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Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable Counties MASSACHUSETTS
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ELROY S. THOMPSON
Special Correspondent for Metropolitan Newspapers; Ex-Secretary Brockton Chamber of Commerce; City Editor Brockton "Enterprise" for years.
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JUDGE LOYED ELLIS CHAMBERLAIN- Conspicuous on the roll of representative lawyers and justices of Southeastern Massachusetts is the name of Judge Loyed Ellis Chamberlain, of Brock- ton. Judge Chamberlain is descended on both pa- ternal and maternal sides from old New England an- cestry. His father, born in Maine, came of Massa- chusetts antecedents, and his mother was a native of Plympton, Massachusetts. Through the families of Wright (surname of his mother's house), Cooper and Sampson, he is descended from forebears who came to the Colonies in the "Mayflower" and the "Fortune." William Wright, progenitor of the Wright family in America, was aboard the latter vessel, the date of his landing having been 1621. His son Rich- ard married a daughter of Francis Cooke, who came aboard the "Mayflower"; and Richard Wright's son Adam married a daughter of John Soule, of Dux- bury. Abraham Sampson, who was a passenger from England about 1629, was a brother of Henry Sampson of the "Mayflower's" company, and John Cooper, of Scituate, 1634, married in that year Pris- cilla Wright, widow of William Wright, daughter of Alexander Carpenter and sister of Alice, second wife of Governor Bradford. The Chamberlain line to Judge Chamberlain of Brockton is as follows: (1) Joseph Chamberlain, of Dracut, Massachu- setts, married one of the given name Lydia. Their children were three, among them, the youngest, Joseph (2). Joseph Chamberlain died January 31, 1759.
(II) Joseph Chamberlain (2) was born November 17, 1722. He married Priscilla Colburn, of Dracut, daughter of William and Tabitha Colburn, and it is recorded that they had no fewer than two children, of whom the son was Silas. Joseph Chamberlain (2) died January 9, 1759 or 1760.
(III) Silas Chamberlain was born June 20, 1760, at Dracut, and removed to Minot, now Auburn, Maine, where he died, October 23, 1813, having married Susanna Jones, and left seven children, of whom one was Aaron.
(IV) Aaron Chamberlain was born March 8, 1793, at Minot, now Auburn, Maine, there spent his life at farming, and died, August 17, 1869, having wed Janette M. Dunham, daughter of Jonathan and Han- nah Dunham, of Brunswick, Maine. Of this union were born nine children, one of them:
(V) Robert Manlius Chamberlain, born January 27, 1824, at Minot, now Auburn, Maine. He followed the trade of carpenter and cabinetmaker through life. Coming to North Bridgewater in 1858, he was employed for a number of years by Marston and Chandler, manufacturers of cabinet organs, and in later years was engaged as carpenter by John A. Jackson. In early life he was an old-line Whig, but in time allied himself with the Republicans. Robert Manlius Chamberlain married, April 27, 1848, Eliza A. Wright, who was born April 22, 1825, a daughter of Barzillai Wright, of Plympton. Mr. Chamberlain died in Brockton, August 20, 1892; Mrs. Chamber- lain, in May, 1898. They were the parents of the following children: 1. Priscilla W., born October 24,
1849; married (first) Henry Otis Wright, and
(second) Augustine A. Delano. 2. Eveline J., born November 21, 1853, was a graduate of the State Normal School at Bridgewater, and engaged in teach- ing in Brockton, where she died. 3. Judge Loyed Ellis, of whom follows. 4. Leslie R., who died in infancy. 5. Minnietta H., born March 29, 1860; married V. Harry Fairey, of Brockton. 6. Carrie L., born May 22, 1862; married Charles C. Case, of Raynham, Mas- sachusetts; mother of a daughter, Annie L. Case.
(VI) Of the sixth generation from Joseph Chain- berlain, third child and eldest son of Robert Manlius and Eliza A. (Wright) Chamberlain, Judge Loyed Ellis Chamberlain was born January 30, 1856, at Plympton, and was but eighteen months old when his parents came to North Bridgewater, now Brock- ton. Here he graduated from high school, in 1875, and took up the study of law, in the office of White and Sunfner. Also, for two years, he pursued gen- eral studies beyond high school, while with the law firm, and later took the Chautauqua four years' course in Brockton. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar of Plymouth County; in 1880 began practice; in 1882 formed a partnership with Eliot L. Packard, with whom he continued two years; in 1884 resumed in- dependent practice, and in 1896 went into partnership with Elmer H. Fletcher, forming the law firm of Chamberlain and Fletcher, which endured many years, until 1907, with Judge Chamberlain as senior.
Judge Chamberlain has been chosen repeatedly to high official positions. He was appointed Judge of the Brockton Police Court upon its establishment in 1885, and retained the position until 1897, when he resigned, having been elected to the State Senate from the Second Plymouth District. In the Upper House he served four consecutive terms, during which time he was a member of several important commit- tees. In 1891 he was chosen Brockton City Solicitor, and served in that post until 1895, when he resigned it due to ill health. In the fall of 1907 he was ap- pointed Judge of the Probate Court of Plymouth County, to succeed the late Benjamin W. Harris, and has continued to preside as justice of this court through the more than twenty years succeeding. A Republican, he has fully performed the duties of a good citizen, and has been particularly interested in municipal affairs. For years he has been a member of the Plymouth County Club, a Republican and so- cial organization, having served several terms as secretary. Formerly, for an extensive period, he was president of the Young Men's Republican Club. Be- fore prohibition he was a strict advocate of temper- ance, served four years as treasurer of the Good Templars' Association, which he represented in Can- ada and in Scotland at international meetings, the latter having taken place in 1891, at Edinburgh. He was also active in the No-License League of Brock- ton, of which organization he was president for ten years, until 1908; formerly president of the Brockton Industrial Association, served on the School Com- mittee, and for several years was president of the Brockton High School Alumni Association. For ten years he was president of the Brockton Board of
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Trade, and for a period was president of the Mas- sachusetts State Board of Trade. In 1906-7 he was a delegate to the peace conference held at Lake Mo- honk, and in the former year was delegate to the Seventeenth Annual Peace Congress held at Milan, Italy, and again, 1908, to the Nineteenth Annual Peace Congress, at London, England. Judge Cham- berlain has taken a deep and earnest interest in the inland waterways, and was vice-president of the Rivers and Waters Congress, holding similar office in the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association. He is a fluent, eloquent and learned speaker, and is frequently invited to address gatherings of various kinds.
Judge Chamberlain is prominent fraternally in the Free and Accepted Masons. He is Past Senior Warden of Paul Revere Lodge; member of Satucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Brockton Council, Royal and Select Masters, and Bay State Command- ery, Knights Templar, of Brockton. Socially, he is a member and president of the Brockton Rotary Club, and a member of the Commercial Club, of which he was formerly vice-president. He is identi- fied with the Young Men's Christian Association, and for a number of years was a trustee of the State Insane Asylum at Taunton. Financially, his inter- ests are rather extensive. He was one of the incor- porators of the Peoples Savings Bank, of Brockton, and remains connected with the institution, now be- ing a member of its board of trustees. He attends the Porter Congregational Church.
Judge Chamberlain married, August 26, 1890, Mina C. Miller, daughter of Alden and Caroline (Cush- ing) Miller, of Camden, Maine; and of this union were born two sons: 1. Leslie C., born July 11, 1891, graduate of Brockton High School. 2. Frederick L., born July 2, 1899. The family residence is at No. 143 Highland Street, Brockton.
ELWYN B. LYNDE-Among the well-known residents of Middleboro, Massachusetts, is Elwyn B. Lynde, former treasurer of the Middleborough Na- tional Bank, who has been a resident of Middleboro since 1912.
Mr. Lynde is a direct descendant of Thomas Lynde, who was born in England in 1593-4, and came to this country at the age of forty years. He settled first at Wollaston, later known as Quincy, Massachusetts, and then at Charlestown, where he was made a free- man in 1634-5, and died in 1671. He was prominent in the affairs of Church and State, and served as a deacon in the church. His son, "Ensign" Thomas, settled in Malden, and had a son Joseph, whose de- scendants have lived in Westminster for several gen- erations. Joseph (2) Lynde, son of Joseph and Eliza- beth Lynde, was born in Malden, September 2, 1690, and was one of the first proprietors of Westminster (then known as Narragansett) though he was not a grantee, and a resident in 1741. He was the owner of lot No. 9, the northeast corner of which was near the site of the dwelling later owned by Reuben P. Merriam. He built a house on the west side of the road leading to the Damon place, the cellar of which may still be recognized as a faint depression in the soil. He received a bounty for improving and settling his claim and for building a "good house," but later returned to Malden, where he died in 1763. He mar- ried, October 21, 1714, Mary Sprague, and they were the parents of eight children, of whom one, Joseph,
became the father of Benjamin, who owned lands on Bragg Hill, in Westminster. He erected a house there and was an occasional resident on the premises, but is not supposed to have been a voting citizen there. He had a son Benjamin, however, born 1784, who after reaching mature age settled in Westminster and took possession of part of the lands there. He married Nancy, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Larrabee, of Malden, and she, six years after her husband's decease, married (second), October 3, 1826, John Jackson. Benjamin and Nancy were the parents of four children: 1. Edwin. 2. Alonzo. 3. John, of whom further. 4. Nancy. Of these John, born October 26, 1823, married Lucy Kendall, daughter of Edward W. and Lydia (Hoar) Kendall, and they had six children: 1. Ellen M. 2. Ada E. 3. Edward B., of whom further. 4. Emma. 5. Jennie L. 6. Chester E.
Edward B. Lynde, son of John and Lucy (Kendall) Lynde, was born December 7, 1853, in Westminster, Massachusetts, and has spent practically his entire life there. He received his education in the local public schools and then engaged in the meat and provision business, which he followed for thirty-six years. He is now living retired in Westminster. He married, January 27, 1875, Florence A. Barron, who was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, daughter of William B. and Phebe Barron, and they were the parents of three children: 1. Lester E. 2. Grace F. 3. Elwyn B., of whom further.
Elwyn B. Lynde, son of Edward B. and Florence A. (Barron) Lynde, was born in Westminster, Mas- sachusetts, July 20, 1887, and received his early educa- tion in the public schools of that town. After com- pleting his course in Westminster High School he continued his studies in Mount Hermon Preparatory School, in the Allen School of West Newton, and then completed his preparation for an active career by taking a course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College in Boston. After completing his course in business college he entered the employ of his father and assisted him in the conduct of his meat and pro- vision business for a year, and then, in 1912, came to Middleboro, where he accepted a position as cashier in the Middleborough National Bank. That position he held until 1916, when the bank was taken over by the Middleborough Trust Company, and Mr. Lynde was made first treasurer. In 1921 he resigned and removed to California for his son's health, retiring to Middleboro in 1925. He has a beautiful home on South Main Street, and he also has a host of friends in Middleboro and vicinity, who hold in high esteem his genial personality, his sterling qualities of char- acter, and his versatile abilities. He gives his support to the principles and the candidates of the Republican party. He is well known in Masonic circles, being a member of Mayflower Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Middleboro; Old Colony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Brockton Council, Royal and Select Masters; Bay State Commandery, Knights Templar; Lafayette Lodge of Perfection; Giles F. Yates Coun- cil, Princes of Jerusalem; Mount Olivet Chapter, Rose Croix; Massachusetts Consistory; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of Middleboro Com- mercial Club, which he serves as president; and a member of the Boston City Club; and of the Pacific Coast Club, of Long Beach, California. He is active in philanthropic and civic affairs and is one of the incorporators of Saint Luke's Hospital, which he
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serves as trustee and treasurer; a member of the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association; and a director of the Middleborough Trust Company. During the World War he was chairman of the committee which directed the Red Cross "drives," and was also an associate member of the district exemption board. He is an attendant of the Central Congregational Church.
Elwyn B. Lynde was married, in 1913, to Mabel B. Wilbur, who was born in Larned, Kansas, daugh- ter of Charles A. and Carrie (Solly) Wilbur. Mr. and Mrs. Lynde became the parents of three children: 1. Wilbur E., born September 11, 1914, died August 21, 1924. 2. Robert E., born December 16, 1916. 3. John B., born January 7, 1922.
The Wilbur family of which Mrs. Lynde is a member, is one of the very old New England families, tracing descent from Samuel Wildbore, who was admitted a freeman of Boston, March 4, 1634. He owned considerable property in Boston and also in Taunton, Massachusetts, and seems to have lived in both cities. In November, 1637, he was one of a party that was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because of their religious views and which, upon the advice of Roger Williams, purchased the Island of Aquidneck from the Narragansett Indians. That island is the present State of Rhode Island. In 1638 he moved his family to the new location, and on March 7 of that year, eighteen persons founded, by solemn compact, a new colony. In 1645 Samuel Wildbore returned to Boston and later built at Taun- ton an iron furnace, the first in New England. He was clerk of the Town Board in 1638, constable 1639, and sergeant in 1644. He married, in England, Ann Bradford, of Doncaster in York, county of York. From them the line descends through their son Shad- rach, born 1632, died February, 1698, married (first) Mary Dean, (second) Mrs. Hannah (Bass) Paine, widow of Stephen; their son (of first marriage), born December 5, 1672, died November 8, 1749, married, March 20, 1700, Joanna Neal, daughter of Henry and Hannah Prar; their son Meshach, born 1702, died December 25, 1793, married, December 11, 1729, Eliza- beth Leonard, daughter of John and Mary (King) Leonard; their son Meshach, born December 6, 1731, died August 29, 1800, married Mehitable Williams; their son Meshach, born May 26, 1761, died February 27, 1803, married, October 7, 1786, Keziah Leonard, daughter of Gamaliel and Bethiah, no children; mar- ried (second), December 2, 1790, Nancy Williams, daughter Esmond and Susannah; son of the second marriage, Williams, born November 25, 1791, died in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, about 1892-3, married, December 28, 1815, Rebecca Browning, who died May 17, 1827, married (second) Lucretia Mann; son of first marriage, George Browning, born January 13, 1820, died July 13, 1914, married (first) Hannah Reid, married (second), about 1886, Frances Decker, no children: son of first marriage, Charles A., born March 19, 1850, died December 18, 1918, married March 1, 1887, Carrie Solly, who died February 6, 1926, mother of four children, among whom was Mabel B., born August 19, 1889, married, November 12, 1913, Elwyn B. Lynde, as stated above.
JOHN BAYLIES LeBARON-Recollection of the death,: in 1918, of John Baylies LeBaron, brings to mind the fact that this prominent Middleboro busi- ness man was not only descended from a famous man
who was characterized within the pages of fiction, but was also, through many intermarriages among his forebears, the inheritor of distinguished Colonial blood of the "Mayflower" voyagers and of some of the first families of old Plymouth, among them those of Warren, Griswold, Bradford, Cushman, Bartlett and DeWolf.
The records of the town of Plymouth reveal that Francis LeBaron, first known American ancestor, happened upon the shores of this country in the most dramatic manner: A French privateer which was cruising on the American coast, was wrecked in Buz- zards Bay; the crew were taken prisoners and car- ried to Boston. When passing through Plymouth, the ship's surgeon, Francis LeBaron, was detained by a sickness, and upon recovery, he performed a difficult surgical operation so successfully that the inhabitants of the town prevailed upon Lieutenant- Governor Stoughton to permit the surgeon to remain among them. The request granted, he continued to practice his profession in Plymouth until his death.
(The above incident served as the basis of a novel, by Jane Austen entitled "A Nameless Nobleman," in which reference is likewise made to certain of the descendants of the hero of the work, Francis Le Baron.)
(I) Dr. Francis LeBaron was born in 1668, in France. His removal to America and Plymouth has already been explained. He married, September 6, 1695, Mary Wilder, born April 7, 1668, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Eames) Wilder, of Hingham. Edward Wilder of Hingham was the son of Thomas and Martha Wilder, of Shiplake, Oxfordshire, Eng- land. He was in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay, in November, 1638, on the arrival of his mother from England in the ship "Confidence," from the port of Southampton. Dr. LeBaron died December 10, 1707; his widow married Return Waite, born in 1678, in Boston, who died in Plymouth, October 3, 1751. The children of Dr. LeBaron were: 1. James, born May 23, 1696. 2. Lazarus, born December 26, 1698. 3. Francis, born June 13, 1701.
(II) James LeBaron, son of Dr. Francis LeBaron, married, November 3, 1720, Martha Benson, of Middle- boro. He was a farmer, resided upon the farm be- queathed to him by his father, and died May 10, 1744. His widow married (second), May 15, 1745, William Parker. The children of James LeBaron were: 1. James, born December 22, 1721, died September 16, 1725. 2. John, of whom further. 3. James, born De- cember 10, 1726. 4. Joshua, born October 10, 1729. 5. Martha, born April 9, 1732. died young. 6. Francis, born December 20, 1734, died July 8, 1761. 7. Mary, born August 9, 1737. 8. David, born April 27, 1740. 9. Lydia, born January 26, 1743, died young.
(III) John LeBaron, son of James and Martha (Benson) LeBaron, was born April 2, 1724; married, February 23, 1748, Mary Raymond, of Middleboro, where he went to reside. He died August 1, 1801; she died March 23, 1791. Children: 1. Abiezer, born July 4, 1749 (soldier of the Revolution). 2. John. born April 10, 1750. 3. Zebulon, born December 6, 1752. 4. Eunice, born November 4, 1761. 5. Joshua, born No- vember 6, 1763, died August 4, 1793. 6. Levi, of whom later. 7. Chloe, born August 8, 1773. 8. Mary, born July 9, 1775.
(IV) Levi LeBaron, son of John and Mary (Ray- mond) LeBaron, was born October 14, 1765, and mar-
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ried August 12, 1787, Temperance Morse, born Au- gust 12, 1767. He died July 20, 1820; she died Au- gust 28, 1829. Children: 1. John, born October 18, 1788, of whom further. 2. Ziba, December 27, 1789. 3. Waitstill, born January 30, 1792. 4. Joshua, born March 1, 1794. 5. Temperance, born April 17, 1796, died June 16, 1801. 6. Elizabeth C., born September 21, 1798. 7. Temperance (2), born March 21, 1801. 8. Levi, born June 2, 1803, died young. 9. Mary, born April 26, 1806, died unmarried, November 27, 1833. 10. Lucy, born July 20, 1807, died unmarried, July 23, 1832.
(V) John LeBaron (2) married (first), February 17, 1811, Sarah Burt, of Plymouth, who died Decem- ber 15, 1811. He married (second), December 1, 1814, Bethany Ryder, who died November 8, 1863. John LeBaron died July 10, 1879. Children: 1. Sarah Burt, born July 13, 1815. 2. John Burt, of whom further. 3. Bethany, born July 17, 1819, died May 17, 1823. 4. Ziba, born August 3, 1824. 5. Bethany Weston, born March 26, 1826. 6. Almeda Allen, born August 26, 1828. 7. Hannah W., born February 26, 1833. Joh11 LeBaron was an iron moulder and fully conversant with all departments of that business. He also engaged in farming.
(VI) John Burt LeBaron, son of John and Bethany (Ryder) LeBaron, was born September 19, 1817, in Middleboro and was there educated. He worked in the Norton Furnace as an apprentice, and afterward plied his trade in Norton for several years. He finally rose to foremanship in a foundry at Bourne- ville, now within Fall River, and there continued for several years. He then removed to Somerset, to superintend the building of what later became the Co-operative Foundry. He was employed in Somerset two years, and then, in 1855, associated with Samuel Tinkham, he established the foundry at Taunton with which he was long connected. He gave up his Taun- ton residence in 1859, and went to live in Lakeville, remained there for five or six years, and removed to Middleboro, where he lived until his death. In ad- dition to his interest in Tinkham & LeBaron, foundry operators, Mr. LeBaron was a director of the Do- mestic Needle Company, of which he was an incor- porator, and of its successor, the Union Needle Com- pany, in which he retained a one-fourth interest. He was a trustee, and a member of the board of invest- ment of the Middleborough Savings Bank; possessed considerable land, laid out many lots, and erected a large number of homes in Middleboro. He was the first to engage in the coal business in that com- munity. Identified with the Democratic party, he represented Middleboro in the Massachusetts Gen- eral Court in 1875. He was a member of the Sons of Temperance and an active worker in behalf of its cause. For years he was a member of the board of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, served on its building committee, also served as steward, and was a liberal financial contributor. He was a prominent member of Mayflower Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Middleboro; of Adoniram Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons, at New Bedford; and of Sutton Commadnery, Knights Templar.
John Burt LeBaron married, August 16, 1841, Keziah Baylies, born August 9, 1818, daughter of Charles and Keziah (Rounds) Baylies of Taunton; she died October 10, 1861. Mr. LeBaron married (second), July 3, 1865, Mary J. (Chace) Rose, born December 22, 1823, in Dighton. She survived her
husband, dying February 28, 1896. Children (all by first marriage) : 1. Adelaide, born May 19, 1842, died December 8, 1843. 2. John Baylies, of whom fur- ther. 3. Maria C., born January 18, 1847. 4. Eugene P., born January 16, 1849. 5. Charles H., born Sep- tember 14, 1851, died July 31, 1853. 6. Clara J., born January 7, 1855, married George R. Sampson. 7. Har- riet J., born December 2, 1857, died July 30, 1860.
(VII) John Baylies LeBaron, son of John Burt and Keziah (Baylies) LeBaron, was born January 24, 1845, in the town of Norton, Massachusetts. He was a student in the schools of Taunton and at Peirce Academy, at Middleboro. His education completed, he was employed as an iron and brass moulder until 1880, in which year he organized an ice business under the firm style of J. B. LeBaron, wholesale and retail ice dealer. In 1890, in conjunction with the ice business, he entered the lumber industry, which he continued to carry on until a few years before his death. In 1884, upon the death of John Burt LeBaron, his father, he and his brother, Eugene P. LeBaron, acquired the iron foundry, which they jointly operated for about two years, when John Bay- lies LeBaron disposed of his interest in the foundry to his brother, and returned to the ice business, in which he continued until his death in 1918, after which his daughter, Hattie B. LeBaron, took over the concern and operates the business under the original name. Mr. LeBaron, in his youth, had the distinction of being the first, and only, man to navi- gate a steamboat up the Nemasket River. He ac- complished the feat with two steamboats, the "Pio- neer," and the "Assawampsett." He was partial to the Democratic party. During the Civil War he worked in the arsenal at Watertown. He married, February 19. 1866, Lucy S. Lovell, daughter of Thomas Lovell of Middleboro. Mrs. LeBaron died in 1920. Children: Jesse L., Hattie B. (aforemen- tioned), Elric H. Hattie B. LeBaron is a charter member of Nemasket Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and a member of the Central Congregational Church.
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