 
coriiorated  in  1882,  without  change  of  title. 
Wherever  silk  goods  of  any  kind  are  used 
the  name  of  Belding  Brothers  &  Company 
is    favorably    known,    and     for    twent\-seven 


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veai>  Milu  M.  Beldiiig  continued  as  presi- 
dent. On  the  first  of  January,  1909,  he 
resigned  this  office  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
son,  Alilo  Merrick  Jr..  who  had  been  pre- 
viously for  many  years  treasurer  of  the  con- 
cern and  was  in  turn  succeeded  by  his  father. 
In  1888  -Mr.  Belding  purchased  his  home  on 
West  Seventy-second  street  in  Xew  York 
City. 

He  is  interested  in  several  institutions  be- 
side the  silk  business,  and  was  eight  years 
president  of  the  Commonwealth  Fire  Insur- 
ance Company,  of  New  York,  of  which  he  was 
subsequently  vice-president  and  is  now  a  di- 
rector. He  is  a  director  of  the  Genesee  and 
Wyoming  Railroad :  of  the  International  Salt 
Company  of  New  Jersey,  Xew  York  and  Illi- 
nois. He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Oswegat- 
chie  Light  and  Power  Company  of  New  York 
and  the  International  Pulp  Company  of  New 
York,  and  is  a  director  of  the  Broadway  Trust 
Company  of  New  York,  of  which  his  son 
was  several  years  president  and  is  now  a  di- 
rector. Mr.  Belding  has  not  been  spoiled  by 
success,  but  retains  a  democratic  character 
which  has  been  his  through  life,  and  is  a  mos: 
genial  and  companionable  man.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Genealogical  Society  of 
New  York  and  of  the  New  York  Club.  He 
is  liberal  in  religious  belief  and  for  nineteen 
years  held  a  seat  in  Plymouth  Congregational 
Church  of  Brooklyn.  In  political  principle 
he  is  a  Republican,  but  has  never  accepted  any 
official  [josition. 

He  married,  .\pril  i,  1857,  Emily  C.  Leon- 
ard, born  in  Ashfield.  daughter  of  William  and 
AIniira  (Day)  Leonard,  natives  respectively  of 
..Sunderland  and  Northfield,  Massachusetts.  A 
daughter  born  of  this  marriage  died  at  the  age 
of  ten  months.  The  only  surviving  child  is 
Milo  Merrick  (2),  for  five  years  j^resident  of 
the  Broadway  Trust  Company  and  now  its 
vice-president,  and  president  of  Belding 
Brothers  &  Company.  He  is  also  a  director 
of  the  Irving  National  Bank  of  New  York. 

(\TII  )  .^Ivah  Norton,  fourth  son  of  Hiram 
and  Mary  (Wilson)  Belding,  was  born  March 
27,  1838,  in  Ashfield,  and  was  there  educated 
in  the  public  and  high  schools.  When  sixteen 
vears  old  he  spent  one  summer  as  a  peddler 
of  jewelry,  traveling  over  Western  Massachu- 
setts in  the  emjiloy  of  W.  M.  Root,  of  Pitts- 
field,  a  large  employer  of  men  in  that  way,  and 
in  whose  service  his  elder  brother  was  en- 
gaged. It  is  thus  apparent  that  he  was  in 
possession  of  the  Yankee  instinct  for  trade, 
of  self-reliance   and   the   energy  necessary  to 


success     in     business.     These    (|ualitics     have 
made  him  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  manufact- 
uring   and    mercantile   world,   but    have    not 
dwarfed  his  moral  nature,  and  he  continues  to 
be  one   of   the   whole-souled  and   progressive 
members   of   society.     When   seventeen   years 
old,  voung  Belding  accompanied  his  father  in 
the  removal  to  what  is  now  the  city  of  Beld- 
ing, Michigan,  and  here  he  worked  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  waterjiower  dam  for  a  wage  of 
eighty-seven  cents  per  day.     These  figures  and 
those    quoted    above    in    connection    with    the 
early  career  of  M.  M.  Belding,  show  a  wide 
(lifl^erence  between  conditions  existing  in  that 
early  day  and  those  of  the  present.     After  the 
paternal    farm    was   prepared    for   cultivation, 
Alvali    N.    Belding   joined    his   elder   brother, 
Hiram  H.   r.eliling,  in  the  sale  of  sewing  silk 
to  retail  and  wholesale  merchants  of  the  West, 
the  goods  being  purchased  by  M.  M.  Belding 
in   the   East   and    forwarded   to   them.     They 
founded  the  original  firm  of  Belding  Brothers, 
and   the  two  operated   independently  at  first. 
.-\s  their  sales  increased,  they  found  it  neces- 
sarv  to  have  a  store  and  office  in  Chicago,  and 
this  was  established  in   1863.     They  had  pre- 
viouslv  sold  from  wagons,  but  now  the  busi- 
ness was  conducted  on  a  larger  basis,  and  it 
has   continued   to   grow   to  the   present   time. 
.Soon  other  members  of  the  family  came  into 
the  firm,  whose  growth  has  been  sketched  in 
the    preceding    paragraph.     It    very    quickly 
came  into  control  of  the  jobbing  trade  in  the 
West,  and  its  present  volume  is  well  indicated 
l)v    the    immense    amount    of    machinery    and 
large  number  of  people  employed  in  produc- 
ing the   wares   marketed.     As   it   is   not   only 
necessarv  to  dispose  of  the  goods,  but  to  pro- 
duce them  economically  in  this  age  of  com- 
petition, it  is  readily  seen  that  Alvah  N.  Beld- 
ding  has  played  no  unimportant  part  in  build- 
ing up  this  immense  establishment.     In   1869 
he  settled   at   Rockville,  where   his  home   has 
since    continued.     He    has    superintended    the 
construction  of  most  of  the  mills  operated  by 
the  corjjoration.  and  has  managed  the  opera- 
tions of  the  original  mill  from  the  time  of  its 
jnirchase   from   Mr.   Rose.     He  is  now  vice- 
president  and  secretary  of  the  corporation  and 
makes  fre(|uent  visits  to  the  New  York  head- 
quarters in  the  discharge  of  his  duties.    Among 
outside  enterprises  in  which  he  is  interested  is 
the  Hotel  Belding,  in  Belding.  Michigan,  which 
was  built  and  is  still  controlled  by  the  broth- 
ers, all  of  whom  take  a  warm  interest  in  the 
progress  of  that  town.  Alvah  N.  Belding  is  pres- 
ident of  the  Belding  Land  and   Improvement 


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Company,  vice-president  of  the  Belding  Savings 
Bank,  and  director  of  the  Spencer  Electric  Light 
&  I'ower  Company  of  the  same  place.  In  Oc- 
tober, 1900,  he  sold  to  the  city  of  lielding  a 
tract  of  land  for  park  purposes,  for  which  he 
received  ten  thousand  dollars,  and  immedi- 
ately presented  the  sum  to  the  city  to  be  used 
in  inducing  new  industries  to  locate  there. 
He  also  made  a  standing  offer  to  duplicate 
any  sum  donated  for  beautifying  the  city.  Mr. 
Belding  is  a  director  of  the  American  Mills 
Company  and  James  J.  Regan  Manufacturing 
Company  of  Rockville,  of  the  Rc^ckville  Peo- 
ples' Savings  Bank,  the  National  Bank  of 
Rockville,  the  Belding  &  Paul  Company,  Ltd., 
of  Montreal,  and  the  Carlson  Courier  Com- 
panv  of  San  Francisco,  and  the  Kansas  City, 
Mexico  &  Orient  railroad.  He  has  a  beautiful 
farm  in  Ellington,  Connecticut,  near  Rockville, 
in  whose  cultivation  and  im])rovement  he  takes 
mucii  of  his  recreation.  He  is  one  of  the  most 
public-spirited  citizens  of  his  home  town  and 
contributes  in  many  ways  to  its  advancement.  In 
1895  he  built  a  fine  home  of  St.  Lawrence 
marble,  on  a  site  commanding  a  fine  view,  and 
named  it  "Castle  Sunset."  In  1882  he  was 
elected  as  a  Republican  to  represent  the  town 
in  the  legislature,  receiving  the  largest  ma- 
joritv  ever  given  in  the  city,  and  declined  a 
renomination. 

He  married,  January  fi,  1870.  Lizzie  .S.  Mer- 
rick, born  in  Orange.  Massachusetts,  daugh- 
ter of  H.  .\.  and  Elizabeth  F.  (Snow)  Mer- 
rick, and  reared  in  Shelburne  Falls.  Massa- 
chusetts. She  is  a  member  of  Sabra  Trum- 
bull Chapter,  Daughters  American  Revolu- 
tion, the  National  Society  of  New  England 
Women,  the  Mayflower  Society  of  Boston,  and 
vice-president  of  the  Connecticut  Branch  of 
the  International  Sunshine  Society  of  New 
York  City.  The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Belding  are:  Florence  May  and  Frederick 
Norton.  The  former  is  a  graduate  of  Miss 
P>rown's  Finishing  School  of  New  York.  The 
latter  is  a  member  of  the  class  of  1910  at 
Princeton  University,  and  is  a  director  of  Beld- 
ing lirothers  &  Company. 


Edmund  Johnson,  immigrant 
JOHNSON     Ancestor,   came    from   Wales 

in  1635.  and  settled  at  Winni- 
cuniet,  now  Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  Ac- 
cording to  tradition,  his  grandfather.  Edmund 
Johnson,  with  six  older  sons  were  drowned 
while  fishing  in  the  river  at  Pontz  Pool.  South 
Wales,  about  1600.  leaving  only  the  son  John, 
then   a   lad   of   twelve  years.     This   John   had 


two  sons,  Edmund,  the  immigrant,  and  John 
.\p  John,  a  co-laborer  with  George  F""o.x.  the 
(Juaker.  When  Johnson  came  to  Winnicu- 
met,  it  included  what  is  now  Kensington,  Hap- 
tnn  Falls,  and  jiarts  of  Rye  and  Seabrook.  as 
well  as  Hampton.  New  Hampshire.  His 
house  lot  has  descended  in  the  family  and  at 
last  accounts  was  owned  by  Joseph  and  Na- 
thaniel Johnson.  He  died  March  10,  1651, 
and  his  widow  married  Thomas  Coleman. 
Children:  I.  Peter,  born  1639;  mentioned 
below.  2.  John.  1641.  3.  James.  1643.  4. 
Dorcas.  1645. 

(II)  Peter,  son  of  Edmund  Johnson,  was 
born  at  Hamjiton  and  baptized  there  in  1639  by 
Rev.  Stephen  Bachiler.  He  was  drowned  in 
the  Hampton  river,  November  16.  1674.  He 
married.  April  7.  1660.  Ruth  Moulton.  of 
Hampton.  He  was  a  prominent  Quaker. 
Children,  born  at  Hampton:  i.  Mary,  Febru- 
ary 7.  1663.  2.  Ruth,  May  13,  1666.  3.  Ed- 
mund. May  8,  1671  :  mentioned  below.  4. 
I'eter.  September  25,   1674. 

(HI)  Edmund  (2),  son  of  Peter  Johnson, 
was  born  at  Hampton,  May  8,  1671,  died  there 
November  11,  1737.  He  settled  in  the  north 
l)art  of  Hampton  on  Little  river  and  lived  there 
until  1701,  when  he  had  leave  to  lay  out  land 
DU  Little  river  and  take  up  a  tract  in  what  is 
now  Kensington,  near  Kingston.  He,  his 
father-in-law  and  the  Chase  family  settled  ad- 
joining farms  and  the  Chase  and  Green  farms 
are  still  in  the  possession  of  descendants  or 
were  recently.  He  married,  in  1693,  Abigail 
Green.  Children,  born  at  Hampton  and  Ken- 
sington: I.  Abigail.  September  25,  1693.  2. 
Ruth.  February  24.  1695.  3.  Esther,  Febru- 
ary 22.  1697.  4.  Dorcas,  May  5,  1699.  5. 
I'eter,  September  7.  1701.  6.  Obadiah,  Oc- 
tiiber  3,  1705  :  mentioned  below.  7.  Mary,  No- 
vember 3,  1707.  8.  Patience,  September  23. 
1 701). 

(  l\')  Obadiah.  son  of  Edmund  (2)  John- 
son, was  born  at  Kensington.  October  3,  1705. 
He  married,  1729-30,  Judith  Brown,  of  New- 
bury. Massachusetts.  Children,  born  at  Ken- 
sington: I.  Edmund.  December  10,  1730.  2. 
.\bigail.  3.  Obadiah.  4.  Patience.  3.  Enoch, 
mentioned  below. 

(\  )  Enoch,  son  of  Obadiah  Johnson,  was 
born  at  Kensington.  September  I,  1746,  and 
died  there.  He  married,  about  1772.  Lydia 
Huntington,  and  settled  about  that  time  at 
East  \\'eare.  New  Hampshire.  In  1790  the 
census  shows  that  he  was  living  in  Weare  and 
had  in  his  family  two  males  over  sixteen,  six 
males    umler    that    age,   three    females.     Chil- 


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dreii.  burn  at  Weare :  I.  Enoch,  October  i6, 
1775.  2.  John,  September  27,  1777,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Daniel,  May  16,  1780.  4.  Elipha- 
let,  August  10,  1782.  5.  Lydia,  August  18. 
1784.  6.  Stephen,  August  27,  1787.  7.  Amos, 
September  28,  1789.  Probably  two  or  more 
others,  according  to  the  census,  older  than 
these. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Enoch  Johnson,  was 
born  at  Weare  or  Unity,  New  Hampshire, 
September  27,  1777.  died  March  10,  1837.  He 
settled  in  Henniker,  New  Hampshire,  where 
he  had   a   farm.     He    married,   December    i, 

1802,  at  the  home  of  her  father,  Anna  S.  Fol- 
som,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Mary  (Brack- 
enbury)  Folsom.  She  was  born  August  29, 
1783,  died  at  Chelsea,  Massachusetts,  at  the 
home  of  her  son,  Daniel  Alley.  Children, 
born  at  Henniker:  i.  Joshua  M.,  December  9, 

1803.  2.  John  P.,  March  24,  1805.  3.  Mary, 
born  and  died  January  17,  181 1.  4.  Sarah 
Allen,  born  May  9,  181 3.  5.  Julia,  January 
25,  i8i6.  6.  Moses  H.,  May  i.  1819:  child. 
Rev.  John  Edgar,  of  Philadelphia.  7.  Dr. 
Daniel  Alley,  mentioned  below. 

(\'H)  Dr.  Daniel  Alley,  son  of  John  John- 
.son,  was  born  at  Henniker,  August  21,  1821, 
died  February  10,  1891,  at  Newton  Centre, 
Massachusetts.  He  attended  Professor  Cros- 
by's Academy  at  Nashua,  New  Hampshire, 
and  studied  medicine  at  Boston  Homeopathic 
College  and  Harvard  Medical  School,  gradu- 
ating from  the  latter  in  1848  with  the  degree 
of  M.  D.,  in  the  same  class  with  Professor 
Louis  T.  R.  Agassiz.  The  following  names 
are  on  the  diploma :  Edward  Everett,  presi- 
dent;  Jacob  Bigelow,  Walter  Channing,  George 
Hayward.  W.  \.  Webster,  John  Ware,  J.  B.  S. 
Jackson  and  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes.  He  also 
had  a  diploma  from  the  Homeopathic  Medical 
Society,  signed  by  Dr.  Cregg  and  Dr.  Thayer, 
the  former  of  whom  was  the  president.  He 
was  the  first  homeopathic  physician  of  Lynn, 
and  practiced  his  profession  in  Lynn,  Chelsea, 
South  End,  Boston,  and  Boston,  with  offices 
in  the  latter  city  at  No.  20  Worcester  street. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Homoeopathic  Medical  Society.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  first  board  of  aldermen  in  the 
city  of  Chelsea,  during  the  time  when  the  city 
received  its  first  city  charter,  and  when  Col- 
onel Henry  Fay  was  its  first  mayor.  In  poli- 
tics Mr.  Johnson  was  a  Republican ;  in  re- 
ligion a  Bajitist.  He  married.  July  24,  1849, 
at  Nashua.  New  Hamjishire,  Sally  Sophia, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Natlian  Ilunton.  (See 
Hnnton,  \'.  )      She  died  March  i.  1904.     Chil- 


dren: I.  Edward  Crosby,  born  March  18,  1852, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Sophia  Louise,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1855;  married  Dr.  Elbridge  C.  Leach, 
residence  19  Crystal  street,  Newton  Centre, 
Massachusetts  ;  children  :  i.  Ethel  Louise,  born 
April  I,  1880;  married  Clement  Hayward 
Kimball:  ii.  Mabel  Maud,  March  30,  1882; 
iii.  Bernice,  January  8,  1884. 

(  X'lIIj  FLdward  Crosby,  son  of  Dr.  Daniel 
Alley  Johnson,  was  born  March  18,  1852,  at 
Lynn,  Massachusetts.  When  he  was  one  year 
old  the  family  removed  to  Chelsea,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  attended  the  public  schools  and 
Mrs.  lUake's  private  school.  He  then  at- 
tended the  famous  olil  Cliauncey  Hall  School 
of  Boston.  He  began  his  business  career  as 
clerk  for  the  firm  of  John  F.  &  Daniel  S. 
Emery,  ship  brokers.  A  year  later  he  entered 
the  employ  of  J.  W.  Brigham  &  Company  of 
Worcester  and  continued  three  years.  In 
1873  he  took  a  position  as  bookkeeper  and 
traveling  salesman  for  Abbott  &  Richardson, 
wholesale  dealers  in  shoes,  Boston,  and  later 
held  position  as  salesman  with  Alexander 
Strong,  with  E.  A.  Strong  &  Burt  and  Strong, 
Hurt  &  Moore.  He  was  connected  with  the 
firm  of  William  Claflin,  Coburn  &  Company, 
manufacturers  of  boots  and  shoes,  for  twelve 
years.  During  the  next  three  years  he  was  a 
partner  in  the  firm  of  Robbins,  Kellogg  & 
Comjiany,  of  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  shoe 
manufacturers,  and  had  charge  of  the  sales 
dei)artment.  He  was  manager  of  the  sales 
de])artment  for  F.'  Brigham  &  Company  of 
Hudson  and  when  the  firm  was  consolidated 
as  F.  Brigham  &  Gregory  Company,  he  became 
vice-president  of  the  corjioration.  The  fac- 
torv  of  the  company  is  at  Hudson,  Massachu- 
setts. The  business  has  been  prosperous,  em- 
ploying regularly  from  four  hundred  to  five 
liundred  hands.  The  Boston  office  is  at  93 
Lincoln  street,  Boston.  Mr.  Johnson  is  one 
of  the  best  known  and  most  popular  men  of 
the  leather  district,  known  to  the  trade  of  the 
whole  country  as  a  cajiable  and  trustworthy 
salesman,  an(l  the  firm  has  one  of  the  highest 
ratings  for  excellence  of  its  product  and  square 
dealing.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  Boston,  of 
the  Northwestern  Travelers'  Association,  and 
the  Utica  Mutual  Travelers'  Association.  In 
politics  he  is  an  independent  Republican,  in 
religion  a  I'nitarian.  He  married.  May  23, 
1877,  Lucia  O.sgood  Emery,  daughter  of 
Mayor  Parker  and  Lucia  (Osgood)  Sheldon, 
of  (iardiner,  Maine,  adopted  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel F.  and  Sarah  (Woodbury)  Emery,  of  Port- 


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]an(l,  Maine.  Children:  I.  Edward  Emery, 
born  December  17,  1878.  2.  Daniel  Alley, 
January  26,  1879;  lives  at  Plymouth;  married 
Ethel  Weston,  daughter  of  Myles  Standish 
Weston,  of  Plymouth  ;  child,  Daniel  Alley  Jr. 
3.  Parker  Sheldon,  May  22,  1880;  lives  at 
156  Mount  Vernon  street,  Newtonville,  Massa- 
chusetts. 4.  Lucia  Osgood,  June  7,  1882; 
married  Robert  Whitehill ;  chihl,  David  Par- 
nienter.  5.  John  Winthrop.  October  27,  1884. 
fi.  Frederick  Channing.  November  19,  1885. 
7.  Eleanor  \\'oodbury,  January  29,  i88g;  died 
December  22,  1909.  8.  Ruth  Hunton,  Mav  24, 
1891. 

(The    Hunton    Linei. 

The  surname  Hunton  or  Iluntoon  is  of 
Saxon  origin  and  of  great  anti(|uity.  Hunt 
or  Iwiit  signifies  a  hunter  and  is  connected 
alsc)  with  the  word  hund,  meaning  a  hunting 
dog.  Toil  or  tun  means  an  enclosure,  and  the 
whole  word  means  a  good  hunting  ground. 
It  is,  therefore,  a  place  name.  The  spelling 
is  varied — Hunton,  Huntoon,  Henton,  Hinton, 
Hynton,  Honton,  etc.  In  1272  Thomas  and 
William  de  Hunton  lived  in  England.  Promi- 
nent branches  of  the  Hunton  family  have  lived 
in  Wiltshire.  Hampshire.  Cambridgeshire. 
Yorkshire  and  Fierkshire.  The  Wiltshire  fam- 
ily has  this  coat-of-arms :  Argent  on  a  chevron 
per  pale  gules  and  azure,  between  three  tal- 
bots  passant  Sable,  as  many  stags'  heads  ca- 
bossed  or.  Crest:  A  demi-talbot  gules  col- 
lared and  eared  or,  holding  between  his  paws 
a  stag's  head  cabossed  of  the  first.  The  chris- 
tian names  of  the  Hampshire  family  in  Eng- 
land are  very  similar  to  those  of  the  American 
branch  of  the  family,  although  there  is  no  doc- 
umentary evidence  to  establish  the  relation- 
ship. 

Philip  Hunton,  a  non-conformist  clergyman 
of  Andover,  Hampshire,  England,  was  born 
about  1598,  became  a  prominent  writer  and 
preacher  and  "published  the  most  learned 
treatise   on   monarchy  of  any  writers  of  his 

party."     He  married  Anne  .     He  died 

July  I,  1682.  and  was  buried  in  the  church  at 
\\'estbury.  One  of  his  books  was  condemned 
by  the  University  of  Oxford  and  was  publicly 
burned  in  the  quadrangle,  but  the  decree  itself 
was  as  publicly  burned  later  and  the  book  re- 
published. 

(I)  William  Hunton  or  Himtoon.  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  the  American  family, 
thought  to  be  a  brother  of  Philip  Hunton.  men- 
tioned above,  was  born  in  England,  and  came 
early  to  Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  He  had 
a  grant  of  land  at  Hampton.  April  24.  1643. 


of  upland  in  the  sciuthwestern  part  of  the  town, 
abutting  the  wigwam  lots  and  on  the  north- 
east the  common  lands.  This  tract  was  alien- 
ated from  him  in  1644  and  it  is  supposed  that 
he  returned  to  England,  as  nothing  further  is 
known  of  him. 

(II)  Philip  Hunton  was  born  about  1664. 
died  i\Iay  10,  1752,  "very  ancient"  and  he  is 
supposed  to  have  been  son  of  \\'illiam  Flun- 
ton.  He  came  from  England  when  a  boy  and 
was  ai)prenticed  to  a  man  named  Hall,  of  Ex- 
eter. New  Hampshire.  His  name  first  appears 
cm  the  record,  signed  to  a  petition  dated  Feb- 
ruary 21.  1697.  asking  for  protection  from  the 
Indians.  He  received  a  grant  of  thirty  acres 
of  land,  l-'ebruary  21,  1697.  and  another  grant. 
March  6.  1699.  He  left  Exeter  about  1703 
and  settled  in  Kingston,  New  Hampshire.  In 
1707  he  with  others  deserted  the  town  on  ac- 
count of  Indian  outbreaks.  Later  they  were 
warned  by  the  authorities  to  return  to  their 
homes  at  Kingston,  and  "the  captains  are 
hereby  ordered  that  when  they  send  soldiers 
to  her  Majesty's  fort.  William  and  Mary,  that 
the  above  persons  be  the  first  that  shall  be 
sent  there."  They  undoubtedly  refused  to  re- 
turn home,  and  then  the  general  court  ordered 
that  they  be  sent  for.  and  if  they  still  refused, 
to  bind  them  for  contempt  of  court.  In  1708 
Philip  Hunton  was  back  in  Kingston,  and 
bought  more  land  there  of  John  Foulsham  or 
Folsom.  On  the  morning  of  July  22,  1710, 
while  Hunton  and  his  eldest  son  Samuel  were 
plowing  in  the  field  not  far  from  the  house, 
they  were  surrounded  by  Indians  and  fired 
upon.  Samuel  fell,  mortally  wounded ; 
Philip  and  a  neighbor.  Jacob  Oilman,  were 
taken  prisoners  and  sufifered  terrible  indigni- 
ties from  their  captors.  They  were  obliged 
to  run  "the  gauntlet."  and  were  tormented  in 
many  other  ways.  Finally,  after  long  marches 
and  scanty  fare,  they  arrived  in  Canada  and 
were  sold  as  prisoners  of  war  by  the  French. 
They  were  informed  that  if  they  would  build 
a  saw  mill  for  the  government  and  teach  the 
French  to  run  it,  they  would  be  released. 
They  carried  out  their  contract  and  earned 
their  freedom,  though  it  is  said  that  the  French 
never  operated  the  mill  successfully.  Tra-. 
dition  tells  us  that  Hunton  was  in  Canada 
about  two  years.  In  1719  he  deeded  to  his 
son  John  one  half  the  land  and  dwelling  house 
where  he  lived,  and  the  new  frame  of  a  house 
about  four  rods  from  the  old  one.  and  all  his 
share  of  Trickling  Hill,  while  John  agreed 
to  give  his  father  four  thousand  feet  of  boards 
a  year  during  his  life.     In    1729  he  gave  to 


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his  son  rhilip  half  of  his  estate,  the  other  half 
to  become  his  after  the  testator  died.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  about  1687,  Betsey  Hall,  of  Ex- 
eter; (second)  Hannah ,  who  died  De- 
cember 22,  1741.  Her  name  heads  the  list  of 
communicants  at  the  first  gathering  of  the 
church  at  Kingston  before  the  ordination  of 
Mr.  Ward  Clark,  September  17,  1725.  She 
was  of  a  deeply  religious  nature,  and  we  are 
told  that  the  lives  of  her  two  sons  John  and 
I'hilip  were  saved  at  the  time  of  the  Indian 
attack  by  the  fact  that  they  were  kept  behind 
the  others  to  say  morning  prayers  and  sing  a 
hymn  before  going  to  the  fields  to  work.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Samuel,  born  about  1689;  killed  by 
the    Indians,  July  23,    I710.     2.    I'hilip,    1694. 

3.  John,  mentioned  below.  4.  Sarah,  .\pril 
21.  1703:  died  May  15,  1703.  5.  Elizabeth, 
married"  Deacon  Joseph  Elkins.  6.  Sarah, 
married  Darby  Kelly. 

(  HI  )  lohn,  son  of  Philip  lluntun,  was  born 
about  1696  at  Kingston,  died  December  8, 
1778.  He  was  a  .soldier  in  the  war  in  1724 
in  Captain  Ladd's  company,  having  the  rank 
of  corporal:  in  1740  he  was  a  selectman  of 
the  town  of  Kingston.  His  name  appears 
often  in  the  town  records  from  1733  to  1740. 
He  married  Mary  Rundlett.  Children,  born 
at  Kingston:  i.  Samuel,  June  18,  1718.  2. 
Nathaniel,  1721.     3.  Charles,  October  12,  1725. 

4.  Lydia,  married,  Xovemlter  4.  1740.  Jona- 
than Sleei)er.     5.  John,  July  11,  1729.     6.  Jo- 

"  siah.  baptized  September  7,  1729.  7.  Daniel, 
baptized  November  7.  1731,  died  young.  8. 
Mary,  baptized  May  26,  1734.  died  young.  9. 
Mary,  baptized  July  4,  1736,  died  young.  10. 
Daniel,  baptized  July  9,  1738.  II.  Joseph. 
12.  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  Hunton,  was 
born  in  Kingston.  July  13.  1744.  The  town 
records  give  him  the  rank  of  ensign.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Ebene- 
zer  Webster's  company.  Colonel  Thomas 
Stickney's  regiment.  General  Stark's  brigade, 
in  the  summer  of  177".  at  Bennington  and 
Stillwater.  He  was  in  the  same  company, 
Colonel  XichoTs  regiment.  General  Whii^ple's 
brigade  in  the  Rhode  Island  campaign  in  1778 
and  had  the  rank  of  sergeant.  He  was  a 
farmer  at  lirentwood  on  a  place  he  bought  in 
1763.  He  married,  August  29,  1764,  Deliv- 
erance Goss,  born  .\ugust  15,  1744.     Children  : 

1.  Elizabeth,  .\pril  i,  1765.     2.  Joseph,  .\ugust 

2.  1767.  3.  Benjamin,  September  13,  1769, 
at  New  Salisbury.  4.  John,  September  I. 
1771,  at  Salisbury.  5.  Hannah,  July  13,  1773. 
6.   Polly,   at    Kingston,   October   20,    1775.     7. 


1  [ills,  C)ctober  21,,  1777,  at  Unity,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 8.  Deliverance,  October  27,  1779.  9- 
Nathan,  mentioned  below. 

(\')   Colonel   Nathan,   son  of  Ensign   Ben- 
jamin Himton,  was  born  at  Unity,  New  Hamp- 
shire,   March    21,    1782,    died    November    24, 
1879.      He  made  his  home  in  his  native  town, 
and    was   active   in    establishing    the    Baptist 
church  there  and  was  for  many  years  deacon. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  state  inilitia  in  his 
youth  antl  rose  to  the  rank  of  colonel  of  the 
Sixteenth  New  Hampshire  Regiment  in  1822. 
-\gain  when  he  was  sixty  years  old  he  took  his 
place  in  the  ranks,  was  soon  afterward  elected 
cajitain,    ])n)moted    to    lieutenant-colonel    and 
again  to  colonel  of  the  regiment  in  1850.     He 
retained  his  health  and  faculties  to  a  remark- 
able age  and  when  ninety-one  years  old  was 
marshal   of   the   celebration   at   Goshen,   New 
1  lamiishirc.     He  was  the  oldest  Free  Mason  in 
Sullivan  county,  if  not  in  the  state.     He  was 
selectman  of  Unity  for  many  years.   In  politics 
he  was  always  a  Democrat.    \\'hen  he  became 
unable  to  go  to  the  polls  on  the  last  election  day 
before  he  died,  the  town  meeting,  on  motion 
of  a   Republican   who  heard   of   his  desire   to 
vote,   adjourned    to   his   house   t©   receive   his 
vote.     The  case  is  said  to  be  unparalleled.     He 
married  (first)  November,  1805,  Sally  Moody, 
born    1780,   died   March    10,    1816.     He  mar- 
ried    (second)     November    22,    1816,    Sophia 
Parker,  born    1792,   died    February   11,    1840. 
He  married   (third)   August  31,   1840,  Calista 
Morgan,   born    1813,   died    ^larch,    1843,     He 
married    (fourth)    November    2,    1844.    Mrs. 
Ann-    X.    llobart.     Children:    i.    Lydia,   born 
September  14,  1806,  died  May  27,  1862;  mar- 
ried    David    Robinson.     2.    Sophronia,    died 
young.     3.    .\lmira    Attelia,    born   October   7, 
1809;  married  lulward  A.  Slader.     4.  Louisa 
Sophronia.  March  31,  1813:  married  Professor 
David  eVosby.     5.   Sally   So|)hia.  died  )'oung. 
<).   Henrv    Xathaii ;    children :    Frank,    Louise, 
William'  (twin  ),    Willanl     (twin),     Franklin 
Hills,  .\ugust   15.   1822.     8.  Sally  Sophia,  No- 
vember 15,  1824:  married,  July  24,  1849,  Dan- 
iel .\lley  Johnson:  died  March  i,  1904.     (See 
[ohnson.  \'II. )     9.  Roxanna  Atilda,  October 
"16,  1826;  married  Dr.  Elwell  Woodbury.       10. 
Martha    Jane,    December    5,    1829;    married 
Henry  I  lolt.  mattress  maiuifacturer  at  Nashua, 
Xew' Hampshire.      11.    Julia     .\nn,    .\pril    I, 
1832:  second  wife  to  James  Baldwin,  bobbin 
manufacturer  of  Nashua  and  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire.      12.    Calista    Morgan,    November 
2,n.   1841  :  married.   lanuarv  30.   1866.  Charles 
T.  Phelps. 


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Anthony  Sadler,  immigrant  an- 
SADL1"',1\  cestor,  was  born  in  England  and 
came  to  America  in  the  ship 
■'Confidence"  in  April.  1638.  as  an  appren- 
tice of  Stephen  Kent.  His  age  was  given  as 
nine  or  nineteen.  Richard  Sadler,  who  settled 
at  Lynn  as  early  as  1638,  was  clerk  of  writs 
ni  1641  and  removed  to  Reading,  where  he  was 
projjrietor  in  1644,  was  probably  father  or 
brother.  Eittle  is  known  of  him.  thongh  the 
name  Richard  survives  in  the  family.  An- 
thony became  a  freeman,  September  6,  1639. 
He  was  a  cordwainer  by  trade.  He  married 
Martha,  daughter  of  John  Cheney.  They 
liveil  at  Xewbury  and  Salisbury,  Massachu- 
setts, and  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  the 
latter  town.  Anthony  was  drowned  in  the 
prime  of  life  at  Salisbury,  t'ebruary  23.  1651. 
I  lis  widc_)W  married  Thomas  lUirkby,  of  Ips- 
wich. She  was  buried  January  24.  1638.  The 
onlv  child  of  Anthony  and  Martha  was:  Abiel, 
mentioned  below. 

(11)  Abiel,  son  of  Anthony  Sadler,  was 
born  in  Salisbury,  November  2,  1650.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  colonial  wars  from  Essex 
county.  He  settled  in  Gloucester,  Massachu- 
setts, where  in  1689  he  owned  a  homestead 
with  three  acres  of  land  above  the  head  of 
Stony  Cove.  He  was  doubtless  a  seafaring 
man.  He  died  September  15,  1697,  at  the  age 
of  forty-seven.  His  widow  married  Joseph 
Tainer.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Richard 
Dike.  Children:  I.  John,  went  to  Rowley; 
married  Sarah  Scott ;  settled  in  Mendon,  Wor- 
cester county,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1735 
and  held  town  offices  there ;  had  land  at  Ash- 
field  be(|ueathed  to  son  John,  who  lived  there 
and  at  Deerfield.  2.  Richard,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Edward  (believed  to  be  son)  mar- 
ried at  lloston.  December  16,  1714, . 

(HI)  Richard  Sadler,  believed  to  be  son 
of  Abiel  Sadler,  lived  in  Boston,  whither  many 
(iloucestcr  fishermen  went.  He  died  in  1713, 
as  indicated  h\  his  will  dated  October  23,  1712. 
proved  IXcember  18.  1713.  He  gave  his  wife 
Elizabeth  full  jxiwer  of  attorney  and  made  her 
sole  executrix.  He  mentions  no  children.  He 
married  at  Boston,  December  22,  1707.  Eliza- 
beth  Gourding. 

(R')  \\'illiam,  son  or  nephew  of  Richard 
Sadler,  was  living  in  (iloucester  in  1790,  and 
had  onlv  three  females  in  his  family.  This 
mav  have  been  a  son,  but  he  is  the  only  head 
ipf  the  family  of  this  surname. 

I  \" )  John,  son  or  nephew  of  William  Sad- 
ler, lived  in  Gloucester.  Babson  makes  no 
mention  of  him  or  his  father  and  it  is  likely 


that  both  lived  in  Boston  and  other  seaports 
and  followed  the  sea,  leaving  few  records  from 
which  to  trace  them.  But  we  find  the  record 
of  marriage  of  John  Sadler,  of  Gloucester,  to 
^lary  Kendall,  of  Gloucester,  at  Marblehead. 
Jaiuiary  6,  1766.  This  could  have  been  no 
other  known  John  Sadler.  So  far  as  we  know- 
he  had  only  a  son  John,  mentioned  below. 
But  there  was  a  William  Sadler  in  Boston,  his 
son  or  nephew,  who  seems  to  have  been  mar- 
ried often.  Some  of  the  records  may  belong 
to  a  brother  or  the  father,  however.  William 
Sadler  married,  March  8,  1781,  Nancy  Gib- 
let  (  Gilbert  ? )  ;  \\'illiam  Sadler  married,  Jaiui- 
ary 6,  1785,  Mary  Gazewell,  and  the  record  ap- 
pears to  show  that  he  married  a  Mary  Guz- 
well,  March  11,  1790.  This  is  probably  the 
same  marriage,  however.  William  Sadler 
married  at  Boston,  October  13,  1 791,  Mary 
Wright,  and  -William  Sadler  married,  July  19, 
i7<jo.  Mary  Larkin.  Finally,  \\'illiam  Sadler 
married.  July  2,  1796,  Mary  Lentz.  Only  the 
family  records  will  enable  the  genealogist  to 
determine  how  many  Williams  there  were  in 
I'.oston  accounted  for  by  these  six  marriage 
records. 

(\'I)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (I)  Sadler, 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  at  the  age  of 
fifteen   from  the  town  of  Gloucester,  January 

1.  1 78 1.  Eighth  Massachusetts  Regiment,  Con- 
tinental army.  He  drew  a  pension  late  in 
life.  He  drew  land  from  the  government  near 
Chicago,  but  settled  in  Maine,  at  Georgetown. 
The  estate  of  John  Sadler  was  probated  in 
I'.oston  in  1846.  He  died  in  Georgetown, 
.Maine,  about  1846.  He  married  Lydia  Bond. 
(}f  Boston,  daughter  of  the  Boston  baker  whose 
name  became  famous  as  the  originator  of  the 
"P.ond"  cracker.  Children  :  Thomas,  John  Jr., 
William,  Polly,  Priscilla,  Caroline,  Charlotte, 
loshua  and  Moses. 

(XII)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Sadler, 
was  born  about  1795,  in  Boston  or  Gloucester. 
He  settled  at  Georgetown,  Maine.  He  was  a 
master  mariner.  He  sailed  as  privateer  in  the 
war  of  181 2  and  captured  a  $60,000  prize  ves- 
sel. He  married  Sarah  Stevens.  Children, 
born  in  Georgetown:  I.  Mary  Jane,  marrieil 
lames  M.  Stevens,  a  second  cousin;  children, 
born  at  Georgetown:  James,  Benjamin,  Rhoda 
Jane.   Elmira,   Rosabelle   Stevens,   and  others 

2.  Rhoda.  married  Alpheus  Emmons ;  children, 
born  at  (ieorgetown:  Nancy,  John,  Lemuel. 
Alvin.  Chaney  Emmons,  and  others.  3.  Ben- 
jamin, mentioned  below. 

f\TII)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  (3)  Sadler, 
was  born  in  Georgetown,  March  2.  1822.     He 


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attended  the  public  schools,  and  at  the  age  of 
twelve  began  to  work  for  his  father  as  clerk 
in  his  store.  When  he  was  sixteen  he  went  to 
sea  and  for  the  next  five  years  was  with  his 
father  in  the  coasting  trade.  Then  he  bought 
a  sailing  vessel  of  his  father  and  engaged  in 
the  coast  trade  on  his  own  account.  He  was 
a  master  mariner  well  known  among  the  mer- 
chants of  the  Atlantic  coast.  He  retired  from 
active  life  at  the  age  of  sixty-two  years.  He 
is  now  living  with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  J.  W. 
Wilbur,  at  lirookline,  Massachusetts,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  eighty-eight  years  (1910). 
In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  in  religion  a 
Baptist.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Raptist  church  at  Georgetown,  Maine. 

He  married  Susan  M.,  daughter  of  Wait- 
still  and  Isabelle  (Ridley)  Potter.  She  had 
brothers :  James,  George,  who  lives  in  Iowa, 
Henry,  and  sisters :  Abbie,  Addie,  married 
Frank  Haywood,  and  Emma,  married  Charles 
Morrill  and  had  children :  Addie  and  Frances 
Morrill.  Children:  i.  Marcus,  born  March  6, 
i860.  2.  Mary,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Georgia 
Emma,  January  24,  1863 ;  died  August  19, 
1906;  married  (second)  Levi  Fickett  and  had 
one  son,  Frank  Fickett.  4.  Addie  V.,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Rev.  Frank  W.,  March  22. 
1869;  resides  at  Auburndale;  married  Cora 
Grover  ;  children  :  Eva,  Mildred  and  Benjamin 
Franklin.  6.  Arthur  M.,  March  20,  1873; 
married  Alice  Nicholls;  had  no  children;  lives 
at  Auburn,  Maine.  7.  Albert  H.,  January  23, 
1876:  married  Margaret  Henderson  and  had 
one  child,  Enid ;  lives  at  Everett,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(IX)  Addie  V.,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Sad- 
ler, was  born  at  Georgetown,  Maine ;  married, 
December  31,  1895,  Jacob  W.  Wilbur,  at  Free- 
port.  Maine.  They  have  one  child,  Ruth  A. 
Wilbur,  born  at  Everett.  Massachusetts. 


This  is  a  family  of  English 
BAINTON     origin,     and     has      furnished 

worthy  and  desirable  citizens. 
But  little  can  be  learned  of  the  earlier  genera- 
lions  in  the  old  world. 

(I)  The  first  of  the  family  of  whom  knowl- 
edge is  now  obtainable  is  William  Bainton, 
born  at  Bradford  on  Avon,  in  England,  who 
was  a  Congregationalist  in  religion  and  a  Lib- 
eral in  politics.  He  had  three  sons  and  a 
daughter,  namely:  George,  Joseph,  Charles, 
Elizabeth. 

(II)  George,  eldest  son  of  William  Bain- 
ton. was  born   Tuly  10.   1801.  in  Bradford  on 


.\von,  where  he  passed  his  life.  His  wife, 
Mary  (maiden  name  unknown),  was  born 
June  4,  1803.  The  date  of  her  marriage  is 
not  discoverable.  Children :  Anne,  born  May 
10.  1824;  John,  September  26,  1826;  Joanna. 
Xovembcr  11,  1828;  Nathaniel  Ludlow,  men- 
tioned below ;  Emma  Maria,  November  24, 
1835;  George,  May  29,  1838;  Arthur.  May 
9,  1841  ;  Mary  Jane,  April  20,  1844.  Most 
of  these  children  came  to  the  United  States. 
The  third  daughter  married  a  Clifford.  The 
third  son  resides  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
and  has  a  large  family.  The  next  resides  in 
ihe  same  city.  The  youngest  daughter  is  the 
wife  of  Edward  Rickerts,  and  resides  in  Jer- 
sey City,  New  Jersey. 

(HI)  Nathaniel  Ludlow,  second  son  of 
George  and  Mary  Bainton,  was  born  May  8, 
1833.  at  Bradford  on  Avon,  where  he  resided, 
being  educated  in  the  national  schools,  and  be- 
came a  weaver,  and  subsequently  a  pattern  de- 
signer, and  was  ultimately  superintendent  of 
a  woolen  mill  in  his  native  town,  where  he  was 
for  many  years  organist  of  Christ's  Church, 
and  also  taught  music.  He  was  a  Liberal  and 
a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church.  He  mar- 
ried Henrietta  Bull,  a  native  of  the  same 
I)lace,  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  Bull. 
William  Bull  was  a  weaver,  and  resided  in 
Bradford  on  Avon.  The  name  of  his  first 
wife  was  Sarah,  but  her  maiden  name  is  un- 
preserved.  His  second  wife  was  a  Simister. 
The  children  of  first  wife  were  Martha,  Hen- 
rietta and  John.  The  second  wife  was  the 
mother  of  Frank  Bull,  who  married  Annie 
Smith.  The  eldest  is  the  wife  of  Arthur 
Bainton,  who  resides  on  Laurel  Hill  avenue, 
in  Providence,  and  the  second  is  the  wife  of 
Nathaniel  Luillow  Bainton.  Children  of  Na- 
thaniel L.  and  Henrietta  Bainton:  I.  William 
Henry,  married  Julia  Burton.  2.  Sarah  Chris- 
tina, married  ^Valter  H.  G.  Howe,  and  has 
children:  Charles  W.  V.,  Lionel  E.  V.  and 
Harold.  3.  Clara  J.,  wife  of  Herbert  LJsher; 
has  sons :  Cyril  Walter  and  Victor.  4.  Llen- 
rietta  Kate  (Mrs.  William  Reilly),  is  the 
mother  of  Edward  Reilly.  5.  Annie  Julia, 
married  Sydney  H.  Bailey ;  has  children :  Roy 
and  Evaline.  6.  Albert  Edward,  died  at  the 
age  oi  twenty-five  years  on  the  Isle  of  Wight. 
7.  Hubert  George,  dierl  in  March,  1909.  8. 
Hervey  Ernest,  mentioned  below.  9.  Percy 
A.,  married  Alice  E.  Bennett.  10.  Cecelia 
Maud  Mariane,  was  educated  in  the  public 
and  state  normal  schools,  and  taught  at  Gran- 
ville.  New  York,  in    1893,  going  to  Yonkcrs, 


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same  .state,  where  she  is  teacher  of  vocal 
music  in  the  pubHc  schools.  11.  Lilhan  .Al- 
berta Mar}-,  died  in  January.  1888. 

-( I\' )  Hervey  Ernest,  fourth  son  of  Na- 
thaniel Ludlow  and  Henrietta  (Bull)  Bainton, 
married,  April  i8,  1900,  Alary,  daughter  of 
William  and  Sophia  (Longbottom)  Pilling,  of 
Providence,  Rhode  Island. 


The  surname  of  Chapman, 
CHAPAI.AN  which  signifies  merchant,  oc- 
curs among  the  earliest  of 
surnames,  and  the  family  in  many  of  its 
branches  was  somewhat  distinguished  at  an 
early  period.  In  the  year  1298  a  John  Chap- 
man was  returned  to  parliament  as  burgess  for 
Chippenham.  Sir  John  Chapman,  Knight,  of 
Tower  street,  in  London,  was  elected  alderman 
in  1679,  and  served  in  the  office  of  high  sheriff 
in  the  same  year.  He  was  the  heir  of  Sir 
William  Chapman.  Bart.  "The  Chapman 
Family,"  says  Young  in  his  history  of  Whitby, 
England,  "resided  at  Whitby  and  Yburn  Dale 
prior  to  the  year  1400,  as  appears  from  the 
rolls  and  registers  of  Whitby  Abbey."  Sir 
Thomas  Chapman,  of  Ireland,  and  Admiral 
Chapman,  of  Sweden,  belonged  to  this  family. 
This  family  settled  at  or  near  Whitby  in  the 
time  of  Henry  HI,  as  appears  on  ancient  rec- 
ords, and  in  the  time  of  Richard  II.  Some 
of  them  were  prosecuted  and  imprisoned  by 
the  abbot  of  Whitby  for  maintaining  their 
just  rights,  but  were  soon  set  at  liberty  with- 
out fines.  They  increased  much  in  a  century 
or  two.  and  many  of  them  were  in  the  parlia- 
mentary army.  Robert  Chajjman  and  John 
Chapman  were  at  Yburn,  near  Whitby,  county 
York,  in  1387.  Names  of  Robert  and  John 
Chapman  are  found  through  nearly  every  gen- 
eration. The  Whitby  family  of  Chapmans 
bore  arms,  per  chevron,  ermine  and  gules,  a 
crescent,  counterchanging  in  chief,  three  amu- 
lets of  the  second.  Crest :  Two  spear  heads, 
saltier,  in  front  of  a  dexter  arm  embowed  in 
arms,  the  hand  gauntleted  and  grasping  a 
broken  tilting  spear  proper,  entiled  with  an 
amuletor.  Motto:  "Crescit  sub  pondere  Vir- 
tus" (Virtue  grows  under  the  imposed 
weight).  This  idea  owes  its  origin  to  the 
Palm  Tree  which  grows  the  more  under  pro- 
portion to  the  incumbent  weight.  The  his- 
tory of  the  Chapman  family  both  in  England 
and  America  bears  out  this  idea. 

There  were  several  families  of  Chapmans 
among  the  early  New  England  immigrants, 
many  of  whom  achieved  distinction  in  their 
several  localities.     The  patriotism  of  the  fam- 

iv — 61 


ily  is  shown  in  the  fact  that  seventy-seven  are 
found  on  the  Connecticut  Roll  of  Honor,  who 
had  served  in  the  war  of  the  revolution.  Most 
of  those  who  settled  in  New  England  are  prob- 
ably related. 

(I)  John  Chapman,  the  settler,  from  whom 
has  descended  a  numerous  progeny,  was  of 
English  origin,  the  son  of  John  Chapman  and 
wife  Joanna  Sumner,  who  resided  about  fifty 
miles  from  London.  After  completing  his  ap- 
prenticeship as  a  weaver,  he  made  a  visit  to 
London,  and  while  watching  the  shipping 
across  the  docks,  he  was  suddenly  impressed 
on  board  a  man-of-war,  which  after  some  time 
cast  anchor  at  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Watch- 
ing his  opportunity,  he  regained  the  liberty  of 
which  he  had  been  deprived,  and  made  his  way 
into  the  country  and  finally  reached  Wakefield, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  found  shelter  under 
the  hospitable  roof  of  Samuel  Allen.  Subse- 
quently he  went  to  North  Stonington,  where 
he  worked  at  his  trade  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  and  died  in  1760.  He  married  Sarah 
Brown,  February  16,  1710,  and  had  by  her 
eight  children:  Sarah,  Jonah,  John,  William, 
Andrew,  Thomas,  Sumner  and  Eunice. 

(II)  Andrew,  fourth  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Brown)  Chapman,  was  born  March  3,  1719, 
at  North  Stonington,  and  lived  at  that  place. 
,'\ndrew  Chapman  of  the  town  of  Lebanon 
was  a  private  at  the  time  of  the  Lexington 
alarm,  and  served  as  such  fifteen  days.  An- 
drew Chapman  was  a  member  of  Captain 
lames  Clark's  sixth  company  in  the  Third 
Regiment,  General  Putnam's  enlisting  May  8, 
and  serving  until  discharged,  December  17, 
1775.  This  regiment  was  stationed  around 
Boston  and  a  part  of  it  was  in  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill.  Andrew  Chapman  is  also  cred- 
ited with  being  a  member  of  Captain  John  Cal- 
kin's company.  Colonel  Latimer's  regiment  of 
militia,  drafted  August  24,  and  discharged  Oc- 
tober 30.  1777.  This  regiment  fought  at  Sara- 
toga and  Stillwater,  September  19  and  Octo- 
ber 7.  Andrew  Chapman  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Benoni  and  Ruth  (Pendleton) 
Smith,  October  13,  1745.  They  had  ten  chil- 
dren: Andrew,  died  young:  Joseph,  Ruth, 
Hannah,  Andrew,  Wahum,  Nathan,  Amos. 
Sarah  and  Jonas. 

(III)  Amos,  sixth  son  of  Andrew  and  Han- 
nah (Smith)  Chapman,  was  born  in  North 
.Stonington,  September  7,  1763.  and  lived  in  the 
town  of  his  nativity.  The  name  Amos  Chap- 
man is  found  in  the  "Record  of  Connecticut 
Men  in  the  Revolution,"  as  follows :  "Amos 
Chapman,  residence  Plainfield,  Stanton's  com- 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


pany,  Colonel  Sherburne's  regiment ;  enlisted, 
March  21,  1778,  transferred  to  S.  B.  Webb's 
regiment,  May  I,  1780;  discharged  February 
8,  1781."  "Amos  Chapman,  private;  Captain 
Edward  Bulkley's  company,  paid  from  Janu- 
ary I,  1781  to  February  8,  1781."  "Amos 
Chapman,  private;  Captain  Benajah  Lefifing- 
well's  company,  Norwich,  1777."  He  married 
Abigail  Burdick,  November  20,  1783,  and  they 
had :  Amos,  Betsey,  John,  Lucy,  Sarah,  Abel, 
Adam  and  Hannah. 

(IV)  Dr.  Amos  {2),  eldest  child  of  Amos 
(i)  and  Abigail  (Burdick)  Chapman,  was 
born  July  23.  1784.  He  studied  medicine, 
went  west,  and  settled  down  to  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Alquina,  Indiana.  He  fell 
from  his  horse  and  died  from  his  injuries.  At 
the  time  of  his  settlement  the  country  was 
new,  the  roads  were  rough  and  he  visited  his 
patients  on  horseback,  that  mode  of  traveling 
being  almost  universal.  He  married  and  his 
children  were :  .\lexander  Hamilton  ;  Matilda, 
married  James  Henry;  Elizabeth,  married 
William  Busick ;  Amos  Garner,  who  died  un- 
married, having  been  murdered  in  Cincinnati 

(V)  Alexander  Hamilton,  eldest  child  of 
Dr.  Amos  (2)  Chapman,  was  born  in 
Ak|uina,  Indiana.  He  married  Lorynda  Mc- 
Whinney.  Children:  I.  Ida  L.,  married  Will- 
iam H.  Thompson,  of  Warsaw,  Indiana.  2. 
J.  Wilder,  resides  at  Winona  Lake,  Indiana. 
3.  Edwin  Ci..  associated  with  Rev.  J.  Wilbur 
Chapman  in  evangelical  work  in  various  parts  of 
the  United  States.  He  married  Jeanie  Huddles- 
ton,  and  resides  at  Minneapolis,  Minnesota.  4. 
Jessie  Luella,  married  H.  E.  DuBois,  an  edu- 
cator of  prominence  at  Winona  Lake,  Indiana. 
5.   Charles    Ratchford.   mentioned   below. 

(VI)  Dr.  Charles  Ratchford,  youngest  child 
of  Alexander  H.  and  Lorynda  (McWhinney) 
Chapman,  was  born  at  Richmond,  Indiana, 
July  26,  1870.  He  received  his  literary  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  Richmond  and  the 
L^niversity  of  Minnesota,  which  latter  insti 
tution  he  attended  two  years.  From  that 
school  he  went  to  Philadelphia,  and  attended 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1892. 
Soon  afterward  he  was  appointed  by  the  gov- 
ernment assistant  ])hysician  of  the  Sioux  Inrlians 
with  headciuarters  at  I-'landreau,  South  Dakota, 
making  visits  to  all  parts  of  the  region  occu- 
pied by  the  tribe  over  which  he  had  charge. 
In  i8()4  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  Phil- 
adelphia Polyclinic  College,  and  in  1899  settled 
permanently  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  has  since  successfully  practiced  his 


profession  with  the  exception  of  a  period  of 
six  months  while  he  was  studying  abroad, 
principally  in  the  medical  schools  of  Berlin 
X'ienna,  Paris  and  London.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Hampden  County  Medical  Society,  the 
Massachusetts  Medical  Association,  and  the 
.American  Medical  Association,  and  is  now 
president  of  the  Western  Massachusetts  Oph- 
thalmological  and  Otological  Society.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Nayasset  and  Country 
Clubs,  the  Springfield  Automobile  Club,  and 
the  Automobile  Club  of  America.  Dr.  Charles 
K.  Chapman  married  (first),  April  18,  1893, 
.Sarah  Sabery,  born  in  Philadelphia,  daughter 
of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  Sabery.  She  died  in 
1904,  leaving  two  children:  Charles  R.,  born 
F'ebruary  4,  1894,  and  Elizabeth  Lorynda,  July 
9,  1897.  He  married  (second),  September  8, 
1906.  Hazel  Sheffield,  born  in  Warsaw,  In- 
diana, daughter  of  George  S.  Sheffield  ;  chil- 
dren :     Eleanor  and   Hazel,  twins,  born  April 

3.  iy09-  

The  Gowdy  family  is  of  Scotch- 

(  A  )WDY  Irish  origin.  .\  family  of  this 
name  settled  in  the  Coiuiecticut 
X'alley  and  another  in  South  Carolina.  The 
name  is  not  common  either  in  Ireland,  Scot- 
land or  .America,  however,  and  it  is  likely  that 
the  early  settlers  were  closely  related.  A  Gowdy 
family  was  one  of  the  two  first  to  settle  at 
.Abbeville.  South  Carolina,  before  1756.  In 
the  first  census  taken  in  1790  there  was  but  one 
( iowdy  family  in  \'irginia  and  but  one  in  Penn- 
sylvania. John  Gowdy,  of  Powhatan  county, 
\'irginia,  had  two  whites  and  no  blacks  in  his 
family  ;  Samuel  Gowdy  had  two  males  over 
sixteen,  two  under  that  age  and  four  females 
in  his  family,  in  Cumberland  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  many  Scotch  I^resbyterians  set- 
tled. The  Gowdy  family  of  this  sketch  came 
from  \'irginia  to  Johnson  City,  a  small  town 
in  Washington  county,  Tennessee,  formerly 
part  of  North  Carolina.  In  1777  when  this 
county  was  established  it  was  bounded  on  the 
west  bv  the  Mississippi  river. 

(  1  )  Cvnis  Gowdy.  born  about  1800,  settled 
in  Hall  county,  Illinois,  where  he  followed 
farming. 

(II)  Milton  Washington,  son  of  Cyrus 
Gowdy,  was  born  in  1833,  and  died  in  Moline, 
Illinois.  March.  1908.  aged  seventy-five  years. 
He  was  a  farmer  at  Groveland,  Tazewell  coun- 
ty. Illinois.  He  married  Sarah  Ann  Hull,  of 
an  Indiana  family,  originally  from  New  Eng- 
land. 

(HI)    Cliiitiiu.    son    of    Milton    Washington 


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Gowdy,  was  born  in  Allentown,  July  21,  1861. 
He  attended  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  entered  the  Illinois  Wesleyaii  Uni- 
versity. He  studied  law  while  taking  the  aca- 
demic course  and  completed  his  preparation 
for  his  profession  in  the  law  offices  of  Judge 
Allen  Tipton  at  Bloomington,  Illinois,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883.  He  practiced  law 
in  St.  Clair  county  two  years,  then  removetl 
to  Atlanta,  Georgia,  where  he  practiced  about 
ten  years.  For  live  years  he  lectured  on  medi- 
cal jurisprudence  in  the  Georgia  College  of 
Fclectic  Medicine  and  Surgery,  and  he  is  recog- 
nized as  an  authority  on  this  subject.  Since 
1897  he  has  been  practicing  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts,  at  5  Elm  street,  makmg  a  spe- 
cialty of  insurance,  commercial  and  real  prop- 
erty law.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and 
in  1902  was  elected  to  the  common  council  of 
the  city.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science  and 
of  the  .American  Economic  Association.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Lhiiversalist  and  belongs  t(5  St 
Paul's  Church,  of  Springfield.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber also  of  De  Soto  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and 
is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason.  He  married,  in  Octo- 
ber, 1898,  Adeline  Currier,  of  Springfield. 
They  have  no  children.  His  first  wife  died  at 
.Atlanta  (see  Currier). 


The    Currier    family    in    Eng- 
CURRIER     land  is  identical  wi'th  Currer, 

Currie,  Curry,  Corror  and 
Carrier.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the  Currier  fam- 
ily of  Wicksworth :  Sable,  a  bend  between 
three  spears'  heads.  The  Currier  (or  Carrier) 
family  of  Gosport,  Hampshire,  bears:  Sable, 
a  chevron  ermine  between  three  crosses  cross- 
let  argent.  Crest :  Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  a 
dragon's  head  vert. 

(I)  Richard  Currier,  immigrant  ancestor. 
was  born  in  England,  about  1616.  He  deposed, 
April  12,  1664,  stating  his  age  at  forty-seven. 
He  settled  in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  a  planter  and  millwright.  He  drew 
land  in  1641-2,  and  was  a  commoner  of  the 
town,  taxed  there  in  1650,  and  in  1654  was  the 
largest  taxpayer  in  .Kmesbury,  the  town  ad- 
joining, fie  was  town  clerk  of  Salisbury  in 
1654-56-59-62-64-68.  He  and  his  predecessor, 
Macy,  were  authorized  to  build  a  saw  mill  in 
1656.  and  he  owned  a  saw  mill  right  in  1676. 
In  the  seating  of  the  Amesbury  meetinghouse 
in  1667  his  name  stands  first  "to  set  at  the 
table,"  but  he  apparently  retained  membership 
in  the  .Salisbury  church  as  late  as  1677.  He 
seems  to  have  been  in  King  Philip's  war.  al- 


though older  than  most  of  the  soldiers.  He 
was  for  many  years  an  active  and  influential 
citizen.  His  last  years  were  spent  at  the  home 
of  his  wife's  son.  Philip  Rowell.  He  had  con- 
veyed his  real  estate  by  deed  to  his  heirs,  be- 
fore his  death.  Twenty-five  years  afterward 
his  grandson  w^as  appointed  administrator,  No- 
vember 6,  1710,  and  his  heirs  at  law  were 
granted  land  at  Buxton,  Maine,  for  his  services 
iTi  King  Philip's  war.  He  died  February  22, 
1686-7,  and  his  widow  Joanna,  October,  1690. 
tie  married  (first)  Ann ;  (second),  Oc- 
tober 26,  1676.  Joanna,  widow  of  Valentine 
Pinder  and  also  of  William  Sargent,  daughter 
of  Henry  Pinder,  who  came  in  the  ship  "Susan 
and  Ellen"  in  1636  to  Ipswich,  Joanna  then 
being  fourteen  years  olil.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Samuel,  born  in  England,  about  1636; 
llannali,  Julv  S.  1643:  Thomas,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  Deacon  Thomas,  son  of  Richard  Cur- 
rier, was  born  March  8,  1646.  in  .Salisbury, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  September  27,  1712; 
married,  December  9,  1668,  Mary  Osgood,  died 
November  2,  1705,  daughter  of  William  Os- 
good, the  pioneer  settler.  Her  father  deeded 
to  them  a  quarter  interest  in  his  saw  mill  in 
ifig3.  Currier  was  received  into  the  township 
in  1666  and  admitted  a  freeinan  in  1670.  He 
was  town  clerk  of  .\mesbury  in  1674.  His  will 
was  dated  .August  25.  1708.  and  proved  No- 
vember 3,  1712.  Children:  Hannah,  born 
March  28.  1670;  'Hiomas.  mentioned  below; 
Richard.  April  12,  1673;  Samuel,  January  3, 
1674-5;  Mary,  November  28,  1676;  Anne,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Barnard :  William,  December  14, 
1704;  John,  November  29,  1705;  Joseph,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Brown  ;  Benjamin,  \Iarch  21.  1688; 
Ebenezer,  .August  22.  1690;  Daniel,  May  3, 
1692. 

(III)  Thomas  (2).  s<in  of  Deaci.m  Thomas 
(  I  )  Currier,  was  born  at  .\mesbury.  Novem- 
ber 28.  1671  ;  married  there,  September  19, 
1700,  Sarah  Barnard.  Children,  born  at  Ames- 
burA- :  Nathaniel,  October  i,  1701,  died  young: 
Timothy.  jul>-  17.  1704:  Ezekiel.  mentioned 
below:  Eleanor,  Sejitember  30.  1701) ;  William. 


February    24.    171 1-2.    dic( 


25-    1735: 


Daniel.   January    5.    1714-5,    died    .August    19. 
1801  :  Thomas,  born  ]\Tay  lo.  1717. 

(IV)  Ezekiel.  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Currier, 
was  born  April  29.  1707.  at  Amesbury.  Ezekiel 
Currier  and  Daniel  Currier,  Jr.,  of  Amesbury, 
cordwainers,  deeded  land  to  Dorothy  Tux- 
bnrv.  September  22,  1783,  "part  of  the  estate 
of  ilumphrey  Currier  set  off  as  our  shares." 
Another  deed  between  the  same  parties.  July 


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AlASSACHUSETTS. 


30,  1783,  disposed  of  the  part  set  off  to  Han- 
nah for  her  right  of  dower  in  the  estate  of 
Timothy  Currier,  and  also  personal  estate. 
Ezekiel  gave  to  "my  son  Levi,"  yeoman,  land 
in  Amesbury,  March  10.  1784,  half  the  home- 
stead and  other  lots.  Tliis  deed  mentions  his 
"son  John  deceased,"  and  Daniel,  Jr.,  and 
Humphrey  Ciirrier"s  land.  These  and  other 
deeds  established  the  lineage  as  given  below. 
Ezekiel's  will,  dated  April  26,  1790,  proved 
April,  1701,  bec|ueathed  to  Elinor  Morrill, 
Mary  Adams.  \Mlliam,  grandson  Ezekiel  and 
granddaughter  Anne,  children  of  deceased  son 
Nathaniel;  grandson  Benjamin,  son  of  his  de- 
ceased son  John ;  residue  to  son  Levi.  He 
mentions  his  "last  wife"  in  his  will.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  at  Salisbury,  January  15,  1732-3. 
Children  :  i.  Eleanor,  born  November  22,  1733, 
at  Amesbury,  married Morrill.  2.  Na- 
thaniel,   born    December    31,     1734,    married 

Miriam  ;  died  November  26,  1769:  son 

Ezekiel  was  living  in  Eaton,  New  Hampshire 
in  1802,  and  deeded  to  Levi  (uncle)  Currier, 
of  Amesbury,  lanfl  in  Salisbury  "Ijelonging  to 
heirs  of  Richard  Morrill  (grandfather  of  Lev; 
and  Nathaniel)  lying  in  common  and  undivided 
with  said  Levi  that  part  that  falletb  to  me  by 
my  father  Nathaniel  of  Amesbury."  3.  Will- 
iam, born  May  12,  1737.  4.  John,  January  27. 
1739.     5.  Levi,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Levi,  son  of  Ezekiel  Currier,  was  born 
in  .'\mesbury.  May  22,  1745.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution.  He  bought  of  Jacob  and 
Hannah  Kent,  of  Amesbury,  January  i,  1807, 
three-quarters  of  an  acre  of  land  in  the  east 
parish,  on  the  road  from  the  Friend's  meeting- 
house to  Lion's  Mouth.  The  deed  in  which  his 
widow  Mary  conveyed  half  of  this  same  lot 
to  her  son  Ezekiel,  February  28,  181 1,  is  re- 
corded next  on  the  records  (Deeds  197,  p.  234, 
Essex),  This  deed  is  now  in  the  possession 
of  Mrs.  Gowdy,  and  establishes  the  fact  that 
Ezekiel,  son  of  Levi  (not  Ezekiel,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel), was  her  ancestor.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  from  Amesbury,  east  parish, 
in  Captain  Timothy  Barnard's  company  of 
minute-men,  on  the  Lexington  alarm.  Levi's 
will  was  dated  May  I,  1805,  proved  April  15. 
1806.  Children  (mentioned  in  will)  :  i.  John. 
2.  Mary,  married  Eliphalet  Barnard.  3. 
Thomas,  inherited  the  homestead  and  settled 
estate.  4.  Levi.  5.  Nathaniel.  6.  Ezekiel, 
mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Ezekiel  (2),  son  of  Levi  Currier,  was 
born  at  Amesbury,  September  10,  1778  (fam- 
ily record).  He  married  Betsey  Merrill,  born 
October  5,  1791,  died  January  19,  1874.  Ezekiel 


was  a  joiner  or  housewright  by  trade.  He  was 
killed  in  1817  by  the  caving  in  of  a  well.  His 
widow  Betsey  was  appointed  administratrix 
in  June,  1817.  The  dower  set  oiif  to  Betsey 
mentions  land  on  the  road  from  the  Amesbury 
nail  factory  to  Irion's  ]\Iouth.  Children :  John 
Henry,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin  M.,  born 
at  Amesbury,  December  27,  iSiT),  married 
Ann  . 

Betsey  (Merrill)  Eastman  was  descended 
from  Nathaniel  Merrill  (I),  born  in  England, 
i()33,  settled  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts;  his 
son.  Deacon  Abraham  (H);  his  son.  Deacon 
David  (HI);  his  son,  Benjamin  (IV);  his 
son,  Benjamin  (V),  served  in  the  revolution, 
married  Sarah  Eastman,  and  they  were  parents 
of  Betsey,  who  married  Ezekiel  Currier. 

Sarah  Eastman,  wife  of  Benjamin  Merrill, 
was  descended  from  Roger  Eastman  (q.  v.), 
through  Captain  John  ( II ),  John  (HI),  Roger 
(I\')  and  Ezekiel  (\  ).  who  married  Sarah 
I'llaisdell,  and  the)'  were  parents  of  Sarah 
h'astman. 

Sarah  lUaisdell.  wife  of  Ezekiel  Eastman, 
was  daughter  of  Philip  and  Elizabeth  (Good- 
win )  LUaisdell ;  granddaughter  of  John  (original 
settler  of  Amesbury,  and  lieutenant  of  foot 
company  there)  and  Elizabeth  (Challis-Hoyt) 
Blaisdell,  and  great-grandflaughter  of  Henry 
Blaisdell  (q.  v.). 

Elizabeth  Goodwin,  wife  of  Philip  Blaisdell, 
was  descended  from  Richard  Goodwin  (I)  ; 
his  son,  Richard  (II),  was  father  of  Samuel 
(HI),  who  married  Esther  Jameson,  grand- 
daughter of  George  and  Susanna  (North) 
Martin.  .Susanna  North  was  one  of  the  victims 
of  the  witchcraft  delusion,  executed  July  19. 
1692. 

(\TI  )  John  Henry,  son  of  Ezekiel  (2)  Cur- 
rier, was  born  at  Irion's  Mouth,  Salisbury. 
Massachusetts.  February  24,  1814;  died  De- 
cember 20,  1887,  in  Mclndors,  Vermont.  He 
had  a  common  school  education.  He  settled  first 
at  Barnet,  then  at  Ryegate,  Vermont.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  and  farmer,  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and,  before  the  war,  an  earnest  anti-slavery 
man.  His  house  at  Barnet  was  a  station  of  the 
"LTnderground  Railroad"  through  which  escap- 
ing slaves  made  their  way  to  freedom  in  Can- 
ada. He  married,  July  30,  1837,  at  Piermont, 
New  Flampshire,  Nancy  Clark  Emerson,  born 
August  26,  i8ii.  died  June  8.  1892.  daughter 
of  Jonathan  and  Dorothy  (Smith)  Emerson, 
of  Plymouth,  New  Hampshire.  Children : 
Merritt  Sanford,  born  April  12,  1839,  died 
October  9,  1840;  Henry  Merritt,  mentioned 
below  ;  Abram  John,  born  April  24,  1846,  mar- 


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ried,  December  7,  1870,  Mary  Jane,  daughter 
of  David  Carr  and  ^Margaret  (Blair)  Hooker; 
Mary  Grace,  born  May  26.  1851,  died  at  Flor- 
ida, 1906,  married  (first )  Frank  L.  Hosford, 
(second)  H.  H.  Johnston;  Julia  Ward,  born 
January  U),  1856,  married  J.  Lewis  Howe,  of 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 

(\'ni)  Henry  Merritt,  son  of  John  Henry 
Currier,  was  born  July  24,  1 841,  at  liarnet, 
\  ermont ;  died  October  5,  1907,  suddenly,  at 
White  River  Junction,  \'ermont.  He  was  a 
farmer  in  early  life,  and  later  a  carpenter  and 
organ  builder.  During  his  last  years  he  was  a 
clerk  in  the  railway  mail  service.  He  served 
four  years  in  the  civil  war,  in  Company  H. 
Fourth  \'ermont  Regiment,  and  was  a  corporal 
at  the  time  of  his  discharge.  He  was  wounded 
twice  in  battle.  In  politics  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican, in  religion  a  Universalist.  He  married, 
January  11,  1866,  at  Brattleborough,  Vermont. 
Ellen  Elizabeth  Morse,  born  June  27,  1838, 
daughter  of  Sewall  Morse  (see  Morse).  She 
is  living  at  Springfield  with  her  only  daughter 
Adeline  (Mrs.  Clinton  Gowdy).  Adeline  was 
born  July  3,  1867,  at  Brattleborough,  and  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  there.  -She  married, 
October  8,  1898.  at  Sjiringfield.  Clint<in  Gowdy 
(see  Gowdy).  Mrs.  Ciowdy  is  a  member  of 
Mercv  Warren  Cha|:)ter,  Daughters  of  the 
.-\merican  Revolution,  and  of  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts  Chapter.  Daughters  of 
Founders  and  Patriots. 

(Tlie    Mor.se    Line). 

(\'HI)  Joshua  Morse,  son  of  Rev.  Eben- 
ezer  Morse,  was  born  March  8.  1752.  and  died 
October  i.  1828.  His  line  of  descent  is  Robert 
(I),  Richard  (H),  Samuel  (HI),  Joseph  (IV), 
Samuel  (\'),  Hon.  Jo.shua  (VI),  Rev.  Eben- 
ezer  (\II),  all  of  whom  are  written  of  on 
other  pages  of  this  work.  Joshua  Morse  served 
in  the  revolution.  He  married,  April  29,  1773, 
Lovinia  (Levina)  Holland,  born  in  Shrews- 
bury, 1753.  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Thank- 
ful (Howe)  Holland.  Her  father  was  in  the 
revolution. 

(IX  )  Ephraim  Morse,  son  of  Joshua  Morse, 
was  born  ISIay  23,  1778.  and  died  March  24, 
1865.  He  married  Polly  Cook,  born  June  15, 
1783.  died  Xovember  29.  1846,  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Elizabeth  (^Parker)  Cook,  and 
granddaughter  of  Elijah  and  Deborah  Cook 
and  of  Thomas  and  .\mity  Parker.  Her  father 
was  in  the  revolution. 

(X)  Sewall  Morse,  son  of  Ephraim  Morse, 
was  born  January  f>.  1809,  and  died  May  2. 
7881.     He  married.  December  5,   T833.  Sarah 


.\ileline  Houghton,  born  February  24,  181 1, 
died  .\pril  8.  1854.  daughter  of  Henry  H.  and 
Sally  (  I'erry)  Houghton,  of  Putney,  Vermont, 
and  granddaughter  of  Abram  and  Sarah 
(Divol)  Houghton  and  John  and  Sarah  Divol. 
.'Xbram  Houghton  was  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary 
Houghton,  grandson  of  John  and  Mary  (Far- 
rar )  Houghton,  and  great-grandson  of  John 
and  ['eatrix  Houghton.  .Sally  Perry  was 
daughter  of  William  and  Ella  (Jones)  Perry. 
.Sewall  Morse  had  a  daughter  Ellen  Elizabeth, 
born  June  27,  1838,  who  married,  January  11, 
1866,  Henry  Merritt  Currier  (see  Currier 
family). 

(The   LoweU  Line). 

Percival  Lowell,  son  of  Richard  Lowell,  was 
the  .'\merican  immigrant  ancestor.  He  was 
born  in  England,  in  1 571  ;  died  January  8, 
1684,  at  Xewbury.  Massachusetts.  He  came 
over  in  the  ship  "Jonathan"  in  1639,  aged 
sixty-eight  years.  His  home  in  England  was 
at  Kingston-Seymour,  Clivedon,  Portbury, 
\\  eston-in-Gordano,  all  of  Somersetshire,  and 
also  at  Bristol,  in  Gloucestershire,  where  he 
was  at  the  head  of  a  large  mercantile  establish- 
ment, under  the  firm  name  of  Percival  Lowle 
&  Com|)any.  This  firm  was  composed  of  Perci- 
val. his  son  John,  possibly  his  son  Richard,  also 
possibly  William  Gerrish.  In  1597,  prior  to 
his  emigration.  Percival  Lowell  served  as 
assessor.  In  1642  he  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  Xewburv;  in  1653  appraiser  of  the  estate  of 
Thomas  Millard,  of  Xewbury ;  in  1678  took 
the  ])rescribed  oath  of  allegiance.  He  wrote 
a  poem  on  the  death  of  Governor  Winthrop, 
and  was  a  man  of  uiuisual  ability  and  attain- 
ments  for  his  day.      He  married  in   England. 

Rebecca .   who  died   in   Xewbury,   De- 

cembtr  28.  1645.  Children:  John;  Joan,  born 
1599.  died  June  14,  1677;  Richard,  see  for- 
ward. 

(II)  Richard,  sou  of  Percival  Lowell,  was 
linrn  in  pjigland,  in  1602,  and  died  in  Xew- 
burv. .Kugust  5,  1682.  He  came  to  Massachu- 
setts from  Bristol,  England,  in  1639.  \vith  his 
father.  He  married  (first)  in  England.  Mar- 
garet   ,  died  in   Xewbury,  January  27. 

1642;  (second)  in  Newbury.  Margaret , 

born  November  27.  1604.  an<l  survived  him. 
In  1674  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Xewburv  church  and  had  a  right  to  the  upper 
common.  He  made  his  will  June  25,  1681, 
proved  Sejitember  26.  1682.  Children  :  Perci- 
val. mentioned  below  ;  Rebecca,  born  January 
2J,  1642.  died  June  I,  1662;  Samuel,  born 
1644;  Thomas,  September  28,  1649. 

(Til)    Percival   (2),  son  of  Richard  Lowell, 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


was  born  in  Xewbury,  in  1639-40,  and  married 
there,  September  7,  1664,  Mary  Chandler,  died 
February  5,  1708,  daughter  of  William  and 
Mary  (Fowler)  Chandler.  Her  mother  was 
daughter  of  the  immigrant,  Philip  Fowler. 
Children :  Richard,  born  December  25,  1668, 
died  May  29,  1749 ;  Captain  Gideon,  mentioned 
below;  Samuel,  born  January  13,  1675-6;  Ed- 
mund, September  24,  1684;  Margaret,  Joanna. 

(J\')  Captain  Gideon,  son  of  I'ercival  (2) 
l.owell,  was  born  September  3,  1672,  and  died 
in  Amesbury  before  1753.  He  was  a  cord- 
wainer  by  trade,  also  a  mariner.  His  house 
in  Amesbury  was  but  recently  torn  down. 
Tradition  says  that  he  opened  a  street  through 
his  land  in  Amesbury,  and  built  a  house  for 
each  of  his  seven  sons  upon  it.  He  was  a  sea 
captain  and  his  wife  often  went  with  him  on 
voyages.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Canada  ex- 
pedition in  1690.  He  owned  a  wharf  near 
Ames'  wharf,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Powow 
river,  where  he  landed  his  cargoes  of  "rhum" 
and  "shugar"  from  the  West  Indies,  or  rice, 
resin  and  tar  from  the  Carolinas.  "It  would 
seem  that  he  was  a  very  bold  and  successful 
voyager,  as  he  amassed  considerable  fortune. 
Tradition  makes  it  seem  probable  that  in  his 
voyages  the  king's  revenue  was  not  always 
considered,  nor  did  he  hesitate  to  run  up  aside 
of  and  board  by  force  French  or  Spanish  craft 
as  the  opportunity  presented."  lie  married 
(first ),  Jul)'  7,  1692,  Miriam  (or  Mary)  Swett, 
born  A])ril  10,  1672,  died  November  27,  1734, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Plummer)  Swett, 
granddaughter  of  Stephen  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  John  Swett  (  i  I.  Lowell  married 
(second  ),  June  4, 1735,  Elizabeth  Colby,  widow. 
Children,  by  first  wife:  Mary,  born  March  i, 
1692-3:  Lieutenant  John,  mentioned  below; 
Captain  Samuel,  born  about  1698;  Gideon, 
about  1700;  Stephen,  February  19,  1703;  Cor- 
jjoral  Moses,  about  1705:  Hannah,  April  11, 
[707;  Joseph,  about  1709;  Abner,  November 
29,  171 1  ;  Jonathan,  March  24,  1714. 

(V)  Lieutenant  John,  son  of  Captain 
Gideon  Lowell,  was  born  February  i,  1696-7, 
and  luarried.  January  4,  1722,  Rachel  Sargent. 
lie  had  a  daughter  Rachel,  born  about  1723. 
married  Ilenjamin  Merrill  (see  above). 


(For  preceding  generations  see  Ricliard    Holden    1). 

(Ill)  Stephen  (2),  second  son 
HOLDEN      of  Stephen    (i)    and   Hannah 

Holden,  was  |irobably  born 
about  1690,  in  (Iroton,  where  he  resided.  He 
married    (first),  about   1718,   Ilaimah,  daugh- 


ter of  Obadiah  and  Hannah  Sawtelle,  born 
June  8,  1695,  in  (jroton.  She  died,  and  he 
luarried  (second)  in  Charlestown,  July  4,  1749, 
Sarah  Cresy.  Children  of  first  marriage:  Ste- 
phen, born  June  11,  1720;  Charles,  October 
22,  1721  ;  Hannah,  September  30,  1723;  Phile- 
mon, February  28,  1725 ;  Submit,  November 
21,  1729;  Simon;  Nathaniel,  who  died  May 
15,  1740.  Children  of  second  wife:  Relief, 
.Vpril  2,  1750;  Jonas,  September  8,  1751  ;  Eph- 
raim,   September    16,    1753;   Content,   May  8, 

'756. 

( I\  )  Simon,  fourth  son  of  Stephen  (2) 
and  Hannah  (Sawtelle)  Holden,  was  born 
1 73 1,  in  Grot  on,  and  settled  in  the  east  part  of 
Shirley  on  the  S(|uannacook  river.  His  lands 
were  easy  of  cultivation,  and  yielded  good  re- 
sults to  his  industry.  He  became  a  large  land 
owner,  and  was  called  in  his  time  a  rich  man. 
In  his  last  years,  through  the  treachery  of  those 
whom  he  trusted,  he  lost  all  his  property,  and 
dietl  a  wayfarer  in  the  town  of  Lunenburg. 
He  was  buried  in  the  old  Shirley  cemetery. 
He  had  a  wife  Sarah  and  children:  Abraham, 
died  young;  Hannah,  Simon,  Susanna,  Abra- 
ham, Hezekiah,  Miriam,  Sarah,  James  and 
Jemima. 

(\)  Simon  (2),  secontl  son  of  Simon  (i) 
and  Sarah  Holden,  was  born  May  22,  1757, 
and  resided  in  Shirley.  His  death  does  not 
appear  of  record.  The  publication  of  his  in- 
tention of  marriage  to  Mary  Pierce  was  made 
September  7,  1 777.  She  may  have  been  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  Pierce,  of 
Shirley.  He  married  (second),  April  20,  1794, 
Lydia.  daughter  of  Simon  and  Hannah  (Gib- 
son )  Page,  born  December  10,  1748,  in  Shirley. 
Children :  Polly,  married  Samuel  Sever,  of 
Chesterfield,  New  Ham])shire :  Simon,  Nathan 
and  Luther,  It  is  i|uite  probable  that  he  spent 
his  latter  years  in  Chesterfield. 

(  \  I )  Simon  (3),  eldest  son  of  Simon  (2) 
and  Mary  (  Pierce)  Holden,  was  born  June 
2~.  1780,  in  Shirley;  died  there  June  9,  1805. 
He  married  Mary  Kezer,  born  September  16, 
1783,  in  Shirley,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
i'.athsheba  (  Ale.xander  )  Kezer,  of  Shirley. 

(\'II)  Simon  (4),  only  child  of  Simon  (3) 
and  Mary  (  Kezer )  Holden,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 14,  1804-05,  in  Shirley  ;  died  June  24,  1888, 
in  W'oburn,  Massachusetts.  He  grew  up  in  his 
native  town,  receiving  a  fair  education,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  shoemaker.  Soon  after 
attaining  his  majority,  he  removed  to  Woburn, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  carried  on  a  custom 
shoe  business  until  advanced  in  life.     He  was 


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industrious  and  successful,  ami  invested  his 
earnings  shrewdly  in  real  estate.  In  his  latter 
years  he  bought  and  sold  property  quite  ex- 
tensively, and  accumulated  a  comfortable  com- 
jjetence.  He  retained  his  [)hysical  and  mental 
vigor  up  to  within  two  weeks  of  his  death.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church,, 
of  W'oburn.  and  of  the  Masonic  order,  and 
after  1856  was  a  firm  supporter  of  the  Repub- 
lican party.  He  married,  March  11,  1829, 
Sarah  Hill  Teele,  of  Cambridge,  born  March 
18,  1810,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Lydia 
(Hill)  Teele,  of  that  tovvn.  Children:  Albert 
Parker,  who  lived  and  died  in  W'oburn;  Sarah 
Frances,  wife  of  Frank  Chamberlain,  of  W'o- 
burn ;  George  Whitfield, 

(\TH)  George  Whitfield,  younger  son  of 
Simon  (4)  and  Sarah  H.  f Teele)  Holden,  was 
born  September  27,  1840,  in  Woburn,  where 
he  grew  to  manhood,  and  received  a  fair  edu- 
cation. 1  le  completed  the  grammar  school 
course,  but  did  not  com|5lete  the  high  school. 
At  an  early  age  he  began  learning  the  painter's 
trade,  but  this  so  injured  his  health  that  he 
sought  some  out-door  occupation.  At  the  age 
oi  twenty-one  he  went  to  Arlington  and  took 
employment  with  a  market  gardner  named 
Hill,  and  thus  continued  for  about  two  years, 
Tn  1863  he  began  gardening  on  his  own  account 
in  West  Somerville,  on  lands  belonging  to  his 
mother's  estate,  and  continued  in  this  occupa- 
tion until  the  end  of  his  life.  He  died  April 
27,  1905,  at  his  home  near  Tufts  College.  About 
the  close  of  the  civil  war,  he  enlisted  to  recruit 
the  Union  army,  but  the  struggle  was  ended 
before  he  reached  the  front.  After  his  stay 
in  camp  at  Xew  York,  he  was  discharged  and 
returned  home.  Mr.  Holden  was  a  member 
of  the  North  .\venue  Raptist  Church,  of  Cam- 
bridge, and  was  a  devoted  member  of  F>ethel 
Lodge,  Xo.  21,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  at  .\rlington,  which 
he  joined  within  a  few  months  after  his  maj<ir- 
ity.  lie  was  also  early  identified  with  Hose 
Compan)',  Xo.  4.  \"olnnteer  Firemen  of  Som- 
erville, and  became  a  member  of  the  Veteran 
F"iremen's  Association  of  that  town.  In  poli- 
tical jirincijile  he  was  a  consistent  and  firm 
l\epul)lican.  He  married.  September  zy.  1866, 
Cevilla  C.  Quimby.  born  December  26,  1840, 
in  West  Springfield,  Xew  Hampshire,  daugh- 
ter of  Timothy  H,  (2)  and  Eliza  (Davis) 
Quimby,  of  that  town,  and  granddaughter  of 
Timothy  H,  (i)  Quimb)-.  Their  first  two 
children.  Eva  May  and  Amy  Janette,  died  in 
early  childhood.  The  living  are  Sarah  ^laria. 
Hertha  Eliza,  Lena  Estelle  and  Lilla  Claribel. 


Lena  Estelle  married  Alfred  Ernest  Hender- 
son, and  has  one  child,  Dorothy  May,  born 
.August.  1893.  The  others,  with  their  widowed 
mother,  reside  in  the  paternal  homestead  on 
Curtis  street.  West  Somerville. 

(The    Quimb.v    Line). 

(II)  John,  third  son  of  Robert  ((|.  v.)  and 
Elizabeth  (Osgood)  Quimby,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 7,  1665,  in  Salisbury,  where  he  resided, 
but  little  seems  to  be  discoverable  about  his 
life  and  character.  The  baptismal  name  of  his 
wife  was  Mary,  but  her  family  name  is  not  of 
record.  She  died  in  Sali.sbury,  August  17, 
1710.  Children;  John.  Jeremiah,  Eleazer, 
David,  .Sarah,  Robert,  Jonathan,  Jacob  and 
Jethro.  There  is  some  doubt  about  the  last- 
named,  as  the  faulty  records  make  his  birth 
occur  more  than  three  months  after  the  death 
of  his  mother. 

(  III  )  David,  fourth  son  of  John  and  Mary 
Quimby,  was  born  July  19,  1693,  in  Salisbury, 
and  he  resided  in  Kingston,  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  ]irobably  married,  December  25,  1 724, 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Thomas  (3)  and  Sarah 
Webster.  He  was  a  member  of  the  First 
Church,  of  Kingston,  when  Rev.  ^^'ard  Clark 
took  charge  in  1725.  The  records  of  this 
church  show  the  baptisms  of  several  of  his 
children,  but  do  not  mention  the  mother's 
name.  They  were :  Alice,  baptized  January  22, 
1727;  Samuel,  January  5,  1729;  David,  Janu- 
ary 30.  1732:  Sarah  (died  young)  ;  John,  IMay 
21,  1738;  Elizabeth,  January  25,  1741  :  Moses 
and  Jacob  (])arentage  not  mentioned),  De- 
cember 4,  1743:  Sarah,  June  I,  1746;  Timothy, 
mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Timothy,  son  of  David  and  .Abigail 
(Webster)  Quimby,  was  baptized  June  17, 
1750,  in  Kingston,  and  settled  in  Springfield, 
Xew  Ham])shire,  in  1772.  He  was  elected 
constable  in  1784,  selectman  in  1787,  member 
of  committee  to  build  the  meetinghouse  in 
1788,  and  surveyor  of  lumber  in  1794.  The 
first  list  of  taxpayers  now  known  was  made 
in  the  lastnamed  year,  and  includes  Timothy 
Ouimb\'. 

(  \' )  Timothy  H.,  son  of  Timothy  Quimby, 
was  born  in  Springfield,  and  lived  at  West 
Springfield,  in  that  town.  He  married  Eliza 
Davis,  also  a  native  of  the  town, 

(\T)  Cevilla,  daughter  of  Timothy  H.  and 
Eliza  (Davis)  Quimby,  was  born  December 
26,  1840,  in  West  Springfield,  and  married, 
Se])tember  2/,  1866.  George  W,  Holden,  of 
Somerville,  Alassachusetts  (see  Holden,  \'III). 


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(For  first   generation   see   Robert   Daj'    1). 

(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  Day,  mai  - 
DAY  ried  Sarah  Maynard  (or  Butler?),  of 
Hartford.  His  will  was  dated  No- 
vember i6,  1725,  when  he  was  "advanced  in 
years,"  and  proved  May  5,  1730.  He  owned  a 
share  in  a  grist  or  saw  mill,  which  he  betiueathed 
to  his  son  William.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  died 
1796.  2.  John,  born  1677,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Thomas.  4.  Mary,  married,  November  14, 
1699.  W^illiam  Clark.  5.  Maynard,  married, 
1 7 14,  Elizabeth  Marsh.  6.  Sarah,  baptized 
September   19,^1686;  married,  June   10,   1708. 

Spencer.     7.   W'illiani,  baptized   April 

24,  1692.     8.  Joseph,  baptized  June  14,  1699. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Day,  was 
born  in  1677,  died  November  4,  1752.  He  re- 
moved to  Colchester,  Connecticut,  about  1701- 
02.  He  married  (first)  January  21,  1696, 
Grace  Spencer,  of  Hartford,  who  died  May  12, 
1714.   in    Colchester.     He    married    (second) 

Mar)'   ,    who   died    November   2,    1749, 

aged  seventy-four.  Children,  all  by  first  wife, 
the  first  three  born  in  Hartford:  i.  Lydia 
April  II,  i6()iS;  married  Josejjh  Fuller.  2. 
Mary,  August  14.  1699;  married,  December 
20,  1722,  Jonathan  Northam.  3.  John,  June  6, 
1 701.  Born  in  Colchester.  4.  Joseph,  Sej)- 
tember  2J.  1702.  5.  Benjamin,  February  7, 
1704.  6.  Editha,  .September  10,  1705;  mar- 
ried, December  11.  1729.  David  P.igelow.  7. 
Daniel,  March  9.  1709;  died  1712.  8.  David, 
July  18,  1710.  9.  Abraham.  March  17,  1712, 
mentioned  bek>w.  10.  Isaac,  May  17,  1713 
Ti.  Daniel,  died  1746. 

(IV)  Abraham,  son  of  John  (2)  Day,  was 
born  in  Colchester,  Connecticut,  March  17, 
17 1 2.  died  ;\Iarch  18,  1792.  He  married,  No- 
vember 20,  1740,  Irene  Foot,  who  died  August 
7,  1809.  He  lived  in  Colchester.  Children: 
I.  F,phraim,  born  July  10.  1741.  2.  Ezra, 
.\pril  22,  1743.  3.  Nehemiah,  ^larch  5,  1745, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Abraham,  September  20, 
1747.  5.  Elisha,  January  30,  1749.  (i.  Lucy, 
May  14,  1752:  married,  December  31.  1792. 
William  Brainard  :  died  1831.  7.  Elijah,  De- 
cember I.  1754.  8.  Irene,  March  7,  1757: 
married.  Jaiuiary  7,  1774,  David  Veomans. 
9.  Sarah,  March  2(>.  1759:  married,  .\pril  8, 
1779,  Samuel  Xdrthani,  10.  Oliver.  Septem- 
ber  12,   1 76 1. 

(\')  Nehemiah,  son  of  .Abraham  Day,  was 
born  in  Colchester,  March  5,  1745.  He  re- 
moved to  Dalton,  Massachusetts,  after  the 
revolution.  He  was  in  the  revolution  in  the 
.Second  Com])any  under   Captain   deorge   Pit- 


kin, of  Hartford,  in  Colonel  Hinman's  regi- 
ment, and  answered  the  Lexington  alarm, 
April  19,  1775;  also  in  Captain  Simon's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Erastus  W'olcott's  regiment,  in 
1776.  He  married,  August  21,  1766,  Dimmis 
Kilborn,  of  Colchester.  Children:  i.  Amasa. 
2.  Hezekiah.  3.  Abraham.  4.  Nehemiah 
born  March  5,  1772,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Diadema.     6.  Elijah.  May  10,  1780. 

(\"I)  Nehemiah  (2),  son  of  Nehemiah  (i) 
Day,  was  born  in  Colchester,  March  5,  1772. 
He  removed  to  South  Hadley,  Massachusetts. 
He  married,  August  16,  1792,  Thirza  Alvord, 
of  South  Hadley,  who  died  August  5,  1837. 
Children:  i.  Walter,  born  February  16,  1793. 
2.  Porter,  June  18,  1795:  died  1847.  3.  Abi- 
gail. December  7,  1796.  4.  Major,  February 
16,  1799,  mentioned  below.  5.  Minerva,  Oc- 
tober 29.  1802;  married.  November  4,  1819. 
Ebenezer  S.  Goldthwait ;  died  July  20,  1822. 
T).  Melancthon,  March  18,  1808.  7.  Franklin. 
March  >  1810.  8.  Alonzo,  December  17, 
1813. 

(Nil)  Major,  son  of  Nehemiah  (2)  Day, 
was  born  February  16,  1799,  probably  at 
.South  Hadley,  where  he  died  October  i,  1830. 
He  was  a  distiller  of  South  Hadley.  He  mar- 
ried. June  2(1,  1824.  Maletha  Mandeville,  of 
that  town.  Child,  William  Waite,  mentioned 
below. 

(\'lll  )  \\  illiam  Waite,  son  of  Major  Day, 
was  born  at  South  Hadley,  July  7,  1825. 
When  a  young  man  he  went  to  Springfield, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  machinist.  He  be- 
came a  member  of  the  firm  of  Russell  &  Day. 
machinists  of  Hampden  street.  For  many 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  fire  department 
of  S{)ringfield.  and  for  a  time  was  chief  en- 
gineer. In  religion  he  was  a  Congregation- 
alist.  He  married  Eunice  E.  Russell.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Robert  Wolcott,  born  February  7. 
1852.  mentioned  below.  2.  Clara,  married 
Joseph  Berry.  3.  William  Otis,  mentioned 
below.     4.    Edward   Hooker. 

(  IN  I  Koiiert  Wolcott.  son  of  William 
Waite  Day,  was  born  February  7,  1852.  He 
graduated  at  the  high  school  in  1872.  and  en- 
tered the  em]iloy  of  the  Morgan  Envelope 
Comjiany.  He  worked  up  from  office  boy 
through  different  positions,  including  that  of 
biiokkeejier  and  commercial  traveler,  until 
January,  1884,  when  he  was  elected  treasurer 
of  the  company,  remaining  in  that  capacity 
until  August,  1898,  when  the  I'nited  States 
l'",nvelo])e  Company  purchased  the  interest  of 
the  above  company  and  Mr.   Day  was  elected 


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first  treasurer  and  a  member  of  the  executive 
committee,  serving  until  the  fall  of  1903  when 
he  resigned.  In  February,  1903,  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  L'nited  Electric  Light 
Company  of  Springfield,  and  has  held  this  po- 
sition to  the  present  time.  He  was  director 
of  the  First  National  Bank  for  two  years  prior 
to  the  organization  of  the  Springfield  National 
Bank,  with  which  he  has  since  been  connectetl. 
He  is  a  member  of  Golden  Rule  Lodge,  F"ree 
and  Accepted  Masons,  at  Hinsdale,  New- 
Hampshire  ;  Springfield  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  and  of  the  Nayasset  Club.  He  at- 
tends the  South  Quirch  of  Springfield.  He 
married,  September  26,  1877,  Ida  L.,  daugh- 
ter of  Frederick  and  Delia  H.  Boyden,  of 
Hinsdale,  New  Hampshire.  Children:  Paul- 
ine; Robert  Frederick,  born  1879;  Winsor, 
born  1886;  Morgan,  born  1893. 

(IX)  William  Otis,  son  of  William  Waite 
Day,  was  born  at  Springfield.  November  5, 
1857.  He  received  his  education  in  the  pub- 
lic and  high  schools  of  his  native  city,  leaving 
at  the  end  of  his  second  year  in  the  high  school 
to  enter  the  employ  of  the  Morgan  Envelope 
Company  of  Springfield.  Since  1871  he  has 
been  connected  with  this  concern  in  various 
capacities,  rising  from  time  to  time  to  po- 
sitions of  greater  trust  and  responsibility.  In 
1891  he  became  a  director  of  the  corporation 
and  when  the  Morgan  Envelope  Company  be- 
came a  constituent  part  of  the  United  States 
Envelope  Company  in  1901  he  was  chosen 
treasurer,  an  office  he  has  since  filled.  He  is 
also  a  director  of  the  corporation.  His  office 
is  in  Springfield.  He  has  devoted  his  time  and 
energy  almost  exclusively  to  the  envelope  busi- 
ness and  has  had  a  large  and  important  part  in 
developing  that  great  industry.  Mr.  Day  is  a 
director  of  the  Springfield  Brick  Company. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  was  a  member  of  the  school  board 
of  Springfield,  but  he  has  been  too  busy  to 
acce]it  public  office.  In  religion  he  is  a  Con- 
gregationalist  and  for  the  past  five  years  has 
been  a  member  of  the  parish  committee  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Nayasset  and  Country  clubs.  He 
married,  April  2,  1879,  Carrie  Parsons  Sander- 
son, born  August,  1857,  in  Springfield,  daugh- 
ter of  John  S.  Sanderson.  Her  father  was  a 
prominent  builder  and  contractor  of  Spring- 
field. Their  only  child  is  Hazel  Sanderson, 
who  married.  October  25.  1905,  George  Willis 
Pike,  of  Springfield,  manager  of  the  Holyoke 
office  of  Malcum  &  Coombc,  bankers  and  brok 
ers.  of  New  York  Citv. 


(For  piecediiig;  genei-ations  see   Unhei-t   Day   1). 

(Ill)  Major  John,  sixth  son  of 
1)A^■      Thomas  and  Sarah   (Cooper)    Day, 

was  born  September  20,  1673,  prob- 
ably in  Springfield,  and  died  there  November 
20,  1752.  His  tombstone  is  to  be  seen  in  the  old 
L^nion  burying-ground  at  West  Springfield. 
This  is  how  the  inscription  reads: 

"Here  lies  intered  the  Body  of 

Major  John  Day 

who  departed  this  life 

(Jctober-Xovem.  the  20,  A.  D.,  1752 

in  the  80th  year  of  his  age." 

Major  Day  married  Mary  Smith,  of  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,  March  10,  1697,  who  died  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1742.  They  had  the  following  chil- 
dren:  I.  John,  born  July  5,  1698.  2.  Heze- 
kiah,  October  15,  1700.  3.  Joseph,  June  24, 
1703.  4.  Mary,  January  20,  i7o().  5.  Sarah, 
May  14,  1708.  6.  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below.  7.  Rebecca,  May  12.  1713.  8.  Will- 
iam, October  23,  1715.  9.  Elizabeth,  January 
19,  1718.     10.  Thankful,  January  19,   1721. 

(IV)  Colonel  Benjamin,  fourth  son  of 
Major  John  and  Mary  (Smith)  Day,  was  born 
October  2-],  1710,  in  Springfield,  died  there 
almost  a  centenarian.  He  lived  under  a  mon- 
archy and  under  a  republic.  In  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  town  under  British  rule  he  was 
very  active,  was  the  first  moderator,  its  first 
representative  to  the  great  and  general  court. 
F"or  years  he  was  selectman.  He  was  chairman 
of  the  committee  of  public  safety  and  a  dele- 
gate to  the  provincial  council.  He  held  a  com- 
mission as  major  under  George  II  and  was 
considered  loyal  while  the  colonies  remained 
under  the  yoke  of  Great  Britain  but  when 
forbearance  ceased  to  be  a  virtue  and  the 
British  oppression  became  intolerable,  Major 
Day  went  energetically  at  work  to  swell  the 
(|Uota  of  enlistments  from  West  Springfield, 
and  that  the  fighting  blood  in  the  Day  fam- 
ily was  aroused  is  attested  by  the  muster  rolls 
(if  the  continental  army,  which  contain  fifteen 
of  the  name  of  Day  from  West  Springfield. 
On  December  16.  1776,  Colonel  Day,  ]iresi(l- 
ing  in  the  town  voted  to  raise  ninety  pounds  to 
purchase  firearms.  In  1778  Colonel  Day,  as 
a  member  of  the  general  court,  was  made 
chairman  of  the  committee  of  seven  to  con- 
sider a  ])lan  of  government  for  Massachusetts. 
.Ml  through  the  war  with  the  mother  country 
he  was  active  in  procuring  supplies  and  furn- 
ishing men  in  furtherance  of  the  prosecution 
of  the  war.  There  is  one  thing  to  mar  his 
(■therwise    clean    record.     He    was    in    the    in- 


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famous  "Shay's  Rebellion."  He  was  led  into 
it  by  his  cousin,  Luke,  and  his  part  therein 
was  that  of  an  e.xhorter.  He  never  took  up 
arms  against  the  government.  One  to  under- 
stand fully  this  unfortunate  affair  must  read 
its  history  and  the  causes  that  led  up  to  it. 
The  burdens  of  taxation  were  heavy  upon  the 
])eople  and  suits  for  debts  were  vigorously 
pushed,  and  the  people  were  exasperated  be- 
yond measure.  It  was  against  this  unsatis- 
factory condition  of  affairs  that  the  ignorant 
masses  were  hastened  into  an  armed  resist- 
ance. Colonel  Day  was  a  speaker  who  could 
easily  arouse  a  multitude  to  anger  and  resent- 
ment. Also  he  was  a  man  who  had  a  forcible 
command  of  King's  English.  His  house  at 
West  Springfield  was  located  one  hundred 
yards  north  of  Terry  lane.  He  married 
Eunice  Alorgan,  October  9.  1742.  The  fol- 
lowing are  the  names  of  the  children:  i.  Eu- 
nice, born  July  16,  1743.  2.  Benjamin,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1746.  died  young.  3.  Benjamin. 
.\pril  23,  1747.  4.  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Robert,  August  16,  1 751.  6.  Mahala,  July 
31,  1752.  7.  Lydia,  November  i,  1759.  8. 
Clarissa,  June  18,  1764.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Lucy  Sheldon,  of  Deerfield,  who  died 
April  28,  1808,  an  octogenarian.  In  the 
Union  burying  ground  is  the  tombstone  of  his 
first   wife,  bearing  this  inscription: 

"In  memory  of 

Mrs.    Eunice   Day, 

wife  of 

Benjamin  Day. 
who  died  Jan.  25, 

1765  in  ye  49th 

year  of  her  age. 

Death  is  a  debt. 

to  nature  due 
Which  I  have  paid 

&  So  must  you." 

He  died  May  10,  1808,  aged  ninety-seven;  the 
inscription  on  his  stone  in  the  Park  street 
burying  ground  is :  "In  memory  of  Col.  Ben- 
jamin Day,  who  died  loth  May  1808  in  the 
98th  year  of  his  age.  The  inscription  on  stone 
of  second  wife  is:  "In  memory  of  Mrs.  Lucy 
Day,  consort  of  Col.  Benjamin  Day,  who  died 
25th  -April,  1808,  in  the  83rd  year  of  her  age." 
(V)  Daniel,  third  son  of  Colonel  Benjamin 
and  Eunice  (Alorgan)  Day,  was  born  July  8, 
1749,  ^t  Springfield,  died  there  August  19, 
1825,  and  is  buried  in  the  Tatham  cemetery, 
West  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  One  ap- 
proaches this  sacred  resting  spot  of  the  Days 
from  along  Sibley  avenue,  and  it  is  situated 


on  a  foot-hill  of  the  enfolding  Mount  Tom, 
guarded  by  a  row  of  sentinel  pines.  In  the 
distance  can  be  seen  the  old  Day  homestead 
where  the  noble  patriarchs  spent  their  active 
lives  ere  ceasing  from  their  labors.  Through 
a  glen  to  the  right,  one  can  see  the  great  mo- 
guls of  commerce  rushing  by,  a  marked  con- 
trast to  the  wagon-worn  traffic  of  the  world 
in  which  these  fathers  of  long  ago  wrought. 
Beyond  the  railroad  the  silvery  waters  of 
\\'estfield  river  lie  sparkling  in  the  sunlight. 
No  more  appropriate  spot  could  well  be  se- 
lected. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812 
and  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability.  He 
was  an  office  bearer  in  the  first  parish  church, 
and  in  the  councils  of  the  parish  his  presence 
was  regularly  recorded  and  to  him  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  reseating  committee  was  assigned 
the  difficult  task  of  giving  to  each  member  the 
very  sitting  he  or  she  desired.  He  held  the 
civil  offices  of  constable,  fence-viewer,  hog- 
reeve  and  a  juror.  He  lived  on  the  road  that 
leads  to  Westfield  at  the  juncture  of  another 
road  now  called  Rogers  avenue.  The  ancient 
home.stead  of  the  Days  is  still  there,  a  typical 
home  of  the  old  New  England  bygones. 
He  was  a  man  who  walked  humbly  with  his 
( "lod  and  was  honored  and  beloved  of  the  en- 
tire community.  He  married,  March  3,  1773, 
.\nna  \'an  Horn,  who  died  January  27,  1787. 
The  baptismal  names  of  the  children  were:  I. 
Erastus,  mentioned  below.  2.  Harriet,  born 
May.  I77f>.  3.  Daniel,  March  30,  1779.  4. 
.Alfred,  June  26,  1783.  His  second  wife  was 
Abi  Cranger,  whom  he  married  May  18,  1788; 
she  died  .August  19,  1825,  aged  seventy-six. 
.She  was  the  mother  of  five  children :  5.  Anna, 
bom  June  15,  1789.  C\  .Abi,  July  15,  1792.  7. 
Lucy,  .August  22,  1794.  8.  David,  October  27, 
1797.     9.  .'Mfred,  September  22,  1802. 

fVI)  Erastus.  eldest  son  of  Daniel  and 
.Anna  f\'an  Horn)  Day,  was  born  August  22, 
1773,  at  the  old  Day  homestead,  and  died 
January  28,  1852.  He  removed  in  early  life 
to  Fort  Ann,  New  A^ork.  He  married  (first) 
Mariba  Clark,  January  7,  1803:  she  died  De- 
cember 31,  181 1.  No  children.  He  married 
f second)  Olive,  born  October  19,  1783,  died 
December  11,  1856,  daughter  of  Captain  Thad- 
deus  Dewey,  of  Dewey's  Bridge,  Eort  Ann, 
New  A^ork.  Children:  i.  Erastus  Dewey, 
born  ATay  12.  1 81 3.  2.  Thaddeus,  February 
22,  1815.  3.  Daniel  Van  Horn,  January  15, 
1817.  4.  Andrew  Jackson,  April  15,  1819.  5. 
George  Washington,  October  13,  1821.  6.  Al- 
fred Dewey  Van  Horn,  mentioned  below. 

(VIT)    .Alfred  Dewev  Van  Horn,  last  child 


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of  Erastus  and  Ulivc  (Deweyj  Day,  was  born 
October  5,  1824,  at  Fort  Ann,  died  April  9, 
1893,  at  Springfield.  He  learned  the  carpen- 
ter's trade  at  Fort  Ann,  and  .upon  arriving  at 
his  majority,  took  up  his  residence  in  Spring- 
field. In  1848  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
Mr.  Jobson  and  conducted  a  sash  and  blind 
factory.  He  was  a  fine  type  of  the  old  school 
merchant.  He  was  frequently  consulted  by 
young  men  and  his  advice  was  regarded  as 
sound,  shrewd  and  valuable.  He  took  a  deep 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  splendid  city  in 
which  he  made  his  home,  in  which  his  busi- 
ness life  was  developed,  in  which  his  children 
were  raised  and  in  which  he  lies  buried.  He 
never  held  office,  though  most  any  place 
within  the  gift  of  the  city  could  have  laeen  his 
for  the  asking.  He  acted  independently  in 
politics  and  voted  for  the  men  that  he  con- 
sidered would  act  to  the  best  interest  of  the 
public  regardless  of  partisanship  or  political 
affiliation.  He  was  a  man  who  gave  to  worthy 
charities,  but  the  left  hand  never  knew  what 
the  right  did.  He  never  boasted  of  his  gifts. 
Esj^ecially  was  he  heljiful  to  young  men  in 
business  struggling  to  keep  above  water.  In 
religious  belief  he  was  a  Universalist.  He 
was  a  home-loving  and  home-keeping  man. 
The  center  of  his  heart  was  his  home  and  its 
inmates  he  dearly  loved.  Alfred  Dewey  Van 
Horn  Day's  name  was  a  synonym  of  honesty 
and  straightforwardness,  and  he  bore  without 
reproach  "the  grand  old  name  of  gentleman." 
On  February  2,  1850,  he  married  Mary  Louise, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sally  (Stephens) 
Cook,  of  Athens,  X'ew  York.  Their  children 
were:  i.  Alfred,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Mary 
Emma,  born  April  25,  1856;  married  William 
Calkins  Scott,  born  June  26,  1853,  died  April 
9,  1896;  he  was  the  son  of  Joel  H.  G.  and 
Sally  (Stephens)  Scott,  of  Hudson,  and 
grandson  of  Eber  and  Amanda  (Hickok) 
Scott,  of  Watertown,  Connecticut ;  they  have 
two  children :  .\lfred  Day,  born  October  7. 
1883 ;  graduated  from  the  Springfield  high 
school  in  1903,  and  Marguerite,  December  22. 
1887,  graduated  from  Springfield  high  school 
in  1906  and  Smith  College  in  1910.  3.  Jen- 
nie Tannatt,  born  December  26,  1861 :  married 
James  Huntington  Ripley,  of  Springfield,  and 
they  have  one  child.  Mary  Day  Ripley,  born 
February  22.  1892.     (See  Ripley). 


Peter  Wolf  was  born  in  a  little 

WOLF      town   not    far    from   the   city   of 

Berlin,    Germany,   in    1812,   of  a 

long  line  of  respectable  and  industrious  Ger- 


man ancestors.  He  was  a  sturdy  husbandman 
and  a  useful  citizen.  He  spent  his  life  in  his 
native  town  and  died  there  in  1858.  He  mar- 
ried Helena  Bromflieth,  a  native  of  the  same 
town,  who  survivetl  him  a  few  years,  dying  at 
the  age  of  fifty-three  years.  Both  were  faith- 
ful members  of  the  German  Lutheran  church. 
Children:  I.  William,  a  farmer,  died  unmar- 
ried. 2.  Bertha,  married  a  German  farmer, 
they  lived  near  Ijerlin.  3.  Minnie,  who  mar- 
ried and  lives  in  Germany.  4.  Johanna,  mar- 
ried a  German  blacksmith,  they  reside  in  their 
native  town  and  have  several  children.  5. 
.\melia,  married  William  Biirk,  a  farmer  (de- 
ceased), the  widow  and  several  children,  re- 
side in  Germany.  6.  Herman  John  Frederick, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Herman  John  Frederick,  son  of  Peter 
Wolf,  was  born  in  Germany,  July  24,  1855, 
and  was  the  only  one  of  his  family  that  came 
to  America.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  place,  and  worked  during 
his  boyhood  at  farming.  He  entered  the  Ger- 
man army  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  as  a 
private  in  the  Twenty-first  Regiment  of  In- 
fantry and  served  the  recjuired  three  years.  At 
the  completion  of  his  term  of  military  service 
he  decided  to  seek  a  larger  field  of  opportunity 
and  turned  his  face  to  .\merica.  He  landed  at 
Boston  in  Sejitember,  1881,  and  made  his  home 
in  South  Boston,  where  he  found  employment 
in  the  sugar  refinery,  and  continued  there  nine 
years.  Afterward  he  worked  in  the  terra  cotta 
works  on  Federal  street,  Boston,  and  in  a  wine 
house  in  Boston.  He  was  prudent  and  saving 
alwavs,  and  in  1892  invested  in  real  estate  in 
West  Roxbury  and  since  then  has  been  engaged 
in  the  real  estate  business.  He  owns  several 
blocks  of  valuable  property  and  devotes  his 
time  to  the  care  and  improvement  of  his  real 
estate,  though  not  in  active  business.  In  politics 
a  Republican,  and  a  member  of  English  Luth- 
eran church. 

He  married,  September  21,  1881.  Emelia 
Bachertz,  born  at  Possen,  Germany,  Novem- 
ber 12,  1 86 1,  and  educated  there.  She  came 
to  Boston  on  the  same  ship  with  Mr.  Wolf  and 
they  were  married  within  a  few  months  after 
their  arrival  in  this  country.  She  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  August  and  Henrietta  Bachertz,  both 
natives  of  Possen,  who  came  to  America  in 
1884,  and  settled  in  Minnesota,  where  they 
now  reside  in  good  health,  notwithstanding 
their  great  age;  their  children:  i.  Amalia, 
married  Ludwig  Haak.  2.  William,  died  in 
early  childhood  in  Germany.  3.  Emelia,  wife 
of  H.  T-  F,  Wolf,  mentioned  above.     4.  Emil. 


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died  unmarried,  aged  twenty-six  years  5.  Ida, 
married  Otto  Wachs.  6.  Bertha,  married  John 
Blunenshein.  7.  Rudolph.  8.  Carl.  9.  Emma, 
married  John  Reeves.  10.  Hattie,  married 
Otto  Griese.  11.  Alma,  married  Herman 
Stydel.  12.  Clara,  marrietl  a  Mr.  Snow.  All 
the  children  living,  with  the  exception  of  Mrs. 
Wolf,  reside  in  Minnesota.  Children  of  Her- 
man John  Frederick  and  Emelia  (Bachertz) 
Wolf:  I.  Rudolph  Carl,  born  September  2. 
1882,  died  in  1891.  2.  William,  .September  23, 
1884,  died  in  1886.  3.  Charles  Emmel,  July 
IQ,  1886;  educated  in  the  public  schools.  4. 
lierman,  March  i,  1890,  died  1894.  5.  Bertha 
Marie,  June  16,  1892;  student  in  the  public 
schools.  6.  Gustave  H.,  September  8,  1894; 
student  in  the  public  schools.  7.  Minnie,  No- 
vember 16,  1896;  died  November  14,  1902. 


John    Gottleib    Weitze    was    a 

WEITZE      farmer  and  cattle  dealer  in  Al- 

tonberg.  Saxony,  Germany.    He 

married  liva  Webber,  and  had  a  son  Robert, 

mentioned  below. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  John  (lottleib  Weitze, 
was  born  in  .Mtonberg,  Saxony,  Germany, 
.-Xpril  27,  1831.  He  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1852,  and  worked  at  first  in  various  meat- 
packing houses  in  Boston.  In  1854  he  went  to 
East  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and  was  eni- 
])Ioyed  in  the  packing  establishment  of  John  P. 
Squire  for  three  years.  He  then  resigne<l  his 
]50sition  and  started  in  business  on  his  own 
account.  He  had  a  factory  in  East  Cambridge 
and  a  store  in  I'oston  for  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  his  meat  products.  His  business  pros- 
pered and  he  built  up  a  good  trade,  conducting 
it  with  success.  In  1896  he  sold  out  to  his  son- 
in-law,  Gustav  Weitze,  who  carried  on  the 
business  for  about  a  year,  when  he  died.  Mr. 
Weitze  resides  at  156  Thorndike  street.  East 
Cambridge,  and  is  a  well  known  and  'highly 
respected  German- American  citizen.  He  is  a 
member  of  Hermann  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Boston,  and  of  vari- 
ous German  societies.  He  married,  1855,  Mary 
.\melia  Libby,  who  died  September  4,  1874. 
daughter  of  Sanford  and  Henrietta  (Jones) 
Libby,  of  Maine.  (See  Libby,  VH)."  Chil- 
dren: i.  Mary  .\ugusta,  marriecl  Gustav  Weitze. 
and  had  Robert,  Lillie  and  May.  2.  Ella 
I'lorctta,  married  Ernest  Flentje,  a  prominent 
business  man  of  Cambridge,  and  had  Harold 
IHentje,  died  young,  and  Ernest  Leslie  Flentje. 
3.  Carrie  Melissa.    4.  Amy  Geneva. 

Mrs.  Alary  Amelia  (Libby)  Weitze  is  de- 
scended  from   John  Libby   (I),  through   John 


(11).  Deacon  Benjamin  (III),  Charles  (IV), 
all  of  wlK)ni  are  written  of  on  other  pages,  and 

(  \" )  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Charles  Libby, 
was  born  in  Berwick,  November  4,  1756,  and 
was  a  farmer.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  re- 
moved to  Sanford,  and  lived  on  the  road  be- 
tween IMount  Hope  and  Springvale.  He  re- 
moved to  Gardiner,  where  he  died  of  typhoid 
fever  about  1815.  He  married,  in  1781,  Mary 
Hamilton,  who  after  his  death  removed  to 
Pittsfield  and  died  about  1845.  Children:  i. 
Jonathan,  1782.  2.  Benjamin.  3.  Solomon, 
1788,  mentioned  below.  4.  Abigail,  October 
30,  179 — .  5.  Betsey,  April  9,  1794.  6.  Sarah. 
7.  Son.  a  sailor,  died  of  yellow  fever. 

(\T)  Solomon,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  Libby, 
was  born  in  1788  in  Sanford,  Maine.  He  was 
for  many  years  a  farmer  in  I'ittsfiekl.  After 
his  wife's  death  in  1841  he  removed  to  Penn- 
sylvania and  engaged  in  lumbering.  In  1864 
he  went  back  to  New  Ham])shire  and  a  year 
later  removed  to  Minnesota,  where  his  daugh- 
ter Juliette  then  lived.  He  married  Jane  Mc- 
Causland,  of  Gardiner.  Children,  born  in  Pitts- 
field  :  I.  Sanford,  1815,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Mary  Jane.  3.  John  S.,  .August,  1820.  4. 
.\lbert.  5.  Solomon.  6.  Eliza  A.,  January  22, 
1826.  7.  Betsey  Hunter,  October  4,  182 — .  8. 
Elvira  S.,  1830.  9.  Juliette.  10.  Salome  D., 
March  4,  1837. 

(VH)  Sanford,  son  of  Solomon  Libby,  was 
born  in  Pittsfield  in  181 5,  died  in  1879.  He 
married,  in  the  West  Indies,  1  lenrietta  Jones, 
of  Germany.  Children:  1.  Mary  Amelia,  mar- 
ried Robert  \\  eitze  (see  Wei<ze,  II).  2.  Fred- 
erick, married  Henrietta  Watkins,  and  had 
lumice  Etta,  Fred  and  George  Libby.  3.  Julia, 
married  .\dam  Dwelley,  and  had  Charles, 
Melenza,  George,  Mabel,  and  two  who  died 
young.  4.  Melissa,  married  Harrison  C.  Camp- 
bell, and  had  Mary  Melissa,  Harrison  Cleaves, 
.Klbert  Franklin,  Ada  Corinth  and  Harry  Clifton 
Cam])bell.  3.  -Amy.  married  James  \'oung,  and 
had  James  Sanft)rd,  Robert  Harrison,  Ralph 
Leslie  and  William  Eldredge  Young. 


William  Bretuian  was  born  in 
liRENNAN  Ireland  of  an  ancient  and  re- 
spectable family.  He  came  to 
this  country  when  a  young  man,  landing  in 
I'loston.  He  found  employment  at  Randolph, 
Massachusetts,  and  has  made  his  home  there 
since.  In  late  years  he  has  been  associated  with 
his  sons  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes  and  at 
the  present  time  is  general  overseer  of  the  fac- 
tory. He  has  held  to  the  faith  of  his  fore- 
fathers  and   is   a   devout   Roman    Catholic   in 


MASSACHLSKTTS. 


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religion.      In   pulitics   he   is  a   Democrat.      He 

married  Mary .     She  died  at  Randolph. 

Children  ;  i.  James  Augustus,  born  1864,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  John,  a  traveling  salesman, 
married  Nellie  liarry.  3.  William,  foreman 
of  the  finishing  room  in  the  Brennan  factory, 

married  McCue,  has  four  children.     4. 

Dennis,  shoemaker,  married  Agnes  Shaw,  has 
four  children.  5.  Daniel,  superintendent  of  the 
shoe  factory,  married  Bridget  Rooney,  has  four 
children.  6.  Alice,  married  John  Thimme, 
foreman  of  the  stitching  room  in  the  Brennan 
factory.  7.  Margaret,  married  William  Sow- 
ley.    8.  Mary,  married  Patrick  Sullivan. 

(II)  James  Augustus,  son  of  William  Bren- 
nan, was  born  in  Randol])h,in  1864.  1  le  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  public  schools.  lie  learned  the 
trade  of  shoemaking  thoroughly  in  the  shoe 
factories  of  his  native  town.  He  embarked  in 
business  as  a  shoe  dealer  in  Randol])h  with  his 
first  savings  and  built  up  a  thriving  business. 
In  1895  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
shots  in  Randolph,  beginning  in  a  humble  way 
and  enlarging  his  jjlant  from  time  to  time.  In 
a  few  vears  he  moved  to  the  present  location 
and  now  has  the  largest  business  in  this  line  in 
the  town.  Indeed,  his  factory  is  the  chief  in- 
dustry of  Randolph  and  gives  employment  to 
several  hundred  men.  His  brothers  are  in  his 
employ  in  positions  of  resoonsibility.  He  has 
become  one  of  the  most  substantial  and  influ- 
ential men  of  the  town  and  is  known  to  the 
trade  throughout  New  England.  He  takes  a 
keen  interest  in  the  welfare  and  government 
of  the  town,  to  the  upbuilding  of  which  he  has 
contributed  so  materially  in  the  past  decade. 
He  has  devoted  himself  exclusively  to  his  own 
business,  and  finds  no  time  for  public  office  or 
other  business.  He  was  active  in  his  support 
of  the  movement  that  brought  about  the  erec- 
tion of  the  Stetson  school  and  has  aided  every 
])roject  for  the  improvement  of  educational 
facilities.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Randolph 
National  Bank.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  church.  He  married,  1889, 
Jane,  born  at  Randolph,  daughter  of  Simon 
and  Mary  (Twomey)  O'Brien.  Her  father 
was  born  in  1817  in  Oueen.stown,  Ireland,  and 
died  in  August,  1888,  at  Randolph.  He  came 
to  Boston  when  a  young  man,  located  at  Ran- 
dolph and  worked  as  a  shoemaker  there,  and 
finally  became  a  manufacturer.  He  lost  heav- 
ily in  the  great  fire  in  Boston  in  1872.  In  his 
day  he  had  the  largest  factory  in  Randolph, 
was  a  shrewd,  enterprising  and  successful 
manufacturer.  In  religion  he  was  a  Catholic, 
in  politics  a  Democrat.     Mr.  O'Brien  married 


Mary  Twomey,  born  in  1827  in  Queenstown, 
Ireland,  died  in  1898  in  Randolph.  Their  chil- 
dren: i.  Child,  died  in  infancy;  ii.  William  P., 
was  in  partnership  with  his  father ;  continued 
a  shoe  manufacturer  all  his  active  life  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death  had  the  largest  business 
in  his  line  in  the  town;  left  five  children;  iii. 
Mary  .\.,  married  James  Farley,  of  Randolph, 
and  has  four  children ;  iv.  Catherine,  de- 
ceased ;  v.  Catherine  E.,  died  at  the  age  of 
seventeen ;  vi.  Jane,  married  James  A.  Bren- 
nan, mentioned  above.  Children  of  James  A. 
and  Jane  (O'Brien)  Brennan:  i.  William, 
born  June,  1891  ;  student  at  the  Catholic  Uni- 
versity, Georgetown,  D.  C.  2.  Simon  O'Brien, 
1892,  deceased.  3.  Myra  Mildred,  June  8, 
1894.  4.  Dorothy  Louise,  1898.  5.  Margaret, 
19OT. 

Martin  Cort  was  a  manufacturer 
CORT     at  Rochdale,  England,  operating  a 

woolen  mill  until  he  came  to  this 
country.  He  settled  first  in  Alanchester,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade  in 
the  mills,  and  later  removed  to  Lawrence, 
.Massachusetts,  and  was  similarly  occupied 
until  he  died.  He  married  and  among  his  chil- 
dren was  William  Henry,  see  forward. 

(II)  ^^'il1iam  Henry,  son  of  Martin  Cort, 
was  born  at  Rochdale,  England.  He  came  to 
.America  with  his  parents  when  he  was  a  young 
boy.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Manchester.  New  Hampshire,  and  Law- 
rence, Massachusetts.  He  worked  in  the 
mills  and  learned  the  business,  finally  becom- 
ing a  manufacturer  of  woolen  goods.  Later 
he  was  a  manufacturer  of  fire  extinguishers 
at  LTtica,  New  York.  He  married  Emma  Jane 
Parker,  who  died  in  1882 ;  daughter  of  J.  S. 
Parker,  of  L'tica,  New  York.  Children:  i. 
Dr.  Parker  Martin,  born  January  28,  1878, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Walter  William,  Janu- 
ary 16,  1 88 1,  a  woolen  manufacturer. 

(III)  Dr.  Parker  Martin,  son  of  William 
1  lenry  Cort,  was  born  January  28,  1878,  in 
Clayville,  New  York.  He  attended  the  public 
rchools  of  LItica  and  studied  his  profession  at 
Harvard  Medical  College,  where  he  was  grad- 
uated in  the  class  of  1902  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  After  two  years  of  hospital  experience 
in  the  Boston  City  Hospital  and  St.  Elizabeth 
Hospital  of  Utica,  he  established  himself  in 
general  practice  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  has  been  very  successful.  He  is 
assistant  visiting  physician  of  Mercy  Hospital, 
Springfield:  examining  surgeon  for  the  Cas- 
ualtv   Company   of   America :   medical   exam- 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


iner  for  the  Bostun  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Company  and  the  L'nion  Mutual  Life  Insur- 
ance Company  of  Portland,  Maine,  and  the 
Empire  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Seattle, 
Washington.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Harvard 
.\lunini  Association,  Cimnecticut  Harvard 
Club,  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  Spring- 
field Academy  of  Medicine,  Springfield  Medi- 
cal Library  Association,  Boston  Society  of 
JMedical  Examiners  and  Practitioners,  Win- 
throp  Club  and  the  Civic  Club.  He  is  past 
noble  grand  of  De  Soto  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows. 
He  married.  December  12,  1908,  Helen  Eliza- 
beth Roycc,  daughter  of  Charles  A.  Royce,  of 
Springfield. 

John    Henry    Couse,    immigrant 
COCSE     ancest(jr,   was  born   in  Germany, 

August  4,  1735,  died  December 
II,  1804.  He  came  to  I'hiladelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1749.  He  married  Mary  Knoph, 
bcirn  1727,  died  February  28,  1814.  Their  de- 
scendants located  in  New  York  and  New  Jer- 
sey. Children:  i.  Maria,  married  Daniel 
Struble.  2.  John,  born  September  3,  1759. 
married  Mary  Rand;  children:  i.  Henry,  re- 
moved to  1  lamptcm.  New  Jersey ;  ii.  Peter ; 
iii.  William,  died  in  Virginia;  iv.  John;  v. 
David,  born  May  14.  1804;  vi.  Catherine,  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Halsey :  vii.  Susan,  married 
Jacob  Welsh:  viii.  Mary;  ix.  Anna,  married 
"W.  H.  Johnson.  3.  Margaret,  married  John 
Wintermute.  4.  Elizabeth,  married  Henry 
Snook.  5.  Eve,  married  Peter  Kemple.  6. 
Peter.  7.  Henry.  Jacob  and  Adam  were 
prfibably  also  sons.  In  the  census  of  1790  the 
only  family  of  this  name  in  New  York  was 
located  at  Northeasttown.  Dutchess  county, 
and  the  heads  of  families  were  William. 
.\dam,  Jacob,  John  T.  (probably  should  be 
H.),  Henry  and  Peter.  The  evidence  indi- 
cates that  they  were  brothers,  sons  of  John  H. 
Couse.  as  stated.  John  Couse  served  in  the 
revolution  from  Dutchess  county.  New  York, 
in  the  Sixth  Regiment. 

(H)  Frederick  P.  Couse,  doubtless  grand- 
son or  great-grandson  of  John  Henry  Couse, 
was  born  in  Green  River,  Columbia  county. 
New  York,  in  1819.  He  was  educated  in  the 
district  schools  there  and  worked  in  his  youth 
on  his  father's  farm.  He  continued  in  the 
calling  f)f  farming  all  his  active  life  at  Green 
River.  He  married  Eliza  A.,  daughter  of 
James  Ellsworth.  Children:  Fred  P.,  and 
Fannie,  widow  of  Gleason  Phelps  ;  resides  in 
Westfield,  Massachusetts.  Frederick  P.  Couse 
had  a  brother.  Benjamin  Couse,  who  lived  at 


( ireen  River,  married  and  had  children :  An- 
drew, John,  Jacob,  Levi,  Philo  and  daughters; 
some  of  his  grandchildren  are  now  engaged  in 
business  at  Hudson,  New  York. 

(Ill)  Fred  P.,  son  of  Frederick  P.  Couse, 
was  born  in  Green  River,  New  York,  March 
rt,  1842.  At  the  age  of  nine  years  he  was 
bound  out  to  a  farmer.  He  worked  on  the 
farm  in  summer  and  attended  school  in  the 
winter.  In  1862  he  came  to  Westfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  foimd  employment  in  a  whip  fac- 
tory. A  few  years  later  he  became  a  travel- 
ing salesman  for  one  of  the  Westfield  whip 
manufacturers.  In  1870  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Charles  Whipple  to  manufacture 
whips.  The  business  was  conducted  success- 
fully for  fourteen  years  and  then  consolidated 
with  the  Peck  Company  of  Westfield.  At  the 
time  of  the  consolidation,  Mr.  Couse  withdrew 
from  the  business.  .After  spending  several 
months  in  the  west  he  returned  to  Westfield 
and  resumed  the  manufacture  of  whips  in 
1884  and  he  has  continued  in  this  business 
\ery  successfully  to  the  present  time.  Since 
1903  he  has  had  his  son,  F.  P.  Couse  Jr.,  in 
partncrshij)  with  him  under  the  firm  name  of 
F.  1*.  Couse  &  Son.  In  politics  Mr.  Couse 
is  a  Republican,  and  he  has  served  the  town  as 
selectman.  He  is  a  director  and  part  owner  of 
the  I'rien  Heater  Company.  He  is  a  member 
iif  Mount  Moriah  Lodge,  Free  Masons;  of 
Roanoco  Lodge,  No.  47,  Odd  Fellows,  and  of 
the  Westfield  Club.  He  married,  in  1862, 
Mary  Lyall,  who  died  in  1866.  He  married 
(second)  Lucy  Fox,  born  in  Westfield,  daugh- 
ter of  Stiles  Fox.  Child  of  first  wife:  Jennie, 
died  in  infancv.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Charles  M.,  Delia  M.,  Fred  P.  Jr.  The  sons 
are  both  associated  with  the  father  in  busi- 
ness. 


The  family  of  Curless  is  found 
(TRLESS     in    various    parts    of    England 
but  is  not  numerous.    The  sur- 
name is  identical   with  Corliss,  Corless,  Coil- 
ess,  Curliss,  etc. 

(I)  Charles  Curless  was  born  in  Canada. 
He  was  a  carpenter  and  builder  and  spent  his 
entire  active  life  at  St.  John,  New  Brunswick, 
where  he  died  at  an  advanced  age.  His  wife 
was  a  native  of  New  Brunswick,  and  died  in 
the  prime  of  life,  some  years  before  her  hus- 
band. Children:  I.  Oliver,  resided  in  Grand 
Falls,  Canada,  where  he  died  a  few  years 
ago.  2.  Jane,  born  at  St.  John :  married 
(first)  Henry  Harper  and  had  Charles.  Mary 
and  Martha  Harper,  who  are  all  married  and 


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residing  in  St.  John;  married  (second)  Henry 
Gigley  ;uk1  had  George  Gigley,  who  is  a  car- 
penter, Hving  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  married  and  had  a  daughter  who  is 
now  married  and  hves  in  St.  John.  3.  Ann, 
died  in  Canada  where  she  was  married  and 
left  children.  4.  Mary,  died  leaving  a  family. 
5.  Martha,  died  in  young  womanhood-  6. 
Eliza,  married  and  living  in  New  Hampshire ; 
one   son.     7.   Charles,  mentioned   helow. 

(H)  Charles  (2),  son  of  Charles  (i)  Cur- 
less,  was  born  in  St.  John,  New  Brunswick, 
April  5.  1832.  He  learned  the  trade  of  car- 
penter with  his  father,  and  at  the  early  age  of 
fourteen  began  to  work  at  his  trade.  When  a 
young  man  he  settled  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, and  established  himself  in  business  as  a 
carjjenter  and  builder.  I'^om  the  tirst  he  was 
successful  and  he  soon  established  a  reputa- 
tion for  good  workmanship  and  reliability. 
By  his  industry  and  thrift  he  accumulated  a 
comfortable  competence,  and  invested  largel}' 
in  real  estate,  lie  erected  substantial  tene 
ment  houses  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  wa.^ 
the  owner  of  the  houses  at  Nos.  3140^4. 
'3144JI  and  3144A,  Washington  street,  Rox- 
bury,  Massachusetts,  in  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican, but  never  sought  office.  He  was  a 
good  and  useful  citizen,  and  had  many  friends 
who  valued  his  friendship  greatly.  He  died 
March  30,  i<jo().  He  married,  December  9, 
1856,  in  Frederickton,  New  Brunswick,  Mar- 
garet Harper,  born  April  27,  183 1,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  T.ois  (Kimball)  Harper.  Her 
father  was  born  in  1800  in  county  Ferman 
agh,  Ireland,  of  Scotch  ancestry,  and  came  tn 
America  when  eighteen  years  of  age,  settling  in 
Canada,  on  a  farm  near  Frederickton,  New 
Brunswick.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  in 
the  town,  of  upright  and  honorable  character 
He  married  Lois  Kimball,  born  1800,  died 
1856.  and  had  children:  i.  Henry  Harper,  died 
of  cholera  during  an  epidemic,  leaving  a  wife. 
Jane  (Curless)  and  children  Charles,  Mary 
and  Martha  Harper:  ii.  Mary  A.  Harper,  mar- 
ried William  Howe,  a  farmer  of  Frederick- 
ton :    left    a    widow    with    three    children;    iii. 

Prudence  Harper,  married  Cooper,  of 

St.  John,  and  had  two  children;  iv.  John  Har- 
per, lives  in  Boston ;  married  twice  and  had 
children:  v.  Elizabeth  ITarper,  died  young;  vi. 
Margaret  Har])er,  mentioned  above ;  vii.  Eliza 
Harjier,  married  Henry  Howe,  who  was  acci- 
dentally drowned :  resides  in  New  Brunswick 
with  lier  two  daughters:  viii.  Thomas  Harper. 
resides  on  a  farm  in  Frederickton  with  his  fam- 


ily :  ix.  William  Harper,  died  in  Prince  Will- 
iam, New  Brunswick,  leaving  a  family;  x. 
Adam  Harper,  resides  on  a  farm  near  Fred- 
erickton with  his  family;  xi.  Martha  A.  Har- 
])er,  ilied  young.  Mrs.  Curless  was  brought 
up  carefully  by  her  parents,  and  given  the 
training  which  fitted  her  to  be  a  good  house- 
wife and  mother.  Children  of  Charles  and 
Margaret  Curless:  i.  William  Allison,  born 
1857;  married  Eunice  Wood;  now  resides  in 
Everett,  Massachusetts;  died  February  11, 
1890,  in  Jamaica  Plajn ;  had  one  son,  Frank 
William  F.,  a  well-known  steel  engraver  of 
Boston ;  married  Esther  Dovvling  and  has  one 
child,  Mildred  Louise.  2.  Annie  Bell,  died 
aged  two  and  one-half  years.  3.  George  Byron, 
died  at  the  age  of  six  years.  4.  Frederick, 
died   young. 

» : 

Michael,  son  of  John  and  Alice 
DILLON  Dillon,  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  was 
born  in  Dublin,  in  1815.  His 
father  was  a  calico  printer  at  the  time  the 
work  of  printing  cotton  cloth  in  colors  was 
done  by  hand,  and  he  learned  the  trade  and 
became  a  skillful  operator.  He  was  given  a 
good  education  in  the  best  schools  of  Dublin. 
In  1837  he  joined  the  large  body  of  cotton 
manufacturing  operatives  that  left  the  mills 
of  ( Ireat  Britain  to  find  more  jirofitable  work 
in  those  of  New  Englantl,  then  first  introduc- 
ing the  business  of  converting  cotton  cloth 
into  calico.  He  located  in  Cranston,  Rhode 
Island,  and  was  employed  by  the  sons  of 
.\masa  Sprague,  the  first  calico  printer  in 
Rhode  Island,  who  established  the  first  print 
works  at  Cranston,  in  1824,  and  these  sons 
Amasa  and  William,  on  the  death  of  their 
father  in  1836,  formed  the  celebrated  firm  of 
A.  &  W.  Sprague,  noted  for  their  "Indigo 
Blue,"  a  calico  that  obtained  immediate  and 
extensive  sale.  Mr.  Dillon  continued  with  this 
firm  and  another  almost  as  well  established 
until  the  printing  machine  entirely  superceded 
the  hand  blocks,  and  then  retired  from  the 
business.  For  ten  years  after  this  he  engaged 
in  farming,  and  subsef|uently  in  the  grocery 
business  in  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  where  he 
died  in  1883,  leaving  a  handsome  fortime  ac- 
cumulated by  industry  and  thrift.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1846.  Sarah  Thatcher,  born  in  Leeds. 
England,  1820,  died  in  Pawtucket,  Rhode 
Island,  1904.  Children:  i.  John,  who  was 
drowned.  2.  Rachael,  married  Richard  Dug- 
dale.  3.  Elizabeth,  married  William  H. 
Rowe.     4.  Charles,  married  and  lived  in  .\ttle- 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


boro,  Massachusetts.  5.  Sarah,  marrieil 
I'rank  ]'"uller.     6.  Louis  Willard. 

(II)  Louis  Willard,  sixth  and  youngest 
child  of  Michael  and  Sarah  (Thatcher)  Dillon, 
was  born  in  Swansey,  Massachusetts,  October 
14,  1856.  He  was  given  a  good  public  school 
education,  and  learned  the  trade  of  painter 
and  decorator.  He  was  next  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business,  and  opened  a  store  in  Paw- 
tucket,  Rhode  Island,  in  1873,  where  he  con- 
tinued in  business  for  five  years.  He  sold 
cut  his  business  in  1878,  and  engaged  in  steam 
fitting  and  heating,  and  in  1883  gave  up  the 
business  of  steam  engineer  and  took  up  that 
of  electrical  engineer  and  became  connected 
with  the  .\ttleboro  Steam  and  Electric  Com- 
pany, and  continued  with  that  company  about 
nine  years.  He  built  the  street  railway  in  At- 
tleboro,  and  was  the  first  engineer  and  super- 
intendent, which  position  he  was  forced  to  re- 
sign by  reason  of  impaired  health.  He  dur- 
ing this  time  invented  an  electric  light  con- 
troller, which,  not  being  secured  by  a  patent, 
was  used  by  others  without  his  consent.  In 
i8q2  he  removed  to  I'.elchertown,  ]\Iassachu- 
setts.  where  he  engaged  in  the  hotel  business, 
1891-1907,  and  in  1907  he  retired.  He  was 
made  chairman  of  the  new  water  board  of 
the  town  of  Belchertown  in  1907.  His  fra- 
ternal affiliations  included  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Masonic  order 
(Knight  Templar),  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  and  Knights  of  Honor. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  and 
strictly  adheres  to  the  rules  that  govern  that 
historic  branch  of  the  christian  church. 

He  married,  September,  1878,  Emma  Ade- 
laide, born  1854,  daughter  of  James  and 
Abbie  (Wood)  Horton,  of  Attleboro,  Massa- 
chusetts, granddaughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Betsey  Horton,  of  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts. 
James  Horton  was  born  in  Attleboro,  Bristol 
county,  Massachusetts,  in  181 5,  and  died  in 
1882.  Abbie  (Wood)  Horton  was  born  in 
1816,  and  died  in  1902.  The  children  of 
James  and  Abbie  (W^ood)  Horton  were:  Au- 
gustus; Henry;  Abbie;  Plarriet;  Betsey;  Ella; 
Emma  ;  .Adelaide  ;  May ;  Jennie  ;  Caroline,  and 
Susan  B.  Horton.  Mr.  Horton  was  a  farmer, 
and  was  born  and  died  on  the  same  place. 

The  children  of  Louis  Willard  and  Emma 
Adelaide  (Horton)  Dillon  were:  i.  Sarah  F., 
born  in  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  September 
29,  1880.  2.  James  Henry,  August  20,  1882; 
with  Walworth  Manufacturing  Company.  3. 
Robert  E.,  December  24,  1885.  4.  Emma,  Au- 
gust  II.   1887. 


This  is  an  ancient  European 
GER.STEIX     name,  of  Hebraic  origin,  and 

has  long  been  identified  with 
Russian  business  affairs,  as  well  as  widely 
known  in  literary  and  religious  matters  in  that 
country.  It  has  been  for  several  generations 
known  in  Boston,  in  business  and  professional 
life. 

(I)  Maurice  (jerstein,  the  first  of  whom 
definite  knowledge  can  now  be  obtained,  was 
a  native  of  Russia,  of  Russian  ancestry,  whose 
family  had  been  long  identified  with  business. 
He  was  brought  up  to  mercantile  life,  and  was 
successful  as  a  merchant.  Like  most  of  his 
family  he  was  finely  educated,  and  exercised 
considerable  influence  in  his  set.  He  died  at 
the  age  of  seventy-eight  years,  having  had  two 
sons  whose  names  are  known,  namely :  Eph- 
raim  and  Israel.  The  latter  came  to  the 
United  States  in  late  life,  and  was  for  twelve 
years  active  in  business  in  Boston,  where  he 
now  resides  (190;))  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine 
years. 

(II)  Ephraim,  son  of  Maurice  Gerstein. 
was  born  in  Russia  and  settled  at  Meretz,  in 
the  state  of  Wilno,  where  he  died  at  the  age- 
of  sixty-three  years.  He  was  a  very  godly 
man,  especially  educated  in  church  matters, 
and  was  revered  and  believed  by  the  orthodox 
Hebrew  society  of  Meretz.  Always  an  earn- 
est student,  he  possessed  a  fine  and  highly  cul- 
tivated mind.  He  married  a  Miss  Shirley,  of 
Zirlief,  who  was  descended  from  Russian  an- 
cestry of  high  class  and  possessed  a  remark- 
ably well  trained  mind  and  was  an  able  help- 
meet of  her  talented  husband.  She  led  an 
active  life,  and  died  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
seven  years. 

(HI)  Israel,  son  of  Ephraim  Gerstein,  was 
born  in  1836  in  the  city  of  Meretz,  and  there 
attained  manhood  and  was  liberally  educated. 
Soon  after  arriving  at  his  majority,  he  settled 
at  Serey,  Suvalky,  Poland,  where  he  became 
a  grain  merchant  and  was  successful  in  busi- 
ness and  well  known.  Having  retired  from 
active  business,  he  came  to  this  country  in 
1900  and  located  in  New  York  City,  where  he 
died  in  January,  1905.  He  was  interested  in 
the  business  conducted  there  by  his  eldest  son, 
though  he  took  no  part  in  its  conduct.  He 
married,  in  1854,  Rebecca  Kaplan,  a  native 
of  Grodno,  Russia,  who  was  early  left  an 
orphan  and  was  reared  by  an  uncle  in  Serey. 
She  was  born  in  1835,  and  is  now  living  in 
New  York.  Their  children  were  all  born  in 
Russia:  i,  Myer,  a  manufacturer  of  Boston; 
a  widower  with  several  children.     2.  Miriam. 


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became  the  wife  of  Simche  Richmond;  re- 
sides in  j\Ieretz,  Russia.  3.  Isaac,  the  tirst  of 
the  family  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States : 
lie  came  to  Boston  in  1884;  he  soon  removed 
to  New  York  and  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness, which  he  still  conducts  successfully.  4. 
David,  a  manufacturer  in  New  York;  also  a 
widower  with  children.  5.  Simon,  also  en- 
gaged in  manufacturing  in  New  York;  has  a 
family.  6.  Maurice,  mentioned  below.  7. 
Louis,  engaged  in  manufacturing  in  New 
York;  has  a  family. 

(IV)   Maurice   (2)   fifth  son  of  Israel  and 
Rebecca  (Kaplan)  Gerstein,  was  born  March 
I,  1870,  in  Serey,  and  remained  in  his  native 
place  until  eighteen  years  old.     In  the  mean- 
time, following  the  precepts  of  his  ancestors, 
he   was   very   busily    engaged    in    securing   an 
education.     He   pursued   the   study  of  Greek, 
Latin,  Hebrew,  Russian,  French  and  German, 
and  had  some  slight  instruction  in  English  dur- 
ing the  last  year  there.     In  1888  he  set  out  for 
.'\merica,   where   he   might  be    free   from  the 
oppression   practiced   L'nder   Russian  govern- 
ment.    His  first  effort  was  to  make  himself 
familiar  with  the  language  of  the  country,  and 
he  became  a  student  of  the  public  schools  of 
Boston,      .\fter  going  through  the  high  school, 
which  did   not  require  a  long  time   with  the 
aid  of  his  previous  instructions,  he  entered  the 
Boston  L'^niversity,  and  later  pursued  a  legal 
course  in  the  Boston  L'niversity  Law  School. 
Having  decided  to  enter  the  medical  profes- 
sion, he  went  to  New  York  and  was  graduated 
from  the  medical  department  of  the  New  York 
L^iiiversity  in  1896.     In  the  meantime  he  was 
assistant  in  the  Beth  Israel  Hospital  of  New 
York,  and  settled  in  Boston  immediatelv  after 
graduation.     In  1900  he  pursued  a  post-gradu- 
ate course   in    the    Harvard    Medical    School, 
and  for  one  and  one-half  years  was  employed 
in  the  out-patient  department  of  the   Boston 
City  Hospital,  and  also  in  the  same  department 
of  the  Children's  Hospital  of  Boston.     He  or- 
ganized and  established  the  Mount  Sinai  Hos- 
pital of  Boston,  to  which  he  gave  two  years 
of  his  most  active  life,  making  a  specialty  of 
nose  and  throat  diseases.     Since  i8g6  he  has 
been  a  teacher  in  the  Boston  College  of  Physi- 
cians  and    Surgeons,   in   materia   medica   and 
tliera]5eutics,  and   is   now  filling  the   chair   of 
theory  and  practice   of  medicine.     He  has  a 
pleasant  home  in  Roxbury,  and  conducts  a  gen- 
eral practice  among  the  citizens  of  that  section 
of  the  city.     Dr.  Gerstein's  success  has  been 
earned  by   faithful   study  and  efTort.   and   he 
enjoys    the    respect   and    esteem   of   his    con- 

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temporaries,  .\mong  his  diversions  is  the 
editing  of  the  ■■]\Iedical  Directory  of  Greater 
Boston,"  the  first  work  of  the  kind  issued  for 
that  district.  Since  his  arrival  in  the  city  in 
1896,  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Medical  Society.  He  organized  the  Bos- 
ton Medical  Society  and  was  its  first  secre- 
tary, and  organized  the  New  England  Society 
of  New  York  Colleges.  Besides  his  activity  in 
local  medical  matters,  he  takes  an  intelligent 
interest  in  the  conduct  of  aft'airs  generally 
and  the  progress  of  mankind  and  of  his  com- 
munity. He  married.  February  20,  1900. 
Aliriam  Brodie,  born  January  '3,  1871,  in 
Yesna,  state  of  W'ilna,  Russia,  daughter  of 
Theodore  and  Rachel  lirodie,  who  now  reside 
in  Boston.  She  went  to  London,  England,  at 
the  age  of  four  years  and  remained  there  until 
1883,  securing  an  excellent  knowledge  of  Eng- 
lish, and  then  came  to  Boston.  Here  she  at- 
tended the  high  school.  Dean  Academy,  from 
which  she  was  graduated  in  1892,  and  the  Bos- 
ton L'niversity.  She  devoted  much  time  to 
the  interests  of  Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  of 
whose  Ladies'  Auxiliary  she  was  for  two 
\ears  secretary,  and  is  now  chiefly  occupied 
with  the  care  and  education  of  her  three 
bright  chil.lren.  They  are:  Evelyn  Shirley, 
N'ivian  Adell  and  Bernice  Zelda. 


George   Hubbard,   immigrant 
1 1 UBBARD     ancestor,   was  born    in    Eng- 
land, probably   in  the  south- 
eastern  part,   and   came   to   New   England   in 
1633.     He  was  at  Watertown  until  1635.     He 
left  there  October  15,   1635,  with  a  company 
of  sixty  men,  women  and  children,  who  went 
to  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  to  settle.  He  was 
a  surveyor,  and  was  employed  to  survey  the 
lines    of    Windsor,    Connecticut    (then    called 
Dorchester),    and    Wether.sfield    (then    called 
\\'atertown ) .    For  a  year  or  so  the  Connecticut 
colony  was  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Mass- 
achusetts   Bay  government,    which   appointed 
commissioners  for  the  purpose.     George  Hub- 
bard was  a  delegate  to  the  first  general  court  in 
Wethersfield, and  was  representative  in  1638-39. 
The  records  show  that  he  was  a  prominent  sur- 
veyor  in   the   Connecticut  colonies    for  many 
years.  He  lived  in  the  eastern  part  of  Wethers- 
field,   which    later    became    Glastonbury,    and 
some  of  his  original  farm  was  at  last  accounts 
owned  by  descendants.  After  living  in  Wethers- 
field three  years  he  went  to  Long  Island  Sound, 
where  he  settled  in  the  town  of  Milford.  Later 
he  sold  Milford  Island  to  Richard  Bryan.   He 
married  Mary  Bishop,  who  died  at  Guilford. 


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Connecticut.  September  14,  1675,  daughter  of 
John  and  Anne  Bishop,  early  settlers  of  Guil- 
ford, Connecticut.  George  Hubbard  died  in 
February.  1661.  Children:  I.  Mary,  born  in 
England,  about  1625,  marMed  John  Fowler. 
2.  John,  1630,  mentioned  below.  3.  George, 
lived  in  Greenwich.  Connecticut.  4.  Daniel, 
Milford,  1634,  Hved  in  Mil  ford.  5.  Sarah, 
Wethersfield,  1635,  married  David  Harrison. 
6.  Hannah.  1637.  7.  Elizabeth,  1638,  married 
Deacon  John  Norton.  8.  Abigail,  1640,  in 
VVethersiield  ;  baptized  1644,  at  Milford  ;  mar- 
ried, October  14,  1657,  Humphrey  Spinning. 
and  died  November,  1689.  10.  William,  1642. 
married  Abigail  Dudley.  11.  Daniel,  baptized 
1644,  at  Milford,  died  1720:  married,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1664,  Elizabeth  Jordan. 

(11)  John,  son  of  George  Hubbard,  wa; 
born  in  England,  in  1630,  and  came  over  in 
1633  with  his  parents.  He  married  Mary 
Sheaf,  and  probably  lived  a  few  years  at  Con- 
cord, Massachusetts.  He  was  a  relative  of 
the  Merriams,  and  it  has  been  assumed  errone- 
ously in  the  genealogy  and  elsewhere  that  the 
surname  of  his  wife  was  Merriam.  His  first 
four  children  were  born  at  Wethersfield,  the 
remainder  at  Hadley.  He  was  one  of  a  com- 
pany, .\i)ril  18,  1659,  that  organized  the  town 
of  Norwottuck,  or  Hadley.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman,  March  26,  1661.  After  1672  he 
went  to  Hatfield,  and  died  there  at  the  home 
of  his  son  Isaac,  in  1702.  Seven  children  are 
named  in  the  will.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born 
January  27,  1650.  2.  Lieutenant  John,  April 
12,  1655.  3.  Hannah,  December  5,  1656.  4. 
[onathan.  [anuary  3,  1658-59,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Daniel,"  March  9,  1661  ;  died  at  Hatfield, 
February  12,  1744;  married,  November  i,  1(^)83, 
Esther  Rice.  6.  Mercy,  Hadley,  February  23, 
1664;  married,  October  22,  1685,  Lieutenant 
Jonathan  I?oardman.  7.  Isaac,  January  16, 
1667  :  died  August  7,  1750,  married  Anne  War- 
ner. 8.  Mary,  April  10,  1669;  married,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1688,  Daniel  Warner.  9.  Sarah,  No- 
vember 12,  1672,  married  Samuel  Cowles. 

(HI)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  Hubbard,  was 
born  in  \\'ethersfield,  Connecticut,  January  3, 
1658-59 ;  died  at  Concord,  Mas.sachusetts,  July 
17,  1728.  He  removed  as  early  as  1680  to  Con- 
cord, and  married  there,  January  15,  1681, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
(King)  Rice,  of  Sudbury,  granddaughter  of 
Edmund  and  Tamazin  Rice,  of  Sudbury.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary,  born  at  Concord,  Massachu- 
setts, April  3,  1682;  died  February  2,  1769, 
married  Daniel  Davis.  2.  Jonathan,  June  18, 
1683:   died   .\pril   7,    1761  ;   married.    Septem- 


lier  28,  1704,  Rebecca  Brown.  3.  Hannah, 
April  20,  1685;  died  May  23,  1725,  married 
John  Temple.  4.  Samuel,  April  27.  1687,  see 
f<jrward.  5.  Joseph,  February  8,  1688-89;  died 
.\pril  10,  1768.  married  Rebecca  Bulkley.  6. 
Elizabeth,  born  June  16,  1691  ;  died  December 
-5'  1757  •  married,  March  24.  1709,  Deacon 
Samuel  Hey  wood.  7.  John,  March  12,  1692- 
<;3 :  married  (first)  Hannah  Blood;  (second) 
.Vzubah  Moore;  died  in  Worcester.  1727.  8. 
Daniel.  November  20,  1694;  married,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1717,  Dorothy  Dakin,  of  Holden,  where 
he  settled.  9.  Thomas,  .August  ly.  1696;  mar- 
ried Mary  Fletcher.  10.  Abigail.  January  23, 
1698,  married  Samuel  Fletcher.  11.  Ebenezer 
December  28,  1700;  died  May  21,  1755. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Jonathan  Hubbard, 
was  born  in  Concord,  Massachusetts,  April  27, 
1687;  died  there  December  12,  1753.  He  mar- 
ried, January  15,  1701,  Sarah  (ilark,  of  Con- 
cord, born  July  13,  1681,  died  July  25,  1720; 
(second)  Prudence  Temple.  Children:  i.Eph- 
raim.  born  November  8,  1710;  married,  June 
6,  1744,  Sarah  Billings.  2.  Mary.  May  4,  1712. 
3.  Lieutenant  Samuel,  1713.  see  forward.  4. 
Sarah,  September  24,  1716.  5.  Lois,  June  6, 
1718.  6.  Joseph,  Holden,  1719.  7.  Lydia, 
-Vpril  0,  1722.  8.  Silence,  November  17,  1725. 
9.  Isaac,  September  17.  1729;  died  .August  14. 
1804,  married  Sarah  Darby. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Sam- 
uel Hubbard,  was  bom  in  1713  ;  died  in  Holden, 
December  3,  1783.  He  married  (first)  Eunice 
Woodward,  (second)  Abigail  Clark,  (third) 
,\bigail .  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion, lieutenant  of  his  company.  Children  of 
second  wife:      I.  Sarah,  born  April  25,   1740. 

2.  Samuel,  .\ugust  6,  1741.  3.  Elisha,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1744,  mentioned  below.  4.  Eunice,  .'\u- 
gust  21,  1746.  Children  of  third  wife:  5. 
.Abel,  August  3.  1750.  6.  Benjamin.  Novem- 
ber 29,  1751.  7.  Benjamin.  July  15.  1753.  8. 
Eli.  February  5,  1757.  9.  Mary,  .\ugust  22. 
1758.  10.  Abel.  July  24,  1760.  11.  Silas. 
March  28,  1763.  12.  Levi,  February  24,  1764; 
settled  at  Walpole,  New  Hampshire. 

(  \"I  )  Elisha.  son  of  Lieutenant  Samuel  (2) 
Hubbard,  was  born  in  Holden,  December  20, 
1744.  He  died  in  \'ermont,  July  17,  1814.  He 
married.  December  3.  1767,  Mercy,  daughter 
of  John  and  .\zubah  Hubbard.  Children,  born 
in  ilolden:  I.  John,  .\ugust  24.  \y(:&\  died  in 
Windsor,  \'ermont,  November  22,  1849.  2. 
Sarah,  April   16,    1771,  married   Ethan  Davis. 

3.  Mary,  May  27,  1773;  married  Peter,  son  of 
Peter  and  Phoebe  (Brigham)  Hubbard.  4. 
Azubah.  .\ugust  13.  1776.     5.  Eli.  January  21, 


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ijjy.  0.  Ilcnjaiiiin.  March  iH,  1781.  7.  Sam- 
uel Woodward,  1783.  6.  Elizabeth,  1786.  9. 
Silas  Moore,  April  y,  1788.  According  to  the 
iiistory  of  Rochester,  \'erniont,  there  were 
fourteen  children,  and  Elisha  came  to  Roches- 
ter in  1798  from  I'utney,  X'ermont.  This  au- 
thority gives  three  more  children  (probably 
born  in  \ermont )  :  [O.  George.  11.  Abel,  had 
twelve  children.  \2.  Ora,  born  about  1788. 
I'he  family  gives:  13.  Peter,  mentionetl  below. 

(  \TI )  Peter,  son  of  Elisha  Hubbard,  was 
born  about  1790.  He  married  Anna  Trask. 
and  settled  in  Rochester,  \'ermont.  Children: 
Ira  M.,  X'arsil  M.,  Isaac,  Harriet  A.,  luneluie, 
Peter,  Hiram ;  two  died  in  infancy. 

(Vni)  Varsil  M.,  son  of  Peter  Hubbard, 
was  born  in  Rochester,  January  31,  1815,  an<l 
was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  He 
settled  in  that  town  and  followed  farming  all 
his  active  life,  and  in  connection  with  his  farm 
practiced  as  a  veterinary  surgeon  and  traded 
e-xtensively  in  live  stock.  He  was  selectman 
of  the  town  of  Rochester  for  a  number  of 
years.  He  died  at  Rochester,  November  5, 
1904.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congregationalist 
in  politics  a  Republican.  He  married,  June  21, 
1841,  Susan  J.  Taylor,  of  Rochester,  born  De- 
cember 18,  1824,  daughter  of  Leonard  and 
Mary  Steele  Taylor.  Children,  born  at  Roches- 
ter:  I.  Charles  L.,  June  30.  1842.  2.  .\Iar\  J. 
September  11,  1844.  3.  Isaac  T.,  Februar\-  4 
1847.  4-  V\'infield  Scott,  March  24,  1849.  5. 
Harriet  E.,  February  21,  1851.  (1.  Frank  L., 
July  2j.  1853.  7.  Abbie  E..  Sejjtember  28, 
1855.  8,  George  E.,  March  11,  1858,  died  in 
infancy.  9.  Fred  \'.,  June  f\.  1860.  lo.  Carrie 
E..  September  23,  1863.  11.  .\rtliur  W'..  Jul\' 
20.  iSfti,  mentioned  lielow.  12.  Katherine  <  i. 
December  31.  1869. 

(IXl  .\rthur  W.,  son  of  X'arsil  M.  Hub- 
bard, was  born  in  Rochester,  Vermont,  July 
20,  1866,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  town.  He  began  his  business  career  in 
.X'orthtield.  X'ermont,  as  clerk  in  a  general 
store.  Three  years  later  he  left  this  position 
to  come  to  Orange,  Massachusetts,  as  clerk  in 
a  store  of  .•\.  L.  Shattuck,  and  continued  in 
this  business  from  1888  to  1896.  In  the  latter 
year  he  became  bookkee]:)er  of  the  (jrange 
Electric  Eight  Company,  and  since  1897  has 
been  treasurer  and  general  manager  of  the 
company.'  He  is  a  member  of  Orange  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons ;  of  Crescent  Chapter,  Royal 
.\rch  Masons ;  of  Orange  Commandery. 
Knights  Templar,  and  of  the  Massachusetts 
Consistory,  of  Boston,  thirty-second  degree. 
In   religion  he  is  a   Congregationalist,  and   in 


politics  a  Republican.  He  married,  October 
II,  1899,  Leila  .\.  Lowe,  born  July  2,  1875, 
daughter  of  George  and  Harriet  (Stearns) 
Lowe.  One  child,  kowena  1'-.,  born  at  Orange, 
.\pril  21 ,  1904. 

(For  ance.stry   see  Abraham   NeweU    1). 

(IV)   Isaac  (3),  son  of  Isaac 

XEWELL      (2)  Xewell,  was  born  in  Rox- 

bury,   February    I,    1888.      He 

also  settled  at  Ro.xbury.     He  married  Abigail 

.    Children,  born  at  Roxbury :  i.  Sarah. 

January  4,  1716.  2.  Isaac,  January  11,  1718. 
3.  John,  Alarch  22,  1721,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Elizabeth,  March  25,  1733. 

(  \' )  John,  son  of  Isaac  (3)  Newell,  wa.- 
born  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  March  22, 
1721.  He  owned  land  in  Colerain,  Massachu- 
setts. Init  may  not  have  moved  thither.  1  le 
li\ed  in  Xewton,  a  town  adjoining  Ro.xbury, 
and  died  there  {""ebruary,  1785.  His  wife  died 
July,  1780.  Children:  i.  Joshua,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Josiah  (perhaps  the  same  as  Joshua), 
deeded  land  at  Colerain,  one  hundred  acres, 
adjoining  land  lately  of  John  Newell,  to  Solo- 
mon Newell,  of  Colerain,  August  11,  1786. 
Josiah  was  then  of  Newton;  Josiah  bought 
land  at  Colerain  of  David  Morris,  December 
17,  1782.  (Oliver  Newell  witnessed  this  deed 
and  he  was  a  selectman  of  Colerain  in  1781). 
3.  Ebenezer,  was  of  Colerain  in  1768.  4.  Sam- 
uel, was  of  Colerain  before  1768.  (A  Samuel 
died  at  .Newton,  July,  1780).  5.  John,  Jr.,  of 
.Newton,  married,  in  1767,  and  lived  near  Brook 
farm,  .Newton.  6.  Solomon,  of  Newton,  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from  Newton.  (In 
171)0  John  Newell,  Jr.,  was  living  at  Colerain 
and  liatl  two  sons  under  sixteen  and  seven 
females  in  his  family:  Josiah,  of  Colerain,  liad 
one  son  under  si.xteen  and  two  females  :  Solo- 
mon had  three  females  in  his  family).  Many 
of  the  families  settled  in  the  neighboring  town 
of  Conway,  Mas.sachusetts. 

(  \'I )  Joshua,  son  of  John  Newell,  lived  at 
Roxbury,  Stoughton  and  Newton,  adjoining 
towns.  His  wife  Sarah  died  at  Newton,  Oc- 
tober. 1783.  Joshua  died  before  1790.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Joshua,  said  to  have  been  born  at 
.Stougliton.  2.  John,  born  at  Newton,  Decem- 
ber 30,  1778.  3.  Child,  died  at  Newton,  July 
7,  1781.  4.  Child,  died  at  Newton,  October, 
178C. 

(\ll)  Jdshua  (2),  son  of  Joshua  (i) 
.Newell,  was  born  in  Stoughton,  about  1775. 
He  was  adopted  by  his  uncle,  Solomon  Newell, 
of  Colerain,  where  various  members  of  the 
famih'  lived.     When  he  came  of  age  lie  bought 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


fifty  acres  of  wild  land  at  Whittingham,  Ver- 
mont, cut  the  timber,  burned  it,  after  the  cus- 
tom of  the  times,  and  made  potash  of  the 
ashes.  He  carried  the  potash  in  hogsheads  and 
traded  it  for  groceries,  etc.,  the  trip  taking 
from  two  to  four  weeks.  He  built  a  log  house 
and  a  few  years  later  a  substantial  frame 
house  and  added  two  hundred  acres  of  land  to 
his  holdings.  He  was  a  brave  and  patriotic 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  a  staunch  Whig  in 
later  years.  He  died  aged  fifty  years.  He  was 
a  Universalist  in  religion.  He  married  Dorcas 
Lyon,  of  Colerain.     They  had  eight  children. 

(VHI)  Baxter  Hall,  son  of  Joshua  (2) 
Newell,  was  born  in  W'illington,  Vermont.  .\u- 
gust  I,  1813,  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine 
years.  He  had  to  go  to  work  when  but  a  child, 
but  with  his  savings  he  was  able  to  buy  a  farm 
when  he  came  of  age,  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  adjoining  the  homestead  in  Whitingham. 
He  followed  farming  in  his  native  town  until 
1868,  when  he  sold  his  farm  to  his  son  Ches- 
ter, and  in  1877  he  removed  to  Shelburne  Falls, 
Massachusetts,  bought  a  house  and  retired 
from  active  business,  but  on  the  death  of  one 
of  his  sons  he  became  a  partner  in  the  firm 
with  his  other  son  and  continued  in  business 
as  a  general  merchant  at  Shelburne  Falls  until 
his  death  in  1893.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
politics,  was  a  selectman  of  Whitingham  for  a 
number  of  years  and  chairman,  was  assessor 
and  overseer  of  the  poor  in  Whitingham.  He 
was  a  Congregationalist  in  religion.  He  mar- 
ried Rachel  Briggs.  He  died  Alarch  28,  1893. 
Children:  I.  Charles  B.,  general  merchant  at 
Shelburne  Falls  in  partnership  with  his  brother 
John  L.,  retired  after  the  store  was  burned  in 
1875;  bought  the  Barrett  farm  in  Rowe  in 
1883,  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land;  was 
representative  to  the  general  court,  assessor, 
overseer  of  the  poor  and  selectman ;  president 
of  the  Agricultural  Society  at  Charlemont ; 
married,  November  I,  1862,  Lucy  J.  Dexter, 
daughter  of  John  P.  and  Jane  (Green)  Dexter, 
of  \Vhitingham.  2.  Herbert,  born  April  2, 
1855,  mentioned  below.  3.  John  L.  4.  Chester 
B.    5.  Luana  R. 

(IX)  Herbert,  son  of  Baxter  Hall  Newell, 
was  born  at  Whitingham,  April  2,  1855,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  at  Frank- 
lin Academy  of  Shelburne  Falls,  and  Williston 
Seminary  at  Easthampton.  At  the  age  of 
twelve  he  was  a  clerk  in  his  father's  store,  at 
fourteen  bookkeeper,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  was  admitted  to  partnership.  Flis  senior 
partner  and  brother,  John  L.  Newell,  died  in 


1895,  and  his  father  succeeded  him  in  the  firm. 
.\nother  brother  Charles  B.  was  bought  out 
by  Herbert,  after  the  store  was  destroyed  by 
fire  in  1875.  Since  the  death  of  his  father  he 
has  been  sole  proprietor.  The  business  at  the 
])resent  time  is  the  largest  in  its  line  in  that 
section  of  the  state.  Mr.  Newell  is  a  dealer  in 
hardware,  paints,  oils  and  wall  paper.  The 
store  was  originally  in  the  Odd  Fellows  block 
and  is  now  in  a  brick  building  on  the  same 
site,  erected  by  Mr.  Newell  after  the  fire.  It 
is  opposite  the  river  bridge.  Mr.  Newell  has 
been  vice-president  of  the  Shelburne  Falls  Na- 
tional Bank  since  1893,  director  since  i8go; 
trustee  and  clerk  of  the  Shelburne  Falls  Sav- 
ings Fiank,  trustee  of  Arms  Academy  since 
1899:  treasurer  of  the  Covell  Aqueduct,  of 
.Shelliurne  Flails,  since  1901  ;  town  auditor, 
member  of  the  school  committee  and  at  present 
chairman.  He  is  an  active  and  influential  Re- 
l)ublii:an.  In  1895  he  represented  the  first 
Franklin  district  in  the  general  court  and  was 
clerk  of  the  committee  on  taxation.  In  1903- 
04  he  was  state  senator  from  the  Franklin  and 
Hampden  districts,  serving  as  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  prisons  in  1903,  and  of  educa- 
tion in  i<P4.  also  as  member  of  the  committee 
on  constitutional  amendments  and  of  the  com- 
mittee on  federal  relations  and  of  taxation. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  parish  of  the  Congre- 
gational church ;  Mountain  Lodge,  Free 
Masons ;  Connecticut  Valley  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar ;  past  noble  grand  of  the 
.•\letheian  Lodge,  Free  Masons ;  past  captain 
of  Canton  Tabor  and  past  chief  patriarch  of 
the  Aletheian  Encam])ment :  colonel  of  the 
Third  Regiment  of  Patriarchs  Militant ;  presi- 
dent and  vice-president  for  several  years  of 
the  Shelburne  Club.  His  residence  is  the  old 
White  house,  Bridge  street,  Shelburne  Falls. 
He  married,  November  28,  1879,  Addie  M., 
daughter  of  Charles  R.  and  Fanny  A.  (Patter- 
son) White,  of  Shelburne  Falls.  Her  father 
was  born  at  Buckland,  February  22,  1824,  a 
carpenter  and  cutlery  manufacturer,  served 
two  years  in  the  civil  war  in  Company  E,  Fifty- 
second  Regiment.  Her  mother  was  daughter 
of  Calvin  Patterson,  who  died  in  1893.  Mr. 
White  was  a  Whig  in  politics,  later  a  Repub- 
lican and  active  in  temperance  work :  was  past 
noble  grand  of  Aletheian  Lodge  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. Children  of  Herbert  and  Addie  M. 
Newell:  i.  De.xter  H.,  born  January  12,  1880, 
in  partnership  with  his  father.  2.  Gertrude  F., 
April  8,  1883;  a  teacher  in  Arms  .Academy, 
Shelburne  Falls. 


MASSACHL'SETTS. 


^'-yj 


This  family  for  centuries  has 

llA.MILTl  )X  been  one  of  the  most  distin- 
guished in  Scotland  and  Eng- 
land, and  closely  related  to  Royalty  in  both 
countries.  Ik'fore  1300  the  family  was  estab- 
lished in  Scotland  in  Lanarkshire,  Renfrew- 
shire and  Ayrshire,  and  has  been  numerous 
ever  snice.  The  name  is  a  place  name  of  Nor- 
man origin.  The  family  in  Scotland  possesses 
the  titles  of  the  dukedom  of  liamilton  (and 
of  Chatelherault  in  France)  ;  marciuisates  of 
Clydesdale  and  liamilton  ;  earldoms  of  Arrn, 
Haddington,  Lanark,  Melrose.  Orkney,  Rothes, 
Riiglen :  viscountcy  of  Kirkwall ;  lordships  of 
Aberbrothwick.  Abercorn,  Binning,  Byres. 
Haliburton.  Hamilton, Kilpatrick, Alachanshire, 
Mountcastle,  Paisley,  Polmount,  Riccarton : 
baronies  of  Bargeny,  Belhaven  and  Stenton. 
The  Lanarkshire  family,  whose  seat  was  in 
W'estburn,  and  from  whom  the  .\merican  immi- 
grant mentioned  below  is  said  to  have  sprung, 
bore  these  arms:  Gules,  three  cmquefnils 
ermine,  within  a  border  counter  point  of  the 
■-econd  and  first.  Crest:  A  hand  grasping  a 
lance  in  bend  jiroper.  Alotto:  "Et  Arma  et 
X'irtus."  Many  families  of  this  name  emi- 
grated to  Ireland  and  settled  in  Ulster  in  the 
counties  of  Tyrone,  Antrim  and  Londonderry. 

.Among  the  settlers  of  Xova  Scotia  were  a 
number  of  Hamiltons  from  Scotland  and  the 
:iorth  of  Ireland  and  at  least  one  branch  of  the 
family  from  Maine.  The  similarity  of  names 
indicates  near  relationship.  Robert  Hamilton, 
immigrant,  who  founded  the  family  of  this 
surname  in  Colchester  countv,  had  a  '^on  Arch- 
ibald. 

( I )  .\rchil)ald  1  lamilton,  probably  the  immi- 
grant, settled  in  Digby,  Xova  Scotia,  about  the 
time  of  the  .American  revolution. 

(H)  John,  son  of  .Archibald  Hamilton,  was 
born  at  Digby,  Xova  Scotia,  in  1783.  He  came 
to  the  Cranberry  Lsles  in  Alaine  when  a  young 
man.  He  married  Eunice  Gilley,  who  died 
.August  13,  1874,  aged  eighty-eight  years,  four 
months.  He  died  April  28.  1855.  Children: 
Thomas,  Eunice,  Daniel.W'illiam,  John,  George. 
Jeremiah,  and  perhaps  others. 

(HI)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Hamilton,  was 
born  in  the  Cranberry  Isles  about  t8io,  and 
died  in  1891.  He  moved  from  there  to  Blue 
Hill.  He  lived  also  at  Brooklin,  Maine,  for- 
merly Sedgwick.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  mar- 
lied  .Susan  Carter,  who  died  .April  9,  1881, 
daughter  of  John  Carter.  Children:  i.  James, 
born  September  5,  1828.  2.  Alexander,  Au- 
gust 12,  1830.  3.  Benjamin,  September  24, 
1832.     4.  Jnhn.  1834.     3.  Susan.     6.  Julia.     7. 


Adelaide.  8.  Henry  C,  Alay  12,  1845,  men- 
tioned below.  9.  Sidnev.  10.  Frederick.  11. 
Ruby. 

(  W  )  Henry  C,  son  of  Thomas  Hamilton, 
was  born  at  Blue  Hill,  Maine,  May  12,  1845, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Brooklin,  Maine,  and  there  he  settled  and  fol- 
lowed farming  throughout  his  active  life.  He 
married  Eva  G.  Bayard,  born  August  22,  1847, 
died  May  23,  1907,  daughter  of  Hezekiah  C. 
Bayard.  Children:  i.  Harry  E.,  born  July 
18,  1869,  mentioned  below.  2.  Elod  B.,  De- 
cember 8,  1882,  resides  at  Brooklin,  Maine. 

(  \' )  Harry  Edward,  son  of  Henry  C.  Hamil- 
ton, was  born  in  Brooklin,  Maine,  July  18, 
1869.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  prepared  for  college  at  Hebron 
.Academy,  graduating  from  Colby  College  at 
Waterville,  Alaine,  in  the  class  of  1896.  He 
joined  Colby  Chapter  of  Delta  Epsilon  fra- 
ternity. During  the  following  five  years  he 
taught  school  in  Everett,  Massachusetts.  The 
lollowing  two  years  he  was  manager  of  a  retail 
shoe  store  at  liellows  Falls,  \'ermont,  and  in 
June,  1903,  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Hamilton  &  Butterfield,  dealers  in  boots  and 
shoes,  at  Xo.  68  Alain  street,  Greenfield,  Mass- 
achusetts. His  partner  is  O.  R.  Butterfield. 
Their  business  flourished,  and  in  January  5, 
1905.  the  firm  opened  another  store  at  Xo.  461 
.Main  street,  .Athol.  Massachusetts.  Both  enter- 
prises are  very  successful.  Mr.  Hamilton  is 
a  member  of  the  Second  Congregational  L  hurch 
of  Greenfield  ;  Granite  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  West  Paris,  Alaine :  Frank- 
lin Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Alasons ;  Arcana 
Chapter.  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star ;  Connecti- 
cut \'alky  Commandery.  Knights  Templar.  He 
married,  March  31,  1897,  Frances  Dunham,  of 
West  Paris.  Maine,  born  January  10,  1872. 
daughter  of  Samuel  W.  and  Rachel  A.  Dun- 
ham. Children:  i.  Charlotte  D.,  born  July  9, 
1898.  2.  Catherine  F.,  born  September  29, 
1902.  3.  Donald  F!..  born  J'dy  2.  1907.  4. 
Richard  .A..  Ixirn  .Aiiril  12.  19CX;. 


(A'lII)  Lorenzo  DowXick- 
X1CKERS()X     erson.   son   of   Phineas   (q. 

V. )  and  Alary  Stuart 
(Hurd)  Xickerson.  was  born  in  Harwich. 
Massachusetts,  about  1840.  In  the  record  of 
his  marriage  he  is  designated  a  mariner.  He 
married,  in  Harwich,  Ajjril  20,  1870.  Emmelinc 
Sears,  born  in  Dennis,  Alassachusetts,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1842.  daughter  of  Sylvanus  and  Phebe 
(Berry)  Sears.  Her  grandparents  were  Ed- 
ward and   Abigail  (Baker)  Sears,  and  she  is  a 


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descendant  in  the  eighth  generation  of  Rich- 
ard (I),  Silas  (2),  Silas  (3),  Silas  (4),  Ed- 
ward (5),  Edward  (6),  and  Sylvanus  (7) 
Sears. 

(IX)  Captain  William  C.  .Xickerson.  son  of 
Lorenzo  Dow  and  Emmeline  (Sears)  Xicker- 
son. was  horn  at  South  Dennis,  Massachusetts, 
i'"ebruary  18,  1877.  His  father  died  September 
I),  1907.  aged  sixty-two  years.  Captain  Nick- 
erson  was  educated  in  common  schools,  and 
began  his  business  career  as  a  clerk  in  a  coun- 
try store,  continuing  for  two  years,  and  then 
at  the  age  of  nineteen,  went  to  sea.  He  began 
in  a  coasting  vessel  and  has  continued  in  thai 
trade  ever  since.  He  advanced  rapidly  in  his 
profession  and  became  master  at  the  age  of 
twenty-six,  being  at  the  present  time  (1910) 
master  of  a  steamship  inlying  between  the 
ports  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and  Phil- 
adelphia, Pennsylvania.  He  has  been  on  this 
line  of  steamships  for  four  years,  and  has 
never  been  shipwrecked  or  had  any  serious 
accident.  Captain  Nickerson  married  at  Phil- 
adelphia, l^ennsylvania,  November  3,  1908, 
Ethel,  born  in  New  Jersey,  September  22,  1889, 
(laughter  of  Captain  Edward  P.  Page,  for- 
merly sailing  from  New  York  as  master  of 
scjuare  rigged  ships  in  the  .African  trade,  but 
now  master  of  steamer  out  of  that  port. 


Whether  the  name  of  .\dams  be 
ADAMS  borne  by  one  in  public,  profes- 
sional or  business  life  or  in  hum- 
ble jjosition  the  bearer  may  well  feel  a  j)ride 
in  its  possession  which  has  ample  justification. 
This  name  is  indelibly  inscribed  among  the 
first  on  the  immortal  scroll  of  our  republic, 
and  is  synonymous  with  patriotism.  Loyalty 
to  principle,  practical  common  sense,  and  all 
that  may  be  credited  to  public  and  private 
virtue.  It  has  been  an  honor  to  Massachu- 
setts and  to  the  nation  as  well.  In  tracing  the 
genealogy  of  this  numerous  family  in  its  vari- 
ous pedigrees,  confusion  frequently  arises  on 
account  of  the  multiiilicity  of  the  same  Chris- 
tian names,  and  this  is  perhaps  no  more  aj)- 
parent  than  in  that  of  the  name  of  Isaac, 
which  was  borne  by  the  first  ancestor  treated 
of  in  this  sketch,  and  by  his  descendants  in 
several  generations. 

(I)  Isaac  .\dams,  the  first  in  this  line- 
age, is  first  found  in  P>oston,  about  1833. 
his  name  ajijiearing  in  the  P>oston  directory 
as  that  of  a  cartman.  (ir  one  engaged  in  the 
business  of  trucking,  with  headquarters  at 
337  WasJiington  street,  that  number  being 
then  just  s(iuth  of  ^^'est  street,  in  what  is  now 


the  great  deiiartment  store  section  of  the  city. 
The   directory    of   that    date    contains    several 
other   ,\damses  of  the  same   Christian   name, 
apparently  belonging  to  men  of  different  fami- 
lies who  were  engaged  in  various  lines  of  busi- 
ness.    The  subject  of  this  writing  continued  in 
the  trucking  business  for  a  .score  of  years,  a 
good  portion  of  the  time  at  his  original  stand. 
In   1853  he  gave  up  this  business  and  leased 
a  house   at    304   ^^'ashington    street,   near   the 
corner    of    lieach    street,    further    south    than 
West  street,  and  opened  it  as  a  boarding  house. 
Previous  to  this  time  the  houses  in  that  section 
had  been  the  dwellings  of  people  in  good  cir- 
cumstances   who   under   the    pressure    of   the 
march  of  business  had  been  led  to  seek  homes 
in  what   thev  considered  more  desirable  resi- 
dential localities.    These  dwellings  were  doubt- 
less well   adapted    for   Mr.   .Adams's  purpose, 
and  he  seems  to  have  been  successful  from  the 
start,   for  in  the  next  year  we  find  him  occu- 
pying more  of  them,  the  directory  giving  his 
address   as   504  and   510  Washington    street, 
this  seeming  to  indicate  that  he  had  rented  all 
of   the    houses    from    504    to     510    inclusive. 
Here   he   remained   until    1868,   when  he   was 
compelled  to  give  up  on  account  of  the  prop- 
rrtv  being  sold  for  mercantile  purposes.    .After 
a  respite  from  this  business  for  three  years,  he 
o])ened  in  the  same  line  at  159  Harrison  ave- 
nue, where  he  continued  until  his  death,  which 
(jccurred  on  December  22,  1875,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-nine  years   three   months,   showing  that 
he  was  born  in  Sejitember,  t8o6.     In  the  rec- 
ord of  his  death  it  is  stated  that  he  was  born  in 
Xewbury])ort,  Massachusetts,  and  was  the  son 
of  Thomas  .\dams.     He  was  buried  in  Med- 
ford.  Massachusetts,  in  which  town  he  owned 
a  house,  with  land  and  stable,  which  was  oc- 
cupied by  one  of  his  sons.     Mr.  .Adams  mar- 
ried (first)  Sarah  E.,  maiden  name  unknown, 
who  died  at  P.o.ston,  about  1830.     Children:  i. 
Isaac   fr..  born  at  Xewburyport,  in   1828;  .see 
forward.     2.    Charles   P.,   born    at    Newbury- 
port.  May,    1831,  died  at   Medford,   .April   10. 
1889.      He  was  for  a  number  of  years  station 
master   at    Medford,   Hillside    station,   on   the 
Boston  &  Maine  railroad.   Southern  Division, 
formerly   the    P.oston    &    Lowell    railroad.     3. 
Marv   Elizabeth,   born   at    Boston,   December. 
1838,  died  at  Maiden,  Massachusetts.  .April  10. 
1885.    aged    forty-seven   years    four    months; 
married,  at  P.o.ston,  November  25,  1855,  Fred- 
erick S.  Sears,  born  at  Wiscasset,  Maine,  Sep- 
tember,   1834;  died  at   Maiden,  May  7.    1885, 
following  his  wife  in  less  than  one  month.     He 
was  a  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Sarah  Sears,  anri 


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his  age  was  fifty  years  seven  months  twenty- 
three  days  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Both  Mr. 
Sears  and  his  wife  were  buried  at  Woodlawn 
Cemetery,  Everett,  Massachusetts.  Isaac 
Adams  married  (second)  January  24.  1847. 
Hannah  W.  (Skinner)  Tyler,  of  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  born  at  Beverly,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1823,  daughter  of  Glover  and  Lydia 
.Skinner,  and  widow  of  Thomas  H.  Tyler,  of 
the  L'nited  States  navy.  They  were  parents 
of  George  H.  Tyler,  a  well-known  theatrical 
manager  of  Boston,  who  lost  his  life  by  acci- 
dental drowning  in  1884.  By  this  second  mar- 
riage Mr.  .\dams  had  one  son,  Franklin  R. 
.\dams,  who  left  his  home  for  foreign  parts 
when  a  young  man  and  was  never  afterwards 
heard  from  by  his  relatives.  Isaac  Adams's 
second  wife,  Hannah,  survived  him  and  died 
at  W'inthrop.  Massachusetts.  September  3, 
t888,  aged  si.xty-five  years,  and  was  buried  at 
Medford.  Mr.  .Adams  left  a  will  dated  Marcli 
II,  1868.  proved  January  31,  iS/f).  in  the  Suf- 
folk county  probate  court  at  Boston,  by  which 
lie  devised  and  betiueathed  to  his  wife  Hannah 
his  house  and  lot  at  Medford,  and  the  larger 
|)ortion  of  his  ]iersonal  property,  including  all 
money  in  savings  banks  and  elsewhere,  but 
e>xe])ting  his  library  and  the  furnishings  of  his 
stable  at  Medford.  He  gave  the  use  and  im- 
provement of  the  stable  and  contents  and  about 
three  and  one-half  acres  of  land  on  which  it 
stood  to  his  son,  Charles  P.,  during  his  life. 
His  library  he  bequeathed  to  his  grandchil- 
dren, and  the  rest  of  his  property,  including 
the  remainder  expectant  upon  the  death  of  his 
son  Charles,  lie  gave  to  his  three  other  chil- 
dren. In  the  will  Mr.  Adams  mentioned  his 
wife  and  all  his  children  by  name,  and  ap- 
pointed his  son  Isaac  ]r.  and  his  son-in-law. 
Frederick  S.  Scars,  as  executors.  The  inven- 
tory of  Mr.  .\dams  estate  shows  that  he  left 
(|uite  a  substantial  property.  During  the  early 
years  of  his  residence  on  Washington  street. 
Bo.ston,  he  united  with  Rev.  Robert  Turn- 
bull's  church,  of  the  Baptist  denomination,  of 
which  he  became  (|uite  an  active  member. 
This  society  worshijied  for  some  time  in  the 
building  familiar  to  the  ]niblic  as  "The  Me- 
lodeon."  it  having  been  ])reviously  an  enter- 
tainment hall.  Later  they  built  a  new  church 
(111  Harrison  avenue,  at  the  corner  of  Harvard 
street,  and  this  has  since  been  called  the  Har- 
vard Street  Baptist  Church. 

(II  )  Isaac  (2).  son  of  Isaac  (i)  and  Sarah 
E.  .Adams,  born  at  Newburvport.  Massachu- 
setts,  in    1828,  died  at   Brooklyn,   Xew   York, 


in  1897.  aged  sixt>-nine  years,  both  he  and  his 
father  dying  when  very  near  the  same  age. 
lie  married  at  P.oston.  March  20,  1850,  Lucy 
.\.  lirett,  born  at  North  ISridgewater,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  10,  1832,  died  at  lirooklyn, 
Xew  York,  a  year  or  two  after  her  husband. 
.She  was  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Eliza  A. 
(  Hubbart )  Brett,  of  North  Bridgewater,  and 
a  descendant  of  one  of  the  original  |)roprietors 
of  the  town  of  Bridgewater.  Those  of  the 
name  of  lirett,  as  well  as  all  who  are  of  direct 
flescent  through  marriage  alliances,  have  good 
reason  to  look  with  satisfaction  upon  the  rec- 
ord of  their  immigrant  progenitor,  for  it  shows 
him  to  have  been  a  man  of  intelligence,  all- 
round  capabilities  and  possessed  of  versatile 
talents.  The  history  of  North  Bridgewater 
says  of  him  :  "William  Brett  came  to  Duxbury, 
Massachusetts,  in  1645,  from  Kent,  England, 
and  afterwards  became  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  the  town  of  Bridgewater,  and  lo- 
cated in  what  is  now  West  Bridgewater.  He 
was  an  elder  of  the  church,  and  often,  when 
Rev.  James  Keith  was  sick,  he  preached  to 
the  i^eople.  He  was  a  leading  man  both  in 
church  and  town  affairs,  and  was  often  chosen 
as  representative  to  the  general  court  of  the 
colony.  Probably  from  this  ancestor  spring 
all  of  the  name  of  Brett  in  this  country."  The 
lineage  of  Lucy  Brett  is  as  follows:  (I)  Will- 
iam Brett,  Duxbury,  1645.  (II)  Nathaniel 
Brett,  married  Sarah  Hayward,  1683.  (Ill) 
Seth  Brett,  born  February  24,  1688 ;  married 
Sarah  -\lden.  (  I\)  Samuel  Brett,  born  Au- 
gust 22.  1714;  married  Hannah  Packard. 
^7i7-  '^'^  Isaac  Brett,  born  September  19. 
1738;  married  Priscilla  Jackson,  January  17, 
1765.  (\T)  Joseph  Brett,  born  1770;  mar- 
ried Olive  Beale,  December  21,  1797.  (VII) 
[eremiah  Brett,  born  Februarv  i,  180'^;  mar- 
"ried  Eliza  A.  Hubbart,  July  4^  1830.  "(VIII) 
Lucy  ,\.  Brett,  born  Octolaer  10,  1832:  mar- 
ried Isaac  .\ilams  Jr.  (before  named),  March 
20,   1850. 

Isaac  .Adams  Jr.  learned  the  trade  of  piano 
forte  maker  when  (luite  young,  and  followed 
this  occupation  during  the  rest  of  his  life.  He 
was  for  nearly  half  a  century  associated  with 
the  firm  of  Chickering  &  Sons,  manufacturers 
of  the  celebrated  pianos  bearing  that  name. 
He  was  with  this  firm  in  Boston  up  to  about 
1878,  and  from  that  time  thereafter,  until  his 
death  in  1897,  he  was  at  their  factorv  in  New 
^'ork  City.  He  was  a  skill  fid  mechanic,  and 
his  position  at  New  York  was  that  of  super- 
vising the   regulating  department   of  the   fac- 


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tory,  which  required  great  care  and  discern- 
ment as  well  as  absolute  knowledge  of  the 
makeup  of  all  parts  of  the  piano.  In  religion 
Mr^  Adams  was  an  Episcopalian,  and  in  poli- 
tics a  Re]niblican,  but  he  never  took  any  active 
part  in  public  affairs,  although  for  a  time  he 
was  a  member  of  the  militia  in  Boston  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  ceremony  of  laying  the  cor- 
ner stone  of  the  Washington  Alonument  at 
Washington.  D.  C,  July  4,  1848.  when  he  was 
about  twenty  years  of  age.  Children:  i.  Isaac 
Safford,  born  at  Boston,  January  27.  1851  ; 
married,  at  New  York  City,  Alarch  23,  1881, 
Elizabeth  Lawther,  of  New  York ;  children :  i. 
Hazel  C,  born  at  New  York,  1885 ;  ii.  Safiford, 
born  at  Is'ew  York,  1888.  2.  Lucy  E.,  born  at 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  November  8.  1862; 
married  Mr.  Keim,  at  New  York  City,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1883  :  they  took  up  their  residence  in 
Philadelphia.  Children:  i.  George  .\dams 
Keim,  born  1887;  ii.  PlUa  Tyler  Keim,  1898 
3.  Edward  Everett  Rutman ;  see   forward. 

(Ill)  Edward  Everett  Butman  Adams,  son 
of  Isaac  Jr.  and  Lucy  A.  (Brett)  .\dams,  \va> 
born  at  Somerville,  .\ugust  17,  1872;  married, 
at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  October  19,  1898, 
Bessie  Lowell  Bayley.  daughter  of  Horace  S. 
and  Emma  \\'.  Bayley.  Mr.  Bayley  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Thom  &  Bayley,  hat  manu- 
facturers, and  is  an  officer  of  the  Merrimac 
Hat  Company  of  Ame.sbury,  Massachusetts. 
Mr.  Adams  went  to  New  York  City  with  his 
parents  when  he  was  about  six  years  of  age, 
and  has  resided  there  and  in  Brooklyn  ever 
since.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  New  York  City.  At  the  age  of  seventeen 
years  he  began  his  business  career  as  a  clerk 
in  the  banking  house  of  Henry  Clews  &  Com- 
pany, New  York,  and  subsequently  was  with 
the  firms  of  Henry  Allen  &  Com]:>any,  \\'.  R. 
Houghtaling  &  Company,  F.  D.  Hooper  & 
Company,  Sutro  Brothers  &  Company,  and 
lastly  as  cashier  for  E.  F.  Hutton  &  Company, 
bankers,  on  New  street,  into  which  firm  he 
was  admitted  as  a  partner  in  1909.  He  is 
also  treasurer  of  the  West  Tonopah  Consoli- 
dated Company,  and  a  member  of  the  finance 
committee  of  the  Livermore  Lumber  Company 
of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  also  a  member  of 
the  Chicago  I'.oard  of  Trade.  Like  his  father 
he  is  an  Episcojialian  in  religion,  and  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  lie  is  a  member  and 
officer  of  .\urora  Crata  Lodge  of  Free  Ma- 
sons, No,  756,  of  New  York  City :  of  the 
Crescent  .\thletic  Club  of  Brooklyn,  and  of  the 
Lincoln  Club  of  Brooklyn. 


Thomas  Malone  lived  at  Woods 

M.\L().\E  Harbor,  Nova  Scotia.  He  mar- 
ried Remembrance  Goodwin. 
Children  :  .\braham,  Henry  (mentioned  below ) , 
Samuel.  Thomas,  Jeremiah,  Jane,  Martha, 
Susan.  Mari  Ann,  Mary,  Rebecca  and  Theresa. 

(  II )  Henry,  son  of  Thomas  Malone,  was 
born  at  Woods  Harbor,  Shelburne  county, 
.Xova  Scotia.  He  married  there,  Deborah, 
daughter  of  Cornelius  and  Mary  Alice  (Nick- 
er.son)  Chatwind  (see  Nickerson).  Children: 
I.  George  O.  2.  Cornelius  M.,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Elias  A.,  resides  in  Winthrop, 
Massachusetts;  no  issue.  4.  Mary  A.,  mar- 
ried Solomon  Nickerson ;  four  children ;  in 
business  at  8  T  Wharf,  Boston.  5.  Hattie, 
married  Eldredge  Nickerson,  master  of 
schi.>oner  "(Juaimapowitt" :  five  children.  0. 
I  lenry  Dexter,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Cornelius  Marshall,  son  of  Henry 
■Malone,  was  born  at  Woods  Harbor,  Nova 
Scotia.  October  10,  1858.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools.  In  1895  he  came 
to  Boston,  and  for  ten  years  was  a  salesman  and 
clerk  in  a  grocery  store  there.  Since  1905  he 
has  been  in  business  on  his  own  account  as  a 
car]ieuter  and  contractor.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Re|)ublican.  He  married  Mahala,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Elizabeth  ( Nickerson )  Nickerson 
(see  .\'ickersonV  Children:  i.  Minnie  May, 
born  October  10.  1887;  married  Edward 
Smith ;  has  daughter  Elizabeth.  2.  Lulu  Bea- 
trice, married  Frank  Gray;  one  child,  Evelyn 
Gray.  3.  George  Gilden,  born  October  19, 
1891.  4.  Freda  .\lba,  December  14,  1894.  5. 
Howard  Marshall,  August  31,  1907. 

(Ill)  Henry  Dexter,  son  of  Henry  Malone. 
was  1)orn  at  \\'oods  Harbor,  Nova  Scotia,  Oc- 
tulier  10.  1866.  He  was  a  master  mariner  and 
owned  several  fishing  vessels.  He  lost  a  hand 
in  an  accident  and  retired  from  the  sea.  In 
i<;o8  he  bought  his  jiresent  business.  He  is 
a  prosperous  ship  chandler  at  193  Atlantic 
avenue.  Boston.  He  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  James  and  .-Xmelia  (Lloyd)  Peter- 
son of  Lockport.  Nova  Scotia.  She  has  one 
l)rotlier.  William.  Children:  I.  Launcelot, 
born  July  17.  1891.  2.  Harry,  October  7, 
|X<;2.  3.  Roy.  July  17,  1897.  4.  Minnie 
Dacia.  (  )ctober  10,  1891).  5-  \\'allace,  Septem- 
ber 8,  1901. 

(The    Nickerson    Line). 

(II)  Captain  Joseph  Nickerson.  son  of 
William  Nickerson  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  Mass- 
achusetts, and  ba])tized  at  Yarmouth,  Decem- 
ber 16,    1647.     He  married  Ruhamah  . 


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He  lived  at  Yarmoutli,  Chatham  and  East  Har- 
wich, Massachusetts.  He  had  a  son  W'iUiam, 
mentioned  below,  and  probably  several  other 
cliiklren  whose  identity  has  not  been  suffici- 
ently established. 

(in)  William,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  Nick- 
erson,  was  bom  in  Chatham  or  vicinity,  about 
1680.  He  married,  November  4,  1703,  Lydia 
Maker,  at  Eastham,  now  Orleans,  He  was  a 
yeoman.  His  will  is  dated  September  15, 
1760,  and  proved  March  12,  1765.  He  lived  at 
Chatham  and  Harwich.  Children :  John,  Isaac, 
Joseph,  Silas,  William,  Rachel,  Lydia,  Mary 
and  Priscilla. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  William  Nickerson,  was 
born  about  1705,  died  after  1770;  married, 
March  14,  1727-8,  Dorcas  Bassett,  of  Chatham, 
at  Harwich.  Children,  born  at  Harwich: 
Phineas,  Bassett,  .\bner,  John,  Christian, 
Christiana,  William,  .\sa  and  Isaac. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Nickerson, 
was  born  in  Harwich,  about  1 740.  He  removed 
from  Harwich  to  Woods  Harbor,  Nova  Scotia, 
probably  before  the  revolution.  He  married 
(first),  February  23,  1764  (intention  dated 
at  Harwich,  February  5,  1764),  Rhoda  Smith; 
( second  )  Jerusha,  widow  of  Judah  Crowell. 
Children:  Judah,  Watson,  Rhoda,  Smith  (born 
.\ugust  2,  1776),  Alexander  (mentioned 
below),  John,  Jerusha  and  Lucretia. 

(\'\)  .Alexander,  son  of  John  (2)  Nicker- 
son, was  born  about  1775.  He  removed  with 
his  family  to  Woods  Harbor,  Nova  Scotia, 
when  very  young,  or  was  born  there.  He  mar- 
ried .\bigail  Nickerson,  born  in  Nova  Scotia 
in  1776,  died  at  Woods  Harbor  in  1856,  daugh- 
ter of  Phineas  and  Sarah  (Chase)  Nickerson, 
also  a  descendant  of  William  Nickerson.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Central  Woods  Harbor:  Jacob, 
Ephraim,  Freeman,  Jerusha,  Sabra,  Cynthia, 
^lercy  and  Amos. 

(All)  Jacob,  son  of  Alexander  Nickerson, 
was  horn  at  Central  Woods  Harbor,  Nova 
Scotia.  He  married  (first)  Jerusha  Nicker- 
son; (second)  Elizabeth  (Nickerson)  Pierce, 
who  had  by  her  first  husband  five  children — 
Nathaniel.  Phebe.  Sarah,  Maria  and  Marinda 
Pierce.  He  lived  at  Woods  Harbor,  Nova 
Scotia.  His  children  :  Ephraim,  John,  Mahala. 
married  Cornelius  Marshall  Alalone  (  see  Ma- 
lone)  :  Howard  .Stanford. 

(  \'  )  .\bner,  fifth  son  of  John  Nickerson, 
was  born  in  Harwich,  Massachusetts,  about 
1730,     He  married  Elizabeth . 

]\'l)  Zaccheus,  sixth  son  of  Abner  Nicker- 
son, married  Deborah  Lundsdell,  or  Lonsdale. 
.Xmontr  their  children  was  Marv  Alice  (called 


Polly),  who  married  Cornelius  Chatwind  ;  their 
children :  Andrew,  Deborah,  married  Thomas 
Malone  (see  Malone)  ;  Catherine,  Jerusha. 
I'.ethia  and  Charlotte  Chatwind,  or  Chatwynd. 


Governor  and  Captain  Thomas 
WHiGlN  Wiggin,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  New '  England  from 
England  about  1630,  and  settled  at  Dover,  New 
Hampshire.  He  became  a  leading  citizen  of 
large  influence  in  the  colony,  and  was  leader 
there  from  1633  to  1636.  A  Puritan  in  relig- 
ion, he  was  not  in  sympathy  with  many  of  the 
other  early  settlers  in  the  Piscataqua  region, 
many  of  whom  were  loyal  to  the  Church  of 
England.  As  the  proprietary  governor  he 
favored  the  union  with  Puritan  Massachusetts 
Bay  colony,  became  closely  affiliated  with  the 
magistrates  of  the  Bay  colony,  and  had  occa- 
sion to  make  frc(|uent  trips  to  Massachusetts. 
These  journeys  doubtless  led  to  the  family 
acquaintance  which  resulted  in  the  marriage 
of  his  son  and  the  daughter  of  Governor  Simon 
I^>radstreet.  His  family  Bible,  printed  in  1609, 
has  been  preserved. 

lie  was  appointed  agent  and  superintendent 
of  the  Dover  plantations  in  1 631,  and  the  next 
vear  was  sent  by  the  colonists  to  England  to 
secure  more  ample  means  to  develop  and  sup- 
port the  colony.  He  returned  in  1633,  bring- 
ing with  him  a  number  of  families  "some  of 
them  men  of  property  and  of  some  account 
for  religion,"  together  with  some  "of  no  ac- 
count," as  one  record  puts  it.  He  was  succeed- 
ed in    1636  by  George   Burdett.     He  married 

Catherine    ,    probably    in    England,    in 

1632-33.  He  died  about  1(167.  Upon  the  union 
with  Alassachusetts,  Wiggin  became  a  magis- 
trate. He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1645,  and  one  of  the  assistants  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts colony,  1650-64,  the  only  one  at  that 
time  from  New  Hampshire.  He  was  one  of  the 
principal  men  of  the  colony  during  his  life, 
and  seems  to  have  enjoyed  much  of  the  confi- 
dence and  respect  of  the  community.  He  did 
not,  however.  esca])e  envy  and  abuse ;  but  he 
found  himself  sustained  not  only  by  his  own 
consciousness  of  good  intentions,  but  by  the 
good  opinion  of  those  who  knew  him,  and  by 
the  tribunals  to  which  an  appeal  was  occa- 
sionally made,  even  then,  for  the  punishment 
of  libellers  and  vindication  of  the  object  of 
their  attacks.  In  1635  Philip  Chesley  was  pre- 
sented "for  rejiroachful  sppeches  against  the 
Worshipful  Captain  Wiggin,"  and  being  found 
guilty,  was  sentenced  "to  make  a  public  ac- 
kniiwledgement  three  times — first  at  the  head 


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of  the  train  band,  and  at  the  two  next  pubHc 
meeting  days  at  Dover,  when  Oyster  River 
people  shall  be  there  present,  or  be  whipped 
ten  stripes  and  pay  a  fine  of  five  pounds."  He 
built  a  house  at  what  is  now  Strathani,  in  1650, 
and  the  cellar  hole  is  still  to  be  seen  there.  He 
was  buried  near  his  home,  in  a  field  sloping 
towards  the  bay,  and  others  of  the  family  were 
afterwards  buried  near  him,  though  no  grave- 
stones remain.  Some  of  his  letters  have  been 
preserved,  and  much  of  interest  to  the  students 
of  the  colonies  centers  in  the  rather  dramatic 
career  of  Captain  Wiggin.  Children  :  .-\ndrew. 
mentioned  below;  Thomas,  born  about  1640; 
Mary. 

(II)  .Andrew,  son  of  Captain  Thomas  Wig- 
gin,  was  born  about  1635.  in  Dover.  .At  one 
time  he  owned  nearly  all  of  what  is  now  the 
town  of  Stratham,  New  Hampshire,  on  the 
easterly  side  of  the  Squamscot  river,  and  the 
homestead  is  still  one  of  the  finest  in  New 
fuigland,  owned  lately  by  l^enjamin  D.  Whit- 
comb,  and  maintained  as  a  stock  farm.  He 
received  a  wedding  gift  from  his  father  of  a 
tract  at  yuamsc<itt  tliree  miles  s(|uare.  I  le  was 
not  active  in  public  life,  but  in  private  life  he 
appears  to  have  been  regarded  and  considered 
as  a  sort  of  patron  of  S(|uamscot.  As  such, 
and  especially  as  a  man  regarding  his  own 
interests  and  the  interests  of  the  colonists,  he 
occasionally  came  into  collision  with  Mason 
and  his  friends,  with  whom  he  and  his  family 
were  not  at  all  times  on  the  best  of  terms. 
Walter  Hare  foot  was  one  of  Mason's  friends, 
and  was  so  connnected  by  marriage  with  the 
Wiggin  family  as  to  make  the  ill-will,  which 
was  now  and  then  stirred  up  between  them, 
peculiarly  bitter.  In  June,  1667,  Barefoot 
entered  a  complaint  against  Wiggin  for  beat- 
ing and  Ijruising  him  in  the  |)ublic  highway, 
and  robbing  him  of  a  pistol,  and  several  writ- 
ings "of  great  concernment."  Both  parties 
were  bound  in  recognizance  to  appear  at  the 
next  court,  one  to  prosecute  and  the  other  to 
answer.  In  September  there  was  a  solemn 
trial  which  left  the  whole  case  and  the  whole 
court  very  much  in  the  dark,  as  appears  from 
the  record :  "The  court  fintl  that  the  charge 
is  not  proved  in  all  the  particulars  of  it :  but 
finding  that  the  said  Wiggin  thrust  the  said 
Barefo(jt  into  a  gully,  and  flid  after  that  in  an- 
other place,  u])on  some  words  passing  between 
them,  turn  towards  the  said  Barefoot  and  face 
him  ;  and  suddenly  thereupon  both  were  seen 
u]jon  the  ground  scuffing,  the  said  Barefoot  de- 
manding his  pistol  of  said  Wiggin,  which  said 


Barefoot  said  he  had  taken  from  him,  and 
which  this  court  doth  suspect  the  said  Wiggin 
did  take  from  him,  the  court  judges  the  said 
Wiggin  to  have  broken  the  peace."  He  was 
fined  five  pounds.  He  was  acquitted  of  an- 
other charge  evidently  brought  in  malice 
against  him.  He  married,  June  3,  1659,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Governor  Simon  and  Anne 
(Dudley)  Bradstreet,  granddaughter  of  Gov- 
ernor Thomas  Dudley,  of  Massachusetts,  and 
niece  of  Governor  Joseph  Dudley.  Her  mother 
was  author  of  many  poems  which  were  pub- 
lished, and  she  became  known  as  "the  Sappho 
of  New  England,"  because  she  was  the  first 
woman  in  this  country  to  publish  a  volume  of 
verse.  Children  :  Thomas,  born  March  5,  1662. 
married  Martha  Dennison,  grandtlaughter  of 
Major  Daniel  Dennison,  of  Ipswich ;  Simon, 
born  April  17,  1664-5;  Hannah,  born  August 
lo,  1(366,  married  Samuel,  son  of  Elder  Will- 
iam Wentworth  ;  Alary,  born  March  22, 1667-8. 
married  Captain  Jeremy  Gilman  ;  Judge  An- 
drew, mentioned  below  ;  Bradstreet ;  Abigail, 
born  September  14,  1678:  Dorothy,  October 
14,  1680;  Sarah,  January  6,  1682;  Jonathan, 
March   11,    1083;   Child,   November  28,    1677. 

(  III  )  Judge  .Andrew  Wiggin,  son  of  .Andrew 
Wiggin,  was  born  January  6,  1671-2.  He  was 
twice  married.  He  married  (second),  Janu- 
ary 4,  1737,  Rachel  (Chase)  Freese,  widow  of 
Jacob  Chase.  Wiggin  was  often  in  jiublic  life. 
For  some  time  he  was  judge  of  the  superior 
court,  judge  of  probate  for  the  province,  and 
for  several  years  speaker  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire house  of  representatives.  His  will  was 
proved  February  6,  1756,  soon  after  his  death. 
Children:  Hannah,  Martha,  Alary,  Mercy, 
Jonathan  and  liradstreet,  mentioned  below. 

(  I\' )  Bradstreet,  son  of  Judge  Andrew 
Wiggin,  was  born  about  1715.  He  married 
Phebe  Sherburne,  and  had  six  children.  Among 
theiu  were:  .Andrew,  born  Alay,  1737,  men- 
tioned below;  Bradstreet,  .April  18,  1745. 

(  \' )  Andrew,  son  of  Bradstreet,  was  born 
at  Stratham,  formerly  Dover,  May  5,  1737, 
and  died  there  September  16,  1778.  He  mar- 
ried Alary  (Jewett)  Weeks,  born  (Jctober  6. 
1733,  widow  of  Walter  Weeks.  Her  mother 
was  also  a  Wiggin,  Mary,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than Wiggin.  She  survived  .Andrew  fifty-six 
years,  dying  January  24,  1834,  aged  one  hun- 
dred years,  leaving  one  hundred  and  fifty 
descendants,  including  eighty-eight  grandchil- 
dren. Children,  born  at  Stratham:  .Anna,  July 
23,  1761  ;  Nathan,  February  20,  1763,  men- 
tioned below;  Phebe,  Alarch  i,  1765;  Martha, 


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March  2;^.  1767;  Martha,  December  16,  1767 
(  ?)  :  Andrew,  October  8.  1768:  Lydia.  March 
8,  1771  :  Jewett,  October  7,  1775. 

(\T)  Nathan,  son  of  Andrew  Wiggin,  was 
born  at  Stratham,  Febrnary  20,  1763;  died 
there  May  14,  1849.     He  married  there,  March 

12.  178^),  Mehitable  Xorris,  born  March  5, 
1756.  Children,  born  at  Stratham:  Zebulon, 
March  11,  1787;  Mary,  September  25,  1788; 
Xathan,  May  4,  1790;  Benjamin.  January  27, 
1792,  mentioned  below;  Mehitable,  February 
20,  1794:  James  Jewett,  October  i,  1795  ;  Wal- 
ter Weeks,  Xoveniber  5.  1797  :  Andrew  Xorris, 
September  26,  1799;  Mark,  August  23,  1801  : 
Hiram,  July  8,  1804:  Sarah,  May  2j.  i8ori; 
Ann  Weeks,  March  10.  1808:  I'riah.  Xnvem- 
her  II,  1811. 

(MI)  Benjamin,  son  of  Xathan  Wiggin. 
was  born  at  Stratham,  Xew  Hampshire,  Janu- 
ary 27.  1792,  and  died  August  9,  1864,  at 
Dover,  Xew  Hampshire.  He  married,  in  t8i6, 
Mary  Hoag,  born  1797,  at  Stratham,  died 
March.  1875.  Children,,  recorded  at  Dover, 
September    16,    1836:   Mary  H.,   born    March 

13,  1817;  Nancy  D.,  born  July  29,  i8ig,  mar- 
ried, October  13,  1842,  John  11.  Wiggin;  Ben- 
jamin Horace,  born  April  19,  1822,  mentioned 
below;  Zelia  Dow,  August  9,  1827;  Norris 
Dow,  .\ugust  9,  1827;  Martha  Jane,  February 
I,  1830;  Ellen  Frances,  January  16,  1833. 

(  X'HI )  Benjamin  Horace,  son  of  Benjamin 
Wiggin,  was  born  April   19,   1822.     He  lived 

at    Dover.      He    married .      Children : 

Russell  B.,  mentioned  below;  Nancy,  Mary, 
Ellen  and  Matilda. 

(IX)  Russell  B.,  son  of  Benjamin  Horace 
Wiggin.  was  born  at  Dover,  or  Somersworth 
New  Hampshire.  He  removed  to  Maiden, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  Emily  J.,  daugh- 
ter of  Moses  Paul,  a  prominent  Free  Mason, 
of  Dover.  Children :  Edward  H.,  married 
.■\nnie  Grant,  of  Brookline,  Massachusetts,  and 
had  one  child,  Dorothy;  Mary;  Russell  B., 
mentioned  below  ;  Emily  Paul  ;  .Susan  Paul ; 
Benjamin. 

(X)  Russell  B.  (2),  son  of  Russell  B.  (i) 
Wiggin.  was  born  at  Maiden,  Massachusetts. 
August  29.  1877.  He  attended  the  jniblic 
schools  and  graduated  from  the  Maiden  high 
school  in  the  class  of  1896.  He  entered  Har- 
vard College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  class  of  1900.  In 
1003  he  established  the  firm  of  Wiggin  & 
Elweli,  bankers  and  brokers,  at  53  State  street, 
Boston,  and  his  firm  has  taken  a  leading  posi- 
tion among  the  financial  houses  of  the  city. 
Hi';  jiartner  is  \\'illiam  D.   Ehvell.     He  mar- 


ried Sallie.  daughter  of  Robert  R.  and  Sallie 
Dromgoole  ( Southwall )  Cotten,  of  North 
Carolina  and  Virginia.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wiggin 
have  no  children.  Children  of  Robert  R.  and 
Sallie  Dromgoole  Cotten:  i.  Agnes  Cotten, 
married  Julian  B.  Timberlake,  of  Raleigh, 
Xorth  Carolina.  2.  Bruce  Cotten,  captain  in 
militia.  3.  Lyman  Atkinson  Cotten,  captain, 
C  .S.  X.,  graduate  of  Xaval  School  at  Annap- 
olis, class  of  1898;  married  Bessie  Henderson, 
of  Salisbury,  Xorth  Carolina,  and  has  one  son, 
Lyman  A.  Cotten,  Jr.  4.  Sallie,  married  Rus- 
sell B.  Wiggin,  mentioned  above.  5.  Peston 
Simms  Cotten.  6.  Elba  Cotten,  married  Doug- 
las 1^  Wesson, 
fifteen  vears. 


Robert  Cotten,  died  aged 


The  surname  Buck  is  ancient  both 
lU'CK  in  England  and  Germany,  and 
seems  to  have  been  of  German 
origin.  The  spelling  varies  greatly,  following 
are  some  of  the  forms:  Boc,  Bock,  Btjcli, 
B.ocke,  Bok,  Book,  Bouke.  P.uc.  lUich.  r.us(i, 
Buke,  and  many  others. 

( I )  William  Buck,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  Xew  England  in  the  ship  "Increase," 
sailing  in  A]iril,  1635.  from  England,  and 
landing  a  month  later  at  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. He  gave  his  age  as  fifty  years,  and 
acccirdiugly  was  born  about  1585.  His  son 
Roger  was  with  him,  and  his  age  was  given  as 
eighteen.  He  settled  at  Cambridge,  and  in 
[652  had  a  grant  of  land  twenty  acres,  lot  No. 
<)i.  ill  Cambridge  Survey,  so-called.  Here  he 
built  a  new  home  for  his  family.  It  was  in 
what  was  called  the  west  field,  northeast  from 
Garden  street,  on  what  is  now  Raymond  street. 
He  was  a  ploughwright  by  trade.  He  died  in- 
testate January  24,  1658,  and  was  buried  in  the 
old  cemetery  at  Cambridge.  His  son  Roger 
was  administrator  of  his  estate,  and  it  does 
not  appear  that  there  were  any  other  children. 

(II)  Roger,  son  of  William  Buck,  was  born 
in  England,  in  161 7.  He  came  to  New  Eng- 
land with  his  father.  It  is  generally  supposed 
that  Enoch  and  Emanuel  Buck,  who  settled  at 
Wethersfield.  Connecticut,  were  relatives, 
l)ossibly  older  sons  of  William  Buck.  Roger 
Buck  was  a  ploughwright  and  farmer.  He  set- 
tled at  Cambridge,  near  his  father.  On  the 
death  of  his  wife  Susannah  he  moved  to  Wo- 
hurn.  where  some  of  his  children  lived.  He 
died  there  November  10,  1693.  Children:  i. 
Mary,  born  January  23,  1648 ;  died  unmarried, 
August  31,  1669.  2.  Ruth,  born  November  6, 
1653;  died  September  21,  1682;  married 
Thomas  Bath  rick,  or  Baverick.     3.  Elizabeth, 


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born  July  5,  1657;  married,  August  20,  1678, 
Joshua  Wood.  4.  Lydia,  married,  November 
3,  1672,  Henry  Smith.  5.  John,  born  Septem- 
ber 3,  1644;  died  unmarried.  6.  Samuel,  born 
March  16,  1669;  married  Rachel  Levin;  set- 
tled in  ^^'est  Cambridge:  died  September  21, 
i()yo.     7.  E])hraim,  mentioned  below. 

(JH)  Ephraim,  son  of  Roger  Buck,  was 
born  at  Cambridge,  July  26,  1646,  and  died  at 
Woburn,  January,  1721.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary I,  1 67 1,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and 
Eunice  (Mousall)  Brooks,  of  Woburn.  He 
settled  in  Woburn,  probably  a  few  years  earlier, 
as  he  is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  John  IMousall, 
whose  granddaughter  he  married.  Mr.  Mous- 
all died  March  27,  1665.  He  also  left  a  be- 
(|uest  to  John  Brooks.  Ephraim  Buck  became 
a  man  of  distinction,  was  local  magistrate  ap- 
pointed to  try  small  causes  by  the  general 
court.  He  was  a  farmer.  His  grandson,  Jon- 
athan Buck,  son  of  Ebenezer,  was  founder  of 
the  town  of  Bucksport,  Maine,  and  he  has 
thousands  of  descendants  in  Maine  and  north- 
ern Xew  England.  Children:  I.  Sarah,  born 
January  11,  1673:  married  Thomas  Grover. 
2.  Ephraim,  born  July  13,  1676 :  married  Esther 
Waggett.  3.  John,  born  January  11,  1678-9: 
died  young.     4.  John,  born  February  7,  1679- 

80;  married  Priscilla .    5.  Samuel,  born 

November  13.  1682;  mentioned  below.  6. 
Eunice,  born  July  7,  1685.  7.  Ebenezer.  born 
May  20,  1889:  married  Lydia  Eames.  8.  Mary, 
born  October  28,  1691  :  married  (first)  Na- 
thaniel Pike:  (second)  Samuel  liigsbee. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Ephraim  Buck,  was 
born  at  \\'oburn,  November  13.  1682,  and  was 
a  farmer.  He  resided  at  Woburn.  He  mar- 
ried, about   1708,  ?Iannah .     Chiklren: 

Hannah,  born  February  i,  1710:  Samuel,  May 
7,  171 1,  mentioned  below:  Sarah,  April  16. 
1716:  Zebediah.  .August  29,  1719. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (  i)  Buck, 
was  born  at  \\'oburn.  May  7,  171 1,  and  died 
December.  1765,  at  Killingly,  Connecticut,  ac- 
cording to  the  old  church  records.  From 
somewhat  meagre  and  unsatisfactory  records 
in  Connecticut  the  establishment  of  the  family 
at  Thompson  and  its  connection  with  that  at 
Woburn  is  ascertained.  Samuel  Buck  went 
with  other  Woburn,  Lexington  and  Water- 
town  families,  or  followed  them  to  Killingly 
and  Thompson.  Connecticut,  where  this  branch 
of  the  Buck  family  lived.  Eleazer  Bateman 
joined  the  Killingly  church  September  15,  171 5. 
fTe  was  from  \\'oburn.  Richard  Blosse.  of 
West  Watertown,  joined  the  church  May  23, 
1716:  Cicorge  and  Sarah  Blanchard.  of  Lex- 


ington, October  18,  1715,  and  the  stream  of 
emigration  continued  to  Thompson  from  Wo- 
burn for  a  number  of  years.  In  1729  James 
\\'ilson  and  Ivory  Upham,  who  had  just  come 
from  Woburn,  joined  the  church.  In  the  thir- 
ties probably  Samuel  Buck,  of  Woburn,  came 
with  or  follow-ed  relatives.  There  is  a  record 
of  the  marriage  of  Robert  Buck,  of  Killingly, 
in  171 5,  but  nothing  else  about  him.  lie  may 
have  been  one  of  the  Wethersfield  family. 
Samuel  Buck  was  one  of  the  heads  of  families 
who  on  November  19,  1745,  signed  the  cove- 
nant and  called  Rev.  Perley  Howe,  of  Dudley, 
Massachusetts,  to  settle  as  minister  at  Kill- 
ingly. He  bought  a  farm  in  1756,  on  Killingly 
Hill,  of  Ebenezer  Adams,  and  settled  on  it. 
Rev.  Mr.  Howe  kept  no  church  records,  and 
information  about  Samuel  Buck's  family  is 
difficult  to  find.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church 
manv  years.  He  was  succeeded  in  1765  by 
Lieutenant  Benjamin  Levens,  who  may  have 
been  a  relative  of  Samuel  Buck,  from  Woburn. 
The  son  of  Samuel,  Samuel  Jr..  married  a 
Miss  Bloss,  whose  grandijarents  came  from 
Watertown.  The  following  are  believed  to  be 
some  of  Samuel's  children:  I.  Zerviah,  mar- 
ried .\pril  3,  1754,  Giles  Roberts.  2.  David, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Samuel,  married  Martha 
Bloss,  January  t,  1760.  4.  Jonathan,  served 
in  the  revolution  as  second  lieutenant,  and  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Harlem,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1776:  was  one  of  those  who  gave 
to  the  fund  to  buy  Killingly  common  in  1775. 
5.  .Aaron,  died  August  24,  1755.  6.  Child,  died 
October  5,  173C).  ~.  Reuben,  married  Eliza- 
beth   . 

iW)  David,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Buck,  was 
born  at  Killingly,  Connecticut,  and  married 
(first ),  June  22,  1756,  Anna  Russell;  (second) 

.     One  account  of  his  line  says  that  he 

was  Ijorn  in  Massachusetts  and  came  to  Put- 
nam, part  of  Killingly  or  Thompson  townships. 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  joiner  and  farmer. 
Children  of  first  wife:  David,  died  young: 
Jonathan :  Aaron,  mentioned  below :  Mrs. 
Josiah  Dean;  Mrs.  Benjamin  Cutler.  Children 
of  second  wife:  David:  Eliza,  married  Henry 
.Adams. 

( ATI)  Aaron,  son  of  David  Buck,  was  born 
at  Killingly,  about  1754.  He  was  a  revolution- 
ary pensioner  in  1818  and  1840,  when  his  age 
was  >tated  as  eighty-six  years  ;  residence  Kill- 
ingly. In  the  federal  census  of  i7C)o  he  had 
three  sons  under  sixteen,  and  three  females,  in 
his  family  on  the  old  homestead  there.  He 
married  .Anne,  daughter  of  Asa  Lawrence,  of 
Killinglv.      Children:      Lucy,   married    Calvin 


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Leffingwell ;  Rosamond,  married  Calvin  Boy- 
den ;  Alary,  married  Jesse  Hereden;  Anne, 
married  Caleb  Howe ;  Erastus ;  Elisha,  men- 
tioned below  :  Augustus  ;  George,  born  Octo- 
ber 13,  1810. 

(\'I1I)  Elisha,  son  of  Aaron  Buck,  was 
born  in  Killingly  or  Ashford,  now  W'estford, 
about  1790. 

(IX)  Augustus,  son  of  Elisha  Buck,  was 
born  at  \\'estford,  Connecticut,  about  i8cx). 
He  was  a  farmer  at  W'estford.  He  married 
Lucy  Brooks. 

(X)  Edwin  A.,  son  of  Augustus  Buck,  was 
jjorn  in  Westford.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  ])ublic  schools  of  his  native  town.  He 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  glass  at  W'est- 
ford.  and  afterward  in  the  lumber  and  grain 
business  at  W'illimantic,  Connecticut.  He  was 
a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  prominent  for 
many  years  in  public  life.  He  represented  his 
district  in  the  legislature,  v^'as  state  senator, 
state  treasurer  and  bank  commissioner.  He 
died  at  Westford,  in  1905.  He  married  Delia, 
daughter  of  George  and  Laura  (Ashley)  Lin- 
coln. Children,  born  at  Westford:  Lucy, 
Lottie,  married  Dr.  T.  P.  Parker ;  Carrie  M. 
Allen  B.,  George  Edwin,  mentioned  below. 

(XI)  George  Edwin,  son  of  Edwin  A.  Buck, 
was  born  at  \\'estford,  July  2,  1857,  and  was 
educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  At  the 
age  of  seventeen  he  became  associated  with  Iiis 
father  in  the  glass  business  in  Boston,  and 
worked  two  years  for  the  firm  of  E.  A.  Buck 
&  Company.  He  then  embarked  in  the  hard- 
ware business  on  his  own  account  at  Stafiford 
Springs,  Connecticut.  Later  he  came  to  Pal- 
mer, Massachusetts,  where  he  has  an  exten- 
sive wholesale  hardware  and  oil  business.  He 
has  also  an  oil  business  at  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  a  wholesale  and  retail  grain  busi- 
ness at  Williniantic,  Connecticut.  He  married. 
July  2,  1878,  Kate  Sturtevant.  Children:  Cath- 
erine L.,  Helen  S.,  Edwin  A.,  Alarjory  L., 
George  Edwin  Jr.,  and  Dorothy. 


Albert  Warriner  Lincoln,  son 
LINCOLN  of  Colonel  Warren  Lincoln 
(q.  v.),  was  born  in  Warren, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  Mary  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  James  Blair,  the  fifth  James 
Blair  in  direct  line,  and  Ann  (Hutchins)  Blair, 
of  an  eminent  family  of  Connecticut,  many  of 
whom  were  ministers. 

Albert  Warren  Lincoln,  son  of  Albert  War- 
riner Lincoln,  was  born  February  8,  1845.  He 
was  educated  at  the  Claverack  Institute  on  the 
Hudson,  New  York,  and  at  the  Poughkeepsie 


College.  He  engaged  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness in  Springfield,  and  western  Massachusetts, 
making  his  home  in  summer  at  the  place  of  his 
birth,  Warren.  His  operations  in  realty  in 
Springfield  were  very  extensive,  and  he  was 
one  of  the  heaviest  taxpayers.  He  was  one  of 
the  most  public  spirited  men  and  assisted  many 
manufacturing  industries  in  becoming  estab- 
lished, and  many  a  young  man  owes  his  start 
in  the  possession  of  a  home  to  his  advice  and 
assistance.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican, 
in  religion  a  Congregationalist.  He  died  at 
Sjiringfield.  May  8,  1905.  The  summer  home 
of  the  family  is  in  Warren,  Massachusetts. 
Mr.  Lincoln  married,  June  15,  1870,  Jeannette 
Everest  Heyworth,  born  Peru,  New  York, 
daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  (Everest)  Hey- 
wurth.  Her  grandfather  was  a  wealthy  Eng- 
lish Quaker,  who  went  from  England  to  Hol- 
land at  the  time  of  the  persecution  of  the 
'Juakers,  and  from  Holland  came  to  America, 
where  he  purchased  large  tracts  of  land  and 
built  mills  on  the  Little  Ausable  river  in  Clin- 
ton county.  New  York.  Jeannette  Everest 
(Heyworth)  Lincoln  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Tracv  Female  Seminary  at  Rochester,  New 
York. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lincoln  had  one  child,  Flor- 
ence Belle,  born  in  Warren,  Massachusetts, 
September  15,  1880,  educated  at  the  McDuffie 
School  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and  at 
Smith  College,  Northampton.  She  married 
Hon.  Albert  H.  Washburn,  formerly  American 
consul  at  Magdeburg,  Germany,  assistant 
L'nited  States  district  attorney  at  Boston  and 
counsel  for  the  United  States  Treasury ;  now 
at  the  head  of  the  firm  of  Comstock  &  Wash- 
burn, custom  attorneys,  with  offices  at  12 
ISroadway,  New  York  City. 


Captain  John  Emery  Hins- 
HINSMAN  man  followed  the  sea,  be- 
came a  master  mariner,  and 
lived  an  active  and  useful  life.  He  married 
Martha  Spalding  Bingham,  of  East  Charles- 
ton, Vermont.  Children :  John  Emery, 
Charles  Bingham,  Elmer  E.  and  Edward  Ev- 
erett, mentioned  below. 

Edward  Everett,  son  of  Captain  John 
Emery  Hinsman,  was  born  on  Cedar  street, 
Salem.  May  28,  1861.  After  learning  hi<", 
trade  he  worked  for  three  years  in  the  sewing 
machine  factory  at  Florence,  Massachusetts, 
and  six  years  in  the  gun  factory  at  New 
Haven.  He  was  in  the  manufacturing  busi- 
ness a  year  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  on  his 
own  account.     He  became  superintendent  of 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


(Acpaitnu-nt  in  the  Uverniaii  Wheel  Company, 
inanufactiirers  of  bicycles,  February  15,  1891, 
and  for  the  next  nine  years  filled  this  position 
with  signal  ability  and  to  the  utmost  satisfac- 
tion of  his  employers.  When  the  bicycle 
business  collapsed  and  the  company  went  into 
the  hands  of  trustees  for  the  benefit  of  cred- 
itors, he  was  appointed  manager  and  con- 
ducted the  business  for  a  year.  During  th>_- 
next  year  he  was  manager  of  the  Lamb  Manu- 
facturing Company  of  Chicopee.  In  Febru- 
ary, lyoi,  he  became  manager  of  the  ro])e 
Bicycle  Manufacturing  Company  plant  at  Mil- 
waukee, W'isconsin.  After  six  months  he  wa, 
transferred  to  the  works  at  Hagarstown, 
Maryland,  and  was  manager  there  for  the 
ensuing  five  years.  Since  June  I,  1905,  he 
has  been  manager  of  the  plant  of  the  Pope 
Company  at  Westfield.  He  is  a  member  of 
Belcher  Lodge  of  Masons,  of  Chicopee:  of  the 
Royal  .\rch  Chapter  of  Westfield,  and  of 
Charter  Oak  Lodge,  No.  2,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut. 

He  married.  November  27,  1883.  Alice  \'ic- 
toria  Wilmot.  daughter  of  Ferdinand  Wilmot. 
Their  only  child  is  FUa  I'.ingham.  born  April 
2.  1885.  married,  June  20,  ujof),  John  K. 
Stonebraker  Jr. 


in  1877,  receiving  the  degree  of  A.  1'.,  in  1880, 
and  graduating  from  the  Rochester  Theologi- 
cal seminary  in  1882.  Colby  University  con- 
ferred the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  upon 
him.  His  first  pastorate  was  at  the  Calvary 
Baptist  Church  at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island, 
where  he  was  installed  July  4.  1882.  After 
eight  and  one-half  years  with  that  church,  he 
was  called  to  become  the  pastor  of  the  Sher- 
man Avenue  Baptist  Church  at  Newark,  New 
lersey,  where  he  went  in  February,  1891.  He 
"remained  in  that  church,  which  is  now  called 
the  Clinton  Avenue  Baptist  Church,  for  two 
years.  On  March  16,  1893,  he  was  ordained 
a>  the  pastor  of  the  State  Street  Baptist 
Church  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  has  continued  ever  since.  Rev.  Mr.  Hohn 
is  a  member  of  the  American  Baptist  Mis- 
sionary Cnion,  the  Massachusetts  Bible  So- 
ciety, the  Phi  Kappa  Psi  fraternity  of  Woos- 
ter  "University,  and  of  the  Winthrop  Club  of 
Springfield.  Fle  married,  in  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island,  November  29,  1888,  Harriet  Chapman 
Pendleton.  Children:  i.  Barbara,  born  March. 
1881,  a  student  at  the  Springfield  high  school. 
2.    Pendleton,   born    1895. 


Henry      Hohn     married 

ll()||.\      Truesdale.    and    was    probably    a 
farmer  in   (Jhio.     He  had  a   son 
David,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Dr.  David  Hohn,  son  of  Henry  Hohn, 
lived  in  Canton,  Ohio.  He  was  an  athlete  of 
local  prominence,  and  had  considerable  me- 
chanical ingenuity  also.  At  one  time  the 
Bunker  Plow  I'\)undry  offered  the  position  of 
superintendent  of  their  works  to  the  man  who 
could  make  the  best  plow  by  hand.  David 
Hohn  won  the  prize,  and  in  this  way  obtained 
the  means  to  secure  his  medical  education.  He 
was  a  physician  of  Canton.  He  took  an  active 
part  in  local  ])olitics,  being  a  Democrat.  He 
served  as  de])uty  sheriff  and  during  his  term 
of  office  ca])tured  unassisted  a  famous  coun- 
terfeiter. Jefi"erson  Bull.  He  became  later  a 
radical  abolitionist.  He  married  Barbara 
Anna  Owen.  Among  their  children  was  Ben- 
jamin Daviese,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Rev.  Benjamin  Daviese  Hohn.  D.  D.. 
son  of  T^r.  David  Hohn,  was  born  in  Canton. 
Morrow  county.  Ohio,  August  21.  1856.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Lexington. 
Ohio,  and  the  Lexington  Male  and  Female 
Seminary,  now  discontinued.  He  graduated 
from   Wooster   University  at   Wooster.  Ohio, 


Richard  Bates  Insliaw  was 
IN  SHAW  born  in  Englantl.  He  came  to 
America  about  1830,  settling 
first  in  Neyy  York  City,  and  removed  in  1836 
to  Chicopee,  Massachusetts.  He  was  an  en- 
graver and  followed  this  occupation  all  his  life, 
having  been  an  expert  in  his  line.  He  married 
Mary  Pool.  Children:  i.  John,  born  in  Eng- 
land. 2.  Ann.  born  in  England.  3.  Richard 
Bates,  mentioned  below.  4.  Mary,  born  in 
.\'ew  York.     5.  Emma,  born  in  New  York. 

(II)  Richard  Bates  (2),  .son  of  Richard 
Bates  (i)  Inshaw,  was  born  in  New  York 
City,  November  14,  1831.  When  he  was  five 
years  of  age  his  father  removed  to  Chicopee, 
Massachusetts,  and  young  Richard  P).  attended 
the  public  schools,  graduating  from  the  high 
school.  He  learned  the  engraver's  trade  from 
his  father,  but  did  not  follow  it  to  any  ex- 
tent. He  went  to  New  York  City  as  super- 
intendent for  E.  P.  Needham  in  his  organ 
factory.  In  1889  he  returned  to  Chicopee 
and  engaged  in  business  as  a  contractor  with 
the  Deane  Steatn  Pump  Company,  of  Holy- 
oke,  with  which  firm  he  is  still  connected.  He 
is  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge,  F"ree  and  Ac- 
cejited  Masons,  of  New  York  City,  and  is  an 
attendant  at  Crace  Episcopal  Church.  He 
married.  May  5,  1874,  Hannah  Campbell 
Cutler,    born '  March    10.    1839,    daughter    of 


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Moses  and  Hannah  (Campbell)  Cutler,  and 
granddaughter  of  Peter  Y.  and  Hester  (Stew- 
art) Cutler.  Both  her  father  and  grandfather 
were  in  the  oyster  business  in  New  York  City. 
Children:  I.  Emma,  born  in  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 12.  1875:  graduate  of  Chicopee  high 
school,  i8y8;  married  Henry  C.  Hyde,  son  of 
L.  C.  Hyde,  the  postmaster  of  Chicopee ;  her 
husband  is  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  with 
his  uncle  in  Saginaw,  Alichigan.  2.  Richard 
Bates,  born  August  6,  1876,  died  when  one 
and  one-half  years  old.  3.  Charles  Cutler, 
born  in  Xew  York,  June  10,  1880:  educated 
in  Chicopee  public  schools,  graduating  at  high 
school  with  highest  honors;  was  with  Prang 
Educational  Company  of  Boston  and  New  York 
from  1899  to  1906,  then  for  one  year  with 
Silver,  Burdett  &  Company ;  is  at  present  with 
D.  Appleton  &  Company  in  the  educational  de- 
partment in  Xew  York  City :  married,  October 
'1.  1904.  .\rline  Whitney  Lewis,  daughter  of 
Charles  Sela  Lewis,  of  Seneca  Falls.  Xew 
York. 


The  family  of  Jacobs  has  been 

JACOP>S      identified  with  the  growth  and 

development  of  the  province  of 

Bavaria,  Germany,  for  many  years.     Many  of 

its  members  were  distinguished  and  all  had  a 

reputation  for  honesty  and  reliability. 

( I )  John  Jacobs  was  born  about  181 7,  in 
Defierbach-on-the-Rliine.  Bavaria,  and  was  a 
farmer.  He  was  tiie  immigrant  ancestor,  and. 
came  to  the  United  States  when  a  young  man 
accompanied  by  his  brother  Henry  and  a  sister. 
Mrs.  Kiltz.  His  parents  were  natives  of  Ba- 
varia, and  his  father  served  in  the  German 
arm}-,  Henry  Jacobs  settled  first  in  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts,  and  is  now  retired,  and  living 
'at  Dedliam.  Mrs.  Kiltz  died  in  the  prime  of 
life,  being  accidentally  killed  by  a  train  at 
Boyleston   station,   Jamaica    Plain. 

John  Jacobs  learned  the  trade  of  machinist 
in  Germany,  and  in  the  early  fifties  settled 
in  Roxbury  with  his  brother  Henry,  and  fol- 
lowed his  trade.  His  ability  as  a  skilled  work- 
man was  soon  recognized,  and  he  accepted  a 
position  with  the  Campbell  &  W'hittier  Ma- 
chine Comjaany  of  Boston.  During  the  civil 
war  he  made  gim  carriages  in  large  numbers 
for  this  company,  which  had  a  contract  to 
supply  the  I'nited  States  government.  Mr. 
Jacobs  was  with  the  firm  for  over  eighteen 
years,  and  was  so  skillful  at  his  trade  that  it 
is  said  he  could  make  anything  from  a  horse- 
shoe nail  to  an  intricate  engine.  He  lived  for 
a  time  at  South  Boston  before  settling  in  Rox- 


bury. where  he  died  in  1899.  In  religion  he 
was  a  Lutheran.  He  was  a  prominent  Ger- 
man citizen  of  Roxbury,  an  active  Republican, 
and  did  much  to  encourage  the  naturalization 
of  Germans  who  came  to  this  country  to  make 
it  their  home.  He  married,  in  Roxbury,  Char- 
lotte Bleiler,  born  on  the  Rhine,  in  Bavaria,  in 
1831,  died  1880  (see  lileiler  family).  She  came 
to  this  country  with  her  brother  George  in  1849 
and  resided  all  the  rest  of  her  life  in  Roxbury. 
Children:  i.  Child,  died  young.  2.  John,  born 
1853:  died  April  16,  1881,  in  St.  Louis,  Mis 
souri.  leaving  no  issue.  3.  Jacob,  born  Sep- 
tember 19,  1855;  died  October.  1894,  without 
issue.  4.  Charlotte,  born  1859 ;  died  October 
12.  1894;  married  Peter  Reynolds:  children: 
l-Vank,  Kittie,  and  Lottie  Reynolds.  5.  Cath- 
erine, born  December,  1868;  married  John  J. 
Hall,  of  Brighton,  Massachusetts ;  died  No- 
vember 26,  1898.  6.  Julia,  born  December  18, 
1868;  died  February  i,  1906;  married  Dr. 
Timothy  J.  Murphy,  of  Roxbury.  7.  William 
(twin),  born  .\ugust  26.  1857;  a  business  man 
of  Roxbury,  where  he  now  resides  on  Perkins 
street,  retired ;  married  Louise  Abele,  born  in 
Roxbury.  in  i860.  8.  Elizabeth  (twin  with 
William),  married  Herman  Mahr,  for  many 
years  a  prominent  chemist,  of  German  birth, 
who  tlied  in  Cleveland.  Ohio,  while  engaged 
with  Mr.  Brush,  the  electric  light  inventor, 
who  regardetl  him  as  one  of  the  most  efficient 
men  in  his  profession,  and  who  came  all  the 
way  to  Boston  to  attend  the  funeral  of  his 
employee:  his  widow  is  a  successful  merchant 
of  Roxbury.  owning  a  large  department  store; 
had  children:  Herman,  Elsie  L..  Frances  C. 
and  Rudolph  O.  Mahr.  9.  Frank,  born  1863  ; 
machinist  by  trade ;  engaged  in  express  busi- 
ness at  255  Heath  street,  Roxbury;  married 
Mary  Ditman,  and  has  Frank  C,  Henry  L, 
(jrace  M.,  and  Gertrude.  10.  Charles,  born 
1861  :  contractor  of  Roxbury:  married  Jane 
Lally.  and  has  Charles,  Frank.  Charlotte  and 
Gertrude.      11.   Louis  H.,  mentioned  below. 

(  n  )  Louis  fL,  son  of  John  Jacobs,  was 
born  January  22,  1875,  in  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  resides  at  his  father's  homestead 
at  9  W'alden  street,  Roxbury.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  antl  learned  tlie 
trade  of  plumber.  As  soon  as  he  was  of  age 
he  established  himself  in  business  and  has  met 
with  marked  success,  due  to  his  energy  and 
determination  to  succeed.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat,  and  he  and  his  famih-  attend  the 
Lutheran  church.  He  married,  December  23. 
1894.  Bertha  K.  Werner,  born  in  Roxbury. 
July   2},.    1876,   daughter  of   .August   Werner. 


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Children:  I.  Florence  E.,  born  November  27, 
1895.  2.  Louis  H.,  August  23,  1897.  3. 
John  J.,  October  26,  1899.  4.  Reginald,  June 
10,  11)03.     5.  William  F.,  October  25,  1907. 


The  Bucks  are  an  old  New  Eng- 
BUCK     land  family  of  still  earlier  English 

origin.  One  of  the  earliest  repre- 
sentatives of  the  surname  to  come  to  this  coun- 
try was  a  passenger  in  the  "Increase,"'  1635, 
and  while  the  particular  family  here  treated  is 
not  presumed  to  be  related  to  that  of  the  immi- 
grant of  1635,  it  may  fairly  be  assumed  that 
both  derived  their  surnames  from  the  same 
ancient  source. 

(I)  Joseph  Buck,  with  whom  our  present 
narrative  begins,  was  born  in  England,  in  1746, 
and  died  there  in  1824.  For  thirty  years  or 
more  he  was  manager  of  the  Newbold  edge- 
tool  works  in  Sheffield,  England,  then  the 
world's  most  famous  industrial  city  in  that 
branch  of  manufacture. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Buck, 
was  born  probably  in  Sheffield,  and  was  brought 
up  to  the  trade  of  his  father,  becoming  himself 
a  skilled  workman,  and  spent  his  entire  life  in 
the  Newbold  shops  in  that  city,  having  died 
there  at  the  age  of  si.xty-four  years.  He  mar- 
ried, April  5,  1825,  Elizabeth  Taylor,  born  in 
Doncaster,  England.  John,  the  eldest  son,  was 
born  in  Sheffield,  February  20,  1826,  came  to 
America  in  1850,  and  for  some  time  was  em- 
ployed in  Williamsburg  at  a  wage  of  less  than 
a  dollar  a  day,  but  after  a  time  his  skill  attract- 
ed the  attention  of  a  Mr.  Barton,  a  prominent 
manufacturer  of  Rochester,  New  York,  for 
whom  he  worked  for  three  years.  He  then 
engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account  in 
Newark,  New  Jersey,  but  afterward  returned 
to  Rochester,  and  died  in  that  city.  Richard, 
the  third  son,  was  born  in  Sheffield,  October 
I,  1831,  came  to  this  county  in  1853.  and  was 
the  last  of  the  three  brothers  who  emigrated 
from  England  to  America. 

(III)  Charles,  second  son  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Taylor)  Buck,  was  born  in  Shef- 
field, England,  March  22.  1829;  died  at  Ster- 
ling Junction,  Massachusetts,  of  heart  failure, 
Au^ist  24,  1905.  After  receiving  an  ordinary 
education  he  entered  the  Sheffield  edge-tool 
works  and  under  the  direction  of  his  father 
soon  became  a  master  workman  in  the  highest 
processes  of  edge-tool  manufacture — the  grind- 
ing and  polishing.  In  1850,  having  attained 
his  majority,  he  came  with  his  brother  John  to 
America,  locating  in  Rochester,  New  York, 
where  they  were  given  employment  in  a  ma- 


chine shop.  In  1853  they  established  the  Buck 
Brothers  Edge  Tool  Works,  for  the  manu- 
facture of  high-grade  cutlery,  and  their  pro- 
duct at  once  was  recognized  as  unsurpassed 
in  quality.  In  the  .same  year  they  had  been 
joinetl  by  their  brother  Richard,  then  recently 
arrived  from  England,  and  the  three  brothers 
worked  in  harmony  and  with  remarkable  suc- 
cess, so  that  the  business  so  increased  that  it 
became  necessary  to  enlarge  their  plant :  hence 
in  1857  the  works  were  removed  to  Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts,  and  remained  in  that  city 
until  1864,  and  then  removed  to  Millbury, 
Massachusetts,  where  they  are  still  maintained 
under  the  proprietorship  of  Edwin  Wood,  and 
\V.  L.  Proctor,  sons-in-law  of  Richard  Buck.  In 
1872  Charles  Buck  sold  out  his  interest  in  the 
company  works  and  in  the  following  year 
erected  a  shop  on  land  purchased  by  him  in 
1865,  and  there  established  the  edge-tool  works, 
the  products  of  which  ever  afterward  bore  his 
name  and  which  were  of  the  very  highest 
(|ualit3'  and  yielded  him  a  comfortable  fortune. 
His  first  consideration  was  to  produce  an  article 
of  the  very  best  quality,  and  that  principle  ever 
afterward  maintained  so  long  as  he  lived. 
Every  process  of  manufacture  always  was 
under  his  immediate  supervision  and  oversight, 
he  at  times  performing  some  of  the  work  of 
forging  and  tempering  with  his  own  hands. 
The  extent  of  his  trade  was  with  him  a  sec- 
ondary consideration,  coming  after  that  of 
superior  mechanical  work,  and  indeed  his  own 
conservative  disposition  always  inclined  him  to 
preference  for  a  comparatively  small  market 
and  an  appreciative  class  of  customers  rather 
than  an  enormous  output  of  finished  goods  of 
doubtful  quality.  Until  within  a  very  few 
years  of  the  time  of  his  death  Mr.  Buck  made 
frequent  business  trips  as  far  west  as  Chicago 
and  St.  Louis  for  the  sale  of  his  goods,  but  his 
chief  market  was  made  through  large  and 
reliable  commission  houses  in  New  York,  Phil- 
adelphia, Chicago  and  other  large  cities.  Mr. 
Buck  was  an  excellent  example  of  the  really 
self-made  man,  for  his  only  capital  at  the  be- 
ginning of  his  business  career  was  his  mechan- 
ical skill,  his  industry  and  his  determination  to 
succeed  The  latter  trait  in  his  character, 
which  is  onl)'  another  name  for  ambition,  was 
his  first  incentive  not  only  to  the  effort  which 
led  to  his  remarkable  success  in  material  con- 
cerns, but  to  his  most  excellent  development  of 
character.  Going  to  his  trade  in  early  youth, 
his  early  education  necessarily  was  imperfect, 
but  he  found  ample  compensation  for  this  dis- 
advantage through  close  and  intelligent  read- 


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ing,  elating  from  the  time  when  he  first  settled 
in  Alillbury.  He  took  up  the  works  of  stand- 
ard authors  and  therein  gained  a  fund  of  in- 
formation which  enabled  him  to  converse  on 
almost  any  subject  of  general  importance  with 
the  freedom  and  intelligence  of  a  scholar.  For 
nearly  fifty  years  he  was  an  exemplary  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  for  sev- 
eral years  its  class  leader  and  for  fifteen  years 
sui)erintendent  of  its  Sunday  school.  A  Re- 
publican in  political  preference,  he  always  was 
an  earnest  exponent  of  the  principles  of  that 
party,  never  seeking  political  preferment  and 
always  performing  his  political  duty  out  of  a 
conscientious  appreciation  of  the  privileges  and 
responsibilities  of  citizenship.  He  always  was 
held  in  high  regard  in  the  community  in  which 
he  lived,  and  his  noble  and  loveable  character 
is  well  epitomized  by  one  who  knew  him  very 
well:  "He  is  a  grand  old  man.  self-made, 
willing  to  aid  anyone  in  distress,  and  surely  is 
a  model  for  young  men  to  follow."  Mr.  Buck 
lived  in  unpretentious  comfort  in  a  very  pleas- 
ant home,  surrounded  w'ith  ample  grounds, 
and  on  the  same  tract  stood  his  shops  and 
other  buildings  occupied  in  his  business  pur- 
suits. 

He  married  (first)  Isabella  Munroe,  born  in 
Scotland;  died  in  Worcester,  August  15,  1855. 
He  married  (second)  Mary  Small,  born  in 
England,  died  in  Milbury,  Massachusetts, 
September  i,  1864.  He  married  (third)  Maria 
C.  Kendall,  a  native  of  Canada,  and  daughter 
of  Lyman  and  Hannah  Kendall,  of  Canada. 
He  had  three  children  by  his  first  marriage, 
one  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The  others  are : 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Zephery  Sharron,  now  living 
in  Worcester ;  Isabella,  widow  of  Charles 
Crossman.  and  mother  of  Charles  F.  Cross- 
man.  Of  his  children  by  his  second  wife, 
four — ]\Iary,  Ernest,  Joseph  and  Martha,  now 
all  dead.  Four  children  were  born  of  the  mar- 
riage of  Charles  Buck  and  Maria  C.  Kendall: 
Charles,  died  aged  three  years  ;  Josephine,  mar- 
ried Fred  Ogden,  and  had  two  children,  only 
one  now  living;  Julia,  married  Fred  Wheeler, 
has  one  child;  Edith,  who  became  wife  of 
R.  H.  Crane,  and  has  two  children. 


Christian  Katzmann  was 
KATZMANN  born  in  Hesse-Nassau,  Ger- 
many, in  181 3,  and  died 
March  11,  1852,  in  East  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. His  parents  were  respectable  Germans, 
and  he  was  educated  to  the  trade  of  a  wood- 
turner, cooper  and  wheelwright.  In  1845  he 
took  passage  on   a   sailing  vessel   at   Bremen 

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Haven  for  the  United  States.  Soon  after  leav- 
ing the  shores  of  the  Fatherland,  a  tempestu- 
ous sea  arose,  and  during  the  terrible  buffet- 
ings  of  the  little  craft  the  captain,  first  and 
second  mates  were  lost.  The  sailors,  real  men 
to  the  core,  succeeded  in  bring  the  battered 
vessel  with  her  sorry  lot  of  passengers  into 
New  York  harbor.  They  were  nearly  starved, 
sufifering  from  lack  of  water  and  stricken  with 
disease,  some  of  them  hardly  able  to  be  gotten 
ashore.  On  the  same  ship  came  Anna  Schuc- 
hardt,  who  afterwards  married  Mr.  Katzmann. 
She  was  born  in  Wolfderode,  Germany,  in 
September,  181 5,  and  showed  her  pluck  and 
courage  as  well  as  strength  of  character  on 
the  rough  passage  to  the  new  world,  when  she 
cared  for  the  unhappy  passengers  on  board 
the  ship.  They  went  to  East  Boston,  where 
they  were  married,  and  where  he  carried  on  his 
trade  of  cooper  in  a  sugar  refinery.  He  died 
in  the  prime  of  life,  and  after  her  husband's 
death  Mrs.  Katzmann  returned  to  Germany. 
Later  she  returned  to  the  United  States  and 
spent  her  last  years  in  Boston,  where  she  died 
in  April,  1894,  nearly  seventy-nine  years  of 
age.  She  and  her  husband  were  members  of 
the  Evangelical  Reformed  church.  Children: 
I.  Henry,  born  September  27,  1849,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Annie  M.,  born  while  her  mother 
was  in  Germany,  October  25,  1852 ;  married 
Henry  Dickhaut,  born  in  Hesse,  Germany, 
February  16,  1849,  and  came  while  young  to 
America,  where  he  was  educated ;  is  a  baker 
by  trade  and  is  a  prominent  man  of  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts ;  she  died  in  Roxbury,  Boston, 
in  August.  1898. 

( II )  Henry,  son  of  Christian  Katzmann,  was 
born  in  East  Boston,  September  27,  1849. 
When  about  two  and  a  half  years  of  age  he 
went  to  Germany  with  his  mother  and  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Germany. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  his  father,  but  not 
being  satisfied  with  the  profits  qf  the  wood- 
turning  business,  abandoned  the  mechanical 
art  and  engaged  in  the  trade  of  barber.  He 
established  himself  in  business  in  1871  and 
is  at  present  located  at  1192  Columbus  avenue, 
Boston,  where  he  has  been  for  twenty  years. 
His  business  has  been  very  prosperous.  He 
purchased  and  improved  considerable  property 
on  Chestnut  avenue,  Jamaica  Plain,  which 
proved  a  good  investment.  Mr.  Katzmann  is 
known  for  his  honesty  and  upright  character, 
and  his  pleasing  personality  and  social  qualities 
has  made  for  him  a  host  of  friends  as  well  as 
materiallv  assisted  him  in  business.  He  mar- 
ried, in  IBoston,  June  13.  1875,  Rosamond  C. 


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Stoehr,  born  in  Bavaria,  October  19,  1856, 
daughter  of  Fritz  and  Helena  C.  ( Gottbrecht ) 
Stoehr.  She  was  brought  up  and  educated  in 
Wolkstedt  on  the  Saale,  Saxon,  Germany,  and 
came  to  America  about  1867,  living  first  in  Balti- 
more, Maryland,  later  in  Boston.  Children : 
I.  Annie  H.,  born  April  13,  1876;  died  Sep- 
tember 17,  1877.  2.  Henry,  September  30, 
1877;  died  February  16,  1895.  3.  Robert  H., 
November  31,  1879,  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  private  college,  engaged  as  a  ship- 
ping clerk  in  Boston,  unmarried.  4.  Rosa- 
mond C,  Boston,  May  17,  1882;  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  at  the  Drexel  Home  in 
I'hiladclphia,  Pennsylvania  :  married  I-iev.  L^ouis 
A.  l^inn.  pastor  of  the  Lutheran  church  at  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts;  no  children.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  K'at/.mann  are  members  of  the  Futheran 
cluu'ch,  with  their  family. 


.Much  of  the  labor  in  vari- 
Mc'CORMlCK  ous  sections  of  greater 
Boston  has  been  accomp- 
lished by  the  energy  and  activity  of  the  Irish 
race.  The  mechanical  labor  required  during 
the  last  century  in  Massachusetts  has  been 
drawn  largely  from  the  bone  and  sinew  of  that 
hardy  people.  Roscommon  county,  Ireland, 
has  furnished  much  of  this  material,  and  those 
sons  of  Ireland  look  with  pride  upon  thei'' 
native  soil  as  being  the  birthplace  of  many 
substantial  citizens  of  this  country.  The  Mc- 
Cormicks  are  an  old  Roscommon  family,  hav- 
ing lived  there  for  many  years,  and  while  of 
the  middle  class  were  always  a  thrifty,  hard- 
working [leojile,  devoted  to  the  church. 

(I)  Michael  McCormick  was  born  in  Ros- 
common county,  Ireland,  about  one  hundred 
years  ago.  His  people  had  been  in  the  main 
farmers,  and  though  their  progress  was  neces- 
sarily slow,  they  were  always  ambitious  and 
progressed  with  a  fair  degree  of  success  toward 
the  advancement  of  themselves  and  their  fam- 
ilies. In  middle  life  INIichael  McCormick,  hav- 
ing retired  from  active  labor,  went  to  the 
United  States,  where  he  died  a  few  weeks  later 
at  the  home  of  a  daughter  in  Rhode  Island. 
He  married  Catherine  Irving,  who  like  her  hus- 
band was  of  an  ancient  Roscommon  family. 
Some  years  after  the  death  of  her  husband, 
she  also  came  to  this  country  and  made  her 
home  with  her  daughter,  and  died  when  about 
fifty  years  of  age.  Children:  i.  Patrick,  mar- 
ried Kate  Hambrick:  came  to  .\merica  and 
settled  in  Jamaica  Plain,  Massachusetts,  where 
they  both  died,  leaving  two  children  who  are 
now   married   and   live   in    Jamaica   Plain.      2. 


Thomas,  married  Annie  KunnitT ;  came  to  the 
United  States  and  settled  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  where  they  both  died,  leaving  one  child, 

Annie,  who  married  Welsh,  who  died 

in  Salem,  Massachusetts.  3.  Michael,  died  in 
Ireland.  4.  John,  mentioned  below.  5.  Annie, 
came  to  the  United  States.  6.  Mary,  lived  and 
ilied  in  Ireland.  7.  Catherine.  8.  Bridget, 
married  William  Hill,  and  is  still  living,  a 
widow,  in  IVovidence,  Rhode  Island.  Other 
children  died  young. 

(II  )  John,  son  of  Michael  McCormick,  was 
born  in  county  Roscommon,  Ireland,  in  1840. 
When  he  was  eleven  years  old  he  came  to  this 
coimtry  with  his  mother,  who  died  soon  after- 
ward. His  father  came  several  years  earlier 
and  died  before  they  came.  Thus  he  had  to 
become  self-su])porting  from  boyhood.  lie 
acc|uired  a  common  school  education  and  be- 
came a  skillful  ])enman.  His  long  life  has  been 
devoted  to  gardening  in  its  various  branches. 
His  healthful  out-door  life  and  right  living 
have  enabletl  him  at  seventy  to  preserve  the 
vigor  and  activity  of  a  man  in  the  prime  of  life. 
He  has  been  frugal  and  industrious,  investing 
his  savings  wisely  in  real  estate  and  is  the 
nwner  of  two  three-tenement  houses,  from 
which  he  derives  a  considerable  income.  His 
home  is  in  one  of  them  on  Brookside  avenue, 
Jamaica  Plain.  His  good  judgment  and  capac- 
ity for  good  work  have  always  made  him  valu- 
able to  his  employers  and  made  his  life  busy 
and  useful  in  every  sense  of  the  word.  He  has 
a  large  circle  of  friends  who  appreciate  highly 
his  many  excellent  qualities  of  heart  and  mind, 
lie  is  a  devout  Catholic,  of  upright  character. 
In  politics  he  is  an  independent  Democrat, 
doing  the  simple  duties  of  citizenship  faith- 
fully. He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  faith- 
ful supporters  of  the  Lady  of  the  Lord's 
Church,  Jamaica  Plain. 

I  le  married  at  St.  Josei)h's  Church,  Roxbury, 
[■"ebruary  16,  1863,  Wiiinifred  Fliggins,  born 
1840,  in  Roscommon  county,  Ireland,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Abby  (Kelly)  Higgins,  who 
lived  and  died  in  Ireland.  Her  brother  John 
and  sister  Mary  were  the  first  of  her  family 
to  come  to  this  country,  settling  first  in  Boston, 
then  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  Both  are 
now  deceased.  Another  brother,  Patrick  Hig- 
gins, came  afterward,  settled  at  Jamaica  Plain 
and  died  there.  Mrs.  McCormick  came  at  the 
age  of  fifteen  and  has  resided  since  then  in 
Jamaica  Plain.  She  has  lived  a  life  of  great 
industry  and  quiet  usefulness,  sjjaring  no 
efforts  for  the  education,  comfort  and  welfare 
of  her  children.     She  has  preserved  her  health 


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and  strength  to  a  remarkable  degree.  In  relig- 
ion she  is  a  Catholic,  a  highly  respected  and 
devout  member  of  the  Lady  of  the  Lord's 
Church,  of  which  Rev.  Father  Lyons  is  pastor. 
Children,  born  at  Jamaica  Plain :  i.  Catherine 
.\.,  married  Edward  Haley,  and  lives  in  Ja- 
maica Plain,  has  no  children.  2.  Abby  T., 
resides  with  her  parents.  3.  Mary  Anne,  re- 
sides with  her  parents.  4.  John,  resides  at 
Plymouth,  married  Kate  McDonald,  a  native 
<if'i\ova  Jv-otia;  children:  Alice  A.,  Thomas 
A..  William  P.  and  Winnie  Bella  McDonald. 
5.  Lizzie  B..  married  John  Davin.  a  silversmith, 
resides  at  Jamaica  Plain  ;  children :  Mary  B. 
and  Thomas  F.  Davin.  6.  Michael,  unmarried, 
a  plumber  by  trade,  resides  with  his  parents. 
7.  Carrie,  resides  with  her  parents.  8.  Agnes, 
married  Joseph  Hefflin,  who  is  employed  by  the 
Xew  York.  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad 
( 'omiiany  ;  children:  Joseph  Thomas  and  John 
Francis  I  lefflin.  9.  Daniel,  resides  with  his 
parents,  clerk  in  a  mercantile  business.  10. 
William,  educated  in  Boston  College,  a  tin- 
smith by  trade,  resides  with  his  parents. 

This  name  originated  in  York- 
METCALF      shire,     England.       Tradition 

says  the  earliest  men  of  this 
name  were  a  race  of  extraordinarily  large  and 
strong  men.  Whittaker's  "History  of  Craven" 
(a  district  in  Yorkshire)  says  the  name  is  from 
the  old  Saxon  "Mechalgh,"  halgh  meaning  a 
tract  of  land,  and  the  name  signifying  "Men 
of  Mec's  Land."  .Adam  de  Medekalf,  who 
lived  in  Yorkshire  in  1278.  is  a  direct  descend- 
ant of  Dane  .Arkefrith.  who  .came  to  England 
in  1016  with  King  Canute  from  Denmark,  and 
was  given  a  tract  of  land.  Members  of  the 
family  in  America  have  traced  their  descent 
from  the  present  time  in  a  straight  line  to  this 
Danish  ancestor. 

(I)  Joseph  Metcalf  was  born  in  Manchester, 
England,  and  when  a  boy  came  with  an  aunt  to 
the  I'nited  .States.  .\t  the  age  of  fourteen  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Great  Western  rail- 
road, which  was  owned  and  operated  by  an 
English  synicate,  beginning  as  an  office  boy 
and  advanced  until  he  was  made  treasurer.  He 
left  that  company  to  become  treasurer  of  the 
Farr  .Alpaca  Company,  which  position  is  still 
held  bv  him.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  and  a  Republican.  Fie  married  Clara 
Wheeler,  daughter  of  Marshall  IF  Farr.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Frank  H..  see  forward.  2.  Howard 
F.,  born  in  June,  1873  :  married  Rose  B.,  daugh- 
ter of  C.  TF  and  Caroline  Haywood.  3.  Cer- 
trude.  januarv  20,  1874. 


(  U)  Frank  H.,  eldest  son  of  Joseph  and 
Clara  (Farr)  Metcalf,  was  born  October  9, 
i8()8.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Holyoke,  Massachusett.s,  and  later  entered  the 
Polytechnic  Institute,  of  Worcester,  but  was 
compelled  to  leave  on  account  of  illness ;  on 
his  recovery,  he  decided  to  learn  the  business 
in  which  his  father  was  interested,  and  began 
by  sorting  wool.  He  next  entered  the  machine 
department  as  repair  man,  and  later  became 
assistant  agent  and  assistant  treasurer.  Mr. 
.Metcalf  is  a  very  busy  man,  but  manages  to 
tinil  time  to  keep  in  touch  with  all  his  interests, 
and  withall  is  one  of  the  best  informed  men 
of  his  native  city  as  to  the  Indian  lore  and 
early  history  of  the  Connecticut  Valley.  He  is 
jjresident  of  the  Holyoke  Valve  and  Hydrant 
Conii)any ;  vice-])resident  of  Alount  Holyoke 
Conijiany  ;  director  of  Hadley  Falls  Bank,  and 
Nichols  Comjiany.  of  Fall  River,  and  director 
of  Taylor-Burt  Manufacturing  Company.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  May 
23,  1894,  he  married  Mabel  A.  Warner,  and 
they  have  one  child,  Katherine  A.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1895. 

John  Moore  was  born  in  Ireland. 

M( )( )RE     He  lived  for  many  years  in  Spen- 
cer and  Webster,  Alassachusetts. 

Me  married   Catherine ,   and   reared   a 

large  family. 

(  11  )  John  N..  son  of  John  Monre.  was  born 
ui  Webster,  Massachusetts.  He  attended  the 
ilistrict  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  wdien 
but  sixteen  began  to  work  at  the  shoemaker's 
trade,  .\fterwardhc  was  employed  in  the  Sargent 
card  clothing  factory,  at  Leicester,  Massachu- 
setts. Subsec|uently  he  removed  to  Worcester, 
where  for  many  years  he  was  a  foreman  in  the 
wire  mills  of  Washburn  &  Moen,  now  part  of 
the  .American  Steel  &  Wire  Company.  He  is 
now  in  the  piano  business  in  Worcester.  For 
thirtv-six  years  he  was  organist  and  choir  di- 
rector of  the  Church  of  the  Immaculate  Con 
ception  and  of  St.  Joseph's  Catholic  Church, 
of  Leicester.  In  politics  he  is  a  staunch  Dem- 
ocrat, and  for  many  years  has  served  his  party 
as  warden  in  his  election  precinct.  He  married, 
in  Worcester,  Mary  A.  Dolan,  daughter  of 
Lawrence  and  Ellen  (Mulvey)  Dolan,  of  Wor- 
cester, where  the  family  settled  in  the  forties. 
Children :  George,  James.  John  Francis,  men- 
tioned below :  Edward,  born  February  24. 
T883:  William,  Alary. 

(  HI  )   John  Francis,  son  of  John  N.  Moore, 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


was  born  in  Worcester,  February  24,  1881,  and 
received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  city.  .Vfter  graduating  from 
the  Worcester  high  school  he  was  in  partner- 
ship with  his  two  brothers  for  four  years,  in 
business  as  newsdealers,  and  saved  the  money 
required  for  his  expenses  in  the  medical  school. 
In  1903  he  entered  the  Baltimore  Aledical  Col- 
lege at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  graduating  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1907.  During  his 
fointh  year  he  was  an  interne  at  the  Maryland 
(ieneral  Hospital,  and  after  graduation  for 
fourteen  months  at  St.  Joseph's  Hospital,  Balti- 
more, and  later  house  surgeon  for  a  time.  His 
brother  Edward  graduated  from  Holy  Cross 
College  in  the  class  of  1902,  a  teacher  in  New- 
York  state,  and  is  now  a  law  student  at  Ford- 
ham  Law  School.  His  brother  James  grad- 
uated from  Holy  Cross  College  in  1900,  and 
was  ordained  at  Montreal,  Canada,  in  the 
Catholic  priesthood  ;  spent  a  year  in  study  in 
Rome,  and  is  now  head  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
Missionary  Board,  of  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts. 

Dr.  Moore  practiced  his  profession  at  South 
Hadley  Falls,  Massachusetts,  from  1903,  and  in 
1909  came  to  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  and 
has  an  excellent  practice.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Roman  Catholic  Church  of  that  parish,  and 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican. 

William    Green,    immigrant    an- 
GREEN'     cestor,   was  one   of   the   original 

proprietors  of  Groton,  Massa- 
chusetts. It  is  not  known  that  he  was  related 
to  the  other  early  settlers  of  this  surname.  He 
had  a  fourteen-acre  right  in  Groton  and  his 
house  lot  of  seventeen  acres  was  on  both  sides 
of  the  street  or  great  country  road,  as  it  was 

called.     He     married     Mary    .     Their 

home  was  on  the  present  site  of  the  Lawrence 
Academy  and  some  of  the  adjacent  property 
and  their  land  extended  as  far  north  as  the 
road  across  Broad  meadow.  Children,  born 
at  Groton:  i.  William,  July  13,  1665;  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Anna,  May  12.  1667.  3. 
John,  ATarch,  1669,  lived  at  Groton.  4.  Elea- 
zer,  Alay  20,  1672;  resided  at  Groton.  5. 
Elizabeth,  March  11,  1680.  6.  Hannah,  March 
28,  1682.     7.  Flannah,  April  10.  1683. 

(II)  William  (2), son  of  William  (i)  Green, 
was  born  July  13,  1665,  at  Groton.  He  must 
have  left  Groton  with  the  family  when  the 
Indians  threatened  the  settlement  in  King 
Philip's  w'ar  and  the  family  is  thought  to  have 
taken  refuge  in  Charlestown.     He  married  at 


(,'harlestown,    June    20,    1705,    Mary    Barron 
He  had  William  and  doubtless  other  children. 

(Ill)  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2) 
Green,  was  born  about  1706.  He  appears  to 
have  settled  in  Groton  before  his  marriage, 
.March  9,  1727,  to  Hannah  liolden.  Children, 
l)orn  at  Groton:  i.  William,  December  25, 
1727.  2.  Simeon,  September  15,  1729;  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Jonas,  March  15,  1731.  4. 
Hannah,  December  4,   1732. 

(1\")  Simeon,  son  of  William  ^2)  Green, 
was  born  at  Groton,  .September  15,  1729.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  at  the  battle 
of  Lexington  and  at  Bunker  Hill,  in  Lieuten- 
ant Isaac  Woods's  company.  Colonel  William 
I'rescott's  regiment.  He  was  paid  for  losses 
in  these  battles  by  an  order  of  the  general 
court  dated  June  13,  1776.  He  or  his  son  of 
the  same  name,  but  without  a  "Jr."  attached 
was  in  Captain  Thomas  Hovey's  company, 
Colonel  Nathan  Tyler's  regiment  in  Rhode 
Island  in  1779.  He  was  wounded  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Bunker  Hill.  He  and  his  wife  united 
with  the  church  in  Pepperell,  formerly  part  of 
Groton,  in  1768,  and  were  dismissed  thence 
to  the  church  in  Townsend  in  1793.  He  lived 
there  until  his  death,  September  18,  1813.  He 
married,  September  12,  1753,  Mary  Shattuck, 
born  Sejjtember  22,  1730,  died  in  Townsend, 
Jinie  27.  i8ro,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Shattuck, 
born  in  Ciroton,  June  29,  1693,  died  in  Pep- 
|)erell,  .Sejitember  18,  1771  :  married,  June  25, 
1719,  Elizabeth  Chamberlain,  born  May  26, 
1700,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Abigail  (Nut- 
ting) Chamberlain.  John  Shattuck,  father  of 
Jonathan,  was  born  in  Watertown,  June  4, 
1666,  and  was  killed  with  his  eldest  son  by  the 
Indians  in  Groton,  May  8,  1709;  farmer;  mar- 
ried Mary  Blood,  born  September  i,  1672, 
daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Longley) 
P>lood,  and  granddaughter  of  Richard  Blood 
and  William  Longley ;  she  was  left  with  a  large 
family  of  young  children  to  provide  for.  John 
Shattuck,  father  of  John,  was  born  in  Water- 
town.  February  11,  1647,  ^"fi  was  drowned  as 
he  was  passing  over  the  Charlestown  Ferry, 
-September  14.  1675  ;  had  land  granted  in  Gro- 
ton. but  did  not  live  there  long;  was  a  carpen- 
ter by  trade ;  was  in  Captain  Richard  Beers's 
company  from  Watertown  at  Hadley  and  lost 
his  life  while  carrying  a  report  to  the  governor 
of  the  death  of  Beers  and  the  disaster  to  the 
troops ;  he  married,  June  20,  1664,  Ruth  Whit- 
ney, born  April  13,  1645.  daughter  of  John 
and  Elinor  Whitney,  of  Watertown.  William 
Shattuck,  father  of  John,  was  the  immigrant 
and  progenitor  of  all  of  this  surname  or  of 


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275.5 


nearly  all  in  Xew  England ;  shoemaker ;  set- 
tled in  W'atertdwn ;  died  August  14,  1672, 
aged  fifty;  widow  Susanna  married  Philip 
Norcross.  Children  of  Simeon  and  Mary 
(Shattuck)  Green,  born  in  Pepperell:  i.  Oli- 
ver, March  24.  1754.  2.  Simeon,  April  24, 
1755.  3.  Hannah,  September  23,  1757.  4. 
Mary,  November  16.  1759.  5.  Solomon,  1764; 
mentioned  below.  6.  Jonathan,  married  Abi- 
gail Shipley. 

(\')  Solomon,  son  of  Simeon  Green,  was 
born  in  I'epperell  in  1764.  He  married,  in 
1786,  Sarah  Hilton.  He  died  May  31,  1803; 
she  died  September  2,  1850,  aged  eighty-two 
years.  Children :  Simeon,  Solomon,  Ralph. 
Samuel,  Sally,  Asahel.  -\sher,  Rebecca  and 
.■\lvin. 

( V] )  Asahel,  son  of  Solomon  Green,  was 
born  in  Townsend,  Massachusetts.  He  re- 
sided in  Lutnienburg,  Worcester  county,  Mass- 
achusetts. He  died  July  19,  1878.  He  mar- 
ried, October  31,  1824,  Nancy  Shattuck,  born 
June  6,  1806,  died  February  10,  1871,  daugli- 
ter  of  Abijah  and  Nancy  (Sanderson)  Shat- 
tuck. Her  father  was  born  in  Pepperell. 
January  i^i,  1770,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Abia 
(Chamberlain)  Shattuck.  Abijah  was  a  far- 
mer on  the  paternal  homestead.  Jonathan 
Shattuck,  born  in  Pep])erell,  March  16,  1747, 
settled  on  his  father's  farm  on  Windfall  Plain  ; 
millwright ;  erected  a  mill  on  Sucker  brook 
and  is  said  to  have  been  employed  in  con- 
structing more  than  fifty  mills  in  various 
places.  Jonathan  Shattuck,  father  of  Jona- 
than, was  born  in  (iroton,  April  2.  1720,  and 
at  an  early  age  removed  with  his  father  to 
Windfall  I'lain,  Pepperell;  married,  January 
2"/,  1743.  Kezia  Farnsworth,  born  April  17, 
1723,  daughter  of  Kbenezer.  Jonathan  Shat- 
tuck, father  of  the  last-named  Jonathan,  was 
born  at  Groton,  June  29,  1693,  and  is  men- 
tioned above.  Children  of  Asahel  and  Nancy 
(.Shattuck)  Green:  i.  Andrew,  November  22. 
1825.  died  April  23.  1830.  2.  Mary  Ann,  July 
30,  1827,  died  (Jctober  26,  1839.  3.  Henry, 
^larch  28,  1829.  died  .September  13.  1829.  4. 
Jane.  .August  8.  1830.  5.  Louisa,  March  26, 
1832,  died  November  i.  1839.  6.  Andrew 
Jackson,  December  i,  1834.  7.  Thomas  Jef- 
ferson. October  26,  1836,  mentioned  below. 
8.  Abijah  Shattuck,  December  26,  1838.  9. 
Elizabeth  Snow,  October  26,  1840.  10.  Mary, 
May  8,  1842.     11.  Everett.  April  2,  1844. 

(VH)  Thomas  Jefiferson,  son  of  Asahel 
Green,  was  horn  October  26,  1836.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  has  been  a 
l)romineiit    cniitractor    and    lumber    merchant 


(if  Vk'estfield,  Massachusetts.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  ]\Iethodist  Episcopal  church  and  one  of 
its  trustees.  He  married,  at  Westfield,  Oc- 
tober 2'}i.  1861,  Alvira  Eunice  Loomis,  born 
May  16,  1843,  ^'^  Russell,  died  April  6,  1903, 
at  Westfield.  (See  Loomis,  VH.)  Children, 
born  at  Westfield:  i.  Addison  Loomis,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  I^illian  Isola,  June  24,  1864, 
died  February  5,  i8(S6.     3.  Lena  Ella.  April  6. 

1867.  4.  Arthur  Everett,  August  25,  1874. 
(\'IH)   Addison    Loomis,    son    of    Thomas 

Jefferson  Green,  was  born  in  Westfield,  Oc- 
tober 2},.  1862.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there  and  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1885  at  Wesleyan  Cniversity.  He  studied 
law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1887. 
Since  January  of  that  year  he  has  been  en- 
gaged in  general  practice  at  Holyoke,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  is  in  partnership  with  Fred  F. 
Bennett  in  the  firm  of  Green  &  Bennett.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Psi  Upsilon  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa  fra- 
ternities of  his  college ;  of  Mt.  Tom  Lodge  of 
1^'ree  Masons ;  of  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of 
.Springfield  Commandery,  Knights  Templar ; 
of  Wampanoag  Tribe  of  Red  Men;  of  the 
Holyoke  Club  of  Holyoke  and  the  Nayasset 
Club  of  Springfield.  He  and  his  family  are 
members  of  the  St.  Paul's  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church  of  Holyoke.  He  is  a  trustee  of 
the  i'eo])le's  Savings  Bank  of  Holyoke.  He 
married,  at  Holyoke.  December  10.  1890. 
Maud  Ingersoll,  born  in  Hartford.  August  28, 

1868.  daughter  of  Joseph  Langford  Bennett. 
Her  father  was  born  at  Plainfield.  Connecticut, 
June  2-.  1838.  died  March  11,  1898.  at  Wash- 
ington. D.  C.  and  was  buried  in  Arlington  Na- 
tional Cemetery.  Washington  ;  married  Carrie 
l\os>,  born  March  24,  1844,  at  Providence. 
Rhode  Island  ;  died  January  25.  1885.  at  Hart- 
ford. Connecticut.  Mrs.  (ireen  had  a  brother 
h>ed  Fox  Bennett,  born  February  27,  1870. 
Children:  i.  .\ddison  Bennett,  born  August 
22.  1891  ;  graduate  of  Maria  Hotchkiss  School 
of  Lakeville.  Connecticut;  student  at  Yale. 
class  (if  1913.  2.  Donald  Ross,  April  8, 
1894.  3.  Constance,  August  5,  1898.  4. 
Daviil  Loomis,  .\pril  27,  1901. 

(The  Loomis  IJne.     For  first  g'eneration  .see  .Toseph 
Loomis    1). 

(11)  Nathaniel  Loomis,  son  of  Joseph 
Loomis,  was  born  in  England,  and  married. 
November  24.  1653.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
John  Moore.  He  came  to  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, with  his  father  in  1639;  was  a  freeman 
there   in    1(^)54 :   admitted   to  the  church.   May 


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AlASSACriUSETTS. 


3,  1663.  He  died  August  19,  1688.  His  will 
was  dated  August  17,  1688.  Children:  i. 
Elizabeth,  born  August  7,  1655.  2.  Lieuten- 
ant Xathaniel,  :\larch  20,  1657-58.  3.  Abigail, 
March  ij.  1659.  4.  Josiah,  February  17, 
ib6o-6i,  mentioned  below.  5.  Jonathan, 
March  30,  1664.  6.  David,  January  11,  1667- 
68.  7.  Hezekiah,  February  21,  1668-69.  8. 
Moses,  May  15,  1671.  9.  Mindwell,  July  20. 
1673.     'O-  Ebenezer,  March  22,  1675. 

.(HI)  Josiah,  son  of  Nathaniel  Loomis,  was 
born  February  17,  1660-61.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 2^,  1683,  Mary  Rockwell.  She  was  born 
January  18,  1663,  died  April  2,  1738.  He  re- 
iiioved'to  Fast  Windsor  in  1700  and  died  in 
Lebanon,  October  20,  1735.  Children:  I. 
Mary,  born  lanuary  18,  1685-80.  2.  Josiah, 
fanuary  2},.  "1687-88.  3.  Abigail,  August  10, 
169 1.  4.  Lieutenant  Caleb,  December  23, 
1693.  mentioned  below.  5.  Ephraim,  May  2, 
1698.     6.  Nathaniel,  October,  1700. 

(IVj  Lieutenant  Caleb,  son  of  Josiah 
Loomi.s.  was  born  December  23,  1693.  ^  He 
married,  I'^ebruary  28.  1728,  Joannah  Skin- 
ner. He  died  August  4,  1784,  in  East  Had- 
dam.  Children:  I.  Caleb,  born  November  28, 
1728,  mentioned  below.  2.  Joannah,  1730.  3. 
Sarah,  1732.  4.  Ann,  baptized  September  12, 
1742.  5.  Lois,  baptized  August  26,  1744.  6. 
Solomon,  baptized  December  18,  1748-  7- 
Lydia,  baptized  January  28,  1750.  8.  Jacob, 
bajnized  .\ugust  30,  1752.  9.  Mary,  baptized 
March  17,  1754- 

(V)  Caleb  {2),  .son  of  Lieutenant  Caleb 
(i)  Loomis,  was  born  November  28,  1728. 
He  married,  August  31,  1755,  Ann  Strong. 
He  died  January  28,  1774.  He  lived  in  Col- 
chester, Connecticut.  Children:  I.  Jacob, 
born  June  i.  1 756,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Caleb,  October  4,  1758.  3.  Samuel,  May  12, 
1760.     4.  .\nn,  .September  27,  1764. 

(\"I)  Jacob,  son  of  Caleb  (2)  Loomis,  wa- 
born  June  I,  1756.  He  married  Thankful 
Hubbard.  She  died  April  28,  1849,  aged 
ninety- four  years.  He  died  December  i. 
1840,  in  Russell,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i. 
Hubbard,  born  Slay  20,  1776.  2.  Josiah,  Au- 
gust 27,  1777.  3.  Jacob,  .\pril  27,  1780.  4. 
.\nna.  January  5,  1783.  5.  Hannah,  June  23, 
1785;  died  October  23,  1793.  6.  Caleb,  Sep- 
tember 4,  1788,  mentioned  below.  7.  layman, 
December  10.  1793.     8.  Solomon,  January  16, 

1797- 

(VH  )   Caleb  (3),  son  of  Jacob  Loomis,  was 

born   September  4,    1788.     He  married,   Feb- 
ruary    t8.    1813,    Eunice    .Xndrus.     He    died 


March,  1849.  Children:  I.  Henry,  born  Oc- 
tober 8,  1813.  2.  Ralph,  March  16,  1817.  3. 
Harly,  October  6,  1821.  4.  Oren,  February 
7,  1824,  died  August,  1864;  married,  October 
16,  1842,  Caroline  E.  Lampson;  their  daugh- 
ter, Alvira  Eunice,  married  Thonias  Jefferson 
Green;    (see  Green,  VHj. 


This    name    is    not    a    common 
GRACEV     one,  and  it  is  presumable  that 
all    who   bear   it   in   this   coun- 
try are  of  kindred  blood.     Its  origin  is  some- 
what uncertain,  but  it  is  presumably  Irish,  al- 
though it  comes  to  this  country  from  England. 
(1)    William  Gracy  (as  the  name  was  then 
spelled )    went    from    Liverpool,    England,    to 
northern    Ireland.     It   is   not  certain   whether 
or  not  he  came  to  this  country  with  his  chil- 
dren. 

(llj  William  (2),  son  of  William  (ij 
Gracy,  resided  in  northern  Ireland,  whence 
he  removed  to  Montreal,  Canada,  in  1828, 
with  his  sons,  his  wife  being  then  deceased. 
He  had  children:  David,  James,  John,  Mary, 
Maud  and  Charles.  The  mother  was  an  Eng- 
lish woman. 

(IIlj  John,  third  son  of  William  (2) 
(iracey,  was  born  in  1816,  in  England,  and 
lived  for  a  time  in  northern  Ireland,  whence 
he  removed  with  his  father  to  Montreal. 
Thence  he  removed  to  Peacham,  Vermont, 
where  he  lived  for  about  fifty  years,  and  died. 
He  married  \'odacca  Heath  Page,  a  native 
of  that  town,  who  died  in  April,  1909,  tlaugh- 
ter  of  Jonathan  and  Sally  (Heath)  Page,  of 
.Vewburv,  Vermont.  (See  Page,  VI.)  Chil- 
dren: T.Mary  Ellen,  wife  of  John  F.  Morse, 
of  Peacham,  Vermont;  has  one  son.  2.  Addie 
().,  married  Joseph  W.  Wilson,  of  Stoneham, 
Massachusetts,  and  has  one  son.  3.  John 
Clark,  married  Lizzie  Ferguson,  and  resides 
in  Peacham,  \ermont.  4.  Sarah  .^nne,  wife 
of  Edwin  C.  Porter,  of  St.  Johnsbury,  \'er- 
mont.     5.  Orice  M. 

( I\'  )  Orice  M.,  youngest  child  of  John  and 
N'ddacca  II.  (Page)  Graccy,  was  born  March 
12,  1850,  in  Ryegate,  \'ermont,  and  was  five 
years  old  when  he  removed  with  his  parents 
to  the  nearby  town  of  Peacham.  There  he  re- 
mained until  he  attained  his  majority,  attend- 
ing the  district  schools  and  Caledonia  County 
Academy.  In  early  years  he  was  accustomed 
to  the  labors  of  the  farm,  but  soon  after  reach- 
ing manhood  went  to  Ipswich,  Massachusetts 
where  he  was  employed  for  nine  years  as  an 
upholsterer.     He  was  subsequently  occupied  in 


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the  same  manner  at  Gardner,  Massachusetts, 
for  a  period  of  eight  years,  and  was  also  for  a 
time  in  the  grocery  business  with  W'iUiam 
Gray,  lie  was  subsequently  in  charge  of  the 
upholstery  department  in  the  Heywood  Bros, 
chair  shop,  and  was  two  years  connected  with 
Ferdinand  &  Austin,  furniture  dealers,  of 
Fitchburg,  Massachusetts.  In  1892  he  re- 
moved to  Somerville,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
has  ever  since  been  an  active  and  prominent 
citizen.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  com- 
mon council  lor  two  years.  1896-97,  and  in 
1898  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 
He  is  the  Boston  representative  of  the  Sani- 
tary Dust  Removing  Company,  a  Massachu- 
setts corporation.  He  married  Esther  Almira, 
daughter  of  William  and  Rebecca  ( Shattuck  j 
Gray,  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts  (see  Gray, 
\T1),  and  had  a  daughter  and  son,  Albertina 
and  Frank  M.  The  former  died  at  the  age 
of  nineteen  years. 

(  \' )  Frank  Martin,  only  son  of  Orice  M. 
and  Esther  A.  (Gray)  Gracey,  was  born  June 
22.  1884,  in  Gardner,  Massachusetts.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Fitchburg,  and 
after  the  removal  of  the  family  to  Somerville 
graduated  from  the  English  high  school  in  the 
class  of  1902.  He  was  subsequently  a  student 
of  the  Massachusetts  Normal  .\rt  School  in 
the  class  of  1906,  and  was  founder  and  editor 
of  the  school  paper  Centre  of  risioii.  estab- 
lished in  1903,  and  continued  as  its  editor 
through  that  and  the  following  years.  In 
1905  he  became  an  exchange  editor,  and  on 
his  graduation  in  1906  was  elected  as  instructor 
in  drawing,  in  which  ca])acity  he  served  one 
year.  He  was  assistant  curator  of  the  school 
in  1904-05-06,  and  two  years  he  was  connected 
with  the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  College, 
and  in  Ajjril,  1908,  was  elected  instructor  in 
free-hand  drawing  of  the  Massachusetts  Nor- 
mal Art  School,  which  position  he  still  fills. 
Mr.  Gracey  has  a  refined  nature,  and  is  a  natu- 
ral artist,  being  interested  in  every  uplifting 
influence.  For  many  years  he  has  been  very 
actively  identified  with  the  Methodist  Epis- 
co])al  church,  and  is  a  local  preacher,  licensed 
by  the  Xew  England  Conference.  He  has  held 
nearly  every  office  in  connection  with  church 
work,  and  officiated  at  one  time  as  pastor  of 
the  Cushman  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He 
is  an  active  worker  in  the  ranks  of  the  Pro- 
hibition party,  and  is  ever  seeking  to  promote 
the  welfare  of  his  fellow  men.  He  married 
Ruthella  Louise  June,  daughter  of  h'ranklin 
S.  and  .\thella  E.  (Lund)  Sprague,  of  Somer- 
ville. 


(The  Page  Line). 

There  were  numerous  immigrants  of  this 
name  in  the  early  period  of  Puritan  immigra- 
tion, and  all  leave  a  numerous  progeny.  One 
settled  in  Hampton,  Xew  Hampshire,  another 
at  Watertown,  .Massachusetts,  and  others  at 
various  points  of  the  latter  colony.  All  of 
these  families  have  been  known  for  their  re- 
spectability, industry,  thrift  and  co-operation 
with  their  several  communities  in  jiromoting 
honest  growth  and  moral  upbuilding. 

I  I  )  John  Page,  a  native  of  England,  set- 
tled in  llingham,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
one  of  the  signers  of  a  petition  to  the  general 
court,  November  4,  1646.  He  removed  to 
Haverhill,  same  colony,  about  1652,  and  died 
November  23,  1687.  His  estate  was  admin- 
istered by  his  grandson.  Thomas  Page,  ap- 
pointed March  12,  1722,  and  division  was  made 
in  .\\)vember  of  the  following  year.  He  mar- 
ried Mary,  a  daughter  of  George  Marsh,  who 
survived  him,  and  died  February  15,  1697. 
Children:  John,  ( Jnesiphorus,  Benjamin. 
Mary,  Joseph.  Cornelius,  Sarah,  Elizabeth, 
Mercy,  Ephraim,  besides  a  still  born  son. 

ill)  Cornelius,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
I  Alarsh)  Page,  was  baptized  July  15,  1649,  in 
Hingham,  and  resided  in  Haverhill,  where 
he  died  October  11,  1697.  He  subscribed  to 
the  oath  of  fidelity  and  allegiance  in  1669  and 
again  in  1677.  He  married  (first)  November 
13,  1674,  in  Haverhill,  .Martha,  daughter  of 
John  and  Jane  Clough,  of  Salisbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, born  March  22.  1654,  in  Salisbury, 
died  May  11,  1683,  in  Haverhill.  He  married 
(second)  January  16,  1684.  in  Haverhill,  Mary 
Marsh,  daughter  of  Onesiphorus  Marsh,  and 
granddaughter  of  (leorge  Marsh.  She  died 
about  six  weeks  after  her  husband,  October  11, 
i6(;7.  Children:  John.  Amos,  Elizabeth,  Jo- 
anna, Mehitable,  Cornelius,  died  young;  Jo- 
seph, died  young:  Joseph.  Sarah,  Thomas  and 
Cornelius. 

(Ill  I  Joseph,  son  of  Cornelius  Page,  and 
second  child  of  his  second  wife,  Mary 
(Marsh)  I'age,  was  born  September  12,  1(389. 
in  Haverhill,  and  resided  in  that  part  of  Hav- 
erhill which  was  set  otif  to  Plaistow,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1741.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Brewer) 
Thomson,  born  July  27,  1691,  in  Salisbury. 
They  had  eleven  children,  born  between  1 71 1 
and  1733.  These  are  not  on  record  in  either 
Haverhill  or  New  Hampshire. 

(  1\' )  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Mary  (Thomson)  Page,  was  born  about  1725, 
in  what  was  then  Haverhill,  but  which  became 


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Plaistow  in  1741.  He  settled  in  that  part  of 
Plaistow  which  is  now  Atkinson,  and  bought 
land  there  in  1768.  Two  years  later  when  he 
sold  lands  in  Haverhill,  he  was  called  of  that 
town.  He  also  sold  lands  in  Haverhill  in  1771. 
The  vital  records  of  New  Hampshire  have  no 
mention  of  his  marriage. 

(V)  Josiah,  probably  a  son  of  Joseph  {2) 
Page,  was  born  1748,  in  Plaistow,  and  lived 
in  Haverhill  until  after  1772.  Before  1774 
he  settled  in  Newbury,  \"ermont,  and  removed 
thence  to  Ryegate,  Vermont,  in  1782.  He 
served  for  a  time  as  a  soldier  of  the  revolution, 
as  did  his  brother  Jacob,  who  settled  in  New- 
bury. November  5,  1775,  he  is  on  record  as  a 
corporal  in  Captain  Uavid  Copp's  company, 
stationed  at  Pierce's  Island.  He  married 
Lydia  Pettee,  of  South  Berwick,  Maine.  Their 
first  two  children  were  born  in  Haverhill ;  the 
next  four  in  Newbury ;  and  the  last  three  in 
Ryegate.  Namely,  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  born  March  14,  1772;  Abigail, 
July  18,  1774:  Joseph  Kimball,  August  17, 
1776;  John,  died  young:  Sarah,  September  18, 
1780;  John,  .\ugust  II,  1782;  Phoebe,  Novem- 
ber 23,  1786:  William,  August  20,  1790. 

(VI)  Jonathan,  eldest  child  of  Josiah  and 
Lydia  (Pettee)  Page,  was  born  February  22, 
1770,  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  and  resided 
in  Ryegate.  \'ermont.  He  married  Sally 
Heath,  who  was  probably  a  descendant  of 
Jesse  Heath,  a  revolutic^nary  soldier,  who 
served  through  man\-  enlistments  from  New- 
bury, Vermont,  during  the  years  1776-77-78- 
79-80-81.  Pie  was  not  a  resident  of  Newbury 
or  Bradford,  but  may  have  come  from 
Peacham  or  Ryegate.  Jonathan  Page  and 
wife  were  the  parents  of  fourteen  children, 
including:  Jacob,  Sally,  William,  .\lanson, 
Mary,  Caroline,  Lydia.  Jessie,  \'odacca  Heath. 

(The    fli-ay    Line). 

This  is  one  of  the  earliest  Massachusetts 
names,  and  has  still  numerous  representatives 
within  the  borders  of  the  Commonwealth. 
It  has  been  identified  with  the  growth  and  u])- 
building  of  many  communities,  to  whose  best 
interests  it  has  contributed  its  natural  share. 
It  is  a  very  old  name  in  England,  but  no  con- 
nection has  been  founded  between  the  immi- 
grants on  this  side  and  their  English  ancestry. 

(I)  Thomas  Cray  was  an  inhabitant  of 
Massachusetts  as  early  as  1622,  when  he 
bought  Nantasket  from  the  Indian  sachem 
named  Chikataubut.  He  resided  there  with 
lolin  Cray  and  Walter  Knight  and  maintained 


a  refuge  for  Episcopalians,  who  were  driven 
out  of  the  neighboring  Puritan  settlements. 
In  1631  he  was  at  Marble  Harbor,  then  a  part 
of  Salem,  and  was  excluded  from  the  Puritan 
settlements  near  him.  lie  remained  at  Marble- 
head  after  1660.  Because  of  his  non-connec- 
tion with  the  New  England  church  parties, 
little  attention  was  paid  to  him  in  the  records, 
>o  nothing  further  can  be  learned  concerning 
him.  It  is  presumable  that  the  next  mentioned 
was  a  son  of  his. 

(II)  Robert  Gray,  born  1604,  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Salem  and  was  a  mariner.  He  was 
fined  in  1669  for  attending  a  Quaker  meetmg, 
and  made  a  will  in  Salem  as  early  as  1662.  He 
removed  to  .Andover  in  1679,  in  which  year  he 
received  from  his  father-in-law  a  deed  to  five 
acres  of  land  on  the  south  side  of  Holt's  Hill 
in  Andover.  He  subsequently  acquired  much 
land  in  the  vicinity,  and  had  three  fine  farms, 
which  he  gave  to  his  sons.  He  married,  in 
[668,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Holt,  a 
])ioneer  of  .\ndover.  both  being  then  thirty- 
four  years  of  age.  They  had  children :  Kath- 
erine.  Joanna,  I  lannah,  luarried  Thomas 
Abbcit.  .\ndrew,  Thomas,  Aaron,  Bravitor, 
I  leiiry  an<l  Edward.  The  father  died  at  An- 
diiver  in  1718,  aged  eighty-four  years.  His 
w  itlow  survived  hiiu  about  ten  years,  and  died 
in  1728,  at  the  age  of  ninety-four. 

(III)  Edward,  son  of  Robert  and  Hannah 
(  Holt)  (jray,  was  born  about  1679,  probably 
in  Salem,  and  resided  in  Andover  in  what  was 
known  as  Farnum  district.  He  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Christo]3her  and  Hannah 
(Uaker)  Osgood,  and  had  children:  Edward, 
Thomas,  Hannah,  married  Daniel  Colby  and 
resided  in  Dracut ;  Majorie,  married  William 
Wardwell :  .Vbigail,  married  Thomas  Ward- 
well  ;  Priscilla,  wife  of  Daniel  Carleton  ;  Lydia 
married  John  Stevens,  and  had  descendants  in 
Thetford,  \'ermont:  Sarah,  wife  of  Thomas 
.Stevens;  and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Ephraim  Kim- 
ball, of  r.ucksford. 

(I\')  Thomas  (2),  second  son  of  Edward 
and  Sarah  (Osgood)  Gray,  resided  in  the  Far- 
num district  of  .Andover,  and  had  children : 
.Sarah,  married  Stephen  Ayer,  of  Haverhill ; 
I'hoebe,  wife  of  Amos  Damon,  of  Rearling ; 
Hannah,  wife  of  John  Lacy,  of  North  .'\n- 
dover;  Th(jmas.  marriefl  Mary  Holt;  and 
Amos,  married  Lucy  Lovejoy.  (They  had 
fift_\-t\Mi  separate  homes  in  Andover.) 
I'hoebe,  married  Joel  Jenkins,  and  resided  on 
High  street,  .Andover;  Abiel,  wife  of  Orlando 
Lovejoy.    of   the   nortli    parish     of    -Andover; 


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Sarah,  wife  of  Samuel  Gunnison,  of  Andover ; 
Jacob,  mentioned  below ;  Noah,  who  removed 
to  Kalamazoo,  Michigan. 

(\  )  Jacob,  third  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Gray, 
resided  in  Andover,  and  married  Elizabeth 
Kittredge.  Children  :  Esther,  William,  Hiram, 
and  perhaps  others. 

(V'l)  William,  son  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth 
(Kittredge)  Gray,  was  born  in  Andover,  and 
resided  in  that  town  and  Ipswich,  where  he 
married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (Alan.sur)  Shattuck,  born  May  28. 
1831.  Children:  I'^sther  Alinira,  Williain  and 
Isabel. 

(\'IIj  Esther  Almira,  daughter  of  Williain 
and  Rebecca  (Shattuck)  Gray,  married  (first) 
Albert  Butler,  and  had  a  son  and  daughter, 
Frank  M.  and  Albertina.  She  subsequently 
became  the  wife  of  Orice  M.  Gracey,  of  Ips- 
wich (see  Gracey,  IV). 


Reuben  Smith,  a  descendant  of  the 
SM  ill  I  Smith  family  of  Cape  Cod,  settled 
in  Westhead,  Xova  Scotia.  John 
Smith,  the  progenitor,  settled  in  Barnstable  as 
early  as  1640.  Reuben  Smith  married  Debo- 
rah Covell.  Children :  William,  Alfred, 
Reuben  G.  (mentioned  below),  Mary  Jane, 
Dorcas,  Ruth,  Sarah,  Elizabeth,  Matilda  and 
Xiama. 

(II )  Reuben  G..  son  of  Reuben  Smith,  was 
born  at  Clark's  Harbor,  Nova  Scotia,  Octo- 
ber 22,  1837.  He  had  a  common  school  edu- 
cation, and  began  to  follow  the  sea  in  his  boy- 
hood. He  rose  to  the  rank  of  master  mariner, 
and  was  captain  of  the  schooner  "Merry- 
Coval,"  then  for  several  years  first  mate  of 
the  "Sunny  Region."  Next  he  was  captain  of 
the  brig  ".Annie  Mitchell"  and  afterward  was 
mate  and  captain  of  various  New  York  ves- 
sels. He  was  drowned  in  1870  on  his  return 
trip  from  Savannah  to  Boston  while  making 
sail  on  the  brig  "Hattie."  He  was  an  expert 
navigator,  and  an  honorable,  upright  capable 
man  in  all  the  atifairs  of  life.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Re])ublican  and  in  religion  an  Adventist.  He 
married  Susan  M.,  born  March  25,  1840,  at 
Clark's  Harbor.  Nova  Scotia,  daughter  of  Levi 
and  Marinda  Nickerson.  (See  Nickerson, 
\11.)  Children:  i.  Drusilla,  married  Albert 
R.  Cass  and  has  a  son,  Gilbert  Cass.  2.  Will- 
iam .Alfred  Kimball,  mentioned  below.  3. 
George  llyron,  born  September,  1865  :  married 
Jennie  Brovver :  resides  at  Pleasant  street, 
Charlestown  :  child.  Jennie  \'era.  4.  Thomas 
Hall,  born  November  23.  1875;  married  Alice 
Rice ;  child,  Evelvn  .A. 


(  III)  William  Alfred  Kimball,  son  of  Reu- 
ben G.  Smith,  was  born  at  West  Head,  June  8, 
1 861.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  until  he  was  twelve  years  old. 
Then  he  went  to  sea  on  the  schooner  "Annie 
Alay"  of  Portland,  Maine,  and  then  sailed  as 
cook  for  a  year  on  the  "John  B.  Alorris"  and 
then  on  the  "William  R.  Drury,"  a  three- 
masted  schooner,  as  steward.  During  the  next 
two  years  he  went  in  fishing  vessels  to  the 
Newfoundland  Banks,  and  was  for  a  time  cook 
on  the  ship  "Irene."  When  he  came  of  age 
he  gave  up  the  sea  and  took  a  position  as  con- 
ductor on  the  Lynn  &  Boston  Street  Railway. 
.\fter  three  years  he  accepted  a  similar  po- 
sition with  the  West  End  Street  Railway  of 
I'.oston.  where  he  continued  four  years,  and 
then  for  a  time  was  a  foreman  in  the  employ 
of  the  Independent  Ice  Company.  For  the 
past  ten  years  he  has  been  a  clerk  in  the  employ 
of  his  brother-in-law,  Jesse  S.  Newcomb,  of 
.Somerville.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Market- 
men's  Relief  Association ;  of  the  Columbia 
Association ;  of  Webster  Lodge,  Knights  of 
Pythias;  of  Concord  Lodge,  Free  Masons;  of 
Covenant  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows ;  and  the  Benev- 
olent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Sarah  E.  Goodwin;  (second) 
Laura  Amelia,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  S.  New- 
comb.  (See  Newcomb).  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Albert  R.,  born  December  4,  1882; 
married  Lena  Barker.  2.  R.  Wesley,  June  8, 
1884;  married  Emily  Bean ;  child.  \\'inston  A., 
born  February  6,  1907.  Child  of  second  wife, 
3.  Clifford  Newcomb,  born  September  23,  1903. 

(The    Nk'ker.soii    Line.      For    preceding    generations 
see  William  Nickerson  1 ). 

(Ill)  William  (3).  son  of  William  (2) 
Nickerson,  was  born  at  Chatham  about  1668. 
He  was  an  ensign  in  the  militia.  He  also  lived 
at  Chatham.  He  made  his  will  October  19, 
proved  November  15,  1742.  He  married 
(first)  Deliverance ,  about  1700;  (sec- 
ond)   Anna ,    who   married    (second), 

.August  2^,  1747,  Benjamin  lirease.  Chil- 
dren: I.  William,  born  May  15,  1701.  2. 
Caleb,  mentioned  below.  3.  James.  4. 
Joshua.  5.  Elizabeth.  6.  Mercy.  7.  Nathan- 
iel. 8.  .Anna.  9.  Deliverance.  10.  Deborah, 
ii.  Fldad. 

(  l\  )  Caleb.  Son  of  William  (3)  Nickerson, 
was  born  at  Chatham  and  died  there  December 
18,  1748-49.  He  resided  at  Chatham  and 
North  Chatham,  and  was  executor  of  his 
father's  will.  In  1743  he  sold  his  share  in  the 
estate  of  his  brother  \Mlliam  and  removed  to 


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North  Chatham,  then  called  Old  Harbor.  He 
was  selectman  three  years.  He  owned  part 
of  Half  Moon  meadow  on  Red  River  Neck. 
He  married,  in  1733,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Moses  and  Deborah  (Cook)  Godfrey.  She 
was  born  Sej^tember  4,  171 1,  and  was  a  "May- 
flower" descendant  through  her  grandmother, 
Deborah  Hopkins,  daughter  of  Giles,  who  mar- 
ried Josiah  Cook.  She  married  (second)  Seth 
Smith,  o-i  Chatham,  November  18,  1756,  died 
.\pril  24,   1782.     Children,  born  at  Chatham: 

1.  Joshua.   May   27,    1733;   mentioned   below. 

2.  Deborah,  October  27,  1734.  3.  Caleb,  April 
2,  1736.  4.  Moses,  February  25,  1739.  5- 
Richard,  I'ebruary  3,  1741.  6.  Mary,  June 
29,  1744.  7.  Elizabeth,  March  ro,  1745.  8. 
Deborah,  March  24,  1747. 

fV)  Joshua,  son  of  Caleb  Nickerson,  was 
burn  at  "Chatham,  May  27,  1733,  died  at  Har- 
rington, Nova  Scotia.  April  16,  1821.  He  re- 
moved to  Harrington  from  Chatham  after  1762 
to  the  village  now  called  Shag  Harbor.  He 
married,  December  15,  1754,  at  Chatham, 
Esther  Ryder.  She  died  at  I5arrington,  Feb- 
ruary (),  1819.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  the  town.  Children,  born  at  Chatham  and 
Harrington:  I.  Caleb,  Chatham,  May  22,  1757. 
2.  Levi,  Chatham.  December  10,  1759.  3- 
Zenas,  Shag  Harbor,  January  15.  1767-  4- 
Reuben.  5.  Simeon.  6.  Joshua,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Joshua  (2),  son  of  Jo.shua  (i  )  Nick- 
erson, was  born  at  Shag  Harbor,  Nova  Scotia. 
He  resided  at  Oak  Park,  Harrington,  Nova 
Scotia,  and  died  there.  He  married  Tabitha 
(or  Dorcas)  Kendrick,  of  Harrington,  June  26, 
1785.  She  was  a  sister  of  Martha  Kendrick 
who  married  Simeon  Nickerson  of  this  fam- 
ily. She  married  (second)  James  Smith,  and 
had  children :  George,  Thomas,  Susan  and 
Elizabeth  .Smith.  Children  of  Joshua:  Joshua, 
Esther,  Edward,  .-Xzubah,  Eevi,  mentioned 
below. 

(VH)  Levi,  son  of  Jo.shua  (2)  Nickerson, 
was  born  about  1800,  at  Harrington,  Nova 
Scotia,  lie  married  Marinda  Nickerson, 
probably  also  a  descendant  of  the  immigrant, 
William  Nickerson.  All  the  Nickersons  trace 
their  ancestry  to  him.  He  lived  in  Clark's 
Harbor,  Harrington.  Children  :  John  Edward, 
September  11,  1820.  2.  Azubah  Ann,  August 
22,  1822.  1,.  Thomas  Smith,  March  26.  1824. 
4.  Smith,  May  12.  1826.  5.  Seth  Hall,  April 
17,  1829.  6.  Elizabeth,  April  8,  1831 ;  married 
(first)  Edward  Pierce;  (second)  Jacob  Nick- 
erson. 7.  Tabitha  (Dorcas  in  some  records), 
February  4.  1833.     8.  Peter  Kenney,  July  13, 


1835-     9- 


10.   Susan  M.,  March  25, 


1840;  married  Reuben  G.  Smith.     (See  Smith, 
II.)      II.  Marinda. 


The  surname  Bishop  is  of  an- 
BISHOI'     cient  English  origin.     Just  how 

the  title  of  a  sacred  office  of  the 
Catholic  church  came  to  be  used  for  a  surname 
is  lost  in  the  obscurity  of  ancient  history.  It 
is  suggested  that  it  must  have  been  a  personal 
name  or  a  nickname  of  some  progenitor,  as 
Major  and  Deacon  are  sometimes  given.  Other 
surnames  such  as  Pope  are  of  the  same  class, 
however,  liishop  was  a  common  name  in 
England  many  centuries  ago.  No  less  than 
eleven  immigrants  of  this  surname  came  to 
Massachusetts  before  1650  with  their  families. 
\arious  branches  of  the  family  in  England 
have  coats-of-arms,  titles  and  dignities  of  vari- 
ous kinds. 

|ohn  Bishoj),  progenitor  of  the  Connecticut 
and  doubtless  of  the  Vermont  family  of  this 
sketch,  was  born  in  England  about  1600.  He 
was  one  of  the  twenty-five  immigrants  who 
came  with  Rev.  Henry  Whitfield's  company 
from  England  and  founded  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut. His  name  was  signed  second  to  the 
riantation  Covenant  made  on  shipboard,  June 
1.  1839,  Mr.  Robert  Kitchell  signing  first.  The 
(irder  of  names  indicates  the  respective  social 
standing  and  ages  of  the  company,  judging 
fnim  analogy  in  similar  cases.  He  was  fifth 
on  the  list  of  trustees  of  the  Indian  purchases 
and  one  of  the  four  magistrates  appointed  to 
administer  justice  and  preserve  peace  in  the 
community.  He  brought  his  family  of  several 
children  with  him  and  is  said  to  be  brother  of 
James  Bishop,  who  settled  in  New  Haven. 
His  estate  was  the  largest  in  the  colony  with 
the  exception  of  Mr.  Whitfield's.  Children, 
probably  all  born  in  England:  I.  John.  2 
Stejjhen.  married  Tabitha  Wilkinson.  3. 
P.ethia.   married   James   Steele.     4.    Daughter, 

married Hubbard. 

(1)   l)ishop,    was    the    first    of    the 

name  at  Wallingford,  Vermont ;  George,  Jere- 
miah and  Hethuel  came  from  Wrentham, 
Massachusetts,  to  Fitzwilliam,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  thence  to  Shrewsbury,  Rutland 
coiuitv,  X'ermont.  Bethuel  was  in  the  revolu- 
tion from  New  Marlborough,  Massachusetts. 
Children,  born  at  Rutland  or  Wallingford:  i: 
.\sa.  2.  Bowen.  3.  Silas,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Betsey,  married  Rueul  Todd ;  children : 
Horace.  Charles,  Joel,  married  Adelaide 
Knight :  Lucinda,  married  Green  Arnold  and 
had  Rueul  Arnold.     5.  Sylvia,  married  Emery 


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Jolinson  and  had:  Gilbert,  Wallace  and  Mary 
Johnson. 

(II)  Silas  Bishop  was  born  in  Wallingford, 
Vermont,  in  1806.  The  family  is  believed  to 
have  come  after  1790  to  Wallingford  from 
Connecticut.  He  married  Sylvia  Jackson, 
bom  1811,  at  Wallingford.  Children:  John 
H.,  born  October,  1832;  mentioned  below.  2. 
Mary  Augusta,  October,  1838.  3.  Charlotte, 
October.  1841  ;  married,  November,  1873,  Al- 
fred Arthur  Carruth ;  child.  Eva  L.,  married 
Adney  (Adna?)  Clark  in  July,  1900;  their 
children:  Alvah  Lawrence,  Alfred  George, 
Kvelyn  May  and  Clarence  Howard  Clark. 

(III)  Joiin  H.,  son  of  Silas  Bishop,  was 
born  at  Wallingford.  Vermont,  October  i, 
1832.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  cabinetmaker  and 
worked  in  the  chair  factory  of  Heywood 
Brothers  at  Gardner,  Massachusetts,  and  in  a 
cabinet  shop  at  Ayer,  Massachusetts,  but  he 
followed  farming  for  a  large  part  of  his  life. 
He  was  upright,  earnest  and  industrious,  an 
active  and  devoted  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  In  politics  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican, but  declined  public  office.  He  enlisted 
in  Company  D.  Fourth  Regiment,  Vermont 
Militia,  at  Brownington,  Vermont,  and  was 
commissioned  second  lieutenant.  He  served 
in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  Owing  to  an 
injury  to  his  wrist  that  proved  a  disability  in 
the  service  he  was  discharged  after  a  year  in 
the  army.  He  was  instantly  killed  by  a  train 
while  driving  across  the  tracks  of  the  Town- 
send  branch  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  railroad  at 
Ayer,  Massachusetts,  July  4,  1906.  He  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Louise  Marie  (Robbins)  Lund, 
daughter  of  Ichabod  Robbins.  Children:  i. 
Sylvia  E..  married  William  Clark.  2.  Nellie 
Augusta,  married  .Abraham  Lincoln  Burnham ; 
sons:  riiilip  and  William  Burnham.  3.  Flora 
Elizabeth,  married  Bion  B.  Blaisdell  and  has 
one  child.  Barbara  Sylvia  Blaisdell.  Mrs. 
Bishop  by  her  former  marriage  to  Norman  F. 
Lund  had  one  daughter,  Athella  Eda.  who  be- 
came the  wife  of  F.  .S.  Sprague  and  has  five 
children :  Ruthella  Louise  June,  Flora  Esther, 
Tohn    Horace,   Beulah   Elizabeth.   Rachel   Eu- 


The  surname  Oxford  is  of  an- 
OXFORD     cient  English  origin.    The  name 
was    not    found  in   New    Eng- 
land, however,  until  late  in  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury. 

(I)   John    Oxford    settled    in    Portsmouth, 
N'ew  Hampshire,  before   1790.     .According  to 


the  first  federal  census  he  had  two  males 
over  sixteen  in  his  family  and  three  females. 
A  family  of  this  name  was  at  Sterling,  Massa- 
chusetts, about  1800,  and  descendants  lived 
at  Westminster,  Worcester  county.  A  Luke 
Oxford  was  in  the  revolution  from  Shelburne, 
Hampshire  county,  Massachusetts,  in  I78i,but 
there  is  no  evidence  that  he  was  of  the  Ports- 
mouth or  Sterling  families. 

(HI)  William,  grandson  of  John  Oxford, 
was  in  Portsmouth  about  1795.  He  lived  at 
Portsmouth  and  Boston.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Moses,  of  an  old  New  Hampshire  family. 
Children:  i.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  February 
27,     1817,    died    August     13,    1847;    married 

Harris ;  had  two  children.     2.  Martha 

Ann.  April  23,  1819,  died  March  2,  1904;  mar- 
ried   William    Haslam ;   children:   i.    Elizabeth 

Haslam.  married  Lincoln;  ii.  Susan  E. 

llaslam.  married Lincoln;  iii.  Wilham 

Haslam  ;  all  residing  in  California.  3.  Charles 
W..  May  30.  1821,  died  June  19,  1896;  married 
Sarah  Nash,  of  Boston.  4.  Sophia  C,  January 
23,  1824,  died  December  18,  1890;  unmarried. 
5!  Susan  E.,  March  17,  1826,  died  September 
2-j,  1852.  6.  Joseph  M.,  mentioned  below. 
|ohn  R.  Oxford,  a  cousin,  married.  May  18, 
"1838,  Lydia  S.  Folsom,  born  April  28,  1814. 
daughter  of  Josiah  Gilman  Folsom  (5),  Jo- 
seph (4).  Jonathan  (3).  John  (2),  John  (i)  ; 
their  son  William  was  wounded  in  the  civil  war 
and  died  August  5,  1861. 

(IV)  Joseph  M.,  son  of  William  Oxford, 
was  born  in  the  old  north  end,  Boston,  March 
13,  1832.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Boston.  For  more  than  forty  years 
he  was  engaged  in  the  retail  furniture  business 
at  Cambrulge,  Massachusetts,  in  partnership 
with  his  brother,  Charles  W.  Oxford.  They 
occupied  a  large  store  on  Main  street,  near 
Lafavette  si|uare.  He  retired  from  active  life  in 
1 895.  He  was  a  well  known  and  highly  respected 
merchant.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of 
Cambridge  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  St. 
Omer  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  of  Har- 
vard Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He 
died  suddenly,  October  i,  1905,  of  heart  dis- 
ease, at  the  home  of  his  cousin,  Mrs.  Samuel 
Adlington,  Eliot,  Maine.  He  married  Mary 
F.,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  (Adams) 
Kimball.  Her  father  came  from  Maine  and 
her  mnther  from  North  Weare,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Before  her  marriage  Mrs.  Oxford  was 
a  teacher  in  the  old  Hancock  school,  Boston, 
and  was  a  schoolmate  and  friend  of  Mary  A. 
Livermore.  She  died  in  1901.  Children:  i. 
William,  died  young.     2.  Orriette  H..  resides 


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in  Cambridge.  3.  Charles  F.,  resides  in  Hol- 
den,  Massachusetts ;  married  Carrie  A.,  daugn- 
ter  of  N'ewell  Chamberlain,  of  Cambridge; 
children :  Certnide  K.,  Robert  N.  and  Marion 
W.  Oxford.     4.  George  H.  K.,  died  unmarried. 


Christopher  Morlock  was 
MORLOCK  born  in  Baden,  Germany.  The 
career  of  his  ancestors  was 
marked  by  industry  and  progressiveness.  He 
was  a  *liotel  keeper  of  note  in  his  town,  and 
conducted  a  bakery  also.  He  married  Mag- 
dalena  Karcher,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  of 
the  Lutheran  faith.  They  .spent  their  entire 
lives  in  Germany,  and  were  hard-working,  in- 
dustrious people,  living  to  an  advanced  age. 
They  reared  nine  children,  all  of  whom  lived 
to  maturity,  married,  and  had  families.  Three 
sons  and  one  daughter  are  still  living.  Three 
of  the  children  came  to  the  United  States,  as 

follows:     I.  Magdalena.  married Cush- 

meyer,  and  resides  on  Orange  street,  Roslin- 
dale,  Massachusetts  2.  Jacob,  born  in  Ger- 
many, February  23,  1839;  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1854,  after  receiving  a  Latin  school 
education.  He  became  a  successful  baker  in 
this  country,  and  accumulated  a  large  fortune, 
and  died  February  13,  1907;  he  was  well 
known  in  trade  circles  as  a  reputable  merchant 
and  citizen;  he  married,  October  12,  1865, 
Caroline  Ringle,  born  June  18,  1845,  who  sur- 
vives him,  and  lives  in  Jamaica  Plain.  3.  Fred- 
erick, mentioned  below. 

(11)  Frederick,  son  of  Christopher  Mor- 
lock, was  born  in  flohenwetterbach,  Baden, 
June  30,  1850,  and  died  at  his  home  in  Jamaica 
Plain,  February  6,  1906.  WHien  a  boy  he 
received  the  usual  schooling  of  the  children  of 
his  native  province  up  to  the  age  of  fourteen, 
when  he  entered  a  trade  school  and  learned  the 
trade  of  baker.  He  was  obliged  to  serve  the 
customary  three  years  in  the  German  army, 
and,  after  finishing  his  military  service  he  ful- 
filled a  long-cherished  desire  to  come  to  the 
United  States.  In  1877  he  sailed  for  America, 
landing  in  Boston.  Here  he  at  once  set  to 
work  at  his  trade  of  baker,  being  employed  in 
a  bakery  in  Roxbury.  By  hard  work  and  fru- 
gality he  accumulated  enough  capital  to  estab- 
lish himself  in  business.  From  a  small  be- 
ginning he  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative  busi- 
ness. In  1896  he  built  a  beautiful  brick  block 
at  the  corner  of  Paul  Gore  and  Centre  streets, 
used  for  business  and  apartments,  accomoda- 
ting several  families.  The  ground  floor  is 
given  up  to  stores,  the  corner  store  being  occu- 
pied  by   the   owner  as   a    salesroom     for    the 


bakery,  where  he  catered  to  the  highest  class 
of  the  Jamaica  Plain  trade.  The  business 
continued  to  thrive,  and  after  his  death  his 
wife  succeeded  him,  and  now  carries  on  the 
business  with  the  same  skill  and  success,  and 
with  much  ability.  She  had  assisted  her  hus- 
band in  building  up  the  business,  and  her 
thorough  knowledge  of  every  department  of 
the  work  enabled  her  to  take  up  the  manage- 
ment and  to  carry  on  the  work  as  few  women 
are  able  to  do.  She  owns  a  substantial  house 
at  W'yman  street,  where  she  resides.  Mr. 
Alorlock  was  a  well-informed  man,  of  sound 
judgment  and  remarkable  business  ability. 
He  was  a  member  of  some  of  the  German  so- 
cieties, but  as  a  rule,  preferred  the  quiet  of 
his  own  home,  surrounded  by  his  good  wife 
and  family,  whose  comfort  was  his  chief  aim. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church  and 
in  politics  was  a  Republican.  He  married  in 
Somerville,  Massachusetts,  in  1891,  Gretchen 
Maylandt,  born  in  Baden  about  forty  years 
ago  of  good  German  stock.  She  is  also  a 
Lutheran  in  religious  faith.  Children:  I.  Otto 
John,  born  July  28,  1898.  2.  Margarethe 
Catherine,  September  9,  1904.  3.  Frederick 
J.,  September  5,   1907. 


Amidst  the  beautiful  and 
RAMSEYER  ()icturesque  scenery  common 
to  the  Canton  of  Berne. 
.Switwerland,  many  hardy  and  self-reliant  men 
have  been  born.  The  Ramseyer  family  pro- 
duced men  of  this  class — strong,  hardy,  self- 
sustaining  and  progressive  citizens,  whose 
long  association  with  that  section  identifies 
them  as  members  of  one  of  the  old  and  rep- 
resentative families  of  that  country. 

(I)  Frederick  Ramseyer  was  born  March 
18.  182 1,  at  Solothurn,  Canton  of  Soleure, 
Switzerland,  not  far  from  the  borders  of 
I'Vance.  At  one  time  Solothurn  was  an  old 
walled  town.  His  people  flourished  here  for 
many  generations,  and  were  active  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  country  as  citizens  who  were  ready 
to  do  and  dare  under  all  conditions  which  af- 
fected the  maintenance  of  their  country  and 
the  independence  of  its  people.  Frederick 
Ramseyer  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  becoming  a 
journeyman.  He  was  familiar  with  the  coun- 
try to  such  an  e.xtent  that  he  was  more  promi- 
nent and  widely  known  as  a  skillful  guide. 
He  married  (first)  in  Switzerland,  a  Swiss 
maid  of  good  family,  who  bore  him  four  chil- 
dren, and  died  in  the  prime  of  life.  After 
this  sad  event,  with  his  four  children  he  came 
to  the  L'nited  States,  about  1844.    The  voyage 


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wa?  made  in  a  sailing  vessel,  and  after  a  long 
voyage  he  landed  in  New  York.  A  stranger 
in  a  strange  land,  without  large  means,  he 
underwent  many  hardships  at  first,  caring  for 
his  little  flock  and  supporting  them  and  him- 
self. He  secured  work  as  a  tailor,  but  later 
decided  to  come  to  Boston,  where  he  soon 
found  himself  well-established  in  the  great 
tailoring  house  of  Stadtmiller  &  Taft.  He 
proved  so  efficient  that  he  remained  with 
them  as  one  of  their  most  valued  workmen 
for  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  married 
(second)  Xovember  12,  1844,  Elizabeth  IJab- 
erstroh.  born  in  Rockville,  Loraine,  (then 
France,  now  Germany),  December  26,  1829. 
She  lost  her  mother  in  childhood,  when  only 
nine  years  old,  and  came  to  America  to  join 
her  father,  Adam  Haberstroh,  who  had  come 
here  a  few  years  before  and  .settled  in  Boston. 
Her  father  was  a  machinist  and  engineer,  ex- 
ceptionally well  educated.  He  was  an  exten- 
sive reader,  with  a  fund  of  information  on 
almost  all  subjects  of  political,  religious  ami 
general  history.  He  was  brought  up  a  Catho- 
lic, but  after  coming  to  America  his  persist- 
ent study  of  the  Bible  in  the  light  of  the 
early  history  of  that  variously  modified  book, 
converted  him  to  the  IVotestant  faith.  He 
died  at  the  age  of  fifty-six,  beloved  by  his 
family  and  acquaintances.  He  left  two  chil- 
dren, one  of  whom,  Matthew,  died  in  middle 
life,  after  his  marriage  with  Melvina  Abele, 
leaving  a  son  Charles,  yet  living.  Mr.  Ram- 
seyer  was  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  faith,  he 
and  his  wife  being  members  of  that  church  in 
Boston,  and  active  workers  in  the  church. 
He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Swiss 
Benevolent  Society  of  Boston,  and  took  an 
active  interest  in  local  aflfairs.  He  died  Oc- 
tober 20,  1893.  Children  of  second  wife: 
r.  Otto,  died  young.  2.  Mary,  married  George 
L.  Buff,  a  well-known  mechanic  and  manufac- 
turer of  surveyor's  instruments,  who  died  in 
1894,  leaving  children:  Louis,  Elsie,  Carl  (de- 
ceased). Henry  and  Alice.  3.  Frederick,  for 
many  years  a  proininent  and  successful  busi- 
ness man,  now  retired;  resides  in  New  York 
city.  4.  Caroline,  wife  of  Charles  C.  Merri- 
field.  5.  Joseph  Otto,  died  aged  nine  months. 
6.  Minnie,  mentioned  below.  7.  Charles  The- 
odore, a  successful  merchant  tailor  in  Boston ; 
lives  in  a  beautiful  home  near  his  sister,  at  55 
Lockstead  avenue.  Jamaica  Plain :  married 
Henrietta  Schirmer,  and  has  one  child.  Eliz- 
abeth B.  8.  Bertha,  lives  at  home  with  her 
mother  and  sister ;  was  for  many  vears  con- 
nected with  her  sister  Minnie  in  a  dressmak- 


ing establishment,  and  was  very  successful  in 
her  profession.  9.  Edward  C,  unmarried  and 
lives  at  home;  a  successful  wool  merchant; 
owns  a  pleasant  place  at  Halifax,  Cape  Cod, 
where  he  is  interested  in  the  raising  of  fancy 
poultry. 

(H)  Minnie,  daughter  of  I-'rederick  Ram- 
seyer,  was  born  nearly  forty-five  years  ago, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  She 
learned  the  trade  of  dressmaking,  and  fol- 
lowed it  for  many  years,  having  a  natural  ap- 
titude for  tailoring  and  unusual  skill  in  her 
line  of  work.  Her  business  thrived :  she  as- 
sociated her  sister  with  her,  and  their  business 
and  reputation  grew  year  by  year.  They  in- 
vested their  surplus  wisely,  and  some  years 
ago  retired  from  business  with  a  handsome 
comi)etence.  Miss  Ramseyer  and  her  sister 
bought  land  and  built  a  beautiful  residence  at 
61  Lockstead  avenue,  Jamaica  Plain,  where 
she  has  made  her  home  since,  having  retired 
from  active  business  several  years  ago.  She 
is  fond  of  travel  and  of  the  Fatherland,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  has  paid  an  annual 
visit  to  Switzerland.  She  is  devoted  to  the 
sport  of  mountain-climbing,  having  the  neces- 
sary powers  of  endurance  and  the  self-reli- 
ance. There  are  few  points  of  interest,  espe- 
cially in  the  cantons  of  Soleure  and  Berne, 
with  which  she  is  not  familiar. 


The  family  of  Ryan  comes  from 
KY.VN  a  long  line  of  land  owners  in 
county  Tipperary,  Ireland,  and 
traces  its  ancestry  from  Brian  Boru,  born  927, 
King  of  Ireland.  He  ascended  the  throne  of 
both  Munsters,  answering  to  Tipperary  and 
Clare,  in  978.  Some  time  afterward  he  be- 
came supreme  ruler  of  Ireland,  supporting  a 
rude  but  princely  state  af  Kincora,  with  seats 
also  at  Tara  and  Cashel.  The  vigor  of  his 
reign  brought  prosperity  to  his  country.  He 
defeated  the  Danes  in  upwards  of  twenty 
pitched  battles  and  in  the  battle  of  Clontarf 
( 1014).  in  which  he  was  killed,  gained  a  sig- 
iral  victory  over  a  united  army  of  revolted 
natives  and  Danes,  the  power  of  the  latter 
receiving  a  shock  from  which  they  never  re- 
covered. 

(I)  James  Ryan  was  born  about  1765,  in 
Ireland,  in  county  Tipperary  or  Waterford. 
He  married  Johanna  Hayes  and  had  a  son 
James,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  James  (2L  son  of  James  (i)  Ryan, 
was  born  in  1790  in  county  Waterford,  Dun- 
garvan  parish,  Ireland.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married  there  Ellen  Powers,  born  in  Dun- 


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garvan  parish,  county  Waterford,  in  1792. 
daughter  of  John  and  Katharine  (  Dwyer)  Pow- 
ers. He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1852, 
and  settled  in  tlie  Connecticut  valley,  Massa- 
chusetts. Most  of  his  numerous  descendants 
live  in  New  England  and  Ohio.  He  had 
ahout  seventy-five  grandchildren.  He  had 
twelve  children,  the  first  eight  born  in  Dun- 
garvan  parish,  Ireland,  the  other  four  in  Port- 
law,  county  Waterford,  Ireland.  Children : 
I.Johanna,  deceased;  married  Nicholas  Phe- 
lan.  2.  Catherine,  died  at  Northampton  in 
1909,  aged  ninety ;  married  Marcus  Kiley.  3. 
Mary,  died  at  Hatfield  in  1907,  aged  eighty- 
si.\ :  married  Edmund  Powers.  4.  John,  died 
young.  5.  Thomas,  died  in  Ohio,  aged  eighty- 
three.  6.  James,  mentioned  below.  7.  Bridget, 
living  in  Ohio;  married  Daniel  Connally.  8. 
Margaret,  die(l  in  California.  9.  Son,  died 
young.  10.  Ellen,  born  1837,  living  in  Had- 
ley;  married  Patrick  Morrissey,  11.  Patrick, 
born  July  15,  1839,  living  in  North  Hadley, 
where  he  is  a  farmer ;  has  been  prominent 
in  town  affairs  and  in  the  Roman  Catholic 
church ;  married.  May  9,  1869.  Catherine 
Reilley.  daughter  of  Patrick  and  Bridget  Reil- 
ley;  children:  i.  Ellen,  born  1870,  graduate  of 
Hopkins  Academy,  1889,  married  John  Dwyer 
1894,  and  has  Marcus  and  William  Dwyer;  ii. 
Mary,  born  1873,  graduate  of  Hopkins  Acad- 
emy, 1889,  ami  studied  at  Mount  Holyoke 
College ;  married  William  G.  Dwight  and  had 
Helen,  Laura  and  William  Dwight ;  iii.  Bridget, 
born  1875,  graduate  of  Hopkins  .Academy, 
1891 ;  iv.  James,  born  1877,  Hopkins  Acad- 
emy, 1891,  Holy  Cross  College,  1898,  died  at 
Alliance,  Nebraska,  1905 ;  v.  William,  born 
1879,  Hopkins  Academy ;  vi.  Henry,  born 
1882,  Hopkins  .\cademy ;  vii.  .Artlnir,  born 
1884,  Hopkins  .\cademy  and  Williston  Sem- 
inary, 1904,  Princeton,  1908.  12.  John,  born 
1 841,  living  in  Northampton. 

(III)  James  (3),  son  of  James  (2)  Ryan, 
came  to  New  England  in  1847  and  settled  at 
Hadley,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Mary 
Welch  of  that  place.  Children:  i.  .\lice,  man- 
ned W.  J.  Lyons.  2.  Mary,  married  T.  J. 
Ryan.  3.  Josephine,  married  J.  G.  Smith.  4. 
James.  5.  Matthew,  born  May  18,  1864,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Thomas  \\'.  Four  other 
children  died  young. 

(IV)  Matthew  J.,  son  of  James  (3)  Ryan, 
was  born  May  iS,  1864.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Hatfield,  Mass- 
achusetts, and  worked  for  his  father  until  he 
became  of  age.  He  established  himself  in 
business  in   a  grocery   store   in    Hatfield,   and 


built  up  a  good  business.  He  is  also  a  suc- 
cessful tobacco  planter.  He  is  an  active  sup- 
porter of  the  Democratic  party,  and  at  the  age 
of  twenty-four  was  elected  selectman  of  Hat- 
field :  he  served  on  that  board  for  twelve  years, 
with  the  exception  of  three  years,  consecu- 
tively. He  has  been  elected  a  member  of  the 
sinking  fund  commission  for  five  terms.  Dur- 
ing his  service  as  selectman  he  was  active  in 
establishing  the  water  sy.stem  of  Hatfield  and 
it  was  mainly  through  his  efforts  that  the  leg- 
islature passed  the  necessary  acts  to  that  end. 
He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  sinking 
fund  commissioners  since  the  establishment  of 
the  system.  Mr.  Ryan  is  counted  among  the 
most  public  spirited  and  useful  citizens  of  the 
town  and  commands  the  respect  and  confidence 
of  all  classes  of  his  townsmen.  Plis  public 
career  has  been  free  of  all  suspicion  of  self- 
seeking  or  mercenary  motives  and  his  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  men  and  affairs  have  made 
him  an  invaluable  public  servant.  He  has  be- 
fore him  a  promising  career,  if  he  chooses  to 
follow  public  service.  His  persona!  qualities 
attract  friends  and  year  by  year  his  popularity 
has  increased.  He  is  one  of  the  best  known 
men  in  the  county  and  one  of  the  most  in- 
fiuential.  He  married,  December  30,  1896, 
Jane  Powers,  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Mar- 
garet Powers.  Children:  Mary.  Margaret. 
Katherine.  .\lice,  Helen. 


Examjiles  of  enterprise,  push 
SIMPSON     and  final  success  are  abtmdant 

in  the  lives  of  citizens  of  the 
L'nited  States,  born  of  poor  but  industrious 
and  honest  settlers  who  came  from  Europe 
about  the  mid<lle  of  the  nineteenth  century  and 
made  a  home  in  .America. 

(I)  .Alexander  Simpson,  a  thrifty  and  in- 
dustrious currier  and  morocco  dresser  in  Dub- 
lin, Ireland,  who  had  thoroughly  learned  the 
trade  in  that  city  by  an  apprenticeship  of  seven 
years,  came  to  .America  and  located  in  Wil- 
mington, Delaware,  with  his  wife  Margaret 
fCowen)  Simpson  before  1835.  He  worked 
at  his  trade  first  in  Wilmington,  Delaware, 
then  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania ;  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio,  and  finally  returned  to  Wilmington. 
Delaware,  where  he  died.  He  prospered  in  his 
new  surroundings  and  gave  his  children  a 
good  education.  These  children  included : 
Henry.  .Alexander  and  William. 

(II)  William,  third  son  of  .Alexander  and 
.Margaret  (C(nven')  Simpson,  was  born  in 
Philadeljihia,  Pennsylvania.  February  2.  1838. 
He   left    school   on   completing    the    grammar 


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course,  was  apprenticed  to  a  cigar  manufac- 
turer, and  served  a  full  term  as  apprentice, 
and  in  this  way  became  an  expert  cigar  maker 
when  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age.  He 
then  engaged  in  the  business  of  making  bricks 
and  he  became  an  expert  presser  of  pressed 
bricks.  In  1856  he  went  to  New  York  City 
and  engaged  in  cigar  making  for  one  year, 
and  in  1857  removed  to  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, wliere  he  worked  as  a  journeyman 
cigamiaker,  as  he  did  also  in  Boston,  Lowell 
and  Nashua.  In  1861  he  returned  to  Spruig- 
field,  Massachusetts.  .\  friend  had  promised 
to  accompany  him,  the  two  to  enlist  at  the 
same  time,  but  illness  in  the  family  of  his 
friend  prevented  the  proposed  enlistment  and 
the  project  was  not  carried  out.  Disappointed 
in  his  plan,  but  unwilling  to  break  up  a  long 
friendship  by  leaving  his  friend  in  a  time  of 
trouble  and  need,  he  took  up  the  work  of 
cigar  making  for  W.  II.  Wright,  in  Springfield. 
and  continued  with  that  establishment  18O1- 
67.  In  1867  he  began  the  maiuifacture  of 
cigars  on  his  own  account;  the  business  grew 
rapidly  and  soon  he  had  one  hundred  hands 
employed  in  the  manufacture  of  cigars ;  his 
product  became  popular  and  found  a  ready 
sale,  and  he  was  enabled  to  retire  with  a  reas- 
onable fortune  in  1895,  when  forty-seven 
years  of  age.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mercial Travelers  Club,  of  Springfield,  and 
a  member  of  the  Republican  party  as  a  voter 
but  not  as  a  political  worker  or  office  seeker. 
He  married,  June  17,  1868,  Jennie  S.,  daugh- 
ter of  Alexander  Smith,  of  Liverpool,  Eng- 
land: Children:  i.  Jennie,  born  in  Tariffville, 
Connecticut.  2.  Emma,  born  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts.  3.  Frances,  born  in  Spring- 
field, Massachusett.s,  married  David  F.  Dillon 
a  lawyer  and  associate  judge  in  the  city  court 
of  Palmer,  Massachusetts.  4.  William  Henry, 
born  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  engaged  in 
the  cigar  manufacturing  business  with  his 
father  and  as  his  successor,  and  died  in  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  December  31,  igoi. 


Andrew  Thanisch  was  born 
TH.WISCH     near    I'.ern    Castle,    Wehlen. 

Rhenish  Prussia,  Germany, 
about  1797.  He  came  from  an  old  and  re- 
spected German  family,  known  for  its  indus- 
try and  sobriety,  as  well  as  good  citizenship, 
and  recognized  as  among  the  best  of  the  middle 
class  Germans.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade,  and  a  wagon  maker,  and  followed  his 
trade  all  his  life.  He  was  a  skilled  mechanic, 
and  his  work  was  noted  for  its  reliability  ami 


durability.  He  died  at  the  age  of  sixty,  re- 
spected by  all  who  knew  him.  He  married  in 
his  native  province,  Schantz.  who  sur- 
vived him  and  died  at  the  advanced  age  of 
nearly  one  hundred  years.  He  and  his  fam- 
ily were  adherents  of  the  German  Catholic 
church  at  the  time.  Children:  i.  Thomas, 
born  1823,  mentioned  below.  2.  Jacob,  died 
unmarried  in  the  prime  of  life.  3.  Nicholas. 
a  successful  blacksmith ;  resides  in  Germany 
and  has  a  large  family.  4.  Peter,  gunsmith  by 
trade ;  a  prominent  man  of  Lieser,  Germany, 
where  he  is  ])ostmaster,  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  holds  other  important  offices ;  has  a  large 
familv.  5.  Catherine,  married  Joseph  \\'aum- 
ger,  a  governnient  forester,  locally  prominent. 
6.  Christina,  married  Josejih  Fisher  and  lives 
in  Brazil,  South  America,  where  her  husband 
is  a  successful  farmer. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Andrew  Thanisch, 
was  born  in  Lieser  on  the  Moselle,  Germany, 
in  1823.  He  learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith 
in  his  father's  shop,  and  when  a  yoimg  man 
followed  his  trade  as  a  journeyman,  travel- 
ing through  the  ("lerman  states,  ac(|uainting 
himself  with  the  habits  and  character  of  the 
people  and  broadening  his  ideas.  He  came  to 
the  I'nited  States  before  his  marriage,  remain- 
ing about  two  years,  then  returning  to  the 
Fatherland.  He  combined  his  business  with 
the  occu]3ation  of  gra]ie  growing  and  farming, 
and  spent  a  useful  and  industrious  life.  He 
was  a  man  of  much  physical  strength  and 
strong  character.  He  married  in  his  native 
town  ]\Iar}-  Mehn,  born  about  1833,  died  in 
middle  life.  He  died  in  1893.  Children:  I. 
.\ndrew.  born  December  17,  1850,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Joseph.  1852:  mechanic  when  a 
y<jung  man  :  came  in  1876  to  America  and  set- 
tled in  Chicago.  Illinois,  where  he  is  a  manu- 
facturer of  flouring  mill  supplies ;  married  and 
has  one  child.  3.  Mathias,  1855;  served  in 
the  German  army  and  later  became  a  black- 
smith and  iron  worker ;  lives  in  Wehlen,  Ger- 
manv,  and  has  a  family.  4.  Jacob,  born  in 
( iermany ;  served  in  the  German  army  in  the 
cavalry  and  while  riding  a  spirited  horse  was 
thrown,  the  horse  falling  upon  him,  causing 
his  death  in  the  prime  of  life:  he  left  two 
children.  5.  Mary  E.,  married  a  German  gen- 
tleman who  was  for  many  years  station  master 
on  the  railroad ;  died  leaving  a  family  of  six 
children.  6.  Margaret,  married  Henry  Peifer, 
a  successful  wine  grower  living  in  Leiser : 
seven  children.  7.  Anna,  died  at  the  age  of 
ten. 

(Ill)    Andrew    (2),   son   of   Thomas   Than- 


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isch,  was  born  December  17,  1850,  in  Lieser 
on  the  Moselle,  Germany.  He  was  a  hardy, 
strong  boy,  and  from  his  youth  was  taught 
the  industrious  habit  of  life  which  is  a  char- 
acteristic of  the  German.  He  learned  his 
father's  trade  of  smith  and  carriage  maker, 
acquiring  the  rudiments  of  the  trade  before  he 
was  seventeen  years  old.  In  1867  he  came  to 
the  United  States,  landing  in  New  York  in 
November  of  that  year,  and  settling  in  Bos- 
ton worked  at  his  trade  there  until  1879,  when 
he  established  himself  in  business  on  his  own 
account,  doing  a  general  smithing  and  car- 
riage making  business.  In  1896  he  built  a 
large  three  story  establishment,  eighty  by  forty 
feet,  at  Nos.  124,  126  and  128  Brookside  ave- 
nue, Roxbury,  and  conducted  a  factory  for  the 
manufacture  and  repair  of  carriages.  The 
work  which  he  turns  out  is  of  uniformly 
high  quality  and  durability.  He  built  a  fine 
home  at  3305-07  Washington  street,  which  has 
been  his  residence  for  twenty-three  years.  He 
is  a  man  of  affairs  in  the  community,  and  is 
regarded  not  only  as  a  good  mechanic,  but 
as  a  good  citizen  also.  He  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  a  member  of  Aleppo  Temple, 
Massachusetts  Consistory ;  and  of  the  Odd 
Fellows  and  Encampment.  He  is  independent 
in  politics  and  religion.  He  married  in  Bos- 
ton, 1872,  Amelia  Rheinhardt,  born  on  Tre- 
mont  street,  Ro.xbury,  in  1856,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Henrietta  (Kyle)  Rheinhardt.  of 
Saxony  birth.  Her  parents  came  to  America 
and  settled  in  Roxbury,  where  her  father  was 
in  business  as  a  freestone  cutter  until  his 
death  at  the  age  of  fifty-two.  Her  mother 
(lied  some  years  before  her  father,  leaving  four 
daughters  and  one  son.  Mrs.  Thanisch  died 
in  January,  1897.  She  was  an  exemplary  wife 
and  mother.  Children:  i.  Henry  F.,  born 
March,  1873;  engaged  in  business  with  his 
father;  married  Mrs.  Edith  (Lambert)  Jor- 
dan and  had  a  daughter  Anna.  2.  Frank  A., 
1875;  educated  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute 
of  Technology  and  is  now  a  prominent  mining 
engineer  in  Arizona,  being  generally  known 
throughout  the  west  as  an  expert,  and  recog- 
nized by  the  government  as  one  of  the  most 
efficient  men  in  the  corps  of  mining  engineers, 
where  he  has  given  considerable  service ;  mar- 
ried. 3.  Otto  C,  1877 ;  graduated  at  the  Mass- 
achusetts Institute  of  Technology  as  a  me- 
chanical engineer;  followed  his  profession  in 
New  York  City,  and  did  much  work  on  the 
tunnels  recently  constructed  there ;  married 
Alice  Seaver ;  died  March  24,  1909.  4.  Ru- 
dolph, 1881  ;  graduated  from  Harvard  Univer- 


sity and  became  a  mechanical  engineer ;  mar- 
ried Marion  tlibbard. 


Cyrus    Ward    lived    near    Platts- 
WARD     burg,  New  York.     His  ancestors 
settled  originally  in  New  Jersey, 
and  his  father  moved  to  Ohio  after  the  revolu- 
tion and   during  the   early  settlement   of  that 
state. 

{li)  Luman  F.,  son  of  Cyrus  Ward,  was 
born  at  Keesville,  New  York.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  learned  the 
trade  of  cabinet  making,  which  he  followed  for 
many  years.  From  1855  to  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  engaged  in  farming  at  Keese- 
ville.  He  enlisted  in  the  civil  war  in  the 
.\inety-eighth  Regiment  of  New  York  Volun- 
teers and  served  two  years,  and  when  he  was 
mustered  out  he  was  sergeant  of  his  company. 
He  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  an  upright,  honored  and  useful  citizen. 
He  married  Lydia  D.  Chesley.  Children:  i. 
Myron  A.,  born  April  14,  1844,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Oscar,  resides  at  Easthampton, 
Massachusetts.  3.  Albert  Lewis,  killed  on  the 
railroad  at  Emery.  4.  Elizabeth.  5.  Lydia, 
lives  on  the  homestead  at  Keesville.  6.  Carrie. 
(Ill)  Myron  A.,  son  of  Luman  F.  Ward, 
was  born  in  Keeseville,  New  York,  April  14, 
1844.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools,  and  worked  on  iiis  father's  farm  until 
1 86 1,  when  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  Six- 
tieth New  York  Regiment,  and  served  four 
years  in  the  civil  war.  He  was  wounded  in 
the  battle  of  Lookout  Mountain.  He  was  with 
General  .Sherman  in  his  "March  to  the  Sea" 
and  was  one  of  the  men  detailed  to  forage  for 
his  regiment.  He  was  discharged  and  mus- 
tered out  July  17.  1865.  During  the  next 
three  years  he  followed  farming  on  the  home- 
stead in  his  native  town.  In  1868  he  came  to 
Easthampton,  Massachusetts,  to  learn  the 
trade  of  steam-fitter,  and  in  1870  came  to 
Turner's  Falls,  where  he  worked  as  a  journey- 
man two  years.  In  1879  he  embarked  in  busi- 
ness as  partner  in  a  firm  of  plumbers  and 
steamfitters  and  met  with  gratifying  success. 
He  bought  out  the  interests  of  his  partner  in 
1897  and  since  then  has  been  in  business  alone. 
He  has  a  store  on  Third  street,  Chicopee.  Be- 
sides his  tinsmith,  plumbing  and  steam  heating 
business,  he  deals  in  stoves,  ranges,  furnaces 
and  tinware  and  is  one  of  the  leaders  in  his 
line  of  trade  in  Turner's  Falls.  Mr.  Ward 
was  one  of  the  water  commissioners  of  the 
town  when  plans  were  made  and  adopted  and 
a  system  of  municipal  water  supply  introduced. 


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He  is  a  nu-mber  of  Post  No.  162,  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  of  which  for  several  years  he 
was  commander.  He  is  also  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  Elliottstone  Lodge,  No.  132,  Knights 
of  Pythias,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  first 
delegates  to  the  state  convention. 

He  married,  November,  1867,  Alice  I. 
Keach,  daughter  of  Oran  H.  Keach,  of  Rhode 
Island.  Children;  William  Wallace  and 
.Myron  A.  Jr. 

Thomas  Francis  Clark  was  born 
CLARK  in  Ballyborough,  county  Cavan, 
Ireland.  He  was  a  weaver  by 
trade  and  lived  and  died  in  his  native  town. 
He  married  Mary  Farley,  who  was  likewise 
born  in  Ballyborough,  county  Cavan,  Ireland. 
They  had  five  children  born  in  that  place  as 
follows:  I.  Patrick,  who  emigrated  to  America 
in  1849,  married  and  had  a  large  family  of 
children.  2.  James,  who  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica and  settled  in  Ware,  Massachusetts,  in 
1868,  married  and  had  six  children.  3. 
Thomas  Francis  (q.  v.).  4.  Thaddeus.  5. 
Margaret,  who  emigrated  to  Worcester,  Mass- 
achusetts, where  she  died. 

(H)  Thomas  Francis  (2),  son  of  Thomas 
Francis  (i)  and  Mary  (Farley)  Clark,  was 
born  in  Ballyborough,  county  Cavan,  Ireland, 
in  1829,  died  in  Ware,  Massachusetts,  July  27, 
1903.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade.  He  mar- 
ried Ann  Maria  Daley,  born  in  Ballyborough, 
county  Cavan,  Ireland,  ^August  15,  1828,  died 
in  Ware,  Massachusetts.  Children,  born  in 
Ware,  Hampshire  county,  as  follows:  i.  John 
\\'.,  June  24,  1852:  married  Jane  Stafford, 
was  a  cloth  finisher  in  the  Otis  Company 
Mills,  and  had  eight  children,  all  born  in  Ware, 
Massachusetts,  as  follows :  Thomas  E.,  Eliza 
A.,  John  W.  Jr.,  Fred  B.,  William  Henry, 
Gertrude  M.,  Harold  S.,  Lillian.  2.  James  E. 
(q.  v.).  3.  Thomas  Francis,  March  31,  1858. 
lived  in  Springfield,  where  he  married  Mary 
McDonald  and  had  a  son  Henry.  4.  Mary 
E.,  October  8,  i860;  married  Cornelius  Foley, 
manager  of  the  Swift  Beef  Company  in  Ware. 
5.  Henry  M.,  November  9,  1863;  married 
Mary  Jane  Collins ;  became  an  insurance  man- 
ager in  Springfield ;  had  three  children  born 
in  that  city :  Mary,  Henry  M.,  Stanley  R.  6. 
Catherine,  March  23,  1866,  never  married. 

(Ill)  James  Edward,  second  son  of 
Thomas  Francis  (2)  and  Ann  Maria  (Daley) 
Clark,  was  born  in  Ware,  Hampshire  county, 
Massachusetts,  March  7,  1855.  He  attended 
school  in  Ware  up  to  his  ninth  year,  when  he 
with  his  brother.  John  W.  Clark,  entered  the 

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employ  of  the  Otis  Company  Mills  in  1864, 
and  he  was  promoted  to  office  boy,  August  20, 
1868,  and  later  assistant  paymaster,  but  re- 
turned to  the  mill  desirous  of  learning  the 
mechanical  part  of  the  mill  business.  He  was 
an  apt  pupil  and  was  advanced  step  by  step 
until  he  became  overseer  and  finally  superin- 
tendent of  the  Otis  Company.  He  was  a  use- 
ful citizen,  and  although  holding  no  political 
position  in  the  government  of  the  town  of 
Ware  was  interested  in  its  educational  develop- 
ment and  in  the  Ware  F'ublic  Library,  of  which 
he  was  a  trustee.  He  gave  to  his  children  the 
educational  advantages  denied  him  in  his 
youth  and  made  his  home  his  best  attended 
club.  His  only  social  and  fraternal  affiliation 
outside  of  his  home  was  the  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  of  which  he  was  a  member.  He 
held  the  responsible  office  of  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  in  the  cases  civil  or  criminal  that 
came  before  him  his  judgment  was  universally 
sustained  by  the  higher  courts.  He  was,  with 
his  family,  members  of  the  All  Saints'  Roman 
Catholic  Church  and  he  brought  up  his  chil- 
dren to  be  devout  churchmen  and  church- 
women.  He  married,  in  1880,  Margaret  Jane, 
daughter  of  Patrick  James  and  Margaret  Jane 
(  Holmes)  Alulvaney,  of  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass- 
achusetts. (See  Mulvaney.  II.)  Margaret 
Jane  Mulvaney  was  born  in  Ware,  Massa- 
chusetts, January,  1854,  and  by  her  marriage 
with  James  Edward  Clark,  the  following  chil- 
dren were  born  in  Ware,  Massachusetts:  i. 
Margaret  Holmes,  May  30,  1881,  graduate  at 
Ware  high  school  and  at  Smith  College,  class 
No.  43.  She  died  unmarried  September  11, 
1906.  2.  James  Daley,  April  27,  1885,  gradu- 
ated at  Ware  high  school,  1903,  and  at  Har- 
vard University,  A.  B.,  1907,  the  first  boy  from 
Ware,  Massachusetts,  to  graduate  at  Harvard. 
He  became  associated  with  the  Springfield 
News  Company  on  leaving  college.  3.  Walter 
Leo.  June  10,  1889,  graduated  at  the  Ware 
high  school  in  1907  and  at  once  matriculated 
at  Harvard,  class  of  191 1.  4.  Charlotte 
Brock,  January  4,  1891,  died  January  21,  1902. 
5.  firace  Doherty.  .'Vpril  23,  1894,  a  pupil  in 
the  public  school  of  Ware. 

(The   Mulvaney   Line). 

William  Mulvaney  was  born  in  Carrick 
Fergus,  county  Armagh,  near  Belfast,  Ireland, 
about  1795.  He  married  Nancy  Mulvaney. 
who  was  not  of  near  kin.,  and  their  children 
were  six  in  number  and  all  born  in  the  birth- 
I)lace  of  their  parents  as  follows:  i.  James  B., 
married  Johannah  Dowey.  and  had  three  chil- 


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dren.  2.  Mary,  married  James  Ward.  3. 
Patrick  James  (q.  v.).  4.  Doherty,  died  in 
Ireland  when  seventeen  years  of  age.  5. 
Fannie,  married  a  Mr.  Kane  and  had  children : 
John,  James  and  William  Kane.  6.  Hugh, 
married  Mary  King,  had  thirteen  children,  and 
died  in  1908.  William  Ahilvaney  was  quite 
an  old  man  when  he  emigrated  to  America 
and  made  his  home  in  Ware,  Massachusetts, 
with  his  son  who  lived  on  a  farm,  and  where 
he  died  in  1875. 

(H)  Patrick  James,  second  son  and  third 
child  of  William  and  Nancy  (Mulvaney)  Mul- 
vaney,  was  born  in  Carrick  Fergus,  county 
Armagh,  Ireland,  in  1822,  died  in  Ware,  Alass- 
achusetts,  iVugust  8,  1894.  He  was  married 
in  the  home  of  his  birth  before  he  left  Ireland 
for  America.  The  vessel  in  which  they 
started  was  shipwrecked  as  was  the  one  that 
rescued  them  and  the  third  ship  carried  them 
to  the  coast  of  Virginia,  where  they  were 
driven  ashore  and  wrecked  for  a  third  time. 
They  finally  reached  Chicopee,  Alassachusetts, 
having  passed  six  months  less  a  few  days  on 
shipboard  and  waiting  for  relief.  Mr.  Mul- 
vaney was  a  tailor  by  trade,  but  on  reaching 
Ware  he  found  employment  in  the  Otis  Com- 
pany Mills  and  he  remained  there  until  he  re- 
tired some  years  before  his  death.  His  wife 
was  Margaret  Jane  Holmes,  born  in  Carrick 
Fergus,  county  Amagh,  Ireland,  in  1822,  died 
in  Ware,  Massachusetts,  April  6,  1875.  The 
first  four  children  of  Patrick  James  and  Mar- 
garet Jane  (Holmes)  Mulvaney  were  born  in 
Chicopee,  Massachusetts,  as  follows:  I.  Will- 
iam C,  March  11,  1851,  remained  single  and 
lived  in  Ware,  Massachusetts.  2.  Annie  R., 
August,  1852,  never  married.  3.  Margaret 
Jane,  January.  1854,  married  James  Edward 
Clark  (see  Clark,  III).  4.  Doherty,  1856, 
never  married.  5.  Rose,  bom  in  Ware,  Mass- 
achusetts, died  there.  6.  F'atrick,  born  in 
Ware,  March  9,  i860,  never  married.  7. 
David,  died  in  Ware,  Massachusetts,  when 
twelve  years  of  age. 


Lewis   Randall   was  bom    in 

RANDALL     Rochester,  Massachusetts.   He 

was  a  farmer,  and  after  his 

death  the  homestead  passed  into  the  hands  of 

his  son  Lewis.     His  children  :  Lewis,  Patience. 

Rhoda  and  Jeremiah. 

(II)  Jeremiah,  son  of  Lewis  Randall,  was 
born  and  died  in  Rochester.  Massachusetts. 
His  father  died  when  he  was  very  young,  and 
his  chances  of  obtaining  an  education  were 
limited.     This  drawback  he  overcame  in  part 


by  keen  observation  and  practical  experience. 
At  the  age  of  twelve  years  he  was  bound  out 
to  a  man  who  made  him  work  day  and  night 
and  ill-treated  in  every  possible  manner  He 
left  this  place  before  he  had  attained  his  ma- 
jority, and  shipped  aboard  a  vessel  engaged 
in  the  West  Indian  and  coastwise  trade.  The 
captain,  who  was  aware  of  the  earlier  circum- 
stances of  the  young  man's  life,  was  a  kind- 
hearted  man  and  gave  him  such  assistance  as 
lay  in  his  power.  After  following  a  seafaring 
life  for  a  number  of  years,  Mr.  Randall  re- 
turned to  Rochester  and  purchased  a  tract  of 
land  of  sixty  acres,  located  on  the  main  road 
between  Rochester  and  Mattapoisett.  He  was 
very  successful  in  the  raising  of  general  crops, 
and  bought  quantities  of  woodland  which  he 
converted  into  timber,  and  for  which  he  found 
a  ready  market  in  Rochester,  New  Bedford 
and  Fall  River.  He  also  sold  much  pitch  pine 
in  New  Bedford  to  be  used  in  the  refining  of 
whale  oil.  Another  industry  in  which  he  en- 
gaged was  the  raising  of  sheep  and  cattle,  and 
he  had  a  fine  herd  of  cows.  He  was  a  man  of 
large  stature,  noted  for  his  strength,  and 
served  during  the  War  of  1812.  He  voted  the 
first  Republican  ticket,  and  prior  to  that  was 
a  stanch  \\  hig.  In  religious  faith  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Cniversalist  church.  Mr.  Ran- 
dall married,  at  Rochester,  Sally,  bom  in 
Rochester,  died  at  Mattapoisett,  daughter  of 
Reuben  and  Sally  Tinkham,  the  former  a 
farmer.  Children:  i.  Patience,  married  Josiah 
Bowlen,  and  had  :  William  ;  Franklin  ;  Sarah, 
married  Charles  Randall ;  Josiah ;  Jeremiah. 
2.  Jeremiah,  married  Eliza  Gififord,  and  had : 
Louisa.  3.  Leonard,  married  Eunice  Pierce, 
and  had :  Jeremiah ;  Annie ;  Eunice  Marie, 
married  Charles  Tinkham ;  George,  married 
Mrs.  Belle  Bowles.  4.  Hezekiah,  married 
Sarah  Ames,  and  had :  Lizzie,  married  Henry 

Smith :   Ella,  married  Taylor ;  Alton, 

married  twice,  and  had :  Alton.  5.  Elisha 
Briggs,  see  forward.     6.  George  W.,  married 

(first)  Mary  Snow,  (second)  Dorcas  ; 

children  :  Abbie  Frank  ;  Coe ;  Hattie  ;  Grace. 

(Ill)  Elisha  Briggs,  fourth  son  and  fifth 
child  of  Jeremiah  and  Sally  (Tinkham)  Ran- 
dall, was  born  in  Rochester,  Massachusetts. 
.■\pril  13,  1833.  His  education  was  acquired 
in  the  district  school,  and  up  to  the  age  of 
fourteen  years  he  assisted  in  the  cultivation 
of  his  father's  farm.  He  then  shipped  before 
the  mast  on  the  whaler  "America,"  going  to  th* 
African  coast,  and  later  made  the  same  voyage 
in  the  bark  "Sarah."  He  followed  the  sea 
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found  employment  in  the  shipyard  at  Matta- 
poisett  and  learned  the  trade  of  ship  carpenter. 
After  a  time  he  went  to  Norton,  where  for 
six  years  he  was  engaged  in  getting  out  lum- 
ber, and  shortly  after  his  marriage  purchased 
a  farm  of  seventeen  acres  at  W'rentham,  on 
the  road  to  I'ondville.  There  he  engaged  in 
the  milk  business,  buying  up  the  products  from 
the  neighboring  farms  and  sending  it  with  his 
own  to  William  Parks,  a  contractor  in  Boston, 
for  a  number  of  years.  Mr.  Parks  subse- 
quently failed,  and  Mr.  Randall  later  sold  his 
farm  after  having  lived  in  W'rentham  about 
twenty-eight  years.  He  then  removed  with 
his  family  to  Foxboro,  purchasing  the  old 
Colonel  Hobart  place  of  one  hundred  and 
seven  acres,  located  on  the  main  road  from 
W'rentham  to  Foxboro,  and  again  engaged  in 
the  milk  business  in  the  same  style  as  he  had 
done  in  W'rentham.  Here  he  supplied  the  best 
trade  in  Foxboro,  and  also  Mr.  Perkins,  a  con- 
tractor. About  1903  Mr.  Randall  disposed  of 
his  business  and  retired  from  active  business 
life.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Universalist 
church,  at  which  his  faithful  and  devoted  wife 
was  also  an  attendant.  She  was  a  most  capa- 
ble and  loving  woman,  of  great  energy  and 
determination  of  character,  and  one  whose 
chief  interests  centered  in  her  home  and  fam- 
ily, of  whose  comforts  she  was  ever  thought- 
ful. Her  early  life  was  spent  in  W'rentham,  in 
which  town  she  was  born,  and  where  she  was 
engaged  in  straw  working  up  to  the  time  of 
her  marriage.  .She  was  an  earnest  worker  in 
the  interests  of  the  church  of  which  she  was  a 
member,  and  her  children  reaped  the  benefits 
of  her  wise  teachings.  Mr.  Randall  married 
at  W'rentham,  1857,  Mary  Melvina,  born  De- 
cember 25,  1833,  died  March  13,  1909,  daugh- 
ter of  .Amasa  and  Christiana  (Brazee)  Wilson. 
Children :  i.  George  Wilson,  died  at  the  age  of 
seven  years.  2.  Frank  Wilson,  born  February 
28,  1859:  married.  May  27,  1893,  Annie  .\da, 
born  April  20,  1864,  daughter  of  W^illard  A. 
and  Hannah  (Salley)  White;  child:  Frank 
Elisha.  born  June  18,  1897.  3.  Mary  .A^lice, 
born  March  31,  1871  :  married  Willard  Nelson 
White,  brother  of  .Annie  Ada  White,  men- 
tioned above. 


Captain  Pierre  Bonvou- 
BON\'OULOIR     loir    was    a    patriot    and 

officer  of  the  revolution 
forces.  He  himself  was  born  in  Iberville,  Prov- 
ince of  Quebec,  but  came  of  a  French  family 
of  position  and  influence.  In  his  business  oc- 
cupation he  was  a  farmer,  first  in  his  native 


town  of  Iberville  and  afterward  at  St.  Brigide, 
in  the  same  province.  The  name  of  his  wife 
before  her  marriage  was  Clemence  La  Pointe, 
who  also  was  a  descendant  of  French  ances- 
tors. Captain  Bonvouloir  had  a  large  family 
of  children,  several  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 
Those  who  grew  to  maturity  were:  Timothe, 
Noe,  Pierre.  Clemence,  Clovis  and  Alfred 
(twins)  and  Delina. 

( II )  Pierre  (2  ),  son  of  Captain  Pierre  ( i) 
and  Clemence  (La  Pointe)  Bonvouloir,  was 
born  in  St.  Brigide,  Canada,  about  1832.  He 
was  a  farmer,  first  in  St.  Brigide  and  after- 
ward in  Saco,  Maine,  where  he  lived  for  some 
time,  then  returned  to  Canada  and  engaged 
again  in  farming.  He  married  (first)  Marie 
L.  Benoit,  who  bore  him  three  children : 
Pierre,  Exeline  and  one  other  child  who  died 
in  infancy.  He  married  (second)  Zoe  Nad- 
eau,  who  bore  him  five  children :.  Adolphus, 
.Seigfroid,  Emile,  Dolord,  and  one  other  who 
died  voung. 

(II'T)  Pierre  ("3),  son  of  Pierre  (2)  aiid 
Marie  L.  (Benoit)  Bonvouloir,  was  born  in 
St.  Brigide,  Canada,  March  9,  1854.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  schools  of  his 
native  town.  When  a  boy  in  school  he  had 
hoped  to  gain  a  collegiate  erlucation,  but  it 
soon  became  clear  to  him  that  he  must  do  so 
by  his  own  efforts.  Therefore  when  he  had 
finished  his  early  schooling,  being  then  four- 
teen years  old,  he  found  employment  as  clerk 
in  a  store.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he 
came  to  Holyoke,  Massachusetts,  worked  as 
clerk  for  the  following  five  or  six  years,  and 
then  became  proprietor  of  a  grocery  and  pro- 
vision store  in  that  city.  For  more  than 
thirty-five  years  he  has  been  in  some  way 
closely  identified  with  the  business  life  of 
Holyoke.  its  institutions  and  best  interests. 
From  about  1878  until  1904  he  carried  on  a 
general  grocery  and  provision  business,  and  in 
1889  was  instrumental  in  the  organization  of 
the  City  Co-Operative  Bank,  ser\Mng  in  the 
capacity  of  secretary  and  treasurer  ever  since. 
The  bank,  which  is  located  at  the  corner  of 
High  and  .Appleton  streets,  Holyoke,  was  or- 
ganized July  I,  1889,  chartered  July  16,  and 
began  business  July  23 :  the  president  and  vice- 
president  are  Daniel  Proulx  and  Joseph  L. 
Laporte,  respectively.  He  is  also  serving  as 
director  in  the  Home  National  Bank,  a  member 
of  the  People's  and  Holyoke  Savings  Banks, 
and  a  director  of  the  Holyoke  Library  and  the 
Holyoke  City  Hospital.  'He  became  actively 
identified  with  the  political  life  of  the  city. 
For  five  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  school 


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committee  and  sat  one  year  as  a  member  of 
the  city  council.  In  1891  he  was  first  elected 
city  treasurer  and  has  held  that  office  by  suc- 
cessive re-election  at  the  end  of  each  term 
until  the  present  time  ( 1909).  As  is  very  well 
known  the  city  of  Holyoke  has  a  large  ele- 
ment of  French  population  and  during  his  long 
residence  there  Air.  Bonvouloir  always  has 
been  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  influential 
men  of  that  nationality  in  the  region,  and  by 
his  eiTorts.  especially  while  a  member  of  the 
school  committee,  has  accomplished  much — 
probably  more  than  will  ever  be  known — for 
the  permanent  welfare  of  his  own  people  in 
the  city.  In  all  respects  he  has  shown  him- 
self to  l>e  a  progressive  and  public-spirited 
citizen,  a  capable  business  man  and  an  efficient 
and  thoroughly  honest  public  servant.  In 
politics  he  is  a  consistent  Democrat.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  of  the 
Societe  Saint  Jean  Baptiste,  of  the  Foresters, 
Cercle  Rochambeau,  Holyoke  Club  and  La 
Soute  Historif|ue  Canadienne  P'ranceusc. 

Mr.  Bonvouloir  married,  February  5,  1883, 
Lucinda,  daughter  of  Joseph  Dufresne,  of 
Trois-Rivieres,  P.  Q.  Children:  i.  Cosette. 
born  Decembei  8,  1884;  married  A.  W. 
Smith.  2.  Lillian,  born  November  9,  1885. 
3.  Annette,  born  1886.  4.  Lionel,  born  1888; 
a  student  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology,  Boston. 


Daniel  Brown  was  born  in 
BROWN  Whitehall,  county  Antrim, 
province  of  Ulster,  Ireland. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  gardener,  owning  the 
sectional  farm  on  which  all  of  his  children 
were  born,  and  was  considered  a  prosperous 
man,  his  property  comparing  favorably  with 
the  others  in  that  vicinity.  Shortly  after  the 
death  of  his  wife  in  1837  he  emigrated  to 
.America  with  a  comfortable  fortune,  taking 
his  daughters  Catherine  and  Mary  with  him. 
He  settled  in  New  York  City,  where  Catherine 
died  and  was  buried  in  Greenwood  cemetery. 
Mary  then  removed  to  Wrentham,  Massachu- 
setts, where  she  lived  and  died  in  the  home  of 
Alexander.     Daniel     Brown     married      Ellen 

and  had  children :    Daniel,  Catherine, 

Alexander,  see  forward,  Mary, 

fll)  Alexander,  second  son  and  third  child 
of  Daniel  and  Ellen  Brown,  was  born  in  Ire- 
land, January  10,  181 3,  died  at  Wrentham, 
Massachusetts,  September  6,  1889,  of  apo- 
plexy. He  had  a  fair  education  for  that 
period,  and  in  Ireland  learned  the  wheel- 
wright's trade.     Having  a  natural  aptitude  for 


finer  work  he  took  up  cabinet  making  and  was 
engaged  in  this  in  addition  to  farming.  He 
and  his  brother  Daniel  emigrated  to  America 
in  1845,  joining  their  father  in  New  York  City, 
and  Alexander  followed  his  chosen  trade  for 
three  years  in  that  city,  while  Daniel  removed 
to  Blackstone,  Massachusetts.  Alexandei 
then  also  removed  to  Blackstone,  where  he 
established  himself  in  the  cabinet  making 
business,  also  coffins  and  caskets  were  made 
in  his  shop.  About  this  time  he  sent  for  his 
family  to  join  him  and  at  the  expiration  of 
two  years  removed  to  Medfield,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  found  employment  with  George 
Fuller,  making  furniture.  Two  years  later  he 
removed  with  his  employer  to  Wrentham 
(Sheldonville)  and  remained  in  his  employ  for 
a  number  of  years.  About  1855  he  purchased 
a  small  farm  on  the  Sheldonville  road,  which 
he  cultivated  in  his  spare  time,  working  for 
Mr.  Fuller  as  long  as  the  latter  continued  in 
business.  He  then  devoted  his  entire  time  and 
attention  to  his  farm,  making  a  specialty  of 
dairv-  produce,  and  kept  a  fine  herd  of  cattle. 
He  was  learned  far  beyond  the  majority  of 
men  iji  his  rank,  being  very  fond  of  history 
and  reading  the  best  works  on  this  subject, 
and  having  an  exceedingly  retentive  memory. 
In  Ireland  he  was  an  attendant  at  the  Presby- 
terian church,  and  in  Wrentham  of  the  Con- 
gregational Orthodox  church.  His  political 
views  were  Republican.  He  married,  in  1835, 
Margaret,  born  in  Gardendale,  Ireland,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1814,  died  in  Wrentham,  October  i, 
1896,  daughter  of  Archibald  and  Mary  (Mc- 
N'eil)  Lawson.  Children:  i.  Ellen  Lawson, 
born  [une  10.  1838,  married,  September  13. 
1858,  Charles  S.  Goddard,  of  West  Boylston, 
Massachusetts,  a  resident  of  Worcester  up  to 
his  death,  .August  2,  1909 :  children :  i.  George 
.•\lexander,  born  November  25,  1861  ;  ii.  Frank 
Waldo,  born  July  21,   1863,  married,  June  6, 

1903,  Sadie  Brooks;  iii.  Charles  Frederick, 
born  February  lo,  1874,  married,  January  3, 
1899,  Mabel  Prentice,  of  Worcester,  2.  John, 
born  1840,  died  at  the  age  of  two  years.  3 
Daniel,  see  forward.  4.  Alexander  Jr.,  died 
at  Blackstone  at  the  age  of  four  years. 

(Ill)  Daniel  (2)  second  son  and  third 
child  of  Alexander  and  Margaret  (Lawson) 
Brown,  was  born  in  Armagh,  province  of 
Ulster.  Ireland,  January  26,  1841,  died  at 
Wrentham,     Massachusetts,     November     13, 

1904.  When  he  was  about  seven  years  of  age 
he,  with  his  mother,  younger  brother  and 
sister,  followed  his  father  to  America.  He 
had  but  slight  schooling  in  his  native  village. 


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but  he  attended  the  schools  in  the  various 
towns  in  which  he  next  resided  until  he  was 
fifteen  years  old.  all  his  leisure  time  being  de- 
voted to  assisting  his  father  in  various  ways 
He  soon  found  remunerative  employment  in 
the  establishment  of  George  Fuller  as  a  wood 
turner,  and  also  learned  the  trade  of  cabinet 
making.  When  he  was  twenty  years  of  age 
he  was  employed  by  William  E.  George,  a 
straw  hat  manufacturer  at  W'rentham  Center, 
and  before  many  years  he  occupied  the  plant 
as  his  own.  He  also  commenced  making  the 
plaster  molds  for  shaping  the  hats,  and  while 
working  at  this  branch  of  his  business  con- 
ceived the  idea  of  shaping  the  hats  by 
hydraulic  pressure.  Having  mechanical  and 
inventive  ideas,  he  soon  invented  a  hydraulic 
press  which  has  since  been  used  extensively  in 
the  manufacture  of  straw  hats.  In  1879  Mr. 
Brown  and  Hiram  A.  Cowell,  a  nephew  of 
Mr.  George,  who  had  had  charge  of  the  finan- 
cial affairs  of  his  uncle's  business,  entered  into 
a  partnership  under  the  firm  name  of  Brown 
and  Cowell.  Sixty  days  thereafter  the  plant 
was  destroyed  by  fire  and  they  moved  their 
effects  into  the  old  Day  Academy,  which  had 
been  purchased  by  Mr.  Cowell.  The  affairs 
of  the  concern  flourished  and  Mr.  Brown  soon 
began  to  rebuild  on  the  site  of  the  burned  fac- 
tory and  the  following  year  the  plant  was  es- 
tablished in  its  new  quarters.  The  business 
was  successful  from  the  start,  but  after  a  time 
Mr.  Cowell  sold  out  his  interests  to  his  partner, 
and  in  1885  he  practically  retired.  The  major 
part  of  the  output  of  the  factory  was  consigned 
to  \'anderhoef  &  Company,  Xew  York  City. 
Mr.  Brown  continued  as  sole  proprietor  until 
1895,  when  his  son  was  admitted  to  the  firm 
and  it  was  known  as  Daniel  Brown  &  Son. 
While  exacting  in  many  ways,  Mr.  Brown  was 
always  guided  by  a  stern  sense  of  justice,  and 
had  the  hearty  good  will  of  all  in  his  employ. 
He  was  of  an  amiable  and  open-hearted  dis- 
position and  always  ready  to  assist  those  who 
had  met  with  misfortune.  He  took  a  promi- 
nent part  in  local  public  affairs,  notably  in  the 
introduction  of  a  system  of  water  supply  for 
W'rentham,  and  gave  the  town  a  body  of  water 
known  as  Trout  Pond.  He  was  liberal  in  his 
religious  views,  a  member  of  and  contributed 
to  the  support  of  the  Congregational  church. 
His  political  principles  led  him  to  act  with  the 
Republican  party  and  he  was  honored  as  an 
able  and  representative  citizen.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  state  legislature  in  1896,  serv- 
ing on  the  committee  of  manufactures ;  was  on 
the  building  committee  of  the  town  hall  and 


library  :  antl  his  advice  was  of  the  greatest  pos- 
sible benefit  in  the  settlement  of  a  number  of 
town  matters.  He  was  a  member  of  Wam- 
pum Lodge.  Xo.  195,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows.  He  early  saw  the  wisdom  of  a 
judicious  economy  and  was  of  a  saving  dis- 
position. He  bought  his  first  homestead 
shortly  after  his  marriage,  of  Dr.  Dean,  this 
being  known  as  the  old  Duty  Sales  home- 
stead, which  he  afterward  sold  to  George  H. 
Cowdin.  His  later  residence,  in  which  his 
death  occurred,  is  finely  located  near  the  com- 
mon and  is  conspicuous  for  its  handsome 
architectural  design.  Mr.  Brown  was  married 
by  Rev.  William  M.  Thayer,  July  22,  1868, 
to  Hester  Ann,  who  was  born  in  Topsfield, 
Maine,  .\pril  22,  1844,  daughter  of  Josiah  and 
Mary  E.  (Tyler)  Getchell.  Children  :  Charles 
Edwin,  see  forward.  Grace  Getchell,  born 
January  18,  1886. 

(I\')  Charles  Edwin,  only  son  of  Daniel 
(2)  and  Hester  Ann  (Getchell)  Brown,  was 
born  in  Wrentham,  Massachusetts,  March  18, 
1871.  His  educational  training  was  received 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  in 
the  Dean  Academy  of  Franklin,  Massachu- 
setts, up  to  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  working 
at  intervals  in  his  father's  shop.  He  then  en- 
tered the  employ  of  his  father,  commencing 
at  the  foot  of  the  ladfler  and  working  his  way 
upward  through  the  various  stages,  so  as  to 
obtain  a  practical  knowledge  of  all  the 
branches.  During  this  period  he  had  charge 
of  the  various  departments  as  foreman  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  his  father  In  1886  he 
became  superintendent  of  the  entire  plant  and 
in  1895  was  taken  into  partnership,  the  firm 
becoming  known  as  Daniel  Brown  &  Son. 
The  entire  business  was  transferred  to  him  by 
his  father  in  1902.  It  is  situated  in  the  center 
of  Wrentham  and  is  the  principal  industry  of 
the  town,  occupying  a  three-story  wooden 
building,  one  hundred  by  one  hundred  feet, 
with  an  L-shaped  addition  sixty  by  forty  feet, 
also  of  three  stories.  Mr.  Brown  employs 
upward  of  two  hundred  men  and  women  dur- 
ing the  winter  season  and  his  products  find  a 
ready  market  throughout  the  United  States. 
He  gives  personal  superintendence  to  every 
department  of  the  entire  plant.  His  residence 
is  situated  at  the  left  and  in  front  of  the  fac- 
tory and  is  of  modern  architecture  and  one 
of  the  finest  in  the  town,  being  adjacent  to  the 
one  erected  by  his  father  and  now  occupied  by 
his  mother  and  sister.  In  addition  to  his  man- 
ifold responsibilities  Mr.  Brown  is  a  director 
of  the  National  Bank  of  Wrentham.     In  poli- 


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MASSACHUSETTS. 


tics  Mr.  Brown  is  of  decidedly  Republican 
principles,  having  served  his  party  as  delegate 
to  various  conventions,  and  as  chairman  of  the 
water  commission  of  the  town.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  church  and  has 
served  on  its  standing  committee,  and  is  asso- 
ciated with  the  following  organizations :  Ex- 
celsior Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
Franklin.  Massachusetts :  Miller  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Franklin ;  Bristol 
Commandery.  Knights  Templar,  of  Attleboro, 
Massachusetts :  .\leppo  Temple,  Order  of  the 
Mystic   Shrine,   at    P.oston :   \\'ampum   Lodge, 


Xo.  195,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  has  served  that  body  as  noble  grand ; 
Business  Men's  Club  at  Franklin.  Mr.  Brown 
was  married  at  Winchester,  Massachusetts,  the 
home  of  his  wife,  June  25,  1893,  to  Evelyn, 
who  was  born  at  Chelsea.  Massachusetts,  Feb- 
ruary 12.  1871,  daughter  of  W'illard  Addison 
and  .\nna  Leslie  ( Ware )  .Armsby,  the  former 
at  one  time  a  straw  manufacturer  and  later  a 
tobacco  agent.  Children  :  Anna,  born  January 
26,  1896;  Daniel,  January  7,  1899:  Charles 
Edwin  Jr..  September  25,  1906. 


ERRATA  AND  ADDENDA. 


(The  foil. 


errata  ami  addenda  were  received  after  narrative  jiages  had  gone  to  press) 


Ashlev.  p.  14a9,  ool.  2.  last  paragiapli:  David  F. 
Ashley  died  January  Ui.  Iftlii.  ag-eil  more  than 
ninety-four  years. 

Besse,  p.  967:  The  name  siven  as  Silvanus,  wher- 
ever it  appears,  slioukl  read  Sylvanus.  P.  968: 
Address  of  layman  \V.  Besse  should  read  33 
Otis  street.  iSostou.  His  daughter.  Gertrude 
I..ouisa,  married  Henry  King,  son  of  Judge 
Henry   A.    King-. 

Ulaisdell.  p.  3.'i3.  col.  2,  last  line,  next  to  last  para- 
graph: Maude,  daughter  of  Samuel  Blaisdell. 
died  in  Chicopee.  February  12.  18S8.  Same 
column,  last  paragraph;  (IX I  Charles  M..  son 
of  Samuel  (2)  Blaisdell.  should  read:  (IX) 
Charles  M.  Blaisdell.  son  u£  Samuel  Blaisdell 
(Vni). 

Brookhouse.  p.  2156.  col.  2.  line  5:  Mary  F.  Brook- 
house  died  October  13.  1873.  aged  seventy-six 
years. 

Bullock,  p.  1987:  Orvis  Woods  Bullock  was  self- 
supporting  at  nine  years  of  age;  his  father  gave 
him  a  suit  of  clothes  and  paid  his  tuition  fo?- 
two  terms  at  an  academy  after  that.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  he  was  principal  of  Fairfax 
(Vermont)  Academy:  at  twenty  lie  was  owner 
of  the  general  mercandise  store  in  Milton.  Ver- 
mont, where  twenty  years  of  his  life  were  spent. 

Burnham,  p.  2309,  col,  2:  Moses  Burnham  died  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1848,  aged  seventy-one  years;  his  wife 
Hannah,  died  October  12,  1851,  aged  seventy- 
four  years,  was  daughter  of  William  Foss.  The 
residence  of  Moses  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  and  birth 
there  of  his  son  Samuel,  are  questioned,  but  no 
definite  information  given.  P.  2310;  James 
Burnham  was  born  in  Waterville.  Maine.  He 
died  December  5.  1885;  his  wife's  parents  were 
Charles  and  Eunice  Minerva  (Allen)  Wells. 
Full  names  of  two  of  the  sons  of  James  Burn- 
ham: Clarence  Allen  and  Fred  George.  Cyrus 
G.  Burnham  married.  June  U.  1881.  Ellen 
Fiances  l.,apean.  of  Montague  City.  Their  chil- 
dren were  educated  at  Massachusetts  (not  State) 
Agricultural  College. 

Carter,  p,  934,  col,  1,  par.  2:  French  and  Indian 
war  records  (1710-74)  show  that  James  Carter, 
of  Lancaster,  served  as  private  in  1768,  Quar- 
termaster in  1761.  and  captain  in  1771.  Par.  3: 
Asa  Carter  served  in  Capt.  William  Greenleafs 
company.  Col.  Josiah  Whitney's  regiment.  1777. 
P.  935.  col.  1.  par.  2:  Marriage  of  Joseph  A. 
Carter  (second)  should  bear  date  December  S. 
1880. 

Castle,  p.  224,  col.  2:  Henry  M.  Castle  was  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics.  He  and  family  attended  the 
Memorial  Church  of  Springfield.  Of  their  chil- 
dren: George  Hewett  is  deceased;  Clifford  De- 
Witt  married  Ada  Belle  Goodrich,  and  has  child, 
Clifford  DeWitt,  Jr. 

Chase,  p.  2304,  col,  2:  The  name  Irah  Chase  is  given 
according  to  the  mss.,  but  probably  should 
appear  in  the  form  of  Ira, 

Doane  p  407,  col.  1;  Thomas  Doane  was  in  com- 
pany with  his  brothel-,  John  Doane  Jr.,  in  civil 
engineering  and  survey  work  for  several  years 
beginning  in  1849.  with  offices  in  Charlestown 
and  Boston.  In  1863  Thomas  Doane  was  chief 
engineer  of  the  Hoosac  Tunnel,  and  later  was 
consulting  engineer.  At  fifth  line  from  bottom, 
for  four  miles,  read  220  miles.  Col.  2.  par.  2; 
Mrs  H.  B.  Twombly  is  wife  of  a  New  \  ork 
law.ver;  Itev.  .John  Doane  is  pastor  of  Congre- 
gational Church,  Greeley,  Col. 


Ely,  p.  665.  col.  2:  Samuel  Ely  died  March  19,  1692; 
Ills  son  Joseph  died  April  29,  1675. 

Fowle.  p.  122,  col.  1:  liev.  Supply  Clapp  was  pastor 
of  Second  Church.  Woburn.  P.  123:  Col.  Loammi 
Baldwin  was  a  major  at  battles  of  Lexington 
and  Concord.  P.  126.  col.  2:  The  birtliday  pie 
contained  fift\'  golden  (not  gilded)   half  eagles. 

Gordon,  p,  783.  col.  1,  last  paragraph:  Mrs.  Rebecca 
(Ames)  Goi-don  was  born  October  10.  1827,  and 
is  yet  living, 

(.liiild,  i>.  2197,  col.  2,  line  5:  For  Madelaine  read 
Madiline  (juild.  The  obiluarj-  sketch  following 
was  written  b,\-  Mr.  Charles  F.  Read,  of  Brook- 
line,  anil   published   in  tlie  "Brookline  Clironicle." 

Hail,  p.  257.  col.  1,  par.  2:  For  (IV)  ,loiiathan, 
>-ouiigest  child  of  Dr.  P^rancis  Hall,  read  son  of 
Dr.   Isaac  Hall    (III). 

Hastings,  p.  2344,  col.  1:  Dr.  Heniy  O.  Hastings 
married  Emilie  N.  Bennett-Swan,  daughter  of 
.loseph  anil  Sarah  (Weaver)  Bennett;  Bennett 
erroneouslj-  printed  as  Burnett. 

^Iclntosh,  p.  2009,  col.  1:  Andrew  .lackson  Mcintosh 
was  elected  a  director  of  Chicopee  National 
Bank,  January  9,  1877;  vice-president  April  28, 
1890,  and  president  March  6,  1893,  and  contin- 
ued as  such  until  his  death.  Col.  2;  Rev.  Henry 
Nason  Kinney  preached  in  Syracuse,  New  York, 
five  or  six  .\'eai-s  between  his  pastoi-ates  in  Win- 
stead,   (ronnecticut,   and   Indianapolis,    Indiana, 

Jlerrlam,  p,  730,  col.  1,  line  4:  Date  of  death  of 
Sophia  Eleanor  should  read  April  26,   1858, 

Morton,  p.  1794,  col.  1,  par.  6:  To  children  of  George 
MfH'ton,  add   George. 

Nickerson.  p.  742,  col,  2,  par,  2;  Frederic  Nickerson 
died  January  12,  1879.  The  name  should  read 
Frederic  throughout. 

Nickerson,  p.  744,  col.  2.  line  4:  Ann  is  erroneously 
given  as  a  child  of  Joseph  Nickerson,  by  his 
second  marriage.  Excluding  this,  Emma  Louise 
is  thii'd  child,  and  so  on, 

I'age,  p,  2011,  col.  2.  last  par.;  Tliomas  Clarke  Page 
died   February  5,   1910, 

Powderlv,   p.   1647,   col.    1,  par.    1;      Date  of  death   of 

Charles   T.    Powderly  should    read    May    6,    1SS9. 

Mary    E.    (Powderly)  AlcGaughey    died    July    22, 
1906. 

Piince,  p,  299,  col.  2,  par.  3:  Charles  John  Prince  is 
a  member  of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars. 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts.  an<l  of  the 
General  Society  of  Colonial  Wars. 

Rav.  p.  1083:  William  F.  Ray  has  recently  been 
appointed  manager  of  the  Ray  Fabric  Mills, 
Franklin. 

Itising,  p,  790,  col.  2,  par,  2;  After  children  of  Mr. 
Rising:  Mrs,  Rising  died  very  suddenly,  Octo- 
ber 30,  1909,  and  was  laid  to  rest  by  the  side 
of  her  husband,  in  Oak  Grove  Cemetery,  Novem- 
ber 2,   1909. 

I^(^gers,  p.  745,  col.  2,  par,  2-3:  Name  of  Thomas 
Lewis  Rogers  is  also  given  as  Thomas  Lucindas 
Rogers;  he  was  born  1841.  in  North  Pownal, 
Vermont. 

Tavlor,  p  1590,  col.  1.  pal-.  I!:  George  S.  Taylor  died 
January  3,  1910. 


INDEX 


Niilunu-  I  ciinipriscs  pj).  i-')5o;  \  olmiie  11,  pp.  '131-1370:  \  Dlunu-  III,  pp.  i  Tiji-2og2 ; 
\'iiluine  l\",  pp.  2093-2770.  W'lieri'  the  asterisk  (  *)  appears  against  a  iiaine.  reference  is  made 
to  Addenda  and  Errata  page. 

Earlv  l'"aniilies,  \>y  Mr.  William  K.  Cutter,  occupies  pp.  i-1,  immediately  after  Inde.x, 
A'olunie  1.  and  includes  llovvditch,  Jlradstreet,  Clioate,  Cushing,  Carter,  Dane,  Downing, 
Gerry,   Hawthorne,  Ilolyoke,  Pickering,  Story,  \\  hittier,  etc. 


Al)be  Anc-estrv.    1500 

Caroline   E.,    1502 

Daniel.   2357 

Erastus   B..   2357 

Jame.s.    1501 

.Tames  T..   1502 

John,   2060 

John.   2357 

Rioharrt.   Capt.,    1501 

Tliomas,    1500 
Abbev   Anee.stry.   2060 

Abner.    2061 

A)>ner  B.,   2061 

Charles  C.   2061 

Ebenezer,   2061 

John,    2060 

Samuel.   2060 
Al)bott  Ancestry.   520,    226S 

George,   521 

George,    1784 

George.   226S 

George.    2270 

Joel.    1786 

John.    2270 

Jonatlian.   226H 

Josepli   H..    522 

Mar\-,    1786 

Obed.    226il 

William    H..    522 
Aiiei-crombie   Anrestr\'.    2284 

Asiel.   2285 

Isaac.   Capt..   2285 

Otis,    2285 

Robert.   Rev..   2284 

William   H..    2286 
Adams   Ancestry,   529.  533.  535,  53S, 
541,    1414,    1S67.   2409,    273S 

Aaron.   540 

Abial,    539 

Abratiam.   Sergt..    1415 

Alice   W..    1868 

Charles   B.,    2412 

Cliarles   B..   Dr..   2415 

Charles  F..   545,    1416 

Charles  J.,   2412 

Chester,   536 

David   A.,   530 

Edward.    535 

Edward    B.    B..   2740 

Edwin   B.,   Dr.,   541 

Elijah.    2410 

Elijah.    2412 

Elisha.   2410 

George.    1867 

George  T.,    2417 

Henry,   533 

Henry,    2411 

Henry.   2414 

Isaac,   2738-39 

Jabez,   530 

James,   536 

James,   539 

James,   2416 

James  T..   2417 

James.    Hon.,   536 

Joel.    1867 

John.    529 

John,    5  40 

John.    2409 

John,    2415 

John    B.,    1S67 

-John.    President.    542 

-lolin    Quincy.    544 


Joseph,   541 

Nathan.   Dr..   534 

Nelson.    2410 

Obadiah    F..    1416 

Oscar  D.,   539 

Peter,   2416 

Robert.    1414 

Rufus.   Hon.,   534 

Russell.    1415 

Thomas   B.,    2416 

William   F.,   531 

(Port,   front..   Vol.    U.  i 
Aitken   Ancestry,    1652 

John,    1652 

Mark.    1652 
Alden   Ancestry.    1229,    1395 

David.    1229 

Henry   A..    1230 

.lohn,    2000 

Joseph,   2299 

Josepli,   Capt..   2299 

Paul.    1230 

Seth.   Capt.,   2299 

Silas.   Dea.,    1230 
Alderman   Ancestry.    2299 

Clyden,   2300 

Elijah,    2299 

Elijah,   2300 

Eugene  C.    2300 

George   P.    B..    2300 

Oliver,    2300 

William,   2299 
Aldrich   Ancestry,    647 

Asa,    64S 

David    B.,    648 

Emily    F.,   649 

Frederick   E..   649 

George.   64  7 
.\lger  Ancestry,    1062 

Charles   R.,    1063 

Isaac,    1062 

Silas    W..    1062 
Allen  Ancestry,  498.  502.  2523,  2651 

Abijah,    694 

Abraham,    2651 

Ahaz.    2652 

Azariah,    2431 

Bethuel,   503 

Bozoune,   2524 

Charles   F..   2653 

Cyrus.    695 

Cyrus  M..   695 

Edward,    4  98 

Ephraim,   2524 

Frank   D..   2653 

Gertrude.   503 

Harry  G..  2525 

Henry   W.,   2525 

Isaac.   2432 

James.   693 

John.    2432 

John,   2651 

Josepli.   694 

Joseph,   2651-52 

Lewis,   502 

Louis.   2524 

Nathaniel,   Capt..    499 

Orrin   P..   501 

Robert,    500 

Robert,   Dea..   501 

Samuel.   2431 

Thomas   B..   696 

Washington   A.,   2524 


William,   2431 

William    H.,   503 
-Ml.vn   .\ncestry,   644 

Job,   Col-.   645 

Mathew.    644 
Alvord    Ancestry.    2116 

Alexander,   2116 

Calvin,    2117 
Ainadon   Ancestry,    1472 

Ithamar,    1472 

Roger,    1472 

Sarah   F.,   1473 

Titus,    1473 

U'illiam   W.,    1473 
Ames   Ancestry,    1408.    2292 

Ambrose  M.,   Capt..    1409 

Gushing,    785 

David,   2295 

David,   Col..   783 

Ebenezer.    1409 

Edward   P.,   2295 

Fisher,   2293 

Fisher,   2295 

Galen.   Col.,   2295 

James,    1409 

John,    1408 

John.    2292 

John,   Capt.,    2295 

Mariah    H..   2296 

Nathaniel,    2292 

Nathaniel,   2293 

Rebecca,    785 

Seth.   2294 

Thomas.    783 

Thomas,    2295 

William   A.,    1409 
Amory  Ancestry,  20S 

Arthur,    213 

Charles   B..   Maj.,    212 

Charles   W..    211 

Francis  I..   212 

Hugh,   208 

James  S.,    210 

Jonathan,    210 

Kobert,    Dr..   214 

Robert  G.,   213 

Thomas.   208 

Thomas  C,    210 

Thomas   I.   C.  Col..   212 

William.   209 
Angell   Ancestry.   2055 

Abia.    2057 

Benjamin.    2057 

Charles   H.,    2056 

Daniel.   2055 

Fenner,   2056 

George,    Rev.,   205  7 

George  T..   2057 

Hope.   2056 

Irving,   2056 

Job.    2056 

Thomas,    2055 
.\lipleton   Ancesti-\-.   798 

Julius   H.,    798 

Morgan,   798 

Samuel,    798 
Archer  Ancestry-,  1270 

Augustus  J.,   1271 

Samuel,    1270 

Samuel,   Col.,    1271 
Arnold   Ancestrv,    954.   2297 

Eliphaz   W..   955 

Esek,   2297 


INDEX. 


Jonathan    W.,    2298 
Joseph,    i*ri4 
Mary    W..    955 
Samuel.   954 
William   F.,    2298 
Ashlev  Ancestry.    1497 
Iiavid,   1499 
•I>avid   F..    1499 
Robert,    1497 
Atherton   Ancestry,   2646 
Consider,    2647 
Edward   D.,   2649 
Frederic   W.,   2649 
Hiram.    1956 
Humphrey.   Gen.,   2646 
James.   2648 
John.    1956 
John,    2647 
Percy   I...   2649 
Samuel.    2647-48 
William  A.,   2649 
Atkins   Ancestry.   885 
Josiah.    8S5 
Solomon,    885 
Atkinson   Ancestry.   2300.   2526 
Amos.    2527 
Kdward.    2527 
Kdward  W.,  2529 
Ichabod,   2527 
John.    2526 
Jonathan,    2301 
Nathaniel.    2301 
Richard   P..    2301 
Theodore.    2526 
Thomas.    2300 
William    H.,    2301 
Alwater  Ancestry,   2216,   236;) 
Keniamin,    2366 
Charles.   Rev..   2218 
Christopher.   2216 
David.   2217 
David.    2365 
Frances    H..    2367 
Oeorge   M..   2218 
Jofl.   2366 
John,   2216 
John,   2217 
John,   2218 
John,   2365 
.Jonathan.   2366 
Joseph.    2366 

I^eonard.   2366 

Robert.   2216 
Thomas.   2216 
Atwood   Ancestry.    1849 

Annie   D..    1850 

Ephraim,    1849 

Kphraim.    1850 

Joseph,    1849 
Avery  Ancestry,   1011.   1623 

Austin.    1624 

Christopher.    1623 

Christopher.   1943 

Fdwin  P..   1944 

George.    1013 

John.   Rev..   1012 

Jonathan.    1013 

Nathan   P..    1944 

Prentice.   1943 

Robert.   1011 

William.    1011 
Babbidge   Ancestry,    1269 

Beniamin.    1270 

Christopher.   1269 

John.    1270 
Badcock   Ancestry.  871 

John.   871 

Joseph.   871 

Robert.   871 
Bacon   Ancestry.   408 

Albert   S..   411 

George   A..   411 

George  W..    1996 

John.    1995 

Joseph   T..   1996 

Michael.    409 

Seth.   1995 

Thomas.   1995 
Badcock  Ancestry.  823 

George.   823 

William.   823 

William   G..    824 


Bags  Ancestry.    688,   2252 
Aaron.   688 
Aaron,   689 
Aaron,   2252 
Aaron,   Col.,   2253 
Fdward  P.,   2253 
John,    688 
John,    2252 
Rutus   M..   689 
Baggs   Ancestry,    2626 
Amisoii    M..    2626 
Benjamin.   2626 
Bailey   Ancestry,   950,   1243 
Caleb.    1244 
Charles   H..    1244 
Chester  J.,   951 
Chester  L.,   950 
Ira.   950 
Samuel,   950 
Thomas.   1243 
William.   950 
Bainton    Ancestry.    2716 
George.    2716 
Hervey    E..    2717 
Nathaniel.   2716 
William.    2716 
Baird   Ancestry.    2619 
Andrew,   2619 
Augustus,   2621 
Daniel.   2620 
Edmund   A..    2022 
Jacob,   2620 
Baker   Ancestry.    2601 
Jeremiah.   2601 
Jeremiah.    2602 
Orlando  M..   2602 
Timothy,   2601 
Baldwin   Ancestry,   570,    1311 
Benjamin   F.,   578 
Daniel.    1312 
David.   Capt..   573 
Elijah.    1312 
George   R..   583 

Henry.   570 

Henry.   572 

Isaac.    57  4 

James   F..   582 

John.    1311 

John.    1312 

Ijoammi.   575 

Loammi.   579 

Timothy.   572 
Ball   Ancestry.   259,   1141 

Dan   D.,    1142 

Ebenezer,   258 

Edward   P.,   259 

Elijah,    1840 

Fordvce,    1841 

Henry    W.,    1142 

John,    1141 

John,    1142 

Joseph,    1840 

Joseph  G..   1841 

Josiah.    1840 

Mary   C.    1841 

Nathaniel.   258 

William.   259 
Ballard   Ancestry.   1715 

Addison.   Rev..   1716 

Harlan    H..    1716 

William.    1715 
Bangs  Ancestry.    1566 

Edward.    1566 

Edward.   Capt..   1567 

Jonathan.   Capt..   1567 

Jonathan.   Dr.,    1567 

Joseph,    1568 

Joseph,   Dea.,    1568 
Banning  Ancestry.   1711 

John.    1712 

William  S..    1713 

William    W..    1713 
Barber  Ancestry,  2062,   2654 

Albert   G.,    2655 

Daniel,    2654 

Daniel   J..   2064 

Elijah.    2064 

Gideon.    2062 

.Tames   P..   2655 

John.    2062 

Joseph.   Sergt.,    2063 

Robert.   2654 


Samuel.   2062 
Thomas.   2062 
Harden   Ancestry.   938 
Ann   Frances.    941 
Charles  A..   942 
Joseph  G..   940 
Stephen   H..   942 
Thomas,   939 
Winthrop   F.,    941 
Bardwell   Ancestry,    1212,   2034 
Charles   C.  P..   1213 
Chester.   Dr..    1213 
Gideon,   2072 
Henrv  D..    1214 
Joel.   2072 
Marv   J..    2035 
Noah.   Lieut..   2035 
Orange,   2035 
Orsinius  O.,   2092 
Robert,    1212 
Robert.    2034 
Samuel,    2072 
Susan,    2035 
Barker   Ancestry,    1235,    1703,    2512 
Alhermarle,    1703 
Caleb,   2512 
David.    1236 
Ephraim.    1703 
Ira.    2512 
John    F..    1704 
Joshua.   2512 
Richard.   1236 
Robert.   2512 
Theodore,    1236 
Barnard   Ancestry,    1157 
Daniel   H.,    1168 
John,    1157 
Jonas,    1158 
Sarah  E..    1158 
Barnev   Ancestry.   635 
Edward.   635 
Everett   H..    637 
Mrs.    Everett   H..   638 
George  M..   638 
Jacob.   635 
Jacob.   636 
.Jairus   S..   637 
William.   636 
Barr  Ancestry.    2337 

Edwin   C.   2337 
Increase   S..    2337 
Barrus  Ancestry,    1570 
Abram  S.,    1571 

Alvan,    1571 
John,    1570 

Lazarus,    1570 

Levi.    1571 
Bartholomew   Ancestry,   690 

Andrew,   691 

Harris,    692 

Hiram.   Dr.,    692 

John.    690 

William.   691 
Bartlett  Ancestry.   1904,  2048.  2499 

Benjamin.    1396 

Daniel.   2500 

David.   1905 

Enoch.   Capt..   2048 

Jacob.   1905 

John.    1904 

John   W..   2048 

John.    2501 

Joseph    F..   1905 

Joseph  S..   2501 

Marshall.   1905 

Richard.    2499 

Richard.    2500 

Ituth.    1396 

Solomon.    2501 

Stephen.   2048 
Barton   Ancestry.    854 

Ezekiel.   855 

James   H..   855 

Pliineas   D..   855 

Samuel.   854 
Baskerville  Ancestry.   2. 
Bass  Ancestry.    1386 

George  W..   1388 

Josiah.   1387 

Samuel.    1387 
Bassett   Ancestry.    1193.    1950.    2596 

EHsha,   Capt.,    1194 


INDEX. 


John.    19r.l 
Lot.    119J 
Nathaniel.    2596 
RoUin,    1195 
Samuel,   Capt.,    IU.tI 
Thoma.s.   1194 
William,    1193 
William.    1194 
William,    2596 
William,   Col.,    1193 
William   E..   1951 
Batchelder  Ancestry.   1440 
Edward   R..   Capt.,   1443 
Ephraim.   1442 
George  W.   P.   1443 
Nathaniel.   Dea.   1442 
Stephen.   Rev..    1440 
Sylvanus,   Capt..    1442 
Bates  Ancestry.    1463 
Abraham,    1465 
Alpheus.   1467 
Andrew   Jackson.    1612 
Edward.   Elder,   1463 
Elisha.   1465 
Increase.   1611 
John,   Sergt..    1464 
Marv   L..    1612 
Thomas.    1463 
Beach  Ancestry,    2220 
Abigail  A..   2221 
Landa.   2221 
Thomas,   2220 
Thomas.   2221 
Beals  Ancestry.   679.   843 
Abbie   E.,    1933 
Elias   F.,   1932 
Ellas   S.,    1931 
George   H.,   681 
James  L„    1933 
John,   679 
John,   843 
Joshua,   680 
Joshua,   843 
Joshua  G..   844 
Josiah,   680 
Lazarus.   1930 
Lewis,    1931 
Theron   H..    6S1 
William.    S43 
William.   844 
Beebe  Ancestry.    2222 
Alden   J..    2223 
Ansel.   2223 
EliTier.   2224 
Frank   D.,   2224 
Henrv   J..   2224 
Jared.   2224 
John.   2223 
Jonathan.   2223 
Kate  E.  O..   2225 
Samuel,    2223 
William.   2223 
Beering.  Dr.  Fred.  W.,  1629 

William.    1629 
Belcher  Ancestry.   871 
Gregory.   871 
Moses.    872 
Robert  M..   Rev.,   872 
Sarson.   872 
Belden   Ancestry.    1852 
Clarence   E..    185" 
Joseph,    1854 
Joshua.    1856 
Oscar.    185  4 
Reuben.   1S56 
Reuben    H..    1857 
Samuel.    1853 
Samuel.    1854 
Santord,   1854 
Stephen,    1856 
Walter.   1853 
Beldlng  Ancestry.   2707 
Alvah   N..   2710 
Daniel.   2707 
Hiram.   2708 
John.   2708 
Milo   M.,   2708 
Richard,   2707 
Samuel,   2707 
Beless  Ancestry,    1970 
Grace  A.,   1971 
John,   1970 
John.   1971 


Bell   Ancestry,   1338.   2174, 
Clinton   E.,    2254 
Edward   H.,   2254 
John,    1339 
John,   2174 
John,   Col.,   1339 
John.   Gov.,    1340 
Thomas.   2174 
Walter,   2175 
Bemis  Ancestry,   873,    2488 
David,   877, 
Edwin    L„    875 
Henrv   S..   2493 
Howard   R.,   875 
John.   877 
Joseph.    873 
Philip.   2488 
Robert   E..   878 
Robert  W.,   878 
Stephen   C,   874 
Stephen   C,   2490 
Stephen,   Rev.,   874 
Stephen,   Rev.,   2489 
Thomas  O.,    876 
William.   2489 
William  C.   875 
Bennett  Ancestry,  1963 
Aaron,   Capt.,    1964 
Alonzo   F..    1967 
Edward   P.,   1966 
Edward  R.,  1965 
Fred   F.,    2553 
Isaac,    1964 
Isaac  F.,   1967 
James.   2656 
John,   2656 
Joseph,   2656 
Joseph   L.,   Capt.,   2552 
Joseph  L.,   Dea,,   2552 
Mary  A.,    1968 
Moses,    1964 
Samuel,   2551 
William.    1963 
William,   2656 
*Besse  Ancestry,  966 

Anthony,   966 
•Lyman   W.,   967 
*Silvanus,   967 
Belts  Ancestry.   5  4 

George   F.,    56 

Samuel  C.   55 

Samuel   R.,   65 

Thomas.   54 

Uriah.   55 
Bicknell  Ancestry,  2338 

Asa,   2338 

George   W.,   2339 

Harriet    W..   23  4  0 

John   F.,   2340 

John   W.,   2339 

Zachary,   2338 
Bigelow   Ancestry.    2108 

Benjamin.   2109 

Daniel,   2663 

Edmund,   2109 

Edmund,   2110 

John,   2109 

John,   Hon.,    2664 

Joshua.   2662 

Prescott,   2664 

Timothy,  Col.,   2663 

Timothy,   Hon..    2664 


William,   Hon.,   2109 
Bill  Ancestry,   671,   153  1 

Benajah,   1533 

Gurden.   672 

Gurden,   674 

Henry,   673 

John,   671 

John.    1532 

Joshua.    672 

Ledyard,   674 

Lodowick,    1533 

Nathan   D..    674 

Phineas,    1533 
Billings  Ancestry.   1331. 

Charles   F.,   1334 

Erastus,   2258 

Erastus.   Col.,   2257 

George  A.,   2258 

John,   1331 

Louis   A„   2258 

Richard,   2257 


2254  Roger,    1332 

Samuel,   2257 
Samuel   D.,   1333 
Samuel   F.,   2258 
Silas,   2257 
Silas.   Capt..   2257 
Thomas,   Sir.   1331 
Birnie  Ancestry.    1638 
Alfred,    1641 
George,    1638 
Harriet   S.   C,    1642 
Louise   E.,   1641 
William,   1639 
Bishop   Ancestry,   2758 
John,    2758 
Louisa   M.  R.,   2759 
Silas.    2759 
Sylvia   E.,   2759 
Blaisdell   Ancestry.   352 
•Charles  M.,   353 
George  A..   354 
Ralph,   352 
Samuel,    353 
Blake  Ancestry,   48,    112S,    1 
Eugene   B..    1221 
Francis   D.,    1219 
2560.  2665  George.   60 

Greenleaf.    1221 
Horatio  K..    1221 
Increase.   49 
Jasper.   1220 
John,   1218 
Jonathan,   1130 
Pavne.   1221 
Robert.   1217 
Samuel.    1130 
Seth.   1219 
Thomas  D..   Dr.,   50 
William.   48 
William.    1128 
William.    1218 
William.    1219 
William   H..    1220 
Blanchard   Ancestry.    10  42. 
Charles   H.,    1042 
Edward.    1042 
Hannah.    2574 
John,    2574 
Joseph.   2574 
Thomas.    2573 
Blanding   Ancestry.    1261 
F:benezer,    1262 
Oscar   v..    1262 
Otis.    1262 
William.    1261 
Blauvelt   Ancestry.    772 
Catherine  H..   773 
Gerret  H.,   773 
Henry   K..    773 
Bleiler   Ancestry,    1979 
Charles,   1981 
Frederick,    1981 
Frederick   J..    1979 
John,   1980 
Joseph,    1979 
Bliss   Ancestry,    170.    1525. 
Annie  L..    1531 
Annie    R..    1531 
Chester  W..   152.S 
Ebenezer.    1530 
George,   Hon.,    171 
Jacob,  Gen.,    1527 
James   H..    1531 
John.    171 
John.   Hon.,    171 
Luther,    1531 
Moses,   Hon..    171 
Nathaniel,    170 
Theodore,    1527 
Thomas,    1525 
William,    1527 
Blodgett  Ancestry,   2388 
Alfred,    2389 
Daniel,    2389 
Joseph,    2389 
2257  Thomas,   2388 

William  A..  2389 
William  E..  2389 
Blv  Ancestry.  1961 
Charles  A.,  1961 
George  W..  1961 
Bodman  Ancestry.  1166 
Clara   P..    1167 


INDEX. 


John.    1166 
John.    1610 
Joseph.   1611 
Jo.sepli,  1166 
Lewi.s,    1611 
I.,uther.    1167 
Luther,    1611 
Samuel.    1166 
Samuel.    1611 
Bond  Ancestry.   2432 
Charle.-i,    2435 
naniel    W..   2436 
Thomas,    2433 
William,    2433 
William,    2434 
Bontecou   Ancesti-y.    166 
Daniel.    16S 
Daniel.    Dr..    168 
Pierre,    167 
Bonvouloir,   Pierre.   2767 
Boos   Ancestry,   1650 
Gabriel   L.,    le.nO 
William   F..   Dr.,    1651 
Booth   Ancestry,    1465 
David.    1466 
Joseph,   Capt..    1466 
Mary   A..    1467 
Robert,    1465 
Samuel   C.   1467 
Borden   Ancestry,   93,S 
Pdchard,   938 
Thomas,   938 
Bosworth   Ancestry,   2043 
Charles   W.,    2046 
Edward.   2044 
Henry   H..   2046 
Henry   W.,    2045 
Ichabod,   2045 
Jabcz.   2045 
Jonathan.   2044 
Lvman.   2045 
Bouton   Ancestry.    1334 
Eliza   .1.   B.,   1338 
John.    1334 
John    B..    1337 
Nathaniel.    1335 
William.    1335 
Rowditch   Ancestry.    1483 
Ebenezer.   Capt.,    1484 
Habakkuk.   Capt.,   1484 
Nathaniel,    1484 
Nathaniel   I.,    1485 
William.    1483 
William,   Capt..    1483 
Bowen   Ancesti'v,   3SS 
Abel,    389 
Thomas,    388 
Bowers  Ancestry.    1U40 
Benjamin.   1041 
Edward   L..    1041 
George,    1040 
Harlev.   1041 
Jonathan,    1040 
I-uther,    1041 
Nathaniel,   1041 
Bowker  Ancestry,   2120 
Arthur  D..    2122 
James.   2120 
Joseph,   2025 
Lazarus.   2121 
I.evi.   Maj.,    2025 
Susan   E.,   2122 
Watts,   2025 
Watts   H..   2025 
Winslnw   L,.,    2121 
Bowles  Ancestry.   1543 
Caleb   W..    1544 
Henry  L..   1645 
Joseph,    1543 
layman    E..    1544 
Bowman    Ancestry,   382.   1778 
Caleb   H.,    1778 
Eliza   P.    (Gittingsi    385 
Henry   H..    1779 
John,   385 
Nathaniel.   383 
Samuel.   384 
William,     1778 
Bowne  Ancestry.    423 
Jacob   T..   425 
John.   423 
Samuel.   424 


Sidney,    425 
Thomas,    423 
Bovd  Ancestry,    2307 
Charles  A.,    2309 
John.  Capt..   2308 
Willard.    2308 
William   B..   2308 
Bo\'den   Ancestry.   1495 
Levi.    1496 
Thomas,    1495 
William,    1496 
Bovnton   Ancestry,    1233,    2395 
Bartholomew,   1233 
Benjamin,   2395 
Elias,    1235 
Elias.   Capt..    1235 
John.   2395 
Joseph.    2395 
Nehemiah.    2396 
Oliver  W..    1235 
William.    1234 
William,   2395 
William   W.,    1235 
Brackett   Ancestry,   524 
Richard.   Capt..   524 
Samuel.   525 
Bradford    Anceslry,    218,    531,    1396 
Alice.   532 
Edward   S..   220 
Gamaliel.   Hon..    1396 
John.   Maj..   219 
Samuel.    1396 
Shadrach   S.,   220 
William,    218 
William,   531 
William,   Gov..   218 
William,   Gov.,    139S 
William,    Maj.,   219 
William,   Maj..   1396 
Zabdiel.   220 
Hradlee  Ancestry.   2669 
Caleb   D..    llev..    2672 
Nathaniel.    2670 
Nathaniel   J..    2671 
Samuel,    2670 
Bradley   Ancesti'y.   2669 
Nathan,   2669 
Samuel,   2670 
Bradwav  Ancestry.    2390 
Abel.    2390 
Charles   A..   2391 
Eleazer,   2390 
John   D..   2390 
.Maivin.   2390 
FLalph    F..   2390 
Truman   C.   2391 
Brainerd   Ancestry.    2065 
Daniel.    2065 
James,   2066 
James  P.,   2066 
Russell.    2066 
Branch   Ancestry.   1299 
Grove  W..   1300 
Peter,    1299 
Robert    M.,    1300 
Roswell,    1300 
Brann,    Eugene   H..    1737 

George.    1737 
Breck   Ancestry.   1511 
Edward.    1511 
Joseph.   1514 
Theodore    F..    1515 
William  G.,    1514 
William  G..    1515 
Brennan.   James   A.,   2729 

William,   272S 
Brewer  Ancestry,    1172,    2149,    255S 
Charles.    1173 
Chauncev.   2559 
Daniel.   1172 
Daniel.    2558 
Edward   S..   2560 
James,    2559 
James   D..   2559 
John,    2149 
Joseph,    1174 
Moses,   1172 
Nathaniel,   2558 
Samuel,    2150 
Sarah   A.,   2150 
Brewster  Ancestry,   2104 
Benjamin,   2105 
Charles   K..   2107 


Elisiia.   2105 
l-:iislia   H..   2106 
Klisha   H..   2107 
.lonathan.   1065 
Jonathan.   2105 
Patience.    1066 
Peter.    1066 
William.    1066 
William.   2104 
William.   2596 
Hridgman   Ancestry.   558 
.\nnie  C  560 
Deliverance.   559 
Ebenezer.    1674 
Howard   A..    560 
James.   558 
Marion    R..   560 
Nc^ah.  559 
Phineas   S..    1675 
Sidney   E..   559 
Sylvester.    559 
William   E..    1675 
Uriggs   Ancestry.    1182 
Albert.    ll.'>4 
Frank    E..    11.'^ 4 
John.   1183 
Loring,    1183 
Richard.    1182 
Brigham   Ancestry.  555,   2667 
Abijah,    2668 
John.   2667 
Jonas.  Capt..  556 
Joseph,    2668 
Lewis.    2668 
Martha   A.,    2668 
Michael,   557 
Thomas,   555 
Thomas,    2668 
Bright   Ancestry,   526 

.Agnes    (Trask),   529 
ICdvvin  T.,   529 
Michael.   526 
Michael.   527 
Warren    H..   528 
Broderick.   Frances  P..    Dr.,   1601 

Patrick,   1600 
•Broga.  Sarah  C  2009 
(See    Mcintosh  I 
William   W..   Dr..   2009 
Bronson   .\ncestry,    2357 
Almon,    2358 
John.   2357 
Roger.   2357 
Roger,    2358 
Brookhouse   Ancestry.    2155 
Robert.   2155 
•Robert.    2156 
Brooks  Ancestry.  565.  1090.  2611 
Caleb,   565 
Ebenezer,   565 
Ernest  R.,  2600 
Henry,    1090 
Jacob,   2611 
John   D.,   2599 
John,   Gov.,   566 
,roshua.  Dea..  2599 
Josiah   P..   2600 
Lawton    S..    1092 
Noah.   2599 
Reuben,    1091 
Samuel   D..   1091 
Simon.    2599 
Thomas.   565 
Thomas  S..   2600 
Brown  Anceslry,  97.  420.  1184,1324, 
1947,    1952,    2150.    2289.    2657. 
2768 
.Aaron,    785 
Abraham,    420 
Adam,    2151 
.\blen,    2290 
Alexander,    2768 
Arthur  W..    1325 
Benjamin,    1324 
Benjamin,    1325 
("harles   V...   1952 
Cliarles  E.,  2769 
Christopher.    785 
Collins.    2290 
Daniel.    2768 
Edmund.   1949 
Edwin.   1952 
Klisha.   2658 


INDEX. 


Frank    H..    1327 
(Jeoige   B..    1954 
Georg-e   R..   26SS 
Hannah   K..    195J 
Harriet    (Sawyer  i, 
Israel   P..   2151 
Jacob.    2151 
James.    420 
James.   Maj..    132t) 
Jethro.   97 
John.    1325 
John.    1952 
John,   2150 
John,   2657 
Joseph,   11S4 
Joseph    F.,    1327 
Joseph    a,.    420 
Josfpli    n..   1327 
Joshua.    1947 
Luman    S.,    2290 
Lvman.   98 
Mary   E.,   1953 
Newton    H..    132S 
Nicholas.    1324 
Noah.   265S 
Orville   S.,   2658 
Peter,   1184 
Plumb,   1949 
Plumb,    Ur„   1949 
lUchard,    1947 
Samuel   W„   98 
Sarah.   2151 
Thomas.    785 
Thomas,    2289 
W  infield    M.,    2659 

Bryant   Ancestr>-,   236, 
Abraliam,   1556 
Calyin.   822 
Chandler.   822 
Charles  A.,   237 
Chauncey,   237 
John.  236 
John,    1556 
John.   Lieut..    236 
Jonathan.    1557 
Kendall.   822 
Nathaniel.   823 
Parker,   1558 
Walter  T,.   23  7 

Buck  Ancestry',   2743.   : 
Aaron.   2744 
Augustus.    2745 
Charles,    2748 
Dayid,   2744 
Kdwin   A..   2745 
Elisha,   27  4  5 
Ephraim.   2744 
George  E.,   2745 
Jo.seph.   27  4  8 
Maria   C.   2749 
Roger.    2743 
Samuel.   2744 
William.   2743 

BiU'kland   Ancestrx'. 
.Alexander,    1999 
Annie   Sopllia,    2000 
Erastus,   Capt..    1999 
Harlehigh    H.,    1999 
.lonathan,    1999 
William,    1998 

Buckley  Ancestr\-, 
James,    419 
James  C,    419 

Bulkeley    .\ncestr\ 
Gershom.    Re\-. 
John.   418 
John.   Rey.,   417 
Peter,    Rev..    416 

Bull.   Florence   A..   2264 
Harcourt   W.,   2264 
-Maria   B.,   2264 
Sarah   J.,    2264 

Bullock    .-Vnce.stry,    178,    1 
Benjamin,    179 
Fannie   M.,   1988 
Hezekiah,    179 
Lewis,    1987 
"Orvis  W.,    1987 
Richard,   178 

Burgess  Ancestr\-,    1520 
Anson,    1521 
Benjamin,    2332 
Benjamin    F.,   2332 


48 


1998 


416 


416 
Dr.. 


Edith,   2332 

Edward,   2332 

Edward    B.,    1521 

Elisha,    1521 

Thoinas,    1520 
Burnham  Ancestrv,  1822,  1824,2309 

Allen  C.   1824 
"Cyrus   G.,    2310 

Daniel,    1824 

Fred   G.,    2310 

Frederick   L,.    1S23 

Frederick   W.,   1823 
•.lames,   2310 

James   B.,    1824 

Ji.hn,    1822 

Moses,    1823 
•Jloses,    2309 

Roliert,    1822 
•Samuel,    2309 

Samuel   S..    1823 

Thomas   W..   1824 

Utiev.    1824 

William   A..    1825 
Burr   .Ancestry.    59.    129 

l>aniel.   60 

Henry    D..    129 

Jehue.   59 

Siiuon.    129 

Stephen,   60 

Timothv,    129 
Btirrell    Ancestry,    1462,    1933 

Ancil,    1933 

Beniamin,    1463 

John,    1462 

John,    1933 

John    P..    1463 

guincy.    1933 

Susan   A..    1463 

William   M.,    1463 
Burton   Ancestry.    1962 

Albert   W.,    1962 

Elliott   L„    1962 

George,    1962 
Bush   Ancestry,    150 

Austin   B..    151 

David   A..    150 

.Jonathan.    150 

Kufus.    150 
Butler   Ancestrv.    281.    611 

.Athearn,    282 

Benjamin    F.,   612 

John,   Capt.,    612 

Nicholas,    281 

Nicholas,   611 

Samuel,    282 

Zephaniah.   612 
l;\ani   .Ancestry.   1605 

Alice  M..   1608 

George.    1607 

Raymond   S..    1607 
Cadwell   Ancestrv,    197 

IJaniel,    197 

Daniel,   Capt.,    197 

Tliomas,    197 
Cahill,   James,    1225 

liichard   J..    1225 
t^airns  Ancestrv.  2354 

Alexander,    2354 

-Alexander,   2354 

Alexander   D..   2354 

Laura    D..    2354 

William.    2354 
Calkins   -Ancestrv.   918.   2107 

-Adelaide  .A..   921 

Asa.   2108 

Cheney    H..    Dr.,    921 

George,   2108 

Hugh,   918 

Irving    R.,    2108 

John.    2107 

Luke.    919 

Marshall.    Dr..   919 
Call    -Ancestry.    1729 

.Amos.    1730 

-Arthur   A.,    1730 

Charles  A..   1730 

Thomas.    1730 
Callow.   John    R.   C,   2706 

Walter   W.,    2700 
Calvert    .Ancestry-.    1265 

John,    1  265 

William,    1265 


Campbell    -Ancestrv.   518 

Noble    A..    518 

Robert.    518 

Sumner   B..    519 

Thomas.   Capt..   518 
Caiiterburv   -Ancestrv,    1608 

Nathan   D.,    1610 

Nathan    P.,    1609 

William.   1608 
Capen   Ancestry.    1587.   2363 

Adam.    1589 

-Andrew.    2157 

Bernard,    1587 

Bernard,   2363 

Bessie  T.,    1589 

Christopher,    2364 

Edward  N.,   2158 

Edward   W..   2364 

John.    1588 

John.    2002 

John.    2364 

John.   Capt..    1588 

Nahum.   2157 

Robert.   2156 

Samuel.   2156 

Samuel.   2364 

William   H..   2364 
Cardinal.   Hormisdas,   2392 

I^ouran   C    2391 
Care\-   Ancestry,   1736 

Edward,    173  6 

Elizabeth,    1736 

Katherine,    1736 

Maria,    1736 

Michael,    1736 

Patrick,    1736 
Carl.   -Manlius,    2335 

Victor   F..   2335 
Carleton   Ancestry.    1706 

Charles   M..   1708 

Dudley.    1708 

Edward,    1707 

Edward,    1708 
Carmichael   Ancestry.    1804 

John.    1804 

John    H..   Dr..    1805 

William,    1805 
Carpenter  Ancestry.   835.  926 

-Abiah,   1045 

Charles  B,.   930 

Cyrus.    837 

Edward   C.   837 

Gideon.    928 

Hiram,    1046 

Jahazael,   928 

James   E.,   931 

Jeremiah,    1045 

John,   835 

John,  836. 

John,   927 

,lonathan,    1046 

Nathan,   928 

Dliver,    1045 

Pardon,   929 

Samuel.   927 

William.   835 

William.   927 
Carr.   John,    2421 

John   S..   2421 

Lewis   F.,   2421 
Carrier  -Ancestry.   2687 
Carruth   -Ancestr.v.   795 

Charles   E..   796 

George  E.,    796 

John,    796 
Carstenson  Ancestry.    1597 

Hans,    1597 
Carter  Ancestry,  332.  356.  933.  1009, 
1356 
•-Asa.   Dr..   934 

Belle  Genevieve.   335 

Ephraim.   Capt..    1357 

Henry.   335 

Henry   Wyman.   335 

Horace  -A..    1013 

Isabel   M.,    1360 
'James,  Capt..  93  4 

John.   1009 
'.loseph   A..   934 

Josiah.   334 

Samuel,   933 

Samuel,   Rev..    1357 

Thomas.   933 


INDEX. 


Tliomas.    Rev.,   333 
Thomas,    Rev.,    1356 
Thomas   W..    1360 
Timothv   H.,    1358 
William.   1009 
William   H.,    1010 
Cartter  Ancestry,   372 
Lorenzo,   374 
Richard  G.   W.,   375 
Thomas,    Rev.,   372 
Gary  Ancestry,    26,    2190 
Emma  P.,   2193 
Isaac   H..   29 
James,    27 
James,    2190 
Jonathan,   27 
Jonathan.   28 
Jonathan.   2191 
Samuel,   2192 
Samuel,   Capt.,   2191 
Susanna   E.,   30 
Thomas   G.,   2193 
Caryl  Ancestr.v,   557 
Benjamin,   557 
Rodney  C,   558 
Willard,    558 
Case,   Charles,   2422 
Mary  J.,   2422 
Richaiil,   2421 
Casey,   Julia   A..   1750 
Owen,    1750 
^^■illiam,    1750 
Cash   Ancestry,   32G 
Charles   H.,   326 
William,   326 
Castle   Ancestry.   223 
Garry,    224 
Henry,   223 
*Henry    M.,    224 
Cavanaugh,   John,    1752 

William   I'.,   1751 
Chadwell   Ancestry,   375 
Cyrus  O.,   377 
Orville   R.,  Dr.,   377 
Thomas,   375 
Chaffee  Ancestry,   327 
Emory   F.,   331 
Faxoii,    331 
Thomas,    329 
Chamberlain    Ancestry,    272,    1428, 
1538 
Abel   C,    1539 
Abiel,    1539 
Daniel,   1429 
Dexter,    1429 
Ebenezer,    1429 
Edmund,    1538 
John   E.,   273 
Moses.   Dra,,   2  73 
Remembrance,   Col..   273 
Remembrance   ^V.,   274 
Richard,   272 
William,   142S 
Chapin  Ancestry,   1230,   1528,   176S, 
2385.    2496 
Aaron,    1232 
Abel,   2496 
Amelia  !>..   2024 
Arthur   N..    2386 
Austin.    937 
Benjamin.    Dea..   1529 
Chester   W..    Hon.,    1529 
Delia    J..,   Dr.,    1772 
Delphine   D,,    1772 
Ebenezer,    1770 
Ebenezer.   2023 
Ellsha,   2385 
Enoch,    2385 
Enoch   C,   2385 
Ephraim,   Capt..   1529 
Ethan   S..   2024 
Henry,   937 
Henry,    1233 
Henry.    1528 
Henry  A..   1770 
Horace   J..    1772 
Japhet,   937 
Job,    1232 
John,    1772 
Judson,    1233 
Keziah,   2497 
Marvin,    1642 
Moses,    2496 


Nathaniel,   1770 

Natlianiel,    Rev..    1770 

.Samuel.    1768 

Samuel.    1771 

Samuel.   2024 

Samuel,   2385 

Samuel,   Dea.,    1231 

Thomas,    1769 

William   Henry,    1770 

William   Horace,   1772 
Chapman  Ancestry,  391,  2386,  2711 

.Alexander  H.,   2718 

Almon,   2397 

Amos,   2717 

Amos,   Dr..   271 S 

Andrew.   2717 

Benjamin.   391 

Charles   R.,   2718 

David,    2397 

John,    2717 

Mary   D.,   2387 

r.euben   A.,   393 

Thomas   L,,    2386 

William,   2396 
Charmois.  Victor,   24  28 
Chase  Ancestry,   2302 

Abel,    2303 

Abel,    2304 

Aciuila,    2303 

EUen,   2305 

Henry   S.,   2305 
*Irah,  2304 

Isaac,   2304 

Richard,   2303 

Thomas,    2302 

William   L.,    2306 
Oieever  Ancestry,   2287 

Albert    S.,    2289 

Ezekiel,    2288 

Ira,   2289 

Samuel,   2288 

Tracy   P.,   2289 
Chenery  Ancestry,   514 

Horace,   515 

Lambert.   514 

Richard,   514 
Cheney  Ancestry.  1369 

James,    1370 

John,    1369 

John,   1370 

Joseph,    1370 
Child   Ancestry.   2032 

Charles   S.,    2033 

Frances   B.,   2033 

James,    2032 

Jan>es   S..   2032 

.Samuel.    2032 

Sarah   A.,   2033 

William,    2032 
Chibls.   .\lbert    W..    2672 

Elizabeth   L..   2672 
Cliilson    Ancestry,    166S 

James  O.,    1670 

John,    1669 

Orrin,    1669 

Walsingrham,    1668 
Choate   Ancestry,    2439 

Charles    F..    24  4  4 
Francis.   2443 

George.    24  43 

John.    2440-41 
Robert.    2440 

Stephen.    2440 

Thomas.   2440 

William.   2443 

Chubb   .\ncestry,   356 

Thomas,   35B 

Thomas,   357 
William   B..   3.'.7 
(Churchill   Ancestr>'.    2694 
Clapp  .\ncestry.    1131 
.\doram,    1134 
.\lvin   W.,    1136 
Augustus    W..    1134 
Edward.    1042 
Eleanor   Frances.    1134 
Increase,    1133 
Joseph,   Dea.,   1133 
Lemuel,   Capt.,   1132 
Lucius.    1135 
Martin    L..    1135 
Nicholas,    1131 
Richard,    1132 


Roger,    1041 
Roger,  Capt.,    1134 
Thomas,   1133    • 
Wareham,   1042 
William.   1134 
Clark    .\ncestry,    867,    1202,    1297, 
1317.  1581,  1626,  1959,  2301 
.\bby  B.,   1585 
Abijah,   867 
Abijah,   868 
Allen,    1321 
Andrew   J.,    1584 
Arthur,   2301 
Charles,    1320 
Charles  A..    1322 
Charles   F.,   1582 
Charles  N.,   1320 
Charles  S.,    1322 
Cvrus,   2582 
David  O.,   2582 
Dwight,    2302 
Ebenezer.   1581 
Edwin   C    1321 
Edwin   C.   1322 
Elizabeth   C,   869 
Elton,    25S4 
Embury   P.,   Col.,    1626 
Ezra,   1202 
Frank    E..    1323 
Gilbert,    2397 
Hugh,   1583 
Ira,15S4 
Israel   D..   1323 
,lames   E..   2765 
John,    1319 
John,    1959 
John,   1960 
John,   2302 
.lohn,   Capt..    1583 
John.   Dea..    1297 
John   W.,   1960 
Joseph,    867 
Joseph   W.,   868 
Josiah,   1202 
Lester   M.,    1414 
Luther,   1584 
Luther,   2302 
Mary  C,    2397 
Nathaniel,    1320 
Norman   P.,    1582 
Peter.   2302 

Robert.    1626 
Salmon,    1582 

Samuel,   2301 

Simeon   P.,    1297 

Solomon,   1321 

Thomas   F.,    2765 

Timothv,    1202 

William.    1202 

William.    1318 

William   A..    1322 

William,   Lieut..    1297 

Winslow,    2583 
Clement   Ancestry.    1352 

Moses,    1353 

.Moses,    Dea..    1353 

Robert.    1352 

William  T..    1354 
Cleveland   Ancestry.    1063 

Eunice.    1064 

Moses.    1063 

Samuel,   1063 

Zenas,    1604 
Clough   Ancestry,    1700 

Jefferson   M..    1701 

John,   1700 
Coffin    .\ncestry,   1508,    2586 

Abel.   Capt..    2589 

Abel    H..    2589 

Charles   W.,   2328 

Daniel,    2328 

David,   2328 

David,   2590 

Havid.   Capt.,   2590 

Kdward   F.,   2590 

George   W.,    1510 

Isaac  S.,   2590 

John    L..    2589 

Joseph.    2588-90 

Lemuel.    2588 

Nathaniel,    2589 

Pel  eg,  1510 

Peter,    2587 


INDEX. 


Iluckwt'Il    A..    Dr.,    ;32S 
Stephen,    2327 
Stephen.    2588 
Tristram.    X509 
Tristram,   2326 
Tristram.   2587 
Tristram.    2588 
Cogswell   Ancestry.   !!.'. 7 
Henry   A..   95'.) 
Jolin.    957 
John.   I^ieut..   95S 
Jonatlian,   959 
William,   958 
Colliath   Ancestry,    24.'i.3 
George,  2454 
John.   2455 
Cole  Ancestry.   488 
Charles   F.,   490 
Consider,    489 
Elisha   B..   490 
James,   4SS 
Collins    Ancestry,    870.    879.    1489. 
2049.  24S3 
Ambrose.   2050 
Amos.    1491 
Cyprian.   2049 
Daniel.   877 
Daniel.   879 
Daniel   S.,    1695 
Dwigrht  JM.,    24,s4 
Kbenezer.   2484 
Edward.   2483 
Elihu.   24S4 
Gamaliel.    1695 
Henry.   876 
Henry,    879 
Henry.   1490 
Henry  C.   880 
John,    2049 
John   H.,   2050 
John,    Uev.,   1491 
Joseph.   1694 
Nathan.   879 
Nathaniel,   Rey..   2483 
Roderick,    2484 
Timothy.   Rev..   2049 
William  M..  877 
Colton  Ancestry,    1469 
George.   1469 
Samuel,    1469 
Colynge  Ancestry,   2139 
Oomstock    .Ancestry,    81 
Esek,   82 
Jeremiah,   82 
John.   82 

Samuel,   Capt.,   81 
William,    81 
c-'iiant   Ancestry,    1252 
John,    1252 
Joshua.    1255 
Lewis   S..   1255 
Nathan   D..    1265 
Coney   Ancestry,    1022 
David,   1024 
John.   1023 
Nathaniel.    1021 
Thomas,    1025 
William,    1024 
*'onverse  Ancestrj'.    494 
Edward.   4  94 
Edward.   Capt..    497 
Elisha,   496 
Henry   D..   497 
John   M..    497 
Richard.   494 
Samuel.    495 
William   W.,    498 
Cook   Ancestry,    102,8 
Ichabod.    1029 
Louis.    1029 
Louis   A..    1029 
Nicholas,    1029 
Walter,    1028 
Coolbroth.   Daniel.   2455 
Cooledge   Ancestry.   2152 
Daniel.    2152 
Henry   II..   2152 
Josiah,    2152 
Nathaniel,   2152 
Paul,    2152 
Simeon.    2139 
William.    2140 


Cooley  Ancestry.    1922,    22S3 
Abel.    2283 
Arthur  N..   2183 
Benjamin.    1922 
Benjamin.   2283 
Daniel,    2182 
Eliakim.   2184 
Henry.   Rev.,   2284 
Herbert  W.,   2184 
Israel.    1923 
John,   2284 
Luke.   2184 
Obadiah,    2283 
Samuel   M..   2183 
Simon,    1923 
Timothy  M..   2183 
Weston,    2184 
William,    2182 
Zelotus  J..   2184 
Cr)olidge  Ancestry.   2139 
Algernon   S..    2146 
Calvin,   2148 
Calvin,   2148 
Calvin  G..   2148 
David,    2141 
David   S..    2141 
Ellen   G..   2141 
Harold   J..   2146 
Henry  S..    2141 
John.   2140 
John.   Capt..   214S 
John   C.   Col..   2148 
Jonathan.   2144 
Joseph,   2140 
Joseph,    2141 
Joseph,   2144 
Joseph,    2145 
Joseph    R..   2145 
Joshua.   2141 
Josiah.   2148 
J.    Randolph.   214(1 
Obadiah.   2140 
Obadiah.    2147 
Philip   S..   2146 

Simon.   2140 
Thomas  J.,    2146 

Thomas  J.,    2147 
Coombs  Ancestry.   2228 

Richard,   2228 

Samuel,    2228 

Walter,    2228 

Walter.   2229 
Cooper  Ancestry,   788 

George  A..   789 

Peter,   788 

Pliny.   789 
Cordis  Ancestry.   260 

Cord,   260 

Francis  T..    261 

Thomas   F..   Col..    261 
Corless  Ancestiy,   320 

George,    320 

Joseph.   320 

Simon   Berry.    321 
Corliss  Ancestry,   770 

Daniel,    772 

George.   770 

John,    771 

Jonathan.   771 

Rachel.   772 

.Sylvester   B..    772 
Cornelius.   Joseph.    1870 

Samuel.   Rev..   1870 
Cort,   Martin.    2729 

Parker  M..    2729 

William   H.,    2729 
Cosgrove,   Francis.   2660 

Francis  A.,    2660 

Francis  L..   2661 

Frank   F..   2661 
Couse.   John   H.,    2730 

Fred   P..   2730 

Frederick   P..   2730 
Cowell   Ancestry,    2004,    2162 

Edward.   2162 

Edward.    Capt.,    2004 

Hiram   A..    2006 

Joseph,    2004 

Joseph.    2006 

Samuel.    2006 

Samuel.  Maj.,    2005 
Cowing  Ancestry,    1534 

Balch,    1534 


Francis   H..   1535 
John,    1534 
Joshua   B..    1535 
Cowles  Ancestry.    791 
Ezra   R..    793 
Frank   E..   793 
George   W..   792 
John.    791 
Cram   Ancestry,    2553 
Alfred   J..    2556 
Benjamin,    2555 
John,    2555 
John    W.,    Dr..    2556 
Jonathan.    2555 
.Joseph.   2555 
Stephen,   2556 
Crane  Ancestry,   252,    2210 
Amos.   255 
Benjamin.   253 
Benjamin.   2211 
Frederick   G..   2211 
Henry.    2210 
Hezekiah   B..   255 
James   B..   2214 
John   M.,    255 
John   W.,    255 
Jonathan,   Lieut.,   253 
Roman  A..   256 
Stephen.   2211 
Zenas.    2211 
Zenas  M.,   2213 
Crawford   Ancestr>-,    14  4.    151 
Aaron.    151 
Alexander,    152 
Alfred   O.,    146 
Charles,    145 
James.   Capt..    145 
John.   Dea..    144 

Rutus,   Capt..   146 
William.    152 
William  A..   152 
Crissey   Ancestry,    1950 

Benjamin    W..    1950 

John.   Capt.,    1950 

William.    1950 
Crittenden   Ancestry.    1190 

Abraham.    1190 

George  D.,    1191 

Simeon,   1191 
Crosby   Ancestry.   157.    2406 

Austin    R.,    970 

Frank  M..   159 

Frederick,    160 

George.   159 

George.   160 

John.   2406 

John  C,    2407 

Josiah,   968 

Josiah,   Capt..    969 

Oliver,   Lieut.,    158 

Othni,   969 

Sarah   E.,    970 

Simon,    157 
Cross  Ancestry.   2422 

Calvin.   2427 

Daniel.    2423 

Edmund   B..   2428 

Edmund   H.,   2428 

Peter.   2423 

Uriah.    2424 

William.   2422 
Cummins.   John   F..   Rev.,   2078 

Patrick    H.,    2077 

Thomas.   20X0 
Curless.   Charles,    2730 

Charles,   2731 

Margaret.   2731 
Currier  Ancestry.    2.19 

Ezekiel,    2719 

Henry   M.,    2721 

John    H..   2720 

Levi.    2720 

Richard,   2719 

Thomas,    2719 
Curtis   Ancestry,   2339 

Albert   B.,   2381 

John.   2380 

Nehemiah.    2380 

Nehemiali.   2381 

Richard.   2379 

Shadrach.   2380 

William   N..   23S2 


LXIJEX. 


Curtiss  Ancestry.   9S2 

Alfred   P.,   9S3 

Benjamin.   983 

Harold   M.,   984 

John.    982 

I^evi   B.,    983 

Lillian   F..   9S3 

Nathaniel.   982 

Samuel   C.   9S3 

Thoma.s,    982 
Cu.shing-  Ancestrv.    248.   251,    1347 

Abel.   Capt..   251 

Adam.   984 

Charles  M..   252 

Daniel.   248 

David.   Capt..   251 

Er.    Lieut..    984 

Francis   H..   249 

Henry  F..   984 

.leannette  A..   252 

John.   249 

John.   984 

John.   Capt..   249 

John.   Col..    1348 

John   F.,   249 

Jonathan.   252 

Josiah.   Dea..    1348 

Matthew.    1348 

Oliver.   Dr..   1349 

Peter.   Capt..   249 

Stephen.   Capt..   249 

Theophilus.   Capt..    251 

William  G.,    252 
Cushman.   Isabelle   E..    2052 

Joseph.    2052 
Cutler   Ancestry.    224 

Aliijah.   856 

Asa,    857 

James.    225 

John.   856 

Joseph,    226 

Thomas,   226 
Cutter  Ancestrv.    310,    492 

Abram   E..    493 

Ammi,    311 

Elizabeth.   310 

Elizabeth   F..   493 

Nathaniel.    492 

William    P..,   311 

(Port,   frontispiece   Vol.   I.) 
Dudmun   Ancestry.    1163 

Jeduthan.    1164 

Samuel.    1163 

William   S..   1165 
Dalton   Ancestrv.   1594 

Ernest.    1594 

John,    1594 
Daniels   Ancesti"\",   515 

Nathan.   516 

Nathan.   517 

liobert.   515 

Thomas  J..   517 
Dauphinee,    L>aniel,    1747 

Frederick.    1748 

George  C,    1748 

George   L..    1748 

George   M..    1749 

James  T..    1749 
Davenport   Ancestrv.    1655 

John.    1656 

John   F..    1657 

Thomas.    1655 
Davee  Ancestrv.    1791 

Isaac   L..   1792 

Thomas.    1791 

Thomas  T..   1792 
Davis    Ancestrv.     931.     156S.     1676. 
2166.    2233.    2510 

Aaron.   931 

Adelaide    H..    2169 

Ansel.    2331 

Anthony.    932 

Asahel,   2331 

Rarnabas.   2233 

Benjamin,    1677 

Benjamin.   2233 

Benjamin   P..    1677 

Charles   A..    2233 

Chester  A..    2331 

Clifton.    1426 

Curtis.  2169 

Daniel,   2168 

Edward   P.,   932 


Eliphalet.   2168 

Elisha.   2330 

Evelyn.    1569 

George   H..    1569 

Henry   Charles,    1678 

Isaac,    1165 

Isaac,    2167 

James.   2166 

James,   2330 

John,    2330 

John.  2331 

Joseph.    1568 

Joseph.    1570 

Joseph.    2166 

.Joseiih.   2167 

Nathaniel.   2233 

Samuel.    2106 

Samuel.    2233 

Sarah    H.,    1426 

Thomas  G..   2510 

A.  illiam.    1678 

William   F..   2510 

William    W,,    1676 
Dawes   Ancestiv.    1433.    2110 

Francis  H,,    1434 

Henry   L..    2110 

Henry   L..    2111 

Mitchell.   1434 

Mitchell.   2110 

Samuel.    1433 

Samuel.   2110 
Dawson   Ancestry.    1265 

Elizur  A..    1266 

Ellen    E..    1266 

Lucien   A..    1266 

liobert,    1265 

Timothy,    1266 
Day   Ancestry,    1167,    2724 

Abraham,    2724 

Alfred   D.   V.   H.,   2726 

Benjamin.   Col.,    2725 

Daniel,   2726 

Ebenezer.    1168 

Erastus,    2726 

John,    2724 

.I(^hn.   Maj..    2725 

-Major.   2724 

Nehemiah.    2724 

Robert.    1167 

liobert   W..    2724 

Samuel.    1168 

Thomas.    1167 

William  O..   2725 

William    W..    2724 
1  lean    Ancestrv.    2240 

Abiathar.    2241 

Ezra.   2240 

George.   2241 

George  B..   2241 

George  C.   2241 

Walter.   2240 

Wilbert   T..   2241 
Deane  Ancestrv.   2098 

Edgar   H..    2099 

John.   2098 

Oliver,    2099 

William,    2098 
Dearborn   Ancestry,   357 

Godfi'ev.   357 

Nehemiah.   358 
Demond   Ancestry.    1678 

Alpheus.    1679 

Elijah.    1679 

Lorenzo.    1680 

Thomas.    1678 
Denham   Ancestry.    27S 

Henry.   279 

Henry  C.   279 

Israel.    279 

John.  .Sir.   279 
Devens  Ancestry.   2132 

Arthur  L.,   2135 

Arthur   I,,,    2136 

Charles.   2133 

Charles.   Gen..   2133 

Mary.   2133 

Marv,   2136 

Philip.   2132 

Richard.    2132 
Dewey   Ancestry.    1329.    1681 

Andrew   A.,   1683 

Christopher.   1330 

David   L..    1034 


David   T.,    1330 

Edward.    1034 

Ethan.    1682 

Ezekiel.   1034 

Israel.    1034 

Israel.   1329 

Robert.    1330 

Thomas.    1033 

Thomas,    1681 
Dexter  Ancestry,   57.   711 

Benjamin.    712 

Benjamin.   713 

Charles.   974 

David,    973 

Eseck.    58 

Eugene  A..  974 

Ferdinand   A..   58 

Fred   A..   713 

Gregory.    Rev..   57 

.lenness  K.,   Col.,   58 

John,    973 

.Joseph   L..    713 

Thomas.   711 
Dickinson  Ancestrv,    74,   849,   1781, 
2661 

Clara  L..   850 

Ebenezer,   2661 

Edward   B.,    852 

Elijah,   852 

Elijah.   17S3 

Elijah   W,.    1783 

Ezeki'el,   2662 

Francke   W..    17S4 

Frederick   S..   2662 

Henry   B..   2662 

.Jonathan.   75 

Nathan.    2661 

Nathaniel.    75 

Nathaniel.    1782 

Nathaniel.   Dea..    75 

Nathaniel.    2661 

Noah.   75 

Obadiah.   849 

Obadiah,    852 

Oliver   H..    364 

Samuel.   2661 

William.    849 

William  C.   850 

William   H..   850 
liickson    Ancestrv.    1360 

Alexander.    1360 

John.    1360 

Susanna  M.,    1360 
Dillon,   Louis    W,.   2732 

Micliael.   273T 
r>lmock   Ancestry.    186 

Lucius.    187 

Otis.   187 

Shubael.   186 

Thomas.    186 
ninsmore  Ancestry.    2573 

David.    2573 

John.    2573 

Marv  A..   25  73 

Samuel.   2573 
Doane  Ancestry.  405.  1247 

Arthur  G..   Dr.,   1249 

Charles   W..   407 

Joel   M..   1249 

John.   406 

John.    1247 

Lot,   Capt..   12  19 

lioswell   L..    1249 

Simon.   405 
'Thomas.   407 

Zenas,    1248 
Doble   Ancestry.    1249 

Francis   M..   1251 

Tobias.    1250 

William.    1250 

William.    1251 
Dodge   Ancestry.    2456 

Elisha.   2458 

Enoch   D..   2458 

Joseph.    2458 

Alalachi    F..    2458 

Malachi    F..   2459 

Richard,   2457 

liichard.    2458 

Thomas   H..   2469 

WiJIiam.   2457 

William.   2458 
noolittle  Ancestry.    2696 


INDEX. 

Dote.)  Aiuestiy.  435  Jonathan.   2347  PayUi     Dea..   283 

Bartlett.    4.^S  Jo.siah.   Col..    1580  Dwlght  W       286 

Krtward.    45B  Lniintla,   234,  James  A^,  28v) 

Frederick   B..   Capt..   458  bucinda   D.,   234 1  „'!":    „?     ,uo.> 

Georgiana   L.,   458  Mary    E.,    2646  Ralph  \\      1983 

Dow   Ancestry.    2209  Nathanieh    2644  Rich.ird    283 

Abraham    2->10  Simeon.   Col.,    319  riieodore    \\ .,    19S3 

Cliines   H      -lis  Theodore.    2645                                       Ellsworth  Ance.stry,    20o2 

Heniv    -"ob  Thomas.  Hon.,  1580  Kmory  A..   2053 

Johi^     ■'•^'o"')  Timothy.   2643  Henry.   2052 

Tl'oina"s    ■'■•10  Timothy,    Capt.,    1578  John  T..  20d3 

Downes  Ancestrv,    1843  Timothy,    iMaj.,    2644                            Elwell   Ancestry.    2o,8 

Kdward     1843  William  R..   2645  David,  2oi9 

Io--epl,     1844                                            Dver  Ancestry.   1106,    1259.   1515  Fi^ancis  F     2.->80 

Olive   H..    1844  Charles   C,    1261  Isaac.  25,9 

Oliver    1844  Christopher,    1106  Joshua,    25^9 

Samnel  C,    1844  Christopher,    Ueut.,   1106  S-inl^^  d'^SSO 

Drake   Ancestry,    233,    1915  Francis  E      1107  \\  illiam  D     2580 

Alvin    ■'SS  Horatio    N.,    1261                                   Ely  Ancestry,   665 

E.l\v"Vd.   235  .lames,    1261  Charles  F     66, 

Irving  L.,    235  John.    1516  EUsha,    Re\       666 

lohn     ■'SS  Joseph,    1516  Henry  ^V,  6b, 

levi'K      ^'35  Thomas,    Dea.,    HOG  Joseph,   19j^3 

Draper  Ance.s'try,    1427,   2286  William,    1259  .Joseph,   19,4 

Benjamin   J.   G..   1428                           Dymoke,   Shubail,   2598  Joseph,  Capt.    19,3 

Ezra   J..   2287  Sylvanus,   2598  ■lo'^pph   M--.  ^S" 

Frank   L.,    2287  Thomas,   2598  Ify   E.,   b66 

Gideon,   22S6                                            Eastman  Ancestry,  1292  Nathaii.el    66,-, 

James,   2286  Ebenezer,    1293  •bamuel,  66,i 

.^Ioses    1428  Roger,   1292  Emerson  Anc-estry    141  , 

.Moses    Col.,   1428-  Moses,    1294  Edward  N..      419 

Samuel    2287  Moses  F.,    1294  Edwin    B      1419 

Thomas,    1427                                           Eaton     Ancestry,     366.     699.     1562,  Hirani,   141S 

Thomas.   2286  15S1  •,';''li;l'' w'    In, 

Drew  Ancestrv.    1202.    2607  Benjamin    F.,    ,00  'f'"''         ii,- 

Abijah.   2608  Dan,    1581  Thomas     141, 

Amasa    E.,   2610  Darius,   7i'0  \l'\]'V^   r'   t'A 

Charles   R.,   2609  Elisha.    1581  W    iham   G      824 

Cornelius.   2607  Francis.   699  Enimel  Ancesti  >  ,  1291 

David.   1203  Harold   W..    1564  Carl,   1291 

Edward,   2607  Jacob,    1563  ;'?'"L:oli?    f-o-; 

Horace  M..   2610  John,   366  Margaret     1292 

John.   1203  John.    1562  Emery  .\ncestry     12,3,   12,6 

John.    2607  Joseph,    Capt..    367  Anthony    12,3 

Lazarus,    2608  Samuel,   699  Danie  ,   1828 

.Martin   V.    B.,    2610  Thomas.    Ens.,    1d62  Daniel   b.,   12,6 

William,    1203  Thomas   W.,    1563  George  D     1829^ 

Drisko  Ancestry,   2137  William  C.,   700  ?/°JTJ  r"  ^97-^ 

Alonzo   S.,   2138  William  T.,   I.i64  Harriet  a,   12, n 

Jeremiah.    2138  William   W.,   Dr.,   369  Herbert   C      1829 

John,   2137  Kd.iy   Ancestry,   2310  Hiram,   12,5 

Joseph,   2137  Darius.  2312  Hosea,   12,5 

Dudley  Ancestry,   32,   440  Darius   F.,   2312  ,ames    12,4 

Dkvid.    34  John,    2312  i?*'' ,^l' '' , .,- ■ 

Ebenezer,   440  Obadiah,   2311  S^^PjllVih     ls-^8 

Francis    440  Samuel,    2311  Zachariah,   1828 

.  osepl      Gov.,   33  Seth,    2311  Emmons  Ancestry    481 

■■homas,   33  William,   Rev     2311  Ebenezer,  Lieut     482 

Thomas.   34  Zachariah,    2311  Ichabod    Capt     482 

Thomas.   Lieut..   34  Edwards  Ancestry.  2090  '<?""'        is, 

William.   Hon.,   34  Alexander.   2090  Thonia.«.   481 

l.unbar  Ancestry,   1953  Charlotte  E..  2092  End.cott  Ancestn.  630 

Albert,    1954  Ebenezer,    2091  ?*■"' ""^  n -b,- 

Albert   H.,   1934  Elisha,    Dr.,    2091  Ingersoll.  63  = 

Hannah    E..   1954  Nathaniel,   2090  •  ohn,   631 

John   H.,    1954  Oliver,   2091  .John,  Gov      630 

Robert.   1953  Oliver,   Gen..   2092        _  Moses,    634 

Duncan   Ancestry,   1156  Egbert,   Rev    John  L..  j.3.-.  WiTunm   C      63^' 

Abel,    1156  Eggleston  Ancestry,   144G  wm    a!^^   p'   14 

Abel.   Dr..   1156  Begat,   1446  \^ 'U"'"\'^-;     il,, 

Charles   M.,   Dr..    1157  Eber,   1447  Ern.st,   Benedict     1743 

Samuel     1156  Nathaniel,    1446  Lorenz,   1,44 

Dunke"  Gebrge    F..    1742  Eldredge  Ancestry,  852,  2560  Estahrook    Ancestry.    9;.9 

Heinrich     1742  Allen,   853  AV*""'    "^"'uca 

Rtldolph,    1742  Arthur  S.,    2_563  Ebenezer    9b0 

Durant    Ancestry,    1798  Barnabas    853  ■  ames,   960 

Edward,    1799  Charle.s.  2a61  r^J^f^  ^     qki 

George,    1798  Daniel,   2361  •  ■!'^'"<^^  ^i'-o 

Julia^Ann,    1800  Edward,   2562  Joseph,   9  =  9 

Thomas     1799  E,iward   H.,   2564  Joseph.   960 

DustTn   ."ncestiT,    1177  Edwin    H„    853  Evans  Ancestry.   8.-> 

Jonathan,    1178  Henry  G.,   2562  'h^l'l^' p"  !« 

Moses,  Capt.,  1177  James,    2562  i?^lS«R 

Samuel,    1178  James  T      2563  v°1fo,as    85 

Thomas,    1177  Levi.  853  wmu,mS6 

Warren   P      1178  Oliver,    2563  )J.  !!!am.   Sb 

DwighV^'n"cest-ry,   319,    1577,    2347,  Samuel,    2361  Ewi^g  An^s  rv^'bl' 

2643  \\  illiam,    So2  £,w  ing  AncesLi .% .  oi..j 

Edmund     -347  William   A.,   2563  ^"'''''!5'^''(v  ^''Iq.; 

Hemy    Capt  ,    1579  Ellis  Ancestry,   283,   1983  ^S'wSrl  C     si! 

Henry,   Col.,   319  Arthur    D.,    287  rem--e  C     894 

Bartholomew,    1983  Geoige  c.  s»4 


John,    1578 
John, 


2643  Charles  P.,   2S3 


INDEX. 


Fairbanks   Aucestrv.    SGS,    14Sii 

Ebenezt-r.  Dea.,   1460 

Eliesur.  Capt..   14G0 

Erastus.   (!ov..    1460 

Franklin,   Col.,    1461 

George,  Capt.,   1459 

Jabez,   1.S64 

John  B.,  8711 

Jonas,   869 

Jona.s,  186  4 

Jonathan,  1459 

Luther,   186S 

Samuel   B.,    870 
Pales  Ancestry,   452 

Charles  L.,  452 

Jonathan,    452 

Walter  L.,  453 
Fallon,  David,  2625 

William    F.,    2625 
Faneuil,  Peter,  617 
Farnum  Ancestry,  990 

Daniel,  997 

Darius  D.,  993 

David,   997 

Frederick  L.,   99'' 

John,   991 

Luke  S.,  997 

Moses,   991 

Moses,   992 

Moses,   995 

Moses  T.,   998 

Ralph,    991 

Rebecca  M.,   996 

Samuel  M.,  996 
Farr  Ancestry.    861 

Anna   H.,   863 

Herbert    M.,    863 

Marshall   H.,  862 

Moses,  862 

Ora,   862 

Thomas,   S61 
Farrington   Ancestry,   487 

Charles  \V.,  48S 

John,   487 

\V.   K..  560 
Farwell   Ancestr>-,    155 

Charles   F.,    157 

Joseph,   Ens.,    155 

Ricliard.   155 

Simon,    155 

William,    156 

William,    157 
Faulkner  Ancestr>',    1114 

Edmund,   1115 

Franc-is,   1116 

Francis.  Col.,   1115 

George,   I'r.,    1118 
Fa.xon   Ancestry.    41 

Ebeiiezer    i;..   2112 

James,   4  2 

Nathaniel,   42 

Nath.tniel,   2111 

Thomas,   41 

William  O..  Dr.,  2112 
Fay  Ancestry,   1289,   1364,   2549 

Aaron,  2550 

David,   2549 

Gershom,   1365 

James   M.,  Dr.,    1290 

.Jeremiah,   2550 

John,    1289 

John,   1364 

John,   2549 

Joseph,    p;ns.,   1365 

Lyman,   2550 

Reuben,    1365 

Timothy,   1290 

Warren,    1290 
Felton  Ancestr.v.  956 

Amos,   957 

Charles    W.,   957 

Daniel   B..   957 

Nathaniel.  956 
Perris  Ancestry,    1688 

Jeffrey,   1688 

John,    16S9 

Jonathan,   1689 

Mary   E.,   1690 

Mortimer,    1690 

Valentine  S.,   1690 
Pessenden,  1195 

Charles,  1197 

Franklin  G.,   1198 


Nathan,  1197 

Nicholas,  1195 
Field  Ancestry,  312,  1187 

David.   1860 

Eliakim,    1860 

Elisha.   1780 

Henry   H..   1189 

Horace   W..   1189 

Horace  W.,   1190 

John,   314 

John,   1859 

Jonathan,   1188 

Joseph,  Capt.,   1188 

Joseph,   Dea.,   1188 

Marshall,   314 

Roger,   1187 

Zachariaii,   313 
Finlav  Ancestry,   1061 

Hugh,   1062 

Joseph,   1062 

Sarah   J.,   1062 
Fish,   David,   Hon.,    1989 

David,    Master,    1988 

John,    1988 
Fisher  Ancestry,    152 

Anthony,    152 

Cornelius.   681 

Edward   E.,   154 

Ira,    154 

Jesse,   154 

Josiah,  Capt.,   153 

Lewis,   682 

Walter  H.,   683 

Walter  M..   683 
Fisk  Ancestry,   359 

George  C,   361 

Nathan,   360 

Noves    AV..    365 

Thomas  T.,   361 
Fiske  Ancestry,    1094 

Charles  A.,   2309 

David.   1096 

David,   Lieut..   1096 

Ellen    A..   1097 

Ellen    S..    2309 

Jonathan.   1096 

.lonathan,   Capt.,   1097 

Jonathan,   Capt,,   2308 

Jonathan,   Maj.,   1097 

,Ionatlian,   Mai.,   2309 

Nathan,    1097 

Nathan,   2308 

Nathan.   Lieut..    1097 

Nathan.   Lieut.,   2308 

Robert,    1095 

Sally.   1097 

Svmond.   Lord,    1095 
Fitch.   Jabez.   532 

James,   .MaJ.,  532 
Fitzgibbons,    .lames,    1100 

John,    1100 
Flagg  Ancestry,    2504 

Isaac,  2506 

John,   2505 

Sarah   P..   2506 

Thomas,   2505 

William.  2505 
Flanders  Ancestry.    1209 

Delia  P.,  1210 

Henrv.   1210 

John.   1210 

Stephen.  1209 
Flint   Ancestry.    1697.    1944 

Clarissa  G..  1946 

David   B..    1945 

Bphraim,   1945 

Henry,   Rev.,   1945 

Thomas.   1697 
Flynt  Ancestry,    1697 

George  C.   1699 

Lvman  C,   1699 

Rutus,  1697 

William  N..   1698 
Folsom  Ancestry,   1507 

John,   1508 

Peter,   1508 

Roger,   1507 
Forbes  Ancestry,    1476 

Allan,   1480 

James   M.,    14  80 

John   M.,   1481 

John,   Rev.,   14  77 

Ralph  B,    1477 


Ralph   E.,    1483 

Uohert  B.,  Capt..    1478 

William   H..    1481 
Forbusli  Ancestr\'.   43 
Daniel,   43 
Edward  W.,   4  4 

Jonathan,    44 

Silas,   44 

Thomas,  Dea.,  43 
Ford  Ancestry,  201 
Albert,   201 

Andrew,   201 

Andrew.   Ens.,    201 

Dennis,   204 

Elizabeth   A..   205 

Jloses,  Capt.,  201 

Patrick   W..   204 

Willis  A..  202 
Foss   Ancestrj',    2461 

Eugene  N..   2462 

George  E..   2462 

John.   2461 

Josiah,   2461 

Samuel    B.,   2462 
Foster  Ancestry,    1777,   2236 

Abraham,  1778 

Christopher.    1777 

Ebenezer,   2237 

Emory   B..   2237 

George   B..    2238 

John,   2236 

John,  Capt.,   2237 

Peletiah.   1778 
Fotch.  Albert  B.,  1630 

Joseph,   1630 
Fowle   Ancestry,   119,    2519 
*  Arthur  A.,   125 

George,    119 

George  M..   2640 

George   W..   264  2 

Henry,   2639 

Isaac.  2638 
♦James,   Capt..   121 

James  L.,    125 

James,   Lieut..   120 

John,   2520 

John,  Capt..   2519 

John,   Cornet.   2520 

John,   Dea..    124 
•John,   Ma.1.,    122 

Jonathan,    2520 

Jonathan,    2639 

Josiah,    123 

Seth   A.,   2523 

Seth   W..   2521 

Leonard.   Dea.,    125 
Fowler  Ancestry,    1056 

Adeline  M.,   1058 

Ambrose,   1056 

Charles,   1058 

Charles  R.,   1058 

Ebenezer,  809 

Lsaac,  809 

John.  808 

John.   1057 

Porter,    1057 

Stephen,   1057 
Francis  Ancestry,  2067 

Carleton    S..    2069 

David.  2068 

George   H..    2069 

Nathaniel.   2068 

Nathaniel   A..   2069 

Richard,    2067 

Tappan   E..   2069 
Frary  Ancestry.  98  4 

John,   985 

Obadiah,    985 
Frank  Ancestry,   1909 

Arthur   M.,    1909 

Asa,  1909 

Edmond,    1910 

John,   1909 
Freeman  Ancestr\',   2516,  2685 

Ebenezer.  2517 

Edmond,   2516 

Edmond,  Lieut.,   2517 

Isaac.   2517 

Jesse  H..   2518 

John,   2517 

Jonathan,   2617 

Louisiana  K.,  2518 


INDEX. 


French  Ancestrv.   1906,  2605 

Asa,  880 

Calvin.    2606 

Chauncey,    1911 

Ebenezer.    190S 

Edwin    n.,    1908 

Ezra.   1907 

George  A..  22TS 

Jacob,   1911 

.lolin.   1906 

John,    2605 

Jo.seph.    1907 

Joseph,   2606 

Joseph   S..   2607 

Josiah  F.,   227S 

Louise  M..  1912 

Marvin  M.,  880 

Nathaniel,   2278 

Samuel,  2278 

Samuel  S..  2278 

Samuel  S.   B..  2278 

Thoma.s.   1906 

Thomas,   2605 

Timothy.  2605 

William  C,  1912 
Frink  Ancestry,  60 

Cvru.':,    61 

Cvrus  L..   61 

Emily  P..  61 

John,   60 

Luther,    60 
Frisbie  Ancestry.  2692 
Frissell  Ancestry,  479 

Augustus  A.,  Capt..  480 

John,   479 

Joseph,    479 

Seraph    F.,   Dr.,    480 

Thomas.  Capt.,  479 

William,    Lieut.,    479 
Frost  Ancestry,  523.  1354.  1366 

Benjamin.    1355 

Edmund.  Elder.  1354 

Elmer.   524 

Ernest  C,  524 

George,    1366 

George   E..   1368 

George   H.,    1367 

John,   1367 

Joseph.    523 

Justus    B.,    524 

William    E.,    1356 

William   F..    1355 

William.   Maj.   Gen.,    1367 
Fuller  Ancestry,  443.   2042 

Benjamin.   444 

Benjamin.    1997 

Charles.    1998 

Davenport  L..   1997 

Edward.  443 

Elizabeth   A..   445 

Ezekiel.    Sergt.    1997 

Josiah  B..   2043 

Melina  N..   1997 

Moody.    2042 

Samuel.   443 

Snphronia    A..    1998 

AVarren,    1997 

William    J..    2043 
Furber   Ancestrv.   2634 

John.    2635 

John    S..    2635 

Lizzie    E.,    2635 

Oscar  E..   2635 

William.   2634 
Gage   Ancestrv,   127 

Abel.   128 

.-Vmos,   Capt..   128 

Billv   R..   128 

John.   127 

Leander.   129 

William  L..    129 
Gaines   Ancestrv.   1151 

Joel.   1152 

Joseph.    1151 

William  B..    1152 
Gallup  Ancestry,   951,   2603 

Benadam.   953 

Isaac.   953 

John,   951 

John.    2603 

John.   Capt..   952 

Nathaniel.   954 


Ganier  Ancestrv.   1596 

Frank,    1597 

Jacob.    1597 
Garrett.   Edwin   E..    2570 

John  C.   2570 

Robert,    2570 
Gates   Ancestry.    1045,    2681 

Aaron,  1045 

Daniel   McC,   2682 

FJrnest  A..    1045 

Frank   H.   N.,   2682 

George  C.   C.   Dr.,    1985 

James.   Col..   2682 

Jonatlian.    1044 

Robert.    2682 

Simon.    10J4 

Stephen.   2681 

Thomas.   2682 
Gaylord    Aficestry,    890,    1035,    1038 

Arthur   F..   892 

Arthur  S.,    1037 

Ella  M.,   1038 

Emerson,   891 

Emerson  G..   892 

Henry   E..    1037 

Josiah.    1038 

Lewis  M.,  1037 

.Moses,   1036 

.Moses,    1037 

Samuel,    890 

Samuel,    1036 

Sereno,   1038 

Victoria,   892 

William.   890 

William.    1035 
Gere  Ancestrv.    1295 

Edward.    1296 

Henry   S..    1296 

Isaac.    1296 

Jonatlian.    1295 

Nathan.    1296 
Gerstein.  Ephraim.   2732 

Israel.    2732 

Maurice.   2732 

Maurice.   2733 
Gibbs  Ancestrv,   2102,   2238 

Edith,    2239 

Howard   A..   2239 

Israel.    223S 

Jarvis  W..   2239 

John.   2103 

John,   2238 

Kate  C.    2239 

Locero  J..   2103 

Lyman   E..    2239 

.Mathew.    2102 

-Matthew,    2238 

Ralph   B..   2239 

Samuel,   2239 

Thomas,    2103 
Gibson   Ancestrv,    2479 

Abraham,   2481 

John,    2479 

John,   2480 

Rebecca,   2482 

Timothy.   2480 
Gitlin    Ancestry.    2117 

Abner.  2118 

John,    2118 

John   W..   2119 

Simon,   2118 

William   H.,   2119 
Gilbert  Ancestrv,    1657,   2093 

Eliezer,   2093 

Humphrey.   1657 

James  P..   1659 

John.   2093 

John   C    1658 

Thomas.   2093 

Timothy,   2093 

Timothy,   2094 

Timothy  W.,   2095 

William   S..    2095 
Gillett,   Charles,   859 

Darwin   L..   859 

Ralph   D.,    860 
Gilmore  Ancestry,   2158,   2342 

Andrew,   1977 

Andrew.   Capt..   1976 

Charles   P..    1978 

Edwin   M..   2161 

James.   2159 

John,   2158 


Joseph    H.,    2160 

Nathaniel.    2342 

I'liilandtr  S..    21Ki* 

Robert.   2342 

Thomas.   2093 

Warren   K..    1978 

William.    2159 

\\illiam.   2342 

William   H.   P.,   2343 
Glover  Ancestry,    2484 

John,   2485 

John.   2486 

Peletiah,   2485 

Samuel.   2486 

Thomas.   2484 

Thomas,   2486 
Goddard   Ancestr\-,   2664 

Abijah    W..    2666 

Edward,   2665 

John,    2664 

John,   2666 

Joseph,   2665 

Joseph,    2666 

Joseph   W.,   2666 

Richard,    2665 

William,   2665 
Goetting,    August    H.,    1752 
Gongeon,   Felix,   2539 

Gabriel,   2539 
Goodell   Ancestry,    1665 

Albert   D.,   1666 

Anson,   1666 

David.    1666 

Robert,    1665 
Goodenough.   Henry   B..    2667 

Jonathan   B..   2667 

Juniata  A.,    2667 
Goodhue   Ancestry,    1312 

Asa,    1313 

Jacob,    1312 

Nathaniel,   1313 

William,    1312 
Goodrich  Ancestrv,  198,  1672.  2215 

Abigail   P..   2216 

Allvn.    2215 

Eli,    1673 

Elijah,    198 

Eliphalet,   491 

Elisha.    1673 

Elisha.   2215 

Ephraim,   491 

Ephraim,    1672 

John,   2215 

Josliua.    1813 

Josiah.   2215 

Levi,   2215 

Lotus   H.,    1813 

Mary  A.,   1814 

Michael,   198 

Noah   ■O".,    2215 

Selah.    1813 

William.    198 

William.   2215 
Goodwin   Ancestrv,    1146 

Daniel,    1146 

Frances.  1147 

Joseph  G..  1147 

William   H.,    1147 
Gordon   Ancestry,   781 

Alexander,    781 
•Solomon   J..    782 

Timothy.   Dr.,   782 
Gorse  Ancestry.   2348 

Henry.   2348 

William.    2348 
Gould  Ancestry,  553 

Alvin.    1592 

David.   554 

Harriet   L..   1593 

Henry   A.,    1592 

John,   553 

John,   555 

Silas,   1592 

Zaccheus,   1591 
Gowdv   Ancestrv.   2718 

Clinton.    2718 

Cyrus.   2718 

Milton   W..   2718 
riracea.   Anna  J.,   1098 

Antoine  J..   1098 

Junepero,   1098 
Gracey.   2754 

Frank   M.,   2755 


INDEX. 


John,   2754 

Orice  M..   2754 

William.   2754 
Granger  Ancestry.   20S4 

Frank   C.    Dr..   2087 

John.    2IJS5 

John,   Capt.,   20S6 

Launcelot,   20S4 

Noah.    2U86 

Roger,    2086 
Graves  Ancestry,  1038,  1555 

Aaron,    1039 

Aaron,    1040 

Abner,    226S 

Albert.    1556 

Albert    K..   1556 

Albtrt   M.,    1556 

Azubah.   2268 

Eleazer.    2267 

Isaac,   Sergt..    1S07 

John.    103a 

Jonathan   S..   2259 

Levi.   2258 

Nathaniel,    2267 

Perez,    ISOS 

Roswell,    1040 

.Solomon,    1808 

ThaddeuH,    1808 

Thomas.    1555 

Weltha.   1040 
Gray   Anctstrj',    2756 

Edward,   2756 

Esther  A.,    2757 

Robert,    2756 

Thomas,   2756 

William,    2757 
Greaves,   Margaret,   2192 

Thomas,    2191 
Green    Ancestry.    1645,    2313,    2669, 

Addison    L.,   2753 

Asahel,    2753 

George   W.,   2220 

Hiram,   2669 

James,   1645 

John,   Dr.,   2:n6 

Jonas,    2669 

Jonathan,    2669 

Martha   B..    2669 

Martin.    2318 

Samuel,   Cupt.,   2314 

Samuel    M..    2320 

Simeon,    2752 

Solomon,    2753 

Thomas,   2313 

Thomas,  2314 

Thomas,   Dr.,    2314 

William,    2752 

William   E.,   2317 

William   O..   2319 
Greene  Ancestry.    464,    1946 

Alexander,    464 

Alfred,    1946 

Carrie   E.,   467 

Clarissa,    1947 

Harrie  W.,   467 

Jolin,   Surgeon,   465 

Robert,    1946 

William   S..   466 
Gridley  Ancestry,   2053 

Addison,   2054 

Charles   A.,   2054 

Elijah,    Rev.,    2054 

Thomas.    2053 
Griffith   Ancestry,    1S47 

Ellis,    1847 

Samuel,    1S47 

Thomas   B.,    1847 
Griggs  Ancestry,    2141 
Francis   H.,    2144 

Joseph,   2142 
Samuel,   2142 
Thomas,   2141 
Thomas    B„    2144 
Thomas,   Dea,.   2142 
William   J.,    2143 
Griswold   Ancestry.    1180 
Edward,   11  So 
Lvman,    1182 
Lvman    W.,    1182 
Tiieophilus,    llSl 
Theophilus   I..,   Dr..    1182 
Grosvenor  Ancestry.   2565 
Ebenezer.    2566 


John.    2565 
John,  Capt.,  2566 
Thomas,   Col..   2566 
Guenther,   Lenhardt   W.,    1736 

Paul   W.,    1736 
Guild   Ancestry,   1985,    2194 
Aaron,   2195 
Jason   F..    1987 
Joel,   2195 
Joel,   2196 
•Joel  A.,  2196 
John.    1985 
John.   2194 
Joseph.    I9S6 

Nathaniel,   2195 

Samuel,    1986 

Samuel,   2195 
Guion,   Letitia    E,,    785 

Louis,   785 
Gustin,   Ancestry,    114 

Edmund,    114 

Francis   E„   116 

Herbert   E.,   115 

Herbert   I.,    116 

James   H.,    115 
Hagar  Ancestry,    1159 

Isaac,    1159 

Isaac.  Col..    1159 

William.    1159 
Haile  Ancestry,   2022 

John,   2023 

Richard,   2023 

William,   2023 

William   H..   2023 
Hall  Ancestry,  256,  1050,  1553,  2047 
2095,  2367,   2370,   2392,  2689 

Abel,   2367 

Abbie   B,,    2096 

Abbie  M,.  2361 

.\ndrew,   2392 

Arthur  D,.   2361 

Augusta  C.   2371 

Baxter.   2392 

Chandler.    2394 

Charles.    1053 

Charles   H..   1054 

David.    1554 

Edward,    2392 

Frank   P.,   2394 

Gilbert,   256 

Henry  C„    2371 

Henry   S.,    2368 

Hiland,  Gov..    1052 

Houghton,    2394 

John,    1050 

John.   2047 

John.    2393 

John    A..    257 

John   B..   257 
•Jonathan.    257 

Joseph.   2096 

Marshall    P..   2096 

Mary.   2370 

Nathaniel.    1052 

Nehemiah,   2393 

Newton   M.,    Rev.   Dr..   2097 

Obadiah.   2096 

Oliver.    2095 

Peletiah    F..   2371 

Philippi.    1553 

Samuel,    1050 

Samuel,   2367 

Stephen,   2370 

Susan    R..   1555 

Thomas,    1051 

Thomas   A..    2047 

Wheeler   H..   2368 

Willard.   2371 
Hamblen   Ancestry.   998 

Benjamin,   999 

Cornelius,   999 

Edward    H,,    1000 

Isaiah   B„    1000 

James,   998 

John,   998 
Hamilton   Ancestry,    1634,    1636 

Archibald,   2737 

Asa,   Dr.,    1634 
Erasmus   E.,    1635 

Harrv    E„    2737 

Henry   C,    1636 

Henry   C.   2737 

James.    1636 


Michael,    1634 
Theodore   E,,    1635 
Thomas,   2737 
Hammond   Ancestry,    1142.    2189 
Catherine   B.,    2479 

Daniel,    2190 

Ebenezer,   Dea.,    1144 

John,   2189 

John,    2479 

Jolin   C„    1145 

Margaret.   2479 

Moses.    1145 

Salem,    1145 

Thomas,    1142 

Thomas,   2189 

Thomas,   2478 

Thomas,   2479 

Thomas,   Col,.   2190 

William,   2478 

William,    2479 
Hancock  Ancestry,   924 

Moses,   925 

Nathaniel,   924 

Thomas,   924 
Handy  Ancestry,    1723 

Hatsel   K.,    1724 

Herbert   L,,    1724 

Richard.    17  23 
Hanks   Ancestry.    1S66 

Benjamin,    1S66 

Ebenezer,    1866 

Isaac,    1866 
Hanlev,    Henry    E.,    1100 

John,    1100 
Hannum   Ancestr\',   2185 

Aaron,   2186 

Caleb,   2186 

Charles,   2186 

John,   2185 

Verlina,   2186 

William,    2185 
Harding  Ancestry,    237 

.Abraham,   237 

John,   Capt.,    238 

John   P.,   239 

John  W.,    Rev..   239 

Serrall,    Rev,,   239 
H;irdwick   Ancestry,    35] 

Frederick,   351 

William  P.,  352 
Hardy,  Joseph,  1113 
Harlow  Ancestry,    1277 

Clifton   D.,    1279 

Isaac,    1279 

Roscoe   E.,    1278 

William,    1277 

William,    1278 
Harmon    Ancestry,    1447 

Israel,    1449 

Israel,    1449 

John,   1448 
Harris  Ancestry,    300,    308 

Allen.   301 

Ambia  C.   308 

Daniel   L..   303 

Frederick   H..   309 

Thomas,   300 

Thomas,   Capt..   309 

William,   308 
Harrison   Ancestry,   2693 
Hart  Ancestry,    1719 

Daniel,    1720 

Isaac,    1719 

Thomas   N..    1720 
Hartt   Ancestry,   925 

Arthur   W.,    926 

Edmund.   925 

John.   926 

John   F..   926 

Samuel.   925 
Hartwell   Ancestry,   2482 

Jonathan,    2483 

Nathan,   2483 

William,    2482 
Haskell   Ancestry,    21 86 

Henry   W.,   21S7 

Homer  F,,   2187 

John,   2186 

Simeon,   2186 

Thomas  S.,   2187 
Haskins   Ancestry,   3n4 

Benjamin   S..   355 

Estelle   M.,   356 


INDEX. 


Harr\*    \\'..   355 
John.   354 
Hastings  Ancestry.  429.  1410.  2343 
Albert   W..    1411 
Daniel.   2343 
iilijali,    430 
Elislia.  2234 
Ezra.    1411 
Glover  S.,   2343 
•Henrv   O..   2344 
Hell.ert    A..    2235 
Samuel.    2234 
Silas.    1411 
Tliomas.   Dea..    1410 
Tliomas.   Dr..    429 
Tliomas,    Dr.,   2234 
Thomas.    Lieut.,   2234 
Zenas.   2343 
Hathaway   .\ncestry.   905 
Ephraim.    905 
John.   905 
John.   906 
Hawes  Ancestry.    1521 
Edwaril,    1521 
Emorv   C.   1522 
Estes,   69S 
John.   69S 
Luther.   1522 
Ursula  M..   1523 
Hawkins  Ancestry.    190 
Alpheus.    191 
John.   Capt..   191 
John.  Sir,  191 
Nehemiali.   Capt..    191 
Paul    It..   Col..    192 
Pachard    F..   192 
William.    191 
William.   Capt..    191 
Hawks    Ancestry.    2.S1.    714,    116S, 
2073 
Alanson   K..   2073 
Calvin   B..   281 
Charles   W..    2074 
Eleazer,   Dea..   IIBS 
Eliezer.   715 
Eliezer,    2073 
Frederick.   716 
Frederick   E..   716 
Gershom.   2073 
Isaac   J..   2073 
Jared,   281 
John,    714 
John,    1168 
John,   Col..    715 
Joshua.    116S 

Philemon,    1168 
Silas.    1168 
Theron  H..   282 
Hayden   Ancestry.   441 

Amminadab,   442 

John,    442 
Havnes   Ancestry,    17  62 
"  Charles   R..    1766 

Cyrus   H..   1766 

John.   1766 

Lyman.    1762 

Theodore   L..   1765 

Tillv,   1763 

Walter,   1762 

William   H.,   1766 
Hayward   Ancestry,    2368 

(See  Hevwood.) 

Caleb.    1851 

Claudius  D..   2369 

Claudius    R..   2369 

Ebenezer.    1851 

Harrv   T..    1852 

Peter.    2368 

Samuel.   1851 

Svlvanus,    2369 

William.    2368 

William   E..    1851 
Hazelton    Ancestry,   2344 

Abraham,    2344 

Benjamin.   2345 

James   B..   2345 

Pearson,    2345 

Richard,    2345 

Robert.    2344 

Thomas,    2345 
Heald   Ancestry.   172 

Arthur  C.    173 

Benjamin.   Capt..   173 


Israel,   Capt..   172 
John.   172 
John.   Dea..   172 
John.   Lieut..   172 
John.   Sergt..    172 
Lvsander,    173 
Heath   Ancestry,   2376 
Angeline   R..   2377 
Ezra,    2377 
Henry,    2377 
Isaac,   2376 
William,   2376 
Hedges,   Abraham.    2367 

Dennis.    2367 
Herrick  Ancestry.  U51.   1523.  1974 
Anna   L..    1975 
Eyrvk,  1523 
Henry.    1523 
Henrv.    1974 
Henry   S..    1975 
James.    Rev.,   1457 
Joseph   T..   Dr..   145S 
Nathaniel.    1467 
Robert.   1455 
Stephen.    1975 
Thomas.    152  4 
William.   Sir.   1455 
William.   Sir.   1523 
Hervev  Ancestry,   336 
Abraham   F.,   2396 
Elizabeth   K.,    2396 
Franklin,   337 
George,    337 
William,   336 
Hewes  Ancestry,    1662 
Cvrus,    1663 
Daniel  D..   1663 
Nathaniel.    1662 
Nathaniel.   Lieut..    1663 
Hewins   Ancestry,   1227 
Amasa,    1228 
Amasa,   Lieut..   1228 
Charles   A..   1229 
Frank   A..   1229 
Jacob.    1227 
Joseph.    Dea..   1227 
Hewitt.   Clarence   E..    1804 

George   W..   1804 
Hevwood  Ancestry.    1820 

(See  Ha V ward.  1 

Amos.  Capt..   1821 

Daniel.   1822 

John.   1820 

Silas.   1821 
Hicks   Ancestry.   2685 
Higginson    Ancestry.    3  42 

Francis  Lee.   349 

Francis.    Rev..   343 

Frederick.   349 

George,   348 

Henrv  Lee,  JIaj..   34S 

John.   3  43 

John.   Col..   346 

John.   Rev..   345 

Stephen.  Hon.,  Capt..  34 1 
Hill    Ancestry.    834.    846 

Benjamin.   834 

Benjamin.   847 

Henry  B..   847 

John.   834 

.lohn,  846 

Noah,   835 

Perley   C   835 
Hills  Ancestry.   1732 

Albert   P..   1735 

Albert   S..   1735 

Francis   H..   1735 

Joseph.    1733 

Smith,    1734 
Hinckley  Ancestry,    263 

Samuel,    263 

Samuel,   263 

Samuel,   Capt..    263 
Hine  Ancestry.   2698 
Hinsdale  Ancestry.    1026 

Barnabas.   1027 

Charles  J.,   1028 

Robert,   1026 

William   E..   1028 
Hinsman.    Edward  E.,   2745 

John    E..    2745 
Hitchcock   Ancestry,   1211 

Aaron.   1001 


Abner,    796 
Abner  D„   776 
Clarence   E..   776 
Edward   P..    1212 
Heman.    1212 
Ithamar,    lOOi 
John,    1001 
John,   Dea,,    1211 
John,    Ens..   1211 
Levi,    1002 
Luke,    1211 
Nathaniel,    775 
Zur,    1212 
Hoar  Ancestr.v.   6 lit 
Charles.   619 
George   F..   621 
(Port,  front  isi)ieL-e,  Vid.  IV) 
John.   620 
Samuel.   621 
Hobart  Ancestry.   349 

Charles   Harrison.   351 
Edmund.   349 
Harrison   Parker,   351 
Hobbs.   John    H..   64 
John   L..    64 
Mary   A.   L..   64 
Hobert   Ancestry.   2254 
James.    2255 
James   P..   2255 
Patrick.   2255 
Hohn   Ancestry.    2746 

Benjamin   D..    Rev..   2746 
David,   Dr..   2746 
Henr>'.    2746 
Hidhrook   Ancestry.   250 
John,    251 
John,  Capt..  250 
Joshua.    251 
Nehemiah.   251 
Thomas.   250 
Hnlden   .Ancestry.   2028.   2723 
Benjamin.   2029 
Benjamin.   Col.,   2029 
George   W.,    2030 
George  W..   2723 
Joel,   2030 
Richard.   2028 
Sarah   M..   2723 
Simon,    2722 
Stephen.   2029 
Stephen.   2722 
Hollis  Ancestry.    1279 
David.    1280 
George   W..   1281 
John.   1279 
John  W..   1280 
Thomas.   Capt..   12S0 
Holmes  Ancestry.   1957.   224  4 
Charles  L..    2246 
Jabez.   Dr..   195S 
Jabez  S..   1958 
John.   1957 
Joseph   C.   2245 
Joseph   E..    2246 
Oliver   W..   608 
Oliver  W..    610 
Samuel,    2244 
Silas,   1958 
Silas,   Dr.,   195S 
William,   2245 
Holt   Ancestry,   1775 
Albert,    1776 
Nicholas,    1775 
Rodney,   1776 
Hooker  Ancestry,   2074 
Daniel.   Dr..   2075 
George   W..   2077 
Henrietta   E..   2077 
John.   2074 
Riverius.   2076 
Samuel.   2076 
Samuel.    Rev..   2075 
Thomas.    Rev..   2074 
Hooper  Ancestry.   2322 
James.   2322 
James,   2323 
James  H..   2323 
John.   2322 
Levi.   2322 
Warren   L..   2323 
William.   2322 


INDEX. 


Hopkins   Ancestrj',    378 

James    K..   3TS 

Tliuinas,   37S 
Hosfoid   Ancestry.    113S 

Aiad.    IHO 

Charles  L..   Capt.,    1140 

Chester  B..   1140 

Emma   S..    1141 

Obaiiiah.   Capt.,    1139 

William,    113S 
Hoskins   Ancestry,   354 

John,   354 
Hosmer  Ancestry,   638,   921 

Adelaide  A..   922 

Daniel,    922 

Kbenezer  M.,    922 

Kphraim.   B3S 

James,   638 

Joel.   639 

Steplien,  638 

Stephen,    921 
HijUKhton,   William   B.,    2264 
HoN'ey   Ancestry,   986 

Daniel,    986 

Klijah,   988 

James,   987 

Oren,   988 

Robert   F.,   988 

William  O.,   988 
Howard   Ancestry,    1573,    1885 

Aaron,    1887 

Abie!,   Dr.,   401 

Bezaleel,   Rev.,   1574 

Charles,    1574 

Cooley,   1887 

John,    1573 

John,    1886 

John   H.,   1SS7 

Jonathan,   Maj.,    1574 

Nathaniel,   402 

Thomas  D.,   Rev.,    1574 

William,   1885 
Howe  Ancestry,    47,   194 

Abraham,   48 

Amasa   B.,    196 

Klias,    196 

Kphraim,   48 

Oeorge   W.,   1894 

John,   194 

John,   Esq.,    47 

Josiah,    1894 

Josiah   D.,    1895 

William,   48 
Howland   Ancestry,    2684 
Hubbard  Ancestry,  1055,  2377,  2735 

Abigail,    1056 

Arthur   W.,    2735 

Kbenezer,   1056 

Elijah,   1056 

Elisha,   2734 

George,   1055 

George,    2377 

George,   2733 

John,    1809 

John,    1810 

John,   2378 

John,    2734 

Joseph,   2378 

Nathan,   2378 

Peter,    2735 

Rufus   H.,    2379 

Samuel,   2734 

Varsil  M.,  2735 
Hughes  Ancestry,   1533 

Emeline   F.,   1201 

John,   Capt.,   1533 

John  G.,    1533 

William  B.,   1201 
Hulhert  Ancestry,   2208,  2591 

Ames  G.,   2593 

David,    2208 

Gardiner,   2209 

George,   2209 

Henry  C,    2591-93 

John,   2208 

Jonah,   2209 

Maria   L.,   2209 

Stephen,   2208 

Thomas,   2208 

Thomas,   Lieut.,   2591 
Humphrey   Ancestry,   1833 

Henry  S.,   1833 


Isaac,   1833 

James  L..   1833 
Humphreys  Ancestry,   1125 

Charles  A.,   Rev",    1127 

Henry,   Dea.,   1127 

James,   Dea.,    1126 

Jonas,    1125 
Hunt    Ancestry,     187,     1393,     1766, 
1844 

Caroline,    1767 

Cassius,    1394 

Ebenezer.   Dea.,    189 

Edmund,    1393 

Edijiund   S..    189 

Elias,   Maj..   189 

Elijah,    1845 

Enoch.    187 

Ephraim,    1844 

Ephraim,   Col.,    188 

Samuel.   Lieut.,    1393 

Seth.    1394 

Wadsworth,   1394 

William,    1767 
Huntington   Ancestry,   723 

Jonathan,   Dr.,   724 

Ralph,   725 

Simon.   723 

Simon,    724 
Hunton   Ancestry,    2713 

Benjamin,   2714 

John,   2714 

Nathan,   2714 

Philip,   2713 

William,    2713 
Hurlbtit  Ancestry,    1794 

Asaph,    1795 

Jairus   S..    1795 

Stephen,    1795 

Thomas,    1794 
Htlssey  Ancestry,  1667 

Benjamin.  1667 

George    F.,    1668 

John,    1667 
Hutchinson   Ancestry,    100,    1725 

Albert   S..    105 

Alexander,   1725 

Bartholomew,  Lieut.,   102 

Bernard,    100 

Edwin   F.,    103 

Freedom,    105 

Joseph  T..    1726 

Liberty   H.,    104 

Melvin,   105 

Timothy   H.,   102 
Hyde   Ancestry,   1892,   2323,   2486 

Alexander,   2487 

Alvan,   Rev.,   2487 

Francis   D.,   2324 

George   H.,   2487 

Henry  S.,   1893 

Jacob,   2486 

Jacob   D.,   2324 

Jedediali,    1892 

Jerome   W.,   1893 

Jonathan,    2323 

Jonathan,    2324 

Joseph,   2487 

Oliver  M.,    1893 

Pitt  W..    1S93 

Samuel,   2486 

Thomas,    2486 

Thomas   W.,   1894 

William,    1892 
Imbescheid,   George,    17^2 

John,    1743 
Indicott  Ancestry,    2010 

John,   Dr.,    2010 
Ingersoll   Ancestry,   2031 

Edward,   2633 

Harriet   J.,    2633 

John.    2632 

John.   2633 

Thomas,    2632 
Ingraham  Ancestry,    1663 

Jared.   1664 

Joseph,   1665 

Obadiah   P.,    1665 
Inshaw,   Hannah   C.,   2746 

Richard  B..  2746 
Ireland  Ancestry,   228,   777 

Ella   F.,   231 

George.   779 

George  H.,   230 


George   W.,   230 

Gordon,    781 

Joseph,   778 

Oscar  B.,   780 

Thomas,    777 

William,   228 

William   H.,   229 
Irish   Ancestry,    2335 

John,    2336 

William   D.,   2336 
Irwin,    Richard    W.,   1240 
Jackson   Ancestry,   509 

Benjamin,   510 

Charles  B.,   510 

Jonathan,   509 
Jacobs  Ancestry,    1443.    2747 

Horace.   Dr.,    144  5 

John,   2747 

Louis   H.,   2747 

Mary  L..    1446 

Nicholas,    1443 

Simeon,    1445 

Whitman,    Itev..    1444 
James   Ancestry,    315,    2506 

Eliza  A.,   2507 

Enoch,    316 

Helen    E.,   319 

Henry    L.,   316 

John.    2506 

Lyman    D..    318 

Philip.   315 

Samuel,   2507 
Jenks  Ancestry,    1178 

Arnold.   986 

George   W.,   1180 

Horace,   986 

Jesse,    1179 

Jesse  A.,  1179 

Joseph.    985 

Josepli.    1178 

Nathaniel,    985 

Stephen,   986 
Jenne  Ancestry,    1910 

Isaac,    1910 

Mary  A.,    1911 

Siloam   S.,    1911 
Jobson,   Edmund,    1643 

Minnie  D.,    1644 
.lohnson  Ancestry,  30,  34,  269,  274, 
275,    773,     1305,     1306.     1308, 
1535,  1537,  2101,  2429,  2711 

Aaron   L.,   2102 

Abijah,    1536 

Amos   H..   Dr.,    40 

Arthur  S..   37 

Asa  G.,    1311 

Benjamin,   274 

Benjamin   W.,   2101 

Caleb,   2430 

Caleb  H.,   2430 

Charles,   1537 

Charles   B.,    1307 

Charles   H..   1308 

Charles   H.,    1536 

Charles   W.,   276 

Daniel   A.,   2712 

Dennis,   276 

Ebenezer.   1306 

Ebenezer,  Col..    1537 

Ebenezer,   Lieut.,    1537 

Edmund,   773 

Eldmund,   2711 

Edward  C,   41 

Edward   C,   2712 

I':dward,   Capt.,   30 

Edward,   Capt..    31 

Edward,   Capt.,    1308 

Edward,   Dea..   31 

Enoch.   2711 

Ervin  A..  Dr.,  272 

Ezekiel,   274 

Frank.    990 

Frank  M.,   990 

Francis   H.,   Rev..   40 

George  H.,   39 

George  N.,    1310 

George   W.,   Hon..   38 

Grahame   D.,   41 

Haines,   Capt..   271 

Harold  A..   Dr.,   39 

Harriet  E.,   2431 

Henri   L.,    1955 

Henry  A.,   32 


INDEX. 


Htniv    \V.,   3a 
Heivey   S..   24H0 
Hiram,   :iT5 
Isaac,   i:i06 
Isaac,    1954 
James,   34 
James.   275 
James,  Capt..   1305 
James,   Capt..   2429 
James   H.,    1537 
James   Ij.,   1537 
Jasper.    1311 
Jasper  N..   1311 
John.    774 
John.    1536 
John,    2712 
John,   Hon.,    27U 
Jonathan,   2429 
Joseph,   276 
Jotham,   32 
Lewis,    1955 
Lewis,   Lieut..   1955 
Mary  A.,   774 
Marv   L.,   32 
Morris,   2429 
Moses  E.,    1306 
Nathaniel,   1535 
Obadiah,   989 
Obadiah,   2711 
Peter,   1537 
Peter,   2711 
Philip    S.,    40 
Reginald   M.,    41 
Samuel,  36 
Samuel,   40 
Sidney,   Dea..   272 
Stephen,   Lieut.,   1305 
Thomas,  Col.,   271 
Thomas,   Dea.,   270 
Walker,    2101 
William,   269 
William,  Capt.,   1310 
William,  Capt.,   1310 
Wolcott   H.,    37 
Jones  Ancestry.  1836 
Adonijah,   1S37 
Arvilla  N..  1S3S 
Benoni,    1837 
Eber,   1838 
Edward  D.,  1838 
Griffin.   1836 
Griffith,    1836 
Jordan    Ancestry,    1470 
Josiah,  1471 
Robert,  Rev.,  1470 
William   H.,    1471 
Judd  Ancestry,  970 
Alfred  T.,  972 
Harvey,   972 
Salathiel.    971 
Thomas.  970 
Katzman.  Christian,    2749 

Henry,    2749 
Kelley,  John,   2706 

William   H.,    2706 
Kellogg  Ancestry,  375,   1371,  1372, 
1825 
Alva,   1827 
Bela,    1372 
David,  375 

Ebenezer,  Capt.,  1371 
Bbenezer.  Ens.,  1371 
Ezekiel,  Capt.,   1372 
Frederick,   1373 
Frederic  D.,    1373 
Frederick  E„    1372 
Frederic  L..   Dr.,  1374 
Ira,    1372 
John,   1826 
Jonathan,   1371 
Joseph,  Lieut..   1825 
Lorenzo   A.,   1827 
Martin,  1825 
Mary  E.,  1372 
Nathaniel,    1371 
Phillippe.  1825 
Samuel.   1373 
Samuel   2633 
Samuel,  Capt..   1826 
Kelsev  Ancestry,    1659 
Henry  J..  1660 
Levi   D.,   1660 


Seymour   K.,    1660 
William.   1660 
Kemp   Ancestry.    2171 
Edward.   2171 
Horace    2173 
Lawrence.   2172 
Lawrence,   2173 
Uiwrence.  Capt.,   2172 
Samuel.   2171 
William    S.,    2173 
Zerubbabel.    2171 
Kempton   Ancestry,   2438 
Clifford   S..    2439 
James  C.  2439 
Moses,   2438 
Kendall    Ancestry,    1618,    1811 
Francis.    1811 
Frank  C.   1618 
Harriet  E..  1813 
James,   Ensign.    1618 
John,  1811 
Madison.    1812 
Temple,   1811 
Kimball  Ancestry,  897,  2612 
Abel.   2612 
Abel,   2613 
Asa.   1875 
Benjamin.  897 
Benjamin.  2497 
Caleb.   902 
Caleb,  2612 
Caleb,  Capt.,  2612 
Calvin   H„   901 
Charles  W.,  2613 
Elijah  P..  1875 
George  C.  2614 
George  W..   2615 

Helen   F.,  905 
Henry,  2497 
James,   898 
James,   Rev,,   899 
John,    1874 
John,   2497 
John,   2498 
John,   Capt,,  902 

Joseph,  2498 

Moody   S.,   2613 

Moses.    903 

Phebe.  775 

Richard,   774 

Richard.   897 

Richard,   900 

Richard.    1874 

Samuel,  Capt..   901 

Thomas.   775 

William   B..   899 

William   G..   2498 

William  M..   902 
Kimberlv    Ancestry,    2002 

Ezra,    2003 

Fred   Hobart,   2003 

John,   2003 

John   Burton,   2004 

Nathaniel,  2002 

Thomas,    2002 
King  Ancestry,   886,    1048,   2333 

.\masa.    1049 

.\masa.   2334 

Dwight.   2334 

Frank   H..   1049 

Henry    A..   2334 

Jabez.  Col..   887 

James,    886 

John,   1048 

Thomas,   886 

Thomas,   1048 

Thomas,   2333 

William.   1049 

William.   2333 
Kingsbury  Ancestry.  322 

Joseph,  322 

Melzar,  323 
Kinne  Ancestry,  187 

Amos,  Lieut.,  187 

Henry,    187 

Nathan,    187 

Thomas,    187 
Kirkham  Ancestry,   654 

Albert  H.,  655 
Henrv,  654 
John,  655 
John   B..   655 


John   S..   656 
Thomas.   654 
Kneeland    Ancestry.    11 01 
.\lexander,   1101 
Benjamin,  1102 
Edward,   1102 
Frederick  N.,   1103 
Isaac  N.,   1103 
James,  1101 
John.  Capt.,  1102 
Joseph,   1103 
William.   Maj..    1101 
Knowlton  Ancestry.  2400 
Abraham.    2403 
Caleb.  2403 
John,   2402 
John.    2403 
-Mary.   2403 
Richard.    2400 
Robert,   2401 
William,   2401 
William,  Capt..    2401 
Knvvet   Ancestry,  2597 
Lakin  Ancestry,  2384 
James  A.,  2384 
Jonas  R.,   2384 
Lamb   Ancestry,   2501 
.\biel,  2501 
Ebenezer,    2502 
Roland  O..  2503 
Samuel   T.,    2502 
Thomas,   2501 
Lamson  Ancestry,   2683 
Amos,  Capt.,   1317 
Irvin  T.,  2684 
Peter,   2683 
Samuel,    2683 
Thomas,   2684 
William,  2683 
Landers,   Dennis   J..   1751 

John.   1751 
Lane  Ancestry.  539 
Elisha.   540 
Hiram   B.,   540 
John,   540 
Robert,   539 
I.,ang  Ancestry,   2250 
Aaron,  2250 
Cyrus,   2250 
George  D,,  2251 
John,   2250 
liingford,   William,   2476 
Langlrv,   Albert  P..   1731 
Lathrop   Ancestry,    88,    2229 
Alanson,  91 
Daniel,   2229 
Erastus,   2229 
John,   88 
John,   2229 
John,   Rev.,   89 
Lester,   91 
Oliver  W,.   2230 
Wells,   2230 
William  L..  91 
Laurie  Ancestry,  1093 
Thomas,   1093 
Thomas.   Rev.,   1093 
Lawler  Ancestry.  1226 
Francis,    1226 
Frank  J.,  1226 
James,  1226 
Nicholas  J„  1227 
T.,awrence  Ancestry,  1434 
Hannah,   2149 
John,   1435 
Jonathan,    2149 
Josiah  O..  1438 
Lyman.   1438 
Nathaniel.   2149 
Robert,    1434 
Sarah  J..  1439 
Thaddeus,  1437 
Timothy,   1436 
Lawton,  or   Laughton,  Daniel,  1596 

Thomas,   1596 
Learned  Ancestry,   2507 
Ebenezer,  2508 
Isaac,  2508 
Mary,   2509 
Ruth,   2509 
William,   2507 


INDEX. 


Lee  Ancestrv.  179.  182,  1685 

Andrew,  Rev.,  180 

Daniel.  16S.5 

Gerald  S..   Itev.,   1S2 

Hiram  H..   1685 

.Joseph.  Kev.,  182 

Samuel    H..    Uev..    181 

Samuel    W..   18.3 

Samuel    W..   183 

Samuel   \V..   184 

Thomas.   179 

Thomas,  Lieut..   179 

^Yalter.   1685 

William.  Dea..  181 
I.,efevre  Ancestry.  1412 

Daniel.   1412 

Henry  J..   1412 
Leland  Ancestry.  1545 

Caleb.    1546 

Henry.   15  45 

.James.   Capt..   1546 

Otis.   1546 

Phineas.   1546 
Leonard  Ancestry.  525 

Dan,   526 

Josej>h.   526 

Solomon.    525 
Lewis  Ancestry.  68 4.   2450 

Albion    \V..  686 

.\ndrew.    2  451 

Benjamin   It..  686 

Calvin   \V..  2453 

Caroline  H..  687 

ICdmunil.  684 

.Jacob.    2452 

John,    245U 

John,   Capt.,   685 

John.   Ijieut.,    685 

Joseph,   2451 

Joseph.    2452 

Peter.   2  450 
Libby,   Benjamin,   2535 

Benjamin,   2728 

Charles,  2535 

James,   2535 

John,   2534 

Phoebe,    2535 

Sanford,   2728 

Solomon,    2728 
Lillie   Ancestry.    1842 

Charles.  1842 

Dexter  P.,  1843 

George,    1842 

Lucien   B..   1842 
Lincoln  Ancestry,   765.  2469.  2678 

Abraham,  2469 

Addison   J.,   866 

Albert   W.,   2745 

Alexander,  2678 

Amasa,   866 

Catherine,   3470 

Enoch,    2470 

Ezra.   2470 

Henry.   2677 

Henr\'.   Rev..  2677 

Jedediab.    2469 

Samuel.   2469 

Thomas.   765 

Thomas.   865 

Warren.   766 

William.   766 

William.   2677 

William   A..   866 

William    H.,   2678 
Jjittle  Ancestry.  2296 

.\rcliibald,  505 

Benjamin,   2297 

Elizabeth,    2297 

Isaac,   2297 

Joseph,    2297 

Thomas.   505 

Thomas.   2296 
Llovd  Ancestry.  198 

"John,    198 

John.   Maj.,   198 
I^ockwood   Ancestry.   221 
Amos.    Capt..    221 

Benoni.   Capt.,   221 

Benoni.   Capt.,   222 
Gershom,   I..ieut..   221 
Robert.    22! 
T^ombard    Ancestr\-.    1S97 
John.   1897 


Nelson.   1898 
Obed.   1898 
r.oderick.   1898 
Long  Ancestry.   420.  1637 
.lames.   420 
John.   1637 
John,    1638 
John   D,.  Gov..   421 
J^ongfellow    Ancestr\'.    600 
Henry   W..   602 
Stephen.    601 
William.   600 
Longle>'.  John.   839 
Look  Ancestry.   1653 
Dwight   B..   1653 
Frank  N..  1654 
Thomas.   1653 
Loomis   Ancestry.    1451.   2253.   2688 
Annie  L..   2280 
Bvron.  1454 
Caleb.    2754 
Caleb.   Dea..   1452 
Charles.   2253 
Francis   D..   2279 
Francis   N..    2280 
Ham.    1892 
.lacob.    2754 
James   H..   2253 
John.    I>ea..    1452 
Jonathan.   2279 
.Joseph.    1451 
Luther.    1453 
Xathaniel.   2753 
Noadiab,   2279 
Noah.   Capt.,   1891 
Rodney.  687 
Rodney.   2279 
Samuel.  Dea..   1452 
Samuel.   Lieut.,    687 
Samuel,   Lieut.,   2279 
Thomas.    2253 
Timothv   H..   688 
William.   1453 
William.   2279 
J,ord   Ancestry,    714 
Joseph,   714 
Joseph.   Dr..  714 
Joseph.    Rev..   714 
Persis.  714 
liobert.   714 
Loringr.   Anna    (Sawyer).   85 
Lothrop     (or    Latbrop)    Ancestry, 
169.    2695 
Joseph.   169 
Joseph,   Hon..    170 
Joseph,    Rev.   Dr..    169 
Wells.   170 
Lounsburv    Ancestry,    1671 
David.  1672 
John  H..   1672 
Richard.    1671 
Jjovejov  Ancestry,  1043 
Daniel,  1043 
John.   1043 
Stephen,   1044 
I.,ovell  Ancestry,  955 
David,    956 
Enoch.    956 
Enoch.  Capt.,   955 
Robert,  955 
Lowell  Ancestry,  2721 
Gideon,    2722 

James    R.,  605 

John.   2722 

Percival.  2721 

Richard.   2721 
lAulington   Ancestrx-.   477 

David   P..   478 

Isaac.    478 

^^'illiam.   477 
I^unt   Ancestr.v.   276 

Enoch  P..  277 

George  C.  278 

Henry.  276 

Silas.  277 
Lyman   Ancestry,   279.   1817.  2162 

Benjamin.    1820 

Edson  L.  2163 

Edward  M..  281 

Ellas,  1819 

George,   2163 

Herbert,   1820 

Israel.   280 


Israel.    2163 
.lohn,   2162 
.lonathan  H.,  263 
Lorenzo   W..   2163 
Richard,   279 
Richard,   1818 
Thomas,   1818 
Zadoc,  2163 
I^\  on   Ancestry.   2027 
Henry.  2027 
Henry,  Capt.,  2027 
James   L..    2028 
James.  Rev.,  2028 
Samuel,    2027 
Zopher.   2027 
McClench.   John,   768 
William  W..  768 
McCormick.  John.  2750 

Michael.   2750 
McElwain  Ancestr.v.  1939 
James.   1939 
John   S..   1940 
Jonathan.    1940 
Timothy,    1939 
McGinle\'    .\ncestrv.    2547 
Arthur   K..    25  49 
.lames,    2548 
John,   2548 
Joseph,   2548 
William   A.,    2548 
McGregorv   Ancestry,    1006 
George,    1007 
John,   1006 
Joseph,   1007 
Mcintosh  Ancestry,   2007 
Andrew,    2008 
•Andrew   J.,    2009 
Robert,   2007 
Sarah  C,   2009 
McKenney  Ancestry,    1616 
Charles  H..  1617 
Frank   E..   1617 
John.    1616 
McLaughlin,  James  S..    1646 
McQuestin.   George   E..    85 
.Mackenzie.  Mrs.  Frank  R..  1600 
.Mackintosh  Ancestry,  793 
Ebenezer,    794 
Herbert   B.,   795 
.lames,    795 
.lohn.  793 
Wendell    P..    795 
William,  Col..  793 
Malone  Ancestry.   2740 
Cornelius  H.,  2740 
Henry,    2740 
Henrv  D.,  274" 
Thomas.   2740 
Mangel.  Christopher.   1593 

Rudolph  O.,   1593 
Mann  Ancestry.   399,   649 
Alvan,  1888 
.\ugustine   A.,    1888 
Charles,  650 
Elisha,   401 
John,  1887 
Nelson,   401 
Richard,  400 
Royal  T..   1888 
SaiViuel,   Rev..   619 
Seth.  Lieut..   400 
William.  649 
Mansfield  Ancestry.   1991 
Horace  H..   1992 
John.    1991 
William.   1991 
Manson  Ancestry,   1014 
Frederick.   1014 
Frederick.    1015 
Nicholas.    440 
Marsh  Ancestry.   639 
Charles,   642 
Daniel  J..  646 
Henrv   D..   646 
Hezekiah.  Capt..   641 
.John.  640 
John.   Capt..   641 
William  C.  643 
Marshall  Ancestry,  519 
Alonzo,  520 
Miles   W..  520 
Samuel.  Capt..  519 
AJassonneau.  Mrs.  Caroline  F..  1300 


INDEX. 


Martyn,  James  K.,  752 
Mather  Ancfstry.  12H 

Atherton.  6S2 

Kliakim.    S06 

Elijah,   SOT 

Klisha,  1216 

John.   1214 

John  L..  1217 

Nathaniel,  646 

Phineas,   6H3 

Richard,   Rev..   1214 

Rufus.    69.3 

Samuel,   2182 

Samuel,   Dr.,   121.T 

Samuel.   Dr.,   1216 

Samuel.   Rev..    121.". 

Timothv,   807 

Timotliv,   2182 

William,   1216 

William    E..   1216 
Matthews   Ancestrv.    167.; 

Asahel  G.,   1674 

John,   1673 

John   C.   1416 

Mary  A..   1674 

Silas,   1673 

Silas,   1674 
Mattoon  Ancestry,   2689 
May   Ancestrv,    1121,   1123 

Artliur  W..  1122 

Benjamin,  1122 

Ebenezer,    1123 

Edward,    Rear-Adm.,    1125 

John,   1121 

Lemuel,  Capt.,   1121 

Samuel,  1123 

Samuel,  Rev.,  1124 
.Mavnard   Ancestrv,   805,  1351 

Charles  A..   1.352 

Daniel,   1352 

Ebenezer,  1352 

John,   805 

John,   1351 

Moses  A.,  805 

Walter,  805 
Mavo  Ancestry,  226 

Alfred  N.,  22S 

Amaziah,   227 

John,   Capt.,    227 

John,   liev.,   226 
Mellen   Ancestrv,   2169 

David,    2170 

James,   512 

James,   2170 

Richard,  2169 

Simon,  2169 

William  M.  E..  Dr.,  512 
Merriam  Ancestrv,  727 
•Charles.  729 

Dan,    729 

Ebenezerr  728 

George,  729 

Horner,   730 

John.   797 

Jonas.   798 

Samuel.    79S 

William.    727 
Merrill  Ancestr,v,  1773 

George  N.,   1774 

Leonard  W.,  1774 

Nathan,  1773 
.Merritt  Ancestry.  1473 

Arthur  H..   1368 

Christopher  C.  1475 

Henry.    1473 

Increase  S..  Capt.,  1475 

Noah,  1474 

Simeon,  Capt..  1475 
Metcalf  Ancestrv,    2371,   2751 

Alfred   G..   2374 

Eleazer.    2373 

Frank  H..  2751 

James.    2373 

.loseph,   2751 

Leonard.  Rev..  2372 

Michael   M.,   2372 

Michael   M..   2373 

William,   2374 

William  H..  2374 

William   S..   2375 
-Miller  Ancestry.  845.   1360 

Asa.  Lieut..  815 

Aisa  B..  84  6 


Charles  O..  1615 

Cyrus,   1361 

Cvrus,   1362 

Edwin  C,  1362 

Edwin  F..  1362 

Gustaf  A..   1614 

Henrv    M..   S46 

Henry  S..  846 

Thomas,   845 

William,    1360 

William,    1615 
Milliken  Ancestry,  1685 

Charles,    1687 

Edward,   1686 

Hugh,    1685 

Lemuel,   1687 

Rufus,  Capt.,  1686 
Mills   Ancestry,    1491 

Ebenezer.    Rev.,    1492 

Elizabeth    H.,    1493 

Emily,   1493 

Isaac,    1493 

John,  Hon..  1492 

Pieter,  1491 
Mock  Ancestrv,  1698 

Adam,    1969 

Henry,    1968 

Jacob,   1969 

Jacob  H.,   19711 
Moller  Ancestrv,   1614 

Gustaf  Adolf,  1614 
Jlore,   Emma  P.  S.,  1753 

Thomas,    1753 

William   W.,   1753 
Moore    Ancestrv,    379,     1814,    1816, 
2751 

Abraham   M.,    379 

Andrew,    1814 

Enoch.   1817 

John.    1816 

John.    2751 

John    F.,    2751 

John   N..   2751 

Jonas.   1816 

Jonathan.   379 

Joseph.   Lieut.,    1814 

Orramel,    1S17 

Roger,   Capt.,   1814 

Roger  S.,   1S15 

Sarah  J..  1815 
Morgan  Ancestrv,   61,   1935 

David,  2036 

David,   Dea.,   2036 

Elisha,  2037 

James,    1936 

Jeremiah.   1936 

John  J..  1937 

Joseph,   63 

Joseph.    2037 

Lewis  E.,  1938 

Lucas,    63 

Luther,  1935 

Miles,   63 

Noah,    2037 

Richard,   1935 

Samuel,    1447 

William,  1936 
Morlock,  Christopher,  2760 

Frederick,   2760 

Gretchen,    2760 
Morrill  Ancestrv,  2123 

Abraham,  2124 

Bradbury   M.,   2125 

Polsom,   2125 

Henrv,  2124 

Jacob,   2124 

Nathaniel.   2124 
Morris   Ancestry.    160.    202 

Ebenezer.  203 

Edward.  Dea.,  162 

Edward,   Lieut.,   161 

Edward.   Lieut..    162 

Edward,   Lieut.,   202 

George    B..    165 

Oliver  B.,  Judge,   164 

Ozias  S.,    Rev.,   20  4 

Robert    O..    166 
Morse  Ancestry,   935,    2127.   2221 

Arnold,   2649 

Benjamin  E..  2276 

Bushrod,   Hon..  2222 

Charles  W..  2650 

Ebenezei-,    Itev.,    2275 


Eliakim.   Rev.,   2276 

Elisha.    2649 

Ephraim,  2721 

Ezra,   Capt.,    2221 

Francis   It.,   2277 

Fred   S.,   2129 

Gilead,    2221 

Hiram   A.,  936 

Hiram  F.,   936 

Isaac,  2649 

John,    2127 

John,   2221 

John,   2270 

John,   2649 

John,   Capt.,   2222 

John   T.,    2276 

John   T.,   2277 

Joseph,   2127 

Joseph.   2274 

Josiiua,    2721 

Joshua   M..   2275 

Oliver,  936 

Robert,  935 

Samuel,   935 

Samuel,   2127 

•Samuel,   2128 

Samuel,   2275 

Samuel   M.,   2128 

Samuel  T.,   2277 

Sewall,   2721 

Warren  T.,  2650 

Willard,   2222 

Willard    A..    2650 
-Morton   Ancestry,   1601,   17y2 

Abraham,    1810 

Consider,   1810 

Daniel,   1810 

Ebenezer,  884 

Eurotas,   884 

George.  884 
•George.   1793 

Gilbert  E.,  88  4 

John,   1602 

.Michael    S.,    1602 

Nathaniel,   1794 
-Mnsely  Ancestry,  20110 

Ebenezer,   2000 

John.    2000 

.N'athaniel.   2000 

Nathaniel,  Col.,   2002 

Sophia,    20U2 
Moss  Ancestry,  2695 
Moulton  Ancestrv.   2535 

Abel,    2536 

Charles   W.   H..    2538 

Jeremiah.  2536 

Joseph.    2536 

Sylvester.  2537 

Thomas.   2536 
-Mulligan,   Charles    H..    1739 

John.   1738 
.Mulvaney,   Patrick   .1..    2766 

\A"illiam,  2765 
-Munn  -\ncestry,  786 

Benjamin,    786 

Francis  C,   787 

George  L.,   787 

George  M.,    787 
-Murphy   Ancestrv,    1647 

Daniel   W..  1647 

Patrick  B.,  Rev..  1648 

Patrick  D.,   1647 
-\lurra.\-,  Hezekiah,  2636 

Trueworthy,   2636 
Nash  Ancestr.\-,  1174 

Harriet  L.,  1176 

Thomas.  1175 

Thomas.   1176 

Timothy.   Lieut..    1175 
Nesmith   Ancestrv.    1341 

James  E.,   1343 

James,   Dea.,    1341 

John.   1341 

.lohn,   Lieut.   Go\'..    1342 
Neltleton    Ancestrv.    1420 

.\aron.  1420 

Jeremiah  D..   14i'm         ^^ 

John,    1420  _     W 

Newcomb   Ancestr\-.    21  i5,    270() 

.A.ndrew.   2518 

.\ndrew.   270tt 
Andrew,   Capt..   21  Tt". 
Andrew.  Lieut       '176 


INDEX. 


Charles  L..   2702 
Charles  L,..   2703 
Cornelius  S.,  2519 
Klwyn    !>.,   2179 
Eunice.   2519 
Harding.  2519 
Hezekiah.   2177 
Hezekiah.    21TS 
Hezekiah,  2701 
Hiram.  2702 
Jeremiah   S..   270E> 
.le.sse  S..   2705 
Joseph.   2702 
Louisiana  K..   2519 
Peter.  2177 
Simeon.    2518 
Simon.  2176 
Simon.    2701-4 
Simon,   2705 
Simon,   2519 
Thomas,    2702 
Thomas,   2704 
Thomas,   2705 
Thomas   J„    2179 
Newell   Ancestry,    945,    2736 
Abraham,   945 
Baxter  H.,  2736 
Cvrus,    945 
Herbert,   2736 
Isaac,    2735 
John,   2735 
Joseph   K„   949 
Joshua,  2735 
Josiah,    947 
Nelson   C,   946 
Samuel  R.,   1074 
Sarah  A.,  949 
Stephen,    945 
Theodore,  94S 
William,    94S 
Newliall   Ancestry,   1654 
Daniel.  1655 
Jabez,    1655 
Thomas,   1654 
Newton   Ancestry,    1619 
Daniel.   972 
James,   972 
James,   1620 
James  H.,  1620 
Moses,  973 

Richard,   1619 
Nichols  Ancestry,   1107 

Benjamin  R..  IIOS 

Ichabod,   1107 

Mary  P..   1109 
Thomas,   1107 
Nickerson  Ancestry.  737,  2740 

Abner,  2741 

Albert   D.,    747 

Albert   W..   746 

Amelia   I'\.   747 

Amos.   739 

Augustus.  743 

Augustus  M.,   751 

Benjamin  S..  751 

Caleb.   2757 

Ebenezer.    2100 

Elkanah.  740 

Fred    H.,    751 
•Frederic,   742 

Frederic   W,.   743 

George  W.,   741 

Henry  B.,  748 

Howard  C.  752 

Isaac  W..  751 

James.    751 

John,   2741 

Jonathan,  739 

Jonathan,   743 

Joseph,   740 
♦Joseph,   743 

Joseph,   Capt..   2740 

,roshua.    275S 

Josiah.    748 

Leonard  C,  748 

Levi,    275S 

Lorenzo  D.,  116S 

Lorenzo    !">.,    2737 

Louisa   W.,   744 

Nicholas.    2100 

Philip,  749 

Phineas,   740 

Phineas  A..  740 


Prince,   748 
Priscilla  S.,  74:'. 
Sereno  D.,  74  9 
Seth,   74  7 
Seth,   2100 
Sparrow,   748 
Stephen,  750 
Thomas,   741 
Thomas,   744 
Thomas  W.,   Rev..  220) 
Urban    H.,   749 
William,   737 
William,   2099 
William,   2100 
William,   2757 
William  C,   2738 
William   E..   739 
William  G.,   747 
William   P.,   741 
Zaccheus,    2741 
Noble  Ancestry,  2081 
Eli,  Capt.,  2465 
Jacob,   2082 
John,  2464 
Luke,   2082 
Mark,   2464 
Robert,    2465 
Sylvester  C.  2465 
Thomas,   2081 
Norcross  Ancestry,  411 
Alfred.    413 
Arthur  D..  413 
Eva    H..    1732 
Jeremiah.    411 
Jesse  S.,  1701 
Joel,  412 
Leonard,    1731 
Nathaniel,  1701 
Orlando   W.,   1702 
Samuel  C,  1732 
Norman,   Albin   F.,   2429 
Northam  Ancestry,  1025 
Asa,    1025 

Harry    H..    1026 
James.   1025 

Solomon    S..    1025 
Norton  Ancestry.  785.  2017 

Hid  ward    H.,    2019 
George,  786 

Hannah,    786 

Henry,   2018 

Michael,    2017 
Nour.se   Ancestry,   2030 

Beniamin,    2031 

Benjamin   F.,   2031 

Francis,   2030 

John.   2031 

Susan   M..   2031 
Nowell.  Jotham,   970 
Noves  Ancestry,   1118 

Baxter    B.,    1120 

Bradley,  Dr.,  1120 

Isaac,  1120 

William,   Rev..   1118 
Nutt   Ancestry,    9 

Henrv,   10 

John,   10 

William.  9 
nakes  Ancestry.   2585 

David,  2586 

Edward,   2585 

Thomas,  2586 
Oakman   Ancestry,   1203 

Frank    H.,    1205 

Joseph    L.,    1204 

Richard    N..    1204 

Samuel.    1203 
Oberempt.   Herman,  1747 

Hugo.    1746 
Olmstead   Ancestry,   2225 

George,   2226 

James,   2225 

John.    2226 

Joseph,    2225 

Simeon,   2226 
O'Neil.  Joseph  H..  2543 
Orchard    Ancestry,    2540 

Edward,  2540 

William,    2540 
Orne,  Lucinda  H„  2348 

William  W..  2347 
Osborne   Ancestry,   1830 

Amanda   M.,   1831 


Chester,    1830 
Ezra,   1830 
Ovfrlock  Ancestry.  2546 
Andrew.   2546 
John  H.,   2546 
Melvin  G.,  2546 
Randall   C,   2546 
Owen   Ancestry,    1447 
Abijah,   1447 
Abijah,   1447 
John,   1447 
0,\ford,  John,   2759 
Joseph  M.,   2759 
Orriette    H..    2759 
William,   2759 
Packard   Ancestry,    1021,   2542 
Alfred   S.,    2543 
Henrv  O..  1022 
Nehemiah,  1022 
Oakes,    2543 
Otis,  1022 
Salmon  S.,   2543 
Samuel,  1021 
Page  Ancestry,  2010,  2405 
Amos   W.,   2405 
Cornelius,    2755 
Frank    H.,    2012 
Irving  H.,  2405 
James,   2011 
.lames,   2405 
John,    2010 
John,   2755 
Joseph,    2755 
Josiah,    2756 
Jonathan,    2756 
Onesiphorus,  2011 
♦Thomas  C  2011 
Paige  Ancestry,  766 
Christopher,   767 
Nathaniel,   766 
Paine  Ancestry.  2445 
Charles.   2447 
Charles  C,   2447 
Charles  J..    2447 
James.  24  46 
Robert   T..   2446 
Robert   T.,   2449 
Thomas,    2445 
Thomas,   2446 
William  C,   2448 
Palmer  Ancestry,  2280 
Asa  N.,   2281 
Henrv   A.,    2281 
James  A.,  22.81 
Samuel.    2280 
Timothy,    22S0 
Parker  Ancestry,  731,  734,  1015 
Charles   H.,   735 
David   F..   732 
Fordis  C,   732 
Frederick  L..  1016 
James,    731 
.lames.   732 
.lames  C.  D,,  737 
James  P..  736 
Lewis  C,   1016 
Lewis  P.,  1016 
Matthew  S.,    735 
Nathaniel,  Rev.,  1015 
Philip  S.,  737 
Robert   C,    1016 
Samuel    H.,    737 
Samuel,    Rev..    1015 
William.    734 
William,   Hon..   734 
William   L.,   736 
Parkhurst    Ancestry,    943,    2509 
David,   944 
David   B.,   944 
David   O.,   944 
George,   2509 
Hugh,   943 
John,   2509 
Josiah,   2510 
Sarah,   2510 
Parsons    Ancestry.    700,    704,    1388 
1390,  1780 
Amasa,   2353 
Bela,  2353 
Benjamin,   1392 
Charles  C.   704 
Charles   S..   1393 
Chauncey    E..    1390 


INDEX. 


Claience  T..  1393 

David,   1391 

Eniilv   E.,    703 

Hugh,    17S0 

Isaac  S.,  229S 

Jeffrey,   701 

Jeffrey,  1390 

Joseph,   70ri 

Joseph,   706 

Joseph.   Cornet.   13SS 

Josiah.   1389 

Lyman.    1389 

Mary    L,.,     17SI 

Moses.  Rev..   701 

Phinehas.  2298 

Roswell  C,   1781 

.Samuel.  Capt..   229S 

Tlieopliilus.   Hon..   701 

Theophilus,    Prof.,    702 

Thomas,   707 

William.   707 

William   K.,   707 

William   H.,   707 

William   11..   1781 
Partrick  Ancestry,  2336 

Andrew,  2337 

Thomas,    2336 

William.   2337 
Partridge   Ancestry,    1956 

Frederick   F..   1957 

William    E.,    1957 

William   W..   1956 
Patton    Ancestry,    467 

Nathaniel.    468 

Seth    .1.,    469 

William.    467 

William,    469 

William.   470 
Paj-son  Ancestrw   13  4  4 

Charles  C.  1346 

Edward.   1344 

Gilbert   R.,    1346 

Gilbert   R.,    1346 

Phillips.    Rev.,   1344 

Samuel  C,  1346 

Samuel   R.,   1345 
Peaborlv   Ancestry,    1315,    1395 

Elizabeth  A.,  1395 

Francis   A.   N..   1317 

Marian  L.,   1317 

Mary  Lizzie.   1317 

John.  1315 

Thomas.    1316 

William.   1395 

William   B..   1316 

William    H..    1316 
Pearson,    Henry.   2330 

William   H.,    2330 
Pease  Ancestry,  888 

James    L.,    889 

John,   888 

Jonathan,   888 

Jonathan,   889 

tiobert,   888 

Samuel,    889 
Peck  Ancestry,  25S1,  2696 

Abel,  25S1 

Abel  n..   2581 

Paul,   2581 

Samuel,    2581 

William   G.,  25S2 
Peirce  Ancestry.  1920 

Anthony.   1921 

Arthur  W..  1085 

Chaiincej',  1922 

Chauncev  H.,  1922 

Daniel,   1923 

Joel,    1922 

Jonathan.    1921 

Josiah,    1924 

Leona   M..    1925 

Levi,   1924 

Levi    M.,    1925 

Lvdia  P.,  1085 

William  F.,   1925 
Pelton  Ancestry.  1223 

Frank  A..   1225 

Henry,  1224 

John,   1223 

Thomas,   1224 
Penfield  Ancestry,  2187 

Allen,  2188 

James  A.,  2188 


John,   2187 

Peter.   2187 

William.    2187 
Penniman    Ancestry.    1475 

Ezra.    14  75 

James,    1475 

William,    1475 
Pepper  Ancestry,   2685 
Perkins,   Drayton,    1830 

Hollister  D..   1830 

Mary,    2193 

Thomas    H..    2193 

Virg-ll,   207 
Perry  Ancestry,   1792 

John.   1792 

Thomas,   1792 
Phelps    Ancestry,    402.    1137.    1376. 
1542,    1564 

Azor,   15  42 

Charles,    1378 

Charles,   1543 

Chester,   1138 

Ebenezer,    1138 

Edward   H.,    404 

Harriet   G.,    405 

Henry.    1542 

James.   402 

James,    1376 

.Jeremiah.   1565 

John.   1565 

John    B.,    1566 

Nathaniel.   Dea.,   1377 

Spencer,    1378 

Timothy   A.,    1378 

Walter  1).,  405 

Walter  L.,   1379 

William,   404 

William,    1137 

William.   1565 
Philbrook   Ancestry,    1789 

Benjamin,    1790 

Reuben,   1790 

Thomas,    1789 
Phillips  Ancestry,   413.   1757 

Alonzo  D.,   1758 

Georg^e,  Rev.,  1757 

Henry  M.,   1759 

Isaac.  415 

Israel,  I^ieut..   1758 

■John.   413 

John.   411 

.John.    415 

Joseph.  1758 

Theophilus.   1757 
Phinnev  Ancesti'v.   64 

John.   64 

Svlvanus   B..    Maj.,    66 

Theodore.   68 

Timothy.   65 

Timothy.   Dea..  65 
Phipps  Ancestry.  262,  265,  386 

Benjamin.    387 

Caroline    S..    265 

Frank    H..    264 

George  W..  264 

Horace   J..   388 

.lames,  262 

Solomon.    3S6 

Thomas,    Dr.,    265 

Thomas  G.,   265 

William,  Sir,  262 
Pickering   .\ncestr>-,    1110 

John,    1110 

John,   Lieut.,   1110 

Timothy,   Col.,    1111 

Timothy,   Dea.,    1110 
Pierce   Ancestr>',    1267,    1916 

Abraham,    1267 

Chauncey  H.,  1922 

Eber.  1268 

Harry    H.,   1919 

Isaac  S.,  1268 

.lames.    1917 

Joshua,   191  s 

Joshua   n..   1918 

Joshua  v..   1919 

Shadrack,   1268 

Thomas,  1916 
Pierson    Ancestry,    1240 

Abraham.  1240 

Abraham.   Rev..   1240 

Abraham,   Worshipful,    1240 


Pillsbury   Ancestrw   205 

Alfred    F.    H.,    207 

.Jonathan.    206 

William.   205 

William   C.   2ii6 
Plummer  Ancestr\'.    1207 

Ella  F..   120S 

Francis.    1207 

Ignatius   S..    1208 

Joseph  A.,  1208 

Joshua,    1208 
Plunkett   Ancestry,    2408 

Patrick,   2408 

William    B.,    2408 

William  C.  2408 
Pomero\-  Ancestry,   1786.   1972 

Alfred    L.,    1789 

Caroline   E..    1972 

Eltweed.  1786 

Francis  H..  1788 

Henrv  F.,  1972 

John.   1904 

Justus,  178S 

Luther,  1904 

Richard,   1786 

Thomas   J.,    1972 
Pond  Ancestry.  668 

Daniel,  668 

Jacob.    669 

Lucas,  Gen.,   669 

Virgil    S..    670 
Poole,  Walter  F.,  1735 
Porter  Ancestry,   1328,  2345,  2574 

Barnabas  S.,   1329 

Benjamin,    2575 

Calvin,    2346 

Ezra.    2575 

George  M..  2578 

Georgia  M.  W.,  2576 

Israel,   2575 

John.   1328 

John.   2575 

Jonathan,   2226 

Jonathan,  Capt.,    1329 

Jonathan   E..   2227 

Leo   H..    2346 

Moses   C    2226 

Reuben,    1329 

Samuel,  2316 

Silas,   2576 
Potter  Ancestry.  20SS 

Abel.    20SS 

Andrew   A..  2089 

Arnold.    2089 

Caleb.   2089 

George.    20SS 

.lames  T.,   2090 

.lohn.    20SS 
PowderU-  Ancestry,   1646 

Henry    F.,    1647 

Patrick,  1646 
•Thomas,  1646 
Pratt  Ancestry,  1548,  1519,  1934 

Asa,  1934 

Cornelius,    1931 

Elisabeth  B.,   1935 

Francis    R..    1549 

George   D.,   238 

George    W.,   2318 

Joseph.    193  4 

Joseph.  Capl..   653 

Joshua,   653 

Josiah,   1548 

Josiah    H.,    1934 

LabaTi,    1550 

Laban.   1551 

Matthew,   652 

Matthew.   1549 

Norton.   1550 

Solomon  D..  654 

William,    1518 

William  M.,   1549 
Prentice   .\ncestry,   2600 

Henrv,   2600 

Nathaniel   S..   26oo 

Solomon.    2600 
Priest    Ancestry.    2470 

Asa.    2471 

Benjamin,   2176 

Daniel,    2471 

Ellen   Maliel,   2J7.S^ 

Ellen    Ma i-ea n ,    2 4  .  ^ 

Frank    P...    2172 


INDEX. 


(laliiipl,   2473 
CcuiKe,    2474 
Cforp^e   \V..   2475 
Jacob.   247] 
.lames.   2470 
John,   2470 
John.   247! 
John,   2473 
John,    2477 
John    F..    2477 
Joseph.   2476 
Joseph  A..   2472 
Philemon.  Capt..   2474 
Syl\'ester.     2474 
Prince   Ancestry,    296 
Charles  A..  299 
•Charles  J..   299 
John  B..   299 
John,    Elder,    296 
John,    Rev.,    296 
Priniile   Ancestrv.    1241 
Josiah    H.    S..    1242 
Julia  Imogene.  1242 
.Morilecai,   Capt.,    1242 
William,    1241 
William  N..    1242 
Proctor.    Clara    S..    2353 

Martin.    23,"i:i 
Puffer    -Ancestry,    2.S7,    733 
Benjamin.   2102 
George.  2S7 
George.    28S 
George.   733 
Herbert  C  734 
Jabez,    2102 
Job,    Lieut.,    2SS 
Jonathan.  734 
lieuben.    Capt,,    734 
William,   L>S8 
William,   2102 
Pnrrington    Ancestry,    2033 
Joshua,   2033 
Morris   P..    2033 
Thomas,    2033 
Wilbur  M..  2033 
P\nchon    Ancestr\".    7;'>4 
James    H..    763 
John.    75S 
John.   761 
.loseph   C.   762 
William.   754 
William,    762 
Qiiimby   Ancestr>',    201,S 
Aaron,    2015 
Cevilla,    2723 
Daniel,  Col.,   2016 
Daniel,    Key..  2016 
David,    2723 
Horace  A.,   2016 
John,   2723 
Robert,    2015 
Timothy   H.,   2723 
Quincv    Ancestrv,    289 
Kdmund,   2S9 
Kdmund,   Col..  290 
Kdmund,  Judge.    290 
Josiah.  Col.,   291 
Josiah.    Hon..    293 
.losiah,   Pres..   292 
Josiah   P..    294 
Ramage  Ancestr\'.   1064 
Adelaide   E..    1064 
James.  1064 
James  M..  1064 
John.   1064 
Jiamsej'er,   Frederick.   2760 

Minnie.    2761 
Rand   Ancestrw   242.    2122 
Arnold   A..   Col..   244 
Edward   S..   24  4 
Francis.   2122 
Fred    De   F..    2123 
Isaac.   Dr.,   24  4 
Joshua,    2122 
Robert.   243 
Samuel,    2123 
Samuel    S„    2123 
Randall    Ancestry,    70S,    2766 
Chester.   709 
Elisha   B.,    2766 
Jeremiah,    2766 
I.,ewis,    2766 


Nelson.    709 
Robert.    708 
liawson  Ancestry.   S24 
.\rtemas.  826 
Edward.  824 
Klbridge   .M.,   S27 
Grindal,    825 
Ra\'  Ancestrv,   1075 

Charles  A.  P^.,  1082 
Daniel,    1075 
Edgar  K..   1079 
Francis   B..    1081 
James  F..   1080 
James  P..   1077 
.Joseph.    1077 
Joseph   G..   1080 
Joseph   G..    1083 
Lvdia   P.,   1085 
Margaret  L.,  1080 
Samuel.    1076 
William   F..    1081 
•William    P.,    1083 
Ravmond    Ancestrv.    1595,    1690 
Alvah,   Dea.,   1595 
Amos,    1595 
Asa,    1691 
Cemira     A.,   l.')96 
Edward    A..    1692 
Henry   B..    1596 
John,    1595 
William,   1690 
Reeil   Ancestry,    1159,    1517 
Isaiah,    1161 
Isaiah,    1161 
.lonathan,    1160 
Margaret  E.,  1161 
Nathan  H.,  1520 
Nathan  O.,   1519 
Nathan  P..  1520 
Oliver,    1519 
Thomas.   15  IS 
Thoma.s  I..  1161 
William.    1159 
William,    1519 
William,  Capt..    1518 
llexere  Ancestry,    597 
Jean.    597 
Paul,   597 
Reynolds     Ancestrw      ISOO,      1802, 
1960 
Eli    W..    1903 
Francis  S.,   1801 
George,    1961 
Howard  S.,  1961 
James,    1802 
Joseph  E.,  1S03 
Joseph  L..  1802 
Nathaniel,   1800 
Robert.   1800 
Stephen.    1960 
Thomas.    1800 
Thomas.    1801 
William.   1802 
Rhodes  Ancestrv.   193 
Richard,   Capt.,    194 
William,  Capt..  194 
Zachariah,   193 
Rice   Ancestrv,   445,   447,   828,   2153, 
2155 
Albert  R..  Dr.,  832 
.\llen   C...   4  50 
Barnev,    831 
Charles  A..   Dr..  829 
Charles   B..   2228 
Charles  F..   830 
Charles  G.,   2228 
Cora,   2228 
Daniel.  2227 
David.   828 
David.   215  4 
Edmund.  4  45 
Edmund,    215:! 
i'^dmund,    2227 
Edward,   447 
Edward   D.,   2155 
Edward    E..   2155 
Elijah,    1692 
Elijah,    2154 
Elisha,   1692 
Elisha,   2154 
Frederick    E.,   831 
Gershom,  S28 
Hezekiah,   2228 


James,   832 

.lohn,   832 

,lohn    L.,    Col.,    449 

.lohn  W..  446 

Luke.   2228 

Lysander   M..    4  48 

.Miranda,    827 

Richard  W.,   446 

Thomas,    2153 

William,    2228 
Richards  Ancestry,  112,  1136,  1559 

Dares,    1560 

Elias,    1137 

Jacob,   1137 

James,  113 

James  L..   1561 

James,  Sergt.,  1136 

,lohn,   113 

.loseph.    1559 

Rodolphus  P.,   1560 

William,    112 

William,   1136 
Riihartlson      Ancestry',      470,     474, 
1870,   2397 

Beniamin   P.,   2398 

Charles,   1S69 

Charles  C.   1869 

Edward   C   2398 

Fremont  M..    473 

Henrv   H.,    475 

.leffrey,  2397 

Jeffrey.    2398 

John.    1870 

.lohn,    1871 

.lohn   W..   1872 

Lorenzo  H.,   1869 

Mary   A.,    2247 

Nathan,    1869 

Samuel,  470 

Samuel,    1868 

Stephen,   473 

Stephen   "W..   1872 

Thomas.   474 

Walter  G..   476 

William  A.,   2247 

William   S.,   1S73 

W\man.    2246 
Bicker,   .\bble  B-.   2096 

Melvin  B..  2096 
Rider  Ancestry,   1651 

Claudius  W..  1652 

Joseph,   1651 

Joseph  G..  1652 
Riley.  Elmer  I.,  930 
Rindge  Ancestry,  1150 

Daniel.   1150 

Isaac.    1150 
Ripley  Ancestry.  2629 

Charles  P.  H.,  2631 

Dwight,  Dr.,   2630 

James  H..  2631 

James  L..   2631 

John,   2629 

Joshua,  2629 

William,  -2629 
•Rising,   Bradley   D.,   789 

Henrietta    L.,    790 
liislev  Ancestry,   1066 

Martin,   1065 
Richard,   1065 

Theodore,    1065 
Roberts  Ancestry,  2659 

Benjamin,   2659 

Goodwin,  2660 
Hoel,   2660 

Susan   2660 
William,    2659 
Robinson   Ancestry,   199,   215,  205O 
Enoch,    2051 

George,    2050 
.lames.  Col.,    199 
,lohn,   199 
John  C,  200 
Marcus,   217 
Marcus  F.,   217 
Mary  A..  217 
Noah.  2050 
Obed.   2051 
William.   215 
Willard.  2051 
Rockwell    Ancestry,    2687 
Rogers  .\ncestr>'.  2197.  2691 
Ella   S..   745 


INDEX. 


George.   2197 

George.    219'J 

John.   2197 

Jolin.   219S 

.John.    Rev..    219S 

Nathaniel.    Itev..    2197 
•Thomas   L..   745 
Rood    Ancestry.    2256 

Charles.    2256 

Charle.s   H..   22S6 
Ropes.   Benjamin.   1114 
Rosentw'ist   Ancesti-y.   2556 

Antlers.   2557 

Adolpli.  2557 

Birger  G.   A..   2557 

Carl  A..  2557 

Johan.    2556 

Peter  R.,   2557 
Ross   Anoestrv.   1268,   129S.    2554 

Austin.  1299 

Klienezer.  L,ieut..  1298 

Blnathan.  1298 

George,  126S 

.lohn.  129S 

Mathias,  1268 

Mathias  D.,  1269 

Ogrden  1268 

William.   2554 

William,  Col.,    2554 
Rowe   Ancestrv,   2352 

Alfred,    2352 

Benjamin,  2352 

Nicliolas,  2352 

Robert,    2352 

Susan  D.,  2353 
Itowley  Ancestry.  725 

Henrv.  725 

H.  Curtis.  727 

Moses.  726        \ 

Warren  D..  726 
Rude  Ancestr^■.    491 

Elias.  492 

.John,   49] 
Tiumford.  Count.   .'85 
Rumrill    Ancestrv.    2129 

Aaron.    1897 

Barnard.    1S96 

Che.ster  C,    2132 

Herbert    E.,   1897 

.lames  A..  2131 

.b>hn.   2129 

.loseph.   1897 

Samuel    D..   1S96 

Samuel   S..   1S96 

Simon.    1896 

Simon.    2129 

Thomas,    1897 
Runnells  Ancestry.  129 

Samuel.  Sergt..  130 

Steplien.   13u 
Russell  Ancestry,  130,  2179,   2270 

Austin.  2273 

Charles  O..  2272 

Ellis   R.,  2273 

George  A..  2181 

George  R..   132 

Henrv  S..   Gen..    132 

Howland   S..    134 

.lames.    797 

James.   21X0 

James  S..    134 

Joel.   2181 

.lolin.    130 

John.   2270 

John   W..    2273 

.Jonathan.  Hon..   131 

Pliilip.    797 
,  Itobert.    2180 

Samuel.  2271 

Stephen  O..   2271 

Thomas.    2180 

I'riah.   2180 

William.    797 

Wolcott.  2273 
Rust   Ancestrv.   211 

Heniy.   241 

Israel,    242 

Seth,   242 
Rvan.   James,   2761 

James,    2762 

Matthew   J.,   2762 
Sackett  Ancestrv,   2083 

Knocli,   2084 


Ezra,   2084 

John.  2083 

Roland,  2084 

Simon,    2083 
.»<adler  Ancestry,   2715 

Ahiel,    2715 

Addie  v..   2716 

Anthony.  2715 

Benjamin.   2715 

Jolin.   2715 

liiciiard.   2715 

^\'i!liam.   2715 
Satlord   Ancestr>'.   22o5 

.James.  2255 

.James  De  P.,  2255 

Italph  K.,  2256 

Reuben  T.,  2255 
Salisbury   Ancestry,   1303 

Abiah  W..  1304 

Ambrose.  Lieut..   1304 

Jotham.    1304 

Nicholas.  1303 

William.   1304 
.Sampson   Ancestry.    1394.    1727 

.Al)ram.  1727 

Andrew.   1395 

George.   1796 

Henry,  1394 

Icliabod.   1728      ' 

Ira  B..   1797 

John,   1395 

Joseph,   1728 

.Tosephus,    1729 

Samuel,    1727 
Sanborn   Ancestrv,  431,  437 

.\lbert  B..  438 

!•:.   Russell.  43S 

Helen   J..   436 

James  S..  433 

John,  Lieut.,  432 

Joseph,   437 

Moses.  1223 

Oren  C,   436 

Walter   F..   438 

Woodbury   P.,  438 
Sanderson     Ancestrv.     503,      1603, 
1902 

Alliert    H.,   1903 

Calvin,  1902 

Edward.   1603 

Ellen   E..  505 

Hiram   Q..    504 

John.   1604 

John    H..   1605 

Jonathan.  1903 

Mary.   Dr..    1904 

Nathaniel.   1903 

Robert.    1603 

Svlvanus.   1902 

Tryal.   1902 

William.  503 

William  E..  1903 
Sargeant  Ancestr\-.  loo3 

Henrv.    1004 

John.    1003 

Samuel.    1003 

Thomas   H,.    1004 

William,    mo:; 

William  H..  1004 
Sartwell.  John.  2021 
Sawtell    Ancestry,    2020 

OJ>adiah,  2020 

Richard,   2020 

Simon,    2021 
Sawver    Ancestrv,     76,      82,      1379, 
13.S0,  1585 

Abner,   Lieut..   1586 

Alice   J.   T..   79 

Alpha    R..    Dr.,   1382 

Benjamin,  1586 

Caleb,  82 

Calvin,  7S 

Daniel,    78 

Edwin.  79 

Elihu   L..   Dr.,    1381 

Frederick   R..   1380 

George  A..   1380 

Herbert  H..  79 

Hertnan  J..  1587 

Isaac.  1379 

.John  P.,  1586 

John  S..  84 

Jonathan.    2244 


Jonathan.  Capt..  82 

-Manasseh.   S4 

Mary  C.  2244 

Natiianiel.    2213 

Ralph  H.,  85 

Samuel   B..   1381 

Samuel,   Lieut.,    J  381 

Thomas,   76 

Tliomas,   1585 

Warren,    224  4 

William,    1379 

William,    1380 
Scott  Ancestry,  863,   1271 

Benjamin,  863 

Frank,  865 

Joseph,    864 

,losepli    II.,    1272 

Robert,   1272 

Kufus,   864 

Kufus    P.,    865 

William,    863 

William,  1271 
Searle  Ancestr\',   1695 

John,   1695 

Mvron   E.,   1696 

Nathaniel,   1696 
Sears  Ancestrv,  106.  109.  65 

Adam.   2596 

Barnas.   Rev..   659 

Daniel.   854 

Edward  H..  662 

Enos.    854 

Henry    G.,    108 

John,    2596 
'    Jonatlian,   Sergt.,    107 

Lemuel,  110 

Nathan,  110 

Paul,   109 

Paul,   659 

Paul,  Capt..   106 

i;ii-luird.    106 

Richard.   658 

Richard,    2597 

Samuel,  Capt..    106 

Stillman.    108 

William.    109 

William  B.,   660 
Seaver  Ancestry,  87 

Ebenezer,  8S 

,Joshua,   88 

Robert,   87 

Robert,   88 
Seeley,   Anson,   700 

Nathan  P.,  700 
Seilierlicli   Ancestrv,    2626 

Frank,  2628 

Frank    B..   2627 

John   M..  2627 

Joseph.    2628 
Sessions   Ancestry.    507 

Alexander.    507 

Robert.   507 

WilJiam  J..   509 

William   R..  508 
Se\'erance  Ancestry.  J  SI 

Horace.   185 

John.   184 

Josepli.   185 
Seyter,  Christian,    17  46 

George  C, 1746 

William  G.,   1716 
Shailer,    Hezekiah,   2143 
Shattuck  Ancestry,   1834,   21 

Asa.    2526 

Edwin    W..   1836 

l-:zekiel.   2526 

Henrv.   1835 

John.    2525 

I,uc\-,   2526 

Oliver,  Capt.,   1835 

Philip,   Dr.,   1834 

Silas,   2526 

William,   1834 

AVilliam,   2525 
Shaw  Ancestry,   1384,   1386, 

Abraham,  858 

Abraham,  13S4 

Benjamin  W..   1846 

Jacob.    1386 

Jeremiah.   1386 

.John.    1845 

.lonathan.   1845 

Josephus.    858 


1845 


INDEX. 


Marv  V.  D..  859 
Natlianiel.   1385 

Nathaniel,   Capt..    13S5 
Nicholas.   13S6 
Samuel.    1846 

Thoma.s.   ISJt; 
Welcome.    1816 

William  A..   1385 

William  T..   1386 

Willie   H..   858 
Shea  Ancestry.  2622 

John.    2622 

William.  2622 

William  T.,  2623 
Sheldon  Ancestry.  1330 

Charles.   1331 

.John.   1330 

Lorenzo,  1331 

Nathan.  1331 
Shepard,  Henrv,   2280 

.7ohn.   2280 

.Jonathan,    2280 

William,  2280 
Sherman    Ancestry.    Uin:;.    2691 

Albert    D.,    1994 

Heniy,    1993 

Henry    1994 

Jacob,   1994 

Joseph,    1994 

Philip.   Hon..   1993 

Thomas.   1993 
Sherwin    Ancestry.    880 

Dayid.    881 

Ebenezer,    880 
.    Edward  S..  883 

Henrv.    883 

Thomas,  SSI 

Thomas.  883 
Sherwood  Ancestrv.   2369 

David.  2370 

John,  2369 

Mathew.   2369 

Samuel,    2369 

Thomas,   2369 
Shores  Ancestry,    1405 

Harvey  T.,   1  liiT 

John,   1405 

Joseph,  1406 

Joseph  A..  1407 

Sampson.  1406 

Stephen.   1406 
Shumway   Ancestry.    Ilo 

Austin   L..    Ill 

Elihu,    111 

Louise  F.,   Ill 

Peter,  110 

Solomon,   111 
Shurtleff   Ancestrv,    207» 

Abiel,  2070 

Benjamin,  2070 

Samuel  A.,   2070 

William,  2070 
Sibley  Ancestr\-,  506 

Klijah,   506 

John,    506 
Siekman   Ancestrv.   2251 

Albert  F„  22.52 

Jacob,   2251 

James  M.,  2251 

John    H.,   2251 
Simpson  Ancestrj-,  2125 

Alexander,  2762 

Charles  E..  2126 

Elbridge,  Dr.,  317 

Hug-h   B.,   2126 

Samuel,    2126 

William,  2125 

William,  2762 
Skeele  Ancestr\',  2491 

Amos,   2494 

John,  2494 

Julia   E.,  2496 

Otis,  2495 
Skelton  Ancestrv,  537 

Mathew.  Dea,,  538 

Samuel,   Rev..  537 

Thomas,  538 
Skidmore    Ancestrv,    2335 

Richard,    2335  ' 

Zeal,   2335 
Smith  Ancestrv,  117,  478,  807,  813, 
819,     885,      980,     1243,      1539, 


1621,    197 
2355 


2114,    2244,    2349, 


Aaron,    818 
.\braliam,    1243 
Addison  H.,  808 
Ale.Nander,   2350 
Arnold,    2356 
Austin    E.,    1976 
Benjamin,    1972 
Benjamin,   2242 
Charles,    1243 
Charles   Dwight,   1622 
Charles   F.,    1973 
Charles   H.,   4  79 
Chileab,    p]nsign,    813 
Chileab,   Lieut.,    813 
David,   2242 
David,    2243 
David,   Mai.,   .SI4 
David   T,,    SIS 
Dexter,    982 
Dwight    R.,    1621 
Ebenezer,  815 
Edmond  H..  2350  . 
Edward,   814 
Eli,  885 
Elijah,    2355 
Fayette,    Judge,    1005 
Floridene,    819 
Francis,   Sergt.,   S17 
Frank  W.,  SIS 
Fred  M..  2116 
George  P.,  US 
Greenleaf  E.,   US 
Harriet    M.,    1540 
Henrv,    809 
Henry  M.,  814 
Henrv,   Rev.,    1539 
Henry   S.,   2356 
Hinsdale,  2350 
Hiram,   2115 
Hiram,   2116 
Homer,    Rev..   1540 
Horace.   9S0 
Hugh.   47S 
Jeriah   S..    886 
John.   807 
John.   819 
John.    2115 
John.    2355 
John   C   Hon..   1539 
John   G..   819 
John   M..   1541 
John.   Sr..    1243 
Jonathan.    1973 
Jonathan.   2242 
Jonathan   M.,    1973 
Joseph,    816 
,Joseph,   817 
,Toseph.    23  4  9 
Joseph,   2350 
Joseph,   2355 
Joseph    A.,    808 
Joseph    M.,    808 
Josiah,   1243 
Lewis,   479 
Luke,  Capt.,   885 
Mary   P.    W..    1005 
Nathan.  807 
Nathan.    S15 
Nathaniel.    1540 
Philip.  2114 
Phineas.  Capt..  813 
Reuben.    2757 
Reuben  O..  2757 
Richard.   2349 
Robert.   117 
Samuel.    815 
Samuel.   2114 
Samuel    F..   816 
Samuel.  Lieut.,  SI  3 
Sereno.  2350 
Silas.   980 
Silas.   2115 
Simon.   808 
Solomon.   1621 
Stephen.   810 
Stephen   N.,   842 
Theophilus,    118 
Theophilus,  Capt..   117 
Theron    L,   811 
Walter  A..  Dr.,  2356 
Warren.  818 
William.    1541 
William,    1972 
\\'illiam,    2242 


William    A.  K..   2757 

William    H.,    819 

William   H..   2243 
Snell.   John.    1627 

Samuel,    1627 
Snow  Ancestrv.    1046,   1857 

Franklin   E..   1047 

Galen.   1047 

Horace  H..  1858 

Jabez.    1046 

Joseph.   1S5S 

Newell.   1047 

Nicholas,    1046 

Samuel,    1047 

Thomas,   1858 

William,    1857 
Sortwell   Ancestrv,   2020 

Alvin   F,,   2022 

Daniel  R.,  2022 
Soule  Ancestrv,  1397 

George,    1397 

John,   1397 

Josiah,   1397 

Nathaniel,   1397 
Southworth  Ancestrv,  1692,   26S6 

Constant,   1692 

Constant,    1693 

Edward,    1692 

Fannie  M.,  1694 

Oscar  S.,  1694 
.Spalding  Ancesti-y,   1546 

Benjamin,   1547 

Edward,   1546 

Jesse,   1548 
Spaulding  Ancestr\-,  2096 

Addison,   2678 

Charles  H.,  26S0 

Daniel,   2096 

Edwin  S.,  2679 

Eleazer.   2096 

Jacob.   2096 

,Iesse,    2678 
Spear  Ancestry,  483 

Alvin,  485 

George,    4 S3 

George  A.,  484 

George  W..  484 

Seth,   Lieut.,   483 
Speigel,   August   S.,    1098 

Carl    A..   109S 
Spellman   Ancestr\',   1704 

Charles  C,  1706 

Richard,   1705 


05 

1069 

1070 


Solomon   C,    T. 
Spooner  Ancestry, 

Beniamin    ^^^, 

Daniel,   1069 

Stevens,    1070 

William,   1069 

Wing,  1070 
Sprague    Ancestrv.    428.    1215,    1624 

Eilward,   1245 

Eliphaz,    429 

.Tairus.   1246 

Jairus.   1246 

.lairus  S.,    1625 

Jei-emiah,    2468 

Jesse   H..   429 

Matilda.   2469 

Moses.   1246 

.Samuel,  2468 

Samuel,   Sergt.,   1624 

Susan    J.,    1625 

William,    428 
Spring  Ancestry,    2340 

Henry,    2340 

John,    2340 

Joseph  W.,  2341 

Marv  G..  2341 

William,    2341 
Stacy,  Alanson,  1S13 

Avery  W.,  1813 
Standisb   Ancestry,  222 

Ebenezer,   223 

Myles,  Capt..    222 

Shadrach,    223 

Zai'hariah.   223 
Stearns  Ancestrv.  138.  912 

Charles,  139 

Charles  G.,  913 

Charles.  Rev..  1  to 

George.    1855 

George.  Capt..    1856 

George  M..  Hon.,  140 


INDEX. 


Isaac,  912 
John,   185.^ 
John,   Lieut.,  912 
Samuel,   913 
Samuel.   914 
William  L.,   Kev..   140 
Stebbins  Ancestr.v,   510,    lln2 
Abner,  ll.il 
David,  Lieut.,  511 
Frederick  H.,  1723 
John,   510 
John,   1721 
John  M.,   1723 
Joseph,   Capt.,   llo3 
Joseph,   Capt.,   1153 
Josiah,   1722 
Ralph,  512 
Rowland,  1152 
Stedman  Ancestry,   1708 
Daniel  B.,    1711 
John     1709 
Josiah   H..   1710 
Stephens  Ancestry,  2602 
Henrv,   2602 
Henry,   2604 
Jedediah,   2604 
Stephenson,   Thomas   B.,   2700 
Stery  Ancestry,  1680 
Harvey,  16S1 
Judson  Pj.,  1681 
Martha  P.,   16S1 
Roger,  1680 
Stetson  Ancestr.y,   2436 
Anthony,  2437 
Ezra,   2437 
Ezra,   2438 
Forrest  D..   2438 
Joseph.  2437 
Norris  L.,  2438 
Robert,    2437 
Stevens  Ancestry.   1017.  1899,  2119 
2466 
Benjamin.    2466 
Benjamin  F..  246 » 
Cliarles  A..  1019 
Daniel.  2120 
Erasmus,    2466 
George  W.,  1283 
Henrv  H.,  1019 
.Tames,  Capt.,  1017 
John,   1017 
John,   2119 
Jonathan,   1018 
Joseph   A.,   1900 
Joseph   W..   1900 
Joseph   W.,   2120 
Mary   K.,    1020 
Moses  T..  1020 
Nathan,  1283 
Nathaniel,   1899 
Nathaniel,  Capt.,  1018 
Thomas,   2119 
Thomas,   2120 
Thomas.   2466 
William.   1899 
Stewart  Ancestry,   439 

Cora  A..  439 
Stickney  Ancestry,  1071 
Benjamin,   Gen.,    1073 
Charles   E.,    1073 
Moses,   1072  • 

Robert  C.  1073 
William.   1071 
William,   1072 
Stillman  Ancestry.  1516 
Clarissa  E..   1517 
Esaias.  1517 
James  B.,   1517 
Stockwell   Ancestry,    134 
Cyrus,  135 
George  S.,   136 
Stephen  N.,   135 
William,  134 
Stoddard  Ancestry,  340 
Anthony,    340 
Solomon,   Prof..   342 
Solomon.    Rev..   341 
Stohn.   Carl.    1754 
Storer  Ancestry,   625 
Bellamy,    628 
Bellamy.  1627 
David  H..  628 
Franci.s  H..  630 


Horatio  R..  628 
John  H.,  629 
Joseph,  Lieut.,  626 
Robert    B..    627 
Thomas,  Rev.,  625 
William  B.,  627 
Woodbury.    627 
Storrs  Ancestry,  1300 
Ebenezer.    1301 
Josiah.   1301 
Thomas.   1300 
Stowell   Ancestry,    45 
Edward  LeRoy,   47 
Ephraim  C,    46 
Luther,  45 
Samuel,    45 
Stratton   Ancestry,  1805 
Harvey,    1806 
John.   1806 
Joseph  D.,  1807 
Nathaniel.   1806 
Street  Ancestry,  72 
Austin  D..  74 
Glover,  74 
Manly,  7  4 
Nicholas,   Rev.,    73 
Richard,  72 
Samuel,    74 
Samuel,  Lieut.,  73 
Samuel,   Rev.,   73 
Sophia  D..   74 
Streeter  Ancestry,  1627 
Benjamin  A.,  1629 
Paul,   1629 
Stephen,   1627 
Strong  Ancestry,    1104,    1272,    204i 
Cephas,    1273 
Ebenezer.  2047 
Edward  B..   1273 
Jerijah,    1272 
John,   2047 
John,  Elder,   1104 
Luther,   1273 
Nathan,    1105 
Phineas,  2047 
Seth,  1105 
Sturtevant  Ancestry,  2035 
Huldah,  2036 
Nehemiah,   2036 
Noah.  2036 
Samuel.  2035 
Swan  Ancestry,  914,   1398 
Caleb.    915 
Caleb,  Dr.,    916 
Charles  L.,  917 
Deodate  L.,  918 
Henry  S.,   2325 
Herbert   W.,   2326 
Hurlbut.   918 
John,    917 
John.    1398 
John.    1398 
John,    2324 
Lvdia  J..   918 
Reuben.   1399 
Reuben   S..    1401 
Richard.   914 
Salmon.   2325 
Samuel.   915 
Samuel,   2325 
William.   2325 
William    E.   C   Dr..    917 
William   H..   1401      ' 
Taber  Ancestry.    175 
Cvrus   H.,    178 
David,    176 
Ebenezer,    176 
Frank   L..    177 
Luther  A..    177 
Philip.   175 
Tabor,   Charles  A.,    2322 
Ichabod,   2320 
Isaac.   2321 
Joseph.    2320 
Philip.    2320 
Samuel   O..    2321 
Talbot   Ancestry.    1717 
George.    1719 
L.    Alice.    1719 
Peter.   1717 
Samuel,   Capt..   17)8 
Taplev   Ancestry,   801 
George  W..   804 


Gilbert.   801 
Gilbert.   802 
Jesse,   803 
Joseph,   803 
William  W.,   804 
Tappan   Ancestry.   2200 
Abner,   2205 
Abraham,  2202 
Abraham,    2204 
Daniel,   2203 
Daniel   L.,   2204 
Edward,    2205 
George,   2205 
Jacob,   Lieut.,   2204 
Peter.   Dr.,   2201 
William  C   2205 
Taylor  Ancestry,   454,   1589.   20 
Earle   H.,   455 
Edward.  Rev..  2080 
Eldad.   2080 
Francis.   2081 
Fred  B..   455 
•George  S..   1590 
James.   Dr..   454 
John.    1589 
Levi  A..   1791 
Manchester  B..   1791 
Oliver.    1589 
Richard.   1791 
Robert,    1790 
Samuel   F..   2081 
Sylvester.   1590 
William.    454 
Tebbetts.   Horatio   F.,   1287 

Luther  C,    1287 
Tead  Ancestry,   2281 
Ebenezer.   2282 
Edward   L..   2282 
Edward  L.   J..   2282 
Edward   S..   Rev.,    2283 
Jacob,   2282 
John.   2281 
John.   2282 
Mary  E.,   2283     ■ 
Teele  Ancestry,   2532 
Benjamin,   2532 
Jonathan,   2532 
Jonathan,   2533 
Phoebe  J..   2533 
Samuel,   2533 
William,    2532 
Thanisch,   Andrew.   2763 

Thomas.   2763 
Thaver  Ancestry,    4  40,   1429, 
"Charles  H.,   821 
Cornelius    820 
Cornelius,   2383 
Eliphalet,   1430 
George   D.,  Dr.,   1431 
Henry  D..   821 
Lucius   F..    2383 
Nathaniel.   2383 
Richard,   440 
Richard,   1430 
Richard,   2382 
Thomas  J.  K..    441 
William   E..   1431 
Thompson   Ancestry.    585,    12 
Alexander,   2453 
Asa  L.,  1288 
Benjamin   T..   586 
Ebenezer.   586 
James.   585 
John.    2453 
Jonathan.   585 
Samuel.   1287 
William.   2453 
William   C,    1288 
William  D..    1288 
Thorpe  Ancestry.   324 
George  L..    325 
William.   324 
Tilley  Ancestry.   240 
George.    241 
John.   240 
John.   241 
Norris.    241 
Tinkham  Ancestry.   267.   262 
Ebenezer.   2623 
Ebenezer.   Dea..   269 
Ephraim.   Sergt..    267 
Francis  M.,   269 
Georgiana.   2625 


80 


INDEX. 


Jt-remiah,    2623 
Jeremiah.   2624 
Ijoranus.    269 
Peter,    269 
Tiirell  Ance.stry.   426 
Alfred.    431 
Gideon.   427 
James.    42S 
•\Villiam.    426 
Tolman   Ance;5try,   1989 
Gilbert,   1991 
Gilbert  A..   1991 
John.son,   1990 
Thomas,    19S9 
Thomas  W.,   1990 
Tompkins  Ancestry,   2529 
Hugene,    2530 
Joseph,   2530 
Nathaniel.  2529 
Orlando.   2530 
Samuel,   2629 
Topham  Ancestry.   2200 
Edward,   2200 
liobert.   2200 
Thomas,   2200 
Toppan  Ancestry,   2200 
Abraham,   2200 
Christopher,   2201 
Christopher,   2202 
Christopher,   Rev..   2201 
Francis   B..   2207 
Henry.   2206 
Joshua.    2206 
Moses,    2206 
Peter,   2206 
William,    2200 
William  J.,   2207 
Torrey   Ancestry,    12!S1 
James.   Lieut..    12S2 
James  H..   1283 
Joshua.   Lieut..   1282    * 
Lemuel.   1282 
Lemuel.   12S3 
Martha  J.,   1283 
William,   1281 
Totman  Ancestry,   651 
Joseph,   651 
Joseph  R.,  652 
Lucinda.   652 
Silas  B.,  652 
Thomas.  651 
Tourtellotte  Ancestry,   79 
Abraham,   79 
Daniel,    80 
Daniel  C,  Col..   SO 
Jesse.   80 
William  H.,   81 
Tower  Ancestry.   174.   1066.   1439 
Abraham  H..   174 
Ambrose.   1067 
Benjamin.   709 
Charles  C.   Dr..  176 
Georgie   Etta.   1440 
Horatio  N..  1068 
Ibrook.   174 
Isaac.   2385 
Jason.   710 
John.    1066 
John.    2384 
John    H..    1439 
Jonas.    1067 
Joseph.    1067 
Joseph.   23S4 
Levi,   Capt..    710 
Luther.    2385 
XIary   E..    711 
Oren.   1068 
Peter.   1439 
Robert.   1066 
William.    1439 
Towle  Ancestry.    1205,    1407 
George,   1207 
Harvey  M..   1408 
Isaac.    1206 
Jonathan,    1206 
Joseph,   Sergt..   1205 
Levi.    1407 
Marv   J..    1207 
Philip.    1205 
Simeon.   1408 
Towne   Ancestry.   1900,   2041 
Augusta,   2504 
Benjamin,   1901 


Benjamin    F.,   1902 
Edward   S..   2292 
Elizabeth.    2042 
Israel.    2291 
Jacob.   2503 
James   W..   2291 
John.   2503 
Jonathan.   2504 
Joseph.    2291 
Richard,   2041 
Salem,   2042 
Salem.   2504 
William,   1900 
William,    2041 
William   E.,   2042 
Townsend  Ancestry,   2616 
Andrew,   2618 
David,   2618 
David,  Dr.,   2818 
David  S.,   Maj.,   2618 
George  J..   Dr.,   2619 
Shippie,    2618 
Thomas.   2617 
Tracey.   Michael,    1099 

William  S.,    1099 
Train   Ancestry,   1349 
Charles,   Rev.,   1349 
Charles  R..  1350 
John,   1349 
'I'rask   Ancestry.   231 

John   L.    R..   Rev..    232 
Joshua   P..    232 
Osmond.   231 
Treat   Ancestry.   1313 
Chauncey,    1314 
Dorotheus,    1314 
John,    1313 

Thomas,   Lieut.,   1314 
Trowbridge  Ancestry,    1926 
Edmund,   1928 
,Iames,    1927 
Mary   R..   1930 
Stephen   W„   1929 
Thomas,   1926 
William,    1927 
Truesdell  Ancestry,   136 
Cyrus,   138 
Erskine  H..    138 
Perley.    138 
Richard.   136 
Tucker  Ancestry,  696 
Benjamin,   2071 
George  E..   697 
George   H..   2071 
George  J.,   2071 
Hiram.   697 
John.   2071 
Robert,   696 
Robert.    697 
Tufts   Ancestry.    1198 
Jeannette  W.,   1200 
Peter,    1198 
Uriah,   1199 
William,    1199 
Turner,   Joseph,   1631 

Joseph  H..    1631 
Tuttle  Ancestry.   1054.    1714 
DoUv,   1056 
Frank   E..   1715 
John.   1054 
John.   1055 
Marv.   1055 
Roderick   C.    1715 
Simon,    1066 
William:    1714 
Twoinblev   Ancestry.   1283 
Ephraim.    1285 
John   F..   1285 
John   F..    1286 
Moses  N.,   1285 
Ralph,    1283 
William  H.   F..   1286 
Underbill    Ancestry.    2568 
Charles  L..   2571 
Hezekiah.   2569 
Jesse  J.,   2569 
John.   Capt,.   256S 
Josiah.   2569 
Sampson.   2568 
Samuel  G..   2570 
Underwood  Ancestry.   1192 
Bela.  1192 
George   M..   1193 


Joseph,   1192 
Thomas   R„   1192 
Upham  Ancestry,   450 
Asa,   451 
John,   451 
Richard,   450 
Upton  Ancestry,   1154 

Charles  L.,  Dr.,    1155 
Isaac,   Capt.,   1155 
John,   1154 
Oliver  A.,   1155 
Vaille.   Henry   R..   988 

Sarah  W..   989 
Van   Deusen  Ancestry,   1683 
Abraham.  1683 
Henry  M..   1684 
Martin.    1684 
Van   Horn  Ancestry,   S92 
Born,   892 
George,   893 
Lester.   893 
Van   Leeuwen,  Matthew   J..   1984 
Van  Ness  Ancestry,   380 
John  Peter,   Hon..   380 
Joseph,   380 
Joseph,   381 
Sarah(Bowman).   382 
Van  Vlack  Ancestry,   1008 
Abraham,    lOOS 
Charles.    1008 
William.    lOOS 
Veasy.  Michael.   1755 
Patrick,   1755 
William  B.,    1755 
Vinton  Ancestry,   1598 
John,   1598 
John,  Capt.,   1599 
Joshua  B..   1600 
Wade  Ancestry.   146 
David  N..    147 
James,    147 
Nicholas.   146 
Wadsworth  Ancestry.    147,   1396 
Benjamin,   Dea.,   148 
Christopher.   147 
Christopher,   1396 
Edwin  D.,   Capt..   149 
Elisha.   1397 
John.   Dea.,   148 
Joseph,   1397 
Samuel,   Capt..   147 
Thomas  T..   149 
Wait,   Capt.,    1397 
Waile   Ancestry,   850,   2046 
Angellne,   852 
Benjamin,   850 
Elisha,   851 
John,   851 
John,   2047 
Justin,   852 
Thomas.    2046 
Wales  Ancestry,   323 
James  H..   324 
Nathaniel,   323 
Nathaniel,   2113 
AVard   Ancestry,   1862 
Arthur  J.  N.,    1864 
Benjamin,    1864 
Cyrus,   2764 
Ebenezer,   1863 
,       John,   1863 
•       Luman   F.,   2764 
Mvron  A..   2764 
W'illiam.   1862 
Warner  Ancestry,   837.   1432 
Alonzo.   858 
.\lpheus.   841 
Amanda  W..    841 
Andrew.   838 
Arvin,   841 
Benjamin   F..   2092 
Charles  F..    1433 
Charles  L.,   839 
Charlotte   E„   2092 
Egbert  S„   839 
Bleazer,   840 
Bleazer,   857 
Eli,   858 
Henry   H,.   841 
James   W.,    838 
John,    838 
John.   1433 
Mary  D..   1433 


INDEX. 


Oliver.    1433 
Samuel.    S40 
Stephen.   S57 
William.    1432 
Warren   Ancestry,   2164,   2636 
Edward    D..   Dr.,    2166 
Jame.s.   2636 
John.    2165 
John.    2166 
John.    2637 
Nathaniel.   263S 
Pelatiah.   2637 
Samuel.   2165 
Warriner  Ancestry.   763 
James,   764 
Stephen.   764 
Stephen   C,   764 
William,   763 
William   S.,   764 
Washburn   Ancestry,   4S5 
Cheney   D..   487 
Cora  L..   2228 
Edward  C.   2228 
Edward   G.,    486 
John.    486 
Wason    Ancestry.    1632 
Edward  H..    1633 
Georg-e  A..    1633 
George   B..    1634 
James,    1632 
Robert  B.,    1632 
Robert  S.,   1634 
^^'atson   Ancestry.    1759 
Addison    H..    1761 
Daniel.    1760 
Kliphalet,   1760 
John.    1759 
Joseph  H..    1761 
Watts   Ancestry,    2026 
Samuel.   2026 
Samuel,   2027 
Webb   Ancestry,   461 

Christopher  C   462 
Rebecca,   463 
Samuel,   461 
Samuel.   462 
Samuel.   463 
Webster  Ancestry.   265.  1374,  1S95, 
2403 
Albert,    1375 
Albert   A.,    1375 
Asa   P„   267 
Charles.    1S95 
Charles  G.,   1895 
Daniel   E.,   2404 
David,   1375 
Epenetus,   2403 
Granville  C.   1895 
Harrv   G..   1895 
Jacob.  266 
John.   265 
John,    267 
John,    1374 
John,   2404 
Orrin   A..    267 
Walter   A..   267 
William   B.,    1375 
Weeks   Ancestry.    841.    2544 
Ammiel.   2544 
Andrew   G..    2545 
Ebenezer.   2545 
Ezra.   2545 
George,   2544 
John,   842 
John  W.,   842 
Joshua,   Col.,   842 
I^eonard.   841 
Nathaniel.   2545 
William,   2545 
W.   B.   P.,    2546 
Weissbrod.   Carl  E,   J.,    1745 
Luther  B,.   1745 
Willis   H.,    1745 
Weilze.   John   G..    2728 

Robert.    2728 
Welch.    John,    1739 
Patrick,    1739 
Thomas   F.,   1740 
Weld  Ancestry,   1503,   1506,  2399 
Aaron  D.,   1505 
Daniel.   2399 
David,   2399 
David.  Dea..   1505 


Ebenezer.    1506 
John.    1506 
John   D..   2400 
John    H..    1507 
Joseph,   Capt.,   1503 
Joseph.   Lieut..   1504 
Sybil   W..    1506 
Thomas.    Rev.,   1504 
Wellington   Ancestry,   92 
Arthur  W.,    95 
Benjamin.   93 
Louis   B..   95 
Luther   B.,   95 
Roger,   92 
Wells   Ancestry,  68,  459,  1860,  2248 
Amasa,   *«55^ 
Charles,   2310 
Charles   W..   2249 
Chester.    1862 
Daniel.    1862 
Daniel   W..    1859 
Edgar.    1862 
Edwin   D.,   2248 
Elisha,    1858 
Elisha,    1859 
Elisha,   2310 
Gideon,  Judge,    70 
Hugh,    459 
Hugh.    224 S 
James,    1861 
James   R..    1861 
Jerome.    460 
John.   2249 
Jonathan.   2249 
Joshua.   460 
.Marietta  G.,   72 
Noah   S..    1005 
Robert.   Capt.,    69 
Romanta,    70 
Thomas.   2248 
Thomas.  Gov..   68 
William.   1004 
Wendell   Ancestry.   1148 
Evert   J..    1148 
Jacob.   1150 
John.    1150 
Mark   R..   1151 
Wentworth   Ancestry.    476,   675 
Benjamin.   477 
Charles,   1992 
Edwin,   1993 
George  O,,   678 
John,    476 
John,    1992 
John   R..    678 
Closes.   476 
Reginald.    675 
Samuel.    677 
Samuel.  Capt..   1992 
William,   Elder,   676 
Wesson   Ancestry,   2259 
Daniel  B..   2260 
Douglas   B..   2266 
Ezekiel   L.   B.,   2267 
Frank   H..   2265 
Frank   L.,   2265 
George  C.   2267 
Harold.    2265 
Joel,   2259 
John,   2259 
Joseph   H..   2265 
Rufus,   2260 
Samuel.   2259 
Walter  H.,    2264 
William.    1916 
William.    2266 
William   B.,   Rev,.    2266 
William  C,   1916 
West  Ancestry,   1644 
Francis,    1644 
John,   1644 
Weston   Ancestry,    396,   1200,   1413, 
1831 
Edmund,   396 
Edmund,    1200 
Edward   B.,   1201 
Elizabeth.   2185 
Elnathan.   1200 
Ezra.   397 
George  D..   1832 
Gershom   B..   397 
Horace.   1832 
John.    1413 


John,    1831 
•Mary,   2185 
Richard  W.,    1414 
Sam.uel,    1201 
Stephen,   2185 
\A'arren,  1414 
Warren.   Capt..    1414 
William   B.,   398 
Wetmore   Ancestry.    1168 
David   B.,   Col,,   1170 
Henry  S.,   1171 
.lames.  Rev.,  1169 
John  L.,   1171 
Thomas,    1168 
Wheat  Ancestry,   1058 
Asa,   1059 
Joseph,    1059 
Joseph,   Rev.,   1059 
Moses,    1058 
Thomas,   1059 
William  G.,   1060 
W'heater   Ancestry,    1262 
Henry,   1263 
James,   1263 
Timothy,    1263 
Wheeler  Ancestry.   H74,   1256,   2387 
Hovt    H.,    2387 
John   W..    1256 

(Front,  Port.  Vol.  III). 
Jonathan,    2387 
Norman   F.,   2387 

Peter,  2387 
Samuel,  975 
Thomas,  Capt..    974 

\A'illiam.   975 

William   E.,    975 
Wilson,    1256 
Zaccheus,   1256 
Whidden  Ancestry,   2576 

Andrew  G..   2578 

t^noch  C,   2577 

hirnest   C,    2578 

Eugene   L,,   2578 

John   W„    2577 

Jlichael,   2576 

Thomas  J.,   2577 
Whitcomb  Ancestry,   545,   1382 

.\bijah,   547 

Elbridge   W..    1384 

Irvine  A..   547 

John,   545 

John,    1382 

Josiah,   546 

Paul,   1384 

Reuben.    1384 
Whitcombe  Ancestry.   551 

Charles   R.,  Dr.,   553 

Isabelle  H„   553 

Jonathan.  551 

Peter  C„   552 
White    Ancestry,     463.     716,     1551. 
1618,  2136,  2512 

Abijah,    2137    " 

Abner,   1552 

Andrew,   719 

Andrew,   2136 

Daniel   A.,    2515 

Ebenezer.   2346 

Ebenezer.   2347 

Klienezer.   Capt.,   463 

Eli  tab,    2346 

James,   463 

John,    464 

John,    716 

John,    2513 

John,   2514 

Jonas,   2136 

Joseph.    720 

Joseph,   1552 

Joseph,   Capt.,    1551 

Joseph,   Dea..   161S 

Joseph   H..   721 

Joseph   H..    1553 

Luther.    718 
Luther.    719 

Nathaniel.   Capt.,   717 
Ralph   H..    722 
Thomas.  Capt.,   1551 
William.    1619 
William.   2512 
William.    2514 
William.   Capt..   720 
William   O..    2516 


INDEX. 


Whiting    Ancestry.    ^7ti,    \sl 

Aaron,   ISSO 

Cliarles  A..   188B 

Daniel.    2553 

David.    1S76 

Edward  G..   25.03 

Elijah,   977 

Frank   E.,   1882 

Frank   M.,   1S7S 

George  A.,   1881 

James,   976 

John,   1879 

Jolin.    18SU 

John   F.,   1881 

Joseph,   977 

Lemuel,    1877 

Nathaniel,   1875 

Samuel  R.,   980 

Timothy,   1879 

Whitfield,   977 

William   B.,   977 

William   D.,   1877 

William,    Hon.,   978 
"Whitman  Ancestry,  1086.  lUi 

Abiah,   Dea.,    1303 

Abiah,   Sergt.,   1303 

Benjamin   F..    1302 

Charles  H..   1302 

Elnathan,    1088 

Georee,    1661 

Ira,    1662 

John,   1086 

John,   1087 

John,   loss 

John,   1301 

Minnie  P..   1303    • 

.Stephen,    1662 

Thomas,    1302 

William,    10S9 

Zechariali.   Rev.,    1086 
Whitney   Ancestry,    1,   3,   5, 
15,  17,   19,  20,  23,  25,  9 

Aaron,   Rev.,   5 

Abel.   Dea..   6 

Abraham.   IT 

Amos.   IS 

Arthur  H.,   5 

Charles,   18 

Charles,   23 

Charles   H..   25 

Charles  J.,    24 

Charles   U   B.,    15 

Daniel.  Sergt.,   21 

David,    Ens..   15 


Samuel. 

Lieut.,   13 

Samuel 

P., 

1883 

Seth   D., 

11 

Silas.    21 

Silas.  Capt.. 

21 

Silas   G.. 

22 

Theodore  T, 

..    13 

Thomas. 

2 

Thomas. 

10 

Turstin, 

1 

William 

H., 

IS 

William 

L., 

7 

William 

-M., 

25 

1426 
1839 

Capt.,   1424 
1425 


2012 


22S4 
2741 


p'dmuntl  B., 
Edward.   20 


1959 


17 

26 
18 
A.,    5 

16 
.    20 

13 
Caiit.. 


EUery    W 
Ezekiel.    4 
Frank   C 
Frank    E., 
Frederick 
George   F.. 
George   \^' 
Hananiah. 
Hananiah. 
Henry,    1882 
Henry   F..    22 
Jacob,   Sergt 
John,   3 

iM 

M 

M 

W 
Josepliine  I 
Josiah,    16 
Leonard,   4 
Lottie  J.,   15 
Milton   B..    1884 
Moses,   Gen..    11 
Nathan,    1883 
Natlianiel,   13 
Nathaniel,   99 


11 


John 
John 
John 
John 


14 
16 
1439 


17 


Reter,   Rey, 
Peter.   Rev..    1 
Richard.   5 
Richard.   20 
Itobert.    2 
Robert  de  Sir 
Robert.   Sir.    1 
Robert. 
Robert, 
Samuel 
Samuel 


1 


Sir.   2 
Sir.   98 
99 
H..    1884 


Whiton   .\ncestry.    1612 

Isaiah  G..    1614 

James.    1612 
Whitlemoi'e  Ancestry, 

Albert   F..    1426 

Amasa.    1839 

Arthur  L.,    1426 

Asa,    1839 

Charles   W..   1427 

Daniel.    1838 
1,  1661  David.    1425 

Eben    W..    1424 

Hannah   M..    1425 

James.    1425 

James   H.,   1426 

John   A.,    1425 

John   A.. 

John   R., 

John  T., 

Maria  M., 

Michael,   1423 

Olive  M..   1840 

Samuel.   1423 

Thomas.    1422 
Whitten   Ancestry. 

John.    2013 

Michael.    2013 
10.    13,  Samuel,    2013 

8,  1882  William,   2014 

William    H..    2014 
Whittier  Ancestry.   1493 

Gertrude  M..    1495 

John.   Col..    1494 

Nelson,    1495 

Rufus,    14  95 

Thomas,    1493 
U'hyte.  Samuel  J.. 
Wiggin   Ancestry, 

Andrew,    2742 

Benjamin,   2743 

Benjamin    H..    27  43 

Bradstreet,   2742 

Nathan,   2743 

Russell    B.,   2743 

Thomas,   2741 
Wight   Ancestry,   907 

Elnathan,   909 

Henry,   90S 

Henry   K..   911 

Hervey,   909 

Joseph.   90S 

Nathan.   910 

Preston    F..   910 

Ralph   W.,    911 

Samuel,   909 

Thomas,   907 
Wilbur  Ancestry.    1485 

Jacob  W..  2716 

John.   1486 

Samuel.    1486 

Sarah   .M..    Dr..    1489 

William    H..   Dr..    1487 
Wilcox    Ancestry,   58,    656,    1237 

Daniel,   58 

Daniel   W.,    1239 

Joseph,    1238 

Philip,   59 

Stephen,   59 

Stephen,    1237 

I'riah,   Capt..    1238 

William.    1237 

William   L..   657 
Wilkins.  Joshua.    1279 
Willard    .Ancestry.    11S4 

.\aron.   Col..   1186 

Albert    R..    1187 

Joel   F.,    1186 

Richard,    1184 

Simon,    Maj..    11S5 


Dr.. 1576 


1576 
338 


Williams  Ancestry.  1031. 1510,157 
2541 

Albert   M.,    1564 

Artemas,   1031 

Charles   H..   439 

Chauncev.   439 

Elijah   A..    1032 

Kmmanuel.    1031 

Ezekiel.   1577 

Frank   G.,    2542 

Henry  L.,   1033 

Isaac,   Capt.,    1032 

Isaac,   Capt..   1576 

Jabin   B..    1033 

James   H.,    1035 

John.    1031 

John.    1510 

John.    2542 

John   D..   1510 

Jonah,   1031 

Joseph,   2542 

Leonard,   1032 

Lucien    B.,    1033 

Phila,   1032 

Robert.   1575 

Robert.   2541 

Solomon.    Rev. 

Stephen,   1510 

Stephen,   2541 

Whitman   P..   1035 

William.    1564 

William.   Rev.. 
Williston   Ancestry, 

A.   Lvman,   339 

Joseph,   338 

Payson,   Rev.,   338 
Wilson  Ancestry,    2256 

Norris   S..    2256 

Silas   C.   2256 
Winchester  Ancestry,   95 

Antipas.   96 

John,   95 

Reuben,    97 

Reuben  C.    97 
Winslow  Ancestry.   370.   2598 

Carpenter.   2585 

Edward.   767 

Edward.   259S 

George.    2585 

Kenelm,    371 

Kenelm,    767 

James,   2584 

William,    370 

William   W. 
Winsor   Ancestry, 

Joshua,    193 

Samuel.    193 

Samuel.    liev. 
Winthrop  Ancestry. 

Adam.   561 

Adam,   562 

John,   562 

John,   Gov.,   561 
Wiswall   Ancestry,   2358 

Edmund   T.,   2363 

George  H..    2362 

Henry   M.,   2361 

Jeremiah,   2359 

Jeremiah,    Deacon,    2360 

Noah,   2359 

Noah,   Capt..   2359 

Thomas.   2358 

Thomas,    2359 

William,    2360 

William,    2362 

William    E..    2361 
Wittenauer.  Joseph.    1741 

Stephen.    1741 
Wolcott   Ancestry,    1912 

Epaphras,    1915 

George  M.,    1906 

Henry,   1913 

John.    1912 

Roger.   1914 

Sarah  A..    1916 

Simon,   1913 

Stephen   P..    1915 
Wolf  Ancestry.   2727 

Herman   J.   F..    2727 

Peter.   2727 
Wood    Ancestry.    906,     1S73, 
2351 

David.    1873 


3  7 


193 


193 


561 


INDEX. 


lOlienezer,    2351 
Kilwrn-l   ]■:..    907 
Ceorge   O.,   194.'! 
Henrv.    1941 
John.    1292 
John    B.,    IS73 
Jonathan,   2351 
I-vman.   906 
Owen.    1942 
Reuben.    2351 
Robert.    1942 
Russell.   1873 
Thomas,   906 
Thomas.    2351 
William  S..   2351 

AN'ooilburn   Ancestry. 
John,    1363 
John,   Dea.,    1364 
Samuel   D„    1364 

AA'oodburv  Ancestry. 
Asa.   248 
Cliarles   E.,    1061 
(.'harles   H.,   248 
Uharles  M..    1061 
Edward.    1061 
Isaac.   248 
Israel.   Capt..    24  7 
John.   245 
William.   1060 
William   I...    1061 


Wood.s  Ance.stry,   895.    2230 

Aaron.    895 

Frederick  A..  Dr..  2233 

Jolin.    895 

Josiali    B..   896 

Leonard,   896     ■ 

Nathaniel.   2230 

Robert    M..   14ev..    872 

Rufus   D..    896 

Solomon  A.,  2231 
Wright  Ancestry.  1402.  1405.  ISSS. 
2235,   2418 

Aaron,    1405 

Adam.    2418 

Adam.    2419 

Alyin   L,..    1890 

Andrew  J..   2420 

Anna.   1405 

Charles  C.   2236 

Daniel.    1405 

David  T..    2235 

Elijah,   1889 

Ephraim,    1403 

Epliraim.    2235 

Ferdinand   H.,   1405 

George   H.,   2666 

George   L...    1404 

Harry  A..    2420 


Horatio   N..   1890 
Horace  P..    1891 
Ichabod.    1S90 
James.   2235 
John.   1888 
Josiah.    2419 
Judah,    1405 
J.    Rockwell.    1890 
Levi,   2419 
Louis  D..   2236 
Luther  C.    1404 
Martin.   1404 
Ozro  C,    1404 
ireserved.    2235 
Richard.   2418 
bamuel.    1402 
Samuel.   Dea..    1889 
William   H.,    1891 
Zenas.    1403 
Zenas.   2235 
Young  Ancestry.   2684 
Charles  H.,   2694 
John,    2684 
Orimel.   2691 
Robert.   2685 
Silvanus.   2687 
Silvanus.   2691 
Wilbur  F..    2699 


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