Lowell City (part 5 of 11)

(111) William Sherman, son of William Sherman (2), was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts, April 19, 1672, and followed farming in his native town. He married Mary White, daughter of Peregrine White, the first white child born in the Plymouth colony, born December, 1620, on board the "Mayflower," son of William and Ann (Fuller) White. The descendants of William Sherman are not only descendants of three Pilgrim ancestors through Peregrine White and his parents but also through the wife of Peregrine, Sarah Bassett, daughter of William and Elizabeth Bassett. William Bassett, an Englishman, was married August 13, 1611, to Margaret Oldham, at Leyden, Holland, where he lived with the Pilgrims. His first wife was Cecil Light as shown by the Dutch records at Leyden. Bassett was admitted a freeman at Plymouth, 1633; resided at Duxbury and represented the town in the general court. He was a gunsmith by trade. He resided at Sandwich, Massachusetts, in 1650, and later at Bridgewater. Peregrine White, was a prominent citizen of the Plymouth colony; died 1667; his wife died January 20, 1711; they have a numerous posterity. Children of William and Mary (White) Sherman: 1. Thankful, born April 4, 1690, married, 1726, Robert Atkins. 2. Samuel, born May 8, 1701, married Adam Hall. 3. Mary (twin), born June 6, 1711. 4. Abigail, (twin), born June 6, 1711. 5. John, born July 19, 1720, mentioned below. 6. Anthony, born December 21, 1722.

(IV) John Sherman, son of William Sherman (3), was born in Marshfield, July 109, 1720, and was a farmer in that town. He married, 1746, Elizabeth Dingley, granddaughter of John Dingley, of Marshfield, immigrant, a prominent citizen and town officer. Children: 1. Nathaniel, settled in Plympton, married Maria Clark, daughter of James Clark. 2. Ruth, born 1750, married Josiah Bisbee, of Pembroke, Massachusetts. 3.

Rufus, born 1754, settled in Plympton; married, 1775, Phebe Rider. 4. Asa, born 1756. 5. Betsey, born 1758, settled in Plympton; married Lydia Doten, descendant of Edward Doten who came in the "Mayflower ;" was in Captain Shaw's company in the Revolution. And others.

(V) Otis Sherman, of this family, son or near relative of John Sherman (4), was born about 1765. He married Jane H. , who died May 27, 1822, in Scituate, Massachusetts, aged fifty-two years. He married (second) (intention dated March 23, 1823) Elizabeth Barker, of Hanson, formerly Pembroke, Massachusetts. He resided in Scituate, Massachusetts. Children: 1. Otis, born about 1795, married (intentions dated February 2, 1828) Angeline Whiton, of Hanson, formerly Pembroke; she died September 19, 1831, aged twenty-eight years; children: i. Lucy Jane, born August 17, 1829; 11. Otis William, born August 2, 1831. 2. Israel H., resided at Scituate; married Clarissa Howard, of Hanson, formerly Pembroke, near Hanover Corners, Massachusetts; children: i. Jane, married Brown; ii. Clara, married Edmund Hersey; no children; iii. Warren Hobart, resides in Nebraska, married and has one child. 3. Aaron H., born in Scituate, 1799, mentioned below. 4. Charles, born in Scituate, died in Lowell, Massachusetts.

(VI) Aaron H. Sherman, son of Otis Sherman (5), was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, in 1799, and died in Lowell, July 30, 1854, aged fifty-five years. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and in his youth learned the business of carpet weaving. He removed to Lowell and became superintendent of the carpet mill, a position he filled with great credit for many years. He was a Republican in politics, but held no public offices. In religion he was a Universalist. He married Eliza Kenney, a native of Boston, Massachusetts. Children: 1. Charles H. 2. Calvin Gardner. 3. Augusta C., died young. 4. Augusta. 5. James O. 6, Alexander W., mentioned below. 7. Mary E. 8. and 9. Two died in infancy.

(VII) Alexander Wright Sherman, son of Aaron H. Sherman (6), was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, March 18, 1838. He received his early education in the public schools of his native city and graduated from the Lowell high school. He then learned the trade of brass fitter, finally becoming the head bookkeeper of the firm of H. R. Barker & Company and was admitted to partnership. His business ability and energy contributed much to the growth and prosperity of the firm's business. After a number of very active years his health failed and for three years he was unable to pursue his vocation. In 1879 he engaged in the furniture trade in partnership with Mr. Manning and remained in this firm until his death, August 8, 1887. He devoted himself persistently to the business in hand and probably sacrificed his health in his zeal to make his business successful. Mr. Sherman was a Republican in politics and a Universalist in religion. He married, in 1862, Annie E. Watson, of Lowell, daughter of William and Sarah (Mower) Watson, of Lowell. Her father was an overseer for the Lawrence Mills. Children: 1. Etta W., born July 3, 1863, married Frank Hanchett and has children: i. Hazel, born April 17, 1889; ii. Sherman, died young; ii. Walter, born February 25, 1893. 2. Arthur W., born July 5, 1867, married Caroline Cotton; no issue. 3. Annie M., born November 24, 1878, married Allen Bouve and has one child, Dorothy Bouve, born May II, 1900.

The immigrant ancestor of the Plymouth Shermans is said to be related to the ancestry of General William T. Sherman, of Civil War fame, in England, but the connection has not yet been proved. The Shermans of Connecticut and Rhode Island are of the same stock, both coming from Massachusetts originally.

contracted with the governor and company in March, 1629, to supply arms for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was himself a member of the company and gave fifty pounds to the common stock. Three sons and a daughter became settlers in the colony. He signed the instructions to Captain Endicott. Though the family was of Devonshire in the early days, he came to London, where his children were probably born. Children: 1. Thomas, came over in 1660. 2. Richard, father of Samuel, of Marlborough. 3. Cyprian, mentioned below. 4. Mary, married Captain Whipple, of Ipswich. (II) Cyprian Stevens, son of Thomas

Stevens (1), was born in London, England, about 1644-6. He sailed from London. He was at first a resident of Rumney Marsh, now Chelsea, settled at Lancaster just about the time King Philip's war broke out, but had to find a safer place of residence for his family, and went to Sudbury. He was given authortiy to receive an Indian child of six years, prob- ably of a friendly tribe, whose father might be serving in the English ranks. After peace was declared he returned to Lancaster and was elected to various town offices. He married, January 22, 1672, Mary Willard, daughter of Major Simon Willard, the most prominent founder of Lancaster, by his third wife Mary Dunster, a relative of President Dunster, of Harvard College. Children: 1. Cyprian, born November 22, 1672, at Lancaster. 2. Mary, married Samuel Wright. 3. Dorothy. 4. Simon. 5. Elizabeth. 6. Joseph, mentioned below.

(III) Joseph Stevens, son of Cyprian Stevens (2), was born in Sudbury, about 1680. He returned to Lancaster with his father probably, but settled in early life in Framingham, Massachusetts. In 1719 he removed to Rutland, Massachusetts, of which he was a very prominent citizen. He owned lots 15 and 56, and part of his division was located on Stevens Hill and two hundred acres on Turkey Hill adjoining. He settled on lot 15, and as he was one of the first settlers he was exposed to the dangers and privations of the pioneers of the frontier. He held many offices; was town clerk and clerk of the proprietors, first selectman, assessor, town treasurer several years; committee to set off land; deacon of the church; captain of the military company of the town. He pastured his cattle some five miles from his house, and built there a hovel to shelter them. He went there daily in winter, usually on rackets or snow shoes, to feed his cattle. On August 23, 1723, after family devotion in the morning, he and his four sons set out for meeting house meadow to cut fodder for the winter. They were surprised and attacked by five Indians. The father escaped to the undergrowth; two sons, Samuel and Joseph, were slain, and the other two taken prisoners and carried to Canada, where they were held more than a vear before they were redeemed. Deacon Stevens made two journeys to Canada before he succeeded in redeeming the young men. The cost of this ransom and other misfortunes reduced Captain Stevens to straitened circumstances, so that in his old age he had to accept relief from the town. His old friends - at Framingham contributed to the ransom of the prisoners, April 19, 1724. The boys arrived home August 19, 1725. Captain Stevens died November 15, 1769. He married Prudence, daughter of John Rice, and descendant of Edmund Rice; she died 1776. Children: 1. Phineas, born at Sudbury, February 20, 1706-7; married Elizabeth Stevens; settled in Charlestown, New Hampshire. 2 Azubah, born October 21, 1708. 3. Samuel, born September 17, 1711, killed August 14, 1723. 4. Mindwell, born in Framingham, February 24, 1713; married at Rutland, October 20, 1732, Samuel Stone. 5. Isaac, mentioned below. 6. Joseph, killed August 14, 1723. 7. Dorothy, born March 20, 1720-1; married, March 7, 1744-5, Andrew Leonard, who married (second) Hannah Pierce, and settled in Oakham. 8. Joseph, born 1724; married, January 20, 1747, Dinah Rice. 9. Lucy, married December 14, 1753, Isaac Bullard. 10. Mary, baptized November 5, 1727; died November 29, 1739.

(IV) Isaac Stevens, son of Captain Joseph Stevens (3), was born about 1715, in Framingham. August 14, 1723, he and his brother Phineas were taken prisoners and conducted by the Indians to Canada. When he grew tired of walking, his elder brother carried him on his back. But he was so young that he seemed to thrive on the hardships, and grew to like the Indians. His squaw mother won his affections, and he would willingly have stayed with the Indians, as some of the Westborough captives in the Rice family did. He learned how to fight in the Indian way, and his body was scarified and punctured from his lessons and combats. He settled at Rutland, and April 11, 1743, he married Mercy, daughter of Captain John Hubbard. She died August 27, 1746, and he married (second), September 7, 1748, Abigail Perley. His widow married, May 12, 1758, Silas Rice. Children of Isaac and Mercy Stevens: 1. John, born October 17, 1743. 2. Azubah, born February 7, 1746; married Captain Samuel Thompson, of Holden. Children of Isaac and Abigail Stevens: 3. Luther, born July 22, 1749, mentioned below. 4. Mary, born April 5, 1751. 5. Calvin, born January 24, 1753. 6. Jonas, baptized June 22, 1755.

(V) Luther Stevens, son of Isaac Stevens (4), was born at Rutland, July 22, 1749. He was a soldier in the Revolution; corporal in Captain Luke Wilder's company, Colonel Samuel Denny's regiment, in 1779. He married, at Rutland, February 16, 1783, Lucy, daughter of Captain Elijah Stearns, of Rutland. She died at Rutland, September 7, 1812, aged fifty years. Children, born in Rutland: 1. Phinehas, born July 21, 1783, died November 15, 1801. 2. Calvin, born January 15, 1786, died at Rutland, July 8, 1845. 3. Luther, Jr., born July 9, 1788, died February 25, 1830. 4. Elijah, born 1791, baptized October 16, 1791.

(VI) Elijah Stevens, son of Luther Stevens (5), was born at Rutland, October 16, 1791, and he died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 2, 1852. He settled in Concord, Massachusetts, and married Charlotte Kittredge, who was born in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and died in Cambridge, December 4, 1846, aged fifty years, six months, twenty-two days. Children, born at Concord: 1. Charles, born June 1, 1817. 2. William, born October 22, 1818; died September 25, 1822. 3. Lorena, born June 5, 1820; died September 27, 1822. 4. George Copeland, born January 1, 1822. 5. William Gayland, born September 29, 1823. 6. Elijah Crosby, born July 30, 1825; died September 12, 1826. 7. Laurena Maria, born April 22, 1827. 8. Mary Eliza, born August 25, 1828. 9g. Elijah, born July 27, 1830. Io. John Henry, born August 30, 1832, mentioned below. 11. Hannah Elizabeth, born December 27, 1834.

(VII) John Henry Stevens was born in Concord, Massachusetts, August 30, 1832; died October 2, 1901. His parents moved to Cambridge, same state, during his early life. His father was a carpenter and builder. After attending the public schools, John became a plumber's apprentice, and after serving a few years as journeyman began business on his own account, continuing along that line in Cambridge for more than half a century. He was considered an expert in his business, and his customers were the leading citizens of that city, who consulted him on all matters of sanitary plumbing. Although he never held public office he was public-spirited and always interested in good city government. He led a useful and active life, was generous and charitable to those in distress, and was highly respected by his fellow citizens. He married, August 30, 1858, Ellen K., daughter of James and Dorothy (Blake) Norton, of Bangor, Maine, born June 2, 1836. They had two children: 1. John H., of whom later. 2. Charles W., born June 9, 1864, died April 29, 1893; he was unmarried.

(VIII) John H. Stevens, a member of the firm of Locke, Stevens & Company, of Boston, a resident of Winthrop, Massachusetts, is numbered among the representative business men of that section of the state. The business of his firm is conducted along honorable and straightforward lines, and the success which has attended the efforts of the firm has been fully merited. He is a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 31, 1861, a son of John H. and Ellen K. (Norton) Stevens. He was educated at the Webster public school of Cambridge. After completing his studies he learned the trade of plumber with his father, with whom he worked for a period of ten years. He then became connected with the Boston office of the Henry McShane Company of Baltimore, Maryland, one of the largest manufacturers of plumbers' supplies, and was one of their traveling salesmen for the New England states. Subsequently Mr. Stevens, Frank L. Locke and Herbert R. Kay (the two latter named having also been connected with the Boston office of the Mc- Shane Company), organized the firm of Locke, Stevens & Company for the manufacture of a special line of goods and for dealing in plumbers' supplies, at No. 100 Warrenton street, Boston. The business prospered, increasing in volume with each succeeding year, and now hold high rank in the industrial circles of the city of Boston.

Mr. Stevens is a member of Amicable Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, also Cambridge Chapter and Cambridge Commandery; Winthrop Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Winthrop Yacht Club. He married Mary A. Connoly, of Bangor, Maine.

(1) Henry Gray, the immigrant ancestor, according to the history of Andover, Massachusetts, was with his son Robert among the early settlers of Andover. He may be the same Henry Gray who came from London to Boston; a tailor by trade; proprietor of Boston in 1637; arranged for marriage in 1639. As to Robert, the son, there is difference of opinion as to whether the Salem records apply to him or to another man of the same name.

(II) Robert Gray, son of Henry Gray (1), was born in 1634, probably in England. He settled first in Salem; was a mariner; was fined as a Quaker in 1669; took the oath of allegiance at Andover in 1678. In 1699 he bought some hundred acres of Henry Holt and Dudley Bradstreet in Holt district of Andover, the south parish. One parcel was known as Colonel Bradstreet's Upper Falls meadow and the other as Lieutenant Osgood's Gibbet Plaine meadow, the deeds of which are still in the possession of his descendants, and is also a portion of the estate.

(IV) Timothy Gray, son of Braveter Gray (3), born at Andover, Massachusetts, July 10, 1721, and died at Wilton, New Hampshire, November 17, 1793. He settled in Wilton, where he bought of William Vance lot No. 6 of the fifth range and thirty acres of the western part of lot No. 5 in the fourth range. This farm he and his descendants held for about a hundred years. He was a cordwainer by trade; was a substantial and influential citizen; deacon of the Wilton church. He married (first) May 3, 1747, Eleanor Best, who died September 22, 1775, aged fixty-six years. He married (second) Abigail , who died May 20, 1801, aged seventy-seven years. Children, by first wife, born at Andover: 1. Timothy, born February 19, 1748. 2. James Best, born January 29, 1750-51, died at Halifax in the army, in the summer of 1777.

(V) Timothy Gray, son of Timothy Gray (4), born in Andover, Massachusetts, February 19, 1749, and died in Wilton, July 18, 1807. He was educated in the common schools and inherited the homestead at Wilton. He was a farmer. He was a soldier in the Revolution at Winter Hill during the siege of Boston, in Captain Taylor's company, and later under Captain Nathan Bullard, in 1776, with the Northern army. He married first, Hannah - , who died July, 1784, aged thirty-one. He married second, April 21, 1785, Ruth Burnham; she was born in 1756, and died May 23, 1841, daughter of Jeremiah Burnham, who was born April 2, 1732; married August 30, 1754, Mary ' who died January 7, 1828, aged ninety-two. Jeremiah, father of Jeremiah, was born in 1702, died 1783; married, 1730, Jane Pride. Thomas, father of Jeremiah, Sr., was born September 20, 1673, and died 1748. John, father of Thomas, was born 1648 and died 1704; married, 1668, Elizabeth Wells. Lieutenant Thomas, father of John, was born in England, in 1623, and died June, 1694; married, 1645, Mary Tuttle; was the progenitor of most of the families named Burnham in that section. Children of Timothy and Hannah: 1. Hannah, born July 4, 1770; died August 18, 1770. 2. Timothy, born September 30, 1771; died December 1, 1776. 3. Hannah, born June 17, 1773; married April 19, 1795, Abiel Blanchard. 4. Elizabeth, born Februafy 12, 1775; matried February 12, -18o1, Caleb Holt. 5. Timothy, born January 21, 1778; died September 26, 1781. 6. Eleanor, born October 5, 1779; married November 15, 1804, Uzziel Sheldon. 7. James Best, born May 26, 1781; died October 4, 1795. Children of Timothy and Ruth Gray: 8. Timothy, born May 14, 1787; mentioned below. 9. Henry, born October 1, 1789. 10. Abel, born October 13, 1791; married Betsey Pettingill. 11. Abiel, born July 25, 1793. 12. Lucy Burnham, born September, 1795; married Joel Chandler. 13. Ruth, born May 24, 1800; died in Lowell, March 7, 1858.

1787, died there August 4, 1867. He had a common school education and settled on the homestead, following farming as his occupation. He sold part of his farm, and removed to Lowell, but after a few years returned to his native town to live. He was an early member of the Baptist society at Wilton and was Deacon of the church. In politics he was a Whig. He served the town on the board of selecitmen: Ele married Augiist 21, 1808, Fanny Burton, born February 21, 1779, died November 3, 1810, aged twenty, daughter of Lieutenant Abraham and Betsey Burton. Her father was a soldier in the Revolution, son of John Burton, who came to Wilton from Middleton, Massachusetts, with three sons; born 1711, died February 11, 1791. John Burton, father of John and grandfather of Lieutenant Abraham, died in 1750; his father was Isaac Burton, who died in 1706, a resident of Topsfield and Salem, Massachusetts. Isaac Burton was the son of John Burton, who was admitted a freeman at Salem in 1638 and died October 14, 1684; persecuted as a Quaker. His father, Boniface Burton, settled at Lynn as early as 1635; died in 1669, said to be aged one hundred and thirteen years. Timothy Gray married second, April 14, 1812, Nancy Smith, of Medford, who died April 16, 1866, aged seventy-nine. Children, born at Wilton, by first wife: 1. Fanny Burton, born August 29, 1810; married December 4, 1832, Caleb Crosby, died in Lowell. Children of second Wile 2. i inothy. pork June 7, 1693. died January 24, 1883. 3. Alanson, born January 22, 1815. 4. Daniel Smith, born October 6, 1816. 5. James B., born July 29, 1818. 6. Nancy, born March 4, 1820, married Joseph W. Stiles.~'7.-Maria, born March 29, 1822, married Samuel N. Wood, of Lowell, and died in Lowell. 8. Hannah, born October 12, 1824, married Joseph M. Melendy. 9. Robert, born March 23, 1827, died February 17, 1865, in Salisbury, North Carolina, a prisoner of war. 10. Lorenzo, born March 31, 1829, died in Wilton.

(VII) Daniel Smith Gray, son of Timothy Gray (6), born in Wilton, New Hampshire, October 6, 1816, died October 9, 1900, at Lowell. He attended the district schools of his native town, and remained at home working on his father's farm until he was about twenty years of age. When a young man on the farm.he was severely injured by the premature explosion of a charge of blasting powder, causing permanent lameness. He went to Lowell in 1836, residing there the remainder of his life, sixty-four years. He started business for himself about the year 1837 at the '"'old Market House," Market street, later opening a store on Chapel Hill, and continued in business with unfailing success for a period of fifty-eight years. He finally retired at the age of seventy-eight. He accumulated a handsome property and_ invested shrewdly in city real estate, having the reputation for many years of being one of the best judges of real estate values in the city. He commanded the confidence and respect of all his townsmen. He was generous in contributing to various charitable objects and of conspicuous public spirit. In politics he was a Republican, but not an active partisan. He was one of the charter members of the Mechanics' Association and Middlesex North Agricultural Society of Lowell. He was an attendant of the Unitarian church of Lowell, was liberal in his religious opinions and tolerant of those of other men. He married (first), November 12, 1840, Mary Ann Wells, born October 18, 1819, died October 27, 1843. He married (second), September 26, 1844, Clorinda Phelps, born in Wilton, May 5, 1821, died in Lowell, October 2, 1901, daughter of Joseph Phelps, of Wilton. Mr. and Mrs. Gray celebrated their golden wedding in 1894. The only child of Daniel Smith and Mary Ann Gray: Daniel Washington, born July 18, 1841, member of Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, which marched through Baltimore, April 19, 1861. He married Helen A. Flanders, and they have one child, Helen Augusta, who married Josiah Estes, one child, Josiah Gray Estes. Children of Daniel Smith and Clorinda Gray: 1. Albert, born June, 1845, died July 20, 1845. 2. Albert Montressor, born May 23, 1846; married, 1880, Fannie Estelle Piggott; children, born in Lowell: 1. Florence Ethel, born October 19, 1880; ii. Alma Marion, born January 21, 1883, married, 1902, Dr. E. J. Clarke, of Lowell, one child, E. W. Clarke, born Lowell, August 30, 1907; iii. Daniel Elmore, born February 13, 1884, married Laura Hawkins, East Boston, 1907; iv. Guy Burtt, born June 17, 1885; v. Winthrop Chester, born September 7, 1887, deceased; vi. Charles Loring, deceased; vii. Roland Hilton, born March 10, 1891. 3. Frank, born March 22, 1848, married, 1871, Sarah Collinge, of Lowell; children, born in Lowell: i. Nelson Smith, born August 22, 1878; ii. Everett Frank, born September 25, 1882, married, 1906, Agnes Whitney, Lowell, one child: Richard Frank, born September 28, 1907; ili. Robert Collinge, born July 27, 1888. 4. Marianna, born February 25, 1850, died October 18, 1850. 5. Joseph Phelps, born August 6, 1851, married, 1881, Annie H, Tyng, of Lowell; children, born in Lowell; i. Mabel Bartlett, born September 20, 1882, married, 1906, Herbert M. Andrews, of Newton; 11. Richard Marshall, born October 27, 1886, died April 18, 1906; the family later removed to West Newton, Massachusetts. 6. Harry, born November 12, 1853, married, 1879, Fannie A. Dodge, of Lowell; children, born in Lowell: i. Herbert Ballard, born November 10, 1879, died June 7, 1900; ii. Sidney D., born January 13, 1881, died June 27, 1881; ii. Edith Maude, born June 12, 1882, married, Lowell, October 14, 1903, Hal R. Pierce, of Melrose; iv. Florence Anna, born July 17, 1884; v. Mildred Rebecca, born December 31, 1804... 7. Alanson; born. Deceniber #25, 1855, married, 1881, Martha M. Williams, of Lowell; children, born in Lowell: i. Bernice Imogene, born March 5, 1883, died June 2, 1893; ii. Sarah Alice, born March 12, 1885; iii. Bertha Clorinda, born April 5, 1888, died May 27, 1893; iv. Annie Gertrude, born July 16, 1889. 8. Nellie, born March 31, 1858, resides at the homestead in Lowell. 9. Willie, born January 31, 1860, married, 1888, Katie M. Butterfield, of Lowell; children, born in Lowell: i. Blanche Howard, born July 8, 1890; ii. Maude Phelps, born December 24, 1891; ili. William Chester, born May 21, 1895. 1o. Anna Stevens (twin), born April 29, 1863, resides at the homestead. 11. Arthur Smith (twin), born April 29, 1863, died May 14, 1864. 12. Arthur Lincoln, born May 24, 1866, married, 1894, Delia M. Story, of Essex, Massachusetts. 13. Minnie Clorinda, born August 22, 1868, resides at the homestead, Lowell.

James Bailey, the immigrant, BAILEY was born in England, about 1612, and came to New England with the early settlers sent over by the Massachusetts Bay Company, and he is found among the settlers on "Mr. Ezechi Rogers' Plantation" established as the town of Rowley, September 4, 1639. He married Lydia Emery, who lived to a very old age, and died at Rowley, April 29, 1704, twenty-eight years. after the death of her husband, who died at his home in Rowley, and was buried August 10, 1677. The children of James and Lydia: (Emery) Bailey, were nine, four of which, John, Lydia, Jonathan and Damaris, married' and had children. (II) John Bailey, eldest son of James and'

Lydia (Emery) Bailey, was born in Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, December 2, 1642. He was married June 16, 10668, to Mary, daughter of Deacon Thomas Mighill, whose prominence made him a deacon on the formation of the church at Rowley. John Bailey was a prominent man in the town government, and volunteered in the service of the colony as a member of Sir William Phipp's expedition of 1690 against the French settlement of Port Royal to Acadia, and of the larger expedition the same year when thirty-four vessels and two thousand men were sent by the Massachusetts Bay Colony against Quebec, pedition John Bailey was among them who lost their lives, November 19, 1690, when nine of the vessels of the fleet were wrecked and lost. He had left at home his wife and eight children, and his widow gave birth to their ninth child after learning of his death. She administered his estate in Salem, and died about 1693. Children of John and Mary (Mighill) Bailey: Jonathan, born August 31, 1670; Ann, 1673, died 1690; Nathaniel, born 1675 ; Thomas, October 7, 1677; James, 1680; Mary, born 1683, died 1721; Elizabeth, November 15, 1685, married Daniel Tenney, lived in Newbury and died January 26, 1780; Lydia, April 14, 1688, married Daniel Ritter, and lived in Lunenburg, Massachusetts; John, January 12, 1691, lived in Boston, married Mehitable , and died before 1722.

(III) James Bailey, son of John and Mary (Mighill) Bailey, was born in Rowley, in 1680. He lived in Bradford, Massachusetts, and married (first), July 14, 1702, Hannah Wood, born January 20, 1681, and she bore him thirteen children and died about 1730. He married, second, November 22, 1733, Mrs. Mary Bacon, and the occasion called for a smock marriage, described as weddings where the bride appears dressed in a white sheet or chemise furnished by the bridegroom. The reason was the prevalent belief that if a man married a woman who was in debt he could be held liable for her indebtedness if he received any property with her. Eventually all immodesty was avoided by the bridegroom furnishing to the bride all the clothing worn at a wedding, retaining title to the same in himself. James Bailey died early in 1769, and his will was probated in Salem, February 27, 1769. Children of James and Hannah (Wood) Bailey: Abigail, born at Bradford, Massachusetts, October 26, 1703, married Joseph Carleton, Jr., October 30, 1729; had two children, and died February 8, 1737-38. Samiv - 14 uel, kebruary 20, 1705, married, February 2, 1727-28, Mary Rolf, moved from Bradford to Andover; his house lot now forms a part of the Hood Stock Farm. His second wife, Dorcas Abbott, of Andover, born October 2, 1735, died December, 1774, ten years before the death of her husband, who died of cancer, January 5, 1784. Hannah, July 30, 1706, married James Hardy, July 4, 1727. Joseph, May 18, 1708 (q. v.). Mehitable, August 8, 1709, married John Goss, July 30, 1728, and had seven children, four sons and three daughters. Edward, August 9, 1711, marfied Elizabeth' Burbank, October 12, 1732, and had one son, Moses, and two daughters. Ednah, May 31, 1713, married Jonathan Griffin, of Newbury, October 28, 1731. Stephen, January 3, 1715, lived at Bradford, married (first) Sarah Church, of Newbury, May 3, 1737, died three days after the birth of her son Abraham, who married Ruth Harris, July 10, 1763, and (second) Judith Varnum, of Amesbury, May 22, 1740, and they had a daughter Mary, born August I, 1743. Miriam, June 14, 1716, married Moses Tyler. Beulah, December 20, 1718, married Daniel or Nathaniel Griffin, of Newbury, February 24, 1735-36, and had two. sons, Samuel and Daniel Griffin. James, February II, 1721-22, was a ship carpenter, married Rachel Berry, about 1745, and by her had eight children. He married as his second wife Mary Kinard, who bore him three children after 1762. Hepzibah, February 29. 1723-24, married a Mr. Beale.

(IV) Joseph Bailey, son of James and Hannah (Wood) Bailey was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, May 18, 1708. He married Sarah Goss, 1709-1755, and moved to Tewksbury about 1735. He was a member of the church of that place. His wife died April 22, 1755, after bearing him nine children, and he married, October 3, 1755, Apphia Bartlett, who bore him two children. The children in the order of their birth were: Joseph, Sarah, Ebenezer, Jethro, James, Luther (q. v.), William, Hannah, Timothy, Apphia and Tristram Bartlett.

(V) Luther Bailey, fifth son and sixth child of Joseph and Sarah (Goss) Bailey, was born in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, August 2, 1745, married Experience Bailey, of Tewksbury, and they had ten children: Experience, Luther, Anna, Hannah, Calvin, Charlotte, Sarah, Joseph, Timothy (q. v.) and Elizabeth. Luther Bailey died at Malden, Massachusetts, November 10, 1830.

Moreland, New Hampshire, September 20, 1785. He was a farmer, but suffered from a sunstroke and removed to Malden, Massachusetts. He married Eunice Sweetzer, of South Reading, Massachusetts, and they had eight children. The mother died I*ebruary 14, 1833, and he married as his second wife Mary B. Dingley, of Waterville, Maine, in 1835, and she bore him four children. She died December 18, 1840, and he married for his third wife Nancy B. Dingley, who bore him no children. Timothy Bailey engaged in the manufacture of tin ware, and employed forty men. He was president of the Malden

1850 to November 19, 1852. He died in Malden, Massachusetts, November 19, 1852. His children in the order of their birth' were: Marianne, born November 19, 1817; Almira, Abigail, Sarah Jane, Hite Calvin, John Newton, George Timothy (q. v.), Joseph Henry, born February 8, 1833, died February 16, 1833; Joseph Henry, born February 22, 1836, died September 2, 1836; Emma Octoria, Nancy Sophia and Sarah Jane.

(VII) George Timothy Bailey, son of Timothy and Eunice (Sweetzer) Bailey, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, February 15, 1830. He was educated in the public schools of Malden, and the Academy at Middleboro, graduating in 1848, and went to work in his father's tin ware factory; on the death of his father in 1852 he came into possession of a half interest in the business, his brother, John Newton Bailey, being an equal partner. He sold out his interest soon after and established a hardware business in a new store on City Square, Malden, and in 1856, moved into a . new store, part of a four-story brick building. He erected at No. 56 Pleasant street, Malden, the first four-story building in Malden. In 1868 he sold out the business on account of the many hours exacted by the custom of the trade, and engaged in the real estate business, including the care 6f his own rapidly accumulating property, which, when he gave up the real estate business in 1880, had been augmented by the erection of twenty-five houses which he readily sold or leased. He served the city of Malden four years as commissioner of public property, commissioner of highways, commissioner of the fire department, commissioner of state aid, commissioner of street lights and commissioner of cemeteries. In the latter capacity he selected and purchased the property on which Forestdale cemetery was created. The site was previously a farm of fifty-two acres, valued by the owner at $20,000, but which he purchased through a third party for $10,500, and it became the property of the city of Malden at that price. He was chief engineer of the fire department of Malden, 1862-80, and secured for the department the new fire engine house on Central Square, constructed under his supervision, and accepted as a model in that class of city public buildings. As a highway commissioner he aided in securing the extension of Mountain avenue to Summer street, and of Clifton street to Main street. He has served as a member of the Democratic city committee since 1882, and was a member of the city council for the first four years of the existence of the city government. He is a member of the United Order of the Golden Cross founded in 1876; of the United Order of Pilgrim Fathers, founded in 1879; of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, founded in 1868; and he was presiding officer of the commandery and council of that order, and active in all these relations.

He was married November 26, 1861, to Luella E., daughter of Samuel (1792-1875) and Sallie B. (1802-1887) Hayes, of South Strafford, Vermont. The children of George T. and Luella E. (Hayes) Bailey are: Minnie E., born in Malden, September 3, 1862, married George C. Crosby, June 22, 1882; they have had three children, all of whom died. George <A., born Malden, September 18, 1864, married September 3, 1899, Harriet Richards. Albert W., born September 3, 1867, married Clara Love Porter Barnes, and has children, James Albert Bailey, born August 15, 1899, Clara Luella Bailey, born August 24, 1900, Dorothy Reed Bailey, born February 20, 1905. William M., born August 6, 1869, married Inez M. Dodge, in December, 1901, and has one child, Blanche J. Bailey, born September 22, 1907. Grace T., born October 20, 1871. Edward S., born May 5, 1873, died October 5, 1873.. Sidney H., born July 5, 1874, never married.

Nathaniel Woodward, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England, and he and his sons John, Robert and Nathaniel, all approaching manhood, with other younger children, were among the first settlers of Boston, Massachusetts. There are reasons for believing that this family was from Boston, England. Nathaniel had a lot assigned to him in Boston, November 30, 1635; was admitted a freeman April 17, 1637; was mathematician and surveyor employed to run the line between Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony, also between Massachusetts and Connecticut and later in the Merrimac survey. In 1642 he was appointed to fix the line between Charlestown and Lynn. He was allotted land at Muddy River, January 8, 1737, and from time to time had other grants of land. His house was at what is now the northeast corner of Summer and Washington streets, Boston. Children: 1 Nathaniel, removed to Taunton about 1650. 2. John, born in England; descendants not traced. 3. , Robert, born in England; mentioned below. 4. Prudence, married July, 1661, Christopher Morse, mariner, of Boston; possibly other children.

(11) Robert Woodward, son of Nathaniel Woodward (1), was born in England, came with his father to Boston, Massachusetts. He was a carpenter. He was granted a house lot in Boston, December 18, 1637, and had a house lot and garden in Boston in 1644. His house and garden in 1651 was bounded on land of Jacob Leger, Thomas Botolph, High street, and.the lane. He died November 21, 1653. He married Rachel' Smith, daughter of John Smith, of Boston, tailor. His widow married July 7, 1654, Thomas Harwood, of Boston. She joined the church November 6, 1646. Her father, John Smith, in his will dated September 23, 1673, gave Robert and Nathaniel Woodward, his grandchildren, land on which they had already built houses to be enjoyed in fee. Children: I. Joseph, born October 24, 1641; probably died young. 2. Nathaniel, baptized October 30, 1642, when four days old. 3. Smith, bap- ' tized August 4, 1644, aged five days, mentioned below. 4. Robert, born November 14, 1646. 5. Mercy, baptized November 6, 1646. 6. Thomas, baptized April 2, 1650. 7. John, baptized December 14, 1651; died August 23, 1652. 8. Jeremiah, baptized August 28, 1653, died November 26, 1653.

(111) Smith Woodward, Woodward (2), was born in Boston, 1644. Children: 1. Robert, mentioned below. 2. Smith, settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts; married July 29, 1691, Thankful Pope, daughter of John and Margaret Pope, of Dorchester; she died June 15, 1738, a year after his death; had thirteen children. Perhaps other children.

(IV) Robert Woodward, possibly son of Smith Woodward (3), was born about 1660. He settled in Scituate when a young man. Deane in his "History of Scituate" has made many errors in his sketch of the Woodward family, the Robert Woodworth there mentioned being Robert Woodward, the probable son of Smith, of Boston. He was not a descendant of Walter of Scituate, although there may have been some relationship. He married, in 1684, Bethia Torrey, daughter of Lieutenant James Torrey. In 1728 he bought of his son Robert the land where he was then dwelling, and June 9, 1735, he sold his house and land to his son James, possession to be given him after the death of the grantor and his wife Bethia, He died in 1744, and May 21 of that year 'his son James was appointed administrator. Robert was upward of seventy years of age June 7, 1730, when he was admitted to full communion. Children: 1. Bethia, born December 5, 1685; married May 6, 1718, Benjamin Tower. 2. James, born January 25, 1687; died February 17, 1694. 3. Benjamin, born May 31, 1690. 4. Elizabeth, born August 23, 1692; married Thomas Tower. 5. Joanna, born February 20, 1694. 6. Robert, born August 15, 1697. 7. Mary, born April 27, 1699; married Joseph Garnett. 8. Deborah, born May 11, 1701. 9. Ann, born May 4, 1704. 10. Lydia, born September 3, 1706; unmarried. 11. James, born August 9, 1709; mentioned below.

(V) James Woodward, son of - Robert Woodward (4), was born in Scituate, August 9, 1709; married December 16, 1731, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Soper, by whom he had She died in 1748, and James married (second) February 15, 1749, Mrs. Vinal, widow of John Vinal, Jr., by whom he had five children. James died in 1758, and his widow married James Lambert of Scituate. She spent the last years of her life in Bristol, Maine, with ss son Samuel. Children by first wife: James, born September 17, 1732, died)in ee 2. Lydia, born August 31, 1734, died July 8, 1821, unmarried. 3. Sarah, born March 27, 1736, died in infancy. 4. Bethia, born January 23, 1737. 5. Sarah, born April 14, 1740, married, October 19, 1768, Rev. Shearjashub Bourn. 6. Mary, born May 14, 1742. 7. Joseph, born June 6, 1744, died in expedition to Canada. 8. John, born 1746, married, April 11, 1771, Mary Hodgkins, of Georgetown, Maine, and settled in Lisbon. 9. Elizabeth, born 1748. - Children by second wife: 10. Samuel, born October 9, 1750, mentioned below. 11. William, born July 12, 1752, married Mehitable Beal, of Hingham. 12. James, born August 12} '0754/'' 13) Elisha, born. Septemiber «27, 1756. 14. Benjamin, born October 7, 1758, married Dolly Lowell.

(VI) Samuel Woodward, son of James Woodward (5), was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, October 9, 1750. He served an apprenticeship as shipwright under Thomas Barstow, of Hanover, Massachusetts. He married, December 30, 1779, Sarah Barstow, eldest daughter of his employer. She was

1781 they moved to Bristol, Maine. He built numerous vessels on the Damariscotta river and was the first ship builder in the town of Bristol, also built the Walpole Meeting House. He was on the school committee in 1796. In the United States direct tax of 1798, he was assessed on four hundred and eightyfour acres of land, being one of the largest landholders in Bristol. He was also a soldier in the Revolution, and was in Colonel William Jones' regiment in the Penobscot expedition. He died November 8, 1815, and his wife February 6, 1811. Children: 1. Samuel, born at Hanover, October 22, 1780, married, December 1, 1802, Martha Twombly. 2. James, born January 20, 1783, mentioned below. 3. Perez, born December 27, 1785. 4. John, born August 5, 1788. December 12, 1790, married, at Bristol, December 9, 1817, John Wadsworth. 6. Mary, born May 2, 1793, married Samuel Russ. 7. Thomas, born May 1, 1799, married, November 29, 1826, Catherine Huston, of Bristol. (VII) James Woodward, son of Samuel Woodward (6), was born in Bristol, Maine, January 20, 1783. Married, October 4, 1807, Lavinia Wadsworth, born January 4, 1783, daughter of Cephas and Molly (Cook) Wadsworth, of Kingston. He lived in that part of Bristol which in 1847 became part of the town of Damariscotta. He was a ship-builder, and in company with James Jones built numerous ships on the Damariscotta river. He died December 11, 1843, and his widow February 26, 1868. Children: 1. Julia Ann, born 1808, married February 7, 1828, George B. Hussey, born January 29, 1804, son of Job and Sallie (Barstow) Hussey, of New Castle. 2. Perez, born March 22, 1810. 3. Maria, born October 2, 1812, died unmarried November 30, 1854. 4: James, born April 2, 1815. 5. Uriah Wadsworth, born October 28, 1817. 6. Samuel, born August 7, 1819, mentioned below. 7. Mary Jane, born February 3, 1822, married, September 1, 1846, Cephas Wadsworth. 8. Cephas Wadsworth, born April 20, 1824, died July 6, 1852. 9. Sarah Barstow, born March 13, 1827, married, November 6, 1849, George Baylis Poole,

(VIII) Samuel Woodward, son of Jamies Woodward (7), was born in Bristol, Maine, August 7, 1819. Married Jerusha Baker Erskine, in Wiscasset, Maine, January 20, 1848. Through his mother, Lavinia Wadsworth, he was descended of eight different pilgrims who came to Plymouth in the "'Mayflower's" first voyage - John Alden, Priscilla Mullins, William Brewster, Love Brewster, Francis Cook, Stephen Hopkins, William Mullins, Henry Samson and Richard Warren. His mother was a native of Kingston, Massa- - chusetts. His wife, Jerusha B., was born November 21, 1828, daughter of William and Betsey (Baker) Erskine, of Bristol. Samuel was a shipwright by trade, but taught school when a young man; was on the school committee of Bristol for 1846 and of Damariscotta from 1851 to,1854. He removed from Damariscotta in 1866 to Chelsea, Massachusetts, where he died May 18, 1875. Children: 1. Samuel Walter, born December 13, 1848, married, in Chelsea, June 24, 1874, Mary Catherine Wade, born May 31, 1853, daughter of William and Irene (Nichols) Wade, of Chelsea, dry goods merchant of Chelsea, now of Washington, D. C. Children: i. Helen Clifton, born in Chelsea, April 30, 1876; ii. Irene, born in Chelsea, October 4, 1878; iti. Walter Lothrop, born in Washington, D. C., March 8, 1882, died of meningitis, at Paris, May 3, 1898, while travelling with his parents; iv. Margaret, born in Washington, D. C., July 20, 1884; v. Donald, born in Washington, D. C., June 14, 1888; vi. Catherine, born in Washington, D. C., December 12, 1889. 2. Frederick Eugene, born July 22, 1850, married, in Chelsea, January 29, 1879, Sophie G. Coleman, born June 16, 1857, removed to Washington, D. C.; dry goods merchant. Children: i. Laura Alice, born in Chelsea, November 11, 1879, died' in Washington, D. C., April 22, 1884; ii. Frank Barstow, born in Chelsea, May 24, 1881, died March 5, 1900; iii. Ray Louise, born in Washington, D. C., November 13, 1885; iv. Edith D., born in Washington, D. C., October 6, 1890. 3. Julia Hussey, born September 16, 1851, died February 4, 1852. 4. Frank Ernest, mentioned below. 5. Maria Isabel, born November 30, 1854, married, in Washington, D. C., November 2, 1893, John H. Olcott and has one son, John Woodward, born October 10, 1896. 6. Nellie Clifton, born December 30, 1857, died April 30, 1864.

(IX) Frank Ernest Woodward, son of Samuel Woodward (8), was born in Damariscotta, Maine, January 2, 1853. After leaving the common school of his district he attended Lincoln Academy at .Newcastle, Maine, in 1865-66. In the fall of 1866 he removed to Chelsea, with his father, and attended the grammar and high schools of that city. In 1869 he entered the employ of the Magee Furnace Company of Boston. In 1887 he became a stockholder in the corporation, and from 1895 until 1905 was manager of the heating and ventilating departments. The latter year he bought out the entire contract branch of the business and has.since carried it on under the firm name of Frank E. Woodward & Company. Mr. Woodward is well known among the stove and furnace manufacturers of the country. Since October 27, 1881, he has made his home in Malden. In 1884 he was elected secretary of the Malden school board and served in that office for ten years. He is a member of the Young Men's Christian Association and was treasurer of its building committee in 1893-4. In February, 1895, he was elected secretary of the Malden Historical Society, an office he has held to the present time. the American Historical Association, New England Historic GenealogicalSociety, board of managers of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and president of the Malden Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, from its organization in 1900 until 1905. He was elected a trustee of the Malden Public Library, January 12, 1903, to succeed the late William A. Wilde. In 1905 he was elected one of the trustees of Pine Banks Park, a tract of one hundred and ten acres bequeathed to the cities of Malden and Melrose by the late Elisha S. Converse, and accepted under a special act of the legislature. He was appointed with D. P. Corey on a commission to copy and supervise the printing of the vital records of Malden. He was chairman of the committee having in charge the historic loan exhibition of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the corporation of the town of Malden in 1899. This exhibit was very extensive and formed one of the chief features of- the celebration. The success of this exhibition was due largely to the zeal and indefatigable personal efforts of the chairman of the committee. Mr. Woodward is a Republican, and has been very active in the political affairs of the city having been for some fourteen years on the Republican city committee and treasurer since 1900.

He has contributed valuable historical and genealogical articles to various magazines and periodicals. He is the author of a carefully prepared genealogy of the descendants of Samuel Woodward, of Bristol, Maine, and has been gathering for many years data relating to the various branches of the Woodward family in America. He is a member of

He married, June 23, 1881, Alice Elizabeth Colesworthy, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, daughter of the late Daniel C. Colesworthy, a book-seller of Cornhill, Boston. She was born June 19, 1849. Her mother was Mary Jane (Bowers) Colesworthy. Children, all born in Malden: 1. Ernest Colesworthy, born August 29, 1882. 2. Lawrence Erskine, November 28, 1884, died of acute bronchitis, December 4, 1885. 3. Mary, born May 15, 1886. 4. Adelaide, October 8, 1887. 5. Clarence Richardson, April 22, 1889. 6. Stanley Wingate (twin), December 11, 1890. 7. Sidney Chaffin (twin) December 11, 1890. 8. Alice, March 14, 1893. 9. Isabel, March 17, 1895.

1700. There is a tradition among the descendants of Lewis Jones, of Roxbury and Watertown, that their ancestor was of Welsh origin, which is, without doubt, true.

(I) Lewis Jones, of Roxbury and Watertown, Massachusetts, the ancestor of the Watertown-Weston family of Jones, was a resident of Roxbury as early as 1640. He removed to Watertown about 1650 or 1651, and died there April 11, 1684. His wife Ann died May 1, 1680, aged seventy-eight years, grave- 7, 1678-9, mentions his wife Ann, sons Shubael and Josiah, daughter of Lydia Whitney ; son Josiah, executor, "my loving friend and brother," John Stone, overseer. In a codicil dated April 19, 1682, he refers to his son Shubael. 'Children: Lydia, married, October 30, 1656, Jonathan Whitney ; Josiah, see forward ; Phebe, baptized at Roxbury, January I, 1645, died there, July 6, 1650; Shubael, born at Watertown, October 8, 1651.

(II) Captain Josigh Jones, son of Lewis Jones (1), married, October 2, 1667, Lydia Treadway, daughter of Nathaniel and Sufferana (Haynes) Treadway, of Watertown. He died at Weston, October 9, 1714, "in ye 74th year of his age," gravestone. She died September 18, 1743, "full of days aet. 95." Mr.

Jones was admitted a freeman April 18, 1690; was a captain; one of the original members and the first deacon of the church in Weston, to which office he was elected January 4, 1709- 10. About 1690 the three portions of Watertown (Watertown, Waltham, and Weston) were designated as the precincts of Captain Bond's company, of Captain Garfield's company, and of Lieutenant Jones' company. He was a selectman of Watertown, 1685-1687, 1690, 1702, 1709, and after 1712 of Weston. He was a prominent and influential citizen, and among his descendants are to be found many who have been prominent in_ state, church and military service. Children: Tf. Lydia, born August 25, 1668; married, January 2, 1687-8, Nathaniel Coolidge, Jr. 2. Josiah, born October 20, 1670; married Abigail Barnes. 3. Mary, born December Io, 1672, married, at Hannah, July 5, 1693, John Brewer, of Sudbury. 4. Nathaniel, born December 31, 1674, married first, Mary married second Flagg; and died at Falmouth (Portland), Maine, November, 1745. 5. Samuel, born July 9, 1677. see forward. 6. James, born September 4, 1679; married Sarah Moore, of Sudbury; died September 14, 1770, aged ninety-one years. 7. Sarah, born February 6, 1681; married, May 20, 1704, John Warren, and died July 9, 1705. 8. Anna, born June 28, 1684, married Deacon John Mixer, and died in 1736. 9g John, born March 19, 1666-7; married December 8, 1715, Mehitable Garfield, who died February 13, 1642; he died December 8, 1773, aged eightyseven years. 10. Isaac, baptized May 25, 1690, removed to Bolton, Connecticut.

(JI1) Ensign Samuel Jones, son of Captain Josiah Jones (2), born at Watertown, west precinct, now Weston, July 9, 1677, died there, January 25, 1717-18; married, May 9, 1700, Mary Woolson, born November 28, 1673, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Hyde) Wodolson, of Newton; she married second, October I, 1724, Major Francis Fulham, of Weston, and died December 2, 1757, aged eighty-four years. Children: 1. Samuel, born May 13, 1706, married, October. 29, 1730, Tabitha Hobbs: she married second, May 29, 1745, William Munroe, of Lexington. 2. Moses, born June 20, 1709, see forward. 3. Mary, died May 7, 1716. 4 (IV) Moses Jones, son of Ensign Samuel Jones (3), born at Watertown, west precinct, June 20, 1709, died at Weston, July 21, 1755, married July 20, 1737, Hannah Bemis, of Watertown, who died December 27, 1708, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Peirce)

Bemis. Her father, Joseph Bemis, who died at Waltham, June 9, 1741, in his will dated May 4, 1738, says: "I give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah Jones the sum of ten

(V) Solomon Jones, son of Moses Jones (4), born at Weston, April 20, 1742, died at Hillsborough, New Hampshire, February 18, 18006; married, March 14, 1764, Beulah Stratton, born at Weston, January 17, 1744, died at Washington, New Hampshire, June 28, 1832, daughter of Jonathan and Dinah (Bemis) Stratton. Solomon Jones was a soldier in the French and Indian war in 1759, and served also in the Revolutionary war. He removed from Weston to Hillsborough, New Hampshire, about the year 1800. Children: 1. Moses, born June 20, 1764, see forward. 2. Lydia, baptized August 24, 1766. 3. Sally, baptized March 27, 1768. 4. Solomon, baptized June 6, 1773. 5. Joseph, baptized June 6, 1773. e

Weston, May 12, 1786, Hepzibah Dilloway, who died at Hillsborough, New Hampshire, January, 1801; married second, February 9, 1802, Catherine Graves, born at Washington, New Hampshire, September 29, 1784, died there January 21, 1865, daughter of William and Lucy (Wheeler) Graves. Directly after his first marriage Mr. Jones removed to Hillsborough and settled on Bible Hill. Later he removed to the farm now known as the "Tenney Place," and about 1817 he removed to Washington. Children by first wife: I. Moses, born at Hillsborough, August 10, 1787. 2. Charles, born at Hillsborough, September 22, 1789, see forward. 3. William, born at Hillsborough, October, 1791. 4. Isaac, born at Hillsborough, Janwary 7, 1795. 5. Mary D., born at Hillsborough, June 10, 1797, married, March 24, 1824, Alfred Gordon, of Washington, New Hampshire. 6: Martha, born at Hillsborough, April 13, 1799, married Asa Kimball, of Henniker, New Hampshire. Children by second wife: 7. Solomon E., born at Hillsborough, September 13, 1803; married, June 9, 1831, Harriet L. Smith, of Sharon, Massachusetts. 8. Simon W., born at Hills- borough, February 6, 1805; married, June 4, 1828, Eliza G. Newman, of Washington. 9. Nathaniel G., born at Hillsborough, May. 20, 1806, married first, December 21, 1826, Asenath Graves, of Washington, who died February 9, 1843; and married second, June 7, 1843, Elvira Gage, of Wilton, New Hampshire. 10. Hiram, born at Hillsborough, May 17, 1808, married Diadema Rand. 11. Catherine M., born at Hillsborough, February 22, 1814, married first, November 7, 1834, Gilman Spaulding, of Lempster, New Hampshire ; and married second, October 19, 1848, Stephen F. Farrar, of Washington, New Hampshire. 12. Amos B., born at Hillsborough, May 7, 1815, married, April, 1841, Clarissa Millard, of Connecticut. 13. Eliza A., born at Washington, March 15, 1820, married Samuel Gage, of Washington; she died there, December 25, 1869.

(VII) Charles Jones, son of Moses Jones (6), born at Hillsborough, New Hampshire, September 22, 1789, died there, December 12, 1872; married, 1809, Abigail Severns. She died at Hillsborough, October 4, 1876. Mr. Jones resided a short time at Roxbury, Massachusetts, and in 1812 removed to Washington, New Hampshire. Children: 1. Abigail S., born at Roxbury, March 26, 1810; married, April 29, 1830, Nathaniel B. Wilson. She died at Terre Haute, Indiana, June 13, 1880, and her husband died there January 20, 1884. 2. Adaline .B., born at Roxbury, June 18, 1811, married, November .25, 1829, William L. Woods. © 3. Charles, born at Washington, September 12, 1812; married, September 12, 1838, Clarissa Cutler. 4. Samuel, born at Washington, March 29, 1814, died April 15, 1814. 5. Martha J., born at Washington, March 23, 1815; married first, 'January 15, 1839, George Smith of Milford, New Hampshire; and married second, January 24, 1860, Simeon Buck, of Windsor, New Hampshire. 6. Catherine M., born at Washington, September 23, 1816; married first, 1839, Sylvester Dean, of Burlington, Massachusetts; and married second, November 6, 1861, Henry Train, of Washington, New Hampshire. She died March 22, 1886. 7. William Franklin, born at Washington, May 1, 1818, see forward. 8. Henry D., born at Washington, March 21, 1821; married Susan Nichols; resided at Hill, New Hampshire, and died October 6, 1857. 9. Joanna, born at Washington, March 7, 1822, died March 14, 1822. 10. Mary D., born at Washington, June 17, 1823; married, December 22, 1842, Henry Taylor; she died at Woburn,

(VIII) William Franklin Jones, son of Charles Jones (7), born at Washington, New Hampshire, May 1, 1818, died at Hillsborough, New Hampshire, June 21, 1872; married April 28, 1841, Ruth A. Wheeler, born at Unity, New Hampshire, April 11, 1820, died at Woburn, Massachusetts, August 19, 1901, aged eighty-one years, four months and eight days. Mr. Jones was educated in the district schools of his native town. In his early years he worked on his father's farm, and later engaged in the manufacture of washboards and bobbins at Washington, and carried on a successful business until 1851, when he removed with his family to Baltimore, Maryland, and entered the fur trade, buying and selling raw furs. In 1860 he returned to Washington and settled on the farm which had been his father's, the farm containing some one hundred and fifty acres, and he also had a large sugar maple orchard. Here he carried on general farming for several years, when he sold his property and removed to Hillsborough. Children: 1. Charlie Arthur, born at Washington, September 9, 1847, see forward. 2. Kate A., born at Baltimore, December 13, 1856.

(IX) Charlie Arthur Jones, son of William Franklin Jones (8), born at Washington, New Hampshire, September 9, 1847; married, at Woburn, Massachusetts, August 3, 1870, Emily Eaton Tidd, born at Woburn, July 25, 1849, daughter of Charles and Abigail (Eaton) Tidd. He spent a large part of his boyhood at Baltimore, Maryland, where he was educated in a private school, and later returned to Washington, where he concluded his education in the district schools. In 1867 he

Lemuel A. Coolidge, grocer, as a clerk, in his store at the corner of Kingston and Beach streets; later in the same year he became an apprentice of John Cummings, manufacturer of leather at Woburn, Massachusetts, where he remained until July 21, 1868. He then became bookkeeper for Alexander Ellis, grocer, of Wuburn, leaving this position February 7,

1870. He accepted subsequently a similar position with J. T. Steele & Company, successors to Steele, Eaton & Company, Franklin street, 3oston, which he held for about a year. He next accepted a position with Samuel Walker & Company, wholesale boot and shoe manufacturers, Summer street, Boston, and remained with them until January, 1873, when he entered the employ of Palmer & Whitman, manufacturers of furniture, Charlestown street, Boston, as traveling salesman and clerk until March 1, 1888. He then accepted a position in the Woburn. Five Cent Savings Bank, and has remained there, serving in all the grades from assistant treasurer to president, which place he still holds. He was a director of the old First National Bank of Woburn; was connected with the Woburn Gas Light Company; was for twenty-nine years treasurer, and for twenty-five years clerk of the Woburn First Baptist church, a member of its standing committee, and for sixteen years a deacon. He was elected representative to the Massachusetts legislature from Woburn in 1890, and was clerk of the committee on banks and banking. Since 1880 he has held a number of town and city offices among them school committee and city auditor. He is a director of the Puritan Trust Company of Boston, is on the executive board, and is (1907) acting president. He is a trustee and chairman of the finance committee of the Newton Theological Institution; a trustee of Colby College, Waterville, Maine; and a member of its finance committee. He is a member of Mount Horeb Lodge of Masons of Woburn, of Woburn Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and of Boston Commandery, of Knights Templar, and of Massachusetts Consistory, 32nd degree, Scottish Rite Masonry. He is a member of the New Hampshire Natives Club of Boston, and is a member of Baptist Social Union, and has served as director and vice-president of that organization. Mr. Jones is a Democrat in politics, and served as a delegate to the state convention which nominated William E. Russell for governor. Children: Emily, Amelia, Anna, born May 25, 1883, died in infancy; and Arthur Viall, born September 2, oe! a student at Harvard College.

Deacon Paul Peck, immigrant ancestor of this family, born in county Essex, England, 1608, came to Boston in 1635 in the ship "Defense," and remained in Boston and vicinity until 1636, wh » he went with Rev. Thomas Hooker and party to Hartford, and became one of the founders of that city and the state of Connecticut. He was a proprietor of Hartford in 1639, and became a leading citizen. His home was on what is now Washington street not far from Trinity College site, and the locality is still known among the old citizens by the name of the first settler. He was deacon of the church from 1681 until his death, December 23, 1695. His will, dated June 25, 1695, was proved January 15, 1695-96. His inventory amounted to 536 pounds five shillings. He bequeathed to his wife Martha; children Paul, Joseph, Martha Cornwall, Mary Andrew, Sarah Clark, Elizabeth How; grandsons Paul and Samuel Peck; son-inlaw, John Shepherd; granddaughter, Ruth Beach, and son-in-law, John Bouton. Children: 1. Paul, born 1639. 2. Martha, born 1641, married, June 8, 1665, John Cornwall. 3. Elizabeth, born 1643, married How, of Wallingford. 4. John, born December 22, 1645. 5. Samuel, born 1647, mentioned below. 6. Joseph, born 1650, baptized December 22, 1650. '7. Sarah, born 1653, married Thomas Clark, of Hartford. 8. Hannah, born 1656, married, May 12, 1680, John Shepherd. 9. Mary, born 1662, martied John A:drew, of Hartford; died in 1752.

(2), as born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1672. He settled in Middletown, now the town of Berlin, Connecticut, and married, 1701, Abigail Collier, daughter of Joseph. He died December 9, 1765, and his wife October 28, 1742. Children, born at Kensington: 1. Samuel, born January 6, 1701. 2. Moses, April, 1703. 3. Isaac, at Scarborough, November 2, 1706. 4. Abijah, December 28, 1707:' '5.. Zebulon, September '1, 1782) mientioned below. 6. Amos, at Kensington, March 5, 1715. 7. Abel, at Kensington, December 28, 1717, died September 19, 1742. 8. Elisha, March 11, 1720. 9. Elijah, at Lynn, July 23, 1723, married Mary Strong, daughter of Hewett Strong.

(IV) Zebulon Peck, son of Samuel Peck (3), was born in Middletown, Connecticut, September 1, 1712, and died at Bristol, Connecticut, January 13, 1795. He married, July 10, 1735, Mary Edwards, daughter of Josiah Edwards, of Easthampton, Long Island. His wife died May 23, 1790. Children: 1. Abigail,

(V) Abel Peck, son of Zebulon Peck (4), was born at Meriden in 1745. He was a sol- 'dier in the Revolution, corporal in the Sixth Company, Captain Noahdiah Hooker, from May to December, 1775, in the Second Connecticut regiment, under General Spence, and served during the siege of Boston at Roxbury. Part of his regiment took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. He was also a soldier in the Eighth Connecticut Line in the Continental army, and died on his way home from Valley Forge of disease contracted in the service, January 26, 1778. He married, Febru- ~ ary 11, 1768, Abigail Gaylord, of Bristol. His widow married (second) Deacon: James Wells, of Newington, September 4, 1785. Children of Abel and Abigail Peck: 1. Samuel, born January 5, 1769, mentioned below. 2. Candace, January 16, 1771, married Jonathan Stoddard; died 1826. 3. Abel, Jr., January 12, 1774, married Huldah Abernathy. 4. Abigail, May 13, 1776, married Timothy Steadman.

(VII) Abel Gaylord Peck, son of Samuel Peck (6), born at Bristol, Connecticut, January 8, 1807, died at Arlington, Massachusetts, November 12, 1870. After a common school education he started in early life, in Boston, selling dry goods from a cart in the surrounding towns. He gradually increased his stock until he had thirty teams on the road, peddling from house to house. About 1854 he discontinued this method and opened a store on Milk street, Boston, corner of Theatre alley, in partnership with Samuel R. Payson and his brother, William W. Peck, who later died. The firm name was A. G. Peck & Co. They dealt in dry goods, doing a wholesale business until 1858, when they sold out to Rawson, Brigham& Pratt. Mr. Peck later entered the brokerage business, dealing in commericial paper, and having an office with Alderman Gore on Kilby street. In 1864 his son William G. entered his employ and in 1869 was admitted as a partner under the firm name of A. G. Peck & Son, which continued up to the decease of the senior member in 1870, since which time William G. Peck has conducted it. Mr. Peck owned one of the most beautiful and conspicuous residences of Arlington, which is now standing at 74\ Pleasant. street;> August®,.15; 1850; -5 he bought of the Nathaniel Lombard estate the large tract of land on which this large mansion was built. The old mansion house on this estate was formerly occupied by the old First Parish Church building, built in 1734, and removed to that spot in 1804. This building Mr. Peck sold, the purchaser sawing it into two equal sections so that it could be stone at Watertown. His will, dated January taken to its present location on Pleasant street. Mr. Peck was a man of medium size and of quiet habits, greatly devoted to his family. He was a man of sound judgment and quick decision. He was a member of Dr. Rogers' church, Winter street, Boston, and later of the Arlington Congregational church, where he served on the standing committee and as treasurer of the society. - He was a Whig, later a Republican, serving on various town committees. He was a director of the Atlantic National Bank of Boston, the Chelsea Gas Light Company, was vice-president of the Arlington Savings Bank, being one of its incorporators and trustees.

Stoughton, Massachusetts,: November 26, 1834, who died at Boston, November 27, 1835, aged twenty years. He married (second), January 18, 1838, at Boston, Eliza Ann Boles, born October 28, 1814, at Methuen, Massachusetts, and died at Arlington, June 2, 1904, daughter of John and Persis Ann (Woodbury) Boles, of Methuen. Child of the first wife: 1. Lydia Morgianna, born November 17, 1835, married Dr. Henry M. Field, of Arlington, now of Los Angeles, California, and had three children. Children of the second wife: 2. Persis Ann, born October 17, 1838, drowned while skating on Spy Pond at Arlington, December 20, 1853. 3. William Gaylord, born November 12, 1841, mentioned below. 4. Angeline Moore, born October 18, 1848, married, June 20, 1878, John Q. A. Brackett, governor of Massachusetts, and had four children. 5. John Clifford, born 1851, died in infancy.

(VII) William Gaylord Peck, son of Abel Gaylord Peck (6), was born at Boston. Massachusetts, November 12, 1841. He entered the primary department of the Chauncy Hall school, attending until he was ten years of age, when he removed with his parents to Arlington where he attended the public school until he was about fourteen years of ages) In 11856 "he! séntered> / Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 1860, and entering Yale, graduating in 1864 with a degree of A. B. He later received a degree of A. M. Soon after leaving college he entered his father's employ, being taken into partnership with him in_ the brokerage business in 1868. Since his father's death in 1870 he has conducted the business himself. After the great Boston fire in 1872 he was forced to secure new quarters at Post Office square,where he remained till 1898, then removing to 85 Water street, where he conducts a brokerage business chiefly in mortgage loans and fire insurance. Mr. Peck has, as one of the heirs, recently opened the property of his father into a new residential section known as Lombard road. The estate has been divided into building lots bordering on Spy pond and is valuable property in the best section of Arlington. In 1872 was elected trustee of the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank; 1873 a member of the investment committee; 1883 chosen president; to all above offices he has been annually re-elected to this date; 1872, director of Chelsea Gas Light Company, and_ subsequently elected as president; director of North American Insurance Company and

Mr. Peck is a Republican; he has served his party as delegate to the various conventions and on the Republican state committee; was a member of the house of representatives in 1877 and 1880; in 1877 was clerk of the committee on education, and in 1880 held the chairmanship of same committee. He was selectman of Arlington from 1874 to 1877 inclusive; on the water board in 1880-81-82. He is at present chairman of the sinking fund commission; trustee of the Pratt fund for town purposes; trustee of the Elbridge Farmer fund, an endowment for the Robbins Library. He served on the committee of the Soldiers' Monument and was treasurer of that fund. He was formerly a trustee of the cemetery, and on the cemetery committee. He was member of the Sigma Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Phi clubs, and of the D. K. E. of Yale College; also editor of the Yale Literary Magazine in 1863; formerly a member of the Exchange Club. He is an honorary member of the Arlington Boat Club, and was trustee of the old boat club. He is a life member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society of Boston. He is a member of the Congregational church, serving often as moderator.

He married, November 22, 1878, Anna Maria Newell, born May 1, 1854, at Arlington, and died September, 1884, daughter of Charles Henry and Maria Davidson (Gage) Newell. Her father was an ice merchant at Boston, Massachusetts, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Children: 1..Chester 'Gaylord; born November 22, 1879. 2. Lilian Newell, August 24, 1882, married, at Arlington, October 31, 1906, William Davidson Elwell, of Arlington.

The Staples family is of considerable antiquity in England. The name has_ been variously written Staple, Stapel, Stapelle and Stapul. A number of persons are mentioned of this surname among the nobility of England and the coats-of-arms they have borne are described in various works on heraldry. The Irish family carries on its coat-of-arms a representation of an iron staple, showing perhaps the supposed origin of the name and two English branches carry similar designs on their armor. The family historian thinks it more likely that the surname was taken from the trade, stapler, meaning wool dealer, and he gives also as the origin of part of the family at least the French village of Estaples, a small seaport eleven miles from Boulogne. Hugh d'Estaples figured in history in the days of William the Norman.

(1) John Staples, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, before 1636, when he had six acres of land assigned to him in the plain and three acres in the east field; also in Harris -lot in the West Plain and in a second division in 1651 he drew a "great lot."" His home was at the foot of King Oak hill in North Weymouth. He was admitted a freeman, May Io, 1648. He and his son were active in town affairs. He died at Dorchester. His inventory was taken July 13, 1683. His will was dated March 18, 1681-82, and proved August 2, 1683, bequeathing to sons John, Abraham, Joseph and to daughters Rebecca and Sarah. Children: 1. John. 2. Rebecca, born November 2, 1639, married Samuel Sumner. 3. Abraham, born about 1640, mentioned below. 4. Joseph, born February 19, 1641-42. 5. Sarah, married Increase Sumner. 6. Joseph, born 1647, according to one authority, indicating that the first of the name died young.

(Il) Abraham Staples, son of John Staples (1), was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, about 1640. He was a weaver, and when a young man lived at Dorchester where he united with the church under the Rev. Richard Mather, March 20, 1658, and from there he was dismissed to the Weymouth Church, January 13, 1660. He married, July 7, 1660, at Weymouth, Mary Randall, daughter of Robert Randall, who came from Berkshire, England. Her sister, Hannah Randall, married John Warfield. Both the families settled at Mendon. Some of the town records have been shown to err in giving the name Hannah as the wife of Abraham Staples; he was married but once. In 1662 Abraham Staples was associated with a number of Weymouth and Braintree men to form a new settlement. Their petition to the general court was granted, and after purchasing the tract from the Nipmuck Indians they began their settlement in Mendon, as the town was called later, in the fall of 1662 or spring of 1663, for Abraham Staples, Jr., was born in Mendon, June 14, 1663. His lot was on the Main street west of the church from a little stream across the main street and down the eastern slope of the hill to Muddy brook ; the northern line cuts the present street diagonally, running through the village near the brick office of the late

William and Charles Hastings, and the southern line is marked, by the northern boundary of the farm of Nathan R. George. The place was known later as the Stone Tavern stand. Abraham was admitted a freeman in 1673 and. held various town offices, and was sergeant in the military company of Mendon. He probably returned to Weymouth during King Philip's war, and he was among the first to return and build a new house on the ruins of his former residence. He was one of the committee who engaged the first minister, Rev. Joseph Emerson; was on the committee to select a site for a new bridge across Muddy brook and to lay out the road to the grist mill; to take a draft out of the town book of all records which are conflicting. He was selectman. His homestead remained in: the possession of his children and grandchildren down to the close of the eighteenth century, a period of one hundred and forty years. In 1685 a tract bordering on Little pond in the south part of the town was set off to him and more adjoining it to his estate after his death, and that farm has been held in the family to the present time, passing to Abraham, his grandson, his son Abraham, another son Nahor, his son Abraham, his son Linus Staples and his heirs. Abraham resided in Taunton from 1697 to about 1700. He died October 20, 1703. His will was dated November 22, 1698. The graves of Abraham and Mary, his wife, are the only graves of original settlers of Mendon marked by stones bearing inscriptions and hence are the only ones now certainly known. A monument was erected by some of his descendants at Mendon in 1877, and dedicated October 31, 1877, with addresses by Rev. Carlton A. Staples and Hon. Hamilton B. Staples, two prominent descendants.

Children: 1. Abraham, born in Mendon, June 14, 1663, married Mehitable Hayward, daughter of Samuel Hayward. 2. Ebenezer, born about 1665, was a blacksmith, lived on the homestead. 3. John, an invalid. 4. Jacob, mentioned below. 5. Ephraim, born in Mendon in 1678, married in Taunton Webster. 6. Mary, born 1680. 7. Benjamin, born 1682, died young. 8. Hannah, married, 1708, John Darling.

(111) Jacob Staples, son of Abraham Staples (2), was born about 1676, before the family's absence from Miendon. He married in 1690 at Mendon, Abigail Winter. He removed to Taunton in 1697 and is the ancestor of many of the Staples families of that town. He married (second), 1696, Mary Briggs. Children of Jacob and Abigail: 1.

(lV) Jacob Staples, son of Jacob Staples (3), was born in Taunton about 1697. He settled in the Staples homestead at Taunton and was a farmer. He married Sarah Brennon, of Taunton. |;

(V) Nathaniel Staples, son of Jacob Staples, Jr. (4), was born about 1718-19 in Taunton. He settled in that town and married in 1740 Susannah Paull, of an old Taunton family. He was a farmer. Children: 1. George, born November 5, 1740, in Taunton; married, 1765, Phebe Paull. He died November .5, 1822. He was a soldier in the Revolution ; sergeant in Captain Josiah King's company, Colonel George Williams's regiment, in 1776, in the Rhode Island campaign; also in Captain Josiah King's company, Colonel Mitchell's regiment, Brigadier-General Godfrey's brigade in 1780. At the time of his death the Taunton people made the following comment: "He lived with his wife the unusual period of fifty-seven years, during which time he had children, grandchildren and _ greatgrandchildren, and, what is worthy of remark, till now not a death has ever occurred in the family or any of the descendants." Child, Paul, born 1786, mentioned below.

(VII) Paul Staples, son of George (6), was born in Taunton in 1786. He settled in that town and married Hannah Thompson. Child, Nathaniel T., born September 21, 1815, mentioned below.

(VIII) Nathaniel T. Staples, son of Paul Staples (7), was born in Taunton, September 21, 1815. He was educated in the common schools, and learned the trade of carpenter in his native place. In 1835 he came to the growing town of Lowell, Massachusetts, and engaged in the building business. He _ became one of the leading builders and contractors of that section. In 1868 he took his two sons into partnership under the firm name of N. T. Staples & Sons and the firm has done a large business ever since. The senior member retired in 1880, but the firm continued with his sons, Robert H. Staples and William H. Staples, as partners. Mr. Staples was one of the original members of the Worthen Street Baptist Church. Among the important contracts executed by Mr. Staples and his firm were: Church edifices at Augusta, Maine, at Fitchburg and Winchester, Massachusetts ; mill buildings at Leominster, Lawrence, Maywalks of life.

nard, an entire plant at Manchaug, Massachusetts, and what was at that time (1872) the largest cotton mill in the United States, at Grosvenordale, Connecticut. In Lowell he and his firm built from one to a dozen buildings for almost every mill corporation in the city. The Staples firm built the Hildreth and Mansur buildings, the Odd Fellows block, the Railroad Bank building and the Federal Post Office building.

He married, December 6, 1838, Elizabeth Sarah Hoyt, who was born in July, 1818, and died April 25, 1873, aged fifty-five years and five months. Children: 1. Robert Hoyt, born September 26, 1839, mentioned below. 2. William Henry, born April 26, 1843, mentioned below. 3. Arthur, born March 2, 1847, married Olive Edna Wiggin of Lowell, August 13, 1873; child: Blanche Wiggin, born June 4, 1877. 4. George Albert, born June 14, 1859, married Ella Frances Seavey, of Laconia, New Hampshire, November 21, 1883; child: William Henry, born January 2, 1887. .

(IX) Robert Hoyt Staples, son of Nathaniel T. Staples (8), was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, September 26, 1839. He was educated in the public schools and learned his father's trade of carpentering. In 1868 he was admitted to partnership by his father, and since then he has been actively connected with the extensive business of N. T. Staples & Sons, and is reckoned among the most prominent business men of the city. Since the death of his brother in 1900 he has continued in business alone.

(IX) William Henry Staples, son of Nathaniel T. Staples (8), was born in Lowell, April 26, 1843, and died in Lowell, 1900. He was educated in the public schools of his native city. He learned the trade of carpenter and in 1868 was admitted to partnership in the firm of N. T. Staples & Sons, contractors and builders, and had much to do with the great success of the business. He became one of the leading citizens of Lowell and was highly esteemed by his townsmen in all the In politics he was a Republican. He was a member,of the order of Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows of

Upon his emigration to this country he settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, from whence he came to Charlestown, same state, and subsequently returned to the fatherland. He was a skillful currier and morocco dresser, and engaged in the latter line of work during his residence in this country. Family tradition states that he died abroad in 1816. He married a lady of English extraction, who bore him children: 1. Eliza, married and had a daughter who married a Mr. Walton and removed to Cairo, Illinois, where they settled. 2. Mary Ann, married a Mr. Baldwin, and had a son and daughter; the son migrated west and in many years has not been heard of. 3. Michael, married a lady from Maine, had sons George and James, the former now a resident of Somerville, Massachusetts; and daughters Hattie and Louise, who married, respectively, into the Hunt and Hillis families. 4. Jacob H., see forward.

(II) Jacob: H. Hittinger, son of Joseph Hittinger, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, March to, 1811. He was educated in the public schools of Charlestown. In 1825 he entered the employ of George Pierce as a egardener, and five years later engaged in the produce business in Boston,with William E. Otis & Company. For several years he was a member of the firm, and at the same time was actively interested in the firm of Hill & Hittinger, the business of which was the cutting and shipping of ice from Spy pond and Fresh pond. The firm of Hill & Hittinger was dissolved in 1841 and was succeeded by Gage, Hittinger & Company, of which Hon. T. T. Sawyer, of Charlestown, was a partner. It was to this firm, conjointly with John Hill, former partner of Mr. Hittinger, that the merchants of Boston were indebted for the notable enterprise in 1844 when, the harbor 'being frozen over, a passage was cut from the wharf at East Boston through which the Cunard line steamer sailed on the day appointed. It was thought that a failure to sail on time would seriously affect the future of Boston as a port of commerce. Mr. Hittinger sold his interests in the firm of Gage, Hittinger & Company a few years later, but he continued to furnish ice to his successors, Gage, Sawyer & Company, and was interested in shipping ice to the Barbadoes through the firm of Lombard & Whitmore, and in the last years of his life carried on this export trade under his own name.

In 1846 Mr. Hittinger purchased a large tract of land adjoining the old Cushing estate, ' within the limits of the present town of Belmont, and with the exception of a few months spent in Charlestown resided there until the end of his life. His intelligent management redeemed from the marshes all that part of the estate occupied later by his three sons as one of the largest market 'gardens in the vicinity of Boston. Pecuniary difficulties arising in the critical years of 1873-74 caused the loss of his fortune, and though he never became wealthy again, he could look with pride on the careers of his stalwart sons whose filial attention ministered to the comfort and happiness of his last days. He was a man of unusual abilities and force of character, a leader in business and public affairs. For four years in succession he led the fight for the separate incorporation of the town of Belmont. - He gave freely of his money and time to effect this purpose, and must be counted as the principal founder of the town. He was a member of the first board of selectmen after the town was organized, elected in 1859, and re-elected in 1860-61. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat in politics, and always an influential factor in his party. He never lost his interest in the development and welfare of the town of Belmont. His was a long and busy life, and he won the esteem and confidence of all his townsmen and friends by his integrity, uprightness and high character. He died at Belmont, April 4, 1880.

' 1846, Marv Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Farrington King, born in 1798, in New York, died at Charlestown, Massachusetts, September 13, 1839, aged forty-one years, leaving three sons and three. daughters ; he was a Universalist clergyman. She was a sister of Rev. Thomas Starr King, a well known Unitarian minister of Boston, formerly of Hollis Street Church. Child of Jacob H. and Mary (Wilson) Hittinger; 1. Sarah Anderson, born at Charlestown, March 24, 1836; married, Octo- ber, 1856, Charles Willis Davenport; sons living: i. Edward Augustus Davenport, born November 15, 1859, married, November 15, 1880, at San Francisco, Sarah Little; 1.

Charles Willis Davenport, born in San Francisco, 1869; iii. Howard Hittinger Davenport, born at San Francisco, June 17, 1872. Children of Jacob H. and Mary Elizabeth (King) Hittinger: 2. Thomas Starr, born at Watertown, Massachusetts, January 11, 1847, died at Belmont, October 26, 1904; married Carolyn Hapgood, no issue. He was superintendent of the Fresh Pond Ice Company. 3. Jacob L., Jr., born at Watertown, November, 1848, married Annette Trull, no issue. 4. Edward King, born at Watertown, May 28, 1850, unmarried. 5. Daniel Webster, born at Watertown, October 19, 1852, died unmarried at Belmont, October 28, 1875. 6. Charles Frederick, born at Watertown, July 15, 1854, married, October 29, 1886, Myra Woods, born at Chelmsford, Massachusetts, daughter of Isaac P. and Elmira (Hall) Woods; children: Marshall Woods, deceased; Arthur W. Woods, broker, Boston. 7. Richard, born at Watertown, September 26, 1856, mentioned below. 8. Harry, born at Belmont, December 14, 1861, married a Miss McGregor; they have one daughter.

(III) Richard Hittinger, son of Jacob H. and Mary E. (King) Hittinger was born in Watertown, now Belmont, Massachusetts, September 26, 1856. His educational training was acquired in the public schools of his native town, and after completing a three years' course in the high school turned his attention to gaining a thorough knowledge of the rou- 'tine work of his father's farm. He remained under the parental roof until nineteen years of age. In 1875 he entered the office of Putnam & Tilden, architects, of Boston, where he remained about one year. He next entered the employ of a Mr. Rawson, who was engaged in contracting and building in _ Boston, remaining about six months. He later followed carpentering and building and in 1876, with his brother, Charles F. Hittinger, engaged in the market gardening business on the » old Hittinger homestead which his father had for many years successfully conducted. The firm became known as Hittinger Brothers, and under their careful management the enterprise has been developed to one of the largest in the neighborhood. In 1884 the brothers erected their first greenhouse, and since. that time have yearly increased their plant until at present (1908) they have nineteen modern greenhouses, each covering a space of forty by one hundred feet. The plant is equipped with a modern boiler house and wash houses, having all the facilities and accessories necessary to conduct the business in a successful manner. They have a convenient, modern office building attached to the plant. On January 1, 1898, the business was incorporated under the Massachusetts laws under the name of the Hittinger Fruit Company, with Henry Endicott, president ; Charles F. Hittinger, secretary and treasurer ; Richard Hittinger, one of the board of directors. This company makes a specialty of raising lettuce in winter, and produce from three to four crops during the season. They also raise large crops of cucumbers during the early spring and summer months. They find a ready market for all their products in Boston at Faneuil Hall market. Richard Hittinger devotes his entire time and attention to the cultivation of the various crops, and Charles F. Hittinger attends to the business and financiering of the company. The selling agent for the company is Frank Rose. The Hittinger Fruit Company have over thirty-six acres of thrifty fruit trees and an area of about four acres covered with glass.

Richard Hittinger erected -his residence on School street, Belmont, opposite the office and plant of the company,-in 1897. He has served the town of Belmont as selectman for three years. He is a member of the Boston Market Gardeners' Association, and is a member of the Fruit Growers' Association at Boston. He is an attendant at the Unitarian church, where his family also worship. He formerly gave his political allegiance to the Democratic party, but in recent years has been independent, casting his vote for the party who in his estimation is best qualified for office.

Richard Hittinger married, August 21, 1897, Mrs. Elizabeth Waite (Bacon) Potter, born at Arlington, Massachusetts, August 15, 1863, daughter of Jesse Palmer and Altena (Bell) Bacon, of Arlington, Massachusetts. Jesse P. Bacon was a successful mason and contractor of Arlington. He served as selectman of the town,'and was a member of the Massachusetts legislature. (See Bacon family). Mr. and Mrs. Hittinger are the parents of one child, Richard Waldorf, born April 22 1899.

(V) Elnathan Allen, cousin of Ethan Allen, grandson of Samuel Allen (3). and son of Ebenezer Allen (4), was born in 1752 in Litchfield, or Woodbury, Connecticut. The record in the family Bible of Captain Roswell Allen, his eldest son, states that his wife Sarah died August 29, 1827, and that he died October 21, 1827. It is recorded on the tombstone in the Dana burying ground at Pomfret, Vermont, that Elnathan died at the age of seventy-five and his wife at the age of seventy-four, making their birth dates respectively 1752 and 1753. Elnathan Allen was a soldier in the Revolution in the Tenth Company from East Windsor, Connecticut, enlisting first May 17, 1775, in Hezekiah Parson's company, and was at the siege of Boston in Colonel Hunman's regiment. This regiment was largely from Litchfield county. They reached Ticonderoga and remained from June to December, 1776. Captain Parsons was. of Enfield, Connecticut. Allen settled at Pomfret, Vermont, at the close of the Revolution. He settled, lived and died on the farm occupied afterward by his son Captain Roswell Allen, under Pinnacle Hill. He married Sarah Gibbs, who was _ born March 20, 1753, daughter of Giles (4) and descended from Samuel (3)5 7 Samuels! (2) 5 Giles Gibbs (1). Her brother Seth enlisted in the same company with Allen, May 16, 1775. Children: 1. Captain Roswell, born March 7, 1777; died November 9, 1857; married Belinda Pratt; children: i. Fanny, born September 15, 1803; ii. Sarah, born September 23, 1804; iii. Roswell Jr., born April 7, 1807, died January 5, 1879; iv. Adin, born April 25, 1808, died October 6, 1844; v. James Madison, born November 28, 1809; vi. Belinda, born June 16, 1813, died June 28, 1862, at West Farmington, Ohio; vii. George, born

(VI) Gilbert Allen, son of Elnathan Allen (5), was born September 20, 1786, at Pomfret, Vermont, and died there April 11, 1870. He was brought up on his father's farm and received the education afforded by the district schools of his native town. He removed to East Barnard, Vermont, where he had a general store, dealing also in horses. He was a natural salesman, and prospered in business. He sold calf-skins on commission, carried on a general merchandise store, and did some teaming and conducted a two hundred acre farm at the same time. In his later years he had the misfortune to lose most of his property, and after he gave up business he lived with his children. He was a shrewd business man, of a social and jovial disposition, enjoying the respect and friendship of all his townspeople. He was a justice of the peace, a Universalist in religion, a Whig and later Free Soiler in politics, believing firmly in abolition. In his later years he was a staunch Republican. He served in the militia.

He married, April 26, 1807, Lucy Winchell, a native of Turkey Hill, Connecticut, (now East Granby, Massachusetts), in 1788, and she died May 3, 1862, at Pomfret, Vermont, daughter of Dan and Lurania (Miner) Winchell. Children: 1. John, born June 5, 1808, mentioned below. 2. Alonzo Giles, born September 2, 1811, died October 8, 1872; married September 5, 1836, Sarah Emerson of Woodstock, Vermont; children: i. William Henry, born October 12, 1837; ii. Adelia Anna, born May 30, 1840; i. Lucy Elmina, born March 30, 1842; 1v. William Flavius, born December 10, 1843; v. Alonzo Marcellus, born October 26, 1846; vi. Sarah Maria, born February 3, 1856. 3. Harry, born May 13, 1814; died May 31, 1901; married, May 23, 18309, Jane Whitman, of Pomfret, Vermont; children: i. Miner William, oe October 29, 1840, died January 12, See li. Oscar Fay- . ette, born January 20, 1843; ube Lucy, born February 17, 1846; . nGinaers Jane, born February 2, 7849, died vane 17, 1905; Vv Selden Harry, born May 2, 1851. 4. Selden Miner, born January 21, 1817, died 1868; married Eliza Miranda Leonard; children: i. Selden Miner, Jr.; ii. Rosaltha Sarah, born January 14, 1841; ili. Savillion Selden, born March 27, 1842; iv. Joseph Rix, born November 10, 1843; v. Augusta Eliza, born August 28, 1845; vi. Ethan; vii. Kezia Leonard, born November 14, 1850; vil. Grace Miranda; ix. Lucy Winchell; x. Cynthia Bugbee. 5. Maria Lucy, born June 18, 1821; married June 18, 1840, Cyrus Alonzo Keith, of Pomfret; children: i. Josephine Narcissa, born May 19, 1841, died January 29, 1843; ii. Josephine Narcissa, born January 6, 1844; iii. Evangeline Loira, born May 20, 1854; while she was named as before mentioned, from a child she has called herself Evangeline Ira; iv. Dr. Halbert Lynn, born April 7, 1860; v. Avis Muna, born October 16, 1864. 6. Gilbert Daniel, born March 2, 1825, died March 3, 1887; married, June 4, 1847, Amity A. Leonard, of Pomfret; children: i. Ethan Warrington, born October 11, 1847, died January 16, 1890; 11. Laura Malvina, born August 20, 1849.