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During his residence in Lexington he held the office by successive elections of clerk of the Hancock Congregational Church, and for seven years from 1875 that of member and clerk of the town school committee, and in connection with the last named office that of trustee of the Cary Free Public Library, being for a greater part of that time clerk and treasurer of that board. In 1882 he was elected librarian of the Woburn Public Library in his native city, and assuming his duties on March T. of that year, removed at once to W^oburn. He holds this office at the present time. He has served on the nominating committee of the Massachusetts Library Club, of which he was one of the original members, and has been one of its vice-presidents. In Woburn he has held the office of secretary of the trustees of W^arren Academv since t88s, and that of trus- tcf. clerk, and treasurer of the Hurbeen Free Lecture Fund since 1892. lie is also one of the vice-presidents of the Rumford Historical Association of W'oburn. and is a member of the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars, lie has been a vice-president of the Boston Alumni Association of Norwich University, for more than a generation, t^r since 1870, a resident member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. He has written considerable for the i)ublications of the Genealogical Society, and has held a position <jn its governing council, and in 1906 was elected its historian. He has edited for the Massachusetts Historical Society a section of Hon. Mellen Chamberlain's "Histor\- oi Chelsea," making a greater part of the second volume of that monumental work. He has prepared for publication and now nearly finished, three volumes of the Towne Memorial T.iographies, ])ublished by the New I^ngland Historic (Genealogical .Societ}-. In i<;o6 Mr. C "utter was elected by the Lewis Historical I'ublishing Company as editor of two of their publications.

Since 1882, in his leisure from the urgent work of his librar\- position. .Mr. Cutter lia^ written much for the newspajK'r and ])eriodical press, and has written or edited a mnuber of works of greater or less extent, .\moiig them sketches of the city of W'oburn, and of the towns of 1 Turlington and Winchester, for Hurd's "History of ^Ii(kllese.\ County." 1890; "Contributions to a Bibliogra])hy of the Local llistorx of W'oburn." i8(;2, with additional material, 18(^3: "Diary of Lieut. .Samuel rhom])son of W'oburn, while in service in the iM-ench War, 1758" (with copious notes) 189C); "Life and Humble Confession of Richardson, the Informer" (fift\- co])ies i)rinted ) 1894; ".\ Model N'illage Library" Ian article descriptive of the W'oburn I'ublic Library) in "New England Magazine," b\'l)ruary, 1890; "W'obiu'u llistoric .'^ites and ( )ld I louses." i8(>2: etc.

Deacon Thomas Loring, of L( )l\i NG Hingham and Hull, ^fassachusetts, was born in .Kxminster, county Dexon, luigland, and died at Hull, .Massachusetts, .Kjiril 4. i()C)\. His widow, jane (Newton) Loring, died .August 25, 1672. .Mr. Loring arrived in this country on December 2 7,. iC>34. and for a short time resided at Dorchester, ^Massachusetts, and removed thence to Hiuirham. He was one of the earlv

(II) Thomas Loring, son of Deacon Thomas Loring (i), born in A.xminster county Devon, luigland, died at Hull, Massachusetts, 1(^79, aged fifty years; married December 1 9, 1657, Hannah Jacob, baptized February 23, 1639-40, died October 20, 1720; daughter of Nicholas and Mary Jacob of Hingham. She married second, Cai)tain Stej^hen k'rench, of W'eymouth. Massachusetts.

(III) Lieutenant Thomas Loring, son of Thomas Loring (2 1. born at Hull. .Massachu- >etts. March 15, i(/)7-8, died at Duxlnu-y. Mas.sacluisetts, December 5, 1717; married April K), iC)99, Deborah Cushing, born Sej)- tember. i(>74. daughter of John and Sarah ( Hawkes ) Cushing. of Scituate, Massachusetts. She married .second, February 18. 1727. Sylvester Ivichmond, l^s(|uire, of Little Compton. Rhode Island.

(IV) Benjamin Loring. sou of Lieutenant Thomas Loring (3). born at Duxbury, Massachusetts, about 1708, died there March t, 1781. "in the seventy-third year of his age;" married. Tebruary 8, 1739, .\nna .\lden, born June 14. I7i(). died July 1. 1804. aged eightynine years, daughter of (."olonel John and Hannah ( P)riggs ) .\lden. of Duxbury. and great-granddaughter of John Alden. who came in the "Mayfiower." i()20. Mr. Loring was bred a farmer, and was esteemed as a man of somid judgment. u])rightness. and integrity.

(\ ) Daniel Loring. >on of llenjamin Loring (4). born at Duxbury. .Massachusetts. |anuar\- 8. 1731. died at IJraintree. Massachusetts. July Jj. 1831. aged eighty years; married, (intention dated .\ugust 8, 1778) Mary Thayer, born March 30. 1757. died .\pril 8. 1834. aged seventy-seven years, daughter of James and Esther (Wales) Tha\er. of P>raintree. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, held the position of a sergeant, and late in life received a pension. He resided at Braintree, and was a shipbuilder, his shipyard being on the Monatic|uot river.

(VI) lames Loring. son of Daniel Loring (5). born at Uraintree. Massachusetts, June 18, 1780. died at P>oston. Massachusetts, Januar\- 4. 1866. aged eighty-five years, six months, and sixteen da\'s ; married first, Mary T'reemau. born Decwnber 29. 1779. die(l at Duxbury, November 9, 1816. aged thirtyseven vears ; married second, Mrs. Ruth

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( Dingley ) Delano ; she died February lo, 1830. He resided at Duxbury. was a cabinetmaker by trade, and was a deputy sheriff of 1 Mymouth county.

( \ H) Deacon Judah Loring. son of James Loring (6), born at Duxbury. Massachusetts, .\pril 15, 1809, died at Lawrence, Kansas, Octolier 31. 1857; married December 3, 1835, Betsy (White) Faxon, born April 22, 181 1, (lied at Med ford, Massachusetts, January i, 1886, daughter of Captain Asaph and Eunice (Allen) Faxon, of Hraintree. He learned the trade of shipjoiner, and at the age of twentytwo settled in Med ford and began the successful prosecution of his vocation as a master shipjoiner. As soon as he became a resident of Medford he identified himself with some of lier prominent public interests, and early became a leading spirit in works of improvement and reform. He held many town offices, such as school committee, overseer of the ])oor, selectman, etc., and for a long time was a justice of the peace. He was elected to the office of deacon in the Second Congregational Church, and served in that capacity with great acceptance for many years. He was a zealous temperance advocate, and an uncompromising foe of human slavery at a time when it required moral courage and personal sacrifice to act in either cause. He went to Kansas in Alay, 1857, and there died before the close of that year, as above stated. His wife, who justly shared the respect that he won in the places of his residence, survived him, with his three children - Freeman Allen, Mary James, and Arthur Creene Loring.

Mr. Loring was a true man, a sincere and loyal patriot, and a courteous and christian gentleman. He possessed in a large degree (|ualities that commanded respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens. The town of Medford delighted to honor him while he lived : and, after his decease resolutions in deserved commendation of his life and public services were presented at meeting of the town and adopted unanimously.

('\ TTl) Arthur Greene Loring, son of Deacon Judah (7), and Betsy White (Faxon) Loring, was born on Ship street, now Riverside avenue, Medford, September 29, 1844. His ]^arents were prominent residents of that town. In 1857 he went with them to Lawrence. Kansas, where they had intended to live, but his father dying in October of that year, he returned with his mother and his brother and sister, in 1858, to Medford, Massachusetts. He was educated for mercantile

])ursuits and was engaged for a time in various undertakings, and then entered the shoe and leather business in Boston. Later he was engaged in the tanning business, and was superintendent of the tannery of Loring & Avery, in Winchester, Massachusetts, and later of that of F. A. Loring & Company, at North Winchester and Woburn.

Mr. Loring has interested himself for many years in historical and genealogical pursuits, and has made these matters a serious study. He is a member of the New England Historic (Genealogical Society, of Boston, and of the Rumford Historical Association of Woburn. In the course of his experience he has accumulated a large amount of information on the subject of the families of the Old Colony and on the families in that section of ]\Iassachusetts about Boston. He has the reputation of being one of the most jjainstaking and accurate genealogists in the profession. He is an expert on the handwriting of the ancient colonial and provincial records of Massachusetts, and has cojDied literally many petitions and rolls, the originals of which are to be found at the State House in Boston. z'Xs a handwritingexpert he assisted in the preparation of the second volume of Judge Chamberlain's "History of Chelsea," now in press, published by a committee of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He was also selected by the Lewis Historical P'ublishing Company as one of the editors of their present work on Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.

Mr. Loring, while in active business with F. A. Loring & Company, resided in Winchester, ^lassachusetts, and in 1891 he became a resident of Woburn. At Medford he held the office of town auditor, and also served as one of the cemetery committee and as a member of the fire department, and companies F (Lawrence Rifles) and E (Lawrence Light Guard), belonging to the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment of Lifantry ; and is now a member of the I awrence Light Guard Veteran Association. At W^oburn he held the office of alderman for two terms in 1889 and 1900, and was candidate of the Democratic party for mayor in 190T.

Mr. Loring has written considerable for the newspaoer press on subjects in which he is interested. He is the author of a pamphlet entitled "Woburn Men in the Lidian and Other Wars previous to the year 1754" (Boston, 1897), and furnished an appendix to the publicaton called "The Diary of Lieut. Samuel Thompson, of W^oburn, Massachusetts.

while ill service in the French War, 1758," and pubhshed in 1896, which was largely a rec(ird of the service of all the W'oburn men in the French war, compiled from the original rolls on file in the archives of the state of Massachusetts at Boston. For the New England Historical and Genealogical Register he furnished articles entitled "The Ancestry of Phebe Pierce, of Woburn," (1898); "The Descendants of Nahum Parker of Kittery. Maine," (1900); "Samuel Walker, of Woburn, Massachusetts, and some of his Descendants" (1903); "The Brooks Family of Woburn, Massachusetts," (1904): "Robert Fames, of Woburn, Massachusetts, and some of his Descendants" (1908); etc.

fraternit}' of Es.sex county, and a ])rominent citizen of Lynn, is noted for his mental attainments, professional ability, and literary accomplishments. Pie was born November i. 1843. in Lynnfield. formerly a part of Lynn, a son of Nathan D. Hawkes. Pie comes of a long line of honored and distinguished ancestry, being an eighth generation descendant of Adam llawkes, who was born in h^ngland in 1608, came lo America with W'inthrop in 1630, and died in Lynn in 1671. In 1631 he married Ann Hutchin.son. by whom he had two children - John and Susanna. (Susanna married in 1649, William Cogswell, of I])swich. ) After her death he married Sarah Hooper, by whom he had one daughter, Sarah. Adam Hawkes first located in Charlestown. Pi 1638. at the time of the first division of lands in Lynn, he received a grant of one hundred acres, and settled in that part of Lynn now known as North Saugus, on the homestead which has since been in the family, descending from one generation to another in unbroken succession. His son John, the first male member of the family born in America, was born in 1633. and died in 1694. He first married in 1658, Rebecca, daughter of Moses Maverick, the first magistrate of Marblehea^i. and Sarah (Allerton) Alaverick. daughter of Isaac and Mary (Norris) Allerton. who came over in the "Mayflower." and for his second wife married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Cushman. ruling elder of Plymouth, and his wife Mary, who was also the dauijhter of Isaac Allerton.

1698, he married Margaret Cogswell, of Ipswich, this county ; and their eldest child, Moses Hawkes (2d), born ]\Iarch 4, 1609, was the succeeding progenitor. He was a man of prominence in his day, and one of the original founders of the town of Saugus. On April 9. 1730. he married Susanna Ilitchings, a relative of Daniel Townsend, a minute-man, who was killed by the British at Lexington, April 19. 1775. Their son Nathan, who was born in Lynn, July i, 1745, and died in Saugus, (Jctober 17, 1824, was the great-grandfather of Nathan M. Hawkes, the special subject of this sketch. He was very active in the management of town affairs, serving as selectman in 1805, 1806 and 1807, during the contention between the town and the First Parish as to the use of the old Tunnel meeting-liouse, and was for several years parish clerk. He was one of the leading petitioners for the formations of the towns of Lynnfield and Saugus. On September 3, 1769. he married Sarah Ilitchings. a descendant of Daniel Hitchings. a .soldier in King Philip's war, who held the title to his lands under a deed from the Indian sagamores. Nathan Hawkes was ensign of Ca])tain David Parker's company of L}'nn minute-men at the Lexington alarm, April 11;. 1775; and his great-grand.son has the >\v()rd which he wore on that day of days, and under the sword stands the chair in which he sat when he told the story of how

.Xathan llawkes (2d), grandfather of .Xathan M.. was born in that part of Lynn now Saugus. January 22, 1775, and died in Saugus. August 22, 1862. On January 22, 1805, he married Elizabeth Tarbell, a daughter of Jonathan Tarbell, a minute-man of Danvers, who was at the battle of Lexington, -April 19, 1775. and a descendant of John Tarbell, of Salem \'illage. the leader in removing the Rev. Samuel Parris from his pastorate of the Salem \illage Church after the witchcraft trials of 1692.

Nathan D. Hawkes was born in Lynn, May 4, 181 1, and died in that city, April 23, 1850. ( )ii November 10, 1842. he married Tacy Pratt Hawkes. daughter of Ahijah and Theodate ( Pratt ) Hawkes. who was born on the old Hawkes homestead, which has been in the family since it came into the possession of the immigrant ancestor, Adam Hawkes, in 1638.

graduated from the Eriends' School in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1861. He immediately began to read law in the office of I'erry & Endicott, of Salem, and (mi the twenty-first anniversary of his birth, November i, 1864, was, on motion of Judge Endicott, admitted to the FLssex county bar. He has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, and in local affairs has been prominently identified with the highest interests of his city, county and state. Erom 1867 until 1879 he was special justice of the Lynn police court. Prom 1869 until 1872 inclusive he was a member of the common council of Lynn ; three years of the time being president of the board. He was also a member of the school committee, and a trustee of the public library. In 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878 he was a member of the general court, and in 1879 was state senator. At present he is a member and chairman of the Lynn Park Commission, which controls the Lynn Woods, that the late Charles Eliot called "the largest and most interesting, because the wildest, public domain in all New England." He is also a member of a commission appointed by the city council, consisting of the mayor, the city clerk, and himself, to secure the publication of the earlv records of the town.

He has ever been interested in literary pursuits, and his frequent contributions to the ])ress have proved a source of pleasure to innumerable readers. In 1887 and 1888 the Boston Record published a series of sketches entitled, "The Best Town to live in." j\Ir. Hawkes showed his appreciation of his native town by writing an article setting forth the natural and ac(|uired charms of Lynnfield, and its desirability as a place of residence. He has since published a work entitled "In Lynn Woods with Pen and Camera, 1893." ^ '^^ Essex Institute has also published his "Gleanings Relative to the Eamily of Adam Hawkes," and "Semi-historical Rambles among the Eighteenth-century Places along the Saugus River." The Magazine of American History and the Nezv England Magazine have printed some of Mr. Hawkes's local historical studies, including "The Lynn Iron Works," and "Captain Robert Bridges, Eounder of the Iron Works."

He is a forcible and elo(|nent speaker, and is often called upon in this capacity on public occasions. Many of his addresses of this character have been published, among them being an "Address at the Dedication of the New Town Hall" at Lvnnficld, Januarv 28.

1892; an address delivered Ijcfore the Essex Agricultural Society at Haverhill, Massachusetts, September 21, 1893; ^ memorial address commemorative of James Robinson Newhall, given before the Lynn l^ress Association, January 17, 1894; and an address delivered before the Bay State Lodge, No. 40, I. O. O. l'\, on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. Jn 1900 he edited and i)ublished the "Commonplace Book of Richard Pratt." In 1904 he pre])ared a book called "Semi-Centennial of the National City Bank of Lynn, Massachusetts." On June 17, 1905, he delivered the oration, "Lynnfield in the Revolution," at the Lynnfield town hall, before the people of Lynnfield, the Old Essex Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Lynn Historical Society. On June 16, 1906, he delivered the address in the Saugus tow^n hall before the citizens of Saugus ; General Hinks Post No. 95, Saugus, Grand Army of the Re- ])ublic ; Old Essex Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution; Daughters of the Revolution, Cha])ter of the Third Plantation ; and the Lynn Historical Society, on the occasion of the marking of the graves of the Revolutionary soldiers of Saugus. On Sunday, June 9, 1907, he delivered an address on "The Parting of the Ways Between Parish and Town," as the representative of the Lynn Historical Society, at the celebration of the 275th anniversary of the First Church of Christ in Lynn. In the same year he published a book of local historv entitled "Hearths and Llomes (^f Old Lynn."'

Mr. Hawkes is the holder in fee of one bit of real estate in Lynnfield, which has to him a ])eculiar interest. It is the little enclosure which contains the mortal remains of some of liis kin. including his great-grandfather, Jonathan Tarbell, the Danvers minute-man, who was on Lexington Green, April 19, 1775.

Mr. Hawkes was married December 2, 1867, to Mary, daughter of Benajah and Cynthia P.uft'um, of North Berwick, Maine, at the lUifi'um homestead. They have one child, Alice Hawkes.

Mr. Hawkes is a member of the Essex Institute and of the New England Historic- (k^nealogical Society, his taste for historic research and investigation making him a most desiral)le member of each. He is an Odd Fellow, belonging to Bay State Lodge, No. 40. 1. O. O. F., of which he is a past grand. He was a charter member of the Lynn Historical Society, and is a member of its council. He is a member of the .Societv of "Mavfiower" De-

Since the immigrant Englishman, Adam Hawkes, pitched his tent in the wilderness outskirts of Lynn, each succeeding generation to the time of the subject of this sketch has tilled the soil on the banks of Saugus River ; and possibly he, too, looks with longing eyes upon the scenes familiar to his fathers, and craves the serenity of rural life that may come after the ireadmill drudgery of office work is over.

Isaac liuzzell (or lUiswell) RUZZELE immigrant ancestor of most of the New Hamjishire, Maine and Massachusetts families of this surname, was born in England about 1593. He was in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and one of its proprietors in 1639. He was admitted a freeman October 9, 1640. He drew land in the first division at Salisbury, and again in 1640. The general court allowed his removal to Hampton in 1639, but he returned. His wife Marguerite died Septeml)er 29, 1642, and he married second, Susanna , who died March

2T. in7(>7. He died July 8, 1683. His will, dated April 9. 1680, proved Sei)teml)er 2^ foUuv.ing, ]M'C|ueathed to son William and his wife; daughter Sarah: son-in-law John (lill, husi)and of daughter Phebe ; I'hilip Browne, husband of daughter Mary, and son Samuel Buzzell ; to three children left by his son Isaac, and to grandchild Isaac, son of \\'illiam. Ciuldrcu : 1. William. 2. Phebe, married May 2, 1645, Jolm Gill. 3. Samuel born about 1628. married July, 1656, Sarah Keyes ; see forward. 4. Mai\-, born August 29, 1645; married June 24 1069. I'hilip Brown. 5. Isaac, born July 2J., 1650; married October 11. 1671, Mary Eaton : second. May 19, 1673, Susanna Parker. (in Samuel Buzzell, son of Isaac Buzzell, was born cbout 1628, in England. He was a planter in Salisbury and Bradford, Massachusetts. He was of Salisbury in 1662. and probably 1669, but of .\ndover in 1696, and in Bo?vford at the time of his death. .Savage says he may have been at Marblehead for a short tmie in 1668. His will, dated A])ril 9, 1704, proved July 27, 1704, named his wife Sarah, executrix, and his brother-in-law Solomon Keyes, of Chelmsford, and John Boynton, of Pioxford, overseers. Children: I. Isaac, born August 6, 1657; married Anna Ordway. 2. J(^hn, born October 7, 1659; mentioned below. 3. Samuel, born May 25, 1662 ; proba1:»Iy died bef(^re his father. 4. William,

(HI) John Buzzell, son of Samuel Buzzell, was born October 7, 1659. He resided at Boxford from about 1700 to 1707, perhaps longer. The death of a John Buzzell is recorded at Pox ford February 22, 1 750-1. Family tradition has it that he was from the Isle of Jersey, meaning doubtless his father or grandfather. Seems probable that all the Buzzells of this vicinity were related closely, but the spelling of the name was so varied as to bewilder the investigator. Many of the settlers of Marblehead and the towns in that vicinity were from Jersey, Guernsey, and seaports of England, with many French Huguenots and their descendants. In 1694 Buzzell had a grant of land in Dover. He married first, Elizabeth

(1\') John lUizzell, son of John Buzzell, l)orn about 1700. settled in Madbury, New Hampshire. He died in 1775. He was sergeant in the Loui.sburg expedition in the I'rench and Indian war in 1745. He married, January 4, 1724-5, Sarah Wiborb, who died in New Durham. New Hampshire, September 25, 1788. Among their children was John, mentioned below.

( \") John Buzzell. son of John Buzzell. according to the best evidences available, settled in I'arrington and became progenitor of a mimerous progeny in Barrington. Northwood was a fanner living on the north side of North River Pond. Guddren : i. John, had the homestead in Barrington and left it to his children : had sons Jeremiah and David. 2. Samuel (?). 3. Benjamin ( ?). 4. Solomon, born January 5, 1761 ; soldier in the revolution in 1777; married Elizabeth Burnham : resided in Northwood, his house being next the Barrington line on the road to that town. 5. Reuben, mentioned below. The census of 1790 gives as the heads of families in Barrington, John, Samuel and Benjamin who had sons over sixteen, also Daniel, Moses and Rachel.

(VII) John lUizzell, son of Reuben Buzzell, born in Harrington, 1802, died 1891, aged eighty-nine years, at Lakeport, formerly Lake \'illage. New Hampshire. He was educated in the district schools, and learned the trade of carpenter, which he followed all his active life. He was an active and devout member of the Methodist EjMscopal church, a deacon and steward for many years. He married first, Betsey Hill, born in Northwood, New Hampshire; second, Mary Hill, sister of Betsey. Children of first wife: i. Horatio. 2. Gilbert H. 3. John Gardner, mentioned below. 4. Mary. 5. Ebenezer. 6. William. 7. Charles, postmaster at Lakeport, New Hampshire. 8. George.

(VIII) John (iardner Buzzell, son of John Buzzell, was born in Barrington, November 12, 1827. When he was eight years old he left home and went to Meredith, New Hampshire, to live. lie attended the public schools of Barrington, Meredith and Sandwich, New Flampshire, where he lived afterward. He learned the carpenter's trade of his father, working as an apprentice for four years. He worked at his trade for two years at Mancester. New Hampshire, and afterward at Meredith, where he helped build the "Lady of the Lake," the second passenger boat on Lake W^innepesaukee, and at Concord, New Hampshire. During the next four years he was employed in making pianos in a Boston factory, and then removed to Lynn to work for his brother-in-law Charles Felch, carpenter and builder. After two years he turned to the trade of millwright, and followed that in Lynn for two years in the employ of "Ves" Breed. He was a skilful craftsman in iron as well as wood, and had a natural aptitude for mechanics. He became foreman of Breed's shop, and while employed in this capacity evolved several valuable improvements to shoe machinery. When he suggested to his employer the idea that was subsequently used in the Buzzell buffing machine, Mr. Breed did not encourage him, expressing his opinion that such a machine would not pay. Mr. Buzzell went ahead, however, and perfected the machine, formed a partnership under the firm name of J. G. Buzzell & Company to manufacture the machines, and put them on the market. His partners were George Emerson and Nathan C. Ellis. In addition to making shoe machinery, the firm took millwright jobs and installed shoe machjnerv. Mr. Buzzell continued to invent shoe machinery. He patented a machine for turning spring heels; a top-lift scalloping machine for rounding out the inside of shoe heels; a sand-paper moulding machine; a heel breast finishing machine ; heel scouring machine. The sand-paper moulder was a simple invention, but of great value and it has been adopted by manufacturers in a great many other industries for a multitude of processes. His son, Ernest L., was in business with him at this time.

But perhaps of all his inventions destined to give him the highest and most lasting fame, is the- bicycle wheel, which led to the modern bicycle and automobile. He had three patents on a "velocipede wheel" of the now familiar wire-spoke pattern, and at the beginning of the bicycle era he sold them to the Pope Manufacturing Company of Boston, the pioneers in bicycle manufacture.

After fourteen years he retired from the fin I and established a new business in Boston un.ler his own name, continuing seven years, when he retired. His son, Ernest L. Buzzell, lias continued the business successfully to the present time. In politics Mr. Buzzell is a Republican. In religion he is a Methodist, though strong in faith of Adventism. He married first. xMary J. Page, born at Thornton, New Hampshire, daughter of John and Sirene Page; second, Jennie Puffer, born at Haverhill, New T-fampshire, October 20, 1843, daughter of Stimson and Mary (Clifford) Puffer. Her fattier was a native of Stow, Massachusetts, and her mother of Bradford, Vermont. Children of first wife: i. Ella, born in Meredith Village, New Plampshire. 2. Oscar Ward, born March 18, 1852, mentioned below. 3. I-'rank P., born in Concord, New Hampshire, died 1004; married Clara Parker, of Rochester, New Hampshire ; children : Irving, Ella, Leslie and Parker. 4. Pearl (son), born in Concord. Children of second wife : 5. Gardner Leroy, born in Lynn, April 8, 1874, died September 2-3, 1876. 6. Ernest L., born in Lynn, July 5, 1877; educated in public schools of Lynn ; succeeded to his father's business ; mar- .-ied Bessie Durant, of Nova Scotia ; no chilffi-cn.

i IX) Oscar Ward Buzzell, eldest son of John Gardner and Mary J. (Page) Buzzell. was born in Concord, New Hampshire, March 18, 1852, died at his residence in Lafayette Park, Lynn, now occupied by his widow, August 31, 1901. He attended the public schools of Boston, whither his parents moved when he was a young child. When only fourteen years of age he rode the first small bicycle in this section, winning a prize of twenty-five dollars. He served an apprenticeship at the trade of niaclr'nist with the firm of Buzzell, Emerson & Elli;s. becoming highly proficient, and in due course of time became a partner with his father in his business in Boston, remaining in that capacity for a number of years. For a period of three years he was enaged in the printing business under the firm name of Buzzell & Leach, conducting his operations in the Sherry block on Monroe street, Lynn, the building in which lie later engaged in other pursuits. At the age of twenty-five he engaged in business on hi- own account, manufacturing the Buzzell moulded sandpaper, under his own patents, the paper being used extensively by the shoe manufacturers of this country and Europe. Mr. Buzzell was well known abroad among ihe manufacturers of boots and shoes, as well as in his own country, having traveled extensively as a salesman for shoe machinery. He also conducted an extensive real estate business, building houses for worthy people who were struggling to secure a home and allowing them to pay for same in the easiest manner possible for them, thus performing a kindly and generous act. He was connected with the local fire deijartment for eighteen years, first in the Federal street engine house, where he was an engineer on steamer 3, and later was transferred to the Broad street engine house, where he was on duty for several years. He was a member of \\'arren Council, United Older of American Mechanics, Lynn, which he joined at the age of eighteen; Feter Woodland Lodge, Knights of Fythias ; W'innejnirkitt Tribe, No. 55, Improved Order of Red Men. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion a Universalist. He was of a very charitable disposition, giving liberally of his means to allay the sufferings of the worthy l)0cr, and at his death left a large amount of money to public and charitable institutions. Mr. Buzzell married, February 20, 1890, ]\Iary C. Hard}, born at Ossipee, New Hampshire, September 16, 1864, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Sias) Hardy, the former of whom was born in Wolfborough, New Hampshire, and the latter at Ossipee, New Hampshire. No (hiidren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Buzzell.

Thomas loslin, JOSLIN OR JOSLYN immigrant ancestor of the Joslins or Joslyns in America, embarked at London, April, 1635, on the ship "Increase," with his wife Rebecca, each aged forty-three, and their children - Rebecca, aged eighteen ; Dorothy, eleven ; Nathaniel, eight ; Elizabeth, six, and Mary, one. Abraham, the elder son, does not appear to have come with them, but a short time after; he is here with the family which settled first at Flingham, of which Thomas was one of the proprietors in 1647. He remained there but a few years, and removed to Sudbury, now W'ayland. He was a jjroperty owner there and owned the first lot east of the meeting house. Later he with others went to the Nashua valley to make a settlement, and settled in Lancaster, Massachusetts, in 1654. He and his son Nathaniel had lands located on the west side of what is now Main street, a little north of the center. He died at Lancaster in 1660. His will, dated May 9, 1660. proved March 29, 1661, be- (|ueathed to wife Rebecca Nicholls, his chil- (Ircn except Dorothy, and his grandson Abraham Joslin. His son Nathaniel and his sonin-law, Roger Sumner, were named executors. The widow in 1664 married William Kerley. At the time he settled in Lancaster it was on the western outpost of civilization. Thomas Joslin died before the attack by the Indians in 1675. His son Nathaniel and his family managed to escape at Marlborough. The grandson Abraham had married and had an infant child; they took refuge in the Rowlandson garrison, which he helped to defend until they could no longer hold it, and he with others perished in the conflict. His wife and child were taken captive and carried into the wilderness where they were both subsequently put to death. Thomas Joslin married Rebecca Nicholls. Children: i. .\braham, born

(II) Nathaniel Joslin, son of Thomas Joslin (i), was born in 1627, in England. He came to America with his parents in 1635; resided for a time at Hingham and Wayland, then at Lancaster, where he signed the original covenant with his father, 1654. He was a large land owner in Lancaster and Marlborough, and his will disposed of it very carefully, each member of his family receiving a plot of land. His "loving wife" and his sons Nathaniel and Peter, with his friend, Isaac

Amsden, were made "overseers'" of the will. Nathaniel Joslin was a man of more than average ability. He held several town offices and was held in high esteem. He married Sarah, daughter of Thomas King, of Marlborough, 1656. He died April 3, 1694, at Marlborough. Children: i. Elizabeth, born June 7, 1657, died July 16, 1657. 2. Nathaniel, born June 21, 1658, died June 8, 1667. 3. Sarah, born July 15, 1650. 4. Dorothy, born March 4, 1662. 5. Peter, born December 22, 1665, mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, born June 7, 1667. 7. Martha. 8. Nathaniel. 9. Rebecca, born May 14, 1672.

(HI) Peter Joslin, son of Nathaniel Joslin (2), born at Lancaster, December 22, 1665, died at Leominster, 1759. He was a proprietor in Lancaster, and an influential man in town affairs. For many years he was selectman, and was often chosen moderator in town meetings. August 4, 171 5, he was chosen deacon of the Church of Christ, Lancaster. He was known as Captain Joslin on account of his military service in the defence of the town. In 1704 he was an ensign, and commanded a garrison, having under his charge eight families. July 18, 1692, he was at work in the field when the Indians attacked his house and murdered his wife and three youngest children, also a Mrs. Whitcomb, who happened to be with them at the time. The eldest child, Peter, they carried away with them into the woods and afterwards barbarously murdered him. Peter Joslin married first, Sarah How, of Marlborough, who was killed by the Indians, July 18, 1692 ; second, Joanna Whitcomb, born January 8, 1673, died September 24, 1 7 17, daughter of Josiah and Rebecca Whitcomb ; third, Hannah Woods, of Groton, who died August 14, 1739, aged seventy-one years ; married fourth, Mrs. Maria Wheeler, born 1679, died May 21, 1742. Children by first wife: i. Peter, born December 8, 1686, taken captive by Indians, July 18, 1692, and afterward killed. Three younger children were killed with the mother on the same day. Children of second wife : 5. Peter. 6. Johanna, baptized May 30, 1708. 7. Sarah, baptized May 30, 1708. 8. Rebecca, baptized May 30, 1708. 9. Deborah, baptized October 31, 1708, married Joseph Wilder, July 4, 1733. 10. John, baptized December 10, 1710, mentioned below. II. Abigail, baptized August 2, 1713, married John Carter, March 10, 1736-37; died December 18, 1795. 12. Dorothy, baptized December 26. 1714. died April 22, 1732. 13.

(IV) John Joslin, son of Peter Joslin (3), baptized at Lancaster, December 10, 17 10, died later than August 25, 1779. He settled in that part of Lancaster, now Leominster. He held many town offices - selectman, assessor 1748; surveyor of highways, 1757, tytliingman, 1758, also in 1763. He was active in the church, and his name appears among those attached to the remonstrance against the dismission of the Rev. John Rogers as minister. From several deeds executed in 1779 to various members of his family, the consideration of which is "love and affection," and from the fact that he left no will, it may be presumed that he disposed of his estate largely before he died. No mention was made in these transactions of his wife, so that probably he was a widower at that time. He married, July 4, 1733, Lucy Wilder, at Lancaster, Joseph Wilder, Esquire, officiating. Children: i. Lucy, born at Lancaster, May 6, 1734, died December I, 1736. 2. Captain John, born September 17, 1735, mentioned below. 3. Joseph, born January 31, 1743. 4. Abijah, born at Leominster, January 24, 1745. 5. James, born at Leominster, July 31, 1747, married Mary Daby (probably Derby), January 8, 1787. 6. Peter, born at Leominster, May 9, 1749, killed in the revolution. 7. Lucy, born at Leominster, October 14, 1750, married Deacon David Wilder. 8. Samuel, born at Leominster, March 11, 1752. 9. Johanna, born at Leominster, December 21, 1753, married Levi Warner. 10. Sarah (twin), born April 3, 1756. II. Relief (twin), born April 3, 1756. 12. Thomas, born September 30, 1758, killed at battle of Bennington. The eldest daughter, not recorded here, died in infancy.

(V) John Joslin, commonly called Captain John, son of John Joslin (4), was born in Lancaster, September 17, 1735. He was prominent in the town ; was selectman a number of years ; treasurer of town some thirtv years; representative to general court; deacon of church forty-one years. He served in the revolution, being made captain of the company of which his youngest brother, Thomas, was a member. Thomas was killed at the battle of Bennington by the first volley, being shot through the heart. On March 24. 1777, the town voted five hundred pounds to pay those who should enlist for three years, and John Joslyn was among the number. He was in the battle of Monmouth and S(Mne others. He lived on Joslin Hill, in the northeasterly part of Leominster. He married first, Susannah Carter, born April 20, 1739, died December 5, 1775. The marriage was published December 5, 1757. He married, second, Martha Wilder, December 12, 1776; third, Mrs. Martha Phelps, 1780. Children of first wife: I. John, born November 23, 1758, married Sarah Bowers. 2. Susannah, born October i, 1760, died young. 3. Nathaniel, born October 25, 1761, married Susannah Buss. 4. Elias, born April 29, 1763, mentioned below. 5. David, married, October 23, 1787, Rebecca Richardson. 6. Susannah, married, November 25, 1790, John Eames. 7. Dorothy, married, December 20, 1787, Stephen Wood. 8. Luke, born May 10, 1771, married, February 14, 1799, Sally Beaman. 9. Lucy, born ]\Iay 15, 1773. married, April 12, 1792, Jonah Carter. 10. Sally, l)orn ]March 3, 1775, married, January 7, 1706, Oliver Aliles. Children of the second wife: 11. Thomas, married, January 26, 1812, Hannah Adams; he was a deaf mute, very bright and intelligent, a good scholar, and a shoemaker by trade ; he married second, Hannah .\dams, sister of his first wife, and had a daughter Mary. 12. Martha, born March 7. 1779, married, December 8, 1801, John Ireland, of Cambridge. Child of third wife: 13. Calvin, born September 4, 1781, married, l*\'bruary 17, 1805, Tatience Allen.

(\T) Elias Joslin, son of Cai)tain John Joslin (5), was born at Leominster, on the place known as Joslin Hill, April 29. 1763. He lived on the estate in the southerly part of Leominster now owned by the town. He purchased the land from the heirs of Edward Phelps. He erected a large two-story house which was standing at the time the town of Leominster bought the premises, but was soon afterwards destroyed by fire. He served in the revolution as a private in Captain Elias Pratt's company at Rutland from .\pril to July, 1779. He was sixteen years old at the time. In early manhood he met with an accident which seriously afifected him for the remainder of his life. He fell from a chestnut tree while gathering chestnuts and so injured his spine that he was partly paralyzed. It was with difficulty that he could walk with the help of a cane. He died December 10, 1824. He married, August 23, 1787, Prudence Lincoln, born April 20, 1768, died Jannary 16, 1843. Children: i. Betsey, born December 15, 1788, died January 26, 1790. 2. William, born May 3, 1791, died May 27,

(VII) Elias Joslin, son of Elias Joslin (6), was born November 10, 1795. When he was a young man he entered the employ of Deacon William Burrage, of Leominster, who was a tanner and currier by trade, and became engaged to his daughter, Polly Burrage. She died of consumption before the wedding, and in an oral will left one hundred dollars to Elias Joslin. He afterwards married Elizabeth Stearns, foster daughter of Deacon Burrage, April II, 1819; she was born November 17, 1799, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth Stearns, of Lunenburg, and died January 24, 1885. Elias Joslin, Jr., did not like the trade of a tanner, and with the assistance of Deacon Burrage purchased the farm in Leominster known afterwards as "Sheldon Mill." In a short time his father gave him about one hundred acres of land near his own farm. The old house on the place was replaced by a new one, and nearly all his children were born there. He resided there until 1844 when he l^urchased his father's farm, his father at that time having been dead twenty years. His sister Dorothy's husband, Thomas Merriam, had been the owner of this farm meanwhile; he had improved it greatly, and had erected several shops in which he manufactured combs of horn. When Elias Joslin became old and infirm the place was sold to the town of Leominster. He was a successful farmer and a prominent man. He was a member of the Leominster artillery company, and was called into service in 181 2. He was then seventeen years old. He served three months at South Boston. He continued in the militia for several years and became major of the regiment in which the artillery company belonged. He was a Whig and later a Republican, and was a strong believer in good government. He and his family were members of the old First Church at Leominster. He and his wife lived to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage in 1869. He died 1874. Children: I. William Stearns, born January 22, 1820; October 6, 1841, married Elizabeth Morse, born October 23, 1819. 2. Charles Loring, born January 12, 1823. married, October 28,

(Vni) George Clesson Joslin, son of Elias Joslin (7), was born at Leominster, Massachusetts, August 19, 1839. He received his education in the common and high schools, attending until he was sixteen years of age, when he left the parental roof and located in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he entered the employ of B. L. Hardon & Company, dealers in dry goods, remaining as clerk until twenty-one years of age. About this time George Hamlin, who was associated with the firm of B. L. Hardon & Company, removed to Norwich, Connecticut, and engaged in the same business there, in the fall of i860, and he took young Joslin into his employ. He remained with him until April, 1861, when he returned to Worcester, where he was lieutenant in the Worcester City Guards, he having joined this company when seventeen years of age, and in i860 having been elected lieutenant of the company. This company (Third Battalion Rifles) was under Major Charles Devens (later General Devens) ; left Worcester, April 20, 1 86 1, going by boat to Annapolis, Maryland, reporting to General B. F. Butler ; remained four weeks and then ordered to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, where remained three months on duty. The battalion was then mustered out of service. George C. Joslyn then returned to Worcester, where he immediately joined the Fifteenth Regiment A'olunteer Infantry, under Colonel Devens. He was appointed captain of a company from Webster, Massachusetts, and the regiment proceeded to Washington, where it remained a month, thence to Poolesville, Maryland, where he remained during the fall and winter of 1861, and participated in the battle of Ball's P)lutif. The regiment then went to Harper's Ferry and Winchester, Virginia, countermarching to Harper's Ferry and to Washington, where the regiment was sent to Yorktown, Virginia, and placed in the Second Army Corps, Second Division, First Brigade, and was through the Peninsula campaign under General George B. McClellan, and Antietam, September 17, 1862. While under fire at Antietam he received a wound and came to Baltimore, where he was under treatment two weeks, and then returned to Worcester, Massachusetts. Here he received a commission of major. He soon returned to his regiment at Falmouth, Virginia, near Fredericksburg, Maryland, and was engaged in the three days battle of Gettysburg. His colonel, George H. Ward, being killed the second day, Lieutenant- Colonel Joslin succeeded to the command, and was commissioned colonel by Governor Andrew, July 4, 1863, after which he was ordered to Long Island, Boston Harbor, to report to General Devens, who on account of disability was for a time placed in charge of the rendezvous of drafted recruits. After some weeks Lieutenant-Colonel Joslin returned to his regiment and was engaged in the Mine Run engagement, where he was taken prisoner, sent to Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia, remaining there five months, then transferred to Macon, Georgia, was there a short time, then sent to Charleston, South Carolina, with fifty others of the highest ranking officers of the Lmion prisoners, to stop the shelling of the city by L^nion forces, remained there about six weeks, and was exchanged, after eight months' imprisonment. Lieutenant - Colonel Joslin reported to the war department at Washington, seeking to continue in service, his regiment having finished its term of service. His final order from the department was to proceed to the nearest mustering officer for muster-out, in compliance with which he was discharged from service in October, 1864.

He returned to Worcester, Massachusetts, and that fall removed to Chicago, Illinois, accompanied by his wife, and entered into the wholesale business of upholstered furniture with Henry S. Carter, under the firm name of Joslin, Carter & Company. At the expiration of one year they admitted a partner and thus continued for two years, after which Mr. Joslin disposed of his interest to his partners and entered the same line with Theodore F. Swan, under the firm name of Joslin, Swan & Company. This business was closed at the end of the year, and Mr. Joslin came to Boston, Massachusetts, and engaged in the provision business, having a stall in the Central

Market on North street, Charles G. Davis being a silent partner. In 1869, at the expiration of a year, Mr. Joslin purchased the interest of Mr. Davis and continued the business until August. 1869, when he entered the custom house at Boston as clerk in the appraisers department under Judge Russell, collector of the port. In 1871 Mr. Joslin was made assistant appraiser of merchandise, which position he held twenty-four years, but in 1895. during President Cleveland's administration, was removed from office. Since that time he has practically led a retired life. He is a Unitarian in religion, and a Republican in politics. He is a member of Massachusetts Commandery, Loyal Legion, and Dahlgren Post, No. 2, G. A. R., of South Boston. He resides at No. 19. Claybourne street, Dorchester.

George C. Joslin married first, Septcmbci 15, 1863, Martha Ann Walker, born at Worchester, Massachusetts, April 25, 1841, died March 24, 1868, daughter of Appleton and Hepsibah (Beaman) W'alker, of Worcester, Massachusetts. Appleton Walker was engaged in the saddlery and hardware business. Children: i. Annie Maud, born July 8, 1865, married, October 26, 1896, Edward Oliver Kenney, of East Boston, Massachusetts. Child, Ruth, born February 12, 1901, died in infancy. 2. Florence Mabel, born February 19, 1867. 3. Arthur Walker, born March 15, 1868, married, June 15, 1898, Clarabel Stetson, of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Child, Ethel Stetson, born September 4, 1900. Mr. Joslin married second, April i, 1871, Mrs. Susan Maria (Carey) Clafin, born July 22. 1844.

( II ) John Hardy, son of Thomas HARDY Hardy, born in Ipswich. 1638, resided most of his life in Bradford, where he died. He married first. April 2, 1666, Mary Jackman, died 1689. He marrierl second, Martha . Children: i.

(IV) Phinehas Hardy, son of John Hardy, born about 1702, resided in Westborough, Massachusetts, and his home was in "Hassanamisco," the Indian name for Grafton, at that time a part of Westborough. He was a farmer and prominent in the town. February 5, 1729, the town gave to him and five others "the vacant room behind ye front gallery as far as ye south window to build a pew, they making a good seat before their pew for ye boys and mending ye glass and barring ye casement of south window." The church was near W^essonville, upon the northeast corner of John Maynard's lot, and was the only meetinghouse in \\'estborough and Northborough. In 1773 he was "Chairman of ye Committee" chosen "at a Legal meeting of ye Freeholders & other Inhabitants of ye Town of Westborough, on Fryday, ye First Day of Jan'y, 1773, the following \'ote passed (viz), that a Committee of 7 men be chosen To take into Consideration ye Rights as Stated by ye Committee of Correspondence of ye Town of i^oston. & ye infringements and \ iolation of ye same, & to make a Report at ye Adjournment of this meeting (viz), on Monday ye 4 Instant." He was a delegate to the constitutional convention, 1779; moderator of town meeting in Windham, 1765, 1767 and 1769; selectman 1768 and three times afterward. He married. March 8, 1731-2, Prudence Warren, died at Westborough, November 14. 1764. lie ilied 1776. Children, born at Westborough: 1. Prudence, born December, i7;^2. 2. Elijah^ born August 26, 1734; died Alarch 5, t8ii: married March 10. 1764. Martha How, died January i. 1797; children: i. E])hraim lirigham, born January 20, 1765, died Sei)tember 20, 1775; ii. Martha, born ^lay 26, 1767; iii. Haniiah. horn June 20, 17^19, died Se])tember 20, 1775 : iv. Prudence, born January 26, 1771, died September 23, 1775; v. Lucy, born June 2, 1774, died September 8, 1775; vi. Elijah, born January 18, 1776; vii. R])hraim I>righam, born July 12, 1780; viii. Abner How, born February 2, 1782. 3. Noah, born March i.

(V) Phineas Hardy, son of Phinehas Hardy, born in Westborough, June 4, 1753, died there April 28, 183 1. He was brought up on his father's farm, and had the usual district school education. At an early age he learned the trade of shoemaker, and his winters were spent in working at this trade. He was a farmer, and prominent in town affairs at the time of the revolution. February 7, 1775, he was one of a committee of twelve of inspection and observation^ to raise funds for the suft'ering poor of Boston; January, 1773, chairman of committee of seven to reply to committee of correspondence at Boston ; selectman of Westborough, 1758-63-65-70; moderator of town meeting 1765-67-69; from 1798 to 1802 he was exempt from church or parish ta.x. He had a fine voice, and was fond of music. He was in the revolution in Captain Edmund Brigham's company, Major General Artemas Ward's regiment, and answered the Lexington alarm, April 19. 1775; also in same company of minute-men who enlisted April 30 same year ; also in same company. Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, ordered to be mounted if possible; and marched August 21, 1777, to reinforce the Northern army under General Gates. The regiment went to Hadley, and was there ordered back. He was also sergeant in Captain Seth Newton's -company. Colonel Abijah Stearns' regiment, on guard duty at Roxbury, April, 1778. He married, June 3, 1779, Sarah Wyman, died November 19, 1801, at Westborough. Children: i. Ephraim, born February 26, 1780; died 183 - . 2. Nahum, born October 30, 1781 ; mentioned below. 3. Tilly, born May 17, 1785 ; lost at sea July 15, 1809. 4. Sally, born August 31, 1788; died August 13, 1854; married .A.sa Brigham, of North Brookfield, born November 29, 1787, died April 11, 1854; children: i. Amanda Brigham, born February 20, 1810, died 1834, married Dr. Trueman Houghton, of Bakersfield, Vermont ; ii. Lydia Brigham, born December 18, 1812, died November 4, 1889, married Warren Houghton, of Bakersfield, and had Amanda Soadiska, Marshall and Jay Houghton ; iii. Bradley Brigham, born January 8, 1814, died February 16, 1802, married Dolly Potter; iv. Baxter Brigham, born February i, 1816, died September 27, 1856, married Laura Maria Chase, and had Dora Baxter Brigham and Elva Maria Brigham, who married Chauncey W. Brownell ; v. Abigail Brigham, born 1818, died unmarried 1894; vi. Sarah Brigham, born March 21, 1820, died June 8. 1896, married John L. Sherman, of Charlotte, Vermont ; vii. Rebecca Brigham, born 1822, died 1886, married Flenderson Gallop, of Franklin, Vermont; viii. Noah Brigham, born 1825, died August 9, 1833; ix. Nahum Brigham, born May 9, 1827, died unmarried 1893 ; x. Waldo Brigham, born June 10, 1829, died April 2, 1900, married November 4, 1858, Lucia Ellen Noyes, of Hyde Park, Vermont, and had Julia Brigham, born August 23, i860, (married Henry McFarland, of Hyde Park, and had Helen Marion McFarland, born November 27, 1885, Grace Brigham McFarland, born September 24, 1888, and Brigham Wheeler McFarland, born April 5, 1891), Mary Brigham, born June 21, 1870 (married August 28, 1895, James Buckham, died January 8, 1908, and had Barbara Buckham, born February 18, 1898, died September 9, 1898, and Waldo Brigham Buckham, born January

15, 1875. 5. Noah, born July 26, 1790; died September 22, 1857; married Sally Dearborn, of Brighton ; had Ephraim, Sarah, Lydia, Mary, Amanda and Annie. 6. Johirrborn April 15, 1794; see forward.

(VI) Nahum Hardy, son of Phineas Hardy, born at Westborough, October 30, 1781, died at Waltham, August 29, 1864. His opportunities for education were very meagre, and when a young boy he was bound out in the Fay family of Northborough, going a short time to the district school. After a time he went to live with a Quaker family at Portland, Maine, and worked on their farm. In a few years he sailed to Georgia and engaged in cutting lumber in the pine forests. While there he nearly lost his life by drowning, but was saved by a negro who risked his own life in the effort. Later he came north to Boston, and carted brick for building purposes, from there going to Waltham about 1806, to look for work. He leased a farm in Lincoln and remained there until the spring of 1809. He then leased a farm in \\^altham known as the Harvard Col- lege Plot, and conducted it successfully for several years, later buying it from the college. The land had been exempt from taxes, and when he became the owner the town assessed him for back taxes. He fought the case, was his own lawyer, and won. This so pleased the college authorities that they ofifered him free tuition that he might become a lawyer, but he preferred the life of a farmer, and did not avail himself of the ofifer. He sold part of this farm to his brother Noah, and later built a house on Lexington street. Besides farming he engaged in the insurance business, being agent for the Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Concord for twenty-five years. During his last year he spent a retired life, and sold his Lexington street house, building a home on Curve street, where he died. In politics he was a Whig, later a Republican, and served on the school committee. He was a great admirer of Lincoln and the principles which he represented. He was much op]-)osed to secret societies, and was a delegate to nominate an anti-Masonic candidate for ] (resident. Among his friends were Thurlow^ Weed, Edward Everett, John Quincy Adams and William II. Seward. Lie was a member of the W'altham Fire Engine company in 1824. His strict regard for the right commanded the respect of the entire community, and by strangers he was regarded as a stern man ; but to his family and close friends, especially to his grandchildren, he was affectionate and loving. He married, January 29, 1807, Mary Smith, born March 17, 1780, died September 30, 185 1, daughter of Nathan and Susannah ( Bemis) Smith. Children: i. Charles Franklin, born June 11, 1807; died August 9, 1870; married, 1828, at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Waty Johnson, born August 20, 1812, died July 9, 1895; children: i. Adeline Frances, born November 24, 1829; ii. Franklin Pason, born May 5, 1832, died unmarried, May 3, 1854; iii. Dexter Davis, born December 8, and had Annie S., Adeline, lennie C, Elizabeth, Martha W., Frank W., John J. and Lewis W. ; iv. Arthur Brainard, born September 10, 1835, died 1902, married - and had LVsula Bell, Arthur Eugene and Troy Ellsworth; v. Susan B., born June 24, 1837; vi. Charles Henry, born January 21, 1841, married, , and had Ella May, born November 15, 1864, William Henry, born February 8, 1866, Herbert Wesley, born June 15, 1868, Bert Ernest, born March 28, 1871, Rose Elizabeth, born September 27, 1873, Phebe

Ann. born April 25, 1875, and Martin Luther, born January 6, 1877; vii. Mary Baldwin, born February 13, 1843, died 1905, married William M. Thorn, and had Julia, Anna, Elizabeth, Alice, John, William, Lewas, Edward and Nellie Thorn ; viii. Lewis Smith, borh January 5, 1845, died in the civil war, 1864; ix. Jane Elizabeth, born September 5, 1847, died March, 1885, married John H. Stevens, and had George M., Hattie D., Ozra M.. Clinton and Robert F. ; x. John Kirk, born January 15, 1850, died August, 1907; xi. Martha Johnson, born November 20, 1855, '^^^^'^ December 10, 1874. married October, 1873, Melvin B. Slocumb. 2. Mary Smith, born Alarch 7, 1809; died March 4, 1844; married April 16, 1834, James Francis Baldwin, of Waltham ; children : i. Henry Baldwin, born January 29, 1835, died March 26, 1900, married March 21, 1874, Elizabeth Richardson, of Morris, Minnesota, and had James Reuben Baldwin, born January 9, 1875, ^'""^^ William Henry lialdwin, born April ii, 1876, died August 13, 1899; ii. Martha Baldwin, born May 8, 1839; iii. Francis Baldwin, born I'ebruary 19, 1844. 3. Sarah Wyman, born .-\pril 9, 181 1 ; died June 14, 1863; married April 8, 1830, Humphrey Chadbourne, of Waltham ; children : i. Charles Humphrey Chadbourne, born June 17, 1831, married June 7, 1852, Deborah A. Crowell, of Argyle, Nova Scotia, and had Charles Franklin Chadbourne, born March 5, 1853, died February 14, 1855, Elsie Earle Chadbourne, born March 24, 1855, (married June 19, 1873, John Kaliher, of Lowell, and had Delilah A. Kaliher. born May 14, 1874, Charles D. Kaliher. born October 12, 1876. Nathan E. Kaliher. born June 27. 1878, William F. Kaliher, born July 2, 1880, Mary E. Kaliher, born April 24, 1884, John R. Kaliher, born January 13, 1 89 1, Ignatius Kaliher, born October 9, 1892, Julia A. Kaliher, born November 25, 1894, and Sadie Kaliher, born November 9, 1897), Clara Crowell Chadbourne, born November 2, 1857, died February 27, 1870, Fannie Rogers Chadbourne, born November 2, 1857. died November 17, 1857, Lowell James Chadbourne. born January 27. i860, (married January 4, 1889, ^^ary E. Olson, and had Lowell Rodney Chadbourne, born November 8, 1899), Willard Francis Chadbourne, born March 14, 1862, Amos Bartimeus Chadbourne, born July 2, 1865, (married December 17, 1886, Mary Etta Davis, and had Charles Chadbourne, born March 22, 1890, Helen Chadbourne, born October ii, 1892, and ?Iazel Chadbourne, born May 31, 1894), Sarah

Wyman Chadbourne, born February 14, 1867, (married Edgar C. Mills, and had Edgar G. Mills, born December 10, 1890, and Reed C. Mills, born June 23, 1895), ^^^ Charles Edgar Chadbourne, born July 13, 1869, died November 17, 1877; ii. Susan Hardy Chadbourne, born April 22, 1835, married November 27, 1856, Nathan Smith, of Waltham, and had Mabel Edna Smith, born August 20, 1857, died August 3, 1876, and Nathan Ellsworth Smith, born January 31, 1866 (married January 31, 1898, Susan Russell Lincoln, of Waltham, and had Mabel Edith Smith, born August 3, 1898, and Nathan Smith, born November 11, 1900) ; iii. Susan ( ?) Hardy Chadbourne, born September 18, 1 841, married November 20, 1861, Francis Smith, of Waltham, and had Josephine Smith, born April 4, 1864, died February 14,

1866, (married March 27, 1891, Francis Jane Grogan, and had Grace Chadbourne Smith, born December 25, 1892, Ernest Smith, born and died September 9, 1894, and Marion Clark Smith, born July 4, 1898), Alice May Smith, born April 12, 1870, died August, 1872, Alfred Chadbourne Smith, twin, born April 20, 1873, (married Alice V. Westwood, of Waltham, and had Dorothy Isabel Smith, born August 16, 1900), and Converse Smith, twin, born April 20, 1873, died August, 1873; iv. Mary Hardy Chadbourne, born March 20, 1843, married July 15, 1872, John Day Smith, of Litchfield, Maine, and had Mary Chadbourne Smith, born May i, 1874 (married W. Almont Gates, and had John Chadbourne Gates, born January, 1905) ; v. Willard Francis Chadbourne, born March 14, 1849, married June, 1868, Milee T. Fuller, of Elk River, Minnesota. 4. Susan Bemis, born February 6, 1813, died unmarried, February 6, 1858. 5. Dexter Davis, born April 27, 181 5, died November

29, 1823. 6. Lowell James, born July 3, 1817; died May 9, 1900; married first, Matilda Sproule; second, Mary Dillon (March, 1870;) children by first wife: Lowell James, Jr., Eliza, Frank Dexter, George Wallace, Willard and Mary. 7. Jane Elizabeth, born October 30, 1819; died unmarried. January 12, 1877. 8. John Kirk, born February 21, 1822; mentioned below. 9. Julia Sophia, born May

(VH) John Kirk Hardy, son of Nahum Hardy, born at Waltham, February 21, 1822, died September 13, 1905. He attended the Pond End district school in the winters, and afterwards took a course of instruction in the academy kept by his uncle, Lewis Smith. During this time he assisted his father on the farm, and at the early age of nine used to drive horses and oxen. As soon as he had finished school his father gave him fifteen acres of land on the farm, and he began to cultivate it, still living at home. Before his marriage he built a house where his daughter Martha and son Isaac now reside. He added land from time to time to his father's gift until his farm consisted of eighty acres. He was enterprising and industrious and believed in carrying on his farm in the most up to date manner. He had a herd of some thirty head of cattle and sold the milk to nearby dealers. LInder his efficient management and with the help of his sons, all of whom remained at home until they were of age, the farm yielded a handsome income. In politics he was a Republican, and although he kept in touch with the afli^airs of the day he did not care to hold office. He attended the Orthodox Congregational Church at Waltham, and was upright and honorable in all his afifairs. Like his father he was inclined to be reserved with strangers, but all who knew him intimately loved him. His life in some way seemed to be charmed - he met with no less than twenty serious accidents wiiich required the services of a physician or surgeon, yet lived to a good age. He married, April 20, 1852, Mary Wood, born at Lexington, April 19, 1827, died at Waltham, February 4, 1900, daughter of Leonard and Polly (Thorning) Wood, of Lexington. Her father was a farmer. Children : i. Nahum, born May 24, 1853; married March i, 1888, Carrie J. Hanscomb, of \\' altham ; children : i. Lawrence Norman, born January 7, 1889, died January 16, 1898; ii. Bertha Mabel, born March 16, 1892 ; iii. Edna May, April 29, 1893 - iv. Alfred Kirk, April 16, 1897. 2. Mary Smith, born July 19. 1854; married January i, 1879, William Davis Ward, of Stoughton ; children: i. Ethel Talbot Ward, born November 7. 1881, died December 28, 1887; ii. Eugene Hardy Ward, born January 19, 1883, died May 28, 1885; iii. Talbot Ward, born June 17, 1890. 3. Edward Kirk, born November 4, 1855, died January 29, 1873. 4. Cyrus Wood, born March 21, 1857; mentioned below. 5. Susan Bemis, born April 18, 1858; died January 9, 1897; married May 2/", 1887, Elijah Davis, of Birmingham, England ; children: i. Prescott Linzee Davis, born June 17, 1888: ii. Albion Davis. May 12. 1891 ; iii. Charlotte Davis, February 19, 1893: iv. Louise

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Thorning Davis, February i, 1895. 6. Abbie Jane, born June 2, i860; married February 22, 1901, Elijah Davis, as his second wife. 7. Charles Lowell, born June 18, 186 1. 8. Henry Francis, born April 4, 1863; mentioned below. 9. Lewis Smith, born November 21, 1864; married June 12, 1891, Sarah Blackhall. 10. Isaac Wood, born October 8, 1866; mentioned below. 11. Martha Eliza, born August 26, 1868. 12. William Thorning, born November 17, 1870; married December 16, 1893, Annie Carr, who died August 14, 1908; children : Eunice Augusta, Beatrice Thelma, Nelson Carr, Thorning W^ood. 13. Mabel Thorning, born December 30, 1874.

( \1H) Henry Francis Hardy, S(^n of John Kirk Hardy, was born at W'altham. Ai>ril 4, 1863. He received his education in the public schools of his native town, and began early in life to work on his father's farm. He remained at home, associated with his father in farming, until 1892, when he entered the emi)loy of Walter Smith, a prominent milk dealer of \\ altham, driving a milk wagon on routes in Urookline and Boston for the next seven years. I le then purchased the business of his employer and continued it four years. He continued in this line of business in the employ of varous milk dealers of Waltham for two years more, and then returned to his father's homestead to assist in the work of the farm. Since January, 1907, he has been associated with his brother Isaac and sister Martha on the homestead. The brothers make a specialty of the dairy. He has worked at the carpenter's trade also from time to time and has built two dwelling houses near the homestead within a few years. Mr. Hardy was reared in the Orthodox Congregational Church, but he and his family attend the Waltham Methodist i'4)isc()])al Church. He is a Rejniblican in politics, but has never sought public office. He married, September 2, 1891, Annie Maria Connell, born Alarch 9, 1865, at Prince Edward Island, daughter of James and Sarah (Gay) Council, of Prince Edward Island. Her father is a farmer. Child : Gladys, born Sc]!- tember 30, 1892.

(\'IIT) Isaac Wood Hardy, son of John Kirk Hardy, was born at Waltham, October 8, 1866. He was reared on his father's farm in his native town, and attended the public schools there, graduating from the Waltham high school in the class of 1885. He learned the trade of machinist in the shops of Van Norman l~!rothers, of W'altham, and removed to S|)ringfiel(l when his employers changed the location of their business to that city. After a few years he went to New Haven, Connecticut, where he followed his trade as a journeyman several years. He went thence to Bellows Falls, Vermont, to work for the B. F. Farming Tool Company for a year, and then returned to Waltham and bought part of his grandfather's farm. He assisted his father in conducting the farm until his father died, when he and his brother continued on the homestead. Their sister has made her home with them. The farm supports some thirty head of cattle and is considered one of the best in that section. He attends the Trinitarian Congregational Church of Waltham. He is a Republican in politics. He is unmarried.

(\'I) John Hardy, son of Phineas Hardy (5), was born in Northborough, Massachusetts, April 15, 1794. The death of his mother when he was less than eight years old made it necessary that he earn his own education and his way through life. He attended school during the winter and w'orked out, doing a boy's part on the farm during the warm months ; but always was an attentive reader, and came to be a man posssessed of an excellent understanding on general subjects. He began his active life as a farmer, having bought a farm in Westborough before he was thirty years old. His father was a member of his household and died April 28, 1831. After his second marriage Mr. Hardy sold his lands in Westborough and removed to Windham, New Hamj)shire, in October, 1836, and bought what was once a part of the original George Clark tract. There he built a house and spent the remaining years of his life. His farm comprised seventy acres of good land and was devoted largely to fruit growing. Mr. Hardy himself was a thrifty farmer, a man of influence in the town, a consistent member of the Congregational church, and in politics originally was a Whig, a strong and uncompromisitig Abolitionist and ultimately a Republican. During the war of 1812-15 he entered the service and was on duty at Fort Warren. He died in Windham, August 6, 1873. I le married first, March 9, 1824, Betsey Barker, born in Marlboro, New Hampshire, June 10, 1799, died in Northborough, Massachu- .setts, September 20, 1833, daughter of Francis and Lucy (Derby) Barker. He married second, September. 1834, Mary Barker, sister of his first wife, born September 3, 1792, died June 28, 1866. Children, all born of his first marriage: i. Dexter Warren, February 22, 1825, died April 19, 1849. 2. Eliza Whitney, l)orn January 9, 1827, died January 7, 1846. 3. John Loring, born October 25, 1828; see forward. 4. Mary Ann, born April 28, 1830. died August 24, 1847. 5. Joseph Franklin, born May 20, 1832, died November 7, 1861 ; enlisted early in the civil war in Company A, Seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was killed in battle at Belmont.. Missouri. 6. William Barker, September 20, 1833, died October 17,

(VII) John Loring Hardy, son of John and Betsey, born in Westborough, Massachusetts, October 25, 1828, died March 8, 1892. He received a common school and partial high school education, in the latter taking the classical course and showing an especial interest in history and literature. Always a close, careful student, his interest in solid reading seemed to increase and broaden with the years. Having a wonderfully retentive memory, he seldom forgot anything wdiich he had read, hence derived much benefit from reading. After leaving school he spent the next five years in working for farmers near Boston, and in the course of that time became a practical farmer ; but in 1 85 1 he followed the tide of emigration which was setting so strongly to the western country, and went to Chicago. There the demand was for mechanics rather than farmers, so he set out at once to learn the carpenter's trade, also bridge carpentry. He was employed in Stone & Boomer's shops, and was sent out by that firm to superintend the construction of bridges ; and in that capacity he had charge of the work of construction of the first bridge across the Mississippi at Minneapolis, Minnesota, then called St. Anthony's Falls. Having determined at some time to return to farming, ]\Ir. Hardy purchased two hundred acres of land in Franklin county, Iowa, but before he could arrange to occupy that land and begin its development, he was called back to New Hampshire on account of his father's failing health. Soon afterward he married, settled on the old home farm in Windham and lived there during the next twenty years, until after the death of both his father and mother. He then sold the farm in Windham and removed with his family to Storm Lake, Iowa, where he purchased a quarter-section of land, began its development and settled down to the quiet, independent life of the farm, free from the turmoil and strife and uncertainties of business in commercial centers. There he lived nearly ten years, then removed to Sioux City and with his son engaged in building operations.

Throughout the period of his life, with all of its changes in scene and vocation, Mr. Hardy ever held fast to the good things taught him at his mother's knee, and for sixty years he was a member of the Sunday school. At the time of his death he was senior deacon of the Mayflower Congregational Church. In politics he was first a Free-soiler. and later a staunch Republican. He also was a Royal Arch Mason. While living in Windham, in 1874-76-77, he was one of the selectmen of the town.

On January 20, 1859, Mr. Hardy married Rebecca Kimball Witham, born April 7, 1837, daughter of Joshua and Marjorie (Rundlette) Witham of Bangor, Maine. Children, all born in Windham, New Hampshire: i. Stella Frances, born January 2, i860; married December II, 1883, James Edward Emerson, of Windham, who died May 18, 1901 ; children: James, born September 16, 1884; Chester Howard, November 8, 1885; Clara Almeda, June 27, 1887; Martha Frances, January 25, 1889; Carl Edward, September 22, 1892; Jesse Albert, February 2"] , 1895. 2. John Loring, Jr., born September 6, 1862: married first, December 5, 1888, 'Bertha Simpson, of Lowell, Massachusetts, died August 22, 1895; married second, March 11, 1897, Anna Gertrude Sterling, of Sioux City, Iowa; children by first marriage: Evan A., born October i, 1890; Loring Thomas, April 14, 1893; by second marriage: Mary Frances, December 21, 1897; Grace Mildred, August 16, 1899; Clara Gertrude, November 28, 1901 ; Arthur Sterling, November i, 1903; Charles Ellsworth, November 23, 1905 ; Helen Elizabeth, March 21, 1908. 3. Clara Edna, born July i, 1865, died June 23, 1887; married December 24, 1885, John R. Croot, of Iowa Falls ; child, Clara Edna, born September, 1886, died November, 1886. 4. Alice Lora, born March i, 1868, died July 16, 1894; married March i, 1887, Archibald J. Cone, of Storm Lake, Iowa ; child, Sarah Alice, born August 30, 1889. 5. Ada Grace, born July 2, 1870. in Windham, New Hampshire; married, October 25, 1898, Cyrus Wood Hardy; see forward. 6. Edith Agnes, born September 30, 1876; a public school teacher in Sioux City.

Cyrus Wood ITardy (see above) was born in Waitham, March 21, 1857, received his education in public schools and under private instruction, and then turned his attention to practical farming. At the age of twenty-two years he went to Baldwin, Minnesota, and for the next two seasons worked C. H. Chad- bourne's farm. During the winter and spring seasons he carried on logging operations on Rum river. He then returned to Waltham, remained there a single year, and in the early part of 1882 went to St. Louis, Missouri, bought a stock of horses there, and sold them in St. Paul, Minnesota. Having returned to Minnesota, Mr. Hardy again began logging on Rum river, but later on went to Herman, Grant county, and took up a quarter section of land for general farming purposes. He lived there nine years, and in the meantime acquired another quarter section, which he sowed with wheat. His lands there included three hundred twenty acres, and he continued to live in Grant county several years more, then returned to Waltham, and for the next fifteen years took charge of his father's farm. He then became manager of the H. B. Pratt farm in Waltham and now lives on an adjoining estate. Mr. Hardy is a practical and successful farmer. His present splendid residence, just above the site of the old dwelling where he was born, was built in 1899. In politics he is an active Republican, having served frequently as delegate to local and county conventions of his party. While living in the northwest he was a member of the Farmers' Alliance; in Waltham he is a member of Lexington Grange, No. 233, P. of II.

its early representatives was John Kendall, sheriff of Nottingham, who was killed in the battle of I'osworth, 1485, fighting in the army of Richard III. hVancis Kendall, of a much later generation, was banished to the Barbadoes in 1687 by Bloody Judge Jeffries, for partici])ating in the Monmouth rebellion, lie is believed to have been a near relative of I-'ranciN Kendall, the immigrant ancestor, who came to America before 1640. ( 1 ) hVancis Kendall, immigrant ancestor of all of the name in America, came from England before 1640. In December. 1658, he de- ])osed that he was about thirty-eight years old, and .\])r\\ 2. 1662, he deposed that his age was about forty-eight. Possibly the date of his birth was between the two dates indicated by these statements, say 1618. With thirty-one - others he signed the town orders of Woburn, December 18, 1640. He had been living in Gharlestown, of which Woburn was then a part, and was a taxpayer there in 1645. He had a brother Thomas living in Reading, where lie was a ]iropriet(M- in i(^>44. Thomas Kendall had ten daughters, but no descendants in a direct line. The father of Francis and Thomas Kendall is believed by some writers to be John Kendall. A curious characteristic of the family of Francis Kendall and his descendants is the occasional birth of a child having five fingers or toes. Down to the present generation this peculiarity of the family has survived.

Francis Kendall married, December 24, 1644, Mary Tidd, daughter of John Tidd. In the record he is called Francis Kendall, alias Miles. There are several explanations of this record. It was common with the emigrants to America to take assumed names to avoid vexatious laws, and there is a tradition that Kendall left England against the wishes of his family, using the name of Miles until he was settled in this country. He was admitted a freeman May 10, 1648. Sewall says of him: "He was a gentleman of great respectability and influence in the place of his residence." Lie served the town at diiTerent times for eighteen years as selectman, and on important committees, such as those for distributing grants to the pioneers, and on building the meeting house. He was tythingman in 1676. He was not entirely in accord with the Puritan church, and w-as fined for some infraction of church rules about infant baptism, or attendance at communion, or attending meetings of the Anabaptists. He was a miller by trade, and owned a corn mill, which he left to his sons Samuel and Johu. This will has been in the possession of the family down to the present time. The mill now or lately on the Kendall place. is one built by Samuel Kendall soon after 1700. and is some distance from the location of the first mill. He died in 1708, at the age of eighty-eight, corroborating the affidavit of 1658. His wife Mary died in 1705. Llis will was dated May 9, 1706. His sons Thomas and John were executors. Children: i. John, born July 2, 1646. 2. Thomas, born January 10, 1648-9; mentioned below. 3. Mary, born January 20, 1650-1 ; married, about 1669, Israel Reed. 4. Elizabeth, born January 15, 1652-3; married first, Ephraim Winship ; second, James Pierce. 5. Hannah, born January 26, 1654-5; married, as his second wife, Wil-' Ham Green, Jr. 6. Rebecca, born March 2, 1657; married December, 1706, Joshua Eaton. 7. Samuel, born March 8, 1659; married first. Rebecca Mixer; second, Alary Locke. 8. Jacob, born January 25, 1660-1. 9. Abigail, born April 6. 1666; married ]\Iay 24. 1686. William Reed.

dall (i), born at Woburn, January lo, 1648-9, died May 25, 1730, aged eighty-one. He resided in Woburn, and was a farmer. His farm adjoined his father's. He married second, March 30, 1696, Abigail Broughton, died December 31, 17 16. Children, all by first wife, born at Woburn: i. Ruth, born February 17, 1674-5; married John Walker, son of Deacon Samuel Walker ; resided at A\'oburn, Lexington and Framingham. 2. Thomas, born May 19, 1677; married, 1701, Sarah Cheever; resided in Sherborn and Framingham. 3. Mary, born February 27, 1680; married 1698-9, Joseph Whitcomb. 4. Samuel, born October 29, 1682; settled in Athol. 5. Ralph, born May 4, 1685; resiled in Lancaster. 6. Eliezer, born November 16, 1687; mentioned below. 7. Jabez (twin), born September 10, 1692. 8. Jane (twin), born September 10, 1692; married, 1712, Joseph Russell. 9. Infant, born and died December 16, 1695.

(HI) Eliezer Kendall, son of Thomas Kendall (2), was born in Woburn, November 16, 1687. He resided in Woburn until about 1725, when he removed to Lexington and thence shortly afterward to Framingham. Massachusetts. He bought part of the Glover farm of one Drury, sixty acres at Framingham, running from the old fordway on Cochituate brook to Cochituate pond, in part the old Deacon William Brown place. He sold it April 9. 1733, to John Livermore, and bought a tract of land then covered with wood on the north side of Indian Head, and also part of Jacob's Meadow east of the Head, and all of this estate he conveyed by deed to his son Thomas. Eliezer made a clearing and built his house where A. G. Kendall lived a few years ago. He married, about 171 2, Hannah Rowe (Munrowe or Munroe) of Lexington. She died in 1 761, and he married second, Sarah Angier. widow of Benjamin. Children, recorded at Woburn: i. Eliezer. born January 6. 1714, died young. 2. William, born December 20. 171 5. baptized May 16. 3. Thomas, born October 5. 1718. resided at Framingham, having the homestead; married March 27, 1751, Hannah, daughter of Ezekiel Rice; she died January 28, 1822. aged ninety-five years. 4. Hannah, born November 9. 1720; married January, 1745. Simeon Stone; died at Rutland. Massachusetts. 5. Eliezer, born March 5, 1723; mentioned below. 6. John, probably born at Lexington. Born at Framingham : 7. Jonathan, born January 5, 1728-9; married March 14. 1750, Frances Crumpton, of Sudbury, resided at Walpole. 8. Rachel, born March 29, 1730; married Liriah Rice. 9. Samuel, born November 9. 1735, died young.

(1\') Eliezer Kendall, son of Eliezer Kendall (3). was born in \\'oburn March 5, 1723, removing when a young child with the family to Framingham. He resided in Framingham until after the revolution, when he joined his son Eliezer at Rockingham, \^ermont, and died there July 16. 1813, aged ninety-one years. His home in Framingham was west of Ephraim Hagar's. He married, first, April 13, 1749, Mary Brown, of Sudbury. She was propounded for membership in Rockingham church May 3, 1786, and died there in 1794, according to church records. He married second. April 7. 1800, Hannah Graves, who was admitted to full communion in Rockingham church, November 9. 1800, and died June 28, 1813, aged seventy-three years. Children of first wife, all born in Framingham: i. Mary,

(V) Eleazer (or Eliezer) Kendall, son of Eliezer Kendall (4), was born at Framingham, ( )ctober, 1756. His first child, born at Rockingham, \"ermont, where he settled during the revolution, was born in 1779 according to the records, though it appears to be an error. But about that time he left Framingham and settled in Rockingham. He was a soldier in the revolution, before leaving Massachusetts, a private in Captain Joseph Winch's company, Colonel Samuel Bullard's regiment, 1777; corporal in Captain Caleb JNIoulton's company, commanded by Lieutenant Eliphalet Hastings, in Colonel Thomas Poor's regiment ; also in same company later in 1778, at Fort Clinton. He was among the freeman of Rockingham in 1781. He was a subscriber to a fund for a sacramental table in the church at Rockingham in 1819. He married Sally and

(VI) Eliezer Kendall, son of Eliezer Kendall (5), born in Rockingham March 28, 1785, died at Granville, Vermont, May 6, 1871, aged eighty- seven years. He spent his boyhood on his father's farm in his native town, and attended the district school, remaining on his father's farm until after his marriage. About 1810 he married Fanny Flint, of Rockingham, where his first two children were born. Just previous to 1814 he removed to Rochester, Vermont, where he bought a large farm and became a prosperous farmer and shoemaker. After about five years he sold his farm and removed to Hancock, where he farmed about five years, and about 1824 removed to Kingston (now Granville, Vermont), where he bought two farms, comprising some three hundred acres at North Hollow, about a mile from the property later owned by his son Lucius. He raised sheep for both mutton and wool. The wool was spun and woven into cloth by his wife, who had a large loom. He traded quite extensively in cattle, sheej) and horses, making frequent trips into New York state. In this business he was associated with a Mr. Partridge. It is said that at one time they were offered for sale the site where the heart of the city of Rochester now is, but they did not want it. He was an active, energetic man of powerful physi(|ue, and continued in active life up to the time of his deatli. I lis genial nature endeared him to his family and companions. In religion he was a Methodist, and of strong temperance principles. In politics he was a Whig, and later a Republican, being a great admirer and su])porter of Lincoln. Lie trained in the early militia. His wife, Fanny (Flint) Kendall, died September 21, 1867, aged seventy-eight years. Children:

1. Lucretia, born in Rockingham, N'ermout, August 6, 181 1, died Se])tember 15, 1865. 2. Charles Schuyler, born in Rockingham, Vermont, October 20, 1812; married, July 12, 1840, Fidelie Flint. 3. Lucia Arvilla, born in Rochester, \'ermont. July 4, 1814, died April

James, born in Kingston, Vermont, February 25, 1828, died August 4, 1866. 11. John, twin with James. 12. William W, born in Kingston (now (iranville) Vermont, April 20, 1830. (VII) Lucius Hubbard Kendall, son of Eliezer Kendall (6), was born at Rochester, \'ermont. February 12, 1817, and was killed by an expk)sion of dynamite at Norfolk, Virginia. .\t an early age he removed with his jtarents to (iranville, \ ermont, where his youth was spent in schooling and assisting his father on the farm. \Mien young he learned the trades of carpenter and shoemaker, and became proficient in both. After his marriage he removed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was employed by Cyrus Rice, who superintended the building of the Harvard College dormitories at that time. He lived on the site which is now the corner of iMassachusetts avenue and Everett street. Subsequently he was employed by Samuel Davis, a butcher at Brighton, and later worked for him as meat cutter in his market at Harvard Square for a tuunher of \ears. I le then went back to Granville and bought a one hundred and sixty acre farm at .North Hollow, of Amos Rice, his father-in-law. In 1868 he sold it to Oscar Amy. and leased the Rufus Hubbard farm at South ilolhnv. lie followed farming in the same way that his father had done, and in addition was a contractor and builder, and erected man}- buildings in and around Granville, lie got out all his building materials, even to shingles. In March, 1870, he removed to Lexington, ^^lassachusetts, and bought a farm of Paul II. Whitcomb, on Bedford street, in the north i)art of the town. He did general farming and market gardening until September 12, 1882, when he went to Norfolk, Virginia, to work at the carpenter's trade, which lie continued until his death. Mr. Kendall was a Republican in politics, and, while living in (iranville, served as tax collector. He was brought up in the ^Methodist religion, but he and his family attended the L^nitarian church at Lexington. He was a very active man, and possessed great mechanical ingenuity, being able to do almost any kind of work. He was a man of happy disposition, enjoying a joke, and made many friends. He married Melissa Rice, October 20. 1841, born at W eathersfield, \'er- mont, November 3, 1821, died at Lexington, Massachusetts, March 15, 1899, daughter of Amos and Annie (Whiting) Rice, of Pomfret, Vermont. Children: i. AdeHza, born October 29, 1842; died August 22, 1874; married Oscar Amy, of Granville ; children : i. Charlotte Melissa Amy, born February 24, 1866, married October 9, 1888, William Albert Lister, of Allston, born at P)rooklyn, New York, September 30, 1856, and had Amee Carlotta Lister, born July i, 1889, and Helen Frances Lister, born September 20, 1893 ; ii. Anna Isabelle Amy, born August 23, 1868, married December 15, 1892, Francis Melnot Cobb, of Lexington, and had Lawrence Melnot Cobb, born June 28, 1898. 2. John Winfield Scott, born September 7, 1846; mentioned below. 3. Francis Edgar, born July 8, 1848; mentioned below. 4. Arthur Lawrence, born March 3,

1852. 6. Emily Jane, born February 24, 1855. 7. Mary Jane, born March 19, 1858. These four children all died young, the same week, of diphtheria. 8. William Artemas, born September 21, i860; married November 22, 1899, Ethel C. Stewart, of Waltham, and had William and Melissa.

(VTH) Francis Edgar Kendall, son of Lucius ITubbard Kendall (7), was born at Granville, X'erniont. July 8, 1848. He received his education in the public schools of his native town, supplemented by a course in the West Randolph (Vermont) Academy under Dr. George Dutton. He assisted his father about the farm, and worked at farming and lumbering for about four years after he graduated from school. He removed with his parents to Lexington, Massachusetts, and there they bought the farm kn.own as the old Joshua Simonds tavern site. The farm was later deeded to the mother, who sold it to Francis E. and John \\'. Kendall. The father and sons started at market gardening. Four acres was devoted to the growth of cucumbers for pickles, and the product was sold to Jacob Emerson, who manufactured pickles in the old powder house on Powder House Hill in Somerville. The Kendalls sold cucumbers to Mr. Emerson for fifteen years, but soon after the death of their father, discontinued. They have since continued at general market gardening and milk raising, having a herd of twenty head of cattle at the present time. Mr. Francis Kendall attends to the marketing of the produce, while his brother, John W. Kendall, has charge of the cultivation. Both brothers are highly respected in the communitv and are men of strong character. They attend the Lexington Lnitarian church. In politics they are Republican, and Francis Kendall has been more or less active in politics, serving as delegate to various conventions. They are members of the Boston Market Gardeners' Association. Francis Kendall was formerly a member of the Lexington Minute Men, a private company drilled by United States Army officers. Mr. Kendall is unmarried.

(Vni) John Winfield Scott Kendall, brother of Francis Edgar Kendall (8), was born September 7, 1846. His youth was spent much the same as that of his brother, and he went into partnership with him in the business. His life has run nearly parallel with that of his brother. He married, November 19, 1907, Grace Mildred Wheeler, born at Lexington January 22, 1889, daughter of Charles E. and Iva (Dyer) Wheeler. Her father was a printer by trade.

Isaac Arnold, immigrant an- ARNOLD cestor of the family here under consideration, was one of thirteen Puritan fathers who in 1640 fled from civil and religious persecution in the mother country and the same year set foot on the friendly soil of Connecticut. There, October 21, 1640, their pastoral leader, Rev. Mr. Young, "gathered his church anew," under the direction of Rev. John Davenport, minister, and Governor Theophilus Eaton of the New Haven colony. It has been mistakenly asserted that this Isaac Arnold is the common ancestor of all the Arnolds in this country, but there were those of the same surname in the colonies several years previous to his arrival ; and while he is presumed to have been the ancestor of a distinct branch of the general Arnold family there is room for the belief that he was of kin to the Rhode Island family, although a careful search of records does not reveal the name of an Isaac among them.

Isaac Arnold was a very worthy and upright man, and was chosen to represent his townsmen and church in the conference held at Jamaica, Long Island, in 1673, and either he or his son of the same name was the first county judge of Suffolk county. Long Island, in 1693. It is from this Isaac Arnold that descends the family here treated, although on account of an almost total absence of reliable records there appears no present means by which to complete the line of descent from Isaac the ancestor to the generation of the brothers Daniel and Dver .Arnold, who dwelt in Berlin, Rensselaer county, New York, in the very early part of the nineteenth century. Dyer Arnold was a tanner by trade and as early as 1810 removed to Peru, New York, bought thirty acres of land and set up a tannery there. Daniel Arnold, brother of Dyer, lived several years on a farm in Berlin, but spent the latter part of his life among his children in Peru^ where he died at the advanced age of ninety-one years. His eldest son was Eleazer, and besides him there was Laban, Alvah, Ashley, Daniel, Louisa (who married David Spencer), Polly and Sally Ann.

In 1 81 9 Eleazer and Laban Arnold left their father's farm in Berlin and went to Clinton ; and as they went over from Taylor to Hallock Hill they stopped in the road and divided equally their money, which in all amounted to about five dollars. Eleazer hired out by the month, and Laban went to work in the tannery owned by his uncle, Dyer Arnold. In 1824 Eleazer and his brother-in-law, David Spencer, bought a farm together, and in 1827 Eleazer and Laban bought out Mr. Sjiencer's interest.

In 1835 Eleazer Arnold, who appears to have been a man of considerable enterprise, purchased the Harkness farm, afterward secured the Miller farm and still later bought the Hallock farm, the latter two of which he kept until the time of his death, in 1888. He moved to the Hallock farm in 1851, and afterward made his home there. He married Sally, daughter of Thomas IMiller, and she died in 1844, leaving sons George, Henry Stutely and Harrison, and daughters Jane Ann, who married Richard Thew, and Sally M. .Another son, Franklin, older than (ieorgc. died when quite young. Henry M. died when a young man, and Stutely, who was a soldier of the civil war, died about 1864. After the death of his wife Sally, Eleazer Arnold married Mariette Gordon, who died about 1852, leaving a daughter.