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HISTORIC HOMES and PLACES AND
GENEALOGICAL
and PERSONAL MEMOIRS
RELATING TO THE FAMILIES OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
PREPARED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF
WILLIAM RICHARD CUTTER, A. M.
Historian of the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Libra- rian of Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of Arlington," "Bibliography of Woburn," etc., etc.
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Hingham, Massachusetts, is
LINCOLN distinguished as the home of all the first settlers of the name of Lincoln, and from these Hingham pioneers all the families of Lincoln with a colonial history are descended. Abraham Lincoln traced his ancestry to one of the Hingham pioneers, and likewise Governor Lincoln, of Massachusetts, and the Lincolns of Worchester and Boston. The name Lin- coln, with its variants-Linkhorn, Linkoln, Lincon, was common in Hingham, England, for more than a century before the emigrants from that town founded Hingham, Massa- chusetts. There were eight of the name of Lincoln among the early settlers of Hing- ham, Massachusetts.
(I) Daniel Lincoln, known as "the ser- geant" from his military rank, and as "the boatman" and "seaman" from his vocation, was baptized in St. Andrews, Hingham, Eng- land, March 28, 1619. He was in Hingham, Massachusetts, 1644, and was proprietor of the town. He was often honored with posi- tions of trust. His residence was on Fort Hill street.
(II) Daniel Lincoln, son of Daniel Lincoln (I), was in Hingham, Massachusetts, 1661-2; married first, April 16, 1687, Sarah, daugh- ter of Thomas and Sarah (Whiston) Nich- ols, of Scituate. He was prominent in town affairs, holding the office of selectman in 1708. He lived on the homestead received from his father, situated on Fort Hill.
(III) Joshua Lincoln, son of Daniel Lin- coln (2), born in Hingham, January I, 1701-2; married December 20, 1733, Rachel, daughter of Simon and Bethia (Lane) Stod- der. He was a farmer and innholder; con- stable of Hingham, 1742; proprietor and landlord of the Pine Tree Tavern on South street, near Hobart's Bridge, many years.
(IV) Joshua Lincoln, son of Joshua Lin- coln (3), born in Hingham, November 14, 1737; married December 23, 1762, Tamar, daughter of Isaac and Leah (Stodder) Sprague. He died September 3, 1810. He was the last keeper of the famous old .Pine Tree Tavern on South street. He after- ward resided on Fort Hill street. He was a sergeant in Captain Thomas Hersey's com- pany, Colonel Lovell's regiment, 1776, and
later first lieutenant of the same company under Captain Heman Lincoln. In 1778 he served under Captain Peter Cushing, Colonel David Cushing's regiment.
(V) Christopher Lincoln, son of Joshua Lincoln (4), born in Hingham, November 8, 1779, died at Walpole, New Hampshire, Oc- tober 18, 1830; married, at Boston, February 9, 1805, Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah Willis- ton. He resided in Boston, whence he went about 1820 to Walpole, New Hampshire, and established himself in the tailoring business. He met his death by accident, returning from service on a jury in a capital case, being thrown from the carriage on the hill east of the William Arnold place, October 11, 1830, and dying from his injuries.
(VI) Charles Sprague Lincoln, son of Christopher Lincoln (5), was born in Wal- pole, New Hampshire, April 20, 1826. He was educated in the district schools, at Wal- pole Academy, and had a private tutor (Rev. Ezekiel H. Barstow), to complete his prepar- ation for Harvard College, where he was graduated 1850. He attended Harvard Law School, also studied in the law offices of Hutchins & Wheeler, Boston, and was ad- mitted to the Suffolk bar, in Boston, 1855. He was a school teacher before he went to college, and taught after graduating while studying law. He practiced law in Boston. He went to Somerville in 1852 as master of the Prospect Hill school. He never lost his interest in community affairs; was on the Somerville school board 1858-67 and again 1877-83 ; was on the board of selectmen 1868- 71 ; on the board of health, and the board of overseers of the poor. Much of the success of the public library in his early days and its later development were due to his efforts. He was trustee from 1879 until the end of his life. He represented the district in the gen- eral court, 1879 and 1883. He. was for twelve years president of the Somerville Co- operative Bank, and was one of the incor- porators of the Somerville Savings Bank. In 1866 the Lincoln school on Elm street, now located on Clarendon Hill, was named in his honor. During a residence of more than for- ty years he contributed greatly to the pros- perity of the city, and won the respect and gratitude of his townsmen, by the honesty, ability and fidelity displayed in the manage-
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ment of the trusts committed to his care. For many years he was town and city solici- tor, a position of peculiar difficulty, testing the loyalty as well as the ability of a lawyer.
MARDEN James Marden, immigrant an- cestor, born about 1630, in England, settled at Rye or Newcastle, now New Hampshire. Two of simi- lar name came to this vicinity. John Martin of Dover, New Hampshire, a brother, was there as early as 1648; was on the grand jury in 1654; married Esther, daughter of Thomas Roberts; admitted freeman in 1666 and was in Jersey in 1673. George Martin settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts, a few miles from Rye, and Richard Martyn, of Portsmouth, was one of the founders of the First Church; representative to legislature 1672-79; speaker of house of representatives; councillor of province 1680; died April 2, 1694. -
Very little is known of James Marden ; his sons were prominent citizens. Children: I. William, born about 1675, mentioned below. 2. James, Jr., born about 1670, probably the eldest, married, October 23, 1695, Abigail Webster ; resided in Rye and Newcastle; has many descendants. (See History of Rye, New Hampshire). 3. Nathan. 4. Sarah.
(II) William Marden, son of James Mar- den (I), was born in the vicinity of Rye Beach-then Sandy Beach, Maine. He and his brother James signed petitions in 1721 and 1724 for a new parish at Sandy Beach. Chil- dren : I. William, Jr., born about 1700, mar- ried Dorcas- - and had Benjamin, born June 28, 1727. 2. Jonathan, married Hepsi- bah Hardy, of Bradford, Massachusetts, June I, 1729, and had Nathan, March II, 1730, and others. 3. David, mentioned below. 4. Sam- uel. 5. Mary. 6. Dorcas, married, March IO, 1738, William Harvey, of Bradford. 7. Sarah. 8. John, married, March 20, 1746, Sarah Lock.
(III) David Marden, son of William Mar- den (2), born at Rye, New Hampshire, about 1710-15; died at Bradford, Massachusetts." He seems to have served in the Revolution as well as his sons. He was in Captain Elisha Woodbury's company, Colonel John Stark's regiment. He married at Bradford, July 21, 1740, Mehitable Hardy. Children : I. David, Jr., soldier in the Revolution ; married, Janu- ary, 1786, Molly Marden. 2. Lemuel, mem- tioned below. 3. John, soldier in the Revolu- tion; married, March, 1785, Hannah Coose. 4. William, soldier in the Revolution, married March 27, 1777, Rachel Greenough.
(IV) Lemuel Marden, son of David Mar- den (3), born at Bradford, Massachusetts, August 30, 1745, came to New Boston, New Hampshire, about 1786. He was a soldier in the Revolution from Bradford, a private in Captain Nathaniel Gage's company ; Colonel James Frye's regiment, May 17, 1775, after the Lexington alarm ; also a private in Captain John Cogswell's company, Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin's regiment, late Colonel Gerrish's, the thirty-eighth, September 27, 1775. He pur- chased the farm of Daniel Hardy and settled on what is now known as the Jonathan Mar -. den place. Daniel Hardy was a relative of Bradford. Mr. Marden married, February 4, 1770, at Bradford, Hannah Greenough, born May 21, 1750, youngest of six daughters. She died October 20, 1843, aged seventy-three years. He died at New Boston, January 9, 1819, aged seventy-four. Children: I. Han- nah. 2. Greenough, born October 17, 1772, married Sybil Hardy, daughter of Benjamin Hardy, of Hancock, New Hampshire. 3. Sol- omon, born about 1780, had sons James, Solo- mon and Samuel. 4. Nathan, mentioned be- low. 5. Francis, born 1779, married, 1806, Phebe Smith, of Pelham; resided at New Bos- ton. 6. Samuel. 7. Mehitable. 8. Jonathan, born July 5, 1788, married, December 21, 1815, Sally Foster, of Ashby, Massachusetts. 9. Sarah, resided at New Boston.
(V) Nathan Marden, son of Lemuel Mar- den (4), born in New Boston, New Hamp- shire, about 1775; married Susanna Stevens, of Hillsborough, New Hampshire. They lived at Mont Vernon. Children: I. Benjamin Franklin, mentioned below. 2. Nathan Rich- mond, born October 17, 1812; removed to Francestown, New Hampshire, from Mont Vernon in 1841 ; was captain of a New Hamp- shire militia company, Fifth Regiment; mar- ried, October II, 1836, Abigail D. Fiske, of Wilton, she was born at Weld, Maine, Janu- ary 3, 1814.
(VI) Benjamin Franklin Marden, son of Nathan Marden (5), born at Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, about 1810, died in the year 1891 ; married, March 20, 1834, Betsy Buss, born August 3, 1810, died 1891, daughter of Stephen Buss, of Wilton. He was born Jan- uary 19, 1777, and died September 29, 1848; married, December 8, 1803, Sarah Abbot, daughter of Jeremiah and Chloe (Abbot) Ab- bot. His wife was born December 8, 1781, and died October 26, 1851, a descendant of George Abbot, of Andover, Massa- chusetts, the pioneer. Stephen Buss was the son of Stephen Buss, who died at Wilton,
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October 16, 1816; removed from Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and with Stephen, Jr., bought the Buss farm, as it has since been known, at Wilton. Benjamin Franklin Marden or Franklin, as he was commonly called, was a skillful mechanic. He resided at Mont Ver- non and Nashua, New Hampshire. He worked also for Asa Jones, of Wilton, and later entered partnership with John Mills, tanner and shoe manufacturer. In 1837 he removed to Syracuse, New York, returning to Mont Vernon and then to Nashua. In 1846 he returned to his native town and spent there the later years of his life.
Children: I. Sarah Luthera, born May 5, 1835, married George Averill, of Mont Ver- non, where they resided. 2. Benjamin Frank- lin, Jr., born May 12, 1836, died at Syracuse, June 23, 1838. 4. George A., born August 9, 1839, mentioned below. 5. Frank, born at Nashua, March 31, 1841, married, at Concord, May 16, 1882, Mary Frances Biddle, who died October 14, 1885. 6. Maria Theresa, born at Nashua, March 6, 1844, married, at Mont Vernon, May 28, 1869, E. Gerry Mar- tin, now deceased; resides at East Boston, Massachusetts; had son and daughter, and three died in infancy. 7. Hannah Catherine, born at Mont Vernon, December 16, 1846, married, at Lowell, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 27. 1873, Samuel Sewall, Jr., she died August 27, 1886, leaving a son and daughter. 8. Wendell Phillips, born at Mont Vernon, May 6, 1850, married, at Concord, October 28, 1878, Melvina Drew Nutter.
(VII) George Augustus Marden, son of Benjamin Franklin Marden (6), was born in the town of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, August 9, 1839. He was two years old when the family removed to Nashua, New Hamp- shire, but in the spring of 1847 returned to Mont Vernon where he attended the district school until 1850, working at his father's trade of shoemaker during all his spare hours, and also at times in the Fancy Box Factory of W. H. Conant in Mont Vernon. He fitted for college at Appleton Academy and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1857. He was graduated in 1861, earning all of his college expenses by working and teaching school, except the sum of five hundred dollars that he had borrowed from friends. His first school was in the village of North Chelms- ford, Massachusetts, in the winter of 1857- 58. He taught afterward in Nashua, Mont Vernon and Hillsborough, New Hamp- shire, and Randolph, Massachusetts. He left college just as the Civil war began in
earnest, and in November, 1861, enlisted as a: private in Company G, Second Regiment of Berdan's United States Sharpshooters, one of the three New Hampshire companies raised for Berdan's two regiments, and on the or- ganization of his company was tendered the warrant of orderly sergeant, which he de- clined in favor of a member of the company who had already served three months and was, he thought, better qualified for the posi- tion. Marden was chosen second sergeant and went forward with his company, joining the regiment at the Camp of Instruction on Seventh street, Washington, D. C. Here both the First and Second Regiments were en- camped during the winter, and Marden was at once detailed as clerk at headquarters to as- sist Colonel Berdan, who was busy in corre- spondence with the war department and the Governors of various states where the sharp- shooters were being recruited. In April, 1862, Colonel Berdan was ordered with the First Regiment to join McClellan's army on the Peninsula and the Second Regiment was sent to McDowell's army on the Rapidan. Colonel Berdan had Marden transferred to the First Regiment with which he was con- nected during the entire Peninsular cam- paign. On reaching Harrison's Landing, af- ter the Seven Days Fight, the quartermaster of the First Regiment resigned and Sergeant Marden was appointed to succeed him and commissioned as first lieutenant by Governor Berry, of New Hampshire. With this rank he served during the remainder of the three year term of his regiment, acting during most of the time as assistant adjutant general on the staff of Colonel Berdan, who was much of the time in command of the brigade in which the Sharpshooters were serving. He took part in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg, Wapping Heights, and many other en- gagements in which Colonel Berdan had com- mand of the brigade. He was mustered out with the other field and staff officers, Septem- ber 24, 1864.
On returning home he spent the fall and winter months in the study of law at Mont Vernon. In the spring of 1865 he entered the law office of Minot & Mugridge in Concord, New Hampshire, as a student and clerk. He became interested in newspaper work in Con- cord through writing and reporting from time to time for the Concord Monitor. He acquired a liking for journalism, and when two of his Dartmouth classmates who had settled at Charlestown, Kanawha county, West Virginia, requested him to take charge of a weekly
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newspaper at Kanawha, the Republican, he accepted the position. When he found that he was expected to swing the paper into the sup- port of President Andrew Johnson, he gave up the task in disgust and returned to New Hampshire in the spring of 1866. He was next in the employ of Adjutant-General Natt Head, afterward governor, to edit the his- tories of the several New Hampshire military organizations which had served in the war, for the adjutant-general's report. He also did some work for the Concord Monitor and be- came the New Hampshire correspondent of the Boston Daily Advertiser. January 1, 1867, he was called to Boston to become the assist- ant editor of the Advertiser and was succeeded as correspondent by Dr. Gallinger, now United States senator from New Hampshire. During the summer of the same year, while visiting in Lowell, he became by merest chance interested in a proposition for the sale of the leading daily newspaper of that city, the Lowell Daily Courier, and also the Lowell Weekly Journal. In partnership with his col- lege classmate and comrade in the Civil war, Major E. T. Rowell, he purchased the news- papers of Messrs. Stone & Huse, taking pos- session September 1, 1867. Mr. Marden took charge of the editorial department and his partner of the counting room, under the firm name of Marden & Rowell. (See sketch of Mr. Rowell elsewhere in this work). This partnership continued exactly twenty-five
years. The business was incorporated in 1892, the interests of the two partners in the company remaining equal, however, and their relative positions the same. The Courier Pub- lishing Company and the Citizen Company, which published the Lowell Daily Citizen, were consolidated December 1, 1894, Mr. Marden retaining his position as editor-in- chief of the Daily Courier and Weekly Jour- nal.
Mr. Marden had a brilliant career in politi- cal life. He was an earnest and active Re- publican and early became one of the leaders of his party. He was elected representative to the general court for 1873 from Lowell .. He was defeated for re-election, but had become so popular in the house of representatives that he was chosen clerk of the house for 1874 and was re-elected each year until 1883, when he was again elected representative from his own district and was chosen speaker; was re- elected speaker the following year, and was exceedingly popular as a presiding officer dur- ing two very important sessions. He was state senator the following year in a close dis-
trict, but was defeated for re-election. In the fall of 1888 he was nominated for treasurer and receiver general of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and re-elected five years in succession, the limit allowed by the Constitu- tion.
In 1880 he was elected a delegate from the Lowell congressional district to the Republi- can National Convention at Chicago, and was one of the famous three hundred and six constituting the "Old Guard" that voted for General Grant for a third term. His associate as delegate was Governor George S. Boutwell. In 1886 Mr. Marden was appointed by Gover- nor Ames trustee of the Massachusetts Agri- cultural College, but he resigned when elected state treasurer. In April, 1895, he was elected vice-president of the Hancock National Bank, of Boston, as an active executive officer, but resigned after one year.
Mr. Marden was an effective public speaker and took part in every campaign after coming to Lowell. In 1896 he was one of the Union veterans who made a stumping tour by rail in the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsyl- vania and New York. The tour was arranged by General Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, and the other speakers were General O. O. Howard, of Vermont, General Daniel E. Sickles, of New York, General Thomas J. Stewart, of Pennsylvania, Major J. W. Burst, of Illinois, and Corporal James Tanner, of Washington. He has delivered many ad- dresses on formal occasions before various organizations. He was the speaker at the an- nual dinner on Forefathers' Day of the New England Society of New York City on two occasions. He has been the poet at Com- mencement for the Phi Beta Kappa Society and for the Society of the Alumni of Dart- mouth College, also at the Reunion of the Veteran Soldiers at Concord, New Hamp- shire, of the Amoskeag Veterans, of the So- ciety of the Army of the Potomac at Buffalo, New York, and of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity conventions at Boston, Rochester and New Haven. He was the first comman+ der of Post No. 42, Grand Army of the Re- public, of Lowell, and was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Massa- chusetts Commandery. He died at his home in Lowell, December 19, 1906.
He married, December 10, 1867, Mary Por- ter, daughter of Deacon David Fiske, of Nashua, New Hampshire, and his wife Har- riet (Nourse) . Fiske, who was a lineal de-
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scendant of Rebecca Nourse, wife of Francis Nourse, condemned to death and hanged for witchcraft at Salem, Massachusetts. Children : I. Philip Sanford, born January 12, 1874, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1894, and at the Harvard Law School. He married, June 12, 1902, Florence S. Shirley. 2. Robert Fiske, born June 14, 1876, graduated at Dart- mouth in 1898. He married, June 12, 1901, Ella Pope.
(For first generation see James Marden 1.)
MARDEN (II) James Marden, son of James Marden (I), was born about 1670. He married, Oc- tober 23, 1695, Abigail Webster, born in Hav- erhill, May 27, 1676, the daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Ayer) Webster. Stephen Web- ster was the second child of John and Mary (Shotswell) Webster, and was born at Ips- wich, Massachusetts, in 1637; married, March 24, 1663, Hannah Ayer, and lived at Haver- hill. John Webster, born in England about 1600, married Mary Shotswell, and emigrated to America about 1635. (See Webster family). James Marden resided at Newcastle where he died prior to 1726. Children: I. Stephen, born August 25, 1699, in Newcastle, mentioned be- low. 2. Thomas. 3. Ebenezer. 4. Rachel, married Job Chapman. 5. Abigail, born in Newcastle, married (first) George Foss, (second) Nathaniel Drake. 6. James, born September 25, 1697. The foregoing are not in the order of their birth.
(III) Stephen Marden, son of James Mar- den (2), was born at Newcastle, August 25, 1699. He was a cordwainer by trade. His house was near Charles B. Odiorne's at Little Harbor and he was the owner of a ferry to Great Island, now New Castle. He married, 1722, Charity Long. Children, born in Rye, New Hampshire: 1. Hannah, born March 13, 1723. 2. Benjamin, August 9, 1729, married, January 31, 1754, Rachel Dowrst. 3. Ruth, December 8, 1731, married, October II, 1753, Levi Tower. 4. Elizabeth, April 12, 1734. 5. Stephen, September 27, 1736, mentioned be- low. 6. Abigail, July 23, 1739, married (first) Daniel Philbrick; (second) William David- son.
(IV) Stephen Marden, son of Stephen Marden (3), was born September 27, 1736; married, August 28, 1760, Elizabeth Webster. He settled in Chester, New Hampshire, living on lot No. 14, second division, where Thomas Fernald lived and where Thomas Lane lived later. Marden was a petitioner for the settling
off and incorporation of the town of Ray- mond. He died at New Hampton, where many Chester people settled. His death was caused by a falling tree, June 19, 1781. His widow was taxed in Chester as late as 1785, but the family all removed from that town. They had nine children between 1760 and 1781 in Chester. One was born September 29, 1781, after the father's death, and the widow had a struggle to support her children. Children : Stephen, mentioned below ; James, Benjamin, John, born February 18, 1779, mentioned below.
(V) Deacon Stephen Marden, son of Ste- phen Marden (4), was born at Chester, New Hampshire, September 23, 1771. He removed to Palermo, Maine, with his brother, John Marden, in 1793, and took up a tract of land on what is now called Marden Hill. They had adjoining farms and their brother Benja- min had a farm later adjoining theirs. He married Abigail Black, of Palermo. He was one of the town wardens in 1804. He was a prosperous farmer and had the distinction of owning the first wagon ever in the town of Palermo. He had twelve children.
(V) John Marden, son of Stephen Marden (4), and brother of Deacon Stephen Marden (5), was born at Chester, New Hampshire, February 18, 1779. He wrote an account of the early settlement of the town of Palermo, which has been published in pamphlet form with other matter, and from which we quote:
"My mother was left a widow in poor cir- cumstances, with the care of eight children, and one added to that number (after her hus- band's death by accident) on the twenty-ninth of September following. It being in the time of the Revolutionary war, she had many hard- ships to encounter, having but little but her hands and good economy to support her fam- ily, yet she bore her trouble with a good de- gree of christian patience. In the year 1783 a treaty of peace was signed between the United States and Great Britain which gave her some relief. In the year 1790 my eldest brother moved her and the younger part of the family to the town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, where she spent the remainder of her life in comfortable circumstances to the day of her death, November 3, 1830, aged about ninety- one years.
"January, 1793, I came into the district of Maine, at the age of fourteen years-in the county of Lincoln (now Waldo) and took up my residence at a place called the Great Pond settlement at the extremity of Sheepscot Pond. I had many hardships to encounter, being the
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only youth in the place. The nearest mill was twelve miles, through a lonely wood, with but little better than a foot path and spotted trees. Yet with pleasing prospects I looked forward to the time when this good land would be set- tled; when school houses and mills would be built and roads made, and this wilderness would become a fruitful field. I took great pleasure in visiting my friends in New Hamp- shire once in every three years, although I had to travel the distance of two hundred and twenty miles on the frozen ground in the month of November or December.
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