Hudson Town (part 4 of 10)

(V) Dr. Estes Howe, son of Samuel and Hannah (Smith) Howe, was born in 1747. He studied medicine; was a surgeon in the war for national independence, serving as such in Colonel Brewster's regiment in 1775; was subsequently in Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment and during the Saratoga campaign was on the staff of General Gates. After leaving the army he settled in Belchertown, Massachusetts, where he spent the remainder of his useful life in the practice of his profession. In 1825, while suffering from a stroke of paralysis, he was honored by a visit from General Lafayette, who was passing through Belchertown en route to Boston. Dr. Estes Howe married Susannah Dwight, daughter of Captain Nathaniel, Jr., and Hannah (Lyman) Dwight, of Northampton, Massachusetts, and a descendant of John Dwight, an early settler in Dedham, Massachusetts. Her mother was a daughter of Lieutenant Benjamin and Thankful (Pomeroy), Lyman, also of Northampton. Dr. Estes and Susanna (Dwight) Howe had three sons, all of whom became lawyers and judges: William, in Vermont, Estes in New York, and Samuel in Massachusetts.

(VI) Judge Samuel Howe, youngest son of Dr. Estes and Susannah (Dwight) Howe, who born in Belchertown, June 20, 1785. He was graduated from Williams College in 1804, and was a classmate of Nathan Hale, father of the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D. He began the practice of law in Worthington, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, and at one time had as a student William Cullen Bryant, the poet. In 1820 he became a judge of the court of common pleas, which necessitated his removal to Northampton, the county seat, and in addition to his judicial duties he devoted considerable time to a local law school, which he established and directed. His last term of court was at Worcester in December, 1827, and he died in Boston, January 20, 1828, aged but a little more than forty years. In his religious belief he was originally a Congregationalist, but he later became a Unitarian. For his first wife he married Susan Tracy, daughter of Uriah Tracy, of Connecticut, and she died in 1811, leaving two children - Uriah and Susan. The latter became the wife of George S. Hillard, of Boston. In 1813 he married for his second wife Sarah Lydia Robbins, daughter of Edward Hutchinson and Elizabeth (Murray) Robbins, the former of whom was lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts during one of the administrations of Governor Caleb Strong. She was a descendant in the seventh generation of Richard Robbins, an early settler in Cambridge, and her grandfather, Rev. Nathaniel Robbins, who was born there and graduated from Harvard College in 1747, was in 1751 ordained pastor of the church in Milton, where he died in 1795. He married Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Edward and Lydia (Foster) Hutchinson, the former a cousin of Governor Thomas Hutchinson. Edward Hutchinson was a son of Thomas, Thomas was a son of Elisha, and. Elisha' 'was'> a' "sond gotl@eaward, who -was a son of William and Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson, the last-named of whom attempted to establish a religious reform in Governor Winthrop's time and suffered banishment from the colony on account of her convictions. On the maternal side Mrs. Howe was a granddaughter of James Murray, of Milton, and a sister of Dorothy, wife of the Rev. John Forbes, who was the grandfather of the late John Murray Forbes of that town. The Robbins homestead at Miuilton, known as Brush Hill, was inherited from the Murray ancestors. The children of Samuel Howe's second union were: Estes, Mary, Eleanor, James Murray and Sarah Robbins.

(VII) James Murray Howe, second son of Judge Samuel and Sarah L. (Robbins) Howe, was born at Worthington in 1819. He established himself as a broker in Boston, where for many years he was a prominent business man, and he died at sea on board the ship "David Stewart," May 27, 1879, while on a voyage from Rio Janeiro to Baltimore. He was married October 7, 1845, to Harriet Butler Clarke, daughter of Christopher and Harriet (Butler) Clarke, of Northampton, the former of whom was a lineal descendant of Daniel Clarke, an early settler in Windsor, Connecticut, and served as secretary of the colony in 1658 and for several subsequent years. Mrs. Howe's mother was a daughter of William and Huldah (Brown) Butler. Her maternal grandfather, Colonel John Brown, was a grandson of Lieutenant Jacob Brown, of the British army.

Colonel John Brown, who was an eminent man as a patriot and lawyer at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, possessed a strong character, and having actual knowledge of the financial irregularities of Benedict Arnold at New Haven, which he obtained when Arnold was a teacher there and he a student at Yale College prior to 1771, never ceased to accuse Ar- nold publicly of doing wrong whenever as a general in the Revolutionary army Arnold was irregular or dishonest, as he was more than once before the colonies lost his valuable services by reason of his treason. Colonel Brown served with gallantry as an officer in the Continental army during the war of the Revolution, and was killed in an ambuscade with forty-five of his troops at Stone Arabia, near Fonda, New York, October 19, 1790.

He married Huldah Kilbourne, of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Mrs. Harriet B. Howe died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 10, Ig01. She was the mother of three sons: Archibald M., who will be mentioned at length in the succeeding paragraph; James - Murray (second) who resides at Brush Hill, Milton, Massachusetts, and Henry Butler, who died at the age of six years. James M. Howe, of Milton, married Elizabeth Hall, of Bristol, Rhode Island, and has four children.

(VIII) Archibald Murray Howe, eldest son of James M. and Harriet B. (Clarke) Howe, was born in Northampton, May 20, 1848. He acquired his early education in the public schools of Brookline, including the high school, and from the latter entered Harvard University, taking his bachelor's degree with the class of 1869. Among his classmates were Frank D. Millet, Francis G. Peabody and Henry Marion Howe, son of Dr. Samuel G. and Julia Ward Howe, and now professor of metalurgy at Columbia University. Having pursued the regular course at the Harvard Law School and obtained the necessary practical experience in the office of George S. Hilliard, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Massachusetts in June, 1872. Possessing a taste and capacity for political life and being desirous of obtaining a practical knowledge of the scheme of federal government, he accepted the position of private secretary to the Hon. L. Pierce, and retained it during the sessions of the forty-third congress, residing at the national capitol for a period of eleven months. In 1875 he became associated in the practice of law with Henry F. Buswell and Charles H. Walcott, and has ever since been actively connected with the legal profession of Boston and Cambridge, in which latter city he has resided for many years. Although well versed in the general practice of law he devotes his attention chiefly to the administration of estates and the care of trust funds, and in this special field of usefulness he has been eminently successful.

merous commendable personal characteristics, prominent among which is his patriotism and implicit faith in the integrity and justice of our state and national political institutions, and on more than one occasion he has forcibly demonstrated the wisdom of his advanced views relative to their improvement. In politics he acts independently and takes a lively interest in all important issues, muncipal, state and national. In 1877 he served in the Cambridge council, was in 1890 chosen representative to the legislature on a combined Democratic and Independent ticket, and in various other ways has rendered valuable public services, being an earnest advocate of civil service reform. In his religious belief he is a Unitarian, being a member of the First Parish Church, Cambridge, and a life-member of the American Unitarian Association. He is also a member of the St. Botolph Club, Boston, and vice-president of the Massachusetts Reform Club.

On June 4, 1881, Mr. Howe was united. in marriage with Arria Sargent Dixwell, daughter of Eps Sargent and Mary Ingersoll (Bowdirch) Dixwell, of Cambridge.

BRIGHAM of Lieutenant Uriah Brigham (4), grandson of Captain Samuel Brigham (3), great-grandson of Captain Samuel (2), and great-great-grandson of the immigrant, Thomas Brigham (1), was born at Marlborough, Massachusetts, June 13, 1764, died May 29, 1826. He married Beulah Hawes, born February 14, 1770, died January 15, 1834. Brigham was a tanee eeat. Petersnam. Children: 2120 Marries, born December 11, 1792, died in Barre, December 30, 1864; married, March 9, 1814, Paws Kice. of Barte; children: 1. James - : Rice, born May 7, 1829; 11. Harriet S. Rice, born December 28, 1830, died at Wethersfield, Vermont, July 14, 1776. 2. Roxana, born June 22, 1794, married John P. Deal (see sketch of Deal family). 3. Nancy, born May 10, 1796. 4. Artemas, born October 22, 1799. 5. Mary Ann, born September 26, 1801, died June 27, 1828. 6. Elvira, born June 14, 1803, died January 8, 1890; married, April 16, 1828, James Holland. 7. Catherine, born January 18, 180 - , died in Boston, July 4, 1874; married, April 2, 1833, Charles Sibley; resided in Chelsea. 8. Robert Morris, born August 23, 1806, died unmarried February 8, 1889, at Petersham. 9. Sarah Breck, born May 20, 1808. 10. James Sumner, born

(II1) John Howe, son of Isaac Howe (2), born in Marlborough, September 16, 1682; married, November 3, 1703, Deliverance, the daughter of John and Tabitha (Stone) Rice, of Sudbury. John Howe died May 109, 1754. Children: 1. Jesseniah, mentioned below. 2. Matthias, born October 20, 1706, married, February 4, 1732, Elizabeth Howe. 3. Isaac, born February 8, 1708, married, April 21, 1735, Prudence Howe. 4. Benjamin, born December 14, 1710, married, February 4, 1732, Lucy Amsden. 5. Tabitha, born July 274 1712, married, June 11, 1730, Hezekiah Maynard. 6. Patience, born March 28, 1714. 7. Paul, born June 18, 1715, settled in Paxton. 8. Mary Frances, born June 16, 1721, settled in Rutland; married Lydia Davis. 9. Abigail, born August 8, 1723.

(IV) Jesseniah Howe, son of John Howe (3), was born in Marlborough, May 30, 1704. He had three children at Marlborough, and perhaps others in New Hampshire, where he and his brother Isaac seem to have removed. He married Damaris . Children: 1. Joel, born March 26, 1729, mentioned below. 2. Hepzibah, born April 6, 1730. 3. Isaac, born 1742, died 1816, aged seventy-four in what is now Milford, New Hampshire; married (second), December 2, 1792, Sarah Griffin, widow of Nathaniel Griffin, of Temple; she died March 15, 1847, aged eighty-one years; had sons Joel and Isaac. 4. Stephen, born 1745, died at Milford, March 19, 1818; married Hannah Dunclee and has a son Isaac.

Hampshire, a section of which was set off to form the town of Milford. He and his brother Isaac were soldiers from Amherst in the Revolution and took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. Isaac was on the Amherst tax list in 1760. He had a son Samuel, and Stephen and Isaac of Amherst were his sons or nephews.

(VI) Samuel Howe, son of Joel Howe (5), was born in Amherst, New Hampshire, or vicinity. Married, June 8, 1780; died April 28, 1818, age sixty-seven. He resided there in 1782 when the southwest part was set off as a parish which in 1794 was incorporated as the town of Milford. He signed the petition to be set off in 1782, but in 1790 was in the adjacent town of Petersborough. He was probably too young to be in the Revolution. Some of his children were born in Amherst, the others at Petersborough. Children: 1. Jane Templeton, born in Amherst, New Hampshire, July 19, 1782; married J. McIntire; died March 21, 1854. 2. James, born October 24, 1784, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, born in Amherst, New Hampshire, February 1, 1787, married Isaac Hadley. 4. Anne, born in Amherst, New Hampshire, April 23, 1789, married, September 15, 1816, Nathan Gray; she died July 1, 1834. 5. Samuel, born in Petersborough, June 6,1791, married, May 1, 1823, Rachel Twiss. 6. Elizabeth, born in Petersborough, December 20 or 30, 1793, died Jan- Wary 22, 1794. 7. Charles, born in Petersborough, April 2, 1795, married Betsey Powers. 8. Amy or Annie, in Home records, born in Petersborough, August 26, 1797, married Ebenezer Hadley;-died January 11, 1874. 9. Nancy, born in Petersborough, New Hampshire, June 7 or 17th, in family records, 1800, married William Puffer. to. Asahel, born in Petersborough, July 19, 1802, married Fanny Spoftord : died August 13, 1844. 11. William, born in Petersborough, February 26, 1805, married Caroline Stone; he died April 17, 1873.

(VIL) James Howe, son of Samuel Howe (6), was born at Amherst, New Hampshire, October 24, 1784. In addition to his farm he had a saw mill in which he did a thriving business. About three years before his death he removed to Jaffrey, New Hampshire, where he died March sth or 25th, in family records, 1863. He married (first), October 22, 1815, Martha Craig, who died December 9, 1830, aged thirty-eight years; (second), in 1832, Eliza Gould, born in Greenfield, New Hampshire, who died August 16, 1847, aged fortytwo years. He married (third), March 6, 1840, Nancy Witt, of Jaffrey, died March 12,

1891. He had seven children by his first wife, six by his second, and two by his third. Children: 1. Eleanor, born June 26, 1816, married Nathan Leathers; she died December 9, 1861. 2. Jonathan, born October 3, 1817, not married; died December 17, 1852. 3. James, Jr., born July 23, 1819, married Mary Ann Whitney or Whiting; he died October 16, 1850. 4. J. Samuel, born July 20, 1821, settled in California, died unmarried about 1900. 5. Montgomery, born September 8, 1823, married Lizzie Schenck and settled in California; died about 1902. 6. Martha K., born November 28, 1825, married Joseph Boardman and settled in California; died 1899. 7. Sarah Jane, born February 25, 1827, died October 3, 1879; married Albion P. Dresser; (second) John Sanderson, of Springfield, Massachusetts. 8. Elbridge, born September 6, 1833, married Henrietta Felch, October 3, 1859; always remained a resident of Petersborough, New 9g. Elizabeth Minerva, born December 23, 1834, died in Petersborough, March 9g, 1904, age sixty-nine; married Jackson Clement. 10. Alfred Gould, born April 13, 1837, mentioned below. 11. Allison Granville, born April 16,1830, died) March=3)\ ae72, age thirty-two; married Sarah Haskell. 12. Francis, born August 14, 1841, died March 24, 1843. 13. Francis E., born September 26, 1843, unmarried; killed at the Battle of Fair Oaks, 1863, aged twenty years; a soldier in the Union army. 14. Louis K., born June 7, 1850, married (first) Mary Pool; (second) Elizabeth Eckersley; settled in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 15. Elton, born April 19, 1854, died unmarried May 8, 1875.

(VIII) Alfred Gould Howe, son of James Howe (7), was born at Petersborough, April 13, 1837, and died in Lowell, Massachusetts, May 3, 1903, aged sixty-six. He was educated in the common schools, and for a number of years followed farming as an occupation in Petersborough and in Dracut, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the Civil war, serving in the Massachusetts Sixth regiment and marched through Baltimore, April 19, 1861, receiving an honorable discharge. He returned to Lowell and engaged in the real estate business there until his death. He was successful in a material way and commanded the confidence and esteem of his townsmen. In politics he was an active and influential Republican. He served several terms in the common council and also in the board of aldermen of the city of Lowell with much credit to himself. He attended the Congregational Church. He married Georgianna Thomas, who survives him, living in the homestead 'of the family at Lowell. Children: 1. Mabel N., born January 21, 1870, married Norman L. Peavey, November 26, 1889; child, Harry L. Peavey. 2. Harry Wilber James, born February 25, 1872, mentioned below. 3. Jennie G., born September 5, 1875, married Eugene F. Hodge; child, Florence Hodge, born 1902. 4. Alfred Thomas, born May 31, 1877, married Jessie Mac- Eachren, October 3, 1899.

(IX) Harry Wilber James Howe, son of Alfred Gould Howe (8), was born in Dracut, Massachusetts, February 25, 1872. He was educated in the common and high schools of Lowell, after which he entered the employ of the Boston & Maine Railroad. After several years he retired from the railroad business to accept the position of general secretary of the Lowell Young Men's Christian Association, a position for which he was well fitted by education, training and ability. He brought the association to a prominent position among the associations of the state and made it a source of pride to the citizens of Lowell as well as the members of the association. In 1899 he severed his official connection with the Lowell association and entered into the real estate business in company with his father and has continued to be very successful. He has been active in the Republican party, and has performed his duties of citizenship conscientiously. In religion he is a Congregationalist, an earnest and active member of the Pawtucket Congregational Church, Lowell. He is unmarried, living with his mother in the family homestead.

Gregory Stone, immigrant ancestor, came to America with his. family, in| thes, Wetencey which sailed from London early in July, 1635, and arrived, presumably at Boston, in October of the same year. He had as fellow passengers Rev. Thomas Shepard and his associate, who were fleeing religious intolerance at home., On the voyage they were exposed to greater danger than that found by most of the colonists, for their ship had "a bottom too decayed and feeble indeed for such a voyage so that a perilous leak endangered her safety on the way hither." In the same year his brother Simon came with his family on the ship "Tncrease," also from London.

The earliest records relating to the ancestry of these two brothers - which latter day research has been able to bring to light, relate to Symond Stone and his wife Elizabeth, who lived in Much Bromley, now known as Great

Stone

Bromley, a town in Essex county, England. The will of this ancestor, the first of whom we have definite knowledge, was made May 12, 1506, probated in 1510, and is now in the British Museum. In it he names four sons as his heirs, of whom the eldest, David, is probably the next in this line of descent. David had a son Symond whose wife's name was Agnes. Their son David was the father of Simon and Gregory, the immgrants. These facts are compiled from data copied from parish registers in Great Bromley, and show that information as to the ancestry of Gregory and Simon Stone already published is erroneous.

(11) Deacon Gregory Stone, born in England, about 1590, baptized at Great Bromley, Essex county, England, April 19, 1592, died at Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 30, 1672. He settled first at Watertown as early as 1636, but soon removed to Cambridge, of which he was a proprietor in 1637. He was admitted a freeman May 25, 1636, with his brother Simon, both of Watertown. His farm at Cambridge was noted for high state of cultivation and excellent orchards. It is the site of the present Botanic Gardens of Harvard College. He was deacon of the Cambridge Church thirty-four years, deputy to the general court, and local magistrate. He deposed September 18, 1658, that he was aged about sixty-seven years. He died November 30, 1672, aged eighty-two. His will was proved December 14, 1672. The widow died June 24, 1674. He married in Nayland, England, July 20, 1617, Margaret Garrad, baptized at Nayland, December 5, 1597, and buried there August 4, 1628. Stone married second, in England, Lydia Cooper, widow, born in England and died in Cambridge, June 24, 1674. His second wife had by her first marriage a son John Cooper, who married Anne Sparhawk, and a daughter Lydia, who married David Fisk. Children: 1. John, baptized July 31, 1618, in England; settled in Framingham; ancestor of the main families of Worcester county of this name. 2. Dr. Daniel, baptized August 15, 1620; resided in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 3. David, baptized September 22, 1622; resided in Cambridge. 4. Elizabeth, baptized October 3, 1624, buried at Nayland, England. 5. Elizabeth, baptized March 6, 1628; married Anthony Potter, of Ipswich. 6. Samuel, mentioned below. 7. Sarah, baptized February 8, 1632; married July 12, 1653, Joseph Merriam, of Concord; she died April 8, 1704.

con Gregory Stone (2), born 1630, at Nayland, England, baptized there February 4, 1630-1. He was brought to America with his ' brothers and sisters when he was very young. He and his brother David Stone settled at Cambridge Farms, (Lexington) about the time of their respective marriages. They probably cleared their farms before removing to them and they were among the first settlers. Samuel Stone subscribed towards the first meeting house, 1692; was on the tax list 1693, the highest on the list, and became a man of large property for his day. He was deacon of the church, assessor of the town, and served on many important committees. He died September 27, 17058. (Hie imarned first, Sarah Stearns, June 7, 1655, at Watertown, and they had ten or twelve children, half of whom died young. She died October 4, 1700. He married second Abigail ; who died at Woburn in 1728, aged seventyone. The surviving children were: 1. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, born February 5, 1660; married Edward Converse, of Woburn. 3. John, born May 12, 1663; married Rachel Shepard. 4. Lydia, born November 25, 1665; married Francis Bowman. 5. Joseph, born 1671. 6. Anna, born June 30, 1673; married John Merry.

(IV) Deacon Samuel Stone, son of Deacon Samuel Stone (3), born at Cambridge Farms (Lexington), October 1, 1656, died there uneor7. 1742. "He marred s|une 12, 1679, Dorcas Jones, of Concord. He was designated by his townsmen Samuel Stone West, to distinguish him from his cousin, "Samuel Stone, East.'"'" He was one of the original members of the Lexington Church 1696; his wife was received from the Concord church 1698. She died September 24, 1746, aged eighty-seven years. He was elected deacon to succeed his father, November, 1715; was selectman 1714-15-23. Children, born at Lexington: 1. Samuel, born August 12, 1684; married Abigail Reed, of Woburn. 2. Joseph, born February 8, 1687; married Mary 3. Jonathan, mentioned below. 4. Sarah, married Thomas Cutter, or Cutler. 5. Elizabeth, born 1693; married March 18, 1710, John Lawrence. 6. Rebecca, born 1696; married Benjamin Reed.

(V) Jonathan Stone, son of Deacon Samuel Stone (4), born in Lexington, February 2, 1689, died December 18, 1729; married there, November 12, 1712, Chary Adams, of Concord. Children, born at Lexington: 1. Margaret, born October 25, 1713; died December 30, 1713. 2. Dorcas, born March 25,

1715; married November 13, 1733, Joseph Wellington. 3. Margaret, born September 15, 1718, married March 13, 1735, Thomas Wellington. 4. Rebecca (twin), born January 7, 1723; married September 23, 1742, Timothy Wellington. 5. Love (twin), born January 7, 1723; married June 11, 1747, Samuel Whittemore, of Cambridge. 6, Jonathan, mentioned below. 7. Samuel, born June 10, 1727; removed to Arlington; married first, Martha Earle, of Boston; second, Mirs. Eunice Underwood, of Lexington. 8. Josiah, born November 10, 1729; married Abigail Cutter, daughter of John.

(VI) Jonathan Stone, son of Jonathan Stone (5), born at Lexington, 1725, baptized there March 14,° 1725; matried. May 21,35t7e75 Martha, daughter of Deacon John Cutter, born March, 1731. Jonathan settled first at Watertown, where two children were born; then at Arlington - Menotomy - where several were born, and finally located in Shrewsbury. The history of Shrewsbury has the lineage wrong. All the children are recorded at Shrewsbury. His wife died there October 25, 1807, and he died there October 3, 1805, aged eighty-one. Children: 1. Jonathan, born July 5, 1748. 2. Martha, born August 11, 1750; married Thomas Adams. 3. Seth, born December 26, 1752, at Arlington; married Mary Tufts ; recorded also at Shrewsbury; removed to Marlborough, New Hampshire, and Bridgeport, Vermont. 4. John, mentioned below. 5. Thomas, born March 7, 1757; baptized at Arlington, March 16, 1757. 6. Lydia, born May 2, 1759; died October 11, 1821. 7. Hannah, born April 2, 1761; married William Adams. 8. Cherry, born November 109, 1764: died unmarried (buried at Arlington) Octoher 2, 1806. 9. Daniel, born January 27, 1766; married Ann Gibson, of Hopkinton, June 9, 1790; died at Shrewsbury, September 27, 1829. 10. Jonas, born October 25, 1767; married Sarah Toothaker, of Tewksbury, 1792; she married second, Josiah Knight. 11. Dorcas, born May 20, 1770; married, 1785, Joseph Smith, of Bolton. 12. Lucy, born May, 1772; married, 1792, Nathaniel Green.

(VII) John Stone, son of Jonathan Stone (6), was born at Arlington or Shrewsbury, March 7, 1755. He was a soldier in the Revolution, in Captain Benjamin Edggell's company, Colonel John Jacobs's regiment, 1778. and probably at other times. He settled in that part of Charlestown now the city of Somerville. In 1781 he bought land there of Stephen Miller, and more land in 1783 and 1785. His homestead was on what is called now Milk

Row. He was dismissed to the First church of Cambridge from the Arlington church December 11, 1803. He and his wife joined the Arlington church August 27, 1780. He died in 1819, and his administrator, Peter Tufts Jr., was appointed August 31, 1819. He left a pew in the Cambridge meeting house, and real estate valued at over six thousand dollars, with considerable personal property. He married, April 13, 1780, at Arlington, Mary Tufts, and their eldest child was born in Arlington; the others in Cambridge or Charlestown. Children: 1. John Cutter, born October 26, 1780. 2. Mary, married Philip Bonner. 3. Elizabeth, married Benjamin Grover. 4. Lucy, married David Bolles. 5. Nathaniel Tufts, married May 25, 1817, Sarah Rand; mentioned below. 6. Jonathan, housewright. 7. Hannah A., married David Sanborn. 8. Martha, married Robert Sanborn. g. Daniel. 10. Lydia, married Robert Vinal. 11. Thomas Jefferson.

(VIII) Nathaniel Tufts Stone, son of John Stone (7), born in Charlestown, (now Somerville) or Cambridge, about 1788; married, May 25, 1817, Sarah Rand. Children: 1. Nathaniel Tufts, died young. 2. Charles Henry, drowned. 3. Jonathan, mentioned below. 4. Nathaniel Tufts, mentioned below. Sarah Rand was the daughter of Thomas (6), whose ancestry was: William (5), Samuel (4), William (3), Sergeant Thomas (2), Robert (1), the immigrant, of Charlestown and Lynn. Nathaniel Tufts Stone settled at Charlestown, where he bought land of Abigail Tufts and others at various times. His will was dated July 23, 1822, bequeathing to his wife; to James and Lucy Bolles; the residue to Charles H. and Jonathan Stone; Peter Tufts, Jr., executor.

(IX) Jonathan Stone, son of Nathaniel Tufts Stone (8), born at Charlestown, now Somerville, December 28, 1819, died June 21, 1896. He learned the trade of chaise and carriage body making; was also maker of bows, but retired from active business life many years before his death. He lived in Somerville, Massachusetts, after marriage. He was a prominent and well-to-do citizen, a man of influence and highly esteemed wherever he was known, especially in his own town, Somerville. He married, October 9, 1850, Emma Maria Cutter, born in West Cambridge, now Arlington, March 9, 1828. daugh- - ter of Elijah Cutter (7) (see Cutter family). She was educated in the public schools, and attended the Unitarian church. Children: 1. Charles Edward, born October 19, 1852, died

September 7, 1853. 2. Frederic Walter, born August 12, 1854, treasurer of the Somerville Savings Bank; married Eliza J. Gage; children: Ruby Virginia, Bertha Gage, Grace Cutter, Ruth Patience, Amy Elizabeth. 3. Sara Abigail, born in Somerville.

(IX) Nathaniel Tufts Stone, son of Nathaniel Tufts Stone (8), born at Charlestown, now Somerville, January 19, 1823, died July 6, 1877. He was a prominent citizen of Somerville. Those who knew him well said : - "His word was as good as his bond." He married Evelina, born February 1, 1826, daughter of Elijah and Abigail (Hill) Cutter. Children: 1. Lucy Maria, mentioned below. 2. William Henry, born March 31, 1868, died November 15, 1860.

(X) Lucy Maria Stone, daughter of Nathaniel Tufts Stone (9), was born in Somerville. She was educated in the public schools of that city, graduating in 1881 from the high school, and for five years was a special student at Radcliffe College. She is a life member of the Somerville Historical Society, the Heptorean Club of Somerville and _ the Woman's Alliance of the First Congregational (Unitarian) Church, in the Sunday School of which she was a teacher from 1894 to 1905, and a member of. the library committee from 1894 to 1907. She married, April 19, 1907, John Stetson Edmands (see Edmands family).

England, and lived at Newcastle under the ministry of Mr. Rodwell. Her husband, probably Samuel Cutter, died before she came to America, and she seems to have followed her sons William and Richard to this country. She lived in Cambridge with her daughter Barbara, wife of Elijah Corlet, the memorable old school master, for a score of years. She died at Cambridge, January Io, 1663-4, aged about eighty-nine years. Children: 1. William, wine cooper by trade, proprietor of Cambridge; town officer; removed to Charlestown, where he was town officer; returned to England and lived at Newcastleon-Tyne. 2. Richard, mentioned below. 3. Barbara, married Elijah Corlet, M. A.

(II) Richard Cutter, son of Widow Elizabeth Cutter (1), born in England, about 1621, died June 16, 1693, aged about seventy-two years. He probably came before his mother. He was a cooper by trade, and his descendants have the small oaken chest made to keep his clothes when he was serving his apprenticeship. He was admited a freeman June 2,

1641, when he was doubtless over twentyone. He joined the Artillery Company of Boston in 1643. He married about 1644, Elizabeth , died March 5, 1661-2, aged

(gravestone) forty-two years. He married second, February 14, 1662-3, Frances Amsden, widow of Isaac Amsden, of Cambridge. He owned various parcels of land in the vicinity of Cambridge. His homestead was in Menotomy, then Cambridge. His will was made April 19, 1693; proved July 24, 1693. Children: 1. Elizabeth, born July 15, 1645; probably died unmarried. 2. Samuel, born January 3, 1646-7, at Cambridge. 3. Thomas, born July 19, 1648. 4. William, born February 22, 1649-50; married Rebecca Rolfe. 5. Ephraim, born 1651; resided in Cambridge, Charlestown and Watertown Farms, now Weston; married February 11, 1678-9, Bethia, probably daughter of Nicholas Wood. 6. Gershom, mentioned below. 7. Mary, born 1657; married Nathaniel Sanger, son of Richard; resided in Sherborn, Roxbury and Woodstock, Connecticut. 8. Nathaniel, born December 11, 1663; married October 8, 1688, Mary Fillebrand, daughter of Thomas. 9. Rebecca, born September 5, 1665; married December 19, 1688, Thomas Fillebrown. 10. Hephzibah, born November 11, 1667; died February 27, 1667-8. 11. Elizabeth, born May 1, 1668-9; married April 16, 1690, Nathaniel Hall. 12. Hephzibah, born August 15, 1671; married, June 7, 1698, Jabez Brooks, of Woburn. 13. Sarah, born August 31, 1673; married December 5, 1700, James Locke, of Woburn. 14. Ruhamah, born 1678; married February 1, 1665-6 Joseph Hartwell.

(II1) Gershom Cutter, son of Richard Cutter (2), born 1653, baptized at Cambridge, died April 2, 1738, in his eighty-fifth year. He was executor of his father's will; was a farmer at Menotomy, at the "Foot of the Rocks," and bought various other parcels of land. He was admitted to the Cambridge church August 6, 1721. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, and probably took part in the swamp fight. He married March 6, 1677- 8, Lydia, daughter of Thomas and _ Isabel Hall of Cambridge. Children: 1. Gershom, mentioned below. 2. Lydia, born September 14, 1682; married Jonathan Hall, of Medford, born September 28, 1677. 3. Hannah, born November 26, 1684; married December 22, 1702, Thomas Hall; died in 1705; her husband married second, Abigail , died 1745; married third, Elizabeth Davis, 1747. 4.

(IV) Gershom Cutter, son of Gershom Cutter (3), born June 1, 1679; married June 11, i701, Mehitable, daughter of George and Sarah (Farnum) Abbott, of Andover. She was born April 4, 1680; her grandfather was George Abbott of Rowley where he died in 1747. She owned the covenant and was baptized May 10, 1702. He had the homestead "Under the Rocks" at Menotomy. In 1747 Cutter and Francis Lock were fined for walking from Cambridge to Newton to attend religious services, but appealed to the court of sessions and judgment was reversed. He died July 7, 1753; his wife March 28, 1757. Children: tf. Thomas, born May 8, 1702, at Cambridge. 2. Gershom, born January 13, 1703-4; married Anna Fillebrown. 3. George, born October 7, 1705; married Jane Butterfield. 4. Hannah, born December 29, 1707; married Thomas Emmons. 5. Mehitable, born October 9, 1709; married Ephraim Winship Jr. 6. Lydia, born August 23, 1711-12; married John Whittemore. 7. Sarah, born 1714, baptized October 31, 1714. 8. Richard, baptized January 22, 1716-7. 9. Nehemiah, mentioned below. 10. Isabel, baptized January 25, 1719- 20; married Jonathan Winship of Lexington. 11. Aaron, baptized June 24, 1722; married Mary Moore of Cambridge. 12. Thomas, baptized November 17, 1728.

1717; died September 12, 1798, buried at Arlington; married July -17,).1730, Martha; daughter of Deacon Samuel and Deborah (Wyeth) Bowman, of Cambridge. She was born February 10, 1714-5, and died July 1, 1790. He was admitted to membership in Cambridge church August 13, 1738; she joined this church December 30, 1739. They were dismissed to the Second Precinct Church, Menotomy, January 28, 1753. He was a tanner and farmer at Menotomy. His tanyard was on the site of the residence of his grandson, Elijah Cutter, in Arlington. In old age he and his wife went to Charlestown to live with their son Samuel Cutter. Children: 1. Samuel, born May 17, 1740; married Hannah Hartwell. 2. Martha, born November 7, 1742; married Henry Lucas. 3. Elizabeth, born February 14, 1744. 4. Joseph, born September 21, 1745; died December 23, 1749. ..5., William bora April) 14) 1748; married in Weston, May 11, 1780, Ruth Harrington. 6. Sarah, born February 15,

1750; married January 26, 1773, James Foster «7. joseph, born December 23) 1751. 8. Nehentiah, mentioned below. 9g. Mehitable, born April 28, 1755; married Hopkins; second Perkins. 10. Andrew, born February 9, 1757; married July 15, 1779, Rebecca Cutter, daughter of Gershom. II. Daughter, born March 1, 1760, died young.

(VI) Nehemiah Cutter, son of Nehemiah Cutter (5), born June 3, 1753; married, October 30, 1781, Deborah, daughter of Zachatiah and Rebecca (Cutter) Hill. She was born July 16, 1756; became member of Menotomy church January 6, 1782; died May 28, 1824. He occupied his father's homestead. He was a manufacturer of copper nails, according to the method then used. He was a soldier in 1777 in the Revolution, in Captain Minot's company, Colonel Dike's regiment. He died May 3, 1828. Children, born at Arlington: 1. Nehemiah, born March 26, 1782; married November 24, 1808, Hannah Packard. 2. Deborah, born October 19, 1783; died unmarried, May 14, 1842. 3. Sarah, born January 4, 1786, married William Dickson, Jr., February 3, 1819. 4. Elijah, mentioned below. 5. Asa, born January 21, 1790, married, January 9, 1820, Susan Rand. 6. Rebecca, born May 11, 1792, married, February 31, 1817, Benjamin Rand, of North Cambridge. 7. Ezra, born March. 22, 1794, married, December 5, 1833, Mary Pope. 8. Leander, born December 19, 1795, married Rachel Pope, of Marblehead, died at Worcester, April 28, 1863. 9. Alpheus, born April 4, 1798, married, January 1, 1826, Emelia Pratt. 10. Maria, born January 23, 1800.

(VII) Elijah Cutter, son of Nehemiah Cutter (6), born at West Cambridge, now Arlington, March 17, 1788; married, January 4, 1818, Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Simonds) Hill, of West Cambridge, now Arlington. He was a blacksmith by trade. He lived to an advanced age on the homestead, dying May 17, 1885. Children: 1. Abigail, born September 22, 1818, married, February 12, 1851, Jonathan Clark; resided at Malden; died May 5, 1905. 2. Cynthia, born February 23, 1821, married, May 21, 1843, Benjamin F. Russell; resided at Arlington. 3. Elijah Lafayette, born December 22, 1823, married, March 27, 1850, Hannah Augusta Jost, daughter of Joseph and Ann F. (Ridgeley) Jost, of Boston; saw maker by trade; removed from Arlington to Des Moines, Iowa; died in Texas, 1898. 4. Evelina, born February 2, 1826, married, November 28, 1854, Nathaniel Tufts Stone; resides at Somerville; (see sketch of Stone family) ; children: i. Lucy M., married, April 19, 1907, John Stetson Edmands; ii. William Henry, died November 15, 1869. 5. Emma Maria, born March 9, 1828, married Jonathan Stone, brother of Nathaniel Tufts Stone (see Stone family). 6. Lucy, born February 18, 1831. 7. Eliza, born August 31, 1833, died January

England. He was apprenticed in England to the trade of distilling liquors. He settled in this country first in Concord, where he was living 1639; was admitted a freeman May 22, 1638; was constable 1640. He removed to Charlestown, where he was admitted to the church March 21, 1654, with his wife' Dorothy. She died September 14, 1671. He died July 13, 1667. His will was dated May 30 and proved September 27, 1667. Children: 1. Joshua, married Mary Willard and Elizabeth Palgrave; he died November 5, 1683, aged fifty-nine years, 2, viary,. inatried "luke "Potter: 7) 3: Daniel, born 1630, feltmaker by trade; married Mary Sprague; he died August 22, 1688; she died November 26, 1717. 4. Elizabeth, married Richard Miles. 5. John, mentioned below.

(II) John Edmands, son of Walter Edmands (1), born in Concord, July 2, 1640; married October 4, 1667, Hannah (Miller) Dady, who was admitted to the church June II, 1671. He died September 21, 1677. She married second, Deacon Aaron Ludkin, May 22, 1684. His will dated August 19, 1677, proved December 18, 1677, mentions wife, children and brothers. Children: 1. Dorothy, born June 27, 1668; married Nathaniel Davis, September 7, 1685. 2. John, died April 21, 1670. 3. John, mentioned below.

(III) John Edmands, son of John Edmands (2), was born in Charlestown, August 29, 1671. He was a heel-maker by trade. He married, November 1, 1693, Sarah Blaney who was born July 17, 1675, admitted to the church July 11, 1703, and died June 20, 1713, aged thirty-eight years (gravestone). He married second, December 22, 1715, Esther Kettell, died February 8, 1763, aged eighty- . four, buried February 10, 1763. He died August 12, 1755, aged eighty-four. He was taxed in Charlestown 1721-38. His will was dated May 8, 1750, and proved October 6, 1755. Children: 1. John, born April 12,

(V) David Edmands, son of David Edmands (4), was born in Charlestown, January 31, 1741-2. He was a housewright by trade and sexton of the church. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a bombardier in Captain Joseph Chadwick's company, Colonel Richafd _Gridley's. regiment, at. Fort, No. 3, Charlestown, 1775, giving age as thirty-three and trade housewright. He was also in Captain John Walton's company at Cambridge, October, 1778; Colonel Eleazer Brook's command guarding troops of the convention at Charlestown and Cambridge; also corporal of same company 1778-79, under Captain David Goodwin, Colonel Samuel Thatcher. He married first, October 13, 1767, Sarah Manning, who owned the covenant October 9, 1768. He married second, March 24, 1777, Anna Ford (nee Townsend) at Malden. She was born April 11, 1748, and died June 15, 1833. Children: 1. David, born November 15, 1768. 2. Sarah, born June 22, 1770; died July 14, 1830. 3. Thomas, born July 9, 1772. 4. John, born November 25, 1774. 5. Barnabas, mentioned below. 6. Anna, born April 23, 1780; married Nathaniel Alley Jr. 7. Benjamin, born July 18, 1782. 8. Elizabeth, born December 10, 1784; married Henry Van Voorhis. 9. Mary Gardner, born January 1, 1787; married Reuben K. Blanchard. Io. Nathaniel, born January 27, 1791.

(VI) Barnabas Edmands, son of David Edmands (5), was born in Charlestown, March 1, 1778. He was a brass founder and potter by trade, and was in business for himself. He married first, Mary Wain Whittemore Burroughs, December 24, 1809. She died February 21, 1823. He married second,

August 8, 1824, Eliza Whittemore, born February 12, 1796, died June 5, 1852; and third, July 14, 1853, Susan C. Hay. He died January 13, 1872, aged ninety-three years ten months, thirteen days. Children: 1. William Burroughs, born March 21, 1811; married April 10, 1834, Sarah Page. 2. Edward Townsend, born February I, 1813; married September 15, 1836, Mary J. Case. 3. Augustus, born June 23, 1814; died November 6, 1815. 4. Sarah Burroughs, born September 30, 1816; died October 18, 1816. 5. Augustus Barnabas, born June 10, 1818; married Lavinia Griffin, of Newburyport. 6. Thomas Russell Burroughs, born January 24, 1820; married, April 8, 1845, Abby Whittemore Ferguson; he died April 19, 1900; she died July 17, 1894. 7. Joseph Whittemore, born October 6, 1822, died October 10, 1850. 8. Benjamin Bruce Whittemore, born June 3, 1825; in early life was a school teacher ; served in Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; was an officer of colored regiment; married, February 12, 1861, Amy Hood. 9g. Isaac Parker Townsend, born December 2, 1826; married, September 7, 1852, Hannah Maria Rice, who died October 11, 1876; he died October 2, 1899; he married (second), April 16,-1879, Sarah Frances Rogers, who died October 23, 1880; married (third), March 28, 1883, Maria Stocker Hathorne. Io. Mary Eliza, born Avgust 7, 1828, married, July 7, 1853, Abram Edmands Cutter; she died February 11, 1854; he married second, October 13, 1857, Elizabeth Smith, and died May 14, 1900. 11. John Burroughs, mentioned below. 12. Sarah Burroughs Alley, born February 14, 1834; married William H. Finney ; he died March 23, 1892; she died August 6, 1905. 13. Martha Lovice, born April 8, 1836, died August 31, 1848.

(VII) John Burroughs Edmands, son of Barnabas Edmands (6), was born at Charlestown, November 17, 1830. He married Susanna Curtis Stetson, who bore him one child, John Stetson, mentioned below. John B. Edmands was a manufacturer of stoneware in Charlestown; resided in Somerville from 1872 until his death, September 26, 1906. His wife died May 20, 1904. She was born December 20, 1844, daughter of Amos Warren and Susanna (Curtis) Stetson, who were married September 27, 1827. Amos Warren Stetson was born April 27, 1802, his wife was born November 4, 1808. He died February 13, 1885, and his widow died April 6, 1898. He was a son of Amos Stetson, who was born February 25, 1777, died May 4, 1859. He the son of Amos Stetson, born May 19, 1730, died 1779; he married Experience French, born 1745. Amos Stetson was the son of Amos Stetson, born June 18, 1703, died 1777; married, May 9, 1728, Margaret Thayer, born June 26, 1705. Amos Stetson was the son of Robert Stetson, born December 9, 1670; married Mary Collamore in 1667. Robert Stetson was the son of Joseph Stetson, born 16309, died 1722; married Prudence Joseph Stetson was the son of Cornet Robert Stetson, born in England, emigrated to America in 1634, settled in Scituate, Massachusetts, and was made a freeman in 1653. He married , and settled in the wilderness. He was born in 1613, died February 1, 1702-03. He left six children, fifty-six grandchildren, and twenty-three great-grandchildren.

(VII1) John Stetson Edmands, son of John Burroughs Edmands (7), was born in Somerville. He was educated in the public and high schools, graduating from the latter in 1893, and in Tufts College, where he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1897. He was with Edward P. Adams, landscape architect, 1897-99; with Olmsted Brothers, landscape architects, 1899-1902; with George H. Walker & Company, publishers, 1902-03, on their large new map of Boston; with the Q. J. Richards Company, map publishers, the Boston & Maine railroad, and others, 1902-08. He has done considerable work in investigating genealogical matters, and land titles, and has been interested in the study of park and parkway improvements. He married, April 19, 1907, Lucy Maria Stone (see Stone family).

TUFTS Tufts (1), married Mary Putnam. Children: Mary, Nathaniel, mentioned below; Peter, Benjamin, Timothy, Thomas, Stephen, Mary: John Tufts died March 28, 1728, aged sixty-three years.

(III) Nathaniel Tufts, son of John Tufts (2), was born about 1690. He was a taxpayer of Charlestown from 1727 to 1737, and his estate was taxed in 1741. He married (first), April 7, 1715, Mary Sprague, who died December 15, 1715, in her twenty-sixth year, according to the gravestone. He married (second), Mary Rand, October 18, 1716. She died December 26, 1764, aged seventy, according to the gravestone in the old yard at

(IV) Nathaniel Tufts, son of Nathaniei Tufts (3), born 1717, at Charlestown, baptized August 4, 1717; married, October 19, 1753, Mary Pierce in Boston. She married (second) Abraham Frost. Mr. Tufts was a taxpayer in Charlestown 1741 to 1766. His estate was partitioned in 1778. Children of Nathaniel and Mary Tufts: 1. Mary, married, 1780, John Stone (see family). 2. Elizabeth, married Ebenezer Smith.

Wiltshire, England, about 1695. He came to New England when quite young, and settled in Littleton, Massachusetts, where he died in 1745. His son John was the administrator of the estate, February 7, 1745. He married, at Concord, April 15, 1719, Abigail Davis. Children: 1. John, born about 1722, mentioned below. 2. Robert, Jr.,

Hannah, Susanna, Lucy, Sibel, Joseph, Elias, settled in Holden, Ephraim, Peter, Simon, Gladwin. 3. Samuel, born 1732, mentioned below. 4. Timothy, born about 1735, removed to Harvard, Ashburnham and Holden; children: i. David; ii. Lucy, born Holden, March 4, 1763, married, February 26, 1784, Roswell Stevens, of Charlemont; iii. Levi, born Holden, May 24, 1765; iv. Molly, born 1769, died May 25, 1776; v. Miriam, born February 23, 1771; vi. Timothy, born April 22, 1773; vii. John, born August 19, 1775; viii. Sarah, born November 18, 1778; ix. Phebe; x. Francis. (II) John Chaffin, son of Robert Chaffin was living in 1762 on the homestead on the road from Nashoba to the gravel pit. Children, all born in Acton, and all minors at the time of his death: 1. John, inherited the homestead. 2. David, mentioned below. 3. Jonathan. 4. Molly. 5. Stephen.

(Il) Samuel Chaffin, son of Robert Chaffin (1), was born in 1732 and settled in Holden, Massachusetts, where he bought land in 1763. He was in the Revolution, a sergeant in Major Paul Raymond's company in 1775. He died November 20, 1810. He married (first), January 3, 1760, Sarah Hubbard, daughter of Samuel Hubbard, of Holden. She died September 28, 1767, aged twentyeight; he married (second) Lucy , who died February 14, 1822, aged eighty-five. Children of the first wife: 1. Samuel, born December 1, 1760, married, December 9, 1780, Abigail Heminway. 2. Tilla, born May 14, 1762, married, December 15, 1785, Hannah Myrick. 3. Nathan, born 1764, died October 16, 1847, aged eighty-three years, six months, four days. 4. Loel, born January 13, 1766, died November 21, 1843; married, January 20, 1791, Olive Stickney. Children of the second wife: 5. Sarah, born September 8, 1769. 6. Lucy, born April 8, 1772, married, August 30, 1792, Jeduthan Eaton. 7. John, born July 1, 1774, married, September 23, 1801, Betsey Myrick. 8. Jonas, born July 29, 1776, died September 26, 1848; married, August 2, 1801, Jerusha Dodge.

(IIIT) David Chaffin, son of John Chaffin (2), was born in Acton about 1757. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Captain David Wheeler's company, Colonel Nixon's regiment in 1775 and 1776; also in Captain Benjamin Edgell's company, Colonel John Jacob's regiment in the Rhode Island campaign in 1778. His cousin, David Chaffin, of Ashburnham, was also in the service, and also David Chaffin, of Leominster. He deeded his land in Acton and Littleton and his rights in the estate to Joseph Brown. He had a son Leonard, mentioned below, and probably other children.

(IV) Leonard Chaffin, son of David Chaffin (3), was born about 1780, died in 1826. He married, November 28, Rice, daughter of Solomon and Mary Rice. She died September 28, 1826. Children, born in Princeton: 1. Leonard Rice, born December 3, 1806, married Sarah M. Mayfield, widow. 2. Moses Albert, born June 20, 1809, died in Princeton, October 22, 1848. 3. Sarwin, born June 13, 1811, died at Boston, July 17, 1844, unmarried. 4. Edwin, born September 18, 1813, mentioned below. 5. Mary, born January 18, 1816, married, 1840, George W. West, of Louisville, Kentucky, and resided at Booneville, Missouri. 6. Adelia, born June 4, 1818. 7. Dorcas Maria, born October 18, 1820. 8. John Crowninshield, born

April 17, 1823, resided at Newton and gave a room in the public library and a fund to the city of Newton, for poor boys; married, August 20, 1847, Mary Elizabeth Cole, of Watertown. g. Elizabeth, born March 2, 1826. (V) Edwin Chaffin, son of Leonard Chaffin (4), was born in Princeton, September 18, in St. Louis until about 1850, when they removed to Newton, Massachusetts, where the last two children were born. Children: 1. Mary A. 2. Caroline A. 3. Charles E., born March 7, 1849, started in business in the men's furnishing goods store of his uncle, John C. Chaffin, at Newton; was interested in the business for about twenty-one years, retiring in 1883 on account of poor health, and lived on a farm in Sherborn until 1898; removed to Worcester where he now resides; married Emma C. Grant, of Portland, Maine; children: 1. Edwin Grant, born September 14, 1879; ii. Sarah Gordon, April 14, 1882; iii. Emma Marie, October 22, 1885. 4. Fannie M. 5. George A., born September 13, 1854, mentioned below.

(VI) George A. Chaffin, son of Edwin Chaffin (5), was born in Newton, September 13, 1854. He was educated in the common and high school at Newton and then went to New York and engaged in the men's furnishing business. After fourteen years of successful business he came to New England again and travelled for a firm in Boston. In religion he is a Congregationalist, and is independent in politics. He is a member of the Kernwood Club of Malden, where he resides. He married, June 5, 1878, in Boston, Catherine Ruffe, born in Boston, daughter of John Thomas and Mary (Fay) Ruffe, of London, England. Her mother was a native of Glasgow, Scotland. Children: 1. Louise Gore, born in Waltham, May 9, 1879, married, October 30, 1901, Captain W. R. Smedbury, Fourteenth Cavalry, United States Artillery, now stationed in San Francisco; children: i. William Smedbury, born at Fort Grant, Arizona, September 28, 1902; 11. Converse Smedbury, born at Jolo, Philippine Islands, January II, 1903. 2. Edwin, born in Princeton, died June 4, 1884.

Gore. There were two immigrants of this name in New England early. Richard Gore, aged eighteen, probably related to John, mentioned below, came at the age of seventeen in the ship 'Elizabeth and Ann," in April, 1635, and settled in Roxbury with John. He was admitted a freeman May 29,

(1) John Gore, the immigrant ancestor, son of Richard Gore, was born in England, doubtless at Southampton, for he sent'a power of attorney December 23, 1644, to Joseph Browne, of Southampton, malster, to prove the will of his father, Richard Gore, and to execute it for him. His will dated 1643, was proved January 3, 1644, bequeathing to his pastor, friends, servants, leaves living at Baddesley to son Thomas, and son John residuary legatee and sole executrix. He was admitted a freeman April 18, 1637. He was for many years a leading citizen; was clerk of the writs, a position requiring a good education and some legal knowledge. His homestead consisted of four acres west of the Stony river, bounded on the way leading to the landing place and tide mill. The house was just beyond the present railroad crossing at Roxbury on the southwest side. The old house was taken down in 1876 and the site is now occupied by a brick building. The piazza which made the house so distinguished in appearance was added by its last owner in the Gore family, Watson Gore. John Gore bought land at Salisbury, the deed of which was made to his widow Rhoda August 20, 1658. His wife deposed May 19, 1655, that she was forty-five years of age. Gore died June 4, 1657. His will was proved July 30, 1657, bequeathing to wife Rhoda, children John, Samuel, Abigail, and Hannah Gore, and Mary Mylam. The widow married (second) John Remington, conveying lands of her first husband March 22, 1662. She married (third) Edward Potter. Children, except Mary Mylam and John, born in Roxbury: 1. Mary, born in England, married a Mylam. 2. John, born in England, May 23, 1634, mentioned below. 3. Obadiah, born June 27, 1636, died May 7, 1646. 4. Abigail, born

(II) John Gore, son of John Gore (1), was for in England, May 23, 1634, died June 26, 1704-05. He was a student at Harvard College "from 1651 to 1654, was, a master mariner, deposing in 1665 as master of the "Mayflower," retired on _ his matriage, and became a_ skillful surveyor of land and civil engineer. He resided in Roxbury and was selectman, 1687-88, and town clerk from 1688 until his death. About 1674 he leased the Bell homestead in Roxbury for twenty-one years, agreeing either to teach the free school, to provide a substitute teacher or to pay twelve pounds yearly in corn or cattle. This was the present Roxbury Latin School. He was a member of the military company from Roxbury that assisted in the hazardous and revolutionary overthrow of the royal governor, Sir Edmund Andros. He married, March 31, 1683, Sarah Gardner. He was then fifty years old

(III) Samuel Gore, son of John Gore, Jr. (2), was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, September 11, 1699, died November 29, 1757, when some of his children were minors. The estate was partitioned February 3, 1773. He married, February 23, 1726-27, Mary Williams. He deeded land to sons Joseph Gore, victualler, and Samuel Gore, Jr., tanner. Children, born in Roxbury: 1. Samuel, born January 30, 1727-28, died January 30, 1730. 2.

Bass. 6. Sarah, born January 25, 1740, married Daniel Bugbee, Jr.; (second) Penniman. 7. Abigail, born September 29, 1743, married Daniel Leeds, of Dorchester. 8. Stephen, born July 11, 1745, died young. g. Stephen, born January I1, 1747, second lieutenant in Captain Gustavus Fellows company (of Ward 12, Boston) under Colonel Henry Brownfield; died July 5, 1811, at Boston, without issue. Married (April 21, 1774) Zebiah May. His estate was distributed, April 26, 1813, among his brothers and sisters, the same who had shared in the estate of their father in 1773. In 1778 Stephen Gore and thirteen others had a grant of land on both sides of Washington street, Boston, and south side of Dover street, ending on the site of the Catholic cathedral on condition that they erect barriers to keep off the sea. Another grant or confirmation of this grant is dated June 25, 1785. This land was divided by a lengthy deed of partition among the owners March 1, 1788. Gore received lot No. 8, about one hundred by one hundred and thirty-six feet on the south side of Washington street. This land was divided among his brothers and sisters at his death. Io. Hannah, born May 7, 1749, married Jesse Brown. 11. Elizabeth, born May 31, 1751, married (first) John Hannon and (second) William Walker.

(IV) Jeremiah Gore, son of Samuel Gore (3), was born in Roxbury, December 26, 1734, died July 9, 1813. He was a member of the Roxbury fire company in 1789. He deeded land to his sister's husband, Benjamin Bass, a passage way to West street, Boston, December 5, 1811. He deeded to his son Stephen more of his land on Washington street. He married (first) Mary Watson; (second), January 7, 1768, ; (third), February 18, 1773, Hannah Richards. He had fifteen children, of whom the second, Jeremiah, Jr., is mentioned below; Stephen was the ninth.

(V) Jeremiah Gore, Jr., son of Jeremiah Gore (4), was born in Boston, January 12, 1763. He was a merchant in Boston, partner of the firm of Gore & Harris. |The partners in this firm were Jeremiah Gore, John S. Harris and Stephen Gore, Jr., later Henry Smith, Watson Gore and Jeremiah Gore, Jr., of Portland, Maine. (See indenture at Suffolk Deeds dated June 15, 1829), He married August 3, 1789, Thankful Harris. Children, born in Boston: 1. Stephen, Jr., mentioned below. 2. Jeremiah, born April 1, 1791. 3. Watson, born March 18, 1793, mar-

(VI) Stephen Gore, son of Jeremiah Gore, Jr. (5), was born August 29, 1790. He was a merchant interested in the firm of Gores & Harris. He sold property on Washington street, Boston, and pews in several churches June 18, 1829. He removed to St. Louis in 1836, and died crossing the prairies from the effects of a sunstroke, September 16, 1845, aged fiftv-six years. (Guardians were appointed for the children July 23, 1839. He was called Stephen Gore, "the younger," in the probate records, a trader by occupation. He married Mary Ann Hyde, daughter of Gershom and Catherine (Wilson) Hyde, January 1, 1815. His home was on Newton place off Beach street, Boston. Children: 1. Stephen Harris, born October 19, 1815, died aged one year. 2. Stephen Decatur, born May 4, 1817, died January I, 1900. 3. Mary Ann, born December 18, 1819, died March 24, 1890. 4. William, born June 10, 1821, died in infancy. 5. John Harris, born May 8, 1822, died December 14, 1822. 6. William Henry, born January 10, 1824, died May 16, 1872. 7. Caroline Augusta, born January 25, 1826, died October 9, 1892; married, June 4, 1844, Edwin Chaffin. (See sketch of the Chaffin family herewith). 8. George Washington, born April 9, 1827, died May 5, 1892. g. Abijah Fisk, born May 19, 1831, died October 7, 1906. 10. Catherine Wilson, born May 26, 1835, resides at Webster Groves, Missouri. Married, June 21, 1855, George Livermore, from whom she was divorced and resumed her maiden name by permission of the court.

The family of Shaw that settled in Palmer, Brimfield and Wales, Massachusetts, came from Queenstown, Ireland, in 1720, at the time of the Scotch-Irish emigration, and was doubt- | less of staunch Protestant stock, either Scotch or English. Deacon Samuel Shaw and William Shaw located in the Elbows (Palmer) on farms nearly joining each other. William lived but a few years. David Shaw removed to Palmer from Brimfield in 1745.

Shaw

There is a tradition that there were four brothers. We have the ages of the older settlers. The four oldest were: 1. Samuel Sr., born 1672, died June 1, 1767, aged ninetytwo years. 2. William, was a petitioner in 1732, and proprietor of a hundred-acre home lot at the Elbows; son William Jr. mentioned as town officer 1752. 3. Joshua, born 1687. 4. David, born 1691. Also Samuel, born 1704, aged sixteen in 1720, when he emigrated, and Seth, born 1707, aged thirteen, in 1720. David Shaw located at first in Brimfield, and was on a committee to attend general court to petition for incorporation of the town, and afterward he served on a similar committee for the town of Palmer. David married Mary Blackwood, whose mother died at Palmer, January 18, 1775, aged ninety-eight years. She died June 4, 1782, aged eighty-five. Deacon David, Samuel and Seth were active in the church and public affairs, men of prominence.

John Shaw, progenitor of a large number of residents in Wales, Massachusetts, came from Grafton, Massachusetts, in 1752, and settled what was afterward known as the Sewell Shaw place. He was doubtless of the same family.

(1) Deacon Seth Shaw, immigrant ancestor, born in Queenstown, Ireland, 1707, died at Wales, Massachusetts, March 29, 1798, aged ninety-one years. He was closely related to the other immigrants mentioned above, being brother or nephew. Samuel Sr. was the only one of the pioneers old enough to be his father. Joshua was doubtless his brother, for Seth and Joshua held title to a large tract lying upon both sides of the present boundary line between Wales and Brimfield, threequarters of a mile east of the northwest corner of the town of Wales. Joshua settled on the Brimfield side of this tract, and Seth on the Wales side, in 1731, upon the premises now or lately owned by Eli Gardner. In 1736 Seth sold his farm in Wales to Humphrey Gardner, exchanging it for Gardner's farm in Palmer. Tradition has it that Seth built the first frame house in Palmer, in 1734, in the Ware River valley, not far from Tackel's bridge. Shaw was a surveyor of land in Palmer in 1734. He became deacon of the church and a leading citizen. He married, June 17, 1731, Jane, daughter of John Erwin, who came over in the same vessel and settled at Brimfield, Massachusetts. They had three children born at Brimfield, then removed to the Elbows, where eleven more were born. His eldest son George returned to Brimfield (from which the town of Wales was taken later) and is the ancestor of most of the Shaws of that town. Children: 1. George, mentioned below. 2. Mary, born May 1, 1734; married Joseph Lamberton. 3. Sarah, born July 27, 1736; married Robert Brown. 4. David, born November 5, 1838; married Peggy Quinton. 5. Seth Jr., born October 23, 1840; married Lettie Rogers. 6. Elizabeth, born March ro, 1843. 7. Margaret, born July 23, 1845; married Captain John Quinton. 8. Daniel, born February 4, 1748; married Lemon. 9g. John born July 6, 1750. 10. Erwin, born December 29, 1752; married Anna Gardner. 11. Jane, born April 14, 1754; married Levi Stevens.

(II) George Shaw, son of Seth Shaw (1), born July 20, 1732, died April 4, 1819; married, December 29, 1757, Catherine Shaw. He resided in South Brimfield, which was made a district of Brimfield in 1762 and a town in 1775, the name being changed to its present form (Wales) in 1828. Children, born in South Brimfield (Wales): 1. Ann, born June 26, 1760; married Thomas Lumbard. 2. John, born June 7, 1762; married April 28, 1791, Mary King. 3. Eunice, born May 13, 1764. 4. Daniel, mentioned below. 5. Jane, born May 8, 1768; married Reuben Underwood. 6..Mary, born December 3, 1771. George Shaw, of Brimfield, the only one of this name, was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Captain James Sherman's company, Colonel Pynchon's regiment, April 10, 1775.

(IV) Daniel Shaw, son of Daniel Shaw (sy; was born January 26, 1803, at Wales, Massachusetts. He was educated in his native town in the public schools. He was a farmer, and also engaged in the lumber business in Wales. He married, June 8, 1825, Roxy Green. Children, born in Wales: 1. Josephine, June 3, 1827. 2. Gardner B., November 5, 1829; mentioned below. 3. Sarah A.,.

(V) Gardner Brown Shaw, son of Daniel Shaw (4), was born in Wales, November 5, 1829. He was educated there in the public schools. Children, born at Wales: 1. Charles Gardner, mentioned below. 2. William Albert. 3. Albert A.

(VI) Charles Gardner Shaw, son of Gardner Brown Shaw (5), was born in Wales, November 21, 1855. He was educated in the public schools, and graduated from the Hitchcock high school. He engaged in the machinist business, after learning the trade, and continued for a period of twenty-five years. He was a member of Palmer Council, Royal Arcanum. He married, 1878, Mary Jane Harris, born at East Woodstock, Connecticut, daughter of Loren P. Harris, of Becket, Massachusetts. Her grandfather Eliah Harris, of Becket, was sheriff for a number of years. Children: 1. Walter A., mentioned below. 2. Eva Belle, born December 19, 1885, died young.

(VII) Dr. Walter A. Shaw, son of Charles Gardner Shaw (6), was born at Wales, June 1, 1879. He attended the public. and high schools of his native town. He began to study medicine at the Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond, Virginia. After two years he changed to the Baltimore Medical College, where he was graduated in 1906. He was house physician at the Clinton, Massachusetts) hospital for one year, and for eighteen months on the staff of the Mercy Hospital of Springfield, Massachusetts. He engaged in general practice August 1, 1907, with an office at Southborough, Massachusetts. Dr. Shaw is a member of the Delta Mu fraternity of Baltimore Medical College.

The family of Chisholm, or Chisom, is of Scottish origin. In Berwickshire, Invernessshire, Perthshire and Roxburghshire, the family was established before the year 1300. Among the ancient highland chiefs was Alexander Chisholm of that Ilk and Strathglass - Ross, in 1385.

The first settler of the name coming to New England, however, was from England. Before 1653 Thomas Chisholme was in New England. Susan Blakiston, of Newcastleon-Tyne, gave a power of attorney August 27, 1653, to collect money due her from three settlers in New England: Andrew Stevenson, cobbler; John Trumble, cooper; and Thomas Chisholme, tailor. Perhaps he

Two prominent british officers served in the French and Indian war. Major James Chisholm, in 1756, and Captain John Chisholm in 1756 and 1766. Probably they returned with their regiments. We know nothing to the contrary. Several of the family settled in Boston and vicinity before the Revolution, however. Alexander Chisom, who married February 6, 1777, at Boston, Esther Weyman, was a soldier in the Revolution, a matross in Captain Donnelly's company, Colonel John Crane's regiment, in 1775. William Chisom, who resided in or near boston, was in Captain Edmund Longley's company, Colonel Cogswell's regiment, in 1778. Some of this family resided at Chelmsford, and possibly itis the same as the Maine family mentioned below.

There remains to mention the Chisholms of South Carolina, from whom many distinguished southern families are descended. Alexander Chisholm, the progenitor, came with other Scotchmen after the defeat of Culloden in 1746. He was born about 1725. The chief of his clan, it is said, was killed at Culloden. His son, Alexander Robert Chisolm, of Chisolm's Island, owned one of the largest estates in South Carolina or Georgia; his houses were burned during the Revolution by the British; married Sarah Glaze; died February 10, 1815, and is buried at Sheldon Church. A decendant of this Alexander and his son Alexander Robert was Colonel Alexander Robert Chisolm, born at Beaufort, South Carolina, November 19, 1834, served under General Beauregard in the Confederate army. '

Many of the name settled after 1773 within a few years in Nova Scotia. In the Gaelic county of Glengarry, Ontario, there were in 1852, according to the census, one hundred and thirty-three Chisolms.

(1) William Chisolm (Chisom or Chism) was the first of the name in the Kennebec country, Maine. He signed the petition April 22, 1755, with the other residents on both sides of the Kennebec river, granted to. the late colony of New Plymouth and afterwards by that colony to Antipas Boys and others, praying for certain relief and assistance of the general court during the French war. The counties of Cumberland and Lincoln (of Maine) were incorporated by the general court of Massachusetts, July 21, 1760. Many of the residents and proprietors. were Scotch. There were names like Jacob

Wendell, from Boston; Gershom Flagg, of the Watertown family, Nathaniel Larrabee, of an early Maine family, and James Bowdoin. These settlers believed that they would grow to become "'a barrier against the Indians and French." Children: 1. John, born July 2, 1753; died February 9, 1831. The Boston Chisholms may have been his sons also.

(II) John Chisom, son of William Chisom (1), born in Maine, perhaps Georgetown, July 2, 1753, died February 9, 1831. He married Catherine, daughter of Timothy Reardon, of Georgetown. Like the Chisoms, Reardon was probably from the north of Ireland, and came with the Scotch-Irish. The fame is spelled Radden and Reirdan. Elizabeth Reardon was appointed administrator ot the estate of Timothy, June 16, 1796. The probate papers mention sons John Reardon, deceased; David and James P. Reardon; daughters Mrs. Robert Clary, Mrs. Allen Clary, Catherine, who married John Chisholm; Mrs. William Sullivan; Mrs. David Poor and Mrs Benjamin McKinley. The daughters all seemed to have married Scotchmen, or rather Scotch-Irish.

(III) William Chisom, son of John Chisom (2), was born in Maine, May 4, 1785. He settled in Alna, Maine, near Gardiner and Pittston. He married Susan Larabee.

(IV) Samuel Chisom, son of William Chisom (3), was born at Alna, Maine, December 31, 1821. He married Arletta Mayers, who was born' at Pittston, Maine, August 16, 1827. He settled in Pittston, and was a taxpayer there in 1851. Children: 1. Sanford A., mentioned below. 2. Emma, married John R. Mason, of Somerville, Massachusetts. 3. Sarah, married J. A. Hughes, of Melrose. 4. Mary, married also John R. Mason, of Chelsea, Massachusetts.

(V) Sanford A. Chisom, son of Samuel Chisom (4), was born in Pittston, Maine, December 30, 1855. He was educated in the public schools of his native town until he reached the age of fifteen. He learned several trades,.and finally went into business for himself as proprietor of a dairy, and has remained in that business to the present time. Mr. Chisom is a member of the local Lodge of Odd Fellows, and of the Free Masons. In politics he is a Republican; in religion a Baptist. He married October 20, 1886, Flora B. Pope, daughter of Holman Pope, of Wakefield, Massachusetts. They have no children, They make their home in Melrose.

John Ball, immigrant ancestor, born in England, came to this country from Wiltshire before 1650; was admitted a freeman at Watertown, May 22, 1650, and was buried November 1, 1655, at Concord. He lived in that part of Concord now the town of Bedford. Children: 1. Nathaniel, settled in Concord and had sons Ebenezer, Eleazer, John and Nathaniel; many descendants reside in Worcester county. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. (?) Abigail, born at Watertown, May 26, 1656. ;

(II) John Ball, son of John Ball (1), was born in England about 1620. Married (first) Elizabeth Peirce, daughter of John Peirce, of Watertown. (See sketch of Peirce family). His wife was insane in 1660 and soon afterward died. He married (second), October 3, 1665, Elizabeth Fox, daughter of Thomas Fox, of Concord and Watertown. He was a tailor by trade. He sold his farm at Watertown, which he purchased of John Lawrence, and went to Lancaster where during King Philip's war, September 10, 1675, he was killed with his wife and infant son. His son John administered the estate. Children of first wife: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Mary, mentioned in will of Grandmother Peirce. 3. Esther. 4. Sarah, born 1655. 5. Abigail, born April 20, 1658, died young. Child of second wife: 6. Joseph, born March 12, 1668-

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(IV) Benjamin Ball, son of John Ball (3), according to the history of Framingham, Massachusetts, where he settled about £703, was born about 1678, probably at Watertown. He leased in 1703 forty-four acres of land on the north side of Stone brook, Framingham, near Colonel Buckminster's place, and January 21, 1734, took the deed of his farm. He built his house on the south side of the brook near Bullard's bridge. He sold the place March 7, 1751, to Allen Flagg, of Worcester. He married, March 29, 1704, Mary Brewer, daughter of John Brewer, of Sudbury. Children: 1. Benjamin, born December 17, 1704. 2. John, born July 16, 1706, matried Margaret Heminway, of Hopkinton. 3. Abraham, born

December 29, 1707, married, January 13, 1732, Martha Bridges and lived in Holliston. 4. Isaac, married, 1738, Rachel How, of Marlborough; settled in Brookfield. 5. Jacob, born May 28, 1712, married Deborah, daughter of Jedediah Belknap, resided in Brookfield. 6. Thomas, born August 16, 1714, married, February 17, 1739, Hannah, daughter of Edward Wright, Jr. 7. Mary, born February 11, 1717, married William Wright. 8. Abigail, born February 16, 1720, married Simon Mellen, Jr. 9. Daniel, mentioned below.

(V) Daniel Ball, son of Benjamin Ball (4), was born at Framingham, Massachusetts, December 29, 1722, and made his home there. In 1752 he removed to Brookfield, Massachusetts. He married, August 25, 1748, Patience Gleason, of Framingham. Children, born in Framingham: 1. Daniel, mentioned below. 2. Abigail, March 4, 1751. Born in Brookfield: 3. Ebenezer, March 3, 1753. 4. Martha, April 24, 1755. 5. Benjamin Gott, May 6, 1757, married, December 4, 1783, Huldah Hatfield, of Brookfield. 6. Mehitable, July I2, 1763, married, August 18, 1784, Stephen Spear, of Brookfield. 7. Anna, October 5, 1766, married, April 8, 1792, Enoch Cook, of Dummerston, Vermont. 8. Molly, May 5, 1770, married, December 4, 1791, Stephen Bridges.

(VI) Daniel Ball, son of Daniel Ball (5), was born in Framingham, April 9, 1749. He moved to Brookfield with his parents. e married in 1771 Elizabeth, daughter of David Prouty, of Spencer, Massachusetts, and they resided in that town. His homestead was the place lately owned by William G. Muzzy. He was a soldier in the Revolution. He was a private in Captain David Prouty's company, Colonel Job Cushing's regiment, in 1777, to reinforce the Northern army. His stature is given as five feet eight inches. He died September 12, 1822; his wife died June 1, 1818, aged seventy-five years. Children, born in Spencer: 1. David, April 19, 1772, married Betsey Savage, of Rutland, January, 1802; settled in Rutland. 2. Betsey, June 10, 1773, married Eli Muzzy; died April 11, 1822. 3. Sally, October 22, 1774, married, August 6, 1797. Isaac Muzzy. 4. Hannah, February 22, 1778, married, Artemas Pike, of Roxbury. 5. Ebenezer, mentioned below. 6. Molly, October 25, 1781, married, December 30, 1801, Asa Sawyer. 7. Daniel, October 6, 1783, resided in Spencer. 8. Charles, July 24, 1790.

(VIII) Ralsy (Suel) Ball, son or nephew of Ebenezer Ball (7), was born about 1800, in Maine, whither his parents removed from Worcester county. He married, at Holden, April 11, 1830, Charlotte Theresa Davis, born in Holden, May 17, 1804, daughter of James and Ruhamah (Smith) Davis. Ruhamah Smith, daughter of Elisha, Jr. and Persis Smith, was born at Worcester, March 1, 1770; married James Davis, November 26, 1801. James Davis was born June 22, 1772, son of Eleazer, Jr. and Sarah (Ward) Davis who were married July 27, 1748. (See Davis family). The marriage records of Holden are in error in stating that Charlotte Theresa Davis married Daniel Swett; possibly the full name of her husband was Daniel Swett Ball, though the birth records give his name simply Suel Ball. Children: 1. Charles, born at Holden, died there February 5, 1834, aged five months. 2. Catherine Maria, born at Holden, September 7, 1830, was a_ school teacher for many years in Holden; married Parley Williams and had one son, Newton Williams. 3. Charles, mentioned below.

(IX) Charles Ball, son of Ralsy (Suel) Ball (8), was born in Spencer, Massachusetts, February 22, 1840. He received his early education in that town, and at the age of twelve was thrown upon his own resources and began to support himself. He was employed first at Holliston on a farm. For five years he worked for his board and clothes, attending the district school in the winter terms. In 1857 he came to Hopkinton and entered the employ of Deacon Israel Adams, whose farm was situated in the eastern part of the town, and in him Mr. Ball found a friend and a second-father, who latter in turn was industrious and _ faithful, and the two became close friends and remained so as long as Deacon Adams lived. The farm was left to his only daughter, Ellen Adams, and Mr. Ball conducted the farm for her. Mr. Ball is a highly respected citizen of Hopkinton. He has been particularly prominent in the Congregational church, of which he is a deacon. He is a kindly, generous and charitable man, doing his utmost for others and leading an exemplary christian life. He is a Republican in politics.

Mr. Ball married Ellen Adams, April 25, 1867, but their married life was cut short February 28, 1868, by the untimely death of the young wife who left behind her an infant

1871, Polly Stone Rockwood, of Ashland, who was born March 5, 1840. Child by the first wife: Nellie, born February 20, 1868. Child by the second wife: Walter Davis, born December 6, 1875, educated in the public schools of Hopkinton ; an active member and supporter of the Congregational church, librarian of the Sunday school, associated with his father in carrying on the homestead farm.

BICKFORD Beckford are of English origin, and undoubtedly sprang from the same source. The first of the name found in the early New England records was John Bickford, who settled in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1647, but two years later was of Oyster River (now Durham), where he was admitted a freeman in 1671. He had three sons, John, Joseph and Thomas. Thomas, son of John, was cf Oyster River (Durham), and served with credit in defending the settlement against a determined assault by the Indians July 18, 1694. He married Bridget, daughter of William Furber. Such in brief is an outline of the records relative to the ancestors of the Bickfords mentioned below. - Ebenezer Bickford, descendant of John of Oyster River, was a native of New Durham. He carried on a farm in connection with which he operated a sawmill, and he was prominent in the civil and religious affairs of New Durham, holding town offices. He was married. in Dover, April 21, 1776, by Dr. Belknap, to Susanna Cook, of Madbury, New Hampshire, and among his children were two sons, Thomas and Daniel.

Daniel Bickford, son of Ebenezer and Susanna (Cook) Bickford, was born in New Durham, March 20, 1782. He developed into a well proportioned young man of dark complexion, and possessed a requisite amount of intelligence and physical energy. In 1806 he went to New London, New Hampshire, where he married, and shortly afterwards moved to Sheffield (or Grover) Vermont, but in 1813 returned and finally located on what is known as the Baker place, a farm of one hundred and sixty acres occupying a sightly eminence in the northwesterly part of the township. As a general farmer he attained prosperity, raising cattle, sheep and horses, as well as the usual products of that locality, and his residence, a large two story frame house, was a landmark in New London. After residing there some years he removed to Springfield, New Hampshire, settling upon a large tract of wild land from which he cleared a good farm, and he re- mained there for the rest of his life, which terminated about the year 1860. He was a deep thinker, and although usually dignified and sedate was at times jovial and sociable, and was frequently called upon to settle questions of dispute arising among his neighbors, who invariably relied upon his wisdom and sound judgment. He was noted for his religious zeal as well as for his moral stability, and was a deacon of the Congregational church. In politics he supported the Whig party, and although not an aspirant for public office he consented to act as highway surveyor and presumably rendered able service in that capacity. He was first married in New London, November 27, 1806, to Patty Adams, born in Rowley, Massachusetts, February 17, 1782, daughter of John and Molly (Brocklebank) Adams, early settlers in New London. Her grandfather, also named John Adams, born in Rowley, April 12, 1721, fourth child and eldest son of John and Sarah (Pearson) Adams, and of the fourth generation in descent from Robert Adams, of Newbury, Massachusetts, came to New London in 1780, occupying the Baker place previously referred to, and he died there September 28, 1803. He was a selectman in 1786-88, and held other town offices. He was three times married; first, to Sarah Brocklebank, who bore him four children; second to Elizabeth Kilbourn, of Rowley, May 24, 1755, who bore him five children; and third to Mrs. Meribah Stickney, of Bradford, Massachusetts, who bore him two children. The-children of his first union were: John, who will be again mentioned ; Benjamin, born February 19, 1751; Sarah, born March 23, 1753, married James Brocklebank ; Lois, born November 15, 1754, married Daniel Perkins. of Boxford, Massachusetts. Those of his second marriage were: Elizabeth, born January 29, 1757; Jane, (?) born May 25, 1758, married John Sawyer Blaisdell, of Newbury; Solomon, born March 4, 1759, married Molly Bancroft; Jedediah, born January 18, 1761, died October 31, 1765; Mary, born November 13, 1763, married Silas Thurber, of Haverhill. The children of John Adams' third union were: Moses, born July 21, 1765, married Dolly Perley, of Rowley; Jonathan, born September 27, 1767, married Phebe Brocklebank. Five of his sons - John, Benjamin, Solomon, Moses and Jonathan - located in New London. . John Adams, Jr., eldest son of John and Sarah (Brocklebank) Adams, was born in Rowley, September 29, 1749. In 1783 he settled in New London, locating upon a farm in close proximity to that of his father, and his death occurred March 15, 1821. He held some of the important town offices. December 22, 1776, he was married, in Rowley, to Molly Brocklebank, possibly a sister of Captain Samuel Brocklebank; she died July 27, 1840, aged eighty-seven years. It is quite probable that her parents were the John and Sarah Brocklebank who were buried in the village churchyard at New London beneath a single headstone. John died June 1, 1795, aged seventy-seven, and Sarah died September 20, 1803, aged eighty-three years. They went to New London from Rowley. John, Jr., and Molly (Brocklebank) Adams were the parents of eight children: Betsey, born in Rowley, August 23, 1778; Hepzibah, born in Rowley, September 20, 1780; Patty, the date of whose birth has already been recorded; Jane, born April 8, 1784, in New London (as were all of the succeeding children), married Robert Coburn, of Wheelock, Vermont, and had eight children; Hezekiah, born June 20, 1786, married Peggy Stinson; Irene, born January 19, 1791, Thomas, born February 25, 1796, died March 6, 1797; Polly, born May 29, 1799, became the wife of Seth Sargent. Patty, who became the first wife of Daniel Bickford, as previously stated, died May 29, 1822. She was the mother of six children: 1. Mary, born December 13, 1808, was married in 1836 to Luke Blood, son of Ebenezer and Mary Blood. Their children are: i. Robert Allen Blood, born April 20, 1838, served as surgeon-general of Massachusetts for eight years, and at the present time (1908) is surgeon-in-chief of the Sildiers' Home in Massachusetts. He married (first), 1872, Ann Elizabeth Me- Cutchins, who bore him one son, Robert Mc- Cutchins Blood, born June 3, 1883, a graduate of Dartmouth College; married (second) 1901, Mary Georgia Tate. ii. Miriam, born Oc- - tober 31, 1842, married Daniel A. George, of Georges Hills, New Hampshire. iii. Morrison, born June 1, 1849, married (first) Rose Davis ; (second) Flora Trussell. 2. Susan Bickford, born February 13, 1811, became the wife of Jonathan Sanborn, of Springfield, New Hampshire, and resided in Billerica, Massachusetts. 3. Martha, born January 15, 1813, married (first) the Rev. Asa Morrison, a_ traveling preacher ; (second) , a farmer; (third) the Rev. Mr. Grounendyke, a Methodist minister. 4. Hepzibah Bickford, born January 26, 1815, married Enoch Gordon, of Lempster, New Hampshire. 5. Hezekiah Cook Bickford, M. D., who will be again referred to. 6. Daniel Bickford, born December 25, 1819, died who died September 14, 1886, was the wife of Daniel Truman Bickford, son of Ebenezer Bickford, who will be mentioned presently. Her children are: Florence May, born April 28, 1877; Libbie Pearl, born May 24, 1880; Frank Carroll, born May 10, 1883; Hattie May, born August 25, 1886. Mattie Jane married Frank Carroll Morse, and their children are: Sarah Helen, born July 12, 1886; Katherine, born August 25, 1890.

Daniel Bickford, Sr. married for his second wife Betsey, daughter of Simeon and Betsey (Youngman) Blood. It is said of her that she always wore short skirts, was very industrious, and carried her knitting-work to funerals. The children of this union are: 7. Simeon, resided in Grand Rapids, Michigan; was twice married and had a large family, Truman and Algernon being among the number. 8. Ebenezer, settled in Reading, Massachusetts; martied Sarah Jane Goodridge ; had one son and two daughters ; the son Truman, born in Norway, Maine, January 15, 1854, married (first) his cousin, Hattie May, daughter of Daniel and Roxanna (Cross) Bickford; married (second) Mattie H. Jewett. The daughters are: Mary Ella, married George O. Foss, 1869, and died at Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1871. Belle Cole, married, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Charles R. Cogswell; they have three children: Harold, Anna and Truman. 9g. Truman, killed in the Mexican war.

Hezekiah Cook Bickford, M. D., fifth child and eldest son of Daniel and Patty (Adams) Bickford, born in New London, New Hampshire, April 27, 1817, died at Woburn, Massachusetts, March 26, 1878. He obtained his middle name from the family name of his grandmother. He was able to go to school very little during his childhood, owing to the want of privileges in a remote country region. He performed what work it was possible for him to do on the farm, and about a year after his mother's death, the family having removed to Springfield, New Hampshire, he "worked out," as the custom then was, and gave his earnings to his father. He left home when fifteen or sixteen years of age, and carrying his small share of worldly goods, walked to Stoneham, Massachusetts, and there found work for the summer with a family by the name of Richardson, and in the fall of that year he entered the employment of the Suffolk Mills at Lowell, Massachusetts, and there remained for about seven years. During his last year there, he obtained evening work as clerk in a store. After the work of the evening was done he did not idle away his time, but burned the midnight oil, and by hard study laid the foundation of his future usefulness. He taught school when hardly twentyone on Burpee Hill in his native town before he had finally separated himself from the Suffolk Mills. At about the same time he taught school for one winter in Dracut, Massachusetts. He was quick to seize the opportunities for self-culture and personal advancement.

Leaving the Suffolk Mills.he came to Boston with a view of going into business. His first venture was not successful, and he then entered the employment of a Mr. Parmenter on Washington street, Boston, who later established a store in Newport, Rhode Island. Mr. Parmenter's confidence in young Bickford was so great that he gave him the management of this new store. During his stay at Newport he became acquainted with Dr. Butler, and began the study of medicine. He left Mr. Parmenter's employ and studied a year with Dr. Butler, and then went to New Hampton, New Hampshire, and continued his studies with Dr. Ayer of that place. He also pursued his studies by taking one term of lectures at the medical school of Dartmouth College. He then went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and entered the Jefferson Medical College, graduating from that institution, March 20, 1845. In the April following he began the practice of medicine in New London, New Hampshire, and remained there in active practice for six years. He removed June 15, 1851, to Billerica, Massachusetts, and established himself as a successful practitioner. After a residence in Billerica of ten years he left and began practice in Charlestown, Massachusetts, September 16, 1861. He attained high eminence and success in Charlestown, and after a practice of fifteen years, in May, 1876, removed to Woburn, Massachusetts.

The years at Charlestown were filled with the incessant activity for which all his previous life of perseverance and energy had thoroughly prepared him. He possessed a well balanced judgment, and his services were widely sought by his medical brethren in consultation in difficult cases. He endeared himself in the homes and hearts of a large circle by his warm sympathies in time of trial. Disease, however, compelled him to relinquish his practice, and he was succeeded by his nephew, Dr.

Robert A. Blood, who had been his medical student. The change of scene in Woburn, the quiet family life, the beautiful surroundings of his home all exercised a healthful influence for a time, and rest enabled him to recuperate in some measure his exhausted energies, but the weakness of his physical system eventually returned, and after a long and distressing illness, which he bore with serenity, he died Match 26, 1878.

He had suffered for twenty years from severe attacks of disease, but by his incredible energy, sheer force of will, which gave him success in his life work, he would rise superior to the circumstances of his enfeebled health. A friend in a tribute paid to his memory after his death, said that 'It was his staunch Christian manhood that won him so large a circle of friends, and there were many sincere tributes paid to his memory by those to whom he had been the beloved physician. His conduct was always that of a consistent Christian, and even in his busiest years he was always in his place in church on the Sabbath." His remains were interred in Woodlawn Cemetery at Malden, Massachusetts.

Dr. Bickford was admitted to the Winthrop Congregational Church of Charlestown, May 4, 1862. He was a member of Joseph Warren Lodge of Free Masons of Boston, joining January, 1872, and also a member of Waverly Royal Arch Chapter, and of Hugh de Payens Commandery of Knights Templar of Melrose.

Dr. Bickford married (first), June 17, 1846, Paulina Augusta Coburn, of Dracut, Massachusetts, and at her death, which occurred in Charlestown, November 29, 18607, her husband made the following entry in the family Bible: "Died November 29, 1867, aged 49. Gone to her rest. A kind, devoted wife, an affectionate and tender mother, a faithful and consistent Christian." She was a daughter of Prescott and Dolly (Abbot) Coburn. He married (second), April 22, 1869, Maria Richardson Gray, born June 25, 1847, in Billerica, daughter of William and Abigail Allen (Richardson) Gray, of Billerica, Massachusetts. She is of the sixth generation in descent from Robert Gray, of Andover, through Braviter (2), Braviter (3), Jonathan (4), William (5). Robert Gray, who settled at Andover in the latter patt of the seventeenth centuty, married Hannah Holt. Their son Braviter, born in Andover, September 29, 1685, mattied Dorothy Abbott. Braviter Gray, Jr., son of the preceding, was born in ~ Andovet, July 19, 1717, and his name appears

1743, 'Bethyah" Hill, of Billerica, who died January 30, 1754; he married (second), July 14, 1757, Anna, daughter of Jonathan Danforth, of Billerica. His second wife lived but a few days after marriage, dying August Io, 1757. He married (third), May 23, 1759, Mrs. Elizabeth Blanchard, widow of John Blanchard. His children were: Joseph, Mary, Timothy, who died in infancy ; Timothy, Jonathan and Braviter. Jonathan Gray, fourth son and fifth child of Braviter and Bethyah (Hill) Gray, was born in Billerica, January 3, 1754. He married Mary Needham, who was born in Tewksbury, March 14, 1756, daughter of John and Prudence Needham. Among their children was a son William, born in Tewksbury, August 4, 1792, died October 3, 1868; he was a shipping merchant in Boston. He married, January 1, 1846, Abigail Allen Richardson, who died in Woburn, Massachusetts, April 29, 1898; she was a daughter of John and Nancy (Allen) Richardson. She became the mother of two children: Maria Richardson, already referred to as the second wife of Dr. Bickford; Lucy Ann, born September 24, 1849, married William I. Clewley, of St. Stephens, New Brunswick. Children of Dr. Bickford by first wife: 1. George Coburn, born March 25, 1847, married, February 28, 1877, Florence Stetson, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and went to reside in New London, New Hampshire, but later moved to Somerville, Massachusetts. Children: i. Alice Florence, born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, October 30, 1877; ii. Horace Stetson, born at Charlestown, March 3, 1880; ili. George Owen, born July 26, 1881, died August 25, 1881; iv. Walter Howard, born August 4, 1884, died October 9, 1884. 2. John Truman, born April 2, 1849, died January 24, 1853. 3. Harriet Augusta, born June 20, 1853, married, May to, 1883, the Rey. Frank Houghton Allen, a Congregational minister, son of L. Houghton and Sarah R. (Fowle) Allen, of Woburn. One child: Harold Bickford Allen, born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, May 29, 1884; graduated from Amherst College in 1904; married, in 1906, Mabel Anderson, of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Children of Dr. Bickford by second wife: 4. Gertrude Maria, born in Charlestown, June 9g, 1870, married, June 22, 1899, Dr. Joseph Henry Hutchings, born in Wilmot, New Hampshire, October 13, 1863. He received his academic education at Tufts College, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Philos- ophy; he received the degree of Master of Arts at Madison University, and Doctor of Medicine at the University of New York and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He is a practicing physician in Woburn. 5. Lucy Gray, born in Charlestown, July 15, 1873, died October 3, 1881. Mrs. Maria R. Bickford resides in Woburn, Massachusetts.

Erskine F. Bickford, who has been identified with a number of important financial and commercial enterprises, notably the Boston Rubber Shoe Company, is a representative of an old colonial family, the various members of which have always been in the front ranks when the interests of their country were called into question.

(1) John Bickford, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England about 1612, and came to this country prior to July 20, 1645. At that time he bought of Darby Field all the premises of the latter at Oyster River, (Dover), New Hampshire, and was a taxpayer at that place from 1645 to 1672. He was admitted a freeman in 1655. His children were: John, see forward. 2. Joseph, who was taxed at Oyster River in 1675. 3. George (2), of Marblehead, Massachusetts, who died in 1678, leaving two sons, John and William. (See

(II) John Bickford, son of John Bickford (1),; was born between 1635 and 1640. He resided at Bloody Point, near Dover, New Hampshire, from 1662 to 1672; was taxed at Oyster River in 1675; died in 1697. His inventory was dated November 8, 1697. His wife's name was Temperance. Their children, all born in or near Dover, New Hampshire, were: 1. Thomas, see forward. 2. Joanna, who married John Red (?). 3. Hannah, born November 5, 1665. 4. Benjamin, born October 20, 1672; probably settled at Nottingham, New Hampshire. 5. John, see forward.

(III) Thomas Bickford, son of John (2) and Temperance Bickford, was born at Oyster River about 1660. He was constable there in 1692, and had a garrison in his house in July, 1694, being paid for boarding the soldiers in the garrison in 1695-6. His will is dated October 31, 1706. He married Bridget Furbur, daughter of William Furbur, their children were: Joanna, John, Joseph and Eleazer.

(IIIT) John Bickford, son of John (2) and Temperance Bickford, was born in Dover, New Hampshire, or its vicinity, about 1665. He married Elizabeth Tibbetts, daughter of