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(I\') Caleb Simonds, third son of James Simonds and Mary Fowle, born August 27, 1720, married first, March 26, 1746, Susanna, daughter of Captain Robert and Mary Convers. Seven children were born of this marriage. After the death of his first wife, Caleb Simonds married, December 6, 1774, second, Lucy Munroe, widow of Andrew Alunroe, of Lexington. There were no children of this marriage. Her maiden name was Mixer, and she married first, Daniel Simonds, a distant relative of Caleb Simonds. By him she had several children, the youngest of whom was born about six months after the death of her husband. She then married Andrew Munroe, atitl by liim had two children, Andrew and Ishmael, as is mentioned in a preceding paragraph. Caleb Simonds was Lucy's third husband. Eleven years later Ruth Simonds, daughter of Caleb, married Andrew Munroe, son of the first Andrew Munroe and his wife Lucy, the latter of whom subsequently became the wife of Ruth's father. From this it will be seen that there was no blood relationship between Ruth Simonds and Andrew Munroe.

A tradition in the family concerning the death of Lucy Munroe is to the effect that she had gone to the well for a bucket of water and was hit by a kicking horse and fell, her head striking the door stone, and she was instantly killed. This tradition agrees with the records of deaths in the town of Woburn, which state that on September 3, 1783, while standing at her own door, she was run over by a horse and instantly killed, being then fifty-eigh.t years old.

Ruth Simonds Munroe.. wife of Andrew Munroe the younger, w'as a cousin of the celebrated Count Rumford, man of science and great learning and who was so closely associate! with the life of some of the best institutions of New England. ( See Count Rumford ). Children of Andrew and Ruth (Simonds) Munroe: i. Isaac, (see post). 2. Mary, born in Woburn, November 24, 1786; married Eliphalet Taylor, of Danvers. 3. Andrew (twin), born in New Grafton, New Hampshire, April I, 1789; married (first) Mary post). 5. Lncy, born in Danvers, May 24, 1791 ; married Hunt, and soon afterward went to New York state. 6. Edmund, (see post). 7. Uriah, (see post). 8. Ruth, born Danvers, May 27, 1798; married John Jacobs, of Danvers. 9. Sarah, born Danvers, September 7, 1800; married Eben Twiss. 10. Phebe Upton, born Danvers, February 15, 1803; married WilHam Cross. 11. Luther Symonds, (see post). The last six children were born in Danvers.

(V) Isaac Munroe, eldest child of Andrew and Ruth (Simonds) Munroe, born in Woburn, July 19, 1785, died in Lynn, February 18. 1822. His death was accidental, he being killed by falling from his wagon. He married, September 8, 1807, in Danvers, ceremony performed by Rev. Samuel Walker, Mary Curtis, born in Danvers, March 14, 1783, died December 7, 1842. Children, all born in Danvers: I. Mary, born November 30, 1808; married Jonathan C. Clough. 2. Eliza, born March 11, 1811; married Joseph Poor; (see Poor). 3. Hannah, born Alarch 16, 181 3; married John Parsons. 4. Clarissa, born February II, 1815; married Robert Herrick. 5. Lucinda, born July 4, 1817; married John Goldthwaite. 6. Melissa, born October 16, 1819; married William Stowe. 7. Isaac, born November 29, 1821 ; married Hannah ?

(V) Ishmael Munroe, fourth child of Andrew and Ruth (Simonds) Munroe, born in New Grafton, New Hampshire, April i, 1789; married February 20, 18 17, by Rev. Samuel Walker, Rhoda Symonds, of Burlington, Massachusetts. Children: i. Betsey Saunton, born December 25, 1819. 2. Caleb Convers, January 31, 1825. 3. Jonas Symonds, February 17, 1828; married Phebe Thomas.

(V) Edmund Munroe, sixth child of Andrew and Ruth (Simonds) Munroe, born in Danvers, October 27, 1793, died in Beverly. He married, first, September 15, 1819, (by Rev. Samuel Walker) Betsey Jacobs, born in Danvers, April 12, 1798, died October 20, 1829; four children. He married second, April I, 1830, (by Rev. George Cowles) Eliza Stanley; four children. His children: i. Caleb Symonds, born May 21, 1822, died young, in North Danvers. 2. Lucy, born January 27, 1824 (or 1825) ; married Moses Spiller, born in South Boston. 3. James (twin), born August 7, 1828; married Eliza Bliss, of Salem. 4. Edmund (or Edward, twin), born August 7, 1828; married Hannah

(V) Uriah Munroe, seventh child of Andrew and Ruth (Simonds) Munroe, born in Danvers, March 4, 1796; married (by Rev. Samuel Walker) October 20, 1819, Esther Eleanor Twiss, born in Danvers, July 16, 1803. Children: i. Jonathan Twiss, born of Saugus, Massachusetts. 2. Luther Symonds, born Alay 2, 1823; married Emily Wiley, of Lynnfield. 3. Sarah Wingate, born November 3, 1834 ( ?) ; never married.

(V) Luther Simonds Munroe, youngest child of Andrew and Ruth (Simonds) Munroe, born in Danvers, May 10. 1805, died there December 22,, 185 1. He married Olive Flint, the marriage ceremony being performed September 3, 1826, at Reading, Massachusetts, by Rev. Cyrus Pierce. She was born in Reading, July 2y, 1805, daughter of John and Phebe Flint (see Flint family). Children: i. William Calvin, born Danvers, March 20, 1827, died September 9, 1830. 2. Luther Simonds, born Reading, December 31, 1828; married

3. Phebe Cross, born Danvers, October 28, 1830, died Salem, January 31, 1895; married (by Rev. Dr. Brown Emerson) Robert W. Wilkinson ; children : i. Robert Henry Wilkinson, born South Danvers, January 14, 1855, died September 22, 1884; married, April 18, 1883, (by Rev. Willard G. Sperry, of South Church, Peabody) Eliza H. Poor, daughter of Nathan H. Poor and Elizabeth Morrill, of Peabody (see Poor family). Their only child, Edward Poor Wilkinson, born August 5, 1884, died October 10, 1884, eighteen days after the death of his father, ii. Albert Munroe Wilkinson, born South Danvers, November 7, i860, died May, 1908; married, October 18, 1894, at Salem, Isabella L. Bill, daughter of Caleb Rand Bill and x\nnie Margaret Boleman ; children : i. Donald Munroe Wilkinson, born October 23, 1895 ; ii. Janet Wilkinson, June 14, 1898. 4. XA'illiam Calvin, born Salem, December 21, 1833 (^see post). 5. Olive Adeline, born Salem, January 18, 1836, died Charlestown, Massachusetts, November 29, 1905 ; married John H. Grout. 6. George Warren, born Salem, August 2, 1840, died February, 2, 1867.

(Flint) Munroe, born in Salem, December 21, 1833, died there, at his summer residence, August 10, 1891, and was buried in the Monumental Cemetery in Peabody, Massachusetts. He came from Salem to Peabody in early life with his parents, and there grew to manhood and was engaged in the milk business for a short period of time. Being a lover of horses, he drifted into the express business, on a small scale, and at the time of the civil war he, with his brother-in-law, John H. Grout, established an express business in Peabody, or South Danvers, as it was then called, and they were the first to carry express matter over the railroad from Peabody, making a contract with the Old Eastern railroad, now a part of the Boston & Maine railroad, and shipped the express goods to East Boston, where their teams would take and carry them to Boston. They continued in business together for some time, when Mr. Grout purchased his partner's interest, and later Mr. Munroe purchased it back again. He then admitted as partner Frank T. Arnold, under the name of Munroe & Arnold Express, and later they admitted Moses Shackley as a partner, retaining the old firm name. In 1872 Mr. Shackley sold out his interest to his partners, and they continued until the death of Mr. Munroe. .\ugust 10, 1 89 1, when William Frederick Munroe, the latter's son, succeeded his father, and he and Mr. Arnold continued the business until the latter's death in 1900, when William F. i\Iunroe continued to carry on the business with the Arnold Estate. In 1904 the firm purchased the business of David Merritt, of Salem (an old express line), and in 1905 purchased the J. H. Moulton Express Company of Salem and merged them with the Munroe (& Arnold Express Company. On September i, 1905, the business was incorporated under the Massachusetts laws as the Munroe-Arnold-Merritt E.xpress Company, with William F. Munroe, president, and George R. Felt, treasurer, which still continues.

William Calvin Munroe married first, November 26, 1859, in South Danvers, Adeline Bradley Jones, born in Hampstead, New Hampshire, February 28, 1835, died April 23, 1864, in Peabody, daughter of Justus and Sophronia (Wood) Jones, who were married in August, 1816. Justus Jones, son of Justus Jones, was born in Dracut, October 5, 1790. died in Peabody, July 9, 1855; his wife was born in Tewksbury, July 4, 1784, died in Peabody, September 8. 1855. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Munroe : William

Frederick (ist), died young, and William Frederick (2nd), (see post). Mr. Munroe married second, in Salem, July 23, 1865, Jane Wood Jelly, born in Salem, February 12, 1837, daughter of Charles and Mary (Hammond) Jelly. Charles Jelly, born in Salem, died January 19, 1882, aged seventy-six years three months seven days; his wife, who was daughter of Joditha Hammond, born in Salem, died July 29, 1893, aged eighty-four years five months thirteen days. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Munroe had one child, Jennie; (see post).

(\'II) William Frederick Munroe, son of ^\'illiam Calvin and Adeline B. (Jones) Munroe, was born in Peabody, Alassachusetts, March 31, 1864. He is the president of the Munroe-Arnold-Merritt Express Company, as mentioned above in the sketch of his father, and is one of the leading citizens of Peabody, taking an active part in its civic and social aft'airs. He was a member of the Re])ublican town committee for ten years; in 1896 was made one of the trustees of the Peabody Institute : elected to the school committee in 1906; and at the present time (1908) is chairman of the board. He is a member of Jordan Lodge, F. and A. M. ; Washington Royal Arch Chapter, Salem ; \\'inslow Lewis Commandery, No. 18, Knights Templar, of Salem, and in 1891 was noble grand of Ilolton Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Munroe is a trustee of the Warren Five Cent Savings Bank, of Peabody, and a member of its investment committee.

William F. Munroe married, June 2, 1892, Clara liailey Mansfield, born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, September 14, 1868, daughter of Edward Galen and Rebecca Stacey (Breed) Mansfield. Edward G. Mansfield was born in Brighton, Massachusetts, July 20, 1842, died July 26, 1875, and his wife, who was daughter of Hubbard Breed, an old time deep sea captain of Salem, was born January 15, 1841, died June 8, 1880. Edward Mansfield, father of Edward G. ^lansfield, was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, married Clara Bailey, born April 13, 181 3, died November - , 1898. Children of William Frederick and Clara Bailey ( ?^Iansfield ) Alunroe : i . Eleanor Vinton, born March 26, 1893, died October 18, 1897. 2. Ruth, born June 15,1894. 3. Alice Hubbard, November 11, 1895. 4. Marjorie, November 27, 1898. 5. Allan Breed, March i, 1900. 6. \Villiam Calvin, May 20, 1902. The foregoing were born in Peabody ; and the following in Salem. 7. Edward ]\Iansfield, ]\Iarch 9, 1904. 8. John Mnton, August 6, 1905.

(VII) Jennie Munroe, daughter of William Calvin and Jane W. (Jelly) Munroe, born in Peabody, June i6, 1866, married, February 28, 1901, in Peabody, Dr. Harry Delano Kennard, born Beverly, Massachusetts, February 24, 1869, son of Charles William and Lucy Jane (Lord) Kennard, grandson of William and Mary (Frost) Kennard, and greatgrandson of William and Mary (Leighton) Kennard. The Kennards first settled at or near Kittery (now Elliot), Maine. W^illiam Kennard was born in Elliot. Charles William Kennard was born in Elliot, July 20, 1842, lives now in Somerville, Massachusetts, and enjoys the pleasant distinction of being one of the oldest employees in point of years of service of the Boston & Maine Railroad Company. When a young man he entered the employ of the old Eastern Railroad Company in a minor capacity, was made conductor in 1865. and has continued in that position to the present time, running for the Eastern until that company was absorbed by and became a part of the Boston and Maine system and subsecjuently with the latter corporation, in all a period of more than forty-three years. Few railroad men can show a record equal to this, and few indeed are those in any railroad service in this or any other country who can boast a wider acquaintance among railway employees and with the travelling public, or whose long period of faithful service has been attended with less unfortunate events than that of Mr. Kennard. He is an honored veteran railroad man, still active and strong, and now perhaps more popular than ever with commercial travellers and still regarded by the company as one of its most efficient and faithful conductors. Mr. Kennard is a Master Mason, charter member of Solar Lodge, of Somerville ; a Republican in political preference, but not an active figure in public affairs. He married November 8, 1866, Lucy Jane Lord, born in Beverly, Massachusetts, May 12, 1843, daughter of Cyrus and Eliza (Sheldon) Lord. Children: i. Harry Delano, born February 24. 1869. 2. William Wentworth, born September 3, 1874; graduated from Harvard Law School; now a member of Boston bar; married Lena Doe, of Cambridge; one child, Wentworth Kennard. 3. Agnes Frost, born March 2, 1881 ; lives with her parents in Somerville.

Dr. Harry Delano Kennard acquired his higher literary education at Tufts College, and his professional education at Harvard Medical School, where he graduated M. D. in 1895.

Having come to the degree he began his professional career in Lynn, remained in that city until August, 1898, and then located permanently in Peabody, where he has since engaged in general practice, and with gratifying success. He married February 28, 1901, Jennie Alunroe ; children: i. William Calvin, born in Peabody, December 6, 1901. 2. Delano Munroe, born in Peabody, October 14, 1907.

In the "History of Concord, FLINT Massachusetts," mention is made of Hon. Thomas Flint, who came from Matlock, Derbyshire, England, 1638, and settled in the plantation in that town ; and from the same authority we learn that this Thomas Flint was possessed of "wealth, talents and a christian character," that he brought with him from England four thousand pounds sterling, "which was liberally parted with for thebenefit of the colony." His first wife was an English gentlewoman who accompanied her husband and their three sons to America, and she died here. He afterward married a daughter of President Oakes, of Harvard College, and by her had sons John and Ephraim, both of whom lived in Concord with him. Thomas Flint died October 8, 1653, and his will, made 165 1, just before he sailed to England, was the first will on file in the Middlesex probate records. It is asserted by some early chroniclers of Flint genealogy that the three sons coming from England with Thomas were Edward, Thomas and William, but the investigations of more recent genealogists and historians of the family have led them to a different conclusion. William, Thomas and Edward Flint were brothers. The first mention we have of them appears in the Essex county probate records in 1652, although there is evidence to show that they had a mother living in Salem as early as 1642.

(I) Thomas Flint, progenitor of the branch of the family treated in these annals, settled in that part of the old town of Salem which now is Peabody. He bought two hundred acres of land about six miles from Salem court house, near Phelp's mill and brook. The title deed to a part of this land was witnessed in 1662 by Giles Corey, who in 1692, when eighty-one years of age, was pressed to death at Salem during the witchcraft madness because he would not plead to the charge. x\nd his house stood on the land that after his death became a part of the Flint homestead. Thomas Flint died in 1663. He married Ann ,

(II) Captain Thomas Flint, son of Thomas and Ann, lived on the homestead. He was in King Philip's war and was wounded in the swamp fight. Subsequently he became a large land holder, having purchased between 1664 and 1702 more than nine hundred acres of land. He was a man in whom his neighbors had confidence, and was employed to build the first meeting house in Salem village. He married, September 15, 1674, Mary, daughter of William Dounton. He lived on the homestead of his father and died there May 24, 1 72 1, aged seventy-six years.

(HI) Jonathan Flint, fifth son of the second Thomas, born November 8, 1689, was a farmer, and lived on a farm given him by his father in 1720. He married February 18, 1723, Mary Hart, daughter of Adam Hart ; two children.

(I\') Jonathan Mint, son of Jonathan and Mary (Hart) Flint, born August 11, 1730. succeeded his father in the possession of the homestead. He married Lydia Proctor.

(\^) John Flint, third son of Jonathan and Mary (Proctor) Flint, born in North Reading, Massachusetts, April 3, 1761, died there August 26, 1836. He married, second, Phebe, daughter of Sergeant George and Hannah (Phelps) Flint. They had eight children, of whom Olive was the seventh. Phebe Flint died in December. 1846, in Lynn, where she had gone to visit her daughter, Mrs. Mehitable Mansfield, wife of John Mansfield, of Lynn.

(II) Sergeant George Flint, second son of Thomas (i), was born January 6, 1652. He went to Reading before 1682. and settled on land he acquired from his father, and was the first of that name in the town. He was a farmer, and resirled in the north precinct of that part of Reading which now constitutes the village of North Reading. His house stood on a gentle eminence commanding a fine view of the river and adjacent meadows, which to the early settlers was the chief attraction of the town. Tradition says that his was the first framed house built in the precinct and that it was used as a garrison house while there were hostile Indians in the vicinity. Another circumstance said to have been connected with this family and which was frequently related by its older members is, that on one pleasant Sabbath day all the family were absent at church but two of the daughters of Sergeant Flint, who were left at home in charge of the house. One of the daughters took a pistol and aiming it at the other said : "suppose you were an Indian, how easily I could shoot you." At that moment the pistol went ofif and lodged its contents in the shoulder of her sister, crippling her for life. Her father in his will mentions her as his "unfortunate daughter ]\Iary," and makes suitable provision for her proper maintenance. Her grandfather, Nathaniel Putnam, gave her a double portion, "because she hath a lame arm." The old garrison house was taken down several years ago and one of modern construction has been erected in its place.

Sergeant George Flint was one of the selectmen of the town several years, a member of the Salem village church, and quite active in religious matters, as appears by the interest he took in the organization of the north parish church. He presided as moderator of the first meeting of the parish, and ever after as long as he lived took a leading part in the management of its affairs. He gave the parish one acre of land on which the first meeting house was built. The first minister of the jirecinct church. Rev. Daniel Putnam, was his nephew. He died June 23, 1720, aged sixty-eight years. He married first, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Putnam, born August 11, 1662, died March 6, 1697. He married second, March 2. 1699, Mrs. Susanna Gardner, by whom he had no children. She died in March, 1720. He had ten children, of whom George, born April i, 1686, was the second. He was a farmer and lived in North Reading, on land which he inherited and which is situated in the western part of the town in a locality familiarly known as Pudding Point. He married. July 9, 17 13, Jerusha, daughter of Joseph and Pethsua (Folger) Pope, born in Salem April i, 1695, died June 29, 1781. They had seven children, of whom George, born November 16, 1728, was the fifth. He died August 31, 1808. He was a farmer, and lived in North Reading. He married November 13, 1753. Hannah Phelps, of Andover, Massachusetts, born April 27, 1728, died May 5, 1805. They had seven children, of whom Phebe, born March 8, 1763, was the fourth. She married John Flint, third son of Jonathan, born in Reading April 3, 1761, died August 26, 1836. He was a farmer, and lived in North Reading on the homestead. This was his second marriage. His first wife was Mehitable Mclntire, who died October 28, 1790, aged twenty-three years. By her he had two children, Sally and John. By his marriage with Phebe Flint, who died in December, 1846, there were eight children, of whom Ohve was the seventh. She was born in Reading July 27, 1805, and married September 3, 1826, Luther Simonds Munroe. (See ^lunroe family).

1612, came to this country with Sir Richard Saltonstall in 1630. He settled first at Charlestown, where he was a proprietor in 1630. He had an account with Sir Richard Saltonstall in the general court in 1630-31. He lived at Watertown for several years. He was admitted a freeman May 17, 1637, and in the same year removed to Lynn. He was a farmer or planter. His land at Lynn, at the eastern end of the present common, included the site of the present city hall, together with several acres in and about Johnson street, as far as Leighton street. He was constable of Lynn in 1645. He died in 1666, aged fifty-four years. His will dated August 20, and proved November 27. 1666. bequeathed to wife ; children, Daniel, Samuel. Abigail Collins and Elizabeth Tolman ; his widow Alice deeded land to her son Samuel and son-in-law John Collins, December 24, 1666. Children: i. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. David or Daniel. 3. Elizabeth, married Tolman. 4. Abigail, married John

(H) Samuel Johnson, son of Richard Johnson (I), was born in Lynn, 1640. He was known first as Cornet, later as Lieutenant Johnson ; served in King Philip's war in 1676, and was one of the grantees of the Indian deed of the town of Lynn, executed in 1686. The house he built was a sort of semi-garrison in which the neighbors might take refuge in time of Indian hostilities. It stood on the site of the First Methodist Church on the northeast side of Park Square. He married Mary Collins, by whom were children. His wife died February 9, 1689. He married (second), July 3, 1705. Elizabeth Newhall, wdio died March 8, 1749-50. He died November i, 1723. Children of first wife, born at Lynn: i. Richard, born November 8, 1674. 2. Ruth, March 6, 1676-77. 3. Samuel, March 18, 1678-79, died young. 4. David, January 31, 1682-83. Children of second wife: 5. Mary, February 25, 1706-07. 6. Samuel, March 17, 1708-09, mentioned below. 7. Joseph, (twin) May 20, 1715.

(V) Enoch Johnson, son of Richard Johnson (4), born in Lynn, Massachusetts, January 16, 1761, died there March 17, 1815; married (intentions dated June 9, 1790) Elizabeth Newhall, died October 19, 1839, aged seventyfour years. (See Newhall family). Children: I. Ruth, born March 13, 1791 (twin). 2. Samuel, born March 13, 1791, (twin), died young. 3. Samuel, born April 30, 1793. 4. George, born June 7, 1796. 5. Otis, born January 26, 1802, mentioned below.

(VI) Otis Johnson, son of Enoch Johnson (5), born January 26, 1802, at Lynn, died February 17, 1870. He went to Savannah, Georgia, about 1822, and was engaged there in business as a wholesale and retail dealer in boots and shoes until 1861, with the exception of about six years, 1843 to 1849, which he spent in Lynn. Returning to his native city at the beginning of the civil war, he continued a resident there during his remaining years. He married, March 18, 1824, Virginia Taylor, born December 25, 1802, daughter of Reuben Taylor, of Savannah, fourth in descent from Colonel Samuel StaiTord, of North Carolina, a revolutionary soldier, and said to have been at Braddock's defeat. Children: i. Dr. William Otis, born January 14, 1825, died August 17, 1873. 2. Enoch Stafford, born April 12, 1828, mentioned below. 3. Cornelia Henrietta, born March 16, 1831, died June 9, 1833. 4. Mary Elizabeth, born January 23, 1833, died March 6, 1837. 5. Alaria Lillibridge, born July 3, 1835. 6. Eliot Clark. 7. Gaston, born Lynn, March 29, 1838, died November 26, 1838. 8. Infant, buried July 2, 1841. 9. Cornelia Elizabeth, born July 22, 1845, died August 30, 1845.

April 12, 1828, died at his home, 55 Atlantic street, Lynn, Massachusetts, November 20, 1904. Among his immigrant ancestors ]\Ir. Johnson counted sixteen of the early settlers of Lynn and vicinity, and was related to many of the most prominent families of Essex county. He was educated at private schools and at the Lynn Academy. He entered upon his business career as clerk in the dry goods store of Jewett & Tibbetts, Milk street, Boston, and there gained much valuable business experience. In 1849 ^i^ became a partner of his father, Otis Johnson, in the wholesale boot and shoe business in Savannah, Georgia. In 1859 he engaged in the wholesale sole leather business on Pearl street, Boston, and continued with much success until the great fire of 1872, when his store was burned. He removed his business to Lynn until the business section of r>oston was rebuilt, and afterward established himself at the corner of High and Congress streets, Boston. In 1886 he closed his Boston place of business and made his headquarters at Lynn, continuing there until his death. He admitted to partnership his son, Otis Stafford Johnson, and William Johnson of Lynn, the firm name being Enoch S. Johnson & Company. This firm did a large and prosperous business, and Mr. Johnson continued active in business to the time of his death, a period of fifty-five years. He was a man of the strictest integrity and uprightness, possessing the fullest confidence and esteem of his associates and rivals in business, and through all the vicissitudes of war. confiagrations and financial panics, he paid every obligaticjn and j)reserved his credit and financial standing. ^Iodest, retiring and domestic in his nature, he never sought publicity. He was genial and kindly in manner and made many friends. He was faithful and conscientious to a marked degree in the performance of every duty. One who knew him for years said at the time of his death : "I feel that I am a better man than I would have been had I not known him and been permitted to see his life of sacrifice, his unfailing generosity and his unwavering faith." He had a keen sense of humor and had at his command a fund of anecdotes to give point to his remarks. He was fond of antiquarian and genealogical research, and collected much historical data long before the study became so general. He became a life member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in 1889. He was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the right of several ancestors who were officers in the wars against the French and Indians. Lieutenant Samuel Johnson ( 1640- 1723) of Lynn, was cornet of the Lynn Troop in 1692, lieutenant 1695, and was also in Captain Daniel Henchman's company in King Philip's war. Mr. Johnson was fifth in line of descent from Ensign Joseph Newhall, also fourth from Captain Benjamin Newhall; (see Newhall family ) ; also seventh from George Fowle, sixth from Lieutenant James Fowle, and fifth from Captain James Fowle. (See Fowle family) ; also sixth from Joseph Richardson. Mr. Johnson was also a member of the Lynn Historical Society. He was a diligent reader, fond of books, a close and careful student of English history, with a remarkable memory for dates and facts of historical interest. In religious views he was positive and clear. When a young man he attended the Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah. He became a member of the I*"irst Congregational Church of Lynn, under the pastorate of Rev. Dr. Parsons Cooke. Later he became a staunch and loyal churchman, a member for nearly forty years of the parish of St. Stephen. Lynn, and his last public act was attending the morning service, Sunday, November 20. He died twenty minutes after returning from church. In politics Mr. Johnson was a conservative Republican, but never sought or held ])ublic office. He was a director of the City National liank of Lynn for many years.

He married, August 19, 1857, Anna Louisa Breed, daughter of Andrews and Susan (Davis) Breed, of Lynn. She was born November 6, 1837. Her father, who was the fifth mayor of Lynn in 1855, was born in 1794, son of Thomas Andrews and Hannah (Newhall) Breed, and a descendant in the seventh generation of Allen Breed (i). Thomas Andrews Breed (6) was a keeper of a public house in Salem in the first decade of the nineteenth century. In 181 1 he returned to Lynn and two years later became the landlord of the Lynn Hotel, which under his able management became a famous tavern and did a flourishing business. Andrew Breed (7), after leaving school, assisted his father at the hotel until 1816. During the next twenty years he was engaged in mercantile business, at first for seven years as clerk and bookkeeper of the firm of Skinner & Hurd, dealers in West India goods at Charlestown ; six years as partner in the firm and later, from April, 1829, to January, 1836. he was in the same line of business at Lynn, in partnership with his brothers, Henry A. and Daniel N. Breed. For thirty- four years he was secretary and treasurer of the Lynn Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; for ten years president of the Lynn Institution for Savings. He was president of the LTnion Insurance Company, and first secretary of the Sagamore Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He was general agent and one of the largest owners of the Lynn Whaling Company from 1832 to 1848; later in the shoe business with J. W. Abbott, firm of Breed & Abbott; was for seven years chief engineer of the Lynn fire department, and member of the city's first board of assessors. He held the position of superintendent of the Saugus Branch Railroad until that road was merged into the Eastern railroad, now part of the Boston & ]\Iaine system. He was a citizen of much ability and public spirit ; a Whig in politics ; and orthodox in religious belief, served many years as treasurer of the First Church, and as librarian of the Sunday school. He married, August 29, 1822, at Charlestown, Susan Davis, of Westford, and they had six children: i. Edward xA.ndrews, born September 22, 1823, was graduated from Yale in 1845, ^^'^ went to San Francisco in 1850, making that city his place of residence for the remainder of his life, and died March 6, 1896. 2. Charles Henry, born April 23, 1826, died September 10, 1827. 3. Susan Davis, born July 17, 1829, died February 19, 1830. 4. Susan Davis, born February 23, 1831, died January 10, 1855. 5. Francis Peabody, born December 7, 1834, became a shoe manufacturer in Lynn, carrying on business under the firm of Abbott & Breed ; in 1874 removed to Lancaster, Massachusetts, where he remained some years, afterwards becoming a resident of the neighboring town of Clinton, where he is still living. In 1857 he married Mary F. Woodbury daughter of Jephthah and Mary A. Woodbury, of Lynn, who died in Clinton, April 1891. In 1894 he married Corella Seymour, daughter of the late Daniel Wendell Newhall, of Sterling, Massachusetts. 6. Anna Louisa, born November 6, 1837. wife of Enoch S. Johnson.

Thomas Andrews Breed (6), father of Andrews (7), was born in 1768; married, in 1793, Hannah Newhall. Allen Breed (5), father of Thomas Andrews Breed (6), was born in 1744; married Abigail Lindsey and lived in Lynn. Allen Breed (4), father of Allen (5), was born in 17C6; married, in 1728, Huldah Newhall, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Lindsey) Newhall. Samuel Newhall was sonof Thomas and Elizabeth (Potter) Newhall, of Lynn. Joseph Breed (3) , father of Allen Breed

(4), was born in 1658; married in Lynn, Sarah Farrington, daughter of Matthew Farrington, a native of Buskinghamshire, England, who came to Lynn in 1635. Allen Breed (2), father of Joseph Breed (3), was born in 1626, probably in England. Allen Breed (i), father of Allen (2), was the immigrant. (See sketch of Breed family of Lynn).

The children of Enoch Stafford and Anna Louise (Breed) Johnson were: i. Susan Louise, born November 30, 1858. 2. Otis Stafford, born January 10, 1861, mentioned below. 3. Arthur Stafford, born March, 1869, died August, 1869.

(VIII) Otis Stafford Johnson, son of Enoch Stafford Johnson (7), born Lynn, January 10, 1861, died August 21, 1905. He was educated in the public and high schools, of Lynn, and read law in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was a member of the firm of Hayncs & Johnson, attorneys at law, of that city. He was also a member of the firm of E. S. Johnson & Company, his father's firm, of Lynn, Massachusetts. He married, October 28, 1886, Annie A. Fisher, of Hartford, Connecticut. Children: i. Stafford Fisher, born October 15, 1888. 2. Richard Newhall, born February 13, 1900.

(II) James Fowle, son of George Fowle (i). born in Concord, March 12, 1642-43, died at Charlestown, December 17, 1690. He married (first), Abigail, sister of John Carter; she married (second), April 18, 1692, Ensign Samuel Walker. Fowle was a commoner in 1688, residing at W^oburn. Massachusetts, a cordwainer by trade. Children: I. James,

(HI) Captain James Fowle, son of James Fowle (2), born at Woburn, March 4, 1667- 68, died March 19, 17 14, aged forty-seven years, fourteen days. He married. October 2, 1688, IMary, daughter of Joseph Richardson, an officer in the colonial service. Fowle was also in the service. She married (second). Deacon Samuel Walker, of P.urlington ; she died October 23, 1748, aged eighty years. Children, born at Woburn : i. Alary, born June 18, 1689, married James Simonds. 2. James, born July 20, 1691, died October 11, 1706. 3. Abigail, born August 22, 1693. 4. John, born November 11, 1695. 5. Haimah, born September 13, 1697. 6. Elizabeth, born August 9, 1699, married Benjamin Newhall. (See Newhall family). 7. Ruth, born A])ril 16, 1701, died March 3, 1713. 8. Sarah, born July 29, 1703, married James Richardson. 9. Samuel, born June 10, 1705. 10. Esther, born Alay 29. 1707, married, November 2, 1726, Nathan Simonds. II. Martha, born March 12, 1709. married Rev. Supply Clapp, of Woburn. 12. Catherine, born September 20, 17 11, married, 1730, Josiah Whittemore.

(H) Thomas Newhall, son NEWHALL of Thomas Newhall (i ) , was born in 1630, the first white child in Lynn, Massachusetts. He was buried April I, 1687. He married. December 29, 1652, Elizabeth Potter, daughter of Nicholas Potter. His wife was buried at Lynn, February 22, 1686-87. His residence was near the present site of George Kesar's tannery near the center of the town. Children, born at Lynn: i. Thomas, born November 18. 1653. married Rebecca Greene, of Maiden. 2. John, born February 19, 1655-56, married Esther Bartram. of Lynn. 3. Joseph, born September 22. 1658. mentioned below. 4. Nathaniel, born March 17, 1660. 5. Elizabeth, born March 21, 1662, drowned in a hole in the yard, April, 1665. 6. Elisha, born November 5, 1665, died February, 1686-87. 7. Elizabeth, born October 22, 1667. 8. Mary, born February 18, 1669. 9. Samuel, born January 19, 1672, married Abigail Lindsey. 10. Rebecca, born July 17, 1675, married Ebenezer Parker.

(HI) Joseph Newhall, son of Thomas Newhall (2), born Lynn, September 22, 1658, died of exposure in a snow storm on the road from Boston to Lynn. He married Susanna Farrar, born March 26, 1659, at Lynn, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Farrar. Newhall was deputy to the general court in 1705 and held other offices. Part of his estate was distributed July 17, 1706. His homestead consisted of thirty- four acres in the north part of Lynn on the Salem line. He owned the Pond farm of one hundred and seventy acres west of the homestead on the south side of Humphrey Pond in the town of Lynnfield. This was a portion of Colonel John Humphrey's grant, afterwards owned by Richard Hancock and bought by Joseph Newhall. His widow married Benjamin Simonds, of W'oburn (intention September 26, 1713). Children: i. Jemima, born December 31, 1678. married Benjamin V'erry. of Salem. 2. Thomas, born January 6, 1680. married Mary Nicholas and (second) Elizabeth Bancroft. 3. Joseph, born February 6, 1683-84. married November 16, 1713. Elizabeth Potter. 4. Elisha, born Novemlier 20, 1686, married. February 2^, 1710-11. Jane Breed. 5. Ephraim, born February 20. 1688-89, niarried, December 12, 1716, Abigail Denmark, of Lynn. 6. Daniel, born February 5, 1690-91, married Mary Breed, of Lynn. 7. Ebenezer, born June 3, 1693. married Elizabeth Preed. 8. Susanna, born December 19. 1695, married Jose])h P>reed. of Lynnfield. 9. Benjamin, born April 5, 1698. mentioned below. 10. Samuel, born March 9, 1700-01. married. December 8. 1724. Keziah Breed, of Lynn. 11. Sarah, born July II. 1704. married. January 3. 1722-23. Thomas Burrage of Lynn.

(I\') Captain Benjamin Newhall. son of Joseph Newhall (3), born Lynn. April 5. 1698, died June 5, 1763. He married, January i, 1721, Elizabeth Fowle, born August 9, 1699, died Lynn. January 28. 1760, daughter of Captain James and Mary (Richardson) Fowle, of Woburn. In the division of Captain Fowle's estate Mrs. Newhall had a share April 12. 1749. A sister, Mrs. Mary Simonds, was grandmother of Count Rum ford, pjenjamin Newhall was a shoemaker by trade and one of three whose business required the assistance of journeymen in his day. He was representative to the general court in 1748-50, 1752-56, captain of his company in the French and Indian war. His homestead was in an angle southeast of the Lynn common. Plis son Ben-

(V) Isaiah Newhall, son of Benjamin Newhall (4), born Lynn, March 24, 1733-34, married, February 4, 1759, Mary Fuller, widow of Dr. Jonathan Fuller. She died November 2, 1 81 2, aged seventy-nine. The homestead was adjoining the common on the road to Mansfield's brook, adjoining Jacob Chase's farm. Children, born in Lynn: i. Mary, born January 27, 1760, died January 28, 1805. 2. Benjamin, born March 20, 1762, married, October 29, 1783, Hepzibah Hallowell ; (second), identical with McAlister, and of ancient Scottish origin. AIcAlister, or McAllister, means simply son of Allister. The McAllisters are of the famous clan McDonald, the chief of which was Lord of the Isles (Hebrides). The clan was loyal to the Stuarts to the day of their final defeat in 1745. The badge of the clan is "Froach gorn" (common heath) and the battle cry "Froach eilan" (healthful island).

AUister, son of Angus Mor, of the McDonald clan, was progenitor of the McDonalds, becoming chief of a new clan Allister in 1263. He was succeeded by his son of the same name, whence the clan name and surname McAllister. Angus the Great was Lord of the Isles, 1258-74, descendant from Somerled Thane (Baron) of Argyle and First Lord of the Isles, son of Magnus III, Barford, King of Norway. A sample of the tartan worn by the clan McAllister is to be seen in a "Genealogy of Archibald McAllister's Descendants, West Pennsborough, Pennsylvania," by Mary Catherine McAllister.

Burke's British Peerage says in substance that the two best family names in Great Britain are Plantaganet and McDonald (to which all McAllisters belong) and that there are descendants of the McDonalds in America who can well claim to be as of noble descent as any in Great Britain. "As good or as noble blood flows in their (McAllister) veins' as flows in any people on the face of the earth. None surpass them as to nobility of ancestry or for bravery and military history." The coat-of-arms is very ancient : Or an eagle displayed gules armed sable surmonted on the breast of a galley of the first within a bordure of the third, charged with six cross crosslets fitchees argent. Crest : A dexter arm in armour erect the hand holding a dagger in pole all proper. Supporters : Dexter a bear pierced in the back with an arrow ; sinister, an eagle all proper. Mottoes: (above crest) "Fortiter: (below the shield) "Per mare per terras." The family and clan McAllister came from Argyle and is very numerous in many parishes. The family is found at present in all parts of Scotland in the north of Ireland, many counties of England, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and many other parts of the United States.

From the north of Ireland there came to Pennsylvania and New Hampshire four or five immigrants from the McAllister family. We will mention the New Hampshire settlers, as they seem to be of the same family. Angus McAllister came from Londonderry, Ireland, or vicinity with the first Scotch-Irish emigration to Nutfield, later called Londonderry, New Hampshire, though for several years he was at Lancaster (probably Lunenburg, the town adjoining). He was in Londonderry in 1731, and his farm there is still owned by his descendants. He was a soldier in the British army in Ireland, and had an ear shot ofif in the battle of l'enn}l)urn Mill. On account of this military service he was exempt from taxation. P^e married, in Ireland, Margaret Boyle. Children, i. William, died 1755, aged fiftyhve, married jennette Camerson : descendants settled in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, and Berlin, Vermont. 2. David, died 1750, aged fortysix ; married Eleanor Wilson ; children : Alexander, John, Archibald. Ceorge, Margaret and Jennette. },. John, returned to Ireland ; his five daughters married and stayed in this country.

Richard McAllister came from Ireland to Londonderry, 1738-9. He settled in Bedford, New Hampshire, as early as 1743. and became a leading citizen of that town. He married, in Ireland, 1735, Ann Miller. Children: I. Archibald, settled in W'iscasset, Maine. 2. John, born on the voyage January 18. 1739, birth recorded at Chelsea, Massachusetts: soldier in blench and Indian war, also in revoluti(jn. 3. William, born in Londonderry. July 14. 1741 : married Jerusha S])otTord. 4. .Mary, born at Bedford, .\ugust 10. 1743. 5. Ann, born November 6, 1745; died October 3. 1760. 6. Susanna, born August 20. 1747. 7. Richard, born October 20, 1749. 8. Jame>. l)orn h\'bruary 29. 1752. 9. Benjamin, born May 31. 1754.

John Mc.\llister. a relative of Richard, came from Ireland 1748, and settled in New Boston, New Ham])shire, on a tract of land near Joe bjiglish llill: was a leading citizen, energetic and well-to-do: on the hrst board of selectmen of the town. Children: i. Archibald, married Mary McKcen. 2. .Angus, removed to Fryeburg, Maine. 3. Daniel, resided at New P)Oston. 4. Mary, married Daniel Kelso.

( I ) Samuel McAllister is given by the history of Marlborough, New IIani])shire, as the immigrant ancestor of the branch of the family that settled in that town. But they were undoubtedly closely related to the other imnn'- grants mentioned. He is said to have been a ])risoner of war with his brother John, but the story is rather vague. The Scotch prisoners of war sent over by Cromwell were several generations earlier. There is no reason to believe that any of the McAllisters came earlier than the Scotch-Irish settlement in 1 7 18. We find no trace of the family in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where the brothers are said to have settled first. We quote from the account in the Marlborough history, however: "The descendants of John turned their course to Maine, while those of Samuel came to New Hampshire and X'ermont. b^-om this branch (Samuel) of course, have sprung all whose record is given in these pages. For many years, they spelled their name McAlister : afterwards, by local custom, it was changed to McCollester, and was so written many years. About the time of the French war it changed again, dropping the "Mc" and writing it Collester. For the last thirty years the "Ale" has been restored by a portion of the family.'"

(II) l.saac McAlister, son of Samuel Mc- .\llister, born September 25. 1736, died fune 8. i8o(;. He was one of the proprietors of Alonadnock No. 5, and tiK)k an active part in town affairs. It is .said that he was one of the surveyors of the town, and took his pay in land. [ le was one of a committee of three to lay a road from Dublin to Keene I7f^3. He removed to Alarlborough, New Llampshire, in the early fall of 1764-5. and was the second settler in what is now Alarlboro. He first located on the farm now or lately owned by Ansel Xye (and here the first child was born, I'attN .McAlister. in the town), but soon sold it to Jonathan l'"rost, taking his i)a\- in Continental money. He bought what was known a^ the Converse place, now or lately owned in part by Rev. S. H. AlcCollester, but his money >o depreciated in value that he sold it and built bis second log house on his remaining lot. now known as the Sawyer place. Me resided here until his death, i le married 1 lannah Cioddard, born January 2"], 1736, died -March 3. 1814, daughter of William and Keziah ( Cloyes ) (Icxblard. Children: i. Children, i. Reuben, born December 9, 1758: married Jennie Alclkide: died in Windsor, \ ermont. 2. Hannah, born June (), 1760; married John Wright, of Swanzey. 3. Lucv. born Se])tember 12. 1761 : married h'lijah ( iraves. of .Swanzey. 4. Alolly, born .March 30. 17^)3; married FJenjamin Barker, resided at Windsor, X'ermont. 5. Dolly, born February 12. 1765: married Asa Behling ; first child born in .Monadnock, No. 5. 6. Samuel, born Alarch 24. 1767; mentioned below. 7. Isaac, born April 8, 1769; died in South America. 8. Lydia. born May 8, 1771 ; married Daniel Cummings. 9. Levi, born Jainiary 13. 1773.

(HI) Samuel AlcCollester, son of Issac Alc.Alister. born Alarch 24, 1767. died [une 14. 1848. He settled on the homestead, and married .Silence Belknaj). died Februarv 4,

(IV) Silas McCollester, son of Samuel Mc- Collester. born in Marlborough, New Hampshire, June 5 or 10, 1796, died December 26. 1873, ^t the homestead. He resided for years on the farm now owned by his son. Rev. S. H. McCollester. He was brought up on his father's farm, and always lived in Marlborough. He was engaged at one time in the manufacture of wooden pails. He possessed considerable musical talent and a fine voice, and was chorister of the choir of the Baptist church for forty years. He was post-master of ]\Iarlborough under President William H. Harrison. He married Achsah. daughter of Charles and Relief (Sawyer) Holman. Children: i. Mary H., born November 18, 1820; married Augustus South wick. 2. Samuel, born January 2. 1822; died October 27, 1832. 3. Relief, born October 23, 1823; married Amos B. Tenney. 4. Rev. Sullivan H., born December 18, 1826; married November 23, 1852, Sophia F. Knight. 5. Oliver H., born October 20, 1828; died July 2, 1832. 6. Dr. John Ouincy Adams, born May 3, 1831 ; mentioned below.

(V) Dr. John Ouincy Adams McCollester, son of Silas McCollester, was born at Marlborough, New Hampshire, May 3, 1831. The family moved from the farm near the Roxbury line in March, 1836, to a home in the village of Marlborough. From the age of four years to ten he attended the district school of his native town, usually for two terms a year, of eleven weeks each. Intelligent and active, he began at the age of ten years to work in his father's pail factory, and soon proved himself a skillful artisan, equalling the work of many of the wood-workers of experience. Thereafter he attended school only during the winter terms. In the autumn of 1846 he attended a select school in his village taught by brothers Ransom H. and Royal H. Porter, and subsequently received further instruction in the schools and academies in Fitzwilliam and ^^'alpole, New Hampshire ; Saxton's River, Vermont, and South Woodstock, Vermont. He was often associated with his brother, Rev. Sullivan H. McCollester, as assistant teacher, and it was mainly under the brother's tuition that he fitted himself for college. In the winter of 1848-9 he taught the Fay Hill district school in Walpole. Dr. Mc- Collester frequently alludes with pleasure to his experiences while "boarding around" as a district school teacher. The intelligence, api:)lication and interest of his pupils in this school he never found excelled in his later experience. He taught this school two winters in succession. In 1851 he passed his college examination and entered the class that graduated in 1853 from Norwich University, Norwich, \^ermont, receiving the degree of A. B. In 1856 he received the degree of A. M. from his alma mater, and in 1900 he was given the honorary degree of LL. D. by the same institution. He began the study of medicine, after graduating from college, as a student in the office of Dr. James Betcheller, of Marlborough. He attended one course of medical lectures at the Dartmouth Medical School, and for five months in 1855 was an assistant physician to Dr. Moriarty and quarantine doctor at the hospital on Deer Island, Boston. In October, 1855, he went to Philadelphia to attend lectures at Jefferson Medical College, and in March, 1856, received his degree of AI. D. from that institution. He began to practice his profession in May. 1856, in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, and continued until the fall of that year, when he located at Groton Junction, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, now Ayer. Here and in the surrounding towns he practiced until May, 1862, when he volunteered as surgeon in the civil war. He was assigned to duty in the field and in hospital during and after the disastrous campaign of McClellan on the T'eninsula. In November. 1862, he was commissioned surgeon of the Fifty-third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and was on duty with the regiment during its active and arduous campaign in Louisiana. He was mustered out at the expiration of his term of enlistment, September 2, 1863. His military service was characterized by professional and executive ability of a high order. He was indefatigable in his efforts for the wounded, in attending his patients and in guarding the health of the regiment. He never hesitated on account of danger to attend the wounded under fire. He gained the respect and confidence of his superior officers as well as of the men in the ranks.

He resumed his practice at Groton and continued until 1869, when he removed to the adjacent town of Harvard. He had an extensive and growing practice, and became one of tlie best known physicians of that section. In 1887 he removed to Waltham, Massachusetts, where he has lived since, having a large practice there, as well as among many of his old patients in Groton and Harvard. He was apptMuted examining surgeon for the United .States invalid pensioners in 1864, an office he held until 1876, when the professional duties of his practice demanded his resignation. Dr. McCollester stands high in the opinion of his brethren of the medical profession and in the confidence and esteem of his patients, and the Fitchburg railroad officials hold him high in their esteem, for professional services rendered to their employees. Flis attractive personality doubtless has had much to do with his popularity and success as a physician. Kind and courteous to all, he has made it a rule and practice always to treat the indigent sick with the same care and consideration that he would give to the wealthy and distinguished patient. To his power of awaking hope and inspiring courage in the sick he owes much of his success. He has the qualities of mind and heart that attract friends and keep them.

In politics Dr. McCollester is a Republican. While in Groton he was for seven years a member of the school committee, and while at Harvard was on the school committee three years. He is interested in educational matters and has never lost his love of learning. He was a student of high rank in school and college, especially in mathematics and sciences. He has often said that the want of precision in the meaning of words, the inexactness of languages, made literature and the classical branches less attractive to him than the exact sciences. In religion. Dr. McCollester is tolerant of the views of others and liberal in his own beliefs. Me is a communicant of the Episcopalian church. He is secretary of the U. S. Examining Surgeons ; has been a fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society since 1856; he is a member of the Boston Library Association; of the .American L'nitarian .Association ; charter member of Caleb Butler Lodge of Free Masons, of Ayer, Massachusetts, and of Governor Gore Lodge, of Odd Fellows, of Waltham. Massachusetts ; is past commander of E. P. H. Roger Post, No. 29, G. A. R.. Waltham ; is a member of Waltham Chapter. R. .\. M., and Gethsemane Commandery. K. T. He has been a justice of the peace by successive appointment for fortyseven years. He is president of the New England Alumni Society of the Jefiferson Medical College ; vice-president of the general association of the .same college, and one of the trustees of the Norwich University, of Norwich, \'ermont.

He married, first. May 6, 1856. Sarah P'lizabeth Hazen, daughter of b^seph and Ann ( Longley ) Hazen. of Shirley. Massachusetts; she was born February 4, 1838; died May 5, 1858. One child, Anna, was born to them August 28, 1857 ; she married Frank J. Lawton, October 6. 1895; they have one daughter, Shirley, born July 9. 1897. He married .second. .August 9. 1859, Georgianna Lydia Hunt, daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Fiske) Hunt, of Groton. Massachusetts, born December 13, 1836. Children: i. Lucretia Isabella, born .August 26. i860; died February i, 1863. 2. Edward Quincy. born January 28. 1863; married Ella Hutchins ; children : Mabel, born December 14. 1887; Harvey Quincy; Ruth, died in infancy; Irene. 3. Harvey Grey, born -August 5, 1864, died February 27. 1867. 4. Edith Emma Afay, born September i. 1867. died January 27, 1869. 5. John Fred, born July 2"], 1871 ; married Emma Laura Lerche, December 25. 1893: no children. 6. Helen Hortense. born July 2. 1878: married .\lfred W". Disney; one child, Paul Alfred, born Xovc mb'T 16, 1904.

The name Hastings or Has- HASTINGS tang is older than the Norman Conquest in England. It is one of the oldest surnames. The castle and sea-port of Hastings were owned by the family that adopted this surname as early as 911, before the Normans were in (laul. There was a Danish pirate, not of this family perhaps, who was a formidable foe of the Saxons occupying a part of Sussex. In nearly every county of England the family has established itself. l*ranches bearing coats-of-arms are found at Agmondisham, lUickshire ; in Dorsetshire and Leicestershire ; in Cambridgeshire ; in Gloucestershire and Derbyshire ; in Ireland ; at Billesby, Lincolnshire; at Hinton, Northamptonshire; in Nottinghamshire and Northumberland ; in Staffordshire, Yorkshire. (Oxfordshire and in Scotland.

Of the numerous coats-of-arms of Hastings, the .American branch claims the following: A maunch sable. Crest : A buffalo's head erased, sable, crowned and gorged with a ducal coronet, and armed or. Supporters : Two man tigers aft"rontee or. their visages resembling the human face proper. Motto : In veritute victoria. (Meaning "In truth there is victory"), Also: Honorantes me honorabo. A plate on which this armorial was engraved was brought to the country by the ]Moneer and descended (not a direct line) through Thomas (2), Dr. Waitstill (3), Hopestill (4), Dr. Seth (5), Dr. Seth (6). whose brother lost it about 1835 in the pursuit of one of those elusive, if not imaginary English estates. On one side were the arms as given above, and an anticiue ship with two flags ; on the obverse the arms of England, viz: Three lions i)assant. guardant in pale, on the reverse of the seal St. Michael slaying the dragon.

(I) Deacon Thomas Hastings, immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1605. Thomas, aged twenty-nine, and his wife Susanna, aged thirty-four, embarked at Ipswich, Englantl. April 10, 1634, in the shi]) "b^lizabeth." William Andrews, master, for New England. He settled at W'atertown. Massachusetts, where he was admitted a freeman May 6, 1635. He owned land in Dedham. but never lived there. He was selectman from 1638 to 1643, from 1650 to 167 1 : town clerk in 1671. 1677 and 1680; deputy to the general court in i('>'/i, and long held the office of deacon. His wife Susanna died February 2, 1650. He married (second ), in April. 1651. Margaret Cheney, daughter of William and Martha Chenev, of Roxbm-v. He died in

1685, aged eighty. His will was dated March 12, 1682-83. and proved September 7, 1685. The inventory of his estate amounted to four hundred and twenty-one pounds. He resided on the west side of School street, then called Mill street. He beciueathed the homestead to his son Samuel ; to his son Thomas he gave only five pounds, saying, 'T have been at great expense to bring him up a scholar, and I have given him above three score ])ounds to begin the world with." Children: i. Thomas, born July 1. 1652, died July 23. 1712. 2. John, born March i. 1654, mentioned below. 3. William, born August 8, 1655, drowned August. 1669. 4. Jose])h, born .September 11. 1657, died Octol)er 7. i()95. 3. Uenjamin. born August 9, 1651;. died December 18, 171 1. 6. Nathaniel, born Sei^tember 25, 1061. died December 25. K)94. 7. I le])zibah. born January 31, 1663. 8. .Samuel, born March 12. 1665. died 1723.

( 11 ) John Hastings, son of Deacon Thomas. Hastings, born Watertown, March i, [654. died Alarch 28. 1717-18. He married, 1679, Abigail Hammond, born June 21. 1656, died Api'il 7, 1717-18. daughter of Lieutenant John and Abigail Hammond. In 1690 her father's assessment was the largest in town, and she received from his estate what, in those early days of the colony, was called "quite a ])ro- ])erty." Mr. Hastings" homestead was in that part of Watertown that was made a separate town, Waltham. in the old graveyard of Watertown is a gravestone bearing date of his death. March 28. 1717-18. aged sixty-four, and another of Abigail, wife of John, died .April 7. 1717-18, aged sixty-three, within ten days, of each other ; they left eight children. Children : T. Abigail, born December 8, 1679. married. 1699. John W'arren, of Weston; died July 19. 1710. 2. John, baptized December 4. 1687. with two sisters; married (first). November 2, 1702, Susanna Bemis ; married (second), January 8. 1706. Sarah Eiske. 3. Elizabeth, baptized December 4. 1687, married. .August 22, 1707. Hopestill Mead. 4. Hepzibah. baptized December 4. 1687, married, April 14. 1714, Nathaniel Shattuck ; married (second), .September 6. 1721. Benjamin Stearns. 5. William, baptized July 13. 1690. married .Abigail road, now called North street. He was a hoiisewright and farmer. He was selectman of Waltham in 1748. He died March 23, 1783. aged eighty-five. He married (first), 17 16, Eydia Urown, daughter of Captain Abraham aTid Mary (Hyde) Brown, of Watertown. He married (second), January 16, 1769, Sarah Stearns, born Alay 22, 1744, daughter of Deacon Isaac and Elizabeth (Child) Stearns. Children: I. Elizabeth, born March 4, 1717, married, April 8, 1735, Samuel Whitney. 2. Lydia, born November 26. 1718, married, October 19,

( 1\' ) Josiah Hastings, son of |osei)h llastings, born Eebruary 28, 1728, died .\ugust 10. 1802. He was a housewright and farmer, and resided on the homestead in Waltham. He was selectman and assessor during the period of the revolution. He served in the revolution in Captain Abraham Pierce's comi)any and answered the Lexington alarm, .\pril 19, 1775, and was on guard duty until the Saturda\- after the fight. He was also in Captain Caleb Br(X)ks' company. Colonel Dike's regiment, in 1776-77, and in Captain .Abraham Pierce's company. Colonel Eleazer Brooks' regiment at Cambridge in 1778 on guard duty. He married. June 4. T752. Lydia Ball, born August f), 1730. died September 5. 1798, daughter of John and IMary (Benjamin) Ball, of Waltham. Children: T. Lydia, born May 18. 1753. died May f>, 1754. 2. Lydia. born July 7. 1755, died August, 1755. 3. Susanna, born January 6, 1758, married, April 4, 1782, Jonas \'iles ; died Oecember 14. 1784. 4. Josiah, born April 4, 1760, mentioned below. 5. Irene, born August 4, T762, married. May 24. T787. Jonas \'iles. former husband of lier sister Susanna. 6.

( \' ) Captain Josiah Hastings, son of Josiah Hastings, born Waltham, A\)t\\ 4, 1760, died at Weston, June 30, 1843. About 1790 he removed to Weston. He was considered a successful man, accumulating a fair projjerty, besides raising a large family. He had much natural ability and was self-educated. He took great interest in military affairs, and was captain of the Weston company of militia, which together with the Medford company formed the Governor's Life Guards. Captain liastings. being the senior officer, commanded both companies. On one occasion, at the celebration of Cornwallis Day, he tcx^k the ])art of ( ieneral Washington and old Deacon Abraham Mews the part of Cf)rnwallis. He was fond of music and had a clear tenor voice, which 111' retained until his death, in personal appearence he was of large ])hysi(|ue and commanding presence; he had blue eyes and a fresh com])le.\ion, and liis unfailing good nature made him very popular. He was careful in his dress, and wore white vests until he was over eighty years old. Notwithstanding his weight he was active. He married (first), March 4. 1784, Mary bdagg, who was burned to death about 1818 in a fire which destroyed their home, while trying to save some of the household go(Kls. She was daughter of William and Lydia (Child) I-'lagg, of A>hl)y. lie married (second) Susan I'lagg. her >ister, widow of l'4)hraim .Xdams. lie died in Weston. June 30. 1843, aged eighty-three. Children: 1. Jonas, born September 22, 1783, mentioned below. 2. Josiah, born May T, 1787, died November 5, 1850; married. April 8, 1845. Zabiali C. Warren, of \\'e.ston. 3. l-"rancis. married (first), 1816, Nabby Pierce, of Weston; (second). Sarah Pierce, born November II. 1796. 4. Polly, born January 8. 1792, died March 24. 1841 ; married. October 8. 181 1. Jonathan \\'arren. Jr.. of Weston. 5. Lydia. married. .\i)ril 2. 1812, Abijah Coburn, of Weston ; died September 26, 1813. 6. Sophia, married. March 16. 1814. Abijah Coburn as his second wife. 7. William, born November 6. 1799. married (first), July 23. 1823. Mary P^ierce. born July ii. 1802. died June 26. 1826; married (second) Maria Pierce; children: i. Marv. born July 12. 1824. married. November

(VI) Jonas Hastings, son of Captain Josiah Hastings, was born at Waltham. September 22, 1785. He was brought up on his father's farm, and was educated in the district schools. He came with his father to Weston when a boy. He learned the trade of shoemaker, and like all thrifty farmers of his day followed a trade during the winter. His two eldest children, Jonas and Francis, were born on the farm where Ezra \\'arren lived. Later he bought the old WHiitney place formerly owned b>' the proprietor of the famous "Punch-Bowl" Tavern of IJrookline, ^Massachusetts, and the site of the Whitney tavern. Jonas bought the ]:)lace about 1812 of (leneral (ileazon and lived on it three years. His children, Eliza Jane and Henry, were born there. He sold it to Converse F>igelow and it is now owned or was lately owned by Thomas Coburn, but known generally as the "Old Bigelow Place." Jonas lived one year at Lincoln on a farm he bought of William May for $1,600. This farm adjoined the ])lace of his brother-in-law, John Wright \\'arren, who married Harriet Cooley, and who kept a general store at Lincoln. He returned to Weston and bought the present Hastings homestead, erecting the house now standing, and following his trade as shoemaker in addition to conducting the farm. In his later years he was assisted by his son Francis. The farm is now the home of his granddaughter, Mary J. Giddings. Jonas died August 28. 1865, on his homestead. He was generally known by the title of major, though he held no military commission. He was a Democrat in politics and a Unitarian in religion, and was respected by his townsmen. lie was a useful citizen of manv good deeds, of noble qualities of heart and mind, and irreproachable character. He married (first), July 29, 1806, Betsey Warren, sister of his sister Polly's husband, Jonathan Warren. Jr.. and daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Weston) Warren, of Weston. He married (second). May 22, 1851. Zabiah C. Warren, cousin of his first wife. widow of his brother. Josiah Hastings, and daughter c^f the Rev. Silas and Abigail (Smith ) W'arren. Children of first wife: i. Jonas,

(AH ) Francis Hastings, son of Jonas Hastings, born \Veston, June 12, 1809, died there April 3, 1889. He received his education in the district school, attending winters until he was about fifteen years of age. and assisting his father on the farm. He early learned the trade of shoemaker, and as was the custom worked in the little shop near the house with his father. The business was profitable, and furnished employment to many of the towns- ])eople. His work received the first prize in the forties given by the Charitable and Mechanics Association of Boston. Francis was the only son who remained on the farm, and he cared for his parents in their declining years, sacrificing his ambitions for a more extended field of labor. He and his father made the farm a profitable business, and at his father's death Francis inherited the homestead, which consisted of about eighty acres on North avenue, the old Concord road, in the north part of Weston. This road is a direct continuation of North Beacon street, Boston. The farm was run on business principles and by the most improved methods. Mr. Hastings was always interested in politics, both of the town and nation. He was a Republican, and a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln. He served on the school and other committees of Weston, and did well his part as a useful citizen. At the age of eighteen he joined the militia company, but was finally exempted on account of his bad eyesight. His re])utation for honorable dealing in all business transactions was of the highest, and it was his pride to pay cash for everything, and he taught his children to do the same. Li religion he was a I'nitanan. He was beloved by all, and was affectionately called "Uncle Frank" by those who knew him. He married. June 20, 1833. at Dana. Massachusetts. Mary Warren Cooley. born at Somers. Connecticut. December 17. 1810. died at Weston. February 9. 1888. daughter of Weston and ]\lary (\Varren) Cooley. Her father was a farmer of Dana. Children: i. ^lary Jane, born A])ril 20, 1834. married, February 9, 1854, Joseph Warren Giddings, son of Dr.

(XTII) I'rancis Henry Hastings, son of Erancis Hastings, was born at Weston, July 13, 1836. He attended the public schools of his native town, and worked on his father's farm during his boyhood. At the age of fourteen, his uncle, Samuel H. l*". Bingham, became interested in him and gave practical instructions in mechanism for two or three years. Eater, when nineteen years old. in 1855, he was em])loyed as ])0()kkeei)er at the clnu'ch organ factory of E. ^: (i. (i. Hook. His manual training 1)\- his uncle and a natural aptitude attracted him to the technical part of business, a work in which he was so greatly interested that for a time he did much of his regular office work at his home out of business hours, to gain tiiue for work in the mechanical departments, and in ac(|uiring the art and science of organ-building as then known in this country. In ten years of earnest endeavor he was able to design, devise and direct the entire construction of all parts and pi])es whicli were comprised in what were then the largest organs contructed in this country, and was a ])artner in the firm which became E. and (i. C. Hook & Hastings until 1880 when, after the death of the Hook Brothers the name became Hook & Hastings, although Mr. Hastings then became the sole proprietor of the business. In 1887 he commenced to build his new factory at "Hastings," in the town of Weston. The site was chosen with good judgment ; the railroad facilities were excellent. He built cottages for the employees, and the ])lant tt)-(lay is the largest and best ecjuipped organ factory in the world. The business was incoqiorated in 1893 under the name of the Hook-Hastings Com])any under the laws of Massachusetts. Mr. Hastings' son, E. \\'arren Hastings, was associated with his father as president of the company, and Mr. Hastings. Sr. its treasurer. The business has been in existence since 1827 when Air. Elias Hook, who had learned the art of organ building with William AI. Goodrich, a noted pioneer in the business, began to manufacture pipe organs in partnership with his brother, George G. Hook, in Salem. The firm soon moved to Boston, and under the firm name of E. & G. G. Hook made an excellent reputation. During the half century in which Mr. Hastings has been connected with this house, its name has continued to grow and its business to greatly increase and flourish. Mr. Hastings has spared no elTort or expense to develop and elevate the standard of organ building art, and his success is manifest by the high and far reaching exhibit of the reputation of the house. Since 1885 Mr. Hastings has resided in the country home he built for his son on what was the old Hastings farm in that part of Weston now known as Kendal Green. In religion he is a Unitarian, in politics a Republican-.

He married (fir.st), September 16, 1857 Married (second), April 2"], 1899, Anna Cutter Coburn, born at Weston, I-'ebruary 7, 1853. daughter of Isaac and Julia (Cutter) Coburn, of Weston. Child of first wife: I""rancis Warren, born July 10, 1862. mentioned below.

(IX) Erancis Wai ren Hastings, only .son of Erancis Henry lla-tings. born in Roxbury. Massachusetts, July 10. 1862. died in Warwick, Bermuda. .May 11. 1903. He was a graduate of th( Ro.\l)ury Eatin School, and member of the class of 1885, Harvard University. Near the end of the third year of his successfid course with loving and respecting i'^vociates. his high hopes and expectations were crushed by failing strength. He sought recovery by Uiiavailing sacrifices, and though separated from his class-mates he kept to the course he had adopted for his life work, maintaining his plan of study as his broken health allowed. .\s a diversion, and for a time, he associated himself with his father and in i8()3 was elected jjresident of the Hook- Hastings Church Organ Company. Continued ill health compelled him to seek a milder climate. Increasing weakness and partial blindness interru])ted the studies he had resumed. He could not avail of his books excej^t as they were read to him by those engaged daily for this ])urpose. Shut out from all else of common life, hi.s studies and books were all that were left for his closing years in liermuda. away from old friends and relations, yet with new and devoted friends drawn by his rare personality, his patient resignation, and cheerful courage. Dying in Bermuda in 1903. he was ])urie(l there in the old Bembroke church vard.

born in Halsted, county Essex, England, March 15, 1603. and died at Billerica, ]\fassachnsetts, November 20. 1681. aged seventy-seven. He married first. Elizabeth -

(surname believed to be Symmes, sister of Rev. Zachariah Symmes). and had four children born in England. ]ie came to America on the ship "Defense," with Rev. Thomas Shei)ard and his broth.er Samuel. Roger Harlakenden and George and Joseph Cooke, in the summer of 1(135. He settled first in Cambridge, and in 1652 was one of the original ])roprictors and first settlers of Billerica. He was lieutenant of the n.iilitia, and afterwards captain ; was the first man chosen to sit in the "deacon's seat," 1(^59: commissioner to establish the country rates in i(^S9' selectman in 1660. and for nine years in all; was on a committee to examine children and servants in reading, religion and the catechism in 1661 ; was the first representative or deputy to the general court at Boston, elected 1660, and taking his seat 1663. A tract written by him. entitled "Strength out of \\^eakness." in which he gives a detailed account of the testimony of an Indian convert to Christianity, was published in London and afterward republished in the "Massachusetts Historical Society Collections." He bought part of the old Dudley farm in Billerica. and his house stood near the turnpike, east of the Bradford road, near l\al])h Hill's house. Hill called him brother in his will. French was a tailor by trade. His wife Elizabeth died March 31, t668. and he married second. May 6. 1669. Mary, widow of John Stearns, daughter of Thomas Lathro]). of I Barnstable, Massachusetts. His widow married, June 29. 1687, Isaac Mixer, of Watertown. His estate was divided December 6. 1^)87. between the widow and three daughters - Mary Sharp, and Sarah and Hannah French. Children of William and Elizabeth French: 1. Frances, born about 1625. 2.

of \\'atertown. 3. Mary, born 1633. 4. John, born 1635; mentioned below. 5. Sarah, born March 1638. 6. Jacob, born March 16, 1639- 40. 7. Haimah, born February 2, 1641-2; died June 20 following. 8. Samuel, born December 3, 1645; died July 15. 1646. 9. Samuel, born after 1646. pioneer in Dunstable. Massachusetts. Children of William and ]\|ary French : 10. Mary, born April 3. 1670; married Nathaniel Dundee. 11. Sarah, born October 29. i()/} ; married Sharp, who died in military service ; married second, Joseph Crosby.

A descendau.t of Lieutenant William French through his second son. John, himself named \\'illiam hVench. a resident of I^ummerston in the New Hampshire grants, was the celebrated victim of Ihe ^^ estminster massacre in 1775. As this was the direct result of the first organized resistance to British authority in the American colonies, William French has been claimed as the first martyr to the cause of .American independence C)n his gravestone is this (|uaint inscription :

"In ineiuory of William p-rench Son to Mr. Nathaniel French. Who wa.s shol at Westmin.ster March ye i.Uh, '775. by the hand.s of Crnel Ministerial tools Of Georg ye 3d, in the Corthou.se at 11 o'clock at Night in the 23d year of his Age.

"HERE WILLIAM FRENCH his Body lies For Murder his Blood for Vengeance Cries King Georg the third his Torj- Crew that with a Bawl his Head Shot threw For Liberty and hisCountrys Good he Lost his Life his dearest blood '

(II) jolm I'Vench. son of Lieutenant William I'Vench i i ). was born in England early in 1(^35. and was brought over when but five montlis old by his parents. He died in Billerica. Massachusetts. ( ktoben. 1712. He resided on the south side of Fox Hill, on the east road. He was a soldier in King Philip's war and was a corporal in the fight at Brookfield, i()75. He was wounded in this assault at (juaboag (Rrookfield), and in petition subse- (|uentlv describes himself as a "poor, wounded'' man. He was ]ioor enough for a time, and was harassed by the constable before he recovered from the losses of the war. He was an influential citizen of Itillerica, and held many town ofiices from time to time. He married first. June 21, 1659. Abigail Coggan. daughter of rienry Coggan of I'arnstable. Massachusetts. She died April 5, 1662, aged twenty-four, and he married second. July 3. 1662, Hannah Burrage, daughter of John, of Charlestown. She died July 7. 1667, aged twenty-three. He married third, January 14, 1(167-8, Mary Rogers, daughter of John. She died June 16. 1677. and he married fom-th, January t6, 1677-8, Mary Kiitridge, widow of John. She died October 7, 1719, surviving him. Children of John and Hannah French: i. Hannah, born January 20, 1663-4; married John Kittridge,

(IIT) Sergeant William b'rencli. son of John h>ench (2), was ])orn in iUllerica, .\ugu.st 8, 1687, and died there h'ebruary 25, 1745-6. He married Mehitable I'atten, born February 28, T68f)-7, daughter of Thomas Patten. She died January 15, 1742-3. lie (Patten) lived on the west side of Long >li'eet. south of the common. Ih'llerica, and in the time of Indian alarms his house was used for a garrison. He owned a saw-mili near Pattenville : married, \])ril 1. i6()2, Rebecca Paine, daughter of I'aine, of Dedham. Rebecca died ir)8o. and I'atten married second, 1686, Sarah Didson. widow of Thomas was son of the immigrant, William Patten, of Cambridge and Billerica. ( liildren of William and Mehitable b^-ench : 1. William, born Jainiary 25, 1712-3. mentioned below. 2. [Elizabeth, born .April 13. 1710; married hZphraini Kidder. 3. Mehitable, born -August 2<), 1718: married September 27,. 1741 John White. 4. .Vathaniel, born February 2, 1720- 1 : married September 28. 1 744. l^lizal)eth iMost, (laughter of William: their son William was the Westminster martyr, mentioned above. 5. Jonathan (twin), born May 28, 1724; died June 20 following. 6. David (twin), born Alay zS', 1724. 7. Sarah, born .\i)ril 2><. 1728: married Alarch 17, 1746. Daniel Kittridge. 8. John, born Alay 2/, 1730.

( 1\') William Frencli. son of Sergeant \\"\\- liam French (3). was born in ISillerica, January 25, 1712-3. He removed from liillerica about 1775 to Hollis, New Hami)shire, where several of this family settled. Afterward he made his home at Pedford, New l^ampshire.

Children, born at Rillerica : i. Jonathan, born < >ctober 10. 1737: died at P)illerica. 2. William, born February 16, 1738-9: (lied at Redford, New Hampshire. 3. Joseph, born December 10. 1740: resided in Hollis. 4. Tabitha. born December 31, 1742. 5. Benjamin, born I'"ebruary t8, 1744-5, tanner, resided at Dracut. Alassachusetts, and at Mi! ford. Xew Hampshire. 6. Nehemiah, born Alarch 29. 174C): settled in Hollis and Lyndeborough, .\'ew Hampshire, and removed finallv to A'erniont. where he died. 7. Alehitable, born February 5. 1747-8: died young. 8. Ste])hen. born 1749. baptized December 31. 1749; mentioned below. 9. Ephraim. born November 10, 1751 : died at Amherst. Xew Hampshire. 10. David, born Sejitember 15. 1754: married Pydia Parker, daughter of Josiah: moved to Bedford. February, 1782: died June 13. 1790; was soldier in the revolution. 11. Alehitable, born .\ugust 18. 1756: married Job R.ailey. of Wilton. Xew irampshire. 12. Retsey. married Daniel Bailey, of Hollis, Xew llam])shire.

(V) Stephen I'rencli. son of William i'Vench (4), was ba])tized in I'illerica, December 31. 174N- Me reiiKH-ed from I'.illerica to Redford. Xew Hampshire, about 1773, and lived there the re>t of his days. He married, January 7. 1773, I)oll\- Coburn, of Dracut. .Massachusetts, born June 10, 1754, daughter of i^lxnezer and Sarah Coburn and granddaughter of Jonathan and Phebe C'oburn, of Dracut. ( hildren, born in I'edford, Xew Hampshire: 1. i'.benezer, born April 28. 1774: mentioned below. 2. Stephen, Jr., born Xo- \ ember 7, 1775. died September 4. 1850, marriecl, 1800, ilamiah Swett, born May 15, 1777: l.ad many children. 3. Dolly, born .Xovember M. 1778: married (lawn Riddle. 4. William, born March 20, 1780: married Xancy Riddle, born January 5. 1781 : settled at Prospect. Alaine. 5. Sarah W.. born April 10, 1782, married William AlcD. l^'erson, of Redford, New Hampshire: ten children. 0. Peonard C, born I'ebruary 10, 1785: selectman, town treasurer, representative to legislature: married January 2^, 1808, Nancy Hutchinson, of Alerriniac, born April 20, 1787; had many children. 7. R>etsey, born .April 28, 1789; married February

13, 1792, Hannah Cutler; second. Alary Ratten, of Pe])])erell. 9. James, born Xovember 22. 1794. tanner, unmarried, resided at Bedford. 10. Rev. Daniel, born January 2, 1796; married Polly Riddle; elder of the church, and later settled minister at Xelson. New Hamp- >Wu\- 11. Robert \\'.. born October 31. 1801 : married Harriet Parker, of Alerrimac. born June 23. 1802: resided at Alerrimac.

20. 1846, aged seventy-two. Pie was a prominent citizen of Bedford, a selectman and represeniative to the state legislature. He was a farmer during his active life, in the northwest part of Bedford. He married Rhoda Cobnrn, of Draciit, Massachusetts, born April 16, 1780, d'uighter of Leonard and Alerab Cobnrn. Her fariit^r was born at Dracnt. July 30, 1757, son of Ebenezer and Sarah Cobnrn, mentioned above. Children: i. Ebenezer C, born December 22, 1798; mentioned below. 2. Matilda C, born August 25, 1800: married Ebenezer Holbrook, of Bedford; children: i. David G. Holbrook, born November 18, 1819; ii. Afaria G. Holbrook, born ^larch 10, 1822; iii. John Holbrook, born June 13, 1829. 3. Leonard C, born April 19, 1803, farmer, representative to state legislature, justice of the peace ; married Annis C. Campbell, of New- Boston, New Hampshire, June i. 183 1, born July 9, 1809; children: i. Clinton, born October 24, 1832: ii. Almira F., May 1, 1835; iii. A\'illiam C, December 18, 1838; iv. Robert C, January 2, 1845. 4. Phineas C, born August 19, 1805, farmer; married Sophronia Robie, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, born June 17, 1809 ; children : i. Achsah, born July 29, 1836 ; ii. Martin. February 7, 1841 ; iii. Mary E.. March 15, 1844; iv. Louisa, ]March 29, 1847; v. Sarah, May 12, 1849. 5. William, born December 29. T807; merchant: married Lsabella, daughter of Robert Wallace, of New Boston ; settled at F'iscataqua ; selectman ; children : i. Josephine ; ii. Ella W. 6. Merab, born September 27, 181 1 ; married John McAllister, Jr., of Bedford ; child, John Gilman McAllister. 7. John C, born February 24, 1817; married Sarah R. Parker, of Bedford, born October 6. 1826 ; children : i. Anna ]\L, born July 5, 1847 ; ii. \\4llard P., born February 25, 1849. 8. Mary A., born October 4, 1824; married John N. Barr. of Bedford ; resided at Nashville, New Hampshire ; child : John Henry Barr. 9. Rhoda, born September 24, 1822; marrietl Eldridge Barr, and had Ada Lizzie, born October 5, 1849. lO- Adaline, born February 2, 1826; married Thomas V. Gage, of Bedford. (VH) Ebenezer C. French, son of Ebenezer French (6), was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, December 22, 1798. He settled on a portion of the old French homestead at Bedford, and was a farmer. He married first, .Sarah Holbrook, born 1798, died September, 1834, daughter of Deacon John Holbrook. He married second, Lydia Eaton, born July 5, 1799. at Goffstown. Children, born at Bedford: I. Dr. .\lfred J., born January 16, 1823, mentioned below. 2. Sarah E., born February II, 1826; married Stephen G. x\llen, merchant of Boston. Children of Ebenezer C. and Lydia French: 3. Abigail E., born June 30, 1838. 4. Clarissa R., born September 29, 1839. 5. Lydia AL, born October 14, 1842.

(VHI) Dr. Alfred Joseph French, son of Ebenezer C. French (y), was born at Bedford, New Hampshire, January 16, 1823. He enjoyed the advantages of an excellent education in the public schools and at the Literary and Scientific Listitute of Hancock, New Hampshire, studying his profession in the Vermont Medical College at Woodstock, Vermont, and graduating in 1848. He began the practice of his profession in 1849 i'^ Manchester, New Hampshire, but after a year and a half removed to Methuen, ]\Iassachusetts, where he ])racticed for the next seven years and achieved marked success. He removed to Lawrence at that time, and continued to practice until about five years before his death. He became a leading physician in that section and was honored by his fellow-practitioners as well as by his patients. He was a member of the District Medical Society and of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Dr. French was prominent in public life. In 1859 he was elected a representative to the general court from his district in Lawrence, and was re-elected for a second term. He served on the committee on elections. He w^as for some years a member of the board of overseers of the poor in Lawrence. In 1864 he was elected mayor of the city, and served creditably as the chief magistrate of the city. He was a Republican in politics, and he wielded a large influence in the councils of his party. He was also prominent in financial circles, one of the organizers of the Lawrence National Bank in 1872 and for five years its president. He was also one of the incorporators of the Broadway Savings Bank in 1872, and continued to act as trustee to the time of his death. He was interested in various other business concerns and industries of Lawrence, and for several years was president of the \\Tight Manufacturing Company. He was a prominent member of the First Baptist Church, in which he held various offices, having been deacon, trustee, treasurer and supernitendent of the Sunday school. His was an exemplary Christian character, of sterling virtues and spotless integrity. He was a member of the Royal Arcanum, the Home Circle and the Pilgrim Fathers, of which he was one of the incorporators in Lawrence. During the last years of his life, Dr. French spent his sum-

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He married, November 11, 1852, Sarah xAbiliail Hardy, born June 25, 1827, at W'estmmster, \>rmont, who after eight years of aj?,e lived in Antrim. New Ham])shire. of an old Bradford (Alassachusetts ) family. Mrs. I'rench is the author of a very i)opular and well known book on child life, founded on the life and death of her mvn child, entitled "\az7Av hVench. or I'leasant Memories." She survives her husband and lives in the old home. Lawrence. Their only child. Lizzie. born Jiuie 2. 1855. died a glorious christian dtath. fully sanctified, April 28. 1863.

Mrs. Hardy was the daughter of Silas Hardy, of Nelson, New Hampshire. He was born in 1800, and died in 1855; married Abigail b^arley, born 1800. died 1887. He was alwa3s a farmer. Her gran(l])arcnts were Noah and Sarah ( S])ofiford ) Hardy, also of Nelson. New Ham])shire. .Voali 1 lardy was also a farmer. ( h"or the early ancestors of the f lardy family see sketch of the Hardv fimil}- in this work ).

\\illiam Richard Cutter, author CT TTER and editor, is a direct descendant of Elizal)eth ( i ) Cutter, a widow, who came to New England, about 1640, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 10, 1663, (1663-64). In her will she gave her age as about eighty-seven years, but as she lived about two years longer, she was at death aged about eighty-nine. She dwelt with her daughter in Cambridge about twenty years. Three of her children emigrated to this country: William, who after living in America about seventeen years, returned to his former home in .\ewcastle-u])on-Tyne, in England; Richard, the founder of the Cutter family in America : and Barbara, her daughter, who came to this country unmarried, and later married ]\Ir. Elijah Corlet, the schoolmaster of Cambridge. In a relation Elizabeth made before the church she is called "Old Goodwife Cutter," and she makes a statement to the efifect that she was born in some small place, without a church, near Newcastle-upon- Tyne. She "knew not" her father, who may have died in her infancy, but her mother sent her, when she was old enough, to Newcastle, where she was placed in a "godly family," where she remained for about seven years, when she entered another where the religious privileges were less. 1 fer husband died, and she was sent to Cambridge, New England, and came thither in a time of sickness and through many sad troubles by sea. What her maiden name was is not known to the present writer. I'^rom her own statement the inference is drawn that her mother at least was in humble circumstances. She had with her in Cambridge a sister or a sister-in-law, a widow named Mrs. Isal)ella Wilkinson, who undoubtedly was from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. There is more known of the Cutters in Newcastle, where it is said an English anticjuary has discovered the name of the grandfather of William and Richard Cutter, and this information is as yet withheld from us.

(II) Richard Cutter, son of Elizabeth, died in Cambridge, at the age of about seventy-two. June 16, 1693. His brother William had died in England before this time. Richard was under age and probably unmarried when he came to America. He was one of the first to build a house outside of the settlement, in that part of Cambridge called Menotomy, and his liouse for defense against the Indians was furnished with Hankers. In December, 1675, he .sent four young men of his family - his two sons E])hraim and Gershom, and his stepsons Isaac and Jacob .\msden - to the severe cam- ])aign in Rhode Island which culminated in the Narragansett fight, in which a great part of the New iCngland military were engaged. Richard Cutter was twice married: First, about 1644, to Elizabeth W^illiams, who died March 5, 1661-2, aged about forty-two years (gravestone) ; she was the daughter of Robert Williams of Roxbury and his wife, Elizabeth ( Stalham) Williams. Second, Februai ^ 14, i<'/)2-3, to Frances (Perriman) Amsden, parentage unknown ; she was the widow of Isaac .\msden, and survived Richard Cutter's decease, and died before July 10, 1728. I'ourteen children, seven by each wife.

Elizabeth, eldest daughter and child ot Richard Cutter, married William Robinson, and several of her descendants became famous as governors. She probably died a long time l)efore her father, and was omitted in his will. Two of her sons laid claim to their share of their grandfather Cutter's estate at a later period. William Robinson, Jonathan Robinson and Elizabeth (iregorv, and also Samuel Robinson, children of Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of Richard Cutter, quitclaimed their rights to their grandfather Richard Cutter's estate (Middlesex Registry Deeds. 39 : 113. etc.) William Robinson died in 1693.

child of Richard Cutter, the immigrant, was a thriving farmer, and died in Cambridge, April I, 1723. in the seventy-fourth year of his age (gravestone). By his wife Rebecca he was father of ten children. She was Rebecca, (laughter of John (2) Rolfe (Henry i ) and Ills wife Mary Scullard (Samuel i ). Rebecca Rolfe married for her second husband John Whitmore, Senior, of Medford, and died November 13, 1 75 1, aged ninety.

( I V ) John Cutter, second son and fi f th child of William, born October 15, 1690. died January 21. I77''>. in his eighty-sixth year, and thirty-seventh in his office as a deacon. He was a farmer. He married Lydia Harrington (John (3), Robert (2), and possibly Ann (i): she was formerly of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, England,) and she died January 7, 1755. in her sixty- fourth year. Eleven children.

( V ) .Vmmi Cutter, tenth child of John, born October 27. 1733. died April 19, 1795, in his sixty-second year. He was a farmer and a miller, and had three wives and twenty-one children. By his first wife. Esther Pierce, he had ten children, the ninth of whom was Ephraim Cutter, born October 31, 1767. died March 31, 1841, who by his wife, Deborah Locke, had fourteen children, the tenth of whom was Benjamin Cutter, a physician, born June 4, 1803, died March 9, 1864, who by his wife Mary Whittemore had six children, the youngest of whom was William Richard Cutter, born in Woburn, August 17, 1847, the subject of this sketch.

M'- Cutter was educated in the public schools of his native town until his fifteenth A'ear, when he was sent to the Warren Academy in Woburn, where he remained until April, 1865, when he entered Norwich University at Norwich, \'ermont - the institution now situated at Northfield, A'^ermont, and known as the Military College of the State of Vermont. When at \V(^burn at the \\'arren Academy he commanded (1863-1865) a corjis of cadets known as the Warren Cadets. He performed his share of duty at Norwich Military University during the two years of 1865 and 1866, and leaving there in the latter year returned to Woburn, where he pursued his studies under a ])rivate instructor. In ,the fall of 1867 he entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale L'ni versify at New Haven, Connecticut, as a special student, and left there in 1869. In the meantime, having access to the large college library at Yale, he became interested in the study of history and more especiallv genealogy, as he had the use of a larger and more valuable collection of books here than he had ever had before, and he decided to publish a history of the Cutter Family, and issued, while at New Haven, his proposals for that work. He traveled extensively in his pursuit of material, and published his book at Boston in 1 87 1, under the title of "A History of the Cutter Eamily of New England."

He was married, on August 31. 1871, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Kimball, teacher, editor, and lecturer, and his first wife, Mary Ann (Ames) Kimball, and a granddaughter of Rev. David Tenney Kimball, for upwards of sixty years minister of a church in Ipswich, Massachusetts. One child, Sarah Hamlen, was born to them, July 25. 1873. but died A]M-il 26, 1890. Another died in infancy in i88o.'

In 187 1 Mr. Cutter removed his residence to Lexington, Massachusetts, and devoted himself for ten years to various jnir suits. While at Lexington he prepared and published a "History of the Town of Arlington, Massaclmsetts," w'hich was issued from the press in 1880. This work contained a very full genealogy of the early inhabitants, and copies are now scarce. At Lexington also he edited, with notes, his article for the "New England Historical and Genealogical Register." entitled a "Journal of a Forton Prisoner. England. 1 777- 1 779," whose length caused its publication to extend through the numbers of that periodical from April, 1876, to January, 1879. While at Lexington also he prepared a sketch of Arlington, which was printed under his name in Drake's "Historv of Middlesex County" (t88o).