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In the Dickinson Mill (Collier's Mill, p. 36), Iliram Morse carried on the business of cabinet making, and appears to have been succeeded by Sabin A. Morse.
Valley Woolen Mills .- The manufacture of woolen cloth was carried on at the Valley Woolen Mills, from 1845 to 1857, by Effingham Capron ; from 1857 to 1858 by Caleb Capron ; and from 1859 to 1860 by Stitt & Brown, of Philadelphia. Lapham & Smith commenced operations May 1, 1889.
A. Hankey & Co .- Frank P. Rogers was ad- mitted to the firm of A. Hankey & Co., manu- facturers of machine knives, April 1, 1889.
The Leicester Wire Company suspended oper- ations in 1889, and the plant was purchased by the Electric Company, June 1, 1889.
Leicester Hotel. Early in the year 1889, James I. Murry and J. D. Parmelee, as the firm of Murry & Parmelee, became proprietors of Lei- cester Hotel.
The Chapel Mill was sold by Collier & Butler, December 1, 1889, to Newton Darling, who began business in it January 1, 1890.
II. A. White Manufacturing Company .- The new and improved plant and the successful business of the Leicester branch of Decker & Bonitz Card Clothing Company, built and managed under the supervision of H. Arthur White, during the two previous years, was pur- chased by him January 1, 1890, and a company was organized under the laws of the State of Maine, as the II. A. White Manufacturing Com- pany, with a capital of eighty thousand dollars. The company retains the right of use in Mr. Decker's patents on " needle point card cloth- ing." II. Arthur White is President and Treas- urer and his son Everett A. White Secretary of this company, which is the successor of the well known firms of A, White & Son, and White &
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Denny, whose history is given on pages 32 and 33.
More than fifty years ago, Eber Bond had a brick kiln west of Henshaw Pond, where were made the bricks of which several of the houses in the village were built.
The first yarn carpets made in town, the work, as has been before stated, of Mrs. David Bryant, were woven on a hand loom, as early as 1805. Similar carpets may before this have been in use, but if so they were a rare and special luxury.
REVOLUTIONARY ITEMS.
The journals of the Provincial Congress, and of the Committee of Safety and Supplies, contain frequent mention of responsibilities imposed upon prominent citizens of Leicester, and re- quirements upon the town. They indicate the confidence which was reposed alike in the wisdom of their counsels, and the loyalty of their spirit ; and, together with the records of the town, show that the mpending struggle had been early anticipated, and that unusual provis- ion had been made by the town to meet it.
March 4, 1771, the town appropriated twelve pounds "to purchase One Hundred weight of Powder & bullets & flints in Proportion." November 7, 1774 it was voted " to provide two half bl-s of powder and four hundred Weight of Shott or Balls for the Cannon in this town." At the same time a committee was chosen " to offer the non-consumption Covenant to those who have not signed the same." January 9, 1775, it was voted "that there be a Minute Company in this Town, and that the Militia thereof be called together, from whence a number be drafted for said company."
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February 21, 1775, the Committee of Safety and Supplies "voted unanimously, that the powder that is now in Concord, be removed to Leicester." February 24, they voted " that were assigned to Leicester.
eight field pieces, with shot and cartridges, and two brass mortars with their bombs be deposited at Leicester, with Col. Henshaw." April 14, " Voted, That the cannon powder now at Lei- cester be removed, one load at a time, to this town [Concord], and made into cartridges, under the direction of the Committee of Sup- plies." April 17, " Voted That all the ammuni- tion be deposited in nine different towns in this province." Also " Voted, That the vote of the
fourteenth instant, relating to the powder being removed from Leicester to Concord, be recon- sidered." Also "Voted that eleven hundred tents be deposited in equal parts in Worcester, Lancaster, Stow, Mendon, Leicester, and Sud- bury."
May 25, 1775, the Provincial Congress "draft- ted" powder from towns "well stocked," and Leicester was required to furnish one barrel, for which payment was to be made. At the same time, inhabitants of towns having " good and sufficient firelocks," were requested to dispose of them to a committee appointed by the Congress, to supply unarmed soldiers, receiving in payment " bills of credit." Leices- ter was asked to furnish twelve.
July 5, 1775, the Provincial Congress voted to provide thirteen thousand coats, to be furnished by the several towns, before the tenth day of August next, in proportion "as they paid to the last provincial tax," " laying their accounts before the Committee of Supplies." Of these Leicester was to furnish forty-one. The Committee of Safety was "to cause all the coats to be buttoned with pewter buttons," with a number corresponding to that of the regiment.
During the occupation of Boston by the British forces, the attention of the Provincial Congress was repeatedly called to the need of those who were thus cut off from the means of support. At the town meeting held Dee. 7, 1774, it was voted "that the town recommend a subscription for the relief of the Poor in the town of Boston, suffering in the common cause." Permission having at length been obtained of Gen. Gage, the Provincial Congress arranged to remove them, and distribute them among the towns. There were reported to be " about five thousand," "indigent and unable to be at the expense of removing themselves." Thirty-six
On the first of July, 1775, the Congress, on account of the distressed condition of the inhabi- tants of the town of Charlestown, after the battle of Bunker Hill, "resolved, That such of those inhabitants as are unable to remove or support themselves, be removed to the several towns of Worcester County." Twelve werc assigned to Leicester. How many of these persons, if any, actually came to Leicester does not appear.
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There is nothing to indicate that that typical structure of New England towns, the " powder house ", ever existed in Leicester. Ammunition was, however, for many years, stored in the old hearse house at Rawson Brook Cemetery.
CENSUS.
It was not till 1724 that the required number of fifty families had settled in the eastern part of the town. In 1765 the population of the town, which at that time ineluded parts of Paxton and Ward (now Auburn), was 763. In 1776, the number in Leicester was 1078. In 1786 it appears to have been reduced to 838. Aeeording to the United States census, the population in the following decades was in 1790, 1076; in 1800, 1,103; in 1810, 1,181; in 1820, 1,252; in 1830, 1,782; in 1840, 1,707; in 1850, 2,269; in 1860, 2,748; in 1870, 2,768; in 1880, 2,779; in 1885 aeeording to the censns of Massachusetts it was 2,923.
THE NAME CHERRY VALLEY.
Although the eastern village of the town does not appear to have been commonly called Cherry Valley till nearly the end of the first quarter of the present century, the name was given to it in the last century, as we learn from the manuscripts of Miss Anna Henshaw, written in 1846, and containing materials of special value to local geneologists and historians.
" Asa Sargent m. Charlotte Earle and resides in Cherry Valley, Leicester. 'Cherry Valley ' is a name given to that locality by the late Rev. Mr. Conklin (of pleasant memory) after Cherry . Valley on Long Island, New York. Mr. Conk- lin considered it at that time the 'pleasantest place in Leicester.' "
Anna Henshaw was born in 1778, and was therefore a contemporary of Rev. Benjamin Conklin, who died in 1798. She was a relative of Mrs. Conklin.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Before 1831, the State Legislature met on the last Wednesday of May, and representatives were elected in May.
In 1831 the time of meeting was changed to the first Wednesday of January, and members have since been cleeted in November. The following list contains the names of persons who have served the town in the Legislature, with the year in which they were elected, to serve at
the next session. Spencer is included in the district till 1776. This list, made from the records of the town, and in doubtful instances verified by those of the state, will be found to differ, in a few cases, from that of Washburn's History :-
Senators :-
Col. Seth Washburn, 1780 to 1787.
Hon. Nathaniel P. Denny, 1823 and 1824.
Hon. Waldo Flint, 1835 and 1836.
Capt. John D. Cogswell, 1863.
Hon. Chas. A. Denny,
1883 and 1884.
House of Representatives :-
Judge John Menzies,
1721 to 1723.
Lieut. Thomas Newhall, 1724.
Judge Jol.n Menzies,
1725.
Josiah Converse,
1733.
Christopher J. Lawton,
1736.
Christopher J. Lawton,
1741 and 1742.
Capt. Daniel Denny,
Capt. John Brown,
Judge Thomas Steele,
Capt. John Brown,
Benjamin Tucker,
1758 and 1759.
Capt. John Brown,
1761 and 1762.
Capt. John Brown,
1764 and 1765.
Capt. John Brown,
1767 and 1768.
Col. Thomas Denny, 1770 to 1774.
First Provincial Congress :-
Col. Thomas Denny,
1774.
Col. Joseph Henshaw, S
Second Provincial Congress :-
Col. Joseph Henshaw, 1775.
Third Provincial Congress :-
Deacon Oliver Watson, 1775.
General Assembly :---
Hezekiah Ward, 1775.
House of Representatives:
Capt. Seth Washburn, 1776.
Capt. Seth Washburn, )
Capt. Samuel Green, 1777.
Capt. Seth Washburn, Col. William Henshaw, 1780.
Capt. Seth Washburn,
Capt. Seth Washburn,
1782 and 1783.
Capt. Seth Washburn, 1786.
Capt. John Lyon, -
Col. Samuel Denny, 1787.
Capt. Seth Washburn,
1778 and 1779.
1788.
1745 to 1747. 1749 and 1750. 1752 to 1755. 1756 and 1757.
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Col. Thomas Denny,
1791 and 1792. 1794.
Col. Thomas Denny,
Col. William Henshaw,
1796, 1798.
William F. Holman, 1880.
Dr. John N. Murdock, 1883.
II. Arthur White, 1885.
Henry O. Smith, Esq. 1888.
At the election, May 11th, 1829, Hon. David Henshaw, then a resident of Boston, tendered a printed ballot for representatives to the General Court. Before that time all ballots cast in the state were written by hand. His vote was rejected as not conforming to the law requiring " written votes". He brought the question before the Supreme Court, which, at the March session, 1830, decided that " the rejection of the plaintiff's vote was illegal," on the ground that printed votes are written votes, within the meaning of the provisions of the constitution.
COLLEGE GRADUATES.
The following list contains the names of natives of Leicester who have been graduated from colleges :
St. John Honeywood, Yale, 1782; lawyer in Salem, N. Y., painter and poet.
Hon. Nathaniel Paine Denny, Harvard, 1797; lawyer in Leicester, for ten years member of the Massachusetts House of Representa- tives, and two years of the Senate; second President of Leicester Bank.
Samuel Swan, Harvard, 1799; lawyer in Hub- bardston.
Daniel Henshaw, Harvard, 1806; lawyer in Winchendon and Worcester, and editor of the " Lyun Record," and " The Yeoman " in Worcester.
Reuben Washburn, Dartmouth, 1808; lawyer and judge in Vermont.
Col. Joseph D. Sargent,
1845.
Henry A. Denny,
1846.
Deacon Dwight Bisco,
1847 and 1848.
Samuel Watson,
1849 and 1850.
Abraham Firth, 1851.
1854.
Capt. John D. Cogswell, Lucins Woodcock,
1855.
IIanson L. Read, 1856.
Joseph A. Denny, Esq. 1857.
Capt. John D. Cogswell,
1859 to 1861.
Josephus Woodcock,
1863 to 1865.
Lory S. Watson, 1867 to 1869.
Luke G. Sturtevant, 1871.
Christopher C. Denny,* 1872.
Rev. Samuel May, 1874.
Capt. John D. Cogswell, 1876.
Col. Thomas Denny, 1800, 1801.
IIon. . Nathaniel P. Denny,
1803 to 1806.
Ilon. Nathaniel P. Denny,
1808.
John Hobart,
1809 and 1810. 1811.
Hon. Nathaniel P. Denny,
Dr. Austin Flint,
1812 to 1817.
John King,
1819 and 1820.
John Ilobart,
1821 and 1822.
Hon. Nathaniel P. Denny,
1825.
John Hobart,
1829.
Ilon. Nathaniel P. Denny,
1830.
IIon. Waldo Flint,
John Hobart, 1831.
Deacon John King,
HIou. Waldo Flint,
Deacon Joshua Murdock, S
1832.
Reuben Merriam, 2
1833.
Deacon Joshua Murdock, )
Silas Earle, 1834.
Cheney Hatch, $
Cheney Hatch,
Thomas Sprague,
Thomas Sprague,
1836.
Capt. Isaac Southgate,
Samuel Watson,
Col. Joseph D. Sargent,
1837.
Samuel Watson, 1838.
Capt. Isaac Southgate,
Capt. Isaac Southgate,
1839.
Ilon. David Henshaw, S
Nathaniel P. Denny, Esq. John Sargent,
1841 and 1842.
John Woodcock,
1843 and 1844.
Thomas G. Mower, Harvard, 1810. Waldo Flint, Harvard, 1814 : lawyer in Leices- ter and Boston, president of Eagle Bank, Boston.
John F. Adams, Dartmouth, 1817; lawyer in Mobile.
Emory Washburn, Williams, 1817; lawyer in Leicester and Worcester, Governor of Massachusetts, Bussey Professor in Dane Law School, Harvard University.
Josiah Clark, Jr., Yale, 1823; Principal of Leicester Academy, and Williston Seminary.
* To fill the vacancy occasioned by Mr Sturtevant's resignation.
Ilon. Emory Washburn,
1826 and 1827.
Hon. Nathaniel P'. Denny,
1828.
1835.
1840.
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Thomas Denny, Harvard, 1823; banker in New York.
Winthrop Earle, Jr., Yale, 1826.
Andrew Denny, M. D., Amherst, 1831 ; physi- cian in Jaekson, Ala.
Joseph Sargent, M. D., Harvard, 1834; physi- cian in Worcester.
Henry Sargent, M. D., Yale, 1841; physician in Worcester.
William A. Smith, Harvard, 1843; for many years assistant Clerk of Courts in Worees- ter County.
John Sydenham Flint, M. D., Harvard, 1843; physician in Roxbury.
Daniel Nelson Merriam, Amherst, 1844.
John Newton Murdock, M. D., Williams, 1846; physician in Auburn and Paxton, card manufacturer in Leicester.
Arthur S. Denny, Brown, 1854.
Frank W. Hayden, Holy Cross, 1867; surgeon in the French Army.
Henry Oliver Smith, Amherst, 1863; lawyer in Leicester.
Joseph Augustus Titus, Amherst, 1863; lawyer in Worcester.
Horace Anthony Smith, Amherst, 1864; shoe manufacturer in Leicester.
Rev. Albert Warren, Yale, 1867.
Arthur H. Warren, Yale, 1870.
Daniel Kent, Amherst, 1875; woolen manu- facturer in Leicester and Woreester.
Sara Brainerd Coolidge, Wellesley, 1885 ; pre- eeptress of Leicester Academy.
Edward Lester Marsh, Amherst, 1888. John Nelson Coolidge, Amherst, 1889.
Everett Alonzo White, Amherst, 1889.
TOWN HOUSES.
Town and Military meetings were for more than a hundred years generally held in the First Meeting-house .* This was also the place for all publie assemblies, and here were held the exhibitions of the Academy. In 1826, a town hall and bank building of two stories was creeted, the bank occupying the lower floor. It was built of wood. It was dedicated Jan. 1, 1827. The address was by IIon. Emory Washburn.
The present town-house, built of brick, two stories, was dedicated May 21, 1855. The lower floor was occupied as engine house, fire com-
pany's parlors, seleetmen's room, ete., and the upper floor as the town hall. In 1872," the lower rooms were remodelled, and a Memorial Hall was finished in memory of the soldiers of the civil war, and for the use of the public library. In this hall are the marble tablets containing the names of soldiers who died in the service, thirty-seven in number. The hall was dedicated Dec. 23, 1872, addresses being made by Rev. S. May, Capt. J. D. Cogswell, Mr. William F. Holman, Mr. H. A. White, Mr. Jolin E. Russell and Rev. A. II. Coolidge, and a poem read by Mrs. Jerome M. Parker. An engine house was at the same time built in the rear of the town-house, and connected with it. Steam heat and electrie lights were introduced in 1889.
SOUTHGATE FUND.
According to the provisions of the will of Capt. Isaae Southgate, of Leicester, a fund of 83,000 was placed in the hands of Joseph A. Denny, Silas Gleason and Dwight Bisco, as trustees, the income of which was to be "for the use and benefit of indigent maidens, widows and orphans, who are actually legal inhabitants of the said Leicester, and not otherwise." This " assistance," is to be "rendered in every case " -" without partiality or distinction of party or sect," to "those who are actually needy and striving to help themselves without charge to the town."
The trustees received the fund April 2, 1861. In 1863, Mrs. Maria Southgate, the widow of Capt. Isaac Southgate, added to it one thousand dollars. The fund has since been inereased $400 by legacy of Dr. Ames Walbridge, $1500 by legacy of Mrs. Sally Denny, widow of Mr. John Alden Denny, and $1000 by donation of Mrs. John E. Russell (Caroline Nelson).
D. E. Merriam left to the fund in his will $5000. The fund has also been inereased by changes of investment. Its present amount including the legacy of Mr. Merriam is 12,440.76. The trustees at this time are . : Mr.
Dexter Knight and Hon. C. A. Denny.
This noble charity has already proved most benefieent, and is continually approving the wisdom of its institution.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
There were several purchasers of original lots who never settled in town. In addition to
* In the early years, town meetings were sometimes held in the taverns or in private houses.
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those named in Washburn's History were Sammel Prince, and probably Paul Dudley.
Rev. David Parsons, the first minister of Leicester, was married in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 22, 1707, to Sarah Stebbins of that town.
The Friends Meeting house was taken down in 1876.
G. A. R .- Post 131 of the Grand Army of the Republic, the "George H. Thomas Post," was chartered in Leicester, June 21, 1870.
Leicester Public Library .- At the town- meeting held March 4, 1889, the Public Library was reorganized, under the new State law, with six Trustees, two to be chosen each year, to serve three years.
Leicester Academy .- Mrs. Maria Southgate, in 1863, gave to the Academy $1000 as a fund to be known " as the Southgate Fund," to aid in the payment of the tuition of needy students from Leicester, in the departments of lan- guages, and the higher English branches.
Robert Earle also left to the Academy $2000, for purposes similar to those of the Newhall Fund.
Streets .- All the roads were named as streets, by vote of the town, March 6, 1882.
In the spring of 1880, concrete walks were laid on the east side of Pleasant Street, and in the spring of 1883 and the summer of 1885 on Main Street, the expense being met by private subscription.
Pleasant Street was first lighted for a few years, about twenty years ago, at the expense of families residing on it. At the annual town- inceting, November 8, 1881, it was voted to authorize the selectmen to light the streets of the several villages, whenever citizens should set up street lanterns. The vote was carried into effect in the Centre, Cherry Valley, Rochdale, and Greenville villages in December following. Gasoline and kerosene were, for several years alternately used for the purpose.
At the town-meeting held March 4, 1889, the selectmen were authorized to contract with the Leicester Electrie Company, to light the public streets with electricity. The streets of the Center, Cherry Valley, Rochdale, and Greenville villages were first generally illumi- nated with incandescent lights, August 13, 1889.
INDEX.
Academy, Leicester .
25-31
Bunker Hill, Battle of .
12, 13
Origin, incorporation, opening, 25, 26 Burying Grounds 20, 26, 47
Exhibitions, finances 27
Funds .
27, 28, 29, 69
Buildings
26, 27, 29, 30
A Military School
30
Principal, Preceptors .
26, 29, 30
30
Suspensions and Re-opening
Dr. Pliny Earle's Collection of Shells, etc. . 30
Meteorological Observatory . 30
Centennial Celebration
30, 31
Trustees, Teachers, Pupils
31
Adams, Ebenezer .
29
Samuel . 8, 9, 26
Allen, Dr. Ephraim
26
Rev. George 29
Hon. Joseph 8, 12, 15, 26, 45
Almy & Brown 31, 63, 64
Ames, Gov. Oliver
31:
Ammunition purchased, stored 9, 11
Anderton, James
34, 35
Auburn .
7
Baldwin, Capt. Jednthan 8
Bancroft, Rev. Aaron, D.D.
22, 28, 31
38
Bank, National Savings 38
Bass, Henry 14
Bell on First Meeting-honse 19
Bible Reading in Church 20
Biscoe, Deacon Dwight . . 22, 32, 52, 53, 67
Biographies
49-61
Blagden, Rev. George, D.D. 19
Book-binding 38
Bottomly, Thomas
34, 35, 36, 37
Boots and Shoes
37
Bounties
13, 41
Boston Threatened by French Fleet 8
Occupied by British Troops 9 Brick Yards 37
Brown, Capt. John
7, 9, 14, 66
ITori . 38
Buckingham, Rev. Joseph, of Rut-
land . 26
Cadets, Leicester Academy, 30
Carlton, E. G. . 35
Carpet Making, 35, 47
Capital, Proposed change of, 15
Carey, Arthur, 3, 4
Carriages,
5
31-34
Card Business, Annual value of, 34
Card Machines,
31-32-34
Power for,
33, 34
Card Manufacturers, Edmond Snow,
31
Pliny Earle, Pliny Earle &
Brothers,
. 31, 32, 63, 64
Silas Earle, T. K. Earle,
32
Daniel Denny, . . 32
Winthrop Earle, Alpheus
Smith, Woodcock & Smith, James & John A. Smith & Co., James Smith & Co., Smith, Woodcock & Knight, Woodcock, Knight & Co., 32, 53
Southgate & Sargent, Isaac Southgate & Co., Bisco & Denny 32, 51, 52
Col. Joseph D. Sargent, 32
Lamb & White, White & Denny, White & Son, Decker, Bonitz & Co., . 32, 33 Southgate & Murdock, J. & J. Murdock, 33
John A. Smith, Southgate & Smith, Smith & Waite, E. C. & L. M. Waite, E. C. Waite, 33
Conklin, Woodcock & Co., J. & L. Woodcock, J. & 33 1 .. Woodcock & Co., . . Baylies Upham, Samuel Hurd, Irving Sprague, James Trask, 33
William F. Hohan,
33
ii.
INDEX.
Cold Harbor, Battle of 40
33
Constitution of Massachusetts, op-
posed, approved 15
33 Conklin, Rev. Benjamin, 9, 12, 14, 15, 18, 26, 27 Coolidge, Rev. A. II. . 19, 39, 42, 68 Congress, Members of . 45
33 Courts of Admiralty 9
33 Crafts, Col. Ebenezer 25, 26
33 Samuel C. 26, 31
Craig, Lieut. Nathan 14, 49
33 Crown Point 8
Currency Depreciated 6
Day, Capt. Luke 16
Davis, Col. Jacob . 25, 26
Davis, Jefferson, captured 44
Dennison, Rev. Andrew C. 19,31
Declaration of Independence antic-
ipated 13
Recorded . 14
Deed of Town
Recorded . 3
Denny, Christopher C. . 20, 32, 44, 49, 67
Charles 1. 20, 32, 38, 52, 66, 68
Capt. Daniel . . 21, 45, 51, 66
Daniel 32
Grace 49
Henry A. . 34, 49, 67
Joseph A., Esq. 32, 35, 38, 49, 51, 52, 67, 68 Joseph A.'s Reminiscences of
Leicester 49
Journal 49
Capt. Joseph Waldo 28, 31, 39
Hon. Nathaniel P. 38, 46, 66, 67
Reuben S. 35
Col. Samuel 14, 15, 66
Col. Thomas, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 66, 67
Second Congregational, 22
Christ, Rochdule, . 22-23
Methodist Episcopal, 23, 24
Centre, . 24
Wesleyan Methodist, .
Roman Catholic, . 24
St. Thomas, . 24
Clappville 2, 24
Clapp, Rev. A. II., D.D. 31
Joshua
2,35, 45
Clark, Rev. Josiah
29
Dumner, Lieutenant Governor, 5, 6
Earle Family, . 44, 45
Benjamin, 20
Eliza, Lucy, Sarah 21
Jonathan, 34
J. II. & William Whittemore, W. & J. Whittemore, . . Cheney Hatch, . Alden Bisco, Henry A. Denny, Henry A. Denny & Sons,
Drury & Denny
Samuel D. Watson,
Col. Thomas Denny and Wm. Earle, .
Jonathan Earle, Alpheus Smith, Horace Smith, James Stone, Roswell Sprague, Reuben Mer- riam, Capt. William Sprague & Sons, and others. 34
Sargent Card Clothing Co. . 34, 58
Waite & Watson, L. S. Wat- son, L. S. Watson & Co.,
Cedar swamps,
Celebrations,
49
Centenarians,
Census of Roman Catholics, 24
Central Factory, . 32,33
Cherry Valley, 23, 24, 35, 36, 37,66
Church, Dr. Benjamin 13
Chilson, Evi, .
38
Chandler, Col. John, 6, 8
Church, First, Congregational, . 17-20
Parish, 20
Friends Meeting
20, 21
Greenville Baptist, . 21-22 Fiftieth Anniversary of
Col. Thomas, Jr., 82, 33, 47
Thomas, Esq.,
28
Family Genealogy of 49
Deserters, 43
Dickinson, L. G., 36, 37
Discipline, British, . 8
Draper's History of Spencer, .
5
Draft, 4:2
Dramas,
27
Drury, Emory, 32, 33
Josiah, Jr. 29
Clock, Town
19
Committees of Correspondence and
Safety . 9, 10, 11, 65
Cogswell, Capt. J. D. 41, 42,49, 66, 67
34
45, 46
6,14
Card Manufacturers, continued.
Claramon Hunt,
iii.
INDEX.
Earle, Jonahı, 32, 64
Pliny, . 2, 31, 32, 55, 63, 64
Hasey (now Lynde) Brook 5*
Dr. Pliny,
21, 30, 31, 39, 55-57, 63
Hatch, Cheney 33, 38, 67
Ralph,
16, 20, 55
HIatters 38
Robert,
20, 69
Hlenshaw, Anna
66
Silas,
32, 64, 67
Benjamin
7
Thomas,
45
.Daniel
4,5
Timothy K.
32
Capt. David 14,45
William, .
5, 20,33
IIon. David 45, 67
Harriet E. 8, 12, 49
Horatio Gates, Esq. 16, 34, 36, 64
Col. Joseph 9, 10, 11, 14, 45, 66
Joshua 10
Col. William, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 65, 66 Reminiscences of 19
Place 6, 45, 49
Col. William's Diary in the French War
8
Fires in Church, 19
16
Hill, Rev. Thomas 31
Histories of Leicester 48, 49
Flint, Dr. Austin, 14, 16, 27, 46, 49, 66
Dr. Edward, 22, 46, 49, 50
Ellen E.
45
St. John 45
3
" Forge acre " and " forge partners,"
35
HIonse, John King's
6
Fort William Henry, Massacre of,
8
Houses, Early .
3, 4, 5
Foster, Rev. Benjamin, D.D.,
21 Hodges, Samuel L.
35
Fosgate, Benjamin,
26 Hubbard, Daniel
13
French and Indian Wars,
3, 7,8
Huguenots
3
Friends, Character of, opposition to
-
Hurricane 6, 7
slavery, .
Meeting, form of organization, discontinued, 20
20,69
Instructions to Representatives . 9, 10, 11, 13 20, 21
Jackson, Dr. James 27,28
10 Jews . 16, 17
" Garrisons," .
6
General Assembly dissolved,
Gill, Hon. Moses,
26,31
Gookin, Daniel, .
2
18 Lacount, Rev. W. F. 23*, 41
Lakeside 2, 37
Graduates of Colleges,
67, 68
Lafayette 47
Lawyers 46
21 Leather Tanning and Currying 37,38
Rev. John,
Capt. Nathaniel,
Capt. Samuel, . 2, 4, 9, 11, 66
Dr. Thomas, . 4, 21, 22, 46
William,
Greenville, . 2, 6, 21, 22, 37, 38 9
2
Estes, Rev. Iliram C., D.D., 21, 49
Everett, Ilon. Edward, 30
Fair, Soldiers', 42
Col. Wilham's Orderly Books
12
Fine for Non-representation,
Fire Department and Engines, .. 47, 68
Hobart, John 47*, 67
Honeywood, Dr. John 12, 14, 46
Flood, Cherry Valley, . 36, 48
HIonse-lots
Hutchinson, Lieutenant Gov.
9
21
Indian Alarms and Attacks . 3, 5, 6
Indians, Nipmuck >
first and second meeting-houses, ministers,
Gage, Governor, .
9 Kettle Brook
2, 36, 37, 48
Knight, Capt. Hiram 32, 53, 54
Goddard, Rev. David,
22
Green, Hon. Andrew, Dr. Israel,
13, 14
7 Lee's Surrender 44
Leonard, Daniel
Lexington, Battle of . 12
Winthrop, 32
Edwards, Rev. Jonathan .18
Electric Lighting,
33, 37, 68, 69
Eliot, Rev. John
William B. 31,32
Hankey & Co. 38, 64
* This mark indicates that the spelling or initial of a name, as found in the body of the work, is corrected in the index.
iv.
INDEX.
Leicester, its location. streams, vil- lages, Indians, purchase, deed,
Settlement delayed, name, eastern half sold, house lots, lots for ministry, schools, and mills, lots drawn, first house, pur- chasers,
First town-meeting, early
houses, hardships,
4 Machine knives, 38, 64
Mail, . 45
5 |Mann, Billings, 2, 35, 36, 58, 59
Mannville, 2, 6, 36, 58
Marshall, Albert, . 36, 58
6 May, Rev. Samuel, 22, 48, 49, 52, 54, 55, 66, 68 McGrath, Rev. D. F., 24
7 Memorial Hall, 48, 68
7-8 Merriam, D. E., 38, 48, 68
8-15 Menzes, Judge, John, 4, 6, 45, 66
Mills, saw and grist, 5, 34, 35, 36, 37
15 Minute men . 10,11
15, 16 Monopolies, opposed
15 Moore, Rev. Zephaniah Swift, D.D., 17, 18, 19, 29
16 Mount Pleasant, 45
16, 17 Mulberry Grove,
17-24 Murdock, Deacon Joshua, 20, 50, 51, 67
25 Joshna, Jr., 33, 57, 58
25-31 Joseph, . 30,33
Card business,
31-34 Dr. John N. 33, 39, 44, 67
34-37
Names of Inhabitants recorded, 6
Nelson, Rev. John, D.D., 19, 41, 44
37 : Mrs. John, . 42
Newhall, Capt. Thomas, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 28
Oliver, Justice, protest against. . : : 10, 11
38 Olney, George W. 35
44-46 Orderly Books of Revolutionary 46 War, 12
47 Partridge, Joseph L. 29
47, 48 Parsons, Joseph, 5
48 Nathan, 8
llistories, .
Celebrations,
Biographies,
Libraries, .
Library, Leicester Public,
Lincoln's assassination,
Livermore, Salem and descendents,
Lopez, Aaron, .
Iti. 25. 26
Lottery, . . . 27
2 Louisburg expedition, 7
Lovell's War, 5
Lynde Brook,
2, 5, 48
John, Jr. 3,25
Samuel,
6, 47
3 Maccarty, Hon. Nathaniel, 28
Rev. Thaddeus, 26
Rural life, mills, trades, farms, Indian alarms, .
Soldiers, garrisons, population, new comers recorded, cyclone, .
Parts of set off to Spencer, Paxton and Auburn,
In the French War,
In the Revolution,
Its action respecting the State Constitution,
In Shay's Rebellion,
Fined for non-representation, slavery in,
Its Jewish colony,
Its Churches,
Its Schools,
Academy,
Woolen business ,
Wire business, electric light- ing, shoe heel, boot and shoe business, .
Leather business, machine knives, National Bank, Savings Bank, miscella- neons industries, .
1 In the Civil War,
39-44
Individuals and residences, .
Physicians, Lawyers, .
Burying grounds, post offices, fire department, taverns, . Libraries, .
Cherry Valley Flood,
48, 49 Solomon, 14
49 Rev. David, 17, 18, 69
49-61 Paxton incorporated, 7
47 Physicians, 46
47, 48, 69 Piano, 47
44 Pierce, Dr. John, 26, 27,31
59, 60, 61 Pillory, 47
15
INDEX.
Port Bill,
11 Spencer incorporated, . 7
Post offices, and post masters,
47 Spies, . 13
Praying towns,
2 Sprague, Knight, 8
Proprietors, Associate,
2,3 Stamp act, . 9,10
Printing office,
38 Stevens, John P. 36*
Strawberry Hill, . 3
Representatives to the Legislature, 4, 66, 67
26
Resolutions,
10, 11, 13
Stages, 46, 47
Rice, Hon. William W.
29,31
Stone, Benjamin, 26, 29
Rivera, Jocob Rod, .
16*, 17
Steele, Judge Thomas 10, 45, 66
Sunday schools, 20, 22
Lieut. Benjamin,
11
Sugden, Richard, 36, 64
Roberts, Rev. Joseph, .
18, 26
Rochdale,
2, 24
Ruggles, Col. Timothy,
8
James, 45
Russell, Hon. John E.
31, 45
Rowse, Rev. J. Hill,
23
Taverns 6,47
Salem, Peter,
13
Sargent's Brick Factory,
5, 32, 53, 58
Sargent, Edward, .
34, 58
George II.
34, 58
Col. Henry,
32, 45, 47
Joseph B. .
34, 58
Joseph D.
32, 58, 67
J. Bradford,
30, 37, 58 | Upham, Hon. William
Nathan,
12, 16, 36
John,
47, 67 Waite, E. C. . 33, 37*
Waldo, Daniel 28
25/ Ward, Gen. Artemas 12*
Mulberry Grove, .
21
Hezekiahı 9, 13, 66
Town Iligh,
25, 29| Washburn, Alvan Hyde 29
Gov. Emory , 12, 20, 22, 42, 46, 67
Lieut. Joseph 14
Shay's Rebellion,
15, 16, 25, 27
Washington in I.eicester 47
Shoe Counters, 37 Waters, Israel . 28
Silk Culture, .
Watson, Lieut. William 2
11
Small pox, 6, 46
31
Slavery in Leicester,
16
Smith, James,
28, 29,32
Eleazer,
32
Whitney, Eli 27
Snow, Edmund, .
31
Whitfield, Rev. George 18
4, 16, 19
White, Alonzo
32, 59
Snow storms,
Southgate, Capt. Isaac, 22, 32, 67
HI. Arthur 32, 64, 67
Richardson, Thomas, John, .
5
29
Summer, Rev. Joseph, D.D. . 28
Swan, Mrs. Billings, 42
Swift, Avis (Keene) 21
Tea 10
Thomas, Isaiah 20, 28, 68
Town-houses 38
Town-meetings 4, 8, 11, 39 5
Trades .
Tything men
1
45
School houses, districts, masters, mistresses, .
Schools, first town action respect- ing, fine for not keeping, Appropriations for, 25
Mrs. Lydia 46
Samuel 34, 67
Waterberry, Rev. Julius 24
Wetmore, Charles A. 30
Slater, Samuel, .
Col. Seth 12, 13, 14, 15, 66
Stebbins, Capt. John, 8, 26
Stickney, Thomas, .
vi.
INDEX.
Wilby, Mrs. Ann
23
Woolen Manufacturers, continued.
Wilson, Luther
29
Mannville Mills
35, 36
Wild animals
4
Valley Woolen Mills 36
Wire drawing
36, 37
Collier's Mill 36
Woodcock, John
32
Chapel Mill 36
Woolen Manufacture
34-38
A. W. Darling & Co.
37
Annual value of
37
Greenville Woolen Mills, Fac- tory 37
Samuel Watson
34
Olney Mills .
35
Lakeside Manufacturing Co. 37
Rochdale Mills
35
Wright, Luther 29
CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.
Page 3, line 95, Read thirty-seven.
Page 12, line 30. Ununiformed.
/04.
Page 21, line 39, Comer for Converse, and Foster for Forbes.
Page 36, line 9, Insolvent for Solvent.
Page 37, Omit Amasa Watson.
Page 43, Read George M. Roberts.
Page 49, line 26, Read 1834.
Capt. John Chandler was on the committee to determine which half of the township should first be settled. (p. 3.)
It was Pling Earle (p. 2.) whose estate was named | James Palmer, 51st Massachusetts Regiment, who
Mulberry Grove, and on his machines (p. 34), that L. S. Watson pricked cards.
In a few instances of misprint, the correct spelling Rev. Mr. Goddard's name should be associated with | and middle initials of names are given. and the that of Jonathan Edwards on page 18, Joseph A. errors noted in the index.
Denny was the great grandson of Daniel Denny (p. 51.) ;
It should perhaps be more definitely stated on page 25, that the first school master in town was John Lynde, Jr., son of John Lynde, who came to Leicester before 1721.
To the names of the children of Dea. Dwight Bisco, (p. 53), should be added that of Edward F., secretary of the Worcester Safe Deposit and Trust Company.
To the names of soldiers in the Civil War, are here added those of Rev. J. Hill Ronse, who is noticed on page 23; Dr. George O. Warner, noticed on page 46; enlisted for Worcester.
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