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BARNES.
Benjamin Barnes was born in Dudley in 1792 and married, first, Nancy Stockwell of Sutton and lived in Auburn where all their children were born, only one of whom, Marius, ever lived in Millbury. He married, second, Mary Tourtellotte of Medway. Three of his grandchildren, daughters of Phenton (see below) lived with him. He moved to Millbury in 1854.
Phenton2 Barnes, farmer and musician, resided in Auburn, was born there and married in Oxford, Mass., Dec. 14, 1843, Fannie Marble who was born there Aug. 5, 1822. He died in Auburn in 1854. She died there in the same year. Children: 1. Addie, m. Truman Marble, d. leaving a daughter, Lillian G., who m. G. Benjamin French; 2. Emma A., b. in Auburn, Aug. 22, 1850, m. in 1870, Simeon E. King (q. v.), the only descendant now living in Millbury; 3. Eva C., m. Orrin M. Robbins, d. without issue.
BARRATT.
George Barratt was born Feb. 22, 1854, in Sheffield, England, and married, Aug. 18, 1874, in Sheffield, Eng., Elizabeth Cottam, who was born Feb. 7, 1854, in Sutton, Eng., and died, Oct. 1, 1909, in Millbury. He died there, Nov. 16, 1905. Son: William C. (see below).
William Cottam Barratt was born Nov. 12, 1878, in Sheffield, Eng., and mar- ried, June 9, 1902, in Millbury, Jennie Achsah Paine, dau. of Benjamin O. and Achsah M. Keith Paine (q. v.). Dau: Constance Jennie, b. in Millbury, June 27, 1903.
BARRETT.
Charles Barrett was born in England, in 1783, and married Ann Clegg, who was born in England, in 1782, and died there Apr. 9, 1849. He died in Eng- land, Sept. 5, 1857. Dau: Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 1818, m. James Brierly (q. v.).
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BARTON.
Among the old and respected families in town was that of Barton. An old Barton homestead is still standing. The Hon. George S. Barton, a prom- inent member of this family, and also a manufacturer in Worcester, was born in Millbury. At the time of the erection of Union Chapel in West Millbury he contributed to the building fund. Edmund Barton's grave in Dwinnel Cemetery bears the oldest inscription in town now legible. Rufus and Captain Reuben Barton, other members of this family, were well-known citizens. Captain Barton's name appears on the first board of selectmen. In the Massachusetts Spy of June 14, 1826, is the following:
"Accident. A melancholy accident happened in Millbury on the 5th inst., by which Eben Thatcher, a promising son of Rufus Barton, Esq., of that town, aged 11 years, was killed. We understand, he was riding on the tongue of a cart off which he jumped to stop the oxen, and fell as he struck the ground, so that the wheel passed directly over him. He survived the accident but about one hour."
John B. Barton was born in Millbury, Nov. 21, 1818, and married Mary Ann Gould, of Charlton, who was born April 22, 1821. She died in Millbury, in 1868. He died there Dec. 20, 1900. Dau: Harriet M., b. in Millbury, May 7, 1843, m. Lyman S. Waters (q. v.).
BATES.
Reuben Bates, carpenter, was born in Thompson, Conn., and died in Ver- mont. He married Anna Huntley, who was born and died in Vermont. Dau: Sarah Ann, b. in Milton, Vt., Dec. 10, 1828, m. George Stratton (q. v.).
BELL.
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, scientist and inventor of the telephone, residing in Washington, D. C., was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Mar. 3, 1847, and married in 1877, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard. Dau: Elsie May, b. in London, Eng., May 8, 1878, m. Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (q. v.).
BENEDICT.
Dr. William McKown Benedict was born May 20, 1788, and married, in Worcester, Mar. 20, 1833, Amelia Burbank, who was born in Worcester, Nov. 28, 1800. Dr. Benedict died in Millbury, Jan. 17, 1847. She died in Brook- lyn, N. Y., April 17, 1873. Son: William G. (see below).
William G. Benedict, wool merchant, was born May 24, 1834, in Millbury, and married, in Worcester, Oct. 5, 1859, Frances O. Wheeler, dau. of Abial Smith and Eliza F. (Leonard) Wheeler (q. v.). Children: 1. William Leonard, b. in Boston, Oct. 14, 1860, m. in Detroit, Mich., April 7, 1891; 2. George Wheeler, b. in Boston, Aug. 13, 1862, m. in Springfield, Oct. 1, 1891.
BENNETT.
T. A. M. Bennett, tailor, was born Mar. 4, 1829, in Halifax, and married, Nov. 4, 1852, in Ashland, Mass., Susan Fairbrother who was born, Feb. 10, 1830, in Skowhegan, Me. He died, Nov. 27, 1894, in Millbury. She died in Worcester, Feb. 20, 1914. Son: Charles Fred (see below).
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Charles Fred2 Bennett, tailor, was born, April 21, 1858, in Hopkinton, Mass., and married, Nov. 21, 1889, in Oxford, Mass., Martha L., dau. of Amasa M. and Mary E. (Emerson) Stowe (q. v.). He died in Millbury, April 21, 1912. Children: Hudson M., born, Dec. 18, 1892, in Millbury, m. there, June 16, 1915, Ethel May, dau. of Alonzo and Stella Rebecca (Kidder) Wilder, of Worcester; Harry S., b. in Millbury, Sept. 9, 1896.
BENTLEY.
Gardiner1 Bentley was born Oct. 13, 1788. He was twice married and was the father of twenty-one children, among whom was John Bentley.
John2 Bentley was born, June 1, 1812, in Smithfield, R. I., and married, Feb. 25, 1835, in Woonsocket, R. I., Marcia Greenman who was born in Woonsocket, R. I., Dec. 17, 1806. He died in Smithfield, R. I., Aug. 8, 1869 She died in Millbury, May 22, 1881. Son: Henry William (see below). ยท
Henry William3 Bentley was born, Aug. 4, 1840, in Smithfield, R. I., and married, June 14, 1862, in North Grafton, Emily, dau. of Joel Glover (q. v.). He died Jan., 1, 1910, in Millbury. Children: 1. Herbert Alphonso, b. in Smithfield, R. I., July 25, 1863, d. in Millbury, July 10, 1907; 2. George Irving, b. in Smithfield, R. I., Mar. 23, 1868; 3. Florence Isabelle, postmistress in West Millbury, b. in Providence, R. I., Nov. 9, 1872; 4. Ida Marion, b. in Providence, R. I., April 3, 1874, d. there, Jan. 4, 1876.
BERGSTROM.
John1 Bergstrom was born in Sweden, July 1, 1836, and married, there Helena - , who was born July 31, 1837. Son: John (see below).
John2 Bergstrom was born in Sweden in February, 1861, and married in Worcester, Sept. 4, 1897, Sinno Johanson, dau. of Jonas and Beata Mickelson. She was born in Finland, Dec. 26, 1873. Son: Henry Waldemar, b. Sept. 24, 1903.
BIGELOW.
Gershom Bigelow of Marlboro, Mass., married, Jan. 22, 1787, Mary Howe. He died Oct. 27, 1847, aged 81. She died April 20, 1820. Dau: Lucy, b. at Marlboro, Nov. 10, 1811, m. Ithamar Stowe (q. v.).
BLANCHARD.
Samuel Blanchard, farmer, married Susanna, dau. Daniel Tenney of Rowley, Mass. They had eight children among whom were Stephen and Thomas, the sixth (see below).
Thomas Blanchard, inventor of the eccentric lathe, was born in that part of Sutton which was later set off to Oxford, June 24, 1788, and married, first, Jan. 1, 1815, Sarah Segress, of Leicester. Children, all born in Millbury: 1. Laura, b. in 1815; 2. George Washington, b. in 1816; 3. Samuel, b. in 1820, d. July 9, 1821; 4. Sarah, b. in 1822; 5. Thomas, b. in 1825. He married, second, Pierce of Grafton.
BLANCHETTE.
Joseph Blanchette, farmer, residing at West Millbury, was born in Canada, May 18, 1853, and married in Worcester, May 28, 1876, Carolinne Maynard
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who was born in Canada, Sept. 1, 1854. She died in West Millbury, Nov. 26, 1893. Dau: Corinne Amanda, b. in West Millbury, May 1, 1887, m. George Joseph Flagg (q. v.).
BOND.
Thomas1 Bond of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk County, England, married Elizabeth They had a son, William.
William2 Bond, the immigrant, was baptized in the church of St. James, Sept. 8, 1625. He married Sarah Biscoe, Feb. 7, 1649-50. Their eighth child was Jonas.
Jonas3 Bond was born July 13, 1664, and married, Jan. 29, 1688, Grace Coolidge. He served in the expedition against Canada under Sir William Phipps; in 1690, was Justice of the Peace; was member of General Court, and was also active in military affairs. He died April 21, 1727. Children: 1. Sarah, b. May 30, 1690; 2. Jonas, b. Dec. 10, 1691; 3. Henry, b. about 1694; 4. Josiah, (see below).
Josiah4 Bond was born Jan. 20, 1695-6, and married, Jan. 31, 1719-20, Elizabeth (Jackson) Fuller of Newton, Mass. After a residence in Newton and Weston, he settled permanently in Sutton about 1740. They had eight children, of whom the fourth was Jonas (see below).
Jonas5 Bond was born Sept. 7, 1725, and married Hannah Hicks, Oct. 30, 1755. Their fourth child was Jonas, Jr. (see below).
Jonas6 Bond, farmer, was born in Sutton, March 29, 1767, and married, Aug. 6, 1798, Polly Waite, who was born in Sutton in 1773. He died in Sutton, Jan. 6, 1806. She died in Millbury, July 20, 1842. Children: 1. Nancy, b. March 20, 1799, m., Nov. 4, 1819, Nymphas Longley (q. v.), d. in Millbury, April 13, 1876; 2. Amasa (see below); 3. Polly, b. May 17, 1802, m. in Millbury, Mar. 3, 1876, Timothy Longley; 4. Elijah, b. Sept. 8, 1804, merchant, d. in Macon, Ga.
Amasa7 Bond, farmer, was born in Millbury, July 6, 1800, and married, first, Dec. 31, 1835, Mary Tilton of Sandwich, N. H. She died in Millbury, Nov. 27, 1841. Child: Mary Elizabeth, teacher, b. in Millbury Jan. 15, 1837. He married, second, June 29, 1842, Maria Powers, who was born in Millbury, Sept. 1, 1806, and died there Feb. 1, 1860. Children: 1. Hannah, teacher, b. in Millbury, May 14, 1843; 2. Elijah, b. in Millbury, Feb. 20, 1845, m., July, 1867, Harriet E. Prentice; 3. Martha, b. in Millbury, Nov. 20, 1846, m. Henry W. Davidson, Nov. 26, 1868 (q. v.), d. Jan. 11, 1879; 4. Sarah, b. in Millbury, Feb. 3, 1848, m., 1875, Louis J. Lundblad. Amasa Bond married, third, May 11, 1863, Mrs. Hannah Tainter. She died in Millbury, in March, 1881, aged eighty-one.
This generation is the fifth in the Bond family to occupy the farm purchased by Josiah about the year 1740.
BOTTOMLY.
James Bottomly was born in England, Oct. 9, 1797, and married Mary A. Taylor, who was born there, Feb. 22, 1800. He died in Auburn, Feb. 3, 1871. She died there, Dec. 22, 1861. Dau: Sarah C., b. in Leicester, April 11, 1827, m. in Leicester, Sept. 3, 1845, John Broadbent (q. v.).
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THE BOND PLACE
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Jerome Bottomly was born in Cherry Valley, Aug. 14, 1842, and married there June 18, 1867, Annie Maria Whittemore, who was born in South Natick, Sept. 19, 1848. He died in Cherry Valley, Aug. 10, 1912, where he had been an active business man and had served many years as postmaster. Dau: Cora M., b. in Cherry Valley, Leicester, June 30, 1883, m. Arthur Warren Snow. (q. v.).
BRAMAN.
The Braman family was conspicuous among the people of early Millbury days, especially at the Old Common where the family resided for a time and kept a store besides maintaining a distillery nearby on Elmwood St. The name of the family has been perpetuated, however, in giving its name to the West End of the town, at Bramanville. Here, where the St. Charles Hotel is located, stood the home of the Braman family, represented particularly by Dana A. and by Dr. Braman. Dr. Amasa Braman, although a physician, gave more of his time to business than to the practice of medicine. The family was inter- ested in the cotton industry in Bramanville in the firms of Benedict and Braman and in the Braman Cotton Company. Dr. Amasa Braman was on the School Committee in 1815 and in 1816 represented the town in the General Court.
BRANIGAN.
Edward Walter Branigan, D. M. D., of Boston, was born in Salem, in 1858, and married in Boston, in 1882, Nellie Bailey, a native of Maine. She died in Boston in 1883. He died there in 1911. Son: Edward Bailey (see below).
Edward Bailey Branagan, dentist, residing in Groton, was born in Boston, Mar. 22, 1883, and married, in Wakefield, June 12, 1911, Mabelle Gardner Mansfield, dau. of Charles Francis Mansfield (q. v.).
BRIERLY.
James 1Brierly was born in Crompton, England, Aug. 3, 1791, and married Elizabeth Henthorn of England, who was born June 11, 1792. He died in Millbury, Feb. 3, 1852. She died there, Sept. 25, 1868. Son: James (see below).
James2 Brierly, manufacturer, was born in Crompton, England, June 5, 1819, and married, Jan. 12, 1840, in Oldham, Eng., Hannah Barret, who was born at Butterworth Hall, Eng., Nov. 9, 1818. He died in Worcester, Mass., Oct. 9, 1896. She died there Dec. 22, 1899. Children: 1. Mary, b. in England, in 1840, d. there in infancy; 2. Sarah, b. in Wilkinsonville, in 1842, d. there in infancy; 3. James B., b. in Wilkinsonville, in 1843, d. there in infancy; 4. Charles E., residing in Worcester, b. in Oxford, Mass. July 9, 1846, m. in Mill- bury, June 30, 1868; 5. James B., b. at Millbury where also the remaining children were born, Sept. 6, 1848, d. there July 27, 1850; 6. Joseph F., b. July 31, 1850, m. in Millbury, Mar. 10, 1873, d. in Bridgewater, Jan. 18, 1894; 7. Daniel B., b. June 27, 1852, d. in Millbury, Sept. 27, 1853; 8. John T., b. Apr. 21, 1854, m. in Millbury, May 28, 1874; 9. Elizabeth A., b. Mar. 21, 1856; 10. Ella J., b. in Millbury, Apr. 16, 1858, m. in Millbury, Jan. 12, 1887, resides in Mount Dora, Florida; 11. James B., b. May 25, 1860, d. in Worcester, June 3, 1880; 12. Mary Estella, b. May 7, 1862, m. in Worcester, Sept. 10, 1895.
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John T.3 Brierly (James2, James1), merchant, residing in Holden, was born in Millbury, Apr. 21, 1854, and married there, May 28, 1874, Julia E. Pierce, dau. of Andreas Waters Pierce (q. v.). Children: 1. Allison Pierce, b. in Millbury, July 28, 1875, d. there Oct. 2, 1875; 2. Ethel Elizabeth, b. in Wor- cester, as also were the remaining children, Sept. 19, 1876, m. in Holden, July 2, 1901, George Willis Field (q. v.), resided in Scarsdale, N. Y .; 3. Mary Put- nam, b. June 26, 1878, m. in Worcester, Nov. 23, 1898, Eugene A. Copeland (q. v.); 4. Edith Maude, b. June 22, 1886, m. in Holden, Apr. 27, 1911, William Howe Warren (q. v.); 5. Helen Marion, b. Nov. 19, 1888, m. in Holden, Oct. 18, 1910, William J. Jamieson (q. v.). The three last named daughters all reside in Worcester.
BRIGHAM.
Dexter Alonzo Brigham, farmer, of Sutton, was born in Greenleaf, Wiscon- sin, July 30, 1857, and married in Sutton, Mar. 2, 1881, Jennie Abbie Burnap, of Sutton, who was born there, Dec. 4, 1857. Dau: Alice Minerva, b. in Sutton, Sept. 8, 1887, m. Oscar Henry Stowe (q. v.).
Walter Abel Brigham, Real Estate Agent, residing in Worcester, was born in Boylston, and married Julia Ann Andrews, who was born there. Dau: Flora Gertrude, b. in Worcester, Sept. 4, 1876, m. James Allison Carter (q. v.).
BROADBENT.
Ammon Broadbent was born in England, May 27, 1794, and married Martha Brierly, who was born in England, July 27, 1797. He died in Mercer, Penn., Feb. 22, 1868. She died there Aug. 31, 1880. Son: John (see below).
John2 Broadbent was born in England, May 27, 1820, and married in Leices- ter, Mass., Sept. 3, 1845, Sarah C., dau. of James Bottomly (q. v.). He died in Millbury, July 11, 1892. Dau: Amelia A., b. in Leicester, July 23, 1848, d. in Millbury, Mar. 13, 1884.
BROOKS.
Augustus Brooks, bootmaker, resided in Upton, was born in Grafton in 1826, and married there, Aug. 27, 1844, Sarah Hatch, who was born in Northboro, Dec. 4, 1828. He died in Grafton, Feb. 17, 1852. Dau: Anna Estella, b. Mar. 13, 1851, m. Henry Marble (q. v.).
Dana L. Brooks was born in Rockport, Oct. 17, 1857, and married there, Mar. 1, 1881, Geneva Hooper, who was born in Gloucester, Sept. 10, 1859. Dau: Ethel G., b. in Westboro, April 19, 1884, m. Walter Henry Cross (q. v.).
BROWN.
Suel Brown was born in 1804 and married Martha Jacobs who was born Nov. 29, 1811. He died in 1868. She died Dec. 28, 1893. Dau: Mary A., b. in Millbury, May 28, 1838, m. there, Feb. 4, 1869, Amos Armsby (q. v.).
BUCK.
Richard T. Buck was born in Sheffield, England, Oct. 1, 1831, and married Elizabeth Edge who was born in Manchester, England, Oct. 9, 1830. He died in Millbury, Jan. 12, 1893. She died there March 9, 1901. Dau: Sarah E., b. in Worcester, Mar. 6, 1862, m. in Millbury, William L. Proctor (q. v.).
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BUCKLEY.
Laurence Buckley, grocer, residing in Brainford, Ct., was born in Ireland, June 30, 1845. He married Mary Murphy, who was born in St. John, N. B., June 28, 1840. Dau: Mary, b. June 4, 1864, in Branford, Conn., m. Maurice P. Shahan (q. v.).
BURBANK.
John1 Burbank was born in England about 1600. He came to New England, settling in Rowley, Mass., and was admitted as a freeman May 13, 1640, and became a proprietor the same year. He married, first, Ann - -. They -. had one child. She died and he married, second, Jemima . Mr. Burbank was a town officer May 13, 1640. His will, dated April 5, 1681, was probated the 10th of April, 1683. His widow, Jemima, died March 24, 1692-3. Children: 1. John; 2. Timothy, b. May 18, 1641; 3. Lydia, b. April 7, 1644; 4. Caleb, (see below); 5. Mary, b. May 16, 1655.
Caleb2 Burbank was born May 19, 1646, and married Martha Smith, May 16, 1669. He resided in Rowley and in Newbury, Mass. Children: 1. Caleb, b. May 1, 1671; 2. John, b. May 20, 1672; 3. Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1675; 4. Martha, b. Feb. 22, 1679; 5. Eleazer (see below); 6. Samuel, b. July 15, 1684; 7. Ebenezer, b. June 28, 1687.
Eleazer3 Burbank was born Mar. 14, 1681. He married Lydia and they resided in Bradford, Mass. He died Feb. 14, 1759, in his 77th year, and she died June 26, 1771, in her eighty-seventh year. Children: 1. Daniel, b. Oct. 14, 1707; 2. Eleazer, b. Feb. 23, 1708-9; 3. Caleb, (see below); 4. Sarah, b. Feb. 15, 1712-13; 5. Nathan, b. Dec. 14, 1714; 6. Moses, b. Feb. 6, 1716-17; 7. Martha, b. May 8, 1719; 8. John, b. May 31, 1722; 9. Lydia, b. Feb. 15, 1725-6.
Caleb4 Burbank was born Oct. 23, 1710, and married Margaret Wheeler of Newbury in that place, Aug. 17, 1732. Their first three children were born in Bradford and records of the others are given in the Church records in Newbury. Children: 1. Abigail, b. Mar. 19, 1733, in Bradford; 2. Gershorne, b. Aug. 14, 1734, in Bradford; 3. Abijah, (see below); 4. Luke, bapt. Oct. 9, 1737, church records, Newbury, as the following; 5. Silas, bapt. July 29, 1739, church records, Newbury; 6. Eleazer, bapt. Mar. 29, 1741, church records, Newbury; 7. David, bapt. Feb. 13, 1742-3, Church records, Newbury; 8. Martha, bapt. Oct. 14, 1744, d. 1751, Church records, Newbury; 9. Alice, bapt. Aug. 31, 1746, d. 1761, Church records, Newbury; 10. Naomi, bapt. Nov. 13, 1748, Church records, Newbury; 11. Luke, bapt. May 25, 1755, d. 1761, Church records, Newbury.
Capt. Abijah5 Burbank was born Mar. 26, 1736, and married Sept. 4, 1760, Mary Spring, dau. of Henry and Abigail (Chadwick) Spring,who was born Mar. 22, 1741, and died Sept. 26, 1786. Children: 1. Caleb, b. July 18, 1761; 2. Elijah, b. Dec. 18, 1762; 3. Henry, b. July 30, 1764; 4. Abijah, b. Mar. 3, 1766; 5. Mary, b. Dec. 3, 1767, m. Samuel Goddard April 17, 1783 (q. v.); 6. Silas, b. Sept. 19, 1769; 8. John, b. Jan. 11, 1771, d. Feb. 10, 1773; 9. Anna, b. April 30, 1773, d. Sept. 30, 1773; 10. Anna and 11. John (twins) b. Sept. 22, 1774; 12. Judith, b. Mar. 11, 1777; 13. Daniel, b. Mar. 31, 1779; 14. Nathan, b. Nov. 7, 1781; 15. infant-d. Aug. 9, 1782. Abijah Burbank married,
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second, Feb. 21, 1788, Mary Peirce, dau. of Dr. Ebenezer and Mary (Stowe) Peirce. She was born Feb. 4, 1744, and died Feb. 5, 1823. He died Sept. 24, 1813.
Gen. Caleb6 Burbank was born July 18, 1761, and married, May 26, 1785, Lucy Waters, dau. of Asa and Sarah (Goodell) Waters. She was born Sept., 1765, and died Jan. 30, 1824. He married, second, Hannah Smith, Mar. 30, 1825, who was born Mar. 12, 1779, and died May 15, 1837. Gen. Caleb Burbank died Dec. 9, 1849, aged eighty-eight years, four months, twenty-one days, having no children.
BURNAP.
Elijah Burnap was born in Sutton, July 26, 1801, and married in Sutton, May 21, 1834, Dency Waite, who was born in Whately, Dec. 21, 1798. He died in Millbury, Jan. 30, 1886. She died at Sutton, Mar. 17, 1871. Dau: Eliza Ann, b. Aug. 29, 1836, m. Moses D. Garfield, (q. v.), d. in Millbury, Feb. 12, 1888.
BUXTON.
Job Buxton was born in East Douglas and married Harriot -. He died in Grafton. She died in Millbury. Son: Amos (see below).
Amos Buxton was born in East Douglas and married in Sutton, Laura L. Barney, who was born in Underhill, Vt., and was the dau. of Herman and Stella Barney. Children: 1. Herman F .; 2. Edna A., m. Archie P. Martin, dau. Laura.
CALLAHAN.
Timothy Callahan, farmer, resided in Millbury, was born at Macroon, Ire- land, in 1834, and married at Uxbridge, in 1862, Hanora Hill of Millbury, who was born in Macroon, Ireland, in 1844. He died in Millbury in 1896. Dau: Abigail E., b. in Millbury, in 1876, m. Thomas A. Dowd, (q. v.).
CAPISTROM.
Oliver Capistrom, was born in Sorel, Canada, Jan. 14, 1821, and married, there, May 2, 1840, Marion Paul, who was born there April 1, 1882. She died there, Feb. 17, 1865. He died in Worcester, June 12, 1899. Son: Oliver, Jr., (see below).
Oliver Capistrom, Jr., was born Dec. 9, 1850, in Sorel, Canada, and married, in Fisherville, Mass., Apr. 5, 1885, Elizabeth Tebo, dau. of John B. Tebo (q.v.). Children, all born in Millbury: 1, Mary Adeline, b. Apr. 27, 1889, m. Jan. 2, 1907, Maurice Chisholm (q. v.); 2. Charles, b. May 13, 1892; 3. Treffley, b. Jan. 4, 1894; 4. Joseph, b. Feb. 4, 1896; 5. Eugenine, b. Apr. 27, 1898; 6. Rita, b. Dec. 7, 1901; 7. Dorothy, b. Feb. 23, 1904.
CARLSON.
John August Carlson, Baptist minister, was born in Halland, Sweden, June 11, 1838, and married there, in 1866, Johanna Christine Anderson, who was born in Halland, July 29, 1840. He died there May, 1868. She died in West Millbury, July 2, 1910. Dau: Bertha, b. in Halland, Sweden, Feb. 24, 1868, m. John G. Fjellman (q. v.).
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CARTER FAMILY.
This well-known family has filled, through its members, many important places in the history of Millbury. The English ancestor, the Rev. Thomas Carter, was a native of Hertfordshire. He arrived in New England as early as 1635, and settled in Dedham. The name of Timothy Carter appears early at Sutton as a land owner, but the first settler of this name was Joshua4, a great- grand-son of the Rev. Thomas of Dedham. His name is found in our list of Colonial troops, and that of Joshua, Jr., on the roll of Revolutionary soldiers. Capt. Rufus Carter built and later resided in a brick house near the Auburn line, on the road from the Old Common to Ward, now Auburn. His rank of captain was received in the militia. He was a mill wright by trade and an excellent workman. Rufus Carter, son of Capt. Rufus, and father of Henry W. Carter, is mentioned elsewhere in this work in connection with the Wellman House, or later the Carter house, situated on the Old Common.
The Rev. Thomas1 Carter, immigrant ancestor, was born in Hertfordshire, England, about 1608, and married Mary He died in Woburn, Mass., Sept. 5, 1684. She died Mar. 28, 1687. They had eight children, Thomas (see below) being the eighth.
Thomas2 Carter was born in Woburn, Mass., June 8, 1668, and married there, in 1682, Margaret Whitmore, dau. of Francis Whitmore. They had six children, Eleazer (see below) being the third.
Eleazer3 Carter was born in Woburn, Apr. 16, 1689, and married Eleanor He died in Sudbury, Oct. 3, 1758. They had six children, Joshua (see below) being the fourth.
Joshua4 Carter, tailor, was born in Woburn, July 6, 1719, and married, first, Beulah Moore, sister of Maj. Moore, who was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. She died in Sutton. Their children were Joshua and Ephraim. He married, second, July 25, 1750, Elizabeth Lovell, dau. of Thomas and Martha (Herrick) Lovell. She was born Sept. 23, 1726. Their children were Elizabeth and Joshua (see below). He married, third, Nov. 19, 1777, Abigail Nichols. He died in Sutton April 17, 1782.
Joshua5 Carter, resided in Sutton, was born there May 28, 1759, and married, first, Rachael Putnam, dau. of Isaac and Rachael Putnam. She died at the age of twenty-seven, Mar. 4, 1791. Children: 1. Salina; 2. Cimene; 3. Rufus (see below). Joshua5 Carter married, second, Jan. 1, 1793, Sarah Putnam, sister of his first wife. Children: 1. Jonathan; 2. Sally; 3. Aaron; 4. Newman.
Capt. Rufus6 Carter, millwright, was born in Sutton, Feb. 24, 1791, and married, Dec. 13, 1819, Hannah Hall who was born Dec. 3, 1795. He died in the brick homestead which he built, May 2, 1823. She died, in 1889, aged ninety-four. Children: 1. Mary and 2. Harriet, twins; 3. Hannah; 4. Rufus (see below).
Rufus7 Carter was born Nov. 24, 1823, and married Sarah Ward, dau. of Jonas and Susan F. (Thurston) Ward. She was born Apr. 14, 1830. He died in Millbury, Feb. 9, 1905. She died there Jan. 6, 1889. Children: 1. Anna L., b. Oct. 12, 1850, d. Sept. 12, 1863; 2. Charles Sumner, residing in Alaska, b. Sept. 5, 1852; 3. Henry Ward (see below;) 4. Fannie Ermina, teacher,
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residing in Wakefield, b. Apr. 26, 1856; 5. Mary E., b. Apr. 8, 1859, m. Charles F. Mansfield (q. v.); 6. Cyrus F., physician, b. Dec. 18, 1861, m. Nettie Bebee, d. June 14, 1893; 7. Laura Emma, b. Jan. 21, 1864, d. Feb. 3, 1872; 8. William Woodbury (see below); 9. Lewis Edward (see below); 10. Jennie L., teacher, residing in Boston, b. Sept. 27, 1870; 11. James Allison (see below).
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