Hudson Town (part 2 of 10)

The family line runs as follows : Robert Bernard married for his second wife Elizabeth Bailey, of Lancaster, and the result of this union was six children, among them a son by the name of Joel, who married Lucy Stevens, July 16, 1756. One of their children was Lavinia Bernard, who married Daniel Stevens as his third wife. Their daughter married William Trowbridge, December 11, 1814, and was the mother of the subject of this sketch. William Trowbridge was a son of Joseph Trowbridge and a machinist by trade, moving from one town to another, more or less frequently, as his business necessitated. It thus happened that Mr. Bradley was born in Worcester, Mass., May 20, 1823.

When three years of age he was taken to Marlborough to live, and at the age of seven came to live with an aunt, in the house now located near the entrance to the grounds of the late Captain Francis Brigham, that property having been a portion of his mother's estate. While living here he obtained what little schooling he ever enjoyed in the small schoolhouse then located on what is now Washington Street, which has been spoken of before in these pages. With the exception of the very short time devoted to acquiring a knowledge of the three " R's," Mr. Bradley's boyhood was passed in earning what he could to p^ for his living. Farther down the street was the factory of Lorenzo Stratton, and here, before he was twelve years of age, he learned to make a whole shoe. Later on he worked in Stephen Pope's tannery, splitting leather, and, for a diversion, driving the old white horse. Thus, without being aware of the immense value which this knowledge was to be to him in the future, he learned to know leather thoroughly, and became a practical shoemaker.

At sixteen he worked a while for Captain Francis Brigham, who at that time was manufacturing shoes in a brick shop on the site of Holden's grocery store, on the north side of Wood Square. At seventeen he was seized with a desire to see something of the world, and resolved to go to New Orleans. On reaching New York State, however, he learned that yellow fever was rampant in the South, and turned his steps northward, landing, as much by chance as anything, in Saratoga Springs, in the summer of 1841. Here a new world was opened before him ; for even at that time what was known as Congress Spring was discovered, and its water valued for its medicinal properties. During that summer about five thousand guests visited the place, bringing with them the stir and bustle of a pleasure resort. Mr. Bradley worked at his trade as a shoemaker upon the opposi'e side nf the street from where the present Grand Union Hotel stands. At that time there was a hotel there of the same name, but much smaller, which has since been destroyed by fire. During this summer he had the good fortune to hear Ole Bull, who was on his first visit to America, and was revealing to astonished and delighted Americans new realms in the musical world with his violin. While there, also, the first omnibus ever seen at the Springs was driven into town by a young man who is much better known to the present generation of readers by the name of the Rev. George S. Ball, at that time a driver in the employ of Massachusetts parties. The 'bus was all the "go," and Mr. Bradley recalls, with a good deal of pleasure, of riding from the lake back to the Springs in it, on one occasion, when ex-President Martin Van Buren was a fellow-passenger.

Mr. Bradley remained here from June to December, and these months must have been among the most memorable of his life. He went aa far north as the present city of Ottawa, and the River St. Lawrence freezing up the next day, he was obliged, much against his will, to remain there during that winter. After a decidedly dreary winter here he took the first boat back to the States in the spring. He tired, however, of a nomadic life, and returned to Feltonville, working at the shoemaking trade here, in Worcester, Woburn and other places until 1850.

On October 1st of that year he began business on his own account in company with Captain Francis Brigham and Mr. William F. Trowbridge, his brother, under the firm-name of " F. Brigham & Co." It will be remembered that the general outline of this firm's history has been given elsewhere. At the outset, however, all was not smooth sailing, and, as Mr. Bradley has stated, at the end of the first three years it could not be .said that the firm had made a dollar. Better days followed, and in 1858 the firm moved into the brick shop which has since been burned. Mr Trowbridge withdrew from the firm in 1866, and Messrs. W. F. and W. B. Brigham came in. This firm continued until April 1, 1880, when Mr. Bradley withdrew to enter into a co-partnership with Henry R. Say ward, of Cambridge, Mass. The firm-name is Bradley & Sayward, and occupies the F. S. Dawes factory in Hudson and a somewhat smaller one in Dover, New Hampshire. This firm is one of the strongest and most active concerns in Massachusetts. Their business averages half a million dollars annually, while the average output at the Hudson factory monthly is nine hundred and sixty-pair cases. The Dover factory has about one- half this capacity. No manufactory in Hudson runs more steadily or with less friction. The firm's goods are sold mostly in the South and Southwest, and their customers are found in twenty-eight States of the Union. From Portland to Galveston, and from Minnesota to Florida their shoes may be found.

Mr. Bradley's time has not been given entirely to his own business. Prior to the incorporation of the town he served upon several committees seeking to accomplish the desired change; was a member of the committee of five on the part of Hudson to make a final separation from Bolton. He was the first Representative sent to the House from Hudson in 1867, and during that year had the most important matter to handle that has ever been before the Legislature in which Hudson interests were solely concerned. In 1870 he was elected town treasurer, and served continuously in that position until the election in 1890, when he declined longer to hold the olfice. When he entered upon the duties of this office he found that the business had not been done in a systematic manner and used his best endeavors to have the town's finances put in proper shape. It had been the custom up to that time to borrow money in a hap-hazard manner of any one who had a hundred or a thousand dollars to lend and wished a safe investment at a high rate of interest. Mr. Bradley funded the debt then existing by means of longer time notes at a much less rate of interest. The town incurred large obligations in the purchase of Massachusetts Central Railroad stock, in building a town-house, new roads and schoolhouses, and it is a most fortunate thing that she had so skilled a financier in charge of this ottice for so many years. In 1877 he was elected a member of the Board of Selectmen, but declined a re-election the following year. He has always been connected with the banking institutions of the place, having declined an election as president of the National Bank, although a member of its directorate. He has been for many years a vice-president and one of the board of investment of Hudson Savings Bank, and in other organizations at home and abroad he has occupied prominent places. He has always been a believer in the Unitarian faith and a steady supporter of its church. He has long enjoyed a reputation for business ability and strict integrity. He is a lover of standard books and has not lost his liking for travel. The surviving members of his family are his wife and one daughter, the wife of Fred S. Dawes, of Hudson.

Daniel Wilbur Stratton

Daniel Wilbur Stratton, born April 24, 1848, is the eldest son of Daniel and Tryphena Rice (Holman) Stratton. He is of the fourth generation bearing the name Daniel. His great-grandfather was born at Weston, May 20, 1749. His grandfather was born April 22, 1777, and married Cally Smith, of Needham (born December 20, 1778), April 22, 1800. Cally Smith was the daughter of Captain Aaron Smith, who commanded a military company in the War of the Revolution. With his company he participated in the repulse of the British forces which advanced to Concord, April 19, 1775, and as a result of that day's engagement his command suflf'ered a loss of five men killed and two others wounded. Daniel Stratton, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born September 7, 1817, in the north part of the town of Marlborough (now Hudson). When about four years of age the family moved to the farm just across the line in Bolton, upon territory which became a part of Hudson by the annexation of 1868. Daniel Stratton grew to manhood and afterwards became the owner of his father's estate together with much additional property which he acquired by purchase. In 1805, when the movement was made to incorporate a new town from territory of the towns of Marlborough, Stow, Bolton and Berlin, Daniel Stratton was the leading petitioner from the Bolton territory, and was selected as the representative from that part of Bolton to serve on the standing committee of five to prosecute the movement for an incorporation. He entered on this enterprise with the zeal and determination which he exhibited in all the atl'airs which engaged his support. The undertaking was consummated, and the " Stratton Homestead'' was included within the new town of Hudson. When twenty-two years of age Daniel married, December 31, 1839, Tryphena Rice Holman, of Sterling, and this union continued fifty years and one day. A " Golden Wedding" was celebrated by this couple and their numerous friends December 31, 1889, and on the day following, soon after his retirement for the night, without hardly a premonition, the messenger of death summoned the head of this happy and prosperous household to that better land which is " fairer than day." Although a farmer his life long, lie was every whit a man. Intelligent, progressive, fearless for the right, independent in his opinions, the cause of religion, temperance, education, good citizenship had no stancher champion or firmer ally than Daniel Stratton. He held various town offices.

From such ancestry descends a worthy son. Daniel W. was reared on the farm under wholesome influences and amid surroundings the best fitted to develop the latent a.spirations of boyhood and youth. From the common school he was sent to the high school of the town,

Source changes here: from Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ;, by Cutter, William Richard, published 1908; 127,123 words in this source stream.

Hudson Town

born June 12, 1665; removed to Bridgewater. 9. Abigail, born September 7, 1667; married January 6, 1684, James Atherton. Io. Nathaniel, mentioned below. 11. Thomas, birth not recorded.

(II) Nathaniel Hudson, son of Daniel Hudson (1), was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, March 15, 1671. He had land set off to him at Lancaster in 1718 and 1726 in virtue of the proprietor's right of his father, but was not a continuous resident of that town. In 1709 he was living in Billerica. Two of his children were killed by Indians in Lancaster, as related above. The record of his children is incomplete because largely of his frequent change of residence. Children: i. seth, baptized at Lexineton,ipedee2, 1705; settled in Marlborough; soldier in French war, 1759; lieutenant. 2. Nathaniel Jr., 'baptized' April' 22, 1705, at Jvexmeton; married December 20, 1725, Jane Banister, of Marlborough. 3. Abigail, baptized with her two brothers at Lexington, April 22, 1705. 4. John, mentioned below.

(111) John Hudson, son of Nathaniel Hudson (2), born 1713; married Elizabeth McAIlister, of Northborough, who died May 16, 1786; married second, March 28, 1787, Bethia Wood, who survived him. He died in Berlin, August 6, 1799, aged eighty-six years; resided first in Marlborough, then in Berlin. He was a soldier in the French war in 1755, in Captain Samuel Howe's company, in the Crown Point expedition; also one of the alarm men attached to company of Colonel Abraham Williams in Marlborough, in 1757: was in the revolution at the Lexington alarm. He had two sons in the French war and eight sons in the Revolution. Children: 1. Elisha, married October 4, 1770, Susanna Brigham. 2. Elijah, mentioned below. 3. Miriam, born April, 1746; married Jonas Babcock, of Northborough. 4. Moses, born January 4, 1749; was about five years in the Revolutionary army, from Bolton; died unmarried. 5. Aaron, born August 24, 1750. 6. Hannah, born July 20, 1752; died unmarried in Berlin. 7. Ebenezer, born May 16, 1755; died in service during Revolution. 8. John, born May 9, 1757; moved to Oxford; was three years in Continental army. 9. Charles, born 1759; three years in Continental army. 10. Stephen, born June 12, 1761; three years in Continental army. 11. Elizabeth, married November 18, 1779, Levi Fay.

French war of 1758 and 1759, and also in the Revolution, in Captain Samuel Wood's company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's regiment, at the Lexington alarm, and later in 1775. After the war he removed to Clarendon, Vermont, where he died. The record of his children is incomplete. Children: 1. Elijah, of Northborough, aged sixteen; five feet four inches; dark complexion; was soldier in company of Captain Brigham, Colonel Cushing's regiment, March 19, 1781, then engaged; this record shows that his father and grandfather were also in the Revolution. 2. Francis, mentioned below. 3. Patty, born November 17, 1782, at Northborough.

(V) Francis Hudson, son of Elijah Hudson (4), born 1770; married, 1800, Lucretia Howe, born January 19, 1782, died June 7, 1866, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Howe) Howe. Benjamin Howe was born in Marlborough, October 17, 1751, and died July 18, 1814, son of Benjamin and Lucy (Amsden) Howe. Lucy was daughter of Thomas and Eunice Amsden. Benjamin Howe Sr. was born December 14, 1710, and died October 20, 1757, son of John and Deliverance (Rice) Howe of Sudbury. Deliverance was daughter of John and Tabitha (Stone) Rice. John Howe, born September 16, 1682, died May 19, 1754, was son of Isaac and Frances (Woods) Howe. Isaac Howe was born August 8, 1648, died December 9, 1724, son of John Howe, of Sudbury and Marlborough, the immigrant. Abigail Howe, married Benjamin Howe, father of Lucretia (Howe) Hudson, was born May 14, 1764, at Marlborough, daughter of Asa and Rachel (Goddard) Howe. Her father, Asa Howe, was born November 30, 1733, the son of Abraham and Rachel (Rice) and grandson of Benjamin and Mary (Greaves) Rice. Abraham was born March 21, 1698, in Marlborough, son of Joseph and Dorothy (Martin) Howe; Joseph Howe, born 1661, came to Marlborough in childhood; married in Charlestown, December 29, 1687, Dorothy Martin. Children of Francis and Lucretia (Howe) Hudson; 1. Charles Dennis, mentioned below. 2. Annis Eddy, born December 7, 1802. 3. Catherine Howe, March 4, 1805, in Marlborough. 4. Abigail Howe, June 20, 1809. 5. Lucretia, May 11, 1812. 6. Caroline, September 26, 1815. 7. Elizabeth Maria, September 2, 1818. 8. Lydia Gilbert, September 12, 1820.

(VI) Charles Dennis Hudson, son of Francis Hudson (5), born at Marlborough, October 8, 1800, died 1847, at Richmond, New Hampshire; married Sarah Darling, born in

Sutton, Massachusetts, 1798, daughter of Job Darling. (See Darling). Child: Sarah Fanny, born February 19, 1831; died April 8, 1901, at Lowell, Massachusetts; married Henry C. Howe, son of John Swain Howe (see Howe family ).

Dennis Darling, immigrant ancestor, born in England, about 1640, settled first in Braintree, Massachusetts. On old records his name is spelled also Denice Darly, and in various other styles. It is thought that he was the brother of John Darling, who settled in Braintree about the same time; married May 13, 1664, Elizabeth Downam and had several children in that town. It has been thought by some writers that the Braintree settlers were related to George Darling of Salem, Lynn and Marblehead, who was in Massachusetts, earlier and was some older, haying been born in England in 1620.

Dennis Darling removed to Mendon, Massachusetts, shortly after the close of King Philip's war. He had married in Braintree, and six children were born there. He was one of the petitioners from Mendon to the general court for various means of relief in their endeavor to effect a successful resettlement of the town which the savages had entirely destroyed. He had a grant of land October 25, 1682, and his name was on the tax roll dated January 11, 1685, at Mendon. The next name to appear of this family was that of his son John, October 25, 1689. Dennis built his first cabin near the center of the village of Mendon, but most of his children settled in the South Parish. Dennis died at Mendon, January 25, 1718. He married at Braintree, January 3, 1662-3, Hannah Francis. Children, born in Braintree: 1. Cornelius, born March 4, 1663; died young. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Unnamed child, born August 18, died August 19, 1667. 4. Sarah, born January 26, 1669-70. 5. Cornelius, born March 23, 1675; settled at Rehoboth and Bellingham. 6. Hannah, born June 14, 1677; married at Rehoboth, December 25, 1701, John Martin. 7. Ebenezer, married at Rehoboth, March 3, 1698, Mary Mann, of Providence. 8. Daniel. 9g. Elizabeth. _ Io. Benjamin.

(11) Captain John Darling, son of Dennis Darling (1), born in Braintree, September 16, 1664. died at Bellingham, where he had been living for a time with his son, May 29, 1753, in his ninetieth year. He went to Mendon with his father. His name appears first on the tax: rolls -October, -25, 1689...He was called "Sr." in 1711, indicating that his son John was of age. He was one of the heirs of Samuel Shepherd in 1691. He had land laid out to him June 7, 1700, and served on the committee to lay out lots. He had a grant in 1706 in Mendon. His first wife was Anne Children: 1. John;Jr:,, borm-about 1685. 2. Elizabeth. 3. Samuel, born March 18, 1693-4. 4. Ruth. 5. Hannah. 6. Margaret. /7./Ebenezer. 8. Mary. 9. Martha. Io. Abigail. 11. Deborah. 12. Rachel. The six youngest had guardians appointed on the death of their grandfather in 1718 (see Suffolk probate records).

(11) Daniel Darling, son of Dennis Darling (1), born in Braintree or vincinity, about 1680, died at Mendon, January 15, 1745-6. He was a blacksmith by trade. His first land grant recorded in Mendon was dated June 5, 1710, when he must have been of age. He had twelve acres allotted him June 23, 1718, and laid out May 1, 1719. On account of his interest in his father's north purchase a tract was laid out to him April 12, 1721, between Calip's Hill and the Round Meadow, east of land of John Darling, south by land of Samuel Thayer. He had land laid out to him February 12, 1723, on west side of the Great river, at a place called Angelico Spring. After his death a grant was made in his right to his daughters then married - Abigail, Lydia, Susanna and Keziah. He owned much land. He was constable in 1726. He had a saw mill and sold the planks for the bridge over the river to the town in 1736. He was on the committee to arrange with Uxbridge about the division of school money, May 15, 1732, and was on the committee from Mendon to meet committees from other towns in relation to the county seat. He made his will January 15, 1745-6. He married Lydia -, who survived him. Children: 1. Daniel, executor. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. Peter. 4. William; ancestor of the other Sutton family of Zelek Darling. 5. Abigail, married Thayer. 6. Lydia, married Boyce. 7. Susanna, married - - - Thompson. 8. Keziah, married accepting the appointment as executor. Children, born about 1750 to 1775, at Mendon: 1. Job, mentioned below. 2. David. 3. Susannah married Fairbanks. 4. Rachel. married Shepherd. 5. Leah, married

(IV) Job Darling, son of Samuel Darling (3), born about 1755, died at Sutton, November 27, 1836. He was a soidier in the Revolution, a private in Captain Andrew Peter's company, Colonel Joseph Read's regiment (twentieth) during the campaign of 1775 around Boston, and was in service as late as October 30. He had a pension, as shown by probate records at Worcester. Children: 1. Arreta, married Jonathan Pike. 2. Samuel. 3. Elisha. 4. Polly, married Ramsdell. 5. Roxanna, married Reuben Skinner.

Abraham Howe, immigrant ancestor of this branch of the Howe family, settled in Watertown and was a proprietor there. His second and third and possibly his first child were born there. His name first appears among the proprietors of Marlborough in 1660. His house stood near school No. 2. He died June 30, 1695. He married May 6, 1657, Hannah Ward, daughter of William Ward. She survived him, and died November 3, 1717. Children: 1. Daniel, born 1658; married October 6, 1688, Elizabeth Kerley. 2. Mary, born 1659; married John Bowker, of Sudbury. 3. Joseph, born 1661; mentioned below. 4. Hannah, born November 9, 1663; married Eleazer Howe. 5. Elizabeth, born April 5, 1665; married Captain Nathan Brigham. 6. Deborah, born March 1, 1667; married John Barrett. 7. Rebecca, born February 4, 1668; married Peter Rice, of Marlborough. 8. Abraham, born October 8, 1670; married, 1695, Mary Howe. 9. Sarah, born December 20, 1672; married Joseph Stratton, of Marlborough, 1695. 10. Abigail, born March 4, 1675; died unmarried, April 17,

Howe

Marlborough, Lancaster and Watertown, and owned a grist mill in Feltonville before 1700, probably the first mill erected there. His real estate was inventoried at fourteen hundred and forty-two pounds. He married December 29, 1687, Dorothy Martin, of Charlestown. Children: 1. Sarah, born July 27, 1688; married, 1711, Jeremiah Barstow. 2. Eunice, born January 15, 1692; married, 1712, Thomas Amsden. 3. Bethia, born March 7, 1695. 4. Joseph, born February 19, 1697; married February 20, 1722, Zerviah Howe. 5. Abraham, born March 21, 1698; mentioned below. 6. Jedediah, born April 3, 1701.

(V) Captain Abraham Howe, son of Asa Howe (4), born February 22, 1770, died October 2, 1848. He commanded a. company of militia. He married November 25, 1793, Elizabeth Wetherbee, of Boxboro, who died August 28, 1853, aged seventy-seven. Children: 1. Amory, born September 3, 1795; married, 1817, Mary Brigham. 2. Eliza, born October 31, 1797; died unmarried, July 28, 1822. 3. Samuel, born March 2, 1800; mentioned below. 4. Abraham, born March 11,

1802; married June 26, 1825, Mary R. Howe, daughter of Joseph Howe. 5. Ruth W., born February 27, 1804; married Merrick Houghton, of Berlin. 6. Alvin P., born April 5, 1806; married Sabra Houghton, sister of Merrick Houghton. 7. Mary Ann, born September 3, 1808; died young. 8. Charles, born October 29, 1810; married April 16, 1835, Lucy Rice. 9. Harriet, born April 15, 1813; married George Kendall, of Weston. Io. Maria, born August 30, 1815; married Rev. Charles Kendall, of Bernardston, now Peter- Sham. tt. Matthew H., born October) 10, 1817; resided at Baltimore, Maryland; married Miss Tyngers. 12. Lydia Eliza, born August I, 1823; went south and married Archibald Gilbert.

(VI) Samuel Howe, son of Abraham Howe (5), was born March 2, 1800. He learned the cooper's trade and early embarked in business, was very successful, and acquired considerable property. Retiring from business in 1842 he devoted the rest of his life to farming. He had a fine voice, and sang for years in the Unitarian church, of which he was a member. He had an open and generous disposition and an even temper, and was much beloved. He died April 11, 1864. He married, October 8, 1822, Charlotte Howe, born August 10, 1800, and died March 30, 1839, daughter of Joseph and Eunice Howe (see sketch of Charlotte Howe family). Children: 1. Charlotte A., married John Rice. 2. Clarissa, married Joseph Proctor. 3. Lewis A., married Jane Smith and Irene Cobb. 4. Simon Herbert, see forward.

(VII) Hon. Simon Herbert Howe, son of Samuel Howe (6), was born December 21, 1835. He graduated from the Marlborough high school in 1855. While attending school he made shoes for John W. Stevens, and paid his board with his earnings. With little capital but plenty of brains and pluck, he started in business with his brother Lewis A. manufacturing shoes in his father's old cooper shop. Soon after the building was enlarged he purchased his brother's interest, and was sole proprietor until 1861. In the meantime he bought a building on the corner of Pleasant and Elm streets, and moved the old cooper shop beside it. In 1861 he formed a partnership with Allen D. Howe, which lasted until 1865. The partnership was then dissolved, and Mr. Howe continued the business alone until 1888, when the corporation was formed. Mr. Howe was the principal stockholder, and was made president. The corporation now has two large factories with a floor space of one hundred and seventy-five thousand square feet and a capacity of from nine thousand to ten thousand pairs of shoes per day. In 1875 Mr. Howe was elected a trustee of the Marlborough Savings Bank, and he has been president of that institution since 1882, since resigned. An active Republican, he was chairman of the school committee a number of years. He was on the board of selectmen for a long period, part of the time as chairman. He was a representative to the general court in 1877, and was chairman of the committee of manufactures. In 1890 he was elected the first mayor of Marlborough, and was remarkably fortunate in his administration. In 1go1, 1902, 1903 and 1904 he was elected to the governor's council from his district, serving under Governors Wolcott and Crane. He and his wife are life members of the American Unitarian Association. He married January I, 1857, Harriette A. Brigham, daughter of William P. and Lavinia (Baker) Brigham. Childrens. 1. Louis,.Porter, born May 29, 1858; mentioned below. 2. Alice Baker, born December 19, 1859; died 1860. 3. Charlotte Adelaide, born May 9, 1861; married May 6, 1885, Oscar Herbert Stevens (see sketch). 4. Annie Brigham, born June 15, 1871; died 1887.

(VIII) Louis P. Howe, son of Hon. Simon H. Howe (7), was born May 29, 1858. He attended the schools of his native place, and fitted for college at the Marlborough high school and the Cambridge high chool. He then pursued a two-year course in the civilengineering department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After the completion of his studies he became associated with his father in his extensive business as a manufacturer of boots and shoes at Marlborough. He learned the business thoroughly, both in the factory and counting room, and when the S. H. Howe Shoe company was formed in 1887 to take over the business of his father, he was chosen vice-president of the corporation and afterward its general manager. In addition to his interests in this large manufacturing business, which is one of the large and prosperous ones in the state, he has large business interests in other industries and corporations. He is president of the O. H. Stevens Manufacturing Company and of the Marlborough Building Association; director of the First National Bank of Marlborough; trustee of the Marlborough Savings Bank, and a member of its investment board; director of the New England Shoe and Leather Association, and director of the People's Na- tional Bank. Mr. Howe is interested in public affairs and accepted numerous positions of public trust and responsibility. He is a trustee of the Marlborough hospital and trustee of the Marlborough Public Library. He is one of the prominent leaders of the Republican party in this section. He was a member of the Republican state committee in 1893 and 1894. In 1893 he was elected representative to the general court, serving upon the committee on banks and banking. He was re-elected in 1894, and served as clerk of the same committee, and was on the committee on constitutional amendments.

Mr. Howe is also prominent in the Masonic order. He is a member of United Brethren Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; of Houghton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar ; Lafayette Lodge of Perfection; Giles F. Yates Council, Princess of Jerusalem; Mount Olivet Chapter, Rose Croix, and the Massachusetts Consistory, thirty-second degree; and Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine. He is also an Odd Fellow and member of the Union Club. Mr. Howe married India H. Arnold, daughter of Lorren Arnold, of Marlborough. They have no children. They are members of the Unitarian church, of which Mr. Howe has served on the parish committee.

He was a large land owner in Marlborough. He married February 20, 1722, Zerviah Howe, who died December 10, 1723. He married second, July 12, 1727, Ruth Brigham, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Brigham. She died October 14, 1781 in her eighty-seventh year. His will was dated July 16, 1770, and proved March 14, 1775. It mentions his wife, his daughter Zerviah Smith, daughter Dinah Willard, daughter Miriam Bigelow, daughter Betty, then unmarried, and grandchild of daughter Dorothy, late. wife of Cyprian Howe. Children: 1. Zerviah, born November 24, 1723; married Abraham Smith. 2. Joseph, born February 1, 1728; mentioned below. 3. Dorothy, born May 4, 1730; married November 20, '1750, Cyprian Howe. 4. Dinah, born October 11, 1731; married Jonah Willard. 5. Thaddeus, born May 30, 1733; married April 12, 1757, Zerviah Brigham. 6. Elizabeth, born Deseph Howe (2), born February.

born June 29, 1826. Hudson says in his "History of Marlborough:" 'This family will not be displeased by the addition of another person long a favorite in the family. In 1777, before Rev. Mr. Smith was dismissed, he sold a negro slave Dell Oxford, to Joseph Howe Sr. for sixty-six pounds. The constitution of 1780 made all such persons free. Dell from choice remained in the family of father and son till the day of her death. She was highly esteemed in the family and neighborhood. Her tig was peculiarly hermaphroditical, wearing a skirt or petticoat like a female, and a coat after the fashion of a man. Such was her ordinary and holiday appearance."

The earliest record of this name is found in an ancient account of a Saxon chief called Holder who, in the year 500, obtained by conquest jurisdiction over a district which became known as Holderness. The Rev. George Holder was rector of All Saints Church at Roos, Holderness, in 1588, and Rev. William Holder. D. D., born at Holderness in 1616, married Susannah Wren, daughter of Dr. Christopher Wren, Dean of Windsor, and a sister of Sir Christopher Wren, the distinguished architect.

Rev. Christopher Holder, a kinsman of Dr. William Holder (perhaps a younger brother), was born at Winterburne, Alverton, Gloucestershire, in 1631, and named for his relative, the Dean of Windsor. He was a missionary and an author, and seems to have espoused the Quaker doctrine as both of his wives were of that denomination.. He came to Rhode Island in 1656, returned to England and subsequently came back. He died at Ircott, Parish of Almondsburg, England, April 13, 1688. The Holder Genealogy states that he was first married at Olverton (near Bristol), England, June 12, 1660, to Mary Scott, a Friend, of Providence, Rhode Island, and she died October 17, 1665. She was of the English branch of the Scott family to which belonged the architect, -Sir Gilbert Scott, Robert Scott, the English lexicographer, and John Scott, the earl of Elden, and from which was descended Sir Walter Scott, the novelist and poet. On the maternal side she was a descendant of Sir Erasmus Dryden, Bart., grandfather of John Dryden, who was the poet laureate from 1670 to 1688. Early in 1666 Christopher Holder married for his second wife Hope Clifton, a minister of the Society of Friends, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Clifton, Friends, of Newiv - 37 port, Rhode Island. Of his first union there were two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. His second wife bore him seven children: Christopher, Hope, Patience, died young; a second Patience, John, Content and Anne.

Christopher Holder, eldest child of Rev. Christopher and Hope (Clifton) Holder, was born December 22, 1666. In 1690 he was a large property owner in Newport, and he died in 1720. He was in England in 1691, and on February 15 of that year was married at Hallatrow, Somersetshire, to Elizabeth Daniell, of Winterburne, Gloucestershire. Of this union there were two children, one of whom, John, lived to maturity.

Captain John Holder, son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Daniell) Holder, was born in 1694. He followed the sea, became a master mariner and was master of ships plying between Boston, Barbadoes and England. The maiden name of his wife is not given in the record at hand, but it states that he had one child, Daniel.

Daniel Holder, only child of Captain John Holder, was born in 1721. There are reasons to believe that he was christened Daniell, which was the maiden name of his grandmother, but he signed his name Daniel. He was a shipbuilder on the inland of Nantucket. The christian name of his: wife was Hannah, and his children were: Hannah, Theodate, died young ; Thomas, Richard, Theodate, Sarah, Daniel, Abigail, who also died young; and a second Abigail.

Thomas Holder, eldest son of Daniel and Hannah Holder, was born in Nantucket, September 28, 1754. He married Sarah Gaskill, a Quaker preacher and a native of that part of Mendon, Massachusetts, which is now Blackstone. About the year 1778 they settled in Berlin, Massachusetts, and the homestead which they erected and occupied is, or was recently, in good preservation. Thomas died in Berlin, January 10, 1830, and his wife died November 6, 1836. They were the parents of eight children: Phebe, Hannah, Joseph, Daniel, who died young; another Daniel, Samuel, Thomas and John.

Daniel Holder, third son and fifth child of Thomas and Sarah (Gaskill) Holder, was born in Berlin or Bolton, May 19, #791. He was a prosperous farmer of Berlin and a member of the Society of Friends. He died in Berlin, May 18, 1863. September 15, 18109, he married Harriet Hutchins, of Concord, New Hampshire. born May 13, 1793, died August 4, 1866. She was the mother of seven children: Maria, born in 1820, died September

19, 1863. Samuel, who died in infancy. Another Samuel, who will be again referred to. Phebe, born November 27, 1824, died November 12, 1902. Jane, born July 31, 1827. Mary Hutchins, born July 8, 1833. Levi H., born August 17, 1837, served in the Civil war, was captured by the enemy and died in Andersonville prison.

Samuel Holder, second son of Daniel and Harriet (Hutchins) Holder, was born in Berlin, March 2, 1823. His active years were devoted to farming in Hudson, Massachusetts, and possessing musical ability of a high order he was enabled to relieve the monotony of farm life by the exercise of his talent. He was widely known and highly esteemed, and his death, which occurred November 27, 1904, was the cause of general regret. He married Louisa M. Rice, of Hudson, born November 6, 1823, daughter of Levi Rice, of Marlborough. She was a lineal descendant in the seventh generation of Edmund Rice, founder of the Rice family of Marlborough, through Edward (2), Jacob (3), Gershom (4), Thomas (5), and Levi (6). Levi Rice was born in Marlborough in 1790, and died February 6, 1860. He married Lucinda Bigelow, born in Marlborough, November 22, 1793, died July 17, 1850, daughter of Gershom Bigelow. She was a descendant of John Biguley or Bigelow, the immigrant, through Samuel (2), John (3), Gershom (4), Ivory (5), and Gershom (6). (N. B. Colonel Timothy Bigelow, one of the most efficient regimental commanders in the Revolutionary war, was also a descendant of John the immigrant). Levi and Lucinda (Bigelow) Rice were the parents of eight children: Luther and Willard, who died in infancy; Mary Bigelow, Martha B., Lucinda, Louisa M., Luther M. and Lucas H. The children of Samuel and Louisa M. (Rice) Holder are: Charles E., born September 26, 1842, served in the Rebellion and died at Liberty Hill, Georgia. Lambert B., born September 26, 1844, died December 10, 1852. Lyman Daniel, born November 27, 1847, died October 14, 1848. Emily Lucinda, see next paragraph.

Emily Lucinda Holder, only daughter of Samuel and Louisa M. (Rice) Holder, was born in Hudson, Massachusetts, March 9, 1850. On September 9, 1872, she became the wife of Austin B. Howe, of Marlborough, born in that city July 22, 1850, son of Alanson S. and Augusta (Howe) Howe. Mr. Howe was a worthy representative of one of the best known and most numerous Marlborough families, and his ancestors were among the orig- inal proprietors. In early life he was a carpenter and builder. In 1880 he engaged in the lumber business, and carried it on successfully until his death, which occurred May 17, 1905. He was one of the most prominent business men of Marlborough, taking an earnest interest in the general welfare of the city and its institutions, and was a director of the People's National Bank. His public services, consisting of two years in the common council and one term on the board of aldermen, were exceedingly beneficial to the community. In politics he was a Republican. He was prominent in the Masonic Order, being a member of United Brethren Lodge, Houghton Chapter and Trinity Commandery, affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, including Star of Hope' Lodge of Rebeccas, and also belonged to the Order of the Eastern Star. He was identified with the Unitarian church and a member of the parish committee.

Mrs. Howe survives her husband and resides in Marlborough. She has had two daughters: Edith A., born June 21, 1873, is now the wife of Robert W. Carter, of Maynard, Massachusetts. Lottie I., born June 17, 1876, died November 28, 1881.

Lawrence Southwick, the immigrant, was born in England, and according to the family tradition was from Lancashire, coming first in 1627, returning to England to bring his wife Cassandra, son John and daughter Mary, on the ship "Mayflower," in company with William Bradford and others and settled at Salem. We find no mention of his name in the Salem records until 1639, when he and his family were admitted to the First Church, and two acres of land were granted to him by the town to carry on the business of manufacturing glass and earthen ware. Some writers state that he was the first to manufacture glass in America. His two acres of land was called Glass House Field. This name has followed the property to the present time, although the manufacture of glass there ceased. long ago. It is in a valley running easterly from Aborn street, and on the south side of what is called Gallows Hill, where several persons were hanged during the Salem witchcraft delusion. Lawrence Southwick and his family became Friends, or Quakers, and were conspicuous sufferers from the bigoted Puritan authorities. Lawrence and his wife Cassandra, his son Josiah and daughter Mary, were fined, whipped, imprisoned, and finally banished. Their son Daniel and daughter Provided were sentenced by the general court to be sold into slavery. Says John Gough, in "History of the People Called Quakers," (1790) : rs "T know of no instance of a more persevering malice and cruelty than that wherewith they persecuted the aforesaid Lawrence and Cassandra Southick (Southwick) and_ their family. First, while members of their church, they were both imprisoned for entertaining strangers, Christopher Holder and John Copeland, a Christian! duty which the Apostle to the Hebrews advises not to be unmindful of ; and after seven weeks imprisonment, Cassandra was fined 40 shillings for owning a paper written by the aforesaid persons. Next, for absenting from public worship and owning the Quakers' doctrine, on the information of one Captain Hawthorne, they, with their son Josiah, were sent to the House of Correction and whipped in the coldest season of the year, and at the same time Hawthorne issued his warrant to distrain their goods for absence from public worship, whereby there were taken from the cattle to the value of four pounds, fifteen shillings. Again they were imprisoned with others for being at a meeting, and Cassandra was again whipped, and upon their joint letter to the magistrates before recited, the other applicants were released but this family, although they with the rest had suffered the penalty of their cruel law fully, were arbitrarily detained in prison to their great loss and damage, being in the season of the year when their affairs most immediately demand their attendance; and last of all were banished upon pain of death, as before recited, by a law made while they were imprisoned. Thus despoiled of their property, deprived of their liberty, driven into banishment, and in jeopardy of their lives, for no other crime than meeting apart and dissenting from the established worship, the sufferings of this inoffensive aged couple ended only with their lives. But the multiplied injuries of this harmless pair were not sufficient to gratify that thirst for vengeance which stimulated these persecutors while any member of the family remained unmolested. During their detention in prison they left at home a son Daniel and a daughter Provided; these children, not deterred by the unchristian treatment of their parents and brother, felt themselves rather encouraged to follow their steps and relinquish the assemblies of a people whose religion was productive of such relentless persecution; for their absence from which they were fined ten pounds, though it was well known that they had no estate, their parents having been reduced to poverty by repeated fines and extravagant distraints; wherefore to satisfy the fine they were ordered to be sold for bondslaves at Virginia or Barbadoes. Edward Butler, one of the treasurers, sought out for a passage for them to Barbadoes for sale, but could find none willing to take them thither. * * * Disappointed in his designs and at a loss how to dispose of them, the winter approaching, he (Butler).sent them home to shift for themselves till he could find a convenient opportunity to send them away."

Lawrence and wife Cassandra went to Shelter Island, Long Island Sound, being banished under pain of death in 1659, and died there in the spring of 1660 from privation and exposure; his wife died three days before him. Their son Josiah went to Rhode Island and established a home for himself and family. He came back to Salem in 1660 to look after his parents' property, and found it in very poor condition. He was whipped for returning to Massachusetts. The will of Lawrence Southwick was dated July 10, 1659, bequeathing to son Daniel his property at Salem; devising also to sons, Josiah Southwick, John Southwick; to John Burnell, Samuel Burton, Mary Trask, Deborah Southwick, Ann Potter and others. Children: 1. John, born 1620, died October 25, 1672; married Sarah Tidd, Hannah Flint, and Sarah Burnett (or Burnell). 2. Mary, born 1630, married Henry Trask. 3. Josiah, born 1632. 4. Provided, born 1635, died 1640. 5. Daniel, born 1637; mentioned below. 6. ° Provided, born December 1641; married December 30, 1662, Samuel Gaskill.

(Il) Daniel Southwick, son of Lawrence Southwick (1), born 1637, baptized in First Church, Salem, February 21, 1640-1; married February 23, 1663, Esther, daughter of Joseph Boyce Sr. and his wife Eleanor. He deeded half his hovise and barn to his son Lawrence, February 15, 1706. His will, proved February 10, 1718-9, bequeathed to wife Esther, sons' Lawrence and Daniel, daughters Esther Buxton, Eleanor Osborn and Mercy Osborn. Children, born in Salem: 1. Lawrence, mentioned below. 2. Esther, born June 26, 1665; married James Buxton. 3. Elizabeth, born June 24, '1668; married Wilkirts. 4. Hannah, born August 7, 1667 ; married Thomas Buffington. 5. Daniel, born March 25, 1671; died 1732-3. 6. El-

(111) Lawrence Southwick, son of Daniel Southwick (2), born in Salem, 1664, died 1718; married August 4, 1704, Tamson, daughter of Caleb Buffum. His real estate was divided by will between widow Tamson and children, Joseph, Josiah, David, Caleb, Lawrence and Esther Southwick. Children: 1. Daniel, born 1705, died November 19, 1776; married Ruth Shove. 2. Josiah 3d., born 1709, married Mary 3. Caleb, born 1709, married Ruth Gould, April 8, 1732. 4. Lawrence, mentioned below. 5. Esther, born 1712, married Ephraim Silsbee. 6. Joseph, born 1716, died June 1, 1791; married Bethia Callum, of Uxbridge; he was a tanner at Salem. 7. David, born 1714, settled in Dudley.

"UIV) Lawrence Southwick, son of Lawrence Southwick (3), born in Salem, 1711; died at the house of his son Joseph, Uxbridge, 1795, aged eighty-four, according to the records of Friends' meeting at Somerset. He married first, May 8, 1739, Hannah, daughter of Edward and Lydia Shove, of Dighton, as per records of Friends' meetings at Somerset. He married second in 1754, Patience Handy (or Handee), born 1739. Patience was then but fifteen years old; her mother was daughter of John Franklin, brother of Benjamin Franklin. Lawrence Southwick was a cordwainer at Dighton; was received into the Society of Friends at Woonsocket on certificate from Salem, February 29, 1745-6. Children of Lawrence and Hannah Southwick: 1. Edward, born March 18, 1740, died June 18, 1833. 2. Elizabeth, born 1748; married Moses Farnum. 3. Joseph, born 1750; married Abigail Sayles, of Smithfield, Rhode Island. 4. Nathaniel, born May 2, 1752, married Elizabeth Southgate. 5. David, born 1754, married Elizabeth Sweet. Children of Lawrence and Patience Southwick: 6. Isaac, mentioned below. 7. Daniel, born 1756, died 1846, at Holland Purchase, New York, married Jemima Bartlett. 8. Caleb, born February 4, 1757, died 1819; settled at Peru, New born August 3, 1766, settled at North Adams, Massachusetts; married Lydia Sherman. 13. Moses, born 1768, married Anna Harkness. 14. Esther, born 1770, went to Hoosick, New York to live. 15. Abigail, born 1772, lived at Bolton, Massachusetts ; married Asa Wheel- er. 16. Mary, born July 12, 1773. 17. Jacob, born 1774, settled in Peru, New York. 18. Anna, born 1775, died 1794. 19. Josiah, born 1777; died at Danby, Vermont, March 4, 1874, ninety-seven years of age; married Mary Baker, of Granville, New York, and second, Rachel Brown. 20. Hannah, born 1779, married Seth Ballard; she was a preacher of the Society of Friends.

(V) Isaac Southwick, son of Lawrence Southwick (4), was born in Dighton, Massachusetts, December 13, 1755; died 1823. He was an early settler in Danby, Vermont, and during his younger days followed his trade as blacksmith. He was in company with David Bartlett in the manufacture of edge tools. He subsequently settled near the residence of William Herrick, where he kept a general store several years. He next settled on the farm owned by Captain A. N. Colvin, where he was also store keeper and where he lived until his death. He married Thankful Parris, born 1705, died 1830, daughter of Elkanah Parris. Children: 1. Truman, born 1802, died young. 2. Sylvia, born 1805. 3. Edna, born 1808, died young. 4. Isaac Jr., mentioned below. 5. Arthur, born 1817, died young.

(VI) Isaac Southwick, son of Isaac Southwick (5), born in Danby, Vermont, in October 10, 1809, died December 11, 1832; married June 10, 1828, Elizabeth Otis, born December 9, 1809, daughter of Harris Otis. Children, born in Danby: 1. Isaac Mott, mentioned below. 2. Homer Hersey, mentioned below. 3. Harris, died in infancy.

(VII) Isaac Mott Southwick, eldest son of Isaac (6) and Elizabeth (Otis) Southwick, was born in Danby, Vermont, March 28, 1829. For a number of years he carried on a profitable wholesale and retail grocery business in Rutland, Vermont, whence he came to Boston and engaged in the spice and extract business which he conducted for a number of years. He was subsequently for a period of twentyfive years associated with his son, Homer H. Southwick, in the hotel business, and was very successful. His death occurred in Malden, December 4, 1897. He was first married, February 14, 1851, to Rebecca Williams, who was born in Mendon, March 27, 1824. Their children were: 1. Homer Harris, see forward. 2. Isaac Nelson, born in Mendon, September 27, 1853. 3. Frank Eugene, born in Rutland, March 13, 1858, died in Boston April 8, 1873. 4. Ida Bell, born in Rutland, July 13, 1862, died March 25, 1864. 5. Otis Williams, born in Rutland, September 22, 1865, died August 8, 1866. On April 24,

1867, Mr. Southwick married (second), Elizabeth Wardwell, of Rutland, born at Andover, Massachusetts, July 26, 1835, daughter of John and Miriam Foster (Stephens) Wardwell. John Wardwell, son of John and Sarah (Trussell) Wardwell, farmers at Andover, Massachusetts, was born in Andover, in 1803, and died in Boston, in 1882; he was a railroad man. His wife was born in Norway, Maine, and died August I, 1841, aged thirty-six years, daughter of Darius and Olive Stephens. Darius Stephens was a soldier in the revolutionary war under Washington; he died in Norway, Maine, at the venerable age of ninety-seven years. Children of John and Miriam Wardwell: 1. William Sumner, lives in Malden. 2. John Francis, lives in Hartford, Connecticut. 3. Elizabeth, who became the wife of Mr. Southwick. 4. Ellen, deceased. Mrs. Southwick, widow of Isaac Southwick, resides at the family home, 389 Highland avenue, Malden, enjoying the affection of a large circle of deeply attached friends.

(VIII) Homer Harris Southwick, eldest child of Isaac M. and Rebecca (Williams) Southwick, was born in Clarendon, Vermont, (near Rutland), March 14, 1852. He attended school in his native state, and at the age of sixteen years accompanied his father to Boston, where he was thence forward associated with the elder Southwick in business. After relinquishing the spice and extract trade previously referred to, they turned their attention to the hotel business, purchasing a number of first class hostelries, one of which, the Phoenix, in Boston, contained two hundred rooms, and for a quarter of a century they were identified with the business in that city. For a number of seasons they managed the summer hotel, picnic grove and boat-house at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, entertaining many large excursion parties and making that property a popular resort. After selling their various hotel enterprises they located permanently in Malden, where they purchased the large and desirable estate situated on Highland avenue, Pleasant and Russell streets. Since his father's death Mr. Southwick has devoted his time and energy to the real estate business in Malden, owning several fine buildings, including business blocks of Highland avenue. In politics he is a Republican. He was reared a Congregationalist, but now attends the Baptist Church. In 1883 Mir. Southwick married Miss Annie Galvin, a native of Boston, and a 'daughter of Bernard Galvin. Their children are: Eugene, born December 29, 1886; Augustus,

(VID).:; Homers» Hersey SOUTHWICK Southwick, son of Isaac Southwick (6), was born at Starksboro, Vermont, June 13, 1831. His father died when he was an infant. He received his education in the public schools of Starksboro. He was reared on a farm in his native place, attending the common schools adjacent to his home. He resided in Hoosick Falls, New York, for some time, representing the Walter A. Wood Company, both in this country and in Europe, holding from the start the position of general agent for the company, and traveling all over this country and Canada, making many trips also to Europe to supervise the sale of harvesting machinery. He made his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, and headquarters in Cortland street, New York City. He was a sergeant of Company B, Fourteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers, in the civil war, and participated in all the principal skirmishes and battles with his company, Gettysburg included. In politics he was a Republican, and represented the town of Middletown Springs two years in the Vermont legislature. He was a member of Wood Post, G. A. R., Hoosick Falls, New York. He belonged to the Baptist church of Hoosick Falls, New York. He was a prominent Free Mason, member of Van Rensselaer Lodge, No. 400, Hoosick Falls, New York; Raymond Chapter, No. 248, Royal Arch Masons; and the Commandery, Knights Templar. He removed from Jersey City, New Jersey, to Mlalden, Massachusetts, 1892, and resided there at 548 Pleasant street, to the time of his death, February 1, 1905. In 1900 he was stricken with paralysis, and his health was seriously impaired for the remaining years of his life. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. H. Moss, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Malden, and by Post No. 40, Grand Army of the Republic, conducted by Commander A. L. Decatur and Chaplain Members of the Post sang "Rest, Comrade, Rest." There were many floral tributes, and the pall bearers were Comrades Grover, Waterman, Brown and Page.

The interment was at Forestdale. Mr. Southwick married (first), March 12, 1854, Catherine Bronson Germond, born July 22, 1832, daughter of James and Patty (Stod- dard) Germond, of Middletown, Cayuga county, New York. Children: Harris, born December 13, 1858, died December 17, 1858. Horace Homer, born August 15, 1864, now superintendent of schools at Ogdensburg, New York. He married (second), January 18, 1883, Ida Olivia Maus, the ceremony being performed by George F. Breed, rector of Christ Church, Danville, Pennsylvania. She is a native of Mausdale, Pennsylvania, daughter of Andrew Jackson and. Harriet (Billmeyer) Maus, of Mausdale, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Ida Olivia (Maus); Southwick is a lineal descendant on the paternal side of Philip Maus, a native of Prussia, born 1731. In 1741, at age of ten years, he emigrated to this country, and in 1750 was apprenticed to a stocking weaver and thoroughly mastered all the details of that trade. For many years he conducted the business in Philadelphia and Germantown, furnishing stockings and buckskin breeches for the Continental army under General Washington when located at Philadelphia, Germantown and Valley Forge. His business prospered and he became one of the wealthy men of his day, but expended nearly all his wealth in the cause of this country during the Revolution. About 1775 or 1776 he purchased a tract of land from John Penn, six or seven hundred acres along the Mahoning creek, about two miles north of Danville, then in Northumberland county, later Montour county, Pennsylvania.., About 1778 or 1779 he moved to the town 'of Northumberland and lived there several yyears, engaged with his sons in clearing up the land, building a home for his family upon his plantation at Mahoning, erecting a saw mill, dam and millrace in 1793, and a stone flour mill in 1800 at Mausdale. He resided on the Mansion farm, in the old Joe Maus house, near the Mausdale church, up to the time of his death, April 27, 1815. He married Frances Heppe, of Philadelphia or Germantown, of English parentage. Children: George; Susan, married Justice Strawbridge ; Elizabeth, unmarried ; Philip; Samuel ; Lewis, see forward; Charles; Joseph; Jacob. Lewis Maus, fourth son of Philip and phia, Pennsylvania, 1770, died August 22, 1854, aged eighty-four years, at his home on the farm deeded to him by his father out of the land of the Maus plantation. He married, November 14,-1807, Catherine Boughman, of Boughmantown, Pennsylvania, near what used to be called New Buffalo, Pennsylvania. Children: Jacob,, Erederick, George, Lewis, Lu-

Andrew Jackson Maus, youngest son and child of Lewis and Catherine (Boughman) Maus, was born at Mausdale, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1831. He resided on the homestead farm with his parents, and received his education in the public schools of the neighborhood. He was a man of influence 1n the community, and served in the capacity of supervisor of roads. He is an Episcopalian in religion, and a staunch Republican in politics. He married Harriet Billmeyer, of Chilisquaque, Pennsylvania, born December 5, 1836, who died December 10, 1895. She was a daughter of Martin and Margaret (Himelreight) Billmeyer, of Buffalo. Valley, above Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Children: 1. Maggie, born November I, 1856, educated in public schools, and later followed the profession of teacher ; one daughter, Maude, a graduate of Swarthmore College, now serving in the capacity of teacher; the family reside at No. 2331 North Sixteenth street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2. Matthew, born August 5, 1858, a machinist by trade; married Augusta J. Johnson, December 5, 1891; one son, Charles J., student in the school at Frosty Valley. 3. Ida Olivia,

17, 1864, died in infancy. 5. Harry Edwin, born May 20, 1868, educated in public schools, a machinist by trade, at present (1908) in Concord, North Carolina, with Construction - Company of Bridges. 6. Edna Viola, born April 19, 1873; resides on the homestead with her father; married Eugene Thompson, of Mausdale, Pennsylvania; two children: Lilian Maus, born February 8, 1896, student in- Philadelphia, and Edith May, born December 15, 1902.

Ida Olivia Maus, second daughter of An-- drew Jackson and Harriet (Billmeyer) Maus, born March 2, 1860, educated in -public. schools, resided with parents at Mausdale, - Pennsylvania, until marriage, January 18, 1883, to Homer Hersey Southwick, now deceased, mentioned above. For the past fifteen years Mrs. Southwick has served as commercial saleslady, representing the Oakdale Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island. . She is a member of the Episcopal church.

Christopher Osgood, immi- . OSGOOD grant ancestor, born in England about 1600, came to America in the ship '"'Mary and John," sailing March 24, 1633-4. He settled at Ipswich,- Massa-».

chusetts. It is thought that his parents were Christopher and Elizabeth (Brockwell) Osgood, married October 30, 1599, at St. Thomas parish, Wiltshire. The widow Elizabeth died June 18, 1612, and it is likely that Christopher was raised by some relatives. There is probably some relationship between Christopher and the two other Osgood pioneers, John Osgood of Newbury, and William Osgood of .

Salisbury, Massachusetts. Christopher was a brick maker by trade. He was a proprietor of Ipswich in 1634, and was admitted a freeman May 6, 1635. He died in 1650. His will, dated April 19, 1650, proved October 10, 1650, bequeathed to wife Margery, son Christopher, daughters Mary, Abigail, Elizabeth and Deborah; father-in-law Philip Fowler, an overseer; wife executrix. Christopher Osgood married (first) at St. Mary's parish, Marlborough, England, April 21, 1623, Mary Everett, who was buried there April 3, 1633. He married (second) at St. Mary's, July 28, 1633, Margery, daughter of Philip and Mary (Winslow) Fowler. She was baptized May 25, 1615, at Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. She married (second) Thomas Rowell, one of the original proprietors of Salisbury in 1639. She married (third) Thomas Coleman, before 1670; he died at Nantucket, Massachusetts, and she married (fourth) Thomas Osborn, of Nantucket. While residing at Nantucket she deeded May 27, 1673, to her son Thomas Osgood, of Newbury, Massachusetts, the house and land where she dwelt in the time of her former husband, Thomas Rowell, now in possession of Christopher Osgood; he to pay certain sums to her son Jacob Rowell and her daughters, Abigail Wilson and Deborah Ross or Russ. She made anotner deed, tantamount to. a will, June 8, 1765, to Thomas Osgood. Margery came over with her parents, Philip and Mary Fowler, in the same ship with her husband. Child of Christopher and Mary Osgood, born in England: 1. Marvy, born 1633; married, June 1, 1651, John Lovejoy. Children of Christopher and Margery: 2. Abigail, born 1636; married April 9, 1657, Sherburne (Shoreborn) Wilson. 3. Elizabeth, born about 1638. 4. Deborah, born about 1640; married, August 28, 1663, John Ross. 5. Christopher, mentioned below. 6. Thomas, born 1651.

(11) Captain Christopher Osgood, son of Christopher Osgood (1), born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1643, died 1723; married, December 6, 1663, Hannah Belknap, of Lynn, who died November 21, 1679; second, May 22, 1686, Hannah Barker, who died April

9, 1687; third, Sarah , who died 1689, and (fourth) Sarah , who survived him. He sold the estate left by his father in Ipswich and removed to Andover, Massachusetts, where the children of John Osgood dwelt. He was a millwright, as was also the pioneer, William Osgood, of Salisbury. Fle built Frye's mills at Andover. He was captain of the militia company; deputy to the general court 1690. Children of first wife: 1. Mary, born July 5, 1666; married May 2, 1689, John Marston. 2. Hannah, born October 19, 1668; married August 27, 1688, John Carleton. 3. Dorothy, born July 4, 1671; married Anniss. 4. Abigail, born August 29, 1673; married August 2, 1694, Joseph Carleton. 5. Christopher, born June 28, 1675; died September 11, 1739. 6. Ezekiel, see forward. Children of second wife: 7. Priscilla, born at Andover, April 1, 1681. 8.

(V) Samuel Osgood, son of Samuel Osgood (4), born in Andover, October 6, 1741; married November 22, 1767, Hannah Phelps. Children, born in Andover: 1. Hannah, died unmarried. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, married Kimball, of Pembroke, New Hampshire.

(VI) Samuel Osgood, son of Samuel Osgood (5), born in Andover, January 7, 1780, died there 1860. He was a manufacturer of bricks at Andover. He married first, Lydia Noyes, who died September 14, 1816. He married second, Martha Fox, who died in 1862. Children: 1. Frederick, born May 20, 1805, died at Toledo, Ohio, July 12, 1870; married at Monroe, Michigan, November 8, 1865, Harriet Alphonse Spalding, born in Willoughby, Ohio, November 6, 1831, died at Toledo, September 24, 1861; children: 1. Frederick Spalding, born December 23, 1866; ii. Phily Eliza, born May 9, 1868, married July 27, 1887, Clinton Byron Southwick, born July 9, 1868, and had Frederick O. Southwick, born October 16, 1889, died September 10, 1890; Maude A. Southwick, born December 28, 1890. ili. George Edmund, born September 3, 1869. 2. Elizabeth, born May 30, 1808; married Nathan Johnson, of Alton, IIlinois. 3. Lydia, born November 14, 1809; died February 14, 1838, married George A. Putnam. 4. Sarah, born November 14, 1812; died April 1, 1864; married Thomas Clark. 5. Rhoda, born March 30, 1813, married Isaac Blanchard, of Wilton, New Hampshire. 6. Christopher, born March 31, 1816; died February 19, 1818. Children of second wife: 7. Martha, born April 19, 1819; married Luther C. Weeks of Dedham. 8. Christopher, born January 28, 1821; died September 18, 1821. 9. William S., born April 24, 1823; died October 18, 1859, married Sarah Smith. 10. John N., born August 22, 1825; died April 6, 1826. 11. George N., born March 16, 1828; mentioned below.

The surname Folsom was originally spelled Foulsham. When surnames were adopted in England the family living at Foulsham adopted the name of the place, a village in the north of Hingham. This family had been seated in Norfolk many centuries and owned estates in fifteen different places. The spelling and pronunciation of this surname have varied in the family itself as well as among others writing and pronouncing it. The immigrant ancestor spelt it Foulsham; his son, Deacon John, wrote it Fullsom and signed it in his will Foullsam in 1715. In Hingham Foulsham is the general way adopted by the town clerks; in Exeter after 1659 Folsom was the prevailing spelling. The name of the town is derived from the word fowl and Hame, meaning "fowl's home" or breeding place. The name of the town was gradually modified to Folsham. 4

(I) Roger Foulsham or Folsom, of Necton, county of Norfolk, England, is the earliest ancestor of the American immigrant traced by the genealogists of the family. His will is dated 1534.

(IIIT) Adam Folsom, son of William Foulsham or Folsom (2), married Emma ! whose will is dated in 1565. He owned lands in Besthorpe, Wymondham, Bunwell, Hingham and Hackford, England. He died in 1630.

(IV) Adam Folsom, son of Adam Folsom (3), was father of the American immigrant; married Agnes He died in 1627. His will names three sons: John, mentioned below, Adam, Peter.

(V) John Folsom, son of Adam Folsom (4), was the immigrant ancestor. He was baptized in England in 1615. He married, in England at Hingham, October 4, 1636, Mary Gilman, daughter of Edward Gilman. In 1638 with wife and two servants he came from Hingham, England, to Hingham, Massachusetts, and in 1639 his brother, Adam Folsom, came over. The Gilmans also came to Hingham. John Folsom sailed April 26, 1638, on the ship "Diligent" from the mouth of the Thames and landed at Boston, August 10,

1638. He received a grant of land and before winter had his house built. This house or one built later by him was taken down in 1875. He was chosen a selectman in 1645. He and Captain Joshua Hubbard were granted liberty of the two rivers, Rocky Meadow and caine Brook "so far as the town hath property, t build and maintain a saw mill or mills."

John Folsom sold his lands in Hingham about 1655 and removed with his family to Exeter, New Hampshire. He lived on the west side of the river where the first settlements were made; but three of his sons lived in the eastern part of the town. His sons and grandsons owned much land upon what was called Rocky Hill. He was engaged as surveyor in running the lines between Exeter and Dover. In advanced life he became unfortunately involved in his pecuniary affairs, but was assisted by his sons in preserving his property. He was very intelligent, earnest, enterprising ; sometimes more enthusiastic than judicious; a decided Christian ready to sacrifice his property, ease and popular favor for the sake of his principles. He died December 27, 1681, at Exeter. He deeded to his son Peter April 10, 1673 "forty or fifty acres of land in Hingham in ye county of Norfolk (England) near Norrald Comon and formerly cald by ye name of Ffulsham at ye Boxbushes."' We are not told whether the land has ever been sold. John Folsom was a selectman of Exeter in 1659; juryman in 1662.

Children: 1. Samuel, baptized October 3, 1641, married, December 22, 1663, Mary Robie, of Hampton. 2. John, baptized October 3, 1641, married, November Io, 1675, Abigail Perkins, of Hampton; deacon and town officer of Exeter. 3. Nathaniel, baptized June 2, 1644, married, June 9, 1674, Hannah Farrow. 4. Israel, baptized April, 1646, resided at Newmarket and Nottingham. 5. Peter, mentioned below. 6. Mary, baptized April 13, 1651, married, June 12, 1672, George Marsh, of Newbury. 7. Ephraim, born February 23, 1654, married a Miss Hall, of Dover; shot by an Indian June I1, 1709.

(VI) Peter Folsom, son of John Folsom (5), was baptized at Hingham, Massachusetts, April 8, 1649. Married, May 6, 1678, Susannah Cousins, of Wells, Maine. He lived on the Hampton Road east of the village of Exeter on the southwest corner where the road leaves the Hampton Road and goes to Kensington. It has generally been in the possession of the Folsom family. He was a shrewd and active man of affairs and acquired much property. He was known as Lieutenant

Peter in the records of town and ee He died at Exeter in 1717. Children: Elizabeth, married, September 13, 1704, ede ant Samuel Colcord, of Kingston. 2. Susanna, married Caleb Gilman. 3.. Mary, married Joseph Thing. 4. Peter, mentioned below. 5. John, born about 1685, married Hannah Gilman. 6. Benjamin, born in Exeter in 1696, died March, 1752; married Rachel Gilman.

(VII) Peter Folsom, son of Peter Folsom (6), was born in Exeter about 1682. Married Catherine Gilman, daughter of John Gilman, and granddaughter of Edward Gilman (1), a distant relative. He died in 1718. He wasa man of talent, influence and wealth. His widow married Richard Calley, of Stratham. Children of Peter and Catherine Folsom, all born in Exeter on the south side of the Hampton Road: 1. Susanna, born September 27, 1704. 2. Elizabeth, born March 20, 1706-07, married, February 1, 1726, John Robinson. 3. John, born March 14, 1709, married, June 14, 1731, Hannah Sanborn. 4. James, born October 16, 1711, married, June 18, 1735, Elizabeth Thing. 5. Peter, mentioned below. 6. Catherine, born January 24, 1716, married Samuel Lamson.

(VIII) Peter Folsom, son of Peter Folsom (7), was born at Exeter, July 27, 1714. Married Mary Folsom, daughter of Jonathan Folsom (7), and sister of General Nathaniel Folsom. Peter Folsom died July 11, 1792; his wife October 1, 1791. In 1773 he removed to Gilmanton where eight of his ten children settled. Children, born at Exeter: 1. Mary, born August 31, 1744, married, July 4, 1764, Samuel Clark. 2. Catherine, married Theophilus Wadleigh, of Exeter. 3. Anna (Nancy), born January, 1749, married, in Exeter, February 24, 1771, Joseph Young, representative and selectman. 4. Peter, mentioned below. 5. Jonathan, born 1753, married, May 29, 1781, Lydia Folsom and (second) Sarah Green. 6. James, born July 22, 1756, married, December 2, 1784, Mary Folsom. 7. Nicholas, born April 29, 1759, married, September 3, 1784, Dorothy Leavitt. 8. Samuel, born November 3, 1761, married Anna Sheppard and Mercy Green.- 9. Nathaniel, born April 28, 1769; married Nancy James.

(IX) Peter Folsom, son of Peter Folsom (8), was born in Exeter, June 24, 1750. Married, in Kensington, October 6, 1776, Jemima Folsom, daughter of Lieutenant Josiah Folsom. She was born March 7, 1755. They lived in Gilmanton where both died in 1832, she on January 2, he on August 7. Chil-

(X) Peter Folsom, son of Peter Folsom (9), was born in Gilmanton, October 18, 1784. Married Joanna Smith, born April 19, 1790. He was a farmer in Gilmanton and died there June 24, 1864. His widow died November 19, 1871. Children, born at Gilmanton: 1. Orrin, born April 22, 1818, married, December 16, 1841, Lydia Ann Nelson, of Gilmanton, born October 19, 1820, daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia B. Nelson. 2. Alanson, mentioned below. 3. Rosilla A., born January 14, 1823, married James Madison McCoy; resides at Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. 4. Vercilda Jane, born September 7, 1825, married, February 25, 1847, William Brown; lived in Lowell and died there June 15, 1870. 5. Lovina R., born July 29, 1828, died October 29, 1828. 6. Lurana'A., born September 16, 1829, married, July 23, 1850, Josiah Grover, of Maine, and lived in Lowell. 7. Lorenzo A., born February 21, 1833, married, May 11, 1855, Frances Smith; resides in Lowell: their five children all died young.

(XI) Alanson Folsom, son of Peter Folsom (10), was born in Gilmanton, July 11, 1820. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and the Gilmanton Academy. He came to Lowell when he was seventeen years of age and finally engaged in the insurance business there. He also built up an extensive real estate and brokerage business, which he carried on for the remainder of his life with great success. He invested extensively in real estate, accumulated a large amount of property and was accounted one of the most sagacious and successful men in his line in Lowell. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, after coming to Lowell, for the remainder of his days, and always alert and zealous for the welfare of that society. He died in Lowell in 1896. In politics he was a Republican; he had been for several years member of the board of aldermen and also a deputy sheriff of Middlesex county. He married, 1845, Betty Hayward, born at Topsham, Vermont, November 29, 1826, daughter of Josiah Hayward. She was educated there in the public schools, and came to Lowell when seventeen years old.

She is an active member of the First Baptist Church and deeply interested in its benevolent work. Children: 1. Ella A., mentioned below. 2. Arthur LeRoy, born June

William Hayward, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England and settled first in Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he was a proprietor as early as 1637. He removed to Braintree and was deputy to the general court from that town in 1641. He bought a tract of land there in 1648. He was drowned May to, 1659. Administration was granted June 14, 1659, to his widow Margery for herself and children. The widow died July 18, 1676, and administration on her estate was granted August I, 1676, to her son Jonathan. Children: I. Samuel, settled in Mendon. 2. William, settled in Mendon. 3. Jonathan, mentioned below. 4. Huldah, married, January 14, 1663, Ferdinando Thayer, and settled in Mendon.

(Il) Jonathan Hayward, son of William Hayward (1), was born about 1640. Married Sarah Thayer, daughter of Richard Thaver, May 6, 1663. He died in 1690, aged forty-nine years. He remained in Braintree and settled there, undoubtedly on the homestead of his father. Children: 1. Benjamin, married Mary and had Hannah and Joseph. 2. Jonathan, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, born February 22, 1663. 4. Samuel, born March 10, 1665. 5. William, born February 6, 1669-70. 6. Huldah, born August 15, 1672. 7. Samuel, born March 2, 1675-76. 8. Sarah, born December 12, 1679. 9. Sarah, born April 11, 1682.

(III) Jonathan Hayward, son of Jonathan Hayward (2), was born in Braintree, January 18, 1661. He resided in Braintree; was hayward for Manaticutt, 1694-95; highway surveyor, 1696. He was one of the Braintree proprietors who signed an agreement to resist the claims of Boston parties to their lands, January 10, 1697-98. He was surveyor, 1704; tithingman, 1708-19-20; constable, 1711; se-

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(IV) Jonathan Hayward, son of Jonathan Hayward (3), was born at Braintree, December 29, 1694. He settled there and married, January 14, 1719-20, Mary Savel. He was tithingman in 1724-5; constable, 1730; surveyor, 1734 and selectman of Braintree. Children, born at Braintree: 1. Jonathan, mentioned below. 2. Susannah, born February 2007237 3< Daniel, born Pebristy 2) 1724-> 25. 4. Hannah, born February 24, 1726-27. 5. Margery, born February 17, 1728-29. 6. Caleb, born March 25, 1731.

Margery, born February 16, 1750. born August 18, 1752. tober 13, 1754. ber -26,° 1763. 6: Probably others. (VI) Josiah Hayward, son or nephew of Jonathan Hayward (5), was born at Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1766. (See History of Antrim, New Hampshire). In 1772 his mother died, and the following year he went to live with an aunt at Westford, Massachusetts. He married, 1786, Rebecca Reed, and removed to Auburn, New MHampshire, in 1790. He went thence to Hillsboro, New Hampshire, in 1804 to Alexandria in 1838, to Bristol, New Hampshire, in 1842, and died there in 1845, aged seventy-nine years. His wife and three children died within nine days of spotted fever in March, 1812. He married (second), November 11, 1813, Abigail Sawyer. Children: 1. Samuel B., born 1787, married Nabby Killam, of Hancock, and removed in 1805 to Rutland, Vermont. 2. Sarah, born 1789, died unmarried. 3. Rebecca, born 1791, married, November 26, 1815, Silas Rhodes. 4. Josiah, mentioned below. 5. Jonathan, born 1794, served in war of 1812 and was five years in the army. 6. Thomas P., born 1797, died aged eighteen. 7. Betsey, died in 1812. 8. Charles P., born April 6, 1801, married Lucinda Rhodes and (second) Lois Whittemore, of Pembroke. 9. Walter, born March 27, 1803, married Ann Sayles; (second) Mrs. Peter Bullock. 10. Jonas R., born April 25, 1805, married Maria Sleeper and (second) Mrs. Mary (Webster) Boda) Dis, 4. Daniel, born Oc- 5. Nathaniel, born Novem- a young man in Topsham, Vermont, and became a successful farmer. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and served on the school committee for a number of years. He married (first) Betty Gentleman, of Topsham. He married (second) Lydia Pomeroy, of Topsham. Children of Josiah and Betty Hayward: Chastina, Laura, Betty, mentioned above. Children of Josiah and Lydia Hayward: Rosanna, Ruth, Josiah Clark, William, Putnam, Dorothy, Lydia, Minerva, mentioned below.

(VIII) Minerva Hayward, daughter of Josiah Hayward (7), was born in Topsham, Vermont, in 1830, died January 23, 1908. She was educated in the public schools of that town. She came to Lowell at the age of fifteen. She married, March 16, 1851, George N. Osgood, of Andover, Massachusetts. He made his home in Lowell in 1849, at the age of nineteen, to learn the painter's trade. He has been engaged in the business of house painter all his life, as journeyman, foreman and contractor. He has had the painting of most of the buildings in that section of the city where he resides. He invested his savings in real estate shrewdly selected, and the growth of the city has greatly enhanced the value of his lands and houses. During the past five years his attention has been devoted exclusively to the care and improvement of his real estate. Mr. Osgood is a Republican in politics, and served one year in the Lowell common council. He belongs to no secret societies. He attends the Congregational church. Mrs. Osgood was a very devout and earnest member of the church, well known for her benevolences and generous support of the church.

George Hayward, father of HAYWARD Charles A. Hayward, Lowell, was born in Chelsea, Vermont. He was educated in the public schools, followed farming for a number of years, after which he engaged in the business of buying and selling real estate, continuing in the same throughout the active years of his life. He was a patriotic and loyal citizen, willing to sacrifice his life for the preservation of the Union, as was evidenced in the fact that he served three years during the. civil war. He was an adherent of the Republican party; he was not a member of any society, preferring to devote his time to his home and business. He married Jane Shaw, of South Royalton, Vermont, who bore him six children: Albert, Lyman, Hattie, Lucinda, Nellie, Charles A. "Charles A. Hayward, youngest child of

George and Jane (Shaw) Hayward, was born in Chelsea, Vermont, August 4, 1853. He acquired a practical education in the public schools of Chelsea, and at the age of fifteen began farming, which occupation he followed until the age of twenty-two, when he came to Lowell and entered the employ of the Walter Parker Company to learn the trade of woodturner, at which he became highly proficient and has continued along that line in the same shop to the present time (1908), a period of thirty-three years, being foreman of a large force of men, a fact which speaks eloquently for his worth as an employee and the satisfaction with which his work is regarded by his employers. He casts his vote for the candidates of the Republican party, but has never sought or held office. He is a regular attendant of the Congregational church, and is a member of Lowell Lodge, No. 58, Knights of Pythias. Mr. Hayward married first Ella Peck ; there were no children by this marriage. He married second, July 10, 1893, Alice Gatchen, of Nova Scotia, a native of Scotland. Children: 1. Fred, born May 3, 1894. 2. Arthur, May 20, 1895. 3. Florence Winnie, December 3, 1896. 4. Maria, October 2, 1906.

who first used it as a surname, as parcarius, park keeper, and the forms Parcus and De Parco are found in the Domesday Book, eleventh century. It is unlikely that the numerous English families have the same original ancestor. Geoffrey Parker, for instance, was in England before 925, probably a Saxon, while Johannes le Parker, a Norman, came with William the Conqueror, and was a keeper of the royal parks. A coat-of-arms belongring to the branch of the Parker family in Chelrmsford, Massachusetts, was in possession of tihat family and believed to have been borne by , their English progenitors: gu. a chevron between three leopard's faces, or. Crest, a leoyard's head affronté erased, or, ducally gorgec!, gu. There were no less than twenty-five imImigrants named Parker in Massachusetts alune before 1650. It is not likely that they were all closely related, but there is reason to believe that the Parkers of Reading, Woburn, Chelmsford and Groton were brothers or very near relatives. Abraham Parker lived at Woburn and Chelmsford; his daughter Maty married James, son of Captain James Pa-ker, of Groton, at Chelmsford, December j7, 1678. James

Parker was first at Woburn 1640, in Billerica 1654, removed to Chelmsford 1658; thence to Groton, where he died 1701, aged eightythree years. Another brother of Abraham Parker, John, was in Woburn 1649, in Billerica 1654, and there died June 14, 1667. Thomas Parker named below was undoubtedly related to these brothers, and probably was a brother.

(1) Deacon Thomas Parker, born in England, embarked for America, March 11, 1635, in the ship "Susan and Ellen,' which was fitted out by Sir Richard Saltonstall, with whose family a tradition connects the Parkers by marriage. He settled in Lynn Village, later called Reading, where he lived in the eastern part, on the old Parker homestead, where Deacon Parker, the last of his family to occupy it, died in 1822. He was an active and prominent citizen, a man of ability and property. He was appointed a commissioner to try small causes, in 1636, and admitted a freeman May 17, 1637. The Parker Genealogy locates his residence within thirty rods of the present town hall of Wakefield, formerly the south parish of Reading, on the east side of the common adjoining the estate of Rev. Samuel Haugh. He was deacon of the Reading church; selectman 1661, and about five years besides. He was born 1605, gave his age as thirty when he left England, died 1683, aged seventy-eight. His wife died January 15, 1690. In his will, dated August 3, 1683, he bequeathed to wife Amy; sons John, Thomas, Nathaniel and Hananiah; daughters Mary and Martha; grandchildren Samuel and Sarah Parker; to John "a great Bible that Boniface Burton gave Me.' Children: 1. Thomas, born at Lynn, 1636, married Deborah ; died July 17, 1699. 2., Hananiah, (q. v.), ancestor of Captain Parker, the Lexington patriot, and of Rev. Theodore Parker. 3. John, born 1640. 4. Joseph, born 1642, died 1644. 5. Joseph, born 1645, died 1646. 6. Mary, born December 12, 1647, married Samuel Dodge, of Beverly, son of Richard. 7. Martha, born March 14, 1649. 8. Nathaniel, mentioned below.

(II) Nathaniel Parker, son of Thomas Parker (1), born in May, 1651, at Reading, Massachusetts; married there, 1677, Bethia Polly, doubtless daughter of John Polly, of Roxbury, and Bethia, daughter of William Cowdrey, of Reading. She was baptized 1657. Nathaniel settled in the West Parish, near what is now the centre of Reading on the Sanborn place, where it is said that he built the first house in that parish and was the first person buried in the west parish graveyard. Children: 1. Bethia, born 1678, died young. 2. Nathaniel, born 1679. 3. Stephen, born 1684, died young. 4. Bethia, born

(III) Phineas Parker, son of Nathaniel Parker (2), was born in 1704, in Reading. He had a grant of land in Lunenburg in 1729. He married Martha His house was in Reading, near the residence now or lately of Ira W. Ruggles, but only the old well remained at last accounts to mark the site of the ancient dwelling house. The place was sold by Phineas to Rev. Mr. Haven, the first minister in the limits of the present town of Reading, who built the house now or lately occupied by George W. Grourd. He and his son Edmund seem to have been in Groton, a part of which was set off as Pepperell, where

Phineas, born 1739, married, 1768, Lydia Monroe, of Lexington, and (second), in 1782, Widow Lydia Damon; removed to South Reading. 5. Lydia, born 1742. 6. John, born 1748. 7. Mary, 1757. (IV) Edmund Parker, son of Phineas Parker (3), was born in Reading, 1731. He was a soldier in the Revolution. His record in 1775 and 1780 is credited to Reading; 1776 to 1780 his residence is given as Pepperell. He responded to the Lexington alarm with the Reading company, Captain Thomas Eaton, Colonel Green; was from Pepperell, 1776 and 1777, in Captain John Minot's company, Colonel Dike's regiment; in Continental army 1777 to 1780, in Captain Wood's company, Colonel Jonathan Reed's regiment, the Sixth Middlesex; in Captain Benjamin Brown's company and Colonel Michael Jackson's regiment. He married, July 22, 1755, Lydia, daughter of Jonas and Lydia (Boyden) Varnum, (married February 12, 1733-34). Lydia Varnum was born at Groton, October 5, 1735, and died August 4, 1756. He married (second), April 13, 1757, Elizabeth Green, born February 23, 1730, daughter of Eleazer

(V) James Parker, son of Edmund Parker (4), was born in Pepperell, April ro, 1769. He settled probably on the homestead at Pepperell, and married Sarah (Boynton?). Their children: 1. Eli, mentioned below. 2. James, born February 4, 1795. 3. Sally, April 8, 1797. 4. Elizabeth, April 5, 1799. 5. Abel Boynton, March 12, 1801. 6. Charles, February 28, 1803. 7-8. Catherine and Caroline, twins, born November 8, 1805.

(VI) Eli Parker, son of James Parker (5), born in Pepperell, April 27; 1793, died July 4, 1841. He was educated in the common schools, and during his youth helped his father on the farm. He learned the trade of cooper. It was the custom in northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire for men to do coopering in winters, just as farmers of the eastern section were shoemakers in the winter. He was a prominent and influential citizen. He married Lovisa Douglas. Children: William H., mentioned belows Elr Bee Charles Ba: James 'C.;- Eliza J<: Francis; Samuel; Francis.

(VII) William Harrison Parker, son of Eli Parker (6), was born in Brookline, New Hampshire, February 11, 1819. He received his education in the district schools of what is now a part of Manchester, New Hampshire, until ten years of age, when his family moved to Brookline, where he attended the public schools until he was eighteen years old. In 1837 he came to Lowell, and entered the Dracut Academy, remaining for a short time. At the age of twenty he went to work for the Douglas Bros., in their bobbin and shuttle shop, remaining with this firm for seven years. He then started in 1845 with John S. Fuller, a bobbin mill located in Belvidere. Dissolving partnership with Mr. Fuller after six months he engaged in the manufacture of bobbins and shuttles for the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, and continued doing work for this company for many years. His own shop being burned in 1856, he moved to Brooks' mills, which he occupied until 1859. He then purchased a portion of the Wamesit steam mills of George W. Fiske, and organized the firm of Watson, Parker & Nichols, Mr. Watson selling his interest in

1862. Mr. Nichols died in 1866, and his interest was purchased by John L. Cheney, with whom Mr. Parker was associated for about eighteen years, finally buying his interest in the firm, and joining with him in business his two sons, under the firm name of Wm. H. Parker & Sons, and continued in the same line of business at 731 Dutton street, until his death. In politics he was a Republican, and has served in many positions of honor and trust, being a member of the Lowell common council 1861; board of aldermen, 1867, and chosen to the legislature 1869-70, serying in both sessions on the committee on insurance. In 1883-84, 1886-87, he was on the board of overseers of the poor. Mr. Parker was a director in the First National Bank of. Lowell for thirty years, and president from 1896 to 1898; was a director in the Kitson Machine Company; in the City Manufactory and Bristol Manufacturing Company, both of New Bedford; in the Hargraves Mills, and president of the Parker Mills - both of Fall River. He was a member of the Kirk Street Congregational Church, with which he was connected for nearly thirty years, in the charitable and missionary work of which society he took much interest, aiding its work in the practical manner of a business man. He was universally respected by all who knew him. March 15, 1843, he married Lucy B., daughter of Lowell and Harriet (Hills) Lang, of Tilton, New Hampshire; four children were the issue of this union; Harriet Louise, born August 3, 1845; George Everett, born October, 1891. He married, second, December 15, 1849; Walter Lang, mentioned below. Mr. Parker's wife, Lucy B. Parker, died November, 1891. He married, second, December 15, 1894, Elizabeth D. Cameron, one of ten children born to Angus and Euphemia Begg, of Lowell, Massachusetts. There was no issue of this marriage. Mr. Parker died in October 1808.

(VIII) Walter L. Parker, son of William H. Parker (7), was born in Lowell, November 29, 1857. He was educated in the grammar and high schools of that city. With purpose of becoming a manufacturer, he entered his father's spool and bobbin factory, learned the business thoroughly, and was admitted to the firm, later becoming sole owner of the business, at 731 Dutton street, Lowell, under the name of the Walter L. Parker Company. In 1898 Mr. Parker was elected president of the First National Bank, Lowell, and served as such until the consolidation in 1902 of the First National and Merchants' and Railroad national banks, into the Union National Bank of Lowell, of which he is vicepresident. He is a trustee of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, also a member of its .investment committee. He is a director of the Parker & Hargraves Mills at Fall Rivér, of the Peabody Manufacturing Company at Newburyport, the Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and a trustee of the Lowell General Hospital. He is a member of William

A. Chapter; Ahasuerus Council; Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, and Massachusetts Consistory. Mr. Parker commands the esteem of all who know him.

He married September 7, 1881, Rebecca Alice, daughter of William A. and Lucy (Hutchins) Johnson. Children: Lucille, born July 8, 1882, died in infancy; Harold Hutchins, born in Lowell, November 8, 1884, a student in Yale College; Allan D., born in Lowell, December 6, 1886, a student at Yale College; Louise Lang, born in Lowell, September 16, 1888, a student in Smith College.

William A. Johnson (see William Johnson 1), son of Cyrus (8), was born January 24, 1825, at Pelham, New Hampshire. On his mother's side he is a direct descendant of Richard Warren, who came over in the "Mayflower."'" He received his education in the grammar and high schools of Lowell, Massachusetts. For many years he was a traveling salesman for the firm of Cutter & Walker, manufacturers of suspenders, etc., Lowell; later, in partnership with Mr. George Hawes, of Boston, he manufactured his own goods. He was well known in business circles throughout New England. He made his home in Lowell, and commanded the utmost respect and confidence of his townsmen. He was an attendant of the First Universalist Church, a member of Oberlin Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Chevalier Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and Post 42, G. A. R. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in Company H, 6th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. December 22, 1846, he was united in marriage to Lucy Adams, daughter of David and Sally (Abbott) Hutchins, of Rumford, Maine. The following are the children and grandchildren: 1. Coolidge Robbins Johnson, born March 31, 1849; married Emma O. Churchill, Lowell; children: William Calvin Johnson, Edward Salmon Johnson, Lucy Emma Johnson. 2. Harriet Adelpha Johnson, born March 24, 1851; married Marcus D. Cole, of Lowell: children: Charlotte Alice Cole, Marcus Johnson Cole. 3. Lucy Ardena Johnson, born De-

(See preceding sketch.) (11) Lieutenant Hananiah PARKER Parker, son of Thomas Parker (1), the immigrant, was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1638. He settled on land adjoining his father's farm in Lynn Village; was admitted a freeman October 15, 1679;. was one of the leading citizens of the town; ensign of military company 1680, lieutenant 1684; was one of committee of three appointed 1679 to build a new meeting house; was appointed by the general court on committee to settle disputes as to boundaries between Woburn and Reading; was for seven years deputy from Reading in the general court. In 1707 Captain John Brown and Lieutenant Hananiah Parker were chosen to provide a school master for the town school, and hired John Webb. His will was dated May 20, 1703. He married, September 30, 1663, Elizabeth Brown, twin sister of Joseph, born at Reading, December 10, 1647, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Brown. Nicholas was born at Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England, son of Edward Brown, and was a man of property and standing in the community; resident of Lynn ten years, and deputy to general court. Elizabeth (Brown) Parker died February 27, 1697. Lieutenant Parker married second, December 12, 1700, Mary (Bursham), daughter of William Bursham and widow of Deacon John Bright. She died January 4, 1736, aged eighty-seven. Parker died March 10, 1724, aged eighty-six. Children: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Samuel, born October 24, 1666; married Martha Brown, of Cambridge. 3. Elizabeth, born

(III) John Parker, son of Hananiah Park er (2), born in Reading, Massachusetts, August 3, 1664; married October 2, 1689, Deliverance, daughter of John and Sarah Dodge; she was born March Io or 15, 1661, and died at Lexington, March 10, 1718. He married second, Sarah - He settled on part of Deacon Thomas Parker's original farm in Reading, in the centre of the town, adjoining his father's farm. Three of his deeds have been preserved by descendants. In 1699, according to one of them, he bought of John Poole a tract of land at the north end of Great Pond - Lake Quanapowit. In 1705 he bought twenty-one acres of Francis Smith, on bounds of Lynn and Reading. He sold to cousin Nathaniel Parker Jr., eleven acres of land in Reading. He was constable at Reading. In 1712 he removed to Lexington, then called Cambridge Farms, and was elected fence viewer there 1714, and tithingman 1715 to 1731. That he was a prominent and honored citizen is best shown by the fact that he was assigned to the second best seat of the meeting house in 1731. He owned a small mansion house and sixty acres of land in Cambridge Village near the Watertown line. He was a joiner by trade, and had a shop in which he made furniture, household implements, etc. He taught his sons the trade of joiner and cabinet maker, and they all became skillful wood-workers. He died January 22, 1741, aged seventy-eight years. Children, born at Reading: 1. Sarah, born July 5, died July 9, 1690. 2. Hananiah, born October 10, 1691; died, 1711, in expedition against Annapolis, Nova Scotia, in Queen Anne's war. 3. Andrew, born February 14, 1693; married Sarah Whitney. 4. Josiah, born April 11, 1694. 5. Mary, born December 4, 1695; died 1709. 6. John, born and died 169 - . 7. Edie, born August 19, 1697; died 1709. 8. John, mentioned below.

(IV) John Parker, son of John Parker (3), was born in Reading, November 8, 1703; removed in 1712 with the family to Lexington, and about 1730 to Shrewsbury; married in Shrewsbury, February 18, 1831, Experience, daughter of Peter and Mary (Preston) Clayes. Her parents came from Salem, Massachu-