Lowell City (part 8 of 11)

(IIL) Robert Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson (2), was baptized at Great Dunmow, October 25, 1561. He settled at Bishop's Stortford and married there, November 20, 1578, Susan Crabb, who was buried there November 20, 1626, aged seventy years. He owned a field on the north border of the parish called Muggles Dale or earlier Muffles Dane. He was a currier by trade. He died in January, 1620, at Bishop's Stortford. His will was proved 1620-1, his name being spelled Emberson, a form still in use in England. His children: 1. Alice, baptized at Bishop's Stortford, November 22, 1579. 2. Margaret, baptized at Bishop's Stortford, February 21, 1581-2; married T. Browne of Southwark. 3. Thomas, mentioned below. 4. Anne, married July 1, 1611, J. Rogers at Bishop's Stortford. 5. Robert, baptized at Bishop's Stortford, April 12, 1596. 6. John, mentioned in his father's will, presumed to be father of John Emerson, the immigrant at Ipswich, Massachusetts.

(LV ) Thomas Emerson, son of Robert Emerson (3), was baptized at Bishop's Stortford, England, Hertfordshire, July 26, 1584. He was collector for the poor in Bishop's Stortford in 1636. Major General Denison, famous in the early military history of the colonies, also came from Bishop's Stortford, and Deputy Governor Symonds resided in the neighboring towns of Great Yeldham and Upsfield, county Essex. The children were all baptized as given below in St. Michael's Church, Bishop's Stortford. According to family tradition Emerson came over in the ship 'Elizabeth Ann" in 1635. He was at Ipswich as early as 1038, when he had eighty acres granted to him, adjoining land of Goodman Muzzey. He was a baker by trade, but after his coming to America was generally called a yeoman. In 1638 Samuel Greenfield, a weaver, who had. married Susanna Wise, widow of Humphrey Wise, of Ipswich, sold a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, formerly owned by Wise, to Thomas Emerson. This was the Turkey Shore property which remained in the hands of the Emerson family several generations. He was a commoner in 1641 and selectman in 1646. He conveyed his farm to his son John for a yearly rental during the lives of himself and wife Elizabeth. His will was dated May 31, 1653, and proved January 4, 1660, bequeathing to his sons Joseph, John and Nathaniel ; daughters Elizabeth Fuller and Susannah; to son James if he shall come over into this country; to wife Elizabeth whom he makes executor. The children: 1. Robert, baptized May 24, 1612; was at Rowley, Massachusetts, as early as 1655; removed to Haverhill and is made a freeman there April 29, 1668; died June 25, 1694. 2. Benjamin baptized October' 2, 1614, buried October 27, 1614. 3. Ralph. baptized October 19, 1615, killed by falling from a tree and buried June 8, 1626. 4. James, baptized February 16, 1617, died at Tangiers, 1664; never came to America. 5. Joseph, baptized June 25, 1620, mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, baptized June 14, 1623, married John Fuller and resided at Ipswich. 7. John, baptized February 26, 1625, died December 2, 1700; married Ruth Symonds ; resided in Gloucester. 8. Thomas, baptized in England. 9. Nathaniel, baptized July 18, 1630, died December 29, 1712; resided at Ipswich, Massachusetts. 10. Susan, baptized March 17, 1632.

(V) Joseph Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson, the immigrant (4), was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, in 1620, and baptized June 25 of that year, and he died at Concord, Massachusetts Bay Col- ony, January 3, 1680. He married, about 1646, Elizabeth Woodmansey, daughter of Robert and Margaret Woodmansey. Her father was a school master in Boston. Joseph Emerson resided at Ipswich, Massachusetts, York, Maine, and Milton, Massachusetts. He was a minister of the Puritans. Of his education nothing is known. Tradition says he was educated in England. He may have studied at Harvard, but did not graduate. He was at Ipswich as early as 1638 and was admitted freeman there December 19, 1648. He preached the same year at York. In 1653 he was a resident of Wells, Maine, and took the freeman's oath there July 4, 1653, and was an inhabitant when the commissioners took the submission of the people, the court being held in his house. He favored submission to Massachusetts, in 1651-52, and was evidently a leading man of the Massachusetts party. He signed a petition to Cromwell as a resident of Wells, asking the protector to confirm the jurisdiction of Massachusetts over Wells. A faction developed in the church at Wells and Mr. Emerson accepted the pastorate at Milton about 1664. He was dismissed a few years later. He was settled at Mendon December I, 1669, and remained until the town was destroyed by the Indians during King Philip's war when he retired to Concord and lived until his death.

(V) Ebenezer Emerson, son of Rev. Joseph Emerson (4), was born at Mendon, died in 1751. He married (first), in 1704, Bethia Parker, daughter of Nathaniel and Bethia (Polly) Parker, of Reading. She was born in 1785 and died in 1815. He was a husbandman and resided in Reading at the Franklin Weston place... His will was proved in 1751, mentioned all the children given below. He married (second), 1716, Mary Boutwell, daughter of Captain James and Mary (Kendall) Boutwell, of Reading. She was born in 1685. It is said that he had two more wives, but the record has not been found. Children of Ebenezer and Bethia Emerson: 1. Nathaniel, born March 31, 1705, married April 15, 1725, Hepzibah Burnap. 2. Bethia, born ' July 27, 1709, married, April 14, 1731, Nathaniel Parker of Reading. 3. Susan, born March 8, 1713; married February 1O)/1736, Isaac Burnap. Children of Ebenezer and Mary Emerson: 4. Ebenezer, born January 6, 1716, married, May 15, 1746, Anna Nichols; (second), December 7, 1749, Rebecca Putnam. 5. James, born January 9, 1720, married Mary Farrar; (second) Elizabeth Nichols. 6. Joseph, born November 3,.1721, married, December 7, 1749, Phebe Upton and lived in Lynn. 7. Thomas, born July 12, 1724, mentioned below.

(VI) Thomas Rhnershris son of Ebenezer Emerson (5), was born at Reading, July 12, 1724, and died there January 15, 1810. He married (first), April 16, 1747, Elizabeth Bruce, who was born in 1733 and died January 1, 1793. They resided in Reading. Em- He was a soldier in the Revolution and with the Reading company took part in the events of April 19, 1775. He married (second), October 24, 1793, Mary Dresser, of Reading, born 1732, died October 28, 1806. Children of Thomas and Elizabeth Emerson: 1. Elizabeth, born August 17, 1753, married, June 12, 1777, Benjamin Emerson. 2. Hannah, born November 12. 1755, died January 10, 1832; married, April 9, 1793, Timothy Wakefield. 3. Thomas, born December 11, 1757, mentioned below. 4. William, born June 10, 1760, died July 23, 1848; married April 14, 1782, Sarah Cowdrey; (second) Mary Vinton. 5. Jerusha, born September 4, 1762, married, May 23, 1782, Nathaniel Cowdrey. 6. Susanna, born November 21, 1764, married, December 12, 1793, William

(VII) Thomas Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson (6), was born at Reading, December TI, 1757, and died at Lynnfield, Massachusetts, February 17, 1837. He married, November 21, 1782, Ruth Bancroft, daughter of Captain James and Sarah (Pierson) Bancroft. She was born in Reading, June 1, 1761, and died at Lynnfield, February 28, 1852. They resided at Lynnfield and Reading. He was a soldier in the Revolution, took part in the batiles of Lexington and Bunker Hill; prisoner in Dartmoor, England. He was captain of militia, his commission being signed by Govyernor John Hancock. He was of great resolution, bravery and patriotism. He was a Revolutionary pensioner during his last years. James Bancroft, father of Ruth, was a captain at the battle of Bunker Hill and an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati after the war; was selectman of Reading in 1776- 88-93-94; member of the school committee in 1799, 1805-00; representative to the general court in 1780-85-88-93-94-99, 1800-03; was deacon of the Reading church for many years. Captain Emerson's will was dated May a2, 1834, and was proved May 16, 1837. Children, born at Reading: 1. Ruth, born November 3, 1783, died September 26, 1861; married, July 1, 1806, Joseph Burnham; lived at Wakefield. 2. Thomas, born October 2, 1785, mentioned below. 3. Clarissa, born October 6, 1787, died January 17, 1889; married, October 26, 1805, Benjamin Cox; resided at Lynnfield. 4. Charlotte, born May 1, 1790, died August II, 1864; married, April 14, 1814, Mathew Cox; lived at Lynnfield. 5. Hannah, born April 6, 1792, died June 9, 1873; married, May 13, 1819, Colonel Thomas Parker ; lived at Wakefield. 6. James Bancroft, born July 22, 1794, died September 27, 1795. 7. James Bancroft, born January 26, 1797, died in 1822; married, in 1821, Lydia P. Parker; residence, Natchez, Mississippi. 8. Hubbard, born April 30, 1799, died October 4, 1878; married, June 23, 1825, Harriet Orne; resided at Lynnfield. g. Sarah, born July-1, 1801, died March 6, 1825; married, 1822, Warren Aborn; resided at Natchez, Mississippi. 10. Eliza, born April 6, 1806, died March 27, 1888; married, May 24, 1827, Jacob Tufts; resided in Westborough, Massachusetts.

(VIII) Thomas Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson (7), was born at Reading, October 2, 1785, and died at Wakefield, Massachusetts, November 29, 1871. He married, May 20, 1813, Elizabeth Hartshorn, daughter of James and Sarah (Hopkinson) Hartshorn. She was born in Reading, April 24, 1790, and died at Wakefield, September 26, 1873. They resided at Wakefield, where he carried on the manufacture of boots and shoes. He was one of the most prominent citizens and business men, and active in municipal and political affairs. He was selectman of South Reading in 1820-21-22-23-24; representative to the general court 1825 to 1830 inclusive, 1838-39-41 ; state senator from his district in 1846- -47 member of the South Reading school committee in 1824-30-360-37. He was the first president of the South Reading Bank and a director of the Citizens' Gas Company. He retired from business in 1854, after fifty years of success. His business grew from a humble beginning to large proportions. He instituted the system of paying wages in cash instead of barter at the store, the former. practice of the shoe manufacturers. He was an active and prominent member of the Congregational church, which he served for a time as clerk and teacher in the Sunday school. He gave generously to missionary organizations and other benevolent and charitable purposes. He was a friend of the poor and suffering. His charming personality and sterling character won for him the respect and affection of all who knew him. He retained his health and strength to the end of life, and attended faithfully and efficiently his duties at the national bank to the time of his death. Children, born in South Reading: 1. Thomas, born December 6, 1816, mentioned below. 2. Augusta Buchanan, born June 22, 1821, mentioned below. 3. Sarah Hartshorn, born February 24, 1824, mentioned below. 4. Maria Josephine, born October 29, 1828, mentioned below. 5. James Francis, born August 11, 1830, mentioned below.

(IX) Thomas Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson (8), was born in South Reading, December 6, 1816, and died at Wakefield, December 3, 1895. Married, January 22, 1840, Emily Minerva Swain, born at South Reading, August 26, 1820, daughter of Thomas and Mary. (Parker) Swain. Emerson became associated with his father in the manufacture of boots and shoes in 1837 under the firm name of Thomas Emerson. For nearly thirty years he made a winter trip to the south to sell the product of the factory and he had a wide business acquaintance. In 1854 his father retired and the two sons continued the business as Thomas Emerson's Sons. Under this name the reputation of the house was sustained and the business grew in volume and prosperity. The firm was always fortunate in avoiding labor difficulties. Mr. Emerson was one of the founders of the Wakefield Horticultural and Agricultural Society, of which he was the vice-president several years. For twenty-four years he was president of the bank, the Mechanic and Agricultural Institution. He was trustee of the Wakefield Savings Bank, director in the National Bank, member of the Ancient and

Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, of the Boston Commandery, Knights Templar, Souhegan Lodge of Odd Fellows, Wyoming Lodge of Free Masons, the Boston Boot and Shoe Club and other organizations. He was a man of strict integrity, honorable purposes and unswerving fidelity to duty; a constant attendant upon public worship at the Congregational church, which he very liberally supported. Children: 1. Thomas Albert, born December 27, 1840, mentioned below. 2. Edwin Eugene, born February 4, 1843, married, June 5, 1867, Sophia P. Harnden, daughter of Sylvester and Mary (Sherman) Harnden; she was born in Reading, June 26, 1844, died January 31, 1908. He entered the firm of Thomas Emerson's sons in 1866; after the retirement from the firm of James Francis Emerson, the business was continued by Edwin Eugene Emerson and a cousin, Harry Foster, and was dissolved .in 1902. He is now inspector of leather of army and navy shoes. He was director of the Mechanics' Institution and of the Wakefield Co-operative Bank; prominent in church and parish of the Congregational church of Wakefield, of which he was clerk many years.

died May 6, 1849. 4. George Dunbar, born September 16,,1849, married, September 14. 1871, Estelle M. Walker; married (second), February 8, 1879, Emma Hunt Varney, now of New York city.

(IX) Augusta Buchanan Emerson, daughter of Thomas Emerson (8), was born in South Reading, June 22, 1821, and died at Malden, February 27, 1885. She married, June 7, 1848,-Francis Odiorne, son of Thomas and Mary (Hussey) Odiorne. He was born at Malden, September 25, 1821, and died at Malden, October 2, 1878. Mr. Odiorne was a Boston merchant. Children, born at Malden: 1. Frances Augusta, born February 11, 1849. 2. Thomas Emerson, born May 7, 1851. 3. Mary Hussey, born May 25, 1855, died May 6, 1898. 4. Emily Josephine, born September 14, 1857, died September 25, 1858. 5. Frank Chester, born December 2, 1861, died January 25, 1863.

(IX) Sarah Hartshorn Emerson, daughter of Thomas Emerson (8), was born in south Reading, February 24, 1824, and died at Wakefield, November 14, 1885. She married, April 24, 1850, Benjamin Franklin Barnard, born July 10, 1824, at North Reading, son of Jacob and Grace (Stearns) Barnard. They lived in Wakefield. Barnard was connected with the Boston firms of Banker &

Carpenter, and Carpenter, Woodward & Morton, for fifteen years. He was among the first in organizing the Richardson Light Guard of Wakefield in 1851, and was third lieutenant on the first board of officers. In 1861 he resigned his commission and enlisted as a private for three months. In October, 1861, he was commissioned second lieutenant . in the Twenty-third Regiment and served under General Burnside in the North Carolina campaign; in May, 1862, he was promoted first lieutenant and attached to General Burnside's: staff as a commissary of subsistence. Child: Grace Maria Barnard, born February 24, 1851, died December 14, 1886.

(IX) Maria Josephine Emerson, daughter of Thomas Emerson (8), was born in South Reading, October 29, 1828. Married, February 6, 1850, George Oliver Carpenter, born December 26, 1827, and died December 25, 1896, son of George and Mary (Bentley) Carpenter, of Boston. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and was a Franklin medal scholar in 1840. He became a partner in a paint and oil firm of Boston which became in 1861 Banker & Carpenter, and in 1864 Carpenter, Woodward & Morton and finally Carpenter-Morton Company, of which Mr. Carpenter was president. Meanwhile, Mr. Carpenter also became interested in insurance and conducted a large business. He was director of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of Massachusetts; trustee of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association of Boston; commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; director for twenty-five years of the Eliot National Bank of Boston; director of the South Reading National Bank; vice-president of the Home Savings Bank of Boston; director of the Bostonian Society; president of the Paint and Oil Club of Boston; president of the Commercial Club; member of the Art Club and of the Algonquin Club. In 1869-70 he was an alderman of the city of Boston. Children: 1. George Oliver, born February 17, 1852, married, April 7, 1880, Caroline Greeley; children: i. George Oliver, 3d., born August 24, 1881; ii. Kenneth Greeley, born April 14, 1886. 2. Frederick Banker, born April 21, 1862, married, April 7, 1886, Alice Beebe; died November 4, 1907; children: i. Morris Beebe, born August 30, 1888; ii. Marjorie, born April 15, 1891.

(IX) James Francis Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson (8), was born in South Reading,:in the Emerson homestead on Main street, August 11, 1830. He obtained a good education in the schools of his native town, and on the organization of the high school in 1845, was one of the early members; also attended a private school in Warren, Massachusetts. On leaving school he entered the counting room of his father and brother, then conducting the largest shoe manufacturing establishment in the region, and at the age of twenty-one was admitted a member of the firm, Thomas Emerson & Sons, and at the death of Thomas Emerson, senior, changed to Thomas Emerson's Sons, and so continued until his retirement a few years before his death, which occurred April 12, 1906. Notwithstanding the engrossing cares of an extensive private business, Captain Emerson always found time for the exercise of a broad and progressive public spirit, and during the last fifty years was prominently identified with nearly every movement and enterprise designed to promote the improvement and development of the town. He was a leading spirit in the organization of the still famous corps, the Richardson Light Guard, now Company A, Sixth Regiment, in 1851, and thrice was chosen commander of the company, for three different periods of service. He was town treasurer twenty-eight years, clerk of the First Parish of the Congregational Church of Wakefield twenty-five years, second president of the Wakefield Savings Bank, president of the Board of Trade, director of the National Bank and of the South Reading Mechanics' and Agricultural Institution, one of the organizers and director in the Wakefield Real Estate and Building Association, member of the Citizens' Gas Light Company, Water Committee, and formerly a member of the Old Yale Engine Company. He was a member of Souhegan Lodge, I. O. O.

and of Wyoming Lodge, A. F. and A. M. One of the organizers and charter members of Wakefield Home for Aged Women. In politics he was a Republican.

Captain Emerson was a representative citizen of the best type, deeply imbued with the municipal spirit or local patriotism, which has made the towns of New England so important a factor in working out the problems and triumphs of American civilization. In the introduction of water, gas and electricity through the town he had a prominent part, and also in the acquisition of the land bordering on Lake Quannapowitt for a public park, in the change of the town's name from South Reading to Wakefield and treasurer of the general committee of the celebration of the quarter millennial anniversary of the town, and was co- worker and counselor with the late Cyrus Wakefield, senior, in his far-reaching plans for the beautifying and development of the town. He was a generous giver to good causes, and his private benefactions were numerous, though in many cases known only to the recipients. He was a man of cheerful, happy: disposition, of ready wit, and always had a smile and kind word for all. As one friend expressed it he had been all his life "smoothing things out."

At a notable "Commemorative Gathering" of the Congregational church and First Parish, held in 1887, Captain Emerson was called upon to respond to the following toast: 'The Emerson Family - numerous, respected and influential, but especially noted for its ministers and military men, among whom may be named Rev. Joseph Emerson of Mendon, Rev. Dr. Brown Emerson of Salem, Rev. Reuben Emerson of South Reading, Rev. Alfred Emerson of Lancaster, and Rev. Thomas A. Emerson of Braintree; Captain Thomas Emerson of Revolutionary fame, and Captain Thomas Emerson, whose form and voice have been so often seen and heard in this place, and who, full of years, has lately passed to his rest." Captain James F. Emerson died at his home, corner of Main and Lawrence streets, and the funeral services were held by Rev. Robert W. Wallace, a former pastor, and'the interment was in the family plot in Lakeside cemetery.

He married (first) Hannah Orne Emerson, his cousin, October 29, 1856. She was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, June 6, 1836, and died in Wakefield, Massachusetts, August I, 1861. He married (second), May 8, 1889, Mrs. Lucy (Knight) Wood, born at Pownal, Maine, November 16, 1847, daughter of Abner Knight, of East Boston, Massachusetts. Her father, Abner Knight, was also born in Pownal, Maine, April 15, 1795, and died September 25, 1872; he was a bridge builder by trade. Her mother, Tamson Twining, was born in Orleans, Massachusetts, May 12 or 13, 1799, and died October 5, 1883. Children of Abner and Tamson Knight: i. Daniel Knight, born June 28, 1821, died August 31, 1883; married Elvira Goodwin, of Gardiner, Maine; ii. Harriet Knight, born July 4, 1823, died January 9, 1905; married George Hitchborn Gould, of Boston, Massachusetts; iii. Eunice H. Knight, born April 28, 1826, married Reuben Wendell, of Truro, Massachusetts; iv. Rhoda Knight, born December 28, 1828, died May 8, 1883; married Michael Kénney, of the British Provinces; married (second) Oliver Longley, of Amherst, Massa- chusetts, and (third) James Hunt, of Plainfield, Massachusetts; v. True Knight, born July 12, 1830, died January 12, 1856, unmarried, in California; vi. Eliza Ann Knight, born September 7, 1840, married James W. Potter, of Boston; vii. Lucy Jane Knight, born November 16, 1847, married Amos Wood, of Concord, New Hampshire; married (second) James F. Emerson, mentioned above. Children of James F. and Harriet O. Emerson: 1. Francis Hubbard, born September 12, 1857. 2. Unnamed, born July 16, 1861; died July 22, 1861.

(X) Thomas Albert Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson (9), was born at South Reading, December 27, 1840. Married, October 27, 1875, Francis Huntington (Crawford) Brewster, daughter of Robert and Ellen Maria (Griffin) Crawford, and widow of Edward P. Brewster, of New York. She was born at North Adams, September 24, 1841. He was fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and was graduated at Yale College in 1863, having been president of Linonia, a member of Psi Upsilon, the Phi Beta Kappa and a Scroll and Key man. He served during the war of 1861-65 in the United States navy as acting assistant paymaster and saw service aboard the United States Steamship "Vermont" at Port Royal, South Carolina; on the United States Steamship "Perry" off Charleston, South Carolina, and at Fernandina, Florida. He studied theology at the Andover (Massachusetts) Seminary, graduating in 1869. He was ordained November 25, 1869, pastor of the Congregational church at Wolfborough, New Hampshire. After a pastorate of three years he resigned and spent a year in Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land. On his return he was installed, in 1874, pastor of the Congregational church, Braintree, Massachusetts. Mr. Emerson went in 1885 from Braintree to Clinton, Connecticut, as pastor of the Congregational church in that town; now lives in Hadley, Massachusetts, and is pastor of the Congregational church. In 1892 he was moderator ministers of Connecticut, and on retiring gave an address on Loyalty to Congregationalism. Child, Thomas, born August 17, 1876, died August 18, 1876. -

1639. He was a member of the Boston Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He died May 31, 1664. His will was proved June 30, 1664. He bequeathed to his wife Frances, sons John and Samuel, and daughter Mary; at his wife's death the estate to be divided to the nine youngest children or as many of them as may survive. A son-in-law of the widow came from Bogistow (Medway) to sojourn at her house, June 12, 1665. She married second, Jonas Austin, and removed to Taunton, being dismissed from the Dorchester church June 28, 1674; she died at Dorchester November 18, 1676. Children: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Frances. 3. Jonathan, baptized August 12, 1640; removed to Bridgewater. 4. Mary, married April 12, 1656, Thomas -Breck, of Sherborn. 5. Samuel, baptized 1638, died young. 6. Samuel, born 1640. 7. Hannah, born 1641; removed to Taunton. 8. Mercy, born January 8, 1642-3,- baptized February 15, 1645. 9. Ebenezer, sold land in Dorchester, 1675. Io. Martha, baptized August 20, 1648. 11. Mehitable, baptized February 18, 1650-1. 12. Ruth, married Roger Willis. 13. Rebecca, admitted to church September 11, 1664.

(II) John Hill, son of John Hill (1), died before March 20, 1718. He settled at the "Farms," on Charles. river, north of Bogistow, between the Breck (Brick) and Holbrook farms. His first wife Hannah died in 1690; his second, Elizabeth, died his widow December 1, 1719. He was a petitioner for the incorporation of Sherborn in 1662 and again in 1674, being one of the wealthiest men of the vicinity. He drew land in Sherborn and New Sherborn (Douglas). He deeded his real estate in Sherborn to his children, September 16, 1715. His children: 1. Samuel, married November 4, 1679, Hannah Twitchell. 2. Abigail, born February 2, 1658; married Hopestill Leland. ©3. John, born February 2, 1661; married Hannah Rockwood. 4. Mary, born October 28, 1662; married John Ellis. 5. Eleazer, born June 2, 1664. 6. Johnson, born 1666. 7. Ebenezer, settled in Douglas.

(IIT) John Hill, son of John Hill (2), was born in Sherborn February 2, 1661. He married first Hannah Rockwood- (Rocket) who died February 7, 1729-30, daughter of Deacon Samuel Rockwood of Medfield. He married second Rebecca who survived him and died February 17, 1738-9. He drew thirty-six acres and a half at Douglas in 1715 and fifty-eight acres in 1730, which his son Samuel sold to Ralph Shepard of

Children: 1. John; mentioned below. 2. Aaron, settled in Wrentham, a blacksmith; sold fifty-eight acres of land in Douglas to Samuel Hill in 1744-5. 3. Hannah, born August 9, 1702; married William Mann of Wrentham. "4; Sarah, born November 11, 1705; married Samuel Morse of Wrentham. 5. Samuel, born August 11, 1710, died before 1771. 6. James, born March 3, 1711-2; died May II, 1729.

(IV) John Hill, son of John Hill (3), was born in Sherborn about 1698. He married Ruth Children, born at Sherborn: I. James, born August 13, 1734; died January 9, 1810; married Grace Jones of Acton. 2. Caleb, born August 17, 1736; mentioned below. 3. Ruth, born April 22, 1739. 4. Hannah, born October 16, 1741, married Asa P. Richardson of Medfield. 5. Ebenezer, born July 8, 1744; removed to Dublin, New Hampshire. 6. Abigail, born February 4, 1746; married Isaiah Daniels of Medfield. 7. John, born April 28, 1750; died December 15, 1811. 8. Solomon (?).

(V) Caleb Hill, son of John Hill (4), was born in Sherborn August 17, 1736. He married March 17, 1762, Hannah Fisk. Children, born in Sherborn: 1. Rhoda, born January 23, 1763; married September 27, 1781, Simeon Leland. 2. David, born July 13, 1765; died at Medfield, mentioned below. 3, Aaron, born April 11, 1767, settled in Worcester county. 4. Abigail, born April 26, 1769. 5. John, born November 21, 1771, baptized November 24, 1771; removed to Ohio. 6. Lavinia, born October 3, 1773. 7. Elijah, born May 10, 1775, probably died young. 8. Timothy, born March 3, 1778, removed to North Wrentham.

(VI) David Hill, son of Caleb Hill (5), was born in Sherborn July 13, 1765, and died in 1820. He married (intention dated October 25, 1788) Lydia Cleveland, born 1767, died 1863, daughter of Edward Cleveland, son of George. Her father was born in Walpole in 1738; married 1760 Deborah Adams, lived in Walpole until about 1780 when he came to Medfield and bought the place on Walpole street opposite Plain street; first wife died.in 1797 and he married second, 1798, Betsey Perry who died in 1825; he was selectman in 1782, 1794 and 1801. After the birth of their first child the Hills moved to New York State, where their other children were born,

Children: 1. Caleb, born at Medfield, March 17, 1789; died young. 2.°Calvin, mentioned below. 3. Charlotte, born 1797, died 1858; married 1818 Willard Allen. 4. Caleb, born 1800; married 1821 Sarah Cole. 5. Lydia, married 1824 Joseph Prince of Boston; second Jesse Newell of Dover; third, James Buntin. 6. Corinna C. C., removed to Nashua, New Hampshire. 7. Harriet, born 1791, died 1877; married Ezra Leland. 8. Horace, born 1796, died 1878; married 1823 Sophia Beals of Medway. g. David, born 1801; married Ann P. Blight. 10. Hiram of Medway.

(VIL) Calvin Hill, son of David Hill (6), was born about 1790. He married first Elizabeth Knickerbocker who died in 1843. He married second Lydia Adams. He died in 1870. Children: 1. Hiram. 2. Louisa, born November, 1817. 3. Eveline, born February, 1819. 4. Sumner. 5. Emory, born June 16, 1823; mentioned below. 6. Caleb. 7. Clarissa. 8. Adaliza.

(VIIL) Emory Hill, son of Calvin Hill (7), was born in Medfield, June 16, 1823. He received his education in the common schools of his native town, and when a young man learned the trade of machinist. He worked at his trade for several years in the cotton mills at Newton Lower Falls, and later at Waltham, Massachusetts. In 1845 or 1846 he came to Saxonville, Massachusetts, as master mechanic for the Saxonville Mills, having charge of the machine shops and repairs of the concern. He returned to Waltham to take a similar position, but after a year accepted his old place at Saxonville and remained during the remainder of his active life. He died April 19, 1893. Mr. Hill was quiet, modest and unaffected in bearing; of high personal character, and an active worker in the various temperance movements of his time. A Baptist in religious faith, he attended the Congregational church at Saxonville. He was fond of music, and for many years sang in the church choir, both at Newton Lower Falls and at Saxonville. He was a Republican, but was not active in politics. He belonged to no secret orders. His home on Central street was very attractive.

He married first, June 18, 1845, Lorinda Fletcher, of Waltham, who was born April 10, 1825, at Washington, New Hampshire ; second, August 18, 1891, Mrs. Faustina (Tuttle) Thompson, who was born October 9,

John Tuttle, immigrant ancestor of the Tuttle family of New Hampshire, was born in England, in 1618. The English spelling is Tuthill and Tothill, but in this line the American families since the first few generations have spelt the surname Tuttle. There is good reason to believe that the American family springs from the old Devonshire family, England, the coatof-arms of which is: Az. on a bend ar. cotised or, 'a lion passant sable. The crest: On a mount vert a Cornish chough proper, in its beak a branch of olive, fructed, or.

John, Richard and William Tuttle, with their families, all came in the ship "Planter," in 1635, to New England. William settled in New Haven, Richard in Boston, and John in Ipswich. What connection these three brothers were to John Tuttle of Dover, New Hampshire, who came over probably a few years earlier, is unknown.

John Tuttle signed the protest of 1640 against uniting the little republic at Dover with the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His home was then on the east side of Dover Neck, the river on the east, the lot of Thomas Bearde on the south, and the Great High street on the west. It was about forty rods south-southeast of the First Church, now or lately owned by Samuel Tuttle. This place has been longer than any other in Dover in the hands of the same family. Tuttle died intestate 1663, in May or June. His wife Dorothy was administratrix, making her first return June 30, 1663. Children: 1, Daughter, married Captain Philip Cromwell. 2. Thomas, accidentally killed when a young lad by falling from a tree. 3. John, born 1646; died June, 1720, mentioned below. 4. Dorothy, married Captain Samuel Tebbets, grandson of the pioneer settler, Henry Tebbets.

(II) Judge John Tuttle, son of John Tuttle (1), was a man of great distinction in both civil and military life. He filled every office in the gift of the people of Dover. He was appointed in 1695 judge of their Majesties court of common pleas under the administration of Lieutenant Governor Usher. 'He was selectman of Dover 1686, 1687 and _ 1688; town clerk 1694 to 1717 inclusive; town treasurer 1705 and many other years; member of the provincial assembly 1698, 1699, 1705, 1706, and 1707; one of the six commissioners sent from Dover to the convention of 1689 to meet the commissioners of other towns in "to confer about and resolve upon a method of Government within this province.' He was also a leader in the Dover church. He was at the head of the military forces of the town in 1689, and later and for ten years was almost constantly scouting and hunting for Indians, performing highly dangerous and very arduous military duty. He resided on the west side of Dover Neck. His house was near the site of the residence now or late of Alonzo Pinkman, and his land reached from the road to Back River, and included what has since then been called Captain's Hill in his honor. He gave the homestead to his son Ebenezer, who sold it in 1738 to Judge Millet. Three generations of the family are buried in the old Tuttle burial ground on the east side of the homestead, next to the road. He died June, 1720, leaving a large estate. He married Mary , who survived him, and was his executor. Children: 1. Mary, married John Wallingford. 2.

(111) Ensign John Tuttle, son of Judge John Tuttle (2), was born about 1675, at Dover; married Judith, daughter of Richard anc Rose (Stoughton) Otis. Rose and her brother, Sir Nicholas Stoughton, Bart., were the only children of Anthony Stoughton Esq., of Stoughton, Surrey, England. She gave to her third son the Christian name of his uncle, Sir Nicholas, and the surname Stoughton has been for many generations since used as a Christian name in this family in commemoration of the connection. Ensign Tuttle, as he was generally known, held several civil offices, and was ensign of the Dover military company. He lived on the west side of Back River, about one mile from his father's house, on the farm that his grandfather John Tuttle had owned. Doubtless his father intended to give the place to Ensign Tuttle had he lived to survive his father, but, instead,-it went to the two eldest sons. The cellar of the house was lately visible on a ridge in the field halfway between the house now or lately owned by Samuel Tuttle and the old burying ground, in the pasture near the river, where the Ensign and his wife are buried. He owned a large tract of land in Somersworth parish of

Dover, and another tract at Tole End. He was cut off in the prime of life by the hands of the Indian enemies, May 7, 1712, while attending to some business at his mill on the upper falls of Cochecho, accompanied by his eldest son. They were set upon by the Indians and he was slain, but his son Thomas escaped. The Boston News Letter, May 12, 1712, reported the murder thus: "On Tuesday they mortally wounded and scalped John Crommit of Dover. On Wednesday at Tole End mill about a mile from Colonel Waldron's, Ensign Tuttle was killed." His wife, Judith Otis, had a tragic experience éarlier in life. At the time of the Great Massacre at Dover, in 1689, her father, mother, brother and sister were slain by the Indians, the garrison house of her father burnt, and she herself taken captive with two other sisters and carried away. But the Indians were overtaken by a party of English soldiers at Conway, on their way to Canada, and the captives rescued. Judith was left a widow with six young children when her husband fell a victim to the savages. ability and intelligence of their mother. Children: 1. Mary, born January 7, 1697-8, married James Canney. 2. Thomas, born March 15, 1699; he and descendants were Quakers. 3. Judith, born May 10, 1702. 4. John, born May 8, 1704. 5. Dorothy, born March 21, 1706. 6. Nicholas, born July 27, 1708. 7. James, born February 9, 1710-11; died July

(IV) Nicholas Tuttle, son of Ensign John Tuttle (3), was born at Dover, New Hampshire, July -27;. 1708; died \ 1793: 9) Has: 'descendants are very numerous. He married first Deborah Hunt; second Bethia Davis. He settled in that part of Dover called Lee, removing late in life to Nottingham, New Hampshire, in the vicinity where his son Stoughton settled. He received from his father lands on the east side of Dover Neck, between Lieutenant Beard's and Nutter's, bounded by High street on the west and the river on the east, and the place included the homestead of John Tuttle, the first settler. Nicholas sold the place in 1735 to Judge Millet. Children: 1. George, born 1737, mentioned below. 2. Stoughton, born September 17, 1739, died August, 1812; married Lydia, sister of Catherine Stevens; he married second, Hannah Sanborn; they lived and died at Nottingham; he was a soldier in the revolution. 3. Nicholas, married Sarah Smart. 4. Judith, married Josiah Burleigh, of Newmarket. 5. Elizabeth, married Peter Still- ings. 6. Deborah, married Moses Perkins, of Newmarket. 7. Esther, married Joseph Sanborn. 8. Keziah, married Jeremiah Elkins; second, Robert Evans. Children of second wife: 9. Benjamin, born 1764. Io. Mary; married James Stokes.

(V) Captain George Tuttle, son of Nicholas Tuttle (4), was born at Lee, New Hampshire, in 1737, and lived there most of his life. He died April 12, 1816, in Effingham, New Hampshire (where his son George settled). He was a captain in the revolution, in the regiment of Colonel Stephen Evans, and was in the battle of Saratoga in 1777. He was selectman of Lee in 1780, with Job Runels and Zaccheus Clough; in 1781 with James Brackett, and in 1783. He was a justice of the peace, the local squire, and served many terms in the state legislature. He married, at Lee, Catharine Stevens. Their children: 1. Lieutenant George, mentioned below.

(VI) Lieutenant George Tuttle, son of Captain George Tuttle (5), was born at Lee, New Hampshire. He married Sarah Gile. He was'a Free Will Baptist in religion. He had a large farm at Effingham. Children: 1. George. 2. Rev. John Gile. 3. Joseph Walton, born March 4, 1811, at Effingham; mentioned below. 4. Catherine, born January 6, 1813; married Ebenezer Hodsdon, son of Ebenezer and Sally (Wentworth) Hodsdon.

(VII) Joseph Walton Tuttle, son of George Tuttle (6), was born in Effingham, New Hampshire, March 4, 1811. He received his education in the common schools of his native town, helping his father on the farm until he decided to try manufacturing. He learnt his trade as finisher of woolen goods at the woolen mill in Andover, Massachusetts. He worked next for a time in the Damon mills at Concord, Massachusetts, and at Acton; and about 1830 removed to Saxonville to work in the mills. He was promoted to the head of his department, and held the position until his death, March 23, 1870. He was a man of quiet domestic tastes, devoted to his home and family. Upright and honorable, he commanded the respect and confidence of employers and workmen alike. During the civil war he had entire charge of the army blanket work for the government. He was an active member and steward of the Methodist Episco-° pal church at Saxonville. He was a Republican in politics.

He married first, Fannie Blodgett, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Robinson) Blodgett; second, September 19, 1837, Sarah Blodgett, sister of his first wife; third, July 26, 1846,

Susanna Livermore White, of Lancaster, Massachusetts, who died December 20, 1854, daughter of Jonas and Ann (Townsend) White; fourth, September 13, 1859, Elizabeth (White) Hayden, sister of his third' wife. Children of Joseph W. and Sarah (Blodgett) Tuttle: 1. Rebecca Frances, born August 8, 1838, died May 31, 1859. 2. Faustina Amanda, born October 9, 1840; married first, November 29, 1860, William Thompson, of Framingham, Massachusetts; second, August 18, 1891, Emery Hill, of Saxonville; no issue by either marriage. (See Hill sketch). 3. Rowena Loring, born November 20, 1842; married September 1, 1869, Daniel B. Hubbard, of Charlestown, New Hampshire, a civil war sailor under. Farragut; had Lyman J. Hubbard. Children of Joseph W. and Susanna (Livermore) Tuttle: 4. George, born April 19, 1847; died July 6, 1849. 5. Joseph Walton, born December 9, 1848; died September 29, 1850. 6. Laura Ann, born October 3, 1850, mentioned below. 7. Chester Field, born May 23, 1853. 8. Webster, born September - I1, 1856; died January 23, 1857. Children of

- Joseph W. and Elizabeth Tuttle: 9. Joseph Walton, born February 11, 1863; married _ June 11, 1890, Diana McKay, of Prince Ed- 'ward Island, and had children: i. Jessie Squarebrigs, born March 29, 1891; ii. Joseph Walton, Jr., born August 20, 1894. 10. Lewis Everett, born July 30, 1865; died August 26, 1866. 11. Edwin Clifford, born June 5, 1867; . married June 25, 1890, Caroline Ducette ; children: i. and ii. Frank Carlton and Fred Walton, twins, born February 10, 1891; iti. Rebecca Frances, born May 27, 1892; iv. Pearl Elizabeth, born July 7, 1893; v. Charles Edwin, born August 4, 1894; died February, 1897; vi. Caroline Louise, born April, 1896; died November, 1896. 12. George Everett, born May 19, 1870; married Isabel Tilton, of Waltham, Massachusetts; no issue.

(VIII) Laura Ann Tuttle, daughter of Joseph Walton Tuttle (7), was born October 3, 1850; married October 12, 1870, Edward O. Simpson, of Saxonville, Massachusetts. Their children: 1. Edward Clifford Simpson, born October 19, 1871; married December 25, 1895, Josie Belle West; children: i. Edward Olin Simpson, born August 8, 1896; ii. Orville West Simpson; born November 13, 1897; iii. June Elizabeth Simpson, born June 6, 1899. 2. Harry Lyman Simpson, born December 18, 1872; married Ethel G. Loker; children: i. Medeline Gertrude Simpson, born June, 1897; ii. Willard Simpson, born August 27, 1901. 3. Susan Gertrude Simpson, born

Albert Andrews, the immi- ANDREWS grant ancestor, was born in England about 1580, and came to Ipswich, Massachusetts, to settle, about 1634. He was admitted a freeman May 6, 1635. He was owner and master of the ship "Angel Gabriel'? which was cast away and lost at Pemaquid, August 15,1635. He then made his home in Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, now the town of Essex. He was licensed to keep an ordinary September 3, 1635. His house lot was on the south side of the river near the South Church. His sister Mary married Robert Burnham. He was from Norwich, Norfolk county, England. He was a leading citizen of the town, had many grants of land, and left a numerous progeny. Many of his descendants have achieved distinction. He gave security April 2, 1641, to William Franklin, of Boston, for the marriage portion of his daughter, Alice, late wife of William Franklin, to be given her daughter Elizabeth. He died in 1643. His will is dated April 2, 1641, and proved October 22, 1647. He bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth, sons John and Thomas, son-in-law Franklin, and his daughter Elizabeth; grandson Daniel Hovey; John Griffin, son of Humphrey Griffin, and two other sons, all under age; to kinsman John Thomas, and Robert Burnam. His widow had a lawsuit March 31, 1647-48, with her daughter Elizabeth's husband, Humphrey Griffin. He married Elizabeth Children: "1. Alice, born about 1610, married William Franklin, died before 1644. 2. Abigail, married Daniel Hovey, of Ipswich; she died June 24, 1665. 3. John, born 1622, mentioned below. 4. Thomas, the schoolmaster, died unmarried at Ipswich, July 10, 1683. (II) Lieutenant John Andrews, son of Robert Andrews (1), was born in 1622 in

England, and resided in Chebacco, Ipswich, Massachusetts. He was a minor at the time of his father's death or at the date of his will in 1642. In 1692 he stated his age as seventy. He was probably born in 1622 or 1623. He seems to have had a cousin John whose record is confused with his and his son's. He was a lieutenant in 1683. He and five others were imprisoned and fined by Sir Edmund Andros for opposing him in town meeting. He married Jane He deeded various lots of land to his children. He died in 1708. His will was dated March 13, 1705, and was proved May 17, 1708. He was a housewright by trade. Children: 1. Corporal John, born about 1646, gave his age as thirty-six in 1697; lived on Averill's hill. 2. William, born 1649, mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, married James Giddings, of Ipswich, resided on Averill's hill. 4. Thomas, born 1654, married, February 9, 1681, Mary Belcher. 5. Joseph, married, February 16, 1680, Sarah Ring. (III) William Andrews, son of John Andrews (2), was born about 1649, at Chebacco, died February 17, 1715-16, aged sixty-seven years. He married, October 21, 1672, Margaret Woodward. He was a farmer at Chebacco. His estate was settled by partition, March 17, 1715-16. His widow was living in 1723. Children, born at Ipswich: 1. William, born October 23, 1674, (published July 29, 1710) married Elizabeth Curtis. 2. John, , born February 2, 1675-76. 3. Margaret, married (published June 26, 1697) Samuel Gott, of Wenham. 4. Ezekiel, born June, 1680, mariner; married, February 19, 1707-08, Abigail Curtis. 5. Jonathan, mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, born January 15, 1684-85, died December 26, 1685. 7. Elizabeth, married, September 24,- 1704, Joshua Norwood. 8. Abigail, born 1687, married, August 29, 1704, Thomas Butler. 9. Rachel, married (published July 4), 1714, Zachariah Story. Io. Miriam, married (published January 12), 1716-17, Nathaniel Rust. 11. Patience, married, February 6, 1719-20, Benjamin Stewart, of Weymouth. 12. Solomon, born August 8,

(IV) Jonathan Andrews, son of William Andrews (3), was born in Chebacco, about 1682. He was a blacksmith by trade and resided in his native parish until 1733, when he settled in Scarborough, Maine province, York county, Massachusetts. He was admitted to the church there February 25, 1733-34. He married Sarah Smith (published December 6, 1718). He proved a valuable addition to the town of Scarborough, both on account of his good qualities as a man and citizen and his skill as a blacksmith. His son Amos was also prominent in town affairs after him. Children: 1. Amos, resided in Scarborough. 2. Jonathan, Jr., mentioned below. 3. Sarah, baptized July 24, 1726, in Ipswich. 4. Lydia, baptized in Ipswich, September 29, 1728. 5. Miriam, baptized September 10, 1732, at Chebacco: 6. Nathan, baptized at Scarborough, July 28, 1734. 7. Sarah, baptized May 13, 1739, at Scarborough; married, October 20, 1757, Sylvanus Scott.

(V) Jonathan Andrews, Jr., son of Jonathan Andrews (4), was born in Chebacco about 1722. He settled in Scarborough; marred there Hannah Seavey, of that town, March 8, 1744. She died March 14, 1790. Children, born at Scarborough: 1. Ephraim, born about 1745, married, 1765, Anna Brown, of Scarborough; settled in Machias; children: i. Israel, married Mary Seavey; ii. Thankful, married Moses Howe: iii. Nathan; iv. Miriam; v. Timothy. 2. Jonathan, born about 1750, mentioned below. 3. Stephen, born December 7, 1753, died September 24, 1815; married, April 4, 1776, resided at Scarborough and among his . children were Jonathan and Ephraim. 4. Isaac. 5. Sarah, married George Watson. 6. Jeremy, married (first) Betsey Woodruff and (second) Dilla Maker, .7. Ruth, married Obadiah Allen. 8. John, married Mary Ann Cheever. 9. Lydia, married Moses Elsemore. 10. Hannah, married George Smith and Joseph Clendennin.

(VI) Jonathan Andrews, son of Jonathan Andrews (5), was born about 1750, and resided at Scarborough. He was active in the militia. In the Revolution he was captain of the Second Scarborough company, Third Cumberland Regiment, commissioned May 10, 1776. He was in Colonel Joseph Prime's regiment, May 8, 1780, and later serving at the Eastward (Thomaston and vicinity). Children, born at Scarborough: 1. Thomas, born January 3, 1769, mentioned below. 2. Hannah, - born April 2, 1772. 3. Anna, born December 13, 1774. 4. Polly, born, August' 5.1770: 0 5 Jonathan, born January 31, 1782. 6. Ezekiel, born October 21, 1784. 7. Ebenezer, born November 2, 1787. 8. Sally, born May 26,

(VII) Thomas Andrews, son of Jonathan Andrews (6), was born in Scarborough, Maine, January 3, 1769. He settled in Machias, Maine, near where he was born, but spent the greater part of his life in Saco, an adjacent town. He was selectman of Saco and a prominent citizen. His last days were spent at

Freedom, New Hampshire, where his son settled. He married (first) Anna Andrews; (second) Nancy Mills Huckins and (third) Mehitable Mills. Children: 1. Infant son, born January 16, 1796, Saco, Maine, died April 15, 1796, Scarborough, Maine. 2. Samuel M., born November 2, 1797, Saco, Maine. ae Ana I.» born March "26.5 re0t, | Saco, Maine. 4. Thomas, born November 20, 1805, mentioned below. 5. Jonathan, born August 10, 1808: 6.. John, born November 7, 1812, Effingham, New Hampshire.

(VIII) Thomas Andrews, son of. Thomas Andrews: (7), was born in Saco, Maine, November 20, 1805, died February 14, 1866. He was educated in the common schools, and during his minority worked on his father's farm. He bought a farm and settled in Freedom, New Hampshire, and became a_ well-to-do farmer. He married Clara Mills, daughter of John Mills, a prosperous farmer of Parsonsfield, Maine. Children: 1. Amos F., born July 6, 1831. 2. Sarah Ann, born May 22, 1833. 3. James M., mentioned below.: 4. Juliett W., born November 3, 1840, married Joseph Durgin. 5. Charles H., born March 1G, 1642.

(IX) James Mills Andrews, son of Thomas Andrews (8), was born in Freedom, New Hampshire, May 22, 1837. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town, and assisted his father on the farm until he was seventeen years old, when he was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade. In 1857 he came to Charlestown, Massachusetts, and as a journeyman carpenter worked for Amos Brown for six years, then for Page & Littlefield, where he became foreman. In 1866 he was engaged to build the Baptist church at Freedom, and the railroad station, freight house and other structures in Ossipee, New Hampshire. Returning- to Charlestown in 1872 he resumed his former position with Page & Littlefield and remained with them until he established his own business in 1892 in Somerville. He made his home in Somerville, February 1, 1882, and has resided there ever since. He took his son into partnership with him in 1896, the firm name being J. M. Andrews & Son. As a contractor and builder Mr. Andrews achieved a high reputation for ability and trustworthiness. He had the contract for Cauley Hall at Charlestown Neck, the Hereford Block in Somerville, containing thirty-seven tenements and six stores, and many of the fine residences of Somerville and vicinty. He is interested in public affairs and does his duty as a citizen faithfully. In 1895 he was a member of the common council from ward three, and in 1896-97 was in the board of aldermen of Somerville, serving as the chairman of the committees on printing and police. He is a Republican. He joined Carroll Lodge of Free Masons at Freedom, New Hampshire, in 1860. He is a member of the Royal Arch Chapter, of Charlestown, of Otient Council, Somerville, of Coeur de Lion Commandery, Knights Templar, of Charlestown, and _ his taken all the Scottish Rite degrees to and including the thirty-second. He is a member also of Ivanhoe Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Charlestown, having joined in 1872. He married, in 1862, Mira A. Wood, daughter of Horace P. and Belinda A. Wood, of Freedom, New Hampshire. They had but one child, Horace W. Andrews, born April 12, 1866, educated in the public and high schools of Charlestown, of the firm of J. M. Andrews & Son, proprietors of the business established by his father. The children of Horace P. and Belinda C. (Lange) Wood, of Ossipee, New Hampshire, were: Belinda, Horace V., John L., Mira A., mentioned above; Frank C., Charles, Belinda A. Wood. John Wood was the father of Horace P. Wood and grandfather of Mrs. James M. Andrews. Mrs. Andrews died at Somerville, June 17, 1905. In 1893-94 she was supreme representative of Pythias Sisters; she was the first worthy matron of the Order of the Eastern Star of Somerville.

RUNEY § grant ancestor, was a mariner, and resided in Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he was taxed in 1756. He died before 1804. He married, October 18, 1753, Joanna Lane, born December Io, 1732, daughter of Anthony Lane, fisherman, who married October 24, 1728, Katherine (Taylor) Sweetser, born November 10, 1694, daughter of John and Katherine (Johnson) Taylor. Richard Taylor, father of John Taylor, resided at Charlestown, and married Ann Wheden, who died October 21, 1694; he died in July, 1706. Joanna Runey owned the covenant at the chuch in Charlestown, August 10, 1755, and died May 1, 1804, aged seventy-three. Children: 1. Joanna, baptized September 21, 1755, buried October 8, T7o2.. 2. James, baptized December 10, 1756; was a potter; married Mary ot John, baptized October 1, 1758; potter in Somerville; married Hannah Sargent. 4.

(Il) Captain George Runey, son of James Runey (1), was baptized March 15, 1761, and died February 13, 1797. He was a sea captain. He married, January 24, 1793, Hannah Turner. She administered his estate December 7, 1797, and deeded land to John Runey in 1815. They had a daughter Hannah, who married, August 11, 1816, Jonas

BARRETT to a very ancient and respectable English family. The progenitor came from Normandy with William the Conqueror, and his name is enrolled in Battle Abbey.

(1) James Barrett, of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was born in England, in 1615, and came to Massachusetts in 1635. He married Hannah Frederick, and had six children. He was an inhabitant and planter in Charlestown as early as 1643, and removed to Malden, where he bought land of George Felt, three acres, on the "Mystic Side;" in 1648, of Francis Mills and of A. Cole, nine and onehalf acres at Mystic Side. Some of his land adoined land of Rev. John Harvard, for whom the college was named. He died August 16, 1672. His will was dated July 8, 1672, bequeathing to wife Hannah, eldest son James, daughters Hannah, Mary and Sarah, sons John and Stephen, and grandchildren John and Samuel Scollay and John Ross. The widow Hannah's will: dated April 9, was proved June 20, 1681, bequeathing to grandchildren Samuel and Thomas Tingle; to daughter Hannah Scollay's two children; to daughters Mary Ross and Sarah Grover and their children; to grandchild John Barrett. "Brother" John Fosdick was _ executor. Children: 1. James, born April 6, 1644; mentioned below. 2. Mary, married John Ross, 3) Hannah; born March 25.) baz married John Scollay. 4. Stephen, who served as commissary for Connecticut in Philips war, 1675; married May 14, 1680, Elizabeth ; and died 1689; named in will of his grandfather Fosdick. 5. John, born May 6, 1655; mentioned in will in 1678. 6. Sarah, married Simon Grover.

penter by trade, and resided in Malden. He married, January 11, 1671-2, Dorcas Green, born May 1, 1655, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Green. Her father died in 1682, and his estate was inventoried at two hundred and sixty-four pounds. According to the records she was living in Charlestown June 15, 1680. The estate of James Barrett was divided in 1679. The widow's estate was inventoried November 3, 1682, at one hundred nineteen pounds. Children: 1. James, born 1672; mentioned below. 2. John, born 1675. 3. Jonathan, born 1678.

(III) James Barrett, son of James Barrett (2), was born in 1672, and died July 31, 1740. He was a carpenter, and resided at Charlestown and Malden. He bought a farm adjoining those of Joses and William Buckman, and "J. B."' and John Green, and other lots of land. He married Anna - , who died April 4, 1741. Children: 1. Dorcas, married, 1715, Philip Viscount. 2. Anna, born December 4, 1699; married Robert Eames. 3. James, born January 2, 1703-4; engaged in the coasting trade. 4. Ebenezer, born February 12, 1705-6; mentioned below.

died at Malden, November 25, 1788, aged eighty-three. He married November 7, 1734, at Malden, Elizabeth Sargent, who died February 11, 1769. _He was a boatman, and resided at Malden. Children: 1. Ebenezer, Jr., married Phebe Wayte, 1764. 2. Elizabeth, born October 20, 1738. 3. Ebenezer, born November 26, 1741. 4. Joseph, born June 27, 1744; mentioned below. 5. Sarah, born January 4, 1746-7.

(V) Joseph Barrett, son of Ebenezer Barrett (4), was born at Malden, June 27, 1744, and died July 7, 1800, aged fifty-six years. He married first (intention published November 15, 1767), Mary Smith, of Reading. He married second, Sarah He was a soldier in the Revolution, the fourth sergeant in Captain' Nathan Sargent's company, 'Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards, in 1778, (roll dated camp at Winter Hill), and in other service. Children of the first wife: 1. Ebenezer, born January 21, 1769; died February II, 1777. 2. Mary, born April 2, 1771. Children of the second wife: 3. Joseph, born December 22, 1772, died young. 4. Martha, born June 26, 1774. 5. Jonathan, born August 2, 1775: .0.,Joseph, beth. sAprils. 1Qjea a7 9 sere Sarah, born October 4, 1778. 8. Nancy, born April 19, 1780. 9. Peter, born October 19, 1781. 10. Rachel, born June 4, 1784. II.

(VI) Jonas Barrett,'son of Joseph Barrett (5), was born at Malden, July 1, 1789. He was a master mason. haps, of his undertakings, was the construction of the wall around the United States navy yard at Boston, which stands as a monument to his skill and industry. He bought the estate at the corner of High street and Green street, Charlestown, where he lived until his death in 1850. He married at Charlestown, August 11, 1816, Hannah Runey, daughter of Captain George Runey. (See sketch of Runey family herewith.) Children: 1. George H. 2. Sarah Spring, born May 1824; married William C. Lears (see sketch of Lears family herewith). 3. John. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Joseph. 6. Jonas. 7. William S. M.; married Matha L. Burbank, and resides in Malden, Massachusetts.

John Christian Lears was born in Prussia, Germany. He came to this country when a young man, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. He settled in Boston. He was married at Christ church, Boston, July 23, 1818, to Mary Tasker, daughter of Mathew and Mira (Hamlin) Tasker, of Boston, married December 16, 1792, by Rev. John Elliot. Children, born in Boston, baptized in Christ church: 1. Mary, born 1819; married Henry Caryl. 2. William Charles, baptized September 9, 1821; mentioned below. 3. John Mathew, baptized July 31, 1825. 4. Eliza Ann, baptized September 25, 1826. 5. Susan Amanda, baptized - April 30, 1829; married John Mullay, of Somerville, Massachusetts. 6. Sarah Ann, baptized June 17, 1832. 7. Helen Augusta, baptized November 8, 1835. 8. Margaret Louisa, baptized June 16, 1839.

(II) William Charles Lears, son of John Christian Lears, was born in Boston July 26, 1821, and died at Somerville April 1, 1889. He was a printer by trade, and as a boy worked on the Saturday Evening Gazette, of which he afterwards became foreman, and _ later founded the Boston Sunday Times, of which he was proprietor and publisher for many years. He was a Mason and Odd Fellow, and member of St. John's Episcopal church of Charlestown. He married Sarah Spring Barrett, daughter of Jonas and Hannah (Runey) Barrett, born in Charlestown, May, 1824, died in Somerville, March 18, 1897. (See Runey and Barrett sketches herewith). They lived in

Charlestown until 1859, when they removed to the house they had just completed at 429: Broadway, Winter Hill, Somerville, Mlassachusetts, which is still owned and occupied by the family. Children: 1. Ella Francis, borm in Charlestown, April 21, 1854; married Peter Roos, September 9, 1880; lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts; have one daughter, Annette Isabel, born in Champaign, Illinois, October 28, 1888. 2. William, born in Charlestown, June 21, 1857; lives at 429 Broadway, Winter Hill. 3. Georgiana Turner, born in Somerville, March 26, 1859; lives at 429 Broadway, Winter Hill. 4. Sarah Spring, born in Somerville, June 26, 1862; lives at 429 Broadway, Winter Hill.

The history of the O'Sullivan family is traced back to the very beginning of history in Ireland, as attested by the "Annals of the Four Masters" and other ancient chronicles and genealogies. The ancient home of the family was in the counties of Cork, Kerry and Limerick. The chief of the family bore the title of Prince of Beare and Lord of Dunkerton. In business, church, state and professional life the family won distinction and took a foremost place in Irish history. Branches of the family settled in every county in Treland, and in later years have also achieved honor and fame; they have made their homes in America and Australia and become prosperous and honored. Many of the descendants have abbreviated the name by omitting the prefix "O," while others preserve it jealously, preferring the ancient name of their forefathers, unaltered and unchanged.

No sketch of this great family would be complete without the story of the struggle in which, in common with their fellow-countrymen, the O'Sullivans as a clan lost property and prestige, in the land where formerly they flourished, struggling against the British agression and rule. During the reign of Elizabeth, two of the most thrilling episodes of Irish history were the defence of the Castle of Dunboy by Donal O'Sullivan, Beare, and his famous retreat from Glengariff, at the head of Bantry Bay, to forma junction with the northern Irish forces at Leitrim. Donal set out on this retreat over the mountains of northwestern Cork and of Kerry with four hundred fighting men, and six hundred women, chil- dren and servants. On his rear hung four thousand English soldiers, commanded by Sir George Carew. O'Sullivan marched day and night, constantly harassed by the enemy. With the>remnant of his fighting men, O'Sullivan made a stand on the banks of the Shannon and gave battle to the English vanguard while the few surviving women and children were carried across the river in boats made from the skins of his horses killed for that purpose ; and he crushed the English advanced line, killing their commanding officer, Manby, and then resumed his retreat. When he finally reached his destination at- Leitrim he had left but eighteen soldiers, sixteen servants and one woman, out of the thousand that started from Glengariff. This woman was the mother of the famous Philip O'Sullivan, of the Spanish navy, one of the most erudite writers of the age, and of his brother Daniel, of the Spanish army, who fell fighting the Mohammedans. ©'Sullivan himself found refugein Spain, where he was appointed governor of Coruna. The O'Sullivans had their estates confiscated and their lives declared forfeited by the English crown. "The harrow of the merciless conqueror was over the scattered clansmen of Beare, many of whom still clung with grim tenacity to their lowly homes among the mountains and glens of Cork and Kerry."

The following ballad, written by one of the family, the Irish Laureate, T. D. Sullivan, is as proud a possession of the O'Sullivans as the coat-of-arms with its lions rampant and the crest with a dove holding an olive branch in its beak.

"Who will hold back when O'Sullivan loudly Calls on his people to haste to his aid ? Who will not rush to him gladly and proudly, Fire in his heart and an edge to his blade ? Kindred! Clansmen ! Seamen and landsmen ! Young men and old men, afar and anear Together! Together ! n calm or wild weather, When pulled by the shout of O'Sullivan Beare !

*'Never a coward, a cringer or quailer, Was chieftan of Beare of late or of yore; Ever a hero, a soldier and sailor Fearless at sea and valiant on shore! Landsmen! Seamen! Fearless and free men, Namesake and kinsmen afar and anear, Together! Together! From sea-foam and heather, Come to the call of O'Sullivan Beare!

Stout men and all men! Horsemen and boatmen afar and anear, yg eae Together ! In calm or wild weather When called by the shout of O'Sullivan Beare !"

Humphrey O'Sullivan, of Lowell, was born in the parish of Castle Haven, East Division of West Carbury, county Cork, Ireland, near which his family has been resident for more than a thousand years. He was educated at the common schools of his day, took up farming for his calling, like his ancestors before him and accumulated what for his day and generation passed for a competence. He was known through all that section of the country for his thrift, honesty and uprightness. His character was an example for children and neighbors to follow. He was a faithful Roman Catholic in religion, and a useful citizen. He married Catherine Barry, daughter of James Barry, of the parish of Caheragh, county Cork. He died in Skibbereen. Children: 1. William, born May, 1844; mentioned below. 2. James, born December, 1848; mentioned below: 3. Humphrey, born October 7, 1853; mentioned below.

(11) William O'Sullivan, son of Timothy O'Sullivan (1), was born in the town of Skibbereen, county Cork, Ireland, May, 1844. He came to America when a young man, and soon afterward enlisted at Boston in the Second United States Cavalry for three years, and was stationed on the frontier during his term of service from 1864 to 1867. He took an active part in police work and skirmishing with the hostile Indians. He was mustered out at Tucson, Arizona. He remained in that territory for a time, and was a member of the Pioneers' Society of Arizona. He returned east and followed his trade as a carpenter until disabled by an accident that injured his spine. After suffering for many years from this injury, he died from its effects in 1898, at his home in Tucson, Arizona. He left a widow and a son Humphrey, born 1873. Another child died young.

(11) James O'Sullivan, son of Timothy O'Sullivan (1), was born in Skibbereen, county Cork, Ireland, December, 1848. He was educated in the national schools and apprenticed to the shoemaker's trade. He followed his elder brother's example in coming to America, landing in Boston in March, 1867. He found employment at his trade there, and later in New York, but in the following year made his home in Lowell, where he has continued to reside to the present time. He worked at his trade for about seven years. In 1875 he purchased a shoe store in Lowell, of Frank Brady, and has conducted a large and successful business to the present time, alone at first, later in partnership with his brother Humphrey. When the firm of O'Sullivan

Brothers was organized, January 26, 1877, the combined capital was only about eighteen hundred dollars. From this modest beginning the business has grown to its present vast proportions. The brothers established their clothing business in 1893 and built the building in which the store is located. He-has been associated from the first with his brother in the rubber heel business, (See sketch of Humphrey O'Sullivan) and is president of the O'Sullivan Rubber Company. He married Catherine Connolly, in Lowell, Massachusetts, and had ten children: Timothy, William, (deceased), James, Helena, Humphrey (deceased), Catherine, Francis, Jeremiah, Mary and Julia.

({1) Humphrey O'Sullivan, son of Timothy O'Sullivan (1) and Catherine Barry, was born October 7, 1853, in Skibbereen, county Cork, Ireland. His early education was received in the National school of his native town. He showed a marked prediliction for study, and such was his progress, that the position of teacher was offered him in a rural school.

Conditions at home had become so changed, his father having been accidentally killed and two elder brothers having gone to the United States, that young Humphrey manfully strove to fit himself for life's conflict by learning the printers' art, and, at the same time, be of assistance to his now widowed mother. He became an apprentice in J. W. Potter & Sons office in July, 1868, and served five long years of practical training in job and newspaper work, in the meantime rising to the position of sub-foreman, and when Mr. Potter Jr. was selected as general manager of the Jrish Daily Telegraph in Cork, young O'Sullivan was. put - in charge of the afternoon edition of this enterprise.

While serving his apprenticeship, O'Sullivan, under the vigilant eye of the accomplished scholar and gentleman, Rev. D. McCartie, devoted himself to general literature, improvement of voice and acquirement of those graces which best win men. The training under Fr. McCartie stood him in good stead when he took part in an oratorical contest for a prize of five pounds sterling, in Munster Hall, Cork, donated by Sir. Wilfred Lawson, Bart., M. P. O'Sullivan won the prize, as he did also upon a subsequent occasion in the Rotunda, Dublin, A. M. Sullivan, M. P., chairman of the judges of the contest. His earnestness, perspicuity of thought, clearness of expression and excellent delivery brought to rebel Cork the coveted prize, and Humphrey O'Sullivan looks back on that day as one most memorable in his life.

Having served his apprenticeship and joined the 'Typographical Union (a step necessary for a journeyman printer), he worked for a while Being discontented with conditions in Iréland, he took out his travelling card from the Printers' Union in Cork and came to New York in the S. (S.)-"City "of Chester". (Inman Wine) June, 1874, as a steerage passenger. On his arrival he immediately sought employment, having deposited his printers' card with the "Big Six," and worked for a while in Yonkers. _ Then, coming to Lowell, where his brother James resided, he worked for a while upon the Courier and Vox Populi. He went to Lawrence, being offered better inducements, and worked on the Sentinel. At that time there was no Typographical Union in either Lowell or Lawrence, and his printers' card was of no use to him. Change of management there made a change in the destiny of Mr. O'Sullivan.

He returned to Lowell, gave up the occupation of printer, joining with his brother James under the title of O'Sullivan Brothers in the retail and custom shoe business. The co-partnership of the O'Sullivan Brothers brought to the surface the latent qualities of Humphrey, which needed but the field for display of tenacity, far-sightedness, and positive genius, in the creation of an enterprise that became a revelation to Lowell, as to the possibilities of the boot and shoe trade, when grasped and amastered by the dominating and ambitious force of an O'Sullivan. Though the store was not advantageously placed, and quite limited in space, vet the determination to succeed, and the means taken for this end enabled the firm in a short period to enlarge their quarters. The members of the firm were content for years to draw ordinary wages from profits made, and put the remainder in enrichment of stock, acquiring a reputation for excellence of goods carried, and financial strength, that people sat up and took notice. It was something of an achievement for this graduate of the printers' office to devise and bring to successful completion plans which made his firm so well known throughout the United States, as that of any other firm of years of existence, so that it possessed a distinction all its own - like Cammeyer of New York City, Nolan of San Francisco, and Tuttle of Boston. The firm reached ovt and dealt directly with makers of shoes of international reputation, and created in Lowell and vicinity a taste for the choicest goods, of established merit, goods made in Paris, London, and the very cream of Ameri- can skill and industry. The O'Sullivan shop became the Mécca of Lowell people for footwear, and most worthily retains the prestige won by the skill, perseverance and sacrifices of earlier years, and is recognized as the store of quality, of excellence. While developing trade and gaining force in his chosen avocation of shoe dealer, Humphrey O'Sullivan saw the possibilities of the rubber heel attachment to boots and shoes. His practical mind grasped the thought, and he knew no rest until he had devised a rubber heel of enduring quality, which the commercial world recognized at once as an article of practical value, and undoubted merit. He had his invention protected by patent granted by the United States, likewise in Great Britain, Ireland and upon the continent of Europe. Withdrawing from active participation in the affairs of the shoe firm, Humphrey O'Sullivan devoted his talents.to the exploitation of the rubber heel. ciated with the creation of this vast new industry as that of Bessemer with the steel industry. is used, the name "O'Sullivan" suggests itself, and Humphrey O'Sullivan can arrogate to himself the title of originator, patentee, and exploiter of the merits of the rubber heel. In the pages of the leading magazines of the country and in the columns of the great dailies of the Republic, he keeps continually before the public (in characteristic telling fashion) the imperturbable value of his invention. Countless imitators, in all countries, have paid their sincerest flattery, by their unscrupulous attempts to foist upon the public, their imitations of rubber heels, with the inevitable results, that none have been,-as yet, successful, each claiming for his own to be as good as the "O'Sullivan' - "The Standard" - the yard stick of the rubber heel industry. The name of the corporation of which Humphrey O'Sullivan is treasurer and advertising manager is the "O'Sullivan Rubber Company," incorporated August 28, 1899, with James O'Sullivan, president ; Humphrey O'Sullivan, treasurer; J. Munn Andrews, secretary and manager. O'Sullivan is an honored name in the Old Land, and stands for fidelity to race and religion. Its prowess has been shown under the fleur-de-lis of France, its valor bringing glory to the Eagles of Spain and Austria, and not unknown in America, when the idea of liberty was first heralded as the inalienable right of a people. But its celebrity is on the increase, for wherever the English tongue is spoken and civilization prevails, wherever the interchange of the world's commodities goes on - in Japan, China, in the countries of the Orient, the name O'Sullivan has penetrated as the originator of a worldwide enterprise, the rubber heel industry. From Lowell, the distributing point of his unique invention, is sent to all parts of the universe the O'Sullivan Rubber Heel. Australia and New Zealand are great marts for these goods. The New Zealander, whom Macaulay describes as sketching the ruins of St. Paul from the broken arches of. London Bridge, will come, upon his self-imposed pilgrimage, shod with the "heel of New Rubber," resilient and bounding, with the consciousness of inspiring ease, and bless that eminent benefactor of coming generations, Humphrey O'Sullivan of Anglo-Saxon fame, Hibernian extraction and citizenship of the great Western Republic.

Mr. O'Sullivan has one other enterprise in Lowell which 'claims his attention, and demanded his best efforts - vigilance, courage and persistance - to bring the success now in evidence in the prosperity of the Merrimack Clothing Company. He looks back to the early years of business stagnation, when, only for his courage, the strength he had won in business circles, his forcefulness, brought to him the regard and admiration of strong financiers who stood by him and enabled him, wellnigh bearing the burdefh alone, to direct the new business on his own lines and in his own way, so that from imminence of disaster he placed the business in such successful condition that to-day the Merrimack Clothing Company is Lowell's choicest morsel in its line, under the efficient management of Daniel S. O'Brien, a native of Lowell, and trained under the eye of Mr. O'Sullivan, and richly compensates its stockholders for investments held.

Mr. O'Sullivan is an honored citizen of his adopted city. He is forceful and foremost in every work that makes for the progress of civic greatness. Of goodly height, graceful carriage, and kindly mien, his is a winning personality. His name in Lowell, is synonymous with business integrity, financial strength, and kindly qualities of heart and mind, which endear him to those who best know him. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church of St. Patrick's, Lowell, and his activities are not bounded by parish limits. His name is a household word for kindness done for every worthy cause. Within measure of his means, his charity is boundless as the wants of humanity, and this generosity, so characteristic of his kindly heart, endears him to the good-will of his fellow citizens. Forceful with determina- tion to conquer all obstacles, the dominant quality of an aggressive personality, he has climbed the ladder of success and stands preeminent in Lowell for sound judgment, financial-strength, a leader of men in business pursuits.

This sketch of his life would be incomplete without unfolding other pages of the varied life of Mr. O'Sullivan, and telling the story of the reputation enjoyed in the very words of his neighbors and associates.

The Typographical Journal, official organ of the printers, said of Mr. O'Sullivan, in October, 1905: "Thirty-one years ago Mr. O'Sullivan was a printer and a member of the New York 'Big Six.' He came to Lowell, worked at the printing trade a while, drifted into the shoe business, and eventually into the rubber heel manufacture. Today he is a man of large means, a fine fellow in every walk of life, and has a great love for the friends of his youth - the typos. The eight-hour movement for the craft awakened all the enthusiasm of the old days, so upon being initiated into the Lowell Union, in acknowledgment of the applause which greeted him, he said: 'Boys, this is one of the happiest moments of my life. I feel at home among you. The days of my youth are brought back to me; the grand old printing trade, to which I owe all the measure of success that has blessed me, has my warmest support and my best wishes. You are struggling for an eight-hour working day, and you will win. If I can assist in any way command me. If money will win, the victory is yours. If you stand together, I will pay the bill.' He gave five hundred dollars at once, and later from time to time sums amounting to six times that amount."

That Humphrey O'Sullivan is popular with the union printers of the country goes without saying; his support in his liberal and characteristic way helped:the fight for eight hours throughout the country.

money to the printers; -he withdrew his support and his advertising from all magazines, newspapers and job offices declared "unfair" by the Typographical Union. He has the unique distinction of being the only man in this country who has all the corporations, of which he is treasurer, issue their bank checks bearing the Lithographers' and Allied Printers' label.

As a silent proclamation of his loyalty to unionism, he possesses the additional unique distinction of being the first man in this country to issue his check upon a union bank, bear- ing the Allied Printers' Union label, in payment of his union dues and assessments (to the Lowell Typographical Union, No. 310) of which he still is a member, always carrying his union card. He belongs to the front rank of active, leading, influential citizens who have co-operated to advance the interests of the city of Lowell whenever an opportunity offered. When an effort was made to raise funds for a gateway to the Lowell Cemetery, he wrote this letter to the treasurer of the fund, Charles L. Knapp: "I have read your appeal for money for purposes of erecting the new gateway at your cemetery. I recently saw the work. I have noticed, too, that you are dealing in this matter in a broad-spirited way and class it as a public improvement. It certainly is a fine piece of work and does credit to the Lowell cemetery and to our city. If I can do so without seeming to seek notoriety, I would like to make a contribution in money toward the cost of the work. I send you a signed blank check for you to fill out the balance you need. It would seem I can do no more. I should not want to do less. I wish matters had come to my attention earlier. If you accept my giving, the satisfaction will all be mine." In his acknowledgment, Mr. Knapp said: 'Your contribution is accepted in the spirit it is given. I bespeak to you from our Lowell people grateful thanks, *. *« *.) Both "of: us remember as boys when such an act as yours was next to the improbable, if not the impossible. We have lived to see conditions change; we have lived to see the day when the Protestant gives his money toward the Catholic undertaking, the Father Garin monument in Merrimack street, and other daily acts bearing witness, while the Catholic responds to the Protestant's call with equal cheerfulness. It is but the truth. to say that the barriers of the old days are broken and are breaking down. * * * You are not the only Irish Catholic who has come forward in this work with money offering and I assure you it has delighted. me be-. yond power to express to have had such acts occur and to have been a part of the happening. Somewhere I have read of an extremely well advertised article on the market that is classed as being "Next to Wings." I don't know that you would look better than you look already, if you had wings, but you certainly are deserving of a pair - white ones at that." In 1893 Mr. O'Sullivan built the Associate Building, in which he located his business, one of the largest business buildings in the city. The two events in Lowell most talked about in » recent years originated with Mr. O'Sullivan and were carried out through his consummate executive ability to successful issue - the great St. Patrick's Day parade of 1906 and the memorable Fourth of July celebration of 1907. For some years the old custom of celebrating St. Patrick's Day by a public processton was aft but abandoned. Some persons held that the celebration should be confined to banquets and similar festivities, and the annual parade grew smaller instead of larger as the years went by.

In 1906 Humphrey O'Sullivan was consulted, and he favored a procession - a large parade with every able-bodied Irishman old and young in line. "Show that you are live, earnest Irishmen, although three thousand miles from the motherland," he said. He inspired the luke-warm and aroused the apathetic. The Irish societies of Lowell unanimously elected: him chief marshal with full power to direct the celebration.. He took hold with characteristic energy and word was sent out that Lowell would have the greatest demonstration in its history. Low railroad rates from towns in every direction were secured for St. Patrick's Day by the Chief Marshal, and thirty thousand people took advantage of them to witness the parade, and Lowell had the finest St. Patrick's Day parade ever witnessed in a city of its size. The business men of the city, who profited by the influx of sightseers, were well pleased. It goes without saying that the Irish citizens who took part were pleased and proud of the day's events. The Lowell Sun said: "The greatest St. Patrick's Day in the local history has come and gone, but the day and its observance will long be remembered with keen delight by Lowellians of all races and creeds, but particularly by the Irish residents of this city and the children of Irish parentage. Never before in local history was St. Patrick's Day.so generally observed. People of all races wore the green, while the Portugese residents of this city paid a graceful tribute to the Irish Catholics who assisted them materially in building their church in Gorham street, by turning out in the parade with their own band, while their zealous pastor, Rey. Father Rosa, was a prominent figure both in the parade and at the Chief Marshal's banquet, where he invoked the Divine blessing. The celebration reflects the highest credit upon Chief Marshal Humphrey O'Sullivan and his hard-working chief of staff, Fred H. Rourke. To these two men belong the lion's share of the praise, and, while they did not appear be- _ fore the public in the matter, the employees of the O'Sullivan Rubber Company are entitled to credit for a vast amount of clerical work.

The parade, the entertainment of the visitors, and the other auxiliary features formed a mammoth undertaking, when one considers that one man had the entire affair, including the cost, in his charge, and Mr. O'Sullivan was most fortunate in the selection of a man of such hustling executive ability as Mr. Rourke to assist him with it.' At the chief marshal's banquet James F. Miskella presided, and the chief speakers were John H. Harrington, editor of the Lowell Sun, Mayor Casey, Senator Hilton, Rev. Mr. Fisher, Rev. George F. Kenngott, John C. Burke, James O'Sulliyan, Edward F. Slattery, two of whom are Protestant clergymen, who commended with much feeling the non-sectarian and_ broadminded spirit of the celebration. Mr. O'Sullivan was given an ovation when he rose to speak. He expressed his gratification at the success of the day. In a serious and thoughtful speech he talked of the political conditions of Ireland. 'He said he could not understand the blindness of England in refusing to grant the demands of Irish statesmen. There is a far greater Ireland across the ocean in this country, and an Ireland firmly opposed to the commercial interests of Great Britain, as long as she held Ireland in subjugation and until such time as Ireland is granted justice. But for the influence of the Irish in this country, we might see a treaty between the United States and England, worth a great deal more to the latter than her treaty with Japan. He would advise England, he said, to give Ireland all she asks and then join, hand in hand, with the United States in having the Englishspeaking races dominate the world. In this, Ireland, if her rights are restored, would take an honorable part.

Mir. O'Sullivan, himself, contributed several thousand dollars to insure the success of the St. Patrick celebration. There is no more earnest and influential friend of his native land than he. He was a prominent speaker at the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Lowell. In January, 1906, he contributed five hundred dollars to the Home Rule Fund. He was the only man in this country who cabled to King Edward. VII upon his accession to the throne a plea for the freedom of Ireland.

A month after the St. Patrick's parade a banquet was tendered the chief marshal by the business men of the city. Seven hundred gathered at Associate Hall April 26, and the banquet was a brilliant success. The hall was decorated with the stars and stripes and the ensign of the Emerald Isle, while over the table at which the speakers were seated was hung a fine portrait of the guest of honor. The menus were elaborate and the several speakers set forth in glowing terms the excellent qualities of Mr. O'Sullivan. John H. Harrington, the toastmaster, made a felicitous speech and graceful introductions. .Ex-Mayor Josiah Quincy of Boston, in response to the toast, "Our Country," paid an appreciative tribute to Mr. O'Sullivan, and said that the magnificent gathering of the evening was evidence that the gates of opportunity stand open in America to everyone who is honestly seeking for success and is willing to do the work that lies before him. Mayor Casey of Lowell spoke eloquently on the theme "Our City," giving credit to Mr. O'Sullivan for a large individual share. Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston, unable to attend, was represented by W. T. A. Fitzgerald. Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr., of Boston made a witty speech on "'Gumption," and commended that quality in the guest of the evening. John A. McKenna, secretary of the Board of Trade, spoke for that body and John C. Burke on "Our Honored Guest,' and the part he had in the industrial development of Lowell. The last speech was by Mr. O'Sullivan, who in expressing his thanks and pleasure at the event, again spoke for Ireland, stating that his greatest ambition in life was to see the day when his native country would be independent and the English-speaking nations would rule the entire earth.

It was perhaps the great success of the St. Patrick's parade that led to the idea of the Fourth of July Celebration of 1907. The city of Lowell had been spending money from the public treasury. for a perfunctory and spiritless demonstration of joy over the nation's birthday. In 1907 it looked as if the whole affair would be a fizzle when those in charge of the celebration gave up the attempt about the middle of June. Mr. O'Sullivan was appealed to and asked to save the day. He finally consented to do his best. He announced that a popular subscription would be requested for the two thousand dollars necessary to pay the bills, and headed the list with a hundred dollars, guaranteeing to pay the whole amount or any part of it necessary. He called together a committee that he appointed, and things were set in motion with the speed of a whirlwind. The newspapers co-operated and public interest soon became aroused to a high pitch. Those who were jealous of the success of Mr. O'Sullivan on similar occasions, expected him to fail in the matter of a parade, but they reckoned again without their host.

He said nothing of his plan to anybody until sure of its success. He slipped out of town one day and hunted up the Governor of New Hampshire, a friend of his, and asked his permission for the militia to leave the state to take part in the Lowell parade. Then he secured the necessary permit from Governor Guild of Massachusetts, for the troops to enter the state, and the problem was solved. He himself guaranteed the expenses of the militia. Ina few days he had succeeded in getting all the New Hampshire companies within a feasible distance 'to promise to take part in the parade, and had offered large cash prizes for the militia.

As soon as the military display was assured, Mr. O'Sullivan as chairman of the committee, and chief marshal of the day, telephoned and telegraphed in every direction until he was assured of an attractive automobile contest. Finally he arranged for a great display of fireworks. The story of the celebration is a record of his forethought, energy and executive ability. The military parade had three thousand men in the line of march and was an event in the history of the city. Ten thousand people watched the automobile races on the Boulevard, and saw one of the big cars do a mile in forty-five seconds. This was a unique event in this section of the country. The display of fireworks is said to have been the finest ever shown in the city. Thousands of visitors were in the city day and evening. The Lowell Sun said: "The generality and completeness of the celebration seemed to have charmed the people, and as a result, although the. streets were crowded at every point, yet there was no disturbance, and everybody seemed happy and good natured. There was a very striking absence of drunkenness on the streets from the night before until the close of the celebration."

The Boston Traveler said of it: "The O'Sullivan - Humphrey of Lowell - gave Lowell a first-class Fourth of July celebration, and set an example that some of the "tight-wads'"' in Lowell and elsewhere might well emulate. The O'Sullivan is a scion of a race of kings, and he is not above celebrating in a royal way the expulsion of the kings from America, who robbed the O'Sullivans of their crown at Cork. Some kings carry the insignia of their royalty on their heads, but the Lowell king gets his fame from the other end of his anatomy - from his. heels. May he live to celebrate a lot of other Fourths, and so forth." livan spent his own money freely, as he had promised, but, to use his own words - "no man will ever know what it cost me, for | didn't give the money to brag about it. I did it for the pleasure of seeing my townspeople and those from adjoining towns enjoy themselves, and because when I set out to do anything I mean to do it."

Another act of public spirit and generous impulse was his prompt contribution of five hundred dollars to the San Francisco relief fund. Afterward he added another hundred dollars to this contribution. Mr. O'Sullivan contributed a large part of the sum of one thousand dollars for the uniforms of the O. M. I. Cadets of Lowell July 20, 1907.

Mr. ©'Sullivan is one of the foremost Democrats of the commonwealth. For several years he has served on the Democratic State Central Committee, and his cool judgment and wise counsel have often brought harmony out of threatened factional fights. He is a member of the executive committee. He has declined various opportunities to fill public, offices on account of the pressing demands of his large and continually increasing business, but has given freely of his time, his influence and his money to support the candidates of his party in municipal and state campaigns. In city affairs he has been known to use printer's ink to advocate what he thought right and he is energetic and fearless in expressing his opinions when he believes it necessary. He is fond of travel, both in his own country and abroad.

Mr. O'Sullivan is prominent in financial and banking circles of Lowell. He is treasurer of the O'Sullivan Rubber Company, O'Sullivan Bros. Co., and the Merrimack Clothing Company; director of the Lowell Trust Company, trustee of the Washington Institution for Savings. He is a faithful communicant and ltberal supporter of Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Lowell.

burned, he donated a marble shrine, and when the present church was being rebuilt, he donated the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,- 000.00) to the building fund, for its immediate reconstruction, also, giving one of the large and valuable stained glass windows, which is a most artistic reproduction of "The Resurrection."" He is a member of the Lowell Council, Knights of Columbus; the Celtics; the Yorick Club; the Ancient Order of Hibernians; the American-Irish Historical Society ; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks;