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Vol. IV I I^I^Ursa^l^.A.a^ECL3 NEW YORK CHICAGO HE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1907 28 1907 WORCESTER COUNTY DAXIEL SIMONDS. Samuel Simonds (i), the pioneer ancestor of Daniel Simonds. of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was one of the Puritan leaders of the earU- days in the Massachusetts Bay colony. He settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he was a proprietor. He was called Gentleman in the earliest records, indicating that he belonged to the gentry. He was a proprietor of the town, was admitted a freeman Alarch, 1637-8. was deputy and assistant to the governor June 6, 1638, and was deputy' governor of Massachusetts. He was a man of large ability and excellent record as a citizen and public official. He mentioned his cousins Gallop, Waite and Harris in a letter to John Winthrop, Jr., in 1652, and in another letter in 1662 he mentions his only brother, "who dwells at Much Yeldham, Es- sex County, England." His will was dated February 16, 1673, and Jan- nary 8. 1677. and was proved November "6. 1678; he bequeathed to his wife Rebecca all that belon.ged to her in England before marriage with him. made ample provisions for her also at his farm in Ips- wich called Argilla, or elsewhere, if she prefer; bequeathed to son? Harlakenden and William ; to son and daughter Epps, she to have the '"damaske sutc which was the landy Cheynies if she desire ;'' bequeathed also to daughter Martha and her hus- band John Dcnison. to daughters Baker and Dun- kin ; to son Chute ; to granddaughter Sarah Sym- onds ; to wife's granddaughter Rebecca Stace ; to the son of John Hale or son John Hale, one of the overseers. The will refers to Hon. Samuel Simonds' brother, Mr. Richard Fitz Simonds. from whom a legacy is expected for son Harlakenden. The widow Rebecca died July 21. 1695: her in- ventory showed articles marked \V. R. and others marked R. H.; her son and daughter Hall are mentioned. Mrs. Martyn is one of the children among whom Mr. Simonds' estate was divided Oc- tober IS, 1679. Samuel Simonds married (first') Dorothy Har- lakenden; married (second) Martha Rcade Epps. daughter of Edmund Reade and widow of Daniel Epps. Sr. : married (third) Rebecca Hall, widow of John Hall, of Salisbury. His children were: Samuel died in 1654 (will on file) ; John, of whom later ; Harlakenden, William, Martha, Ruth, Pris- cilla. Dorothy, married Thomas Harrison, of the parish of Dunstans in the East, London. England, and they sent a power of attorney February 10, 1653. '" her brothers. Samuel and William Simonds, for the collection of anything due them. (II) John Simonds. .son of Hon. Samuel Simonds (i). was born in England about 1615; he was a proprietor of Salem as early as 1636 and was admitted freeman March, 1637-S. His wife Mary- was a member of the Salem Church in 1638. He- married (second) Elizabeth .■ His presence in England in 1653 indicates that the lack of de- tails about him on this side may be due to his living much of the time in the old country. He died before his father. His will was proved September 19, 1671 ; it bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth; to sons James and Samuel ; refers to deceased daugh- ter Ruth Swinnerton, and servant John Pease. His children were: Samuel, baptized November 4. 1638; James ; Ruth, married Swinnerton. Savage thinks that Samuel just mentioned who settled in Boxford was the grandson of the Hon. Samuel Simonds and the details from Pope's Pioneers given above seem to indicate that he is correct. Kath- rine Simonds, who married Jacob Towne, June 26. 1657, in Boxford, was perhaps a sister of Sam- uel of Boxford. (III) Samuel Simonds, son of John Simonds (2), was born January. 1638, and baptized Novem- ber 4, 1638, at Salem. Massachusetts. He settled in Boxford, a neighboring town, and married Eliza- beth Andrews, daughter of Robert and Grace An- drews, early settlers in Boxford, Massachusetts. Simonds was there in 1663 and was admitted a freeman March 22, i68g-go; served as selectman and in other offices of trust and honor. His house lot was that just west of the house now or lately of George W. Twitchell, in Boxford. He died August 14, 1722, aged eighty-four years, seven months; his wife died March 17, 1725, aged eighty- two years. Their children were: Elizabeth, born July 12, 1663 ; Hannah. December 27. 166$ ; Grace, October 14. 1667, married Zeruhable Endicott, of Boxford ; Mary, February 26, 1669, married Joseph Peabody; Samuel, .April 6. 1672, settled in Middleton, was deacon of the church, had twelve children, died July 7, I75,S ; John, of whom later; Ruth, Decem- ber 24. 1676, married .'\ndrew Eliot ; Rebecca. May . 3r. 1679. married Jacob Smith; Phebc. October 2, 1682: Joseph, May 24. 1685, settled in Boxford, married Mary Peabody: Nathaniel. January 26. 1687. (IV) John Simonds, sixth child of Samuel Simonds (3), was born in Boxford. Massachu- setts, March 29, 1674. He married, February 13. '705-8, at Boxford, Hannah Hazcn, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Howlett) Hazcn. Both Hazcn and Howlett families were pioneers in Boxford. John Simonds appears to have been a modest farmer of Boxford all his life. The children of John and Hannah (Hazen) Simonds were: Jacob, born June 30. 1772; Allis, April 13. 1714. died young; Allis, September i, 1715; Sarah, August 26, 1717 ; Lidia, WORCESTER COUNTY October la. 1720; Pliebe, February 28, 1722-3; John, of whom later. (X) John Simonds, youngest child of John Simoiids (4), was born in" Box ford, Massachusetts, March II, 1725. He settled in Boxford, but the records indicate that he lived also in the adjoining towns of Topsfield and probably elsewhere. He bought land at what is now Petersham in 1637 from Jacob Perley, of Boxford, and sold it the same year, June 17. He married Ruth when very young. He was in Lunenburg, May 10, 1763, •when warned as a newcomer usually was to leave Jown. The same John Simonds was in Holden in 1762 apparently. The children of John Simonds, as recorded at Topsfield. were: John, baptized at Topsfield, February 26, 1743-4; Mary, born July 21, 1745: Mary, September 7, 1746; Joanna, baptized -April 3, 1748; Joseph, baptized October 29, 1749. (VI) Joseph Simonds, son of John Simonds '(5), was born 1745-1749, baptized October 29, 1749, at Topsfield, Massachusetts. He removed with his father to Lunenburg about 1750. He was living there in 1770 and probably lived there during his active years. He signed a deed in 1770 with the other heirs of his wife's father, Job and Elizabeth Colman, of Ashburnham, Johan and Hannah Gip- son, of Ashby, Joseph and Mary Simonds, of Lun- enburg, and one unmarried daughter, Martha Mar- tin, of Lunenburg. Joshua Martin, brother of Mrs. Simonds, was the purchaser, April 13, 1770. Joseph Simonds served for eight months in the revolution. He was in Captain Burt's company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regiment. He died October 10, 1820, aged about seventy-five years. Joseph Simonds. son of Joseph Simonds, of Boxford, was also interested in land in Lunenbur.g through the rights of his wife. Sally Gould. With Samuel L. Smith, Joseph Gould. Daniel Bixby. of Topsfield, Joseph Simonds, Jr. and ^Fary Gould, of Topsfield. he bought February 2, 1753, the rights of lot No. 28 owned by Joseph Gould and sold - 22, 1814. (VHI) Abel Simonds, son of Joseph Simonds (7), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 10, 1804, on the old homestead in the south part of the town. The house is now known as the Elijah C. Farwell place. In later childhood he lived in the house under the shade of the great elm oppo- site the new cemetery. From the age of ten until he was thirteen he lived with an uncle in New Hamp- shire, after which he returned to Fitchburg to learn the trade of scythe making. He served an ap- prenticeship of seven long years, earning his board and clothes with a bonus of $50 when he ended his seven years. His school days were brief. After he was ten he attended the district school for six weeks each winter until he was too old to continue. He worked at his trade at Fitchburg and Chelms- ford until he was thirty years old, when he pur- chased the mill privilege later occupied by the Buckeye Mowing Machine Co. in West Fitchburg and built there his first scythe shop. Deacon John T. Farwell and L. C. Sanborn, who later removed to Iowa, where afterwards associated with Mr. Simonds, and for many years they carried on the business, not only in the original shop, but also on the location where the Hanna Mill owned by Crocker, Burbank & Co. now stands, and on still another mill on the site later occupied by Whitman ■& Miles. In 18.SI the firm dissolved partnership and Mr. Simonds continued until 1864 alone and in partnership with his son, Joseph F. Simonds. When he retired from business in the year last named he leased the shop to Simonds Bros., his successors in business. He was the founder of the present Simonds Manufacturing Co., or rather of ■the concern from which the company grew. He died .-Xpril 22. 1875, in Fitchburg. The Sentinel said of him: "He was one of the oldest and most generally known and esteemed members of the community. There are compara- tively few men of whom we can say that their his- tory is so completely identified with that of the city as was his. We can most sincerely say that his death is the removal of a very familiar and promi- nent social landmark. Mr. Simonds was a man of ouiet. sober, industrious habits." When a young T>y he learned some lasting lessons in temperance while doing his duty as an apprentice serving the regulation grog to the workmen daily. He was an ■earnest temperance leader. His apprenticeship taught him the lesson of industry also. He believed in work. From his youth to the end of his life he wished to be active. Idleness w'as a weariness to his flesh. He was a man of integrity. His ability \vas recognized by his fellow citizens who elected liim often to fill important town offices. He was a trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank from the date of its organization. He was for more than thirty years a member of the Calvinistic Congre- gational Church. In an unobtrusive, thoughtful way he tried to exemplify the christian rules of condiict. to deal justlv, love mercy and to walk humbly before God. Like so many New England fathers he was quiet, earnest, firm and faithful. He strove to be iust in all his dealings. He was naturally cheerful, kindly, wishing his neighbor well and his face showed forth the pleasant feeling which ruled within. He was a good citizen, good nei.ehbor and good friend. He married (first). November 29. 1827, Eliza- beth T. Farwell. who was born November 17, 1807, and died September 28. 1829. She was the daughter of P'acon John Farwell. He married (second). Al'.l'.I. SmONDS WORCESTER COUNTY September 2, 1830, Jane Todd, daiiglitcr of Captain Moses and Jane (Whitman) Todd, of Rindge, New Hampshire. Her father died August 10, 1840, aged seventy-six years ; her mother December 2. 1858, aged eighty-seven. She died June 24, 1886, at Fitchburg. There was one child by the first marriage, Joseph Farwell, born October 5, 1828, died October 26, 1896; married, November 19, 1851, A. Annette Howe. Children by second marriage were: Charles H., born January ig, i8jl, died June 24, 1832, aged one year, five months; Mary Caroline, born October 27, 1832, married, April 28, 1852, A. W. Bullard ; mar- ried (second) Robert Mc^la3ters; Thomas Todd, born May 17, 1834; William Henry, born June 17. 1836, died August 14, 1863. in New York ; married. November 22, 1859, Lizzie floward, of Amhert, New Hampshire; John, born November 27,1838, married, December 6, 1865, Hattie E. Beaman, of Winchendon, Mas.'achusetts; Alvan Augustus, born January 28, 1841, married, February 14, 1865, Marcella E. Wil- lard, of Leominster ; George Frederick, born Janu- ary 12, 1843, died at Scranton, Kansas, November 5, 1894: married, November 15, 1866, Mary D. A. Hatch, of Marshfield. Massachusetts ; Elizabeth Jane, born October 3, 1844, married John F. Hatch, of Marshfield. June 12, 1866; Daniel, born Sep- tember 18, 1847, of whom later ; Edwin Franklin, born October 22, 1849. married, January 12, 1882, at Culumbiana, Ohio, Myra C. Flaugher. (IX) Daniel Simonds, is a son of Abel (8) and Jane Todd Simonds. He attended the public and high schools of his native town and Comer's Commercial College of Boston. He went to work for his father, who was at that time manufacturing scythes and edge tools in West Fitchburg, a busi- ness he had carried on since 1832. About the time that Daniel Simonds entered the business his father began to manufacture mowing machine knives. Abel Simonds had taken as a partner his eldest son, Joseph F. Simonds, and the firm name was A. Simonds & Son for several years. In 1864 the busi- ness was sold to two other sons of Abel Simonds, Alvan Augustus Simonds and George F. Simonds, ■who with Benjamin Snow, Jr. organized the firm of Simonds Bros. & Co. Daniel' Simonds worked for the new firm. Machine knives, mowing ma- chines and reaper sections were manufactured and the business prospered and grew rapidly. In 1868 the Simonds Manufacturing Company was incorporated to take over the business. The <:apital stock was $50,000 and the works were removed from West Fitchburg to their present loca- tion on Main and North streets. The same line of work was continued until 1878, when on account of the consolidation of the mowing machine and reaper interests by western manufacturers, the Simonds company sold that department of its business and began to make saws by a new method of manufac- ture and tempering. The Fitchburg concern found the field well occupied by older firms, but the new method gave them a start, and against all competi- tion the Simonds saws made rapid headway in the markets, 'ihc company has for many years had branch works and office in Chicago and San Francisco. John Simonds, who was treasurer of the Simonds Manufacturing Company from the time Alvan A. Simonds withdrew in 1876 until 18S6, is now at the head of the Simonds Saw Company of San Francisco, a company that handles the prod- ucts of the Fitchburg concern in the west. John Simonds was one of the sons of Abel Simonds. The company has just acquired control (1906) of four plant.s in Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, and has consolidated them under the corporate name of the Sitnonds Canada Saw Company, with the main office in Montreal. Daniel Simonds is presi- dent of the new company. Daniel Simonds held various offices in the company from time to time as the business grew and the active members of the company changed. In the eighties he was the su- perintendent of the manufacturing and vice-president of the company. In 1888 he succeeded George F. Simonds as president of the company, and in 1893 the latter retired from business. From a modest beginning the business of tlie company has grown until eight hundred hands are employed and an annual product of $2,000,000 turned out. The capital stock is at present $500,000. The present officers are: President, Daniel Simonds; treasurer, GifFord Kingsbury Simonds ; vice-presi- dents, Edwin Franklin Simonds, Charles F. Braf- fett, Alvan Tracy Simonds : directors, the president, vice-presidents, and Henry F. Coggshall. B. N. Bul- lock, C. A. Hubbell. During the years 1904 and 1905 a magnificent new plant was constructed on the site of the old one in Fitchburg at a cost of a quarter of a million dollars. The new shops are three in number. On North street the first of the new structures has been extended sixty by one hundred and seventy-five feet, making the main building three hundred and forty feet in length, basement and three stories of substantial brick con- struction. At right angles is another shop sixty by one hundred and twenty-eight feet, basement and three stories. The new power plant is behind these buildings. Between the old shop and the first of the new buildings is the smithy, eighty by one hun- dred and thirty-three feet. The equipment is of the best, as durable, permanent and efficient as seems possible to make it. The firm have better and larger facilities than ever before. The new plant means a groat deal to Fitchburg, for this company is one of its most flourishing industries. The new shops alone have a floor area of 100,000 square feet. Be- sides this plant and the allied Canadian company's plants in Montreal, the Simonds Manufacturing Co. has a large manufacturing plant in Chicago. The old shops in Fitchburg are to be torn down, and in every particular the new plant will be new, neat and modern in its appointments. The office force and headquarters of the company will occupy the basement and three stories at the extreme north of the main shop, a section forty by sixty feet, with large safety storage vaults and safes on each floor. In Jamiary, 1906, when a large part of the new plant was occupied, the event was celebrated by a rather unusual demonstration. The officers and em- ployees of the company gathered in the evening of January 17, 1906. on the second floor of the main shop which had been appropriately decorated with laurel, Florida moss, paper flowers, etc. The em- ployees and their friends were received by Presi- dent and Mrs. Daniel Simonds, Miss Marietta Simonds, Mrs. T. F. Howarth and Mrs. H. B. Mc- Donald. The affair was managed by committees of employees and their families. The building was dedicated with feasting, music and dancing. When the first building was completed a year before, a similar celebration was held, and the employees showed their appreciation of the good will toward the company by presenting to Mr. Simonds a hand- some solid silver loving cup. WORCESTER COUNTY iMr. Simonds is especially proud of the new power plant. In addition to the old steam plant of four hundred and twenty-five horse power capac- it)', the new boilers have a joint capacity of seven hundred horse power, and the three new steam en- gines have a combined capacity of six hundred horse power. The power plant is a model of neat- ness and efficiency. But a unique feature of the plant is its electrical equipment, too technical to be described in detail here. It is sufiicient to say that the electrical power is developed two miles away from a water privilege having a one hundred and thirty-five foot fall and transmitted at high tension to the factory to be used for power or lighting. The prediction is freely made by electrical engineers that mills and factories may be located without re- gard to the water fall used for power as the motor system is being generally adopted by New England mills even where they are already built at the source of their water power. The Simonds Manu- • facturing Company has recently published a book- let entitled "Simonds' Guide for Carpenters," con- taining much useful information for the men who use the products of this company. Mr. Simonds is also president of the Simonds File Company, a new and prosperous concern. He is president of the Wanoosoc Power Company of Fitchburg, another new concern, allied with the Simonds companies. He is a director of the Fitch- burg National Bank and of the Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Mr. Simonds has a villa at Larchmont Manor, New York, on Long Island Sound, and is a mem- ber of Larchmont Yatch Club. He is a member of the Union League Club of Chica.go, Park Club and the Manufacturers' Club of Fitchburg, and was the founder and first president of the latter. He is a member of .'\urora Lodge of Free Masons and of Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar. In poli- tics he is a staunch Republican, and though too busy to accept political office has been an efficient leader and an earnest worker at critical times. He and his family attend the Calvinistic Congregational Church. Mrs. Daniel Simonds was Ellen Maria Giflford. daughter of Eli and Abbie (Tracy) Gififord, of Fitchburg. Their children are: Alvan Tracy, born December 23, 1877, married Susan Gansevoort Lansing, April 16, 1901, and they have two children : Robert ^IcClellan Simonds, born April 11, 1902, and Daniel, second, born February, 1906. Alvan T. is manager of the Chicago office and vice- president of the Simonds Manufacturing Co.; he is a graduate of the Fitchburg high school, Exeter Academy and Harvard. 1899, and had a year of special study in the analysis of iron and steel at Sheffield, England. Gifford Kingsbury, born in Fitchburg, November 29, 1881, educated at the Mili- tary School at Ossining, New York, and at the Hopkinson School. Boston ; is treasurer of the Simonds Manufacturing Co. Harlan Kenneth, born January 3, 1883. in Fitchburg, educated at the Mili- tary School at Ossining, New York, and at the Hopkinson School, Boston ; is with T. A. Mclntire, broker, Congress street, Boston. DR. CHARLES H. RICE. Edimmd Rice (i), ^onc of the founders and leading citizens of Sud- bury, Massachusetts, in the early days, was the emi- grant ancestor of Dr. Giarles H. Rice, of Fitch- burg, Massachusetts. Edmund Rice was the an- cestor of the founder and first settler of Worcester, and his descendants have been very prominent in the New England towns, especially in Worcester county. He was a proprietor and selectman in 1639; was admitted a freeman May 13, 1642; and was a deputy to the general court, 1643. He was born about 1594, in England, according to a deposi- tion made April 3, 1656. He was a member of the committee to convey lands at Whip Sufferage in 1657. He removed to Marlboro, being one of the petitioners for the grant. He was a deacon of the Sudbury church. His w'ife Tamazine died in Sud- bury, June 13, 1654. He married (second), March I, 1655, Mercy (Heard) Brigham, widow of Thomas Brigham, the emigrant. Edmund Rice died in Marl- boro, May 3, 1663. and was buried in Sudbury. His widow married (third)), 1664, William Hunt, and died December 28, 1693. Children of Edmund and Tamazine Rice; Henry, married Elizabeth Moore; Edward, born 1618, married Anna ; Thomas, of whom later ; Mathew, married Martha Lamson : Samuel, married Elizabeth King; Joseph, born 1637, married i^Iercy King; Lydia, married Hugh Drury ; Edmund; Benjamin, born May 31, 1640; Ruth, married September 29, 1659, S. Wells; .'\nn, married N. Gerry; Daniel, bom about 1632; Mary. (II) Thomas Rice, son of Edmund Rice (i), was born in Ertgland. He married Mary King, daughter of Thomas and Ann King. They removed to Marlboro in 1664. They had thirteen children, and the family was remarkable for the longevity of the children. He died in Marlboro, November 16, 1681. She died March 22, 1715. (See Boston Gazette, December 26, 1768.) Children of Thomas and ^lary (King) Rice: Grace, died 1653-54; Thomas, born June ^o, 1654; Mary, born September 4, 1656, married Josiah White ; Peter, born October 24, 1658, married Rebecca How ; Nathaniel, born January 3. 1660, married Sarah ; Sarah, born January 15, 1662. married Adams, died at age of eighty; Ephraim, born April 15, 1665. mar- ried Hannah Livcrmore ; Gershom, born May 9, 1667. married Elizabeth Ilaynes; James, born March 6, 1669. married Sarah Stone; Frances, born Feb- ruary 3, 1670-71 ; Jj>nas,_ born March 6, 1671, mar- ried Mary Stone; Grace, born January 15, 1675, married Nathaniel Moore ; Elisha, born December II, 1679. (HI) Elisha Rice, son of Thomas Rice (2), born in Marlboro. Massachusetts, December 11, 1679: married, February 20, 1707-8, Elizabeth Wheeler, of Concord. He resided for a few years in Sudbury, and in 1719 was one of the proprietors of Worcester and was residing there. Soon after- ward he returned to Sudbury, and died there in 1761. His youngest of seven children was Zebulon Rice. (IV) Zebulon Rice, son of Elisha Rice (3), born in Sudbury, January 5, 1725; married. Decem- ber 7, 1749. Susanna .Mien, of Sudbury. He settled in Lancaster, and at the incorporation of the town of Boylston. or some other change in the town lines, his farm was included in Boylston. He died in Boylston, December 26, 1799. His widow died in .Ashburnham. December 17. 1823. Of the seven- teen children of Zebulon and Susannah (.-Mien) Rice six lived in Ashburnham — Jonas, Reuben, Eliakim. Susanna, wife of Jonathan Samson; Mary, wife of Stephen Randall, Jr., and Dolly, wife of John Babcock. WORCESTER COUNTY (V) Jonas Rice, son of Zcbulon Rice (4), was born in Boylston, Massachusetts, then Lancaster, February 16, 1754. He resided in Salem in 1775 and in 1776-77 was in Sterling. He married. May 10, 1779. Zilpah Townsend, daughter of Joshua and May Townsend, and in the same j-ear settled in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. He was a farmer and an industrious, respectable citizen. He settled in the southwest part of the town, but later removed to the Sawin farm. He died April 26, 1S36. His widow died July 22, 1846. Jonas Rice enlisted April 19, 1775, in a company of volunteers at Salem, commanded by Captain Derby and marched to Cambridge. After a week of service he enlisted at Cambridge for eight months in the company of Captain John Bachelor of Colonel Bridge's regiment. (This company w-as engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill.) He was stationed during all of this service on Cambridge commons at the house of one Hastings. He was employed under General Putnam in an attempt to construct a fort on Lechman Point, from which they were driven by British ships. He again enlisted in the summer of 1776 for five months in a militia company of Captain Samuel Sawyer. ^larched from Sterling through Worcester. Hartford, New Haven to New York city, remained there a few days and then moved up the Hudson about two miles ; was on duty at Fort Prescott when the city of New York was given up to the British. He then moved up to Harlem Heights, where he remained through the rest of this service. He again enlisted July i, 1777. for six months in militia company of Captain' Francis Wilson, of Holden, Colonel Keyes' regi- ment. He marched to Leicester, thence to Provi- dence. During this time of service he went to Point Juliette to assist in collecting boats to be used on an attack on New York. In sailing around the point many of the boats were destroyed, eight men being drowned and so the contemplated attack was abandoned. The children of Jonas and Zilpath (Townsend) . Rice were: Persis. born July i, 1782, blind, died unmarried July 4, 1857 ; she was an apt scholar and became fpiite proficient in reading by raised letters; she had the Psalms and other books; she enjoyed reading; Zilpah. born February 25. 1784, married Abel Wright, of Ashby; Levi, born August 19. 1785;- Mary, born June 9, 1788, married, January 28, 1813, Luther Willoughby, of Hollis, New Hampshire; they resided in Goflfstown, New Hampsliirc, where she died April i, 1843; Lucy, born July 24. 1790, married. 1809, Ebenezer Jaquith ; lived' at Wash- ington. New Hampshire, and subsequently at Mil- ford. New Hampshire; Jonas, born .'\pril i, 1792, blind, died unmarried, November 26, 1854. Al- though born blind he so perfected himself in music that he was in great demand throughout the county to assist in private as well as public musical en- tertainments; he could play equally well on the violin, melodeon or flute; Ruth, born December 31, 1793, married Samuel Brooks, son of Thaddeus- Brooks ; Susan, born January 20, 1796, died un- married. June 13. 1863; Silas, born April 13, 1798; Salmon, born September ,30. 1800. (VI) Silas Rice, son of Jonas Rice (5), was torn in .\shhurnham, Massachusetts, April 13, T798. He settled in Ashburnham and conducted a farm there. He removed to Ashby in 1844 'ind died there September ,30, 1862. He married, September 12, 1825, Almira Corey, daughter of Stephen and Joanna (.\danis) Corey, of Ashburnham. She died February 25, 1843. He married (second), May 8, 1844, Adaline (Kendal!) Sawin, widow of Stephen Sawin, of Ashburnham. She died in Fitchburg, August 24, 1885. Silas Rice was very active in the town aflfairs of Ashby ; he was chosen as one of the selectmen for ten years out of the eighteen that he resided in the town. Children of Silas and Almira (Corey) Rice were: i. Elizabeth C., born March 21, 1827, died in Fitchburg, May 3, 1874 ; she married Jonas Whitney, of Fitchburg, April 4, 1850, who was associated with his father, Prescott Whitney, in manufacturing of organs and mclodeons. Only one child was born to them, Frank O. Whitney, who graduated with the first class that was graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute ; he has been in the civil engineering department of Boston ever since his graduation. He married Annie Snow, of Boston, and they have one son, Franklin Snow, who is now a senior in Harvard College. 2. Ed- win, born December 21, 1834, died in Paxton. Illi- nois, April 24. 1S84. He married Almarine Moore, in Lisbon, Illinois, 1859. He was a successful grain and real estate dealer in both Chicago and Paxton. 3. Walter, born December 25, 1836, a Congrega- tional minister, graduated from Beloit College, Wisconsin, in 1S62, and from Newton, Massachu- setts, Theological Seminary. Subsequently he took a special course at Andover Theological Seminary. He has preached as a settled pastor in West Acton, South Royalston, Lunenburg and Brandon, Ver- mont ; at present and for over fourteen years pas- tor of Agawam Congregational Church. He married Nellie F. King, August 24. 1865 ; to them one son. Dexter W., was born, September 6. 1870, and died May 8, 1890; the wife died November 11, 1901. 4. Dexter S., born August 3, 1840, died Oc- tober 9. i8g6 ; married Mary Bangs, November 29, 1866. He went to Portland, Maine, in i860, and entered the employ of Walter Corey Furniture Co. Enlisted in the Thirteenth Maine Regiment, Decem- ber 10, i86r. Served through the civil war and was mustered out of the service January 6, 1865. On returning from the service he became manager and later principal owner of the Walter Corey Furniture Co. The business was greatly enlarged under his administration. One son Irving was born June 14. 1870, now engaged in the coal business in Portland; married Maud Packard, of Portland, in 1896. 5. Charles H., born February 19, 1843. 6. Almira M., born January 28, 1845, died February 17, 1856. She was of the second marriage to Ada- line (Kendall) Sawin. (VII) Dr. Charles H. Rice, son of Silas Rice (6), was born in Ashburnham, February 19. 1843. When he was a young child the family removed to Ashby. He attended the public schools of that town and subsequently graduated at Appleton Acad- emy at New Ipswich, New Hampshire,' in 1S63. Dr. Rice studied medicine with Dr. F,merson. of .-Vshby, and was graduated from Dartmouth Medical Col- lege in 1865 and from Harvard Medical School in 1866. He located immediately in Fitchburg and has since practiced his profession successfully in that city. Dr. Rice has built up a large general practice in Fitchburg. He has been not only a physician of prominence, but a leading citizen. He is a mem- ber of the Worcester North District Medical Society and of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He was fur twelve years surgeon of the Sixth Regiment, WORCESTER COUNTY Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, from December, 1884, to April, 1897. He was the first city physi- cian in Fitchburg and also chairman of the first city board of health. He served for sixteen years consecutively on the school committee. He is a trustee of the Burbank Hospital and a consulting physician and surgeon for that institution. He is one of the trustees of the Wallace Public Library. He is a Mason of high standing. He belongs to Charles W. Moore Lodge, Thomas 'Royal Arch Chapter and Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar of Fitchburg. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, the local council. He married, June I, 1870, Delia L. Estabrook, daughter of Samuel and Lucinda (Hayward) Esta- brook, of Ashby. Their children are : Dr. Robert Aslley, born August 13. 1875, graduated at the Fitchburg high school in 1894, at Andicrst Uni- versity in 1898 and at the Harvard Medical School in 1902 ; he has since practiced his profession in Fitchburg ; Helen Haywood, born November 13, 1878, graduate of the Fitchburg high school in 1897 and of Smith College in 1901, is living with her parents; Margaret Corey, born February 13. 1886, graduate of the Fitchburg high school, class of 1902, of Dana Hall, Wellesley, Massachusetts. 1903, member of class of 1908, Smith College, ROCKWELL-GIBSON. John Gibson (i), the emigrant ancestor of Henry Franklin Gibson, and progenitor of many Fitchburg and Worcester county families, was in New Townc, as Cambridge was first called, in 1634. He was born in England in 1601, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1694, aged ninety-three years. He was admitted a freeman May 17, 1637, although his name appears on the records first August 4, 1634. He had a grant of six acres of land in a list of lots granted to settlers in the West End, in that part of the city lying between the present Sparks street, Wyeth and Garden streets, Harvard and Brattle squares, and the Charles river, now a very valuable section in the heart of the city. . His house was built at the end of Sparks street, not far from Brattle street, then called the Path to Wa- tertown. He bought a large amount of real estate during his life in Cambridge. In 1639 he bought of Edward Elmer three acres adjoining his land on the southeast, which extended his house lot or home- stall to Garden street. He doubtless belonged to the church of Mr. Hooker on his arrival in 1633. He became a member of the succeeding society F'cb- ruary i, 1636, under Rev. Thomas Shepard, and is on the list of members in 1637. He remained a member until his death. The original church until 1650 stood at the corner of Dunster and Mt. Auburn streets. He held several minor town offices, and in 1676 was a fence viewer. His connection with the witchcraft delusion is probably of more interest to his descendants than it was to him. He and his wife were sued by Winifred Holman for damages for accusing her daughter, Mary Holman, of being a witch. The Gibsons were found guilty, and doubtless they really believed that Mary was a witch. They were fined the costs of the court and fifteen shillings, ten pence. At the same time one of their sons was obliged to apologize in court for calling Mary a witch when being a witch was dangerous business. John Gibson married first, Rebecca , who was buried December i, i66i, in Roxbury. He married (second), July 24, 1662, Joan, widow of Henry Prentice, of Cambridge, and together with his wife administered the estate of her late husband. Children of John and Rebecca Gibson: I. Rebecca, born Cambridge, 1635, baptized in the F'irst Church; married (second), June 22, 1654, Charles Stearns, of Watertown. (The fact that she partially lost her mind believing herself bewitched by Mary Hol- man explains the law suit brought by Airs. Holman against the Gibsons). 2. Mary, born May 29, 1639, married, November 3, 1657, Jacob Newell, of Rox- bury; he was born on board ship, 1634. and buried in Roxbury, December 30, 1678; was son of Abraham and Frances Newell, from Ipswich, Suffolk county, Eng- land, Roxbury pioneers of 1634. 4. John, Jr., born about 1641, married Rebecca Errington. 5. Samuel, born in Cambridge, October 28, 1644, died in Cam- bridge, March 20, 1709-10; married, October 30, 1668, Sarah Pemberton, who died October 10, 1676; married (second), June 14, 1679, Mrs. Elizabeth (Remington) Stedman, of Cambridge; married (third) Abigail . (II) John Gibson, Jr., son of John Gibson (i), born Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1641, was baptized in First Church there ; died in Cambridge, October 15, 1679. He settled in Cambridge on the old home- stead at the west end, deeded to him b}' his father, November 30, 1668. He also was involved in the suit of the Holmans. He had accused Mary Holman of being a witch, believing, when he said it, that his sister was a victim of her arts. The court gave him his choice of openly acknowledging his error in court or of paying a fine of five pounds. He saved the five pounds. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, in Captain Thomas Prentice's company, August 27, 1676. The expedition started for Rhode Island, June 24, 1676. He was in the fight at Swansea, June 28, and in the skirmish in July on Mt. Hope Neck, near Bristol, Rhode Island. He was also in the company of Lieutenant Edward Oakes, which started on a scouting expedition, March 24, 1675-76, near Marlboro. He was a private in Captain Daniel Henchman's company, impressed April 27, starting May 27, reaching Hadley, June 14, 1676. He was possibly the John Gibson in the list of Captain Joshua Scotow's men at Malock Point, near Saco, Maine. September, 1677, the garrison being captured the following month by Mogg Megone, a celebrated Indian chief. He was admitted a freeman October II, 1670, and held various small offices in Watertown. He was only thirty-eight years old when he died of smallpox. His widow was administratrix. He mar- ried, December 9. 1668, Rebecca Errington (Harring- ton later), born in Cambridge, baptized in the First Church, and died December 4, 1713, daughter of .\braham and Rebecca (Cutler) Errington. Her father was a blacksmith, the son of Widow Ann Er- rington, who was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng- land. Abraham Errington died at Cambridge. May 9, 1677, aged fifty-five years. He married Rebecca Cutler, born in England, a member of the Cam- bridge Church in full communion prior to January 1659; died at Cambridge, 1697. Children of John, Jr., and Rebecca Gibson: i. Rebecca, born in Cam- bridge, October 4, 1669, died in Woburn, June 10, 1698, unmarried. 2. Martha, born in Cambridge, died in \Yoburn after 1733; married (first), 1696, Reuben Lilly, of Concord; married (second), April 4, 1699. Joseph Knight, of Woburn, born at Woburn, Deceml)er 12. 1673. died January 23, 1732-33, son of Joseph and Hannah Knight, of Woburn, and prob- ably grandson of John Knight, of Watertown, Mass- WORCESTER COUNTY achiuetts. (Sec Knight Family). 3. Mary, born at Cambridge, married at Concord, October 17, 1700, Nathaniel Gates, of Stow (born probably at Cam- bridge, died 1731, aged fifty-six, son of Stephen Gates. (See Gates Family). 4. Timothy, of Sud- bury and Stow. (Ill) Timothy Gibson, son of John Gibson, Jr., (2), was born in Cambridge, 1679, died at Stow, July 14, 1757. His gravestone in the graveyard in the lower village in the eastern part of Stow indi- cates that he was seventy-nine years old when he died. He married (first), in Concord, November 17, 1780, Rebecca Gates, of Stow, daughter of Stephen, Jr., and Sarah (Woodward) Gates. (See Gates Family). She was born in Marlboro, July 23, 1682, and died in Stow, January 21, 1751, and was buried at the right side of her husband. He married (second), (published November 30,) 1/55, Mrs. Sub- mit Taylor, of Sudbury, Massachusetts. She died in Stow, January 29, 1759, and was buried at the left of her husband. Deacon Gibson was brought up by Selectman Abraham Holman, of Cambridge, son of William and Winifred Holman. After 1689 he removed with him to Stow. Fie lived with the Holman family until 1703, when he removed to the northwest part of Sudbury, and settled there near the Assabet river, on a sixty-acre farm, bounded west by the Stow line, east by the road to Concord from Jewell's mill, southwest by land of Joseph Jewell, north by land of John and Jonas Burk. It was deeded to him June 21, 1703, by his foster father Holman. Again, November 29, 1708, Holman gave him twenty acres of land on the north side of the Assabet river, in Sudbury, and again ten acres southeast of the river, April 23, 171 1. Timothy Gibson's will, dated September, 171 1, mentions his wife Sarah, nephews Abraham and Jeremiah Hol- man, son Timothy. Timothy Gibson was one of the thirty-one signers of the petition for a church at the west precinct, nt)w the centre of Sudbury, dated January 15, 1706-07. The church at Rocky Point, as Sudbury Centre was then called, w'as not built until 1723. The original church, where all in the vicinity worshiped from 1639 to 1723, was in East Sudbury, now Wayland, Massachusetts. The first bridge over the Assabet river was built between land of Gibson on one side and Burk on the other, by vote of the town, Decem- ber 14, 1715. Timothy (jibson also owned land in Cambridge and Lunenburg. The records show that Ephraim Sawtellc sold land to Timothy Gibson about June 25, 1723. Five or six other lots were granted to him. Of his sons, John, Harrington, Isaac and Reuben settled in Lunenburg. They were men of great personal prowess, and they and their descendants were prominent in the town. Timothy Gibson removed to Stow between December 6, 1728, and February 24, 1731-32. He was selectman of Stow, 1734, 1735, 1736 and 1739. He was one of those who dissented from the vote to give Rev. John Gardner sixty pounds May 17, 1736. He was a dea- con of the church while Gardner was the pastor. His homestead in Stow lay on the south slope of Pomciticut Hill. He deeded his homestead to his son Stephen ten years before he died, and the place descended in the family in this way until 1823, when it was sold. In 1826 it was bought by the Maynard family, who called it Summer Hill Farm. The northwest part of Sudbury, including Assabet village and the northeast part of Stow, including the hill and the Gibson homestead, were incorporated April ift 1871, as the town of Maynard. The children of Deacon Timothy and Rebecca (Gates) Gibson were: Abraham, born in Stow, 1701, died there November 8, 1740; married Mary Wheel- er, born November 5. 1707, died in Stow. January I5. 1793. daughter of Deliverance and Mary (Davis) Wheeler ; resided in Stow and Sudbury. 2. Captaiij Timothy, born in Stow, January 20, 1702-03. 3. Re- becca, born in Sudbury, March 19, 1703-04; married. May 4, 1727, Joseph Farnsworth, of Groton, born in Groton, February 26, 1698, died 1731, son of John and grandson of Matthias Farnsworth, pioneer. 4. John, captain, born in Sudbury, .\pril 28, 1708, settled in Lunenburg, died there June 10, 1761 ; mar- ried at Lancaster, November 9, 1737, Elizabeth Hart- well, born 1715; married (second). May 9, 1764, Jacob Gates, of Harvard, died February I, 1792, daughter of Judge Edward and Sarah (Wilder) Hartwell, granddaughter of Edward Hartwell, born in England, settled in Concord, ALissachusetts. 5. Sarah, born in Sudbury, October 27, 1710, married (first) Thomas Willard, of Harvard, son of Heze- kiah and Anna (Wilder) Willard, of Lancaster. 6. Samuel, born in Sudbury, August 27, 1713. died April II, 1746. 7. Stephen, born in Sudbury, March 171S, died young. 8. Harrington, born in Sudbury, March 22, 1717, died in Lunenburg, February 24, 1756; he died July 15, 1795, aged seventy-eight. 9. Stephen, deacon, born in Sudbury, June 6, 1719, died in Stow, October 23, 1806; married, 1744, Sarah Goss, daughter of John and Mary Goss ; she was born in Lancaster, April 13, 1719, and died in Stow, October 26, 1802. aged eighty-four. 10. Isaac, born in Sudbury. April 27, 1721, lived in Stow, Fitchburg, Grafton, Vermont (originally Thomlinson), died in Grafton, Vermont, June i, 1797, in his seventy- seventh year ; married at Lunenburg. February 4, 1744-S, Keziah, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Re- becca Johnson (Rebecca was descendant of CapL Edward Johnson, author of "Wonder Working Providences of Zion's Saviour in New England") ; married (second), at Leominster, November 27, 1766, Mrs. Abigail (Darby or Stearns) Bennett, who died at Grafton, Vermont. November 26, 1808, aged eighty-one years. 11. Mary, born in Sudbury. June 14, 1723. 12. Captain Reuben, born in Sudbury, Feb- ruary 14, 1725. (IV) CAPTAIN REUBEN GIBSON, son of Timothy Gibson (3), born in Sudbury, February 14, 1725, died in Fitchburg, July 27. 1800. buried in the South Street burying ground ; married, at Sudbury, November 13, 1746, Lois Smith, born in Sudbury, November l, 1726, died in Fitchburg, November 22, 1816, (aged ninety-four as per stone, correct age was ninety as per church records), daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith, and granddaughter of John and .Sarah Smith, of Sudbury. Cai)tain Gibson was one of the famous Gibson brothers of Lunenburg. Four of them settled tliere on Pearl Hill. Reuben had a farm of one hundred acres there before he was of age,' deeded to him by his father, October 25, 1744- This homestead re- mained in his family until 1863, when it was sold. The old house was torn down in 1892. The Gibson boys were famous for their size, great strength and physical courage. They were remarkable also for their enterprise and force of character. They were leaders in Lunenburg and Fitchburg after the new town was formed. Captain Reuben Gibson was on the first board of selectmen of Fitchburg, 1764^ The first election was on March 5, 1764. He served the town as highway surveyor 1767; was one of the thirteen largest taxpayers in 1771 and afterward a 8 WORCESTER COUNTY member of the committee of correspondence, elected December l, 1773; constable, 1775; chairman com- mittee of safety and correspondence, 1776; tax col- lector, 1781. He was captain of the militia com- pany, as the records of the town show, after 1772; was one of the live Gibsons among the forty-four Fitchburg minutemen in 1775; was a soldier in the Revolution, sergeant in Capt. Ebenezer Woods' company, Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment of militia, April 19, I77S, in the Lexington call. His will, dated May 10, 1797, was allowed September 2, 1800. The children of Captain Reuben and Lois (Smith) Gibson were: I. Lois, born August 15, 1747, at Lunenburg, died in Ashburnham, May 27, 1820; married in Fitchburg, June 12, 1772, Joshua Billings, of Cambridge Farms, part of Ashburnham, died there May 18, 1799. 2. Reuben, born in Lunenburg, September 21, 1748. 3. Abraham, born in Lunen- burg, August 15, 1752, died in Leicester, April 10, 1S29; married Mary Brown (born in Lexington, May 5, 1758, died in Goshen, Vermont, March 3, 1835), daughter of Daniel and Anna (Bright) Brown, of Lexington ; a Revolutionary soldier. 4. Thomas, born November 19, 1753, died in Ash- burnham, June II, 184 1 ; married, April I, 1783, Re- lief Hartwcll, of Fitchburg; she died October 19, 1849, aged eighty-five; daughter of Phineas and Mary (Pierce) Hartwell; a soldier in the Revolution. 5. Harrington (or Arrington), born in Lunenburg, August 14, 1756, died in Fitchburg, October 12, 1847, settled on Pearl Hill; was in the Fitchburg train band in 1775. 6. Bezaleel, baptized August 29, 1761, died in Ashburnham, November 17, 1840, married at Acton, November 23, 1784. Lois Billings, of Acton (baptized July 21, 1832), died in Ashburnham, Octo- ber 27, 1854; was a soldier in the Revolution. 7. Is- rael, born at Fitchburg, December 8, 1765, died April 14. 1818, buried at Laurel Hill cemetery; married (published March 10, 1797), Lucinda Whiting (born in Hanover, Massachusetts, died in Fitchburg, July 15. 1870, aged ninety-three years). 8. Ephraim, born in Fitchburg, November 10, 1768, died there September 7, 1844; married, November 18, 179S, Ly- dia Kinsman (born in Ipswich, July 15, 1770, died in Fitchburg. September 4, 1863, aged ninety-one years), daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Kinsman, of Ipswich and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. (V) Reuben Gibson, son of Captain Reuben ■Gibson (4), was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, September 21, 1748, died in Fitchburg, April 20, 1836. He married, February 8, 1774, his second •cousin, Betty Gibson, born in Stow, June 6, 1750, died September 12, 1824 (her name is given Betsey on her gravestone), daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Forristall) Gibson. He was a soldier in the Revo- lution, a private in Captain Ebenezer Woods' com- pany. Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, and was with the company when it marched to Lexington, April 19. '775- He was .a man of great strength and cour- age. It is said of him that he and his cousin "Jake" set at defiance the soldiers sent to arrest them as suspects at the time of Shay's Rebellion. He held many offices of honor and trust; was surveyor and collector of highway taxes, 1778; on school com- mittee 1783, 1786 and 1788. He acquired consider- able real estate in Fitchburg, besides the forty-nine acres he bought of his father, March 22, 1777. He had half a pew in the meeting house in Ashburnham. His will was dated November 4, 1831, and proved June 2, 1836. He left a small legacy to each of his children, and the residue to his eight surviving daughters and the three children of his deceased daughter, Sally Whitcomb. The children of Reuben and Betty (Gibson) Gibson: i. , born in Fitchburg, October 5, 1774, died young. 2 Jonathan, born in Fitchburg, September 5, I77S, died in Salis- bury, Vermont, Norember 22, 1851 ; married (first) March 11, 1800, Deborah Allen, of Leicester, Ver- mont, who died July 13, 1822; married (second), January 29, 1826, Esther Spencer, of Salisbury, Ver- mont ; she died January i, 1875. 3 Mary, born at Fitchburg, May 26, 1777, died at Fitchburg, Novem- ber 9, 1848; married, 1800, Daniel ChesmoreT 4. Lois, born at Fitchburg, May 22, 1778, died in Salis- bury, Vermont, January 29, 1852; married, October 10, 1798, Mark Mossman, of Thetford, Vermont, and Schroon, New York, (born in Sudbury, Septem- ber 3, 1775, died Salisbury, Vermont, May 29, 1838), son of Matthew- Mossman, of Ashburnham. 5. Bet- sey, born in Fitchburg, May 22, 1780, died about 1853; married, February 11, 1802, Lyman Cook, of Thetford, Vermont. 6. Reuben, born December 8, 1781, died at Salisbury, Vermont, October 22, 1813; married. May 14, 1807, Hannah Burnap, of Fitch- burg. 7. Sally, born December 8, 1782, died at Pat- ten, Broome county, P. Q., Canada, Alay 2y, 1826, buried in North Troy, the adjoining town in Ver- mont ; married Elijah Whitcomb, born Henniker, New Hampshire, 1778, died Patton, 1863, son of Benjamin and grandson of Benjamin, of Stow. 8. Jeremiah, born August 25, 1784; married, first, Octo- ber 28, 1806, Asa Berry, of Rindge, New Hampshire, who died September 23, 1822; married (second), October 23, 1823, Captain Francis Dean, of Fitch- burg, who died December 10, 1851. 9. Susanna, horn December I, 1785, died (October 15. 1786. 10. Susanna, born February 20, 1787, married ^ — Morse, of Thetford. 11. Gibson, baptized April 27, 1788, died November 5, 1788. 12. Simeon, born No- vember 18, 1789, died February 19, 1852; married, Salisbury, Vermont, Lovica Graves, who died Feb- ruary 9. 1828, aged thirty-two; married (second), August 27, 1829, Sarah, daughter of Israel Wilkins. 13. Abigail, born August 12, 1791, died at Salisbury, April 9. 1884; married at Salisbury, April 1810, James Gipson (originally Japson) of Salisbury, born in Leominster, Massachusetts, May 15, 1790, died in Salisbury, September 11, 1883, son of John Japson. 14. Olive, born March 11, 1793, died at Hyde Park, Vermont, April 23, 1879; married, December 19, 1813. Enos Sherwin, of Rindge, New Hampshire, and Stow, Massachusetts, born in Rindge, September 23, 1790, died in Stow, July i, 1863. 15. Lovica, born October 6, 1795, married, October 22, 1818, Samuel Stratton, of Rindge, who died there August 21, 1840. (VI) Mary (or Polly) Gibson, daughter of Reuben Gibson (5), born in Fitchburg, March 26, 1777; baptized in First Church, May 4, 1777; died in Fitchburg, November 9. 1848. She married (first) about 1800, Daniel Chesmore, of Henniker, New Hampshire, and Troy, Vermont. He died after 1S16. She married (second), April 6, 1823, Jona- than Battles, of Fitchburg. Mr. Chesmore took a lively interest in church affairs, and at Henniker he and his wife's uncle, Thaddeus Gibson, voted against the settlement of Rev. Moses Sawyer. Later he removed to Troy, Vermont, about 1815. She returned about that time to Fitchburg with her children. Oiildrcn of Daniel and Polly (jibson Chesmore: I. Mary, born in Hen- niker, New Hampshire, December 20, 1801, died in Ashburnham. Massachusetts, March 26, 1872 : mar- ried, November g, 1829, Moses Stowell, of Ashburn- < f7)^y^^i.zji^ WORCESTER COUNTY ham. 2. Daniel, born in Hennikcr, September lo, 1803, died in Leominster, June 15. 18S6; married IMehitable Gerry, April 3, 1829; married (second), December 25, 1844, Almira Bartlett, who died De- cember 25, 1887, aged eighty-two years. 3. Eliza- beth, born in Troy, JMaine, October 31, 1804, died June 23, 1864; married, April 25, 1825, Jonathan W'hittemore. 4. Caroline, born January I, 1806, died young. 5. Reuben, born in Troy, Vermont, Novem- ber 13, 180S, died at St. Joseph, ^lissouri, March 3, 1895 ; married, December 10, 1835, Elizabeth Upton, born in Andover, JIassachusetts, iMarch 9, 1805, died in Westminster, December 14, 1880. 6. William Riley, born in Thetford, Vermont, March 26, iSto, died in Worcester, JNIassachusetts, March 26, 1870; married, November 30, 1834, Lucinda Levering, of Hopkinton, Massachusetts. 7. Ransom S., born in Troy, Vermont, September 29. 1811, died in Au- burn, Massachusetts, June 9, 1895; married (.first), 1847, Eliza Plummer; married (.second) Mrs. Caro- line (True) Wilson. 8. Royal Chesmore, changed his name to Henry Otis Rockwell ; sec below. (VII) Henry Otis Rockwell, son of Daniel Chesmore (6), and Mary Gibson Chesmore, was born in Troy, Vermont, June 18, 1815 (date 1813 also given), died in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. No- vember 30, 1877. He married, April 20, 1842, Sarah Laws, born in Westford, Massachusetts, January 6, 1822, daughter of William and Lucinda Laws. He settled in Fitchburg and became a prominent and highly respected business man there. He was a man of decided views and took a great interest in public questions. Children of Henry Otis and Sarah C. (Laws) Rockwell: i. William Henry, born in Fitch- burg, April 2T, 1845, died September 7, 1847. 2. William B., born in I-'itchburg, September 28, 1847; resides in San Francisco, California. 3. Henrj^ Franklin Rockwell, born September 9, 1849. (VIII) Henry Franklin Rockwell, son of Henry .Otis Rockwell (7), was born in Fitchburg. Mass- achusetts, September 9, 1849. He attended the pub- lic schools of his native town and entered the high school in 1862. He left school to enter the employ of Samuel II. Wood, 51 Tremont street, Boston, druggist, where he learned the business and became a pharmacist. This drug store was on the site now occupied by the department store of Houghton & Dutton. After three years there he went west for a year. He returned and accepted a position as clerk in the drug store of George S. Goodell, in Brooklyn, New York, formerly a Worcester man, and remained in this position for nine years. In 1877 he returned to his native town and bought the drug store of Z. Fortier, at 401 Main street, and has since then conducted the business with much suc- cess. He was one of the original directors of the Fidelity Cooperative Bank of Fitchburg. He is a member of Alpine Lodge, No. 35, K. P., Uniform Rank; Apollo Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; Board of Trade; Merchants' Association; Columbian Club; Mayors' Club of Massachusetts. Mr. Rockwell is best known as one of the mo.st popular mayors who ever served the city. He has h;id a very creditable public career. While he is a Republican in politics, he is decidedly independent in municipal affairs, and has been a prime mover in various citizens' movements in city elections. He was a member of the common council in 1886, 1887 and 1888, during the last two years being president of the board. He was an alderman in 1889. 1890 and 1891. He was a representative in the general court in 1892 and 1893, and served on the committee on railroads. He was mayor of Fitchburg in 189^), 1897, and 1898. He was elected not as a Republican, but at the head of an independent citizens' ticket. He married, in Brooklyn, New York, April 28, 1881, Jessie F. Lamberson, born in New York City, August 8, 1857, daughter of Thomas and Emeline (Nostrand) Lamberson. She is descended from the early Dutch settlers in New York. Their children : I. William Milton, born in Fitchburg, August 4, 1882 ; graduate of Fitchburg high school and Har- vard College (A. M. 1903) ; now with Scribner's, New York. 2. Je.isie Kimball, born in Fitchburg, November 30, l885; graduate of Fitchburg high school; student at Vassarj class of 1908. ^ GENERAL JOHN W. KIMBALL. (I) Richard Kimball, the emigrant ancestor of General' John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg. Massachusetts, was from the parish of Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England, where his son Henry was baptized August 12, 1615. He married, in England, Ursula, daughter of Henry Scott, of Rattlesden. The will of Henry Scott, dated September 24, 1625, was proved in the court of the archdeaconry of Sudbury, January 10, 1624-5. He was buried in Rattlesden, December 24. 1624. The will mentions Abigail, Henry, Elizabeth and Richard Kimball, his grandchildren, the children of Richard and Ursula (Scott) Kimball; Uis wife, j\Iartha, and sons Roger and Thomas Scott, the lat- ter of whom came to America in the same ship with Richard Kimball and Martha Scott, the widow, aged sixty years. The family came to America in the ship "Elizabeth," of Ipswich, sailing April 30, 1634. The ages of the family as then given were : Richard, thirty-nine, with wife Ursula and children ; Henry, fifteen ; Elizabeth, thirteen ; Richard, eleven ; Mary, nine ; Martha, five ; John, three ; Thomas, one. They settled in Watertown, where Henry Kimball, aged forty-two, and family, also settled. This Henry Kimball is thought to have been a brother. He came in the same ship. The home lot of Richard Kimball was six acres on the Cambridge line, now in the city of Cambridge, near the corner of Huron avenue and Appleton streets. He was admitted a freeman May 6, 1635, and was a proprietor in 16.36-7. Soon after this he removed to Ipswich, where the settlers required the services of a wheelwright. He settled there and followed his trade and carried on his farm. The town gr.'iiited him a house lot February 23, 1637, next ad]oinin.g Goodwin Simons, at the west end of the town. He was granted at the same time forty acres beyond the North river, near the land of Rob- ert Scott. In 1641 he was mentioned as one of the commoners of Ipswich, and was appointed one of the selectmen, ("Seven' Men") March i, 1645. He had various other grants of land and served on var- ious town committees. He was one of the execu- tors of the estate of his brother-in-law, Thomas Scott, who died February, 1653-4. He was one of the proprietors of Plumb Island. He married (sec- ond), October 23, 1661, Margaret, widow of Henry Dow. of Hampton, New Hampshire. She died March i, 1675-6. His will was dated March S, 1674. and proved September 28, 1675. He bequeathed to Iiis wife fiillillmcnt of marriage contract, and named children and other relatives. He died June 22, 1675, aged eighty years. Children of Richard and Ursula Kimball : l. Abigail, born in RatlUsden, county of Suffolk. Fnulaiid. died in Salisbury, .Mass- lO WORCESTER COUNTY achusetts, June 17, 1638; married in England, John Severans; twelve children. 2. Henry, born in Rat- tlcsdcn, 1615. 3. Elizabeth, born in Rattlesden, 1621. 4. Richard, born in Rattlesden, 1623, died May 26, 1676, in Wenhani, Massachusetts. 5. Mary, born in Rattlesden, 1625, married Robert Dutch, of Glouces- ter and Ipswich, Massachusetts ; they had six chil- dren. 6. Martha, born in Rattlesden, 1629, married Joseph Fowler, son of Philip and Martha Fowler ; he was born in England in 1622, and was killed by the Indians, May 19, 1676, near Deertield, Massachu- setts, in King Philip's war; had four children. 7. John, born in Rattlesden, 1631, died May 6, 1698. 8. Thomas, born 1633, died May 3, 1676. 9. Sarah, born in Watertown, Massachusetts, 1635, died June 12, 1690; married, November 24, 1658, Edward Allen, of Ipswich; eleven children. 10. Benjamin Kimball, born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1637, died June 11, 1695. It. Caleb, born in Ipswich, 1639, died 16S2. (II) Thomas Kimball, son of Richard Kimball (l), born in Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England, 1633, was one year old when he came to New Eng- land with his parents. He later went to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and to Hampton, New Hampshire, where he was living October 20, 1653, the owner of a mill property on Oyster river there. He had his home there as late as 1660, and afterward removed to that portion of Rowley later included in the pres- ent town of Bradford, Massachusetts. This part of Rowley was originally known as Merrimac. Thom- as Kimball was elected constable in Rowley in 1669. His home was on the road to Boxford. He lived there ten years. He was a mechanic as well as farm- er, and owned over four hundred acres of land at the time of his death. He was a victim of Indian raiders in King Philip's war. On the night of May 2, 1676, three well known "Praying Indians" who had turned against the whites, Peter, Andrew and Simon, so they had been christened, started for Rowley on an errand of murder, but failing to reach their destination early enough for their purposes they sought the home of Thomas Kimball in ^lerri- mac when the night was far advanced, and killed the father. The mother and five children were taken into captivity and carried forty miles into the • for- est. The lives of Mrs. Kimball and her baby were frequently threatened, and twice the hre was light- ed to burn them at the stake. Through the friendly offices of Wanalancet, of the Pennacook Indians, they were freed after forty-one terrible days in cap- tivity, and reached their desolated home June 13, 1676. The prayers of the congregation at Ipswich were asked May 3, 1676, for the safety of the cap- tives. Subsequently the widow petitioned the gen- eral court for protection from Simon, the Indian who murdered her husband and thrcathened to kill her and her children if they returned to their home. Accordingly the three Indians were seized and put in jail, but they escaped and continued their murder- ous course most mercilessly thereafter, we are told. They were well known, for they had lived a great deal in the settlements and worked for the colonists. Thomas Kimball served the town of Merrimac as selectman and in other offices. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Joanna Smith, of Ipswich. Joanna died about 1681. The children of Thomas and Mary (Smith) Kimlwll : i. Elizabeth, born Hampton, Massachusetts, December 5, 1658, died December 27, 1658. 2. Richard, born Hampton, 1660, died Bradford, Massachusetts, January 21, '732-3. 3- Joseph, born 1662, died 1699; was im- pressed into His Majesty's service in 1689 and again in l6go. 4. Mary, born about 1663 ; married,- March 22, 1682-3, Thomas Reddington, of Boxford, Massachusetts; six children. $. Hannah, born Jan- uary 27, 1661, died before 1699. 6. Thomas, bora 1665, died June 30, 1732, in Bradford. 7. Ebenezer, born April 20, 1668. 8. John, born October 14, 1675; removed to Piscataquis, East Jersey. 9. Joanna,, died April 10, 1690; married Joshua Ivlorse, of New- bury, Massachusetts, who died March 20, 1691. (III) Thomas Kimball, son of Thomas Kimball (2), born in Rowley, Masachusetts, 1665, died in Bradford, Massachusetts, January 11, 1732; married, in Maiden, Massachusetts, December 22, 1686, Deb- orah, born 1608 and died December 22, 1726, daugh- ter of John Pemberton, of IMalden. He died 1692, and administration was granted to his wife Deborah. Thomas Kimball married (second) Grace, widow of John Currier, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, daugh- ter of Christopher and Sarah Hall. He resided September 4, 1729, in that part of the town of Brad- ford now Groveland. His old homestead was stand- ing until 1893, when it was torn down by the owner, Mrs. William Gray. Children of Thomas and Deb- orah (Pemberton) Kimball: i. Thomas, born in Bradford where all the children were born, October 14, 1687, died September 11, 1748. 2. Jonathan,^ born February 21, 1689, died unmarried. 3. Dorothy, born September 13, 1690; married June 19, 171 1, Daniel Poor; ten children. The children of Thomas and Grace (Currier) Kimball were: 4. John, born November 16, 1692, died November 11, 1748, at Bradford. 5. Mary, born February 25, 1694, mar- ried, August 13, 1713, Samuel Webster; ten chil- dren, among them Rev. Samuel Webster, of Salis- bury, Massachusetts (H. C. 1737). 6. Deborah, born April 13, 169s, died probably before December 29,^ 1758; married Samuel Poor, of Andover ; live chil- dren. 7. Ebenezer, born July 8, 1697. 8. Ephraim, born April 29, 1699, died December 28, 1743. 9. Abigail, born April 12. 1702, married, Novembei 14, 1722, Samuel Kimball, son of David Kimball. 10. Priscilla, born June 14, 1703 ; married, November 17, 1728, Ebenezer Gage. 11. Sarah, born January 22, 1705-6. 12. Hannah, born September 17, 1707,, died April 13, 1727. (IV) Ephraim Kimball, son of Thomas Kim- ball (3), born in Bradford, Massachusetts, April 29, 1699, died December 23, 1743. He married, Jan- uary 12, 1721, Anna Tenney, born 1700, died August 6, 1726. He married (second), (October I, 1726, Mary Wittier, born 1703, died April 3, 1740. He married (third), February 5, 1740-41, Sarah Mul- liken, who survived him. He resided in Bradford, Massachusetts, and owned land in Rowley and Lun- enburg, Massachusetts, and Chester, New Hamp- shire. His will was proved January 23. 1743-4. He ordered his executors to sell his negro girl slave to pay his debts. Children of Ephraim and Anna (Ten- ney) Kimball : i. Ephraim, born August 16, 1722,. resided in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. 2. Dorothy, born June 30, 1724, died April 30, 1797; married, January 25, 1742, Edmund Kimball, of Bradford. Children of Ephraim and Mary (Witter) Kimball: 3. Mary, born December 30, 1730, married, Feb- ruary I, 1749, Peter Hunt, of Tewksbury; thirteet* children. 4. Ann, born December 25, 1732, died September 14, 1736. 5. William, born May 31, 1734, died September 21, 1736. 6. Eliphalet, born October 11, 1736, died 1760. 7. William, born March 29, 1740, resided at Charlestown, New Hamp.- WORCESTER COUNTY ir shire. Children of Ephraim and Sarah (Miillikcn) Kimball: 8. Hannah, baptized October 25, 1741, died November 2, 1754. 9. Nathaniel, born Feb- ruary 3, 1743-4, resided at Bradford. {V ) Ephraim Kimball, son of Ephraim Kimball (4), born Bradford, Massachusetts, August 16, 1722, died February 14, 1782; married, July 18, 1746, Mary, daughter of Ephrami and Elizabeth Wctherbee, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, who was born January 0, 1730, died 1816. He resided in Bradford and Lunenburg, Massachusetts (.now Fitchburg). He had the rank of ensign in the militia. Children of Ephraim and Mary (.W'etherbee) Kimball: i. Mary, born January 14, 1747-48; married, September 30, 1766, John Dunsmore; ten children; she married (second) Lovell, of Charlestown, New Hamp- shire. 2. Anne, born December 24, 1749; married, October 20, 1767, Jonathan Dix, of New Ipswich, New Hampshire. 3. Ephraim, born February 15, 1752, resided at Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 4. Rachel, born September 5, 1754; married, December 3, 1772, Benjamin Frost. 5. Levi, born October 23, 175O; married, October 23, 1776; was in Cap- tain Ebenezer Wood's company of Fitchburg, April 19, 177s, at Lexington Alarm. 6. Han- nah, born December, 1758; died March 6, 1786; married, 1781, Joseph Farre ; resided in Pep- perell, Massachusetts. 7. Elizabeth, born March 31, 1761, died young. 8. Abigail, born April 23, 1763; married, October 28, 1782, John Polly. 9. Eliphalet, born July 22, 1765. lo. Elizabeth, born July 17, 1767. II. Sarah, born August 6, 1770. (.VI) Ephraim Kimball, son of Ephraim Kim- ball Cs), born F'itchburg, Massachusetts, February 15, 1752, died May, 1825; married, April 14, 1774, Betty White, born April 14, 1754, died July 26, 1844, aged ninety. He resided in Fitchburg, where he was prominent in public affairs. He held the principal offices of the town ; was deacon of the Congregational Church. He was in Captain William Thurlo's company under Major Ebenezer Bridge, in the revolution, serving at the Bennington call, 1777. Betty White was the daughter of John and Mary (Whitney) White of Lunenburg. Their children: 1. John, born February 17, 1775, married Beulah, born July 4, 1779, daughter of Joseph and Mary Sawyer ; settled in Bloomfield, Maine. 2. Ephraim, born January 12, 1777, died November 27, 1853. 3. Polly, born April 9, 1778, died August 22, 1846; married, December 6, 1804, Joseph F'arwell, of Fitch- burg. 4. Betsey, born October 5, 1779 ; married Smith, of Bloomfield, Maine. 5. William, born June 26, 1781 ; married, February 20, 1807, Catherine Adams ; resided at Petersburg, Ohio. 6. Samuel, born March 31, 1783. 7. Porter, born January 8, 1785. 8. Hannah Farrar, born August 2, 1786, died January 1821 ; married, March 11, 1807, Samuel Putnam, died July 31, i860; resided at Fitchburg. 9. James, born November 21, 1789, died January 24, 1821 ; unmarried. 10. Joseph, born January 17, 1791, died young. 11. Alpheus, born June 26, 1792, died February 13, 1859. 12. Abel, born May 12. 1794, died young. 13. Nancy, born July 16, 1796, died at Fitchburg, January 6, 1847 ; married, December 3, 1818, Jonas Holden, of Shirley, Massachusetts. 14. Elvira, born November 7, 1798, died in Fitchburg, January 18, 1856; married, January 2, 1840, Ephraim Crocker. (VII) Alpheus Kimball, son of Ephraim Kim- ball (6), born Fitchburg, June 26, 1792, died there February 13, 1859; married, September 29, 1816, Harriet Stone, of F'ramingham, Massachusetts, born July 29, 1790, died January 6, 1888. Alpheus Kim- ball was educated in the public schools of F'itch- burg. He started in business in Fitchburg as a merchant, but is best known as a manufacturer of scythes. He was the founder of the firm of Alpheus Kimball & Sons, scythe manufacturers, of l-'itchburg. Mr. Kimball was actively interested in politics. He left the Whig party when the Free Soil party was formed, and voted for Fremont for president. He was a member of the Congregational Church and leader of the anti-slavery faction when the church was divided over the ethics of the slavery question, about 1840. He was a charter member of the Fitch- burg F"usiliers, organized February 3, 1817, with John Upton, captain, Alpheus Kimball, lieutenant, and Walter Johnson, ensign. The three ofificers of the company were of equal height, all over six feet. Mrs. Kimball was daughter of Luther and Mary (Trowbridge) Stone of Framingham, Massa- chusetts. Their children were all born in Fitchburg: I. Harriet Ann, 1817, married, October 2, 1851, Jeremiah B. Lovett. 2. Alpheus P., born 1819. 3. Eliza F., born 1821 ; married Richard Hobart Tor- rey. 4. William, born 1823. 5. James, born 1825. 6. John W., born February 27, 1828. (VIII) General John W. Kimball, son of Alpheus Kimball (7), was born in Fitchburg, Mas- sachusetts, February 27, 1828. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and also at- tended Fitchburg Academy. He began his busi- ness career in the scythe factory of Alpheus Kim- ball & Sons, and was associated with his father and brothers later in the partnership. After the death of the senior partner in 1859 the business was conducted by William Kimball and John W. Kim- ball until 1864. When the civil war broke out General Kimball was the captain of the local militia company, the iMtchburg Fusiliers, of which his father was a charter member and first lieutenant after organiza- tion. General Kimball himself joined the company at the age of eighteen and had risen from the ranks through the various offices of the company, and was a faithful and conscientious officer from the very first. His company maintained a high standard of efficiency. He tendered his company to Governor Andrew to serve in the war, January, 1861, and his company with Companies A, and C, of the old Ninth Regiment, became the nucleus of the famous Fifteenth Massachusetts Volunteers under Colonel Charles Devens. The Fitchburg Fusiliers had also been a part of the Ninth Regiment, M. V. M. as Company B. He had been adjutant of the regi- ment from May I, 1858, to January 7, i8()0. Be- fore leaving the state he was commissioned, August I, 1861, major of the regiment, and became lieuten- ant-colonel April 29, 1862. As lieutenant-colonel of the Fifteenth he commanded the regiment in all the battles of the Peninsular campaign, siege of Richmond, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, and down to Fredericksburg. In the battle of Antietam alone the regiment lost in less than twenty minutes 330 killed and wounded and fourteen missing — 344 out of 606 officers and men, including F'irst Massachusetts Sharpshooters at- tached to the regiment. His horse was shot under him. The Fifteenth was attached to the First Brig- ade, Second Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac. In November, 1862, Colonel Kimball was called from the front to take .command of the WORCESTER COUNTY Fifty-third Regiment. He commanded that regi- ment in 1863 in the Department of the Gulf, and was at the siege of Port Hudson. In the assault of June 14, 1863, he was dangerously wounded in the thigh, but did not leave the field until after the fighting was over. His regiment was in the Third Brigade, Third Division, Nineteenth Army Corps, Depart- ment of the Gulf. An attack of malarial fever pros- trated him, and he returned to Worcester county to serve as superintendent of recruiting there. In the winter of 1864 he organized the Fifty-seventh Regi- ment in Massachusetts. He was brovetted briga- dier-general March 13, 1865, "for gallant and dis- tinguished services in the field during the war." He was in the service nearly three years. He re-organized the Kitchburg Fusiliers in 1866, and again took command as captain. He was ap- pointed August 17, 1870, engineer on the staff of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, commanding Mas- sachusetts Volunteer Militia, and served until April 28, 1876, when he resigned to take command of the Tenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. He served as colonel until 1878, when he resigned. He has to his credit almost thirty-two years of con- tinuous service in the military branch of the gov- ernment. He was one of the most distinguished soldiers and officers of the civil war from Massa- chusetts, rising from the ranks to the command of his regiment, he was wounded, and passed through the most bloody and decisive battles of the war. He won the confidence of men and superior officers by his steadiness and coolness, his courage and confidence. He was a loyal friend and admirer of Gen. Devens, and no living man is more interested probably in the completion and dedication after forty years of a suitable memorial to Gen. Devens. During the past twenty-five years, though not actively connected with the militia, Gen. Kimball has never failed to show his interest in the depart- ment he served so long and so well whenever there was an opportunity. He became a member of Ed- win V. Sumner Post, No. 19, G. A. R., in 1867, and was elected commander in 1871, 1872 and 1874. In the latter year he was also department commander. During the years since the civil war, Gen. Kini- "ball has been almost continuously in the public service. He was tax collector of Fitchburg from 1865 to 1872, and at the same time was constable, member of the state police, and police commissioner. From 1873 to 1877 he was United States pension agent. One of the most honorable and responsi- ■fale positions that Gen. Kimball has held was as custodian of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving of the national treasury department at Washington. He had the custody of the rolls, dies, plates and engravings used in printing bonds, treasury notes, national currency and government securities. He was recommended for the position w'ithout his Icnowledge, by Gen. Devens, the colonel of Gen. Kimball's old regiment, who was then attorney general of the United States. Gen. Devens said of Gen. Kimball, that he "not only urged his appoint- ment but would become personally responsible for liis honesty and integrity." He resigned his po- sition of custodian at Washington to accept the ap- pointment as postmaster of Fitchburg in 1879, from President Hayes, and served the people in this ca- pacity faithfully and capably until 1887. In 1888 he was elected to the general court. He had previ- ously served during the civil war while he was recruiting in 1864 and 1865, and again in 1872, be- ing on the military committee in 1864 and 1865, and its chairman in 1872; he served on the finance committee in 1888, and on the railroad committee from i88g to 1891, being chairman in 1890-91; and remained in the legislature, an unusually efficient representative, until he was elected state auditor in 1891. As state auditor, Gen. Kimball will be well and favorably known throughout the state as long as the memory of faithful and conscientious public service lasts. He held this important and honorable position until 1901, serving nine years and being re- elected annually. No man in that office ever had the public confidence more fully than Gen. Kimball. Many of his friends objected to his retirement in igoi from the position, believing he should continue to hold it for the best interests of the state. Gen. Kimball has been trustee and auditor of the Fitchburg Savings Bank for a number of years. He is a member of Aurora Lodge of Free Masons ; Thomas Royal Arch Chapter, in which he held sev- eral of the minor chairs ; Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he was for two years the eminent commander, and in which he held all the offices in succession from senior warden up. He is a member of the Fitchburg Grange, Patrons of Husbandry ; of the Home Market Club, and the Middlesex Club of Boston. He belongs to the Loyal Legion of Massachusetts. He is at pres- ent living at his home, 47 High street, Fitchburg. He married Almira Melissa Lesure, who was born July 15, 1831. Their children are: I. Emma Frances, married, April 17, 1878, Frederick William Eager. 2. Mary Elizabeth. 3. Edward Franklin. 4. Josephine White, born April 28, 1876, died Sep- tember 2, 1881. CHARLES E. WARE. Robert Ware (i), the immigrant ancestor of Charles E. Ware, of Fitch- burg. was indeed the ancestor of all of that name known in this part of the country. Robert Ware was born in England and came to this country be- fore the autumn of 1642. He became a proprietor of the town November 25, 1642. He bought the house and three acres of land of Thomas Eames, of Dedham. His lot was on Great or Dedham Island. Grants of land were made to him February 6, 1642-3, and from time' to time afterward in Dedham. He joined the church at the time of the baptisin of his eldest child October 2 or 11, 1646. He was admitted a freeman May 26, 1647. He became a member of the artillery company in 1644. He lived and died in Dedham, though three of his sons, John, Na- thaniel and Robert, settled in what was later and is now called Wrentham, Massachusetts, adjoining Dedham. Robert Ware paid the second largest tax in Dedham. He married (first) in Dedham, Margaret Hunt- ing, March 24, 1644-5. She was the daughter of John Hunting, first ruling elder of the Dedham Church and his wife Esther Seaborn. Margaret, the mother of all his children, died in Dedham, Au- gust 26. 1670. He married (second). May 3, 1676, Hannah Jones, born March 28, 1636, died April 20, 1721, daughter of Thomas Jones, of Dorchester. Her grave is marked by a stone in the Dorchester burying ground. She died April 20, 1721, aged eighty-four years. Richard Ware died in Dedham, April 19, 1699. His will was made February 25, 1698. and proved May 11, 1699. The children of Robert and Margaret (Hunting) Ware were: John, born October 6, 1646, of whom later ; Nathaniel, WORCESTER COUNTY IS October 7, 1648, died July 10, 1724, at Wrentham ; Margaret, February 14, 1650-1, died July 22, 1664; Robert, August i. 1653, died September 16, 1724, at Wrentham ; Esther, September 28, 1655, died September 3. 1734, at Wrentham; married, May 13, 1673, in Dedham. Rev. Samuel Man. lirst minister of Wrentham, only son of William Man, of Cam- bridge : had eleven children ; Samuel, September 30, 1657, died March, 1730-1 ; Ephraim, November 5, 1659. died March 26, 1753, aged ninety-three years, at Needham; Elizabeth, November 19, 1661 ; Joseph, September 8, 1663; Ebenezer, October 28, 1667, died 1765, aged ninety-seven years, at Needham. (II) John Ware, son of Robert Ware (l), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, October 6, 1646, died in Wrentham, Massachusetts, April 7, 1718. He settled in Wrenthan in 1671, two years before it was incorporated as a town. In March, 1676, the town was deserted by the settlers on account of the Indians, and they did not return until 1680, after King Philip's war was over. John Ware built his house, it is. thought, as early as 1668 on the south slope of Knockings Hill. The farm is now or was lately occupied by Richard Dimond. His brothers, Robert and Nathaniel, also settled in Wrentham. John w-as one of the first board of selectmen of the town. He was lieutenant and captain of the first military company. His connnission as lieutenant of the First Company of Militia in the town of Wrentham, signed by Governor Stoughton, is still extant. He seems to have served as lieutenant from 1689 to 1704 and as captain till 1715. He was en- gaged in King Philip's war and led his men in attack against tbe Indians at Indian Rock, in the eastern part of what is now Franklin, Massachu- setts. He married (first) in Dedham, December 10, 1668. Mary Metcalf, daughter of Michael Metcalf, Jr., and his wife Mary Fairbanks. (See Fairbanks Family.) She was born August IS, 1646, and died in Dedham. March 22. 1676-7. He married (sec- ond), March 24, 1678-9, Joanna Gay Whiting, daughter of John and Joanna Gay. of Dedham, and widow of Nathaniel Whiting, Jr. She was born March 23, 1644-5, ^nd died at Wrentham, October 26, 1708. He married (third). December 21, 1709, Dorothy Wood, widow of Eleazer Wood, of Sher- born. She died in Sherborn, December 10. 1728. The children of John and Mary (Metcalf) Ware were : John, born June 17, 1670. in Dedham, died March 29. 1751, in Wrentham ; Elizabeth, born July 73. 1672, in Dedham, died February 20. 1672-3. in Dedham; a son, I)orn and died in Wrentham. Feb- ruary 10. 1673-4, first burial in new ground ; Eleazer, died in Wrentham, September, 1675; Eleazer. born October 2. 1676. in Dedham. or September 28. 1676 (Wrentham records), died July 23. 1750, in Wren- tham. The children of John and Joanna (Gay) Ware were: Abigail, born in Dedham, January, 1680, married in Wrentham, November 18. 1702, Thomas Throop; he died November t8. 1708: Jo- seph, born June 2, 1681. in Wrentham. died Janu- ary 20. I7.14. in Sherborn; Zachariah, born Novem- ber 16. 1683. died January 13, 1684; Mary, born November 15. 1684. died December 27, 1747, in her sixty-fourth year, married, March 31. 1730, Deacon Francis Nicholson; Hannah, born September 24, 1686, died June 8, 1730; married, December 20, 1709. Joshua, son of John and Hannah Fairbanks; Benjamin, born Julv 8, 1688, died July 16. 1744. (III) Joseph Ware, son of John Ware (2), was born in Wrentham, June 2, 1691-2. and died in Sherborn. January 26, 1754. He married. Janu- ary 5, 1708-9, Hannah Wood, daughter of Eleazer and Dorothy Wood, of Sherborn. Eleazer was the son of Nicholas Wood. Hannah was born Feb- ruary II, i688-g, died March 4, 1754. They settled on the Wood farm in Sherborn. In 1710 with Jo- seph Morse he built the first grist mill on Sawin's Brook and the privilege is still in the Morse fam- ily. He purchased half the Hull estate from Judith Cooper, daughter of Judge Sewall, and built upon it a house which is now or was recently standing. It was occupied in 1856 by Major Goulding, a de- scendant. In 1885 it was owned and occupied by Thomas Colford. Henry Ware, Sr., was born in this house. Hannah Wood inherited half this farm. His slave Duty planted the great elm tree near the house, three-fourths of a mile south of Sherborn common. The children of Joseph and Hamiah (Wood) Ware were: Hannah, born August 10, 1710, mar- ried in Sherborn, December 27, 1753, Nathaniel Haven; Zipporah, November 22. 1712, married Cur- tis Goulding; Abigail, April 27. 1715, died May 6, 1715; John, May 20, 1717, died September 18, 1779; Eleazer, November 3, 1719, died August 18, 1722; Abigail, January 7, 1722-3, died March 1, 1788; married. September 2, 1742, Nathaniel Prentice, son of Deacon Henry Prentice, of Cambridge, Massa- chusetts; settled on the south quarter of the Hull farm in Sherborn; he died January 23. 1791, aged eighty-one; Joseph, August 3, 1725. died March 31. 1743, unmarried; Benjamin, April 18, 1730, died February 25, 1754; was captain, served as cornet of horse in expedition against the Indians ; about 1710 he and Captain Joseph Morse built the first grist mill on Sevk'all's brook; was selectman eleven years. (IV) John Ware, son of Joseph Ware (3). was born in Sherborn. Massachusetts. May 20, 171". and died there September 18, 1779. He inherited the north half of the homestead in Sherborn. He was selectman in 1758. He married, June 19, 1743, Martha Prentice, daughter of Deacon Henry Pren- tice, of Cambridge, who was a son of Solomon and grandson of Henry Prentice, the emigrant, of Cam- bridge, Massachusetts. Martha was born June 27, 1724. died April 20. 1805. The children of John and Martlia (Prentice) Ware were: Martha, born May 7, 1744. died .April 30, 1751 ; Elizabeth, Au- gust 22, 1746, died 1814; married. April 24. 1765. Peter Bullard. born September 23. 1734. had fourteen children; Mary, December 5, 1748. married, Decem- ber 6, 1770, Jonathan Ilolhrook, 2d., both at Sher- born; Joseph, April ,30. 1751. "Esquire;" John. July 4. 17.S3. fought at the siege of Boston and at Bunker Hill, died September 14, 1833, at Deer- field; Martha, June 6, 1756, married, October 11, 1781, Joel Coolidge. born July 19, 1759; Benjamin, January 8. 1759. died February 2, 1814; Persis. Au- gust 12, J761, married, June i. 1780, William Adames ; Henry, Sherborn, April i. 1764, of whom later : Azariah, January 12, 1769. (V) Henry Ware, son of John Ware (4), was born in Sherborn, Massachusetts, .April i, 1764. and died at Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 12. 184.1, aged eighty-one years. He married (first). March 31, 1789, Mary Clark, daughter of Rev. Jonas and Lucy (Bowes) Clark, of Lexington. Rev. Jonas Clark was the son of Thomas, grandson of John, great- grandson of John and great-great-grandson of I-Iug^i 14 WORCESTER COUNTY ■Clark. Mary Clark was granddaughter of Rev. John Hancock, who was grandfather of Governor John Hancock, of revolutionary times. She was born May 4, 1762. and died at Cambridge, July 5, 1805. He married (second), February 9, 1807, Mary (Otis) Lincoln, daughter of James Otis and widow of Benjamin Lincoln, Jr. She died at Cam- bridge, February 17, 1807, aged forty-three. He married (third), September 18, 1807, Elizabeth Bowes, . daughter of Nicholas Bowes, of Boston. She was born May 27, 1776, and died August 30, 1850. Henry Ware was a feeble child, but by the help of his mother's tender care in childhood he acquired a strong constitution in manhood. In his youth he attended school in winter for si.x or eight weeks and the remainder of the year did the lighter kinds of work on the farm. By the generous aid ■of his brothers he was fitted for college by the min- ister of the parish. Rev. Elijah Brown. He entered Harvard in 1781. His college course was full of honors and he delivered the Latin valedictory ora- tion at graduation. He studied for the ministry, teaching the Cambridge school in the meantime. He began to preach in 1787 and was ordained Octo- ber 24, 1787, minister of the First Churcli of Hing- hani, Massachusetts. He preached in the Hingham Church for eighteen years and won a place in the first rank of ministers at a time when the best minds and abilities of the people were in the min- istry. In 1803. when he was forty years old, he was elected Hollis professor of divinity at Harvard. His election marked a new era in the history of the Congregational churches in New England. It was vehemently opposed by a faction of the clergy and laymen, on the ground that Mr. Ware's theology was of so liberal a character that it was not right to place him in a professorship intended to inculcate and maintain Calvinistic doctrines. As a matter of fact Thomas Hollis, of London, who founded the professorship in 1719, was not a Calvinist but a very liberal Baptist, who had required in his deed of gift only- that his professor should "believe in the Scriptures as the only perfect rule of faith and manners and should promise to explain the Scriptures with integrity and uprightness, according to the best light that God should give him." Mr. Ware took no part in the long and bitter controversy following his election until 1820, when, by the advice of his friends, he published a reply to "Let- ters to Unitarians" by Dr. Woods and followed the discussion several years. He took his share in the Sunday pulpit service in the college chapel as well as his regular lectures and teaching. Twice he be- came the acting president. He also devised in 181 1 a course of regular exercises with the .students of divinity who remained in Cambridge after taking Iheir college degree and this course developed into the Harvard Divinity School, established in 1819. His son, Henry Ware, Jr., became one of the pro- fessors in the Divinity School in 1830. Dr. Ware devoted himself to these varied duties with ability and diligence for more than thirty-five years. In 1840 he underwent an unsuccessful operation for a cataract on the eye and for the last five years of his life was confined to the house most of the time. Dr. J. G, Palfrey wrote of him: "Henry Ware's was a character of mark. I have known few minds so sagacious none more firm, more calmly balanced, more candid or more just. Its influence has operated extensively. Nearly all the ministers of one of the principal Christian denominations in the country have been his pupils." The children of Henry and Mary (Clark) Ware were: Fanny and Julia (twins), born May 17, died May 22, 1790; Lucy Clark, June 6, 1791, died February 10, 1866, at Northboro ; married. Febru- ary 3. 1818, Joseph Allen, son of Phineas and Ruth (Smith) Allen; Mary Cotton, December 3, 1792, died March 29, 1862 ; married, December 3, 1818, Jairus Lincoln, son of Hawkes and Mary Howe Lincoln, of Hingham (H. C. 1814) ; Henry, Jr., April 2r. 1794, died at Framingham, September 22, 1843; John, December 19, 1795, died in Boston, April 29, 1S64; William, August 3, 1797, died at Cambridge, February 19, 1852; Martha, June 2. 1799, died Octo- ber 21, 1802; Harriet, December 25, 1801, died June 24. 1838: married, October 30, 1826, Rev. Edward Brooks Hall, of Northampton, Massachusetts, son of Nathaniel and Joanna Cotton (Brooks) Hall; ^L^rtha Ann, April 5, 1804, died April 16, 1805. The children of Henry and Elizabeth (Bowes) Ware were : Elizabeth Anne, June 9, 1808, died in Roxbury, March 29, 1866; married, August 24, 1831, George Putnam, son of Andrew and Jerusha (Clapp) Putnam; Edward Augustus, December 29, died December 30, 1809: Caroline Rebecca. Decem- ber II. 181 1, died December, 1869, at Newton Lower Falls; married, October 27, 1835, Edward Warren, M. D., son of John and Abby (Collins) Warren; the mother was a daughter of Governor Collins, of Rhode Island ; Charles Eliot, born May 7, 1814, died September 3, 1887, at Winchendon, Massachu- setts : Edward Proctor, January 12. 1816. drowned in Charles river, July 13, 1825 ; Charlotte Louisa, April 12, 1818. died at Cambridge, December 8, 1903. unmarried ; George Frederick, February 14, 1820. died September 29, 1849, at San Francisco, California (H. C. 18.38) ; Thornton Kirkland, born February 23, 1823 ; Anne Storrow, March 10. 1826, died at Cambridge, October 3, 1S96, unmarried. (VI) Thornton Kirkland Ware, son of Dr. Henry Ware (5), was born in Cambridge. Massachusetts, Februarv 23, 1823. died at Fitchburg, April 26, 1892. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1842. He took the de.gree of LL. B. in 1844. He came to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in 1846, and established a practice there. He had for law partners at various time, Hon. C. H. B. Snow, George A. Torrey, and his son. Charles E. Ware. He served the town as representative in 1850 and 1854. He was post- master during the civil war from 1861 to 1866. He was justice of the Fitchburg police court from the time it was established until his death. He was a trustee of the Wallace Public Library from the time it was established until his death, except one year, and was chairman from 1875 for about twenty- five years. He was president of the Fitchburg Savings Bank and a director of the Fitchburg Na- tional Bank. Judge Ware was one of the best known and most highly respected men in public life in Fitchburg. He married in Fitchburg, January 22. 1852, Lucy Ann .^dams Marshall, daughter of Chedorlaomer and Martha Fox (Upton) Marshall. She was born in Fitchburg. March 16. 1828. Their children were: Charles Eliot. 2d., born July 17, 1853; Thornton Marshall. Anril 27, 1866. (VII) Charles Eliot Ware. 2d., son of Thorn- ton K. Ware (6), was born in Fitchburg. Massa- chusetts. July 17, i8>;3. He was educated in the Fitchburg schools, Roxbury Latin school and at WORCESTER COUNTY 15 Harvard College, where he was graduated in 1876. He attended the law school and received his de- gree in 1878. He began immediately to practice his profession in Fitchburg. In July, 1879, he was ad- mitted to partnership with his father and George A. Torrey, in the firm o4 Ware, Torrey & Ware, after- wards T. K. & C. K. Ware, which was among the prominent firms of the county until the death of his father in 1892. Since then Mr. Ware has continued the business alone. He is president of the Fitch- burg Savings Bank and holds other positions of trust and honor. He married in Roxbury, June 30, 18S1, Harriet Pieice Long, born in 1S55. daughter of George Washington and Mary Elizabeth (Nash) Long. Their children were : I^Lary Elizabeth, born August 6, died August 8, 1882 ; George Long, February 14, 1884 ; Charles Eliot, August 20, 1885 ; Thornton Kirkland, December 24, 1887. HUBBARD HAMMOND BRIGHAM, M. D. Thomas Brigham (i). the pioneer ancestor of the Brigham family and of Dr. Hubbard Hammond Brigham, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was un- •doubtedly an Englishman by birth. The name Brig- ham is from the Saxon brigg (bridge) and ham (house). There is a Manor of the name in county Cumberland, adjoining Scotland, and in ancient days part of Scotland. The Barony from which the fam- ily name is derived is now generally called by another name, Cockerniouth. The old castle was one of the strongest in its day. It was built largely of material taken from an old Roman castle in the vicinity. As late as 1648 it was garrisoned and stood siege for a month. After it was captured it was nearly destroyed, hut at last accounts a small part was still habitable. From this Manor the English and .\merican Brighams get their names, and all probably arc descended from the early Brig- hams of this place. Thomas Brigham embarked at London for New England, April 18, 1635, in the ship "Susan and Ellen," Edward Pyne, master. No other of the same name is known to have embarked for the American colonies. He settled in Watertown. In 1637 he had a fourteen acre lot there, bought of John Doggett. It was situated in a part later an- nexed to Cambridge. He built his house in Cam- bridge on a lot containing three acres and a half. His neighbors were Joseph, Isaac and Simon Cros- liv. His home was aliout two-thirds of a mile from Harvard College, and at one point abutted on Oiarles river. He resided there until T648. He was admitted a freeman April 18. 1637. He was one of the leading citizens, was selectman in 1640. 1642, and 1647, and was a constable in 1639 and 1642. He made a specialty on his farm of raising hogs, and in 1647 owned a third of all the swine in the town. He was fined for letting his hogs get away and run at large. He owned a wind mill in which corn was ground. He died December 8, 1653. His will was dated December 7. 1653-4, and was proved October 3, 1654. He married (first) Mercy Hurd, who is said to have come w'ith her sister alone from England owing to religious differences from which they suf- fered annoyance and persecution at home. After the death of Mr. Brigham she married (second). March i. 1655, Edmund Rice, of Sudbury, and Marlboro, ancestor of a notable Worcester family, V whom she had two daughters. (See Rice sketch)! He died 1663, and she married (third) William Hunt, of Marlboro. 1664. He died 1667, and she died December 23, 1693, after being in her third widowhood a period of twenty-six years. The chil- dren of Thomas and Mercy (Hurd) Brigham were: Mary, born probably at Watertown; Thomas, see forward ; John, March 9, 1644, died September 16, 1728, aged eighty-four years; Hannah, March 9, 1649, married Samuel Wells ; Samuel, born Janu- ary 12, 1652-3, died July 24, 1713. (II) Thomas Brigham, second child of Thomas Brigham (l), was born 1640-1. died November 25, 1717, aged seventy-six years. On the death of his father and the marriage of his mother to Edmund Rice he seems to have lived with his mother in the Rice family. He bought of his father-in-law or step-father, as we now call it, Edmund Rice, a town right when he was of age. He paid thirty pounds for this valuable right to shares of the common land in Marlboro. The deed was given by Edmund Rice's executors, August 28, 1665. Through this purchase he became the owner of extensive tracts located in four of the richest farming towns of Massachusetts. In 1686 he was one of a company to buy 6,000 acres of land near Marlboro and afterwards an- nexed to it. He drew many lots in the south- west part of Marlboro, and the adjoining towns of Northboro and Westboro as now bounded. He set- tled in the southwest part of Marlboro, known in later years as Warren Brigham's farm, on the south road to Northboro. His house built not long after King Philip's war is now or was lately standing. It was strongly built and used as a garrison house in time of Indian wars. Thomas Brigham was a leading citizen in his day. His will was made April 17. 1716, and proved January 2, 1717. He gave his sons. David and Gershom Brigham, all his lands on the west side of the Assabet river and other lands near them. He bequeathed to Nathan and Jonathan in equal shares all that part of the Eaton family's on the east side of the Assabet river. El- nathan settled on part of the homestead. Nathan, Jonathan and Gershom were executors. He married Mary Rice, who was born September ig, 1646. daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Moore) Rice, granddaughter of Edmund Rice, of Sudbury. He married (second), August .30, 1695, Susanna (Shattuck) Morse, widow. The children of Thomas and Mary (Rice) Brigham were: Thomas, born February 24, 1666; Nathan, see forward: David, August II, 1673, died young: Jonathan, February 22, 1674, married Mary Fay; David. April 12, 1678; Gershom, Dr.. FVbruary 23, 1680; Elnathan, March 7, 1683: Mary, October 26, 16S7. (HI) Nathan Brigham, second child of Thomas Brigham (2), was born in Marlboro, June 17, 1671, died February 16, 1746-7, aged seventy-five years, eight months. He settled on part of the old Marl- boro homestead, inherited the town rights of his father and drew shares when the land was divided. He held many town offices, was seven years select- man, his last year being 1738. His will was dated .^pril 5, 1733, and his estate was divided amongst the heirs. March 26. 1746-7. He married Elizabeth Howe, who died March 20. 17.^3, aged sixty-nine years, lacking four days. She was found kneeling dead by her chair. He mar- ried (second) Mchital)le Pake (Parker). The children of Nathan and Elizabeth (Howe) Brigham were : Nathan, sec forward ; Thomas, February i6 WORCESTER COUNTY 22, 1695; Tabitha. August 20, 1698; Elizabeth, Jan- uary 4, 1699-1700; Sarah, December 14, 1701; Zip- porah, September 14, 1704; Hannah, March 9, 170O; Lieutenant Ephraim, born January 20, 1707-8. (IV) Lieutenant Nathan Brigham, eldest child of Nathan Brigham (3), was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, November 28, 1693, died September 15, 17S4. Prior to the second division of the town- ship of Marlboro in 1727 he served in several minor offices in Marlboro. After the division he was in- cluded in the new town of Southboro, and became one of the leading citizens. He was on the first board of selectmen, and at the age of seventy-seven was chosen for the twenty-ninth time, and after he remonstrated with the voters he was excused with public thanks. He w^as town treasurer and often on the school committee. His homestead was in the north part of the town of Southboro, near where Samuel and Dana Brigham lived within the memory of the present generation. He is supposed to have inherited land southeast of Crane meadow, drawn in the right of his grandfather. He inherited Bible, books, cane and sword of his father, Nalhaii. He remained vigorous to the last and when ninety used to mount his horse without help. He married, December 24, 1717, Dinah Rice. He married (second), about 1729. Elizabeth (Ward) Snow, widow. Rev. Abner Morse relates a romance of the susceptible daughter of Mrs. Snow. The maiden set her cap for Moses, son of Nathan Brig- ham. and so jealous did she become of her rival that she hamstrung the horse that Moses used to go courting. Moses married the other girl and the historian fails to say whether the enamored daugh- ter recovered from her disappointment or not. The children of Lieutenant Nathan and Dinah (Rice) Brigham were: Dinah, born September s, 1719; Eu- nice, October 4, 1721 ; Moses, January 2, 1722, died December 3, 1769, married Mehitable Grout; Persis, April 3, 1724, died July 12, 1740; Elizabeth, Dcccmlicr 18, 1725; Nathan (captain), March 13, 1730-1 ; Hep- sibah, June i, 1732; Edmund, see forward; William, April 8, 173s; Phineas, October 11, i737. died July 16, 1740; Tabitha, August 27, 1739. 'lied July 5- 1740; Ebenezer, June 24. 1741 ; Elizabeth, September 5, 1743. (V) Deacon Edmund Brigham, eighth child of Lt. Nathan Brigham (4), was born August, 1733, in Westboro, Massachusetts. He settled near Brig- ham's pond in the northeast part of Westboro, where Silas Walker used to live fifty years ago. He became a distinguished citizen. He was warden in 1774, .served on the committee of safety and correspondence in 1777 and 1778, was a selectman in 1779. He had command of a company of volun- teers at the surrender of Burgoyne, and on his way back to Boston from the north the company camped on his farm in Westboro. and he entertained the officers. A curious coincidence followed this camp. A Hessian prisoner was so struck with the beauty of the farm that he made a map of it for the pur- pose of claiming it in case the British arms were successful as he expected of course they would be. This map was recognized by an American traveling in Germany in 1800. It was hanging on the wall of a tavern, and the owner of the map was still waiting for the farm. He was deacon of the Westboro Church. He married. November 2, 1757, Sarah Liscomb, who died May 27, 1769. He married (second) Eli/.aljLlh Bcuel, from Marlboro, who was born 1740, died at Westboro, May 11, 1825. He died June 29, 1809, aged seventy-three. The children of Deacon Edmund and Sarah (Liscomb) Brigham were: Edmund, born October 19, 1758, married Polly Martin; Hepsibah, July 29, 1760, married Antipas Brigham ; Roger, February 28, 1762, married Betsey Rich, removed to Schoharie county, New York; Samuel, December 6, 1763, died June 11, 1820, married Lydia Ball ; Sarah, March 15. 1765, died unmarried October 20. 17S5; Liscomb, see for- ward. The children of Edmund and Elizabeth (Beuel) Brigham were: Pierpont, September 16, 1780, died October 6, 1836, married Anna Warren; Betsey, May 7, 1782, married Asa Godrey, married (second) Hezekiah Murdock, and resided at Whit- tingsham, Vermont; Elizabeth, July 31, 1784, mar- ried Polly Faj-, daughter of Peter Fay. settled in Sterling; Dexter, May 25, 1786, married Catherine Warren. (VI) Deacon Liscomb Brigham, "seventh child of Edmund Brigham (s), was born in Westboro, Massachusetts, May ig, 1769. He married there (first), November 29, 1792, Martha Fay, daughter of Benjamin, Jr. and Beulah Fay, of Westboro, where she was born April 5, 1775. He removed from Westboro to Hopkinton, Massachusetts, about 1794. Thence he removed to Pelham about two years later. About 1810 he removed to Shutesbury, Massachusetts. The births of his first five chil- dren, born in Hopkinton, Pelham and Westboro, are all recorded in Pelham, Massachusetts. In Shutes- bury Mr. Brigham became a prominent citizen and for many years was deacon of the Baptist Church there. He married (second) Betsey Hammond. The children of Deacon Liscomb and Martha (Fay) Brigham were: Curtus, born May 21, 1793, in Westboro ; Martha, May 7, 1795, in Hopkinton ; Ebenezer Liscomb, November 13, 1797; Benjamin F., August 25. 1800, in Pelham, was a merchant in Springfield; Stillman, January 19, 1808. The child of Deacon Liscomb and Betsey (Hammond) Brig- ham was Dr. Hubbard Hammond, see forward. (VII) Dr. Hubbard Hammond Brigham, young- est child of Liscomb Brigham (6), was born in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, October 31, 1819. Through his mother, Betsey Hammond, of Dana, he is descended from one of the most prominent families of early New England. One of her broth- ers went south when a young man and became gov- ernor of South Carolina, and another brother be- came a celebrated physician of Mississippi. Dr. Brigham attended the district schools of Shutesbury and Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts. He began his medical studies with Dr. Horace Jacobs and Dr. Sumner Jacobs, of Chicopce. He was graduated from the Worcester Eclectic Medical College and joined the Eclectic Medical Society of Hartford, Connecticut. He started to practice his profession in Ware, Massa- chusetts, in 1842. After three years he removed to Fitchburg, where the field was larger, and he has lived there since, practicing actively until recently. He started in the spring of 1845 and after the first years, in which he encountered the usual difficulties of the young physician, enjoyed an abundance of business. In December, 1885, he suffered a severe accident, being struck by a locomotive and thrown sixty-five feet against a telegraph pole, breaking several ribs and injuring his hip and back. He WORCESTER COUNTY 17 was confined lo his bed and house for four niontlis, but made a good recovery and enjoyed good health afterward. Dr. Brigham is a member of the local State and National Eclectic Medical Associations. In religious faitli he was brought up a Baptist, but subsequently embraced Spiritualism and Naturalism. In politics he began as an Abolitionist and cast his vote for the first Abolition candidate for president. He then became a Free Seller and later a Republican. He has been active in various temperance movements and belonged to the Good Templars. He has many friends in Fitchburg and the vicinity, and is es- pecially popular among the children, who in later years have named him from his long white beard and kindly disposition, "Santa Claus. ' He married (first) in 1840, Deborah Thomas, of Shutesbury, Massachusetts. He married (second), March 21, 1851, Sarah C. Reed, of Brattleboro, Ver- mont. The children of Dr. Hubbard H. and Deborah (Thomas) Brigham are: George, born October 9, 1841 ; Leonclla, August 22, 1844; Howard, March 10, 1846. LUTHER J. BROWN. There is a tradition in the family of Luther J. Brown, of Fitchburg, that the immigrant ancester was Peter Brown, who came over in the "Mayflower.'' There was some con- nection with the family of John Brown, the martyr, who was descended from Peter Brown through his son Peter, who settled in Connecticut. If the New Hampshire -iirowns from whom Luther J. Brown descended came from Connecticut where many of the settlers did, the relationship may be established. (I) John Brown, the great-grandfather of Luther J. Brown, settled in Packersfield, New Hampshire, before the revolution. He was a select- man of that town in 1778 and 1780. Packersfield was granted first by the Masonian proprietors as Monadnock, No. 6, and was named for Thomas Packer, a prominent man of Portsmouth. The name was changed to Nelson, October i, 1814. This may be the John Brown, of Nottingham, or his son. Many of the settlers seem to have come from Not- tingham. The records indicate that the following who were in Packersfield also were the sons of John Brown (i) : Abijah. born about 1755, signed the association test in Packersfield ; John, Jr., born according to his own family records September 16, 1770; Isaac, who was one of the first three set- tlers of Eden, Vermont, where John Brown, Jr. settled. (The first meeting of the proprietors of the town was held in Wolcott, Vermont, August j. 1799. the proprietors being the survivors and heirs of Captain Scth Warner's company of revolutionary soldiers. It is likely that the Browns were heirs of some soldier in the company. The first child born in the town was Eden Brown, son of Isaac and Lydia Brown.) (in John Brown, Jr., son of John Brown (i). was born in Packersfield, New Hampshire, Septem- ber 16. 1770. He was married. November 17. 1796, to Nancy Johnson, of New Ipswich. New Hamp- shire, by Rev. Gad Newhall. They settled in Rox- bury, New Hampshire, where they lived for several years. They removed in 1804 to Eden, Vermont, where they lived the remainder of their lives. Their children: Betsey, died January, 1800: Joanna Heaton, died January. 1800 ; Luther Heaton, of w'hom later; Joanna Kidder, claimed relationship with Captain John Brown, the anti-slavery martyr, iv — 2 and had a letter written by him lo aiiuther relative; she died aged ninety-five years in V" ermont ; Mary, Sally, John, died 1814; Charles Pearson, Rachel Johnson, Lucretia, Noah, Jane, Betsey, Lucy Salome, John Holmes, an infant, died unnamed. (HI) Luther H. Brown, son of John Brown. Jr. (2), father of Luther J. Brown, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was born in Ro.xbury, New Hamp- shire, September 30, 1800. He was one of a family of sixteen children. At an early age he removed with his parents to Eden, Vermont (1S04), where he procured the best education afiforded by the public schools, and when a young man became a school teacher. He worked on his father's farm in summer and taught various schools in the vicin- ity during the winter terms. He established a general store at Eden at an early age and became one of the leading citizens of the town. He was a representative in the state legislature, postmaster and for a long period the town clerk. In June, 1845, he removed to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he continued in the mercantile business until he retired on account of age. He spent the last years of his life in Fitchburg, 1873, living with his only son, Luther J. Brown. He died there December 17. i886. He was buried at Manchester. He was a member of the Hillsboro Lodge of Odd Fellows and of the Odd Fellows Veteran Association of Manchester. He was also a member of Washing- ton Lodge of Free Masons of Manchester. He married (first) Bersheba Shattuck, who died May 22, 1842, leaving two children. He married (second) Mrs. Laura A. Henry, widow. The chil- dren of Luther H. and Bersheba Brown were : Luther J., of whom later; Annie Lucretia, married James E. Dodge, of Plymouth, New Hampshire, resides at 87 Cottage street. New Bedford, Massa- chusetts. (IV) Luther J. Brown, son of Luther Heaton Brown (3). was born in Heaton, Vermont, Decem- ber 31, 1827. His early education was acquired in the district schools of his native town, at the acad- emy in Johnson, Vermont, and at Appleton Acad- emy. New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He was a promising student, fond of books, and was fitted for college, but financial reverses compelled him to relinquish the idea of a college education. His father kept a general store at Eden and he gained his first business experience there. About 1843 he went to work for Noyes Brothers of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, in their country store. He worked for a time in Manchester in one of the cotton mills, and also for a short time in a hardware store. In 1850, when twenty-three years old. Mr. Brown went to Boston and became a clerk in the large wholesale and retail dry goods house of Brett, Ellis & Company on Federal street. He remained in this concern for several years and acquired a thorough and valuable knowledge of the business. In 1853 he went to Natick. Massachusetts, and took cb.irge of a branch store of his employers, remaining there about a year. In August, 1855, Mr. Brown went to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and soon afterward entered partnership with Andrew B. Sherman. (See sketch of Mr. Sherman.) Their store was located in the building adjoining the present Rollstone Bank building. They carried dry goods chiefly and en- joyed a flourishing and successful business. In 1S60 Mr. Brown entered into a partnership with Charles Kimball, of Haverhill, the firm of Sherman & Brown having been dissolved some time i8 WORCESTER COUNTY before, and under the firm name of Kimball & Brown started in the dry goods business in the store on the site now occupied by the L. J. Brown block. Main street. In 1862 Mr. Brown bought out his partner and with his wife and one clerk to assist him began on his own account. He made rapid progress and his business grew constantly. Much of his success at this important period was due to the assistance, co-operation and ability of his wife. He purchased the building in which his store was located and on five occasions built extensions and additions to accommodate his growing trade. While he carried only dry goods and cloaks at first, he .soon added dress-making. The carpet department was added in 1882 and the millinery department in the year following. He had more than fifty clerks employed at the time of his death and owned one of the largest and most prosperous stores in the city. In 18S2 he built the present building which bears his name. At the time it was built it was the finest business l)uilding in Fitchburg. In addition to his large establishment in Worces- ter Mr. Brown had for three years a branch store in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, and was active in whatever he thought would benefit the city of Fitchburg. He held many positions of trust and honor. He was a director in the Wachusett Na- tional Bank from the date of its organization in 1875, vice-president of the Worcester North Savings Institution and trustee since its organization, presi- dent of the Wachusett Electric Light Company from its organization, and first president of the Old Ladies Home. He served the city of Fitchburg in the common council and board of aldermen and represented it in the general court in 1S78 and 1879. He was an earnest and active Republican in politics. Mr. Brown was a prominent Odd Fellow and Free Ma.son. He was a member of Mt. Roll- stone Lodge of Odd Fellows, and King David En- campment. .A.urora, Lodge-of Free Masons, and Jer- usalem Commandery, Knights Templar. He was an active member and vestryman of Christ Episcopal Church. Mr. Brown had an attractive and magnetic per- sonality. He made inany friends in every relation of life. He was generous and charitable. Among other ways that he gave of his means was in open- ing the hall in his block for many purposes, for religious, political and temperance meetings and for several years he gave the hall lighted and heated to the local Railroad Men's Oiristian .Association. He died at Fitchburg. September 29, 1884. At the time of his death the Sentinel said : "The death of no citizen could have produced a more profound sensation; his had been 'a busy and useful life and his loss is deeply felt in this city where the best part of his life was spent." The funeral was in many respects the most impressive ever held in the city. All the business houses were closed and many thousands attended the exercises in Christ Church, many entering after the ceremonies to pay their last respects. He married, January r.^, 1856, Sarah P. Hard- ing, of East Medway. Massachusetts, who did so much to help him in the early days of his business career. She is the daughter of Theodore Harding and a descendant of the pioneer, .Abraham Harding, who was horn in England in 1620, came to Braintree. Massachusetts, about 1640, and settled in Medfield about 1650. He was an Indian fighter, a typical pioneer. He married Elizabeth Adams, daughter of Henry Adams, the progenitor of President Adams. Mrs. Brown survives him and is active in church and social life in Fitchburg. They had no children. THE SHATTUCK FAMILY. (I) William Shattuck was the immigrant ancestor of Luther J. Brown, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, through his mother's family. He was the progenitor of all the families of the surname in America. He was born in England in 1622 and died in Watertown, Massa- chusetts, where he was an early settler, August 14, 1672, at the age of fifty years. He was a proprietor of Watertown in 1642 and his homestall was ad- joining those of John Clough and William Perry. He was a weaver as well as a planter and gave evidence of being a man of property and good social position. His grave in the Watertown cemetery was marked in 1853 by the genealogist, Lemuel Shattuck, also the grave of his son John, of whom later. William Shattuck's will was dated August ,3, 1672. He married, 1642, Susanna . who married (second) Richard Norcross. She died December II. 1686. The children of William and Susanna Shattuck were : Susanna, born 1643, tnarried J. Morse and J. Fay : Mary, born August 25, 1645, married Jonathan Brown: John, born February II, 1646-7, married Ruth Whitney ; Philip, born 1648, married D. Brastow Chamberlain ; Joanna, born about 1650, died April 4, 1673. unmarried ; William, born 1653, married Susanna Randall; Ifebecca, born 165;. married Samuel Church ; Abigail, born 1657, married J. Morse and J. Parker; Benjamin, born February 28, 1666. married Abigail . (II) John Shattuck, son of William Shattuck (i), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary II, 1647. He owned land at Groton, but it is not known that he ever lived there. He was a carpenter by trade and lived in the middle district of Watertown, now the center village of Water- town. In 1669 he ran the mill on Charles river located neaj" where the road from Watertown to Newton Centre now crosses the river. He gave his life for his country in King Philip's war. He was a sergeant in Captain Richard Beers' company of Watertow-n. They marched to the relief of Hadlcy in western Massachusetts, but were diverted by a report that the Indians had attacked Northficld. On their way thither they were attacked by a large force of Indians and narrowly escaped annihilation. Out of thirty-six only sixteen escaped with their lives. Captain Beers was among the slain. Shattuck w'as chosen to make the lonesome and perilous journey to Boston to inform the gov- ernor of the state of affairs and of the result of the skirmish. In ten days he arrived safely at Charles- town but. while crossing the ferry, the boat, over- loaded with horses and other freight, was upset by the waves and foundered. Shattuck was the only man drowned in the accident. He married, June 20, 1664, in his eighteenth year, Ruth Whitney, daughter of John and Elinor Whit- ney (See .sketch). She was born in Watertown, April 5. T645. She married (second), March 6. 1677. Enoch Lawrence, son of John Lawrence, and m 1678 with the Shattuck children they removed to Groton and occupied John Shattuck's land there. Lawrence died in Groton, September 28. 1744, aged ninety-five years, six months, twenty-three days. The children of Sergeant John and Ruth Shattuck WORCESTER COUNTY 19 were : John, born June 4, 1666, married Mary Blood : Ruth, born June 24, 1668, married Jonathan Farnsworth ; William, born September 11, 1670, married Hannah Underwood; Samuel, of whom later. The children of Ruth (Whitney) (Shattiick) Lawrence were : Nathaniel, Daniel, Zachery and Jane Lawrence. (III) Samuel Shattuck, son of Sergeant John Shattuck (2), was born in Watertown, Massachu- setts, in 1673. and died in Groton, July 22, 175S, aged eighty-five years. His eldest son, Samuel, was administrator. He married Elizabeth Blood, who was born April 27, 1675, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Longley) Blood. She died Octol>er 20, 1759. aged eighty-four years, live months, and twen- ty-live days. She joined the church in 1705, he in 1709. Their children: Samuel, born April 7, 1696; James, born February 9. 1700; Jeremiah, of whom later; Elizabeth, born July 2. 1705; Joseph, born 1707; Ruth, born February 6, 1709; John, born Jan- uary 21, 1711; David, born August 4, 1713; Sarah, born December 11, 1717; Rachel, born June 9, 1719. (IV) Jeremiah Shattuck, son of Samuel Shat- tuck (3), was born in (irotort, Massachusetts, June II. 1703. He was a blacksmith by trade and lived in that section of the town now Pepperell. He was very prominent in the town, selectman many years, captain of the militia company and holding other positions of honor and trust. He died Au- gust 2. I79>S. aged ninety-five years, one month and iwenty-one days. He married. July 2, 1723. Sarah Parker, who was born April 12, 1705, the daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia Parker, granddaughter of Joseph and great-granddaughter of Joseph Parker. She died June 8, 1789. The inscription on her gravestone commends her "industry, prudence and sobriety." He married (second), February 8, 1792, Ruth Bixby, when he was aged ninety years and she was seventy- five. The children of Oiptaiti Jeremiah and Sarah Shattuck were: Nathaniel, born August 12. 1724; Jeremiah, of whom later; Elizabeth, born May 17, 1728; Oliver, born August 15, 1730; Sarah, born December 8, 1732; David, born February 19. 1735; Solomon, born June 9, 1737; Nehemiah. born Feb- ruary 21. 1740; Sybil, born 1743; Parker. (V) Jeremiah Shattuck. son of Captain Jeremiah Shattuck (4). was born in Groton. Massachusetts, April II, 1726. He was a farmer in Oak Hill, Pepperell. where he died March 26, 1815, aged eighty-eight years. t;Jeven months, fifteen days. He married, August 10. 1749, his cousin, Lydia Lakin, daughter of John and Lydia (Parker) Lakin, granddaughter of Nathaniel and Lydia Parker. She was born January 8, 17.34, and died February 19, 1767. He married (second). November 25, 1767, his third cousin, Keziah Shattuck. who was born February 4, 1745, daughter of Jonathan Shattuck. She married (second), 1821. Moses Blood, whose first wife was Abigail Shattuck, daughter of James. She died suddenly September 8, 1832. The children of Jeremiah and Lydia Shattuck were : Lydia, born March 19. 1750: Phebc, born June 20, 1752; Jere- miah, born June 24, 1754, killed at the battle of Bunker Hill; Ebenezer, born September 8. 17.S6; -'Vhraham. born October 12, I7.i9; Eunice, born Octo- ber 18. 1761 ; Sarah, born July 18. 1764; a child, born February 17, 1767. The children of Jeremiah and Keziah were: I-evi, born August 8, 1768; Keziah, born August 31, 1770; Moody, of whom later; Amaziah, born May 17. 1774; Jeremiah, born August. 1776; Daniel, born October 26. 1778, died August 14, 1800; Keziah, born Marcli i, 17S1 ; Rlioda, born March 17, 1784: Leah, born June 10, 1786. (VI) Moody Sliattuck. son of Jeremiah Shat- tuck (5). was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts, April 28, 1772. He was a farmer. He went to Athens. Windham county, Vermont, to live in 1796. In 1804 he removed to Belvidere. Lamoille county, Vermont, where he died .^pril 7. 1S51, aged seventy- eight years. He married. 1795, Eunice Tarbell. who was born June 6. 1767, the daughter of David and Bathsheba Tarbell, who died in Belvidere. April 16. 1850, aged eighty-two years. The c' 6. 1763. He was one of the men raised Decem- ber 2. 1780. for the town of Braintree. and March 23. 1781. enlisted for three years. He was in Cap- tain William Treadwell's company, Colonel John Crane's regiment (Third Artillery). He seems to have lived in Boston for a time and then settled in Concord, where he had cousins and other relatives. The family historian of one branch says that there was some relationship apparent between the three emigrant Haydens. John (l). mentioned above. Will- iam Hayden, of Concord, who seems to have left no descendants of the name of Hayden. and James, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, all of whom came be- fore 1635. (See the Hayden Genealogy). The same authority has an account of the Haydens in Eng- land. The name is most common in Devonshire. Lewis Hayden settled finally in Harvard, where he seems to have had relatives. He bought, in 1814, of Captain Israel Taylor a tract on the road between Lancaster and Groton, where the road to Shirley branches off. Here his son and descendants have lived and the family farm is still owned by a direct descendant (1906). He was an officeholder in Con- cord. He married, at Concord, May 6, 1792. Mary Beirsto, of Concord ; he was then living in Boston. From the time of his marriage to 1798 he lived in Concord, and the three eldest children were born there. He was in Winchendon in 1800, when his son Nelson was born. He seems to have been in Harvard in 1802 and lived there after that date. The children of Lewis and Mary Hayden were: Levi, of whom later; William, born February 6, 1795 ; Hannah, May 6, 1797 ; Nelson, January 22, 1800. at Winchendon; Washington, March 31, 1802, at Harvard; Mary, February 16. 1805; Warren, May 12. icSo7, lieutenant of Harvard Light Infantry, 1833, died 1858; Jefferson, April 29, 1809; Lydia, October 12, 1812; Emery, May 13, 1815. (VI) Levi Hayden, eldest child of Lewis Hay- den (5), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, March 23, 1793. He was a stone mason and gravestone cutter and had a quarry in Harvard on Pin hill. This quarry was worked from 1765 until about 1855. He married Sally Richardson, of Boylston, Mass- achusetts. Among their children were : Edmund R., born December 23, 1819, removed to Lawrence in 1853. was a stone cutter by trade, went to Cali- fornia in 1851 and to Lawrence on his return in 1853 ; married Charlotte Fairbanks. April 4, 1844, and they have one son, George. Edmund R. Hay- den was a policeman in Lawrence from 1854 to 1863, and was city marshal at the time of the Peniberton mill disaster in i860; started in the wood business in 1863. bought W. B. John's business, took into partnership F. L. Runals, and dealt in wood and coal under the firm name of Runals & Hayden ; bought out Mr. Runals in 1874; he was mayor in 1876 of the city of Lawrence. James G., of whom later. Lewis T., died January 9, 1853. N. Gilbert, resided in Leominster. (VII) James G. Hayden, son of Levi Hayden (6), was born in Harvard, Massachusetts, March 13, 1822, and died at his residence, 45 Oliver street, Fitchburg, November 21, 1890. aged sixty-eight years, eight months, seven days. He went to school in Harvard and learned the blacksmith's trade there. He left his native town in 1848 and in 1851 went to California. In 1852 or 1853 he returned to Harvard and followed his trade as blacksmith until i860, when he removed to the neighboring town of Ayer, but after seven months went to Fitchburg, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was for eight years foreman for the Whitman & Miles Manufac- turing Company in their blacksmith shop at West Fitchburg. He started in business for himself as a blacksmith in 1875 in a shop at 27 Oliver street, and remained in business until 1890. when, shortly before his death, he retired on account of failing health. He resided in various sections'of the city during his thirty years of residence in Fitchburg and was widely and favorably known. He was very indus- trious and his activity made him appear in the prime of life even when he was nearly seventy. He was -•'"•':.- Lfuii ^BubUshfl^ Co WORCESTER COUNTY 29 an' upright and respectable citizen, a good represen- tative of the industrious and intelligent mechanics who give character and prosperity to New England cities. He married Lucretia B. Proctor, from a well- known family of Portland, Maine, who died Febru- ary 2, 189s, ^^ Fitchburg. Their only child was : Charles Sidney, born November 10, 184S, of whom later. (VIII) Charles Sidney Hayden, only child of James G. Hayden (7), was born ni Harvard on the old homestead, November 10, 1848; he died suddenly at Fitchburg in the prime of life, April 30, 1903. He received his early education in Harvard, Ayer and Fitchburg. He attended the Lawrence Academy at Groton and the Fitchburg high school, where he graduated in 1869, and titted for Harvard Col- lege. He decided to study law and entered the law office of Hon. George A. Torrey and the Harvard Law School, where he was graduated ui 1871. He was admitted to the bar in August of the same year and began at once to practice m F'itchburg. In June, 1879, he was appointed special justice of the Fitchburg police court and took his seat for the first time at its civil session August 9 of that year. In October, 1888, he became the senior justice of the court, at the death of Judge David H. Merriam, and since June 7, 1891, was chief justice of the court. He tilled these positions with ability and dignity and administered justice wisely. It has been well said of him: "Judge Hayden has rare and pe- culiar qualifications for judicial office. His decisions show careful researches and that he possesses in a marked degree a broad and judicial mind, together with those qualifications which are essential for the wise, pure and impartial administration of justice while the honors already conferred upon him and the e.xtensive practice he enjoys are the best evi- dence of his professional standing and popularity." He was a member of the school committee in 1886-87-88. He was mayor of Fitchburg in 1890. There were spirited contests in i88g and 1890, both when he was elected and when he was defeated, in the race for mayor. He was always a student and especially learned in I-'rench literature. Perhaps his two favored places of rest and recreation were his stable and his laboratory. Judge Hayden was a good judge of horse flesh and he indulged in fast horses. He was at his best when driving his favor- ite pair of honses. He loved scientific research and had fitted up at his house a well equipped chemical laboratory. He loved music also and played the cornet skillfully. When a young man he was a member of the First Regiment Band. He had an excellent tenor voice. He married (first), in 1871, Mary E. Lawrence, of Fitchburg. Their children were : Florence L., died young. Frederick L., born March 10, 1882. He graduated from the F'itchburg high school in 1893 and was for three years a student at the Mass- achusetts Institute of Technology, leaving to become a manufacturing chemist under the name of F'. L. Hayden & Co., at Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, in 1895. Judge Hayden married (second), August 27, 1898, Addie I"". Gillette, daughter of Joseph Ham- mond and Harriet Susan (Stearns) Gillette. She was born February 27, 1875. Mrs. Hayden read law in her husband's office and was admitted to the bar in 1904. She succeeded to the practice of Judge Hayden and also has a Boston office. She was ad- mitted to practice in the United States courts De- cember 13, 1905, and is the only woman practicing law in Worcester county. HENRY TITCOMB PAGE. Robert Page (1), the immigrant ancestor of Henry Titcoinb I'age, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was the son of Robert and Margaret Page, of Ormsby, county Norfolk, England. The record shows that on April 11, 1637, Robert Page, aged thirty-three, with wife Lucy, aged- thirty, and children — Frances, Margaret and Sus- anna, and servants, William Moulton, aged twenty, and Annie Wad, aged fifteen, of Ormsby, passed the required examination to go to New England. They settled in Salem, where Lucy was admitted to the church in 1639. Fie was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. He removed about 1639 to Hampton, New Hampshire, where he had a grant of land be- tween the homesteads of William Marston and Robert Marston, on meeting house green. The original grant is still held in the family, or was recently. He was selectman of Hampton six years ; deputy to general court of Massachusetts two years ; marshal of the old county of Norfolk; and served on many important committees of the town. He was elected deacon in 1660, and from 1671 to 1679 was the only deacon of the church. He had a brother Edward Colcord, whose wife's name was Ann (probably brother-in-law), for whom he se- cured claims in 1654 and 1679. He died September 22, 1679. His will, dated September 9, proved Sep- tember 29, 1679, bequeathed to sons FVancis and Thomas; daughters Mary Fogg, Margaret Sanborne, and Hannah, wife of Henry Dow; grandchildren Seth, James and Hannah Fogg; Joseph, Benjamin, Robert, Hannah, Sarah and Ruth Moulton; Jcm- athan Sanborne ; Rebecca, Hannah, Samuel, Lucy and Maria Marston ; Joseph, Samuel, Symon, and Jabez Dow ; Robert, Samuel, John, Mary and Lucy Page (some of these grandchildren were called by their marriage names in the will). His age at death was given as seventy-five years. Lucy, his wife, died November 12, 1665, aged fifty-eight years. Their children : I. Margaret, born in England, 1629, married Jonathan Sanborn. 2. Francis, born in Eng- land, 1633. 3. Susanna, born in England. 4. Thom- as, mentioned below. 5. Hannah, born about 1641, married Henry Dow. 6. Mary, born about 1644. 7. Rebecca, baptized at Salem, September 16, 1639. 8. Samuel, baptized September 16, 1639. (II) Thomas Page, son of Robert Page (l), born in Salem, Massachusetts, 1639; married, Feb- ruary 2, 1664, at Hampton, Mary, daughter of Christopher Hussey, and settled in Ilampton. Their children: i. Mary, born May 21, 1665. 2. Robert, born July 17, 1667. 3. Christopher, mentioned below. 4. John, born November 15, 1672, settled in Nan- tucket. 5. Theodate, born July 8, 1675. 6. Stephen, born August 4, 1677. 7. Bethia, born May 23, 1679. (III) Christopher Page, third child of Thomas Page (3), born in Ilampton, New Hampshire, Sep- tember 20, 1670; married, November 14, 1689, .Abi- gail, daughter of Daniel Tilton. lie inherited the homestead and lived at Hampton. His children: I. Robert, born September 8, 1690. 2. Abigail, Feb- ruary I, 1693. 3. Lydia, August 3. 1698. 5. Jona- than, December 25, 1700. 6. David, mentioned be- low. 7. Shubael, born March 28, 1708. 8. Tabitha, August 21, 171 1. (IV) David Page, sixth child of Christopher Page (3). born in Hampton, November i, 1703; married, June 27, 1728, Ruth, daughter of Deacon 30 WORCESTER COUNTY John and Ruth (Smilli) Dearborn. Her father was a resident of Hampton. Uavid Page settled in Hampton, near his brother Jonathan Page, on the Thomas Moore place. He was among the first set- tlers of Epping, New Hampshire, his name and that of his eldest son being ainong those on the first petition for the town in 1747. A number of his children lived in Epping. Children of David and Ruth Page: 1. John, born July 17, 1729. 2. Robert, born April i, 1731 ; married, November 12, 1755, Sarah Dearborn, and settled in Raymond, New Hampshire; his children were baptized in Epping. J. Deborah, born January II, 1733. 4. David, born March 26, 1735. 5. Benjamin, mentioned below. 6. Abigail, born June 20, 1740, died young. 7. Abi- gail, February 25, 1743. 8. Christopher, October 23, 1744. 9. Ruth, November 5, 1745. 10. Josiah, Jan- uary 13, 1749; married Sarah Marston. (V) Benjamin Page, fifth child of David Page (4), was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, Au- gust 7, 1738; married, about 1762, Hannah . His wife joined the church at Epping. September II, 1763, and their children were baptized there. His will was dated July 6, 1796. He took the associa- tion test before the revolution. His children: I. Ruth, born September 11, 1763, married Shaw. 2. Elizabeth, baptized December 9, 1764; married ilcrrill. 3. Deborah, born August 24, 1766; married Merrill. 4. David, "eld- est son." 5. Nathan, mentioned below. 6. Sarah, married French. 7. Abigail. 8. Molly. (VI) Nathan Page, son of Benjamin Page (5), born in Epping, New Hampshire, July 10, 1770, bap- tized July 15, 1770. He was a farmer at Epping. H^ married first. Sarah Perkins, of Hampton Falls, March, 1796; she died August 23. 1812, and he mar- ried (second). 1813, Mary Weeks, of Parsonfield, Maine, born June 7, 1767, died at Epping. March 25. 1847. Their children: i. Nathaniel Perkins, born June 7, 1797 ; died September 16, 1844, at Pembroke, Maine; married Mary Ann Robinson, of Exeter, New Hampshire. 2. Nancy, born February 15, 1799; died May 9. 1826. at Nottingham. New Hampshire ; married Francis Harvey. 3. Samuel Plumer, born June 30. 1801 ; died .April 13, 1838; married Eliza- beth Drew, of Plymouth, ^lassachusetts. 4. Sally, born May 12, 1803; married John Fellows, of Fay- ette, Maine. 5. Benjamin, born August 20, 1805; married three times. 6. Hannah, born November 27, 1807 ; died November 3, 1833, at Nottingham, New Hampshire; second wife of Francis Harvey, who married first her sister Nancy. 7. David Per- kins, mentioned below. (VI) David Perkins Page, A. M., son of Nathan Page (6). was born in Epping. New Hampshire, July 4. 1810. His father was a farmer in comfort- able but not affluent circumstances, and was naturally anxious to keep his son on the farm. The son de- veloped early an ambition to become a teacher; his father was opposed to the idea, though not opposed to education. There was a fair library in the old farm house, and the boy studied at every opportun- ity, and acquired an excellent common school edu- cation. At the age of fifteen or sixteen he had a serious illness, and at the crisis of the disease, when his father feared the worst, the boy exacted a prom- ise from him that if he got well he should go to the academy and become a teacher. That illness gave to the world one of the leaders in the educational progress of America in the nineteenth century. At the age of eighteen he began his studies at Hamp- ton Academy ; he had his father's permission, but he made every effort not to draw on his father for expenses. In later years he confessed some of the difficulties of his academy life, with homespun clothes somewhat outgrown and very much out of fashion. In a few months he was engaged as a teacher, and his success in the school room justified his confidence that he had found his natural voca- tion. He returned to the academy and studied for a time, and then taught school at Epping, New Hampshire, Newbury and Byfield, Massachusetts. After about two years of teaching in the district schools he decided to open a private school in New- buryport, then a city of 16,000 inhabitants. He be- gan with five pupils, but before the end of the term had his school full to its capacity. One of his bio- graphers indicates that success was not as easy as it might seem. "He had been accused, opposed, sus- pected, and surmounted all attempts to put him down. But he was always calm, cool, collected. He lived down all his enemies, and there were few men over whose solemn grave such a flood of tears would so sincerely fall. He taught himself while teaching others. Punctual to a proverb, the very genius of order, and cheerful as the day, firm but not severe, dignified but not haughty, social but not trifling, there was a charm about him as irresistible as it was benign and salutary." Mr. Page was a natural musician and had a well trained and powerful voice and a good ear, two im- portant gifts for a teacher. It has been said of his early work as a teacher : "The task was by no means light. Faculty is the most essential element of suc- cess in Yankee-land. Faculty the young teacher was found to possess in liberal measure. The school house was dingj' and ill appointed, as were nearly all of its kind. He filled it with the sun- shine of a happy temperament and with the quick conceits of an inventive mind, bent on making labor light and wholesome. He boarded around among his patrons, and was subjected to many petty incon- veniences, but this enabled him to become acquainted with the home influences in his surroundings and he was keen in his perception of the elements with which he had to deal. He became master of the situation." Within five years from the time he went to the Hampton Academy he was elected associate princi- pal and the head of the English department of the public grammer school of the city of Newburyix)rt, Massachusetts. He was here for twelve years, and his reputation as a progressive and successful teach- . er and writer became widely extended. He wrote extensively on educational topics, and lectured when the platform was an important means of public edu- cation. His address on "Co-operation of the Parent and Teacher" was declared by Horace Mann to be the ablest and most important educational paper that had yet appeared in America. It was widely cir- culated and made a strong impression in Massachu- setts. His success as lecturer on educational sub- jects cannot be easily over-estimated. He spoke often, and he was a gifted speaker. He had a mes- sage and knew how to deliver it. The very year before his death he spoke in eleven counties, de- livering as many as forty-seven lectures or ad- dresses in thirty days before a tliousand or more teachers. The State Normal School of New York, the first in that state, was established chiefly through the efforts of Governor DeWitt Clinton, and to Mr. WORCESTER COUNTY 31 Page was given tlie task of making the school, tor wliich no model existed. As principal he had to demonstrate that the school was useful and neces- sary. He accepted the position knowing its difficul- ties. On his way to Albany he visited Horace Mann at Boston. The advice of the great educator linger- ed ever in the mind of the principal ; "Succeed or Die." The school was opened December 11, 1844, before the building was finished, with thirteen men and sixteen women students. He felt bis way at first, beginning with review classes in rudimentary subjects, adding algebra and physiology. There were ninety-eight students enrolled before the end of the first term, and in May, 1845, the school had 175 students. He organized the model school in charge of an expert teacher who guided the eflforts of the students who learned to teach under the eye of a competent critic. The normal school was attacked, but its growth soon demonstrated its usefulness and success. But in his third year as principal of the school his health failed, and he died at the very be- ginning of his career, January I, 1S48, at Albany. The funeral discourse by Rev. E, A. Huntington, D. D., pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church of Al- bany, January 9, 1848, was published. "He toiled up through a long and difficult way to an eminence which, in your sober and rational judgment, but here and there another overshadows. Alas, that he was only permitted, like Moses, to catch a glimpse of the land hs was so eminently qualified to subdue and cultivate and enjoy. But we may not give way to tears, since like Moses, too, his eye rested upon a brighter scene upon which he was ready and waiting to enter. * * * He was just what a teacher should be, a model for youth. He had a true thirst for knowledge, and the ability to a very uncommon degree to excite it for his pupils. In addition to this, the even balance of his various powers gave him a taste for the details of business. His insight into human nature has already been noticed. This was perhaps his highest endowment. We do not claim for him a finished classical or scientific educa- tion. But his attainments were various and accurate and important beyond those of many a philosopher. * * * At all events, in self-knowledge ana self- discipline, the ultimate end of study, he was nor sur- passed, and hence the certainty of his success in any enterprise which he would venture to undertake. * * * So completely did he fill his place at the head of the school that he was felt by the executive committee, the faculty, students and people through- out the slate, to be almost essential to its prosperity, if not to its existence. All the friends of the insti- tution and all the recipients of its benefits were bound up in him. It was characteristic of the man that he so identified himself with his station, what- ever it might be, that he seemed the life and soul of it." His only book, "The Theory and Practice of Teaching," is the patriarch, as it was the pioneer, of pedagogical literature in the United States. Sin- gular as the fact may seem, we are told by his bio- grapher in the 1886 edition of the book, that none of the later books on the same and kindred topics has displaced it in any perceptible degree. It was never so widely read as at present. The first edition was in 1847. The second in 1886 was edited by William H. Payne, professor of the Science and Art of Teaching in Michigan University. Another work of Mr. Page, and one which showed the analytical char- acter of his mind, was his "Normal Chart," which presented graphically the powers of the English let- ters and was formerly in general use in teaching the principles of orthography. A third edition of the works of Mr. Page was edited by J. M. Greenwood, superintendent of the Kansas City Schools, in 1896, containing a new life with portrait. In addition to the "Theory and Practice of Teaching." this edition contains the address on "The Alutual Duties of Par- ents and Teachers, and The Schoolmaster — a Dia- logue." He married, December 16, 18.35. Susan M. Lunt, of Newburyport, (sec Lunt family), born June 5, 1811, died February 5. 1878. Their children: I. David Perkins. Jr., see forward. 2. Susan M., born July 15, 1838, married John James Currier, shipbuilder and author, of Newburyport. 3. Mary Lunt, born September 22, 1842, died January 13, 1879. 4. Henry Titconib, mentioned below. (VIII) David Perkins Page, Jr., son of David Perkins Page (7), born August 13, 1836; married Emily Caroline, daughter of Rufus Wills, of New- buryport. December 5, 1867. Their children : i. David Perkins, Jr., born August 12, 1S70. 2 Rufus Wills. July, 1872. (.VlII) Henry Titcomb Page, son of David Per- kins Page (7), born in Albany, New York, January 30, 1846. when two years old moved with his mother to the old home at Newburyport. He attended the Newburyport public schools, and the Putnam school, now the high school of Newburyport. For a time he was a student at the Old Thetford (Vermont) Academy. He came of a seafaring people. His ancestors built ships, and it was natural enough that he and his brothers should follow the sea for a time. He shipped before the mast for two years. In the meantime the civil war broke out, and in returning from a voyage to the East Indies his vessel had to run the gauntlet of Confederate warships and priva- teers. He resolved to "do some chasing instead of being chased," and enlisted in the navy. He was ap- pointed acting master's mate November 23, 1863 ; promoted to acting ensign September 4, 1864 ; served in the "Florida," "Peterhoff," and "Mohican," of the North Atlantic squadron ; was in an engagement at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in the sloop of war "Mohican," December 25, 1864, and January 13-15, 1865 ; was discharged June 3, 1865, as acting ensign, at the end of the war. After the war he removed to Fitchburg to work for George W. Wheelwright, the founder of the present corporation which bears his name. Mr. Wheelwright shares with the Burbaiiks, Crockers, and Wallaces, the distinction of developing the pa- per making interests of Leominster and F'itchburg. The paper mill in Leominster had been in existence about sixty years when, just before the civil war. he bought the mill at North Leominster. He greatly enlarged and improved it, and the business has grown constantly, and the plant has been from time to time enlarged to produce more paper. Mr. Wheelwright built the Fitchburg mill on F'ourth street, on the river, in 1864. In the following year Mr. Page became connected with the business. For some years the Fitchburg plant was known as the Rollstone Mill, and operated by Mr. Wheelwright and his son (jeorge W. Wheelwright. Jr.. who is now the head of the concern. The firm name at that time was George W. Wheelwright & Son. The present company was incorporated in 1880, at the time of the death of the founder. Mr. Page was vice-president and superintendent, a. position he still occupies. The business of the company has in- 32 WORCESTER COUNTY creased many fold in the past twenty-five years, and the facilities correspondingly developed. In later years Mr. Wheelwright's sons have become active m the company. The present officers of the corpora- tion are: President, George W. Wheelwright; treas- urer, George W. Wheelwright, Jr.; vice-president, Henry T. Page; assistant treasurer, Harry Wheel- wright. The capital stock is $300,000; it is a Mass- achusetts corporation. One of the mills produces book paper ; the other lithograph paper and bristol board of all weights and colors. No pulp paper is manufactured by this company, and little, if any, in Fitchburg or Leominster. The company employs three hundred hands, and has an annual product of paper valued at a million dollars. In twenty-tive years the capacity of the plants has been increased from four tons to fifty tons a day. Mr. Page has charge of the manufacturing end of the business, and resides on Summer street, Fitchburg, in an attractive colonial house copied from some of the old Essex county mansions of two centuries ago. Mr. Page is a Republican in politics, a member of the Loyal Legion, a director of the Rollstone Na- tional Bank, trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank, director of the Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company. He is a member and has for some years been a vestryman of Christ Episcopal Church of Fitchburg. He married, June 23, 1869, Margaret A. Brewster, daughter of William H. Brewster, of Newburyport. They have one child, William Brew- ster, born in Fitchburg. June 8, 1870, graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1S93; now superintendent of the North Leominster mill of the George W. Wheelwright Paper Company. He married Mary H. Huse, of Newburyport. Another son of Henry T. and Margaret A. Page, James Cur- rier Page, born June 9, 1872, died March 17, 1876. GEORGE H. CUTLER. John Cutler (i), the emigrant ancestor of George H. Cutler, of Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, was according to Rev. Abner Morse, originally of Sprowston, now Sprauston, two miles north of Norwich, and eight miles south of Hingham, in England. It is in Norfolk county. Mrs. Morse's authority was Daniel Cushman's manu- script records of settlers in Norfolk county. John Cutler was related to the other pioneers of the name apparently, but the English line has not been traced to the knowledge of the writer. John Cutler em- barked on the ship "Rose of Yarmouth," William Andrews, Jr., master, which sailed April 18, 1637, and he immediately settled with his neighbors from England in Hingham, Massachusetts. Land was as- signed to him, June 10, 1637. He then had with him his wife Mary and seven children, and one servant. His home lot of five acres was south of the town street. He had also two planting lots of six or seven acres, bounded on one side by the World's End, and twenty acres on the plain for "a great Lot." He had other grants as well. But he died in 1637- 38, leaving his widow and seven small children in straits. It is presumed that the children were taken by Robert Cutler, of Charlestown, Massachu- setts, who must have been a relative. The widow married (second), Thomas Hewett, of Hingman, whose first wife died May 22, 1640. Hewett died May 24. 1670. Children of John and Mary Cutler were: Henry, died before 1670; John, born 1625, in England ; Samuel, see forward ; Nathaniel, born 1630, died 1724, aged ninety-four years; Thomas, born 1633-35, died December 7, 1683; Hannah, mar- ried, November 6, 1654, Oncsifcrous Marsh, who was born in England, 1630, and resided in Hingham and Haverhill, Massachusetts, where their house is still habitable ; she died March 17, 1686. (II) Samuel Cutler, third child of John Culler (i), was born in England, in 1629. He was in Marblehcad in 1654, and in Salem in 1655. He lived in Topsfield and Hingham in 1671, and was in Gloucester in 1693. He married, while a resident of Salem, his second wife, July 7, 1698, Sarah Church. As heir and attorneys for her brothers and sisters, he united with her mother, Mary Hewett, in the sale of his father's estate at Hingham, in 1671. He was often called upon as appraiser and administra- tor of estates. His children, all born in Salem, were : Hannah, born December 6, 1655, married John Put- nam ; Abigail, November 7, 1656, died August 25, 1660; Sarah, October 23, 1658; Samuel, born 1661, died at Salem, 1733; Ebenezer, born 1664, died about 1729. (HI) Ebenezer Cutler, youngest child of Sam- uel Cutler (2), was born in Salem, Massachusetts, 1664. He married, March 11, 1689, Mary Marsh, daughter of Zachary and Mary Marsh, sister of Zach- ary Marsh, Jr., who settled Killingly, Coimecticut (born December 8, 1666). Ebenezer Cutler died 1729 at Salem, intestate. His widow Mary died there 1734, and the family left town that year. The children of Ebenezer and Mary (Marsh) Cutler were : Mary, born March 19, 1691, married Sibley, of Sutton, Massachusetts, who died 1734; Elizabeth, June 26, 1693, married Samuel Chamber- lain, of Killingly, Connecticut; Ebenezer, see for- ward ; Zachariah, February 5, 1698, died July 18, 1784, a fisherman; Ezekiel, November 4, 1700, died about 1756; Amos, October 4, 1703, resided at Salem. (IV) Ebenezer Cutler, third child of Ebenezer Cutler (3), was born in Salem, Massachusetts, Octo- ber I, 1695. He married (by Rev. David Hall) Mary Stockwell, daughter of William Stockwell, October 16, 1732. He inherited the farm at Sutton, Mass- achusetts, purchased by his father from his father-in- law, William Stockwell, on which he settled before 1728. It is said that three of his sons resided at one time in separate houses built on the old home- stead. His will, proved April 3, 1779, mentions only his wife Mary. He probably deeded away his farm to his sons. The children of Ebenezer and Mary (Stockwell) Cutler were: Mary, baptized at Sutton, April 7, 1734, married Jeremiah Stockwell; Jonathan, see forward; Amos, born 1738, died March 6, 1823, aged eighty-five years; Sarah, baptized April 17> 1743. married Jonathan Jacobs, May 2, 1759; Stephen, baptized June 23, 1751, died at Montpelier, Vermont; Ebenezer; Zaccheus. (V) Jonathan (Sutler, second child of Ebenezer Cutler (4), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, and baptized there October 3, 1737. He married Eliza- beth Holnian, daughter of Stephen Holman, of Sut- ton, October 20, 1767, and settled in Royalston, Mass- achusetts, two miles north of the village centre. He died there August, 1826. Elizabeth died January, 1817. He and his eldest son, Ebenezer Cutler, were both soldiers in the revolutionary war. The children of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Holman) Cutler were: Mary, born December 28, 1758, in Sutton, married Nathan Thompson, and .settled in western New York ; Ebenezer, September 9, 1760, in Sutton, revol- utionary soldier, died in Huntington, Vermont, 1843 ; Elizabeth, October 26, 1762, in Sutton, married Isaac Gale, of Royalston, and had seven children; she WORCESTER COUNTY 33 died in Royalston; Jonathan, October 0. !7()4. at Sutton, died' July 9, 1842; Sarah, April 25, 1768, in Royalston, married Judah Stockwell, of Royalston, and had nine children; Hannah (.twin of the preced- ing), April 25, 1768, died May 12, following; Tar- rant, see forward; Hannah, February 11, 1774, thed August 6, 1778; Meliitable, July i, 1776, in Royals- ton, married Moses Nichols, of Royalston, and had six children. (VI) Tarrant Cutler, seventh child of Jonathan Cutler (5), was born in Royalston, September 10, 1771. He settled there and was a farmer. He mar- ried Lydia, daughter of Levi Whitney, of Harvard, Massachusetts, in 1796. He died 1842, at Royalston, aged seventy-one years. The children of Tarrant and Lydia (Whitney) Cutler were; i. Sarah, April 19, 1798, married Benjamin Heywood ; she died Au- gust 14, i860. Their children were: Benjamin, died young; Lucy J\L, died young; John C, removed to Eden, Maine; Silas N., removed to Minneapolis; Joseph L., killed by bank burglars at Northlield, Minnesota; Sarah, married John Brooks, resided in Minneapolis; Charles T., died in civil war. 2. ;\Ie- linda, born March 16, 1800, married Abijah Richard- son-, who died June 26, i86g; she married (second) Benoni Peck; their children were: Abijah J. Rich- ardson, died unmarried ; George O. Richardson, re- sided at Jaffrey, New Hampshire; Leandcr Richard- son, resided at Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. 3. John, born October 13, 1802, died February 9, 18(31. 4. Lysander (general), born February 16, 1807, died July 30, 1866. S- Lydia, born March 27, 1809, died September 6, 1842, unmarried. 6. Levi, August 7, 1811, died August 13, 1881. 7. Tarrant, see forward. 8. George, July 20, 1815, resided at Bangor, Maine; died May 19, 1906. 9. Otis, October 17, 1817, died Mav 27. 1868. (VH) Tarrant Cutler, seventh child of Tarrant Cutler (6), was born September 8, 1813, at Royals- ton, Massachusetts, died June 11, 189S. He was educated and brought up in his native town. During most of his life he was a farmer. He held many town offices and represented the town in the state legislature in 1855. In 1869 he removed to Fitch- burg and entered the grocery business with his son under lirm name of G. H. & T. Cutler. Their store was at 235 Main street, and Mr. Cutler lived at 57 Laurel street. He married (first) Harriet Fair- banks, daughter of Jonathan and Asenath Fair- banks, of Athol, JMas.'^achusetts, March 25, 1839. He married (second) Mary P. Gale, daugliter of Jonathan and Martha P. Gale, of Royalston, June 25, 1849. Children of Tarrant and Harriet (Fair- banks) Cutler were: Jane L., born September 26, 1840, died August 22, i86g; she was a teacher in the public schools. George, see forward. Children of Tarrant and Mary P. (Gale) Cutler were: Charles E.. born April 26, 1850, died August 23, 1852 ; Mary E., born July 20, 1861. (VI II) George H. Cutler, second child of Tar- rant Cutler (7), was born in Royalston, Massachu- setts, April 2, 1845, on the old homestead. He at- tended the district schools of his native town. When a young man he went to Fitchburg and started in the fish business. After a few years Mr. Cutler's father al.-^o came to Fitchburg and they became part- ners in the grocery business under the name of G. H. & T. Cutler at 235 Main street. The firm has been at the present location since 1869. Since the death of his father, Mr. Cutler has carried on the business alone. Hd never married. He is a Republican in iv— 3 politics. He is a trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank. • He is a director in the OrswcU Mills, Nockege Mills, Ponikin Mills, and the Brown Bay Machine Company. He attends the Congregational Church. He is a member of the Order of Knights of Pythias. HENRY A. GOODRICH. William Goodridge or Goodrich (i), was the immigrant ancestor of Henry A. Goodrich, the clothing merchant of Fitch- burg, Massachusetts. The spelling Goodridge was more common in this family than Goodrich until later generations. The present spelling will be used here for convenience, however. William Goodrich was probably born in Bury .St. Edmunds, Suffolk county, England. He and his wife Margaret went to New England, and as early as 1636 he was one of the proprietors of Watertown, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman in 1642. His homestead of five acres was in or near the northern boundary of Mt. Auburn cemetery, which is about half way between Watertown Centre and Harvard Square, Cambridge. He died in 1647. The inventory of his estate was dated April 3, 1647. He was a young man comparatively, probably under forty. His widow married John Hull, of Newbury, Massachusetts, where she went with her Goodrich children. Mr. Hull died October i, 1670; she died February 3, 1683. The children of ' William and Margaret Good- rich were : Mary, born perhaps in England, married, December 20, 1653, Edward Woodman, born 1628, and died 1694; they had children: Edward and Joanna;; Jeremiah, born March 6, 1638, married Mary Adams ; Joseph, born September 29, 1639, married Martha Moores ; he was apprenticed by his mother to Samuel Thatcher; Benjamin, born April II, 1642, married Mary Jordan; married (second) Deborah Jordan; married (third) Sarah Croad (sic). Jeremiah Goodrich, son of William Goodrich (i ), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, March 6, 1636. He married there, November 15, 1(360, Mary Adams, daughter of Robert and Eleanor Adams. They settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, where he was raised. Their children were : Mary, born in Newbury, Massachusetts, November 21, 1663, mar- ried, April 21, 1684, Arthur Thresher; William, Au- gust 2, 1665 ; Jeremiah, Newbury, married Mary ; Philip, November 23, 1669. of whom later; Elizabeth, February 27, 1679, married, October 10, 1710, John Cooper; Hannah, November 15, 1(381, married, 1703, Nathaniel Pettingill, born January 21, 1676, the son of Mathew and Sarah (Noyes) Pet- tingill; perhaps it was she who married (second) Jonathan Sibley; John, May 26, 1685, married Han- nah Brown. (Ill) Philip Goodrich, son of Jeremiah Good- rich (2), was born November 23, 1(369. 'h Newbury, Massachusetts, died in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, January 16, 1729. He was one of the early settlers of Lunenburg (now Fitchburg) and built, in 1724, the third house that was put up there. He was the first deacon of the Lunenburg Church. He was the first person buried in the princiiial graveyard of the town. He married, April 16, 1700, Mchitable Wood- man, born September 20, 1677, died February 24, 1755, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Stevens) Woodman. Their children were : Benjamin, born February 3, 1701, married Sarah Phelps; John, .Au- gust 6, 1702, married (first), June 21, 1733, .\unic 34 WORCESTER COUNTY Scripture, born June lo, 1707, daughter of Samuel, Jr., and ]\Iary Scripture; married (second), Novem- ber 28, 1755, Sarah Brown; Mehitable, August 2, 1704, died .May 21, 1790; married, January 17, 1733, Stephen Stickney, born April 4, 1705, died March 23, 1782, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (White) Stickney; Hannah, April 25, 1706, married, March ;3I, 1732, William Turner; Joshua, February 7, 1708. married Lydia Stearns; Sarah, June 17, 1709, mar- ried, April 10, 1735, William Grant; Dorothy, March 4, 1711; Philip, July 6. 1714; David, November 24, 1716; Joseph, September I, 1719, married, January 30, 1746, Sarah Foster; resided in South Lunenburg (Fitchburg) ; Daniel, February 7, 1721, married, No- veitiber, 1754, Sarah ; Rebecca, April 17, 1723. married Ezekiel Goodrich, her cousin. (IV) David Goodrich, son of Philip Goodrich (3), was born Lunenburg, November 24, 1716, and died in South Fitchburg, July 13, 1786. He resided in what is now South Fitchburg and was one of the early settlers. The character of this sturdy pioneer is shown by an encounter that he had with the In- dians. He was out in the woods hunting for some lost cows when he was surprised and surrounded by a band of Indians, who demanded his surrender. He spurred his horse and charged tlirough the line, escaped and gave the alarm. The Indians retired. Goodrich lost his hat in his haste to get away from the savages. Ten years afterward an Indian was taken on the Connecticut wearing the identical hat that Deacon Goodrich lost. Fitchburg was set off irom Lunenburg, February 3, 1764. David Good- xich was one of the first board of selectmen of the new town. He was a delegate to the provincial congress at Concord and Cambridge in 1774, when John Hancock was the president, and again at Cam- bridge in 1775. David Goodrich lived in Ipswich for a time. In 1741 Elizabeth (Martin) Goodrich, his wife, w-as dis- missed from the Chcbacco Church to Lunenburg. His wife was descended from John Martin, of Char- lestown (admitted freeman 1640). Her parents, John and Elizabeth (Durgin) Martin, went to Ips- wich in 1733. The children of David and Elizabeth (Martin) Goodrich were: David, born March 14, 1741, died •October 4, 1744; Elizabeth, November 6, 1743, mar- ried, Septeiuber 22, 1773, Joshua Stanton; Mehitable, August 6, 1745; David E., ."^pril 23, 1747; Ebcnczer, May 12, 1749, married Beulah Childs; Asaph, June 28, 1751, married Haimah Walker; Hannah, April 7. 1753. married Daniel Mellin, of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire; John, born March 17, 1755; Eunice, May 6. 1757, married, August 27, 1777, Joseph Far- w-cll. of Fitzwilliam, and went west. (V) John Goodrich, son of David Goodrich (4). was born in Lunenburg (now Fitchburg), March 17, 1755 (genealogy gives it; June 17, I7.i4. in American Ancestry). He married, October 14, 1778. (town record gives date 1768 in one place, in- tentions dated 1778), Desire Nichols. She died Feb- ruao". 1788. He married (second) Prudence (Polly in oiic record) Butler, July 9, 1789. He died .-\pril 13, 1834. He was one of the minutemen of Lunen- burg or Fitchburg when the revolution broke out. He was in Captain Ebcnezer Bridge's company. Colonel John Whitcomb's regiment, April 19, 1775, and marched to Lexington. Fie was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He was al.so in Captain Fuller's com- pany. Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regiment, later in 1775- He was corporal in Captain John Joslin's company. Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, and marched with it from Leominster to Bennington the last of July, 1777, to join the forces under Colonel Seth Warner. He was an overseer of the poor, selectman and in fact for many years was in constant public service in various public offices and commis- sions for the town of Fitchburg*. The children of Major John and Desire (Nich- ols) Goodrich were: John, born June 17, 1780; Mehitable, August 29, 1782; Betsey, Fitchburg, March 28, 1786, married, November 6, 1805, Samuel Cowdin. (VI) John Goodrich, Jr., son of Major John Goodrich (5), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, June 17, 1780, and died there December 10, 1845. He married, December 22, 1806, Lucy Pierce (pub- lished November 15, town record gives marriage December 15, 1805). He lived in Fitchburg and was an honored citizen of that town. Their children were : Alonzo Pierce, born Au- gust 17, 1807, lived and died in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts ; John 3d, born in Fitchburg, November 17, 1808; Joshua Nichols, March i, 1811; Mary Ann, May 2, 1814; Albert, June 17, 1816. (VII) John Goodrich, son of John Goodfich, Jr., (6), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, No- vember 17, 1808. He died April 19, 1888. He was an lionored citizen in town and church. He served in the Fitchburg militia company in l8-'0-4i-43. He married, October 3, 1829, Mary Ann Blake, of Concord, Massachusetts. Their children were: Flenry A., born November 22, 1830; William W., John B., George E., Ira B., Charles E., Julia E., (twin), Mariette (twin), Emma. (VIII) Henry A. Goodrich, son of John Good- rich 3d, (7), was born in Fitchburg, November 22, 1830. His early education was obtained in the dis- trict schools of his native towia and later he attended the F'itchburg Academy and the F'itchburg high school. He was one of eight boys who attended the high school during the first term after it was opened. He was the only^ one of the eight to locate permanently in Fitchburg. He began his business career in 1849 as overseer in a woolen mill, and dur- ing the four years after that saved enough to start in business for himself in a small way. In January, 1855, he began his long and successful career as a merchant by buying a hat and men's furnishing goods store located under the Fitchburg Hotel. He remained in this store until 1869, when he removed to his branch store established some years previously in Belding & Dickinson's block on Main street. He had al.so started a branch store in Brattleboro, Ver- mont. In 1885 he moved into his present handsome and commodious quarters in E. M. Dickenson's block, then newly built. He gradually added to his stock until he has one of the largest and best cloth- ing stores in the county. In addition to his mercantile interests Mr. Good- rich has invested largely in Fitchburg real estate. He was at one time half owner of the L. J. Brown block. He sold his half to Mr. Brown. In 1868 he bought the American House property. Later he erected two large blocks on Day street, one of which is known as the Goodrich block. He sold the Amer- ican House in 1874, and became a stockholder and director of the Haskins Machine Company, which proved to be a failure. He was active in organizing the Fitchburg board of trade and was one of its first vice-presidents. He was president of the Mer- chants' Asociation in 1887. He is one of the trus- i/~-^i^7^,- lA^ WORCESTER COUNTY 35 tees of the Worcester Xortli bavings Institution, di- rector of the Safety Fund National Bank. He was a director of the Fitchburg Park Association. He was president of the American Pruning Company. During the civil war he was treasurer of the Fitch- burg Bounty Fund and collected and disbursed over $jo,ooo to the families of soldiers. The town after- ward refunded the greater part of this money. After the battles of the Wilderness in 1864, he was sent by the town with Dr. Alfred Hitchcock and E. B. Hay- ward to care for the sick and wounded Fitchburg soldiers in the hospitals at Fredericksburg and Washington. He performed his share of this trying task thoroughly and faithfully. Mr. Goodrich takes an interest in public affairs and questions. He has been in the past a frequent contributor to the press. The Boston Herald in criticising some of his articles in the Fitchburg Scn- tincl, said: "The Sentinel opposes the sentiments of these communications editorially, but it is beginning to be evident that the unknown writer is more than a match for the newspaper men, at least in vigorous style, mastery of the arts of logic and power of special pleading." In politics Mr. Goodrich has never been an ex- treme partisan. In early life he was a strong anti- slavery man. He served on the first Free Soil town committee with Moses Wood, Charles Mason and Henry A. Willis, and he cast his first vote for John P. Hale for president. He has been a Republican since the party was organized, but has not always been in full agreement with his party. As a rule he has voted the Republican ticket. In 1870-71 he rep- resented Fitchburg in the general court. He served two years on the Hoosac tunnel committee during the most important period in the history of its con- struction. At the organization of the government under a city charter he served on the board of as- sessors. He has been for several years one of the trustees of the Wallace Public Library. In 1885 he was the candidate of the Citizens' party for mayor, hut his ticket was defeated on account of a radical prohibition sentiment prevailing at the time. In 189J he was Republican presidential elector from his district. Mr. Goodrich is one of the leading merchants of the town. He is a man of public spirit, to whom the citizens of Fitchburg owe much for his part in developing the city and encouraging its enterprises. He stands high socially as well as in a business way. He married, December 17, 1856, Harriet Stebbins, daughter of John and Harriet H. Stebbins, of Ver- nf>n. V'crmont. Their children were : Emma L., mar- ried W. L. Humes; John S., died in infancy; Will- iam Henry, died March 24. 1894; a young man of marked ability and great promise, a senior in Tuft's College. Harriet (Stebbins) Goodrich was the eighth in descent from Rowland Stebbins, who came from England in 1634; settled in Springfield and Northampton, Massachusetts. He was a friend of John Pynchon. WALTER A. FAIRBANKS. Jonathan Fair- banks (l), from whom all the Fairbanks families of America arc descended, was the pioneer ancestor, of course, of Walter A. Fairbanks, of Fitchburg. Jonathan Fairbanks or Faycrbank (his name is spell- ed variously) was born in England previous to the year 1600 at Sowcrby in Halifax, parish of West Riding, county of York. He came to New England ■with his wife and six children in 1633 and became one of the original settlers of Dcdhani, Mas,achu- setts. His wife, whose maiden name was Grace Lee, died about 1673. He died December 5, 1O68. His brother, Richard Fairbanks, who came about the same time, and was at one time postmaster in Bos- ton, is not known to have had any descendants. The Fairbanks' mansion near the centre of Dedham, built by Jonathan in 1636, still remains in good state of preservation and has never gone out of the fam- ily. Recently it has been bought by the Fairbanks Association, a family organization, and it will be preserved as long as possible, one of the most inter- esting and oldest of the homes of the pioneers. His will was proved January 26, 1669, and maintions his six children and some of his grandchildren. The children of Jonathan and Grace (Lee) Fair- banks were all born in England, viz : John ; George, settled in the south part of Sherborn, is ancestor of the St. Johnsbury, Vermont, family, (see sketch of ancestors of Mrs. Birney A. Robinson, of Worces- ter) ; Jonas, of whom later; Jonathan ;■ Mary, mar- ried Alichael J\Ietcalf and Christopher Smith ; Susan, married, October 12, 1647, Ralph Day. (II) Jonas Fairbanks, the third son and fifth child of Jonathan Fairbanks (l), was born in Sow- erby, England. He was a farmer and carpenter. He settled in Lancaster in 1657 and signed the covenant there March 5, 1659. He is the ancestor of numerous families of the name in Lancaster and the neighboring towns of Harvard, Sterling, West Boylston, Ashburnham, and among his famous de- scendants was the vice-president of the United States, Charles W. Fairbanks. It is recorded that in 1652 he was fined for wearing great boots, an act prohibited in the colony for those having less than two hundred pounds of property. He and two of his sons were killed by the Indians, February 10, 1676, during King Philip's war. The farm which he cleared from the wilderness is now owned by one of his descendants. He married. May 28, 1658, Lydia Prescott, who was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, August 15, 1641, the daughter of John Prescott, native of Sowcrby, mentioned above. Prescott was also a pioneer at Lancaster. (See Prescott family sketch). The marriage of Jonas was the first recorded in the town of Lancaster. The widow married Elias Bar- ron, of Watertown. Lieutenant Jabez Fairbanks is believed to be the only son of Jonas and Lydia, who left sons and posterity of the name of Fairbanks. (III) Lieutenant Jabez Fairbanks, son of Jonas Fairbanks (2), was born November 8, 1670, at Lan- caster, Massachusetts. He was a lifelong resident of his native town, a farmer and man of distinction. He was deputy to the general court in 1714-21-22-23, and was a soldier in the Indian wars. He died March 2, 1758. He married (first) Mary Wilder, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Houghton) Wilder. She died February 21, 1718, in the forty-fifth year of her age. ohe was the mother of ten children, of whom Joseph was tlie first born, of whom later. Captain Jabez F'airbanks married (second) Eliza- beth Whitcomb, who died May 11, I/SS, aged eighty years. (IV) Joseph Fairljanks, son of Qiptain Jabez Fairbanks (3), was born in Lancaster, Massachu- setts, in 1694. He is generally known as Deacon Joseph from his position in the church. He inherit- ed the Lancaster homestead. He was a prominent citizen. When the town of Harvard was incorpor- ated he was a resident of that section of Lancaster, 36 WORCESTER COUNTY And lie was on the nrst board of selectmen. He served from 1733 to 1735 and again from 1743 to 1745. He was town treasurer from 1736 to 1740 and served the town on many important special com- mittees. He was active in the church and a liberal contributor to its support. He died December 6, 1772. He married, April 21, 1718, jMary Brown, who died November 14, 1791, aged ninety-one years, eleven months, si.x days. Their children were : Phinehas, born April 8, 1719; Mary, October 17, 1721 ; Joseph, of whom later ; Mercy, February 6, 1724; Cyrus, May 23, 1726; Mary, January 19, 1729; Lydia, August l6, 1731 ; Elizabeth, May i, 1734; Amos, April 21, 1737, settled at Harvard, ances- tor of Gardner branch also; Relief, December I, 1739- (V) Captain Joseph Fairbanks, great-grand- father of Walter A. Fairbanks, son of the preceding Deacon Joseph Fairbanks (4), was born in Harvard, Massachusetts, then Lancaster, November 4, 1722 or 1723. He was a leading spirit in civil and military affairs of his day, serving as captain of a company in a provincial regiment under Colonel Asa Whit- comb, and marching to Lexington on the alarm of April 19, 1775. He died in 1802. He married (first), November II, 1742, Mary Willard. daughter of Hezekiah and Anna (Wilder) Willard. She was baptized in Lancaster, December 22, 1722, and died there August 26, 1748, in the twenty-sixth year of her age, having had three chil- dren. Deacon Joseph married (second) Abigail Tarbell. of Groton, Massachusetts, October 4, 1749. She died April 12, 1798, aged seventy-six year.';, ten months, six days. She had eight children by this union. The children of Captain Joseph and i^Liry (Willard) Fairbanks were: Joseph, born December 5, 1743; Jabez. March 8, 1744-S; Anna, March 25, 1745-6. The children of Captain Joseph and Abigail (Tarbell) Fairbanks were: Thomas, November 12, 1750; Cryus, of whom later; Ephraim, October 18, 1753; Levi, May 29, 1755; Abigail, Nov(*mbcr 24, 1756; Jonathan, September 4, 1758; Mary, July 12 or 13, 1762 ; Thomas, May 7, 1764. (VI) Cyrus Fairbanks, fifth child of Captain Joseph Fairbanks (s), was born in Harvard, Mas- sachusetts, May 17, 1752. He was a soldier in the revolution and was the last revolutionary pensioner in Ashburnham, whither he removed. He removed from Harvard to Troy, New Hamp.'^hire, where he was living between 1815 and 1820. He died in Ash- burnham, Massachusetts, June 18, 1852, aged one hundred years, one of the oldest citizens who ever lived there. He was a farmer, a useful and honored citizen in his active life. He married, August 25, 1779, Mercy Hale, of Stow, who was born February 7, 1756, and removed to Ashburnham in 1788, where she died in 1840. aged eighty- four. The children of Cyrus and ^Mcrcy (Hale) Fairbanks were: Sally, born August 8, 1780, married (first) Joseph Gibbs; married (second), November ig. 1835, Lewis Hill, of Chester, Ver- mont; she died April 14, 1857; Jacob, born March 17, 1782, married, May 25, 1808, Lydia Phillips, daughter of Seth and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Phillips, of Fitchburg. a cousin of Vice-president Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine ; they have numerous descendants living in Ashburnham and Fitchburg; Mercy, Octo- ber 7, 1784, married Walter Russell Adams; Cyrus, of whom later; Abigail, February 24, 1789, married, August 28. r8o6, Leonard Patch; married (second) Walter Russell Adams, who married also her sister Mercy; Artemas, May 26, 1791, died unmarried in Troy, New Hampshire, August 27, 1863; Betsey, April 10, 1796, married Amos Rice, who was born February 5, 1797, son of Samuel Rice, of Ashby ; they removed to New York state. (VH) Cyrus Fairbanks, sixth child of Cyrus Fairbanks (6), and father of Walter A. Fairbanks (8), was born in Harvard, ^iassachusetts, November 17, 1786. He removed to Troy, New Hampshire, 1816, when a young man. He married, July 3, 1817, Betsey Jackson, of Westminster, Massachusetts. He was a manufacturer of boots and shoes on a large scale for the time and methods of his day. He died at Troy, New Hampshire, November 23, 1861, and his wife, April 29, 1868. Their children were: i. Eliza, born March 22, 1818, married Ran- som Ingalls; she died August 15, 1857, leaving four children. Silas H., born December 17, 1819, married Catherine (Woods) Aldrich, daughter of Asa Woods, removed to Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 1S56, where he died October 24, 1858; their son, Arthur Walter, born August 24, 1857, is a druggist in Fitch- burg. Massachusetts. 3. Mary Ann, born December 3, 1822, married, July 9, 1844, Edward P. Kimball, who was born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire, Feb- ruary 23, 1819, and resided in Troy, New Hamp- shire, where he was a merchant from 1842 to his death, January 23, 1900; he was postmaster and high sheriff; they had three children, one of whom, the only one now living, Warren W., succeeded his father as a merchant at Troy, New Hampshire. 4. George, born October 22, 1825, married Abbie Wright, who died August 27, 1848, married (second) Nancy Watkins, who died July 27, 1858; married (third) Mariett S. French, resided at Jaffrey, New Hamp- shire, died at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, March 5, 1906; he had four children, one of the number being DeLos Eugene Fairbanks, ladies' tailor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 5. Charles, born March 15, 1827, died June 18, 1843. 6. Walter A., of whom later. 7. Sarah W., born May 8, 1832. married, June 28, 1865, Daniel H. Sawyer, of Keene, New Hampshire ; their only son, Walter Fairbanks Sawyer, is a physi- cian in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 8. (Caroline A., born January 6, 1836, married, November 24, 1863, Dr. Daniel Farrar; he was an esteemed physician in Leominster, Massachusetts ; he died June 3, 1875. They had two children, the son, Edward Bird Far- rar, is a teller in Wachusett National Bank, Fitch- burg, Massachusetts. (VHI) Walter A. Fairbanks, son of Cyrus Fairbanks (7), was born in Troy, New Hampshire, January 5, 1830. He was educated in the schools at Troy and in Ashburnham. After leaving school he entered a general store at Troy as clerk. He be- came manager of a union store at Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. In 1863 he removed to Fitchburg and has made his home there since. He went to work in the dry goods store of Luther J. Brown, of Fitch- burg. Here he filled a position of responsibility for twelve years. He was successful in business and acquired a competence. He has lived a retired life for many years, caring for his property and invest- ments. He is vice-president of the Wachusett Na- tional Bank, a position he has held for many years. He is trustee of the Worcester North Savings In- stitution. He is a stockholder and director of the Orswell Nockage Mills. He is a Republican but never cared to hold public office. He attends the Unitarian Church. He is of a quiet and retiring WORCESTER COUNTY 37 dispositon, interested especially in the affairs of Fitchburg, but loving best the comforts of home life. He resides in an attractive residence on Pleasant street. He married (first) August 4, 1S64. Mary J. Xourse, daughter of Brown Nourse ; she died in 1896. He married (second), i8gg, Leila B. (Water- house) Farrar, daughter of Jerry Waterhouse. of Troy, New Hampshire, and widow of Henry W. Farrar, of Troy, New Hampshire. He has no children. FREDERICK L. DRURY. Hugh Drury (1), the progenitor of all the old American families of this name, was the immigrant ancestor of Frederick L. Drury, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He was born in England and is said to have come to New England under the name of George Drury, who was a passenger in the ship "'Abigair' in July, 1635. aged nineteen years. No other mention of a George Drury is to be found. This ship brought a company of the younger Winthrop's settlers who were bound for the mouth of the Connecticut. But Drury is found in Sudbury as early as 1641, a proprietor. In 1646 he removed to Boston, selling his Sudbury place to Edmund Rice, and entering business in Boston. He was a carpenter by trade. In 1654 he was made a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston and attained the rank of lieuten- ant in it later. He was admitted to the Boston Church, April 16. 1654, and made freeman ^lay 3, 1654. He was a town officer of Boston. His will was dated November I, 1687, and proved July 30, 1689. He bequeathed to Mary, widow of his son John, of whose estate he was e.xecutor, for herself and children; to his sister, Lydia Hawkins; to son Thomas ; refers to deceased wife Lydia and to daughter Mary ; appoints his friend, Henry Allen, and brother, Henry Rice, executors with his brother- in-law, Edward Rice, alternate in case of the death of either. He is buried in the Chapel burying ground in Boston and the grave has a stone. He married (first) Lydia Rice, who was born 1627 and died April 5, 1675. She was the daughter of the pioneers, Edmund and Tamazin Rice, of Sud- bury. He married (second), October. 1676, Mary Fletcher, widow of Rev. Edward Fletcher. His •wife, Lydia, was admitted to the church March 12, 1648. The children of Hugh and Lydia were; John, of whom later ; Thomas, probably died young, not mentioned in father's will ; Mary, made noncupative will 1680, bequeathing all to her coui^in, Samuel Shrimpton. One child by the second wife, Mary, was Hugh, Jr., born July 19, 1677, probably died young. (II) John Drury, only son of Hugh Drury (i) living to grow up, was born May 2, 1646. baptized March IQ, 1649, at Boston; died before his father, 1678, leaving an estate valued at over five hundred and sixty-two pounds. He was a lieutenant in King Philip's war. He also was a house carpenter. He married Mary Shrimpton, daughter of Ed- ward Shrimpton, merchant, of Bednall, county Mid- dlesex, England. Their children : Thomas, of whom later; Lydia; Mary, married William Alden, who •was born September 10, 1669, son of John, Jr., and -widow Elizabeth (Moore) Alden; Elizabeth; Mercy; Daniel ; John, Jr., born December 26, 1678, died of ■sinallpox in Boston, November I, 1702. Captain Thomas Drury, son of John Drury (2), was born in Boston, Massachusetts, August 10, 1668, and died at Framingham in 1723. He was an early settler of Framingham and took a leading part in the organization and government of the town. He was tlie first town clerk, a position he filled for eleven years. He was the first deputy to the general court in 1701. He was one of the first board of selectmen of the town and served altogether for thirteen years. He was the school master in 1713; lieutenant of the military company in 1713, captain in 1719. He was placed in charge of the public am- munition with Ensign Bridges, June 15, 1719, and they were directed to store the powder, etc., in a vault in the loft of the meeting house. Framingham certainly believed in "trusting (jod and keeping her powder dry." He was also a conveyancer and local "Squire." In his will, dated November 11, 1723, he mentions besides his own family, his cousin, Mary Ball. He married, December 15, 1687, Rachel Rice, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (JMoore) Rice. Their children, all born in Framingham, were : Caleb, born October 5, 16S8, of whom later; Captain Thomas, Jr., born August 29, i6go. died December 2, 1783; married (first) Sarah Clarke, and (second) Mary Ward; John, died 1754; married, May 21, 1719, Susannah Goddard ; Mary, married, January I, 1713, David Bent; Rachel married, December, 1718, George Fairbanks ; Lydia, married, December 5, 1722, Joseph Pike; Elizabeth, born June 22, 1701, married Isaac Morse ; Micab, born May 2, 1704, married, September 10, 1724, Abigail Eames ; Uriah, born January 17, 1707, died 1754; married, Decem- ber I, 1736. Martha Eames. (IV) Caleb Drury son of Captain Thomas Drury (3), was born in Framingham, Massachu- setts, October 5, 1688, and died 1723. He married, October 10, 1706, Elizabeth Eames, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Eames) Eames. They lived and died in Framingham. She was born April 11, 1685. Their children were: Josiah, born September 17, 1707; married, October 9, 1733, Hannah Barron. Daniel, born April 25, 1709. ('''■■d June 7. 178(1; mar- ried, July 14, 1729, Sarah Flagg; intention of mar- riage with Elizabeth Chamberlain dated May, 1776; intention with Mary Stacy dated September S, 1776. John, born June 18, 171 1. married, November 22, 1733, Anna Gleason ; Caleb, born May 22, 1713, married May 27. 1735, Mehitable Maynard; Asenath, born January 9. 1714; Seville, born January 11, 1715, died June 2, 1715; Captain Zedekiah. born April 30, 1716, married (first), Jidy 20, 17.38, Hannah Ax- tell; (second), April 2. i74'- Hannah Wooley; Ebenezer, born October 5. 1718; Joseph, born De- cember 19. 1720, married. 1744. Lydia Willard; Elizabeth, born July 30. 1721, married, December 20, 1743. Thomas Winch, Jr. (V) Josiah Drury, son of Caleb Drury (4), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 17, 1707. He was killed by an ox-cart accident in Wayland. He married, October 9. 1733, Hannah Barron, who was born August 6, 1709, the da\ighter of Timothy and Rachel (Jennison) Barron, of Sher- born, Massachusetts. Their children, all born in Framingham. were: Sarah, born December 8. 17,34, married, January 16, 1755, Richard Rice, died in Maine; Elizabeth, born November 30, 1737; Josiah, born Jiuic 29. 1740; Moses, born August 4, of whom later; Hannah, born May or March 24, 1744. A\ed 1825; married Micajah Gleason; (second) John 38 WORCESTER COUNTY Nixon; Nathan, born September 2", 1746; Asa, cap- tain, born June 24, 1748. died June 26, 1816; mar- ried Dolly Gleason; Elisha, born April 21, 1749, died young; Elisha, born August 5, 1753. (VI) Moses Drury. fourth child of Josiah Drury (5), was born in Framingham. Massachusetts, August 4, 1742, and died September 6, 1836. He removed to Fitzvvilliam, New Hampshire, in 1770 or 1771. The first three children were baptized in Framingham, the remainder of them in Fitzwill- iam. His name first appears in Fitzwilliam records in 1771. He married Cata Adams, who was baptized April 13, 1740, and died March II, 1816. the daughter of Joseph and Prudence (Pratt) Adams. Their chil- dren were: Cata, born May 2g, 1762. married Artemas Wilson; Sally, born March 7, 1764, mar- ried, March 7, 1787, Isaiah Stoddard; Josiah, born April 5, 1766, married Margaret Myers, and lived at Rockingham, Vermont ; Lovina, baptized April S, 1772, died January 19, 1793, unmarried ; Hannah Barnes, baptized February 19, 1775, married, Feb- ruary 4, 1799, John Newton, and removed to Dum- merston, Vermont. Children recorded at Fitzwill- iam as born at Dummerston : Joseph, born Novem- ber 10, 1777, married, January 30, 1799, Martha Cameron; Betsey, born April 22, 1780; Annis, born August II, 1782, married Alexander Gleason; Elisha, of whom later; Moses, born July 7. 1788; Nathan, born September 3, 1791, married, June 5, 181 1. Ruth Colles, daughter of Ezekiel and Anna Colles, and had four children. (VII) Elisha Drury, son of Moses Drury (6), was born in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, July 28, 1783, and died February 25, 1841, at Winchendon, Massachusetts. He was buried at Fitzwilliam. He married, April 20, 1819. Levina Saunders. who was born August 23, 1789, the daugh- ter of David and Molly (Livingston) Saunders, and widow of Jesse Livingston. Their children were: Elisha, Jr., of whom later; Lovina E., born Troy, New Hampshire. November 2, 1828, died at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, August 6, 1882. (VIII) Elisha Drury, son of Elisha Drury (7), was born at Troy, New Hampshire, December 10, 1821. He was a farmer and wood worker. He re- sided in Winchendon, Massachusetts; Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire; and Readsboro, Vermont. He returned to Fitzwilliam and died there January 20, i860. He married, F'ebruary 15, 1843, Lucinda Stoddard, of Winchendon, Massachusetts. The children of Elisha, Jr., and Lucinda Drury were : Edwin E., born April 18, 1845, married (first) Ida E. Root, 1871; (second) Emma L. Dyer, 1898; they have one son living at South Royalston, Massachu- setts, a farmer; Leander M., born October 12, 1S50, proprietor of the Langdon Hotel, I'ront street, Worcester ; he married Nellie Day, of South Royals- ton, Massachusetts, 1879, and they have a daughter, Myrtice ; Frederick L., of whom later. (IX) Frederick L. Drury, son of Elisha Drury. Jr., (8), was bom in Readsboro, Vermont, .Xpril 14, 1856. His mother removed to South Royalston. Massachusetts, when he was very young, and he was educated in the public schools there. He be- gan his business career in Boston as clerk in a fancy goods store in 1876. He removed to Fitchburg, }ilassachusetts, in 1878, and entered the employ of Walter P. Guy. now a prominent Worcester and Springfield merchant, in the store that he himself bought in 1890 and has since conducted. For a number of years ^Ir. Druo' w'as the proprietor of the Drury House, a hotel at 144 Main street, Fitchburg. In his experience of nearly thirty years in mer- cantile business in Fitchburg, Mr. Drury has main- tained a reputation for square dealing and for good judgment in business. He is e.x-president of the Fitchburg Merchants' Association, which comprises the local board of trade. In politics he is a Repub- lican and active in the organization of his party. He is ex-president of the Retail Grocers' Associa- tion of Fitchburg and vice-president of the Massa- chusetts Retail Grocers' Association in 1905-06. He is a tnembcr of Aurora Lodge of Free Masons and Lady Emtna Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star ; of Mt. Rollstone Lodge of Odd Fellows and of King David Encampment and the Daughters of Rebekah. He is a member of the Rollstone Con- gregational Church, and has been a member of the finance committee for the past fifteen years. He married, September 25, 1878, Flora E. Sher- win, daughter of Addison and Amanda (Partridge) Sherwin, of South Royalston. Their children are: Leon Arthur, born at Fitchburg, October 23, 1880, graduate of Fitchburg high school, 1898, and Brown University, 1902, is associated with his father in the grocery store; married, October 12, 1904, Daza P. Mo wry, of Providence, Rhode Island; Ralph Sherwin, born January 10, 1890, student in the Fitch- burg high school, class of 1907. FRANKLIN AUGUSTUS BAGLEY. Orlando Bagley (i), the immigrant ancestor of Franklin Au- gustus Bagley, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was born probably in England about 1630. The only other early settler of this or similar surname was John Bagley or Biglow, of Watertown, most of whose descendants spell the name Bigelow. (See Bigelow family.) Orlando Bagley's name was spelled Baggley, Baglee and Bagly often. He set- tled first in Boston, where he was living from 1658 to 1663, when he removed to that part of Salisbury now Amesbury, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Colby, March 6, 1653-4, i" Salisbury, and she died in Boston, Alay 8, 1663. He probably died soon afterward. Their children were: Orlando, born February 18, 1658, of whom later ; John, born August 31, 1659; Sarah, born January 14, 1660 died September 30, 1661 ; Mary, born Jan- uary 5. 1661 : Sarah, born March 2, 1663, married John Slack, April 5, 1681, settled in Salisbury. (II) Orlando Bagley, eldest child of Orlando Bagley (l), was born in Boston, February 18, 1658. He was a yeoman and settled in Amesbury, Massa- chusetts. He married (first) Sarah Sargent, of Amesbury, December 22. 1681. She died at Ames- bury, October 3, 1701. He married (second) Sarah Annis, of Newbury (published May 25), 1703-4. He was admitted a freeman i6go, was constable 1692, died 1728. His wife died 1729. The children of Orlado and Sarah Bagley were : Orlando, born in Amesbury, December 14, 1682, (lieutenant) : Sarah, born February 27, 1683, mar- ried (first) Henry Lancaster. July 15, 1703; married (second), April 11, 1713. Elisha Weed; John, born January 21, 1685; Jacob, of whom later; Judith, born November 13, 1691, married John Carter, of Kings- ton. New Hampshire. April 25. 1711 ; Joseph, borr^ January 26, 1704-5; Benjamin, born November 10, WORCESTER COUNTY 39 T70-; Anne, born August 14, 1708, niarrictl Aliel Merrill; Hannah, born March 29, 1712, married Tlidnias Morrill. (HI) Jacob Bagley, son of Orlando Bagley (2), was; born in Amcsbury, Massachusetts. December 13. 16S7. Pie was a prosperous farmer and black- smith at Amcsbury. He married (first) Hannah Stanwood, January 21, 1712-3; (second) Kezia (Colby), widow of David Currier, June 2, 1748. She died November 3, 1754, aged fifty-nine years. He married (third) Hannah Currier, widow of 'I'imothy Currier, March 13, 1755. His will was dated December 21, 1767, and proved February 23, 1773- 1 he children of Jacob and Hannah Bagley were ; William, of whom later ; Elizabeth, born January 18, 1715-6, married Samuel Adams, June 27, 1734; resided at Salisbury in 1767; Jerusha. born January I, 1717-8, died April 13, 1718; Jerusha, born November 29, 1719, died before 1767; Jacob, Jr., born November, 1721, died February 4, 1724: Han- nah, born June 6, 1723, married Richard Currier, February ig, 1750; Jacob, Jr., born June 30, 1724; Samuel, born December 21, 1728, died February 4, 1729- (IV) William Bagley, eldest child of Jacob Bagley (3), was born in Amesbury, Alassachusetts, October 9, 1713. He was a mariner; he had his home in Amcsbury, and died a young man, at Amesburj-, November 19, 1746. He married, Au- gust 18, 1740, Susan Webster, of Salisbury. She married after his death David Currier, March 13, 1749. The children of William and Hannah Bagley were: Eunice, born April 27. 1740; William, of whom later; Jerusha, born September g, 1743, living in 1758; Anne, born December 2, 1745, died Janu- ary 23, 1748. (V) William Bagley, Jr., son of William Bagley (4), was born at Amesbury, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 26, 1741. He became a yeoman at Amesbury. He married (first) Mary , before 1766. She died February ig, 1782, aged thirty-six years. He married (second) Hannah , before 1785. Tlie children of William and Mary Bagley were : Jacob, born 1766; David, of whom later; Molly, linrn January 9, 1771 ; Anne, born April 16, 1773; Betty, born 1776, died October 17, 1776, aged six montlis. The children of William and Hannah Bagley were : William, Jr., born 1783, died November 24. 1791, aged eight years ; Amos, born 1795, died August 14, 1796. (VI) David Bagley, son of William Bagley (5), was born in Amesbury, October 23, 1768. He was a ship cooper by trade and resided at Amesbury. Among his children was John, of whom later. (VH) John Bagley, son of David Bagley (6), was born in 1786 at Pcabody, Massachusetts, where his father settled. Like his ancestors he was a nieniber of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in re- ligion. He died at Peabody in i860. He was a farmer in Corinth, Vermont. He married Elizabeth Bickfnrd, and they had fourteen children. Those who grew to maturity were: John. Francis, .Mnion F.. of whom later; Sarah, married Samuel Swett; Harriet B., born January 26. 1828, married J. Warren Stiles, who was born in Wilton, New Hampshire, and died 1903; she resides (1906) at 13 fjardner street, Peabody; Elizabeth, died unmar- ricfl ; Dolly, died unmarried ; Lydia. Mary. (VIIl) Almnn F. Bagley. son of John Bagley (7). was born at Corinth. Vermont, and died at Wenham. Massachusetts, in 1871. He settled at Danville, New Hampshire, and at Hamilton. Massa- chusetts. He married Louisa Nason. Their chil- dren were: Franklin ,'\ugustus, of whom later; George A., resides at North Beverly, and has four children : Almon F., Amelia Rofs. Laura ICthel, Grace Viola; Charles W.. resides at Wenham. Mas- sachusetts, and has cliildren; Emeline. married Will- iam Flint, and they have one child. Edith, married Fred Ellis, whose children are: James Rolkuul, Dorothy and Corinne. (IX) Franklin Augustus Bagley, son of .Mmon F. Bagley (8), was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, July 3, 1844. He attended school there and at Pea- body, whither his parents removed when he was twelve years old. His father was a market gardener and he helped him in his business. He lived at Hamilton one year and at Wenham eight years. He worked at various places in Lynn and Salem. He began business as a milk dealer in Wenham. He also dealt in provisions. He finally removed to Lynn and started in the grocery business on iiain street. Water hill. Federal square. He bought and sold stores several times and was in business at Franklin street. Pearl street, and twice on Union street. In 1894 he sold out and removed to Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, and entered the real estate bus- iness. Lately he has added fire insurance to his business. He has been very successful. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a justice of the peace. He belongs to West Lynn Lodge of Odd Fellows and has been treasurer of Fraternity Encampment. He is a member of A. C. Moody Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and of Sagamore and Nanepashemct Tribes of Red Men of Lynn, and has held the various chairs. He attends the Metliudist Church. He married. January, 1865. Macia H. Kent, a daughter of Joseph G. and Nancy (Kimball) Kent, of Newbury, Massachusetts. She was born June 10, 1847. Their children are: Florine, born .-Xpril 13, 1866, married William Tavlor; Henrietta, born July 29, 1868. STEPHEN V. WARE. Robert Ware (i). the immigrant ancestor oi Stephen V. Ware, of Fitch- burg. Massachusetts, came from his English home to the colony in Massachusetts Bay some time be- fore the autumn of 1642. the earliest date on the records being November 25. 1642. at Dedham, when he boue-hl land there of Thomas Fames. This lot was his homestead and it was on the Great or Dedham Is'and. His house was probably at or near the causeway. Various other grants of land to him were made February 6. 1642. and later. He joined the church at the time of the baptism of his eldest child, October 2 or IT, 1646. He was admitted a freeman May 26, 1647; was a member of the artillery company as early as 1644. He lived and died in Dedham, although three of his sons — John, Nathaniel and Robert — removed to WoUomonopoag, set ofT in 1661 and incorporated in 1673 as Wrent- hani. Massachusetts. He married (first) in Dedham. March 24. 1644-5. Margaret Hunting, daughter of John Hunting, first ruling elder of the Dedham Church, and his wife, Esther Seaborn. She died in Dedham. August 26, 1670. He married (second). May 3. 1676. Hannah Jones, born March 28. 1636, died April 20, 1721, daughter of Thomas Jnncs. of Dorchester. Her gravestone is to be seiii in the old Dorchester bury- ing ground. Her will dated January 21. 1720-I, 40 WORCESTER COUNTY mentions a large number of relatives and friends. Robert Ware died at Dedham, April it), 1699. His will, dated February 25, 1698. proved May 11, 1699, contains much information of family and local his- torical interest. , The children of Robert and Margaret Ware were : John, born October 6, 1646, died April 7, 1718, at Wrcntham ; Nathaniel, born October 7, 1648, died July 10, 1724, at Wrentham ; Margaret, born February 14, iC.so-i, died July 22, 1664; Robert, Jr., of whom later ; Esther, born September 28, 1655, died September 3, 17,14 ; married, May 13, 1673, Rev. Samuel Mann, first minister of Ded- ham, Massachusetts, and they had eleven children ; Samuel, born September 30, 1657, died March. 1730-1 ; Ephraim, born November 5, 1659, died March 26, 1753. at Needham ; Elizabeth, born No- vember 19. 1661 ; Joseph, born September 8, 1663, died September 22, same year; Ebenezer, born Octo- Ijer 28, 1667, died 1765, aged ninety-seven, at Need- ham. (II) Robert Ware, son of Robert Ware (l), was born August i or 6, 1653, at Dedham, Massa- chusetts, and settled in the adjoining town of Wrentham. where he died September 16, 1724, in his seventy-second year. He served in the Ded- ham company in King Philip's war, 1675, and also in the Wrentham company, l68g. He was a deputy to the general court in 1703, on the committee on Meeting House 1669. agreed to settle in Wrentham in 1671, was one of the executors of his brother- in-law, Rev. Samuel Mann. His will was dated August 8, 1724. He married (first) in Dedham, June 4. 1677, Sprah Metcalf, daughter of Michael Metcalf, Jr. and Mary Fairbanks, his wife, and born in Dedham. December 7. 1648. She died in Wrentham, April 13, 1718. Robert Ware married (second), Febru- ary 26. 1719-20, Elizabeth Holbrook, of Mendon, who died in Wrentham. July 28, 1723. All his chil- dren except the eldest were born in Wrentham. The children of Robert and Sarah Ware were: Ebenezer, born March 15. 1677-8, in Dedham, died April 26, 1750, in Wrentham: Robert, Jr., born December 6. 1680, died January 9, 1731-2, at Wrentham; Michael, born June 11, 1683, died Sep- tember 21, 172.!;. at Wrentham: Margaret, born June 6, 1685, married. December 4, 1704. in Roxbury, Major John Foster, of Attleboro ; Jonathan, born February 28. 1686-7, died April 20, 1740, at Wrentham ; Sarah, born March 4. 1689-90, died Au- gust .q. 1729; married, June 6. 1722, Francis Nichol- son : Esther, born May 7, 1693. died September 14, 1745: married, December 17, 171S, Hezekiah Hawes ; Elizabeth, born September 30, 1697, died before Au- gust 28, 1724. (III) Michael Ware, son of Robert Ware (2), was born in Wrentham. Massachusetts. June 11, 1683, and died September 21, 1725. He married, December 4. 1707. Jane Wight, daughter of Jona- than and Elizabeth (Hawes) Wight, granddaughter of Henry and Jane (Goodnow) Wight and great- granddaughter of Thomas Wight, the immigrant. She was born September 6. 1688. and she married (second). December 3. 1734, Daniel Hawes, and died .'\pril 26. I7.=;4. in her sixty-sixth year. The children of Michael and Jane Ware were: Jean, horn December 16. 1710. married., July 30, 1729, John Fairbanks ; Margaret, born October 21. 1712, married, January 29, 1734, Eleazer Metcalf; Hepzi- bah. born November 22, 1714, married, December 29, 1730, Leonard Fisher; Esther, born December 3, 1716, married, February 8, 1737-8, Ezra Blake; Michael, of whom later ; Phebe, born February 25, 1720-1, married Elisha Pond; Jabez, born February 28, 1722, died June 28, 1805; Mehitable, born March 8, i7-'2-3. (IV) Michael Ware, Jr., son of Michael Ware (3^ was born in Wrentham. Massachusetts, De- cember s, 172.1, died in Buckland. Massachusetts, about 1814, He was a soldier in the French war in Captain Blake's company in 1756. He and his son Abiel were also in the revolution under Cap- tain Samuel Fisher in 1781 in the Fourth Suffolk Regiment. He married (first), February 5, 1754. Ariel Met- calf. daughter of Michael and Ariel (Colburn) Met- calf, in Wrentham. She died December 25, 1757. He married (second) Lucy Grant. The children of Michael and Ariel Ware were : Jane, born No- vember 7. 1754; Abiel, born December 25, 1757. The children of Michael and Lucy Ware were : Molly, born October 15, 1759, in Wrentham; Abiel, perhaps the same as the second child, born before 176.V served in revolution in 1781 ; Michael, born at Wrentham. 1765, died aged eighty-four years in 1849: Reuben, died in San Francisco; George, died at Buckland; James, died in 1816; Abijah, Lucy, Phebe. (V) Abiel Ware, son of Michael Ware (4), was born in Wrentham before 1765 and was prob- ably the son born by the first marriage. December 25. 1757. He died in the summer of 1832 at Buck- land. Alassachusetts. but lived most of his life at Dighton, Massachusetts, He married (first) at Cum- berland, Rhode Island. Esther Haskell. He mar- ried (second) Submit Phillips, daughter of Richard and Ruth Pitts Phillips; she was born in Dighton and died there July. 1835. The child by the first marriage was Abner, but was changed May 26, 1796, to Lewis Ware "by the request and order of now Esther Hawkins." The Ware Genealogy gives Abiel a brother .Ariel, born about 1775, t'l^ husband of Submit Phillips. If the genealogy is correct Lewis was the only son of .'Xbiel and Esther and she married (second") W. Hawkins. It seems fully as likely that .'Vbiel and 1iis first wife parted. Abiel was in the revolution in 1781. The children of Abiel (or Ariel) and Submit Ware were: Richard, born at Buckland, May 31, 1797, died .August 22, 1840; married Roxanna Afon- son and Huldah Watson ; Leander, born about 1800, died about 1884, lived most of his life at Buckland; Esther, born October 15, 1802. died May 2-.. i8()=,; married (first) Homer Johnson and (second) Josiah Booth ; Amanda, born November 4. 1804, married, February 2. 1S26. Zophcr Woodward; Hul- dah. born at Buckland. November 14. 1807, died July t8, 188S: married Job Woodward: Sophronia, born January I, 1809. married George Viber ; Anne, born November 25. 181T, died 1891; married (first) Willard Ware and (second) Jesse Edson ; Frank- lin, born February 10, 1813. died June 8, 1899; married twice, (VI) Lewis Ware, son of .Abiel Ware (5). was born January 25. 1779. and died in Newfane Hill. Vermont, in 1832. He was a physician and resided at Cumberland. Rhode Island. Westminster and Winchendon, Massachusetts, and Richmond. New Hampshire. He is buried at Newfane Hill, Ver- mont. ^/^ WORCESTER COUNTY 41 He married. October 9, 1803, at Newton. Massa- chusetts. Matilda Morse, who was born in Stiir- bridge, Massachusetts. December 14, 178,5, and died at Gardner, Massachusetts, October 10. 1853. The children of Dr. Lewis and Matilda Ware were : Abner Haskell, born April 14, 1805, at Cumberland, Rhode Island, died young; Rufus. born January 30, 1808, died young; Lucy P., born 1810, died at West- minster, Massachusetts; married (first) William Jones, of VVardsboro, Vermont, divorced ; she mar- ried (second) Dennis Gates, of Westminster; (third) Leonard Mossman. of Ashbuniham ; Stephen v., born August 28, 1812, at Wiiichendon, died December 22, 1893 ; Lewis, born at Cumberland, Rhode Island. November 22, 1816, died at Fitch- burg. March 22, 1873 : Samuel Morse, born at Win- chendon. May 13, 1818, died at Eureka, Kansas, March 20, 1895. (VII) Stephen V. Ware, son of Dr. Lewis Ware (6), was born at Winchendon, Massachusetts, Au- gust 28, 1812. He died after an illness of two weeks at his home. 23 East street, Fitchburg, De- cember 22, 1893. He received a common school education. During his earl}- years of business he was a traveling salesman and he covered the New England and Middle States for a number of years. At the time of the gold fever in 1851 he went to California and resided there and in Nevada for fifteen years, occupied in mining and the grocery liusiness. He also made considerable money in cat- tle dealing. He came back to Massachusetts in 1866 and resided in Ashburnham and Gardner until 1884. when he removed to Fitchburg. He had acquired a competence and did not care for active business. He had a grocery store near his residence in Fitch- burg. however, and carried it on up to the time of liis death. He was remarkably vigorous for a man of his years and at the age of eighty made the trip to the home of his only surviving brother, in Kan- sas, Samuel Ware, formerly also of Fitchburg. He was a Methodist in religion, a Republican in politics, and belonged to the order of Odd Fellows. He was an upright and respectable citizen, greatly beloved by his friends and family. He was a quiet, unassuming, domestic man, successful in his busi- ness and gifted with exceptional ability in many ways. He married Charlotte A. Marshall, daughter of Abel and Roselma (Naramore) Marshall, and sister of Alfred A. Marshall, of Fitchburg. She was born in 1840 in Fitchburg. She survives her husband and resides in the homestead in Fitchburg. The chil- dren of .Stephen V. and Charlotte A. Ware were: Mabel Marshall, born at Ashburnhatn, May 9. 1868, married, March 0, 1892. Frank C. Blood, who was born at West Groton in 1867 : Henry Augu.stus. "born at Fitchburg, February 14, 1870-1 ; (George Franklin, born at Gardner, February 21. 1874: Annie Eloise, born January 10. 1877: Oscar Elliott, born October 5, 1879, married Sophia Dohla, and they have one child, Robert. HENRY FAYETTE COGGSHALL. John Coggshall or Coggeshall (i) was the immigrant an- cestor of Henry Fayette Coggshall. of Fitchburg. Massachusetts. The name Coggshall appeared in England soon after the Norman Conquest and has I included many distinguished men. John Coggshall I came from Essex county, England, and arrived in Boston, in New England. September t6. 1632. He is believed to have come from the Coggeshall family of Coggeshall. ■ He was admittcc,S; Joshua, see forward; John, born 1659, died May i, 1727 ; Josias, November, 1662 : Daniel, April. 1665; Humility, January, 1670; Caleb, De- cember, 1772 ; Isaac. (HI) Joshua Coggeshall, second child of Joshua Coggeshall (2). was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, May, i6.s6, and died at Newport, Rhode Island, 1723. He married, Mav 13, 1671, Sarah . She died March 20. 1697. He married (second) Sarah , August 26, 1607. He had a farm at Newport, now Middletown. Rhode Island, near Portsmouth. He had seventeen children, eight by the first and nine bv the second wife, all born in Newport. The children of Joshua and his first wife were: Joshua, born May 13. i6Sr. died Au- cnst 2. 1727; Thomas, Mav 29, 1686. died yoimg; Elizabeth. March 20. 1CS6 (twin of the preceding). 42 WORCESTER COUNTY married Spencer, of East Greenwich. July, 170S; John, December 14, 1683; Thomas, see for- ward; Josiah, December 12, 1690; Mary, May IS, l6g5, married Beard: Richard, February 11, 1692, married Wait Gould, daughter of John and Wait Gould. The children of the second marriage were: Caleb, July 25, 1698, died Jifly 31, 1745; mar- ried Barbara Easton, daughter of Nicholas Easton, May 19, 1720; Sarah. March 22. 1700; James, March 17, 1701; a daughter, January 15, 1703; Benjamin, January 31, 1705, died December 17, 1710; Ann, November 18, 1709; Waite, January 11, 1709; Com- fort. April 22, 171 1. (IV) Thomas Coggeshall. son of Joshua Cogge- shall (3), was born in Newport, Rhode Island, June 24, 1688, died there January 26, 1771. He married, March Tl, 1708. Mercy Freeborn, daughter of Gideon Freeborn, of Newport. She was born 1691 and died May 26, 1776. They resided at Middle- ton, Rhode Island, on the old place. He was a farmer. Both are interred in the family burying ground on the Coggeshall place at Middletown. Their children were: Elizabeth, born August 30, 1710. died September 29. 1707; married, July, 1731, Peleg Peckham; Comfort, September 17, 1712, died December, 1778; married Daniel Peckham, son of Joshua Peckham, November 29, 1734; Mercy, born June 30, 1714, died young; Sarah, August 20, 1715, married, November i, 1759, Thomas Weaver: Wait, January 4. 1717, married (first") James Easton; Mary, May 27, 1720, married Samuel Allen, of Mid- dletown, January 16, 1745; Joshua, see forward; Mercy, February 23, 1724, married (first) Joseph Dennis; (second) Samuel Allen, widower of her sister Mary; Gideon. April 20, 1726, diet! October 27. 1801 ; married. October 5, 1749, Hannah Law- ton, daughter of Jeremiah: she died July 17, 1780, aged fifty-four; Thomas, August 26, died January 17, 1803 : married, July 4. 1750, Hannah Cornell ; Hannah, May 20, 1731, died March 22, i8ir; mar- ried Joseph Dennis, son of Robert Dennis. (V) Joshua Coggeshall. seventh child of Thomas Coggeshall (4), was born in Middletown, Rhode Island. March it, 1722. died there September 24, 1786, and is buried on the Coggeshall farm. He mar- ried (first), January 12, 1743, Sarah Bailey. She died November 4. 1750. He married (second) Ann Dennis, daughter of Joseph Dennis, January 2. 1752. The children of Joshua and Sarah (Bailey) ) Cogge- shall were: Thomas, born at Middletown, August 30. 1744, died 1829: married Esther Kenyon, of Newport, November 27. 1766; Ruth, June 26, 1747. died November 14, 1747: (Gideon. December 13. 1748, died November. 1750. The children of Joshua and Ann (Dennis) Coggeshall were: Sarah, Septem- ber 25, 1752. died March I, 1788; married John Cornell, son of Thomas and Hannah Cornell : Jo- seph, ,^uRust 16, 1754. died October 7. 18,^0: mar- ried Elizabeth Horswell, September 29. 1774, and she died October i. 1840: Elizabeth. October 14, 1756. died September 3. 1S28: married. November 9. 1786. Gideon Authons : George. March, 1750, died November 16 1762: Mary. Julv 14. 1761, died Feb- ruary 15. 1837; Mercy. September 14. 1762. died March. 1844: married. April 2, 1786, Thomas Man- chester: Ann, June I, T764, died December 21, 1842: George, June 8, 1767, died .\ngust 14, 1843; married Cynthia, daughter of Richard Sherman. (VI) Thomas Coggeshall eldest child of Joshi'a Coggeshall (5), was born in Middletown. Rhode Island, August 30, 1744, died there 1829. He was a farmer at Middletown. He married Esther Ken- yon, November 27, 1766. Their children, all bora in Middletown, were: Samuel, born 1770, died in Middletown, August 31, 1852; William, December, 1771, died September 22, 1775-; John Bailey, see for- ward ; Asa, March 4, 1783, married, February 21, 1S02, Sarah Barker, daughter of Mathew Barker; Elsie or Alice, born 1787, died February 17, 1872; married James Taggart ; William, married Ruth Chase; Sarah, married, February 18, 1790, Rescom Sanford; George; Ruth, married David or Nathaniel Wyatt. (VII) John Bailey Coggeshall, third child of Thomas Coggeshall (6), was born in Middletown, Rhode Island, January- 29, 1774. He married (first) Mary Sanford, daughter of Peleg Sanford, of Tiver- ton, Rhode Island, October 16, 1794. He married (second) Betsey Parsons, widow of Jennings, in 1829. He was a farmer. In middle life he left Middletown or Newport and settled in Man.sfield, Connecticut. He was member of the Baptist Church in its early days. The children of John Bailey and Mary (Sanford) Coggeshall were: Peleg Sanford, see forward; Thomas, born January 22, 1798, mar- ried Elizabeth Hovey ; Esther. 1799, married C. S. Hovey ; Rescom, 1801, married Susan Branch ; Sarah, December 9, 1803, married Job Eddy; Nancy, December 29. 1805, married Lemuel Barrows ; she died June, 1896 ; John A., born February 28, 1830, married Mary S. Cardwell. (VIII) Peleg Sanford Coggeshall, eldest child of John Bailey Coggeshall (7), was born in New- port, Rhode Island, August 31, 1795. He received the usual common school education in his native town. He went with his parents to Mansfield. Con- necticut. He was first a farmer, but for many years was engaged in the manufacture of combs in Mans- field, where for many years many comb factories and silk mills have been operated. In his later years he manufactured shoes. He was an active member and deacon of the Baptist Oiurch. He married (first) Nancy Read, who died April, 181 7, leaving no children. He married (second), in 1817, Evelina (Dimmock) Jcnney. widow, daugh- ter of Jonathan Dimmock. He died in 1868, aged seventy-three years. The children of Peleg San- ford and Evelina (Dimmock) Coggeshall, all born in Mansfield, were: i. Philecta Sanford, born Feb- ruary 23, 1820, died May 26, 1851. 2. William San- ford. February 24. 1820. married Matilda .*\. Carey; he died September, i8q6: his children were: Dr. William Coggeshall, born December 26, 1850. died September 7, 1885. at Richmond, Virginia, leaving a son Louis I., born October 19. 1875 : Florence N., born May 16, 185S, at Berckman, married Thomas McDonough Brooks; June 21, 1899. and resides at Wilmette, Illinois. 3. Henry Fayette, of whom later. 4, Newell Judson, December 28, 1830, married .•Msina , August 6, 1854; he died November 14, 1893. Their daughter. Emma A., born August 22, 1857, married Walter J. Smith, Januarv i. 1879, and they have Nellela .'\. Smith, born April 6. 1881. (IX) Henry Fayette Coggshall, third child of Peleg Sanford Coggeshall (8), was born in Mans- field, Connecticut. December 26. 1823. He and his immediate family have not used the "E" in the surname. He attended the common schools of his native town when a boy. .^t the age of fifteen he went to work as a clerk in the general store in Mansfield and remained there three years. Through the kindness of one of the mill proprietors near his- WORCESTER COUNTY 43- home he was instructed in the art of keeping books. His first position as bookkeeper was for the Stone- ville Manufacturing Company at Auburn, Massa- chusetts, five miles from Worcester, for the munificent salary of $ioo for the first year, in addition to his board and lodging. That was the usual salary for a new clerk or bookkeeper at that time. Mr. Coggshall gained the confidence of his employer at the start by his capable handling of their accounts. At the outset he worked day and night until he had taken a trial balance and put the books in good order. He managed to save half his salary the first year. In three years, before he was of age, he had paid a mortgage of $350 on his father's home. In July, 1845, Mr. Ackley of the Stoneville Com- pany leased the cotton mill at Fitchburg known as the 'Stone mill and placed Mr. Coggshall in charge until his brother came to Fitchburg to run the mill. when Mr. Coggshall returned to Auburn. He was attracted by the growing town and had invested his saving in a lot of land on Main street. This lot was the site of the house and store of Lawren Pratt with whom Mr. Coggshall boarded during the three months in which he lived in Fitchburg. A'ichols & Frost's store now stands on this lot. Mr. Coggshall paid down all his savings, $300, and paid the balance in instalments. He had confidence in Fitchburg. Later he bought three acres of land on the other side of the river and built a double house. Then he laid out the land in building lots and sold it. Fitchburg had already felt the effects r.f the railroad connection with Boston and manu- facturing was growing. The little town was pros- perous and attracted Mr, Coggshall as it attracted other ambitious young men. He was with the Stoneville. Company as book- keeper and cashier for seven years. In 1850 he bought an interest in the store of Lawren Pratt and moved to Fitchburg. but he was not satisfied with his experience as a merchant and in six months sold out his interests. He kept books for a year, during 1850 and 1851, for the Putnam Machine Company. In 1851 he commenced his long and honorable career as a railroad official, first with the Fitchburg & Worcester Railroad Company and also after 1864 with the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad Company. He was general ticket agent, freight and passenger agent, respectively. He was treasurer of these companies from 1863 until he resigned in 1871. He was one of the best known railroad men of Massachusetts during the two dec- ades from 1851 to 1871. Mr. Coggshall has been equally prominent as manager and treasurer of the Fitchburg Gas Com- pany. He has been connected with the gas business in Fitchburg from the time the contract was let for the plant. In 1853 Mr. Coggshall was engaged by Levi Benedict, who had the contract for the con- struction of the Fitchburg gas works, to take charge of the work, as he had at the same time the con- tract for the gas works at Jamaica Plain, Massa- chusetts. In December of that year, when the gas works were ready for use, Mr. Coggshall was elected manager and he has been closely connected with the affairs of the gas company ever since. He has been the treasurer since 1866. The capital stock is $60,000. In 1888 the Fitchburg Gas Company bought a majority of the stock of the Wachnsett Electric Light Company, and the united capital be- came $.?85.ooo. Herbert I. Wallace succeeded his father, Hon. Rodney Wallace, as president. The company has paid handsome dividends. In a paper which Mr, Coggshall read at the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the New England Association of Gas Light Engineers at Boston in 1897, he told of the trials and difficulties of the early days of the gas business. The progress then made during his connection with the business is indicated by an extract from this paper : "Now, what do we find has been the progress in the.-e forty-three years of gas manufacturing? In 1853 three iron retorts to a bench, burning off 450 pounds of coal in about five hours with one man on a shift, producing 1,100 feet to a charge. In 1897 six re- torts to a bench, charged with 1,800 pounds of coal and producing 9,000 feet in four hours wiih two men to a shift." And in the past few years the Fitchburg Com- pany has been extending its field and improving its plant like all up-to-date companies. The ad- vances in gas lighting through new methods of production; the improvement and cheapening of gas light with the discovery of the incandescent mantle and the coming into general use of gas for cooking and power, have kept Mr. Coggshall's company growing and expanding rapidly. Mr. Coggshall is perhaps the best known man in the gas business in the state. He has a record of fifty-three years as manager and treasurer of the company. It is be- lieved that his record is the longest of any of- ficial in the business. Yet it should be said here that many men twenty years younger than Mr. Cogg- shall are older physically and mentally than he is. In recent years he seems to have been at his best. He has been trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank since 1866 and a director of the Fitchburg National Bank since 1870. He is a director of the Simonds Manufacturing Company, a large and pros- perous concern in Fitchburg, and was for many years the treasurer also. He was formerly director and treasurer of the Rollslone Machine Company. He is a trustee of the Old Ladies' Home in Fitch- burg. In politics he was first a Whig, and since the Republican party has existed he has affiliated with it. lie served the city as representative to the general court in 1876. For the past ten years he lias Iieen chairman of the park commission. He is a member of the Park Club of Fitchburg. For nearly forty years he has been an active member of the Calvinistic Congregational Church. He has been prominent for many years in the Masonic Fraternity, He was a charter member and junior warden of the Charles W. Moore Lodge, A. F. and .v. M. He belongs to Thomas Royal Arch Chapter of Fitchburg. and to Hiram Council of Worcester. He w^as a charter member and captain general of Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar, of Fitch- burg. Mr. Coggshall has given generously of his large fortune to many charities and public objects. He has been particularly interested in the park system of the city and in anticipating the future needs of Fitchburg in this respect. In 1894 he gave to the city Coggshall Park, which is in line with the memorial gifts, such as the Wallace Library and the Burbank Tlospital. given to Fitchburg by men who made their fortunes in the city and at the same time helped to build up the city. Coggshall Park includes his handsome summer home at Mt. Flam, the use of which he retains during his life. The original size of the estate was cighty-si.x acres. He 44 WORCESTER COUNTY bought seventy- four acres adjoining to form the original park, and in 1896 he bought and gave to the city fifty-two acres more, making in all two hundred and twelve acres in this beautiful subur- ban park. It is an ideal location for a park, the grounds are picturesque and attractive, and it is a favorite resort, especially on Sunday, for those who can appreciate a park. Hundreds of people may be seen in the park every good day during the season. The park is about two miles from the centre of the city and is between South street and Mt. Elani. Mr. Coggshall married (first), December 10, 1846, Sylvania L. Carpenter, daughter of Stephen Carpenter, of Brattleboro, Vermont. She died May 3, 1904. He married (second). December 6, 1904, Carolina T. Wilbur. He has no children. STEPHEN CHAPIN KENDALL. Francis Kendall (i), the immigrant ancestor of Stephen Chapin Kendall, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was born in England. The records give him an alias Miles, and some of his descendants believe that the name was assumed when he left England to avoid the religious examination imposed on emi- grants at that time. His original name was cer- tainly Kendal! and he bore his own name from the first after reaching this country. He settled in Wo- "burn. He was a miller by trade. He was one of the most prominent and influential men of his day. He was in Woburn before 1640 and was admitted a freeman there May 26. 1647. His brother, Thomas Kendall, settled at Reading, not far away, and the children of Thomas Kendall are mentioned in the will of Francis. They were all daughters, so that the various Kendall families trace their ancestry to Francis in every case. Francis was selectman for eighteen years between 1659 and 1688. He was on the committee to lay out land to the proprietors in 1667. He was not always in accord with the Puritan Church, for he was presented by the grand jury in 1671 for refusing to take communion with the Woburn Church. He is also on record as be- ing fined for tardiness at a selectman's meeting in 1674. He served as tithingman in 1676. He was l)orn in England between 1615 and 1620. He dfed in i7aS. His will dated May 9, 1706, mentions wife and children given below. He married, December 24. 1644, Mary Tidd, daughter of John Tidd, of Woburn. She died 1705. Their children wore: John, born May 2, 1646, died 1732, soldier in King Philip's war, 1675; had eleven children, of whom John settled in Dunstable about 1730; married Deborah Richardson, March 25. 1718, and Francis's son John settled in Leominster. Thomas, born January 10, i6.|8-q, died May 26, 1730, aged eighty-one years. Mary, born January 20. 1650-1, married Israel Reed. Elizabeth, born January i.q, 1652-3. died October 16, 1715: married James Peirce. Hannah, born January 26. 1654-5, married William Green. Rebecca, born March 21, 1657-8. married Joshua Eaton. Samuel, born March 8. 1659-60, died 1749. Jacob, born January 25, 1660-1, of whom later. Abigail, born April 6, 1666, married, Mav 24, 16.86, Wijliam Reed. (ID Jacob Kendall, eighth child of Francis Ken- dall (i), was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 26, 1660-1. He settled in Woburn where all Tiis children except the youngest were born. He removed in I7t6 to Billerica, where he lived for a short time. He married twice (first), January 2, 1683-4, Persis Haywood, who died October 19, 1694; (second) Alice 'Temple, January 10, 1694-5. The children of Jacob and Persis Kendall were : Persis. born August 24^ 1685; Jacob (twin), born January 12, 1687, died January 20, 1686-7; Jacob (twin), born January 13, 1686-7, named in the will of his grandfather, Francis Kendall, in 1706, died before April 22, 1714; Joseph, born December 17, 1688, died October 3, 1743; Jonathan, born Novem- ber 2, 1690, died November 11, 1690; Daniel, born October 23, 1691, of whom later. The children of Jacob and Alice Kendall were : Ebenezer, born No- vember 9. 1695 : John, born January 9, 1696-7, died October 17, 1697: Sarah, born July 18, 1698, mar- ried Benjamin Whittemore, of Boston; Esther, born November 20, 1699; Hezekiah, born May 26, 1701 ; Nathan, born December 12, 1702, of whom later; Susanna, born -October 27, 1704; Phebe, born De- cember 19. 1706: David, born September 28, 1708; Ebenezer, born April 5, 1710; Alice, born January 31. 1711-12; Abraham, born April 26, 1712; Jacob, born April 22, 1714, died June I, 1714 ; Persis, born August 23, 1715; Jacob, born at Billerica, July i, 1717. (III) Nathan Kendall, twelfth child of Jacob Kendall (2), was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, December 12, 1702. He was one of the pioneers at Litchfield, New Hampshire, and was for many years a leading citizen. He represented the town in 1744 in a petition to the legislature for a change in boundary lines and other matters. (See page 473, Vol. IX. N. H. Documents.) Among his children were : Nathan, Jr., born 1726, died November 10, 1791 ; removed to Amherst, New Hampshire, between 1747 and 1754; married Rebecca Coburn, 1753. who died in Antrim 1818, aged eighty-eight years ; they had eight children. Amos, signed petitions in Litchfield in 1746. Daniel, born about 1725, of whom later. (IV) Daniel Kendall, son of Nathan Kendall (3). was born in Litchfield, New Hampshire, about 1725. or w-as brought there soon afterward, prob- alily from Woburn, Massachusetts. He was in Cap- tain Goffe's company in the Indian war in 1745. He was on the committee to adjust the claims of revo- lutionary soldiers against the town for unpaid wages or stipend in 1781. Among his children was Jacob, of whom later. (V) Deacon Jacob Kendall, son of Daniel Ken- dall (4), was born in Litchfield, New Hampshire, in 1758. He was a revolutionary soldier, enlisting at Litchfield in 1777 in Ensign David McQuig's company, and again he served in Colonel Went- worth's regiment at Portsmouth in 1779. He was at the battle of Ticonderoga probably. In 1784 he signed a petition for a ferry on the Merrimac river. He settled in Amherst, an adjacent town to his na- tive place, directly after the revolution in 1783. He became a leading citizen of the town and was select- man in T794-95-96-07-08-99-1800-03. The town of Moimt Vernon including the Kendall farm within its bounds was incorporated in 1804, He died in Mount Vernon. June 3. 1823. He married, June 25, 1782, Sarah Jamson, of Amherst. She was born March 20, 1761, and died August TO. 1847. Their children were: Amos, born 1782, died at New Boston, January 12, 1859. Sarah, born January 17, 1784, died September 14, t86i ; married (first) Simeon Flint, August 20, 1804; (sec- ond) Aaron Wilkins, September 16, 1724. Jacob, WORCESTER COUNTY 45- born April 15, 1785. Elizabeth, born August 11. 17S8. Jonathan, born August 11, 1791. married Phebe Flint, 1815, died October 24, 1859. Josiah, of whom later. (Vl) Josiah Kendall, youngest child of Deacon Jacob Kendall (5), was bftrn at Mount Vernon, then Amherst, New Hampshire, January 21, I797- He was a farmer at Mount Vernon during all his active life. He lived for a few years at Antrim, New Hampshire, in the Simon Story house which was built for him. Several of his children lived there also. The children of Josiah and Mary (Lovett) Kendall were: i. John L.. married Chris- tiana Ldvejoy in 185 1 and resided in the Cummings house at Antrim, New Hampshire; he was lost over- board on the Potomac while in the service in the civil war; their children died young. 2. Stephen C.. of whom later. 3. Adoniram J., settled in An- trim, removed to Nashua in 1851 ; lost an arm while using a circular saw in a mill ; married Amanda Abbott, and they had three children: Frank E., born in Antrim, 1851, died young, left a daughter, IMaud ; George Henry, unmarried ; William, unmarried. 4. Elizabeth, died 1852. (VH) Stephen Chapin Kendall, son of Josiah Kendall (6), was born in Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, August 27, 1825. He re- ceived a common school education in his na- tive town and learned the trade of carpenter at Nashua. New Hampshire, where he worked for sev- eral years. He removed to Antrim, New Hamp- shire, in 1849, aid followed his trade there. He was engaged in the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds in the shop now occupied by A. F. True in company with his brother, John L. Kendall, and afterward with Charles E. Jackson. He built part of the shop now standing there. He built for his residence there the house now or lately owned by Lewis Bass. In 1859 he left Antrim to go to Southbridge, Massachusetts, where he assisted in the erection of ^ cotton mill, and he remained there in the cotton manufacturing business four years. He followed his trade as carpenter and builder at Tamworth, New Hampshire for si.x years. He went to Fitch- burg, November 18, 1870, and from 1872 to 1898, a period of nearly seventeen years, he was master mechanic for the Parkhill Manufacturing Company, a position of great responsibility requiring extensive knowledge of mechanics and much skill and ability. He was a constant attendant of the Rollstone Congregational Church, and an active member of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was a worthy and highly esteemed citizen, faithful in all life's various duties and relations. In politics he was a Republican and held the position of road com- missioner several years. He died at the age of seventy-three, ten months and twenty-one days, July 17- 1899- Stephen Chapin Kendal married, June 7, 1848, Alfrcda C. Jackson, daughter of Charles A. Jack- son, of Tamworth, New Hampshire. They had no children, but they lived happily and celebrated their golden wedding, June 7. 1898. They adopted a son, Charles H. Kendall, who married Mary Elizabeth Mcrriam, daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth Mer- riam. and they have a son and two daughters : Charles M., not married : Mrs. C. D. Wilder, whose children are : Jones Warren, Marie, Margaret. Stan- ley Kendall, and Lois Wilder; Mrs. B. F. Wilder, of New York city, whose children are: Robert, Dorothy and Nellie Wilder. Noah Jackson, Sr., son of Joseph Jackson, Jr., brother of Charles A. Jackson, was born October 9, 1795, died December 15, 1868, aged seventy-three years. He married. September 5, 1822, Alfreda Cobb, born September 18, 1799, died November 27, 1877, aged seventy-eight. Children: Elizabeth M. R.,_ born October 11, 1S23, died March 28, 1832. Alfreda N., born January 23, 1826, died March 25, 1887, aeed sixty-one years. Sophia W., born May 13, 1828, died August 29, 1890, aged sixty-two years ; she married W. A. Chamberlain, who died in May, 1890, aged seventy ; they were the parents of eleven children, all deceased but the two youngest, a son and daughter. Harriet A., born February 17, 1830, died September 22, 1894, aged sixty-four years. She married Archy A. MacDonald, who died in 1876. They had four children, two of whom are living, a son, a lawyer, and a daughter. Elizabeth, born April 9, 1832, living at the present time (1906), aged seventy-four years; she married John O'Brien, by whom she had nine children, all of whom are living with the exception of the eldest son ; two sons are ministers and three sons are farmers. Joseph C, born August 9, 1833, now living (1906), aged seventy-three years; married Mary O'Brien, who bore him seven children, three sons of whom are deceased and the other two are farmers in Can- ada. Charles A., born March 5, 1836, died April, 1841. Noah W., born June 30, 1838, now living (1906), married Pauline Adams, to whom were born seven sons and one daughter ; of the seven sons four were doctors, the eldest being now de- ceased, one a civil engineer, one in government em- ploy and one died young. Pauline (Adams) Jack- son died April 22, 1876, and Noah W. Jackson mar- ried (second) Alice Worrell, to whom were born seven children. Charles H., born April 26. 1841. now living (1906), married Ellen Hoskins, who died in 1869; he married (second) Elizabeth M. Quigley. GEORGE S. PIERCE. John Pierce or Pers (l), who is the immigrant ancestor of many of the families of Pierce and Peirce in Worcester county, was the progenitor of George S. Pierce, of Fitch- burg. Mas.sachusctts. , He was born in Norwich, Norfolk county, Eng- land, and was a weaver by trade. He was one of the earliest settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, and was admitted a freeman there March, 1637-8. His will was dated March 4. T667-8, and he died August 19, 1661. His widow Elizabeth died March 12. 1666-7. Her will dated March 5. and proved April 2. 1667, mentions her son Anthony, son Robert, son John, granddaughters Mary and Esther Ball, children of her dau.ghter Elizabeth; daughters Esther Morse and Mary Coldham ; John, son of Anthony ; and Judah. daughter of Robert. The children of John and Elizabeth Pierce were: .'\nthony. of whom later; John, born in England; Robert, horn 1620, in England: Barbara, born in England; Judith, born in England, married, at Wo- burn. January 30. 1644-5, Francis Wyman ; Mary, married Ball : Esther, married Morse. (II) Anthony Pierce, son of John Pierce (i), was born in England in 1609 and came to America before his father. He was admitted a freeman at Watertown. Massachusetts. September 3, 1634, and is the progenitor of most of the early families 46 WORCESTER COUNTY of this surname in and about Watertown, VValtham, Weston, Lincoln and Lexington. His homestead ■was on the north side of the road from Cambridge to Watertown, west of the house of John Stowers, •which was afterwards the parsonage. His sons, Joseph and Benjamin Pierce, lived there after him. He married (first) Sarah . He married (second) about 1638, Anne . He died May 9, 1678. His will was dated September 6, 1671. His widow died January 20, 1682-3. The children of Anthony and Sarah Pierce were : John, eldest, married Ruth (Bishop) FuHer, daughter of Na- thaniel Bishop, and widow of William Fuller; Mary, born October 20, 1633 ; Mary, born 1636, married Ralph Read, son of William and Mabel Read, of Watertown; Jacob, born September 15, 1637; Daniel, of whom later; Martha, born April 24, 1641 ; Jo- seph, admitted a freeman April l8, l6go; Benjamin, admitted freeman April 18, 1690; Judith, born July 18, 1650, married, February 1666-7, John Sawin. (HI) Daniel Pierce, fifth child of Anthony Pierce (2), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, January I, 1639-40. He married Elizabeth , and they settled in Groton, Massachusetts, where five of their children were born. They had to leave on account of the Indian troubles in King Philip's war, and they were in Watertown again in 1681. They joined the church there January 16. ]686. He was a weaver by trade as well as a farmer. His will was proved in 1723, the year of his death. The children of Daniel and Elizabeth Pierce were: Elizabeth, born May 16, 1665, married. Octo- ber 17, 1684. Isaac Mixer, Jr. ; Daniel, born No- vember 28. l666, married Abigail ; John, born August 18, 1668, baptized at Watertown, January 16, 1686; Ephraim, of whom later; Josiah. born May 2, 1675, probably died young; Joseph, born Decem- ber 30, 1678. married Mary Warren ; Abigail, born January 3, 1681, died unmarried 1723: Hannah, born 1685. baptized January 16, 1686; Benjamin, bap- tized January 16. 1686; Mary, married • • Scripture. (IV) Ephraim Pierce, fourth child of Daniel Pierce (3), was born at Groton. Massachusetts, •October 15, 1673. He married Mary Whitney, who was born July I. 1675, and died December 29, 1749. They settled in Groton, where he died February 27, 1740-*. He was one of the first settlers of the town of Lunenburg. He owned lot No. 68 and he was the first selectman elected in the town in 1728. The children of Ephraim and Mary Pierce were: Marv. born .-Vugust 9, :6g6, married, March 17, 1719-20. Josiah Farnsworth : Elizabeth, born July 24. 1698, married December 24. 1723. Thomas Far- well ; Ephraim ; Sarah, born March 8. 1702. married, October 27. 1720. Jonathan Parker; both died Sep- tember 21, 1723; David, born May 23. 1704. married, June 15, 1725. Elizabeth Bowers; Jonathan, born April 15. 1706. died September 13, 1723; Simon, born October 15. 1707. married. May 26, 1737, Susanna Parker ; resided in Groton ; Abigail, born Novem- ber 20, 1710. married. 1735, Ezra Farnsworth : Lydia, born November 20, 1713, died September 24, 1723. (V) Ephraim Pierce, third child of Ephraim Pierce (4). was born in Groton. Massachusetts, November 12, 1700. married, October 30, 1721, Esther Shedd, who died June 28, 1768. He married (sec- ond), January 12, 1773, Mrs. Huldah (Martyn) Weatherbee. They resided in Lunenburg. He was deacon of the Congregational Church there. He died in 1781. The children of Ephraim and Esther Pierce were: Esther, born May 29, 1722, married, Octo- ber 17, 1740, Benjamin Gould; Jonathan, born No- vember 29, 1724, married, February 4, 1745, Sarah Dodge; Ephraim, born March 13, 1726, married (first) Sarah Norcross and (second) Olive Good- ridge, of Lincoln; Amos, born July 8, 1729, died January 11, 1741 ; Sarah, born November 27, 1731, married, January 25, 1749, John Lovejoy; Mary, born March 5, 1733, married, November 28. 1754, Phineas Hartwell, of Lunenburg; Benjamin, born June 3, 1736, died December 23. 1757; Prudence, born February 6, 1738, married, September 6, 1762, Reuben Smith; Oliver, born July 17, 1741, married, May 19, 1768, Mary Smith; Keziah, born December 4, I74,v rficd September 18, 1746; Elizabeth, born November 25, 1746, married, November 19, 1766, Jacob Steward. (VI) Oliver Pierce, ninth child of Ephraim Pierce (5), was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, July 17, 1741, married, May 19. 1768. Mary Smith, who was born in 1751 and died in 1827. He died March 6, 1815. They resided at Lunenburg. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Benjamin Flagg's company April 19, 1775; in Captain Joseph Warren's company and Lieutenant (Tolonel Whcelock's regiment in 1777 with the northern army. The children of Oliver and Mary Pierce were : Oliver, born March 8. 1769, married, October 27. 1791, Hannah Davis; Polly, born May 5, 1771, mar- ried. February ii, 1790, Nathan Adams, Jr.; Na- thaniel, born June i, 1773, died young; Benjamin, born May 19. 1775, married .'Abigail Devoll, died in Leominster, June 3. 1846; Nathaniel, born October 8. 1778. niarried (first) Judith Kendall; (second) Zebia Smallpeace; (third) Visa (Clark) Knight: John, of whom later; Betsey, born November 9. 1789. married Billings, of Lunenburg. (VII) John Pierce, sixth child of Oliver Pierce (6), was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 18. 1787, married, November 28. 1816, Esther Smith, who was born in 1782 and died March 10, 18,^0: married (second), July 13, 1831, Sarah (Tyler) Smith, who was born 1794 and died May 27. i860. He died November 12, 1867. They re- sided at Limenburg. The children of John and Esther Pierce were: Betsey, born February 2, 1818, died unmarried at Lunenburg: Mary, born March 2, l8ig. married. .\pril 21. 1853, David S. Jewett; she died in Fitch- burg. i860, leaving two children; Benjamin, boni July 27, 1820: Joseph, born May 17, 1822, marrieil Almira Burrell ; Nathaniel, born March 20, 1824, niarried. September 23, 1874. Melinda Willard ; he died March 22, 1828; resided at /Xshburnham ; no issue ; Otis, born November 16, 1826, married Mary King, died December 25, 1903. The children of John and Sarah Pierce were : Martha A., born 1832. died unmarried July 3, 1863; George S., of whom later. (VIII) George S. Pierce, youngest child of John Pierce (7), was born at Lunenburg, July 9, 1833. He was born and brought up on the old Pierce homestead and lived on it until 1871, when he re- moved to Fitchburg. Fie attended the public schools and the academy in Lunenburg. He was a pros- perous farmer. After his removal to Fitchburg he devoted his time to the care of his real estate. He built a number of houses for investment in Fitch- burg. His residence on Beacon street, which he erected soon after coming to Fitchburg, was burned WORCESTER COUNTY 47 Marcli l6. 1897. and re-i)i!ilt sliortly liefore his death. Mr. Pierce acquired a competence liy i)rudence and wise investments. He was a Republican in politics and a Unitarian in religion. He died at Fitchburg, October 23, 1898. He married, March 20, 1872. Mary B. Houghton, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Bruce) Houghton, of Lunenburg. Their children : Jonas S., resides in Fitchburg and is engaged in the real estate and in- surance business ; Halbert E., graduate of Brown University, 1902, and engaged in business in Bos- ton ; Martha Alberta, died young. COOK FAMILY. Gregory Cook (i), immi- grant ancestor of George Albert Cook, of Lunen- burg, Massachusetts, was doubtless born in Eng- land, about 1625. He was a cordwainer or shoe- maker by trade. He came to this country about 1660, and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He bought land there in 1665 of Abraham Williams, in- cluding a mansion house on the highway from Wa- tertown to Roxbury, alongside land of Edward Jackson, Sr., and the Dummer farm, near what is now Newton Centre, near the Watertown line. In 1672 he bought the Dummer farm. or one hundred and twelve acres of it, adjoining his own farm, part in Cambridge, part in Water- town. Cook's mansion house was torn down in 182,5 ; it was located on a lot of sixteen acres of land, bought in 1668 of Samuel Hyde, and located on the East Dedham highway west of Edward Jackson, Sr.'s place. The homestead was handed down to his son, Stephen Cook, who probably lived in it. The last owner in the Cook family was Captain Phineas Cook. Later it was owned by Captain Nutting and Nathaniel Brackett. He was a promijicnt man in public life. He was constable in Cambridge Village in 1667, selectman of Mendon 1669 to 1670, and proprietor of forty acres of land there, but though his posterity appears to have been numerous in Mendon and vicinity, he did not stay long. He was selectman of Watertown in 167.V78-79-81-84. He was on a coroner's jury in Watertown June 15, 1674. He died January I, 1691. His son Stephen administered the estate. The inventory gave the value of the estate as one hun- dred and ninety-one pounds. He married (first) Mary . who died August 17. 1681. He married (second) Susan Goodwin, widow, November I, i68r, and after his death she married (third), September 15, 1691, Henry Spring. The names of only two children are known, viz. : I. Susanna (see Newton records for note of birth), died at Watertown, November 1,3, 1674. 2. Stephen, see forward. (II) Stephen Cook, son of Gregory Cook (1), was born presumably in England, 1647, and was brought to Cambridge, where his parents settled when he was an infant. He lived on the line be- tween Watertown and Newton, then Cambridge, and it is difficult to know whether he was a resident of Watertown or Cambridge and where his children were born. He married, 1679, Rebecca Flagg. daughter of Thomas Hagg. "They were admitted to the church of Rev. Mr. Bailey in full communion, March 4. 1687-8. She died June 20, 1721, and he died at Newton, 1738, aged ninety-one years. The children of Stephen and Rebecca Cook were: I. Mary, born December 2, 1681, baptized at Water- town, April 15, 1688. 2. Stephen, see forward. 3. Isaac, born April 28, 1685. 4. John, born March 15. 1686-87, settled in Preston, Connecticut. 5. James, born January 23. 1688-89. 6. Sanmel, born December 3, 1690, settled Windham, Connecticut. 7. Peter, born August 10, 1692. 8. Daniel, married, 1722, Mary Jackson, daughter of .■\braham Jackson. (III) Stephen Cook, Jr.. son of Stephen Cook (2), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 9. 16S3. He settled in Watertown and was a miller by trade. His will, dated 1757 and proved 1761, confirms to his son John house, land and grist mill previously described in a deed of gift; be- queaths a farm at Framingham to his son James. The executors were his son John and son-in-law, John Dix. His wife's will also names the children. He married Hannah Fuller, daughter of Joshua Fuller, Sr., and their children, all born at Water- town, were i. Mary, born January 9, 1706, married, September 8, 1726. . 2. Hannah, born October 3, 1709, married, November 20, 1729, Samuel Dix. 3. James, see forward. 4. Peter, born April 26, 1716. 5. Susannah, born October 23, 1717, married, Sep- tember 25. 1741, . 6. .Abigail, born .August 7, 1721, married William Gamage, Jr. 7. John, born March 31, 1724- (IV) James Cook, son of Stephen Cook, Jr. (3). was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, March 3, 1714, died at Newton. His father left him a farm at Framingham and he lived there after his marriage until 1747, when he returned to Newton. His first six children were born in Framingham and the other six at Newton. He married, in Newton, November 24, 1737, Lydia Fiske, who died March 9, 1759. He married (second), September 21, 1759, Mary Foster. Children of James and Lydia Cook were: I. Jonathan, born December 3, 1738, married Lydia Bacon. 2. Lydia, born January 22, 1740. 3. Stephen, born June 24, 1741. 4. Enoch, see forward. 5. Zebediah Fiske. born February 26. 1746. 6. Eliza- beth, born July 6, 1748, married William Badlam, of Sherborn. 7. Mary, born June 16, 1750, died November 8, 1750. 8. Rebecca, born June 18. 1753, married William Flagg. 9. Esther, born May 4, 1755. 10. James, born January 8, 1758. The chil- dren of James and Mary Cook were: 11. Hannah, born June 8, 1760. 12. Peter, born December 10, 1764. (V) Enoch Cook, son of James Cook (4), was born at Newton, Massachusetts, January 4, 1744. He lived in Newton until 1770, when he went to Groton and settled. He was a soldier in the rev- olution, with the rank of sergeant in the company of Captain John Sawtelle and regiment of Colonel James Prcscott on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775- This company was raised in Groton and Pepperell, Massachusetts. He was also in Captain Edmund Longley's company. Colonel Cogswell's regiment, in 1778, detached to guard and fortify posts at and about Boston. He married Mary Foster, 1765. llieir children, born at Newton, were: I. Lydia, born January 29, 1765-66. 2. Samuel, see forward. 3. Mary, born March 26. 1769. The pre- ceding were born at Newton, the following at Groton: 4. Enoch. Jr.. born November 15, 1771. 5. John, born April 16. 1774. (VI) Samuel Cook, son of Enoch Cook (s), was born at Newton, Massachusetts, March 12, 1767. He was an infant when the family removed to Groton. He lived in Groton until 1808, when he settled in Lunenburg, where he bought the Abel Page place, March 21, 1808, of Joshua Longley, of Shirley, agent for the heirs of Page. The farm 48 WORCESTER COUNTY consisted of one hundred and eighty acres of land in the northeast part of the town, with house, barn and other buildings. Samuel also owned land in Shirley. He made his will December 6, 1848, and died in 1859. He bequeathed to his wife Dolly, and son Abel, who was to care for his invalid brother Edward all his life. Abel had the homestead on Hunting Hill, Lunenburg. He married, April 23, 1797, at Peppercll, Sarah Green, of the Groton fam- ily of Green to which Dr. Samuel A. Green, of Bos- ton, the author, historian of Groton, librarian, be- longs. Their children were: I. Daughter, died of influenza at Lancaster, October 13, 1807. 2. Abel, see forward. 3. Edward, invalid, died unmarried. (VH) Abel Cook, son of Samuel Cook (.6), was born at Groton, Massachusetts, May 24, 1807. He was a farmer and succeeded to the homestead and estate of his father. He lived and died in Lun- enburg. He married Betsey Robinson, 1834, daugh- ter of Ebenezer and Betsey (Harrington) Robin- son, of Lunenburg. Children of Abel and Betsey Cook were: i. George Albert, see forward. 2. Harriet Elizabeth, born July 19, 1839, married Al- bert Sanderson, son of Jesse and Marilla Sanderson, April 19, 1859. 3. Aionzo, born February 20, 1843, died April 8, 1847. 4. Ada Augusta, born June 18, 184s, died March 25, 1847. 5. Adelaide Augusta, born August 19, 1847, married Edwin Lewis Fair- banks, in Fitchburg, August 7, 1872. Abel Cook married (second) Lucy Kilburn, daughter of David and l.ucy (Pingree) Kilburn, 1849. Their children: 6. Aionzo Baxter, born April 25, 1850. 7- HUa Pingree, born November 5, 1853. (Vni) George Albert Cook, son of Abel Cook (7), was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Au- gust I, 1835. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town, and during his youth assisted his father on the homestead. He learned the trade of cooper and worked fir^t for Augustus Jewett, of Pepperell, then for Powers & Adams, of Townsend, where he lived until the lat- ter part of 1858, when he returned to Lunenburg. Much of the time since then he has been in the em- ploy of Augustus Taylor, who owns an extensive cooperage works at Lunenburg, near Hunting Hill, where Mr. Cook resides. He has an attractive home on the old homestead where his grandfather settled a hundred years ago. He is a Republican in poli- tics and attends the Congregational Church. Mr. Cook married (first), August 10, 1856, Ann Maria Spaulding, daughter of Henry and Betsey (Farrar) Spaulding, of Townsend. She was born May 23, 1835. died August 5, 1858. Her father was a niiller by trade and a successful dealer in feed and grain at Townsend. He married (second), Novem- ber 29, i860, Lydia Spaulding Adams, daughter of Edward Gary and Martha (Spaulding) Adams. She was born November 30, 1827. The children of George Albert and Ann Cook were': i. Henry Al- bert, born in Townsend, May 26. 1857, married Emma J. Daniels, of Brookline, New Hampshire, and their children were — Lena Edward. Albert Spaulding. George Henry. 2. Abel Franklin, died in infancy. DR. ERNEST PARKER MILLER. The immi- grant ancestor of Dr. Ernest Parker Miller, of Fitchburg. settled in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. The family records begin with John Miller, born in Rehoboth, August 3, 1725. The name of his father is not known but it seems probable that his grand- father was Robert Miller, son of John Miller, Sr., of Rehoboth. (I) John Miller, Sr,, was in Rehoboth as early as 1643. He was a town officer in 1648. His chil- dren were : Robert, born probably about 1643, and probably other older children ; Hannah, December 23, 1653; Sarah, October 15, 1655; Samuel, Octo- ber 5, 1658; Joseph. August, 1660; Benjamin, Sep- tember 22, 1662. John Miller, Sr. was cousin and heir of Thomas ]\Iillard, of Boston, in 1669. The name Millard is to be found on the Rehoboth records side by side with Miller, spelled Millerd usually. (II) Robert Miller, believed to be son of John Miller (i), born in England probably about 1640, married Elizabeth Saben, of Rehoboth, December 24, 1662. He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1675. Their children, all born in Rehoboth, were : Elizabeth, born February 5, 1663-4; Robert, June 12, 1666; Nchemiah, June 8. 1668; Josiah, July 26, 1670; Nathaniel, March 31, 1672, married Ruth Chase, of Newbury, Massachusetts, May 20, 1716; Solomon, May 6, 1674; ]\Iary, June 14. 1680; Sarah, Septem- ber 26, 1684; Experience, May 20, 1687. (III) Robert Miller, son of Robert Miller (2), was born June 12. 1666. It remains to be proved that he is the father of the John Miller who was born August 3. 1725. in Rehoboth. One of his brothers may be the father. (IV) John Miller, grandson of Robert Miller (2), of Rehoboth. and ancestor of Dr. Ernest P. Miller, of Fitchburg. was born in Rehoboth, Massa- chusetts, August 3. 1725. and died there September 7, 1797. He married Martha , born August 5, 1723, died May 23, 1804. They had a son Robert, of whom later. (V) Robert Miller, son of John Miller (4), was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. November 2. 1753. died June 28. 1830. in Vermont. He mar- ried Mary Perry, born September 6, 1762. died Junq 19- 1853- He was a soldier in the revolution. He removed to Westminster. Vermont, and his farm there was on the west road (near the residence of Freeman Gorham). He was the father of twelve children, all born at Westminster, Vermont, as fol- lows: Toby (?), born August 27, 1782, died March I, 1873, at Londonderry, Vermont; Polly, March 22, 1784. died October i, 1865: John (twin). March 22, 17S6. died December 19. 1867: Jabez (twin), March 22. 1786; Sally. April 9. 1788, died October 23, 1806; Cynthia. July 14, 1790, died August 8, 1865; Jesse, September 19. 1792, died 1875: Robert R., Novem- ber 30. 1794. died in 1890; Sophia, October 15. 1796, died 1890 ; Fylindia, August 12, 1799, died Decem- ber r. 1877; Ophia. November 11, 1801 ; Belal, July 31. iSo^. died February 9. 1881. (VI) John Miller, son_ of Robert Miller (5), was born in Westminster, Vermont. March 20, 1786. died there December 19, 1867. He settled on a farm on the west road where Coren Goodell now or lately lived. He married Betsev Robinson, daugh- ter of Nathaniel Robinson. She was descended from George Abbott, of Yorkshire, England, one of the first settlers of Andover. Massachusetts. Their children were: Alfred, born March 15. 1815, died November 15. 1877: Lucy, married Lyman Ranncv : John : Betsey, married Ebenezer Hall ; Pat- terson ; Wealthy, never married ; Reuben, married Martha Goodhue. (VII) Dr. Alfred Miller, son of John Miller (6). and grandson of Robert Miller, was born in WORCESTER COUNTY 49 \Vc^tminste^. Vermont, March ij. 1815. He pur- sued his preparatory studies in the public schools of Westminster and Bernardston. Vermont, and was graduated from Middlebury College in 1S40. While reading for his profession he taught school for a number of years. He studied with Dr. Alfred Hitch- cock and at the medical school in Woodstock. Ver- mont, where he was graduated in 1844. In the fol- lowing years he entered upon the practice of his profession in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1862, when he settled in Fitch- burg, Massachusetts. He was a skillful physician and highly respected by all who knew him. He was a leading citizen as well as a popular and suc- cessful doctor. He was repeatedly elected a mem- ber of the school committee and to other offices of trust and honor. He represented the tow-n in the general court in 1866 and 1876. He was emi- ncnily successful in his practice in Fitchburg. He died there November 15. 1877, aged si.xty-two years. He married, December 28, 1847, Elsie L. Kibling. born March 23, 1826, daughter of Francis Kibling. Their children were : Alfred M.. born October 13. 1849, died October 20, 1849 ; Ernest Barker, Janu- ary 4, 1851; Alice, April 20, 1855, graduate of Fitch- burg high school, 1873, Vassar College, 1876 ; mar- ried Clarence W. Spring, physician, resides in Fox street, Fitchburg: Emma Louise, November 26, 1857, married, October, 1878, George H. Crocker, has son, Samuel E. M. Crocker : Margaret Fiske, March 8. 1868; Alfred Kibling, March 31, 1870, married Dorothy McTaggart, of Fitchburg ; she is one of the leading contralto soloists of Worcester; he is in the automobile business in Worcester, Massachusetts. Francis Kibling, son of John Kibling, married. February 23, 1825, Waity Lawrence, daughter of Moses Lawrence. John Kibling was son of Deacon Jacob Kibling. The latter was very prommcnt in Ashburnham. He was selectman, deacon of the Baptist Church, revolutionary soldier : he removed to Stafford. Vermont, where he died 1839. He mar- ried. February 21, 1777. Sarah Coolidgc, daughter of Elisha Coolidge, of .Ashburnham. Jacob Kibling, father of Deacon Jacob, was one of the German emigrants, and an early settler of the town. He was born in Germany in 1722 and removed to Ash- burnham in T75S, being one of the seven original proprietors of the Lexington grant. He settled on land since known as the Constantinc farm, and exchanged farms with Jacob Constantinc and removed to the farm now or lately owned by Alden B. Marble. He was a man of recognized character and ability: was selectman nine vears. He married Catharine Wolfe. He died April 4. 1777: she died at the home of one of her children in Vermont, March 28. 1821, aged ninety-one years: they had nine children. (Vlin Dr. Ernest Parker Miller, son of Dr. Alfred Miller (7), was born in Ashburnham, Massa- chusetts, January 4, 1851. He attended the public schools of his native town and Fitchburg, and grad- uated from the high school of the latter town in 1868. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1872 and spent the two following years as assistant teacher of the Fitchburg high school. He then entered the Harvard Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1877. He was house officer in the Massachusetts General Hospital for a year, after which he came to Fitchburg and took up Iiis father's practice. For twenty-eight years he has been en- iv — 4 gaged in practice at Fitchburg ancf he is one of the leaders of his profession. He was medical examiner for the county from 1877 to 1891. when the election of a Democratic governor caused a change in the 1 ffice. Dr. Miller is a Republican. He was city physician in 1878 and in 1883. Since 1884 he has liccn a member of the examining board for the United States pension bureau. He is surgeon at the Burbank Hospital. He is a member of the Worces- ter North District and Massachusetts Medical So- ciety. He belongs to the Park Club. He married, October 22, 1878, Myra B. Richard- son. Their children are: Richard Henry, born in Fitchburg, October 11, 1884. graduate of Harvard University, 1905 ; master in the Groton school ; Elsie Lawrence, April 10. 1SS6, graduate of Fitchburg high school, 1904, Vassar College, class of 1908; Ernest Parker, Jr., January 28, 1S90, is in Fitch- burg high school ; Wyman Richardson, July 23, 1892. LUNT FAMILY. Henry Lunt (i), the immi- grant ancestor of Henry T. Page, of Fitchburg, through his mother, Susan Maria (Lunt) Page, sailed from England in the "Mary and John" of London, March 26, 1633; settled in 'Newbury, Mass- achusetts, 1635, and was admitted a freeman there May 2, 1638. He was one of the proprietors. He died July 10, 1662; his will was proved September 30, 1662. His widow Anna married (second) Joseph Hills, previously of Maiden, Massachusetts. (See Hills Family). Henry Lunt is believed to be the son of Henry Lunt, in England. He is buried in the graveyard of the First Parish Church at New- buryport. Children of Plenry and Anna Lunt : I. Sarah, born November 8, 1639. 2. Daniel, men- tioned below. 3. John, born November 30, 1643. 4. Priscilla, February 16, 1646. 5. Mary, July 13. 1648. 6. Elizabeth, December 29, 1650. 7. Ensign Henry, February 20, 1653. (II) Daniel Lunt, second child of Henry Lunt (l), born in Newbury, Ivlassachusctts, May 17, 1641, married, May 16, 1664, Hannah Coker, daughter of Robert Coker. She was born January 15, 1645, and died January 29, 1679, aged Lliirty-four years. He married (second) Mary Moody, granddaughter of Captain John Cutting, a very prominent pioneer of Watertown and Ncwburyport. Daniel Lunt died January 26, 1702. Children of Daniel and Hannah Lunt : I. Hannah, born May 17, 1665. 2. Daniel, May I, 1667. 3. Henry, mentioned below. 4. John, January 10, 1672. 5. Sarah, June 18, 1674. 6. Mary, July 24, 1677. Children of Daniel and Mary Lunt: 7. Joseph. March 4. 1681. 8. ,'\nna, January 28, 1683. g. Benjamin, March 15, 1686. (HI) Henry Lunt, Jr., son of Daniel Lunt (2), was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, June 23, 1669. His children: i. Daniel, born June 15, 1695. .2. Benjamin, June 21, 1700. 3. Henry. 4. Johnson. August 12, 1704. 5. Abner. 6. Sarah. (IV) Abner Lunt, son of Henry Lunt, Jr., (3). born in Newburyport, 1706; married. May 6, 1726. Hannah Slickney. Their children. i. Hannah, February 17, 1727. 2. Sarah, September 14, 1730. 3. Abner. (V) Abner Lunt, son of Abner Liuit (4), born in Newburyport, July 25, 1732; married, April 19, 1751, Miriam, daughter of Benjamin Coffin; she was born August 22, 1732, descendant of Tristani Cof- fin, the pioneer ancestor of the Coffin family of that section. (Miriam 5; Benjamin, 4; Stephen, 3; Tristam, Jr., 2; Tristam,i). Abner Lunt died at so WORCESTER COUNTY sea, aged fifty-five. She died March 7, 1787. Their ■children: i. Abner, born October 29, 1751 ; 2. Miriam, February 9, 1754; 3. Jacob; 4. Micajah. (VI) Micajah Lunt, youngest child of Abner Lunt (5), born at Newburyport, November 9, 1764; married Sarah Giddings, June II, 1792. She was the daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Lord) Giddings, and granddaughter of Lieutenant Daniel Giddings, who served in the capture of Louisburg in 1744. The father of Lieutenant Giddings was William Gid- dings, judge of probate in Essex county. Micajah Lunt died August 30, 1840, aged seventy-five years. -Sarah, his wife, born August 13, 1765, died January 5, 1827. Their children: I. William, born 1794. 2. Micah, April 22, 1796. 3. William. January i, 1798. 4. Sarah Lord, October 6, 1800. 5. Mary Coffin, November 9, 1802. 6. George, March 7, 1805. 7. Hannah Giddings, March 25, 1S07. 8. Su- san Maria, mentioned below. 9. Jacob William, Jan- uary 20, 1829. Micajah Lunt married (second) Sarah B., daughter of Edmund Sweet; she was born June 13, 1793, died September 2, 1876. (VII) Susan Maria Lunt, daughter of Micajah Lunt, (6), born in Newburyport, June 5, i8ti, died February ,5, 1887; married, December 16, 1832, David P. Page, mentioned above. WHITIN FAMILY. Nathaniel Whitin (i), the Immigrant ancestor of the Whitin family of Whit- insville, Ma.ssachusctts, was born in l6og, in Eng- land, lie is mentioned in the will of his grand- father, John Smith, who bequeathed to his mother, Sarah (Smith) -Wliiting, lands in Hoxdcn, Middle- sex county, England. He had a brother, Samuel Whiting, also mentioned in this will. Nathaniel Whiting came first to Lynn as early as 1638, when he was a proprietor of that town. In the first records his name is spelled Whiting, Whyting and Whitinge, most of tlie descendants having used the form Whiting. He reinovcd to Dedham a few years after he came to New England and was a proprietor there in 1640. He was admitted to the church, July 30, 1641, and was made a freeman, May 18, 1642. He died at Dedham, January 15, 1682-83. His will was dated May 15, 1677, and proved April 19, 1683. He gave his whole estate to his wife Hannah to distribute at her discretion. The widow died November 4, 1714, aged cighty- jiine years. He married, November 4. 1643, Hannah D wight, daughter of John and Hannah Dwight, of Dedham, progenitors of a famous old family. She came to Dedham from England with her parents and broth- ers John and Timothy. Her father was at Water- town in 1635, removed to Dedham, was admitted a freeman March 13, 1638-39, owned half the water- mill. Nathaniel Whiting was also a miller. His -, Knights Templar. He is a member of the Tatnuck and Grafton Country Clubs. He is best known outside the textile business in the vicinity of Whitinsville and Rockdale for his connection with the Republican party. He is chairman of the Repulilican town committee of Northbridge and ^n active and earnest supporter of Republican poli- cies and candidates. He has served the town for many ycar.s as selectman and in other positions of trust and responsibility. He married Cora Berry, daughter of Scotto Berry, whose ancestor settled in Framingham, Massachusetts, among the early settlers. Their children: l. Paul, born September 22, 1876. assist- ant treasurer of Paul Whitin Manufacturing Co. 2. Florence, born 187S, married Theophilus Par- sons, of Hempstead, Long Island; have two chil- dren : Theophilus, Jr. and Paul Whitin Parsons. 3. Marion Lovett, resides at home. 4. Marjorie Swift, resides at home. 5. Richard Courtney. (VII) Albert H. Whitin, son of James F'letcher Whitin (6), was educated in the public schools of his native town. Mr. Whitin preferred the study of art and literature to business and has devoted much of his time to this purpose. He spends a large part of his time abroad. He is an Episco- palian in religion. He has never married. (VII) James Earle Whitin, son of George Whitin (7), and grandson of James Fletcher Whitin (6), was born in North Uxbridge, Massachusetts, August 14. 1879. He attended the public schools of his native town and St. Mark's School at South- borough, Massachusetts. He graduated at Phil- lips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and finished his education with a course at the Philadelphia Textile School. In 1900 he entered his grand- father's mill at North Uxbridge (Rogerson Village) and started to learn the fundamental principles of cotton manufacturing. He passed from one depart- ment to another, mastering one by one the prob- lems of the work and the details of the business, and has recently been elected president and treas- urer of the corporation. He belongs to the Winter Club and Auto Club of Worcester. He married, June 6, 1905, in Worcester, Edge- worth P. Whittall, daughter of Matthew J. Whit- tall, the carpet manufacturer. THE VILLAGE OF WHITINSVILLE. In that part of the town of Northbridge, Worcester county, Massachusetts, which lies not far from LLxbridge and Douglas, is the village of Whitins- ville, constituting in wealth and population the most important part of the town. It was about 1S28 that the name was given by the postoffice department to the thriving settlement located at the falls of the Manchaug or Mumford river; being given in honor of the family which was then, as it has continued to be, the essential part of the economic, political and social life of the community. The founder of the family and of the industry which called the village into being was Colonel Paul Whitin. who was born in Roxbury, but came to Worcester county with his mother at an early age. His mother was a niece of David Draper, of Uxbridge, at whose home she presumably met her second husband. The story of the establishment of the Whitin indus- tries will be given under the sketches of Colonel Whitin, his sons and grandsons. The following sketch of the business and the village is froni the October number of the "Engineering Magazine" for 1896, "The history of the Whitin concern as here sketched, gives strong indications of the Whitin characteristics of fair dealing and consideration of the rights of others, which alone could make the long continued and amicable association of Colonel Paul Whitin and his sons, and their sons and their sons' sons, so that now the fourth generation of the- family is in control of the great business which has grown up from small beginnings in the little iron works at the falls of Mumford river at the place commonly called Masconsapong, Except in its fierce and uncompromising disapproval of Mcdford rum and all allied beverages which make it impossible to alleviate a nineteenth-century normal thirst in Whitinsville of to-day by open purchase, the Whitin character is marked by a spirit of broad toleration in all directions — a full and generous interpreta- tion of the rights of others, no matter how inde- pendent their position, or how feeble their powers for the maintenance of those rights. "The one other marked trait of the Whitin character is a love of beautiful surroundings, which found expression in the castellated architecture of the 1847 shops, the half-octagon eastern end of the "New Shop" of 1864. fine terracing and landscape efTects produced on the south end of the hill, just across the road north of the shops and^ in full view of the shop windows on that side, and in the streets and public buildings of the town. The natural beauties of Whitinsville were very great, and they have been preserved and added to by irregular streets, ornamental stone retaining walls and bridges, and the preservation of trees, which our simian an- cestry makes us ever regard as symbols of home and rest, so that Whitinsville is everywhere pleas- ing to the eye of the beholder. * * * "The Whitin concern owns a very large amount of land, and has about six himdrcd tenements, us- iiallv in the form of ale, by all-rail shipment, and Garfield & Proctor were quick to avail themselves of its advantages. They received the first coal shipped through the tunnel, direct from the mines, by all-rail transpor- tation to eastern Massachusetts, and soon succeeded in building up a large wholesale trade on the tunnel line. Jn 1876 the firm secured extensive wharf ac- commodations at New Bedford, with facilities for discharging and storing coal, whereby they were enabled to extend their business as shippers and wholesale dealers throughout southeastern 2\Iassa- chusetts. The firm of Garfield & Proctor continued as a copartnership until 1S88, when the business was in- corporated under the name of the Garfield & Proctor Coal Company, and the wholesale department of the business was soon afterward transferred from F'itch- burg to Boston, where it is still carried on ; while the retail business was continued in F'itchburg un- til 1896, when it was sold to the Union Coal Com- pany, of which John Thompson became manager and George N. Proctor president. For thirty years the name of Garfield & Proctor had been a familiar one on the streets of Fitchburg, and the firm had held an honorable position among the business in- terests of the city. When the Garfield & Proctor Coal Company was incorporated in 1888 Mr. Gar- field became a director and served as its president till 1893, when declining further service as presi- dent, he was succeeded by George N. Proctor, who served in that capacity until 1906, when he disposed of his interest in the company, and Mr. Garfield again accepted the position of president. William E. Macurda has been treasurer of the company from its incorporation, and other directors have been W. ^I. W. Spring, who sold his interest in 1905, and Wendell F. Pray, who has also been with the com- pany from its incorporation. ^Ir. Garfield has various other business interests. He has been a director in the Orswell (cotton) Mill Company of Fitchburg from its incorporation in 1887, is also a director in the Nockage (cotton) Mill Company of Fitchburg, and was for several years president of the- Sawyer Tool Manufacturing Company of that city. He is a director and treas- urer of the Brown Bag Filling Machine Company, a corporation for the manufacture of an ingenious machine for the packeting of seeds. These machines are leased to the various seed companies throughout the country for use in packeting their seeds for mar- ket. By the use of this device the Brown Company have been able to secure important contracts with the United States department of agriculture for putting up seeds for the annual congressional seed distri- bution. Mr. Garfield is a director in the Safety F~und National Bank of Fitchburg, a position which he has held since 1881. He was elected trustee of the Worcester North Savings Institution in 1888, and has served on the board of investment from that time. He was elected vice-president of the same institution in 1892, on tlie death of Hon. Harris C. Hartwcll, and president in 1899, to succeed Hon. Amasa Norcross, since which time he has been at the head of the institution. At the municipal election in 1881 Mr. Garfield was elected a member of the school board of Fitch- burg; was re-elected in 1884, and again in 1895, in each case for the term of three years, and has always taken a keen interest in educational affairs. He was alderman for ward four in 1886 and 1887, dur- ing the latter year being president of the board. He represented Fitchburg in the general court in 18S7, his colleague being Joseph S. Wilson. He has been a Republican in politics from the formation of that party, having been previously allied with the old Whig party. He is interested in history and genealogy and was one of the founders, and for ten years secretary of the Fitchburg Historical Society, and later vice- 6o WORCESTER COUNTY president and librarian. He is the author uf "Walker and Egerton Genealogy," first published in Cliand- ler's History of Shirley (1883) "Journalism in Fitchburg," first published in Emerson's "Fitch- burg Past and Present" (1887), and of the following papers read before the Fitchburg Histor- ical Society and published in the "Proceedings" of that society, 1895: "Fitchburg's Response to the Lexington Alarm." "Lunenburg and Leominster in the Revolution," "Ebenezer Bridge, Leader of the Fitchburg Minute Men," "Pioneer Printers of F'itchburg," and "Early Fire Service of Fitchburg." He also edited the first three volumes of the Fitchburg Historical Society's "Proceedings." Mr. Garfield is a life member of the New Eng- land Historic Genealogical Society, a corresponding member of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, a life member of the American Unitarian Association, and a member of the National Geographic Society. His religious connections have been with the First Parish (Unitarian) Church of Fitchburg, in which society he has been active and helpful. During his residence in Worcester, Mr. Garfield was a member of the military organization known as the Worcester City Guard, and after his return to Fitchburg in 1852, was for five years a member of the Fitchburg Fusiliers, serving as clerk of the company. He is well known in the Masonic organ- izations of Fitchburg, being an honorary member of both Charles W. Aloore Lodge and Thomas Royal Arch Chapter, and an active member of Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar. ^Ir. Garfield married, December I, 1853, Emily Charlotte Newton, daughter of Captain Martin and Susan (Chamberlain) Newton, of Fitchburg. Cap- tain Newton was a pioneer iii cotton manufacturing in Fitchburg, he having commenced spinning cotton yarn in 1810, and for two years later erected cotton factories in what is now Newton Place, where he made the first cotton cloth woven by machinery in the town. The buildings are still standing, though used for other purposes. Captain Newton was a son of Nathan and Polly (Nichols) Newton, of South- boro, Massachusetts, grandson of Nathan and Lydia (Hager) Newton, great-grandson of Jonathan and Bethia (Rice) Newton. Jonathan was son of ISIoscs and Joanna (Larkin) Newton, and grandson of Richard Newton, the emigrant, who ."Settled in that part of Marlboro, which many years later (1726) became the town of Southboro. Mrs. Garfield died January 27. 1903, at the age of seventy-one years, her married life lacking less than a year of reaching the golden anniversary. A woman of refinement and rare gentleness of char- acter, she was a devoted wife and mother. After a life crowned with usefulness the memory of her virtues and many good qualities is treasured as a Tich inheritance by surviving friends. The children of James F. D. and Emily C. Garfield were : Char- lotte Gertrude, born July 7, 1856, died October 11, 1859. Emma Susie, born June 2. 1861, married, October 9, 1882, William Ashley Blodgett, son of Warren Kendall and Minerva (Paddock) Blodgett, of Boston. They reside in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and have had three children : Emily Louise, born July 6, 1883 ; Margaret Paddock, born November 21. 1885 : Helen Newton, born August 19, 1887, died March 28, 1889. Mary Louise, born October I, 1863. Edmund Dana, born October 12. 1866. Theresa Newton, born February 18. 1879. The Garfield fam- ily are of undoubted Puritan ancestry. (I) Edward Garfield, the emigrant ancestor of James Freeman Dana Garfield, of Fitchburg, was born in England about 1675. It has been difficult for genealogists to believe that the long career of this emigrant belongs to one and the same man, and in some cases he is given a hypothetical son by the same name. Edward Garfield was a proprietor of Watcrtown. Massachusetts, and was admitted a free- man May 6, 1635. His wife Rebecca, the mother of all his children, died April 16, 1661, aged about fifty-five years. He married (second) Joanna, widow of Thomas Buckminster. Edward Garfield died June 14, 1672, -aged about ninety-seven years. His will was dated December 30, 1668, and proved .'August II, 1672. He bequeathed to his sons Samuel, Joseph, and Benjamin Garfield; daughters Rebecca Mixer and Abigail Garfield, grandchildren Sarah Parkhurst and Sarah and Ephraini Garfield, and to his wife. The children of Edward and Rebecca Garfield were : Samuel, married Susanna , who died May 2, 1652; he married (second), September 28, 1652, Mary Benfield. He settled in Lancaster, and had descendants who settled in Shrewsbury and vicinity. Edward, born in England, a proprietor of Waterlown, died before his father. Joseph, born in Watcrtown. September II, 1637, admitted a freeman April 18. 1690, died August 14, 1691 ; married Sarah Gale. Rebecca, born March 10, 1641, died March 16, 1683; married, January 10, 1662, Isaac Mixer, Jr. She died March 16, 1683. Benjamin, born 1643. admitted a freeman April 18, 1690; died November 28, 1717, aged seventy-four years. Abigail, born June 29, 1646, married about 1670, John Parkhurst, and died October 18, 1726. Edward Garfield was selectman in 1638. His son, Edward Garfield, proba- bly was selectman in 1655 and 1662. The son Ed- ward may, however, have died early, as there is no trace of his descendants or children. (II) Benjamin Garfield, son of Edward Gar- field (i), was born in Watcrtown, Massachusetts, 1643, and died there November 28, 1717. He repre- sented Watcrtown nine years in the general court between 16S9 and 1717. He received numerous municipal appointments. He was a selectman in 1689 and 1692, and was prominent in the church as well as the town government, and was captain of the militia company of Watcrtown. He married (first) Mehitable Hawkins, daugh- ter of Timothy Hawkins. She died December 9, 1675. He married (second), January 17. 1678, Eliza- beth Bridge, daughter of Matthew and Anna (Dan- forth) Bridge, and granddaughter of Deacon John Bridge, of Cambridge, who came from England with Hooker's company in 1633. John Bridge was one of the few that remained at Cambridge when Hooker removed to Hartford. A bronze statue to his mem- ory has been erected on Cambridge common. Cap- tain Benjamin Garfield died November 28, 1717- His widow, Elizabeth, married (second), October 25, 1720, Daniel Harrington, of Lexington. She was born August 17. 1659. The children of Benjamin and Mehitable (Hawkins) Garfield were: Benja- min, born May 8, 1674. Benoni, born December 4, 1675, 'hed July 25, 1725; married .A-bigail Stearus; she died July 13. 1710. The children of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Bridge) Garfield were: Elizabeth, born June 30. 1679, died September 25, 1700. Thomas, born December 12, 1680, of Weston. Anna, born June 2, 1683, married, 1703, Deacon Benjamin Brown, of Weston ; had eleven children. She died September 13, 1737. Abigail, born July 13, 1685. WORCESTER COUxXTY 6i Mehitabic, born December 7, 16S-, married, Decem- ber 8, 1714, John Jones, of Weston. They had nine children. Samuel, born September 3, 1690. JMary, born October 2, 1695. (.111) Lieutenant Thomas Garfield, son of Cap- tain Benjamin Garfield {_2), was born in Watertown, December 12, 16S0, and died m Weston, February 4, 1752. He was an ancestor of President James A. Garfield, through Thomas Garfield, his eldest son. He married, January 2, 1707, Mercy Bigelow, who was born 1686, and died Feb- ruary 28, 1745. He died February 4, 1752. He was a farmer in that part of Weston, which was set off in 1654 and incorporated as the town oi Lincoln. His wife Mercy was a daughter of Sam- uel and Mary (Flagg) Bigelow. Samuel Bigelow, born October 28, 1653, died February I, 1732, vvas son of John Bigelow, the emigrant ancestor of the Bigelows in America, and Mary (Warren) his wife. The latter was the daughter of John Warren (1585- 1667), who came from England in 1030 and settled in Watertown. The marriage of John Bigelow and Mary Warren is the first on record in Watertown. Mary (Flagg) Bigelow, wife of Samuel Bigelow, was a daughter of Thomas Flagg, who died in Watertown, February 6, 1698. She, Mary (Flagg) Bigelow, died September 7, 1720. The children of Thomas and Mercy (Bigelow) Garfield were: Eliza- beth, born August 10, 1708, died January 31, 17S2; married, September i, 1738, Samuel Brooks, of Con- cord, Massachusetts. Eunice, born August 23, 1710, died October 4, 1777; married Ebenezer Hobbs, of Weston, and had eleven children. He died Octo- ber 19, 1762. Thomas, baptized April 5. 1713, aged five weeks, died in Lincoln, January 3, 1774; mar- ried, 1742, Rebecca Johnson, daughter of Samuel Johnson, of Lunenburg. They had five children, of whom the eldest, Solomon, was ancestor of Presi- dent Garfield. Thankful, born February 15, 171S, married, November 28, 1751, John Walker, of Wes- ton (his second wife) ; two children. Isaac, born February 19, 1717. He removed to western ^lassa- chuselts in 1739 and commenced the settlement of Tyringham, Berkshire county, in which section there are numerous descendants. John, born December 3, 1718, died May, 1767; married, 1745, Thankful Stowcll, born 1722, two children. Samuel, born April II, 1720, settled in Spencer, Massachusetts, in 1748. Mercy, born June 17, 1722, married, 1756, Ebenezer Hammond, of Weston, second wife. Anna born June i, 1724, married, 1749, Josiah Livermore, * of Leicester. Lucy, born October 5, 1725. Elisha, . born November 11, 1728, married, November 15, '753. Susanna Bemis, had eleven children; resided in Lincoln. Enoch, born January 23, 1730, died June 19, 1758. (IV> Samuel Garfield, son of Lieutenant Thomas Garfield (3), was born in Weston (that part now Lincoln, Massachusetts), April 1,1, 1720, and died in Spencer, June 12, 1792. He was an ofiicer in the Indian war of 1744, and fought under General Abercrombic in the attack on Ticonderoga in 1758. He had three sons in the revolutionary war, and aided the patriot cause by contributions of money to encourage enlistments. He settled in the northerly part of what is now Spencer (formerly Leicester, Massachusetts), in 1748, on the farm where some years ago his grandson, Joseph Garfield, lived, and where his descendants of the third and fourth gen- eration still reside. Draper's History of Spencer refers to him as "a large athletic man, formerly well recollected for his sallies of wit, feats of strength and cheerful disposition." The following anecdote may serve as a specimen of his great strength. Mr. Garfield being at the store of Colonel Chandler in Worcester, w^is inquiring the price of a grindstone that he wished to purchase. Mr. Garfield thought the price too high for so small a stone, and banteringly said he could carry it home on his back. "Well,' says Colonel Chandler, ■'the stone weighs two hundred pounds ; if you will carry It to Spencer without taking it from your shoulder you shall have it free." The challenge was ac- cepted, the stone placed upon his shoulder and he literally complied with the bargain, carrying the stone to Spencer without removing it from his shoulders. He was one of the selectmen in 1745, when Leicester and Spencer were one town. Samuel Garfield was twice married; (first), April 17, 1751, to Hannah Garfield, of Waltham, by whom he had one daughter, Hannah, born July 18, 1755. a'ld (second), May 27, 1756, to Abigail Peirce, of riolden, by whom he had eleven children. His second wife, Abigail Peirce, born September 22, 1733. was a descendant in the fifth generation from Thomas Peirce, an early settler of Woburii, who married Elizabeth Cole ; through Samuel Peirce, who married Lydia Bacon; Samuel Peirce, Jr., who married Abigail Johnson; and Samuel Peirce, third, who rnarried Abigail . Lydia Bacon, who mar- ried Samuel Peirce, was daughter of Daniel and Mary (Reed) Bacon, of Newton. Abigail Johnson, who married Samuel Peirce, Jr., was a daughter of Major William Johnson, of Woburn, and grand- daughter of Captain Edward Johnson, author of the curious history entitled "Wonder Working Providence ol Sion's Saviour in New England," published, in London in 1654. Major William John- son married Esther Wiswall, born 1635, died 1707, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Wiswall, of Newton, Massachusetts. Samuel Garfield had twelve children, all born in Spencer. Hannah, by first wife, born July iS, I75,> married, 1794, Daniel Spear, had two children. His children by second wife Abigail Peirce were : Sam- uel, born Alarch 5, 1757, married, 1783, Sally Harris, died in Langdon, New Hampshire, November 10, 1842; they had twelve children. Joseph, born Sep- tember 19, 1758, married, 1790, Elizabeth Myrick. of Princeton; died in Spencer, June 10, 183O. He had six children. Daniel, born September 29, 1760. married, 1788, Dorothy Myrick, of Princeton; died in Fitzwilliani, New Hampshire, August 18, 1790. They had one child. These three sons, Samuel, Jo- seph and Daniel, were revolutionary soldiers. Sam- uel as one of the Spencer minute men, marched on the alarm from Lexington, April 19. 1775, and en- listed into the service. Joseph and Daniel were at the capture of Burgoyne's army 1777. and Jo- seph was at West Point at time of Arnold's treason. Josiah, born October 12, 1762, married Polly Ball, had five children ; died in Charlestown, New Hamp- shire, May 15, 1851. Me was a tanner. Abi- gail, born August 28, 1764, married, 1789. Phillips Bailey, and died (October 13, 1798, at Readsboro, Vermont, had one child . Enoch, born September 28, 1766, married, 1796, Martha Powers, resided in Rockingham, Vermont ; had eight children ; died April 30. 1844. Elisha, born April 25, 1769, was twice married, had fourteen chil- dren, and died in Langdon, New Hampshire, Janu- ary 6, 1856. John, born July 26, 1771, married, 1800. 62 WORCESTER COUNTY Susan Rogers, had eight children; died in Charles- town, New Hampshire, July 5, 1842. Elizabeth, born September 15, 1-73, married, 1799> Isaac Osgood, had six children ; died in Littleton, New Hampshire. Silas, born January 19, 1776, was thrice married; had three children, and died April 22, 1829, in Spencer. William, born February 18, 1778, died April 23, same year. (V) Elisha Garfield, son of Samuel Garfield (4), was born in Spencer, April 25, 1769, died in Langdon, New Hampshire, January 6, 1856. He was a selectman of Langdon in 1818 and 1819, and held other minor offices. He married (first) Polly, daughter of John and Jane D. Vance, by whom he had ten children, only four of whom lived to years of maturity. He married (second), December 26, 1820, Bathsheba (Egcrton) Stearns, widow of Cap- tain Benjamin Stearns, of Langdon, and daughter of- James and Bathsheba (Walker) Egerton. James Egerton w'as a son of John and Abigail (Snow) Egerton, and grandson of Dennis and E.xperience (Bearce) Egerton, of East Bridgewater, Massachu- setts. Experience Bearce was a daughter of James and Experience (Hamlin) Bearce, and grand- daughter of Austin Bearce. Bathsheba (Walker) Egerton was a descendant in the sixth generation from Captain Richard Walker, of Lynn (who came from England in 1630), through Samuel of Reading, Joseph of Billerica (who married Sarah Wyman), Seth of Groton (who married Eleanor Chandler), and Samuel of Shirley (who married Mary Strat- ton). Sarah Wyman was a daughter of John and Sarah (Nult) Wyman, of Woburn. Eleanor Chand- ler, who married Seth Walker, was a daughter of William and Eleanor (Phelps) Chandlex, and grand- daughter of Thomas Chandler, a first settler, inn- keeper and proprietor of iron works in Andover, Massachusetts. Abigail Snow, who married John Egerton, was a daughter of James and Ruth (Shaw) Snow, granddaughter of Joseph and Hopestill ( ) Snow, of East Bridgewater, and great-grand- daughter of William and Rebecca (Barker) Snow, of West Bridgewater, emigrants. Rebecca Barker was a daughter of Robert Barker, a settler of Dux- bury, Massachusetts. Ruth Shaw, who married James Snow, was daughter of Joseph and Judith (Whitmash) Shaw, of Weymouth, granddaughter of John and Alice ( ) Shaw, and great-grand- daughter of Abraham Shaw, of Dedham,_who in 1637 had a grant by the general court of "one-half of the coal and iron to be found in the common lands ;"— which grant (says Savage), would "more stimulate his curiosity than increase his wealth, had he not died the next year." Mary Stratton, who married Samuel Walker, was a daughter of Eben- czer and Lydia (Fuller) Stratton, of Watertown, granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Traine) Stratton, and great-granddaughter of Samuel Strat- ton, who died in Watertown in 1672. Elizabeth Traine was daughter of John and Margaret (Dix) Traine, who came from England in 1635 and set- tled in that part of Watertown now Weston, where he died in 1681. aged seventy years. Lydia Fuller, who married Ebenezer Stratton. was daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Jackson) Fuller, of Newton, granddaughter of John Fuller, one of the first set- tlers of Cambridge village (Newton"). Lydia Jack- son was a daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (New- gate) Jackson. Edward Jackson and John Fuller were early settlers and large land owners of Cam- bridge village, Fuller owning upwards of a thousand acrc5, including what is now Newtonville, and Jack- son, at time of his death in 1681, upwards of six- teen hundred acres. Elizabeth Newgate, wife of Edward Jackson, was daughter of John Newgate and widow of Rev. John Oliver, first minister of Rumney Marsh, now Chelsea. The children of Elisha Garfield by first wife, Polly Vance (who lived to adult age), were: Elisha, l)orn January I, 1802, married, June 8, 1826, Harriet Walker, of Langdon. He died October 25, 1873; she died August 14, 1896; six children. Mary, born April 14, 1804, married, November 30, 1830, Ezra Walker Reed, of Langdon; died in Kitchburg, Oc- tober 14, 1832; he died in Fitchburg, January 9, 1841. No children. Betsey, born September 5, 1810, mar- ried, November 30, 1830, Thomas Rcdington Prentiss, of Langdon; died in Alstead, New Hamp- shire, April 27, 1839. He died September 27, 1879 ; four children. John, born April 10, 1815, married. May 9, 1850, Mary Jane King, of Acworth, New Hampshire. He died in Fitchburg, August 19, 1885 ; she died April 16, 1890; two children. The children of Benjamin and Bathsheba (Egerton) Stearns were: John Walker, born September 12, 1806, died in Chicago, March 19, 1890, married, July 12, 1837, Betsey Maria Eaton, of Peru. New York. They had six children. Willard Egerton, born May 29, 1808, died unmarried in Fitchburg, May 10, 1901. Abigail, born March 16, iSiO, married, April 5, 1832, Luke Putnam, of Acworth, New Hampshire. He died in Danvers, Massachusetts, February 5, 1890. She died there February 7, 1890. Two children. Nancy Maria, born April 18, 1815, married, Decem- ber 26, 1839, William Miller Morrison, of Langdon. She died in Danvers, May 20, 1891 ; he died there May 24, 1891 ; no children. Sarah Alexander, born December 6, 1817, mar- ried, June 29, 1842, Samuel Willard Prouty. of Langdon. He died at Alstead, New Hampshire, September ig, 1876; she died there September 12, 1889; one child. The children of Elisha and Bath- sheba (Egerton) Stearns Garfield were — Esther Jane. born March 8, 1822, married, October 18, 1849, Jo- seph Garfield, of Spencer, Massachusetts. He died June 5, 1876; she died January 20, 1902. They had three children. Benjamin Stearns, born June 19, 1823, married, December 11, 1850, Catherine Palmer Davis, of Langdon. He died December 17, 1853; two children. Edmund Holden, born February 6, 1825, married, October 19, 1859, Eliza Strong Smith, of Vergennes, Vermont. He died in Keesevillc, New York, September 24, 1875. She died August 20, 1902. Four children. James Freeman Dana, born August 14, 1828, married, December i, 1853. Emily Charlotte Newton, of Fitchburg. She died in Fitchburg, January 27, 1903. They had five chil- dren, all born in Fitchburg. PITTS FAMILY. Peter Pitts (i), of Taunton, Massachusetts, who came from England and set- tled there before 1643, was the pioneer ancestor of the well known family of this surname, of whom three generations have been distinguished as manu- facturers in Fitchburg. Leominster and Lancaster. Peter Pitts married Mary Hodges, widow of Will- iam Hodges, and daughter of Henry Andrews, about 1651. He died in 1692. His will was made at Bristol, Rhode Island, where he died, and it was proved January 12, 1692-3. His children, named in his will, were: Samuel, of whom later; Peter, Ebenezer, Alice, Mary, Sarah. WORCESTER COUNTY 63 (II) Samuel Pitts, son of Peter Pitts (l), was born about 1660, married, March 25. 1680, Sarah Bobbett, daughter of Edward Bobbett. The chil- dren of Samuel and Sarah Pitts were : Sarah, born March 10, 1681 ; Mary, born March 10, 1685 ; Henry, born July 13, 1687 ; Abigail, born February 3, 1689; Peter, born August 8, 1692; Ebenezer. bom November 27, 1694. of whom later. (III) Ebenezer Pitts, son of Samuel Pitts (2), was born November 27, 1694. He was a well-known manufacturer of clocks in his day. His home was in Taunton. Massachusetts. Among his children was Abner Pitts, of whom later. (IV) Abner Pitts, son of Ebenezer Pitts (3), was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, about 1730. He settled in Taunton and lived there all his life. He owned and conducted a grist mill. (V) James Pitts, son of Abner Pitts (4), was bom in Taunton, Massachusetts, about 17S0. He removed to East Bridgewater about 1812 and manu- factured machinery for the Russell cotton mills. In 1S15 he removed with his family to that part Lancaster, now comprising the town of Clinton, purchased the mill privilege now owned by the licaster mills, then a wild and uncultivated terri- tory, mostly woodland. He built there a grist and saw mill and a small cotton factory, conducting various business enterprises until his death in 1835. He married, at Norton. Massachusetts, a daugh- ter of Major Zebulon White. Prudence White. Her fritlier owned a foundry there and had helped the ■I'crican cause immeasurably during the revolu- ; by casting cannon. The children of James and '■•idence Pitts were: James, Jr., William, Hiram W., of whom later; Seth G, (VI) Hiram W. Pitts, son of James Pitts (5), w.Ts born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, De- •ilier 2, 1814. When he was about a year old family moved to Lancaster, where his father :'t the first mills on the present site of the great caster mills at Clinton. He began at the age ' ight years to learn the business of cotton manu- ...viuring. He worked also in his father's grist mill. During this period from eight until he was eighteen he attended all the schools available — fen weeks in summer and eight in winter. He had inherited a liking for mechanics from his clock-mak- ing ancestor, and during his youth developed a con- siderable business in repairing clocks and putting in knife-blades. He spent his sav.in.gs largely for books and clothing. His father died in 1835 and the sons continued the business. Hiram was associated with his brothers until 1842.. manufacturing satinet warp in the cotton mill at Clinton. The brothers sold the entire property, including buildings, mill privilege and about one hundred acres of land for $10,000 to E. B. Bigelow. the founder of the carpet mills, the present Lancaster Mills Corporation being formed and taking over the property of the Pitts mills at once. After six months spent in Worcester running a woolen mill, which was not successful, Mr. Pitts removed to West Fitchburg under contract with Colonel Ivers Phillips t" take charge of a mill there as superintendent, a position he held for two years. He then spent one year in the mill that he owned at the time of his death and with which his name is associated. He entered into partnership with Kdwin F. Wheeler and they conducted a mill at Saunnoit, New York. The owners of this mill had another at Cooperstown, New York, about thirty miles distant, and wished Pitts & Wheeler to take that mill also on the same terms. The offer was accepted, Mr. Pitts taking charge of the Coopers- town concern, removed to that town and remained there most of the time until he began business with Benjamin Marshall, of Troy, New York. He was for a short time in 1848 in Greenwich, New York, where he conducted a mill for Thomas Trucsdell, of New York city. Benjamin Marshall, with whom Mr. Pitts was connected in business for many years after 1849, was an Englishman by birth. He came to New York in 1803 and entered largely and very successfully into mercantile operations in New York. He w-as at the head of the firm of B. & J. Marshall, founders of the celebrated line of Black Ball packet ships between New York and Liverpool. In 1825 Mr. Marshall withdrew from commerce and engaged in manufacturing. In that year he built the' mills at Utica, New York, and in 1826 the Hudson Print Works and the Ida Cotton Mills at Troy, New York. Later he came into possession of a cotton mill at Middlebury, Vermont, in connection with which he entered a partnership with Mr, Pitts, whereby Mr. Marshall furnislied the mill and the capital and Mr, Pitts managed the business, buying the stock, manufacturing the goods and selling them. Two years later, when Mr, Marshall desired to be re- lieved from care in business. Mr, Pitts assumed the entire business, Mr, Marshall owning only the real estate. He continued to luanufacture sheetings and cotton warps. For one year he had a partner, Fred- erick W, Harris, who established the St, Lawrence cotton mills at Montreal, Canada, In 1854 Mr, Pitts bought the adjoining mill privilege, a fourth interest of which he sold to Harmon A. Sheldon, They entered into partner- ship in the ownership and operation of a grist mill adjoining the cotton mill and conducted the busi- ness successfully until 1866. In 1858 Mr, Marshall died, but Mr, Pitts continued to operate the mill at Middlebury, the ownership of which passed by will to Charles Carville, of New York city. In 1S64 he purchased the mill of Levi Sherwin at Fitch- burg, but he did not begin to manufacture there until 1S67. He removed with his family in 1866 from Middlebury, Vermont, to Leominster, Massa- chusetts, the town adjoining Fitchburg, and re- mained a citizen of Leominster the remainder of his life, although his chief business interests were at Fitchburg. For a time afterward he also oper- ated the grist mill at Middlebury, In 186., he had sold for Mrs, Carville the cotton mil! at Mid- dlebury to Charles Francis, of Boston, and George H, Francis, of New York, The new ownership was not successful. Mr. Pitts ran it again in 1867, after Mr. Francis gave it up, manufacturing carpet warps there successfully. Immediately after the lease of the Fitchburg mill expired and Mr. Pitts took possession he trebled its former capacity, increasing the number of spindles from a thousand to three thousand five hundred, enlarging the buildings accordingly to accommodate the new machinery. At first he manufactured cotton sheetings only, but after a year or so he devoted the entire mill to the manufacture of carpet warps. In 1876 Mr, Pitts built a new mill in Fitchburg, the main building of which was forty-eight by one hundred and one feet, three stories high, with a boiler house twenly-five by sixty-six feet having a one hundred horse-power engine. 64 WORCESTER COUNTY Mr. Pitts was a careful and successful man of business, a good citizen, honored and respected in the coinmunities where he lived. He devoted most of his time and energy to his business affairs, the nature of which demanded all that any man coijld give, yet he found time to serve the town of Mid- dlebury in various public offices from 1862 to 1866. He was a director of the Safety Fund National Bank of Fitchburg from its organization until his death, December 22, 1881. Mr. Pitts married (first) Betsey Burdett, of Leominster, in 1842. She died a year later. He married (second), 1846. Mary A. Merriam, of Fitch- burg, sister of the late David H. Merriatn. (See sketch of Merriam family.) The children of Hiram W. and Mary A. Pitts were : B. Marshall, of whom later ; Abbie E., resides at the homestead, Leom- inster ; Etta L., resides at the homestead, 78 Grove avenue, Leominster. (VH) B, Marshall Pitts, only son of Hiram W. Pitts (6), was born in Middlebury, Vermont, Sep- tember 10, 1851. He attended the public schools there and at Leominster, whither the family wiiit in 1867. He attended Comer's Commercial College in Boston also. From his earliest youth he was familiar with the operation of his father's mills and he learned the business thoroughly. He entered the mill at Fitchburg, where his father manufac- tured cotton warp, and in 1872 he became the super- intendent. After the death of his father he became the sole proprietor, and in 18S4 removed to Fitch- burg to live. He was very successful in business, following the example of his father, who was one of the industrial pioneers of New England. The Sentinel said of Mr. Pitts: "Mr. Pitts thor- oughly understood his business and had a high repu- tation as a kind and considerate employer of labor. He frequently received the most gratifying evidences of their high regard for him, especially during his last illness. He won high esteem and sincere friend- ship among all classes by his reliability, high sense of honor and uniform courtesy. There are few men whose death w'ould be so generally regretted in Fitchburg and Leominster as Mr. Pitts'." He died August 17. 1905. Mr. Pitts was a man of unusual public spirit and strong inducncc among his fellowmen. In poli- tics he was a Republican. He represented ward three in the common council of Fitchburg in 1892 and 1893, and was in the board of aldermen in 1896 and 1897. He was a member of the committee on highway and fire department and was chair- man of the latter. He took a lively interest in the fire department and was himself a fireman when liv- ing in Leominster. In 1882 he succeeded his father as director of the Safety Fund National Bank, a position he held until he sold his stock in 1S88. He was a member of Wilder Lodge of Free Masons ; of Thomas Royal Arch Chapter ; of Jerusalem Coni- mandery, Knights Templar, of Fitchburg ; of Hiram Council of Worcester ; of Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Boston ; of Apollo Lodge of Odd Fel- lows : of King David Encampment : of the Grand Canton of Hebron. Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows : of the Park Club ; the Home Market Club of Boston. He married. July .-5. 1877, Mary Etta Phelps, daughter of B. S. Phelps, of Leominster. Their children were: Hiram W., and Earl P., of whom later. (VHI) Earl P. Pitts, son of B. Marshall Pitts (7), was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, Octo- ber II, 1879, and was educated in the public schools at Fitchburg and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of Boston, from which he was grad- uated in 1902. He began in business as a con- tractor, but on the death of his father in 1905 he returned to Fitchburg and took charge of the mill. Mr. Pitts is a Republican in politics. He married, June 22, 1904. Mabelle T. Slipp, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, daughter of Joseph B. and Sarah (Thompson) Slipp. They have one child, Earl P. Pitts, Jr., born January 24, 1906. HENRY AUGUSTUS WILLIS. George Wilhs (l) was the emigrant ancestor of Henry Augustus Willis, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He was born in England in 1602 and came to New England in 1626, when he settled in Cambridge. He was a mason by trade and engaged in Cambridge in the manufacture of brick. He was a proprietor of Cam- bridge in 1636 and was admitted a freeman there May 2, 1638. He petitioned to be excused from training in 1662, when he was sixty-one years old. He was probably a brother of Michael Willis, cut- ler, of Dorchester. There were at least seventeen emigrants in Massachusetts and Plymouth, head^ of families, before 1650, bearing the surname Will:- and it is of course impossible to trace the connec- tion between them, if any existed. George Willi^ acquired considerable land in Cambridge, Brookline. Billerica and vicinity. He resided on the west side of the common in Cambridge. He was representa- tive in the general court in 1638. He married Jane Palfrey, widow, who had chil- dren, John and Elizabeth Palfrey. The son. John Palfrey, who came to America and joined the church December 10, 1658, is the ancestor of the Palfrey families of America. On joining the church in 1640 Mrs. Willis spoke of being formerly in Newcastle and Heddon. England. He married (second) Sarah , who survived him. He died September, 1690. The children of George and Jane Willis were : John, born in 1630 in Boston, married in Boston, February 11, 1655, Hannah Elsie, daughter of Roger Elsie : Nathaniel, George, Tlroinas, born December 28, 1638. at Cambridge, died August 14, 1724, at Mcdford; Roger, of whom later; Stephen, born October 14, 1644. (II) Roger Willis, son of George Willis (i). was born in i6.(0. in Cambridge. He married, Julv 19. 1664. Ruth Hill, daughter of John Hill and wife Frances. John Hill was an emigrant, settled in Boston, was a blacksmith and planter, was admitted to the church with his wife August, 1641, and he was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. He was one of the founders of Lancaster, accepted by the general court in 164.";. He belonged to the Ancient ant* Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. He died May 31, 1654. (See Gen. Reg. 1904 and Hill Genealogy by J. G. Bartlett.) Roger Willis was one of the pioneers at Sud- bury. He settled in the northwest part of the town and west of Willis pond and Willis hill. His de- scendants have been very numerous in that localitv. The children of Roger and Ruth (Hill) Willis were: Mary, born January 7, 1660; Samuel, of whom later; Sarah, March 20, 1684; Josiah, December 8. t686; Thankful. September 14. 1690: and probablv three others, according to the Hill Genealogy, while in Dorchester.' Those named above were born in Sudbury. WORCESTER COUNTY 6.^ (III) Samuel Willis, second cliild of Roger Willis (2), was born April i, 1675, at Sudbury, Massachusetts. He died November 26, 1758. He married Susanna Gleason, d.Tugliler of Joseph and Martha Gleason, and granddaughter of Richard Gleson. Susanna was born March 24, 1676. Samuel Willis signed a petition in Sudbury in 1706-7. He was a farmer and settled in Sudbury, Massachu- setts. His wife died May 12, 1756. Their children were: Joseph, of whom later; Elijah, March 6, 1720; Samuel. (IV) Joseph Willis, son of Samuel Willis (3), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, November 10, 1712. He married Thankful , and settled in Sudbury. He served in the French war in the Sec- end Regiment of Foot. The rhi'dren of Joseph and Thankful Willis were: John, born March 16, 1736 (gravestone at Sudbury) : Reuben, June 9, 1738, married Sarah Brigham ; Eunice, January 15, 1740, died August 8, 1791; Anne, May 21, 1744; Hopestill. of whom later; Abel, October. 1750. (V) Lieutenant Hopestill Willis, son of Joseph and Thankful W'illis (4), was born in Sudbury, January g, 1747. He married, May i, 1766, at Sud- bury, Olive Smith. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion in various companies from Sudbury, and took part in the battles at Concord and Lexington. Soon after the war he became lieutenant of the Sudbury company as appears from the records. He is re- ferred to as lieutenant after 17S5. He died March 14, 1823. Olive Smith was born in Sudbury, Sep- tember 8, 1747. the daughter of Zephaniah and Abigail (Wheeler) Smith Zephaniah, born October 29. 1705. at Sudbury, was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith. Thomas, born December 3. 1679, at Sudbury, was the son of Thomas and Abigail Smith. Thomas Smith was the son of John and Sarah (Hunt) Smith. John Smith was born in England, son of John and Isabel Smith, of Water- town. The latter were the emigrant ancestors. John Smith. Sr., was a proprietor in Watertovvn in 1636 and was admitted a freeman December 7, 1636. His wife Isabel was born in England 1581 and died in Watertown, l6.'?9. buried November 12. The children of Lieutenant Hopestill and Olive Smith, all born in Sudbury, were : Jedathan, born January 11. 1766-7. martied Persis Puffer; Jonas, February 5, 1768; Ruth, June 18, 1769, married John PuflFcr, of Sudburj- ; Daniel, March 25, 1772 ; Josiah, September 11, 1773; Hopestill, Jr.. August 9, 1776, died October 25, 1778: Zenas, October 4, 1778; Peter, September 17, 178:, died February 28, 1784; Susanna,- December 2. 1784; Anna, February 15, 1787; Samuel, of whom later. (VI) Samuel Willis, youngest child of Lieu- tenant Hopestill Willis (5), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, June 20. 1792. He died at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, September 30, 1843, aged fifty-onc. When a young man he left his native town. He learned the business of woolen manufact- ure, and lived at Northbridge, Massachusetts. where there are several mills on the Black- stone river, and two of his children were born in that town. In 1822 Mr. Willis settled in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. In that year he and .Abial J. Town purchased the brick cotton mill in the then centre of the village of Fitchburg. and founded what has since been known as the Fitchburg Woolen Mill. They furnished it with two sets of cards and the necessary looms, spinning jennies and finish- ing machinery for the manufacture of cassimeres exclusively from fine wool. Subsetjuently Paul Farnum and Daniel Kimball, commission merchants of Boston, became partners with Willis and Town, each having an equal share in the company. In 1834 the mill and machinery having been injured to some extent by fire an addition was made to the main building, other necessary buildings erected, the water power improved by a new dam and th; cap- acity of the mill increased to three sets of narrow cards. When Mr. Willis died in 1843 the intercsi belonging to the estate was purchased by Porter Piper and at the same time the interest of Paul Farnum was bought by William U. Town. Later it passed into the control of llie Kimball family, then into the Vose family, and linally was sold after a long and successful hi.-tory to the Parkhill Manu- facturing Company in 1887, and is run by that con- cern at present. Although cut off in his prime Mr. Willis was a successful busness man and prominent in Fitch- burg affairs. He was an earnest advocate of the railroads and helped materially the efforts of Alvah Crocker to get Fitchburg connected with Boston, Worcester and elsewhere by steam railroads. His name appears for several years in the jury lists. He w-as fire ward of the town in 1839 and 1840, and served the town in 1841, 1842 and 1843 on important special committees. He was in the general court from Fitchburg in 1838. He married Cynthia Merriam, daughter of John and Diana (Hendson) Merriam, at North- bridge, Massachusetts, and their children were: Amanda, born at Northbridge, June 22, 1819, mar- ried, 1846, John Brown, Jr., of Concord; Adeline, born in Northbridge, Massachusetts, December 10, 1821, married \^'. H. Snow, June 15, 1846; they lived in Troy, New York ; Francis, born December 24, 1823; Samuel Aaron, January 20. 1826; Louisa Cynthia, June 17, 1828. married, 1848, John Upton (see Upton Family sketch) ; Henry Augustus, No- vember 26, 1830 ; William Alerriam, March S, 1833 ; Charles Edmund, July 4, 183.S ; Emma Maria, De- cember 7, 1837. All the preceding except the first two were born in Fitchburg. (VII) Henry Augustus Willis, sixth child of Samuel Willis (6), was born in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts. November 26, 1830. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at the Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts. He be- gan his business career as clerk in the Rollstone Bank, which was organized in 1849, and which be- came the Rollstone National Bank in 1865. It has a capital of $250,000 and a large surplus. Its first quarters W'cre in a small granite building on the same site now occupied by the handsome Rollstone Bank Building, which was erected in 1869. Hon. Moses Wood was the first president. Mr. Willis be- came cashier in 1858. On the death of Mr. Wood in 1869 Alvah Crocker became president. I'pon his resignation in 1872 Mr. Willis became presi- dent, and he held this position for thirty-two years. When the Worcester Savings Institution was established June 13, 1868, Mr. Willis was elected treasurer. The savings institution has occupied the same building with the Rollstone National Bank, with w-hich until a recent law changed the rela- tions it has been intimately connected. Hon. Moses W^ood was the first president. Mr. Willis has been treasurer from the organization of the bank to the present time, and has seen it grow to large propor- tions. Feb. 24, 1906, the Rollstone National Bank 66 WORCESTER COUNTY went into liquidation and was merged into the Fitchburg Safe Deposit and Trust Co. Mr. Willis is chairman of the board of director^. Mr. Willis is also president of the Fitchburg Street Railway Company, which was incorporated April 10, 1886. with a capital of $60,000, and has been its president since its incorporation. It began operations July i. 1886. The company now has a well equipped electric system covering the city and suburbs, and the enterprise lias been very suc- cessful as an investment. He is a director of the Grant Yarn Company ; the Shirreffs Worsted Com- pany ; and a trustee of the Fitchburg Public Li- brary, and chairman of the board for many years. Mr. Willis served his country in the civil war. He enlisted in the Fifty-third Regiment, which was recruited largely from Fitchburg and the neigh-: boring towns in August and September, 1862. Colonel John W. Kimball took command November 29, 1862, and the regiment proceeded to New York; Mr. Willis was made adjutant of the regi- ment. On the arrival in New York of the regi- ment there was a delay of some weeks and much suckness among the soldiers. Finally the regiment set sail January 17, 1863, for New Orleans. They camped six miles from the city with the Third Brigade, Third Division, Nineteenth Army Corps. In March they sailed up the river to Baton Rouge and skirmished considerably in the surrounding country. They then took part in various assaults on Port Hudson and served in that campaign until Port Hudson surrendered July 9, 1863. They re- turned by steamer in August to Cairo, Illinois, and thence by rail to Fitchburg, where they were mustered out at Camp Stevens, Groton Junction, September 2. 1863. Of nine hundred and fifty men one hundred and thirty-two died of disease during their nine months enlistment and thirty-three were killed or died of their v-'ounds. No regiment lost more men in the same length of time by disease. The effect of that deadly campaign was felt for many years by the survivors and many probably had their health ' undermined and lives shortened by the exposure and fevers. Mr. Willis was on a relief committee of the town for the soldiers in 1861. He served on the committee to erect the soldiers' monument ap- pointed in 1866. He was president of the first com- mon council of the city of Fitchburg and subsc- sequenlly treasurer of the city for several years. He represented the town in the legislature in 1866. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Re- public, the Society of Colonial Wars : the Loyal Legion, and the "Sons of the American Revo- lution." Mr. Willis never married. He has been a liberal contributor to charities and public enterprises in the citv of Fitchburg. He has been for many years one of the financial leaders of this manufacturin,g centre, and his efforts and influence have always been exerted to develop and improve his native town, and to enlarge and diversify her industries. He has taken his part as a citizeii. He has been interested in the excellent work of the Fitchburg Historical Society, was its president for ten years. Mr. Willis enjoys travel and has crossed the .'\t- lantic on six trips abroad for the purpose of study, rest and recreation. He is an observing traveler and has seen more of the world than most men. MARTIN WEBBER. Thomas Webber (i), the immigrant ancestor of Martin Webber, of Fitch- burg. Massachusetts, was the master of the "May- tlower" and part owner. He was one of the early settlers of Roxbury. whence he removed to Boston in 1643. He joined the church in Boston, March 31, 1644. He sold his share in the "Mayflower." seven thirty-seconds, in 1652, and the bill of sale is recorded in the Suffolk registry. He made a contract October 7, 1652, while in England (see Suffolk Deeds III, 66). He removed to what is now Kennebunk, Maine. He was back in Charles- town in 1676. probably on account of King Philip's war. His widow received a grant of land in Charles- town, 1681. He married (first) Sarah , and (second) Mary Parker, sister of John Parker. His children were : Thomas, Jr., born 1639, baptized February 2, 1650-1, removed to Falmouth, Maine; Michael, of whom later; Sarah, born 1643. baptized Decem- ber 8, 1644, aged three days ; Bathsheba, baptized September 24, 1648, aged three days ; Mehitable, born June 10, 1652, died young; Samuel, of Fal- mouth ; Richard, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire ; Joscpli. mentions father in records. (II) Michael Webber, son of Thomas Webber (i), first appears in Gloucester. He was born in 1639. and died in Gloucester in 1729, aged ninety years. Many writers have confused him with his • son. Michael Webber. Very little is known of him on account of the loss of early records. His chil- dren were: Samuel, settled in York, Maine, and had a large family ; Michael, Jr., settled in Glouces- ter and has many descendants in that section ; James. This family is given in order to give what little is known of the two early settlers of Gloucester. (II) Samuel Webber, son of Thomas Webber (i). was born about 1655. He was doubtless a mariner like his father and brother Michael. He and Michael settled in Gloucester. He owned land at Goose Cave in Gloucester, which he sold to Thomas Riggs. In i68r he was living in Falmouth, now Portland, Maine. In 1692 he was a witness in the trial of Rev. George Burroughs at Salem, one of the notable witchcraft trials, testifying to the defendant's great physical strength. He was liack in Gloucester in 1695. h"t removed to York, Maine, before 1700. He died in 1716, leaving a wife. Deborah, and six children. His children were: Samuel, Jr., of whom later ; Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph. Mary, married Joseph Sayward,_ Dorcas, Deborah, born at Gloucester, 1663 ; John, Waitstill (son) (twin), born 1698; Patience (twin), born 1698. (HI) Samuel Webber, son of Samuel Webber (2). was born about 1780 in Gloucester or vicinity. He settled in York. Maine. His children, born in York, were : Elizabeth, born 1705 ; Samuel, born i7o8, married Elizabeth Young, daughter of Row- land Young, of York; Mary, born I7'0' t^^rsho'- born 1712; Mercy, born 1716: Abigail, born 1718; Sarah, born 1720; Nathaniel, of whom later; Joseph. (I VI Nathaniel Webber, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Webber (3). was born in York. Maine. September 9. 1722. He resided in York. He mar- ried Lucy Bradbury, daughter of John Bradbury. December 25, 1745. Their children were : William, WORCESTER COUNTY 67 born October 26, 1746, settled at Castinc, Maine, and was deputy to the general court at Boston, (Maine, was part of Massachusetts until 1820) ; Philomela, born May 21, 1749; Jotham, born Jan- uary 28, 1751, married Elizabeth Russell, and re- moved to Mason, New Hampshire; Lucy, born April 10, 1754; Jerusha, born July 4, 1756: Maria, born August 25, 1759; Theodore, born May 20, 1762; Jabez, born May 27, 1765; David, born January 17, 1769. married Jane Grout. (V) Deacon Jotham Webber, son of Nathaniel Webber (4), was born in York, Maine, January 28, 1751. He was a farmer and the original homestead on which he settled in Mason, New Hampshire, is still owned by his descendants. He removed from York to Mason during the revolution. He died there May 2, 1824, aged seventy-two years. He was deacon of the Baptist church at Mason many years. He served eight months in the revolutionary army in Captain Darby's company. Colonel James Scam- mon's regiment, as corporal from York, Maine, in 1777. He removed to Mason according to the family records in February, 1780. His widow Elizabeth died March 5, 1838. He was one of the selectmen of Mason in 1785 and 1786, and one of the leading citizens. He married, March 12, 1778. Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Jason Russell, of Mason, formerly of West Cambridge. Massachusetts, and a descendant of William Russell, a sketch of whom appears else- where in this work. The children of Deacon Jotham and Elizabeth Webber were : Jotham, Jr., born in West Cambridge, Massachusetts. December 24, 1778, • whom later ; Jason, (and the remainder) born Mason, September 24,- 1780; William, born July -. 1782, married Hannah Flagg. February 21, 1811; John, born January 29, 1785; Elizabeth, born May i.^. 1787: John, born December 18, 1789; Jonas, born July 29, 1792; Ebenezer, boi^i January 2, 1795; Prudence, born June 11, 1797. (VI) Jotham Webber. Jr., son of Deacon Jotham Webber (-,), was born in West Cambridge, Massa- sctts, the home of his mother, December 24. 1778, when his father was in the army. He settled on the homestead at Mason, New Hampshire. He mar- ried Dolly Stratton, of New Ipswich. New Hamp- shire. December 21, 1806. Their children, born in Mason. New Hampshire, were : Joel, born January 12. 180S: George, born August 17, 1809, of whom later: Elizabeth, born July 16. 181 1; Asa. born June i.> 181.3; Sarah, born December 29. 1813; Charles, born July ir, 1818: Mary, born March 16, 1820; Elizabeth, born January 12, 1823. (VII) George Webber, son of Jotham Webber, Jr. (6), was born in Mason. New Hampshire, August 17, 1809. He was a blacksmith by trade. He settled in .\shby. Massachusetts, an adjacent town to his native place. He died there .'\pril 16, 1861, and is buried there. He married Diantha Jane Barrett. Their children w-ere : Myra J., born Jan- uary 31. 1835 : -Amos A., born August 26. i8.i6, now living at New London, Wisconsin, where he is a large lumber merchant and real estate dealer; George F.. born April 12. 18,^8; Martin, born De- cember 26, 1840. of whom later : Sarah E., born May 31. 1842: Lucy D., born January 6, 1843; Francis, born October 3. 1844: Nancy, born March 13. 1846; John S., born December it. 1849; Martha D.. born October 26, 185 1 ; Mary E., born August 16. 18;;. (VII I) Martin Webber, son of George Webber (7). was born in Townsend, Massachusetts, De- cember 26, 1839. He was educated there in the com- mon schools and then learned the carpenter's trade. He began his career as a dealer in furniture in Fitchburg in 1876 and built up a large and nourish- ing business. In 1892 he sold his store and started in the lumber business. He established the Webber Lumber Company, but retired after a few years. The company is continued under the same name by the present owners. He has devoted his time and capital to the building of houses for renting and selling. Mr. Webber is a Prohibitionist in politics and has been active in various temperance movements. He is a director and chairman of the finance committee of the Fitchburg Co-operative Bank. He attends the Congregational Church. He married, January i, 1862, Elizabeth G, Hay- ward, who was born in 1840 in Ashby, tlie daugh- ter of Ephraim and Sarah Hayward. They had one child, Edward, who was born November, 1866, died young. (VIII) John S. Webber, son of George Web- ber (7). was born December 11, 1849, in Townsend, Massachusetts. He passed his boyhood at Ashby and came to Fitchburg in 1867. He was clerk for his brother Martin in tlie furniture business for thirteen years. He established himself in the fur- niture and upholstery business in iSyr with J. P. Hayward under the firm name of Webber & Hay- ward, and has so continued to this time. He is unmarried. PARKS FAMILY. Richard Parks (i) is the pioneer ancestor of Gilbert M. Parks, of Fitch- burg. The name was spelled more often Park and Parke on the early records, and while the family lived in Shrewsbury the spcllin.g Peirks was adopted by most of them for several generations. That spclline prevailed nowhere else and was not kept up. Richard Parks was a proprietor of Cambridge in 1636 and of Cambridge Farms in 1642. His hoU'^e was near the cow common in old Cambridge. He had eleven acres in Cambridge village at the di- vision of lands; this lot bounded on Edward Jack- son's land and on the highway to Dedham which was laid o\it through it in 1648. The very ancient Iiouse on this lot was torn down about 1800; it was supposed to have been built bv him. It was within a few feet of the site of the Eliot church. Previous to i6.^2 he owned a large tract in the northwest part of the town bounded west by the Fuller farm, north by Charles river, east by the Dummer farm and south and east bv Edward Jackson's land. His will, dated July 12. 1665. bequeathed to his son Thomas all his houses and lands after the de- cease of his wife Sarah. The appraisal of his estate at nine hundred and seventy-two pounds shows him to have been one of the w^caltliy men of the colony. In 16.^7 he served with Edward Jackson, John Jack- son and Samuel Hyde to lay out and settle high- wavs in the village. In 1663 he was released from training on account of his age. Deacon William Parks, of Roxbury. Samuel Parks, of Medford. and Thomas Parks, of Stoning- ton. Connecticut, were brothers as appears from the will of Deacon William Parks. It is supposed that Richard Parks was also a brother. Henry Parks, who may have been a brother also, was the son of Edward Parks, of London, a cousin of Governor Winthrop. who wrote him from London. March 8, 1647. asking his aid and advice for his uncle. Henry 68 WORCESTER COUNTY Bright, and son, Henry Parks, about land ordered to himself by the court. In 1648 Edward had seventy-two acres of land en the Concord road and in 1650 (he son of Henry, merchant and heir of Ed- ward Park, of London, deceased, conveyed the land in Cambridge to John Stedman. Robert removed to Connecticut and had sons William, Samuel and Thomas. Thomas Parks had a son Robert, who settled in Wethersfield, and Thomas, Jr., at New London. Connecticut. Richard Parks married Sarah Brewster, widow of Love Brewster, the eldest surviving son of Elder William Brewster. She was the daughter of Will- iam and Jane Collier. After the death of her sec- ond husband she went to live in Duxbury again. She sued Thomas Parks, December 4, 1671, on ac- count of the estate; she sold her interests to him September 26, 167S. Richard Parks left a widow, son Thomas and two daughters, one of whom was thes wife of Francis Whiltemore. He died 1665. (H) Thomas Parks, son of Richard Parks (i), was born in 1620 and died August 1 1, 1690. He married Abigail Dix. of Watcrtown, in 1653. He owned a six thousand acre tract and house near the Bemis Mills on Charles river. He died August II, 1690, aged sixty-two; his wife died February 3, 1691, and the estate was divided among the heirs in 1693-94. He had seven hundred and twenty-two acres of land and part of the corn mill on Smelt brook erected by Lieutenant John Spring. The children of Thomas Parks were: Thomas, born November 2. 1654. died August 28. 16S1, un- married; John, of whom later; Abigail. March 3, 165S. married John iMske; Edw^ard, April 8, 1661, father of Nathan Parks, of Uxbridge ; Ri'.hard. De- cember 21, 1663. lived in Concord; Sarah, March 21, 1666. married John Knapp: Rebecca, M,::y 13, 1668, married John Sanger, 16S6; Jonathan. August 27, 1670; Elizabeth, July 28, 1679. married John Holland. (HI) John Parks, son of Thomas Parks (2), was born in Newton, then Cambridge. Massachu- setts, September 6, 1656. He married Elizabeth Miller for his second wife. He died 1718, aged sixty-three years. His estate was divided in 1720. His children were : Elizabeth, February 24, 1695, died young; John, of whom later; Solomon, Octo- ber 16. 1699; Elizabeth. February 27, 1701 ; Abigail, April 20. 1702; Joseph, March 12, 1705 (H. C. 1724) ; Mary, March 17, 1808. (IV) John Parks, son of John Parks (3), was born in Newton, Massachusetts, December 20, 1696. There were two John Parks living at the same time and the difficultv in tracing them is shown by the fact that the history of Newton and the history of Watertown gives but one John Parks with two wives. But John Parks married Abigail Lawrence, December 3. 1718, at Weston, while the son of John Parks and wife Esther, John, born in Newton, May I. 171Q. proves that there were two families. I think John and Esther must have left town. I find a John Parks in Killingly, Connecti- cut, who had a daughter Sybil, baptized there June 23, 1729. Then we know that Deliverance Parks, daughter of John Parks, went to Killingly from Weston, where she and her sister Mary were bap- tized when adults. There is no question that the two Parks families were closely related. I believe that one of the John Parks, of Newton, may have been descended from Joseph Parks, mentioned above. It is possible that some of the Connecticut family returned to Massachusetts and lived in Concord or vicinity. Samuel Parks died in Waltham where the son of John and Esther Parks married his wife. Samuel died in Waltham, September 2. 1768, aged eightv- cight ; he may have been the father of one of the John Parks, of Newton. Some descendants of Jo- seph Parks, of Concord, were living in Waltham at the time of the marriage of John Parks ($'> of whom later. The children of John and Esther Parks were: John, born May I, 1719, (the statement that he died young is based on the supposition that the son of John and Abigail was his brother. Nor is there Knv record to be found of the death of Esther Parks, (his mother) ; Sybil, baptized at Killingly. Connecti- cut. June 23. 1729. Probably others in Weston, Newton or Killinglv. (John and Abigail Parks had six children in Newton between 172.:; and 1753.^ (V) John Parks, son of John Parks (4) and Esther Parks, of Newton, was born there May I, 171Q. and died at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, June 8. 1S04, aged according to the town records eighty- four years, making him the exact age of the John Parks, of Newton, son of John and Esther as here given. He spelled his name Pcirks generally. He married, at Waltham, Hannah Hammond, of that town. November 28, 1748, and soon removed to Shrewsbury. He was admitted to the Shrewsbury church in T794. His wife died March 26. 1809. Th~ children of Jchn and Hannah Parks were: Abigail, born Jrne I. 1749. died unmarried Tulv 4, 1.^28: Hannah. November 22. 17.C0. married Nathan Waite. died Anril. 1847. aged ninety-six vears. six nonths: Jonathan, settled in Sutton and Oxford, Afas?-u-husetts. married Rhoda yvilen and Sarah IJvermore. rf Spencer ; died in North Brookfield, 1847. aged ninetv-forr j'p.-irs: David, born Anril 12, T778. married Catherine Parker, resided in Shrews- burv ; John. bnntize<'» July t, l7."o. married Mary Toslin ""d lived in Shrewsbury: Samuel of whom btcr: Maf-v. baptized July 19, 1707, married Nathan Muz'v. 17^. (Vn Sam-fl Parks, son of fohn Parks (s), was b'^'^n in Shrewsbury, Mass-"-husetts, and bap- f''ed thTe August 21. 1761. He married Annis Muzzv. October 11. 1703. and they settled in Stow. T-Tp died before 1R20. possibly soon after marriage. The only son I have foimd on record is William, born about 1805. (He w-as over fourteen and under twentv-one Mav 15, 1821). (VII) William Parks, son of Samuel Parks ffi). was born in Stow about 1805. His father died when he was a boy. He had as guardians .iXbijah Parks and after May is. 1821. Eliinh Hou.ghton. of Sterling. He lived in Stow and Shrewsbury prob- ably with relatives. He was living in Lanrasfer, September ?o. i8.''6. when he married Dollv S Mc- Tntire, of Westminster. He removed to Fitchbiirg. He was for a time a farmer in Westminster. The children of William and Dollv S. Parks were: Jennie A., married William K. Ashton, Gilbert M., of whom later. Gilbert M. Parks (VIII). only surviving son of William Parks (7). was born in Westminster, Massachusetts. August 15. 1842. He received a common school education and then learned the trade of gas and steam fitter in Fitchbnrg. In 1872 Mr. Parks started in business on his own account in Fitchbure in companv with John H. Carpenter. The nartnprship continued successftilly until 1887. when Mr. Parks bought out his partner and continued the business under his own name until 1901, when it ^^^^^^ "H^ y^r-^ WORCESTER COUNTY 69 was incorporated with liis sons, Robert S., Fred- erick \V. and Howard M. Parks, as directors with him. Mr. Parks has built up one of the largest and most complete gas and steam fitting plants in this section of the state. He ranks among the soundest and most successful business men of the city. He is a director of the Lancaster Cotton Mills at Lan- caster, Massachusetts. He is an active member of Mt. Roulstone Lodge of Odd Fellows. He attends the Unitarian Church. In politics he is a Repub- lican, but has never cared for public oiifice. He has given practically all his time to his business. He married, October 27, 1S70, Abbie F. Samp- son, daughter of Captain Robert Sampson, of Fitch- burg. Massachusetts. Their children are : Robert S., of whom later; Frederick W., of whom later; Jennie, born February II, 1877, married H. C. Townsend; Howard M., December 26, 1878; Helen A'.. .August 5, 1884. (IX) Robert S. Parks, son of Gilbert M. Parks (8), was born in Fitchburg, IMarch 7, 1872. He was educated in the public schools and fitted at the Fitchburg high school for the Worcester Poly- technic Institute, from which he was graduated in 1893. He went into his father's business and has been connected with the G. M. Parks Company ever since. He is a director of the corporation, and has already won a creditable position as a business man. He is a member of the Masonic order. He married Caroline H. Goodwin, and they have two children : Dorothy and Hester. (IX) Frederick W. Parks, son of Gilbert M. Parks (8), was born in Fitchburg, December 21, 1874. He is a graduate of the Fitchburg high school and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, class of 1896. He became connected with the G. M. Parks Co. and is a director of the corporation. He is prominent in the Masonic fraternity, having taken the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Order of the Mystic Shrine. He married, 1902. Ruth W. Chapin, of Southbridge, and they have one child, Eleanor C. Parks. JOHN HERBERT DANIELS. William Dan- iels, the immigrant ancestor of John Herbert Dan- iels, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was born in Eng- land. He settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, be- fore 1646, when he was a proprietor of the town and an inn-keeper there. He was admitttd a freeman in 1648. He removed to Milton, a town adjoining Dorchester, and lived on an estate deeded to him by his father-in-law. The farm was on Milton Hill. He married Catherine Greenaway, daughter of John Greenaway. She began about 1650 to teach the In- dians, and September 24, 1653, she was publicly thanked by the commissioners of the United Colon- ies for her good work, and voted twelve pounds for reward of merit, and three more to encourage her to teach during the coming year. She died Novem- ber 14, 1680. William Daniels made his will July 2, 1678 ; it was proved September 28, 1678. He be- queathed to his wife Katherine ; sons John and Samuel; daughter Hannah Babcock ; son-in-law- John Kinsley; grandchildren Susanna Kinsley and Silence Woods. He left his shop and blacksmith's tools to his son Samuel. The children: John, sec forward; Mary, baptized July 7, 1650; Susanna, bap- tized October 18, i64('), married John Kinsley; Mary, baptized Alay 10, 1653; Hannah, baptized April 22, 1655, married Benjamin Babcock, February 11, 1673; Samuel, baptized April 24, 1659; William. (II) John Daniels, son of William Daniels (i), was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and bap- tized there August 6, 1648. His name is spelled variously on the records: Dancll. Daniel, Danil and Daniels. He settled at Milton, Massachusetts. He died, October 6, 1718, aged seventy years. He mar- ried, at Milton, March 29, 1672, Dorothy Babcock, daughter of George Babcock (or Badcock). She was admitted to the church June 18, 1682. He had a second wife Abigail , who died November 9, 1717. The children: i. Elizabeth, born at Milton, August 22, 1673 ; married, June 5, 1(194, Samuel Spear. 2. William, born January 23, 1674-75, died July 8, 1676. 3. Dorothy (twin), born October 21, 1676. 4. Mary (twin), born October 21, 1676. 5. Mary (twin), born A!ay 31, 1678, married. May 31, 1699, Benjamin Scott, of Braintrec. 6. William (twin), born May 31, 1678. 7. John, born March 5, 1(380, died June 17, 1(585. 8. Hannah, born Novem- ber 25, 1681 ; married George Babcock. 9. John, see forward. 10. Zebcdiah, born June 24, 1686. II. Hannah, born May 17, 1(595 (daughter of John and Abigail — records do not state the name of the mother of the other children. (III) John Daniels, son of John Daniels (2), was born in jMilton, Massachusetts, March 9, 1685. He also settled at Milton. In 1742 he bouglit Howe's Mills, Pomfret, Connecticut, for twenty-four hundred pounds with land adjoining, including house, barn, mill, maltshop and the whole manufact- uring stock of the Quinebaugh Valley Company comprising "ye conveniences of 3 coppers, 2 presses, two screws, two pair shears, 2 iron bars, blue pot, paper for press and sear cloth for malting." He was called captain on the records and was moderator of the Pomfret town meeting in 1753. He was on the committee locating the meeting house in Kill- ingly. He returned to Milton before his death. He married, August 5, 1707, Eleanor Vcrin. She was de- scended from Joshua Verin, of Salem, a roper by trade, who came with Philip Verin (Vcren, Verein or Vereing) in the ship "James," sailing from England, April 5, 1635; Joshua and his wife, Jane Verin, were admitted to the Salcnl Church, June 21, 1640; his son Hilliard was admitted to the church November I, 1648; he was born in 1621, in England. Eleanor was probably Hilliard's granddaughter. Philip Verin, who came over with Joshua, settled also at Salem but soon removed to Rhode Island and was disciplined there because he would not let his wife attend the meetings of Mr. Roger Williams as often as she wished. (IV) Nathaniel Daniels, son of Captain John Daniels (3), of Pomfret and Killingly, Connecticut, was born about 1730. In 1760 he sold the land be- tween the Quinebaug river and Mill river with the dwelling, malt houses, dye-house, etc., to Ben- jamin Cargill, of South Kingston, Rhode Island, a descendant of Rev. Donald Cargill, of Scotland. This Daniels mill had for several years done the malting, dyeing and grinding of corn for the farm- ers in Pomfret, Killingly and Thompson parish, Connecticut. Nathaniel Daniels was highway sur- veyor of Killingly. (V) Vcrin Daniels, son of Nathaniel Daniels (4), was born September 9, 17(19, probably in Kill- ingly, Connecticut. He seems t(X. have been brought up in the mill business. He settled in Fitchburg, Alassacluisctts, when a young man, and married there, April 21, 1796, Polly Eaton, daughter of Thomas Eaton, all of Fitchburg. To observe the 70 WORCESTER COUNTY custom of the time the fellow citizens of Mr. Dan- iels at the next town meeting celebrated liis mar- riage by electing him hogreeve. ]\Iost of the lead- ing citizens of early days began their public life in this humble but at that time quite important office. Polly Eaton was born ^larch 26, 1774, and died February 23, 1853. Verin Daniels bought his pew in the church (No. 30) in 1707, and was on a com- mittee to clapboard the meeting house that year. He was a house carpenter by trade, but familiar evidently with saw mills. lie bought a place of Amos Taylor, of Fitchburg, in the west part of Fitchburg, with buildings and t venty-five acres of land, April 1, 1795. With Seth Phillips he bought half a saw mill, i\iarch 25, 1806. The other half was owned by Blaney Phillips and Daniels later bought that half. He erected a number of sawmills, in 1823 he was in the manufacturing business under the firm name of Tyler, Daniels & Company. Mr. Daniels served the town often on important com- mittees. He was tythingman in 1805 and on the school committee in laoS. One interesting item relating to the customs of former days was his pur- chase of Mary Ware at a sale of paupers. For Mary Ware he paid the sum of three cents a week at the public auction. Verin Daniels died June, 1839- The children of Verin and Polly Daniels were : Polly (Mary), born at Fitchburg, March 12, 1797, died October 28, 1872; Verin, Jr., born November 7, 1798, removed to Jacksonville, Illinois; Thomas Eaton, of whom later ; William, born February 10, 1803, died at Fitchburg, February 22, 1803; Reuben, born January 23, 1804, died 1876; David, born May 31, 1806, married, November ig, 1831, Lorinda C. Carter; he died July 19, 1876; Samuel, born No- vember IS, 1808, settled also in Jacksonville, Illinois; Ann Eliza, born May 30, 181 1; John, born March 4, 1814, died 1833. (VI) Thomas E. Daniels son of Verin Daniels (5), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 19, 1800. He was educated in the common schools there and learned the trade of machinist in Troy, New York. He was the inventor of the Dan- iels planer, which for some years he manufactured in Worcester. The principle of this machine was very valuable and is still in use in the improved patterns of wood planers. Mr. Daniels removed to Fitch- burg, where he was a pioneer in manufacturing. He died January 25, 1867. He married, April 23, 1829, Lucy Sherwin, who w'as born in Tovvnsend, Massachusetts, February 24, 1806, the daughter of Zimri Sherwin, born in Town- send, February 7, 1754, and Polly (Kimball) Sher- win, born at Lunenburg, October 31, 1777, married, June 3, 1791. The children of Thomas Eaton and Lucy Daniels were : Lucy Ann, born at Woodstock, Vermont, December 30, 1830, died December 23, 1833 ; the following were born in Worcester : George Thomas, born August 5, 1834; Charles Samuel, born August 2, 1836; Mary Linda, born November 8, 1838, rnarried Oliver P. Conklin, January I, i860; had son, Harry Raymond, born September 12, 1867 ; Abby Lucy, born May 31, 1841, married (first) Franklin Moses, and their children were: Chester D., and Lucy L. ; (.second) Edwin S. Cleaves; John Herbert, born January 27, 1845. (VH) John Herbert Daniels, son of Thomas Eaton Daniels (6), was born in Worcester, January 27, 1845. He attended the public schools and grad- uated from the Fitchburg high school in 1863, after- wards attending a business college. At the age of seventeen he became clerk in the provost mar.shal's office at Greenfield, Massachusetts, where he remain- ed until the end of the civil war. For the ne.xt twenty years he was connected with the Fitchburg railroad, first as clerk in the freight oflfice, then as freight cashier and later as general agent of the Fitchburg railroad at Fitchburg, Massachu.setts. In 1884 he came into possession of a fine tract of land, embracing one hundred acres, including what had been known as the Daniels farm, lying by the side of the Fitchburg railroad between FitchDurg and West Fitchburg, and he proceeded to develop it ■for manufacturing purposes, giving much of his time and attention to the enterprise. He attracted manufacturers by the gift of suitable land for fac- tory sites, opened streets and encouraged the opening. of stores, schools and residences. As a result of his efforts and public spirit a thriving community was established in a few years. In this district are sev- eral mills and factories, many homes, a parochial school, French Catholic Church, Methodist Episco- pal Church, and no less than seventy stores. Mr. Daniels is especially interested in the growth and advancement of the city of Fitchburg. He has been secretary of the board of trade since its re-organiza- tion in l8gi. He is a trustee of the Fitchburg Sav- ings Bank, director of the Fidelity Co-operative Bank. He has also been vice-president of the Young. Men's Christian Association, and has been treasurer of the First Baptist Church of Fitchburg. Mr. Dan- iels is a Republican in politics. He was a member of the common council in 1884-85. He has been on the Fitchburg school board since l888. He married, in 1872, Abby F. Lane, who died in 1879. He married (second), June 29, 1892, Flor- ence R. Dwinnell, daughter of Major B. D. Dwin- nell (see sketch of Dwinnell family). The children of John H. and ."Vbby F. Daniels were: i. Ernest T., engaged in the hardware busi- ness with the Fitchburg Hardware Company ia Fitchburg; he married Helen M. Hitchcock, of Fitchburg; their children are: Marion F., and Char- lotte H. 2. Herbert L., a graduate of Cornell Uni- versity, now engaged in Colorado in engineering, work for the United States Government. The chil- dren of John H. and Florence R. Daniels are : El- len Shepherd, George Eaton, Florence Dwinnell. CHARLES A. BABBITT, The Babbitt family of Fitchburg is descended from Edward Babbitt, of Taunton, Massachusetts, who is said to have been a native of Wales. He was in Taunton as early as- 1643. He married, September 7, 1654, Sarah Tarne» daughter of Miles Tarnc, of Boston. He was living, in Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1675, '"id was killed by the Indians in 1676. Children of Edward and Sarah (Tame) Babbitt were: Edward, born July 15,. 1655 ; Sarah, March 20, 1660, married Samuel Pitts, March 25, 1680; Hannah, March 9, 1660; Damaris, September 15, 1663; Elkanah (daughter), December 15. 1665; Dorcas, January 20, 1667, died aged seven; Esther, April 15, 1669; Ruth, August 7, 1671 ; De- liverance, December 15, 1673. For several genera- tions the Babbitts were located in this vicinity. The first settler in Worcester county came from Norton, Massachusetts. Benajah Babbitt came to Barre among the first settlers and cleared a farm. His two sons, Dean and Isaac, left numerous descendants in Barre and vicinity. Isaac Babbitt, grandfather of Charles A. Bab- bitt, of Fitchburg, was born September I, 1781. He settled in Barre. He removed to Jamestown, New WORCESTER COUNTY 71 York, where he died February 8, 1858. He married Sarah Phinney, March 13, 180O. She was born January i, 1781, daughter of Jolni and Sarah (Thompson) Phinney. Her mother was the daughter of Nathan Thomiison, granddaugh- ter of Thomas, great-granddaughter of John, the son of the immigrant, John Tlionipson. Sarah Babbitt died September I, or March 17, 18+4. The children of Isaac and Sarah (Sally; (Phin- ney) Babbitt, all born in Barre, Massachusetts, were: Isaac Thompson, born December 21, 1806, at Norton, Massachusetts; married, May, 1838, Ann Packard, daughter of Ebenezer Packard, of Fitchburg; Ade- line (also called Irene), born April 30, 1809, died September 9, 1855, married Cyrus Lovell, June 22, 1839; they resided at Jamestown, New York, Mans- field, Massachusetts, and Strawberry, Clayton coun- t}-, Iowa, where be died July, 1885; Harrison Willard. born March 31, 1812, married Marilla T. Converse; Pliny Henry, born June 15, 1818; Charles Albert, born December 8, 1821, married. May 15, 1845, Char- lotte Eaton, married (second) Cornelia Crosby. (II) Pliny Henry Babbitt, son of Isaac Babbitt (i), was born in Barre, Massachusetts, June 15, 1818. In early life he became an auctioneer, a busi- ness that he followed successfully for some sixty years. He settled in his native town and has been honored by his townsmen with various town offices. He has been constable and deputy sheriff for over fifty years. He married Lydia Perry, June 19, 1839, (intentions dated May 23, 1839) ; she was the daugh- ter of Asa Perry, of Jaffrcy and Temple, New Hampshire, and granddaughter of Asa Perry, Sr., who sold two hundred acres of land to the town of FHchburg for a poor farm in 1826. She died in 1864. Children of Pliny Henry and Lydia (Perry) Babbitt were : Deborah Perry, born F'ebruary 5, 1841, married Dr. Seth L. Chase, of Colchester, Ver- mont; Caleb Henry, born August 11, 1842, died 1885; Franklin Phinney (twin), born January I, 1844; Francis Fairbanks (twin), January I, 1844; Mary Ann or Marian, born April 28, 1847, married Theodore Bemis, resided in Providence, Rhode Is- land ; George Franklin, born November 25, 1848, member of the Boston board of health, married Mrs. Humphrey Allen; Charles A., born March 11, 185 1 ; Elizabeth or Lizzie, married Harding Jenkins, of Barre. Six of the foregoing children were born in Athol, and two in Barre, Massachusetts. (HI) Charles A. Babbitt, son of Pliny Henry Babbitt (2), was born in Barre, Massachusetts, March II, 1851. He attended the district schools of Barre and the Barre high school. He graduated at Westfield Normal school and began life as a school teacher. He was principal of the academy at Londonderry, Vermont, for two years, was principal of the West Dennis (Massachusetts) high school for two years, and then taught in the Boston evening schools for three years. He began the study of law while teach- ing in Boston, and having saved money enough for his purpose went to Dartmouth College, where he was graduated in 1879. He entered Bo.-ton Univer- sity Law School, and after two years of -study was admitted to the bar in Barnstable county in 1882. He began the practice of law in Orange, Mass- achusetts, where he remained for five years. He re- moved to the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in 1888 and has built up there a large practice. In 1891 he admitted to partnership Wiliiam G. Farrar. In politics Mr. Babbitt is a Democrat, and in spite of the fact that his is usually the minority parly he has been frequently honored in Fitchburg witli posi- tions of honor and trust. He was a member of the common council in 1897 and 1898, was on the water Doard in 1899 and igoo, and was mayor of the city in 1901 and 1902. He gave the city an able adminis- tration, was thoroughly non-partisan and he won the esteem of his political opponents as well as of his own supporters. He was made a Mason in Mt. Zion Lodge of Barre in 1872 and was an officer of the lodge. He is a member of Thomas Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Fitchburg. He married Addie Packer, daughter of Josiah Packer of Hudson, Massachusetts, in 1S83. Their children are : Edith D. and Ina F. STEPHEN SLADE. The two earliest settlers of the Slade family in New England were Robert Slade, who was a proprietor of Sudbury, Massachu- setts, in 1639, and William Slade, of Rhode Island who in 1661 signed a contract with the Indians. He was admitted a freeman in 1659. Whether he was a relative of the following line has not been determ- ined. He was of English descent undoubtedly, while tradition has it that the family of William Slade mentioned below was of Irish origin. (I) William Slade, the immigrant ancestor of Stephen Slade, of Fitchburg, I\Iassachusetts, was probably born in Ireland of Protestant stock, not the Scotch-Irish stock, but possibly originally Eng- lish. He settled 'in Connecticut, it is supposed, as his family is found there, but little is to be learned of him from the records. His son used the Junior as late as 1747, so that there is ground for believing that William, Sr., was living near Windsor, Con- necticut, at that time. Among his children were : William, Jr., settled in Windsor, Connecticut, and had children there in 1747 and later; James, settled also in Windsor and had children there from 1751 to 1765 ; John, of whom later. (II) John Slade, son of William Slade (i). was born about 1720, probably in Connecticut, though possibly in Ireland. He married, at Windsor, Con- necticut, September 12, 1751, Martha Gleason, widow. After the birth of the two older children they re- moved to Enfield, Connecticut, where the remainder of them were born. In the autumn of 1773 they re- moved to Alstead, New Hampshire, with their chil- dren. While at Enfield he served in the French and Indian war in 1759 under General Phineas l-vman in the company of Captain Giles Wolcott. The children of John and Martha Slade were : John, born at Windsor, Connecticut, June 10, 1752, settled finally in Brookfield, Vermont ; Martha, born in Windsor, probably died young. Lieutenant Will- iam, born November 25,, 1756, of whom later ; Samuel, born January 12, 1760, died young; Samuel, born February 2, 1762, married Hannah Thompson, and had three sons and five daughters ; Thomas (twin), born August 22, 1764, settled in Windsor, Connecticut, and had five sons and thrci? daughters; Daniel (twin)j born August 22, 1764, died October 3, 1765; Martha, born February 6, 1765, died September 14, 1763. (III) Lieutenant William Slade, son of John Slade (2), was born in Enfield, Connecticut, November 25, 1756, and died in Alstead, New Hampshire, October 25, 1857, aged over one hundred years. He married Anna Root, who was born September 8, 1758, and 72 WORCESTER COUNTY died March 26, 1838, aged eighty-two years. He was a soldier in the revoUition. He lived at Alstead, New Hampshire. The children of William and Anna Slade were : Thomas, born May 21, 1780, died December 12, 1830; Anna, born March 24, 1782, married Wolf, resided at Springfield, Vermont, and Leomin- ster, Massachusetts, has descendants in Northheld, Vermont, died October 2, 1837 ; Achsah, born April I, 1785, died March 28, 1812, married Graves, and descendants live in Walpole, New Hampshire ; Ascnath, born April 6, 1787, married Burroughs; William, Jr., born August 6, 1790, has descendants living in Walpo'le, New Hamp- shire, Springfield, Vermont, Albany, New York, died May 17, 1831 ; John Slade, born May 14, 1792, died February 8, 1868; his descendants live in North- field, Massachusetts, and Westminster, Vermont ; Allen, mentioned below; Henry, born October II, 1798, died July 17, 1863, resided in Charle^to^v■n, New Hampshire, and had very few descendants; a grandson lives in Worcester, Massachusetts. (1\') Allen Slade, seventh child of Lieutenant William Slade (3), was born May 26, 1796, in Al- stead, New Hampshire. He settled there and con- ducted a farm all his active life. He married, about 1818, Nancy Kingsbury, who was born August II, 1798, and died January i, 1878, aged eig:hty years. He died February 12, 1884, aged eighty-eight years. The children of Allen and Nancy Slade were : Sophia L., borij March 30, 1819, died June I, 1896; Lucy A., born September 5, 1820, resides at Walpole, New Hampshire, married Watts; Stillman, born March l, 1822, died July 26, 1880; Ephraini K., born April 25, 1825, died Novem- ber 23, 1895 ; Emelinc, born October 14, 1827, died March 8, 1903; Louisa Slade, born June 5, 1831, died March 27, 1833; Marietta L., born June I, 1833, resides at Walpole, New Hampshire, married Chandler ; Stephen, of whom later. (V) Stephen Slade, youngest son and eighth child of Allen Slade (4), was born at Alstead, New- Hampshire, October II, 1835. He acquired a com- mon school education in his youth and supplemented that by extensive reading, and his studies extended throughout the greater part of his life. He assisted his father on the farm during his boyhood and later conducted the old farm on which he was born and where he lived for nearly sixty years. In 1894 he removed to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and gave up farming. His son, Norman A. Slade, had located in Fitchburg and is at present captain of truck No. 2 of the fire department, and Frederick W. C, his other son, was formerly a member of the common council. After making his home in Fitchburg he entered the employ of the Postal Telegraph Company as groundman under Superintendent Rand of the fire alarm telegraph system. He made many friends in Fitchburg, where members of his family are very well known and highly esteemed. He died Septem- ber 7, 1905, at his home, 92 Prichard street. Mr. Slade was an active member of Ashuelot Grange, No. 54, of Surry, New Hampshire. He attended the Universalist Church. In politics he had been a Democrat. He married, 1859. Ellen ^L Chandler, daughter of Calvin Chandler, a prominent farmer. She was born September 28, 1839. and resides in the home- stead on Prichard street, Fitchburg. Their children. all born at Alstead, were: Elbridge A., born January 4, 1862, died May 5, 1869; Norman A., born Septem- ber II, 1865, married Alice Atherton, and they have two children, Mabel and Harold; Norman A. is cap- tain of truck No. 2 of the Fitchburg fire department; Frederick W., born April 13, 1872, has been a mem- ber of the Fitchburg common council ; married Minnie Booth and they have four children: Harry, Jlelen, Fred, and Edith. JOSEPH AUGUSTUS BATTLES. Thomas Battle or Battles (i), also spelled Battelle and var- ious other ways, now as in the earlier days, is the pioneer ancestor of Joseph Augustus Battles, of Fithburg, Massachusetts. He came from England probably in 1642 and settled in Dedham, Massachu- setts. He was a townsman there in 1648, and was admitted to the church January 22, 1653-4. He was admitted a freeman May 3, 1654. His wife Mary joined the Dedham Church January 21, 1648. He married, September S, 1648, Mary Fisher, daughter of Joshua F'isher. She died August 6, 1691. He died February 8, 1705-6. His will was dated Feb- ruary 6, 1701-2, and proved iNIarch 7, 1705-6. He bequeathed to his sons John and Jonathan, and daughter Mary. The children of Thomas and Mary (Fisher) were: J\lary, born 1650, married John Bry- ant ; John, of whom later ; Sarah, born August 8, 1654, married Silas Titus; Jonathan, born July 24, 1O58, married, April 15, 1690 ; Martha, born August 19, 1660. Some of the foregoing dates do not agree with Savage's, but the correct dates are here given. (11) John Battles, son of Thomas Battles, of Dedham (i), was born July i, 1652, in Dedham, Massachusetts. He married, November 18, 1678, Hannah Holbrook. He died September 30, 1713. The following list of children is probably incomplete and there is no record found of the birth of Edward. A search of all the available records confirms the belief that he was not related to Robert Battle, of Boston, who died December 23, 1658, and that he could not have been the son of any other than John, of Dedham, as here given. The children of John and Hannah (Holbrook) Battles were: Hannah, born July 26, 1680; Edward, of whom later; Mary, born May 12, 1684; John, born April 17, 1689, removed to Plymouth and had descendants in Stoughton; Ebenezer, born January 2, 1692. (HI) Edward Battles, son of John Battles (2), as stated above, was born in or near Dedham, Mass- achusetts, about 1682 or about 1685-6. (See His- tory of Hingham). He settled early in liingham, Massachusetts. A duplicate record of his marriage, the history states, gives his name as David. He married, (published March 13) 1706-7, Experience Pratt, and they resided in the second precinct of Hingham, where their children were born. All the children were baptized together June 2, 1723, at Hingham. The children of Edward and Experience (Pratt) Battles were: Edward, born 1709, (see Worcester county deeds, Vol. 88, page 195) ; Mary, born April 25, 171 1, married (first), May 18, 1732, Joshua Lin- coln, son of Peter Lincoln; married (second), Feb- ruary 7, 1763, Solomon Briggs, of Norton, Massachu- setts ; Joseph, of whom later ; Experience, born 1715, married, November 15, 1734. Thaddeus Murk- son, of Rochester, Massachusetts ; Susanna, born April 25, 1717, died young; Jeremiah, born March 16, 1719-20, married Hannah , had daughter, Hannah, in Hingham, January 16, 1742-3. and re- moved to Mendon, (see W. C. deeds) ; Sarah, >^y^ c^^^^^^^^L^ WORCESTER COUNTY 73 born July 20. 17JI. married. Juno 11, 1740, Henry Washburn; Susainia, born June 2. 1723. married, March 23, 1743-4, Benjamin Washburn, of Bridgewater. The Battles families of Plymouth and Bridgewater were evidently connections of the Hingham family. (IV) Joseph Battles, third child of Edward Battles (3), was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, May 18, 1713. He married, 1738, Susanna Studley, of Scituate, and after living for a time in the second precinct of Hingham (but Dean says he w-as the tirst of the name to live in Scituate, where his wife was born, and many of his descendants have lived there), he bought eighty-seven acres of land in Leominster, April i, 1760, of James Richardson, of Dover and Leominster, for two hundred and two pounds. He removed to Leominster and died there in 1766. Guardians were appointed in Worcester county for six children who were under age. The first eight children are recorded at Hingham; the next three baptized there, probably born in Scituate, and the youngest, Content, was born probably in Leominster. The estate was divided by a committee December 13, 1773. .\Iabel deeded her share to James Richardson, July 13, 1773, as soon as she was of age; similar deeds were taken by Mr. Rich- ardson from other heirs. Without the deeds and probate records it would have been impossible to establish the line in this family. Either Joseph or his son Joseph bought forty-one acres of land in Leominster in 1764 of Stephen Symmes, of Box- ford, Massachusetts. The children of Joseph and Susanna (Studley) Battles were: Hannah, born August 16, 1739; Joseph, of whom later; Susanna, December 20. 1742; Sarah, baptized July 14, 1745; Lydia, January 22, 1746; Ephraim, June 9, 1749, went to Hingham, deeded his rights to father's estate, December 13, 1773; Rachel, June 7, 1752 (twin) ; Mabel, June 7, 1752 (twin) ;• Priscilla, baptized August 15, 1756; James, baptized October 26, 1760, probably of Leominster; John, of whom later; Content, born 1762, (James Richardson guardian 1769). (V) John Battles, eleveiuh child of Joseph Battles (4), is not the ancestor of the subject of this sketch but of many of the family in Fitchburg and vicinity. John Battles resided in Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He was a revolutionary soldier in Captain David Wilder's company, Twenty-third Con- tinental Regiment. The children of John and Hannah Battles were: John, born in Leominster, December 4, 1786, died December, 1788; Dolly, December 4, 1788, at Leomin- ster; the following at Fitchburg: John, March 21, 1790, married (lir.st), 1823, Mrs. Polly Chcsemore, and (second) Lois Carter, of Leominster, June 4. 1837; David, January 12, 1792; Hannah, May 12, •7931 Caleb, August 12, 1796, died February I, 1819; Nathan, November 25, 1796, lived in Fitchburg and had three sons settle in the adjoining town of West- minster; Thomas W., Benjamin F., and Alfred; Asa, March 8, 1797; Martin, removed and settled in Hingham, married, December 10, 1826, Cynthia Lincoln, and had eight children; Leonard, October I, 1801 ; Lydia, August 20, 1802, died September, 1803; Samuel, August 24, 1804. died 1880, at Fitch- hurg, married Elizabeth Wilkins, at JafTrey, New Hampshire, September 5, 1838; married (second) Fanny Evans. October 3, 1845. (V) Joseph Battles, son of Joseph Battles (4), ibrothcr of tlie preceding, and ancestor of the sub- ject of this sketch, was born October 5, 1740. He married, 1759, Rebecca Burbank, of Scituate, and lived tliere. His home was there in 1766 at the time of his father's death, and it is not known that he lived there. He sold ten acres of land in Leomin- ster, December 9, 1766, after his father's death. The deed included his interests in his father's real estate in Leominster. His deed, like the similar convey- ances from his brothers and sisters, was to James Richardson. The children of Joseph Battles were probably born in Scituate. They were : Joseph, Jr., born about 1768 ; David (no record to prove parent- age), born about 1770, settled in Leominster and had eight children, among whom were : David, El- mira, Lucy, Rebecca, Sarah A., and Betsey. (The eldest son lived in F'itchburg and had three children). (VI) Joseph Battles, son of Joseph Battles (5), was born about 1768, probably in Scituate. He set- tled in Fitchburg, in the south part of the town. He deeded half this farm to his son, Joseph, Jr., in con- sideration of good will and love, December 15. 1829. The son evidently prepared his home for house- keeping, for he married a few months later. He was livmg in 1836 on the farm when his son, Henry Battles, deeded his interests in the estate on which Joseph Battles, Sr., was living at that time to Joseph Battles, Jr., who owned the other half. The children of Joseph Battles were: Joseph, Jr., born about 1800; Henry, see above deed. (VH) Joseph Battles, father of Joseph A. Bat- tles, and son of Joseph Battles (6), was born about 1800, in Leominster, Massachusetts. He was edu- cated in the common schools there and followed his father's footsteps as a farmer on the old place. He was a Whig in politics. He married Betsey Whit- ing, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, June 3, 1830. Their children, born in Fitchburg, were : Elbridge Dana, born in South Fitchburg, June 13, 1832, died 1857 at Fitchburg; Joseph Augustus, of whom later. (VIll) Joseph Augustus Battles, younger son of Joseph Battles (7), was born on the old homestead at South- F'itchburg, Massachusetts, April 5, 1835. He was brought up there on the farm near Mount Monoosnoc and attended the district schools of Fitchburg. He went to work first for P. Smith & Company, bakers, and continued in this business and farming for several years. In 1866 he started in the livery stable business, in which he became very successful in later years. At first he had only three horses. He soon afterward established his business in Oliver street. In 1869 he removed to Day street. For a few months only he had a partner. He was in the livery business altogether for twenty- three years. He was the owner of the first hack in F'itchburg. He made a specialty of hacks and stage coaches for hire. When he retired from the busi- ness and sold his stable he had invested in real es- tate some $25,000. He was appointed superintendent of streets and held the position to the satisfaction of the citizens and with credit to himself for seven years. Of late years he has retired from active life and is occupied only with the care of his real estate. He is a strong Republican in politics. He is a mem- ber and has been president of the Fitchburg (Worces- ter North) Agricultural Society. He married, in 1873, Ellen L. Smith, who died May II, 1896. She was a daughter of Joseph Smith, of Fitchburg. They have no children. In closing this sketch of Mr. Battles is is but fair to describe in a few words the manner in which this man is respected by the citizens of Fitchburg and 74 WORCESTER COUNTY his many friends outside. Truly Mr. Battles can be called a home man. Mis home on Main street is where he spends his idle hours, generally sur- rounded by two or three friends who take great de- light in hearing him recount experiences of the past, for Mr. Battles is ranked as one of the best story tellers in Fitchburg: lie is outspoken and what he has to say to a man he says to his face. As an old resident remarked, "Gus Battles would never do a man an injustice if he knew it." Adorning the walls of Mr. Battles' cozy home are many works of art executed by his late wife, in which Mr. Battles takes great pride in showing to his many friends. He is a public-spirited man and also philanthropic, and has done many deeds of charity which no one knows anything about. For his kind, genial manner he has erected a monument to himself which will be enduring to those left be- hind. THE HARDY FAMILY. Thomas Hardy (l), the immigrant ancestor of William A. Hardy, of Fitchburg, was one of the first twelve who planted the settlement of old Ipswich on the Essex shore of New England. He was Iwrn in England, and was brother of John Hardy, the only other early settler of Massachusetts Bay colony. Rev. Mr. Perry in his anniversary sermon at Bradford, Massachusetts, said the two brothers John and Thomas Hardy came to this country in the family of Governor John Win- throp as laborers. Not finding business tor them, Winthrop gave them land, at first at Ipswich, but as they did not like the soil there he gave them leave td come to Bradford and furnished them with their patent. Their first house stood just back of David Mardin's house (in 1820) where the cellar was then visible. This account is rather vague, but interest- ing. Thomas Hardy was at Ipswich, April i, 1633, and was then a proprietor, not a servant. He lived there for some twenty years, a citizen and planter, and about 1653 removed to the neighboring town of Rowley. Soon afterward he settled at Bradford, where many descendants have lived and are still liv- ing. ?lc was one of Major Denison's subscribers in 1648. His home in Ipswich was a lot near the river adjoining Robert Adams' and Thomas Hew- lett's farms. He was called of Haverhill when he gave land to daughter Mary, wife of Samuel Cur- rier, of Haverhill, July i, 1670. though his home may have still been Bradford. He made a will at Merrimack village, near Haverhill (Bradford) March 4, 1671-2, with codicil dated December 12, 1677, when he was aged seventy-two years. He was therefore born in 1605. The will was proved March 7, 1677-8, and befiueathed to wife, to sons John, Joseph, Jacob, and William; son-in-law William Hutchins; daughter Mary and her children. He died January 4, 1678. His children : i. Thomas, born Bradford ; married Mercy Tcnncy, mentioned below. 2. John, made freeman 1676 ; married Mary , and Marctha . 3. Joseph, born 1642, died January 11, 1726-7, aged eighty-four years ; had son Joseph and others. 4. Jacob, born Bradford; married Lydia ; died November 2, 1713- 5- William, born May 3, 1678; married Ruth Tenney. 6. Daughter, married Williain Hut- chins, perhaps Ann, who was baptized at Rowley, April 26, 1666. 7. Mary, married, 1670, Samuel Cur- rier, of Haverhill. (II) Thomas Hardy, son of Thomas Hardy (i), born in Ipswich or vicinity about 1650; married (first) Ruth who was given as the mother of Thomas when he was baptized June 17, 1683. He married (second) Mercy Tenney, who joined the church November 4, 1694, and died 1716, at Brad- ford. Their children : 1. Thomas, Jr., born about 1680, baptized June 17, 1683. 2. Isaac. 3. Hannah. 4. Sarah. The three last named were baptized August 26, 1695. (HI) Thomas Hardy, son of Thomas Hardy (2), was barn in Bradford, Massachusetts, about 1690. He joined the church there June 26, 1721. He settled on a farm in Bradford and lived there all his life. He rnarried Martha Hardy, January 4, 1721-2. Their children, all born in Bradford, were: I. Gideon, born May 7, 1722. 2. Reuben, September 24, 1724. 3. Phineas, July II, 1726, mentioned be- low. 4. Ebenezer, born November 7. 1728. 5. Isaac, August 5, 1730. 6. Martha, December 29, 1731. 7. Phebc, December 3, 1732. 8. Anna, July 30, 1735. (IV) Phineas Hardy, son of Thomas Hardy (3),^ was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, about 1725. He removed to Hollis, New Hampshire, and made his home there. He had four sons in the Revolution. In 1775 there were four of the family on the tax list of Hollis — Phineas, Phineas, Jr., Nehemiah and Aaron. The children of Phineas and Abigail Hardy : I. Elizabeth, born Bradford, July 22, 1750. 2. Martha, born June 24, 1752, at Hollis. 3. Phineas, Jr., born June 25, 1754, at Hollis, was a soldier in the revo- lution. 4. Thomas, born June 11, 1756, at Hollis; resided at Dublin and Marlboro, New Hampshire ; married Lucy Coburn ; was a soldier in the Revol- utionary war. 5. Noah, born September 17, 1758, mentioned below. 6. Jesse, born December 19, 1760, settled in Hollis. 7. Isaac, born July 9, 1763. 8. Moses, born 17, 1765 ; married Abigail Wheat ; resided at Hollis. 9. Solomon, born August I, 1767. (V) Deacon Noah Hardy, son of Phineas Hardy (4), born September 17, 1758, at Hollis, New Hampshire, settled in Nelson, New Hampshire, where he lived during most of his active year*. In. his old age he went to Antrim. New Hampshire, to live with his daughter, Mrs. Buckminster, and died there December 21, 1835. He was a soldier in the Revolution, in Capt. Daniel Emerson's company in 1777 and 1778. The town of Nelson, where he set- tled, was granted first by the Masonian proprietors as Monadnock, No. 6, later it was granted as Pack- ersfield, named for Thomas Packer, of Portsmouth. He was, says the "History of Antrim," a good man,^ little known in Antrim. He married Sarah Spof- ford, who died May 9, 1850, aged eighty-five years. Their children: i. Noah, mentioned below. 2. Bet- sey, married Ezra Prescott, long register of deeds at Amherst, New Hampshire. 3. Sally, married David Ames, Jr., of Hancock, New Hampshire ; settled in Charlotte, New York. 4. Deacon David, born about 1800; married Sally Farwell, of Hancock; was in Westminster, Vcrinont, and Hancock ; settled on the North Branch, /Xntrim, in 1833, on John G. Flint place ; in 1837 removed to Homer, New York. 5. Hannah H., born in Nelson; married Benjamin M. Buckminster in 1819; died July 19, 1848; resided in Antrim. 6. Silas, born in Nelson. November 20, 1799; married .-Vbigail Farley, of Hollis, in 1826; came to Antrim, New Hampshire, from Westmin- ster, Vermont ; in 1835 settled in New Ipswich, New Hampshire. 7. Lois, married Ilcnry Kelsey. (VI) Captain Noah Hardy, son of Deacon Noah Hardy (s), was born in Nelson, New Hamp- shire, September 16, 1789. He settled in Nelson. WORCESTER COUNTY 75 He was captain of the military conipaiij- tlicrc and served dnring the war of 1812 for a short time. He married Jcrusha Kimball, who was born August '3. 1790. Their children, born in Nelson, were: I. Augustus Hardy, born September 4, 1812. 2. Syl- vander W. Hardy, mentioned below. 3. George B., born September 25, 18 16. 4. Abby, September 5, 1818. 5. Noah W., November 9, 1820. 6. Charles, October 18, 1822. 7. Caroline M., February 3, 1S25. 8. Silas, April 3, 1827. 9. Franklin B., April 28, 1829. 10. E. Prescott, September 3, :83i. (VH) Sylvander W. Hardy, second child of Captain Noah Hardy (6), was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, February 25, 1814, and died in Charles- town, Massachusetts, April 10, 1850. He was a skillful machinist and foreman of the machine shop at the Charlestown navy yard from 1843 to 1850. He married, 1835, Mary Batchclder, of Wilton, New Hampshire. Their children were: i. William A., mentioned below. 2. Charles K., born May 10, 1847. a well-known artist of Worcester, Massachusetts. (Vni) William Augustus Hardy, son of Syl- vander (7) and Mary (Batchelder) Hardy, was born ill Pepperell, Massachusetts, June 12, 1837. He at- tended school at Charlestown, Massachusetts, and at Guilford (New Hampshire) Academy. After the death of his father he went to live on the farm of his uncle, George Hardy, at Nelson. New Hamp- shire. He worked there four years and then went as an apprentice to learn his trade at Lake Village, New Hampshire. In 1855 he removed to Fitch- burg and has made his home there ever since. He began in business with Levi Stevens, who had a small brass foundry established in 1850, located near the site of the present Fitchburg hardware ■ store. The foundry was soon removed to the pres- ent location off Water street. Mr, Hardy also be- came interested in the manufacture of screen plates for the use of paper manufacturers, in partnership with Charles Finder. The firm name was Hardy & Finder, for the manufacture of screen plates only, until 1893, when Mr. Finder retired, and died two years later. Mr. Hardy bought the interests of his partner and continued the business under his own name until it was consolidated with the brass foun- dry and the whole concern incorporated. The pres- ent corporation was formed December 15, 1902, with a capital of $50,000, as William A. Hardy & Sons" Company. The officers are the same as those first chosen : President, William A. Hardy ; vice-presi- dent, Walter A. Hardy ; secretary, William C. Hardy ; treasurer, Frank O. Hardy. The company manufac- tures all kinds of brass castings, babbitt metal, screen plates, etc. Mr. Hardy is one of the oldest manufacturers in Fitchburg, having been in active business over fifty years. lie has won an enviable position in the business world. Mr. Hardy enlisted in the civil war in Company D, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, of Charlestown, Col. George H. Pierson commander, and was wound- ed at Goldsborough, North Carolina. He was after- ward active in the militia. He was a member of the Washington Guards of Fitchburg in the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment, Boston, 1855-60 ; of the Boston Light Infantry Veteran Corps. He is now a member of Post No. 19. G. A. R., at Fitchburg, and of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany of Boston. Mr. Hardy is also a member of the order of Odd Fellows and of the Red Men. In politics he is a Republican. He was selectman of Fitchburg before the city charter was granted, and afterward a member of the connnon council and the school board of the city. He married Cfirst) Har- riet M. Adams, who was drowned at Ipswich in 1877. She was a descendant of the same line of the Adams family as President John Adams (.see Adams fam- ■ ily). Her ancestors settled in Ashburnham, and her grandfather was a soldier in the Revolution. Mr. Hardy married (second) in 1878, Ennna A. Sargent, daughter of James B. and Susan (Daniels) Sargent, of Boston. Children of William A. and Harriet A. Hardy: i. Carrie F., born August 23, 1861, married Frank H. Ormsby, of Boston. 2. Herbert, died young. 3. Walter A., mentioned below. 4. Frank O., mentioned below. The children of William A. and Emma A. Hardy : 5. Theodore R., born April 7, 1879, a graduate of Cowles' Art College, a designer and artist of note, Boston. 6. William C., mention- ed below. 7. George E., born September 24, 1883, a graduate of Fitchburg high school, 1903; of Am- herst College, 1907. 8. Chester S., born September IS, 1887, a graduate of Fitchburg high school, 1905; student at Brown University, class of 1909. (IX) Walter A. Hardy, son of William A. Hardy (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, December 15, 1866. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, leaving the high school after two years in order to go into business with his father. He learned the business thoroughly and has been closely identified with its management ever since. He is at present the vice-president, and in the absence of his father the head of the company. In politics he is a Republican, and in 1904 and 1905 was an alderman of the city of Fitchburg, being espe- cially active in police matters, as chairman of the po- lice committee ; also member of the fire department committee, the committees on city property and of finance. He is a well known Free Iilason, a member of Aurora Lodge, and Thomas Royal Arch Chapter. He is a member of Apollo Lodge of Odd Fellows ; of the Park Club ; of the Manufacturers' Club of Fitchburg; of the Fitchburg Merchants' Association. He is president of the Fitchburg Baseball Associa- tion. For seven years he was in Company B, of Fitchburg in the Sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Vol- unteer Militia, serving on the noncommissioned staf?, and ranking as sergeant. He married, Decem- ber 15, 1890, Hattie Jackman, daughter of Noah Jackman, at Fitchburg. They have one child. Carrie E., born February 3, 1892. They reside at 6 Allston street, Fitchburg. (IX) Frank O. Hardy, soti of William Augus- tus Hardy (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachu- setts, September 13, 1870. He attended the public schools and graduated from the Fitchburg high school. He entered into the business of his father in the brass foundry, and since the incorporation he has been treasurer of the W. A. Hardy & Sons Com- pany. He is a Republcan in politics, and a Unitar- ian in religion. He is a director of the Fitchburg Safe Deposit and Trust Company. He married, in 1895, Bessie Lawrence, daughter of Sunnier Law- rence, of Fitchburg, a prominent mason and builder. Their children are : Lawrence A. Hardy, and Helen Hardy. (IX) William C. Hardy, son of William A. Hardy (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, February 14, 1881. He was educated in the Fitch- burg schools, graduating in 1898 from the high .school. He entered Brown University, from which he was graduated in 1902, and immediately became associated with his father and brothers in the brass- 76 WORCESTER COUNTY t'oundry business in Fitchburg. During his first year in the concern he was made the secretary of the corporation, a position that he has held ever since. He is a member of no fraternal orders or clubs except his college fraternity, the Alpha Tau Omega. In politics he is an active Republican. He attends the First Unitarian Church. He married, October 3, 1905, Almcda Frances Reed, daughter of Edward Flartwell Reed, of Fitchburg. (See Reed Family). ARTHUR L. GOODNOW. Edmund Goodnow (l), the immigrant ancestor of Arthur L. Good- now, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was born in Eng- land in 161 1 and came from Dunhead in Wilt- shire county, with his wife Anne, and sons John and Thomas, who were under four years of age, also with a servant, Richard Sanger, aged eighteen years, in the ship "Confidence," which sailed from Southampton April 11, 16.38. His brother, John Goodnow. from Semley in Wiltshire, and his brother, Thomas Goodnow, from Shasbury, Eng- land, were on the same boat with their families, and all settled in Sudbury in New England. All three became prominent and well-to-do citizens. Edmund Goodnow or Goodenow. as the name was also spelled, was a farmer. He was a pro- prietor of the town of Sudbury in 1639 and was ad- mitted a freeman May 13, 1640. He was selectman in 1641 and deputy to the general court in 1645 and 1650. He was appointed by the general court a commissioner to end small causes in 1661. He was a leader in the militia and was lieutenant in command of the Sudbury band during the absence of Captain William Pelham in England. He was prominent also in Marlboro, where he settled on a lot on North street, the third place east of the meeting house next to the homestead of John Haynes. He died April 5, 1688. His wife Ann , born in 1608, died May 9, 1675, aged sixty-seven years. They were buried in the Sudbury, now Wayland, cemetery. Their children were : John, torn in England, 16.35, of whom later; Thomas; Hannah, born November 28, 1639, married, April, 1656, James Pendleton; Mary, born August 25, 1640; Sarah, born March 17, 1642-43, married John Kettell ; Joseph, born July 19, 1645; Edmund, mar- ried Dorothy Mann. (H) John Goodnow. eldest son of Edmund Goodnow (i), was born in Dunhead, Wiltshire, England, in 1635, and came with his parents to America when an infant in arms. He was brought up in Sudbury and was admitted a freeman there in 1673. H<^ was a farmer. He married Mary Ax- tell, September 19, 1656. She died April 14, 1704, and he died August 6, 1721. Their children were: Hannah, born December 17, 1657, married, 1680, James Smith ; Mary, born October 19, 1659 ; Ed- mund, born October 16, l66r : Sarah, born Feb- ruary 26, 1663, died young; Sarah, born July 2, 1666 : Elizabeth, born 1672, married. 1691, Joseph Hayden ; Joseph, born December i. 1674; Ebenezer, torn June 6. 1677; Lydia, born October 18, 1678; Mercy or Mary, born November 8, 1680, married, September 22, 1701, Joseph Patterson. (HI) Joseph Goodnow, .seventh child of John Goodnow (2), was born in Sudbury, December i, 1674. He married Patience , who died Feb- ruary 23, 1731-2, and he died September 3, 1758. Their children were: Martha, born May 22, 1701 ; Daniel, born May 24, 1703; Elizabeth, born Sep- tember I, 1704; Daniel, born June 16, 1707; Peter, of whom later ; Jotham, born April 6, 1714. (IV) Peter Goodnow, fifth child of Joseph Goodnow (3), was born in Sudbury, February 10, 1709-10. When a young man he settled in Rut- land, Massachusetts, but soon after the birth of his first child returned to Sudbury to live. He mar- ried Dorothy Moore, of Sudbury, October 13, 1736. Their children were : Jotham. born in Rutland, August 8, 1737, and the following were born in Sudbury: Lucia, born May 12, 1739; Jedediah, born September 8, 1740; Jonas, of whom later; Peter, Jr., born July 18, 1745; Dorothy, born November 3, 1747, died young; Dorothy, born January i8, 1751 : Patience, born August 24, 1752. (V) Jonas Goodnow, fourth child of Peter Good- now (4), was born in Sudbury, April 19, 1742. He removed from Sudbury to Boylston after the birth of his children in 1785 or 1786. The three youngest were born on the Boylston place. He was deacon of the church. He made his will December 19, 1810. He married, January 29, 1763, at Sudbury. Mary Davenport, daughter of Nathaniel Davenport, and she died January 3, 1826. aged seventy-seven years, at Boylston. Their children were: Elijah, born in 1768, died in New Hampshire; Abel Moore, of whom later; Nathaniel, born November 20. 1771, settled in Boylston; Mary, born October 9, 1773, died in New Hampshire ; Jonas, born January 6, 1776, died January 28, 1783, at Boylston; Dorothy, born February 24, 1778, died before 1810; Jedediah, born May 6, 1780, died in Pennsylvania; Lucy, born January 3, 1783. died in Ohio ; Jonas, born Feb- ruary II, 1785. The preceding were born in Sud- bury, the following in Boylston : Tamar, born April 18, 1787, settled in Ohio; Augustus, born February 2, 1789; Joseph, born April 7, 1795, was murdered in Illinois. (VI) AbelMoore Goodnow. second child of Jonas Goodnow (5), was born in Sudbury, May 28, 1769. He was brought up in Boylston and settled there. He died May 21. 1805, aged thirty-five years, nine months, seven days, and guardians were appointed for his minor children, in 1806. His children were: Polly, born March 25, 1790, at Boylston; Sally, born Apri'l 18, 1792: Amittai, born March 13, 1794, died T&7: Henry H. ; Harrison D., of whom later; Abel M., horn March 2, 1805. (VII) Harrison D. Goodnow, fifth child of Abel Moore Goodnow (6), was born in Boylston about 1800. He married (published), December 4. 1825, .Annis E. Hudson, of West Boylston. They settled in West Boylston, adjoining and formerly part of Boylston. Their children were : Lyman Harrison, of whom later; William Dexter, born May 8. 1830; Edwin Francis, born March 9. 1833; Ann Maria, born February 29, 1836. The following were born in Worcester: Mary Jane, born February 10, 18.39; Henry Hudson, born June 14, 1841 ; Eleanor Waito. born March 8. 1844. (VIII) Lyman Harrison Goodnow, eldest child of Harrison D. Goodnow (7), was born in Boyls- ton, March 9. 1828. The family moved to Worces- ter in 1836 and he obtained his early education there. He learned the trade of molder and pattern maker and became foreman for William A. Wheeler in his iron fougdry. Later he began on his own ac- count the manufacture of wire drawing machinery in Worcester. In 1875 he removed to Fitchburg ^^-^^^ .-^ /O WORCESTER COUNTY 77 and succeeded ihc late Artemas R. Smith as part- ner of Hale W. Page in the Rollstone Iron Foun- do'- The firm became Page & Goodnow. When Mr. Page died Mr. Goodnow assumed the entire business. Shortly before his death it was incorpo- rated as the L. H. Goodnow Foundry Company. Mr. Goodnow's success in business made him a prom- inent figure in the manufacturing world of his vicinity. He was a director of the Wachusett Na- tional Bank, director of the Fidelity Co-operative Bank and member of its investment committee, trustee of the Worcester North Savings Institute, trustee of the Fitchburg Real Estate Association and director of the Sawyer Tool Company. He was a Republican in politics and was in the board of aldermen in 1886. He was in the school board from 1882 to 1S87, inclusive. He attended the Unitarian Church. His home was on Summer Street, Fitch- burg. His long life was a career of prosperity, activity and probity. At the time of his death one who knew him well said : "Mr.' Goodnow represented with fidelity the New England virtue of making the daily life noble in an unconscious way. This is a faculty, or call it what you will, that is net often found, but when found, glorifies the possessor into a character that is at once fine, noble and helpful to his fellowmen. All this Mr. Goodnow exemplified in a very marked and emphatic way in his business relations. This manifestation of his New England character found its expression too in the home, where the bereft circle finds much consolation in the recollection of his happiness and kindly tem- perament in the uncomplaining way in which he bore all his ills and troubles." "In the develop- njent of his sturdy New England character he found many friends who valued him for his honesty, strength and simplicity." The bearers at his funeral were six workmen from the foundry. He married, September 28, 185.1, Hannah L. Simonds. who died September 19, i8g6. He mar- ried (second), February 2, 1899, Mattie A. Ingalls. He died May 24, 1903. The children of Lyman Harrison and Hannah L. Goodnow were : Frank, died young; Flora E.. married C. E. Foster, of Brooklyn. New York ; Lilla F., married D. E. Fair- banks: Arthur L., of whom later. (IX) .'Xrthur L. Goodnow,- youngest child of Lyman Harrison Goodnow (8). was born in Worcester. June 28. 1870. He went to Fitchburg with his parents when he was a young child and was educated in the public schools of that city. He entered his father's foundry and learned the business from the ground up. He became a skillful pattern maker. When his father died he took charge of the business and has carried it on since then. In politics he is a Republican and has served three years on the school board of Fitchburg. He is a member of Charles W. Moore Lodge of Free Ma- sons and the various Masonic bodies, including the Order of the Mystic Shrine. He is a trustee of the Worcester North Savings Institution. He attends the Universalist Church. He married. June % 1896. Alice Hancock, daugh- ter of Daniel Hancock, of Fitchburg, and they have one child, Donald. ANDREW B. SHERMAN. William Sherman (i), the first ancestor of Andrew B. Sherman, of Fitchburg, to come to this country, settled in Plym- outh colony about 1630. No connection has been cstablislied between hmi and the other emigrants of the name. (See sketch of George H. Sherman in this work.) William Sherman lived first in Duxbury, where he was recorded as a yeoman and planter. He was a taxpayer there in 1652 and as early as 1637 was a proprietor. He was on the Plymouth list of those able to bear arms in 1643. He removed to Marsh- field, where his descendants have lived down to the present time. He was admitted an inhabitant in Marshfield November 13, 1644. He held various town offices. Sherman was a poor man wlicn he came to America, but he was thrifty and energetic and left to his children a large inheritance. Be- sides his lands in Marshfield he had property in Rochester. He was a good, faithful citizen. Before his death he deeded much of his property to his sons: to Samuel June 9, 1673, to John, February 5, 1673, and to Williain, August 15, 1676. He died October 25, 1679. '1 lie inventory of his estate was dated December 30. 1680. He was buried in the family ground at Marshfield. Judging from the date of his marriage and the fact that he was re- ported an old man when he died he is believed to have been bcrn about 1610. , He married. 1638. Prudence . As far as known their children were: John. Ijorn 1646, died 1722: William, of whom later; Samuel, died 1718. (II) William Sherman, son of William Sher- man (l), was born about 1640, in Marshfield or Duxbur}', in New England. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, and from witnessing the cruelities there he became insane and the colony had to vote twenty dollars for the relief of his family. Later he seemed to have recovered his reason. He died in 1724.. The children of William Sherman were: Hannah, born February 21, 166S; Elizabeth, March II, 1670. died 1695; William, of whom later; Pa- tience, August 3, 1674; Experience. September 22, 1678; Ebenezer, April 21, 1680, died 1759. (III) William Sherman, third child of William Sherman (2). was born in Mar.shfield, Massachu- setts, April 19, 1672. He was a farmer at Marsh- field, Massachusetts. He married Mary White, daughter of Peregrine White, the first white child born in the Plymouth colony. Peregrine was born in December, 1620, on board the "Mayflower," the son of William and Ann (Fuller) White. The de- scendants of William Sherman are not only descend- ants of three Pilgrim ancestors through Peregrine White and his parents, but also through Peregrine's wife. He married Sarah Bassctt, daughter of Will- iam Bassett and Elizabeth, his wife. Bassett came to Plymouth in 1621. William Bassett, an Englisliman, was married at Leyden, Holland, where he lived with the Pilgrims, August 13, 1611, to Margaret Oldham. His first wife was Cecil Light, as shown by the Dutch rec- ords at Leyden. He was admitted a freeman at Plymouth, 16.33; resided at Duxbury, and was a gunsmith. He represented the town in the general court. In 1650 he resided at Sandwich, Massachu- setts, and later at Bridgewater. Peregrine White became a prominent citizen of the Plymouth colony. He died 1667. His wife died January 20, 1711. They have a numerous posterity. The children of William and Mary (White) Sherman were : Thankful, born April 4, 1699, mar- ried, 1726, Robert .'\tkins ; Samuel, May 8, 1701, 78 WORCESTER COUNTY married Adam Hall; Mary (twin), June 6, 1711; Abigail C'win), June 6, 1711; John, of whom later; Anthony, December 21, 1722. (IV) John Sherman, fifth child of William Sherman (3), was born in Marshfield, Massachu- setts, July 19, 1720. He was a farmer of Jilarsh- field. He married Elizabeth Dingley, 1746, grand- daughter of John Dingley, of Marsliiield, emigrant, prominent citizen and town officer. The children of John and Elizabeth (Dingley) Sherman were: Nathaniel, settled in Plympton, married Maria Clark, daughter of James Clark; Ruth, born 1750, married Josiah Biibee, of Pembroke; Rufus, born 1754, set- tled in Plympton, married, 1775, Phebe Rider; Asa, of whom later; Betsey, 1758, married William Fm- iiey, of Plymouth; John, 1762, settled in Plympton; was in Captain Shaw's company in the revolution; married Lydia Doten, son of Ebenezer Doten, a de- scendant of Edward Doten, of the •■Mayflower." (V) Asa Sherman, son of John Sherman (4), was born in Marshfield, 1756. He settled in Plymp- ton in the part that is now Carver. He married Polly Stephens in 1780. She was the daughter of Edward Stephens. He held a commission in both army and navy in the revolution. The children of Asa and Polly (Stephens) Sherman were: Joseph, born 1785, married Nancy Bradford; Polly, 1786, married Jonathan Parker; Lucy, 1788, married Cashing; Asa, 1789, married Saby Brad- ford; Zaccheus, of whom later; Nathaniel, 1797; Charles, 1802; George, 1803, married Betsey Drew, daughter of Nicholas Drew, of Plymouth. (,VI) Captain Zaccheus Sherman, fifth son of Asa Sherman (5), was born in Plympton, Massachu- setts, 1795, on the old homestead. He followed the sea for fourteen years and was captain of a vessel twelve years. He resided at Plympton, Massachu- setts. He was prominent in town affairs and held many of the town offices. Captain Sherman was twice married. His first wife was Jane Bradford, by whom he had two sons and two daughters : Zaccheus, Jr., Jane Bradford, Charles Henry, and Harriet Stephens. He married (second) Nancy Bartlett, of Plymouth, by whom he had two sons : Andrew B. and Algernon Sidney. (VII) Andrew B. Sherman, son of Captain Zaccheus Sherman (6), was born in Plympton, Massachusetts, April 10, 1829. He was educated in the district and private schools of his native town, and after reaching the age of eight years worked diligently during vacations — in summer on his father's farm and in winter in the saw mills and teaming lumber, in which his father dealt extensive- ly. With the exception of one winter, during which he worked in the store of his uncle, the late Zac- cheus Parker, he passed his time thus until the age of twenty, acquiring the habits of industry which have so strongly characterized his whole business career. In 1849 he left home and entered the country store of J. M. Harrub at North Plympton, Mass- achusetts, as clerk, and for nearly three years work- ed there from fourteen to sixteen hours a day, at- tending to all parts of the business and getting a thorough business and mercantile training. He helped keep the books and also assisted in finishing and shipping goods in the shoe manufactory which Mr. Harrub also owned. Though his original en- gagement with Mr. Harrub was for only a few months, Mr. Sherman became so valauble to his employer that he w^as induced to extend the time. He had made up his mind to enter the dry goods business and went to Boston to secure a position, where he could learn the business thoroughly and fit himself to enter upon it on his own account when he had the opportunity. Upon his arrival in Bos- ton he called on William F. Brett, who introduced him to his' late partner, Samuel Ellis, of Samuel Ellis & Co., 131 and 133 Federal street, and Mr. Sherman at once entered the employ of the firm. Here he became acquainted with Luther J. Brown, then a clerk for Samuel Ellis & Company, later his partner in Fitchburg. About this time the firm be- gan to dispose of the stocks of several out-of-town stores owned by them and also of superfluous stock on hand. Mr. Sherman was sent to Medford with a stock of goods. He stayed there six months, working early and late and sleeping in the store most of the nights. From Medford he went to Duxbury, where he stayed about the same length of time, and he was successful in both places, selling a large amount of goods and making money, while one of his employers with an assistant sold a less amount and lost money at South Abington, Massachusetts, in a similar venture. Mr. Sherman went to East Abington and managed a store for the firm, handling dry goods, carpets, clothing, millinery, furniture, crockery, etc. At the end of two years the firm suffered a financial em- barrassment and Mr. Sherman was sent to Dover, New Hampshire, to realize on a large stock of goods. He stayed .there six months and sent the firm a third more cash than they had calculated upon. While in Dover Mr. Sherman made many friends in busi- ness and social circles. As an expression of regard at the time he left Dover, he was given a reception and presented with a handsome gold seal ring, upon which was inscribed the names of some of the prom- inent young men of the place, and since then this pleasant friendship has been kept up. Mr. Sherman returned to the East Abington store for about a year. Then he came to F'itchburg to dispose of a stock of dry goods. Here, although located in the "Old City," half a mile from the three other dry goods stores in town, he was fairly successful. At the end of six months Mr. Sherman concluded that his opportunity to start in business was at hand. He liked Fitchburg and believed in its future. So he bought the stock of his employers with his savings and started on his own account. One of his salesmen was Luther J. Brown, with whom he soon formed a partnership which lasted about three years. Mr. Sherman started in business in 1855 apd f^"" forty years was one of the leading merchants in this section. His business was prosperous from the first. He paid the closest attention to every detail, antl especially during the civil war when the condition of the markets gave unusual opportunities for money making, he was very successful. Goods could be bought often at less than the cost of manufacture and held for higher prices, sure to follow soon. He made wise investments of his surplus. Several times the store was enlarged to take care of the in- creasing business. In 1870 he moved to the store in the Rollstone Bank building, where he remained until he retired from business in 1895. At that time he added carpets to his dry goods stock and gave the new department much study and attention. In No- vember, 1867, he established a dry goods store in Winchendon and carried it on profitably until No- vember, 1885, when he sold it to W. A. Sanford & WORCESTER COUNTY 79 Co., of Brockton, Massachusetts. The store was then located in the I. M. iMurdock block. Mr. Sherman has had at times substantial inter- ests in shipping, in which he has been interested from boyhood. He has been part owner in eight schooners engaged in the coasting trade, and has built live three masted schooners. One of them was named after him. He has large real estate in- vestments, and since his retirement from mercantile life has been occupied with the care of his invest- ments and property. Mr. Sherman is a stanch Republican and has served the city a year in the common council and two terms in the board of aldermen. He has been prominent in financial circles for over forty years and was one of 'the incorporators of the Worcester North Savings Institution and a trustee since the incorporation. He is a director of the Wachusett National Bank of Fitchburg, serving since its incorporation. May 20, 1875. In business Mr. Sher- man believed in fair play and kept on good terms with his competitors, and on several occasions has extended aid to fellow merchants in days of trouble. He owes his standing in tne community not only to the success which demonstrated his business ability and industry, but to the character on which his suc- cess was founded and the integrity which his neigh- bors appreciate. He is esteemed and loved in the community for his attractive personal characteristics. He married, June 26, 1878, Clara. Belle i\loody, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Chase) Moody, of Claremont, New Hampshire. Their children are: Harry B., born Jilarch 26, 1879, married, July 19, 1905, Elsie Noyes, of Somerville ; he is a graduate of the Fitchburg high school, Phillips' Academy, Lester, New Hampshire, and Harvard University (1903); he is employed at Somerville by the Phoenix Light- ing Company; Robert M., born January i, 1881, married, September 9, 1903, Maud McLain Downes, graduate of the Fitchburg high school igoo; paymas- ter for the Fitchburg Steam Engine Co. ; Andrew B., Jr., born September 3, 1883, student in Mass- achusetts Institute of Technology, class of 1906. FRANK DWIGHT PAGE. John Page (i), the immigrant ancestor of Frank Dwight Page, of Fitch- burg, AL'issachusett.s, came to New England in 1630 with his wife and two children from Dcdham, Eng- land. The records show that he settled at 'Water- town, Massachusetts, and during the hard times of the first year received relief sent him by his minister, Mr. John Rogers. ' His descendants have been numerous in Groton, Shirley, Lunenburg, and Rindgc, New Hampshire, as well as in other places. He was appointed the first constable of the town of Watertown by the general court, September, 1630. He was one of the proprietors. His house was burned April 2t, 1631. He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1631. Fie died December 18, 1676, aged ninety years. His widow Phebe died September 25, 1677, aged eighty-seven years. The children of John and Phebe Page were : William, married Anna ; Phebe, born about 1O62, married James Cutler ; Daniel, born 1630, of whom later ; Samuel, born August 20. 1633. (II) John Page, Jr., son of John Page (i), born 1630, probably in Watertown, Massachusetts, took the freeman's oath in 1652. He removed in 1662 to Groton and became proprietor of an exten- sive tract of land there, and a section of the town took its name from him as the most distinguished man of the place. He married, May 12, l()64. Faith Dunster, probably the niece of President Dunster, of Harvard College. She died April 3, 1699. He returned tO' Watertown in 167C at the tune of King Philip's war and died there in 171 1. He was select- man of Watertown in 1695-96-97-98. Three of his children were born 'in (Iroton, the youngest in Watertown. He married (second) Emory Lamb's widow, September 5, 1699. The children of John and Faith (Dunster) Page were: John, born De- cember 10, 1669; Samuel, June 4, 1672; Mary, Jan- uary 9, 1674-75; Jonathan, born June 24, 1677, of whom later. (III) Jonathan Page, son of John Page (2), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, June 24, 1677, and died October 10, 1751, aged seventy-four years, at Groton, Massachusetts. Tlie children of Jonathan and Mary Page were : A daughter, born December 2S, 1706, died three days old; Faith, No- vember 6, 1707; Jonathan, June 5, 1710; John, of whom later; Joseph, October 22, 1714; Mary, Feb- ruary 20, 1716-17; Benjamin, July 19, 1719; Simeon, January 23, 1722; Sarah, December 10, 1724. (IV) John Page, son of Jonathan Page (3), was born in Groton, Massachusetts, January 30, 1712, married, September 12, 1733. Their children were : Molley, born November 15, 1734; Submit, December 25, 1736; Sybil, August 28, 1740; John, June 9, 1743; Phineas, May 24, 1745, of whom later ; Lemuel, Sep- tember 2, 1747; Lucy, June I, 1750; Emma, April 12, 1755- (■y) Phinehas Page, son of John Page (4), was born in Groton. Massachusetts, May 24, 1745; mar- ried Hannah Stone, of Groton, February 2, 1769. He resided in the western part of Shirley on the place previously occupied by Daniel Page and later of Philemon Holden. The farm has always been well kept and it gives evidence of several generations of thrifty owners. He was a volunteer in the Lex- ington alarm, April 19, 1775, and was private in Cap- tain Henry Haskell's company, Colonel John Pres- cott's regiment. The children of Phinehas and Hannah (Stone) Page were ; Theophilus, born in Shirley, December 12, 1769, removed to Schenectady, New York ; Phine- has, November 5, 1771, died 1772; Phinehas, March 16, 1773, died in Amherst, 1805; Levi, August 18, 177s, left town to settle in New York, died October 17, 1853; Edmund, of whom later; Ede (Edith), July 18, 1781, married John Rockwood, December 7, 1803, and they had four children; Eli, September 19, 1784, married Clarissa Hawkins; Walter, Novem- ber 14, 1786, died at Londonderry, Vermont, July I, 1810. (VI) Edmund Page, son of Phinehas Page (5), was born in Sliirley, Massachusetts, March 13, 1778; married Betsey Dwight, of Shirley, February 1, 1806, and at the time of his marriage settled in Dunstable (Nashua), where he lived the remainder of his life. He was a trader and became one of the most in- fluential and well known merchants of his day. He was a town oflicer during most of his active life, and he was widely known by that hoinely but honorable title of Squire to all the country about his home. He died in 1871. The children of Edmund and Betsey (Dwight) Page, all born in Dunstable, were: Mary Ann, July 6, 1806, married Isaac Kendall, of Dunstable, May 22, 1831. died July S, 1870; they had three children: Betsey, April 3, 1809, married James Kendall, of Dun- stable, October 30, 1831, and they had five children; 8o WORCESTER COUNTY Edmund D., born October li, iSii, married Rebecca Bancroft, of Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, June 9, 1836; they had one child; Albert Gallatin, of whom later; Jonn, June 22, 1816, married Sarah E. Read, of Dunstable, April 21, 1844, resides in Fitchburg; his two children are: Sarah Angcnette and George • Austin; Norman K., Decembers, 1S18, marriad Mary H. Leavitt, of Lowell, September 3, 1856; they have two children; Harriet, October 19, 1822, died Jan- uary 4, 1845. (VII) Albert Gallatin Page, fourth child of Edmund Page (6), was born in Dunstable, Mass- achusetts, March 13, 1814. He married Sarah C. Swallow, of Dunstable, August 28, 1834; he died March 27,. 1871. He was one of the founders of what is now the Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Company, of Akron, Ohio, but which business was originally started in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, about 1850, under the name of Page, Whitman & Co., mowing machine knives. The children of Albert Gallatin and Sarah C. (Swallow) Page were: Sarah Emily, born May 28, 183s, in Nashua, New Hampshire, married Austin Farrar, of Springfield, Vermont; they had one child, Albert Austin 1-arrar, who married Lizzie E. Shat- tuck, of Tow-nsend; he was born June ig, 1856, and died March 27, 1S80; Eliza Jane, born November 3, 1837, Nashua, New Hampshire, married Edward U. Atherton, of Conway, New Hampshire, resided in Fitchburg, and they have one child, Willis Burton Atherton, born June 15, 1870; Albert Willis, Septem- ber 23, 1830, died March 4, 1851, at I'itchburg; Frank Dwignt, of whom later. (VIII) Frank Dwight Page, youngest child of Albert Gallatin Page (7), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, F'ebruary 9, 1855. He received liij early education in the public schools of his native town. He left scliool at the age of fifteen and en- tered a machine shop in Fitchburg to learn the trade. But at this time a vacancy in the office of the Fitch- burg Gas Company gave him an opportunity to enter another line of work which he accepted and began at the bottom of the ladder. He advanced from office boy to clerk and in time became the assistant superintendent. He was a popular and efficient officer of the company. He had the misfortune to have a cancer on one of his legs and was obliged to give up his position in the gas company. In order to save his life the leg was amputated. Upon his recovery he purchased the business of the late Will- iam N. Willis, known as the City Hotel of Fitchburg. After two years and a quarter he was elected city auditor, one of the most important heads of depart- ments of the city, the balance wheel of the city finances. During the years that Mr. Page has held this position the city bookkeeping has given abundant evidence of his ability and thoroughness in perform- ing his various duties. Whether the mayor was Re- publican or Democrat, or of the many municipal party organizations that have taken root in Fitch- burg, Mr. Page has been kept at the helm, having the confidence and respect of every administration with which he has been connected. He has natur- ally the genial manners and tacttu! ways of dealing with officials as well as with the public that is es- sential to the proper conduct of public affairs and the success of a public officer. His excellent qual- ities have attracted to him a large circle of personal friends. Besides those offices mentioned, Mr. Page was formerly clerk of his ward. He wasa member of the committee on organization of the Fidelity Co- (pl)crativc Bank of Fitchburg, and its first treasurer, and previous to this was for several years one of the auditors of the Fitchburg Co-operative Bank and has always taken a deep interest in these institutions. He is a Republican. He is a past officer of Apollo Lodge, and King David Encampment, L O. O. F., and a member 01 Grand Lodge of the State. He is a prominent F'ree Mason, and recorder of Jerusalem Commandery, Knight Templars for the last fourteen years. Fie is an attendant of the F'irst Universalist Church. lie married (first) Delia L Plimpton, daughter of Captain Chandler Plimpton, of a well known F'itchburg family, September 17, 1878. He married (second), 1893, Lydia Tocie Johnson, a native of Quincy, Illinois, and they have one son, Dwight Coggshall Page, born in Fitchburg, May 2, 1896. SULLIVAN G. PROCTOR. Robert Proctor (l), the immigrant ancestor of the late Sullivan G. Proctor, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was born in England and settled in i\ew England, first at Salem, where he was admitted a freeman May 10, 1643, and later at Concord, where he married, December 31, 164s, Jane Hildreth. He removed again to the ad- jacent town of Chelmsford, where all but their first three children were born. He died 1697. His will was dated March 10, 1697, and proved July 13, 1697. He mentions his children as given below, viz : Sarah, born at Concord, October 12, 1646; Gcrshom, son, bom May 13, 1648; Mary, born April 8, 1650; Peter, born in Chelmsford, married Mary Patterson, cf Billcrica; Elizabeth, born January 21, 1657; James; Lydia, born February 19, 1066, died aged six months ; Thomas; John, of whom later; Samuel; Israel; Dorothy, married Barrett. (II) John Proctor, son of Robert Proctor (i), was born in Chelmsford about 1C70. He married Miriam , and they resided in Chelmsford and Littleton, Massachusetts. They were members of the first church at Westford. They had a son John, born 1694, of whom later. (III) John Proctor, son of John Proctor (2), was born in Littleton or Chelmsford adjoining about 1694. He belonged to the First Church at Westford, where he settled. He married Mary , and their children were : Mary, born 1719, married Jon- athan Robbins, 1743; James, born 1720; Phinehas, born 1722; Elizabeth, born 1724. married Zcchariah Robbins, 1744; Sarah, born 1726, married Samuel Hildreth, 1753; Oliver, born 1729; John, born 1733, of whom later. (IV) John Proctor, youngest child of John Proctor (3), was born in Westford, Massachusetts, i7.'?3, married, 1762, Mary Nutting. He resided at Westford and perhaps Groton. He appears to have been in Captain Asa Lawrence's company in the revolution in 1775. The children of John and Mary Proctor were: Josiah, born 1762; Josiah, born 1764, died young; John, born 1765, of whom later; Jesse, born 1773, died 1777; Polly, born 1775, married, 1796, Henry Chandler; Hosea, born 1777, died 1796; Joseph, born 1779; Sally, born 1782, married 1809, Scth Fletcher, Jr. ; Hannah, born 1784, married, 1806, Thomas C. Parker. (V) John Proctor, third child of John Proctor (4), was born at Westford. Massachusetts, 1765. He married Rachel Shcdd, of Pepperell, 1794. He married (second) Betsey (Snow) Works, of Lunen- burg, and settled about ^800 in Reading, Vermont. John Proctor died in 1856, aged ninety-one years. I ^/ ^ yj^-ci^ lui^^A^ Cr KA.(.Jlt_M—i.^ytyZ/^7.-LM^_^ WORCESTER COUNTY 87 at Fitchburg, married, June 20, 1893, Annie Binnic, at Hartford. Connecticut, and they have four chil- dren: Robert Samuel, born July 12, 1894, at Monterey, Massachusetts ; Arthur Edwin, born Feb- ruary 9, 1896, at Monterey ; Raymond James, born August 4, 1899, at South Natick, Massachusetts ; Irving Alan, born July 2, 1904, at Broad Brook, Connecticut. 2. Hattie Maria, born October 16, 1864, at Fitchburg, married, October 10, 1889, George S. Boynton, of Leominster, and they have one child, Gladys Lillian, born February 28, 1894. 3. Charles Edward, of whom later. (IX) Charles Edward Burnap, youngest child of Edwin Samuel Burnap (8), was born in Fitch- burg. Massachusetts, June 18. 1870. He attended the public schools of his native town and the Fitch- burg high school. He entered Harvard University, from which he was graduated in 1892. For two years he taught school in Keene, New Hampshire. Since 1896 he has assisted his father in the care and management of the farm. Mr. Burnap is a Re- publican in politics and attends the Congregational Church. He married. December 17, 1900, Nellie May Cam- eron, of West Rutland, Vermont, and they have one child, Charles Cameron, born September 26, I90r, at Fitchburg. SOUTHWORTH LORING. The immigrant an- cestor of Southworth Loring, of Fitchburg, was Thomas Loring, of Hingham, born in England, and one of the earliest settlers. His descendants have been numerous in Plymouth county. He was a pro- prietor of Hingham and was admitted freeman there March 3, 1635-6. He was a deputy to the general court and deacon of the church. His house was burned March 15, 1645-6, and he then removed to Hull, Massachusetts. He died April 4, 1661, and the inventory of his estate is dated June 27, 1662. His widow Jane died August 25, 1672. Her will, dated July 10, 1672, and proved October 23, 1672, bequeathed to eldest son, Thomas Loring, and Hannah, his wife ; to sons John and Benjamin ; to son Josiah's wife. His children: Thomas; John, born December 22, 1630; Isaac, baptized January 20, 16,39-40, died February following; Isaac, born 1641, baptized January 9, 1641-2, died March 2. 1644-5; Josiah, baptized Janu- ary 9. 1641 ; Benjamin, baptized November 24, 1644. The Loring family resided at Duxbury, Plymouth, Middleboro and Plimpton. Southworth Loring, a descendant of Thomas Loring, was born in Plimpton, Massachusetts, form- erly Plymouth, July 20, 1819. He moved when very young with the family to Middleboro, a neigh- boring town, and was brought up and educated in the public schools there. He learned the trade of an iron molder and later went into business in Middleboro as the proprietor of an iron foundry there, and became a prominent business man. He was very successful and enterprising. He enlisted in the famous Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, and was chosen second lieutenant of the Middleboro company. He was given one of the medals issued by the commonwealth of Massachusetts to "The Minute Men of 1861," a handsome bronze souvenir for the men who responded to Lincoln's first call for troops. He was injured by long marches and h.id to leave the service, never entirely recovering his health. He was discharged from the service December 19, 1863, at that time being lieutenant of Company E, Fortieth Massachusetts Infantry, to which he was transferred from the Sixth. Mr. Loring was a stanch Republican in politics and held various town offices in Middleboro. He was a member of Mayflower Lodge of Free Masons and was active in the work of the lodge. He was a member of the local post of the Grand .Army and well known among the veterans of Plymouth county. He was a Spiritualist in religion and for many years was a prominent layman in that sect. After he retired from business he made his home in Fitchburg, living there quietly until his death, December 28, 1886. He was a man of model char- acter, earnest, religious and charitable. He married (first), June 12, 1879, Elvira Gage Lewis, widow of Benjamin Lewis (who died in 1869), and daughter of Moses M. and Sophia (Simonds) Gage, of Hubbardston, Massachusetts. They had no children. She survives him, living at the old home, 197 Blossom street. Besides his wife Mr. Loring left a sister, Myra, who married Eben Hathaway ; a niece, daughter of his brother Thomas, Caroline Monroe, wife of Don Monroe, of Bridgewater; also her sister Georgia Le Barron, wife of Eugene P. Le Barron, of Middleboro. ALBERT BRAINARD LAWRENCE. Law- rence is a famous old name in England as well as America. The pedigree of the English families has been carefully investigated, and the history of the family well preserved. Robert Lawrence, of Lancashire, England, born probably as early as .\. D. 1 150, was the ancestor of the earliest Laurence families on record. He attended Richard II, "Coeur de Lion." in the Crusades to the Holy Land, and distinguished himself at the siege of .'\cre, for which he was knighted as Sir Robert of Ashton Hall. His arms, still used by his descendants all over the world, were: a cross, raguely gules, A. D. 1191. (I) Sir Robert Lawrence, mentioned above, is the progenitor of Albert Brainard Lawrence of Fitchburg among a numerous posterity of the Amer- ican colonial ancestor. (II) Sir Robert Lawrence, son of the preceding, inherited Ashton Hall, and married a daughter of James Trafford, Esq., of Lancashire. (III) James Lawrence, son of the preceding, married, in 1252, Matilda de Washington, heiress and daughter of John de Washington. Note that George Washington's ancestors were : Augustine, Lawrence, John, Lawrence, Lawrence, Robert, and Lawrence, who was mayor of Northampton in 1532. (IV) John Lawrence, son of the preceding, in- herited Ashton Hall, married Mary Cliesford, d.-mgh- tcr of Walter Chesford. (V) John Lawrence, son of the preceding, mar- ried Elizabeth Holt of Stably, Lancashire ; he died ill 1360. (VI) Robert Lawrence, of Ashton Hall, son of the preceding, married Margaret Holden, of Lancashire. Their children were : i. Robert. 2. Thomas, father of Arthur Lawrence, Esq., of Gloucestershire. 3. William, born 1425, fought under the Lancastrian banner in the civil wars, and is buried in the Abbey. 4. Edmund, married a daugh- ter of Miles de Stapleton, descendant of a distin- guished family of Norman origin. (VII) Sir Robert Lawrence, son of Robert Law- rence (6), married .^mphi^bis, daughter of Edward Longford. Esq. Their children: i. James, heir to Ashton Hall. 2. Robert, married Margaret, daugh- 88 WORCESTER COUNTY ter of John Lawrence. 3. Nicholas, mentioned below. (VIII) Nicholas Lawrence, son of Sir Robert Lawrence (7), was of Ayercroft. His children were : i. Thomas. 2. Nicholas. 3. Robert. 4. John, mentioned below. 5. William. 6. Henry. 7. Oliver, ancestor of the Crich-Grange branch. (IX) John Lawrence, son of Nicholas Lawrence (8), lived at Ayercroft. and was ancestor of the Lawrences of St. James Park, Suffolk, as stated in the pedigree of the Lawrences of Ashton Hall. He died 1461. (X) Thomas Lawrence, son of John (9), lived at Rumburgh and held land there and in other places, Holton, Wisset and South Elmham ; his will is dated July 17, 1471. His children were: John, mentioned below ; Richard, of St. Ives. (XI) John Lawrence, son of Thomas Lawrence (10), married Margery . His will is dated July 10, 1504, the year of his death. His wife died 1507, and both are buried in the churchyard at Rumburgh. (XII) Robert Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (11), was named in his father's will, and his wife was mentioned in that of her mother-in-law. (XIII) John Lawrence, son of Robert Lawrence (12). married Elizabeth , and they had: I. Henry. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Agnes. 4. Margaret. 5. Katherine. 6. William, of St. James, South Elmham. 7. Richard, of Wisset and Rum- burgh. (XIV) John Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (13), married Agnes , who died January 22, isS.'i. His will is dated April 27, 1590. and he was buried March 21. 1590. His children were: r. John, mentioned below. 2. Richard, died 1596. 3. Susan. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Margaret. (XV) John Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (14), was of Wisset, in Suffolk. He married Johnann . His will is dated of Wisset, June 2. 1606. and he was buried there January 16, 1607. His children were: I. Henry, mentioned below. 2. Robert, will dated 1641. 3. Margery. 4. Kath- erine. (XVI) Henry Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (15), is the immigrant ancestor of the American Lawrences of this branch. He married Mary • , and (second) Christian ■ . His name is on the list of those coming to Charlestown 1635. He drew ten acres on the Mystic side, and five acres more February 20, 16,38. His house lot was granted 1635. bv George Blott. The records of Henry Lawrence in Charlestown are meagre and confusing. Per- haps he remained only a few years, and returned to England. Christian, who is given as his wife by some writers, had a son John, whose age does not agree with that of Henry's son John of Water- town and Groton. The will of Henry Lawrence's father refers to Henry's son John as in Charlestown, in New England. (XVII) John Lawrence, son of Henry Lawrence (t6), of Wisset. England, and Charlestown, Massa- chusetts, born in Wisset. baptized there October 8, 1609. (See will of his grandfather. John Law- rence.) He was in Charlestown. but settled ni Watertown. There is another John Lawrence, prohablv ^ relative, with whom John Lawrence (17). is generally confused : both had wives named Su- sanna. John Lawrence came to New England prob- ably with Governor Winthrop. 16.30. five years before his father. He settled in Watertown. where he was a proprietor 1636. and freeman. April 17, 1637, He ibS2, / xticiit. / was a carpenter. His farm viras on the east side of Fresh Pond, and he bought also thirty-five acres of Isaac Cummins, and owned about one hundred and fifty acres of land in 1642. His neighbors were Timothy Hawkins and John Hammond, and the homestead was in what is now Belmont, on the west side of the common. He was on the grand jury 1662. He sold his mansion house and farm 1662, and removed to Groton, where he located southwest of Gibbet Hill. Joseph F. Hall owned the farm some years ago. He was a proprietor of Groton. twice selectman, highway surveyor. His wife Elizabeth died at Groton. August 29, 1663, and he married November 2, 1664. at Charlestown, Susanna Batcheller, by whom he had two children. He died at Groton, July 11, 1667: his widow Susanna died July 8, 1668. at Charlestown. Her will, dated July, 1668, and proved December 16, 1668, devised to father and mother, brother and sister. His children were: i. John, mentioned be- low. 2. Nathaniel, bnrn October 13, 16,39. 3- Jo- seph, born March, 1642. 4. Joseph, born Mav 30, 1643. 5. Jonathan, buried April 6. 1648. 6. Mary, born July 16, 164,^. 7. Peleg, born January 10, 1646-7. 8. Enoch, born March .^. 1648-9, settled in Groton. 9. Samuel, married September 14, 1682, Rebecca Luen. ,__io. Isaac, married. April 19. 1682 Abigail Bellows, sertle'd-fn T^orwicTTr^'Conriecticut. ir. Elizabeth, born May 9, 1655. at Boston. (Note that a John L-awrence married in Boston, February f^- t6,S3-4, Elizabeth Atkinson, and this child may be theirs; this may be a second wife of the John of Groton.) 12. Jonathan, born at Watertown. 13. Zachariah, born March g. 1658-9, at Watertown. By second wife Susanna. John had: 14. Abigail, born at Groton. January 9. 1666. 15. Susanna, July 3 1667. at Groton. died 1667. (XVIII) John Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (17), was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts. March 14, 1635-6. He is confused with one or more John Lawrences of the same period in Charlestown, Boston and Watertown. If our research is correct, however, this John, born 1636. was son of John of Watertown and Groton. He settled in Charles- town for a time and married into the well known Ruckmaster family. His wife was Sarah Buck- master, married September ,30. 1657. at Boston, and he was then residing at Muddy River (Brookline), where some of their children were doubtless born. Thcv went to Wrentham. and Sarah had one daugh- t<'r there. She died there .\ugust 30. 1690. John died March 25. 1684. Thomas Buckmaster, her father, was from Wales, admitted a freeman ^fay 6 1646. resided also at Muddy River, and died there September 20. i6.s6. He had a son named Lawrence: the families may have been related. The children of John and Sarah (Buckmaster) Law- rence: I. Ebenezer (?), lived at Wrentham, married Mary . and had there: Sarah, born Mav ,30, 1700 and Marv, born May 25, 17TI. 2. Daniel, re- sided at Wrentham. and had son Thomas there in i70=;-6. 3. Mary, born at Wrentham, March 16. T682. a' David, mentioned below. (XIX) David Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (18). was born probably in Wrentham or Brook- line. Massachusetts, about i6S-!. He married Bethia '-. They removed from Wrentham to Franklin. ,-in adjoining town, and oerhaps lived elsewhere. Onlv three children are found on the records at Franklin: I. David, Jr.. born September 3, 1712. WORCESTER COUNTY mentioned below. 2. Bethia, born August 31, 1713. married Andrew Blake. 3. Phebe, born March 25, 1715- (XX) David Lawrence, Jr., son of David Law- rence, Sr. (19), was born in Franklin, Massachu- setts, September 3, 1712. He also settled in Frank- lin, and married Elizabeth . Their children were: i. Joseph, born August 22, 1745. 2. Isaiah, September 3, 1747. 3. Eunice, perhaps married. May S, 1793, Titus ^Ictcalf. 4. Amos, January 15, 1755. 5. Joseph, March 26, 1757, married Ann Hills. 6. Elizabeth, March 14, 1758. 7. Joshua, September 11, 1759. 8. Cephas, mentioned below. 9. David, bap- tized at Franklin, 1766. married Lois Reed. (XXI) Cephas Lawrence, son of David Law- rence, Jr. (20), born in Franklin, February 12, 1762, and baptized there ; married, November 26, 1789, Esther Whiting, of Franklin ; he died at North Brookfield, July 4. 1S42 ; she died there August 28, 1836. Cephas was a soldier in the revolution in (Tapt. John Metcalf's company, Maj. Seth Bullard's Fourth Suffolk regiment, in 1780, and marched on the Rhode Island alarm. Children of Cephas and Esther: i. Hannah, born October ig. 1790. died ■unmarried. 2. Nathan, April g, 1792, married Bet- sey Hill ; he died in Canterbury. Vermont. March 2g, 1848. 3. Almon, October 7. 1794, married Susan Banister : he died at Oxford, February 2, 1854. 4. Esther, November 27, 1795. died unmarried, in Mil- ford. August 5. i84g. 5. Parna, born 1797. married "William Marsh; she died in Craftsboro, Vermont, March, 1843. 6. Cephas. October 12, 179S, married Betsey Summer, of Milford. a prominent manufac- turer in Franklin and iMflford ; he died March 4, 1872. 7. Asa Whiting, January 22, 1799, died in Stafford, Connecticut, June 28, 1869: married, De- ■cember. 1827, Naomi Jennison. 8. David Brainard, tnentioned below. 9. Vernon, born in North Brook- field, March 13. 1804; married Mary Ann Allen, December 21, 1831 ; he died June 14, 1871. 10. Mary, Ijorn March 2, 1806. died in Warren, September 16, 1877; married. July 10, 1836, Henry Bennett of Spencer. Massachusetts. (XXH) David Brainard Lawrence, eighth child of Cephas Lawrence (21). born December 12. 1800; married, April 3, 1833, Lucinda W. Atwood, of North Brooktield. and settled in that town. He re- Tnoved later and bought the Bugbce place in Brim- field, where he lived and conducted his farm for forty years. His wife died 1894. and he died Feb- Tuary 20, 1864. both in Brimficld. Their children: I. Edwin, born North Brookfield, July 23, 1834; •married. January 28. 1875, Georgianna F. Burns, of Boston, died at Necdham ; was a tailor in Bos- ton ; has one son, Fred, a teacher and landscape painter, resides in Illinois. 2. Ellen Addie. born Oakham, Massachusetts, June 3. 1837 ; married, October 14, 1862, Hon. Thomas Rice, of Shrews- Tjury, leather manufacturer, who died in 1896; she died in 189S ; their children : Edwin L. Rice, of Brookline, and Edith Rice, married Dr. Morgan. of Needham, Massachusetts. 3. John Whiting, born March 29. 1840: married, April 12, 18C4. Mary A. Newton, of Brinifield ; succeeded to the farm, was a prominent citizen, selectman, etc. ; he died January and she March, 1904, and they are buried in the same grave. Their children : John, Fred, Nellie. 4. Harriet Newell, born July 23. 1843 ; mar- ried. April 12. 1864. Deacon Aaron Brigham Rice, of Marlboro, Massachusetts: she died 1890: their ■children : David Rice, of Rice & Pierce Oil Co., Worcester: Thomas Rice, of Fall River, newspaper editor; Bessie, and Helen, teachers in the public schools of Porto Rico. 5. Oman Hoar, born Brim- field, April 3, 1846, was cashier of L. W. Beck's bank at Galva, Illinois, several years : came to Fitch- burg and entered partnership with his brother, A. B. Lawrence. 1874. dealers in hardware; he Ijecame cashier of the Northboro National Bank for about two years; president of the Wachusett National Bank of Fitchburg until his death in 1893 ; was director of the Newburgh (New York) Gas Co., and of other corporations; he married Josephine Van Dyke of Schenectady, New York, August 10, 1870. and they had one child, Herbert O. Lawrence, born 1S71, now with the Spaulding Sporting Goods Co. in Chicago ; he is married and has one child. 6. Albert Brainard, mentioned below. 7. Mary Eliza- beth, born May 11, iS.si. 8. Lucy Angcnette. born March 23, 1854 ; married Byron S. Jordan, sales- man for S. S. Pierce Company of Boston ; resides in South Framingham, Massachusetts, and have one son, Edward. (XXIII) Albert Brainard Lawrence, sixth child of David Brainard Lawrence (22), was born in Brimfield. Massachusetts, November 23, 1847. He went to school in his native town. He left the high school to enter the boot and shoe business at Marl- boro. He worked there for two years for Henry O. Russell, manufacturer of boots and shoes, then for about three years for Henry Twitchell of Brook- field. He went to Warren as foreman for B. A. Tripp & Co., where he remained until 1871, when he bought the hardware business of Jacob H. Fair- banks, in Fitchburg. It was an old house estab- lished about fifty years before, and from the outset Mr. Lawrence had a good business. His place of business was formerly opposite the American House, where the Fitchburg Trust Company building now stands. He was located there for twenty years.' When that property was sold for its present use he removed up street under the Whitney Opera House, and was there five years. In 1895 he removed to his present location on Main street in the Freeman Block. Except for the growth, Mr. Lawrence has much the same kind of store as at first. He deals in all kinds of iron and steel, in agricultural im- plements, paints, oils and varnish, wholesale and retail. He is alone at present in business, although the name of the house since 1895 has been A. B. Lawrence Sons & Co. At various times all his sons have been members of the firm, though none are at present. The business is the largest with one ex- ception of any in this line in that section of the state. In addition to this business Mr. Lawrence has been a lumber dealer, buying wood lots in War- ren, Brinifield, Townscnd and other towns in the vicinity, cutting the wood and selling it. He was interested at one time in a large wheat farm at Abilene, Kansas, with his brother Oman. He is director of the Fidelity Co-operative Bank, and was vice-president several years. He is a Republican, and in 1888 and 1889 was in the board of aldermen of Fitchburg. serving on the highway, fire depart- ment and city property committees. He is well known among the Free Masons of the city, a mem- ber of .Aurora Lodge, Thomas Chapter, Jerusalem Conmiandcry, and thirty-second degree. Scottish Rite. He is also a noble of Aleppo Temple. Mystic .Shrine; a mcnilicr of Mt. Roulslone Lodge. I. O. O. F. ; .nnd .Mpim- Lodge, K. P. He is a member of the Unitarian Church. 90 WORCESTER COUNTY }{e married, first. Abbie L. Phillips, daughter of Colonel Ivers Phillips. May 23, 1870. She died August, 1899, at Fitchburg. He married (second), June T, 1904. Ada M. Grant, daughter of John Grant, of Fitchburg. The children of Albert Brainard and Abbie L. (Phillips) Lawrence were: i. Ivers Phillips, born 1873, graduate of the Fitchburg high school, wholesale lumber dealer in Fitchburg; mar- ried Mattie Harris, of Fitchburg and had : Ivers P., Jr. 2. Harry A., born 1875, salesman for Ivers P. Lawrence; married Agnes Smith, of Fitchburg, daughter of Sumner P. Smith ; he is a graduate of the Fitchburg high school and Eastman's Business College. 3. Ralph Carter, born 1880; married Anna Leach of Kenton, Ohio ; he is a graduate of the Fitchburg high school and of Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York ; in 1904 he started in the hardware business for himself in Fitchburg in a store adjoining his father's and has recently sold the same to his father, A. B. Lawrence. GARDNER K. HUDSON. The Hudson family was represented among the pioneers in New Eng- land by James Hudson, of Boston, John Hudson, of Duxbury, Ralph Hudson, of Cambridge. William Hudson, of Boston, and Daniel Hudson, of Lancas- ter. They intermarried with some of the most in- fluential families, as the historian of Marlboro states the fact, adding that scarcely any other family has furnished so many soldiers in the Indian, French and Revolutionary wars. The relationship between the various pioneer settlers is not known, nor their English pedigrees definitely ascertained. (I) Daniel Hudson, who was the pioneer an- cestor of Gardner K. Hudson, of Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, came from England in 1639 and was in Watcrtown in 1640. He removed to Lancaster in 1665 and purchased of Major Simon Willard, one of the proprietors, a proprietor's right for forty pounds. His farm was situated near Gibson hill in Lancaster. He married Johanna , and they had five or six children before they went to Lancaster, where their births were recorded. He, his wife, two daugh- ters, and two children of his son Nathaniel, were killed by the Indians in one of their incursions into the ill-fated town of Lancaster in 1697. His family was away from Lancaster during King Philip's war. of course, but they had returned wlicn the town was re-settled. He was in Concord in 1673 accord- ing to a deed to "Daniel Hudson, of Concord, some- times of Lancaster, of twenty acres from John Moore, of Sudbury." Later a deed indicates that he lived at Newton. He was named as "Daniel Hud- son, late of Lancaster, but now of Cambridge Vil- lage (NeW'ton)" and he deeded to his oldest son Daniel, who is about to be married to Mary Maynard, of Sudbury, daughter of John Maynard. some twenty acres of land. In 1688 Daniel Hudson (i) and wife deeded to son, William Hudson, land on Gibson's hill, Lancaster. His will was dated 1695 and proved October 14. 1697. and mentions his wife and sons: William. Nathaniel and Thomas. An agreement for the settlement of the estate was signed bv Nathaniel for himself and brother Thomas; Samuel Waters in the right of his wife Mary (Hudson) ; by Jacob Waters in the right of his wife Sarah (Hudson) : and by James .^therton in right of his wife Abigail (Hudson). Most of the male members of the family apparently left Lancaster soon after- ward. The destruction of the Lancaster records and migratory character of the family, Hudson says, deprives us of most of the information neces- sary to complete the genealogical record of the fam- ily. The name was frequently spelled Hutson in the early days. The children of Daniel and Johanna Hudson were: Daniel, born May 26, 1651, married Mary Maynard; Mary, September 7, 1653. married Samuel Waters; Sarah. June I, 1656, married Jacob Waters; Elizabeth, June 11, 1658, killed by Indians; Johanna, born June 6. i65o, killed by the Indians ; John, May 10, 1662, perhaps died young; Anne. January i, 1664, probably died young ; Mary, June 12, 1665 ; Abigail, September 7, 1667, married James Atherton; Na- thaniel, of whom later; Thomas, about 1673. (II) Nathaniel Hudson, tenth child of Daniel Hudson (i), was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, March 15, 1671. He settled first about 1718 on land granted by virtue of the right of his father, Good- man Hudson. But it seems that he was not a permanent settler of Lancaster, for in 1709 "Na- thaniel Hudson of Billerica, formerly of Lancaster," conveyed land in Lincoln, Massa<:husetts, to Mr. Buss. His children were baptized in Lexington. The Marlboro historian Hudson writing some years ago said there was a lack of records to show the names of his children. "The whole Hudson fam- ily," he said, "appears to have been men of arms, rather than letters and their record is traced quite as easily on army rolls as on town books." There is no record of the marriage or death of Nathaniel (l). He had other children we know besides those named below, for two of them were mentioned above as victims of an Indian raid in 1697. The follow- ing children of Nathaniel Hudson are named in the Marlboro history : Seth, Nathaniel. Abigail ; the three preceding were baptized at Lexington, April 22, 1705; John, born 1713. died at Berlin, Massachusetts. August 17, 1799. The descendants of Nathaniel for whom the town of Hudson, Massa- chusetts, was named follow nearly the same line as that which we are tracing for Mr. Hudson, of Fitchburg. (III) John Hudson, son of Nathaniel Hudson (2), was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, proljably in 1713, and died in Berlin. Massachusetts, in the same vicinity, August 6, 1799. He married Eliza- beth McAllister, of Northboro. Massachusetts ; she died May 16, 1786, aged sixty-six years. He mar- ried (second), March 28. 1787. Bethia Wood, who survived him. He settled first in Marlboro and after- wards at Berlin. Massachusetts. He served under Captain Samuel Howe in the expedition to Crown Point in 1755. He was al.so one of the alarm men attached to Colonel Abraham Williams' company in March. 1757. He was likewise in the service at the beginning of the revolution. He and two of his sons w'cre in active service in the French war; he and eight of his sons fought in the revolution. He was in Captain Samuel Woods' company. Colonel Jonathan Ward's regiment. The children of John and Elizabeth (McAllister) Hudson were : Elisha, of whom later ; Elijah, mar- ried Hannah Goodnow, of Northboro; ^liriam. born April, 1746, married Jonas Babcock. of Northboro; Moses, born January 4. 1749, served from Bolton five years in the revolution, unmarried; Aaron, Au- gust 2d. 1750. was at the Lexington alarm, 1775; Hannah. July 20. 1752. died at Berlin unmarried; Ebenczer, May 16, I7.S5, died in revolutionary serv- ice ; John, May 9. 1757. removed to Oxford, was three years in the Continental army; Charles, 1759, WORCESTER COUNTY 91 was three years in the Continental army ; Stephen, June 12, 1761, was three years in the Continental army ; Elizabeth, November 18, 1779, married Levi Fay, of Marlboro. (IV) Elisha Hudson, son of John Hudson (3), was born about 1740, probably in Marlboro, Massa- chusetts. He married, October 4, 1770, Susanna Brigham. daughter of Samuel Brigham. Elisha Hud- son served in tlie French war under Captain Will- iams at No. 4 in 1756 and again in 1758 and 1760. He was also in the revolution, a soldier from Marl- boro where he was then living. In later years with his son, William Hudson, and perhaps others of the children he removed to Canada where he lived until his death. Of his children two are recorded in Marlboro and Hudson says there were others born but not recorded in Marlboro. These two were : William, of whom later ; Samuel, December 25, 1771- (V) William Hudson, son of Elisha Hudson (4), was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, March 29, 1770. He married Anna Morse, of Northboro, March 10. 1793. They settled at first in Northboro, Massachusetts, but about 1796-7 removed with others of the family to Newport, Canada. Of their chil- dren we have record? of two : Sukey. born in North- boro, July 17, 1796; William, born at Newport, Canada, of whom later. (VI) William Hudson, son of William Hudson (5). was born in Newport, Canada, April 6, 1807, and died at Fitchburg. Mas.'^achusetts, August 6, 1884. aged seventy-seven years, four months, at 116 Myrtle avenue, and is buried in that city. He resided in Canada, but settled early in life in Lowell, Massachusetts. He was a mechanic. His last years were spent in Fitchburg where his son Gardner and grandson. Gardner K. Hudson, reside. He married Campbell in Canada. Children : William, deceased ; Thomas, deceased ; Josephine, deceased; Gardner: John, died in infancy; Sarah (Cochrane), living in Springfield; Jennie (Libby), of Sfandish. Maine, Hving: Harriet (Wilson), of Lowell, deceased; Eliza (.4dams). of Springfield, deceased; Didama (Whitney), of Fitchburg. de- ceased. (VII) Gardner Church Hudson, son of William Hudson (6), was born in Hull, December 21, 1844. He was educated in the public and high schools of Lowell and in Kent Hill seminary, Maine. After leaving school he was employed for some years in a ship cliandlcry in Portland, Maine. He came to Fitchburg to work for the United States and Canada Express Company and continued as agent and express messenger for that company for seven- teen years, residing in Fitchburg. In 1880 he went to Boston as chief clerk in the frciglit department of the New York & New England Railroad; later he became an assistant in the freight auditor's of- fice of the same road. He next accepted the posi- tion of station agent at Milford, Massachusetts, on the Milford & Woonsockct Railroad, now part of the New Haven system, where he worked for three years. In 1887 he came to Fitchburg again in the capac- ity of paymaster of the Star Worsted Company, where he worked eight or nine years. He tlien be- came p.aymastcr of the Fitchburg Worsted Mills, and after they were sold to the American Woolen Company he remained until 1902 as cashier of both Fitchburg and Beoli mills. About 1902 Mr. Hudson made his present connection with the Garfield & Proctor Coal Company, wholesale coal dealers of Boston and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He has charge of the books. He resides at present in Watertown, Massachusetts. While in Fitclilnirg he was a member of the First Baptist Church, but is now of the Watertown Baptist Church. He was one of the organizers of Mt. Roulstone Lodge of Odd Fellows, in Fitchburg. He married, February 4, 1874. Margaret Murk- land, daughter of William Murkland, of LowelL They have two children : Alice May. born De- cember 19, 1880, in Fitchburg, resides at home, Watertown, unmarried ; Gardner Kirk, of whom later. (VIII) Gardner Kirk Hudson, only son of Gard- ner C. Hudson (7), was born in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts. January 22, 1875. He attended the Fitch- burg public schools and graduated from the high school in 1892. He was graduated with honors from Brown University (A. B. 1896) and from Columbia (A. M. 1897). In 1898 he entered upon the study of his profession, and was graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1901. In the same year he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in Worcester. In 1903 he formed his present law partnership with Clifford S. Anderson, the firm name being Hudson & Anderson. Their main office has been in the State Mutiial building, Worcester, witli an office at Fitchburg where Mr. Hudson is to be found much of the time on account of his official duties as city solicitor. He was first elected in IQ05 and re-elected for the year 1906. He was a member of the common council of Fitchburg for three years — 1902-03-04. and in this office became thoroughly familiar with the affairs of the city. He is a Republican. He is a director of the Mer- chants' .Association of Fitchburg and of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was a member of the Delta L^psilon fraternity at Brown. He be- longs to the Park Club. He is chairman of the executive committee of the First Baptist Church. He married, June 30, 1903. Alice S. Cummings, daughter of Marcellus Cummings. of Fitchburg. and they have one child, Gardner Cummings, born Janu- ary IS, 1905. JOHN PARKHILL, son of John Parkhill, was liorn October 6, 1823, in Glasgow, Scotland, or rather in a small town some eight miles from the city. He had to go to work in the mills in Glasgow when very young. In his boyhood long hours and childhood labor were the rule. He obtained the rudiments of his education in a night school conducted by the mill owners. He learned the trade of weaver and followed it in the old country for several years. In 1848, when the United Kingdom began to send vast numbers of her people to tlie United States, he decided to make his home and fortune in Amer- ica. He came in a sailing vessel, the voyage taking five long weeks. He landed in Boston, but went directly to Providence, Rhode Island, where he found work at his trade in a cotton mill. In 1850 lie went to Adams. Massachusetts, and became con- nected with the noted Pollock Mills, late the Ren- frew Manufacturing Company. This concern made a business of spinning and coloring yarns, and he was promoted to a responsible position, remaining with the concern twenty years. In 1870 he went to North .Adams and bought an interest in the Johnson Mill, where yarn was spun and wove. The Johnson mill was established 92 WORCESTER COUNTY in 183 1 by Stephen B. Brown and Duty S, Tyler under the firm name of Brown & Tyler. They manufactured print goods, utilizing the water power on the present location of the Johnson Manufactur- ing Company. In 1839 Elisha Harris, of Providence, Rhode Island, was admitted to the firm and also Arthur F. VVilmard and the name became Brown, Harris & Company. In 1850 Sylvander Johnson re- turned from Copakc, New York, and took the mill. He began to manufacture cotton warps and laid the foundation of the present business. In 1872, after Mr. Parkhill had become interested in the mill, it was destroyed by fire, but immediately rebuilt, and in the following year the business was incorporated with Mr. Johnson as president. This concern is known as the Johnson Gingham Mill of North Adams. In 1879 Mr. Parkhill went to Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, and in association with Arthur II. Lowe and Thomas R. B. Dole organized the Parkhill Man- ufacturing Company. The firm bought of Alonzo Davis, who gave them much encouragement at the start, his chair factory in Circle street, and with thirty new looms began to manufacture colored cottons in February, 1880. Mr. Parkhill was the superintendent of the manufacturing; Mr. Lowe was business manager and Mr. Dole, who had been connected with the Fitchburg National Bank, was the financial man. The business was successful from the outset, although the enterprise was new to Fitchburg and the mill did weaving only. In 1882 the firm became a corporation with a capital of $100,000, and an addition to the mill, thirty-five by one hundred and thirty-five feet, two stories high, was built. The mill was enlarged the following year by adding another story and adding more ioom.s. During the next two years another build- ing fifty-five by one hundred and fifty feet, three stories high, and a new power house were built. In 1887 a new dye-house, fifty-five by one hundred and forty feet, two stories high, with an immense chimney was constructed. The factory of the Fitch- "burg Woolen Company was bought and added to the plant. Early in 1888 the company built a cause- way from their Circle street mills across the pond to Rollstone street, with the intention of filling \ip most of the pond and using the made land as the interests of the company demanded. When this enterprise was established in 1879 the city of Fitch- burg was actually losing population. It gave an impetus to all kinds of manufacturing: its success encouraged others and led directly to the organizar tion of the Orswell and Cleghorn mills. At the present time Mr. Parkhill is the presi- dent of the Parkhill Manufacturing Company and his .son-in-law. Arthur II. Lowe, is the treasurer, business manager and active head of the concern, the capital stock of which is $.300,000. (See sketch of Mr. Lowe in this work.) The company operates three large and separate mills called respectively mills A. B, and C, all three of which have direct connection by spur tracks with the railroad. Mill A is the original mill, the chair factory with addi- tions. Mill B is the old Fitchburg woolen mill with additions. Mill C is the Cleghorn mill built in 1885 for the manufacture of dress goods and bought by the Parkhill Manufacturing Company in 1889. Nearly all the buildings are of brick and substantial. The plant is a model of its kind, thor- oughly up-to-date. The company has in operation over two thousand looms, employs over one thou- sand hands, and produces about twenty million yards of cloth a year. The business is the most extensive manufacturing establishment in the city of Fitchburg and gives employment to the largest number of hands. All the mills are on the Nashua river, which furnishes about one hundred horse power while the steam power of the company from five engines amounts to a thousand horse power more. Among the varied products of this concern the best known is the Toile du Nord goods, and the Parkhill zephyr, famous for its durability, attract- ive appearance and finish. The development of this business has placed Fitchburg among the leading cities in the production of gingham goods. The product of the mills is sold to the trade through the firm of Poor Bros. & Company of New York City. The remarkable success and growth of this concern in the past twenty-five years, the excellence of the goods manufactured, the prominence of the company in the manufacturing world, are due entirely to the ability, energy, shrewvdness and persistency of John Parkhill and Arthur H. Lowe, who have been at the head of the business from the first. Mr. Parkhill has devoted himself all his life to his business. He is a Republican in politics and has served the city with credit as member of the common council and board of aldermen, but has declined further honors. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Congregational Church, of which he has been for a number of years deacon. He married, at Adams, Massachusetts, March 26, 1850, Margaret Cleghorn, daughter of Andrew Cleghorn, who in 1885 founded the Cleghorn mills in Fitchburg. She was born in Scotland. Their children are: John, Jr., married Harriet Gould and they have two sons; Harry, died young; Will- iam, who married Mary French. John Parkhill, Jr., died March 18, 1904. Annie, married Arthur H. Lowe. William L., died young. DR. ERNEST PAGE, one of the leading den- tists of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, is son of Dr. John Q. and Edna M. (Phelps) Page. He was born .'Vugust 7, 1874, 'n Three Rivers, in the prov- ince of Quebec, Canada. His father was a noted dentist there. When a young boy Ernest Page went to Berkshire, Vermont, to live and there received his early education in the public schools. He en- tered Harvard Dental School, from which he was graduated with honors in 1895. He started immedi- ately to practice his profession, opening his office in I'itchburg, Massachusetts, in the Johnsonia i)uild- ing. In the past ten years he has built up an ex- cellent practice and has been unusually successful. In politics he is a Republican, but has never cared for public office. He is a member of the Masonic order. He attends the Fitchburg Methodist Epis- copal Church and is leader of the choir and mem- ber of the music committee. Dr. Page is a tenor, member of Apollo Club of Boston, and well known in musical circles. His voice has been carefully trained and his services as a professional are in constant demand. He married, June 28, 1898. Lulu Lcighton. daughter of Orion and Jane E. Lcighton, of Fitchburg. JOSEPH STODDER WILSON. Henry Wil- son (i) was the immigrant ancestor of the late Jo- seph Stodder Wilson, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He was born in England and came before 1640 to New England. He was a proprietor of Dedham, -'^^H^ WORCESTER COUNTY 93 Massachusetts, June 23, 1640, and was admitted a freeman there June 2, 1641. He married, November 24, 1642, Mary Metcalf, daughter o£ Michael Metcalf. (.See Metcalf Family in this work.) She was born in 1615, if her deposition that she was lifty-four years old November 11, 1669, is correct. He died February 8, 1686. The children of Henry and Mary (.Metcalf) Wilson were : Michael, born August 7, 1644; Sarah, June 24, 1650; Mary, November 7, 1652; Sarah, January 22, 1654; Ephraim, June 2, 1656. All the children were born in Dedham. (II) Ephraim Wilson, son of Henry Wilson (l), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, June 2, 1656, married (hrst) Rebecca Sumner, daughter of Samuel Sumner, of Dedham, May 10, 1681. He was on the school committee m 1749-50. Their children were: Ephraim, born February 27, 1683-4; Samuel, April 5, 1087; Rebecca, January 28, 1695; Nathaniel, of whom later. (.HI) Nathaniel Wilson, son of Ephraim Wil- son (.2), was born January 18, 1698-9. He married (first) Lydia , and (second) Hannah Haslop, of Dedham, July 11, 1745. The only child of Nathaniel and Hannah Wilson found on record was Ephraim, born January 18, 1737-8, of whom later. The Wilson homestead seems to have been from the earliest days in that part of Dedham now the town of Dover, Massachusetts. (IV) Ephraim Wilson, son of Nathaniel Wil- son (3), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 18, 1737-8. He married Sibbel Allen, of Ded- ham, July 13, 1774. He fought in the revolution. He was in Captain Ebenezer Battles' company of the Fourth Parish (Dover) of Dedham. The fourth parish became a district or Dedham known as Dover in 1793 and was incorporated in 1836. The Wilson family has been one of the most prominent in the parish, district and town. Ephraim Wilson, of Dover, the present head of the familv of Dover, is a town of- ficer and prominent citizen. The children of Ephraim and Sibbel (Allen) Wilson were Ephraim, born January 9, 1776; Nathaniel, born August 25, 1779, of whom later. (V) Nathaniel Wilson, son of Ephraim Wil- son (4), was born in the Fourth Parish of Dedham, August 25, 1779. He was brought up on the old homestead in Dover. He was a farmer. He died in Fitchburg in 1863. He married Mary Stodder, of Boston, Massachusetts. Their children were : Nathaniel Charles, born November 15, 1815, was a mason and contractor in Fitchburg; Alary Stodder, November 10, 1817, married Lewis Smith ; Eliza Anne, F'ebruary 25, 1820; Lucy Ann, August 4, 1822; Abby, married George Wheelock; Joseph Stodder, January 29, 1827, of whom later; William, resided in Chelsea, Massachusetts ; Hannah. (VI) Joseph Stodder Wilson, son of Nathaniel Wilson (5), was born in Dover, Massachusetts, on the old homestead January 29, 1827. He received a common school education in Dover and learned his trade of iron moulder in a foundry at Waltham, Massachusetts. He worked there in the Davis foundry and at South Dedham until 1866, when he went to Fitchburg and started in business on his own account. In 1866 he bought an interest in the Fitchburg Foundry, the oldest concern of the kind in Fitchburg, established by Asher Green about 1835 and for nearly thirty years located on Water street, opposite the present location of the Union Machine Company. Later Mr. Green had David Wallace as a partner and for a time his son, J. S. Green, was a member of the firm. In i860 Mr. Green sold to Aldo Wallace and the foundry was operated under the name of Wallace, Ware & Co. until 1864, when Mr. Wallace became the sole pro- prietor, in 1866 he sold a half interest mentioned above to Mr. Wilson and George Wheelock, and the same year after the death of Mr. Wallace, his half was purchased by Walter Heywood and Harring- ton Sibley. For two years the tirm name was Hey- wood, Wheelock & Co. In 1868 the present foundry buildings were erected and the business moved to 27 Main street. About the same time Mr. Wheelock sold his interest to Hale W. Page and the name of the firm became Heywood, Wilson & Co. Mr. Page left the firm in 1875, leaving Mr. Wilson and Mr. Sibley as the remaining partners. The business has been carried on under the same name to the present time, Heywood, Wilson & Co. The F'itch- burg Foundry has been uniformly prosperous. Mr. Wilson became a large stockholder also in the lMtcl.iburg Machine Co. Mr. Wilson was an active Republican in poli- tics. He represented ward five in the common coun- cil in 1883 and was an alderman in 1885. He was in the general court with R. A. Leonard in 1886 and with J. F. D. Garfield in 1887. He was a water commissioner of the city from 1890 until his death. He was trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank for many years. Mr. Wilson was very active in the Universalist Church, of which he was a deacon, member of the pastoral committee and conspicu- ous in every movement to improve and benefit the church and its various centers of activity. He had been superintendent of the Sunday school. He was a well known Free Mason, member of Aurora Lodge and Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar, of Fitchbui-g. He died August 27, 1895. His widow lives in the homestead on Highland street, Fitch- burg, and is highly esteemed by her neighbors among whom she has lived so many years. At the time of Mr. Wilson's death, his pastor. Rev. J. F". Albion, said : "He was one of nature's noblemen — not one heralded before the world but one such as make the bone and sinew of our na- tional life and keeps sweet and pure its social and domestic atmosphere. He was one of the salt of the earth such as keep faith strong, love pure, hopes high. He was a man of varied interests born of broad sympathetic spirit. Some may have known him only in business, but a man of mind and heart to whom business was not a mere mercenary end. There was a wholesome atmosphere about his busi- ness life. It was not made sordid and unlovely by a mad rush for dollars. It did not cry halt to all the graces and amenities of our social life when you came into its presence. It was because his business was a trust, a means not an end ; he owned it, it did not own him. Success came to him and he richly deserved it ; it came through industry, fidelity and thrift. Not a dollar was gained through greed; not a dollar that caused a single heart to ache or a fellow man to suffer. He was honored and loved by his employees, because they were not his hired men, but his fellow workers. He made little talk or profession of his religion, but mo.'t consi'stently anDf Emery and Kuth (.higrahamj Tilton, of Leominster. Her father was a hotel keeper and superintendent of Leominster water department. Their children are: Florence May, born at Leominster, October 4, 1883 ; Katha- rine, born at Leominster, March i, 1892. GEORGE PRESTON GRANT, JR. Christopher Grant (1), the immigrant ancestor of George Pres- ton Grant, Jr., of F'itchburg, Massachusetts, was born in England in 1608 and came to Watertown in the Massachusetts Bay colony of New England about 1634. He was a proprietor that year. He was a glazier by trade and was employed in the con- struction of the first building for Harvard College. In 1644 he settled in the northeast corner of the town near the eastern border. According to a deposition that he made April 6, 1658, stating his age as forty- eight years, he was born in 1610, but there is reason to believe that 1608 is correct. He died September 6, 1685, and his estate was administered by his sons, Christopher, Caleb and Joseph. The daughters, Sarah Seaverns and Mary Smith, deposed, after the death of their mother, January 19, 1691-72. The children of Christopher and ^lary Grant were : Abigail, born February 6, 1634-S, married Roger Rose; Joshua, born June 11, 1637, had a son Joshua who died June 19, 1677, and the father was administrator; Caleb, born September 8, 1640; Ben- jamm, of whom later. The children of Christopher and Sarah Grant were: Sarah, born February i, 1643-4, married, February 23, i66(5, Samuel Seaverns ; Joseph, born September 27, 1646, settled in Water- town ; Mary, married, February 2"], 1668, Dan- iel Smith; Mercy, married, May 10, 1671, Samuel Daniels ; Christopher, born 1649. (H) Benjamin Grant, fourth child of Christo- pher Grant (I), was born in Watertown, Massa- chusetts, September 6, 1644. He settled in Water- town, but was in New London in 1664. His occupa- tion there was mariner. He married Mary Beck- with, daughter of Matthew Bcckwith, and removed to Lyme, Connecticut, where he died 1670. liis children were brought up by relatives in Watertown, Massachusetts. Among them were: Benjamin, Jr., of whom later ; Ambrose, settled in Marblehead. (HI) Benjamin Grant, Jr., son of Benjamin Grant (2), was born in Lyme, Connecticut, about 1670. He married, September 14, 1692, at Medfield, Massachusetts, Priscilla Morse, daughter of Joseph and Priscilla Morse. He sold the land he received from his father's estate at Watertown in 1693 to Roger Rose, of Piscataqua, seventeen acres, etc., and then doubtless settled in Kennebunk, removing later to Marblehead, where his brother lived. He was a weaver by trade, The children of Benjamin and Priscilla Grant were: Priscilla, born at Medfield. November 16, 1693; Benjamin, born at Watertown, October 16, 1695 ; Joshua, born at Watertown, De- cember 16, 1697; Joseph, born January 6. 1700, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, later; Priscilla, born De- cember 20, 1701 ; Dcboran, born November 9 or De- cember 15. (baptiMii) 1703; John, born 1705. baptized .August 26, 1705; Mary, born February 16, 1706-7; Thomas, born at Marblehead, baptized April 25. 1708: .Vnnette, born at Wreiithani, Massachusetts, June 15. 1712; Ebenezer, born September 3. 1714. (.See Dedham Register. 1896. for further data). (IV) Benjamin Grant, son of Benjamin Grant (3), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 16, 1695. He settled at Cumberland, Rhode Is- land, where his father and most of the family also resided. He died there in 1781. He married Dor- othy . Their children were : Betty, born 1725; Benjamin, born March 17. 1728; Christopher, born 1730; Asa, born 1732; Lucy, born 1734; Dor- othy, born 1737; Michael, born 1738; Aaron, born 1743. (,V) Benjamin Grant, son of Benjamin Grant (4). was born March 17, 1728. at Cumberland. Rhode Island. He lived there and at the neighboring town of Wrentham, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Day's company. Colonel John Daggett's regiment, in 1778; he was alsO' in Lieutenant Asa Bellews' company. Major Seth Bullard's regiment, in 17S0 in the Rhode Island campaigns. He married, October 6. 1766, Susanna Lane. Their children were : David, of whom later ; Olive, born March 16, 1769. died March 2. 1793; Asa, married Elizabeth Park, daughter of Samuel Park, February 14. 1809, and settled in Douglas, Massachusetts; Louis, born May 30, 1774; Jesse, born November 20. 1776. (VI) David Grant, son of Benjamin Grant (s), was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, October 6, 1768. He married, November 7, 1793, Rachel Han- cock. Their children were : Preston, born May 21, 1796; Lyman, born April 24, 1799; Milton, born Oc- tober 21, 1800; Charlotte. (VII) Preston Grant, son of David Grant (6), was born in Cumberland or Smithfield, Rhode Is- land, May 21, 1796. He settled in that part of Smithfield now the town of Lincoln. He married Miranda Gage, daughter of Captain Anthony Gage, January 4, 1823, in Providence, at the Chocolate mills near Pawtucket. Rhode Island. Their children were : Minerva; George Preston, of whom later; Erastus C, married, October 9, 1849, at North Providence, Rhode Island, Lucy Stone. (VIII) George Preston Grant, son of Preston Grant (7). was born in that part of Smithfield call- ed Central Falls, in 1844. He was educated in the common schools and went to work, when a boy, in the mills of Greene & Daniels at Central Falls. This mill was known also as the Morse & Jenks mill. The privilege was bought in 1839 by Charles Morse, John Morse and George F. Jenks and they built a mill, a part of which was occupied by them for the manufacture of cotton cloth, a part by H. N. liigra- ham for the manufacture of spools and bobbins. Mr. (Jrant left the mill to enlist in Company 11., Ninth Rhode Island Volunteers, with the rank of first corporal during the civil war. After his en- listment expired he returned to work for Greene & Daniels. After a few years he left Central Falls and engaged in business in Worcester on his own ac- count, but a year later, after the death of S. T. Mal- lory. who for many years was the superintendent of the (irecnc & Daniels mill, he was called upon to take this responsible position, though he was hardly twentv-rive years old. In that year, 1869, the firm had jiist been established in a fine new plant at Paw- tucket. In 1876 the junior partner. General Horace WORCESTER COUNTY Daniels, died, and in llic following year the business was incorporated as the Greene & Daniels Manufac- turing Company. When the founder of the firm, B. F. Greene, died in 1886, Mr. Grant was elected treas- urer of the company. For many years he was the active manager of the mills. His success in the dual capacity of superintendent and treasurer was gener- ally regarded as evidence of unusual ability in tex- tile circles. It was Mr. Grant's policy always to keep his plant fully abreast of the times, even when that meant constant sacrifice of machinery during the period of rapid development of textile machinery. He succeeded in this way in holding trade during the bad seasons when mill owners generally suffered. Within a period of fifteen years the machinery of the concern was entirely changed, the output after the change being thread, cotton yarn, twine, etc. After a period of thirty-six years with this company, Mr. Grant retired in May, 1895. His resignation was received with sorrow, not only by the directors and stockholders, but by the overseers, foremen and hands. The overseers expressed their esteem for him by giving him a handsome diamond stud. He traveled in Europe with his wife in 1895 and spent the winter following in Florida. He died August 8, 1896. He was president of the Grant Yarn Company, of Fitchburg, of which his son was the treasurer and manager. That business was established by father and son in 1892. Mr. Grant was president at one time of the town council of Lincoln, Rhode Island, formerly part of Smithtield. He served four years in the general assembly of the state. He was a di- rector of the Pacific National Bank of Pawtucket and of the Atlantic Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Providence. He was a member o£ the Central Falls Baptist Church. He married Josephine Francena Carter, of Cen- tral Falls, Rhode Island. Their children were: George Preston, Jr., of whom later; William Her- bert, born September 24, 1872, a physician in Boston; he attended the grammar school at Central Falls and the high school at Providence, Rhode Island ; re- ceived the degree of M. D. from the Harvard Medi- cal School 1896, and is a member of the Massachu- setts Medical Society; Chester Milton, died young. (IX) George Preston Grant, Jr., son of George Preston Grant (8), was born in Lincoln, Rhode Is- land, now the city of Central Falls, March 29, 1867. He attended the public schools there and prepared for college at Mowry & Gofif's School at Providence. He was graduated from Brown University with the degree of A. B. in 1889. He then entered the Greene & Daniels Manufacturing Company mills, of which his father was the treasurer, and learned the business. In 1892 he went to Fitchburg with his father and established the Grant Yarn Company. His father was president and he was treasurer. The capital stock was $125,000. The business proved very successful. Recently large additions have been made to the plant. The present officers (1905) arc; President, George R. Wallace ; treasurer, George P. Grant, Jr.; directors, H. A. Willis, A. H. Lowe. B. N. Bullock. He married, October 14, 1889, Mabel Hubbard, daughter of Gaius Hubbard, of Providence, Rhode Island. Their children are: Constance, Louise, Ruth, Margaret, Rosamond. Mrs. George P. Grant was killed recently (1906) in an automobile acci dent. KENT FAMILY. Between 1633 and 1644 there came from England to New England three families bearing the surname Kent, who became the progeni- tors of three distinct lines whose descendants have contributed an honorable service toward the upbuild- ing of the moral, educational and political history of the country. In 1633 the "good shipp Mary and John" of Lon- don had as passengers Richard Kent, Senior, and Richard Kent, Junior. They are supposed to have been cousins. They settled at Newbury, Massachu- setts, where they were joined in 1634 by James Kent, a brother of Richard, Junior. In 1635 Stephen Kent, a brother of Richard, senior, joined them. He evi- dently returned to England, as his name appears with that of his wife Margery on the list of passen- gers of the ship "Confidence" in 1638. He remained at Newbury until 1646, when he removed to Haver- hill, and in 1665 settled in Woodbridge, New Jersey. The descendants of these Kents are known as the Newbury line. Thomas Kent, born in England, emigrated with his wife prior to 1643, and was one of the proprietors of Gloucester, where he settled. His son Samuel removed to Brookfield, and on the destruction of that town by the Indians in 1676 went to Suffield, Connecticut, where he died February 2, 1690-1. The Kent Memorial Library stands on the site of the log cabin which he built upon his arrival at Suffield. To this Gloucester line belongs James (6) Kent, chancellor of New York, and author of "Kent's Com- mentaries on American Law." He was born at Fredericksburg, New York, July 31, 1763. His an- cestry was: Moss (5), Elisha (4), John (3), Sam- uel (2), Thomas (l). Under date of May 2, 1643, the town records of Dedham state that "Joshuah Kent is admitted Townsman & hath libertie to purchase Edward Cul- uers Lett." The records of the First Church of Dedham say that "Joshua Kent went for England wth our testimoniall but to returne againe ilm, 1644, md he returned 1645." "md ye said Joshuah Kent having brought ov'r 2 of his brothers & placed them in ye country, yet wth his wife returned to England lom 1647." "md ye said Joshuah Kent upon ye trebles aris- ing againe in England & wares ther 1648 he returned wth his wife againe about ye 8m yt yeare." His brothers were named John and Joseph. These three brothers were the founders of the Dedham Kent line. The Kent English ancestry has not been traced, and it is not known what relationship existed, if any, between the Kents of Newbury, Gloucester and Dedham. It is the Dedham line, and especially the descendants of John (i) Kent, the ancestor of Dan- iel (7) Kent, of Worcester, which will be considered in this sketch. Joshua Kent was a prominent man, and active in affairs of church and town. His will is dated April 22, 1664. He died at Dedham. leaving a widow and three daughters. Joseph Kent is mentioned in the tax rate of Dedham in 1659. He was at Block Is- land, May 4, 1664, when he petitioned the legislature. On December 15, 1673, he was admitted an inhabit- ant of Swansea. He died at Swansea in 1704, leav- ing four sons and one daughter. In the genealogy of the Kent family by Edward IL Kent, John (i) Kent is given as son of Richard Kent, Sr., of Newbury. This is an error, as is am- WORCESTER COUNTY 105 ply proven by various church and town records. The will of Elizabeth Harder, of Braintree, June i, 16O4. names John and Joseph, and Joshua Kent's three daughters. John Kent was admitted to the Dedham Church, July 16, 1652, and was admitted a freeman May 3, 1654. He was on a tax list dated August 29, i'65J, and he continued to be ta.xed at Dedham until No- vember 22, 1664. He was one of the signers of a petition to the general court. May 7, 1662 ; he was elected one of the fence viewers for the "West Field'' February 24, 1664-5. He removed to Charlestovvn, Massachusetts, and was received in the Charlcstown Church by letter from the Dedham Church, with his wife Hannah, .-Xpril 13, 1673. His wife was admitted to the church at Dedham, February 5, 1664. They were in Charlestown in 1667, when their first child was born. He was tythingman at Charlestown in 1679. John Kent married, at Dedham, May 21, 1662, Hannah Griswold, who was born at Cambridge, March 4, 1644-5, 3nd died at Charlestown, January 9, 1690-1, the daughter of Francis and Mary Gris- wold (or Grissell), of Charlestown, who resided on the north side of Kirtland street. On December 5. 1636, "There is granted unto Francis Greshold, the Drummer, two acres of land lying at the end of Barnabe Lambson's pole toward Charlestowne, in regard of his services amongst- the soldiers upon all occasions, as long as he stayeth." He died at Char- lestown, October 2, 1652. No record of John Kent's death has been found. He was living at Charles- town as late as 1707, when he conveyed land. The children of John and Hannah (Griswold) Kent were: I. Hannah, born July 2, 1667; married Joseph Cahoon. 2. Maria, born February 3, i66g. 3. John, Jr., born 1670; married (first) Sarah Smith. De- cember 22, 1692; (second) Elizabeth . In 1698 he moved to Scituate, and in 1709 to Mans- field, where he died 1753. He was representative in 1724. 4. Joshua, born June 15, 1672; died June 20, 1672. 5. Joshua, born July 4, 1674; married Agnes Okeman, November 4. 1697. He lived in Boston. 6. Joseph, born October 13, 1675; married, Novem- ber 26, 1702, Rebecca Chittenden, of Scituate. He lived in Charlestown, where he died May 30, 1753. 7. Samuel, born March 23, 1678; died March 16, 1702-3. 8. Ebenezer, born August 18, 1680, mention- ed below. 9. Lydia, Ixjrn July 16, 1683 ; married, 1714, Ebenezer Simmons, of Scituate. 10. Mary, born May 12, 1686; married, 1710, Joseph Barber, of Hingham. II. Susannah, born August 13, 1689. (II) Ebenezer Kent, son of John (1) Kent, was born in Charlestown. Massachusetts, August 18, 1680, and died at Hingham, February 16, 1752, aged according to the gravestone, seventy-one years, si.x months. He settled in Hingham about 1703, and resided in the second precinct, on what is now Beechwood street, and built the first dwelling hou^e on the west side of the Conahasset river. On March 19, 1706-7, the town of Scituate granted Ebenezer Kent lot 180, containing ten acres. He lived at Scit- uate as late as 1712, at least, hut in 1717 he was again residing at Hingham. He became a member of the second church in Hingham (Cohassct) at its found- ation, December 13, 1721. In 1727 and 1736 he was elected constable. In 1737 he was one of the gran- tecs of the Beechwood Cemetery, Hingham. His will was dated June 16, 1648, and appointed his sons Isaac and Ebenezer executors. He married, December 8, 1703, Hannah Gannett, who was born at Scituate in 1684, and died at Hingham, March 27, 1767, tlic daughter of Joseph and granddaughter of Matthew and Hannah Gannett. Matthew Gan- nett was born in England, 1618, and died 1695: his wife died at Scituate, July 10, 1700, aged seventy- eight years. The children of Ebenezer and Hannah (Gannett) Kent were: i. Abigail, born October 12, 1706; died March 12, 1709, 2. Hannah, born 1707; married, January 16, 1727-8 Israel Whitcomb, Jr., of Hingham. 3. Mercy, born July 31, 1708; married, November 27, 1725, Stephen Stodder, Jr., of Hing- ham. 4. Elizabeth, born September 6, 1710; married (first) May 7, 1735, Eldakim Mayo, of Boston; (sec- ond) Pitcher. 5. Susannah, born about 1711; died April 22, 1715. 6. Isaac, born September 27, 1712; married Rachel Bates. October 25, 1739; removed in 1745 to Miltord, Massachusetts. 7. Mary, born 1715: married, August 31, 1743, Joseph Blake. 8. Ebenezer, born April 18, 1717, mentioned below. 9. Seth, born April 13, 1721. 10. Abigail, born March 29, 1723; married, October 22, 1744, Joseph Souther of Hingham. 11. Lydia, born April 24, 1725; mar- ried, December 22, 1748, Noah Ripley, of Hmghani. 12. Deacon Abel, born August 7, 1730; married Han- nah Hobart, daughter of Rev. Nehemiah Hobart, and lived at Cohasset. (HI) Ebenezer Kent, son of Ebenezer (2) Kent, (John (i)) was born at Hingham, Massa- chusetts, April 18, 1717, and died at Leicester, Massa- chusetts, February 3, 1786. He learned the trade of cooper. He bought twenty-three acres of land at Leicester, Massachusetts, December 7, 1743, of Ben- jamin Tillson, of Dorchester, for fifty-seven pounds- ten shillings. He added to this plot twenty acres bought of Joseph Torrey, November 6, 1746. and thirty-two acres adjoining, September 3, 1748. also of Torrey. His farm was located in the northeast- erly part of Leicester, and he and his family came there from Hingham to live in or about 1744. His name appears frequentlv on the town records of Leicester. In 1747 he was elected sealer of weights and measures, to which office he was annually elect- ed with but few exceptions until 1774. He was con- stable, surveyor of highways, and tythingman. When Rev. Joseph Roberts was dismissed from his pastoral charge in 1762, "Mr," Ebenezer Kent was a member of a committee appointed by the town to supply the pulpit for si.x months. He was chosen one of a com- mittee to hire a school master in 1762. On March 16, 1765, Benjamin Tucker, of Leicester, sold to "Thomas Steel and Daniel Henshaw, E.sqr., John Brown, Nathaniel Harwood, Nathan Seargant and Thomas Denny, Gen. Nathaniel Goodspeed, Nathan- iel Waite, Ebenezer Kent, Seth Washburn, Samuel Watson, Ephraim Mower, Asa Stowers, William Henshaw, Benja Richardson, Jonathan Sergeant, jr., Samuel Denny, Darby Ryan, Natliel Richardson, Nathaniel Sergeant and Robert Henry Yoemen and Sarah Denny, all of Leicester," "a piece of land for a burying place where some have been buried and called the New Burying place." This is now known as Rawson Cemetery. He married (first) July 11, 1739, Sarah Wlieaton, who was born at Hingham, May 17, 1718, and died at Leicester, September 24, 1771, the daughter of Christopher (3) and Sarah (Beal) Wheaton. grand- daughter of Christopher (2) and Martha (Prince) Wheaton. and great-granddaughter of Robert (i) and Alice (Bowcn) Wheaton. Qiristopher (2) Wheaton was one of "the brave Capt. Johnson's Company" in King Philip's war, Ebenezer Kent married (second), September 19, 1772, Sarah Stone, I04 WORCESTER COUNTY widow of Joseph Stone, Sr.. of Brookheld. Massa- chusetts, and dauglitcr of John Potter, of JMarlbor- ougli and Shrewsbury ; hor will is dated December 31, 1794, and was liled for probate May 2, 1797. His will is dated January 12, 17S5, and named his son Ebcnezer executor. The cliildren of Ebenezer and Sarah (Wheaton) Kent were: i. Hannah, born De- cember 15, 1740, at Hingham; married, February 11, 1765, Ezra French, of Hingham. 2. Lucy, born JNiarch 4, 1743-4 ^t Hingham; married, August 9, 1764, Jabcz Green, Jr., of Leicester. 3. Ebenezer, born December 8, 1745, at Leicester; mentioned be- low. 4. Reuben, born October 16, 1747, at Leicester; died there April I, 1763. 5. Jacob, born January 31, 1750, at Leicester; married (first), September 11, 1771, Desire Prouty ; (.second), May 23, 1773, Mary Tucker; (third), 1776, Abigail Barnes. He died at Brookfield, Massachusetts, August 5, 1825. 6. Eliza- beth, born May 9, 1752, at Leicester; married, Au- gust IS, 1776, Benjamin Flagg, of Holden. 7. Lydia, born January 19, 1755, at Leicester; married, June 23, 1783, John Campbell, and lived at Plainlield, Massachusetts. (IV) Ebenezer Kent, son of Ebenezer (3), Kent, (Ebenezer (2), John (i)), was born at Leices- ter, Massachusetts, December 8, 174S, and died there January 8, 1806. He was the executor of his father's will and heir of his real estate. His father had deeded him, September 2$, 1772, the southern half of the homestead and one-half of a tract of land on Flip Road containing thirty-six acres. He was a .soldier in the revolution, being corporal in Captain Seth Washburn's company from Leicester; Colonel Ward's regiment which marched on the Lexington alarm April 19, 1775; also private in Captain Loring Lincoln's company from Leicester ; Lieutenant-colo- nel F'lagg's regiment on the Bennington alarm 1777. He was a member of the Leicester committee of safety and correspondence in 1782. In addition to the lands he inherited and those he bought from the other heirs of his father's estate, he accumulated much other real estate l)y purchase. He died in- testate, and his son Daniel was appointed adminis- trator. He married, at Leicester, October 29, 1772, Esther Stone, who was born at Ipswich, November 21. 1751, and died at Leicester, February 7, 1806, the daughter of William and Abigail (Hodgkins) Stone; granddaughter of William and Elizabeth (Downs) Stone, and great-granddaughter of W'illiam and Es- ther Stone, of Ipswich. Elizabeth (Downs) Stone was a granddaughter of General Samuel Appleton, of Ipswich. Fie was born in 1624, at Little Wald- ingfield, Suffolk county, Flngland. He was deputy to the general court 1668-71-73 and 75. On October 4, 1675, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the forces on the Connecticut river. He was in the In- dian tight at Hatfield, October 19, 1675. He com- manded the Massachusetts forces in the expedition against the Narraganset Indians, and had command in the Great Swamp fight, December 19, 1675. He was chosen assistant in 1681, which office he contin- ued to hold the appointment of Sir Edmund Andros as governor in 1686. He was of the council named in the charter of William and Mary in 1692. His will was proved May 25, 1696. Mr. Ebenezer Kent was active in town affairs. Like his father, he was sealer of weights and measures, and was often elect- ed constable and highway surveyor. The children of Ebenezer and Esther (Stone) Kent, all born at Leicester, were: I. William, born September 14, ^773', married (first) November 30, 1797, Katy Wheaton; (second), September 26, 1827. widod Lucinda (Barrows) Bourne. He removed to Wall- iiigford, Vermont, where he died October 28, 1845. 2. Sarah, born December 27, 1774; married (first), .May 30, 1799, Reuben Billings Swan, of Spencer; (second), May 8, 1816, Asa Wheeler, of Holden. 3. Captain Daniel, born January 6, 1777, mentioned below. 4. Elias, born ]\Iay 3, 1780; married, January 20, 1803, Betsey Wheaton. He lived at Wallingford, Vermont, where he died August 20, 1856. 5. Betsey, born June 5, 1782; married. November 26, 1801, Jon- athan Hubbard. They lived at Wallingford, Ver- mont. 6. Ezra, born September i, 1785; married, December 14, 181 1, Eusebia Southwick. He lived at Wallingford, Vermont, where he died F'cbruary 3, 1S18. 7. Polly, born November 20, 1787; married James Bucklin, of Iiast Wallingford, Vermont. (V) Captain Daniel Kent, gentleman, son of Ebenezer (4) Kent, (Ebenezer (3), Ebenezer (2), John (l)), was born at Leicester, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 6, 1777, and died there May 11, 1849, He, as well as his father and grandfather, was buried in the Rawson Cemetery at Leicester. He was one of the more prominent men of the town, and was es- pecially active in military affairs. He was appointed sergeant June 17, 1803, of a company in the F'irst Regiment of Infantry, in the First Brigade, Seventh Division, of the Militia; ensign July 31, 1806; cap- tain December 13, 1808, and commissoned by (jov- ernor Levi Lincoln, April 11, 1809; and was dis- charged at his own request, January 30, 1812. He was brought up on his father's farm, and at the age of eighteen or twenty was apprenticed to Pliny Earle to learn the card making business, which he follow- ed- for some years. On his father's death he bought the interest of the other heirs in the farm, and lived there thereafter until his death. He was an active man of business. He bought and sold much real es- tate, and was appointed to settle several estates. He was a very genial man and popular among his asso- ciates. Of musical taste, he devoted many of his leisure hours to its cultivation and in the entertain- ment of his friends. His name appears often in the town records, being a man who held the confidence and respect of his fellow townsmen. He married, June 6, 1805. Ruth Watson, who was born at Leicester, February 21, 1781, and died March 24, 1828, the daughter of Captain Samuel and Ruth (Baldwin) Watson, of Leicester. Captain Samuel Watson was one of the minute men of Leicester, a sergeant in Captain Seth Washburn's company, which marched April 19, 1775, and also sergeant in Captain Loring Lincoln's company, which marched in 1777 on the Bennington alarm under Lieutenant- colonel Flagg. He was a tanner and currier by trade. He vsas the son of John and Mary (Blair) Watson, and grandson of ^lathew and Mary (Orr) Watson. The Watson family was Scotch-Irish. (See sketch elsewhere in this work). Ruth (Bald- win) Watson was a daughter of Major Asa and Abigail (Draper) Baldwin. On the revolutionary Rolls of Massachusetts the name of Major Asa Baldwin appears many times among the field and staff officers of the ist Worcester County regiment from 1776-1778. He was a member of the com- mittee of safety and correspondence for Spencer. His line of descent from Joseph Baldwin of ^]ilfordJ Connecticut, was: Daniel (4), Joseph (3), Joseph (2), Joseph (l). His wife was a daughter of Cap- tain James (3) Draper (ancestry James (2), James (I)). (See Draper Family.) WORCESTER COUNTY lo: Captain Daniel Kent married (second) i8jg. Mi- randa Cunningjiain, widow of Reuben Cunningham, ■daughter of Jabez and Eunice (.Goodnow) Ayres. She was born at New Braintree, May 8, 1795, and died at Leicester, December 21, 1861. The children of Captain Daniel and Ruth (Watson) Kent, all born at Leicester, were: i. William Stone, born February 6, 180O; married (tirst). January n, 1831, Mary, daughter of Amos and Damaris (Bennett) Howard of Worcester; she died April 5, 1847; mar- ried (second), October 3, 1847, Mrs. Louisa Beers, daughter of Phinneas and Joanna (Barnes) Tyler; she was born October 10, 1807, and died at Leicester, January 6, 1892. He died at Leicester, MarcMi 26, 1885. 2. Deacon Samuel Watson, born January 21, 1808; died at Worcester, December 12, 1883; mar- ried. May 19, 1835, Clarissa, daughter of Samuel and Sukey (Vickery) Watson of Leicester. He lived at Worcester, and was a manufacturer of card clothing machinery. He was a member of the Mozart Musi- cal Society, afterwards the Choral Union. On June 26, 1826, he was appointed by Brigadier-General Nathan Heard a member of the First Brigade Band of the Sixth Division of Massachusetts Militia. He was a deacon of the Old South Church from 1861- 1870, and of the Plymouth Church 1874-1879, 1880- 1883. His widow died at Worcester, February 5, 1902. 3. Daniel Waldo, born May 5. 1810, mentioned below. 4. Caroline Calista, born March 19, 1812; married, February 22, 1848, Levi C. Clapp, of Worcester, born February 11, 1794, at Worthington, Massachusetts ; died at Worcester, December 7, 1854. She died January 4, 1898, at Worcester. 5. Melinda Watson, born November 29, 1813 ; married, April 14, 1835, Captain Dana Hyde Fitch, of Leicester, born August 24. 1803, at Guilford, Vermont, son of Ezra and Sally (Green) Fitch; he died at Worces- ter April 2, 1877. When a young man he was much interested in military affairs, and was captain of the Worcester Light Infantry in 1837-8. He was also captain of the Worcester Home Guards for two years. His widow is still living (1906). 6. James Draper, born September 20, 1815; married (first) March 24, 1841. Anna Maria, born at Boston. Sep- tember II, 1815, daughter of Abner and Abigail (Williams) Bourne: she died October II, 1856; married (second). December 15, 1857, Jennie Whit- ing, daughter of Whiting H. and Sarah A. (Buell) Hollister; she was born at Hartford, Connecticut, June 13, 1837. He died at Boston, January 9, 1871, and was buried at New Bedford. Massachusetts, with his first wife. His widow married (second), De- ■cember 23, 1873, Charles F, Paine, of New York City. 7. Esther Stone, born September i. 1817; died January 12, 1859, at Leicester ; married, ^lay 10, 1842, Rufus Holman, of Millbury, son of Aaron and Polly (Stockwell) Holman. He was born April 6, 1816, and died July 22, 1895, at Leicester; he married (so:ond), October 11. 1859, Emeline Draper Bryant, "born October 27, 1827. and died May 7. 1879. The children of Captain Daniel and Mrs. Miranda Kent were: 8. Ruth Watson, born March 31. 1830; died April 19, 1833. 9- John Davis, born April 28, 1834; died July 30. 18,^8. 10. Edward Everett, born May 5, 1836; married, I"ebruary 20, 1862, Sarah Rice, born August 4. 1838. at Franklin, Michigan, daugh- ter of Edward aner 12, 1S21. married Deborah Rand, T774. 4. Asa. born Shrewsbury, March 25, 1754. 5. Reuben, baptized March 14, 1756. (V) Reuben Baker, son of Thomas Baker (4), born Shrewsbury, March, 1756, baptized March 14, 1756. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Job Cushing's company. Col. Jonathan Ward's regi- ment, and fought at the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was wounded in the leg. He married Miriam Smith. October 15, 1778; second, Charlotte, daughter of Gideon Howe. January 4, 17S1 ; third, Betsey Woodbury. June 16. 1789. in Harvard. He bought the place in Lunenburg where W. H. Baker, his great-grandson, now lives, in i8o(). Children of Reuben and Charlotte Baker: i. Emma, born June 27, T781, married Elijah Hapgood, 1802. 2. Luke, born June 27. 1784. 3. Charlotte How. born Decem- ber 2. 7786. Children of Reuben and Betsey (Wood- bury) Baker: -4. Miriam, born February 3, I79r. 5. Jesse, born January 21, 1794. 6. Edith, born .•\pril 16. 1798, son of Reuben Baker (5), January 21, 1794. died in w'as a farmer, and owned a on Baker's Brook. He mar- ried Sophia Wctherbce. Five generations of the Wetherbee family have lived on the same farm in Lunenburg. John Wetherbee, the immigrant, mar- ried Lydia Moore. Their son Ephraim married Elizabeth Hall. Captain Ephraim was prominent in organizing the town, and his son Paul Wetherbee was one of the pioneers in 1745. Paul Wetherbee married Hannah, daughter of Daniel and Eleanor (Boynton) Pierce, granddaughter of John Pierce. (VI) Jesse Baker, born in Shrewsbury, Lunenburg, 18,38. He saw mill and grist mil no WORCESTER COUNTY great-granddaughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Pierce, great-great-granddaughter of Anthony and Sarah Pierce. Anthony was the son of the immigrant, John Pierce. David, son of Paul and Hannah (Pierce) Wetherbee, was a soldier in the revolution at the siege of Boston. In 1770 the first flour mill in the county was built by Ephraim Wetherbee, his brother, and the business w-as conducted there for a hundred years. David Wetherbee married Eunice, daughter of Josiah and Mary (Williams) King- man; granddaughter of John and Desire (Harris) Kingman ; great-granddaughter of John and Eliza- beth Kingman ; great-great-granddaughter of Henry and Joanna Kingman. Desire Harris was the daugh- ter of Isaac and Mercy (Latham) Harris, and grand- daughter of Arthur and Martha Harris. Mercy Latham was daughter of Robert and Susanna (Winslow) Latham. Susanna Winslow was daugh- ter of John and Mary (Chilton) Winslow. Mary Chilton was the daughter of James Chilton, both of whom came over in the "Mayflower." Mary Chilton is buried in King's Chapel, Boston. John Winslow was the father of Gov. Edward Winslow. Mary Kingman Williams, who married Josiah Kingman, was the daughter of John and Mary (Howard) Williams, granddaughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Macy) Williams; great-granddaughter of Richard and Frances (Dighton) Williams; great- great-granddaughter of Sir Henry Williams, in England, the son of Sir Richard Williams. Rebecca Macy. who married Richard Williams, was daughter of George Macy. Martha Howard, who married Josiah Williams, was daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Keith) Howard, granddaughter of John and Martha (Haywood) How^ard, who was the daughter of Thomas Haywood and wife Susanna. Mary Keith, who married Ephraim Howard, was the daughter of Rev. James Keith and wife, Susanna Edson, daughter of Samuel and Susan Edson. The children of Jesse and Sophia (Wetherbee) Baker were : l. Charles, died before his father. 2. William, born September 2, 1821, died September 18. 1896. at Lunenburg. 3, Martha A., married Charles F. Rockwood, who was register of deeds at Fitchburg. 4. Mary L.. died about 1865, married F. A. Whitney, of Leominster. (VII) William Baker, son of Jesse Baker (6), born in Lunenburg. Massachusetts, September 2, 1821. died there September 18, 1896. He took charge of the farm and mill after his father's death in 1838. In 1862 he w'as appointed assistant assessor of internal revenue under Assessor Amasa Nor- cross, of Fitchburg. and had to devote most of his time to that office until 1872, when the system was abolished. He was then made deputy collector of internal revenue under B. F. Wallis. When this office was abolished in 1878 he declined the offer of a similar office in Worcester, as he preferred not to remove to that city. In 1879 he purchased the fire insurance agency of Silas Holeman. and devoted his attention to the insurance business. He was one of the original trustees of the Worcester North Sav- ings Institution, incorporated 1868. was a member of the board until his death, and for many years one of the investment committee. He was one of the oldest directors of the Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and after the death of Lewis H. Bradford, in 1887. was the vice-president and treasurer for a year, when he found the duties too arduous and resigned. He was selectman and over- seer of the poor for several years, and served in other public capacities in Lunenburg, where he kept his residence while doing business in the adjoining city of Fitchburg. He represented his district in the legislature in 1873. -■^t the time of his death, September, 1896, Hon. Amasa Norcross said : "He was a valuable man for Lunenburg and for this community. He was faithful and trustworthy. My relations have been of a very agreeable and con- fidential character for more than forty years." He married, November 11, 1847, Olive Rebecca Boutwell, sister of Governor George S. Boutwell w-ho recently died, and daughter of Sewell Boutwell. The house to which he took his bride, built in 1847, stands on the old Wetherbee homestead near the old house in which he was born. His wife was descended from the immigrant James Boutwell and his wife Alice. Their son John Boutwell married Hannah, daughter of George and Barbara Davis. John, son of the last named John Boutwell. married Sarah . and had a son Jonathan. Jonathan Boutwell married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Roberts) Foster. The latter was the daughter of Abraham and Sarah Roberts. Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Foster) Boutwell. married Abigail, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Roberts) Eames, granddaughter of Samuel and Mary Fames ; great-granddaughter of Robert and Elizabeth Eames. Sewell Boutwell, father of Mrs. William Baker, was a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Rebecca, daughter of Jacob Marshall, a descendant of John Marshall, who married Mary, daughter of John and Mary Burrage : granddaughter of Timothy and Frances (Day) Burrage, great-granddaughter of Richard, son of Robert and Rose Burrage. John Marshall, son of John and Mary (Burrage) Mar- shall, married Eunice, daughter of John and Mary Rogers ; granddaughter of John and Priscilla (Dawes) Rogers; great-granddaughter of John and Mary (Shed) Rogers. Mary Shed was daughter of Daniel and Mary Shed. Isaac, son of John and Eunice (Rogers) ^larshall. married Rebecca, daugh- ter of Samuel and Deborah Hill; granddaughter of Ralph and Martha (Toothaker) Hill; great-grand- daughter of Ralph and Margaret Hill. Martha Toothaker was daughter of Roger and Margaret Toothaker. Jacob, son of Isaac Marshall and his wife Rebecca Hill, married Mary, daughter of Sam- uel and Hannah (Walker) Richardson ; granddaugh- ter of Nathaniel and Mary (Peacock) Richardson; great-granddaughter of Thomas and Mary (Stinip- .son) Richardson; great-great-granddaughter of Thomas and Mary Richardson. Mary Stimpson above mentioned was the daughter of Andrew and Jane Stimpson. Hannah Walker, who married Samuel Richardson, above mentioned, was daugh- ter of Jacob and Hannah Walker ; granddaughter of Joseph and Sarah (Wyman) Walker; great- granddaughter of Samuel Walker ; great-great- granddaughter of Richard Walker. Sarah Wyman was daughter of John and Sarah (Nutt) Wyman, granddaugliter of Miles and Sybil Nutt of Water- town and Woburn, Massachusetts. Rebecca, daugh- ter of Jacob Marshall last mentioned, married Sewell Boutwell as stated above. The children of William and Olive Rebecca (Boutwell) Baker were: i. William H.. born March 22. 1849. 2. Charles F.. born December 4, 1850. 3. Edith Boutwell. born November 19. i860; graduate of Fitchburg high school and Framingham Normal School ; now senior teacher at Gushing Academy, Ashburnham, Massachusetts. e^^^i^r WORCESTER COUNTY (VIII) William Herbert Baker, son of William Baker ("), was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, March 22, 1849. He spent his youth in his native town, where he attended the public schools, went to Leicester Academy for two years, and was grad- uated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy in l86g. He practiced his profession of civil engineering for twenty-five years, chiefly on western railroads. He was engaged in the location of the Northern Pacific in Montana from 1870 to 1876, and then for a time worked on government surveys. He was assistant and division engineer of the Atchi- son. Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company for about seven years, chief construction engineer of the Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City and Pan- American Railroads of Te.xas ; and had charge of work in Kansas, Mexico, New Mexico, Colorado, as well as Texas and Montana. He returned to Fitchburg in 1895 a"d entered the fire insurance busi- ness with his father under the firm name of William Baker & Son, and since his father's death he has continued the business under the same firm name. He is a Free Mason, a member of Hiram Lodge, of New Mexico, and a member of the Odd Fellows order, but unaffiliated. He was formerly a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is a Republican in politics. He resides on the old homestead in Lunenburg. He is unmarried. (VIII) Charles Francis Baker, son of William Baker (7), was born at Lunenburg, December 4, 1850. He attended the district school in Lunenburg where his father lived. In 1864 he entered the Fitchburg high school and was graduated 1868, and was graduated from Harvard College 1872. He taught for two years in the Fitchburg high school, and then entered the law office of .\masa Norcross. He was admitted to the bar in 1875. and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in Fitchburg. He was admitted to partnership in Mr. Norcross's firm, the partners being Amasa Norcross, Harris C. Hartwcll and Mr. Baker, under the name of Norcross. Hartwell & Baker. He served as assistant district attorney for the Middle District of Massachusetts, under Francis T. Black- mer for several years; After the death of Mr. Hart- well. Herbert Parker, subsequently attorney general of the commonwealth, was for two years from Jan- uary I, 1892, a member of the firm, the name of the firm being Norcross. Baker & Parker. From 1894 until the death of Mr. Norcross the firm name was Norcross & Baker. Mr. Baker took into the firm Walter Perley Hall, August I, 1898, and since then the firm has consisted of Mr. Baker and Mr. Hall under the firm name of Baker & Hall. This law- firm has had a high standing under all conditions and has had an honorable history. Mr. Baker has engaged throughout in the general practice of law. He was for several years one of the bar examiners of Worcester county with Herbert Parker and Rock- wood Hoar. As a lawyer and as citizen Mr. Baker commands the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens to an exceptional degree. He was a dire<:tor of the the Rollstone National Bank of Fitchburg, and is now a director of the Fitchburg Safe De- posit and Trust Company ; of the Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway Company ; and of the Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He is a trustee of the Worcester North Savings Institu- tion. He is a Republican in politics, but has avoided nublic office. He was an alderman of Fitchburg in 1893. He is a member of the Park Club; a promi- nent Mason, belonging to .Aurora Lodge, Thomas Chapter, and Jerusalem Commandery, and is a mem- ber of the Unitarian Church. Mr. Baker has been a resident of Fitchburg since 1872. He married, April 24, 1879, Henrietta Woods, of Winchester, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Jonas and Nancy (Hill) Woods. The only child of Charles Francis and Henrietta (Woods) Baker is Emerson Woods, born in Fitchburg, February 28. 1882; grad- uate at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1900; Harvard University, 1904; and is in Harvard Law School, class of 1907. EDWIN AARON WELLS, one of the well known and influential residents of Rochdale, Worcester county. Massachusetts, and one of the most successful farmers in that section of the state of Massachusetts, is a representative in the eighth generation of one of the earliest colonial families. (I) Thomas Wells, the emigrant ancestor of the Wells family in this country, was born in England in 1605. He sailed for New England in 1635, on the sailing vessel, the ''Susan and Ellen," settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where all his children were born, and immediately became a proprietor. He received other grants of land in 1651, and was admitted a freeman May 17. 1637. Like all the other settlers of that time and place he became a farmer, and seems to have been very successful. He diea October 26, 1666, and his will was proved Novem- ber 15, of the same year. The greater number of those bearing the name of Wells in this country are descended from him. He married Abigail Warner, died July 22, 1671, daughter of John Warner, of Ipswich. Her will was proved Septem- ber 26, 1671, and in it she mentions George Greeley, who had lived with her son Nathaniel since his birth, and Mary Greeley, a maid in the family of her son Nathaniel. The 'children of Thomas and Abigail (Warner) Wells were: I. Nathaniel, see forward. 2. John, settled in Maine, married Sarah Littlefield. and had numerous descendants. 3. Thomas, born January I, 1646 or 1647, was a minister and settled in Amesbury, Massachusetts. He re- ceived the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Harvard College in 1703. the only honorary degree granted in that year. He married Lydia Warner. da\ighter of William Warner. 4. Sarah, married John Massey. of Salem, Massachusetts. 5. .-Miigail, married, June 19. 1661, Nathaniel Treadwell, and died June 16, 1677. 6. Elizabeth, married. June 9, 1669, John Burnham. 7. Hannah. 8. Lydia, mar- ried Rogers. (II) Nathaniel Wells, eldest child of Thomas (l) and Abigail (Warner) Wells, was born in Ipswich. Massachusetts, about 1640. He was a farmer all his life in the place of his birth, and died December 15, 1675. He married, October 29, 1661, Lydia Thurley (the name was variously spelled Thorla, Thorlo, Thurlnw, and Thurley), horn April I. 1640, daughter of Richard and Jane Thurley. and granddaughter of Francis Thurley, of Newbury- port, Massachusetts. Richard Thurley was a planter at Rowley, Massachusetts, and later Removed to Newbury, where he built a bridge at his own cost across the Newbury river. The general court fi.xed a rate of toll for animals on May 3, i6,S4. He had two sons — Thomas and Francis. The children of Nathaniel and Lydia (Thurley) Wells were: r. Abigail, born .August 17, 1662, married Edmund Potter. 2. Martha, born January 13, 1664, died 112 WORCESTER COUNTY February 12, of the same year. 3. Sarah, born March 10 1665, married John Day. published January 27, 1691. 4. Nathaniel, sec forward. 5. Thomas, born June 19, 1673, married Elizabeth . 6. Eliza- beth, married George Hart, published May S, 1698. 7. Lydia, married Richard Kimball. (ill) Nathaniel Wells, fourth thild and eldest son of Nathaniel (2) and Lydia (Thurley) Wells, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about the year 1670: His entire life was spent in the town of his birth, where he married, about 1690, Mary , who died August 19, 1721. Their children were: I. Abigail, born April 12, 1693, married, 1715, John Yell. 2. Mary, born May 7, 1697, married, 1717. Thomas Bennett. 3. Nathaniel, see forward. 4- Moses, born March 16, 1701, married, November 20. 1724, Eunice Kinsman. 5. Sarah, born January 2-? 1703 or 1704, married, 1721 or 1722. Nathaniel Kimball, of Wcnham, Massachusetts. 6. Lydia. mar- ried Jacob Smith. 7. Daniel, born May 4, 1709, mar- ried Sarah . . , , . (IV) Nathaniel Wells, third child and eldest son of Nathaniel (3) and Mary Wells, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, April 24, 1699. He served as an ensign in the army during the Indians wars, and died May 26, 1790. He married Sarah Kinsman, published July 7, 1723, and had children: i. Sarah, born September 27, 1724, married, 1745, Nathaniel Lord, Jr. 2. Elizabeth, born May 10, 1726, married, 1748. Adam Smith. 3. Mary, born June 16, 1728, married. July 28. 1753, Gideon Parker. 4- Susannah, born May •? 1730, married, January 3. 1755. Ephraim Smith, of Sudbury, Massachusetts. 5. and 6. Lydia and Lucy (twins), born August 27, 1732. Lucy died young. 7. Nathaniel, see forward. 8. Abigail, baptized April 2, 1736, married. i759, John Kinsman. 9. Hcpsibah, baptized June II, 1740. married, 1763, Nehemiali Patch. 10. Simeon, baptized August 22, 1742, married, September 15, 1769. Martha Burn- ham.' II. Hannah, baptized August 4, 1745. 12- John, baptized May 2, 1748. was the first child baptized in the first meeting house in the South Parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts, on the first day of worsliip within its walls. (V) Captain Nathaniel Wells, seventh child and eldest son of Nathaniel (4) and Sarah (Kinsman) Wells, was baptized at Ipswich, Massachusetts. May 2. 1734. died in the same town, January 24. 1810. He settled in Maine, where his descendants have resided since that time. He married, and was pub- lished February 25. 1769. Lucy Goodhue, born in 1741. died March 26, 1821. The names of all of their children have not been preserved; those that have are as follows: I. Nathaniel, see forward. 2. Sarah, married William Lakeman, Jr. 3. Susannah, married. 1796. William Seward. (VI) Nathaniel Wcll.s, son of Captain Nathaniel (5) and Lucy (Goodhue) Wells, was born in Ips- w'ich. Massachusetts, aliout the year 1770. He settled in Maine, and died in Cornville, Maine, where he was residing with his son John, at the age of one hundred vears. He married (first), 1791. Betsey Harris, daughter of John and Rebecca (Souther) Harris, who were married .\pril 9, 1769. John Har- ris was born September 16, 1744, and had children: I Elizabeth (or Betsey), born March 31. 1771. mar- ried Nathaniel Wells. 2. Polly, born October 22, 1774. 3. Nathan, born March 12, 1777. 4. Sally. born Jiily '9. '779- 5- Jo'i"- 'lorn .\ugust 1. 1781. 6. Edward, born December 6. 1784. 7. Rebecca, born January 25. 1787- 8. Sally, born June 30, 1789. 9. Susannah, born February 8, 1792. 10. Prudence, born October 16. 1794. 11. Jemima, born April 2, 1799. 12. Nathaniel, died young. The children of Nathaniel and Betsey (Harris) Wells were: i. Elizabeth, born May 9, 1792. 2. Nathaniel, born June 17, 1794. Mr. Wells married (second), 1795, Sarah Lakeman, and had children: 1. Daniel, born April 20. 1797. 2. John, born June 22, 1800. 3. Lucy, born March 22, 1802. 4. Abigail, born November 3, 1803. 5. Moses, born August 21, 1808, lived to a ripe, old age. 6. Aaron, twin of Moses, see for- ward. 7. and 8. Susan and Job (twins), born May 20, 1806. (VII) Aaron Wells, eighth child and fourth son of Nathaniel (6) and Sarah (Lakeman) Wells, was born in Maine, August 21, 1808, died in Mad- rid, Maine, May 12, 1891. He resided in Madrid, Maine, for many years, and was prominent and in- fluential in the public affairs of the town, holding several public offices, among them being that of treasurer of the town for seven years, and select- man for a long period. He married Elmira Pel- ton, born May 13, 1809, died i860, a sketch of whose family is subjoined. Their children were: I. Maria J., born July 3. 1831, died unmarried at Madrid, Maine, May 10, 1858. 2. Aaron, born November 21, 1833, died November 24, of the same year. 3. Lucy, born April 27, 1835, married B. T. Barker, resided at Phillips, Maine, died May 28. 1892. 4, Hannah Eliza, born April 29. 1837. married Sumner Robinson, a stone contractor, and resides at Nor- ridgewock. Maine (1906). 5. Mary Robbins, born July 16, 1839, married Wilson Beal. a farmer of Avon, Maine, died December 2S, 1893. 6. Orrin D., born June 8, 1841, died, unmarried, June 8, 1858. 7. Rinda H.. born April 19. 1843. married Thomas Rivals, resided in Boston, Massachusetts, died Octo- ber 6. 1902. 8. Edwin A., see forward, g. Elmira H., born September 22. 1848. married George F. Butler, an industrious man, and resides at 43 Austin street, Worcester, Massachusetts. 10. Chester E., born April 5, 1851. is an armorer by trade, employed by the Harrington & Richardson Arms Company. Worcester. Massachusetts, and resides at No. 43 Irving street in that city. He married Alice Davis, of Leominster, Massachusetts. II. Joel C, born August 16, 1854, is a brick mason and resides in Madrid. Maine. He married Sarah Berry. (VIII) Edwin Aaron Wells, eighth child and third son of Aaron (7) and Elmira (Pelton) Wells, was born in Madrid, Maine, October 21, 1845. He attended the schools of his native town un.til he had attained the age of nineteen years, and then engaged in farming on the homestead with his father. He removed to Princeton, Massachusetts, where he w'as employed as foreman on the Boyls- ton place for twelve years. He next worked at the steam fitting trade, but finding that farming was a more congenial occupation, he purchased a farm at Avon. Maine, which he cultivated for two years. He then sold this property and went to Fairbury. Nebraska, where he purchased another farm, on which he lived for eight years. He bought the farm at Rochdale, in the town of Oxford, in 1892, lived upon it for fourteen years, then sold it. and removed 10 Worcester. Massachusetts. He is a very suc- cessful farmer, and a citizen of high standing in the community. He married, October i, 1882, Enmia Vance, born December 4. 1851. daughter of George C. and Susanna (Hanscom) Vance, the former born in Barre, Maine. April 22, 1816, and holding the WORCESTER COUNTY "3 rank of quartermaster in the Union army during the civil war. The children of Edwin Aaron and Emma (Vance) Wells are: i. Winnie Vance, born De- cember 26. 1883. She attended the common schools of the town, from which she was graduated at the age of fourteen years. She entered the English higli school of the city of Worcester the following fall, and upon the completion of her course there entered college and was graduated with honors, June 28, 1901. She is now (igo6) filling very capably a position as bookkeeper and stenograplier. 2. Edwin Aaron, Jr., born October 23, 1885. Was graduated from the grammar school^at the age of fifteen years, then entered tlie Boston Telegraph Institute, from which he was graduated in June, 1904. The following fall he was offered and ac- cepted a position as operator with the Boston & Albany Railroad Company, Templeton, Massachu- setts. 3. Lucy May, born October 27, 1888, was graduated from the grammar school at the age of thirteen years, entered college the following fall and was graduated from the latter institution with high honors. She is now filling very acceptably a position as bookkeeper. (I) John Pelton was the emigrant ancestor of the mother of Edwin Aaron Wells, the subject of this sketch. He was born in England, probably in 1616, and in all probability is descended from the Pelton family of Essex, England. He came to Bos- ton, Massachusetts, between 1630 and 1633. The first appearance of his name in the records of Boston is in the "Book of Possessions," made by order of the general court in 1634. He reinoved to Dorches- ter, where in 1635 or the year following, he was a proprietor. His death occurred in Dorchester, January 23. 1681, and his will was proved January 31, of the same year. He married, about 1643, Su- sannah , who died IMay 7, 1706, and their chil- dren were: I.John, born, about 1645, baptized • Marcli 2, 1645, married about 1673, died prior to 1699. 2. Samuel, see forward. 3. Robert, born about 1649 or 1650, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, was a mariner by occupation, and was lost at sea in July. 1683. It is presumed that he was unmar- ried, as his brother Samuel was administrator of the estate. 4. Mary, born about 1653 or 1654, bap- tized February 18, 1654. (li) Samuel Pelton, second son and child of John (l) and Susannah Pelton, was born in Dorches- ter, Massachusetts, about 1647. He resided in Dorchester until 1687, when he removed to Mount Hope, and cultivated a farm at Bristol. Rhode Island. While living in Dorchester his wife joined the Dorchester church, October 22, 1682. He died in 1713 or 1714, in Rehoboth or Seekonk. Massa- chusetts. He married, July 16, 1673. at Stoughton, Mary Smith, daughter of John and Kathcrine (Mor- rill) Smith. John Smith was a parishioner of the Rev. Richard Mather, at Toxteth (Prince) and came with Rev. Mather from Bristol, England. He and his wife and Mary Smith were mentioned by Rev. JIathcr as having been on board. He settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he was ad- mitted a freeman, May 25, 1636. He w-as a herds- man and one of the proprietors of the town of Dorchester. He made repairs on the meeting house in 1653, and was chosen quartermaster of the troop of Suffolk County Regiment, .and this was con- firmed by the general court, October 19, 1652. He died April 29, 1678, and his will was dated Decem- ber 10, 1676. and was proved July 25, 1678. In it iv— 8 his (langhler, Mary Pelliin, is referred to as Iiaving received her share. He married, in Koxbury, Massa- chusetts, .August I, 1647, Kathcrine Morrill, daugh- ter of Isaac Morrill, whose daughter Mary married Governor Thomas Hinckley. The children of Sam- uel and Mary (Smith) Pelton, five of whom were born in Dorchester, and the remainder in Bristol, were as follow's : i. Samuel, born January 26, 1675, married Sarah . 2. Mary, born May 29, 1678, married, December 12, 1712, Nathaniel Colburn, of Dedham, Massachusetts. 3. Deliverance, born July 31, 1080. 4. John, born January 9, 16S2, married, about 1705, Jemima , died July 15, 1735. 5. Ithamar, born 1686, died prior to April 25, 1749. 6. Henry, see forward. 7. Sarah, born March 23, 1693. 8. Benjamin, born September 3, 1698, married Keziah , died at Hopewell, New Jersey. His widow died in 1780. (III) Henry Pelton, fourth son and sixth child of Samuel (2) and Mary (Smith) Pelton, was born on the iNlount Hope farm, at Bristol, Rhode Island, December 10, i6go. Pie subsequenily removed to Groton, Connecticut, where he resided until his death in 1763. He was probably a merchant as well as a farmer of considerable importance, and was an active business man throughout his life, and wa? highly respected in the community. That his judg- ment was respected is proven by the fact recorded ui the "Connecticut Colonial Records," that in 1750 "Preserved Randall with Henry Pelton of Groton are appointed by the Colonial Legislature to sell lands of Jonathan Randall, deceased, of Groton," etc., and a number of other records equally gratify- ing. That he w-as public-spirited and religious is evinced by the fact of his conveying a piece of land to "The Church" "for affection for the excellent Church of England." He was the owner of large parcels of real estate, and settled property by deed before his death on his sons Paul, Reuben and Thomas, about 1760 and 1761, with a contract that Paul should support him and his wife. Such ar- rangements were common in those days. He was a devoted member of the Church of England. Hi married, April 29, 1712, Mary Rose, and their chil- dren were: I. Samuel, born December 16, 1714, married, June 17, 1736, Sybil Yeomens; died in April, 1783. 2. Thomas, born July 22, 1717, mar- ried, July 9, 1740, Hannah Avery; died 1807 or 1809. 3. Paul, born ]\lay 14, 1720, married, August 20, 1743, Mary Avery; date of death not known. 4. Preserved, born January 24, 1722. 5. Lemuel, born February 22, 1724, married, April 8, 1747. Mary Cornwall. 6. Reuben, born January 24, 1726. 7. Robert, born June 9, 1729, married, August 19, 1751, Hannah ■ ■; died June 21, 1789. 8. Moses, see forward. 9. Ephraim, born June 12, 1732, mar- ried, about 1756, Mary Spelman; died August 31, 1811. (IV) Moses Pelton, seventh son and eighth child of Henry (3) and Mary (Rose) Pelton, was born at Groton, (Connecticut, about 1728 or 1730. He resided in Somers, Connecticut, where tlie house he built was standing in good condition in l88o, and is no doubt still there at the present time (1906). He was one of the pioneers and first set- tlers in the town of Somers, and was highly respect- ed by all. His death occurred April 16, 1778, ac- cording to the Town Records of Somers. Lorin P. Waldo, in his "Early History of Tolland, Con- necticut," says : "On news of the battle of Lexing- ton, April ig, 1775, a company of men was raised. 114 WORCESTER COUNTY commanded by Captain Solomon Wills, and served in Colonel Spencer's regiment, at Roxbury, ^lass- ichusctts, from May i, to December i, 1775. In the roll of this company is the name of Moses Pel- ton. He was from Somers, and was killed the next jear by a cannon ball from the British shipping while the American army was retreating from New York." Moses Pelton married, about the year 1750, Mary (Molly) Whipple, and had children: i. Moses, born June 27, 1751, married Dorothy Benton; ■died June 19, 1S09. 2. Joel, see forward. 3. Han- nah, born in Somers, Connecticut, died May to, 185 1. 4. Mary, born February 26, 1754, married Farwell, and went to Vermont or near Lake Cham- .plain to reside. Another account says she married Luce, and lived and died in Somers. 5. Hannah (.'), born August 30, 1755, died at Somers, immarried, February 16, 1817. 6. Lemuel, born 1757. is reported to have settled further east. 7. Elizabeth, born November, 1763. (V) Joel Pelton, second son and child of Moses (4) and Mary (Whipple) Pelton, was born in Som- ers, Connecticut, November 5, 1753. He was indus- trious, and excelled in strength of mind as well as body. He was a soldier in the war of the revolu- tion, and was a fluent and interesting narrator of .anecdotes of that period, and especially in his latter years, when there few of his contemporaries living, he was a character of unusual interest. He was a pensioner of the war, and when over eighty years of age was accustomed to walk to Augusta from his home in order to draw his pension. After his retirement from the army he went "down East" and settled in JiLiine. His first residence was at Wool- wich, and he subsequently lived in Washington, Jef- ferson and Madrid. His first settlement in Madrid •was in 1810, when he remained there six years ; he then resided in Washington for a period of twelve years, at the end of that time returning to Madrid. He was ' successful both as a farmer and a tanner. His death occurred in Madrid, May 7, 1856, at the advanced age of one hundred and three years. He married (first), in 1779 or 1780, Sally Sloman, •daughter of Simon Sloman; he married (second), about 1791, Anna Cotter, daughter of Timothy Cot- ter, of Whitfield, Maine; he married (third), 1833, Ruhanah Beedy, a widow. He had children as follows : I. Sarah, born probably at Woolwich. Maine, about 1781, married Ebenezer Runlett, of Wiscasset, Maine. 2. Thomas, born August, 1783, married, about 1804. Betsey Gray ; died November 5, 1857. 3. Joel, born March 10, 1785. married, July 4, 1810, Jerusha Thomas ; died September 29, 1865. .4. Brid- get, who was always called Mary, born in Woolwich. Maine, 1786, died January i, 1837. She married Richard Parks, born 1787, died February 3, 1871, son of Frederick Parks, of Winnegance, Maine. 5. Simon, bom abut 1788, went to sea, and nothing was ever heard from or of him. His brother Alexander heard of him at New Orleans, Louisiana, but did not see him, as Simon was sailing outward bound on the day that Alexander arrived in the city. 6. Alex- ander, born September 24, 1791, died May 4, 1879. He married (first), July 31. 1820, Ann Mayberry ; married (second), June 4, 1835, Louisa Leman ; mar- ried (third), June 23, 1839, Sarah A. Young. 7. Timothy, see forward. 8. Polly, born in Jefferson. Maine, 1793, resided in Madrid, Maine, where ?he died, October 11, 1852. She married, 1810. Aaron Huntoon, at Phillips, Maine, son of Jonathan Hun- toon, of Wiscasset, Maine, and had eleven children. 9. Moses, born January 9, 1794, married, January 17, 1827, Jane Stinson ; died October 10, 1876. 10. Marion, born in Jefferson, Maine, April 20, 1799. The greater part of her life was spent in Washing- ton, Maine, where she died August 6, 1863. She married, December 25, 1818, Franklin Perry, born in Wayne, Maine, December 6, 1792, died in Wash- ington Maine, July 10, 1878, and they had children : Hannah, born January 29, 1821 ; Edmund, deceased, born April 10, 1823; Elizabeth, born August 7, 1825; Orrin R., deceased; Joel; Samuel, deceased; Mary Ann, deceasecf; William F., deceased. II. Eliza, born in Washington, Maine, April 17, 1800. She lived at various times in Palermo, Madrid, Phillips, and Temple, Maine, and her death occurred in the last named place January 24, 1847. She married, October 21, 1822, Isaac Benson, born March 10, 1793. son of Seth Benson, of New York, and had seven children. One of her daughters, Mrs. E. A. Reed lived in Portland, Maine, in 1876. 12. Abigail, born in Jefferson, Maine, 1803, died in Washington, in the same state, November 20, 1873. She married (first) Hutchings; (second) Le- man; (third) P. Trask; and (fourth) Franklin Perry, who had been the husband of her sister Mafion. 13. Hannah, born October 28, 1804, was living in Castalia, Iowa, in 1879. She married, in Lincoln county, Maine, July, 1826, Job Perry, son of David Perry, of Wayne, Alaine. 14. Nancy, born in 1806. She lived at one time in Washington, Maine, and in 1876 was residing in North Union, Knox county, Maine,' She married William Pinkham, and had children: Amanda, married John Layr; Eliza, married George Layr; Cyrus, married Sarah Rines ; Mary A., married Edward Lucas; Elsie, married Charles Woffindalc ; Thomas, married Hannah Jones ; James, born December 28, 1838, married Car- oline Ripley ; Enmia, born March 8, 1843, married Henry Fossett ; Charles, married Bella Campbell; Hattie, born July 16, 1848, married Samuel Whitten; Martha, married John Smith. 15. Almira, see for- ward. (VI) Almira Pelton, fifteenth child and ninth daughter of Joel Pelton (5), married Aaron Wells, as stated in the sketch of Edwin Aaron Wells. FRANK EDWARD MURRAY. Henry Murray (i), grandfather of FVank Edward Murray, of Worcester, was born in Enniscorthy, county Wex- ford, Ireland. He learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it in the old country for some years. He married there Margaret Scott, who was also born in Enniscorthy. They came to America in 1832 with their family and settled in Worcester, Massachu- setts. He followed his trade and was a carpenter and builder of some note. He built in Worcester county a number of churches. He was the first superintendent of St. John's (Roman Catholic) Sun- day school and first sexton of St. John's Church. He sang in the first choir. Before the church was built, services were held in his house on Temple street. Mrs. Murray was a member of the first Al- tar Society of St. John's Church. Their children were : John Francis, Mary, George Benedict, Harry J., T. Edward, who was a lawyer. (II) John Francis Murray, son of Henry Mur- ray (i), was born in Enniscorthy, Ireland, 1831. He was but a year and a half old when his parents came to this country and settled in Worcester. He attended the public schools in Worcester and grad- I WORCESTER COUNTY iiatcd from Worcester high school and Holy Cross College. He was a member of the volunteer lire department in the early days of the city. He be- came captain of police when Charles B. Pratt was city marshal. He was a painter by trade. He was interested in music, inheriting his vocal gifts from his father. He was a member of the original Choral Union, and was for many years the director of the ccame a prominent citizen. Bigelow came back with him, but Elias Sawyer remained in Canada a year to run the saw mill and teach the workmen how to operate it. Thomas Sawyer died in 173S-6, and was buried in Lancaster. In his will he men- tioned four sons. William. Joseph, Razalicl and Elias; and two daughters: Mary Rice, wife of Joshua Rice of Marlboro, and Hannah Moore, wife of Jonathan Moore, of Bolton. He bequeathed twelve pounds to buy a communion vessel for the Lancaster Church. A tradition in Bolton makes him the father of the wife of Rev. Nathaniel Whit- man, of Dcerfield, Ma,ssachusetts. If true, she must have been the daughter Sarah, Ixjrn 167T, the only child of his first wife. (III) William Sawyer, son of Thomas Sawyer ii8 WORCESTER COUNTY (2), married Hannah Honghton. daughter of Jolin Houghton (2d). (See Houghton Family.) His home- stead was south of the present village of Bolton, and 'their garrison assignment was with John Moore, near Fryville. He owned land in other places ; had one hundred acres on the west slope of Gates Hill, now known as Sawyer Hill, and one hundred and twenty acres on the eastern slope. His son, Deacon Josiah Sawyer, settled on these lands. Children of William Sawyer: i. Benjamin. 2. Israel. 3. Jo- seph. 4. William. 5. Josiah. 6. Uriah. 7. Aholiab. 8. Mary, married Phineas Willard. 9. Hannah, married John Snow. 10. Hepzibah, married In- crease Powers; Thankful Fairbanks. 11. Martha, married Charles Wilder. (IV) Deacon Josiah Sawyer, son of William Sawyer (3), was born in Lancaster, 1714. He mar- ried Sarah, died 1762, daughter of Jabcz Fairbanks, who lived on Wheeler Hill. She was the grand- daughter of the famous Lancaster Indian fighter. (See Fairbanks.) He was the first deacon of the Berlin Church, and served as such i-'70-99. His Bible and other relics have been preserved and were recently owned by his descendant, Daniel H. Carter of Berlin. Children of Deacon Josiah and Sarah (Fairbanks) Sawyer: l. William, born March 5. 1740. 2. Hannah, born June 25, 1743, married Curtis of Harvard. 3. Rebecca, born February 15, 1745 ; married Wilder, of Putney, Vermont. 4. Sarah, born February 6, 1747; married William Wilder, of Putney, Vermont. 5. Aholiab, born 1749. 6. Josiah, bom November 8, 1753. Children of Deacon Josiah and Mary (Tooker) Sawyer. 7. Levi, born November 10, 1764, died young. 8. Silas, born July 5, 1766. 9. Thomas, born March 9, 1770, died 1771. Josiah Sawyer died July 3, 1805, aged ninety-one. His wife Mary died March 25, 1799, aged seventy-one. (V) William Sawyer, son of Deacon Josiah Sawyer (4), was born in Lancaster, March 5, 1740. He married Hannah, daughter of Lieutenant Oliver and Hannah (Hunt) Barrett, of Bolton, January ID, 1764. The Barrett family has always been prom- inent in Bolton. William Sawyer settled on a part of his father's farm, now or lately the farm of M. Reed Tyler, of Berlin, and formerly the estate of Madame Rudcrsdorflf, known as Lakeside. William Sawyer died February 28, 1822, aged eighty years. His wife died F'ebruary 8, 1830, at the age of ninety-eight years. Their children : i. Abigail, born May 5, 1765, married Cotton Newton, of the New- ton Family of Berlin. 2. William, born February 6, 1767. 3. Amos, born March 17, 1769. 4. Mary, born February 8, 1771, married September 26, 1792, Rufus Howe, of Berlin, son of Joseph Howe, of Gates Pond, resided at Marlboro, Vermont. 5. Oliver, born April 17, 1774. 6. Asa. born August 2, 1775, was in JafYrey, New Hampshire, 1803-17. 7. Uriah, born May 24, 1778, married, F'ebruary 2, 1803. Sally Spofford ; resided in JafTrey, New Hampshire, and Ohio. 8. Polly, bom 1780. married Rufus Howe, who died in Marlboro, Vermont, and she returned to Berlin. 9. Hannah, born January 6, 1781 ; mar- ried Robert Fosgate ; resided at Winchester New Hampshire, where she died, 1871, aged ninety years. 10. Levi, born 1784, died young. (VI) Deacon Oliver Sawyer, son of William Sawyer (5), was born in Berlin, Massachusetts, April 17, 1774. He married Lucy Fairbanks, of Northboro, Massachusetts, who died April 22. 1810, aged twenty-three years. He married (second) Sophia Rice, of Northboro, Massachusetts. He was a sol- dier in the War of 1812. He succeeded his father on the old homestead on Sawyer Hill, Berlin. He built the house that was burned while owned by Madame RudersdorfT. He was a highly respected citizen of the town, and often entrusted with public office. He was deacon of the Congregational Church from 1830-48. He died April 15, 1851. His wife Sophia died September l, 1841. Their children: i. Lewis, born February 2, 1812, died February 8, 1856, on the old homestead. 2. Oliver Barrett, born June 5, 1816. 3. Lucy Fairbanks (twin), born Septem- ber 9, 1819, married Stephen Sawyer, of Worces- ter (see sketch), January 8, 1845; she died in Worcester, December 29, 1847. 4. Sophia, twin with Lucy ; died unmarried on the homestead, Oc- tober 24, 1873. (VH) Oliver Barrett Sawyer, son of Oliver Sawyer (6), was born in Berlin, Massachusetts, June 5, 1815. He married Angelina, daughter of Henry Baldwin, of Shrewsbury, April 12, 1842. He established himself in business at West Boylston, Massachusetts, where for many years he carried on the general store, and was a successful merchant there. He was representative to general court in 1853. and was honored by the town in other positions of trust and responsibility. His death, April 15, 1862, was due to overwork. Children of Oliver Barrett and Angeline (Baldwin) Sawyer: I. Henry Oliver, born June 10, 1844. 2. Walter Barrett, born in West Boylston, 1852; married Louisa Hubbard, and has children: Sadie L.. Ella L., Arthur H., Louis W. (VIII) Henry Oliver Sawyer, son of Oliver Barrett Sawyer (7), was born in Berlin, Massachu- setts, June 10, 1844. He attended the district school at West Boylston and Lancaster Academy. When he was twenty-one he bought the store which his father had established, but which for a short time after his death was owned by T. V. Phelps & Co. In August of the same year Mr. Sawyer took as partner in the store Melvin E. Walker. In 1872 he sold his interest in the business there to Melvin E. Walker and moved to Clinton. The firm of Sawyer Walker became M. E. Walker & Co. Henry O. Sawyer entered the furniture and undertaking business on a large scale in Clinton, an adjoining town. He was in business there six years, when he disposed of interests and came back to West Boylston and to his old business there, adding undertaking and funeral directing to same. He bought the interest of Mr. Walker, and the firm name became Sawyer Brothers. The business con- tinued under this name until January i, l88g. when Walter B. Sawyer retired, and Henry L. Sawyer (son of H. O. Sawyer), and J. F. Higgins were ad- mitted as partners, when the name of H. O. Sawyer & Co. was adopted. Mr. Sawyer gave up business in West Boylston when the greater part of the town was destroyed to make the Metropolitan water reservoir. He entered into partnership with his son in Fitchburg, where he has resided since 1899. The present firm name is H. O. & H. L. Sawyer. They are the leading undertakers in the city of Fitchlnirg. Mr. Sawyer is a veteran of the civil war He was in Company E, Forty-second Regiment. M. V. M., and was mustered out as private although scarcely of age. He was a charter member of George D. Wells Post, G. A. R., of West Boylston, and has been commander. He is at present a mem- ber of E. V. Sumner Post, G. A. R., of Fitchburg. He is prominent among the Masons of the county. WORCESTER COUNTY 119 I'.i'it master of Trinity Lodge, of Clinton; a member lit Clinton Chapter, Hiram Council of Worcester, and Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar, of Fitchburg. He is well known among the Odd Fel- lows of the vicinity, where this order is especially strong, and belongs to Apollo Lodge, of Fitchburg. He was a trustee of the Security Savings Bank of West Boylston until it was liquidated, when the Metropolitan Basin was built. He is a past regent of Beaman Council, Royal Arcanum, of VVest Boyls- ton ; a member of the Merchants' Association of Fitchburg ; and belongs to Rollstone Congregational Church of Fitchburg. Mr. Sawyer is known best of all from his long and honorable career in public office. He is an earnest Republican, and a man of public spirited nature. In VV'est Boylston he was called upon to fill practic- ally all the town offices at various times. He was town clerk, town treasurer, assessor, overseer of the poor, on the school committee, and selectman at various times ; represented the district in the general court in 1881 ; and when in Clinton was elected treasurer and collector of taxes. Mr. Sawyer has won even greater honors since he removed to Fitchburg. He was elected an alderman for the years 1902 and 1903, and mayor in 1904 and 1905. His administration as mayor of the city of Fitch- burg has been marked by an unusually prosperous season, and he has won the approval and support of the people without regard to party. He has been called one of the best mayors the city ever had. During his term of office the high service water mains have been put into operation, much to the satisfaction of the consumers of water in the city. Mr. Sawyer was elected to the legislature in 1906. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1888. Mr. Sawyer himself, and his late fellow-citizens of West Boylston, look upon his service to the town on the special committee in relation to the Metropolitan Water Basin as his best public service, and his friends properly consider the work of that committee extremely creditable to him, and of course to his colleagues. With Lewis Cutting, now of Worcester, and Harrison E. Morton, also now of Worcester, Mr. Sawyer served on this committee to look after the interests of the town of West Boylston. The net result of their work was to secure the payment to the town of an annuity of $12,000 as compensation for the loss of taxable property due to the building of the water basin where the mills and factories and many of the business places and residences were located. In addition to this annual payment the water board built roads and bridges where needed and paid for those destroyed. Mr. Sawyer married, January r, 1866, Flora A. Wethcrby, daughter of Solon W. Wethcrby. She was born in Vermont, but removed when very young to Clinton, where she was brought up. She died September 20, 1888. He married (second), 1890, Martha E. Warner, daughter of Waters W. Warner, of West Boylston. The children of Henry Oliver and Flora A. (Wetherby) Sawyer were: I. Henry Lewis, see forward. 2. Angic F'., born July 12, 1871. 3. Cora A., born in West Boylston, December 5, 1882. 4. Carl W., born in West Boylston, Sep- tember 13, 1888. (IX) Henry Lewis Sawyer, son of Henry Oliver Sawyer (8), was born in West Boylston, Massa- chusetts, October 15, 1868. He attended the public schools of his native town and the West Boylston high school and Worcester Academy, where he was graduated in 1888. He entered upon his business career in his father's store in West Boylston. In 1889, on New Year's Day, he and J. F. Higgins be- came partners with his father under the firm name of H. O. Sawyer & Co., and his uncle Walter B. Sawyer withdrew from the firm. The construction of the Metropolitan Water Basin wiped the old village of West Boylston off the map, and the busi- ness men sought new fields for their activities. Mr. Sawyer went to Fitchburg, where he bought the undertaking business of the M. \\'. Cummings es- tate. This had been the leading business of the kind, established by Mr. Cummings in 1868. He took hold of the new business October 14, 1898, and later his father came to Fitchburg and entered into partnership with him under the firm name of H. O. & H. L. Sawyer. It is a well known fact that the leadership in business has been maintained. The tact, courtesy and discretion essential for suc- cess in this line of business are qualities that dis- tinguish both father and son. Mr. Sawyer is a prominent Free Mason, past master of Boylston Lodge, a member of Clinton Royal Arch Chapter and of Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar. He is a member of Centennial Lodge of Odd Fellows, of West Boylston, and of Nashua Tribe of Red Men. He was a memlier of Clark S. Simonds Camp Sons of Veterans, of Fitch- burg. He belongs to the Merchants' Association, the Park Club of Fitcliburg, and various other social organizations. He is a Republican, but has never been a candidate for office. He was at one time acting town clerk of West Boylston during the ill- ness of the clerk, and town auditor of West Boyls- ton for several years. He married, June 20, 1894, Nellie E. Baker, daughter of John E. Baker, of Worcester. She was born in Rutland, Massachusetts, July i, 1870. Their children are: i. Ralph Henry, born in West Boyls- ton, July 28. 1S05. 2. Dorothy Ellen, born in Fitch- burg, March 17, 1900. ARTHUR HENRY KENDRICK, proprietor of the Hotel Pelham (formerly Parker's Hotel), on Walnut street. Worcester, IMassachusetts, is a repre- sentative in the eighth generation in direct line of descent from the founder of the family of Kendriclc in America, he having emigrated to this country in 1634, or even a little earlier. (I) George Kcndrick, the pioneer ancestor of Arthur Henry Kendrick. came from England to America in the ship with Rev. Richard Mather, sailing from Bristol, England. His first settlement w-as made at Scituate. Massachusetts, where he was admitted a freeman, January 5, 1635, he was called a yeoman. The records show that he took an ap- prentice named John Gardiner, February 22, 1635-6. He was a volunteer soldier in the Pequod war in 163-. He and his wife were admitted to the church April 9, 1637, although Dean gives his name among those who were dismissed from the Plymoutb Church in 1634-5 (?), in case they join the church in a body at Scituate. Possibly he came to Plym- outh in 16,^4, or there may have been two George Kendricks in the Plymouth Colony. Tie was pos- sessed of large holdings of land. His home lot in Scituate was located on Kent street, between the home lots of Elder Tildcn and Isaac Stedman, he had another lot on the third cliff between the lots of John Hanmaer and William Dauckinees ; he also I20 WORCESTER COUNTY owned marsh land near the stony cove. At the time he was living in Boston, in 1645, he sold one hun- dred and sixty acres of land on North river to William Randall, near Till's or Dwelley's creek. He also resided in Barnstable for a short time. There was some relation between George Kendrick and John Kendrick, who settled in Boston and Newton. Mas.-iachusetts, about 1639. George Kendrick lived in Bo.t^ton in 1643, but, according to Dean, removed to Rchoboth in that year, but one daughter was born in 1646, and another baptized in 1650. It is certain that he married his second wife in Rehoboth, and that she died and was buried there in 1688. George Kendrick was a town officer in 1640, and a representative in the general court at Plymouth in l642-,3-4. An indication of the connection of the Bo.-ton and Rehoboth families is furnished by the marriage of a granddaughter of John Kendrick, October 8, 1696, to David Newman, of Rehoboth. All the other Rehoboth Kendricks are descendants of George Kendrick. He married, first, Jane , and their children were: i. Deborah, baptized at Scituate. November 25, 1638; died February 21, 1639. 2. Joseph, born in Boston in 1640. 3. De- borah, born in Boston, August 16, 1646. 4. Priscilla, probably born before the preceding named, baptized April 21, 1650, at Boston. He married, second, April 26, 1647, near his former home in Scituate. Ruth Bowen, who died October 31. 1688. in Rehoboth, and was buried in that town. Their children were : I. Thomas, mentioned hereinafter. 2. Ruth, born February 16, 1649: married John Wilmarth, Feb- ruary 6, 1671. 3. Sarah, April 12, 1652. 4. Isaac. February 12, 1654; buried January 13. 1675-6. 5. Mary, June 16, 1659; married Samuel BlisS April 15, 1685. 6. Elizabeth. September 12. 1661 ; married Jonah Palmer, May 28, 1689. 7. Abraham, Febru- ary 2. 1663; buried May 9, 16 — . 8. Abraham, May 19. 1665. (II) Thomas Kendrick, eldest child of George (l) and Ruth (Rowen) Kendrick, was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, January 23, 16 — . He spent lii.s entire life in the town of his birth, and was buried there, January 13, 1709-10. He married, June T7, 1681. Mercy (or Mary) Perry, and their chil- dren were: i. Jaziel. of whom later. 2. Mary, born February 7, 1683 ; married Daniel Belding. March 36. 1713. 3. Ruth, May l. 1685. 4. Elizabeth. Octo- ber 24. 1686; died November 18, 1686. $. Thomas, January 16. 1687 : died the same year. 6. Mehitable, August 15, 1689; married Arthur Tooker, May 19, 1714. (III) Jaziel Kendrick, eldest child of Thomas {2) and Mercy (Perry) Kendrick. was born March 23. 1682. The name is misspelled Joseph in one place in the printed records, and was also spelled Jossell. He settled on the homestead at Rehoboth, ■where he died September 9, 1720. He married, April 5. 1716, Lydia Gye (or Gay. or Guye). She seems to have been the second wife of John Flill, whom she married February 23, 1729-30, at Reho- both. The children of Jaziel and Lydia (Gve) Kendrick were : i. Thomas, born in Rehoboth, De- cember 7. 1716: married Lydia Mason, July 31, 1744. (See Freeman's "History of Cape Cod." vol. ii. page 732). 2. Jaziel, mentioned below. (IV) Jaziel Kendrick. second son and youngest child of Jaziel (3) and Lydia (Gve) Kendrick. was born in Rehoboth. Massachusetts. February 7. 1717-8. He settled in the part of Brookfield set off as North Brookfield, November 8. 1754. built his house there, and acquired much land in the second precinct, as North Brookfield used to be called. He was a farmer by occupation. Died in North Brookfield, June IS, 1798. He married Abigail — , born 1724, died November 11, 1808. Their children, all born in Brookfield and North Brookfield, were : I. Lydia, born June 10, 1750; married, November 8. 1767, William Dean; died August 14, 1817. 2. Thomas, April 12, 1752, mentioned hereinafter. 3. Hannah, November 26, 1755 ; married, July 9, 1778, Antipas Bruce, of North Brookfield; died February, 1793. 4. Mary. August. 1757: married, February 6, 1783. Elijah Starkweather, of Killingly, Connecticut. 5. Jemima, married, October 14, 1772, Nathan Gilbert, of Brookfield. 6. Abigail, married, February 4, 1783. Nathaniel Dodge, of Belchertown, Massachu- setts. 7. Mehitable, married, July 6, 1784. Silas Barnes, of Holland, Massachusetts. 8. Ruth. March 4. 1788-9, married Silas Phelps, of Worthington, Massachusetts. (V) Thomas Kendrick, second child and only son of Jaziel (4) and Abigail Kendrick. was born in Brookfield. Massachusetts, April 12, 1752. He received his education in the' common schools of the town, and then commenced to work for his father. The homestead was located in the north part of the town of North Brookfield, and in 1808 he left the "Id home and purchased one thousand four hundred and forty-four acres for a farm of his own. Two years later he tore down the old buildings on this place, and with the help of his son Thomas, built the present house. He sold the place to his sort Thomas in 1812. and removed to the south part of the town, where he bought himself another farm on which he resided until his death, which occurred January 19. 1832. When a young man he trained in the militia on the training grounds at New Brain- tree. He was an earnest supporter of the American side during the revolution. He %vas a man of con- siderable distinction in his day, and served on the school committee in 1795. He was an active mem- ber of the First Congregational Church, and was a consistent Christian in his faith and daily practice. He married, first. September 11. 1777. Susanna Bruce, of Brookfield. born 1757; died December 29, iSoi. He married, second. May 29. 1803. Elizabeth Ellis, of Brookfield. born November .30. 1737. The children of Thomas and Susanna (Bruce) Ken- drick were: i. Thomas, of wham later. 2. Betsey, born July i. 1781 ; married May Tl. 1802. Mo.ses Howard, of Sturbridge, who died February 2. 1835 ; she died February 14. 1831. 3. Jaziel. October 4, 1783. 4. Joseph, August 27. 1785; went to sea and was never again heard from. 5. Susanna. June 30. 1787; married, November. 1804. Eliphus Webber, of Holland, Massachusetts; died February ii, 183-. 6. Cyrus. July 5. 1789. 7. Ruth. March 21. 1791. 8 Eli. December 25, 1793. 9. Lucy. November 6, 1794; died March 24. 1796. 10. Perley. February 27. 1797. II. Lucy. March 2T. 1799: died April 24, 1817. 12. Lydia. married, first. ^lay 27. 1817, Francis Barnes, of North Brookfield; married, sec- ond, July 4, 1830, Noah Barnes, of North Brook- field. (VI) Thomas Kendrick, eldest child of Thomas (".O and Susanna (Bruce") Kendrick. was born in North Brookfield. Massachusetts. October 27. 1779 He was educated in the common schools of his na- tive town, and then commenced farming with his father. He learned the trade of shoemaking. and followed it until he was about fifty years of age. WORCESTER COUNTY 121 at the same time cultivating his farm, as was the custom of the times. He bought the interest of his father in the farm which they had been tilling conjointly, in 1S12, and from that time managed it alone. In politics he was originally a Whig, but later affiliated with the Democratic party. He was a member of the First Congregational Church at North Brookfield. His death occurred March 13, 1852. He married, first. April 22, 1800, Hannah Hill, of North Brookfield. He married, second, July 4, 1824. Mary Thorndike, a widow of Salem, who died February 2,5. 1820, aged forty years. He married, third, June .^. 18.50, Sarah Ann Deland, of North Brookfield. who died May 22, 1883. The children of Thomas and Hannah (Hill) Kendrick, all born in North Brookfield, were: I. Horace, born September, 1800. 2. Tamsen, June 7, 1803 ; married September 3. 1821. John Bemis, of Spencer; died in Spencer. July 7. 1830. 3. Hannah, November 14, 1804; married, first. June 30. 1825, Lyman W. Hunter, of North Brookfield ; married, second, Cur- tis Mower, of Charlton. 4. Betsey, 1806; married, January 30. 1825. Clancy D. Thompson ; of New Braintree ; died December 20. 1840. $. Joseph, Au- gust 29, 181 1. 6. Thomas. December. 1816; died January 7, 1818. 7. Martha. .August 2, 1819; mar- ried, January 24. 1838. William ^I. Deland. 8. Mary Ann, November 15. 1820; married, November ip, 1846. John H. Wiicox, of New Braintree; died in Ludlow, Massachusetts. 9. Charles Thomas, men- tioned below. (VH) Charles Thomas Kendrick. fourth son and ninth and youngest child of Thomas (6) and Han- nah CHill) Kendrick. was born in North Brook- field. Massachusetts. May 7. 1831. He was edu- •cafed in the public and high schools of his nativtf town, and left the latter in order to take up farm- ing and teaming. He had the contract for drawing tnuch of the stone used in the buildings in North Brookfield. He was also engaged in the wood and lumber business, and not only earned a competence, tut also the good will and esteem of his neighbors and those with whom he had business dealings. He resides on his farm in North Brookfield. In poli- tics he has always been Democratic, and has served the town as overseer of the poor, and as highway surveyor. He is a regular attendant at the First Congregational Church. He married. April 16, 1857, Sarah Frances Deland. of North Brookfield. daugh- ter of Henry and Temperance Bishop (Holmes) Deland. Henry Deland was a shoemaker by trade, and salesman in Boston for the Batchcllers. the great boot and shoe manufacturers of North Brook- field. Mrs. Kendrick is a direct descendant of Governor Bradford, and a cousin of Oliver Wendell Holmes. The children of Charles Thomas and Sarah Frances (Deland) Kendrick were: 1. Edward, born June 30, 1858; died September 22, T858. 2. Clarence Eugene. November 14, 1859; mar- ried. February 28, 1SS2, Charlotte L. Moore, of North Brookfield. and had children : t. .\lice Louise, ■born June 21, 1883. 2. Inez Moore. .'Kpril 5. 1885: died .^pril 4. 1902. 3. Leon .'\rthur. February 10, 1887. 4. Clarence Deland. February 15, 1889. 5. Marpret Holmes, October 15, 1894. 6. Donald Leslie. April. 1903. 3. Alfred Holmes, May 7. 1862 ; died October 19, 1862. 4. .Arthur Henry, the particular subject of this sketch. (VIII) Arthur Henry Kendrick, fourth and youngest son and child of Charles Thomas (7) and Sarah Frances (Deland) Kendrick, was born in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, November 2, 1863. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town, and left the latter institution after a two years' course, in order to accept a posi- tion in the factory of E. & A. H. Batcheller, lead- ing shoe manufacturers. For a time he was em- ployed in the sole-leather room, and then worked for six years as an' edge trimmer. He removed to Worcester, in 1888, and bought what was then Parkers' Hotel, but is now the Hotel Pelham, on Walnut street. This hotel he conducted with un- varied success for nine years, then sold it to A. F. Bragg, who conducted it for a short time, and then resold it to Mr. Kendrick, who has continued as its owner and manager up to the present time (1906). He is popular and progressive, and a man of considerable influence in the circles in which he moves. He is a regular attendant at the All Saints' Episcopal Church in Worcester, and is a member of the following named organizations : Montacute Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons ; Eureka Chap- ter. Royal Arch Masons; Hiram Council, Royal and Select Masters; all the Scottish Rite Masonic bodies of Worcester ; and a charter member of Worces- ter Lodge. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is first lieutenant of the Worcester Continentals, a private company of militia. He married. January 28, 1893. Margaret Thomas. They have one child ; Beatrice Audrey, born March 22, 1897. William ap Thomas, great-grandfather of Mrs. .•\rthur Henry Kendrick, was a noted Baptist min- ister of Carmarthen, Wales, and was one of sev- eral brothers who entered the ministry, and claim descent from Henry Fitzherbert, lord chamberlain to King Henry I. William ap Thomas was vicar of Penrhyn and chaplain to the Earl of Northum- berland. .Among his children was a son, David. (II) David Thomas, son of William ap Thomas (i), was a Welsh scholar of much erudition. He was a schoolmaster in Carmarthen, and later opened a private school in Carmarthen, and still later in Swansea, Wales. He was also noted as a writer, and a composer of music. Among his children was a son. William. (III) William Thomas, son of David (2) .and Mary (Davies) Thomas, was born in Swansea, Wales. May 10, 184.S. He was a manufacturer of pottery in Swansea. Wales, and emigrated to .Amer- ica in T877. He was also a modeler and designer. He settled first in Philadelphia, later removed to Norwich. Connecticut, and still later to New York. He married .Anne Augustus, daughter of James and Margaret (Hughes) .Augustus, of Swansea, Wales. James .Augustus was a shoe manufacturer, employed a large number of workmen, and had a contract with the government to furnish shoes for the soldiers during the Crimean war. He became very wealthy. Elizabeth Davies. mother of Margaret (Hughes) .Augustus, grandmother of .Anne (Augustus) Thomas. and great-grandmother of Margaret CThomas) Kendrick. married John Hughes, an of- ficer in the British army, who lost his life dtiring the war with Turkey in 182s. She was taken bv a family of Lees, ant! changed her name. Her chil- dren were Margaret and John C. Hughes. Margaret married James .Augustus, of Swansea. Wales, and they had children, among them being Anne, born in 1845, who married William Thomas, the father of 122 WORCESTER COUNTY Mrs. Kendricks. The children of William and Anne (Augustus) Tliomas .were : I. Elizabeth Ann, born in Swansea, Wales, October 15, 1867; married a Congregational minister, of London, England ; died October 2. 1887. 2. Hubert Aubrey, December 25, 1869, in Swansea, Wales ; died in the same town, January 25, 1871. 3. Margaret, of whom later. 4. Mary Janet, September 28, 1873, in Swansea ; mar- ried William Beckwith, of New London, Connecti- cut. 5. Alice Lillian, May 24, 1878, in Norwich, Connecticut. 6. Helen Gertrude, September 8, 1881 ; died same day. (IV) Margaret (Thomas) Kendrick, third child and second daughter of William (3) and Anne (Augustus) Thomas, was horn in O.xford, England, June II, 1871. She had the advantages of an ex- cellent education, attending a private school in Swansea. Wales ; then the private school of Miss Durant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and finally, the public schools of Norwich, Connecticut. She is a member of All Saints' Episcopal Church, of Worcester, Massachusetts, and of the following re- ligious and social organizations: Woman's Mission- ary Society of All Saints' Church; Church Musical Club ; The Wednesday Club ; Young Women's Chris- tian Association ; Worcester Woman's Club ; the Fri- day Morning Club ; Music Students' Club of Worcester. She is very active in religious work, and occupies a prominent and influential position in all these various organizations. She married, January 28, 1893, Arthur Henry Kendrick, as previously stated. THE IIARTWELL FAMILY in England is traced back to the days of William, the Conqueror, who allotted land to one of his followers from Normandy by the name of Hartwell, perhaps the progenitor of all the English families of that name. He must have been born as early as 1050, A. D. Although the American progenitor's ancestry is not definitely known, he is probably a descendant of this ancient family and he is undoubtedly the an- cestor of all the American families of the name. (I) William Hartwell, the immigrant ancestor of the family, was born in England about 1613. He was among the first settlers of Concord, in New England, in 1636. and was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. He signed the petition for the grant of Chelmsford in 1653. He was commissioned a corporal in 1671 and quartermaster in 1673. He had a homestead in Concord a mile cast of the common on the road to Lexington, lately occupied by K. W. Bull. In 1666 he owned two hundred and forty- seven acres of land and was among the largest tax- payers of the town. He died March 12. 1690, aged seventy-seven years. His wife Jazan deposed May II, 1675. that she was sixty-seven years old, which would fix her birthday in 1608. She died .-Xugust S' 1695. Their children were: Sarah, died July 8, 1674; married. April 18. 1661. Benjamin Parker, of Billcrica. April 18, 1661 : John, of whom later; Mary, probablv born 1643, died February 13, 1695-6 ; married Jonathan Hill ; Samuel, born March 26, 1645. died July 26, 1725: married Ruth Wheeler, daughter of George and Catherine Wheeler; Mar- tha, 'born May 25, 1649, died before 1690. (II) John Hartwell, eldest son and second child of William Hartwell (i), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, December 23. 1640, and died of small- pox, January 12, 1702-3. He married. June I, 1664. Priscilla Wright, daughter of Edward and Pris- cilla Wright. She died March 3, 1680-81. He mar- ried (second), August 23, 1682, his first wife's sister,. Elizabeth Wright, who died December 16, 1704. He served with Captain Thomas Wheeler's com- pany at Brookfield and elsewhere in King Philip'^ war. He was admitted a freeman, March 21,. 1689-90. His children were: Ebenezer, of whom later; John, born April 15, 1669, married Sarah Shepard; Samuel, born October 9, 1673, died December 31,. 1694 ; Sarah, born February 12. 1676-7, married Ebenezer Lamson ; William, born December 22. 1678, died July 10, 1762; married Abigail Hosmer ; Joseph, born January 24, 1680-1, married Ruhamah Cutter, of Charlestown ; Elizabeth, born October 23, 1683, died young ; Elizabeth, born December 23,. 1684, probably the one who married Samuel Wil- son ; Edward, born August 23. 1689, died February 17. 1785; soldier in 1708-9 campaigns; married Sarah. Wilder; he was major, justice of the peace, judge of the court of common pleas, representative to the general court until past eighty years old, was oa committee of safety and correspondence, the most conspicuous man of his day in Concord ; Jonathan, born February 15, 1691-2, died October 18, 1713; married (first) Elizabeth Brown and (second) Sarah Wheeler. (III) Ebenezer Hartwell, eldest child of Johm Hartwell (2), was born in Concord, Massachusetts,. February 28, 1665, and died in Carlisle, an adjoin- ing town, January i, 1723-4. He bought his home- stead of his father-in-law and the southern half of the house where John S. Keyes lately lived in Con-, cord village across the line in Carlisle. He married, March 27, 1690, Sarah Smedley^ daughter of John and Sarah (Wheeler) Smedley. She was born in 1670 and died November 13, 1715. Their children were: John, born April I, 1691^ was district clerk of Carlisle before it was incor- porated as a town; ensign in the militia; Priscilla, born December 13, 1692, died young ; Sarah. born- July 28, 1694, married Jonathan Melvin; Priscilla,- born January 27, 1696-7, died August 2, 1778; said to have had a lover who went to Maine, turned hunter and hermit, and never returned; Ebenezer,. born March 22, 1698-9, died 1739; went to Groton, married, August 4, Rachel Francworth ; Samuel, of whom later. (IV) Samuel Hartwell, youngest child of Eben- ezer Hartwell (3). w'as born in Concord, Massachu- setts, .-Vpril 30. 1702, and died in Groton May 26, 1782. He married, 1727. Sarah ■ . who died in ^733- having had two children, who died young. He married (second), June 7, 1737, Sarah Holden, of Groton. who w'as born September 5, 1717. He set- tled in the north part of Groton near the Nashua river. Their children were all born at Groton prob- ably, viz.: Sarah, born March 9. 17,^8. died May 5, 1790: married Job Shattuck, a captain in the revo- lution; Rachel, born December 19. 1739, died Au- gust 16, 1758; an infant, born May 21, 1742, died young: Priscilla, born February 25. 1745. died Feb- ruary 17, 182S. married James Green; Sanuiel, bortv July 21. 1748, died young: Hannah, born Septem- ber 27, 1751. removed to Springfield, Vermont, 'n 1805; Lois, born December 19, 1758, married Simeon I.akin, of Groton, a revolutionary soldier; Samue!, of whom later. (V) Samuel Hartwell, youngest son of Samuel Hartwell (4). was born in Groton. Massachusetts, August 7, 1771, and died there March 24, 1842. He I (L ^J4t^^<.,£.<.<^i^-^ WORCESTER COUNTY 123 married Caroline M. Wright, of Groton, wTio was born August 21, 1772, and died March 5. 1853. He was a farmer, noted for his fine physique and great strength. He lived in Groton. Their children were: I. Samuel, born November 7, 1804, died June 11, 1825. 2. John H., born November ji, 1806. mar- ried. May 12, 1831, Caroline M. Shattuck, of Groton. born October 11, 1811; they removed to Germania, Wisconsin, in i860, and have many descendants. 3. David, born August 2, 1808, died September 20, 1878; married Harriet N. I lay ward, of Easton, who was born March 8, 1815, died December 8. 1869; removed 1837 to Beverly, Ohio, in 1849 to Carroll- ton, Illinois ; in 1854 to Macoupin county ; in 1870 to Valley Centre, Kansas; was a contractor and builder, left many descendants. 4. Caroline, born December 3, 1812, died July 8, 1844. 5. Matilda (twin), born December 3, 1812, died April 8, 1848; married, September 24, 1840. Harrison J. Searles, of Westford, carpenter. 6. Benjamin F., of whom later. 7. James C, born May 12, 1817, died April 22, 1862; married, September 24, 1840, Mary G. Cofey, of Groton, Massachusetts, who was born March 10, 1819 ; removed to southern Ohio, later Carrollton, Illinois, and Medora, Illinois; was farmer and carpenter. (\T) Benjamin F. Hartwell, sixth child of Sam- uel Hartwell (s), was born in Groton, November .=; 1814. He married, November 25, 1839, Emma Whitman, of Stow, daughter of Dr. Charles Whit- man. She was born March 27, 1812, and died April 22. 1880. In early life he was a teacher and was for some time the principal of Franklin Academy at Germantown, Pennsylvania. Later he was a con- tractor and builder at Littleton, Massachusetts. He also lived at Groton afterward and at Zanesville, Ohio, where he died January 21, 1891. The three gen- erations ending with Benjamin F. Hartwell w'ere unusually long. His grandfather was born in 1702 and he died in i8qi, making for three generations a span of one hundred and eighty-nine years. The children of Benjamin F. and Emma Hart- well were: I. Josephine, born December 22, 1840, died young. 2. Emma, born May 20, 1843, married, September 13, 1871, M. V. B. Kennedy, of George- town, Ohio, who was born February 24, 1843, dealer in books and stationery at Zanesville, Ohio ; she is living there now (1906); had son Harris H.. born September 29. 1873, now city auditor of Zanesville, Ohio. 3. Benjamin Hall, born February 27, 1845. at Acton ; educated at Lawrence Academy, Groton, and Jefferson Medical College (1868 M. D.), began practice of medicine in r86g at Groton Junction, now called Ayer, where his widow now resides. He was medical examiner for the pension department, state medical examiner, held many offices in .\yer. Married, September 10, 1879. Helen Emily (Silsby) Clark, daughter of Major Euscbius and Mary Jane (Shattuck) (Qark) Silsby. of Groton; she was born at Groton. June 12. 1848. 4. Harris C. of whom later. 5. Charlotte E.. born August 8, 1852. married, .'\ugust t6, 1872. Philetus C. Lathrop, of Norwalk, Ohio, who was born August 7, 1839. He served in the civil war, was manufacturer of gloves at Gloversville, now residing at Arlington, Massachusetts; was treasurer of the Ice and Pressed Brick Company of Hartford, Connecticut; has no children. (VII) Harris C. Hartwell, fourth child of Ben- jamin F. Hartwell (6), was born in Groton. Massa- chusetts, December 28, 1847, and died at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, December 9, i8-ear. Then lie returned to his old home in Mon- tague, and assisted his father on the homestead for a time, and then returned to work for the Winchester concern at Ashburnham. Alxjut this time his father sold out at Montague and bought another farm at Leverett, and Amos helped his father for a year and a half, when his father died and he succeeded to the farm. Soon afterward he sold the place at Leverett to Peter Hobart, and removed to Gardner to work at his trade. He en- listed, August 14, 1862, in Company F, Fifty-second IMassachusetts Volunteer.s, from Leverett, and went into camp at Greenfield. He went with his regi- ment to New Orleans, and was at the siege of Port Hudson, and took part in the battles of Indian Bend and Donaldsville. He was mustered out August 14, 1863, and returned to Leverett, and went soon afterward to Gardner and entered the employ of Heywood Brothers, chair manufacturers. This is one of the largest concerns in the business. Mr. Goodnow was with this firm nearly twenty years. In 1893 he decided to go back to farming again, and bought his present farm at Lunenburg. It is a productive and attractively situated place of about twenty-two acres. His son, Luie W. Goodnow, as- sists him in conducting the farm. In religion Mr. Goodnow is a member of the Orthodox Church (Congregational). In politics he is a Republican. He is a meniber of Farragut Post, No. 116, G. A. R., of Gardner, Massachusetts. He commands the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens wherever he has lived, and is counted a man of influence among his neighbors though his manner is quiet and his tastes domestic. He mar- ried Sophia Avery, who was born in Brookline, New Hampshire, and died in Lunenburg, daughter of Amos and Lydia (Evans) Avery. Her father was a farmer. The children of Amos Walter and Sophia Goodnow were: i. Ida Ma\', born at Ashburnham. 2. Etta Julia, born at Leverett, married Edward Williams, of Gardner, and they have four children : Albert, Everett, Irving, Mary. 3. Luie Walter, born at Gardner; married Lizzie Hill, of Middletown, Connecticut, and had two children, Grace and Winifred. WHITE FAMILY. The White family of Winch- endon, Worcester county, Massachusetts, of which William Walker White, of the city of Worcester, is a prominent representative, trace their lineage to Thomas White (i), who died in 1664. He ap- peared as a citizen of Charlestown, Massachusetts, clothed with the office of constable in the year 1659. By his wife Susanna, who died Marcji 6, 1686-87, aged eighty-nine years, had children : Thomas, John, Mary and Sarah. (II) Thomas White, the eldest child, born 1636, married November 17, 1663, IMary Frothing- ham,, daughter of William Frothingham, of York-- shire, England, born April i, 1638, died September 30, 1716. They had Thomas, born 1664; William, 1607; Samuel, 1669; and Elizabeth, 1671. (III) Thomas White, born 1664, married Sarah Rand, daughter of Sergeant Thomas Rand, of Charlestown. She was born August 15, 1666, died April 17, 1749. Their children were : Thomas, born 1685; Samuel, 1690; Sarah, 1692; John, Au- gust 22, 169s; Hannah, 1698; Mary, 1701 ; Rebecca, December I, 1704; Abigail, 1708. (IV) John White, born August 22, 1695, mar- ried, January 24, 1728, Sybilla Buckminster, daugh- ter of Colonel Joseph Buckminster, from Scotland. Mr. White was a carpenter by trade, and settled first in Framingham, where his five eldest children were born. About 1848 he purchased the lot num- ber sixty-eight in the town of Spencer and removed there, where he died August 20, 1778. His wife died October 23, 1794, aged eighty-eight. Their children were: John, born October 17, 1728; Thomas, July 27, 1731; Rebecca, February 5, 1734; Sarah, June 22, 1737; Sybilla, October 29, 1741 ; Rand, October 15, i7Si. (V) Thomas White, born July 27, 1731, mar- ried in Spencer, December 30, 1756, Abigail, daugh- ter of Deacon John Muzzy. Mr. White was a farmer and blacksmith, and died in Spencer, Febru- ary 25, 1822. His wife died September 21, 181 1, aged seventy-two. Their children were : Thomas, born November 24, 1757; Thaddeus, July 16, 1759; Benjamin. August 8, 1764; Joel, May 3, 1766; Sib- billah, February 13, 1768; Nancy, ^lay 25, 1769; Jonah, April 20, 1771 ; Elizabeth, July i, 1774; Amos, February 6, 1776; John Bradshaw, February I, 1778. (VI) Thomas White, born November 24, 1757, married Hannah Estabrook, and settled in West Boylston. He as well as his brother Thaddeus, were soldiers in the revolutionary war and each was granted a pension for their services, Thomas hav- ing been placed on the pension roll May 29, 1818. Their children were; Polly, born May 23, 1786; Nancy, October 15, 1789; Joseph, see forward; Han- nah, February, 1794; Thomas, June 5, 1796; Eben- ezer, June 13, 1798. (VII) Joseph White, born January 24, 179-2. '" Boylston, Massachusetts; married, in 1817, Matilda, daughter of Simon and Persis Davis, of Paxton, Massachusetts. She was born in that town Septem- ber 24, 1796. Mr. White was a man possessed of unusual mechanical powers and business qualities. At the age of eighteen he set up in West Boylston a factory for the manufacture of wire, employing a^^_^^^-- WORCESTER COUNTY 127 «ighteen hands; two years later, in 1812, he in- troduced the manufacture of cotton yarns, and a little Liter cotton wares, being among the earhest in the country to manufacture cotton goods, an in- dustry which became his life-work, accumulating thereby a competency which passed to his children, and in addition he endowed them with some of his personal qualities which enabled them to continue the work so well established and prosecute it even to a more successful issue. Their children, born in West Boylston, were : Nelson Davis, born July 24. 1818; Persis Arminda, January 11, 1820; Windsor Newton, March 4. 1823 ; Hannah Mandana, June 27. 1825; Joseph Estabrook, June 29, 1832; Francis Wayland. October 26, 1834. (VIII) Windsor Newton White, second son of Deacon Joseph White, and father of William Walker White, was born March 4, 1823. He attended the common schools of West Boylston, his native town, and then took a course of study at the Academy of Sufheld, Connecticut. He then entered the employ of his father, later taking an interest in the manu- facture of cotton fabrics at Oakdale. Massachusett?, the firm being known as the West Boylston Manu- facturing Company. Here he continued to labor until 1861. at which time he owned a controlling interest. He sold his interest there and removed to Winchcndon, enterin,g into copartnership with his brothers. Nelson D. and Francis W. White, in the cotton manufacture, and after continuing in the business three years, ow-ing to poor health, he re- tired from active life, and died in 1871. He was a generous supporter of the Baptist church, and held the office of deacon, as well as many minor positions in the Church. In politics he was a Republican, and was a representative to the Massachusetts legislature from West Boylston and Winchendon. and served as selectman and assessor for several years. He married Miriam, daughter of Joel and Deidamia (Stone) Walker, in August, 1844. Their children were : Joseph, Mandana, William Walker. Thomas. Emma Arminda, Joseph Estabrook and John Addison. (IX) William Walker White, second son of Windsor Newton White, and grandson of Joseph White (7), was born in Winchendon, Massachu- setts, .April 7. 1849. Previous to the age of four- teen, he received his primary education in the schools of his native town. He then entered the New Hampton Institute at Fairfax, Vermont, com- pleting a course there, and at the age of sixteen re- turned to Winchendon. entering the employ of Bax- ter D. Whitney, manufacturer of woodworking ma- chinery, where he remained two years. He then entered the employ of the Whitin Machine Com- pany in Whitinsville, where he completed the trade of a machinist. From here he went to the machine shop of the Slater Company in East Webster, where at the age of nineteen he was given charge of that department, having thirteen men under his .direc- tion. In 1878 lie removed to East Jaffrey, New Hampshire, and for one vear had charge of the White Brothers' mill. From there he went to FitchburiT and took charge of one of the depart- ments of the Union Machine Company. In 1881 he accepted a position with the Rodney Hunt Machine Company of Orange, Massachusetts, as general superintendent, and remained with that company during the rebuilding of their plant. His next ob- jective point was the city of Worcester, where he engaged with the Holyoke Machine Company, and after being in their employ in the shop for six months was promoted to selling agent, and on the re- tirement of Mr. Charles Ranlet was made agent of this Worcester shop, including his former duties as salesman. On the retirement of Mr. Charles R. IIol- man, in 1901, the financial part of the Worcester branch of the company also devolved upon Mr. White. January 17, igoO, he was chosen a director and president of the company. Mr. White attends the Baptist Church, and is a Republican in politics. He has never been identified with any other affairs outside of business and his home. He married, December 22, 1871, Jennie V. Moore, daughter of Dexter M. and Mary E. (Dodge) Moore, of Webster, Massachusetts. She was born June 18, 1853. Her father was a veteran of the civil war, serving in Company H, Fifty-third Massa- chusetts Regiment; he was also a mechanic and mill operator. William Walker and Jennie V. (Moore) White had one son, William Dexter White, born August 24, 1876, who is associated with his father in business. He married, September 16, 1902, Edith G. Bliss, of Worcester, daughter of (jeorge R. Bliss. CHARLES E. WALLACE. Ralph Wallace (l), the immigrant ancestor of Charles E. Wallace, post- master of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was one of the first settlers of this name in America. He came from London in the ship "Abigail" in 1635 with his son, George Wallace. He was probably a widower, and he left very little trace on the records of his life in America. He gave his age as forty, which would make his year of birth 1595. His son's age was given as fifteen. Wallace is a Scotch name and most of the families of New Hampshire and Massa- chusetts are from Scotch-Irish settlers who came between the years 1718 and 1750. (II) George Wallace, only known son of Ralph Wallace (i), was born in 1620 and came with his father on the ship "Abigail" in 1635 from London. In December, 1656, he was of Rumney Marsh, now Chelsea, then part of Boston. He probably died young or returned to England. He was called "gen- tleman" on the records, indicating high social stand- ing at that time. Savage presumes that he was the father of George Wallace, of Portsmouth. (III) George Wallace, probably son of George Wallace (2), settled in Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire. He was born about 1650, and married, No- vember 18, 1686, Ann Shortridge, daughter of Rich- ard Shortridge, at Portsmouth. He served on the grand jury in Portsmouth in 1686. He Was tith- ing man in 1676 at Portsmouth. Possibly it was his father who was tithingman. His home was near Sagamore creek. He had a son William, born about 1690, of whom later. (IV) William Wallace, son of George Wallace (3), was born in Portsmouth or vicinity about 1690. He settled in Greenland, which was set off of Ports- mouth in 1703. He was on the tax list in Green- land in 1723, and he signed the petition to be an- nexed to Alassachusetts in 1739. He married Martha , who was baptized -when about thirty years old, in 1726. Their children were born in Greenland, New Hampshire, viz.: George, had son born in 1750; Samuel, had son born 1741 ; Jeane, baptized 1716; Nathaniel, baptized 1723; Nathaniel, baptized 1724: Martha, baptized 1725; William of whom later ; Abigail, baptized 1737. (V) Captain William Wallace, son of William I2§ WORCESTER COUNTY Wallace (4), was born in Greenland or Portsmouth in 1728. lie settled in Greenland, and may have moved to Raby late in life. He was a captain of a Greenland company in the revolution and fought in the battle of Bennington. Among his children were: John, baptized in 1751; Matthew, of whom later. '(VI) Matthew Wallace, the grandfather of Charles E. Wallace, of Fitchburg, was the son of Captain William Wallace (5), if family history is correct. He was a farmer in Brookline, New Hampshire, all his active life. A grandson has a sword said to have belonged to Captain William Wallace. There is an absence of records to estab- lish this absolutely, a common thing in New Hamp- shire towns. Matthew Wallace married about 1800, Betsey JMcIntosh, of Scotch descent. Their chil- dren: James, Betsey, Clorinda, Jane, David, of whom later ; William, Waldo. (VII) David Wallace, son of Matthew Wallace (6), was born in Brookline, New Hampshire, Au- gust IS, 1814, and died in Fitchburg, November 26, 1891. He learned the trade of carpenter, and when a young man came to Lunenburg, Massachu- setts. In 1846 he removed to Clintonville, now Clinton, Massachusetts, where he lived many years. He became a contractor and builder there and dur- ing the period of greatest development was one of the leading builders of Clinton. He had the con- tract for the Baptist church, for the tower on the Congregational church, for the old Methodist par- sonage and for the Unitarian church. He built the parsonage originally for his own residence and he lived in it for a time before he sold it to the ?ileth- odist society. He left Clinton before the civil war and made his home in Fitchburg, where his brother, Waldo Wallace, conducted a foundry. He had a • shop at the rear of 5 Main street, where a number of manufacturing industries are now located, and he made patterns and furniture. He was a skill- ful pattern maker and cabinet maker. He was se- lectman of Clinton in 1857 and 1858. He loved music and after 1850 for many years was chorister of the First Baptist Church of Clinton. He was one of the fire engineers of Qinton and for many years foreman of old Torrent Engine Company, No. i. He married (first), in Nashua, New Hampshire, 183S, Sarah Ann Smith, daughter of John and Sarah (McDonald) Smith, of Brookline, formerly Raby, New Hampshire. Their first four children were born while they were living in Lunenburg, the re- mainder in Clinton. She died in Clinton, June 16, 1862. He married (second), in 1867, the sister of his first wife, Catherine Smith, who was born at Brookline, New Flampshire, August 19, 1824, and is living at present at 27 Cottage square, Fitchburg. The children of David and Sarah Ann Wallace were : Cleora A., born September, 1839, at Lunen- burg, died September i, 1848, at (ilintonville; Martha Ardelia, born August 3, 1841, married Henry Bowman, resides at Idaho Springs, Colorado; David Orlando, born May 27, 1843, died at Florence, South Carolina, February 4, 1865, he was a cor- poral in Company. C, Fifteenth Regiment, and was taken prisoner first at Ball's Bluff, was exchanged and taken again at Petersburg, June 22, 1864; he was the only Clinton man who fell a victim to Confederate prison life; Kate Augusta, born April 17, 1845. married Frank C. Gill, resides at Rock- ford, Illinois; Charles E., of whom later; George Washington, born July 4, 1849, at Clinton, living in Fitchburg, Massachusetts ; Caro Josephine, born January 19, 1853, at Clinton, died November 11, 1897, at Fitchburg; Henry Putnam, born September 18, 1855, at Clinton, died June 26, 1863, at Fitch- burg; Inez Moore, born January i8, 1857, at Clin- ton, died May 26, 1883, at Fitchburg; married George A. Henry ; Helen Eugenia, born July 16, 1858, at Clinton, married (first) Herbert A. Stod- dard; married (second) Lewis F. Flint; resides at Rockford, Illinois. (Dates from record of Mrs. David Wallace of Fitchburg.) (VIII) Charles E. Wallace, fifth child of David W'allace (7), was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, September 3, 1847. He was educated in the common and high schools. He began his business career as clerk ill a Fitchburg store conducted by his uncle, Waldo Wallace, and since developed into the Fitch- burg Hardware Company, the largest concern of its kind in the city. In the spring of 1861 he began to work for his uncle and lived with him in accordance with the old custom. He enlisted in 1864 in Company E, Fifth Massachusetts Volun- teer Regiment, at a very early age. He had tried to enlist before and had been refused on account of his youth. This was a Marlboro company and his term of enlistment was a hundred days. The campany served most of the time about Baltimore. It was mustered out in November, 1864. After his return from the service he worked as clerk in a number of Fitchburg stores. He began his connection with the postoffice at the bottom of the ladder in 1872. His faithfulness and ability won' him promotion after promotion until he became the assistant postmaster. He held this position under Democratic as well as Republican administrations. He served under the postniasterships of George E. Goodrich, General John W. Kimball, - Fred A. Currier, and at the close of Mr. Currier's term Mr. W^allace was appointed his successor. He was suc- ceeded as postmaster by Dr. T. H. Mann, wha served a term during the second administration of President Cleveland. Mr. Wallace retired at that time after a continuous connection with the post- ofiice lasting twenty-three years. During the in- terim he was elected overseer of the poor of the city and was clerk of the board in 1897 and 1898. Upon the return of the Republican party to power jNIr. W'allace was re-appointed postmaster by President McKinlcy, and he has been re-appointed by Presi- dent Roosevelt. Few cities are fortunate in having , so well a trained postmaster. It may be said that he has made the postal service a life study during his thirty years of service. The government has erected recently in Fitchburg a very handsome and artistic building for the postoffice. In many re- spects Mr. Wallace has a model office. He is a member of the E. \'. Sumner Post, G. A. R. ; the Nashua Tribe of Red Men ; the Columbian Club. He was a corporal in the Fitchburg Fusiliers for six years after the war. He has been overseer of the poor for six years. . He married Mattie R. Lowe, daughter of Flint and Sarah F. Lowe, of Fitchburg.. Their children: Harold, born October 24, 1880, class of 1908 Tufts Medical College; Ruth Inez, born October 10, 1885, graduate of the Fitchburg high school. ALFRED H. WHITNEY. John Whitney (i), the immigrant ancestor of Alfred H. Whitney, was born in England, 1589. Fuller details of his life will be found elsewhere in this work. He settled WORCESTER COUNTY 129 in W'atertown in Jmif, l(\!5 ; liad married in Eng- land, Elinor • , born 1599, died May 11, 1659; married (second) in Walertown, September 29, 1659, Judith Clement, wlio died before he did. He died June i, 1&73. They had eleven children, men- tioned hi other sketches of the W'liitney family. (.11) John Whitney, son of John Whitney (i), was born in England, 1620. He was a proprietor and freeman of Watertovvn, a soldier in King Philip's war. A full sketch with his family is given else- where in this work. » (III) Nathaniel Whitney, son of John Whit- ney (2), was born in W'atertown, February i, 1646, married, March 12, 1673, Sarah Hagar, born Sep- tember 3, 1651, died May 7, 1746, in Weston. Further details with their family of eight children will be found in the sketch of Elisha M. Whitney, of Winchendon. (IV) William Whitney, son of Nathaniel Whitney (3), was born May 6, 1683, mar- ried. May, 17, 1706, Martha Pierce born Decem- ber 24, 1681. He died January 24, 1720. He re- sided at Weston, Massachusetts. He was also the ancestor of the other Whitney families of Winch- endon. Children: i. William, grandfather of Amasa Whitney, of Winchendon, father of Elisha M. Whitney, born January 11, 1707, married Han- nah Harrington, Mrs. Mary Pierce, Margaret Spring and Mrs. Sarah Davis. 2. Judith, born No- vember 15, 1708. 3. Amity, born October 6, 1712. 4. ^Martha, born April 4, 1716, married in Sudbury, February 26, 1734, Timothy Mossman ; settled m Ashburnhani. 5. Samuel, see forward. CV) Lieutenant Samuel W'hitney, son of Will- iam Whitney (4), was born in Weston, Massachu- setts, May 23, 1719. He married, October 20, 1741, Abigail Fl'>tcher. He was a leading man in the set- tlement of the town of Westminster, Massachusetts, and was frequently elected to office. He went there from his native town of Weston probably soon after his marriage, about 1742. The old Whitney home- stead there was owned lately by the Hartwell fam- ily, only the cellar hole remaining to mark the site of the old house, on Lot 51 near the north common. He was prominent, capable and much esteemed, one of the executive committee of the proprietors and a selectman three years after incorporation. He was a lieutenant in the revolution. He was a man of wealth as well as intluence in Winchendon, and gave each of his sons a farm. He died January I, 1782. The children of Samuel and Abigail Whit- ney: 1. Abigail, born August 27, 1742, probably died young. 2. Mary, born May 29, 1744, married Elijah Gibson and Edward Scott, of Westminster. 3. Samuel, born February 11, 1746, married Thank- ful Wilder. 4. Abner, see forward. 5. Ach.sali, born September 30, 1750, died May 14, 1772. 6. Silas, born October 20, 1752, married Sarah With- ington. 7. Martha, born November 26, 1755. died young. 8. Elisha, born July 2, 1757, married Eunice Seaver. 9. Alplieus, born February 25, 1759, married Esther Hartwell, 10. Phinehas, born January 16, 1761, married Elizabeth Rand. 11. Hananiah, born December 18, 1762, married Azubah Keyes. 12. Martha, born September 18, 1764. married (first) Benjamin Seaver and (second) Isaac Seaver. 13. Su'^anna, born February 9, 1767, died young. CVI) Abner Whitney, son of Lieutenant Samuel Whitney (5). was born in Westminster, Massachu- setts, May 18, 1748. He married, May 14, 177°. Elizabeth Glazier, of Shrewsbury, who died April iv— g 3. 1778. He married (second), April 22, 1779, Lavina (Glazier) Ward, born May 9, 1752, died July 23, 183S. He died September, 1811, in Westminster. He lived in .\shburnham and Westminster, Massa- chusetts. Children of Abner and Elizabeth Whit- ney: I. Oliver, born December 8, 1770, died June 24, 1794. 2. John, born July 28, 1772, married Susanna Smith. 3. Levi, born January I, 1777, married Phebe 'VVarrcn. Children of Abner and Lavina: 4. Jonas W., born April 22. 1780, married Phebe Rand. 5. Joseph G., see forward. 6. Eliza- beth, born August 2, 1785, married Lorey Barnes. 7. Dolly, born October 26, 1791, married Vinal Dunn. 8. Abel, born May 14, 1793, died unmarried April 28, 1852. evil) Joseph Glazier Whitney, son of Abner Whitney (6), was born in Westminster, Massa- chusetts, June 22, 1783, married. September 14, 1805, Levina Dunn, born in 1789, died June 24, 1875. He was a farmer and lived in Ashburnhani. He died July 31, 1868. He lived in Ashburnhani and West- minster. The children: i. John, see forward. 2. Abner, born April I, 1808, married Levina G. Whittemore. 3. Levina G., born July 29, 1809, mar- ried. April 13, 1834. Rev, Stephen Gushing, resided in Dorchester. Ashburnhani and elsewhere ; Meth- odist clergyman twenty-four years; known as a his- torian. 4. Mary Puffer, born July 19, 1812, married, November 28, 1833, Perley Howe, farmer of Gard- ner and Ashburnham ; assessor and selectman. 5. Belinda, born May 20, 1815, married. May 30, 1838, Benjamin Gushing. 6. Lucy, born July 21, 1826, married, February ig. 1847, Edward Chase, resided in Chelsea, civil engineer, later in life in insurance business. 7. Stephen P., born January 10, 1821, married Abigail Stone, (■VIII) John Whitney, son of Joseph Glazier Whitney (7), was born in Peru, 'Vermont, Sep- tember 12, 1806, married there. May 9. 1832, Eliza Gushing, born April 18, 1815. died September I, 1882. He resided at Westminster for some years and in Ashburnham, where he was a pioneer in the manufacture of chairs. He died May 4, 1873. Chil- dren : I. Stephen C,, born July 4, 1833, married, April 14, l86r, Achsah I, May, born July 5, 1839, enlisted in Fifty-third Klassachusetts Regiment in civil war, died at New Orleans, February 20, 1863 ; she resides in Templeton, Massachusetts, 2. Eliza C. born July 25, 1835, died July 13, 1837. 3. Jo- seph, born June 15, 1838, died November 26, 1838. 4, Wilbur Fisk. see forward. 5. John Edwin, born October 28. 1841, died November 21, 1856, 6. Tim- othy Merritf. born December 2, 1844, died Novem- ber 22. 1856. 7. George Edward, born April 20, 1847. died unmarried October 30, 1880, 8, Orange, see forward. 9, Sarali .'\., born October 4, 1S50, married, February 20, 1878, George H. Clapp ; re- sides at Greenfield. Massachusetts. 10, Arthur M,, horn October 4. 1853, resides at Grand Rapids, Mich- igan, It. Alfred IT., see forward. (IX) Wilbur Fisk Whitney, son of John Whit- ney (8), was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, December 9. 18.39. He was educated there in the public schools and learned the business of chair making. For the past thirty years he has been one of the leading chair manufacturers of the town. He has been active in town affairs and politics. In 187.S he represented his district in the general court. In 1878 he was nominated for congress by the Green- back and Independent parties and polled about 7.000 votes. He was renominated in 1882-84. He was I30 WORCESTER COUNTY nominated for state treasurer in 1876-77, and in several instances liis candidacy was endorsed by the Prohibition party. He is a student of political •economy and sociology ; of firm opinions and pre- fers to maintain his ideas of political righteousness with a hopeless minority to sacrificing principles for party success. He is a director of the Ashburnham National Bank and of the Nashua Reservoir Com- pany. He served on the school committee for many years. His residence is in South Ashburnham. He married, July 17, 1866, Emeline S, Jewell, born De- cember 27. 1839. Their children: i. Oscar Jewell, born January 22, 1871, died January 2, 1886. 2. Celena Mower, born June 24, l873- 3- Luella Gushing, born May 4. x88i. 4. Ethel Eloise, born June 2, 1881. 5. Edith Lillian, born January I, 1883. (IX) Orange Whitney, son of John Whitney (8), was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, March 16. 1849. He was educated there in the public schools and followed the chair making business, being suc- cessor to his father, who was engaged in the manu- facture of chairs. He w^as at one time located in Ashburnham. in the Burgess Mill. He is at present in partnership with his brother Alfred under the firm name of Alfred H. Whitney. He has held many positions of trust and honor in Winchendon. He married, January 5. 1875, Laura M. Collester, who died January 28. 1885. (IX) Alfred Herbert Whitney, son of John Whitney (8), was born in Westminster, Massachu- setts, jime 14, 1856. He was educated there in the public schools and has always been associated with his brother Orange in the business of chair manu- facturing. He was for a number of years a member ■of the firm of Orange Whitney & Company, chair manufacturers. South Ashburnham. He resides at Ashburnham. In politics he is a Republican. He married. June 3, 1884, Susie W. Davis, daughter of Phineas Parker Davis. (See sketch.) Their child: Pauline, born May 7, 1885, married, June 14, 1906, Robert W. Adams, of Royalston. Massachusetts. PHINEAS PARKER DAVIS. Dolor Davis (l). immigrant ancestor of Phineas Parker Davis and of his daughter, Susie W. (Davis) Whitney, wife of Alfred Herbert Whitney, of Ashburnham. Massachusetts, was the progenitor of the larger part of the Davis families of Worcester county. He was born in England and came to America in 1634: his wife and three children came in 1635, accompanied with his brother-in-law. Simon Willard. founder of Lancaster. Mr. Davis had a grant of land in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as early as .Au- gust 4, 1634: resided also in Barnstable and in Con- cord, Massachusetts. He was a carpenter and builder. He removed to Duxbury and was admitted a freeman in Plymouth colony, March 5. 1638-39, and June 2, 1646. He and his wife were dismissed from the church at Duxbury and joined the church at Barnstable, .August 27. 1648. Simon Willard, his brother-in-law, was captain of a foot company in 1646, major in 1654 and at his death in 1673 "the colony- lost one nf its most distinguished mem- bers." Davis married (first) in county Kent. Eng- land. March 29. 1624. Margery Willard. who was baptized at Horscnionden. Kent. November 7. 1602. and died prior to 1667. She was the daughter of Richard Willard. of Horsemonden. a yeoman. Davis had a grant of land in Duxbury in 1640. He was highway surveyor and constable at Barn- stable. He returned to Massachusetts in 1655 and bought a hundred and fifty acres in Concord, but finally returned in 1666 to Barnstable and died there in June, 1673. He made his will September 13, 1672; it was proved July 2, 1673. The will stated that his sons Simon and Samuel already had their portions; bequeathed to wife Joanna; eldest son John; son-in-law Lewis and Mary, his wife; daugh- ter Ruth Hall ; to the poor of the town where "he may die." The will refers to his sons Simon and Samuel as residing in Concord and to his having gone thither at the charges of Roger Chandler. His children: i. John, of Barnstable, born in England about 1626. had the homestead. 2. Mary, born in England, 1631. 3. Elizabeth, born in Eng- land. 4. Lieutenant Simon, see forward. 5. Sam- uel, of Concord and Bedford, ancestor of Governor John Davis. 6. Ruth, born at Barnstable, March 24, 1645. (II) Lieutenant Simon Davis, son of Dolor Davis (i), was born in America, about 1638, and died in Concord, June 14, 1713. He resided on a farm given him by his father at Concord, near the home- stead of his father. He was one of Captain Thomas Wheeler's troopers in the expedition of 1675 to the Nipmuck country and took command at Brook- field when the captain was wounded. He was ap- pointed commissioner July 2, 1689; was admitted a freeman March 21, 1699; was deputy to the gen- eral court. 1689. 1690, 1692 and 1705, and held other town offices. His will was dated June 24, 1710, and proved July 3, T713. He married. December 12, 1660. Mary Blood, born at Concord, July 12, 1640, daughter of James and Eleanor Blood. He divided most of real estate during his life. His children : 1. Dr. Simon, born October 12, 1661, married. Feb- ruary 14, 1689. Elizabeth Woodis. daughter of Henry Woodis. of Concord; she died November 12. 1711; married (second), October 19. 1714, Mary Wood. 2. Mary, born October 3, 1663, married. May 28, 1691. Deliverance Wheeler, of Stow. 3. Sarah, born March 11 or 15, 1665-66, married, November 13, 1695. Thomas Wheeler. 4. James, born January or June 9, 1668, married. 1701, Ann Smedley ; died September 16, 1727. 5. Eleanor, born October 22. 1672, married at Concord, May 14, 1699, Samuel Hunt. 6. Ebenezer. born June I, 1676, see forward. 7. Hannah, born April 1, 1679. married at Concord Samuel Blood. (III) Ebenezer Davis, son of Lieutenant Simon Davis (2), was born at Concord. Mas'^arhusetts. Jime I. 1676. He settled at Concord, where his chil- dren were born. He was perhaps a landholder in Harvard, where several of his children settled. He married (first) Dinah . and (second) Sarah French, widow of William French, of Billcrica, who died October 15, I75t, aged seventy-four years. Children of Ebenezer and Dinah Davis: i. Eben- ezer. Jr.. born March 29. 170T. settled at Harvard. 2. Eleazer, born February 4, T704-OS, settled at Har- vard. 3. Josiah. born February 4, 1704-05. died young. 4. Simon, born February 23, 1707-08. 5. Dinah, born July 22. 1710. 6. Phineas, born Febru- ary 19, 1712-13. removed to Milford, Connecticut. 7. Ellen, born May I. 1715. Children of Ebenezer and Sarah Davis. 8. Sarah, born July 14. 1723. o. Lydia. born September 7, 1724. 10. Josiah, born September 20, 1726. see forward. (IV) Josiah Davis, son of Ebenezer Davis (3). was born in Concord. Massachusetts, September 20. 1726. He settled in Harvard, Massachusetts, with several brothers. About 1760 he removed to Wash- ington, New Hampshire, where many of his descend- WOl-iCESTER COUNTY 131 ants have livrci and are living at present. In 1749 he and other yovnig men were given permission to build themselves a pew over the men's gallery stairs in the Harvard Church. He served in the French and Indian war in 1755 in a squad of twenty Har- vard men under Colonel Josiah Brown, of Sudbury, and in the company of Captain Salmon Whitney, of Stow. Colonel John Bagley, in 1758. He married at Harvard, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Willard. Their children: I. Josiah, Jr., born at Harvard, October 3, 1754, married Susanna . .2. Ebenezcr, born at Harvard, February 8, 1757. 3. Hezekiah, born at Harvard, August 21, 1759. Those born at Wash- ington were: 4. Timothy, born September 14. I76r, see forward. 5. Betty, born January 15, 1764. 6. Phineas, bom August 21, 17615. 7. Thomas, born April 8, 1769. 8. Molly, born September 10, 1761. (V') Timothy Davis, son of Josiah Davis (4), was born in Washington, New Hampshire. Septem- ber 14. 1761. He worked on his father's farm and attended the public school during his youth. In later years he owned a farm in the west part of the 'town, in the mountain district, a few rods north of the farm of his brother Ebenezer and half a mile east of the farm of Captain Moses Dinsmore. He had a saw mill and grist mill at one time. He was much beloved and highly respected by his townsmen. He was of extraordinary physical strength. He was known for many years far and wide as "Uncle Timothy." A Timothy Davis was in the revolution in Captain Timothy Emerson's regiment, Colonel Thomas Bartlett's regiment, in 1780. He died Sep- tember 24, 1829, at Washington. His farm was inherited by his son, Reuben Davis. Timothy was a Whig in politics and a member of the Universalist Church. He married Sally Farnsworth, who was baptized at Harvard, Massachusetts. July 24, 1774, daughter of Simeon and Lucy (Atherton) Farnsworth, of Harvard and Washington, granddaughter of Jona- than and Ruth Farnsworth. and great-granddaugh- ter of Matthias Farnsworth, one of the first, set- tlers of Groton about 1660. Their children: i. Martha, born May 2T, 1793, married, November 4, 1812, Francis Killum, of Washington and Hillsboro. New Hampshire: she married (second). June 2. 1862. William Davis, and died April 8. 1873. 2. Ann, born at Washington. February 17, 1795, mar- ried Allen Paine, of Washington, June 14. 1816; removed to Potsdam, New York (now Morley). 3. Reuben, born November 10. 1798. married Mary Petts, daughter of James Petts : resided in Washing- ton and had — Mary Ann, born December 16, 1822; Reuben P., born February 17, 1824; Francis K., Sarah. Frederick J.. Martha Maria. Asa Augustus. 4. Hezekiah. born August 6. 1800, see forward. $. Lucinda. married Joel Colburn : (second) John Will- iams. 6. Josiah, married Sarah Petts. of Washing- ton. 7. Phinehas. born April ig. 1807. married, October 13, 1831, Eliza Hopkins, resided at Charles- town, Boston and Somerville, Massachusetts : chil- dren — Timothy A., born December 28, l8.p. died Aoril 25, 18.^2: Lucinda .A., born November 2, 183.=;, died October. 18.^6: Sarah, born November 11. l8,?8, died April 10, 1842 ; Elizal)eth R,. born January 19, 1841. died June 12. 1883; Charles E., born February 0. 1843. resides at Pueblo. Colorado, at last accounts ; Harriet N., born at Cbarlestown, September 2. 1848, Hied .^pril 23, 1879; Phineas J., born at Cbarlestown. February 19, 1856. Relief, married Peter Brown, of New York state. (\'I) Hezekiah Davis, son of Timothy Davis (5), was born at Washington, New Hampshire, August 6. 1800, and died at Lancaster, Massachusetts, April 4, 1846. He received his education in the common schools of Washington and helped his father on the farm until he came of age. He followed farming as his chief occupation through life. In Washington he leased a farm in the center of the village for a number of years. He removed in 1831 to Water- town, Mas.sachusetts. where he leased a farm of .\bijah White. This farm was near the Waverly line. He also worked for various persons in tlie vicinity of Boston in the capacity of a farmer. He died April 4, 1846. He was a Universalist in re- ligion. He was a member of the Washington militia company in youth. He married, August 10. 1820. Diadema Fletcher, born September 16, 1799. daughter of Joshua Fletcher. After his death she resided at Lempster, New Hampshire. Their children: i. Phineas Parker, born May 13, 1827, see forward. 2. Susan Fletcher, born January 15, 1823. married Thomas Mc- Allister, of Nashua, New Hampshire: had two chil- dren who died young: she died at Lempster, New Hampshire, May 21, 1877. 3. Juliette F., born June 17, 1825; married George Washington Holt, of Lyndeboro and Nashua. New Hampshire, and had one child ; she died at Nashua, August 8, 1848. 4. George Washington, born October 2, 182S. married. May 25, 1854, Maria H. Tenney, of Bakhvinsville. Massachusetts ; resided in Nashua where he manufactured stationary engines : chil- dren — Julia. Jennie. Josie. 5. John Langdon. born November 15. 1831. killed in accident at Fitzwilliam. near state line, February 5, i88r ; was locomotive engineer; married. May 23. i860, Mary E. Averill, of Northfield. Vermont, and had children — Charles, George Frederick. (VH) Phineas Parker Davis, son of Hezekiah Davis (6), was born at Washington, New Hamp- shire, May 13. 1S21. He received a rather limited education in the public schools of his native town and began early to earn his livelihood by "working out." in the vicinity of his home. When a youn.g man he began railroading as fireman on the Con- cord & Montreal Railroad. When he came of age he was promoted to the position of locomotive en- gineer on a passenger train and continued in that position many years. He lived at Concord. New Hampshire, seventeen years, and owned a home there. He also owned a block at Manchester. New Hamp- shire. He met his death while in the performance of his duty at his post on the run from Concord to Salem. Massachusetts. March 8. 1864. His engine was derailed by a washout. He was a man of inle.g- rity and of charming manner, much respected by all wlio knew him. His death was deeply regretted by his fellow railroad men and superior officers. In religion he was a Universalist; in politics a Re- publican. He married. May 4. 1847. Sarah Cunmiings Rice, born September 3, 1S28. died July 29. 1900. daugluer of Salmon and Catherine (Cumniings) Rice, of New Boston. New Hampshire. Her father was a chair manufacturer of .-Vshburnham. The children; I. Julia Catc. born September 3, 1849. died July 4, 1S53. 2. F.nmia Louise, born December 15. T856. died ^lav 15. T875. 3. Katie Cumniings. born Octo- ber 4. t86i. "died April. 1864. 4. Susie Wallace, sec forward. (VIII) Susie Wallace Davis, daughter of Phineas 132 WORCESTER COUNTY Parker Davis (7), was born February 12, 1863, mar- ried June 3, 1884, Alfred Herbert Whitney, of Ash- buriiham, Massachusetts. (Sec sketch.) HEYWOOD FAMILY. This name is varioiisly spelled in the records— Heywood, Heyward. Hey- word, Ilaward, Heyood, Haywood, Heaward. and ni some instances has been changed to '■Howard, and all found in the Concord family record?, and applies to the Worcester county fanidies. This all goes to show how prone one generation is to follow the errors of the one preceding it. (I) John Heywood married Rebecca Atkinson, i6q6 and it is known that he was in Concord as early as 1650. Rebecca died in 1665, when he mar- ried Mary Simonds. By his first marriage John Heywood had a son. „ , _. , . (H) John Heywood married Sarah Simonds and had thirteen children as follows : i. Sarah, died young. 2. Thomas, died October 28, 1715, aged six- ty-three years. 3- "Deacon" Samuel, married hliza- beth Hubbard, 1710. 4- Edward. 5- Josiah. 0. "Deacon" Daniel, born 1696, at Worcester; he mar- ried Hannah Ward. 7- Elison. 8. Nathan 9. Sarah. 10. John, settled in Lunenburg. 11. -Mary. 12. Phincas. born July 18, 1707, settled at Shrews- bury 13. Benjamin, born 1709, went from VVorces- ter to Cape Breton and died there m 174S, leaving ten children. , , , (HI) Phineas Heywood, son of John (2), born at Concord. Massachusetts, July 18, 1707, came with his family to Shrewsbury about 1739- He died March 20, 1776. aged sixty-nine years. His widow, Eliza- beth, died June 12, 1797. aged eighty-six years. 1 He children born to them were: i. Mary, married Samuel Jemison. 1775- 2. Seth .3. Timothy. 4. Keziah, born April .-^o, 17+2, married Bazaleel Howe, 1774. 5. Phineas. born July 29, 1744- ,6. Benjamin, born October 25, 1746. 7- Nathaniel, baptized March 13, 1748. 8. John, baptized May 5. i/S.i. died 1756 9. Levi, born May 12, I7S3, settled in Gardner and had Levi, who became a law-yer in Worcester, and who there married Nency Healey. (HI) "Deacon" Daniel Heywood, son of John (2) born 1696, settled at Worcester, and married Hannah Ward, September 25. 17 18, at Worcester. Hannah was the daughter of Obcdiah Ward and sis- ter of Daniel Ward. She died at Worcester. Feb- ruary 24, 1760, aged sixty-four years. Daniel and Hannah had seven children: i. Mary torn May. 1719 married Captain Jemison. and died September iq 1782, aged sixtv-nine years. 2. Rebecca, born July 25 1725. married Noah Jones, of Worcester, and died January 11, 1771, aged forty-six years; he died July 6, 1781, aged seventy years. 3. Daniel, born 1727 married Anna Wait, at Worcester, De- cember t3,' 1753, and died June 30, i7.=;6, aged tw'enty- nine years— left a son Daniel, to whim his fath ;r bequeathed most of his estate. 4- Sar.ih, born I-eb- ruary 1723, married Asa Moore, of Worcester, and died ' there, December 13, 1760. Mr Moore then married Lucy , who died March II 1801. He died June 30, 1801, aged eighty vears 5. Abel, born 1729- married Hannah Goddard from Brookline. and died at Worces- ter, November 8, 1760, aged forty years His son Abel married Abigail Chamberlain, of Worces- ter April 27, 1780. 6. .\bigail. born 1785. married Paimer Goulding. Jr.. of Worcester, where she died Mav 26. 1825 aged thirty-five years. Palmer Gould- ing' was the' son of Palmer and Abigail (Rice) Goulding, both of Sudbury, and were married De- cember 4, 1722. 7. Grace. (IV) Hon. Benjamin Heywood. son of Phinea* Heywood (3), born October 25, 1746, settled in Worcester, and from 1802 to 181 1 was judge of the court of common pleas. He died in Worcester, De- cember 16, 1816, aged seventy years. His wife died June 18, 1839. Mr. Heywood was the son of a respectable farmer of Shrewsbury." At the common age he was bound apprentice to a housewright and after serving his time began carpenter business on his own account, working at it two years. Love of let- ters and a confidence of capacity for wider useful- ness induced him to throw aside the hammer and chisel and devote himself assiduously to preparations for collegiate education, and he entered Harvard College in 1771. He was proficient in mathematics. The voung men of the college formed a military- company styled the Marti-Mecurian Band. Mr. Hey- wood was ensign of this corps on April 19, 1775. and with some of his comrades participated in .the perils of that never-to-be-forgotten day. Among the tumult of arms the pursuits of literature were suspended, the students were dismissed, and the halls occupied by troops. The senior class of which our subject was a member did not return to the seminary' although their degrees were conferred in course. Heywood at once entered the service of his coun- trv. receiving the commission of a lieutenant May, 1775. In 1776 he w^as promoted to captain and he retained that rank throughout the revolution. He was made a paymaster. He was at the capture of Burgoyne. and partook of the suffering and shared in the glorious victories of the army. Another proof of his ability was the fact of his being appointed on a committee to adjust the accounts of the officers of Massachusetts. It was a long drawn-out negotia- tion, and was finally justly settled, and was con- cluded by a voluminous report by Captain Heywood. Upon the disbanding of the army he was retained some time in settling the complicated affairs of the war. After peace had finally been restored he re- turned home and married Mchitable Moore (adopted daughter of Nathaniel Moore), who was the real daughter of Elisha Goddard, of Sutton, Massachu- setts. Being a man of good judgment he was often sought after as arbitrator, executor, and guardian. For many years he was active magistrate of Worces- ter county, and a member of the board of trustees of the Leicester Academy. He was twice chosen an elector of president and vice-president of the United States. By the general court he was ap- pointed trustee of the Hassanamisset Indians, and was an officer of many charitable and religious asso- ciations. His was a life of usefulness well spent, and his character was untarnished. His children were: i. Mehitable. died September 18. 1830. 2. Nathaniel Moore, born 1788, married Caroline Sum- mer, of Boston. t8i6. and died at Richmond, Vir- ginia. 3. Elizabeth. 4. Benjamin Franklin, of whom later. 5. Joseph. 6. Lucy. 7. Nancy. (V) Dr. Benjamin F. Heywood, son of Hon. Benjamin Hevwood (i,'). born April 24. 1702. mar- ried (first) Nancy Green, and (second) her sister. Elizabeth Green. Benjamin F. was born in the city of Worcester, and .graduated at Dartmouth College in the class of 1812. He attended the medical lectures at Dartmouth and Yale Colleges, taking the degree of "W. D. at Vale in 1815. He formed a part- nership with Dr. John Green, in the practice of SG- ^A^U ^ Jll o-^^ WORCESTER COUNTY 133 medicine, which existed twenty years. Dr. Heywood was councillor and censor of the State Medical So- ciety, and became a member of the Society of Cin- cinnati in 1859, in the right of his father, who was an original member. As a physician he was very popular among his patients. He had the confidence of his fellow citizens, being sent repeatedly to both branches of the city government. He was admitted a member of the Fire Society in July, 181 7, and re- mained an active member more than fifty-two years, and until his death, December 7, i86g. By his first marriage he had the following named children: I. Benjamin, born July 16, 1821. 2. Caro- line, born August 7, 1823. 3. Frederick, born June 30, 1825. 4. John Green, born May 24, 1828, died 1833. By his second wife (Elizabeth Green) Dr. Benjamin F. Heywood had : 5. Nathaniel Moore, born July 20, 1839, died August 7, same year. 6. Nancy, born December 24, 1840; she married Dr. Griswold, and their children were: I. Arthur Hey- wood, liorn December 14. 1879, graduated from Har- vard College, class of 1902, and now a medical student in Johns Hopkins University. 2. Ralph Mansell, born August 8, 1881, graduated from United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, and now with the South Atlantic Squadron in Cuban waters. 7. John Green, born March I, 1843, attended the pul'lic schools of Worcester and entered the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard at the age of eighteen years, and graduated with the class of 1864, the year of his attaining his majority. He was one of the founders of the Quinsigamond Boat Club in i860. In 1896 he was one of the organizers of the Worcester Museum of Art, and has been a man- aging director from that time. He was admitted to the Society of the Cincinnati in 1871, and became a member of the standing committee in 1890. In reli- gion he was reared a Unitarian. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. He has no dis- position for official preferment. 8. Mary Elizabeth, born September 27, 1845, became the wife of Captain H. L. Stone ; they were the parents of the following named children: l. Elizabeth, deceased. 2. Mary Chandler, born February 28, 1873. a graduate of Smith College, class of 1895. 3. William Henry, born March 4, 1875, unmarried. 4. Benjamin Hey- wood Stone, born April 21, 1876, a graduate of Har- vard, class of 1898. CHARLES HENRY GIBSON. John (Jibson (l), the first American ancestor of Charles Henry Gibson, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was the pro- genitor of the Fitchburg family of this surname, a family that ranks among the most distinguished as well as the oldest in the city. John (iibson came to Cambridge in New England as early as 1631. He was born in England in 1601 and died in Cambridge in 1694, aged ninety-three years. He was admitted a freeman in Cambridge, May 17, 1637. His home lot was granted in the west end of the town, August 4, 1634. It was lo- cated between Harvard and Brattle squares, in what is now an important business district, and extended to the Charles river. His house stood at the end of what is now Sparks street, not far from Brattle street, on the road to Watertown and was built before October 10, 1636. He was doubtless a member of Rev. Mr. Hooker's Church and belonged later to the succeeding so- ciety of First Church, February i, 16,36, under the .pastorate of Rev. Thomas Shepard. He held minor 'tuwn oflices. His wife and daughter accused Wini- fred Holman, widow, and her daughter of witch- craft and the charge not being sustained they were sued for damages by the Holmans. F'or particulars of this interesting case, see sketch of the Holman family. Curiously enough descendants of these two parties are living neighbors in Fitchburg at the present time. Gibson paid a small fine. He married (first) Rebecca , who was buried December i. 1661, at Roxbury. He married (sec- ond), July 24, 1662, Joan Prentice, widow of Henry Prentice, a pioneer at Cambridge. The children of John and Rebecca Gibson were : Rebecca, born in Cambridge, 1635. married Charles Stearns, of Wa- tertown ; she thought she was bewitched by the Holmans ; Mary, born May 29, 1637, died at Rox- bury. December 6. 1674. married John Ruggles; Martha, born April 29, 1639, married, November 3, 1657. Jacob Newell, of Roxbury; John, Jr., born about 1641, married Rebecca Harrington; Samuel, born October 28, 1644, died at Cambridge, March 20, 1709-10. (II) John Gibson, son of John Gibson (i), was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1641, and died October 15, 1679. He married, December 9, 1668, Rebecca Harrington, who was born in Cam- bridge, the daughter of Abraham and Rebecca (Cut- ler) Harrington, or Errington, as it was spelled and perhaps pronounced. Her father was a blacksmith, born at New Castle-on-Tyne, and died in Cambridge, May 9, 1677. Her mother died in Cambridge, 1697. John Gibson settled in Cambridge on the home- stead deeded to him by his father, November 30, 1668. He also was involved in the trial of his fam- ily for calling the Holmans witches and had to acknowledge his error in court or pay a fine. He took the cheaper course. He was a soldier in King Philip's war under Captain Thomas Prentice. He was in the Swanzey fight June 28, 1675, and was in the Mt. Hope expedition later. He was also in Lieutenant Edward Oake's troop scouting near Marl- boro, March 24, 1675-6, and in Captain Daniel Henchman's company, September 23, 1676, which marched to Hadley in early summer time. He was possibly the John Gibson in Captain Joshua Scot- tow's company at Black Point, near Saco, Maine, September, 1677, where the garrison was captured the following month by the Indians. He was ad- mitted a freeman October 11. 1670, and held a num- ber of minor offices. He died of small pox when only thirty-eight years old. The children of John and Rebecca Gibson were: Rebecca, born at Cambridge, October 4, 1669, died at Woburn, June 10, 1698, uiunarried ; Martha, mar- ried twice; Mary, married at Concord, October 17, 1700, Nathaniel Gates, of Stow ; Timothy, settled in Sudbury and Stow. (Ill) Timothy Gibson, son of John Gibson, Jr. (2), was born in Cambridge, 1679, and died at Stow, July 14, 1757. His grave is in lower village grave- yard in the eastern part of Stow. He married (first), in Concord. November 17, 1780, Rebecca Gates, of Stow, who was born in Marlboro, July 23, 1682, and died in Stow, January 21, 1751. She was the daughter of Stephen, Jr., and Sarah (Wood- ward) Gates. He married (second) (published No- vember 30), 1755. Mrs. Submit Taylor, of Sud- bury, who died at Stow, January 29. 1759, in her seventy-fifth year. Both wives arc buried by his side. Deacon Gibson was brought up by Selectman 134 WORCESTER COUNTY Abraham Holman, of Cambridge, .. Waldo 'Whitman, of Fitch- burg, who was born December 8, 1842, and had one child, Emmogene Whitman, born November 13, 1867. 4. Lemuel W., born June 5, 1844, married, November 20, 1875, Elizabeth Whittemore, who was born June, 1842, and they have a son, George Lemuel, born in West Fitchburg, August 25, 1877. 5. Daniel O., born June 25, 1846, married, March 3, 1869, Adeline J. Robinson, and they have five children, all born in Fitchburg. viz. : Fannie Jane, born October 18, 1869, married, January 20, 1887, Joseph J. Sylcox, of Worcester ; Addie Josephine, born July 23, 1872, married, February 28, 1892, Frank M. Petts ; George, born August 17, 1876; Carrie Ida, born December II, 1877, married, December 6, 1893, Arthur E. Dan- iels ; Harry Whiting. 6. Charles Henry, of whom later. 7. Susan A., born March 2, 1850, married. May 12, 1867, George Noah Jackman, of Fitchburg, and they have three children : Hattie M. Jackman, born 1867, married, December 15, 1891, Walter A. Hardy, of iMtchburg; they have a daughter, Carrie Hardy, born February 3, 1892 ; Mabel Jackrruin, born April 8, 1871 ; Stella J. Jackman, born 1873, married, 189s, Frank Rice. 8. Ellen E., born May 22, 1852, married, June 16, 1872, Aared N. Wheeler, of Asliby, Massachusetts, and Nashua, New Hampshire, and they have: Helson A. Wheeler, born at Ashby, Octo- ber 27, 1875 ; Effie Sleepers, of Athol. (VII) Charles Henry Gibson, sixth child of Lemuel Whiting Gibson (6), was born in F'itch- burg, August 12, 1848. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of his native city. When a young man he was engaged in the lumber business. He was en- gineer in a chair factory in the town of Westmin.-.ter •and later worked for the Heywoods in the Fitchburg factory. For a number of years, however, he has given his attention to real estate and has built a large number of houses for renting in Fitchburg. He is occupied in the care of this property. He is one of the largest owners of small houses in the city. Mr. Gibson is an Independent Republican in politics and never cared for public office. He at- tends the Second Advent Church. He married, December 18, 1872. Adah A. Kelley, daughter of George W. and Emeline (Jones) Kelley, of l''itchburg. Their only child is Herbert C, born in Fitchburg, October 22, 1879, married Martha Rabsall. and they have one child, Cliarles F. Gibson, born Hudson, October 28, 1903. OLIVER B. WYMAN. The origin of the sur- name Wyman is German, although the American families are descended from English stock of ancient pedigree. The English family W'ymond is evidently of the same original stock, as the coat of arms is the same. The German spelling was Weymann, found in many of the early records in America as well as England. (I) Francis Wyman. father of the immigrant ancestor of Oliver B. Wyman, of Shrewsbury, Mass- achusetts, and the progenitor of many of the Ameri- can Wynians, was born in England and lived at West Mill, near Buntington, Hertfordshire, all his life. He paid tithes at West Mill. The Genealogist Waters established the fact that he was the father of the American emigrants. He married, May 2, 1617, Elizabeth Richardson, doubtless of the Richardson family, some of whom settled in Woburn, Massa- chusetts. She was buried at West Mill, June 22, 1630. His second wife also was buried there. July, 1656, and he was buried September 19, 1658. The deaths can be reckoned within three days of the in- terment. Children of Francis and Elizabeth Wy- man were: i. Thomas, baptized at West Mill, April 5. 1618, married Ann Godfrey, settled in New Eng- land. 2. Francis, baptized February 24, 1619, settled in New England. 3. John, see forward. 4. Richard, baptized March 14, 1623. 5. William, baptized -Au- gust 31, 1628, buried there July, 1630. (See page 46, Vol 1, N. E. Register.) (II) John Wyman, son of Francis Wyman (1), and the immigrant ancestor of Oliver B. Wyman, was baptized at West Mill, Hertfordshire, England, February 3, 1621, and was doubtless born about a month previously. He was one of the early settlers at Charlestown in New England. His name appears on the records as early as 1640, together with his brother Francis, who is associated closely with him through life. He was a subscriber at Charlestown, December. 1640. to town orders for Woburn, which was set off from Charlestown. He removed to Wo- burn soon after and his name is on the county ta.K list there under date of September 8, 1645. He was a tanner by trade. He was admitted a freeman May 26, 1647. He deposed in court, December 18, 1660, that his age was about thirty-nine years, which would make his birth and baptism closely corres- pond. He died May 9, 1684. He married, November 5, 1644. Sarah Nutt, daughter of Miles Nutt, an early settler at Watcrtown, who removed to Woburn. She married (second) Thomas Fuller, of Woburn. .Vugust 25, 1684. Children of John and Sarah \Vyman were: i. Samuel, born September 20, died 1646. 2. John, Jr., born March 26, 1648, died 1676. mentioning in his will housing and land given him by his grandfather Nutt. 3. Sarah, born April 15. 1650: married. December 15. 1669, Joseph Wal- ker, of Billerica ; she died January 26, 1729. 4. Solo- mon, born February 26, 1651-52, died September 22, 1725. 5. David, born April 7, 1654. 6. Elizabeth, born January 18, 1655-56, died November 21, 1658. 7. Bathsheba, born October 6, 1658, married Nath- aniel Fay, of Billerica, May 30, 1677; died July 9, 1730. 8. Jonathan, born July 13, i66r. 9. Seth, see forward. 10. Jacob. (HI) Lieutenant Seth Wyman, ninth child of John Wyman (2), was born in Woburn, Massachu- 136 WORCESTER COUNTY setts, August 3, 1663. He settled there. He mar- ried, December 17, 1685, Esther Johnson, daughter of iMajor W'ilham Johnson. She died May 31, 1742, and he died October 26, 1715. Their children were; I. Seth, see forward. 2. Esther, born October 25, 16S8. 3. Sarah, born January 17, 1690-91, married Caleb Bryant. 4. Jonathan, born November 5, 1693, died January 19, 1693-94. 5- Susanna, born June 30, 1695. 6. Abigail, born February 6, 1698-99, married, January 19, 1725, Timothy Brooks ; she died March 16, 1780. 7. Love, born February 14, 1701-02, mar- ried Josiah Wyman. (IV) Ensign Seth Wyman, eldest child of Lieu- tenant Seth Wyman (3), was born in Woburn, Mass- achusetts, September 13, 1686, probably on the old Wyman place in what is now the west part of Burl-* ington, Massachusetts, a farm bequeathed to his father by the immigrant grandfather Wyman. He was in the famous Lovewell fight with the Indians in 1725 and had the conduct of the company after the commander was shot. He was one of the nine who escaped serious wounds out of the thirty-three in the company. We quote from the history of Wo- burn : "At Lovewell's Fight he greatly distinguished himself by his self-possession, fortitude and valor. All his superior oificers having been killed or mor- tally wounded early in the engagement, he had the command of our men almost the whole time of its continuance and by his prudent management and courageous example he was doubtless mainly instru- mental under God for preserving so many of them as there were from being utterly cut off. Seeing them in danger of becoming dispirited in the contest in view of greatly superior numbers and other ad- vantages of the enem}', he animated them to action (it was afterwards reported by Eleazer Davis, who was one of them) by assuring them 'that the day would be their own if their spirits did not flag,' and so encouraged by these exhortations and so briskly did they fire in consequence that several discharged their muskets between 20 and 30 times apiece." _ Immediately after the return of the survivors Wyman was honored by Lieutenant-Governor Dum- mer, then commander-in-chief of JMassachusetts, with a captain's commission. He also received from his fellow-citizens, in testimony of the public apprecia- tion of his valor, a silver-hilted sword, but he did not live long to enjoy the honors that came to him. To encourage volunteers to enlist against the In- dians the general court offered four shillings wages per day in addition to the bounty of one hundred pounds for every scalp. Many enlisted and marched under command of Captain Wyman and others, but the extreme heat and illness effectually stopped their progress. Several died on their return, among them Captain Wyman, September 5, 1725, in his thirty-eighth year. He married, January 26, 1715-16, Sarah Ross, of Billerica. She died November 5, 1727. Children of Captain Seth and Sarah Wyman were : i. Seth, born November 5, 1715. 2. Ross, see forward. 3. Peleg, born August 20, 1719. 4. Hezekiah, born Au- gust 5, 1720. 6. Sarah, born September 20, 1722. (V) Colonel Ross Wyman, second child of Cap- tain Seth Wyman (4), was born in Woburn, Au- gust 16, 1717. He was a farmer and gunsmith. In 1746 he removed with his wife and elder children to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He made muskets for General Artemas Ward, who commanded the Amer- ican army at Cambridge until the appointment of George Washington. Wyman was the captain of the Shrewsbury Artillery Company of Minute-men. He was intensely patriotic and even refused to work for Tories. When he was in Boston he was attacked once by a press gang and narrowly escaped having to serve the hated British on a man-of-war. He was a big, athletic man and made a stout resistance. While the combat was still in doubt he came within reach of a fish stand and seized a big cod fish, with which he belabored his antagonists. The slapping of the slimy tail of the cold fish was too much for the gang and they gave up their attempt to enlist Wy- man in the King's navy. He was an influential cit- izen of Shrewsbury. He married (first) Jefts; (second) Dinah Taylor, daughter of William Taylor, April 10, 1751. She died November 15, 1759, aged thirty- two years, eight months. He married (third) Sarah Haggett, widow of Bradford Haggett, in 1761. She died November 30, 1808, aged eighty-eight years. Captain Wyman died September 11, 1808, aged nine- ty-two years. Children of Captain Ross and his first wife were: i. Levi, born in Woburn, settled in Hub- bardston. 2. Elizabeth, married, November 23, 1769, John Fessenden, of Rutland, who served in the general court in both houses ; their children were: John, born 1770; Wyman, born 1772; Eliza- beth, born 1775 : Stephen, born 1777 ; Relief, born 17S0; Thomas, born 1783. The children of Colonel Ross and Dinah Wyman were : 3. Seth, born Decem- ber II, 1751, died June 6, 1752. 4. Sarah, born June 3. 1753, married Thaddeus Estabrook, of Rutland, December 31, 1771. 5. Catherine, born December 9, 1755, married Jonathan Harrington. 6. Seth, see forward. The children of Colonel Ross and Sarah were: 7. Olive, born about 1762, married, 1782, John L. Whitney. 8. Susanna, born 1764, baptized Sep- tember 30, died young. (V) Colonel Seth Wyman, sixth child of Colo- nel Ross Wj'man (5), was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, March 5, 1758. He removed from Shrewsbury to Buckland. Massachusetts, but return- cil after a few years to Shrewsbury, about 1788. He had a farm and built the grist mill and saw mill. He was colonel of the militia, and selectman of the town. He was a large lumber dealer. He married, 1782, Mary Brown, of Ipswich, now New Ipswich, New Hampshire, a' sister of Mrs. Simon Maynard. She died January 15, 1829, aged seventy-one years. He died on the old homestead at Shrewsbury, De- cember 29, 1827, aged sixty-nine years, nine months. Children of Colonel Seth and Mary Wyman were: 1. Sarah, born at Buckland, June 9. 1784. married Sylvanus Belling, Jr. 2. Ross, born in Buckland, July 7, 1785, died unmarried in Shrewsbury, March 2, 1834. 3. Seth, Jr., see forward. 4. Oliver, born in Shrewsbury, April g, 1789. 5. Mary, born Febru- ary 28, 1791, married, 1815, Calvin How. 6. Clar- issa, born April 7, 1793, married William Johnson, of Shorehani, Vermont. 7. Levi, born November 25, I795- (VII) Seth Wyman, Jr., third child of Colonel Seth Wyman (6), was born in Buckland, Massa- chusetts, July 23, 1787. He was for several years engaged in mercantile business, but after the death of his father he bought the interests of the other heirs in the old homestead and conducted the farm the remainder of his life. In addition he carried on an extensive business in cattle, buying from the farmers in that section of the state and selling in the Brighton market, near Boston, formerly the cen- tre of interests for all stock raisers in New England. WORCESTER COUNTY 137 He was vigorous, active and enterprising even up to the time of his death at the age of seventy-seven years, in 1893. •He married, November 28, 1816, at Shrewsbury, Lucy Baker, born there August 3, 1794, daughter of John and Lydia (Goulding) Baker, married, Decem- ber 12, 1793. Her father was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Baker and was born in Shrewsliury, December 29, 1768. Children of Seth, Jr., and Lucy W'yman w'ere : 1. John B., born July 12, 1817, re- moved to Illinois, where he superintended the con- struction of the Illinois Central Railroad; served several years as adjutant general of Illinois; was colonel of the Thirteenth Illinois Regiment in the civil war and while commanding a brigade at the siege of Vicksburg was shot from his horse and killed. 2. Charles Dexter, one of the pioneers in constructing telegraph lines, born September 12, 1820, died in Minnesota. 3. Jane Caroline, born September ■6, 1822, married Henry Pratt, of Shrewsbury, where she died. 4. Nancy Baker (Anna), born June 28, 1824, married Augustus Irving, of Hartford, Con- necticut, for nearly three years the secretary of the American Legation at St. Petersburg during the Pierce administration ; about the close of the year 1855 he resigned, left Russia, meeting his wife in Paris, and after travelling several weeks in France, England and Scotland they sailed, January 23, 1856, for New York on the ill-fated steamer "Pacific," and were never'heard from again. 5. Oliver Brown, see forward. 6. Lucy Maria, born Alarch 20, 1830; was teaching in a private school in St. Louis at the time of her death in 1864. 7. Seth Henry (Henry S.), born August 17, 1832, was a pioneer in the railroad business ; died in Shrewsbury in 1866. 8. Mary Put- nam, born August 29, 1834. 9. Sarah Elizabeth, born Mav 8, 1837. (VIII) Oliver Brown Wyman, fifth child of Seth Wyman (7), was born in Shrewsbury, Massa- chusetts, September 16, 1826. He owns and occupies the house built by his great-grandfather. Colonel Ross Wyman, who came to Shrewsbury in 1746. He was born on the old place and educated in tlie Shrewsbury public schools. Except for a period of six years he has always lived on the old homestead. He was engaged when a young man with his brother, Charles Dexter Wyman, in constructing telegraph lines. Their headquarters were at Hartford, Con- necticut. He constructed the first telegraph line .along the Fitchburg railroad, the lines from Burl- ington and from Rutland, Vermont, the Boston line from New London to Mcriden, Connecticut, and •others. Pie returned to Shrewsbury to live in 1850. In the following year he caught the gold fever and •went to California, where he engaged in mining for a year and a half. With the exception of fifteen months in the civil ■war in military service, Mr. Wyman has since been engaged in farming and lumbering. He buys wood lots in Shrewsbury and neighboring towns, cuts the timber and manufactures lumber in his saw mill for the local market. His farm is one of the best and certainly from a historic point of view one of the most interesting in the town. He has been very suc- cessful with his dairy and market gardening. Mr. Wyman enlisted in 1863 in the Fifty-first Massachusetts Infantry and was mustered out in 1864 after serving under General Foster most of the time in North Carolina. In politics Mr. Wyman is a stalwart Republican, and has been the local leader of his party as chairman of the town committee. He has been honored by his fellow-citizens with the various town offices and for a number of years was chairman of the board of selectmen. He has been on the public library committee for a number of years. In 1878 he was representative to the general court from the district of which Shrewsbury was a part. He served on the committee on parishes and religious societies. He is a member of the Grand Army, the Shrewsbury Grange, Patrons of Hus- bandry, and of Montacute Lodge of Free Masons of Worcester. He married, January 31, 1852, Hannah L. Carter, a descendant in the eighth generation of Rev. Thomas Carter, the first settled minister at Woburn. Their only surviving child is Agnes, born Septem- ber 14, 1854, resides at home with her parents. ISAAC C. WRIGHT. John Wright (i), an early settler in Charlestown, in New England, was the immigrant ancestor of Isaac C. Wright, of Fitchburg. He was settled there as early as 1640 and was admitted a freeman May 10, 1643. He undoubtedly came from England. He removed to the adjoining town of Woburn. and became one of the most distinguished citizen of his time. He was deputy to the general court, select- man 1645-46-47-49-50-51-52-53-54-55-56-57-58-60-61- 62-63-64-70. He was a commissioner of the rate in 1646 and 1671. He was deacon of the church from November 10, 1664, to his death. His wife Priscilla died at Woburn. April 10, 1687, and he died June 21. 1688, aged eighty-seven years. Their children: John, born in England about 1630, died April 30, 1714, of whom later: Joseph, died March 31, 1724, married Elizabeth Hassell : Ruth, born April 23, 1646, married Jonathan Knight; she died April 13, 1714; Deborah, born January 21, 1648-9: Sarah, born February 16. 1652-3. married Joshua Sawyer. (II) John Wright, eldest child of John Wright (l), was born in England about 1630 and brought to this country when a young child. He became one of the first settlers of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, near Concord, and his nine children were born there. He had a dispute with the church and was pre- sented by the grand jury in 1671 for refusing to take communion with the church. He was select- man of Chelmsford in 1690 and was lithingman of the Boggy Meadow End in 1692. Ilis children as given in the Wcstford, Massachusetts, history differ some from the list in the Genealogical Register in 1883. Those given in both lists are included below. He made his will May 24. 170T. and it w-as proved November 11. 1714. It names his wife and children. He died probably in Woburn. .April ,30. 1714, aged eighty-four years. His widow died April 6. 1726, aged eighty-four years. He married, 1661. Abigail Warren, of Woburn. Their children: John, of whom later ; Joseph, born T663. settled in Chelms- ford: Ebcnezer. born T665. settled in Chelmsford; Jacob, born 1667: Abigail, born 1668; Priscilla, born 1671. married Samuel Damon; Josiah, born 1674, died January 22, 1746-7; Samuel, born 1683, removed to Groton : Lydia, born 1686. married Giles Roberts : Ruth : Deborah, married Nathaniel Pat- ten : Josiah. died January 22, 7746-7. (III) John Wright, eldest son of John Wright (2), was born in Chelmsford, 1662. and settled there. He married (first) Mary Steven's. He married (second) about 1702, Hannah Fletcher; he died October 13. I7,?0. The children of John and Mary Wright were : Jacob, born 1692, died young ; 138 WORCESTER COUNTY Ebenezer, born 1693; Edward, born 1695 ; Jacob, born 1698; Henry, born 1700, of whom later; John (twin), born 1701, died young; Mary (twin), born 1701, died young. The children of John and Hannah Wright were: Hannah, born 1704; Thomas, born 1707 ; Simeon, born 1710. (V) Henry Wright, third child of Henry Wright (3), wa.s born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 1700. He resided in that part of his native town that was set off as Westford. He was selectman and town treasurer of Westford and deacon of the church. He had eleven children. He died April 13, 1771- He married Esther Adams. Their chil- dren: Phebe, born 1728. married Benjamin Knowl- ton, 1750; Hannah, born 1730; Henry, Jr.. of whom Jater; Sibyl, born 1734: Olive, born 1736; Rachel, born 1738; Eunice, born 1740; Philip, born 1742; Mary, born 1745; Sarah, born 1747; Huldah, born 1749. married Sampson Warren. (V) Henry Wright, third cliild of Henry Wright (4), was born in Chelmsford in 1732. In 1770 he was of a committee of arrangements to build a new meeting house at Westford, and his son Elijah was the first child baptized in the new building. He served the town as treasurer and was on the committee of safety and correspondence during the revolution. In 1780 he removed to Ashby, where his descendants have been numerous. He married, January 17, 1753, Sarah Spalding, who died March 8. 1784. He married (second) Mercy • , who died December 11, 1789. He married (third), 1790, Hannah Bounton. He died October 12, 1806. The children of Henry and Sarah Wright were : Mary, born 1753; Thankful, born 1754: Stephen, born 1758, removed to Littleton; Bridget, born 1760; Esther, born 1762; Rebecca, born 1763; Sarah, born 1765; Henry, born 1767; Hannah, born 1768; Abel, of whom later; Elijah, born 1771, first child bap- tized in the new church. (VI) Abel Wright, tenth child of Henry Wright (5). was born in Westford, Massachusetts. 1770. He settled in the new town of Ashby near his na- tive place. He married (first) Hayward, of Acton, and (second) Rice, of Ashburnham. He was the father of nineteen children. Of these we have not all the names. Laban, one of his sons settled in Westminster. For Isaac, see forward. (VII) Isaac Wright, one of the nineteen chil- dren of Abel Wright (6), was horn in .Ashby, Feb- ruary 12, 1799. He also settled in Ashby and was a farmer. He was prominent in town affairs and held several town offices. In politics he was an Old Line Whig. He taught singing schools in the vicinity. He married Arvilla Kendall, daughter of Oliver Kendall, of Ashby. They had six children. He died at Ashby, May 25, 1864. Their chihlren : I. Isaac, of whom later. 2, Luke W.. born Septem- ber 27, 1821, married, April 7. 1846, Abigail Esta- brook. daughter of .Attai and Polly (Peirce) Esta- brook. of Lexington, where she was born December 16, 1819. The children of Luke W. an 1 Abigail were: Sarah .Arvilla, born October 5, 1848; .'\bl)ic Elizabeth, Imrn September 29, 1854. died Januarv 22, 1859: Alice -Arthmetta. born January 29, 1S61. 3. Mrs. Lucy K. Damon. 4. Rebecca, married Dr. Ed- ward Page, of Charlestown. 5. Mrs. L. J. Kendall, of Waltham. 6. Mrs. E. L. ^lanchester, of Canton. Ohio. (VIII) Isaac C. Wright, son of Isaac Wright (7), was born in Ashby. Massachusetts, December 21, 1824. He attended the public schools of Ashby until he was nine years old, when he went to Lex- ington to live with an uncle. He worked in Lexing- ton after leaving school and later was in Ashby. In 1851 he removed to Fitchburg and established a livery stable in the rear of the American House, which he carried on successfully for a number of years. In 1S57 the firm of Wright, Kendall & Com- pany was formed to deal in hardware. Mr. Wright was the senior partner. Their store was near Water street on the present site of the Park build- ing until 1862. In 1863 he became interested in the sale of country produce. He went into the hard- ware business again, however, w'ith Cieorge N. Proctor for his partner. Their store was at the corner of Main and Laurel streets. Fitchburg. where the E. M. Dickinson block is now. In 1S66 the firm became Wright, Woodward & Company. The partners of Mr. Wright were : F. F. Woodward and Charles L. Fairbanks and they and their suc- cessors have conducted one of the leading hardware stores of the vicinity since then. Mr. Woodward sold out to his partners and became the cashier of the Safety Fund National Bank, April 17, 1874, at the time it was organized. Mr. Fairbanks re- tired in 1876. Mr. Wright was then alone in busi- ness until 1883, when his son-in-law, M. B. Damon, who had been with him several years, was ad- mitted to partnership. The firm name continued to be I. C. Wright & Co. until 1892, when it became Damon & Gould. In 1896 the business was incor- porated under the name of Damon & Gould Com- pany. Mr. Wright retired from the business at the time the name was changed. Few men in Fitchburg were better known, and none were more generally esteemed than Mr. Wright. He was interested also in public affairs. In politics he was a Republican. He was an alder- man in 1876 and a member of the city board of health in 1896 and 1897. At the time of his death, April 10, 1900, he was a representative to the gen- eral court from Fitchburg. He was a director of the Rollstone National Bank from 1883 to the time of his death, and a trustee of the Worcester North Savings Institute since 1S73. He filled all these positions of honor and trust with scrupulous fidel- ity. He was a prominent Free Mason, a member of Aurora Lodge, Thomas Royal Arch Chapter, and of Jerusalem Commandcry, Knights Templar. He attended the Rollstone Congregational Church. He married. May 13. 1847, Lydia C. Burr, daugh- ter of Gushing Burr, of .Ashby. The Burr family was one of the most distinguished and best known of that ' town. Mr. and Mrs. Wright celebrated their golden wedding in 1897, an occasion that proved very interesting and enjoyable to them- selves, their relatives and friends. Their children are: Marcellus, died young: Sarah F.. married C. A. Gross: Ella S., married Myron B. Damon; Flora M., married A. A. Wyman. FRANK L. MASON. Robert Mason (i). the immigrant ancestor of Frank L. Mason, late of Shrewsbury. Massachusetts, was born in England. He settled in this country, first in Roxbury, where his wife died April, 1637. He sold his place there November 24, 1640, having already moved to Ded- ham, Massachusetts. He died in Dedham. October 15. 1667, and his three sons administered the estate. They were born in England, viz. : John, Robert, settled at Medfield ; Thomas, see forward. WORCESTER COUNTY 139 (II) Thomas Mason, son of Robert Mason (i), was born in England and came over with his father. He settled in Medfield in 1652. He married Margery Partridge, who died 1711. His house was destroyed hv the Indians in King Philip's war, and he and two sons were killed in the meadow opposite his house. His wife and other children probably fled to the garrison house. Their children: i. John, born November 3, 1655, killed November 29, 1679, when fighting Indians in Captain Swell's company. 2. Mary, born February 8, 1657-58, married, 1677, Abraham Harding. 3. Thomas, born July 2, 1660, killed bv Indians. 4. Zcchariah. born December 29, 1662, killed by Indians. 5. Mehitable, born January 2Q, 1665-66, married Thomas Thurston. 6. Eben- ' /(T, sec forward. (III) Ebeiiezcr Mason, son of Thomas Mason 12), was born at Medfield, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 12, 1669, died March 18, 1754. He was the only male of the family surviving the Indian war. He married, April 25, 1691, Hannah Clark, who died November 4. 1757. Ebenezer w'as selectman seven years, quartermaster in 1716 and deputy to the gen- eral court in 1730. The children: i. Hannah, born May 21, 1692. 2. Mehitable, born November 20, 1693. 3. Dorcas, born August 12, 1695. 4. Tabitha, born July 3, 1697. 5. Thomas, born April 22, 1699. 6. Ebenezer, born April 6, 1701. 7. Zechariah (twin), see forward. 8. Mary (twin), born Janu- ary 7. 1702-03. 9. Margery, born January 5, 1704-03. 10. Eliphalet, born August 30. 1706. 11. Jemima (twin), born September 29, 1707. 12. Kezia (twin), born September 29, 1707. 13. Joseph, born June i, 1711. (IV) Zechariah Mason, son of Ebenezer Mason (3), was born in Medfield, January 7, 1702-03. He resided on the Mason homestead ; married there, January 25, 1732-33. Sarah Rich. Children: I. Zechariah. Jr.. born October 15. 1733. 2. Amos, born April II, 1735. 3. John, see forward. 4. Margery, born November 26, 1744. 5. James, born September 21, 1750. (V) John Mason, son of Zechariah Mason (4), was born in Medfield. June 22, 1738, died Septem- ber 15. 1829. aged ninety-one years. He resided on Bridge street, Medfield, on the Penniman home- stead, lately owned by Perley Case. He was a private in the revolution, in Captain Sabin Mann's company of Medfield in 1776. He was in the same company later in the Rhode Island campaign. He married Mercy Penniman, who died January 31, 1829, aged eighty-eight years. He sold out in Med- field in 1794 and with wife and three adult chil- dren removed to Shrewsbury. Children : r. Gregory, see forward. 2. John, born August 17, I77.'i- 3- Sarah, born November 22. 1778, married, November 21, 1799. Nathaniel Brigham. (VI) Gregory Mason, son of John Mason (5), was born in Medfield November 17, 1773, married. November 16. 1797. Susanna Slocomb. daughter of George Slocomb. He resided on the homestead, Shrewsbury, and died there May 21, 1846. Their children: i. Charles, born March 7, 1708. married Nancy Harrington, daughter of Samuel Harrington, of Grafton: went to Michigan. 2. Vesty. born Feb- rnarv .s. 1800. married Christopher Wright, of Northampton. April 20, 1831. 3. Margaret, born Julv 15. 1S02. 4. Horace, born December 16. 1804. 5. James Penniman. born June 7, 1807, killed by the accidental discharge of his gun. Mav 31. 1821. 6. Henry Harding, see forward. 7. Albert Augustus, born July 29, 1820 (name changed to James Penni- man after decease of his brother of that name), died November 16, 1825. (VII) Henry Harding Mason, son of Gregory Mason (6), was born in Shrewsbury, January 11, 1815. He was educated in the schools of his na- tive town and took up farming as his occupation. He became the owner of a large and valuable farm. He was a Republican in politics and a Congrcga- tionalist in religion. He married Harriet Maria Howe, a native of, Shrewsbury, daughter of Lyman Howe. She died in 1897. Their children : Ellen Maria. Jennie H., Walter H., Willis, Frank L., see forward. (VIII) Frank L. Mason, son of Henry Hard- ing Mason (7), was born in Shrewsbury, December 29. 1849. died there November 4, 1904. He began his education in the public schools of Shrewsbury, and completed his studies at the Leicester (Massa- chusetts) Academy. Reared upon a farm and realizing at an early age the numerous advantages accruing from the independent life of a New Eng- land farmer, he readily adopted agriculture as a permanent occupation, and made excellent use of every opportunity which tended to insure his ad- vancement. For years he was associated with his father in the management of the latter's extensive property, and his progressive tendencies were of a nature w-ell calculated to preserve the high standard of cultivation which has always characterized the Mason estate. His ability as an agriculturist was recognized throughout this section of the county, and his death was the cause of general regret. Politically he was a Republican, but he had no- ambition for holding office, believing, like his father, that the public service should be in the hands of those whose preference for it exceeded his own. In his religious faith he was a Congregationalist. In 1877 Mr. Mason was united in marriage w'ith Miss Ida A. Norwood, born in North Reading, Massachusetts, June 20, 1857. died May 24. igod. daughter of James and Almira (Wiley) Norwood. Of this union there are no children. GEORGE W. DODGE. John Dodge (i) was the father of the immigrant ancestor of George W. Dodge, of Sutton. Massachusetts. He lived at East Cpker. Somersetshire. The children of John and IVIargery Dodge: William, came to Salem, Massa- chusetts, in 1629: Richard, see forward; Michael, lived and died in England; Mary, died in England. (II) Richard Dodge, son of John Dodge (i), was the immigrant. He was baptized 1628 at East Coker. Somersetshire, and was in .Salem, 1638. He :^-^^ WORCESTER COUNTY 141 was born in Marlboro. Massachusetts, April 23, 1679. He settled in Marlboro in that part set off later as Southboro. He married, May I, 1699, Sarah Larkin, and their children were: John, born Janu- ary 30, 1700, died December 23, 1704; Joanna. De- cember 7, 1701, died November 22, 1704; Sarah, March 10, 1704, married, November 12, 1729. Ebcn- ezer Pike: David, March 25, 1707, died October 4, 1720; Lois, March 11, 1709; John, December 16, 1710; Moses, of whom later; Robert. July 30, 1715, married twice, had twenty children, lived in South- boro; Edward, born May 16, 1717, married Sarah , settled in Southboro; Aaron, April 18, 1719, married twice, had twenty children ; resided in Southboro: Joanna, July 3, 1721 ; David, April 6, 1723, married Jemima , settled in Leicester in the part later Paxton. (HI) Moses Fay, seventh child of David Fay (2), was born in Southboro. Massachusetts, Octo- ber, 1712. He settled in Southboro and carried on a farm. He' married Mary • , and their children were: Comfort, born December 26, 1737; Mary, March 7, 1739, died young; Moses, of whom later; Mar>', November 14, 1741, died young; Susannah, June' 15. 1743; Sarah, December 30, 1744; William, July 31. 1746; Micajah. November 21, 1747, settled in Marlboro and had a large family of children there; Mary, September g, 1749; Solomon, August 16, 1751. (IV) Moses Fay, Jr.. third child of Moses Fay (2), was born in Southboro, Massachusetts, May 5. 1740. He removed from his native town to Rut- land district, which was first incorporated 1774 as Hutchinson, Massachusetts, and the name later changed in 1776 to Barre. He was a soldier in the revolution, serving in Captain Joseph Richard- son's 'company and Colonel Samuel Denny's regi- ment. Enoch Fay and William Fay also settled in Barre. Sarah Fay. his sister, married there, .^pril 22, 1766. Samuel Smith. Moses Fay married Elizabeth Learned, of Oxford, Massachusetts at Oxford, November 7. 1771. He died at Warwick, Massachusetts. June 12, 1819. Their children were: Samuel, of whom later: William, born at Barre. November I, 1781, married Lucy • . who died December 11, 1839; married (second) Celia • . who died January 4, 1845. aged forty-eight years. (V) Samuel Fay, son of Moses Fay, Jr. (4), was born in Barre. Massachusetts (Rutland dis- trict), February 4. 1772. He removed to Warwick, Massachusetts, and later to Cambridge. Massachu- setts, where he died .*\ugust 6. 1851. He married, June 9. 1791. Lucy Mayo. Their children were: I. Lucy, horn October 25. 1796. married Edward Sher- man, June 2, 1816; Betsey, July 4, 1798. married Samuel Blake, October I. 1820: Polly, March 23, 1800, married A. P. Sherman. May ig. 1822: Anna, January 11. 1802, married William Proctor. March 30. T823 : Dennis, January 23, 1804. married Adaline Flagg. November 14. 1826; Melinda, March 25. t8o6, married .Andrew Russell. May 7, 1826 ; .^manda, December 13. 1807, married Asa Mayo. July 28. 1829: Charlotte Mayo. October 16. t8io. married Oliver P. Greene, .^pril 4. 1831 : Almira. December 1.1. t8i2. married Erasmus D. Leavitt, November .30, '8.35; Harriet, December 28. 1814. married Milo Sawyer, September 5, 1838: Samuel, July 5, 1817, married Sarah S. Taylor, December 2, 1830; Emilv Richards. October 15. 1819, married Moses C. Greene, February 28, 1838. (VI) Dennis Fay, son of Samuel Fay (5), was born in Warwick, Massachusetts, January 23, 1804. He was a farmer. He removed to Lowell, Massa- chusetts, in 1831, to Sharon, Massachusetts, in 1845, to Royalton, Vermont, in 1849. and later to Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, where he died February 2, 1889. He was warden of Christ Church there. He married Adaline Augusta Flagg, of Holden, Massa- chusetts, November 14, 1826, at Holden. She was the daughter of George and Lucy (Blake) Flagg. She was born, in Holden, November 17, 1807. Her father was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Kent) Flagg, of Holden, and he was born there December 10, 17S5. Dennis Fay died at Fitchburg February 2. 1889; his wife Adaline, November 4] 1880. The children of Dennis and Adaline A. Fay- were : George Flagg, of whom later; Lucy Ann, born August 9, 1827, married Alvah Crocker (see Crocker family sketch), died January 29, 1872- Samuel, born February 28, 1831, died June 6, 1834'. (VII) George Flagg Fay, eldest child of Dennis Fay (6), was born in Warwick, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 26, 1828. When he was three vears old his parents removed to Lowell and he was brought up and educated in that city. In 1845 his father went into the lumber business in Sharon. Massachusetts, and he worked with him. In 1849 Mr. Fay opened a country store at Royalton, Vermont, in company with his father. In 1852 the son came to Fitchburg and was appointed ticket agent for the Fitchburg Railroad. In six months he had won promotion to the position of ticket agent in Boston. In 1853 he was seized with a severe attack of rheumatic fever, which for three years prevented him from doing business of any sort, and he lived most of the time in Lowell with relatives. In 1856. having somewhat regained his death, he went" to work again in his father's store in Royalton and remained with him for two years. As his health improved he became ambitious for better opportunities for ad- vancement and he went to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, where he became bookkeeper in the paper mills of Crocker, Burbank & Company. Alvah Crocker, the senior partner, was his brother-in-law, having married his only sister, Lucj', .'\pril 9. 1851. Mr. Fay soon demonstrated valuable business qualities and was placed in a position of large responsibilitv. In two years he was admitted to the firm, where his usefulness became even greater. At the same time that he became a partner Samuel F. Crocker, a nephew of Alvah Crocker, was adtnitled. and both became important factors in the larger growth of the business that followed. At that time the firm consisted of the two original partners, Alvah Crocker_ and Gardner S. Burbank. and Alvah Crocker's son, Charles T. Crocker, who was ad- mitted in 18.S.S. Mr. Fay devoted all his ability and energy to the upbuilding of the business as long as he lived. His financial judgment was largely depended upon, and to him must be given a liberal share of the credit for developing the interests of Crocker, Burbank & Co. and maintaining its con- stant growth and prosperity. He was also asso- ciated with Mr. Crocker in the enterprises at Turner's Falls, to which reference has been made, in the sketch of Mr. Crocker in this work. He was a director of the Turner's Falls Water Power Com- pany, and of the John Russell Cutlery Company at Turner's Falls. He had large interests in the Ver- mont S: Massachusetts Railroad Company and for many years was either director or president of the 142 WORCESTER COUNTY corporation. He was director of the Rollstone Bank from 1873 to 1883, and of the Fitchburg National Bank from 1883 until his death. He was trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank. He was one of the trustees of his former partner's will, and was active in planning and establishing the hospital given to the city under this will of Gardner S. Burbank, who died February 7, 1888. Mr. Fay was an active, earnest Republican, lib- •eral in his contributions of time and money. He was a delegate to the Republican najtional conven- tion at Minneapolis in 1892 when President Harri- son w-as re-nominated. He was a representative to the general court in 1881, an alderman of the city in 1880 and 1881. He never sought public of- fice, but always accepted official responsibilities when possible for him to do so. He had a strong sense of civic duty and responsibility. He was an active member of Christ Episcopal Church and was vestry- man from October 7, 1883, until l88g, when he suc- ceeded his father as warden. He was also treasurer of the church from 1867 to 1892. He contributed generously of his time and money to various chris- tian and philanthropic enterprises. He was con- spicuous in daily life for his gentle and unassum- ming manners and his kindness of heart. He made friends readily and enjoyed the good will and con- fidence of his fellow citizens. He died at his home in Fitchburg. May 8, 1895. He married. October 14. 1863, Emily J. Upton, daughter of James Muchson Farwell and the adopted daughter of Colonel Edwin Upton. (See sketch.) She died October 12, 1866. Their chil- dren were : Lucy, who resides in the family home- stead at 311 Main street; Alice, died April 21, 1873. FLINT FAMILY. Thomas Flint (i). the .immi- grant ancestor of John Flint, of Webster. Massa- chusetts, was born in England about 1603. He came to Boston in 1635 and settled in 1637 in Con- cord. Massachusetts. While in England he lived at Mattock, Derbyshire, where he sold his property for four thousand pounds, nearly all of which he expended in improving the town of Concord. He was deputy to the general court from Concord from 16,17 to 1640, and lieutenant-governor for many years prior to his death, October S. 16.^3. He was ad- mitted a freeman, 1637-38. His brother. Rev. Henry Flint, came to New England in 163.=;, was admitted to the Boston Church, November 1$, 1635. freeman May 2.!;. 1636. was ordained preacher in company with Mr. William Thompson, pastor; died April 27. 1668; married Margery Hoar, daughter of Charles Hoar, Jr.. of Gloucester, England. Rev. Josiah Flint was minister at Dorchester, and his son Henry became a tutor in Harvard College. Thomas Flint died October 8, i6!;S. aged fifty. His will dated December 2r. 1651, left his children to the care of his wife with counsel of Rev. Mr. Bulkeley. teacher of the church at Concord : his brother, Henry Flint, teacher of the church at Brain- tree : Captain Simon Willard and his uncle. William Wood, of Concord. His widow died December 18, 1689, aged eitrhty-two years. Children of Thomas and .Abigail Flint: I. Colonel John, see forward. 2. Captain Ephraim, born at Concord, Januarv 14. 1642, died August 3. 1723, married Jane Bulkeley, no issue. (II) Colonel John Flint, son of Thomas Flint (i), was born about i6a^. probablv in Concord, ^Massachusetts. He was lieutenant and later cap- tain of the Concord military company, and is called colonel on the records ; was deputy to the general court for ten years, from 1677 to 1687, and was for many years one of the most prominent citizens of that town. He married Mary Oakes. daughter of Edward Oakes, and sister of President Oakes, of Harvard College, November 12, 1667. She died 1690. He died 1687. Their children, born at Con- cord; I. Mary, born October 26, 1668, died May 31, 1675. 2. Thomas, born December 12, 1670, died May 29, 1675. 3. John, born March 31, 1673, died June 6, 1675. 4. Abigail, born January II, 1674, died 1769. 5. John, see forward. 6. Mary, born August II, 1680. died May 24, 1748. 7. Thomas, born January 16. 1682-83, died April i, 1755. 8. Edward, born July 6, 1685, died November 5, 1754. (III) John Flint, son of Colonel John Flint (2), was born July 18, 1677. at Concord, Massachusetts, died there October 25, 1746. He settled in Concord also and married. May 7, 1713, Abigail Buttrick, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Blood) Buttrick. She was born November 21, 1687. died October 7, 1746. She was granddaughter of William and Sarah (Bateman) Buttrick. of Concord. Children, born at Concord: I. Ephraim, born March 4, 1713-14, died December 26, 1762. 2. Abigail, born February 24, 1715-16, died 1762. 3. Mary, born December 17, 1717, died May 20, 1719. 4. Sarah, born May 3, 1720. 5. John, see forward. 6. Hannah, born Sep- tember 23, 1724. died 1792. 7. Jane, born April 23, 1727. died 1786. (IV) John Flint, son of John Flint (3), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, May 12, 1722. He settled in Corcord. He married (first) Hepsihah Brown, born 1725, died 1785, daughter of Eleazer and .-Abigail (Chandler) Brown. He married (sec- ond) Submit (Bateman) Hunt, daughter of' John and Anna (Wheeler) Bateman. Children, born at Concord: i. Hepzibah, born November I, 1747. 2. Edward, born August 14, 1749. 3. John, born Au- gust II, 1751. 4. Abigail, born September 6, 1753. 5. Nathan, see forward. 6. Ephraim, born April 17. 1757. died August 22. 1769. 7. Thomas, born May 6, 1759, settled at Winchendon. 8. Eliezer, born August 8, 1 761. 9. John Cuming, born September II, 1763. 10. Abishai. born October 20, 1766. (V) Nathan Flint, son of John Flint (4), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, February 11, 1755, died 1824. He settled in Winchendon, Massachu- setts, and was there before December 15. 1786, when he signed a petition there. He married Molly Brown. Children: I. Mary, born June 24, 1782, died May 16, 1834. 2. Abigail, born October 8, 1783, died 1786. 3. Nathan, born October 17, 178^. died 1786. 4. Abigail, born August 31, 1786. 5. Nathan, born May II, 17S8, died 1809. 6. Ephraim, born November 10. 1789. died November 3, i86.^. 7. Han- nah, born November 9, 1791, died April 7, 1875. 8. Martha, born August 27, 1793, died 1826. 9. Hepzibah. born May 12, 1795. married William Har- ris : died 1858. 10. David B., born September 23, 1797. died December 25, 1871. 11. John, see for- ward. 12. Charlotte, born January 5, 1802, died October 7. 1882; married Nutting; (second) Joseph Whitney. 13. Almira, born January 31. 1806, died 1862. (VI) John Flint, son of Nathan Flint (5), was born at Winchendon, Massachusetts, November 8, 1799. He was educated there in the public schools and learned the trade of carriage maker, and fol- lowed his trade in Templeton, Massachusetts, where WORCESTER COUNTY 143 he settled. lie married Fanny Holman. Children I. John, sec forward. 2. Abigail M., born Septem ber 20, 1828. 3. Edward, born May 13, 1835. 4 Alniira Jane, born August 28, 1842, married Georg( Wright, resides in Leominster. Massachusetts. 5 Child, died in infancy. He married (second) Mrs Maria Babbit. Children : 6. Emma, born June 5 1848. 7. Fannie M., born December 4, 1853. 8 William Taylor, born October 2, 1855. (VII) John Flint, son of John Flint (6), was born at Templeton. Massachusetts, September 22, 1831. He received his education in the public schools of Templeton, and at the age of sixteen years entered into his first regular employment in the department stores and palm leaf hat business of Colonel Artcmas Lee at Baldwinsville, town of Templeton, Massachusetts, where he remained for a period of fifteen years. He was then employed in a chair factory for several years, and in 1862 moved to Webster, engaging in the bakery business on his own account. He built up a large and very successful business and acquired a competence. In 1885 he sold his business to Fred Childs, his fore- man, and devoted himself wholly to the real estate interests in which he had invested to some extent, lie continued to build business blocks and acquire I iher real estate. In the twenty years in which Mr. Mint has been engaged in the real estate business he has met with the most gratifying success. He owns much property in Webster. One of the lead- ing and substantial business men of Webster, Mr. Flint's success may be in some part attributed to the exact and straightforward methods that have characterized all his dealings. He is a Republican in politics and takes an active interest in local affairs, ever ready to lend his assistance to any enterprise for the public bene- fit. For the past thirty-six years he has served the town in positions of trust and honor. Since 1870 he has been on the water committee and since 1893 one of the water commissioners. His col- leagues at present are L. R. Eddy and E. N. Bige- low. During their administration the new water system has been installed and put in operation under the provisions of a special act of the legis- lature. The water bonds issued for this purpose, authorized by the town, may be redeemed at the option of the town in 1913 or 1923. Mr. Flint was selectman three years and one year chairman of the board, assessor, overseer of the poor, member of the board of health, engineer of the fire depart- ment. He is a prominent stockholder of the Gas and Electric Light Company. He belongs to Ben Franklin Council. Royal Arcanum, of Webster. He married. August 22. 1855. Marguerite Nugent, daughter of John and Margaret Nugent, of Hub- hardston, Massachusetts. She was born January 22. 1833. They have no children. DR. THOMAS F. DAVIES. Thomas Davics, grandfather of Thomas F. Davies, M. D., of Worces- ter, Massachusetts, was a native of New York city, where he lived all his life. He was prominent in the militia and major of the Tenth Hussars. He married Mary Bowen. Their children were: Hop- kins Bowen and Thomas J. (twins) ; Charles Frank- lyn. living in New York city ; Ann died young. (II) Hopkins Bowen Davies, son of Thomas Davies (i), was born in New York city, 1847. He has always lived in that city. He married Juliette Harvey Barnard, and their children were: How- ard, born 1881, resides in New York city; Thomas Franklyn, see forward. (Ill) Dr. Thomas l<"ranklyn Davics, son of Hopkins Bowen Davies (2), was born in New York city, November, 1876. He attended the public schools of New York and entered the College of the City of New York, from which he was graduated in 1894. He decided to study medicine and entered tile New York Homeopathic College in New York city, where he graduated with the degree of M. D. in iSgS. He became visiting surgeon of the Laura Franklyn Hospital at One Hundred and Eleventh street, near Fifth avenue. New York. Then for two years he was on the staff of the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. He opened an office and began the practice of his profes- sion in New York city in 1900. He came to Worces- ter, January i, 1903, and practiced in that city. DUDLEY FAAIILY. Francis Dudley (i), the immigrant ancestor of Mrs. Charles H. Norcross, of Sutton, Massachusetts, was born in England about 1640. He settled at Concord, Massachusetts, about 1663, and married Sarah Wheeler, daughter of George Wheeler, of Concord, October 26, 1665. His wife died there December 12, 1713. His rela- tionship to Governor Dudley has not been estab- lished, but it is believed that they were related in some way. Francis may have been the son of John Dudley, who was in Charlestown, Massachusetts, from 1655 to 1671. Francis was a soldier in the King Philip war; he was on a pay roll of troops February 29, 1675-76, for twelve pounds, ten shill- ings. Their children: I. Mary, born February 9, 1666, married Joseph Fletcher. 2. Joseph, died No- vember 3, 1702; married, 1691, Abigail Goble. 3. Samuel, see forward. 4. Sarah. 5. John, born March 10, 1675, married. May 16, 1707, Hannah Poultncy. 6. Benjamin, born March 6. 1681-2. 7. Francis, married first Sarah ; second .Abigail (II) Samuel Dudley, son of F'rancis Dudley (l), was born at Concord, Massachusetts, June 27, 1682. He was a resident of Littleton, Massachu- setts, from 1714 to 1728, when he settled in Sutton. He removed to Douglass in 1745. He .was town clerk of Littleton in 1716-17. He was moderator of the Sutton town meeting in 1728, was lieutenant as early as 1730, was deputy to the general court in 1731, the first from the town of Sutton. He was a leading citizen of the town and had the post of honor in the seating of the church. He was one of the first board of selectmen of the town of Doug- lass. The farm at Sutton was on the county road between Millbury and Wilkinsonville, then part of Sutton. He built a house on the site of the pres- ent residence of Georg:e Dudley. He was one of the largest landowners in Sutton. He was a justice of the peace, town clerk 1748, moderator 1750, se- lectman from 1757 to 1770, constable 1759, on the school committee from 1764 to 1768. He died in Douglass May 27, 1777. He married (first) .Abi- gail King, who died .August 9, 1720. Children : Samuel, Jr.. born July 28, 1705, married .Abigail Waters. Francis, born December to, 1706. married Sibyl Leland. David, born November 4, 1709 (trip- let). Jonathan (triplet), born November 4, 1709, married Hannah Putnam. Abigail (triplet), born November 4, 1709, died young. Patty, born Sep- tember 13, 1718. Rogers, see forward. He mar- ried (second), 1720, Lydia Wetherbec, who died 144 WORCESTER COUNTY at Douglass, March 27, i-4"- Children of Samuel by his second wife: Paul, born September 24, 1721, died young. Charles, born December 10, 1722. Will- iam, born May 28, 172O, at Littleton, where the pre- ceding six also were born. He married (third) Sarah Shepard. The only child of the third mar- riage was: Douglas or Douglasette, born Septem- ber 9, 1748, at Douglass. (III) Rogers Dudley, son of Samuel Dudley (2), was born in Littleton, Massachusetts, August 9, 1720. He settled on a farm on the old road from Worcester to Sutton, near Dorothy pond. He married Mary Sibley. Their children: i. Mercy, born at Sutton, April 20, 1746. 2. David, see for- ward. 3. Mary, born December 14, I75l> married, 1764, Jonathan Eliot. (IV) David Dudley, son of Rogers Dudley (3), was born in Sutton, ^Massachusetts, January 14, 1750. He married, December 16, 1773. Lois Whit- ney. He was called "Fat David" because of his corpulence. He built the house next the present John Paul place, near Dorothy pond. He wa^ one of the Sutton minute men who marched on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. under Captain Andrew Eliot and Colonel Learned. Their chil- dren- I. John, married Huldah Gould; their daughter Lois W. married Caleb Cutting; then- daughter Susan married Francis Strong. 2 David, see forward. 3. Luther, born about 1785; his daughter married Cutting. 4. Sally. 5. Betsey, born February g, 178/, married, August 18, ibn, John March, of Connecticut. 6. Dr. Joseph, born March 14, 1790. 7. Amasa, born October 17, 1792. married Ann Fletcher and had Joseph Aniory, William H. and Paul Whitin, mentioned elsewhere in this work. 8. Polly, born I77S. married Dwinnel, of Brooklyn. (V) David Dudley, son of David Dudley (4). was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, June s, 1781- He married, February 22, 1804, Phebe Dudley, daughter of Peter Dudley, and a remote cousin. Their children, all born at Sutton, were: i. Caleb, born 1804, died October 22, 1830. 2. Peter, born 1807, died July 31, 1840, at Sutton. 3. Elbridge Gerry, born 1810, died at Sutton, April 12, 1834. 4. Betsey E., born 1815, died at Sutton, April 19,- 1834. 5. David T., see forward. (VI) David Tyler Dudley, son of David Dudley (5), was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, September 24, 1817. He was educated in the public schools and learned the trade of machinist at which he be- came very skillful. He was gifted also with in- ventive genius. For many years he was prominent as a manufacturer of shuttles. He bought his fac- tory site of the Sutton Manufacturing Company, February 14, 1851. He built the house occupied later by his son, Henry T. Dudley, in 1871. The large shuttle shop owned by D. T. Dudley & Son was built by Warren Wilder in 1867. David T. Dudley was a man of high character and unusual ability. He was persistent, energetic and upright in business. He died at his home in Sutton, Sep- tember 5, 1896. He married (first) Lucy Larkin Wilder. Her brother, Levi Wilder, was a noted teacher of music. He taught in Baltimore and other cities. Through his efforts music was introduced into the schools of Brooklyn fifty years ago when teaching music in the public schools was an innovation. Mr. Dudley married (second) Ann E. Leland, June I, 1869. He married (third) Fannie A. C. , who survived him. Children of David Tyler and Lucy Larkiii (Wilder) Dudley were: i. Henry T., born at Sut- ton, April 27, 1841, married Lucma H. Chase; was in partnership with his father and succeeded to the business; their children — Beulah C, born December 9, 1867 ; Lucy Gertrude, born August 14, 1869. 2. Augusta L., born Aug:ust 21, 1847, married Hale and resided at Binghamton, New York; had one son Fred D. Hale. 3. Frederick C, born Au- gust 24, 1857, married, October 22, 1872, Angle A. Anderson. 4. Sumner A., born March 15, 1854, resides at Taunton, Massachusetts. 5. Charles F., born April 3, 1856. 6. Nettie P., born February 13, 1859, married Charles H. Norcross, see forward. Charles H. Norcross, only child of John Moses and Mary (Sherman) Norcross, of Derry, New Hampshire, was born at Derry, August 13, 1850. He removed with the family to Sutton when he was only eight years old and has had his home there ever since. He was educated in the Sutton public schools. He began to work when a young man in the shuttle shop of D. T. Dudley & Son and has remained there ever since in various capacities. He is at present one of the owners of the business, which has been in operation at the village of Wil- kinsonville since 1825. The business of the firm was incorporated ; the product of the factory is shuttles and shuttle irons. Mr. Norcross is a mem- ber of the Odd Fellows and the Free Masons. He is a Republican in politics. He married Nettie P. Dudley, daughter of David Tyler Dudley, men- tioned above. Their children are : Annie, born 1884, died in infancy ; Edith D., born 1885, died June 2, 1892. LOUIS DEBLOIS BARTLETT. The Bartlett family of England is ancient and of an honorable record. The arms borne by them are virtually all variations of falconer's gloves arranged triangularly, two above, and one below, pendant with bands about the wrists and golden tassels. The family seat from centuries ago down to the present time is at Stopham. John Bartlett was the head of the family there in 1360. (I) Roger Bartlett of Branscomb, Devonshire, England, whose direct ancestry has not been traced, was the first known progenitor of Louis Deblois Bartlett, late of Fitchburg, a well known inventor and machinist. Roger's wife was Mary. (H) Roger Bartlett, son of Roger Bartlett (i), born in Branscomb, England, February 6, 1723, came to Boston on business when a young man, with no intention of making his home in New Eng- land. He fell in love with a pretty Charlestowii maiden, Annie Hurd, and she promised to marry him. He returned to England, and after obtaining the reluctant consent of his parents he returned to New England, and October 9 or 10 (the records differ), 1749. he married his fiancee at Charles- town. She was descended from John Hurd, a pio- neer at Boston. John Hurd, a tailor by trade, served his apprenticeship with William Hutchinson. He was admitted as an inhabitant of Boston 1639, and a freeman May 13, 1640. He died September 23, 1690. The children of John and Mary Hurd were: I. John, born August 5, 1639. 2. Hannah, baptized September 20. 1640. 3- John, born July 17, 1643. 4. Joseph, September 10, 1644. 5. Ben- jamin, November 28, 1652. 6. Jacob, mentioned be- low, ancestor of Annie (Hurd) Bartlett, mentioneil above. 7. Samuel, May 4, 1655. 8. Mehitable. /V7 y WORCESTER COUNTY 145 (III) Samuel Bartlett, son of Kogcr P.artltU {2) (four of whose seven children died young), born November 17. 1752, married, September 19, 1776, jNlary, daughter of Isaiah and Elizabeth Barrett, of Boston. He was a silversmith. While living in Concord he was elected register of deeds of Mid- dlesex county in 1795, and soon afterward removed to Cambridge, where he lived the rest of his days. His widow died August I, 1823, aged seventy-two years. He remained in office until his death Sep- tember 29, 1821. The names of three of his twelve children are on the Cambridge records — Lydia, Jo- anna and Joseph. His children were: i. Daugh- ter. 2-3. John and Joseph, twins, born November, 17S2; John died July 31, 1783, and Joseph, died Oc- tober 2, same year, at Concord. 4. Samuel, born March 22, 1784. 5. John, mentioned below. 6. Ben- jamin Di.Kon, born about 1789; graduated Harvard College 1810, Harvard Medical School 1813: prac- ticed at Concord. 1813; retnoved to Bath. Maine, 1816; removed to Cambridge, and died there February 7. 1853, aged sixty-three years. 7. Mary, married Willard Buttrick, of Dracut, April 18, 1799. 8. Elizabeth, died unmarried, at Cambridge, August 6, ■ 873, aged eighty-five. 9. Susan, died unmarried, at Cambridge, October 6, 1875, aged about eighty- five years. 10. Lydia, died September 25, 1796. 11. Joanna, died October 21, 1837, aged forty-four. 12. Joseph, born July 17, 1799, at Cambridge; died there October 2, 1799. (IV) Rev. John Bartlett, fourth (or fifth as given above) child of Samuel Bartlett (3), was born at Concord, May 22, 1784. He received a common school education in that village and when a young man opened a store at Castine, Maine, with the intention of leading a mercantile life, but suddenly changed his mind and entered Harvard College with the intention of studying for the min- istry. He was graduated in 1805. The influences that were about the boy favored his religious de- velopment. In early life, under the ministry of Rev. Dr. Ripley, whom he always held in reverent and grateful reniembcrance. he developed a strongly re- ligious character. In childhood he was franU, cheer- ful, generous, the same qualities that distinguished him through life. The story is told of him that at the age of seven he had a new pair of shoes of which he was uncommonly proud, but he came home from school the first day without them, having gen- erously given them to a poor lad. He prepared him?elf for college under Professor Erisbie, who was living in his father's family at the time, and his intimate association with that scholar had a strong influence upon him. After he graduated from col- lege he studied theology two years at Cambridge. The chaplaincy of the Boston Almshouse was of- fered him, and he entered zealously upon the dis- charge of his duties. He may properly be called the first minister at large in Boston. At this time he studied medicine in order to know better how to help the sick and suffering poor in his charge. At his suggestion a meeting of the wealthy and benevolent men of the city was called to consider measures for the treatment of the insane, and the result was the McLean Insane Hospital at Sonier- ville. Through his instrumentality also, a society was formed for the relief of destitute families dur- ing the trying perifid of the Embargo. He was the chief agent of the society, and accomplished a large amount of benevolent and highly effective labor. Mr. Bartlett was chaplain for three years, and (luring at least a part of tliis time continueJ his theological studies under Dr. Channnig. He was called as minister to the Second Congregational Church at Marblehead, and ordained there May 2j, 181 1. He lived in Marblehead the rest of his life. He did not confine himself to the duties of this position. He assisted in the formation and manage- nient of the Humane Society of Marblehead. a so- ciety composed of women of different denominations to help the sick and needy. He was active in the Masonic fraternity, and was charged with the in- spection of the lodges in Essex county. He took great interest in the youth of his congregation, especially in the Sunday school. He overtaxed hi* strength during a series of terrible marine disasters that afflicted his people, and suffered a stroke of paralysis in the pulpit. He went to the Mohawk- Valley, in New York, to rest and restore his health, visited Staten Island and West Point, and returned, to his pastoral work, but was unable to go on with- it. In the thirty-eighth year of his pastorate at Marblehead he died, February 3, 1849. His was un- doubtedly the most eventful pastorate in the history of the Church. He became a Unitarian with Dr. Channing and a large proportion of the New Eng- land ministers, and a majority of his church sup- ported his views when the division came. Those who differed with his liberal views withdrew from the Church and in 1832 founded the Orthodox Church, as it is generally called. Among the published works of Mr. Bartlett to be found in the American Antiquarian Library at Worcester are : "God not the .-Xuthor of Sin — a Discourse delivered before the Second Congrega- ' tional Church and Society in Marblehead, 1819:" "Preaching Christ in Love,'" — a discourse delivered before the same church, 1825; and another sermon bearing on the difference between the Unitarians and Calvinistic branches of the Congregational Church, delivered in 1829. The following is an ex- tract from a letter of Rev. Dr. Andrew P. Peabody, of Harvard College: " In temperament and in ttie traits of his mental character and culture he was the most complete representative of the ■(■olded mean' — if it be eolden-that I ever knew. He was always serene and happv, never elated or buovant. He was liind and Kcnial in his manner, but with no empressement even toward his dearest friends. In conversation he was neith.-r sprightly nor dull : he contributed more than is often in the power of the most sifted to the entertainment and proht of a social Catherine or a clerical Kathorinn. yet. when the hour was over, you could recall nothinc peculiarly striking or brilliant to which he had given utterance. In his manners he was modest and unobtrusive, yet self-possessed, easy and dienilied. "As to his acuuirements. he made no pretensions to schol- arship, seemed to Itave only a few obsolete books, and one would have thouBht him too busy to read much; vet what it became him to know he always knew, and in the discussions of our club on questions of theolouv and exccesis he often supplemented the deficient learninK of those of us who had much to do with many books- His sermons were always cood. but never noteworthy — impressive but not excitinc. ilis style was singularly chaste, pure and rythmical, with little ornament and with little versatility. His treatment of a subject was methodical, with distinctly staled divisions, and often with sub-divisions, and with just that develop- ment of each which satisfied the demands of the occasion ni'd fell short of the lioint of weariness. His voice iniKht remind one of ' Pleyels lUmn.' a rich melody compressed within the range of three or four notes on the diatonic scale. His intonations were more agreeable to the ear than those of any preacher whom I novr recall to mind, but his delivery had so little compass of tone .nnd the cadences fell with such unvarying ictus upon the auditory nerve that from gratified and interested attention the passj-ge to somnolence was by no means difficult. His acceptablent ss as '<■ preacher corresponded very closely to the absence from all ex- tremes that I have remarked in his professional endowment Wherever he was known to preach the worshippers were glad tf> see him in the pulpit, and felt when the day closed that it had been a good day. yet he was very little asked for or talked about in the churches. I4(j WORCESTER COUNTY " I come now to speak of the eifts he possessed in no mod- erate or ordinary measure. In his relation to his own flock and to tlie people of Marblehead in general he manifested, with the evident desire to be faithful to the last degree- certain peculiar capacities and adaptations. He studied medicine to a consider- able extent before he became a minister, and he practiced suc- cessfully among the poorer people of the parish and the town. He was skilled in all the arts that contribute to the comfort and re- finement of home life, and by his example, influence and generous aid he exerted a constantly elevating and refining agency for the less cultivated portion of the community around him. He was active and sincere as a peacemaker, and suppressed a great deal of incipient litigation He was an excellent business man. and drew ordinary legal instruments with accuracy, and took the very best care of property. His services in this line were often put in requisition for the care of families of his seafaring parishioners. the writing of wills, the admmistration of estates, and the guard- ianship of minors. Wherever it was a charity to assume a charge of this class, he was always ready to undertake it. however oner- ous. He attended the probate court almost as regularly as the judge and register. At the same time his almsgiving went to the outside limits of his ability. During the early part of his ministry, when Marblehead drew all her wealih from the sea. the casual, ties incident to the maritime profession multiplied greatly the number of bereaved and destitute families, and constant demands were made on .Mr. Bartletfs moderate and well husbanded re- sources. They were n;ver made in vain, and 1 have been told by one who knew well that it was by no means an uncommon thing for him to meet some urgent case of need by sending the dinner from his able. A brother minister who was intimate with him for many years summed up some of Mr. Bartlett's various functions in this wise : "If one of his par- ishioners were very sick, he would first prescribe for him. then pray for him. If the case was likely to prove fatal, he wrote the sick man's will, watched with liim the last night of his life, comforted the mourners, made the post-mortem examination, of- ticiated at the funeral, then presented the will for probate, gave bonds as executor and was appointed guardian of the children." He married Rebecca Deblois. She was a worthy helpmeet. She organized the Dorcas Society in the Church. She was the daughter of Deblois, a mer- chant of Boston and Salem previous to the revolu- tion. A sister Betsey married General Despard, who was killed at the battle of Waterloo. Mrs. Bartlctt died December 24, 1858. Children of Rev. John and Rebecca (Deblois) Bartlett : i. John Stephen, born May 14, 1812. 2. Sarah Lydia, July 27, 1814. 3. Samuel William, November 26. 1816 4. George Edward, June I, 1819. 5. Mary Susan, January i, 1823; married W. B. Gerry, of Marble- head. 6. Louis Deblois, mentioned below. (V) Louis Deblois Bartlett, youngest child of Rev. John Bartlett (4), was born in M.irblehead, Massachusetts, September 24, 1825, and died there October 19, i8g8. He acquired most of his educa- tion in the Marblehead Academy, where he studied among other things engineering under John Rug- gles. .^t the age of seventeen he left home to learn the machinist's trade in Boston, in the shop of Otis Tufts. His apprenticeship expired September 24. 1846. but he continued to wrork for Mr. Tufts. who in 1851 offered him a partnership. This was ef- fected in 1853, when a corporation was formed and Mr. Bartlett became a stockholder and superintend- ent of the shop. During the first years the company was very prosperous, and in 1854 the works were enlarged at a cost of $30,000 in order to build sugar machinery, for which they had large orders from Louisiana and Texas. A dry season next year de- layed the delivery of the machines by steamer, the purchasers declined payment, litigation and loss en- sued, causing the works to close July' 12, 1856. Mr. Bartlett invented the first kind of ash sifter to use on barrels, and realized a handsome profit from it. He was employed as a mechanical engineer and furnished the Essex Machine Company of Lawrence with several plans for sugar mills and sugar machinery. George A. Stone, of Boston, was agent for the Pasha of Egypt in the construction of a thirteen hundred ton steamship of 1,000 horse power, and Mr. Bartlett was superintending engi- neer for Mr. Stone. Notwithstanding many diffi- culties, Mr. Bartlett finished the ship, which was launched in the fall of 1858 and named "Le Voy- ageur de la Mer." In March, 1859, he left the em- ploy of Mr. Stone to take the entire charge of the manufacture of steam machinery for the Putnam Machine Company of Fitchburg. Massachusetts. In i860 he purchased an equal «hare with the other proprietors in the company, and for twenty-seven years devoted himself to this concern. He was director and clerk of the company during most of this period, was treasurer for several years, and president for a short time. During this time he obtained three patents for improvements on station- ary engines, giving the Putnam Company the right to use them. He also did important and success- ful service to his company in litigation over steam engines. He won one case against George H. Cor- liss, of steam engine fame, much to the surprise of that usually successful litigant. He was for several years director of the Rollstone National Bank of Fitchburg; a trustee and member of the investment committee of the Worcester North Sav- ings Institution, and he was entrusted with the management of several large estates. He served several years as trustee of the Fitchburg Public Library, and was its treasurer at the time of his death. He was a member of the water committee of the city in 1866, and was a member one year of the city council, attending every meeting held during the year, and served on the highway com- mittee. He was an active member of the Mechan- ical Apprentices Library Association of Boston, serving as librarian and corresponding secretary ; was a member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association; Fitchburg Historical So- ciety; Atlantic Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Marblehead. He was a justice of the peace many years. He at- tended the First Parish (Unitarian) Church. He married, October 12, 1853, Harriet Morton Barstow, daughter of Captain William C. and Sarah F. (Morton) Barstow. Mrs. Bartlett's grandfather, Captain Silas Morton, was a revolutionary soldier, being lieutenant in Captain Duncan's company. First Regiment, commissioned January I. 1777. He was with the American army in New Jersey, where he served as orderly and carried despatches for Wa.sh- ington ; spent the terrible winter of 1777-8 at Valley Forge ; and was at West Point at the time of Arnold's treason, and was a witness of the execu- tion of Major Andre. He was appointed lieutenant December 15, 1781, in the Second Massachusetts Regiment, with which he served at the siege of Yorktown. He received from the hand of Lafayette one of the dress swords taken from the British. These swords were ordered, by act of congress, de- livered to American and French officers for dis- tinguished services during the siege. At the evacu- ation of New York, in 1783, he was serving with the Light Infantry with the rank of adjutant. He was captain by brevet, and was later a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Captain Morton married Betsey Foster, of King- ston, Massachusetts. One of his children, Harriet Morton Gilbert, lived until recently and died in WORCESTER COUNTY 147 Boston in Ncneniber, 1905. Captain William C. Barstow, father of :Mrs. Bartlett, was a son of Charles Barstow, a shipbuilder of Pembroke, Massa- chusetts. He was a sea captain for thirty years, and for twenty years was connected with the Black Ball Line of steamers plying between \ew York and Liverpool, and was very popular with the travel- ing public. In his later years he was president and treasurer of the East Boston Land Company, a corporation that has done much to build up and' im- prove East Boston. He was executor and had charge of the estate of the late General William H. Sumner. The children of Louis Deblois and Harriet Mor- ton (.Barstow) Bartlett were: i. Anna Elizabeth, born May 9, 1855; married James Phillips, Jr., of Fitchburg, had three children, and died March 14, 1893. 2. Louis Deblois, Jr., born in Boston, Decem- ber 19, 185O; died March 7, 1862. 3. Gerry Barstow, born in Boston, November 9, 1858 ; married Emma Murklaiid, and has three children ; resides in Provi- dence, Rhode Island. 4. Francis William, born June 8, 1861, resides in Fitchburg. HOWE FA.MILY. John Howe (i), the immi grant ancestor of Marcus and S. Augustus Howe, of Gardner, Massacliusctts, and the family to which they belong, is believed to be the son of John How, of Warwickshire, England, and grandson of John How, of Hodinhall, said to be connected with Sir Charles Howe, of Lancaster, living during the reign of Charles L He was certainly born in England and was among the earliest settlers of Watertown, in Xew England. He was admitted a freeman May 13, 1640. He was in Sudbury as early as 1639, and was a selectman there in 1642. He must have been a man of piety for he was appointed by the pastor and selectmen "to see to the restraint of youth on Lord's Day." That was in 1655 when the first American boys were growing up. He removed to Marlboro, which \vas later granted to Sudbury men, and he is said to have been the first settler in that ancient town, in 1657. He built his log cabin a little easterly of the Indian Plantation on the old farm where his descendants for many generations lived after him. His farm was some thousand rods from the Spring Hill Meet- ing House, a little eastward of the present road from Spring Hill to Feltonville. One of the own- ers a generation since was Edward Rice. The prox- imity of his farm to the Indian Plantation brought Howe into contact with the savages. He managed effectually to win their confidence and goodwill. His rights were respected and he became a sort of arbiter or umpire in cases of dispute among them. In 1662 the grant of land by Thomas Danforth was laid out by Howe and Goodman Rice. Howe owned the first public house in Marlboro, and one of his descendants built the famous Wayside Inn near the line in Sudbury. In 1662 he petitioned to be excused from training because he was aged, thick of hearing, and maintained three soldiers in his family. His will dated May 24, and proved June IS, 1680, mentions his wife Mary and children as given below ; also John Howe, son of John Howe, Jr. He died May 28, 1680. and his wife soon after- ward. Their children were: I.John, born 1640, married. January 22, 1662, Elizabeth Woolson, and November 3, 1686, he was killed by the Indians. 2. Samuel, see forward. 3. Sarah, born September 25, 1644, married, June, 1667, Samuel Ward. 4. Mary, born June 18, 1646, died young. 5. Isaac, born Au- gu.st b, 1648, married, June 17, 1671, Frances Wood Joiiah, married, March 18, 1671, Mary Haynes of budbury. 7. Mary, born June 18, 1654, married, September 18, 1672, John Wctherly. S. Thomas born June 12, 1656, married Sarah Hosmer; (sec- ond) Alary Barron. 9. Daniel, born June 3, 1658 died 16O1. to. Alexander, born December 29 16O1 died January, 16O2. 11. Eleazer, born January 18 16O2, married, 1O83, Hannah Howe, daughter of Abraham Howe. (II) Colonel Samuel Plowe, second child of John Howe (1), was born in Sudbury, Massachu- setts, October 20 1642. He was a prominent man in town and military affairs, holding many town offices and colonel of the regiment made up of com- panies from the towns in the vicinity. He was ad- mitted a freeman m Sudburv, 1671 He al- ways resided in his native t6wn. He married there, June 5, 1663, Martha Bent, daughter of John He married, September 18, 1685, Sarah Clapp for his second wile. Children of Colonel Samuel and Martha Ho\ye were: John, born July 24, 1664; Mary, born March 2, 1665 ; Eydia, Samuel, see for- ward ; Martha, born October 9, 1669; Daniel, born November 2, 1674; David, born November 2 1674- Hannah, born April 6, 1677. Children of Colonel Samuel and Sarah : Daniel, born February 24, 1689 and perhaps others. (III) Samuel Howe, son of Colonel Howe (2), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, May 14, 1668' He also settled in Sudbury. He married Mar- sha . Their children were: Moses, born about 1695; Ebenezer, see forward; Micajah, probably; Josepff born AugusI, 10, 1706, and probably others. (IV) Ebenezer Howe, son of Samuel Howe (3) was born, according to the North Brookfield his- tory, about 1697, at Sudbury. He bought land at Brookfield of Henry Dwight, June r8, 1719. for one hundred and ninety-five pounds. This was the home lot formerly of Edward Kellogg bounded by the farms of John Clary, Robert Em'mons and others. He married Lydia , who died 1750 He married (second) Mary . He died in 1753 and his will was proved July 4, 1753. His widow was left with a large family of children to bring up. 'Iheir children were: Lucy, born December 20. 1724, married Henshaw ; Lydia, born June 5. 1727, died young; Charles, born May 22, 1730, died young; Samuel, born May 6, 1732; Sarah, born July 26. 1734. died young; Lydia, born October 23, 173C',; Sarah, born Decemlier 14, 1738; Charles, born April 2. 1741 ; Joseph, born Mav 26. 1743: Benja- min; Nehcmiah, born December'7, 1745 ; Ebenezer, Jr.. sec forward; Mary (by the second wife Mary)] born .August 3. 1852. ( V ) Ebenezer Howe, son of Ebenezer Howe (4). was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, No- vember I, 1747. His father died when he was a small boy. and he probably lived with relatives. He had a guardian appointed in 1753. He was living in Winchcndon before the revolution and was a soldier from that town. He was in Captain Moses Hale's company. Colonel Nathan Sparhawk's regi- ment, at the Lexington alarm. April 19, 1775. He wa> later sergeant in Lieutenant Joseph Roynton's company. Colonel Sparhawk's regiment, in 1777. in the battle of Bennington in the Northern army. His first four children were born in Winchendon. Then about 1778 he removed to Templelon. an adjacent town. He removed from Templeton to Gardner, about 1784, and located about a mile X48 WORCESTER COUNTY north of the centre of the town on the farm lately- owned by Charles Eaton. He married (first) Elizabeth Deland and (sec- ond) Mercy Hill. He died November 28, 1808. His will was filed December 26, 1808. His age at the time of his death is given as sixty-tw-o years. Children of Ebenezer Howe were : Tamesin, born at Winchendon, August 31, 1770, married Joel Brooks; Perley, born in Winchendon. November 7, 1772; Ezekiel, born in Winchendon, March 20, 1775; Sarah, born December II, 1777, married Silas Wood; Betsey, born April 12, 1781, married John Miller; Benjamin, see forward; Amos, born in Gardner, the first born in the town after its in- corporation, June 17, 1785, died 1805. aged twenty years. (VI) Benjamin Howe, son of Ebenezer Howe (S), was born February 16, 178.?, in Templeton or Gardner, Massachusetts. He was an industrious and successful farmer and lived all his life in Gard- ner. He married Keziah Hill. Their children were: Benjamin, Jr., born July 9. 1804; Amos, born Sep- tember 1, 1805, died 1836; Sarah, born May 5. i8c^, married Luke Bowker ; Ebenezer D.. born March 14, 181 1, died February 19, 1837; Simeon, see for- ward ; Mary Ann, born November 2, 1814, died January 29, 1848; Lucy, born January 23, 1816, died March 6. 1837; Harrison, born October 5, 1818, died March 4, 1891 ; he married (first) Fanny Ken- dall, and they had three children, two living, namely: 1. Lucy, married (first) George Sweet; (second) Charles Plantier, three children, two liv- ing ; they reside on Peabody street ; 2. Sumner, married Ray, and had one qhild, now- deceased. Harrison Howe married (second) Martha Shep- stone, and tw-o children were born to them: i. May, married Norman McLean Foster, resides in Fitchburg : 2. Gilbert. Mrs. Howe and her son Gilbert reside on Rich street, near Temple street, Gardner. (VH) Simeon Howe, fifth child of Benjamin (6) and Keziah (Hill) Howe, was born in Gardner, Klassachusetts, May 14, 1813. He was educated in the common schools and learned the chairmaking trade. He also conducted a farm for a time. Then he began to manufacture tubs and pails in New Hampshire on his own account. He returned to Gardner after a few years and worked for various chair manufacturers there. He died in Gardner in 1892. at the age of seventy-nine years. He married, 1837, at Gardner, Abigail Fairbanks, born December 31, 1812, died October, 1893, daugh- ter of Jabez and Abigail Fairbanks, and a descend- ant of Jonathan Fairbanks, of Dcdham, of the dis- tinguished Lancaster branch of the family. Her father was born in Gardner, May 9, 1784; her mother was born December 2, 1786, and died at the age of thirty years. Children of Simeon and Abigail (Fairbanks) Howe were: Simeon Augustus, see forward: Marcus H.. see forward: Adeline F.. born August 30. 1S43, died May 3, 1861 ; Marshal! M., born August 21, 1845: Charles H., born August 26, 1851 : Willie F., born March 24, 1856, in Man- chester. New Hampshire. (VHI) S. Augustus Howe, son of Simeon Howe (7). was born in Gardner. Massachu.setts, July 2. 1839. He was educated in the district schools of Gardner and at the Bolton high school. At the age of nineteen he went to Oswego. New York, where he was employed for two years in a chair factory. He enlisted, May 17, 1861, as a private in Company C, Twenty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers, for service in the civil war at the very beginning of the contfict. He was made a corporal December I, 1861, and first sergeant October, 1862. Shortly afterward he was promofj to the rank cf. second lieutenant for gallant cond u:t di the field of Fredericksburg. He was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of enlistment, May .^s, 1863. After working in the Chickering piano factory in Boston for a time, he was offered a responsible position at the Onondaga (New York), Penitentiary, but he re-enlisted in the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery as first lieutenant, and later became the captain. With this battery he assisted in the fortifi- cations about Washington. He participated in the second battle of Bull Run and the battles of South Mountain, Antietam. Fredericksburg in both en- gagements. Cold Harbor. Cedar Creek and Peters- burg. .^fter the close of the w'ar he resumed chair- making in New York state, and later returned to Gardner, where he worked in the chair factories. In 1871 he and his brother Marcus H. bought the grain and feed business of C. W. Bush. At the end of fifteen years Marcus H. Howe retired from the firm, the grist mill was discontinued and the business continued with Willie F. Howe as his part- ner. Later Marshall M. Howe, another brother bought the interests of the junior partner. The feed and grain store of Howe Brothers in Depot Square has been for thirty years one of the best known and most successful places of business in Gardner. Mr. Howe is a Republican and has been active in public affairs. He has held various tow-n offices, including that of constable and of assessor. He was a representative in the general court in 1891-92, special county commissioner since 1893. He is a member of. William Ellison Lodge of Odd Fe«ilows; of D. G. Farragut Post, Grand Army of the Re- public. He married, 1863. Jennie Carroll, born in Os- wego, New York, daughter of John Carroll, a pros- perous farmer. Children of S. Augustus and Jennie Howe were: Fred JL, in Boston, Massachusetts; Frank C. in Boston, clerk in office of Boston & Maine Railroad. (VIII) Marcus H. Howe, second child of Simeon Howe (7), born at Gardner, Massachu- setts, December 6. 1841. died there T902. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and then learned the chairmaking business, which he followed until 1S71, when he went into partner- ship with his elder brother, S. .'\ugustus Howe, under the firm name of Howe Brothers, dealers in grain and feed. They also carried on the grist mill. They bought out the business of C. W. Bush. .At the end of fifteen years Mr. Howe retired and sold his interests in the firm to his younger brcither, Willie F. Howe. After his retirement he lived quietly in Gardner. He w-as greatly respected and beloved by a large circle of friends. He was a Reoublican in politics and a Congregationalist in religion. He was a Free Mason and very well known in Masonic circles. He married. 1866. Frances A. Flint, daughter of George and Mary E. (Warner) Flint, of East Had- dam. Connecticut. She resides at the homestead in Gardner. Their children were: T. Mary Elizabeth, born June 29, 1869, married Frank A. Leighton, WORCESTER COUNTY 149 live in Greenfield, Massachusetts. 2. Adeline F., born April, 1872, died February 9, 1881. 3. L. Warner, born ^lay 25, 18S0. educated in Gardnci' schools, and graduated from high school then through Williams College at Williamston, Massa- chusetts, now in the wholesale butter busIlle^s. GEORGE F. SEARLES. Curtis Searles (l), grandfather of George F. Searles, of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, was born in England, about 1775. He settled on a farm at Grassy Hill. Millbury, Massachusetts, with his wife Tamer, about 1810. Their children were: I. George, see forward. 2. Curtis. Jr., died September 5, 1871, at Wcstboro, Massachusetts, leaving five children. 3. Tamer Blake, born at Millbury. September 29, 1812. (H) George Searles. son of Curtis Searles (i"), was born in England, and was brought to this country when a young child. He spent his youth at Millbury, and was educated in the public schools there. He learned the carpenter's trade, and be- came interested in the manufacture of ploughs. It was his custom to cut the timber for his ploughs and season it in the summer, make a stock of ploughs in winter, and sell them in the following spring and summer. The mould board and land side were made of seasoned oak, the point only being of iron. Some of his handiwork received first premiums at the Worcester County Fair. He was also engaged in repairing ploughs, and later fol- lowed carpentering and building. He removed to U.xbridge. Massachusetts, in 1837, and lived there the remainder of his life. He married (first) Abigail Hyde; (second) Julia Williams. The only child of George and Abigail Searles was: i. Abbie, resides at Northbridge Center. The children of George and Julia (Will- iams) Searles were: 2. Warren, a painter of Meriden. Connecticut. 3. Julia, widow of S. R, Chipman, late of Uxbridge, Massachusetts. 4. An- drew, tinsmith, living in Whitinsville. 5. George F., see forward. (Ill) George F. Searles. son of George Searles (2), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 27, 1832. He was educated in the public schools of Uxbridge, and at Macomber's Academy in Ux- bridge, then a noted secondary school, receiving students from all sections of the country. At the age of sixteen he began an apprenticeship in the tinsmith's trade at Uxbridge. and worked there nine years. Then he went to Whitinsville. after some six months at Lowell, and worked on tin in the machine shop of the Whitins for nine years. He then went into business for himself at Meriden in the manufacture of stoves, hardware and fancy tin- ware. After a year, during which he had a very flourishing business, employing thirteen assistants, lie lost his plant and stock by fire. In May. 1871, he established the same line of business in North- ■bridge. Massachusetts. At first he had only one room, but subsequently occupied a building one hun- dred feet in length and three stories high, his store being one of the largest in the country in his line. Besides dealing in stoves, hardware, etc., he had a plumbing and tin work department, and con- ducted a large business in plumbing and installing bot water and steam heating apparatus. He was one of the most substantial and successful merchants of Whitinsville. Mr. Searles always took an interest in public affairs, and was elected to several important offices. For five years he served on the board of over- seers of the poor, being chairman of the same for three terms. He was a notary public and justice of the peace for twenty years or more. In politics he was always a Republican. His first vote in a presidential campaign was cast for John C. F'rcmont for president in 1856. In 1881 Mr. Searles was the representative to the general court from the towns of Grafton and Northbridge, and was a member of the committees on parishes and religious societies. He was a member of the Congregational Church from 1861 until his death, which ocurrcd just be- fore Christmas of 1906. He was well known in sev- eral of the leading fraternal orders. He became an Odd Fellow in 1855. and a Free Mason in 1864. He was a member of Granite Lodge of Free Alasons of Whitinsville; a charter member of St. Elmo Chapter of Royal Arch Masons ; member of Worces- ter County Commandery. Knights Templar, of Worcester. He belonged to Hamilton Council of Meriden, Connecticut, for nearly forty years. He is a charter member, and was the first worthy patron of Dekamus Chapter. Order of the Eastern Star. No. 20. He was formerly a member of the Improved Order of Red Men. He was a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Sons of Temperance and Good Templars. He was a charter member of two lodges of Odd Fellows and one of Free Masons. He resided in a handsome house at the corner of Church and Pleasant streets, Whitins- ville. He married. January 4. 1854, Eveline Fisher, born October i, 1834, daughter of Captain Josiah Fisher, of L'xbridge. Captain Fisher commanded a company of militia in the early twenties. He was a merchant. His father was an officer in the Amer- ican army, during the revolution, from the town of Franklin. Children of George F., and Eveline (Fisher) Searles are: i. Arthur L., a member of the firm of George F. Searles & Sons, married Annie Smith, and they have had one child George, who died in infancy. 2. Frank J., a member of the firm of George F. Searles & Sons, married Hattic M. Smith, sister of the wife of his brother. Their five chil- dren are Grace. George, Frank, (ieraldine and Gwendoline (twins). Arthur L. and Frank J. Searles reside in a house at the corner of Cottage and Pros- pect streets. WETHERBEE FAMILY. Jnhn Wethcrhce (r), the immigrant ancestor of George F. Wethcrbee, late of Gardner, Massachusetts, was born in England abont 1650. and settled in Marlboro and Stow, Massachusetts. He died in Stow in 171 1. He mar- ried first, at Marlboro. September iS, 1672. Mary Ilcnv. who was born June 18. l6.s8. died June 5. 1684, the daughter of John and Mary How. He married (second) Lydia Moore, who survived him. The chil- dren of John and Mary Wetherbee : T. Joseph, born September 18. 1672; married Elizabeth Johnson. 2. Jolm. born March 26. 167.,; died about 1720; lived in Stow: descendants numerous in Rindge. New Hampshire. 3., Thomas, born January 8. 1678; mar- ried Hannah Wood; ancestor of the Shrewsbury branch of the family. 4. Mary. Children of John and Lydia Wetherbee: .■;. Ephraim, settled in Limcn- burg; descendants in Fitchburg and lower New Hampshire. 6. Jonathan. 7. David, mentioned be- low, 8. Anne. 0. Lydia. (II) David Wetherbee. son of John Wetherbee (i), was born in Stow. Massachusetts, about 1690. a so WORCESTER COUNTY He resided in Stow. Among his children \v;i5 Phinehas. born October 6, 1716, mentioned bclcw. (III) Phinehas Wetherbee, son of David Wcthcr- bee (2), was born in Stow. October 6, 1716. Fe settled in Stow. Among his children were: I. Phineas, Jr., born about 1640: removed to Ashburn- ham about 1765; married, June 7, 1767, Hannah Whitney, of Stow, and had: Betty, Catherine, Dolly and Hannah at Ashburnham. 2. Israel, born July 18, 1756, mentioned below. (IV) Israel Wetherbee, son of Phinehas Wether- bee (3), was born in Stow, July 18, 1756. He set- tled at Ashby, not far from his birth-place. His children: i. Israel, Jr., born November 19. 1781, at Ashby; died December 28, 1848; married, May 4, 1809, at Fitchburg, Hepsibah, who died July 25, 1829, leaving eight children, born in Fitchburg. 2. Joseph, born August 13, 1783: died October 23, 1858. father of Deacon Joseph Wetherbee, of Ash- burnham and Rindge. 3. Silas, born March 14.- 179°; died April, i860. 4. Zacheus, born June 18, 1795, mentioned below. (V) Zacheus H. Wetherbee. son of Israel Wetherbee (4). was born in Ashby, June 18, 1795. He bought a five acre lot in Lancaster on the road to Lunenburg. April 3, 1817, from Daniel Hayden. He was a housewright by trade. He married, June 3, 1817. Rachel F. Rand, at Harvard. Massachu- setts. He married (second) Sarah D. Raymore, born February 28, 1798. in Sterling. He died De- cember 2$, 1875. She died May 12, 1875. The chil- dren of Zacheus and Rachel F. Wetherbee: i. Julia Ann. 2. Rachel S., died at Framingham, Sep- tember 18. 18.38. 3. Jonathan Zacheus, mentioned below. Children of Zacheus H. and Sarah D. Wetherbee: 4. Sarah Ellen. (VI) Jonathan Zacheus Wetherbee. son of Zacheus H. Wetherbee (5), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, about 1823. He married, at Leom- inster. Massachusetts, November 7. 1844, Sarah Johnson, of Leominster. He bought land of Caleb Dana in Princeton, in 1846; of Nahum Wilder in 1862. and other land there later. He was living in Princeton in 1846. on the road to Hubbardston. He died July 2, 1886; his wife died January 12. 1904. The children of Jonathan Z. and Sarah Wetherbee : I. George Francis, mentioned below. 2. Albert B., born in Princeton. 3. Charles Edwin, born July 20, 1849: resides in Worcester. (VII) George Francis Wetherbee, son of Jona- than Zacheus Wetherbee (6), born at Princeton. Massachusetts, April 27, 1847. died at Gardner, Massachusetts. June 24, 1903. He received a com- mon school education in the public schools of Prince- ton, and worked on his father's farm during his youth. His first business venture was in his native town, in the grain and feed business. He was at the same time station agent for the Boston & Maine Railroad there. In 1886 he removed to Gardner, where he carried on an extensive business in feed, grain, flour, etc.. until his death. He was an able and successful man of affairs, popular among his fellow-townsmen, and respected by all who knew him. He was a stanch Republican, and active in party councils, but never cared for public office. He was a member of the order of United Workmen, and was a Methodist in religion. He married first, Sylvia A. Roper, of the Princeton branch of the Roper family. (See Roper family.) She died in 1887. leaving a daughter. Adeline Louise, now de- ceased, who married. May 21, 1901, C. E. Atwood, of Gardner. Mr. Wetherbee married (second) Octo- ber 13, 1888. Sarah F. Smith, daughter of Charles and Mary Smith of Princeton. Their children : George F.. Jr., born October 6, 1889; Charles E., born August 3, 1891. GUSHING FAMILY. Matthew Gushing (i) was the immigrant ancestor of Milton L. Cushing^ of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He was born in Hing- ham, England, in 1589, the son of Peter and Susan- (Hawes) Gushing. He came to New England from Hingham, England, with his wife, four sons, one daughter, his wife's sister, Frances Recroft, widow. He settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, and became a prominent man there. They came on the ship. "Diligent," John Martin, master, and arrived in- Boston, August 10. 1638. The one hundred and thirty-three passengers on this ship all settled in Hingham, so the town was literally transpltnrcd from Hingham in the old country. Matthew Gush- ing was deacon of the church of which the Rev. Peter Hobart was pastor. He held various town- offices. He married in England, August 5, 1613. Nazereth Pitcher, daughter of Henry Pitcher. Their childreni were: Daniel, baptized April 20, 1619; Jeremiah, baptized July 21, 1621 ; Matthew, baptized April 5, 1623 ; Deborah, baptized February 17, 1624-5. mar- ried Mathias Briggs; John. Matthew Gushing, Sr., died September 30. 1666, aged seventy-one years.. His widow died January 6, 1681-2, aged ninety-six: years. A brother of Matthew, named Theophilus, came from Hingham in 1638 and died March 24, 1678-9, aged nearly one hundred years. Matthew- is the common ancestor of the old New England families of this surname. (II) Daniel Gushing, son of Matthew Gushing (i), was born in 1619, baptized in Hingham, Eng- land. April 20, 1619. He married, June 19. 1645, Lydia Gihnan, daughter of Edward Oilman. She died March 12. 1689. He married (second), March 23. 1691, Elizabeth (Jacob) Thaxter, widow of John Thaxter. and daughter of Nicholas Jacob. She died November 24. 1725. He died December 3. 1699. He was admitted a freeman in 1671, was a magistrate and for many years the town clerk of Hingham. He was deputy to the general court 1681-82-95. He was one of the most prominent men of the town in his day. He had six children, namely: Matthew, born July 15, 1660. ancestor of Rev. John Gushing, D. D.. of Ashburnham : Theophilus, of whom later. (III) Theophilus Gushing, son of Daniel Gush- ing (2). was born in Hingham. Massachusetts. June 17. 1657. He married. December 7, 1689, Mary Thaxter. daughter of John Thaxter. She was one of twelve children, most of whom married Gush- ings. John Thaxter was the son of Thomas Thax- ter. of Hin.gham. one of the leading citizens, deacon of the church. John Cushing's widow married Daniel Gushing and the two families were very closely united by a number of marriages between the children of John Thaxter and Daniel Gushing. John Thaxter was a captain in the military service against the Dutch. He was selectman eight years and deputv to the general court in 1666. Theophilus Gushing died January 7. 1717. His wife died 1737- They had nine children. (IV) Captain Abel Gushing, son of Theophilus Gushing (3). was born in Hingham. Massachusetts, October 24. 1606. He married. November 24, 1720, Mary Jacob. He died May 20. 1750. CHARM';S ('.. CrSHINO ^^(^CfufUc-^UO /u / U/^ WORCESTER COUNTY 151 (V) Colonel David Gushing, son of Captain Abel Gushing (4), was born in Hingham, Massachu- setts, September 7, 1727. He married, April 9, 1752. Ruth Lincoln. She died July 6. 1761. He married (second) Mabel , who died August 14, 1798. He died February 15. 1800. Captain David Gush- ing, of Ashburnham, was the son of the first wife. George Russell Gushing, born April 24, 1768. was a son of the second wife. The latter settled in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, where he w-as promi- nent in public afifairs. (VI) Captain David Gushing, son of Colonel David Gushing (5), was born in Hingham. Massa- chusetts. July 2, 1754. He married, October 17. 1779, Hannah Gushing, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Leavitt) Gushing, granddaughter of Solomon and Sarah (Loring) Gushing, and great-granddaughter of Matthew and Jael Gushing. She was a sister of the second wife of Colonel Francis Lane, and was born in Hingham, April 26, 1760. Captain Gushing removed from Hingham to Ashburnham, Massachusetts, in 1798. He was inn-holder, tanner and farmer. He resided where Nahum Wood now or lately resided. Captain Gushing was an active and influential citizen and a man of unusual ability. He died May 3, 1827. His wife March 1.3. 182.3. The first seven children were born in Hingham, the youngest only in Ashburnham. They w'ere : Joseph, born January 23, 1781, founder of the farm- ers cabinet of Amherst, New Hampshire, prominent citizen of Baltimore, Maryland: Hannah. June 9, 1783, married Silas Whitney; David. November 7, 1785, married, April 17, 1807. Polly Adams, daugh- ter of John Adams, resided in Walpole. New Hamp- shire ; she died August 15. 1854; Susannah. Novem- ber 7. 1785, married, October's. i8ri, Joseph Jewett, Jr.; Laban, April 29, 1791 : Deborah, September 6. 1793, married Josiah Fletcher, Jr.: Moses, March 20, 1796, resided in Catherine, New York, now Havana. Schuyler county ; married. December 25, 1818. Gertrude, daughter of Peter Policy; he died December 29, 1883 ; Sarah Leavitt, December 7, 1798, married Kphraim May Cunningham, a lawyer, set- tled in Reading, Massachusetts; she died about 1830. (VH) Laban Gushing, son of Captain David Gushing (6). was born in Hingham, Massachu- setts. April 29, 179T. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1817 he removed to Brooklyn, Pennsyl- vania, and returned to Ashburnham in 18.30. He married. April 23, l8ti, Nancy Whitney, daughter of Silas Whitney. Laban Gushing died in Ash- burnham. October 17, 1847; his wife died in Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, January 27, 1871. Their chil- dren were: Nancy Whitney, born June 20. 1813, married John Munroe: Sarah. May 18, 1815. married Samuel Ellis, of Ashburnham ; Joseph. Octnlx;r 6, 1817 : I.^ban, born in Brooklyn. Pennsylvania, March 22, 1820, resided in Fitchburg; Rebecca A., September 12. 1822. married Isaac D. Ward, who has been selectman, a man of prominence: Susan A., November 13, 1824, married Jonas Corey, a chair manufacturer, resided in Fitchburg many years ; Mary lane. February 27, 1826. married. May 21, 1844, Gardner P. Hawkins, of Fitchburg; she died December 5, 1874: Charles G.. February t6. 1829, married. October 23, 1856, Jane K. Willard, daugh- ter of John Willard; they resided in Fitchburg and Lunenburg: Harriet Maria, August 22. 183 r. mar- ried Porter F, Barton ; George Russell. .September 8. 1835, married Julia Thompson : David M.. Octo- ber II, 1839, married, October 6, i860, Ellen A. Foster : Hannah Elizabeth, July 29, 1841, married, December 14, 1859, George S. Doe, of Great Falls, New Hampshire. (VIII) Joseph Gushing, son of Laban Gushing (7), was born in Brooklyn, Pennsylvania. October 6, 1817. He was a very successful business man in Fitchburg. Early in life he began business on a small scale without capital in the livery business. His stable keeping proved successful and he engaged in the lumber business with David F. Mclntire until 1858, when he started in the flour and grain trade in a store under the American House, Fitchburg. Here he laid the foundations of a very extensive trade, and became one of the leadin.g merchants of the town and city of Fitchburg. He bought the stone mill and from time to time enlarged his busi- ness until it amounted to about a million dollars annually. His shipments of grain and flour from the west were sold in Fitchburg and in branch stores that he established in Waltham, Massachu- setts, Winchendon, Massachusetts, Keene. New Hampshire, and Bellows Falls. Vermont. The first freight through the Hoosac tunnel was a train of tw-enty-two cars laden with grain consigned to Mr. Gushing. He married. July 22. 1841. Elmira Marble, daugh- ter of Stephen Marble. She was born June 26, 1820, and died 1845. He married (second), Febru- ary 13, 1847, Mary Ann Arnold, who died August 23, 1866. He married (third), 1868, Betsey Gush- ing, daughter of 1\ loses Gushing. She died Sep- tember 23. 1875. He died July 3, 1894. The issue of Joseph and Elmira (Marble) Gushing wa- : Mil- ton M., born September 4, 1844, of whom later. The children of Joseph and Mary Ann (Arnold) Gush- ing were: Joseph, died young; Susan E., married Charles P. Dickinson, of Fitchburg, now sole ow-ner of E. M. Dickinson & Co., slioe manufacturing business ; they have five children : .\nna Lois, Arnold Gushing, Hilda Whitney, Edward Marsh, Porter Stevens. (VIII) Laban Gushing, son of Laban Gushing (7), was born in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, Alarch 22, 1820. He settled in Fitchburg, Massachu- setts. He married. May 31, 1847, Adaline Koyes, daughter of Silas and Julia (Brooks) Keyes, of Princeton, Massachusetts. Their children were: Addie Auretta, born December 5, 1848, married, July 22, 1874, Herbert N. Rugg, son of Captain William S. and Clarissa (Sawtcllc) Rugg, of Rindge, New Hampshire, a wholesale and retail dealer in confectionery in Fitchburg; Eva Joseph- ine, October i, 1852, married, May 24, 1881, Gran- ville Nutting, of Waltham; Emma Julia, September ■ o. 1855, married January 27, 1881, Robert M. Jones, son of Henry E. and Lydia H. Jones. (IX) Milton M. Gushing, son of Joseph Gush- ing (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 4, 1844. He attended the public schools of his native place, and later became associated with his father in business. He died at the early age of thirty-four years, May 9, 1879. His father lived until 1894. Since then the business has been con- ducted by his estate, under the old firm name of J. Gusliing & Co. He married Ellen Maria Leland, daughter of Henry B. Leland. Their children were: Joseph (twin), 1867, died young; Ethel (twin), 1867, died at the age of eight years; Milton Leland, January 13, 1871 : Nellie Maria, January 4, 1873, graduate of Wcllcslcy College ; Joseph, September <52 WORCESTER COUNTY 4, 1875. died by drowning accident September, 1897, was graduate of tbe .Massacbnsctts Institute of Tecbnology 1897; Anna Whitney, November, 1877; Matthew JI., February, 1878. tX) ;Milton Leland Gushing, son of Milton M. •Cushing (9), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, January 13, 1871. He was educated in the public schools of Fitchburg and in Eastman's Business Col- lege, Poughkecpsic. New York. He entered the business of his grandfather in 1889. Since the •death of Joseph Cushing in 1894 he has managed the business for the estate under the old name of J. Cushing & Co. The Cushing grain and flour business continues to be the leading house in this line in Fitchburg and this section of Massachusetts. Mr. Cushing has won for himself a position of prorn- inence among the business men of the city. He is a director of the Safety Fund National Bank. He served the city as member of the common council in 1905. In politics Mr. Cushing is an independent Democrat. His father and grandfather were both stanch Democrats of the old school. He is a mem- ber of the Park Club. He married, June 19. 1895. Gertrude Carolyn Brown, daughter of James Brown, of Fitchburg. She was educated at the Northfield Seminary. Their children arc: Barbara, born April 23. 1897; Milton Whitney. March 16. 1899; Joseph, November 7, 1901 ; Carolyn, July 4, I90S- CHARLES G. CUSHING. son of Laban Cushing (7). w-as born. in Ashburnham. Massachusetts. Feb- ruary 16, 1829. He was brought up in .\shburnham and attended school there. He followed the example of his forefathers and became a farmer. He bought the farm he now lives on and has been carrying it on since 1874. He has had the assistance and co- operation of his son for a number of years. They have made it one of the best farms of the com- munity. He lived for a time at Lunenburg also. ^Tr. Cushing is an earnest Democrat of the old school in politics, but has always refused to become a candidate for office. He is a member of the Ma- sonic order. He married, October 2.1. 1856. Jane Elmira Will- ard. daughter of John Willard. Their children were: Martha W., born at Fitchburg. October 13. 1862. died January 22, 1863; John W.. April 12, 1864, died August i. "1864; Charles Willard. Fitchburg. September 4, 1866. THE WILLARD FAMILY. Simon Willard (i). was the pioneer ancestor of Mrs. Charles G. Cushing. of Fitchburg. mentioned above. Major Simon Willard was baptized at Horsmonden. county Kent. England, April 7, 1605. He came to New England and settled in Cambridge : he was there in 1634. but in the following year removed to Con- cord. Massachusetts. He was a very prominent man. He had a long, honorable and eventful career, and during his long life no one was more distinguished and honored in Concord than he. He was a deputy to the general court in 1636 and 1649. assistant to the governor from 1657 to his death, lieutenant in 1637. captain in 1640 and major, the highest rank at that time, in i6=;5. He married (first) Marv Sharne. daughter of Henrv Sharpe: (second) Elizabeth Dunster. sis- ter of President Dunster of Harvard College; (third) Marv Dunster, cousin of the second wife. Major Willard died .April 24. 1676. aged about sixty- eight years. He had sixteen children, of whom the first wife had six and the second and third wives ten in all. His children were : Elizabeth, married, April 8, 1653, Robert Blood; Josiah; Samuel, born January 31, 1640; Sarah, June 27, 1642; Abovehope, October 30, 1646; Simon, November 23, 1649; Mary, September 7 or 27, 1653, married Cyprian Stevens (see Stevens Family; Henry June 4, 1655; John, January 12, or February, 1657 ; Daniel, December 29, 1658 ; the following were born at Lancaster ; Joseph, January 4, 1661 ; Benjamin, 1(365; Hannah, October 6, i(J66; Jonathan, December 14, 1669; Elizabeth, died young ; Dorothy, died young. (II) Henry Willard, eighth child of Major Simon Willard (l), born at Concord, Massachu- setts, June 4, 1655, married, July 18, 1674, Mary Lakin. They settled in Groton and Lancaster. His wife died about 1688; he married (second) Dorcas Cutler. Henry Willard died at Lancaster, 1701. The children of Henry and Mary (Lakin) Willard, born at Nonacoicus, were: Henry, April 11, 1675, of whom later ; Simon, October 8. 1678 ; John, September 3, 1682 ; Mary ; Hezekiah ; Joseph, 1685 ; Sarah ; the children following were born at Still River (Lancaster) by the second wife: Samuel, May 31, 1(390; James, Josiah, Abigail, Jonathan, Su- sanna, Tabitha. (III) Henry Willard, son of Henry Willard (2), was born in Groton at Nonacoicus, April ir, 1675. Married, July 21, 1698, Abigail Temple; mar- ried (second), liefore 1710, Sarah Nutting. They resided in Lancaster and by change in the town Imes in Harvard after 1732. Their children were: .Xbrabani, Henry, of whom later ; Mary, Simon, baptized April 24, 1709. The children of Henry and Sarah (Nutting) Willard were: James, March 2, 171 1 ; William, May 24, 1713; Abigail, Avigust 7, 1715; Daniel, June 30, 1717; Sarah, May 31, 1719; Benjamin, April 30, 1721 ; Lydia, June 21, 1724; Ruth, May 22, 1726. (IV) Henry Willard, second child of Henry Willard (3), was born about 1700. Married Abi- gail Fairbanks, May 24, 1726. After 1732 they lived in Harvard, where ten of a dozen children were born ; he died January 6, 1774. His children were : Henry, born May 11, 1727; Abigail, September 6, !728;'Annis. June 20, 1730; Thomas, May 11, 1732; Jacob, July 20, 1734; Silas, January 25, i7,37; John, July 26, 1739 of whom later; Oliver, October 13, 1741; Simon, October 25. 1743; Mary, February 18, 1745; Oliver, October 13, 1741; Simon, October 25, 174^; Mary, February 18, I74S; Timothy, August 8, 1748. (V) Deacon John Willard, son of Henry Willard (4), was born in Harvard, July 26, 1739. He mar- ried, 1765, Sarah Willard, born November 14, 1746, and removed to Ashburnham, Massachusetts, 1768, to live on the Silas Willard farm. He was dea- con of the church from 1772 until 1788, when he resigned on account of ill health. He died July 3. 1793; she died November 18. 1834. Their chil- dren were: John, of whom later; Silas, October 8, 1768; Simon, March 28, 1770; Sarah, Decem- ber 8, 1771; Henry, December 25, 1773; Susanna, January 13, 1776; Abigail, April 17. 1780; Elijah, April 26, 1782; Ezra, October 11, 1784; . May 2, 1786. (VI) John Willard, son of Deacon John Willard (5), married. April 5, 1792, Deborah Wilder, daugh- ter of Calen Wilder. He was a farmer, captain of the militia, selectman and otherwise prominent. He died March 23, 1850, aged eighty-three; she WORCESTER COUNTY 153 died October 24. 1859, aged nearly ciglity-six. Their children were : John, born September 27, 1793; Caleb, March 19, 1796, died at New Orleans, unmarried, December 20, 1819 ; Deborah, April 13, 1798, died October 15, 1805; Emery, No- vember 24, 1800, married Irene Benjamin; Nelson, February 15, 1803, married Caroline Dwelley; Eliza- beth \V., July 20, 1805, married Josiah Locke; Mer- rick, September 10, 1810, married Levi Rice; Susan, October i, 1812; Abigail, died March 9, 1837; an infant died May 16, 1816. (VII) John Willard, son of John Willard (6), was born September 27, 1793, at Ashburnham, Massachusetts. He married, July 4, 1820, Polly Corey, daughter of Stephen Corey. He was a farmer on the homestead now or late of Benjamin E. VVetherbee. John Willard died August S, 1853; his widow died April 30, 1656. Their children were : Mary Ann, born April 18, 1821, married Franklin B. Stoddard, October 19, 1823; he was son of Charles and Louisa (.Brigham) Stoddard, of Chester, New Hampshire; an infant. August 23, 1823, died Octo- ber 2, 182J ; John ;\Ierrick, March 24, 1825, died unmarried in 1849; Melinda Corey, March 22, 1828, married Nathaniel Peirce ; an infant, died Sep- tember 21, 1830; Jane Elmira, August 6, 1832, mar- ried, October 23, 1856, C. G. Cushing, mentioned above ; David E., September 28, 1839, married, June 12, 1876, Francema J. Whitney, daughter of Merrick Willard ; had livery stable in Fitchburg. (VIII) Jane Elmira Willard, daughter of John Willard (7), was born in Ashburnham, August 6, 1832, married Charles G. Cushing, mentioned above. EDWARD p. THAYER. Thomas Thayer (i), the immigrant ancestor of Edward D. Thayer, of VV^orcester, Massachusetts, was the progenitor of most of the Thayer families in Worcester. He and his brother, Richard Thayer, are the ancestors of all of this name ; they were the two original immi- grants. Richard came shortly after Thomas, both settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, and both were shoemakers. They came from Thornbury, England. Thomas Thayer came to New England before 1639; in that year he had a grant of land at Braintree for nine persons in his family, seventy-six acres in all. He died June 2, 1665. His will is dated June 24, 1664, and proved September 13, 1665. He bequeathed to his wife and children mentioned be- low. The widow died February tl, 1672-3. He mar- ried at Thornbury, April 13. 1618. Margery Wheeler, and she survived him. Their children, born at Thornbury, were: I. Thomas, baptized at Thorn- bury. September 15, 1622. 2. Ferdinando, see for- ward. 3. Shadrach, baptized May 10, 1629. 4. Sarah, married Jonathan Hayward, not named in father's will. (II) Ferdinando Thayer, second child of Thomas Thayer (i), was born in Thornbury, England, and baptized there .^pril 18, 1625. He married Huldah Hayward. of Braintree. Massachusetts, January 14, 1652. He lived in Braintree until after his father's death, when he removed to Mendon with a colony from Braintree and Weymouth. He was one of the largest proprietors of the new township: his home- stead was a little south of the present centre of the town on the Providence road. He held many offices of honor and trust. He was a man of wealth according to the standards of his day, and he pro- vided all his sons with farms. Several of them l)ccame extensive land owners, and many of the original Thayer farms in Mendon have never passed out of the family, and are still owned by descend- ants. Six of his children were born in Mendon. Mendon was first settled in 1662 as a plantation and continued thus until 1667, when it was incor- porated as a town ; the settlement was broken up in King Philip's war, most of the families returning to Weymouth and Braintree until the danger had passed. The Thayers probably returned to Men- don 111 1680. Ferdinando Thayer died there March 28, 171J. His wife, Huldah, died there September I, 1690. Their children were: Sarah, born May 12, 1654; Huldah, June 16, 1657; Jonathan, March 18, 1658; David, June 20, 1660, died August i, 1674; Naomi January 28, 1662-3. The preceding were born at Braintree, the following at Mendon, Thomas, Samuel, Isaac, Josiah, Ebenezer, Benjamin, David, baptized September 17, 1677, died August 29 1678. (III) Captain Thomas Thayer sixth child of Ferdinando Thayer (2), born in Mendon about 1664-s, married, x688, Mary Adams, of the Brain- tree Adams family, and settled in Mendon. He was captain of the Mendon company. He died May I, 1738. Their children were: Mary, born Janu- ary 19, 16S9; Thomas, January 14, 1694; Samuel, I\L-irch 28, 1696; Temperance, July 7, 1698; David, February 8, 1701 ; Elizabeth, March 2, 1703; John, see forward; William, January 22, 1708; ^Margaret, December 12, 1710; Jemima, February ij, 1712. (IV) John Thayer, seventh child of Captain ' Thomas Thayer (3), born in Mendon, September 17, 1706, married (first) Ruhamah Smith, of Bel- lingham, Massachusetts, 1733, and settled in Men- don on land inherited from his father, situated near the present town of Blackstone, Massachusetts. He married (second) Mary Spencer, in 1769. Children of John and Ruhamah Thayer were: Pelatiah (see forward); Ruhamah, born January 3, 1742; Desire, October 11, 1745; Robert, November 26, 1747. Children of John and Mary were: Barbara, Febru- ary, 27, 1770; Betsey, April 28, 1773. died 1787. (V) Pelatiah Thayer, first child of John (4) and Ruhamah Thayer, born October 3, 1739, married (first) Hannah Thayer, daughter of .'Xaron and Jemima Thayer, of Mendon, May 26, 1763; she died 1790. He was a farmer, and always lived in Men- don. He married (second), after the death of his wife, Hannah, in 1790, Hannah Blake, March 2, 1793. He died March 23, 1797. The children of Pelatiah and Hannah were: 1. Robert, born No- vember 22, 1763, died 1830, unmarried. 2. Artemas, born February 20, 1765. 3. Henry, born Sejjteiii- ber 19, 1768; died February 23. 1776. 4. Smith P., born December 15, 1770. 5, Laban, born March 14. 1773- 6. Putnam, born August 15, 1774; died November 14, 1776. 7. Henry (see forward). 8. John, February 20, 1784. (VI) Henry Thayer, seventh child, of Pelatiah Thayer (5), born in Mendon, Massachusetts, No- vember 3, 1777: married Urana Thompson, daugh- ter of Edward Thompson, Esquire, of Mendon, Sep- tember 3, 1800, and resided several years on a por- tion of his ancestor's farm at Mendon ; then re- moved to I''ivc Corners, where he kept a hotel and store until his death. He died July 7, 1824, aged forty-seven years; his wife died August 29, 1859, aged eighty years, four months, twenty-oiglit days. Children of Henry and Urbana Thayer were: Urana, born December 26, iSoi ; .Mice, December i, 1803; Betsey, March 6, 1806, died March 9, 1809; 154 WORCESTER COUNTY Preserved S., May 4, 1808; Henry, October 9, 1810; Sarah, March 21, 1813; Nancy Verry, October 16, 1815; Hannah and Harriet (twins), February 7, l8iy; Edward D. (see forward). (VH) Edward D. Thayer, tenth child of Henry Thayer (6), was born in that part of Mendon, BOW Blackstone, Massachusett;;, July 22, 1822. He became one of the most prominent woolen manu- facturers in New England. His father died when he was only two years old, leaving his mother with ten children to care for. In two or three years the family removed to Millville, where there were sev- eral small mills making woolen goods. When Ed- ward was twelve years of age he went into the mill and learned the trade. He went into business for himself in 1849, in Burrillville, Rhode Island, where he remained for two years, operating a small woolen mill. He then formed a partnership with Moses Buffum and they purchased the estate in the western part of the town of Oxford, since known as Buffumsville, of Charles L. Harding. They began the manufacture of fine black woolen cloth, and the business prospered. In 1855 the partnership expired by limitation, and Mr. Thayer sold out his interest to Mr. Buffum, who with his sons continued the business. In i860 Mr. Thayer became the agent of the Washington mills at Lawrence, Massachusetts. The company owning these mills had failed once, had never paid the stockholders, and when he took the management had just been through a re-organization. He stayed in Lawrence and ran these mills during the civil war, making large profits for the owners. At the close of the war, in 1865, he came to Worcester and for twenty years was actively engaged in woolen manufacture. His first mill was the Upham mill in Spencer. He was interested in several mills around and in Worcester. The mill operated by Mr. Thayer the longest time was the Bottomly mill at Cherry Valley, where he was located for about twenty years. He retained an interest in business until about 1885, though he had given up active connection with the mill some years previous. He died May 12, 1903. He attended the Church of the Unity and had been a pew-holder there during his residence in Worcester. He married, October 14, !85i, Ellen M. Darling, who died May 16, 1887. Their children were: Albert S. (see forward); Edward D. (see forward) ; Ellen OWvc (see for- ward); Ernest L. (see forward). (VIII) Albert Smith Thayer, eldest child of Edward Davis Thayer (7), was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, January 6, 1854. He was educated in the public schools of VVorcester, graduating from the high school in 1871. He w-ent to Harvard Col- lege and was Ivy Orator of his class at graduation in 1875. He graduated from the law school in 1878 and immediately began to practice in New York city, where he has made a specialty of real estate business. His office is at 11 William street. New York, and his residence in Flushing, Ix)ng Island. He married Josephine Ely, of New York city, De- cember 4, 1884, and they have three children : Ellen, born December 15, 1883, student at Bryn Mawr College ; Lucy Ely, November 9, 1887, a student in a boarding school; Josephine Ely, August 21, 1889, died January 15, 1898. (VITI) Edward Darling Thayer, second child of Edward Davis Thayer (7), was born in Worces- ter, June 24, 1856. He fitted in the Worcester high school for the Lawrence scientific school of Harvard University, and entered before graduation from the high school, at the age of sixteen. He was grad- uated in 1876 with a degree of C. E. After travel- ing for a time he went into the Slater mill, at Webster, and his father's mill at Cherry Valley, to learn the business. He started in business on his own account in 1879 in the Hunt mill, manufactur- ing satinets. Later he bought the Ashworth & Jones mill, which he still owns and operates, and has added from time to time the Harding mills at East Dedham, where woolen goods are manu- factured ; the Worcester Woolen mills ; and he is one of the partners in the Crompton-Thayer Loom works. He has repeated his father's success in the manufacture of woolen goods, and is reckoned among the most substantial manufacturers of Worcester. He is a man of great energy and activ- ity, enterprising and sagacious. He is a director of the Worcester Trust Company and trustee of the Worcester County Institution for Savings. He is a member of no fraternal societies and has never been active in politics. He is a Republican, how- ever, and a member of the Worcester Club, the Commonwealth Club, the Tatnuck Country Club and the Quinsigamond Boat Club. He married, July 10, 1884, Florence Schofield, daughter of James M. and Aladilla (Hoche) Schofield. They have one child: Schofield, born December 12, 1889, now a student at Milton Academy. (VIII) Ernest Lawrence Thayer, son of Ed- ward Davis Thayer (7), was born August 14, 1863, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was graduated from the Worcester high school in 18S1, and from Harvard College in 1885. He was the ivy orator of his class. WTiile in college he acquired a taste for newspaper work, and was an editor of the Lam[>oon. After he graduated he went abroad and traveled for a year, then went on the staff of The Examiner, at San Francisco. After a year he re- turned to Worcester, and in partnership with A. W. Darling, conducted the Bottomly mills in Cherry Valley for about four years. Since he retired from this business he has been abroad a large part of the time. He is the author of the baseball poem, the best known thing of the kind written in late years, entitled "Casey at the Bat." (VIII) Ellen Olive Thayer, daughter of Edward Davis Thayer (7), born in Roxbury. Massachusetts, April 10, 1861, was educated in the Worcester schools and is a graduate of the high school. She married, January 21, 1886, Samuel H. Clary, the treasurer of the Worcester Trust Company, the largest bank- ing concern in the state, outside of Boston. They live at 36 Sever street, Worcester. Their children are: Ernest Thayer, born March i, 1887; Eleanor, August 2, 1892. (See sketch of the Clary family.) NOYES FAMILY. The Noyes family of Amer- ica is of ancient English stock dating back to the Conquest. The name of William dcs Noyers (called Baron in the records) appears in the Domesday Book. He was one of the military commanders of William the Conqueror, and settled in county Nor- folk, where he acquired large possessions, and where many descendants have lived. Many of the name are living to-day in Norfolk and the adjacent county of Suffolk. The Norman word Noyes signifies crowned. The Noyes coat of arms is : Azure three crosses in bend Ar. Crest: On a chapeau azure turned up ermine a dove argent in the beak and olive branch vert. (I) Rev. William Noyes. the English progenitor of the American family of Noyes, was born in WORCESTER COUNTY 1568, and died in Cholderton, county \\■ilt^llire, be- fore April 30, 1622. He entered Oxford University, November 15, 1588, and was graduated May 31, 159_>, He became the rector of Cholderton in 1602. He married, about 1595, Annie Parker, who survived him and administered the estate. May 28, 1622. She was born in 1575, and was buried at Cholderton, March 7, 16.^7. Her will mentions her sons James and Nicholas, the American emigrants, as "now of New England," and her son-in-law, Thomas Kent, of Upper Wallnp, England. Children of Rev. William and Anne Parker were : I. Ephraim, born in England, 1596, resided at Orcheston St. Mary, died 1659. 2. Nathan, born 1597, graduated at Lin- coln College, Oxford, October 26, 1616, and suc- ceeded his father as rector of Cholderton; died September, 1651. 3. Rev. James, born 1608, mar- ried, 1633, in England, Sarah Browne, of Southamp- ton ; was matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, August 22, 1627; came to America in the ship "Mary and John," Jilarch 26, 1633-34, and was made a free- man, Septetnber 3, 1634; resided for a time at Ipswich, and came to Newbury about j\Iarch, 1634-35, and was associated in the ministry with his kins- man. Rev. Thomas Parker; died October 21, 1656, and his will, dated October 17, 1656, mentions his brother Nicholas and cousin Thomas Parker. 4. Nicholas, see forward. 5. Daughter, married Thomas Kent, and lived in England. 6. John, re- sided at Newton, Wiltshire. (II) Nicholas Noyes, son of Rev. William Noyes (1), was the immigrant ancestor of Arba Slater Noyes, of Whitinsvjllc, Massachusetts, and was born in Qiolderton, Wiltshire, England, in 1615-16. He catne over in 1633 with his brother, Rev. James Noyes, and his wife Sarah, his cousin, Thomas Parker, in the ship "Mary and John," of London, Robert Sayres, master, taking the prescribed oath of supremacy and allegiance before sailing, March 26, 1633-34. He settled at Newbury, JNIassachu- setts, a year later, and is said to have been the first man to leap ashore from the boat in which the settlers proceeded to their new home. He was ad- mitted a freeman. May 17, 1637, being one of the Newbury men wlio walked forty miles in order to qualify as voters. He was a proprietor of the town, and held various town offices. He was elected deputy to the general court, December 19, 1660; May 28, 1679; May 19, 1680; January 4, 1680-81. He was elected deacon of the First Parish Church, March 20, 1633-34, and served till his death. He returned to England, but came back to Newbury in 1639 with Peter Noyes, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, tlie third pioneer of the name, whose relationship seems probable but is not known exactly. Among the amusing cases with which the courts of the Puritan Fathers were occupied was the trial of Nicholas Noyes' wife, Flugh Marsh's wife, and William Chandler's wife for "wearing a silk hood and scarf" against the laws of the colony. Each of the culprits was discharged upon proving that her husband was worth two hundred pounds. At the same time John Ilutchin's wife, who had been found wearing fine raiment, was also discharged upon testifying that "she was brought up above the ordinary rank." Nicholas Noyes died November 23) 1701, aged eighty-three years. His will was dated July 4, 1700, and proved December 29, 1701. His homestead at Newbury is owned and occupied by the heirs of Nathaniel Little (1903.") He married, about 1640, Mary Cutting, daughter of Captain John Cutting, shipmaster. She is men- tioned in her father's will. Children of Nicholas and Mary Noyes were: i. Mary, born October 15, 1641, married John French. 2. Flannah, born Octo- ber 13, 1643, married (first )Peter Clieney; (second) John Atkinson. 3. John, born January 20, 1645, married, 1668, Mary Poore. 4. Rev. Nicholas, born December 22, 1647, died December 13, 1717. 5. Cutting, see forward. 6. Sarah, born August 22, 1653, married Mathew Pettingill, 1674. 7- Timothy, born June 23, 1655, married, 1680, Mary Knight. 8. James, born May i6, 1657, married, 1684, Han- nah Knight. 9. Abigail, born April 11, 1659 married, 1707, Simeon F"rench. 10. Rachel, born March 20, 1661, married, 1682, James Jackman. 11. Thomas, born June 20, 1663, married, 1682, Sarah Knight. (HI) Cutting Noyes, .son of Nicholas Noyes (2), was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 23, 1649. He resided at Newbury. He mar- ried Elizabeth Knight in 1673, and she died before November 18, 1734. Their children, all born at Newbury, were; I. John, born November 15, 1674, married, 1700, Mary Noyes. 2. Cutting, Jr., see forward. 3. Elizabeth, born February 2, 1678, married, 1710, Samuel Pettingill. 4. Joseph, born January 21, 1688, married, 1711, Jane Dole. 5. Bathsheba, born 1690, married, 1714, Cutting Pettin- gill. 6. Mary, born March 27, 1693, married, 1717, James Moulton. Two more children died young. (IV) Cutting Noyes, son of Cutting Noyes (3), was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, January 28, 1676, and died there I7S7- He was a prominent citizen in his native town. He was deacon of the church, and deputy to the general court, 1704 and 1705. He married, 1702, Elizabeth Toppan, and (second), 1709, Elizabeth Gerrish. The children of Cutting and Elizabeth (Toppan) Noyes were: I. Cutting, born 1703, married, 1724, Mary Wood- man. 2. Jacob, born 1704, married, 1726, Jane Tit- comb. 3. Samuel, see forward. 4. Elizabeth, born December 31, 1707-08. The children of Cutting and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Noyes were: 5. Anne, born January 13, 1713-14. 6. Alary, born December 4, 1718. 7. Jane, born Scptciribcr 5, 1721. 8. Susanna, born May 5, 1724. Two others died young. (V) Samuel Noyes, son of Cutting Noyes (4), was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, 1706, and died there, 1769. He was a butcher by trade. He married, 1734, Martha Smith, and they joined the lirst church of Newbury in full communion, 1737. She married (second), 1777, Captain Gideon Ward- well. Children of Samuel and Martha Noyes were: I. Samuel, born August, 1733, married Mary Brad- bury, 1737; (second) Dorothy Pearson, 1782. 2. Isaac, sec forward. 3. William, born January 17, 1738, died November 7, 1831 ; married Mary Smith, 1765; Lydia Hall, 1786; Sarah Little, 1800. 4. Mar- tha, born June 10, 1743. 5. Mary, born June 18, 174s, married Timothy Noyes. 6. Edmund, born January 11, 1647, married, 1770, Ann Brown. 7. Benjamin, born February s, 1749- 8. Catherine, bora January 12, 1752. 9. Eunice, born May 9, 1756. 10. Child, died young, (VI) Isaac Noyes, son of Samuel Noyes (5), was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, January 30, 1737, and died there in 1800. He was a shipmaster. He lived at Newbury and Newburyport. He mar- ried (first), 1760, Rebecca Bryant; (second), 1772, Abigail Dresser, and (third) Elizabeth Kinsley, 1795. The children of Isaac and Rebecca Noyes 156 WORCESTER COUNTY were: I. Joseph, born August 24, 1759, married, 1794. Margaret Furlong. 2. William, born January 5, 1761, died before May 5, 1802. 3. Rebecca F., born June 2, 1763, married. 1789, William Follans- bee. 4. Timothy, see forward. 5. Martha B., mar- ried Joseph Bragdon in 1792. (VII) Timothy Noyes, son of Isaac Noyes (6), was born at Newburyport, Massachusetts, February 19, 1766. He settled at Newburyport, and married, 1796, Elizabeth Somerby. Their children were: I. Timothy K., see forward. 2. Josiah P., born February 17, 1800, married (first) Patience Thur- low, 1820; (second) Elizabeth M. Mace, 1848. 3- Elizabeth F., born Januao' 7. 1802, married John Hardy; (second) Timothy Newton. 4. Isaac G., born May 20, 1805, married Elizabeth H. Foster. 5. Joseph B., born October 21, 1807. 6. Mary R., born April 2, i8n, married, 1831, Zachery P. Thur- low. 7. Sarah W., born February 7, 181 5. (Vni) Timothy K. Noyes, son of Tnnothy Noyes (7), was born at Newburyport, Massachu- setts, June 29, 1798, and died there November 25, 1872. He married, 1818, Sarah N. Eaton, and their children, born in Newbury and Newburyport, were. I. William P., born August 25, 1819, married, 1843, Frances S. Towle, and had at Haverhill, Massachu- setts, the following children: Francis J., 1844; Abby F'., born April 9, i8a8; William A., born June 13. 1851 ; Charles S., born about 1852, mar- ried Carrie Bagley; Susan E., born May 10, 1853; Carrie M., born April 4, 1861, married Robert A. Tanner. 2. Statira P., born 1820, married, 1846, William H. Lambert. 3. Joseph H., born November 29, 1822, married, 1846, Edna A. Russell; (second) Eunice R. Goodwin; he died April 15, 1877; their children— Ellen D., bom December 17, 1850, married Hector F. Morse; Otis L., married Priscilla A. Hewitt; Frances H., born March 26, 1874, married Herbert N. Woodwell. 4. John H., born January 23, 1825. married Mary L. Wheeler. 1846; (second) Mary J. Packer, 1853, and he died September 3, 1875 ; their children were — Francis E., born July S, 1847, married Caroline O. Cox; Charles S., mar- ried, 1873, Carrie F. Perkins. 5. Sewell B.. Ixjrn April 13, 1827, married, 1846, Sarah I. Moody, and Tiad: Charles H., born December 25, 1848; George E., married 1871. Melissa Teel ; Sewell 11., mar- ried, 1870, Mary E. Richardson, and (second) Ella M. Pike; Josephine H., married, 1863, Charles H. Cheney (second) James L. Osgood, 1875; (third) Luther Dame, at Newburyport. 7. Francis V.. born July 11. 1835, married May E. Porter, and had — William H., born July 2, 1854, married Alina Jackson ; Mary F., born December 9, i860, married, 1884, Daniel Goodwin. 8. Ebenezer, see forward. 9. Sarah, born March 30, 1840. 10. George S.. born August 10, 1842, married, 1862. Abby S. Follansbee, and had George W., married Annie L. Van Amburg, who have one son. George H. ; Herbert E., born July 19. 1871, married Carrie A. Nelson ; Mabel F., born July 20, 1880 ; Janctte P., born March 9, 1884; Elizabeth S., married, 1847. Frank Hunnewell. (IX) Ebenezer Noyes, son of Timothy K. Noyes (8), was born at Newburyport, Massachusetts, September 18, 1837. He served in the civil war as corporal of Company A. Eighth Regiment, and sergeant of Company H. Sixtieth Regiment, Massa- chusetts Infantry. He married Mary Stretton Pike, at i^'ewburyport, Massachusetts, July, i860. She was born at Carbonear, Newfoundland, January 30, 1838. Her lather afterward settled at Red Bay, Labrador. They resided at Newburyport, Massa- chusetts, from i860 to 1865, and at Salem, Massa- chusetts, from 1865 to 1867, and settled in Linwood in the town of Northbridge in 1867. The only child of Ebenezer Noyes and !Mary Stretton (Pike) Noyes was Arba Slater, see forward. (X) Arba Slater Noyes, son of Ebenezer Noyes (9), was born at Linwood, in the town of North- bridge, Massachusetts, March 22, 1868. He was educated in the public schools of Northbridge, his native town, and graduated from the Northbridge high school in 1886, taking also a course in the Schoficld Commercial College of Providence, Rhode Island. He married, June 26, 1895. Anna Maria Littlcfield, daughter of Alonzo M. and Maria (Colvin) Littlefield, of Blackstone, Massachusetts. She was born June 22, 1871, at Bellingham, Massa- chusetts, and was educated in the public schools of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Uxbridge, Massa- chusetts, graduating from the Uxbridge high school in 1889, and the State Normal School at Worces- ter, Massachusetts, in 1892. She taught for three years in the Worcester' public schools. They have one child, Edward Roland, born December 8, 1896. HENRY HEYWOOD, son of Seth Hcywood and Emily Wright, his wife, and seventh in genealogical line from the American ancestor, was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, June 25, 1836, died May 5, 1904. His educa'tion was obtained m the Gardner schools and at academies in Westminster and Shel- burne Falls. His first business experience was acquired in the store of Abel S. Wood, .of Gard- ner, and in about a year he entered the employ of the firm in which his father was interested, the Hey- wood Chair Manufacturing Company, becoming foreman of the factory and continuing in such posi- tion until 1868. when he became a member of the firm. In 1897 Heywood Brothers and Company con- solidated with the Wakefield Rattan Company and Henry Heywood became president of the corpora- tion. A more extended history of the operations and changes of this manufacturing concern is found elsewhere in this work. That the business has attained immense proportions is noted by the fact of the existence of their factories at San Francisco, Chicago, Gardner and Wakefield; with warehouses located at New York, Baltimore, Chicago, San Francisco. Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston, Los Angeles, Portland (Oregon), Liverpool and London (England). Though neither one of the founders of this industry was associated with it in its earlier years, yet Mr. Heywood entered so efficiently into the labor of others as to be largely instrumental in increasing to its present magnitude the business of Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company. He devoted his skill and energy to the development of the business which he inherited, and lived a life conspicuous throughout its length for its justice, honor and industry. Mr. Heywood sought or accepted few other trusts, yet, in those things which he undertook, his in- fluence was marked and his counsel welcomed. He was a trustee of the Gardner Savings Bank and a director of the First National Bank. He be- longed to the First Congregational Parish of Gard- ner and was deeply interested in its welfare. He also held membership with Hope Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Ivanhoe Com- ^ tn^^T^-G^/^ /.«s ^/r ///■// . ^/////vyy/ --^^-U <^ ■ «^ <^.^i^--~-^c WORCESTER COUNTY 157 niandcry, Knights Templar. Mr. Hcyuood married, November 12, 1857, Martha, daughter of Seth and Phoebe (Jackson) Temple. By this union were born : Helen Rebecca and Hattie Louise, born August 17, 1859, the latter died March 18, 1861 ; George Henrv, see forward. GEORGE 'henry HEYVVOOD, only son of Henry and Martha (Temple) Hej'wood, was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, July 28, 1862, died May 17, 1898. He began his education in the public schools of his native town, graduating from the high school as valedictorian of his class in 1880. In 1884, after four years of study in the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, he grad- uated in the course in mining engineering. He then entered the office of Heywood Bros. & Co., and the next year went to Boston to open a branch store, over which he had charge and where he remained two years. Retaining his management of the Bos- ton business, he returned to take up his residence in Gardner. A year later he went to Chicago to superintend the erection of the large factory of the Heywood & Morrill Rattan Company and a retail store. After residing in CTiicago three years, he returned to Gardner and there became, next to his father, Henry Heywood, the leading spirit in the business, and when the Heywood and Wake- field companies consolidated their interests, Mr. Heywood became one of the directors in the new company and also the treasurer, continuing as such until his death. Upon his return to Gardner to take up his permanent residence, he displayed much interest in the town's affairs, and for six years served on the school committee, being chairman of that body the last three years and directly instrumental in the advanced measures for the management of the com- mittee and schools. He was a prominent member of the First Congregational parish, and a liberal con- tributor to every worthy cause, both within and outside the church. In social life he was also active, being a member of Hope Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; North Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Ivanhoe Commandery, Knights Templar; Massachusetts Consistory, attaining the thirty-second degree in Free Masonry ; one of the directors of the Levi Heywood jMemorial Library and president of the Gardner Boat Club. He was also a trustee of Gushing Academy, but resigned on account of his lack of time to attend to such duties. His was, indeed, a well rounded character. A public spirited citizen, he occupied a large place in the community and his death was universally mourned, wherever he was known. About May i, 1898, he went to Haines Landing, Rangeley Lakes Maine, accompanied by his wife, for rest from business cares and to enjoy fishing. There he died May 17, 1898. Thus was cut short the brilliant career of one of nature's noblemen. The Gardner (Massachusetts) Journal paid the fol- lowing tribute to Mr. Heywood, as a part of its comment on his sudden death : "Of his character it can be said without ex- aggeration that he lived an exemplary life. He was high-minded and scorned everything that was low and mean. He was true and faithful in all the relations of life, loyal to his friends, loyal to his town, to his state and to his country. His was a busy life. He had never been an idler or mere pleasure seeker, but always applied himself closely to his business. He was a man of good intellect, clear-headed and of sound judgment. The cares and duties of his business did not prevent him from taking an active part in all that tended toward the welfare of his home community. His faithful in- terest in the public school system and the work he accomplished while on the board, will long be re- membered to his credit." Mr. Heywood was married in Gardner, Massa- chusetts, October 27, 1886, to Harriet G. Edgell, daughter of John D. and Sarah (Greenwood) Edgell, all of Gardner. The children born of this union were: Seth, born July 28, 1887; John, April 28, 1890; Richard, April 23, 1891, died August 29, 1891 ; George Henry, July 4, 1896. GEORGE HEY WOOD, second son of the late Seth and Emily (Wright) Heywood, was born January 3, 1839. He was educated m the public and high schools of Gardner, Massachusetts, and at Westminster Academy, and after completing his course in the latter institution went to Boston, Massachusets, where he represented the Heywood Brothers. He remained in this office for a few years, after which he entered the oflice of the Hey- wood Brothers & Company, located at Gardner, Massachusetts, where he remained for some time. In 1868 he was admitted as a partner and this con- nection continued until 1889, a period of twenty- one years, when he retired from business and, sur- rounded by his loving: wife and family, led a re- tired life up to the time of his death, September 23, 1905- Mr. Heywood was a Democrat or Independent in politics, and although he displayed a lively interest in the important issues of the day, his business affairs prevented him from taking any active part in political affairs beyond the exercise of his elective privileges. He was frequently chosen to fill various positions of trust and responsibility, in which he displayed the utmost efficiency and capability. He was a director of the Gardner Savings Bank, and his counsel was highly esteemed by the other mem- bers of the board. He took an active interest in the work connected with the First Congregational Church, of which he was a consistent and influential member. He was a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and the different Scottish Rite bodies up to and including the Thirty-second degree. He was one of the charter members of Hope Lodge, of Gardner, in which he served for a time as secretary. Mr. Heywood was a man of many sterling characteristics, with strict regard for commercial ethics, with a high standard of citizen- ship and with social cjualities which rendered him popular with a wide circle of friends, who sincerely mourned his demise. He was a man of honor, integrity and high standing in the business com- munity, and his career was indeed worthy of com- mendation and should serve as an example to young men who arc ambitious and desire to succeed in the business world. Mr. Heywood married, May I, 1878, Laura A. Riddell, born in Amherst, New Hampshire, daugh- ter of Albert A. and Sarah (Wheeler) Riddell, and granddaugliter of Gawn Riddell, born in Bedford, New Hampshire, where his entire life was spent. Albert A. Riddell was born in Bedford. New Hamp- shire, followed agricultural pursuits throughout the active years of his life, and died in his native town at the age of fifty-one. His wife, Sarah (Wheeler) Riddell, was a native of Merrimac, New Hamp- shire, and her death occurred at the age of eighty 158 WORCESTER COUNTY years. Mr. and Mrs. Riddell were the parents of seven children, four of whom are living, as fol- lows: Charles A., a resident of Milford; Mrs. George Osgood, of Amherst, Xew Hampshire; Laura, widow of George Hey wood ; Mrs. Charles E. Clement, of Nashua, New Hampshire. i^Ir. and Mrs. Hcywood were the parents of two children : Alice W., born November 2, 1880, educated in the schools of Gardner and at Miss Heloise E. Hersey's private school of Boston ; Henry E., born April 19, 1887, educated in the schools of Gardner and at preparatory school for boys at Lakeville, Connecticut, then entered Williams College at Will- iamstown, Massachusetts. WRIGHT SETH PRIOR. Heman Prior (i), great-grandfather of Wright Seth Prior, of Worces- ter, was a descendant of Thomas Prior, who came from London with Rev. John Lothrop, was a mem- ber of the church in Scituate, Massachusetts, 1634, and took the oath of allegiance there February i, 1638. He came from Waterford, Hertfordshire, England, and was a maltster by trade. The family settled at Duxbury, Scituate, Bridgevvater and North- field, Massachusetts, and Norwich and other towns in Connecticut. Thomas Prior died at Scituate, 1639, and was buried June 22. His will was proved September 28, 1639. His son, John Prior, was the executor; he probably came in the "Hopewell," September, 1635, aged sixteen. Of the children of Thomas Prior, John, Joseph and Daniel came to New England, and Samuel, Thomas, Elizabeth and ^lary remained in England. Heman Prior, aforementioned, purchased a farm in the town of Underbill, Vermont, in the year 1/99, and was one of the original seven male per- sons. Permit Prior being one of the seven female persons, who, under Rev. Ebenezer Kingsbury, of Jericho, formed the Congregational Church of Underbill, Vermont, December 29, 1801. Rev. James Parker, the first minister over this parish, was set- tled there in November, 1803. Heman Prior died in Malone, New York. He had sons : Robert, Hetnan, Leonard, Philip and Eben. (H) Robert Prior, eldest son of Heman Prior (1), was born January i, 1796. He married, 1820, Laura Hard, who died August 14, 1843, aged forty- three years. He then married Clarissa Packard, who died April 7, 1888, aged sixty-three years and two months. Resided in Underbill, Vermont. Children were: Harry, born January i, 1821, died in Iowa, aged eighty years ; Hoyt, February 3, 1828, died February I, 1857; Laura Ann, April 13, 1830, died March 7, 1906; Cyrus, August 31, 1833; Sidney, March 18, 1836, died January 22, 1888; Leonard H., (birth date not given), died April 7, 1905; Clara Alice, 1845, died February 3, 1858. (Ill) Cyrus Prior, son of Robert Prior (2), was born in Underbill, Vermont, August 31, 1833, died May 28, 1893. He was a farmer and a promi- nent citizen in his native town, where he was for many years highway commissioner, overseer of the poor and selectman. He was sergeant in the Sec- ond Vermont Regiment in the civil war. He mar- ried, June 12, 1855. Lucy Jane Mead. Children are: i. Ada Clara, born August 20. 1858, married Elxvin E. Thompson, and has two daughters: Mina and Ida Thompson ; they reside at Northfield, Ver- mont, a. Ida Jennie, born July 28, 1861, married George E. Terrill, now deceased ; has two children : Effie, who lives in Burlington, Vermont, with her mother ; Scott Edmunds, who is employed with the Graton & Knight Manufacturing Company in Worcester. 3. Wright Seth, see forward. 4. Bert Henry, born March 2, 1871, married in Worcester, Minnie Rice; has no children. 5. Lcttie Laura, born November 13, 1872, married Herbert Hutchin- son, of Jericho, Vermont; resides at Jericho, Ver- mont, 6. Willis Garfield, born November 18, 1879, is employed by the Transcendent Light Company in Worcester. (IV) Wright Seth Prior, son of Cyrus Prior (3), was born at Underbill, Vermont, March 30, 1867. He was educated in the district schools. Un- derbill Academy and Norwich University, a military college of high grade at Northfield, Vermont. In the latter institution he pursued the regular course in civil engineering, and in the military department attained the captaincy, graduating in 1889 with the degree of Civil Engineer. Three years later he was awarded the degree of M. S., by his Alma Mater. After a short time of service in the office of the city engineer of Brockton, Massachusetts, he went south to engage in railroad work in Georgia and Ala- bama, where he was employed as topographer for the Georgia, Tennessee & Illinois Railroad. He made the preliminary surveys for the railroad and also laid out many town sites. After two years he came north and was for several months in the city en- gineer's office in Worcester when Charles A. Allen filled that position. He returned south and entered partnership with the title of Rogers, Bellinger & Prior, architects and civil engineers, but was called north by the serious illness of his father, and sold his interests in the business. In 1893 ]\Ir. Prior became one of the assistant city engineers of Worcester under Frederick A. Mc- Clure, retaining this office for about six years. He was elected street commissioner of Worcester, Jan- uary 4, 1898. The incumbent of this office has am- ple powers, and is virtually in charge of and re- sponsible for the streets of the city. He has charge of the construction and maintenance of streets as ordered by the city council. In this position Mr. Prior gave the utmost satisfaction to the taxpayers. He ignored newspaper bullying and political in- fluences that make use of bis department for dis- pensing jobs and favors. He fought, when fighting was necessary, for the kind of pavement that in his judgment was best for the city streets. He showed unprecedented independence and ability in the dis- charge of the duties of his office. He expended money in his department carefully and showed re- sults for every dollar spent. He declined to accept a re-election, January 4, 1904, and has since devoted hi-; energies to the Transcendent Light Company of Worcester, of which he is treasurer and manager. This company was organized to furnish the Trans- cendent light to stores and places of business in Worcester. This light is an incandescent light, burning kerosene, and is cheaper than gas or elec- tric lights. The kerosene is forced through tubes to the light, where it is vaporized and burned un- der a mantle. It is similar to the systems commonly used for street lamps for gasoline, except that kero- sene lamps are made more substantial. The light has proved very nonular in Worcester. Mr. Prior has organized a similar company to rent lamps and furnish light in the city of Providence. He has the exclusive agency for the lamp in New England, and will organize similar companies in other cities. The lamp is also sold direct to users. The patents NOAM JACKSON WORCESTER COUNTY 159 are owned by the Transcendent Lamp Company ut New York. Lamps for all sorts of uses and devices for heating and cooking stoves are also made. Mr. Prior has developed a large and growing business in a short time. The other officers of the local company are : F. H. Raniblin. president ; B. H. Prior, director. It is a Alassachusetts corporation, with a capital of $50,000. Mr. Prior has an interest in a valuable mining property in Colorado, which he has visited several times, and to which he contemplates devoting a larger part of his time in the future. He was a charter member of the Wellington Rifles, and his military training in the university was called into action when he was elected second lieutenant. He served three years, half the time as second and half, as first lieutenant. He is a trustee of Norwich Un- iversity. He is a member of the Vermont Associa- tion of Boston. He was formerly a member of the order of Sons of Veterans (Vermont Division) and an officer. He is a member of the Worcester Coun- ty Society of Engineers, Athelstan Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons and Eureka Royal Arch Chapter. He is a Republican. He belongs to Old South (Congregational) Church. He is a member of the Board of Trade. He married, October i, i8g6, Mary Elizabeth Tatman, daughter of R. James Tatman. (Sec sketch ' of the Tatman family and Charles T. Tatman else- where in this work). Children are: Helen, born July 4, 1897; Miriam, May 2, 1900; Kathryn, April 8. 1903; Beatrice, December 4, 1905. NOAH JACKSON. John Jackson (i), the im- migrant ancestor of Noah Jackson, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was an early settler of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Very little is known about him. Judging from the meagre records, he came about 1650. In 1656 he bought the houses and lands and the island which was formerly possessed by John Crowther, or rather, the property was re-granted by the proprietors to him. Savage and other author- ities name Richard Jackson, of Dover, as his son. It is possible also that John was the father or some relation to James, Patrick and Richard Jackson. Scotch prisoners of war taken in the great battle of Worcester. September .•?, 1651, and sent with thous- ands of others to America and let out to the planters. Savage finds no further record of Patrick or Rich- ard, but thinks that James, who was taxed at Dover in 1659 and 1661, may be this soldier taken by Crom- well. .•\mong the children of John Jackson were : Richard, of whom later; James, taxpayer in Dover, 1659-61 ; Walter, was in Dover 1658, in Portsmouth 1667, received a grant of land adjoining his own at Dover, March i, 1666. (II) Richard Jackson, son of John Jackson (i), was born about 1635 in England or Scotland. He was at Portsmouth in 1658, when he took the oath of fidelity. Savage names two sons and there were probably more. Children: Nathaniel, married. May 14. 1694. Margaret EUins, of Portsmouth ; John, of whom later; Samuel, married. October 12, 1693, Mary Melchis ; they had two daughters at Dover ; Judith, baptized September 20, 1739; Patience, born at Dover, baptized May 22, 1746. (III) John Jackson, son of Richard J'acksoii (2), was born about 1655. He married Margaret • , and he died in 1601 before his father, who administered his estate. Perhaps the only child wa> John, Jr., born about 1675. (I\') Jolin Jackson, son of John Jackson (3), was born in Dover, New Hampshire, or some of the adjacent towns or parishes, about 1675. The record of only one of his children has been found. There is reason to believe that he had children, as follows: John, born at Dover, December 11, 1707, and record- ed as "Jr."; William, had a son William, Jr., in Dover; James, resided in Medbury with Joseph and with him signed petition dated May 13, 1743; Jo- seph, of whom later. (V) Joseph Jackson, son of John Jackson (4), as indicated by Dover records, was born about 1710 in Dover or vicinity. Two of his children were baptized in Dover. His children were : Meribah, baptized in Dover, September 10, 1741 ; Joseph, bap- tized January 8, 1742, probably died young; Joseph, of whom later. (VI) Joseph Jackson, son of Joseph Jackson (5), was born, according to the family record, April 21, 1744, in that section of Dover and Durham, now the town of jMedbury, New Hampshire (incorpor- ated May 31, 1755, as a precinct or parish and May 26, 1768, as a town). He settled in Medbury, but removed to Nottingham, an adjacent town, where some if not all of his children were born. He was a farmer. He was one of the signers of the Asso- ciation Test in Nottingham before the revolution. Benjamin, supposed to be his brother, was also in Nottingham. Joseph Jackson was a soldier from Nottingliam in the revolution. He married Martha Runlett, who was born at Stratham, New Hampshire, January, 1747, and died July 18, 1840, aged ninety-three years, six months. She was the granddaughter of James Rundlett, who was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1678, and settled in Stratham, where he died about June, 1724, a man of some influence and considerable property. James Runlett or Rundlett married, November 21, 1699, Elizabeth Robinson. His father, Charles Rundlett, was the immigrant ancestor, said to be of Danish descent, born probably 1640 and died Au- gust I, 1709. He came irom England and settled in Exeter, New Hampshire, before 1673; was cap- tured by the Indians in 1675 but escaped ; married, November 10, 1675, Mary Smith. The children of Joseph and Martha (Runlett) Jackson were: Joseph, born April 12, 1767, of whom later; David, settled in Maine ; Samuel, settled in Maine ; Sarah, married Folsoin ; , married Solomon San- born, of Tam worth, a farmer; Betsey, died unmar- ried. (VII) Joseph Jackson, son of Joseph Jackson (6), was born in Nottingham, New Hampshire, April 12, 1767. He was a farmer in Tamworth, New Hampshire. He married Betsey Adams, who was born September 10, 1757. Their children were all born in I'aniworth, viz.: Mary, born February 29. 1788, died at the age of ninety-nine years, five months; Betsey, born June 18, 1791, married James Woodman, and had four children; Levi, who died in Kansas; James, who removed to California; Joanna, married Martin ; Elizabeth, died unmarried ; Joseph, born August 26, 1793. resided at Ports- mouth, New Hampshire; Noah, born October 9, I79S. settled at VN'estmeath, Canada, married Al- freda Cobb; Charles Adams, of whom later; Nancy, born December I, 1799, died in 1828. (VIII) Charles Adams Jackson, son of Joseph Jackson (7), was born at Tamworth, New Hainp- shire, October 2, 1797. Pie was brought up on his father's farm and educated in the district schools of his native town lie h-arned the trade of carpenter i6o WORCESTER COUNTY and woodworker, and used to make oars and rakes in his shop at certain seasons of the year. He married, December 24, 1824, Elizabeth S. Dean, daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Price) Dean. Her father was born in Beverly. Massachusetts, September 7, 1766, and her mother at Newburyport, September 29, 1768. Their children, all born at Tamworth, were : Alfreda Cobb, born September 16, 1825, married Stephen C. Kendall, of Mount Ver- non, New Hampshire, a carpenter; they removed to Fitchburg and resided on Mt. Vernon street ; Charles Edwin, born October i, 1S27, married Pa- melia Kittridge ; he died in 1861 ; they had three chil- dren : Mary Frances, Nellie jVL, of Antrim, and Charles, of Boston ; Nancy, born October 13, 1829, died aged twenty-three years; married Edwin Hastings. Noah, of whom later. Lucy Dean, born May 2, 1834; married Ira Blake, who lost his life in the civil war; they had one son, Harry. Eliza- beth, born May 23, 1837, married Elbridge Tilton, of Tamworth ; they had three children : Edwin Jack- son, Samuel N., Charles A. Tilton. Mary Hill, born May 14, 1839, married Rev. Josiah Kingsbury, of Braintrce ; their children are: William J., Joseph, Samuel, George Dean, Noah Jackson, Mabel H., Mary Elizabeth, Grace. Thomas Dean, born March 31, 1841, died aged three days. George Henry, born April 17, 1846, died aged three days. Enoch Edgell, born August 4, 1847, died 1880. Samuel Hadden, born August, 183 1, married Anna Perrington, and they had three children : Enoch E., of Tamworth ; Nellie N.; Alice A. (.IX) Noah Jackson, son of Charles Adams Jackson (8), was born in Tamworth, New Hamp- shire, January I, 1832. He attended the district schools (liere and learned the carpenter's trade of his father. When he was fourteen years old he went to Claremont, New Hampshire, to live. On linishing his education he went to work at the car- penter's trade. He bought an outlit from a tin ped- dler and made his first start in business with it. When a younjj; man he began to take contracts from the government to carry the mails and during tlie thirty years in which he followed this business he had contracts over sixty different routes for longer or shorter periods. Many of the stage lines which he owned were in the vicinity of Keene. As each contract to carry the mails involved the maintenance of a stage line, Mr. Jackson became one of the best known stage drivers and proprietors in New Hamp- shire. For a time he owned and conducted the hotel and livery stable at Hillsboro, New Hampshire. He also owned the hotel at Washington, New Hamp- shire, but always leased it. At the age of fifty he gave up the stage business in which he had ac- quired a competence and in 1872 removed to Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, where he has since made his home. Mr. Jackson has invested extensively in real es- tate in Fitchburg and has been occupied in building houses, buying and selling real estate. He has built and owned some thirty tenement houses in Fitch- burg and some real estate in Hillsboro, New Hamp- shire, where he also built and sold a number of houses. He was formerly interested in the Jackson Shirt factory of l^'ilchburg, and is a stockholder of the Fitchburg Comb Factory, which succeeded the shirt factory. Mr. Jackson also for a number of years dealt in horses and carriages in Fitchburg. He is known as an excellent judge of horses. His home in Fitchburg is at 65 Mount Vernon street. In polities Air. Jackson is a Republican, but has never sought public office. He has served as con- stable. He married (first), October 29, 1857, Apphia J. Haywood, daughter of Barzilla Haywood, of Croy- den. New Hampshire. She died December 12, 1871. He married (second), June 3, 1873, Lauretta (Keyes) Train, widow, who died July 23, 1891. He married (third), October 2, 1894, Nellie JNlilligan, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Webber) Milligan, of Plymouth, New Hampshire. The children of Noah and Apphia J. Jackson were: Cornelia Jennie, born April 5, 1863, married Levi Woodbury, and they have two children. Marguerite and Philip Jack- son, reside at Somerville, Massachusetts; David, born October 31, 1858, died August 2, i860. There was one child by the third marriage : Beulah Arpha, born September 22, 1895, JESSE PARTELOW TABER. Philip Taber or Tabor (i), was the emigrant ancestor of Jesse Parte- low Taber, of Worcester, Massachusetts. He was born in England, about 1610, and settled first in this coun- try at Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was ad- mitted a freeman May 14, 1634. He was one of the contributors of plank for the building of the fort at Boston, April i, 1634. He was proprietor of five lots of land in Watertown, which he sold to John Wolcott. He married Lydia Masters, daughter of John Masters, of Watertown. He became an ori- ginal settler of Yarmouth, Massachusetts. While still a member of the Watertown Church and re- siding at Yarmouth, had a son John baptized in Yarmouth, November 8, 1640. He was a proprietor of Yarmouth, January 7, 1638-39. He must have been at that time a man of mature years and high character, for he represented his town in the earliest assembly of the Plymouth colony in 1639-40. He was afterwards at the Vineyard and thence went in 165 1 to New London, where some of his descendants remained. In 1656 he was among the freemen of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and not long afterward at Providence, R. I., of which he was a representa- tive in the legislature in 1661. He lived later ia Tiverton, Rhode Island. He was a teacher, a scholarly man, well educated and influential in every community in which he resided. There are records of four children, John, Philip, Thomas, and Job or Joseph. John, baptized at the Barnstable Church, No- vember 8, 1640, was probably the oldest child. 2. Philip, see forward. 3. Thomas, born February, 1646, at Yarmouth, Massachusetts, married a daugh- ter of John Cook, of Dartmouth, last male survivor of the "Mayflower" emigrants. By her he had Thomas, born October 22, 1668, died July 14. 1748, and Esther, born April 17, 1671. By his second wife Mary , whom he married. June, 1672, he had: Lydia, born August 8, 1673; Sarah, born Jan- uary 28, 1675; Mary, born March 18, 1677: Joseph,, born March 7, 1679, married Elizabeth Spooner ; John, born February 22, 1681, married Phebe Spoon- er ; Jacob, born July 26, 1683 ; Jonathan, born Sep- tember 22, 1685; Bethia, born September 3, 1687; Philip, born February 7, 1689; Abigail, born May 3, 1693. Thomas Taber died November II, 17,^0; his wife died May 3. 1734- He was representative to the general court from Dartmouth in 1679-93. Most of the Tabers are descended from him. 4. Job or Joseph, of whom the records tell nothing. (II) Philip Taber, son of Philip Taber (i). I WORCESTER COUNTY i6i was liorii probably about 1648, at Yarniouth, Mass- achusetts. He was u fanner and resided at Dart- mouth, Massachusetts, where his children were born and where many of his descendants have lived. His children were: I. Mary, born January 28, 1670. 2. Sarah, born March 26, 1671. 3. Lydia, born Septem- ber 28, 1673. 4. Thilip, see forward. 5. Abigail, born October 27, 1678. 6. Esther, born February 23, 1681. 7. Jolm, born July 18, l^. 8. Bethia, born April 18, 1689. (III) Philip Tabcr, son of Philip Taber (2), was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, February 29, 1676. He married Susannah , about 1710. He was an assessor of the town of Dartmouth in 1723 and a selectman in 1736 and probably other years. He was one of those who declined to pay taxes for the support of an established church. In 1723 he refused to collect taxes while assessor and was prosecuted bv the authorities. The controversy tnded finally in the complete separation of church and town affairs, and Quakers and Baptists in Dart mouth were no longer obliged to pay taxes to the ■English Church or settled minister of the town. In 1730 Philip Taber was appointed the Bap- tist minister. He was on the committee to receive Dartmouth's part of the fifty thousand pounds dis- tributed to the various towns, of which Dartmouth got live hundred and eighty pounds. His children were: i. Richard, born November 25, 1711. 2. Thomas, born November 18, 1713. 3. Zephaniah, born October i, 1715. 4. Tucker, born October 10, 1717, died June 25, 1749. 5. Jesse, see forward. 6. Peace, born February 22, 1722. 7. Huldah, born March, 1724. 8. Noah, born July 7, 1727. 9. Philip, liorn October 31, 1730. (IV) Jesse Taber, son of Philip Taber (3), was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, November 21, 1719. When a young man he went to New Jer- sey, where he had a family. His son Jesse was born in Monmouth county. New Jersey, in 1754. The Tabers appeared first in New Jersey in 1738, accord- ing to records searched, and evidently Jesse was not the only one to remove from Plymouth county, Massachusetts, to Monmouth county. New 'Jersey. They lived at Gloucester, where Elizabeth Taber married David Row, in 1738; in Shrewsbury, where Daniel Taber married Hannah Tallman, of Shrews- bury, November 5, 1763. and probably (second) Sarah Welley, October i, 1765. He may have been Jesse's son. In Monmouth county Margaret Tabcr married Michael Hoht, July 19, 1757; Huldah Taber married Peter White, 1747-48, and Peaceable, prob- ably the sister of Jesse, born February 22, 1722. at Dartmouth, married William Chadwick, January 22. 1747-48. A family tradition locates the family of Jesse at Freehold, New Jersey, of which there are no vital records available. (V) Jesse Taber. son of Jesse Taber (4), was born in Monmouth county. New Jersey, 17^4. At the age of twenty, about a year before the revolution, he enlisted in the army and when the war came he was obliged to fight with his regiment against his own countrymen. He was in the service eight years before he was discharged. Then he found it best to leave the colonies with those who for various rea- sons did not remain in sympathy with the revolt against the mother country. He had married two years before his discharge from the army. With his wife he sailed in the "Sally" from New York, Cap- tain Bell, October 27, 1783, to St. John, New Bruns- wick, where many hundreds of loyalists from the disaffected colonics had gone. He remained there until spring. April 3. 1784. when he set out to find a new home. He settled seventeen miles up the Hamond River at Hampton, Kings county. New Brunswick. In 1798 he removed about thirteen miles farther up and bought a farm at Upham, Kings county. New Brunswick, where tlic family has been located since in considerable numbers. He died at Uphani, New Brunswick, 1844. He mar- ried, about 1780, Elizabeth Wood, daughter of George Wood, who came to this country, wlicn eleven years of age and married Hilliard, daughter of Judge Hilliard, of Stateiv Island, She- was born at Schuyler's Mountain, July 4, 1763, and was but seventeen when she married. She belonged to the Church of England. SIic died at Upham, Kings county. New Brunswick, November 8, 1857, ill her ninety-fifth year, leaving six children, sixtv- eight grandchildren, one hundred and nincty-oi'ie great-grandchildren and nineteen great-great-grand- children — a total of two hundred and seventy-four descendants. Mr. Jesse P. Taber has preserved an obituary of this remarkable woman. The children of Jesse and Elizabeth were: i. Jesse, see forward. 2. Noah. 3. James. 4. Charles. 5. Elizabeth, mar- ried John Sanders. 6. Meribah, married .Xiulrew Sherwood. 7. Deborah, married William Rupert. 8. Susan, married Samuel Vaughan. The above are probably not in exactly the chronological order of their birth. (VI) Jesse Tabcr, son of Jesse Taber (5), was born at St. John, New Brunswick, October 27, 1783, died in 1854 at Upham, Kings county. New Bruns- wick. He married Mary Vaughan, of Quaco. New Brunswick. He was a farmer and always resided at Upham. She died in 1857. Their children were : I. John Vaughan, born June 29, 1S07, died 1869: marrfed Leah Wilson. 2. Elizabeth, born July 13. 1809, died July 30, 1823. 3. Mary, born September 30, 1812, died .April 5. 1813. 4. Lydia Ann, licrn September 4, 1814, married Peter Colicutt. of Elgin. ."Mbert county, New Brunswick. 5. Samuel, born June 18, 1816, died May 7, 1867; married Rachel Mallory and Martha Odell. 6. Jesse, born May 16. 1818, died September 26. 1900; married Lydia '.•\nii Wilson. 7. James V., born May 15. 1820. died .\u- gust, 1905, at Hodgen, Maine; married (first) Mary 'Thome, (jcorge, .see forward. 9. Abigail, born .Marcli 23. 1825, died December .30, 1904; married James Tliorne. (VII) George Taber, son of Jesse Tabcr (6). was born at Lfpbam. New Brunswick. June 13, 1822. died March 24, 1893. He inherited part of his father's farm and remained in Llpham until 1889, when he came to West Boylston, JIassachusetts. to be nearer his children, who w'cre located in Worces- ter. He bought a farm, which he conducted until his death. He married Mary Jane Porter, of Sus- sex, Kings county. New Brunswick, born 1826, died May 4. 1903. Their children were: .1. Matilda Jane born I-'ebruary 12. 1848, died 1904, unmarried. 2. Jesse Partelow, see forward. 3. James Francis, born March 5. 1852. 4. Bcthiah Porter, born March g. 185s, married Theodore Sherwood, and resides at Woodstock. St. John river. New Brunswick ; have son and two daughters. 5. George Weldon, born September 10, 1861. came to Worcester in 1881. fore- man for .\merican Watch Company, Waltham, Massachusetts; he married May Ryan, 1884. 6. Ida Hannah, trained nurse, resides at Worcester, came to West Boylston with parents in 1889. 7. David 1 62 WORCESTER COUNTY Roland, born August 24, 1866, was a bookkeeper in the New Amsterdam Bank, New York City, died October 27, 1906, in New York. He married Delia Goodhue and had two sons : David Roland and Reginald Goodhue. 8. Elsie Cleora, born April 17, 1871, unmarried, studying at Moody's School at Northfield (1905). (VIII) Jesse Partelow Taber, son of George and Mary Jane Taber, was born at Upham, New Bruns- wick, April 15, 1850. He spent his youth in his na- tive town, living the typical life of the down-east boy, farming in summer and attending school in winter. After he was eighteen he contmued for a time to help his father on the farm. His father did some lumbering in the winter and Jesse drifted na- turally into the mill and lumber business. In 1871 he came to Worcester, where he located permanently. He worked at the carpenter's trade until 1877, when he undertook contracting and building. He has since followed this line of work, and is considered one of the most successful and reliable men in the busi- ness. He has built many of the line residences that the present generation of Worcester men have had constructed. Trained to hard work and accustomed to the knotty problems of a rather trying accupation, Mr. Taber has reason to take satisfaction in the reputation he has won among business men. In politics Mr. Taber is a Republican. He was elected to the common council from his ward in 1896. He served his party on the city committee from 1890 to 1896. He is a member of Damascus Lodge, Knights ■of Pythias, since 1885 and is a past chancellor. He is a "trustee of the Knights of Malta and past com- mander. For fifteen years he has been trustee of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. He married, September zg, 1874, Nellie Almir.i, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth Willoughby, of Hollis, New Hampshire. She was born September j29, 1853. Their children were: I. Mary Elizabeth, born March 31, 1879, married, October 10, 1901, James Forrest Howe, of Chicopee Falls, Massachu- setts, son of Charles F. and Flora Sherman Howe, of Chicopee Falls, IMassachusetts, and a graduate of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. They have children: Elizabeth Isabel, born September 17, 1902, and Nellie Flora Howe, born December 2, 1903. They reside in Worcester. 2. Nellie Florence, born November 22, 1881, unmarried, resides at home. HON. RODNEY WALLACE. John Wallis (i), as the name was formerly spelled, the progenitor of Rodney Wallace, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, may have been an emigrant. He and his wife, Elizabeth Wallis were living in Stow, Massachusetts, as early as 1721, when the birth of a son Matthew was re- corded there. In 1722 John Wallis was administra- tor of the csate of Mark Perkins, Jr. He is styled a ■brother-in-law of the widow Martha Perkins. John Wallis and William Wallis, then both of Stow, were the bondsmen of the widow Martha in the settle- ment of the estate. There are reasons for thinking that William was the brother of John. John Wallis removed to Townsend as early as 1731, when he is styled as of Townsend, Mas.sachu- setts, in a deed of land purchased of John Kemp dated November 12, 1731. In 1733 he bought a part of the Hathorn farm there. The tule proved worth- less, and the proprietors granted him 190 acres near Mt. Grace. He was one of the sixteen original members of the church at Townsend, and was select- man of the town in 1747. In his will he mentions his wife Elizabeth ; sons John, Matthew, Jonathan, Isaac, William; daughter Susannah Woolson ; and grandchildren James, David, Jonathan and John Conick. John Wallis died May 20, 1763, aged eighty- seven years. Elizabeth, his widow, (second wife) died January 25, 1765, aged seventy-two years. His children were: i. John, born 1694, died September 30, 1777, in his eighty-third year; married (tirst), February 15, 1721-2, Sarah, daughter of Zebediah Wheeler; married twice more. 2. Susannah, born 1726, rnarried, June 23, 1742, Jonas, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Chadwick) Woolson; resided in New Ipswich ; was a soldier in the revolution and a town officer; she died 1796; he was born in Cambridge, October i, 1711, and died 1790. 3. Elizabeth, mar- ried, August 18, 1747, James Coneck; both probably died before 1763, as they are not named in the will of her father. 4. Matthew, born April 3, 1721 ; mar- ried, May 6, 1755, Jane Lesley; lived in Brookline, New Hampshire, 1762-68, and probably longer; di;d there 1778; his widow Jane paid ta.xes on the farm until the son became of age in 1782 ; he was a soldier in the revolution. 5. Jonathan, born 1732, died 1814; married, October 7, 1755, Mary Barton, of Hollis, born in Hollis, January 6, 1735-6, daughter cf Henry and Sarah Barton ; (name incorrectly given in one record as Barstow) ; she died September b, 1797, aged sixty-two; he married (second), June 7, 1801, Millie (Farrar) Conant, widow of Daniel Conant; she died May 3, 1843, aged eighty-seven; he was clerk of the proprietors 1756-75, twenty years moderator, representative to general court in 1792 and 1793 ; they had thirteen children. 6. Isaac, bap- tized February 23, 1734-5, married, April 22, 1760, Jane Russell ; lived in Townsend, where he died No- vember 12, 1817; wife Jane died December 4, 1783; he married (second) Susannah (Sloper) Streeter, widow of James Streeter, April 11, 1802; had seven children. 7. William, died at Townsend, August 26, 1735. 8. William, baptized in Townsend, 1737; lived at Townsend, where he died September 12, 1797 ; married Mary ; had ten children, g. David, died young. (II) John Wallace (or Wallis), son of John Wallis (i), born 1694 (or 1695, according to his gravestone), died September 30, 1777, aged cighlv- three years. He removed with his father from Stow to Townsend in 1731. In 1730 while in Stow he purchased of his father-in-law Zebediah Wheeler's heirs land in Townsend adjoining Lunenburg and Groton. He must have lived with his brother Isaac some four years before he died, as board is paid by the estate for that period. Isaac was the adminis- trator. . He married, February 15, 1721-2, Sarah, daughter of Zebediah Wheeler, of Stow. She died March 25, 1752. He married (second), February 15> 1753. Mary White of Groton; and (third). No- vember 6. 1759, Mrs. Martha (Stevens) Pudney, widow of Henry Pudney, of New Ipswich: she died after 1777. Children of John and Sarah (Wheeler) Wallis: I. William, married, August 2, 1747, Eunice Nutting. 2. Sarah, born (recorded) in Stow, June 12, 1729, probably died young. 3. Benoni, married Rebecca Brown. 4. Zebediah, born February I, 1732-3, married Tabitha Goodnow, in Marlboro, Massachusetts. April 10, 1761 ; she was born June 27, 1744, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia (Rice) Goodnow, of Marlboro; he was a cooper; died in Brookfield, 1783; had seven children. S- c r'///Lc,, ))y(CY-'ccc^ c WORCESTER COUNTY 163 Relief, born 1744; was a tailoress in Ashby and Fitchburg; died ni Ashby, 1781 ; will dated May 38, 1781, proved November 6, 1781, (III) Benoni Wallace (or Wallis), son of John Wallii (2), settled in Lmienburg and died there. The records show that he was in Lunenburg two years before his marriage, when he objected to the manner in which a highway was laid over his land m Lunenburg, and later the highway was relaid, apparently to his satisfaction. He is the immediate ancestor of the Ashby and Ashburnham families of this surname. He died March 15, 1792. His wife died August 25, 1790. He married, July 2, •755' Rebecca Brown of Lynn. The intention was recorded February ig, 1755. Their children, born in Lunenburg, were: 1. Benjamin, born April 15, 1750, married Elizabeth Wilker. 2. Curwin, born April 21, 1758, married Thankful Bennett; he was a soldier in the revolution, died November 3, 1833. 3. David, born October 16, 1760, married Susannah Coini; was a soldier in the revolution; died Janu- ary 12, 1842. 4. Molly, born May 31, 1763, married November 29, 1784, Asa, son of Asa Kendall, of Ashby; she died September 30, 1836; he died July 9, 1844; had twelve children. 5. Ebenezer, born April II, 1765; soldier in the revolution; married Anna Snow; she died August 5, 1826; he married (second) Phebe Snow Carter, sister of his first wife, and widow of Frederick Carter; he died No- vember 8, 1835 ; his widow died March 22, 1856. 6. I'rederick, born October 15, 1768, died young. 7. KL-becca, baptized June 30, 1771 ; married, February 0, 1794, Isaac Walker, of Ashby; she died January ■^7, '795; lie married (second), 1797, Sarah Kim- ball, of New Ipswich. (IV) David Wallace (or Wallis), son of Benoni Wallis (3), was born in Lunenburg, Massa- chusetts, October 16, 1760. He served three terms born August 5, 1671 ; Benjamin, born February 23, 1673 ; Samuel, born December 28, 1677. (HI) Nathaniel Cumings, third child of John Cumings (2), was born in Boxford, Massachusetts, September 10, 1659. He married, April 14, 1697, Abi- gial Parkhurst, and settled at Dunstable, Massachu- setts. Very little is found on the records about him. Their children: John, born January 14, 1698; Na- thaniel, of whom later; Eleazer, born October 19, 1701 ; Joseph, born May 26, 1704. (IV) Nathaniel Cumings, second child of Na- thaniel Cumings (3), was born in Dunstable, Massa- chusetts, September 8, 1699. He married Elizabeth Whitney, of Stow, Massachusetts. Their children were : Nathaniel, of whom later ; Jeremiah, born De- ceiTiber 27, 1726, married Mary — ; died Octo- ber 10, 1773; was selectman of Dunstable in 1766; Oliver, born April to, 1728; Elizabeth, born Dccerii- ber 10. 17.30, married, January 15, 1761, Asa Davis, of Nottingham West, a very prominent citizen ; Abi- gail, born February 12, 1732, married, March 23, 1756. Temple Kendall ; Eleazer. born October 2, 1737; Rachel, born 1741, married. May 28, 1761. Thomas Fletcher; Simeon, born i743; Lydia, born 1744, married Samuel Pollard. (V) Lieutenant Nathaniel Cumings, eldest child of Nathaniel Cumings (4). was born in Dunstable, July 7, 1724. He married, November 29, 1749, Kath- erinc Baldwin, daughter of John and Sarah (Hill) Baldwin, of Billerica. Massachusetts. She was born in Billerica. September 25, 1727. Her name takes the place of his on the tax list in 1773. She died in Dunstable. November 4, 1807. He was a soldier in the Louisburg expedition in 1754. He died about I I < ^ ^ jC/y^'-^'^i^^'^i^ WORCESTER COUNTY 1/5 1773. Their children, all born in Billerica, were: Kathaniel, of whom later; Sarah, born June 2, 1753; married, December i, 177-i, Josiah Crosby; Kate, born July 31, 1755; Patty, born March 5, 1757, mar- ried, February 27, 1777, Benjamin Dutton; Betty, born January 17, 1761. (VI) Nathaniel Cumings, eldest child of Nathan- iel Cumings (5), was born in Billerica, February 3, 1751. He married, June 30, 1774, Rebecca Wilson, daughter of John and Alice (.Tatman) Wilson, born in Billerica, February 6, 1752, died October 13, 1808. lie died May 21, 1812. He probably removed to Westford, Massachusetts, a neighboring town, as two of his children are recorded there. He was a pri- vate in the revolution in Captain Oliver Bates's com- pany, Colonel James Prescott's regiment, which marched from Westford on the Lexington call, April 19, 1775- The children of Nathaniel and Rebecca Cumings were : Rebecca, born August 19, 1776, died July, I7y6; Nathaniel, born in Westford, September 15, 1778, of whom later; John, born October 9, 1781, at Westford; Josiah, born in Groton, Massachusetts, July 12, 1783, married, July 10, 1812, Rebecca Proc- tor, daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca Proctor. (VH) Nathaniel Cumings, second child of Nathaniel Cumings (6), was born in Westford, Massachusetts, September 15, 1778, married (inten- tions October 27) 1800, Martha Fletcher, daughter of Thomas and Rachel (Cumniings) Fletcher. She was born in Dunstable, October 26, 1781, and died December 26, 1815. He married (second), June 4, 1816, Anna Fletcher, daughter of Phineas and Anna ( I'urge) Fletcher; she was born in Westford, Octo- ti>r 29, 1784, and died in JMason, New Hampshire, I cbruary 2, 1837. He removed to Mason and Town- send, where he was selectman in 1808-09-10-11-12- 13-15-16-17-18-19-20-22. He died in Townsend, Mas- sachusetts, September I, 1854. The children of Nathaniel and Martha Cumings were : Nathaniel I'letcher, of whom later ; Jesse, born March 28, 1803, died young; Jephthah, born March 28, 1803, married, .•\pril 24, 1828, Asenath Warren; he was an invalid most of his life; he had two children: Martha Flet- cher, born June 4, 1835, married Samuel G. Hart, and (second) Enoch K. Gibbs ; Sarah Warren, born February 25, 1839, resides in Cajon Pass, California, and has children. (VHI) Nathaniel Fletcher Ciniiings, eldest child of Nathaniel Cumings (7), was born in Mason, New Hampshire, October 2, 1801. He was a farmer. He was town clerk of Mason five years; justice of the peace from 1833 to 1835 inclusive and chair- man of the selectmen of Townsend, Massachusetts, whither ha removed, for several years. He died April 28, 1874. He married, April 20, 1826, Lucy Sanderson, of Mason, born August 2, 1797, and died in Townsend, Massachusetts, August 6, 1872. Their children, all born in Mason, were: 1. Lucy Ann, born May 22, 1827, married, December 27, 1848, Christopher (2ates, and had two children. 2. Edwin Nathaniel, born April 29, 1830, married, November 28, 1850, Maria Spaulding, daughter of Israel Heald Spaulding ; he died in Keene, New Hampshire, .'\ugust 7, 1872 ; their children: Addic M., born June 20, 1852, mar- ried. October 5, 1871, Dana L. Fuller; he died Feb- ruary 22, l8go, in Fitchburg; (the children of Dana L. and Addic M. Fuller were: Louie C, born Au- gust 3, 1872. Edith M.. born July 18, 187a Mary M., born October 6. 1882). Kate E., born May 30, 1856, married, August 15. 1877, Charles E. Kirby, and they have two children : Sadie E., born Sep- tember 20, 1878. Florence E., June 9, 1890; Ernest N., November 5, i860, married, December 1, 1881, Ida M. Baker, and had Edwin Nathaniel, born Sep- tember 4, 1882. 3. Leandcr Warren, of whom later. 4. Emily C, born August 28, 1837, married. March 6, 1866, Jonas Spaulding, Jr., and have four chil- dren, s. Catherine P., born August 4, 1838, died September 8, 1840. (IX) Leander William Cumings, third child of Nathaniel Fletcher Cumings (8), was born in Mason, New Hampshire, December 21, 1831. He removed with his father's family to Townsend when a young child and went to school there. He had a common school education. In his youth he had to work on the farm. Later he learned the butcher's trade and become a dealer in meats and provisions, • first in Townsend, then in Boston, and acquired a competence in about twenty years. He removed to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in 1873, and invested ex- tensively in real estate there. He has been occupied by the care and management of his real estate and has lived quietly at his attractive home on Day street. He is a Republican in politics and held several town offices_in Keene, New Hampshire. He attends the L'nitarian Church. He married, April 13, 1853, Frances M. Wright, born in 1835, the daughter of Artemas Wright, of New Hampshire. Their children are: Frederick L., born July 7, 1855. married Helen Taylor, and they have three children : Mary B., born January 13, 1.S82 : Paul L., born January 24, 1885 : Fred F., born July 22, 1892; Caroline F'., born March 10, 1858, died young; Nellie M., born September 6, 1862, mar- ried Walter G. Corey, cashier Wachusett National Bank, Fitchburg. CORNELIUS R. DAY. Anthony Day (i), the immigrant ancestor of Cornelius R. Day, of Mill- ville. Massachusetts, was born in England, 1616. He was an early settler at Gloucester, Massachu- setts, where he was a proprietor before 1645. He signed the mill agreement in 1664 and deposed about it in 1695, wdien he stated his age as eighty years. He bought a house and land near The Poles in 1657. He died April 23, 1707, aged ninety-one years, and the bond of his administrator, his son Ezckiel, was filed May 13, 1708. He married Susanna Ring, born in England, 1623. Babson in his history of (Gloucester mentions that Day vindicated the good name of Susan Matchctt at the quarterly court in Salem in 1649 against the aspersions of William Vinson and thought that Susan might have been the one he married. His wife died December 10, 1717, aged ninety-four years, at Gloucester. Their children: i. Thomas, born 1651, married, December 30, 1673. Mary Laiigton, who with her daughter Mary was killed by lightning July 15, 1706; he died January 29, 1726, aged seventy- five' years. 2. Timothy, born 1653, married, July 24, 1678, Phebe Wildes, who died April 8, 1723, aged seventy years. 3. John, born April 28, 1657, had house near The Poles; married, December 12, 1681, Abigail Lead, who died February 0. 1726, aged sixty- three years. 4. Ezekicl, born Slarch 12. 1659. died 1662. 5. Ezckiel. born May 19, 1662, had grant of land between Lobster Cove and Hogskin Cove, 1694, .and was one of the first settlers there; married, Jan- uary 27, 1690, Mary Rowe; he died February 18, 1725; had Pelatiah, Samuel, Nathaniel and Jonathan. 176 WORCESTER COUNTY 6. Nathaniel, see forward. 7. Elizabeth, bom April 2, 1667. 8. Samuel, born February iJ5, 1669-70, married Rachel Rowc, August 9, 1692, daughter of Hugh Rowe, whose two sisters married his two brothers; she died September 6, 1698, and he mar- ried (second) Priscilla , about 1702; re- moved to Rehoboth, Massachusetts, with his brother Nathaniel; married (third), April 22, 1714, at Reho- both, Mary Weeks and had several children there; removed to Attleborough. 9. Joseph, born April 4, 1672, married, August 15, 1695, Elizabeth Gouge and had sons Jeremiah, William, Joseph, et al. (II) Nathaniel Day, sou of Anthony Day (1), was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, September 9, 1665, died at Attleborough, Massachusetts, February 5, 1735- According to the history of Attleborough, Samuel Day, his brother, was the first of the name there, but Nathaniel seems to have gone there about the same time. He married, at Gloucester, February ■ 13, 1690, Ruth Row, born 1671, died May 10, 1736. Their children, all born at Gloucester, were: i. Ben- jamin, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, and of Killingly, Connecticut, born 1691. 2. Ruth, born 1694, married, April 26, 1727, Ephraim Ingraham, at Rehoboth. 3. Nathaniel, Jr., born 1696. 4- Rachel, born 1698. 5. Nathaniel, Jr., born 1700. 6. David, see forward. 7- Miriam, Ijorn 1705, died 1707. 8. Mary, born 1707, married Benjamin Hobben. 9. Miriam, born 1709, married John Streeter. 10. Deborah, born 1712, married Ebenezer Godfrey. 11. Dorcas, born 1715, married John Filmore, of Norwich, Connecticut. (III) David Day, son of' Nathaniel Day (2), was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1 703, died at Attleliorough, Massachusetts, January 19, 1768. He married, November 9, 1727, Ruth Whipple, at Reho- both, both being residents of Attleborough, however. She was born 1708 arid died 1789. They settled at Attleborough and their children were all born there, viz.: I. David, Jr., born 1728, settled at Killmgly, Connecticut. 2. Lydia, born 1730. 3- Elkanah, born 1733, settled at Westminster, Vermont. 4. Dorcas, born 1735, died i739- 5- Mary, died i739- 6. Com- fort, born 1741, settled in Killingly. Connecticut, and at Granville, New York. 7- Eliphaz, born iNlarch 2, 1744, died February 19, 1820; soldier m the revolu- tion in 1775 in Captain Elisha May's company ; was second lieutenant in Captain Samuel Robinson s com- pany; married Anne Peck; (second) Eunice , and had three children. (See American Ancestry, Vol. IX, page 135). 8. Dorcas, born 1746. 9- R"'". born 1747. 10. Loammi, see forward. (IV) Loammi Day, son of David Day (3), was born in Attleborough, Massachusetts, August 13, 1750. He settled in his native town. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Stephen Rich- ardson's company, which marched from Attleboro, September 25. 1777, in the regiment of (Tolonel George Williams. He was also a private in Captain Elisha May's company. Colonel Daggett's regiment, 1778, at Rhode Island. He was also in Captain Sam- uel Robinson's company. Colonel Isaac Dean's regi- ment, in 1780, in the Rhode Island campaign. He died at Attleboro in 1827. He married Mary Jenckes. Among their children was Nathaniel, see forward. (V) Nathaniel Day, son of Loammi Day (4), was born at Attleboro, Massachusetts, October 7, 1783. He was a carpenter by trade. He married Elizabeth Southwick and resided at Smithfield, Rhode Island, and at Attleboro. Among their children was David LeRoy, see forward. , ,, , . , T^ (V) David LeRoy Day, son of Nathaniel Day (5), was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, 1818, and died in 1887. He learned the trade of tanner and cur- rier and followed that trade for a number of years at Millville, Massachusetts. He enlisted September 6. 1861, in Company B, Twenty-fifth Regiment, Mass- achusetts Volunteers, Colonel Edwin Upton, of Fitchburg, under Captain Wallace Clark, of Milford, Massachusetts, and was appointed orderly sergeant. He served for three years in the civil war. He worked for some years as a shoemaker in the fac- tories at Blackstone and vicinity. He married Jane H. Mahoney, born in Provi- dence, Rhode Island, daughter of Cornelius Ma- honey, and granddaughter of Timothy Mahoney, who was a soldier in the revolution. Children of David LeRoy and Jane H. Day were: l. Cornelius Roscoe, see forward. 2. Mary M., resides at Hope- dale. 3. Elizabeth S., born June 4, 1858, married, December 25, 1880, Charles H. Robinson, in Great F'alls, New Hampshire ; they reside at Millville ; children — Charles Lorimer, born in Natick, Rhode Island, July 15, 1882, graduate of Blackstone high school and Brown University; is in business with his brother in Providence ; Leonard Morse, born in South Boston, June 8, 1884, educated in the Black- stone and Providence high schools, now in business with his brother in Providence ; John Day, born February 17. 1886, in Maiden, Massachusetts, edu- cated in the Blackstone schools. 4. Charles M. (Florence originally), entered the employ of the Drapers at Hopedale and rose to the position of agent and finally of general manager of the works, a man of large ability and attainments ; died 1902 ; married (first) Ella Spaulding, of Milford, Massa- chusetts, and (second) Laura B. Bancroft, of Hope- dale. (See sketch of Bancroft Family). (VII) Cornelius Roscoe Day, son of David Le- Roy Day (6), was born in Blackstone, ^lassachu- setts, December 29, 1847. He was educated in the public schools and at Bryant & Stratton's Business College at Providence, Rhode Island. Before enter- ing the last named school he was employed for a year by F. B. and A. E. Smith, woolen manufacturers at Geneva, North Providence. After completing his course he became cashier for B. T. Cunningham. I Providence, furniture dealer. During the year 1869 he was bookkeeper for T. T. Smith, Millville. He entered the livery stable business in 1870 on Centre street. Woonsocket, in partnership with D. F. South- wick. and in 1872 he sold out and during the follow- ing year conducted a livery stable in the same place for a year. From there he went to Slaterville and became associated witl-^ A. M. Armstrong in the same line of business. A short lime afterward the firm of Day & Armstrong bought of Mr.. Southwick the stable at Millville, now owned by Mr. Day, and they carried on the business in Blackstone and Slaterville until 1880, when they sold out the Slater- ville stable. Having previously purchased the hotel property in Millville they carried it on until 1883, when they sold the furniture and leased the building. The firm of Day & Armstrong continued in business very successfully until November, 1895, when Mr. Day bought out his partner and continued since then alone. He had an extensive lumber, coal, wood and ice business and did much of the heavy trucking of the vicinity. He retired from active business life in 1905- Mr. Day has been successful in business and prominent in political life. He is a Republican and has been chairman of the Republican town committee WORCESTER COUNTY 177 of Blackstonc since 1885. He was selectman live years and has often been sent as delegate to the coun- ty, congressional and slate conventions of his party. He has been road commissioner of the town eight years. He has been on the water supply committee and on other important special committees of the town. He was elected representative to the general court in 1896 and served on the printing committee ; was re-elected and served on the federal relations committee. He was elected to the state senate and rendered valuable service for his district. He is the treasurer of the Rhode Island Mining Company in Oldham, Nova Scotia, and of the BlacU- stone Water Company. He is a member of the Sons of the American revolution, the Home ;\Iarket Club of Boston and the Middlesex Club. He is an active member, vestryman and clerk of St. John's Church (Protestant Episcopal) of Blackstone. Mr. Day is one of the best known and most highly esteemed men in public life in his section of the state. He is upright, kindly, generous, a man of many friends, having the confidence of everybody. He married, November 7, 1875, Ida F. Paine, daughter of David S. and Diana N. (Fernald) Paine, cf Blackstone. Their only chdd, born September 3. 1S76, was educated in the public schools and at Dean Academy, Franklin, Massachusetts. NICHOLAS VINCENT, of Uxbridge, Massa- chusetts, was born May 20, 1859, in Italy, of an an- cient Italian family, distinguished in many genera- tions for hundreds of years for their military serv- ice and loyalty to their country. Nicholas served the required period in the Italian army when a young man. His father served in the Italian army also during many hard campaigns and died from the hardships suffered in the service, when Nicholas was only a young lad. His grandfather was a gen- eral in the Italian army and received a decoration for his bravery from the hands of the king. At the age of twelve Nicholas Vincent went to Paris and remained there about three years with the hope of bettering the condition of his family, but France and Paris was not to their liking. He served in the army after his return to Italy. At the age of twenty-five he decided to make his home in Amer- ica. He arrived in New York, May 16, 1884, whence, after a short time, he went to Hartford, later to New Britain and Putnam, Connecticut. June 26, 1885, he went to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and secured a position with the City Teaming Company, where he worked two years. 1 le then started out for him- self as a dealer in fruit, and in June, 1888, he lo- cated in Uxbridge. His business has increased a hundred fold, and he is now one of the largest wholesale and retail fruit dealers in southern Worcester county. Personally Mr. Vincent is a gen- tleman in every sense of the word ; a popular host, generous to those in need. He is a devoted Catholic and his good work toward the mother church in Good Shepherd Parish of Uxbridge is well known. He has been a generous contributor to the building fund of the new edifice of his parish. In politics he is an independent. He is a member of Court Purity. A. O. F., of St. Jean Baptiste Society, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, New England Order of Protection. He married, July 23, 1888, ^larie Louise Pigeon, of Woonsocket. Their children : Josephine, born .•\pril Q, 1890, died October 6, 1897; Nicholas Donato, June 3, 1891 ; Joseph, August 25, 1892; Delia, Octo- iv — 12 her 17, 1893; Mary Matilda, December 27, 1S94: Marie Louise, April i, 1896; Frieda, December 14. 1897; George Albert, May 28, 1899; Mary Albina, May 21, 1901; I'rank Nicholas, November 27, 1902; .Alma Eva and Joseph .Albert (twins), March 30, 1904; Mary Josephuie. April 13, 1905. HENRY K. TAFT, deceased, formerly vice-pres- ident of the H. O. Barnard Manufacturing Com- pany, and identified with the straw-working industry of Worcester county during most of his active per- iod, is well remembered in the town of Westboro,, which in various ways profited by his progressive tendencies and public-spirited generosity. Henry K. Taft was born in Upton, Massachu- setts, November 18, 1842. His preliminary studies- were pursued in the public schools of his native town, from which he entered the Westfield (Massa- chusetts) Academy and was graduated at' the con- clusion of the regular course. He began the activ- ilities of life as an operator in a straw factory at Up- ton, where he was initiated into the elementary prin- cipals of the business, and subsequently took a posi- tion in the same line of trade in Boston, where his practical experience was substantially increased. From Boston he went to the factory of (ieorge N. Smalley in Westboro as foreman of the blocking de- partment, and a year later was advanced to a re- sponsible position in the stock department. When the National Straw Works were organized he was offered the superintendency of that plant, which he accepted, and continued in that capacity until 1875, when he was admitted to partnership. In 1885 he became vice-president and manager of the H. O. Barnard Manufacturing Company, which was in- corporated that year, and he devoted his energies to both the industrial and business departments of that enterprise for the remainder of his life. This con- cern, which was one of the most extensive enter- prises of its kind in New England, employed an average force of one tliousand operatives, and its products found a ready market throughout the en- tire country. Mr. Taft's knowledge of the business in all its details, together with his ability to conduct it along optimistic lines, was probably equal, if not superior to any other straw goods manufacturer of his day, and his untimely removal from the ranks of his associates was regarded as a serious calamity to that industry. His death occurred in Westboro, May 29, 1887, and was caused by a violent attack of pneumonia. Aside from his labors in behalf of the industrial resources of Westboro aud their develop- ment, Mr. Taft was actively concerned in promoting various projects in the way of public improvements, was mainly instrumental in establishing the electric light plant and in numerous other ways proved him- self a progressive, public-spirited citizen. Mr. Taft married, February 7, 1869, .Annie E. Clark, of Walpole, Massachusetts, who survives him and is still residing in Westboro. The only child of this union is George H. Taft, who is a graduate of Phillips (Andover) .Academy, and resides in West- boro. The handsome residence on High street oc- cupied by Mrs. Taft and her son was erected by her late husband in 1882. JOHN McCONNELL. late of Fitchburg, .Mass- achusetts, was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, July 12. 1829. He was educated there in the common schools. He began his business career as a hand on his father's farm and in his linen factory. When the 178 WORCESTER COUNTY hard times and the famine drove so many of his countrymen to America in 1848, he emigrated. He located first in the south, where he followed the trade of shoemaker. Later he removed to North Adams, Massachusetts, a flourishing shoe manufac- turnig town. He established a shoe store there and -conducted it with success for many years. In poli- tics he was an active Democrat, but always declined to run for oifice. He was a Roman Catholic in reli- gion, and man of excellent character and kindly disposition. He married, in 1866, Mary A. Rowan, daughter of David Rowan, of county Limerick, Ireland. Their children were : James, married Emma Duffy, and they have one child; he is an attorney-at-law ni Boston ; Catherine, Mary, Joseph. Mr. McConnell died in North Adams, January, 1893, an(} his widow and children removed to Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, where they are well and favor- ably known. LOWELL MILTON MILES. John xMiles (i), the immigrant ancestor of Lowell Milton Miles, of Fitchburg. came to New England from England when a verv young man. He was in Concord in 1637, a blacksmith by trade, and became a substantial citizen there. He acquired a large amount of land. He resided on the road from Groton to Concord about three-quarters of a mile west of the Concord meeting house, about opposite where the Concord Public Library now stands. He was admitted a freeman ilarch 14, 1638-9. ^ ^ , , J- J T , He married (hrst) Sarah , who died July 18, 1678. He married (second), April 10, 1679, Susannah Rediat, widow of John Rediat, Jr., at Marlboro. His will left some sixty pounds to widow and children. It was dated i6gi; he died August 28, 1693. His widow married (third), November 10, 1698, William Wilson, of Billerica. The name Miles was frequently spelled Myles in the earlier genera- tions in England and America. The children of John and Sarah Miles were: Mary, born February II, 16^9-40, left no issue, and perhaps others who died before their father. The children of John and Susannah Miles, mentioned in his will, were: John, born May 20, 1680, married Mary Prescott in 1702; Samuel, born February 19, 1682, married, 1706, Sarah Foster, of Littleton; Sarah, born May 25, l686, married Edward Putnam, of Salem. (II) Samuel Miles, third child of John Miles (i), was born in Concord. Massachusetts, February 19. 1682, and became a distinguished citizen there. He was deacon of the church and town officer. He died October 11, 1758. It is difficult to trace this family on account of the similarity of a Mills or Milks family, which were often spelled alike on the old records. Samuel Miles married Sarah Foster, of Littleton, January 28, 1706. Their children were: Samuel, of whom later; Joseph, born August 8, 1709, settled with his brother Samuel at Shrew-sbury. Massachu- setts : Sarah, born September i, 1711 ; Ezekiel, born December 26, 1713; Esther, born September 10, 1716; Martha, born March 18, 1719; Nathan, born January 14, 1721; Reuben, born December 12, 1723; Charles, born June 28, 1727, who was a captain at the Con- cord fight. (III) Deacon Samuel Miles, eldest child of Samuel Miles (2), was born in Concord, Massachu- setts. March 20, 1707. At the time of his marriage he removed and settled in Shrewsbury, Massachu- setts. He was living there in 1729 on lot No. 7. He was admitted to the church in 1732 and for a num- ber of years was deacon of the Shrewsbury Church. He died about 1788. He married, 1729, Keziah . Their chil- dren: Mary, born May 31, 1730, perhaps the one who married Phineas Byam, of Templeton, October 7, 1765; Sarah, born January 29, 1732; Elizabeth, born July 25, 1734, died 1739; Samuel, born May 10, 1737, died October 11, 175b; Keziah, born May 23, 1739, died 1740; Thomas, of whom later; Elizabeth, born December 6, 1746; Job, born May 7, 1749, died 1756. (IV) Thomas j\Iiles, sixth child of Deacon Samuel Miles (3), was born in Shrewsbury, Massa- chusetts, January i, 1743. He was admitted to the church there in 1769. He was a farmer in Shrews- bury. He married (first), October 22, 1676, Rachel Keyes, daughter of Jonas Keyes. She died at Shrewsbury, September 5, 1803, aged sixty-nine years. He married (second), 1808, Damaris Upham, of Spencer. He died January 27, 1820, aged seventy- seven years. The children of Thomas and Rachel ]\Iiles were: i. Jonas Keyes, of whom later; Virtue, born April 13, 1770, married Joseph Hunt, of Sud- bury; Alfred, born May 24, 1772; Elizabeth, born January 31, 1774, married Alvan Maynard, of West- boro, November 30, 1803 ; Sophia, born September 28, 1775. (V) Jonas Keyes Miles, eldest child of Thomas INIiks (4), was born in Shrewsbury, January 31, 1769. He was also a Shrewsbury farmer. He was admitted to the church there in 1801. He died there May II, 1843, aged seventy-four years. He married, May 6, 1798, Mary Maynard, daughter of Nathan .Maynard, of Westboro, Massachusetts. Their chil- dren : Jonas Maynard, of whom later ; Mary Will- iams, born April 29, 1807, married Samuel Austin Newton, of Auburn, Massachusetts ; Lucy Keyes, born June I, 1810, died unmarried, January 10, 1834. (VI) Deacon Jonas Maynard Miles, eldest child of Jonas Keyes Miles (5), was born in Shrewsbury, Mas- sachusetts, June 7, 1799. He was a carpenter and build- er, and lived in the early years of his life in Shrews- bury. He was deacon of the church there. He also lived in Worcester and Fitchburg. He died at Worcester, ^lassachusetts, March 28, 1882. He married Anstis Kendall, of Royalston, November 2, 1823. Their children: Lowell JNlilton, of whom later; Eugene Temple, born August 26, 1826, died June 26, 1876. (VII) Lowell Milton Miles, eldest child of Deacon Jonas Maynard Miles (6), was born in Shrewsbury-, Massachusetts, June 8, 1824. He re- ceived his early education in the common schools of Shrewsbury and then attended Liecester Acadeiny. He ran as express messenger between Boston and Fitchburg in 1845-7, a"d was general ticket agent on the Boston & Worcester railroad for eleven years. Most of his active business career, however, was in the firm of Whitman & Miles, manufacturers of mowing machine knives in Fitchburg. This concern was founded by Alfred G. Page and Alfred White in the early thirties and began busi- ness in Rockville. where the Berwick mills now stand. Page & White made edge tools of various kinds. Mr. White w-ithdrew from the firm and F. Stiles and William E. Taylor were admitted in his place under the firm name of A. G. Page & Co., suc- ceeded in 1847 by a new firm consisting of Mr. Page and Edward Aldrich and known as Page & Aldrich. In 1852 the firm became Page. Whitman & Co. Mr. Page's partners were .-Augustus Whitman and Cal- I u^^. ,.^^i^^ WORCESTER COUNTY 179 vin Foster, and the firm made a specialty of socket chisels, planing and paper knives. Mr. Miles became a partner in the firm in 1862. Eugene T. Miles, his brother, had been a partner lor several years and the firm name was Whitman & I^liles. The business grew rapidly. In 1864 the Whitman & i\liles Manufacturing Company was formed and the business incorporated. The works were moved to new and commodious shops in West Fitchburg, where for twelve years this industry was one of the most thriving and prosperous in the city. The companj' made a great success of its mowing machine knives. A branch shop was established at Akron, Ohio, and in 1876 the Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Company was formed and the Whit- man & Miles Manufacturing Company consolidated • with it. The works were finally removed to Akron and the business at Fitchburg discontinued. Mr. Miles retired and spent the later years of his long life quietly at his home. He resided at 34 Milk street. He was president for several years of the Worcester North Savings Institution. He attended the Con- gregational Church. He was devoted to his busi- ness and familv. He died at Fitchburg, August 4, 1897. He married, September 19, 1855, Rebecca B. Chase, daughter of Michael and Sarah Chase, of Brooks, Waldo county, Maine. She survives him and is living at the homestead in Fitchburg. Their children : Jonas M., born November 27, 1857, mar- ried Elizabeth B. James and have one child ; reside in Concord, Massachusetts. Alfred E., born August 30. i860, graduated at Howard College, 1882^ married Sara Duncan, of Bath, Maine, died January 8, 1890. Hester E., born March 21, 1866, died August 21, 1892; she was the wife of Kendall F. Crocker and the mother of one child, Alfred Miles Crocker. FITCH FAMILY. The Fitch family in England traces its ancestry to John Fitch, of the Parish of Widdington in the northwest part of Essex county. His son William occupied Fitch Castle there in 1294, in the twenty-second year of the reign of Edward I. The name is of German origin and is said to have been brought to England at the time of the invasion ■oi Hengist and Horsa. The same name, spelled Fichte, Ficht, F'eclit, is found in Germany at present. The old English forms of spelling included ffytche, Fytch, lifytch, ffitch. Most of the American branches of the family trace their lines to Thomas Fitch, of Rocking, Essex county, England. He married, August 6, 161 1, Anne Pew. He died at Bocking in 1632 or early in ^^33- His widow and five of their sons came to America. If Zachariah Fitch, the ancestor of the Sterling family, and most of those in Massachusetts, were sons of this Thomas, as some writers believe, he was born of an earlier marriage. Mr. Stearns thinks he may be the son mentioned in the wili o{ Thomas but not named. If that is the fact, the children of Thomas were: Zachary or Zachariah. see forward ; Thomas, born 1612, settled in Norwich, Connecticut, ancestor of Governor Fitch, of Con- necticut ; Rev. James, born December 24, 1622, settled in Norwalk with brother Thomas ; married Abigail Whitfield, daughter of Rev. Henry; (second) Pris- cilla Mason, daughter of General John Mason, of Pequot war fame; Samuel, settled in Hartford, •teacher, representative; married Mrs. Mary Whit- ing; Joseph, settled in Windsor, married Mary Stone, daughter of Rev. Samuel Stone, ancestor of John Fitch, who invented steam navigation ; John, married Mrs. Ann Hillier; was wounded in the Swamp fight in King Philip's war; Nathaniel, remained in Eng- land; Jeremy, Mary, Anna, Sarah. (I) Zachary Fitch, said to be the eldest son of Thomas Fitch, of Bocking, England, was the im- migrant ancestor of the late James W. Fitch, of Sterling, IMassachusetts. He deposed May 2, 1661, that he was seventy years old and that his son Joseph at that time was aged about twenty-three. There- fore, he was born about 1591, and, if the son of Thomas, was much older than his half brothers. That might explain why he came separately and be- fore the others. He settled in Lynn about 1633 and was a proprietor there in 1638. In 1640 he settled in the adjacent town of Reading in the southern parish, now Wakefield. The town of Lynn granted many parcels of land that fell within Reading when that town was incorporated. He and his wife were re- ceived into the Reading Church from the Lynn Church before 1648. He was admitted a freeman September 7, 1638. He was an original member of the Reading Church and its deacon from 1645 until his death. He was selectman of Reading in 1649-51- 61. In the records of the town he was frequently named and in the colonial archives his good char- acter is fully established. He spelled his first name Zachrie; others spelled it Zachary and Zachery, while the son's name was spelled out in full Zach- ariah. He died at Reading, June 9, 1662. His will, dated March 18, 1662, mentioned his children. He married Mary — about the time he set- tled in Reading. Their children were : Thomas, married .Martha Fisk ; Jeremiah, born about 1620; was proprietor of Reading in 1647 ; married Esther ; Benjamin, married Elizabeth Skerry; Sarah, married John Wesson; Joseph, born 1634 or 1638, married Hannah Sweetser ; John; Samuel, see forward ; Zachariah, died June 20, 1647. (II) Samuel Fitch, son of Deacon Zachary Fitch (i), was born in Reading, Mas.sachusetts, March 6, 1644-5. He settled there. In his will he commits his only surviving child to the care of Ro- bert .Avery, who married the sister of his first wife. He married, -April 23, 1673, Sarah Lane, daughter of Job Lane, of Maiden. She died October 2, 1679. He married (second), July 26, 1681, Rebecca Mer- riam. He died 1684. His widow Rebecca married (second), August 19, 1685, Joseph Dustin. The children of Samuel and Sarah Fitch were : Samuel, see forward ; Zachariah. born F'ebruary 25, 1674-5, died March 8, 1674-5 ; Job, born October 27, 1676, died November 7, 1676; Sarah, born October 2, 1677; Sarah, born September 27, 1679, died May 21, 1680. (III) Samuel Fitch, only surviving child of Samuel Fitch (2), was born in Reading, Massachu- setts, March 4, 1673-4. He had his father's estate and also one-fourth of the Winlhrop farm from his maternal grandfather. Job Lane. He lived on the Winthrop place which was in two parts, his house being on the northeast corner of the farm on the west side of the road half a mile from the Bedford Hill. One strip extended from Concord river on the east nearly to Bedford village along the old Con- cord line and was in Billerica until the town of Bed- ford, incorporated in 1729. included it. His children were therefore born in Billerica, but those of them who remained on the old homestead were residents of Bedford. He was a soldier in the war in 1706, and many of his sons and grandsons were in the i8o WORCESTER COUNTY French and Indian and revolutionary wars. He was town clerk, selectman and a leading, intelligent, useful and inlluential citizen of Billerica. He married, March 20, 1695, Elizabeth Walker, born February 13, 1677-8, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Wyman) Walker, of Billerica. She died November 26, 1716, seven of her eight children sur- viving her. He married (.second) Eunice Taylor, born at Concord, December 22, 1678, daughter of John and Eunice (Wooley) Taylor. He died April 4, 1742. The widow Eunice died August 27, 1767. The children of Samuel and Elizabeth Fitch were: Sarah, born December 25, 1696, died February 4, 1696-7; Sarah, born May 4, 1698, married, August 26, 1727, Richard Hickson, of Stoughton ; Samuel, born February 14, 1699-1700; Joseph, born October 2, 1702; Benjamin, born July 30, 1705; John, born February 12, 1707-8; Jeremiah; Zachariah, see for- ward. The children of Samuel and Eunice were: Elizabeth, born September 22, 1718, married, De- cember II, 173s, Joseph Mead, son of Stephen and Ruth (.Taylor) Mead. (IV) Zachariah Fitch, eighth child of Samuel Fitch (3), was born at Reading, (Billerica), Febru- ary 13, 1712-3. He w-as a farmer of Bedford, Mass- achusetts, on the homestead. He married, October I. 1733, Elizabeth Grimes, born 1717, daughter of William Grimes, of Lexington. She died March 12, 1790. He died December 8, 1800. Their children: Zachariah, Jr., born April 1, 1734. married (first) Rebecca Davis ; William, born February 19, 1735-6, soldier in the French and Indian war ; Elizabeth, born January 6, 1738-9, married, December 8, 1763, Sannicl Lane; Jonas, born February 5, 1740, married Annis Shattuck ; Ebenezer, born September 4, 1743. died September 6, 1749; Esther, born September u. 1745, died September 23, 1749; Lucy, died September II, 1749; Esther, born October 13, 1749, married, Oc- tober 25, 1774, Nehemiah Lawrence ; Ebenezer, see forward ; Lucy, born July 6, 1753, married (first) Joseph Hill; (second) Peter Hill; she died July 10, 1822; Sarah, born January 2, 1755, married, April 26, 1774, Lieutenant Samuel Hemenway, of Groton ; died in Groton, April 15, 1826; Phcbe, born Novem- ber 25, 1756, married, July 22, 1784, John Sprague ; resided on the Fitch homestead, Bedford, where she died March 25, 1841 ; Alice, born November 10, 1759, married Captain Henry Woods ; Daniel, born Feb- ruary 21, 1764, died October 12, 1843. (V) Ebenezer Fitch, ninth child of Zachariah Fitch (4), w'as brn in Bedford, Massachusetts, Au- gust Si '75'- He ^^'^s sergeant in the Bedford com- pany of minutemen, April 19, 1775. He was ensign in Captain Benjamin Walker's company at the Battle of Bunker Hill and continued in the siege of Bos- ton. He removed to Rind.ije, New Hampshire, 1779, and was there styled lieutenant on the records. He removed after the war to Sterling, where he died January 26, 1826. He married, at Lancaster, August 29, 1780, Pcrsis Bush, born March 8, 1759, the daugh- ter of Jotham and Hepsibah (Keyes) Bush, of Shrewsbury. She died at Sterling, May 27, 1816. Ebenezer Fitch's will is dated June 7, 1823, and filed February 3, 1826. It has a codicil mentioning the death of his son Raymond, to whose children he left five hundred dollars in place of the original share of their father. He bequeaths land bought of Ed- ward Raymond, Esq., for whom his son was named. The children of Ebenezer and Persis Fitch were : Edward Raymond, see forward. Ebenezer, Jr., re- moved to Troy, New York, died at the home of a. son in Louisiana ; had children — John, George, Ebe- nezer, Timothy, Hepsibah, born in Sterling, 1784-5, married Martin Jennison, born June 30, 1779, son of Jonathan and Rhoda (Ashley) Jennison, of Walpole, New Hampshire ; she died January 10, 1824, leaving one son Alfred, born October 2, 1805; Martin died at Bowling Green, Kentucky, May 20, 1816. Bush, mentioned in will. William, mentioned in will. Tor- rey, born 1795, married, May 10, 1821, Harriet Thurston, born July 27, 1797, daughter of Silas and Sarah (Kendall) Thurston, of Lancaster; innholder and merchant ; died September 4, 1843, leaving sons Charles T. and Edwin Raymond. Ashley, born 1797, married Annie E. Ludlow ; resided in New York and Brooklyn and died at East New York, October 27, 1871, leaving son Charles Henry, who lives in Brook- lyn. Stillman, Ixirn December 3, 1800, had half the homestead; married, November 22, 1831, Harriet Mellen and had — George Edward, born January 2, 1833 ; Harriette Mellen, born December, 1836, died 1855; John Bush, born April i, 1841. George, bora 1803, had half the homestead ; married, 1827, Soph- ronia Willard Houghton, born February 25, 1806, daughter of Elijah and Ruth Houghton, and they had six children, of whom Andrew Luciaen, born January 2S, 1837, married Abbie Wheeler, of Berlin; resided in Sterling, died 1893. Cynthia, married Paul Bailey, of Sterling, and had six children. All of these ten children lived to grow up. (VI) Edward Raymond Fitch, eldest child of Ebenezer Fitch (5), and generally known as Ray- mond, was born in Sterling, ^lassachusetts, about 1782. He resided on the homestead on Fitch Hill, Sterling, where he died a year before his father, Feb- ruary 17, 1825. His will mentions his farm, which was located a mile from the meeting house on the road to Princeton. Moses Thomas was appointed guardian of his children. Raymond Fitch owned a stage line from Sterling to Boston and for many years drove the stage. The children of Raymond and Susanna Fitch were : Timothy E. ; James W., see forward; Edward R., to whom his father be- queathed the homestead in Sterling; Susan K., Charles B. (VII) James William Fitch, son of E. Raymond Fitch (6), was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, Au- gust I, 181S, and died there May 3, 1893. He was educated there in the common schools and also at the school in Templcton, Massachu-setts.. He then learned the turning trade, which he follow-ed for three years. He was a pioneer in the manufacture of chairs in Sterling, a business that he followed profitably and successfully for many years. He re- tired from active business a few years before his death, having acquired a competence. He was one of the leading citizens of the town, loved and respect- ed by the entire community. He was a Whig in politics in early life, a Democrat in after years. He was for a number of years a selectman of Sterling. He was a director of the Lancaster National Bank. He was an active member of the Unitarian Parrish at Sterling and attended that church. He married, 1838, Luthera Goodnow (formerly spelled Goodnough), born February 10, 1819, daugh- ter of Samuel and Lucy (Woods) Goodnow. She survives her husband and lives on the home place at Sterling. They had no children, but brought up sev- eral, caring for them as they would their own chil- dren . WORCESTER COUNTY i8i CHARLES IRVING BOSWORTH. Edward Bosworth (I), the immigrant ancestor of Charles Irving Bosworth, of Winchendon, JMassachusetts, was born in England, and died on the ship "Eliza- beth Dorcas,"' in 1634. on his way to New England. Being sick and ready to die as the ship neared Bos- ton, the old record tells that he "Was carried on deck that he might see Canaan, the promised land." He •died soon afterward and was buried in Boston. He left a widow and probably five or six children. His widow died May 18, 1648. The general court voted that Mr. Henry Sewall should be paid for the trans- portation of the family by Jonathan and Benjamin Bosworth and William Buckland. Among the chil- dren of Edward Bosworth were: I. Edward, Jr., one of the founders of Hull, Massachusetts. 2. Jona- than, mentioned below. 3. Benjamin, born 1615, in England, settled at Hingham, Massachusetts. 4. Nathaniel, joined with his brother Benjamin Bos- worth in making a draft on Joseph Bosworth of Coventry, England, a shoemaker by trade, perhaps an elder brother; he settled also in Hull. (II) Jonathan Bosworth, son of Edward Bos- worth (i), was born in England, perhaps at Coven- try, where he had relatives, about 1613. He was probably the first of the family to emigrate, as he was a proprietor at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1633. He was a tailor by occupation. He deposed June 4, 1639, that his age was twenty-six years. He removed from Cambridge about 1637, when he owned a house lot of two acres granted in 1637. on Bachelor ' (Main) street in Hingham, not far from the corner of what is now South street. He removed to Swansea about 1660. He died there July, 1676, and was buried July 16. (While in Swansea, tlie name was spelled invariably with a Z (Boz worth), and for several generations that spelling was com- mon though not exclusively used by his descend- ants). He married Susannah . It is im- possible to give a list of Jonathan's children that is unquestionably correct. The list given below was mainly from the Hingham baptisms, and may include some of his nephews and omit some of his children. 1. Jonathan, mentioned below. 2. Rebecca, baptized February, 1641. 3. Bethia, baptized January. 1644. 4. Benjamin, baptized April, 1647. 5. Mchitable, born April, 1647. 6. Mary, baptized July 29. 1649; settled in Rehoboth. 8. Nathaniel, baptized July 29, 1649; settled at Rehoboth and had family there. 8. Jeremiah, baptized July 29, 1649. 9. Hannah, bap- tized July 16, 1650. 10. Deliverance, baptized Au- gust 4, 1650. II. Joseph, baptized June 6, 1652; set- tled at Rehoboth. 12. Belany, baptized November 3, 1654. (III) Jonathan Bosworth, son of Jonathan Bos- worth (2), was born at Cambridg:e or Hingham, about 1638-40. He removed from Hingham to Swansea ■with his father, and about 16S0 removed from Swansea to Rehoboth. His children, all born at Swansea, were: i. Mercy, born May 30, 1662. 2. Hannah, born November 5, 1663. 3. Elizabeth, born June 6, 1665; died July 31, 1676. 4. Jonathan, Jr., born December 24, 1666 ; died 1680 at Rehoboth. 5. David, born September 15, 1670. 6. John, born April 6. 1671. 7. Jabez, born February 14, 1673. 8. Ichabod, born March 18, 1676. 9. Jonathan, Jr., mentioned below. (IV) Jonathan Bosworth, youngest child of Jonathan Bosworth (3), was born September 22. 1680, at Swansea, Massachusetts. He removed to Rehoboth, where some of his children were born, viz.: I. Christian. May 16, 1708. Jonalhan, Feb- ruary 26, 1710-11, or i7'i4-5. 3. Elisha, July 8. 1713. And probably others. (V) Jonathan P.osworth, youngest child of Jonathan Bosworth (4), was born at Rehoboth, Feb- ruary 26, 1710-11. Even allowing for the change in the calendar, this date does not correspond exactly with the records of Royalston. Massachusetts, where he died. The Royalston records say that he died there 'December 27, 1801, aged 87 years, n months and 25 days. If this record is correct, it may be that the lirst Jonathan died young, and a second of the name was born two years later, but variations of this kind in records made by the pioneers of their ages are very frequent. He married (first) Dudith Martin, December 25, 1735. She died October 13, 1736. He removed to Richmond or New Salem, Massachusetts, He bought two acres of land of James Whipple, of Grafton, in that town, where he was then living, November 19, 1753. He sold the land and house back to the Whipples, February 12, 1754, and then probably went to western JMassachu- setts. He removed to Royalston about 1770. He bought his farm there of David Poor, March 27, 1773. His son Jonathan, Jr., also bought a place in Royalston. Among his children was this Jonathan, mentioned below, and probably also Beulah and Ich- al)od. who were married at Royalston. (VI) Jonathan Bosworth, son of Jonathan Bos- worth (5), born 1748, died in Royalston, December I, 1818. aged seventy years. He was living in New Salem, western Massachusetts, in 1774. He removed to Richmond, Massachusetts, but stayed there only a short time. He came to Ro\-alston soon after his father, and bought his home there April 13, 1779, of David Poor. He removed to Royalston in 1778 or 1779. He married Mary Holt, born 1754, daughter of William and Mary Holt. She died at Royalston, Jamiary 26, 1847, aged ninety-three years, having been the mother of fifteen children. The children of Jonathan and Mary Bosworth were: I. Son, born at New Salem, March 5, 1773, died next day. 2. Jonathan, born at New Salem, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 17, 1774; died July 4, 1774. 3. Susannah, born at Richmond, Massachusetts, May 9, 1775; married, September 15, 1796, John Barrett. 4. Walsingbam, born March 17, 1777. at Richmond; married, July i, 1798, Polly Piper; settled in Royalston. 5. Son, born and died December 16, 1778. 6. Son, born and died November 10, 1779. 7. Jonathan, born Novem- ber 27, 1780; settled in Winchendon. 8. William, born April 6, 1783. 9. John, born February 27, 1785; mentioned below. 10. Chilson, born May 28, 1787; married, December, 1809, Chloc Sibley. 11. Mary, born September 12. 1789; married John Gilcrcas (intentions dated December 14). 1817. 12. Joseph, born January 9. 1792; married. April 13, 1819, Abi- gail Saunders Bemis. 13. Benjamin, born March 14, 1794; married (first) Esther Ball, of Richmond, (in- tentions dated April 11), 1826; married (second) Betsey Bowker, 1828. 14. Hannah, born January 28, 1797. 15. Mehitable. born July 12, 1799; married llosca Bisliop (intentions dated April 4,) 1825. .•\ Mr. Bosworth owned a saw mill on what is now called the Howard Place. His farm was in Sandy Hollow and his mill near the present residence of John (Iregory. He learned the trade of tinker also, and during middle age used to travel about the coun- try following his trade, while his sons carried on the farm at Royalston. He became a B;iptist, and was among those who gathered at the house of John l82 WORCESTER COUNTY Whitman, in 1798, and formed the first Baptist Church in town. His wife was also a charter mem- ber. He was a soldier in the revolution, his service on the rolls being credited by mistake to John Bos- worth. He was in the Battle of Bennington. Mary (Holt) Bosworth was the first child born in the town of .Winchendon. She was a member of the Calvin- ist Baptist Church for seventy-five years, and lived a life "according to her professions." At the time of her death she had 55 grandchildren, 125 great-grand- children and 13 grcat-grcat-grandchildren. (Vni) John Bosworth. son of Jonathan Bos- worth (7), was born at Royalston, Massachusetts, February 27, 1785. He received a rather meagre schooling, such as was given in his day. and worked on his father's farm and in his saw mill on the old Howard place. He was a farmer during most of his active life. He married Lncinda Flagg, of Win- chendon, daughter of John Flagg. Their children were : I. Benjamin, married first, Ball, of Winchendon ; second, Walker, of Winchen- don. 2. Mary, married Benson White, of Fitzwill- iam. New Hampshire. 3. Alpheus, mentioned below. 4. Hannah, married Cheney Smith. 5. Lncinda, married Oliver Bickford, of Gardner. 6. Nancy. 7. Betsey, married John Young, of Gardner. 8. La- vinia. 9. Harriet, married F'rederick Pierce, of Roy- alston. (IX) Alpheus Flagg Bosworth, son of John Bosworth (8), was born at Royalston, April 9, 1818. He attended school there. When a young boy he was apprenticed to Joseph Arnold, a farmer, and worked for him until he came of age. He then went to Bullardsville, in Winchendon, to work for Parks & Kendall, cutting timber for them. He soon start- ed in farming on the place now owned by his son Charles, and remained a farmer the rest of his days. He died in May, 1898. Besides the farm, he did an extensive lumber business, cutting timber lands and selling the w'ood. He was a Methodist in religion, and a Republican in politics. He was highway sur- veyor of Winchendon for two years. He married (first), at Winchendon, Eunice Brooks, daughter of Arbie Brooks, a farmer of that town. He married (second), Arvilla Small Tottingham. The children of Alpheus Flagg and Eunice Bosworth were: i. Hervey Alpheus. 2. Helen Maria, born November 26, 1855; married William F'rye, of Athol. 3. Charles Irving, mentioned below. 4. George Franklin, married (first) Addle Lowe; (second) Jilary A. Green. 5. Harlan Benjamin, drowned at the age of eighteen years. (X) Charles Irving Bosworth, son of Alpheus Flagg (9), was born at Winchendon, May 12. 1851. He spent his early years on the farm, and attending the district schools. He went to work when he was eighteen years old in the pail factory of Aldrich & Witherill. After six years in this position he went to work in the shop of Joseph Damon, at State Line, whore he worked four years making wooden ware. He purchased a farm in Bullardville, Winchendon. formerly the Western place, on Tallow Hill, .\fter eighteen years on this farm he lost the buildings by fire. He soon bought another farm in the neighbor- hood, the place now occupied by his brother, (ieorge. In 1898 he removed to the homestead where he was born, and where he has since lived. In addition to his farming he has extensive timber lands from which he cuts the timber for the wooden ware fac- tories of the vicinity, and also wood for fuel. He is a Methodist in religion and a Republican in pol- itics. He married (first), 1870, Ida Tottingham, daughter of Levi and Arvilla (Sewall) Tottingham, of Winchendon. Her father w-as a farmer and team- ster. He married (second), March, 1902, Maud (Corey) Norcross, daughter of William J. and Sarah Corey. The children of Charles Irving and Ida Bos- worth were. I. William Alpheus, married Lottie Combo. 2, Fred Charles, married Julia Hammond. 3, Walter Benjamin, married Ida Green, of Winchen- don, and they have two children — Roy and Vera. 4. Eva Eunice, married Frederick Kearns. 5. Nellie Arvilla, born March 12, 1879; married Irving G. Rugg, August 10, 1895, and they have Cleron Stevens Rugg, born February 2, 1903. 6. Etta Bella, born March 5, 1880; married Albert A. Alger, of Winch- endon, and have Maurice Albert Alger, born August, 1904. 7. Elmer. 8. Ella, born August 21, 1886; mar- ried Dalas Norcross, of Winchendon. 9. Clarence Levi, born April 24, 1892. DUANE FAMILY. Patrick Duane. son of John Duane, was born in county Galway, Ireland. He re- ceived his education in the schools of his native town. He followed farming and traded in cattle and was- highly prosperous and successful. But when the famine caused the great exodus to America, he also- left his native land and started anew in Boston, Massachusetts. For some time he was in the em- ploy of the city. He removed to Winhall, Vermont, where he worked for a time in the chair factory of Loring Atwood, and later for A. P. Graham, in whose chair factory he was employed about six years. In 1859 he purchased the old Beriah Wheeler farm in Winhall, and spent the remainder of his days- there. He died March 17, 1885. He was a success- ful farmer. He married Alice Casey, daughter of Henry Casey. Their children were: i. Mary Ann, died in infancy. 2. Bernard, mentioned below. 3. Henry Francis, born October 26, 1853; resided at East Elmore. Vermont, where his widow now lives. 4, John J., died in infancy. 5. John J., born Decem- ber 10, 1855 ; resides at Dalton, Georgia. 6. William, died in infancy. 7. Mary Ann, born April 22, i860, married. 1876, Allison Benson; their children. Cassie Lena Benson, born 1S79: Hugh V. Benson, born 1885; resides at Bondville, Vermont. 8. Alice Elicia, born at Winhall, Vermont, July 22, 1861 ; married, October 3, 1880. William J. Cudworth. of Londonderry, Vermont; their children: i. Clarence Duane Cudworth, born July 24, 1881 ; married, June 5, 1906. 2. William Bernard Cudworth. born Jan- uary 3. 1886; died August 7. 1886. 3. Bessie Mild- red Cudworth. born January 13. 1891. John James Duane, son of Patrick Duane, was born in Winhall, Vermont, December 10, 1855. He settled in Dalton, Georgia. He married November, 1880, Sarah Perrv. Their children: i. Agnes- Delila, born 1881. '2. Pearl W.. born 1884. 3. Zadie .'\., born 1885. 4. Edna M., born 1893. 5. RoUin B., born 1897. 6. Sarah V., born 1903. Bernard Duane. son of Patrick Duane, was born in Boston, November i, 1851. He went to Winhall, Bennington county, Vermont, when he was two years old. with his parents, and was educated there in the public schools. He learned the trade of chair mak- ing in the factory of A. P. Graham while attend- ing school, beginning at the age of ten. When he was fourteen years old he went to Rutland. Ver- mont, and worked there for the Rutland Manu- facturing Company for 3 year and a half, getting at the same time more schooling there. In 1872 he J GKORGK W. IIOI.MAN WORCESTER COUNTY 183 removed to Ashbiirnham, Massachusetts, where he found employment in the E. S. Flint chair factory. He worked there two years, then for A. White & Company four years, and for Orange Whitney four years. In 1883. in partnership with L. R. Hoggman, he went into business, manufacturing towel racks and chairs at Ashburnham under the firm name of Hodgman & Duane. Orange Whitney also had an interest in the firm. After two years Mr. Duane bought out Mr. Hodgman and conducted the busi- ness alone for two years. He then leased part of the Orange Whitney factory and continued three year's with Mr. Whitney for a partner. In 1893 he bought the A. White factory at South Ashburn- ham, and in partnership with Orange Whitney made chairs there until 1897, when the factory was de- stroyed by fire and the firm dissolved. He built his present large factory in 1898. It has about thirteen thousand square feet of floor space, besides store houses and drying rooms. He devotes his at- tention exclusively at present to the making of wooden-seat chairs, and finds a market for his goods all over the United States. Mr. Duane attends the People's Congregational Church at South Ashburnham. In politics he is a Republican, and has been elected delegate to various state, senatorial, representative and congressional district conventions of his party. He is interested in town afifairs, and has been on the Ashburnham board of assessors and selectmen for several years. He is a member of Hope Lodge of Free Masons of Gardner, where he was raised in 1890. He is a member of Worcester Lodge of Perfection, four- teenth degree ; Goddard Council, Princes of Jeru- salem, sixteenth degree ; and Larence Chapter of Rose Croix, eighteenth degree, Scottish Rite. He is also a member of Naukeag Lodge of Odd Fellows, and is past noble grand of that lodge, and of Watatic Council, No. 1509, Royal Arcanum, of which he has been treasurer for many years. He was a member of the Ashburnham Light Infantry, Company E, Tenth Regiment, M. V. M., from 1873 to 1882. He married. June 26, 1876, Alice Jane Goodwin, daughter of Alatthew Edw-ard and Mary (Burgess) Goodwin of Ashburnham. Her father was a carpenter and contractor. Their children arc : Mabel Alice, born May 31, 1881 ; Minnie Julia; Ed- win Bernard, Ernest Royal and Wilbur Frederick. GEORGE W. HOLWAN. William Holman (l), the immigrant ancestor of George W. Holman, of Fitchburg, came from Northampton, England, to Cambridge, in New England, in 1634. He set- tled on the present site of the Botanic Garden of Harvard University. The name is also spelled Homan and Ilocman in the early records. About 1640 he owned land in the Fresh Pond meadows. He died Janury 8, 1652-3, aged fifty-nine years. His wife Winifred died October 16, 1671, aged seventy- four years. During her widowhood Mrs. Holman was ac- cused of being a witch by her neighbors, John Gibson and family. Mrs. Holman and her daughter Mary were arrested, but the charge was not sustained. In 1660, nine months afterwards, the Holmans brought suit for damages on accoiint of the un- founded witchcraft charge. The Gibsons tried to justify themselves by proving that there was good groun8. CHARLES Hb:NRY (iENTLE, son of Charles and Mary (Dunn) (ientle, was born at Westmins- ter, Massachusetts, September 30, 1857. He at- tended the district school on Beech Hill until her was twelve years old. when he came to South Ash- burnham with John B. Platts. by whom he was. brought up. Here he continued in the common schools, also working on the farm for Mr. Platts. He was first employed regularly by Edwin Hey- wood, for whom he worked two years, subsequently working for A. H. Whitney, chair manufacturer, and later for the Derby Chair concern at Gardner for a year. He then entered the chair shop of W. F. Whitney, where he remained six months, then he worked again for A. H. Whitney remaining in his employ until 1897. He bought the Barrel! farm in Westminster of John Carr, owning and conducting it for about seven years, selling it to Madison Brad- ley and buying the Platts farm and the Newton farm, which together amount to three hundred acres of land. Mr. Gentle has been engaged in the coal and grain business since 1897, and has a saw milt where he manufactures lumber on the Platts farm. I90 WORCESTER COUNTY He has also an extensive business in teaming and jobbing for others in connection with his coal, grain, wood and lumber business. Mr. Gentle is a member of the People's Congre- gational Church at South Ashburnhani, and has been deacon for the past seven years. In politics he is a Republican. He married, November 23, 1881, Sarah Emma Smith, who was born December 19, 1863, the daughter of Leonard and Mary (.Mans- field) Smith, of Westminster, Massachusetts. Her father, Leonard Smith, was a farmer in that town. The children of Charles and Emma (Smith) Gentle were: i. Henry Charles, born April 25, 1889; died April 27, 18S9. 2. Ralph Mansfield, born June 7, 1897. WALTER MELVIN FARWELL. Samuel Farwell (i), was the first ancestor in this country of Walter Melvin Farwell, of Northboro, Massa- chusetts. He was probably born in England about 1710, and seems to have been a quiet citizen about which the records have revealed little. He married Mary , and settled in Marblehead about 1740. He was doubtless a seafaring man. The children of Samuel and Mary Farwell, Farewell or Farweel, variously spelled, all born at Marblehead, Mas- sachusetts, were: Absalom, baptized September 21, 1741, see forward; Foster, baptized June i, 1746; Mary, baptized October 16, 1748; Richard, baptized September 25, 1743; Robert, baptized September i, 1754- (H) Absalom Farwell, son of Samuel Farwell ( I ) , was born at Marblehead, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 21, 1741. The history of Bethel, Maine, where he settled, repeats some family tradition to the effect that he was an English soldier and sailor who settled first in Marblehead, then lived in other placs and finally fought in th revolution. The fact Absalom was born in Marblehead makes it likely that his father was the Englishman, soldier and sailor, etc., though Absalom was a soldier in the revolution from Marblehead, IMassachusetts. He was in 1775 in the company of Captain Joel Smith (Fourth) ; regiment of Colonel John Glover (Twen- ty-first). A later record of service is given in the archives in the same regiment but under Captain Thomas Grant. After the revolution he removed to Maine and settled. He married, at Marblehead, . The children: William, born 1788, married Mary Estes ; Hannah, married Benjamin Adams; Melvin, born March 17, 1793, see forward; Molly, born March, 1795, married Ebenezer Estes ; Samuel, born February 5, 1797, married Fanny Swift; Su- sanna, born April 17, 1802, died unmarried; Richard, born April 17, 1802 (twin), married and resided in New Hampshire; Robert Foster, born August 20, 1804, married Polly Fairbanks. (HI) Melvin Farwell, son of Absalom Farwell (2), was born in Bethel, Maine, March 17, 1793. He married Mercy Wilson and they settled in Bethel, where their fourteen children were born, among whom was Alonzo C. (IV) Alonzo C. Farwell, son of Melvin Farwell (3), was born at Bethel, Maine. He came to Northboro, Massachusetts, when a young man and was employed by Hon. Milo Hildreth, comb manu- facturer, for the succeding twenty-five years. After- ward he was in partnership with his son, Walter Melvin Farwell, in the comb business about five years. He married Mary Wyman Spear, of New York city. Their child is Walter Melvin, born in 1852. (V) Walter Melvin Farwell, son of Alonzo C. Farwell (4), was born in Northboro, Massachusetts, in 1852. He obtained his early education in the public schools and at the Bryant & Stratton Busi- ness College, Boston. After becoming proficient in the manufacture of combs, he was for a number of years in charge of a department in S. Harris' factory, Clinton, Massachusetts, and for the Cen- tennial Exposition of 1876 at Philadelphia he de- signed a unique exhibit containing many novel pat- terns, notable among which was a huge back-comb, representing an old-fashioned stage-coach, and a modern United States mail train. In 1877 he engaged in business for himself in Northboro, beginning operations in a little room on the -site of the present factory, with a limited supply of tools and a small coal stove. His knowl- edge of the mechanical part of the business was practically perfect, but to a young man without the necessary experience in disposing of his goods, the road to success is filled with many obstacles, which must be overcome in the same manner as are the numerous difficulties met with in mastering a trade. Mr. Farwell's first attempt to find a market for his wares in New York was unsuccessful on account of the sharp competition carried on by manufacturers of long experience. He returned home without an order, but undaunted and determined to make up for his lack of business knowledge by producing a line of goods that would command the attention of the large dealers solely upon its merits. Accordingly he designed a new and unique line of samples, including hairpins, sleeve buttons and monogram jewelry. Upon his next visit to the metropolis he found that his attractive display, not onlj' interested those who had previously declined to purchase of him, but immediately touched the spring which sets the wheels of a commerce in mo- tion, and he returned home with a well-filled order list. His goods have since commanded a ready sale, necessitating the increase both of his facilities and working force. He employs about one hundred and twenty-five hands. He has reached a financial stand- ing which gives him ample prestige among busi- ness men. He has been a director of the North- boro National Bank. In politics ^ir. Farwell is a Republican and for several years was registrar of voters. He is a mem- ber of the Marlboro Lodge of Free Masons ; Hough- ton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Marlboro; and of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, of Hud- son. In religious belief he is a Congregationalist. Mr. Farwell married Hattie E. Wood, daughter of David F. Wood, of Northboro. They have one son, Laurence Wood, born September 4, 1885. EDWIN A. GOODRICH. William Goodridge (i), the pioneer ancestor of Edwin A. Good- rich, of Fitchburg, was probably born in Bury St. Edmunds, County Suffolk, England. He settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, wdiere he was a pro- prietor in 1636. He was admitted a freeman in 1642. His homestead of five acres was near the north boundary of the Mount Auburn cemetery. The in- ventory of his estate was dated April 3, 1647. His widow Margaret married John Hull, of Newbury, Massachusetts, where she went to live with her Goodridge children. Mr. Hull died October i, 1670. ^J^^^Z^^ WORCESTER COUNTY 191 She died February 3. if)8j. Her will was dated August 4, 1682, and proved April lo. 1683. She be- queathed to her sons Jeremiah, Joseph and Benjamin Goodridge: to her grandson Benjamin Goodridge ; to her daughter Mary Woodman, and to her grand- children Mary Emery and Elizabeth Woodman. Children of William and Mary Goodridge were: I. Mary, married December 20, 1653. Edward Wood- man, jr. 2. Jeremiah (see forward). 3. Joseph, born September 29. 1639: apprenticed by his mother to Samuel Thatcher. 4. Benjamin, April 11, 1642; married three times. (II) Jeremiah Goodridge, second child of Will- iam Goodridge (l), born March 6. 1637-8, in Water- town, Massachusetts : married. November 15, 1660, Mary Adatns, daughter of Robert and Eleanor .\dams. He settled in Newbury. Massachusetts, where he was raised. Children: I. Mary, born No- vember 21, 1663. 2. William. August 2, 1665. 3. Philip (see forward). 4. Elizabeth, February 27, 1670. 5. Hannah. November 1=;, 1681. 6. John, May 26. T685. (III) Philip Goodridge. third child of Jeremiah Goodridge (2), born in Newbury, Massachusetts, November 23. 1669: died in Lunenburg, January 16, 1729. He was one of the first settlers in Lunen- burg, and in 1724 he built the third house in that settlement, in what is now Fitchburg. He was dea- con of the church and was the first person who died among the' pioneers in Limenburg. He mar- ried April 16. 1700, Mchitable Woodman, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth Woodman. She was born September 20. 1677: died February 24. 1755. Chil- dren were: I. Benjamin. February 3, 1701. 2. John, .August 6, 1702. 3. Mehitable, August 2, 1704. 4. Hannah. April 25. 1706. 5. Joshua. February 7, 1708. 6. Sarah. June. 1709. 7. Dorothy, March 4, T711. 8. Philip. November 24. 1716. 9. David (see forward). 10. Joseph. September I, 1719. II. Daniel, February 7. 1721. 12. Rebecca. April 17. 1723. (IV) David Goodridge. ninth child of Philip Goodridge (3). born in Newbury. Massachusetts, November 24, 171(1: died in South Fitchburg. July 13, 1786. He settled in South Fitchburg when a young man. In 1747 he was surrounded by a party of hostile Indians when he was in the woods look- ing for his cows. He put spurs to his horse and was quick enough to escape the savages. He gave the alarm and the Indians retired. Ten years after. ward an Indian taken on the Connecticut river was wearing the hat he lost during his escape. Fitch- burg was set off from Lunenburg in 1764, He was fine of the first selectmen of the new town. Lie was delegate to the Provincial Congress at Cambridge and Concord in 1774, when John Hancock was presi- dent, and in T775 at Cambridge. He married Elizabeth Martin, daughter of John and Jane (Durgin) Martin, and a descendant of John Martin, of Charlestown (1640). In 1741 Eliza- beth Martin was dismissed from the Chebacco Church at Ipswich to Lunenburg. David Goodridge was a soldier in the revolution. He was a private in Captain Ebcnezer Bridge's company, Colonel John Whitcomb's regiment. He marched with the com- pany .April TO. 1775. He w-as also in Captain Fuller's company, Colonel .'\sa Whitcomb's regiment 1775. He was corporal in Captain John Joslin's company. Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, and marched from Leominster to Bennington, to join the forces under Colonel Seth Warner, July. 1777. The children of David and Elizabeth (Martin) Goodridge, all born in Lunenburg, were: i. David, born March 14, 1741 ; died October 4, 1744. 2. EJizabcth, Novem- ber 6. 1743. 3. Mehitable, August 6, 1745. 4. David, born April 23, 1747. 5. Ebenezer, May 12, 1749. 6. Asaph, June 28, 1751. 7. Hannah, April 7, 1753. 8. John (see forward;. 9. Eunice, May 6, 1757. (V) Major John Goodridge, eighth child of David Goodridge (4), born in Lunenburg, Massa- chusetts, March 17, 1755, or June 17, 1754; married (published October 14), 1778. Desire Nichols, of Leominster. She died February, 1788. He married (second) Prudence (Polly) Butler, July 9, 1789. He was a minute man in the revolution and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. He died April 13, 1834, at Fitchburg. He was overseer of the poor in Fitchburg in 1798. Children of Major John Good- ridge, were: i. John, born June 17, 1780. 2. Me- hitable, August 29, 1782. 3. Betsey, born March 28, 1786; married Samuel Cowdrey, November 6, 1805. (VI) John Goodridge, eldest child of Major John Goodridge (s), was born in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, June 17, 1754; died there December 10, 1845. He spent his twenty-first birthday at the battle of Bunker Hill; he married, December 22, 1806, Lucy Pierce (published November 15, 1805). He settled in Fitchburg and his children were born there. Children : I. Alonzo Pierce (see forward). 2. John, born No- vember 17, 1808; died April 19, 1888; was in the Fitchburg militia company in 1840; married, Octo- ber 3. 1829, Mary A. Blake, of Concord. 3. Joshua Nichols, March i, 181 1. 4. Mary Ann, May 2, 1814. 5. Albert, June 17, 1816. (VII) Alonzo Pierce (joodridge, eldest son of John Goodridge (6), did not change the spelling of the name to Goodrich, now followed by all branches of the family. He settled in Fitchburg, where he was born August 17, 1807. He resided for fifty-one years in the house on the Palmer place built by his grandfather, Joshua Pierce, and the rest of his long life in his home at 106 Summer street. He inherited the Pierce farm by will from his grandfather, thus giving an instance of two pro- prietors holding land from the time of its settle- ment and clearing, in the city of Fitchburg, down to the present time. Mr. Goodridge died in Fitch- burg, July 28, 1903. At the time the land was bought it was bounded on all sides by common or undivided land. (V'lII) l^lwin A. Goodrich, son of Alonzo Pierce tioodridge (7), was born in Fitchburg, Mas- sachusetts, June 4. 1837, and was educated there in the public schools. He then learned the business of brick-making and later began to burn bricks on the old Goodridge farm in I'itchburg, and in 1857 went to California, where he conducted the business of brickmaking in Petaluma for three years. He then returned to Fitchburg and successfully carried on the business of brick-making up to the time of his death. The summer of 1906 completed fifty years of brick-making. He was one of the substantial busi- ness men of the city. He was a Republican in politics, and one of the leaders of his party, interested in public affairs and the welfare of his city. He served the city three years as alderman. He was president of the C. W. Bennett (Company (Incorpor- ated), shoe manufacturers of Fitchburg. He was an active itiember of the Unitarian Church, and frater- nally a Free Mason. He married, February 3, 1863, Jane Farwell, daughter of Cliarles and Hannah P. (Chaplin) Far- 192 WORCESTER COUNTY well, of Fitchbiirg. She died January 15. 1906, He died November 17, 1906. Their only child, Elniira li., married Charles Willis Bennett, a shoe manu- facturer, head of the C. W. Bennett Company (.In- corporated), of Fitchburg. FAIRBANKS FAMILY OF HOLDEN. Jona- than Fairbanks (i), the immigrant ancestor of Ed- ward Everett Fairbanks of Holden, Massachusetts, was the progenitor of all the early Atnerican fami- lies of this name. He was a proprietor of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts, where his original house is still standing and occupied, as early as March 23, 1636-7. He was admitted to the church August 14, 1646. He signed the famous Dedham Covenant. He was a town officer. He died December 5, 1668, and his will was proved January 26, following. It mentions all the children given below, and some of their children. His widow, Grace, died December 28, 1673. For English ancestry, see will of George Fairbanks of Sowerby, in Halifax, England, dated Way 28, 1650 (Register VTI, 303) and Genealogy. The children: i. John. 2. George. 3. Jonas. 4. Jonathan, Jr. 5. Mary, married Michael Metcalf; (second) Christopher Smith. 6. Susan, married, Oc- tober 12, 1647, Ralph Day. (.11) Captain George Fairbanks, son of Jona- than F'airbanks (i), came from England with his parents, and resided at Dedham until 1657, when he removed to the south part of the new town of Sherborn, afterward the town of Medway, and now Millis. He was the first settler in the vicinity, and he became a prominent and highly esteemed citi- zen. He was selectman of Sherborn, and belonged to the Ancient and Honorable Artillerj' Company of Boston. The homestead passed down through four George Fairbanks in succession, then two Silas F'airbanks, and went out of the hands of the family about 1820. His was the famous stone house on the northern Ixjrder of Bogistow Pond, in the eastern part of the town, now in Millis. That which has been more recently known as the Fairbanks farm was the southern part of his large landed estate. The stone house was originally the garrison house built by the residents of Bogistow farms as a place of refuge from the Indians. It was sixty-five by seventy feet long, two stories high, made of flat stones laid in clay mortar, with a double row of portholes on all sides, and was lined with heavy oak plank. The stones have all been carried away, and there is no trace of the house. In 1662 George Fairbanks signed the first petition for the incorpora- tion of the town of Sherborn. He signed also the second and successful petition in 1674, and he had land granted in Sherborn. He was selectman four years, and on the committee to engage the first minister. He was a man of sterling character. His descendants are widely scattered throughout this country, Canada and Nova Scotia. He married, October 26, 1646, Mary Adams, of Dedham, who died August It, 171 1, at Mcndon, probably at the home of her son-in-law, William Holbrook. Their children: I. Mary, born November 10, 1647; mar- ried .August IT, 1665, Deacon Joseph Daniels. 2. George, born May 26, 1650. 3. Samuel, born Octo- ber 28. 1652 ; died November 20, 1676. 4. Eliesur, born June 8, 1655. 5. Jonas, born February 23, 1656-7; died November 28, 1676. The following were born in Medway : 6. Jonathan, born May I . 1662; died December 18, 1719. 7. Margaret, born June don. 1664; married William Holbrook, of Mcn- (III) Dr. Jonathan Fairbanks, son of George Fairbanks (2), was born in Medway, May 1, 1662. He resided in Sherborn, afterward Medway, proba- bly in the old stone garrison house of his father near Bogistow Pond. He was the first physician settled in Sherborn, and was prominent in town affairs, was a selectman several years and also town clerk. He was drowned December 19, 1719, by falling through the ice while attempting to cross the river from Medfield in the night. He married Sarah , who died July 9, 1713. He married (second) Anne . Their children: i. George, born April 14, 1685. 2. Jonathan, born March 21, 1689, mentioned below. 3. Comfort, born October 30, i6go; mar- ried Joseph Billings. 4. Joseph, born April 25, 1692, died young. 5. Samuel, born February 27, 1693. 6. Jonas, born June 9, 1697, died young. The only child by his second wife, Anne, was : 7. Benjamin, born August 16, 1715. (IV) Dr. Jonathan Fairbanks, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, M. D. (3), was born in Sherborn, March 21, 1689, and died November 26, 1754. He settled also in Sherborn. • He was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and was a sentinel in Captain Isaac Clark's company in 1725. His will was made April I?. 1754. and proved December 23, 1754. He men- tions his wife Hannah ; children Jonathan, Moses, Daniel, Joshua, youngest son Abner, Mary White, Lydia Morse, Hannah Whiting, Grace, and the chil- dren of his daughter. Comfort Palmer. He mar- ried Lydia Holbrook, who died 1724, and he mar- ried (second) June 2, 1726. She was born Janu- ary 8, 1692, and died 1776. Her will was made August 9, 1772, and proved September, 1776. The children of Dr. Jonathan and Lydia Fairbanks were : I. Jonathan, born February 18, 1714; married Esther Creaton, of Uxbridge, August 5, 1741 ; settled in Douglass; he died July 31, 1772. 2. Benjamin, born August 16, 1715, died young. 3. Mary, born Feb- ruary 5, 1717; married Samuel White, Jr., of Ux- bridge, April I, 1748. 4. Lydia, born October 1, 1718; married, October 10, 1751, Abijah Morse, of L'xbridge. 5. Comfort, born February 8, 17J0; mar- ried Zebulon Palmer. 6. Moses, born March i, 1722. 7. Daniel, born November 5, 1723, mentioned below. The children of Jonathan and Hannah Fair- banks : 8. Joshua, born April 5, 1727. 9. John, born August 12, 1729. 10. Hannah, born July 3, 1731; married Whiting. 11. Grace, born June 16, 1731 ; married July 10, 1755, Obadiah Morse, son of Obadiah and Mercy (Walker) Morse; he was born }\larch 20, I7i2-i, and died January 7, 1800; she died May 30, 1772, leaving ten children. 12. Abner, born March 28, 1736. (V) Daniel Fairbanks, son of Jonathan Fair- banks (4), was born in Sherborn, November 5, 1723, and settled in that part of Sherborn set off as Hol- liston, where he died 1771. His inventory was filed May 13, 1771. He was a soldier in Colonel John Jones" regiment in the colonial war April 6, 1759. He married Submit Fairbanks, daughter of George and Rachel Fairbanks. She was born Sep- tember 18, 1729, survived Fairbanks, and married (second), March 19, 1771, James Dix. of Sudbury, in M'.ndon. The children of Daniel and Submit Fairb.dnks: I. Rachel, horn May 13. 1/4^; married Jeth.o Peters, of Nortliboro (intentions dated Octo- ber 8, 1769) ; he was town clerk of Medfield 1801-3- WORCESTER COUNTY 195 2. Comfort, born July 4, 1750; married Joscpli Seaver. of Northboro (intentions dated June 1, I7"i)- 3- George, bom July 30, 1752; died July 18, 1759. 4. Jonathan, born March 29. 1755. 5. Drury, born August 6, 1757. mentioned below. 6. Submit, born Xovember 5, 1759; married William Parmen- ter, May 25, 1780. (VI) Drury Fairbanks, son of Daniel Fairbanks (5), was born at Holliston, Massachusetts, August 6, 1757. He lived in Westboro, where the birth of his only child is recorded. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Colonel Job Cushing's regiment. May 26, 1778. His height is given in the archives as six feet one inch. He married at Westboro (inten- tions August 7, 1779), August 16, 1/79. Lucy Bige- low, who was born September 14, 1757, daughter of Cornelius, Jr., and Sarah (Miller) Bigclow, of Westboro. Their child ; Jonathan, mentioned be- low. (VII) Jonathan Fairbanks, son of Drury Fair- banks (6), was born at Westboro, May 12, 1780. He received a common school education in his native town. He removed to Holden, Massachu- setts, about 1807, and bought the Elias Blake farm, where he lived and died. He bouglit also the mill which he and his son operated. David Winch was the former owner. He and his son bought the Dodge place, and from it they cut much timber and sawed the lumber in their mill. Partly as a pas- time, partly as a business, he used to net pigeons for the market. He was a careful, painstaking, in- dustrious man. He died at Holden, May i, 1850. He married at Westboro, January 12, 1800, Mary (Polly) Coniee. The children: i. Winslow, born March 16, 1800, mentioned below. 2. Dexter, born June 24, 1802, was a dyer and finisher in woolen factory; died at Holden, October 16, 1873. 3. Mary .Ann, born September i, 1804. 4. Drury, born Sep- tember 2, 1806, painter by trade. All the children were born at Westboro. (VIII) Winslow Fairbanks, son of Jonathan Fairbanks (7), was born in Westboro, March 16, 1800. He removed to Holden with his parents wdien he was seven years old, and attended the district schools there, working during his spare hours with his father on the farm. From the age of seventeen he did a man's work for his father, and when he was of age went into partnership with him in the saw mill and grist mill located in the south part of the town. The mills were sold by the Fairbanks firm to Colonel Hincs, of Worcester, who sold then to Howard Holden, who sold to James Lee, of West Boylston, who sold to Royal Chatfin, from whom the village was named Chaffinsvillc. Winslow Fair- banks was very skilful at laying stone walls, a diffi- cult and laborious task, and he built many of these monuments to his strength, skill and endurance in his younger days. He devoted his attention in ma- ture years to the wood and lumber business, and dealt extensively in lumber for building purposes during the later years of his active life. He \yas an expert in estimating the value of standing tim- ber, and his judgment was often sought by those about to buy or sell wood lots. He occupied the farm bought of David Winch. He was always known as Captain, having been elected ensign of the Holden and West Royalston Fusileers, and later was appointed captain of the comfjany. He died in Holden, September 5, 1880. He was a member of the Holden Congregational Church. In politics he was originally a Whig, but followed the major- iv— 13 ity of his parly into the Republican organizatimi before the war. He was overseer of the poor. He- was opposed to secret societies, and was active in the anti-Masonic movement in his day. He was a quiet, unassuming man, a faithful citizen. He mar- ried, October 13. 1829, at Holden, Maria Knowlton. who was born Jiuie 4, 1809, daughter of Daniel and Lcndry (Blake) Knowlton, of Holden; her father. Daniel, was a carpenter and farmer. The children: 1. William Harvey, mentioned below. 2. Louisa M. (IX) William Harvey Fairbanks, son of Wins- low Fairbanks (8), was born in Holden, Massachu- setts, in 1832. He attended the public schools there, and took a course in a private school at .'\mherst. At the age of twenty he went to Chicago and be- came superintendent of the work of construction of a new railroad in that vicinity. After about si.x; months he was obliged on account of malarial fever to give up his position and return home. He never fully recovered from the effects of the fever and ague. He settled down on the farm in Holden, and which came to him on the death of his father. It is on the main road to Holden, in Chaffinsville, and ha;: been known for many years as the Fairljanks place,, and is deemed one of the best and most productive farms in the vicinity. After his son was able ti> help him, Mr. Fairbanks cut and marketed mucli wood and lumber. Mr. Fairbanks was a man of excellent character and standing in the conununity, and had the respect and confidence of all his towns- men. He attended the Holden Congregational Church. In politics he was a Republican, and was on the board of selectmen two years. For twenty years before his death he was a great sufferer from Bright's disease. He died April 10, 1891. He mar- ried, October 31, 1861, Ellen Louise Williams, who was born in Holden, daughter of Albert C. and Louisa (Mar.sh) Williams. Her father was a manu- facturer of cotton fabrics in Jefferson. The chil- dren: I. Adele Louise, born September 21, i860: married, September 19, 1894, Charles A. Vaughan. of Worcester (see Vaughan sketch) and they have: George F., born January 13, 1897; Margaret, bnrii July 16, 1902; Barbara, born August 21, 1904. 2. Jennie Maria, born December 25, 1864. 3. F.dward Everett, mentioned below. 4. William Grant, boni .May 2, 1874; died .A.ugusf 24, 1898. (X) Edward Everett Fairbanks, son of Williani Harvey Fairbanks (9). was born at Holden, Massa- chusetts, .'\ugust 25, 1867. He attended the public schools there, but had to leave school at the age of seventeen on account of trouble with his eyes. He devoted his energies from that time to the farm, at tirst helping his father, later assinning full charge of the farm and of the wood and lumber business connected with the place. He has continued on the farm since his father's death, and is the present owner. In 1898 he entered partnership with Oclell Boynton and Berthier (see Warren sketch) in the manufacture of lubricating oils. A Massachusetts corporation was formed with Berthier Warren, pres- ident ; Edward Everett Fairbanks, secretary and treasurer, director and manager. The interests of Mr. Boynton were soon bought by Charles .X. Vaughan, and since the death of Mr. Warren his stock is held by his widow. Jennie M. F^airbanks is the present secretary and treasurer. Mr. Fairbanks is the travelling representative. The product of the mill is lubricating and refined oils, a belt dressing soap and also a compound manufactured by them. In religion Mr. Fairbanks is a Congrcgationalist, «94 WORCESTER COUNTY and in politics a Republican. He is a member of the United Travelers' Association, and of the Worcester Commercial Travelers' Association. RUSSELL FAMILY. William Russell (i), the immigrant ancestor of Willis Lcander Russell, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, was born in England about 1600. He settled in Cambridge, New England, about 1636, and was one of the proprietors of the town in 1645. His wife Martha was a member of the Cambridge Church. He was a carpenter by trade. He died February 14, 1661. The widow married (second), March 24, 1665, Humphrey Brad- shaw. and (third), May 24, 1683, Thomas Hall. She died in 1694. The children of William and Martha Russell were: I. Joseph, born in England, 1626 (gave his age as twenty-hve years in a deposition September 30, 1651), or 1636, (gave his age as fifty- five in a deposition 1691, showing an error of ten years in some of the figures). 2. Benjamin, born in England. 3. Phebe, born in England, died July 8, 1642. 4. John, born in Cambridge, September 11, 1645; had a son David, who resided in Concord, father of David and John of Lunenburg, Amos of Littleton, and Jason and Sarah at Harvard, Mas- sachusetts. S. Martha. 6. Philip, born about 1650. 7. William, born April 28, 1655. 8. Jason, born No- vember 14, 1658. mentioned below. 9. Joyce, born March 31, l66o; married Edmund Rice, Jr., of Sud- bury, Massachusetts. (II) Jason Russell, son of William Russell (i), ■was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 14. 1658. He settled in that part of Cambridge call- ■ed Menotomy for many years, then West Cambridge, now Arlington. He died there 1736. and adminis- tration on his estate was granted .^pril 2, 1736. The children of Jason and Mary Hubbard (daughter of Jame^ Hubbard, married Jason Russell, March 27, 1684, died May 14, 1738,) Russell were: i. Hubbard, born at Menotomy, May 20, 1687. mentioned below. 2. Martha, born May 29, 1691 ; married Henry Dun- ster. February 25, 1707-8; married (second), March 15. >759. Francis Locke; she died June 27, I77i- 3- John. 4. Thomas. 5- Elizabeth. 6. Noah. (III) Hubbard Russell, son of Jason Russell (2), born at Menotomy, May 20, 1687. died there June 4, 1726, aged thirty-nine years. He also set- tled in what is now Arlington. He married (first), May 9. 1710, Elizabeth Dickson, and she married •(second), June 11, 1729, Joseph Holden. The chil- dren of Hubbard and Elizabeth Russell were: i. Jason, baptized March ' 25, 1711, died young. 2. Mary, born December 7, 1712: married David Dun- ster.' 3. Margery, born April .so, 1715; married Joseph Belknap. 4. Jason, born January 25, 1716-7, mentioned below. 5. Hobart or Hubbard, baptized April 24, 1726, died young. (IV) .Jason Russell, son of Hubbard Russell (3'). was born in Menotomy, January 25, 1716-7, and baptized in Medford, .^pril 14, 1717! He was admitted to the Precinct Church of Menotomy, or West Cambridge, April 20, 1740. His home in Menotomy was on the south side of Main street, a few rods west of Church. He was too old to fight in the revolution, and was said to be invalid and non-combatant, but he was butchered in bis own house by the British soldiers after he had refused to fly. exclaming "An Englishinan's house is his cas- tle." Two bullets and eleven bayonet stabs were ■found in his body. His widow received a bible from the hands of an unknown sympathizer in England in consideration of her loss, on the memorable day of the battle of Lexington. He was buried in the ancient burying ground at Arlington, and with praiseworthy liberality the citzens of Arlington have erected a handsome granite monument to mark the resting place of this early martyr to American Lib- erty and to his slaughtered companions. Russell sold an acre of ground from his farm for a house for the minister. He was precinct committeeman in 1758, 1761, 1762 and 1763; also assessor. He owned a negro slave Kate, who was baptized March 17, 1754. He married, January 28, 1739-40, Elizabeth Winship, who died August 11, 1786, aged sixty-five years. Their children were: i. Jason, born March 7, 1741- 2, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born December 27, 1743, died March 29, 1751. 3. John, born August 4, 1746; settled at Mason, New Hampshire. 4. Hubbard, born March 25, 1749, settled at Mason ; married Sarah Warren, of Weston, 1774. 5. Thom- as, born July 22, 1751. 6. Noah, born July 15, 1753, died October 13, 1754. 7. Elizabeth, born July 3, 1756; married, March 12, 1778, Jotham Webber. 8. Mary, baptized May 17, 1761, died April 11, 1762. 9. Noah, born March 8, 1763. (V) Jason Russell, son of Jason Russell (4), born at Menotomy, March 1741-2, died at Mason, New Hampshire, February 19, 1825. He removed to Mason about 1768, from Cambridge. He was not the only one of the family to settle in that town. His brother John and sister Elizabeth Webber, wife of Jotham Webber, were all residents of Mason. Jason went there in 1769, Hubbard in 1772, John in 1774, and Deacon Webber in 1780. All lived to be very old — ^Jason was eighty-four; John eighty-six; Hubbard eighty-eight, and Mrs. Webber eighty-two at the time of death. Jason Russell was a soldier in the revolution. He was in Captain Joseph Barrett's company. Col- onel Nichol's regiment, and marched on the alarm to reinforce General St. Clair at Ticonderoga. Jason married, October 28, 1762, Elizabeth Locke, who died May 24, 1789 or 1799. Their first three child- ren were born at Menotomy (or West Cambridge), and the rest at Mason. They were: I. Jason. June 2. 1763. 2. Jonathan, February 8, 1765. 3. Josiah. January 13, 1767. 4. Elizabeth, July 2, 1769, at Mason. 5. Samuel, born April 4, 1772. 6. Benjamin, August 2, 1775. 7. Thomas, October 2, 1777; died February 8. 1785. 8. William, born October 6. 1779. 9. David. March 6, 1782. 10. Thomas, born at Mason and settled there. (VI) Samuel Russell, son of Jason Russell (5), and nephew of John and Ruhamah Russell, also of Mason, New Hampshire, was born in Mason. April 4, 1772. He lived at Roby (now Brookline). New Hampshire, at Mason, and perhaps late in life at Townsend, Massachusetts, where his .son John set- tled. Samuel married (first), February 16, 1792. at Mason, Sarah Scaver. He married (second) prob- ably November 19, 1807, at Townsend, Massachu- setts. (VII) John Russell, son of Samuel Russell (6), born at Brookline. New Hampshire, probably in 1793, died in Townsend, Massachusetts. July 11, 1840, aged forty-seven years. He owned a large farm in Townsend, and did an extensive busincs-; in teaming. He used to drive an ox-team to Boston with produce from the farms, bringing back grocer- ies and other goods for the merchants of the vi- cinity. He married Lydia . and their chil- dren, born at Townsend, were: l. .\ndrew. April 6, I WORCESTER COUNTY 195 1816, mentioned below. 2. William, August 12, 181S. ^. Mary. 4. Ensworth Tyler. April 18, 1S22. 5. Samuel H., November 20, 1826, living at North- borough, Massachusetts. 6. Ruhama, July 8, 1828, named for her great-aunt, wife of Jolui, her fath- er's uncle. (VIII) Andrew Russell, son of John Russell 171, was born in Townsend, April 6. 1816, He was iiiucated there in the common schools. He helped his father on the farm until he was through school, and afterward until he bought a farm for hniiselt. His tirst farm was in Townsend, forty acres in ex- tent. About 1870 he removed to West Fitchburg and bought another farm of a hundred acres of Ed- ward Smith. He did e.xtensive teaming in addition to his farm work, in the way his father had done. He bought w'ood lots and sold real estate and wood and timber. After ten years in Fitchburg he re- moved to Westminster, where he bought a farm and resided for live years and did teaming and farming as before. He then went to Warwick, Rhode Is- land, where he took charge of the farm of Eben Tourgee, of the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. He remained there two or three years. He died in 1887, at the age of seventy-one years. Mr. Russell was a Methodist in religion, and a Republican in politics. He married Jilary B. Eaton, of Townsend, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Eaton. Her father was born in Maine. The chil- dren of Andrew and ^lary B. Russell were: I. Clay- ton, born in Townsend, died young. 2. Elizabeth, born ill Townsend, married William P. Chamberlain, rnid they had three children : Lora Chamberlain, Minnie Chamberlain, IMelvin Chamberlain; they re- ■Icd in Norwich, Connecticut. 3. Charles Morris. 4. Clara, born at Townsend. 5. George Melvin. 6. Gordon Rcxford. 7. Herbert Eaton, married Dora Elliot, of Westminster, and they have four children : Grace, Harry, Lester, Ira. 8. Ellen J., married (first) Ambrose Putnam, and had one child, Ernest Putnam; married (second) Jerry Tourjee, and had one child, Edith; married (third) Warren LeGeyt, and had one child, Eva LeGeyt. 9. Willis Leander, born April 12, 1863, mentioned below. 10. Elmer Warren, married Etta Harding, of Templeton, and they have six children: Ethel, Lila, Pearl, Ray, Les- ter, Myrtle. 11. Lila, married George Heywood, of Fitchburg. and had four children: Isabel, Rusiell, George, Ruth. 12. Martha Edith, married (first) John Brown, of Maine; (second) B. L. Rich, of Fitchburg. (IX) Willis Leander Russell, son of Andrew Russell (8), was born in Townsend, April 12, 1863. At the age of seven years he moved with his par- ents to West Fitchburg ,and was there educated, mainly in the public schools. At the age of fourteen he began to work out on the farm of Warren Mar- ble, in Ashburnham. He was there three years, then a year with Albert Howard, of Westminster. He went to Boston to work for his cousin, F. J. Rus- sell, milk dealer, and remained a year, and then went West and worked on a Wyoming cattle ranch, where a herd of twenty thousand cattle was kept. In 1886 he returned to Boston and started in the retail milk business for himself, and developed a prosperous business. After twelve years he sold out and bought the Humphrey Hey ward farm, in the southern part of the town of Lunenburg, near the railroad station. He has at present one of the model dairy farms of the town, but does not retail the milk. Mr. Russell is a member of the Church of Christ, Siiit:ti-t In i)olitics he votes the Republican ticket. and has served the town of Lunenburg as I'lre war- den. He belongs to Putnam Lodge, No. 81. I. O. O. F. ; and to the Massachusetts p'armers' and Cattle Raisers' Association. He married, October 3, 1888, Catherine Hess, and they have six children: i. Olive May, born May 2, 1890. 2. Bertha, born December, 1S91. 3. Edith Elizabeth, born June 23, 1894. 4- Willis Elmer, born October 11, 1895. 5. Alton Her- bert, born February 10, 1S98. 6. Hazel lUleii, born P'ebruary 16, 1900. CARR FAMILY. Although the name of Carr or Kerr is common in England and Ireland as well as America, it is distinctively Scotch, 'i'he earliest record of the name is in the Domesday Book in the eleventh century. William Karre, who came with William the Conqueror, appears to be the ancestor of the Carr and Kerr families of the United Kingdom, though it cannot be proved, of course, that there were not others who assumed this surname when the custom of taking surnames began to prevail. The posterity of this Norman ancestor, William Carr or Karre, settled in the north of England on the border- lands between England and Scotland, and after- wards many of them went to the north of Ireland. In England the Norman-French Karre became Carr, just as Knut became Cnut and later Canute. In Scotland the surname has remained Karr, Kerr and Ker. The names of four of the family appear on the Ragman's Roll — a list of the Scotch Baronets who swore fealty to Edward I at Berwick in 1291 and a few years later. They were : Andrew del Ker, of Stirlingshire; Henry Ker, of Edinburghshire; Nicholas Kerre, of Peeblesshire, and William Ker, of Ayrshire. The Kers appear among the East Bor- der clans in 1547; in the Middle Marches in 1587; in Berwick in 1590; in Roxburgh, Berwick and Lauder- dale in 1597. i'he family has been represented from time immemorial in Berwickshire, Ro.xburghshire, Edinburghshire, Wigtonshire, Ayrshire, all having records as early as 1300, A. D. The family possesses or has held the Dukedom of Roxburgh, the Marquisates of Beumont, Cessford, Lothian ; the Earldoms of Ancruni, Kelso, Lothian and Rox- burgh ; the Viscounty of Boxmouth ; the Lordships of Caverton, Ker, Ncwbattle. Many were members of the Scotch Parliament. The word means "stout," according to Hanna. The ancient arms of this family are: Three mul- lets or etoiles on a chevron. The Crest : A hart's head. The arms have been varied by different branches of the family. In Scotland, according to the census of 1861, there were 11,196 persons of this name, which was the fortieth in point of numerical strength among the Scotch family names. The pioneers to America from England, Ireland and Scotland have been numerous. The first to come was George Carr in the "Mayflower" in 1620, as ship's carpenter, with his wife Lucinda. He was the son of Robert Carr or Kerr, who was a native of Scotland. Benjamin Carr, born in London, August 18, 1592; William Carr, born in London, June 17, J597; and James, who was lost at. sea, were suns of this Robert Carr, of London, and the two first named have numerous .*\nierican descendants. (I) Bradburv Karr, the immigrant ancestor of Frank Parker Carr. of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, came from Scotland with several brothers whose names arc not known, and settled in Chester. New Hampshire, which was the home of many Scotch and Scotch- Irish settlers. There were -several other Carr imiiiigrants. not brothers apparently, but per- 196 WORCESTER COUNTY haps of some kindred, who settled in the town and vicinity. Some were doubtless Presbyterians from Ulster^ Ireland. Bradbury Carr came about 1724. His name appears on an inventory that he signed in 1741 as Karr, but elsewhere he adopted soon the more common spelling that is now general in the family. A family tradition has it that the family is of Welsh origin. He settled in Addition No. 71, now or lately oc- cupied by George W. Clark. His wife's name was Anne and their children were; i. Joseph, born No- vember 20, 1742, married Hannah Aver and had the homestead. 2. Molly, born February 26, 1747. 3- Parker, see forward. 4- Judith, born May A 1752. (11) Parker Carr, son of Bradbury Carr (i), was born at Chester, New Hampshire, May 29, 1750. He settled in Chester on Addition No. 72. The Chester history informs .that "he sold to William Weeks and went into the country," but evidently he went to Vermont after the revolution when the exodus thither was the fashion. He had fourteen children: i. Bradbury, born May 6, 1770, died No- vember 8, 1826. 2. Parker, Jr., born November 14, 1771, died July 13. 1848. 3- Peter, born October 9, 1773. 4. Benjamin, see forward. 5. Mary, born October 25. 1777, died January 8, 1851. 6. Rev. Daniel, born January 22. 1780. died April 21, 1861. 7. Judith, born .April 4. 1782. died March 31, 1853. 8. John P.. born June 10, 1784. died November 10, 1847. 9. Nancy, born March 16, 1786, died March 30, 1865. 10, William, born March 31, 1787. died aged six months. 11. Mehitable, born April 5, 1789, died 1841. 12. Ruth (twin), born July 27, 1792- 13- Sarah (twin), born July 27, 1792, died November 5, 1876. 14. Hannah, born July 15, 1795. died 1889. Benjamin Carr, son of Parker Carr (2), was born at Chester, New Hampshire, November 4, 1775- He settled in Vermont and was one of the pioneers at Cabot, where his children were born, viz.: i. Ben- jamin Page, see forward. 2. Martha, born Septem- ber 20, 181 1. 3. Mary, born March 6, 1814, died Oc- tober 17, 1870. 4. Sarah, born July 24, 1816. 5- Almira born June 19. 1821. 6. Parker, born August 16, 1823. died May 27, 1883. 7. Allen, born Novem- ber 25, 1825. 8. William, born December 20, 1828. (IV) Benjamin Page Carr, son of Benjanini Carr (s), was born at Cabot, Vermont, October 26, 1807. settled in East Concord, Vermont, and was a farmer. He married, 1831, Asenath Bedell, of Peru, New York, who was born at Plattsburgh, New York, in 1810. Children of Benjamin Page and Asenath Carr were: i. .'\llen, born March 16, 1832, at Peru, New York. 2. Fanny, born at F.ast Con- cord, Vermont, August 16, 1835, died March 14, 1840. 3. Mary E., born .'\ugust 15. 1837. died Au- gust 16, 1865. 4. Charles H., born February 14, 1839, died December i, 1863. 5. .Arnold E., see for- ward. 6. William B., born September 11, 1841. 7- .Alonzo P., born November 3, 1844. died at Senaca Locks, Maryland. 8. George Albert, born May 7, 1847. 9. Warren H., born March 10, 1850. 10. Luvira, born December I, 1851. (V) .Arnold E. Carr. .son of Benjamin Page Carr (4), was born in East Concord, Vermont, May 12, 1840. He settled at Lyndon and later at Burke, Vermont, where he is now living. He has been a farmer all his life. He is a veteran of the civil war and a member of the Grand Army. (VI) Frank Barker Carr, son of Arnold E. Carr (5), was born in Lyndon, Vermont, September 27, 1866. He received a common school education. and at an early age began to earn his own living,, attending school only during a ten or twelve week session each winter, and working the remainder of the time with Joshua Bemis, a farmer, of Lyndon. He remained in the employ of Mr. Bemis until he was twenty-six years old, when he left his native town to seek his fortune elsewhere. In the spring of 1892 he found employment in Lunenburg, Massa- chusetts, with George N. Proctor, as overseer of a large and productive farm. After four years he re- moved to Fitchburg and entered the employ 'of C. A. Cross & Company, wholesale grocers, taking charge of an extensive farm that the firm owned just out- side the city and assisting in the store also. He re- mained with Cross & Company until April, 1900, when he purchased of Herbert Litchfield "Fair View" farm in Lunenburg. Mr. Carr's place is about a half mile from the village of Lunenburg and commands a delightful view of the surrounding country. He has a herd of thirty cows and has es- tablished a milk route in Fitchburg and vicinity. He is a shrewd and successful farmer, and a capable business man. In 1906 he was elected a member of the Lunenburg board of selectmen, an honor that testifies to the esteem in which he is held by his- townsmen. In politics he is a Republican and in religion a Congregationalist. He married, at St. Johnsbury, Vermont. October 6, 1891, Jessie Harris, daughter of Hugh and Jennett (Mcintosh) Harris, of Leeds, province of Quebec. Canada. Her father was a coal miner. Children of Frank Barker and Jessie Carr are : Harris .Arnold, born in Lunenburg, February 13, 1892 ; Maurice Fairbanks, born in Lunenburg, December 5, 1899. THO.MAS C. SHELDON. Godfrey Sheldon (i). the immigrant ancestor of Thomas C. Sheldon, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was born in England in 1599. He came to New England about 1660 and settled in Scarborough, now in the state of Maine. He married Alice . He died in 1671. leav- ing by will most of his real estate to his son William. The will was dated March 13, 1664. It mentions also- his brother, John Sheldon. The children : John, born about 1630, settled in Billerica, Massachusetts, and is the progenitor of a large number of descend- ants ; William, of whom later. (II) William Sheldon, son of Godfrey Sheldon (i), was born in England about 1630. He was a miller. In i6s9-(x) he was granted land at Billerica, where his brother was located, on condition that he build a mill to grind corn within two years. In ad- dition to this home lot of eight acres he was given forty-four acres on Fox hill by Fox meadow, near the lot of his brother John. For some reason he did not settle and build the mill, and in 1663 the grant was declared forfeited. The brother John was indignant over the transaction and even removed from the town for a time, living at Woburn. The town acknowledged itself wrong to some extent by offering to settle the differences between it and Will- iam Sheldon over the mill by giving a generous grant of land to his brother John. In some way the brothers settled matters. William Sheldon was made his father's heir by will dated the year he would have had to come to Billerica to live to have obtained his rights. The final grant and settlement were made after the father's death, so that one brother probably had to remain in Maine to care for the paternal property, the other remaining in- Billerica. The district now known as Maine was WORCESTER COUNTY 197 not a pleasant place to live in just tlicn. William .Sheldon was driven from home by the Indian war of 1675 and for a time lived in Salem. Again in i6go he had to leave Scarborough on account of the hostility of the Indians. The children, born at Saco or Scarborough, were: Ephraim, of whom later; Mary. Lydia, Sarah, Rebecca, Hepzibah, Nathaniel, died at Salem, Xo- vembcr 3, 1675, aged ten years. (III) Ephraim Sheldon, son of William Shel- don (2). was born in Scarboro, (now Maine), or vicinity. He married Jane . Their children were : Ephraim, of whom later ; Nathaniel. (IV) Ephraim Sheldon, Jr., son of Ephraim Sheldon (3), was born in Scarboro or vicinity in 1708. He removed to Reading. Massachusetts, where many of his descendants have lived. The children of Ephraim Sheldon were : Eunice, married Horace De.xter; Abraham, born 1731. settled in Reoding; William, settled in Reading; Nathaniel, of whom later; Ephraim, settled in Lynntield; Mary, married Derby ; Samuel, born in Reading, settled in Wilton, New Hampshire, progenitor of many of the New Hampshire branches. (V) Nathaniel Sheldon, son of Ephraim Shel- don (4), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, or re- moved there when very young. He lived at Reading and also apparently at Andover and Ashby. He married Hannah Fitch. Their children were: Han- nah, born 1750-5, married Jacob Damon, of Reading; Nathaniel, Jr., was a soldier in the revolution from Reading: Zachariah. of whom later; Susan, married Russell Sheldon; Lucy, married Jonathan Lawrence, of Ashby; William, was a soldier in the revolution; settled in Ashby; Mary, married Amos Eaton, of Wilton, New Hampshire, where her Uncle Samuel lived ; Elizabeth, married Joseph Eaton, and settled in .Ashby; Benjamin, settled in Fitchburg; Tamer, married Jonathan Page, of .Ashby. (VI) Zachariah Sheldon, son of Nathaniel Shel- don (5), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, in 1754, and died in Fitchbutg in 1815. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain John Flint's company, Colonel David Green's regiment ; also in Captain Amos Upton's (third Reading) company in 1775. He settled in Fitchburg about 1788, buying a farm on the Ashby road near the town line where his sons were born and also later his grandsons. He was a prominent citizen and held various town offices in I'itchburg. He married Polly (Mary) Jones. Their children were : Rebecca, born at .Andover, Massachusetts, February 17, 1786; Zachariah, Jr., torn at .Andover, December 7. 1788. was a prominent citizen and con- tractor in Fitchburg; Polly, born January 17, 1791 ; married William Carleton ; Samuel, of whom later ; Josiah, born September 20, 1797, married Orinda Fitch, resided in Fitchburg and had a grist mill on the present site of the Star Worsted Mill, also a saw mill near by; Hannah, born January 3, 1801, married Daniel Works. (VII) Samuel Sheldon, son of Zachariah Shel- don (6), was born in Andover, Massachusetts, De- cember 7, 1787. He was an infant when the family removed to Fitchburg. He inherited the home- stead on the Ashby road and his children were born there. He married, June 3, 1819, Tamer Pratt, of Dublin, New Hampshire. Their children: Francis, born March 25, 1820, of whom later : John Pratt, born February 2, 1822 ; Samuel De-xter, torn May . 21, 1825; Thomas, born November 9, 1826. (Vlll) Francis Sheldon, son of .Samuel Sliel- don (7), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, .March 25, 1820. He was educated in the district schools of the town and learned the trade of mill- wright. For tifty-five years he worked at his trade in Fitchburg. the foremost man in his line of work. He was employed liy most of the manufacturing es- talilishnients in that region and in the early days of the mills had charge of most of the work in his line. His partner in Inisiness was Charles Nash in later years and the firm was F. Sheldon & Com- pany. The place of business was at the rear of 136 Water street. F"ew men held as high a position in the estemm of their fellow citizens. He represented ward three in the common council during the first five years after the city charter was in force. 1873-74-75-76-77- 83. He was an alderman in 1878-79. He served on important committees and was an intluential and active member, taking a special interest in the fire department. He himself was for ten years foreman of Conqueror No. i Engine Company, the house of which was on West street, near E. B. Dole's stable. He was chief engineer, elected .April i, 1865. and served two years. He was at various times an as- sistant engineer and for fully fifty years had some sort of connection with the firemen of the city. He was one of the. oldest and most popular Free Masons in the city, a member of Aurora Lodge, of Thomas Royal Arch Chapter and of Jerusalem Com- mandery. Knights Templar, of Fitchburg. In reli- gion he was a Unitarian and was assessor of the Unitarian society. The Fitchburg Sentinel said of him at the time of his death — .April 2;. 189(3 — "Mr. Sheldon's character was too well known to require extended eulogy. I"aithful to duty, whether public or private, upright in his dealings, just to his employees, courteous to all, his death brings a sense of loss to a large circle of friends." He was buried in Forest Hill cemetery. Fle married, March 31, 1846, at Fitchburg, .Martha S. Cowdin. She was the daughter of Philip F. and Eunice Cowdin. TJtey observed their golden wed- ding, although Mr. Sheldon was not well at the time. Their only child was Thomas C. Sheldon, of whom later. (1) Thomas C. Sheldon, son of Francis Sheldon (8), was born in Fitchburg. November 20, 1850. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and then became associated with his father in the mill-wright business. He studied civil engineering and followed that profession for a number of years. He was for six years city engineer of Fitchburg. He became interested in gingham manufacturing with the Lancaster Mills at Clinton. Massachusetts, and was for many years agent and treasurer of the duck mill at South Fitchburg. The Fitchburg duck mill was built about 1848, owned by George Ulack- burn & Company and later by Mrs. David Nevins. Cotton duck is manufactured there. an seems to have been a carpenter or builder, to build the fort at Brookfield, starting September 16, 1688. It was called Gilbert's Fort, perhaps because he took a house lot and lived adjoining it on the west on the south side of the road. The fort was on the school house lot in Brookfield, at the intersection of North Main and Maple streets, of convenient size, having barracks for soldiers and their families, and was surronnded by a stockade. He acquired some six hundred and eighty-one acres before he died. He married Elizabeth , who died April 27, 1735; married (second) Mary Wheat, widow. Children of Deacon Henry Gilbert : i. Henry, born 1684, had one hundred and eleven acres in northwest part of Brookfield. 2. John. 3. Samuel, born 16S8. 4. Mercy, born 1691, married, 1716, Samuel Barnes; married (second) her cousin, Thomas Gilbert; mar- ried (third) Josiah Converse. 5. Ebenezer, born 1693. 6. Thomas, see forward. 7. Nathaniel, born 1700. 8. Elizabeth, born February 20. 1722, married Enoch Hinds. (IV) Thomas Gilbert, son of Henry Gilbert (3), was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, 1695, and settled there. He had grants of land aggregat- ing two hundred and ten acres and lived near the pond. He is credited with service in the French and Indian wars in 1748, 1755 '" Captain Thomas Buck- minster's company, and as captain of the second company in 1761-63. He married, December 2, 1718, Judith Goss. His name was on the tax list as early as 1717. Children : i. Thomas, born June 21, 1720, died young. 2. Abner, born June 8, 1721. 3. John, born July 29, 1723. 4. Ann, born September 13, 1725. 5. Seth, born January 27, 1728. 6. Jcde- diah, born May 19, 1730, died aged six. 7. Elizabeth, born July 16, 1732. 8. Philip, see forward. 9. Thankful, born March 10, 1738. 10. Thomas, born June 27, 1739. II. Jedediah, born October 29, 1742. 12. Judith, born April 6, 1745. 13. Samuel, born I'ebruary 18, 1747. (V) Philip Gilbert, son of Thomas Gilbert (4), was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, September 10, 1734, married Martha . He died after 181 1. He was a private in Captain Samuel Robin- son's company at Fort Edward in 1756, and was with Captain Abbot's company in the war during 1755. He deeded the homestead to his son, Ezra Gilbert, September 21, 1801, and also a meadow lot. The farm was on the road leading to West Brookfield from New Braintree and was bounded by land o£ Stephen Martin, Lemuel Gilbert, Jonas Gilbert. Pel- atiah Gilbert. Azariah Willis and Captain David Hitchcock. He leased the premises to his parents for life for the annual rental of "one barley-corn, if demanded." Phillip deeded land to Benjamin, pei;- haps his son. May 3, 1787, and to Dr. William Jenni- .■■on, perhaps son-in-law, in 1787. Children: i. Ezra, see forward. 2. Sally, mentioned in Ezra's will. (VI) Ezra Gilbert, son of Philip Gilbert (5), was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, about 1760, died 1849. He had the homestead. His will was filed May 28, 1849, and allowed July 3, 1849. Chil- dren, born at West Brookfield; I. Ezra, died 1850, unmarried, in California. 2. Solomon B. 3. Elvira P. 4. George. 5. Oiarles, see forward. 6. Harvey, had four children, died before father. (VII) Charles Gilbert, son of Ezra Gilbert (6). was born in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 22, 1805, died August 25, 1858. He married, January 25, 1835, .Achsah Wood, born in 1806. They lived at West Brookfield, where she died January 24, 1839. Their children: I. Charles Warren, see for- ward. 2. Achsah Wood, born January 11, 1839. (VIII) Charles Warren Gilbert, son of Charles Gilbert (7), was born in West Brookfield, Massa- chusetts. December 1, 1835. He was one of the prime movers in the great loom manufacturing busi- ness for which the city of Worcester is famous. He WORCESTER COUNTY 201 had a valuable and varied training in early life. He attended the common schools of West Brookheld, and also at Brunswick, Maine, where the family lo- cated for a time during liis boyhood. He attended the high school at Milford, Massachusetts, and thus started out with a good education. In 1852 he came to Worcester, where he began his business career as clerk in a grocery store. His ability was recognized and he advanced rapidly. Not many men secure the training Mr. Gilbert received or win the advancement he received when a mere boy. He spent five years in the grcxery, then three years as bookkeeper and cashier in Barnard & Simmer's, at that time the leading dry goods house of the section, since expanded into the Barnard, Sumner & Putnam Company Department Store. He left there to be- come paymaster at the Wire Mills of Washburn & Moen at Quinsigamond. and left the mills to ■ go into business with Daniel Tainter, who was a manu- facturer. During the next two years he laid the foundation of his knowledge of manufacturing. In 1865 he struck out for himself in the manufacture of looms under the lirni name of Gilljert Loom Com- pany. The mill in vvhicli the Gilbert looms were made was in the center of the old manufacturing district of Worcester, between Main and Summer streets. In 1898 the Gilbert Loom Compay entered the con.solidation of loom manufacturers known as the Crompti n & Knowles Loom Company, and Mr. Gilbert became manager of the Gilbert Loom Dep;nt- ment of the Crompton & Knowles Company, which position he held until January i. 1906. when he re- tired from business. Mr. Gilbert is a Congregation- alist, auditor of Plymouth Congregational Parish and active in church work. He was an officer of the Na- tural History Society of Worcester, and the Worces- ter Mozart Society. He is interested in musical mat- ters and has been on the IxJard of officers of the Choral Union of Worcester, and is at present tlie treasurer. He is a Republican in politics. To write the biography of Mr. Gilbert adequately would require a history of the development and growth of manufacturing in this country, especially of textile machinery. He has been a part of that development, as the Knowles, the Cromptons, the Drapers and the Whitins. all of this county, hav; beeiv The cotton mills, the woolen mills and the carpet mills of the United States are filled with ma- chinery devised and built in this county. Mr. Gil- bert, for instance, patented and built the first ma- chine for weaving cartridge belts, and manufactured the first hundred thousand used by the United States and other countries. . He also built the loom for the manufacture of pile carpets. This was aliout 1866, after the expiration of the Bigelow patents. He real- ized the vast possibilities of the machine, but could not command the capital to extend it as he resired. Mr. Gilbert is one of the best types of the American manufacturer; a thorough business man, he knows the mechanical as well as the commercial department of manufacturing, and has set an example of honor and integrity, of earnest living and good citizenship. He married (first) Calista Tainter, daughter of Daniel Tainter, for .whom Mr. Gilbert worked dur- ing the civil war in the manufacture of wcjolen ma- chinery. She wa;* born November, 1840. died March, '875. (See Tainter sketch). He married (second), March .30, 1876. Alice Street Todd, born July 23. 1853, daughter of Jchiel Todd, of Worcester. Children of Charles W. and Calista Gil])ert, born in Worces- ter: I. Charles Walter, born March 10, 1S62, mar- ried, January. 1889. Nellie S. True, of Woburn, Massachusetts, and they have one child. Dora, born June 19, 1898. i. Eliza, born June 20, 1865, married, January, i88f), (Jcorge Day, of Worcester, and they have one child, Margaret born February 28. 1889. 3. Lizzie Brown, born February 18. 1868. died .\ugust IJ, 1872. 4. Calista, born November 8, 1871, mar- ried, October 2, 1895, Oliver C. Crumley, of Woon- socket. Rhode Island; no children. 5. FVank Ed- ward, born March 30, 1875, graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1895; married, October 8, 1897, E'lorence Dodge, of Worcester, and they have one child, F.velyn, born June 18, 1899. Children of Charles W. and Alice S. Gilbert: 6. Louis D., born September 5, 1878, graduate of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1901 ; phosphate chemist of the Davis Baking Powder Company of Hoboken, New Jersey. 7. Ruth .-Mice, born .^pril 27, 1886, graduate of the Worcester Classical High School, 1903; is now studying music. TAINTER FAMILY. Charles Taintor (i), was born in Wales. He was a man of some prop- erty, but had it confiscated by the government owing to religious troubles. He settled at F'airfield, Con- necticut, in 1643. He was lost at sea on a ship of which he was part owner in 1654. His real estate was sold by his sons in 1656. His children were: Michael, Charles, Jr., Joseph, Marie. (II) Joseph Tainter, son of Charles Tainter (i), came from Wales to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1644. His children were: i. Ann, born in Water- town, 2, (7), 1644. 2. Joseph, born 2. (7), 1645. 3- Rebekah, born 18, (6), 1647. 4. Jonathan, born 10, (7), 1654, married Elizabeth Marvin, i()8i. 5. Sary, born 20, November, 1657. 6. Simon, sec forward. 7. Dorothy, bom August, 1663. (HI) Simon Tainter, son of Joseph and Mary Tainter (2), was born 30, (9), 1660, married Joamia . Their children were: I. Simon, see for- ward. 2. Mary, born January. 1695-96. died January, 1697-98. 3. John, born March, i()98-99, married Joanna Harrington, May, 1720. 4. Rebecca, born May, 1701. 5. Mary, born November, 170.^, mar- ried Benjamin Hastings, of Watertown, April, 1726. 6. Dorothy, born May, 1706. (IV) Simon Tainter, son of Simon and Jijanna Tainter (3), was born February, 1693-94, "' Water- town, Massachusetts, married Rebecca Harrington, May, 1714. Their children were: i. Simon, see forward. 2. Rebecca, born January, 1716, married Timothy Warren. 3. Joanna, born February, 1717. married Joshua Kendall. 4. Susanna, born Decem- ber, 1720, married Samuel Baker, of Bolton. 5. Jonathan, born August. 1723. 6. Sarah, married Joseph Bowker. 7. Elizabeth, baptized January, 1729, at Westboro, married Stephen Sadler. 8. Jos- hua, baptized February, 1733. 9 Samuel, baptized May, 1736. (V) Simon Tainter, son of Simon and Rebecca Tainter (4), was born at Watertown, April. 1715. He married Mary Bruce. Their children were: I. Simon, born at Westboro, 1741, died March, 1769. 2. Abijah, see forward. 3. Mary. 4. Joel, born March, 1749. married Abigail Goddard, September 1786. She died May, 1790, aged twenty-nine. He married (second) Elizabeth Bancroft. December, 1798. 5. Nahum, born 17.ii. married Iluldah Sibley, of Sutton. M.ay. 1781. 6. Hannah, born March, 1758, married Joseph Bancroft. September, 1780. 7 -Anna, born Julv. 1760, married Robert Goddard, .April, 1780. 202 WORCESTER COUNTY 8. Daniel, born I"6i, married Rebecca Jacobs, of Ward (Auljurn), January, 1792. 9. David, born 176 — , married Katharine Houghton, of Sterling. (VI) Abijah Tainter, son of Simon and Mary Tainter (5), was born in Grafton, June, 1744. He married, October, 1772, Sarah Small. Their chil- dren were: i. Stephen, born at Sutton, 1776, married Polly Dyke, who died 1834; married (second) Luc- retia Gates. 2. Abijah, see forward. 3. Sally, born 1781. (VH) Abijah Tainter, son of Abijah and Sarah Tainter (6), was born 1778. He married Mercy Shumway and Hannah Smith. The children were: I. Fanny, born at Millbury, February, 1800, married Burt. 2. David, born November, 1803, married Elizabeth T. B. Marble, October, 1836. 3. Leonard, born April, 1804. 4. Daniel, see forward. S. Sunmer, born January, 1810, died in Michigan, January, 1845. 6. Willard, born February, 1812, married Hannah Goddard, of Worcester. 7. Almira, born October, 1819, married Asa Burt, December, 1839. The following by second wife: 8. Sarah, Au- gust, 1824, married George Bradley, of Norwich, Maine. 9. Sybil, born July 8, 1825. 10. Lucy, born January 29, 1826. 11. Enieline, born July, 1830. (VHI) Daniel Tainter, son of Abijah and Mercy Tainter (7), married Sarah Johnson. Their chil- dren were: i. Calista Barnard, see forward. 2. Charles E., born March, 1846. (IX) Calista Tainter, daughter of Daniel and Sarah E. Tainter (8), was born November, 1840, married Charles Warren Gilbert, October, i860, died March, 1875. Her father, Daniel Tainter, was man- ufacturer of woolen machinery in Worcester. FRANKLIN LYON. William Lyon (i), fath- er of the immigrant ancestor of Franklin Lyon, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, lived at Haton, Middlesex county, England. He came of an ancient English family whose arms are given : Arg a lion rampant as. armed and langued, within a double tressure, flow- ered and counter flowered, gu. Crest, a lady hold- ing in her right hand the royal thistle, etc. in al- lusion to the alliance with the daughter of the king. Motto : "In Te, Domini, Speravi.' (II) William Lyon, son of William Lyon (l), was born in England. He emigrated to New Eng- land at the age of fourteen on the ship "Hopewell" in 1635. He settled at Roxbury. He was one of the original proprietors of Woodstock, now in Con- necticut, but never settled there. His sons were among the prominent pioneers of Woodstock. He died in 1692, and was buried May 21. His will was proved October 20, 1692. His widow died August 4, 1694- He married (first), June 17, 1646, Sarah Rug- glcs, who died February 9, 1688-9. He married (sec- ond) Martha . General Nathaniel Lyon, who was born July 14, 1818, son of Amasa, grandson of Ephraim Lyon, was a descendant. The children of William and Sarah Lyon, all born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, were : John, baptized April 10. 1647, married Abigail Polly, and settled in Woodstock ; Thomas, born in Roxbury and baptized August 8, 1648, married Abigail Gould, and settled at Wood- stock; Samuel, baptized June 16, 1650; William, of whom later ; Joseph, baptized November 3, or De- cember 3, 1654, settled in Woodstock ; Sarah, bap- tized March 8, 1657 ; Jonathan, baptized September 9, 1666, died May 30, 1668. (III) William Lyon, fourth child of William Lyon (2), was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, ii> 1652, and baptized there July 18, 1652. He settled on his father's land in Woodstock, Connecticut, then in Massachusetts. The only known son was Will- iam, Jr., of whom later. (IV) William Lyon, son of William Lyon (3), was born in Roxbury or Woodstock, about 1675. He married Deborah Colburn, November 8, 1699, and (second) Martha Morris, January 6, 1714-5 , at Woodstock. They settled at Woodstock. Among his children were: William, Jr., born about 1705, married Patience Hale, of Bellingham, April 1726; Henry, of whom later. (V) Henry Lyon, son of William Lyon (4), was born in Woodstock about 1710. He bought land of his father, William Lyon, April 25, 1746. (See Worcester County records). He bought land at Royalston, Massachusetts, with his son, David Lyon, then of Royalston, May 22, 1771, from Obadiah Walker, of Royalston. He did not settle at Royals- ton himself. He seems to have married twice in the same year, if the dates are correct. He was the only Henry Lyon at that time in the town. He married (first) Elizabeth Marcy, January i, 1731-2. He married (second), September 10, 1732. Evidently the eldest child only was by the first wife. All their children were born in Woodstock, viz. : George, born March II, 1732; Elizabeth, born April 30, 1735; Jonna, born August 14, 1737; Henry, Jr., born May 4, 1740; Thomas, born July 4, 1742; David, born about 1745. (VI) David Lyon, son of Henry Lyon (5), was born about' 1745 in or near Woodstock. He owned land in Royalston, Massachusetts, with his father, bought in 1771. He bought land also of Ezra Pratt at Royalston. He died October 24, 1808. He was a soldier in the revolution and received a bounty for three years' service in the Continental army from the town of Royalston in 1781. He married (first) Jerusha , who died October, 1778, aged twenty-three years, leaving three children. He married (second), September 19, 1780, at Royalston, Lydia Burbank. His children : Jer- usha, born July 12, 1775; David, Jr., born February 23, 1777; Lydia, Augu=t I, 1778; Mehitable, April 8, 1781; Samuel, December 21, 1782; Sally, November 4, 1784; Hannah. November 3, 1789; David, Septem- ber ID, 1791 ; Elijah, September 29, 1793; Daniel, June 14, 1795; Isaac, July 14, 1799. All born in Royalston. (VII) Elijah Lyon, son of David Lyon (6), was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, September 29, 1793- He settled about 1814 in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. He was a farmer. For many years he was deacon of the Fitzwilliam Baptist Church. He died there August 23, 1862. He married, March 13, 1818, Sarah Howe, daugh- ter of Nahum and Mary Howe ; she was born Sep- tember 19, 1794, and died March 20, 1872. The chil- dren of Deacon Elijah and Sarah Lyon, all born at Fitzwilliam. were: l. Mary Taylor, February 17. 1819; married Daniel Whitcomb ; Sarah Howe, born October 13, 1820, married Samuel Tenncy ; Franklin, born December 7. 1822, of whom later; Thomas Johnson, born February 12. 1825,- resided in Rutland, Vermont; Alcev Melinda. born April 22, 1827, mar- ried, July 10. 1867, William Harvey Kinsman: (mar- ried second), he was born November 22, 1816, in Fitchburg. (Vlin Franklin Lyon, third child of Ett|ah Lyon (7), was born in Fitzwilliam, December 7, 4. ^h-"~ ^ ^tAMy^M^^i^^ toL^i^yi^ WORCESTER COUNTY 203 i8jj. He attended the public schools there and learned the trade of stone mason. He came to Fitch- burg when he was twenty-one years old to work for Deacon Wheeler. Soon afterward he started in business for himself as stone mason. One after another he acquired several excellent quarries, among them that of Frederic A. Hale on Rollstone hill, and in the course of a long and honorable business career in the stone business he acquired a competence. For eight years he had the contract for all the stone work on the new north division of the Old Colony railroad, and either built or re-built every stone bridge on that line. He did a great deal of stone work for the city of Fitchburg and for private con- cerns in F'itchburg. Examples of his early work are to be seen in the retaining wall at the Sylvanus Sawyer place on Summer street and the wall oppo- site the J. P. Phillips place on High street. He sold his quarries in 1877, but did not retire from busi- ness until 1885. He built the house in which he lived at the time of his death, and built and owned nine houses in Fitchburg. He was for some time a silent partner of E. B. Macy, of Fitchburg. He was a Republican in politics, and in 187J represented his ward in the first common council of the city government. He was a member of Mt. Roul.>;tone Lodge of Odd Fellows. After an illness lasting about a year he died at his home in Fitch- liurg, August 12, 1895. He was* a prominent Spir- itualist, and a clergyman of this faith. Rev. Juli- ette Yeaw, of Leominster, officiated. She said among other tributes to the character of Mr. Lyon : "When we remember the long years of faithfulness of our friend and think how he has enjoyed his home life and how he lived in the association of those of his religious belief, why should we mourn? * * * His life so pure, simple and sincere is his best eulogy. In the sublimity of his simple faith let us find a type of the higher life." He married, February 22, 1849, Charlotte M. C. Haskell, of Lunenburg, the daughter of Peter Has- kell, member of an old and honorable Worcester county family. His widow survives him and re- sides in the homestead. Their children were : Al- bert E., died young; Rosa Ella, died young; Alice Norton, died young; Rosaltha P., resides at home with her mother. BURDETT FAMILY. Hon Alfred A. Burdett, deceased of Clinton, Massachusetts, came of good old New England ancestry. The name was some- times spelled Burden and at other times "Burditt," but later Burdett. The grandfather of Alfred A. Burdett, John Burdett, was born in Leominster, 1777. 'Ihe first one of his name in this country was Robert Burdett, of Maiden. He was there in 1653 and bought his lands of members of the Bay Colony. John Burdett (V) was a revolutionary soldier at Bunker Hill, Lexington and Saratoga. Three of his eleven children settled in the district now called Clinton. John moved from Maiden to Leominster and died there in 1643. John (VI), born in Leom- inster, July 21, 1788; another son Phincas S., born February ig, 1797, lived some time with his brother Nathan in his youth. Three sons of Phincas — Au- gustus P., Horatio S., and Albert T,, were engaged in trade in Clinton when the place was incorporated. The line through which Hon. Alfred A. Burdett, the subject, comes is as follows: (II) Thomas Burdett, born 1655, married Eliza- beth ; was a prominent church man of his day. Among their children was one named John. (HI) John Burdett, son of Thomas (2), born in 1693, married Hannah Cole, July 25, 1722. They had a son John. (IV) John Burdett, son of John (3), born 1722, married Jeremiah Green and had a son named John. (V) John Burdett, son of John (4), born 1746, married (.first) Abigail ; (second) Sarah Shute. Among John's children was one called Nathan. (VI) Nathan Burdett, son of Jolin (5), born in Leominster, Worcester county, July 21, 1788, was educated in the common schools and took up farm- ing, which he followed through his life. He accu- mulated considerable property and in his later years moved to Clinton, where he died. Politically he was a Whig and never held office. He married Mar- garet Darling, of Worcester county, who is also deceased. The had nine children ; born among them was one named (VII) Alfred A. Burdett, born in Clinton, Mas- sachusets, June 20, 1827. Owing to his father's cir- cumstances, he was unable to attend school as was the good fortune of many another boy of his time, but he assisted his father on the farm. Later on he began work in a comb shop, in which he served and saved his money with which he was enabled to attend a term of school at the Worcester Acad- emy. He was eager after education and learned very rapidly. After his first term, he was approached by Eli Thayer, one of the chief teachers in the academy, who told him he believed it was his duty to study hard during vacation, so that he could give him a district school to teach. Mr. Burdett applied himself with a right good will and when the time came he was offered the school at Lan- caster, Massachusetts. He passed the examination and accepted the school at twenty dollars per month and his board. The school had been known as a hard one to manage, but Mr. Burdett was equal to the task and ruled with tact and kindness, through which he soon won over the pupils. His first school was a success in every particular. He was then twenty years of age and when he reached his majority he was to receive seventy-five dollars "freedom money," and he decided to use this snug sum with which to bear his expenses while taking another term of school. But he had counted too soon — for a few months prior to the time in which he was to receive the money, he was informed by his father that it would be impossible for him to give him the amount promised him on his twenty- first birthday. This was. indeed, discouraging, but nothing can bar the entrance to the temple of suc- cess, when an iron will is behind it. He entered a grocery store, working for his board and studying nights. Later he found employ- ment in the stationery store of E. Merrill, where he clerked and kept up his studies until there came a call for him to go to Shrewsbury to teach the district school. It was known as a hard school to handle, but he went forth to conquer and in a short time he had one of the best disciplined schools in Worcester county. He next taught at Leominster with much success for two years. But he had not yet struck his sphere. He decided to study medi- cine, hence he went to Pittsficld, where he studied medicine and was apothecary, as was the combined profession at that time— 1849. During that year, he 204 WORCESTER COUNTY •opened the pioneer drug store O'f Clinton. Massa- chusetts. He built up a large, paying trade and •continued until 1887, when he sold. The building he first occupied still stands and is used for drug store purposes by his son, Oscar A. Burdctt. After leaving the drug business he engaged in fire insur- ance for many years — twelve in all. In this line he met with good success and rapidly accumulated property in and around Clinton. Politically he was a stanch, abiding Republican, ever doing all within his power to promote the best interests of his party. He served as a selectman, town treasurer, was a member of school committee many years, also a member of the state legislature. At one time he was assessor and field driver. He was one of the trustees of the Historical Society of Clinton, and stood high in the Masonic fraternity. Not forgetting the spiritual side of life, he was identified as a member with the Baptist Church of Clinton, of which he was treasurer for over forty- two years. 1849 marked a new era in his life, for during that year he married Miss Matilda A. Boynton, who died August 5, 1902. Matilda A. Boynton was the daughter of the late Asa Boynton, of West Boylston, Massachusetts. The children of Alfred A. and Ma- tilda Burdett are: Walter C, died in childhood; Helen M., wife of Dr. W. P. Bowers ; Henry A., druggist, tiiarried Elva A. Jenkins ; Charles A., died in childhood ; Oscar A., a druggist of Clinton ; Alice E. ; Ernest G., married Lottie Avery, and have three children: Alfred E., Walter A., and Helen M. Hon. A. A. Burdett died at his home in Clinton, ]\larch 25, 1906. JEREI\nAH F. REGAN was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, the son of James H. and Margaret (^IcCabe) Regan, June 19, 186^. His grandfather emigrated from Ireland in the twenties and settled in Woonsocket. Both grandfather and father were stone masons by trade. His father, James H. Regan, was born December 25. 1838, and raised in Woon- socket. He is now living in Fitchburg, Mas- sachusetts. Jeremiah F. Regan was educated in the public schools of his native place. He graduated from the Woonsocket high school in 1883. In his youtli he had shown great skill as a base ball player, and upon leaving school found himself in demand as a ball player. He became a famous player on the league teams in the eighties. He made a record with Roolstones of Fitchburg, the IndeiK-ndcnts, and other minor league clubs. In 1885 he played on the Detroit National Qub. In 1888 he left the big league and in 1891 went into business as proprietor of a restaurant, which has since been a popular re- sort for base ball men and the younger clement in- terested in base ball and other athletics and sports. For the past few years Mr. Regan's restaurant has been located at 23 Mechanic street. Mr. Regan is a member of Worcester Lodge of Elks. He is un- married. ANDREW J. WHITNEY. Sanuiel Wliiiney. father of Andrew J. Whitney, of Charlton, Massa- chusetts, settled in the little town of Nassau, near Troy. New York. He was born May 10, 1814. He had a common school education. He was doubt- less descended from the New England Whitneys, sketches of many of whom appear in this work. He was a Republican after the formation of that party. He spent his last years in the town of Charlton, Massachusetts, with his son Andrew and died there in 1890. He married (first) Chloe M. Whitin and (second) Jane J. Washburn. He had by his first wife eight children, who are widely scattered. Andrew J. Whitney, son of Samuel Whitney, was born in Nassau, New York, November 28, 1836. He was educated there in the common schools. He went to work in a cotton mill in Troy, where he learned the trade of weaver and worked at his trade in various places until 1861, when he went to Chicopee, Massachusetts. During the civil war he was twice refused as a soldier on account of his health. He left Chicopee and worked for a few years as boss carder in a cotton mill there. He returned to Chicopee and worked on harness for Japanese cotton mills, became expert packer for foreign shipments, and' was employed in that capacity until 1876, when he bought his farm at Charlton. He was a successful farmer, industrious, energetic and shrewd in trading. He bought other real estate in Charlton City and for many years conducted a livery stable there. He had the con- tract for carrying the mails before the electric railroad was built. Mr. Whitney is a typical American farmer of the old school, well posted, prosperous, hard working until increasing years obliged him to take life more easily. He is a Re- publican in politics but never sought public honors. He is respected by all the townspeople for his demo- cratic ways, his sterling character and his up-hill but winning fight under many adverse conditions. He married, 1857, Cornelia Van Housen, daugh- ter of Jolm Van Housen, of one of the oldest Dutch families of old Albany, New York. Their children : Charles E., married Maud Alberty and has Charles A., and Stella, resides in Worcester. Edgar, died young. CHARLES ROMINE HUNTLEY. Alanson P. Huntley, father of Charles R. Huntley, was born July 29, 1796, in Lyme, Connecticut, and was a son of Huntley, whose name is on record as a soldier of the revolutionary war. Alanson P. Huntley was educated in the common schools. Both as a farmer and a citizen he stood well in the community, holding several township offices, among them that of selectman. He was noted for his interest in military matters and belonged to a com- pany of militia. Politically he was first a Whig and later a Republican. Mr. Huntley married Julia Tucker, of Lyme, Connecticut, and their children were: William H., born March 3, 182 1 ; Joseph L., April 29, 1822; Julia A., September 10, 1823; Jane E.. December i. 1825; Rominc C, April 4, 1828: Stephen C, November 20, 1830; Niles H., October 15. 1834; Horace H., March 5. 1836; Niles R., May 10, 1840; and Charles Romine, see for- ward. Charles Romine Huntley, son of Alanson P. and Julia (Tucker) Huntley, was born May 10, 1840, in Windsor, Connecticut. With his twin brother, Niles R., he moved to Oakdale, Massachusetts, a part of West Boylston. At the age of nineteen he was sent to Nichols Academy. Dudley, Massa- chusetts, where he studied for several terms. On his return to Oakdale he went into the bootmaking business, and in the early part of the civil war en- deavored to enlist, but could not pass until July 27, 1863, when he was accepted and joined Com- ^Z^^ :^. ^2 7c WORCESTER COUNTY pany G, Tliird RL'giinciil, Massacliusctts Heavy Artillery. He served in the Army of the Potomac imtil the end of the war. After his return lionic he resumed his trade of hootmaking, which he followed for six years in North Brooktield, with the firm of the Batchcllcrs. He lived for a long period in Worcester, finally settling in West Boylslon. where he has since re- mained. While in Worcester he was employed for some time in the otTice of Herbert GofT, dealer in building supplies. He later was associated in mer- cantile business with William P. Rowell. He be- longs to the (jrand Army of the Republic Post, of West Boylston, aivd is affiliated with Central Lodge. Xo. i68, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Mount Vernon Encampment, of Worcester. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of Trinity (Methodist Episcopal) Church, of Worcester, in which he has served as librarian. ^Ir. Huntley married, April 22, 1863, Olive Julia, born January 24, 1845, daughter of Norman H. and Olive Julia (Reed) (ioodcll. the former a farmer of West Boylston. Mr. and Mrs. Huntley are with- out children. CHARLES H. NEWTON. Richard Newton (i), the immigrant ancestor of Charles H. Newton, of Fitchburg, Massachusett.s, was born in England about 1601. He was one of the early settlers of Sudbury, Massachusetts, and was a proprietor of that town as early as 1639. He was admitted a freeman there in May, 1645, and again for some reason in 164- according to Savage. He was one of the founders of Marlborough, whither he went in 1656. He settled in the southern part of the new town and was eventually set off in the town of Southbor<\ where his descendants have been very numerous. He married (first) .Anne ; (second) Han- nah . who died December 5, 1697. He died August 24, 1701, aged about one hundred years. Their children were : John, horn at Sudbury. Oc- tober 20, 1641, married. January 6, 1666, Elizabeth Larkin; Mary, born June 12, 1644. married Jona- than Johnson : Moses, born May 12, 1646, married, October 27. i6A8,Johanna Larkin; he was sliot in the arms by the Indians while defending the women during King Philip's war, 1676. at Alarlborough ; Joseph, born about 1650, married Katherine ; Hannah, born .April 13, 1654, died March 13. 1697, unmarried: Daniel, of whom later; Elizabeth, born about 1658. married Dingley ; Sarah, mar- ried Taylor ; Isaac, not mentioned in will ; Hannah, died yoimg. (II) Daniel Newton, fifth child of Richard Xcwton (l), was born in Sudbury. Massachusetts, December 21, 1655. He married about 1680. Sus- anna Morse. She died May 13, 1729, at Southboro, and he died there November 29, 1739. He was a farmer on the old place probably and always lived in what is now Southboro. Their children were: Daniel, born May 29, 1681, married Sarah ; Benjamin, horn May 13. 1683, married. October 3. 1712. Abigail Knapp, of Newton; Susanna, born February 14. 1684; Isaac, .of whom later; Eph- raim, horn February 12. l68g. married May 29, 171 1, Christiana Ripley; Abigail, born March 2, ifioi. married, October 20, 1709, Rachel Newton; Mary, born July 26. 1693, died .August 12. 17T1; Samuel, born .August ro. 1695, died 1771 ; Nathaniel, born September 4, 1697, married, 1720, Abigail Toser; Lydia, born August 24, 1699, married, .Au- gust 12, 1799, Samuel Morse; Marv, born Mav 10, 1702, married. September, 1725, Otimiel Taylor, of Worcester. (III) Isaac Newton, fourth child of Daniel Newton (2), was born March 12, 1686, in that part of Marlboro, now Southborough. He settled there He married Sarah . Their children were • Keziah, born February 22, 1717; Ilezekiah, of whom later; Mary, born May i, 1721 ; Isaac, Jr., born May 29, 1723; Martha, born July 26, 1726. (IV) Hezekiah Newton, second child of Isaac Newton (3), was born in Marlborough. Massa- chusetts, July 28, 1719. Their home was located in that part of the town that was set off as South- borough. He mai-ried, September 8, 1742, F:unice Brighaiu, at Southboro. He removed to Rutland about 1750. He died in Paxton, 1786, and she in the same town in 1792. Their children were: Persis, born at Southboro, June 14, 1743, married April 16, 1666, Daniel Esterl)rook, Jr. : Silas, borii December 10, 1744; Catherine, born January 10, 1746-7. at Southboro, died young; Catherine, born at Rutland, May 16. 1751 ; Ruth, born at Rutland, April 25, 1753; Hezekiah. born June 25, 17^5, died at Royalston, January 6. 1848, aged ninety-two years, ten months and twelve days, married Lucy Coggswell; Eunice, born at Rutland. March 17, 1758; Nathan Brigham, of whom later; Klizabelh, born February 4, 1763; Edmund, baptized June 9, 1765, settled in Spencer; married Mary Davis, Mav 14- 1780. (V) Nathan Brigham Newton, son of Hezekiah Newton (3), was born in Rutland. Massachusetts. March 28, 1760. When young he resided at Rut- land and Paxton. He moved to Royalston, where he bought a fann of fifty-one acres of Nathan and Nabby Wheeler, July 10, 1786. He was a cord- wainer or shoemaker by trade. He was a soldier in the revolution, a fifer in Captain Joshua Whit- ney's company. Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, in 1778, at the Rhode Island campaign. He was also in Captain Daniel Grout's company. Colonel Enoch Hallet's regiment, sent to re-inforce the Continental army. He enlisted as "Brigham New- ton." Few men bore middle names as early as he, and in most cases the war records clip names short in this way. He niarried Mary Stewart. He died in 1844. His will was made in 1837 ■'""J allowed at Worces- ter, M.-iy 23, 1844. He luentions his wife ^lary and the children given below, viz : Elmer, of whom later; Sophia, married John Fay; Lucy, married Barnet Bullock: Lucinda. married Myrick, of Princeton, had children: George- D.. Harriet, Mary. .Ardelia Myrick: their mother died before her father: Mary, married Colonel John Whitney, of Princeton, and had children: William, Miriam, Mary Whitney; Hezekiah, married Eliza Lewis, of Danvers; he died 1853: Willard. (VI) Elmer Newton, son of Nathan Brigham Newton (5), was born abotU 1790. and died March 26, 1880. at Royalston. He married Adeline Esta- brook and they settled at Royalston. In his will he mentions the chihircn as given below and also makes a be(|uest to his grandson, Charles M. New- ton. The children of Elmer and Adaline Newton were: Sophia F.. of Royalston; Charles H.. of whom later ; Phineas S.. of Royalston ; Edward E., of Royalston; Martha, George. (VII) Charles H. Newton, son of Elmer New- 206 WORCESTER COUNTY ton (6), was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, May 13. 1828, and died at Fitchburg, March 12. 1905, aged seventy-six years, nine months and twenty-seven days. He was educated in the public schools of Royalston. at the Westminster .Academy and a school at Worcester. He went into busi- ness in Royalston with his brother, Phinehas S. Newton. They kept a general store and carried on the manufacture of straw goods after the fashion of the times. They had a large and prosperous business, for the size of the community in which they were located. He was postmaster there several years. In 1870 Mr. Newton withdrew from the business and removed to Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Fitchburg Flour Company as long as that concern existed. He entered the Beoli Mills as bookkeeper and he held a responsible position in this concern for twenty-three years. The principal owner was James Phillips, Jr. Mr. Newton became the treasurer of the company. He left tlie business when it was sold to the American Woolen Company a few years ago. Mr. Newton was beloved and respected by many friends. He was a conscientious and highly esteemed member of the Rollstone Congregational Church. His home ■was at igo Blossom street, where his family re- sides. He was a Republican in politics. He married (first) Harriet Meade, of Worces- ter, who died April 11, 1886. He married (sec- ond), August 4, 1889, Adele Estabrook. daughter oo,ooo feet, equipped with all modern appli- ances and machinery, including fire alarms and auto- matic sprinklers, modern heating and ventilating apparatus, electric lighting plants, telephones and elevators. The concern has large wholesale and retail depots in New York, Boston, Worcester and Fitchburg, with offices and branches in I^ndon, England, Germany and Japan. A force of skilled and expert metallurgists and mechanics is employed, with laboratories for testing chemically and mechan- ically. A first-class sporting goods store has been luaintained in Boston and Worcester, and is the rec- ognized headquarters in those cities for firearms and sporting goods. The Iver Johnson arms and bicycles are known throughout the civilized world, and in the business w-orld it is known everywhere that the company lives up to the motto of the founder, "honest goods at honest prices." It is claimed that the output of small fire-arms and shotguns made by this company is larger than that of all the small fire- arms manufacturers of the country. Mr. Johnson associated with him in the business his sons, and since his death they have carried on the business of the company with uninterrupted prosperity and growth. His ideas have been extended and devel- oped during the past ten years during which the company has extended its business in every direction. While living in Worcester, Mr. Johnson was a member and director of the Sovereign's Co-oper- ative Store and of three co-operative banks. He was president for many years of the Equity Co- operative Bank Company, and vice-president of the Home Co-operative Bank. He was a close student of econoinic questions. He served on a committee of manufacturers who testified before the finance com- mittee of the senate concerning the tariff when legislation w-as under consideration. His confidence in American institutions was greatly strengthened by his observations abroad in 1884, when he made an extended trip to his native country and many of the manufacturing centres of England and the con- tinent. He was a Republican, but never had time to accept public ofiice. He was a prominent Free Mason and Knight Templar, having advanced to the thirty-second degree, and was a noble of the order of the Mystic Shrine. He was trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank, and director of the Fitchburg National Bank, also of tlie Fidelity Co- operative Bank of I'itchburg. He resided in Worcester for a time after removing to factory to Fitchburg, but his later years were spent in Fitch- burg. Mr, Johnson was naturally a generous and philanthrophic man, and as his means increased he gave freely to various charities in Worcester and Fitchburg. He died August 3, 1895, and was buried at Worcester. Mr. Johnson married, April 9, 1868, Mary Eliza- beth Spcirs, daughter of John and Janet (Adams) Speirs of Norwich, Connecticut. Their children were: I. Janet Bright, died young. 2. I'red Iver, who was educated at the Worcester Academy. 3. John Lovell, who received his education at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Bryant & Stratton Connnercial College of Boston. 4. Walter Olaf, graduate of the Drexel Institute of Philadel- phia. S. Mary L. All of the children were born in Worcester. The sons arc now carrying on the affairs of the company in I'itchburg and else- where. 2IO WORCESTER COUNTY BALL FAMILY. The Ball family of Boylston, which is represented in this work by Alonzo Ball, is one of the oldest in that town, and is descended from early Puritan colonists. It is also of revolu- tionary ancestry. The family was established in Worcester county by Phineas Ball, Alonzo Ball's ;great-grandfather, who went there from Boxford, Massachusetts, at least thirty years prior to the American revolution, and settled in Lancaster. On J\lay 37, 1741, he married Martha Bixby, of Andover, ■this state, and it is known that he had three sons. Two of these, who went to New Hampshire, were •never afterward heard from, and it is quite proba- ble that they enlisted for service in the French and Indian war. The third son was Elijah Ball, Alonzo JBall's grandfather, whose birth took place at Lan- •caster in 1748. He was connnissioned a lieutenant in Colonel Artcmas Ward's regiment, with which he served throughout the struggle for national in- dependence, participating in the operations on Long Island and in General Putnam's famous retreat. After the termination of hostilities he resumed farm- ing in Boylston, and resided there until his death, which occurred March 31, 1834. He was married October 18, 1770, to Rebecca Moore, of Boylston, daughter of Levi and Rebecca (Sawyer) Moore, Lancaster, and the children of this union were: Elijah, Amaziah, Reuben, Levi, Micah, Patty, Lu- cinda Phineas, Rebecca, Jonah and Manasseh. Manasseh Ball, Alonzo Ball's father, was born in Boylston, December 27, 1800. He resided his en- tire life, the active period of which was devoted to agricultural pursuits. In politics he was originally a Whig, and later a Republican. In his religious faith he was a Unitarian, and for many years he sang in the choir of that church. Manasseh Ball ;married Clarissa Andrews, daughter of Robert and Lucy (Holt) Andrews, of Boylston, and reared a family of six children: Phineas, born January 18, 1S24; Caroline, September 28, 1827; Adeline, No- vember 5, 1828; Sawyer, March 3, 1833; Albert, May 7, 1835; and Alonzo, the principal subject of this sketch, of whom later, Phineas, who died December 19, 1894, married for his first wife Sarah Augusta Holyoke, who bore him two children— AUard, born September 9, 1851 (died October 6, 1857) ; and Helen Augusta, born April 25, 1858. On November 29, 1865, Phineas married for his second wife Mary Jane Otis, who survives him. Caroline, who died May 15, 1897, married Charles H. Chase, of Clinton, this county, and was the mother of five children, namely: Louisa M, born 1851, died 1876, married Abiel Fisher, of Clin- ton, and left one daughter — Clara ; Adliza C, born June 21, 1853; Carrie R., born January 4, 1858, died November 8. 1883; Emma, married William Felton, of Bolton, this county, and has one son — Newell; and Albert ."Klanson Chase, born in February, 1865, and is now residing m Clinton. Adeline is the wife of Lorenzo Bruce of Berlin, Massachusetts. Sawyer Ball, who died August 9, 1901. married Susan W. Hazen, of Boylston, and left a family of four children — Ella, William H., Clara and .Albert. His widow is now residing in Michigan. Albert Ball married Nancy M. Shaw, of Dresden, Maine; he has two sons — F>ank A., who is married; and George O. Ball. All were •educated in the Boylston public schools. Alonzo Ball was born in Boylston, June 25, 1840. With the exception of a short time spent working for his brother Albert in the manufacture of fire- arms during the civil war, the active period of his life has been devoted to general farming in his na- tive town, and he typifies in a most excellent man- ner the honest, upright and industrious New Eng- land farmer, who knows how tO' appreciate the peaceful serenity of rural life undisturbed by the ceaseless flurry of the outside world. In politics he supports the Republican party, and has served with ability as overseer of the poor. He attends the Congregational Church. Mr. Ball's wife was before marriage Mary Harrington, who was reared / in the family of Reed Hastings, of Boylston. They ( have one son — Allard Alonzo Ball, who was born ' September 12, 1872. He married Elizabeth Fowler, of Boylston, and has one daughter, Lillian, born October 20, 1902. FREDERICK CLINTON HALL, one of the most successful farmers of Boylston, is a native of New York state, and went to Boylston in early childhood. His father, George Hall, who was born in Malonc, New York, in 181 1, was educated in the public schools and the Malone Academy. Enter- ing the clothing business when a young man, he fol- lowed it successfully for many years, and the latter portion of his life was spent in Boylston, where he died in 1872. He participated quite actively in civil affairs, serving as overseer of the poor for some time, was supervicor of various public works, and acted as a justice of the peace. Gieorge Hall married Rebecca Boyd, a native of Malone, and an orphan. She was seventeen years old at the time of her marriage, and she survived her husband more than twenty-five years, dying in 1898. George and Rebecca (Boyd) Hall were the parents of seven children, namely : Clarissa, Henry W., Mary E., Sarah J., George B., Florence and Frederick Clin- ton, the principal subject of this sketch. Frederick Clinton Hall was born in Malone May 23, i860, and removed with his family to Boylston, where he acquired his education. When a young man he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, in which he has attained substantial success, and is now the owner of one of the most desirable farms in Boylston. Mr. Hall is unmarried. He takes a lively interest in local public affairs, being at the present time a member of the board of assessors, and he was formerly town auditor. He is a lead- ing member of the Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. His religious affiliations are with the Congregational Church. GEORGE WILMOT. James Wilmot (i), grandfather of George Wilmot, of Wliitinsville, Massachusetts, was born in England, about 1800. He left London and settled at Sorel, Canada, when a young man. He died in the prime of life, leav- ing two sons: i. James, who was a drover and ranchman, settled in Montreal and has children liv- ing there. 2. George, see forward. (11) George Wilmot, son of James Wilmot (l) and father of George Wilmot, was born in Sorel, Canada. He was left an orphan at a tender age. He married Rose Delima Page, who was born in Canada also. They had fifteen children, seven of whom died in infancy. Those who grew to maturity were; i. Caroline, educated in a Canadian convent, died 1905, aged fifty-four years. 2. Peter, educated at Montreal, became a teacher in Brooklyn and Philadelphia, took gold medal at Paris and Phila- HJ;.\RV H. DVKR WORCESTER COUNTY 21 I dolphia Expositions for his penmanship, and is a master of languages, music and painting. 3. Rose. 4. Charles. 5. George, sec forward. 6. Mary. 7. Oliver. 8. Joseph. (Ill) George Wilmont, son of George Wilmot (2), was born at Sorel, Canada, October 23, 1859. He came with his parents to Worcester when he was only three years old and lived in that city until he was of age. He was educated in the public schools of Worcester, but began to work at an early age. His first position was machinist for Henry Winiter's Screw Shop. From 1S70 to 1880 he worked for the Western Union Telegraph Company, first as mes- senger and then as operator. He was telegraph operator at the Union station for a year and a half. In the spring of 1881 he went to Providence as chief operator for the Providence & Worcester Rail- road. In 1882 he was made station agent at Whit- ins, Massachusetts, and he held this position for ten years. He then became a shipping clerk at the Whitins Machine Company, Whitinsville, and has since then held a responsible position with that concern. He is at present the superintendent of the Linwood Street Railway Company. He resides in Uxbridge and has been active in public affairs there. He is a Republican and was chairman of the Uxbridge Republican town committee from 1900 to 1903. He has been a member of the school com- mittee of the town of Uxbridge since 1902. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, St. Jean Baptiste Society, Ancient Order of United Work- men, and Casino Club. He is a member of Good Shepherd Parish and is superintendent of the Sun- day school. He was also superintendent of the Sunday school at Uxbridge when he lived in the village. He married (first) Celia Paridis. He married (second) Emily E. (Paridis) Lebeau, sister of his first wife, and widow of Clifford Lebeau. His second wife has one child by her first marriage, Lydia E. Lebeau, born in Worcester, August 31, 1879, educated in Worcester and Uxbridge public schools and St. Anne's Seminary, Marlboro, Massa- chusetts. The children of George and Celia M. Wilmot were: I. Ida, born 1883, died 1885. 2. Eva E., born at Linwood. March 15, 1887, educated in the Uxbridge and high schools. DENNIS J. HARRINGTON. Michael Har- rington, father of Dennis J. Harrington, the news- dealer of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, was born in Ireland. He settled in Whitinsville and has for many years been employed in the Whitins Machine shop. At present he is the oldest man in actual service working in the shop. Michael Harrington married (first) Ann Grimes and (second) Cath- erine Brennan. His children are: Robert ; Thomas ; Dennis J., see forward; M. J., married Margaret Mc- •Carthy and they have a son Francis, born 1893; Mary J.; Katie; Annie. (II) Dennis J. Harrington, son of Michael Har- rington, born May 15, 1867, has been in the news- dealing business since 1880, He was for tvn years news agent on the Providence & Worcester Rail- road and since then has had almost exclusively the business in Whitinsville. He handles all the news- papers and periodicals for Whitinsville and the sur- rounding towns, and has ten or twelve sub-agents in the work of distributing the New York, Boston and Worcester newspapers, etc. He has been fortunate in business 'and has invested in Whitins- ville property. He owns the block in which his store is located, and has seven tenants in it. The building was built in 1889 by Ira Southwick, con- tractor of Uxbridge. Mr. Harrington is a Demo- crat in politics and is counted a man of influence in political circles. lie was secretary of the Demo- cratic town committee from 1890 to 1896. He mar- ried Eliza J. Walsh, daughter of Thomas and Cath- erine (Mahaney) Walsh, of Whitinsville, Massa- chusetts, January 24, 1899. Their only child died in infancy. Mrs. Harrington died May 2, 1900. HENRY BUTLER DYER. Deacon Thomas Dyer (i), of Weymouth, was the immigrant ances- tor of Henry Butler Dyer, late of Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts. He was born in England, where the record of the Dyer family is to be found as early as 1436. The Dyer coat of arms was a plain shield sur- mounted by a wolfs head. Thomas Dyer came from England in 1632 and settled soon afterward at Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman there May 29, 1644. He was a cloth worker by trade. He also was an inn-keeper in Weymouth and was one of the lead- ing citizens of his day. He was a deputy to the general court in 1646 and four years afterward. He was deacon of the Weymouth Church. He held various town offices. He died November 16. 1676. His will was dated November 3. 1676. and proved November 13, 1676. He bequeathed to hi;^ wife fifty pounds and the estate of her former husband at Mcdfield. He bequeathed to his children named below, to his grandchildren, to his pastor, Mr. Sam- uel Torrey. and to the Weymouth Church. His estate was valued at two thousand one hundred and three pounds. The widow Elizabeth in her will dated November 20, 1678, proved January 31, 1678-9, bequeathed to her sons Abraham and John Hard- ing; daughter Elizabeth .Adams; daughter Prudence, son Joseph Dyer and grandchildren. He married .Agnes Reed, who died December 4, 1667. He married (second) Elizabeth Frary. widow successively of .Abraham Harding, of Mcdfield. and of John Frary, Jr. She died 1679. Their children were: Mary, born July 3. 1641. married Samuel White: John, born July 10. 1643: Th'mias. born 1645. died young: Abigail, born 1647. died March 13. 1717-8. married Jacob Nash: Sarah, born 1649. married John Roggles ; Thomas, born May 5. 1651 ; Joseph, born November 6. 1653 (twin), married Hannah Frary; Benjamin (twin), born November 6. 1653: William, of whom later; Elinor, born about 1660. (II) William Dyer, ninth child of Deacon Thomas Dyer of Weymouth (i). was born there about 1658; married Joanna Chard, who was horn August 17. 1667. Their children were: William, Jr., born March 23. 1693- died i7.=;o; Christopher, born 1701. died .August it. 1786, of whom Liter; Joseph, married Jane Stephens. Probably others. (HI) Christopher Dyer,' son of William Dyer (2), was born at Weymouth. Massachusetts. 1701. He settled in Abington. an adjacent town. He mar- ried Hannah Na except the head of the ticket in the three years last named. When Governor Russell, in May, 1892, appointed Jiihn William Corcoran as associate justice of the superior court, the Democracy of Massachusetts lost one of its most influential workers, but the bench gained a useful and honored member. Judge Cor- coran probably led more forlorn hopes than any other man in Massachusetts politics, having been a candi- ', but after a short time he returned to Blackstone. Next he returned to New York city as clerk of the St. Clair Hotel. He returned to Massachusetts again and engaged in the teaming business in Uxbridge on his own account, following it and prospering until 1879, when, owing to his father's declining years, he was called to take charge of the livery business. He removed- it at once to Blackstone, where he has been in business ever since. He has also a large livery stable in the city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Mr. Nugent is one of the best known and most prominent citizens of the town of Blackstone. He was for sixteen years the deputy sheriff for this section of Worcester county, and is well known in all parts of the country. He was a faithful and efficient officer. He was for four years town clerk of Blackstone, assessor ten years and collector of taxes three years. He is a Democrat in politics. In religion he is a Roman Catholic and prominent in church work. He married, 1870, Margaret Conlon, daughter of John and Rose Conlon. Their children: I. James, born in Uxbridge, married Jessie Marshall, of Mill- ville. 2. John B., born in Uxbridge. 3. Charles, born in Blackstone. 4. Pearl May. born in Black- stone, married Charles Hunter, of New York, mar- ried (second) Edward Clark, now residing in New York. CARLOS BOND, one of the most prominent and widely-known residents of Charlton, is a son of the late Eli Whitman Bond, of that town, and be- longs to an old Worcester county family whose American origin goes back to an early date in the Colonial period. His grandfather, Jacob Bond, was born November 18, 179S, and resided in Oxford, this county. His great-grandfather, also named Jacob Bond, who resided in Leicester, was a son of Benja- min Bond. Jacob Bond, Sr., married Hannah Mer- ritt. of Ware. Massachusetts. December 14. 1792. Jacob Bond. Jr., married Tamma Powers, of Palmer, whose birth took place in 1804. The settled in Charlton. Eli Whitman Bond. Carlos Bond's father, was born in Oxford, in 1832. In his earlier years he was employed in cotton mills, but he later turned hi> attention to farming in Charlton, and his death occurred in that town July 6. 1904. In 1851 he mar- ried Sarah Louisa Stockwell, of Paxton. who was born in 18,33. Born in Charlton, November 9, i860, Carlos Bond pursued the primary branches of his education in the public schools. At the age of seventeen years he went to Iowa, where he continued his studies in the Tabor College Preparatory School, and he was subsequently for two and one half years a student in the academic dcparlment of Tabor Col- lege. Returning to Charlton he engaged in the lum- ber business, but shortly afterward went to Hope ■Valley, Connecticut, where he followed the same line of business for six years, at the expiration of which time he again took up his residence at Charl- ton and established himself in the hay, grain and lumber trade. In addition to his mercantile busi- ness, which is in a most flourishing condition, he carries on a dairy farm, and his entire herd of registered cows produce large quantities of milk. which is sent to market. As a Republican Mr. Bond has attained a considerable prominence in local civic affairs, having rendered able services to the town as a selectman for five years, as assessor for six years, as road commissioner for three years, and he has also officiated as overseer of the poor. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also with the local grange. Patrons of Husbandry, in which latter body he has occu- pied all of the principal offices. Mr. Bond was married in Hope Valley to Miss Emma Saunders, born .'\pril 3, 1865, daughter of Charles Henry and Sally Dresser (Brown) Saund- ers. She became the mother of five children, namely : Otto Ferdinand, born November 3, 1885, now a student at Clark University, Worcester; Mile Edgar, born in 1889, died in 1892 ; Everett Charles, born December i, 1892; Le Roy Whitman, born July 3, 1895 ;. and Clarence Earle, born April 26, 1897. Mrs. Bond died January 6, 1899. MONROE CHANDLER NEEDHAM, formerly a prominent railway contractor and now proprietor of the Coldbrook House, Oakham, was born in New Braintree, this county. He is a son of Lamson Andrew and Cynthia (Penney) Needham. well- known residents of New Braintree in their day, and the parents of nine children. Cynthia Penney was a native of Wales, this state. His early education was acquired in the public schools, was augmented with a commercial course at a business college in Chicago, Illinois, and after its completion he secured a position in the First National Bank in that city, retaining it for three years. Returning cast he was for some time in the service of the .■\dams Express Company, and after severing his connection with that concern he estab- lished himself in business as a general contractor, constructing several railway lines of importance, including the Ware River branch of the Boston and Albany Railway, and a line running into Spring- field. He was subsequently for a period, of thirteen years employed as a traveling salesman. Some time since he became proprietor of the Coldbrook House, Oakham, one of the largest as well as one of the best known hotels in that section of the county, and his familiarity with the wants of the traveling pub- lic enables him to carry on that establishment with prrfitable results. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a charater member of the local tribe. Improved Order of Red Men. in which he has'occupied all of the important chairs. In 1872 Mr. Needham was joined in marriage with Miss Frances R. Bemis. of Oakham. Their children are : Florence, married C. F. King, of Hardwick. this county; Ida. who is residing at home; Edward L.. married Esther L. Clark, of Oak- ham; Gertrude, wife of B. F. Rohbins. of Worces- ter: Herbert, Paul and Francis, who are residing at home ; Mary, who is now Mrs Wooley, of Ware. Massachusetts ; and James, died in childhood. GEORGE REED. William Reed (i). the im- migrant ancestor of George Reed, of Fitchburg. was born in England in 1587. He is believed to be the son of Thomas and Mary Reed or Reade, of Brocket Hall. He sailed from London with his wife and four children in the ship "Defence," July. 1635. under Captain Fostick, and arrived at Boston inNew England. October 6. 1635. His wife, Mabel Kendall, was born in England in 1605. They set- C.I'.Okl'.I', Kl'.I'.D WORCESTER COUNTY 217 tied first at Dorchester where he was admitted a freeman, March 4, 1638. He sold his Dorchester place August, 1639, to Thomas Clark, and removed to Scituate, where he was town constable in 1644. His wife rode horseback to Dorchester, carrying an infant to be baptized there in 1644. He bought his l)rother's place at Brookline (Esdras Reed) and moved there in 1648, but July 7. 1648. bought land at Woburn of Nicholas Davis, of Charlestown, and settled there. He died in England at Newcastle-on- Tyne in 1656 and his estate was probated there. Letters were granted by the Lord Protector Crom- well himself to his widow. She married (second) Henry Summers. November 21, 1660, and she died June 5, 1690, aged eighty-five years. The children of William and Mabel Reed were : George, born 1629: Ralph, born 1630; Justice, aft- erwards called Abigail, 1632 ; Bethia, married John Johnson; Israel, born 1644; Sarah, married Samuel Walker. September 10, i6(52; Rebecca, married Jo- seph Winn. (II) Ralph Reed, second child of William Reed (i), was born in England and was brought to America by his parents when he was five years old in the ship "Defence" in the summer of 1635. He inherited the farm that his father bought of Nicholas Davis at Woburn, now generally known as the Nicholas Wood farm. His name first appeared on the Woburn records March 31- 1654. He mar- ried Mary Pierce, daughter of Anthony Pierce, of Watertow'n, who died February 18, 1700. }\c died January d. 1711. Their children were: William, born 1658: John, born 1660, married Elizabeth Holden, "March 21, 1682; Joseph, of whom later; David. David. Timothy, born February 14. 1664. died January 12. T720. Jonathan, born May S, 1710; Marv. married Benjamin Pierce. (III) Joseph Reed, second child of Ralph Reed (2). was born in Woburn. Massachusetts. He set- tled on a farm near his father on part of the home- stead known now for manv years as the Sylvnnus Wood place in Woburn. His will was proved Jan- uary, 17.-11. He married Phebe . Their chil- dren : Phebe. born ATarch 22. 1695 : Joseuh. of whom later: Joshua, born October I. T700: Nathan- iel, horn March ?8. I70j- Susanna, horn .Vugust t7. 1707. married .Samuel Fowle ; Abigail, born July 29, 1700. (IV") Joseph Reed, youneest child of Josenh Reed (i), of Wohurn, was born there June 23. 1608. ?Tp was a famous Indian himter. He was ■with .Seth Wyman and others of Captain Lovewell's n'en in 1725 scouting for Indians. He lived some of the time after his marriage in Sudhnrv M.nss-i- rhiisetts. but he died at the house of his father in Woburn westside. now called the Sylvanus Wood place. He married Sarah Reed, da'ighter of Daniel pnd Sarah Reed, his first cousin, January T. 1723 He died of a prevailing enidemic March 6. T73" Their children: lames horn 1724. married .XbiGail Hhids, of Fitzwilliam ; Bethia. born .\ucnst i. 172s: John, born 1728. was steward for Governor Bowdoin ; Jo- seph, of whom later. (V") Joseph Reed, youngest child of Josenh Reed (4^. was born at Woburn. MassDrbu^efts. Jan- tiarv T, i7'io. He settled in Sterling. Massachusetts. where manv of his descendants have lived He died in 1794 3t Sterlinp'. The following children were mentioned in his will, v'^ : T> hna. married Miriam Fairbanks, March 2, 1784; Nathan, of whom later: Uanforth, Levi, William, married .\nna Reed, of Sterling (intentions dated January 28, 1809), died at Princeton, Massachusetts, October, 25, 1815; Lincoln, died in Winchendon, 1837, married Betsey . (VI) Nathan Reed, son of Joseph Reed (5), was born in Sterling about 1760. He married, 1787, Hannah , who died October 10, 1842, aged sev- enty-five years, at Princeton. He died at Princeton, June 28, 1810. He removed from Sterling to Prince- ton shortly before his death. He was a farmer. The children of Nathan and Hannah Reed were : Willard. married Esther Willey, of Barre, November 9, 1834: Jabez G., born at Sterling, Massachusetts, 1797, died January 28, 1849, aged fifty-two years; settled in Princeton ; married Levina B. Rice, of Worcester, May 5, 1831 ; Davis, of whom later; Major Joseph A., born about 1795, married Mary B. , who died July 28, 1822, aged twenty-five years; married (second) Mrs. Tamer (Ball) Bea- man, daughter of Silas and Persis Ball, of West Boylston, in 1826; he died April 20, 1846, aged fifty years, eleven months, fourteen days; Jacob, married Hannah Maynard, December 5, 1826; Julia, married Oliver Davis, March 2, 1819; Lydia, married Elbridge Sawin, November 21, 1838; Mary Ann, married Henry Withington, 1843: Silas W., married Mary McNamary, of Sutton, 1826. (VII) Davis Reed, son of Nathan Reed ((>), was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, about 1S05 and died in Fitchburg. He was a farmer. He was the father of seven children, most of whom were born in Sterling, viz.: Davis, Jr., George, of wdiom later ; Frances, Abigail, Joshua, Susan, anil one other child. (VIII) George Reed, son of Davis Reed (7). was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, October 4, 1826. He attended the schools in Princeton, where his father moved when he was young. He learned the trade of marble cutter. He became associated in business with Isaac Hartwell in the marble busi- ness in Fitchburg. Mr. Hartwell was his father- in-law. The firm name was Hartwell & Reed, and since the death of the senior partner Mr. Reed and his son has conducted it. The firm is located at 279 Main street in a central location. For some twenty years Mr. Reed has had in partnership with him his son, Edward II. Reed. For more than sixty years Mr. Reed has worked at his trade aiid he is as handy as ever with his chisel. Mr. Rpcd's home is at 12 Hartwell street. Few business men have had as long a career in the same line of business and practically at the same stand. None arc more generally respected than Mr. Reed. He is an earn- est and active Republican. He was lire commis- sioner of the town and city for thirty-four years. He is a director of the Safety Fund National Bank. He is an active member of the Unirarian Church. He married Katherinc Hartwell, daughter of Isaac Hartwell. of Fitchburg. Their children were: Alice, deceased; Edward 11.. married (first) Ade- laide F Gibson, their diildren : Almeda I'., married William C. Hardy, and Margiirct; married (sec- ond) Ethel Cutler. ELMER ANDERSON HILLMAN, an enter- prising dealer in grain and general merchandise at Furnace Village in the town of Hardwick, was born in Halifax, Vermont, May 17. l859. son of Ander- son and Matilda (Nichols) Hillman. 2l8 WORCESTER COUNTY He acquired his education in the public schools of Halifax, including the high school, and after the completion of his studies he became an engineer. He subsequently engaged in the shoe business at Gardner, this county, where he resided for some time, but finally decided to avail himself of an ex- cellent business opportunity in Hardwick, and ac- cordingly removed to that town. Here he estab- lished himself in the grain bvisiness. His establish- ment, which is located in the old Furnace district directly on the line of the railroad, includes spacious grain repositories, an elevator and a grist mill. He also conducts at Furnace Village a country store, in which the postoffice is located, and is transacting a large and profitable business. Prior .to leaving Halifax Mr. Hillman took a lively interest in politics, serving as an assessor, a member of the school board and a deleg'ate to several Republican conventions. Since coming 1,0 Hardwick he has resumed his activity in civic af- fairs, being at the present time a member of the board of selectmen and also of the board of health. His fraternal affiliations are with Mount Zion Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Gardner and the Patrons of Husbandry. He is a member of the Baptist Church. In 1885 Mr. Hillman was joined in marriage with Miss Ida Harris, daughter of Simon Harris, of Hali- fax. Mr. and Mrs. Hillman have two children, namely: Clarence S,, born February 2, 1888; and Marion, born April 6, 1896. GEORGE EDWIN HOAR. Edwin Hoar, a prosperous farmer of New Braintree in his day, married Ann Eliza Presho, of Oakham, and George Edwin Hoar, the principal subject of this sketch, their only son. The latter was born in New Brain- tree, October 25, 1857. He went from the public schools of New Braintree to the Monson (Massa- chusetts) Academy, and after the conclusion of his studies returned to the homestead farm, to the cul- tivation of which he has devoted the active period of his life. In addition of making a specialty of dairy products, he is quite extensively engaged in the breeding of trotting horses, and at the present time has some promising foals of the well-known "Patch" stock out of own Hamiltonian marcs. Mr. Hoar is very successful both as a dairy farmer and a breeder of speedy horses, and it would be dif- ficult to firfd in his or any other locality a man more capable of appreciating the fine points of a well- bred driving hor?e. In politics he is a Republican. He attends the Congregational Church. In April, 1883, he married Miss Josephine Lin- coln, daughter of Alonzo Lincoln, of Oakham. Like her husband Mrs. Hoar is enthusiastically devoted to the equine race and is well informed in matters relating to the turf. Mr. and Mrs. Hoar have two children, namely Charles Sylvester, a commercial traveler in the employ of the Hale Boot and Shoe Company of Worcester; and Clifford, who is at- tending school. WILLIAMS ADOXIJAH NEWCOMB. The Newcombs of Hardwick are the descendants of Francis Newcomb, who arrived at Boston from Eng- land in 163s, and settled at Mount Wallaston, in 1638. He died in 1692 at the advanced age of one hundred years. Williams A. Newcomb is a son of Samuel W. Newcomb, grandson of Joseph New- comb, great-grandson of Annas Newcomb. and great-great-grandson of Joseph Newcomb. The lat- ter, who was a descendant of Francis, the immi- grant, probably a great-grandson, resided in Norton, Massachusetts. The Christian name of his wife was Judith. She survived her husband and became the second wife of Nathan Babbitt, who will be again referred to. Annas Newcomb was born in Norton, March 25, 1762. He was a clothier. In 1791 he settled in Harwick, locating upon a farm on the Petersham road, and his death occurred August 5, 1823. De- cember 18, 1783, he married Abigail Babbitt, who was born March 31, 1764, daughter of Nathan and Abigail (Cobb) Babbitt. She was a descendant in the fifth generation of Edward Bobit (Babbitt), of Taunton, (Edward (2), Nathan (3) and Nathan (4) Babbitt). Her father served as a lieutenant in the revolutionary war. Her brother, Nathan Babbitt, M. D., who was a surgeon in the Conti- nental army, settled in Westmoreland, New Hamp- shire. He married Anna Newcomb, daughter of Joseph and Judith Newcomb, previously mentioned, and a sister of Annas Newcomb. Annas and Abi- gail Newcomb were the parents of eight children, namely : Annas, born October 28, 1784. Abigail, born October 22, 1787, married Edward Babbitt, of Savoy, this state. Sarah Wild, born May 14, 1792, died unmarried January 9, 1871. Ruth Washburn, born February 2, 1796, married John Hastings. Jr.,. and died in South Shaftsbury, Vermont, April 20, 1861. Mary, born March 14, 1798, became the second wife of Abram Dunham, ot Savoy. Joseph, the date of whose birth will be given presently. Anna, born January 13, 1804, married Jason Gorhani. Nathan Babbitt, born May 18, 1806. Mrs. Abigail Newcomb,. the mother of these children, died in March, 1847, aged eighty-three years. Joseph Newcomb. second son of Annas New- comb and grandfather of Williams A. Newcomb, was born in Hardwick. December 16, 1800. He was^ a lifelong resident of Hardwick and devoted his ac- tive years to the cultivation of the homestead farm. His death, which was somewhat untimely, occurcd September 21 or 22, 1840. In February, 1828, he mar- ried Alma Dexter, daughter of Captain Samuel Dex- ter. Joseph and Alma Newcomb were the parents- of Alma Maria, born March 29, 1830, married Stephen P. Hillman, of Hardwick, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. John Joseph, borrt June 29, 1832. Sarah W., born October 15, 1834, married Charles S. Clark. Samuel Williams, see forward. The birth of Samuel Williams Newcomb took place at the family homestead in Hardwick, Octo- ber 9, 1836. Like his father and grandfather he became a prosperous farmer and a useful citizen, de- voting his attention chiefly to agriculture. On April 23, 1863. he married Julia Ann Dennis, daughter of Adonijah Dennis. She became the mother of three children, namely: Williams Adonijah, see forward. Julia .Mma, born April 5, 1869. Samuel W. Williams Adonijah Newcomb W'as born in Hard- wick, March 6. 1865. His education, which was be- gun in the public schools of his native town and continued in Brimfield, was completed at Cushings Academy. Turning his attention to educational pur- suits he taught school in Hardwick for some time, but at length found it advisable to relinquish teach- ing in order to devote his time exclusively to the cultivation of the homestead farm, and is now ^- ^^C^-^- iM WORCESTER COUNTY 219 considered one of the most energetic and success- ful among the younger generation of Hardwick farmers. He is a member of the Republican town committee and participates quite actively in local civic affairs, having served with ability as town audi- tor and tax collector, and is frequently chosen a delegate to party conventions. His religious af- filiations are with the Congregationalists and he is at the present time serving as clerk of that church. Mr. Newcomb married Miss Mary Ella Cass, daughter of — Cass, of Surry, New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Newcomb have two children: Robert W., born March 11, 1890, now attending the Wil- braham Academy. Harriott Elizabeth, born Au- gust 4, ipoi. JOSEPH AUGUSTIN TUFTS. Peter Tufts (l), the founder of the Tufts family of Massachu- setts, and ancestor of Joseph Augustin Tufts, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was born in England about 1O17. The family appears to have originated in Lancashire, but there is an ancient village called Tuftes between Little Baddow and Maldon in Es- sex. Peter Tufts was an early settler of Charlestown in New England, and was on the list of inhabitants prior to 1638. He lived on the Maiden side and with his brother-in-law, William Bridges, kept the ferry in 1646. He was one of the largest land-own- ers of the town. He was admitted a freeman May 3, 1663 (or 1665). He bought land in Medford in 1664 and also had land in Maiden and Charlestown. He married Mary Pierce, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Pierce. Thomas Pierce was a pioneer, born in England in 1596. Mary died Jan- uary, 170J-3, aged seventy-five years, and her grave at ^lalden is marked by a headstone. Her will is dated January 9, 1702-3, and proved June 24, 1703. Peter Tufts died May 13, 1700, aged eighty-three years. His will is dated March i, 1693, proved June 10, 1700. Among the descendants of Peter Tufts was Charles Tufts, the founder of Tufts Col- lege. His line of descent was: Charles (VI), Dan- iel (V), Nathan (IV), Peter (HI), John 1,11), Peter (I). The children of Peter and Mary (Pierce) Tufts were : Peter, Captain, resided at Medford, married Elizabeth Lunde, August 26, 1670; married (sec- ond) Mercy Cotton, and (third) Prudence Wyman ; James, soldier in King Philip's war, killed by Indians at Bloody creek, September 18, 1675 ; Mary, born June 19, 1655 ." John, born May 7, 1653 ; Jona- than, born 1657, died 1658; Jonathan, of whom later; Elizabeth, married November 22, 1673, Joseph Lynde ; Mercy, married Joseph Wait ; Sarah, mar- ried, 1689. Thomas Oakes ; Persis ; Lydia, died 1683. (11) Jonathan Tufts, son of Peter Tufts (l), was born in Charlestown, March 3, 1660. He resided in Maiden and Medford, Massachusetts. He mar- ried Rebecca Wait, daughter of Captain John Wait, of Charlestown, the pioneer, who was son of Samuel Wait, of Wethersfield, Essex county, England. She was born November 22, 1662. He died August 13, 1722, aged sixty-three years, three months, eleven days. PI is will was made .August 4, 1718, and lodged August 31, 1722. lie bequeathed lands at Maiden, Medford and Charlestown. He was buried in Maiden. His widow died in 1755; her will w-as made May 19, 1755, •"id proved Jan- uary 26, 1756. Their children were : Jonathan, born 1685, died 1688; James, soldier under Colonel Goff; John, 1688; Jonathan, February 6, i6go; Re- becca, 1694; Samuel, April 29, 1697; Persis, 1700, married J. Colman ; Joseph, of whom later; Abigail,^ 1707, died 1726. (HI) Joseph Tufts, son of Jonathan Tufts (2), was born in Maiden, Massachusetts, 1704. He set- tled in Medford and married Lydia Francis, Janu- ary 12, 1727. He died December 21, 1758, aged fifty-four years. He was on the tax list from 1727 to 1748, excepting 1738 and 1739. His estate was administered in 1759 and he probably died in 1758. His children were: Rebecca, born March 31, 1728^ married William Tufts, 3d.; Lydia, August 24, 1729, married Daniel Wiswall; Joseph, February 21, 1731;- Saniuel, 1732; Jane, 1735; Ebcnezer, 1739, died May 4. 1739; Nathan, of whom later. (IV) Nathan Tufts, youngest son of Joseph Tufts (3), was born in Medford, Massachusetts, May 2, 1740. He married Elizabeth . He died at Medford, where he lived probably most of his life, June 12, 1784. His only child according to the records was Nathan. (V) Nathan Tufts, only child of Nathan Tufts (4), was born in Medford and resided in Charles- town, Massachusetts. He was a pump-maker by trade. He married Mary Gates and their children- were : Almanza, born February 10, 1800, at Med- ford ; Nathan Augustin, born October 22, 1803, of whom later; Mary, born February 22, 181 1. Almanza Tufts went west and died there. (VI) Nathan Augustin Tufts, son of Nathan Tufts (S), was born in Charlestown, Massachu- setts. He was brought up in Charlestown, which is now a part of the city of Boston, and attended the public schools of that town. He learned the carriage painter's trade. He came to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, when a young man and started in business there on his own account. He followed, this business during the remainder of his life. He died in Fitchburg, 1874. He married in Fitchburg, Eliza Downe, daughter of Joseph Downe, of that town, a descendant of old New England stock. Her grandfather. Captain William Thurlo, was in the revolution. Their children were: Leonard Downe, born in Fitchburg, October 8, 1833, died August 21, 1905, at Wilmington, Delaware ; he was for forty- five years connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad and for many years before his death was the road foreman of the Delaware division of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad; he married Margaret Hughes and they had one child, Albert, who died young; Mary, born in Fitchburg, married George F. Morse, of Leominster; Joseph Augustin, of whom later. (VII) Joseph Augustin Tufts, son of Nathan Augustin Tufts (6), was born in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, January 25, 1835. He attended the district and high schools of his native town. When he left school he entered the Fitchburg Bank, now the Fitchburg National, as clerk, and filled various posi- tions until 1864, when he went to the front in the commissary department of the First Brigade of the Army of the Potomac and he saw the final scenes of the civil war about Richmond. He re- turned at the close of the war to Fitchburg and entered the employ of the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad Company as freight clerk. When that railroad passed into the control of the Fitchburg Railroad he became pay-master for the old Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad Company, and re- mained in that position until the road was leased to the Old Colony Railroad (now part of the New J220 WORCESTER COUNTY Haven system), and then he returned to the Fitch- burg road. Since 1883 he has been ticket agent for tlie Fitchburg Railroad and its lessees, the Boston & Maine Railroad at Fitchburg. Few men are more widely known in the city and suburbs of Fitchburg. He has the confidence and esteem, not only of all the railroad men with whom he comes in contact but with the general public that he has waited upon with tact and courtesy so many years. Mr. Tufts is a Republican in politics. He was for two years a member of the common council, and in 1879 and 1880 was representative to the gen- eral court, in which he was on the special com- mittee on the Hoosac tunnel and on the railroad committee. He is a Free Mason, being a member of Aurora Lodge and Thomas Royal Arch Chapter of Fitchburg. He is a member of the Boston & Maine Agents Association and of the New England Agents Association, comprising the freight and pas- senger agents of the railroads in New England. He married, December 3, 1877, Caroline Gibson, daughter of Arrington Gibson, of Fitchburg. Mrs. Tufts is of revolutionary stock. (See sketch of the Gibson family of Fitchburg.) She is a member and founder of Fitchburg Chapter, D. A. R., and of the Woman's Club. They have had only one child, Nathan, born in Fitchburg, April 15, 1879. He is a graduate of the Fitchburg high school in 1896; of Brown University in 1900; of Boston University Law School in 1903. He is engaged in the practice of his profession at Waltham, Massachusetts. SILAS TAFT. Robert Taft or TaafTe (i), as the name was originally spelled, was born in Ireland about 1640 and died in Mendon, Massachusetts, February 8, 1725. He was the immigrant ancestor of Silas Taft, of Uxbridge, which was formerly part of Mendon. The Taft families of Apierica are descended from the Robert Taft and a relative, Matthew Taft, who settled near Robert some years later. Both were Protestant Irish by birth. The name does not appear in Scotland in any form, and only in England apparently among descendants of the Irish family. The name has been spelled in Ireland for some centuries Taaffe. It is true that the Tafts were associated with tlie Scotch-Irish just as many English were. Sir William Taafife (or Taft), a knight of the Protestant faith, was among the grantees at the time of the Scotch emigration and settlement in Ulster Province, Ireland, by order of King James. In 1610 he received a grant of one thousand acres of land in the Parish of Castle Rahen in county Cavan. The total grants in this Parish amounted to 3.990 acres of which Sir Thomas Ashe held 1,500 acres, and in 1619 he also held this grant of Taft's and 1.500 in the adjoining Parish of Tullaghgarvy. On Taft's land there was "an old castle new mended and all the land was inhabited by Irish." It seems reasonable to suppose that Sir William Taft"s sons settled on this grant. Perhaps Sir William remained in Louth. At any rate this is the only family who had any relations with the Scotch-Irish settlers whom Robert and Matthew Taft seem to have con- nected with in some way. County Louth, the Irish home of the Tafts, is on the northern coast, bounded on the north by Armagh in Ulster, on the east by the British channel and on the south by the Boyne. It is in the province of Leinster, and was established as a county in 1210. The earliest record of Robert Taft is in Mendon. where he settled for a time before coming to Men- don. He had property and acquired large tracts of land. He was of high standing in the town and church. He was elected on the first board of select- men, January 3, 1680, and by the church April 4, 1680, on the committee to see that the house for the minister was ready for occupancy by Christmas. Robert and three sons built the first bridge across the river at Mendon to get access to their land on the west bank in 1709, and in 1729 the Tafts built the second bridge across the river. His house was at Fortfield, near Mendon pond, formerly known as Taft's pond, and he owned a very large tract of land in that vicinity, some of which is still in the family of his lineal descendants. He was one of the syndicate of ten which bought the town of Sutton, March 10, 1713. Children of Robert and Sarah Taft were ; Thomas, see forward ; Robert, Jr., born 1674, died April 29, 1748; Daniel, born 1677, died August 24, 1761 ; Joseph, born 1680, died June 18, 1747; Benjamin, born 1684, died 1766. All lived at Mendon. (II) Thomas Taft, son of Robert Taft (i). was born perhaps in Ireland, in 1671, and died in Men- don, 1755. He married Deborah Genery, daughter of Isaac Genery, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and set- tled on a part of the original Taft farm, where he was associated with his father and brothers. He died intestate and his estate was administered in Worcester county probate court. The administra- tor's bond contains the signatures of his sons, Eleazer and Isaac Taft, dated June 16, 1757. Chil- dren of Thomas and Deborah Taft were : Joseph, born May 26, 1693; Sarah, May 26, 1695; Eleazer, April s, 1697, captain of the Mendon company ; his son Moses graduated from Harvard, 1751 ; Han- nah, April 17, 1699; Rebecca, May 15, 1701 ; Deb- orah, November 14, 1702; Rachel, October I, 1704; Martha, June 15, 1708; Isaac, July 15, 1710; Su- sanna (twin), March 15, 1713; Thomas (twin), see forward. (HI) Thomas Taft, son of Thomas Taft (2), was born in Mendon, March 15, 1713. He also settled on a part of the original Taft farm. He mentions a cider mill that he owned in a bequest in his will, indicating that he had business inter- ests besides agriculture. The original Robert Taft was a stanch Puritan in religion, and the family has been distinguished for its piety. But this Thomas Taft had a disagreement or distrust for his min- ister. Rev. Mr. Willard, who had Taft suspended from communion "for repeatedly refusing to hear and casting contempt upon the church, particularly upon the pastor of said church, till he should make manifest repentance and reformation." Charges were preferred against the minister later, and al- though he was formally acquitted he was never- theless dismissed, and doubtless Taft, the leader of his opponents, returned to the communion table under the new minister. Thomas Taft's will is dated August 28, 1773. twenty years before his death, and it was disallowed by the probate court, on the ground that he had deeded his real estate to his sons, so that the pro- visions of the will could not be executed. He wrote a good hand, but preferred small "t"s" to capitals in spelling his name. It mentions his sons Nathaniel and Thomas who were to have the farm, and daugh- ters Lydia Taft and Hannah Penninian ; also grand- son. Marvel Taft, son of his daughter Lydia. He died early in 1793. WORCESTER COUNTY He married Lydia Thompson about 1732. Tlicir children were: Xathaniel, born 173J, died young; Thomas, born 1736, died young; Kcziah, born 1737, died young; Lydia. born 1739-40, married Pen- niman; Charity, born 1742, died young; Hannah, born 1745, died young; Amariah, born 1747, died young; Nathaniel, born February 13, 1750, married Abigail Holbrook; Deborah, born 1751. died young; Thomas, see forward; Genery, born June 3, 175O, died young. (IV) Thomas Taft, tenth child of Thomas Taft (3), was born in Mendon, October 30, 1753, married there Mary Spring; married ^second) there, June 16, 1793, Betsey Fletcher. His will is dated September 15, 1823, and was tiled in court, 1835, the year of his death. Children of Thomas and Betsey Taft were : Arnold, born at Mendon ; Stephen, Thomas, Jr., see forward; Amasa, Otis, Joanna, married Wilson ; Deborah, married Twitchell ; Samuel, Sylvia, married Hayward ; Polly, married Spring; Betsey, married Taft. All were living in 1823, the date of the will. (V) Thomas Taft, son of Thomas Taft (4), was born in Mendon, December 26, 1797, died there September 24, 1872. He lived on part of the origi- nal Taft farm, and in his will set aside the burial ground in perpetuity for the fainily use. He mar- ried, December 2, 1819, Mary Harkness. He calls his wife's name Mercy in the will. Children of Thomas and Mary Taft, all born in Mendon, were : Sullivan H., resided at Mendon; Alanson, born Oc- tober 26, 1826, farmer and town officer at Mendon ; Samuel Harkness, born June 25, 1828, see forward ; Hannah, married Otis Nelson, of Milford; Susan, married Hooper, of Milford; Elizabeth, mar- ried Samuel Adams, of Barre ; Mercy Ann, mar- ried Emerson, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts. (VI) Samuel Harkness Taft, son of Thomas Taft (5), was born in Mendon, June 25, 1828, died there February 4, 1903. He married Watee E. Wood, 1856 (intentions dated December 29, 1856). He was educated in the public schools of Mendon. He settled on a farm in Mendon and followed the example of his ancestors throughout his active life. Children of Samuel H. and Watee E. Taft, all born in Mendon and living in 1903, were: Samuel B., resides in Uxbridge ; Frederick G., Silas, sec for- ward ; William J. (VH) Silas Taft, son of Samuel Harkness Taft (6), was born on the homestead in Mendon, March 2, 1871. He was educated in the public schools there and for a time worked on his father's farm. He then went to work for his brother Cyrus, who had a grocery store in the adjoining town of Ux- bridge, Massachusetts. He became a partner and the store of Taft Brothers is the largest and most successful in the town. His other brothers, Will- iam J. and Samuel B. Taft are lawyers with their offices in Uxbridge and both have been prominent in town affairs as town officers, etc. Silas Taft is an active Republican. He is ?. F'ree Mason, and attends the Congregational Church. He married, 1896, Nettie Crocker, daughter of George Crocker, of Uxbridge. Their children are: Curtis, Gladys, died young. C. MYRON BOUTELL. C. Myron Boutell. a representative business man of Shrewsbury, is a na- tive of the city in which he now resides, born Jan- uary 28, 1852, a son of Samuel Billings and Mari- etta (Maynard) Boutell, grandson of William and Polly (Dean) Boutell, the former of whom was a native of Townsend. Vermont, and grandson of William Boutell. William and Polly (Dean) Bou- tell were the parents of the following children : John, Samuel, Earle, Polly, Eunice, married William n! Maynard, of Shrewsbury; Florctte, married Har- rison Maynard, of St. Albans, Vermont; Nancy, married Harrison Davis, of Shrewsbury; Paul, re- sides m Minneapolis, Minnesota; and two who died in early youth. Samuel Billings Boutell (father) was born in Bakersfield, Vermont, January 11, 1826, and died in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, October 15, 1889. He resided in Shrewsbury for half a century, served as assessor for a number of vears, and also as a member of the school committee. He was a Republican in politics, and a consistent member of the Congregational Church. Samuel Billings Bou- tel and his wife were the parents of three children: C. Myron, see forward. George S., born December 24, 1858, at present a resident of Worcester, pro- prietor of an art store. Jennie M., born May 17, 1864, married William C. F>ecman. C. Myron Boutell began his education in the schools of Shrewsbury, his native city, and com- pleted his studies in the schools of St. Albans, Ver- mont. He then returned to Shrewsbury and at once went to work in the general store of which his father was proprietor, and since the death of the latter has successfully carried on the business. Be- ing a man of energy and enterprise, and possessing rare executive business ability, he has gained for himself a high position in the commercial circles of Shrewsbury. He takes an active interest in public afTairs, and the confidence reposed in him by his fellowmen is evinced by the fact that he has served as town treasurer since 1880, a period of a quarter of a century, has held the office of collector of taxes for two decades, and is trustee of the Public Library. Mr. Boutell is a member of the Congregational Churcli, a stanch Republican, and a member of the Grange. He is related to ex-Govcrnor George S. Boutell. Mr. Boutell married, September 23. 1896, Clara Stella Bingham, born in Bakersfield, Vermont, Feb- ruary 5, 1867, a daughter of William O. and Nella M. (Perkins) Bingham, born May 16, 1836, and March 6, 1844, respectively. Their children are: Doris M., born in Shrewsbury, May 23, 1898. Charles M., born in Shrewsbury, April ig, 1902. WILLIAMS !■ AMILY. Alexander Gregory Will- iams, of Barre, Worcester county, Massachusetts, is a native of that town and a .son of Elbridge G. Williams, who was born in Dana, Massachusetts, December 31, 1810, died in Barre, February 20, 1852, a son of Jason Williams, of Dana, who was born there and a descendant of an old Colonial family of New l-"ngland. Elbridge Cj. Williams was by trade a hatter, and by later occupation a merchant, farmer and luniberman. in business for many years in Athol, Worcester county. His wife was Harriet Randall, l)orn in Petersham, June 17, 1812, died August 22, 18S6, having survived her husband thirty-four years. March 28, 1855, three years after the death of her first husband, Mrs. Williams married Nathan Woodis. Children of Elbridge G. Williams and Harriet Randall: i. Alfred, born August 31, 1833, died December 29, 1837. 2. James, born December 27, 1835. 3'. Elbridge, born December 2, 1837, died in Barre, April 25. 1892. 4. Alexander, born Feb- ruary 6, 1842, died November 16, 1848. 5. Lewis, 222 WORCESTER COUNTY born April 13, 1844, died September 7, 1849. 6. Gregory, born January 1. 1847, died November 13, 1848. 7. Alexander Gregory, see forward. Alexander Gregory Williams, youngest son and diild of Elbridge G. and Harriet (Randall) Will- iams, was born in Barre, February 28, 1849, and when he was three years old his father died. His young life was spent at school and on the farm. He was given a good education in the public schools and at Highland Institute, the latter in Petersham. After leavnig school he worked for his mother on the farm. When he came to his majority he started in business for himself on borrowed capital, and was remarkably successful in the beginning, saving seven hundred dollars in the first five months. This success encouraged still greater efforts and led to the establishment of a general dry goods business at Hubbardston, where, in the course of time, finan- cial, disaster overwhelmed the proprietor, resulting in failure and not sufficient assets to pay off the in- debtedness. But in time all his creditors were sat- isfied and paid dollar for dollar, and Mr. Williams worked ten years to earn the money with which to make the payment. At the end of that ten years he did not owe a dollar, and had a little working cap- ital with which to start again. Accordingly, in company with Marshall Hillman, he bought a geri- eral store and began business in partnership. This was about 1882. In less than two years afterward Mr. Hillman died and Mr. Williams became sole proprietor of the business. About 1893 the store and stock were burned, and his loss amounted to twelve thousand dollars above insurance; the store was rebuilt and restocked and now is counted among the heaviest establishments of its kind in Worces- ter county outside the city of Worcester. Since the failure in Hubbardston the business has been conducted with gratifying success, and even the fire loss of twelve years ago did not disturb the finan- cial standing of the house. Mr. Williams married Carrie R. Felton, born March 25, 1852, daughter of Nathan H. and Caro- line (Williams) Felton, the latter a sister of Colonel W. A. Williams, of Worcester. Two children have been born to this marriage: I. Edward Felton, born in Hubbardston, November 21, 1872, married, June 16, 1897, Avis Greenwood, of Presque Isle, Maine, and has one child, Iris Belle Williams, born in Barre, July 2, 1898. 2. Robert Gregory, born in Barre, June i, 1879, married Annie Torrey, daugh- ter of Joseph Torrey, of Worcester, and has two children, Elizabeth Torrey Williams, born in Barre, September 8, 1903, and Ruth Felton Torrey, born in Barre, January 9, 1905. BENJAMIN. D. DWINNELL. Michael Dwin- ncU (DwincU, Dunnell) (l), was the immigrant an- cestor of Benjamin U. Dwinnell, of Fitchburg. It is difficult to tell how his name should have been spelled. Michael, his first name, is found in the early records spelled in many different ways. The surname is found in the records of Topsfield, Mas- sachusetts, alone spelled Dwenell, Duenell, Doenell, Donell, Duncll, Dwinnill. The best authority we have is that of Rev. Joseph Capen, of Topsfield, who spelled the name Dwinell on his records from 1684 to 1725. According to the family tradition the name is Scotch and the ancestry originally Scotch, and it may have been a family in England or Scotland for many generations. The names Donncl and Dun- nell ai-e good old English and Scotch surnames. Michael Dwinnell was a man of means. He owned land from Wenham to Middletown, many broad acres. He died in 1717 and his will was proved in March, 1717. He married Mary — ■ . Their children : Mary, born 1668, married John Hovey ; Michael, born 1670, of whom later; Thomas, born November, 1672, married Dinah Brimsdell ; John, born 1674, married Mary Read ; Elizabeth, born April, 1677, died Octo- ber 29, 1759, unmarried; Magdalen, born 1679, mar- ried James Holgate, March, 1703, at Salem, Alassa- chusetts; Joseph, born January, 1682, married Pru- dence ; Susannah, born 1685, married • Killum, before 1710; Johanna, born 1688, married Nathaniel Hood, of Lynn, October 16, 1706. (II) Dr. Michael Dwinnell, son of Michael Dwinnell (i), was born in Topsfield, Massachu- setts, 1670. He was the first physician in the^town and was a prominent man there for many years. He must have studied under some other doctor of the vicinity, but little is known of his education. The historian has preserved more of his matrimo- nial history than of his professional career, proba- bly because he had in succession five wives, which tradition has made seven in many places. He married (first) Hannah . He married (second) Elizabeth Fisk, of Wenham, December 10, 1724; she died March 26, 1730. He married (third) Elizabeth Cave; she died February, 1737. He married (fourth), July 6, 1737, in Salem, Massa- chusetts, Charity Cotton, who died November 8, 1752. He married (fifth) Mary Balch, February I. 1753- He died December 24, 1761, aged ninety-one years. His will dated July 17, 1753, mentions wife Mary; sons Michael, Stephen, Jacob; his daughters Sarah Foster, Mary, Hannah, and Abigail Dwinnell ; his granddaughter Esther Balch, wife of David Balch. The children of Michael and Hannah Dwinnell were : Thomas, born October 3, 1693, married Mary Perkins ; Sarah, born 1694, married Abram Foster, of Ipswich; Mary, born 1702; Michael, born 1707, of whom later ; Stephen, born 1708, married Abi- gail Harris; Hannah, born 1710, married John Bower; Jacob, born 1715, married Keziah Gould; Abigail, born 1719, married Humphrey Decring. The children of Michael and Elizabeth (Fisk) Dwinnell were: Benjamin, born November, 1726, married Mary Este; Thomas, born August, 1729. Of Michael and Elizabeth (Cave) Dwinnell : Sam- uel, born 1731; Elizabeth, born October, 1733. (III) Michael Dwinnell, son and fourth child of Dr. Michael Dwinnell (2), was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1707. He w'as a soldier in the French war in 1755 and was one of four from Topsfield killed in that war. His will was proved February I, 1758. He married Lucy Towne, of Topsfield. September 27, 1727. Their children : Bartholomew, of whom later; Lucy, born March 28, 1730, married William Moneys; a child, died August 3, 1731; Hannah, born P'ebruary 17, 1732, married James Mcragin, of Marblehead; Michael, born January 6, 1735. married Martha AveriU ; a child, died 1739. (IV) Bartholomew Dwinnell, son of Michael Dwinnell (3), was born in Topsfield, April 5, 1728. He settled in Kcene, New Hampshire, where he died November 21, 1801. He married Sarah Moul- ton, who was born in 1728 and died in Keenc in 1822. He was a farmer. Their children : Han- nah, born October 29, 1753, married William Towns, 1777; Michael, born November 28, 1755, died 1755 J Sarah, born September, 1757; Lucy, born January, 1760, Bartholcmew, born March, 1762, married /^ WORCESTER COUNTY 223 ■Rebecca Townc ; 'Anna, born December. 1763, mar- ried Ezekiel Graves; Huldah, born Marcb i", 1708, married Jonathan French. June. 1787; Lydia, born September 8, 1769, married Israel Hill, June, 1789; Michael, born November 12, 1771, of whom later. (V) Michael Dwinnell. son of Bartholomew Dwinnell (4), was born in Topsfield, Massachu- setts, November 12, 1771. He emigrated with his father to Keene, New Hampshire, about 178,5. He married Towne, a sister of the wife of his brother Bartholomew. Later he removed from Keene to Charlestown, New Hampshire. He married a sec- ond wife. His children were; Francis, of whom later; Polly, born 1800, married Lorin Morse ; Harriet, born 1801, married Sawyer; Lydia, born 1803, married Powers; Candace, born 1806; Clarissa, 1x3rn 1810, married Stewart ; Clarinda. unmar- ried ; Thursa, died unmarried. He had two chil- dren bv second wife : Warren, and a daughter. (Vi) Francis Dwinnell, eldest child of Michael Dwinnell (5), was born in Keene, New Hampshire, 1798. He worked on his father's farm and attended the district schools in his native town. Later the family removed to Charlestown, New Hampshire, where he became a farmer. He married Nancy Tarbell and died in Charlestown, New Hampshire. Their children: I. Elthea Dudley, born November ]8, 1822; married Abram Doane Hull, October 24, 1848; died June 16, 1852. 2. JMartha Ann Judson, born January 17, 1829; married Ainos • Doane, .\pril 2, 1850. 3. Rebecca Dean, born June 28, 1832; died October 5, 1848. 4. Benjamin D,, mentioned helow. 5. William Tarbell, born August 25 1836; married Margaret Elizabeth Auld, February 18, 1.S60; she died February 17, 1874; married (second) .\gnes Louise Grcenman, November 3, 1874: she died May 2. 1894; married (third) Martha Eliza- beth Long, June 4, 1895. (VH) Benjamin D. Dwinnell, son of Francis Dwinnell (6), was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, September 14, 1834. He received his early education there in the public schools. He spent a year in a printing office in Claremont, New Hamp- shire, and then removed to Worcester, Massachu- setts, where he worked in a hardware store. In 1S62 he enlisted in the Fifty-first ALissachusetts Regiment and was commissioned quarter-master and first lieutenant by Governor Andrew. At the expira- tion of his term of enlistment he became first lieu- tenant and (juartermaster in the Second Regiment of Heavy Artillery of Massachusetts, of which Gen- eral A. B. R. Sprague was then lieutenant-colonel, February. 1864. The regiment was in active service in Virginia and North Carolina. Lieutenant Dwin- nell was brevetted major, a title by which he has been known since the war. He was mustered out in September, 186.-;. Major Dwinnell entered the lumber and turpentine business in the south, in which he continued several years. He then returned to Worcester and was assistant postmaster of the city under General Josiah Pickett. In 1875 ''e was. ap- pointed iailer and master of the House of Correc- tion at Fitchburg. For more than thirty years he has filled this important position with fidelity and \o the satisfaction of the various sherifTs and county officers. He served under General Sprague for many years. He is well known in Fitchburg and well liked. He is prominent in the Masonic fratern- ity ; a member of Aurora Lodge. Thomas Roval Arch Chapter and Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar, He is an active member of the Grand Army Post at Fitchburg. In politics he has always been a Republican. He served the city of Fitchburg in the common council. He is a director of the Worcester Mutual Fire Insurance Company and of the Burbank Hospital of Fitchburg. He is a trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank. He attends the First Baptist Church. He married, December 19. u%i, Nellie Shep- ard, daughter of Russell Rice Shepard, of Worcester. Their children are: i. Florence Russell, married John Daniels and they have three children. 2. Josephine Hill, died young. 3. Clif- ton, a graduate of Worcester Teclniology and vice- president of First National Bank of Boston, married Miss Elizabeth Marshall and they have two chil- dren. 4. Irving Francis, a student for three years at the Worcester Technologj' and assistant clerk of the courts at Worcester. JOHN HARDING ALLEN. The Allen family of Barre was identified with the early settlement of that town and gave its name to one of the principal elevations, which is still known as Allen Hill. John Harding Allen is a son of George S. Allen, a grand- son of Josiah and Kcziah Allen, a great-grandson of Jonathan and Hannah Allen, and a descendant in the eighth generation of the founder of the fam- ily in America. Several of the name have acquired local prominence, and at least one of them. Rev. David Oliver Allen, D. D., who was born in Barre in 1804, graduated from Amherst College in 1823 and died in Lowell in 1863, won national distinction as the author of a History of India. .Although the descendants of the original Barre settler are now widely distributed, several of them are still resid- ing in the immediate vicinity of the ancient family fold, and serve to connect the present with the past. George S. Allen, father of John II. Allen, who was a prosperous farmer of Barre in his day, died February 14. 1845. He married Lucy B. , and had a family of si.x children, namely: George Edwin, Lewis Clark, Lucy E., Charles Gilbert, Sybil Harding and John Harding. John Harding Allen was born in Barre, Decem- ber 31, 1837. He attended the common and high schools of his native town, from which latter he went to an academy, and subsequently taking up the study of medicine he matriculated at the Harv- ard University Medical School. He was well ad- vanced in his professional preparations when the breaking-out of the civil war caused him to re- linquish his studies and volunteer his services in preserving the integrity of the Union. Enlisting as a private in Company F, Fifty-third Regiment, Mas- sachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was ordered to the Department of the Gult under General Banks, lie saw much active service in the field and par- ticipated in most of the important military operations on the lower Mississippi, including the memorable siege and final capture of Port Hudson and the second Red River campaign. This regiment is said to have had a greater number of men killed in ac- tion than did tlie famous British Light Brigade at the battle of Balaklava. He was slightly wounded and subsequently appointed regimental postmaster. Shortly after the close of the war. Dr. Allen be- came .interested in the Brown Institution for the I'ecble Minded at Barre, and accepting the appoint- ment of superintendent he has retained that posi- tion continuously for nearly forty years, during 224 WORCESTER COUNTY which time he has displayed marked ability and excellent judgment in the discharge of duties that are necessarily arduous and exacting. In politics Ur. Allen is a Republican and has long been identified with the local party organiza- tion, having attended as a delegate numerous con- ventions and being at the present time a member of the town conunittee. He is also serving as chair- man of the board. He is otherwise interested in the general welfare of Barre and its institutions, being a trustee of the Free Library Association, a director of the Village Improvement Association, a prominent member of the Congregational Church, of which he acts as aioderator, and is serving upon the parish committee. He is particularly active in the Grand Army of the Republic and is the present commander of Post No. 179. Dr. Allen married Miss Addie L. Morse, daughter of Dwight Morse, of Southbndge, this county. He has no children. HARDING ALLEN. This well-known business man of Barre is a son of Charles Gilbert Allen, grandson of George S. Allen and great-grandson of Josiah and Keziah Allen. Josiah was a son of Jonathan and Hannah Allen, and Jonathan was a great-great-grandson of the immigrant ancestor of the family, who arrived in New England at an early date in the colonial period. Jonathan Allen was among the first settlers of Barre and Allen Hill was named for him. Josiah Allen and his son, George S., were prosperous farmers of Barre in their day, and further information relative to this prominent family will be found in a sketch of John Harding .Mien, son of George S. Allen, which ap- pears elsewhere in this work. George S. Allen, grandfather of Harding Allen, was a lite-Iong resident of Barre, and his death oc- curred February 14, 1845. He married Lucy B. • . She became the mother of six children, namely : George Edwin, Lewis Clark, Lucy E., Charles Gilbert, Sybil Harding and John Harding. Charles Gilbert Allen, father of Harding Allen, mar- ried Lucy R. Bacon, and among the children of this union is Harding, of whom later. Harding .•Mien was born in Barre, May 26, 1867. His preliminary studies in the public schools were augmented with a conmiercial course at Eastman s Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York, and being thus well equipijed for the activities of life he turned his attention 'to manufacturing. His business, which is devoted principally to the pro- duction of machinists' tools and farmers' imple- ments, has expanded into large proportions under his able and energetic management, and is at the present time the most important industrial enter- prise in Barre, employing upwards of sixty skilled operatives. The plant is equipped with modern machinery of the most approved type, which is pro- pelled by both steam and water-power, and a large number of tools and implements of a superior quality are produced annually. In politics Mr. Allen is a Republican, and at the present time he is serving his fellow-townsmen as a member of the school board. Aside from his business aflfairs he is actively interested in preserv- ing and still further advancing the high standard of excellence which has long characterized the farm- ing industries of Barre, and he is now treasurer of the Barre .Agricultural Society. His fraternal af- filiations are with Mount Zion Lodge, .Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He attends the Unitarian Church. On June 6, 1888, Mr. Allen was joined in mar- riage with Miss Carrie L. Williams, daughter of Elbridge Williams, of Barre. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have no children. FREDERICK SUMNER BARNES, of Peter- sham, son of the late Calvin C. and Harriet (Cook) Barnes, undoubtedly belongs to the Barnes family of Hardwick, descendant of Thomas Barnes of Marlboro, but Paige's History of Hardwick and other sources of information at the disposal of the writer, make no mention of either Calvin C. or his son. Information at hand states that Calvin C. Barnes served in the civil war as a member of Company K, Fifty-third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, which was attached to the Department of the Gulf and rendered efficient service under Gen- eral Banks. His death, which occurred in 1866, resulted from exposure sufifered in the army, and his name appears in the Roll of Honor, which oc- cupies a conspicuous place in the foyer of the Peter- sham Public Library. Of his union with Abbie Morgan, his first wife, were born three children, namely: Francis, who married Fanny Butler, of Groton ; Frederick and Sarah, both of whom died in childhood. His second wife, who was before marriage Harriet Cook, bore him but one .son, Frederick Sumner, of whom later. She survived her husband many years, dying in 1901. (Informa- tion relative to the early history of this family will be found in sketches of Hiram E. Barnes and other subscribers, which appear elsewhere in this work). Frederick Sumner Barnes was born in Peter- sham, January 20, 1861. Upon the conclusion ()f his attendance at the public schools, he turned his attention to farming and has ever since followed that honorable occupation. In 1885 he married Effie Williams, daughter of Charles Williams, of Petersham. They have one daughter, Myrtle, born August 7, 1889, and is now attending school. In politics Mr. Barnes is a stanch supporter of the Re- publican party. His religions affiliations are with the Unitarian Church. LOWE FAMILY. Thomas Lowe or Low (i), of Chebacco. Ipswich, now Essex, Massachusetts, the ancestor of the Lowe family of Fitchburg, of which John Lowe is the head, was born in England. He is believed to have been the son of Captain John Low, master of the ship "Ambrose'' and vice- admiral of the rteet that brought over Governor Winthrop's- colony in 1630. The cane and Bible said to have belonged to Captain John Low have been handed down in the families of the Essex l.ows and are now in possession of Daniel W. Low, of Essex, Massachusetts, a descendant. The Bible was "Imprinted at London by Christoplier Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Majestic, dwelling in Pater Noster Rowe at the signe of the Tigreshead .Anno 1579." "The whole Book of Psalms bv Sternhold, Hopkins and others, printed by Derye'over Aldergate 1578." "Susanna Low her book 1677, May 19." "Thomas Low his book." Thomas Low was bom in England, but emi- grated early to America. He was a resident of Ips- wich as early as 1641. According to his deposition made in 1660 he was born in 1605. " He was a maltster by trade. He died September 8. 1677. His will dated April 30. 1677. was proved Noveniber 6. 1677. His son, John Ix>w, succeeded to his busi- ness as maltster and carried it on until 1696. Thomas Low married Susannah , who died at Water- (i2(rnA4^ ^ iB:^ m^ SKTII I.. I.OWK WORCESTER COUNTY 225 town, Massachusetts, August 19, 1O84. aged about ciglity-six. The children of 'J'honias and Susannah Low were : .Margaret, born in England, married, April 8, 1O57, Daniel Davidson, who was afterward a major-general; she died July 8, 1008; Thomas, born m England, 163J, died April 12, 1712; Sarah, born 1637, if deposition of father in 16O0 is correct, married Joseph SatTord; John, born probably in New England, married, December 10, lOOl, Sarah Thorn- dike, daughter of John and Elizabeth Thorndike, of Beverly; married (.second) Dorcas . (.11) Thomas Lowe, son of Thomas Low (i), was born in England in 1O32 and died April 12, 1712. He married, July 4, i06o, Martha Borman, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Borman, of Ips- wich. He married (.second) Mary Brown. Thomas Lowe w'as a leading citizen. He was a proprietor or commoner in 1668; deacon of the church in 1O78, and honored with other offices. His house indi- cates that he was a prosperous man, a picture of the old house having been preserved. The children ot Deacon Thomas and Martha (Borman) Lowe were: Thomas, born April 14, lOOi, died February, 1698; Samuel; Jonathan, born July 7, 1O65, died February 8, 1750; David, born in Chebacco, Esse.x, August 14, 1667; Johannah, born March 10, 1669, married David Dodger, of VVeuham ; married ^second) Joseph Hale, of Boxford; Martha, married, November 16, 1694, Richard Dodger ; she died February 2, 1737; Nathaniel, born June 7, 1672, died July 30, 1O95; Sarah, married (first) John Grover, of Beverly; (.second) Nathaniel Webster; Abigail, married Joseph Goodhue; Samuel, born April, 1670, died June 2, 1723. (.HI) David Lowe, son of Thomas Lowe (.2), was born in Chebacco, Essex, August 14, 1667. He married, December 28, 1O99, Mary Lamb. He died in Jpswich, June 2, 1746. His will is dated March 14, 1745, and proved June 16, 1746. In a deed dated October 5, 173O, he gives to his son, David Lowe, Jr., "his part of land granted to a certain number of men, which formerly went in an expedition to Can- ada under Sir William Phipps of which I, David Lowe was one." This expedition arrived before (Juebcc, November 5, 1690, and was repulsed with heavy loss. The land granted was in New Hamp- shire. The rank of David Lowe was sergeant. The children of David and Mary (Lamb) Lowe were: David, born 1701; Jeremiah, born in Ips- wich, married, April 4, 1732, Lydia Gilbert; Caleb, married, January 8, 1732 Abigail Varncy ; Stephen, married, January 31, 1733-4, Sarah Low; he was killed in the battle of Ticonderoga, July 8, 1758; Joshua, married (first), August 8, 1734, Susannali Butler; married (second), April 3, 1760, Anna Boardman, widow; Mary, married, August 24, 1723, Jeremiah Lufkin ; Martha, married Eleazer Crafts, private ; Abigail, Eunice. (IV) David Lowe, son of David Lowe (3), was born in Chebacco, Essex, in 1701. He married Susanna Low, probably daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Thompson) Low (published April 11), 1724. He was a maltster by trade. He settled in Chebacco; April 12, 1763, he bought a farm in Lunenburg with buildings thereon and forty acres of land of VVilliain Henderson. This farm was situated in Fitchburg and was given the saire year it was bought to his son Joseph, who settled on it and was the ancestor of the Fitchburg branch of the family. The in- ventory of his estate shows that he was well off, having one thousand two hundred and two pounds after giving away mucli of his property, iv— 15 The children of David and Susannah (Low) Lowe were : Mary, born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, baptized April 24. 172O, married November 28, 1751, General Stephen Choate ; she died about 1768; he died October 19, 1815; had nine children; David, baptized May 5, 1728, died August, 1782; Susannah, baptized April 5, 1730, died before 1734; Joseph, ba])- tized December 12, 1731 ; Susannah, baptized July 7, 1734, married, September 5, 1771. Enoch Blake, of Salisbury; Martha, baptized July 18, 173O, died be- fore 1738; Martha, baptized September 24, 1738, married November 26, 1761, Francis Perkins; Ebcn- ezer, baptized October 4, 1741, married, January 9, 1756, Martha Story. (V) Joseph Lowe, son of David Lowe (4). was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, baptized December 12, 1731. He married, January 12, 1758, Abigail Low, daughter of Caleb, son of David Low, Sr. (IH). Caleb Low married Abigail X'arney. Abi- gail Low was born September i, 1737. Joseph Lowe settled on what was then called Applctree hill, a part of Lunenburg, now between Blossom and Me- chanic streets, Fitchburg, in 17O3, directly after the land was purchased by his father, David Lowe. Jo- seph Lowe is on the tax list for 1763. They brought with them from Ipswich two children, Abigail and Joseph Lowe, Jr. The children of Joseph and Abigail (Low) Lowe wer? : Abigail, married, July, 1783, John Upton, died September 7, 1829; they were the progenitors of a very large family in F'itchburg and vicinity (sec Lowe (jenealogy) ; Joseph, Jr., baptized April 24, 1703; Mary, born in Lunenburg, married Amos Wheeler, who died February 29, 1844, (VI) Joseph Lowe, Jr., son of Joseph Lowe (5), was born in Ipswich and baptized there April 24. 17O3. He was an infant when his parents brought him with them to Lunenburg, now F'itchburg. He inherited the homestead and kept adding to the three hundred acres that his father left until he was one of the largest and wealthiest taxpayers of the town. He served the town as highway surveyor. The old deeds of his property are in possession of Mrs. John Lowe, also the inventory and papers relating to the division of his estate. His estate was valued at $5,005. ']'hc only part of the farm now owned by his heirs is that of Mrs. Lydia (Messinger) (Hawes) Wood, she having married as his second wife Sam- uel Hawes, who married for his first wife Mary Lowe, only daughter of Joseph Lowe (VI). Of this place Samuel Hawes Lowe has bought a part. He married Mary (Polly) Sawyer, December 27, 1787. He and his wife died of consumption. Their children were: Joseph, born in Fitchburg, September I, 1791 ; Alary or Polly, born in Fitch- burg, March 16, 1794, married Samuel Hawes, son of Robert ilawes. May 6, 1813. died of consump- tion July 17, 1828; Samuel Hawes married second Lydia Messinger; he died October 18, 1873. and she married (second) Rev. John Wood; Daniel, born in Fitchburg. August 17, 1796: Stephen, born in Fitch- burg, June 27, 1798; David, born in Fitchburg, July 2, 1800. (VII) David Lowe, son of Joseph Lowe (6), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 2. 1800. He married, January 28, 1822, Louisa Adeline Messinger. He died July 3. 1866, of consumption. He was left an orphan at the age of eight years and bound out as an apprentice to one Willard, living on Dean hill. He jiroved to be a hard master and the lit- tle fellow often went hungry and cold. His aunt, Mary (Low) Wheeler, took him to her home after 226 WORCESTER COUNTY a time and lie lived with her until his marriage. When a young man he learned the mason's trade and worked on several of tlie important huildings. About 1828 he bought the farm, a part of which is now owned by Seth Lowe. He built a house and barn and lived there the remainder of his life. It was well said of him: "None knew him but to love him; none named him but to praise." Always hospitable, but never so happy as when, on Thanks- giving Day, he had as many of his children and grandchildren around his table as could gather there. The children of David and Louise Adeline (i\les- singer) Lowe were: John, born Way s, 1824; a son, born and died in 1825; Calvin Messinger, born Sep- tember 3, 1826; David Sawyer, born December 23, 1829; a daughter, born and died in 1831; Seth Phillips, born October 22, 1832, died January 10, 1835; Seth Lvman. born July 22, 1835; George, born J\larch 6, 1838, married, November 24, 1864, ISLary Adams Russell, in West Fitchburg, where she was born July 20, 1840; he was in Company F, Twen- ty-fifth Regiment, in the civil war; she married (second) John Lowe, as his second wife; Daniel, born June 3, 1840, died September 23, 1842; Daniel Clark, born May 25, 1843. died August 7, 1S45; Stephen Clark, born January 5. 1847. (VTII) John Lowe, son of David Lowe (7). was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May S, 1824, in the house on Mechanic street where E. P. To\v:ne lately lived. When John was a small boy his father moved to the farm now owned by Seth L. Lowe on Pearl hill. The yputh of John Lowe was spent on the farm, and he attended the district schools of liis native town. Most of his schooling was ob- tained in a small red school house now made into a dwelling and standing on the corner of Fisher and Pearl hill roads. One winter term of six weeks he attended a private school taught by a Mr. Fox.- At the age of eighteen he began to learn the trade of scvthe making of John Farwell and Abel Simonds, but the work indoors was not congenial, and after three or four months he commenced work for Clark Simonds, farming, and attending school winters. Three years later he began work for Isaiah Putnam. Abo"ut 1849 he left the employ of Mr. Putnam to start in business for himself as a butcher and pro- vision dealer. He used a small building near his father's house for slaughtering at first. Hoping vto extend his business ho moved in the spring of jSsi to a farm in Rindge, New Hampshire, Four years of hardship among rocky hills were enough to cool his ardor for farming in that locality, though he made many life-long friends and cherishes many pleasant memories of that period of his life. He returned to Fitchburg and entered the wholesale meat and provision business, which he followed with success for twenty years. In 1873 he sold the meat business to his oldest sons and for a short time had a market on Day street. He followed market gardening for four years on what he called "Round Top" on Pearl hill, now owned by William Proctor. It was the southern half of his father's farm. His later years have been spent assisting in the business of his sons in various ways. John Lowe served the city of Fitchburg as coun- cilman from January I, 1876, to January I, 1877. He i?; a member of the Calvinistic Congregational Church, which he joined early in life. Mr. Lowe is honored by his fellow citizens in Fitchburg as a self-made man. who built up a large business. He is a man of high principles and unblemished char- acter. He has the unique honor also of being the head of the largest and taken altogether probably the most successful and distinguislied family ever raised in the city of Fitchburg. As a prominent citizen said of him : "He has seventeen children grown and not a single black sheep in the lot." John Lowe married, August 11, 1846, Sarah ]\Iead, of Boxboro, Massachusetts. She was born August 22, 1825, and died December 14, 1865. He married (second), April 3, 1866, in West Fitchburg, Mary Adams (Russell) Lowe, widow of his brother, George Lowe. She was born July 20, 1840. The children of these two marriages number seventeen, all living. In 1901 some interesting statistics were prepared for the genealogy by the committee of the family : Orin M. Lowe, Waldo H. Lowe and Ellen M. Merriam. At that time fourteen of the children were married, three single, making thirty-three brothers and sisters. The thirteen families have, all told, thirty-five children. The oldest one of these is married and has four children, making with their great-great-aunt, Mrs. John Wood, five generations, a total of seventy-three members of the family cir- cle. In January, 1898, the total height of the Lowe family was three hundred and twenty-nine feet, six and one-fourth inches. The total weight was 8,059.5 pounds and the total age 1,685 years, 9 months. There have been a number of marriages and births since. There has doubtless been a big percentage of gain in height and avoirdupois. By the time this work reaches the public there will be still further additions by birth and marriages to this very remarkable family. Needless to say the entire family circle supports Roosevelt and his doctrines. All of the family attend the Congregational Church. None are users of tobacco or liquor for a beverage. In the family are four farmers, three paper manu- facturers, two cotton manufacturers, two wholesale provision dealers, one street railroad magnate, one bank clerk, one inventor, one machinist and one minister. They transacted in 1901 about $3,000,000 worth of business ; employed 1,500 hands and in all the industries with which they are connected wages amounting to $500,000 were paid. The family has an annual gathering on the Fourth of July and has a regular business organization with constitution and officers. The children of John and Sarah (Mead) Lowe were: Ellen Maria, born at Fitchburg, April 30, 1847; Edna Mary, born at Fitchburg, May 3, 1848; Waldo Hawes, 'born at Fitchburg, May 8, 1849; Ira Adelbcrt, born at Fitchburg, October 13. 1850; Albert Nathaniel, born at Rindge, New Hampshire, l\larch 12, 1852; Arthur Houghton, born at Rindge, New Hampshire, August 20, 1853 ; Orin Messinger, born at Fitchburg, April 18, 1855 ; Lewis Mead, born at Fitchburg. March 11, 1857; Herbert G., born at Fitchburg, March 27, 1859; Ida Louisa, born at Fitchburg, April 26, 1861 ; Frank E., born at Fitch- burg, January 15, 1864; George Russell, born at Fitchburg, July 11, 1865. Tlie children of John and Mary Adams (Russell) Lowe, all born in Fitchburg, are : David, born June 23. 1S67 ; Harriet Lydia, born April 15. 1870; Samuel Hawes, born October 22, 1873 ; John Adams, born August 27, 1881 ; Marian Abbie, born November 30, 1883. CVIII) Seth Lyman Lowe, son of David Lowe (7). was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 22, 1835. He married, February 28, 1857, Susan Re- WORCESTER COUNTY 227 becca Vose, born June 15, 1836, sister of Amelia Vose, who married David S. Lowe, and daughter of ex-Mayor William H. Vose. Scth L. Lowe attended the old district school at Pearl Hill and later at the academy at Rindge, New Hampshire. He was associated with his brother John for a time at Rindge. At the age of twenty-one he went to Whittaker, Michigan, where he remained two years, and then returned to Fitch- burg to marry. He returned with his bride and bought a farm in Michigan. His buildings were burned after he had worked for a couple of years on his farm, and finding life, in a shanty uncongenial he returned to Fitchburg, in September, 1864, and went to live in the old homestead, where he is still living with his children and grandchildren. .Since then he has carried on the farm which is one of the : -t profitable in that section. In addition to his : in Air. Lowe has dealt extensively in lumber. He a member of the Calvinistic Congregational I. luirch. The children of Seth L. and Susan Rebecca ' \'ose) Lowe were: Frederic Hervey, born Jan- ry II, i860, in Whittaker, Michigan, married B'lor- c Lovell, who was born August 20, 1856, at North .ams; Susan Amelia, born at Whittaker, Michi- 11. June 14, 1862, married, September 17, 1900, ' rcival R. Bowers ; Eugene Francis, of whom r; Clara Luella, born at Fitchburg, October 7, "7; Annie Louisa, born at F'itchburg, November 1871, died September 20, 1874. I, IX) Eugene Francis Lowe, third child of Seth man Lowe (8), was born at Fitchburg, Massachu- ;s,July II, 1864. He is a successful market gardener. married Myrta Maynard, June 13, 1888. She was :n January 13, 186(5, at Rockford, Illinois, was rried at Fitchburg, and died February 15, i8y9. .-•y went to live with his father in the spacious 1 homestead on Pearl hill. He married (second), •le I, 1900, Milley Willis, born at Templeton, i-sachusetts, January 28, 1872, daughter of Aaron wyer Willis, born December 16, 1822, descendant Thomas Sawyer and his wife, Mary Prescott. -e sketch of the Sawyer family. Also Prescott ;iiily.) Her mother was Louise E. Blodgett, born 'v 7, 1833, died May 19, 1898. He is a member iji the Calvinistic Congregational Church. He is a Republican. The children of Eugene F. and Myrta (^laynard) Lowe, are: Harold Maynard, born in Fitchburg, October 11, 1889; Percival Eugene, Sep- tember 15, 1891. (IX) Ellen Maria Lowe, daughter of John Lowe (8), was born in the old homestead an Pearl hill, Fitchburg, April 30, 1847. She attended school at Rindge, New Hampshire, and Fitcliburg, entering the Fitchburg high school at the head of a class of one hundred. At the age of eighteen she began to teach school at Lunenburg. At the time her mother died she was called upon to nurse her father, mother and five brothers, who had typhoid fever at the same time. She married, July 16, 1868, Lyman Wheeler Merriam, who was born March 31, 1844, in Fitch- burg. He is a professional inventor, having sixteen patents and having constructed many useful ma- chines. He has been engaged in the manufacture of milk bottle caps, using machines invented by him. The name of the firm is Merriam Manufact- uring Co., and George O. Allen is his partner. The children of Lyman Wheeler and Ellen (Ivowc) Merriam are: Sarah Abbie, born in Fitch- burg, .-\ugust 9. i86g, married J. S. Harrington, i8go, in Lunenburg; children are: Lewis, 1892, Ruth L., 1893, Carl R., 1896, Harold L, 1S98; Frederic Lowe, born in Fitchburg, August 2, 1870, died in Worces- ter, April 23, 1872; Louisa Adeline, born in Holden, August 21, 1872, died September 22, 1S90, in Fitch- burg; Alice Edna, born in Fitchburg, Novcmlier 25, 1874, belonged to the class of 1895 in Fitchburg high school, married, April, 1904, Charles Nutting, of Leominster, a farmer, one child, John L., born 1905; John Lowe, born in Jaffray, New Hampshire, July 9, 1876, died April 13, 1898; entered class of 1895 in Fitchburg high school; joined the Rollstone Church in 1890; Edith Augusta, born in Jaffray, New Hampshn-e, March 5, 1878, entered class of 1896 in Fitchburg high school ; Lizzie Maria, born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, September 27, 1880, graduated from the Fitchburg high school in 1898; Clifton Harris, born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, December 30, 1S83, entered the Fitchburg high school in class of 1902 ; Henry Mead, born in Fitchburg, September 11, 1885, died August $. 1887. (IX) Edna iNlary Lowe, daughter of John Lowe (8), was born May 3, 1848, in Fitchburg. She was graduated from the Fitchburg high school in 1867 in a class of four girls, the second class to receive diplomas, Franklin G. Fessenden, of Greenfield, be- ing the sole graduate of 1866, a unique distinction. She taught school in Fitchburg, West Acton, Massa- chusetts, Rochester, New Hampshire, and Key West, Florida. She married James Edward Putnam, Feb- ruary 22, 1883. He was born in Fitchburg, July 22, 1845, son of James P. and Susan Abigail ( L'p- ton) f^utnam. He crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1864 and returned across the continent in 1866. He built six hundred miles of the Union Pacific Railroad. He was overseer of the county jail at Fitchburg one year in 1868-9, and turnkey there until October, 1877. He w^s alderman from ward four in 1899. He lives at the old Putnam homestead and has one of the finest farms in the county. The children of James E. and Edna M. (Lowe) Putnam are : Helen Edna, born in Fitchburg, August 8, 1885, entered Fitchburg high school, class of 1902, Lincoln College, 1906. Mr. Putnam's first wife was Ellen Brown, whom he married in 1870; she died in 1881. They had one son, Frank, born 1873, died 1887. (IX) Waldo Hawes Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May 8, 1849. He attended the Fitchburg public schools and entered the high school in 1862. .After three years there he took a course in Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Boston. He worked at home for his father until March, 1870, when he went into partnership with A. & O. Mead & Co. in the meat business, in Brighton and Boston. In November, 1870, the project having been given up in Brighton, he started a market in the store under the Univer- salist Church, Fitchburg, which he carried on with good success until June, 1872, when, with his brother. Ira, he bought his father's business. The firm name was W. H. & I. A. Lowe & Co. In August, 1879, he went to work for G. F. Swift & Co., Chicago, Illinois, and in the following July was located at Milwaukee, representing the Swift Company, but in a short time was made outside foreman at Chicago. He worked here days, nights and Sundays for four years. He passed through the big strike of 1880, working every day. also the switchmen's strike in 1882, when Swift's house was the only stock-yard to work all through the strike, 22!; WORCESTER COUNTY and he hardly left the slaughter hoii=e day or nigh: for three weeks. In June, 1883, he moved to Cheyenne, W yonung, where his borther Ira had preceded hnn the year be- fore. Here with others he started and successfully conducted the Wyoming .Meat Company. He suf- fered with the others in 1886 when the fadure of the cattle industry ruined nearly every industry m that section of the country, lie removed to Omaha, Nebraska, in Way, 1887, and worked there for Ham- mond & Co., for two years, when he went mto the retail meat business with Adam Snyder for partner. After a short time he left to take a position with Cudahy & Co. In June, 1891, he decided to return cast to look for a business opening at Beverly, Mass- achusetts, but finally decided to enter a new line ot business. He learned to make paper and after a short time became superintendent of the 1-alulah i'a- per Co. at Fitchburg, where he has since remained. He is a member of the Congregational Church. He married, February 13, i&72, ^laO' Louisa Whitcomb, of Fitchburg. She was born iMarch 27, 1851, in Marlboro, New Hampshire, and is the daughter of Albert S. and Martha Abigail (Wdlis) \VhitC()mb. Their children are; Bessie Edna, born November 25, 1872, died August 3, l873 ; Bertie, born May 7, 1875, died June 23, lii/S; Mattie Louisa, born July 31, 1876, graduated Ironi Fitchburg high school, 1895; Florence Josephine, born April 22, 1878, in Fitchburg, graduated from Fitchburg high school in 1896; State Normal school in 1898 and from the four-year course in 1900; taught school in Mont- clair. New Jersey; Gertrude Vv'hitcomb, born May lO, I'SSO, m Keenc, New Hampshire, graduated from the F"itchburg high school in 1898; policy clerk and stenographer for the Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Fitchburg; married, June 7, 1904, Harry Rogers, of Fitchburg, and they have one child, Roland Lowe, born August 17, 1905; Albert Waldo, born June 11, 1882, in Chicago, died February 25, 1885, in Chicago; Lorena May, born October 17, 1884, in Cheyenne, Wyoming; graduate of Fitchburg high school, 1902, and Fitchburg Normal school, 1904-05 ; Willis Mead, born August 10, 1896, in South Fitchburg, died Au- gust 31, 1897. (IX) Ira Adelbert Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born October 13, 1850, in Fitchburg, Mass- achusetts. He attended the public schools and for one year Bryant & Strattons Commercial College, Boston. He was for a time with his brothers in the wholesale provision business in Fitchburg, then went to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and was connected with the Snow & Lowe Cattle Companies and Wyom- ing Meat Co. as president. Al>out 1887 he removed to Chicago, and in 1888 returned to Massachusetts. He was in Boston two years in business, then re- moved to Greenfield, where he has since been very succssful in raising sheep. He married Annie Marie Stone, June 19, 1884, at Charlestown, Massachu- setts. She was born February 20, 1887, daughter of Jasper and Mary Patten (Swett) Stone. She is a member of the Second Advent Church. He joined the Calvinistic Congregational Church in 1866. They have one child : Beatrice, born November 29, 1888, in Charlestown, ^lassachusetts. (,IX) Albert Nathaniel Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Rindge, New Hampshire, March 12, 1852. He received a common school education with six months in the Bryant & Stratton Commer- cial College, Boston. He was in the wholesale meat and provision business with his brothers until 1886, and then began the manufacture of paper in South Fitchburg under the name of F-alulah Paper Com- pany. He began in a small building in a small way, but by patience and perseverance has built up to its present capacity the mills which produce twenty-five to thirty tons of paper daily. He has served the city as councilman in 1879. He has been director of the Safety F^und National Bank since February, 1897. He is a member and officer of the Rollstone Congregational Church. He married Emma Rebecca i'almer, October 28^ 1879, at F-itchburg. She was born December 17, 1854, daughter of Dr. Thomas and Charlotte (.Fiske) Pal- mer. The annual reunion of the Lowe Family Cir- cle has been held for many years in Dr. Palmer's Grove at Notown. She graduated at the F'itchburg high school in 1873. She is a member of the Cal- vinistic Congregational Church. Their children are : I. Erving Fiske, born ^lay 8, 1881, graduate of Fitchburg high school, 1899; Harvard Dental School, 1902, practicing; married, June I, 1904, Maude Lowell, of Allston, Boston, Massachusetts. 2. Ern- est Palmer, born May 8, 1881, graduate of high school, 1899, left Amherst College after one year to enter the paper mill and learn the business ; mar- ried, September 6, 1905, Mary Olmstead, of Fitch- burg. 3. Joseph Albert, born January 20, 1883, graduate of high school, 1900, and Amherst College, 1904. 4. Guy Russell, born April 17. 1888, grad- uate of high school, 1902. 5. Ralph Putnam, born F'ebruary 4, 1887, graduate of high school, 1903. 6. Charlotte Emma, born January 10, 1891. (IX) Arthur Houghton Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), w-as born in Rindge, New Hampshire, August 20, 1853. He was educated in the Fitchburg public schools. He was associated with his brothers m the meat business for a few years. In 1879 he went into partnership with his father-in-law, John Parkhill, and Thomas R. B. Dole, to manufacture cotton goods. The buildings long owned and oper- ated as a chair factory by Hon. Alonzo Davis was purchased. The firm began operations in February, 1880, with thirty looms weaving colored cotton goods. The business was incorporated in 1881 with a capital of $100,000. Since then the business has grown wonderfully. It is by far the largest cotton manu- facturing establishment in the city. In 1882 an ad- dition 35x135 feet, two stories high, was built. In 1883 a third story was added. In the next two years another building 55x150 feet, three stories high, and a new engine house were built. In 1887 a new dye house 55x140 feet, two stories high, was built and the plant of the Fitchburg Woolen Mill Company purchased. The company now operates about 3,000 looms and employs 1,200 hands, producing in 1905 about twenty million yards of cloth. Mr. Lovve is manager and treasurer. Mr. Parkhill was president from the incorporation. Mr. Lowe organized the Cleghorn cotton mill in Fitchburg in 1885 with a capital of $100,000. This mill was absorbed by the Parkhill Company in i88g, and the capital of the Parkhill Manufacturing Co. made $300,000. Mr. Lowe was the treasurer. The mill employed 200 hands. The Parkhill mills are now the third largest of their kind in the country. The great success of this enterprise is to a large ex- tent the cause of the development and growth of Fitchburg in the past twenty-five years. .JMr. Lowe is also interested in the Grant Yarn Mills. He was instrumental in securing the location in Fitchburg of the car shops of the Fitchburg Railroad, the Orswell WORCESTER COUNTY 229 Mills, the MitclicU Mamifacturiiig Co., and ciIkt iiianutactiiriiig industries. In 1900 Mr. Lowe, with Mr. J. Harper Poor and Mr. Charles L. Poor, of New York, and Mr. George P. Grant, of Fitchburg, organized the Lowe Manufacturing Co. of Hunts- ville, Alabama. This company is now running 26.- 000 spindles and 240 looms on tine yarns and col- ored cotton goods, the finest trade in tlie South. In 1903 he became a partner in the firm of J. Harper Poor & Co., dry goods commission merchants in Xew York. He is a director also of the Fitchburg Natioijal Bank and the Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Company; he is also a director in the Factory Mu- tual Fire Insurance Companies of Boston. He is a trustee of the Baldwinville Hospital Cottages for Children, Cushing Academy of Ashburnham. Mur- dock School Fund at Winchendon, and of the Fitch- burg Savings Bank. Mr. Lowe has been president of the New England Cotton Manufacturers .Associa- tion and of the American Cotton Manufacturing Association of the South. He is a member of the Park Club, and was a member of the Fitchburg Athletic Club; he is also a member of the ^ler- chants' Club in New York City. He is an active mem- ber of the Calvanlstic Congregational Church. Mr. Lowe has been president of the Fitchburg Board of Trade, and representative to many trade conven- tions. Mr. Lowe has been active in the Republican party and in municipal affairs. He was alderman in i88oo and 1906, and president of the board the latter year. He belongs to the Odd Fellows order. He married Florence Allisia Webber, October 30, 1879. at Lunenburg, Massachusetts. She was born in Fitchburg, May 19. 1859, the daughter of George H. and Sarah Jane (.Smith) Webber. She is gifted with musical talents. The children of Orin Mes- singer and Florence Allisia (Webber) Lowe are: Grace Albro, born September 18, 1880, graduate of Fitchburg high school in 1899 and of Mt. Holyok^ College 1903; Irene May, born May 4, 1884, grad- uate of Fitchburg high school, 1902; Porter Webber, born February 25, 1887 ; Rodney Messinger, born January 16, 1890. (IX) Lewis Mead Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, March II, 1857. He was educated in the public schools of Fitchburg, and worked for his brothers until he was twenty-one, when he went to WHiittaker, Michigan, and worked for Webster Childs. He returned to work for his brothers and after a time went to Chi- cago for Swift & Co., where he became foreman. He went to Cayenne when his brothers were in busi- ness there, 1884, and was foreman for the Wyoming Meat Company for three years. He owned the first meat cart in Cheyenne and found it prolitable until the bad times drove so many people away. He re- turned to his native place again and worked for the old firm, until January I, 1892, when he sold his in- terest in the firm and bought the farm in Lunenburg, where he has since resided. He married Lurilla Whipple, in Cheyenne, Wy- oihing. She was born May 3, 1865, in Marion, Iowa, daughter of Daniel F. and Irene A. (Boynton) Whipple. She joined the Baptist Church in Chey- enne, 1883. She was educated in the public schools of Marion and Nevada, Iowa, and Cheyenne, Wyom- ing. She kept books for her father until his death, .■\pril, 1884. She was typewriter and school teacher until her marriage. Children of Lewis M. and Lurilla (Whipple) Lowe are: I. Lillian Whipple, born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, May 8. 1887, graduate of the Fitchburg high school. 1904. 2. Low-ell Mead, born in Lunenburg, November 30, 1894. (IX) Herbert G. Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, March 27, 1859. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and for three months attended the commercial college in Boston. He learned the trade of dyer in the mill of the Johnson Manufacturing Comi)any of North Adams, and in 1880 commenced work for the Parkhill Manufacturing Company, where he remained until 1889, when he became one of the owners of the Falulah Paper Company. He served the city as councilman in 1890. He married Mary Adelaide Vaughn, May 24. 1888, at Delavan, Illinois. She was born in Delavan. April I, i860, the daughter of William E. and Susan (BrendorfT) Vaughn. She is a graduate of the Conservatory of Music. (IX) Ida Louise Lowe, daughter of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, .\pril 26, 1861. She attended the public schools, leaving the high school after two years in 1878 to study at the State Normal school at Framingham, Massachu- setts. She taught school at Rindge. New Hampshire, in 1880. She married, December 14, 1880, Ezra 230 WORCESTER COUNTY Jackson Riggs. He was born in Bonon, Decem- ber II, 1846. Pie enlisted October I, 1861, in Com- pany E, Twenty-eighth j\[assachusetts Infantry, and re-enlisted in the field January l, 1864, serving un- til June 30, 1865. He was sergeant of his company when mustered out. He again enlisted April 12, 1867, and served two years. Ife was wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor. He entered the Andover Theological Seminary in September, 1S76, to pre- pare for the ministry and graduated in 1S79. He became pastor of the Congregational Church at Rindge, New Hampshire. After four years he re- turned to the seminary for another year of study. He became pastor of the church at East Jaffrcy, New Hampshire, and has since worked in the west- ern field and at Provincetown, Massachusetts. Ihe children of Rev, Ezra J. and Ida L. (Lowe) Riggs are : Nelson Francis Riggs, born in Rindge, New Hampshire, died there Septembtr 18, J8S2; Chris- tine Louisa Riggs, born July 6, 1889, in Fitchburg. (IX) Frank E. Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, January 15, 1864. He at- tended the public school until the spring of 1879, when he left to enter the employ of Ira A. Lowe & Co. in the meat business. In August, 1880, he went to Chicago for Swift & Co., but returned to Fitchburg the following year to become bookkeeper and salesman for his brothers' firm. In March, 18S4, he went to Wyoming and worked for a meat com- pany and on the ranches of his brothers there. He returned to Fitchburg in 1885, and in April, 18S6, formed the partnership with Orin M. and Arthur H. Lowe, his brothers, under the name of Low-e Bros. & Co., wholesale produce and provision com- mission merchants and agents for Swift & Co. When the branch house was opened by the company in Greenfield, Massachusetts, in April, 1887, he took charge of it and remained there until 1891, when he became a partner in the I'^alulah Paper Company and traveled for the firm until 1893, when his health failed. He returned to Greenfield and took cHarge until the business was sold in 1896 to Swift & Co., whereupon he became interested in street railway enterprises. He was one of the incorporators and first president of the Greenfield & Turners Falls Street Railway Company and was made general manager in 1898. He has become interested in vari- ous other street railways in the New England Stales and Pennsylvania. He married, September 26, 1900, Martha (Stone) Tovvle, widow, sister of Annie M. (Stone), the wife of Ira A. Lowe. (IX) George Russell Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 11, 1865. . He attended the public schools of his native town. He went to work first for Lowe Bros. & Co. In 1887 he went TO Gardner and has since been the representative for Swift & Co. there. He was elected director and vice-president of the Gardner Bank in 1895. He has been a delegate to many state conventions, but has declined office. He married Mary Elizabeth Marshall, January 16, 1889, at Gardner. She was born July 7, iS(u. in Mendon, Vermont, and is the daughter of Gerge W. and Sarah Elizabeth (Brick) Marshall. The children of George R. and Marj- E. (Marshall) Lowe, born in Gardner, Massachusetts, were: Bertha, born January 3. 1890, died October 23, 1890; Ken- neth ilarshall, born July 30, 1899. (IX) David Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, !^lassachusetts, June 23, 1867. He was educated in the public schocls of his native town, graduating from the high school in 1885. He went to work first for his brother, Albert Lowe, then the head of I. A. Lowe & Co., in the meat business. He went to the Parkhill Manufacturing Company^ December 21, 1885, and learned the business thor- oughly. He is now assistant superintendent of mills A and B, Mr. Parkhill being the general superintendent. He has been an active member of the Rollstone Co;-.- gregational Church since 1885. He was assislant superintendent of the Sunday school. He has been church treasurer since 1898 and has also been col- lector for a number of years. He is a life member of the American Seaman's Friend Society and of the American Missionary Association. He is a director of the Fitchburg Co-operative Bank, a member of the New England Cotton Manufacturers Associa- tion, Fitchburg Historical Society and the Young Men's Christian Association. He is a Republican and has served a number of years on the Republi- can city committee. He married, June i, 1892, Grace Isab^ile Dotcn. She was born in Boston, December 4, 1866, and is the fifth generation of the lineal descendants of Ed- ward Doten and his wife Faith Clark. Mr. Doteiv came in the "Mayflower" to Plymouth with the Pilgrims and was one of the signers of the Compact. She was educated in private and public schools in Boston and Fitchburg, and graduated from the Fitchburg high school in 1886. She is an active member of Rollstone Congregational Church. They reside at 47 School street, Fitchburg. The children of David and Grace I. (Doten) Lowe were: Eleanor,, born April 7, 1893, died December 17, 1894; Frances Helen, born February I, 1897. (IX) Harriet Lydia Lowe, daughter of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, April 15, 1870. She is a graduate of the high school, class of i88g, and was a school teacher in Fitch- burg. She married William Hamilton Wright, July 12, 1891. He was born October 17, 1865, in Clinton, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools of Fitchburg. He is a machinist by trade and resides at Hyde Park. Their children are : Wilma Har- riet, born in F'itchburg, July 24, 1892 ; Eunice Cum- inings, born August i, 1894, in Fitchburg. (IX) Samuel Hawes Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 22, 1873. He was educated in the public schools of his native city. He left the high school before graduation to take a position in Safety Fund Na- tional Bank, and has been promoted to paying teller. He is a member of the Rollstone Congregational Church and has served the Sunday school as sec- retary for several years and treasurer of the parish. He is a Free Mason, a member of the Merchants' Association. He is auditor of the Fidelity Co-oper- ative Bank. He is an active Republican. Person- ally Mr. Lowe is very popular. He married, Sep- tember 7, 1904, Lucy E. Bennett, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Bennett, of Fitchburg. (IX) John Adams Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), W'as born in Fitchburg. Massachusetts, August 27, 1881. He is a graduate of the high school, class of 1899. and of Williams College 1906. (IX) Marian Abbie Lowe, daughter of John Lowe (8), was born November 30. 1883. She is a graduate of the high school, class of 1901, and of the Fitchburg normal school, class of 1905. She is a member of Rollstone Church. (X) Sarah Abbie Mcrriam, daughter of L. W. WORCESTER COUNTY 231 and Ellen M. (Lowe) Mcrriani (g). was born i!i Fitchburg, August 9, l86g. She married, September II, 1890, James Lewis Harrington, oi Lunenburg, at Fitchburg. Fie was born October 17, 1855. son of George and Martha (Lewis) Harrington. He is a farmer and milk dealer. Their children are : Lewis Lowe, born January 14, 1892 ; Ruth Louise, born May 23, 1893 ; Carl Rogers, born starch 2, 1S96; Harold Leon, born June 13, 1898. GEORGE WASHINGTON CHENEY. John Cheney (i), the immigrant ancestor of George Wash.ington Cheney, of Winchendon, Massachu- setts, was born in England. Rev. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, who was his pastor at Roxbury, wrote: "John Cheney he came into the land in the yeare 1635, he brought 4 children Mary, Martha, John, Daniel. Sarah, his fifth child, was borne last month of the same year 1635 cald February. He removed from our church to Newbury the end of the next summer 1636. Martha Cheney was the wife of John Cheney." He was received into the Newbury Church from Roxbury. He' was fined with other citizens for absence at the town meeting, April 21, 1638, but later his fine was remitted on account of his hav- ing a reasonable excuse. He had a good house lot in the old town, also plenty of good land along the river and shore. He received a grant of three acres, June 19, 1638, in the meadow at the west end of the great swamp. Numerous other lots were granted. He was on the grand jury April 27, 1648. He was so interested in the contest for gov- ernor between Sir Harry Vane and John Winthrop that he and others came from Newbury to Cam- bridge on foot to take the freeman's oath, so that they could vote for Winthrop. That was a forty mile walk each way. No wonder Winthrop won the election. He was admitted a freeman May 17, 1637. He became a very prominent citizen. He was selectman several times. He died July 28, 1666. He wrote his will June 5, 1666. His wife died about 1684. Their children were : Mary, born in Eng- land, 1627, married, September 3, 1645, William Lawes, of Rowley ; Martha, born in England. 1629, married (first ) Anthony Sadler; (second) Thomas Burkby, of Ipswich; John, born in England, 1631; Daniel, born in England, 1633; Sarah, born in Rox- bury, February 25, 1635-36, married, December 23, 1652, Joseph ■ Plummer, of Newbury; Peter, born in Newbury, 1638; Lydia, born in Newbury, 1639, married. November 12, 1657, John Kenrick, of Ips- wich ; Hannah, born November 16, 1642, married, November 16, 1659, Richard Smith, Jr., of Ipswich ; Nathaniel, born at Newbury, January 12, 1647, never married ; Elizabeth, born at Newbury, January 12, 1647, married Stephen Cross, of Ipswich, (II) Daniel Cheney, son of John Cheney (l), was born in England, about 1633, died September 10, 1694. He was admitted a freeman May 7, 1663, He was a man of great industry and sagacity, a dil- igent farmer and useful citizen. He bought up a large family and left an honorable name. He and his wife were members of the church before 1675. He was a constable in 1688. He married, at New- bury, October 8, 1665, Sarah Bayley, daughter of John, Jr. and Eleanor (Emery) Bayley; she was born August 17, 1644, died October 26, 1714. Their children were: i. Sarah, born September ir, 1666, married, June 16, 1696, John Richards, Jr.; removed 1715 to Rochester, New Hampshire. 2. Judith, bom Sei}tembcr 6, i6<)8. married John Emerson. 3. Daniel, born December 31, 1670. 4. Hannah, born September 3, 1673, married, at Newbury. December 17, 1696, Lieutenant Thomas Wiswa!!. of Newton. 5. John, born July 10, 1676. 6. Eleanor, born March 29, 1679, married Richard Satchell, of Ipswich ; (second), October 7, 1698, Thomas Saft'ord, of Ips- wich. 7. Joseph, baptized 'April g, 1682. 8. James, see forward. , (III) James Cheney, son of Daniel Cheney (2). was born in Newbury, .'\pril 16, 16S5. He sold the land bequeathed to him by his grandfather to his brother-in-law, John Richard, April 14, 1715, and then removed to the town of Newton, formerly part of Watertown. He was a weaver by trade, a man highly esteemed and of more than ordinary char- acter and efiiciency. He died February 3, 1746. His will was proved March 17, 1745-46. His estate was finally divided 1758. He married, August 31, 1732, Lydia Mirick, daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Trowbridge) Mirick, of Newton. She was born July 7, 1704, died November 3, 1766. Their children w-ere : Aaron, born October 8, 17,34; Eliza- beth, born July 31, 1736, married, January 3. 1765, Isaac Williams, son of Isaac Williams ; Nathaniel, born March 16, 1737-38; James, see forward; Lydia, born January 15, 1742-43, married, September 17, 1772, Joseph Knapp. (IV) James Cheney, son of James Cheney (3), was born at Newton, Massachusetts, July 19, 1740. He settled in Holden, Massachusetts, afterwards removing to Gerrj', now Phillipston. Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Davis's company. Colonel Doolittlc's regiment, in 1775. He died December 28, 1818. He married, at Newton. October 24. 1765, Joanna Williams, daughter of Jonathan Williams and his wife De- borah (Spring) Williams. She died February 13, 1823. Their children were: Cyrus, born about 1766: Lvdia, born at Holden. January 3, 1/68. married William Homes; Joanna, born November 20, 1769, married. October 26, 1786, David Pike, of Athol ; Hezekiah. born August ^. 1771 : James, see for- ward ; Pollv (Molly), born February 3. 1776. mar- ried, April 14. 1803, Benjamin Maxwell, of Heath; Patty, born February 28, 1803, married Thaddeus Brown. (V) James Cheney, son of James Cheney (4), was born in Holden, .August 28, 1773. He mar- ried Elizabeth Seaver and they settled in Phillips- ton. Their children were: Lorenzo, born Novem- ber 12. 1806: James Harvey, see forward: Sarah, born September 27. 1815, died October 7. 1815; Cyrus, born at Phillipston, May i, 1818. died at Athol,' Mav 9, 1891. (VI) James Harvey Cheney, son of James Chcnev (5). was born at Phillipston, Massachii- setts, July" 21. 1813. He received his education in the district schools, and at an early age began to learn the trade of carpenter. He removed to Graf- ton in the thirties and carried on his bnsine-ss as carpenter and builder there. He also kept the tavern there for several years. He removed to Boston,, thence to (Tambridgc. where he followed his trade. He also worked at Stow and Assabet (now May- nard). He settled in Maynard and went into the business of carpenter and contractor, and developed a prosperous business. He died there December a, t8St. He attended the Assabet Orthodox Church. In politics he was a Republican. He served the town on various important committees. He mar- 232 WORCESTER COUNTY ried, April 3. 1827. Sophia Raymond, born Sep- tember 19. 1817, died January 13, 1898, daughter of Levi and Sophia (Greenwood) Raymond, of Wiucbendon. Her father was a farmer. Their children were: i. Henry Harrison, born at Graf- ton, January 1, 1838, living in Maynard. 2. George Washington, see forward. 3. John Davis, born at Grafton, October 20. 1840, drowned April 30, 1850. 4. Charles Hudson, born December 14. 1842, a carpenter, now residing in Maynard, Massachu- setts. 5. Ellen Elizabeth, born November 17, 1845. 6. Mary Eliza, born in Cambridge, September 25, 1847, now residing in Maynard. Massachusetts. 7. Levi Raymond, born in Stow, April 16. 18.SI. now living in Maynard: he married Mary E. Billington, June. 1872. Oiildren : Cora S., born April 6, 1873, married .Albert C. Mentzer, September 19, 1893 ; Effie M., born December 23. 1876: Everett L., born January. 1878, died February. 1878: Howard R., born May 21, 1890; Ralph H.. born June 3, 1896. 8. Edward Everett, born in Nashua. New Hamp- shire. December l, 1853, married Mary E. Wilder, May, 1880, child: George W., born November 25, 1885. 9. Maria Etta, born at Assabet, March ig. 1859. died January 28. 1902: married James E. Mc- Austin, July 28, 1889. (VH) George Washington Cheney, son of James H. Cheney (6), was born at Grafton, Massachu- setts, January 15, 1839. He attended the public schools there until he was ten years old, when he removed with his parents to Boston. He went to school there and in Cambridge, where his par- ents lived, for a few years, completing his school- ing at Assabet. He then learned the trade of car- penter of his father and worked with him until he was of age. He came to Winchendon in i86r and worked for a year with his uncle, George B. Raymond. He then took a course of six months study in Comar's Commercial College of Boston, when he entered the service of the United States and was with his regiment, the Twelfth Massa- chusetts Infantry, in front of Richmond. Later he was transferred to Company C, Thirty-ninth Regi- ment, under Colonel Stearns, of Somerville. He was in the Army of the Potoifiac. the Fifth Corps, joining the regiment just after the battle of Cold Harbor. He was in the engagements at Peters- burg and at Weldon Railroad, August 18, 1864. He was taken prisoner and marched to Petersburg, sent to Richmond and confined in Libby prison, transferred later to Bell Isle, where he was kept two months. He was taken sick and they .sent him back to Richmond, where, after two weeks in the hospital, he was exchanged and returned via .Annapolis. Maryland, to the Union ranks. As soon as he was able he went home on a furlough and remained at Assabet for several weeks. He re- turned to his regiment in Virginia and took part in the battle of the Jerusalem Plank Road. He was wounded and again taken prisoner. He was sent to Richmond, in March. 1865, and soon afterward was recaptured by the Union forces. He was sent to Washington for Iiospital treatment and soon afterward transferred to the Dale Hospital at Worcester, where he remained until the close of the war. He was discharged May. 1865, and re- turned to his father's home in Assabet. He came to Winchendon again and entered the employ of his uncle, George B. Raymond, in Au- gust. 1865. After a few years he started out on his own account as a builder. In 1877 he went into partnership with Luke Brown under the firm name of Brown & Cheney, carpenters and builders. The firm was dissolved after two years and Mr. Cheney has since carried on the business alone. He has built a considerable number of the buildings, large and small, erected in Winchendon and vicinity dur- ing his business career. On Tuesday morning, No- vember 6, 1870, Mr. Cheney fell from the sill of the Tucker and Rice block into the cellar and re- ceived a severe cut on the head. It was thought he was killed and his wife went down to the place expecting to find him dead, but by dint of care- ful nursing by his faithful wife, he finally recovered. He attends the Baptist Church, is a Republican in politics, a member of the Grand Army Post, Gil- man C. Parker, of Winchendon, George W. Cheney married, February 7, 1867, Mary Sophia Raymond, born February 9. 1843. daughter of .Artemas and Abigail (Chase) Ray- mond, of Royalston. Artemas Raymond, born March i, 1801. was a farmer in Royalston. died there April 4. 1868. He married, November. 1832, .Abigail Chase, born January 22, 1810, daughter of David Chase, a farmer of Royalston, and their chil- dren were: William C, Raymond Washington, Franklin's., died at age of six months: Franklin Henry, resides in Boston : George A., killed at bat- tle of Cold Harbor: Mary Sophia, wife of George W. Cheney; Sarah A., died at age of two years; Edward A. W., resides in Boston. William Ray- mond, father of Artemas Raymond, was born in Royalston. served in revolution, and his second wife, Sophia (Ward) Raymond, who died at the age of eighty-eight years, drew a pension. Chil- dren of George W. and Mary S. Cheney were: i. Flora Belle, born August 22. i86g. tnarried Clement Streeter, a carpenter, of Winchendon, but now re- siding in Boston. 2. Frank Schuyler, born Sep- tember 21, 1871. now in Winchendon. engaged in carpenter work with his father, married Lizzie Cudworth. of F'itzwilliam, New Hampshire. Janu- ary 5, 1899. 3. Nellie Etta, born May II, 1874, married (first) Charles Guibord and had children: Carl and Kenneth: married (second) W. E. Ord- w.Ty. of Milford. New Hampshire, and had one child. Morris Everett Ordway. TATMAN FAMILY. John Tatman (i) is the emigrant ancestor of the Tatman family which for several generations has been prominent in the social and business life of Worcester. He sailed from England in a company of thirty-three Englishmen and their families in the ship "Lion." Captain Ma- son, and arrived in Boston. September 16, 1632. They were known as the Braintrce Company or. on account of their connection with the Rev. Thomas Hooker, as the Hooker Company. Most of them settled in Braintrce. Massachusetts, but soon after- ward tlie general court, which regulated the settle- ment of the towns, transferred them to Newtown, now Cambridge. John Tatman. however, located in Roxbury, directly after his arrival, and drew land there. The name was spelled Totman more often than Tatman at first. John Tatman took the free- man's oath at Roxbury. May 2. 1638. He married Johanna , about 1640. She died. 1668, and he died, October 28. 1670. leaving all his property by will dated July 30, 1670, to his only son, Jabez, who was born November 19, 1641. (II) Jabez Tatman, son of John (i) and Jo- hanna Tatman, was born at Roxbury, November 19, ■ii^^.^iX^'^^'^''^-^^^^^ ' WORCESTER- COUNTY 233 1641. He married Deborah Turner, daiigliter of John and Deborah (.Williams) Turner, November 18, 1668. Deborah owned the Covenant, and Jabez confessed and joined in full communion the Church al Roxl)ury, April JO. 1679. She died May 31, 1689, and he died April 16, 1705. He seems to have mar- ried again, Elizabeth Davis, of Roxbury. She was the daughter of William Davis, who, tradition says, came from Wales in 1635 and who settled in Rox- bury as early as 1642. The children of Jabez and Deborah Tatman were: i. Johanna. 2. Deborah. 3. Elizabeth. 4. An infant. 5. Mary. 6. Mehitable. 7. Sarah. 8. John. (HI) John Tatman, son of Jabez (2) and De- borah Tatman, was born at Roxbury in 1685. Like his father and his grandfather, he was a farmer. He resided at Roxbury until past fifty. In 1737 he came to the struggling little settlement at Worcester, and bought of Nathaniel Jones a two-hundred-acre tract in what is now Quinsigamond village, Worces- ter, and settled there in 1637. He married, July 5, 1709, A\lary Richards, of Dedham. Their children were: i. Mary. 2. Elizabeth. 3. Jabez. 4. Sarah. 5. John. 6. Nathaniel. 7. Hannah. John Tatman (lied in the spring of 1760. His will names his wife, his sons Jabez and Nathaniel, and daughter Hannah, all probably living in 1760. Hannah married Samuel Lawrence, who in February 23, 1763, sold his land in Worcester to Gardner Chandler. (IV) Jabez Tatman, son of John (3), was born at Roxbury, May 16, 1715. He came to Worcester '" ^737 with his father's family. He married Sally (jookin. He was one of the petitioners who asked to have the gore lying between Worcester and Sut- ton annexed to Worcester, which petition was grant- ed by the general court April 5, 1743. He was e'lected constable March, 1765, but procured Samuel Eaton to serve in his stead. He was highway surveyor and collector of highway taxes in 1773, and June i, 1779. was with his son John on the jury list. His will proved July 7, 1807, provided for his widow, his son Daniel, his granddaughter Sarah Curtis, daughter of (Sarah, deceased), his daughter Lydia, wife of Thomas Rice, Jr., his son John, who was his chief heir and sole executor. His wife Sarah (Gookin) died in 1761 and he married (second) Mary Dudley at Oxford. He died March 13, 1807, in his ninety-second year. His children were: I. Daniel. 2. John. 3. Jabez. 4. Sarah. 5. Lydia. Sarah Gookin, the first wife of Jabez Tatman, came from a distinguished lineage. The Gookins were originally from Kent county, England. In 1620 Daniel Gookin received a grant from parlia- ment to start a colony in Virginia, where he went with his colonists, in 1621, and settled at Newport News. The Gookin family belonged to the Estab- lished Church of England. About 1642 the Puri- tans of Boston sent missionaries to convert them to a "more excellent way." The mission was partly successful, but the majority of the Virginia colo- nists were so incensed that the missionaries were forced to leave. Daniel Gookin, Jr., born 1612, in England, was one of the converts and cast his lot with the missionaries. He bought a ship and took the persecuted party to Boston, arriving May 10, 1644, and almost immediately he and his wife were received into the Church. He soon went to Ipswich to live, but on account of Indian alarms returned and settled in Roxbury, taking his Church letter with him. Rev. John Eliot, tlie Indian apostle, was his pastor at Roxbury, and tliey soon became warm friends and fellow laborers among the Indians. Gookin was one of the original proprietors of Worcester and received several land grants there. He was made superintendent of the Indians, who had sidjmitted themselves to the govermnent. In 1681 he was major-general of the Province. He died 1687 at Cambridge, where he settled in 1647. His son Daniel was the first sheriff of Worcester county, and held that oflice from 1731 till his death in 1743. Daniel Gookin's home lot where he resided was at the corner of Main and Park streets, now in the heart of the business district. His sword and cane are in the possession of Charles T. Tatman, of Worcester, and his account book with the court and other mementoes are still in existence. Nathaniel Tatman, another son of John (3), should be mentioned. He was born in Roxburv, January 10, 1725. He married Mary Rice, Decem- ber 17, 1747. This is the first marriage given in the reccprds of the Old South Church, except that of Josiah Holden and Abigail Bond on the same date. He settled on the site where later stood the old brick tavern in Quinsigamond village. He married (second) Rachel Adams. He moved to Barre, in 1770. He lived to be one hundred years of age. (V) John Tatman, son of Jabez (4), was born March 5, 1745, at Worcester. He married Lucy Dudley, of Sutton. She was the eldest of triplets born to David Dudley and wife. She was a descend- ant of Governor Dudley. John died October 2, . 1833. The children of John and Lucy Tatman were: 1. John. 2. Sarah. 3. Rachel. 4. Daniel. 5. Reuben. 6. Lewis. This John Tatman was a minute man in the company of Captain Timothy Bigclow in the regiment commanded by Colonel Artemas Ward, and marched with them to Cambridge at the time of the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He gave and dedicated what is now known as' the old Tatman " burial-ground adjoining Greenwood Park at Quin- sigamond village. One of his grand-children was the first person to be buried there. (VI) John Tatman, son of John (5), was born November 8, 1785. at Worcester. He married Pru- dence Davis of Oxford. He died April 8, 1870. He belonged to the Worcester Artillery and marched to Boston to repel the invasion of the British troops in the war of 1812. Their children were: i. Lucy. 2. Sarah. 3. Emily. 4. Charles. 5. Nancy. 6. John Augustus. 7. Samuel Davis. (VI) Daniel Tatman. son of John (5), born May 14, 1793. married Olive Davis. He died No- vember 17, 1865, ten months after celebrating their golden wedding. Their children were: i. Olive. 2. David Dudley. 3. Benjamin Davis. 4. Stephen. 5. Luther Davis. 6. Rufus Daniel. (VI) Reuben Tatman, son of John (5), born October, 1795, married Mary Ann Wiser. Their children were: I. Levi. 2. Henry. 3. Reuben James. 4. Mary Jane. 5. Martha Ann. (VH) Sarah Tatman. daughter of John (5), born January 15, 1826, married James Sullivan in 1850. He was born December 20, 1825, in Ireland, and came to Worcester with his parents. He was an offlce boy for Daniel Webster in Boston before his folks came to Worcester. He died August 11, 1859. Their children were: i. Julia Emtjia. 2. Frederick Tatman. 3. William Lincoln. 4. Albert Butler. She married (second) Rufus Nichols Mer- riam, A. M.. (Dartmouth College), and the names of her children were legally changed to Merriam. (VII) Charles Tatman," son of John (6), born 234 WORCESTER COUNTY February 19, 1830, married, November 28, 1S56, Elmira Ann Wiggin. Their children were: I.Henry Wilniar. 2. Emily Way. 3. Charles Herbert. 4. Lucy Maria. 5. Cora Lelia. 6. Charles Nelson. 7. Elmer Archie. I. VII) John Augustus Tatman, son of John (6), born October 24, 1836, married (first), 1869, Delia Johnson, of Northtield. She died in June, 1876, and he married (second), July 25, 187S, in Putnam, Connecticut, Sarah F. Carpenter, who died January 14, 1883. He married (third), in 1885, Harriet E. Holmes, of Sturbridge. He was executor of his father's estate and lived on a portion of the home- stead lot. He was foreman in Washburn S: !Moen's Mill at Quinsigamond. He is a deacon of Plymouth Congregational Church. (VH) Samuel Davis Tatman, son of John (6), was born June 24, 1841. He was a soldier in the civil war, stationed at Ft. Warren. He is a machin- ist by trade. He married, November 26, 1862, Eliza- beth Wiggins, sister of Elmira A., his brother's wife. Their children were: I. Alice Alberta. 2. Sarah L. (VH) Olive Tatman, daughter of Daniel Tat- man (6), born June 24. 1816; married October 2, 1846, Joseph Prouty, of Spencer, and had: I. Frank Tatman Pfouty. 2.. John Ruf us Prouty. (VH) David Dudley Tatman, son of Daniel (6), born April 14, 1819, served as clerk in a dry goods store in Worcester a number of years, but finally went to Rhode Island in the employ of Governor Ladd, whom he accompanied to Europe on busi- ness. In 1890 he accepted a position with a large dry goods establishment at Indianapolis. He mar- ried Jane Hunt Yeomans. They had one child, Raymond, prominent in mercantile business in New York city. (V'll) Rufus Daniel Tatman, son of Daniel (6), born December 22, 1834, married (first) Alice Par- tridge Willard, who died December 20, 1863, without issue; married (second) his first wife's sister, Su- sannah Elizabeth Willard, born in Worcester, 1846, and their children were: i. Marion Elizabeth. 2. Edna Louise, died April 29, 1877, and he married another sister, Ellen Lucinda Willard. (VH) Levi Tatman, son of Reuben (6), born April 30, 1826, married, November I, 1864, Lucy Gates. He died August 19, 1881. Their children were: i. Gilbert Henry. 2. Lewis James. These sons are now living in Groton, Massachusetts. (VH) Reuben James Tatman, son of Reuben (6), was born February 29, 1836, in Worcester, at the old family homestead in Quinsigamond. His father was a prosperous farmer, highly respected in the community, and among other positions of honor was on the Worcester school committee. James, as he was always called by his family and friends, was brought up on a farm. He received his education in the public schools and at Eaton's Commercial College in Worcester. In 1857 he entered the Wash- burn wire mills at Quinsigamond, near his home, and learned the trade of wire drawer. At the age of twenty-two he accepted a position as bookkeeper and clerk in the freight ofiicc of the Boston & Worcester Railroad Company in Boston, where he continued for four years. He then returned to the employ of Charles Washburn & Son as bookkeeper at the wire works. In 1863 he married Susan Maria, daughter of Charles Taylor of Northbridge, F''roni 1863 to 1865 he was associated with his broth- er-in-law. Ransom C. Taylor, at Taunton, and later for two years, at Poughkeepsic. New York. He then returned to his native city and entered partner- ship with Burbank Brothers under the name of Burbank, Tatman & Company and carried on a large wholesale trade in fruits, vegetables and produce at I Allen Court for ten years. In 1S77 he served as assessor for the city, and in the year following was elected secretary of the First National Fire Insurance Company of Worcester, of which Hon. Charles B. Pratt was president. After ten years in this office he was elected vice-president and treas- urer, a position he held until the company sold its business to the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford. He associated himself with George A. Park in the business of general insurance, and the agency of his firm was remarkably successful. He had served as president of the Worcester Board of Fire Underwriters. Mr. Tatman was one of the leaders of the Re- publican party for many years. In 1882 and 1883 he was m the Board of Aldermen representing Ward Eight, being elected on the Citizens' ticket. Fie served on the finance committee. He was ten- dered a renomination the next year by both parties, but declined, and he has repeatedly declined to run for mayor, even when all parties were ready to give him the nomination. He was one of the most prom- inent and active Masons in the city, a member of all the Masonic bodies of both the York Rite and the Scottish Rite to the Thirty-second degree. He has been worshipful master of Montacute Lodge and eminent commander of Worcester County Com- mandery, and for over twenty years was treasurer of the commandery. He is also treasurer of the Lawrence Chapter of Rose Croix, and a member of the board of trustees of the Masonic fraternity. He was ' for many years trustee of the Worcester County ^Mechanics' Association. His death, July 8, 1904, came suddenly, the result of an attack of indi- gestion followed by heart failure. He had always been in the best of health and seemed to be at the prime of life. He loved nature, and was very fond of piscatorial and all outdoor sports. He loved his native city and took an extraordinary interest in municipal affairs. He was recognized generally as one of the ablest men in business life. He was well balanced, a man of inflexible integrity and broad sympathies. He made friends easily and com- manded universal respect and esteem among his neighbors and associates. Pie married Susan Maria Taylor, sister of Ran- som C. Taylor, of Worcester, daughter of Charles and Susan (Butler) Taylor, of Northbridge. She survives him. They had two children : T. Mary Elizabeth (8), who married Wright S. Prior, for- merly street commissioner of the city of Worcester, now in business there, and have several children. 2. Charles Taylor, born December 16, 1871. (See sketch.) (VH) Martha Ann Tatman, daughter of Reuben Tatman (6), born November 6, 183S; married David Johnson, Jr. Their children are. i. Carrie J. 2. Ida. 3. William A. 4. David Albert. 5. Reuben Tatman. 6. Frederick H. Charles Taylor Tatman, son of R. James (7),^ and Susan M. (Taylor) Tatman, was born in Worcester. December 16. 1871. His youth was spent in Worcester. He attended the public schools of the city, and in 1889 graduated from the Worcester High School. He was president of his class. He entered the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but after two years there, entcrecl Harvard Law School, WORCESTER COUNTY ?35 where after taking the full three years' cour.-e he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1894. In the same year he was admitted to the bar and entered immediately on the practice of law. He had an ofiicc in the Walker building, but in 1903 he moved to the new part of the Central Exchange Building. Harrison W. Bowker, an attorney, shares his otlices in the present location. Mr. Tatman has built up a practice of importance, having practiced in all the State courts, the district courts of the United States and also the Supreme Court of the United Slates. Mr. Tatman has had a political career of uniisual credit. He has always taken an interest in politics, and was chairman of the Republican City Commit- tee in 1S98. In the following year he was elected representative to the General Court from Ward Eight. He served in the legislatures of 1899 and 1900. In his first term he was on the cominittee on insurance and the committee on probate and insolv- ency. In the second term he was on the conunitlce on insurance and also on a special committee to investigate the Metropolitan Water Board, where he did his most important legislative work. He was, in consequence of the investigation, the author of a law permitting every workman engaged in public employment the right to board, trade and lodge wherever and with whomsoever he chooses. This law makes the padrone system unlawful in this state. He married, August 28, igoi, Anna C. Svedberg, daughter of Anders and Christina Svedberg. His wife and her parents were born in Orebro. Sweden. Mr. and Mrs. Tatman are naturally interested in Sweden, and while abroad in 1905 paid a visit to to the home of Mrs. Tatman's ancestors, as well as to Norway, Denmark and Russia. They have been much interested in travel, and have journeyed ex- tensively in this country, in addition to their several European trips. Mr. Tatman has taken all the degrees in Masonry in the York Rite and to the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He belongs to Monta- cute Lodge, the Council and Commandery. He served three years in the Wellington Ritles, Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. He has been a prominent member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon college fraternity. He is an officer of the Sons of the American Revolution, and has been an officer of the State Society. He has been a member of the American Numismatic and Archeological Society and of the Worcester Society of Antiquity. He has written several monographs on numismatics, and has a valuable collection of coins. He is a member of the Worcester Club, the Tatassit Canoe Club, the University Club of Boston, and attends the Church of the Unity (Unitarian) in Worcester. Mr. Tattnan was elected from Ward Eight as a Republican and served as a member of the Worces- ter Board of Aldermen in 1906, being chairman of the committees on claims, legislative matters, and military affairs. CHARLOTTE M. LAMSON. Thomas Kil- bourne (i) was the emigrant ancestor of Mrs. Charlotte Maria Lamson, of Oxford. He was born in the parish of Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire. Eng- land, where he was baptized May 8, 1578. He was a member of the Church of England and warden of his parish church in 1632. He married Frances . They had eight children before they emi- grated to New England. Some of them preceded their parents as pioneers in the new country. He and his wife came in 1635 with the younger chil- dren. They embarked April 15, 1635, at London for New England: Thomas, aged fifty-five; Frances, aged fifty ; Margaret, aged twenty-three ; Lydia, aged twenty-two ; Marie, aged sixteen ; Frances, aged twelve, and they settled in Wethersfield, Con- necticut, where he died before 1639. His wife died 1650 and the records show that her estate was ap- praised at three hundred and forty-nine pounds, eight shillings, four pence. The family has a coat of arms in England. •The children of Thomas and Frances were: I. Margaret, born at Wood Ditton, England, 1607, baptized September 23, 1607, came to New England on the ship "Increase," Captain Robert Lea, master, with .her father and the others. She married Rich- ard Law, then of Wetherslield, Connecticut, but later one of the first settlers of Stamford, Connecti- cut. He was a representative to the general court, magistrate, and commissioner under the New Haven colony. He had three children. 2. Thomas, bap- tized at Wood Ditton, England, November 30, 1609, came to New England, April, 1634, on the ship "Elizabeth" from Ipswich with his wife Elizabeth. He may have returned to England on the death of his father, before 1639, as there appears to be no further record of him. 3. George, born in Wood Ditton, England, baptized February 12, 1612. 4. Elizabeth, baptized at Wood Ditton, May 12, 1614, remained in England, never emigrating. 5. Lydia, baptized at Wood Ditton, England, July 14, 1616, came also to Wethersfield, Connecticut, with the family in 1635, married Robert Howard, of Windsor, Connecticut; had five children, died 1684. 6. Mary, born at Wood Ditton, England, 1619, came with the others on the "Increase" in 1635, married John Root, Sr., of F'armington, Connecticut. They were mem- bers of the Farmington Church in 1679. He died August, 1684. 7. Frances, baptized at Wood Ditton, England, September 4, 1621, came with the others of the family on the "Increase" in 1635 ; married Thomas Uft'ord. He came from England, embark- ing June 22, 1632, was admitted a freeman Marclt 4, 1632-3. He was one of the founders of Spring- field, Massachusetts, in 1636, and settled at Strat- ford, Connecticut, where he served the town as selectman. His wife died 1682. 8. John, born at Wood Ditton, England, baptized there September 29, 1624, came with the others of the family in the "Increase" in 1635, when he was a lad of ten. At the age of twenty-three he was tax collector of Wethersfield, Connecticut. He represented the town in general court in 1660, was selectman of that tow-ii eleven years. He was a sergeant in King Philip's war. He married, 1650, Naomi, who died Octnbcr I, 1659, having had three children, John, Thomas and Naomi. He married (second) Sarah Bronson, daughter of John Bronson, of Farmington, by whom he had Ebenezer, Sarah, George, Mary, Joseph and Abraham. He died April 9, 1703, aged about sev- enty-nine years. Sarah died December 4, 171 1, aged about seventy years. (II) George Kilbourne, son of Thomas Kilbonrne (i),was born in Wood Ditton, England, and baptized there February 12, 1612. He catne to New England and settled at Roxbury as early as 1638, probably some years earlier when he emigrated. In 1640 he was admitted a freeman of Rowley, Massachusetts, and there he lived the remainder of his days. He married Elizabeth . Their children were: 236 WORCESTER COUNTY I. Mary, born at Rowley, May 3, 1649. 2. Joseph, born at Rowley, March 2, 165J, married Mary Truin- ble, ilay 30, 1678, and had seven children, Joseph, Ann, Joseph. George, Mary, Elizabeth, and Abigail. He died March 5, 1722-3, aged seventy years. 3. Jacob, born at Rowley, Massachusetts, December I, 1654. was soldier in the Indian war in 1680, pub- lished to be married to Dorcas Harris, September 8, 1716. 4, Samuel, born at Rowley, January g, 1656-7, married Mary Foster, November 12, 1682, had six children : Hannah, Samuel, David, Maria, Jedediah, and I£liphalet. He died April 22, 1722, at Ipswich. 5. Isaac, born January 26, 1659, married Mary Che- ney, July 24, 1684, had five children: Elizabeth, Martha, Mary, John, Isaac, died December 19, 1713, deaf and dumb from birth. 6. Elizabeth, born at Rowley, February i, 1663. (HI) Samuel Kilbourne, son of George Kil- bourne (2), was born at Rowley, Massachusetts, January 9, 1656-7. He married Mary Foster No- vember 12, 1682. He died April 22, 1722. He was a farmer, settled at Rowley, Massachusetts, where he always lived. The children of Samuel and Mary C Foster) Kilbourne were: i. Hannah, born at Row- ley, October 2, 1683, married Josiah Clark, April 5, 1701. 2. Samuel, born at Rowley, July 20, 1687, married Mary Lovell, December 7, 1734. died at Rowley, August 14, 1761, aged seventy-five years, and of his children, Hepzibah, Richard, Eliphalet, Mary, died young, and Alary and George grew to maturity. 3. David, born at Rowley, March 12, 1689, married Elizabeth Fiske. of Ipswich, Massa- chusetts, January 25, 1724; she died April 17, 1730; he married (second) Ruth Fiske, of Andover, No- vember 5, 1731 ; children: David, David, Jonathan, David, Ruth, Samuel, William, Lydia, Ruth, Sam- uel. He removed to Lunenburg in 1765 and died there, 1775, at the age of eighty-seven years. 4. Maria, born at Rowley, July 21, 1696, died Septem- ber 24, 1710. 5. Jedediah, born at Rowley, April 20, 1699, married Susannah Fiske. of Ipswich, March 22, 1724, died February 4, 1759, aged sixty years; his wife died September 27, 1764. 6. Dr. Eliphalet, born at Rowley, 1706, married Jane Frazer, widow of Nathan Frazer, and daughter of Mark Prime, 1745. D""- Eliphalet Kilbourne died June 4, 1752. His only daughter, Jane, born April 15. 1746, mar- ried Rev. Samuel Williams, LL. D., of Bradford, Massachusetts, and Rutland Vermont, May 5, 1768. Hon. Charles Kilbourne Williams, son of Rev. Dr. Samuel and Jane (Kilbourne) Williams, was gov- ernor of the state and chief justice of Vermont. (IV) Jedediah Kilbourne, son of Samuel "Kil- bourne (3), was born at Rowley, Massachusetts, April 20, 1699. He married Susannah Fiske, of Ips- wich, March 22, 1724. He died February 4, 1759, aged sixty years. His wife, Susannah, died Septem- ber 27, 1706. Their children were born at Rowley, where they settled, lived and died. The children of Jedediah Kilbourne were: i. Jedediah, born at Rowley, married Hannah Platts, of Rowley, No- veml)er 4, 1749, removed to Boscawen. New Hamp- shire, thence to Henniker. New Hampshire, where he died 1820; had eight children: Nathan. Eliphalet, Lucy, Mercy, Hannah, Jedediah, Nathaniel and Su- san. 2. Sampson, of whom later. (V) Sampson Kilbourne, son of Jedediah Kil- bourne (4), was born at Rowley, Massachusetts, about 1723. He married Rebecca Pickard, .April 15. 1749. They settled at Rowley, where he died May 28, 1761, at the age of thirty-three years. The children of Sampson and Rebecca were: i. Paul, born at Rowley, April 29, 1750, was in revolutionary war, married Mehitable Nelson, February 7, 1773, died at Rowley, September 10, 1782. 2. Huldali, born at Rowley, September i, 1753. 3. Captain John, of whom later. 4. Rebecca, born at Rowley, January 16, 1760. Her nephew John says she married ■ Todd. (VT) Captain John Kilbourne, son of Sampson Kilbourne (5), was born at Rowley, Massachusetts, June 28, 1755. When twenty-one years old he en- tered the Continental army and remained in the service for six years. He was at the storming of Stony Point and was in other important engage- ments and battles of the revolutionary war. He married, January, 1780, Mary Howe, of Ipswich, who was born June 28, 1755. They settled at North- wood, New Hampshire, but remained there only a few years. They removed to Brighton, Maine, where he died September 8, 1842, in his eighty-eighth year. Their children were: i. Rebecca, born February 25, 1781, married Stephen Ingalls. of Harrison, Maine, July 21, 1801, and had six children: Mary K., Ezra T., Ruth A., Huldah C, Abigail and Elizabeth W. 2. Colonel John, born November 16, 1782. 3. Mary, died young. 4. Enos, born January i, 1785. went to sea, never heard from since 1809. 5. Captain Will- iam, born January 16, 1787, married Betsey Senter, February 10, 1808. and had thirteen children : Enos Leander Walton, Thomas Dresser, Jacob Van Rens- selaer, Jesse Gibbs, William Tombs, Samuel Farns- worth, Helen D., Eliza A. and five wTio died young; resided at Bridgton, Maine. 6. Jacob, born April 5, 1789, died July 2, 1820. 7. Lieutenant Ebenezer, bom December 20, 1791, married Lydia G. Ingalls, 1818, had six children. 8. Huldah, born 1794, married Alfred Ingalls, January 7, 1818, had five children: Huldah, Nathan, Amanda, John Kilbourne, Abby. 9. Paul, born April 5, 1797, died September 23. 17^. (VII) Colonel John Kilbourne, son of Captain John Kilbourne (6), was born at Bridgton, Maine, November 16, 1782. He received his title for serv- ice in the state militia of Maine. He married. Feb- ruary 22, 1808, Mary Barker, of Andover, Massa- chusetts. They had eleven children. November 2, 1843, he wrote a letter to the author of the Kilbourne Genealogy relating to the family, published in the book. He settled at Bridgton, Maine. His sons were : Hannibal Milton, born 1809, unmarried 1843, resided then at Hampton, New Brunswick; John, born March 22, 1812, of whom later; Jacob Barker, born 1820, died 1822 ; Robert Andrews, born 1822 ; Charles Otis, born 1824. (VIII) John Kilbourne, son of Colonel John Kilbourne (7), was born at Bridgton, Maine, March 22, 1812. He learned the carpenter's trade and set- tled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He resided in Cambridgeport, where he became a prominent builder and contractor. He married Clara Cross, of Waterford, Maine, born December 6, 1811, and their three children were born at Bridgton, Maine : I. George Albert, born August 7, 1840, married Mel- vina Morrison, of Bridgton ; a daughter born to them is deceased. He was a soldier in the civil war in a Wisconsin regiment and was killed in the battle of Murfreesboro. Tennessee, in 1865. 2. Henry Har- rison bom -April 17. 1842, married Ellen Gabriel, who bore him two children, Clara Cross Kilbourne. and Harrj' Kilbourne, now deceased ; he died April, 1896. 3. Charlotte Maria, born November 18. 1855. (IX) Charlotte Maria Kilbourne, daughter of John Kilbourne (8), was born, November 18, 1855, at Bridgton, Maine, where she received her educa- tion. She married (first) William B. Cushman, who was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, October 31, %^r^ WORCESTER COUNTY '-17 1856, son of Elkanah Cushnian. He was a graduate of the Roxbury Latin School. He took a three year course at Harvard College and graduated from the Bowdoin Medical School. He began to practice in Cumberland, Maine, and in 18S1 came to Oxford, Massachusetts, and practiced his profession there. Dr. Cushman was a member of Oxford Lodge, L O. O. F., and went through all the offices in the Ma- sonic lodge except that of master. He was a mem- ber of the Oxford Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. For many years he was a member of the Oxford school committee. He was a member of the >\Iassa- chusetts Medical Society and examiner for various life insurance companies. He died February 25, 1897. The children of Dr. William B. and Char- lotte Maria Cuslnnan were : George Melcher, born February 22. i88j ; Harold William, born November 21, 1890. i\Irs. Cushman married (second) Horace Lucius Lamson, of Oxford, Massachusetts. He was one of three children of Horace Lamson. of Oxford, grandson of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Lamson, and great-grandson of Ebenezer and Ruth Lamson, all of Oxford, Massachusetts. He was born at Oxford, October 18, 1854. They have no children. HOGG FAMILY. The genealogical record of this family in America begins with Henry Hogg, a wealthy linen manufacturer, born in Scotland, who came to this country the last century and settled in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. His son William Hogg (2), a stanch Presbyterian, came to Philadelphia when a young man, and there engaged in the manufacture of shawls and kindred woolen fabrics. In l8j2 he began to make carpets, which industry was then in its infancy in this country. Many of the great carpet factories of Philadelphia were founded by and through men who worked as skilled men under Mr. Hogg. William Hogg, son of William (2), was born in Philadelphia, in 1820, and died June 8, 1883. He married Catherine L. Horner, by whom live chil- dren were born, William James being the only son. William James Hogg, born in Piiiladelphia, June 5, 1851, received his education at Dr. Fairc's private school, in his native city, and at Lafaytte College, Easton, Pennsylvania. In 1872 he was taken into partnership with his father, the style of the firm be- ing the Oxford Mills. In 1879 he came to Worces- ter, Massachusetts, and in company with his father purchased the Crompton Carpet Company's plant. The name was changed to the Worcester Carpet Company, later the name being William James Hogg & Company. William James Hogg still retained his interest in the Philadelphia company until 1882, when he withdrew and bought out his father's in- terest at Worcester, he becoming sole proprietor. In 188,3 lie erected a complete new mill, enlarging the weaving capacity of the mills one-third, and in 1884 he added to the plant the factories known as the "Pakachoag Mills," which plant was purchased from George Crompton, whose spinning-mill had burned. In 1885 this plant was further enlarged by a spacious wing. The product of these immense car- I)ct mills is "Wilton" and "Body Brussels'' of the most superior grades, which find ready sale through- out the entire country. From five to seven hundred operatives are employed, for the most part skilled workmen. The past decade their rug trade alone has been of great proixirtions. They have sale offices in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Omaha. The power which drives the vast mod- ern machinery of this plant was much increased and unproved by the purchase of the Stillwater I'und and dam. As was his father before him, William James ha- been a large investor in real estate holdings in way of building lots, in the southwestern part of Worces- ter, where he has erected many modern houses, opened up and improved streets, etc. Early in the nmeties he purchased a summer residence for his own use the famous "Hillside Farm"— once the home of the world-wide known temperance reformer, Joha B. Gough. This place, with tlie many historic sur- roundings, has been greatly improved by Mr. Hogg. Here he has been a successful raiser of pure bred Jersey cattle. In 1897-8 Mr. Hogg completed a beau- tiful mansion at the corner ol Elm and Ashland streets. Politically Mr. Hogg has ever been a believer in the chief principles of the national Republican party. He has been identified as director of the Quinsiga- mond National Bank; the Worcester Board of Trade; trustee of the Worcester Five Cent Savings Bank, and other strong financial institutions. Be- sides his extensive carpet business in Worcester, he in company with H. C. Stockwell, bought m 1887, the Stoneville Mills at Auburn, which were refitted with modern machinery, for the making of worsted and woolen yarns. It is known as the Stoneville Worsted Company. The product of this mill, where hundreds are given steady employment, goes to carpet manufacturers. The operatives for the most part live in neat, modern cottages, owned by the company. While Mr. Hogg is a man of great busi- ness capabilities and affairs of finance in many di- rections, he is not forgetful of the duty he personally owes to society and good government. He is largely interested in all local and many state and foreign charitable institutions, to which he has freely given. He ranks high in Freemasonry. He has wrought his own way to his present enviable position by liis own industry and integrity in business lines. He was united in marriage in 1871, to Frances Happoldt, by whom he has two daughters and three sons living. William F. Hogg, son of William James (4), was educated in the coniniou public schools and later graduated from Philips, Exeter, Academy, sub- sequently taking a course at Harvard College, leav- ing the last named institution to engage in business, becoming a partner with his father, January i, 1897. He has been at one time and another employed in every department, with a view of thoroughly learn- ing the routine and detail of every branch. He rep- resents the fourth generation of carpet weavers 111 the family in this country. He is a hearty supporter of the Republican parly. NATHAN HENRY RICHARDSON, a retired manufacturer and venerable octogenarian residing in Athol, is a son of Wyman Richardson, Jr., of Swanzey, New Hampshire, and a grandson of Wy- man Richardson, Sr. His original ancestor in Amer- ica was Samuel Richardson, an Englishman, who was among the early arrivals in Boston and one of the first settlers in Woburn. From Samuel the line of descent is as follows : Stephen, son of Samuel ; William, son of Stephen; John, son of William; Wyman, son of John ; and Wyman, son of Wyman. Samuel iRichardson was born about the year 1610 and immigrated shortly after his majority. He was made a freeman at Charlestown in 1638; was admitted to the church there about the same time, and in company with his brothers, Ezekiel and ^38 WORCESTER COUNTY Thomas, served upon a commission appointed to settle what is now Woburn. He was the highest taxpayer there in 1645, and served as a selectman for a number of terms. The Christian name of his wife was Joanna and his children were: Mary, John, Hannah, Joseph, Samuel, Stephen, Thomas and Elizabeth. Stephen Richardson, son of Samuel Richardson, was born in Woburn, August 15, 1649, and died there March 22, 1717-18. He was married in Biller- ica, January 2, 1674, to Abigail, daughter of Francis and Abigail (Read) Wyman, of Woburn. She died September 17, 1720. Their children were : Stephen, Francis, William, Francis (2d), Timothy, Abigail, Prudence, Timothy (2d), Seth, Daniel, Mary, Re- becca and Solomon. William Richardson, third son- of Stephen Rich- ardson, was born in Woburn, December 14, 1678. In 1709-10 he went to Charlestown End (now Stoneham), and about the year 1718 he settled upon land in Attleboro, Massachusetts, which he had pre- viously purchased. The date of his death cannot be ascertained. September 15, 1703, he married Rebecca Vinton, born in Woburn, March 26, 1683, daughter of John and Hannah (Greene) Vinton. She became the mother of eight children, na'mely: Rebecca, Hannah, Abigail, William, Stephen, Mary, John and Joanna. John Richardson, son of William Richardson, was born in Attleboro, November 27, 1719. He mar- ried Elizabeth Wilmarth, April 19, 1742, and wa.s the father of Lucy, John, Wyman, Betsey, Joel and Henry. Wytnan Richardson, son of John Richardson, was born in Attleboro, Alay 13, 1746. He went from Attleboro to Swanzey, New Hampshire, w'here he resided for many years, and his death occurred in Acworth, same state, October 14, 1839, at the ad- vanced age of ninety-three years. October 31, 1771, he married Ruth Lane, born in Norton, Massachu- setts, December i, 1752, and she died in Acworth, January 2, 1835. Wyman and Ruth were the parents of Ruth and Orra (twins), who died shortly after birth ; Azuba, Wyman, Elkanah. Stephen, Luna, Ruth, Calvin, Lucy, Sophia and Esther. Wyman Richardson, son of Wyman Richardson, ' was born in Attleboro, June 10, 1777, and went to Swanzey when two years old. He began the activ- ities of life as a blacksmith and became a mechanic of unusual ability. He was remarkably resourceful in devising ways and means at a time when imple- ments were for the most part made by hand. At the breaking-out of the war of 1812-15. when the nation was forced to depend almost wholly upon its own meagre facilities for a supply of firearms, he engaged in the manufacture of guns and pistols, and although greatly handicapped by a dearth of proper machinery and tools, he succeeded in producing weapons of superior workmanship which proved ex- ceedingly serviceable to the government. Consider- ing the fact that at the beginnin.g he possessed little or no knowledge of metal-w'orking beyond the sim- ple forging of iron, his powers of perseverance and final success in the face of almost insurmountable difficulties certainly deserve an honorable place in the category of extraordinary achievements. Speci- mens of his handiwork now in the possession of his son, Nathan H., are among the lattcr's most highly prized treasures. Wyman Richardson was one of the most prominent residents of Swanzey in his day, serving with ability as a member of its board of selectmen and representing it in the lower branch of the state legislature. His death occurred Feb- ruary 20, 1868, but the family has ever since con- tinued to be identified with the manufacture of fire- arms, the present Harrington and Richardson Arms Company being the outcome of his remarkable though primitive attempts at gun-making. Wyman Richardson married in i^ichmond. New Hampshire, October 22, 1S02, Deliverance Bolles, born in that town July 23, 1782, a daughter of Elder Bolles, who officiated at the ceremony. She became the motlier of eight children, namely: Wyman, Nathaniel, Delia, Luna Bolles, Thankful, Almira, Nathan Henry and Phebe Sophia. Nathan Henry Richardson, youngest son of Wy- man and Deliverance Richardson, was born in Swan- zey, jNiay 31, 1S23. While attending the common schools he spent his leisure time in working with iron and steel in his father's shop, and at an age when the majority of his young contemporaries were still pursuing their studies, he was an ex- pert blacksmith, gun-maker, and general metal- worker. In the machine shop of Charles Richardson at Athol he acquired a practical knowledge of ma- chinery and mechanics, and when a j'oung man en- tered the shops of the Vermont and ^Massachusetts Railway in Fitchburg, but subsequently withdrew from that establishment in order to engage in the manufacture of rattan goods. He was one of the original promoters of that industry in the United States, having been the leading spirit in establish- ing the American Rattan Company, and for a period of eleven years has held the responsible position of manager of the Union Rattan Company, Brooklyn, New York. After the consolidation of the various rattan interests, he retired from active business pur- suits, and returning to Athol has ever since resided there, occupying a handsome residence on Chestnut Hill avenue, overlooking both villages and the sur- rounding country. He was at one time a director of the Savage Manufacturing Company. In politics he acts with the Republican party. His religious opinions are optimistic and he is a member of the Unitarian Church. On May 3, 1849, Mr. Richardson was united in marriage with Martha A. Barber, of West North- field, this state. Their children are i. Myra Bolles, wife of Dr. Ernest C. Mills, a well-known physician of Fitchburg. 2. Professor Maurice H., see forward. 3. Mark Wyman, M. D., married Josephine Lord, of Athol. 4. Charles F., an able Boston lawyer and a successful solicitor of patents. Professor Maurice H. Richardson, whose birth took place December 31, 1851, was prepared for col- lege at the Fitchburg high school, from which he entered the academic department of Harvard Uni- versity and took his bachelor's degree with the class of 1873. Having studied preliminarily for a year under the direction of Dr. Pierson, of Salem, he returned to Harvard as a medical student and was graduated a Doctor of Medicine in 1877. His pro- fessional training was still further perfected by practical experience and observation as surgical interne at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Bos- ton, and locating for practice in that city he rapidly attained prominence in the medical profession, giving his special attention to surgery. For more than a quarter of a century he has been identified with the Harvard Medical School, entering that faculty as assistant demonstrator of anatomy, in which ca- pacity he dissected for the lectures of Dr. Oliver WORCESTER COUNTY 239 Wendell Holmes. He was subseciuenjly appointed tars, and his boyhood was one of constant labor >iid hardships. When a young man he engaged in lie manufacture of pails in his native town and -tablishcd a prosperous business there. He decided tier a few years to move to a larger place and ime to Athol, Massachusetts, and located near ^ juth Athol, where the village which was built up . his business became known as Southardvillc. He ntinued the manufacture of pails in that village mm 1848 to 1858, when he sold out and removed ■ Athol Centre, buying the residence on Chestnut reet where he lived until his death. He engaged '1 the grocery business in Athol, in the store now • cupied by Newton & Call. After a few years he ■Id his store to S. E. & O. A. Fay. He then en- gaged in the stove and tinware business in the 'ire where Samuel .Lee located afterward, but in lew years he also sold that store and devoted his ..iiention to lumbering and his other interests. He was very successful in his business affairs and was .iccounted a man of unusual ability and foresight. He was prominent in town affairs for tnany years. lie was selectman for nine years, from 1875 to 1884, -iTving also during that period for most of the time .1^ overseer of the poor and as road commissioner. In 1891 he was again chosen overseer of the poor and served three years. He was for a number of ■ ' ars elected to defend the town in law suits and ived On important committees of the town. He ' -^sesscd to an unusual degree the confidence of !- townsmen. He was for many years the leader I the choir in the Congregational Church of which I was a member. He died February I, 1898. He married, 1842, Lucy A. Ellenvvood, who bore him five children, of whom the only survivor is Henry, see forward. Henry Southard, son of Gilbert Southard, was ' lucated in the public schools of Athol, Massachu- ■ lis, and has lived there all his life. He resides '•n the homestead which his father bought at Athol and has succeeded to his father's large business in- tiresfs. He attends the Congregational Church. He i^ a Republican in politics. CROCKER FAMILY. Captain John Crocker d), of Newburyport, was the progenitor of the Crocker family of Fitchburg in America, While •there is a tradition in the family that he is related to the Crocker families of Barnstable, Massachu- setts, research shows that he was not a direct de- scendant of either of the three pioneer brothers who settled in Plymouth county and lived at Barnstable. Francis, John and William Crocker, of Barnstable, were men of prominence, and their descendants have been distinguished in every generation since. Benjamin Crocker, a son of Josiah and grand- son of William Crocker, of Barnstable, settled at Ipswich, quite near Newburyport. Benjamin was a Harvard graduate, school teacher and prominent citi- zen of Ipswich; he lived in the Whipple house, now the home of the Ipswich Historical Society, built in the early days of the colony about 1640. Benja- min Crocker, of Ipswich, had a son, Deacon John Crocker, also of Ipswich, while Captain John Crocker, of Newburyport, had a son Benjamin, also of Newburyport. The similarity of names may in- dicate relationship. Captain John. Crocker, of Newburyport, followed the sea and was not only a skipper himself but a ship owner. John Crocker and Benjamin Crocker, his son, of Newburyport, owned the brig "Ranger," which sailed July 4, 1758, bound for the Barbadoes, Cap- tain Joshua Moody. In 1748 Captain Crocker re- ceived permission from the town of Newburyport to erect a rope-walk along the wind mill and to improve the place for ten years, The wind mill in question was built in 1703 near Frog pond. That was the first rope walk built in Newbury, the old name of the town. Captain Crocker was born, presumably in Eng- land, in 1692, and died in Newburyport, March 19, 1763. He married, April 12, 1^27, Mary Savage, daughter of Thomas Savage. Both died in New- buryport and they are buried in St. Ann's church- yard there. Their graves are marked by head- stones. Their children were : Sarah, born August 2^, 1728; John, January 15, 1730; Benjamin, Febru- ary 6, 1732; Mar'- June 4, 1734; Thomas, July 8, 1736; Elizabeth, August 8, 1737; Mehitable, Decem- ber 14, 1740; Andrew Savage, May 28, 1743. (II) Benjamin Crocker, third child of Captain John Crocker (l), was born in Boston, February 6, 1732. He lived in Newburyport where his father settled and died there October 5, 1777. He married in Hampton, New Hampshire, September 9, 1761, Sarah Somerby, daughter of Samuel Somerby. Their children, all born in Newburyport, were : Mary, born April 7, 1762; Elizabeth, baptized June 12, 1763; John, baptized October 7, 1764; Sarah, baptized March 2. 1766; Benjamin, baptized August 16, 1767, grandfather of Ephraim Crocker, of Fitchburg; Jane, baptized October 8, 1770; i\lchitable, baptized September 6, 1772; Samuel, of whom later; Thomas Savage, born February I, 1776. (III) Deacon Samuel Crocker, eighth child of Benjamin Crocker (2), was born ot Newburyport, Massachusetts, March 22, 1774. He was brought up ill his native town and attended school there. When a young man he learned the paper making business, a trade requiring at that time great manual skill, and he became an expert workman. lie came to Leominster, Massachusetts, about 1796, when Nich- ols & Kendal! built the first paper mill there. This mill was situated on the Nashua river a few rods below the present mill of the George W, Wheel- wright Paper Company in Leominster. The mill was forty by seventy-five feet, two stories high, and in its palmy days the firm employed as many as twenty-five hands. Nichols & Kendal! built a sec- 240 WORCESTER COUNTY ond mill in 1801, a short distance below the hrsi. In 1804 tlic firm dissolved partnership and the busi- ness was continued by the junior partner, Jonas Kendall, for whom Deacon Crocker and his sons, as soon as they were old enough, worked for many years. After Alvah Crocker had built his mill and became established in Fitchburg in 1831, Deacon Crocker also moved there and became in various ways associated with his sons in business. He died at Fitchburg, August 26, 1856, at the age of eighty- two years. Deacon Crocker was intensely religious by na- ture. Jle was stern, uncompromising and conscien- tious. Rev. Rufus P. Stebbms in his centennial dis- course at Leominster referred to the organization of the Baptist church and the conversion of Deacon Crocker from Orthodo.K views, as follows : "As early as the ministry of Mr. Bascom we hnd in the church records (.of the old parish) some intima- tions of the existence of Baptist views in the church. At a meeting of the church in 1817 a brother stated his scruples about the validity of his infant bapti.-m, expressing his doubts of his privilege to sit at the communion table under such circumstances, and de- sired to be excused for so doing for a short time. His request was cordially granted. About a month afterwards the same brother desired to receive a dismission from the church and recommendation. The church took the subject into consideration and two months after that voted 'that as the brother had, as they believed, conscientiously connected him- self with another denomination of Christians (Bap- tists) they should consider him no longer under the special watch and care of this church.' The refer- ence in this extract is to Deacon Crocker. The story of his conversion to Baptist views is thus told. While reading the Bible at family worship he came to one of the accounts of baptism in the New Testament. His wife interrupted him with: 'There, hu.sband, the Baptists are right 1' This led to a careful consideration of the subject and a change in belief. He walked to Harvard, applied for admis- sion to the Baptist church of that town, and was received after a short delay." In November, 1818, there were more converts and the pastor of the Bap- tist church at Holden visited Leominster and ad- ministered the rite of baptism. In tlie following year seven more were baptized and these, ten in all, remained members of the Holden Church until June 30, 1S22, when, with others to the number of sixty- live, they formed a church of their own at Prince- ton, Massachusetts. This is the historical begin- ning of the Baptist Church of Leominster with which Deacon Samuel Crocker and his son, Deacon Sam- uel S. Crocker, were so long identified. Sometimes the church had no pastor and then Deacon Crocker "demonstrated.'' The parish history began in 1824, when the Leominster Baptists met at the house of widow Eunice Richardson on^ Main street and organized a society. Deacon Crocker continued in the Leominster church as the leading spirit until he removed to Fitchburg in 1831. He was therefore the iirst Baptist and the first Bap- tist deacon of Leominster. Deacon Crocker became the founder also of the First Baptist Society of iMtchburg. He and nine other men organized the b'itchbnrg Village Baptist Society, March 2. 1831. The church was organized as a branch of the Prince- ton church Jmie 8, 1831, on petition of Mr. and Mrs. CrcKker, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bemis and Augustus II. Searle. For over two years services were held in the Academy Building Hall. The place of bap- tism at that time was the pond on Punch brook jurt north of Academy street, since drained and filled up. In 1833 the first church was built on Mam street west of the common. The present handsome building was dedicated March i, J854, just about two years before the death of the founder. Besides Deacon Crocker and his wife, their sons Samuel S., Phineas A. and Chandler Crocker were charter members of the Baptist church in Fitchburg. We quote from the discourse at the semi-centennial ot the church: "Mr. Crocker and his wife were a source of doctrinal as well as spiritual power wdiere- eyer they resided. Their mtluence was felt imme- diately in Fitchburg upon taking up their abode here. i\Ir. Crocker held frequent religious meetings in his own house and in the school houses when the op- portunity could be obtained. He preached, exhorted, prayed and seasoned all his instructions with sound doctrine upon the two ordinances of the Church of Christ. So, public and general attention was called to these Biblical themes and men of independent judgment who cared to be scriptural in faith aiul practice and were not bound down by any ties of family or social circles or by tradition or prejudices, began to investigate the doctrine he proclaimed." Mr. Crocker was appointed deacon of the Fitchburg Church June 8, 183 1. A member of the church said of him after his death : "There are two individual brethren in Christ whom I love to think of as the most perfect modes of Christian character and the best illustrations in their respective callings of what would be a mighty power in the conversion of the World to Jesus — Rev. Appleton Morse and Deacon Samuel Crocker. Father Crocker was a man of much prayer and nmch joy in his religion. He was an evangelist m disposition and held prayer meetings and confer- ence meetings in his own house and elsewhere and preached the gospel frequently. He was a true, noble Baptist, a great honor to his name and his church. Our church had its beginning in his heart and labor and for many years he was a true foster father of the church." Rev. Dr. Brooks said of him; "He had been a pillar of the church through all its early years, not because he had wealth to sustain its enterprises, not because of any commanding talents, but be- cause every man who knew him, respected his sim- plicity of heart and purity of character and because^ converted in his early childhood, he evidently loved the blessed Savior." He married, at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, which adjoins Fitchburg, May 3, 1798, Comfort Jones, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Adams) Jones, of Medway, Massachusetts. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. Zabdiel Adams, of Lunenburg. (For the ancestry of Comfort Jones, see accompanying sketch of Jones and Adams families.) The follow-ing is taken from the Lewis History of Worcester County: "Mrs. Crocker was a de- scendant of the celebrated Adams family and in- herited all its self-reliance and independence ofchar- aicter. Nobly struggling under adverse circum- stances, and unwilling to receive assistance not ab- .solutely necessary, she aimed to nurture the children in habits of honest industry and to accustom them to exertion, not only from necessity but also from choice. Such an education as they received proved to be a greater instrument of temporal success than large fortunes in the hands of numberless children of luxury and ease. From this sensible and ener- getic young mother Alvah Crocker and his broth- WORCESTER COUNTY 241 ers derived their prominent characteristics." Sam- uel Crocker died August 26, 1856, aged eighty-two years. The children of Deacon Samuel and Comfort (Jones) Crocker were: Alvah, born October 14, 1801, of whom later; Phineas A., October 21, 1804; Chandler, November 3, 1806; Thomas, March 13, 1S09; Varamus E., February 7, 1812; Samuel Somerby, October 3, 1813 ; William Plummer, No- vember 25, 1817. All the foregoing were born in Leominster, Massachusetts, and are recorded as here given. (,1V') Alvah Crocker, son of Deacon Samuel Crocker (3), was born in Leominster, Massachu- setts, October 14, 1801. At the early age of seven he began to earn wages and contribute to the sup- port of the family. When he was eight he went to work in 'the paper mill of Nichols & Kendall in Leominster, where his father was employed as vat man, and from that time until he was si.xteen he earned from a dollar and a half to three dollars a week. During this period he had eight weeks of school each winter except in 1813 when he had l^ut two. His father was a stern, rigid and uncompro- mising Puritan, intensely religious. There were no books in the Crocker home when Alvah was a boy, but he had access to a very good library in the home of his employer, Israel Nichols, and the boy made the most of his privileges. By working over- time in the mill at night, for which he was paid at the rate of four cents an hour, he accumulated fifty dollars. He spent this sum on his education, taking a term in Groton Academy. He returned to Leominster when his money was gone and kept school, intending to earn more money and go to college. But his father's orthodoxy interdicted a course at Harvard College on account of the Uni- tarian spirit prevailing there, and the boy went to Franklin, New Hampshire, to work in a paper mill. In 1S23 Alvah Crocker came from Franklin to Fitchburg for the purpose of starting on his own ac- count in the manufacture of paper. He worked there in a paper mill for 'a couple of years. Then he built his first paper mill at Fitchburg, in what is now known as Crockervillc, in 1826, and started in busi- ness on a modest scale. He was severely handi- capped from the first, as he began with borrowed capital. In 1827-28 he suffered from disastrous freshets which injured his mill. At the sarnc time he found himself obliged to introduce machinery in place of the old methods of hand labor in making paper. He was still further embarrassed by the prejudice among the truly good of the Puritan town of Fitchburg who feared that an increased popula- tion might vitiate the morals and lower the high standards of virtue in the town. The leading citi- zens were short-sighted and narrow. They had no sympathy for him and no wish to see him succeed iii his struggle to establish a permanent industry in the town. At first he had been selling his goods to the com- mission houses in Boston. In the midst of his diffi- culties he began to sell direct to the consumers, shipping his goods by the truck-load to Boston. He had an uphill task with a debt of $26,000 to pay, $12,000 on the original investment, $4,000 to com- mission merchants and $10,000 for new machinery. He weathered the disastrous years of panic in the thirties with difficulty, but he pushed ahead, paid his debts and laid the foundations of his great business and large fortune. He was insolvent for years and few men would have had the grit to continue. He iv — 16 made success out of failure. He built more paper mills and enlarged his business. He became inter- ested in railroad construction and foresaw the im- portance of the railroad in manufacturing towns. Mr. Crocker identified his private interests witli the w-elfare of Fitchburg, thoroughly realizing that whatever would increase the population and the re- sources of the town would benefit each citizen. In 1833 Fitchburg entered upon a career of prosperity. It had an academy, a new.spaper, three churches, sev- eral nulls and factories and best of all a few enter- prising citizens. Mr. Crocker was employed by the town m 1834 to build a road farther up the Nashua valley, but he found the land owners blocking the enterprise and asking exorbitant prices for the necessary land. He concluded that it was wiser to buy the whole farms than the strip for the road and he himself bought all the land as far as the town of Westminster line, then gave to Fitchburg the land needed for the street. Thus he not only set an example of civic virtue, but he acquired the property on which the foundations of his fortune were laid, for all the mills of Crocker, Burbank & Co. were located in this valley later. About this time the first machine shop and foundry was located in Fitchburg, and the future of the town as a manu- facturing centre depended more and more on th^ building of railroads to connect it with other cen- tres of population. Mr. Crocker was sent to the general court in 1835 as representative. He lost no opportunity to arouse interest in his scheme for a railroad con- necting Fitchburg and Boston. He told the people of Fitchburg and vicinity in so many words : "Northern Massachusetts must have steam connec- tion with tide water or pale away into utter insig- nificance." He made at his own expense two surveys of routes, both of which have since been built upon. In 1836 he returned to the legislature. He helped to carry through the vote of a million dollars to com- plete the Western Railroad, now the section of the Boston .-Albany between Worcester and Albany. He was compelled by business adversity to let the rail- road project rest for a time, but when prosperity- returned he was re-elected to the general court and set about with renewed energy to get the railroad built. His original idea had been to connect witli the Boston & Lowell at Lowell, but in 1842 he ad- vocated boldly an independent route direct between F'itchburg and Boston. He succeeded in getting a charter against the influence of the cities of Lowell and Worcester, and amid sneers and opposition on all sides. He was denounced as a humbug and im- postor, but he sold the stock, built the road, and March 5, 1845, rode into the town of lutchburg on the first locomotive. He was the first president of the railroad, but in June, 1846, he resigned to accept the presidency of the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad, where his energy and resourcefulness were needed. When the railroad was completed under great difficulties, owing to lack of funds, he resigned, but his interest in railroad projects did not flag. The construction of the Fitchburg road had greatly benefited Mr. Crocker as well as the town. He became highly prosperous. The road itself has always been profitable. His judgment was seldom questioned after his triumph with the Fitchburx railroad. The stone depot was erected on land owned by Mr. Crocker in what was called the Old City. From 1847 to 1850 he was interested in vari- 2if2 WORCESTER COUNTY ous railroad enterprises, especially in the railroad from Troy to Boston and in the Hoosac Tunnel project. The success of the daring project to bore the hills of western Massachusetts to make a path for the locomotivt!S is due more to his interest and energy than to that of any other one influence. He used his personal efforts every way to educate the public to the use and value of railroads. In 1847-48 he found it wise to go on the lecture platform to convince the conservative classes of New England of the necessity of railroad construction. He lect- ured in New York and Vermont hundreds of times on this subject. He was instrumental in getting the commonwealth to assist in the tunnel and in financing the railroad. It is pleasant to know that the Hoosac tunnel was all and more than he had predicted in the way of a public benefit ; it is also well to note that the transaction was profitable to the commonwealth as an investment. Mr. Crocker had prospered in business except for a disastrous fire in 1842 from 1S37 to 1849. He had built more paper mills, owned a chair factory and machine shop and had extensive interests in the town. November g, 1849, the largest fire ever suf- fered in Fitchburg destroyed the chair factory and machine shop among other buildings, and Mr. Crocker had to devote all his energies to repairing the damage to his business and recoup his losses. He left public life and railroad business for a time. In 1850 he entered partnership with Gardner S. Bur- bank, nephew of General Leonard Burbank, for whom Mr. Crocker had worked in the first paper mill of Fitchburg back in 1823. At that time the capacity of the paper mill of l\Ir. Crocker was one thousand five hundred pounds a day. Charles T. Crocker, son of Alvah Crocker, was admitted to the firm in 1855, and George F. Fay and Samuel E. Crocker in 1863. Mr. Burbank retired from the firm in 1866 and in 1874 Alvah Crocker died. The business was carried on by the surviving members under the same name until 1879, when two new mem- bers were admitted, George H. Crocker, son of Sam- uel E. Crocker, and Alvah Crocker, son of Charles T. Crocker. (For later changes in the firm see sketch of Charles T. Crocker.) From 1872 until recently the offices of the firm were in the building form- erly owned by the Fitchburg National Bank. The possessions of Crocker, Burbank & Com- pany at the time of Alvah Crocker's death are thus described by Eben Bailey in his sketch of Fitchburg in 1879: "The Snow Mill or Upper Mill was built in 1S30 by Samuel S. Crocker. Benjamin Snow, Jr., bought it in 1847 and he and his partner, Samuel Whitney, sold it in 1862 to Crocker, Burbank & Co. The Cascade Mill was built about 1847. It was owned in that year by Samuel A. Wheeler, George Brown and Joel Davis. It was afterwards bought hy Frank- lin Wyman, E. B. Tileston and Jonathan Ware, who sold it to Crocker, Burbank & Co. in 1863. The Upton Mill on the road to William Woodbury's was built in 185 1 by Edwin Upton and Alvah Crocker and came into the possession of Crocker, Burbank & Co. in 1859. The Lyon Mill was built in 1853 by M. G. & B. F. Lyon and bought of Moses G. Lyon in 1869 by Crocker, Burbank & Co. The Whitney Mill in Rockville was built by Whit- ney & Bogart in 1847. It was afterward owned by Crocker, Burbank & Co., then by Samuel Whitney and later bv William Baldwin, Jr., who sold it in 1868 to Crocker, Burbank & Co. The Stone Mill below the Snow and Cascade Mills was built in 1854. One half of it was owned for some time by Samuel A. Wheeler and Joel Ames, and the other half by Alvah Crocker. Crocker, Burbank & Co. came into possession of one half in 1864 and Alvah Crocker sold the remaining half to Crocker, Burbank & Co. in 1871." The Snow Mill was destroyed by fire October 13. 1884, at a loss of $35,000. The leading ambition of Mr. Crocker's life in his later years was the development of a great manu- facturing centre at Turner's Falls. He wished to see the magnificent water power fully utilized and a city rivaling Lowell and Holyoke built at Turner's Falls on the Connecticut. His ambition is bound to be gratified in time, although he did not live to carry out all the projects he had in mind. While searching for a more direct route between Greenfield and Miller's Falls than that followed by the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad at that time, he had ob- served the possibilities in the location and water power of Turner's Falls and set about the task of building a great manufacturing city there. This great project occupied the largest share of his at- tention the remainder of his life. In company with other capitalists whom he invited to join him he organized the Turner's Falls Company in 1866 and bought the property and franchises of an old organ- ization known as "The Proprietors of the Upper Locks and Canals of the Connecticut River, in the County of Hampshire." The new company also pur- chased large plots of land in the town of Montague on the river front near the falls. A dam having a fall of thirty feet and a capacity of 30,000 horse power was next built. From then until the day of his death Mr. Crocker worked hard for the pros- perity of the new town, spending large sums of money in promoting its interests and sparing no ef- fort to enlist the aid and interest of other capital- ists and manufacturers. Incomplete as was his work there Turner's Falls owes its existence as a town to him. He was interested in the famous Keith Paper Mill there, one of the largest mills for making fine paper in the country. He was inter- ested in the Montague Mills there and was instru- mental in inducing the removal of the John Russell Cutlery Works from Greenfield to Turner's Falls. He organized and w-as president of the First Na- tional Bank of Turner's Falls, now the Crocker Na- tional. He was also instrumental in organizing the savings bank, which has been named for him — the Crocker Institution for Savings. Charles T. Crocker succeeded his father as director of the na- tional bank and trustee of the savings bank. Mr. Crocker did not lose his interest and confi- dence in Fitchburg. While developing his great pro- ject at Turner's Falls his interests in Fitchburg were larger than ever. He was one of the incor- porators of the Rollstone National Bank of Fitch- burg in 1849, director the remainder of his life, and president since 1870, when the first president. Gen- eral Wood resigned. In politics Mr. Crocker was Republican after that party w-as organized. He served the state not only as representative as already indicated in 1835-36-42-43, but in the state seriate in 1862, and as commissioner for the construction of the Hoosac tunnel under Hoosac Mountain. He was from his first residence in Fitchburg active in town affairs. His first office was hog reeve in 1830. He was in 1831 a tithingman, one of the last to hold this ancient oflSce. It may be said that he was in constant service from 1832 to the day of his death WORCESTER COUNTY 243 on important special committees lor the town and city. He was elected a firevvard from 1835 until the fire department was organized in 1851, when he was elected one of the engineers. His connection with the lire department continued for a number of years and his interest in it never ceased. Few men re- ceived more setbacks from destructive fires than he. !Mr. Crocker served the town in 1838 and for many years afterward as moderator, an honor paid in Mas- sachusetts towns to the leading citizen. He was on the school committee in 1839 and 1840. He was in the militia company in 1843. Mr. Crocker was chosen in 1872 to fill the unex- pired term in Congress of William B. Washburn, when he was elected governor of the Commonwealth. He took his seat January 2, 1872. He was re-elected to the forty-third congress, receiving 14,919 votes against 4,588 for his Democratic opponent, but died suddenly before his second term began, December 2O, 1874. The funeral was held in Christ Church, Fitchburg, in charge of Rev. Henry L. Jones, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, a former pastor. In the House of Representatives, February 23, 1875, Congressman Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts, said of Mr. Crocker : "The implicit confidence of his fellow citizens in his spotless integrity as well as his sound judgment and unusual foresight, called him most frequently to positions of very delicate trust and great responsibility which he held from earliest manhood to the day of his death. "Mr. Crocker was in politics a Whig, later a Republican. Bringing to the discharge of every po- litical duty growing out of those relations the same entlnisiasm and zeal which characterized his every undertaking he was, nevertheless, no partisan and always followed his convictions rather than his party. He came to Congress late in life and was not per- mitted to remain long enough in his work here to leave that personal and permanent impression upon the administrative policy or legislation of the country which experience often brings to others. But he was not idle here. Indeed, he could not be idle any- where. In the committee room, as well as upon the floor of the house and always in consultation, his practical knowledge and wise counsel were in- valualile while his genial disposition and flow of conversation made him a general favorite. It was truthfully said of him that he went directly at a thing in congress as he would in his own business affairs arid in an earnest and homely way they were little accustomed to witness. "Mr. Crocker was a remarkable man in all the variety of pursuits of life into which his tireless spirit and iron will led him to embark. A larger measure of success and a more wide-spread influ- ence and abiding impression were attendant upon his career in life than mark the path of most of his contemporaries. The tendency of his whole life was for good. He was a generous giver and especi- ally delighted in aiding young men of limited means." On the same occasion General Benjamin F. But- ler, then a congressman from Massachusetts, said : "An ardent and patriotic friend of the Union, on the beaking out of the war, Mr. Crocker took the most active and intense interest in all measures for the suppression of the rebellion. Too far advanced in years to take part in arms, he exerted himself to send forward troops and while the war was raging, he made a voyage to England and spent very con- siderable time in impressing on the manufacturers of Fngland the condition of our country and the necessity that there should be a community of in- terest and thought and mutual fellowship between the two countries that represented the industries of the people. When tlie war was over, not unmindful of those who had gone to the front at his solicita- tion to battle for the country and laid down their lives in its service on the battle field, he exerted himself with accustomed power and vigor, con- tributing largely of his own means to provide that the fallen heroes of his city should have one of the most elaborate and costly of the many monuments erected to the memory of those who fell in battle in that war. Fortunately he lived long enough to see it completed, having made the address at its dedication a few months before his decease." The tribute of the Fitchburg Sentinel was as fol- lows : "The death of Hon. Alvah Crocker is very sensibly felt throughout this commonwealth. No man who has led the active business life he has can be suddenly taken away without producing a shock. Mr. Crocker has been an indomitable work- er, as many an enterprise whose successful carrying on all now concede to have been the chief cause of Fitchburg's prosperity and whose inception and completion were due to him more than to any other, attest. We doubt if an instance can be found in Massachusetts where one man has contributed more toward putting a village or town on the road to prosperity. He has left his work behind him. The amount of his contributions to the material devel- opment of our city can hardly be overestimated. It may be said that in benefiting others he has not failed to take care of himself. But he had the faculty of seeing at a glance that, while certain public im- provements and the institution of new industries inure to the benefit of the community at large, those who recognize the fact and promptly act in accord with the new order of things, were the most cer- tain to reap the harvest. It was this business sagac- ity, accompanied by untiring energy that enabled the deceased to become a millionaire. By helping the general public he helped himself. He opened the fountains of prosperity and while inviting oth- ers to embark on the stream he had helped to set in motion, he did not fail to embark himself." Mr. Crocker was married three times. He mar- ried (first), August 14. 1829, Abigail Fox, daughter of Jonathan and Sybil Fox, of Jaffrey, New Hamp- shire. She died at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Au- gust 21, 1848, aged thirty-seven years, two months, twelve days, leaving five children, four of whom were daughters. He married (second), April 9, 1851, Lucy A. Fay, who died at Fitchburg, January 29. 1872. He married (third). October 20, 1872, Minerva Cushing, born November, 1824, and is at present living at the homestead on Main street, F'itchburg. The children of Alvah and Abigail (Fox) Crocker were: Harriet Newell, born in Fitchburg, December 14, 1830, married, June 2, 1858, William B.Lyon, son of Moses and Mary C. (Wood) Lyon, of Gardner; Charles T., of whom later; Mary Eloise, born 1837, married, January 28, 1858, William Roscoe Lyon, born 1836, son of William P. Lyon, a stationer at Haverstraw, New York ; Mar- garette B.. born November 15. 1841, died at Fitch- burg, August 29, 1851 ; Louisa T., born F'cbruary 8, 1847, died December 13. l853- (IV) Phineas A. Crocker, son of Samuel Crocker (3), was born at Leominster. Massachu- setts, Octoi)er 21, 1804. He married Elvira K. Far- well, daughter of George and Milly Farwell, Au- gust 21, 1828, at Lunenburg, Massachusetts. He 244 WORCESTER COUNTY was a town officer of Fitchburg in 1829. He died June 8, i860. She died January 25, 1894, aged seven- ty-six years, four months, 25 days. (IV) Chandler Crocker, third child of Deacon Samuel Crocker (3), was born at Leominster, Mas- sachusetts, November 3, 1806. He was the first secretary of the First Baptist Church of Fitchburg, in 1833, and resigned February 6, 1836. He mar- ried (first) Mahaleth Searle, of Fitchburg, June 26, 1834. at Fitchburg. He married (second) Caroline Rockwood, of Groton, September 29, 1847. The children of Chandler and Alahalath (Searle) Crocker were : Mahala Abigail, born October 9, 1835 ; Mary Ann, April 6, 1838; Frances Jane, April 20, 1841. (IV) Veramus Emmons Crocker, fifth child of Deacon Samuel Crocker (3), was born in Leom- inster, Massachusetts, February 7, 1812. He mar- ried Hannah F. Putman, March 30, 1833, at Leom- inster. Both died at Fitchburg in 1839. Their chil- dren were: Samuel Emmons, of whom later; Julia M., married George Whitney and resides at Leom- inster, Massachusetts. Abel Thurston was appointed their guardian November 6, 1838. (IV) Samuel Somerby Crocker, son of Deacon Samuel Crocker (3), was born at Leominster, Mas- sachusetts, October 30, 1813. He was the sixth of seven sons and was born on the old homestead in North Leominster. He began to work in the paper mill and helped support the family at the age of ten years. At the age of sixteen he entered the em- ploy of his brother, Alvah Crocker, who had in 1826 built a paper mill in what is now called Crock- ervillc in West Fitchburg. After two years he de- cided to learn the carpenter trade and served an apprenticeship with Justin Stearns. He followed his trade for a time, working usually as a nnll- wright, however. In 1839 he bought the water power of what is at present the upper mill of Crocker, Burbank & Co. The mill at this ponit has been burned and rebuilt since then. Mr. (Zrockcr carried on the manufacture of paper at this mdl successfully for a number of years. In 1853 he sold the mill to Benjamin Snow, Jr., and removed to Lawrence, Massachusetts. He built the first paper mill at that city. He carried it on successfully for twelve years when he returned to Leommster, where in 1865 he built the Crocker Woolen Mill and added a flourishing industry to the business of the town. He built a brick four-set woolen mill, and with Solon Perry and Frank T. Crocker, be- gan the manufacture of woolen goods. This privil- ege had been used since 1850 for the manufacture of horn buttons, combs, etc., by Carter, Patch & Cowdrey. After a few years he gave up the woolen business and in partnership with his son, Daniel Crocker, under the name of the Crocker Manufac- turing Company, most of the stock of which was owned in the Crocker family, began the manufacture of paper at Holyoke, Massachusetts. Samuel S. Crocker was president and Daniel Crocker treasurer and clerk of the corporation. At the death of Dan- iel in February, 1887, his youngest son, Clifton Alvah Crocker, succeeded to the position of treas- urer. He was interested in various, other business enterprises with his brother, Alvah Crocker. He was when young a member of the Calvin- istic Congregational Church. He was one of the constituent members of the Baptist Church of Fitch- burg. He was later deacon of the First Baptist Church of Lawrence and of the Second Baptist Church of Lawrence also. He was deacon of the Central Baptist Church of Leominster, where he lived many years. Altogether he was teacher or superintendent in the Sunday schools, to which he belonged for a period of seventy years, during most of that time. He married, August 7, 1837, at Leominster, Martha E. Putnam. Their children were : Daniel Putnam, married, April 17, 1862, Caroline E. Litch- field, daughter of James D. and Elizabeth (Thurs- ton) Litchfield; Daniel was associated in business with his father; he died at Holj-oke, Massachusetts, February, 1887 ; Frederick, of whom later ; Clifton Alvah, of whom later ; Frank Thomas, born at Leominster, July 4, 1844; John H. born at Leomin- ster, May II, 1848, died there August 24, 1849; Sam- uel S., Jr., born at Leominster, January 15, 1850, died there October 17, 1851 ; Martha Elizabeth, born at Leominster, January 28, 1851. (IV) William P. Crocker, seventh child of Deacon Samuel Crocker (3), was born at Leomins- ter, Massachusetts, November 25, 1817. He mar- ried in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, November 25, 1841, ]\lary A. Holman, daughter of Ira and Eliza (^larshall) Holman. He was associated in business for many years with his brother Alvah. He died at Montague (Turner's Falls), Massachusetts, June 30, 1892. His wife died January 25, 1901, aged seven- ty-seven years, eleven months, eight days. Both are buried at Leominster. (V) Charles T. Crocker, only son of Hon. Alvah Crocker (4), was born in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, March 2, 1833. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and when a young man entered his father's paper mill and learned the business thoroughly. At the death of his father he became the head of the firm of Crocker, Burbank & Co.. and succeeded him in many other positions of trust and responsibility. The greatest success of the firm in the paper manufacturing has been during the past thirty years, in the past few years Mr. Crocker has retired from the more active duties of business. He is a director and vice-president of the Crocker National Bank at Turner's Falls, Massachusetts. He married (first), October 14, 1857, Helen E. Tufts, daughter of William Tufts, at Charlestown, Massachusetts. She died in Fitchburg, June 21, 1877. He married (?ccond), June i. 1881, Helen T. Bartow, daughter of Samuel Bartow, of Brooklyn, New York. Children of Charles T. and Helen E. (Tufts) Croker were: Alvah Tufts, born Au- gust 25, 1858, of whom later; Emma Louise, born August 2, i860, married Rev. C. Smith, and have four children: Kendall K., Harold C, Reginald H., and Cecil Smith; William Tufts, born September 9, 1862, clergyman, resides in Brooklyn, New York; Kendal! Fox, born October 14, 1863, of whom later; Charles T., Jr., born November 10, 1866, of whom later; Helen, born- October 21, 1869, died September 14, 1870; Paul, born September 21, 1872, unmarried. The children of Charles T. and Helen T. (Bartow) Crocker were: Edith B., born 1885; Bartow C, born 1886. (V) Samuel Emmons Crocker, only son of Veramus E. Crocker (4), was born in West Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, July 31. 1834. When he was only four years old both parents died, his father October 7, 1838, and his mother October 25, follow- ing. Bereft of his parents the boy was taken by ^^-^I^^^^^^ — 7 WORCESTER COUNTY 245 his uncle, Deacon Samuel S. Crocker, late of Leom- inster, mentioned above, who at that time resided in a house near Snow Mill in Fitchburg. When only eight years of age Samuel began to work in the paper mill of his uncle during the summer months, attending the district school dur- ing the winter terms. At the age of fifteen he had a desire not uncommon among boys of that age, especially when the love of the sea is inherited, to be a sailor. He made one voyage from Boston to Charleston, South Carolina, and his ambition to follow the sea was ended. He reached Boston with- out money and had to walk to Fitchburg. He went to work in a scythe factory in Fitchburg, which stood on the site of the present works of the F"alulah Paper Company. Later, through the generosity of his uncle, Alvah Crocker, who furnished the means, he attended the Lawrence Academy at Groton, Massachusetts, for two years. He intended to pre- pare for college there, but left to work in the paper mill of Hollingsworth at West Groton, owned later by ex-Congressman W. A. Russell, now the Rich- ards Paper Co. Thence he went to Nashville, Ten- nessee, where he worked in a paper mill for a time. Mr. Crocker returned to Fitchburg in 1859 and in i860 was admitted to the firm of Crocker, Burbank & Co. During the time he was connected with the firm the product greatly increased. His energy and ability contributed in large measure to the success of the business. Mr. Crocker filled many positions of trust in Fitchburg and discharged his public duties with strict fidelity and much ability. He assisted in launching the city government of Fitchburg. hav- ing been a member of the common council during its first two years, 1873 and 1874, and serving on committees on claims and salaries both years, high- ways in 1873 and shade trees, and public grounds in 1874. In 1877, the first year after Fitchburg be- came a representative district by itself, he was rep- resentative to the general court and was member of the special committee on Hoosac tunnel and the Troy & Greenfield Railroad. He was a director of the 'Safety Fund National Bank of Fitchburg from April 17, 1874, until 1887. He was a trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank from June 30, 1875, and vice-president from September 26, 1877, to the time of his death. He was largely interested in the Union Machine Company and was treasurer from the time it became a corporation in 1886. He was president also of the Fitchburg Manufacturing Co. from its organization in 1889. He joined the First Baptist Church in 1861 and was an earnest and faithful member, a liberal sup- porter of the institutions of the church and valued teacher in the Sunday school. He was a member of the prudential committee and advisory board of the church. He died at his residence 51 Mechanic street, Fitchburg, September 3, 1891. The filclibttrg Sentinel said of him : "His death is a severe loss to the social, business and religious community. Mr. Crocker's life presents an encour- aging example of triumph over difficulties by per- severing industry combined with the best moral qualities." At the time of the re-building of the Snow Mill in 1884 he caught a cold which was followed by pneumonia, from which he never fully recovered. He spent the winters after that sickness in the south, two in California, two in Florida, one in Mexico and one in Aiken, South Carolina. He married, 1853, Bridget Lally, daughter of Martin and Hannah Lally. She was born in Ireland and died October 14, 1898, in Fitchburg. Their children were ; George Herbert, born December 16, 1853, of whom later; Emmons, manager of the Union .Machine Co., F'ilchburg; Edward S., who is with Crocker, Burbank & Co. ; Annie Putnam, mar- ried Cyrus ^L Van Slyck, of Providence, Rhode Island; Adams, August 9, 1861, of whom later; Julia Louisa. September 27, 1862, died April 27, 1864. (V) Daniel P. Crocker, son of Deacon Samuel S. Crocker (4), was born in 1839 in Leominster, ]\Iassachusetts. He was associated with his father in business and was clerk of the Crocker Manufact- uring Company, paper manufacturers, of Holyoke, at the time of his death, February, 18S7. He was succeeded in business by his brother, Clifton Alvah Crocker. He married, April 17, 1862, Caroline E. Litchfield, born in 1839-40, daughter of James D. and Elizabeth (Thurston) Litchfield. Their chil- dren are : Samuel T., born December 16, 1865, died July 23. 1868; Margaret Elizabeth, April 22, 1867; Alice Gertrude, July II, 1870. (V) F'rederick William Crocker, son of Deacon Samuel S. Crocker (4), was born in Fitchburg, May 27, 1846. He enlisted with his brother in the famous Sixth Massachusetts Regiment and was with his company during the attack at Baltimore. After he had been in the army for six months he was appointed to the Naval Academy, then at New- port, Rhode Island; later after the war at the old quarters at Annapolis, where he completed his studies. He entered the navy and rose through the various ranks to the grade of lieulenant-conmiander. During his service he visited nearly every country in the world. He had a long and honorable career as a naval officer. He married Helen M. Blanchard, of Boston, daughter of William G. and Eugenia Blanchard, in 1880. He died at Chelsea, INIassachu- setts, October 31, 1896. His only child was Fred- erick W., Jr., born October 7, 1881, living at Rox- bury, in Boston, Massachusetts. (.V) Frank Thomas Crocker, son of Samuel S. Crocker (4), was born in Fitchburg, :\Iassachusetts, July 4, 1844. He was a manufacturer at Fitchburg. He died there July 31, 1873, at the very beginning of a promising career. lie married, 1866, Alice G. Allen, born 1838, of Leominster, the daughter of Joel and Susan B. Allen. His only child was Allen Crosby, born November 17, 1870. (VI) Alvah Crocker, son of Charles T. Crocker (S), was born at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, August 21, 1858. He is one of the partners in the firm of Crocker, Burbank & Co., paper manufacturers. _ He married, October 14, 1879, Charlotte Bartow. Their children are Alvah, Jr., born April 3, 1882; Helen T., May 30, 1886; Douglas, June 19, 1888; Constance, July 17, 1890; Charlotte B., July 9, 1892; John, Jan- uary 16, 1900. (VI) Charles T. Crocker, Jr., son of Charles T. Crocker (5), was born at Fitchburg, Massachu- setts, November 10, 1866. He married, October 26, 1900, Fay Bigclow. They reside at 136 Prospect street. Their children are: Bigelow, Charles T., 3d, Darthea. (VI) Kendall Fox Crocker, son of Charles T. Crocker (5), was born in Fitchburg, 1863. He mar- ried (first) Hester Edith Miles, who died August 21. 1892. He married (second) Amy Bdulelle. They reside at 55 Garnet street, I'"itchburg. He had one child by the first marriage, Alfred Miles Crocker. 246 WORCESTER COUNTY (VI) George H. Crocker, son of Samuel E. Crocker (5), was born in Fitchburg, Massacbusetts, December 16, 1853. He is at present (1905) the senior partner of the firm of Crocker. Burbank & Co.; the other partners are: Alvah (VI), Edward S. (VI) and Charles T., Jr. (VI), mentioned in this sketch. (VI) Adams Crocker, son of Samuel Emmons Crocker (5), was born at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, August 9, 1861. He is president of the Union Ma- chine Co. and the Union Screen Plate Co., both of Fitchburg. He married Annie Lothrop Wej'man, daughter of William P. Weyman, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Their children are : Priscilla Alden, Weyman, Helen. (VI) Edward S. Crocker, son of Samuel Em- mons Crocker (5). was born at Lawrence, Massa- chusetts, May 16, 1856. He is a graduate of Brown University. After graduation he became connected with tlie Crocker, Burbank & Company paper mills and was later admitted to the firm. He married, October 12, 1S82, Mary A. I. Putnam, daughter of Salmon W. Putnam, of the Putnam Machine Com- pany of Fitchburg. They have had no children. ADAMS FAMILY. Henry Adams (i), of Braintree. was the emigrant ancestor of Mrs. Sam- uel Crocker, of Fitchburg. He was the ancestor of most of the old American families of this surname. (A sketch of his life is given elsewhere in this work). He lived and died in Braintree. now Quincy, Massa- chusetts. He died October 6, 1646. His children were: Lieutenant Henry, born 1604: Lieutenant Thomas, 1612; Captain Samuel, 1617; Deacon Jona- than, 1619; Peter, 1622; John, 1624; Joseph, 1626; Ensign Edward, 1630, of whom later. (II) Ensign Edward Adams, son of Henry Adams (i), and the youngest child, was born in England in 1630. He married, 1652, Lydia Rock- wood, daughter of Richard and Agnes (Bicknell) Rockwood. She died March 3, 1676. He married (second), 1678. Abigail (Crafts) Ruggles, widow, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, who died in 1707. He married (third), January 6, 1709-10, Sarah Taylor. He and three brothers settled in Medfield, Massa- chusetts. He was ensign in the military company and selectman of the town. He was representative to the general court in 1689-92. 1702. He died at Med- field. November 12, 1716, being the last of the first settlers to pass away. The children of Ensign and Lydia (Rockwood) Adams, all born in iSIedficld, Massachusetts, were : Lydia, born July 12, 1653 ; Captain Jonathan, .April 4, 1655 ; John, of whom later; Eliashih. February 18, 1658-9. married a grand- daughter of Captain Mylcs Standish and settled in Rho'de Island; Sarah, May 29, 1660; Lieutenant James, January 4, 1661-2, soldier in the Indian wars; Henry, October 29, 1663; Mehitable, March 30. 1665; Elisha, August 25, 1666; Edward, Jr., June 28. 1668; Bethia, April 12, 1670, died young; Bethia. August 18, 1672. died young; Abigail, June 25, 1675. died young : Miriam, February 26. 1676. died young. (HI) John Adams, third child of Ensign Ed- ward Adams (2), was born in Medfield, Massachu- setts. February 18, 1657. He married Deliorah Partridge, daughter of John and Magdalen (Billi- ard) Partridge, who was born in 1662. He married (seccnd) Susanna Breck or Brick, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Hill) Breck. She was born in Shcrborn, May 10, 1667, and died May 28. 1744. John Adams settled on his father's homestead in Med- field. which was set off as Mcdway, w-here he was a farmer. He died there March i, 1751. The children of John and Deborah (Partridge) Adams, born in Medway, were : Edward, January 13, 1682; John, December 22, 1684; Daniel, January 12, 1686; Eleazer, September 22, 1687; Obadiah, Jan- uary 20, 1689; Jonathan, 1692. Children of John and Susanna (Breck) Adams were: Thomas, Feb- ruary II, 1695-6; Susanna, July 30, 1697; Jcremiali, July 13, 1699; Abraham, August i, 1701, settled in Brookfield, Massachusetts ; Bethia, June 2, 1702 ; Phineas, of whom later; Hannah, March 29, 1707; Esther, November 15, 1708. (IV) Phineas Adams, son of of John Adams (3), and his twelfth child, was born in Medway, M_assachusetts, May 19, 1705. He married Sarah Kingsbury, who was born in the adjacent town of Needham in 1712. She died July 22, 1739. He mar- ried (second) Mehitable . He died February 9, 1756, aged fifty-one years. Children of Phineas and Sarah (Kingsbury) Adams were: Sarah, born in Medway, March 8, 1733, died September 14, 1733 ; Mary, June 22, 1735, married John Alden, September 26, 1754; Phineas, Jr., (note the name in the children of Samuel Crocker), 1737. Children of Phineas and Mehitable were: I\Ioses (twin), July 12, 1738, mar- ried Rachel Leland, of Sherborn; Molly (twin), July 12, 1738, died June 26, 1754; Hamiah, born in Medway, August 7, 1742, of whom later ; John, July 2, 1744, died April 3, 1761. (V) Hannah Adams, sixth child of Phineas Adams (4), was born in Medway, August 7, 1742. She married Samuel Jones, July 2, 1761. (See Jones familv mentioned below.) THE JONES FAMILY. William Jones (i)„ the emigrant ancestor of Comfort Jones, whO' mar- ried Deacon Samuel Crocker, was the first of the name to settle in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He died March 8, 1677, nearly ninety years of age, so he must have been born about 1687, doubtless in Eng- land. Pope says : "William Jones of Cambridge was a proprietor there in 1635. Probably he is the same 'Will Johns, painter.' late of Sandwich, Eng., now of New England, whose wife Margaret came in the Her- cules in March. 1634. She w.i?. accused of being a witch, tried and hung in 1648. Her husband desired soon after to ship for Barbadoes, but was im- prisoned." There seems to have been but one Will- iam Jones in this vicinity at the time, but there is very little on record about him. The only child given in the records is Thomas, born 1645. There may have Jjeen others in England. (II) Thomas Jones, son of William Jones (i), was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1645. He married, 1669, Sarah Couch, of Charlestown. He died November 28, 1679; she died December II, 1704. Their children were: Sarah, born April 24, 1670, married Jonathan Smith; Mary, May 13, 1672; Thomas, July 31, 1674, of whom later; William, Oc- tober 4, 1676. (III) Thomas Jones, third child of Thomas Jones (2), was born July 31. 1674. at Charlestown. Massachusetts. He settled in Sherborn where he was rated as early as 1721. paying a larger tax than other citizens. He died March 25. 1729. Land was drawn at New Sherborn. or Douglass, in his name and right in 1730. He married. April 30, 1701, Elizabeth BuUard. He was in Sherborn prior to 1695 and settled in that part of Sherborn constituting the town of Holliston since 1723. Their children were: Jonathan, born at Sherborn, December 13, 1701, married Hannah Adams and lived in Hollis- WORCESTER COUNTY 247 ton ; Eli, December 5, 1704, married Mercy Under- wood; Thomas, May 27, 1706, died June 23, 1734, a prisoner among the Indians; Aaron, April 11, 171J, of whom later. (IV) Aaron Jones, j'oungest child of Thomas Jones (3), was born in Sherborn, Massachusetts, April II, 1713, died in HoUiston, July 30, 1742. He married Elizabeth Bullard, March 17, 1736-7. Their children were: Jesse, born June 28, 1738, died at Holliston, November 1755; Samuel, June 15. 174°. of whom later; Elizabeth, November 22, 174?. (1740 on record is an error of some kind.) (\^) Samuel Jones, son of Aaron Jones (4), was born in Holliston, Massachusetts, on the old farm, June 15, 1740. He. resided at Medway, Slier- born and Holliston, towns adjoining. He may have moved to Lunenburg where his daughter was mar- ried. He married at Medway, Massachusetts, July 2, 1761, Hannah Adams, daughter of Phineas .A.dams, mentioned above. She was born August 7, 1742. Their children, mostly born in Jiledway, were : Azu- bah, born at Sherborn, June 22, 1762; Mehitable, September 30, 1765, married Paul Pond, September 7, 1786; Hannah, May 17, 1767, baptized at Medway, October 9, 1768, married Abner Bullard; Bliss (daughter), September 12, 1769, married Paul Bull- ard; the following at Medway: Aaron, October 29, 1771 ; John, April 14, 1774, married Sarah Ellis, September 29, 1796; Comfort, August 23, 1776, of whom later; Samuel, February 4, 1779; Clarissa, June 20, 1781 ; Jesse, December 27, 1786. (VI) Comfort Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones (5). was born in Medway, Massachusetts, August 23, 1776 (town records). She married Samuel Crocker (3), at Lunenburg, May 3, 1798, mentioned above. GEORGE ROBERT PIERCE. William Pierce (l), grandfather of George Robert Pierce, a respected citizen of Upton, Massachusetts, was a resident of Grafton, Massachusetts, and a descendant of a New England family. (See the Pierce families else- where in this work.) He died at Northbridgc, Massachusetts, September, 1864, at an advanced age. Children of William Pierce were: William, Susan, Mary Eliza, married Ellery Bentley, of Providence; Hannah, married John Rice, of Provi- dence. (II) William Pierce, son of William Pierce (l), was born in 1820. He was a mill operative and worked in various towns in Rhode Island and the Blackstone Valley. He married Amy f)avis, who died at Campello, Massachusetts. William Pierce died April 20, 1874. Children of William and Amy (Davis) Pierce were: Susan Jane, re- sided at North Grafton, died 1904; Charles Edward, born in North Grafton ; Amy, married Stephen Lougec, of Harvard; George Robert, Mary Eliza, married Thomas Morse, of Upton ; she was born in Worcester; Kate, born in North Grafton, married William Stone, of Brockton, Massathusetts. (III) George Robert Pierce, son of William Pierce (2), was born in New England Village, Northbridge, Massachusetts, May 15, 1847. He at- tended the district schools of Northbridge and re- ceived what is known in New England as a good common school education. He was hardly through school, however, when the civil war broke out and he enlisted and served in the army at a very youth- ful age. After the war he took up the trade of boot and shoe maker and for about six years worked in the shoe factories. Then he was employed in the straw shop of William Knowlton & Sons, as most of the citizens of Upton are for the winter months. He was appointed superintendent of the Knowlton cemetery, a position that has occupied his sum- mers for many years. He is an expert landscape gardener. The town of Upton has recognized his skill and knowledge of trees and shrubs by electing him tree warden, an office of growing importance in Massachusetts and one often held by the wealthi- est and busiest man in the town, especially in places where local and civic pride is strong. Upton is an attractive village and is growing more picturesque and beautiful every year as more attention is given to shade trees and the home surroundings — two things inevitably connected. Mr. Pierce is interested in town affairs and is a stanch Republican. He is a member and has been an officer of J. Austin Fiske Post, G. A. R., of Up- ton. He attends the Unitarian Church. He is a member of Montgomery Lodge of Free Masons of Milford. Massachusetts, and belongs to the order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Pierce built the attractive house in which he now lives in 1893. He has lived for about twenty-two years on this place in Upton, near the village, on South Main street. Mr. Pierce married, November 19, 1871, Amelia Jane Adair, daughter of William Henry and Mary (Brittan) .'Kdair. She was horn in Upton, Augu.st 5, 1852. Her father was born February 21, 1820. Children of George Robert and Amelia Jane (Adair) Pierce were : Robert ."Xdair, Chester Davis. (IV) Robert Adair Dean, son of George Robert Dean (3), was born in Upton, March 4. 1875. He married. November 17, 1897, Rachel (Keith) Pit- man, widow, of Newport, Rhode Island. He is a graduate of the Upton public and high schools and of the class of 1898 of the Boston Dental College. He began to practice his profession in Grafton and Upton. For the past few years he has been presi- dent of the Twentieth Century Dental .'\ssociation with dental parlors in Worcester. He has built up an extensive business for this concern. He has no children. (IV) Chester Davis Pierce, son of George Rob- ert Pierce (3), was born in Upton, September II, 1877. He attended the Upton public schools and was graduated from the Upton high school. He went immediately into the steamship business, Iicginningas baggage master on the steamer running from Wick- ford Junction to Newport during the summer months. He was promoted and at present is purser on the line. During the w'inter months he makes his home in Upton and works for William Knowl- ton & Sons. He married, November 19, 1902, Lillian Clara Lease, daughter of Julian and Nellie (Vin- cent) Lease, of Milford, New- Hampshire. They have no children. WALTER REUBEN DEAN, a successful farmer of Oakham, is a son of David Reuben Dean, and a grandson of Elijah Dean, who served as a soldier in the (lontincntal army during the revolutionary war, and was an early settler in Oakham. David Reuben Dean, who was a successful lumber manu- facturer and also carried on a farm, married Sarah E. Reed, daughter of Louis Reed. The maiden surname of Sarah E. Reed's mother was Miles, and she was a native of Rutland, this county. Chil- dren of David and Sarah E. Dean arc: Addie M., born in 1856, is now the wife of J. F. Robinson, of 248 WORCESTER COUNTY Oakham; Walter R., sec forward; Mason Samuel, born in 1859, married Julia Marsh, of Paxton; and Mattie I., born in 1862, wife of S. C. Coclcrahn, of Worcester. Walter Reuben Dean was born in Oakham, De- cember 27, 1857. After concluding his attendance at the public schools he began the activities of life by assisting his father in operating a saw mill and also in carrying on the homestead farm. He sub- sequently served an apprenticeship at the furnace maker's trade, which he followed as a journeyman for a number of years, or until establishing himself in business at Oakham, and he has built up an ex- tensive manufacturing enterprise. He manufact- ures furnaces, coal and ash sieves, and other sheet iron work of an excellent quality, and employs a large number of men. He also operates the saw mill formerly owned by his father, and carries on the homestead farm. For the past ten years he has served as constable, but as his numerous business affairs absorb so much of his time, he has found it impossible to accept more important town offices, for which he has frequently been solicited to become a candidate. In politics he is a Republican. He was made a Mason in 1885, being now a member of the Blue Lodge, chapter and commandery; is a past master of the local lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen and charter member of the local tribe. Improved Order of Red Men; and is also af- filiated with the Commercial Travelers' Association and the Patrons of Husbandry. He attends the Congregational Church. On November 23, 1887, Mr. Dean was jomed m marriage with Miss Nellie L. Tracey, daughter of Eli W. and Louvissa (Webster) Tracey. Mr. and Mrs. Dean have had four children, namely: Syl- vester Reuben, born March 29, i88g ; Arthe! Warren, liorn December I, 1890; Maud Catherine, born May 15, 1897, died August 17, 1898; and George Walter, I)orn November, 1899. Sylvester R. Dean is now attending Beck's Business College, Worcester. Arthel W. and George W. are attending school in Oakham. CLARK FAMILY. Joseph Clark (i), the im- migrant ancestor of the Clark family of Massachu- setts, was born in county Suffolk, England. He married in 1640, just prior to sailing for America, Alice Pepper. He settled at Dedhani and was one of the original thirteen pioneers of that interesting old town. He signed the famous Dedham Covenant and is recorded among the proprietors of the town, September 28, 1640. He removed to Medlield. among the first settlers of that town, which adjoined Dedham. He was admitted a freeman there May 18. 1653. His homestead there was on the west side o'f South street, and an old cellar near the corner of Oak street for many years has marked the site of his former dwelling. He was a man of properly and influence. He was selectman in 1660. He died Janury 6, 1684, and his wife died March 17, T710. Their children were; I. Joseph, born Feb- ruary 27, 1642. married, April 8, 1686, Maria Wright ; died' September 4, 1702. 2. Benjamin, see forward. •?. Ephraim, born February 4, 1646, married. March 6, 1669, Maria Butler. 4. Daniel, born September 29, 1647, mortally wounded by Indians and died April 7, 1676. 5. Mary, born June 12, 1649. 6. Sarah, born February 21, 1651, married, January 7. 167^, John Bavers. 7. John, born October 28, 1652. 8. Nathaniel, born October 6, 1658, married. May I, 1669, Experience Hinsdell. 9. Rebecca, born Au- gust 16, 1660, married (first). May I, 1679, John Richardson; married, (second) John Hall; she died February 17, I738;39- (II) Benjamin Clark, second child of Joseph Clark (i), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, February 9, 1643. He married, November 19, 1665, Dorcas Morse, and settled in Medfield, Massachu- setts, where his father lived. He was a wheelwright by trade. His buildings were burned by the Indians during the raid on Medfield in 1676, but after King Philip's war he returned and rebuilt them. What is now one of the oldest houses in the neighborhood, the Peak house, so-called from the steep pitched roof, was originally an addition to his second house and is often supposed to ante-date the Indian raid. Its age and unique shape have attracted much at- tention. When the older part of the house decayed and was torn down the Peak House was removed to its present location. Benjamin Clark was a prom- inent man in Medfield. He was for seventeen years a selectman and for two years deputy to the general court. He died December l, 1724, and his wife died July 14, 1725. Their children were : i. Hannah, born Octo- ber 22, 1666, died December 14, 1690. 2. Benja- min, born November 20, 1668, died February 7, 1688. 3. Theophilus, born September 25, 1670. 4. Tabitha, born December 10, 1672. 5. Timothy, born Decem- ber 19, 1674, died September 6, 1676. 6. Timothy, born May 12, 1677. 7- Edward, see forward. 8. Ebenezer, born May 13, 1683, died 1683. 9. Rebecca, born July 20, 1684, died September 26, 1687. 10. Seth, born May I, 1687, married, December 3, 1713, Abigail Metcalf. 11. Jonathan, born November 16, 1690. (III) Edward Clark, seventh child of Benjamin Clark (2), was born November II, 1679, at Med- field, Massachusetts. He married, June g, 1703. Han- nah Adams, daughter of Henry and Prudence (Frary) Adams. The grandfather of this Henry Adams was Henry Adams, of Braintree, the immi- grant ancestor of President John Adams and most of the Adams families. Hannah was born Octo- ber 14, 1635, and resided in Medfield. afterward Medway, ^lassachusetts. He died there July 3, 1746, and his wife died later. Their children: i. Hannah, born July 28, 1704, died October 24, 1742; married Jonathan Metcalf. 2. Edward, born August 18, 1707, died March 14, 1708. 3- Prudence, born March 16, 1709, died September 18, 1789; married, April 12, 1739. 4. Patience, born May 3, 1710, died July n, iSai ; married Javath Adams. 5. Edward, born November 27, 1712. 6. David, see forward. 7. Ben- jamin, born January 6, 1717. died December 15, 1787. 8. Nathaniel, born March 16, 1718, died April 9, 1718. 9. Rebecca, born January 21, 1720, died IMarch 23, 1786. 10. Elizabeth, born October 16, 1721, died July 7, 1759; married, June 21. 1743. George Barber. II. Sarah, born August 23, 1723, died August 2, 1761 ; married Joshua Harding. 12. John, born February 12. 1725, died February 15, 1801. 13. Elijah, born September 9, 1727. 14. Henry, born September 2, 1729. (IV) David Clark, sixth child of Edward Clark (•i), was born in Medway, Massachusetts, April 23, 1714. He married Mchitablc . and they settled in Medway where he died. July 8, 1787. and she died May 18, 1796. Children of David and Me- hitablc Clark were; I. David, see forward. 2. Eh. born August 31, 1839. died September 12, 1747- 3- Jonah, born April 16. 1741- 4- Mary, born 1743. died September 16, 1747- S- Eunice, born January WORCESTER COUNTY 249 10, 1743, married Stephen Clark. 6. Setli, born April 14, 1-48, settled in Barre. 7, Mehitable, born May 6, 1751, married Manasseh Osgood, of Barre, Apirl 4, 1770, in Medway. 8. Dolly, born Decem- ber 19, 1755. 9. Sarah, born April 12, 1763. (V) David Clark, eldest child of David Clark (4), was born September 27,- 1737, at Medway, Mas- sachusetts. His uncle, Edward Clark, bought land at Peter.sham ^of Cook, September 18, 1754. Edward Clark, settled in Rutland and lived also in Rutland District. David Clark's father bought land in Petersham in 1752, but never settled there. David himself bought land December 27, 1762, and settled about the time of his marriage in Petersham, Mas- sachusetts. He married, October 29, 1761, Sarah Bacon, at Barre (Rutland District). She died De- cember 13, 1801. He married (second) (intentions November 25, 1802), Mrs. Mary Wilder, widow of Charles W. Wilder; she died April iS, 1837, aged ninety-four years. Deceased was a soldier in the revolution in Captain John Wheeler's company, of niinutemen, Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, at the Le.xington alarm, April 19, 1775. He died at Petersham in 1810. Children of David and Sarah Clark, all born in Petersham, were: i. Mary, born November 29, 1762, married Thomas Curtis, May 10, 1782. 2. Ely (or Eli), born December II, 1764, married Catherine Robertson. Jatuiary 17, 1787. 3. David, born June 17, 1766, married Phebe Dean. December 14, 1789. 4. Harding, born April 26, 1768, married Tryphena Babcock, November 20, 1794; married (second) Betsey Titus, 1799. 5. Sarah, born January 9, 1770, married, January 22, 1793, Peter Eames. 6. Solo- mon, see forward. 7. Lydia, born February i, 1774, died April 13, 1776. 8. Rachel, born December 26, 1775, died May 18, 1796. 9. Lydia, born August 18, 1777, married, December 25, 1796. Luther Stowell. 10. William, born July 6, 1779, mari-ied. May 14, 1801, Susannah Babcock. II. Josiah Bacon, born June 28, 1781, died November 3. 1781. 12. Nahum, born March 2, 1783, married (intentions filed) No- vember 2. 1811. (VI) Solomon Clark, sixth child of David Gark (s), was born at Petersham, February 22, 1772. He was brought up and educated at Peter- sham. He married there, June 6, 1792, Jemima Car- ruth, daughter of Jonas and Mary Carruth; she was born in Petersham May 3, 1771. She died and he married secondly a Hildreth, by whom was born one son Charles. About 1800 they removed to Chester- field, New Hampshire, and settled there. Eventu- ally his farm became one of the most valuable and productive and he became a large land owner. He was a blacksmith by trade and followed that busi- nees in connection with his farm. Children of Solo- mon and Jemima Clark were : Joseph, see forward. William, Harding, Solomon, Mary. (VH) Joseph Clark, eldest son of Solomon Clark (6), was born at Petersham, Massachusetts, August 6, 1792. He received his education in the schools of his native town. At Chesterfield, where the family settled about 1800, he attended tlie schools, helped his father in the blacksmith shop and on the farm, and when he l)ecame of age started in his own shop. He located at the center village at Chester- field and there built his home and shop. He also owned a farm. He was industrious and prudent in all of his affairs, was a man of high character and model citizenship. Early in his life he was a Con- gregationalist, later a very earnest and active Metho- dist, a class-leader of his church and superintend- ent of the Sunday school. He was a teetotaler at a time when total abstinence was very rare. He was active in various temperance movements and often spoke in public in support of his principles. He was also active in the anti-slavery movement, being one of two men in Chesterfield, in 1844, who voted for anti-slavery men. In politics he was a Wliig. In early life he belonged to the Chesterfield Light In- fantry and devoted much of his time to its inter- est. Fie died at Chesterfield, July 25, 1852. He married (first) Fanny Carey, who died Feb- ruary 27, 1S17. He married (second) Polly Knee- land, who died May 7, 1850. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Johnson) Kneeland, of Chester- field, New Hampshire. Her father was the son of Timothy Kneeland, and was born in Harvard. John Kneeland was a man of marked ability and influence in Chesterfield. He was selectman sixteen years and a representative to the general court several years. Children of Joseph and Fanny Clark were : I. Laverna, born April 25, 1815, married, October 22, 1833, Charles C. Webster, of Salem, Massachu- setts. 2. Joseph Larkin, born February 8, 1817, died at Louisville, Kentucky, 1863 ; married Eliza C. Red- mond, of Louisville, Kentucky. Children of Joseph Clark and Polly (Mary) Kneeland were: 3. Henry Orestes, born June I, 1819, died December 4, 1896. 4. Arza Kneeland, born February g, 1823, died 1868. 5. Eliza A., born December 24, 1825. 6. Wilder Philander, see forward. 7. Helen Melvina. born July I, 1835, married Monroe Leonard, April, 1855. 8. Julia Maria, born May 24, 1838, married Oscar E. Sargent. (VIII) Wilder Philander Clark, son of Joseph Clark (7), was born in Chesterfield, New Hamp- shire, October 12, 1832. The early experience and training of Mr. Clark were those common to the lot of many successful men who have been reared in the country homes of New England. Attending the public schools of his native town and supplementing this instruction with a course in Chesterfield Acad- emy, then an institution of high standing, his school advantages were measured more by industry and application than by months or years of study. In the autumn of 1848, when he was sixteen years of age, he found employment in the store of B. L. Marsh & Company, in Boston, where he worked for the ensuing four years. In the meantime Mr. Marsh retired from the firm, and in connection with I^ben D. Jordan founded the well known house of Jordan, Marsh & Company. Mr. Clark was eminently suc- cessful and enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his employers and his associates. In 1852 the engage- ment was terminated by a severe illness. He spent a year in Texas and returned, with health restored, to Boston, where from 1853 to 1857 he was a sales- man in the employ of Porter & Lawrence and of Locke, Hall & Company, dry goods houses, on Han- over street. In 1857 Mr. Clark made his first essay in busi- ness on his own account. He bought and sold with apparent advantage a stock of goods on Hanover street, and while contemplating the employment of his modest capital in future business, he saw it melt away in the failure of his purchaser to meet the notes given in exchange for the stock of goods. In the common usage of the term, Mr. Clark did not fail, and no. creditors attended him in misfor- tune. He simply lost most of the fruit of his early labor and the rewards of a few years of self-denial 2SO WORCESTER COUNTY and industry. The career of many snccessful busi- ness man has been prefaced by misfortune and it is probable that lessons of caution and prudence thus acquired have compensated the loss of capital. In May, 1858, Mr. Clark came to Winchendon. During the ensuing three years he was employed by E. Murdock, Jr., wholesale dealer and extensive manufacturer of wooden-ware. The succeeding three years he was again engaged in the dry goods busi- ness and was with the firms of William Locke & Company of Portland, Maine and Hall, Dame & Company of Boston. In February, 1S64, he returned to Winchendon and renewed his business relations with Mr. Murdock, which were continued until 1S72, when he began business in Winchendon on his own account as a wholesale dealer in wooden-ware and in manufacturers' supplies. During the preceding years of close application, Mr. Clark had received a liberal salary and had saved an adequate capital for his purpose. He commenced business under favor- able auspices and from the first has been successful. For many years Winchendon has been an import- ant center in the sale and distribution of w'ooden- ware, and the business of Mr. Clark became in a few years the largest in his special line in Nevy England. In 1883, after the death of Mr. Murdock, he bought the entire manufacturing property of Murdock and Fairbanks and since then has continued that business with success. He has mills at Winch- endon and at East Swanzey. New Hampshire. While he has been actively and closely engaged in his business, he has accepted several positions of responsibility and trust. He was director of the Safety Fund National Bank of Fitchburg for six years. Since 1873 he has been a trustee and a mem- ber of the board of investment of the Winchendon Savings Bank ; since 1902 he has been its president. He is well known in Masonic circles. He was made a master Mason in Aurora Lodge of Fitchburg, in April, 1861. He was a charter member of Artisan Lodge of Winchendon. chartered in J865. Of the latter he was worshipful master three years. He is also a member of North Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. In politics Mr. Clark is a Republican. He represented his district in the general court in 1877- 79-83, serving on the finance and insurance com- mittees. He was a state senator from his district in 189T-92, serving on various committees; in 1891 was chairman of the committee on printing, com- mittee on drainage, committee of the treasury and on the joint-committee on expenditures. In 1892 he was chairman of the drainage, treasurer, expendi- tures and manufactures. A friend of Mr. Clark writes: "Mr. Clark is a man of keen perception and ready judgment, and while he thinks quickly, he acts cautiously. His qualities are eminently practical, and his resources are at his command. His success has not been the fruit of hazardous enterprise, nor the result of for- tuitous circumstances. From the beginning he aims at well-defined results, and he has the force of character and executive ability to attain them. With such industry and qualities of mind he would have been equally successful in any other calling. Frank and direct in his habits of speech and conduct, his convictions are well defined and always attended with courage of expression. In his relations with his fellow-men, he is affable, kind and attentive to the demands of society and friendship. The achieve- ments of his life and the esteem of his associates, which has never been withheld, are the legitimate rew-ards of a commendable ambition and an honor- able conduct." He married, February 3, 1864, Mary C. Merrill, of Belfast, Maine. They have three children : Mur- dock Merrill, see forward; Mary Wilder, born June II, 1873; Maurice Leonard, born July 13, 1875. (VIII) Henry Orestes Clark, son of Joseph Clark (7), and eldest brother of Wilder P. Clark, was born at Chesterfield, New Hampshire, June i, 1819. He received his education in the common schools of his native town. At the age of seventeen years he began to drive stage between Brattleboro, Vermont, and Walpole, New Hampshire, residing at Walpole during the greater part of the time between 1837 and 1849. When the Cheshire railroad was completed as far as Bellows Falls he was appointed station agent at Walpole, a position he held from 1849 to 1856, when he was transferred to Winchen- don, Massachusetts, to succeed Charles L. "Beals, the present treasurer of the Winchendon Savings Bank. Here he remained for thirty years, when on account of failing health he resigned. After his wife's death, March 13, i8go, he lived with his son, Henry W. Clark, until he died, December 4, 1896, aged seventy- six years, six ,months, four days. ^Ir. Clark was a Congregationalist in religion and in politics a Re- publican. He was a member of Manomonack Lodge of Odd Fellows, No. 121, at Winchendon, and its treasurer for many years. He married Hannah Willard, of Chesterfield, New Hampshire, born March 13, 1817, died March 13, -1890. Their children were: I. Hannah, born April 18, 1840, married Theodore K. Parker, of Winchendon. 2. Henry Willard, see forward. 3. Wallace Reuben, born November 11, 1844, died September 2, 1864, from injuries received in an ac- cident on the Wilmington & Baltimore railroad. (IX) Murdock Merrill Clark, son of Wilder P. Clark (8), was born at Belfast, Maine, December 9, 1867. He received his education in the public schools of Winchendon, Massachusetts, graduating from the high school in 1883. He also attended the Cushing Academy at Ashburnham, Massachusetts, from which he graduated in 1887. He then went to Poughkeepsie, New York, to take a course in East- man's Business College. Even in his school days he took an active interest in his father's business and in 1888 entered his employ and learned the business. He was first shipping clerk, then traveling salesman and bookkeeper. In 1901 he organized the Clark Bobbin Company and was elected its treasurer. He is also treasurer of the Winchendon Spool and Bobbin Company. He is president of the Home- stake Lumber and Mineral Company, a zinc pro- ducing property of Arkansas ; vice-president of the Banner Placer Mining & Milling Company in Breck- cnridge, Colorado, and vice-president of the Buffalo Placer Mining and Milling (Company of Dillon, Col- orado, both gold producing properties. He is a member of the Church of the Unity (Unitarian) and has been on its standing committee for the past ten years. In politics he is a Republican and has frequently served his party as delegate to various conventions, but has been too engrossed in his business to accept public office himself. He was made a Master Mason in Artisan Lodge, A. F. and A. M., November 28, 1893. He received the Chapter degrees in North Star Chapter of Roya! Arch Masons, April 19, 1897. He is a member of Ivan- hoe Commandery of Knights Templar of Gardner, Massachusetts. He is a member of Aleppo Temple, .^^-^i'^^jfc^v^?^ ^ X^ WORCESTER COUNTY 2.;i Order of the Mystic Shrine. He has passed the chairs in Watatic Tribe, \'o. 85, Order of Red Men, and has been great representative to the Great Coun- cil of the United States. He also belongs to Avon Club of Winchcndon, Winchendon Country Club, New England Confectioners' Club, Home ^larket Club of Boston. He is a member of the corpora- tion of Winchendon Savings Bank. Mr. Clark married, Alay 23, 1894, May Crawford, born September 19, 1869, in Boston, ^Massachusetts, daughter of Alexander and Mary Ann (Allen) Crawford. Her father, Alexander Crawford, was born April 8, 1825, and her mother, Mary Ann Crawford, September 24, 1829. Children of Mur- dock Merrill and May Clark are : Wilder Craw- ford, born March 17, 1897; Louisa, born January 5, 1899. (IX) Henry W'illard Clark, son of Henry Orestes Clark (8), was born at Walpole, New Hampshire, June II, 1842. He attended the com- mon schools there until fourteen years of age. when his parents removed to Winchendon where he con- tinued in the grammar school and high school until i860, when he entered the employ of the Cheshire Railroad Company at Winchendon as clerk and tele- graph operator under his father. He left this posi- tion July, 1862, to enlist in the army. He was mustered in Company I, Ninth New Hampshire Volunteers, under Colonel Enoch Q. Fellows, Au- gust II, 1862. Before going to the front he was detailed on detached service at Arlington Heights as telegraph operator. He went to the front later with his regiment which was in the Second Divi- sion of the Ninth Army Corps. He took part in the battle of South Mountain, September 14, 1862, under General Burnside. He was also in the battle of Antietam. He was later detailed as chief clerk at brigade-quartermaster's department, where he served until the close of the war. He was mustered out June 10, 1865. He returned home and immediately was offered the position of general agent for the Cheshire Railroad Company with offices at No. 82 Washington street, Boston, a position that he filled for sixteen years. He was then for a short time in the auditor's department of the New York and New England Railroad Company. In 1881 Mr. Clark came to Winchendon as bookkeeper for his uncle, Wilder P. Clark, a position that he has filled ever since. He has been active in the service 01 and manager of the business for many years, and is one of the influential business men of the town. He is an active member of the Church of the Unity (Unitarian) and is at present moderator of the parish. In politics he is a Republican and has frequently served as a delegate to party conventions. For the past seven years he has been the town audi- tor. He is past commander of Gilman C. Parker Po.st, No. 153, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he has been the adjutant for ten years. He is a member of Bunker Hill Lodge, No. 14, Odd Fel- lows, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, which he joined in 1866; and of Bunker Hill Encampment, No. 5. Charlestown, Massachusetts, which he joined in 1867 ; he has passed the chairs of both of these organizations. In 1881 he was elected grand mas- ter of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in Massa- chusetts. In 1882 elected for two years the grand representative in the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the United States. He is at present the district deputy grand master of the Sixty-sixth district, a position he has held since 1900. Few Odd Fellows are more widely known or more popular than Mr. Clark. He is past sachem of the .Watatic Tribe, No. 8s, of Red Men. Hc'is a member of Home Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, at Winchendon; of Winchendon Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; of Avon Club; is secretary of the Ninth New Hamp- shire Veteran Association, and president of the New Hampshire Veteran Association. He married (first), October 23, 1866, Mary K. Farrar, of Winchendon, daughter of George L. and Saphronia (George) Farrar. Her father was in the livery business at Winchendon many years. Mr. Clark married (second), June II, 1890, Flora T. Weston, daughter of John H. and Sarah (Newhall) Weston, of East Boston, and they had one son — W^eston Newhall, born July 9, 1892. He married (third) Frances C. King, daughter of HoUis and Jane Elizabeth (Derby) King, of Marlboro, Vermont. JOSEPH L9RING BARNES. In conunon with all others of this name in Hardwick, Joseph Loring Barnes is a lineal descendant of Thomas Barnes, an Englishman, who landed in Boston from the ship "Speedwell" in 1636, and subsequently settled in Jilarlboro, where he died in 1679. He married Abigail (Joodnow, daughter of Thomas Goodnow, and was the father of Thomas, Dorothy, John, Will- iam, .Abigail and Susanna. From Thomas, the im- migrant, the line of descent is through Thomas (2), Samuel (3), Moses (4), Jesse (5), Eli (6), Harvey (7), to Joseph Loring (8). Thomas Barnes, son of Thomas and .■\bigail Barnes, was born in Marlboro, March 23, 1662. His property in Marlboro was destroyed by the Indians auring~King Philip's war in 1675-76, and in 1691 he moved to Brookfield, settling upon a grant of forty acres of land, which he improved. That property he afterwards sold and went to reside with his son Comfort. When seventy-two years old he was attacked by an infuriated bull, and died from the effects of his injuries, April 23, 1734. In 1685 he married Mary, daughter of Samuel and Martha How, of Sudbury. She died February 4, 1719. Their children were: Martha, Samuel, Prudence, Lydia, Thankful, Noah and Comfort. Samuel Barnes, son of Thomas and Mary Barnes, was granted forty acres of land at Matchuck, 1 710, and afterward became quite an extensive real estate holder in Brookfield, owning in all some three hun- dred and fourteen acres. He was elected town treas- urer and was serving in that capacity at the time of his death, which occurred October 7, 1733. His wife was before marriage Mercy Gilbert, daughter of Deacon Henry Gilbert. The children of this union were: John, Moses, Miriam, Mary, Hannah, Abi- gail, Aaron, Lucy and Rachel. Mrs. Mercy Barnes married for her second husband Thomas Gilbert, and after his death she became the wife of Josiah Converse, Esq. Moses Barnes, son of Samuel and Mercy Barnes, was born in Brookfield. March 27, 1714. He mar- ried Hannah Old or Olds, and had a family of fourteen children, namely: Sarah, Samuel. ;\Iarcy, Miriam, Nathan, Jesse, Hannah, Moses, William, Elizabeth, Coitifort, Mary, Patience and one other. The father died April 28, 1802, surviving his wife, whose death occurred January 31, 1797. Jesse Barnes, son of Moses and Hannah Barnes, was born in Brookfield, November 7, 1744. He re- moved from that town to Hardwick about the 252 WORCESTER COUNTY year 1780, according to Paige's History of Harchvick, but other information at hand states that he went there as early as 1763. He was married in the latter year, and as all of his children, excepting the youngest, were born in Brookfield, the writer is of the opinion that Mr. Paige's date is undoubtedly the most authentic. Jesse Barnes owned and cul- tivated a farm in the westerly section of Hardwick. He died November 18, 1823. His marriage to Pa- tience Gilbert took place in Brookfield, December 8, 1763, and her death occurred in Hardwick, July 4, 1821. The children of Tesse and Patience were: Jonas, Miriam, Eli, Lydia, Adonijah, Betsey and Lucy. Eli Barnes, son of Jesse and Patience Barnes, ■was born June 26, 1768. He resided in Hardwick and his house was destroyed by fire March 12, 1810. He died April 30, 1845, and his wife, Polly (Merritt) Barnes, whom he married July 21, 1789, died March 29, 1848, aged seventy-seven years. The writer was unable to find the birth-dates of Eli and Polly's children, but is quite sure that they were the parents of Polly, who died May 17, 181 1, aged sixteen years; and also Eli and Harvey. Harvey Barnes, son of Eli and Polly Barnes, married Harriet Gregg, of Boston, who became the mother of fourteen children, the first born of whom in infancy. The others were : Irene G., born Oc- tober I, 1831; Sarah A., May 30, 1833; Franklin H., May 11, 1835; Delia, September, 1837; Wilder U., February 12, 1840; Adeline, July 25 (.or Noveni- ber 12), 1841 ; Joseph Loring, see forward; Abigail, July 25, or November 12, 1845 ; George L., January 25, or November 25, 1847; a daughter born Febru- ary 28, 1850, and died the next day; Caroline, May 23, 1852; Ellen L., January 6, 1855. and Frederick, January 23, 1858. Irene G. married Micah Graves, of Hardwick. Sarah A. became the wife of Augus- tus Graves, of Dana. Franklin H. married Mary A. Ilayden, of Ware. Delia married Benjamin Tomlinson, of Hartford, Connecticut. Adeline mar- ried A. Wells Stacey. Abigail married Latham Avery, of Syracuse, New York. Caroline married Edward Davis, of Swanzey. New Hampshire. Wilder U., settled in Brookfield in 1867; he mar- ried Rhoda J. Fay, of Hardwick. and his children are: Frederick, Jennie Maria, George Hammond, Herbert Wells and Addie Louisa. He served in the civil war as a private in Company K, Forty-sec- ond Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, which was attached to the Department of the Gulf. Company K was employed in the construction of pontoon bridges and at the capture of Port Hudson distin- guished itself by laying a bridge while under fire. Joseph Loring Barnes was born at Hardwick, November 12, 1843. After concluding his attendance at the public schools, he turned his attention to agriculture. He is still engaged in that occupation, in connection with which he carries on a «black- smith's shop. Politically he acts with the Republi- can' party. In his religious belief he is a Congre- gationalist and was formerly very active in church work. He is a member of the Greenville Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. On November 24, 1885, Mr. Barnes married Ellen Blake, daughter of James Allen Blake. HORACE WAKEFIELD LINCOLN, one of the most prosperous farmers and prominent resi- dents of Oakham, is a son of the late Alonzo Lin- coln, and through Abner and Stephen he traces his line of descent directly to Thomas Lincoln, a weaver, who was one of the original settlers of Hingham, ]\Iassachusetts, in 1633. Stephen Lincoln resided in Dedham, New Braintree and Oakham, this state, and Abner Lincoln, grandfather of Horace W. Lin- coln, was born in Oakham, 1780. Alonzo Lincoln, father of Horace W. Lincoln, whose birth took place in Oakham, 1810, was an industrious farmer of Oakham and a prominent resident of that town in his day. He married Elizabeth Dean, daughter of Richard and Mehitable Dean of New Salem, Massa- chusetts. Alonzo and Elizabeth (Dean) Lincoln reared two sons, Horace W. and Fred A. Horace Wakefield Lincoln was born in Oakham, March 7, 1838. He was educated preliminarily in the public schools of his native town, and com- pleted his studies in the North Brookfield high school. He then turned his attention to educational pursuits, teaching schools in Oakham, North Brook- field and Hubbardston, but eventually engaged in farming at the homestead, which he inherited. Mr. Lincoln has served upon the Oakham board for inore than forty years. His intellectual attainments, sterling integrity and sound judgment have natur- ally brought him into prominence in civic affairs, having served upon the board of selectmen for two years, and as assessor for ten years. Although fast approaching the age of three score and ten, he still retains the strength and vigor of a much younger man, and is an excellent type of the intelligent Massachusetts farmer. Politically he acts with the Republican party. For over thirty years he has been a deacon of the Congregational Church. In 1864 Mr. Lincoln was united in marriage with Frances Amelia Field, daughter of John A. and Florence (Hopkins) Field, of Scituate, Rhode Isl- and. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln have had five children, namely: Eugene Augustus, born May 15, 1866, now practicing dentistry in Belfast, Ireland. Stephen Hopkins, born December 25, 1868, died September 2. 1892. Maria Louise, born March 15, 1872, mar- ried Dr. Brown, of Worcester, and has two chil- dren. Morton Field, born February 15, 1875, is unmarried and resides at home. Florinda Eliza- beth, born June 20, 1886, now attending college at Oberlin, Ohio. CAPRON FAMILY. Banfield Capron (i), the immigrant ancestor of the Capron family of Ux- bridge, Massachusetts, was probably born in the north of England, in 1660. He left England as a stowaway with three other boys, each about four- teen years old. After a few years Capron settled in Barrington, Rhode Island. After twenty years he removed with a large family of children into the backwoods, now Attleboro, Massachusetts, where he purchased and laid out a large tract of land between Bungay river and the Falls. A part of his old farm is known now as the Lucas Daggett place. He also had land from the estate of his first wife, .who was a daughter of John Callender, who lived where the Philip' Brady house now stands. Capron owned land where the Farmers Village is now, and built his first house on the present site of the James B. Dean residence, and the second near the site of a house built by the late B. J. Angell. on his farm which is still called the Jacob Capron farm. He married (lirst) Emma Callender, of Rehoboth, Alas- sachusctts. He married (second) Elizabeth Black- ington, of Attleboro. She died May 10, 1735. He married (thirdL December 16, 1735, Sarah Daggett, ^>^/V^'-^^^^^T'-<'->1-^ , WORCESTER COUNTY 255 widow of Deacon John Daggett, of Atlkhoro. Capron died August 20, l/Si, aged ninety-two years; his widow died later. Children of Banlield Capron : Bantield, Jr., see forward; Joseph, a fanner, settled in Attleboro, six children ; Edward, a shoemaker, settled in West Greenwich, Rhode Island ; Walter, a forgeman, settled near Groton, Connecticut, near New London ; John, a seafaring man ; Jonathan, farmer, settled in Attleboro ; Betsey, married Captain John Brown; Mary, born October 22, 1684, married Captain Samuel Tyler^ of Attleborough ; Hannah, married David Aldrich, of Mendon; IMary, married William Arnold, of Smithtield, Rhode Island; Sarah, married Ralph Freeman, of Attleborough, settled in Bellingham, Massachusetts ; a daughter. (II) Bantield Capron, eldest child of Banfield Capron (i), born in Barrington, Rhode Island, July 16, 1683, died in Cumberland, Rhode Island, August 16, 1752, in his seventieth year. He learned the trade of mason, also of weaver, and worked in the vi- cinity of Providence. He was on the grand jury, 1748. He married (first) Hannah Jenckes, of Paw- tucket, Rhode Island, daughter of Nathaniel Jenckes, Esq. She died in 1738. He married (second) (in- tentions dated February 2), 1744-S, Sarah Brown, of the famous Rhode Island Brown family. Children of Banfield Capron, Jr. :i. Nathaniel, unmarried, died at sea, 1734, aged twenty years; Charles, see forward; Philip, born February i, 1719-20; Benja- min, born at Bellingham, June 20, 1724; Jonathan, Hannah, Betsey, Lydia. The preceding si.x children and their mother died of fever in 1738. Oliver, born July 17, 1736, at Cumberland, perhaps the youngest, died July 31, 1816, settled at Richmond, New Hamp- shire; Leah, born March 10, 1722, married Joseph Scott, of Bellingham; Sarah, married David Scott, of Bellingham, nine children ; Elizabeth, married Elkanah Spear. (III) Charles Capron, son of Banfield Capron (2), born at Bellingham, Massachusetts, October, 1716, died May 9, 1789, at Cumberland, Rhode Is- land. He was a prominent citizen of Cumberland and held various town offices. He married, Decem- ber 16, 1742, Mary, daughter of Joseph Scott. Their children, first three born in Bellingham : Hannah, born October 16, 1743 ; Philip, April 28, 1745 ; Phebe, May 17, 1747; Charles, Jr., June 8, 1749; Joseph, September 15, 1750; Mary, April 7, 1752; Nathaniel, September 22, 1753 ; Lydia, born at Cum- berland, August 31, 1755, died 1841, married Eli>ha Bosworth; John, see forward; Jemima, December '3> 1758; Grace, November 2, 1761. (IV) John Capron, ninth child of Charles Capron (3), born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, July 28, 1757, died July 11, 1836. He was a farmer. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Cap- tain Silas Cobb's company. Colonel Timothy Wal- ker's regiment, 1775, and was in Captain Richard- son's company for five months in 1776. He married (first) Asenath Cargill, died November I, 1810. He married (stcond) Mrs. Abigail Barstow, died July 26, 1841 ; she was the mother of two daughters (Mrs. Sally Ingersoll and i^Irs. Nabby Thayer) by her first marriage. His will was dated July 6, 1832, allowed November 22, 1836. Their children were : Mary, born February 17, 1784, married John S. Chapin, settled in Pomfret, Connecticut ; Phcbe, born March 26, 1786, married Elkanah Spring ; William Banfield, born January 11, 1788, died young; Miranda, born November 20, 1789, married Edward Foster; Effingham Lawrence, born March 29, 1791 ; Asenath Cargill, born October 5, 1792, married Josiah Chapm; Laura Waldo, born October 22, 1794; John Willard, born February 14, 1797, see forward; Will- iam Cargill (twin), born August 11, 1799, see for- ward; Lucy Waldo (twin), born August II, 1799, died young. (V) John Willard Capron, eighth child of John Capron (4), was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, February 14, 1797. He was educated in the public schools there and in Leicester Academy at Leicester, Alassachusetts. He died at Uxbridge, December 25, 1878. He and his two brothers, William G. and Etfingham L. were admitted into partnership with their father, who carried on a manufacturing busi- ness at Uxbridge. John W. Capron was generally known as colonel, having risen to that rank in the militia during ten years service. He was active in public affairs, was for a number of years postmaster after 1827, and for thirty years notary public and local magistrate; representative to general court 1836 and 1837 ; and many years chairman of the board of selectmen. Colonel Capron had the implicit confidence of his fellow citizens and was universally trusted and respected. He was rather reserved, silent and quiet in manner, but always cheerful and kindly. He administered many estates and other trusts for his fellow citizens. He married (first), January 4, 1820, Abigail M. Read, who died May 22, 1828. He married (second), October 30, 1831, Cath- erine B.' Messinger. The children of Colonel John Willard and Abigail M. Capron were : Elizabeth Reed, born December 3, 1820, died August 5, 1865 ; married Dr. Truin Record, April 28, 1848, and they had children : John Capron Record, born September 27, 1851; Charles Truin Record, born August 26, 1857 ; Mary Ann, born September g, 1827 ; Abigail R., born April 12, 1831, married Franklin W. Worcester. The children of Colonel John Willard and Catherine D. Capron were : John, born iMay 26, 1838. Charles Cargill, born August 7, 1841. C. Messinger, born July 22, 1844. Catherine Adelaide, born December li, 1846, see forward. (VI) Catherine A. C^apron, daughter of Colonel John VVillard Capron (s), was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, December 11, 1846. She married, September 12, 1883, Dr. William L. Johnson, born October 23, 1856, son of Dr. Henry F. Johnson, who was a native of Southboro, Massachusetts, and a prnniincnt physician, and at one time dean of the I'lul.idclphia Medical College. Dr. Henry Flavel Johnson, born June 21, 1813, at Southboro, married Eunice S. Fay. Elisha Johnson, Jr., father of Henry Flavel Johnson, was born in Southboro, October 24, 1783; married (intentions dated March 18), 1808, Sophia Lomos, of East Windsor, Connecticut. Elisha Johnson, father of Elisha Johnson, Jr., was born in Southboro, July i, 1753, and married Sarah . The father of Elisha was Isaac Johson, who settled in Southboro ; married there Rachel Thomas, October 3, 1733. Isaac Johnson was a de- scendant of William Johnson, planter, of Charles- town, who was admitted to the church there Febru- ary 13, 1634-35. William Johnson was born in Eng- land in 1603. Dr. William Louis Johnson was educated in the public schools of Cambridge, Massachusetts, where his father was practicing medicine. In 1875 ^^ en- tered Harvard Medical School and was graduated in 1878. He commenced to practice his profession in 1879 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, and has been located there ever since, having an excellent practice. 254 WORCESTER COUNTY In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Uxbridge school committee, trustee of the public library and medical examiner. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and president of the Worcester District Medical Society. He is a member of the Masonic order and has been through the chairs of the Uxbridge Lodge. The children of Dr. William Louis and Catherine A. (.Capron) Johnson are: Dora L., born 1886; Grace C, 1887; Beulah, 1892. (V) Deacon William Cargill Capron, born Au- gust II, 1799, was a son of John Capron (4). He lived in Uxbridge. and Deacon Capron was in busi- ness with his father and brothers there. He died at Uxbridge, February 6, 1875. The Capron Mill at Uxbridge was erected in 1820 and went into opera- tion in the winter of 1821-22. It was owned first by John Capron, who took his sons into partnership afterward. It was thirty-three by sixty feet, three stories high, and started with one set of cards, one billy of forty spindles, two jennies of one hundred and twenty spindles each, two cotton spinning frames of sixty-four spindles each. The mill had also twelve power satinet looms, the first satinet looms operated by power ever built, it is said. They were built on the premises by Luke Jillson, of Cum- berland, Rhode Island. In 1824. the Capron Mill added a set of cards, a billy of fifty spindles and a jenny of one hundred and twenty spindles, built by the Carpenters; a jenny of one hundred and fifty spindles built by Jerry Wheelock ; eight satinet looms, two cotton cards and two spinning frames of sixty-four spindles each, built in Woonsocket. The development of this industry marked the very begin- ning of the transition from the old customs and methods of cloth making to the new. The Caprons prospered. In 1837 sixty feet were added to the length and more equipment placed in the mill. In 1855 the capacity was again enlarged by a forty-foot addition. The mill became a six-set mill. In 1851 the mill was leased by the Caprons to Moses Taft and J. W. Day, under the firm name of Taft& Day. Later William C. Capron became a member of the firm and the name became Taft, Day & Company. Mr. Day soon withdrew and the firm continued as Taft & Capron until about 1862, when R. and J. Taft bought them out and carried on the business until their lease expired at the close of the civil war. The mill then passed into the hands of the firm of H. and C. C. Capron, consisting of Henry Capron and Charles C. Capron, mentioned above. Charles C. Capron was succeeded by William E. Hayward, under the firm name of Capron & Hay- ward. The Capron Woolen Company was formed later, composed of Henry Capron, Charles C. Capron and Royal C. Taft, of Providence, Rhode Island, and the mill has since been operated by this com- pany under substantially the same management. One who knew him wrote of Deacon Capron: "His intelligence, his constant acquaintance \yith a choice library, his vigorous support of all religious institutions, his natural good judgment and common sense could not fail and did not to give him an eminent place in the esteem of all his fellow citizens. He identified himself especially with the best inter- ests of the young by a faithful service of forty-four years as teacher and superintendent of the Sunday school. In Christian character he was a tower of strength to the church. His piety was not impul- sive, never developing into rash enthusiasm." He was deacon of the church. He married, October 29, 1 82 1, Chloe Day, bom August 10, 1800. Their chil- dren : William Banfield, see forward ; Helen Maria, born January 26, 1826, died July 26, 1838; Henry, see forward; Samuel ]Mills, see forward; 5. Laura Ann Washburn, born Jilay 13, 1837, married Pro- fessor T. D. Bisco; resided at Marietta, Ohio. (\T) William Banfield Capron, son of Deacon William Cargill Capron (.5), was born April 10, 1824. He joined the Congregational Church at Ux- bridge at the age of thirteen, and from early man- hood was active in religious work. He fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachu- setts, and graduated from Yale College in 1846. For six years he was principal of the Hopkins grammar school at Hartford, Connecticut, and was active there in the Sunday school and city mission work. He became a missionary in the foreign field in 1856, and graduated from the Andover Theological Semi- nary in 1856. He was ordained as an evangelist at Uxbridge, September 3, 1856. He became a mis- sionary in Madura, India, whither he sailed Novem- ber I, 1856. He visited his home in Uxbridge in 1874, and returned in 1875. He died in India, Oc- tober 6, 1876. Rev. Mr. Capron was modest, cau- tious, pious, yet not afraid cf progress and innova- tions. His kindness was always practical and to his mission he bequeathed the memory of a pure and saintly life. He married, October i, 1856, Sarah B. Hooker, born April 26, 1828, the daughter of Rev. Dr. H. B. Hooker. (VI) Henry Capron, son of William Cargill Capron (s), was born in U.xbridge, November 25, 1827. He pursued his preliminary education in the public schools and supplemented his studies with a course of instruction in the higher branches at the Leicester Academy, an excellent preparatory school which was founded in 1784, also at East Hampton and Andover. After the completion of his studies he operated the gristmill for several years and at different times was in the factory, but subsequently turned his attention to agriculture. Some years ago he retired from the activities of life and is now spending his time in rest and recreation. He is, however, actively interested in the Uxbridge Savings Bank and still retains a seat upon its board of trus- tees. For twenty-one years he served as town clerk and town treasurer, and in politics is a stanch sup- porter of the Republican party. In his religious faith he is a Congregationalist and a deacon of that church. Mr. Capron has been three times married. On April 25, 1850, he married Josephine A. Davis, of Uxbridge, who was born in 1823, and died in 1855. His second wife, whom he married in 1871, was Minerva L. Taft, who was born in U.xbridge in 1839, daughter of Orsmus and Margaret (Smith) Taft. She died in 1891. On June 14, 1894, he married Mrs. Sylvia L. Rawson, nee Wood, daughter of the late William Wood, of U.xbridge, and widow of Charles B. Rawson, formerly of that town. His second wife bore him three children, one of whom died in in- fancy. The survivors are: Chloe D., born in 1874, and Walter T., born in 1877. Neither are married. (\T) Samuel Mills Capron, son of Deacon William Cargill Capron (5), was born May 15, 1832. He attended the public schools and Phillips (And- over) Academy, where he fitted for college. He graduated from Yale in 1853, and succeeded his brother as master of the Hopkins school, a position he held for ten years. He went to Europe in Sep- tember, 1863, and remained fourteen months. When ^ m ^% f c^ (-p WORCESTER COUNTY 255 he returned he resigned his position, but was pre- vailed upon finally to remain in Hartford as prin- cipal of the high school there at nearly double his former salary. He went abroad again in 1871. He died January 4, 1874, at Hartford. He was an emi- nent teacher in his day, a man of high character and large ability. He married, November 23, 1854, Eunice Maria Chapin, born May I, 1832. Their children were : Helen Maria, born March 26, 1858, died January 6, 1863; Alice Louise, born March 26, 1862, died January 13, 1863; Clara D., born August, 1864; Bertha C., born i\Iarch, 1868; William C, born July, 1869. JAMES E. GRAIN, son of Michael Grain and Ann (Hacken) Grain, was born at Leominster, Massachusetts, February i, 1866. Both parents were of Irish descent. His father came to America when a young man. His mother was born in Leominster. Both parents are dead. James E. Grain was one of four children born to his parents. When he left school he entered one of the Leominster shops w'here various fancy goods arc made from bone. There are several large factories manufacturing combs and similar goods from cellu- loid and bone. He inherited from his father, who was a skillful mechanic in his line, a natural aptitude for his trade. He rose steadily in the confidence of his. employers, and for the past fifteen years he has been the superintendent of the factory of the Patten Manufacturing Gompany. His employers express the greatest confidence in his judgment and ability. It may be said that he has filled his position with credit, and that he has won an important place in the business life of Leominster. He is a Republican in politics, and devotes much time and attention to help win the success of his party at the polls. He is a member of the Knights of Golumbus. He is a regular attendant of the Roman Catholic Church at Leominster. He married, in 1892, Gertrude A. Doyle, a daughter of James Doyle, a prominent citi- zen of Sterling, Massachusetts. Their children are: J. Harold, born 1893; James, Jr., born 1895. HENRY NELSON GRANGER. James Granger, Granger, father of Henry Nelson Granger, of Au- burn, Massachusetts, was born in Canada about 1830. He learned the trade of machinist. He came to Worcester in 1854 as factory agent. He resided on Leicester street, then on Harvard street. Later he had a place at Lecsville, in South Worcester, near the Auburn line. He married Mary Bashaw, also born in Canada. Their children, all born in Worces- ter, are: i. Mary Jane, born June 12, 1854. 2. Mary G., born March 12, 1856. 3. Henry Nelson, men- tioned below. 4. Euphenic, born April 24, 1859. 5. John, born February 20, 1861. 6. Arthur, born March 24, 1865. Henry Nelson Granger, son of James Granger (i), was born in Worcester, June 13, 1857 (Worces- ter records). He was educated there in the common schools. He became a farmer and has prospered in business. His farm is located in Auburn, a small town adjoining Worcester, and he has an excellent dairy and market garden. Altogether he has one of the best appointed farms in the county. He has a herd of fine cattle and raises blooded stock. In pol- itics Mr. Granger is called an independent Repub- lican, and while he takes an interest in town and public affairs of all kinds, he prefers not to accept office or participate more actively in politics. He is a Roman Catholic in religion, and a generous sup- porter of his faith. He has deserved and enjoyed the fullest respect and confidence of his townsmen. He married, in 1880, Laura F\ Sibley, daughter of War- ren Sibley, of Auburn, and belonging to one of the oldest and most honored county families. The chil- dren of Henry Nelson and Laura F. Granger are : Harry W., and Gertrude L. Granger. AUGUSTIN H. PARKER, who resides upon a valuable estate in the vicinity of Westboro, is a son of the late Henry Hills Parker, who was born in iSIount Vernon, New York, educated in its common schools, then entered Columbia Law School, from which he graduated with honors, and practiced law with success during the active years of his life. He died in 1885. He married the late Elizabeth P. Fay, a daughter of Richard S. Fay, of Boston, Massachu- setts, and their children were : Richard F., born 1869, graduated from Harvard in 1890, a broker in Boston, married Rose Guild, and they have three children : Catherine R., Elizabeth and Rose. Henry M., born 1870, an artist in F^lorence, Italy, married Catherine F. Banoy. Augustin H. Augustin H. Parker was also a student at Har- vard, graduating with the class of 1895. Since leav- ing college he has resided upon a beautiful estate situated in the immediate vicinity of Westboro, its location being in one of the most fertile and other- wise desirable regions in Worcester county. Al- though ostensibly a man of leisure, he takes pleasure in superintending the cultivation of his property, and displays much genuine ability as an agriculturist. In politics he acts with the Republican party. Mr. Parker is unmarried. BROWN FAMILY. John Browne (i), of Bor- ough Stamford, England, chief magistrate of the city 1376 and 1377, was the first known ancestor of the Brown family of Winchcndon. The English an- cestry is given on the excellent authority of Dr. Bond, author of the Watertown Genealogies. (II) John Brown, son of John Brown (i), re- sided in Stamford, Lincoln county, England. Among his children was John, see forward. (HI) John Brown, son of John Brown (2), was a draper and merchant of the Staple of Calais. He was alderman, at that time the chief magistrate of the city, in 1414-22-27. He died July 26, 1442, and is buried at All Saints Church, which was erected at his expense. He married Margaret ^ , who died November 22, 1460, and is also buried in All Saints, Stamford. Their children were : I.William, died at Stamford, 1489, married Margaret Stokes. 2. John, see forward. 3. Alice, married Brcdmey; she died F'ebruary to, 1481, and is buried at All Saints. (IV) John Brown, second child of John Brown (3), was born in Stamford, England, about 1410. He was a draper and merchant. He was alderman 1448-53-62. He died between 1462 and 1470. He married Agnes , who died 1470 and was buried at All Saints. Their children: Christopher, see forward ; John ; Edward ; Agnes, married Will- iam Warren, of Okeham; Elizabeth, married Will- iam Cook. (V) Christopher Brown, son of John Brown (4), was born at Stamford. He resided at Stam- ford and at Tolethrope in Rutland county. His will was made 1516 and proved at London, Feliruary 15, 1819. He married (first) Grace Pinchbeck, daugh- ter and heir of John Pinchbeck, of Lincoln county. He married (second) Agnes , of Beding- 256 WORCESTER COUNTY field, Norfolk county, and (tliird) Elizabeth . Children of Christopher and Grace Brown were : Francis, married Margaret Mather; Edmund, settled in Stamford ; Christopher, see forward ; Robert ; Anne, married Gornley; George; Catherine; Agnes. (VI) Christopher Brown, son of Christopher Brown (5), was born about 1460-70. He resided at Swan Hall, Parish Hawkedon, Suffolk county, Eng- land. His will was dated :May 27, 1531, and proved at Bury St. Edmunds, July 3, 1538. He was church warden in 1564. His children: Robert, probably had no issue; Christopher, see forward; Thomas, Eliza- beth, Margaret, Agnes. (VH) Christopher Brown, son of Christopher Brown (,6), was born about 1490, at Swan Hall. He was church warden there in 1564 and his children were born there. His will was dated November 24, 1568, and proved at Bury St. Edmunds, May 31, 1574. Their children: Thomas, see forward; Robert, buried June 7, 1629, married Anne ; Jean, married Thomas Bailey. (VHI) Tliomas Brown, son of Christopher Brown (7), was born at Swan Hall, about 1510-20, died 1591. His will was proved at Bury St. Ed- munds. He married Joan . Their children : 1. John, buried at Hawkedon, May 5, 1616, was church warden, 1598; his son, John Brown, born 1601, settled in New England. 2. Richard, settled in Watertown, married Elizabeth . 3. Thomas, 4. Ambrose, baptized at Sommerton, January 10, 1580. 5. Abraham, see forward. 6. Sarah. (IX) Abraham Brown, the immigrant ancestor, son of Thomas Brown, of Swan Hall, born about 1590. He was one of the pioneers at Watertown in New England and was admitted a freeman, March (^t 163 '-32. He was selectman from 1636 to 1643. In 1634 he and Robert Selley were appointed to sur- vey all the lots that are granted and they were made conservators of all the timber trees, none of which could be cut without their consent. He was one of seven freemen who in 1635 were appointed "to di- vide every man his property of meadow and upland that is ploughable, the rest to be commoan." He was highw-ay surveyor the same year. He laid out many of the highways, some of which are still in use. He was appointed, October 7, 1641, on a committee to lay out a thousand acres granted to the artillery com- pany of Boston at its first organization. His will was proved October i, 1650. His first homestall was east of Mt. Vernon, be- tween the present town of Watertown and Harvard Square. His second homestall was bounded by the present Harvard street. Main street and Plca.sant street, and was lately and may be now the only case where land granted to the first settlers in Watertown is still held by lineal descendants. There is an en- graving of the old house published in Bond's Water- town History, mentioned above. His widow Lydia married, November 27. 1659, Andrew Hodges, of Ipswich. She died at Water- town, September 27, 1686. Children of Abraham and Lydia Brown were: l. Sarah, born in England, mar- ried, December 16, 1643, George Parkhurst, Jr. 2. Mary, born in Engand, married, April 10, 1650, John Lewis, of Charleslown and Maiden. 3. Lydia, born at Watertown, March 22, 1632-33, married Lieutenant William Lakin, Jr., of Groton. 4. Jonathan, see for- ward. 5. Hannah, born at Watertown, died March 5. 1638-39. an infant. 6. Abraham, born March 6, 1639-40, died 1667; bought land at Groton; married, February 5, 1662-63, Mary Dix ; after Abraham's death she married, 1668, Samuel Rice, of Sudbury. (X) Jonathan Brown, son of Abraham Brown (9), was born at Watertown, in New England, Oc- tober IS, 1635. He married, February 11, 1661-62, Mary Shattuck, daughter of the emigrant, William Shattuck, of Watertown. She was born August 25, 1645, and died October 23, 1732, aged eighty-seven years. She is buried in the Waltham graveyard. His will was dated February 19, 1690-91, and proved April 7, 1691. Up to this generation Bond says that the name was spelled generally with the final "E." The sons of Jonathan dropped this letter. The children of Jonathan and Mary Brown were: 1. Mary, born Oc- tober 5, 1662, married. May 22, 1682-83, John War- ren ; married (second) Samuel Harrington. 2. Eliza- beth, born September 19, 1664, married, March 25, 1687, Daniel Benjamin. 3. Jonathan, born October 25, 1666, died young. 4. Patience, born March 6, i668-6g, married, March 5, 1686-87, James Bigelow. 5. Abraham, born August 26, 1671, died November 27, 1729. 6. Samuel, born October 21, 1674. 7. Lydia, born March 31, 1677, married, January i8> 1698-99, Benajamin Wellington. 8. Ebenezer, born September 10, 1679. 9. Benjamin, born February 27, 1681, died 1753. 10. William, born September 2. 1684, died October 28, 1756. (XI) Deacon Benjamin Brown, son of Jonathan Brown (10), was born February 27, 1681, at Water- town, died Alarch 11, 1753. He married, February 27, 1702-03, Ann Garfield, daughter of Captain Benja- min Garfield, who w-as son of Edward Garfield, Jr., of Watertowm. (See sketch). They settled at Wa- tertown Farms, now Weston, in the part that subse- quently became Lincoln. He was deacon of the church there, elected April 20, 1715. He was an in- fluential man in town and church afifairs. The chil- dren of Deacon Benjamin and Ann Brown were: I. Anna, born March 2, 1703-04, married, December 24, 1724, Josiah Jones, Jr., and settled in Stock- bridge. 2. Benjamin, born February 10, 1705-06. 3. Elizabeth, born January 13, 1707, married, December 29, 1726, John Billings, of Concord. 4. Mary, born January 10, 1709-10, married, December 6, 1730, Nathan Upham. 5. Mehitable, born February 9, 1711-12, died April 22, 1725. 6. Ephraim, born 1714, removed to Spencer, Massachusetts ; married, Feb- ruary 21, 1755, Hannah Edmunds. 7. Lydia, born February 23, 1715-16, married, February 18, 1738-39, Joseph Upham, of Reading. 8. Joseph, see forward. 9. Deliverance, born November 11, 1720, married, March 31, 1743, Daniel Fiske, of Sturbridge. ID. Tabitha, born August, 1723, died September, 1723. II. Timothy, born December 18, 1724, married Re- becca Farrar. (XII) Joseph Brown, son of Deacon Benjamin Brown (11), was born in what is now Weston, Mass- achusetts, February 17, 1718. He married, February 7, 1744-45, Abigail Monroe, born January 21, 1726, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Monroe, of Lex- ington, Massachusetts. He removed from Weston, where their first four or five children were born, to Lincoln, where four more were born, and then to Waltham, where the others were born. He died there April 2, 1788. and l)is widow died there March 18, 1793. Their children: 1. Abigail, born June 9. 1746, died October 7, 1756. 2. Joseph, born February 5. 1747-48, died April 9, 1750. 3. Samuel, born March "■ 1749-50, died November 16, 1756. 4. Josiah, born October 9, 1756. 6. Ephraim, see forward. 7. Abi- /z^r-z.y^?A. WORCESTER COUNTY ^57 giiil, born April 6. 1759. 8. Plicbe, born IX-ccmbcr 10, 1762. 9. Abigail, born June 6, 1764. 10. Eliza- beth, born May 16, 1766. 11. Xathaii, born May 31, 1768. 12. Mehitable, born September, 1769. 13. Elisha, born May i, 1772. 14. Enoch, born Fel)ruary 18, 1774, married, October 13, 1803, Jemima Miles. (XIII) Ephraim Brown, son of Joseph Brown (12), was born at Lincoln, Massachusetts, August 30, 1758. He lived in that town and married, Octo- ber, 1779, Elizabeth Wyman, daughter of Jacob Wyman, of East Sudbury (Wayland). The children of Ephraim and Elizabeth Brown, all born in Lm- coln, were: i. Samuel, see forward. 2. Betsey, born November 2, 1783, died June 24, 1813. 3. VVilliam, born February 26, 1786, died young. 4. Ephraim, born January 14, 1788, married, October 9, 1817, Abigail Jones. 5. Abigail, born July g, 1790, died October 5, 1793. 6. Abigail, born September 27, 1793, died March 19, 1812. 7. Joseph, born March 5, 1796. 8. Cynthia, borrr May 17, 1798, died April 13, 1816. 9. Josiah, born February 5, 1801. 10. Mar}-, born November 16, 1803. 11. VVilliam, born and (lied in May, 1S07. (.XIV) Samuel Brown, son of Ephraim Brown (i3>, was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts, July 13, 1781, and died in August, 1854. He married Eunice Hagar. October 27, 1813; she was born April 18, 1785, died November iS, 1879, daughter of Nathan and Anna (Bigelow) Hagar, see forward. Her father was a farmer and shoemaker in Weston, Mass- achusetts. Samuel Brown and his young wife re- moved 10 Winchendon and selected the site for their home on a pleasant hill-top, at the foot of which nestles Bullardville pond. That was in the year 1813, while Winchendon was still in its infancy. Their children, all born in Winchendon, were : Will- iatn, see forward ; Eunice Hagar, born January 20, 1822, married Marvin T. Nash, of Winchendon ; Charles D. or Charles Jackson, unmarried, died De- cember, 1864; Mary, died 1854 unmarried. (XV) William Brown, eldest son of Sanuiel Brown (14), was born in Winchendon, ^lassachu- setts, July 15, 1820, died January 16, 1888. He at- tended school in his native town, but as soon as he was old enough went to work. He was fond of lir)rses and when a mere boy became a skillful teani- -tcr. He was employed by the contractors to haul the iron rails used in the construction of the Che- shire Railroad. For a number of years lie "-onducted the farm and dealt extensively in cattle. In 1879 he went into business for hiinself, purchasing a saw mill about half a mile distant from the homestead and fitting it up for the manufacture of tubs and I'ails, a business which he knew thoroughly. He mployed about fifteen hands at first and his business nstantly extended. He added new machinery and liuilt new mills, until at the time of his death he had -ime sixty hands employed. He was one of the 1' unders of an important industry in Winchendon. He took his two sons into partnership when they came of age and they have developed the business he founded to its present extent. He was a model bus- iness man according to the standards of his day, and 258 WORCESTER COUNTY Watertown. He married there, March 20, iti44-45. Mary Bemi?. and they arc the ancestors of all the families of this name dating back to early colonial days. After the English fashion some branches of the family drop the first letter. The names Agar and Agcr are Irom the same origin. He died Jan- uary 10. 1683-84, and his will, dated January 10, 1683-84, was proved April I, 1684. His aged widow died December, 1695. Their children were; i. Mary, born December 25, 1645, died young. 2. Ruhamah, born November 20, 1647, married Joseph Wait. 3. Samuel (twin), born November 20, 1647, see for- ward. 4. Hannah, born November 21, 1649, mar- ried Priest. 5. Sarah, born September 3, 1651, died March 7, 1746; married Nathaniel Whit- ney. 6. Susanna, married, 1680, Joseph Grout. 7. William, born February 12, 1658-59, died May 8, 1731. 8. Rebecca, born October 28, 1661, married Nathaniel Healy. 9. Abigail, married, March 30, 1687, Benjamin Whitney. 10. Mehitable, married, June 20, 1687, Nathaniel Norcross. (H) Samuel Hagar, third child of William Hagar (i), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, November 20, 1647, married Sarah Mixer. He died February 13, 1704-05, and his widow Sarah died at Waltham, 1745. His will was dated May 2y, 1704. He was admitted a freeman April 18, 1690. Their children were: i. Sarah, born in Watertown, bap- tized May 24, 1691 ; married, .A.ugust 19, 1717, Joseph' Stratton, of Watertown. 2. Mary, baptized July 25, 1697. 3. Samuel, born September i, 1698. 4. Isaac, see forward. (HI) Isaac Hagar, youngest son of Samuel Hagar (2), was born in Watertown. Massachusetts, April 24, 1702, died April 26, 1790. He married, July 16. 1724, Prudence Allen, born May 18. 1703. died December 30, 1787, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Allen. Children of Isaac and Prudence Hagar were: I. Isaac, born May 5. 1725. 2. John. born September 17, 1726. 3. Elisha, born February 18, 7727-28. 4. Daniel, born January 17, 1729-30, died Augu.'t 3, 1738. 5. Elizabeth, born October 8, 1732. died August 17, 1750. 6. Mary, born May 18, '735> married Samuel Garfield. 7. Lydia, born Jan- uary 15, 1736-37, died July 30, 1740. 8. Eunice, born May 24. 1730, died July 20, 1740. 9. Daniel, born February 28. 1740-41. 16. Lydia, born December 8, 1742. II. Nathan, see forward. 12. Eunice, born Juiie 26. 1748. (IV) Nathan Hagar, eleventh child of Isaac Hagar (3), was born in Weston, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 14, 1744-45. and married there, January 3, 1771, Anna Bigelow, born September 3. 1757. died January 12, 1820. Their children, all born in Weston, were: I. Eunice, born September 27, 1774, died October 21, 1783. 2. Elizabeth, born August 10. 1776. married, 1801, James Ounce, of Newton. 3. Isaac, born May II, 1778. married Eunice Steadman. 4. Nathan, born April 9, 1780, died November 9. 1840. married (third) Sally Travis. 5. Elisha. born December 20. 1782, died September 16, 1S07; married Priscilla Fiske. 6. Eunice, see forward. 7. Anna, born April 23. 1787. died July 5, 1862; married, November i, 1809, Charles Jackson, of Newton. 8. Polly (twin), born .April i. 1789, died December 14, 1865 ; married Samuel Hartwell, 1818; he died August 4, 1837. 9. Sally (twMu), born April i, 1789, married Jacob Piper. 10. .Amos, born May 20, 1791, married. 1817, Maria Bigelow. u. Sukey. born July 13, 1793. mar- ried. October 31. 18 — . Cyrno Lee. of Newton: she died February 20. 1831. 12. Liefy, born August 6, 1797, died August 22, 1814. (V) Eunice Hagar, daughter of Nathan Hagar (4), was born April 18, 1785. married, October 27, 1813. Samuel Brown, of Lincoln, Massachusetts, mentioned above. JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY. The Beatty fam- ily of New York from which John William Beatty, of Grafton, Massachusetts, is descended, is of old Dutch stock. The immigrant ancestor is said to be John Beatty, who resided in Kingston, New- York. He seems to have married an Englishw'oman, Sus- anna Ashford, and both joined the English Church, yet their children were baptized in the old Dutch Church at Kingston. The children: i. William, bap- tized June 9. 1695. 2. Charles, baptized January 9, 1698. 3. Agnus, baptized October 29. 1699. 4. jan, baptized jMarch 2, 1701. 5. Thomas, baptized March 14, 1703, married, October 23, 1729, Maria Janszy, both of Marbleton, near Kingston. 6. Marta, bap- tized April 20, 1707. (II) Robert Beatty, son of John Beatty, probably older than those given above, married Bata Middage, born May 17, 1719, both of Marbletown, New York, resided at Kingson. Their children: John, baptized November 15, 1719. 2. Marretjen. baptized March 19. 1721. 3. Jons, baptized May 14. 1732; married Anna Bruick. 4. Margaret, baptized May 12, 1734. 5. Jane, baptized August 15, 1736. Cheerels (or Charles) Beatty, son of John Beatty, married Jannetzen Jansz for her second hus- band, January 24, 1734, and lived in Marbletown, New York. Their child Bata was baptized October 3, 1725- John Beatty, son of Robert Beatty, married Mery Bruick, June 11, 1743, resided at Marbletown. Their children: I. Elizabeth, baptized December 16, 1744. 2. Robert, baptized April 5, 1747. Froin this stock was descended John William Beatty. The family lived for some generations in up- per Westchester county. The parents of John W. Beatty were W'illiam Lake and Caroline (Archer) Beatty, of New York city. John W. Beatty was edu- cated in various private schools in New York city in addition to the public schools. He has followed farm- ing all his active life. For many years he owned a farm at Mount Pleasant, Westchester county, New York. He removed to Grafton, Massachusetts, in 1900, buying one of the most attractive and produc- tive farms in that town. It has been known for many years as Bearfoot Farin. Mr. Beatty has one of the finest herds of cows in the county. His stock is of the best breeds, and he has regularly about sixty-five head. The milk is sold to one Boston dealer exclusively. Mr. Beatty has also a choice variety of hens, geese and other fowls, among which are some very thrifty wild geese. Mr. Beatty married. January 27, 1868, Antoniette Horton. Their children are: i. Elizabeth, married Henry Fielding, of Beverly, Massachusetts, luanager. of a large estate there. 2. Isajc, born October 11, 1875, in New York, superintendent of the Westches- ter Gas and Electric Company, Tarrytown ; married Mabel Conover. Mr. Beatty and his wife are members of the Re- formed Church at Tarrytown, New York. In poli- tics he is a Republican. JOSEPH E. HARRITY. Provided with a classical education and otherwise properly equipped for a business career as well as any civic duty he may be called upon to discharge, Joseph E. Harrity is a well-known figure among the vounger generation WORCESTER COUNTY 259 of Clinton's business men, and his popularity has been acquired through an earnest desire to assist in all measures in the way of public improvements, cal- culated to be of real benefit to the general com- munity. Mr. Harrity is an Irish-American and belongs to an industrious family which has grown up contem- poraneously with the progress and development of Clinton as a manufacturing centre. His father, Micliael fiarrity, who immigrated from Ireland when a young man, was engaged as a mechanic in the con- struciion of several railroads in New England, and settling in Clinton he entered the emploj' ot the Bige- low Carpet Company. He married Grady, of Clinton, who became the mother of five children, namely; Bridget, Sarah, John, Mary Ann and Josepli E. I\iiss Bridget Harrity has long been prominently identified with the dry goods establishment con- ducted by H. C. Greeley, and is actively interested in tlie philanthropic, charitable and other benevolent works connected with St. John's Church. Joseph E. Harrity was born in Clinton. His pre- liminary education was acquired in the Clinton public schools, and he was a student at Holy Cross College, Worcester, from wdiich he graduated. After the Cuiiipletion of his education, he entered the drug store of William F. Heagney in Clinton as a clerk, and having acquired a full knowledge of pharmacy engaged in business for himself under the firm name of J. E. Harrity & Company. In addition to deal- ing in drugs, proprietary medicines and the com- pouHding of physicians' prescriptions, he keeps a tull and varied line of nursery appliances, toilet arti- cles, druggists' sundries, smokers' articles and all tlier goods coming within the province of a first- class apothecary establishment. As an earnest supporter of the Democratic party, Mr. Harrity takes an active part in local political affairs and his influence, which is far-reaching, is 1. .Kccediiigly valuable to the party organization. For tlie years 1898-99 he served with ability as town treasurer and collector, and was a candidate for the board of selectmen in 1901. His progressive ten- dencies, sincerity of purpose and genuine personal popularity are such as to commend him to the favor- able attention of the voters in general, and he will undoubtedly attain prominence in the civic affairs of the town. Mr. Harrity married Cannon, of Charlcstown, Massachusetts. SCOTT FAMILY. Richard Scott (i), the im- migrant ancestor of Samuel F. Scott, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was one of the most prominent figures in the early history of the Rhode Island colony. He was born in England in 1607. He re- ceived a bequest from his brother, George Scott, of London, merchant, in his will dated September 9, 1640, and proved April 22, 1642, in which reference is made to their father, Edward Scott, of Glemsford, county Suffolk, England. (See New England Genealogical Register, page 254, Vol. LI;. Richard was a shoemaker by trade. He came over in 1634 on the ship "Griffin" and was admitted to the church at Boston, August 28, 1634. He married Catherine Marbury, born 1617, died May 2, 1687, daughter of Francis and Bridget (Dryden) Marbury. Her mother was sister of Sir Erasmus Dryden, Bart., grandfather of the poet Dryden. Mer father was a London clergyman. Rev. Francis Marbury. Gover- nor Winthrf)p relates : "One Scott and Eliot of Ipswich were lost in their way homewards and wan- dered up and down si.\ days and ate nothing. At length they were found by an Indian, being almost senseless for want of food." He removed in 1634 to Ipswich and before 1637 to Providence, Rhode Island. He signed the famous Providence Compact, August 20, 1637, or soon afterward. Governor Winthrop says of Mrs. Scott, January 16, 1639: "At Providence things grew still worse, for a sister of Mrs. Hutchin- son, the wife of one Scott, being affected with Anabaptistery and going to live at Providence, Mr. Williams, was taken (or rather emboldened) by her to make open profession thereof and accordingly was re-baptised by one Holyman, a poor man late of Salem. Then !Mr. Williams re-baptized him and some ten more. They also denied the baptism of infants and would have no magistrates.'' Scott was admitted a freeman in 1655. He and his family were constantly subjected to religious persecution. September 16, 1658, his future son-in- law, Christopher Holder, had his right ear cut off at Boston, for the crime of being a Quaker. Mrs. Scott protested "that it was evident they were going to act the work of darkness or else they would have brought them forth publicly and have declared them oft'ences, that all may hear and fear." For this utter- ance the Puritan Fathers of Boston "committed her to prison and they gave her ten cruel stripes with a three-fold corded knotted whip" shortly after "though ye confessed when ye had her before you that for ought ye knew she had been of unblamable character and though some of you knew her father and called him Mr. Marbury and that she had been well bred (as among men and had so lived) and that she was the mother of many children. Yet. ye whipped her for all that, and moreover told her that ye were likely to have a law to hang her if she came thither again.'' To which she answered : "If God calls us, woe be unto us if we come not, and I question not but he whom we love will make us not to count our lives dear unto ourselves for the sake of his name.'' To which you, Governor John Endicott, replied : "And we shall be as ready to take any of your lives as ye shall be to lay them down." Scott's daughter Patience, in June. 1659, a girl of about eleven years, having gone to Boston as a wit- ness against the persecution of the Quakers, was sent to prison; others older being banished, "and some of ye confest ye had many children and that they had been well educated and it were well if they could say half as much for God as she could for tlie Devil." A short time after this, Scott's daughter Mary went to visit Christopher Holder in prison and was herself made a prisoner and detained a month. It is conceded that Richard Scott was the first Quaker resident of Providence. His wife .seems to- have changed her views after a time. Roger Wil- liams said," September 8, 1660, in a letter to Governor John Winthrop, of Connecticut : "What whipping at Boston could not do, conversation with friends in England and their arguments have in great measure drawn her from the Quakers and wholly from their meetings." Scott was a deputy to the general assembly in 1666. He was an'earnest Quaker. In a letter pub- lished in 1678 in George Fox's book, "A New Eng- land Firebrand Quenched," in answer to Roger Williams' "George Fox Digged Out of His Bur- row," Scott arraigns the petty vanities and intoler- ance of Williams. Richard Scott died in 1680. His children: John. !-ee forward; son; Mary, died Oc- tober 17, i665,^narried, August 12, 1660, Christopher 26o WORCESTER COUNTY Holder, born 1631, died June 13, 1688; Hannah, born 1642, died July 24, 16S1 ; married, February, 1667, Walter Clarke, son of Jeremiah and Frances (Lat* ham) Clark; Patience, born 1648, married, Septem- ber 28, 1668, Henry Beere ; died June 11, 1691. De- liverance, died 1684; married, August 30, 1670, William Richardson. (H) John Scott, son of Richard Scott (i), was born about 1640 and died 1677. He married Rebecca , who died 1701, and she married (second), April IS, 1678, John Whipple. He bought a house and four acres of land of George Palmer in Provi- dence. February 8, 1665, he bought of Robert Wil- liams, school master, a dwelling in Providence, in- cluding a home share, orchard and other lands. Again, he bought twenty acres of land November 23, 1608, of Thomas Clcmence. He took the oath of allegiance in 1668. He bought, January i, 1671, of Thomas Wilmot, of Rehoboth, forty-one and a half acres, half the tract called Reynolds Valley. He sold a house October 13, 1671, to Leonard Smith. He was killed by an Indian when standing in the door- way of his house, June, 1675, at the beginnmg of King Philip's war. Land granted to him in 1668 was laid out to his heirs February 2, 1677. His widow Rebecca bought land of John Fitch at Provi- dence. The children: i. Sarah, born September 29, 1662. 2. John, born March 14, 1664, died 1725 ; was a merchant and carpenter; married Elizabeth Wan- ton, born September 16, 1668. 3. Mary, born Febru- ary I, 1666, died 1734; married Joshua Davis, who died January 8, 1736, son of Aaron and Mary Davis. 4. Catherine, born May 20, 1668. 5. Deborah, born December 20, 1669. 6. Silvanus, born November 10, 1672, see forward. (HI) Silvanus Scott, son of John Scott (2), was born November 16, 1672, and died January 13, 1742. He resided in Providence and Smithtield, Rhode Island. He bought land in Rehoboth, No- vember 25, 169s, of John Whipple, his step-father, of Providence. He was deputy to the general assem- bly in 1709 and until 1717. He was a member of the town council 1713-14-15-16-17-18. He was a fisher- man by trade and June i, 1716, he and two others were given liberty by the general assembly "to use and improve so much of Starve Goat Island as need- ful in making, drying and securing fish." He bought, December 9, 1721, the farm of John Wilkin- son for one hundred and si.xty pounds, an eighty acre homestead, formerly belonging to John Black- stone and later to John Wilkinson, Sr. He ad- ministered the estate of his wife Joanna; his will was made March 15, 1744, and proved April 21, 1756. It mentions his wife Joanna ; son John and grandson Jeremiah, children of deceased son Joseph; grand- son Silvanus, son of deceased son Nathaniel; daugh- ters Catharine Jenckes, Rebecca Wilkinson, Esther Sayles, Joanna Jenckes and Sarah Hopkins. He married, 1692, Joanna Jenckes, born 1672, died March 12, 1756, daughter of Joseph and Esther (Ballard) Jenckes. The children, all born at Provi- dence or Smithfield, were : John, born September 30, 1694; Catherine, March 31, 1696; Joseph, August 15. 1697; Rebecca, February 11, 1699; Esther, De- cember 5, 1700; Silvanus, June 20, 1702, see forward; Joanna, December 11, 1703; Charles, August 23, 1705; Sarah, June 15, 1707; Jeremiah, March 11, 1709; Nathaniel, April 19, 171 1. (IV) Silvanus Scott, son of Silvanus Scott (3), was born in Providence, June 20, 1702, died in Bellingham, Massachusetts, April 27, 1777. i" his seventy-sixth year. He married Mary ; (second) (intentions July 10, 1754), Joanna Bos- worth, who died April 26, 1777, aged sixty-eight years, at Bellingham. He and his second wife died within twenty-four hours of each other of smallpo.x. Children of Silvanus and ]\Iarj' Scott, born in Bell- ingham: Ichabod, born July 7, 1726; Silvanus, Jr., February 21, 1727, died May 16, i8i8; David, May 12, 1729; Charles, died at Bellingham, January 18, 1/59; Sarah, born June 14, 1733; John, born Feb- ruary 14, 1743-44, see forward. (V) John Scott, son of Silvanus Scott (4), was born in Bellingham, Massachusetts, February 14, 1743-44. He settled in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, after his marriage. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion from Bellingham, in Captain Jesse Holbrook's company. Colonel Wheelock's regiment, and was in the campaign at Warwick, Rhode Island, 1776, for a short time. He married Frances Boyd (intentions July 28, 1765), at Bellingham. Their children: Manly, born 1775. see forward; Ann Boyd, married Oliver Pond, of Wrentham, ilassachusetts ; Maria Catherine, married, March 20, 1805, Alanson Ses- sions, of North Providence ; Abigail, married Alan- son Sessions; Lewis; Charles, married Powell ; Harvey, married Conant ; John ; Penelope, unmarried ; Mary, married Streeter. (VI) Manly Scott, son of John Scott (5), was born in Bellingham, 1775, died at Uxbridge, July 13, 1859, aged eighty-four years. He was educated in the common schools and began life as a school teacher in Uxbridge and vicinity. He learned the trade of carpenter, at which he worked most of his active life. He married Henrietta Thayer, daughter of Amos and Lois (Emerson) Thayer. She died at Uxbridge, Septcmbtr 21, 1882, when ten of her thir- teen children were living. The children: I. Charles Amos, born May 17, iSii, carpenter, resides at Woonsocket, Rhode Island; died at Uxbridge, Au- gust II, 1858, leaving three children. 2. Anne Grey, born September 14, 1812. 3. Prevost St. Claire, born February 27, 1814, drowned at Milford, May 19, 1839. 4. Katharine Maria, born May 18, 1816, married (first) John Sessions, of Rhode Island; (second) Rev. Moses P. Webster, then of Whitinsville; her children— Harvey G. and Alanson D. Sessions. 5. Anne Grey, born April 16, 1818. married William Carpenter, of Cumberland, Rhode Island ; of her four children, two are living — Isabel Carpenter and Ab- bie (Carpenter) Brewer, now residing in New Mexico. 6. Samuel White, born October 16, 1819, see forward. 7. Abbie Boyd, born September 18, 1821, married Nathan Weatherhead, of Cumberland, Rhode Island; she died August 29, 1900, at Paw- tucket; children — Frank, Emma, Alice, Nellie. 8. Crysis Telemachus (twin), born May 5, 1823, re- sides at present at Windsor, Connecticut, with his daughter; married !Maria Willard and had children —Catherine Maria, Prevost, Clara E., Elizabeth W. ; he was a prosperous woolen manufacturer. 9. Crysa Aurora (twin), born May 5, 1823, farmer, died Oc- tober 5, 1900, aged seventy-eight; married Edee C. Smith, of Rhode Island, daughter of Esther B. Smith. 10. George Nahum (twin), born March 2, 1825, see forward. 11. Charlotte Lovisa (twin), born March 2, 1S25, died September 27, 1900, aged seventy-five years; married Charles Fairbanks, pro- prietor of a general store, Uxbridge, Massachusetts; no children. 12. Lois .Amanda, born February 14, 1827, married Charles E. Staples, April 16, 1855, a J: ^^?^' SAMIl'.I, \V. SCOTT WORCESTER COUNTY 261 machinist by trade ; had charge of the tool room in the Washburn shops of the Worcester Polytechnic institute for many years; retired 1905; no children. 13. John Van Rensselaer, born October 16, i8j8, see forward. 13. Marion Adelaide, born March 19, 1831, died October 6, 1883, aged fifty-two years ; married James Taft, a farmer; no children. (.V'll) Samuel W. Scott, son of :Manly Scott (6), was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, October 16, 1819. He was educated there in the public schools and in early life learned the woolen manufacturing business. In 1849 or 1850 he took a lease of the old Day mill and started in business on his own ac- count. This mill was rebuilt six years before on the site of the first mill in the town of Uxbridge ; it was operated by J. W. Day, son of Joseph Day, until it passed into the possession of Mr. Scott. He began to manufacture satinets on contract. He prospered and in 1859 bought the mill of Mr. Day and also the Day farm adjoining. He conducted the business alone until 1877, when he took his brother in partner- ship, and for a time the firm was J. R. Scott & Com- pany, the firm leasing the mill property of Samuel W. Scott. The mill was burned to the ground in the summer of 1878, but was rebuilt in an enlarged and improved manner with first-class machinery for the manufacture of satinets. Mr. Scott called the mills the Elmdale Mill and the village is now known as Elmdale. "Its genial proprietor," says the historian of Uxbridge, "is entitled to great credit for the de- termination and courage he has manifested in achiev- ing victory over his troubles and accomplishing his deserved success." He associated with him in the business his son, Samuel F. Scott, who succeeded him as he proprietor of Elmdale Mill. Samuel W. Scott died at Uxbridge, October 3, 1897. He was a leading citizen of the town. He married (first) Susan F. Farnum, who died October 5. 1873. He married (second), July 21, 1875. Harriet E. Jones. The children of Samuel W. and Susan T. Scott: Asaanna N., born July 23, 1842, married George W. Hobbs; Walter P., born May 29, 1845, married Sarah E. Mowry ; Marion C. F., born December I, 1850; Samuel Farnum, born July g, 1854, see forward; Flora M., born January 29, 1857; Lilla Webb, born September 5, 1839, married J. -Walter Day, (see sketch) ; Emma ^Matilda, born Oc- tober 15, 1846, married G. H. Wilcox, of Putnam, Connecticut. (VH) John Van Rensselaer Scott, son of Manly Scott (6^, was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, October 16, 1828. He received his early education in the common schools of his native town and in the '■'.d Macomber Academy. He was only seven years ■ Id when ho began to work in the woolen mill at xbridg:c, tending a picker. Step by step he followed i.u- routine of mill life until he mastered every detail. He then became overseer of the weaving in his brother's mill at Elmdale. When he left he took a similar position in the Ironstone Mill in the south- ern part of the town of Uxbridge. In 1856, in com- pany with his brother, George N., he started for Kockford, Illinois, where he secured employment as a carpenter in a reaper factory and there worked until 1859. He returned to Uxbridge and became overseer of the w-cavc room of the old Wacantuck Mill, but soon took a more lucrative position in the "shank-bone" mill, now known as the Hecla Mill. He went to Amcsbury, Massachusetts, in 1864, as de,signcr in the Salisbury Mill. He resigned this position in 1866 to take a position as superintendent of the O. N. Stillman Mill, Westerly, Rhode Island. In 1870 he resigned to become superintendent of the Pcquot plant at Montville, Connecticut. He was also the null agent there, and had an interest in the company. After six years he went to Stafford, Connecticut, to take a similar position in a mill in that town, but returned to Uxbridge in 1877 and en- tered partnership with his brother Sanuicl, under the firm name of J. R. Scott it Co., and took charge of the Scott Alill. The mill was burned in 1878 but rebuilt. In 1889 Mr. Scott sold out his interests to his partner. In i8()9 he became interested with Charles E. Wheelock in the old Wheclock JNlill, where he remained in business five years. He then hired the Water Street Mill, Worcester, but after a time sold the lease and in 1901, in partnership with his nephew, Charles W. Scott, bought the Capron Mill at Uxbridge and is at present engaged in busi- ness there, hale and hearty, vigorous and energetic notwithstanding his seventy-eight years. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, and of the Unitarian Church. He is a Republican in politics and was for ten years a member of the town committee and for three years was a member of the school committee. He married, May 27, 1852, Harriet Jane Cass, of Uxbridge. Their children: i. Marion, born March 10. i'^53i married James Rawson and had ; John ; Louise Emma, born in U.\bridge, March 10, 1S86; Ethel May, born JNIay 3, 1889; Marion Frances, born in Uxbridge, May 24, 1892. 2. Jessie Fremont, bom in Rockford, Illinois, August 3, 1856. 3. Hattie Gertrude, born in Rockford, February 21, 1858. (VHI) Samuel F. Scott, son of Samuel W. Scott (7), was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, July 9, 1854. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town. He then entered his father's mill as an apprentice and worked in the various departments until he acquired a mastery of all the details of the manufacture of satinets. He was associated with his father in the management of the Elmdale Mill until his father died, when he suc- ceeded him as the proprietor. For the pa?t ten years he has been the sole proprietor and has conducted • the business with energy- and success. He has had few outside interests, having devoted his time and attention exclusively to his business. He is a Repub- lican in politics. He and his family attend the Unitarian church at Uxbridge. He married (first), 1880. Mary Degman, daugh- ter of John Degman, of Blackstone. She died 18S3. , He married (second), February 12, 1890, Sarah I. Austrop, daughter of William Austrop, of New York, she being born in New York. Children of Samuel F. and Hilary Scott : Florence Garfield, born March 25, 1882, married Langford May, resides in Uxbridge; Henry Farnum. born February 11, 1884. Children of Sanmcl F. and Sarah I. Scott: Gladys Isabel, born May 22, 1891 ; Rodney Hobbs, born July 19, 1893; Samuel Ralph, born November 15. 1894; Sarah Francelia, born November 27, 1896; Gordon Austrop. born March 30, 1903. (VH) George Nahum Scott, son of Manly Scott (6), was born at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, March 2, 1825. He received his education in the common schools of his native town, and when a young man learned the trade of carpenter, which he followed for some years. At the breaking out of the gold fever, in 1849. Mr. Scott was one of the first from his town to start for the California gold fields, sail- ing May I. 1849. on the ship "New Jersey," rounding Cape liorn on a voyage that took one hundred and sixty-four days. He remained in California tw-o years, having some -ini-r. <, in his (|uest for gold. He 262 WORCESTER COUNTY brought home some gpld dust, some of which he had made into rings for several friends and some is still preserved by the family. In later years he made a second trip to California under much easier and more favorable conditions. There are few more re- markable contrasts in American life than that cf the first trip of the Forty-niner and a recervt trip to the Golden Gate by the luxurious railroad service of the present day. In 1856 he and his brother, John R. Scott, went to Rockford, Illinois, where he secured employment as a carpenter in a reaper factory, re- maining there until 1859, when he returned to Ux- bridge and followed his trade. In 1S81 he removed to Worcester and from 1885 to 1897 worked for Henry W. Eddy, contractor and builder. 8. Norwich street. (See sketch). He continued after that in the carpentering business to within a short time of his death. He died May 23, 1903. He was a Unitarian in religious faith and a Re- publican in politics. He was a member of Uxbridge Lodge No. 120, Odd Fellows, of Uxbridge, Massa- chusetts, for fifty-five years; of Solomon Temple Lodge of Free Masons at Uxbridge for thirty-eight years; of the Society of California Pioneers of New England, in which he was known as one of the New Jersey boys, having made his first trip on the ship "New Jersey." He married, January 21, 1852, Lydia J. Lawrence, born in Temple, Maine, March 20, 1832, daughter of Thomas Chanders and Mary (Hall) Lawrence, of Temple, Maine. Their children: I. George Har- vey, see forward. 2. Cora L., born October 31, 1857. 3. Brigham Manly, see forward. 4. John Lawrence, born June 9, 1862. 5. Arthur Crysis, born January 27, 1870. 6. Mary Louise, born August 25. 1871. (VIII) George Harvey Scott, eldest child of George Nahum Scott (7), was born at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, .August 19, 1854. When very young he removed to Rockford, Illinois, where he remained for a time, returning with parents to Uxbridge, where he was educated in the public schools ; later removed to Northbridge, Massachusetts, with parents, where he graduated from the Northbridge High School in 1872. He subsequently entered, in the fall of that year, the VVorcester Polytechnic Institute, graduating in June, 1875, his specialty being civil engineering. He shortly removed to Chicago and entered the wholesale commission brokerage of O. W. Clapp & Co. (grain), where he remained until his death, October 26, 1877. Mr. Scott was a member of Robert Collier's Unitarian Church of Chicago. Republican in politics. Was a member of First Regiment, Illinois National Guards, up to time of his death. (VIII) Brigham Manly Scott, son of George Nahum Scott (7), was born at Uxbridge. Massachu- setts, June II, i86r. At the age of four years he removed with his parents to Northbridge, Mass- achusets, where he received a public school educa- tion, graduating from the high school in 187S. He then came to Worcester to enter the employ oi Kinnicut S: Company, dealers in hardware, located between Pearl and Pleasant streets, on Main street. He began as the boy apprentice, soon became a trust- ed clerk and remained with the Kinnicutt company until the bu.-iness was closed out. Then, in 1886. he eiUered the employ of Duncan & Gaodell, hardware dealers. Main street, corner of Pearl, the present lo- cation. When the firm became a corporation under the laws of Massachusetts, in 1887, Mr. Scott was elected a director. At the death of Harlan P. Dun- can, who was president of the Duncan & Goodell Co., Mr. Scott was chosen in March, 1905, to fill the va- cancy. This business is one of the oldest, most ex- tensive and prosperous of its kind in New England. It was originally the firm of C. Foster & Company. At present the company does a large wholesale as well as retail business in hardware. Mr. Scott is a Unitarian in religion and Repub- lican in politics. He is a very prominent Free Ma- -son. He was made a member of Quinsigamond Lodge of Masons at Worcester, March 23, 1888, and was worshipful master in 1895-96. He was ex- alted in Eureka Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, June 19, 1888, and served as high priest in 1896. He was made a member of Hiram Council of Royal aftd Select Masters, September 27, 1888, of Worcester County Commandery, Knights Templar. September 26, 1889. He is a member of the fourteenth, six- teenth and eighteenth degrees of Scottish Rite Ma- sonry at Worcester; of the Massachusetts Consis- tory, thirty-second degree, at Boston ; of Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, at Boston ; of the Denver Association of Knights Templar. He was formerly a member of the Worcester Lodge of Elks. He be- longs to the Tatassit Canoe Club and the Uptown Club, the Worcester Automobile Club and the Mid- night Yacht Club. He married. December 10, i8g6, Harriet Eldora Farwell, born September 30, 1863, daughter of .-Vlbert E. and Abbie J. (York) Farwell, of Providence, Rhode Island. Her father a woolen manufacturer at Providence. Their only child is Abigail Far- well, born November 19, 1899. FRANKLIN D. DRESSER, deceased, was a de- scendant of a family who had long made their home in the town of Southbridge. Massachusetts, where he was also a lifelong resident, born there May 10. 1855, a son of (Thester .■\. and Mary C. (Bartlett) Dresser^ and grandson of Chester Dresser, of Southbridge, who owned the property upon which the Young Men's Christian Association was erected at Main and Elm streets. Chester A. Dresser (father) was born in South- bridge, Massachusetts, September 2. 1818, and with the exception of a few years resided there throughout his lifetime. At ten years of age, being an orphan, he was placed in charge of his uncle, Ebenezer D. Ammidown, who was appointed his guardian. His education was acquired at the district school of the village, which he attended irregularly for several years, and he was a student at Nichols Academy, Dudley, at ^lonson Academy, two terms at each institution. For a short time he was employed in the store kept by Milton Joslin, after w-hich he en- tered upon an apprenticeship with the Columbian Manufacturing Company, engaged in the manufac- ture of cotton sheetings. After serving one year in the machine-shop, he was employed in turn in every department of the mill, learning to card, spin and weave. Being anxious to gain a more thorcugh knowledge of the weaving of cotton fabrics than the facilities of the small weaving-room at this mill aflforded, in the spring of 1838 he obtained a situa- tion in the weaving department in charge of Nelson Drake, at Fiskdale Mills. In the spring of 1840 he entered the company's counting-room to obtain a knowledge of mercantile, manufacturing and double entrv bookkeeping, under the instruction of Avery P. Taylor. In September, 1840, he was engaged to WORCESTER COUNTY 265 take charge of a mill of four thousand spindles at Swift Creek, near Petersburg, Virginia, where he remained for two years. In November, 1S4J, he assumed the management of the cotton-mill located at Westville, and at the same time kept the factory store. In the spring of 1845 he removed from West- ville to take charge of the Dresser Mill, in the Cen- ter village, and in December, 1845, became the super- intendent of the Central Manufacturing Company, where he remained until 1857, having in the mean- time become one of the stockholders. For a short period of time he was manager of the upper level, embracing three mills and dye house, of the Amos- keag Manufacturing Company, of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1859 he returned to Southbridge in order to attempt a settlement of the affairs of the Central -Manufacturing Company, which had become financially embarrassed, and he and Manning Leon- ard became joint owners of the property, and con- tinued the business until the breakuig out of the civil war, when the machinery was stopped and re- mained idle until November, 1863. Mr. Dresser •purchased the interest of his partner, and with new associates established the Central Mills Company, of which he was treasurer and manager. In 184J he married Mary C. Bartlett, of Petersburg, Virginia, and their children were : Henry, May C. Edwards, and Franklin D. Dresser. Franklin D. Dresser obtained a good preparatory education in the common schools of Southbridge, and completed a course in the higher branches at Dean Academy. lie then entered the Central Mills, established by his father, as herein related, and for thirty years was connected therewith, in the various departments, holding at the time of Jiis death, Feb- ruary 12, 1904, the responsible position of superin- tendent. Mr. Dresser was a Baptist in religion, a Republican in politics, and a member of the j\la- sonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Dresser married, April 22, 1889, Ida Horton, born July 31, 1869, in Southbridge, Massachusetts. MICHAEL MALLAHY, a prominent citizen of Sturbridge, and proprietor of a general store in Fiskdale, was born in county Mayo, Ireland, August 4, 1846, son of Patrick and Margaret (Johnson) Mal- lahy, of county Mayo, grandson of Thomas Mallahy, of county Mayo, and a descendant of a family that is noted for longevity, there being no break in the fam- ily for the long period of forty-seven years, the first to pass away being one of his sisters. Thomas Mal- lahy, brother of Michael Mallahy, belongs to the seventh generation of that name that has been brought up on the same farm and given their atten- tion to agricultural pursuits. Patrick Mallahy (father) was a shipper by occupation, and he and his wife were the parents of seven children, as follows: Michael, Thomas, Mary, Kate, Margaret, Sarah and Bridget. Michael Mallahy was reared and educated in his native county, attending the common schools ad- jacent to his home. In 1870, when twenty-four years of age, he decided to test the business opportunities of the new world and to make for himself a home amid new surroundings, and accordingly came to the United States, settling in Southbridge, Massachu- setts. His first employment was with the Hamilton Print Works, later was engaged in the livery business in New York city, following that he was an employe of the Hamilton Woolen Company, with which he re- mained until 1873, and finally was employed by P. S. Callahan, proprietor of a general store, where he gained a tliorough knowledge of the details of that line of work. In 1880 he opened a general store on his own account in Fiskdale, Worcester county, which he is conducting at the present tmie. Mr. Mal- lahy is a man of marked individuality, of tliorough business methods, of inflexible integrity, and the large measure of success he has achieved has been the direct result of his own ambition and effort. He is a Democrat in politics, takes an active interest in all that concerns the welfare of his party, but has never sought or held public office. He is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and the Knights of Columbus. He is a member of St. Patrick's parish. February 21, 1876, Mr. Mallahy married Mar- garette Ryan, of Southbridge, daughter of Patrick and Mary (Shanahan) Ryan. Their children arc: Margarette E., born December 2, 1S76; Mary S., Jan- uary 31, 1878; Catherine F., September 24. 1881 ; Sarah M., January 24, 1884; John T., June 13. 1891 ; and William Patrick, October 4, 1893. WTLLIAAI NELSON WOOD. William Wood, ancestor of most of the Wood families of northern W^orcester county, settled in Concord, Massachusetts, and died there May 14, 1671. His will was dated September 15. 1670, when his age was given as about eighty-eight years. He l^t a son, Michael Wood, a sketch of whom is given elsewhere in this w'ork. (I) Elijah Wood, undoubtedly a descendant of William and Michael Wood, was one of the early set- tlers of Gardner, Massachusetts. He was born about 1740 and settled in the town about 1770, in the south- west part where Abijah Hinds lately lived. He mar- ried Isabella . He was called of Westminster when he sold half of Lot 54, third division, in 1782. He died in 1791. His son Jonathan was on the widow's bond as administratrix. The chihlren of Elijah and Isabella were: i. Jonathan, see forward. 2. Isabella, born at Gardner, December 5, 1772. 3. Elijah R., born September 18, 1774. 4. Susanna, born March 11, 1777- S- Eunice, born April g, 1779. 6. Abel, born .April 18, 1781. 7- l^oWy. born April S, 1784. 8. Timothy, born December 24, 1786. (II) Jonathan Wood, son of Elijah Wo(h1_ (i), was born about 17(X) and lived near where his lather settled in the southwest part of the town of Gardner. J. P. Allen lately lived on the Wood farm, lie died in Gardner in 1819. The heirs signed the widow's dower. May 20, 1819, Caleb Wetherbee, Jonathan Wood, David Cobleigh, guardian. Eunice Wood and Jonathan Whitney. He married (first) .Anna , (second) Lois — , and (third) Lucy . The children of Jonathan and Anna Wood: i. Jon- athan, born at Gardner, October 25, 1781, see for- ward. 2. Catherine, born June 9, 1790. died July 28, 1790. The children of Jonathan and Lois Wood: 3. Benjamin, born at Gardner. November 29, 1799. married Sarah Hill and they had: Betsey, born Jan- uarv 28, 1826; Amanda, born October 6, 1827; Lowell, borii September 17, 1829; Oliver, born October 31, 183 1 ; George F., born I'ebruary 25. 183-t; Mary A., born July 17, 1836. 4. Windsor D., born at Gardner, July 26, 1801. "s. Oliver, born at Gardner, August 30, 180?. 6. Eunice, mentioned in will. (III) Jonathan Wood, son of Jonathan Wood (2), was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, October 25, 1781, and was educated in the common schools of that town. He worked on the farm with his father until he came of age. He followed farming all his active life in Gardner. He married (first) lletscy Bancroft, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Case) 264 WORCESTER COUNTY Bancroft, of Gardner. Jonathan Bancroft came from Auburn (Ward) (See sketch of the Gardner family of Bancroft). He was a farmer and shoemaker and lived where his grandson, Deacon S. W. Bancroft, lived in later years. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion and was at the capture of Burgoync. The chil- dren of Jonathan and Betsey Wood: I. Polly (Mary) B., born at Gardner, November 4. 1809, married, Sep- tember 15, 183s, Oran Partridge, of Fitchburg, and they had four children — Maria, born September 29, 1839, died September 29, 1840; William Henry, born April 28, 1841, died May 16, 1864; George Homer, born August 6, 1843, hotel proprietor at Ashby, JMassachusctts; Charles Edward, born October 12, 1851, died August 3, 1881 ; married, Februai-y 10, 1880, Hattie E. Hessian, of Fitchburg. 2. Betsey, born at Gardner, July 2, 1S12, married (first) Crague Cowden, and (second) Leland Stockwell, of Fitch- burg; child of Crague and Betsy Cowden— Elizabeth Crague Cowden, born December 10, 1832, married Thomas E. Sargent, of West Boylston, and had Martha Etta, born July 14, 1858; Inez E., born Au- gust 27, 1871 ; Charles E., born February 4, 1876. Children of Leland and Betsey Stockwell, Osmond and Edgare Stockwell. 3. Almond, born at Gardner, July 22, 1814. 4. Smyrna, born October 21, 1815, died December 2, 1887; married Clarissa Jennison, of Paxton, Massachu-setts; she died May 19, 1897; children— Edward A., born September 11, 1844- Ada F., born December 11, 1849, married, December 12, 1899, Charles W. Murdock, of Gardner. Jonathan Wood married (second) Sarah Perley, daughter of Allen and Judith (Case) Perley, of Gardner. Her father was a farmer, and came to Gardner from Ward. Their children: 5. Sarah Case, born at Gard- ner, June-27, 1818; married (first) Stackpole, and (second) Fred Parker. 6. Nelson Perley, see forward. 7. Alden B., born in Gardner, January 2, 1824, died March 18, 1903. He married (first) Al- niena L. Stearens, January, 1852. Their children: I. Charles D., born in Gardner, February 9, 1853, married, March 17, 1882, Abbie Holton, one child, Robert H. 2. George H., married Alary Holton, three sons: Walter G., born December 4, 1876; Roy E. ; Edward H., married Ethel Harmon, daughter of Professor Harmon, of Tufts, September 27, 1906. 3. Ella F., born in Gardner, November 13, 185^. mar- ried O. W. Wright, November 13. 1872. Two chil- dren born to them: Florence B.. November 10. 1874; married, October 17, 1900, Thomas M. Griffin"; Charles O., born November 23, 1881, married, June 28, 1902, Grace M. Farley. 4. Effie J., married Eu- gene Sherman, four children : Harry, born August, 1882, married, July, 1906, Eva Rudman; Pearl, born 1884, died May 4, 1906; she married, April 8, 1905, Seth Burrows, one child, Bessie, died at birth ; Bes- sie, born 1887, died November 4, 1904; Daisy B., born 1889, deceased. Alden B. Wood married (sec- ond) Mrs. Carrie A. Herrick; children: Fred A.; Carrie, died at age of three months and twenty-five days; Sadie L., born December, 1875. Jonathan Wood married (third) Olive (Haskell) Morse. No- vember 6, 1833, daughter of Oliver and Betsey (Davis) Haskell. (IV) Nelson Perley Wood, son of Jonathan Wood (3), was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, January 26, 1S21. He was bound out when he was seven years old, and his opportunities for schooling were limited to about eighteen weeks in his youth. He served out his apprenticeship with Deacon S. W. Bancroft and then went to Paxton, where he learned the trade of treer in the boot and shoe fac- tory of Bigelow & Co. He returned to Gardner after a few years in 1848 and entered the employ of Col- lester, Rugg & Co., where he worked in the finishing department for twenty-five years. He then started in business in Gardner as a fish dealer, but owing to the dishonesty of a clerk, continued the store but a short time. He worked at farming in Gardner and vicinity and finally bought a plot of two acres at the corner of Center and Lynde streets, Gardner, where he lived until about 188S, when he .sold his place to Henry Heywood and built a residence at 64 Lincoln street and occupied it during the last three years of his life. He died 1890. The home was sold afterward to Cora E. Turner by his son, William N. Wood. Mr. Wood was a member of the Universalist Church. In politics he was a Republican. He was intensely interested in the order of Good Templars and was treasurer of that body. He was active in various temperance movements. He married, ilay i, 1850, Mercy W. Nichols, born August 23. 1828, died 1899, daughter of John Nichols, born May 5, 1788, and Mercy (Woodward)* Nichols, born July 9, 1792. John Nichols, her father, was a Hubbardston farmer. The children of Nelson Perley and Mercy W. Wood : William Nelson, born July 21, 1854, see forward; James Smyrna, born No- vember 3, 1858, married, June 20, 1888, Lillian E. Perham, of Duljlih, New Hampshire ; their children — Marion, born May, 1889; Nelson Pierce, born September 20, 1890. (V) William Nelson Wood, son of Nelson Per- ley Wood (4), was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, July 21, 1854. He received his education in the pub- lic schools of hk native town. He attended the high school two years. At the age of seventeen he went to work in the Heywood Brothers' chair factory. In 1872 he entered the employ of Jonathan Alger as clerk in his clothing store in Gardner, and in a short time was placed in charge of the business. From 1874 to 1880 he was variously employed. He then began to study the profession of a druggist under Dr. James Emmerson, of Gardner. Four years later he opened a drug store on his own account in the town of Ashburnham. For seven years he had his place of business on Central street and then moved to his present location. He has prospered in busi- ness, having the only drug store in that town. In 1899 he was elected cashier of the Ashburnham Bank, a position he held for five years, when he resigned on account of the demands of his own business. He attends the Congregational Church. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Naukeag Lodge, No. 196, Odd Fellows, at Ashburnham, and is past noble grand of that body. He is also a member of the Ashburnham Grange, Patrons of ■ Husbandry, No. 202, and was for a number of years one of its trustees. He is a member of the National Associa- tion of Druggists. He married (first) Nellie F. Woodbury, daughter of Samuel D. and Jcrusha (Vose) Woodbury, of Winchendon, Massachusetts. Her father was a farmer. He married (second), September i, 1897, Susan Ellen Heald, born December 3, 1871, daughter of George and Lucia A. (Williams) Heald, of Ash- burnham. Her father was a farmer. Children : Donald Heald, born August 28, 1898; Guy Carlton, April 26, 1900; Irene Elizabeth, November 6, 1902. GEORGE A. FERGUSON. The grandparents of George A. Ferguson were William and Livinia - r" 2 ~ WORCESTER COUNTY 265 (Butman) Ferguson, who settled in Truy, .Maine. early in the last cenluri', and were identified with the development of that locality. Their son, Samuel Butman Ferguson, father of George A. Ferguson, was born in J.)ixmont, Maine, February 8, 1820, the year in which Maine was admitted to the Union as a separate state. His education, which was begun in the district schools of his native town, was com- pleted in Plymouth, Maine, and in early life he turned his attention to agriculture. In 1856 he came to Massaciiusetls, and being favorably impressed with tlie agricultural advantages of Worcester county, he located upon a farm in VVestboro, where he re- sided for the remainder of his life. In politics he was a Republican, being one of the most stanch adherents to the principles of that party during the period of its development in this locality, and he was, when occasion demanded, quite active in local civic affairs, serving as member of the board of selectmen for one year, and he also held the office of road- com- missioner. He was a man of progressive tendencies which were particularly emphasized in matters rela- tive to religious belief, and he was a member of the Unitarian Church. Samuel B. Ferguson died in Westboro, Massachusetts, September 15, 18S3. He married Emily Norcross Tilton. She became the mother of five children, three of whom died in in- fancy. Those who lived to maturity are : George A., iee forward; William N. Ferguson. George A. Ferguson was born in Troy, Maine, January 13, 1844. When twelve years old he ac- companied his parents to Westboro, where he con- tinued his attendance at the public schools, and his studies were concluded in Worcester, this state. Like the majority of young men his patriotism was aroused to action bj' the secession of the slave-hold- ing states, and in 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company C, Thirty-fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, for service in the civil war. He experienced the hardships and vicissitudes of a some- what lengthy campaign during which, in addition to numerous skirmishes, he participated in several im- portant engagements, including the battles of W'in- chcster and Cedar Creek under General Sheridan, whose famous ride was immortalized by the poet, Thomas Buchanan Reid. He was severely wounded and taken prisoner at Cedar Creek, and in that dis- abled condition he was forced to undergo the horrors of a Confederate prison for a period of four months, at the expiration of which time he was exchanged, and shortly afterward was honorably discharged from the army. Returning to Westboro he engaged in general farming, which he has ever since followed with satisfactory results, and at the present time he is occupying the Judge Foster homestead. Politically he acts with the Republican party. His fraternal affiliations are with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Royal Arcanum. He is a member of the Unitarian Church. On April 6, 1870, Mr. Ferguson was united in marriage with Miss Abbie O. Leland. She was born in Grafton,' this county, October 4, 1841, daughter of Rodney and Orinda (Carpenter) Leland. of that town. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson have no children. EUGENE A. DAVIS. On account of the fer- tility of its soil, due in a measure no doubt to its geological conditions, the formative rock being cal- careous Gneiss and sienite, Westboro has long been noted for its agricultural advantages, and its many productive farms are kept up to a high standard of culti\ation. Among the most prominent farmers and dairyman is Kugene A. Davis, who is a descendel.t of an early Oxford (New Hampshire) settler. Many of the Davises in America are of Welsh descent. Several of this name immigrated early in the Colonial period, notably Dolor Davis, who arrived in 1635 and in all probability he was the immigrant ancestor of the family now under consideration. Nathan Davis, grandfather of Eugene A. Davis, was a native of Oxford, New Hampshire, where he spent his entire life, and his active period was passed in tilling the soil. He reared a number of children, among whom was Thomas G. Davis, father of Eu- gene A. Davis. Thomas G. Davis, born in Oxford, New Hamp- shire, spent his boyhood and youth in attending school and making himself useful upon the home- stead farm. When a young man he adopted agricul- ture as an occupation, and followed it in Oxford for some time. From the latter place he removed to Westboro, where he purchased a valuable piece of agricultural property, and thence forward until his death was one of the able and successful farmers of that town. He married Maria Allen, who was also a native of the Granite state, and she is no longer living. Thomas G. and Maria (Allen) Davis were the parents of three children, namely : Allen K., Mary C. and Eugene A., of whom later. Eugene A. Davis was born in Westboro. He was educated in the public schools, and at an early age displayed an interest in agricultural pursuits which has ever since continued unabated. His knowledge of agriculture has been acquired by long continued practical experience upon the home farm, where he is still residing, and he is regarded as one of the ablest of Westboro's successful farmers. The Davis property is well located and exceedingly fertile, pro- ducing abundant crops, and in addition to general farming a large and w-ell equipped dairy is carried on, the products of which find a ready market in Boston. Mr. Davis is unmarried. He is an active member of the local grange. Patrons of Husbandry, and is rarely absent from its meetings. Poli- tically he is a Republican, but refrains from active participation in civic affairs. His religious affilia- tions are with the Congregationalists. DUDLEY FA:\IILY OF DOUGLASS. Francis Dudley (l), the immigrant ancestor of the Dudley family of Douglass, Massachusetts, and of Jam^-s Hill Dudley, of Douglass, was born about 1640 n England. He settled in Concord, Massachu.-etts, probably in 1663. It has been thought that he was a relative of Governor Dudley, but the degree of re- lationship is not known. Francis may have been a son of John Dudley, who was living in Charlestown 1655 to 1671. Francis was in King Philip's war and received payment for his service p-ebruary 29, 1675- 76. He married Sarah Wheeler, of Concord, daugh- ter of. George Wheeler, October 26, 1665, and he probably died in Concord. She died December 12, 1713. Their children were: i. Mary, born February g, 1666, married Joseph Fletcher. 2. Joseph, married Abigail Goble, ifigr, died November 3, 1702; his father helped settle his estate. 3. Samuel, born June 27, 1682, of whom later. 4. Sarah, born .\ugiist 4, 1701. 5. John, born March 10, 1675, niarried. .May 16, 1697, Hannah Poulter, of Medford. 6. Benjamin, born March 6. 1681-S2. 7. Francis, niarried (first) Sarah ; (second) Abigail . (II) Samuel Dudley, son of Francis Dudley (i), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, 1682. He re- 266 WORCESTER COUNTY moved from Concord to Littleton, a town adjoining, in 1714-15, and was town clerk there in 171(3-17. The last seven of his children were born at Littleton. He. removed to Sutton, Massachusetts, in 1728, and to Douglass in 1745. He was moderator of the town meeting at Sutton in 1728, was lieutenant of the mili- tary company in 1730, and in 1731 was the first rep- resentative to the general court from Sutton. He was one of the foremost citizens of the town. When the meeting house was seated in 1731-32 he had the first place in the front seat. At that time a man's rank in a community was indicated by his scat in the meeting house. Later he built a pew in the meeting house. He was on the first board of select- men of the town of Douglass and served from 1757 to 1770. He was town clerk of Douglass in 1748 and assessor in 1750. He also held the offices of sealer of weights and measures, constable in 1759 and was on the committee on school money from 1764 to 1768. The Dudley farm where Samuel Dud- ley first settled is on the road between Millbury and Wilkinsonville, and Samuel built the house near the late residence of George Dudley. He was one of the largest owners of land in Sutton. He died at Douglass, May 27, 1777, at an advanced age. He married, November I, 1705, Abigail King, who died August g, 1720. He married (second), 1720, Lydia Wetherbee, who died at Douglass, March 27, 1747. He married (third) ; (fourth) Sarah Sbepard. The children of Samuel, and Sarah (Wheeler) Dudley were: Samuel, Jr., born at Con- cord, July 28, 1705, married Abigail Waters; Francis, born Deceml)er 10, 1706, married Sibyl Leland ; David, born November 4, 1709 (triplet) ; Jonathan (triplet), born November 4, 1709, married Hannah Putnam, daughter of Deacon EJisha, August 18, 1736, died at Sutton, November, 1789; Abigail (triplet), died young; Sarah, born July 28, 1713, at (ioncord; Abigail, born October 28, 1714; Mary, born February 22, 1716; Patty, born September 13, 1718; Roger, born August 9, 1720, married Mary Sibley, May 31, 1743. The children of Samuel and Lydia Dudley were: Paul, born September 24, 1721, died young; Charles, born December 10, 1722, died without issue ; William, born May 28, 1726, of whom later. The only child of the third wife was : Douglass, or Doug- lassette, born September g, 1748. (HI) William Dudley, son of Samuel Dudley (2), was born at Littleton, Massachusetts, May 28, 1726. He removed to Douglass with his father. He was town clerk there many years, selectman from •757 to 1770, was constable in 1759, district clerk from 1762 to 1770, assessor 1764, surveyor of lumber and on many important conunittees. He died Sep- tember 8, 1786. He married Ann Shepherd, of Stoughton, who died January 22, 1799, aged sixty- seven years. His estate was inventoried at 410 pounds, his son Paul administrator. The children of William and Ann Dudley were ; Captain Benja- min, born June 8, 1752, died October 24, 1/31, at Douglass; Major Paul, born at Douglass, August 21, 1758, of whom later; Lemuel, born March 26, 1762, died August 29, 1834; David, born May 29, 1764, died 1783 at Douglass unmarried; Peter, died young; Samuel, died young; Hannah, died August ig, 1766, married Samuel Wallis, of Douglass ; Polly, born 1769, married William Robinson, of Dudley, Febru- ary 26, 1792, resided at Webster; Olive, born 1773, married Asa Chase, of Douglass. (IV) Major Paul Dudley, son of Samuel Dud- ley (3). was born in Douglass, Massachusetts, .Au- gust 21, 1758, and died February 9, 1837, in his eigh- tieth year. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Samuel Baldwin's company. Colonel Dike's regiment, in 1776 and 1777; in Captain Job Knapp's company. Colonel Nathan "Tyler's regiment in 1780; in Captain Edward Seagraves's company. Colonel Wade's regiment in the Rhode Island campaign in 1778. He was also corporal in Captain Ebenezer Everett's company. Colonel Mcintosh's regiment un- der General Lovell later in 1778. He married, October 16, 1781, Dorothy Reed, of Taunton. Their children were: David, born Novem- ber II, 1787, died May 16, 1829; John, born Septem- ber 8, 1791, of whom later; Captain William, born October 29, 1793, married Harriet Cragin, daughter of Benjamin Cragin, January 18, 1816, resided in Worcester; married (second) Mary Cobb, and (third) Sophronia Lincoln; Willard, born Novem- ber 25, 1796, married Eunice Balcom ; Dorothy, born March 29, 1802, married Benjamin Hill, of Douglass; Harriet, born December 15, 1804, married Josiah Adams, of Douglass, May 14, 1823. (V) John Dudley, son of Major Paul Dudley (4), was born at Douglass, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 8, 1791. He settled in Douglass. He married Submit Hill, daughter of Colonel Moses Hill, of Douglass, September 16, 1810. She was born March 3, 1790. Their children were: James Hill, born De- cember 10, 1814, of whom later; Edwin, born April 9, 1812, died young; Emily Hill married Mowry Lapham, of Douglass. (VI) James Hill Dudley, son of John Dudley (5), was born in Douglass, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 10, 1814. He attended the public schools of Douglass and the academy at Dudley. He went to work in the American House, Boston, to learn the hotel business thoroughly in order to be of assistance to his father who was proprietor of the hotel in Douglass. He worked at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Norwich, Connecticut, and elsewhere until 1844, when he returned to his native town and took charge of the hotel. For the next fifty-five years he was the proprietor of the old hotel which had been run by his ancestors and himself from 1750 to 1891. Many famous men were guests of the old hotel, and many interesting incidents have happened there. The story of that old tavern would make a book in itself. Mr. Dudley has not been in active business since he re- tired and closed the hotel. He is living at the ripe old age of ninety-one years (1906), honored and re- spected by his townsmen, who are now all of later generations. Mr. Dudley is a Republican in politics and a Congrcgationalist in religion. He is a member of the Douglass Congregational Church. He has served the town of Douglass as tax collector and selectman. He' married. 1836, Eliza Avery Prentiss, daughter of Joseph Prentiss, a lawyer of Hampton, Connecti- cut. Their children were : Arthur James, born May 7, 18^9, of whom later; Louise Maria, born March 9, 1842, married (first) Harrison Vining, of South- wick, Massachusetts; their only child was Bessie Vining, now living in Roxbur;-, Massaclfusetts ; she married (second) James Manning, of Nevada, but he died in Walpole, Massachusetts; Harriet Eliza, born in Douglass, May 5, 1848, married Edward Nel- son Pickering, of Boston, now living in Chicago, Illinois; they have no children. (VII) .Arthur James Dudley, son of James Hill Dudley (6), was born in Douglass. Massachusetts, May 7, 18^9. He was educated in the public schools at South Windham, Connecticut. He went to work for his father in the hotel at Douglass and managed ^ (^l^Z^. WORCESTER COUNTY 267 the farm which even to tlie present day is the pricie of tlic whole Dudley family. He is a very successful and prominent farmer. In puhlic affairs he is also prominent. He is an active and influential Repub- lican. He has been selectman of his native town and has for a number of years been postmaster of the town. He married, November 12, 1861, Christiania Sarah Hill, daughter of Aaron Hill. She was born Juno 28, 183S. Their children are: Walter John Hill, born August 23, 1862; Guilford Chauncey, born 'March 5, 1864, married (first) Georgie Humes, daughter, ot George Humes, in 1886; their child is Raymond Hill, born June 24, 1887; he married (second) Anna Copp, daughter of Stephen Copp ; Robert Arthur, born in Providence, Rhode Island, 1-^ebruary 23, 1867, married Georgianna Selis, now living at Lxxs Angeles, California ; Louisa Ehza, born March 7, 1870; Ralph Edward, born April 20, 1876, married Lola C. Halloway, of Douglass, 1903 ; children — Edith Christiania, born December 2, 1904; Avis Louise, born February 21, 1906. HENRY H.COOK, of Northboro. Massachusetts, is a descendant of an old New England family. The progenitor of this branch was Joseph Cook, who, with his brother George, came from old to New England in the ship with Rev. Thomas Shepard, The brothers were disguised as servants to Roger Harlakenden to enable them the more easily to em- bark from England. George became an active citi- zen in the Colony, but returned to England the latter part of the year 1645 and became a colonel in Crom- well's army. Joseph remained for a time in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, where he was selectman, town clerk, magistrate and representative. He was also captain of the military company there, succeeding his brother George. In the year 1658 he also re- turned to England, and while a resident of Staman- way, county of Essex, England, conveyed his home- stead in Cambridge and other lands to his son. By wife Elizabeth Joseph Cook had the following chil- dren : Joseph, born December 27, 1643 ; Elizabeth, March 16, 1644-45; Mary, January 30, 1646-47; Grace, December 9, 1648; Ruth, May I, 1650. Joseph Cook, only son of Joseph and Elizabeth Cook, born December 27, 1643, was a graduate of Harvard College. He was representative to the gen- eral court, also lieutenant in Major Gookins" com- pany, and took part in King Philip's war. He mar- ried Martha, daughter of John Stednian, December 4, 1665, and they resided on the homestead in Cam- bridge. Their children were : John, born January 25, 1667-68, died June, 1684; Elizabeth, February 11, 1669-70, died 1687-88; Joseph, September 16, 1671; Hayncs, February i, 1677-78. Haynes Cook, the youngest child of Joseph and Martha (Stcdman) Cook, born February j, 1677-78, married Elizabeth , and had children : Joseph, born November 16, 1702, in Woburn ; John, January 10, 1706, in Woburn ; Josiah, April 13, 1709, in Con- cord ; Samuel, September i, 171 1, in Concord, Tim- othy, October 13, 1714, in Concord; Thomas, January 27, 1729-30, in Concord. Josiah Cook, third son of Haynes and Elizabeth Cook, born April 13, 1709, married Beriah , and had children: Daniel, born May 29, 1740; Char- ity, March 16, 1742; Israel, July 29, 1745; Lezc, Jan- uary 8, 1748; P.eulah, 1760, died 1849. Israel Cook, third of the above named children, was a private in Captain Ephraim Richardson's company, Colonel Asa VVhitcomb's regiment, return date October 6, 1775. He was also in Captain Fortunatus Eager's company. Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment. Marched, December 17, 1776, to re-enforce the army in the Jerseys under General Washington ; returned March 27, 1777, service three months and ten days, roll dated Lancaster, Massachusetts. Daniel Cook, eldest son of Josiah and Beriah Cook, born May 29, 1740, married Sarah Morse, of Southboro, June 6, 1765. At this time he was of Lancaster, Massachusetts, where his brother Israel lived. There was one Daniel Cook from Helling- ham, Massachusetts, who served in the revolutionary war under several captains, namely: Daniels, 1776; Holbrook, 1776; Sabin, 1777; Battle's company. 1777; Ellis' company, 1777, serving in various regi- ments 1777-78-79. The children of Daniel and Sarah (Morse) Cook were: Daniel, born in Warwick. Ezekial, born in Warwick. There was one Ezekial Cook, roll dated Bellingham, Massachusetts, who was lieutenant in Captain Amos Ellis' companj'. Col- onel Benjamin Haw's' regiment, from July 26. 1778, to August 14, 1778, and again in Ellis' company, ^lajor Seth RuUard's Fourth Suffolk County Regi- ment, from July 27, 1780, to August 7, 1780, fourteen days. Daniel Cook, Jr., eldest son of Daniel and Sarah (Morse) Cook, born in Warwick, married Polly Kimball, of Grafton, Massachusetts, January 26, 1800, and settled in Worcester. Their children were : Persis, born February 7, 1802 ; Mary, April 8, 1804; Betsey, November 26, 1806; Nancy Kimball, December 18, 1808; Laura, January 8, 1812; Oliver Kimball, August 24, 1814; Daniel. .August 23, 1819. Ezekial Cook, second son of Daniel and Sarah (Morse) Cook, born in Warwick, married, and their children were : Ezekial and Asa. Asa Cook, second son of Ezekial and Cook, married, and lived in Warwick, Massachusetts. They were the parents ot Henry H., born July 24, 1840, in Warwick, Massachusetts. Henry H. Cook was educated in the common schools. At the outbreak of the civil war, in 1861, he enlisted in the Fir.st Massachusetts Cavalry, and served as a musician. On his return at the close of his service, he was employed in the United States armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and there re- mained until the works were shut down. He then went to New York state, where for a time a like em- ployment was found. In 1866 he went to Colorado, l)Ut soon returned and with his father purchased a farm in Barre, Massachusetts, where he published the Barre Gacctte until 1891, when he removed to Northboro, where he now leads a retired life and is the owner of one of the handsomest homes in the place. He is a radical Republican, and holds mem bership in the Masonic fraternity and the Grand Army of the Republic. Air. Cook married Elizabeth Hunt, widow of Charles Hunt, of Northboro, Massachusetts, 1S91. HYDE FAMILY. William Henry Hyde, of Northboro, Massachusetts, descends from an old New England family, he being the son of Leonard Hyde, and the grandson of Leonard and Jerushy (Leachbridgc) Hyde. Leonard Hyde, Jr., was Iwrn in Boston, Massachusetts, April 13, 1814, and re- ceived his education in the public schools of that city. He was a farmer all of his life, near West Roxbury. He married Anna Maria Cobleigh, of Brookline, Massachusetts, and had the following children: Will- 268 WORCESTER COUNTY iam, see forward ; Alice Maria, born July 4, 1856, married Eugene F. LasscUe, of Union, Maine. William Henry Hyde was born in tbe city of Boston, INlassachusctts. November 13, 1853. He re- ceived bis education tbere, after vvhicb be was em- ployed in a freight oftice for four years as a clerk for the Boston & Albany Railroad Company. In 1875 be went to California, where he was employed as a farmer and about lumber camps. After remain- ing in the west for eighteen months, he returned to Boston and engaged in the stove and plumbing busi- ness, continuing for seventeen years, first working for Allen I\I. Adams. After he had quit that line of employment he engaged in the real estate business on his own account. He followed that in Boston for nine years, and in 1902 came to Northboro, Massachusetts, purchased a farm and settled on it. He is now serving as cattle inspector. He attends the Unitarian Church. Mr. Hyde married Irene A. Coombes, of Rox- bury, born September 27, 1863. One son has been born to Mr. and ]\Irs. Hyde — Clarence Ellis, born in Boston, Massachusetts, April i, 1886, and is still at home. EUGENE F. THAYER, of Worcester county, living at Northboro, was born at Blackstone, Massa- chusetts, November 17, 1853. the son of Welcome Adams and Clarissa (Danforth) Thayer. The grand- father was also named Welcome and his wife was Sally Adams. Welcome Adams Thayer (father), was born at Blackstone, Massachusetts, June, 1820. After completing his schooling at the common schools of his native place he taught school winters and farmed summers for fifteen years. In 1853 he went to Mil- ford, where he farmed and retailed milk. In i860 he moved to Mendon, remaining until 1867, then removed to Blackstone, where he still resides. He is Republican in politics and was for some years deputy sheriff, selectman, and member of the school com- mittee. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and at one time was a Mason. He mar- ried Clarissa Danforth, of Blackstone, Massachu- setts. By this marriage were born the following children: I. George Drake, married Catherine Howe, of Penn.sylvania, and has three children. 2. Sarah Emma, lives at Blackstone. 3. Eugene Frank- lin, see forward. 4. Ellis W., married Mary E. Taft, of Mendon, and they have one child ; they re- side in Blackstone. 5. Clara Eva, resides in Black- stone. 6. Ada, died in 1877. 7. Fred, died in 1877. 8. Albert Welcome, married Hattie Cook, of Con- necticut. 9. Edgar Jerome, a resident of New York. 10. Henry Allen, married Lulu Blake, of Spring- field, Massachusetts, and they have one child, Allen Welcome. Eugene Franklin Thayer obtained his education at Milford, Mendon, and Blackstone, Massachusetts. After leaving school, he purchased a milk route, in which business he was engaged for thirteen years, commencing with a delivery of thirty-five quarts daily and increased his sales to the amount of two hundred and fifty-five quarts. In 1887 he sold his milk business and moved to Upton, where he was employed in the straw works until 1891, when he moved to Northboro and rented his present farm of his father. Later he bought the property, which is a very productive place. He disposes of all liis milk to the Deerfoot Company. Mr. Thayer is a Republican and has been the assessor of the town. Mr. Thayer married Ella Russell Alexander, of LIxbridge, Massachusetts. Mrs. Thayer was born April 2, 1859, daughter of Isaac and Mary Jane Alexander. They have three children. Bertis Eugene, born February 4, 1883, lives in New York; Vivian Adelia. born May 4, 1885, died when fifteen months old ; Edith Leila, born April 16, 1888, still at home. EDWARD AKERS, for the past thirty years a prominent woolen manufacturer of Charlton City, w^as born in Granby, Hampshire county, Massa- chusetts, September 16, 1829, son of Henry and Acnsah (Flunt) Akers. His father served as a sol- dier in the war of 1812-15, and subsequently resided in Granby. Bereft of a father's care during his boyhood, Ed- ward Akers was compelled at an early age to depend chiefly upon his own inherent resources for sub- sistance, and his opportunity for acquiring an edu- cation was therefore limited to an attendance of a few months at the district schools of Palmer, this state. While still a youth he became a textile operative in Ludlow, from whence he went to a cotton mill in Thorndike, a village in the town of Palmer, and he was later employed in woolen mills at Monson, Massachusetts, and Stafford Springs, Connecticut, in which latter place he was advanced to the position of foreman. He subsequently spent a year in Illinois and Wisconsin, and upon his return to Massachusetts resumed work in a satinet mill at Auburn, this county. On January 10, 1875, he en- tered into partnership with Nathan Norris, under the firm name of Akers & Norris, for the purpose of engaging in the manufacture of satinet at Charlton City. This partnership was dissolved three years later, and in 1885 he admitted Mr. F. S. Taylor as junior partner, still retaining the old firm name. This concern is yet engaged in producing satinets of an excellent quality, and Mr. Akers is still actively identified with the business. Politically he is a Re- publican and has served with ability as a member of the board of selectmen for four years, a portion of which time he was its chairman. His religious affiliations are with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he has been officially connected with that society. JNIr. Akers married, January I, 1852, Melina Par- sons, born in Knox, New York, August 15, 1831, daughter of Alpheus Parsons, formerly of Palmer and afterward of Ludlow. Her father died in Iowa about ten years ago, and the death of her mother oc- curred at New Britain, Connecticut, in 1900. Al- pheus Parsons was the father of eleven children. Mr. and Mrs. Akers have had three children, namely : Eugene L., born March 2, 1854; Edith A., born May 3, 1856; and Grace M., born February 10, 1870. Eugene L. died June 13, 1857. Edith A. married, May 24, 1877, Fredrick S. Taylor, her father's busi- ness partner. Grace May married, October 16, 1895, Henry Charles Grimwade, and died February 15, 1903, leaving two children: Roger Maurice, born May 5, iSgS.; and Muriel Grace, born April 22, 1902. JOHN ANDREW KIMBALL. Richard Kim- ball (i), the immigrant ancestor of the late John Andrew Kimball, of Winchendon, Massachusetts, was born at Rattelsden, Suffolk county, IS9S. He came to New England at the age of thirty-nine years with his wife Ursula and children, Henry, aged fifteen ; Elizabeth, aged thirteen ; Richard, aged eleven; Mary, aged nine; Martha, aged five; John, aged three ; Thomas, aged one year, in the ship bcU^r.^^ Cl4.^ WORCESTER COUNTY 269 "Elizabeth," William Andrews, master, from Jpswich, England, sailing April 30, 1OJ4. He settled lirst at Watertowii, Massachusetts, and became a proprietor there. He was admitted a free- man. May 6, 1635. His home lot consisting of six acres was bounded north by the Cambridge line, east by land of W. Hamlet and west by land of Edward White. It is now within the limits of Cambridge, at the corner of Huron avenue and Appeiton street. He was invited to go to Ipswich to live, as there was no wheelwright there. He became a proprietor there in 1637, buying of Goodman Simonds, February 23, 1637, and later receiving various grants there. He was a selectman in 16^5. He was executor of his brother-in-law, Thomas Scott, who died Feb- ruary, 1653-54. He married Ursula Scott in England. She was born in Rattlesden also, daughter of Henry and Martha Scott, and her mother and brother, Thomas Scott, came on the same boat with the Kimballs. Richard Kimball married (second), October 23, 1661, Margaret Dow, widow of Henry Dow, of Hampton, New Hampshire. She died March i, 1675-76. The will of Richard Kimball was dated March 5, 1674, and proved September 28, 1675. It bequeathed to his wife the fultillment of the marriage contract, etc. ; to sons Henry, Richard, John, Thomas, Benjamin, Caleb ; to son-in-law, John Severance ; to daughters Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah ; to various grandchilden; to his wife's children Thomas, Jere- miah and Mary; to the two eldest daughters of Giles Cowes by his lirst wife; and to cousin, Haniell Bosworth. The widow's estate was appraised March I. 1675-76, and administration granted to Thomas and Daniel Dow. Children of Richard and Ursula Kimball were: I. Abigail, born at Rattlesden, died at Salisbury, Massachusetts, June 17, 1658; married John Sever- ance. 2. Henry, born at Rattlesden, about 1619 (or 1616 according to his atfidavit. 3. Elizabeth, born 1621. 4. Richard, see forward. 5. Mary, born at Rattlesden, 1625, married Robert Dutch, of Glouces- ter and Ipswich. 6. Martha, born at Rattlesden, 1629, married Joseph Fowler, son of Philip and Martha, immigrants, in England, 1622; killed by the Indians, May 19, 1676. 7. John, born 1631, died May 6, 1698. 8. Thomas, born 1633, died May 3, 1676. 9. Sarah, born at Watertown, 1635, died June 12, 1690; married, November 24, 1658, Edward Allen, of Ipswich. 10. Benjamin, born at Ipswich, 1637, died June 11, 1695. 11. Caleb, born at Ips- wich, 1639, died 1682. (II) Richard Kimball, son of Richard Kimball (l), was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk county, Eng- land, about 1623, and came to New England with the remainder of his father's family in 1634. He fol- lowed his father's trade of wheelwright. He re- moved to Topslield in 1664. He was a grand juror in 1661. He. removed again to Wcnhani. where he was the very first settler. His place was in the west part of the town near Ladd's Hill, and built his house there. He was a selectman in 1658 and until 1674 except three years. He served on a com- mittee for providing a new meeting house in 1660. The church was built in 1663. He was a soldier in King Philip's war. He died 1676, leaving an estate valued at nine hundred and eighty-fix pounds. He married Mary , who died September 2, 1672 and (second) Mary Gott. Children of Richard and his first wife were: I. John, see forward. 2. Sam- uel, born 1651, at Ipswich, died October 3, 1716. 3. Thomas, born November 12, 1657, died October 16, 1732- 4- Ephraim, born February 18, 1660, at Wen-' ham died January 16, 1731. 5. Caleb, born April 9, 1665, died January 25, 1725-26, at Wenham. 6. Christopher. 7. Richard, born at Rowley, Julv 7, '671, died at October 8, 1672. Children of Richard and Alary (Gott) Kimball were: 8. Child, name unknown, g. Nathaniel, 1676, died September 7 1735- (III) John Kimball, son of Richard Kimljail (2), was born about 1650, at Ipswich, and died alKiut 1721. August 24, 1665, Richard Hubbard conlinncd the Richard Kimball, of Wenham, a farm at Rowley Village, now Boxford, and the son, John Kimball, settled on this land. He was admitted a freeman, March 22, 1688-89. He was a corporal in the mili- tia company. In 1675 lie was collector of taxes. He was dismissed from the Boxford to the Topslield Church in the adjoining town, 1702. His will was dated February 19, 1718, and proved April 15, 1721. He married (first) Sarah , who died July 27, 1706. He married (second), October 29, 1707, Han- nah Burton, born 1686, died October 16, 178^). Chil- dren of John and Sarah Kimball were: i. Sarah, .born September 19, 1669, married William Foster) grandson of Reginald Foster, of Ipswich. 2. Mary, born January 15, 1671, married, July 16, 1694, Ben- jamin Kimball. 3. Richard, see forward. 4. Abi- gail, born April 29, 1677, married, December 14, 1693, Jonathan Foster. 5. Elizabeth, born Septem- ber 28, 1679, died June 24, 1708. 6. Hannah, born April II, 1680, died August 15, 1709. 7. John, born February 7, 1685, died May 10, 1760. (IV) Richard Kimball, son of John Kimball (3), was born September 28, 1673, in Boxford, died April 22, 1753. He resided in the southern part of Boxford, on the place where Major Samuel Pcrley built his house in 1833. He owned a large amount of land and traded considerable in real estate. His will was proved May 7, 1753. He married, Febru- ary 22, 1698-99. Hannah Dornian, daughter of Ephraim Dornian, of Topsfield. She was born 1692 and died March, 1748. There are only fourteen gravestones in the old graveyard where she is buried. Children of Richard and Hannah Kimball were: l. Jacob, see forward. 2. Hannah, born June 30, 1702, married, April 28, 1724, John .\ndrevvs. 3. Aaron, born January, 1704-05, died 1782. 4. Amos, born September 8, 1707, died December 19. 1785, at Rindge, New Hampshire. 6. John, born March 6, I7'3. settled in Boxford. 7. Mary, born February !o, 1715-16. 8. Moses, born August 23, 1718, died at Amherst, New Hampshire. 9. Ephraim, born April II, 1721, settled in Boxford. (V) Jacob Kimball, eldest child of Richard Kim- ball (4), was born in Boxford, Massachusetts, June 9, 1700, married, February II, 1723-4, Sarah Hale, born April 6, 1704. He removed to Andovcr, Mas.Iora, of Worcester. The second wife of John Galvin was Catherine Lavin, widow of Bernard Harvey and daughter of James and Bridget McCormick. By her marriage with Bernard Harvey she had one son, Bernard Harvey, named after his father. By the marriage of John Galvin and Catherine Harvey six children were born, as follows : John, born in Shrewsbury, November 20, 1875; Bridget, born in Shrewsbury, January 15. 1877, died in infancy ; Catherine, born in Shrewsbury, July 7, 1888; Joseph, born in Shrewsbury, May 16, 1890; Margaret, born in Shrewsbury, August 23, 1891 ; William, born in Shrewsbury, September 27, 1894. HARR^• DODGE POLLARD, second son and eldest child of Herbert Lee Pollard and Sarah Ayers Johnson, his wife, both of whom mention is made in this w'ork, was born in New Braintree, Worcester county, Massachusetts, June 23, 1873. He was educated in the public schools in New Brain- tree, Westboro liigh school and Plinman's Business College in Worcester. After leaving school he re- turned home and worked with his father on the farm until he was about twenty-six years old. He then bou.ght a farm near that of his lather and has since managed it on his own account. Mr. Pollard married, November 30, 1899, Kittie Clara Sage, born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, December 6, 1875, daugh- ter of Charles D. Sage and Clara Dixon, his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Pollard have three children: Leroy Herbert, born December 15, 1900; Walter Edwin, born December 17, 1903 ; , born November . 10, 1905. ^ WALKER FAMILY. Although Melvin H. Walker, of Westboro, is not a native of that town, he and his .family, which he established there nearly forty years ago, are among the best known residents, and his personal interest in its welfare goes back to the exciting period of the civil war, when with numerous other patriotic young men he responded to President Lincoln's urgent call for troops to pre- serve the Union. The ancestral line of Melvin H. Walker is traced as follows from (I) Thomas Walker, of Boston, the briekmaker, 1650. He died in 1659, leaving a widow Anne and children, Thomas, Elizabeth, John, Annie, who died 1655, and Samuel. The amount of his estate as per inventory September i, 1659, £323 — 10 — 06. Admin- istration granted to Anne, his late wife, and son Thomas Walker. (II) Thomas Walker and wife Mary, settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Their children were: Thomas, born May 22, 1664; William, July 22, 1666; Sarah, July 25, 1667 ; Hannah, November 26, i()()8, died 1668; Hannah, January 10, 1669; Daniel, No- vember 2, 1672, died 1672 ; Daniel, February 10, 1673; Abigail, October 29, 1679; Elizabeth, March 4, 1680. (HI) William Walker, born July 22, 1666, mar- ried Sarah Goodenow-, May 6, 1686. Lived in Sud- bury and had children : William, born January 19, 168.7 : Sarah, August 20, 1688, died 1688; Thomas, August 15, 1689; Sarah. October 15, 1691 ; John, September, 1693; Mary, October 30, 1706; Hezekiah, October 8, 171 1. (IV) Thomas Walker, Ijorn August 15, 1689, married Elizabeth Maynard, June 6, 171 7. She died October 13, 1723, lived in Sudbury and had chil- dren: Hezekiah, born February 24, 1718; Sarah, December 18, 1720; Nathan, October 17, 1722. (V) Hezekiah Walker, born February 24, 1718, married Hannah Putnam, in Sudbury, April 4. 1738, and had one child born in Sudbury, January 15, 1742-43. He purchased forty-one acres and forty rods of land in Shrewsbury of Daniel How, and re- moved to that place. His first wife died, and he married in Shrewsbury, Sarah Prcscott, of Lan- caster, September 29, 1747. He bought and sold various pieces of land in Worcester county, in the 272 WORCESTER COUNTY towns of lloldcn and Lancaster. Tlie home of the family was chietly in Shrewsbury. Children were, Ruben, born February 11, 1/39. in Sudbury; Rachel, July 8, 1748; Hezekiah, February 14, 1750, baptized in Lancaster May 5, 1751 ; Sarah, baptized there May 29, 1754. (VI) Hezekiah Walker, born February 14, 1750, married Lucy Raymond, intention of marriage dated May 16, 1775. He was a soldier in the war of the revolution, and died December 13, 1837- Children, Sally, born July 28, 1776, died 1778; Lucy, March 29, 1778; William Raymond, November 22, 1780, died 1790; Silas, February 2, 1783; Polly, March 6, 1785; Sally, May 30, 1787; John, May 20, 1789; Persis, June 20, 1791 ; Lydia, August 15, I793; Tabatha, November 28, 1796; Joel, April 8, 1798; Eli. The familv lived in Holden. (VH) Silas Walker, born February 2, 1783, in Holden, married Polly Hubbard, September 25, 1806. He died December 19, 1872. Children, born in Holden, Amos, born September 12, 1807; Silas, December 31, 1811; Charles, February 13, 1814; . Alony, September 30, 1816; Polly, January 29, 1819. (VHI) Silas Walker, Jr., was born in West Boylston, December 31, 181 1. He was reared to the occupation of his ancestors and for a ni.mibcr of years tilled the soil upon his own account in his native town. From West Boylston he n;oved to Barre, this county, where he continued to carry on general farming for some time, and late in life re- moved to Michigan, where his death occurred in 1890, at the age of seventy-nine years. Silas Walker, Jr., married (first), January 9, 1826, Hannah Ful- ler, of West Boylston. Married (second), June 5, 1S35, Louisa Everett, born in .Massachusetts, daugh- ter of Joshua and Ruth (Wood) Everett, of Princeton, Massachusetts. She became the mother of seven children, namely : Jeanette, Irving. Erastus E., Herbert S., Emma L., Myron K. and Melvm H. Jeanette and Herbert S. did not live to maturity. Irving went to the front during the civil war, was captured by the enemy and died in Libby prison. Erastus E. married Mary Lovcll and their children are: Herbert, Rosa and Alfred. Emma L. is the wife of Oscar Rowland and has had two children, one of whom died in infancy. Myron K. married Louisette Stevens and they have two children, Mar- jorie L. and Richard E. Melvin H. Walker was born in Barre, January 23, 1842. He was educated in the public schools. At an early age he came to Westboro, and in i86i enlisted as a private in Company K, Thirteenth Reg- iment, Massachusetts Volunteer infantry, for three years service in the civil war. He participated in several important engagements, in which he won distinction for brave and meritorious conduct, and he was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. He was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service, and returning to Westboro he sub- sequently engaged in the manufacture of shoes in which he became very successful. Mr. Walker was a pioneer in the production of modern factory made footwear in Westboro, and was one of its most prominent business men for many years or until his retirement. Since relinquishing the cares of business he has devoted his energies to the hand- ling of real estate, and he has also spent considerable time in travel. He still retains his interest in local financial affairs, being vice-president of the West- boro Savings Bank, and he also finds time to assist in the management of other institutions of a public character, being a member of the ^school board, a trustee of the Lyman and Industrial School and a member of the Westboro Public Library com- mittee. In politics he is a Republican. He is a comrade of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic. His religious affiliations are with the Baptists and he is a deacon of that church. On May i, 1866, Mr. Walker married Annie M. Moses, born in 1845, daughter of William and Pamelia (Kidder) Moses, of Westboro. Of thii union there are six children, namely: Irving E., Gertrude A., wife of Louis H. Bradley; Florence L., Raymond W., Mary E. and jMelvin H., Jr. DWTNELL FAMILY. The particular branch of the Dwinell family here to be considered has been known in the history of this state less than -a quarter of a century, but in Vermont the family has been known through several generations. Our pres- ent record begins with Archibald Dwinell, who was born in Hyde Park, V^ermont, and came of a sub- stantial old family of that locality. He married twice, but had no children by his first wife. His second wife was Louisa Cook, of Morrisville, Ver- mont, and their four children, born at Hyde Park, were : Frances, Nora, James A. and Carroll A. Dwinell. James A. Dwinell, of whom this sketch is in- tended particularly to 'treat, is a thrifty farmer and milk producer of the town of Barre. He was born in Hyde Park, June 29, 1865, and received his early education in the schools of that place. After leav- ing school he started out for himself and went to Lynn, Massachusetts, where he worked five years in the stitching room of one of the large shoe fac- tories of that city, and afterward for a year was in the employ of the L. A. May House Furnishing Company in the same place. He then married, re- turned to his old home in Vermont and lived there on a farm about two years. At the end of that time he went back to Lynn. In 1890 Mr. Dwinell came to Barre and with his brother-in-law took the farm which he purchased five years later. As a farmer he has made a complete success in business life and now is in comfortable circumstances. He is engaged in general farming pursuits and in con- nection therewith has a large milk route in Barre. He takes an especial interest in practical agricult- ure, is a member of Barre Grange, having been its master two years, overseer one year and al- has held several minor offices in that organization He has been an Odd Fellow about twenty year-, having been initiated in Richard W. Drown Lodye of Lynn when he was twenty-one years old. Po- litically Mr. Dwinell is a Republican. He married Florence A. Pcnton, daughter of John and Hanmiii (Burbank) Penton, of Lynn. They have no children. WILLIAM BARNABAS WALLACE, a sub- stantial farmer of Barre, Worcester county, Massa- chusetts, former secretary of Barre Grange of Pa- trons of Husbandry, a Republican in politics and a Unitarian in religious preference, was born in Barre, October 4, 1833. His father was the late William Wallace, also a native of Barre and a farmer in his business life. He was born February 9, 1802. His father was John Wallace, who married Beulah Allen, and both were descendants of old Ncw^ England stock. William Wallace, son of John and Beulah (Allen) WORCESTER COUNTY 273 ■Wallace, was a man of considerable pnimineiice in bis town three-quarters of a century ago. Me was J farmer, and old line Wliig in politics and at one time was a lieutenant of militia. He married Mary Ann Atwood, born in Barre, a daughter of Barnabas Atwood of that town. They had live children, the eldest if whom, a daughter, died unnamed a few days after her birth. 'J'hc children who grew to matur- ity were as follows: I. William Barnabas, see for- ward. 2. Mary Ann, born in Barre, married Edwin P. Beman, of Hardwick. 3. Caroline Wallace, born in Barre, married Charles L. Warner, of ilardwick. 4. Clara Jane, born in Barre, married Joseph Wal- lace, of Barre. William B. Wallace, eldest of the children above mentioned, received his education in the schools of Barre and was brought up to work. He lived at home and with his father carried on the farm until the death of the latter, and afterward managed the property on his own account, he having become its owner. He is a practical farmer and has made farm- ing a success. For several years he was prominently connected with the organization known as Patrons of Husbandry, and tilled important offices in Barre Grange. In January, 1861, Mr. Wallace married Alary E. Nourse, born in Barre, August 3, 1842, daughter of Francis and Eliza (.Adams) Nourse. Two children were born of this marriage: i. Charles Henry, burn in Barre, October 14, 1863, died December 21, 1886. 2. Mary Ann, born in Barre, October 10, 1865, mar- ried P. M. Harwood and has four children — Eunice Frances, Mary Louise, Alice Lucy and Ralph Wal- lace Harwood. PATRICK FIXNERAN. The Finneran family has a long and honorable history in the old country. The records show that they were prominent in pub- lic affairs as long ago as the year 1000. The grand- father of Patrick was William Finneran, of county Roscommon, Ireland, who married Margaret Glenn. They had ten children. Of these Matthew, the father of Patrick, was the only one who came to America. Matthew F'inneran was born 1804, mar- ried, 1832, Ellen Kelly, coming to America with two children, namely: Patrick, born March 14, 183S ; William, October 27, 1837; Catherine died in Ireland in early life. Matthew Finneran came to Worcester in 1852 and engaged in the contracting business. He was superintendent for Amos Black at the time of his death, January 23, i860. His wife died January 24, 1880. At the age of fifteen Patrick F'inneran came to America with his parents. Though he came of a prominent and wealthy family in Ireland, his folks came at the time of the great emigration when Ire- land was starved into exile by famine and oppres- sion. Coming at such an early age Patrick fell into the ways and adopted the customs and principles of his new country without difficulty or delay. No more patriotic and conservative citizens are to be found in this country today than the Irishmen who came here fifty years ago and grew up with the country. It was a refuge then, but they helped make It what it is today and they are as proud of their citizenship as those whose ancestors came nearly three hundred years ago. The school that Patrick attended when his family came to Worcester stood on the Common near the site of the Soldiers' Monument. He worked morn- ing and evenings while attending school and hel[K'd support the family. That was not unusual then, it iv— 18 is not so common now, though the Worcester even- ing schools and the great correspondence schools that' do business in the county give evidence that the desire for learning and self-improvement is very strong among the boys and girls who have to work for their living or are obliged to support others Patrick worked for twenty years in the wire mill of Washburn & Moen. By shrewd and careful hus- banding of his means he acquired capital enough to venture in business, and for the past thirty years he has been dealing in real estate and growing wealth- ier year by year. In politics he is a staunch Re- publican. He is a faithful nu-niber of Sacred Heart Church (Roman Catholic J. He resides at 23 Col- ton street. Patrick Finneran married Mary Fimieran, Au- gust 18, 1880. Their children were: i. Mary Ellen, born May 28, 1881, a graduate of the Worcester high school, graduate of the Worcester Classical high school, class of 1901, and graduate of State Normal school, class of 1904. 2. Catherine, born September 18, 1883, a graduate of the Worcester high school, graduate of the Worcester Classical high school, 1903, F'ramingham, Massachusetts, Normal school, 1905, and the Oread Institute of Worcester, class of 1906. 3. Gertrude, born Sep- tember 7, 1885, a graduate of the Worcester high school. 4. William Patrick, born June 20, 1888, a graduate of Worcester South high school, class of 1906. PHILIP S. GALE, of Petersham, Massachu- setts, one of the painstaking farmers of Worcester county, was born January 7, 1844, son of Philip and Susan (Johnson) Gale, and grandson of Luther Gale. The father was a native of Bangor, Maine, born July 25, 1804, was educated at Heath, FVanklin county, Maine, turned his attention to farming for some years and later traveled through the country selling brass balls. After three years at the lasi named work, he settled down at Heath and farmed from 1834 to 1865. He was the assessor of his town several years and w'as a member of the legisla- ture in 1859-60. He was a member of the Uiiiver- salist- Church and an excellent type of an old fash- ioned New Englandcr. He married Susan John- son, of Petersham, daughter of Aaron and Bessie Crosset, by whom he had three children: i. Daniel J., born at Heath, August 23, 1842, is unmarried and lives at Petersham. 2. Philip S. 3. Henry A., born December 25, 1846, at Heath, married Georgi- ana Pecks, of Burlington, Vermont. Philip S. Gale was educated at Shelburne Falle and at Suffield high school. He followed farming until he was thirty years of age and then went to Burlington, Vermont, and engaged in tlie meat and ice business, and later removed to Barre, Massa- chusetts, where he engaged in the lumber trade. In 1887 he purchased his present farm and removed to Petersham. He is a Republican in politics, i member of the Unitarian Church, and has served on the parish committees. He was first married to Miss Lizzie Gould, of Heath, and they had one child — Lizzie, born Janu- ary 5, 1873; she is now the wife of Webster Hart and they have two children. Mrs. Gale died Janu- ary 8, 1873. For his second wife he married Susan Yaw, of Heath, a native of Florida. By this union one child was born— Arthur ].. born at Heath, Au gust 7, 1879, now lives at Philippine Islands. Tnr second Mrs. Gale died August 2, i88l. at Petersham. F"or his third wife Mr. Gale married Emma M, 274 WORCESTER COUNTY Johnson, in 1885. She was born at Petersham. May 9, 1854, the daughter of Rufus and Caroline Fisher. Their children were: Philip Rufus, born at Barre, October, 7, 18S5, died February 26, i8g6; George Bryant, born at Petersham, November 7, 1887 ; Fannie D. born January 10, 1892. GREENWOOD FAMILY. Thomas Greenwood (i), the pioneer and progenitor of the family in th/s country, was born in England, it is presumed, in 1643, and died in Newton, Massachusetts, September n, 1693. He came to Newton in 1667, when he was twenty-four years old. He was a weaver by trade, and became a useful and distinguished citizen. He was elected constable at the first meeting, August 27, 1679, when the town was organized and is sup- posed to have been the first town clerk. He was selectman in 1686-87-90-93, His homestall was be- tween that of Captain Prentice and John Ward. He bought it in 1673 of Nathaniel Hammond, and from time to time later bought real estate extensively. His widow administered his estate, which was val- ued at more than four hundred and eighty-one pounds. He married (first) Hannah Ward, daughter of John Ward, Sr., July 8 or 16, 1670. He married (second) Abigail Spring. Children of Thomas and Hannah (Ward) Greenwood were: i, Thomas, born January 23, 1671, died young, 2. Thomas, born July 15, 1673, Harvard College, 1690, minister at Rehoboth, Massachusetts. 3, John, see forward. Children of Thomas and .A.bigail (Spring) Green- wood were: 4. James, born December 19, 1687, ancestor of the HoUiston branch, 5. Deacon Will- iam, ancestor of the Sherborn branch, born Octo- ber 14, 1689. (Hj John Greenwood, tliird child of Thomas Greenwood (i), was born in Newton, about 1675, married Hannah Trowbridge, daughter of Deacon James Trowbridge. She died June 21, 1728, aged fifty-si.K years. He married (second) .\lice Lyon, of Roxbury, in 1729. He was prominent in town affairs for many years. As the squire-justice of the peace — for many years he celebrated nearly all tlie marriages in the town. He was selectman for eighteen years successively after 1711, and was for three years deputy to the general court. He died August 9, 1737, Children of John and Hannah Greenwood were : Thomas, see forward ; Elizabeth, born September 20, 1697; Hannah, born March 4, 1699; Ruth, born October 12, 1701 ; Daniel, Novem- ber 27, 1704; Susanna, born December 21, 1709, lieutenant, selectman and ancestor of some of the Hubhardston family, (HI) Deacon Thomas Greenwood, eldest son of John Greenwood (2), was born in Newton Janu- ary 28, i6g6. He married Lydia . He was even more honored in public life tlian his distinguished father and grandfather. He was deacon of the church, justice of the peace, deputy to the general court for thirteen years, town clerk for the unusual pcrir.d of twenty-three years and selectman four years. He died August 31, 1774. aged seventy-eight years; his will was proved in 1774; his wife Lydia, son Joseph, and son-in-law, Captain John Wood- ward, were the executors. His widow died 1777. aged eighty-five years. Their homestead was in the west parish. Their children: Joseph, see for- ward; John, born May 7, 1725; Thomas, born May 9, 1727, married Esther Hammond, 1750, and re- moved to Holden; Hannah, born May 21, 1729; Abijah, born .April 6, 1731, died 1745, (IV) Joseph Greenwood, eldest son of Deacon Thomas Greenwood (3), of Newton, was born there January 9, 1723. He was a sergeant in the military company of Captain John Bigelow, Colonel John Chandler, Jr,, in the French war of 1758, and went to the relief of Fort William Henry, He settled about the time of his marriage in Holden, 1747, He was town clerk there in 1753 and selectman in 1753-57- He married, August 13, 1747, Sarah Stone, Their children, all on the birth records of Holden, were: Abijah, see forward; Sarah, born November 10, 1750, married James Winch, Octo- ber 10, 1769; Moses, born July i, 1752; .Aaron, born April 20, 1756; Levi, born April 27, 1758; Asa, born January 12, 1762 ; Betty, born March 28, 1766, (V) Abijah Greenwood, eldest child of Joseph Greenwood (4), was born September 24, 1748, at Holden, He and his two brothers Moses and Levi settled in Hubhardston, He went there in 1770 and bought a farm in the eastern part of the town. He was town treasurer from 1800 to 1803 and again in 1809; selectman in 1780-83-87-92-94. He was a revolutionary soldier, a corporal in Captain William Marean's company. Colonel Doolittle's regiment, and marched to Lexington on the alarm April 19, 1775. He married, July 14, 1774, Rhoda Pond, who died July 16, 1782. He married (second) Eliza- beth Marean, October 3, 1783, who died February IS, 1814, aged sixty-five years. He died January g, 1814. Children of Abijah and Rhoda Greenwood were: Ethan, born January 8, 1775, died October 2, 1777; Ethan, born January 26, 1780; Otis, born December 4, 1781. Children of Abijah and Eliza- beth were : Rhoda, born June 20, 1785 ; Silas, see forw'ard ; Mary, born March 24, 1789; Hannah, born May 29, 1791. (VI) Silas Greenwood, fifth child of Abijah Greenwood (5), was born November 19, 1786. He learned the millwright's trade and followed it for a time. Eventually, however, he returned to the homestead for the purpose of caring for his parents in their declining years. He remained a farmer during the remainder of his active life. He re- moved in 1837 to the farm in Hubhardston now owned by his son. He was prominent in town af- fairs; selectman for thirteen years and representa- tive to the general court in 1835. He was a Whig. He was a Unitarian in religious belief. He died at Hubbardston, March 12, 1857; his widow died January 9, 1864, aged seventy-one years. He married, December 8, 181 1, Julia Daniels, who was a native of Hopkinton, Their children were: I. Joseph Emerson, 'born March 14, 1813, married Nancy Clark, December 8, 1840; he died August 31, 1872, 2, Abijah Harrison, born Decem- ber 28, 1814, died January 3, 1864. 3. Silas Mer- rill, born October 21, 1817, married (Talista Hcald, December 8, 1841 ; married (second) Susan Brown- ing, June 2. 1846; resides in Hubbardston. 4, Har- riet, born August 12, 1819, 5, Julia, born October 27, 1820, married Joseph Cheney Murdock (see sketch). 6. Abigail D., born June 12, 1823, married John Browning, resided in Hubbardston. 7. Har- riet, born April 15, 1825, married William J. Eve- lelh. 8. Hannah, born August 2. 1827, married John G. Allen, resided in Hubbardston, but in 1901 removed to Princeton. 9. Alson J., sec forward, (VII) Alson J, Greenwood, youngest child of Silas Greenwood (6), was born in Hubbardston, September 27, 1829. He attended school and as- sisted on the farm during his youth. He learned the shoemaker's trade and followed it for about five WORCESTER COUNTY 275 years. He preferred farming, however, and returned to the homestead. After his father's death he pur- chased the interests of the other heirs, and has since conducted it. The farm contains one hundred and eight acres of improved land. He and his son, Arthur D. Greenwood, also own other real estate amounting to about two hundred acres. They are also interested in the lumber business. The farm is noted for its tine stock and general productive- ness. In politics Mr. Greenwood is a Democrat. He was assessor of the town in 1875-78-81 and has been continuously since then. For the greater part of the period between 1872 and i8g6 he was a se- lectman and for three years chairman of the board of selectmen. He has also been overseer of the poor and collector of taxes. He is a member of Hubbardston Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and has been master and overseer. He is one of the leading farmers of the section, and encourages co- operation for agricultural interests wherever possi- ble. He is a member of the Unitarian Society. He married, March 16, 1853, Martha G. Moul- ton, born July 9. 1833. daughter of Sewell and Polly (Hunting) Moulton, of Hubbardston. Their children: I. Dr. Sewell Elliott, born September 15. 1853, Harvard M. D., 1877, resides in Templeton, Massachusetts; married Charlotte Smith, of Graf- ton, and has three children : Lucius, Arthur, Dorotliy. 2. Silas A., see forward. 3. Arthur D., horn May 23, 1858, married Susie E. Kelton, of Hub- bardston, where they now reside, and has two sons : Ashton H., and Elliott. 4. Grace, born February 3. 1862. married Ernest A. Woodward, of Hubbard- ston, where they now reside ; they have six chil- dren : Harold, Sherman, Helen, Lyman, Alson, Ern- est A.. Woodward, Jr. 5. Harrison, born August 31, 1863. married Alice E. Priest, of Gardner, Mas- sachusetts ; they have two children : Howard P., and Grace. (VHl) Silas A. Greenwood, second child of Alson J. Greenwood (7), was born in Hubbardston. He was educated in the common schools there and in Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Massachu- setts. Afterward he was employed for fne summer seasons in the Prospect Hotel at Princeton; for a year in the grocery store of Charles Davis in Hub- bardston and for two years in a dry goods store in I'^asi Boston. Li 1876 he entered the fire insurance business as a solicitor in Hubbardston, and in the following year removed to Winchendon where he has since resided. He established a fire insurance agency there and it has steadily grown until it is among the largest in that section in volume of busi- ness done. He and his brother Harrison also have a branch agency at Gardner. Mr. (ireenwood is a director of the Westminster National Bank of Gardner, and since the organization of the Winch- endon Co-operative Bank, in 1891, has been treas- urer. He is a member and for five years served on the executive board and was chairman of the parish committee of the Unitarian Church. He is a Republican, but has never been active in politics. He is a member of Manomonack Lodge. No. I2i, Odd Fellows, and was its noble grand for two terms. Is president of the Past Grands Club of Winchendon. Is a member of King David Encamp- ment, No. 42, and of Grand Canton Hebron, of Fitchburg. He belongs to Watatic Tribe of Red Men, and Winchendon Grange, Patrons of Hus- bandry. He is a member of VVorcestcr North Board of l^'ire Lhiderwriters. He married, November 25, 1879, Sibyl H. Brown- mg. born March 9, 1857, daughter of James and Ann W. (Whittemore) Browning, of Hubbardston. Her father was a mechanic. The only child of Silas A. and Sibyl 11. Greenwood is — Robert Browning, born at Winchendon, May 23, 1884. He is a gradu- ate of the first class given "diplomas at Clark Col- lege, Worcester, in 1904, when President Roosevelt presented the diplomas. He is a clerk in the hard- ware store of Leland & Brooks in Winchendon. RUSSELL FAMILY. William Russell (1), im- migrant ancestor of Dr. V. W. Russell, of Winchen- don, Massachusetts, was born in England. He came to this country and settled in Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, about 1636, and became a proprietor in 1645. He was a carpenter by trade, also a yeoman. He and his wife Martha belonged to the Cambridge Church in 1645. He died February 14, 1662. His widow married, March 24, 1665, Humphrey Brad- shaw. She married (third), 1683, Thomas Hall. She signed the Billerica deed in behalf of her former husband, William Russell. She died in 1694. Chil- dren of William and Martha Russell: I. Joseph, born in England, 1636, married, June 23, 1662, Mary Belcher. 2. Benjamin, born in England, married Rebecca . 3. Phebe, died July 8, 1642. 4. John, born September ii, 1645, at Cambridge. 5. Martha. 6. Philip, see forward. 7. William, Jr., born April 28, 1655, married Abigail Winship. 8. Jason, born November 14, 1658, married, June 27, 1684, Mary Hubbard. 9. Joyce, born March 31, 1660. married, October 13, 1680, Edtnund Rice, of Sudbury (see Rice Family). (II) Philip Russell, son of William Rus.scll (i). was born in Cambridge, 1650. He lived in Cam- bridge and in that section of Cambridge that be- came Lexington. He was selectman of Cambridge 1700-01, although living in Cambridge F'arms at the time. He was a subscriber to the building fund of the meeting house at Cambridge Farms in 1692, and later was on the committee to seat the meeting house. He married, April 19, 1680, Joanna Cutler, daughter of James and Phebe (Page) Cutler. Jo- anna died Novemljer 26, 1703, aged forty-three years. Mr. Russell married (second), October 18, 1705, Sarah Brooks, of Medfield. He died February 7, 1730. The children of Philip and Joanna Russell : I. Joanna, born December 30, 1684, married, 1716, William Munroe. 2. Philip. Jr., born September 18, 1688, died Marcli 3. 1773, aged eighty-live years. 3. Samuel, born January 12, 1691. 4. Jemima, born 1692, married William Locke. 5. James, married Mary . 6. William, .see forward. 7. Sarah, married, April 26, 1739, Joseph Russell. 8. Abigail, born October 27, 1700, married Sprague. 9. Susanna, born (October 27. 1706. (HI) Captain William Russell, son of Philip Russell (2), was born in 1-exington, Massachusetts, aljout 1695. He Ix^came captain of the military com- pany. In 1722-23 he was constable of Lexington. Children of Captain William and Elizabeth Russell, all born in Lexington, were: I. Nathaniel, see for- ward. 2. Lydia, baptized June 3, 171 1. 3. Sub- mit, baptized December 28. 1712. 4. Joel, baptized .\ugust 2, 1716. selttled at Rindge, New Hampshire. (IV) Nathaniel Russell, son of Captain Will- iam Russell (3), was baptized at Lexington, Mas- sachusetts, F'cbrnary 23, 1707. He removed to Littleton about 1728. He studied law and practiced his profession in Littleton, became a leading citizen, acquired considerable property. He was a justice of the peace and performed 276 WORCESTER COUNTY many of the marriages in his time. lie filled the important town offices in succession. September 20, 1754. he gave the town a new record book. He died 1763 and his widow removed to Rindge, New Hampshire, to live with her son, Nathaniel Russell, Jr. Their children: I. Na- thaniel, see forward. 2. Abigail, born March 10, 1728. 3. Isaac, born August 26, 1729, married Mary , and, had son Jeremiah. (V) Nathaniel Russell, son of Nathaniel Rus- sell (4), was born in Littleton, Massachusetts, De- cember 27, 17,^3, married, November 13, 1755, Abi- gail Goldsmith, and with three children removed from Littleton, Massachusetts, to Rindge, New Hampshire, in 1762. He settled on the farm now or late of William E. Robbins, where he continued to reside until his death. Few men appear to have been more useful or to have exerted an equal influ- ence in public al?airs. Among the proprietors pre- vious to incorporation in 1768, he took an active part in founding the town and was elected on the first board of selectmen, of which he was chairman, and was re-elected in 1769-70-75- He was also the first town clerk and transcribed the records for the years 17O8-O9-70; he was constable in 1776. He was often called upon to settle the estates of deceased persons. He was active in procuring the establish- ment of the .public school and himself served as the first teacher. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain Hale's company in 1775 and was on the Rindge committee of safety and correspond- ence in 1775-76-79- , , , His wife Abigail died in September, 1769, and was buried on the twenty-ninth. He married (sec- ond), March 26, 1770, Anna (Worcester) Thayer, born in Littleton, August 16, 1736, widcw of Elia- kim Thayer and daughter of Joseph and Ann Wor- cester. He died of spotted fever, January i, 1812; his widow died September 23, 1825, aged eighty-nine years. Their children : i. Abigail, born November 30, 1756, married Samuel Russell. 2. Mara, born April 5, 1758, married David Hale. 3. Nathaniel, born December 29, I7S9. died 1762. 4- Nathaniel, born July 30, 1762, married December 16, 1790, Betty Towne, of Rindge, removed to Jamaica, Vermont. 5. Hannah, born October 19, 1764, married Jonathan Towne, removed to Walpole, New Hampshire. -6. Son, and 7. Daughter, born and died May 23, 1766. 8. Thomas, born July 15, 1767, died unmarried July 14, 1825. 9. Daughter, born and died September II, 1769. Children of Nathaniel and Anna Russell: 10. Eliakim, see forward. 11. Anna, born May 9, 1772, died young. 12. Simeon, born October 30, 1774. 13. Anna, born September 19. 1776, married, March, 1806, Daniel Giles; resided in Ipswich, where she died 1816. 14. Mary, born June 16, 1778, died un- married, July II, 1853. (VI) Eliakim Russell, son of Nathaniel Rus- sell (5), was born in Rindge, New Hampshire, March i, 1771, married, November 17, 1796, Sarah Converse, born at Rindge, March 15, 1776, daughter of Zcbulon and Sarah (Mcrriam) Converse. Mcr father was born March 21, 1744, son of Joshua Con- verse, the pioneer at Rindge, who was born at Wo- burn, June 3, 1704. His father was John Converse, born August 22, 1673, the son of the immigrant. En- sign James Converse, and grandson of Deacon Ed- ward Converse. (See sketch of the Converse fam- ily). Eliakim Russell made his home in Rindge until shortly before his death, when he removed to Ashburnham, Massachusetts, with his wife to live with his daughter, Mrs. Brooks. He died November 4, 1859, aged nearly eighty-nine years; his wife died June 21, 1863, aged eighty-seven years and three months. Their children: I. Eusebia, born September 14, 1797, married, October 23, 1823, Alvan Ward, son of Samuel and Ruth (Townsend) Ward; resided in Ashburnham and had eight children. 2. William, born March 3,' 1799, married Mary Bradish, of Win- chendon. 3. Sarah, born June 30, 1800, married Samuel Forrister, of Framingham; resided in Natick. 4. Nathaniel Converse, born May 13, 1803, married, January 31, 1833, Mary A. Gibson, daughter of Abel and Achsah (PuiYer) Gibson, of Sudbury; had six children ; resided in Rindge. 5. Lucinda, born May 9, 1805, died August 7, 1808. 6. Levi,, born April 23, 1807, married, April 5, 1838, Eliza Hale, daughter of Nathan. 7. Rufus, born April 4, 1809, married, April 23. 1838, Abby H. Forrister, of Framingham ; resided in Marlborough and Fram- ingham ; had four children. 8. Lucinda, born Feb- ruary 16, 181 1, died December 23, 1815. 9. Lucy, born July 18, 1812, married William Brooks, of Ash- burnham, and (second) Rev. Isaac Peaslee, of Sut- ton, New Hampshire. 10. Ira, see forward. II. Anna Worcester, born August 19, 1817, married, September 8, 1852, Caleb Howard, son of Benjamin Howard, of Ashby. 12. Eliakim Thayer, born April 14, 1820, married, October 21, 1862, Lydia A. Eveluth, of Jaff rey. New Hampshire ; resided in Natick, Mas- sachusetts, where his sister, Mrs. Forrister, settled ; children — Alice L., liorn September 2, 1864; Stella L.,. born September 7, 1867; Theodore F., born August 10, 1872. (VII) Dr. Ira Russell, son of Eliakim Russell (6), was born in Rindge, New Hampshire, Novem- ber 9. 1814, died at Winchendon, Massachusetts, De- comber ly, 188S. Very early in boyhood he was ob- liged to make his own way in the world and with great self-denial and perseverance sought for and won an education. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1841 and began tlie study of medicine under Dr. Drix Cro.sby. of Hanover, New Hamp- shire. Dr. Abell, of Rindge, and Dr. Alvah Codding, of Winchendon, Massachusetts. He attended med- ical lectures in New York City and was graduated from the medical school of the University of the City of New York in 1844. He was appointed dis- trict physician in the New York Hospital, where he had the opportunity for a large and varied profes- sional experience. He was among the first to study and make use of the stethoscope. Indeed all his life Dr. Russell was in the van of medical progress, adopting improved instruments and modern methods. He spent several months in New York, when he was nearly sixty years old, studying the use of microscope in medicine and surgery. He entered private prac- tice in Winchendon, Massachusetts, where he was associated with Dr. Codding and later alone. In 1853, after nine years of successful practice, he was invited by a committee of citizens to locate at Natick, Massachusetts, and he accepted the oppor- tunity and took a leading position and had an ex- tensive practice. In 1861 he entered the Union Army as surgeon of the Eleventh Regiment. Massachusetts Volunteers, Colonel Blaisdell— a body that Avon an enviable repu- tation in the command of "Fighting Jo" Hooker. Soon after the battles about Yorktown he was pro- moted to the post of surgeon of the United States Volunteers and assigned to Hooker's division. His executive ability attracted attention, and he was next ordered to Baltimore to organize the Stuart Mansion y-T^XU c£^ WORCESTER COUNTY 277 Hospital, of wliich he remained in cliarse until iSn- vcmber, 1862. He was then ordered to St. Louis to equip the Lavvson Hospital. In December follow- ing he was appointed medical director of Northwest Arkansas, and while there had charge of the wounded men after the battle of Prairie Grove. His report forwarded to Washington after this battle is said to have been the most complete of any of the kind during the war. In February, 1863, he was placed in charge of the general and post hospitals at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, which, under his administration, became one of the largest hospi- tals of the war. While on duty at St. Louis he was a prominent figure in the benevolent and official life of the city and made many friends. He was trans- ferred to the statf of General Thomas in December. 1864, and he organized the Wilson General Hospital for colored troops at Nashville, Tennessee. Here he did much scientific investigation and research, and his papers written then have had a permanent place in medical literature. At the close of the war he was breveted lieuten- ant-colonel for long and meritorious service. He spent the next year with the United States Sanitary Commission in extensive travel and research. In 1867 he returned to Winchendon, where he again en- tered private practice. In 1875 he began the most important work of his eventful life — his long cher- ished idea of a home for patients suffering from mental disorders, the opium and alcohol habits. He established his sanitarium in a spacious mansion in Winchendon, with cottages annexed, in the midst of ample grounds, on an eminence overlooking the town and the valley of Miller's river. From the windows a superjj range of hills and mountains can be seen, reaching from Mount Wachusett in the southeast to Mount Monadnock in the northwest. All the conveniences of a modern home are added to the freedom and advantages of a farm life. The Highlands, as it is called, is conducted like a home as nearly as possible, rather than like an institution or hotel. In some cases companions are provided for the patients, who have the greatest possible liberty and are free from every suggestion of sickness as far as possible. The Highland proved a successful institution. Dr. Russell remained at the head of the ' Highlands to the time of his death. He was a man of sturdy and powerful frame, of great vigor of mind and almost unique devotion to his profession and his patients. He inarried, .-Xpril 23, 1844, Rowena Greenwood, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Woodbury) Green- wood, of Winchendon^ She died in 1875 'I'ld he married (second), in 1876, Josephine A. Lees, who survived him. Children of Dr. Ira and Rowena Russell were: I. Frederick William, see forward. 2^ Sarah Jennie, born January 11, 1846, married Hrwin H. Walcott. son of Jonathan and Henrietta (.Mills) Walcott, of Natick; he is a prominent news- paper writer and editor and has resided at Natick, .Massachusetts; St. John^bury, Vermont; Boston, .Massachusetts, and now at Wellesley, Massachusetts, secretary of the Boston Merchants' Association and connected with the legal department of the Boston Flevatcd Railroad. 3. Frances Elizabeth, born Feb- ruary 18, 1848, died April 14. 1849. (VIII) Frederick William Russell, M. D., son of Dr. Ira Russell (7), was born in Winchendon, January 27, 1845. He was educated at the public schools of Natick, .Massachusetts, and at Harvard University, where he graduated in i86g. During the civil war he served in the Hospital Corps. In 1870 he recuved liis degree of Medical Doctor from the Medical School of the University of the City of New ^'ork, and supplemented his professional trainmg by studies in Vienna schools and hospitals. He was associated with his father in practice at Winchendon and in the establishment of the Highlands, to which he has devoted most of his attention. After the death of his father he became the proprietor of the Highlands and has develoi)ed it along the original idea, achieving success both in a professional and business way. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Boston Society of Psyciiiatry and Neurology; the Red men; Boston Society of Na- tural History; Cambridge Kntomological Club; chairman of the Board of Health of Winchendon and chairman of the Water Connnissioners. He has taken a very active part in all the important im- provements of the town during the past twenty-five years, including sidewalks and water works, electric lights, co-operative bank, etc. He married, June 11, 1872, Caroline E. Marvin, daughter of Rev. A. P. Marvin, the historian and genealogist, and his wife Caroline (Holbrook) Mar- vin. Their children are: i. Rowena Mary, born P'ebruary 6, 1881, attended private school in Boston and Mount Holyoke Seminary ; married, August 28, igoi, Franklin Jerome Hall, M. D., of Dallas, Texas; they have two children — William Russell Hall, born .■\ugust II, 1903; and Franklin Marvin Hall, born May 27, 1905. 2. Dorothea Marvin, born June 9, 1884, died December 9, 1889. 3. Walter Marvin, born .April 12, 1887, graduated from the Concord, Massa- chusetts, high school and is now studying chemistry in Boston. HERBERT S.-VWYER WILDER,^ a prominent public official of Sterling, is a son of Fanson and Mary (Beaman) Wilder, grandson of Jonathan and Betsey (Roper) Wilder, and a lineal descendant of Thomas Wilder, who settled there in 1659. His brothers, Moses H. and P'rederick E. Wilder, are represented in this work and reference to the early history of this family will be found in the sketches of each of these well-known Sterling residents. Jonathan Wilder served as overseer of the poor of Sterling for a period of twenty-seven years, and held other town offices, acted as peace-maker or arbiter between his neiglibors, and also settled their estates. -As the matter of obtaining justice in the courts was a difficult one in those days, owing to the long distance to travel and the expense attendhig litigation, it was customary for the people of Sterlmg to submit their differences to the judgment of Jon- athan Wilder, who, in the exercise of his good offices in their behalf, invariably displayed such wisdom and impartiality as to cause his decisions to be ac- cepted by the litigant as both satisfactory and final, and he was therefore a useful as well as a prominent man in the community. p'anson Wilder, father of Herbert S. Wilder, was lx>rn in Sterling, September, 1824. and, with the ex- ception of a short time spent m some of the western states during his early manhood, his life was for the most part devoted to agriculture in his native town. His wife Mary (Beaman) Wilder, who is now re- siding with her son Moses H., belonged to a vviU- known family of Sterling, which was established there in 1720 by Gamaliel Beaman, the first white settler The Beamans intermarried v.itli the his- toric White familv, the descendants ol William and Susanna (Iniller) White, the .Mayllower Pilgrims, through their son Peregrine, whose birth in the cabin 278 WORCESTER COUNTY of tile Mayflower on November 20, 1620, is regarded with more tlian ordinary interest, as he was the first Christiaii child born in New England. Faiison and Mary (Beaman) Wilder had a family of six children, namely: Frederick Ellery, Moses Henry, Harriet, Sarah Jane, Josephine B. and Herbert Sawyer, see forward. Born in Sterling, April 11, 1865, Herbert Sawyer Wilder was educated in the public schools, and at an early age he adopted agriculture as a means of live- lihood. After working as a farmer's assistant for some time, he accepted the superintendcncy of the Pratt stock-farni, which he retained for more than ten years, and since relintjuisliing that position has been engaged at intervals in butchering and also at the carpenter's trade in the employ of his brother, Frederick E. Wilder, the well-known builder. Through his own efforts he has established a com- fortable home for his family, and he supports it by an industry which, in a man of his energy and perseverance, invariably continues unabated as long as physical endurance will permit. His genuine frankness and sincerity of purpose have- won the esteem and confidence of his fellow-townsmen, and he is now serving with ability in the position held for so many years by his sturdy grandfather, that of overseer of the poor. Although cordially in sym- pathy with the principles of the Republican party, his liberal views enables him to recognize and appre- ciate the conmicndable features in the doctrine of other pojitical factions, and he accordingly uses his elective privileges independently when, in his estima- tion the interests of the town, state or nation would be benefitted by so doing. His fraternal affiliations are with the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a member of the Unitarian Church. In 1890 Mr. Wilder was joined in marriage with Miss Agnes Warren, daughter of William and Jane Warren, of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Wilder have two children : Frederick Earle, born May 29, 1&J4 ; and Galen Fanson, born September g, 1898. MRS. FRANK STARRETT, wife of Frank Starrett, deceased, was before marriage, Miss Lena Hoehm, daughter of Rev. Henry Hoehm, who was the pastor of Christopher Street Lutheran Church of New York city at the outbreak of the civil war, and who went to the front as a chaplain in a New York regiment and never returned. He contracted, sick- ness from undue exposure, from which he died while at the front. Mrs. Starrett was united in marriage to Mr. Starrett, July 12, 1887. (See other notices of these families elsewhere in this work.) I-'rank Starrett was the son of L. S. Starrett, and his mother was a de- scendent of the Bartlett who signed the Declaration of Independence. One of his maternal grandfathers educated Horace Greeley. He was the secretary of the L. S. Starrett Company of Athol, Massachu- setts. Mr. Starrett died January, 1904. The chil- dren born to Mr. and Mrs. Starrett were: Arthur, born November 27, 1885, a graduate of Erskine Academy of Maine, and is now connected with the plant of the Starrett Manufacturing Company. Mil- dred, born August 9, 1888, a student at the NorthlU-ld Seminary. Sarah, born November 25, 1889. now in the high school. Frank, born July 16, 1891, now a pupil in the high school at Athol. Dora, born Sep- tember 13, 1893. Carrie, born January 19. 1898. Philip, born July 28, 1899. John, born September 28, 1903. Dora, Carrie, Philip and John are all at- tending school at this dat(; (1906). PAUL CUNNINGHAM, a prominent agricul- turist of Bolton, Massachusetts, and one of the most successful breeders of Jersey cattle in Worcester county, is a son of John Adams Cunningham and belongs to an old Dorchester family of repute, which was established there at an early date in the colonia^ period. His grandfather, John Adams Cunningham, 1st, who was born February i, 1789, married, March 21, 1816, Mary Ann Loring, of Boston, whose birth took place January 3, 1792. Their children were: I. John Adams, 2d, sec forward. 2. Ann Greeley, born in 1820, died January ig, 1870. 3. Caleb Loring, born November 22, 1821, married Clementina Tru- fants, of Boston. 4. Edward, born February 23, 1823. died in 1889; mari-ied F'anny M. Carey, of Boston, and had a family of seven children. 5. Frances, born April 6, 1824, died November 25, 1848. 6. Mary Ann. born July 13, 1825, died October 14, 1847. 7. Francis, born August, 1829, died April 16, 1857. 8. Arthur, born May 27. 1831, married Alice Merritt. He died October 26, 1886. John Adams Cunningham, father of Paul Cun- ningham, was born in Dorchester, June 13. 1818, His early education was acquired in the Dorchester public schools, from which he entered the Boston high school, and after the completion of his studies began his business career in the employ of R. G. Shaw, of Boston. He shortly afterward went to sea in the capacity of "supercargo'' of a merchant- man, and taking kindly to a seafaring life his natural ability enabled him in an unusually short space of time to become a master mariner. About the year 1850 he became associated in business with his brother in Boston under the firm name of Cunning- ham Brothers. That partnership continued some ten years, at the expiration of which time he ac- quired an interest in the firm of Russell and Com- pany, an extensive American shipping house in Shanghai, China, and upon his return to Boston, after an absence of some four years, he retired. In 1874 lie settled permanently upon a valuable agricul- tural estate in Bolton, where he thenceforward in- terested himself quite extensively in raising thorough- bred Jersey stock, and he was one of the pioneers in producing that particular breed of cattle in Worces- ter county. Captain Cunningham was a prominent luember of the Unitarian Church, and evinced a lively interest in the welfare of that denomination. On June 5, 1850, he married Alice H. Haskell, of Boston, who later accompanied him to China. She is a sister of Mrs. George C. Lee, of Boston, whose daughter was the first wife of President Roosevelt, and Mrs. Cunningham is therefore the great-aunt of the former Alice Roosevelt, daughter of the president by his first marriage. John Adams and Alice (Has- kell) Cunningham became the parents of eleven children, namely: Alice II., born May 5, 185 1 ; Charles Greeley, born July 9, 1852 ; Francis Hatha- way, born April 24, 1854; Caleb Loring, born No- vember 16, 1855; Annie Greeley, born August 13, 1857 : John Adams, Jr. , born October 19, 1859 ; Marion Shaw, born February 3. 1861 ; Paul, see for- ward; Rachel, born January 8, 1865; William Loring, born December 25. 1868 ; and Frederick Haskell, born March 30. 1870. Alice IL. who died June 11, 1900, married Francis William Rotch Ware, of Mil- ton, Massachusetts, and was the mother of seven children. Charles Greelev Cunningham married Ida M. Carey, of Boston. Francis Hathaway Cunnitig- ham died February 20, 1861. Caleb Loring married Ann Payson. of Milton, .\nnie Greeley Cunningham is the wife of William Edison Howe, of Bolton, and I'KAXK IC. STAkRKTT JOHN" HANCOCK DAY WORCESTER COUNTY 2/9 has three children. Jolin Adams Cuniiingliani, Jr., married Sarah Ford, of Boston, and has two chil- dren. Marion Shaw died June 21, 1862. Rachel, who is unmarried, resides at the homestead in Bol- ton. William Loring Cunningham died July 31, 1887. Frederick Haskell Cunningham is still living. Paul Cunningham was born in Bolton, November 8, 1864. From the public schools of Bolton he went to the Boston high school, and after graduating he entered upon a business career in that city. A year later he went to Minnesota, where he entered the service of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail- way, and in the interest of the system he travelled extensively through the western states and territories. Returning to Bolton in 1900 he succeeded his father in managing the estate, and he has also continued with equal success the breeding of fancy Jersey cat- tle, for which the elder Cunningham had established and perfected unusually excellent facilities. He is a well-known figure at the more important cattle shows and county fairs, where he has been awarded numer- ous prizes, and his strain of Jersey stock is con- sidered by experts as being among the very finest in New England. Mr. Cunningham takes a lively in- terest in political affairs, local, state and national, de- voting his energy and influence to the welfare of the Republican party when occasion demands, and in ad- dition to serving as chairman of the town com- mittee he has attended as a delegate several party conventions. JOHN HANCOCK DAY, born in Webster (then Dudley), October 27, 1787, was a son of Colonel Jon- athan Day, an early settler in that town, an exten- sive farmer and real estate owner prior to the de- velopment of Webster as an industrial town. His death occurred in May, 1813. On May 21, 1767, he married Mary Mayo, of Oxford, this county, and their children were : Jabez, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Anna and John Hancock. Colonel Jonathan Day won his title as a soldier in the Patriot army during the revolutionary war. There was a personal friendship existing between him and John Hancock, whose name so firmly and with chirographic grace heads the list of signers to the immortal document declaring our independence, and he named his son after his friend. The active period of the life of John Hancock Day was devoted to agricultural pursuits, and he was one of the most prominent citizens of Webster in his day, participating actively in civic affairs and serving as a selectman for many years. He married Martha Kidder, born in Wardsboro, Vermont, in 1796, daughter of Samuel and Zilpha (Bacon) Kidder. John Hancock Day died October 27, 1865, surviving his wife, whose death occurred in the previous year. They were the parents of seven children, namely : John, born September 27, 1827; Samuel; Kidder, died aged eight years; Augustus Eddy; Martha, see forward; Lucien, died in infancy; Larned, now de- ceased. Martha Day was born in Webster, January 8, 1829. She was educated in the schools of her na- tive town, where she has passed the major portion of her life, and is consequently familiar with the var- ious changes and improvements that have taken place there during the last half century. On Octo- ber 27, 1870, she married W. L. Burleson, a native of Jcwett City, Connecticut, son of Edward Burleson, and a member of a highly reputable family of that locality. W. L. Burleson was a machinist by trade and a mechanic of recognized ability. He died De- cember 20. 1890. By a former marriage he had two children, Allen B. and John Edwin Burleson. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Burleson has no children. EDGAR HORACE CLAPP. There were at least five mnnigrants by the name of Clapp who were early arrivals in Boston. They were cousins and their names were Roger, Thomas, Edward. Nicholas and John. Roger Clapp was prominently identified with the early settlement of Boston, having organized and commanded the military forces for its defence. Thomas, Nicholas and John settled in Dorchester. The late Edgar Horace Clapp, of Barre. was a lineal descendant in the eighth generation of the above- named Thomas, and the line of descent is through Thomas (2), Thomas (3), Thomas (4), Timothy (5). Samuel. (6), and Horace (7). Thomas Clapp was born in England in 1597, son of Richard Clapp. It is quite probable tliaf he ar- rived at Boston from Weymouth, luigland, July 24, ^(>33- His name appears in the records of Dorches- ter the following year, and he was admitted a free- man there in 1638. According to Farmer's "Genealo- gical Register" he removed from Dorchester to Wey- mouth, Massachusetts, and from thence to Scituate, where he was a deacon of the church in 1647, and in 1675 was chosen one of a committee of three to formally notify the Second Church by letter that a reconciliation between the two churches had been ef- fected after a controversy of thirty years. He served as deputy to the general court in 1649, and as over- seer of the poor in 1667, being the first to hold the latter office. He died April 20, 1684. The Christian name of his wife was Abigail. His children were: Thomas, Increase. Samuel, Eleazer, Elizabeth, Pru- dence, John and Abigail. Thomas Clapp, eldest son of Thomas and .-Xbigail Clapp, was born in Weymouth, March 15, 1639. His occupation was that of a housewright, which he fol- lowxd in Dedham, having located there in or prior to 1663, and he died there in 1691. November 10. 1662, he married Mary Fisher, and their eight children were named : Thomas, John, Joshua, Mary, Eliza, Abigail, Hannah and Samuel. Thomas Clapp. eldest son of Thomas and Mary Clapp, was born in Dedham, September 26, 1663, and died there January 28, 1704. He was a farmer. .The maiden name of his wife cannot be ascertained, but her Christian name was Mary, and about 1709 she married for her second husband a Mr. Jennery. Of her first imion there were seven children, namely : Thomas, Mary, Deborah, Mehitable, Stephen, Han- nah and Elizabeth. The birth of Thomas Clapp, the first born of the preceding Thomas and Mary Clapp, took place in Dedham about the year 1686. Although but eighteen years old when his father died, he seems to have been well able to care for his younger brothers and sisters, who were dependent upon him for support, and upon attaining his majority he was appointed their guardian. He was a blacksmith by trade, but followed agriculture during the latter years of his life, which terminated February 18. 1741, at the age of about fifty-five years. Again the records fail to give the maiden surname of his wife, who was bap- tized Hannah. He was the father of at least nine children, and their names were: Hannah, Mary, Thomas, James, Abigail, Elizabeth, Sarah, Hepzibah and Timothy. Timothy Clapp, youngest son of Thomas and Hannah Clapp, was born in Dedham, December 24, 28o WORCESTER COUNTY l"33- He settled in Sharon, where he died in iSii, and some of his descendants are still residing in that town. He married Rhoda Withcrell, and his chil- dren were: Thomas, Sanntel, Renben and Hep- zibah. Samuel Clapp, second son of Timothy and Rhoda Clapp, was born November 9, 1769. The greater part of his life was spent in Sharon and his aeath occurred in that town, Februar>- 18, 1846, at the age of seventy-six years. On October 18, 1795, he mar- ried Abigail Paul, born in Dedham, March 6, 1777, died December 23, 1869, at the advanced age of nine- ty-two years, nine months and tiftecn days. SannicI and Abigail Clapp were the parents of twelve chil- dren, namely : Reuben, Samuel, Isaac P., Abigail, Betsey, Horace, Luther, Warren, Albert, Emily J., Elbridge and George. Horace Clapp, fourth son of Samuel and Abigail Clapp, and father of Edgar H. Clapp, was born in Sharon, April 12, 1809. He went to Charlotte, Maine, where he resided for some time, but returned to Ashland in 1857. His death occurred November 21, 1847, the day following that of his brother Reu- ben, and the unusual event of a double funeral took place in Sharon on November 23. The mortal re- mains of both were buried side by side in the ceme- tery at Sharon, which is located in the immediate vicinity of the home of their childhood. Horace Clapp married Sarah Fisher for his first wife and Emily Fisher for his second wife. His children, all of his first union, are : Elzina S., Edgar H. and Laura C. Edgar Horace Clapp, only son of Horace and Sarah Clapp, was born at the family homestead in Sharon, February 16, 1839. He acquired his educa- tion in Charlotte, Maine, and prior to his majority accompanied his parents to Ashland, where he re- mained for some time. Going to West Groton, this state, he found employment in a leather board manu- factory and eventually became its superintendent. He also served in the same capacity at the Charles River Mill for over thirty years. He was at length enabled to relinquish the duties which he had ably and faithfully performed for so many years, and re- tiring to a farm in Barre he devoted the rernainder of his life to agricultural pursuits. In politics he acted with the Republican party, but was always too busy to take any active part in civic affairs beyond the exercise of his elective privileges. He was a member of the Universalist Church. In 1863 Mr. Clapp was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of Ed- mund Lawrence, of West Groton. She became the mother of live children, two of whom died in child- hood. The survivors arc: Fanny L., wife of Tilton. and resides in Boston, N. Josephine, who will be again referred to; and Leon E., born September 19, 1876, and is engaged in mercvantile business in Boston. Edgar Horace Clapp died January 26, 1901, surviving his wife, whose death occurred July 30, 1893. N. Josephine Clapp was reared and educated in Wc'^t Groton. She accompanied the family to Barre and after the death of her father assumed the manage- ment of the farm, which she has ever since conducted with success. She devotes her attention chiefly to dairy products and raises nearly all of the feed neces- sary for the iTiaintenance of her stock, which is an important item in the expense account of a dairy farm, and she is therefore realizing good financial results. JOHN ALBION CARTER. The Carters of Petersham are descendants of the Rev. Thomas Car- ter, wlio was the first pastor of the first church or- ganized in Woburn. He is supposed to have been a great-grandson of Richard Carter, lord of the manor of Garston, and it is quite probable that his birth took place at or near St. Albans in Hertfordshire, England, in 1610. On the' inaternal side he was de- scended from John Rogers, the martyr, and one of his most cherished possessions was a Bible which had once belonged to that stalwart Qiristian reformer. Developing at an early age a desire and capacity for study, he was admitted a student at St. Johns Col- lege, Cambridge, in 1626, took his bachelor's degree in 1629-30 and received that of Master of Arts in course (1633). April 2, 1635, he sailed from London in the "Planter," being listed as a servant to one George Gliddings. (Savage says) in order to elude detection by officers under instructions from the Privy Council to prevent the embarkment of non- conformist ministers. Arriving in Boston in the following May he went to Dedham. where he became a freeman March 9, 1636-7 and he subsequently re- moved to Watertown. In 1642 he was called to the pastorate of the newly organized church at Charles- town Village (now VVoburn). The ceremony of his installation, which was short and simple, was per- formed by two prominent members, who laid their hands upon his head and repeated together the fol- lowing words : "We ordain thee Thomas Carter, to be pastor unto this church of Christ." The records affirm that he was an eloquent preacher, an excellent pastor and a popular man. He died in Woburn, September 5. 1684 (O. S.), in the seventy-fourth year of liis age and the forty-second of his ministry. Mis wife was before marriage Mary Dalton. probably a daughter of Philemon Dalton. There has been a genealogical dispute relative to her maiden surname, someone having claimed to have discovered that it was Parkhurst. but as far as the writer is able to learn this fact has not been fully substantiated. Her death occurred March 28, 1687. Rev. Thomas and JNIary Carter were the parents of eight children, namely: Samuel, Judith, Theophilus, Mary, Abigail, Deborah, Timothy and Thomas. Timothy Carter, son of Rev. Thomas, was mar- ried May 3, 1680, to Anna Fiske, daughter of David Fiske. of Cambridge Farms (Lexington). She died January 27. 1713. The children of Timothy and Anna were: David, Timothy. .'Vnn, Timothy (2d), Theophilus. Thomas. Abigail. Sarah, Elizabeth, Ben- jamin. Mary, Martha, and Benjamin (2d), who was born November 8, 1704. died July. 1727. From the latter the line of descent is through Timothy. John and Hosea, to John Albion Carter, the principal sub- ject of this sketch, who is therefore of the seventh generation from his immigrant ancestor. Rev. Thomas. (Although a diligent research has been made for the births, deaths and marriage of Benja- min, Timothy, and John Carter, mentioned in the list of ancestors, efforts to accurately identify them among the many descendants of the original Thomas have thus far proved unavailing, and the task was reluctantly abandoned owing to the uncertainty of the records). Hosea Carter, father of Jihn A. Carter, resided in Petersham. He married Martha Hinckley, who bore him three sons, Hosea, Seth H., and John A. Hosea, Jr., is now residing in Gardner, this state. Seth H. is a resident of Petersham. John Albion Carter was born in Petersham, Feb- ^i^^-n^ WORCESTER COUNTY 281 luary 27, 1852. After tlie conchisicn of his ■■liulits, which were pursued in the public schools, he turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, and conducted a general country store at Petersham Centre. Sell- ing his store he was, for a time, engaged in carrying on building operations, but finally established himself in the manufacture of boxes and packing cases, and in that industry he has been unusually successful. He owns or controls many acres of timber-land, whereon he cut his stock, which is hauled to his own saw-mill for manufacture, and he is carrying on a large and constantly increasing business, employing an average of twenty operatives the year round. In addition to his industrial enterprise he owns and con- ducts what is known as the old Paige farm, consist- ing of three hundred and twenty-hve acres and sit- uated at a higher altitude than any other cultivated land in the state. This property, which is exceed- ingly fertile, he devotes to the cultivation of native products, such as vegetables, hay and grain. He also raises fancy cattle and horses, giving his prin- cipal attention to the breeding of pure-blooded Ayrshire stock, and he is credited with having possessed the most speedy trotting horses and the heaviest steers in Petersham, owning at one time four oxen, the combined weight of which was over four tons. In politics Mr. Carter is a Republican, and aside from being a member of the local party organization he is serving as assessor, constable, surveyor of lum- ber, and as a justice of the peace. He was commis- sioned by the commonwealth to purchase one thous- and acres of land and to erect thereon suitable buildings for the Rutland Prison Camp. This public duty he has performed in a most able, economical and satisfactory manner. He is a member of the Peter- sham and Rarre .-Xgricultural societies and a charter member of the local grange, Patrons of Hu.sbandry. His religious affiliations are with the Unitarians. In 1875 Mr. Carter married Ella L. Richardson, daugh- ter of Samuel Richardson, of Dana, this county. WHEELER POLAND. Samuel Pland (i), the Immigrant ancestor of Wheeler Poland, of Winchen- don, ^Massachusetts, came to New England on the ship "Susan and Ellen," at the age of twenty-five years. Daniel Pland, or Pod, as the name was abbreviated in some of the records, was in Ipswich in 1652, and there Samuel Poland settled in 1648. Tlie records of both are meagre. It seems likely that they were brothers or relatives, as there were no others of the early days of the colonies. According to the age given when he sailed from England, Samuel Poland was born in 1623. He probably married after he came to Ipswich. From time to time his name occurs in the early records, while nothing more is found about Daniel Poland. He may have been lost at sea or returned to England. It is presumed therefore that the following were among the children of Samuel Poland, of Ipswich : I. John, who was killed by the Indians. July 4, 1677, a soldier in King Philip's war. 2, Increase, a soldier from Ipswich, killed in King Philip's war in 1676. 3. Samuel, see forward. 4. James, born about 1665. Samuel Poland (l) was in Ipswich apparently in 1678, when he was mentioned amon.g the pro- prietors, and again in 1679, when he appears in a list of voters. The name is difficult to trace on account of its similarity to Pollard, a family of that name living in the same town. (II) Samuel Poland. Jr., son of Samuel Poland (l) was born in Ipswich or vicinity about 1670. He was a soldier in the Expedition to Quebec against the French in 1690 from the town of Ipswich. Forty- five years afterward he was among the grantees of the town of Winchendon, Massachusetts, which was given to the soldiers of that expedition and their heirs. His name appears several times on the early records of Winchendon, but not among the actual settlers. If he came at all, he soon returned to Ham- ilton, a town near Ipswich, where he made his home and w^icre his children were born. His lot in the first division of Winchendon was N. D. No. 18 and in the second division in, 16, 89. His grandson, William Poland, became a settler of Winchendon after the revolution. He was a lieutenant in his company and is so designated on tlie records usually. He is sometimes called Samuel Poland, Jr., the most convincing proof that his father was the immigrant, Samuel Poland. Children of Samuel Poland were: 1, Joseph, see forward. 2. Nathaniel, born about 1710. 3. Samuel, settled at Hamilton and had a large family there. Probably several others. (HI) Joseph Poland, son of Samuel Polana (2), was born in Hamilton, 1703, died at Ipswich, October 14, 1798, aged ninety-five years. He married Elizabeth Burnham, born 1713, died June 10, 1775, aged sixty-two years. They lived at Hamilton Their children: Joseph, born February 22, 1733 father of Joseph of North Brookfield ; Francis, born December, 1735; Elizabeth, April, 1738; Nathan. Lucy, Samuel, William, see forward. All were born in Hamiton. (IV) William Poland, son of Joseph Poland (3), was born in Hamilton, Massachusetts, April 6, 1757. He was a brother or cousin of Joseph Poland, born 1757, at Hamilton, who is the progenitor of the Polands of Brookfield and Vermont. He was a sol- dier in the revolution, serving in 1778 and 1779 in Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Nathaniel Wade's regiment, which was raised out of Essex and York (Maine) counties, Massachusetts. The regi- ment was stationed in Rhode Lland. In 1780 he served in the warship Rambler. He was a farmer and after his naval service in the year 1780 came to Winchendon, to settle in the town where his grand- father had drawn land for military service ninety years before. These land grants for military service in the Pequot, King Philip's and French wars, were long delayed in many cases. William Poland was also a cooper and manufactured pails on his farm, and must be reckoned among the pioneers of the woodenware business that has since flourished in Winchendon and surrounding towns. I-Ie married Betsev Brown, of Ipswich, born June 6, 1763, died 18.49- He died 1843, a.ged eighty-eight years. Their children : I. Betsey, born January l8, 1782, died July 16, 1803. 2. William, born December 12, 1784, married Eunice Crane. 3. Nancy, horn De- cember 12, 1784, twin of preceding, died September 12. 1859. 4. David, born September 12, 1786. 5, Susan, born November 2, 1788, married John Crane. 6. Samuel (twin), born November 29, 17<)0. 7. Sally (twin), born November 29, 1790. died 1868; married Smyrna (iraton (who had previously mar- ried her sister, Lucy, then deceased). 8. Lucy, born October 29, 1792, married Smyrna Graton. died 1846. 9. Polly, born May 9, i7G.i, married (first) Timotliy Warner, and (second) David Smith. 10. Olive, born February 25, 1797, married Phineas Rail (sec sketch of the Phineas Rail family, B-^ylston and Worcester). 11. Simon RrowMi, sec forward. (VI) Simon Brown Poland, youngest child of William Poland (5), was born in Winchendon, Ma.s- 282 WORCESTER COUNTY sachusetts, June i, 1802. He was brought up on his father's farm, acquiring the usual common school education of a farmer's son at that period. At an early age he learned the carpeter's trade, which he followed from time to time when not engaged on his father's farm. In 1827 he settled on a farm of his own in Wincheudon, where all his children were born. In the fall of 1854 he removed to Millbury, where he acquired another farm. The chief object of this removal was to secure better educational ad- vantages for his children. In 1865 he sold his Mill- bury farm and returned to Winchendon, but five years later he returned to JNIillbury, where he resided until his death, February 20, 1873. He was an at- tendant of the Methodist Church and for many years sang in the choir. In politics he was a Republican. In both Millbury and Winchendon he served on the prudential committee of the school district. He was also a member of the military board of overseers of the poor and for one year chairman of the board, and also selectman. He also served as overseer of the poor in Winchendon. In his younger days he was in the Winchendon Militia Company. Throughout his life he was universally beloved and respected by all who knew him, and was distinguished for his sturdy character, his high civic virtues and his incorruptible honesty. He married, February 28, 1829, Betsey Wheeler, born January 21, 1807, daughter of Zaccheus and Betsey (Dexter) Wheeler, of Orange, Massachusetts. Her father was a skilled mechanic. Their children were: I. Wheeler, see forward. 2. Sarah A. M., born July i, 1832, deceased. 3. Mary A. E., born February 3, 1834, married Charles P. Streeter, now deceased. 4. Charles S., born February 11, 1836. 5. Julia A., born November 16, 1838, married Samuel Aldrich, deceased. 6. Nellie G., born November 24, 1840, married Alvah Rice. 7. Emma O., born Octo- ber 7, 1842, married Silas G. Wood, deceased. 8. Martin L., born August 24, 1845. 9. Stella E,, born August 8, 1848, married Charles A. Gould. 10. Ad- dison B., born March 26, 1851, now (1906) superin- tendent of schools, Newark, New Jersey. The mother of this family died December 2, 1883. (VII) Wheeler Poland, eldest child of Simon Brown Poland (6), was born at Winchendon, Mas- sachusetts, October i, 1830. He attended the com- mon schools of his native town and also the Win- chendon Academy. At the age of sixteen he entered the academy at West Bratllcboro, Vermont, and was connected with this school several terms. Later he was a student at the Wcslcyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts. He taught school during the winter months to meet the exf)cnses of attending these academies. Soon after his majority he entered a wooden-ware manufacturing establishment and con- tinued in this line of employment for some twenty- five years. Later he bought a farm and followed agricultural pursuits for several years. In 1885 he purchased his present estate in his home town, beauti- fully situated and known as Broadview, where he now resides. Mr. Poland, while not a member of the bar, has had much to do in the settlement of estates and in the management of trust funds. He was also often appointed by the probate court as guardian for minors and for insane persons. He has had large experience in both charitable and educational work. He is now serving (1906), in his native town, his thirtieth year as an overseer of the poor, and his thirty-second year as a member of the school board of education. He has also served ten years as a trustee of the Public Library. For many years he has been a trustee of the Winchendon Sav'ings Bank. In politics he is a Republican, occasionly serving as a delegate to the representative and senatorial conventions. Mr. Poland has been a member of a Christian Church from early manhood, rendering service in its various departments. He has also been very active in various temperance movements. He married, April 6, 1854, Lucy E. Newton, born June 12, 1828, died August 14, 1904, daughter of Colonel Willard and Phoebe (Emerson) Newton, of Royalston, Massachusetts. Her father was a farmer; he marched with the Royalston Company to Boston and served for a time in the war of 1812 w-ith the rank of colonel. HENRY BARNES, of Petersham, is a son of Jonas Barnes, of Hardwick, grandson of Adonijah Barnes, of Brookfield, and great-grandson of Jesse Barnes, also a native of that town. Jesse was a son of Moses, Moses was a son of Samuel, Samuel was a son of Thomas, and the latter was a son of Thomas Barnes, the immigrant, who arrived from England in 1636, married Abigail Goodnow, and set- tled in Marlboro. His son Thomas, who married Mary How, went from Marlboro to Brookfield. Samuel Barnes, who was town treasurer of Brook- field, and quite an extensive land owner, married Mercy Gilbert. Moses Barnes married Hannah Olds and became the father of fourteen children. Jesse Barnes, son of Moses, went from Brcnikfield to Hardwick about the year 1780. His wife was before marriage Patience Gilbert, and all of his- children were born in Brookfield except the youngest, who was a native of Hardwick. The family is widely known throughout that section of the county, and a more extended account of its early history will be found in sketches of Hiram E. and Joseph S. Barnes, of Hardwick, which appear elsewhere in this work. Adonijah Barnes, grandfather of Henry Barnes, was born in Brookfield, October 12, 1772. His act- ive years were devoted to agricultural pursuits in Hardwick, and his death occurred in that town Au- gust 21, 1841. On April 9, 1793, he married Chloe Knights, and she died September 26, 1851. Their children were : Clarinda, Jonas, Ruth, Chloe and perhaps others. Jonas Barnes, father of Henry Barnes, was for many years engaged in farming in Hardwick. He married, November 20, 1830, Olean (or Oleyine) Fay (or Fry), and she became the mother of Henry, Adelbert Forester, Emeline, Evelyn, Clariette, Alia Velorous (called in the record of his death A. De- forest), Warren Jonas and others. Henry Barnes was born in Hardwick, January 21, 1844. He was'reared and educated in his native town, and as a young man was employed as an as- sistant upon various farms in Hardwick and Peter- sham. About the year 1870 he purchased the prop- erty in the last-named town, where he has ever since resided, consisting of a productive farm, together with a substantial residence built in the colonial style of architecture, and located in close proximity to the village. Here he gives his principal atten- tion to dairy farming and the retail milk business. Politically he acts with the Republican party. He attends the Unitarian Church. In 1885 Mr. Barnes was united in marriage with Mrs. Vernon S. Cook, nee Sprague, daughter of Otis and Harriet E- (Cook) Sprague. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have had three children, namely: #/ ^,^^^.^^^^ WORCESTER COUNTY 283 Edith, bom September 30, 1S85, wile of Harry E. Kiiowlton. of Petersham; Harold, born March 7, 1887, residing at home; and CHfton, born May i, 1892, died in early childhood. JOSEPH E. RICKEY, of Petersham, Massachu- setts, was born at Barre, Worcester county, Massa- chusetts, January 2, 1833, son of Asel and Lucrctia (Upton) Rickey, and grandson of Robert Rickey, born in 1746. Asel Rickey, lived the greater part of his life at Petersham, to which place he moved in 1836. He died there March 2S, 185S. He married Lucrelia Upton, born February 24, 1805, died Marcli 18, 1885, in New Salem. The children born to them were: l. Joseph E., see forward. 2. George, born September 24, 1834, married Oir-t) Hulda Batch- elder, by which union there were no children ; he married (second) Jane Flint, by whom he hail Grace G., Walter J., Maud and Lawrence. 3. Eliza- beth, born 1836, at Pctersliam, died aged four years. 4. Kics, born April 16, 1840, at Petersham, died February 13, 1881 ; he married Sarah Wilco.x. 5. Martha, born at Petersham, December 14, 1841, died February 18, 1867. 6. Anna A., born December 5, 1846, died June 29, 1869, at Petersham. Joseph E. Rickey accompanied his parents to Petersham when he was but three years of age ; he was educated at that place. His first real work was in a saw mill at Petersham. He ne.xt went to Athol and there was employed in a mill sawing match sticks for one year and then found employ- ment with the firm of Kendall & Ellingwood, mak- ers of sash and blinds, and still later worked at the planing mills. F"or one year he was in company with Lew-is Enoch in the marble business. After various other lines of work, he finally, in 1859, set- tled on his father's farm, where he has since lived. In politics Mr. Rickey is a Republican and has held several offices, including that of road commissioner, fence viewer, measurer of timber. At one time he took an active part in the local Grange. In cliurch relations he is an attendant of the Unitarian Church. Mr. Rickey married (first) Isabella Young, of Athol, daughter of Hiram Young; she died in 1859, without issue. He married (second) Clara Wilk- son, born at Templeton, F'ebruary 13, 1851, daughter of Daniel and Lucy Hale, of Hubbardston. By this union were born these children : Belle A., born at Petersham, August 16, 1875, is single and lives at Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Jennie E., born at Peter- sham, November 12, 1885, is an accomplished musi- cian and resides at home. JOSEPH HENRY SMALL. Joseph Small, father of Joseph Henry Small, of Ashburnham,- Massachusetts, was born May 12, 1807, at Canter- bury, New Hampshire, son of John and Keziah (Jackson) Small. He died July 21, 1891. He was descended from an old New Hampshire family. He was a Congregationalist in religion; Republican in politics. In 1855 Joseph Small removed to Ash- burnham, Massachusetts, where he followed the trade of blacksmith at the north village. He lived also at Rindge, New Hampshire. He was twice married. By his first wife Joseph Small had one daughter : Arvilla A., married Levi B. Tottingham, of Ashburnham. He married (second), November 19, 1846, Polly Tottingham, born September 13, 1826, daughter of Moses, Jr., and Olive (Bigclow) Tottingham. Their children : Joseph Henry, born January 9, 1853, see forward ; Lyman P., born Octo- ber 2, 1857, married Mrs. Lettie Bailey, of Harmony, Maine; Hattie O., born March 4. i8(')i, married, February 26, 1891, Alonzo S. Gage, of Gardner, Massachusetts. (H) Joseph Henry Small, son of Joseph Small, was born at Kindge, New Hampshire, January 9, 1853. He was only two years old when his parents removed to Ashburnham, Massachusetts. He at- tended the Ashburnham public schools, and from early youth worked with his father in the black- smith shop. When he was eighteen years old he bought his time of his father and began in busi- ness for himself with an ox team, working at first on the highways for the town. He did teaming for a year, then returned to the farm and helped his father one year. In 1874 he bought a farm and mill in the north part of Ashburnham, known as the Ellis farm. The place consisted of thirty-five acres of land and buildings. He began soon to saw lumber and stock for the wooden-ware and chair factories w-hich abound in that neighborhood. He produced in his saw mill some two or three hundred thous- and feet of bo.xing lumber annually. He bought large tracts of wood land and continued his saw mill for twenty years. He sold the mill in 1897 to John Griswold and went to Ala^ka at the lime gold was discovered in the Klondike region. He pros- pected for six months, then returned to Ashburn- ham and resumed farming for five or six years, paying special attention to his dairy. Later he hired the Lsaac Ward saw mill for two years and then bought it and has conducted the mill in connection with his farming. He built his present residence. He also owns three other houses and. .some six hundred acres of land. He has bought and sold much real estate. Mr. Small attends the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Republican in politics, has often served his party as delegate to nominating conventions, has been overseer of the poor for four years, assessor one year and road commissioner .sev- eral years. He is a member of Ashburnham Grange, No. 202, Patrons of Husbandry. He married; April 11, 1878, Mary M. Elliot, born in Norton Creek, Canada, March 9, 1859. She was the daughter of Robert and Mary (McGill) Elliot, both natives of Scotland. The children of Joseph H. and Mary M. Small : i. Mary Ellen, born April 26, 1875, married, October 12, 1904, Judson J. Rafuse, of Fitchburg, no issue; Henry James, born March 22, 1857, lives at home, unmar- ried ; Hattie Polly, born October i, 1880, a graduate nurse; Alice M., born July 16, 1883, married, June 24, 1903, Arthur Edward Harris, of Ashburnham ; they have Carroll Arthur, born April 2, 1905. ADDISON B. POLAND, youngest son of Simon Brown and Betsy (Wheeler) Poland, was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, March 26, 1851. When he was three years old. his parents moved to Millbury, Massachusetts, where his father had purchased a farm in the outskirts of the village. Here he attended the district school until the age of nine, when he was admitted to the high school. His parents returning to Winchendon in 1865, he finished his preparation for college at the latter place, and entered Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connec- ticut, in 1868, at the age of seventeen. Being com- pelled to leave college before graduation, on account of ill health he engaged in teaching, first as prin- cipal of the Ashburnham, Massachusetts, high school, and later as principal of the high school at Salisbury, Massachusetts. In 1873 he began the study of law in the office of ex-Mayor George H. Verry, of 284 WORCESTER COUNTY Worcester, but soon after decided to return to teach- ing, and was appointed principal of the Day street grammar school in Fitchburg. In the following 3'ear, 1874, he resigned from this position to accept a more lucrative appointment as principal of the Union School and Academy at Ilion. New York. He remained in charge of the latter school for eleven years, until September, 1885, when he resigned to become principal of the Jersey City high school. Three years later, he was made city superintendent of schools of Jersey City, and four years later March, 1892, was appointed by Governor Leon Ab- bott superintendent of public instruction of the state of New Jersey. After four years service as state superintendent, during which time he succeeded in completely revolutionizing the school system of the state, he resigned, IMarch, 1896, to become assistant .superintendent of schools of New York city, a posi- tion to which he had been unanimously elected. This was the first instance in a period of over thirty- three years when any non-resident had been elected to an official position in the schools of New York city and was regarded as an exceptional honor. After one year of successful service in New York city, during which time he assisted in reorganizing the schools under the new charter creating the Great- er New York, he resigned March, 1897, in order to travel abroad and secure a much needed rest. After a year's absence from the country, during ■which time he made, with Mrs. Poland, a tour of the worl3, visiting Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zeland, he returned to New York, and immediately accepted the position of superintend- ent of schools of Patterson, New Jersey, to which he had been unanimously elected. He remained in this position for nearly three years, until elected city superintendent of schools of Newark, New Jersey, March, 1901, a position which he now holds (De- cember, 1906). Having held the position of assis- tant superintendent of schools of New York city and superintendent of the largest three cities lying in the Metropolitan district, Mr. Poland has visited more schools in an executive capacity than any other city superintendent of his time. In 1876, Wesleyan University, Middletown. Con- necticut, conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. He was one of the founders of the School of Pedago.gy, connected with New York University, from which latter institution he was graduated in 1S90 with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In the same year he was appointed lecturer on peda- gogy in the university. While state superintendent of public instruction, in connection with Dr. Nicho- las Murray Butler, president of Columbia Univers- ity, and Dr. William H. Maxwell, superintendent of public instruction, city of New York, he founded the Educational Rez'iezv (New York), the leading educational journal in America. About the same time he helped organize the Schoolmasters' Club of New York city and vicinity, of which Seth Low. president of Columbia University, was the first president. This club, of which Mr. Poland was sub- sequently president, did much to bring into closer fel- lowship the schoolmasters of the metropolitan dis- trict. For many years Mr. Poland has been an ac- tive and influential member of the National Edu- cational Association, and has served on two of its most important committees, namely, the committee of fifteen and the committee of twelve. The reports of both these committees have exerted an unprece- dented influence on education throughout the coun- try. He has been president, also, of the New Jersey State Tcacher.s' Association. Mr. Poland has con- tributed largely to the educational literature of the country, being the author of many valuable educa- tional documents and reports, that have been widely circulated and much quoted. In 1875 Mr. Poland married Fannie Elizabeth Flagg. daughter of Captain Algernon S. Flagg, of Wilbraham, Massachusetts, who died June 10, 1890, leaving two children, Ethel Elizabeth and Edwin Flagg Poland. In 1895 ^Ir. Poland married Mary Bishop Dennis, daughter of Rev. M. J. Dennis, of Dayton, Ohio. Miss Dennis was graduated, in 1892, from New York University with the degree of Ph. D., being the first woman to receive that honor. They have three children, Margaret Evang(;line, Mary Dennis and Addison Brown Poland. EDWARD HERBERT SMITH, a prominent business man of Northboro, engaged in the grain business, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, April II, 1857, son of Samuel Augustus and Ade- laide (Keith) Smith, and grandson of Samuel and Abigail (Baldwin) Smith: Samuel Smith was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, September 10, 1796. Samuel Augustus Smith was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, June 18, 1823. He was educated in the common school of his native town, and on com- pleting his studies turned his attention to the curry- ing trade, which he followed for several years. He resided at different times in Leominster, Shrewsbury and Worcester, and during the latter years of his life was employed in a restaurant and as a watch- man. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and a Republican in politics. He married Ade- laide Keith, of Sutton, Massachusetts, who died October 18, 1865. Their children were : Loring Augustus, Edward Herbert, of whom later; and Julius Edgar. Edward Herbert Smith resided in his native town, Worcester, until he was eight and a half years of age, when he moved to Northboro, where he re- ceived his educational training, attending the com- mon schools thereof. His first employment was on a farm, and later he entered the employ of his uncle J. B. Root, who was enga.ged in the manufacture of ground bone and fertilizer. In the fall of i88l he purchased the business of his uncle and continued the same for a period of fifteen years, at the ex- piration of which time he remodeled the mill, en- gaged in the grain business, and at the present time (1906) is reaping large returns as a result of his labors. He has served in the capacity of town fire engineer for five years, also as assessor, having been elected on the Republican ticket. He attends the Orthodox Church. Mr. Smith married (first). April 11, 1882, Isabella S. Rice, daughter of John Rice, of Shrews- bury. They were the parents of one child, Mabel A., born in Northboro, Massachusetts, October 10. 1884. Mr. Smith died June 10. 1887. Mr. Smith married (second), September 25, 1889, Jennie M. Gordon, born in Salem, Massachu- setts, May 4, 1854. No family to this union. JOHN CONWAY. Michael Conway, of Ennisty- mon, county Clare, Ireland, was born about the year 1789, and died in December, 1896. then being one hundred and seven years old. He married Mary Jordon, of Ennistymon, and they raised a family of children. John Conway, of Millville, Worcester county, Massachusetts, is a son of the late Michael Conway WORCESTER COUNTY 285 and his wife Mary Jordoii. Ho was burn in Einiisty- nion, Jnly 29, 1S54. His early education was re- ceived in schools in his native place in Ireland, but there the opportunities of obtainnig a good education were quite Innited, and in later years, in connection with a busy life, he g;iined a knowledge of men and affairs by reading and contact with men of under- standing. In 18O2 John Conway came to America and for a short time engaged in farming in New York state. In 1864 he found employment as a com- mon laborer on a railropd, and in 1S67 was ap- pointed foreman on the Dutchess & Columbia Railroad, a short road extending from the Connec- ticut line to l'"isJikill-on-the-Hudson in New York state. In 1872 he was made supervisor on the Boston & Erie Railroad, now a part of the New York, New Haven & Hartford system, and he worked in tliat capacity for about twelve years. In 1S84 Mr. Conway quit railroading to engage in other and more profitable business. He had worked steadily for more than twenty years and by prudent habits had saved a sufficient sum of money to start a grocery and provision store in Millville. Almost from the outset his business venture proved a suc- cess and led to still greater successes until John Conway came to be recognized among the best busi- ness men of that place. This enviable position he occupies today in Blackstone, where he has been a prominent ligure for many years. In December, 1893, he was appointed postmaster of Millville under Mr. Cleveland's administration, and held that office four years. In connection with the postmastership, he engaged in various enterprises and dealt consid- erably in real estate. At one time he was in the undertaking business. ilr. Conway came to the town of Blackstone in 18G8, and since he began merchandising has taken a prominent part 111 town affairs. He is one of the strongest Democrats in the county. He served as assessor three years, selectman one year, and for the last five years has held the office of town treas- urer. He also is prominent in Catholic fraternal circles, and was principal organizer of the local branch of Ancient Order of Hibernians, in which he has held one office or another for the past twenty- three years, and was the first and is the present president of St. Augustine Temperance Society ; he is a member of St. Augustine 15ranch, No. 800, of Catholic Knights of America. He has been married twice. His first wife was Katherine O'Connell, of Copake, New York, who died February 6, 1873. Four children were born of this marriage, viz.: i. Mary, born in Copake, New York, October 8, 1866, married William Deegan, senior member of the firm of Deegan & Sweeney of South l'"rainingham, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Deegan liave two children: Mary, born in South Framingham, February 28, 1894, and Mil- dred, born in South Framingham, August 26, 1897. 2. Michael Augustine, born in Millerton, New York, December 29, 1867, died F'ebruary 28, 1897; mar- ried Kate Keough, of Millville, Massachusetts, daughter of Daniel and Ellen Keough. They had four children : John I'rancis, William, Mary, and Frederick Conway, the latter of whom died July 2, 1905. 3. John Henry, born in Millerton, New York, July 5, 1869, died in Millville, Massachusetts, 1893. 4. Thomas T., born in Millerton, New York, July 7, 1871. Mr. Conway's second wife was Cath- erine O'Brien, who was born in Armagh, county Roscommon, Ireland, I-'ebruary 20, 1848. She is a daughter of the late Michael and Mary (Kelly) O'Brien. The children of this marriage are as fol- lows: s. Charles Joseph, born in Fomfrct, Connec- ticut, May 18, 1878, a graduate of Blackstone high school, class of '94, and Holy Cross College, Worces- ter, Massachusetts, class of '99; now a senior class student at Harvard Medical School. 6. Agnes Elizabeth, born in Millville, July 9, 1879, married Daniel Sweeney, of South Framingham, Massachu- setts. 7. Margaret Alecia, born m Millville, Janu- ary 23, 1884, married Francis J. Lalor, of Blackstone, and has one child, Catherine Conwav, born July 17, 1905. ELIHU KELTON, a prosperous farmer of Hub- bardston, Worcester county, Massachusetts, is one of those men of enterprise and energy who owe all their success to their own unaided efforts. Elihu Kelton, the first of the name, was a son of Thomas Kelton. He married Ann Blackmcr, of Dorchester, and had four children: Elizabeth, died young; Lydia, married Charles Sumner of Dorches- ter; Harriet, died young; and Elihu, of whom see forward. Elihu Kelton, son of Elihu Kelton, above men- tioned, and Ann Blackmer, his wife, was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, May 2, 1831. His educa- tion was a good one for those early days, being ob- tained in the public schools of the vicinity. He com- menced his business career in the mercantile line by working in a market. He removed to Ilubbard- ston in 1857 and turned his attention to farming. He settled on a farm in that section, and has cul- tivated this very successfully since that time. He is an attendant at the Unitarian, church and a stanch adherent of the Republican party. He mar- ried Jane Hawthorne and has had children : Addie, resides at home ; Hattie, died young ; Anna Jane, died young; George, a merchant in Boston, married Ruth Coolidge, of Petersham, and has four chil- dren ; Susie, married Arthur D. Greenwood, and has two children ; Frank, married Lucy Boyden, of Holden, and has two children ; Mary, unmarried. WII.LARD HENRY BARNES. The immigrant ancestor of this family was Thomas Barnes of whom Willard H. Barnes is a descendant in the eighth generation, and the line of descent is through Thomas (2), Samuel (3), Moses (4). Jesse (5), Adonijah (6), and William S. (7). Thomas, who came from En.gland as a passen.ger in the "Speed- well," which arrived at Boston in 1636, settled in Marlboro and died there in 1679. He married Abi- gail Goodnow, daughter of Thomas Goodnow of Sudbury, and his children were : Thomas, Dorothy, John. William, .Abigail and Susanna. , -t*. Thomas Barnes, son of Thomas and .Abigail, was 1V.U *>^ born in Marlboro, March 23, 1662. During King ■ ' Philip's war his house and furniture were destroye.,^^^^^'^£^^^^^^^bs^ i WORCESTER COUNTY 287 a saw and grist mill. In politics Mr. Fowler is a Republican, and a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. He married Mary Agnes Courtney, born in Ire- land, April 15, 1875, daughter ot Martin and Cath- erine (.Lynch) Courtney. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler have one child, Irene Alarie Fowler, born m Worcester, Massachusetts, September 27, 1903. CONNERY FAMILY. Daniel Coimery, father of Rev. Henry Connery, of Clinton, Massachusetts, was born in Ireland, 1835. He came among the tirst Irish settlers to Clinton and found employment in the dye works of the Bigelow Carpet Company. He became a skillful dyer and rose to the position of second hand in the dye house. He was a trusted and valued employee of this concern, as is shown by the fact that he never left the company, working all his active life, a period of fifty years, for the same con- cern. His residence was on Oak street, Clinton, and there he and his wife Hannah died nine days apart in March, 1906. Hannah died March 17, 1906, Uaniel March 27, 1906. Both were life-long and faithful members of St. John's parish, Clinton. Hannah Kenney was born in Ireland in 1837. Their children : I. William, married Mary Howard, of Clinton; died at the age of forty-six years ; children — Alice, Min- nie, Elsie. 2. Thomas, died 1901 ; married Sarah Brooks, of Clinton ; their children : Walter, Lizzie, Ruth, resides in Nashua, New Hampshire. 3. Mary Ann, born in Clinton, December 2, 1869, married Patrick Carey, of Clinton, laborer ; no children. 4. Edward, unmarried. 5. James Richard, see for- ward. 0. John, married Sarah Bond, resides in Clinton ; has one daughter Elsie. 7. Rev. Henry, jee forward. 8. Gertrude, married William H. Broderick, manager of a grocery store at Milford, Massachusetts. James Richard Connery, son of Daniel Connery, was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, October 7, 1864. He attended the public schools and Miss Cobb's private school. He began to earn his own living when a boy of eight years, working on the milk cart of C. H. Chace. He continued on the milk route after leaving school. In 1886 he went into business for himself as the owner of a public hack, and for the past twenty years has been the proprietor of the public hacks of his native town. He went into the livery stable business in 1891, buying the business of Judson Sails at High and Water streets. His stable was burnt the following year and he located on Mechanic street, and after four years there located again on High street. In 1902 he moved to his present location. 112 Clnirch street, in the G. B. An- drews stable, in order to get more spacious quarters. He has been prosperous in business. He is a Roman Catholic in religion and a Democrat in politics. He belongs to no fraternal orders. He married, 1S86, Mary A. McDermott, daughter of Patrick McDermott, of Clinton. Their children: 1. Stella, born June 15, 1888, resides in Watertown. 2. William, works for his father. 3. James Eugene, works for his father. 4. Anna, in school. 5. Henry, in school. Rev. Henry Connery, son of Daniel Connery, was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, January 13. 1872. He attended the public and high schools of his na- tive town and entered the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, where he was graduated. From there he went to the Grand Seminary at Montreal, Canada, and after his course there was ordained in 1894. He was assigned to the parish at Passaic, New Jersey, where he was curate for several years. He has been attached to parishes in the west and at Oneonta, New York, as curate, and is at present curate at Watervliet. New York, although he still belongs to the Springfield Diocese. He has had an interest- ing career for a young priest, and his boyhood friends in Clinton are watching him with great confidence in his future. He is a man of distinct literary ability and tact, and seems well qualified for the multifarious duties oi his difficult profession. ANDREW JACKSON HAMILTON. This well-known resident and prominent business man of Athol is a son of Harrison Hamilton, of Shutesbury, this state, grandson of Samuel and great-grandson of Andrew, who was a son of John Hamilton. The Hamiltons are of Scotch origin and John, just men- tioned, was born at sea while his parents were en route to America from the mother country. John was a grandson-of Rev. John Hamilton, D. D., pastor of the Barony Church, Glasgow, and his birth took place on shipboard. May 16, 1716. It is not known where his parents settled after landing in America but their two sons, Thomas and John, located in Pelham, Massachusetts, prior to 1743, in which year Thomas Hamilton was fence-viewer there, and he was constable in 1744, again held that office in 1758, and was a member of the board of selectmen in 1754. John Hamilton served as assessor in Pelham in 1743. was appointed the same- year "to prosecute ye law about burning wood," and was constable in 1750. Family tradition says that he was married in Worcester to Mary Lockhard, presumably Scotch or of Scotch descent, and his children were: James, Erances, Margaret, Patrick, John, Obadiah, Rebecca, Andrew, Martha and David. Andrew Hamilton, fifth son of John, married Mary Weeks, of Leicester, this county, and reared two children : Polly and Samuel, Samuel, born February 27, 1778, married Natalia Aldrich, of New Salem, Massachusetts, February 13, 1805. She be- came the mother of seven children, namely : Fanny, Mixter, Nancy, Harriet, Jvlerritt, Harrison and Au- gusta. Samuel Hamilton died October 12, 1855, at the age of seventy-four years. Harrison Hamilton, Andrew J. Hamilton's father, followed the shoemaker's trade in connection with farming. He subsequently resided in Bernardston, this state, for a few years, but returned to Shutes- bury, where he spent the remainder of his life as an agriculturist. • On May 18, 1845, he was married in Shutesbury to Lucy Gilbert, daughter of Reuel Gil- bert, a farmer of Shutesbury. The children of this union are: Andrew J., the date of whose birth will be given presently; Emma Louise, born May 22, 1848, married Lcvvis D. Parsons, druggist of North- hampton, where Miss Hamilton taught in the public schools for twenty-five years; Ella Sophia, born June 18, 1850, died July 21, 1851 ; and William G.. born September 27, 1855, died in early childhood. A second daughter also named Ella Sophia, born 1854. married Aldcn D. Reed, a farmer of Prescott. A second son also named William G., born in Bernard- ston, died December 25, 1902. Mrs. Lucy Hamilton, the mother, died in Bernardston. Andrew Jackson Hamilton was born in Shutes- bury, March 12, 1846. His education was acquired principally at the Powers Institute, Bernardston, Massachusetts, whilher his parents removed when he was ten years old, and he attended that well known school for a period of five years, under the preceptor- ship of Professor L. F. Ward, a noted educator of 288 WORCESTER COUNTY his day. His early business training, which was in- augurated in the viUage grocery store, was continued at what was known as the old brick general store, carried on by R. F. Newcomb, and during the period of the latter s service in the civil war, he was left in charge of the establishment. From Bernardston he went to Holyoke, where he was in the dry-goods business for a year, and a like period was spent in a general store at Hinsdale, New Hampshire, in which the post-office was located. Going to Athol in 1869 he was employed for the succeeding two years as a clerk by S. E. Fay, a druggist and grocer. Accept- ing a clerkship in the insurance office of Hiint Brothers, he continued with them in that capacity until 1878, when in company with J. L. Hunt, he purchased the business, establishing the firm of Hunt and Hamilton. He was associated with'iNIr. liunt until 1883, when the partnership was dissolved, and succeeding to the entire ownership of the business he has ever since conducted it with success, representing a number of hre, life and accident insurance com- panies, who.-:c strength and reliability are unques- tionable. In connection with his business he acts as a justice of the peace and notary public, is a legally authorized commissioner for qualifying civil officers, and as one of the trustees of the Athol Savings Bank takes an earnest interest in the welfare of that useful institution. As a Republican Mr. Hamilton has for many years been actively identitied with civic affairs, being at the present time a member of the cemetery com- inission, and he is also a zealous laborer in behalf of the moral and religious welfare of the community, having been one of the organizers of the Young Men's Christian Association of which he is an ex- prcsident, and as treasurer ably amministered its tinances for a period of live years; is a member of the Congregational Church and of late has manifested a profound interest in the study of Christian Science with a view of becoming fully conversant with that doctrine as propounded by Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, its apostle. On the organization of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Athol, December 31, 1906, he became a charter member and chairman of the first board of directors. He is prominently iden- tified with several social and fraternal organizations, notably the various bodies connected with the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, being past grand of Tully Lodge, past high priest of Mount Pleasant Encampment and a member of the Canton of Patriarchs Militant, and Banner Rebekah Lodge; is past dictator of Acme Lodge, Knights of Honor; a leading member of the Poquaig Club and an associate member of Post No. 140, Grand Army of the Re- public. As a writer of both prose and verse he has acquired an enviable reputation and his admirably conceived articles defending the policy of the late President McKiiiley and that of his successor. Presi- dent Roosevelt, published in the Springfield Re- publican, of which he is an occasional correspondent, have been perused with much interest by the many readers of that popular newspaper and created con- siderable discussion among intellectual writers^ of national reputation. His eloquent and touching tribute, in verse, to President McKinley, written at the time of the latter's death, and expressing vividly and truthfully tlie feelings of sorrow universally shared by the American people in the time of a great national calamity, was sincerely appreciated by many well-known people of prominence in political and social life, including the bereaved widow of the martyred chief magistrate, and Secretary John Hay, from each of whom he received a written acknowl- edgement, which are highly prized by the author. In 1867 Mr. Hamilton was united in marriage at Orange, Massachusetts, with Miss Julia Wilkins. A son, Andrew Foster, born in Athol, October 3, 1877, to Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, was named for a Con- gregational clergyman in whose family Mrs. Hamil- ton resided previous to her marriage, ^'^ndrew Fos- ter Hamilton is a graduate of Amherst College and the Harvard University Law School. His legal training was still further augumented by much val- uable professional experience and observation ac- quired in the office of 2^iessrs. Thayer and Cobb, prominent lawyers of Worcester. He is now con- ducting a lucrative general law business in Athol, and is regarded as one of the rising young legal practi- tioners of Worcester county. JULIA (WILKINS) HAMILTON. Julia, daughter of Jacob and Mary Wilkins, and wife of Andrew J. Hamilton, was born at Knighton, Isle of Wight, August 25, 1845, and departed this life at Athol, Massachusetts, July 4, igo6. In or about 1858 the Wilkins family came to America and located at Westminster, Vermont, where Julia attended the public schools and academy, and at the age of thirteen became a member of the family of Rev. Andrew B. Foster, pastor of the Congrega- tional Church, of which she became a member, and continued with this family in subsequent pastorates until her marriage. Miss Wilkins at an early age gave evidence of decided musical talent, and made use of every available opportunity for improvement, became active in local musical enterprises, and con- stant in devotion to the music of the church, so that Mr. Foster was often congratulated by his clerical brethren on being able to take his choir to each new pastorate. In 1861, while in Westminster, Miss Wilkins wit- nessed the preparations for the civil war, ana saw several of her patriotic friends leave for the front, receiving an inspiration which bore abundant fruit in later years. On Mr. Foster's removal to a pastorate in Ber- nardston, Massachusetts, Miss Wilkins soon found appreciative friends, and w-on prominence in church and social circles, actively participating in the work of the Soldiers' Aid Society, and lending her voice to many public occasions. In 1864, while in Bernards- ton, Miss Wilkins became engaged to Andrew J. Hamilton, then a clerk in the "old brick store." Removing to Mr. Foster's next pastorate at Orange, Aliss Wilkins was soon in the midst of church and social activities, and assisted in the pub- lic welcoming home of the veterans from the civil war, which fact has oft been recalled by veterans in recent years. Being ambitious to work and deft of hand and possessing artistic taste. Miss Wilkins was some time employed in ornamenting sewing machines in the modest little factory which w^as the beginning of the great New Home works. Her taste and skill were also sought in millinery lines, and as a saleswoman she also proved a success. On the 22d day of October, 1867, Andrew J. Ham- ilton and Julia Wilkins were married by Rev. Mr. I'oster, at the Orange Congregational parsonage, and went to Hinsdale, New Hampshire, where Mr. Hamilton was clerking. In April, 1869, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton located in .\thol. Massachusetts, with the purpose to make there a permanent home. The fol- lowed nearly ten years of invalidism, during which ^^rr^f'- ^2-<--<^-«:^^^5^, WORCESTER COUNTY 2S9 Mrs. Hamilton had little participation in social life, and apparently little promise 01 recovery of health, but, supported by strong spirituality, and manifesting a patience and sweetness that was never outworn, she gradually emerged into a new era of life and social activities to which she brouglit the added strength and grace that came through the disciphne of suf- fering. Resuming church and society work, .Mrs. Hamilton sang at times as a contralto in nearly all the Athol churches, 'and as a member of a ini.xed quartette, on funeral occasions in many homes, and also participated in many enterprises for religious or philantliropic benefit, giving special encouragement to young misses to cultivate their latent talents. Airs. Hamilton was one of the original members of the Ladies' Union of the Congregational Church, and was deeply interested in the work of the Athol Young -Mens Christian Association, serving four years as president of its Woman's Auxiliary, which did noble work in sustaining the early life of the struggling association, and she watched with much intere.-t the development of individual cases proving the practical value ft its work. She was a charter member of the Athol Woman's Club, and at its first public meeting read an original paper on "The Rela- tion of the Home to the School, ' which elicited fav- orable comment. She was one of the organizers of the Athol Associated Charities, and actively parti- cipated in the initiatory work of the organization, be- coming its second president, which office she was compelled to resign because of failing health and her unwillingness to receive credit for the work per- formed by others. Mrs. Hamilton was a member of Banner Rebekah Lodge, No. 89, of which she was two years chaplain, and took a lively interest in the welfare of all branches of Oddfellowship in Athol. Mrs. Hamilton was an advocate of eciual suffrage, and a registered voter on election of school com- inittees, which privilege, however, she regarded as little more than a farce, save as an entering wedge for the possible hastening 'of full sutTrage. It was, however, in connection with the Woman's Relief Corps, Auxilliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, that Mrs. Hamilton rendered her far greater measure of public service. Becoming a mem- ber of Hubbard V. Smith, Corps No. 8j, in 1888, Mrs. Hamilton at once entered with zest into the work of the order, in which she maintained a con- tinuous and active interest till she passed from earth. Her first official station was that of assistant guard ; in 1891 she was senior vice-president ; in 1892 corps secretary ; in 1893-4-5, corps president, bringing to her official services an equipment from observation and study which, combined with her loyal enthusiasm for the cause and her winning and tactful personality, led the Corps through tliree years of ef- fective work. The Hag salute was hrst introduced in the Athol schools with Hags presented by the Corps, during Mrs. Hamilton's administration, and at her suggestion, and aided by her efforts, a beautiful gran- ite monument to "The Unknown Dead" of 1861- 1865 was erected in Silver Lake cemetery, and dedi- cated May 30th, 1895. It is near that monument, in a lot of her own selection, that the mortal remains of Mrs. Hamilton now rest, and in her last hours, re- ferring to the "old soldiers" and the Relief Corps who gather around the monument on each Memorial Day, she said, "I shall always be with you there !" In retirement from the presidency, Mrs. Hamil- ton's interest and efTorts were unabated, sustaining the efforts of her several successors to maintain the excellent work and high standing of Corps 82. In iv — 19 December, 1901, she was again elected president o£ Corps 82, but was stricken with serious illness and resigned before time for installation. She was the fifth time elected president, installed in January, 1903, and re-electetl and installed in 1904, completing her fifth year as president, in possession of the love and conlidence 01 lur a^sociates and the comrades o£ Post 140. In the routine w^jrk of the Corps, Mrs. Hamilton was untiring, working diligently to assure liberal contributions each year to the treasury of Post 140, and giving much encouragement to Gen. W. T. Sherman Lamp. Sons of Veterans. She was chair- man of the executive committeee of Corps 82 during the war with Spain, in direction of the emergency work. For many years her home was a much used council chamber for 'Woman's Relief Corp matters, and the days were few w^ien she gave no thought to that cause. In the Massachusetts Woman's Re- lief Corps Department work Airs. Hamiltoii made a creditable record, having been a department aitle in 1894-7; department instituting and installing officer in 189S; member of department executilve board in 1899-1900, thus covering three years in the depart- ment council during which she was present at every meeting. In 1894 she was a delegate in the National Woman's Relief Corp convention in Louisville, Ken- tucky, and visited the National Women's Relief Corp Home in Ohio. In 1902 she was a national aide and department special aide; department aide in 1904, and department special aide in 1906, having declined a more important appointment because of failing health. In the department conventions of 1900 and 1901, she received strong support for the othee of Junior Vice Department President, and only her seri- ous illness prevented the confident support of her friends in 1902, when she was cheered in hospital by a vote of sympathy from the convention. In igoo Mrs. Hamilton represented by detail the department president at the dedication of the Soldiers' Monu- ment at Plainlicld, JMassachusetts, with credit to her- self and the department. On October 19, 1901, the Nation's day of mourn- ing, Mrs. Hamilton read, in the Athol Academy of Music, Mr. Hamilton's tribute in verse to William McKinley, holding the large audience in reverent and ajipreciative attention. Mr. Hamilton's verses- are here given : WILLIAM MlKINLEY. I. With reverent hearts we meet today, Our tributes of respect to pay To him who from the people came. And earned a bright, immortal name As round by round he upward climbed. By honest effort and w'ell timed; In early manhood at the front, In foremost ranks as was his wont, On battle fields his valor proved, And gained experience that proved Of value to his country, when The clash of arms was heard again. From field to forum then transferred His leadership was soon preferred. With fear of God, good will tow-ard man. In truth's advance e'er in the van ; Firm as a rock the right to fend. Yet gentle as a child to lend zgo WORCESTER COUNTY A listening <;ir to cvcrV plaint And with tho truth himself ac(|uaint, And, tempered by immortal love, A negative to lift above Suspicion of unUindlincss Or selfish narrow-mindedness ; His verdict ever recognized As sealed with honor ever prized. A partisan of sturdy strengtli. Supported by the vital strength Of deep conviction, verified By search and study amplified; Inspired by an inquiring faith In God and man ; a double faith That bent a listening car to man While scanning the Almighty's plan. An humble spirit, leading mind, A combination rare to find : "NMio in his councils sought the best. Strong counsel to his judgment lest. And heard them all, and led thcni all ; Wise heads, true hearts whom he did call To share the people's sacred trust; Who loved him as all patriots must, And l)Ow today a family In touching sorrow, brotherly. A partisan, but of the right ; Progressive in his thought, and sight That shrank not from new breaking rays Through servile liege to earlier days; His latest counsel pointing on The host of progress that upon His leadership has long relied, To broader policies untried. A leader hern of heavenly calling, His birthright owning, never failing, In life and death God's favor seeking. In heavenly guidance full believing. The peer of kings, yet humble ever, The people never owned one nearer. Today the land is bowed witli grief, And not a voice that called him chief. But knew that he was ju-t a brother. Of human kind a perfect lover. No ruler of our own fair land E'er held the reins so well in hand; — The North and South, the Blue and Grey Are one at heart this saddened day. The one who was his tender care. Today commands a Nation's prayer: — May the strong faith that liuoyed him up Help her to bide the bitter cup. And light the time that intervenes E'er she shall enter heavenlv scenes. Columbia, in mourning now, — But, rouse ye, know, within thee lurks A deadly poison, of whose works A costly warning has been given, And words of exultation even Have fouled the air of Freedom's land In praise of the assassin's hand. And, "as man thinketh, so is he" ; , Shall slaves of hell corrupt the free? Not one vindictive word from him. The martyr to this vicious whim, — No, nor distrust of Love D;vine, — The Lord hath said, "vengeance is mine, I will repay. ' "It is Gods way," We hear the stricken chieftain say. His spirit may we largely share; — But shall we tolerate ilie lair Qf deadly serpents nursing wrath To devastate true Freedom's path ? Arouse the people naught else could; The noblest life, the iructt blood, Must expiate our careless crime Of giving anarchy such time, In Freedom's name to masquerade. Free speech its shiboleth, la aid; While rival parties, timid all, Before the free speech fetish fall. The pole, the serpent that doth raise. That poisons all who on it g.i--. III. Arouse, Columbia, set thy heel The serpent's head its power to -feel. E'er to thy breast it steals its way, Its poisonous fangs thy life to slay. Who is Columbia? That is we; — The people rule this land so free. Then let the people rule with care. With thoughtful words and wisdom rare, Discourage every pendency To classify constituency. And, like the man we mourn today .A.like to ail, our duties pay Of confidence and brotherhood, Inuring to the public good ; — \^hile e'en beyond the boundless seas. Where floats our flag on Asia's breeze, May Law and Libertv prevail. But first at home, — if here \vc fail Ignoring this dire warning given, By politics our forces riven, Then martyr's blood, and marty's pain Have flowed and suffered all in vain. IV. Columbia stands with head bowed low. And heart born tears of millions flow In grief for him, who in her stead . Received the wound aimed at the head Of government in our fair land. Vicarious victim of the hand, The anarchistic serpent's tongue That lurks the hearts of men among, That knows no God, that fears no hell, That seeks to ring Columbia's knell. No harm had he to any done. The innocent and trustful one ; With hand extended but to bless The one who sought his fatal stress. 'Tis meet, tis true, thy head to bow, Farewell, McKinley, martyr, saint. Who for us died without complaint. Comrades in arms surround thy bier, Columbia bathes with copious tear Thy brow, and wreathes with immortelles; While her great heart with anguish swells. All o'er our land the cloud of grief Hangs dark, and breaks to give relief In torrents of most sacred tears; And prayers our Heavenly Father hears. Uttered and unexpressed ascend. Before the throne of Heaven to blend With hers, who, stricken doubly sore. Mourns the companion gone before. Farewell, McKinley, martyr, saint. WORCESTER COUXTV 291 Who for us died without complaint, — And this our parting strain shall be, "Nearer by God to Thee, nearer t5 Thee." At the Athol Memorial Day service of 1904, Mrs. Hamilton read Mr. Hamilton's original Memorial Day poem, and at many installations and camp lires her voice was heard in behalt of the cause which she loved so well. In Athol's "Old Home Week" cele- bration of 1903, Mrs. Hamilton served on important committees, and presided ever the \\'oman's Relief Corp float in the grand parade, supported by children representing the states and territories of t!ie Union. In the National Woman's Relief Corp convention in Boston in 1904 Mrs. Hamilton served en the com- mittees on entertainment and finance. During Mrs. Hamilton's last illness and since her departure many letters have been received from members of the Woman's Relief Corp Department and others, the following quotations from which re- flect the esteem won by her loveliness of character and unselfish works. From a Past National President, Woman's Relief '".irp: "Please give to her a message of love and an rnest wish that she may find a ray of comfort in '-■ thought that hundreds of hearts close around r in these hcurs of her sufferings and w'ould so ;.dly help her to health and strength." [-roni a Past Department President: "Mrs. Ham- ■n lias always occupied a close place in my regard \ woman of sterling character, conscientiou.s, and adfast, 1 have always loved her." From a Past Department President: "I want you . know, dear friend, that 1 love you, and always ve since our first meeting." From the Department President ; "With wdiat fJness I read the message 1 cannct tell you, for 1 ved her as a dear sister; she had many true friends !1 over the state who will deeply mourn her loss." From the Department Council : "Ky her patience, rr courage, and her christian spirit, she exemplified the truest principles of noble womanhood; the mem- liers of the Department Council of Massachusetts uill ever respect her memorj." From Corps S2 : "In Mrs. Hamilton's death wc ave lost a member whose executive. ability was sec- :id to none, for she could not only plan but carry .1 her plan, ever ready to put her sliouldcr to the leel and work with a will at whatever her hand.-, ■ind to do." From Corps 90: "Mrs. Hamilton was highly leemed and honored in this Corps; she was de- led and earnest in her work for the veterans; we :ill miss her cheerful smile and cordial greeting; t have lost a true friend and wise counselor.'' In the home Mrs. Hamilton was a model house- keeper, a loving and helpful wife, a tender and watchful mother, her cheerful and practical spirit- uality inspiring all around her. Between husband :id wife was maintained the most sacred respect for iidividual opinions, but there was always harmony i thought and unity of action. Mrs. Hamilton's last days were a psalm, sad, pathetic, but harmonious, trustful, and strong in an iliiding faith in immortality. Her burial was a most i irnionious finale to her beautiful life, the eulogy i her pastor, the service of song, the ritual services : the Daughters 6i Rebekah in the church, and of ' irps 82 at the grave, were all characterized by sin- ■ re appreciation and deep and tender feeling, espc- iilly the service at the grave, in which about one hundred meinljers participated, wliile iiafjre seen.ed to smile approval of their beautiful tribute of love. JOHNSON FAMILY. James John.TOn (i), the immigrant ancestor of Hen. George William John- son, of Brouklield, Massachusctis, was born in Eng- land. He was an early settler in the town of Bos- ton, where land was allotted liim November 30, 1635, He was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay colony May 25, 1636. He was a leather dresser or glover by trade. He became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1638; was chosen third sergeant in 1644, lieutenant, 1658, captain in tlie train band in 1656. He was admitted to the church April jo, 1636, and was chosen deacon in 1655. He was found November 20, 1637, among the follower.s of Wheelright and Ann liutehinson, fur which he was disarmed with others, lie received the thanks of the general court for his past services wh.cn he resigned, on account of physical weakness, hi.s_ commission as captaiii. He was approved to sell coft'ee and chocolate .Vpril 2,1. 1671, and in 1O74 was given the additional privilege of selling cider to the guests at his public house. He was the entrusted with the settlement of many estates as admini.-trator, and was cue of the executors of the will of Major Robert Keayne. He was a member of the committee of tlie militia in 1664. He died about 1674. His house let, where he first lived, was at the cor- ner of Court and Sudbury strtet. Boston. He had a garden lot on the comn'.on, which then went to the line cf the present Mason street, between Tremont and Washington streets. It was in the rear of the liouses facing Washington street, or that part later known as Newbury street. On this lot he built his second house in which he lived during the latter part of his life. He had on the lot also a barn and slaugh- ter house, in which he carried on his business as leather dresser and glover. The kt was situated be- tween ^Vest and Winter streets, and was famous dur- ing the early part of the nineteenth century as the site of the Washington Gardens. Johnson had a third let, pasture land, on the north side of Beacon hill, situate at or near the junction of West Cedar and Cambridge streets. He had another lot of land near the mill cove, and in the rear of Middle, now flanover street, and later a part of the estate on which stood the Green Dragon tavern. January 3, 16.37-38, he had granted eight acres of land at Muddy River (.Brookline) agreeable to the consent at a general meeting for allotments, December 14, 1635. On February 23, 1656, he was leased waste lands of the town on the south side of the creek, paying four pounds, ten shillings per annum to the school as rent. He took a mortgage July 23, 1654, on an acre and a half of land on which now stands the Adams House, and also on three acres at the east end of Spectacle Island in Boston harbor. In May, 1659, the general court granted him two hundred and lifly acres of land on the nofth side of the Merrimac river at Naumkeag. and he exchanged it in 1664 for a warehouse at Oliver's dock. His first wife, Margaret Johnson, died in Boston, March, 1643, and shortly afterward he married Abi- gail Oliver, daughter of Thomas Oliver. Their chil- dren : Joseph, born September 27, 1644, died Septem- ber 30, 1644: .Abigail, November 25, 164.1, died young; Abigail, born Febrttary 12, 1646; Elizabeth, April 21, 1649, died November ir. 1653; Samuel, baptized March 16, 1651. see forward: James, born March 7, 1653, baptized April i>. 1(15-. Hwiiil: John 292 WORCESTER COUNTY (twin), born March ", 165J ; Elizabeth, born April 12, 165s, died January 23, 1663-64; Mary, born March 27, 1657; Hannah, born November 23, 1659, died Au- gust 3, 1660; Hamiah, born June 12, 1661. (II) Samuel Johnson, son of James Johnson (i), was baptized March 16, 1651, died November 18, 1697. He learned his father's trade as glover and settled in Boston and Lynn, Alassachusetts. He mar- ried Phebe Burton, daughter of Edward Burton, uf Hinghani, She was baptized at Hingham, May 12, 16+4. In his will Samuel Johnson mentions his chil- dren : Samuel, Edward, Jonathan and Elizabeth, and his wife who was executrix and the principal legatee. In a deed Lib. 25, Suffolk county, mention is made that Edward Johnson, mariner ; Jonathan Johnson, chairmaker ; Richard Richardson, of Lynn, ship- wright ; are the only surviving sons and daughters oi Samuel Johnson, of Boston, and of Phebe, his wife. The children of Samuel and Phebe Johnson were : Phebe, born August 30, 1670, died young; Sarah, born June 10, 1672, died young; Samuel, December 15, 1676; Edward, August i; 1679; Jonathan, August I, 1(^3, see forward; Elizabeth, married Richard Richardson. (III) Jonathan Johnson, son of Samuel Johnson (2), was born in Boston, Massacliusctts, August i, 1683. He was mentioned in the will of his aunt, Hannah Handley, who also speaks of her sister, Phebe Johnson. His sister Elizabeth married Rich- ard Richardson, of Boston, shipwright, son of Rich- ard Ricliardson, of Lynn, and probably he went also to Lynn after marriage. Jonathan Johnson also set- tled in Lynn, probably from the fact that his sister lived there. About 1718 Richardson went to Fal- mouth, now Portland, Maine, but returned to- Bos- ton in >7^3' Jonathan Johnson married. May 30, 1710, at Lynn, Sarah Mansfield, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Barsham) Mansfield. She was born Novem- ber 6, 1676. Jonathan died Alay 8, 1741, in his fifty- eighth year, and his grave is marked with a stone. His will was proved in the Essex county court, June 14, 1741. It mentions his sons Edward and Jon- athan; daughters Mary, Phebe, Sarah and Elizabeth, and wife Susannah, evidently his second wife. Chil- dren of Jonathan and Sarah, all born at Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, were: j\Iary, December 12, 1712; Phebe, December 15, 1714; Sarah, January 26, 1718-19; Ed- ward, August 16, 1721, see forward; Jonathan, De- cember 3, 1723; Elizabeth, September 14, 1726. (IV) Edward Johnson, son of Jonathan John- son (3), was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, August 16, 1721. He married, October 3, 1744, Belhia New- hall, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Potter) Newhall, of Lynn. They lived at Lynn all their lives. The will of Edward Johnson was proved in the Essex probate court, March 26, 1799, and men- tions sons: Edward, Joseph, William, Jedediah, Micajah, and daughters: Elizabeth Talbot and Sarah Burrill. Edward Johnson ivas a member of the Mas- sachusetts provincial congress in 1755 and served on several important committees. He was also a deputy to the general court of 1776 and 1777. Children of Edward and Bethia Johnson' were : Elizabeth, born August 6, 1745, married Talbot; Sarah, March I, 1746-47, married Burrill; Martha, July 23, 1749; Edward, August 7, 1751; Joseph, January 8, 1753; William, October 13, 1754, see forward; Bethia, November 15, 1756; Jedediah, October 14, 1758; Micajah, February I, 1761 ; Micajah, January 24, 1764. (.V) William Johnson, son of Edward Johnson (4), vva= born in Lynn, Massachusetts, October 13, 1754. He married, October 4, 17S1, Mary Fuller, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Mansfield) Ful- ler. She was born in Lynn, December 3, 1758. Will- iam Johnson settled in Salem, where he died 1800. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Enoch Putnam's company. Colonel John Mansfield's regi- ment, during the siege of Boston and was on the list of those entitled to "bounty coats" October 27, 1775. Among the children of William and Mary Johnson was Samuel, see forward. (VI) Samuel Johnson, son of William Johnson (5), was born in Salem, Massachusetts, March 12, 1792, died August 24, 1869, at Brookrield. The fol- lowing sketch of ^ir. Johnson is from the Boston Advcrlisei; the day following his death: "He was a resident of Boston sixty years. Many of our older citizens will remember him as a partner of Mr. Thomas Brewer half a century ago and subsequently of the firms of Johnson & Aiayo, John & Curtis, J. C. Howe & Company. He was distinguished by a singular union of shrewd judgment and methodical habits in business with the energy of an impulsive temperament. His career was marked by the success which commonly attends such qualities when com- bined as in his case with that scrupulous integrity which springs from as keen a sense of duties as of rights. He was a man of rare intuitions. He saw the expedient, the right and true and acted upon them often while other men were deliberating. Re- sults seldonr disproved his conclusions. The mer- cantile history of Boston has furnished few if any more W'orthy specimens of the. honorable, liberal. Christian merchant. "Mr. Johnson retired from business with an am- ple fortune about twenty-five years ago. Since that time he has been largely engaged in works of charity. The extent of his benevolence can never be fuhy known. The benevolent institutions of Boston — the colleges and seminaries of New England and the West; the large circle of religious organizations supported by the Congregational churches of the country all found in him a constant and liberal friend. But probably his largest expenditure in the aggregate was in the personal care for a multitude ot persons whose wants he sought out and relieved — not only dependent relatives, but young men be- ginning in life, widows who had seen better days, reformed inebriates struggling back to manhood, and multitudes of those whom Dickens describes as the "quiet poor' received his unostentatious and often secret bounty. "His last illness was long and dcpressing_ and withdrew him from his accus'tomed routine of ac- tivity for two years. Its chastening influenc; was very obvious in maturing his character and deep- ening his interest in the works of charity which had been so large a part of his life. "He was for fifty years an habitual attendant upon the services of the Old South Church, Boston, and a firm believer in the faith there preached." He married, June 30, 1825, Charlotte Abigail Howe, daughter of William and Abigail (Crosby) Howe, of Brookfield, Massachusetts. She was born January 19, 1807. Fler father, William Howe, wa- born at North Brookfield, November 15, 1759; he was a trader and prominent citizen; married, No- vember 2, 1780, Abigail Crosby, born 1764, died De- cember IS, 1843, daughter of Jabcz and Mary Crosby, of Brookfield. William was the son of Ephraim, born in Brookfield, November 23, 1733, married,. September, 1757, Sarah Gilbert. Ephraim was the J WORCESTER COUNTY 293 son of Abraliam Howe, who was born in Marlboro, Massacluisctts, April 6, 1709, married Martha Potter, who was born at Marlboro, 171 1. died at Brook- field December 20, 1791. The father of Aliraham, Josiah How, was the son of Josiah and the grand- son of John How, the imtnigrant, who is described elsewhere in this work. Children of Samuel and Charlotte A. Johnson were : r_Sair!uel. born March 20, 1826, merchant of Boston, married, March 29, 1859, Mary A. Stoddard, of Boston. 2.j_QiaxlQUtt-A. (twin of preceding), born March 20, 1826, married, June 6, 1849, Rev. James H. Means, of Boston. 3. George \V., see forward. 4. _^Iary A., born Dc- ceiiiber 28, 1829, married, June 10, 1858, Professor Austin Phelps, D. D., of Andover ; graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, 1837, of Vale Tlieo- logical Seminary, 1842, professor of sacred rhetoric at Andover Theological Seminary. 5. Amos Hgue, M. D., born August 4, 1831, educated at Uiaimccy Hall school, Boston ; Phillips Academy at Andover, 1847 to 1849; graduating at Harvard, 1853, from the .-\ndover Thelogical Seminary in 1856, and was five years pastor of Congregational church at Mid- dleton, .Massachusetts; studied medicine at Har- vard Medical school, 1862 to 1865, and settled at Salem as practitioner of medicine; studied in Berlin and Vienna in 1869 and 1870; was secretary many years and was two years president of the Essex South District -Medical Society. He has written many medical papers for learned societies, was orator of the Massachusetts Medical Society for its anni- versary in June, 1883, and was president of the so- ciety for two years. He has served two years in the general court and three years on the Salem school board; he was secretary of the Essex Institute; was deacon of the Congregational Church and former president of the E:ssex Congregational Club; was vice-president of the Harvard Alumni Association 1S92 and 1893. Married, September 22, 1857, Frances .Seymour Benjamin, daughter of Nathan Benjamin, of Williamstown, and ilary A. (Wheeler) l?cnja- min, of Xew York, missionaries to Athens, Greece, and Constantinople. His children — Samuel 2d, member of the firm of C. F. Hovey & Company, Boston ; Meta Benjamin, wife of Francis H. Ber- gen, of Staten Island, New York ; Amy H. ; Cap- tain Charles A., of Colorado Xatio'nal Guard, real estate and rental broker, Denver; Philip S., agent in New York for the commission house of Foster Brothers, Boston, and Ralph S. 6. Francis H., born January 15, 1835, clergj'man at Andover, Massa- chusetts; married, June 6, 186", Mary A. Dove, of Andover. 7. Edward C, born November I, 1839, merchant. (VII) George William Johnson, son of Samuel Johnson (6), was born in Boston, December 27, 1827. He was educated in the famous old Chauncy Hall school and at the Boston Latin school. In his seventeenth year he entered the importmg and jobbing house of Deane & Davis, Boston, and upon attaining his majority became a partner in the firm, the name becoming Deane. Davis & Company and later Davis, Johnson &. Company. In 1850 this partnership was dissolved, Mr. Johnson having ac- cepted a proposition to engage in the Mediterranean trade, and soon afterward he sailed for Smyrna and other parts of the Levant. L'pon his return, how- ever, eight months later, he found the firm with which he was connected had become insolvent and he was obliged to change his plans. During the next five years he was abroad the greater part of the time, partly fur pleasure, partly for business, visiting I'.ngland, China and South America. In April, 185O. he went to Brookfield, the home of his maternal ancestors, to which he was much attached, for a temporary residence, and the following year, after his marriage, he decided to make his permanent home there. In i860 he decided to study law and for that purpose entered the law office of J. Evarts Greene, of North Brookfield. late the editor of the IForces- tcr Spy and postmaster, at the time of his death, of the city of Worcester. Mr. Johnson completed his studies in the office of the distinguished Boston lawyer, Pelcg W. Chandler. Mr. Johnson w'as ad- mitted to the Suffolk bar in 1863 and immediately opened his office in Brookfield. To his law busi- ness he added that of negotiating loans for eastern capitalists on real estate in Chicago. For a time the two branches of his business we_rc conducted to- gether comfortably, but in course of time his fre- quent absence from home to attend the Chicago matters interfered with his law practice, and in 186S he closed his Brookfield law office and devoted all his attention to financial operations. In 1870 he entered the manufacturing field, en- gaging in the manufacturing of shoes and boots in Brookfield, in partnership with Levi Davis, under the firm name of Johnson & Davis. Two years later the firm name was changed to Johnson, Davis & Forbes. The business was continued until 1878, when, the factory having been destroyed by fire and the shoe trade depressed, the firm was dissolved and its affairs wound up. Air. Johnson resumed his law practice and the Chicago loan business. A few years later he retired from the professional work and has since then lived in the enjoyment of a well earned case. In the local affairs of Brookfield Mr. Johnson has always taken an active part and was for many years prominent in state affairs. He was chairman of the board of selectmen of Brookfield and of the school committee for a long period. He was one of the trustees of the Merrick Library for many years from its foundation. In 1868 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, and twelve years later was an alternate to the convention which nominated Garfield. He has served in both branches of the state legislature, beginning as a senator for the third Worcester district in 1870, and was member of the house in 1877 and 1880. In the soiate he was a member of the committees on pro- bate and chancery, on the library, on woman suf- frage, and was especially active in opposing the state grant to the old Hartford & Erie Railroad, later the New York S: New England, now operated by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Com- pany. In the house, during the first term, he served on the committee on finance and his second term on finance and also on rules and orders, and as house chairman of the committee on fisheries. In 1877. by appointment of Governor Rice, he became one of the inspectors of the state primary school at Monson. and under the act of 1879, organizing the board of state charities, he was appointed a trustee of the state primary and reform schools and served several years as chairman of the board. In 1887 he was a member of the executive council, was re-elected for years 1888 and 1889, served the entire length of Governor Ames' term in the governorship, taking a leading hand in a number of important mat- ters. He was on the committee on pardons and on the special ommittee for the purchase of land and making plans and estimates f.ir the state house ex- 294 WORCESTER COUNTY tension, since carried into effect. On the latter committee his services were especially ctTicient. Ow- ing to the illness of the governor, who was on the committee, and the early retirement of the third member, the entire work of carrying through a num- ber of delicate business transactions fell upon him, and all interested bore testimony to his satisfactory conduct of them. Every purchase was made with- out the intervention of brokers, thus saving to the state the cost of commissions. In 1889, he was a leading candidate in the Re- publican state convention for the nomination for lieutenant-governor, with the endorsement of a strong list of supporters, and on the first ballot re- ceived three hundred and thirty-seven votes, a good portion of them coming from Boston delegates. But the choice of the convention finally fell on an- other candidate, and in the campaign following he gave his success'ful competitor his heartiest support. In December, 1889, he was appointed to the state board of lunacy and charity, on which he served up to 1898, occupying the position of chairman from 1892. In the presidential election of 1892 he was chosen one of the presidential electors, and as a member of the electoral college cast his vote for Benjamin Harrison. ^Ir. Johnson married, February 24, 1S57, Mary Ellen Stowell, daughter of E. C. Siowell of Chi- cago. Their children ; Clara S., born June 7, 1861, married Loammi C. Thompson, June 7, 1882, and their children were : Phillip Stowell, born Septem- ber 14, 1883, deceased; Abbot Howe, born July 5, 1885, attending the i\Ia;sachusetts Technical In- stitute; George William, born December 6, 1886, de- ceased. Mary Abbot, born October 22, 1862, died August I, 1864. George H., born September 15, 1864, died in Columbia, Mississippi, December 6, 190,3. Married Mrs. Ehza Fletcher, June 14, lSg8, and" their children were : Mary Ellen, born April 14. 1899; Clara Stowell, bcrn August 17, 1900; Etiiel, born November 8, 1902. Alice Robbins, mar- ried William A. Clark, of Northampton, Massachu- setts, September 30, 1897, and their children were: Alan Robbins, born February 16. 1900; Marion Phillips, born March 27, 1903. Ethel, born March 14, 1869. Harold A., born September 15, 1873, mar- ried Cora B. Meyerstein, June I, 1904, and they have one child, Harold A., bcrn January 2, 1905. Marion P., born April 26, 1875, died June 29, 1899. DUTCHER FAMILY. Dierck Cornclisser Butcher (or Duystcr) (i), the immigrant ancestor of the Dutcher family of Hopedale, Massachusetts, was one of the early Dutch settlers of New Nether- lands (New York). He was under commissioner at Fort Orange during the first years of the colony on Manhattan Island. In his history of New Neth- erlands, O'Callaghan mentions Dutcher as one of the purchasers in 1630 of a large tract of land for Kiliacn Van Rensselaer. He came from Holland to New Netherlands, but the Dutcher family about a century before, pej-haps less, according to well authenticated tradition, emi- grated from France, where they were persecuted be- cause they were Huguenots. The name is to be found in the sixteenth century records and archives of France. Through the centuries the spelling has va- ried, the more common ways of spelling being Duchicr. Duyster, Duyscher, Dcutscher. There was a Jean Duchier, Lord of the Council in France, in the seventeenth century. The French coat-of-arins of the family is : Az-ure, a crane or, holding a stone argent in claw ; a chief charged with three roses, gules. In all the early records of Albany and Ulster counties the name is spelled with the prelix dc, wdiich appears to corroborate the family tradi- tion as to the French origin of the family. Cor- nelius de Duyster, the first of the name found after the Commissioner, appears to be his son. There is apparently evidence enough to establish the rela- tionship. (II) Cornelius Dutcher, son of Dierck Cor- nel isser Duyster or Dutcher (i), was born probably in New Amsterdam about 1630. We learn from a mortgage dated March 10, 1692-3 that he settled in Hurley, a town just west of Kingston, New York, and that his wife's name was Leonora. Several of their children are recorded in the Kingston church in original Dutch. Among their children was Roelof, born 1669, at Marbletown, New York, then called Moonet. (III) Roelof de Duyster (Dutcher), son of Cornelius Dutcher (2), was born in Marbletown, New York in 1669. Hi married about 1695, Janetjie Bressie, who was born in Albany, New York. They settled in Kingston, New York, The' wife's ances- tors were of the same .stock — French Huguenots driven to Holland. About 1720 Dutcher removed to Connecticut with a Dutchman named Van Dozens and an Englishman named White. They settled in that part of the town of Salisbury, Connecticut, then called by the Indian name of Weatog, or Weatogue. The three families were related by marriage. About 1740 there were eleven English and five Dutch fami- lies in the town. Tw'O of the Dutch families were Dutchers, one Van Dozens, and the other the Knick- erbocker family, into which the Dutchers married. Roelof Dutcher's house was on the Cornwall road, and being of stone was used as a garrison house during Indian troubles. Cornelius Knickerbocker lived at the Furnace, and the Van Dozens lived be- tween the ponds in the northern part of the town. Dutcher's house is said by the "History of Salis- bury" (Barber) to have been the first framed house in the town. It was built in 1726. About 1739 or 1740 Roelof Dutcher died. A large family of chil- dren born to Roelof and Janet Dutcher was bap- tized in Kingston before 1720. (IV) Gabriel Dutcher, youngest son of Roelof Dutcher (3), was born at Kingston, New York, about 1720. He inherited his due por- tion of the estate of his father at Salis- bury. The town of Salisbury was sold to settlers by the g%-ernor and company in 1737, having been divided into twenty-five rights in 1732. The settle- ments known as Weatogue and Ousatonic comprised the town of Salisbury, incorporated in 1745. Ga- briel Dutcher married the daughter of Cornelius Knickerbocker, Elizabeth Knickerbocker. She was the granddaughter of Harman Janse Knickerbocker, of Dutchess county, New York, formerly an offi- cer in the Dutch navy under Admirals Van Tromp and Dc Ruyter. Their children were all born in Salisbury, Connecticut. John Dutcher, the young- est, born January 5. I7S9, married Silvey Beardsley, a descendant of William Beardsley, the immigrant, born in England 1605. settled in 1635 at Stratford, Connecticut. One of John Dutcher's sons was Parcefor Carr Dutcher. the father of Hon. Silas B. Dutcher, of New York. Parcefor Dutcher mar- ried Johanna Low Frink. Another son was Benja- min, mentioned below. Gabriel Dutcher returned to Dutchess county in 1759 and died there. \ vfe. ^^rr^ri W^^dcAer "% 1 w^k 'i ^:ky^JU^T^ c^-'^L^yiy'' (y^ic:z^ytyKJ WORCESTER COUNTY 295 (V) Benjamin Dulcher, son of Gabriel Dutcher (4), was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, July, 1742. In 1759 he removed with the family to Dutchess county. New York, where his father had lived be- fore settling in Connecticut. He married Thankful Benson, who was born 1752, probably of German ancestry. She was a woman of remarkable ingenu- ity and resourcefulness. They made their home at White Creek, New York, and afterward at Shaftsbury. Vermont, where she died June. 181 1, and he died August, 1826. The elder children were born in Xew York state, the younger in Ver- mont. The children : l. John, born September, 1775, died unmarried at Shaftsbury, April, 1832. 2. Peter, mentioned below. 3. Scth, settled near Syracuse, New Y'ork. 4. Patty, married Eli Goddard and settled in Marcellus, New Y'ork. 5. Charlotte, mar- ried Thomas Fowler and settled at White Creek, New Y'ork. 6. Christine, born in Shaftsbury, died unmarried. 7. David, married Asenath Fish and settled at White Creek, New York. 8. Phtbe, died unmarried, September 28, 1812, at Shaftsbury, Vermont. (VI) Peter Dutcher, second child of Benjamin Dutcher (5), \vas born in White Creek, New York, March l, 1778. He married, September 5, 1801, Lucy Slye, daughter of James and Meribah (Brown; Slyc, and she was born March 10, 1785. She was descended from an old New England tamily. Her father, who was a farmer by occupation, was generally known by his military title of captain. He was a self-educated man, l>ut was an earnest and etTcctivc preacher in the Baptist denomination. He died at North Bennington, Vermont, January 29, 1850. His wife died at Shaftsbury, Vermont, April 9, 1841. Of their twelve children the following grew to maturity : I. Elihu C, born November 9, 1802, mentioned below. 2. Diantha, born October iS, 1804; married Pierpont E. Ball, at North Benning- ton, Vermont, August 20, 1837. 3. Julia, born April 22, 1807, unmarried ; resided in Hopedale. 4. Sa- niantha, born August 14, 1809; died at North Ben- nington, Vermont, August 8, 1855. 5. Warren W., mentioned below. 6. Asa M., born May 3, 1815; married, October 12, 1867, Isabella Hayes, and set- tled at Chillicothe, Ohio; he died November 15. 1874. 7. Anna M., born November 21, 1817; died at Hope- dale, Massachusetts, March 26, 1868, unmarried. 8. Sylvia, born November 28, 1820, died at North Ben- nington, August 27, 1864. 9. Reuben C, born No- vember 4, 1823; died at Shaftsbury, Vermont, Jan- uary 18, 1828. (VII) Elihu C. Dutcher, eldest child of Peter Dutcher (6), was born November 9, 1802. He married Sarah Plcss of Hoosick, New York, March 15, 1827. He learned the trade of wagon maker; later he studied for the mini.-try and was ordained as a Baptist clergyman. He was obliged to work at his trade during the early days when his denomina- i;on was small and poor. He was pastor of the iluirch at Pownal, Vermont, and William/town, .Massachusetts, as well as in vr.rious other towns. In 1847 he removed to North Bennington, Vermont, and devoted his attention to mechanical pursuits. In 1850, in connection with his brother Warren Whit- ney Dutcher, he perfected and patented the famous "Dutcher Temple." The brothers jointly engaged in the manufacture of their valuable loom-temples and continued with signal success up to 1854. At that time E. D. & G. Draper of Ilopedale, pur- chased the interest of Elihu C. Dutcher and shortly alt Tward arranged with their partner, Warren W Dutcher, to remove to Hopedale witl\ his family. Rev. Elihu C. Dutcher bought a valuable estate in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and removed thither, but died of Asiatic cholera the second day after reach- ing his new home. (VH) Warren Whitney Dutcher, filth child of Peter (7), was born in Shaftsbury, Vermont, July 4, 1812. He received a common school education and picked up the trade of machinist. In 1847 he became associated with his brother, Rev. Elihu C. Dutcher, and together they perfected and patented the famous Dutcher Temple in 1850. They started at once upon a profitable business career manufactur- ing and selling their temples, which had an important effect on the manufacturing world. It became essen- tial to the business of the Drapers to acquire this patent. Tliey bought the interests of the senior partner, and after a short time persuaded the junior partner to remove his machinery and to make his- home in Hopedale. He removed to Hopedale in May, 1856, and took up the manufacture of temples. Mr. Dutcher had charge of the manufacture in the Draper shops. The firm of E. D. & G. Draper acted as sales agents. In 1867 the business was incorpor- ated under the title of the Dutcher Temple Com- pany. The following year George Draper & Son. succeeded E. D. & G. Draper in the selling depart- ment of the business. Mr. Dutcher continued in charge of the manufacture of the temples. .Mr. Dutcher became identified with the Hopedale in- dustries and contributed largely to its great success. He and his brother rank high among the benelicent inventors of the nineteenth century. Their device benefited the whole human race by making cloth cheaper and better. He died January 26, 1880. Rev. .'\din Ballou wrote of him: "He contributed largely to the up- building of his adopted village. He left a bright and memorable record for mechanical ingenuity^ manufacturing enterprise, moral rectitude and bene- factions bestowed on suffering humanity. His wife was no less distinguished for her matronly virtues, social worth and charities to the poor * * * Their worthy children survive them in honorable '.standing among us." He was esteemed by all classes for his kindly and considerate ways and gentle manners. He married, October 10, i&ii, Malinda .\inelia Toombs, the daughter of Lyman and Eleanor (Stearns) Toombs. She was born in Hoosic, New- York, July 19, 1821, and died in Ilopedale, Febru- ary 9, 1888. Her maternal grandfather was Cap- tain William Stearns, a soldier in the revolution, who died at Jamestown, New York, February 13, 1834. in his eightieth year, greatly eulogized by his townsmen. The Stearns family is descended from a pioneer at Watertown, Massachusetts, among the first settlers. The children of Warren Whitney and Malinda Amelia Dutcher were: l. Charles Volney, born at Shaftrn at Northampton, November 22, 1700; married March 6, 172S-9, Sarah Severance, who died at Decrticld, September y, 1729; married second. May 23, 1734, Rebecca Clary, lie died at Greenhcld [or Deertield) in 1746, and she married second, October 25, 1750, Nathaniel Brooks, who was carried a captive to Canada by the Indians and died there. She died at Greentield, April 12, 1776. Children : Son, born and died at Deertield, Sep- tember 4, 1729. 2. Aloses, born at Deerficld, June 8, 1736; mentioned below. 3. Elias, born May 8, 1737. probably at Hatfield; resided at Hatheld, Had- ley, Deertield and Nortlilield; clcthier by trade; sol- dier in the French war ; removed to Newport, New Hampshire, and finally to Orwell, Vermont, where he died November 29, 183 — ; married Eunice .-Mien, and second Thankful Graves. 4. Rebecca, born about 1739; married Captain Caleb Chapiii, of Hernardslon, soldier in revolution. 5. Ezekiel, born in 1742 ; married, January 3, 1765, Anna Brown; settled in Greenfield. (V) Moses Bascom, son of Ezekiel Bascom (4), was born at Deertield, Massachusetts, June 8, 1736; married September 22, 1760, Eunice Sever- ance at Deertield. She died at Greenfield, July 21, 1802, and he married (published January 7, 1805; Experience Rowland, widow. He was for many years deacon of the Greenfield Church, and diea much honored and esteemed, September ly, 1805. His widow married, February 3, 1808, Captain Seth Lyman, of Northfield. Children, all born at Green- field: I. Moses, born May 15, 1761 ; mentioned below. 2. Eunice, born February 5, 1763, married Epaphroditus Lovcland. 3. Son, born and died May 22, 1764. 4. Rebecca, born April 20, 1765; married March 10, 1783, Joseph Nash, born ^lay 28, 1763, son of Daniel Nash ; she died at Sylvania, Ohio, July 30, 1845 ; he died at Batavia, New York, Oc- tober 30, 1835. 5- Mary, born April 24, 1766; mar- ried May 15, 1787, Oliver Athcrton, and settled in Middlesex, Vermont. 6. Martha, born December II, 17O8; married, July 5, 1786, Joseph Phillips; she died February, 1848. 7. Chloe, born July 18, 1770; married April 9, 1789, Jonathan .Allen, born April 20. 1766, of New Haven. 8. Mercy, born Febru- ary 17, 1774; married November 6, 1794, Israel Phillips of Ward (now Auburn). 9. Experience, born F'ebruary 5, 1776; married March 13, 1800, Eldad Hosmer, of Gill, who died March i, 1847; she died October 12, 1829. 10. Ezekiel Lysander, born August 20, 1777; graduate of Dartmouth Col- lege in 1786, Unitarian iriinister at Gerry (now Phil- lipston), Massachusetts; at Charleston, South Caro- lina; Savannah, Georgia, and finally at Ashby, Mas- sachusetts; married 1880, Priscilla Elvira Foster; second Sally Holman, of Templeton. Nine other children, died young. (VI) Moses Bascom, son of Moses Bascom (5), was born at Greenfield, May 15, 1761 ; married Janu- ary, 1782, Anna Sheldon, of Bcrnardston, and they settled early in Gill, Massachusetts. He was a major in the militia, and at the time of his death was representative to the general court from his dis- trict. He died in Boston, March 8. 1814. of typhus fever. His widow died at Gill, May 3, 1839. Their children: i. Emerancy Climcne, torn at Greenfield, November 24, 1782; married (published January 21, 1805) Jonathan Willard, of Washington, Ohio. 2. Dorus (Athenodorus), bom at Greenfield, Sep- tember 15. 1784; married February 27, 1808, Esther Newton, who di,ed May 19, 1855 ; resided at Gill. 3. Almeda Harriet, born at Greenfield, August 24, 1786, unmarried. 4. Sophia, born at Greentield, .August 10, 1788; married March 4. 1809, Elijah Ballard. 5. Betsey, born at Gill, January 30, 1791 ; married May 27, 1817, Jonathan Allen, of New Haven, Connecticut. 6. Henry, born at Gill, Decem- ber 12, 1793; married May 27, 1817, Rhoda Munn, of Gill, who died July 8, 1836; a farmer at Gill. 7. Mary Amelia, born at Gill, December 19, 1795 ; mar- ried September 28, 1823, Dr. John Brooks, of Bcrn- ardston, who was born January 12, 1783, and died September 9, 1866 ; she died March 9, 1862. 8. John Adams, born at Gill, November 12, 179S; mar- ried and lived in Floyd, Oneida county. New York and died November 10, 1838. y. Elias Sheldon, born at Gill, September 18, 1800; married May 23, 1827, Chloe Newton, who died September 17, 1838, aged thirty-six; he married second, November 21, 1839. Minerva Farnsworth ; resided at Greenfield. 10. George Washington, born January 20. 1803 ; mentioned below. 12. Charles Lysander. born at Gill, November 22, 1806; a hatter by trade; removed early to Canada. (VII) George Washington Bascom, son of Aloses Bascom (6), was born at Gill, January 21, 1803; married March 3, 1831, Harriet Dryden, who was born at Holden, Massachusetts, April 28, 1803, daughter of Artenias and Susanna (Perry) Dryden; granddaughter of Thomas and Lydia Dryden. Arte- nias Dryden was born February 4. 1757; married .April 5. 1781, Susannah, daughter of John, Jr., and Tabitha Perry. They resided in Holden, where he followed farming. Children: i. George, born at Holden, May 24, 1832 ; served in the civil war as captain of Company B, Fifty-first Regiment Massa- chusetts Volunteers. 2. Artemas Dryden, born at Holden, August 20, 1834; mentioned below. 3. Har- riet, born at Holden, June 18, 1836; died April 29, 1838. (Vni) Artemas Dryden Bascom, son of George Washington Bascom (7), was born in Holden, Aij- gust 20, 1S34. He was brought up on his father's farm and attended the district schools of his native town. He learned the trade of blacksmith and after following it for some years in Worcester and other places in the vicinity as apprentice and jour- neyman, he established himself in business in his native town, where he carried on business for about forty years. He retired in 1904. and is at present living in Holden. Mr. Bascom is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Holden. He has served the town several years on the board of selectmen. In politics he has been a Republican. He was a sol- dier in the Union army, enlisting early in the war in the Third Battalion Rifles. He and his family attend the Holden Congregational Church. He married, November 24, 1863, Emerette Frances Davis, daughter of Joseph and Emily (Clemans) Davis, of Holden. Her mother was bf a well known Dudley family. Her father was a wool sorter by trade.' Their children : i. Harry Chester, born De- cember 21, 1864; mentioned below. 2, Carrie Emily, born June 3. i8()8. at Holden; educated at the public and high schools of llnldcn and at Dean Academy, making a specialty of French and German and studying abroad for a year in France and Germany; teacher in the Demill Ladies' College of Ontario, WORCESTER COUNTY and in high schools in Turners Falls and W'inchen- don, Massachusetts. 3. Mary Clcnians, born June 15. 1873 ; attended the public schools, Dean Academy and the State Normal School ot Worcester; teacher in the public schools of Everett, Webster and New- ton, !^iassachusetts. 4. Marian Alice, born July 22, 1879; educated in the public and high schools of Holden ; graduated from Wellesley College in ipoi with the degree of A. B. ; teacher in the Holden high school. (IX) Harry Chester Bascom, son of Artemas Drydcn Bascom (8), was born at Holden, Massa- chusetts, December 21, 1864. He spent his youth in his native town attending school and working in his father's blacksmith shop when not occupied with his studies. He graduated at the Holden high school in 1884, and studied a year at Dean Academy, Franklin, jNJassachusetts. He entered Tufts' College and was prominent in athletics. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. He graduated in 1889 with the degree of Ph. B. Studying law at the Boston University Law School he was graduated in 1892 and admitted to the bar the same year. He was clerk for a year in the law otifices of J. T. & R. E. Joslin, of Hudson, Massachusetts, and in 1893 opened an office in Leominster, Massachusetts, where he has practiced ever since. During the past few years he has also had a branch oflice at 450 State Mutual Building Worcester. Since 1895 Mr. Bas- com has held the office of trial justice for the town of Leominster, having similar jurisdiction as a mag- istrate to that of police and district courts in both civil and criminal cases. As a magistrate Mr. Bas- com has a reputation for legal ability, fairness and common sense. He continues the practice of law in addition to his duties as a magistrate, and stands well among the attorneys of Worcester county. He is a member of Wilder Lodge of Free Masons of Leominster; of Thomas Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons ; of Jerusalem Commandery, Knights Templar, of Fitchburg; of Leominster Lodge No. 86, Odd Fellows; and he has been treasu'rer of the Golden Cross Lodge of the New England Order of Pro- tection in Leominster since 1894. He belongs to the Leominster Club and to the Tufts College Alumni Association. In politics he is an active Republican, having served frequently as delegate to nominating conventions of his party and since 1901 he has been a mtniber of the Leominster school committee. He and his wife attend the First Congregational Church (Unitarian) and are meinbers of the society. Mr. Bascom resides at 98 Orchard street, Leominster. Fie is fond of athletic snorts, and spends his leisure in" active out-door recreation. He married, January 30, 1900, Edith Agnes Rice, daughter of John H. and Elizabeth A. (Morse) Rice of Leominster, a graduate of the Leominster high school. Their children, born at Leominster: I. James Rawson, born August 18, 1901. 2. Law- rence Rice, born February 28, 1903. 3. Frances Elizabeth, born July 18, 1905. HEATH FAMILY. William Heath (l) em- barked in London, England, in ship "Lion," arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, September 16, 1623, and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was accom- panied by his wife Mary and five children, one of whom may have been Mary Spear, daughter of liis second wife by former husband. William Heath took the oath of allegiance, was made freeman, March 4, 1632-33, and was representative at first assembly of de!)utics, May 14. i6,!4-,^7-3Q to i6j.i. and in 1645 for Dover. He died in Roxbury, May 29, 1652, "an able, godly and faithful brother." He made his will the day before he died. His widow died December 15, 1O59. Their children were: i. Isaac, confirmed m Roxbury Church, November 23, 1651. 2. -Mary. 3. Peleg, see forward. 4. Hannah. 5. .Mary, probably Mary Spear, as above referred to. (II) Peleg Heath, son of William Heath (i), was born in England, came with his parents to this country, September 16, 1623, and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was conhrnied in Roxbury Church, March 23, 1652. "Peleg Heath had a dangerous cutt on his knee and lay under ye chirurgion's hand 13 weeks." He died and was buried November 18, 1671. He married Susannah, daughter of Dorothy, wife of John King (probably by former husband). Their children: i. Susan- nah, baptized December 5, 1652. 2. Hannah, bap- tized December 23, 1654. 3. Abigail, born October 10, 1658. 4. Joseph, born December 23, 1660, died young. 5. Mehitable, born February 7, 1662. 6. William, born January 30, 1664. 7. Joseph, born September 6, 1606, died aged eight years. 8. Peleg, born September 16, 1668. 9. Dorothy, born Decem- ber 18, 1670, died young. (III) William Heath, son of Peleg (2) and Susannah Heath, was born in Roxbury, Massachu- setts, on the original Heath homestead, January 30, 1664, baptized March 6, 1664. He married (first), November 11, 1685, Hannah Weld, daughter of John Weld. Married (second) Hannah Ruggles. He lived in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he died F'ebruary 3, 1738. His children were: i. William, born September 25, 1686, married Prudence Bridges, had a large family. 2. Hannah, born in 1688, mar- ried Captain Gyles. 3. Joseph, born in 1690, married Christine Bridges, had a large family. 4. Susannali, born in 1693, married Isaac Gardner. 5. iMargaret, born in 1694, married Ebenezer Seaver. 6. Peleg, born in 1697. 7. Peleg, born in 1700. 8. Samuel, born December 27, 1701. 9. Anna, born in 1706, mar- ried Jonathan Seaver. 10. Abigail, died young. (IV) Samuel Heath, son of William (3), and Flannah (Weld) Heath, was born in Roxbury, Mas- sachusetts, December 27, 1701, died September 13, 1763. He married Elizabeth Payon, born December, 1706, died in 1763. They lived in Roxbury on the old homestead. Their children: I. William, born May 2, 1736, died June 24, 1814. He was a major- general in the revolution, and was the last major- general to die. 2. Samuel, born in 1739. 3. Peleg, born in 1741, married Patience Curtis, had a large family. 4. Joseph, born in 1743, married Mary Newell. 5. Anna, died in 1799. (V) Samuel Heath, son of Samuel (4) and Elizabeth (Payson) Heath, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1739, died in 1817. He was an early settler of Bridgcwater, New Hampshire. He mar- ried, in 1767, Mary Draper. She was probably his second wife, and was probably a sister of Jacob Draper, an early settler of Bristol, coming from Rox- bury, jVIassachusetts. . Their children: r. Stephen, married, November 28, 1799, Anna Peaslee. He sold his farm to his brother Samuel. 2. Samuel, born in 1754, had a large family. 3. Philip. 4. Joshua, born in 1760, lived in Bristol, New Hampshire. 5. Daniel, born in 1762, married and had a large family. 6. John, born in Plymouth, New Hampshire, April 15, 1771, settled at Barnston, Province of Quebec, mar- ried and had ten children. (VI) Philip Heath, son of Samuel Heath (5), was born in Bridgcwater, New Hampshire. Fle re- WORCESTER COUNTY 299 sidod in Canaan and Hebron, Xew Hampshire, and later removed to Barn^lon, Province of Quebec, where he died. He married Joanna Ingalls, daughter of Ebenezer Ingalls, Sr. Their children: I. Betsey, born in Hebron or Canaan, Xew Hampshire, July 4, 1794, married Kimball Corlis. 2. Lucinda, married Wnithrop Drew. 3. Sally, married John Corlis. 4. Oilman. 5. Joshua, born March 7, 1814, married Huldah Webber, of Maine, had four children; they lived in Concord, Xew Hampshire. 6. Rufus, born, married, lived and died in Barnston, Province of Quebec. 7. Mary Ann, married Samuel Hill, resided in Barnston, Province of Quebec. 8. Olive, married Thomas Cilley, lived in Barnston, Province of Quebec. (VH Oilman Heath, son of Philip (6) and Jo- anna (Ingalls) Heath, was born in Hebron or Canaan, Xew Hampshire, July 4, 1794. Married Lydia Lovering.. Their children: Jane, Ruth, Jo- seph, Lydia, Sarah, Phillip, Clarinda, Betsey, Mary, Phileann, Oilman. (VHl) Joseph Heath, son of Oilman (7) and Lydia (Lovering) Heath, was born in Stanstead, Province of Quebec. His children were: Elizabeth, Frank M., Charles, Oeorge H., born in Stanstead, Province of Quebec; Phillip. (IX) Prank ^lelville Heath, son of Joseph Heath (8), was born in Xashua, New Hampshire, September 8, 1852. When a lad of twelve years he left home to seek a living for himself and began to earn his own board and schooling in Manchester, Xew Hampshire. He attended the public schools until he was fourteen years old, when he was ap- prenticed to a painter to learn his trade. He con- tinued his education, attending an evening school and paying his own tuition. Wishing then to act and trade for himself he purchased his time of his father, a necessary transaction under the law, and became his own master. After working in the painting busi- ness three years he was made foreman of the shop in W'hich he was employed, and when he was twenty- four years old was given full charge of the business. Mr. Heath came to Worcester in 18S0 and a year later bought the painting business of Salem Pratt and continued it until 1892, when he opened a paint and oil store at 40 Southbridge street. His son, Melville F. Heath, was associated with him in this business and the tirm name is F. 'M. Pleath & Co. The junior partner shares his father's business ability and popularity and the firm has prospered constantly. Mr. Heath has also been largely occupied in recent years with the aflfairs of the Ridglcy Protec- tive Association, an insurance society of Odd Fellows, and the Masonic Protective Association, the member- ship of which is exclusively of Free Masons. He was one of the organizers and directors of both these associations, which have been very success- ful along the lines planned for them. The executive ability of Mr. Heath is responsible in large measure for the growth and prosperity of these two organi- zations. Mr. Heath is past master of Montacute Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; past high priest of Eureka Chapter, Royal Arch JLisons, of Worces- ter; member of the Worcester County Commandery, Knights Templar, and of the Massachusetts Con- sistory and other Masonic bodies. He is an active member of Ridgely Lodge and Mt. Vernon Encamp- ment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Worces- ter. He is a member of the Worcester Charity and Educational Association. He is a member of Beth- any Congregational Church. Worcester. Mr. Heath is a Republican and has taken a leading po.^ition in public atTairs in Worcester. He was elected to the common council from ward six in 1896 and re- elected in 1898. While in the council he was an energetic and efficient worker, a faithful representa- tive of his constituents. He was a member of the committees on finance, claims, street lighting and enrollment. He was a member of the legislature in lyoi representing ward six as then constituted. He served with conspicuous ability in that position, making friends readily and exerting a strong but quiet intluence. He was on the committee on rail- roads. He was re-elected without opposition for two more terms, and the following year was pro- moted to the state senate. He became a leading fig- ure in the senate on account of his strength among the Iggislators and his ability as an organizer and harmonizer. Few men in recent years have had a larger personal following and more political friends than Senator Heath. Mr. Heath married, 1S70, Sarah L. Holt, of Manchester, New Hampshire. They have three sons: I. Volncy L., born in Manchester, New Hampshire, December 30, 1872, in partnership with his father in the lirm of F. M. Heath & Co. 2. Austin A., born in Manchester, Xew Hampshire, August 26, 1874, city auditor. 3. Melville F., born in Bedford, New Hampshire, January 5, 1877, asso- ciated with his father and brother in the tirm of V. M. Heath & Co. ; manager of the business. BL'SHONG. The Bushong family is according to tradition, of French origin. The first American ancestor settled probably in Pennsylvania and was, it is said, a captain in the revolutionary war. We find him among the pioneers after the revolution at the settlement of Chillicothe, Ohio. The first set- tlers went there in 1796, and before 1801 he had made his home there. Hall's "History of Ohio" stales the Beshongs (as he spelled the name) with various other families were located in 1801 along the west side of the Scioto river from Chillicothe to its mouth (page 494). Among his neighbors were Joseph Kerr, Flugh Cochran, the Kirkpatricks, Chandlers, and others evidently from the Scotch-Irish settle- ments of Pennsylvania. Chillicothe was settled largely by men from Bourbon and Mason counties, Kentucky, who came earlier from Pennsylvania and Virginia. Chillicothe was first explored in 1795, and was laid out in 1796 by Colonel Nathaniel Massie. In 1812 it was a rendezvous for American troops. It is in Ross county, organized August 20, 1798, and named for Hon. James Ross, of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. The name is probably spelled Buchon in F"rance. The surname Buchan is Scotch. But for the pronunciation, indicated by the spelling used for more than a century, it might be thought that Bushong came to Pennsylvania with the Scotch Presbyterians from the Ulster Province, Ireland, w'herc most of his neighbors in Ohio, or their fathers, formerly lived. The Buchan family belongs in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire, Scotland. In 1685 Colonel Buchan was a prominent officer in the Brit- ish army in Scotland. (II) Oeorge \Va?hington Bushc'iig, son of Cap- tain Bushong (i), was born in 1 780, doubtless in Pennsylvania, and died at Columbus Grove, Ohio, November, 1880, aged ninety-four years. He went to Chillicothe, Ohio, with his father and the family about 1796. He settled in Putnam county, Ohio, and was a farmer there all liis life. He was active in the pioneer work of establishing schools and 3(X) WORCESTER COUNTY churches. He married Lydia Rush, of German an- cestry, probably coming to Chillicothe with her par- ents when very young from Pennsylvania. Chil- dren, born in Putnam county, Ohio: I. Jane, born about 1808. 2. Rev. Jack.son, born about 1810, min- ister of the Christian Church. 3. Sarah, born 1812. 4. Aima, born about 1814. 5. Lewis, born about 1816. 6. Jatnes, born April 15, t8i8; mentioned be- low. 7. Rev. John, born 1820, died February, 1901 ; farmer and minister of the Christian Church ; chil- dren : i. Lewis H. ii. Mary M. iii. Joseph T. iv. Jasper H.. now of Columbus Grove, Ohio. v. Isaac N. 8. Andrew, born 1824. 9. George, born about 1826; died in California, whither he went during the gold fever of 1849; soldier in the civil war. 10. Jefferson, born about 1828. 11. Maria, born about 1830. (III) James Bushong, son of George Washing- ton Bushong (2), was born in Putnam county, Ohio, April IS, 1818, died in Columbus Grove, August 23, 1895. He was a farmer. In politics he was a Re- publican, and active in town amd county affairs ; was justice of the peace, trustee of the public schools and county commissioner. In religion he belonged to the sect called the Christians, the Church of Christ, a strong denomination throughout that sec- tion, and all of his father's family were members of tliis church. He married Drusilla D. Stout, daughter of John and Mary (Elsworth) Stout. Her father was a millwright and a skillful mechanic in many trades, descendant of a ^ well known Pennsylvania family. She was born April 28, 1822, and died at Columbus Grove, July 10, 1893. Children: I. Jef- ferson, born June 28, 1840. 2. John Stout, born 1842, mentioned below. 3. Joseph Hill, born June 23, 1844. 4. Hiram K., born February 9, 1848. 5. Eliza Jane, born October 13, 1849. 6. Mary Ann, born August 16, 1852, married Joel Boaz, resides in Columbus Grove. 7. Emma D., born August 10, 1856. 8. James Wilson, born October 23, i860. 9. Hannibal F., born October 10, 1S62. (IV) John Stout Bushong, son of James Bush- ""S (3)) was born at Columbus Grove, Putnam county, Ohio. He was educated in the public schools and taught school several winters. He was a gen- eral merchant for some years and an itinerant trades- man, selling books, medicine, etc. About 1876 he removed from his native place in Ohio and located at Celina, Texas, where he had a ranch and raised blooded horses and cattle. At present he has a ranch at Postales, New Mexico. He also has a nursery and makes a specialty of fruit trees. He is a Republican in politics, and was formerly post- master at Lockney, Texas. He has been deacon and elder of the Christian Church, and now attends the services of this church at Postales, New Mexico. He married (first), in Columbus Grove. Ohio, May 29, 1862, Mariah C. Roberts, who died May 12, 1863. They were the parents of twins — ^Joseph Allen and Sarah — ^born February 18, 1863; Joseph Allen died October 8, 1863 ; Sarah died February 18, 1863. He married (second), March 24, 1864, Sa- mantha Vialetta Rice, daughter of James Rice (see Rice sketch herewith)- She died as the result of a runaway acidcnt at Lockney, Texas, in 1894. Chil- dren : I. James William Sherman. Iwrn near Colum- bus Grove. October db, 1865. died October 20, 1867. 2. John Chester, born near Columbus Grove. Sep- tember 12, 1868, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth • Elnora, born May 27. 1S71, married (first) Pres- ton Click, July 4. 1886; he died January 9, 1892; she married (second) Edward D. Reeves, January 30, 1897; resides at Colora City, Texas. Children: Mary Pileta, born July 2, 1887 ; Josephine Eliza- beth, born March 8, 1889; (Zhester Dumas, born May 8, 1891, died August 11, 1892; Carrie Ann May Reeves, born April 28, 1902 ; Flo Marguerite Reeves, born October 17, 1906, died November 19, 1906. 4. Emma Delia, born July 15, 1873. died March 8, 1881. 5. Charles Wilson, born in Collin county, Texas, October 17, 1878, died January 29, 1879. 6. Lewis Herbert, born June 4, 1881, at Celina, (Zollin county, Texas, resides with her father at Postales, ■ New Mexico. 7. Viletta Bertha Ann, born at Celina, November 17, 1883, married, 1903. Elmer Baker ; re- sides at Postales, New Mexico. He married (third) at Postales, New Mexico, April 17, 1904, Mary I. ' Levitt, (V) John Chester Bushong, son of John Stout Bushong (4), was born near Columbus Grove, Ohio, September 12, 1868. He recdved his early educa- tion in the public schools of his native place. While a school boy he began to give iindications of his artistic ability by drawing crayon portraits of his teacher and school-mates, and he has vivid recol- lections of the painful results of some of his un- flattering caricatures. He wejit to Texas with his father and the family when he was about ten years old. For a short time they were at Mc Kinney, Collin county, Texas, but settled at length on a school claim at Celina in the same county. Here the boy's education was continued and his skill in crayon portraits developed. In a few years he was doing considerable business in portraits, for which he charged ten dollars each. At the same time he de- veloped an unusual mechanical gift, doubtless an inheritance from his ancestors who excelled in me- chanical skill. When a mere boy, Mr. Bushong constructed a complete and efficient steam engine from his own plans, using a kerosene can for a boiler, a brass cartridge for a cylinder, ha-ving only his jackknife and common household tools. FIc de- vised a wind mill that operated the churn for his mother and a saw by which he put upon the family horse the labcr his father had assigned to him. This saw was an ingenious affair made of an old reaping machine. He was able to saw the winter supply of wood in one day, with his horse power saw, as much as he could have sawed after school hours by hand during the entire winter. He made an excellent violin during his boyhood, and was fond of music as well as art. Having his full share of youthful health and strength he learned to ride liorses and became one of the best riders of his age in the township, riding some of the most notorious bucking bronchos and never having been thrown. At a later period of his youth he became the champion bicycle rider of the vicinity. His first biisiness venture followed his attend- ance at an itinerant magic lantern exhibition, in which he was greatly interested. .-Mthou.s'h his father rather objected to the project he helped him, and his uncle, Hiram Bushong, purchase the neces- sary outfit. "The older partner in the show business was advance agent, the younger worked the lantern at the village school houses and other halls on that circuit. When about a hundred miles from home, after two weeks of rather slim business, Bushong's show drew a crowded house and the future looked promising. But during the exhibition a couple of wild and drunken cow boys started in to "shoot up" the show, and before they left the hall the audience had retired in haste, the young show-man was half a mile up the road, every windfw in the room was WORCESTER COUNTY 30 r smashed as well as the magic lantern. There was nothing for the victims of attack to do but to start for home, and even the receipts at the box otTice disappeared during the melee. He became interested in photograph}- first when an itinerant photographer visited the town and was induced to show him how to take pictures by the payment of a generous fee. iMr. Bushong took one lesson and was led to believe that he knew enough to go into the business himself. He bought a sec- ond-hand outfit and his father aided him in his am- bition to become a photographer by building for him a small studio. His first customer was the belle of the village whom he invited to have the honor of the first sitting. But the apparatus was defective as well as his knowledge of the camera and of the wet plates used at that time. The young lady spoke her mind freely to the boy photographer when she learned that his camera was out of order. This fail- ure was very disappointing to the young man, but his father soon put him on the right track by .-.ending him to Denton. Texas, where he learned the business in a practical way from Mr. Wetherington, who was located there. After three months of hard work and study Mr. Bushong demonstrated his ability as a photographer so effectively that he was allowed to make all the sittings and was offered a very at- tractive salary to remain in the Wetherington studio but he wished to demonstrate his ability in his na- tive town where his good father had built him the studio. And he did succeed. He enjoyed a thriv- ing business and pleased his patrons. After a few months in partnership with James Gray, a friend of the family, he started out into larger fields, and went from town to town, enjoying a profitable business. .\t V'an Alstyne, Te.xas, he sold out his interests to his partner and leased a prosperous studio at Mc- Kinney, Texas. When his lease expired, he went to Jefferson, Texas, and managed the Knight studio. In the fall of 1889 he removed to El Paso, Texas, to accept a position as manager and chief operator of the Francis Parker .-tudio at a liberal salary, and a year later he purchased the business, remodeled the studio, and conducted a highly successful and profitable business. While in El Paso he became in- terested in bicycling and was one of the organizers of the Commercial Bicycle Club, which built one of the best three lap tracks in the w-est at that time. He became president of the association, and gained the reputation of being the fastest amateur rider in that part of the country. He captured the club championship road race between Ysleta and El Paso by winning the race three times in succession. He visited the World's Fair at Chicago, in 1893, and while there conceived the idea of serving an ap- prenticeship with the leading photographers of the country and of studying art at the same time. He leased his studio at El Paso to Fred J. Feldman and, according to his plans, he was employed in the best photographic studios in St. Louis, Chicago, New V'ork, Boston and Worcester, remaining a few months in each city. He took a course in the Chi- cago Art Museum, and on this trip gained an in- valuable experience and developed his artistic abil- ity and technical skill. He was able later to win several first class prizes at the exhibitions of the Photographers' Association of America. He re- turned to El Paso and took Mr. Feldman into part- nership. The firm added a line of photographic supplies and art goods to their busine.-s, which proved very successful. Mr. Bushong helped to organize the Tracy Motor Company for the pur- pose of manufacturing gas engines and was made president of the company, which was re-organized later with more capital under the name of the Pass City Foundry and Machine Company. Four years after his return to El Paso he sold his inter- ests to his partner in the studio, ^Ir. Feldman, and also sold his stock in the machine company, and in, 1900 located in Worcester, Massachusetts. He fitted up a very artistic studio on Elm street, and the ex- cellence of his work soon attracted a generous share of the best business in the city. In 1905 he was vice-president of the X'ew England Photographers' Association and w'as nominated for president in igo6, but declined the honor. In the same year the building in which his studio was located was torn down to make way for the new Slater Building, and he consolidated his business with that of his chief rival, 11. Schervec, 328 Main street, where they now conduct a very large business in photography and handle a nio.>t complete line of foreign and domestic art goods and portrait frames. He married, August i, 1906, Kalliryii Pauline Ryan, daughter of Michael Henry and Pauline (,Essig) Ryan. They reside in a house recently pur- chased by Mr. Bushong at 20 Fiske street, Worcester. THE RICE FAMILY. Edmund Rice (i), im- migrant ancestor of Samantha (Rice) Bushong, was born in England, coming from Barkhamstead. Hert- fordshire, to Sudbury, Massachusetts, about 1638. lie shared in the division of land there in 1639. He W'as selectman in 1644 and subsequent years, deacon of the Sudbury Church in 1648, and in 1656 one of the thirteen petitioners for the Marlboro grant. His home in Sudbury was in the southerly part of what is now Wayland, east of the Sudbury river meadows. In Marlboro his residence was in the westerly part of the town on the old county road from Marlboro to Xorthboro in the bend as it passes around the north side of the pond a short distance from the an- cient Williams Tavern. He died May 3, 1663, aged sixty-two years, and was buried at Sudbury. His wife Tamazin died at Sudbury, June 13, 1654. He married (second) Mercy Brigham, widow of Thomas Brigham, of Cambridge. (For children and further data of the immigrant, see other sketches of Rice family.) (H) Edward Rice, son of Edmund Rice (i). was born in Barkhamstead, England, about 1620. He resided at Sudbury, removed to Marlboro in 1664 and was deacon of the church there. He gave his age as forty-seven in 1666. He died August 15. 1712, about ninety-three years old. He deeded half of his form to his s^n, Edmund Rice, of Sud- bury, the other half to his son, John Rice, of Sud- bury, April 16, 1706. lie married (first) Agnes Bent; (second) Anna , who died at Marlboro, his widow, June 4, 1713, aged eighty-three. All his children, except the eldest whose birth record has not been found, were by the second wife Anna, the tw'O youngst born at Alarlboro and the others at Sudbury. Children: 1. John, mentioned below'. 2. Lydia, born and died July 30, 1648. 3. Lydia, born December 10, 1649. 4. Edmund, born December 9, 1653, married Joyce Russell. 5. Daniel, born No- vember 8, 1653, married Bethia Ward. 6. Caleb, born February 8, 1657, died April 27, 1658. 7. Jacob, born 1660. 8. Anna, born November 19, 1661, mar- ried Thomas Rice. 9. Dorcas, born January 29, 1664, married Thomas Forbush (or Forbes). 10. 302 WORCESTER COUNTY Benjamin, liorn December 22, 1666, married iNlary Graves. II. Abigail, born May 9, 1671, married Samuel Forbujh, of Marlboro. (III) John Rice, son of Edward Rice (2), was born in Sudbury, about 1647; married Tabitha Stone, November 27, 1674. daughter of John and Anna Stone, granddaughter of Deacon Gregory Stone, an immigrant, who died at Cambridge, November 30, 1672, aged eighty-two years (see Stone family). John Rice lived in what is now Wayland, on the easterly side of the road from Weston to Saxon- ville, and on part of his grandfather Rice's home- stead. He died intestate September 6, 1719, aged about seventy-two years. Children: 1. John, born September 29, 1675, married Elizabeth Clapp. 2. Anna, born August 29, 1678. 3. Deliverance, born August 14, 1681, married John How, Jr. 4. Tabitha, born November 25, 1683. 5. Prudence, born July 26, 1685. 6. Abigail, born November 2y, 1687, mar- ried Uriah Wheeler, of Sudbury, a descendant of Resolved White, who came over in the '"Mayflower" with his parents, William and Susanna. 7. Captain Edward, born December 23, 1689. 8. Dinah, born February 10, 1691, married Joseph Haynes. 9. Moses, mentioned below. lO. Tamar, born September 29, 1697, married. Williain Morre. II. Captain Aaron, born August 13, 1700, married Hannah Wright. (IV) Captain Moses Rice, son of John Rice (3). was born in Sudbury, October 27, 1694, inar- ricd Sarah King, of Sudbury, November 16, 1719, and removed tO' Worcester, about 1722, with her brothers, Ezra and Peter King. Rice opened a pub- lic house on the site of one afterwards kept by Captain Ephraim Mower and on which was sub- sequently erected the United States Hotel, the pres- ent site of the Walker Building. He was on garrison duly at Rutland with others from Worcester, in 1724, in Captain Samuel Wright's company. He commanded a company of cavalry while he lived in Worcester. He removed to Rutland about 1742. He purchased two thousand two hundred acres of land in Charlmont, Massachusetts, April 23, 1743. and finally settled on it. He is said to have been the first town clerk, probably the proprietors' clerk, as the town was incorporated after his death. Being a frontier settlement it was exposed during the French and Indian wars to the ravages of the enemy. June II, 1755, while Captain Rice was in his field ploughing his corn, the Indians in ambush shot him and at the same time shot and killed outright Phineas Arms, aged twenty-four, who was at work in the field also. The horse at the plow, being frightened, started suddenly and three off his rider, Asa Rice, a grandson of Captain Moses Rice, aged about eight, whom the Indians caught up and car- ried to Canada. Captain Rice being sorely wounded and unable to walk was taken some distance into the adjoining woods where he was l»niahawked and scalped. Such as his tragic end ; he was then in the sixty-first year of his age, and the chief man of the township for counsel in peace and in war. Having previously been a prominent man in three towns, two of them old settlements, before he removed to Charlemont. he was there looked upon as the head and father of the settlement, the chief promoter and one of the earliest settlers. He had collected a great amount of historical matter, comprising an account of many interesting events of which he had been a witness, but his manuscripts were destroyed by fire. a sad loss to the family and towns in which he had lived. His wife died about 1788 at the home of her .■■on Aaron. Children, born in Worcester, except the eldest: i. Samuel, born at Sudbury, August 10, 1720, married Dorothy Martin. 2. Abigail, born 1-ebruary 20, 1722-23, married James Heaton. 3. Aaron, mentioned below. 4. Dinah, born January 21, 1726-27, married Joseph Stevens. 5. Sylvanus, born January 6, 1728-29, married Esther Niins. 6. Tainar, born June 15, 1732, married John Wells, of Shel- burnc. 7. Artemas, born October 22, 1734, married Mary Stevens. (V) Aaron Rice, son of Captain Moses Rice (4), was born January 31, 1724-25. He married, November 5, 1754, Freedom French, born Apr.l 22, 1730, died September, 1809, daughter cf Thomas and Joanna French. They were admitted to the Deerfield (Massachusetts) Church, September, 1756. He was deacon of the Charlemont Church. He was corporal in Captain Burke's company in the French war m 1758. He was a member 01 the state convention of 1779 to frame a constitution for the commonwealth ot Massachusetts, an honor that entitles his descend- ants to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. He died in 1808, aged eighty-four years. Following is the inscription on his grave: "Sacred to the memory of Deacon Aaron Rice and Freedom, his wife; who, having sustained the hardships of an infant frontier settlement in time of war; having reared a family of eleven children, six of whom lie interred in this ground ; and lived together in happy wedlock fifty-four years, departed this life, the. first December 2, 1808, aged 84 years; the other September 15, 1809, aged 79 years." Children: I. Sarah, born August lb, 1756, died December 7, 1758. 2. John, born February 2, 1758, married Ruth Rice. 3. Sarah, born November 14, 1759, died April 16, 1783. 4. Anna, born July 10, 1701, died December 9. 1783. S- Eunice, born July 24, 1763, died Decem- ber 6, 1782. 6. Aaron, mentioned below. 7. Joseph, horn December 8, 1767, married Emblem Comstock. 8. Luke, born November 27, 1709, married Lydia Rice. 9. Silas, born October 16, 1771. 10. Free- dom. II. Child, probably died young, CVT) Aaron Rice, son of Aaron Rice (5), was born March 23, 1765, in Charlemont. He married, April 16, 1789, Lona Thompson, born January 4, 1771, of Charlemont; removed to Breckville, Cuya- hoga county, Ohio, and died there in the fifties, over ninety years of age. Children: i. Eunice, born April 23, 1790, married Ebenezer Rice. 2. Hep- zibath, born May 3, 1792, married Peter Comstock, at Breckville, Ohio, August 21, 1814. 3. Aaron, born November 15, 1793. married Jemima Dunsha. 4. Seth, born February 20, 1795; married Candace Edgerton. 5. William, born March 4, 1797, married Ruth Edgerton. 6. Aloses, mentioned -below. 7. Peter, born June 8, 1803, married Besey Cole. 8. Diantha, born February 9, 1807, died June 12, 181 7. 9. Myron, born August i, 1809, married Maria Cole; resided in Putnam county, Ohio, and had nine children. 10. Jane, born September 23, 181 1, mar- ried N. H. Bagley, 11. Hiram, born June 12, 1814, died November 6, 1814. (VII) Moses, son of Aaron Rice (6), was born August 25, 1799, in Putnam county, Ohio, or went there when a young boy with his father's family. He married Amy Dimsha, February 21, 1822. She was born October 6, 1801. They lived in Putnam county. Children: I. James, mentioned below. 2. Julian, born July 4, 1825. 3. Sarah J., born July 20, 1829. 4. Vialetta, born May 15, 1832. 5. Eunice, born September 6, 1836. 6. Samantha, born July 20, 1841, died in infancy. 7. Wilson, born January i, 1844. 8. Hollis, born December 11, 1847. WORCESTER COUNTY 303 (\'I1I) James Rice, son of Moses Kicc (/), was born in Putnam county, Ohio, September 17, 1823. He married Celicia Blodgett, July 21, 1842. They resided at Ottawa, Ohio. He went to California in the early fifties and was thrown from a horse and killed. She married (second) Jones, who died at Waterloo, Indiana. Children of James and Celicia Rice: i. Saniantha Vialctta, born February 21, 1843, married John Stout Bushong ; mentioned above. 2. Jlinerva, bcrn January 15. 1S45. married Benjamin Roberts. 3. Closes, born December 8. 1847. 4. Still- man, born September 12, 1849. 5. Nelson, born Jan- uary 23, 1851, died April, 1851. 6. James H., born September 16, 1852, died August, 1853. FRANCIS FAMILY. Richard Francis (i), the pioneer ancestor in America of Henry .M. Francis, of Fitchburg. was an early setticr in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was born in England and was a brick maker by trade. He was one of the pro- prietors of the town of Cambridge and was admitted a freeman there May 13, 1640. He bought a lot of land July 4. i64.:t. of Nathaniel Sparhawk at the corner of what is now Holmes place. He died March 24, 1686-7^ aged about eighty-one years. His wife Alice was administratri.N:. appointed April 5. 16S7. Their children were : Stephen, born Febru- ary 7, 1644-5; Sarah. December 4, 1646, married Jolni Squires; John. January 4, 1649-50, of whom later. (II) John Francis, youngest son of Richard Francis (i), was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Januarj- 4, 1649-50. He married Lydia Cooper, daughter of Deacon John Cooper, January 5, 1687-8. He was also a brick maker and was crippled while working on one of the Harvard College buildings, having his leg broken. His lameness is mentioned in a petition bv his brother to the general court in 1676. He died at Med ford, where he removed about 1695. The date of his death was January 3, 1727-S. His son John was administrator. The chil- dren were: John, born October 10. 1688, died young: John, February 17, 1689-90. died at Med- ford. August 31, 1750: Stephen. November 2, T691 ; Nathaniel, 1693. The preceding were born at Cam- bridge, the following at Medford: Samuel, Febru- ary 17, 1695-6; Anna, November 2, 1697; Joseph, January 5. 1699-1700: Fbenezer, October 3. 1701, died March 23. 1702-3; Lydia, April 20, 1703; Eben- ezcr. born March 25 1708. (III) Nathaniel Francis, fourth child of John Francis (2), was born in Cambrid.ge in 1693. He was brought up in Medford and settled in Charles- town, Massachusetts. He died September 2. 1764. aged seventy-one years. His wife Ann died in Mason, New Hampshire. December 31, 1777, aged seventy-four years. Their children were: Na- thpniel. born January 6, 17.^2. was a soldier in the revolution; married Phebe Frost. .April 11. 1751 : Heniamin. November it. 1734 married Lydia Con- verse, of Medford, .^pril 7. T/'^y: married (second) Sarah Hall ; he was a soldier in the revolution in 1775 and 1777: he settled in M"dford; Richard, of whom later: William, bantized February 6. 1737. (IV) Richard Francis, third child of Nathaniel Francis (3), was born in Medford or Charlcstown, Massachusetts. January 2, 1736, and died in Lunen- burg. Massachusetts, in 1705. betnoen .April and June. He married Hannah Winshio March 20, 1760. Richard deeded his farm of cightv-six acres on Flat hill, Lunenburg, to his son Simon April 6, 1795. and Simon deeded a life interest in this property to the Widow Hannah, his mother. Richard bought his land on Flat hill of Charles Perrin, of Lunenburg (second division, lot 58). November iS, 1778. The first purchase consisted of about fifty- nine acres and he added to the farm by purchase. For several years Richard was living in Dunstable, Massachusetts, and probably some of the children xyere born there. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion. The children of Richard and Hannah Francis were: Richard, born December 16, 1760; Loring, June 7, 1762; Samuel, August 26, 1764; Daniel. June 25. 1766, died November 5, 1813; Simon, of whom later. (V) Simon Francis, filth child of Richard Fran- cis (4). was born in Dunstable, perhaps, Febru- ary 4, 1774. and died at Lunenburg. Massachusetts, May 21, 1819. He married Lucy "Brown, who ad- ministered his estate and died at Lunenburg. March 26. 1828. Their son Martin was guardian for the minor children. The cliildren of Simon and Lucy Francis, all born in Lunenburg, were : Martiri, born August 25. 1807, died December 27, 1S3J, aged twenty-five years: Samuel (added the name Franklin by act of the legislature when he came of age), born May 22, 1809. of whom later; Try- ■ phena, born April 25, 181 1, died at Orleans, Massa- chusetts, August 25. 1886: married Thomas Free- man, of Orleans, and they had five children, of whom the only survivor is Mary E. (Freeman) Jones, residing in Warch;im : Tliomas Freeman died October 26. 1847: Philemon H.. born August 22, 1S13. died September 28, 1S40: Sullivan Ritter, born .April 20. 1816. married. Jainiary 24. 1S42, Sarah Eliza Hayw-ard. who died May .30, 1845; (second), July 12, 1846. Mary S. Gardner." who died October 22, 1880: (third). April 15. 1877, .Anna I. Pelton ; he died September i, 1901, at Kewanee. Illinois. (VI) Franklin Samuel Francis, second child of Simon Francis (5), was born in Lunenburg. Massa- chusetts, May 22, i8c9. He was baptized Samuel, but he had his name changed after he came of age to Fr-Miklin Samuel Francis. He learned the wheelwright's trade and followed that and buying and selling farm lands in Lunenburg and Fitchburg. He married. October 23. 1834. Jane Kimball, daugh- ter of Ephraim and Dorothy (Sawyer) Kimball. Her father was born January 72. 1777. and died November 27, 1853: married. February 24. 1801. Her mother was born March 11, 1779, at Fitchburg, and died there .April 16. 1.SJ7, Her Kimball an- cestors «-ere Enhraim (VII). Deacon Ephraim (VI), Ephraim (V). Ephraim (IV) Thomas (III), Thoiras (II) Richard Kimball (T). (See sketch of General John W. Kimball, who was her first cousin, son of Alpheus, brother of her father, Ephraim.) The children of Franklin S. and Jane (Kimball) Francis were: Henrv M., of whom laler: Ed- mund Sawyer, born October 15. 1S37; Philemon Brown. January 6. 1842: .Alpheus Kimball, June 6, i8d4. married Sarah Rebecca Houghton : Sidney Prescoit. Anril 25. 1846. died July 20, 1S76: mar- ried. December 7. 1870. Hannah Maria Black, who was born Januarv 26. 1848, and died December 3, i88r. (VI) Sullivan Ritter Francis, son of Simon Francis (;). wa« born in Lunenburg. Massachu- setts. .April 20. 1S16. He married (first). January 2. 1842. Sarah E. Hayward. of Lunenbnrg. who died May 30, 1845; (second), July 12, 1846 Mary 3"4 WORCESTER COUNTY S. Gardner, of Bedford, Massachusetts, who died October 22, 1889; (third), April 15, 1877, Anna I. Pelton, of Kewanee, Illinois. The children of Sullivan R. and Mary S. Fran- cis were : Homer G., born October 14, 1847, died August 2, 1889 ; Jerome. December 6, 1850, died October 26, 1876; Mary Dana, October 9, 1852, died June 20, 1854; Frederick, January 21, 1856; Madana, May ig, 1859, died June 3, i860; Albert, January 14, 1861, died April 23, 1862; Louis S.. February 4, 1864; Martha, September 8, 1865, died December 30, .1866. The children of Sullivan R. and Anna I. Francis were : Franklin Sullivan, December 6, 1877; Waldo Ritter, September 22, 1879; Gladys Lucy, April 19, 1881. (VII) Henry Martyn Francis, eldest child of Franklin S. (6) and Jane (Kimball) Francis, was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. June 16, 1836. He attended the public schools there and December 3, 1856, entered the academy at Groton where he pursued his studies for two years. From July 28 to November, 1858, he was an assistant in the sur- veys for the Groton water works which .supplies New York city with 'water. He returned home and took up the study of architectural drawing in the office of Alexander R. Esty, architect, of Boston. From May, 1861, until January, 1864, Mr. Francis followed the trade of carpenter in Lunenburg, West- field, and Florence. March 29. 1864. he became asso- ciated with George M. Harding, architect, of Port- land, Maine. He went to Boston December 16, 1864, to work for George F. Meacham, architect, but a year later returned to Mr. Harding's office in Portland. He opened his own office as architect in Fitch- bury in June, 1868, and has had a very successful career there. He has built fifty school houses in Fitchburg and throughout New England, and nine- tenths of the public buildings, churches and finer residences in Fitchburg. Fie was the architect for the Rollstone Congregational church, the Calvinistic Congregational church, the First Universalist church, the Wallace Free Library and Art Building, the VVallace, Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance, Safety Fund Bank buildings, the Fitchburg Union Railroad Station, the Young Men's Christian As- sociation building of Fitchburg; the residences of James Phillips, of E. F. Belding and O. H. Law- rence ; the Murdock School building in Winchen- don and many other important structures. He is a member and deacon of the Calvinistic Congrega- tional Church, and has been superintendent of the Sunday school. He is a director of the Fitchburg National Bank and of the Fidelity Co-operative Bank He is a member of the Fitchburg Historical So- ciety, Board of Trade and of the Fitchburg Board of Health. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He married, July 16, 1867, Emily Josephine Leighton, daughter of Joel and Betsey (Labree) Lcighton. Her father was born April 15, 1790, at Epping, New Hampshire, and died October 25, 1851, at Bloomfield, Maine ; married, January 25, 1824. Her mother was born December 15. 1799, at Brent- wood, New Hampshire, and died July 12, 1S64, at Bloomfield, Maine. The children of Henry M. and Emily J. Francis arc : Frederick Leighton, of whom later ; Anna Theresa, born February 20, 1872, mar- ried. September 19, 190T. at Fitchburg, Burton San- derson Flagg, and they have two children : Dorothea Kimball, born June 25, 1903: Elizabeth Sanderson, born September 21, 1905. Albert Franklin, of whom later. (VIII) Frederick Leighton Francis, son of Henry M. Francis {y), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, February 5, 1870. He attended the public schools of his native town and graduated in 1888 from the Fitchburg high school and in 1892 irom the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has made two trips abroad, July 6 to September 21, 1895, and May 26 to September 13, 1900, for the purpose of observation and study in architecture. He became associated with his father after his grad- uation and worked with him for ten years. In January, 1902, he went into the office of Charles A. Piatt, architect and landscape architect, 36 East Twentieth street, New York city, where he worked and studied for two years, returning to Fitchburg August 28, 1903. to become a member of the firm of H. M. Francis & Sons. His brother, Albert F. Francis, also became a partner with their father at the same time, September 2, 1903. It is one of the leading firms of architects in the vicinity. He is a member of the Technology Club of Boston and the Technology Club of New York city. He married, September 27, 1898, at Fitchburg, Lula May Florton, born May 9, 1877, at Brattleboro, Vermont, daughter of Timothy Frank and Esther Maria (Whitney) Horton. Her father W'as born August 15. 1849, at Bernardston. Massachusetts, and married, May 29, 1876; her mother was born May 17, 1855, and died June 15, 1883, at Brattle- boro, Vermont. They have one child. Kathryn Hor- ton, born July 25, 1903, at New York city. (VIII) Albert Franklin Francis, youngest child of Henry M. Francis (7), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. March 6, 1875. He attended the Fitchburg public schools and the Fitchburg high school. He studied architecture in his father's of- fice and gradually became associated with him in business. When the firm of H. M. Francis & Sons was formed in September, 1903, he became one of the partners. He is a Republican in politics and is a member of Aurora Lodge, Free Masons, Thomas Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Jerusalem Cora- mandery, Knights Templar, Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, the Fitchburg Merchants' Association and the Columbian Club of Fitchburg. He married, June 9, 1898, Edith Martha Perry, born June 9. 1877, at Leominster, died March 26. 1902, at Fitdiburg. They had one child, Dorothy, born December 21, 1900, died December 24. 1900. (VII) Alpheus Kimball Francis, son of Frank- lin Samuel Francis (6). was born at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, June 6, 1844. He received a com- mon school education in his native town, and at the age of fifteen years entered Lawrence Academy at Groton, Massachusetts, and took the full course of study there. In 1864 he entered A. D. Bell's Commercial School in Boston and took the usual course of study. He went to work at Florence, Massachusetts, at the carpenter's trade and while he was there helped build the to\Yn hall. He went to Fitchburg after a short time and was employed by Parkhurst & Aldrich, contractors and builders for two years. About 1870 he started in business on his own account, as contractor and builder, with his headquarters at Lunenburg, and established a lucrative business. He has had the contracts for many dwellings and other buildings in Lunenburg and vicinity. He built the elegant mansion of J. A. Litchfield and three school houses for the town. The remodeling of the Methodist church was given to Mr. Francis to do. He has dealt considerably in real estate both in Lunenburg and Fitchburg. and bl/c^.c^ cr (J^ou:^^ O'T'X^ WORCESTER COUNTY 305 has built many tenement blocks which he owns for investment. Mr. Francis is a member of the Orthodox Con- gregational Church of Lunenburg and is a member of the parish committee. He has been superintend- ent of the Sunday school for five years. In politics he is a Republican and has often served as dele- gate to Republican nominating conventions. He has been treasurer of the town of Lunenburg for the past ten years. As a man of business and pub- lic affairs, Mr. Francis has stood for many years among the leading men of Fitchhurg and Lunenburg. He married, February 3, 1868, Sarah Rebecca Houghton, born in Boston. April 8, 1847, daughter of Emery and Martha (Howard) Houghton. Their children are: i. Lizzie Kimball, born July 12, 1873, in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, married. September 2. 1S96, Ernest Keyes Proctor, born April 8, 1873. at Lunenburg, and they have one child — Edith Keyes Proctor, born March II, 1901, at Lunenburg. 2. Sidney Houghton, born October 14, 1877, at Lunenburg, see forward. 3. Edith Jane, born March 24, 1880, in Lunenburg, married, in Lunenburg, .\ugust 7, 1900. Edwin Bicknell Stevens, now col- lege editor of the Ohio State University, and they have — Richard Francis Stevens, born June 5, 1902, at Columbus, Ohio; Catherine Bicknell Stevens, born December 14, 1905. at Columbus, Ohio. (VHI) Sidney Houghton Francis, son of Al- pheus Kimball Francis (7), was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, October 14, 1877. He was educated in the public schools and at the Worcester Poly- technic Institute, w'here he was graduated in igoo. He is employed by Carrieve & Hastings as superin- tendent of their W'Ork on New York Public Library. He is unmarried. LOUIS EDWARD F.^TTISON. William Thur- niaii Pattison, father of Louis Edward Pattison, the well known coal and wood dealer of Webster, Mas- sachusetts, was born in London, England, ab^'Ut 1817. He had a common school education in his native city. He went to sea when old enough and came in in 1830 to WelWeet, Massachusetts, where he made his home for a time. In 1848 he went to Wisconsin, but had to leave that state on account of Indian troubles on what was then the frontier. He lived in Milwaukee for a time, then removed to Chicago, where he died at the early age of thirty- three, leaving a wife and six children. He fell a victim to an epidemic of Asiatic cholera. In re- ligion he was Protestant, being brought up in the Church of England. His wife, Ellen Maria, was born in Nova Scotia. Louis Edward Pattison, son of William Thur- man Pattison, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, I>cember 30, 1843. After his father's death in 1850 his mother lived in Boston and the children were educated there. At the age of fifteen he went to work for S. Slater & Son, at Webster. Massachu- setts. He enlisted in the Fifth Massachusetts Bat- tery, Light Artillery, in September, 1861, and went to the front, served the three years of his enlistment, and was honorably discharged in October, 1864. This battery w-as in tlie Army of the Potomac, par- ticipated in all its battles, and occupied a prominent position on the second day of the battle of Gettys- burg in Trestle's barnyard and at the rear of Cadori House on the third day. Mr. Pattison returned to Webster and was again employed in the Slater Mills, remaining in the em- ploy of S. Slater & Son until March, 1877, when he iv — 20 started in business for himself, opening in Webster a lumber, wood and coal yard at the location on Pleas- ant street which he has occupied ever since. In a busi- ness way Mr. Pattison forged ahead rapidly and for years he has had the largest business ot this kind between Worcester and Norwich, Connecticut, and known for many years as one of the leading busi- ness men in his section of the county. By shrewd and careful management and constant activi'ty he has acquired a competence, and starting with nothing, is a typical self-made man. His activity has not been confined to his business and mere money get- ting. He has filled a creditable position in the social and political world, and has always done his full duty as a citizen maintaining an interest in the affairs of the nation as well as the town and. state. He has been chairman of the board of trus- tees of the Public Library since it was established;, and has been connected with the Fire Department of the town since its organization in 1868, and since May, 1889, he has been the chief engineer. He has also served the town of Webster as auditor and as- sessor. He was chairman of the committee ap- pointed by the town to purchase land for public buildings and was secretary of the committee in charge of the building of the new high school. In politics he has been a consistent Republican. He was a charter member of Benjamin Franklin Coun- cil, Royal Arcanum, of Webster Lodge United Workmen. He is a member of Post 61, G. A. R., and has held the office of adjutant. He attends the Universalist Church. He married, October 26, 1865, at Boston, Massa- chusetts, Annie Gray, a niece of James Simpson, the well known builder of dry docks at Boston, St. Johns, Portland, Brooklyn and League Island har- bors. Their children were : Edwin Holden, born in Webster, Massachusetts, December 6, 1867, edu- cated in the Webster public schools ; graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; married Louisa Barber, of Wcstboro, Massachusetts, has no children; Arthur Gilles, born in Webster, February 25. 1870, educated in the common schools of his na- tive town and at Becker's Business College of W^or- cester ; married Mabel E. Aldrich, of Webster, and has a daughter, Muriel, born at Webster, September 16, 1894. George Aldrich (l), of Derbyshire, England, who came to this country November 6, 1631, was the ancestor of Mrs. A. G. Pattison, born Mabel Ger- trude Aldricli, of Webster, Massachusetts. He set- tled first at Dorchester, Massachusetts, with his wife Katherine, wlio joined the church at Dorchester about 1636. He was a tailor by trade. In 1640 he was at Braintree, and in 1663 was among the first settlers of Mendon, Massachusetts. He married, September 3, 1629. Katherine Seald, his second wife, born in 1610, in England. The children of George Aldrich were born at Dorchester and Braintree. He died March I, 1682. His will was made at Mendon. November 2, 1682, and proved April 26, i(')83. His children were : Abel, not traced ; Joseph, born June 4, 1635; Maryi born June 16, 1637; Miriam, born June 29, 1639, died young; Experience, born 1641, died young; John, born April 2, 1644; Sarah, born July 16, 1645, married Bartlett ; Peter, born April 4, 1648; Mercy, born 1650, married Rand- all ; Jacob, born February 28, 1652 ; Martha, born July 7, 1656, married Dunbar: (II) Jacob Aldrich. son of George Aldrich (l). horn at Braintree, Massachusetts. February 28, 1652; married, November !. 1675. Huldah Thayer, 3o6 WORCESTER COUNTY He died October 22, 1692. His children were prob- ably born at Mendon, Massachusetts, as follows : Jacob, May 28, 1C76; Abel, January 27, 1677; Seth, July 6, 1679; Huldali, 1680; Rachel, 1682; Sarah, 1683; David, May 23, 1685; Peter, October 17, 1686; John, November 27, 1688; Moses, April i, 1691 ; Alercy, February 17, 1692, died 1692 ; Rachel, December 27, 1694. (Ill) Seth Aldrich, son of Jacob Aldrich (2), born at Mendon, Massachusetts, July 6, 1679, died October 15, 1737. Married, September 3, 1700, Deb- orah Hay ward. Their children: Seth, born Sep- tember 19, 1701 ; Deborah, 1703 ; Abel, January 16, 1704; William, November 5, 1706; Sarah, 170S; Jacob, July 22, 1710; Samuel, 1712, died young; Noah, 1713, died young; Susannah, 1715 ; Dinah, 1717; Jonathan, January 2, 1718; Abigail, 1720; Deborah, 1722; Samuel, 1726; Elizabeth, 1729. (IV; Jacob Aldrich, son of Seth Aldrich (3), born July 22, 1710, married Joanna Bartlctt; their children: William, born January 13, 1731-32; Daniel, September 3, 1733; Mary, 1735; Jacob, De- cember 15, 1736; Seth, December 6, 1738; Abigail, 1740; Aaron, July 18, 1742; Joanna, 1743; Deborah, 1745; Jacob. October 16, 1746; Nehemiah, May 20, 1749; Esther, 1750; Asahel, March 16, 1751-52; Rachel and Ruth, twins, 1754. (V) Daniel Aldrich, son of Jacob Aldrich (4), was born September 3, 1733. He married (first). May I, 1755. Tamasin Southwick; (second), Sep- tember 2, 1762, Mary Cook, by whom he had iiine children. The eldest of his children, by his first wife, was Israel. (\T) Israel Aldrich son of 'Daniel Aldrich (5), was born April 13, 1756. He married Anselia Ballou, about 1786. She died 1813. Their children were; Daniel, died young; Jonathan, born 1792; George, died young; Israel, born June 3, 1797, mar- ried Sally Porter; Silas, born 1802; Asahel, 1807; also four daughters. (VII) Israel Aldrich, son of Israel Aldrich (6), was born June 3, 1797. in Thompson, Connecti- cut, where his father lived before him. He was a farmer. He married Sally Porter, of Thompson, Connecticut. He died 1858; she died 1875. Their children were: Nancy, Samuel Porter, see forward; Jane. Emeritt. Lawson. (VII I) Samuel Porter Aldrich, son of Israel Aldrich (7). was born at Thompson. Connecticut, February 24, 1827. He attended the Thompson schools until seventeen, when he weiit to work on the homestead with his father. He was a farmer until 1868. He came to Webster, Massachu.?etts, in 1870, and started a coal and wood business, which he carried on successfully until his death, January 9, 1887. He was tax collector of the town of Web- ster, and declined to run for other offices. He was a member of the Baptist Church, He built in 1882, the Music Hall in Webster, the only place of amuse- ment in the village. He was a man of considerable propertv, and was highly esteemed by his fellow citi- zens, lie married. May 7, 1851, Caroline Elizabeth Raymond, born December 27. 1832. daughter of Orin and Betsey (Freeman) Raymond, of Dudley, Massachusetts. Their children: Ella Jane, born March 23, 1852, died 1858; George A., born June 12, 1853, died 1890; married Alice Gibson, by whom he had a daughter Minnie .Mden Aldrich; infant; Hiram Elbridge, born 1864, died 1871 ; Clarence Benton, born 1872, died 1873; Mabel Gertrude, see forward. (IX) Mabel Gertrude Aldrich, daughter of Samuel Porter Aldrich (8), was born at Thomp- son, Connecticut, 1874. She married A. G. Patti- son, of Webster. CROMPTON FAMILY. Ralph Crompton (i) was the English progenitor of the Crompton family of Worcester, Massachusetts. He was born about 1750, and lived in Holcombe, Parish of Bury, Lan- cashire, England. His eldest son was Thomas, mentioned below. (H) Thomas Crompton, son of Ralph Cromp- ton (i), was born at Holcombe, Parish of Bury, Lancashire, England. He married at Preston. Lan- cashire, England, Mary Dawson, daughter of John and Margaret (Calvert) Dawson, and granddaughter of Henry Dawson. Margaret Calvert was the daughter of Matthew Calvert of Lancaster, Eng- land. The Dawsons lived in Kendall, Westmore- land, England. The children of Thomas and Mary (Dawson) Crompton were: i. James, born in Preston, April 15, 1803, settled in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and had children : i. Margaret John- son, resided at Amesbury, Massachusetts : ii. Thomas, resided at Hartford, Connecticut; iii. Ellen Johnson, resided in Amesbury; iv. Ann, unmarried; V. Rachel, married Tate, resided in Illinois ; vi. James, resided at Windsor Locks ; vii. Alice, viii. Mary. 2. Rachel, born in Preston, December 21, 1S04; died February 21, 1806. 3. William, born in Preston, September 10, 1806; resided at Windsor Locks, mentioned below. 4. Ellen, born at Holcoml)e, !March 30, 1811, resided in Hartford county, Con- necticut; married in Ramsbotham, Lancashire, Eng- land, February 23. 1852, James Crompton, W'ho died September 21, 1861, leaving one child, Mary Alice, born at Ramsbotham. December .4, 1853, and died in Pleasant Valley, Connecticut. December 5, 1868. 5. Ralph, born in Holcombe, October 7, 1814, and died in Rochester, Wisconsin, March 18, 1872: mar- ried July 4, 1844, at Prestwich Church, near Bury, Lancashire, England, ^largaret Bradley, who was born in Marton. Yorkshire, England, December 12, 1816, the daughter of Thomas Bradley ; they had two children : i. Mary Jane, born in Millbury, Massachusetts, November 15. 1845. and settled in Rochester. Wisconsin ; ii. Ellen Elizabeth, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, November 17, 1848. 6. Matthew, born in Holcombe, November 19. 1818. died at age of seven months. 7. Margaret, twin sister of Matthew, died aged three months. (Ill) William Crompton, son of Thomas Cromp- ton (2), was born in Preston. Lancashire. England, September 10, 1806. At an early age he learned the trade of a machinist, and was superintendent of a cotton mill in Ramsbotham, England. He came to America in 1836, locating in Taunton, Massachu- setts, where he was employed in manufacturing cotton mill machinery, and in the following year invented the loom which bears his name, and which was later perfected by his son. He married in England. May 26. 1S28, Sallie Law. who was born in Holcombe, May 22, 1807. and died in Mill- bury, January 30, 1849, the youngest daughter of George and Kitty (Buckley) Law. Their chil- dren were: i. George, born in Holcombe. March 23, 1829. mentioned below : 2. Elizabeth, born in Holcombe. November 17, 1830, resided in Windsor, Connecticut. 3. Mariana, born in Manchester. Eng- land, November 12, 1832 ; married Thomas Cromp- ton. resided in Hartford, Connecticut. 4. Catharine, born in Haslingden, England, November 2, 1834. resided at Windsor, Connecticut, unmarried. 5. WORCESTER COUNTY 307 Sarah Anne, born in Holcombe, September 10, 1S36; married in Boston, Massachusetts, May 10, 1853, Rev. Rcuel Hotchkiss Tuttle, who was born in Old Town, Maine, July 16, 1824; rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Windsor, Con- necticut; and they had five children: i. Annie Elizabeth, born at Hartford, March 13, 1854; ii. Mariana, born at Salisbury, Connecticut, ^lay 10, 1855 ; iii. Lorine Russell, born in Salisbury July 3, 1858; died there September 24. 1858; iv. Amy Cronipton, tw'in sister of Lorine R., born July 3, 1858, died May 2S, 1861 ; v. Reuel Cronipton Tut- tle, born in Windsor, September 24, 1863. 6. William, born in Holcombe. May 1839, died Octo- ber, 1839. 7. William Henry, born in Millbury, June 28, 1845. 8. Thomas Ralph, born in Millbury, December 12, 1848, died August 1849. (IV) George Cronipton, son of William Cropmton (3), was born in Holcombe, Lancashire, England, ilarch 23, 1829, and came to this coun- try w'hen a lad of ten. He had already become familiar with mills and foundries and machine shops of his native town. He inherited a taste for me- chanics, and early developed mechanical skill and genius. He had a mercantile training that was very useful to him in his business life. Before he was of age he w'as called upon to manage his father's business, with which he was quite familiar. He worked in the Colt Factory when the family was located in Connecticut. George Cronipton laid the real foundation of the Cronipton Loom Works in 1851, wdien, having obtained an extension of his father's patent, he formed a partnership with ^lerrill E. Furbush, of Philadelphia, to manufacture looms. The firm of l''urbusli & Cronipton located first in the Merrilield building, where they remained until the great fire '>f 1854, in which they lost everything. After oc- cupying temporary quarters in the Washburn & Moen wire mill on Grove street, they hired the Red Mill near the foot of Green street. They em- ployed about fifty hands at that time. August I, 1859, Mr. Furbush withdrew and Mr. Cronipton continued the business alone. In the year follow- ing he bought the Red Mill property and erected the first of the buildings on the Green street lo- cation of the Crompton Works. William M. Bick- ford, succes.sor to Phelps & Bickford, who made the Crompton loom on royalty at first, advertised the Crompton loom in 1860, and George Cronipton brought suit for infringement of patent. Crompton won his case, and Bickford dying in 1863, liis bus- iness ceased, his patterns being bought by Mr. Crompton. Various improvements whereby the Crompton loom has been made more rapid and productive and brought to its present liigh state of perfection were made by Mr. Cronipton. He took out over a hundred patents in this country alone. A number of patents were also taken out by Horace Wyman, superintendent for many years of the Cronipton Works. Seven patents were taken out jointly in the names of Mr. Crompton and Mr. Wyman. In 1865 there was a depression in the loom business on account of the civil war and the lack of cotton. For a time Mr. Compton manufactured gun ma- chinery for the United States and private concerns. In 1863 the demand for woolen goods increased so that he had to enlarge the loom works and devote all his time to making looms. In 1865 he changed the configuration of his father's loom and adopted vertical levers and other devices for operating the harnesses. In 1S67 he exhibited his looms at the Paris Exposition in competition with the manufact- urers of England, FVance, Saxony, Belgium and Prussia, winnmg a silver medal for special merits. In 186S lie brought out a new and unique harness motion, styled the horizontal harness motion In 1877 'i<^ patented the chain Tappetloom, a new de- parture in harness motion. It is difficult to describe all the changes in the loom as year by year it w-as brought to a greater degree of perfection. He made the Crompton loom one of the two best looms made. F'ew of the greatest inventors have done a more beneficent or important life work than George Crompton. His business incidentally was one of the prin- cipal contributors to the success and prosperity. It was managed always with excellent judgment and rare ability, so that its development has been con- tinuous and uninterrupted. A man of superior business qualifications hunself, Mr. Crompton pos- sessed the ability to judge accurately ot the at- tainments of others, and surrounded himself with one of the most efiicient corps of assistants to be found in any manufacturing establishment. Mr. Crompton was energetic in his business methods, persistent in - his attempts to improve what was already good, and determined in his efforts to keep the Crompton loom where it could compete with any and all rivals. His business integrity and hon- esty were never questioned, and wherever he had business dealings -it was accepted without ques- tion that what George Crompton said he would do would surely be done. He was a careful compe- tent manager of financial matters, easily graspuig and mastering the details of important and extended transactions, ai]d carrying them through success- fully. It is largely to his efforts that the city has today among its more important industries the manufacture of carpets as well as looms. Mr. Cronipton was one of the first to move in this di- rection and with others established the Crompton Carpet Company, being the holder of nearly half the stock. About the time of the panic in 1873, and the failure of one of the stockholders who was also a director, in 1878, after the company had been run several years without satisfactory divi- dends, there was a crisis in the affairs of the com- pany. Mr. Cronipton came forward, assumed all the liabilities of the company, and carried the load successfully. The Crompton Carpet Company was dissolved in 1879, but the superintendent Matthew J. Whittall, started in business at that time, and but for the starting of the Crompton enterprise the city would probably never have had the great Whittall carpet mills numbered among its leading industries. Mr. Cronipton's business ability was recognized by election as a director of the Worcester National Bank and of the Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Company. He rendered valuable service to the city. He was in the board of aldermen in 1853 and 1864. He was a candidate for mayor in 1871. In the year following he took great interest in the settlement of the sewer assessment cases, and he presented an original plan of settlement for that perplexing work. About the last general public service that he rendered was on the committee on the soldiers' monument. He urged the adoption of the design with enthusiasm, and he gave his time and energy freely to the execution of the plans. The monument was dedicated July 15, 1874, and Mr. Crompton was one nf the -Tic.ikirs. The ^o8 WORCESTER COUNTY monument cost $50,000. of which $15,000 was niised by popular subscription, and much of the credit for the successful work of the committee in charge must be given to him. But his life work was his private business, of which he was properly proud. To its management he gave substantially all his time and energy. Its steady development was en- during evidence of his business sagacity and execu- tive ability. He died, of Bright's disease, after a year of failing health, on December 29, 1886. Mr. Cromp- ton married, in Hartford, Connecticut, January 9, 1853, Mary Christina Pratt. He always took great satisfaction in his home life. He left a widow and nine children: i. Isabel S. 2. Cora E. 3. Stella S. 4. Georgietta F. (now Mrs. Albert B. Wood). 5. Mary K. 6. Charles. 7. Mildred D. (now Mrs. H. W. Smith). 8. (George, president of Crompton Association and treasurer of the Crompton-Thayer Loom Company, 677 Cambridge street. 9. Ran- dolph, president Crompton-Thayer Loom Company. (V) Randolph Crompton, son of George Crompton (4), was born in Worcester, Massachu- setts, July 12, 1874. He attended various private schools in Worcester, and fitted for college at Wor- cester Academy and Fish's School in Worcester. He then spent three years at Harvard University studying with private tutors. In 1895 he returned to Worcester and entered the Crompton lo^m works to learn the business. His father died in December, 1886. when his sons were too young to take up im- mediately the management of the great business that he had established. Randolph and his two brothers eventually entered the loom business, how- ever, and two of the three have been engaged in it most of the time since they left school. After Ran- dolph had worked in the various departments about two years he assumed his share in the man- agement of the concern and was elected a director. The Crompton Loom Works was consolidated with the Knowlcs Works in the spring of 1897, and the present Crompton & Knowles Loom Works made a corporation, in control of both plants. Randolph Crompton was the assistant superintendent of the Crompton Works on Green street for the new con- cern, and later was made vice-president of the cor- poration. Three years later the Knowlcs stock- holders purchased the stock of the Cromptons and took full control of all the properties. Accordingly Mr. Crompton .resigned, in 1900. In the settlement of the estate of George Cromp- ton it was found (to be) wise to form a corpora- tion to own the real estate, and the capital stock of The Crompton Associates, as the corporation was called, was divided among the heirs instead of sell- ing the property. This corporation has some ex- cellent investments in Worcester real estate. The Crompton Associates own the property occupied by the Crompton-Thayer Loom Works and Prent- ice Brothers Company on Cambridge street. They have recently sold the large business block on Front street opposite the City Hall, extending through to Mechanic street, in which a disastrous fire occurred in March, 1905. The building is occupied by the new owner, Mr. Poli. of New Haven, as a theatre. The Associates also own property on Granite street, Wabash avenue. Winthrop and Loxwood road, at 92 Union avenue ; land on Quinsigamond avenue ; property at 45 Vernon street ; on .Arlington street ; on SufTield street ; at 677 Cambridge, Southbridge, Quinsigamond avenue and Lafayette street. George Crompton, a brother, is president of the Associates ; and Randolph Crompton is vice-presi- dent. From 1900 until 1903 George and Randolph Crompton were not in active business. In the meantime the patents on some of the important improvement of looms expired. The time seemed opportune to George and Randolph Crompton to make a new start in the industry with which their name had been so long and favorably associated, and in which both had a familiarity gained from practical experience both in the business of their father and of the Crompton & Knowles Works after the consolidation. The two brothers formed a partnership w^ith Edward T. Thayer and William B. Scofield, the title of the company being The Crompton-Thayer Loom Company, of Worcester. The company has not yet been incorporated, but Randolph Crompton is the executive head and general manager, George Crompton is treas- urer, and Mr. Scofield is secretary. The suc- cess of the company from the outset indi- cates the strength of the combination. The first patterns were made in a small shop on Union street in 1903. The building at 677 Cam- bridge street was occupied in September. The company had to build additions to the factory al- most immediately after getting under way. The new building is a one story structure, 50x380 feet. The main building is a substantial brick mill four stories high, about 60 by 75 feet. Another small building known as the blacksmith shop contains four new down-draft forges. Many of the important patents on looms have expired, so the looms are built along certain stand- ard lines. The Crompton-Thayer Company has had already about one hundred patents granted and under way. The looms are being improved con- stantly. The firm makes all kinds of worsted, woolen, silk and fancy cotton looms. Randolph Crompton is a member of the Wor- cester Club, the Tatnuck and Grafton Country Clubs, the Worcester County Mechanics' Associa- tion, the Board of Trade, and the Republican Club. He married, April 23. 1896, Miriam Van Egmond Sears, daughter of Willard T. and Marion (Motte) Sears. They have one child : i. Rosamond Sears, born November 12, 1898. (VII) Willard Thomas Sears, son of Willard Sears (6), was born at New Bedford, Massachu- setts, November 5, 1837. He married, January i. 1862, Marian Motte, daughter of Mellish Irving and Marianne Motte of Boston. She was born August 25, 1841. Mr. Sears is a well known and successful .Boston architect. His children arc: i. Ruth, born October 12, 1862, married in Boston. January 8, 1889, Edward Reed, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2. Mabel, born November 23, 1868. 3. Edith Howland, born February 20, 1873. 4. Miriam Van Egmond, born July i, 1874, married April 23, 1896, Randolph Crompton, of Worcester, Massachusetts. Miriam Van Egmond Sears, daughter of Willard Thomas Sears, was born in Boston. Massachusetts, July I, 1874; she married Randolph Crompton, of Worcester. Massachusetts; she is a lineal descendant from Richard Sears, one of the early settlers of Plymouth, Massachusetts, his name appearing there in the tax list, March 25. 1633, but soon removed to Marblehead, and later became one of the early set- tlers of Yarmouth on Cape Cod. where he died in 1676. His wife Dorothy died in 1678. The line of descent comes down through Captain Paul Sears (2). Captain John (3), Willard (4). Captain Ebenezer (5), a sea captain, and also served in thtf revolutionary war, was a corporal, and was WORCESTER COUNTY 309 one of a guard over Major Andre, the night prior to his execution. He is said to have been the first to carrj' the American Hag to the east of Cape Good Hope and into the Indian Seas. Willard (0). DAVID H. MERRIAM. William Merriam (i), ancestor of David H. Merriam, of Fitchburg, ^Mass- achusetts, was the father of his emigrant ancestor. William Merriam (,or Miriam, as he spelled his name), was buried in Hadlow, Kent countj-, Eng- land, September 23, 1635. In his will, dated Sep- tember 8, 1635, and proved November 27, 1635, he bequeathed to his sons Joseph, George and Robert Merriam, all of whom were pioneers in Concord, Massachusetts. William Merriam lived on Barn street in Hadlow and was a clothier. He was seized of lands .in Hadlow, Goudhurst, and Yalding in Kent. He married Sara, possibly daughter of James Burgess, of Tudeley. Nothing is found in the parish registers of these places, however, except the record of William Merriam's burial at Hadlow and in Goudhurst. July 16, 1581, the record of bap- tism of a son William, who died probably before his father, perhaps an infant. The children of William and Sara Merriam, all born in England, w'ere : I. Joseph, married Sarah, sister of Robert Goldston, of Tonbridge ; her father died before April 10, 1637, and her mother married (.second) Thomas Dyker, of Tonbridge, tailor, living in 1637. The children of Goldston were : Robert ; Jane; Sarah, married Joseph Merriam; Elizabeth, married Thomas Dan ; Roger ; William, married Elizabeth ; Sarah, married (second) Joseph Wheeler, of Concord, Massachusetts, and died March 12, 1671. 2. George, married, at Tonbridge, Kent, October 16, 1627, Susan Ravan ; settled at Concord, and was admitted a freeman June 2, 1641 ; had ten children; died December 29, 1675; inventory filed by son Satnuel Merriam, executor, April 4, 1676. 3. Robert, born 1610, married Mary Sheaf, of Cranbrook, Kent, England ; she was baptized Sep- tember 26, 1620; came to Charlestown, Massachu- setts, but removed to Concord, where his two broth- ers located; was freeman March 13, 1639; owned land in Charlestown in 1638; was deputy to the gen- eral court in 1655 ; gave his age as twenty-six in 1639; was town clerk, deacon, selectman; he died February 15. 1682; his wife died July 22, 1693, leav- ing no children ; his w'ill was dated December 10, 1681, and proved April 4, 1682; he bequeathed to wife; to cousin l.saac Day, in old England, son of sister Joan (Merriam) Day, deceased, provided he come to America to possess the land given ; other- wise to cousin Robert Merriam, of Concord, son of Joseph Merriam, of Concord, deceased; to cousin Jonathan Hubbard; to Joseph French and Sarali Wheeler, who formerly lived with him ; residue to children of two deceased brothers, George and Jos- eph .Merriam, specifying eight persons. 4. Susan. 5. Margaret, "already preferred," September 8, '635. 6. Joane, married Thomas Day, of Brench- Icy, who died 1653. 7. Daughter, married Thomas Howe, and died September 8, 1635. (H) Joseph Merriam, son of William Merriam (l), was born in England. He was the eldest of the three brothers who came to Concord. They emigrated from Hadlow, Kent county, England, early in the history of Concord. One or more of them may have been with Bulkeley and Willard at Con- cord in 1635. Ii would seem that one of them came first to see the country, and returned to England for his familv and brothers. The name is fre- (juently found in the Concord records after 1638. The first record of a birth there is Elizabeth Mer- riam, Ni-vember 8, 1641. The oldest gravestone in Concord is over the grave of Joseph Merriam, son of Joseph, the emigrant, who died young April 20, 1677. Joseph Merriam married Sarah Goldston, sister of Robert Goldston, of Tonbridge; she mar- ried (second) Joscpli Wheeler, of Concord. She died March 12, 1671. Some records lately come to light show that Joseph Merriam came to America as an "undertaker," viz: partner or stockholder in the ship "Castle," arriving at Charlestown in July, 1638. He settled in Concord. He had a suit in the Plymouth court for money due him, in 1639. Fie ditd January i, 1641. His will was proved in Suffolk county, October 26, 1642. He left his whole estate to his wife for bringing up the children un- til they were twmty-one years of age; she was al- lowed to "sell the house and buy a lesser one." The estate was to be appraised when the children were all of age, and the wife to have a third. The child- ren of Joseph and Sarah Merriam were: i. William. 2. Sarah, married Thomas' Wheeler, died before 1681; he died June 12, 1695 (?). 3. Joseph, born 1629, died April 20, 1677. 4. Elizabeth, married Thomas Henchman, of Chelmsford and Charlestown ; died 1705; he died 1703. 5. John, born in Concord, July 9, 1641 (posthumous). (Hi) John Merriam, son of Joseph Merriam (2), was born in Concord, July 9, 1641. He mar- ried, in Concord, October 21, 1663. Mary Cooper, daughter of John Cooper, of Cambridge. They set- tled in Concord. He was admitted a freeman May 12. 1675. He died at Concord, F'cbruary 27, 1724. She died March 5, 1731. Their children, all born in Concord, were: i. John, born September 3, 1666. 2. Anne, born September 7, 1669, married, August 9, 1692, Daniel Brooks, of Concord ; she died October iS. 1733- 3- Nathaniel, born December 10, 1672. 4. Ebenezer, born in Concord. 5. Joseph, born August 15. 1677. 6. Samuel, born July 23, 1681. (IV) Nathaniel Merriam, son of John Merriam (3), was born in Concord, December 10, 1672. He married, November 18, 1701, Mary Taylor. They settled in Concord, afterward in Bedford, formerly part of Concord. lie was a prominent citizen, deacon of the church. He died December 11, 1738. She died i\lay ig, 1764. Their children, all born in Concord, were: l. Mary, born December 22, 1702, married Francis Wheeler, of Concord; died 1737; he died November 17, 1774. 2. John born May 16, 1704. (V) John Merriam, son of Nathaniel Merriam (4), was born in Concord, May 16, 1704. He mar- ried, in Bedford, March 23, 1731, .Xbigail Howard. They settled in Bedford, where he died September 20, 1767. Flis widow married, January 20, 1774, James Lane, of Bedford. She died November 15, 1793. The children of John and Abigail (Howard) Mer- riam, all born in Bedford, were: I. Rebecca, born September 28, 1731, married Stone. 2. Mary, l)orn July 25, 1733, married, April 17, 1755. Ephraim Crosby, of Billerica. 3. John, born Feb- ruary 13, 173s; married, December 4, 1760, Hannah Brooks, of Lincoln; he died December 26, 1794. 4. Anna, born July 13, 1737; married, January i, 1756. Thomas Page. 5. Nathaniel, born December 15, 1739; died September 13, 1758; was in his Majesty's service at Lake George. 6. Lydia, born April 6, 1742, married, March i, i-r^g, Rev. Nathaniel Sher- man, of Bedford, who died at East Windsor, Con- necticut, July 18. 1797 7 William, born February 3IO WORCESTER COUNTY 3, 1744, died August 15, 1749. 8. Abigail, born April 28, 1746, died August 16, 1749. 9. Thaddeus born April 17, 1748; died October 24, 1754. 10. William, born August 25, 1750; married, November 30, 1769, Esther Bellamy. (VI) William Merriam, son of John Merriam (S), was born in Bedford, Massachusetts, August 25 1750. He married, November 30, 1769, Esther Bellamy. He died March 27, 1824. She died Alarch 17, 178(3, aged thirty-three years. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He married (second) Rebckah Howe. The children of William and Esther (Bellamy) Merriam were: I. Esther, born Nov. 9, 1771. 2. William Bellamy, born. August 6, 1776, died September 7, 1778. 3. William Bellamy, born Feb- ruary 2, 1779. 4. Josephus, horn March 14, 1781 ; died young. 5. Josephus, born August 25, 1783, died July 30, 1828, aged forty-three years, four months, twenty days. The children of William and Rebecca (Howe) Merriam were: 6. Rebekah, born November 3, 1786, died April 20, 1822. 7. Anna Page, born May 2, 1790. 8. Loisa Howe, born October 2, 1792. 9. Loi.ia Howe, born June 2, 1799. (VII) Josephus Merriam, son of William j\ler- riam (6), was born March 10, 1785. He married Betsey Rand. Ele died 1828. They lived at Essex, New York. Their children were: I. Josephus. 2. , William Jackson. 3. Abby Elizabeth. 4. David Howe, bom July 3, 1820, died October 11, 18S8. 5. Charles Henry. 6. Mary Ann, born August 7, 1825. 7. Lucy. (VIII) David EI. Merriaip, son of Josephus Mer- riam (7), was born in Essex, New York, July 3, 1820. His father died in 1828, and his mother moved a year later to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, with her seven young children. The town of Fitch- burg was then a place of 2,000 population. He at- tended school in Fitchburg, and in 1842 started in business there. He was a dealer in carriages and harness until 1847,, when he decided to study law, and entered the office of Hon. Nathaniel Wood and Ebenezer Torrey. In 1850 the duty of taking the census of this district fell to him, he being assistant marshal of Massachusetts. In 1851 he was admitted to the bar at the April term of the supreme court, and in the same year he w'as appointed a justice of the peace -by Governor George S. Boutwell. He be- gan the practice of law in Fitchburg and continued for thirty-seven years. He was a notary public and quorum for the commonwealth. In 1858 he was admitted to practice in the United States courts by the Hon. Justice Sprague, being the first lawyer from Fitchburg admitted to practice in that court. In l8()8 Gov. Alexander H. Bullock appointed him special justice of the police court of Fitchburg, an office that he held until his death. He w-as commis- sioner of insolvency for 19 years. F^or a number of years he was a member of the school committee. In 1861 he was selectman of Fitcliburg, and also the same year was a representative in the general court. He served on the judiciary committee and on the joint committee of a special session to provide for the families of the soldiers who were enlisting, by framing state aid laws and similar acts. In 1863 he was appointed by President Lincoln provost mar- shal of the ninth district of Massachusetts. He held this office until the close of the war, and was honor- ably discharged October 16, 1865. He served as city .wlicitor during the years of 1874, 1875 and 1876. One of his best known and most important public services was as mayor of the city of Fitchburg. He was a valuable and trusted public servant, a man of conspicuous executive ability and integrity. Few men have been more generally respected and hon- ored in the community in which he lived. He was an honored member of E. V. Sumner Post, No. 19, G. A. R. Judge Merriam died Octo- ber II, 1888. At the time of his death he had been practicing law longer than any other Fitchburg at- torney. He married Dora R. Hayes, daughter of Gilbert B. Hayes, of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Mrs. Merriam and three children survive him. The chil- dren of David H. and Dora R. (Hayes) Merriam were: i. Lizzie D., born October 31, 1867, grad- uate of the Fitchburg high school, assistant register of deeds for the Northern District of Worcester county since 1900. 2. David H., born July 6, 1869, see forward. 3. Charles H., born July 31, 1874. (IX) David H. Merriam, son of David H. Mer- riam (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 6, 1869. He acquired the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native place, and studied law in his father's office. He graduated from the Fitchburg high school in 18S8, and in 1890, was appointed money order cle'rk in the Fitch- burg postoffice by Postmaster Currier. In February, 1892, at the age of less than twenty-three years, he was appointed register of deeds for the Northern District of Worcester county by the county com- missioners, being chosen from a long list of candi- dates. He was specially qualified by his study of law. He was elected in the fall to the office to which he had been appointed, and has been re-elected from time to time since. He w-as treasurer and vice- president of the Fitchburg Athletic Club. He is secretary of the Park Club. During 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, and part of 1906, he was secretary of the Merchants' Association, which is now consolidated with the Board of Trade of Fitchburg. He is sec- retary of tlie Republican city committee, and an ac- tive Republican. He w-as president of the Alumni Association of the Fitchburg High School during the year 1905-6. He belongs to the Unitarian Church. He married, September 11, 1894, Grace Lawrence, daughter of George A. Lawrence (de- ceased), of Fitchburg. Their children are: i. Evelyn, born October 21, 1895. 2. Theodore Earnes, born January 7, 1900. 3. David H., Jr., born Octo- ber 10, 1906. (IX) Charles H. Merriam, son of David H. Merriam (8), was born in Fitchburg, July 31, 1874. He was educated in the Fitchburg schools and grad- uated in 1894 from the Fitchburg high school. He was appointed assistant register by his brother, the register of deeds, but in 1900 he went to the Hawaiian Islands for his health. While there he met the registrar of the bureau of conveyances, as the registry of deeds is called, and at his request introduced the modern methods into the office there. He became assistant to the register, and upon his resignation in 1904 he was appointed to succeed him. All the deeds in all the islands of the Hawaiian group are recorded in this office. It is a position of large responsibility and growing importance. He re- sides in Honolulu. He is unmarried. BRISTOL FAMILY. Henry Bristol (i), the immigrant ancestor, was born in England. He and his brother Richard were early settlers in Connecti- cut. Richard was at Guilford when the first division of land was made, and received a five-acre parcel of upland and rocks next Alexander Chalker's; was WORCESTER COUNTY 311 a freeman; member of tlie Guilford Church; a cooper by trade ; seventh on the Hst of proprietors in 1672; held a number of minor offices and has a claim to fame as the originator of the Bristow apple, which at any rate was named for him. Richard married twice but left no children, so that all the colonial Bristols of New York and New England trace their lines to the brother. Henry Bristol came to New Haven, Connecticut, as an apprentice or servant of William Davis. When he came of age he settled there. He was born about 1625. H married, first, Rebecca , and second, January 26, 1656 Lydia Browne, daughter of Francis and Mary (Edwards) Browne. She was probably born about i6j7-S and she died in 1719; he died 1695, and the following heirs acknowledged the receipt of their portions of the estate : Jobaman Gunn and wife Mary, of !Milford ; Samuel and Bczaleel, heirs of Samuel Bristol, of Guilford, deceased; Elizabeth Bristol, of Milford; Abigail, of New Haven; Zaccheus Candee; Stephen fline and wife Sarah, of Milford; Thomas Hine, of Milford (New Haven county court records, vol. ii, page 302-0). Lydia Bristol in will dated December 15, 1714, mentions her children : Lydia, John, Mary, Hannah, Abigail, Sarah, Daniel, Eliphalet and Henry. Children ot Henry and Rebecca Bristol: i. Rebecca, born Feb- ruary 4, 1646; married December, 1670, Zaccheus Candee. 2. Samuel, born December 3, 1651 ; resided at Guilford. 3. Mercy, born November 17, 1653, probably died young. Children of Henry and Lydia : 4. Lydia, born January 3, 1657; married May 6, 1680, Joseph Smith; second Plumb. 5. John, born September 4, 1659. 6. Mary, born Septetnber, 1661 ; married Gunn, of JMilford, as his second wife. 7. Hannah, born December 10, 1663. 8. Abi- gail, born April 19, 1666 ; married, November 27, 1712, Daniel Tcrrel, of Milford. 9. Sarah, born about 1668, married Stephen Hine, of Milford. 10. Daniel, born May 4, 1671; mentioned below. 11. Elizabeth, born May 20, 1674, probably died young. 12. Ecther, born October 3, 1676; probably died young. 13. Eliphalet, born October 2, 1679, men- tioned below. 14. Henry, born June 20, 1683; mar- ried January 23, 1707, Desire Smith, daughter of John and Grace (VVinston) Smith. (H) Daniel Bristol, son of Henry Bristol (i), was born in New Haven, May 4, 1671 ; married, first, Hester Sperry, probably daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Post) Sperry (New Haven county court records, vol. i, page 263) ; second, Judith Bunnell, daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Mallory) Bun- nell. Following are the heirs of Daniel in 1731 : Samuel Bristol, of Milfcrd; Daniel, Richard and Ambrose Bristol, Hezekiah Bunnell and his wife Esther; Thomas Downs and his wife Elizabeth; Thomas Hodge and his wife Anne; and Nathaniel Downs and his wife Obedience, all of New Haven (Land records, vol. ix. p. 291). Daniel Bristol died May 15, 1728. and Judith his widow, July 21, 1746. Children of Daniel and Hester Bri.=tol: Esther, born February 6, 1697 ; married July 6, 1726, Hezekiah Bunnell, Jr. 2. Elizabeth, born August 13, 1699; married December 16, 1725, Thomas Downs. 3. .\nne, born February 12, 1701 ; married Thomas Hodge, and second, November 8, 1737, George Clin- ton. 4. Daniel, born October 15, 1702. S- Obedi- ence, born October 7, 1704; married Nathaniel Downes. 6, Samuel, born August 8, 1706, mentioned below. 7. Richard, born October 18, 1708. 8. Am- brose, born August 3, 1710; died 1760. (II) Eliphalet Bristol, son of Henry Bri.^tol (i), was born October 2, 1679; married Esther Peck, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Sperry) Peck. In 1716 he received a bequest from the estate of his brother-in-law Joseph Peck. His wife was born in 1679. His will was dated May 18, 1757; proved 1758. Children : i. Lydia, born November I, 1701 ; married December 4, 1723, James Crawford, of Dan- bury. 2. Sarah, born November 15, 1703; married October 27, 1726, Thomas Humphreville. 3. Dinah, born July 3, 1705; married, September 14, 1727f Ebenezer Downs. 4. Stephen, born .Augii.-t 12, 1707. 5. Abigail, born August 11, 1709; married Septem- ber 13, 1737, Josiah Pardee. 6. Eliphalet. 7. Aaron, born August 31, 1714. 8. Moses, bom February II, 1717. 9. Esther, born February 11, 1719; married Stevens. 10. Benjamin, born July 24, 1721. (HI) Aaron Bristol, son of Aliphalet Bristol (2), was born August 31, 1714. He settled in Har- winton, Connecticut. He married Eleanor Stiles, daughter of John (2) (Robert (0) Stiles. (See page 23, Stiles Genealogy.) Children: i. Reuben, born 1737; married Comfort Barber, March, 1762. 2. Aaron. His son Silas settl'cd in Washington county. New York ; married Lydia Durkee, was a prisoner in revolution, taken to Canada. Sons : Silas, Edward, George. 3. Abel married Mary Norton, of Goshen, January 24, 1774; soldier in revolution in the Seventeenth New York regiment. 4. Eliphalet, born April 7, 1751, in Connecticut; died July l6, 1833 ; settled at New Canaan, New York ; soldier in the same regiment from Albany county with brother Abel. 5. Mary, born 1742; married John Preston, son of John. The foreg(!ing are not given in order of birth. (III) Samuel Bristol, son of Daniel Bristol (2), was born at Milford, Connecticut, August 8, 1706, and died 1774. He married Esther Sanford, daugh- ter of Samuel. His will mentions children. His widow died 1793. Children: Esther, born January 17, 1728, baptized April 4, 1736. 2. Abraham, bap- tized April 4, 1736, mentioned below. 3. Anne, bap- tized April 4, 1736: married January 12, 1757, Isaac Hine. 4. Hiel, baptized April -t, 1736. 5. Eunice, married January 30, 1757, Hezekiah Hine; she died February i, 1813. 6. Lois, baptized February 10, 1739; married Somers. 7. Hannah, married Woodcocks. 8. Sarah, born 1746; married May 29, 1764, .'\l)i Hine. 9. Content, married John Churchill. (IV) Abraham Bristol, son of Samuel Bristol (3), baptized at Milford, Connecticut, April 4, 1736. lie removed when a young man to Ulster county, New York, and thence later to Washington county. He and three of his sons were soldiers in an .■\lbany county regiment under Colonel Kilian Van Rensse- laer. He was a very devout man and became a Baptist preacher. Some of his children: I. Abra- ham, Jr., born about 1756-8; soldier in the revolu- tion in the same regiment with his father and broth- ers John and Daniel. 2. John, born in Ulster county, October 21, 1757; married El.'^ey Aylsworth, daugh- ter of John Aylsworth (Philip (2) ; .Arthur (i)) in Rensselaer countj'. New York, December 8, 1787; followed his wife's parents to Canada in 1793. re- sided at Ernesttown, near Bath, where he died Octo- ber 28. 1849; when ?he died 1854, she had two hundred and nineteen descendants, one hundred and sixty-five living. 3. Daniel, soldier in the revolu- tion. 4. William, mentioned below. (V) William Bristol, son of Abraham Bristol (4), was born in New York state about 1760. Dur- 312 WORCESTER COUNTY ing the Revolution the family resided near Albany, New York. Children: I. William, Jr., lived to a great age. 2. Asa, born February 22, 1794. 3. Benjamin. 4. David. 5. Lyman. 6. Daniel, lived in Washington county. New York. 7. Charles, lived in Washington county, to a great age. 8. Lois, married Jonathan Ketchum who was in the Eighteenth New York Regiment, Albany county, in the Revolution, Col- onel Robert Van Rensselaer; among their descend- ants is C. L. Ketchum of Fort Edward. (VI) Asa Bristol, son of William Bristol (5), was born in New York state. February 22. 1794, and died in Washington county May 27, 1S94. He was a farmer and settled at Argyle, New York. He married, 1823, Effie Durkee, born April I, 1800, and died at Argyle. New York. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and drew a pension in his later years. Children born in Fort Edward, New York, all living in the vicinity (1907) : i. Melvjn B., born August 8. 1824 ; mentioned below. 2. Alexajider B., born May 6, 1828, resides in Argyle. 3. George H., hern June 2, 1840. (VII) Melvin Bristol, son of Asa Bristol (6), was born in Fort Edward, August 8, 1824. Since about 1873 he has resided in Argyle and has been a farmer all his life. In politics he is a Republican and in religion a member of the United Presby- terian Church. He married Fannie Loper, daugh- ter of Samuel Loper of Fort Wayne, New York. Children: I. Merritt. born March 4, 1850; died 1888; married Frances Di.xon and had one son. 2. Frances, born April 30, 1853 ; married John H. McXeal ; resides at Argyle. 3. Emma Zerada, born April 2, 1855. 4. E. F,, born August 6, 1857, mentioned below, 5. Asa, born October 16, 1859 ; married Libbie Winn. 6. Charles Elmer, born April 13, 1866, resides at .\rgvlc, unmarried. (VIII) E. F. Bristol, son of Melvin Bristol (7), was born at Fort Edward New York, August 6, 1857. He received a common school education in his native place. He removed with his father to Argyle and during his youth worked on his father's farm. In 1879, after he was of age, he left home and located at Dana, Massachusetts. He went into the bu.-incss of manufacturing hats in partnership with N. L. Johnson. After eight years he sold out and bought the farm upon which he has since lived. He ranks among the most active, enterprising and successful farmers of his locality. He has always taken a lively interest in politics and to.wn affairs. He is a Republican with strong leanings toward pro- hibition, and as a temperance Republican has been a strong factor in the temperance movement in his section of the county. He has served the town of Dana as overseer of the poor, assessor and select- man. He is an active member of the Dana Congre- gational Church of which he has been se.xton for twenty-five years. He has also been superintend- ent of the cemetery of that town, for many years. He married in 1S87, Annie Eugenic Bedell, born in New York city, the daughter of Daniel E. and Eliza Frances (Stone) Bedell of Dana. Children: I. Doratha, born November 19, 1888. 2. Ashley Merritt Stone, born January 23, 1891. 3. Kenneth Fremont, born July 19, 1893. All were born in Dana. HON. WILLIAM UPHAM, whose death, June 14, 1882, removed from the town of Spencer, Wor- cester county. Massachusetts, one of its active and influential residents, was a man whose public service had been eminently wise and useful, and who had in all things maintained the standards of an in- corruptible public servant and ideal citizen. He was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, February 27, 1825, a son of William and Nancy (Smith) Upham, the former named having died when William, Jr., was but two and one-half years old. When William Upham was four years of age, he was taken by a kind friend of the family. Deacon Jacob Bishop, with whom he lived, receiving the care and love of a son, working on the farm and receiving the benefit of the district school until six- teen years of age. He then engaged in farming, and later attended Warren Academy, and until he attained the age of twenty years spent the fall and winter months at school or in teaching. He then came to Spencer and entered the employ of his brother-in-law, Henry J. Lyman, as a common mill- hand, and the following year, 1846, he formed a co- partnership with Mr. Lyman in the manufacture of satinet goods, beginning on a small scale. In 1853 he purchased Mr. Lyman's interest in the business, and continued alone, enlarging the capacity of the mill from time to time until 1865, in which year he disposed of the property and business to E. D. Thayer, of Worcester, in order to engage in an enterprise in the city of Boston. In 1868 he re- turned to Spencer, and leased the mill but recently sold, for a term of three years, at the expiration of which he re-purchased it ; this was known as the Valley Mill, and in 1874 George P. Ladd became one-half owner in this property. For several years he was associated with William Stanley in the Draper Mill, and later with Hugh Kelley in the same mill, which was subsequently known as the Spencer Woolen Company. In 1870 Mr. Upham and Mr. Stanley purchased the Westville property, replacing the cotton with woolen machinery, and commenced the manufacture of woolen goods. In 1876 Mr. Upham entered into partnership with Noah Sagen- dorph. and they erected the mill known as the Upham and Sagendorph Mill, and their business relations continued until 1880. when Mr. Sagendorph with- drew from the firm, and was succeeded by Mr. Ladd. At the time of his death Mr. Upham was the head and general manager of these several mills. He was largely instrumental in founding the Spencer Savings Bank, and was first president of that in- stitution. He was elected to town office in 1858. and from that date until his death, a period of tw-enty-four years, served the town in most of its important of- fices. Two years he represented this district in the general court, and one year was a member of the .senate. He was elected to a scat in the executive council, serving the first year with Governor Alex- ander H. Rice, and the second with Governor Thomas Talbot. He was a member of the Congre- gational church, toward the support of which he contributed generou.sly, and in the welfare of which he took a deep interest. He was a consistent and energetic worker in the cause of temperance. Mr. Upham married, June 28, 1853, Lucretia Howe Pope, a daughter of William Pope, of Spen- cer, who was a son of the Rev. Joseph Pope, the second Congregationalist minister in Spencer, hav- ing succeeded Joshua Eaton, first minister, who held the charge for twenty-seven years while Rev. Pope, his successor, was its pastor for fifty-three years. Mr. and Mrs. Upham resided in a very old house, erected in 1744-5. but in a fine state of preservation, which was the homestead of the Pope family for 4 ^/: <^<-'€.'^:^C^^^Z.'Z^ L.AsJi^-^f^^Z^^ton, September 21, 1853. The children of John J. and Jennie I\l. (Par- sons) Griffin were: John, born in Worcester, De- cember 7, 1884, died in infancy; Florence Mary, born in Worcester, March 20, 1888. She is a grad- uate of the Worcester Classical high school, class of 1905, being one of the six honor pupils, and is taking a graduate course to prepare for college. BARTON FAMILY. Samuel Barton (i), the immigrant ancestor of Charles Albion Barton, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was also the progenitor of all the old families of Worcester county of this name, many of whom have been prominent. Very little is known of his life before he came to Fram- ingham. He settled in Salem and was a witness in one of the famous witchcraft cases. It is not even known that he was an immigrant. Marmaduke Barton was in Salem in 1638 and Samuel, who was probably not born before 1650, may have been a na- tive of Salem. He was in Watertown for a short time and received the usual "warning'' that new- comers got when moving into a Puritan colony, under date of June 16, 1693. He was in Framingham in 1699 and perhaps earlier. His children are all recorded in Framingham, although the two eldest were born elsewhere. He bought what was known as the Elliott grist mill at Oxford. He bought a fourth part of the "corn mill," one home lot of forty acres and ten acres adjoining, also fifty acres in the second division on Long Hill and various other lots of land in Oxford together with the right of common October 19, 1716, for eighty-five pounds, of Jonathan Provender. He was then of Framing- ham, but his daughter was called of Oxford when she married, December 17, 1716, so he must have moved in the fall of 1716. He was formally dis- missed by the Framingham church to the Oxford church January 15, 1721, and he was one of the original members of the church at Oxford. Be- fore he died he gave one-half his homestead to his son Joshua. He died September 12, 1732. His will is dated June 13, 1732, and was proved September 23, 1732. He bequeathed to all his children, leaving the lands not previously disposed of to Caleb, his third son. He married Hannah Bridges, daughter of Ed- mund Bridges, of Salem, probably, and Edmund Bridges, Jr., also settled in Framingham. The chil- dren of Samuel and Hannah Barton were: I. Sam- uel, Jr., born October 8, 1691, married, May 23, 171S, Elizabeth Bellows, of Marlboro, one of the thirty original settlers of the town of Sutton ; blacksmith by trade; was selectman and town treasurer; re- moved 1748 to Dudley; his son Bezalecl was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill ; he was the ancestor of the Barton family at Coryden, New Hampshire. 2. Mercy, born May 22, 1694, married (intentions December 17, 1716) David Town. 3. Joshua, born December 24, 1697, settled in Leicester. 4. Elisha, born April 22, 1701, resided at Sutton, South Had- ley and Granby, Massachusetts. 5. Caleb, born Feb- ruary 9, 1705, resided at Framingham and Charlton. 6. Jcdediaii, born September 18, 1707, settled in North Oxford. 7. Mehitablc, born August 22, 1710, married, November 12, 1730, Samuel Duncan, of Worcester, where she died 1742. 8. Edmund, born August 5, 1714, mentioned below. (II) Edmund Barton, son of Samuel Barton (l), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Au- gust 5, 1714. He removed to Oxford with the fam- ily when he was only two years old. He made his home in the second parish of Sutton, now the first parish of Millbury, and was prominent in town and church affairs. He was often named on important committees of the church and he had one notable difference with the minister over a religious service he held at his own house without asking permission of the minister. He was appointed on many of the important church committees and was evidently a leading man in his day. He was a soldier in the French and Indian wars. Mr. B. B. Vasscll, late of Worcester, author and compiler of the family genealogy, states that Edmund was "bound out" at the age of thirteen, shortly be- fore his father's death. He married, April 9, 1739,- Ann Flynt, of Salem. She was born June 9, 1718, and died at Sutton, now Millbury. March 20, 1795. Edmund Barton died there December 13, 1799, and is buried with his wife in the old burying ground at Millbury. The children of Edmund and Anna Barton were: I. Dr. Stephen, born June 10, 1740, at Sutton ; studied medicine under Dr. Green, of Leicester; was trader at Oxford 1764-6; landlord 1766-9; removed to Vassaloboro, Maine; returned to (jxford, 1790, but went again to Maine and died there October 21, 1804; grandfather of the late Judge Ira M. Barton, father of Edmund M. Barton, librarian of the American Antiquarian Society at Worcester; grandfather of Clara Barton (Clarissa H., born December 25, 1821, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Stone) Barton. Sarah Stone was the daughter of Captain David and Sarah (Treadwell) Stone. Clara Barton is the famous Red Cross leader.) 2. Mary, born June 10, 1742, married Oba- diah Brown, of Sutton. 3. Hannah, born September 22, 1744, married Samuel Boutellc and had three children. 4. Jedediah, born May 6, 1747, settled in Sutton ; married Lydia Pierce. 5. Flynt, born De- cember 3, 1749 (or April 3, according to records of Pliny Barton), mentioned below. 6. Elijah, born April 22, 1752, died June 5, 1756, by drowning. 7. Gideon, born April 22, 1754, died June, 1756. 8. Ann, born August r, 1756, married, April 29, 1778, David Gibson. 9. Luke, born February i, 1759- lO- Eunice, born May 22, 1761, married Grindall Keith. (III) Flynt Barton, son of Edmund Barton (2), was born in Sutton, now Millbury. Massachusetts, December 3, 1749. He learned the blacksmith trade and followed it during his active years. He settled in Sidney, Maine, where he died May 12, 1833. He married Lydia Crosby, daughter of Jonah Crosby. His wife was born in New Ipswich, Massachusetts, November 23, 1758. and died at Sidney, I^Iainc, No- vember 25, 1821. Their children, all born at Sidney, were : Edmund, born April 8, 1779, died i860, un- married; Amos, born November 12, 1780, died young; Jonah, born July 13, 1782, died young; Otis, born May 24, 1784; Rufus, born August 28, 1786; Persia, born July 3. 1788; Crosby, born February 20, 1791 ; Stephen Flynt. born January 27, 1793, died September 26, 1810; Alfred, born March 18, 1795; Franklin, born May 12, 1797; Anson, born December 4, 1799, mentioned below ; Dean W., born December 21, 1802. died 1830. (IV) Anson Barton, son of Flynt Barton (3), was born at Sidney, Maine, December 4, 1799. He settled in Sidney, Maine, and died there September 17. 1853. ilc married Rnoda Sisson, daughter of Jonathan Sisson. She was born in the parish of Doug- lass, province of New Brunswick. Canada, February 18, 1806. The children of Anson and Rlioda Bar- ton were : .Mbion, born October 3, 1826, died April 3i6 WORCESTER COUNTY 14, 1875, mentioned below ; George Sisson, born Au- gust 17, 1828; Greenleaf, born at Sidney, JMay 2, 1831 ; Herrick S., born at Hallowell, Maine, March 14, 1833 ; Jonathan Quincy, born March 20, 1834 ; Anson Bliss, born at Cambridgeport, Noveinber 27, 1836; Mary Helen, born October 26, 1838, died March 11, 1839; William Henry Harrison, born March 13, 1840; Ellen Victoria, born May 8, 1841, died February 23, 1846; Charles Carroll, born March 27, 1842, died February 4, 1847 ; Mary Ellen, born October 7, 1845 ; Caroline Augusta, born March i, 1848. (V) Albion Barton, son of Anson Barton (4). was born in Sidney, Maine, October 3, 1826. He mar- ried, November 11, 1850, Elizabeth A. Carr. Their children were: Charles A., born June 17, 1852, mentioned below ; Frank Eugene, born August 20, 1756, died September 7, 1857 ; Frederick E., born December 20, 1857 ; Wiilard A., born November 24, 1865 ; Arthur P., born February 13, 1872. (VI) Charles A. Barton, son of Albion Barton (5), was born June 17, 1852. He resided in Wick- ford, Rhode Island, and in 1875 removed to Ux- bridge. Massachusetts, where he died March 12, 1877, in his twenty-fifth year. He married, Novem- ber I, 1871, Margaret Melvina Seagrave, daughter of Charles E. and Abigail (Carter) Seagrave. Her father was born in Uxbridge, October I, 1825. and her motheR was born in Pawtucket, June 12, 1824; they were married at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, May 3, 1848. and their children were : Edwin Car- ter, born February 12, 1849, died December 9, 1849; Margaret Melvina, born December 20, 1850, at Northbridge ; Charles Scott, born August 9, 1852, at Uxbridge; Mary Abbie, born April 15, 1858; Annie, born October 17, 1859, died October 18, 1859; Augustus C. S., born July 20, 1868, at Ux- bridge. The grandfather of Margaret Melvina was John Seagrave, of Uxbridge, who married, March 21, 1805, Mary Scott, of BcUingham ; he was born February 5, 1784. son of John Seagrave, born No- vember 6, 1757, who married Sarah Dorrington, of Boston, born April 7, 1755; John, Sr., was a revo- lutionary soldier and fifer. The father of John Sea- grave, Sr., was Edward Seagrave, born in England, 1722. farmer, captain in the revolution, settled in Uxbridge; married Lois White, January 6, 1757, the daughter of Joseph and Judith White, of Uxbridge. Edward Seagrave was son of the immigrant ances- tor, John Seagrave, and his wife Sarah ; John Sea- grave died on the voyage over, leaving a wife and four children. The children of Charles A. and Mar- garet Melvina (Seagrave) Barton were: Charles Albion, born October I,. 1874, mentioned below; Elizabeth S., born October 7, 1876. (VII) Charles Albion Barton, son of Charles A. Barton (6), was born at Wickford, Rhode Island, October i, 1874. He was but one year old when his parents removed to Uxbridge, Massachusetts, where he has resided ever since. His father died when he was less than three years of age. He was educated in the public schools of Uxbridge and in Bryant & Stratton's Business College, at Providence, Rhode Island. He began his business career August 30, 1897, as clerk in the Uxbridge Savings Bank, and was elected treasurer of this institution Janu- ary 10, 1904. He is also a trustee of the bank. Mr. Barton is interested in public affairs and especially in town matters. He is secretary and treasurer of the Prospect Hill Cemetery Association, and a di- rector of Blackstone National Bank. He is a mem- ber of the board of registrars of the town. In poli- tics he is a Republican. Mr. Barton is well known in Masonic circles and is at present (1906) wor- shipful master of Solomon Temple Lodge, A. F. and A. M. He is also a member of Uxbridge Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of Wacantuck Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen ; of Ux- bridge Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; of the Sav- ings Bank Treasurers Club of Massachusetts, and he is an associate member of H. H. Legg Post, Grand Army. He and his family attend the Con- gregational Church. He married, September 12, 1899, Carrie E. Dan- iels, of Blackstone, Massachusetts. She died May II, 1902. He married (second) Florence Julia Thayer, daughter of Frederick Thayer, of Woon- socket, Rhode Island, the woolen manufacturer who.se mills are at North Oxford, Massachusetts. There was one child of the first marriage, Charles Seagrave Barton, born May 10, 1902. EDDY WARNER PROUTY. This distinguished violinist is a son of Joel Eli and Minerva Prouty, and was born at Proutyville, or Lower Wire Village, Spencer, June 27, i860. Mr. Prouty, who has been unusually successful in his musical career, inherited his love for the violin from his grandfather. Liberty Prouty. a pioneer wire manufacturer, and his gen- eral passion for music from his mother, who was a fine alto singer of local reputation. From his earliest years Mr. Prouty longed to possess a violin, and when he was six years old, his parents gratified this wish, purchasing a violin fitted for a boy of his size, and hanging it on the Christmas' tree in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the winter of 1866. Thi.s proved most acceptable but did not entirely meet his wishes. Two years later he took up piano practice with Edward L. Sumner, but his love for the violin increa.«ed with his years, and when he was ten years old, his father purchased for him the violin of his grandfather. Liberty Prouty, which had been in the possession of his brother Henry, and which Mr. Prouty treasures up to the present day. Now for the first time he possessed an instru- ment which was satisfactory to his young mind, and commenced taking lessons from John Eastwood, a young English wire worker, living in Proulyyille. His first lesson was "Yankee Doodle," and be was fatisfied with his performance of this at the end of one week. The next lesson. "Money Musk." was too diflicult for him, and after many trials and little progrc.-s, he became discouraged for the time, and abandoned further effort. This discouragement pre- vented any further attempt to get a musical educa- tion until he was seventeen years of age. except for a short time while he was at Wilbraham Academy, wlien he took lessons in harmony and on the piano, under Professor Hastings, in addition to his regu- lar studies. A contagious disease broke out among the scholars, and young Prouty left the school di'rins his second term. He returned to his home, and when his strength was sufficiently restored he .ittcnded the high school for three years, but his only musicpl practice was singing for one year with his mnthcr in the Methodist Episcopal church. He then attended Howe's Commercial College at XVorcester, and acquired a knowledge of bookkeeping. He worked for one year for D. A. Drury, in his boot factory, having the promise of a position as book- keeper at the end of the year. This promise was WORCESTER CO JNTY 317 not kept, ami he accepted the position of hook- keeper and cashier with Beniis & Prouty, a Spencer concern, then doing business as provision dealers in Worcester. During the early winter of 1877-7S Mr. Prouty was sick with lung fever, and was con- fined to his house until spring. During this time he took up his neglected violin work, and has never since abandoned it. He practiced scales and church music until he was well enough to go out, and then took lessons of Charles Muzzy, a noted local violinist. Mr. Muzzy advised him to get a more competent instructor, and he placed himself under the direction of Carl Eichler. of Boston, in June, 1878, and made rapid progress. He organized his first orchestra, known as Prouty & Beniis orchestra, in August of that year. Harry E. Bemis being a partner. Their first appearance in public was in the vestry of the Methodist Episcopal church at a festival on December 18 and 19, 1879. They put on Gilbert & Sullivan's "H. M. S. Pinafore" with all local singers, and this was probably the first opera ever produced in Spencer by home talent. Mr. Prouty conducted, and Sarah W. Dyer, daughter of Dr. Edward C. Dyer, sang the leading part. On December 31. 1879, this orchestra played at the sixth annual concert and ball of the Spencer firemen, an engagement of which they were very proud, as it was the first time that the firemen had not been obliged to send out of town for their music. Mr. Prouty remained in Spencer during 1880, and at the' same time continued bis musical studies in Boston. His first appearance as a soloist was October 26. of that year, when he played the De Beriot Concerto in D Major at a concert given by the Spencer Cornet Band. The winter of 1880-81 was a very successful one for his orchestra, their time being well booked for parties in Spencer and adjoining towns. In the spring the name of the orchestra was changed to Prouty & Belcher, and went under that name for two years, since which time it has been known only as Prouty's orchestra, Mr. Prouty assuming full control. Mr. Prouty soon made arrangements with the proprietors of leading summer and winter resorts, and between seasons had so many calls that he made his headquarters and permanent address with the Oliver Ditson Company, music publishers of Boston. His orchestra filled two seasons' engage- ments at Cottage City and Martha's Vineyard, dur- ing the summers of i88t and 1882. They were at Poland Springs Hotel. Maine during the smtmners of i88-! and 1^84. The fall seasons of 18S1 and 1883 were filled by engagements at the San Souci Gardens, Providence, and the New Bedford Opera House. .At the close of his first season at Poland Springs, he accepted a position with the Germania Orchestra of Boston, continuing his study with its leader, Carl Eichler. He also took lessons that season of Bernard Listemann. During Mr. Prouty's first season at Poland Springs, the manager of the St. James Hotel at Jacksonville. Florida, then stopping there, heard his orchestra and was so well pleased that he offered him an engagement for the winter of 188,3-84. and continued to employ him for eighteen consecutive seasons, until the hotel burned down. During the fall of 1S84 he made a tour of the Middle States and Canada. His connection with the St. James brought him an abundance of calls to other places, his orchestra having been heard there and favorably commented on by hotel managers from all over the United States. To this he owes his engagement at the Magnolia hotel, the Bay Point hotel. Hotel Champlain. Owl's Head, Princess .Xnne, Virginia :Magnolia Springs. Florida; and the Ocean House, Swampscott. During the summer of 1885 he was engaged as a soloist with Schmidt's orches- tra on the Fall River line of steamers to New York, and during that season studied with two of the lead- ing viohnists of New York city. During the summer of 1899 Mr. Prouty received an offer from both the Florida East Coast Hotel Company and the Plant system for the winter fol- lowing, and accepted the first named offer to play at Nassau, N. P.. Bahamas, at the Colonial and Royal Victoria, where he has been the past seven winters. He furnished music for the four Magnolia hotels twelve consecutive summers, at Masconomo at Manchcster-by-the-Sea, two seasons at Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, Florida, one season at Royal Palm, Miami, I-'lorida, and one season at Hotel Continental, .Atlantic ' Beach, Florida. During the winter of 1903 Mr. J. Leddie Hees, president of the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad Company, being in Nassau, Bahama Islands was so well pleased with the orchestra he made a flattering offer, which Mr. Prouty accepted, playing for said company at Sacandaga Park, New York, that sum- mer with orchestra of twelve men. In 1904 and 1905 there were sixteen men playing both orchestra and military band. These seasons have .been very suc- cessful. The orchestra included some of the best soloists in the country. It is probable that Mr. Prouty's orchestra has filled fnore engagements at re- sort hotels than any other orchestra in the country, having filled fifty-five engagements. It is particularly worthy of note that these engagements have come unsolicited. His work has been and is eminently satisfactory, as may be judged by the frequency with which he has been engaged for succeeding seasons. That he is a hard worker in his chosen field is very evident, and that he has been a man- ager of no mean ability is equally clear, as proved bv the excellent results achieved. Mr. Prouty has one of the most complete libraries of music for both orchestra and military band in the country, and employs the best of musicians. His son, Joel Cecil Prouty, has filled the position as first violin for two seasons at Sacandaga. He is a very prom- ising youn.g violinist and leader, and will probably have charge of one of his father's orchestras in the Florida East Coast System during the winter of 1907. Mr. Prouty married, February 14, 18S3. Sarah Worcester Dyer, born .'Xpril 4. 1S5S, daughter of Dr. Edward C. Dyer. (See sketch of Dr. Edward C. Dyer). Their children are: Joel Cecil, born April 9. 1&S6. Harold Dyer, January 22, 1888, died Anril 10, 1902. Edward Dyer, February 15, 1896. Cheney Russell. February 28, 1898. died March 3, T903. Ida Elhelyn, July 22, 1899. Mr. Prouty has his home in Spencer, where he spends his vacations in much needed relaxation and rest. IRA NATHANIEL GODDARD. a prominent resident of Millbury, was born March i, t8.w, in the house he now owns and occupies. On both the paternal and maternal sides he is a descendant of .some of the earliest English families that emigrated to Massachusetts. By the aid of a work pub- lished in England, entitled "Memoirs of the God- dards of North Wiltshire." he traces his ancestry in a direct line to one Walter Goddard. who won fame and distinction during the latter part of the twelfth century. The pione■ daughter of .Ambrose and Mercy Hale, of that town. She died March 22. 1820, and .'\pril 26. 1823. Enoch married for his second wife Mrs. Zeuriah (Capron) Converse. The children of his first union were: Lucy Hale. Sam- uel and Hannah, and of his second marriage there wa": a son, .Ambrose C. Samuel White, son of Enoch and Hannah (Hale) White, and the father of Daniel A. White, was born in Marlboro. New Hampshire. December 23. 1803. He was reared upon the homestead farm in Marl- boro, and at the age of forty-six years removed to Fitchburg. this county, where he resided for one year, then to Clinton, this county, where he 328 WORCESTER COUNTY resided for some years. Possessing a robust con- stitution he preserved his strength and activity by the aid of constant exercise in the open air, and when ninety-one years old walked from Bolton to Berlin, a distance of five miles, to take the train for Boston, after a short visit he returned via the same route. His mental faculties were equally vigorous and his pronounced opinions in matters relative to politics and public affairs were forcibly expressed. Samuel White lived to the advanced aged of ninety-five years. A short time previous to his death he came from Boston to Bolton by train unattended and alone. He married, May 23, 1833, Harriet Watle. born January 28, 1818, daughter of Daniel and Demmis (Blish) Wade. She became the mother of two children,' Charles H., born July 3. 1834 ; and Daniel A., see forward. Charles H. White, who became a musician of note and estab- lished his re.=ident in Boston was married in 1873 to Elizabeth A. Wheeler, born in Newburyport, Mas- sachusetts, June 29, 1843. Of this union there was one son. Charles Henry, born June 28, 1875, died in 1904. Daniel A. White was born in Marlboro, New Hampshire, August 12, 1836. After concluding his attendance at the Clinton (Massachusetts) high school, he learned the printer's trade, and followed it for some time as a journeyman. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted as a musician in the Twenty-fifth (Massachusetts) Regiment Band, with which he served until incapacitated by fever and was finally mustered out on account of general orders discharging all regiment bands from the United States service. After recovering sufficiently to en- able him to resume the activities of life, he engaged in business in Clinton, establishing the firm of Tyler and White, his partner having been a comrade in the army, and that concern became exceedingly prosperous. After four years' partnership he bought Tyler's interest in the business and continued it for over forty years in connection with his farm- ing in Bolton, where he is not only widely and favorably known as a worthy representative of a noted family, but also for his prominence as a musician. In addition to his ability as a performer, which embraces a practical knowledge of most of the wind and string instruments in use, he was otherwise qualified to direct musical organizations with in telligcnce and nrecision, and formerly con- ducted bands and orchestras. His musical talent descended to his children, all of whom were in- strumentalists of ability, and at one time an orchestra composed entirely of the White family, at ases ranging from five to fifteen years, gave en- joyable and interesting concerts in the adjacent cities and towns. In politics Mr. White is a Republican. He attends the Unitarian Church. He married, June 20. 1861, Ellen Hastings, of Berlin, this county, born June 9. 1841. They reared a family of five children, namely : Christopher S., l>orn 186^: Leila L.. 186;: Charles L., 1S68, died 1887; Cordelin H.. 1873: Peregrine H.. 1875. Chris- topher S. White was married in 1891 to Mary S. Southwick, born in Berlin in 1866. Leila L. White married Professor Frederick W. Morse, of Berlin, chemist at .Agricultural College, Durham, New Hampshire. Cordelia H. White, who is unmarried, resides in Berlin. Peregrine H. White, who de- veloped unusual precocity during his educational period, introduced at the age of thirteen years an in- novation to the people of Berlin in shape of a local newspaper called the Berlin News which he edited and published successfully for some time, or until accepting the position of station agent on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. At the expiration of four years of service in that capacity he was promoted to a position in the superintendent's office and was subsequently appointed traveling freight agent of one of the large transporation lines running from New York. He married Sadie White Lawrence, of Taunton. Massachusetts, and has one child. FRANKLIN WAYLAND PAGE, an enterpris- ing and prosperous business man of Worcester, is a descendant of an English ancestry, which nation has produced many distinguished men both in civil and military life. The progenitor of this family in America was probably Robert Page, who settled in Kcnnebunk, Maine, probably in 1720. The early members of the family were Presbyterians, devout and pious, earnest and thrifty. Enoch Page, great-grandfather of Franklin W. Page, was the father of a son, Enoch Page, grand- father of Franklin W. Page, a veterinary surgeon and farmer. He came with a large party of pioneers from Kennebunk, Maine, to Groton, Vermont, after the revolutionary war. He was the father of a son, Enoch Page, father of Franklin W. Page, born in Groton, Vermont, February i, 1817. He was brought up on the farm at Groton and went to school in that town. He removed to Burlington. Vermont, when a young man, and there learned the trade of carriage-maker. Later he removed to Concord, New Hampshire, and was employed by the Abbott, Down- ing Company, manufacturers of the famous Con- cord coach. He remained in their employ for three years, during which time he worked at carriage painting, and was foreman of the department. He then went to Milford. New Hampshire, and engaged on his own account in the manufacture of car- riages. After a period of seven years he removed his business to Springfield, Massachusetts, and from Springfield to Worcester, and in 1875 engaged in business in a shop at the corner of Pleasant and Russell streets, where he remained for seven years. In 1884 his health failed and he retired from active pursuits, his son continuing the business. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, joining the order in Hartford. Connecticut. Enoch Page (father) married Jane Elizabeth Moulthrop. 'born at Burlington, Vermont, July 9, 1815, daughter of Silas Moulthrop. a custom house officer at Burlington, and a descendant, on the ma- ternal side, of a Scotch ancestry. They had seven children, four sons and three daughters, three of whom are living at the present time (1906): I. William, born in Haverhill, New Hampshire. June 6, 1847, is a carriage blacksmith by trade, and lives in Marlboro, Massachusetts : married Nettie Lang- don, of Springfield, Massachusetts. 2. Franklin Wavland (see forward). 3. Kate Elizabeth, born Lawrence, Massachusetts. April I, 1858: married. Tune T. 1882, at Worcester, Massachusetts, Abel Warren Baker, of Keene, New Hampshire. Mr. B.aker was engaged in the wdiolesale and retail paper and wooden-ware business in Fitchburg, Massachu- setts : in i8qo he removed to California and is now located in Oakland, engaged in manufacturing min- eral waters. He has an extensive plant, having added, a few years ago. buildings costing over $10,000. They have one child, Sumner Baker, born October. 16, 1886. Enoch Page (father died September 13, 1893. aged seventy-seven years; of' ^ T WORCESTER COUNTY 329 his wife died May 8, 1903, aged nearly ninety years. Their remains are interred in Fitchbnrg, i\iassa- chusctts. Franklin W. Page was born in Haverhill, New Hampshire. June 6, 1852. He received his educa- tion in the schools of that town, and learned his trade at Millord. New Hainpshire, with his father. Later he became associated in business with his father, and when the latter retired he continued the business, their shop at that time being located at No. 160 Union street. In 1892 he removed to No. 66 Thomas street, and there remained seven years. The following six years he was located at No. 103 Piedmont street, and then purchased the land at his present location on Abbott street, and erected two shops. The paint shop is twenty-eight by forty-eight feet, and the blacksmith shop twenty-six by fifty feet. .X large business has been done by the con- cern in carriage painting, but the chief business at present is the manufacture of wagons, of which Mr. Page has made a specialty. The buildings are lo' cated on a lot containing seventeen thousand square feet. Mr. Page is a member of Central Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mount Vernon Encampment, and of Patriarchs Militant, Grand Canton, of Worcester. He married, in Bcston, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 19. 1896, Mary L. Jones, born in Charlton, Mas- sachusetts. September it. 1S76. daughter of Albert Jones, a lumberman, who at one time operated a saw and grist mill in Charlton, and his wife. Julia Seism (Tucker) Jones, daughter of Daniel Tucker, who w.Ts the owner of a farm which was purchased from the Indians; the farm is still owned by tlie family and has been in the Tucker name for gen- erations ; the original deed thereof is framed and hangs in the old Tucker homestead in Charlton, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are now living in West Somerville, Massachusetts. Their children are: Addie Isabel, married Clarence A. Carpenter, of Charlton, Massachusetts; Mary L. (Mrs. Frank- lin W. Page); Bertha Marion, died in infancy; Hattie .Mberta, married John F. Tenney, of Spencer, Massachusetts; Harry Albert, unmarried, resides at home ; .'\nne Frances, unmarried, resides at home. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Page are: Ruth Kate, bom November 14, 1897 : Marion Etta, born De- cember 18, 1899; Helen Jane, born August 4, 1901. FRED ELLERY WILDER. Thomas Wilder, ancestor of the Wilders of Sterling and other Worcester county towns, immigrated froin England and took the freeman's oath at Charlestown in i6;i. He settled in Lancaster in 1659, six years after the incorporation of that town, and resided there until his death, which occurred in 1667. His immediate descendants participated in the defence of Lancaster and other frontier settlements from the attacks of the hostile savages during King Philip's war (1675-6), and in the summer of 1704 one of them — Lieutenant Nathaniel Wilder, was killed while defending the town against a large force of French and their Indian allies. The posterity of Thomas Wilder are not only found in Massachusetts, but arc now distributed through the New England, mid- dle and western stales, and some of them have dis- tinguished themselves in their chosen fields of use- fulness. Jonathan Wilder, a descendant of Thomas Wilder, and the grandfather of Fred E. Wilder, was a life- long resident of Sterling. His long and honorable career as a town official was signalized by a stead- fast adherence to principles of integrity in the dis- charge of his public duties, and in addition to hold- ing all of the important town offices he served as overseer of the poor for twenty-seven years. As administrator of estates he was ever faithful to the trust confided to his charge and as arbiter in set- tling dispiites among his neighbors he always ad- justed their difficulties judiciously and to the entire satisfaction of all parties concerned. Jonathan Wilder married Betsey Roper. The father of Fred E. Wilder was Fauson Wilder, and his mother was before marriage Mary Bea- nian. When a young man Fauson Wilder spent some time in the west, but the greater part of his life was devoted to agriculture in his native town. Mary Beaman, who is still living and resides in Sterling, is a descendant of Gamaliel Beaman, the first white settler in that town. She is also descended from Peregrine White, who was born in the cabin of the "Mayflower." November 20, 1620, and is dis- tinguished in history as the first white child born in New England. Fauson and Mary Wilder be- came the parents of six children, namely: Fred Ellery, Moses Harry, Herbert Sawyer, Harriet, Jose- phine B. and Sarah Jane. Moses H. and Herbert S. reside in Sterling and are (he principal subjects of other sketches in this work. Fred Ellery Wilder was born in Sterling, June 27. 1859. His education was begun in the public schools of his native town and concluded at the Boylston (Massachusetts) high school. He be- gan the activities of life as a farm assistant, was subsequently employed as a teamster and finally served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade. His natural ability as a mechanic enabled him to advance rapidly in his trade, and with the neces- sary practical experience he not only became an expert workman but developed into a skillful and reliable builder. For some years he resided in Clin- ton, this county, where he built a number of hand- some dwelling-houses, and he also erected residences in Fitchburg, Worcester, the Newtons and else- where. Some two or three years ago he returned to Sterling, where he now owns and occupies a desirable residence located in close proximity to the business centre of the town, and he is still carrying on a large business. While residing in Clinton he served as one of the engineers of the fire department in Clinton and Sterling. In politics he is a Republican. In 1884 Mr. Wilder married Carrie Lee, sister of Charles Lee, superintendent of the Boston & Maine Railway, and she died in 1889. His present wife, whom he married in 1892, was Minnie Fol- som, daughter of George Folsom, of Clinton, super- intendent at the Lancaster mills. Of the latter union there is one son, Ellery Folsom Wilder, born Sep- tember 22, 1894. JAMES FRANCIS KENDALL, proprietor of the well known Kendall Farm on Kendall Mill, n Sterling, belongs to one of the oldest families in that town. He is a son of Daniel Kendall, and a direct descendant of Samuel Kendall, who was one of the first settlers of Sterling. Samuel Kendall went to Sterling when it was known by its original Indian name of Chocksctt. and in 1718 be received, from Messrs. Wilder and Sawyer, the title to a tract of land to whom it had previously been deeded by George Tahanto, the nephew of Sholan, sachem of the Nashua Indians, who dwelt in the vicinity of the Wahshaccum Ponds. This tract of land, which has 33C WORCESTER COUNTY ever since remained in the family's possession, was deeded by Samuel Kendall to his son Josiah, and subsequently inherited in turn by Ethan, Luther, Daniel and James Francis Kendall, and is now con- ducted by his son Luther B. Kendall Hill was named for the family, and its representatives for nearly two hundred years have figured promi- nently in the political and religious affairs of Sterling. Daniel Kendall, Jarnes F. Kendall's father, pos- sessed a natural genius for handicraft, and was noted for his ability as a mechanic. He was also a man of marked personal character, firm in his adherence to a principle which he believed to be right, and at the dawning of the abolition movement he was one of the first seven men in Sterling who had the cour- age to declare publicly, both verbally and with their votes, that slavery should be abolished. When it is considered that such a bold and pronounced atti- tude was at the time attended with- imminent per- sonal danger, his superior moral courage stands forth in its true light, and his name is entitled to an honorable place among the heroes in civil life who paved the way for the final establishment of universal freedom in the United States. Daniel Kendall married Elizabeth Jewett. He died in Ster- ling, January 13, 1892. ]\Irs. Kendall died January 14, 1892. one day after her husband's death. James Francis Kendall was born in Sterling, June II. 1840. After concluding his attendance at the public schools he assisted his father in carry- ing on the homestead farm, and eventually suc- ceeded to its possession. This property, which has been aptly called by some appreciative visitor "the farm beautiful." occupies a conspicuous as well as a desirable location on Kendall Hill, and from its summit is obtainable a charming view of the sur- rounding country in every direction. The present owner not only values it for its fertility, but also for its ancestral associations, and thus far no financial offer has induced him to part with it. He zealously preserves copies of the original deeds of the prop- erty given by father to son; also the family clocks,' pewter ware, warming nans, and various other im- plements of antiquity, all of which he considers as part and parcel of the family homestead, and he therefore prizes the estate far beyond the range of a money value. In politics Mr. Kendall is a Republican, and from the time of his majority has been interested in civic affairs, being particularly active in town meetings. When a young man he performed the duties of village constable in a most satisfactory manner, and he subsequently served for various lengths of time as assessor, overseer of the poor, and on the cemetery committee. In 1864 he mar- ried Anna Elizabeth Payne, of Providence. Rhode Island, daughter of James W. and Elizabeth Payne. She became the mother of four children : Luther Barker, born October 10. 1866; William Daniel. January 14, 1877, manager and treasurer of the firm of W. D. Kendall & Company. 166 Main street, Wor- cester. Massachusetts, who carry a full line of elec- tric light supplies, electric bells, etc., formerly with Plummer. Ham & Richardson ; Mary Elizabeth, May 7, 1881 (died in infancy) : and Clarence Francis. January 8, 1884. Luther Barker Kendall, who is now serving upon the school board and is a deacon of the Congregational Church, is following in his father's footsteps both as an able farmer and a pub'ic spirited citizen. He married Lula Gallop, of Worcester, and has one child, Elizabeth Gertrude. William Daniel Kendall married Laura Perkins, of Templeton, this county, and has two children- Anna Rosaline and Eviline Gertrude. Clarence Francis Kendall, who is a carpenter by trade, and a very skillful workman, is unmarried and resides at home. Mrs. Elizabeth Kendall died April 30, 1903. JACOB AUGUSTUS KENDALL. Francis KcKdall (i), the immigrant ancestor of the late Jacob Augustus Kendall, of Leominster, Massachu- setts, was born in England in 1620 according to a deposition of his made December, 1658, when he stated his age as thirty-eight years. He was in Woburn before 1640, and became a prominent citi- zen there. He was a miller by trade and the site of his mill is still known by his name ; some of the original homestead has remained in possession of his descendants to the present time. He was ad- mitted freeman May 26, 1647. He was frequently honored with positions of trust and responsibility by his townsmen. He died 1708. His will dated May 9, 1706, mentions children named below and several grandchildren : also the eight children of his brother, Thomas Kendall, that were living when Thomas died. His wife died 1705. He married, Decembe;r 24, 1644, Mary Tidd, daughter of John Tidd. Their children were: John, born July 2, 1646; Thomas, born January 10, 1648-9; Mary, born January 20, 1650-1, married Israel Reed; Elizabeth, born January 15, 1652-3, married James Pierce: Hannah, born January 26. 1654-5. married William Greene; Rebecca, born March 21. 1656-7, married Joshua Eaton ; Samuel, born March 8, 1659-60: Jacob, born January 25, 1660-1, of whom later; Abigail, born April 6, i66i5, married William Reed. (II) Jacob Kendall, eighth child of Francis Ken- dall (i), was born in Woburn, January 25. 1660-61. He removed to Billerica about 1716. He was irt the military company. He married. January 2^ 16S3-4, Pcrsis Haywood, who died October 19, 1694. He married (second). January 10. 1694-5. Alice Temple. The children of Jacob and Persis Kendall were: Persis. born August 24, 1685; Jacob (twin), born January 12. 1686-7, died January 20, 1686-7; Jacob (named after twin brother who died), born January 12, 1686-7, died probably before April 22, 1714; Joseph, born December 17. 1688. married twice; died October 3, 1743; Jonathan, born November 2, 1690, died November 11. 1690; Daniel, born Octo- ber 23. 1691. The children of Jacob and Alice Kendall were : Ebenezer, born November 9. 1695 ; John, born January 9, 1696-7. died October 17. 1697; Sarah, born Julv 18, 1698, married Benjamin Whit- more; Esther, born November 20, 1699; Hezekiah, born May 26, 1701 ; Nathan, born December 12. 1702; Susanna, born October 27. 1704: Phebe, born De- cember 19. 1706; David, born September 28. 1708; Ebenezer. born April 5, 1710. of whom later; .;\lice,. born Tanuary 31. 1711-12; Abram, born April 26, T713: 'Persis, born August 23, 1715; Jacob, born at Billerica, July I, 17I7- (III) Ensign Ebenezer Kendall, son of Jacob Kendall (2). his sixteenth child, was born at Biller- ica, Massachusetts. April 5. 1710. He settled at Dunstable with a number of other members of the Kendall family. The first town meeting was held March 12, 1743, when the new town was organized in his house. He was a taxpayer there in 1744. was on the committee to build the meeting house JACOB A. KICXDAIJ. c 'aj^^^^-^^-^^9 WORCESTER COUXTY 33 f elected before 1753 when the church was reported, December 24, to be completed. He was in the sec- parish which was set off June 14, 1755, and he signed the covenant of the new church May 12, 1757. He bought the most expensive pew in the meeting house m 1759, and was a liberal supporter of religion all his life. He built the tavern which was the rallying point of the troops during the rev- olution. He died December 2, 1774, in his sixty- fifth year. His wife Hannah died February 10, 1761, in her forty-fifth y^ar. He married (second) The children of Ensign Ebenezer and Hannah Kendall were : Asa, born March 16, 173S, of whom later; Ebenezer, Jr., born October 5, 1736; Abra- ham, born February 17, 1739; Hannah, born Octo- ber 13, 1741 ; Molly, born April 9, 1744; Abraham, born November 29, 1747 ; William, born October 9, 1750; Hezekiah. born April 14, 1753; Abraham, born April 12, l/ $6 ; Joseph Hasey, born December I, 1759, died 1761. The child of the second wife was Isaac, born January 29, 1763. (IV) Sergeant Asa Kendall, son of Ebenezer Kendall (3), was born March 16, 1735. He built the parish pew in the meeting house at Dunstable in 1763. He was a member of the Dunstable Train Band, June 25, 1776. There is a record of the meeting at his house of th'e Train Band. September 18, 1776. He was a soldier in the revolution serv- ing as a private in Captain Reuben Butterfield's company. Colonel David Green's regiment, April 19. 1775, and responded with his company to the Lexington alarm. He served at various other times. He was lieutenant in Captain James Hosley's com- pany; Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Reed's regiment, in 1777, and marched to assist the northern army under General Gates, the company being raised in Townscnd, Pepperell and Ashby, Massachusetts. all in the vicinity of Dunstable. Mr. Kendall moved to Ashby during the revolution and became a prominent citizen there. He was moderator of the town meeting in 1781 and other years, select- man 1781-92-96-97-9S, and perhaps other years. He held other offices of the town. He married Sarah , and their first five chil- dren were born in Dunstable, perhaps all of them. The children: Sarah, born September 4, 1760; Asa, born May 27, 1762, became a prominent citi- zen of Ashby, frequently in public office ; Cather- ine, born April 28, 1764; Benjamin, born November -/■ 1765; Mary, born December 29, 1766; Pierpont, born about 1769, married Sarah , had son Oliver, born June 30, 1792, at Ashby ; Oliver, of whom later ; Joseph, settled in Ashby, father o£ Joseph O. Kendall, a prominent citizen. (V) Oliver Kendall, son of Asa Kendall (4), was bnrn at Dunstable about 1775. He settled in Ashby when a young man and was a farmer there all his life. He was selectman of Ashby in 1814-15- 16-17-18-19-20-21-22-27. He married Lucy Welling- ton. Their children were : Hosea, selectman in 1847-48-51, a prominent man ; Liberty W., born No- vember 21, 1803, of whom later. (VI) Liberty W. Kendall, son of Oliver Ken- dall (5), was born at Ashby, Massachusetts, No- vember 21, 1803. He settled in Ashby and lived there till 1836. He bought land at Leominster, January 9, 1836. of Benjamin Perkins, and moved there. He resided in Leominster the remainder of his life, his death occurring November 14, 1889. He married Sarah Puffer. Their children, all born in Ashby, were: Jacob Augustus, of whom later; George Wakefield, carriage manufacturer at Leom- inster, married Ellen Taylor, and they had one daughter, Orocy, who married John Kivlan; Caro- line, died aged six years. (VII) Jacob Augustus Kendall, son of Liberty W. Kendall (.6), was born in Ashby, Massachusetts, 1827. He received a common school education in his native town supplemented by a course in West- minster Academy. Ht learned the painter's trade at Lexington and followed house painting as jour- neyman and employer all his life. He started in bus- iness for himself at the early age of nineteen in Leominster, employing from five to twenty or thirty men according to the season, and maintain- ing a large and prosperous business. No man in his line of business was better or more favorably known in his vicinity. He died November 13, 1886. "He was a man of unusual activity, indomitable perseverance and pushed ahead to success," writes one who knew him. "In business matters he was thoroughly wide awake and in money matters, especially in dealing with his help, he was always prompt and reliable." It was said of him that he never broke his faith either with his customers or his employees and never asked his men to do for him more than they were paid for. He had a business career of thirty-tive years in Leominster and left a handsome property for his family. It was said of him that he had done work upon almost every building in the town. He was domestic in his habits and declined public office. He was a member of the Masonic order for twenty-two years. He attended the Orthodox Congregational Church of Leominster. He married (first) Mary E. Sheldon, and after her decease married Helen M. Richardson, Decem- ber 19, i860. She was the daughter of Eri and Abigail Chandler (Bragg) Richardson. Their only child was Caroline M. Kendall, born August 19, 1876. JOEL ELI PROUTY, for many years a leading manufacturer and latterly a prominent agricultur- ist of the place of his nativity, was born in Spencer, Massachusetts, July 25, 1830, son of Liberty and Emily (Bisco) Prouty, and grandson of Eli Prouty (see Prouty Family). The family of Liberty and Emily (Bisco) Prouty consisted of eight chil- dren, namely : Maria Adeline, Jonas Russell, Joel Eli, Augustus Bi.sco, Abigail Lavinia, Mary Eliza, Henry Waldo, and Emily Augusta. Joel E. Prouty attended the common schools in the vicinity of his home until eleven years of age, when he turned his attention to farming, performing such labor as his strength would allow, and con- tinuing the same for five years. He then became a student at Leicester Academy, and after complet- ing one term in this institution became associated with his father in the manufacture of wire, continu- ing to be so engaged with his father under the firm name of L, & J. E. Prouty, and subsequently with his brother under the name of J. R. & J. E. Prouty. In 1876 the brothers Prouty disposed of the business to a corporation known as the Spencer Wire Com- pany. Since his retirement from wire manufactur- ing Mr. Prouty has farmed up to the present lime (1906). He is a member of the Methodist church, and a Republican in politics. Mr. Prouty married, September 10. 1857, Minerva ZZ2 WORCESTER COUNTY J. Wilson, daughter of Horace Wilson, of Spencer, a farmer, by whom he had four children : Joel Liberty, who died an infant. Eddy W., born June 27, i860, married Sarah Dyer, of Spencer, who bore him five children : Joel C, Harold, Edward Dyer, Cheney Russell, deceased; and Ida Evelyth. Albert Burnside, born jNIay 7, 1863, married Emma ilc- Cormack, of Spencer. Ida Evelyn, born November 7, 1865, became the wife of Fred D. Woods, of Ar- lington, and they are the parents of one child, But- ton Prouty Woods. PITTS FAMILY. Robert Pitts or Pitt, the im- migrant ancestor of Robert Pitts, of Lunenberg, Massachusetts, was a proprietor of Salisbury, Massa- chusetts, in 1639. His brother Richard Pitts set- tled at Newbury, a town near Salisbury, in 1637 ■or earlier. Both were called planters in the records. Richard bequeathed part of his estate to Abraham, eldest sgn of Robert, his brother. Robert Pitts lived in Salisbury from 1639 to 1652, when he re- moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts. He was on the tax rolls of Salisbury in 1650. He owned a share in Plum Island in 1664, according to a list of the inhabitants of Ipswich owning such shares. He and his wife gave testimony in court December 22, 1664, as to the promise made by Simon Thompson desiring their son, Abraham Pitts, who married his daughter, to come to Ipswich and resides. His ■cousin, Isaiah Wood, son-in-law of Simon Tomp- son," also testified. Richard and Robert Pitts came from Fitzford, Taverstock. Devonshire. England. Robert was a man of some considerable education and social po- sition, a Puritan of high character. He died May 9, 1665. His will was dated January 5, 1663, and proved June 23, 1665. He bequeathed to his wife Grace the goods and estate left to her by her mother to dispose of among her kindred; his son. Abraham Pitts, was to have the land at Salisbury which he purchased of William Barnes and also other estates, wife to have the remainder for life. His widow Grace appointed her "brother," Robert Townsend. of Ipswich, her attorney in a suit against Samuel Gove, June 17, 1667. Yet she was the sister f>i Mr. Robert Lord and probably sister- in-law of Townsend. Grace (Lord) Fitts was prob- ably his second wife, as Robert's only son Abra- ham calls her mother-in-law (meaning step-mother). Grace, widow of Robert Fitts, died April 25, 1684. The only child known of Robert Fitts was Abra- ham, see forward. (II) Abraham Fitts, son of Robert Fitts (i), was born about 1640. He lived at Salisbury during bis youth, but at the time of his marriage removed to Ipswich, Massachusetts, at the request of Simon Thompson, his wife's father, who conveyed to him the house and land he had bought of Humphrey Griflin. containing three acres, bounded by Rocky Hill towards the west. John Fuller to the south and the highway east and northeast. He was heir and executor of the will of his uncle, Richard Pitts. who left no children. He joined the church in full communion February 22, 1673. He was admitted a freeman March 11, 1673-74. He died March 27, 1692. His will was dated February 24, 1692, and was presented for probate March 29, 1692. The estate was inventoried at three hundred and sixty- six pounds, ten shillings ; he had a homestead, orch- ard and fifty acres of land at Ipswich, besides land at Salisbury. He married (first) Sarah Thompson, May 16, 1655, (by magistrate, Hon. Symon Bradstreet, as clergymen were not allowed to perform marriages). She was the daughter of Symon Thompson, who was born about 1610, and was in Ipsw'ich, 1636, where he was made a freeman 1641 or 1648. The children of Abraham and Sarah (Thompson) Fitts were : Sarah, born February 21, 1657, died June 14, 1660; Abraham, died 1714, see forward; Robert, born March 30, 1660, died June 15, l66l ; Sarah, born March 15, 1661, married, December 30, 1686, William Baker, of Ipswich. The children of Abra- ham Pitts and his second wife. Widow Rebecca Birdley. whom he married January 7, 1668, and who died June 2, 1709, were: Robert, born May 28, 1670, died young; Richard, born February 26, 1672, married, .March 18, 1694, Sarah Thorne' and lived at Salisbury, Massachusetts; Isaac, born July 3, 1675. married (first) Bethia , who died Au- gust 22, 1722, and had thirteen children; married (second) Mary Noyes. (III) .Abraham Fitts, son of Abraham Fitts (2), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1658-59, and was a resident of that town in 1678. He mar- ried (.first) Margaret Choat, daughter of Sergeant John and Ann Choat, immigrant ancestors of a famous old family. Jolui Choat was born 1624 and died December 4. 1695, bequeathing to Mar- garet (Choat) Fitts in his will dated 1691 and proved May i, 1697. Ann Choat died February 28, 1691-92. The children of Abraham and Margaret Fitts W'Cre : Abraham, Ebenezer, born August 6, 1685, died young; .Anna, born June 18, 1686, died /oung; Robert, born July 19, 1690, see forward. Abraham Pitts married (second). January 9, 1692, Mary Ross, who died 1739. Abraham Pitts died in August, 1714; his will is dated .\ugust 4, 1714, and was proved September 13, follow'ing. He was im- pressed with twenty-eight other Ipswich men for the Narragansett expedition, November 30, 1675^ in King Philip's war. He was in Major .■\ppleton's company and served in the winter's campaign, during which, December 19, three Ipswich men were killed and twenty-two wounded. He served also in the ill-fated Canada expedition in 1690 under Phipps. (IV) Robert Pitts, son of .\braham Fitts (3), was born in Ipswich. Massachusetts, July 19, 1690. He was a yeoman there until 1731, when he sold his farm to his brother .Abraham and purchased a farm of Benjamin Marsh in Sutton, Massachusetts, where he and his wife joined the church by letter in 1732. He has on record many conveyances of land from 1731 to December 22. 1752, while living in Sutton. His will was made May 10, 1753, and presented for probate June 15, 1753. He married, at Ipswich, January 1, 1717-18 (by Rev. Samuel Wigglesworth). They had eight children born at Ipswich and three at Sutton. The children: Ro- bert. Jr., born November 9, 1718, see forward; Jonathan, baptized April 24, 1720, died 1792, aged seventy-five years; married, November 27. 1745, Mary Hutchinson; Hannah, baptized November 19, 1721. died December 28. 1721 ; Hannah, baptized January 20, 1723. married, June 27, 1740, Bartholo- mew Towne, of Sutton, who died at Sutton, 1783, aged seventy years; Margaret, married Little; Benjamin, baptized .April 16, 1728, married (first), October 31, 1749, Sarah Rich; married (second), October 19, 1762; died February 14, 1803; Mercy, baptized March i, 1730; Ebenezer, born March 19, 1732, died 1790; married Bcthiah Hutchinson; Mc- WORCESTER COUNTY 333 hitablc, baptized ^larch ii. I/Jj. at Sutton; Mary, born October 29, 1734; Abraham, born September 5, 17.19, married, April 14. 1767, Mary Holman, of Sutton, lived also at Oxford, Massachusetts, and Dummcrston, Vermont ; soldier in revolution. (V) Robert Fitts, Jr., son of Robert Fitts (4), was born at Sutton. Massachusetts, November 9, 1718, died 1754, in his thirty-sixth year. He set- tled in Sutton and united with the church there on profession of faith in 1741. His will was dated July 2, 1754, and proved September 9, 1754. He married, November g, 1739, Keziah Towne, of Topsfield, born February 9, 1715. daughter of Will- iam Towne by his second wife Margaret, who was widow of John Willard, who was executed at Salem during the terrible witchcraft delusion in 1692. The great-aunts of Keziah were also executed (Rebecca and Mary), while another sister of these two barely escaped a similar fate. The children of Robert and Keziah Fitts were : Keziah, born Jan- uary 25, 1741, married August 18, 1760, William Nichols; Robert, born April 21. 1742, see forward; Samuel, married. May 14. 1772, Martha Stearns; Hannah, born December 12, 1743; Margaret, born April 10, 1745 ; John, born June 16, 1747 ; married, January 15. 1771. Rebecca Stockwell ; Ruth, born April 27, 1749, died at Dudley, Massachusetts, un- married; Lucy, born .April 26, 1751, married, F"eb- ruary 28. 1772, Benjamin Nichols; Phebe, born August 9, 1753. (VI) Robert Fitts, son of Robert Fitts (5), was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, .-April 21, 1742. He lived in Sutton, Oxford and Templeton, where he died February, 1826. lie was a store-keeper or trader, and was taxed in 1771 for "goods and wares" thirty pounds. He bought a farm at Oxford of Ebenezer Gale, .April 16, 1770, about the time he went there to live. He sold this place to Benja- min Hovey, March 21, 1777. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain John Crowell's company of minute men. Colonel Learned's regi- ment, which marched on the Lexington alarm, .April !''■ i;7s- lie married (first), June 2, 1767, Lydia Towne, rn .April 5, 17.39, daughter of Isaac and Lydia ■y Towne, by Benjamin Marsh, elder of the Bap- ■ church, of Sutton ; she was his cousin. He rried (second), at Templeton, Sarah (Nichols) adwell, of Templeton, April 17, 1783, by Rev. nezer Sparhawk. She was the widow of Sam- ! Treadwell, whom she married June 16, 1766. died June. 1829. Children of Robert and Lydia 'wne) Fitts were: Robert, see forward; Isaac, i.,.irried. January 2, 1794. Mehitable Bishop; Lydia, mentioned in the settlement of her mother's estate, December 29, 1797. The children of Robert and ^irah (Nichols) Fitts were: John and Sarah ■ ins), born December 22, 1783; both died in in- :K-y. (VII) Robert Fitts, son of Robert Fitts (6), was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, about 1770. He settled in Royalston when a young man. He mar- ried Mrs. Keziah Nichols, April 21, 1793. He died June, 1S03, and the inventory of his estate was dated August ID, 1803. Children of Robert and Keziah Fitts were : Robert, born at Royalston, October 19. 1793. see forward; Keziah, born November 13, 1796; son, born July, 1800, died November 13, 1800: George, born April 20, 1803, died September 18. 1804. (VIII) Captain Robert Fitts, son of Robert Utts (7). was born at Royalston, Massachusetts, October 19, 1793. He received his early education m the public schools there. At the age of fourteen he went to Winchendon to begin an apprenticeship ni the w^heciwright's trade, and was employed in the factory of E. Murdock & Company, where he remained until he was of age. He then worked at Iroy, New Hampshire. In 1828 he removed to Mason, New Hampshire, and was employed as mill- wright there by the Barrett Cotton .Manufactur- ing Company, and for twenty years he WMS master mechanic for this concern. He then removed to New Ipswich and went into business for himself. He was employed by firms and companies in Winchendon, .Ashburnham and other towns in the vicinity needing expert millwrights. He came to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in 18O0. to live with his son Robert and worked at his trade but little after- wards. He died at the home of his son Robert, in Lunenburg, March 24, 1878. He was a Universal- ist in religion. In politics he was first a Whig, then a Republican. He was an Abolitionist during the anti-slavery movement. He was a member of Bethel Lodge, No. 24, Free Masons, of New Ips- wich. He was captain of the Troy, New Hampshire, militia company. He married, June 5, 1821, Tryphcna Farrar, who died October 17, 1842, and their children were: I. Robert, see forward ; it will be noticed that Ro- bert is the name of the eldest son, for the past seven generations. 2. Mary T., born at Troy. Feb- ruary 10, 1824, married, 1847, John Milton Wliite, of Peterborough, New Hampshire, and tliey bad- Fremont Milton, Josephine Mary, Ida Hon'ora. 3. Keziah Nichols, born at Troy, New Hampshire, June 27. 1826, married, 1857, Thomas P. Kenyon of Millbury, Massachusetts, and had— Ellen T., born at Ashburnham, died young; Jane Florence, born at Fitchburg, now residing in .Akron. Ohio; Theodora (daughter called Thco) ; Thomas Charles. 4. Samuel Lawrence, born at Mason, July 23, 1830, married, 1854, Nancy Jane Shepard, of Bedford, New Hampshire; had no issue. 5. Lucy Ann, born at New Ipswich. June 30. 1833, died May, 1878. 7. Honora, born at New- Ipswich, December 9. 1839, died September 28, 1840. 6. George W., born at New Ipswich, November 24, 1836, died March 20, 1837. (IX) Robert F'itts. son of Robert Fitts (8), was born at Troy, New Hampshire, March 26, 1822. At the age of si.x years he inoved with his parents to Mason, New Hampshire, where he at- tended the common schools for four years. He re- moved with his parents to New Ipswich and com- pleted his schooling there at the age of nineteen. He then learned the trade of millwright of his father and followed it for ten years. He then be- came master mechanic for Winchester Brothers of Ashburnham. chair manufacturers. He remained with this firm until 1858, when he removed to West Fairlce, Vermont, to take charge of the farm of his wife's father, Erastus Buck. In i860 he came to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, where he was em- ployed in the chair factory of Walter Heywood, as master mechanic, and held that position for the space of thirty consecutive years. He came to Lunenburg in 1872 and bought his present farm of twenty acres, situated near the Fitchburg line, in what is called the Marsh district. Since 1890 he has devoted his entire attention to his farm. Mr. Fitts commands the respect of his townsmen and 334 WORCESTER COUNTY all who know liim. He attends the Universalist church at Fitchburg, and is a member of the Charles W. Morse Lodge of Free Masons at Fitchburg. He was formerly a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Mason, New Hampshire. He married, September i, 1843, Maria Louisa Wood, born December 12, 1822, at Woodstock, Vermont, daughter of Elisha and Sally (Cooper) Wood. Her father was a farmer. She died March ■9, 1850. He married (second), September i, 1853, Maria Tamer Buck, born May 21, 1828. daughter cf Erastus and Matilda (Morse) Buck. Her father. Erastus Buck, was a farmer and prominent in the militia. Children of Robert and Maria Louisa Fitts were; I. Georgiana Louisa, born May 23, 1844, married (first) Lieutenant Jesse B. Smith, of the United States navy; married (second) Hor- ace G. Howes, of Boston, who died July 25, 1905 ; no issue. 2. Arabella Tryphena, born October 8, 1846, married William G. Wright, of Fitchburg; ■died February, 1904, in California; their children; Robert Murray, born June 9, 1869, married Gertie Holbrook; they have two children: Dorriss and Robert McGregory ; Blanche Louise, born October II. 1870. married David Thompson, of New York; •one child. Gardinier ; Etta Fitts, born August 25, 1874; Madeline Gardner, born February II, 1886; the family reside in New York. 3. Robert Almont is the seventh Robert Fitts in direct line, a most un- usual and remarkable line of descendants, in fact all of his ancestors in this country in the Fitts line were named Robert except the second and third generation (two Abrahams) ; Robert A. married Sarah P. King, of Fitchburg, and they have Georgie Louise, born January 13. 1873, married William O. Evarts. of Wakefield, and they have — Eleanor Ken- dall Evarts. They reside at Sanbornton. New Hampshire. 4. Samuel Adelbcrt. born February 18, 1850. resides with parents. Children of Robert and Maria T. Fitts were 5. Willis Edward, born July 2, 1854, died August 14, 1855. 6. Lauretta Maria, born January 28, 1856, died December 6. 1873. BOWMAN FAMILY. Nathaniel Bowman (i), was the first .American ancestor of Emery Bowman, late of Westboro, Massachusetts. He had the rank of gentlemen in the public records, indicating that he came from English stock of some distinction. He was amon,g the earliest settlers in the Massa- chusetts Bay colony. He applied to the general tourt October 19, i6,-^o, but his name does not ep- pear on the list with other applicants whose re- quests were granted and to whom the oath of free- men was administered. He was a proprietor of the town of Watertown and his name appears on the earliest list, that of February. 1636-37. He soon removed to Cambridge Farms (Lexington), where many of his descendants have lived. He was in Cambrid.ge about 1650. His wife Anna deposed in 1678 that she was sixty-three years old. She was born, accordingly, In 1615. and Bowman was probablv born about 1610. He died January 26. 1681-82. His will was dated October 21, 1670. and proved April 4. 1682. He hequeathcd to his sons Francis and Nathaniel, daughter Dorcas Marsh, and grandchildren Na- thaniel and Benjamin Blackleach. Children_ of Na- thaniel and Anne Bowman were : Francis, born 1630. of whom later; Mary, born about 1631. buried January I. i637-.-?8 ; Joanna, buried November 20. 1638; Dorcas, buried February 6, 1638-39, aged seven days; Nathaniel, born March 6, 1640-41, probably settled at Wethersfield, Connecticut; Joanna, born November 20, 1642, mentioned in will ; Dorcas, mar- ried Benjamin Blackleach, of Cambridge; (second) Marsh. (H) Francis Bowman, son of Nathaniel Bow- man (i), was born in Watertown, probably, and died in Watertown, December 16, 1687, aged fifty- seven years. He took the oath of fidelity at Water- town in 1652. He settled in Watertown and his children were all born there. He married, Septem- ber 26, 1661, Martha Sherman. Their children were ; Francis, born September 14, 1662, died De- cember 23, 1744; was justice of the peace at Lexing- ton ; married, June 26, 1684, Lydia Stone ; John, born February 19, 1664-65 ; Martha, born March 2, 1666-67, died next year; Nathaniel, born February y. 1668-69, died June 30, 1748; married, December 16, 1692, Anne Barnard and had eight children; Joseph, born May 18, 1674; Anna, born September 19, 1676; Samuel, born August 14, 1679, died 1746; deacon of Cambridge church; married (first) Re- becca Andrew and (second) Deborah ; Jona- than, born about 1682 ; Martha, born about April 4, 1685. (HI) Captain Joseph Bowman, son of Francis Bowman (2), was born at Watertown, Massachu- setts, May 18. 1674, died at Lexington, April 8, 1762, aged eighty-eight years. He settled at Lex- ington and was justice of the peace there. He was captain of the militia company and must have been in the service against the Indians. His wife Phcbe died at Lexington, December 20, 1751, aged seventy-nine years. Their children, born at Lex- ington, were; Joseph, September 16, 1697; Hannah, November 11, 1699, married. May 26, 1719, Joseph Estabrook, Jr., of Lexington; James, September 11, 1701, of whom later; Jonathan, February 23, 1703- 04, graduate of Harvard College. 1724. ordained at Dorchester, November 5, 1729, died May 30, 1775; Francis, June 10, 1705. died 1750. unmarried; Ed- mund, March 5, 1709-10, graduated at Harvard Col- lege in 1728, a merchant at Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire; Thaddeus. September 2, 1712. at Lexington, where he settled; married, Deccinber 2, 1736, Sarah Loring, who died December 23. 1747; married (sec- ond), February 8, 1753, Sibyl Woolson, of Lexing- ton, and had thirteen children ; William, September 2, 1715, settled in Cambridge; married. May 5. 1/53! Mary Reed, of Lexington ; Martha; September 8, 1718, married, April 27, 1738, Samuel Bridges. (IV) James Bowman, son of Joseph Bowman (3), was born at Lexington, Massachusetts, Septem- ber II, 1701. Bond in his history of Watertown gives the name as "Joseph," by mistake. He died at Westborough. where he settled when a young man, in 1762, leaving a will, mentioning his heirs and others. He married at Westborough, March 16, 1731-32. Thankful Forbush, of Westborough, and their eight children were born at Westborough, viz. : I. Rev. Joseph, born January 21. 1734-35. graduated at Harvard College. 1761 ; ordained at the Old South Church. Boston. August 31, 1762, to be missionary to a tribe of Indians on the Susquehanna river, but the Indian war broke out again and he had to give up the project and was ordained as minister at Oxford. November 14, resigned August 28, 1782, and removed to Barnard, Vermont, where he was installed September 22, 1784, the first and until his death the only Congregational minister there; married Lavinia Baker, sister of Joseph Baker, proprietor and one of the first settlers of Bakers- us AM L.BOWMAN WORCESTER COUNTY 335 field, Vermont. 2. Lydia. born July 19. 1736; married at Westborougli, August 24, 1758, Solomon Mathews, of Petersham. 3. James, Jr., born Decem- ber 25, 1738, of whom later. 4. William, born March 5, 1742. 5. Francis, born June 19, 1744. 6. Phebe, born May 7, 1747. 7. Phincas, born .April 18, 1750, graduate of Harvard College, 1772. was then living in Oxford. 8. Thankful, born April 17, 1753. (V) Lieutenant James Bowman, Jr., son of James Bowman (4), was born at Westlwrough, Massachusetts, December 25, 1738. He was one of the most prominent men of VVestborough in his day. He is one of the few in that town who held slaves. He had at least one negro slave. He was a soldier in the revolution, having the rank of lieutenant in the company of Captain Seth Morse and the regi- ment of Major General Ward on the Lexington Alarm. April ig, 1775. He was later a lieutenant in the sixth company (Captain Morse) and Sixth Wor- cester Regiment, commissioned April 5, 1776. In November, 1776. with nineteen Westborough men he went to New Jersey for three months to reinforce Washington who was in retreat before Lord Howe's army. An old pay-roll state; that each of his men was paid five pounds, eight shillings on their return. In 1789 he was on the list of "Squadron Four," the name of the school district, in Westborough, and the old school house w^as situated at the end of "Mr. Bowman's Lane." Lieutenant Bowman married in Westborough, July 8, 1760, Mary Gashit, who was admitted to full communion in the church September 26, 1761. and died February 16, 1827. Children of Lieutenant James and Mary Bowman were: I. Benjamin, born at Wesiborou.gh, June 20, 1761, married, November 15, 1786, Abigail Whcelock, who died April 20, 1801 ; he married (second), March 2, 1806, Lucy Whitney. 2. Lydia, born Jan- uary 8, 1763, married (published April is). 17S1, Jonathan Pierce. 3. Nathan or Nathaniel, born April 3, 1764, married (published September 9), 1791, Mary Scott; he died June 16, 1835. aged seven- ty-one years ; she died August. 1837. aged seventy years. 4. Molly, born September 20, 1766, married (published February 27), 1790, Daniel Holbrook, of Framingham. 5. William, born March 3. 1768. 6. James, born November 9, 1770, married April 24, '80^. Levina Forbes. 7. Simeon, born March 3, 1772. 8. Thankful, born November 7, 1774, inarried (pub- lished Fcbruarv 28'), May 20, 1/93, Levi Ball. 9. Phebe, born March 3, 1776, married (published March 26), iSoo, James Moulton, of Hopkinton. 10. Joseph, born March 22, 1778. 11. Levi, born March 12, 1780, of whom later. 12. Hamiah. born November 4, 1782, married. May 12, 1805. Elijah Rurnap. 13. F.liinh. born Tuly .^, 17S4, married Lucy A. Hunt, of Northborough, (intentions August 18) 18.38. 14. Sophia, born May 2.S. 1785. 15. Lcvinah, born May 4, 1787, married, May 22, 1708, John Ball. Jr. (VI) Levi Bowman, son of James Bowman (5), was born at Westborough, Massachusetts. March 12, 1780. He was the first to trianufacture sleighs, or one of the first, in a town where that industry has been important for nearly a century. He became well to do and built the Bowman mansion hou.se on the homestead. He w'as active in town affairs and is remembered as a convincing speaker in town meet- ings. He married, December 23. 1798. at West- borough. Chine Corbctt. and thcv had nine children, al born at Westborough, viz: I. Caroline, born March 3, 1799, married, about 1821, Nathaniel Fiske. 2. Heriot, born May 26, 1802. 3. Russell, born July 20, 1804, married Alona Wellington, of West Boyls- ton, 1829, and their children were — George Russell, born October 10, 1830; Charles Gale, born April 24. 1833; Emily Elizabeth, born August 3, 1835; Eleanor Alona, born June 23, 1838, died 1839; Leonard Wellington, born March 25, 1840. 4. Char- lotte, born June 9, 1806. 5. Emery, born June IS, 1808, of whom later. 6. Amy Abigail, born Novem- ber 22, 1810. 7. Elijah, born May 15, 1813. 8. Mary Ann, born February 24, 1817. 9. Lucy Brigham, born August 25, 18x9. (VII) Emery Bowman, son of Levi Bowman (6), was born in Westborough, Massachusetts, June 25, 1808. He was educated in the district schools of his native town and then served an apprentice- ship as carpenter. He followed his trade and the business of carpenter and builder all his active life, though his later years were devoted mainly to carrying on the farm. He had tlie Bowman home- stead. He was a regular attendant and member of the Congregational Church. In politics he was a Republican from the early days of that party. He Was interested in public affairs and stood high in the estimation of his fellow townsmen. He died in 1887. He married, (published October 11) 1832, Susan Wellington, daughter of Ebenezer Wellington, of West Boylston, Massachusetts. She died at West- borough in 1881, aged eighty-one years. Their chil- dren, all born at W(r. Josephine, daughter of Margarine de Vigne. He was killed by the Jesuits, August 25, 1574-5- He appears from the chart to be descended from Francis Furnell. His son. Captain William Fernald, born 1575, married Elizabeth, daughter of Commander Amand, May 16, 1594. and was knighted by Essex, October 8, 1597. If this account of the family is correct, the ancestry is French Huguenot. Captain Fernald was made a viscount 1624, and fought against the Spanish Armada when thirteen years old. He died April 8, 1665, aged ninety years. The sword he carried in the expedition against Cadiz is preserved, being brought over by Dr. Reginald Fernald, his son, in 1630, and be- v rbili .Tiirl associate editor of the Har- 340 WORCESTER COUNTY vaid Law Review. He is now practicing liis pro- fession in association with Hallowell & Hammond, of Boston. STOCKBRIDGE FAMILY. John Stockbridge, who came to America in the ship "Blessing" in June, 1635, was the emigrant ancestor of Radford Stockbridge, of Worcester. John Stockbridge gave his age, then as twenty-seven years, hence he was born in 1608. With him was his wife Ann, and his son Charles, aged one year. He settled at Scituate, Massachusetts, and his wife is on record as join- ing the church there, July 16, 1637. He took the oath of allegiance, February 1, 1638. He was one of the Conihassett partners in 1646. His house was near John Hollet's, perhaps a few rods southwest of Jesse Dunbar's, and he had also a tract of land, bought of Abraham Sutcliffe, near Stockbridge's mill pond, on the north and east. In 1656 he bought one-half of the tnill privilege of George Russell, with the saw-mill which Isaac Stedman had erected there, ten years before, and built a gri.-^t mill, in part- nership with Russell. The "History of Scituate" says that he built the Stockbridge mansion house in 1656, which is now or was lately standing, one of the oldest in New England, and which was used as a garrison in King Philip's war. He was a town officer at Scituate. His wife Ann died, and he married (second), October 9, 1643, Elizabeth Sone, of Scituate. She died and he married (third), Mary . He died October 13, 1657. His will was dated September 4, 1657, and proved April 8, 1658. He left his house and household goods at Boston, near what is now Milk street, to his wife, and the mill, house, grounds and orchard at Scituate to his son, Charles, who was to pay ten pounds to his sister, Elizabeth. The youngest son. John, was to have a house at Scituate, where Gilbert Brooks lived, and pay ten pounds to his sister, Mary. He left to his daughter, Mary, the house at Scituate where William Tick- nor lived. He mentioned also daughters Hannah and Sarah. Mary Stockbridge, widow of John StockI)ridge, married. April 8, 1660, Daniel Hen- dricks. Children of John and Ann Stockbridge were: i. Charles, born in England, 1634. 2. Han- nah, baptized at Scituate, October 8, 1637, married, October 29, 1656, Sergeant William Ticknor. 3. Elizabeth, baptized about September, 1639, at Bos- ton, because the Scituate minister required immer- sion; married Thomas Hiland, Jr., in 1661. Chil- dren of John and Elizabeth (Sone) Stockbridge were : 4. Sarah, baptized 1645-46, married Joseph Woodworth, a shop-keeper, 1669. 5. Hester, bap- tized July II, 1647. Children of John and Marv were : 6. Abigail, born 1655. 7. John, baptized at Boston, July 19, 1657. (II) Charles Stockbridge. .son of John Stock- bridge (i), was born in England in 1634, coming to New England with his parents, when he was a year old. He inherited his father's mills and the mansion house at Scituate. In 1665 he bought George Russell's half of the mills. He built the second water mill in the town of Plymouth in 1673. having received a grant of thirty acres of land from the town, on condition that he build it. He built the mill on third Herring brook, and maintained it fourteen (14) years, according to the stipulation. He married Abigail . She married (second) Amos Turner. Charles Stockbridge died 1683. Children of Charles and Abigail Stockbridge were : I. Abigail, born at Charlestown, 1660. 2. John, born in Boston, 1662, died young. 3. Charles, born 1663, inherited one-half of the mill at Scituate. 4. Sarah, born 1665, married Israel Turner. 5. Elizabeth, born 1670, married David Turner. 6. Samuel, born 1679. 7. Benjamin, born 1677, married Mary Tilden, 1701. 8. Joseph, born 1673, married Margaret Tur- ner, settled in Duxbury. g. Thomas, inherited half of the mill at Scituate. 10. Abigail, married Josse- lyn. (Mentioned in the will.) (Hi) Thomas Stockbridge, son of Charles Stockbridge (2), was born in Scituate, Massachu- setts. He inherited the old mill on third Herring brook and settled there. He was ensign in the militia. He married, July 28, 1697, Sarah Reed, daughter of Thomas Reed, of Weymouth. He lived in Scituate where Ephraim Stetson used to live. She joined the Second Church at Scituate, March 7, 1714. He joined the church, June 2, 1706. Both were baptized May 19, 1706. She died September 7, 1758. Children of Thomas and Sarah (Reed) Stockbridge were: i. Sarah, born April 25, 1699, baptized at Second Church, Scituate, August 26, 1719. 2. Mary, born March 31, 1701. 3. Thomas, born February 13, 1703. 4. Delo, born June 21, 1708. 5. Anne, born May 31, 1710. 6. Micah, born November 22, 1714, baptized April 24, 1715, at Scituate. 7. Sarah, born October 26, 1718, married Henchman Sylvester, 1747. 8. (Probably) Lydia, married Joseph Soper, November 20, 1729. (IV) Micah Stockbridge, son of Thomas and Sarah (Reed) Stockbridge, was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, November 22, 1714. and baptized in the Second Church there, April 24, 1715. He mar- ried Mary Janes, November 30, 1738. Children of Micah and Mary (Janes) Stockbridge were: i. Isaac, born at Hanover, Massachusetts, September 14, 1740. 2. Kesiah, born in Scituate, baptized January 10, 1742. 3. John, born in 1757, at Hanover, Massachusetts. (V) John Stockbridge, son of Micah and Mary (Janes) Stockbridge. was born in Hanover, Massa chusetts, in 1757. He enlisted from Sutton in the revolutionary army. After the war he settled at Freeport, Maine (then called Yarmouth, and a port of Massachusetts). He was very active m public affairs as is shown by the town and court records, as follows : "Real Actions in Cumberland County, Court of Common Pleas, Vol. 5, P. 10, May term, 1795. John Marston, Jr., has set off to him by metes and bounds 5-12 of Lot 52 in the 120 acres Division west side of Royal's River. "John Stockbridge of Freeport ; Samuel York and Stephen L. Harris of North Yarmouth. Committee. "Vol. 5, P. 154. October term 1796, Partition be,- tween John Everton, owning 8 acres, Samuel Black- stone, owning 86 acres, and Richard Gerrish. oyvii- ing 50 acres, or 1-9 — all of Freeport— of the 450 acres Squadron No. 12 in North Yarmouth Gore so-called, but now Freeport. Enoch Fogg John Stockbridge and J.^COB Haskell, Jr., a committee appointed by the Court to make divi- sion by metes and bounds." He moved to Byron, Maine, which is one hun- dred miles farther north and inland from Freeport, and, at that time, was in the woods. Here he cleared the land and brought it into cultivation and WORCESTER COUNTY 341 had a fine farm. He was looked to for advice and counsel for miles around, as very few men in those days were able to draw up legal papers and transact business. He died at Byron, Maine, Au- gust. 1820. (VI) John Stockbridge, son of John Stockbridge (5). was born at Freeport, Maine (then called Yar- mouth, and a part of Massachusetts). August 11, 1787. died at Byron, Maine, Xovember 2;, 1855. He married Anna Leavitt. daughter of Joseph Leavitt, who was a lineal descendant of Henry Sampson, who came in the "Mayflower." Henry Sampson's daughter, Dorcas, married John Bonney. Their son. Ichabod Bonney, had a daughter. Sylvia, who married Jacob Leavitt. Their son, Joseph Leavitt, was father of Anna (Leavitt) Stockbridge. She was born in Turner, Maine, March 20, 1787. died in .\uburn. Maine, February IQ. 1870. Children of John and Anna (Leavitt) Stockbridge were: I. Lehears Leavitt. born in Byron. Maine, February 18, 1810, died in Chelsea, IVLissachusetts. 2. John Cal- vin, born in Byron, Maine, February 1.3. 1812, 'lied in Lcwiston, Maine. 3. Abijah William, born in Byron. Maine. February 8. 1814, died in Med- way. Massachusetts, April 8. 1879. 4. Mary Ann, born in Byron. Maine. February 26. 1816. died in Mexico, Maine. 5. Olive Osgood, born in Byron, Maine. July 10, 1821. died in Lewiston. Maine. 6. Caroline Web.^ter. born in Byron. Maine,, April 7, 1824. 7. Joseph Townsend, born in Byron, Maine, December 29, 1826. died in Worcester, Massachu- setts. He was one of the three-months-men in the war of the rebellion in 1861-65, and after his dis- charge, organized a company, and was made cap- tain. It was mustered in as Company G, Second District Columbia Volunteers. 8. Columbus Amer- icus. born in Byron. Maine, July 6. 1829, died in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in Company G. Second District Columbia Volunteers, in the war if the rebellion. 1861-1865. (VII) Abijah William Stockbridge, son of John (6) and Anna (Leavitt) Stockbridge, was born in Byron. Maine. February 8. 1S14. He married. June 26, 1842. Joanna Jones, daughter of Abijah Jones, at Roxbury, Maine. They lived in Major Thomas' Tiouse while he was building a house for himself, at a place called "Hope City." They moved from there to Perue, Maine, where he was one of the town officers, and in 1862 they moved to Auburn, Maine, where he followed the carpenter's trade. He went to Washington, D. C, in t866, and in com- pany with his brother Joseph did considerable con- tract work, and while there built a house for Lewis Hobbs. of Neponsett, Massachusetts, and later of Medford. (Hobbs married Victoria Stockbridge, dauchter of John Calvin Stockbridge). He died at Mcdway. Massachusetts, April 8. 1879. Children of Abijah William and Joanna (Jones) Stockbridge were: l. Romanzo O.. born in Byron, Maine. June -',;. 184,3. He enlisted in Company G. of the Second District of Columbia Volunteers, on the third day of February, 1S62. Was discharged on the second day of February. 186.5. as corporal, from service of the 1 'nited States by reason of expiration of term of i-rvice, 2. William Wallace, born in Byron. Maine, ."September 10, 1847. died in Perue, Maine, April u. i860. ,3. George E.. born in Byron. Maine, September 24. 1849, died March .-^l. 18.50. at Byron, Maine. 4. Radford, born in Perue. Maine, May .^^i. 1851, 5. Charles A., born at Perue, Maine, July -7. 18.54. 6. Mary Star, born at Perue. Maine, Au- gust 3, 1859. (NTH) Radford Stockbridge, son of .\bijah William and Joanna (Jones) Stockbrid.ge, was born in Perue, Maine, May 24, 185 1, He attended the district schools of Perue and Auburn, Maine, whither the family moved in 1862. In the spring of 1866, he engaged to learn the machinist's trade with A. J. Whitman, who owned a general machine shop at Lewiston, Maine, which is on the opposite side of the Androscoggin river from Auburn at Lcwiston Falls. Maine. When eighteen years old, he went to Boston to work for Goodnow & Wightm.nn. manufacturers of hardware and tools and dealers in hardware. After two years he returned to .'\uburn. Maine, and worked for several firms tliere, amon.g them the Lewiston Machine Co., Lewiston, Maine. He came to Worcester in the fall of 1879, and first worked for David W. Pond, son of L. W. Pond, then engaged in making machine tools at the corner of Exchange and Union streets. After nearly two years there, he accepted a place with Wight & Powell, manufacturers of lathes and ma- chine tools, on Ilermon street. Later on he went to work for Charles G. Washburn, who be.gan the manufacture of wire goods in the old Knowles shop on Allen court, and who_ was the founder of the concern known as the Wire Goods Company. .-\t this time Mr. Washburn was employing but two men. a machinist and a man working on wire .goods. Mr. Stockbrid.ge perfected a machine for cutting gimlet-pointed screws on the wire goods. They were making and built two new frarnes of six spindles each. He also built an automatic eye- machine for making screw-eyes, which turned out ninety a minute. After three years with the Wire Goods Company, he resigned and accepted a posi- tion with the F. E. Reed Co. of Worcester, manu- facturers of lathes and machine tools, at 116 Gold street, but was with them only a short time when he received an offer from the A, M. Powell Machine Tool Co. to take charge of their plant on Union street, where he remained about three years, when the firm sold out to the L. W. Pond Machine Tool Company in the fall of t886. He served the new firm in the capacity of superintendent until the end of the year, when he accepted a position PS superintendent for the London Machine Tool Company of London (Ontario). Canada, taking charge of their entire plant, machine-shop and fnnndrv. They made lathes, planers, drills, shapers and milline niachincs. and while working for the company, Mr. Stockbridge designed and built a new Dinner, which was considered a most excellent tool. He returned to Worcester in the spring of 1888, and was for a time at the Washburn Polytechnic Institute, and did some engineering work for M P. Higgins in connection with rigging a hydraulic elevator to run with a pump, pumping the water directly into the casing. He also heloed to design a new engine lathe for the school, and incorporated .come new ideas which they adopted. From there he went with the H. C. Pease Company, and took charge of their gear-cutting department, and later had charge of the shop. .M that time, the firm em- ployed only fifteen or sixteen men. and when Mr. Stockbridge resigned, there were seventy-five or eighty men at work. He then went to Holyoke. Massachusetts, where he bought an interest in the Goddard Machine Com- nany. but after six months, he sold out to Mr. H Sorkness. who was associated with him. and returned to Worcester, and w ^ '': for Bcmis 342 WORCESTER COUNTY Brothers, who were just beginning to build a new turret-lathe, which they abandoned after the first lot was finished, and went out of business. He then went to work for William F. Bancroft & Com- pany, and aided in developing a new pulley-lathe which they were just starting to build. (It was started by Orrin Wood of the old wood and light company). One of the obstacles in the way of its success was the driving device for holding the pulley while it was being turned. Mr. Stockbridge designed a driver that proved entirely successful, and it has been in use ever since. It is a part of the machine that is still used in the original form after fourteen years of remodelling and im- proving, built by its present manufacturers. In 1896, Mr. Stockbridge went to Ashland. Massa- chusetts, where he conducted a general machine shop on his own account. Later he returned to Wor- cester and worked for the Norton Emery Wheel Company, and then the Marcus Mason Co., on Union .street. In 1899 he opened a shop at 54 Hermon street, and at first designed and built especial ma- chinery to order. He brought out a speed lathe w'ith some new features, for which he found a ready market, but not thinking it worth while to get Ihcin patented, they have been appropriated by other manufacturers. It was here that he designed and started to build the Stockbridge two-piece crank shaper. The business soon required more spacious quarters, and in igoo he removed to 116 Gold street, and in 1901 to a large two-story building at No. ,S Maud street, near the corner of Park avenue and Chandler street, where they occupy the whole build- ing. The business was incorporated under the name of the "Stockbridge Machine Company" w-ith Mr. Stockbridge as treasurer, Peter Wood, president, E. L. Stockbridge, vice-president, P. T. Stock- bridge, secretary. In 190,3, Mr. Arthur W. Beamon came into the firm, and they took over Mr. Wood's interest, and made Mr. Beamon treasurar, and Mr. Stockbridge president, E. L. Stockbridge, vice-presi- dent, the same being the directors. The Stockbridge two-piece crank-shaper, the in- vention of Mr. Stockbridge, is to meet in every respect the requirements of modern machine shop- practice, and it is built to withstand the extra stre.^s and strain of high-duty cutting steel. The machines have proved entirely satisfactory and are in steady demand. The career of Mr. Stockbridge as an apprentice, as a mechanic in the various shops in which he has worked, and finally as manu- facturer of a valuable machine of his own inven- tion to fill need that he saw and determined to fill, is typical of the development of industry in Worcester, and, in fact, of America. The invention of such machines as those produced by Mr. Stock- bridge tends to reduce the cost of every machine made in the country, and to put the work of manu- facturing more within the reach of the people. Re- gardless of the profits that came to the inventor and manufacturer of such machines, the people ulti- mately are the beneficiaries of all inventions that have value. Mr. Stockbridge is a member of Quinsigamond Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a mem- ber of the Worcester Metal Trades Association, and the National Machine Tool Builders' Associa- tion. He is a member of Pilgrim Church. He and his wife have been identified with the church since January 24. 1885. He has always been a Republican in politics. Mr. Stockbridge married, July :i, 1873, Ida A. Merrill, daughter of Major Merrill, of Auburn, Maine, who was born there, January 10, 1858. Chil- dren of Radford and Ida A. (Merrill) Stockbridge are: i. Ernest LeRoy, born at Auburn, Maine, Sep- tember I. 1877, married Grace Halcott, of Wor- cester, and is vice-president of the Stockbridge Ma- chine Company. 2. Pearley Thurston, born at Au- burn, Maine, December 28, 1878, is with the Stock- bridge Machine Company. 3. Radford Merrill, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, May 23, 1880, died Au- gust 19, 1880. 4. Fred Merrill, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, August 24, 1881, with Stockbridge Machine Company, married Mabel Hosmer, of Wor- cester, Massachusetts. 5. George Lewis, born at Worcester, Massachusetts, September 18, 1886, now attending school. 6. Ralph Irving, born December 23, 1892, at Worcester, Massachusetts, died August 29, 1901, at Middletown, Massachusetts. WHEELOCK FAMILY OF UXBRIDGE. The Wheelock family id England has been prominent for several hundred years. In the early days there was a marriage between the Wheelocks and Lev- ersages, and the two families have been associated •with the village of Wheelock from ancient times. In 1285, during the reign of Henry II, Hugh De Wheelock, through his knight, Richard De Maston, secured from Roger Manning all claim to the village of Wheelock. To this estate Thomas De Wheelock later became heir, and was made lord of Wheelock Manor. The Wheelock arms are ■described : Argent, chevron between three Catherine wheel;, sable. Leversage arms : Argent, chevron between three ploughshares, sable. Crest, a leopard's head, face jessant, a fleur de lis. (I) Ralph Wheelock, the immigrant ancestor of the Uxbridge family, was born in Shropshire, Eng- land, in 1600, and was educated at Clare Hall, Cam- bridge University, graduating 1626 and taking his Master's degree in 1631. He was a relative and perhaps brother of Abraham Wheelock, who was the professor of Arabic at Cambridge, and later the librarian. Ralph Wheelock was ordained in the Church of England, but became a Puritan soon after leaving college and joined the ranks of the Nonconformists. He doubtless suffered much from the persecutions directed against the Puritans. In 1637, with his wife and daughter Rebecca, he emi- grated to New England, living first at Watertown, and removing thence to Dedham, of which church and town he was one of the. most valuable found- ers, learned, devout, unselfish and practical. He was one of the proprietors of Dedham, September 14, 1637, was admitted freeman there March 13, 1638-9, served as selectman 1651-55. and for sev- eral years was deputy to general court. He was^ the first teacher of a public school in Dedham. The school was opened first in 1655. He was appointed by the general court a commissioner to end small causes — the local magistrate, and was appointed "to join persons in marriage." He built a house in Dedham in 1652, but became one of the founders of Medfield, an adjoining town, in 1649, and removed there a few years later, continuing his career of use- fulness and prominence. His lot was at the corner of Main and North street, on which he built his residence. He was on the committee to collect funds for Harvard College; and was one of the signers of the famous Dedham Covenant. He htld many positions of public trust and honor. He taught school most of his active life, but never resumed preaching after he came to New England. He died WORCESTER COUNTY 343 in November. 1683. He made his will May 3, 1681; the inventory of his estate was dated January 31, 1683-4, and the will was finally proved May I, 1684. He bequeathed to his eldest son Gershoin and other sons, Benjamin, Eliezer and Samuel; sons-in-law Increase Ward and Joseph Warren ; grandchild Re- becca Craft; refers to deceased w-ife. and names his brother. George Barber, one of the overseers of the will. Children of Ralph and Rebecca: I. Rebecca, married. Roxbury, June 7, 1654. John Crafts. 2. (iershom. 3. Eliezer. 4. Benjamin, mentioned be- low. 5. Samuel, born September 22, 1642. 6. Record, born December 15, 1643. 7. Experience, born 1648. 8. Mary, probably died young. 9. Peregrine, probably died young. (H) Benjamin Wheelock, son of Ralph Wheelock (i), was born in Dedham, Massachu- setts, January 8, 1639-40. He was brought up from early childhood in Medtield. In 1685 he settled in the neighboring town of Mendon. where he passed the remainder of his days and died. He married, Um, Elizabeth Bullen, of Medlield. Their chil- dren: I. Elizabeth, born 1671. 2. !\!ary. 1674. 3. Abie!, 1675. 4. Benjamin, Jr., mentioned below. 5, Obadiah. born 1685. (HI) Benjamin Wheelock. Jr., fourth child of Benjamin Wheelock (2), was born in Medfield, Massachusetts, in 1678, and died in Mendon. where he was a farmer during his active life. He mar- ried December 9, 1700, Huldah Thayer; their chil- dren: I. Mary, born January, 1702. 2. Benjamin, April. 1704. 3. Daniel, December, 1707. 4. Huldah, August, 1710. 5. Jonathan, July, 1713. 6. Paul, January, 1715. 7. Silas, mentioned below. 8. David, born January, 1720. (IV) Silas Wheelock, seventh child of Benja- min Wheelock, Jr., (3), was born in Mendon, March 1718, and died there. He married. May 20, 1740, Hannah Albee; their children: I. Simeon, men- tioned below. 2. Seth, born March 21, 1743. 3. Caleb. May 7, 1745. 4. Ebcnezer, January 2/, 1747. 5. Hannah, November 28, 1749. 6. Perle, August 0, 1752. 7. Calvin, March 5, 1754. 8. Luther, March 9, 1756. 9. Eunice, May 8, 1758. 10. Rhuda, April 20, 1761. (V) Lieutenant Simeon Wheelock, son of Silas Wheelock, (4), was born in Mendon, March 29, 1741. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and also in the French war of 1760, when he served at Crowm Point as orderly of Colonel Christopher Harris, of the Rhode Island regiment. He settled in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, an adjacent town to Mendon, in 1763. He was on the Uxbridge com- mittee of safety and correspondence in 1774. When the Uxbridge minute men marched in response to the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775, he was first lieutenant of Captain Joseph Chapin's company, and remained in active service afterward. He was a blacksmith by trade. He bought a homestead lot of John Harwood in 1768, situated a little north of the First Congregational Church. His blacksmith shop is said to have been opposite his house and about where the academy stands. He was town clerk I L'xbridge 1773-77. He joined the government ' s in suppressing Shays' Rebellion, and died at imgfield, September, 1786, in consequence of in- juries received from a fall in descending Arsenal Hill, leaving a wife and eight children in somewhat straightened circumstances. Shortly before his death he had sold his house in the village and re- moved to a larger place some three miles away. He married, November 28, 1763, Deborah Thayer, of Mendon, a descendant of Ferdinando Thayer, one of the pioneers. Their children: i. Eunice, born February 13, 1765. 2. Royal, July 16, 1766. 3. Silas, March 26, 1769. 4. Hannah, October 16, 1771. 5. Rachel, June to, 1774. 6. Polly, March 11, 1779. 7. Nancy, November 19, 1781. 8. Jerry, mentioned below. (,VI) Jerry Wheelock, youngest child of Lieu- tenant Simeon Wheelock (5), was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, September 19, 1784. He was an in- fant w-hen his father died, and he owed everything to his mother, a well educated and capable woman, who brought up her fatherless family and educated thcni hersdf to a large extent. Jerry learned the trade of "set workman," a trade made obsolete by machinery, and later became a wood turner and made spools and bobbins for John Slater's mill. He- manufactured chairs for several years. In 1810 Daniel Day built the first woolen mill in. the vicinity of Uxbridge, and the machinery was installed in 181 1. Jerry became a member of the firm of Daniel Day & Company. Day was his father-in-law. After a few years he withdrew from the company and went to work for Arthur Dryden, Jr., of Holden, a well known manufacturer of wool- carding machines. He was a natural mechanic, and preferred making and managing machinery to man- ufacturing textiles. Mr. Wheelock was charged with the task of setting up Dryden's machinery in the mills of his customers. He was at Falmouth, Massachusetts, in 1814, during the bombardment by the British ship-of-\var "Nimrod." In that year the stock company (afterward incorporated) known as as the Rivulet Manufacturing Company, was organ- ized at Uxbridge, and Mr. Wheelock was a share- holder and mechanical manager and mill superin- tendent for four years. He then began to build woolen machinery on his own account and continued, with success until 1834, and his product became well known throu,ghout New York and New- England. He invented many devices and im- provements in mill machinery, and established the highest reputation for excellent workmanshii> and reliable machines. He was depended upore by many mills lo do their repairing on tlie machinery. In 1834 he gave up manufacturing ma- chinery and went into partnership with his sons to manufacture woolen goods. He retired from busi- ness in 1846, and after a long illness died at U.\- bridge, October 10. 1861. He was honored by his fellow-citizens with various town oflices, and was faithful in his public trusts. He was always a lead- ing and influential citizen, interested in the devel- opment and welfare of Uxbridge. He married, Jan- uary 24, 181 1, Suky, daughter of Daniel and Sylvia (Wheelock) Day, of Uxbridge. Their chihiren, all born in Uxbridge, were: i. Charles A., born Feb- ruary 27, 1812. 2. Sylvia A., I'ebruary 3, 1815. 3. Silas Mandeville, mentioned below, born November II, 1817. 4. Maria I., born July 7, 1821, died young. 5. Maria I., born March 8, 1824. 6. Abbie E. R... September 22, 1832. (VII) Hon. Silas Mandeville Wheelock. third child of Jerry Wheelock (6), was born at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, November 11, 1817. His opportuni- ties for obtaining an education were limited. He attended the district school which was kept for about ten weeks in winter and ten in summer. He supplemented this schooling with a few terms in a private school taught by young college graduates,, among whom were E. Porter Dyer, afterward the tninister at Shrewsbury, and C. C. Jewelt, after- 344 WORCESTER COUNTY ward librarian of the Boston Public Library and the Smithsonian Institution. During his boyhood and youth there was more work than school for boys. At the age of nine years he began to work in the woolen mill "piecing rolls for the billy," almost the ■only work that a child of that age could do, receiv- ing as wages the sum of fourteen cents a day with board. From tliat time he was almost constantly engaged in some form of work connected with wool- en manufacture. He worked in all the departments oi the woolen mill and learned the business thor- oughly in the old-fashioned way. He was superin- tendent of some of the departments, became a man- ager and mill agent, and at one time managed the wool department in commission houses in New York and Boston. In 1846, when his father retired, he formed a partnership with Charles A. Wheelock, his brother, under the firm name of C. A. & S. Al. Wheelock, to manufacture satinets, plaid linseys and tweeds. In 1855, after enlarguig the mill and in- stalling a steam engine for auxiliary power, they de- voted their attention exclusively to the manufac- ture of fancy cassimeres. This business proved uni- formly successful, and has been carried on to the present time by the firm and its successors. In 1870 Mr. Wheelock bought tne Harris Woolen Company plant at Putnam, Connecticut, a few miles from Ux- bridge. It consisted of the factory, twelve sets 01 woolen machinery, one-quarter of the power of the Quinebaug river at that point, with dwelling houses and other real estate. He formed the Putnam Woolen Company to operate the plant and became the treasurer and manager. The capital stock was increased in 1880, and a second factory with new machinery and more water power was added to the plant. This concern was also highly successful. Owing to other business Mr. Wheelock turned over the management of this company in 1887 to his associates. In 1883 he had bought the Central Mill plant in Uxbridge, consisting of mill, machinery and the power of the entire Blackstone river at that point, and he formed the Calumet Woolen Company to operate it. After repairing the mill and making changes and additions this company be- gan under the management of Mr. Wheelock tlie manufacture of fancy cassimeres. In 1886 this com- pany increased its capital stock, purchased the Ux- iridge Woolen Factory, which is now called the Hecla Mill, and operated it as part of their plant until the spring of 1905. During this time Mr. Wheelock was also manager of the Wacautuck Mills, as the plant of C. A. & S. M. Wheelock was ■called, until 1891. For over sixty years Mr. Wheelock was connected with woolen mill companies and always proved him- •self a wise and resourceful manager. Every debt which he contracted was paid in full when due, a remarkable record considering the fluctuations in the woolen business in the past half century and the financial panics that have caught most manufactur- «rs unprepared or unable to meet their obligations. Though conservative, he never lacked courage in aindertaking new enterprises or meeting emergencies. As an employer he always held the good will and respect of his men, and while democratic and kindly in manner always maintained a high degree of discipline. Mr. Wheelock rarely evinced great in- terest in politics, but served three years faithfully on the board of selectmen. He was originally a Whig, but a Republican after that party was or- ganized. He voted for William Henry Harrison and for Henry Clay in his early days. In 1888 and 1889 he represented the Second Worcester senatorial district in the legislature, being elected by a very flattering vote. He was a member both years of the committees on manufacturing and on parishes and societies. He also received the honor of attending the Republican national convention at Philadelphia in 1900 as delegate from his congressional district. He was director of the Blackstone National Bank from 1858 until his death, forty-three years. He was a member of the society of the F'lrst Congre- gational Church, and was a generous supporter of its activities, ^aince 1852 he was a member of Ux- bridge Lodge, I. O. O. F., and served in all the offices. He married. May 5, 1841, Irene Taft, born in U.xbridge, Massachusetts, September 19, 1816. They celebrated their golden wedding and he lived ten years afterward. He died at his home in Wheelock- ville, in Uxbridge, October 18, 1901, in his eighty- fourth year, and is buried in Prospect Hill ceme- tery. Irene (Taft) Wheelock was the daughter of Luke Taft, descended from Robert Taft, the immi- grant, through the following line. Luke 5); James (4) ; Moses (3) ; Captain Joseph, Sr. (2) ; Robert (,1). (See Taft families). Mrs. Wheelock was a woman of strong character, earnest religious faith and attractive personality. She died at Ux- bridge January 26, 1900. Their children were: I. Ellen Maria, born September 2, 1842; married, June 6, 1866, Eben B. Haywood, of Uxbridge; she died in 1871. 2. Eugene Augustus, mentioned below. 3. Alice Augusta, born January 22, 1849; married, Oc- tober 21, 1874, iienry R. Smith, of Leominster, Massachusetts, manufacturer of piano cases ; she died in September, 1891. 4. Arthur, mentioned below. 5. Henry, born January 14, 1857, graduate of the vVorcester Polytechnic Institute, superintendent of the Putnam Woolen Company for about a year; married, November 3, 1880, Jennie G. Taft, of Ux- bridge, where she now resides ; he died there No- vember 13, 1881. (VHI) Eugene Augustus Wheelock, son of Hon. Silas Mandeville Wheelock (7), was born in Ux- bridge, February 15, 1846, and received his education in the public and high schools of his native town, and at Williston Academy, Eastliampton, Massachu- setts. When not in school he spent his time in his father's mills, and there laid the foundation of success in intimate knowledge of every detail of the business. At the age of seventeen he went to work in the Uxbridge mill. At the age of twenty-one he was placed in charge of the mill of S. M. Wheelock & Company, at Wilsonville, Connecticut, where a hundred men and women were employed at that time, and remained there for three years. In June, 1870, Mr. Wheelock was sent to Putnam, Connecti- cut, as superintendent and agent of the Putnam Woolen Company's No. 1, Mill, recently purchased of the Harris Company. This new company en- larged its business in 1880 by purchasing the mill in Putnam then owned by C. F'. Mason & Company, and Mr. Wheelock became the manager also of that mill. In 1886, when his father resigned, he was elected treasurer of the Putnam Woolen Company, and has since been both treasurer and manager. The business of the company has flourished under his charge. The mills contain nineteen sets of ma- chinery, employing three hundred and fifty hands, manufacturing woolen cassimeres, overcoatings and suitings. The company owns what is deemed the best water power on the stream. Mr. Wheelock is a Republican in politics, and AI.IUCK'I* W". (•.ASKII.l. WORCESTER COUNTY 345 lias for a number of jears served on the town com- mittee. In i88S and 1889 he was on the Connecti- cut state central committee of his party. He has for more than twelve ytars served on the Board of Education, and was one of the building committee for the high school in 1874. He is a trustee of the Putnam Town Library, and a trustee of the Putnam Cemetery Association. He is a member of Uxbndge Lodge, L O. O. F., Quinebaug Lodge, No. 106, F. ancf A. JNL, of which he was worshipful mas- ter four years ; Putnam Royal Arch Chapter No. Uxbridge Lodge I. U. O. F. ; Quinebaug L-odge, No. 41 ; Columbian Commandery, K. T., of Norwich, Connecticut; Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Boston ; and he was a member of the Knights of Pythias of Putnam until they disbanded. He is a director of the First National Bank of Putnam. He married, June 17, 1868, Sarah Smith Taft, daughter of Zadock and ^lary (MowryJ (.Brown) Taft, of Uxbridge. She also was a descendant of the immi- grant Robert Taft, her line being: Zadock A. (5) ; Zadock (4); Aaron (3); Captain Joseph (2); Rob- ert (,1). Mrs. Wheelock died in Putnam, December JO, 1901. The children of Eugene A. and Sarah S. Wheelock, all born in Putnam, were : 1. Silas Mandeville, born March 10, 1871 ; grad- uate of the Putnam high school ; attended Cushing .Academy, Ashburnham ; was made superintendent of the company's mills at Putnam October i, 1901 ; married, October 18, 1899, Ruth E, Shaw^ daughter of George E. and Ellen S. Shaw, of Putnam, and they have three children : Sylvia, born November 26, 1900; Elizabeth, born October 27, 1902; Sarah Taft, born August 31, 1905. 2. Ellen .\laria. born March 20, 1873; graduate of Putnam high school, 1890; attended Bishop Hop- kins Seminary at Burlington, Vermont, and Burn- ham School, Northampton, Massachusetts ; is a char- ter member of Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. 3. Mary Taft, born August 8, 1875; attended Putnam high school ; is a charter member of Eliza- beth Porter Putnam Chapter, D. A. R., and has been the librarian. 4. Irene Taft, born April 7, 1881 ; graduate of Putnam high school, 1899; attended Smith College two years ; married G. H. Gilpatric, of Putnam, Oc- tober 19, 1905. 5. Henry Arnold, born August 27, 1883; grad- uate of Putnam high school, 1900; graduated Phil- lips' Academy, Exeter, class 1902; graduated Shef- lield Scientific School, Yale University, class 1905. Mr. Wheelock married, November 18, 1903, Caroline L. Harper, of Pavvtucket, Rhode Island. (VHI) Arthur Wheelock, fourth child of Hon. Silas Mandeville Wheelock (7), was born March 26, 1851. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town and at Wilbraham Acad- emy. At the age of seventeen he entered the office of C. A. & S. M. Wheelock at Uxbridge as book- keeper, and assisted in buying and selling. He con- tinued in that position until 1883, when upon the incorporation of the Calumet Woolen Company and the purchase of the Central Mill property he was made director of the corporation and superintend- ent of the mill. Since the purchase of the Uxbridge Woolen Mill in 1886, he has been the agent of the company in its management, as well as in that of the other mill owned by the company. He is one of the leading manufacturers of that section. When Silas M. Wheelock resigned the office of treasurer in 1900, he succeeded to the office of treasurer and manager of the Calumet Woolen Company until its dissolution in 1906. In 1905 he formed the Stan- ley Woolen Company and became its treasurer and manager. He is a director of the Blackstone Na- tional Bank of Uxbridge; was one of the pro- moters and first president of the Uxbridge and Northbridge Electric Company; is a permanent trustee of the Public Library ; he was for three years selectman of the town and member of the school committee. He is a trustee and vice-president of the Uxbridge Savings Bank, and trustee of Pros- pect Hill Cemetery corporation. He is an active and inlluenlial citizen, interested in the development of the town, and largely responsible for the im- proved water supply there. He is a Republican and has for a number of years been a director in the Home Market Club. He belongs to Uxbridge Lodge, 1. O. O. F., and is a past noble grand. For some thirty-five years he has been an active member of the Unitarian church. He married, October 15, 1873, Emogene Atchin- .son, daughter of Daniel Atchinson, of Wilbraham, Massachusetts. She died April 12, 1898. Their children are: I. Stanley H., born July 15, 1879; graduate of Phillips Academy at Exeter, New Hampshire, 1898; graduate Williams College, class, 1902; graduate Lowell Textile School, 1905; he is a director in the Stanley Woolen Company. 2. Annie A., born January 15, 18S7, graduate of Uxbridge high school, 1903 ; Burnham School of Northamp- ton, Massachusetts, 1905 ; at present a student of Smith College, class 1909. Mr. Wheelock married, June 12, 1900, Harriet E. Fuller, of Springfield, Massachusetts. GASKILL FAMILY. Edward Gaskill. the immi- grant ancestor of Albion A. Gaskill and Albert W. (Gaskill, of Mendon. and in fact of the entire Gas- kill family in Mendon. was born in England, and was a proprietor of Salem as early as 1636. He was a ship carpenter, and bought a house and land in Salem in 1659. His wife Sarah joined the Salem church in 1639. Their children were: I. Samuel, baptized August 7, 1639, mentioned below. 2. Daniel, baptized October 10, 1640. 3. Sarah, born May 14, 1643, married Peter Joy, May 24, 1661. 4. Hannah, born March i, 1645-6. 5. Edward, born April 30, 1648. (II) Sanniel Gaskill, eldest child of Edward Gaskill (i), was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and baptized there August 7, 1639. He settled in Salem where, February 18, 1723-4. he owned four rights to common land in the two lower parishes. He was a proprietor on the lists dated 1713 and 1729. He married, December 30. 1662, Provided South- wick. Their children: i. Samuel, mentioned be- low. 2. Edward, born October 23, 1667. 3. Han- nah, born Januarj- 2, 1669. 4. Provided, born April 22, 1672. (III) Samuel Gaskill. eldest son of Samuel Gas- kill (2), was born in Salem, Massachusetts. Janu- ary 23. 1663-4. He married Belhiah. daughter of Thomas Gardner, Jr. and wife Hannah. His will dated September i, 1725. names his children, viz.: I, Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Nathan, settled in Mendon, where he bought eighty acres of land January 18. 1726. 3. Jonathan, had eighteen acres of land laid out to him in Mendon, February 18. i8s7-8: married Alice Pickering, of Salem, and had Jonathan Gaskill. Jr., married Hannah Estes. No- 346' WORCESTER COUNTY vember 20, 1761. 4. Hannah, married David Nichols. 5, Content, unmarried, 1725. 6. Sarah, unmarried, 1725- (IV) Samuel Gaskill, eldest son of Samuel Gas- kill (3), born in Salem, Massachusetts, about 1690, married Sarah , and was living in Salem in 1722. He removed to the south parish of Mendon, where he bought a farm April 2, 1736. He died in Mendon about September, 1761. His will men- tions his children as given below. It was dated December 5, 1758, and the inventory of his estate was filed October 28, 1761. Children: I. Samuel, died before December 5, 1758. leaving children. 2. tbenezer, mentioned below. 3. Joseph. 4. Stephen. 5. Benjamin. 6. Sarah, married Richard Estes. 7. Huldah, married Benjamin Cook. 8. Elizabeth. (V) Ebenezer Gaskill, son of Samuel Gaskill (d). born in Salem, aboiit 1720. married, August l.S. 1745, Hannah Gurley (or Girdler) of Salem. They settled in the south parish of Mendon, now the town of Blackstone, Massachusetts. Their chil- dren were: i. George. 2. David, married January 5, 1767-8 Sarah Read, daughter of Jonathan Read. .1. Peter, ancestor of Judge Gaskill. 4. Joseph. 5. Samuel, mentioned below. (VI) Samuel Gaskill. youngest son of Ebenezer Gaskill (5), born in Mendon, south parish (now Blackstone), about 1760, married. May 27, 1784, Olive Cook. Their children : i. Hannah, born at Mendon, February II, 1785, married Hannah Wil- cox. 2. Nahum. mentioned below. 3. Sarah, born November 18, 1793: married Robert Allen. (VII) Nahum Gaskill, son of Samuel Gaskill (6), was born in Mendon. south parish (now Black- stone), May 8. 1788. He settled on the Gaskill homestead at Blackstone, then Mendon, and carried on the farm on a large scale. He was also a pioneer in the flour and grain business in Mendon, and did a thriving business. He died May 4, 1S60, aged sev- enty-two years ; his widow died April 10. 1875, aged eighty-three years. He married Sally South- wick. Their children, all born in Mendon, were : r. John Southwick. born December 12. 1807; mar- ried Harriet E. Staples, who died September "3, 1874. 2. Samuel, born January 14, t8io, died in Hopedale, unmarried, at an advanced age. one of the largest landholders and wealthiest citizens of Mil- ford. 3. Hannah, born September 9. 1811 : married Abncr K. Sprague: she died November 15, 1892. 4. Olive, born June 10, 1813; died a widow July 12, 1881 : married Elkanah Barrows. 5. Micajah Collins, mentioned below. 6. Mary Thurber. born August. 13, 1818 ; married Willis (5ou!d April 6, 1845 ; she died March 5, 1898. 7. Ahnira Fairbanks, born June 8. 1821 ; married Charles Fletcher, December 8. 1844, he is a contractor. 8. Gilbert, born April 28, 1823: married first, September i, 184S. Olive W. Gould: married (second), February 18, 1855, Ellen F. Wheelock. Gilbert was a well known farmer and contractor. 9. Nahum. born April 18, 1825: married, July 4, 1850, Fanny Eliza, daughter of Simeon and Diana (.Albee) Wheelock, and w-as born in Mendon. 1834 ; settled in Milford, where he carried on a farm at the Spindleville place with his lirother, and later at the junction of the old turnnike and Plain street : died in Hopedale, 1895. ID. Richard George, born March 16, 1827; married first, July I, 1849, Caroline Rhoda Briggs (second) Serinda Brooks, May 2. 1875: resided in Milford over twenty years, first on the Samuel Warfield farm, later owned by his brother Samuel. Their children : Caroline Diana, born February II, 1852, married Francis S. Collins. February 10. 1871, and they- have several children, residing in Chicago : Sally Southwick, born August 22, 1854, died March 7^ 1858: Richard George, Jr., born March 15. 1857^ spindle maker at Spindleville. 11, Lewis Boyden, born January 4, 1829 ; married Annie T, Jenckes, born February 9, 1844, daughter of Ezra and Julia A. (Swan) Jenckes, May 8, 1863; he bought the homestead after the death of his father, in 1863; on this place Benjamin Albee built the first com mill, and there the first settlement was made. Mr. Gaskill still occupies the old house built in 1783 by George Kelley ; he has acquired a competence farming and dealing in wood and lumber ; has been selectman, overseer of the poor and member of the board of health. 12. Albert Warren, born Decem- I)er 28, 1831 : married Miranda Hill, March 25, 1857, a prominent farmer in Mendon. and a well known Granger ; served for thirty consecutive years- on the board of selectmen of Mendon, and declined re-election ; was highway surveyor there. (VIII) Micajah Collins Gaskill, fifth child of Nahum Gaskill (7). was born in Mendon, Sep- tember 26, 1816. He married first, April 7, 1842, and (second) February 12, 1850, Alzada Gould. He settled in Mendon. Massachusetts, and was a well known civil engineer, interested extensively in the railroad business with David Davenport. He assisted in making the surveys for the original steam railroads between Worcester and Barre and Wor- cester to Orange. He has been an engineer on the construction of various other railroads in New England. He has been active in public affairs and has served the town several years as assessor and selectman and has represented the district in the gneral court. Ainong his children was Albion A., mentioned below. (VIII) Albert Warren Gaskill, youngest child of Nahum Gaskill (7), was born in Mendon. Massa- chusetts, December 29, 1831. He attended the com- mon schools there and settled in Mendon, follow- ing the example of his forefathers and devoting himself to agriculture. He has one of the finest and most productive dairy farms in the state. He has for many years been one of the leading citizens of the town. He is a Republican in politics, and has represented his district in the legislature. Few men have received more honors at the hands of their fellow citizens in old Mendon. He has been high- way surveyor, overseer of the poor, inspector of animals, for thirty years was on the board of select- men and finally declined a re-election. He is a member of the Grange and of the Unitarian church. He married, March 25, 1857, Miranda Hill, daughter of Erastus Hill, of Mendon. Their children: I. Nahum E., born 185S, married Emma Holbrook; three children. 2. Walter A., born 1861 ; married' Harriet Bates; three children. 3. Miloa, born in Mendon. 1863. married Ethel Cook; two children. 4. Bcctha. born 1866: married Horace Coleman; three children. 5. Peter O., bom 1868; married Caroline R. Ford; one child. 6. Moses W., boriv 1869: married Sadie Billings. (IX) Albion A. Gaskill, son of Micajah Collins Gaskill (8). was bom in Mendon, Massachusetts, .•\ugust 18. 1864. He was educated there in the public schools. He remained at home on the farm for a few years, then went to work for the Draper Manufacturing Company as case hardener. He re- turned to the farm and has been successful as a farmer. Mr. Gaskill is a Renublican . in politics, and a Unitarian in religion. He married, in 1889. WORCESTER COUNTY 347 Abbie F.. daughter of Joseph Hicks, of Sutton, Massachusetts. They have one child : Ralph, born June. 1892, now a student in the high school. GARFIELD FAMILY. Edward Garfield (i), the immigrant ancestor of the Millbury branch of the Garfield family, as well in fact of all others of the name in this country, including ex- President Garfield, was of English birth and ancestry. His lineage cannot be traced with certainty, though it is certain that he belonged to the Garfield family of Northampton. William P. VV. Phillmore, of Lon- don, who has investigated the English records, thinks that the line may be descended from Thomas Garfield, of Ashby, St. Leger, who lived in 1524. He thinks the Garfields. who were progenitors of Edward of New England, lived in Kilsby and Ashby, St. Leger, in Northampton county, where they set- tled early in the sixteenth century. They were re- spectable yeomen and none seem to have been of noble families or of very great distinction. Most of the writers, including Bond, who is usually so reliable, have the records of Edward and his son Edward hopelessly mixed, because of the great dif- ference in age between his children born in England and those born in New England. Edward Garfield was born in England, in 1575, died June 14. 1672, aged about ninety-seven years. He settled early at Watcrtown, where he became a proprietor and was admitted a freeman May 6, 1635. He was selectman ' in 1638-55-62. His will was dated December 30. 1668, and was proved Au- gust n, 1672. He bequeathed to his sons Samuel, Joseph and Benjamin: daughters Rebecca Mixter and .Abigail Garfield ; grandchildren Sarah Park- hurst and Sarah and Ephraim Garfield and to his wife. The widow made will March 8, 1676-7, and it was proved August 17, 1676. She bequeathed to her three daughters Marie. Dorcas and Sarah; her granddaughter, Elizabeth Spovvell ; her grand- daughter, Johanna Lawrence and her son, Jabez Buckmastcr. He married Rebecca , who died April 16, 1661. aged fifty-five years. (She may have been second wife). He married again September i, 1661, Mrs. Joanna Buckminster or r.uckmaster, of Brookline, widow of Thomas Buck- minster. The children of Edward and were : Ed- ward, one of the early proprietors of Watertown, not mentioned in his father's will ; Samuel, see forward. The children of Edward and Rebecca ' i '.rfield were: Joseph, born September II. 1637, irried, .Xpril, 1663, Sarah Gale; he died August jj. 1692 : Rebecca, born March 10, 1640, married, January, 1660. Isaac Mixer, Jr., their son Benjamin settled in Southboro; Captain Benjamin, ancestor t President Garfield, born 1643, married Mehitable ' iwkins and (second) Elizabeth Bridges; Abigail, tn June 29. 1646, when her father was about it;htv years old. (II) Samuel Garfield, son of Edward Garfield 11), was born in England, about 1620. He also set- tled in Watcrtown and was a proprietor there be- fore 1640. Some of his children and descendants settled in Lancaster. His will made September 15, 1684, was proved December 16, 1684. It mentions his wife .Mary; sons Samuel and Ephraim: brother Benjamin and Richard Child, overseer. The will of his widow Mary of Lancaster, dated January, 170R-00. mentions her step-son, Ephraim Garfield, grandchildren, Daniel and Elizabeth Garfield, daugh- ter Rachel Priest, daughter Deborah Brook, daughter Ann Jackson, daughter Mercy Bury, grandchildren John and Mary Noble, Sarah Parkhurst, Sarah and Ephraim Garfield. Samuel married (first) Susannah , who died May 2, 1652. He married (second), September 28, 1652, Mary Benficld, by whom he had fourteen ■ more children. He died November 20, 1684, aged about sixty years. The children of Samuel and Susannah Garfield were: John, born February 8, 1645-46, died 1649; Ephraim, see forward. Children of Samuel and Mary Garfield were: Mary, born June 30, 1653; Sarah, born January 17, 1654-55, married Guile ; Rachel, born November 23, 1656, married Priest, of Lancaster; Elizabeth, horn December 8, 1659; Deborah, born about 1661, married Brook; John, born July 7, 1664; Ruth, born April 25, 1666; Lydia, born August 31. 1668; Daniel, born No- vember 5, 1670: Mercy, horn February 18, 1673-74, married Bury ; Elizabeth, born September 16, 1676 : Anna, married • Jackson ; Daniel, born February 13, 1683-84. (III) Ephraim Garfield, son -of Samuel Gar- field (2), was born in Watertown, November 20, 1649. He resided at Lancaster and was doubtless driven away by the Indians, as very little can be found about him. It is presumed that the two children mentioned by his step-mother in her wilt after his name. Daniel and Elizabeth, were his chil- dren. He w-as living in i7aS-09, when Daniel was about of age, so perhaps there were no other chil- dren. (IV) Daniel Garfield, son of Ephraim Garfield (3) and grandson of Samuel Garfield (2), was born about 1688. He died July 15, 1757, aged sixty- nine years. He was mentioned in the will of his grandmother Garfield. He married Mary . He was one of the early settlers of Shrewsbury. He was admitted to the church there iii 1728 and was in 1729 living there on lot No. 10. His widow died there January 10, 1767. Their children were: Eliza- beth, horn about 1720. .admitted to the church, 17.38. died F'ebruary 5. 1740: Daniel, Jr., born in Shrews- bury. April 16, 1722, town records of Shrewsbury; Ebenezer, born June 23, 1724; Mary, born April 13, 1727. admitted to the church. 1742 ; Moses, born .•\nril 4, 1729. see forward ; Aaron, born October 22, 1736. (V) Moses Garfield, son of Daniel Garfield (4), was born at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, April 4, 1729. Moses Garfield served in the revolution as a surgeon ; he was in the company of Captain Zaccheus Wright, regiment of Colonel Cyprian How. He was the owner of a powder horn which he carried throughout his period of service in the revolutionary war. and which is now in the posses- sion of Chester A. Garfield. The horn is three and a half inches in diameter at the base, sixteen inches from base to tip, or nineteen inches if mc.is- ured along the curve of the horn. It bears this in- scription, running lengthwise of the horn "M. G. S. Moses Garfield 1747." The letters are supposed to stand for Moses Garfield, Surgeon. A fancy border is carved around the base, and about six inches from the tit) is cut a border of scallops. From the battendnnts and members of the First Congregational Church at Millbury, Massachusetts. WORCESTER COUNTY 349^ Mr. Garfield married, 1863, Eliza A. Burnap, daughter of Elijah Burnap, of Sutton, Massachu- setts. She was born August 29, 1836, died Febru- ary 12, 1888. Their children were: Elizabeth Mary, born March 22, 1867, graduate of the Millbury high school, 1885 : Flora M., born February 9, 1870, died November 4, 1880. (IX) Andrew Paine Garfield, son of Andrew Bliss Garfield (8), w'as born at Millbury, Massa- chusetts, July 12, 1837. He was brought up on the homestead in Millbury, and educated there in the public schools. He turned his attention to farm- ing and has been very successful. His house is on Old Common Square; it was built in 1772 by Dr. James Freeland, who died there and is buried in the Dwinell cemetery on the Auburn road. Mr. Gar- field is a Republican in politics, a Congregationalist in religion, and a member of Millbury Grange, No. 107, Patrons of Husbandry, of which he was treas- urer for nine years. Mr. Garfield married, November 19, 1896, Mrs. Emma Harwood Bemis, of Barre. born May 26, 1854, daughter of Wilcut and Abigail Rawson (Gar- field) Harwood. who were the parents of two chil- dren: Julia Maria, wife of David B. Hilton, of Barre, Massachusetts : and Emma, wife of Andrew P. Garfield. Wilcut Harwood was born January 29, 1819, in Barre, where he now resides ; he has followed the occupation of farming throughout the active years of his life. His wife, who was the last survivor of a family of twelve children, died April 7, 1900. (IX) Leonard Dwinell Garfield, son of Andrew Bliss Garfield (8). was born at Millbury, Massa- husctts. August 18. 1844. He resides at Cambridge, ■id is inspector of buildings. He is a veteran of I" civil war, having served at Fort Warren, Massa- uisctts. He married (first), November, 1874, ■ lelaidc Elizabeth Dutton, who died March, 1878. Married (second), April II, 1880, Leoniel Thomson. Mi^ children are: 0.~car, born 1877, died 1878. This is the child of his first marriage. Chester A., iiorn January 6, 1881, married, January, 1906, Mabel ^'iiung; Waller T., born Fcbruarv 8, 1882; Merton I,. born July 16, 1885; Mildred E.. born Octo- '"T 31, 1893: N'orman W,, born September 9, 1895. The Garfield coat-of-arms consisted of a shield, ith a gold ground, three horizontal crimson bars rossing it in one corner, over it a helmet with a rnised visor, together with a heart, and above the • hole an arm wielding a sword, on which was in- iribed the motto, "In cruco vinco" (Through faith I nquer). A coat-of-arms formerly was a habit ' "rn by knights over their armor. It was a short- ' eved coat or tunic, reaching to the waist, and inbroidercd with their armorial ensigns and various 1' vices. CHARLES PARKMAN RICE. Edmund Rice i^i), the immigrant ancestor of Charles Parkman Rice, of Westborough, Massachusetts, was born about 1596 according to a deposition that he made April 3. 1656. giving his age as sixty-two years. He settled in Sudbury and became one of the best known and most influential settlers. He was a proprietor and selectman there in 1639 and was probably there in the early part of the preceding .vcar. His village plot in Sudbury, now Wayland, was laid out in the fall of 16,39. and he was one of the first to build his house. The lot was on old Xorth street near the Mill brook. He received his ■■^hare of the meadow land September 4, 1639, April 20, 1640, and November 18, 1640, amounting in all to forty-three and three-fourth acres. He shared also in all the divisions of uplands and common lands until his holdings amounted to two hundred and forty-seven acres. He had eleven acres in the south part of the town between Timber Neck and Mr. Glover's farm. This lay near the spring and he sold a part of it to Thomas Axtell and part to Philemon Whale, both of whom built houses there. He sold his home farm or lot to John Moore, Sep- tember I, 1642, and September 13, of the same year, took a six year lease of the Dunster farm on the east shore of Lake Cochituate. In November, 1643. he bought land of the Widow Axtell between Phile- mon Whale's place and his own at Rice's spring. Later he also bought Philemon Whale's house and nine acres of land adjoining his own. These vari- ous purchases formed the nucleus of the old Rice homestead, which has remained in part in the hands of his descendants until a recent date. He leased the Glover farm in what is now Framingliam. September 26, 1647, for ten years, and April 6, i6.^7, bought the Jennison farm of two hundred acres extending from the Dunster farm to the Weston line, and on this tract some of his de- scendants still live. He and his son bought the Dunster farm, June 24, 1659. Besides these and others grants and purchases he received from the general court fifty acres at Rice's End in 1652 and eighty acres near Beaver Dam in 1659 in Framing- ham. He was on a committee to apportion the meadows, September 4, 1639, selectman, 1639, 1644 and later, deacon of the church, 1648. deputy to the general court, 1654. He was on the original peti- tion for the Marlborough grant in 1656, received a grant there and removed to that town in 1660. He died May 3, 1663, aged sixty-nine years, at Marlboro. He married, in England, Tamazin , and (second). March i, 1655, Mercy (Heard) Bri.gham. widow of Thomas Brigham. Children of Edmund and Tamazin Rice were : Henry, see forward ; Ed- ward, born 1618; Thomas. Mathew, Samuel, mar- ried Elizabeth King: Joseph, married Mercy King; Lydia, married Hugh Drury; Edmund, Benjamin, born May 31, 1640: Ruth. Ann, married, November 19, 1661 ; Daniel, born 1632 ; Mary. (II) Henry Rice, son of Edmund Rice (i), was born in England, 1617. He settled in Sudbury with his father and was admitted a freeman in 1658. He lived in Sudbury until 1659, when he settled on the land granted to his father at Rice's End in Framingliam. He was one of the original mem- bers of the Framingham church in 1701. He died in Framingham, February 10, 1710-11. His will was dated October 3. 1705. and filed February 29, 1710- II. His estate amounted to five hundred and twenty- seven pounds. He married, February I, 1643, Elizabeth Moore, who died August 3, 170.S. Their children were: Mary, born September 19, 1646. married Thornas Brigham ; Eli'.abcth. born .•\ugust 4, 1648, married John Brewer; Hannah, married Elcazcr Ward; Jonathan, born July 3. 16.^4, married Martha Eamcs ; Abigail, born June 17, 1657. married Thomas Smith; David, born December 27. 1659, married Hannah Walker: Tamazin. born February 2, 1661, married Benjamin Parmenter; Rachel, born May to, 1664, married Thomas Drury; Lydia, born June 4, 1668, married Samuel Wheclock : Mercy, born January I, 1670. married Elnathan Allen. (III) Jonathan Rice, son of Henry Rice (2), 350 WORCESTER COUNTY was born at Sudbury, Massachusetts. July 3, 1654. He settled in the eastern part of Sudbury but later removed to Rice's End, Framingham. He kept the tavern there. He was selectman, deputy to the gen- eral court. He bought, June 16, 1707, of Benjamin A'urse, 38 acres of land on Salem End and sold it in 1725 to his son Abraham. He died in Framing- ham, April 12, 1725. His will was proved May 21. He married (first), March 23, 1674-75, Martha Eames, who died in Sudbury, February 2, 1675-76. He married (second) Rebecca Watson, of Cam- bridge, November i, 1677. She died December 22, 1689, at Sudbury. He married (third), February 12, 1690-91. Child of Jonathan and Martha Rice was : Martha, born January 27, 1675-76, died young. Children of Jonathan and Rebecca were : Jonathan, born September 17, 1678. married Lydia Pratt; David, born March 4. 1676, married Elizabeth Cut- ler; Anna, born August 6, 1683, married William Cutler; Henr)'. born December 6, 1685, married Elizabeth Moore. Children of Jonathan and Eliza- beth : Martha, born 1691. married James Whiting; Hezekiah, born 1694. married Mary Haynes ; Abiah, born 1697, married Patience Eames ; Ezekiel, born October 14, 1700, see forward; Elizabeth, born Feb- ruary 28, 1702-03, married Daniel Pratt ; Phineas, born June 24, 1705, married Mary Eames; Sarah, born September 24, 1707, died unmarried; Richard, born January 31. 1710, married Hannah Bent; Abi- gail, born March 23, 1713-14. married Gershom Pratt. (IV) Ezekiel Rice, son of Jonathan Rice (3), was born at Sudbury, October 14. 1700. He set- tled in Sudbury and was a farmer there. He was admitted to the church, March 4, 1750. He mar- ried (first), January 23, 1722-23, Hannah Whitney, sister of James Whitney, who married Martha Rice. Rice married (second). May 10, 1753, Prudence Bigelow. widow of Daniel Bigelow. She was born September 22. 1698, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Provender) Pratt. Her first husband was Eben- ■«zer Stone (1688-1752). Rice married (third) Margaret Bond, widow of Isaac Bond, published November 25. 1767. He married (fourth"), at Sher- born. Januarv 8, 1772. Ruth Chapin. Children were all by the first wife, viz: Ezekiel. bnrn October 29. 1723, see forward; John, born April 9, 1725; James, born July 13, 1726, married Mary Stearns; Hannah, born October 5, 1727. married Thomas Kendall, 2d; Daniel, born .\ugust 10. 1729, unmar- ried ; Richard, born October 20, 17,30. married Sarah Drurv; Martha, born August 8, 1732; Uriah, Moses, •married, 1766, Mary Sparhawk. of Natick, (V) Ezekiel Rice, .son of Ezekiel Rice (4), was born at Framingham, Massachusetts, October 29, 1723. He was admitted to the church with his wife May 3. 1752. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion in Captain Micajah Gleason's company, April, 1775. and in Captain Thomas Drury's company. Colonel John Nixon's regiment, 1775. and perhaps later. He resided on what has in later years been called the Widow Sanger place. He died May 12, 1806. He married. Sentember 19. 1751. Hannah Ed- mands, daughter of David and Hannah Edmands, of Marlboro. Children of Ezekiel and Hannah Rice were : Ezekiel, born June 20, 1752. see forward ; Hannah, born March 26. 1754, married Thomas Stone; Daniel, born November 24, 1755, married Ix)is Winchester ; Abigail, born December 29, 1757, married Benjamin Lamb ; Anne, born October 8, 1759, married Jacob Belcher; Elizabeth, born Octo- ber 13, 1761 ; Mary, born September 20, 1763; Sarah, born December 19, 1765, died young; Aaron, born November 16, 1767; Persis, born June, 1770; Sarah, born October 4, 1772. (\'I) Ezekiel Rice, son of Ezekiel Rice (5), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, June 20, 1752. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Cap- tain Jesse Eames' company. Colonel Samuel Bul- lard's regiment (Fifth), also in 1780 in Captain Nathan Drury's company, Colonel Abner Perry's regiment, in the Rhode Island campaign. He re- sided on the Puffer place, Framingham. afterwards Amasa Kendall's. He married, May 17. 1782, Lydia Bullard, daughter of Ebenezer Bullard, born 1737, died 1792. She died April 25, 1793. Their children were : Lowell, born June 29, 1783, inarried Partridge: Jesse, born August 31, 1785, see for- ward; Wilder, born February 14. 1788. married, July 13. 1813, Amasa Goodman, resided in Natick; John, born April 21, 1790, died March 19, 1S17 ; Betse}-. born July, 1792, married John Morse, of Natick (VII) Jesse Rice, son of Ezekiel Rice (6), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. August 31, 1785. He settled in Westborough, Massachusetts, lived and died there October 9, 1832, aged forty- seven years. He married, August g, 1807. Sophia Newton, born July 28, 1787, daughter of Barnabas and Eunice (Bond) Newton. Barnabas was born ^733. married!, 1761, died 1812, was the son of Deacon Josiah and Ruhamah Newton. Deacon Josiah was born 1688. died 1755, son of Moses and Joanna (Larkin) Newton, and grandson of Richard Newton, of Sandwich and Marlboro. Children of Jesse and Sophia Rice, born at Westboro, were : Harriet Gregory, born October 13, 1807, married Charles C. Forbush, of Westboro, October 13, 1830; died 1849 ; he died 1847 ; Charles Parkman, see for- ward; Mary S., born October 11, 181 1, married, April 20, 1834. William R. Long, of Westboro; .Vmory A., borji October 8, 1813, married Catherine Wilkins; Maria A., born September 28, 1815 ; George, born June 29, 1817. (VIII) Charles Parkinan Rice, second child of Jesse Rice (7), was born in Westborough, Massa- chusetts. October t6, 1809. His boyhood and youth were .spent in attendin.g school and assistin.g his father in carrying on the homestead farm, and he remained under the parental roof until he was of a.gc. He then went to Boston, where he w^as em- ployed for two years in a meat and provision store. Then his father died and he returned to West- borough for the purpose of settling the estate, and it was found advisable to sell the Rice homestead. He lived on the Parkhara homestead for a years and managed that farm, but he preferred a mercantile career, and at the first opportunity en- tered the employ of Lyman Belknap, who was a whole,sa!e dealer in provisions with headquarters in Westboro. whence he despatched market wagons in various directions, buying country produce and selling meats, etc.. largely on an exchange basis, Mr. Rice was in charge of the men in Mr. Belknap's employ and also managed the produce department. One of his duties was to ship the produce, eggs, butter, cheese, lard, etc.. bought of the farmers, to the Boston market. The great market wa.gons were loaded with this produce and returned laden with groceries, flour, oil. molasses, etc. That was before the day of railroads, and the building of the Boston & .Mbany Railroad soon put an end to business of dealing in this way. Mr. Rice became a partner WORCESTER COUNTY 351 er 10. 1779. died in South Leicester, an ad- jacent town, in 1868. Children of Jonathan and Deliverance Earle were: Willard. born November 9. 1800, died November 23. 1806: Lyman, born Feb- ruary I, 1802, married Sarah Hall ; William, born September 20, 1803, married Theodocia W. Clapp, born in Spencer. 1803, died December 25. 1846 ; Elizabeth, born June 2, 1805, married, April 8, l8.?0, Talmon Trask ; Adeline, born June i, 1807, mar- ried, November 26. 1829. Edwin Johnson: Elliott P.. born December 4. 1809. married Cynthia Slocum ; died in Mexico. Missouri ; Jonathan Earle. born November I. 1811, married Wealthy Woodruff; Marmaduke Newhall. born October 15, 1813, set- tled in Leicester; Homer, born April 17, 1816, mar- ried, April ID. 1838. Eveline E. Stinson ; died June I, 1876: Thomas, born April 9. 1818; Winthrop Russell, born May 30, 1820, see forward. (V) Winthrop Russell Cunningham, eleventh FRANCIS K. HICGINS WORCESTER COUNTY 361 and youngest child of Jonathan Cunningham (4), was born in Paxton, Massachusetts, May 30, 1820. He was brought up on his father's farm and went to school in his native town. He followed farming for a time. He removed to Millbury, Massachu- setts, when seventeen years old and lived there the remainder of his life. His first work in Millbury was at the old armory of Waters. Flagg & Harring- ton, on the present site of the Atlantic Mills. The firm did an extensive business in gun manufacture for many years, and Mr. Cunningham occupied a responsible position with this concern for several years, at one time representing it in the south. He left this concern to engage in the manufacture of iron fences with the late Charles Hale. He was best known, of course, for his business of plumbing, heating and tinsmith. In 1861 he entered partner- ship with L. G. Pierce under the firm name of Pierce & Cunningham and succeeded to the tin- smith and plumbing business of Pond & Spaulding, established in 1838. After a short time Mr. Cun- ningham bought out his partner and became sole owner in 1863. In the follow-ing year he admitted his son, R. C. Cunningham, to partnership and the firm name became Cunningham & Son. The busi- ness was originally established in a building now occupied by Greenwood's block on ?ilain street. It was moved to the corner of Main and Elm streets. The store and block in which it was located was destroyed by fire. May 7, 1894, but a handsome new block was built in its place, and the firm has been located there since. They deal in stoves, ranges, tin, copper, lead pipe, iron pipe, pumps, sinks, zinc, etc., and conduct a plumbing business and tin- smithing. He was unusually successfully in his un- dertaking and from a small beginning his store grew to large dimensions and his business expanded in every department. Winthrop R. Cunningham was for several years .also engaged in the iron foundry business, located at first in the rear of the .Atlantic Mills and later in partnership with John Martin he built the foun- dry near the Millbury machine shop and carried on a successful business there. He finally sold out to his partner, who continued in business for many years. In politics he was an independent. He served the town as selectman one year, and al- though never very active in town matters held a position of influence among his fellow citizens. A man of the strictest integrity, he was an exemplary citizen, devoted to his home and kindly and demo- cratic in his relations with others. He married. 1843, Candace A. Smith, who died in Millbury, February 18, 1906. Their children: Russell Clark, see forward; Zenas W., born in Millbury, 1849, died young; Olney E, •born Octo- ber, l85t, a prosperous carpenter and builder, re- siding at II Maple street. Millbury. CVI) Russell Clark Cunningham, son of Winthrop Russell Cunningham (5), was born in Millbury, Massachusetts, September 5, 1845. He was educated in the public and high schools of Millbury, and began in business as clerk for his i ithcr. After he came of age he was taken into i irtnership under the firm name of W. R. Cun- ningham & Son. He took an active part in all li.irts of the business and assisted in developing it. The business gradually developed upon him and after his father's death he became the sole pro- prietor, continuing to u-e the same name, how- ever. In June, 1904, he sold the business, owing to ill health, and is living a retired life at the old homestead. When nineteen years of age he enlisted in a Massachusetts company, Tenth Unattached Ar- tillery, and served three months, being stationed at Fort \Varren, near Boston. Mr. Cunningham was a Republican, but never sought public office. He is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, of Free Masons, lie attends the Second Congregational Church, Mill- bury. The family reside in the homestead, 58 South Main street. He married, in 1870. Harriet J. Taft, daughter of Elisha C. and Achsah (Williams) Taft, of Ox- ford. Their children w-ere : Edith C, born July 18, 1876, lives with her mother; Ruth C, born July II, 1878, died August 21, 1895; Jeanette F., born January g, 1881, married Walter Weyer, December 21, 1904; Alline (twin), born July 30, 1883, mar- ried Fred Whitworth, of Millbury, March 27, 1906; Pauline (twin), born July 30, 1883, unmarried. FRANCIS E. HIGGINS. Richard Higgins was the emigrant ancestor of Francis E. Higgins, of Worcester. Massachusetts. (See sketch of Mil- ton P. Higgins for details of Richard Higgins and his children.) (in Lieutenant Jonathan Higgins, son of Rich- ard Higgins (i), was born at Eastham, Massachu- setts, July. 1637. He married (first), January 9. 1660-61, Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of Joseph Rogers, and granddau.ghter of Thomas Rogers. Both father and grandfather came in the "May- flower." Thomas Rogers came in the "Mayflower" to Plymouth, l)ringing his son Joseph; his other children came afterward. He died in the first sick- ness, but his son Joseph was married and had six children. The other children of Thomas Rogers married and had many children. Probably Joseph and John Rogers, of Duxbtiry, were children of Thomas, but proof is incomplete. Children of Lieu- tenant Jonathan and Elizabeth (Rogers) Higgins were: Reriah, born September 29. 1661-62; Jona- than, August. 1664: Joseph, February 14, 1666; Hannah, married Joseph Paine, of Harwich; Eliza- beth, February 11, 1680; Mary, January 22, 1682-83; Rebecca, November 30, 1686; James, July 22, 1688; Sarah. October 18, 1690. (III) Beriah Higgins, probably son of Jonathan Higgins (2), was born at Eastham, Massachusetts, September 29, 1661-62. He married Desire September 27. 166.=;. (See Freeman's Cape Cod, page 724.) He lived at Provincetown, Massa- chusetts, 1725, and had Elisha, and probably other children. (IV) Elisha Higgins, son of Beriah Higgins (3), probably was born at Eastham or Orleans on Cape Cod. His will was made September I, 1749, proved August 7, 1750. He married (first) Jane Collins. He married (second) Rachel Hopkins, .'Kpril 4, 1746, at Harwich. The genealogist wishes further proof of the relations of Beriah Higgins, his parents and children. Children of Elisha Hig- gins were: I. Elisha. born January 3, 1701-02, probably married Sarah Lewis, October 19, 1721, settled at Hardwick. Massachusetts. He probably married (second) Hannah Atwood, January 24, 17.^2. 2. Martha, horn January 25, 1703-04, mar- ried Jonathan Doane. .August R, 1723. 3. Beriah. born January 15. 1705. probably married Jemima Wctherell, jimc i. 17,^0. 4. Alice, born November 27, 1707, not mentioned in father's will, probably married Solomon Doane, October i, 1730, at Stand- 362 WORCESTER COUNTY ish, Maine. 5. Appliia. born November 22. 1709, married, 1730, Simon Doane, of Standish, Maine. 6. Jonatban, born October 8, 171 1, removed to Hardvvick, Massachusetts. 7. Elizabeth, born 1713, probably married James Mayo, January 15, 1735. 8. Jo.seph, born 1717. 9. Ruth, born 1719, probably married Samuel Mayo, January 2. 1735. 10. Barna- bas, born 1722, probably married Mary Smith at Truro, Maine, March 3, 1742-43. 11. Philip, born March 17, 1724-25, probably married Phebe Lewis in Truro, Maine, March 26, 1747. (,V) Jonathan Higgins, son of Elisha Higgins (4), was born at Hardvvick, Massachusetts, October 8, 171 1. He married Rachel . Their chil- dren were: Jonathan, born April 20, 1736; Lurania, June 9, 1738: Henry, December 27, 1740 ; Henry, July 24, 1743. see forward; Bethia, March 26, 1746, probably married, February 13, 1777, Joseph Col- lings, in Orleans, Massachusetts ; Joshua, baptized September 18, T748; Rachel, baptized May 19. 1751, married Andrew Harwood. of Ware, Massachu- setts, (published February 3, 1771) ; Philip, bap- tized January 13, 1754. (VI) Henry Higgins. son of Jonathan Higgins (5), was born at Hardwick, Massachusetts. July 24, 1743. He died there March 16, 1837. He mar- ried, November 9, 1768, Mary Fisk, who died Feb- ruary 7, 1821, aged seventy-one years. He was buried where the Baptist church formerly stood in Hardwick, near the line of Enfield, at the place marked Deacon Higgins on the map. His children were: Mary, born about 1771, married Enoch Thayer, died in Amherst, Massachusetts, April 15, i860, aged eighty-nine years ; Henry, born July 27, 1779: Rachel, born about 1782, died unmarried; March .30, 185S, aged about seventy-six years. (VII) Henry Fisk Higgins. son of Henry Hig- gins (6), was born in Hardwick. Massachusetts. July 27, 1779. He removed from Hardwick to Ware, Massachusetts. He was an able and suc- cessful carpenter and builder, a highly respected citizen. He died February 21. i860. He married Olla Metcalf, of Royalston, Massachusetts, born June 9, 17S9, died August 19. 1866, at Hardwick. The marriage was published September 19. 1813. Children of Henry Fisk and Olla (Metcalf) Hig- gins were: Henrv Melville, born October 22, 1814; Olla Metcalf. April 8. 1816: Sarah Luthera. January II, 1818; Whitman Fisk, February 26. 1821, resides in Snlcm Square, Worcester ; Lurania Maria, De- cember 12, 1822: Elon Galusha, born May 11, 1825, married Lucy M. Graves. 1845 ; five others, all born in Hardwick. (VIII) Elon Galusha Higgins, son of Henry Fisk Higgins (7), was born at Hardvvick, Massa- chusetts, May II, 1825. He was educated in the district schools of Hardwick. Enfield and North Brookfield. Massachusetts. His opportunities for school were limited, much of his time in boyhood being given to work on his father's farm. At the age of fourteen he left home to work on a farm in Ware. Massachusetts, and all his earnings were paid to his father. When he was seventeen, he was given his time and shifted for himself thereafter. He worked in shoe shops in North Brookfield and Worcester. In 1847 he learned the trade of paper- hanger. After a few years he put in a small stock of wall paper at his house on William street. .-\s a workman he achieved a reputation for skill and thorou.chness that brought new business to him. The sale of wall paper .soon became an important factor in his business and he altered the basement of his residence into a store to handle it. In 1869, in company with his brother. F. W. Higgins, he- stocked with wall paper a small store about fifteen by thirty on Pleasant street on the site of the Rogers building. The brothers attended to the busi- ness with the aid of one salesman. F. W. Hig- gins withdrew from the business in 1876 and E. G. Pliggins continued it alone. He moved from Pleasant street to a store on Maple street, where a portion of the State Mutual building now stands, and in 1880 he moved to 284 Main street. His trade continued to increase and in 1893 he decided to in- corporate it. The corporation was called the E. G. Higgins Company". The officers were : Presi- dent. E. G. Higgins: treasurer and manager, Francis E. Higgins. The wholesale business had become very large. The company soon afterward moved to their present quarters in a building erected by John E. Day. From time to time more room had been added. The company has two basements and two floors of the building 274 and 278 Main street, fifty-six by one hundred and twenty feet. It has also a large store room in a new building in the rear about seventy feet square. The entire stock of wall paper of the company was destroyed by fire. March 21, 1902, but business was carried on with hardly iny interruption, and as soon as the building was rebuilt it was filled with a new stock larger than ever. For a number of years this house has been the largest customer east of New York of the National Wall Paper Company, commonly known as the Trust. Over a million rolls of paper among which are many foreign novelties imported expressly for them, are received and shipped to cus- tomers or sold in the store every year. The. com- pany control for New England the products of many of the foreign manufacturers. Mr. Higgins died November, 1904. and since then the busine=s has been conducted by his son. Francis E. Higgins, who was for many years active in the management of the business. Until his last sickness Mr. Hig- gins was at his office daily though his son had taken the burden of management some years before. His other son. William E. Higgins, has a retail wall paper store on Pearl street, and his sons, Edward L. and Arthur C. are both in the wall paper busi- ness also. The career of Mr. Higgins is one of the most remarkable among those of the self-made men of Worcester. He worked his v^'ay from the position of a poor boy to the head of the largest wall paper business in New England. Succes.s. came to him aradually. if not slowly. It was the price of hard toil and unremitting industry, careful study of busi- ness methods and the public tastes. Mr. Higgin<: inherited from his Puritan ancestry a clean charac- ter and intense piety. He was a constant reader and student of the Bible. He was a strong temper- ance advocate, abstaining himself from tobacco as well as from alcoholic drink. He was a member and leader of the Second Adventists for nearly sixty years and gave generouslv to the support of their church in Worcester. He had a personal acquaintance with the leaders and preachers of that faith in the I'nited States and had entertained many of them at his home in Worcester. Mr. Higgins took pride in the fact that he never saw a theatrical performance. Few instances of the survival of the Puritan ideals was to be found in Mr. Higgins's day and generation. He lived consistently with his- WORCESTER COUNTY 365. own austere religious beliefs, and tliereby com- manded the respect alike of employees and fellow citizens of all classes. He married. February i, 1845, Lucy Maria Graves, at Worcester. Iter father was born in Hopkinton and also her grandfather. She was the daughter of Lawson Graves and Polly Childs, his .\ife, who was a descendant of William Child or I hilds, a pioneer settler of Watertown, Massachu- setts. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins celebrated their golden wedding February i. 1895. ^"d an appro- jiriate poem was read on that occasion by Mrs. E. E. Miles. Children of Elon Galusha and Lucy Maria (Graves) Higgins were: Abbie Maria, born Au- gust I. 1847. at Worcester: Charles .-Mbert, July 10, 1849; Francis Elon. October 15, 1851 : William El- !-ton, September 20, 185^, resides at 89 May street, Aorcester. in business as dealer in wall paper at _.' Pearl street, Worcester: Frederick Othello, Jan- uary 2.3, 1856, died young; Etha E., October 29, i8.i8; Albion Galusha, July i. i860, died young; l'!dward Lawson. January 5, 1863. connected w'ith ■le business of E. G. Higgins Co., at 278 Mam : reet. resides at 10 Oxford street; Arthur Clar- aice. May 29, 1867, salesman for the E. G. Hig- gins Co., resides at 15 Lancaster street. (IX) Francis E. Higgins, son of Elon Galusha Higgins (8), was born in Worcester, Massachu- setts, October 15, 1851. He was educated in the Worcester schools. For a short time after leaving school he worked in the oflice of the Ames Plow Company of Worcester, but in 1869, when his father and uncle formed partnership, he went to work for h's father. Four years later he became a partner ■I the business and for many years owned a half tcrcst and worked with his father to develop the i^iness to its present handsome psoportions. When : •■ entered the firm the wholesale department was :'!ded and it soon became the most important part i' the business. When the corporation was formed I! i8g.^. Mr. Higgins became treasurer and general ■ lanager. His energy and systematic conduct of '"■ business resulted in large and constant growth. I lie amount of business has quadrupled since he rame the manager, and the house gained its posi- ■ n of leadership under his management. If ever ■ son successfully developed and increased the busi- ■ ■ ss his father had established, that son is Francis \:. Higgins. The house receives and disposes of more than a million rolls of wall paper every year. The company represents in central New England ' iree of the leading French manufacturers and four • 1 the largest English firms. Some of the modern ill papers are very costly and artistic. The com- ply has a number of salesmen on the road to indle their goods. Mr. Higgins owes some of his :cccss in his business probably to. his gifts as an Mist. He is clever with the brush in oil and water ilors. He was for seven years the treasurer of :i- Worcester Art Students' Club. He has studied. ■ road the subject of interior decoration, and he - doubtless one of the most competent experts in : '< line in the country. The success of the business N monstrates that he has unusual business and exe- ilivc ability. Since the death of his father he has been treas- urer of the company and virtual owner of it. Be- sides the wall paper business the company deals largely in window shades, metallic window screens and Venetian blinds. The paper hanging depart- ment is very large, and a large staflF of men are kept at work throughout the year. The tire, March 21, 1902, destroyed a large stock of goods, but Mr. Higgins opened temporary offices at once and the trade was not seriously damaged. The company returned to the same quarters as soon as the re- pairs and rebuilding was completed and since then the storage rooms have been increased. Mr. Hig- gins is a member of the Commonwealth Club, the Builders' Exchange, and the Worcester Board of Trade. He is also a member of Quinsigamond Lodge, A. F. and A. M. He married, October 12. 1885, Sarah C. Heald, daughter of Solomon O. Heald. Their children are : Gladys, born September 8, 1891 ; Etha Hazel, born May 2,^, 1897, died 1S99; Francis Raymond, born October, 1896, died 1899. All reside at home, 51 William street. ALEXANDER S. PATON, one of the promi- nent and enterprising business men of Worcester county, a resident of Leominster, was born on the banks of the Clyde. Scotland, November 20, 1854, a son of the late James and Margaret (Sinclair) Paton, whose family consisted of three children. James Paton (father) w-as a printer of cloth by trade, an honorable and upright man, and his death occurred at the early age of 'thirty-five years. His wife survived him many years, passing away in Scotland, in 1904. aged eighty-two years. In 1870. at the age of sixteen years, Alexander S. Paton set sail from Scotland on the ship "An- gelia" atid after a stormy and tedious voyage landed ill New York city. He at once proceeded to Leom- inster, Massachusetts, where he secured employment with a horn company. Later he became an employe of the Union Horn Company, with whom he re- mained until 1S79, when he started in the business for himself and so successful has the enterprise proved that a frequent increase in the number of workmen and increased mechanical facilities have been needed to fill the contracts. By close applica- tion and good judgment he has built up a business- standin.g and won an enviable reputation, and he is now (1905) owner and president of five horn and ■celluloid comb companies in Worcester county, viz : Paton Manufacturing Company, Viscoloid Company, Sterling Comb Company, Horn & Supply Company, Howard Novelty (Zompany, Mr. Paton was the first president of the Leominster & Clinton Street Railway Company, and has also been largely inter- ested in other electric roads, as a director in the Greenfield & Turner Falls rgad, the Gardner road, the lA'ominstcr & Clinton, the Pawtiicket Valley road in Westerly. Rhode Island, and the George- town & Haverhill road. He was also president of the new Worcester & Clinton Street Railway, a director of the Cohnnbian Life Insurance Company, at Boston, and of the Planer Company, at .Ayre, Massachusetts: a director of the Leominster National Bank, and has been moderator of town meetings in Leominster for nearly fifteen years. Mr. Paton is a progressive and broad-minded' citizen, and takes an active part in questions of public interest. He served three years on the board of selectman, being its chairman during the last term. In 189.=; he ran as an independent can- didate for representative to the legislature, but was defeated by the small majority of thirty votes. Two yeras later he was nominated by the Republican caucus and elected as representative to the legis- lature, where he in 1898 and 1899 was chainnan of 364 WORCESTER COUNTY the committee on banks and banking, also monitor, having served on the important committee of ways and means. In 1898, having been nominated un- animously by his party for re-appointment, was elected by a large majority, the same occurring the following year, igoo. He is chairman of the county Republican committee of that part of the county. He was president of the Town Improvement Society during its existence, and served as vice-president of the board of trade. He is a member of Wilder Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; Aleppo Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine : Leominster Lodge, No. 86, Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; Daugh- ters of Rebekah, of the same order ; Wachusett Tribe, No. 41, Improved Order of Red Men; Columbian Lodge, No. 100, Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of the Leominster Club, and president of the Country Club. He has passed all the chairs in the Odd Fellows and in the Red Men's organi- zations, and is past grand master of the same. He is a member of the Unitarian Church, in which he takes great interest and to which he contributes liberally. He is known throughout the entire state as a philanthropic man in the true sense of the word, and no man with a worthy object in view has ever been refused aid by him. In 1882 Mr. Paton was married to Clara M. Somers. daughter of the late Winter Somers, a representative of an old family of Leominster. Their children are as follows : Phoebe S., who became the wife of Frederick L Perry, and they are the parents of one child, Francis Perry ; Somers, Agnes, Paulina P., and Clara M. Mr. Paton and his family reside in a handsome home in Leominster, modern in all its appointments, and here they are surrounded with all the comforts of life. HUBBARD FAMILY. George Hubbard (i) was the emigrant ancestor of the Hubbard family o£ Holden, Massachusetts. He was born in Eng- land, probably in the southeastern part, and came to New England in 1633. He was at Watertown until 1635. He left Watertown, October 15, 1635, in 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 Dor- chester) and Wethersfield (then called Watertown). For a )'ear or so the Connecticut colony was under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Bay govern- ment, which appointed commissioners for the pur- pose. George Hubbard was a delegate to the first general court in which Wetherfield was represented in t638-,30. The records show that he was a promi- nent surveyor in the Connecticut colonies for many years. He lived in the eastern part of Wethersfield which later became Glastonbury, Connecticut, and some of his original farm is now owned or was recently owned by descendants ever since the origi- nal grant. After living in Wethersfield for three years he went to Long Island Sound, where he set- tled in the town of Milford. Later he sold Milford Island to Richard Byran. He married Marj- Bishop, who died at Guilford, Connecticut. September 14, 1675. She was the daughter of John and Anne Bishop, who first stopped in Wethersfield and in 1639 settled in Guild- ford. Connecticut, where John Bishop was one of the seven original proprietors. George Hubbard died February, 1661. Children of George Hubbard were: Mary, born about 1625, in England, married John Fowler; John, born 1630, in England, resided at Wethersfield, Connecticut, and Hadley, Massachu- setts; George, lived in Greenwich, Connecticut ; Dan- iel, born at Milford, Connecticut, 1644, lived m Guil- ford; Sarah, born 1635, at Wethersfield, married David Harrison ; Hannah, born 1637, at Wethers- field or Milford, Connecticut; Elizabeth, born 1638, at Wethersfield. married late in life Deacon John Norton ; Abigail, born 1640, in Wethersfield, bap- tized May 26, 1644, at Milford; married, October 14. 1657, Humphrey Spinning, died November, 1689: William, born 1642, in Connecticut, probably at Milford, married Abigail Dudley and removed to Greenwich before 1664; Daniel, baptized May 26, 1644. at Milford, died at Guilford, 1720; married, November 17, 1664, Elizabeth Jordan. (II) John Hubbard, son of George Hubbard (t), was born in England. 1630, and came over in 1633 with his parents. He married Mary Sheaf, and probably lived a few years at Concord, Massa- chusetts. He was a relative of the Merriams. and it has been assumed erroneously in the genealogy and elsewhere that the surname of his wife was Merriam. His first four children were born at Wethersfield, the remaining five at Hadley. He was one of a company, April 18, 1659, that organized the town of Norwottuck, as they called Hadley at first. He was admitted a freeman ^larch 26, 1661. After 1672 he went to Hatfield and died there at the home of his son. Isaac, in 1702. Seven children arc named in his will. His children were: -Mary, born at Wethersfield. January 27, 1650: Lieutenant John, born at Wethersfield, April 12, 1655: Hannah, born at Wethersfield, December 5, 1656. died 1662; Jonathan, born at Wethersfield, January 3, 165S-59, died in Concord, July 17, 1728: Oanicl. born at Hadley. Massachusetts. March g. 1861. died at Hatfield, Massachusetts, February 12, 1744; married. November I, 1683, Esther Rice; Mercy, born at Hadley, Massachusetts, February 23, 1664, married. October 22, 1685, Lieutenant Jona- than Broadman : Isaac, born at Hadley, January 16, 1667. died at Sunderland, Massachusetts. .Au- gust 7. 1750; married Anne Warner: Mary, born at Hadley. April 10, 1669, married. December 12, 1688. Daniel Warner: Sarah, born at Hadley, No- vember 12. 1672, married Samuel Cowles. (III) Jonathan Hubbard, son of John Hubbard (2). was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Janu- ary 3, 1658-59, and died at Concord, Massachu- setts. July 17. 1728. He removed as early as 1680 to Concord and married there, January 15. 1681, Hannah Rice, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth ( King) Rice, of Sudbury, granddaughter of Ed- mund and Thamazin Rice, of Sudbury. Children of Jonathan and Hannah (Rice) Hubbard were: Mary, born at Concord, Massachusetts. April 3, 1682! died Febrvar>' 2, 1769; married. 1678. Daniel Davis : Jonathan, born at Concord, June 18. i6?3. died at Townsend, Mas.sachusetts, April 7, 1761 ; married, September 26, 1704, Rebecca Brown: Han- nah, born April 20, 1685. died at Concord, May 23. 1725: married John Temple; Samuel, born at Concord, April 27. 1687, see forward ; Joseph, bom February 8, l688-8g, died April 10. 1768: rnarried. November 10, 1713, Rebecca Bulkley ; Elizabeth, horn June 16, 1691, died at Concord, December 25, 1757: married, March 24, 1709, Deacon Samuel Hcy- wood ; John, born March 12. 1692-93, married (first) Hannah Blood, married (second) .\znl)ah Moore, of Sudbury ; lived in Worcester and Rut- land; was captain: died at Worcester, 1727: Daniel, born November 20, 1694. married. December 5, WORCESTER COUNTY 36: 1717, Dorothy Dakiii. of Holden, wlierc he settled, had son Daniel and has many descendants in the vicinity ; Thomas, born at Concord, August 27, 1696, married Mary Fletcher; Abigail, born Janu- ary 23. 1698, married Samuel Fletcher ; Ebenezer, born December 28, 1700, died May 21, 1755. (IV) Sam.uel Hubbard, son of Jonathan Hubbard (3). was born at Concord, April 27, 1687, and died there December 12, 1753. He married, January 15, 1701, Sarah Clark, of Concord, born July 13, 1681, died July 25, 1720. He married (second) Prudence Temple. His children were : Ephraim, born Xo- vemher 8, 1710, married. Junei6, 1744, Sarah Billings; Mary, born May 4, 1712; Lieutenant Samuel, born in Holden, 1713, died December 3, 1783; married Eunice Woodward; (second) Abigail Clark; revo- lutionary soldier; Sarah, born September 24, 1716; Lois, born June 6, 1718; Joseph, born at Holden, 1719; Lydia, born April 6, 1722; Silence, born No- vember 17, 1725; Isaac, born September 17, 1729, died August 14, 1S04; married Sarah Darby. (V) Deacon Joseph Hubbard, son of Samuel Hubbard (4), was born in Holden, Massachusetts, 1715. He took a very active part in the early his- tcry of Holden. fought against the Indians, held town offices for many years, was deacon of the church and altogether one of the first citizens for a long period. (See History of Holden.) He mar- ried, about 1740, Phebe Buckley. She was born 1721 and died August 15, 1804. His children were: Phebe, born April 7, 1741, died young; Rebecca, born February 12, 1744. married Israel Davis ; Phebe, born July 20. 1749. married Samuel Hay- ward; Joseph, born October 25, 1751, see forward; Peter, born March 17, 1754, died August 12, 1826, married Phebe Brigham ; Attai. born June 20, 1756; Millicent. born August 22, 1758. died young; Tilly, liorn April 19, 1761, married Annie Jeslyn ; Milli- lent. born September 19, 1763. (VI) Joseph Hubbard, son of Deacon Joseph Hubbard (5). was born in Holden, Massachusetts, October 25, 1751. died there April 16, 1832. He married Mellicent Melvin, of Concord. They settled in Holden, where he also became a prominent citi- zen. His children were: Joseph, born April 10, 1783. married Melicent Parker, of Winslow (inten- tions March 14), 1807; John. November 20, 1784; Bulkeley. November 13, 1787, irarried. November 18, r8i9. Lois Nye; Amos, July 15, 1788, died 1819; Milicent. November 28, 1790. married John Gould- inR : .Simeon, September 16, 1792. married Mrs. .\bigai! Bailey; Hannah, May l, 1796. married Sam- uel Stratton : Emerson, January 24, 1799, married Lncy Howard; Attai. November 28. 1801. (VII) John Hubbard, son of Joseph Hubbard ^6), was born in Holden. Massachusetts. November 20. 1784. He married Huldah Boyden. July 30, 1.806. She was the mother of his nine cHildrcn. He set- tled in Holden, where all his children were born. He married (second) Esther M. Stone. The chil- dren of John and Huldah (Boyden) Hubbard were: np'ire Boyden. born February r.s, 1808; Daniel Foster. February 15, 1810; Joseph Bulkeley, July 9, 1812 ; John Melvcn. August 14, 1815; Samuel Denny, Janunrv 2.^, 181S; .Amos. February 12. 1820; Han- nah, March 31, 1822; Elnathan Policy, November 11. 1S24: Emerson. June 29, 1827. (VIII) Daniel Foster Hubbard, son of John Hubbard (7), was born in Holden, Massachusetts, October 6. 1810. He married Esther M. . He was a farmer at Holden, Massachusetts. Flis chil- dren were: Maria, born 1834, died March 5, .1836; Charles H.. 1S41, died 1842; John Franklin, 1841: Henry, Xovember 11, 1842, died May 15. 1845; Jo- seph Emerson, December 22, 1844, died May 11 1845; Lewis Foster, May 17, 1849; Ira Broad! Martha. (IX) Lewis Foster Hubbard, son of Daniel Foster Hubbard (8), was born in Holden, Massa- chusetts, May 17, 1849. He married Mary E Flagg (see sketch of Flagg Family). He died September 19. 1879. His chddren were : Charles P., born Janu- ary 16, 1872, resides at Holden with mother; Loring K born in Holden, December 25, 1877, married Elizabeth Fales, daughter of Charles and Emma (Davis) Pales, and has one child, Emma Eliza- beth, born June 28, 1904; he resides at Holden: clerk. (VII) Bulkeley Hubbard, son of Joseph Hub- bard (6). was born in Holden, Massachusetts, No- vember 13. 1787. His early education was some- what meagre, as there was no public school in the neighborhood at that time, and what schooling he got was at private schools held from time to time in the homes of the vicinity. His father owned a large farm in the west part of the town, where his descendants now reside. Bulkeley helped his father with the farm work, doing a man's work when n niere boy, and building up a constitution of great vitality and endurance. When he came of age he bought the homestead and followed in the foot- steps of his father. Besides farming he did an ex- tensive business in teaming. He was a man of good Inisiness ability and high character. In religion he was a Baptist. In politics he was originally a Whig, but when his party disintegrated he became a Republican. He trained in the state militia when a young man. He died January 22, 1858. He married. November 18. 1819, Mrs. Lois Mer- rick Nye, of Hardwick. She was born 1773, bap- tized. May I. daughter of Nathaniel and Lois (Ham- mond) Merrick. She married (first), Januao' 10, l8o2. Stephen Nye. of Hardwick. The children of Bulkeley and Lois Hubbard w-ere: Millie .Ann, liorn June 13. 1820. died March 2$, 1850: married, June 27. 1849, Thomas Lcland ; Stephen Nye, born December 26, 1822, see forward. (VIII) Stephen Nye Flubbard, son of Bulkeley Hubbard (7), was born at Holden, Massachusetts, December 26. 1822. He spent his youth, as his father and the generations before him, working on the homestead in summer and attending the winter terms of school when there was school to attend. He began to drive a team of horses for his father at the age of ten years, carting wood and lumber to Worcester and bringing back freight of various kinds for the Holden merchants and others. As he grew older he went logging and wood chopping in winter. He burned charcoal also in connection with the wood and lumber business. He enlisted in the civil war in Company G. Thirty-sixth Massa- chusetts Volunteers, and was mustered into service August 12. 1862. and assigned to duty as wagoner, being skillful with horses. He served under Cap- tain S. Henry Bailey and Colonel Henry Bowman until the close of the war. when he was honorably discharged June 8, 1R65. He took part in the Vir- ginia and Kentucky campaigns, was at Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi at the siege of Knoxville, battle of the Wilderness, battle of SpottsyIvania.bat- tle of Cold Harbor, at the siege of Petersburg and participated in the final assault before Lee's sur- render. His only time of disability was in August, ^66 WORCESTER COUNTY 1863, when he was confined in the hospital at Bryantsville, Kentncky. After the war he returned to Holden and, al- though at first somewhat disabled by malaria, grad- ually resumed his place on the old homestead. The farm came to iiim at his father's -death. Later, in 1891, he bought the Clair farm of eighty acres situated just below his place. He was a substantial citizen and a man of influence. He attended the Baptist Cliurch before the war, but in later years was a Congregationalist. In politics he was a stanch Republican and was frequently elected delegate to nominating conventions. He was road surveyor of the town of Holden and a member of the school committee. He belonged to the Holden Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, No. 140, Theron E. Hall Post, No. 77, Grand .Army of the Republic, of Holden. He married (first), at Holden, January 20. 1847, Lucy Ann Fuller, born January 20, 1827, at Holden, Massachusetts, daughter of Ebenezer and Eunice (Rogers) Fuller, of Holden. Her father was a farmer. Mr. Hubbard married (second). October 18, 1870. Sophronia Rosetta Sawyer, born at Holden, January 10, 1S40, daughter of Charles and Margaret (Maynard) Sawyer, of Holden. (See sketch of this branch of the Sawyer family herewith.) Chil- dren of Stephen Nye and Lucy Ann Hubbard were ; 1. Millie Augusta, born at Holden, January 14, 1848, married. May 31, 1877, Charles Torrey Mead, of Holden, and they have children — Roy White, born January 7, 1886, Hazel Alma, born August 11, 1897. 2. Mary Newton, born October 10, 1849, married (first), July 24, 1873, Fernando Cortez Bige- low, of Rutland, Massachusetts, and their children were — Joseph O., born March 8, 1877, at Rutland. Massachusetts, married, October 6, 1900, at Worces- ter, Rertba M. Bigelow and had one son, Maurice Hubbard Bigelow. born October 25, 1903, at New Haven, where they now live; Laura May, 'born December 24. 1890. Fernando Cortes Bigelow died February 28, 1899, and hi^ widow married (second), January 2T, 1902, Edward L. Brague, of New Pres- ton, Connecticut, where they now live. 3. Anna, born October 18. 1854. died December 14, 1863. 4. Athalia Maria, born September 22, 1858, married, April 30. 1895. James T. Elliot, of Worcester, and their children are — Florence Mary Elliot, born June 12, 18S6: Alice Lucy Elliot, born June 3, i88g, died January 20. 1891 : Edna Louise Elliot, born November 21. 1893: Everett James Elliot, born Sep- tember II. 1895. 5. Edgar Stephen, born November 21. 1861, married, November 25, 1887. Sarah Frances Miles, of Rutland. Massachusetts, and their chil- dren arc — Lucy Miles, born December 21, 1888; died at Bedford. Massachusetts. June 28, 1895; Walter Edgar, born at Somcrville, Massachusetts, December 8, 1891 : Joseph Stephen, born at Bed- ford, Massachusetts. November 29, 1898: all living at Bedford, Massachusetts. Children of Stephen Nye and Sophronia Rosetta (Sawyer) Hubbard are: 6. Lois Margie, born July 18, 1873. 7. Melvin .'\mos, born August 11, 1875. married Elizabeth Taylor, of Holden; she died March 30. 1902: their chil- -dren were — Samuel Stephen, born August 19. i8g6; -Olive Elizabeth, born October 17, 1898, died March 25. 1901 ; Franklin Edgar, born June 14, 1901. 8. Franklin Charles, born February 13, 1879. lives on the homestead and is the present owner of it. THOMAS BROWN. Willard Brown, father of "Thomas Brown, was born in Douglas, Massachu- setts, July, 1790. He was educated in the common schools, and learned the business of tallow chandler and soap maker. He established his business in Worcester, in 1817, removing thence from Water- town, Massachusetts. He bought a place of Jacob I-iich, of Charlton, on the south side of the road from the "South Meeting House" to Flagg's Mills, containing about one acre. The deed was dated .-April 10, 1817, soon after he came to Worcester. This place is now the site of the engine house near Webster Square, Worcester. He had his store on Park street on the site of an old woolen factory owned by Cornelius Stowell. In 1843 the old house was removed and a modern house built in its place. He was successful in business and became one of the leading men of the town in his day. He was a member of the old fire department when it was merely a bucket brigade. He was elected alderman of the city of Worcester in 1854, and was one of the progressive men in that body who supported the purchase of the property for Elm Park. He was a member of the Congregational church. He married Mary Bacon, daughter of Thomas Bacon. Her father was born about 1800 in Palmer. Massachusetts. The children of Willard and Mary Brown, all born in Worcester, were: I. Mary Ann, born December 10, 1817, see forward. 2. Lucy, born June 20, 1819, married Francis P. Stowell. 3. George .Augustus, born June 28, 1832, see forward. 4. Thomas, born January 13, 1827, see forward. 5. Willard. born January 5, 1830, unmarried. 6. Jane .Abbott, born November 2, 1833, unmarried. 7. David Peabody. born August 10, 1839, see forward. Mary Ann Brown, daughter of Willard Brown, was born in Worcester. December 10, 1817. She married Captain Samuel B. Stone, who was assis- tant superintendent of the public schools, provost marshal of the city of Worcester in the civil war. He died in 1865. Their children were: I. Frank, resides at Oskaloosa, Iowa, and has two children — Henry and Delia. 2. George, died young. 3. Liz- zie, unmarried. 4. Jennie, married Daniel Scott and they have four children. 5. Mary, married I'-irnham, and resides in Amity City. Louisiana, and they liave four children, two of whom are living. George Augustus Brown, son of Willard Brown, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. June 2S. 1822. He inherited the soap and candle business from his father, but sold out to his brother Thomas. He married Mary Longley, of Leominster, of the well known Longley family of Shirley. Their chil- dren : Charles Augustus and Mary. Thomas Brown, son of Willard Brown, was born at Worcester, Massachusetts. January 13, 1827. He was educated in the public schools of his nati\i- town. He learned his father's trade of chandler rnd soap maker, and after his father's death bought the business from his brother, George A. Brown, who inherited it. Thomas Brown continued thi- business at the same location, for a time, but eventually removed the .soap factory to the "Island" or Swamp, as part of the east side of the city of Worcester was known. Having acquired a compe- tence Mr. Brown sold out his business in t868 and retired. He has not engaged in business since, devoting himself to the enjoyment of his leisure and the care, of his property interests. He is a Republican, but never accepted public preferment and he has never cared for secret societies. He lived in bis father's house, which was built in 1S43 at 27 Park street, until 1900. when he removed to a handsome residence that he built on Germain -^^^^^^i*^ /^-^ ^ o/V; y dl^-tn^L^-^-x^ ^^.r^^^^ (y~^Ls: Paul, born October ,30. 1767. The children of Elisha and Mary, born at l^incastcr, were: William, born April 13. i77i ; Samuel Flagg, born February 20. 1774: John, Iwrn August 11, 1776: Fairbanks, born January 15, 1778; Charles, horn 1 80S. Captain Elisha Sawyer died at Princeton, March 24. tSio. His widow Mary died at Princeton. Ocio- 368 WORCESTER COUNTY ber 9, 1822. On the revolutionary rolls he was called junior. He was first lieutenant in Captain Manasseh Sawyer's company (the eleventh), Colonel Josiah Whitney's regnnent (Second Worcester County). His commission was dated March 18, 1776. He was also second lieutenant in Captain Solomon Stuart's company, Colonel Joseph Whitney's regiment, at Bennington, August, 1777. He was also first lieutenant in Captain Fortunatus Eager's company. Lieutenant Colonel Ephraim Sawyer's regiment, sent lo reinforce the northern army 1778. (VI) Charles Sawyer, son of Elisha Sawyer (5), was born at Princeton, Massachusetts, 1808. At the age of three years he was taken to live with Sewell Parmenter, of Princeton. He worked on the farm in summer and attended the district schools of Princeton in winter during his youth. When he came of age he removed to Leicester, Massachu- setts, and learned the trade of spinner and later, the other processes of manufacture. He was em- ployed for a number of years by the Bottomly peo- ple. He left there to take a position in the mill at Drydenville in Holden, and later worked at the mill in Lovellville. About 1842-43 he moved to the old Thomas Davis farm. After a year he went to New- State (Springdale), in the town of Holden, where he bought a farm known as the old Trow place and conducted it two years. He sold it and bought the old Button place of forty acres, where he lived the remainder of his life, working in the Chaffee Mill in addition to the farming. He died at Holden, February 19, 1888. He was a member of the Con- gregational Church at Leicester. In politics he was a Republican, formerly a Whig. He married, September 12, 1833, at Princeton, Margaret Carter Maynard, of Thetford. Vermont. Their children w-ere : Alphonso Brooks, born .\pril 28, 1837, married Mary Bryant, of Rutland, Massa- chusetts, and had o-ne child, Charles Wesley. Sophronia Rosetta, born January 14, 1840, married, October i8, 1870, Stephen Nye Hubbard, of Holden (See sketch of Hubbard Family of Holden.) Charles Jason, born July 29, 1850, died August 9, 1851. (VII) Sophronia Rosetta Sawyer, born in Holden, January 10, 1840, daughter of Charles Sawyer (6), married Stephen Nye Hubbard, men- tioned in sketch of the Hubbaird Family of Holden. FLAGG FAMILY. Thomas Flagg (i), the immigrant, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work, was the progenitor of Mrs. Mary E. (Flagg) Hubbard, of Holden, Massachusetts. He came to New England in 1637, at the age of twenty- one, as a servant of Richard Carver and settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. He was yeoman, lieutenant, proprietor of the town, and held various town ofliccs. His wife Mary was born about 1619. He died February 6, 1698. His widow's will was proved April 21, 1703. She died December 30, 1702, a.ged eighty-two. Their children were : Ger- shom, born April 16, 1641 ; John, June 14, 1643, died February 6, 1697 ; Bartholomew, February 23, 1645; Thomas; Michael, March 23, 1651, died Octo- ber 16, 171 1, one of the earliest proprietors of Wor- cester at the first attempted settlement ; married, June 3. 1674, Mary Bigelow ; Eleazer, May 14, 1653 ; Elizabeth, March 22, 1655, married, October 20, 1676, Joshua Bigelow, settled in Worcester, later in Westminster ; Mary, June 14, 1657, mar- ried, June 3, 1674, Samuel Bigelow. brother of Joshua and Mary Bigelow, just mentioned, and Daniel Bigelow, of Worcester ; Rebecca, Septenibei S, 1660, married, November 19, 1679, Deacon Stephen Cook; Benjamin, June 25, 1662, married, September 26, 1690, E.xperience Child, daughter of Richard Child, of Watertown, ancestor of five gen- erations of Benjamin Flaggs, prominent in the his- tory of Worcester, and ancestor of numerous fam- ilies in Worcester; Allen, May 16, 1665, died 171 1. (II) Benjamin Flagg, son of Thomas Flagg (i), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, June 25, 1662, died May 31, 1741, aged seventy-nine years, at Watertown. (For further details of Ben- jamin Flagg see the Flagg family of Worcester sketch.) He was one of the first settlers of Wor- cester, and was an important factor in its early history. He married E.xperience Child, daughter of Richard Child, of Watertown, Massachusetts, September 26, 1690. He died May 31, 1741, at the age of seventy-nine, at Watertown. His children were: Benjamin, born August 25, 1691, married,. January 25, 1716, Elizabeth Fiske, daughter of Nathaniel Fiske, of Watertown ; was captain, school teacher, selectman and sheriff ; E.xperience, born 1693, married, 1713, Caleb Ball, of Cam- bridge ; Abigail, born April 16, 1694, married Judge William Jennison, of Worcester; Bartholomew, sea. captain, born 1699, died at Bristol, 1743 ; Elizabeth, born 1700, married Peter King, alias Rice ; Gershom, born 1702; Mary, born 1704; Ebenezer, born 1706; Richard, born May 20, 1708. (III) Richard Flagg, son of Benjamin Flagg (2), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, May 20, 1708. He was a lieutenant in the company from Worcester, of which his brother Benjamin, was captain. He served in the French and Indian wars, in 1757. He was an early settler in that part of Worcester that was later set off as Holden. He was selectman there in 1752-53-54-55-56-57-60-79- So. He represented his town in the state convention in 1779 when the constitution was framed. He was for many years the foremost citizen of Holden. He died November 12. 1799. at the age of ninety- two, and his widow Grace lived to the age of one hundred years, dying December 4, 1808. Their children were : Colonel Samuel, born February 13, 1737. was in revolution a very prominent soldier ; chairman of selectmen of Worcester from 1790 to 1808; died at Worcester, September 24, 1819, aged eighty-three years; wife Dolly died March 11, 1824, aged eighty-five years: he owned the Fo.x Mills and the Red Mills (see Fox family and Dr. L. F. Woodward sketch). Sarah, born April 19, 1739, Francis, born January 29, 1741-42. Abigail, bon. June 24, 1744; Mary, born September 26, 174'! Elizabeth, born May i, 1748. Silas, born June 17 1749 (baptized Cyrus June 25, 1749). Benjamin, born June 26, 1751 (baptized Joseph June 30, 1751, see other error in same family above). (IV) Benjamin Flagg, son of Richard Flagg (3), was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, June 26, 1751. He married Elizabeth , who died March i, 1833, at Holden, at the age of eighty years. He was a lieutenant in the revolutionary war, and a prominent man in Holden. His children were : Silas, born February 16, 1778 ; Sally, born August 8, 1781 ; George, born December 10, 1785, had farm in Holden alongside his brother's ; he was the grandfather of Mrs. Charles H. Pinkham, of Worcester (lives at 134 Lincoln street). (V) Deacon Silas Flagg. son of Benjamin Flagg (4), was born in Holden, Massachusetts, CHARLES I'T.AGO WORCESTER COUNTY 5^' February l6, 177S. Early in his majority lie was given a portion of the homestead by his father and another portion was given his brother George. Part of the original homestead near the Worcester reservoir is still owned and occupied by a direct descendant of Benjamin Flagg, the original settler, viz. : Miss Sabrina Flagg, daughter of Lyman and Eliza Flagg ; granddaughter of Silas and Sally Flagg. Silas built a house on the part given him; it adjoins lands he had bought there. His farm became one of the most prosperous and valuable in the vicinity, and he dealt considerably in real estate, owning at times several farms. He was also a builder, contractor and manufacturer of lumber. He was a man of exceptionally strong mind with broad and conservative views, of large experience and gifted with a tenacious memory. He was well qualilied to act as the adviser and coun- sellor of his neighbors. He was elected to all the important offices of honor and trust in the gift of his townsmen. He was representative to the gen- eral court in i8j8-29-36-37-.^9-40, and chairman several years of the board of selectmen and also of the assessors. He w-as elected deacon of the Holden Congregational Church in 1837, and held the position until his death, June 6, 1870. He married Sally Winch, daughter of John and Keziah Winch, November i, 1798. She was born in Holden, May 6, 1779, died there April 7, 1842. Children of Deacon Silas and Sally (Winch) Flagg were: Nancy, born February 10, 1799; Oren, June II, 1803; Lyman, November 30, 1805; Charles, De- cember 25, 1807; Sally. April 4. 1813: Silas. June 24, 1816; Roxy, March 8, 1819; Filena, September 4. 1823- (VI) Charles Flagg, son of Deacon Silas Flagg (5), was born in Holden, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 25, 1807, died November 16, 1845. At the age of three years he received an injury to his right knee that caused a life-long lameness and was a burdensome affliction. He lived on his father's farm near the Holden reservoir until he was twenty- four years of age, when, having married, he bought his grandfather's old homestead in Holden. He operated a saw mill and grist mill on that place for three years. In 1834 he sold his farm to Dea- con Newell Moore and moved to North Spencer, Massachusetts, where he was employed by Wash- ington Hill as clerk in his general store and driv- ing an express to Boston. In 1840 he purchased the store at East Brookfield and was appointed postmaster, an office he held for several years. Wlien the railroad was opened, he was appointed station agent ; he then sold a part interest in his store and removed the postoffice to the railroad station. He was with the railroad company for thirteen years. He dealt largely in real estate, owning several farms and other property in the vicinity. When he re- signed his position with the railroad company he went to Worcester to enter partnership with T. W. Converse in a flour and grain commission house, having an office in Albany. He was in this busi- ness for twelve years. In 1869 his wife died and he retired from business and returned to Holden, whore he cared for his aged father until his death. In the spring of 1873 he bought of Jones Davis the place at Holden Centre where he lately lived. He was gifted with excellent business ability, and his common sense and integrity won for him the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. He was selectman in 1869-70-71-72-76. and chair- iv— 24. man of the board during the last two years; he was treasurer in 1871-72-7O and chairman of the over- seers of the poor in 1871-72. He gave his time and; of his means freely to the support of the Iloldeiv Church. Even when he lived in Worcester he did his full share in raising money in contributions to the support of the Congregational Church of his. native town. He helped much as any man to retain Dr. Paine as pastor through his long pastorate at- Holden. He married (first) Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of Rev. Joseph Cheney. He came from the Cheney family of Holden, and was the first Holden boy to. go to college. Rev. Joseph Cheney, was settled at Augusta, Maine, and Salisbury, Vermont. Charles. Flagg married (second), 1873, Martha S. Locke, of Corinth, Vermont. Children of Charles and Elizabeth (Cheney) Flagg were: Preston, born at East Brookfield, Massachusetts, 1839, died July 20, 1858; Mary E., see forward. (VII) Mary E. Flagg, daughter of Charles Magg, was born in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, November 15, 1840. She married. May 3, 1871. at North Grafton. Massachusetts, Lewis F. Hubbard, of Holden. (See Hubbard family sketch.) He died September 19, 1879, at the age of thirty, of consump- tion. He was a carpenter by trade. Mrs. Hubbard is an active member of the Congregational Church. She lives with her son Charles P. Hubbard, on Park avenue, Holden Centre. She had two sons: Charles P., born January 16, 1872, has been in mer- cantile business in Arizona and Holden; Loring; born in Holden. December 25, 1877, resides in Holden, clerk in Gleason's store there; married, December 25, 1902, Elizabeth Fales, daughter of Charles and Emma (Davis) Fales. of Holden ( Emma Davis was born in Rutland. Massachu- setts), and have one child, Emma Elizabeth, born June 28, 1904. BURRAGE FAMILY. Robert Burrage (i), the first progenitor in England to whom the line of Leonard F. Burrage, of Leominster. Massachu- setts, can be traced, lived in Seething, Norfolk county, England. Seething is near Norwich. The name is very ancient, probably local from the word "burgh." The will of Robert Burrage was proved in the Bishop's court at Norfolk, May 13. 1559, the year of his death. His wife's name was Rose. Their children were : Robert, married .Amy Cooke, died December 3, 1598; Richard, of whom later; Margery, died September, 1557. (H) Richard Burrage. son of Robert Burrage (i), was born in Seething, England, about 1550, and lived there and at Norton Subcoursc, Norfolk county, England. His children were: Henry, born November 17, 1577. died .August 13. 1643; Richard, Jr.. October 4. 1579. died July, 1646; Thomas. Feb- ru.irv 28, I.s8i: .Xnne, February 10, i.';83: .Mice, March 7. 1586: Ivlizahcth, .April 17, i.sSo: John, .April 18, T59T. died young; John. November 4, r.i9i: Owen. Jamiarv 12, i^9s-6; Anthonis. March, (Ill) Thomas Burrage. son of Richard Burrage (2), was born at Norton Subcoursc. Norfolk coun- ty, England. February 28, 1581, lived there, and died there March 2. 1632-3. He married Frances Dey, .August ig. Tfx)6. Their children, all born at Norton Subcoursc, were: Mary, September 21. 1606; Margaret. February 28. 1607-8, died June 21. 1632; Graco, about 1610. died December 5, 1612; Lctitia, 370 WORCESTER COUNTY July i6, 1612, died December S, 1612; John, April 12, 1616, of whom laler; Henry and Anna (twins), November 30, 1620. (IV) John Burrage, son of Thomas Burrage (3), the immigrant ancestor of the Leominster family, was baptized in the church at Norton Sub- course, England, April 10, 1616. He came to Charles- town in New England about the time he reached his majority in 1637. He was a house owner there in 1638. 'His wife Mary was admitted to the church with him April 10, 1642. He was admitted a freeman May 18. 1642. He was a ferryman and clerk of the market. Later in life but before 1657 he and Francis Hudson owned and operated the Charlestown ferry. Hudson lived on the Boston side, Burrage on the Charlestown side of the river. Owing to an accident Burrage was dis- abled late in life and Hudson had the burden of the labor for some years. Burrage sold his place September 29, 1661, to Richard Russell. As nearly as can be located, his homestead was at the foot of Water street in what is now the United States navy yard, Charlestown. He died October 19, 1685, and the inventory of his estate was filed by his widow Joanna December 15, 1685. She died December 25, 1689, and the inventory of her estate was filed March 13, 1689-90. An agreement for the division of the estate, was made May 2, 1694, by Mary Marshall, Hannah French, Elizabeth Poor, Willi:mi Bethiah and Thomas Burrage; Sarah John- son, Ruth White, and Susanna, daughter of John Burrage. deceased. The father's estate was admin- istered by the son, Thomas Burrage. lohn Burrage married (first) Mary , about 1639. He married (second)) Joanna Stowcrs, born in" 1624. daughter of Nicholas and Amy Stowers. Her father was the colonial herdsman. The chil- dren of John and Mary Burrage were: Mary, bap- tized March 8, 1640, married John Marshall, of Billerica; Hannah, born November 14, 1643, mar- ried John French, of Billerica. died July 17. 1667; Elizabeth, born about 1644, married (first) Thomas Deane; (second) John Poor; John, born 1646, mar- ried. June 16, 1675, Susannah Cutler. The chil- dreii of John and Joanna Burrage were; Nathaniel, born December, 1655, died December 21. 1656; Will- iam, born June 10. 1657. married Sarah , died 1720; Sarah, born January 24, 1658-9, married Will- iam Johnson; Belhiah, born May 23. i66t ; Thomas, born May 25, 1663, married, November 30, 1687, Elizabeth Breed, of Lynn, died March 11, T717-8; Ruth, born February 28, 1664. married Ignatius White; Joanna, died June 16, 16C8. (V) Thomas Burrage, son of John Burrage (4), was born at Charlestown. Massachusetts. May 26, 1663. and died at Lvnn. March it, 1717- He set- tled at Lynn. He married (first), November 20, 16S7. Elizabeth Breed, who died June t6. 1709; married (second) Elizabeth Davis, widow. He was a carpenter by trade and became a prominent and useful citizen. He was overseer of Rumney Mar.sh in 169S and other years. He was on the jury in 1694. constable 1695. tythingman 170.?. deacon of the church and selectman of the town in 1712. He was on nianv important town committees. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Breed) Bur- rage were; Joanna, born August 2, 1688, married Daniel Mansfield; Elizabeth, November 20. 1691 ; John. January 26, 1694, married, January I, 1718, Mehitable Largin ; Thomas, of whom later; Mary. March 3, 1699; Bethiah, May 12, 1704: Ruth, Feb- ruary I, 1707- (VI) Thomas Burrage, son of Thomas Burrage (5), was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, September 19, 1697. He also was a carpenter by trade, or housewright, as well as a farmer. He was a thrifty and respectable man, we are told. He died in Lynn in 1759 and his will was dated December 8, 1759, his sons William and Josiah being the executors. He married (first), January 30, 1722, Sarah Newhall, who died May 14, 1749. He married (second), November 15, 1750, .'\nna Waite, of Maiden. The children of Thomas and Sarah Burrage were ; Desire, born January 18, 1723, married. May 14, 1743, Edmund Whittcmore ; Thomas, January i, 1725, died March S, 1751 ; Abijah, October 27, 1729, died young; William, of whom later; Sarah, December 8, 1733; Josiah, April 30, 1736, married Susannah Ramsdell ; Susannah, August 20, 1738, married, February, 1775, Stephen Wait, of Maiden ; Ruth, May 13, 1744, died Septem- ber. 1745; Abijah, born July 8, 1745, died 1780; Ruth, October 16, 1746, died January 9, 1748; , January 7, 1748, died January g, 1748. (VII) William Burrage, son of Thomas Burrage (6), w-as born in Lynn, Massachusetts, December 9, 1731. He settled in his native town then removed to Leominster. Massachusetts, and died there Septem- ber 23. 1820, aged eighty-nine years. He removed to Leominster in the spring of 1767 and bought land there of Joseph Darby, a farm of si.xty acres, for one liundred and forty-four pounds, thirteen shillings, situated in the eastern part of the town on the east- ern slope of the valley of the Nashua river. He was a shoemaker by trade ; also a farmer. We are told that he was a mild and gentle man, diligent, frugal and conscientious. He married. May 20, 1760, Phebe Barrett, of Maiden, Massachusetts. She died May 22, 1822, aged eighty-two years. Their children were: Sarah, born at Lynn, December 31, 1760. married, August 21, 1791, Abigail Fairbanks, of Templeton, died October 10, 1828; Phebe, born February i. 1766. at Lynn, died June 17, tSog: William^ of whom later ; Josiah, born August 16, 1770, married. March 7. iSoo, Ruth Kilburn. of Lunenburg; died November 5. 1856; .Abijah, born April 24. 1673, died September 10, 1787; John, born March 10, 1775. died August 15. 1779: Anna, bom February 4, 1778. married. May 5, 1810. Benjamin Carter, of Leominster ; Joseph, born November 5, 1780. died October 31, 1803; Sarah, born January 2,i. 1784, died September iS. 1806; Patty, born .\pril 21, 17S7. died October 30, 1807. (VIII) Deacon William Burrage, son of William Burrage (7), was born at Leominster, Massachu- setts, September 2, T768. When a youth he was ap- prenticed to learn the tanner's trade of Benjamin Hawk-es of Leominster. At the age of twenty-two years he went into business on his own account as a currier and tanner and built up a prosperous busi- ness. In 1814 he was elected deacon of the Leom- inster Church, serving thirty years. He held many town offices .nnd was a man of sterling character and considerable wealth. He married (first). Feb- ruary 2. I7Q2, Mary Joslin. who . died December 19, 1820. He married (second), June 21, 1821. Roxanna Sanderson, of Leominster and Lancaster. The children of Deacon William and Mary Burrage were: William, born November .30. 1792, died Feb- ruary 27. 179s: Polly, born December 29, 1791. died December 10. 1817; Leonard, born March 14. 1797. married. April 15. 1819, Mira Allen, of Leom- inster; Thirsa, born June 16, 1799. married. June 12, 1817, Thomas Stearns; William, born May 4. WORCESTER COUNTY 371 1S02, married, June i. 1824, Mary Ann Richardson; Caroline, born September 10, 1805, died October 22. 1826. The children of Deacon William and koxanna Burrage were: George, born May 15, 1823, married (first), April 2, 1844, Martha G. Phelps; (second), January i, 1851. Aurelia Chamberlain; he died May 16, 1S76; William F., of whom later; Mary Jane, born January 12. 1829, died August 22, 185 1 ; Charles W., born August 25, 1830. mar- ried, November 30, 1854, Sarah J. • Hills, of Leominster ; Henry Augustus, born March 29, 1833, died April 10, 1838; Martha Ann, born March 17, '835, married, February 16, 1859, Porter M. Kim- liall ; died November 5, 1863 ; Henry Waldo, born March 31, 1840, died March 19, 1S41 ; Daniel Bar- rett, born September 16, 1841, died April 28, 1843. (IX) William F. Burrage, son of William Bur- rage (8), was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, \pril 5, 1826. He attended the district schools and worked on his father's farm during his youth. He ihen learned the business of chair making, which liad become an important industry in Leominster, Gardner, Winchcndon and towns in that vicinity. He followed that business as w'orkman and manu- facturer all his active years. He died November I'. 1873. a comparatively young man. He married, July 5, 1849, Eva M. Lawrence, of Leominster. Her father -was a dancing teacher in his younger d.iys, later a farmer. Their children were : Mary 1".., born 1851, died September 19, 1874; Leonard I-",, born November 2, 1853, of whom later; Harriet .\L, born August 21, 1856, died November 12, 1874. (X) Leonard F. Burrage, son of William F. I'lirrage (9), was born in Leominster, Massachu- -i-ts. November 2. 1853. He was educated in the 1 eominster public schools. He served an apprentice- ship at the stone mason's trade and followed it as a i"urncjnnan for a number of years, eventually going into business on his own account as mason and I'liilding contractor in the well known firm of F. .^f. Leavitt & Company. His firm is one of the ' =t known and most successful in his section. Mr. I'urragc has had the contracts for many of the •■:oft important buildings erected in late years in Leominster. Among others his firm furnished the ■-■ranite for the new Unitarian church and built the H.iwes Memorial Chaoel, besides many dwellings and business blocks. Mr. Burrage is a Republican in politics and a Unitarian in religion. He has devoted himself almost exclusively to his home and business and is not a member of any fraternal orders. He married Mary Li'lian Packard, who died in lQt>2. Their children, all born in I.^ominster, were : Grace Lawrence, born January 24. 1877, married Willi.-im H. Kenney: William H., born August 26, t88r, student in college ; Alice, born September 16, 1885. student in college : Leonard F., Jr., born No- vember 2, 1887. student in college; Ronald P., born April 20. 1893. ROOT FAMILY. Thomas Roote (i), the immi- grant ancestor of Charles Arthur Root, of Ux- •idge. Maears and where his children were born, although, on account of the incompleteness of the early records of Hartford, the birth of one only was recorded. This Tbnnias Roote. as it was spelled then, is to be distinguished from Thomas Rootes, of Salem. Thomas Roote, of Hartford, was a soldier in the Pequot war in 1637. He was a proprietor of the town of Hartford m 1639, and his name is found on the monument in the old graveyard in Hartford in the rear of the Center Church erecteH by the -Vneient Burial Ground Association in memory of the lirst sutlers of the city. He was a considerable landholder there, and one parcel of the land as- signed lu him was located on what is now North Main street, about a mile west of the State House. Alter a residence of about fifteen years in Hartford he removed with his six sons and one daughter and settled in Northampton, Massachusetts, May 9, 1O54, as one of tlie planters of what was then called Nonotuck. In the Massachusetts colonial documents we find that in 1659, on petition, he was appointed one of the selectmen, lie was a weaver as well as farmer. His record of land assigned to him by the town is dated December 7, 1659. Among the eight original members of the church at Nonotuck was Roote on June 18, 1661, and some say that he was deacon of the church. His homestead was on King street, opposite the site of the Roman Catholic church. Thomas Roote died, July 17, 1694, aged eighty- nine years, naming his children in his will and men- tioning that he lived with his son Jonathan at the old homestead. The name of his wife is not known. The children were : Joseph, born about 1640, of whom later; Thomas, born about 1644; John, born January 10, 1&46, died September 19, 1O77; Jonathan, married, Marcli 22, ibiSo, died December 25, 1741; Hezekiah, married, about 1682, died September 29, 1690; Jacob, died August 9, 1731; Sarah, married, March 20, 1679. (II) Joseph Root, son of Tho:i;as Roote (l), was born in 1640 at Hartford, Connecticut. He re- moved with his father to Northampton, Massachu- setts, and settled there. His record of land granted is dated February, 1659. He married (first), De- cember 30, 1660, Hannah Hayiies, daughter of Ed- mund Haynes, an emigrant from England, who was early at Springfield. She died January 28, l6gi. He married (second) Mary (Holton) Burt, daugh- ter of William Holton and widow of David Burt. She died April 19, 171 1, at Southampton. He died April 19, 171 1, at Northampton. The children of Joseph and Hannah Root were: Hannah, born July 9, 16G2, married, December 27, 1682, John Hutchin- son, of Lebanon; Joseph, born January 15, 1664, died October 23, 1690, aged twenty-six years; 'I'homas, born April 13, 1667, died 1726, aged fifty-nine years; John, born September 11, 1669, died 1710, aged forty-one years; Sarah, born March 4, 1671, died in infancy; Sarah, born March 4, 1672, married, l6gi, Samuel Hutchinson, of Lebanon ; Hope, born Sep- tember 25, 167s, died July 10, 1750, aged seventy- four years ; Hezekiah, born January 1, 1677, of whom later. (III) Hezekiah knot, son of Joseph Root (2), was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, January, 1676. He settled there. He married, March 23, 1713, Martha Bridgman, daughter of John and Mary (Sheldon) Bridgman. He died 1766 and she June 4, 1766, Their children were : Hezekiah, born Jan- urary 29, 1714, of whom later; Dorothy, born October 7. 1715, married, ."Vpril 24, 1740, Charles Phelps, Simeon, born April 20, 1718, died March 7, 1752, aged thirty-three years: Martha, married John Mil- ler, of Williamsburg, Massachusetts; Jemima, born April I, 1722, married Allen, and settled in Greenfield; Hannah; Miriam, born February 20, 3/2 WORCESTER COUNTY 1736; Joseph, born 1728, died March 7, 1802, aged seventy-four years ; Esther, born September 14, 1747 ; Orlando, born July 29, 1734, died 1805, aged seventy-one years. (IV) Hezekiah Root, son of Hezekiah Root (3), was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, January 29, 1714. He married Mary (Bridgman) King, widow. He went to Belchertown, Massachusetts, among the early settlers before 1736 with his brother Orlando. He was a member of the church at the time of the settlement of Rev. Justus Forward in 1756. Their children were : Elisha, born Septem- ber 23, 1744, of whom later; Hezekiah, studied medi- cine at Worcester and practiced at Northfield, Massa- chusetts ; Miriam, died unmarried; Rhoda, married Elijah Holton, of Northfield, Massachusetts. (V) Elisha Root, son of Hezekiah Root (4), was born at Belchertown. Massachusetts, September 23, 1744. He lived in that town. He was a soldier ill the revolution, 7776 and 1777. under Lieutenant James Hubbard. He married, 1766, Mary Cowles, who was born September 23. 1742. He died 1822. 10, 1817, aged seventy-two years ; she died 1822. Their children were : Darius, born November 2, 1767, of whom later; Remembrance, born December 6. 1770, died June 27. 1836, aged sixty-five years; Electa, born January 23, 1772, married Hezekiah Bush ; Esther, born September 18, 1779, died Novem- ber, 1845, aged sixtv-six vears. (VI) Darius Root, son of Elisha Root (s). was born at Belchertown, Massachusetts, November 2, 1767, and removed to Ludlow, Massachusetts. He married, March 21, 1799, Dorcas Sikes, who was born April 13, 1774, and died January, 1826. He married (second), December, 1828, Martha Green. He died February 8. 1847, aged seventy-nine years. Children of Darius and Dorcas were : Delia, born December 23, 1799, married, April, 1821, Calvin Talmadge and she died 1859; Eliza, born September 15, 1801, died September 25. i860; Hezekiah, born February 6, 1803, of whom later ; Maria, born No- vember 30, 1804, married, 1S27, Olney Goff ; Eunice Smith born July 15. 1806, married, 1835, Herman Booth; Elisha King, born May 10, 1808, died Sep- tember I, 1865; resided at Hartford, Connecticut; was for many years foreman in Colonel Colt's Fire- arms Manufacturing Company, and when Colonel Colt died he was elected president of the corpora- tion and superintendent of the factory ; died Septem- ber I, 1865. at Hartford; married Charlotte R. Chapin and (second) Matilda Colt; Julia, born January 13. 1810. died young; Emeline. born Jan- uary I. 1S12. died voung: Franklin, born April 8, 1815. (VII) Hezekiah Root, son of Darius Root (6). \Vas born at Ludlow. Massachusetts, February 6, 1803. He lived at Ludlow and was a prosperous manufacturer there. He was active in public affairs and was representative to the general court for three years, from 1S62 to 1865. He married (first). 1828, Sally Wetherby, and (second), December 15. 1831. Maria Jencks. The only child of the first marriage was Josephine. Children of Hezekiah and Maria Root were : George E.. born 1835. mar- ried. May 27, 1863. at Springfield, Massachusetts, ."Xdelaide Hyde, daughter of Freeborn C. and Sarah Hyde, born' in 1834; Ellen Eliza, William, Charles Benjamin Jencks. of whom later. (VIII) Charles Benjamin Jencks Root, son of Hezekiah Root (7), was born in Ludlow. Massa- chusetts, 1846. He received his early education in his native town. In partnership with his father he conducted a general store in Ludlow for several years. After they sold out j\Ir. Ludlow secured a lucrative position as travelling salesman, for which he seemed especially gifted, and in which he re- mained throughout the active years of his life. He was a singer of unusual talent and became widely known in musical circles. In 1880 he removed from Ludlow to Boston and was soloist in some of the leading choirs of the city. He died in Boston in 1901. He married, 1873, Annie Atchinson, of VVil- braham, Massachusetts; she died at Ludlow in 1879, leaving one child, Charles Arthur Root, born Sep- tember II, 1874, of whom later. (IX) Charles Arthur Root, son of Charles B. J. Root (8), was born in Ludlow, Massachusetts, September 11, 1874. He attended the public schools of his native town, and of Charlestown and Chelsea, Massachusetts. He began to work at the age of fifteen in a wholesale meat concern at Groton, Connecticut, but removed after a short time with his parents to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was employed in a wholesale hardware store for a year, when he returned to Ludlow to live with his grandmother. About this time Mr. Root made plans for his future ot a more ambitious nature. He went to work in the Hecla Mill at Uxbridge, first in the office, and then, beginning at the bottom he worked his way through all the departments of the woolen mill, became an operative, and in short learned the busi- ness thoroughly from top to bottom. In January, 1900, he made the move be had been planning for years. He got an option on the old Wacantuck mill in Wheelocksvillc which had been idle for many years. It was out of repair and many of the con- servative business men shook their heads and pre- dicted failure for the young mart. But lie went ahead, repaired the old mill and started •his plant with eight looms, buying his yarns and warps, and producing a superior grade of cotton worsteds, tlie first of the kind manufactured in Uxbridge. The goods found a ready market. Louis Bcchman. an influential commission merchant of New York, aided Mr. Root materially in getting an outlet for hi- goods. He agreed to dispose of the goods and en- couraged Mr. Root, in wdioni he manifested the greatest confidence, to enlarge the capacity of In- mil! and increase the output. More looms wen. installed and all the outbuildings as well as the old mill were used and yet the demand outgrew the capacity of the plant. In 1905 a large new mill wa- built by Mr. Root, but even with the new mill then was a demand for a still larger plant, and Mr. Roi t has already planned a new corporation with threr hundred thousand dollars capital to manufacture the same class of goods. ]\Ir. Root has demonstrated his foresight and business ability, and at Uxbridge and in the textile world his name stands for enter- prise and success, although he is still a young man in years. His pluck and ambition have brought good things to the town of Uxbridge as well as large rewards to himself. It means much to a manu- facturing place to have energetic young men enter tile lists as manufacturer and succeed. Mr. Root has not been too busy to do his .share in the public service. He has been a member of the school com- mittee and town auditor for several years. In pol- itics he is a Republican and is a member of the Re- publican town committee. He is a past grand master of the Uxbridge Lodge of Odd Fellows and has taken the Knight Templar degree in the Masonic WORCESTER COUNTY 373 order. Ho is a prominent member of the Common- wealth Club and director of the Nipmuck Canoe Club. He i.s a trustee of the Uxbridge Savings Bank-. He is an active member of the Unitarian church and member of the prudential committee. He married Jane Frances Wheelock. dau,ghtor of Charles A. and Jane (Sprague) Wheelock. Octo- ber 12, 1898. They have two children: Doherty, born July 15, 1899; Deborah, October 27, 1904. EDWIN HUGHES HILL, born in England, September 3, 1834, came to America about 1840. He resided in New York city several years, then removed to Norwich. Connecticut. Came to Wor- cester v.-hcn about fifteen years old and entered Washburn & Moon wire works as office boy, work- ing his way through various responsible positions until he became foreman of barbed fence wire de- partment. Was an inventor of several valuable patents in barbed wire making. Went to California on a visit in 1S84. the year of his retirement from business. In 1885 and again at various times Tie made this California trip, and to Taconia. Seattle and British Columbia. He is a member of Plymouth Church (Congregational). He is a Republican, never active in politics, but very enthusiastic in party. He was a contributor to the Young Men's Christian Association and Independent Order of Odd Fellows home building, and is generously disposed for charitable work, but dislikes making mention of same. He married. June. 1865. Mary Ellen Whit- comb, no issue. CI) John Whitcomh was the emigrant ancestor of Mrs. Edwin H. Hill, of Worcester, Massachu- setts. He was in Dorchester in 1633. joined the church there in 1635, and his youngest son Josiah, who was the ancestor of Mrs. Hill, born there in 1638. He removed to Scituate in 1640 and bought a farm there. He was admitted a freeman June 3. 1652. He served the town as constable and in other positions of trust and responsibility. He removed to Lancaster. Massachusetts, in 1654. He died Septeml)er 24. 1662. aged seventy-four years. He married in England, Frances , who sur- vived him. Her will was dated May 12. 1671. (For furthf-r details of the Whitcomb emigrant ancestor see Whitcomb family sketch elsewhere in this work.) Children of John and Frances Whitcomb were: Catherine. James. John. Robert. Jonathan. Abieail. Job. Josiah. Mary. (II) josiah Whitcomb. son of John Whitcomb (l). was born December, T63S. in Dorchester, the youngest son. He went to Scituate with the family and his name is frequently found on the early records. He married, January 4. 1664. in Lancas- ter. Rebecca Waters, daughter of Lawrence and .\nn C Linton) Waters, of Watertown. Lancaster and Charlestown. She was born February. 1640. In Queen .*nne's war. 7702-1713. be was allowed a garrison on his farm in Lancaster, now Bolton. He was selectman in I70.> He and twenty-nine others signed the church covenant in 1708. He was a deputv to the general court in 1710. His will was flated March 20. 1718. His widow died 1726. Children of Josiah and Rebecca (Waters) Whit- comb were : Josiah. born November 12. 1665 : Josiah. Taniiarv 7. 1666-67: David, see forward: Rebecca, November 12, 1671 : Johannah, March 8, 1674; Hczekiah, Seotember 1 1. 1681 ; Deborah. December 26. 1683: Damaris: Mary: Abigail, March 13. 1687-88: E'.mice. (III) David Whitcomb. son of Josiah Whit- comb (2). was born February 20, 1668. He mar- ried. May 3, 1700. in Concord. Mary (Hay ward) Fairbanks', a widow, who was descended from Re- solved White, who came over with his parents on the "Mayllower." Resolved White was five years old when the Pilgrims landed. His brother, Peregrine White, was the first child born in the Plymouth colony. The first husband of Mary Hay- ward was killed by the Indians. September 4, 1697, and she was taken captive, but was returned on the "Province Galley" from Casco Bay, January 17, 1699. While she lived among the Indians she ac- quired a thorough knowledge of the properties of the medicinal herbs, and she made such good use of her knowledge among her neighbors that she became known as the doctress. David Whitcomb kept the tavern in the southeast part of Bolton. He died April 11. 1730. She died January 5. 1734, aged sixty-seven. Their children were: David, Jonathan. Joseph. Rebecca, baptized 1708: Benjamin, baptized November 26, 1710; Simon, baptized March 7. i7t.Vl4- (IV) Joseph Whitcomb. son of David Whit- comb (3), was born in Lancaster, now Bolton, al>out 1700. He married Damaris Priest, daughter of John and Anna (Houghton) Priest, of Lancaster. Janu- ary 20, 1725. .About 1760 lie removed to West Swanzey. New Hampshire, where he built a saw mill and grist mill where the Stratton mills, the box and bucket shops are now located. He bought land there extensively. He was aboiit sixty years old when he settled in New Hampshire. He died in 1792. aged ninety-two years, and was buried at Swanzey. His wife died November 12. 1770. He was a lieutenant at the siege of Louisburg in 1745 in Captain John Warner's company. Colonel Samuel Willard's regiment. He was in the Crown Point expedition in 17.S.S and was lieutenant of his com- pany. He was" "captain in 1758 under Colonel Timothy Ruggles during the conquest of Canada. Children of Joseph and Damaris (Priest) Whit- comb were: .Abigail, born April 13. 1726: Elizabeth, December 3, 1728: Joseph, March 15, T7.3i-.^2. was lieutenant in revolution: Benjamin, September I, 1735, died young: Damaris. January 7. 1737- fl'cd vo'ung: Benjamin, September 29, 17.38; Jonathan Priest, January 14, 1740, was colonel in the revo- lution: Elisha (twin), October 18, 1742: Eliza- beth (twin), October t8, 1742: Damans. May 21, 1746: Philemon. October 29, 1748, was general in revolution: Abi'ah. June 25, 1751 : Anna. t7-'S- (V) F.li'ha Whitcomb. son of Joseph Whitcomb (4). was born October 18. 1742. He had a colonel's commission. He was with the .American army m Canada in 1776. at Otter Creek in 1777- He was at the battle of Bunker Hill. He married. Octo- ber 7, 1764. Toanna Whitcomb. of Leominster. Mas- sachusetts. He was very prominent in Swanzey. He was state senator for seven years. He died September 17. 1814. His wife, Joanna (Whitcomb) Whitcomb. died December 27. T83.S. Roth arc l"iried in Swanzev. Children of Elisha and Joanna (Whit- comb) Whitcomb were: Elisha. born February 25. 176,: Beniamin. Tulv 28, T766: Joanna. Febru.iry -'I "1767: Phebe. March 21, 1769: David, October "Q 1770- .Asa, November 10. 1772; Lucy. May 10, 1774- Salmon, I^Iarcb 19. 1776: Josiah. November TO 1777. fli*^'! voung; Josiah. 1783: Abigail. 1785: Joseph. September 18, 1788. , r-v u (VI) Joseph Whitcomb, son of Colonel hhsha Whitcomb (5), was born in Swanzey. New Hamp- shire September 18, 178S. He married, April 20. 374 WORCESTER COUNTY iSil, Salla Whitcomb, born October 24, 1792. They settled in Swanzcy, where he died May 11, 1853. His widow died January 7, 1875. She married (sec- ond) Stephen Harris. Children of Joseph and Salla (Whitcomb) Whitcomb were: Semira, born Sep- tember 15, 1811, married George W. Lane; Elmer, September 5, 1813, died August 21, 1879, at Malone, New York; Lovisa. May 15, 1815, married Aquila Ramsdell; Anliza, November 12, 1816, married William Tcnney, of Marlboro, New Hampshire ; she died January 2, 1875; Nancy, March 10, i8i8, married Willard Hall, of Worcester ; she died April 14, 1878; Martha Carter, June 16, 1819, married C. G. Ramsdell; Calvin, November 2, 1821, died May '3. 1^33; Joseph, June 15, 1824, died in California, unmarried: Sarah E., September 30, 1826; Fostina Maria, July 20, 1830, married Wesley Ballon ; mar- ried (second) Henry Dawson, May 25, 1861, at Keene, New Hampshire (born at Belmont, Lancashire, England, March 29, 1841); she died June I. 1886; John Sabin, February 19, 1833, died August 8, 1854. unmarried : Calvin Munroe. May 29, 183s ; Mary Ellen, March 10. 1839, married Ed- win H. Hill, of Worcester, Massachusetts, June, 1865. No issue. BROOKS FAMILY. Captain Thomas Brooks (i) was the immigrant ancestor of John Hapgood Brookb, of Worcester. He came over according to some authorities in April, 1635, in the ship "Susan and Ellen," but, if so, his a^e was not recorded correctly. It is given as eighteen years, but these age records are seldom correct. He was admitted a free- man the following year, and therefore he must have been over twenty-one and some of his children must have been born in England. He himself must have lieen born about 1610, not later. He was admitted a freeman at Watertown, where he settled first, December 7, .1636. He probably came from London. He had a grant of land in 1636 of the Beaver Brook plow lands. Soon afterwards he removed to Con- cord, Massachusetts, and became one of the most prominent citizens of the colony. He was ap- pointed constable of Concord by the general court, December 4, T638. He was deputy to the general court in 1642-43-44 and for four years after 1650. In 1640 he was appraiser of horses, cattle, etc.. for the purposes of taxation. In 1657 he was appointed commissioner to carry on the fur trade with the Indians, etc., at Concord. In 1660 he and Timothy Wheeler bought four hundred acres tjf land at Med- ford, two-thirds of which belonged to Brooks. After the death of his wife he sold his house, Oc- tober 22, 1664. He was captain of the Concord company in active service. He died May 21, 1667, at Concord. His wife Grace died May 12, 1664. Their children were : Hannah, born in England, married, December 13, 1647, Thomas Fox ; Joshua, married Hannah Mason, daughter of the celebrated Captain Hugh Mason; Caleb, born 1632, married, April 10, 1660, Susan Atkinson, born 1641. died 1668, daughter of Thomas Atkinson; married (sec- ond) Hannah Atkinson, sister of first wife; Ger- shom, married, March 12. 1667. Hannah Eckels, daughter of Richard and Mary Eckels; Mary, wife of Captain Timothy Wheeler, died October 4, 1693; Thomas. (II) Joshua Brooks, son of Captain Thomas Brooks (l), was born in England about 16.^0. He was admitted a freeman at Concord, in 1652. He was a farmer and settled in the south part of Concord, Massachusetts, which part of the town became Lin- coln. He sold the estate he owned at Medford to his brother Caleb. He married, October 17, 1653, Hannah Mason, daughter of Captain Hugh Mason, and probably learned the fur trade of his father-in- law. The children of Joshua and Hannah Brooks were: John, born 1657, died May 18, 1697; Noah, born 1666, died February I, 1739; married Dorothy Potter; Grace, born March 10, 1660-61, died 1753; married, 1686, Judah Potter; Daniel, born November 15, 1663. see forward ; Thomas, born May 5, 1666, died September 9, 1671 ; Esther, born July 4, 1668, died 1742; married Benjamin Whittcmore ; Eliza- beth, born December 16, 1672 ; Job, born July 26, 1675, died May 18, 1697 ; Hugh, born January I, 1677, died January 18, 1746 ; married Abigail Barker; Joseph, born 1681, died September, 1759; married Rebecca Blodgett ; Hannah, married Ben- jamin Pierce. (Ill) Daniel Brooks, son of Joshua Brooks (2), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 15, 1663, and died there October 18, 1733. His will dated January 6, 1728-29, names wife Anna, son John, daughter Mary Wheeler, daughter Anna Jones ; sons Samuel and Job. Bond has added the children of Daniel, Jr., and wife Anna to those of this Daniel. Daniel Brooks married, August 9, 1692, Anna Merriam, who was born in Concord in 1669 and died in 1751, daughter of John and Mary (Cooper) Merriam. The children of Daniel and Anna Brooks, all born at Concord, were : Daniel, born June 5. 1693, died same day ; Samuel, born May 5. 1604; Anna, born February 21. 1695-96; Job, born April 16. 1698; Mary, born March 2, 1699-1700; John, born February 12, 1701-02, see forward. fIV) John Brooks, son of Daniel Brooks (3), was born at Concord. Massachusetts, February 12, 1701-02. He also settled in Concord. His wife was Lydia and their children were : John, born in Concord, December 17, 1728; Samuel, born March 16, 1729-30; Charles, see forward; Lydia, born May 7. 1734- , ^ (V) Charles Brooks, son of John Brooks (4), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, April 6, 1732, and died in Princeton, March 8, 1798, aged sixty- six years. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Joseph Sargent's company. Colonel Spar- hawk's regiment on the Lexington Alarm, march- ing April 20, 1775. He became a settler in Prince- ton about the time of his marriage. He is called lieutenant on the public records, thus establishing his military rank. He w-as a prominent man in town affairs, was treasurer in 1778, selectman from 1774 to 17S0 during the difficult period of the revolution. Besides Charles Brooks several relatives from Con- cord settled in Princeton — Enoch and David among the old settlers. Lieutenant Brooks died at Prince- ton. March 8, 1798, aged sixty-six years. He mar- ried Mary , who died August 16, 180S. She was born in 1740. Their children, born in Prince- ton, were: Louisa, October 3, 1768; James. Decem- ber 16. 1770. married. October ,30. 1794. Lydia Tern- pie, of Boylston. and they had nine children; .Abi- gail, September 2, 1773, died September 13. 1806; married, September 19. 1793. Joshua Temple, of Boylston; Charles, July 2, 1776. married (intentions September 20), 1S03. Anna Bartlett, of Rutland; John Hapgood, May 13, 1779, see forward; Calvin, April 9, 1782. married (intentions May 3), 1806, Elizabeth Bartlett. of Rutland: Lucy. December IS, 1785. died March 5. 1820; married, March 29, 1808, Joshua Temple ; Samuel, May 22, 1790. (VI) John Hapgood Brooks, son of Charles (fyyri J^,uj^urv-£^ WORCESTER COUNTY 375 Brooks (5), was born in Princeton, Massachu- setts, May 13, 1779. He received his education in the district schools of that town, and after leaving school served an apprenticeship of seven years in the blacksmith trade, becoming a very skillful and well-known mechanic. He followed this trade through life. His blacksmith shop was situated near the present Brooks Station on the Boston & Maine Railroad, and he owned a large farm also and conducted that in addition to his shop. He and his brother Jonas were neighbors and the' neighborhood came to be called for them "Brooks." All of the buildings on John Hapgood Brooks' farm have been burned or torn down. He died October 18, 1864, in Princeton. Mr. Brooks was an earnest Methodist and in later years, on account of his piety and fervor in religion, he was called "Father John." He was especially prominent at camp meeting in Sterling, where famous gatherings used to be held every summer. In politics he was a Whig, later a Republican. He trained with the militia when a young man. He married (.intentions dated April 11), 1802. Tabitha Lovell, of Holden. She died September 26, 1863. Their children, all born in Princeton, were: Lovell, October 25, 1806, died February 14, 1834; John Hapgood, January 3, 1809, see for- ward; Roxa, May 26, i8li, married, January 3, 1833, Wilks Roper, in Princeton; James Townscnd, February 9, 1814, died September 20, 1826; Tabitha, April 5, 1818, married (intentions dated April 23), 1842, Stcdman Wright, of Hubbardston; William Goodell, January 31, 1823, married, March 25, 1847, aged twenty-four years, Eliza Ann Gill ; James Oliver, March 26, 1829. (VII) John Hapgood Brooks, son of John Hap- good Brooks (6), was born in Princeton, Massa- chusetts, January 3, i8og. He attended the public schools and fitted for college with the intention of studying for the ministry. He entered college, but had to abandon his course because of ill health. He taught school for a few winter terms. He had some skill as a mechanic and entered the employ of a Boston house, setting up machinery. In 1837 he remi.ved to Worcester and worked on the Squire Silas Brooks place at Greendalc, but soon removed to Northville, to what is now called ChadwicK S(|iiare. and bought the farrri known as the Calvin and Mason Brigham place. Soon afterward he built the blacksmith shop which is still standing at the junction of Grove and Boylston street. He owned and occupied at various times several houses in the vicinity, including that now occupied by Alden H. Sears. He sold the last named place to his brother, James Oliver Brooks. In 1856 he moved to the farm he had previously bought of Jonathan Nelson in 1850, consisting of some hundred acres of the old Nelson place. He sold his old blacksmith shop to his brother, James Oliver Brooks, and built a new one in 1858, just below his house on the Nel- son place. At this shop he carried on his black- ^mitbing business until his death. Mr. Brooks was prominent in city affairs. He was a Republican in politics, and represented his ward in the common council of the city of Worcester. He was repre- sentative to the general court of 1856. He was an active member of the old Union Congregational Church and later of the Central Congregational Church, of which he was deacon for many years and superintendent of its Sunday school. He was a member of the Worcester County Mechanics' As- sociation, the Worcester Agricultural Society, the W'orcc.-tcr Horticultural Society. He used to train with the state militia when a young man. He married (lirst), April 9, 1837, at Dedliam, Massachusetts, Olive Ellis Morse, who was born July II, 1816, daughter of Lewis and Nabby U'lsluT) Morse, of Uedham. She died November 18, 1871. He married (second) Lydia Eveline Keyes, daughter of Jonathan Keycs, of West Boyls- ton. (See sketch of the "Keyes family.) Children of John Hapgood and Oliver Ellis Brooks were: Mary Caroline, born at Worcester, March 29, 1838, married, January 31, i860, Emerson Paine Knight, of West Boylston, and they had three children — Harry Brooks, Frank Emerson, born May 16, 1862 ; Mary Winslow Knight, born May 29, 1867; Lewis Morse, born December 2, 1841, enlisted in Company C, Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteers, and died in the service of disease, at Cincinnati, Ohio. John Elliot, born at Worcester, February 27, 1844, died October 19, 1846. Abbie Frances, born in Wor- cester, July 17, 1847, died September 6, 1848. John Hapgood, born May 9, 1849, sec forward. Albert Flopkins, born October 5, 1851, died July 31, 1871. Alice Lydia, born March 3. 1854, died August 24, 1871. The only child of John Hapgood and Lydia Brooks was : Albert Raymond, born in Worcester, January 22, 1878, married, October 10, 1899, Jo- sephine Stowell, of Worcester. (VIII) John Hapgood Brooks, son of John Hap- .gond Brooks (7), was born in Worcester, May 9, 1849. He attended the public schools of Worcester and two years at Worcester Academy. He helped his father on the farm while he was in school and after- ward. He learned the trade of blacksmith and worked with his father in his shop. He continued as a journeyman with his father after he came of age. In 1875 he leased the farm and his father devoted all his time to the blacksmith shop. Later the son bought an undivided interest and also leased his father's interest as long as his father lived. Mr. Brooks established an extensive milk route, which he still owns. He bought out the other heirs after his father's death and is the sole owner of a very valuable and productive estate ; it is located on the road to Holdcn and comprises at present about eighty acres of well tilled land. Some of the original farm has been sold by Mr. Brooks. Mr. Brooks is the oldest living male member of the Ceri- tral (Congregational Church of Worcester. In poli- tics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Worcester Agricultural Society, and he and his wife are members of the United Order of the Golden Cross. He married, October 2. 1872. Ella Danelia Ball, who was born October 2. 1851, at Holden, Massa- chusetts, the daughter of Israel Manning and Mary Dickerman (Newton) Ball. Her father was a school teacher and farmer. The children of John Hap- good and Ella Danelia Brooks are: Herbert Will- iams, born .April 26. 1874. died February 19. 187s; Olive Marion, born October 11, 1875, is a music leachcr and resides at home with her parents; John Hapgood, Jr., born February 11, 1878, graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute as civil engineer in class of 1900. He was then employed bv the Northern Pacific Railroad, reaching the posi- tion of road master, and remaining until May, 190.S. He was then emplnyed with a contracting firm until October. 1906, when he went to Aki'-ka, where he is now in the employ of the Alaska Central Rail- road Company as civil engineer. He married Mary E. Jewett, of Worcester. Alice Warren, born Au- 376 WORCESTER COUNTY gu>t 24, 1879. married Walter Fuller, of Worcester, .graduate of the Polytechnic Institute of Worcester and Georgetown University, law department, class •of 1904, and resides in Chicago. Ida Louise, born May 5. 1S81, resides at home with parents. Lewis Maiming, born December 7, 1882, married Ava Murphy, of Worcester ; he is a farmer. Hazel New- ton, born January 15, 1887, attends high school. Artliur Lovell, born March 26, 18S5, died April 2, 1&85. Roger Emerson, born March 12, 1891, student in the public schools. All of the foregoing were born in Worcester. THOMAS JEFFERSON HARRINGTON, de- ceased, who was for many years prominently identi- fied witli the manufacturing and financial interests 01 Millbury, Worcester county, Massachusetts, was a representative of a family which had been set- llcd in the state of Massachusetts for many years. Noah Harrington, father of Thomas Jefferson Harrington, in association with his brother Samuel ■was engaged in the hotel business in Boston, con- ducting the house formerly known as the Exchange Hotel, and there they acquired some property. Noah resided in Shrewsbury for a short time, but he 3nd his brother shortly after came to Worcester, where they purchased a farm in the easterly part ■of the town. On account of the many roads and liigliways which have been laid out in this sec- tion of the town, many of the farms have been ■divided up for building lots. Each of these two brothers was the father of ten children, most of whom lived to middle age, and a number of them to far beyond that period of life. The oldest son ■of Noah Harrington. Williain. was the builder of ""Harrington's Corner," and lived to the advanced age of eighty-three years. Another son was Thomas Jefferson. , Thomas Jefferson Harrington, son of Noah Har- rington, was born in Worcester, Worcester county, Massachusetts, January 26, 1804. He was educated in the public schools of Worcester, but desiring to learn some mechanical trade went to Millbury in the year 1826. there being a gun factory in that town which was then owned and operated by Asa Waters, a contractor for the building of muskets for the government. His older brother was em- ployed at this place and he had a brother-in-law, who was a gunsmith and sub-contractor. He found no difficulty in obtaining employment in the factory •of Mr. Waters, and he rapidly rose to positions of trust and responsibility. Mr. Harrington was ad- mitted to membership in the firm of A. H. Waters •& Company in 1831, at which time they were manu- facturing guns in the armory. The firm built what Is now ( 1906) known as the Millbury Cotton Mills in 1843, in England; Samuel, born 1629, died 1700; Nathaniel, born in England, 1630, died 1724, aged ninety-four years ; Thomas, see forward : Hannah, born in England, married, November 6, 1654, Onesi- ferous Marsh. (II) Thomas Cutler, fifth child of John Cutler (i)j was born in England about 1633. Early in; life he resided in Reading, but later settled in that part of Charlestown later called Stoneham. His home was a few rods east of the present main road from Stoneham to Wakefield within Charlestown, but eight miles from the then village and less than one mile from South Reading, now Wakefield,. whcrefore the records of birth at Reading. The- old farm remained in the Cutler family until 1820, and is still called the Cutler or Doyle place. He married, March 19, 1659, Mary Giles, daughter of Edward and Bridget Giles, of Salem, Massachu- setts. She married (second) — Verry. Her will is dated January 14, 1679. He died December 7. 1683, at Charlestown. and his widow married (third), June 20, 1684, Matthew Smith, Sr. The children of Thomas and Mary Cutler were : Thomas, see forward ; Mary, born October 24, 1663, married Nathaniel Smith ; Sarah, born November 2;}, 1666, married William Euslis ; Ruth, born Feb- ruary 2, 1668, married John Smith, Jr. ; David, born February 22. 1670; Jonathan, born January 14. 1677. (III) Thomas Cutler, eldest child of Thomas Cutler (2), was born in the part of Charlestown later Stoneham. February 24, 1660. He subscribed to the fund for the first church at Stoneham in 1725. He married. December 20. 1685. Elizabeth Felch, daughter of Henry Felch, Jr., of Reading. He mar- ried (second) Hannah . He died November 7, 1732. a.ged seventy-two years. The births of all their children were recorded in the nearest town, Reading, viz : Thomas, born March 3. 1691 : Eliza- beth, born June 7. 1692. died July 2. 1713; Hannah, born June 25. 1696, died May 27. 1729, at Stoneham; Mary, born .August 28. 1698. married Samuel Hard- ing: Ebenezer. see forward; Ruth, born 1704. died .March II. 1766. (IV) Ebenezer Cutler, fifth child of Thomas Cutler (3). was born in Charlestown, later called' .'^tnneham. November 17. 1700. He was taxed in Stoneham. 1724, but in 1725 removed to Sbrews- burv. Massachusetts. He married Abigail Felch,. of Reading. Their farm was near the Grafton line and they worshipped at Grafton. He signed a peti- tion November 29. 1741, to be set off from Shrews- bury to Grafton ; the petition was granted by the general court. Januarv 7. 1742. His will is dated February 2. 1779, and was proved March I, 1779. Owing probably to disturbed money values during the revolution his estate was valued at the un- usually large sum of eight thousand nine hundred and sixty-two pounds. S J>CLA-0~n -t^-<-6xZo.i_ ,. ^\ WORCESTER COUNTY Z79 The children of Ebenezer and Abigail Cutler, all born in Shrewsbury, were : Ebenezer, born Au- gust 23, 1729, died August 23, 1819; Abigail, born May 28, 1731, died unmarried about 1778; Eliza- beth, born October 9, 1732, died April 24, T765; Thomas, born 1735. died January 9, 1736; Jonathan, see forward ; David, born September 7, 1737, died about 1779, ^Tobably unmarried; Moses, born Feb- ruary 16, 1739; died about 1808; Mary, born April 25, 1740, died probably before 1784. (V) Jonathan Cutler, fifth child of Ebenezer Cutler (4), was born in Shrewslnirj-, Massachu- setts, May I. 1736. He married at Marlboro, Massa- chusetts. March i, 1761. Deliverance Hathorn, who died October 18, 1818, aged eighty-three years. Jonathan Cutler settled on a farm in the north part of Shrewsbury, deeded to him by his father. He died there August 28, 1809. Their children: Nathaniel, see forward : Elizabeth, born April 21, 1767, died unmarried June 11. 1830; Thomas, born August 6. 1769, died in Pittsford, Vermont, Au- gust 18, 1819; Sarah, born September 30. 1771, mar- ried Patrick Delaney. May 14, 1795; Lydia, bom January 4, 1774, resided at Pittsford, Vermont, in 1805, W'ith brother Thomas ; married, 1836, Aniasa Wcca; Joel, born September 28, 1776, died about 1846; Patty, born September 15, 17S0. (VI) Nathaniel Cutler, eldest child of Jonathan Cutler (s), was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, April 2, 1765. He married Lucinda Carroll, of Ward (Auburn), September 22, 1803. Late in life he was eccentric and lived a hermit life in Shrews- bury, Massachusetts, for several years. He died there October 7, 1833. His only child was: Charles,- born about 1805, see forward. (VH) Charles Cutler, only son of Nathaniel Cutler (6). was born at Shrewsbury, Massachu- '^(■tts. about 1805. He married, at Holden. Massa- chusetts, December i, 18,^6, Sarah Bachellor (See Holden records. Given Dickinson in Cutler gene- :iIogy). She died at Holden, August .30. 1839, aged twenty-three years. He married (second), at Pax- ton. September r. 1840, Paulina Kent, of Paxton, of the Leicester Kent family. He settled on a farm in Holden and died there in 1850. Charles and Sarah (Bachellor) Cutler had one child: Julia Maria, horn in Holden. .August 4, 1838; married, April 25, 1S59. Dexter Heminway, of Shrewsbury; died December.tT88i. The children of Charles and Paulina (Kent) Cutler were: George Edwin, born in Holden, May 18, 1S41, enlisted in the Fourth Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Company E, and died of pneumonia contracted in the service, in 1864 : he was unmarried ; Charles, Jr., see forward. (VHI) Charles Cutler, third child of Charles Cutler (7), w;is born in Holden Massachusetts, October 31, 1844. His father died when he was but -ix years old, and he then removed to Worcester •'d went to school there. His education, however, ■as a very limited one, consisting of attendance at tlie common schools for three months during the winter, the remainder of the year being occupied with working on the farm. At the age of seven vears he was bound out to a farmer for three years. \t the end of two and a half years he hired out liis services for five dollars per month, and followed farming until the time of his enlistment in 1864. In this year ho enlisted in Company D, Fourth Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, which was organ- ized as an infantry company, then changed to heavy artillery, and recruited from one hundred to one hundred and fifty men. They left Worcester for camp in Rcadvillc, August 12. 1864, and were mustered m at the last named place August 19, as the Twentieth Unattached Company, Heavy Artil- lery. The company then went to Galloupe's Island, Boston Harbor, for organization, August 25. They sailed from this place for Washington, on the transport Ren Deford, September 11. Were as- signed to duty at Fort Stevens, Maryland, Septem- ber 15. and remained there until September 28. when the company was ordered to report to Fort TilHnghast, Virginia. It was on duty there with the Nineteenth Unattached Company, Heavy Artillery, under command of Captain Wade, the post com- mander. While at Fort TilHnghast it was organ- ized with eleven other companies into a regiment and was designated as Company D, Fourth Regi- ment, Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, with William' S. King as colonel. From November 27, 1864. until the mustering out in June, 1865, the company did' duty at Forts Whipple, Richardson, and Berry, Vir- ginia. It arrived in Boston. June 2, 1865. without the loss of a single man ; from there went to Rcad- ville, where it was mustered out, August i, 1865. After returning from the war Mr. Cutler en- gaged in the teaming business at the corner of Jack- son and Beacon streets. He bought his first teams from his former employer. E. C. Cleveland, partner in the firm of Cleveland & Bassett. His first con- tract was to haul six thousand feet of lumber for Hon. Ellery B. Crane, who was at that time in the lumber business. Mr. Cutler was then associated with Benjamin W. Dean, in the moving of build- ings. Mr. Cutler furnishing the horses needed in the work. Mr. Dean was the pioneer in the building moving business in Worcester, and on some occas- ions used as many as forty horses and oxen on one piece of work at one time. Mr. Cutler later took up this business alone, and has for many years been the leader in it in this section of the country. He has moved a barn, forty by one hundred feet, con- taining about one hundred tons of hay; he has raised many old buildings so that extra stories could be built under the old structures. .AH the leading contractors in Worcester and nearby towns employ his services. He makes a specialty of handling heavy machinery. At the beginning of the present year (t 006) he moved a piece of machinery weigh- ing thirty tons, on one pair of trucks. He has the most improved facilities for handling heavy work, both in machinery and buildings. He was for a time in partnership with Charles Tatman, of Stur- bridge, doing business under the firm name of Cutler & Tatman. For a number of years he was engaged in carrying pleasure parties on trips and rides in sleighs and stage coaches, or "barges," as they are called. His place of business is located at No. 29 Lagrange street, and his residence is No. ,30 Lake street. In politics he is a Republican. His industry, application, and excellent business methods have not failed of their natural result. Mr. Cutler is now on the high road to prosperity, and he mav with truth say that he owes it all to his own unaided efforts. He is a self-made man, one of the sort of whom our country may well be proud, ready to do his duty to the' fullest extent toward his country, as well as to serve his private interests. He married, November 26. 1867, Georgia A. Davis, born November 26, 1847. daughter of Samuel Davis, of Holden. They have one child, Ida M.,- born May 2r, 1872, residing with her parents. 38o WORCESTER COUNTY BROWN FAMILY. James Brown (i), one of the early settlers in Hatfield, is believed to be the ancestor of the Brown family of western Massa- chusetts from which Irving Swan Brown and Luther C. Brown, of Worcester, are descended. (II) James Brown, son of James Brown, of Hatfield, was one of the proprietors and first set- tlers of Colchester, Connecticut, in 1714, with his sons, James, Samuel. Thomas and William. (III) Samuel Brown, son of James Brown (2), was born about t68o. He was a town officer of Colchester. He married at Colchester. May 12, 1713. His wife died, after having one child, July 2, 1714. He married (second) Priscilla Kent, April 11, 1715. The son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Collins) Brown wa>; : Daniel, see forv ard. Children of Samuel and Priscilla (Kent) Brown were: David, born May 29, 1716, married Abigail Mills, March 9, 1739; Samusl. December 12. 1718, died October 5. 1719; Elizabeth, November 16, 1720; Samuel, March 10, .1723; Samuel. August 17, 1729; Abner, March 23, 1730; Mary. February 13, 1732. (IV) Daniel Browu. son of Samuel and Eliza- beth (Collins) Brown, was born in Colchester, June 12, 1714. (V) Collins Brown, who is presumed to be the son of Daniel Brown (4), named for his mother, settled in Chicopee, Massachusetts, but re- moved later to Masonville, Delaware county. New York. He married Margaret Chapin. daughter of John Chapin, who was born May i, 1753. married, August 5. 1775, Margaret Ely. His father was Phineas Chapin. Children of Collins and Mar- garet Brown were: Abel, see forward: Patty, mar- ried Ichabod Whitney and had three children; Quzrtus, married Thirza Smith and had eight chil- dren : Ara. married Silas Kneeland and had nine children: .^nn, died unmarried: Polly, scalded to death: Collins J., married Sarah Griswold and had three children : Unevilda. married David Teed and had six children: Mary Ann, married Stephen Whitman and had nine children. (VI) Abel Brown, son of Collins Brown (5), was born in Connecticut or western Massachusetts. His birth is not recorded at Springfield, although it is believed that he was born there. He w-as born about 1780. He is described in the Biography of Rev. .'\bel Brown, his son, as "a respectable farmer of retired habits, known but little abroad." He lived in Springfield, Massachusetts, during his youth and earlv manhood. In 1821 he removed with all his family to Fredonia, New York, and later he and part of the family settled in Wisconsin. • He mar- ried Joanna Lyman, daughter of Timothy Lyman, of whom a sketch appears herewith. The sons and •grandsons seem to have inherited strong family characteristics from the Lyman family. Their chil- dren : Son, Thomas, Abel, see forward : Edwin, Cynthia, the only daughter, was a missionary : she married Reuben Mercer, and settled in Missouri where she died November. 1840: Lyman, born Au- gust 2a. 1822. (VII) Rev. .Abel Brown, son of Abel Brown (6), was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Novem- laer Q, 1810. died in Canandaigua. New York, No- vember 8. ^&^d. He had a short but very useful and eventful life. He was the third of six children in a family where close economy and prudence had to be exercised. His early opportunities for edu- cation were slight. When he was twelve years old he began to help in a store and in his early teens was eager to follow a mercantile life. Later he became very religious and determined to become a preacher. The family removed to Madison county. New York, in 1821. He joined the church at Fre- donia when he was nineteen. Two years later he entered the Literary and Theological Seminary at Hamilton, New York. His description of life at this institution seventy-five years ago in a letter to his sister is interesting: "We rise in 'the morning at half past four, assemble at five and attend prayers (O, CyiUhia it is a pleasant place). Breakfast at about half past six. We have porridge and bread for breakfast — meat, sauce and bread for dinner or leave the meat and take butter, as we choose. For tea, we lake cold water, bread and butter. This is the fare of most of the students of the abstinence society, but tea, coffee, etc., are furnished for those who wi?h them." He had to depend on his own exertions for support while in school. He had the best wishes of his parents and he used often to write of the religious instructions received at home. He seemed to practice self-denial in addition to the hardships of his situation as we see it. He visited hospitals and had two Bible classes and two Sablinth schools on Sunday while in the seminary. He began to preach also and in 1832 preached nine times in Springfield and also in other places. In one of his letters that year he says of his old home : "Grandmother Pendleton is still living, although ninetv-four years old. She is a poor, helpless, in- sensible old lady. I have visited the houses and farm where I was born, but it does not appear as it did in childhood. The beautiful bed of lilies is gone. The stately oak has been removed. The shed has fallen and decaved. The fine peach trees are not seen and even the house itself is decayed and fast falling to pieces." In 18.32 his sister became a missionary largely through his influence and went to Sault St. Marie tn work on the frontier among the Indians. Later she went west of the Mississippi river to the Shaw- nee Mission on the northwest frontier of Missouri with Mr. and Mrs. Merrill. Their work was among the Ottoe Indians. They endured many hardships, inchidi'ig scanty provisions. A characteristic letter ivo'.Ti Rev. .Abel Brown at the time his younger lirother was thirteen years old admonished him for not being able to read his Greek testament as readily as Virgil. He went into the mission work in New York state when churches and Sunday schools were few and inadequate for the needs of the people, especi- ally in the counties of Madison, Courtland, Cayu.ea. Erie and Chautauqua. As a licentiate preacher he visited Oswego in the summer and fall of 1835. His fiancee. Miss Mary Ann Brigham, was his as- sistant in 1S35 at Auburn, gathering statistics, visit- ing families, helping in temperance work to which his attention was given more and more. They were married December 4, 1835, and continued their work together. In 183.!; temperance reform was unpopular. He was "mobbed, cowskined, knocked beside the head and assaulted five or six times during the year." He became an Abolitionist in the full sense of the term and entered the lists at every opportunit>-. At .Auburn he barely escaped with his life. .A mob of five hundred collected around the hotel. He managed to get out of the hotel and throu.gh the crowd, but was pursued for eight miles. .A man on horseback who had been paid to kill him cau.ght up with him. but was persuaded to abandon his purpose by a five dollar bill. The mob was led by WORCESTER COUNTY 3Sr promiiiciu grocers who then sold West India goods generally. In 1836, at Westfield, New York, he was whipped by Dr. C. Jones, who thought he had been slandered in a sermon. He was ordained November 16, 1837, at North- east, Pennsylvania. He accepted a call to Beaver, Ohio, the next year, and worked in the adjacent towns of Bridgewater, Old Brighton and New Brighton, Fallston, Freedom and Chippeway. He was active in the Underground railroad to aid slaves on their way to Canada and in 1838 was arrested once for this work. The evidence was lacking, though he was, of course, guilty and gloated over his success in the escape of the slaves. In April, 1839. he was appointed agent of the Western Education Society and helped in the effort to raise SSo.ooo to form a college. "There is a great neces- sitv.'' he wrote, "for a wholesale business to be done in educating promising young men and w'omen. At least 10,000 teachers of common schools are wanted now to instruct over 500,000 children desti- tute of educational opportunities in the valley of the Mississippi." In July, 1839. he accepted a commission from the Massachusetts Abolition Society, and subse- 'luently settled as pastor of the Baptist Church in Northampton in that state. His wife was active at this time as lecturer for the Moral Reform Society and the New England F. M. Society. Both temperance and anti-slavery movements began to >how signs of progress, and in Auburn, where a few years before Mr. Brown had been mobbed, the man who had horsewhipped the preacher turned his lit|UOrs into the gutter and joined the reformers, many of whom were in the mob also. He became associated in the publication of the "Tocsin of Lib- erty" with E. W. Goodwin at Albany, New York, in 1842. He was active in the organization and work of the New Yorw Anti-slavery Society, in which twelve counties were represented. He was prose- cuted by pro-slavery men for alleged libel of Henry Clay, Thurlow Weed and others, but the cases were finally nolle pross"d. Often he had to leave his house on account of threats to destroy it. He was mobbed again in 1842 at .Auburn on account of his abolition speech. His wife died in 1842, at the age of twenty-seven, ending at an early age a very useful career. She was then the editor of the "Golden Rule" published at Albany. She was the founder of the Orphims' Home in that city. She left two children : Walter and Charles. Mr. Brown married (second). May 15, 1843. Catherine Swan, daughter of Samuel Swan, of Hubbardston, Massachusetts. She was then the agent of the Eastern New York Anti-slavery So- ciety. She assisted Mr. Brown at his meetings, singing and speaking. In 1843 they visited Michi- gan and in November returned to Massachusetts, where Mr. Brown and Lewis Washington spoke at Boston, Lowell, Andover and other places. Vio- lence at their meetings was the rule rather than the exception in New York state. Even Mrs. Brown was assailed with eggs and other filth at a meeting in Westport. At Troy the mob prevented their meeting, and they were stoned and beaten on their way from the hall. Mr. Brown died after a short illness, November 8, 1844, at Canandaigua, New York, W'here he was buried. "In every department of Anti-slavery enterprise he exhibited a spirit that could not rest while so I much was at stake and so much required to be done. In circulating anti-slavery publications, in urging religious denominations to practice the principles they avowed and by their presses, ministers, inliu- ences and benevolence and societies to assist our colored brother who was bleeding in tlie porch of ihe sanctuary — in bringing the political parties at the north from under the thralldom in which they were kept by the slave power, in assisting as a mem- ber of the Vigilance Committee trembling Ameri- cans to the number of not less than a thousand to the shelter afiforded by a monarchical government from the inhuman monster walking at large and claiming property in human flesh. "He was a pattern to believers— a living argu- ment against unbelief. As a lecturer he produced an impression deep and lasting and if some of his arrows were not fully iJolished, they were less easily removed from the mind in which they had been fastened." His vvidovv married (second), in 1855, Rev. Charles_ Spear, a Universalist minister of Boston, noted for his work in prison reform. The only child by the second marriage was: Abel Swan Brown, see forward. (VIII) Abel Swan Brown, son of Rev. .-Vbel Brown (7), was born July 3, 1845, at Hubbardston, Massachusetts, where his mother was living with her parents two months after the death of his father. His mother married (second) Rev. Charles Spear, of Boston, and Ahi\ was brought up in Hubbards- ton by his grandparents. His grandfather, Samuel .Swan, was a country .squire, a man of large influence in the community. He went to school in Hubbards- ton until he was sixteen years old, when his grand- father, after the death of his wife, removed to. Worcester to live with his son, George Sw-an. a prominent lawyer. He had also one term of school in Boston. The boy entered the dry goods store of Josiah H. Clarke and soon demonstrated his ability as a salesman. At the age of twenty he entered the employ of Lathrop, Ludington & Co., a large dry goods house in New York, where he was associated with his uncle, Reuben Swan, and after three years he went to H. B. Clallin & Co., in New York, where he held a responsible position for eleven years. Mr. Claflin was formerly in business in Worcester and established in New York one of the largest dry goods houses in the United States. In tSSo Mr. Brown formed the Syndicate Trad- ing Company with offices in New York and branches in Manchester, England : Paris, France : St. Gall, Switzerland ; and Chemnitz, Germany and he was elected president, a position he held for the remainder of his life. The original firms in the company were the following department stores: Adam, Meldrum & Anderson of Buffalo; Callender, McAuslan & Iroup of Providence; Brown & Thompson of Hart- ford; Forbes & Wallace of Springfield; Sibley, Lindsay & Curr of Rochester; Taylor & Kilpatrick of Cleveland. Other department houses, includ- ing the Denholm & McKay Company of Worcester joined soon afterward, until the company com- prised a dozen of Ihe largest and most progressive department stores of the country. The Syndicate Trading Company has come to be the largest buyers of goods of this character in the United States, buying over twenty millions of dollars worth of goods a year. In 1S90. when the senior partner of the firm of Denholm & McKay died, Mr. Brown acquired a controlling interest in the corporation which owned the Boston Store in Worcester. He became its president and after that he spent a part of each week in Worcester and the remainder in 382 WORCESTER COUNTY New York. He was 'subsequently also president of the Pettis Dry Goods Company of Indianapolis, and vice-president of the Callender, McAuslin & Troup Company and of the Doggett Dry Goods Company •of Kansas City, Missouri. He married, June, i86g, Charlotte Connah, ■daughter of John Connah, Jr. and his wife Keturah, ■of New York city. They resided in Brooklyn until 1880, when they made their home in Passaic, New Jersey. Mr. Brown had one of the most elaborate and beautiful homes in the town. It is located at the corner of Paulison and Pennington avenues, and is still occupied by his widow. After he became interested in the Boston Store in Worcester, he made his summer home there and built "The Hermi- tage." He bought a large tract of land on what is known as Rattlesnake hill, including the former home of Solomon Parsons, the hermit, who was widely known in the county for his eccentricities. Parsons had a temple and deeded the spot to the Almighty, recording the conveyance by cutting the words on a flat rock which remains an object of curious interests to visitors. Mr. Brown built his house near the hermit's dwelling and called it "The Hermitage." It is very secluded, Mr. Brown -owned some six hundred and fifty acres about the house and called the place "Wildwood Park." He ■entertained freely and once a year he provided a -day of enjoyment there for the employees of the Boston store. His mother li\'ed there with him. While he was in Worcester he attended the Main Street Baptist Church, and was a member of the Bible class of the Hon. Joseph H. Walker. He removed to New York and became a member of the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn, of which he was superintendent of the financial department, member of the music committee and trustee and chief organizer in 1877 of the Young People's Bap- tist Union, the most active organization of that •denomination in Brooklyn. Mrs. Brown was also an active worker in the church and both were prom- inent in musical circles, Mr. Brown being president -of the Philharmonic Social. At Passaic Mr. and Mrs. Brown joined the First Baptist Church, of which he was a trustee and chairman of the music committee. He was a man of public spirit and civic pride. When he removed to Passaic it had a popiilation of •6,000 and at the time of his death it had 30,000. He organized the movement to erect the city hall, one of the finest in the state of New Jersey; also the public library building and the Passaic Club house. Mr. Brown organized the Citizens' Im- provement .Association, which has since grown to be the Board of Trade, and became a powerful factor in local affairs. He took a leading part in the organization of the Young Men's Christian As- sociation of Passaic and served from the first until his death on the board of directors, giving valuable assistance in buildin.g the new headquarters. To the Young Men's Christian Association as well as to the General Hospital and to other institutions Tie was a generous and judicious contributor. He was a Republican in politics and a close student of public nue-itions. He worked for good government in local affairs bv his influence and ex- ample, but had to decline offices, for want of time. He was a member of the Passaic Club, the Wor- cester Club, the Tatnuck Countrv Club, the Union League Club. Merchants' and Wood Club of New Y'ork. the New Fngland Society, the Sons of the American Revolution of New York City, the Kenil- \yorth Literary Society and the Young Men's Chris- tian Association of Passaic. He belonged to the New York chamber of commerce and was on the original committee sent to the monetary conference at Indianapolis. He loved music and often gathered musical people about him in his home. He was no mean performer on the violin and he rejoiced in the musical talent shown by his sons. He was a very hospitable man with a strong love for his native town. On one occasion he entertained at "The Hermitage" three hundred guests who were born in Hubbardston or whose parents came from that town. Mr. Brown's death, in the very prime of life, was a great loss to the mercantile world and was regarded in the light of personal bereavement by many business friends and employees, as well as by his immediate family. It was an early age for one of his large usefulness to die, but the length of such a man's life is measured by his achieve- ments, rather than by his years. The resolutions adopted at the time of his death by the city council of Passaic cont;vincd this paragraph: "Ln his private life, in his business career and in the active interest taken by him in public affairs, he has left a note- worthy example and one that reflects credit upon himself and lustre upon the community in which he took such pride. He was exemplary in his priv- ate life and character, a man of liberal disposition, abundant in his benevolences, which were always bestowed with judgment and without ostentation. We record w-ith satisfaction the fact that his name has become widely known and highly esteemed far beyond the city in which he lived as a business man of sterling character and unusual ability and capac- itv. On the foundation of strict integrity and sound business principles he built up a large commercial structure, the uprearing and conduct of which called for the shrewdest business instinct and sagacit>', the most practical common sense and unwearying pcr.^onal energy and industry." He died September 6, 1S99. The children of Abel Swan and Charlotte (Con- nah) Brown were: Irving Swan, see forward; Luther G., see forward. (IX) Irving Swan Brown, eldest son of Abel Swan Brown (8). was born in Brooklyn, New York, December 20, 1870. He attended the public and private schools of Brooklyn, New York, and Passaic. He attended Princeton University, being in the class of iSg;^. He became associated with his father in his various business interests. He re- moved to Worcester in 1897 and became the vice- president and general manager of the Denholm & McKay Company, popularlv known as the Boston Store. 'The firm of Denholm & McKay was estab- li-hed November 26. 1870. in w-hat is known as the Walker buildine. Main street, corner of Mechanic, bv William A. Denholm and W. C. McKay. In the first year a business amounting to $242,000 was done and success was assured. The concern grew rapidly, and the store w^ns enlarged and the staff of clerks constantly increased. At length the need of more space made further additions necessary after all the available space had been taken. In 1882. after the firm had failed in its efforts to buy the building and build the needed addition, the offer of Jonas G. Clark to build the block now occupied by the Boston Store, was accepted. The new nuart- ers were occupied September 2T. 1882. The_ growth of the business continued until at present it occu- pies practically the entire building. It is the largest WORCESTER COUNTY 383 ■department store in central Massachusetts. Over five hundred persons are employed and ^here are now fifty departments. A complete history of this remarkable business would fill a volume by itself. At no time in its history has it been more successful and grown more rapidly than in the past ten years, when it was under the management of Irving S. Brown. July i, 1906. Mr. Brown sold his interest in the Denholni & McKay Company to his brother, Luther C. Brown, who became vice-president and general manager. Mr. I. S. Brown now plans to travel extensively abroad with his family. Mr. Brown is also a director of the Syndicate Trad- ing Company of New York, of which his father uas the founder and president. Al. aged sixty-nine years. He lived in North- ampton. Their children: Mindwell. born .August ,10. 1688; Dorcas. 1600; Ham. .April 2. 1602; John, October 12, 1693: Esther, February 15, 1698; Gideon, 384 WORCESTER COUNTY March ig, 1700, see forward; Elizabeth, December 8, 1702; Phineas, May, 1706; Ehsa, May, 1710; Gad, May, 1713- . , . . u (IV) Lieutenant Gideon Lyman, son ot John Lyman (3), was born March 19, 1700, lived m Northampton, was prominent in town affairs and held many public offices. He married (first) Esther Strong. December 25, 1/^3. and (second) Cathcrme Phelps, widow of Nathaniel Phelps, of Sprmgfield, Vermont, daughter of John King, of Northheld, who died March 15, 1791. '" h'S nmetieth year. Their children were: Phineas, see forward; Gideon, born 1730; Martha, born 1734; Elijah, Au- gust 8, 1736. , ^ , (V) Phineas Lyman, eldest child of Gideon Lyman (4), was born in Northampton, about 1725. He married Joanna Eastman, April 5, 1750. She died February 5, I759- He married (second) Eliza- beth Hawley, widow of Elisha Hawley. He resided in Northampton. Their children: Phineas, born January 22, 1750; Timothy, see forward; Elisha, born September 23, 1756. (VI) Timothy Lyman, second child of Timothy Lyman (5), was born in Northampton, August 15, 1753. He married, June i, 1780, Elizabeth Pomeroy. She married (second) Ebenezer Clark, of Lunen- burg, Vermont. Timothy died June 12, 1792; he was a graduate of Yale. Their children; Joanna, see forward; Elizabeth, born March 29, 1784; Phineas, baptized February 2, 1786; Naomi, born March 17, 1787, married Asa Clark; Elihu, born July 17, 1789, went to Vermont and thence to Wisconsin. (VII) Joanna Lyman, eldest child of Timothy Lyman (6), was born at Northampton, May 4, 1782. She married Abel Brown, of Springfield. (See sketch of Brown family.) JOHN B. MOSS, a prominent citizen of Wor- cester, Massachusetts, who holds the responsible position of superintendent of the South and Central Works of the American Steel and Wire Company in that city, is a representative of the third genera- tion in this country of an old and honored family of England. (I) James Moss, great-grandfather of John B. Moss, was born in Braintree, England, the son of John Moss, who was born in Braintree and spent ■ his life there. James Moss later removed to Chelmsford. He was a miller by trade, and emi- grated to the United States in 1836 with his wife and children. He resided in New York city but a short time, removing to Rose, Wayne county, New- York. He married Sarah Galoway and had chil- dren: Josiah, who taught school for a time in New York city; Mahala, Sarah Ann, Caroline, Louisa, Theresa, John, see forward; and William. (II) John Moss, second son and seventh child of James (i) and Sarah (Galoway) Moss, was born in Braintree, England, in i8i9- He came to America with his parents and removed with them to Wayne county. New York, then left them for what he thought might be better conditions out west. ■ He settled in Illinois, where he found employment for time in assisting to build a canal. He returned to Sterling, New York, where he turned his atten- tion to acquiring a knowledge of the milling trade, an occupation which he followed during the re- maining active years of his life. His death oc- curred in October, 1881. He married, December 9. 1841, Emily IngersoU, daughter of John Ingcrsoll, of Welsh descent, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Thomas H. Green. John IngersoU joined the revolfltionary army when but sixteen years of age, as an aide to an officer whose name has not been preserved. At the expiration of three months he enlisted as a soldier and was in Newburgh, New York with Washington and La Feyette, and as- sisted in building Washington's headquarters in that town. He frequently related the incident of La Fayette's giving wooden shoes to the soldiers. The army suffered greatly from exposure during the winter, and its path was marked with crimson stains from the bleeding bare feet of some of the soldiers. John IngersoU died in 1839, at the age of seventy-five years. Emily (IngersoU) Moss is one of the few remaining true daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution, and is at present (1906) living with her son, James H., in South Lancaster, Massa- chusetts, aged ninety years. The children of John and Emily (IngersoU) Moss were: John Wesley, see forward; James H., Mary A., Lemon Barnes, Edward F., Ruth E., and Carrie E. John Wesley, James H. and Ruth E. are still living. (HI) John Wesley Moss, eldest child of John (2) and Emily (IngersoU) Moss, was born in Sterling, New York, February 14, 1843. He set- tled in Slaterville, New York, from whence he re- moved to Mecklenburg in the same state, where all his children with the exception of the eldest were born. He married Roxie R. Hill, born July 6, 1S44, daughter of Benjamin s.nd Samantha Hill, and had children : John B., see forward ; Ilattie E., deceased ; Edward C, William L., Charles H., and Emma S. (IV) John B. Moss, eldest child of John Wes- ley (3) and Roxie R. (Hill) Moss, was born in Slaterville, New York, July 19, 1867. His educa- tion was acquired in the public schools of Mecklen- burg, New York, and he was then apprenticed to the trade of machinist at Ithaca, New York. He worked in that city for three years, then went to Peru, Indiana, and from thence to Providence, Rhode Island, where he became foreman of the planing department for the Brown & Sharp Manu- facturing Company, a position he held for five years. He then held a similar position for about one and a half years with H. C. Pease & Company, of Wor- cester, Massachusetts. He accepted a position as foreman of the machine shop of the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing. Company South Works, Wor- cester, Massachusetts, in September, 1892, and wa< foreman and assistant master mechanic for eiglu years, when he was advanced to the position of fore- man of the Blooming mill. About eighteen month? later he was again advanced, this time to the posi- tion of superintendent of the rolling mills of the Washburn & Moen division of the American Steel and Wire Company, the present owners of the largest industry in Worcester. One year later he was advanced to be assistant superintendent of the South and Central Works, and then to his pres- ent responsible position as superintendent of the South and Central Works of the American Steel & Wire Company, August. 1904. Mr. Moss is one of a number of young men who have risen in this industry to important positions by their ability, thorough mastery of detail, and strict attention to the matter in hand. He is devoted, heart and soul, to his business interests, and is enterprising and progressive in all that he undertakes. He gives his earnest support to the Republican party and served in 1893-4 on the Republican city committee. He is an active member of the Worcester County Me- WORCESTER COUNTY 385> clianici' Aisocialion. Is a member of tlie Methodist Cliurch. He married, August 2, 1887, at VVaterburgh, New York, Herlha Van Dine, daughter of VN'iHiam H. and Lucy (Newman) Van Dine. John B. and Bertha (\ an Dine) Moss resides at No. i View street. Worcester, Massachusetts, and have one child : Earle Chester, born December 16, 1892. (I) Gerret Coruellissen \'an Duyn, the immi- grant ancestor of the .American family of Van Duyn or Van Dine, to which Mrs. John B. Moss, of Wor- cester belongs, came to America in 1649 from Nieuwerperk in Zeeland and probably settled first in New Aitisterdani (New York). He was a cah- penter or wheelwright by trade. He removed from New Arast:;rdam to Brooklyn, where, April 9, 1658, we find hi n paying a fine for obstinately refusing to pay Ills quota of Dominie Polhemius' salaty. .Vfter living in .Vnierica for twenty years he de- cided to return to Holland and was given permission .Vugtist ID, 1670, by the director-general. He re- turned on the ship "Fort of Albany," of which Jac- ques Cousseau was master. Next year. May 15, 1671. a pass was given his wife Jaconiyndy and three children and she went back to Holland on the ship "Duke of York," of which Johannes Luych was the master. The coming of the English was perhaps the reason for the return of the Dutch to Holland. The Van Duyns kept house at ZqoUe. a city on the Zwarte or Black Water and the Willemsvaart in Overyssel, but were not prosperous, so they decided after nine years to return to America. In 1679 in the ship "Charles" with such notables as Peter Sluyter, Jasper Dankers, De Labidists, whose journal of the voyage, etc., has been printed, they returned to New York. They settled on Long Is- land between New Utrecht and Flalbush, buying a farm August 23, 1680, of Jacques Cortclyou. his brother-in-law. Cortelyou bought the place of Van- Werckhoven, who had it under patent and Indian deed. Cortelyou's land comprised originally the main part of the present town of New Utrecht. The farm i: low owned by the heirs or successors of George I. artense. Van Duyn took the oath of allegiance to the Eng- lish government in 1687, and was a magistrate in 1687-88 and justice of the peace in 1689-90. He pur- chased, January 12. 1686, of Lowrentz Janscn, son of Jan Lov rentz, the farm at New Utrecht, and Kebruar3- 24, 1690-91. land of .■\nlhons Du Cccn. These twu parcels of land he deeded to his son Cornelius April 16, 1705. He also deeded the Cor- tclyou furin to his son Denysc June 6, 1698. His will, dated June 30, 1705, was proved June 14. 1706, and it included lands bought of Peter Cortelyou in Dutchess county. New York. These were equally divided between his children. He joined the Dutch Church at New Utrecht during Dominie Van Zurcn's pastorate by certificate from the church at Zwolle and he was later deacon of this church. He married Jacoinina or Jacomynchy Swartz, daughter of Jacob Swartz, of New Amsterdam, about 1660. Their children : Cornelius, see forward. Denys. married, 1691, Maria Huyken, and settled at Raritan, New Jersey, but returned to Long Island and died at Flatbush, 1729; he had the Martense farm and his son Gerret after him; he had sons William and Denys who settled in Raritan. also Jacobus and David. Abraham, born about 1670, married Geertie Martense, of Wallabout: resided at Mcspat Kills, but removed 1706 to Cecil county, Maryland. Acltis or Askc. Gerret. Dirck. iv— 25 (II) Cornelius Van Duyrr, son of Gerret Cor- uellissen Van Duyn (i), was born in Brooklyn, New York, July lO, itjb^. He had the Jansen and Du Ceen farms in New Utrecht and lived there. In 1O87 he took the oath of allegiance as a native. He bought, April 30, 1694, the larm of William Huyckens, his father-in-law, for 262 pounds. The farm was in Oowanus. He bought another farm, there December 30, 1(199, ot Cornelius Vanderbeeck. He probably resided on the Huycken farm, after- wards owned by Richard Berry. With seventeen! others, in 1700, he bought the Harlington tract ia Somerset county, New Jersey, ainouiuing to 9,000 acres. His will was dated March 3, 1754, and proved October 26, 1754. He was a trustee of Gowanus (Brooklyn) for some years. He married, January 4, 1691, Matilda Huykens, daughter of William Huykens. She died March i, 1709, aged forty years. He married (second) Chris- tiana Gcrbrands, June 14, 1714. She died December 12, 1754- He died September 27, 1754. Children o£ Cornelius and Matilda Van Duyn were: Gerrit,. born September 6, 1O91, was a farmer at New Utrecht, where he died before the revolution; had children, Cornelius, John, Aletta, who married .'\nthony Hoist, and Matilda, who married William Bower; Machiltie, Christina, Stynthe or Seyte, Will- iam, see forward; Annetje, baptized November 15, 1O94; Jackomyntie, baptized January 14, 1700; Cor- nelius, baptized November 14, 1704, died young; Cornelia, burn February 12, 1709 (twin) ; Cornelius (twin), born February 12, 1709. (HI) William Van Duyn, son of Cornelius Van Duyn (2), was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 26, 1O93. He was a wheelwright by trade. In 1719 he removed to Newton, Long Island, hav- ing bought property at Hempstead Swamp, which he greatly enlarged by subsequent purchases. He was a justice of the peace and a highly respected citizen. He held various offices in the Dutch. Church there. He died F'ebruary 20, 1769, aged. seventy-si.x years. He married Adriana Ditmars, daughter of Dow Ditmars, whom he survived. Their children were Catherine, born 1721, married Jacob Remsen; Cornelius, born 1724, married Ann Van- derveer; Matilda, born 1726, married Abraham Remsen ; Dow, see forward. (IV) Captain Dow Van Duyn, son of William Van Duyn (3), was born in Newton, Long Island, in 1730. He received the northern half of his father's farm, lately the estate of David S. Mills. He was an energetic business man, remarkable for his sense of humor and kindly nature. When the revolution broke out he at first inclined to the Whig side, but finally espoused that of the King and served as captain of militia under the British command. At the conclusion of peace he retired to Nova Scotia, where he died. His estates were confiscated by the new government. Of his chil- dren four sons returned to New York to live. He had several daughters. His sons were: Aert, set- tled in Nova Scotia; Cornelius, died in New York city; Dow, Henry and William. (V) Dow Van Duyn or Van Dine, as the name has been spelled in this branch of the family for several generations, other members of the family having used the spelling Van Dyne, was the son of Captain Dow Van Duyn (4). He was born in New- ton, Long Island, near Hempstead, in 1770, and died in 1847. He settled in New Jersey. Among his children were: Edward Earle, see forward; Jacob, born about 1800, Polly and Jane. 386 WORCESTER COUNTY (VI) Edward Earle Van Dine, son of Dow Van Dine (s), was born in New Jersey, in 1796. He was a soldier at an early age in the New Jersey Light Infantry and served in the war of 1812. He was one of Lafayette's escort from Newark to Tren- ton, New Jersey, on the occasion of his visit to America. He was late in life a pensioner for serv- ice in the war of 1812, drawing $8 a month during his last years. Three of his sons served in the civil war. He married Phebe Edwards, born in 1798, daughter of David Edwards, born in 1762. Their children were: Mary, Matilda, Elizabeth, Jane, Edward, was in the Twenty-si.xth Pennsyl- vania Regiment, the first to open fire at the battle of Gettysburg; he was taken a prisoner; Charles, was in the Twenty-first New York Cavalry under General Sheridan in the same company with his brother; Joseph, William H., see forward; Theodocia. (VII) William H. Van Dine, son of Edward Earle Van Dine (6), was born in Newark, New Jersey, January 7, 1835. He was a soldier in the civil war in the Twenty-first New York Cavalry under General Sheridan. He settled in Jackson- ville, New York. He married Lucy A. O. Newman, born in Enfield, New York, June 24. 1845. and died August, 1901, in Worcester, Massachusetts, daugh- ter of Jared and Abbie (Hart) Newman. Jared Newman was born October 24, 1779, married Abbie Hart, March 12, 1844, and died April 26, 1848. Abbie Hart was the daughter of Philip and Anna Hart, born March 11, 1807, died May 30, 1861. The only child of William H. and Lucy A. O. Van Dine was Bertha, mentioned above and below. (VIII) Bertha Van Dine, daughter of William H. Van Dine (7), was born April 10, 1865, mar- ried John B. Moss. PLYMPTON FAMILY. Sergeant John Plymp- ton (l), the immigrant ancestor of the Plympton family of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, numbers among his descendants Colonel Noah Allen Plymp- ton of Boston, and Albert H. Plympton of Shrews- bury. He was born in England about 1620. While his English ancestry cannot be determined it is known that he belongs to an ancient English family. The Plumpton family of Yorkshire is believed by the family historian to be a branch of this family. The Plumptons of the vill of Plumpton. parish of Spofforrh, Yorkshire, date back to 1086, when Eldred dc Plumpton was a mesne tenant there. John Plimpton came to America in his youth as an ap- prentice or servant of Dr. George Alcocke. who gave him his time on payment of five pounds in his will dated January 22, 1641. He must have been about twenty-one at the time. Perhaps Plimpton owed Dr. .-Mcocke for his passage, etc. There were two other immigrants of this name among the early settlers — Elizabeth Plimpton, married John Rutter, of Sudbury, and Thomas Plimpton, who was apprenticed to Peter Noyes of Sudbury. It is reasonable to suppose that Thomas was a brother and Elizabeth sister of John Plimpton, The names of the children of the two Plymptons are almost the same. John Plympton was admitted to the church at Dedham, Massachusetts, where he had been living for some time, January 20, 1642-3. He was a pro- prietor of Dedham, and was admitted a freeman there May 10, 1643. He removed to Medfield. ad- joining Dedham, in 1652. He was elected a member of the Artillery Company of Boston 1643. He was a contributor to the fund to support Harvard Col- lege. He was highway surveyor 1661, and constable 1667, was on important committees for Dedham and Medfield, and a man of mark. His house at Med- field was on the main road from Boston to Men- don. Among his near neighbors were John Bull- ard, John Metcalf and Ralph Wheelock. He was sergeant in the Medfield company. In 1673 he re- moved to Pocomtuck, Deerfield, Massachusetts. During King Philip's war he and the other settlers left Deerfield. He removed to Hatfield, but in 1677 was the first to return to his home in Deerfield. He was captured by the Indians, with three men and a boy, September 19, 1677, and taken to Can- ada. They suffered great hardships, and narrowly escaped death by torture. Plympton finally suc- cumbed to harships of his captivity. The inventory of his estate was filed at Suflield September 24, 1678 by his widow Jane. He married, at Dedham, March 13, 1644, Jane Damon (or Dammin), who came over with her mother and stepfather, John Eaton, and their children, in the ship "Elizabeth and Ann." She was born in 1626 in England, and was admitted to the Dedham Church, December 4, 1640. (See Damon family). Children of Ser- geant John and Jane Plympton: 1. Hannah, born March i, 1645. 2. John, March 21, 1646; died April 26, 1647. 3. Marrah, April g, 1648. 4. John, .August S, 1649. 5. Peter, baptized March 7, 1652. 6. Joseph, baptized October 7, 1653. (II) John Plympton, son of Sergeant John Plympton (l), born August 5, 1649, baptized June 16, 1650; died January 13, 1704-5. Administration was granted on the estate to his son John, April 5, 1740, but the estate was not settled for thirty- five years. His grandson John Plympton finally admini-tered. John Plympton served in Captain Samuel Moseley's famous company of Indian fight- ers. Moseley was an old privateer, and fighting came easy for him. They fought an engagement with the Indians in 1675, near Swansea, Massachu- setts; acted as the escort for a commission of Con- necticut and Massachusetts men to confer with the Narragansctt Indians ; returned by way of Rehoboth and Mattapoisett to Taunton ; and put to flight with only sixty men some three hundred Indian-. It is said that when Captain Moseley went into the fight he removed his periwig, a kind of scalp with which his adversaries were unfamiliar, and their super- stitious fears got the best of them. The company marched through Mendon, Brookfield, Lmcaster and up the river to Panacook (Concord. New Hampshire), returning later to Hadlcy and Deer- field, where they defeated some seven hundred sav- ages. They were in the Swamp Fight, where about a thousand English fought and defeated 3.500 In- dians. Moseley lo§t nine killed and tt-n wninded in that fight. Every well man had to act as carrier at one end of a stretcher in removing the wounded. The fight took place in mid-winter, and the hard- ships of Plympton's campaign in King Philips's war is hardly conceivable under present conditions. John Plympton succeeded his father on the origi- nal homestead in Medfield. He was the proprietor of a grist mill on Charles river. He married first, January 25, 1678-9. Elizabeth, daughter of John Fisher. She died May 13, 1694. He married (sec- ond), February 28. 1696-7. Sarah Turner, who died abotit 1740. Children of John and Elizabeth : i. John, born May 17. 1680; died 17,30; settled in Sturbridsre. Massachusetts. 2. Henry, mentioned be- low. Children of John and Sarah Plympton : 3. WORCESTER COUNTY 3S7 Sarah, horn December 28, 1700; died 1706; 4. Eliza- beth, born September ig, 1702; died 1725; mar- ried Jonathan Metcalf. (III) Henry Plynipton, son of John Plympton (2), born December 19, 16S4; died March 24, 1731. He inherited the old homestead on the Dover road, in Medfield, now or lately owned by David Plymp- ton. He married first, 1705, Mary Smith, born November 22, 1688, died June 21, 1774, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Smith. She married (second), 1732, Lieutenant Jabez Pond, of Dedham, and (third), April 24, 1750. Deacon Joseph W. Wight. Children of Henry and Sarah Plympton: I. Mary, born October 8, 1707, died NovcmbL-r 15, 1781 ; married, 1735, John Wight, of Medfield. 2. David, born December 13, 1708; died March 21, 1731. 3. Sarah, born October 23, 1711; died July 27, 1798; married Jonathan Wight, Jr. 4. Henry, see for- ward. 5. Job, born May ii, 1718; died March 18, 1797; married February 28, 1743, Esther Pond. (IV) Henry Plympton, son of Henry Plymp- ton (3), born August i, 1714. died January 6, 1805. He resided ten years in Boston, and was a whar- finger there. He was a member of the Second Baptist Church. He returned to Medfield and re- sided in the old homestead. In 1776 he gave six- teen volumes of Gales' Commentaries to the Bap- tist Church of Medfield. of which he was a mem- ber, but became disaffected in 1792 and was read- mitted to the old parish church. He married first, 1734, Anne Pond, died February 4, 1750. He mar- ried (second) Abigail Bacon, of Dedham, March 26, 1776, and (third) Mehitable , died January 5, 1796. Children of Henry and Anne Plympton ; I. Anne, born June 6, 1735; married Perry. 2. David, mentioned below. (V) David Plympton, only son of Henry Plympton (4), born in Medfield, September 28, 1738, died April 15, 1826, aged eighty-eight years. He was a farmer on his father's place in Medfield. He was a soldier in the revolution. He married Sarah Wight, who died August I, 1834, aged nine- ty-nine years. Their children: i. Henry, born August 17, 1762; died December 17, 1842; married. 1792, Lois Smith, of Walpole; married (second) Catherine i'oyden: re.'ided in Medfield and Stur- bridgc ; was soldier in the revolution. 2. Elzaphan, mentioned below. 3. David, born September 8, 1768; died Jauary 17, 1837; married 1792, Hannah, daughter of James Richardson, of Medfield. 4. Sarah, born April 20, 1774; died May 10, 1817; married Chickering. 5. Anna, born Septem- ber 25, 1779; died 1803; married Calvin Qiickering. (\ 1) Elzaphan Plympton, .'^econd child of David Plynipton (5), born in Medfield, Massachusetts, September 4, 1764, died in Shrewsbury, September 17, 1819. He was a soldier in the revolution. The old place on the Dover road was repaired for his use, but soon after his marriage he removed in 1792 to Shrewsbury and settled there. He was a shoemaker as will as a farmer. He settled in the wilderness at Shrewsbury, built his log house, cleared his land, and planted his orchard. He mar- ried, February 11, 1789, Sarah Hunt, of Sherborn, born (Viober 2. 1765. died February 23, 1841. Their children: i. Polly, born February 14. 1790; died April 18, 1825: married, 1807, Joseph Plympton. 2. Sarah, born July 19, 1791 ; died 1826; married, 1812, Thomas Brewer, Jr., a carpenter of Boylston, Massachusetts. 3. Abigail, born July 15. i79,3: ditd 1834; married, 1814, Ru-^sell Garfield, carpenter of Shrewsbury. 4. Olive, born in Shrewsbury, March 22, 1796; died 1820; married, December 1, 1818, Elijah Ball of Shrewsbury. 5. Lyman, born March 8, 1798; died June 25, 1825; married, 1819, Eliza- beth Gale, of Boylston, born August 17, 1797, who married (second), 1836, Elijah Ball, his third wife. 6. Nancy, born July 10, 1800; died 1835; married, 1824, Elijah Ball, his second wife. 7. Jonathan, born .Xpril 28, 1803; died January 13, 1852; married, December 27, 1825, Maria D. Cornish, of Boston, born November 2, 1799, died January 22, 1864. 8. Alexander Hamilton, born July 28, 1804; died Feb- ruary 21, 1884; married Harriet Foote, of Sutton; he was a carpenter, machinist and farmer, residing in Shrewsbury. 9. John Baxter, mentioned below. (VII) John Baxter Plympton, son of Elzaphan Plympton (0), born in Shrewsbury, ilassachusetts, July 6, 1808, died there March 9, 1876. He was one of the pioneers in the shoe manufacturing industry 01 that section, and conducted a sate and conserva- tive business, retiring in 1861. He was influential in town afifairs, and for some years was chairman of the board of assessors. He was a strong abolition- ist in the early days when pronounced anti-.>-lavery sentiments were discouraged even in New England. He was an open advocate of abolition, and aided fugitive slaves to the full extent of his opportunities. In his views he was liberal, having sympathy for all forms of liberal and practical religion. He was a man of strict integrity and high character. He married, September 4, 1832, Hannah .-Mmira, daughter of Captain Noah Allen, for whom Colonel Plympton, their son, was named. Their children: I. Lucy Ann, born May 6, 1834; was principal of the Albany Female Academy at .Mbany, lounded 1.^14. 2. Albert Horatio, mentioned below. 3. Noah Allen, mentioned below. (VIII) Albert Horatio Plympton, second child of John Baxter Plympton (7), was born at Shrews- bury, December 27, 1836. He received his early edu- cation in the public schools there and in Berlin .•\cademy. He learned the shoemakers trade in his father's shop, located near his present residence. For ten years he was foreman for II. G. Fales & Company, shoe manufacturers, after which he bought out a trucking business and has been en- gaged therein ever since, largely between Shrews- bury and the adjoining city of Worcester. On ac- count of severe injuries received while at work he has not himself been in active work for a number of years. He was for five years a member, three of which he was chairman, of the Shrewsbury board of Assesors. He married Catherine E. Bennett, of Boylston, and they have one daughter, Annie E., graduate of Wellesley College, who has Uught in an Ohio college. (VIII) Colonel Noah Allen Plympton, son of John Baxter Plynipton (7), was born September 7, 1841, at Shrew>bury, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to learn the trade of watchmaker and jeweler, serving his time under the old system until he was of age. He followed this trade, soon en- tering into business for himself in Worcester, and continuing there until 1878, when he took up the more congenial and promising business of life in- surance. He first became associated with the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia in 1880, in the capacity of local agent at Wor- cester, and two years later was made general agent of the company in Bo^^ton, a position that he held WORCESTER COUNTY until May, 1883, when he resigned to take the office of cxamnier for the State Insurance Department, to which he was appointed by Insurance Commis- sioner Tarbox. After a year he resigned, in May, 1884, and returned to his former position as general agent for the Pcnn Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany. Soon afterward he was appointed to his pres- ent position of general manager of the New Eng- land department of the Penn Mutual Life. In 1885 he was elected to the board of trustees of the com-, pany, a position he still holds. He has been for many years chairman of the committees on medical department and on accounts. He was chairman of the building committee in charge of the construc- tion of the company's handsotiie building m Boston. Colonel Plympton was formerly a Democrat, but since 1.S84, when he differed with his party on the tariff question, he has generally supported .the Republican candidates, especially when the issue was protection. He was a member of the Demo- cratic state committee from 1880 until June. 1884, when he resigned. In 1882 and 1883 he was in charge of the state campaigns when General Benja- min F. Butler was elected governor. In 1883 he was appointed insurance commissioner of the statcby Gov- ernor Butler, but was not confirmed by the Republican council. He never sought public office, and accepted the appointment as insurance commissioner at the instance of the governor, who was a strong per- sonal friend. Colonel Plympton removed from Worcester to Wellesley Hills in May, 1888. His residence there is at 41 Florence avenue. He has been deeply interested in the development and im- provement of that beautiful suburban village, was chairman of the commission that constructed the water works for Wellesley, and has been chair- man of the board of selectmen there. He is at present representative in the general court from the Ninth Norfolk District, to which Wellesley _ be- longs, serving in 1905 on the railroad committee. He is president of the Maugus Corporation. He has been president of the Boston Life Underwriters Association; member of the Algonquin Club; of the Butler Club, of which he was the original president; of the New England Club of which he has been vice-president; Athelstan Lodge, F. and A. M., and Worcester Chapter, R. A. M., of Wor- cester. He married, at Kewanee, Illinois, September 17, 1862. Helen Marion, daughter of Franklin and Harriet M. (Johnson) Flint of Shrewsbury. Their children: i. Herbert Flint, born at Worcester, April T. 1867; died September 16, 1896; married Gertrude K. Allen, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and their children are: Alan Herbert ; Ralph Marion; Gertrude Louise. 2. Alice Louise, born at Worces- ter, February 9, 1869; educated in the Worcester public and high schools and in Dana Hall; died April 6, 1900. 3. Harry Allen, born in Worcester, March 7, 1871 ; attended Worcester pub- lic and high schools: graduated from Newton High School ; studied law in Governor Greenhalge's of- fice and at Harvard Law School; practiced in Bos- ton, with offices in the Pcnn Mutual Building; ap- pointed special justice of the district court for north- ern Norfolk county by Governor Wolcott ; married Lucy E. Newton, daughter of George F. and Lucy (Johnson) Newton, of Worcester, and they have one child, Robert Waldo, born at Wellesley Hills. 4. Lucy Annabel, born at Worcester, February 4, 1877: attended Worcester school, graduate of Wel- leslev High School and Wellesley College; resides at home with her parents. 5. Frederick Knowlton, born at Worcester, June 14, 1881, attended the Wor- cester public school. Phillips Academy at Exeter, New Hampshire, and for two years Burdette's Commercial School, Boston ; has been about four years in the financial department of the Penn Mut- ual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia ; is at present general agent for New England department of that company under his father. WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, whose business life has been successful as well as active, and who is widely known and highly respected as one of Mill- bury's representative citizens, was born in Sheffield, England, April 9, 1855. His parents were William and Hannah (Eaton) Proctor, natives of Sheffield, England, whose family consisted of five children : J. Catherine, Mary, Sarah E., who died in 1885 ; Amy and William L. William Proctor (father), who commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. was for a half a century actively engaged in the steel manufacturing business in England with the firm now known as the Vickers Sons & Maxim of Sheffield. England. William L. Proctor pursued his studies at Wesley College, Sheffield. England, and upon the completion of the same spent considerable time in traveling, his journeys extending throughout Europe. He then learned the trade of making steel, becoming expert therein, and when thoroughly familiar with all the details was appointed to the position his father had previously occupied, he (William L.) having been his father's assistant for some time prior to the death of the latter. He came to the United States three times on business. In 1887 he came to the United States to take up his abode here, located in Mill- bury, Massachusetts, and became associated with his father-in-law, Richard F. Buck, proprietor of Buck Bros, plant, engaged in the edge tool business. After the death of Mr. Buck, Mr. Proctor and Mr. Wood conducted the business for the estate, but finally purchased the plant, conducting the same suc- cessfully until October, 1905, when Mr. Proctor purchased Mr. Wood's interest and now controls the entire enterprise, which is one of the leading industries of the town. He manufactures carpen- ter's light edge tools, which find a ready sale throughout the United States and also in foreign lands. While this business was founded by the Buck Brothers, it was largely increased both in voluine and importance under the capable management of Mr. Proctor, who is a man of integrity and business ability, his word being considered as good as his bond. Mr. Proctor takes an active interest in all matters relative to the welfare of the town and county, and is also deeply interested in religious and benevolent work. He is a member of the Second Congregational Church. He is well known as a musician of unusual ability. In 1886 Mr. Proctor was married to Sarah E. Buck, a daughter of Richard Buck, of Millbury, Massachusetts. Their children are : Richard W., born 1887. is now associated with his father in the business; Hannah E., 1889; Harold B., 1891. BUCK FAMILY. Richard Taylor Buck, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Taylor) Buck, was born in "Sheffield. England, October I, 1832. His grand- father, Joseph Buck, was born at Sheffield in the year 1746, and died there in 1824. Joseph Buck, father of Richard Taylor Buck, was born in the year 180T, also in Sheffield, and became a skillful maker of edge tools. For thirty years he was the ^^^es to acconunodate his employes, all so ar- ranged as to form an attractive little hamlet known as Buck Village. The tools made here have gained a most enviable reputation extending even world- wide, for shipments are sent on orders received to nearly all parts of the inhabited globe and are considered among the best in the market. Through Mr. Buck's untiring energy and good judgment, he built up a large and prosperous business. It was ever his aim to have his goods excel in quality all others of like nature, and in that way he gained for his business house a most flattering and honestly deserved reputation. .Mthough Mr. Buck w^as deeply occupied with caring for his private business affairs, still he found time to take interest in various reforms and mat- ters of public moment. He was a strong believer in temperance and engaged prominent advocates of the cause to visit Millburv and address the peo- ple there on that subject. He was a member of the Second Congregational Church and contributed generously toward its support, was charitable to the poor, tho\ightful of the interest of his employes, always according to them the highest price for their labor. In politics a stanch Republican, always at- tending to his duties as such, although he never aspired to political honors. For many years was one of the trustees of the Millbury Savings Bank, a good financier, and considered at the time of his death the wealthiest inan in Millbury. yet was a modest, unassuming citizen, never making a show of bis wealth. Mr. Buck was fond of travel and one who gained knowledge in traveling. He made frequent visits to the prominent cities in the United States both on account of business and pleasure, and was quite famili.nr with the advantages to be gained in every locality within his home country. As the accounts of his trips abroad in the years 188.1-87-00. as expressed in letters written home to his family and friends, were of especial interest to the general reader, at the same lime showing the trend of his investigations and characteristics, ■we nuote a few paragraphs : "On our arrival at Liverpool we left bur trunks in care of an agent of the London and North Western Railway, who checked them to our hotel in London, charging us two shillings for each I'ue. Our tickets to London gave us the privilege of going by way of Manchester, where we found relations and friends. One of our excursions out of London was to Reading. A young friend, a graduate of Oxford University, who is teaching at iiH endowed school at Soming, was our guide. We were shown the fine old house where Queen Eliza- beth passed one night when on one of her visits to her wealthy subjects; the house where Charles I bad bis last interview with his children ; the old church, recently converted into a cathedral, with its line peal of bells, which rang out merrily as we were walking about the streets; the fine and ex- tensive library building which my friend told us contained a large and rich collection of books. Reading is interesting to me because it is the home of Miss Millford, whose charming volume 'Our Village' is worth reading again and again. How often in my boyhood did I recite her 'Rienza.' In this part of England (Berkshire county) in the rural villages very little progress has been made. One may see England as she was during the reign nf the first and second Georges. While on a visit to Venice, in the church of St. Mark's I noticed the luicvenness of the floor, which our local guide told us was caused by earthquakes, and not from the rotting of the piles on w-hich the church stands. Repairs are being made, how-ever. and the floor evened up as fast as funds for the purpose are ob- l.iined. One afternoon we had an excursion on the Grand Canal; we had seven gondolas, with four or five persons in each one. and on every boat an .American flag was fixed, and on the return trip s'^'Uic of our national songs were sung: '.-Vmcrica,' '.Star Spangled Banner.' Some of the buildings on the Grand Canal have been rebuilt or altered over, and in many places I see signs of improvement. There is not that decayed appearance now that had such a depressing influence when I saw the city in i88,r" Mr. Buck was an extensive reader, therefore well equipped for conversation on almost every question or subject of public moment. His large and care- fully selected library was a source of great com- fort to him and he found much enjoyment read- ing and rereading the voluines he prized so highly. Mr. Buck married. November 10. 1853. Eliza- beth Edge, born in Manchester, England, daughter of Joscnh and -Agnes (Warburton) Edge. Her father died in 18.52, shortly prior to the birth of his daughter. He was a merchant tailor, having among his customers manv oflicers in the English army. The widow, left with two sons and one datighter, died in 1847. and Elizabeth came to the United States less than a year before her marriage to Mr. Buck, whom she met while he was engaged in busi- ness in Worcester, and she proved indeed a help- mate, as much is due to her helpfulness for her husband's remarkably successful career, and was beloved by all who had the pleasure of her ac- riuaintance. She was constantly bestowing acts of charity, and like her husband given to helping the poor and needy wherever found. Mr. Buck died January 12. 189.5. Their children were: Willie, who died aged six and one-half years, Mary A., died aged nineteen. Annie M.. married E. M. Wood. Sarah E.. married W. L. Proctor. For some years the business was continued by the sons-in-law ; recentl.v. however, Mr. Proctor has come into pos- session of the plant and is conducting the business. 390 WORCESTER COUNTY THE DAMON FAMILY. John Damon (i) was the progenitor in this country of the family for whom the Damon Memorial of Holden, Massa- chusetts, was erected. He emigrated from Read- ing, England, to Reading in New England in 1633. He was admitted a freeman in May, 1645, and was a proprietor in 1653. He was a town officer, and deacon of the church. His wife Abigail was ad- mitted to the Church in 1648. He married Abigail Sherman, about 1645. She was the daughter of Richard Sherman, merchant of Boston, uncle of the Rev. John Sherman, of Boston. Children of John and Abigail Damon were: John,- died January 14, 1651 : John, born March 18, 1652; Abigail, August 26, 1654: Samuel, June 23, 1656; Joseph, September 28, 1661. Their home in Reading was on the Common, where formerly the Quinnapowitt House stood. He also had a homestead on Cowdrey hill, where now or lately a deserted cellar marked the spot where the house stood. He drew a lot of land also on Hear brook at the head of the great pond ; his son Samuel occupied this land and his grandson, in 1751, built there the Damon mansion, which at the time it was built was one of the best dwelling houses in Middlesex county. Six generations had occupied the house in 1876, and others have lived there since. (H) Joseph Damon, son of John Damon (i), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, September 28, 1661. He learned the tanner's trade. About 1680 he removed from his native town to Dcdham, Mas- sachusetts, and for two hundred years he and his descendants have figured in the history of the town, although in recent years none of the family remains there. He married December 12, 1686, Elizabeth Kingsbury, born in Dedham, November 23. 1668. daughter of Joseph Kingsbury, Sr. and his wife Milliccnt. Joseph Kingsbury was admitted a freeman of Dedham, June 2. 1641, but was a yeo- man of that town at least five years before that. Elizabeth was born September 14, 1638. In 1779 Deacon Samuel Damon, one of his descendants, left a bequest of $1,000 to the town of Dedham, the interest of which has been used since that day to buy Bibles for the poor of the town. A public school at Hyde Park, formerly part of Dedham, has been named the Damon School in honor of the family. Joseph Damon settled in Dedham. Those of his children found on the church or town records are: Joseph, born July 6. 1690; Noah, September (record torn), 1601-92: Sarah, May 17. 1694. All the children noted here were born in Dedham. (Iin Joseph Damon, son of Joseph Damon (2), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts. July 6. 1690. He married Mary . They settled in Dedham, but mav have removed after 17,^0 to some other place, possibly Medway, an adjoining town. There is very little to be learned from the public records about Joseph. He was evidently a member of the Dedham Congregational Church, because their chil- dren were baptized in the Dedham Church. Chil- dren of Joseph and Mary Damon were : Joseph, born 6. 1716: Mehitable. baptized August 11, 1718; Ebenczer, baptized July II, 1725; Abigail, baptized October 13, 1728, died April 5, 1809, aged eighty-three, at Dedham. (IV) Joseph Damon, son of Joseph Damon (3), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, 6. 1716. He married, about 1646. Hopestill . He died in Dedham, September 30, 1775. They settled in Dedham and their children, born there were: Jo- seph, baptized January 29, 174S-49, married Patience White, September 4, 1773; Jonathan, born April 11, 1751 ; Rebecca, born August 6, 1752; Samuel, born August 13, 1755: Abigail, born in Dedham, baptized there May 9, 1756. (V) Colonel Samuel Damon, son of Joseph Damon (4), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, 1755. He married Abigail Penniman and soon after- ward made his home in Holden, Massachusetts. She was born in 1754 and died March 18, 1842. He died in Holden, May 27, 1813. Children of Samuel and Abigail (Penniman) Damon were: Penniman, born October 31, 1779; Abigail, born in Holden, 1783. died 1838: Samuel, born 1786, died 1857. (\T) Samuel Damon, son of Samuel Damon (5), was born in Holden, in 1786, and died 1857. He married Alony Chenery, July 4, 1810, at Holden. Children of Samuel and Alony Damon were : Susan Abigail, bot-n in Holden, December 17, 1810, died July 30, 1831; Alony Ann. born February 12. 1813; Samuel Chener)', born February 15. 1815: Isaac Peirce, born October 26, 181 7: Frances Caroline, born August II, 1820, died March 21, 1834; Harriet Amelia, born June 29, 1823 ; Charles Frederick, born May 21, 1826: Augustus Franklin, born June 17, 182S: Susan Abigail", born May 7. 1833. The Damon block and adjoining outbuildings in the heart of the town, and one of its landmarks for nearly a century and a half, was destroyed by fire. May 16, 1901. The fire bore every evidence of incendiarism. The Damon building was owned by Samuel Damon, of Honolulu, Hawaii Islands, and was occupied by Allen & Gleason, grocers, Charles T. Travis, barber, and Harry C. Damon and wife, who occupied the upper portion of the house as a dwelling-house. The loss was over $6,000 the buildings were assessed for $2,900, and in- sured for $2,500. The Damon block was one of the most conspicuous and familiar buildings in Holden. It was located at the corner of Main and Highland streets at the crest of the hill, so that it was per- haos the most conspicuous building in the town, and one of the old landmarks of Worcester county. The west forty feet of the Damon dwelling is between one hundred and one hundred and fifty years old, and for almost that period has been oc- cupied continuously by members of the Damon fam- ily. On this very site in still earlier days, stood a noted house known by the name of the old public meetinghouse. The sale and removal of the meetinghouse made way for the dwelling which immediately followed. Contiguous to this, on the cast, was erected a small low building, used as a store, both store and dwell- ing being first occupied by one Miles, who sold to Samuel Damon. Sr.. about the year 1800. Some years later his son. Samuel, built the present store extension, with its ambitious little portico of Doric columns in the style of that period. A fine elm tree that was situated near the west door of the house was burned so that it died. The tree was planted in 1836. The trtmk was torn in twain by an ice storm in 1861, one-half drooping to the ground, hut the parts were put in place and bound by an iron bolt which was half buried in the living wood. For a full century, with the exception of two years, there had been kcnt there a country store. This ancient edifice, coiuiting from early days when the inhabitants gathered to worship here, has seen and touched much of the life of Holden people. Over the grocery store was Damon hall, a small WORCESTER COUNTY 39 « but pretty room in which have been frequent dances and which during the winters has been the scene of many parties and social gatherings. A modem house has been erected on the site of the old homestead by Hon. S. M. Damon, of Honolulu, and is occupied by Harry C. Damon, son of the late Isaac Damon. Colonel Samuel Damon began business in the store of Samuel Damon, Sr. at this spot. He conducted the store forty-five years and in the course of time also owned stores in the adjacent towns of Rutland, Paxton and South Leicester, besides carrying on manufacturing in other places. In 1S28, in company w-ith his nephew, Jason Gould- ing, he built the cotton mill in Phillipston. In 1831 he built the mill at Quinapoxet in Holden. Later he became owner of mills at North Woods, Dry- denvillc, Dawsonville, North Oxford and the Trow- bridge Mill in Worcester, most of which he oper- ated many years and owned at the time of his death in 1851. He was also an extensive dealer in real estate, more than three hundred deeds of his- being recorded at WorcestCEt He was always prominent in town affairs and held most of the town offices at various times. He was treasurer thirteen years and served in the general court four >iars. He was a bank director and colonel of a cavalry regiment. (\'II) Samuel Chenery Damon, son of Colonel Samuel Damon (6), was born in Holden, Massa- chusetts, February 15, 1815. He was graduated from Amherst College in 1836, studied at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1838-39, and was graduated at Andovcr Theological Seminary in 1841. Before studying for the mmistry he was for a year prin- cipal of the academy at Salisbury, Connecticut, and ■while in the divinity school w^as tutor in a private family in Burlington, New Jersey. He was pre- paring to go to India as a missionary and was studying the Tamil language for that purpose, when an urgent call came for a seaman's chaplain at the port of Honolulu in the Hawaiian islands. He was ordained September 15, 1841, and he decided to accept the po.-ition at Honolulu. He began his work there October ig, 1842, under the auspices of the American Seaman's Friend Society. At the time that he entered upon his work from one hundred to one hundred and fifty whaling vessels entered the port every year. Dr. Damon's own statcmen: follows : "From 1842 to 1867, at the lowest esti- mate six thousand seamen annually entered the port. During these twenty-five years my labors were abundant and .sometimes beyond my strength." For forty-two years he was the pastor of Bethel Church, and preached there every Sunday, not only to sailors but also to merchants, sea captains and many others who w-ere drawn to this well known place of worship. He was an able speaker and was constantly in demand on public occasions. He published a monthly journal which he called The l-riend. It became an important publication. He traveled extensively. In 1849 he visited Cali- fornia and Oregon. In 1851 he visited the United States, coming by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and returning in 1852 to the Hawaiian Islands. In 1861 he made a tour of the Microncsian Islands on the missionary ship, the "Morning Star." In 1869 he came home again and then traveled through England, Palestine, Egypt and Greece, returning to Honolulu in 1870. In 1876 he came home again and visited the Centennial Exposition at Phila- delphia. In 1880 he came to the United Slates once more and made another and more extensive trip abroad, visiting England, Scotland, Germany, .Austria, Switzerland and France. It is said that he also visited China and Japan. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from his alma mater, Amherst College, in 1867. He became a member of the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester in 1869, and 111 1879 a cor- respoiuliiig member of the New England Historic- Genealogical Society. While still a student at Andover he was invited by his townsmen in Holden to give the historical address at the celebration of the anniversary of the town. This address, which was published later, forms the basis of the history which was published by the town. In fact the Damon History is reprinted entire in the official work. He died February 7, 1885. at Honolulu, and his funeral next day was attended by a very large congregation, including the King and his ministers. "He Vas one of nature's noblemen — of fine personal appearance, always pleasant and cheerful, happy and always laboring to make others happy here and'hcre- after — a truly model Christian man * * * and it may justly be said that the world was made bet- ter by his having lived in it." He married, October 6, 1841, Julia Sherman Mills, of Natick, Massachusetts. I'heir children were: Samuel Mills, born July g, 1843, died June 2, 18-H; Samuel Mills, born IVlarch 13, 1845, who has been minister of finance under the monarcliy in Hawaii; married Harriet M. Baldw'in, daughter of Rev. D. Baldwin, and their son (Samuel Edward Damon, born June i, 1873) is a Yale graduate; Ed- ward Chenery, born May 21, 1848; Francis Will- iams, born December 10, 1852 ; William Frederick, born January 11, 1857, died October 23, 1879. It was chiefly in memory of Dr. Damon that his sister gave the library and school building which was known as the Damon Memorial to the town of Holden. (VIII) Isaac Damon, son of Colonel Samuel Damon (7), was born in Holden, Massachusetts, 1817, and many of his family are living in Holden at present. To them the Damon Memorial had a peculiar significance and meaning. He married, January 6, 1839, Mary A. Ilartvvell, born in 1816, died in 1867. Their children were: Helen, born in Holden, August 6, 1839. married James M. Shute : Mary Alona, born January 5, 1844, married Emory Rogers ; Marion 'V., born 1850, married Frank Shute; Harry C, born 1853; Annie C, born 1856. CVIII) Susan Abigail Damon, daughter of Colonel Samuel Damon (7), was born in Holden, Massachusetts, May 7, 1833. She married Samuel C. Gale. They made their home at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Together they gave to the town of Hol- den, with the history of which the father of Mrs. Gale and other members of the Damon family have had so much lo do, THE DAMON MEMORIAL. One of the model public buildings of the towns of central Massachusetts is the Damon Memorial of Holden. It is architecturally an ornament to the village. It serves the useful purposes of both high school and free public library. Yet withal it is a tnagnifi- cent monument of the family for which it is named, a sketch- of whom precedes this article. Samuel C. Gale in a letter dated March 15, 392 WORCESTER COUNTY 1887, announced his intention to give the building which is now known as the Dam.on Memorial. The building was erected on what is known as the Chenery lot in the centre of the village and was completed in August, 1888. The cost of the gift exceeded $45,000. Stephen C. Earle, of Worcester, was the architect. The ^lemorial stands in a sightly location near the -Common. The stone of which the building was made was quarried in Holden on the old Kendall place. It was laid in irregular ashlar. The style is Romanesque with a rustic touch that suits well the surroundings. A large uncut boulder was used for a buttress for the steps at the main en- trance. From the tower wall another rough boulder projects, bearing the words "Damon Memorial, 188S." The building is trimmed with brownstone, xincut as far as pos.sible. The clock tower is an at- tractive feature of the building. Inside the ar- rangements for school and library have been made with great care and foresight. The jMemorial was appropriately dedicated Au- gust 29, 1888. In his address Mr. Gale, the donor, said : "Thirty-four years ago I came to this village to teach school. The frame school house, still standing and in use, was was then new and was a subject of much interest and pride. The only in- struction I received from the school committee as to the management of the school was that I should keep the scholars from marking and scratching the new school house. I entirely neglected my duty in this respect. At the end of the winter, marks and scratches were very abundant ; and I knew it was all my fault, for no school master ever had better boys and girls. "After thinking over my offense for thirty-five years I concluded that the only suitable recompense that I could make was to give the town a new school house, which I accordingly have done. "I do not say, however, that there were no other and more serious considerations for the enterprise. Here my wife was born and reared, and this, in the opinion of at least her husband, entitles the place to monumental honors. May I also especially men- tion her brother, the late Dr. Samuel C. Damon, a resident of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, a great- hearted and broad-minded man, with a deep affec- DAMON MEMORIAL HALL brary buildinc in Holden. Massachusett! imuel C. Gale. Minneapolis. Minnesota Damon, ft native of Holden. »ho tion for his native town. He it was who first suggested to me the idea of aiding to establish here a public library. "It is in memory of him and of her other kins- people and friends dear to us both, whose homes have been here in this and other generations, that we have sought to do this town some good thing, so important and permanent that the inhabitants will always kindly remember us." Charles K. Parker, who accepted the gift in be- half of the town, assured the donors that the simple conditions of the gift would be gladly observed. In an eloquent address by Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who -lived in Holden several summers, some of the values and meanings of the Memorial were mentioned. He was the orator of the day. "As 1 have watched this building go up," he said, "it has seemed to me to rise — as was said by a mediaeval writer of the cathedrals — "built of the money of the rich and the prayers of the poor.' Men of almost every occupation in this town have been employed about this building, and have worked, as they did> in the Middle Ages, with a zeal not measured only by the day's wages. Those who did not work with their hands have watched tlie laying of everj- stone and have contributed, without charge, sympathy enough to encourage any contractor, as well as good advice enough seriously to embarrass him. I am confident that no European cathedral ever had a larger share of discussion and counsel to the square inch than the Damon Memo- rial ; and it may be said of it, as of the great mediaeval cathedrals, that it has been 'built of the money of the rich and the prayers of the poor.' *■ "■ * And it must always be kept in view that this is but one contribution to that vast movement which is covering our state with public libraries, as Europe is covered with cathedrals." .■\t a town meeting Holden, September 26, 1888, formally accepted the gift and tendered its thanks and appreciation of the Memorial to the generous donors. In addition to the building Mr. Gale added $3,000 for books, and John Wadsworth, of Chicago, sent $100 "as a slight recompense to Holden for having furnished him a wife." The Holden Library Association presented its library of fourteen hundred volumes to the town and the library opened in December, 1888, with forty-five hundred volumes, to which large additions have ?ince been made. JOHX E. KIMBALL. Richard Kimball (i), the immigrant ancestor of John E. Kimball, of' Ox- ford. ?klassachusetts, was the son of Henry and L'rsula Kimball. His English ancestry is given in coimection with the sketch of General John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg, in this work._ Richard came over in 1634 in the ship "Elizabeth." William Andrews, master. He was born in England about 1595. He settled first at Watertown, Massachu- -i Its. where his home-stall was bounded north by the t .mibridge line, east by W. Hamlet's, south by the iijlnvav. west by Edward White's lot. It is now Aithin the bounds of Cambridge, near the corner i Huron avenue and Appleton street. He was ad- mitted a freeman May 6, 1635. and was a proprietor ui 1636-37. He was a wheelwright by trade, and there being need at Ipswich for a man to follow his trade, he was offered inducements to go there to live. The town gave him a lot, February 23, 1637, adjoining that of Goodman Simonds in the west JnllN i:, KIMI'.AI.I. i WORCESTER COUNTY 393 end of the town of Ipswich; lie settled there and spent the remainder of his days in Ipswich. Hi- had itTty acres beyond the river near land of Robert Scott. In 1639 he received permission from the town to pasture liis- two cows on the conmion land. He was on the list of commoners in 1641, was selectman in 1645, and contributed to the fund to pay Major Denison, December 19, 1648, His lirst wife, Ursula Scott, was the daughter of Henry and Martha Scott, of Rattlesden, Suffolk, England : her mother and brother Thomas came over in the same ship, and Kimball was an executor of the estate of Thomas Scott. He married (second), October 23, 1661, Margaret Dow, widow of Henry Dow, of Hampton, New Hampshire. She died March i, 1675-76. Children of Richard and Ursula Kimball : Abigail, born at Rattlesden, England, died at Salisbury, Massachusetts. June 17, 1658; married in England John Severance ; Henry, born at Rattlesden. about 1615, baptized August 12, 1615; Elizabeth, born 1621 ; Richard, Jr.. born 1623. see forward : Mary. lx)rn at Rattlesden. 1625, married Robert Dutch ; Martha, born 1629. married Joseph Fowler: John, born 1631, died May, 1669; Thomas, horn 1633, died May 3, 1676 ; Sarah, born at Water- town. 1635. died June 12. 1690; married. Noveml)er 24. 1658. Edward Allen, of Ipswich; Benjamin, born at Ipswich, 1637, died June 11. 1695; Caleb. born 1639, died 1682. (U) Richard Kimball, Jr., son of Richard (i), was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England. in 1623, and came over to Watertown with his par- ents and the remainder of the family in 1634. His first wife died September 2, 1672, and he married (second) Mary . probably Mary Gott. He was a grand junior in i66r, resided in Topsfield in 1664. He was a wheelright and yeoman. He was the first settler of his surname in the western part of the town near I-idd's hill and was the largest taxpayer there for some years. He sold his land July 6, 1665, to his brother Caleb for thirty pounds, in- cluding his house and an acre of land. He was se- lectman from 1658 to 1674. He was on the com- mittee to build the new meeting house December 4, 1660. The children : John, born at Ipswich, about 1650, died 1721 ; Samuel, born about 1651, see for- ward; Thomas, born November 12. 1657, died Oc- tober 16, 1732; Ephraim, born February 10. 1660, at Wenliam, died January 16, 1731-32; Caleb, born April 9, 1665. died Januarv 25, 1725; Christopher, Richard, Nathaniel, born 1676, died September 7, 1735- (IH) Samuel Kimball, son of Richard Kimball (2). was born in 1651 and died October 3, 1716. He married, September 20, 1676, Mary Witt, daugh- ter of John and Sarah Witt, of Lynn. He was an ensign in the militia. He lived in Wenham, where he was road surveyor in 1676, constable in 1677 and was admitted a freeman May 24, 1682. He was selectman also in 1682. March 2, 1701, he and his wife Mary deeded to their son Samuel a house and ten acres of land, llis estate was administered by Samuel, the eldest son. Their children: Samuel, Jr., born August 19. 1677, died January 20, T745; Sarah, ham September 6, 1678, married, January 15. 1693-94, John Ilerrick; Martha, born May 24, 1680, died May 24, 1680; Mary, born about 1682, married, December 23. 1709, Elisha Dodge, of Bev- erly; Richard, born about 1683, died August I, I7'3; Jonathan, born 1686. died February 19, 1758; John, born November 13, 1687, died 1754; Ebcnezer, born about 1690, see forward ; Martha, born about 1692, married, October 16, 1715, John Gott; Thomas, born February 22, 1O95-96; Benjamin, born April 17, 1698, died August 4, 1703; Abigail, born May 25, 1700, married, Decciuber 14, 1720, Thomas Brown; Jerusha, born April 30, 1703, died August 22, 1703. (,1V) Ebenezer Kimball, son of Samuel Kim- ball (3), was born in Wenham, Massachusetts, 1690, died in 1769. He married, June 9, 1712, Eliza- beth Carr, daughter of Richard Carr, of Salisbury, .Massachusetts. They resided at Wenham and Beverly, Massachusetts. He was a mason, as well as a yeoman or farmer. He removed in 1740 to Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and bought a farm of the Edward Hopkins trustees, giving a mortgage back. Their children : Elizabeth, born March 18, 1712-13, married in Boston; Mary: Dorothy: Eben- ezer, born June 22, 1720, see forward; Richard, baptized at Wenham, December 30, 1722, resided at Natick, Massachusetts; Abigail, born April 13, 1726; Sarah, born April 16, 1728; Anna, born July II, 1729, married James Hiscock; Boice, born June 18, 1731- (V) Ebenezer Kimball, son of Ebenezer Kim- ball (4), was born at Weidiara, Massachusetts, June 22, 1720, married, November 24, 1743, Mary Shattuck, born August 10, 1726. They resided at Hopkinton until 1759, when they sold their farm to William Hiscock, April 7, 1759, and removed to Windham county, Connecticut. Their children settled in Thompson, Woodstock and neighboring Connecticut towns. He was a mason by trade. He died at Webster. Their children : Mary, born June 5, 1745, died August 26, 1813; Elizabeth, born March 6, 1748. died 1823; Samuel, born June 5, 1750, see forward; Ebenezer, born March 5, 1752, died 1811; Richard, born April 11, 1754; Isaac, born June S, I757i resided at Cambridgeport, died at Grafton; was a revolutionary soldier: Fhinehas, born about 1762, son of his second wife, settled in Hopkinton. (VI) Samuel Kimball, son of Ebenezer Kim- ball (s), was born June 5. 1750, died November 14, 1835. He married (first) Phebe BurrcU, born November, 1751, died July 9, 1815. He married (second) Mary Jephson (Jefferson) (intentions dated November 30, 1816). lie bought, November, 1771, forty acres of land on the shore of Lake Chaubungagungamaug at Webster and resided there. Later he removed to the farm of his father-in- law, Isaac Burrell, on Five Mile river. East Thomp- son, Connecticut, before June, 1775. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain William Manning's company, the Second Regiment, Connecticut Line. Jle enlisted at Wood- stock, June 6, 1777, and served that summer and fall along the Hudson under General Israel Put- nam. The regiment was ordered November 14, 1777. to join Washington in Pennsylvania, and De- cember 8 of that year was in a sharp engagement at White Marsh, Pennsylvania. He spent the winter at Valley Forge and was honorably discharged January 9, 1778. He rc-enlisted July I, 1780, in the Fourth Connecticut Regiment, Colonel John Durkee, of Norwich, and served in the main army of the Hudson at the time of Arnold's treason; he was honorably discharged December 10, 1780. Chil- dren of Samuel and Phebe Kimball were: Jona- than, born June 14. '772. died May, I77'5; Mercy, born August 26, 1774. died August 16, 1845; John, born March 17, 1777, 'licf' December 7, 1865; Mary, born June 26. 1779. died August 2. 1815, unmar- ried ; Levinc. born September 28, 1782, died Feb- 394 WORCESTER COUNTY ruary i, 1826; Nancy, born November 22, 1784, died October 6, 1869; Amasa, born March 14. 1788, died March 28, 1862 ; William, born March 10, 1790, see forward; Orinda, born June 11, 1792, died February 8. 1875. (VII) William Kimball, son of Samuel Kim- ball (6), was born at Thompson, Connecticut, March 10, 1790, died at Oxford, Massachusetts, January 20, 1876. He married, December i, 1814, Patience Newell, of Rehoboth, born September 21, 1793. died at Dudley, March 20, 1S24. He married (second), October 3, 1827, Polly Robinson, daugh- ter of William Robinson, of Dudley, widow of Rev. Lewis I. Seaman. He was in the war of i8i2, en- listing June 21, 1813, serving as corporal in Cap- tain Alpheus Corbin's company of New London, Connecticut. He was a skillful mechanic and for ten years held the position of superintendent of Slater's mills at South Oxford. Children of William and Patience Kimball: I. Mary, born May 28, 1816, married, March 30, 1834, Elisha Arnold, resided in New Jersey, and Hart- ford, Connecticut, where she died January 15, 1852; he died June i, 1885, at Tolland, Connecticut; their daughter Mary, born June 6, 1840, married Howard P. Reynolds, of Concord, resided at Plain- field, New Jersey. 2. William N., born March 8, 1819, married i\Iary Ann Webster; he died March 27, 1851 ; their children — Harriet, born 1843, died young; Sarah J., born November 27, 1844, married Albert M. Harrington, resided at Millbury, Alassa- chusetts, and Homer, Nebraska ; William A., born June 25, 1846, married Lura Loper, resided at Sev- erance, Kansas. Children of William and Polly Kimball: 3. George R., born July 1, 1828, at South Oxford, was sergeant of Company G, Sixteenth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, July, 1862; was twice wounded at the battle of Anlietam ; on his re- covery was assigned to the Veteran Reserve Corps and served until July, 1865; married, July 28, 185!, Hannah M. Phillips; married (second) Mary E. Bailey, of Gorham, Maine, and settled at Lewiston ; was watchmaker and jeweler; removed in 1888 to Oxford; had one son George E., born August 17, 1880. 4. Harriet S., born 1831, died 1839. 5. John E., see forward ; 6. Thomas D:, born December 20, 1838, studied at Yale University; graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York ; captain of Company G, Fifty-first Massachu- setts Regunent ; transferred to the Second Heavy Artillery, breveted major; married, 1869, Arabella Campbell, daughter of Dr. James C. Camp- bell, of St. Louis; he is general agent of the Washington Life Insurance Company of St. Louis and resides at Kirkwood, Missouri; children — Clinton, Clarence (twin), born May 6, 1870; Arthur C, born June to. 1879. (VIII) John E. Kimball, son of William Kim- ball (7), was born in Webster, Massachusetts, July 18, 1833. He went from the public scliools to Dudley Academy, and later attended Leicester Academy, where he was a schoolmate of the Hon. Richard Olney, the secretary of state in President Cleveland's last administration. He graduated at Yale College in 1858. In his sophomore year he took the second prize in English composition and in the following term was awarded the third prize for proficiency in the same subject and the first for declamation. During his junior and senior years he was editor of the Yale literary magazine, orator of the Statement of Facts, and he was orator for Linonia. Among his classmates were the Hon. William T. Harris, Dr. William Garrison Britnon, the author; Josiah Willard Gibbs, the mathema- tician ; Arthur Mathewson, M. D., the noted oculist; the Rev. Dr. Noble, of Chicago; Addison Van Name, librarian of Yale University. After leaving Yale he was principal of the Oxford high school for a year. Then he went south, and just prior to the breaking out of the rebellion was teaching a private school near Louisville, Kentucky. Having caused much excitement here, when, loyal to the Union, he cast the only vote for Lincoln and Hamlin, he went to Chicago, where a few days alter his arrival he was appointed principal of thi Ogden school. A year later in St. Louis he be- came principal of the Washington school and for the succeeding eighteen years was prominently identified with the public schools of that city. He was principal of a branch of the high school four- teen years. After returning east in 1880 he was made local superintendent of the public schools in Hartford, Connecticut, retaining this position for a year. Then he was elected to the position of super- intendent of schools of the city of Newton, Massa- cluisetts, which he efficiently filled until he re- signed in 1884. Since 1884 he has made his home in Oxford, Massachusetts, and has been active in town affairs. He was for several years a director of the Oxford National Bank. He was chairman of the board of selectmen in 1886-89-97-98. F"or twelve years he served the town as moderator of the annual town meeting. He was formerly chairman of the school committee and is a trustee of the Free Public Library. The library at Oxford was founded by Hon. Ira M. Barton, who gave a thousand dollars for the purpose in 1868. It has had gifts or be- tiuests also from Hon. George L. Davis, General Nelson H. Davis, Mrs. Mary S. T. Wallace, Jere- miah Learned, Esq., Orrin F. Joslin, Matlie E. Saw- telle, the Hon. Richard Olney, and lastly the munifi- cent Charles Earned Memorial Building. Mr. Kim- ball compiled a memorial pamphlet after the dedi- cation of the library building, giviiig the history of the library and the details of the Earned gift. He was chairman of the building committee. Oxford owes Mr. Kimball a great debt for his arduous work for the library in which the townspeople take an honest pride and satisfaction. Mr. Kimball is a justice of the peace. For three years he was a mem- ber of the Massachusetts board of agriculture and served upon the committee having charge of the State Agricultural College at Amherst, Massachu- setts. In 1871 he visited Europe and while there was made associate member of the Philosophical Society of Great Britain. He is a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club of Boston. His alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts in 1861. He is an active member of the First Congregational Church and since 1888 has been deacon. He is also chairman of 'the standing committee. Mr. Kimball has never married. MILLS FAMILY. Thomas Mills (r) was the immigrant ancestor of Joseph Mills, of Douglas, Massachusetts. Thomas Mills may have, been the son of James Mills, who had four other sons, Reuben, Caleb, William and John. Some of the descendants of Reuben live in Dunbarton, or did live there lately. In Dunbarton Thomas Mills was an early settler. Thomas Mills was born in Scot- land in 1720, removed to the north of Ireland, whence he came to America, settling first at Lon- WORCESTER COUNTY 39S donderry, New Hampshire, then at Hanipstead, New Hampshire, finally making his home in Dun- barton about 1 75 1. The date and birthplace of Thomas Mills are given on the authority of Ella Mills (Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Mills), but Mills is an English name and not Scotch. A family of this name is found among the Presbyterians of the north of Ireland, who were mostly Scotch, but partly English. We find Robert Mills, ensign, designated among others who were ordered to remove from Ulster May 23, 1653, to certain districts of Mun- ster. These names represent the ancestors of many of the settlers at Londonderry some fifty years later. The name of Mills is common in Antrim, Ireland, at present. Thirty-four of the name were born in the year 1890 in Antritn. It seems likely therefore that Thomas Mills came from an English family of Mills, doubtless intermarried with Scotch families after settling in Ireland. The family prob- ably went to Ireland after 1620, and Ensign Robert Mills is really the first of the name found by the writer in Irish records. There was much English stock and sotiie Irish among what was known as Scotch-Irish to indicate that the people were Scotch in religion (Presbyterian), customs, accent, etc. Thomas Mills came over with the Scotch-Irish. Ensign Robert Mills lived in Coleraine, county of Antrim, and many of the New Hampshire settlers came from Antrim. Thomas Mills married Elizabeth Hogg or Hoag, >'t a prominent family among the early settlers, "^rime of the immigrants of this name changed it to Moore. She was probably the daughter of John l')gg, one of the first settlers of Dunbarton. He ifd January 27, 1790, and she died August 30, <ter for J. A. & L. F. Bancroft for a few years. Then he settled in Windham county, Con- necticut, where for many years he followed the occupation of hunting and the training of hunting dogs. He has dealt in furs and at the present lime has a large business in furs. He sends a large con- singment of furs and skins to the markets of Bos- ton and New York city every season. He settled in Douglas in 1897 and has carried on his business there. Much of his leisure time is spent in the woods with dog and gun. He is popular among his neighbors, a genial companion, blunt, straight- forward and positive. He is a leading member of the Douglas Grand Army Post, of which he has been the commander for the past eight years. He is a Republican in politics and a Congregationalist in religion. He married (first) Emily F. Corbin. He married (second), December 11, 1888, Celia A. (Chase) Woodward, daughter of Moses Chase and widow of Edward Woodward. Children of Joseph and Emily F. Mills were: James I'ranklin, born August 27, 1865, of whom later; Albert Lerman, April 16, 1867, resides in Hampton, Connecticut ; Carrie Marilla, April 3. i86g, married Henry Beckford, re- sides in Elliott, Connecticut ; Calvin Rawson, Octo- ber 5, 1870, of whom later ; George Washington, June 25. 1872, resides at Mcdfield, Massachusetts; Jennie Frances, January 31, 1874. resides at Hop- kinton, New Hampshire; Haltic F'meline, March 3, 1876, married Pike, of Elliott, Connecti- cut ; Fanny Edna. March 13. 1879, married Lyon, of North \Vindham, Connecticut; Bessie, De- cember 24, 1880, died I'cbruary 7, 1881 ; Horace 39t) WORCESTER COUNTY Chase, March lo, 18S2. now of Greenwich, Con- necticut. (,V) James Franklin Mills, son of Joseph Mills, Jr- U). was bom in Westford, Connecticut, Au- gust 27. 1865. He attended the public schools of Pomfret and Putnam, Comjecticut. At the age of seventeen he left school to take charge of the large farm of Chandler Spaulding in Putnam, where he worked three years. Then he had charge of the farm of Charles Smith at Pomfret for five years. He came to East Douglas to work as a carpenter for Mr. Paine, a contractor, then building the large tabernacle on the camp meeting grounds. He was the tirst to begin work and ihe last to leave the job. In iS93'he formed a partnership with his brother, C. R. Mills, and opened a general store in East Douglas. At the end of si.x months he sold out to his brother and took charge of the bakerv of Mr. Ritchie in East Douglas. He bought the baken- of David WTiite at Uxbridge, December 18, 1S95, and he has built up a large and constantly growing business. He built a large and commodious house, the lower story of which he occupies for his business, now one of the largest in its line in the Blackstone Valley. He keeps four bakers em- ployed day and night and has three deliverj- wagons on the road every day. He does an extensive busi- ness also in catering. He is well known in several of the leading social and fraternal organizations of the town of Ux- tridge. He is an active member and has held all the offices in succession in the Uxbridge Grange, Patrons of Husbandry-. He is a seventh degree member: is assistant steward of the Central Pomona and has often been delegate to county and state •convention? of the organization. He is a member of the -Ancient Order of United Workmen: of Ux- bridge Ledge. No. 120. Odd Fellows: charter mem- ber of the East Douglas Camp, Sons of Veterans. In politics he is a Republican and a leader of the party. He has been a member of the Republican town committee for six years, three of which he ■was chairman. He served five years in the state militia in Putnam. Connecticut. He married. November 7, 1S91, in Douglas, Juliet E. Brown, daughter of William W. Brown, harness maker. Their children are : Raymond, bom December 13. 1S92. in Douglas: Robert Leslie. De- cember 21. 1S94, in Douglas; Emma Adeline, Feb- ruary- 20. 1807, in L'xbridge. (V) Calvin Rawson Mills, son of Joseph Mills, Jr. (4), \vas bom October 5, 1S70. He was edu- cated in the public schools. At present he is as- sistant superintendent of the Prudential Life In- surance Company with headquarters at Mansfield. Connecticut, where he resides. He is a Republican in politics and a Baptist in religion. He is a mem- ber of the Ancient Order of LTnited Workmen. He married. October 3, 1894. Stella Emeline Johnson, daughter of M. ^I. Johnson, thread manufacturer. of Mansfield. Connecticut. They have one child — Grace Evelyn, born January 5, 1898. HARRIS F.\MILV. George Harris (t1. the immigrant ancestor of the Harris family of Clin- ton. Massachusetts, was born in England, and came of an ancient family of England and Wales. The origin of the name is Welsh, meaning simply son of Henry or Harrj-. The coat of arms of the family is : Ar. a lion rampant, sa. over all a chevron ermine. Crest, a falcon with wings ex- panded, or. George Harris was a proprietor of Salem, ^lassachusetts, in 1636, and in 1638 he had a family of six children. He died before March, 1644, leaving a son Joseph and a son George, who was bound out at the age of eight years. His house was by the cove, the common landing place of the North river. (II) George Harris, son of George Harris (i), was bom probably in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1635. He was apprenticed Januarj-, 1644. for the term of eight years or until he was twenty-one to Thomas Goldsmith to learn his trade. He settled in Concord, where he appears on the records in 1669. He married, November 21, 1671, Lydia Grosse. He married (second), December 5, 168S, Sarah Vinton. Most of his children settled in Lancaster and vicinity. The children of George and Lydia Harris, all bom at Concord, were: Edmund, bom October 26, 1672, died at Lancaster, December K), 1726; his wife Elizabeth died Janu- arj' o. I755- aged sevent>--thrce years: Lydia. bom April iS. 1675; John, born January 19, 1676-7, died i~39- see forward: Hannah, bom March 27, 1679: Lydia, bom September 8, 16S1 ; Ebenezer. bom July. 16S4, settled in Lancaster. The children of George and Sarah Harris : George, bom February 20. 1690-1. settled at Lancaster: Joseph, bom Sep- tember 23. 1603 : Jonathan, bom September 22, 1696. settled in Lancaster. (III) Ebenezer Harris, son of George Harris (2). was born at Concord. Massachusetts, July, 16S4. He died at Lancaster, 1769. He married I first) . He married (second) (intentions February 11, 1748-9), Lydia Warrensford. widow. His children : Ebenezer. Jonathan, see forward ; David. John. Deborah Butler, Hannah. . (IV) Jonathan Harris, son of Ebenezer Harris C3'). was bom in Lancaster. Massachusetts, about 1720. and was baptized August 14, 1720. He mar- ried at Lancaster, May 26. 1749. -Annis Houghton, who died April 3. 1759. They resided it is believed at Bolton, formerly Lancaster, and were probably the parents of Daniel, see forward. (V) Daniel Harris, descendant of George Har- ris (l). of Concord. Massachusetts, and perhaps son of Jonathan Harris (4). was bom in Bolton, Massachusetts. 1758. He was a soldier in the revolution. He was corporal in Captain Ephraim Stearns's company. Colonel Ezra Wood's regiment, from May to December at Ticonderoga. He an- swered the call for troops to defend Rhode Island from Sir Henr\- Clinton in July. 1781. He was a sergeant at West Point in Captain Nathaniel Wright's company. Colonel Luke Drurj-'s regiment in T7S1: engaged for the town of Bolton, Accord- ing to the history of Shrewsburj- he was born in the same year as Daniel Harris, Jr., of that town. That Daniel went to Wardsboro, Vermont, and died there. But the records of deeds seem to indi- cate that the younger Daniel Harris, of Shrewsbur>-. was son of Daniel and Resigner Harris.' of Wor- cester, bom there June 15, 1761, grandson of Will- inm Harris and great-grandson of George Harris (2). He settled at the time of his marriage in Pcyl'itrin. though the elder children were baptized in Northborough. where doubtless their mother was a member of the church. In 1805, after all their children were bom, he removed from Boyls- ton to South Lancaster and bought of John Hunt's widow her rights in the estate. The farm was of large area. It e.vtended from the river near the present site of the "highbridge" of the New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad and extended T^ ^ <^^^^^.^ (^ x^n ^^ ^^^ a^y^^-J 398 WORCESTER COUNTY four luindrct! dollars. After his fathers death and that of his elder brother, Emory, both of which occurred in i8j8, he took charge of his father's estate, but he transferred it to Levi Harris, who had married his sister's daughter. Asahel died in 1844 at the age of fifty years, of consumption, the ■disease which swept away so many of his family. He was commonly known as Captain Harris, after 1823, when he had command of the Lancaster Light Infantry at the time of its organization. He was said to be a remarkably fine looking officer and he was a distinguished figure of the musters of his time. He married Abigail Phelps in 1820 and they had five children, four of whom were sons. All of them died or moved away from Clinton before taking any prominent part in its affairs. One was a painter in Westboro, another was a comb manu- facturer in Leominster. (VI) Sidney Harris, son of Daniel Harris (s), was born in Boylston, Massachusetts, October 8, 1804. He attended district school. No. 10. From ■boyhood he was accustomed to work in the comb factories of his elder brothers. Emory and Asahel Harris, as well as upon his father's farm. One of his old account books, which has been pre- served, shows that he began business on his own account in a small way when he came of age. The first entries in Book i. .as it is endorsed, shows that he began in 1825 "cutting out combs" for his hrothers. .^sahel and Emory, and then for various other manufacturers. He hired the machine with which he worked from Gardner Pollard. His busi- ness gradually increased, and he began to make •complete combs. He was not in partnership with either brother : sometimes he made combs for each of them, and sometimes they made combs for him. Perhaps they all worked together on large orders. Before Book I was closed in 1828 Sidney Harris had evidently as large a business as either brother. He had lived at home until 1828. when he bought of his brother Asahel and his father the homestead east of the river. This property became the nucleus around which grew that great aggregation of lands and houses, and he became the largest individual taxpayer of the town of Clinton. From 1828 to 1830 or later his manufacturing was done in a shop near his new house, and there is no reason to sup- pose that up to that time the water privilege had been improved. In 1833 Asahel and Sidney had completed the dam and agreed to share the power equally. Sidney taking the eastern side. It was the same height then as in later years, four and two-tenths feet ; it was swept away once but re- stored to its previous form. In later times two wheels were used and about fifty horse power de- veloped there. Sidney probably had a small shop here for the manufacture of combs soon after the dam was completed, and in 1835 he bought the rights of his brother and became sole owner. The buildings about the dam increased in number and size as the business developed. Mr. Harris built another large shop on the western bank, and the road was changed from its location at the side of the river to the present location of Branch street to accommodate the new factorv. During his last years Mr. Harris was an invalid and gave up to his sons, Edwin A. and George S.. the management of the comb business. His shops at the time of his retirement emnloycd regularly about thirty hands and the product amounted to twenty thou- sand dollars worth annually. Early in his career Mr. Harris used to sell his own goods in New York, and he always knew the market in which he was interested. He invested largely and wisely in real estate. He was active in the effort to get the Worcester & Nashua Railroad built and owned a large block of the stock. In 1857 he was by far the largest taxpayer of Clinton, being taxed on over fifty thousand dollars. In 1838 he was one of the select- men of Lancaster. He was on the prudential com- mittee of his school district in 1847. He was a leader in the movement to incorporate Clinton, and he became the first town treasurer and was again elected to that office in 1855. He was an ardent temperance man and built the hall in the building on High street now occupied by C. W. Field for the Sons of Temperance, then a very strong and growing order. He was a Unitarian in religion and was a liberal supporter of the new church in Clinton. "Next to the Bigelows," writes the his- torian of Clinton, "Sidney Harris is the most im- portant figure in the industrial life of Clintonville. He won this position by his love of work, his in- tegrity, his sound judgment in matters of business, his enterprise, his public spirit and his ser\'ice in behalf of education, temperance and religion." After his death. November 21. 1861, his sons con- tinued the business under the title of Sidney Harris & Sons, a t'tle which was never changed as long as the shops remained under their control. He married, 1829. Sally Kilhurn, daughter of Daniel and Rachel (Mcintosh) Kilburn, of Lunen- burg, Massachusetts, the ceremony being performed in Lancaster by Rev. Nathaniel Thayer. D. D. She died March 9, 1872 ; he died November 21, i86t. Their children: Edwin, born December 7, 7829. died December 27, 1829: Almira Jane, born June 6. 1831, died September 22. 1847; Christopher Thayer, born March 22. 1833, died March 20, 1854: Edwin Algernon, born May 31. 1837. see forward ; George Sidney, born March 13, 1839, died April 28, 1867, see forward. , (VII) Eliza Plimpton, daughter of Betsey (Harris) Plimpton (6), married Levi Harris and resides on Water street. Clinton. Levi Harris wa.^ born in Lunenburg in 1805. He learned comb mak- ing of Gardner Pollard and worked at his trade in Leominster, and later at one of the Lowe shops in Clintonville. He lived in the Lawrence house until 1844, when he became the owner of the Daniel Harris homestead. He was a "t|uiet. honest, able citizen, one who always attended strictly to his own business." He was a LTnitarian in religion. He died October 13, 1883. He was one of the original members of the First Unitarian Church of Clinton. (VII) Emory Harris. Jr.. son of Emory Harris (6). was born in that part of Lancaster now in- cluded in Clinton. June it. i8.w He acouired a .good education in the public schools. When not in school he worked on the farm of his father. He started for himself in the coaching and ex- press business. For twenty-six years he owned a line of railroad carriages. For a time after the opening of the Boston. Clinton & Fitchburg Rail- road he served as conductor. He was also a farmer. He remained in active life in his business until his death, .^pril 7. T874. He and his "family at- tended the Unitarian Church. He was a Republi- can in politics. He was a popular and progressive citizen. He married in Boston. November Ti. 1850. Eliza Sheple. daughter of Danford and Eliza J. Sheple. She was born in Boston, January 13, 1828. ^U) f WORCESTER COUNTY 399 Their only child was a daughter, ITattie E., born May ,^. 1861. Mrs. Harris died September 17, 1899. (VII) Edwin Algernon Harris, son of Sidney Harris (6). was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, May 31. 1837, in the old homestead. He attended the public schools and for some time Josiah Bride's famous school at Berlin and then took a business course at a school in Worcester. The boyhood of Edwin A. Harris was passed at school and in his father's workshops, so that when he came to years of manhood he was thoroughly prepared to assume the respon.'ibility of the business which was re- linquished by his father on account of failing health. Upon the death of the latter the business passed into the hands of Edwin A. and George S., but the subsequent death of George S. threw the entire responsibility upon Edwin A. Throughout these changes the business was conducted under the firm name of S. Harris & Sons. From the beginning Mr. Harris was remarkably successful, and under his vigorous efforts the works rapidly increased in size and capacity, until they became the largest comb works in the United States. He was a practical believer in industry and all that it can do, and the large measure of success he achieved was the direct result of his own ambi- tion and effort. He was one of the first projectors and supporters of the Agricultural Brancli Rail- road, and the town of Clinton is greatly indebted to him for the successful culmination of this import- ant enterprise. He was one of the directors of the First National Bank of Clinton, and as such ren- dered valuable service. He was an active member and liberal supporter of the Unitarian Church, this being the faith in which he was reared Mr. Harris married. December 28, 1858. Adeline K. Damon, daughter of William and Adeline Kim- ball Damon, the former named a son of John and Lucy (Swain) Damon, and the latter the widow of Henry W. Calkins, of Keene, New Hampshire. John Damon (grandfather) was a native of West- minster. Massachusetts. William Damon (father) was a resident of Fitchburg. Massachusetts. To this union was born Herbert Christopher. April 28, 1S62, died June 24, 1863; and Flora Kate, July 20. 1865, died January 6. T883. The death of- Edwin A. Harris, May 28, 187.^, while in the prime of life, was mourned by a large number of friends, particularly by the residents of the village which bore his name. He remains were interred in Woodlawn cemetery. (VII) George Sidnev Harris, son of Sidney Harris (6), was born March 13, 1839. He at- tended the public schools of his native town. At an early age he began to work in his father's comb factory, and on account of their father's ill health George and Edwin, his brother, were in business before they reached their maturity. While the father was still living, the large addition to the shops was made in i860 under the direction of the two brothers. .At that time the firm employed fifty hands. By the conditions of the father's will, his widow had control of the homestead and shops, but she leased the latter to the sons and the busi- ness was continued under the old name, Sidney Harris & Sons, In May, 1862. the firm undertook the manufacture of paper bags on a large scale, but soon abandoned this branch and cofffined its attention to horn goods. The staple product was the common varieties o^f combs, hut at a later date date fancy combs were produced. For a time also horn buckles and horn chains were made. The product was sold through commission merchants. George S. Harris died .April 28, 1867, and after that the business was conducted by the surviving partner for eight years, when he too died and the property was sold to a joint stock company. -After si.K years Mrs. Edwin A. Harris bought the con- cern, continued it under the corporate title in a smaller way, but finally sold out to the Lancaster mills and the business ceased. The home of George S. Harris was in the house he bought of Absalom Lord, recently owned by Mrs. David Haskell. George was never very strong and was inclined to work beyond his strength. In 1865 he was one of the selectmen of Clinton. He took up his father's mantle in the temperance move- ment and was an active worker in the society of Good Templars. In later life he attended the Con- gregational Church. He married Ellen M. Damon, who survived him. Their children: George S. and Helen J. CHARLES EDWIN SEAGR.WE. John Sea- grave (l), the immigrant ancestor of Charles Ed- win Seagrave, of L'.xbridge, Massachusetts, is be- lieved to have been a native of Leicestershire. Eng- land. The ancestry of the English family has been traced in that county and vicinity back to the year A. D. 519. The ancient coat of arms of the family is: Sa. with fcsse bet. three wheat sheaves, or. Crest. A dexter hand holdin.g a palm branch ppr. He married in England Sarah , who died at an advanced age in 1786. He died on the voyage to America or just before his widow and four children sailed. The widow and four children landed in Boston about 1725 and settled there. After the daughter Mary married, the mother and other daughter lived with her until the siege of Boston, when they went to Uxbridge. She prob- ably returned after Evacuation and was there late in 1776, when she was appointed administratrix of her married daughter's estate. She spent her last years in Uxbridge. living w-ith her son. Captain Seagrave. Children of John and Sarah Seagrave were: I. Edward, born in England about 1722, of whom later: John, born in England, 1724: Sarah, born 1728, died June 30, 1802. unmarried : Mary, baptized March 2-,. 1732. in Christ Church. Salem street. Boston: married Captain John Dorrington; she died December 13. 1776. (II) Captain Edward Seagrave. son of John .Seagrave (i), was born in England. 1722. and died in Uxbridge, May 18, 1793. When a young lad he was bound out to Joseph Taft, of Uxbridge, and as he grew to manhood Seagrave became a leading citizen. He had risen to the rank of lieu- tenant of the company of Minute Men in Ux- bridge. commanded by Captain Samuel Read, and marched with his company on the Lexington .Marm April TO. I77S. He was commissioned captain Sep- tember 2,^, 177.";. in Colonel Read's regiment (Twcnfielii Foot) of Massachusetts, erjisted for eight months. In 1778 he was captain of the Ninth Company. Third Worcester Regiment, and later in the year was in the Rhode Island campaign under Colonel Wade. He served in the battle of White Plains in 1776 and won a charge when a retreat had been ordered. His gallantry there brought to him the offer of a colonel's commission, which he declined. He was an honorable man, brave and patriotic officer, trust and loyal friend i;i)MI Ml 1 I. I'.ACtiN WORCESTER COUNTY 40t gust g. 1852, in Uxbridge. married Al)liic F. Ca), was born at Freetown, Massachusetts, August 31, 1714, and died at Enfield, Connecticut, August 30. 1795, aged eighty years. He resided in Free- town and Douglas, Massachusetts, and at Enfield, Connecticut. He married Betsey Bardeen, who was born December 16, 1723, and died November 26. 181 7. Their children, most of whom settled in Douglas, were: Samue-1, married Abigail Bige- ' .V (intentions dated March 29, 1762; married -econd) (intentions dated October 2), 1773, Bethia ■ i nvninshield, of Sutton; Joseph, Jr., Judith, iizabeth, then of Freetown, married (intentions ;itember 13), 1762, William Jepherson, Jr. (Jef- rson), of Douglas; Lydia, married at Douglas r-.tentioiis February 26), 1772, Nathan Spooner; - isanna. Some relation to the foregoing were: i Mvid Parker, of Douglas, who married, September 1775, Susan Aldeson. and Archelaus Parker, of Douglas, who married. 1773. Betty Richardson. (IV) Joseph Parker, son of Joseph Parker 13), was born in Freetown, Massachusetts, Febru- ry 29. 1751-52. He settled at Douglas, Massachu- tts. where he died January 21, 1810. He married iinicc Emerson (intentions dated January 7, 7/0). She was born June 29, 1752, and died at Douglas. March 18, 1845, aged ninety-three years. Children of Joseph and Eunice Parker, all born at Douglas, were: Mary, July 29, 1770; Eunice, Prince, .April 30. 1775, of whom later. (V) Prince Parker, son of Jo.=;eph Parker (4), w.-is born April 30. 1775. at Douglas, Massachu- ■nts, and died 1866. He settled in his native • I'.vn. lie married (intentions dated February 25, 1705) Olive Aldrich. who died at Douglas, Decem- • r 21. 1840, aged sixty-three years. She was born • Uxbridge, October i, 1777. Their children, all rn at Douglas, were: Joseph, born May 24, 1796; !.el. July II. 1798; Purloinc, April i, 1800; Polly, i ir-cember 16. 1803; Prince, Jr., November 27, iall, John E., 392 Kimliall, John W., 9 Kimball, Moses, 270 Kimball, Samuel, 393 Kimball, William, 394 Lamson, Charlotte M., 235 Larchar, RaKih T,. :^2_i Larchar, Williain J., 323 Lawrence, Albert Jl. 87 Lawrence, Cephas, 89 Lawrence, David P.. Sg Lcathe. Benjamin, iir'7 Leatlie, William M.. 1S6 Legg Family, 173 Legg, George W., 1173 Lcgg, Henry H., 173 Legg, Peter, 173 Lincoln, Alonzo, 252 Lincoln, Horace W., 2=2 Loring, Southworth S7 Lowe, Albert N. 22S Lowe, Arthur H., 22S Lowe, David, 225 Lowe, David, 2.30 . Lowe, Eugene F., 227 Lowe Family, 224 Lowe. Frank E.. 230 Lowe, George R.. 230 Lowe, Herbert G.. 229 I^ovve, Ida L., 220 Lowe. Ira A., 228 I^we. John, 226 Lowe, John A., 2,30 Lowe, Lewis M., 229 Lowe, Orin M., 229 Lowe, Samuel H., 226 T^we. Samuel H.. 230 Lowe, Seth L., 226 Lowe. Waldo H., 227 Lunt Family. 49 Lunt, Micajah, 50 Lyman Family. 383 Lyon, Charlotte M. C. 203 Lyon, David, 202 Lyon, Elijah, 202 Lyon, Franklin. .•'02 Lyon, Rosaltha P.. 203 MacDuff. Daniel, 319 MacDuff, Daniel. Sr , 319 Maflahy, Michael, 263 Mallahy, Patrick, 263 Mason. Dwijrht T... if'o Mason Family, 1S7 Mason, Frank L., 13S Mason, Gregory, 139 Mason, Henry H., 1.39 Mason, Ida A. (Norwood), 139 Mason, Orlando, 1S8 Mason, Rnfus, 188 McConncll, John, 177 McConncll, Mary .A.(Rcvvan),i78 M'cCrackcn Family, .i53 McCracken, Francis, 353 McCracken, George W., 353 McCracken, Herbert, 354 Merriam, Charles H., 310 Merriam, David H., 309 Merriam Family, 19 Merriam, Francis. 207 Merriam, Jacob H., 20 Merriam, Lyman W., 20 Merriam, William, 207 Miles, Jonas K., 178 Miles, Jonas M., 178 Miles, Lowell M., 178 Miller, Alfred, 48 Miller, Ernest P., 48 Miller, lohn, 48 Mills, Calvin R., 39r) Mills Family. 394 Mills, James F.. 396 Mills, Josepli, .'395 Mills, Joseph, Jr., .3C5 Moore, Alexander, 413 Moore, Frank H., 412 Moore, George F.. 414 Moore, George W.. 413 Morton Family, 146 Moss, John B., 384 Moss. John W., 384 Murdock, Charles, 2'^ Murdock, Harrison " ■'- Murray, Frank E.. ^Murray. Henrv tt_] Murray, John F., T 1.: Needham, Monroe C 216 Newcomb, Joseph, 2tS Newcomb. Samuel W.. 21S Newcomb. Williams A., 218 Newton. Charles H., 205 Newton. Elmer, 20; Newton, Horation D., 169 Newton, Nathan P. 20.S Newton, Willard, 160 Newton, Willard H..' 168 Norcross, Charles H.. \a.\ Norcross. Nettie P. (Dudley), 144 Noyes, Arta S., 156 Noyes. Fbcnezer. 156 Noyes F.nmilv. 154 Nugent Family. 215 Nugent, James, 215 Nugent, John. 215 Page, Albert G.. 80 Page. David P., 30 Page, David P.. Tr, 31 Page. Edmund, 7.5 Page. Ernest. 92 Page, Frank D.. "9 Page, Franklin W.. 328 Page, Henry T. 20 Page, Susan (Lunt\ 50 Parker, Augustin H., 255 Parker, Carmi M., 165 Parker, Elkanah P., 166 Parker, Henry H., 255 Parker, Nathan, 165 Parker, Prince, 403 Parker, Walter H.. 402 Parker. Zara, 403 Parkhill. John, 91 Parks Family, 67 Parks. Frederick W., 69 Parks, Gilbert M., 68 Parks, Robert S., 69 Parks, William, 68 Patch, Jacob, 22 Patch, Lyman, 21 Patch, Samuel, 22 Paton, Ale.>;andcr S., 363 Paton, James. 363 Pattison, Louis E., 305 Pattison, Mabel G. (Aldrich), .306 Pelton Family. 113 Pierce, Chester D.. 247 Pierce, George R., 247 Pierce. George S., 45 Pierce, John, 46 Pierce, Oliver, 46 Pierce. William. 247 Pitts, B. Marshall. 64 Pitts, Earl P., 64 Pitts Family, 62 Pitts. Hiram W., 6;^ Plynipton. .Albert H., 387 Plympton Family, 386 Plympton. John B., 387 Plympton. Noah A., 387 • Poland, Addison B.. 283 Poland Simon B., 281 Poland, Wheeler, 2S1 Poland, William. 2S1 Pollard, Harry D., 271 Prior, Cyrus, 158 Prior, Robert, I'sS Prior, Wright S., 158 Proctor Family, 313 Proctor, George N.. Si Proctor, Jacob, 313 Proctor, John, 80 I'roctor. John B., 313 Proctor, Nathaniel. 313 Proctor, Sullivan G.. 80 Proctor, William L.. 388 Proctor. William R.. 314 Prouty. Eddy W.. 316 Prouty. Joel E.. 331 Prouty. I.ilberty. 331 Putnam, Edna M. (Lowe), 227 Putnam. T^mes F... 227 Putney. Willard D.. 21 Putney, William E., 21 Reed, Davis. 217 Reed. George, 216 Reed. Nathan. 217 Regan, Jeremiah F.. 214 Remington, Herman E., 97 Remington, Mitchell F.. 98 Remington. Philemon, 98 Rice. A-TTon, 302 Rice. Charles A... 3.^1 Rice. Charles H., 4 Rice. Charles P., Xi^ INDEX. 421 Rice, Ezekiel, 350 Rice Family, 301 Rice, James, 303 Rice, Jane (Nourse), ijsi Rice, Jesse, 350 Rice, John, 337 Rice, Lewis, 351 Rice, Moses, 302 Rice, Samuel, 352 Rice, Seth, 352 Rice, Silas, 5 Richardson, Maurice II., 238 Richardson, Nathan H.. 237 Richardson, VVyman, 23S Rickey, Asel, 2S3 Rickey, Joseph E., 283 Rockwell, Henry F., 9 Rockwell. Henry O., 9 Rockw-cll-Gibson Families, 6 Root, Charles A., 372 Root, Charles B. J., 3/2 Root Family, 371 Root, Hezckiah, 372 Russell, Andrew, 195 Russell, Eliakim, 276 Russell Family, 194 Russell Family. 275 Russell, Frederick W.. 277 Russell, Ira. 276 Russell. John. 194 Russell, Willis L., 195 Sawyer, Charles, 368 Sawyer. Elisha, 367 Sawyer Family of Fitchburg, 117 Sawyer Family, 367 Sawyer. Henry L., 119 Sawver. Henry O., 118 Sawyer. Oliver B., 118 Scott, Bri.srham M.. 262 Scott Family, 259 Scott. Flora M., 261 Scott, George H., 262 Scott. George N., 261 Scott. John v., 261 Scott, Samuel F.. 261 Scott, Samuel W.. 261 Seagrave. Charles E., 399 Scagrave, John. 400 Searles, Curtis, 149 Searles, George, 149 Searles, George F., 149 Scarles-Corbin Families, 321 Sears. Miriam V., ^oH Scar-i. Willard T.. 308 Shattuck Family, 18 Shattuck, Jeremiah, 19 Shattuck. Moody, 19 Sheldon, Francis, 197 Sheldon, Samuel, 197 Sheldon, Thomas C. 196 Sherman. Andrew B., 77 Sherman, Asa, 78 Sherman, Zacchen^. 78 Shirrcffs, .Archibald, 8r Shirrcffs, John, 8t Simnnds. .Vbel, 2 Simonds. Daniel. 3 Simonds Family, i Slade. Allen 72 Slade. Stcnhrn. 71 Slade, William, 71 Small, Jo.sei)h. 2S3 Small, Joseph H., 283 Smith, Albert E.. 407 Smith, Anjeanette (Keimey), 412 Smith, Chauning. 407 Smith, Channing. 409 Smith, Charles B., 100 Smith, Charles W.. 100 Smith, Edward H., 284 Smith. Samuel A., 2S4' Southard I'^aniily, 239 Southard, Henry, 239 Southard. Gilbert, 239 Starrctt, Frank, 278 Starrctt, Mrs. Frank, 278 Stockbridge, Abijnli W., 341 Stockbridge Family, 340 Stockbridge, John, 341 Stockbridge, Radford. 341 Stone, Mary A. (Brr.wn), 366 Swan Family, 383 Taber, George, 161 Taber, Jesse, 161 Taber, Jesse P., i6o Taft, Amariah. 185 Taft, .^nnie E. (Clark), 177 Taft. Austin A., 186 Taft Family, 185 Taft. George M., t86 Taft, Henrv K., 177 Taft, Samuel H., 22t Taft, Silas, 220 Taft, Thomas, 221 Tainter. Abijah, 202 Tainter. Daniel, 202 Tainter Family, 201 Tatman, Charles. 233 Tatman, Charles T., 2.34 Tatman, David D.. 234 Tatman Family, 232 Tatman, John A., 234 Tatman, Levi. 234 Tatman. Reuben J., 234 Tatman, Rufus D., 234 Tatman, Samuel D.. 234 Thayer, Albert S., 154 Thayer. B.ayard. 407 Thayer, Ebenezer, 404 Thaver. Edward D.. 1^3 Thaver, Edward D., 154 Thayer, Ernest L.. i.S4 Thayer, Eugene F., 268 Thayer, Eugene V.. 407 Thayer Family of Lancaster, 403 Thayer, .Tohn E., 407 Thaver, Nallianiel. 404 Thayer. Wel:ome A.. j68 Thomas F.imily, I2t Trotz, Carl O.. 184 Trotz, Johan O., 184 Tufts, Joseph A., 219 Tufts, Nathan A., 210 Upham, Lucretia H.. 3t2 Upham, William. 312 LIplon, Amelia F. fVose), 27 Upton. Edwin, 26 Upton Family. 25 Upton, .John. 27 L'pton, Joseph, 26 Uplon. Joseph, 27 Vincent, Nicholas, 177 Van Dine, Dow, 385 . Van Dine, Edw ard E. 386 Van Dine, William H.. 386 Vaudreuil, Isaie, 318 Vaudreuil, Joseph G., 318 Walcott, Jonas T., 326 Walcott, Marshall, 326 Walker Family, 271 Walker, Melvin H., 272 Walker, Silas, 272 Wallace, Charles E., 127 "^ Wallace, David, 128 Wallace, George R., 164 Wallace, Herbert I.. 164 Wallace. Matthew. 128 Wallace, Rodney, 1O2 Wallace, William, 272 Wallace, William B., 272 Wallace Library and Art Build- ing, 164 Ware, Abiel, 40 Ware, Charles E., 12 Ware, Henry, 13 W'arc, Lewis, 40 Ware, Stephen V.. 39 Ware, Thornton K., 14 Webber, George, (j Webber, John S., 67 Webber, Martin. ()6 Wells. Aaron, 112 Wells, Almira (Pelton). 114 Wells, Edwin A., 11 1 Wells, Nathaniel. 112 Wctherbee Family, 149 Wetherbee, George F., 150 Wetherbee. Jonathan Z., 150 Wheeler, Abel, 401 Wheeler, Leonard, 401 Whcelock, Arthur, 345 Wheelock, Eugene A.. 344 Wheelock Family of L'xbridge 342 Wheelock. Jerry, .343 Wheelock, Silas M.. .343 Whidden. Edith K. (Smilbl. 40S White. Daniel A.. 32" W'hite Family, 126 White, Joseph, 126 White Michael V.. 168 White! Millard W., 166 White. Samuel, 327 White, Stephen, t68 White. William W., 127 White. Windsor N.. 127 Whilin, Albert IL. 57 Whitin, Charles E.. 55 Whitin. Charles P., 54 Whitin Familv, .^o Whitin. Frederick B.. 55 Whitin, George M., $6 Whilin, Henry T., $7 Whitin. James E.. 57 Whitin. James F.. 54 Whitin. John C 5.1 Whitin. Julia F. (Wesson). 55 Whitin. Lewis F., 56 Whitin. Paul. ?7 Whilin. Paul, Jr., .52 Whilin. William H . 55 422 INDEX. Whitinsville, 57 Willard Family, 152 Wilson, Ephraim, 9.; Whitney, Alfred H., 128 Willard, John, 153 Wilson, Joseph S., 92 Whitney, Andrew J.. 204 Willard. John, Sr. 152 Wilson, Nathaniel, 93 Whitney, John, 129 • Williams, Alexander G.. 222 Wood, Jonathan, 26? }lwl"'-' q'"""^^' '^° Williams, Elbridge G., 221 Wood, Nelson P., 264 wtiitney, banniei 204 Williams Family. 221 Wood, William N., 263 Whitney. Susie W. (Davis), 130 Wricrht Ahel t^S Whitnev. Wilbur F., 129 ?X! "°'' 9^°''^*"' -'° >\\ , . ' o Wilder' Fanson. 277 Wilmot, James. 210 Wright, Isaac, 138 Wilder! Fred E., 329 Willis, Henry A., 64 Wright, Isaac C. 137 Wilder, Herbert S.. 277 Willis, Hopestill, 65 Wyman, Oliver R., 135 Wilder, Jonathan, 277 Willis, Samuel, 65 Wyman, Seth, 136 LRFJa78 9 78 ■S'- •^J. \ /' 4i4'". "\-.^^'''' ''^^& ,. '^'-.v^^- \-^-.v,-v^ %-»:-/ \*^^V .. %---^ '-^^.^ VPEy^; ..^^-. A' -.- ^-^ •'^V'' ... 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