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1838; married first, October 3, 1863, Mary C. Teague, who died October 31, 1863; married second, March 24, 1867, Rosabelle Sproul, and had: Fred A., born December 21, 1867, died October 9, 1872, Charles F., born September 9, 1871, died March 6, 1872, Mary Alice, born October 9, 1872, Ernest L., born November 13, 1877, died July 13, 1880; iv. Sarah C., born July 27, 1840; married September 1o, 1866, Joseph Porter Currell, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and had: Addie Josephine Currell, born October 24, 1870, died April 4, 1897 (married first, 1888, Albert Bradford, second, 1892, Frederick Teel), Lottie May _Currell, born May 11, 1877, married, 1905, John Webber, and had Helen Webber, born May, 1906, and George Porter Currell, born October 21, 1886, married June 6, 1906, Effie Graham, and had Noble Currell, born March 4, 1907; v. Harriet 'Amanda, born March 21, 1843, died August 17, 1863, married April 17, 1860, Jotham Mink, and had Viola Allen Mink, born April 13, 1862, died January 28, 1863; vi. Mahala Matilda, born February 26, 1846, married Edwin C. Stevens; vii. Calvin Henry, born December 10, 1848, died August 5, 1897, married first, June, 1870, Sarah Edna Young, died September 3, 1891, and had Eva A., born November 14, 1876, married second, January 3, 1893, Charlotte O. Smith. 2. Daniel, born June 30, 1814; died May 17, 1891; married June 16, 1855, Melinda Meserve, of Jefferson, Maine, who died March 9g, 1906; children: i. Daniel Ozra, born June 21, 1857; married November 26, 1886, Hannie Louise Hill, of Waldoborough, Maine, who died May 30, 1889; ii. Annie Frances, born March 24, 1860, married December 5, 1888, Dr. Judson True Sanborn, of Waldoborough, Maine, and had John True Sanborn, born April 2, 1895, died April 6, 1895. 3. Julia, born April 17, 1817; died April 14, 1887; married October 29, 1837, James Schwartz, of Waldoborough ; children: i. Daniel Schwartz, married first, Delia Knowlton, second, , and of first marriage had Carrie, Gardner and Delia Schwartz; ii. Gardner Schwartz, died young; iii. Lucretia Schwartz, born May 8, 1840, died November 18, 1899, married January 5, 1860, Daniel Demuth, of Waldoborough, and had twins, Walter P. and Willis J. Demuth, born October 5, 1860, died young ; Gardner W. Demuth, born July 26, 1862, married Annie Winchenpaw, and had Evangeline and Marian Demuth; Emma L. Demuth, born August 6,

John M. Spear, and had Alice C. Spear, born January 21, 1889, Maynard J. Spear, born January 2, 1891, Mildred H. Spear, born September 18, 1892, Edna S. Spear, born March 5, 1896, Raymond M. Spear, born February 25, 1898; Oscar C. Demuth, born September 13, 1870, married Winnie Kaler, and had Willis G. Demuth; Ernest A. Demuth, born January 15, 1874, married Ina Engley, and had Blanche Edna Demuth, died young; iv. Harriet Schwartz. v. Gardner Schwartz, killed at Fairplay, in July, 1863, five days after Gettysburg; vi. Annie Schwartz, born September 6, 1860, died June 2, 1881, married June 3, 1880, Shelton Simmons, and had Harry Schwartz Simmons, born May 14, 1881. 4. Miles Thomas, mentioned below.

(III) Miles Thomas Castner, son of Jacob Castner (2), was born at Waldoborough, Maine, April 9, 1824. He was brought up on his father's farm, being educated in the common schools, and at the age of eighteen, when his father died, he took charge of the farm and later bought out the heirs. He was a successful farmer, and kept a herd of ten to fifteen cattle and twenty-five to thirty sheep. The farm of two hundred acres was situated in the north part of the town, four miles from the village, and was considered desirable property. When he was nineteen years old he began to teach the district school in the winter months, and taught in this way for nearly fifty years in the schools of Waldoborough, St. George and Friendship, Maine. He and his son Sanford owned the Weaver saw mill, and: manufactured staves and heads for lime casks, which they sold in Rockland, Maine. After a number of years they sold the business to Barden Turner.

Mr. Castner is a man of large psysique, a typical New England farmer. He is a staunch Republican, and has served his party and town as assessor four years, tax collector twelve years, town constable thirty-four years, and deputy sheriff six years. He and his family attended the Methodist church.

He married, June 14, 1845, Margaret Mink, born at Waldoborough, September 22, 1825, died at Belmont, Massachusetts, December 14, 1892, daughter of Isaac and Lydia (Flanders) Mink, of Waldoborough. Her father was a farmer at North Waldoborough, and a manufacturer of power mills. Children: 1. Hector, born September 7, 1846; married September 26, 1867, Ella S. Hahn, of Waldoborough ; children: i. Alberti M., born February 13, 1868, died April 13, 1896, married March 13, 1891, Eldora J. Gross, and had Beryl H., born

(IV) Sanford Benner Castner, son of Miles Thomas Castner (3), was born in Waldoborough, Maine, February 20, 1848. He received his education in the schools of his native town, assisting his father on the farm, and chopping in the woods. He and his father bought some woodland known as Hunt's Woods, which they converted into lumber for the manufacture of lime casks. They owned the Weaver mill, and found a market for the casks in Rockland, where the lime was made, Mr. Castner attending to the teaming and selling. At the age of twenty-three, having sold this business, he went to Waltham, Massachusetts, and found employment with Alden Jameson, driving a milk wagon to Boston for two years. He then purchased the business of his employer and was a member of his family in all four years. In 1876 he bought his present homestead and built a barn, building the house the following year. The place is situated in that part of Waltham known as the Trapelo district, and is near Mr. Jameson's. Until 1892 Mr. Castner devoted most of his time to his market in Boston. He sold it at that time to Albert Kendall who still owns it. Mr. Castner then purchased a milk route in Waltham of Sidney Tyler. Two years later he bought the route of Oscar Hatch and added it to his business. In 1906 he purchased the route of Pierson Brothers, and at the present time he has nearly five hundred customers among the best families of Waltham. Mr. Castner is assisted in his business by his son Ervin. He owns considerable real estate in Waltham in the vicinity of his home.

Mr. Castner and his family are members of the Universalist church. In politics he is a Republican, and he has been honored by his © townsmen with many positions of trust and responsibility. He was a member of the Republican city committee 1890 to 1896; alderman of the city of Waltham, 1899-1900-01, and chairman in the latter year. He was a member of the license committee for three years, chairman of the board in his second year, was also on the committee on nomination and on the finance committee. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Isaac Parker Lodge of Waltham. He was made a member of Union Lodge, No. 35, Odd Fellows, at Union, Maine, in September, 1871; now a member of Prospect Lodge, No. 35, and has served in all the offices of that body ; and Waltham Encampment No. 50, and has served in all its offices. He is also a member of the uniformed rank of Odd Fellows. Both Mr. and Mrs. Castner are members of Hawthorn Rebekah lodge No. 57, at Waltham. He was formerly a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a member of the Philedian Association of Waltham, and of the Sons and Daughters of Maine; and formerly belonged to the Old Farmers' Club. He married, June 19, 1878, Addie Maria Wellington, born at Waltham, October 6, 1855, daughter of Charles Lowell and Cecilia Webb (Dalton) Wellington, of Waltham. Her father was a farmer. Their only child: Ervin Sanford, born May 25, 1880. __-

(IV) Eldorus Austin Castner, son of Miles Thomas Castner (3), was born at Waldoborough, Maine, July 17, 1859. He attended the common schools of that town until eighteen years old, working in the meantime for his father on the farm. At the age of nineteen he came to Waltham, Massachusetts, and became associated with his brother Sanford in his milk business, first as driver and delivery clerk, in Boston, and continuing for eight years. He then began on his own account, establishing a milk route and driving his own wagons to the Boston market for two years. In 1890, at the time of his marriage, he bought his _homestead in Waverly, Massachusetts. He built a new stable and an addition to the house. He continued his milk business in Boston until about 1895, when he sold out to advantage, and later purchased a large route in Somerville. He remained in this business until October, 1907, when he sold it and retired. He resides in a beautiful home at 616 Trapelo Road. He and his family attend the Waverly Unitarian church. He is a staunch Republican, has for a number of years been elected delegate to various nominating conventions of his party, and is a member of the Republican town committee. He was made a master mason in Belmont Lodge of Free Masons, November 4, 1897, and is a member of Trapelo Lodge No. 238, Odd Fellows, and a past noble grand and secretary of this lodge. He is a member of Hawthorne Rebekah Lodge of Waltham, is past regent and collector of Waverly Council, 313, Royal Arcanum; and formerly a member of the Boston Milk Dealers' Association.

He married, April 2, 1891, Helen Wellington, sister of his brother's wife, mentioned above. She was born at Waltham, February 14, 1864, daughter of Charles Lowell and Cecilia Webb (Dalton) Wellington, of Waltham. Children: 1. Lena Wellington, born August

7, 1893. 2. Myrtle Margaret, born October 30, 1897. Edward Brewer, the English BREWER §ancestor of Clifford M. Brewer, came from England to New England some time between 1730 and 1740, as a sailor, and landing in Connecticut. He was mate of a brig at the time of the French and Indian wars. Business being dull at the time, the captain of the brig thought best to haul her up for awhile, and put Bd ward Brewer on board as shipkeeper. The English press law was then in vogue, and a gang came on board the brig and pressed Edward Brewer into the service to go to the provinces to fight the Indians. They were landed at Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, from there were taken to Yarmouth, and he, with five others, as scouts, started Monday morning from Yarmouth and visited the several block houses along the shore to Harpswell, a distance of about thirty miles, and arrived there the following Saturday, and the next Monday started back for Yarmouth. At the close of the war Edward settled at Yarmouth and married. After living there a number of years he moved to Freeport and died there, and all the Brewers that ever lived in this vicinity are descendants of his. Edward Brewer married Lucy Lake, and had six childrén, all born in Yarmouth, Maine: 1. Daniel, born 1753, married Hannah Dill. 2. Joseph, born 1755. 3. Reuben, 1770. 4. Eben; 1773. 5. Hezekiah, 1775. 6. Georgiana, about 1777.

(11) Daniel Brewer, born in 1753, married , Hannah Dill; had nine children: Edward, Enoch, Daniel, James, Reuben, Sarah, Nellie, Jane and John twins, born 1796, died 1882.

1. Arthur W., born in Gorham, New Hampshire, September 26, 1858; married Jessie Fisher, and lived in St. Paul, Minnesota, but died in Portland, Maine. 2. Nellie M., born in Gorham, December 13, 1862. 3. Ernest Everett, born in Lisbon, Maine, August 10, 1864. 4. Clifford Merton; see forward.

(V) Clifford Merton Brewer, was born in Portland, Maine, April 16, 1872. He was educated in the public schools of Portland and at a business college in Portland. He then entered the employ of J. B. Brown & Sons, bankers, in Portland, and remained with them five or six years. In 1894 he came to Boston and became connected with Kidder, Peabody & Company, the well known bankers, where he now is. He has resided in Medford since 1895, and has taken an active part in city affairs, serving as an alderman if 1904, 1905 and 1906; was elected mayor December, 1906, for two years, and has just entered upon his second year of service. He is affiliated with Mount Hermon Lodge of Masons, Medford; the Royal Arch Chapter of Medford, Medford Council, Boston Commandery of Knights Templars, the Mystic Shrine, Boston, and the Economic Club, Boston. He is an honorary member of the Lawrence Light Guards of Medford; a member of the Medford Savings Bank Corporation, of the Citizens' Association, the Brotherhood of West Medford, the Medford Historical Society and the National Geographic Society of Washington, D. C. He was one of the executive committee for the celebration of the two hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the settlement /of Medford in 1905, and did much to promote its success. He married Harriet Merrill, daughter of Joseph T. Merrill, of Portland, Maine, June 19, 1895. Children of Clifford M. and Harriet (Merrill) Brewer, born in Medford: 1. Arthur Douglass, May 4, 1896. 2. Mary Merrill~ June 07, Lo02.

(1) John Cole, born June 22, 1765, and lived in Winthrop, Maine, then a part of Massachusetts. He married Anna Morrill, about 1785. Children, born in Winthrop, Maine:. 1. Nathan, born May 3, 1786. 2. William, born November 3, 1788, married Lupira Spaulding. 3. Lydia, born August 7, 1790, married Thomas Elms. 4. John, born April 19, 1791.! 5. Cyrus, born June

(11) William Cole, born in Winthrop, November 3, 1788, lived in Buckfield, Maine; married Lupira Spaulding, daughter of Benjamin Spaulding, October 3, 1811, descended from

(1) Edward (Spaulding) Spaulding, born in England, came to Braintree, Massachusetts, about 1633. His wife's name is not known. Children, born in Braintree: John, Edward, Grace, Benjamin, Joseph, Dinah, Andrew.

his children were: Leonard, Eleazer. (IV) Leonard Spaulding, married, and his children were: Benjamin, Elizabeth, Thankful, Rachel, Sarah, Abel,-Esther, Lucy. (V) Benjamin Spaulding, married Patty Barrett; lived in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

(VII) Lupira Spaulding married William Cole. Children: 1. Addison, born February 8, 1812; married Eliza de Costa, of Buckfield, Maine. 2. Cyrus, born February 28, 1814; married Sarah de Costa, of Buckfield, Maine. 3. Myrtilla, born July 16, 1816; married George Bridgham, of Bridgton, Maine. . 4. William Lloyd, born January 29, 1819; married Cordelia Allen. 5. Lydia, born July 21, 1822; married first, Joseph Willis; second,

Nehemiah Douglass. 6. Maria Louise, born June 3, 1824; married Samuel Marble, of Paris, Maine. 7. A. Vernon, born March 30, 1827; married Lucy Hall, of Buckfield, Maine. 8. Rotheus, born September 8, 1830; married Margaret Allen. g. Melissa, born January 5, 1834; married Charles Allen, of Buckfield. to. Mary L., born January 9, 1838; married John Brewer.

Peter Gray, deceased, was during a long and active career one of the foremost business men of Cambridge, and a man of great nobility of character, a selfmade man in the finest and fullest sense of the term.

He was a native of Scotland, born in Edinburg, July 25, 1839, seventh in a family of nine children. As a lad he entered the employ of John and David Young, manufacturers of coach lamps and tinware and served an apprenticeship of six years, during which time he lost but six and one-half days. He remained with the firm as a journeyman for two years longer; then worked in a similar establishment in London for two years; returning to the Youngs, whom he served for two years in the capacity of expert mechanic. On April 8, 1865, he sailed from Glasgow for New Brunswick, where he worked at his trade until November, 1866. Afterwards he went to Boston, Massachusetts. There he entered the employ of George H. Mason, and became his manager. This position he held until 1879. At this time he went into business on his own account, at No. 12 Marshall street. He carried on a large and constantly increasing business there for twenty-five years, until January, 1903, when he removed to Nos. 88 and 90 Union street. At this time he took into partnership with himself his sons, George M. and Mason H. Gray, under the firm name of Peter Gray & Sons. The occupation of the new quarters was the occasion of a "housewarming" which gave evidence of the very friendly feeling existing between Mr. Gray and his employees. To this business he gave his splendid abilities until his death. In his business career he was eminently successful. From a very small beginning he developed a business that won for him a place among the leading lantern manufacturers of the country. His business methods were always safe and conservative, and he made no attempt to build to a towering height upon a slender superstructure. Hence his development of his business was sure and substantial, without retrogression or halting in a single instance and he made for himself a name in the mercantile world of which any man might well be proud.

Mr. Gray aspired to no official position. He was, however, a strong figure in the social as well as the commercial community. He was a member of long standing in the North Avenue Congregational Church, the welfare of which was ever dear to his heart, and he was constantly a liberal contributor to its support, and to the maintenance of its benevolent and charitable objects. He was a prominent Mason, affiliated with Charity Lodge, Cambridge Royal Arch 'Chapter, Cambridge Commandery, Knights Templar, and the Scottish Rite bodies of Boston. He was for many years a member of the Royal Arcanum. He was keenly alive to the needs of suffering humanity, and was an active and liberal member of the Scots Charitable Society and the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association. He held an associate membership in Kinsley Post, No. 113, Grand Army of the Republic.

Mr. Gray- was married, June 3, 1869, to Antoinette S. Acres, a member of an old Boston family, who survives her husband. Four sons also survive Mr. Gray; George M. and Mason H. Gray, who were in business partnership with their father; James T. Gray, a well known life and fire insurance agent; and Peter Gray, Jr., now in the employ of Peter Gray & Sons.

Mr. Gray died October 27, 1906, at his residence in Cambridge. He was confined tq his bed only a fortnight before his decease. He succumbed to a combination of diseases. Seldom does the loss of any man so deeply affect those who knew him, as did the death of Mr. Gray. Sorrow was general throughout North Cambridge, where by virtue of his long residence he was best known. His unostentatious charity, his genial nature, his broad and democratic spirit, had won him the love of all men, while his business integrity and spotless life had commanded their sincere respect. The funeral took place from the North Avenue Congregational Church, on October 30, 1906. The large edifice was filled with friends from near and far and from all walks of life. The workmen of Peter Gray & Sons' factory made an imphessive part of the audience, the Masonic fraternity attended in large numbers, and the great business world was represented by a host of the substantial representative men of Boston and Cambridge. His own countrymen were numerously represented both individually and in a body, several Scottish or- ganizations attending the funeral. All nationalities and creeds were among the mourners, for Mr. Gray was indeed the friend of all humanity. The services were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Evans, who paid fervent tribute to the memory of his deceased friend and parishioner. In epitomizing the virtues of the dead philanthropist, the clergyman spoke warmly of his relations. "He proved himself a splendid husband, and a noble father. There was much of the true boy nature in him, and it ever kept him close to his sons." <A _ local newspaper contained a eulogy by the Rev. Peter MacQueen, an intimate friend of Mr. Gray, who, amid many touching allusions, said:

"He gave the world better things than it gave him, though he was loved and honored everywhere. Beneath the toil and wounds of all his victories he carried the white lustre of his conscience, burning untarnished to the end. He enshrined honesty in the counting house, and truth and honor before everything else of gain or of success. He was an inspiring example to the men about him. He was as true as steel to every obligation; as clear as one of his own signal lamps to light up with cheer and charity the homes of want. If every poor soul to which he lent the white hand of christian help should bring a blossom to his grave in the springtime, he would sleep beneath a wilderness of flowers. If all men were like Peter Gray, this world would be God's paradise. Carrying to those in darkness, bereavement or in want, the lamp of charity he took his money to the poor - but what was better still, he took himself, his genial presence, and his good, kind face. * * *- The Great Republic will never have in its citizenship too many men of his stamp. Power to resist, courage to wait, remorseless severity in toil, and firm reliance on Divine Providence, these were the guerdon he had won in life.

"Perhaps in all his life Mr. Gray was never sc much interested in any special christian work as he was in the Bay Street Church, just over the line of Somerville, where he was a member and a deacon for nearly twenty years. He was a deacon of the old school, but the true school, unfailing in his attendance, his work, his gifts. Many a home was sweetened by his kindliness. No good cause of the church ever was turned away from his door. It was to him the church always looked when in the hour of need. He was ever a tower of strength in the darkest weather, and always 'a gentleman unafraid.' "

'"*O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their influence. Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion evermore intense, So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world." this family, was of Lancashire, England, born probably as early as A. D. 1150 and the ancestor of the early families of Lawrence in England. Attending his sovereign Richard Coeur de Lion, to the War of the Crusades he distinguished himself in the Siege of Acre and was knighted Sir Robert of Ashton Hall. His arms: Argent, a cross raguly gules.

(II) Sir Robert Lawrence, son of Sir Robert Lawrence (1), and his immediate successor to the estate of Ashton Hall, married a daughter of James Trafford, of Lancashire.

(V) John Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (4), was his father's heir; married Elizabeth Holt, of Stably, Lancashire, and died it is said in 1360.

(VI) Sir Robert Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (5), succeeded to Ashton Hall; married Margaret Holden, of Lancashire. Children: 1. Robert, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, father of Sir Arthur Lawrence of Prior's Court, Gloucestershire. 3. William, born 1425, fought under the Lancastrian banner at St. Albans in 1455 and having fallen there was buried in the Abbey. 4. Edmund.

(VII) Sir Robert Lawrence, son of Sir Robert Lawrence (6), had Ashton Hall; married Amphilbis Longford, daughter of Edward Longford. Children: 1. James, heir to the estate; married Cicely Boteler. 2. Robert, married Margaret Lawrence, daughter of John Lawrence, of Lancashire; their son John commanded a wing of the British army under Lord Stanley at Flodden Field. 3. Nicholas, mentioned below. ~ (VIII) Nicholas Lawrence, son of Sir Robert Lawrence (7) was of Agercroft. Children: 1. Thomas, 2. Nicholas, Jr., 3. Robert. 4. John, 'mentioned below. 5. Wil-

(IX) John Lawrence, son. of Nicholas Lawrence '(8), was of Agercroft, ancestor of the Lawrence family of St. James Park in Suffolk, it is stated in the pedigree of the Lawrences of Ashton Hall. He died in 1461.

(X) Thomas Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (9), was of Rumburgh and held lands in other places. Children: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Richard, of St. Ives. The will of Thomas is dated July 17, 1471.

(XI) John Lawrence, son of Thomas Lawrence (10), married Margery Will dated July 10, 1504; his wife died in 1507 and both are buried in the church at Rumburgh.

(XIII) John Lawrence, son of Robert Lawrence (12), married Elizabeth Children: 1. Henry. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Agnes. 4. Margaret. 5. Katharine. 6. William, of St. James Park, South Elmham, exiled during the reign of Queen Mary, he afterward returned and labored as a preacher at Fressingfield. 7. Richard, of Wissel and Rumburgh, died 1556.

(XIV) John Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (13), married Agnes . Children: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Richard, died in 1596. 3. Susan. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Margaret. His will is dated April 27, 1590; he was buried at Rumburgh, May 21, 1590; his wife died January 22, 1583.

(XV) John Lawrence. son of John Lawrence (14), was of Wisset in Suffolk county; married Joan His will is dated June 2, 1606; he was buried January 16, 1607. Children: 1. Henry, mentioned below. 2. Robert, whose will names his kinsman Henry North, of Laxfield, a son of Sir Henry North and grandson of Lord North. 3. Margery. 4. Katherine.

(XVI) Henry Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (15), married Mary His father's will refers to him as having removed from Wisset to New England and settled in Charlestown. In the first division of land in Charlestown on the Misticke side he received five acres of land for a house lot February 20, 1638. Another lot was transferred to him in 1635 by George Blott. He seems to have died in the early forties and it is supposed that his second wife Christian is the widow who with her son John sold house and land there July 22, 1646. The widow died March

(XVII) John Lawrence, son of Henry Lawrence (16), usually known as the immigrant ancestor of the family, was baptized at Wisset, Suffolk county, England, October 8, 1609. In 1639 he gave his age as twentyfour; in 1657 as about thirty-five. But he was married before 1635 and his statement of his age was not accurate in either case or the clerks of the court recorded incorrectly - a very common thing in taking the ages of witnesses. But Lawrence must have been born .as early as 1609, the date of his baptism in England. He-was admitted a freeman April 17, 1637, and he received a grant of land at Watertown of three acres February 28, 1636. In 1650 he bought of the town fifteen acres of common land. He was a carpenter by | trade. He sold his mansion and land at Watertown in 1662 and removed to Groton. In December of that year he was elected selectman of the town of Groton. He was evidently a man of some intelligence and influence and a large property owner. He continued his business of carpenter at Watertown as well as at Groton, also in Boston. He died at Groton, July 11, 1667. - In his will he appoints his wife and sons Nathaniel and Joseph executors, naming also sons Enoch, Samuel, Isaac, Jonathan, Zechariah, and daughters Elizabeth and Mary. His first wife Elizabeth died August 29, 1663, and he married (second) Susanna Bachelder, daughter of William Bachelder, of Charlestown. She died July 8, 1668, and mentions in her will her daughters Abigail and Susanna, and her sisters Rachel Atwood and Abigail Asting. Children:' 1. John, born March 14, 1636. 2. Nathaniel, born October 15, 1639, mentioned buried April 6, 1648. 6. Mary, born July 16, 1645, married Tuego Potter. 7. Peleg, born January 10, 1646-47, married Elizabeth Morse. 8. Enoch, born March 5, 1648-49, married Ruth Whitney Shattuck. 9. Samuel, removed to Connecticut, married Rebecca Luen. 10. Isaac, married, April -19, 1682, Abigail Bellews. 11. Elizabeth, born May 9, 1655, in Boston; lived with Ensign Buss, of Concord, after father's death. 12. Jonathan, left a hundred pounds to buy a meeting house bell and it was voted by the town of Groton to inscribe his name on the bell; married Rebecca Rutter, of Cambridge. 13. Zechariah, born March 9, 1658-59, in Watertown. Chil-

(XVIII) Nathaniel Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (17), was born at Watertown, October 15, 1639. He removed to Groton with his father. He married, March £3; 1660-61, in Sudbury, Sarah Morse, daughter of John and Hannah Morse, of Dedham. He was admitted a freeman in 1672; was a deacon of the Groton church, and was one of the first deputies to the general court. His son John having settled at Cambridge Farms, afterwards Lexington, Deacon Lawrence removed to Lexington, where he died April 14, 1724.

(second), November 9, 1687, Hannah Tarbell, 'of Groton. Children of Nathaniel and Sarah Lawrence: 1. Nathaniel, born April 4, 1661, at Sudbury. 2. Sarah, born January 1, 1662- 63, at Sudbury, died young. 3. Hannah, born in Groton, July 3, 1664. 4. John, born July 29, 1667, mentioned below. 5. Mary, born March 3, 1669-70, died young. 6. Sarah, born May 16, 1672. 7. Elizabeth, born July 6, 1674, died October 20, 1675. 8. Elizabeth, born at Groton, married Abner Harris, of Medford. 9. Deborah, born March 24, 1683. Children of Nathaniel and Hannah Lawrence: 10. Hannah, born April 26, 1687, married Samuel Holden. 11. Mary, born October 16, 1690, married Zebadiah Wheeler. 12.. Jonathan, born June 14, 1696, settled at Stoneham.

(XIX) John Lawrence, son of Nathaniel Lawrence (18), was born at Groton, July 29, 1667, and died March 12, 1746-47. He married in Groton, November 9, 1687, Anna Tarbell, who was born in 1670. Both were received into the church at Lexington, February 9, 1698-99. She died December 109, 1732, He was a man of understanding and piety, and held important offices in the town, especially active in the support of the schools and church. Children: 1. John, born January 9, 1689, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, born December 23, 1691. 3. Nathaniel, born January 31, 1694. 4. William, born August 11, 1697. 5. Samuel, born July 9, 1700. 6. Anna, born October 29, 1702. 7. Jonathan, born February 13, 1706. 8. Sarah, born June 109, 1708. 9. Benjamin, born May 24, 1713. Io. Amos, born February 19, 1715-16.

Stone, daughter of Deacon Samuel Stone, of Lexington, born June 19, 1693. He died Janary 22, 1752.° At the first precinct meeting of that part of Woburn now Burlington in November, 1730, he was chosen collector. In 1732 he was next to the Sean taxpayer of that precinct. Children: Elizabeth, born May 12, 1711, married, jae 22> 5 oes Thomas Ditson, of Billerica. 2. John, born September 21, 1713; mentioned below. 3. Samuel, born October 3, 1715, probably also of North Yarmouth, Maine. 4. Isaac, born November 27, 1717. 5. Anna, born August 8, 1720. 6. Nathaniel, removed to New Hampshire in 1754. 7. Rebecca, born 1728, married, June 27, 1751, Thomas Locke. 8. Mary, married William Tuttle.

(X XI) John Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (20), was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, September 2, 171.3) fe marred, October 23, 1736, Mary Simonds, and after living in Medford, Massachusetts, for a time, settled in Maine. It is known that his descendants were at North Yarmouth, Maine, and the history of Narragaugus Valley connects the family of that vicinity and the North Yarmouth family.

(XXII) John Lawrence, son or nephew of John Lawrence (21), was born in Maine about 1740. He had a cousin John of North Yarmouth, who was probably. the son of Samuel Lawrence. Both John Lawrences were soldiers in the Revolution, one from North Yarmouth, the other from Narragaugus, Maine. The latter was corporal in Lieutenant Thomas Parrat's company, June 25, 1777, serving at Machias in a detachment drafted from the militia. He was sergeant in Captain Thomas Robbins's company in 1778 in Colonel John Allen's regiment at the defence of Machias. He was corporal in the detachment under Lieutenant John Buchanan, Colonel Foster's regiment, in 1778, called out to defend the state stores on board the "Merry bound from Beston to garrison Machias. The pay roll was dated at Narragaugus. The history of the valley says: 'He was one of the very early settlers on the river." It refers to the old tradition that a John Lawrence married a Townley, but strange to say failed to mention the vast English estates that most Lawrence-Chase-Townley families have been told falsely, of course, but none the less alluringly, awaited the American heirs of John Lawrence and Mary Townley in England. An association was formed and experts hired to investigate the tradition. There was no such estate, of course, though the families were connected. John Lawrence came from North Yarmouth to Narragaugus and settled in what is now called the upper corner very near the house now or lately owned by AIlfred Small. As the very first settlers on the river were not there until 1757, Lawrence came we,believe about 1760, certainly before the Revolution. He had but one child, John, mentioned below.

(XXIII) John Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (22), was born about 1765, probably in Narragaugus. He married Jennie Rolfe, whose parents settled in the Intervale District near where the schoolhouse now stands. John and his young wife settled on the lot now or lately of Gilbert Sproul and raised a large family of children: 1. John, married - Wilson. 2. Aaron, married Lucy Leighton. 3. Daniel, married Sumner. 4. Larkin, mentioned below. 5. William, married Reynolds. 6. James P., married Amy Patten; (second) Alline; (third) Matilda Jones. 8. Polly, married Aleander Leighton. 9. Jane, married William Campbell. to. Sally, married Amos G. Guptill. 11. Nancy, married Otis Tucker. 12. Betsey, married George Guptill.

(XXIV) Larkin Lawrence, son of John Lawrence (23), was born in Narragaugus Valley, Maine, probably in what is now Lubec, about 1790. He lived and died in Lubec. He was named probably for the Lakin or Larkin family, relatives and neighbors of the Lawrences at Groton first, and afterwards in other places. He was educated in the common schools, worked on his father's farm, and followed. farming as an occupation through life. He was a Whig in his later days in politics and a Baptist in religion. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He married thrice. One of his wives was a Kings- - ley. He had six children by his first wife; one by his second and none by the third. Children of the first wife: 1. Nelson Larkin, mentioned below. 2. Jotham. 3. Loring. 4. Curtis. 5. Infant died voung. 6. Louisa. The only child of the second wife was: .7. Mary J.

(XXV) Nelson Larkin Lawrence, son of Larkin Lawrence (24), was born in Lubec, Maine, May 10, 1821, and died at East Machias, Maine, April 30, 1876. He was educated in the common schools, learned the trade of carpenter, worked in various shipyards along the Maine coast and was a skilful artisan. He was a Republican in politics and a Baptist in religion. He married, in

(X XVI) Francis Lawrence, son of Nelson L. Lawrence (25), was born in East Machias, Maine, March 8, 1860. He was educated there in the public schools, and entered upon a mercantile career as clerk in various stores in Machias. In 1882 he came to Lowell, Massachusetts, and accepted a position as clerk in the hardware store of Charles Adams, in whose employ he remained until 1904, when he went into business for himself in the firm of Smith & Lawrence, hardware dealers, Market street, Lowell. The firm has been prosperous, and Mr. Lawrence is reckoned among the most promising and able business men of the younger generation. He is a Republican in politics, inclined to independence especially in municipal politics. He and his wife are members of the First Congregational Church, of which he is the treasurer. He married, September 19, 1895, Katharine M. Wager, daughter of William and Sarah (Spurbeck) Wager, of Lowell. Mr, and Mrs. Lawrence have no children.

marriage he removed to Groton and _ settled in the northern part of the town. He served the town of Groton as a surveyor of highways, tithingman and fence viewer. In King Philip's war in 1675, he served in a garrison and fought the Indians; also served in King William's war. In the year 1702 the Provincial authorities granted him immunity from taxation and a pension of three pounds sterling yearly on account of physical disability contracted in an encounter with the Indians in the King William war. He died September 28, 1744, aged ninety-five. The following is from the third volume of the Groton Land Records. The lands of Enoch Lawrence "his houselot nineteen acres more or less bounded easterly by his own meadow and on all other points by the highways; twelve and a half (acres) of this land he had of his brother Zachary and seven acres he had of his brother Joseph Lawrence. Enoch Lawrence had also twenty-five acres near the Silver mine, ten acres at Babbet, and three and a half in Halfmoon meadow." His children were: 1. Nathaniel, born February 21, 1677. 2. Daniel, born March 7, 1681, married Sarah eae Zachariah, born July 16, 1683, married Abigail Parker. 4. Jeremiah, born May 1, 1686.

(XIX) Nathaniel Lawrence, born February 21, 1677-78, married "Anna Scripture, of Mason, New Hampshire, about 1701. In the 'Groton records he is called a sergeant. He was chosen constable in 1711, and afterwards served as surveyor of highways and tithingman. He died September 12, 1765. His wife died September 30, 1758, aged seventy-three. Children: '1. Nathaniel, born May 13, 1702, married, February 4, 1728-29, Dorothy Chamberlain. 2. James, born August 26, 1705. 3. Anna, born July 3, 1708, married Samuel Wright. 4. Enoch, born November 15, 1710, married Sarah -Stevens. 5. Sarah, born March 15, 1713, married Zachariah Lawrence. 6. Martha, born December 7, 1715, married William Blond, of Groton. 7. Joseph, born April 10, 1718, married Elizabeth Martin. 8. Benjamin, born November 6, 1720, married Ruth Dodge. 9g. . Rebecca, born April 17, 1724, married Joseph Blanchard. 10. Lois, born September 26, 1726, married Bezaled Sawyer. 11. Eunice, born July 25, 1728, died November 15, 1747.

(XX) Captain James Lawrence, born August 26, 1705, married Mary Martin, of Groton. He was a resident of Groton, West Parish (Pepperell), and was chosen one of the standing committee of the parish at its first meeting in 1742. The second meeting was at his house. In 1745 and 1746 he served as selectman. He died January 27, 1800, aged ninety-five. She died in 1799, aged eightyseven. .They lived in Pepperell. Children: I. Mary, born March 17, 1734, married Josiah Stevens, of Townsend. 2. James, born April II, 1736, married Elizabeth Fisk. 3. Lemuel, born June 1, 1745. 4. Benjamin, born October 9, 1747, married Sybil Parker, of Groton.

(XXI) Lemuel Lawrence, born June 1, 1745, married, January 21, 1768, Sarah Williams. He met with a fatal accident at the raising of a barn in Pepperell, April 24, 1773, - and died in his twenty-eighth year. Children, born in Pepperell: 1. Sarah, born October 13, 1768, married Mr. Bailey. 2. Lemuel, born August 6, 1770. 3. Olive, born Feb- ruary 13, 1772, married Mr. Bailey, the husband of his sister Sarah, after her death. (XXII} Lemuel, born August 6, 1770, married, November 5, 1794, Mercy Perham, of Tyngsborough. They resided in Tyngsborough, and their children were born there. He died September 20, 1832. Children: 1. Lemuel, born September 1, 1795, lived in Chelmsford. 2. Daniel, born September 12, 1797. 3. Clarissa, born October 29, 1799, died unmarried. 4. Sarah, born August 23, 1806, married Lemuel Spaulding, of Winchester. (XXIII) Daniel Lawrence, born September 12, 1797, in Tyngsborough, married, September 25, 1823, Elizabeth Crocker, of York, Maine. He came to Medford in 1823, and entered the firm of Bishop & Goodrich, distillers. From that time until the close of the Crimean war was engaged in that business, and he was very successful; for a large portion of the time on his own account, and later under the firm name of Daniel Lawrence & Sons. He filled many positions of public trust in Medford, and great confidence was placed in his sound judgment and executive ability. At the breaking out of the civil war he showed a most loyal and patriotic interest in the effort to maintain the Union, and advanced the funds necessary for the equipment of the Lawrence Light Guard then going to the seat of war. In 1858, during a temporary residence in Tyngsborough, he represented the town in the legislature, giving his salary to the town. He died at Poland Springs, Maine, while on a visit, October 2, 1884. -Children: 1. Mary Ann, born January 29, 1827. 2. Daniel Warren, October 8, 1830, married Mary Ellen Wiley, October 18, 1857. 3. Samuel Crocker, born November 22, 1832. 4. Elizabeth Maria, born August 5, 1835, married George L. Barr, November 20, 1851. 5. Rosewell Bigelow, born December 22, 1838. 6. William Harrison, born July 24, 1840. (XXIV) General Samuel Crocker Lawrence was born in Medford, November 22,

(Crocker) Lawrence. His early education was obtained in the Medford schools, and he was prepared for college at the Medford high school and the Lawrence Academy at Groton. He was graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1855, with the degree of A. B., and received the degree of A. M. in 1858. After graduation he was in the banking business of Bigelow & Lawrence for three years in Chicago with success, but returned in 1858 to engage in business with his father and brother, under the firm name of Daniel Lawrence &

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Sons. Since 1867 he has been the sole proprietor. He early became interested in military affairs, and became a lieutenant in the Lawrence Light Guard at its start in 1854, an organization named in honor of his father. A little later he was chosen captain of the company, and soon after that was commissioned colonel of the Fifth Regiment of the Massachusetts militia. April 15, 1861, or three days after the attack on Fort Sumter, President Lincoln issued a call+for seventy-five thousand volunteers for three months to defend the capital of the nation. On the 18th of April, Colonel Lawrence issued marching orders for the Fifth Regiment, and his brother, Daniel W. Lawrence, took the orders to the commanders of the different companies. A considerable part of Mr. Lawrence's hurried journey was over the same roads taken by' Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride. The errands of the messengers were identical, and they were animated by an equally ' patriotic purpose. jhe next day the several companies of the regiment, including the Lawrence Light Guard, reported at Boston. The regiment was quartered in Faneuil Hall until the morning of the 21st of April, when it left for New York, and then proceeded at once to Washington. Though the Fifth Regiment served only for three months, it took part in the first battle of Bull Run and suffered severely. The colorbearer of the regiment was killed and Colonel Lawrence was wounded in the battle. In June, 1862, he was commissioned brigadier-general in the state militia, but resigned in 1864. He is a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and was its commander in 1869., For many years General Lawrence has been interested in railroad management. In 1875 the Eastern Railroad was on the verge of bankruptcy. General Lawrence became a - large owner of stock in the company. He was elected its president, and by his able management it was placed on a sound financial basis, and in 1884 it was united with the Boston & Maine Railroad. He has been a director of the joint corporation until the present time. He was elected a director in the Maine Central Railroad in 1875, and has continued in that position since that time, and is a director in many other corporations. When in Harvard College he became a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was a charter member of Mount Hermon Lodge, of Medford, and the Mystic Royal Arch Chapter of Medford, and ~Medford Council. He joined the Boston Commandery of Knights Templar in 1858, and was eminent commander from October, 1873, to

1875; from all these organizations he has received the highest honors. He served as grand master of Masons in Massachusetts in 1881- 82-83, and as grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 1894-95. In 1866 he was invested with the thirty-third degree in Masonry, Northern Masonic jurisdiction, and is now lieutenant grand commander of the Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic jurisdiction, and _ representative there of the Southern jurisdiction. General Lawrence has been chairman of the board of trustees of the Medford Public Library for more than thirty years, and was chairman of the board of sinking fund commissioners for several years.

He was unanimously nominated for congress, but declined to be a candidate. He has been averse to holding public office, but yielded to the very strongly expressed wish on the part of the citizens of Medford that he serve as the first mayor of the newly organized city. He accepted the office and brought to the service of his native town the financial and executive ability of an experienced, broad-minded and large hearted business man. Miuch to the regret of his fellow citizens, he declined a re-election at the close of his two years' service. General Lawrence is a public spirited citizen with broad views. His residence is on Rural avenue, a short distance from Winthrop square, and his beautiful grounds are open to all. The northern part of his estate of nearly five hundred acres borders on the Middlesex Falls, and the best entrance way for many people is through his grounds. He has prepared roadways and proper sanitary conveniences and paths and seats at convenient points that are open to all. 'At the highest elevation, two hundred and twenty-nine feet above the sea level on Ramshead Hill, he has built an observatory, eighty-one feet higher, where a beautiful view can be had of the surrounding country, the sea horizon line being twenty-three and one-half miles, and Mt. Monadnock at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, fifty-eight and one-quarter miles away. He erected at large expense a few years since, an armory for the use of the Lawrence Light Guard, and in honor of his father's memory. The different rooms are fitted up for the use of the company and the Association connected with the Light Guard, in a manner unsurpassed by any in New England. He has been for many years a collector of books, and owns what is probably the best masonic library in the world. He has also a large collection of local and military histories which is extremely valuable. It was largely due to his co-operation that the celebration of the two hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the settlement of Medford met with such remarkable success in June, 1905. One of General Lawrence's greatest services to his native town has been his indefatigable efforts to save the trees from the gypsy moths. In order to accomplish this he has spared no labor or expense for years, not only taking care of the trees on his own estate, but also those adjoining his own grounds. It has been a source of much regret to his friends that he has persistently declined high official position both in state and in nation.

He was married in Charlestown to Carrie Rebecca Badger, daughter of Rev. William and Repecca .(Taylor) Badger, of Wilton, Maine. Children: 1. William Badger, born November 16, 1856. 2. Louise, born December 2, 1876, married George L. Batchelder.

(XXV) William Badger Lawrence was born November 16, 1856. He was prepared for college at the Boston Latin School, and graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1879. At the Latin School he was a Franklin Medal scholar, and was colonel of the Boston School Regiment at the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Boston. In college he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Signet societies. He fitted for his profession at the Harvard Law School, graduating in the class of 1882, and received the degree of LL.B. He was admitted to the state and United States courts in the spring of 1883. Upon his return from extended travel in Europe, he began the practice of law in the office of the late Nathan Morse, one of Boston's best known lawyers. His office is now at 18 Tremont street (Kimball building). Boston. He has given special attention to railroad and corporation law. He is a member of the Boston Bar Association, and one of the proprietors of the Social Law Library. Mr. Lawrence has long been identified with public affairs of Medford. While it was a town he served on the board of selectmen, and as overseer of the poor 1888-89-90. He was mainly instrumental in securing the passage in 1890 of the original gypsy-moth legislation, appropriating $50,000. In 1891 and again in 1892, he represented Medford in the lower house of the legislature, and in 1893 and 1894 was senator for the first Middlesex district, comprising the cities of Somerville and Medford, and the towns of Arlington and Winchester. While in the house he served on the committee on judiciary, probate, insolvency and drainage, and in the senate both terms as chairman of the committees on the treasury and of the joint committee on expenditures, and was a member of the committee on the judiciary and floor chairman of the committee on rules. He has always taken a warm interest in public matters, and has been especially active in promoting progressive municipal movements, notably the passage, against vigorous opposition, of the metropolitan sewerage act, which has proved of such benefit to the district, whereby was abated the sewage nuisance in Mystic river and lower Mystic pond. In the years 1885 and 1889 he was active in averting the threatened division of the town of Medford, and later in securing the city charter. He has been for some years a trustee of the New York Savings Bank. He was a charter member and one of the organizers of the Medford Club, and has been a member of the University Club almost from its inception. He is a life member of the Medford Historical Society. In politics Mr. Lawrence is a Republican, an active member of the party organization, and for some years served on the Republican state committee. He has been much interested in congressional matters, and has been a strong supporter of the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge and of Hon. Samuel W. McCall. He was a delegate to the last National Republican' convention that nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president, and Charles W. Fairbanks for vice-president. He has been much interested in railroad matters for quite a number of years. He is clerk and director in several railroad corporations. He has given much study to the question of merging all the railroads of New England into one corporation. For ten years he was one of the directors of the Somerville Journal Company, and is now one of the proprietors of the Medford Mercury.

Mir. Lawrence for several years devoted con- | siderable time to the Masonic fraternity, being' a past master of Mount Hermon Lodge, past. high priest of Mystic Royal Arch Chapter, past thrice illustrious master of Medford Council, Royal and Select Masters, past commander of Boston Commandery, Knights Templar, past district deputy grand master, past junior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, past deputy grand high priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Massachusetts, past grand master of the Grand Council, Royal and Select Masters of Massachusetts, also its grand treasurer, and a member since 1896 of the Supreme Council thirty-third degree.. Scottish Rite, N. M. J.

Mr. Lawrence was married October 2, 1883, to Alice May, daughter of J. Henry and Emily (Nickerson) Sears, of Brewster, Massachusetts, and a lineal descendant of Richards Sears, who settled in Plymouth in 1623. Mrs. Lawrence is also descended in eight different lines of descent from Elder William Brewster, and also from George Soule, another of the "Mayflower" passengers. Children: 1. Marjorie, born September 9, 1884. 2. Samuel Crocker, (2), born September 12, 1888. 3. Ruth, born August 10, 1890. 4. William B., Jr., born October 3, 1896. The family resides on Rural avenue, Medford, with -asummer residence in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

(1) Giles Badger came from England about 1643, and settled in Newbury, Massachusetts. He died there July 17, 1647. His wife's name is not known. His son

(II) John Badger was born June 30, 1643, and lived in Newbury. His first wife Elizabeth died April 8, 1669. For a second wife he married Hannah Swett, February 23, 1671. He had four children by the first wife, and ten by the second. He and his wife both died of small-pox. His estate was valued at £943 9s. _ (IIT) John Badger, son of the foregoing, was a trader and lived in Newbury. He married Rebecca Brown, October 5, 1691. They had seven children, all born in Newbury.

(IV) Joseph Badger, son of the above, born in 1698. He went to Haverhill, Massachusetts, and became a successful merchant. He married Hannah, the daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Peaslee, of Haverhill, and he had seven children by her. She died, and he married _-Hannah, the widow of Rev. Ebenezer Pearson. Her maiden name was Moody. She had three children. They lived in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

(V) Enoch Badger, son of Joseph Badger, was born May 11, 1736, in Haverhill. He married Susanna White, of Haverhill. They removed to Gilmanton, New Hampshire, but 'died in Sandown. His brother Joseph was General Joseph Badger, member of the state council, judge of the probate court, and brigadier-general in the New Hampshire militia. One of General Badger's sons was representative to the New Hampshire legislature, state senator, president of the senate, and governor of the province of New Hampshire.

Gilmanton. They lived in Farmington, New Hampshire. He was a tanner by trade. Mary Webster Badger was a cousin of Daniel Webster, the great orator and statesman.

(VIL) Rev. William Badger, son of Joseph and Mary Webster Badger, was born April 12, 1804, died 'in Medford, Massachusetts, May 14, 1865. He was a man of marked ability and distinguished himself in his profession. He was settled some time in Wilton, Maine, and had other important pastorates. He married Rebecca Taylor, of Roxbury, Maine. She was a daughter of Captain William Taylor, who served during the entire Revolutionary war. He told his children that the proudest moment of his life was at the surrender of General Burgoyne, when the soldiers of his company were dressed like scarecrows, while Burgoyne's men dressed in fine uniform passed between the lines.

(VIII) Carrie Rebecca Badger, daughter of Rev. William Badger, was born at Wilton, Maine, November 12, 1837. April 28, 1859, she was married to General Samuel C. Lawrence, of Medford, Massachusetts.

and Elizabeth (Crocker) Lawrence, was porn j~October 18; 1830.1) He, thas con® stantly been identified with Medford, except for two intervals - in 1849, when he went to California, during the gold fever, and there spent several months; and in the summer of 1864, when he served for three months in the Union army. He has been efficient in various responsible public and private stations, serving as selectman in 1869-70, representative in the legislature in 1875-76-80, treasurer of the Medford Savings Bank for several years and afterward president, and for twenty-nine years a member and treasurer of the boad of commissioners of the sinking fund. He is, as was his father, a member of the Universalist Society, and he recently presenteda parsonage to the society. He is a Mason, a member. of Boston Commandery, Knights Templar, and has attained to the thirty-third degree of the Scottish Rite. He married, October 18, 1851, Mary Ellen Wiley, daughter of John Wiley, of Wakefield, and their children are: 1. George W., born November 8, 1852, married Mary Witherell, of Medford. 2. Rosewell B., January 31, 1856. 3. Samuel W., March 5, 1860, married Helen E. Withington,

(XXV) Rosewell B. Lawrence, second child and second son of Daniel Warren and Mary (Wiley) Lawrence, was born in Medford, Janvary 31, 1856. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and at Harvard University, graduating in the collegiate course in 1878, and from the Harvard Law School in 1881. He is a lawyer by profession, having his office in the Tremont Building, Boston. He is a member of the board of trustees of Tufts College. He has been chairman of the Medford school committee since January, 1893, and is a trustee of the Medford Savings Bank, chairman of the standing committee of the Universalist Society, one of the park commissioners since the. organization of the board in 1893, a vice-president of the Medford Historical Society, a member of the Medford Club, and secretary of the Appalachian Club of Boston since 1883. He is affiliated with Mount Hermon Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Mystic Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Boston Commandery Knights Templar. He is unmarried.

1208, when the Duke of Lorraine granted land in Digneveton Park to the "Men of Laxfield,' the list including one Daniel Fisc. It is supposed that this was the paternal grandfather of Lord Symond Fiske, from whom the American Fiskes are readily traced, and to him for the purposes of this sketch we give the designation of the first known generation.

(1) Lord Symond Fiske was proprietor of the Manor of Stadhaugh, parish of Laxfield, county of Suffolk, England, 1390-1422. He was married twice; first to Susannah Smith, and after her death to Katherine ; In his will, probated at Norwich, England, February 26, 1463-4, he names as his children: William, Jeffrey, John, Edmund, Margaret; and as his executors his wife Katherine and Nicols Nolock. The Lord Fiske died in February, 1464.

(II) William Fiske, eldest son of Lord and Lady Susannah Fiske, was born at Stadhaugh ; married Joan Lynne, of Norfolk, and died in 1504. His widow made a will July 15, 1504, in which she names her sons Thomas, William, Augustine, Simon, Robert and John, and daughters Margery and Margaret. This will was proved February 28, 1505, and Sir

(IIL) Simon Fiske, son of William and Joan (Lynne) Fiske, married Elizabeth ; and died in Halesworth, June, 1538. Their children were: Simon, William, Robert, Joan, Jeffrey, Gelyne, Agnes, Thomas, Elizabeth, John.

(IV) Simon Fiske, son of Simon and Elizabeth Fiske, married, but her name does not appear on the records. She was the mother of children as follows: Robert, John, George, Nicholas, Jeffrey, Jeremy, William, Richard, Joan, Gelyne, Agnes.

(V) Robert Fiske, son of Simon Fiske, and grandson of Simon and Elizabeth Fiske, was born in 1525. He married Sybil Gould, widow of a Mr. Barber. While a resident of the parish of St. James, South Elmham, his immediate family were in danger of persecution, and his wife's sister, Isabella Gould, was a prisoner in Castle Norwich for her avowed Puritan opinion, in which her sister's family were in sympathy, and they were obliged to leave the parish of St. James in consequence of the prejudice against Puritans. The children of Robert and Sybil (Gould) Barber Fiske were: William Jeffrey, Thomas, Eleazer, Elizabeth. x

(VI) William Fiske, son of Robert and Sybil Fiske, was born in the parish of All Saints, Laxfield, England, 1566. He married Anna, daughter of Walter Anstyle, of Tibbenham, Norfolk, and took for his second wife, Alice While residing in St. James parish, Elmham, his father and family were obliged to leave the parish by reason of their Puritan views. His will, proved May 17, 1623, names children: John, Nathaniel, Eleazer, Eunice, Hannah, Hester, Mary, wife of Anthony. Fisher. The children were born in South Elmham.

(VII) Nathaniel Fiske, son of William and Anna (Anstyle) Fiske, married Alice Henel, widow of Mr. Leman, and they had two children, Nathaniel and Sarah.

(VIII) Nathaniel Fiske, son of Nathaniel. and Alice (Henel) Leman Fiske, was born in Weybred, Suffolk county, England, married Dorothy Symonds, of Wendham, daughter of John Symonds. They had children as follows: John, Nathan, Esther, Martha.

(I) Nathan Fiske (In England, IX), the immigrant, son of Nathaniel and Dorothy (Symonds) Fiske, was born in England, in 1615; came to New England and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he was admitted a freeman May 10, 1643, and became a landed proprietor by purchasing eighty acres of land, the same having been allotted to': Mr. Robert Feake, whose name appears on the annals of the town as second on the list made July 25, 1636, when the desirable lands of the town were allotted to the inhabitants in quantities ranging from one hundred acres, to Sir Richard Saltonstall, down to twenty acres, and here the name "Mr. Robert Feake" appears next to Sir Richard, and the quantity of land allotted as eighty acres. The land was on the north side of the great highway leading to Sudbury. This purchase by Nathan Fiske was made September 10, 1643. His sister Martha, who married Martin Underwood, of Weybred, Suffolk, England, by trade a weaver, were also among the first settlers of Watertown, his name appearing on the list of names of persons to whom land was allotted July 25, 1636, his share being twenty-five acres, and his name also appears on the list of early settlers who took the freeman's .oath in 1634. Nathan Fiske died in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, June 21, 1676. His chil- Nathan, born October 17, 1642; John, born August 25, 1647; David, born April 29, 1650, married Elizabeth Reed; Nathaniel, born July 12, 1653, married Mrs. Mary (Warren) Child; Sarah, born 1656, married, September 3, 1673, Abraham Gale, son of Richard Gale, the immigrant.

(II) Lieutenant Nathan Fiske, son of Nathan Fiske, the immigrant, and grandson of Nathaniel and Dorothy (Symonds) Fiske, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, October 17, 1642. He married Elizabeth Fry. He purchased from Thomas and Magdalen Underwood, lands allotted to or purchased by his uncle and aunt, Martin and Martha (Fiske) Underwood, and inherited by Thomas Underwood, to the extent of two hundred and twenty acres, paying therefor the sum of f10. He was selectman of Watertown 1684, 1688 and 1691. He died October II, 1694, and his widow Elizabeth was administrator of his estate, being appointed by the general court December 10, 1694, and the estate was divided November 23, 1696, his widow having died May 15, 1696. The children of Lieutenant Nathan and_ Elizabeth (Fry) Fiske were: Nathan, born February 9, 1665, died in 1668; Elizabeth, born January 19, 1667, married James Ball (1670-1729) Weaver, January 16, 1693; Martha, born married, 1752; Abigail, born February 18, 1675, married John Mixer, August 15, 1695; William, born December 5, 1677, died same year; William, born November 10, 1678, married Eunace Jennings; Anna, died young.

(III) Nathan Fiske, son of Lieutenant Nathan and Elizabeth (Fry) Fiske, and famillarly known as Deacon Nathan, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, January 3, 1673. He. marned, (first) Sarah'. (1678-1723), daughter of Ensign John Coolidge, of Watertown, and (second) on May 22, 1729, Hannah Coolidge Smith, daughter of Simon Coolidge, and widow of Daniel Smith, Jr. He was made a deacon of the church at Watertown before 1717. He died January 26, 1741, and his wife Hannah died in October, 1750. The children of Deacon Nathan and Sarah (Coolidge) Fiske were: Sarah, born 1697, died 1713; Elizabeth, died young; Nathan, born February 25, 1701, married (first) Anne Warren, and as his second wife Mary Fiske, of Sudbury; Josiah, born October 10, 1704, married Sarah, daughter of John and Anne (Tarbell) Lawrence, of Lexington; Henry, born January 24, 1706, married Mary Stone; Daniel, born August 19, 1709, married (first) Deliverance Brown, and (second) Jemima Shaw; Samuel, born February 16, 1711, married Lydia Bond; Grace, born May 9, 1714, married Benjamin Goddard, of Shrewsbury; Hannah, born May 19, 1719, married William J. Smith, Jr., of Weston, died September 2, 1813.

(IV) Jonathan Fiske, son of Nathan and Sarah (Coolidge) Fiske, had children: Nathan, born September 7, 1760; Thaddeus, born June 22, 1762, graduated at Harvard, 1785, was ordained pastor of church in West Cambridge, April 23, 1788, resigning April 23, 1828. His ordination sermon was preached by his uncle, the Rev. Dr. Nathan Fiske. He died November 14, 1855.

(V) Nathan Fiske, son of Jonathan and Abigail Fiske, was born in Weston, Massachusetts, September 7, 1760, married Mary Stearns. Mary Stearns was born October 1761, and they had five children, three boys and two girls. Captain Nathan Fiske was the fifth commander of the Weston Independent Light Infantry, organized 1787, and his son, Captain Sewell Fiske, was next to the last captain to command the organization which was disbanded in 1831.

(VI) Sewell Fiske, son of Nathan and Mary (Stearns) Fiske, was born in Weston, Massachusetts, September 8, 1792. He married Martha, daughter of Isaac and Mary

(VII) Alonzo Sewell Fiske, son of Sewell and Martha (Stearns) Fiske, was born in Weston, Massachusetts, October 4, 1818. He was educated at the Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and taught school for several years. He was a merchant in Boston during the earlier part of his business life, but retired to his estate in Weston, where he conducted an extensive and profitable farm. During the civil war, 1861-65, he was a recruiting officer. He was selectman of the town of Weston for over forty years, and during a greater part of that time was chairman of the board of selectmen. He married Susan, daughter of William and Nabby (Reed) Colburn. Susan Colburn was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts, August 30, 1824. The children of Alonzo Sewell and Susan (Colburn) Fiske were: Nathan Sewell, born August 9, 1854, never married; Maria Antoinette, born February 17, 1845, died March 15, 1872; Helen Amelia, born June 11, 1848; Martha Elvira, born September 4, 1849; Abby Colburn, born December 3, 1852, died June 11, 1899; Susan Frances, born February 7, 1857, died June 5, 1860; Harriett Theodora, born February 15, 1862, died March 29, 1878; William Colburn, born January 5, 18 - , died in infancy. Alonzo Sewell Fiske died at his home in Weston, Massachusetts, August 27, 1893.

(VIII) Nathan Sewell Fiske, son of Alonzo Sewell and Susan (Colburn) Fiske, was born in Weston, Massachusetts, August 9, 1854. He was educated in the public grammar and high schools of Weston, and at the Bryant and Stratton Commercial College, Boston, Massachusetts, and on leaving school took up the business of farming, being well equipped by his boyhood training on his father's farm. He has been selectman of the town of Weston since 1889; is also an assessor of the town, one of the overseers of the poor, and a constable. His political affiliation has always been with the Republican party, and his church home the Congregational church of Lincoln, where he has served as deacon since 1899. He occupies the original Fiske homestead, works the farm that has been in possession' of the family since

1643. <A large part of the farm was conveyed to Lieutenant Nathan Fiske (1), and his direct descendants have since been in possession. The residence was built in 1753, by the Rev. Samuel Woodward, minister of the church at Weston, and was occupied by him, 1753-82. Nathan Sewell Fiske never married.

(VI) Jeffrey Fiske, son of Robert FISKE Fiske (5), was born at Laxfield, England. The account of his family is not so clearly given in the Candler manuscript in the British Museum as to remove all doubt respecting the true descent as Mr. Candler understood it; but it appears that Jeffrey had a son David Fiske (see will of his uncle Eleazer). of this branch of the family who emigrated, whose wife was Sarah Smith, daughter of Edmund Smith, Mentham. He took his freedom in 1638 and possibly again in 1647. (David, 1647, was no doubt son of the freeman of 1638-39). Jeffrey died in 1628. His will is dated October, 1628, and was proved November 25, 1628. He resided at Metfield, England. Children, born in England: 1.. Eleazer. 2. Daughter married John Sawyer. 3. David, mentioned below. (VII) David Fiske, son of Jeffrey Fiske (6), was born-in England. He was admitted a freeman of the colony at Watertown, Massa- . chusetts, March, 1637-38, and had probably come to America the year before, for he was not a proprietor until February, 1637. Before 1644 he was a grantee of one lot and a purchaser of six other lots in Watertown. His homestall of twenty-two acres was granted to John Kingsbury, of whom he bought it just before Kingsbury removed to Dedham. It was bounded on the north by the Cambridge line and the property of J. Coolidge; south by the highway (Pond Road); west by land of J. Coolidge and east by that of B. Bullard. The total amount of his real estate was two hundred and twenty-seven acres. He was a man of standing in the community and early held office. In 1639 he was elected a member of the board of selectmen and again in 1642. He was a junior in 1652-54-55-57. His will is dated September 10, 1660, and was proved in January following. The instrument does not mention the name of his wife, but one daughter Fitch, and one son David who was sole executor and residuary legatee, giving him his houses, lands, cattle and chattels. The son sold the old homestead August 6, 1673, to John

Coolidge. He married Sarah Smith, daughter of Edmund Smith, of Wrentham, county Suffolk, England. Children: 1. Martha, born in England; married Thomas Fitch, of Watertown, a cordwainer later in Boston. 2. David, born in England, 1624, mentioned below. (VIII) David Fiske, son of David Fiske ' (7), was born in England in 1624. He was admitted a freeman at Watertown May 20, 1647. He settled in Cambridge and later in Cambridge Farms (Lexington). He married, in 1646, Lydia Cooper, sister of Deacon John Cooper, with whom he came to America, and step-daughter of Gregory Stone (see sketch). She died November 29, 1654, and he married (second), September 6, 1655, Seaborn Wilson, of Ipswich, daughter of Theophilus Wilson. The latter made his will October 2, 1690, and died the next year. Seaborn Fiske sold for eight pounds to Alexander Lovell and Thomas Lovell, of Ipswich, her undivided common right in Ipswich left her by her father, March 3, 1717. She died in Woburn, January 12, 1721. Fiske's will is dated June 23, 1708, and was proved December 20, 1711, mentioning his wife Seaborn; son Nicholas

David, Elizabeth, Anna and Abigail; cousin Samuel, son of Deacon Samuel Stone. His homestead in Cambridge was on the north side of what is now Linnaean street, near the Botanic Garden. It was bought by Joseph Daniel December 13, 1660, about the time the Fiskes. went to Lexington. Fiske was a wheelwright by trade, but was employed much of the time in the public service, especially as a surveyor of land. He was selectman in 1688, and deputy to the general court in the critical period of 1689. He was one of the most prominent men in the settlement at the Farms; precinct clerk and assessor ; the first subscriber for erecting a meeting house there, and the first named member of the church. In 1685 the work of settlement at Worcester was prosecuted with vigor, and about the middle of April surveys were made of the lands by David Fiske, of Cambridge. Partial surveys were made in May, 1685, at Worcester, for Gookin on the east side of Pakachoag hill and a lot of eighty acres on Raccoon plain. The settlement attempted at this time was the second failure, however. Fiske was also prominent in the military service and had the rank of lieutenant in the Lexington company. His grave is marked by a handsome monument erected in 1856 by Benjamin Fiske, Esq. His estate was settled by agreement February 3, 1720. He died February 14, 1710. Children: 1.

Sarah, born May 8, 1646-47, died in Boston, November 8, 1647. 2. Lydia, born in Boston, September 29, 1647-48, married, September 6, 1681, Nicholas Wyeth, Jr., of Cambridge, son of Nicholas and Rebecca (Andrews) Wyeth. 3. David, born in Boston, September 1, 1648, died September 20, 1649. 4. David, born April 15, 1650, mentioned below. 5. Seaborn. 6. Elizabeth, married John Russell. 7. Anna or Hannah, baptized November 27, 1659, married, May 3, 1680, Timothy Carter. 8. Abigail, born February 1, 1674, married, May 4, 1692, Henry Baldwin, of Woburn. 9. Ephraim.

(IX) David Fiske, son of David Fiske (8), was born at Watertown, April 15, 1650. Married, at Ipswich, June 17, 1674, Sarah Day, of that town, born 1654 and died April 22, 1729. Her father was a brick manufacturer and mason. Fiske, like his father, was a subscriber to the first meeting house in Lexington in 1692. He served the town as tithingman. He died October 23, 1729. Children: 1. David, born January 5, 1676, married Elizabeth 2. Jonathan, born » May 19, 1679, married Abigail Reed. 3. Robert, born May 8, 1681, married Mary Stimpson. 4. Anna, born April 2, 1683. 5. Lydia, born May 14, 1685, married Deacon Joseph Loring, Jr., born September 26, 1684, died July 4, 1746; went from Hingham to Lexington about 1706. 6. Sarah, born June 16, 1687. 7. Abigail, born May 20, 1689, died August 13, 1691. 8. Ebenezer, born September 12, 1692, mentioned below.

(X) Lieutenant Ebenezer Fiske, son of David Fiske (9), was born at Lexington, September 12, 1692. Married, December 4, 1718, Grace Harrington, of Watertown, daughter of Samuel and Grace (Livermoore) Harrington. She was born August 26, 1694, and died August 29, 1721. He maarried (second) Bethia Muzzy, who was born in 1700 and died November 19, 1774. He was'a man of prominence in the militia, in which he bore the rank of lieutenant, and in town affairs. He held many offices of honor and trust. He was selectman ten years between 1739 and 1758. He resided on the highway to Concord a little more than a mile from the common on the easterly side of what is known as Fiske hill. It was at his house that Hayward of Acton and a British soldier had the encounter on April 19, 1775, both being slain. He bequeathed with his other property a negro slave Pompey. Fiske died December 19, 1775. Children, born in Lexington: 1. Grace, born 1721, died August 25,

1721. 2. Ebenezer, born March 5, 1725, married Elizabeth Cotton. 3. Bethia, born August I, 1729, married Oliver, of Boston. 4. Elizabeth, born May 7, 1731, married, September 3, 1751, Rev. Robert Cutler, pastor of Greenwich, Massachusetts. 5. Jane, born March 21, 1733, married, October 24, 1752, Josiah Hadley. 6. Anna, born July 30, 1735, married, October 24, 1754, Oliver Barrett. 7. Benjamin, born March 24, 1737, died young. 8. Samuel, born October 15, 1739. g. Benjamin, born August Io, tioned below. 10. Sarah, born tized November 24, 1743.

(XI) Benjamin Fiske, son of Ebenezer Fiske (10), was born at Lexington, August 10, 1742. He married, May 14, 1767, Rebecca Howe, of Concord, Massachusetts, and she married (second), March 28, 1786, Lieutenant William Merriam, of Bedford. His estate was appraised April 11, 1785, and divided March 27, 1786. He died February 1, 1785. Children, born at Lexington: rt. Benjamin, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born April 7, 1783, married, May 29, 1802, William Whitney, of Shirley, son of Rev. Phinehas Whitney, born October 3, 1778, died January 209, 1837; resided at Shirley, Winchendon and Boston, Massachusetts; children - i. William F., born May 19, 1803; ii. George H., born May 24, 1809, married Elizabeth B. White.

(XII) Benjamin Fiske, son of Benjamin Fiske (11), was born at Lexington, August 20, 1778. Married, in Chelmsford, May 16, 1797, Elizabeth Bridge, daughter of William Bridge, .granddaughter of Rev. Ebenezer Bridge, of Chelmsford. She died October 20, 1814. Married (second) Nancy Adams, of Westford, born 1785, died September 6, 1865. A portrait of Elizabeth (Bridge) Fiske is owned by her great-grandson, William B. Fiske, of Plainfield, New Jersey. He removed to Boston in 1808 and was actively engaged in the shipping business "his sails whitening every sea." In 1843 he returned to Lexington where he bought a farm on Lowell street. He was alderman of Boston in 1843 and representative to the general court from Boston from 1833 to 1838. He was justice of the peace for many years, and in every walk of life was upright, honorable and highly esteemed. He died at Lexington, February 2, 1863. Children: 1. John Minot, born July 15, 1798, mentioned below. 2. Louisa, born May 30, 1801, married in Boston in 1826, Dr. Cyrus Briggs, of Augusta, Maine; he was born March 4, 1800, and died in Salem, Massachusetts, June, 1871; she died

December 4, 1890; children: i. Sarah Louisa Briggs, born February 25, 1828, married Rev. Wheelock Craig (children: Annie Briggs Craig, born February 6, 1853, married George P. Dutton; Louise Craig, born May 30, 1885); ti. Nancy Adams Briggs, born January 25, 1831, died August 4, 1882; married George Parkman Denny, November 9, 1852, died January 23, 1885 (child: Arthur Briggs Denny, born April 24, 1855, resides at Chestnut Hill, Brookline, Massachusetts; married Frances Anna Gilbert, November 1, 1882, and had George Parkman Denny, born June 2, 1887, and Elizabeth Denny, born September 4, 1888) ; iii. Elizabeth Church Briggs, born November 8, 1832; married, Avgust,1859, William A. Dana, banker, born 1818 in New Bedford, died 1871, (children: Elizabeth, Willie A., Alice Louise Dana, born August 24, 1870); iv. Anne Briggs, born July, 1843, died May 1, 1851. 3. Charles, born November 17, 1807, married Abigail M. Hayden and Mrs. Elizabeth P. Davis, of Nashua, New Hampshire; resided at Milford, Maine; Lexington and 70 Chandler street, Boston; children: 1. Frances Albertine, born November 1, 1832, married, June 8, 1852, Thomas B. Davenport, of Hopkinton; ii. Charles, born May 27, 1834, married Adeline W. Shaw and Annie I. Crafts; iii. William B., born June 23, 1836, married Henrietta S. Lyford; iv. Henry A., born April 23, 1840; v. Marion A., born January 28, 1846, died January 12, 1864; vi. Abbie Josephine, born November 18, 1848, married, November 18, 1869, Alonzo Austin Goddard, born April 1, 1847, and had Henry Austin Goddard, born March 25, 1875, resided at 70 Chandler street, Boston. 4. Benjamin, born October 15, 1811, died June 18, 1812. 5. Benjamin, born November 20, 1820, married, October 21, 1842, Maria Spear; resided in New York City and in Medford, Massachusetts. : (XIII) Colonel John Minot Fiske, son of Benjamin Fiske (12), was born July 15, 1798, at Lexington. Married, at Salem, Eliza Maria Winne, daughter of Joseph Winne; she was born June 30, 1800, and died December 17, 1884. He was educated in the public schools of Lexington and at Harvard College where he was graduated in 1815; studied law and was admitted to the bar, having offices in Boston and Charlestown; was interested in the state militia and rose to the rank of colonel. In politics he was a Democrat, a warm admirer and ardent supporter of Andrew Jackson. He died in Chelmsford, August 16, 1841. Children: 1. Joseph, died in infancy. 2. Ben- jamin Minot, born in 1826, mentioned below. 3. Joseph W., born May 22, 1832; died October 20, 1903, at East Orange; married Caroline Gould, August 15, 1872, at Geneva, Switzetrland. She was born August 2, 1851, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the founder of the J. W. Fiske Iron Works of New York City; children: i. Caroline Eliza, born May 24, 1873; ii. Maud Brooks, born October 27, 1874; iil. Joseph Winne, born October 21, 1878. 4. John Minot, born August 17, 1834, married, at Stockbridge, June 1, 1864, Isabella Landon Goodrich, daughter of Hon. John Z. Goodrich, and born April 13, 1845; fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 1852; graduated from Yale in 1856; the famous .class "Chauncey Depew," "Judge Brown; graduated from Harvard Law School in 1858 and admitted same year to Suffolk bar and practiced until May, 1863, when he was appointed deputy naval officer of the port of Boston; in November was appointed deputy collector of customs and has been connected with this department since; was chairman of civil service examiners under Arthur's administration; was member of the city council of Boston in 1863 and 1864; children: i. Sallie Goodrich, born March 17, 1870, married, November 16, 1892, J. L. Liecty; resided at 10 Webster street, Brookline; 11. John Landon, born November 6, 1873, resides at 139 Oxford street, Cambridge; educated at Boston Latin School, Phillips Academy (Andover) ; in Harvard College in 1891 for one year, leaving to enter business.

(XIV) Benjamin Minot Fiske, son of John M. Fiske (13), was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 29, 1826, and died in Chelmsford, May 9, 1901. He was educated in the public, high and Latin schools of Boston and Chelmsford. Succeeded to his father's farm in Chelmsford, and was in the Boston custom house thirty years, inspector of customs. He resided on Summer street, near Cherry, Somerville, Massachusetts, from 1868- 69 to 1896. He was a Republican in politics and interested in party affairs, but not actively. He was a faithful and consistent member of the Unitarian church at Chelmsford and a liberal contributor, to its support. He was highly esteemed by his townsmen for his integrity, his fine personal qualities and generous spirit.

He married, in 1850, at Chelmsford, Elizabeth Ann Parkhurst, who was born June 11, 1823, daughter of Rev. John Parkhurst, who was for a period of fifty years pastor of the Chelmsford Baptist Church. She survives him and lives in the old home, honored and loved by her family and friends. Children: 1. John Minot, born December 31, 1853, mentioned below. 2. Joseph Winn, born March 5» 1857, mentioned below. 3. Frederick A. P.,. born October 4, 1859, mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth Minot, born October 14, 1860, married Jose Edwin Warren, resides at Chelmsford; one child, Elizabeth Fiske, born October 18, 1890.

(XV) John Minot Fiske, son of Benjamin Minot Fiske (14), was born December 31, 1853, at Chelmsford. Married, June 6, 1876, Katie S. Westervelt, who was born February 20, 1857. He is in the ornamental iron business and resides in East Orange, New Jersey. Children: 1. Kate Marion, born March 20, 1877. 2. Anna Adelle, born August 24, 1879, died February 26, 1882. 3. Lillian, born January 12, 1885, died February 20, 1885. 4. Ethel, born January 17, 1888. 5. Dorothy Leonora, born May 9, 1896.

(XV) Joseph Winn Fiske, son of Benjamin Minot Fiske (14), was born March 5, 1857, at Chelmsford. Married, at Somerville, June 3, 1885, Mary S. Harrington, who. was born November 13, 1864. He is engaged in the ornamental iron business in New York City. He resides in Passaic, New Jersey. Children: 1. Warren Russell, born July 8, 1886. 2. Howard Benjamin, born July 9, 1890.

(XV) Frederick A. P. Fiske, son of Benjamin Minot Fiske (14), was born October 4, 1859, at Chelmsford. He attended the public schools of Somerville, graduating from the high school in class of 1877. He is a graduate of Harvard College, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, class of 1881, and of Harvard Law School, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws, class of 1884. He is a member of the Suffolk bar and a successful attorney, practicing in Boston with offices at 10 Tremont street. He resides at Somerville. He was a member of the common council of Somerville, 1893-94; member of school board of Somerville since 1900, serving as chairman of the board five vears; president of Somerville board of trade, 1904. He is very active in the affairs of the Second Unitarian Society of Somerville, has been a member of the board of trustees for a number of years, and in 1905- 06 served as president of the South Middlesex Conference of Unitarian Churches. He married (first), at Winchester, Massachusetts, July 2, 1890, Harriet Lydia Locke, who was born March 25, 1862, died September 16, 1903. Children: 1. Helen Locke, born October 6, 1892. 2. Eustice Bridge, born March

26, 1898. 3. Wyman Parkhurst, born January II, 1900. 4. Rachel Minot, born March 2, 1gol1. Mr. Fiske married (second), January 18, 1905, Florence May Hamlin, daughter of George Beals and Emily Ann (Wood) Hamlin,' of Somerville.

Dr. Jeremiah Robinson, the ROBINSON | first of this family known in America, was born about 1710. He resided in Littleton, Massachusetts, where he was settled as early as 1740, and practiced his profession there. He died in the adjacent town of Westford, October 19, He married first Lydia ; second Eunice Amsden, of Marlborough, born 1720; married October 14, 1746, and died in 1801. Children: 1. John, born December 26, 1733. 2. Mary, born November 13, 1835. 3. Olive, born September 10, 1737. 4. John, born November I1, 1739. 5. Jeremiah, born April 4, 1742; married Susanna Cogswell. 6. Zebulon, born February 9, 1743; tradesman, resided in Pembroke, Massachusetts, in 1787, and had seven children. Children of second wife: 7. Thomas Amsden, born May 23, 1747. 8. Thomas, born October 27, 1748. 9. Eunice, born October 13, 1750; married Emerson Cogswell; died at Concord, September I1, 1786. 10. Bradbury, born August 8, 1752; married Abigail - died in Charlestown, June, 1801; was a Concord minute-man in the revolution. 11. Cane or Kane (also Cain and Keene); mentioned below. Three others not known. (See N. E. Gen. Reg. 1885, p. 323). (II) Keen Robinson, son of Dr. Jeremiah Robinson (1), was born about 1755. He settled near the line between Weston and Concord. His children were born, according .to the records, in Concord. He was a soldier in the revolution from Weston, in Captain John Walton's company, Colonel Brooks' regiment, in 1776. He was in Captain Weston's company, Colonel Brooks's regiment, in 1778, when he gave his age as twenty-three years and his height five feet four inches. He was also in Captain Daniel Harrington's company, Colonel Jonathan Reed's regiment, at Cambridge. His name was spelled Keen on the Concord records, Cane and Cain on the Weston records of his revolutionary service, and both Cane and Keen in the State Revolutionary Rolls. He married Achsah Children: 1. John, born October 28, 1783; mentioned below. 2. Bridget, born August 1, 1785. 3. Thomas Amsden (Amsdell), born February 26. 1787. 4. Charlotte, born August 26, 17809.

(III) John Robinson, son of Keen Robinson (2), was born October 28, 1783, at Watertown, according to the records of Sidney, Maine, where he settled in early life, but his birth was recorded at Concord, the town adjoining. He was a shoemaker as well as a farmer, at Sidney, Maine. He was in the state militia, and an officer in the service in the war of 1812. He married, December 18, 1811, Susannah Mason, born at Concord, Massachusetts, September 25, 1779. In 1848 he removed to Stow, Massachusetts, with his family, and he died there in March, 1851. Children, all born in Sidney, Miaine: 1. John Mason, born September 6, 1812; died August 12, 1846. 2. Sarah Wood, born April 26, 1814; married June 29, 1842, Solomon Nash; died March 9, 1892; children: i. Charles Augustus Nash, born June 18, 1843; resides in Manchester, Maine, unmarried; ii. Olive Elizabeth Nash, born August 23, 1844; married May 12, 1867, Charles A. Fifield; had one son, Archer Edson Fifield, born in Manchester, Maine, -July, 1870, who is unmarried; iii. George Byron Nash, born December 22, 1846; married Augusta M. Ireland; resided in Peabody, Massachusetts. 3. Augustus Tower, born March 22, 1816; died June 7, 1843, unmarried. 4. Catherine Hammond, born September 27, 1819; married December 13, 1848, Joseph Nash; died December 24, 1894; children: i. Joseph Emery Nash, born October 27, 1849; resides in Sidney, Maine, unmarried; ii. Lucy Ann Nash, born September 30, 1852; married November 19, 1871, Lorin C. Robinson; resides in Sidney, Maine. 5. Charles Henry, born February 14, 1821; mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth Susanna, born July 7, 1823; married November 6, 1844, James Nash. These three Robinson sisters married brothers.

(IV) Charles H. Robinson, son of John Robinson (3), was born in Sidney, Maine, February 14, 1821, and died in Hudson, Massachusetts, September 30, 1889. He was educated in his native town, and learned the trade of carpenter. He_ settled in Stow, Massachusetts, and was in business as builder and contractor many years in that town and Hudson, which was set off from Marlborough and Bolton, March 18, 1866. He had the contract for building the Hudson town hall in 1871. He was prominent in public affairs, being town clerk of Stow and selectman many years. He called the first town meeting in Hudson, in the incorporation of which he was an active factor. During the last twenty years of his life he was deputy sheriff of Middlesex county, and he became well known throughout the county. He was a useful and influential citizen in business, in town affairs and in society. He married first October: 26, 1848, Eliza M. Tower, who died April 30, 1853, daughter of Charles Tower. He married second June 5, 1854, Susan A. Townsend, born at Sidney, Maine, January, 1821, and died May 29, 1856. He married third, February 17, 1857, Ada J. Bragdon, of Sidney, Maine, born October 22, 1834. Child of Charles H. and Susan (Townsend) Robinson: tr. John Henry, born April 14, 1855; mentioned below. Children of Charles H. and Ada J. (Bragdon) Robinson: 2. Charles - Augustus, born August 20, 1858; died May 28, 1893. 3. Sumner Banks, born January 6, 1863. 4. Annie Eliza, born January 7, 1865. 5. Sidney Maine, born October 15, 1868; mentioned below. 6. Edward Everett, born March 23, 1874.

(V) John H. Robinson, son of Charles H. Robinson (4), was born in Stow, Massachusetts April 14, 1855. He was educated there and in Hudson in the public schools. He began his mercantile career as clerk in a general store, and since 1884, has been in business on his own account. In partnership with J. C. Holden, under the firm name of Holden & Robinson, a flourishing business was established, and continued until the death of the senior partner in 1884. They had one of the best hardware stores of Hudson or vicinity. Mr. Robinson admitted to partnership his brother Sidney M. Robinson, after the death 'of his original partner, and the firm of John H. and Sidney M. Robinson has continued with uninterrupted success and growth to the present time. Mr. Robinson is a member of Doric Lodge of Free Masons; of Houghton Royal Arch Chapter; of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar; and of Aleppo Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine; of Corinthian Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star; of Hudson Lodge of Odd Fellows, and of King Saul Encampment, and Magnolia Lodge of Rebekah, I. O. O. F.. He has always taken a lively interest in town affairs. In politics he is an active and earnest Republican, and for eighteen years has served on the board of registrars of voters for Hudson. He is vicepresident of the First National Bank of Hudson. For fifteen years he has been a trustee of the Hudson Savings Bank, and for five years a member of the investment commit-

Concord, Massachusetts, March 13, 1823, and died in 1870: was a manufacturer of pencils; married Harriet B. Wilmont. Children of Charles Prescott and Harriet B. Snow: /1. Emma A. (Snow) Woodbury; ii. Charles E. Snow; iii. Harry P. Snow.

Jonas Parker Snow, father of Charles Prescott Snow, was born in Westford, Massachusetts, in 1800; married at Concord, September 26, 1822; children: i. Charles Prescott Snow, born March 13, 1823; ii. Sarah Parker Snow, born December 1, 1824; iii. Lucy Elizabeth Snow, born September 21, 1826; all born in Concord, Massachusetts. Hannah Hosmer Smith was born in 1789, and died in 1882.

Jonathan Snow, father of Jonas Parker Snow, was a farmer in Westford, Massachusetts, born about 1760. He came to Westford when a young man, with his brother Levi Snow, who married Lucy Fletcher, daughter of Ebenezer. They were doubtless descendants of Richard Snow, of Woburn, Massachusetts, whose descendants lived in Billerica and Chelmsford also. Jonathan Snow married Sarah , and lived on the Abbot Read farm, Westford: Children: 1. Jonathan, born 1786; ii. Sarah Snow, born 1788; married, 1811, Joseph Wright, of Dedham; iii. Polly Snow, born 1791; married, 1821, Joseph Harrington, of Concord; iv. Parker Snow, born 1792, died 1796; v. Lucy Snow, born 1795; vi. Nancy Snow born 1797; vii. Jonas Parker Snow, born 1800; died in Littleton, Massachusetts, in 1881. John H. and Ada H. (Snow) Robinson have but one child - Gladys, born September 21, 1891.

(V) Sidney M. Robinson, son of Charles H. Robinson (4), was born in Hudson, Massachusetts, October 15, 1868. He was educated in the public schools, and began in business as a clerk in the store of his brother's firm, Holden & Robinson. After Mr. Holden died he became a partner in the firm, and the present name of John H. and Sidney M. Robinson was adopted. He has been an active and prominent member of various fraternal and secret societies. He is past noble grand of Hudson Lodge of Odd Fellows, Hudson; grand sachem of Pompeseticut Lodge, Independent Order of Red Men. Since 1891 he has been collector of Rawson Council, Royal Arcanum, Hudson. He married, October 14, 1891, Mary Grace Campbell, born October 2, 1868, daughter of Howard and Annie

(Steele) Campbell. Children of Sidney M. and Mary Grace (Campbell) Robinson: 1. Charles Howard, born January 30, 1900. 2. Florence Stella, born August 13, 1894. 3. Philip Sidney, born November 24, 1906.

The Emerson family in England seems to have sprung from that Aimeric, arch deacon of Carlisle and Durham from I196 to 1214 and high sheriff of Northumberland from 1214 to 1215, who was nephew of Bishop Philip, of Poictou, Prince Bishop, of Durham, 1195, and previously clericum et familiarem of Richard Coeur de Lion. The family came from Aquitania, but the name is Norse, not French. His pedigree is given in Surtee's history of Durham. The name in substantially its present form appeared in this family about 1300 and was used first by Johannes Emeryson.

(1) Ralph Emerson, the progenitor in England to whom the Concord family traces its ancestry, was granted arms in 1535 and was described as of Foxton, county Durham. The arms were: A lion rampant vert. bezantee, holding a battle ax gules, headed argent.

(Il) Thomas Emerson, who was born some time before 1540, but whose place of birth is unknown was resident in Great Dunmow, county Essex, was probably son of Ralph Em-