Centennial history of the town of Millbury, Massachusetts, including vital statistics, 1850-1899, Part 48

Author: Millbury, Mass; Crane, John Calvin, 1837-; Dunbar, Robert Wayland, 1872- ed
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Millbury
Number of Pages: 960


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Adams, who was born in Grafton, Dec. 28, 1748. He died in Boston, Feb. 2, 1808. She died in Sutton, Nov. 27, 1771. Dau: Elizabeth, b. in Sutton, Feb. 18, 1771, m. the Rev. Joseph Goffe, (q. v.)., d. Jan. 26, 1839.


Asa6 Waters, first son of Jonathan5, manufacturer of guns, resided in Sutton, was born there Jan. 27, 1742, and married there June 14, 1764, Sara, dau. of Samuel and Silence Holbrook Goodell (q. v.). He died in Millbury, Nov. 2, 1813. She died there Aug. 28, 1828. Children: 1. Lucy, b. in 1765; 2. Elijah, b. in 1767; 3. Asa, (see below); 4. Samuel, b. in 1773; 5. Betty, b. in 1775; 6. Sarah, b. in 1777, m. Simeon7 Waters; 7. Asenath, b. in 1780; 8. Mehitabel, b. in 1782; 9. Harvey.


Asa7 Waters, second son of Asa6, manufacturer, resided in Millbury, was born in Sutton, Nov. 2, 1769, and married there May 19, 1802, Susan Holman, dau. of Col. Jonathan Holman (q. v.). He died in Millbury Dec. 24, 1841. She died there Nov. 23, 1849. Children: 1. Susan, m. Samuel Davenport Torrey (q. v.); 2. Sarafina; 3. Asa Holman (see below); 4. Fanny Jane; 5. Anna Jane; 6. Harriet Newell; 7. Adelia; 8. Caroline.


Col. Asa Holman8 Waters, son of Asa7, manufacturer, resided in Millbury, was born in Sutton (now Millbury) Feb. 8, 1808, and married in Sutton, June 27, 1849, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel and Susan Jacobs Hovey (q. v.). He died in Millbury, Jan. 17, 1887. She died there Mar. 5, 1892. Children, all born in Millbury: 1. Isabel Holman, b. Jan. 31, 1850, unmarried, d. in Amherst, Mar. 16, 1909; 2. Lillian Hovey, b. Feb. 9, 1852,m. in Millbury, Oct. 23, 1873, Prof. Edwin A. Grosvenor (q. v.); 3. Florence Elizabeth, b. Mar. 12, 1854, m. in Millbury, Oct. 4, 1888, Henry Ayling Phillips (q. v.). (See Inde- pendent Sketch of Col. A. H. Waters.)


Stephen8 Waters (John7, Stephen6, Richard5, Richard4, John3, Richard2, James1), farmer, resided in Sutton, was born there, Aug. 6, 1797, and married in Sutton, Dec. 5, 1822, Matilda Carpenter, who was born in Sutton, Oct. 1, 1800. He died there Sept. 22, 1850. She died there Dec. 1, 1891. Son: John Carpenter (see below).


John Carpenter9 Waters, son of Stephen8, carpenter, resided in Millbury, was born in Sutton, July 17, 1831. He married in East Douglas, Jan. 7, 1856, Mary Ann, dau. of Charles Abbott (q. v.). He died in Millbury, Nov. 20, 1900. Children: 1. Jenny Martena, b. in Sutton, July 22, 1858, m. in Mill- bury, Oct. 27, 1880, Harry Merritt Goddard (q. v.); 2. Stephen Charles, pianist, residing in Boston, b. in Warren, June 2, 1866.


Simeon Sylvester8 Waters (Simeon7, Abraham6, Richard5, Richard4, John3, Richard?, James1), resided in Millbury, was born Apr. 6, 1810, and married June 8, 1840, Catharine M. Stone, of Rochester, N. Y., who was born there Nov. 8, 1820. She died in Millbury Jan. 10, 1852. He died there, Oct. 26, 1891. Son: Lyman S. (see below).


Lyman Sylvester9 Waters, son of Simeon Sylvester8, residing on No. Main St., Millbury, was born in Millbury, Nov. 20, 1842, and married there, Nov. 2, 1870, Harriet M. Barton, dau. of John B. Barton (q. v.). Children, born in Millbury: 1. Lyman Irving, b. Aug. 27, 1872; 2. Bessie A., b. Sept. 11, 1874, m. A. R. Greely, resides in Oxford.


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Jonathan Edwards& Waters (Jonathan7 Jonathan6, Jonathan5, Nathaniel4, John3, Richard2, James1) was born in West Millbury, May 29, 1812, and mar- ried in Grafton, Apr. 11, 1837, Martha Rawson Leland, who was born there Oct. 22, 1814. He died in West Millbury, July 12, 1881. She died there, July 26, 1894. Dau: Martha Elizabeth, b. in West Millbury, Aug. 1, 1842, m. Charles A. Whitney (q. v.).


WATSON.


John Watson, farmer, was born in Ireland, and married Eliza Andrew, native of that country. Dau: Susanna, b. in Ireland, Aug. 4, 185-, m. Edward Francis White (q. v.).


WEYER.


Christy Weyer, of Worcester, buyer, was born in New York, Oct. 23, 1853, and married in Worcester, Jan. 10, 1877, Rose Eva Kerber of Worcester, who was born in Greenfield, Jan. 17, 1856, and died in Worcester, Feb. 9, 1894. Son: Walter Kerber (see below).


Walter Kerber Weyer, bookkeeper, residing in Millbury, was born in Wor- cester, Mar. 9, 1881, and married in Millbury, December 21, 1904, Jeanette Florence, dau. of R. C. Cunningham (q. v.). Children: 1. Roger Taft, b. in Millbury, Nov. 5, 1907, d. there Feb. 22, 1908; 2. Janet, b. Feb. 5, 1914.


WHEELER.


Abial Smith Wheeler was born in Worcester Apr. 16, 1815, and married in Taunton, in 1839, Eliza F. Leonard. He died in Worcester, Oct. 6, 1849. She died in Boston, Jan. 25, 1883. Dau: Frances O., b. in Jackson, La., May 22, 1840, m. William G. Benedict (q. v.).


WHEELOCK.


Elbridge Gerry Wheelock, son of Paul and Esther Sibley Wheelock, was born on the old homestead, in Millbury, on Grafton and Worcester roads, in 1806, and married Dolly Atwood, dau. of Paul and Esther Atwood, of Oxford. She was born in Oxford, in 1810. He died in Millbury Apr. 14, 1852. She died there Aug. 24, 1859. Children, born in the old homestead: 1. Augusta, b. Dec. 28, 1834, m., Oct. 1, 1855, Randall Michell Oakes (q. v.); 2. Gardner Elbridge; 3. Adeline.


WHITE.


Joel Theron White, painter, resided in Millbury, was born in Sutton, Sept. 16, 1814, and married there, Sept. 4, 1833, Valencia E. Curtis, who was born there Aug. 5, 1809, He died in Millbury, Dec. 31, 1878. She died there Jan. 4, 1885. Son: Edwin Francis (see below).


Edwin Francis White, painter, resided in Millbury, was born there Feb. 15, 1848, and married there Dec. 11, 1879, Susanna Watson, dau. of John Watson (q. v.). He died there Feb. 21, 1901. Children, born in Millbury, and now living there: 1. William Theron, (see below); 2. Clarence Francis, draughts- man, b. Apr. 21, 1884.


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William Theron White, bookkeeper, was born in Millbury, Dec. 18, 1880, and married there, Oct. 19, 1905, Anna Matilda Sharon, dau. of Henry Theodore Sharon, gardener, of Millbury (q. v.). Children: 1. Edwin Theron, b. in Worcester, Feb. 11, 1910; 2. Elizabeth, b. in Millbury, Oct. 23, 1911.


Cyrus Monroe White was born in Millbury, Apr. 21, 1830, and married Nellie Webber. He died in Chicago, Ill., in May, 1908. She died there in June, 1905. Dau: Nellie Louise, b. in Chicago, Aug. 27, 1867, m. Charles Dana Whitney (q. v.).


Peter White, edge tool forger, residing in Millbury, was born there Sept. 11, 1851, and married, in Millbury, Sept, 12, 1867, Julia Lamourex of Millbury, who was born in Sorel, Canada, Dec. 23, 1850. Son: Charles Edward (see below).


Charles Edward White, edge tool forger, residing in Millbury, was born there, May 26, 1875, and married in Worcester, Jan. 5, 1911, Maude Estelle Van Ornum, nurse, dau. of Freeman Van Ornum (q. v.). One child.


WHITEHEAD.


George Edward Whitehead, overseer of weaving, was born in Taunton, May 2, 1860, and married there, Nov. 28, 1883, Evelyn Louise Deane, who was born there Mar. 4, 1861. Dau: Evelyn Hayward, b. in Taunton, Oct. 2, 1884, m. Hervey Cushman Pierce (q. v.).


WHITNEY.


John1 Whitney, farmer, resided in Princeton, was born there Dec. 31, 1792, and married there, second, Oct. 4, 1832, Eliza Ann Watson who was born there Apr. 22, 1814. He died in Princeton May 15, 1846. She died in Worcester, Jan. 2, 1891. Children: 1. Charles Andrew (see below); 2. Levi Lincoln (see below); and others.


Charles Andrew2 Whitney (John1) was born in Princeton, Nov. 14, 1834, and married, in West Millbury, Nov. 29, 1864, Martha Elizabeth Waters, dau. of Jonathan Edwards Waters (q. v.). He died in Millbury, Dec. 31, 1912. Children: 1. Charles Dana, (see below); 2. Jessie Marion, b. in Chicago, Ill., Mar. 2, 1869, m. Oct. 18, 1893.


Levi Lincoln2 Whitney (John1), residing in Worcester, was born in Princeton, Jan. 20, 1838, and married Annie Rachel Crane, who was born in Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. 27, 1841. Children: 1. Walter Lincoln (see below); 2. Laura, b. in Millbury, Dec. 4, 1871, m. William Woodbury Carter (q. v.); 3. Maud E., b. in Millbury, Jan. 15, 1873, m. Harry T. Coggeshall.


Walter Lincoln3 Whitney (Levi Lincoln2, John1), residing in Millbury, was born in Chicago, Ill., Sept. 19, 1863, and married, June 2, 1887, in Millbury, Martha Horton Atwood, dau. of David Atwood (q. v.). Children, both born in Millbury: 1. Marion, b. Dec. 9, 1889; 2. Lawrence Atwood, b. Feb. 2, 1891.


Charles Dana3 Whitney (Charles Andrew2, John1) was born in Chicago, Ill., Mar. 18, 1866, and married in Millbury, June 30, 1892, Nellie Louise White, dau. of Cyrus Munroe White (q. v.). Son: Raymond Cyrus, b. Mar. 19, 1893, in Millbury, student in medicine.


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WHITTEN.


Richard Jose Whitten, blacksmith, was born in Saco, Me., Oct. 10, 1845, and married in Hollis, Me., Oct. 10, 1871, Ellen Maria Bradgon, who was born in East Boston, Mass., July 8, 1845. Son: Charles Tracy (see below).


Charles Tracy Whitten, farmer, was born in Hollis, Me., Mar. 6, 1877, and married in Worcester, Mass., June 29, 1903, Alice Eulalie Jacques, dau. of Frank Xavier and Valarie Lafleur Jacques (q. v.). Children: 1. Winifred May, b. in Worcester, May 29, 1909; 2. Pearl Elizabeth, b. in Worcester, June 2,1911.


WHITWORTH.


Robert Whitworth, wool-sorter, residing in New Bedford, was born in Eng- land, in Sept., 1856, and married, in Millbury, May 6, 1882, Carrie Wood, of New Bedford, dau. of George Wood (q. v.)., b. Nov. 5, 1860. Son: Fred (see below).


Fred Whitworth, mailman, residing in Millbury, was born in West Millbury, July 19, 1883, and married in Millbury, Mar. 22, 1906, Clara Arline Cunning- ham, dau. of R. Clark Cunningham (q. v.). Children, born in Millbury: 1. Russell R., b. Apr. 14, 1907; 2. Harriet, b. Nov. 22, 1908.


WILLIS.


Samuel T. Willis, civil engineer, residing in Washington, D. C., was born in South Braintree, June 25, 1878, and married, in Worcester, Feb. 23, 1907, Frances Irene Wood, dau. of Pliny Williams8 Wood (q. v.). Children: 1. Thayer, b. in Auburndale, May 27, 1908; 2. Lovell, b. in Worcester, in 1910.


WINDLE.


John Windle, emigrant to this country in 1847, was born in Bernley,England, and married there, Grace Wakely. Son: Thomas (see below). She died there and he married, second, Eliza Sargent.


Thomas Windle, resided in West Millbury, was born in Bernley, England, Mar. 6, 1845, and married, Sept. 2, 1886, Hannah M. Buckley of Cherry Valley, dau. of Charles and Sarah Buckley, natives of England. Children: 1. Wil- liam W., mill owner, former bicycle rider, b. Nov. 2, 1870; 2. Arthur Donald, mill owner, b. Oct. 3, 1878; 3. Gertrude T., b. Jan. 29, 1887, m. in Millbury, August, 1905, Harry W. Thompson.


WOOD.


William1 Wood was born in England, in 1582, came from Matlock to New England in 1638, at the age of fifty-six, and settled in Concord. He is supposed to be the author of a book entitled, "New England Prospects." Shattuck says his children were 1. Michael; 2. Ruth; 3. Abraham; 4. Isaac; 5. Thomas (see below); 6. Jacob; 7. John; and 8. Abigail. He died May 14, 1671.


Thomas2 Wood, son of William1, was born in 1635, and married in Rowley, Apr. 7, 1654, Ann Hunt, who was born in 1637. He died in Rowley, Sept. 12, 1687. She died there Dec. 29, 1714. Children: 1. Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1655;


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2. John, b. Sept. 2, 1656; 3. Thomas, b. Aug. 10, 1658, d. Dec. 1, 1702; 4. Ann, b. Aug. 8, 1660, m. Jan. 15, 1678; 5. Ruth, b. May 21, 1662, m., first, Jan. 16, 1680, second, Oct. 26, 1696, d. Nov. 29, 1734; 6. Josiah, twin, b. Sept. 5, 1664, m. first, 1685, m., second, 1689; 7. Elizabeth, twin, b. Sept. 5, 1664; 8. Samuel, b. Dec. 26, 1666, d. Nov. 25, 1690; 9. Solomon (see below); 10. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 29, 1671; 11. James, b. June 22, 1674, d. Oct. 18, 1694.


Solomon3 Wood, son of Thomas?, was born May 17, 1669, and married Mary Hazeltine, who was born in Bradford. She died Feb. 21, 1749. He died in Uxbridge, Jan. 13, 1752. Children: 1. Dorcas; 2. Solomon (see below); 3. Obediah; 4. Daniel; 5. Betsey; other children's names not obtained.


Solomon4 Wood, Jr., son of Solomon3, was born in Bradford, in 1702, and married Faithful - who was born in 1704. He died June, 1780, in Dudley. She died Oct. 16, 1794. Children: 1. Solomon, b. in Uxbridge, Oct. 27, 1727, d. Nov. 9, 1729; 2. Martha, b. Jan. 12, 1729; 3. Simeon (see below); 4. Sarah, b. July 6, 1735, m. Sept. 29, 1759; 5. Jemima, b. Feb. 6, 1740, m. in Uxbridge, Aug. 17, 1765.


Simeon5 Wood, son of Solomon4, was born in Uxbridge, Jan. 7, 1732, and married in Upton, Oct. 30, 1760, Marjory Taft. He died May 11, 1802. She died Jan. 20, 1813. Children: 1. Stephen, b. Oct. 14, 1761; 2. Rhoda, b. May 25, 1763; 3. Jerusha, b. June 28, 1765; 4. Caleb, b. June 2, 1767, d. Dec. 24, 1769; 5. Willis, b. July 14, 1769, d. in an accident, 1779; 6. Nathan, b. July 24, 1771; 7. Lois, twin, b. Apr. 11, 1773, d. young; 8. Eunice, twin with Lois, d. June 28, 1791; 9. Jesse, b. Aug. 29, 1775; 10. Mary, b. in Dudley, Jan. 3, 1778; 11. Sybil, b. in Dudley, Jan. 12, 1781; 12. Simeon (see below).


Simeon6 Wood, son of Simeon5, was born in Dudley, Jan. 14, 1783, and mar- ried, first, in Oxford, Dec. 14, 1803, Chloe Shumway, who was born Nov. 7, 1782. She died Dec. 12, 1806. Children: 1. Sophia, b. Apr. 30, 1804, d. 1868; 2. Caleb, b. Nov. 16, 1806, m. Maria Tourtelotte, d. in Grafton, in 1833. Simeon Wood married, second, Jan. 31, 1809, Hulda Rockwood. He died in Dudley, in 1819. Children: 1. Otis, b. Dec. 14, 1809; 2. Lyman, b. Oct. 12, 1811; 3. Abial Williams (see below); 4. Simeon, b. Oct. 14, 1817.


Abial Williams7 Wood, son of Simeon6, was born in Dudley, Jan. 13, 1814, and married, in Thompson, Conn., Jan. 7, 1838, Frances A. Kelley, who was born in Ludlow, Vt., June 11, 1816. He died in Millbury, Apr. 12, 1885. She died there Aug. 26, 1892. Children: 1. Asbury M., b. in Concord, Apr. 26, 1839, d. in Providence, R. I., June 23, 1869; 2. Frances Irene, b. in Thompson, Conn., July 2, 1840, m. in Millbury, in 1866, William Eastman; 13. Judson Adoniram, b. Mar. 29, 1842, d. July 25, 1842; 4. Pliny Williams (see below); 5. Phebe Etta, b. in Millbury, July 16, 1850, d. Oct. 16, 1850; 6. Irving Alexan- der, b. in Millbury, Nov. 13, 1851, d. there Sept. 17, 1856; 7. Judson Irving, b. in Millbury, Sept. 11, 1856, m. in Greenwich, Conn., Feb. 4, 1885.


Pliny Williams8 Wood, son of Abial Williams7, merchant, was born in Mill- bury, Dec. 13, 1848, and married there, Oct. 14, 1874, Mary L. Lovell, dau. of Russell Buckman Lovell (q. v.). Children: 1. Pliny Williams (see below); 2. Frances Irene, b. July 29, 1877, m. Samuel T. Willis (q. v.); 3. Helen Lydia, b. Oct. 17, 1885, d. in Millbury, Oct. 23, 1887; 4. Abial Wayland, civil engineer, b. Aug. 9, 1887; 5. Gladys Lovell, b. Aug. 5, 1892.


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Pliny Williams9 Wood, merchant, residing in Worcester, was born in Mill- bury, Oct. 3, 1875, and married in Worcester, June 11, 1912, Marion Etta Houghton who was born in West Boylston, Feb. 18, 1887.


Amasa Wood, boot and shoe manufacturer, resided in West Millbury, was born in Upton, Jan. 6, 1784, and married, Sept. 30, 1810, Sarah Foristall, who was born in Bellingham, Apr. 12, 1787. He died in West Millbury Jan. 31, 1856. She died there Sept. 3, 1856. Children, all born in West Millbury: 1. Ezra Foristall, boot and shoe manufacturer, resided in Boston, b. Feb. 29, 1812, m., first, in Marlborough, Oct. 15, 1840, Mary I. Bucklin, m., second, in Roxbury, Sept. 18, 1862, Lucy J. Towne, d. in Roxbury, Mar. 20, 1877; 2. Sarah Fina, b. June 13, 1813, d. in Millbury, Dec. 10, 1818; 3. Amasa Cham- berlain, b. July 4, 1815, d. in Millbury, Feb. 25, 1867; 4. Harriet Newell, b. Apr. 20, 1817, m. in West Millbury, Aug. 25, 1858, the Rev. Alfred Stevens, d. in West Westminster, Vt., May 31, 1874; 5. William Heyward, b. May 12, 1819, d. in San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 12, 1893; 6. Samuel Austin, (see below); 7. John Goodell (see below); 8. Charles Virgil, b. June 22, 1826, m. in Macon, Georgia, where he then resided, Apr. 17, 1860, Catherine Maria Strong, d. in West Millbury, Mar. 27, 1893; 9. Sarah Bethiah, b. Sept. 12, 1828, m. in West Millbury, Oct. 28, 1853, Louis Legriel, resided in Savannah, Georgia, and Bos- ton, d. in West Westminster, Vt., Nov. 10, 1867.


Samuel Austin2 Wood, son of Amasa, was born in Millbury, Mar. 17, 1821, and married there, Apr. 11, 1864, Susan Waters Torrey, dau. of Samuel Daven- port Torrey (q. v.). He died in San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 23, 1898. She died Feb. 1, 1904. Children: 1. William F., in business in California; 2. Samuel Austin (see below); 3. Nellie Susan, d. in infancy.


Samuel Austin3 Wood, son of Samuel Austin2, married Romola, dau. of Samuel Bigelow, banker, of San Francisco. Children: 1. Anna Davenport; 2. Helen Torrey; 3. Jonathan Holman.


John Goodell2 Wood, son of Amasa, boot and shoe manufacturer, was born in West Millbury Aug. 16, 1824, and married, in Grafton, June 15, 1852, Ellen Elizabeth Aldrich, who was born there Sept. 2, 1830. He died in Nordhoff, Cal., Feb. 5, 1876. She died in Mount Vernon, N. Y., Mar. 9, 1911. Children, all born in West Millbury: 1. Charles Aldrich, b. June 26, 1854, d. in West Millbury, Nov. 7, 1893; 2. Mary Florence, b. Apr. 10, 1860, m. in West Mill- bury, Apr. 20, 1893, Richard Sothoron Gilliame, residing in Mt. Vernon, N. Y .; 3. Harriet Eugenia, b. Oct. 16, 1864, residing in Mt. Vernon, N. Y .; 4. Alfred Stevens, b. Oct. 16, 1865, residing in Mt. Vernon, N. Y.


George Wood, shoemaker, resided in West Millbury, was born in Sutton, Mass., Feb. 16, 1826, and married in West Millbury, May 15, 1846, Adaline Starr Pope who was born in Oxford, Nov. 26, 1829. He was a soldier in the Civil War, was taken prisoner, and died in the hands of the Confederates, Oct. 17, 1864. Children: 1. Orlando, b. in West Millbury, Sept. 14, 1850, m. Tillie Reiter, of Burlington, Iowa, Dec. 1, 1876; 2. Mary Jane, b. in Oxford,


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Dec. 15, 1853, d. Nov. 5, 1869, in West Millbury; 3. Carrie Elizabeth, b. in West Millbury, Nov. 5, 1860, m. in Millbury, May 6, 1882, Robert Whitworth (q. v.), now residing in New Bedford.


Newell Wood, farmer, resided on Singletary St., Millbury, was born in Up- ton, Apr. 4, 1847, and married Sarah Jane, dau. of Francis and Hannah Mc- Cracken. She was born in Walpole, Dec. 23, 1818, and died in Millbury, Dec. 19, 1882. He died there, May 31, 1889. Children: 1. Charles Newell, b. in Millbury, Oct. 17, 1848, d. there, Sept. 16, 1849; 2. Edna Etherlin, b. in Millbury, Sept. 26, 1850, m. there Sept. 13, 1871, d. in Millbury, by drowning, July 19, 1872; 3. Harriet Oriana, bookkeeper, residing in Worcester, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1872, adopted Feb. 1, 1876.


WOODBURY.


Thomas Beaman Woodbury was born in Sutton, Mar. 21, 1814, and married in Sutton, Nov. 25, 1845, Roxa Morse, teacher, who was born in Wrentham, Mar. 11, 1815. He died in Sutton, Dec. 31, 1891. She died in Millbury, Oct. 7, 1910. Children: 1. Julia Elizabeth, b. in Sutton, July 27, 1854, m. Samuel Goodell, Jr., (q. v.), d. in Millbury, Dec. 25, 1911; 2. Emily Maria, b. in Sut- ton, Nov. 2, 1856, m. Warren Foster Snow, (q. v.).


WOOLDRIDGE.


James C. Wooldridge, bookkeeper, residing in Brooklyn, N. Y., was born in Lincoln, England, Dec. 27, 1849, and married there Apr. 2, 1873, Elizabeth Hill who was born there Dec. 4, 1849. She died in New York City, June 10, 1902. Dau: Florence A., b. in Sheffield, England, June 18, 1875, m. in Wor- cester, Sept. 8, 1898, Arthur I. Horne (q. v.).


WRIGHT.


Eli Wright, farmer, of Deerfield, was born there Oct. 22, 1798, and married, in Petersham, Jan. 11, 1825, Luthera Negus, of Deerfield, who was born in Petersham, Oct. 18, 1803. He died in Deerfield, Nov. 27, 1866. She died there in Nov., 1867. Dau: Luthera B., b. in Deerfield, Jan. 12, 1839, m. Nathan Henry Sears (q. v.).


SECTION III VITAL STATISTICS 1850 - 1899


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VITAL STATISTICS 1850 -1899


Vital statistics up to 1850 have been published previously by the State. The names given in the following lists include the births, marriages and deaths that have occurred in Mill- bury from 1850 until 1900. As the names are arranged alphabetically they are not found in the general index. To avoid confusion concerning the identity of names these vital statistics have been printed as recorded in the town records, even though some errors of orthography are knowingly repeated for, in many cases, the spelling has been done pho- netically.


For other data see Genealogy.


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BIRTHS.


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ABBOTT, Frederick, s. Thomas and Ann, April 9, 1852.


Frederic, s. George W. and Cordelia, April 27, 1860.


George Franklin, s. George W. and Cordelia, July 11, 1852.


Hannah H., d. Geo. W. and Cordelia, Jan. 20, 1854.


Mary, d. Thomas and Ann M., Nov. 4, 1853. ABERTÉ, , s. Narcisse and -, Aug. 15, 1868.


ADAMS, Adaline, d. Joseph and Jane, June 23, 1875.


Alice, d. Charles and Lucy, June 27, 1860.


Almira, d. Joseph and Jane, March 10, 1874. Alpheretta, d. James H. and Ann M., Jan. 7, 1854.


Arthur, s. Fred and Matilda, May 12, 1887. Charles, s. Joseph and Jane, Jan. 24, 1877.


Charles Joseph, s. Frederick and Eloise, Feb. 6, 1897.


Clara, d. Joseph and Elizabeth, May 17, 1885. Edward, s. Frederic and Mary, Dec. 8, 1866.


Elizabeth, d. Fred and Elizabeth, March 3, 1888.


Ella, d. Fred and Elizabeth, Aug. 14, 1884. Etta Maud, d. Henry and Jennie, May 21, 1887. Eva, d. Frederick and Izza, March 30, 1886. Everett Freeland, s. Henry and Jennie, Oct. 15, 1888.


Francis, s. Frederick and Elise, Oct. 5, 1893. Frank Lester, s. Frank L. and Genevieve, Dec. 7, 1893.


Fred, s. Fred and Lizzie, Feb. 18, 1883.


Geo. Alexander, s. Charles and Hannah, Nov. 9, 1895.


Henry, s. Joseph and Onesem, Oct. 10, 1872. James, s. Stephen and Mary, May 29, 1864. James, s. Henry and Jennie, July 6, 1878.


Jane, d. Joseph and Rosanna, May 7, 1887.


L. Audult, d. Charles and Lucy, May 18, 1865. Loranna, d. Charles and Lucy, May 5, 1859. Margaret Jane, d. Stephen and Mary, Aug. 31, 1866.


Mary, d. Edward M. and Mary, Nov. 25, 1875. Mary, d. Joseph and Lemia, April 15, 1867. Minnie Cora, d. Geo. W. and Margaret A., April 19, 1866.


Mary Louisa, d. Fred and Lizzie, Aug. 17, 1895. Mary Osburn, d. James H. and Anna M., June" 15, 1858.


Melvina, d. Fred and Elizabeth, April 19, 1890. Napoleon, s. Peter, Jr., and Selina, Aug. 8, 1873. Newell, s. Joseph and Jane, Feb. 6, 1868.


Oraetta, d. Lorenzo B. and Clara A., Nov. 28, 1869.


Seldon Conner, s. Lorenzo B. and Clara A., May 12, 1876.


Silas Hall, s. Lorenzo B. and Sarah A., June 20, 1867.


Victoria, d. Joseph and Olerime, Dec. 24, 1869. Vinetta Mary, d. Fred and Eloise, July 13, 1898.


Walter Edward, s. Henry and Jennie, March 1, 1883.


Wilfred, s. Peter, Jr., and Celena, Nov. 8, 1871. Wilfred, s. Joseph and Onesime, April 10, 1871. William, s. Joseph and Lizzie, Aug. 27, 1882. William Edgar, s. James H. and Ann M., Aug. 6, 1862.


William Henry, s. Fred and Elize, Feb. 29, 1892 , s. Geo. and Emeline, April, 1854. AGAPATE, Joseph, s. Robert and Catherin Dec. 17, 1854.


AHERN, Maurice Wm., s. Michael and Mary Ellen, Jan. 16, 1881.


, d. Michael and Mary, April 1, 1885.


AIKEN, Benjamin Franklin, s. Benjamin F. and Sarah A., May 29, 1852.


Dellephine, d. Oliver and Harriet, Dec. 11, 1867.


Henry Wilbur, s. Henry A. and Harriet, Jan. 15, 1857.


James Franklin, s. Benjamin F., Jr., and Maria H., Oct. 31, 1872.


Roy John, s. George and Mary L., Sept. 2, 1899. In Worcester.


AIKEY, Felix. s. Oliver and Mary, Feb. 25, 1870.


AKERBLOM, Carl Simon P., s. Adolf J. and Hilma L., Jan. 17, 1898.


ALDRED, Philip Hensel, s. George and Hannah, Jan. 23, 1882.


ALDRICH, Charles Wallace, s. Henry W. and Harriet J., Aug. 4, 1865.


Edith Lovila, d. Warren L. and Penial, April 9, 1876.


Ella, d. Arthur F. and Mary J., Aug. 27, 1875. Ella Darling, d. Justus and Maria, July 2, 1860. Hattie Edna, d. Horace R. and Mary, June 28, 1880. In Worcester.


Ida Bell, d. Frank A. and Mary I., March 16, 1887. In Auburn.


Jennie Emily, d. Horace R. and Mary, Sept. 26, 1876.


Lewis Herbert, s. Lewis H. and Elizabeth, Jan. 22, 1892. ,d. Henry W. and Harriet J., Sept. 20, 1866.


ALEX, Alfred Romeo, s. Frank and Maria, March 4, 1898.


Frank, s. Frank and Mary, Feb. 14, 1885.


Jane Iris, d. Frank and Maria, June 9, 1899. Jeremiah, s. Frank and Mary L. Sept. 16, 1882. Joseph Napoleon, s. Norbert and Adelaide, Feb. 15, 1876.


Juliette Albena, d. Napoleon and Albina, Oct. 9, 1896.


Mary Emma, d. Frank and Mary, March 29, 1881.


Mary L. I., d. Paul and Albana, June 22, 1895. Norman Wilfred, s. Frank and Maria, Oct. 19, 1895.


ALEXANDER, Clarence Elmore, s. Elmore and Sarah L., June 6, 1886.


Grace Louisa, d. Elmore and Sarah L., June 6, 1890.


ALGER, , d. Stephen and Susan, Sept. 2, 1872. In Uxbridge.


ALICKS, Phileos, s. Albert and Adaline, Jan. 31, 1878. In Holyoke.


ALIX, Ella A. B., d. Francois and Emerence, Nov. 1, 1896.


Joseph Arthur, s. Napoleon and Albena, Nov. 26,1897.


Marie Celina, d. Francis and Maria, Aug. 12, 1894.


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HISTORY OF MILLBURY


ALLAIRE, Aurore Laura, d. Come and Ida, March 14, 1899. In Worcester.


ALLEN, Addie Louise, d. Ethan and Amanda, Oct. 16, 1871.


Anna, d. Charles and Bridget, Dec. 7, 1862. Bessie Amanda, d. Ethan and Lucy A., March 2, 1881.




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